act of pointing one of her quarter deck guns, his cocked hat was torn from his head by a grape shot:  a naval officer, who was present, afterwards described the scene which followed this narrow escape in these words:  “I now hear Sir Isaac exclaim, ’Ah! poor Savery is dead!’ But Savery was not an instant on his back; in the same moment he rubbed his head, assured his brother that he was not injured, and fired the gun with as much coolness as if nothing had happened.”  The effect of the shot passing so near him was such that, although a remarkably powerful young man, six feet two inches in height, he was knocked down and stunned for the moment.  Of the 49th, Captain Sharp was badly wounded on board of the Bellona, and Lieutenant Dennis was wounded on board of the Monarch, which ship had 55 killed and 155 wounded, exclusive of officers, but including 8 soldiers of the 49th killed, and 20 wounded.  In addition to the 49th was a detachment of the 95th, rifles—­consisting, we believe, of two companies—­under Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable William Stewart,[16] who was senior officer of the troops embarked.  As such his name was included in the thanks of Parliament; but we cannot understand why a lieutenant-colonel, with only two companies, was placed over the head of an officer of equal rank with his entire regiment, unless indeed the cause was that Lieut.-Colonel Brock was not an “honorable!” We are not aware that he ever complained of what appears to us to have been an act of injustice to him, and we may therefore be wrong in our view of the subject.  The British loss, in killed and wounded, was 953, or 58 more than fell at the battle of the Nile.  In mentioning the loss at Copenhagen, Southey, in his admirable Life of Nelson, says, on what authority we know not:  “Part of this slaughter might have been spared.  The commanding officer of the troops on board one of our ships, asked where his men should be stationed?  He was told that they could be of no use; that they were not near enough for musquetry, and were not wanted at the guns; they had, therefore, better go below.  This, he said, was impossible—­it would be a disgrace that could never be wiped away.  They were, therefore, drawn up upon the gangway, to satisfy this cruel point of honor; and there, without the possibility of annoying the enemy, they were mowed down!  The loss of the Danes, including prisoners, amounted to about 6,000.”

John Savery Brock, of whose gallantry mention is made in the preceding pages, was the next younger brother of Lieut.-Colonel Brock, and had been in the navy; but it being supposed that he was influential, in the year 1790, in inducing his brother midshipmen, of the fleet at Spithead, to sign a round robin against their being subjected to the practice of mast-heading—­one having been hoisted up to the gaff end in an ignominous manner, because he refused to go to the mast head as a punishment—­he was recommended privately to retire from the service.[17] Being at this time