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subscriptions to erect a monument to his memory, which is be : ng favourably 

 responded to. It is proposed to place the monument on a piece of ground grant- 

 ed by Colonel Richardson Robertson, of Tulliebelton, on Ordie Braes, near the 

 poet's birthplace. Nicoll's remains lie in Leith kirk yard, and are still without a 

 stone to mark the spot. 



MEMORIAL TO LIEUTENANT BELLOT. 



A monument to the memory of the late Lieutenant Bellot, of the French navy, 

 who'periahed in the last Arctic expedition, has been erected on the west wharl 



Greenwich Hospital. It is a very prominent object from the river, and consists of 

 an obelisk of Aberdeen red granite, highly polished. 



BRITISH OBITUARY OF 1855. 



Within the last twelve months -what a gap has been made in the memorable 

 roll ! The sagacious and indefatigable Truro, — the earnest and philosophic 

 Molesworth, — the enterprising Parry,— the warm hearted and upright Inglis, — 

 the scientific De la Beche, — the learned Gaisford, — the reforming Hume, — the 

 harmonious Bishop,—' —the diplomatic Adair, — the poetical 



Strangford, also n diplomatist, with Ellis and Ponsonby, bis fellow-labourers in 

 the last-named category, — the gifted Lockhart, — Jliss Ferrier and Adam Ferguson, 

 conned d, with Sir Walter Scott, — Lord Robertson, the convivial Judge, — 



Lord Rutheifurd, his acute compeer, — Miss Mitford and strong-hearted Currer 

 Bell, — Colburn, the godfather to half the novels of the last half century, — Sibthorp 

 the eccentric, — the travelled Buckingham, — Park the sculptor, — Gurney the 

 short baud writer, — 0. Smith, the preternatural, — the centenarian Rogers, — Black 

 of the Morning Chronicle, — the life-preserving Captain Mauby, — Archdeacon 

 Hare, — Je , the friend of Burns, — the injured Baron de Bode, — and a 



long file (jf tilled names distinguished in all the pursuits of life. — Lcntlei/s 

 i 



LITERARY GOSSIP. 



Lady Emmcline Stuart Wortley, daughter of the Duke of Rutland, may be 

 mentioned among the popular verse-writers recently deceased. 



Sidney Dobell, the author of "Balder," and better known by h'isnomme de plum e 

 of Sidney Yendis, is reported to be engaged on a series of Lyrics suggested by 

 the incidents of the war. His share in the " War Sonnets" produced by the joint 

 labors of Alexander Smith and himself may be accepted as a good foretaste of what 

 may be expected from him. 



Longfellow is engaged, it is said, on a translation of Dante, which is already so 

 far advanced that it is expected to be ready for the press some time during the 

 present year. 



Mrs. Oliphant, the authoress of " Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, 

 of Sunnyside," which won such high and well-merited praise from Lord Jeffrey, 

 has produced a continuation of that work under the name of " Lilliesleaf," which 

 is spoken of by English critics as fully equal to the first. It i? not generally known 

 that this talented Scottish authoress was only in her nineteenth year (then Miss 

 Margaret Wilson) when she produced the work which won the plaudits of the 

 veteran critic. 



Mr. Robert Chambers is now engaged on a narrative of his visit during the past 

 summer to Iceland and the Faioe Islands. Some interesting geological observations 

 may be anticipated from it. 



