The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-28 00:00:00

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the Gazette of last evening.)
- WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 27.
The Queen having been graciously pleased, by a warrant
under her Royal Sign Manual, bearing date December 13,
1858, to declare that non-military persons who, as volun-
teers, have borne arms against the mutineer; both at Luck-
now and elsewhere, during the late operations in India;
shall le considered as eligible to receive the decoration of
the Victoria Cross, subject to the rules and ordinances
already made and ordained for the government thereof, pro-
vided that it be established in any case that the per-
son was serving under the orders of a General or other
officer in command" of troops in the field, when he per-
formed the act of bravery for which it is proposed to confer
the decoration; her Majesty has accordingly been
pleased to signify her intention to confer this high distinc-
tion on the undermentioned gentleman, whose claim to the
same has been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on
account of an act of bravery performed by him in India, as
recorded against his name ; viz.:—
Mr. George Bell Chicken, Indian Naval Brigade—For
great gallantry on the 27th September, 1858, at Suhejnee,
near Peroo, in having charged into the middle of a consi-
derable number of the rebels, who were preparing to rally
and open fire upon the scattered pursuers. They were sur-
rounded on all sides, but, fight ing desperately, Mr. Chicken
succeeded in killing five before he was cut down himself.
He would have been cut to pieces, had not some of the men
of the Ist Bengal Police and 3d Seikh Irregular Cavalry,
dashed into the crowd to his rescue, and routed it, after kill-
ing several of the enemy.

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING.)

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 25.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of James Ranald Martin, Esq., Examin-
ing Physician to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for India in Council, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil
Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 24.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Colin Blackburn, Esq., one of the Judges
of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench.
CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 25.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley, of No.
47, Berkeley-square, Middlesex, in the room of the Hon.
William Frederick Campbell (now Lord Stratheden), called
to the House of Peers.

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 27.
10th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Thomas Burke to
be Colonel, vice General Sir Thomas M'Mahon, Bart.,
G.C.8., deceased.
2nd Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
Richard D. Barre Cuninghame to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Berkeley, promoted.
2nd Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant George Eugene Logan
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ling, deceased ;
Cornet Charles Lever, to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Logan ; Troop Sergeant-Major Benjamin
Edmonds to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Lever.
4th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Clement Robert Nuttall
Royds to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Muttlebury,
who retires.

sth Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Augustus W. Travers to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Hay, who retires ; Cornet
William James Scarlett to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Travers.
18th Light Dragoons—Lieut. William E. Shaw, from the
12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Saunders,
deceased.
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Major Robert Frederick Moun-
tain to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brandling, deceased ;
Brevet-Major William John Bolton to be Captain, vice
Mountain; Lieut. Michael Tweedie to be Second Cap-
tain, vice Bolton; Lieut. Robert. B. Butt has been per-
mitted to resign his commission Quartermaster-Ser-
geant James Hamilton to be Quartermaster, vice Hassan,
retired on half pay.
Coast Brigade of Artillery—Sergeant-Major Samuel Blair
to be Quartermaster, vice Behenna, placed on the Super-
numerary List.
Royal .Engineers—Brevet-Colonel William E. Delves
Broughton to be Colonel, vice Hope, deceased ; Brevet-
Major Henry Arthur White to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Broughton; Second Captain the Hon. John James
Bury, to be Captain, vice White ; Lieutenant Frederick
Mould to be Second Captain, vice Bury.
3d Regiment of Foot—James Johnston Twining, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Irvine, promoted.
6th Foot—Ensign Adolphus R. Augustus Collis, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thomas Armstrong
Gough, whose appointment as stated in the Gazette of the
10th April, 1860, has been cancelled.
10th Foot—Ensign William Miles Maskell has been per-
mitted to resign his commission.
37th Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant Hawkes, as
Adjutant, to be antedated to the 20th December, 1859.
58th Foot—Cornet Joseph Clarke, from hall-pay, late Land
Transport Corps, to be Quartermaster, vice Slattery, ap-
pointed to a Depot Battalion.
60th Foot—Lieut. James Sturgeon Hamilton Algar to be
Lieutenant, vice Tilford, who resigns the Adjutancy
only.
61st Foot—Lieut. Arthur Bailey, from the 38th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Vicars, promoted, without purchase, in
the 18th Foot; Ensign Wm. Edward Ness to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Sloman, promoted.
69th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel John Heatly,
from the 83d Foot, to be Major, vice Hankey, who ex-

changes.
83d Foot—Major Augustus Barnard Hankey, from the 69th
Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Heady, who
exchanges.
87th Foot—Lieutenant John Rawson Simpson to be Cap-
tain, by purchaser vice Fitz Gerald, who retires ; Ensign
Adrian Augustus von Beverhoudt to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Simpson.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
John Campbell, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Alfred H. Horsford,
C. 8., appointed Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting
District; Major Henry Hardinge to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase? vice Brevet-Colonel Campbell, who
retires; Brevet-Major the Hon. James Stuart to be
Major,.by purchase, vice Hardinge; Lieutenant Christo-
pher Rice Havard Nicholl to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Brevet-Major the Hon. James Stuart; Ensign
Wilmot Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Nicholl.

2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant George Willism
Reade to lie Adjutant, vice Fogo, who resigns the Ad-
jutancy only. _

HOSPITAL STAFF.

TO BE HONORARY SURGEON TO HER MAJESTY.
Charles Scott, M.D., C. 8., half-pay, Deputy Inspector-
General of Hospitals, vice Director-General Thomas
Alexander, C. 8., deceased.
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Alexander Sheriffe
Macdonell, upon half-pay, to have the honorary. rank of
Inspector-General of Hospitals, under the provisions of
the Royal Warrant of the Ist October, 1858.
Edward Wadman Ward, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forees, vice Skeen, promoted.
VETERINARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Thomas James
Lang, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon, vice
Veterinary Surgeon Hussey, Royal Artillery, who has
resigned.

BREVET.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the promotion of General the Right Hon. Lord Seaton,
G.C.8., G.C.M.G., to the *tik of Field Marshal, on the
Ist April, 1860 :
Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Wm. Brotherton, K.C.8.,
Colonel of the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be General.
Major-General Sir Lovell B. Lovell, K.C.8., Colonel of
the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel Henry Keane Bloomfield, half-pay 11th
Foot, serving with the temporary rank of Major-General on
the Staff of the Army in Ireland, to be Major-General.
Brevet Lieut-Colonel the Hon. James W. B. Macdonald,
C. 8., Major half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel.
Brevet Major Charles S. S. E. Gordon, 23d Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Edward Mourner Boxer, Royal Artillery, to be
Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the death of Major-General Orlando Felix, on the sth
April, 1860:
Brevet-Colonel John Lawrenson, half-pay 6th Foot,
Inspecting General of Cavalry in Great Britain, with the
temporary rank of Major-General, to be Major- General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Julian Baumgartner, C. 8.,
27th Foot, to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major Henry Jackson, Staff Captain of the Ist
Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain William Hamilton Cox, Royal Artillery, to be
Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the death of General Sir Thomas M'Mahon, Bart.,
G.C.8., Colonel of the 10th Foot, on the 10th April, 1860 :
Lieutenant-General Sir Adolphus J. Dalrymple, Bart,
to be General.
Major-General St. John Augustus Clerke, Colonel of the
75th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel Studholme John Hodgson, Lieutenant .
Colonel half-pay Unattached, to be Major-General.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Blane, C. 8., Major
half-pay unattached, Assistant Adjutant-General in Dub-
lin, to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major Henry Dalton Smart, Captain half-pay
Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Richard O'Connell, Royal Artillery, to be Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place in her
Majesty's Indian Military Forces consequent on the deli
-
cease of Lieutenant-General Frederick Larkins Doveton,
Madras Cavalry, on the 21st December, 1859, of Lieuten-
ant-General Thomas King, Madras Infantry, on the 29th
December, 1859; and of Major-General John Home, Ben-
gal Infantry, on the 12th April, 1860.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS.
Major-General Patrick Montgomerie, C. 8., Madras
Artillery.
Major-General William Henry Hewitt, Bengal Infantry.
TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel Morden Carthew, Madras Infantry.
Colonel Augustus Abbott, C. 8., Bengal Artillery.
Colonel James Edward Gordon Morris, Bombay Infantry.
The undermentioned Officers of her Majesty's Indian
Military Forces, retired on full-pay, to have a step of ho-
norary rank as follows, viz.:—
TO BE MAJOR•GENERILS.
Colonel John Glasfurd, Bengal Engineers.
Colonel Robert Farquhar, C. 8., Bombay Infantry.
TO BE COLONELS.
Lieut.-Colonel Cortlandt Taylor, Madras Artillery.
Lieut.-Colonel Charles Frederick Liardet, Madras In-
fantry.
Lieut.-Colonel Gravenor Kirby, Bengal Ailtillery.
Lieut. Colonel Thomas Martin, Bengal Infantry.
Lieut. -Colonel De Renzie James Brett, Madras Infantry.
Lieut.-Colonel James Sleeman, Bengal Infantry.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Major Peter Christie, Bengal Artillery.
Major Hugh Mackenzie Bengal Infantry.
Major William James Church, Madras Infantry.
Major Gardiner Harvey, Madras Infantry.
Major Francis John Carruthers, Madras Cavalry.
Major Arthur More Molyneux, Madras Infantry.
Major James Grant Stephen, Bengal Infantry.
Major Thomas James Gardiner, Bengal Infantry.
TO BE MAJORS.
Captain Robert William Duff Nickle, Madras Infantry.
Captain Matthew Wood, Madras Infantry.
Captain Thomas Haines, Madras Infantry.
Captain William Charles Alexander, Bengal Cavalry.
Captain Thomas Jenkins, Madras Infantry.
Paymaster Charles E. Preston, half-pay, 18th Foot, to
have the honorary rank of Captain, under the provisions of
the Royal Warrant of the 27th January, 1860.
Quartermaster Thomas Hassall,half-pay Royal Artillery,
to be Captain, the rank being honorary only, under the
provisions of the Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855.
The following is substituted for the notice which appeared
in the Gazette of Dec. 30, 1859 :—The undersigned Gen-
tlemin-Cadets of her Majesty's Indian ',Forces, to have the

local and temporary rank of Lieutenant, while doing duty
at the Royal Engineer Establishment at Chatham, viz.:—
William Shepherd, Robert Procter Tickell, Bruce Outram
Seton, Edward Gilbert Clayton, Edward D'Oyley Twem-
low, Sydenham Cubbon Clarke, John Donaldson Cruick-
shank, and Cortland Alexander M'Gregor Skinner.
WAR-OFFICE, _PALL- MALL, APRIL 27.
Notice—The Queen has been pleased to command that
as " The Artillery Company" of London has always been
known under the title of" The Honourable Artillery Com-
pany of London," that designation shall in future be offi-
cially borne by the regiment.
ADMIRALTY, Arran 20.
CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Henry Fallowfield
Cooperrt s tio,ieblenCaptatran
Lieutenant Captain.
Adjutant Joseph Hamilton Maskery
to be Captain. -
First Lieutenant William Henry Here West to be
Captain.
Firpt Lieutenant Henry Colton Mudge to be Captain.
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Ambrose Wohige to
be Captain.
Second Lieutenant Robert Good Sharpe to be First
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Martin Whale to b.: First
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Edward Owen Browne Gray to be
First Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant William Repton Friend Hopkins to
be First Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Alfred Emanuel Otter to be First
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Frederic Amelius Ogle to be Firs;
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Francis Edmund Begbie to be First
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant George Harrie Thorn Colwell to be
First Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant James Samuel Derriman to be First
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Edward Ellice Hill to be First Lieu •
tenant.
Second Lieutenant Hugh William Bamber to be First
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Herbert Everitt to be First Lieute-
nant.
Second. Lieutenant Henry Evelyn Sturt to be first Lieu-
tenant. .