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man, and, rushing at the. Se_poy, with one blow of his
sword cut him across the face, Uling him on the spot.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 24.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in-
tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on
the undermentioned Officer, Non-commissioned Officers
and soldiers of her Majesty's Army and Indian Military
Forces, whose claims to the same have been submitted for
her Majesty's approval, on the recommendation of the Com-
mander-in-Chief in India, on account of Acts of Bravery
performed by them in • that country, as recorded against
their several names, viz. :
Lieutenant Richard Wadeson, 75th Regiment—For con-
spicuous bravery at Delhi on the 18th of July, 1857, when
the Regiment was engaged in the Subjee Munaee, in having
saved the life of Private Michael Farrell, when attacked by
a sowar of the enemy's cavalry, and killing the Sower.
Also, on the same day, for rescuing Private John Barry,
of the same regiment, when, wounded and helpless, he was
attacked by a cavalry sowar, whom Lieutenant Wadeson
killed.
Private P. Donohoe, 9th LancereL.For having, at Bo-
lundshahur, on the 28th of September, 1856,, gone to the
support of Lieutenant Blair, who had been severely wounded,
and, with a few other wen, brought that officer in
safety through a large body of the enemy's cavalry.
Private J. Freeman, 9th Lancers—For conspicuous gal-
lantry on the 10th of October, 1857, at Agra, in having
gone to the assistance of Lieutenant Jones, who had been
shot, killing the leader of the enemy's cavalry, and de-
fending Lieut. Jones against several of the enemy.
Private J. R. Roberts, 9th Lancers—For conspicuous
gallantry at Bolundshahur, on the 28th of September, 1857,
in bringing a comrade, mortally wounded; through a street
under a heavy musketry fire, in which service he was him-
self wounded.
Lance-Corporal R. Kells, 9th Lancers For conspicuous
bravery at Bolundshahur, on the 28th September, 1857, in
defending against a number of the enemy his commanding
officer, Captain Drysdale, who was lying in a street with
his collar-bone broken, his horse having been disabled by a
shot, and remaining with him until out of danger.
Lieutenant (now Brevet-Major) James Leith, 14th Light
Dragoons (now of the 6th Dragoons)—For conspicuous
bravery at Betwah, on the Ist of April, 1858, in having
charged alone, and rescued Captain Need, of the same Re-
giment, when surrounded by a large number of rebel In-
fantry.
Sergeant W. Napier, 13th Regiment (Ist Battalion)—
For conspicuous gallantry near Azimghur, on the 6th of
April, 1858, in having defended, and finally rescued, Pri-
vate Benjamin Mikes, of the same Regiment, when se-
verely wounded on the Baggage Guard. Sergeant Napier
remained with him at the hazard of his life, when
surrounded by Sepoys, bandaged his wound under fire, and
then carried him in safety to the convoy.
• Lieutenant and Adjutant (now Captain) Hugh Stewart
Cochrane, 86th Regiment (now of the 16th Regiment)—
For conspicuous gallantry near Jhansi, on tho Ist of April,
1858, when No. 1 Company of the Regiment was ordered
to take a gun, in dashing forward at a gallop, under a heavy
musketry and artillery .fire, driving the enemy from the
gun; and keeping possession of it till the company came up.
Also for conspicuous gallantry in attacking the rear-guard
of the enemy, when he had three horses shot under him in
succession.
Lieutenant and Adjutant William Rennie, 90th Regi-
ment—For conspicuous gallantry in the advance upon
Lucknow, under the late Major-General Havelock, on the
21st Sept., 1857, in having charged the enemy's guns in
advance of the skirmishers of the 90th Light Infantry,
under a heavy musketry fire, and prevented them dragging
off one gun, which was consequently captured. For con-
spicuous gallantry on the 25th Sept., 1857, in having
charged in advance of the 90th column, in the face of a
heavy fire of grape, and forced the enemy to abandon their
guns.
Lieutenant John James M'Leod Inncs—At •the action
at Sultanpore, Lieutenant Ines, far in advance of the
leading skirmishers, was the first to secure a gun which the
enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this, they rallied
round another gun further back, from which the shot
would, in another instant, have ploughed through our ad-
vancing columns, when Lieut. Ines rode up, unsupported,
shot the gunner who was about to apply the match, and,
remaining undaunted at his post, the mark for a hundred
matchlock men, who were sheltered in some adjoining huts,
kept the Artillerymen at bay, until assistance reached him.
Bombardier J. Thomas, 4th Company, Ist Battalion Ben-
gal Artillery—For distinguished gallantry at Lucknow on
the 27th September, 1857, in having brought off on his
back, under a heavy fire, under circumstances of consider
able difficulty, a wounded soldier of the Madras Fusiliers,
when the party to which he was attached was returning to
the Residency from a sortie, whereby he saved him from
falling into the hands of the enemy.
Sergeant J. M'Guire, Ist European Bengal Fusiliers—
At the assault on Delhi on the 14th Sept., 1857, when the
Brigade had reached the Cabul Gate, the Ist Fusiliers and
75th Regiment, and some Sikhs, were waiting for orders,
and some of the regiments were getting ammunition served
out (three boxes of which exploded from some cause not
known, and two others were in a state of ignition), when
Sergeant M'Guire and Drummer Ryan rushed into the
burning mass, and seizing the boxes, threw them, one after
the other, over the parapet into the water. The confusion
consequent on the explosion was very great, and the crowd
of soldiers and native followers, who did not know where
the danger lay, were rushing into oertaindestruction, when
Sergeant M'Guire and Drummer Ryan, by their coolness
and personal daring, saved the lives of many at the risk of
their own.
MEMORANDI3I.—Cornet William George Hawtrey
Bankes, 7th Hussars, upon whom the Commander-in-Chief
in India has reported. that the decoration of the Victoria
Cross has been provisionally conferred, for conspicuous
gallantry, in thrice charging a body of infuriated fanatics,
who had rushed on the guns employed in shelling a small
mud fort in the vicinity of Moosa-Bagh, Lucknow, on the
19th of March, 1858—of the wounds received on which occa-
sion he subsequently died—would have been recommended
to her Majesty for confirmation in that distinction, had he
survived.

LONDON GAZETTE--(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, DEC. 24.
Notice is hereby given, that the State apartments of
Windsor Castle will be closed to the public after this day
until further orders.

DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 22.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Ivor Mur-
ray, Esq., M.D., to be Colonial Surgeon for the Island of
Hong Kong.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 24.
Royal Horse Guards—Lieutenant George Bull has been
permitted to retire from the service, by the sale of his
commission ; Quartermaster-Corporal Major Robert
M'Alpino to be Cornet, without purchase ' • Cornet Robt.
M‘Alpine to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Bull.
2d Dragoons—Lieutenant A. Smythe Montague Browne
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Prentis, who retires ;
Cornet Francis Lamb Philp to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Browne.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John De Heley Chad-
wick has been permitted to retire from the service, by
the sale of his commission.
11th Light Dragoons—Reginald Calvert, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice John Douglas Johnstone, who
retiree.
16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George W. H. Riddell,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leader, who retires ;
Cornet Richard F. Morrison to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Riddell.
17th Light Dragoons—Cornet James Harding to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice W. King, promoted in the 2d
Dragoon Guards.
Military Train—Lieutenant John Blake to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Nason, killed in action; Ensign
Isaac Cummin to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice

John Blake. •
sth Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Hartley to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Carlisle, promoted.
6th Foot—Lieut. Henry John Lawrell to be Adjutant, vice
Mansergh, promoted.
7th Foot—Major It. Inglis, from a Depot Battalion, to be
Major, vice Appleyard, who exchanges; Lieut. Henry
N. Cotton Thurstone to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Appleyard, promoted; Ensign E. W. C. Lloyd to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thurstone.
9th Foot—Major Duncan Munro Bethune to be Lieut. -
Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Borten,
appointed to a Depot Battalion; Brevet-Major George
Harrington Hawes to be Major, without purchase, vice
Bethune; Lieut. Allen George Douglas to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Hawes.
14th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Thomas Carbery,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Davis to be Captain by
purchase, vice Warburton, who retires ; Ensign George
Francis Vesey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davis ;
Martin Tucker, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Kittson, who resigns.
20th Foot—Major John Cormick to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Lys, who retires; Brevet-Major George
Bennett to be Major, by purchase, vice Cormick; Lieut.
W. Fraser F. Gordon to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Bennett; Ensign Hubert C. Z. de Stacpoole to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Gordon.
20th Foot—Ensign Joshua E. C. C. Lindesay, from the
46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Haly, appointed to the 84th
Foot. _ _ __ _

31st Foot—Lieut. G. N. Pepper to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry, vice A. T. Jones, appointed to the 24th Foot.
35th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Lloyd to be Instructor of
Musketry.
41st Foot—Lieut. J. Francis Kennedy to be Instructor of
Musketry.
45th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon -Alexander Fisher Bartley,
from the 85th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Her-
bert, who exchanges.
60th Foot—Ensign Loftus Nunn, from the 22d Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Hughes, promoted in the Bth Foot.
78th Foot—Lieut. David Davies, from half-pay, 94th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander McLeod, promoted,
without purchase, to an unattached Company ; Ensign
Malcolm McNeill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Davies, who retires; Ensign John Ingle, from the 94th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice McNeill.
84th Foot.—Ensign Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly, from
the 30th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Horan, promoted.
85th Foot.—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Carden Herbert,
from the 45th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Bartley, who exchanges.
93rd Foot—Lieutenant A. 0. Tabuteau, to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Welch, who has resigned that appoint-

anent.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign Robert Eyre to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Haleman, deceased
. Colour-Sergeant Ambrose Madden to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Eyre.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain Cornelius Charles Dm-n-
-ford been permitted to retire from the Service, by the
sale of his Commission.
DEPOT BATTALION.
Brevet-Colonel Arthur Borten, from the 9th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel N. M. Stack, who
retires upon full-pay.
Major Charles Elgce, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Major, vice D. G. A. Darroch, who exchanges.
Major F. E. Appicyard, from the 7th Foot, to be Major,
vice Inglis, who exchanges.

HOSPITAL STAFF.
TO DE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS TO TIIE FORCES.
Benjamin Borland, M. 8., vice Wilson, appointed to 3d
Foot.
Alfred Lewer, Gent, vice -Ryan, appointed to the 6th
Foot:

Thomas Iression, Gent., vice Gibbon, appointed to the
6th Foot.
Edwin Wilkes, Gent vice Walsh, appointed to the 21st
Foot. .)

George Edward Gascoyen,
to the 59th Foot. to vice Crisp, appointed
Alexander Mackay, vice Ashton, appointed to the 52d
Foote
James Clerk Rattray, M.D., vice Leet, appointed to the
sth Foot.
Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Fitzgerald Edward Scanlan.
Acting-A,s*ibtant-Surgecn George Alexander Moorhead,