rkable in every department
of fame. Some of these have come in review under other sections, as in
the case of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Cambridge. The following
persons of note may be referred to in this section, as all that our
space allows.

January 7th, in London, Lieutenant Waghorn, R. N. This remarkable man
had devoted a very considerable portion of his life to the establishment
of steam communication between this country and India. He explored
several overland routes to India with success. In these enterprises
he expended his fortune, and the government refused all suitable
acknowledgment for the great services he had rendered to the state and
to commerce, except a paltry pension, unworthy of the donors.

This year was remarkable for loss to the naval service by the death of
distinguished officers. Only two days after the decease of the gallant
and indefatigable Waghorn, Admiral Schombergh died, an officer who
had seen extraordinary variety of service, and had carried into effect
several improvements in victualling the navy.

On the 16th, Commander Le Vesconte, more popular, however, as a consul
than distinguished as a commander.

February 14th, Rear-Admiral Sir Gordon Bremer, after long and arduous
services to his country.

It would be a task beyond our limits to notice the individual history
and exploits of the heroic men in the naval service who died during
this year. Among the most memorable of these were the Hon. Vice-Admiral
Bouverie, and Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, K. C. B.

Among many notable military officers who died, the following deserve
especial notice:--

February 23rd, Captain Maurice O'Connel, nephew of the late Baron
O'Connel, chamberlain to the Emperor of Austria. This officer had no
rank in the British service.

March 7th, the Hon. Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham, lieut.-general. This
officer, well-known as the brother-inlaw, and one of the generals of
the great Duke of Wellington, had seen long and trying services, and was
always distinguished by his great gallantry.

The month of August closed with the announcement of the death of
Major-General Sir Alexander Cameron, G.C.B. This heroic man had served
in nearly every country of Europe, where the standard of England floated
over the field of battle. At Corunna he, with Sir John Hope, carried to
a boat the last wounded Highlander, that could be descried straggling
near the scene of action. Marshal Soult and his staff observ