• Louis Napoleon has conferred a pension of 2000 flutes
on the parents of the late Lieutenant Bella ; to be continued to his biothers and sisters. The proposal to erect a monument to the memory of Bellot has found favour in all quarters. Sir' Roderick Murchison announces that a pnblic meeting on the subject will be held sOthilthat Lord John Russell and the efEllesmere have, without sOlicitatien On his part, expressed their cordial Participation in the proposal, and he has reason to know that the Marquis of I.ansdowne and ethers will cooperate in this good cause." M. Dueos, in reply-to a gentleman in theeity, States that the French Go- vernment will do all it can to facilitate the execution of the project : he suggests Roohefort as the suitable place for the monument, as, although M. Bellot was born in Paris,. his family reside at Reehefort, and at that port the young'man commenced his maritime career.
The Reverend John Marshall, of Burnside House, Forfarshire, has addressed the newspapers on the,unacCompinible fact, that while various literary persons and widows of literary persons receive pensions none has been given to the widow and family of the Ettrick Shepherd. He sees that Sir Francis Head has 1001., Mrs. Southey 1001., and "the widow and daughter of Joseph Train, author of a History of the Isle of Man, 501. a year."
"While such is the case, how does it conic to pass that the widow and family of one of the most eminent of Scottish poets has been passed over in the distribution of 'Royal patronagef'Surely, the widow and family of James Thigg—of the sweet bard of Ettrick—of the author of the .f Queen's Wake,' of the Witch of Fife,' of Flora Mactionald'e Lament,'. and of wi host of lyrics which rank him as a song-writer next only to the immortal and'unfortnnate Burns, is as worthy to receive attention at the hands °pour gracious Sovereign as either Sir Francis Head or the widow-and daughter.of Joseph Train. Twenty years have now passed away since the Ettrick Shep- herd—he, the glory of the far-famed Nodes Amdrosiane---passed from earth. Poor Hogg sleeps in Yarrow churchyard; but Mrs. -Hogg yet sur- vives, and, along with her, three bonnie lasses,' the offspring of him who, sprung from peasant-soil, touched a chord of Nature's harp which made it thrill even to distant lands. All these are unprovided for. Why is it so i" , [We quite sympathize with Mr. Marshall's object, and heartily hope it may be attained.')
• The admirers of Mr. Bright have just presented him with a library of 1200 volumes, in a handsome book-case of carved oak, as a testimonial to his exertions on behalf of free trade. The subscriptions, commenced longago, amounted to.60001.
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