The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-05 00:00:00

THE VICTORIA CROSS,

(Front the Gazette of last evening.)
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE t

The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her
intention to confer the Decoration of the Victoria Cross
on the undermentioned Officers and Non-Commissioned
Officers of her Majesty's Array, who have been recom-
mended to her Majesty for that decoration, in accordance
with the rules laid down in her Majesty's Warrant of the
29th of January, 1356, on account of Acts of Brivery per-
formed by them in the Crimea during the late far, as re-
corded against their several names, viz :
Serjeant Henry Ramage, 2,1 Dragoons, for having, at the
battle of Balakleva, galloped out to the assistance of
Private McPherson, of the same regiment, on perceiving
him surrounded by seven Russians, when by ha gallantry
he dispersed the enemy, an I saved his comrades life ; for
having. on the same day, when the Henry Brigade
was rallying, and the enemy retiring, Wing his
horse would not leave the ranks, dismounted and
brought in a prisoner from the Ittuelart lines.
Also for having dismounted on the same day, when the
Heavy Brigade was covering the retreat of the Light
Cavalry, and lifted from his horse Private Gardiner, wbo
was disabled from a severe fracture of a rowel shot. Ser-
geant Ramage then carried him to the rear from under a
very heavy cross fire, thereby saving his life, the spot
where he must inevitably have fallen having been imme-
diately afterwards covered by the Russian cavalry.
Brevet-Major Mark Walker, 3d Regiment (late of the
30th Regiment), for having, at Inkerman, distinguished
himself in front of his Regiment, by jumping over a wall,
in the face of two battalions of Russian infantry, which
were marching towards it, for the purpose of encouraging
his comrades by bis example to advance against such heavy
odds, which they did, and succeeded in driving back both
battalions.
Colour-Serjeant George Gardiner, 57th Regiment, for
distinguished coolness and gallantry upon the occasion of
a sortie by the enemy, and when he was acting as orderly
serjeant to the field-officers of the trenches—left attack
upon Sebastopol—in having rallied the covering parties
which had 'been. driven in bt'yethe Russiaps, thas regaining
and keeping possession of the trench 4: • Also, for un- ,
flinching and devoted courage in the &auk on thhßedan,
on the 18th June, 1853, in having remained, and en-
couraged others to remain in the holes made by the
explosion of shells, from , whence, by making
parapets of the dead bodies of their comrades,
they kept up a continuous fire until their am-
munition was exhausted, thus clearing the enemy from the
parapet of the Redan. This was done under a fire in which
nearly half the officers, and a third of the rank and file of
the party of the regiment were placed hors de combat.
Surgeon James Monet, C. 8., late of 6th Dragoons (now
Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals), for having
volun-
tarily proceeded to the assistance of Lieut.-Colonel Morris,
C. 8., 17th Lancers, who was lying dangerously wounded
in an exposed situation after the retreat of the Light
Cavalry at the battle of Balaklava, and having dressed that
officer's wounds in presence of, and under a heavy fire from
the enemy. Thus, by stopping a serious hemorrhage, he
assisted in saving that offi:ere life.
Captain Howard Crauford Elphinstone, Royal Engi-
neers, for fearless conduct, in having, on the night after
the unsuccessful attack on the Redan, volunteered to com-
mand a party of volunteers, who proceeded to search for
and bring beck the scaling ladders left behind after the
this task, of
Captain Elphinstone
conducted a persevering search, close to the enemy, for
trophies
h wiehsi lfero smu ctchee s sf nt y
Russians, performing
wounded men, twenty of whom he rescued and brought
repulse;
rescuing
back to the Trrnches.
Colour-S. Mieant Henry MtDonald, Royal Engineers, for
gallant conduct while engaged in effecting a lodgement in
the enemy's rifle pits, in trout of the left advance of the
right attack on Sebastopol ; and for subsequent valour,
when, by the Engineer officer being disabled from wounds,
the command devolved upon him, and ho deterrninately
persisted in carrying on the sap, notwithstanding the re-
p eated attacks of the enemy.
Colour-Serjeant Peter Leitch, 14'3%1 Engineers, for
conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the Redan, when,
after approaching it with the leading ladders, he formed a
caponniere across the ditch, as well as a ramp, by fearlessly
tearing down gedons from the parapet, and placing and
filling them until he was disabled from wounds.

From the London Gazette of Last E ight.

DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 3.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Girod,
Esq., to be Police Magistrate tor. the city and parish of
Kingston, in the Island of Jamatra ; and Godfrey Hast-
ings Kneller, Esq., to be Collector of Customs and Super-
intendent of the Pilotage Establishment of Her Majesty's
Settlements in the River Gan3bis.

CItIMEAN AND BALTIC MEDALS.
AGENTS OF TRANSPORTS IN THE BLACK REA AND BALTIC.
Department of the Accountant-GeneraLof the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, 3d June, 1 ese.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been
pleased to take a favourable view of the claims of the Offi-
cers who served as agents for transports (luring the late war,
with reference to their having awarded the Crimean and
Baltic Medal. Such Officers therefore as served as
agents for transports in the Black Sea, between the 14th
September, 1854, and the 9th September, 1855, or who
served in the Baltic, during the operations in that sea in
1851, and 1855, should make application to the Ac-
countant-General of the Navy (producing a certificate of
identity, and specifying the period during which they
were employed ea the Black Zee or iii the aeltie, as the
case may be), when if their claims tkieratiefibtorily estab-
lished the medal will be awarded to them.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 4.
Royal Horse Guards—The Christian names of Cornet
Whitmore, appointed on the 14th ult., are Thomas
Charles Douglas only.
sth Light Dragoons—John Akin Dyer, Esq., late Pay-
master Lanarkshire Militia, to be Paymaster.
7th Light Dragoons—Cornet the Hon. C. Craven Moly-
neuz to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Standish,
who retires.
9th Light Dragoons—Charles Agnew, Gent., to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice Pretor, promoted.
Military Train—Cornet Henry Adams, from half-pay of
the late Transport Corps, to be Ensign, vice Burelem,
promoted.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain and Brevet.
Major John Spur way to be Captain, vice Street, who
resigns ; Lieutenant George Joseph Smart to be Second
Captain, vice Spurvvay ; Captain Richard Henry Crofton
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-colonel Cocks,
who retires upon half-Pun Second Captain George
Ramsay Craik Young to be Captain, vice Crofton ;
Lieutenant Henry Noel Eden to be Second Captain, vice
Young.
Ist Foot—Lient. John James Heywood to be Adjutant,
vice Muller, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas John
O'Grady, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice '
Chefter, whose appointment, from the Staff, as stated in
the Gazette of 21st ultimo, has been cancelled.
2nd Foot—To be Ensigns, Without
St. John, purchase—Edward Geo.
Gent , vice Etnau, promoted ; Henry James
Harvey, Gent., vice Greene, who resigns.
6th Foot—Lucius John Blake Gent., to be E•, Ensign,
with-
out purchase.
7th Foot—Lieut. Charles 11, Malan to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Hall, who retires; Ensign William Lloyd
Browne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Malan ;
Edward Bridges, Gent, t
-0 be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Browne.
10th Foot —William Malcolm, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase.
11th Foot— Vyvyan Williams, Gent., to ba Ensign, with-
out purchase.
14th Foot—Lieut. William
Dods to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Spencer, who retires.
16th Foot—Ensign C. M. R. Rayne, from 41st Foot, to he
Lieutenant, withent purchase. Tue appointment of
William Ford Longbourne, Gent., to an Ensigncy, by
purchase, as stated in the gazette oe eee April last, has
been cancelled.
17th Foot—Herbert Kerr, to Gent„ be Ensign, without
purchase.
2:2d Foot--Ensign Francis Edward Holyoake to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Campbell, promoted.
23d Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns
C. J. Wrench, A. Cary, J. W. Costley, G. Packs, A.
Graham. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign
Nicholas Gosselin, from the 39th Foot, vice Wrench ;
Ensign Nathaniel C. Ramsay, from the 25th Foot, vice
Cary ; Francis Jones, Gent,
; Samuel William Ralph
Sadler, Gent.;
Thomas James Bowyer, Gent., vice
Costley; Henry Frederick Seagram, Gant., vice Packe;
Robert Albert Evans Hap, Gent., vice Graham.
24th Foot—Ensign H. B. Pnlleine, from the 30th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, without Purchase, vice Nangle, pro-
moted in 15th Foot. To be Insigns, without purchase
_Ensign Robert H. B. AireYi from 13th Foot; A. C.
Hennessy, Gent.; Francis Arthur Holmes Yonge,
Gent.
ant John Leer
34th Foot—Lieuten . le Moore-, to-be Captain,
a Bre
without purchase, vic vet-Major Harman, whose
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank
under the Royal Warrant of lB5
Richard li Oct..
' 1851,
36th Foot—Lieutenantce
Wood we h • Lloyd to be Captain,
by purchase,
vito bleg t( who retires; Ensign
Arthur Francis Kelsey
e S Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Lloyd; Chrisrelser purgen_
n, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase,
vice
nant Trio. mas
37th Foot—Lieutenant Jackson to be Captain,
vice Bedford, killed in action • En-
without purchase,
t be
• TS. G. Jonas o Lieutenant, without purchase,'
En-
sign T.
vice Jackson ; Sergeant John Reilly to be Ensign with-
vice Jones.
out purchase, .
n Edward John 49th Foot—Captain n %ether, from half-pay
to
Royal Staff Corps be Captain •
' whose , vice Brevet-Major
William Bellairs,
_Brevet Rank has been con-
verted into Substantive Rank, under tho Royal War-
rant of 6th October, 1851; Lieutenant Henry Dalton
be Captain, by purchase, vice Cl ther
Sooones to e, ea , who
retires; Ensign o J bn Isaac:Nee (n 1 to be Lieutenant, by
Ale
purchase, vice Scoonebe ;
ret&nder Dingwall Fordyce,
Gent., to be Ensign, y
Newton ° Jones ase. vice Nason.
60th Foot—Ensign .. Pauli to be Lieutenant,
vice Phillielm, Promoted
by purchase,
eou John e. ( •
-I Kinnel, M.D., from
F t Assistant-Suvg
73d 00 _
Assistant
the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Curran, who

6=l:lenges.
rDesa.ly to
be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Lon;,
84th Foot—Captain Charles F. Seymour to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Reed,
77th Foot—Lieut.,
who retires upon full-pay ; Lieutenant Henry, Browne
to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Seymour ; Assis-
tant-Surgeon Robert William Jacksou, from the 90th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Poppelwell, who
James,
Nvhoret

exchanges.
90th Foot— -Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Patrick
Assistant-Surgeon George Bell, from the 81th Foot, to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Jackson, wlAo exchanges.
Joseph Clarke to be Surgeon, vice Home
A FAMILY QUARTETTE.—The wife of a grocer at Rou- Rifle Brigad 3—To, ber
eiitEnsigns,
vice
ehon purchase—lir
. who exchanges;
baix (Nord), named Castelain, gave birth last week to Cijrntllls: Wilson Patten, Gent., vice Baultler' Torno°l:tecl. ;
four children, a boy and three girls, all alive and per St. Helena Regiment—Ensign G. 5.42''
ell be ken-
fectly formed. She had already had twins on a former tenant, without purchase; Lieutenatk oh, 3,l4N„rtee,
occasion, and has six children living. Those just born to be Adjutant, vice Barnes, promoted.
lived several days, and were all christened at the 841330 DEPOT BATTALION.—Tito appointment` of Captai R.
time, the ceremony being attended by an immense Oon- G. Coles to be an Instructor of Musketry as notifi in
course of peroons. i the Gazette of 2d February, 1858, has been cancelled, his