ed this act
of heroism, and warmly expressed their admiration.

The list of literary and scientific men who passed to the great account,
was a longer and more remarkable one than that of England's deceased
warriors.

In January, Mr. Charles Robert Forrester, whose writings were very
popular, under the _nomme de plume_ of "Alfred Crowquill."

On the 26th, Francis Jeffrey, one of the judges of the Court of Session
in Scotland. He was the colleague of the Rev. Sydney Smith and Henry
Brougham in founding the _Edinburgh Review_, and celebrated in every
country for his critical contributions to that periodical.

February 2nd, Rev. Edward Bickersteth, rector of Watton, Hertfordshire.
His place amongst literary men was won by his religious writings, which
were exceedingly popular and useful. This eminent clergyman shed great
lustre on the church by his devoted religious life, and gained for
himself great renown in the department of religious literature.

On the 17th, the Rev. T. S. Grimshaw, A.M., vicar of Biddenham. This
renowned clergyman distinguished himself in the department of literature
in which the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth gained so much fame. Mr. Grimshaw
wrote a "Life of the Rev. Leigh Richmond" (author of "The Dairyman's
Daughter"), the "Life and Works of William Cowper," &c.

On the 23rd, Sir William Allan, R.A, limner to Her Majesty for Scotland,
president of the Royal Scottish Academy. This artist was original and
indefatigable, but could obtain no patronage out of his own country,
where his treatment of Scottish subjects won for him popularity.

On the 2nd of March, John Peter Deering, Esq., a celebrated architect.
He designed Exeter Hall, London, the University Club-house, and the best
portions of University College, London.

April 7th, Canon Bowles, of Salisbury, eminent as a Latin and English
poet. His early sonnets were highly intellectual and artistic in their
versification. His memoirs of the poet Pope, and of other distinguished
persons, were extremely popular, but did not obtain the lasting fame of
his poetry.

On the 17th, in New York, Thom, the self-taught and celebrated Scottish
sculptor. His "Tarn O'Shanter," and "Old Mortality," obtained for him a
wide-spread fame in Great Britain and the United States of America.

On the 23rd, at Rydal Mount, near Ambleside, William Wordsworth, D.C.L.,
the poet, whose works have had a universal circulation. His chief
productions are "The Evening Walk," "The E