The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-24 00:00:00

EGHAM RACES--(THIS DAY.)

(By Electric Telegraph.)
BETTING STAND PLATE.

Grand Duchess
The Giant
Little Gerard

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Sixteen ran.
KING JOB'S' STAKES.

Will Rose
King-at-Arms
Newcastle

Eleven ran.
SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES.

Vulcan
Bride Cake
Nine ran.
RAILWAY STAKES.

Temple Bar
Linda
Sis. to One act
Seven ran.
RUNNEYMEDE STAKES.

Schoolfellow
Subterfuge colt
Gourd

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Ten ran.

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the London Gazette of this evening.)
WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 23.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in-
tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the
undermentioned Officer and Non-Commissioned Officers,
who have been recommended to her Majesty for that Deco-
ration on account of Acts of Bravery performed by them in
India, as recorded against their several names, viz. :
Lieut. John Adam Tytler, 66th (Ghoorkha) Bengal Native
Infantry.—On the attacking parties approaching the enemy's
position under a heavy fire of round shot, grape, and mus-
ketry, ou the occasion of the action at Choorpoora, on the
10th February last, Lieut. Tytler dashed on horseback
ahead of all, and alone, up to the enemy's guns, where he
remained engaged hand to hand, until they were carried
by us ; and where he was shot through the left arm, had a
spear wound in his chest, and a ball through the right sleeve
of his coat. (Letter from Captain C. C. G. Ross, command-
ing 66th (Goorkha) Regiment, to Captain Brownlow, Major
of Brigade, Kemaon Feld Force.
Sergeant-Major M. Rosamond, 37th Bengal Native In-
fantry.—This Non-Commissioned officer volunteered to ac-
company Lieut.-Col. Spottiswoode, commanding the 37th
Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to the right of the
lines, in order to set them on fire, with the view of driving
out the Sepoys,—on the occasion of the oautbreak at Be-
mires, on the evening of June 4, 1857; and also volunteered
with Sergeant-Major Gill, of the Loodiana Regiment, to
bring off Capt. Brown, Pension Paymaster, his wife and infant,
and also some others, from a detached bungalow, into
the barracks. His conduct was highly meritorious, and he has
since been promoted.
Sergeant-Majer Peter Gill, Loodiana Regiment—This
Non-Commissioned Officer also conducted himself with
gallantry at Benares, on the night of the 4th of June, 1857.
He volunteered, with Sergeant-Major Rosamond, of the
37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to bring in Cap-
tain Brown, Pension Paymaster, and his family, from a
detached bungalow to the barracks, as above recorded, and
saved the life of the Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 25th
Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, in the early part of the
evening, by cutting off the head of the Sepoy who had just
bayonetted him. Sergeant-Major Gill states, that on the
same night he faced a guard of 27 men, with only a ser-
geant's sword ; and it is also represented that be twice
saved the life of Major Barrett, 27th Regiment of Bengal
Native Infantry, when attacked by Sepoys of his own regi-
ment.
Colour-Sergeant William Gardner, 42d :Regiment.—For
his conspicuous and gallant conduct on the morning of the
sth of May last, in having saved the life of Lieut.-Colonel
Cameron, his commanding officer, who during the action at
Bareilly on that day, had been knocked from his horse,
when three fanatics rushed upon him. Colour-Sergeant
Gardner rushed out, and in a moment bayonetted two of
them, and wee in the act of attacking the third, when he
was shot down by another soldier of the regiment. (Letter
from Captain Macpherson, 42d Regiment, to Lieut.-Colonel
Cameron, Commanding that Regiment.)

LONDON GAZETTE.-(THIS EVENING.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, ALTO. 24.
44th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Thomas Reed,
C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Ash-
worth, deceased.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Bosworth
Smith Marriott, from the Ist Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice
Du Cane, appointed to the 2d Dragoons.
Ist Dragoons—John Bosworth Smith Marriott, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Crozier, who retires.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Wm. Morrison Bell to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Dettmar, who retires; Cornet
Henry Heuzell Uriett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bell; Troop Sergeant-Major Henry Higgins to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice Nettles, appointed Quartermaster;
Edward Arthur Gore, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchsae, vice
Unett.

4th Light Dragoons—Cornet Arthur Watson De Capel
Brooke to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Conroy Gren
ville Hercules Rowley, Gent., to be Cornet, without pur,
chase.
6th Dragoons—Cornet Robert John Garnet to be Lieute
nant, by purchase, vice Wetherall, promoted; Paymaster
Maurice Hartland Mahon, from the 13th Foot, to be Pay-
master, vice Marshall, who retires upon half-pay as Quarter-
master.
10th Light Dragoons—Captain the Hon. Augustus H.
A. Anson, from the 84th Foot, to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Cowell, promoted in the 6th Dragoons.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Price Grat-
rex to be Captain, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires.
14th Light Dragoons—Edward William Pritchard, Gnat.,
to be Cornet, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant
Leith, promoted in 6th Dragoons.
Royal Artillery—Colonel Poole Vallancey England to be
Major-General, vice Dundas, deceased; Brevet-Colonel
John William Ormsby to be Colonel, vice England, pro-
moted • Brevet-Majer Henry L. Gardiner to be Lieut.-
Colonel, vice Ormsby ; Supernumerary Captain and Brevet-
Major Henry Rogers to be Captain, vice Gardiner.
Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel Benjamin Spicer
Stehelin, to be Colonel, vice Ward, promoted Major-Gene-
ral; Brevet-Major John Susumerfield Hawkins, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Stehelin; Second Captain Gwavas
Speedwell Tilly, to be Captain, vice Hawkins; Lieutenant
William Crossman, to be Second Captain, vice Tilly.
Ist Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns, by purchase
William Stewart Thorburn, Gent., vice Shanley, promoted
Nathaniel Stevenson, Gent., vice Logan, promoted.
4th Foot—Richard Uniacke Bayly, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Chinn, promoted.
sth Foot—Ensign Francis Sterling Brown Holt, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kingsley, who retires.
Bth Foot—Capt. James Johnston to be Major, without
purchase, vice Wheatstone, retired upon full-pay ; Captain
Charles Henry Martin, from half-pay unattached, to be
Captain, vice Johnston, promoted.
9th Foot—Ensign Spencer Lynne to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Agnew, who retires; Nathaniel Forte, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lynne, promoted.
11th Foot—Lieut. Richard Ilotham to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Travers, who retires; Ensign and Adjutant
Alex. Miller Arthur to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hotham ; Ensign Frederick James S. Whiteside to be In-
structor of Musketry.
13th Foot—Matthew John Bell, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Bridges, who retires.
15th Foot—Lieutenant R. T. P. Cuthbert to be Captain,
by purchass, vice Christie, who retires; Ensign and Adju-
tant John Macdonald to have the rank of Lieutenant ; En-
sign John Burdon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cuth-
bert.
16th Foot—Lieutenant H. Stewart Cochrane, from the
86th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
23d Foot—Lieutenant Luke O'Connor to be Captain,
without purchase.
29th Foot—Eladen Peter Henry Everard, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Bomford, promoted.
3.5 th Foot—Ensign Frederick B. Gipps, from the 15th
Foot, to be Ensign ; William Poste, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
40th Foot—Ensign Thomas Ormsby Johnston to be Adju-
tant, vice Lieut. Richards, promoted; Staff-Surgeon of the
Second Class Henry Frederic Robertson to be Surgeon, vice
Adolphus Collings, M.D., placed upon half-pay.
43d Foot—Lieut. William Stewart Richardson to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Elliott, who retires; Ensign Henry
Charles Talbot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rich-
ardson.
44th Foot—Lieut. George Ingham to be Adjutant, vice
Ensign Francis O'Neill, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
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45th Foot—Lieut. Henry Lucas to be Captain, by r-
chase, vice Coxon, appointed to a Depot Battalion ; Ensign
Henry B. Hayward to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Lucas.
46th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Coote to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Lluellyn, who retires.
49th Foot—Theroas Cowper Hincks, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Christian, who retires.
52d Foot Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Thorburn
M'Gowan, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Ingham, promoted on the Staff.
54th Foot—Ensign Launcelot K. Edwards to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Houston, promoted in 4th
Foot ; Lieutenant Joseph William Hughes to be Adjutant,
vice Houston, promoted in the 4th Foot.
58th Foot—Thomas Egerten Jones, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase.
60th Foot—Charles Pierson Cramer, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice King, promoted.
61st Foot—John Cockle, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase.
71st Foot—H. B. Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign,by pur-
chase, vice Harris, promote d.
74th Foot—Edward Bradby Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, in succession to Lieutenant W.J. .J. Bell, promoted in
9th Foot.
77th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel T. J.
Deverell to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Cap-
tain H. Kent to be Major, without purchase, vice Deverell ;
Lieutenant T. P. Harvey to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Kent ; Ensign H. S. Weigel' to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Harvey; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas N.
Hoysted, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
79th Foet—Lieutenant D. Wimberley to be Adjutant,
vice James Young, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
84th Foot—Lieut. John Penton to be Captain, without
purchase, vice the Hon. A. H. A. Anson, appointed to 10th
Light Dragoons; Ensign Henry Shawe Jones to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Penton.
89th Foot—Lieut. Richard Edward Beck to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Morris, deceased ; Ensign Alexander
Dixon Grier to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Beck.
3d West India Regiment Lieutenant Wililam John
Russwurm to be Captain, without purchase, vice Palmer,
retired on full pay; Ensigh Ebenezer Rogers to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Russwurm.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—The Christian names of Ensign
Daniell are Frederick Francis.

DEPOT BATTALIONS.
11rajor Dawson Cornelius Greene, from hall-pay Un-
attached, to be Major.
Major Cam Sykes, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Major,
Captain and Adjutant Frederick B. Tritton to be Major,
by purchase, vice Wing, who retires.
Captain George Stacpole Coxon, from the 45th Foot, to
be Adjutants vice Tritton, promoted,