The Standard this evening corrects some misapprehension about Wordsworth's pension,
and announces others-
" There have been statements and counter-statements in the newspapers in respect to the grant of a Civil List pension to Wordsworth, the poet. We understand the fact to be, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant a pension of 300/. per annum on the Civil List to Mr. Wordsworth. "Her Majesty has also, we are informed, granted a pension of 100/. per annum to each of the Miss Kennedys, the sisters of the late Sir Robert Ken- nedy; to whose distinguished services daring the war, as Commissary-General of the Forces, such honourable testimony was borne by the Duke of Welling- ton in his place in the House of Lords during the last session of Paaliament.
"Every friend to science will rejoice to hear that the name of Mr. Owen, the Hunterian Professor of the College of Surgeons, has been added to the list of eminent men (Airey, Faraday, and others of equal distinction) whose claims upon public gratitude have been acknowledged by the Sovereign."
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