THE LIST OI' SLAIN. 41 convoy of grain, and, as we have seen, fell in the midst of the enemy, fighting to the last. Upon the news of his death reaching her Majesty at Osborne Sir Henry Ponsonby telegraphed to Mrs. Burnaby:—"The Queen, who hears with deep regret the news of the death of Col. Burnaby, has commanded me to inquire after Mrs. Burnaby." That lady was then in Switzerland, where she had been obliged to pass the winter because of her delicate health, and the royal message was forwarded to her there.

The names of other officers of distinction and of military promise were in the list of the killed in that battle Avith a horde of barbarians. Major Wilfrid Arbuthnot Gough of the ist (Royal) Dragoons had served with the military police in 1882, and had been present at the battle of Tel-el- Kebir and at the occupation of Cairo, where he received a medal and clasp, the fifth class of the Medjidie, and the khedive's medal. Altogether he had seen fifteen years' service. Major Walter Hyde Atherton of the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales) Dragoon Guards had taken the rank of major in a little over nine years, as he had entered the army in 1874. Major Ludovick Montefiore Carmichael of the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers had entered in 1881 and obtained his majority in 1884. Captain Joseph Watkins William Darley of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, entered as lieutenant in 1874, and became captain in 188 1. He had served with his regiment in Egypt in 1882, and was in the battles of Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir, and at the occupation of Cairo, for which services he received the medal with clasp and the khedive's star. Lieutenant Richard Wolfe, first on the list of lieutenants in the Royal Scots Greys (2d Dragoons), had seen seven years' service. Lieutenant Charles W. A. Law, of the 4th Dragoons (Royal Irish), had only received his commission in July, 1882. Lieutenant Alfred Pigott, of the Naval Brigade, had begun his career in 186 1 as a cadet, was made sub-lieutenant in 1867, and lieutenant in 1872. Lord St.

Vincent, of the i6th Lancers, Avho, as we have noted, was severely wounded and had to be placed on a baggage-camel, died soon afterwards of his injuries; and Lieutenant James Dunbar Guthrie of the Royal Horse Artillery shared the same fate. They were