The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the Gazette of this Evening.)
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 8.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in-
tion to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the
under-mentioned officers and soldier of her Majesty's army,
whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Ma-
jesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by
them in India, as recorded against their names, viz.:—
Major Charles Craufurd Fraser, 7th Hussars (now of the
11th Hussars).—For conspicuous amid cool gallantry, on
the 31st December, 1858, in having volunteered, at great
personal risk, and under a sharp fire of musketry, to swim
to the rescue of Captain Stilted, and some men of the 7th
Hussars, who were in imminent danger of being drowned
in the river Raptee, while in pursuit of the rebels. Major
Fraser succeeded in this gallant service, although at the
time partially disabled, not having recovered from a severe
wound received while leading a squadron in a charge
against some fanatics, in the action of Nawabgunge, on the
13th June, 1868.
Surgeon Joseph Joe, C. 8., 78th Regiment.—For most
conspicuous gallantry and important services, on the
entry of the late Major-General Havelock's relieving
force into Lucknow on the 25th of September, 1857, in
having during action (when the 78th Highlanders, then in
possession of the:Char Bagh, captured two 9-pounders at
point of the bayonet), by great exertion and devoted expo-
sure, attended to the largo number of men wounded in the
charge, whom he suceeded in getting removed on cots and
the backs of their comrades, until he had collected the
Dooly bearers who had fled. Subsequently, on the same
day, in endavouring to reach the Residency with the
wounded men, Surgeon Jee became besieged by an over-
whelming force in the Mote Mehal,where he remained dur-
ing the whole night and following morning, voluntarily
and repeatedly exposing himself to a heavy fire in proceed -
ing to dress the wounded men who fell while serving a 24.
pounder in a most exposed situation. He eventually suc-
ceeded in taking many of the wounded, through a cross fire
of ordnance and musketry, safely into the Residency, by the
river bank, although repeatedly warned not to make the
perilous attempt.
Colour-Sergeant James Munro, late 93d Regiment.—For
devoted gallantry, at Secunderabagh, on the 16th November,
1857, in having promptly rushed to the rescue of Captain E.
Walsh, of the same corps, when wounded, and in danger
of his life, whom he carried to a place of comparative
safety, to which place the Sergeant was brought in, very
shortly afterwards, badly wounded.

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING).

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 8.
The following promotions, dated the Ist inst., have this
day taken place, consequent on the death, on the 31st ult.,
of Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of
Dundonald, G.C.B. :
Admiral of the White Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C. 8., to

be Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue William. Bowles, C. 8., to be Admiral

of the White.
Vice Admirals Manley Hall Dixon, and the Honourable
Alexander Jones, on the Reserved List, to be Admirals on

the same List.
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Barrington. Reynolds, K.C.8.,

to be Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Arthur Fanshawe, K.C.8.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Tice-Admiral of the Blue William Fanshawe Martin, to be
Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., to

be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Christopher Wyvill, to bo

Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Frederick Bullock to be Rear-

Admiral of the White.
Captain Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, C.B to be
Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
Retired Vice-Admirals George Henderson, and Robert
Worgan George Festing, C. 8., are entitled to the rank
and title of Retired Admiral, in pursuance of her Ma-
jesty's Order in Council of the i'th May, 1858.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 9.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Lieutenant• General Sir James
Hope Grant, K.C.8., Commanding her Majesty's Military
Forces in China. to be an Ordinary Member of the Military
Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to give
orders for the appointment of Vice-Admiral James Hope,
C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Naval Forces
in the East Indies and Chins, to be an Ordinary Member
of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights
Commanders, of the said Most Honourable Order.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, NOV. 7.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Richard
Kingston as Consul at Dartmouth for his Majesty the
King of Hanover.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 7.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Minister at Naples, enclosing a copy of a decree,
dated the 18th ult., and published in the official journal of
that city, of which the following is a translation :

Translation.
Art. I. From the date of the publication of the present
decree, all merchandise arriving from any other of the
united provinces of Italy will be considered home produce,
and consequently treated as such in Neapolitan ports.
The transport of such goods will bo considered as a coast-
ing trade when carried on in vessels under the national
flag. Our customs regulations will, therefore, be applied
to the same.
The custom houses along the frontier of the Marches and
Umbria are abolished.
The existing regulations respecting the island of Sicily
a ill remain in force until the Italian tariff is introduced
there.
Art. 11. The duties fixed in the table annexed to the
decree of 24th of September last, on the importation and
exportation of certain merchandise, will continue provi-
sionally in force.
Art. 111. Foreign goods arriving from the free ports of
Leghorn, Genoa, and Ancona, will pay, at the custom-
houses f the ports at which they arrive, the duties fixed
by the tariff at present in force.
Vessels with such produce can only deal with first-class
custom-houses, according to the regulations of June. 19,
182 G.
Art. IV. The exportation of grain from the Italian pro-
vinces and from Sicily is provisionally prohibited.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 7.
The Right lion. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, through the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a translation of a notice
which has been issued by the Board of Health at Lisbon,
transmitted by her Majesty's Consul at that place, report-
ing that all the ports of the Empire of Morocco are con-
sidered free from infection with the cholera morbus.
Nov. 8.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary, of State
for Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's
Consul at Lisbon, transmitting copies of two notices issued
by the Board of Health of that port, of which the following
are translations :
The Board of Health of this kingdom hereby make Imownra
that the port of Gibraltar is considered suspected of cholera
morbus.
Lisbon, Oct. 19. •
The Board of Health of this
Bth March last is
observed
that the 16th Article of the Edickitliogf dtohmeh'ehaving
repeatedly and frequently infringed oon_t.he
kingdom more
part of captains
of vessels, in presenting• at the ports t
the disposition of the
than one bill of health, contrary
quarantine regulations of the sanisetoodravtiece,
to givethe
aonfdthtehehreebalythcasutas--
ing serious inconvenience to thes,
tions and to commercial edict,interesteetheyahsaevpeadraetceided
publicity to the above cited ar. lu
tenor of which is as follows .-
16
A.IITICLr •
ore than one bill of health, and
No vessel must hlerme
d in regular order, it should be
that it may be considered
pissed according t the official form of the Portuguese Con-
sal at the port of departure, and have the visas of the Por-
tuguese Consuls at the ports they may touch at, or put into
through stress of weather.
1. The bill of health as also the visas shall make particu-
lar mention of the state of the public health, not only of
the port, but of the whole of the consular district, the Con-
suls declaring, as near as possible, the
proximate number
of cases of cholera, yellow fever, and plague, when in any
part of the consular district there exists any of the said
disorders.
2. In the absence of the Portuuese Consul, the bill of
health can be passed and the visas certified by the Spanish
Consuls, and:in the absence of the latter, by those of any
other nation having commercial relations with Portugal.
3. The bills of health that do not bring a consular attes-
tation shall not be considered in any way valid.
In order that ignorance or other pretexts be not alleged,
the Board of Health, in virtue of the authority conceded to
them by the 16th article of the decree of the 3d January,
1837, hereby make known, that the vessels arriving in the
ports of the kingdom, presenting more than one bill of
health after the Ist January, 1861, or with a bill of health
not in the official form, shall be considered as having an
irregular bill of health, and as such, subject to the disposi-
tions and sanitary measures relative to this infringement of
the regulations.
The board likewise make known that the official form of
bills of health to which the above 16th article refers, is the
same that was, ordered to be observed and put in force by
the consuls and consular-agents, it the circular order of
the 10th and 11th of June of the prehent year, addressed to
these functionaries by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
in
.
All which is made public by the present edict for the
formation of those interested.
14i0b9P7 lath OatAar, 1860.