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Masonic Sketches,
MASONIC SKETCHES ,
BY BROTHER CHARLES MAOKIE .
BROTHER JAMES BURNES , K . H ., LL . D ., F . R . S ., the subject of this notice , is the son of a worthy gentleman , once Provost of Montrose . His great-grandfather was the eldest brother of William Burnes , the father of Scotia ' s immortal bard , Robert Burns ,- * and his grandfather was the relative to whom the poet appealed for pecuniary relief while on his death-bed
; which was generously responded to by his kinsman . Bro . Burnes was educated at the University of Edinburgh , and was a cotemporary of Dugald Stewart , Leslie , Playfair , and Gregory . He afterwards studied the medical profession at Guy ' s and St . Thomas' Hospitals , in London . In 1821 healong with his brotherthe late Sir Alexander
, , , , joined the East India Company ' s service at Bombay . The brilliant and early career of Bro . Burnes belongs not to the present Masonie sketch ; suffice it to say , after having been successively surgeon to the artillery at Matoonga , the convalescent hospital at Severndroog , the Madras infantry , and the 24 th regiment Bombay , he was posted to the 18 th regimentand chosen
, superintendent of the institution for the check of that awful pestilence—the cholera . In 1824 , he was appointed surgeon to the Residency in Cutch . As a volunteer , Bro . Burnes accompanied the fieldforce , which expelled the Scindians in 1825 . And in 1827 , the Ameers of Scinde , between whom and the British Government
a very uncordial feeling had subsisted for years , unexpectedly solicited his sendees , sending an envoy to invite him to their capital , where he remained some months , and was only finally allowed to depart on a promise of his early return . In 1830 , the same reputation on the north-western frontier , which had attracted the Ameers of Scinde to invite Bro ' Burnes , led to the Cutch Regency , bringing his conduct and services specially before Government . During his residence
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Masonic Sketches,
MASONIC SKETCHES ,
BY BROTHER CHARLES MAOKIE .
BROTHER JAMES BURNES , K . H ., LL . D ., F . R . S ., the subject of this notice , is the son of a worthy gentleman , once Provost of Montrose . His great-grandfather was the eldest brother of William Burnes , the father of Scotia ' s immortal bard , Robert Burns ,- * and his grandfather was the relative to whom the poet appealed for pecuniary relief while on his death-bed
; which was generously responded to by his kinsman . Bro . Burnes was educated at the University of Edinburgh , and was a cotemporary of Dugald Stewart , Leslie , Playfair , and Gregory . He afterwards studied the medical profession at Guy ' s and St . Thomas' Hospitals , in London . In 1821 healong with his brotherthe late Sir Alexander
, , , , joined the East India Company ' s service at Bombay . The brilliant and early career of Bro . Burnes belongs not to the present Masonie sketch ; suffice it to say , after having been successively surgeon to the artillery at Matoonga , the convalescent hospital at Severndroog , the Madras infantry , and the 24 th regiment Bombay , he was posted to the 18 th regimentand chosen
, superintendent of the institution for the check of that awful pestilence—the cholera . In 1824 , he was appointed surgeon to the Residency in Cutch . As a volunteer , Bro . Burnes accompanied the fieldforce , which expelled the Scindians in 1825 . And in 1827 , the Ameers of Scinde , between whom and the British Government
a very uncordial feeling had subsisted for years , unexpectedly solicited his sendees , sending an envoy to invite him to their capital , where he remained some months , and was only finally allowed to depart on a promise of his early return . In 1830 , the same reputation on the north-western frontier , which had attracted the Ameers of Scinde to invite Bro ' Burnes , led to the Cutch Regency , bringing his conduct and services specially before Government . During his residence