The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-25 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1853.

A BEVIS W OF LIEUTENANT-GENERALS•

The following letter has been addressed to the Morning
Advertiser :
Sir,—We will now proceed to inspect that class of
general officers from which a commander is usually chosen,
and ,as we -have done, with respect to their seniors, the
Generals, will for the present confine ourselves to the Line ;
the Artillery and Engineers can have, in the course of a
week or so, a snug little parade of their own.
Well, let us first dispose of Thomas Brabazon Aylmer,
Henry Charles Edward Vernon, C. 8., Lieut.-Generals of
1851; and the Hon. John Finch,,C.B., of 1855 (a-relative,
I presume, of Lord Aylesford). They are Peninsular
officers, drawing the unattached pay and receiving "re
wards for meritorious services." I have no means at pre-
sent of ascertaining what those Services are.
Henry James Riddell, K. H., 6th Foot ; Deputy-assist•
• ant Quarter-master General a t Copenhagen in 1807, and
Assistant Quarter-master General on the eastern coast of
Spain and at Genoa, under Lord W. Bentinck ; 59 years'
. service.
Sir James A. Hope, K.C.8., 9th Foot ; served in
Hanover, 1805 ; Zealand and Copenhagen, 1807 ; after-
wards with Sir John Moore in Spain, Walcheren ; again
in Spain from 1810 to the end of that war in 1814; 57
years' service.
Sir Robert John Harvey, C. 8., 21 West India Regi-
ment, Assistant Quartermaster-General of the British and
Portuguese armies from 1809 to 1814 ; 51 years' service.
Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.8., K.C.M.G., 83d; served
at Ferrol in 1800; Germany, 1805 ; Copenhagen 1807;
Sweden, 1808; Spain and Portugal, including Ce:runna,
1808.9; Walcheren and Flushing, subsequently in Spain;
57 years' service.
Sir Richard Hare Clarges, K.C.8., 12th Foot • served
in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercromby ; in Hanover;
Spain, under Sir J. Moore; Walcheren, and afterwards as
Assistant Adjutant-General of a Division in the Peninsula;
60 years' service,
Alexander Thompson, C. 8., 74th Highlanders; a Pe-
ninsular officer, who served with zeal and ability ;
slightly wounded at Badejoz, leading a storming party;
severely wounded at Salamanca ; 53 years' service.
Sir William F. P. Napier, K.C.8., 22d, "the eloquent
and impartial historian," as truly described by the late Sir
Robert Peel. Let us see what our literary hero has done..
Ho served at Copenhagen and at the Battle of Kioge, in
1807; Sir John Moore's campaign, 1808-9 ; and again in
the Peninsula, from 1809 to the end of that war in 1814 ;
wounded at the action of the Con; severely wounded at
Casai Nova, at the head of six companies ; again wounded
in defending the churchyard of Arcangues ; served also in
the campaign of 1815 with distinction. Reader, if you
would know more of Sir William Napier's antecedents,
look for them, and those of his gallant comrades, in his
great work, " the History of the Peninsular War;" .57
years' service.
Francis Miles Milman, 92d, Prince of Walos's Volun-
teers ; aide de-camp to General Cranford. in Sir John
Moore's campaign ; subsequently joined his regiment, the
Coldstreams, at Lisbon, was severely wounded at Talavera,
and saved from being burnt on the field by a private of
his regiment; taken prisoner in the hospital of Talaveia,
and detained in France till 1814; latterly commanded the
Coldstreams; no decoration ; 56 years' service.
John Reeve, 61st ; served in Sicily 1806-7, Sir John
,Moore's campaign, Walcheren, Peninsula from 1811 to be-
ginning of 1814, campaign of 1815; including Quatre Bras
and Waterloo; no decoration; 56 years' service. •
William Alexander Gordon, C. 8., 54th; served in Hol-
land, 1799 ; Walcheren, Peninsula, from 1810 to 1814 ;
wounded and horse killed at the battle of St. Pierre; 62
years service.
Thomas Kenah, C. 8., 631; Holland, 1799; Egypt, 1801;
Sicily, from 1808 to 1812, subsequently on the eastern
coast of Spain, and at the siege and capture of Genoa,
1814; 57 years' service.
Edward Buckley Wynyard, C. 8., 53th ; Sicily, from
1808 to March, 1810, when severely wounded at the attack
on Santa Mauro.; 53 years' service.
Sir James Fergasson, K.C.8., Governor of Gibraltar,
431 Light Infantry; campaign of 1803-9, including the
battles of Vimiera and Corunna ; Walcheren, Peninsula,
from March, IFIO, to the end of that war; has been slightly
wounded four times—once severely; 55 years' service.
Sir Thomas William Brotherton, K.C.B.' 15th Hussars;
served in Egypt 1801; Germany, under Lard Cathcart,
1805 ; Peninsula, from 1808 to 1814 ; wounded at Sala-
manca, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Nive ;
57 years' service.
Sir Adolphus J. Dalrymple, Bart.; draws "unattached
pay" as Lieutenant-General since 1851 ; no decoration;
antecedents to me unknown.
Sir James. Henry Reynett, K.0.H., 48th; served in the
expedition against Ferrol in 1800, and subsequently on
the Quartermaster-General's staff in Spain and Portugal;
57 years' service.
William Smelt, C. 8., 37th; served in the American war,
present at taking at Plattsburg, capture of Oswego, action
at Lundy's-lane, dangerously wounded at the storming of
Fort Erie; Burmese war in 1824-25, and part of 1826; 59
years' service.
Sir John Bell, K.C.8., 4th King's Own Foot; served in
Sicily in 1806-7, and in the Peninsula from 1808 to 1814 ;
and afterwards with the army employed against Louisiana
from Dec., 1814, to June, 1815 ; 51 years' service.
Slamnol Benjamin Aucheauty, C. 8., 7th Royal Fusi-
liers ; served several years in the West Indies, and after-
wards in the Peninsula, and was present at some important
actions in the West Indies, Portugal, and Spain ; 5.) years'
service.

Thomas Lightfoot, C. 8., 62d; Holland, 1799; Penin-
sula, IEOB to 1814, present at several actions, twice slightly
and once severely wounded ; 57 years' service.
George Augustus Henderson, K. K.C. , 59th; served
in Ireland during the Rebellion of 1793; at the Helder,
1799 •, Egypt, 1801 ; Vimiera and Corunna' 1808-9 ; Flush-
ing. 1809 ; Peninsula, from 1811 to 1814 ; 6 Iyears' service.
Robert Barclay Macpherson, C. 8., K.H., 73 1; West
Indies, 17'-5-6; East Indies, from 1799 to 1205; South
America, 1809 ' • wounded at the storming of Buenos
Ayres ; Peninsula, from June 1809 to 1814, serving with
distinction ; 6 i years' service.
Philip Hay, an amiable gentleman, on the unattached
pay, far advanced in life.

Archibald Money, 0.13., K.C., 2d Dragoons (Scots
Greys) ; served 25 years in the 11th Dragoons; Flanders
and Holland, 1794-95, and in Germany in latter year;
Holland, 17:-.9 • Leghorn, Minorca, and Cadiz, 1803 ;
Egypt, 1801; Peninsula,-1811-12 ; campaign of 1815, in
eluding Quatre Bras and Waterloo ; 63 years' service, and
like Henderson of 63 years', and Macpherson of 62 years'
service, a Lieut.-General of only two years' standing; slow
promotions these; what think you, General Sir James
Simpson ? You have got on a little better.
Henry A. Proctor, C. 8., 97th ; Walcheren and Flusbing,
Gibraltar, Tarifa, and Peninsula from 1810 to Dec., 1812 •
subsequently in the Peninsula, and south of France, and
afterwards in America ; 56 years' service.
William Jervoi3, K. H., 76th ; Hanover, 1805. In 1810,
went on Lord Blayney's staff to Malaga, and was slightly
wounded in the attack on Fraugerola; 813, went on Sir
Geo. Drummond's staff to Canada, and was prosont at
sevoral actions; 53 years' service.
Sir Francis Cockburn, 95th; South America, 1807;
Peninsula, 1809.10; Canada, 1811. to 1314; no deNration;
56 years' service.

Edward Parkinson, C. 8., 931. (Sutherland High.'
lenders) ; Jamaica, 1798 to 1802 ; India, - from 1805 to
capture of the island of Bourbon, in 181 ; Pomerania,
1813; Holland, +814; and in 1815 severely wounded at
Quatre Bras ; 51 years' service.
rradneLanl7lllybonouc,
-1C;.818.,093, 9pthen;
inFsgaro;l,thCe acdaizm,
paaingnd
se-
verely wounded ; 54 years' service.
-of 1815; Quatre Bras and Waterloo, in the latter raPeter Augustus Lantour, C.B. K. H., 3d (King's Own)
Light Dragoons ; served with distinction in the Peninsula
in 1811-12, with the 11th Dragoons ; wounded on retreat
from Burgos, by the bursting of a shell ; served in the cam-
paign of 1815 ; present at the actions of the 16th and 17th
June, and at Waterloo, succeeded to the command of the
23d Light Dragoons, and of the brigade; 53 years' service.
Sir William Chalmers, C. 8., 78th High-
landers ; Sicily, 1806.7 ; Portugal and Spain, 1808-9 ;
Waleheren and Flushing; Peninsular campaigns from
1810; serving with great distinction; served also in the
Netherlands in 1814, and in the campaign of 1815, includ-
ing Waterloo, where he had three horses killed or disabled;
53 years' service.
James Claud Bourchier, 3d Dragoon Guards ; served
under Sir R. Abercrombie against Cadiz, 1800, and in
Egypt, 1801; Peninsula, 1811-12, and the campaign of
1315, including Quatro Bras and Waterloo, and capture of
' Paris• 59 years' service.
Sir H. G. W. Smith, Bart, G.C.8.; one of the colonels
commandant of the Rifle Brigade, with Sir G. Brown.
Sir Harry is an eminent soldier, vastly superior to his co-
adjutor Brown. He served with the Rifle Brigade at the
storming of Monte Video, under Sir S. Auchmuty, and the
assault on Buenos Ayres, under Gen. Crauford ; with Sir
J. Moore, in Spain, from the battle of Vimiera to the
embarkation at Corunna ; returned to the Peninsula in
1809, and was seriously. wounded near Almeida; com-,
mended a company in the pursuit of Massena • ap-
pointed Brigade-Major to the 2d Light Brigade of the Light
Division ; present at Fuentes d'Onor, and some previous
actions; storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, and of Badajoz ; battles
of Salamanca,Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse, and other actions
and affairs. Joined General Ross's army as Assistant Adj
a-
tant-General, and was present at the battle of Bladensburg
and destruction of Washington ; was present at the attack
on th. enemy's Hine before Now Orleans. After the death of
Sir Edward Pakenh a in he was appointed Military Secretary
to Sir John Lambert, commanding the army; present
at the capture of Fort Bowyer, Assistant Quartermaster-Ge-
neral to the 6th division at Waterloo; in 1821 was appointed
Deputy- Q uar term aster-General at the Cape, and commanded
a division against the Kaffir tribes in 1851.5 ; proceeded in
1840 to India as Adjuant-General, and was nominated a
K.C.B. for the action of Maharajpnre, where he was present
as Adj tatant-General; and for services in the campaign on the
Sntlej, and victory over the Seikhs at Aliwall received the
Grand Cross of the Bath, and was afterwards created a
baronet; he subsequently was Governor and Commander-
in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope ; 52 years' service.
Felix Calvert, C. 8., 90th Light Infantry ; served in the
expedition to Sweden in 1808 ; Peninsula 1808-9 ,• Wal-
cheren ; joined Gen. Graham as Aide-de Camp at Cadiz in
1810; remained in the Peninsula up to the capture of San
Sebastian ; went to America in 1814, and was present at
the taking of Castine and American settlements in the Bay
of Fundy ; served at Quatre Bras and Waterloo ; 49 years'
service.
Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.8., 21st Royal North
British Fusiliers; served in India in 1807-8-9, and
10, present during operations against Ameer Khan and
the Pindarries ; capture of the Mauritius ; Portugal,
Spain, and France, 1812-1813 and 3814 ; retreat from
Burgos, action on the Hounaza, (wounded), Vittoria,
Pampeluna, Pyrenees, Bayonne (horse shot), Vic-
Bigerre' Tarbes, and Toulouse (horse shot); America, part
of 1814-15, battle of Bladensburg (two horses shot), storm-
ing and destruction of Washington, attack on Baltimore,
operations before New Orleans (boarding and capture of
American flotilla), twice severely wounded ; campaign of
1815, battle of Quatre Bras, retreat of 17th June battle of
Waterloo (two horses killed, one shot and one sabred), in-
vestment and capitulation of Paris; commanded the Bri-
tish Auxiliary Legion and the Spanish army of the coast
of Cantabria, action Arlaban, raised the investments of
Bilbao and San Sebastian, defeated the enemy in general
actions of sth and 26th May, 6th June, and Ist October,
1836 (wounded), 10th and 15th of March, 1837 ; at-
tacked near Hernani, on 16th of March, by the elite of
the Carlist army, 16,000 strong (double the number
Of the Allieti Oro), And °Wised tc) rain About at

mile,
_with a loss considerably loss than the enemy.
Resumed the offensive the following month, capturitr,
Hernani by escalade, 14th of May ; Oyarzam on the 16th,
Yrun, by storm, on the 17th ; and Fontarabia, by capitu-
lation, on the 18th. The port and castle of Passages had
long before been captured.; those and ether minor affairs
were for the most part severely contested. The Legion,
under Sir Do Lacy's command, never lost prisoners (ex-
cepting now and then a straggler or two, generally with-
out arms), artillery, or equipage ; while he took from the
enemy 100 officers, LOCO men, and 30 pieces of cannon,
fortified towns and posts, and important strategic terri-
tory, including their main line of retreat, communication,
and supply. Thus did the Legion decisively contribute to
the successful termination of the war. Sir De Lacy bolds
the rank of Lieutenant-general in the Spanish army by
licence of his late Majesty Sing William the Fourth. He
received his company, majority, and lieutenant-colo-
n Icy in the Btitish army for conduct in the field. Com-
manded the 2d Division in the Crimea; but that is sore-
cent an affair it is unnecessary to allude further to it ;
nearly 50 years' service. •

TILE PRRECII MILITARY MEDAL CON.
FERREL) UPON BRITISH SOLDIEIiS.

(Prom the Monitear of yesterday. )
By decree of the 16th August, 1856, the Empe-
ror, on the proposition of the Minister Secretary of
State for War, hasconferred the military medal on
those soldiers of the English army whose names
are subjoined, and whO were represented to him
to have most distinguished themselves daring the
campaign in the Crimea :-
11th Regiment of Hussars."---Bourke Teevan, sergeant
inSjor ; Seth Bond, sergeant ; T. Harrison, lance-cor-
poral ; Cornelius Tstehan, soldier.
Royal Artillery:44AV. Kemptons sergeant ; W. Scott,
sergeant; Robert Smeaton, driver, saved the life of a
French soldier ; H. Wood, gunner and driver ;. Robert
Bafield, gunner and driver; G. Gibson, bombardier;
W. J. Burro we, bombardier ; F. Iles, sergeant • John
Douglas, gunner and driver ; W. Hewitt, bombardier,
wounded in the head on the 18th of June, 1855 ; James
Cannel], gunner and driver; J. M'Ardle, gunner and
driver, wounded three times in the attack on the Redan ;
John Hay, gunner and driver; R.. Perkens, sergeant;
G. Davis, gunner and driver; J. Powell, gunner and
driver ; C. Fitzsimons, sergeant ; J. Adams, sergeant ;
J. Ackland, sergeant ; J. Hamilton, corporal ; J. Mili-
gan, corporal; J, Bower, bombardier, wounded Sept. 8 ;
M. O'Donohue, gunner and driver; Mich. Malowney,
gunner-and.driver ; J. Fairfax, sergeant ; J. Magee,
gunner and driver ; J. Hagan, Chas. Henderson, and D.
Jenkins, bombardiers ; Jae. M'Garrity, sergeant ; P.
Conway, corporal ; Geo. Bines, gunner and driver ; J.
M`Gratb, gunner and driver ; W, Flockhart, sergeant-
major, slightly wounded on the head • Jas. Browne, cor-
poral ; Angus Sutherland, bombardier, wounded se-
verely in both legs by a shell ; John Norton, gunner
and driver ' • John M'Claren, trumpeter ; John Vance,
gunner and driver, Patrick Knight, gunner and driver ;
Matthew Fenton, corporal • Job Smith, Joseph Be-
chauan, James Boggie, Joseph Smith, John M'Pherson,
and Henry Bacchus, sergeants ; Richard Woodbridge,
gunner and driver.
R vat Sappers and Miners—Kester Knight, colour-
sergeant ; John Ross and Robert Hanson, corporals ;
Walter Conning, second corporal ; John Perie, soldier.
3d Battalion of Grenadier Guards—Charles Sargeant,
colour sergeant, wounded at Inkerrnan ; Isaac Atelier,
soldier ; Thomas- Elger, soldier ; Aaron Hale, soldier ;
James King, soldier ; William Myers, soldier ; William
Williams, soldier.
Ist Battalion of Coldstream Guards—Shepard Carter,
sergeant-major ; John Burnett, drill sergeant • William
Reed, sergeant ' • George Walden, sergeant ; John Win-
ter, sergeant; Philippe Balls, soldier ; Charles Tutt,
soldier.
Scotch Fusilier Guards—William M'Gregor, pay and
colour sergeant ; James Badenocle pay and colour ser-
geant ; James Lennox, drill sergeant ; David Manson,
sergeant ; John Judd, -corporal ; Joseph Coulter, acting
corporal, wounded severely ; John Drummond, soldier.
Ist Battalion Royal Regiment—William Sparks, ser-
geant ; Daniel Moran, soldier ; John Horsfall, corporal ;
James Culver, soldier ; Andrew Campbell, soldier ; A.
J. Ste wait, colour sergeant ; N. J. Sullivan, corporal.
2d Battalion Ist Regiment Royal Infantry—Stephen
Hunter, sergeant-major ; James Mulvany, sergeant ;
Charles Pulfer, soldier ; Frederick Lock, soldier.
4th Regiment or King's Own—Wm. O'Grady, colour
'sergeant; Alex. Flemming, colour sergeant ; Robert
Marshall, colour sergeant; John Clarkson, corporal,
two wounds ; John Fitzgerald, lance corporal ; Teddy
Murray, soldier ; Jam ,s Murphy, soldier, severely
wounded on the 18th of June, 1855.
7th Regiment Royal Fusiliers—Joseph Bell, sergeant
major ; John Watts, colour sergeant; John Laws, ser-
geant ; Trios. Poulton, sergeant; Pat. Hanlon, sergeant;
Wm. Marshall, corporal ; Michael Edwards, soldier.
13th Regiment—James Godwin, sergeant; Valentine
Curry, soldier ; Edward 'Tallman, corporal, severely
wounded 7th Sept., ; Thos. Cooper, sergeant.
14th Regiment—Thcis. Coopers, sergeant ' • John Mac-
donald, sergeant ; Robt. Harrison, soldier; Thos. Caby,
soldier ' • Pat. Canty, soldier, wosteded.
18th Regiment, Royal Irish—Ed. Dunne, colour ser-
geant ; John Harvey, sergeant; Nicholas Snell, corpo-
ral ' • John Co; soldier ; John Gleeson, sergeant ; Ed-
ward Langton, soldier.
19th Regiment—William John Britts, colour ser-
geant ; William Murphy, sergeant, wounded severely ;
Thomas Murphy, sergeant; William Smith, sergeant,
wounded ; Henry Strick, sergeant, wounded ; Hugh
B. Higgins, soldier ; James Daffy, soldier.
20th Regiment—J. Mess, sergeant ;G. Boxall, ser-
geant; J. Brown, sergeant; J. Brown, soldier ; G.
Kir
ldierkham, soldier; W. 11..nnessy, soldier; H. Gray,
so.
21st Regiment of Fusiliers—J. Higdon, colour-ser-
geant ; J. Sims, sergeant ; T. Driscoll, soldier ; P.
Kelly, sergeant ; M. M‘Phely, soldier; J. Russell, ser-
geant ; P. Crowley, soldier.
23d Regiment—W. Handley, sergeant-major ;J.
Collins, sergeant; C. Godden, sergeant ; R. Andrews
sergeant ; J. Boyce, colour-serjeant ; J. Brown, sol-
dier ; C. Covinton, colour-sergeant.
28th Regiment—W. Cook, sergeant; G. Dunnery,
sergeant ; J. Carson, soldier ; M. Connell, soldier,
severely wounded on the 18th. of June ; William
Dunn, soldier, severely wounded on the 18th of June ;
.Tohn Blake, soldier ; John Tobin, soldier.
30th Regiment—J, Richardson, colour sergeant ;0.
Curran, sergeant ; Thos. MacDonogh, colour sergeant,
slightly wounded in the assault on Sept. 8 ; M. Byrne,
lance corporal, slightly wounded at the battle of Inker-
man ; W. Nicoll, soldier, four wounds ; C. Quigley,
soldier ; John Smith, soldier.
34th Regiment—J. Foley, colour sergeant ;R. Staple.
ton, soldier ; J. Ruth, soldier ; L. Ryan, soldier.
331 Regiment—W. Bagwell, sergeant major; Patrick
Whelan, sergeant; J. Bacon, colour sergeant; F. Crotty,
soldier ; W. Douglas, soldier ; W. Crane, sergeant ; W.
Monaing, culour sergeant.
34th Regiment—Wm. Quirk, sergeant ; J. Hayden,
sergeant; W. Carney, sergeant, wounded; T. Lot, soldier;
W. Coffer, corporal; W. Gall, soldier, wounded.
38th Regiment—Patrick M'Fadden, sergeant major ;
John Walsh, soldier; Robert Longheid, soldier; Thos.
Brennan, corporal; Andrew Clarke, sergeant, wounded
Michael Murphy, soldier; Benjamin Newhal, soldier,
wounded.
41st Regiment—Wm. Davis, colour sergeant ; James
Kelly, colour sergeant; Patrick Garvey, soldier; John
Kennelly, soldier ; Thomas M`Quade, soldier ; Charles
Nelson, Corporal ; Martin Rogerson, soldier.
42d Regiment—Thos. Ridley, colour sergeant; Wm.
Strathearn, sergeant; Robert M'Nair, corporal, severely
wounded ; Donald Mackenzie, soldier, wounded ; Wm.
Bennett, corporal ;Neil Carmichael, soldier.
44th Regiment—Dannis Reddin, quartermaster sea,
geant ; Thos. Brown, sergeant; Denis Canty, corporal ;
John Drenon corporal ; James Edlow, soldier ; John
Burnside, soldier; Thos. Macarthy, soldier.
46th Regiment—Etienne Harbour, colour sergeant ;
Geo. Blagdon, sergeant ; Wm. Watt, corporal; James
Hunt, soldier ; Jeremy Condon, soldier.
47th Regiment—George Macdonald, colour sergeant ;
Connor O'Loghlin, corporal ; Gell, colour sergeant;
Bowler, sergeant, wounded severely ; Daniel
Flanagan, soldier ; John Dillon, soldier, wounded ;
John Dinneen, soldier.
-
48th Regiment—S. Francis, acting sergeant major;
T. Kelly, corporal, severely wounded ; T. Goorly, cor-
poral ; J. Downey, soldier.
49th Regiment—George Vayng, colour sergeant ;
John M'Coy, colour-sergeant ; Alexander Pendridge,
lance corporal ; Pater Owens, lance corporal • Michel
Roony, sergeant, severe contusion ; John Thompson,
colour sergeant ; Robt. M`Kenna, soldier.
50th Regiment—Robt. Foley, sergeant major; Law-
rence Ward, soldier,- Michael Hannan, soldier ;John
Brennan, soldier ; Wm. Cooney, soldier ; Wm. Turner,
colour sergeant ; Richard W. Newcombe, sergeant.
55th Regiment—Henry Hendrick, colour sergeant,
wounded; Was. Spencer, sergeant; Wm. M'Lachlan,
lance corporal ; Joseph Wilson, soldier, severely
wounded ; Wm. Campion, sergeant ; Jeremiah Whelan,
soldier; Thos. Johnstone, soldier.
E6th Regiment—William Dibbs, colour sergeant ;
Joseph Whittaker, colour sergeant; John Lord, soldier;
Louis Hogan, soldier.
67th Regiment—John M'Cardle, colour sergeant ;
John Coughlan, colour sergeant; James F. Andrews,
sergeant ; Thomas Connell, corporal ; William Kinnar-
severely wounded ; John Murray,
ney, lance corporal,
soldier, three wounds.
68th Regiment—John dibbons, sergeant-major,
severe contusions Peter Delany, sergeant, two wounds;
Patrick Finns, corporal severely wounded ; James Sims,
soldier
;. William Ferris, soldier ; Thomas Watson, ser-
geant ; Charles Ross, soldier, wounded.
72d Regiment—Archibald Duncan, corporal; Thos.
Alison, soldier ; John Harper, soldier, wounded ; Saml.
M'Neish, soldier.
77th Regiment—James Toohey, colour sergeant,
wounded severely; Thomas M`Gill, drummer ; Alex.
Wright, soldier, wounded severely • Murdock Charles-
ton, soldier, wounded severely ; William Wilson, lance
corporal ; William M,Guire, soldier; John Quinland,
soldier.

70th Regiment—Jas. Spence, colour•sergeant ; Alex,
Goodbrand, colour sergeant ; Cohn Campbell, sergeant ;
Robert Bruce, soldier; Vim. Davio, sergeant; James
Wilkie, soldier.
68 thitegiment—Ltienue Cony nghaa, sergeant-major;

Hubert Kelly, colour sergeant ; Maurice Kanty, colour-
sergeant ; Michael Rian, " soldier ; B3rnard M‘Namara,
soldier ; Thos. Handley, soldier ; Henry Spellacy, soldier.
39sh Regiment—John Grant, sergeant; Jahn Trem-
with, corporal ; Patrick Kinueally, soldier ; Darby Le-
naghan, soldier ; William Heffernan, soldier.
90th Regiment—Charler Sanderson, colour sergeant ;
John Alexander, soldier ; Edward Flaxinan, musician ;
John Lawless, soldier; Thomas Bayley, soldier; John
Goldsmith, soldier, wounded.
93d Regiment—Alex. Knox, colour sergeant; Arch.
Crabtree, sergeant ; Wm. Mackenzie, lance corporal ;
John Leslie, soldier, severely wounded ; Pierre M'Kay,
soldier; John Forbes, soldier, severely wounded; James
Davidson, soldier.

95th Regiment—J: Cody, soldier; P. Dooley, soldier;
J. Linn, corporal ; S. Webb, corporal ; J. English, sol-
dier ; P. Gallagher, soldier ; J. Jacques, corporal.
97th Regiment—P. Donellan, sergeant ; A. Curran,
corporal ; H. Jackson, soldier, wounded ; J. Cotterill,
soldier, wounded severely; P. 111‘Milty, soldier; W.
Newman, sergeant, very severely wounded.
Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade—J.Uicks, colour-sergeant;
B. Macrnahon, soldier ; J. King, soldier ; P. M'Cann,
soldier; IL Bailey, soldier ; T. Davis, soldier ; J. Green,
soldier.

2d Battalion—J. Waller, sergeant-major, severely
wounded on the Bth Sept. ; D. Fisher, colour-sergeant ;
J. .llarrywood, sergeant, severely wounded ; T. Burge,
sergeant ; J. Bradshaw, corporal ; C. Feough, soldier ;
M. M'Corrnick, soldier.

NIB FRENCH POLITICAL PRISONERS AT

CAYENNE.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
Sin;--In February, 1855, I received a letter that was
signed as follows :—"Fassiliez, a political prisoner trans-
ported in June, 1848, and who has now been working
for 14 months, like many others among his fellow-suf-
ferers, under a chain of 401 b, in weight, with a cannon-
ball at the end of it."
In that letter, dated St. Joseph, Island of Despair,
September, 1854, the gratuitous and unheard of acts of
barbarity were stated which are inflicted at Cayenne
upon men belonging to all classes of society—artists,
tradesmen, workmen, barristers, physicians, farmers,
journalists, scholars—these men having been violently
driven out of their country, not in consequence of any
lawful judgment, but by the mere impulse of political
passions. I was requested to. lay before the civilised
world the heartrending details, which I did as far as my
power went.
Since that period no change whatever appears to have
taken place in the situation of these unfortunate people,
who are subjected to forced labour (travaux forces) on a
lonely, rock, surrounded by the sea, at a distance of
about 6,000 miles from their native land.
Six months ago a second letter was forwarded to me
relating what follows
" Every ship that comes from the pestilential shores
of 'Cayenne brings the death of a new victim. The
latest victim is Peret, some time major of Beziers, a
most generous-hearted man, feeling acutely, while he
was rich, that many of his fellow creatures were perish.
ing of hunger, and ready to spare neither his fortune
nor his life to the cause of7humanity. Having been
deported to Cayenne, without trial, for resisting .the
coup d'etat of the 2d of December, be attempted, with
six fellow-prisoners. to escape from that living tomb.
They put to sea at night in a boat. Two hours
after they were driven on the rocks. Peret, entangled,
in his cloak, was drowned. The six others survived. But
what an existence For two days they lived on what
shell-fish they could find on a desolate rock in the midst
of the ocean that threatened every moment to overwhelm
them. At last one of them resolved to risk his life for
the rest. Seeing no succour come, he threw himself into
the sea, and after three hours' swimming, reached the
laud. Unhappily the land was French Guiana. He could
only save his life on condition of surrendering himself a
prisoner. His five companions were rescued from the
devouring sea only to be cast into another dungeon--
tomb for tomb."
Now, sir, here is a third letter which has just reached
me:—

To M. Louis Blanc those deported to Cayenne, with
urgent request to make public this appeal :

" Those deported to French Guiana raake an appea,
to the feelings of justice and humanity of all honest men,
to whatever party they may belong.
" At the very moment when so much is spoken in
France of clemency and generosity, while so many fami-
lies aro lulling themselves with the hopo of clasping to
their hearts the dear ones whose absence they have so
long lamented, the politicci victims are treated in French
Guiana in a mauler worthy of the darkest ages Of bar-
barity.
" it is certainly a painful task to unveil such an cc-
count of iniquity; but how is it possible t.' pass over
in silence the unjust and cruel behaviour of French
officers towards their fellow countrymen ? Let it be
knows, therefore, that we are unspeakably tortured on
the flimsiest pretences, while people, deceived by the
solemn declarations of the French Government, think
perhaps that every prison is open and that we are at
liberty. Let it be known, for instance, that of five
men lately arrested for some talk it had been the fancy
of an overseer to invent, two were tied to a stake
and dealt with as the most vile criminals. 01 their
being reluctant to submit to an ignominious punishment
soldiers were allied for, who, rushing upon the victims,
bruised them with blows, tore off their beards, and reck-
less of shrieks with which the wild beasts would have
been moved, bound them with cords so fast as to make
the blood gush.

"To relate all we suffer is mere than we can possibly
do. Our cheeks kindle with shame, and our hearts are
bleeding. Suffice it to say that while the French G.)-
vernment has its clemency cried up everywhere, there
are Frenchmen in Guiana who do ga'p for life. Nor are
they allowd the sojourn of the Island of Despair, horri-
ble as it is ; barbarous administrators drag them vio-
lently on the continent, to compel them to a labour of 8
hours a-day in the marshy forests, from which pestilen-
tial vapours are continually ri,ing.
" We refused to submit to this outrage upon laws, to
this murderous attempt; we claimed promised liberty ;
the answer is ' death ! '--a magnanimous answer, after
the birth of a prince !
"Is there indeed for us any other prospect but immi-
nent death ? With no proper food, no garments, no
shoes, no, wine since February last, is there any chance
that we should long be able to bear both the influence
of an exhausting toil and a deadly climate ? Again,
where is the law 'which assimilates political postscripts
to galley slaves? From beneath the brutal force that
weighs upon us, heaped up together, almost breathless,
but strengthened by the courage we draw from the sa-
credne3s of our cause and our hope in the triumph of
justice, we protest against the violence which is offered
to us. May public opinion be moved at our misfor-
tunes, and energetically rise against deeds so well calcu-
lated to bring to shame a nation reputed the most en-
lightened and civilised in the world !
" BERREJE ALEXANDRE " DESSALLE
" GIBERT " BIJOUX
" GORET " DORE
" BOUDIN • " RAYMOND
" JACEGALY " MEUNIERE
. " DALIVIE " CAYET
" PEI:INLAND " CASNAO
" SOFFROIL " PRISON
" PECH " PATDOUANI
" GUERARD " LABROSSE
" BONNASSIOLLE " AILHAUD
" SALLELES " DAVAUX
" SUSINI " BIVORS
" BEAFOUR " PERRIMOND
" LACOUR " CHAUDRON
" BOCKENSKY " PRIOL
" LAFOND " CAUDRET
" DIME GUSTAVE ‘c CAUMETTE
" PELLETIER " HoLLAs."
These are the lines, Sir, the insertion of whichin your
columns I earnestly request, not as a Republican—not ;
even as a Frenchman—but as a man ; for this is not a
question of poli:ical feeling ; it is one of simple justit e
and humanity. Let it be carefully remembered that the
tortured victims are men who have never been tried by
any lawful court, nor prosecuted by any form of law. It
lies in your power, Sir—as I said on a similar occasion
—that the groan they utter from the place ware they
are, so to speak, buried alive, should be heard in the
world of the living. The French press is gagged, and
whoever has recently resided in France must of neces-
sity know—as stated in a letter addressed by Mr. Ay-
touts to the most influential paper in this country—
" that when the press is controlled by an arbitrary Go-
vernment, every species of injustice, jobbing and oppres-
sion may be perpetrated, uncommented upon, and even
unknown to the great majority of the population. Such
being the case in France, the liberty of the English
press remains the only possible resort for the oppressed
to have the justice of their complaints at least examined.
I apply, therefore, to the English press, and that all the
more confidently since I read in the Times a few days
ago—" The press is emphatically the representative of
the people. If wisely directed it guards the interests of
all classes and conditions of society, and has a right in
turn to the support and assistance of all."
I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,
Aug. 23. LOUIS BLANC.

The Austrian frigate Radetzky left Spithead on Satur-
day morning for the Thames, to refit her machinery.
IMPROVEMENTS AT HOLYBOOD PALACE.—The u3nal
arrangements are being made at Holyrood for her Ma-
jesty's reception there on her northern journey, and vari-
ous improvements are being made both inside and out-
side the Palace. The Throne-room has been decorated
with a new ceiling of the style of the 16th century, ex-
hibiting various heraldic devices, and with the Imperial
at-ms emblazoned on the centre panel. In front of the
Palace a broad carriage drive has been opened, extend-
ing from the Abbeyhill to the Queen's Park, forming a
great improvement to the appearance of this ancient
structure, and a great facility for public assemblages
in. the Park, which was formerly only accessible by
narrow entrances. The opening of a new line of
road, communicating in a direct line between the
Palace and Princes-street, has also been proposed. At
the east end of the Queen's-drive, near the royal station,
a n important improvement has been effected in the cut-
' ti,og off an abrupt turn in the road.

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We add some further particulars relative to the
doings on the moors. Mr. Wynne Williams and
Mr. Frederick Walker commenced shooting on the
Tulchen moors on the 12th, and iu four days bagged
148 brace-Mr. Walker's best day being 471, Mr.
Williams, through indisposition, shot only ou the
13th, when he killed 2G brace. Captain E. S.
Bruce, had on the Kirdel moors, on the 12th, 35
brace. The Marquis of Bath, in Glenfeshie, upon
the 12th, bagged 17 brace of grouse, 1 roebuck,
and 1 hare. Of those only 31 brace were young
birds. On the 13th the Marquis killed 21 brace,,
and only one young bird. On the evening of the
13th, the Lord Duthe and the Hon. evening
Charteris joined the Marquis at his shooting lodge
in Glenfeshie. On the 12th, Martin S. Smith,
Esq., M.P., with a small party, bagged 40 brace.
At Culnakyle, Mr. Eyton, Mr. luce, and Mr.
Fitzhugh, have bagged as follows :-On the 12th,
50 brace ; on the 13th, Mr. Fitzhugh killed 22
brace ; and on the 15th Mr. Eyton and Mr. Fitz-
hugh killed 25 brace of ptarmigan and 3 brace of
grouse. The birds on the high grounds are both
small and scarce-not one for ten that there were
last season. At Balmacaan, the Earl of Seafield
had 421 brace on the 12th ; and on the 13th, the
Hon. W. Stuart had 21 brace. On the 12th, the
Hon. T. C. Bruce shot 10 brace. At Lochletter,
in Glen-Urquhart, Francis Palmer, Esq., and
friend, shot on the 12th, 32 brace grouse and 3
snipes ; .and,,
,on the 14th, had 14 brace grange and
a fefrlarei; At Nuide, harßiaenoalg'Pra leftlth;
13th, and 14th, aparty consisting of T. L. Bode aham,
Esq., C. Bodenham, Esq., and Geo. Rendell, Esq.,
bagged 119 brace. r. Martin, at Farraline, bagged
24 brace on the 12th, and 22 brace on the 13th. At
Carr-bridge, Mr. Symons, on the 12th, bagged
261 brace, on the 13th 131 brace, and on the 14th
42.1- brace; Captain Wilmot, on the 13th, bagged
231 brace, and on the 14th 23 brace ; Mr. Alfrel
Morrison, on the 13th, 311, and on the 14th 181;
Mr. Bass, on the 13th, 191, and on the 14th 24 ;
Mr. Harrell, on the 13th, 471. On the 14th (the
first day), A. Finuie, Esq., Glentrium, by Kingus-
sie, bagged 38 brace of grouse, 1 plover, and 3 hares;
H. S. Lucy, Esq., 44 brace, 11 golden plovers, 1
snipe, and 11 hares ; W. Finnie, Esq., 31 brace ;
and the Messrs. Graham 271 and 341 respectively.
On the 15th Messrs. Graham bagged 301 and 26
brace each ; anti H. S. Lucy and anather, 16 brace
in three hours. On the 16th the Messrs. Finuie
bagged 35 brace. This party has found but few
young broods on their moors. On the 12th, Spen-
cer Steers, Esq., killed on the Upper Dell moors,
17 brace; and Mr. Greenall, M.P., 22 brace on
the 14th. On the Belleville moors, on the 14th,
Messrs. Baker took to hare shooting and killed 35.
On the 15th Mr. Allsopp killed 15 brace grouse,
and Mr. Baker 17 brace. The Newtomnore shoot-
ings have yielded very indifferent sport, the num-
bers killed to each gun being oily from four to
seven brace. The Advie moors have yielded pretty
good sport, R. Munu, E3q., the lessee, having
bagged, on the 13th, 311 brace of grouse and a
number of hares. Mr. Bruce, of Kennet, had also
fair sport ou the Crotaale moors on the 12th. On
the Rothes moors, Mr. Maclean, Hytbehill, Elgin,
and party, bagged 32 brace grouse. On the Aberar-
der moors, on the 26th, C. P. W. Browne, Esq.,
killed 14 brace grace. F. Milford and friend, at
Laggan and Daltomich, tagged, in two days' shoot-
ing, 53 brace grouse and two woodcocks. At Cara-
tray, Colonel Fraser and T. Rose, Esq., shot, on
the 14th, 14 brace grouse, 3 hares, 2 ducks' and 1
snipe ; and, on the same day, Capt. John Fraser
and Mr. Stuart bagged 11 brace of grouse and four
hares. At Nairnsido, on the 14th, the Hon. L.
Grant 181 brace and four hares. On the 14th, at
Aldourie, Charles Reston, E-q., shot 121 brace and
three ducks.
At Scardroy, on the 12th, H. Cook, Esq., and
Mr. Hardmau, bad upwards of 23 brace. The
Right Hon. Lord Ashburton and party of three
guns only killed, on the 12th, 51 brace. Captain
Baring, on North Garve, had 10 brace. At Scat-
well, on the 12th, Mr. Mackenzie, of Muirton, and
party, killed 28 brace and 4 hares. On the Talleck
and Clare moors, Major Hirst has had good sport,
but particulars have not yet been sent to us. On
the 12th, Captain Trelawny, on Glengowrie moor,
shot 32 brace and 5 bares. Major Fielden, M.P.,
on Bridgepark moor, shot 11 brace. Sir Charles
Ross, of Balnagown, shot, on the 13th, on the
moors at Scotsburn, in the course of three hours
and a half, 18 brace of grouse and 3 mountain
hares. At Weavis, on the 19. h, Captain A. H.
Campbell bagged, in four days' shooting, 65 brace
grouse and if hares.
At Acbalibster, Caithness, H. W. P. Smith,
Esq., bagged 201 brace grouse on the 12th, 19 brace
in the afternoon of the 13th' and 13 brace in about
three hours of the 14th. rile birds were scarce
and strong.
Lord Lovat, Col. the Hon. Simon Fraser and
Major Fraser, shot 12 good stags at Glenstrath-
farar. Some deer, with antlers clear of velvet,
were seen by the party.
From the Banffshire Journal we learn that the
success on the moors has been varied, though in
general, as in other counties, the bags made have
been made less than usual. On the Gleufiddich
shootings of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, the
grouse were found to be fewer than they have been
for the last seven or eight years. His Grace was
out on the 12th for 31 hours, and bagged 14 brace
grouse and two hares. The same day, C..d. Jobb
and Mr. Fitzroy had 18 brace grouse and two
hares. On the following day Lord Hill and Mr.
Hill had 16 brace ; and Jebb and Mr. Fitzroy
13 brace. On the 14th inst., the same two gentle•
men had 11 brace, and Lord Hill and his son, 31
brace. On Friday, the Hon. R. C. Hill and Cul.
Jobb killed 40 brace grouse, 7 hares, &c. The
Blackwater shootings were not much more prolific
than those of Gleufiddich. The party there con-
sisted of the Earl of March, Sir E Bowater, and
Mr. Coxe. The noble earl had on the opening day
a score brace of grouse, with some plovers and
hares. On the 13th, the party had about 40 brace,
and on the 11th and 15th about the same num-
bers. We believe the party do not intend to pro-
secute the grouse shooting, at least not to a great
extent. Lord Henry Bentinck's shootings at Lag-
ganauld in this county, have this year well sus-
tained their fame, the best bags in the north hav-
ing this year been made upon them. On the 12th
burl Henry had 50 brace of good birds ; the Rev.
J. King, 601 brace ; J. Hall, Esq., 301 braes. On
the 30th, Lord Henry 30 brace, Mr. King 37 brace,
Mr. Hall 2G brace. On the 14th, Lnrd H.mry 24
brace, Mr. King 47 brace, and Mr. Hall 23 brace.
On the 15th, Mr. Hall was out only one hour, and
had 13 brace. Messrs. Inglis and Robison had on the
Fife-Keith shootings 15 brace on the 12th ; on the
13th, 13 brace and 4 hares ; on the 14th, 14 brace and
3 hares, and on the 15th, 16 brace. The party on
the Glemnarkie moors in this county have had ex-
cellent sport. Colonel Clows, Captain Oldham,
and G. P. Smith, Esq., killed together on the 12th,
80 brace ; on the 13th, 75 brace ; and on the 14th,
70 brace. On the 12th, W. T. Rilley, Esq., of
Bilston, and party, killed, also on the Glenmarkie
moors, 731 brace of grouse, 5 hares ; on the 13th,
78 brace of grouse, 3 hares ; on the 14th, 63i brace
of grouse. They found the birds for number far
above expectation. A few cheepers were met, and
also some barren birds, and there are indications
of a disposition to "pack" early. On the Lesinur-
die moors, Andrew Steuart, Esq., of Auchlunkart,
killed on the 12th, 9 braca grouse and 4 blue
hares ; on the 13th, 9 brace. On the 14th, he shot
upon the Auchlunkart moors, where he enjoyed
pretty fair sport, killing about the same number as
he did upon the two previous days, included among
which was a brace of very fine black game. Mr.
Grant, of Carron, bagged, on the 12th, 201 brace
of grouse in three and a half hours. Provost
Grant, of Elgin ; John Grant, Esq., Glengrant ;
and Mr. Warren, London ; commenced shooting
on the Benrinnes moors about 11 o'clock a.m., and
bagged 45 brace. Mr. Ainslie and party, on the
Ballindalloch moors, bagged 551 brace. Mr.
Slack, on the Mortlack moors, bagged 13 brace ;
and Charles Stewart, gamekeeper, Aberlour-house,
shot 17 brace and 2 hares. The birds are said to
be

strong, and in excellent condition, although not
so numerous as in former seasons. On the Beldor-
ney moors, Captain Grant, of Beldorney, and
Lieutenant Simpson, jun., of Cobairdy, bagged 35
brace of grouse and one blue hare. The birds were
scarce, the young especially, those bagged being
nearly all old birds.
On the Aberdeenshire moors in some places fair
sport was enjoyed. On the Clachmachhill moors,
on the 12th, Lieut. Gordon, Ittingston, bagged 13
brace grouse, six hares, and one snipe ; and Mr.
Macwilliam, Bucharn, 10 brace grouse and three
hares. The gamekeeper on Balquhain shot, on the
12th, on Bonnachi©, 274 brace grouse. W. J.
Taylor, Esq., of Glenbarry, and J. G. Taylor, Esq.,
London, were on the moors of Glass for a few
hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, and bagged 41
brace of grouse, besides other game. At Byth
moors, F. P. Wilson, Esq., London, was out for
three days, and bagged 20 brace gouse and 10
hare4—DiNcla very wilds and not Auulerous. We