The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-09 00:00:00

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the Gazette of last evening.)
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 6.

The Queen having been graciously pleased, by a War-
rant under her Royal Sign Manual bearing date the 13th
of December, 1858, to declare that Non-Military Persons
who, as Volunteers, have borne arms against the Muti-
neers, both at Lucknow and elsewhere, during the late
operations in India, shall be considered as eligible to re-
ceive the decoration of the Victoria Cross, subject to the
rules and ordinances already made and ordained for the
government thereof, provided that it be established in any
case that the person was serving under the orders of a
General or other Officer in Command of Troops in the
Field, when he performed the Act of Bravery for which it
is proposed to confer the decoration :—Her Majesty has
accordingly been pleased to signify Her intention to confer
this high distinction on the undermentioned Gentlemen,
whose claims to the same have been submitted for her
Majesty's approval, on account of Acts of Bravery per-
formed by them in India, as recorded against their names,
viz.: _ _

Mr. Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Assistant-Commissioner
in Oude—On the Bth of November, 1857, Mr. Kavanagh,
then serving under the orders of Lieutenant-General Sir
James Outram, in Lucknow, volunteered on the dangerous
duty of proceeding through the city to the camp of the
Commander-in-Chief, for the purpose of guiding the re-
lieving force to the beleaguered garrison of the residency—
a task which he performed with chivalrous gallantry and
devotion.
Mr. Ross Lewis Mangles, of the Bengal Civil Service,
Assistant Magistrate at Patna—Mr. Mangles volunteered and
served with the force, consisting of detachments of her Ma-
jesty's 10th and 37th Regiments, and some native troops, de-
spatched to the relief of Arrah, in July, 1857, under the com-
mand of Capt. Dunbar, of the 10th Regiment. The force fell
into an ambuscade on the night of the 29th of July, 1857,
and, during the retreat on the next morning, Mr. Mangles,
with signal gallantry and generous self-devotion, and not-
withstanding that he had himself been previously wounded,
carried for several miles, out of action, a wounded soldier of
her Majesty's 37th Regiment, after binding up his wounds
under a murderous fire, which killed or wounded almost
the whole detachment; and he bore him in safety to the
boats.

THIS DAPS MARKETS.

COVENT GARDEN.

The • supplies of vegetables have been on a-Sull average
scale, but the show of fruit hai,been only moderate. Ge-
nerally speaking, the trade has ruled steady, as follows :

FRUIT.

s. d. s. d.
Pineapples, perlb 5 0 to 7 0
Colonial do., each 1 0 to 3 6
Grapes, per lb 3 0 to 6 0
Foreign do 0 0 to 0 0
Melons, each
Peaches, perdoz 6 0 to 12 0
Nectarines, per dz a 0 to 12 0
Apples, per bush. 6 0 to 10 0
Pears, per doz 6 0 to 12 0
Oranges, per 100 6 0 to 10 0
Lemons,. per 100 3 6 to 7 0
Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0

s. d. s. d.
Cherries, per lb 0 3to 1 3
Filberts, per lb 1 3to 1 6
Cobnuts, per lb 1 3to 1 6
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 •
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz 4 oto 6 0
Strawberries p ptl 0 3to 0 8
Gooseberries laf sv 3 oto 4 6
Currants, per do. 4 6to 5 6
Plums, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries, pr ptlo 4to 0 6