11 OCTOBER 1957, Page 18

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OCTOBER 13, 1832 POSTHUMOUS HONOURS

THERE has been a meeting at Edinburgh for the purpose of passing resolutions respecting a mom,. ment to the memory of Sir Walter Scott, worthy Of the fame of the deceased and the admiration of the living. When Burns died, how loud were the lamenta- tions over the neglect which had "damned him in the Excise," and hurried to an early grave that noblest of all kindly and brave natures! Burns had his monu- ment; and the Scottish nation, wise from experience, vowed to cherish as the apple of their eye the next bright spirit that Providence sent down to lighten their misty hills.