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THE VICTORIA CRO,SS.

- -
A. Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday,
the 24th of February, has been published, but in
consequence of the length of the Parliamentary
debate, we are only able at present to publish the
names of those who are to receive the honour.
The achievements for which this honour has been
conferred upon them shall be published to-mor-
row :-

WAR-OFFICE, F. 24.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her
Ninatevnytiaonndtmri
to caonnfeesr, the decoration of the Victoria Cross
on the undermentioned officers and men of her Majesty's
and men o f heran and of
aj ecsetry% nA7ncYal wmh oi shi°anved offi-
cers,e been
recommended to her Majesty for that decoration—in ac-
cordance with the rules laid down in her Majesty's
Warrant of the 29th of January, 1856—0 n account of
acts of bravery pet formed by them before the enemy
during the late war, viz. :
ROYAL NAVY (INCLUDING THE NATAL BRIGADE M.
PLOYED ON SHORE) AND ROYAL MARINES.
Cecil Williarc Buckley, Commander.
John Talbot Burgoyne, Commander.
John Roberts, gunner.
Henry Cooper, Boatswain.
Joseph Trewavas, seaman.
Joseph Kellaway, Blatswain.
George Fiott Day, Commander.
John Edmund Commerell, Commander.
Williard Rickard, Quartermaster.
NAVAL BRIGADE.
William Peel, Captain.
Edward St. John Daniels, Midshipman.
William Nathan Wright Hewett, Lieutenant.
John Sullivan, Boatswain's Mats.
..:ionn Shepherd, Boatswaiu.
Thomas Reeve, James Gorman, and Mark Scholefield,
seamen.
Henry James Rahy, Commander.
John Tayl.)r, Captain of the Forecastle.
Henry Curtis, Boatswain's Mate.
BALTIC.
George Ingouville, Captain of the Mast.
John Bythesea, Commander.
William Johnstone, Stoker.
Charles D. Lucas, Lieutenant.
ROYAL MARINES.
George Dare Dowell, Lieutenant, R,M.A.
John Prettyjohn, Corporal, R.M.
Thomas Wilkinson, Bombardier, R.M.A.
ARMY.

2d Dragoons—No. 774 Sergeant-Major John Grieve.
4th Light Dragoons—No. 635 Private Samuel Parkes.
(Late) 11th Hussars—Lieutenant Alexander Robert
Dunn.
17th Lancers—Troop Sergeant-Maj orJohn Berryman.
Land Transport Corps (late) Royal Artillery—Captain
Andrew Henry.
Royal Artillery—Brevet Lientenant•Colonel Matthew
Charlie Dixon.
Royal Artillery—Gunner and Driver Thomas Arthur.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Gerald Graham.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant D. Lennox.
Royal Eogineers—No. 997 Corporal John Ross.
Royal Engineers—No. 1,078 Corporal W. J. Lendrim.
Royal Engineers—No. 854 Sapper John Perie.
Grenadier Guards—Brevet-Major Sir Charles Russell.
3d Battalion Grenadier Guards—No. 3,571 Private
Anthony Palmer.
3d Battalion Grenadier Guards—No. 5,872 Sergeant
Alfred Ablett.
Coldstream Guards—Brevet-Major Gerald Littlehales
Goodlake.
Coldstream Guards—No. 3,968 Private Wm. Stanlock.
Coldstream Guards—No. 4,787 Private George Strong.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Brevet Major Robert James
Lindsay.
Scots Fusilier Guards—No. 3,231 Sergeant M'Kech-
nie.
Scots Fusilier Guards—No. 3,368 Private William
Reynolds.
2d Battalion Ist Regiment—No. 1,672 Private Joseph
Prosskr.

3d Regiment—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Frederick Francis
Maude.
3d Regiment—No. 2,649 Private John Connors.
fith Regiment—No. 1,879 Private Matthew Hughes.
7th Regiment—No. 3,443 Private William Norman.
Bth Regiment (Lite of the 90th Regiment)—Ensign
Andrew Moynighan.
17th Regiment—Corporal (Lance-Serjeant) P. Smith.
19th It'tAnent—No. 1,051 Private John Lyons.
23d Regiment—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel E. W. D. Bell.
231 Regiment—Lieut. Luke O'Connor.
231 Regiment—No, 2,945 Borporal Robert Shields.
34th Regiment—No. 3,837 Private William Coffey.
34th Regiment—No. 3,482 Private John J. Sims.
414 Regiment—Brevet-Major Hugh Rowlands.
41st Regiment—Serjeant-Major Ambrose Madden.
44th Regiment—No. 2,802 Serj-ant Wm. M'Wheenay.
47th Regiment—No. 2,040 Private John M'Dermond.
49th Regiment—Serjeant George Walters.
49th Regiment—Corporal James 0 wens.
55th Regiment—Private Thomas Beach.
55th Regiment—Brevet-Major Frederick C. Elton.
57th Regiment—No. 1,971 Private Charles M'Corrie.
68th Regiment—Capt. T. De Courcy Hamilton.
68th Regiment—Private John Byrne.
77th Regiment—No. 2,600 Serjeant John Park.
77th Regiment—No. 2,239 Private Alex. Wright.
90th Regiment—No.2,932 Private John Alexander.
97th Regiment—Brevet-Major Chas. Henry Lumley.
97th Regiment— Serjeant John Coleman.
Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade—Brevet-Major Hon.
Henry H. Clifford.
14 Battalion Rifle Brigade—Captain William James
Cuninghame.
Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade—Brevet Major Claude
Thomas Bourchier.
Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade—Private F. Wheatley.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—LientenatA John Knox.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—No. 2,074, Private R.
M'Gregor.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—No. 2,638, Private
Robert Hurnpston,
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—No. 3,471, Private
Joseph Bradshaw.

MR. HUMPHREY BROWN,

T.HE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.

TEWKESBURY, TUESDAY.
A public dinner was given here last night, followed
by a presentation of plate, to Mr. H. Brown, lq.P. fer
the borough, and a director of the Royal British Bank.
The testimonial consisted of a handsome silver centre
piece, valued at 250 guineas, and bearing the following
inscription :—" Presented to Humphrey Brown, Esq.,
110 l wn . P .sru,bayn. memberthe
February
tradesmenof
eHouse3, and workinglBs7o f
. 1,
Commons
l classes of Tewkes-
bury, in testimony of their regard for him as an inde-
pendentt3be sudlic subscribers."
) a
After the usual introductory toasts hind been given,
The CHAIRMAN gave the health of Mr. Brown.
dinner.
and
r a
s ."
Mr. Blizard, corn merchant, presided at
Mr. BROWN,in his reply, addressed himself to a defence
of his conduct in reference to his connection with the
Royal British Bank._ He complained of the slanders
which had been heaped upon him by a portion of the
press, and with reference to the statement that had gone
forth to the world that he owed the bank a sum of
70,000/., said that the statement had been put forward
by Mr. Coleman for the most dastardly purpose—that
of creating in the mind of the public that he (Mr. Cole-
man) was the man to bring people to book. It was a
disgrace to Mr. Coleman, and was a downright lie. The
time must come when his transactions with the bank
must be revealed, and at the fitting time he was
ready and willing to reveal them. But when
twitted with his dealings with the bank, he
dared not reveal them without a breach of confi-
dence, which would have been disgraceful to him and
ruinous to scores of others. (Hear.) As a director, he
had trade a declaration in the nature of an oath not to
divulge what had transpired in the bank chamber, the
object being to prevent any director from revealing cir-
cumstances which would be detrimental to other people.
Mr. Brown went on to make an explanation as to a
sum of 41,0001. which bad been transferred to his debit
on account of the expected insolvency of another party.
He declared that a sum of 400/. hail been spent in the
attempt to make him (Mr. Brown) a bankrupt, with
the view of obtaining information from hitn ; bu
the solicitor to the assignees, who was a very clever
man, had found out the mare's nest, and that he
really did not owe the money. It was now left to
arbitration under an agreement of reference, the arbitra-
tor being a gentleman of high standing, who was to
only to report with reference to the commercial, but
also as to the moral character of his transactions with
the bank. He defied any director of a joint-stock bank
to know anything more of its affairs than the manager
chose to let him ; and this remark applied with greater
force to the bank with which he had been connected,
which had 6,000 or 7,000 accounts and some 150
clerks employed in the establishment. It was im-
possible for a director to get further than the
heads of each department. It was lamentable to
see an establishment like that crushed as it had
been ; and it was more lamentable to see the havoc
and misery which the management of that establishment
had caused. The bank had no doubt been very badly
managed, and be reproached himself for having joined
it. It ought to have ceased business when its insolvency
became apparent ; but whether he was a director of the
bank at that time or not, he was not going to tell them.
After some further remarks on the affairs of the Royal
British Bank, Mr. Brown addressed himself to political
subjects, and expressed himself favourable to direct tax-
ation rather than to taxation through the customs and
excise, which threw the burthen upon the poorer
classes.

A great number of persons, majority females, attended
;he presentation of plate later in the evening.

THE DIVISION ON THJI INCOME TAX.

(Front the Morning fferald.)

The division of Monday evening exhibits a House of
Commons in "a state of great confusion," to use the
expressive language of the Press of Saturday last. It is
added, "The majority on the Ministeri.d side is break-
ing up." This may be true, but then there is no greater
solidity observable in the phalanx on the opposite
benches.

Thirty-one Conservatives voted with Ministers. The
following is the list :
W. Beckett. R. Knightley.
T. Blakemore. - G. C. Legh.
Marquis of Blandford. Lord G. Manners.
T. W. Braruston. J. Masts/man.
Lord H. Cholmondeley. C. A. MZody.,
C. R. Colville. J. J; Richatidson.
Sir C. Coote. • W. Masters Smith.
1). A. S. Davies. Colonel Smyth.
W. Deedes. R. Spooner.
W. Denison. W. Stuart.
Sir J. B. East. J. M. Sutton.
T. H. Estcourt. Geo, Tomline.
Thos. Greene. J. Tollemache.
G. G. Harcourt. Sir J. Tyrell.
N. Kendall. W. Wyndham.
J. K. King.
The appearance of the names of Lord Blandford, Lord
H. Cholmondeley, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Moody, and Mr.
Tullemache in a Minister ial majority is a token of the
strength which Lord Palmerston has gained by his late
Church appointments. If we bad a list of the absentees
we should find more proofs of the same feeling.
But now for the other side of the story. Besides the
171 Conservatives .who voted for Mr. Disraeli's motion,
there were found in the same lobby the following sin-
gular conglomeration of parties :-
1. Peelitee, 10, viz. :
W. Gladstone.
Hon. A. Gordon.
Sir J. Graham.
Sir W. Heathcote.
Sidney Herbert.
2. Manchester men, 18, viz. :
T. Barnes. J. A. Roebuck.
J. Crook. W. Williams.
R. Cobden. J. Cheetham.
J. Bell. T. M. Gibson.
S. Laing. G. Hadfield.
W. S. Lindsay. J. Kershaw.
Sir J. Paxton. J. B. Smith.
J. Locke. J. M'Murrough.
E. Miall. J. L. Ricardo.
3. Irish Papibts, or their representatives, 7, viz.:—
T. B. Bellew. E. M'Evoy.
G. Bowyer. J. F. Maguire.
R. Swift. T. Meagher.
T. Kennedy.
Said not the Press very truly,
" The Hones of Commons is in a state of great con
fusion!'
Assuredly this holds out no prospect of peace or pro-
longed power for the Government. But neither is it a
favourable circumstance for the country at large. In
such a dissolution of party ties as is here shown, or pre-
figured, there is no reasonable ground of hope of any
kind. The Government must be rapidly growing weaker
when 35 of its supporters suddenly desert their standard,
and support a motion a hich is, substantially, a vote of
want of confidence. But then there is little ground for
felicitation on the otber side, when it is seen that 31 of
the Conservatives quitted their leaders in a moment of
emergency, and were only replaced by Mialle and
M. ailhers, Bowyers and Roebucks, R. Swift, and R
Cobden I

Lord A. Hervey.
Lord Jerniyn.
R. Palmer.
R. Phlllitnore.
(.3-. Vernon.

In fact, to adopt the well known bull, we may say,
that in the vista before us "there is nothing clear but
its obscurity." On the one hand, it is not easy to un-
derstood bow a Government so supported can stand ;
but, on the other, it is equally difficult to see how a Go-
vernment se assailed is to be overturned.