DEATHS OF REMARKABLE PERSONS.
During the year a number of persons died remarkable 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.