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advice of £160 being subscribed in Demerara, and the prospect of 

 its being made out £200, and in all probability we will receive it 

 early in the spring, as the gentleman, a native of this place, is 

 then expected, who had the management, and we are at present 

 in correspondence with America." " Surely." the letter went on 

 to say, " he could not expect the Committee to advance the money 

 out of their own pockets, particularly for a work not delivered, 

 although part paid for, and which none of them had ever seen or 

 heard any opinion of except from Mr Turuerelli himself They 

 had never urged the affair upon him, but he had urged himself 

 upon the Committee." The letter added, " you have already our 

 ideas respecting exliibiting in Edinburgh. The Committee never 

 entertained the idea of exhibiting the tribute to the memory of 

 Burns through the country as a piipit show. We feel more venera- 

 tion for our country and our Bard." 



Further correspondence of a similar nature followed, and in 

 the end the sculpture was sent down from London and placed ni 

 the Mausoleum. At this time Gilbert Burns, now drawing near 

 the close of his life, when asked to visit Dumfries, wrote to Mr 

 Grierson : — 



Your obliging letter of the 27th I only received yesterday. I am 

 much afraid it will not bo in my power to visit Duinfriea during the 

 time the Loudon marblemau is to be with you, though I much wish it ; 

 not (hwt I Lhiuk I could be of any use in improving the marble, as I 

 scarcely think it ix)ssible to make an artist produce the likeness of a 

 jierson he has not seen, but it would certainly gratify me much to comply 

 with (he wishes of those who have taken so much trouble to do honour 

 to my brother's memory. I trouble you wiih the eiiclosed to Mrs Burns, 

 and beg you will get it immetliately sent to her. If I do make out my 

 visit to Dumfries at this time it will be on Thui-sday, the 2d Sept., and 

 wish her to be aware of my coming, as I believe the coach arrives late 

 at Dumfries. I will send and invite Dr Sibbald to accomimny me if I 

 find I can set out, or send what despatche.<i with me he wi.shes if he do 

 not think of journeying, which I rather doubt, f beg you will present 

 Mrs B.'s and my assurances of kind regard to Mrs Griei-son, and believe 

 me to be ever, 



Gilbert Burns. 



Grant's Braes, 31st August, 1819. 



A large balance, continued Mr Wilson, was still due to Mr 

 Turnerelli, and all the Committee did was to undertake to raise it 

 if at all possible. Nothing further seems to have been paid except 

 a sum of £150 remitted from Demerara. Letters down to 6th 



