The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-26 00:00:00

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(Front the Gazette of last evening.)
IVAR-OFFICE, FEE. 25.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her
intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on
the undermentioned officers and non-commissioned officer,
whose claims to the same have been submitted to her
Majesty'A approval, on account of acts of bravery performed
by them in India, as recorded against their several names,
viz.:—
_ _ .

Major Richard Harte Keatinge, Bombay Artillery (now
of the Staff Corps)—For having rendered most efficient aid
at the assault of Chundairee, in voluntarily leading the
column through the breach, which was protected by a heavy
cross fire. He was one of the foremost to enter, and was
*Averwly wounded in the breach. The column was saved
from a serious loss that would probably have resulted, but
for Major Heatinge's knowledge of the small path leading
across the ditch, which had been examined during the
night by himself and a servant, who declined, when re-
quired, to lead the column, without his master. Hav-
ing cleared the breach, he led into the fort, where he
was struck down by another dangerous wound. The Com-
mander-in Chief in India states that the success at Chun •
dairee was mainly owing to this officer, whose gallantry,
really brilliant, he considers was equalled by his ability
and devotion. Major Keatinge was at the timers political
officer with the 2d Brigade of the Central India Field Force.
Capt. James Blair, 2d Bombay Light Cavalry—For hav-
ing on two occasions distinguished himself by his gallant
and daring conduct. 1. On the night of the 12th of
August, 1857, at Neemuch, in volunteering to apprehend
seven or eight armed mutineers who had shut themselves
up for defence in a house, the door of which he burst open.
He then rushed in among them, and forced them to escape
through the roof; in this encounter he was severely
wounded. In spite of his wounds he pursued the fugi-
tives, but was unable to come up with them, in con-
sequence of the darkness of the night, 2. On the 23d of
October, 1857, at Jeerum, in fighting his way most gallantly
through a body of rebels who had literally surrounded him.
After breaking the end of his sword on one of their heads,
and receiving a severe sword cut on his right arm, he re-
joined his troop. In this wounded condition, and with no
other weapon than the hilt of his broken sword, he put
himself at the head of his men, charged the rebels most
effectually, and dispersed them.
Lieutenant Charles George Baker, Bengal Police Bat-
talion—For gallant conduct on the occasion of an attack on
the rebels at Suhejnee, near Peroo, on the 27th Sept., 1858,
which is thus described in this officer's own words :—" The
enemy (at the time supposed to have mustered from 900 to
1,000 strong in infantry, with 60 cavalry) advanced. With-
out exchanging a shot, I at once retired slowly, followed
up steadily by the rebel line for 100 yards clear of village
or jungle, when, suddenly wheeling about my division into
line, with a hearty cheer, we charged into and through the
centre of the enemy's line, Lieutenant Broughton,
with his detachment, immediately following up
the movement, with excellent effect, from his
position upon the enemy's left. The rebel right wing, of
about 300 men, broke at once, but the centre and left, ob-
serving the great labour of the horses in crossing the heavy
ground, stood, and receiving the charge with repeated
volleys, were cut down, or broke only a few yards ahead of
the cavalry. From this moment the pursuit was limited
to the strongest and best horses of the force, num-
bering some sixty of all ranks, who, dashing
into and swimming a deep and wide nullah,
followed the flying enemy through thevillage of Russowlee
and its sugar-cane khets, over two miles of swamp, and
500 yards into the thick jungles near Peroo, when, both
men and horses being completely exhausted, I sounded the
halt and assembly, and, collecting my wounded, returned
to the camp at Munjhaen about 6 p.m." The charge
ended in the utter defeat of the enemy,. and is refeged to
by Lord Clyde, " as deserving of the highest eneomium, on
account both of conception and execution." It is also
described as having been as gallant as any during the war.
Lieutenant William Francis Frederick Waller, 25th
Bombay Light Infantry—For great gallantry at the capture
by storm of the fortress of Gwalior, on the 20th June, 1858.
He and Lieutenant Rose, who was killed, were the only
Europeans present, and, with a mere handful of men, they
attacked the fortress, climbed on the roof of a house, shot
the gunners opposed to them, carried all before them, and
took the fort, killing every man in it.
Lieut. John Chas. Campbell Daunt, 11th (late 70th)
Bengal Native Infantry—Lieut. Daunt and Sergeant Dynen
are recommended for conspicuous gallantry in action, on the
22d Oct., 1857, with the mutineers of the Ramgurh Batta-
lion at Chota Behar, in capturing two guns, particularly
the last, when they rushed at and captured it by pistoling
the gunners, who were mowing the detachment down with
grape, one-third of which was hors-de-combat at the time.
Sergeant Denis Dynon, 53d Regiment--Lieutenant
Daunt is also recommended for chasing, on the 2d of No-
vember following, the mutineers of the 32d Bengal Native
Infantry across a plain into a rich cultivation, into which
he followed them with a few of Rattray's Sikhs. He
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was dangerously wounded in the attempt to drive out a
large body of these mutineers from an enclosure, the pre-
servation of many, of his party, on this occasion, being
attributed to his gallantry.
Conductor James Miller, Ordnance Department, Bengal
.—For having, on the 28th of October, 1857, at great per-
sonal/ and carried out of
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of the late 38th
Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry. He was himself
subsequently wounded and sent to Agra.
Conductor Miller was at the time employed with heavy
howitzers and Ordnance stores attached to a detachment
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of troops, commanded by the late Colonel Cotton, C.B , in
the attack on the above-mentioned date on the rebels 'who
had taken up their position in the Serai at Futtehpore
Sikra, near Agra.
Midshipman Arthur Mayo, Indian Navy—For having
headed the charge on Nov. 22, 1867, in the engagement be-
tween the Indian Naval Brigade and the mutineers of
the 73d Native Infantry, and Bengal Artillery, when the
former was ordered to charge two six-pounders which
were keeping up a heavy fire. Mr. Mayo was nearly twenty
yards in front of any one else during the advance.

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Mr. BOUGHTON, Mayor of Gloucester, put in no-
mination Mr. Richard Potter, of Standish House.

Mr. N. T. SMITH seconded it, and while alluding
to Mr. Potter's declaration that he would support
Lord Palmerston, said Lord Palmerston was as good
a Conservative as any iri Gloucester. (A voice—
" What do you want to turn him out for then ?")
The three candidates then addressed the electors
amidst great uproar.
Mr. POWELL regretted they could not have their
old members, Messrs. Price and Monk, to represent
them again ; but if they could not have what they
would, they must be content with the best they
could get, and he was afraid that, as far he was
concerned, they might say that bad was the best.
(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The great principle of
liberalism was just now in a critical state. It was
true the political sea was just now as untroubled as
as an island lake, but there could be doubt that the
enemies of liberal principles had been long marshal-
ling their forces, and they saw day by day that in
election after election they had been recruiting their
strength ; they were only waiting for an opportu-
nity to make an effort to transfer the Government of
the country from the hands of Lord Palmerston to
those of Lord Derby. Therefore, liberals must be up
and doing. He did not appeal to them on behalf of
liberalism ad misericordiani, but he called on them
to support liberal principles on account of their in-
trinsic worth, and to give them not a hesitating but
a hearty support, as he should do were he returned
to Parliament. (Cheers.) He considered Lord Pal-
merston and his coadjutor, Earl Russell, the fittest
persons to be at the head of the Government at this

time. He would support any well considered plan of
reform that they might think proper to introduce
in some future session of Parliament, and would
support the abolition of church rates.

Mr. BERKELEY spoke very briefly, owing to the
interruptions.

Mr. POTTER was also much interrupted, and only
a sentence here and there of his speech could be
heard. In reference to a charge made against him,
that he had been guilty of bribery at the Gloucester
election of 1857, he denied it. He reminded them
that Mr. Powell had expressed himself on that very
platform in terms of admiration of Mr. Bright, and
as to his political antagonists, said,

" How happy could I be with either,
Were t'other dear charmer away."
He concluded by calling upon them to poll plumpers
for Potter. (Loud cheers and uproar.)
The show of hands was declared in favour of
Messrs. Powell and Potter, and a poll being de-
manded for Mr. Berkeley, was fixed for this day
(Wednesday).

lIIR.DIGBY SEIMOU_R, 111. P., AND THE
MIDDLE TEMPLE.

Mr. Digby Seymour, on receiving the judgment
of the Benchers of the Middle Temple, addressed
to them a long protest. Without the evidence,
however, the chief part of this protest is unintelli-
gible. The remark does not apply to the following
extract :

" You have held 15 meetings, and in no single
instance has your Parliament been composed a
second time of the same members as any previous
Parliament. In point of fact, therefore, I have
been tried before 15 different tribunals. Your num-
bers have been equally irregular, varying
from a maximum of 18 to a minimum of 7. One of
your number first attended at the fifth meeting, one
first at the sixth, two at the ninth, two at the 10th,
and one at the 13th. The following is an analysis of
the attendance of all the bench :—Two attended 15
meetings, two attended 14, one attended 12, two
attended 11, one attended 10, two attended 9, two
attended 8, two attended 7, three attended 6, two
attended 5, one attended 4, two attended 3, two at-
tended 2, and two attended 1. Here is certainly a
remarkable disregard both of the spirit and letter of
the wise rule of the society which requires the at-
tendance of the same members on every adjourned
hearing of an inquiry into an accusation against a
barrister. I have no right to penetrate the secrets
of your chamber, butl confess I should like to know
how many of those who heard the evidence of Mr.
Parker and his witnesses took part, and if so, what
part, in framing or supporting the observations
made with reference to that case. I appeal to those
members of the bench who were present at the
third meeting whether the mode in which the evi-
dence of Mr. Parker especially was given did not
strongly impress their minds with the impossibility
of seriously regarding it. The perusal, more or less
careful, of printed evidence (even if it were of the
most accurate character), can never supply the place
of opinions derived from the hearing of witnesses
themselves ; and I cannot help feeling that I have
been hardly dealt with if members of the bench who
have only formed their conclusion upon the printed
reports, intermixed and confused as the various
cases are, have joined in reflections which I firmly
believe would not have been made, or would have
been greatly modified, had they attended the in-
quiry with greater regularity. It may of course
be said that my attention was called to this rule,
and that I ought on subsequent occasions to have
made objections on the ground of its non-observ-
ance; but my attention was not called to this rule
till so late as the ninth meeting, though it ought
to have been mentioned on the second, and it is ob-
vious that it would, at that time, have placed me
in a most invidious attitude to have appealed
to this rule with reference to any bencher I might
have objected to. I could not, moreover, for a
moment have anticipated that members of the
bench who had not heard the evidence as to any
particular case would have suggested observations,
or even joined in a judgment, with reference to that
case, of the fairness of which they were not, from
this very circumstance, in a proper position to de-
cide. On this ground, as well as those I have before
specified, I beg to enter my solemn protest against
that part of your judgment which contains the
observations of which I complain, and which, I re-
joice to know, have not received the unanimous
approval of the bench ; and I request that this letter
may be recorded along with the judgment.—I have
the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
" Wm. DIGBY SEYMOUR.

" P.S.—The foregoing letter was written before
I went down to address my constituents at South-
ampton on Tuesday evening last. The meeting was
fixed for 8 o'clock. I arrived at the terminus at 20
minutes to 8. I was then, for the first time, informed
that the walls of the town were posted, and the
people, as they went to the meeting, were being
liberally supplied with a handbill of which I beg to
enclose a copy. I ask the bench whether the pecu-
liar wording of these four questions, and that so as
to convey the most unfavourable construction, does

In another published letter Mr. Seymour says
" There are other grave matters between myself and
the bench, not detailed in this protest, which the
publication of the whole proceedings will reveal to
the eyes of the profession and the public. I say of
' the whole proceedings,' because the printed report
furnished to me is not completn. It does pot eog::.
tain all the evideffce proceedings" of the tenth
meeting. It does not contain the whole of the do-
cumentary evidence put in by myself or my counsel,
Mr. Lush, Q.C. It does not contain the names of
the benchers who voted for or against the various
portions of this judgment.' This is no longer
a case for half-publicity. I am now, by
the very act of the benchers themselves, entitled to
have what I demand—the whole truth made known,
ungarbled and unabridged."