The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

CHESTER RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH )

MOSTYN STAKES.

Chicken
Yule Cake
INNKEEPERS' PLATE
Master Slender ..
Le Juif

2

Two ran.
SELLING STAKES.

Henrietta. ...
Little Nell .

2
Eleven ran.
SHORTS HANDICAP.

Bourgeois
"Maid of Cadiz
Eight ran.
WELTER CUP
Alonzo

..walked over.

ALMA TTAKES.

Stork
Ad nm
Alfred

Six ran. 4
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Wasp and g. by Gameboy have arrived,.

NEWMARKET.—Para, Triton, and Georginm Sidna
have left for Bedford.

DESPATCHES FROM THE

CRIMEA.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Ocr. 2.

Lord Pahmure has this day received a despatch, and
its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad.
dressed to his lordship by General Simpson :--
Sebastopol, September 18.
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My Lord,—l have much satisfaction in laying before
your lordship the accompanying copy of a letter I have
received from Marshal Pelissier, bearing testimony to
the services of Major-General Rise, and Lieutenant-
CJ!onel the Honoucabie St. George Foley, who are
attached to the head-quarters of the French army, and I
beg also to recommend these officers most favourably to
your lordship's notice.
I avail myself of this opportunity to bring before you
the name of Lieut.-Colonel d'Etat Major de Sualeau,
who succeeded the late Lieut.-Colonel Vico at my head-

quarters.
Ile is unremitting in his attention, and performs all
the duties I have required of him with a zeal, intelli-
gence, and cheerfulness that merit my warmest thanks.
I have, &c.,
JAMES SIMPSON,
General Commanding.
The LTri Panmure, &c. &c. &c.

Enclosure L

QuartierlG6n4ral, le 14 Septembre, 1855.

Monsieur le General-en.Chef,—J'ai pense qu'au mo-
ment nu Sebastopol ♦enait do tomber sous les coups dee
Arm6as Alli(les, it 6tait demon devoir de signaler mon
Gouvernement les excellent services que n'ont cease de
rendre les officiers Angiais qui sont attach& ie mon Quar.
tier Gein&a,l, comma Corumissaires de S. M. la Reine.
La lettre, dont la copie est ci-jointe, vous permettra
d'appr6Jior dans quell termes j'ai cru devoir faire cette
(16marche qui, je resphre, atteindra le but flue je me pro-
pose, si vona vonlez bien .surtout, joindre vos efforts aux
miens-, pour faire obtenir t ces deux officiers, les recom-
penses dont ils sont dunes tons 6gards.
Veuillez agr6er,
(Sine) LE MARECHAL A. PE LISSIER.
S. E. Le GGeral sn Chef de l'Armee Anglaise.

Enclosure 2.

Au Quartier G6o6ral, le 12 Septembre.

Monsieur le Mareehal,—J'ai dej3 eu l'occasion aine
que riles pr6J6cesseurs de reconrir vutre bienveillante
intervention pour faire ressortir auprbs du Gouverne-
roent Britannique, les services inceseants et fort utiles
quo n'ont cess4 de rendre depuis le commencement de
eate guerre, M.M. le Major-General Hugh Rose et In
Lieutenant-Colonel S.. Georg-es Foley, tons deux Coro-
mi;saires de S. M. la Reine auprei du Quartier G6nt3ral

Dans les journees des 7 et 13 Jain, du 16 Aout, et
notamment, le 8 Septembre, ces deux Officers se sont
multiplies pour maintenir en communication verbale et
constants les deux Arinees ; et dans co but, ils out en
sonvent 3 remplir lee missions les plus p6rilleuses.
Je n'ai pas besoin de dire ici comment ils se sent
acquitter de ces devoirs militaires, ce serait superfia.
La prise de Sdbastopol est une circonstauce trop heu-
reux, pour pie je na.vous prie pas de nouveau, de faire
par venir an Gouvernement Anglais, l'expression demon
estime envers ces deux Officers, et mon desk de lea voir
obtenir run et l'autre, les recompenses qu'ils out si dig-
nement meritees.

Je serais done trhq-heureux, Monsieur le Mar4chal.
que vous voulussiez bien donner a cette nouvelle (M-
-x:larch° de ma part, la suite que vous croirez la plus
utile aux int6reta de ces deux Otficiers.
Veuillez agrar, &c.,
(Signe) LE MARECHAL A. PELISSIER.
S. E. le Markhal, Ministre de la Guerre.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 1.
A Despatch, of which the following is a copy, has
been received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons,
Bart., G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's
Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
EMBARKATION OF NAVAL BRIGADE.

Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, Sept. 18.
Sir,—l have the honour to enclose, for the informa-
tion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a
printed copy of a General Order which has been issued
to the Army on the re-embarkation of the Royal Naval
Brigade.—l am, &0., ED. LYONS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

GENERAL ORDER.

Head• Quarters, SebastopokSept,l7, 1855.

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No 1. The service for which the Naval Brigade was
attached to this army having been completed by the fall
of Sebastopol, the force has been ordered to rejoin the
Fleet.

The Commander of the Forces heartily thanks the
Officers, Petty Officers,• and Seamen, for the very effi-
cient services they have rendered in the batteries, and
on all occasions when their aid against the enemy was
required ; and he has to notice the patience and courage
with which, side by side with the Soldiers of this Army,
they have endured the dangers and hardships of nearly
a year's duty in the trenches.
General Simpson cordially acknowledges the obliga-
tions he is under to Rear-Admiral Sir Stephen Lush-
ington, K.C.8., who so ably commanded the Brigade,
from its formation until his removal by promotion to a
higher rank, and to Captain Honourable H. Keppel,
who succeeded him, and retained the command nail
the conclusion of this ever-memorable siege.
By order.
(Signed) H. W. BARNARD.
Chief of the Staff.

TI-1 ELONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 29.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Philip Francis
Little, Esq., to be Attorney-General ; John Dent Esq
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to be Colonial Secretary; Edmund Hanrahan, Esq. to be
Surveyor-General ; and George Henry Emerson, Esq., to
be Solicitor-General forth° Island of Newfoundland.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Lawrence
O'Brien, James Tobin, John Rechfor4 M.D., George
Henry Emerson, John Munn, Samuel Carson, M.D., Tho-
mas Row, James Johnstone Rogerson, Thomas Harrison
Ridley. James Furlong, Philip Duggan, and James Cor-
mack, Esqs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of
Newfoundland.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITtHALL, SEPT. 29.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, reporting tho
abolition of quarantine at that port, in respect of vessels
arriving from Marseilles and the Italian ports.
WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 2.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of
the following promotions in the army, viz,
BREVET.
To be Field-Marshals.

General Stapleton Viscount Comberm ere, G.C.8., Oct. 2
General John Earl of Strafford, G.C.8., Oct. 2.
General Henry Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., Oct. 2.
GENERAL ORDER.

Horse Guards, Oct. 2.

The General Commanding•in•Chief has received her Ma-
jesty's most gracious commands, that Lieutenant• General
Jame 3 Simpson, Commander of her Majesty's Forces dur-
ing the late arduous and finally successful operations,
which have led to the fall of Sebastopol, shall be promoted
to the rank of General.

_The Queen has also been most graciously pleased to com-
mand that Colonel Charles Ash Windham, C. 8., shall be
promoted to the rank of Major-General, for his distin-
guished conduct in heading, the column of attack which as-
saulted the enemy's defences on the Bth September with
the greatest intrepidity and coolness, as specially brought
to the notice of her Majesty in the public despatch of the
Commander of the Forces, dated 9th Sept., 1855.
By command of the Right Hon. Field-Marshal
VISCOUNT FIARDINGE, Commanding-in-Chief.
(Signed) G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General.

BREVET.
' Lieutan&nt•Goneral James Simpson to be promoted to
be General in the Army, for distinguished service in the
Yield.

Colonel Charles Ash Windham to be promoted to be
a :',lnjor-General in the Army, for distinguished service
in the ield.

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 2.

3.1 Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John
3.1i110r to be Captain, without purchase.
7th Dragoon Guards—Walter Blachford Gifford, Gent..
purchase, vice Stewart, appointed
to bi Cornet, "without
to the 2d Dragoons.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutonant Taylor Lambard Mayne
from the 14th Dragoons, to be Captain, without purchase'
7th Light Dragoons--Captain George W. Colima Jack'