The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-02 00:00:00

MST.

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the London Gazette of last Evening.)
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 1, 1859.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in-
tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the
undermentioned Officer and Seaman of her Majesty's Navy,
who have been recommended to her Majesty for that deco-
ration for their gallantry whilst serving in the Naval
Brigade in India under the orders of the late Capt. William
Peel, K C. B , viz. :
Naval Brigade—Lieutenant (now Commander)lYoung,
late Gunnery Officer of her Majesty's ship Shannon, and
William Hall, Captain of the foretop, of that vessel, were
recommended by the Late Capt. Peel for the Victoria Cross,
for their gallant conduct at a 24-pounder gun, brought up
to the angle of the Shah Nujjiff, at Lucknow, on the 10th
of November, 1857.

PREPAYMENT OF INLAND LETTERS.

(Front the Gazette of last Evening.)
TREASURY WARRANT.
Whereas by an Act of Parliament passed in the fourth
year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An
Act for the regulation of the duties of postage," certain
scales of weight and rates of postage were fixed and made
chargeable and payable upon, for, or in respect of, letters
transmitted and forwarded by the post, and various regu-
lations were made and powers were given to the Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, -for the purpose
of facilitating the transmission of such letters by the
post. _

And whereas by another Act of Parliament, passed
in the eleventh year of the reign of her present Ma-
jesty, intituled "Au Act for giving further facilities for
the transmission of letter's by post, and for the regulating
the duties of postage thereon, and for other purposes
relating to the Post-office," further powers were given
to the Commissioners of . her Majesty's Treasury, for
the purposes aforesaid, and it was amongst other things
provided, that the Postmaster-General might, with the
consent of the CoMmissioners of 'her Majesty's Treasury,
require the postage (British, colonial, or foreign) of any
letters sent by the post to be prepaid, either in money or
stamps (as he might think fit), on the same being put into
the Post-office, and he might also, with such consent, abo- •
lish or restrict the prepayment in money of postage on
letters sent by the post, either altogether, or on certain
letters, and might require the prepayment thereof to be in
stamps, and might refuse to receive or send by the post,
any letters tendered contrary to any regulations made under
that enactment. And further, that it shouldbe lawful for the
Postmaster-General, and any officer of the Post-office, to
detain any letters which should be posted or sent by the
post, contrary to the regulations of the said now reciting
act, or the said hereinbefore recited act, or contrary to any
regulations made under the authority of the said now recit-
ing act, or the said hereinbefore recited act, or contrary to the
regulations of any Treasury Warrant which should be issued
under or by virtue of the said now reciting act, or which
had been or should be issued under or by virtue of the said
hereinbefore recited act, and to open such letters, and
either to return them to the senders thereof, or to forward
them to the places of their destination, charged in either case
with such rates of postage as the Postmaster-General, with
the consent of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury, should from time to time direct.
And whereas it is expedient that further regulations
should be made with respect to the letters hereinafter men-
tioned,
Now we, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
in exercise of the powers vested in us, in and by the said
hereinbefore recited acts, or either of them, and of all other
powers enabling us in this behalf, do, by this Warrant,
under the hands of two of us, the said Commissioners, by
the authority of the statute in that case made and provided
order and direct as follows ; that is to say :
1. That on every letter sent or tendered, or delivered, in
order to be sent by the post, between any places within the
United Kingdom, or by the post of any post town in the
United Kingdom, addressed to a person or place within
such town or its suburbs, the postage thereof, according to
the scale of weight, and number, and amount of rates of
postage fixed and chargeable upon letters transmitted by
the post, between places within the United Kingdom, by
the said Act, passed in the fourth year of the reign of her
present Majesty, shall be prepaid in stamps, and that every
such letter shall be duly and properly stamped when
posted.
2. That if any letter sent, or tendered, or delivered, in
order to be sent by the post, between any places in the
United Kingdom, or by the post of any post town in the
United Kingdom, addressed to a person or place within
such town, or the suburbs thereof, shall be posted without
any postage being paid thereon, in stamps, equal to thesum
of one penny, every such letter shall be detained and opened,
and shall be returned, or given up to the sender thereof,
and if any letter sent or tendered as hereinbefore men •
tioned, shall be posted with a postage paid thereon in
stamps, less in amount than the rate of postage to
which such letter would be liable, but equal to the
amount of one penny, there shall be charged on every such
letter, the amount of the difference between the value of
such stamp or stamps, and the full postage to which such
letter would have been liable, if prepaid, together with a
higher and additional rate of postage of one penny.
3. That the Postmaster-Generafnmy, if he shall think
fit, permit any letters, hereinbefore in the first and second
clauses of this Warrant mentioned, to be sent by the post,
exempt from the operation of such clauses, or either of
them, so long as he shrill deem such exemption expedient.
4. That nothing hereinbefore contained shall extend or
apply to any letters sent by the post, to or from places be-
yond the seas, nor shall anything herein contained in any-
wise prejudice or affect the privilege granted by the said
Act, passed in the fourth year of the reign of her present
Majesty, in favour of petitions and addresses forwarded to
her Majesty by the post, nor the privilege granted by the
same Act to members of each House of Parliament, to re-
ceive by the post, petitions and addresses to her Majesty,
and petitions addressed to either House of Parliament, not
exceeding thirty-two ounces in weight, nor the privi-
lege granted to printed votes or proceedings of Parliament,
ner shall anything in this warrant contained in anywise
prejudice or affect the privilege which seamen and soldiers
employed in her Majesty's service, and seamen and soldiers
employed in the service of the East India Company now
by law enjoy, of sending and receiving by the post letters
not exceeding half an ounce in weight, subject to the regu-
lations and restrictions in respect of the same.
5. That so much of a certain warrant, under the hands
of three of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, bearing date the 22d day of October, 1847, as
relates to letters exceeding four ounces in weight, shall be,
and the same is hereby repealed, revoked, and annulled.
6. That the terms and expressions used in this warrant
shall be construed to have the like meaning, in all respects,
as they would have had if inserted in the said act, passed in
the fourth year of the reign of her present Majesty.
7. That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the
time being of her Majesty's Treasury, by warrant, wider
their hands, duly made, at any time hereafter, to alter,
repeal, or revoke, any of the rates of postage hereby
fixed, or any of the orders, regulations, conditions, and re-
restrictions hereby made, and to make and establish any
new or other rates, orders, regulations, conditions, and re-
strictions, in lieu thereof, and from time to time to appoint
at what time the rates which may be payable are to be paid.
8. That this warrant shall come mto,operation on the
tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-nine.
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the twenty-ninth
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-nine.

HENRY WHITMORE.
H. G. LENNOX.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31:
The following despatch has been received by the Earl of
Malmesbury from Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8., her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of Prussia.

Berlin, Jan. 27.
My Lord,--I have the honour to inform your lordship
that her huesr,,ißa Royal Highness the Princess Frederick William
was
safely
delivered of a son at three o'clock this
afternoon.
I have the satisfaction further to inform your lordship,
that
a herito- and
Royal Highness and the infant prince are as well
aspossible
e 1 that the news of this happy event has
pd ,
universal Joy throughout this capital.—l have, &c.
sr(Signed) BLOOMFIELD.
LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 1.
All peeresses, on announcing their intention of being pre-
sent on the occasionof the opening of Parliament, on Thurs-
day, the 3d February, Will have places reserved for them in
the House of Lords, if the announcement be made at this
office before five o'clock on Wednesday the 2d inst.
No strangers conk: admitted except by a ticket from the
Lord Great Chamberlain.
The doors will b, opened at 12 o'clock.
WILLOUGIII3Y DE ERESBY, G. C.