The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-29 00:00:00

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

THIRSK RACES, THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
MOWBRAY STAKES.

Borealis
Westminster

Ten ran.
HUNT CUP.

Lady Bird ..
Mousetrap ..

1
2
Seventeen ran.
SO \VERB Y PLATE.

Donne Canne .
Nelia
......
MEMBERS' PLATE.

.........

Interest .
Tullochgoran
2
Three ran.
AMBLETON PLATE.

Bernice .....
Recluse
3:

Thirteen ran.

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the Gazette of this evening.)
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 29.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in-
tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on
the undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Indian Forces,
whose claims to the same have been submitted to her Ma-
jesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by
them in India, as recorded against their names, viz.:—
Lieutenant Thomas Cadell, late 2d European Bengal
Fusiliers—For having, on the 12th of June, 1857, at the
Flag-staff Picquet at Delhi when the whole of the Picquet
of her Majesty's 75th 'Regiment and 2d European
Bengal Fusiliers were driven in by a large body
of the enemy, brought iu from amongst the enemy a
wounded bugler of his own regiment, under a most severe
fire, who would otherwise have been cut np by the rebels.
Also, on the same day, when the Fusiliers were retiring, by
towardsind the enemy, accom-
panied order, on Metcalfe's house, on it- being reported that there
Lieutenant Cadell
weanst
owmoanttooloetidt beh
pulled by three men, and brought in a rnan of the 76th
w back a cwk nonfnd hised
Regiment, who was severely wound xl, under a most heavy
fire from the advancing enemy. •
Lieutenant Edward Talbot Thackeray, Bengal Engi-
neers—For cool intrepidity and characteristic daring in
extinguishing a fire in the Delhi Magazine enclosure, on
the 16th of September, 1857, under a close and heavy mus-
ketry fire from the enemy, at the imminent risk of his life
from the explosion of combustible stores in the shed in
which the fire occurred.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tats DAT.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 18 11 185
Antwerp . . 25 475 25 525
Brussels — 25 475 25 525
Ham burgh — 13 8 13 85
Paris
__. _ _ _

Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine.. 119
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Now York
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American lion loons • 00 0

25 50
25 50
119 k
13 40
13 40
35

491
484
25 55
25 50
25 50
391
1194
1191
52f
524

491,
491
25 62}
25 60
25 55
39f
119
120
53
63i

TILE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND
GENERAL PRIM;

The Fpoca publishes the following letter from
the Emperor Napoleon to General Prim, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Spanish forces in Mexico :--

Paris, Jan. 24, 1862.
My dear General,—Your dream of Vichy is realised ; the
Spanish and French troops are fighting side by side for the
same cause.

I have learned with pleasure your nomination to the corn.
mand of the expeditionary army. I recommend to you
General Lorencez, whom I have appointed chief of my
small force. If there should be any fighting, you will find
him worthy to stand at your side. The views of your Go-
vernment being in accordance with my own, there will, I
trust, be no difference of opinion between the commanders-
in-chief. General Lorencez is to command all my troops,
Admiral Jurien de la Graviere remains charged with poli-
tical duties. I strongly desire, and I offer my earnest
prayers, that the campaign which you are commencing may
produce the closest union between Spain and France, and I
doubt not that your presence at the head of the Spanish
troops will contribute to that result. I repeat, with plea-
sure, my sentiment of est,em and friendship.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.