The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-25 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ORDER OF

VALOUR.

The subjoined memorandum for the parade at,
the distribution ofthe Victoria Cross (the Order o'
Valour) by her Majesty, in Hyde-park, to-morr°
was issued yesterday :

" HORSE GUARDS, JUNE 23'
"MEMORANDUM FOR THE PARADB.,
" CEREMONIAL OF PRESENTING TII

VICTORIA CROSS. •
"Infantry parade to be formed at nine o'clock;
cavalry and artillery at quarter-past nine o'clocki
in line of contiguous columns, right in front, as
at quarter distance, in the following order ;--
1. Horse Artillery.
2. Life Guards.
3. Dragoons.
4. Royal Engineers.
5. Foot Guards.
6. Royal Marines.
7. 79th Highlanders.
8. Rifle Brigade.
9. Artillery.
10. Military Train.
" The boys of the Royal Military Asylum alia3
the Pensioners will form on the left of the hoe, an
in front of the military train.
" Officers and men to receive the Victoria 00
will form in line near the Centre Pavilion.
..„Per
" On the Queen entering at Hyde-park-cornet
gate, a royal salute will be fired by the batter
on the left of the line.

" When the Queen has taken post in the centre,
the recipients will pass individually, each presaiil
ing his card to the Adjutant-General, who 1/
name them to her Majesty. After passing, t'4/
will resume their original position.
' " After the distribution of the crosses, the tail
will march past in open column, the artillery
cavalry at a walk and the infantry in slow time. ,
" Secondly, in quarter-distance columns of tr 00.1;
and .companies—artillery and cavalry at a trot,
fantry in quick time—officers in command of r41:0
"`
ments and brigades passing on with their respectio
commands. The field batteries and infantrY "
then resume their original position.
" The Cavalry and Horse Artillery, after pii'Lif
in quarter-distance column, will continue trt,
march beyond the third wheeling-point, count
march by troops, and'repass the Queen at a ce°lo
when their front is clear, wheeling when oPlOsitng
to their respective original positions, and re-for°
columns on their original ground. tlO
" The staff and general officers composing g
Queen's cortege will form in the front of and facitily
her Majesty ; those preceding her Majesty, 00 v
,
proper left, and those following, on th© rign
and at the distance of the front of the 00103'
taking care to be well clear of the flanks.
" By command of his Royal Highness, the aell°'
ral Commanding-in-Chief.
"G. A. WETHERALL, •
" Adj utant-GeneraV
MEMORANDUM OF ARRANGEMENTS F°.qi
THE CEREMONY TO TAKE PLACE
HYDE PARK ON THE 26TH INST.
Horse Guards, June 11"ciet
The whole of the troops assembled to be nr,°lo
the command of Lieutenant-General Sir ‘-'°
Campbell, G.C.B.
The cavalry, namely, Ist and 2d Regirs°l3t9° ,
Life Guards, 6th Dragoons, and 11th .
under Major-General 'the Earl of Car"'
K. C. B.
The Royal Artillery, namely, one troop tam
field batteries, under Major-General Sir Wi
Williams, K. C. B,
One company of Royal Engineers, under 0°1°1361
Chapman, C.B.
Msje
Three battalions of Foot Guards, under
General Lord Rokeby, K. C.B.
Re'
One battalion of Royal Marines, the 79tti f
--,
ment, and 2d battalion Rifle Brigade, 'unseriett,
command of Major-General Lord William Ps°
C.B.
Tha troops to be formed at 10 o'clock a•r°,4oll
contiguous quarter distance columns right in
facing Park-lane, in one or two lines as the gr°
may admit.
'oseS
The officers, warrant officers, non-cornruissltoris
officers, and men who are to receive the VI% of
Cross will be assembled in front of the linci ffr
columns, and after passing by her Majesty, an„po'
ceiving their decoration, they will be formed °P
°rps
site to the Queen, and there remain until the "."
have marched past.
The ground to be kept by detachments °f
valry to be detailed for that purpose.
The troops to march past in slow and quick ell
By command of his Royal Highness, the Gen
Commanding-in-Chief,
G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-Genera

MEMORANDUM..
Horse Guards, June
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Staff officers attending the ceremony in 05'fla
park on the 26th inst. to assemble, mounted, a' Ile
foot of Constitution-bill, at half-past 9 o'clock P
cisely.
et;
• It is to be distinctly understood that Ge'i-oc,
officers on duty on that occasion are upon no,*
count whatever to be attended by any other"
cers than those of their immediate staff. aid
Lord-Lieutenants of counties, in uniform/ .ste4
General officers in uniform, only, will be admit
into Hyde-park on horseback. fbid
No grooms, except those of the Queen and °
Royal Highness Prince Albert, to be allowed
ester the park.

By
command,
G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-Genert olr
The following are the regulations to prevell
structions and preserve order at the evciiilg
entrances to Hyde Park, and streets le3
thereto :

"HYDE-PARK. 1151/'
"The following gate will be opened, frorairav
past seven o'clock in the morning, for the 3", r
sion of private carriages :—Albert-gate,
gate, and Kensington-gate, on the south siae',rl‘,
the Victoria-gate on the north side, of the 1)001
Carriages entering by Albert-gate, Princes-b 00
or Kensington-gate may remain on the road junor
park between Kensington-gate and the barrier -00
Apsley House-gates. Carriages entering bLeeo
Victoria-gate may remain on the roads beur'elli
that gate and the barrier near the Marble-3'
and the barrier at the head of the Serpenffle• imier
" The gates at Hyde-park-corner, in Park 04
and at the Marble-arch, will open for perserlo
foot only from half-past o'clock in the inefl3.o'
Carriages coming to any of the gates will 0(301,0
quired, after setting down the company, to lulice
off quickly, and wait where directed by the P
or return home. arlr'
"All the approaches to the gates into the Peo,
will be kept free from obstruction, and, if nelto
sary at any point, the carriages will be formed lc;to
lines by the police. No carriage can be allow' Iv
remain near any of the gates into the park. of
person on horseback, except lords-lieuten3no
counties in uniform and general officers in fluil°'
will be admitted into the park. ith
" The tickets of admission to the north and Ole,
platforms are coloured respectively red and whd
ai
There will be eight staircases to each platform, '",f,
at the entrance to each staircase a flag will be vet
fixed. The flags on the north side will be red,
~Icl,
those on the south white ; holders of ticketssll°:oo
therefore, proceed towards the flags of the s'
colour as their tickets. All the entrances are e;
the back of the platforms nearest to Park-laill
and the most direct way for getting to then'', no'
be through any of the gates in Park-lane, and
ceeding as directed by the police.
" RICHD. MA YNE, Commissioner of Police'
" Whitehall-place, June 24, 1857."

ter
Major-General Sir Richard Airey, Quartern3t4!ooo
' General, having received such numerous applicati of
for tickets for admission of persons to the reserved pet
tion of Hyde-park, to witness the distribution bYrete
Majesty of the Victoria Cross on the 26:1 inst., regot
that he has not been enabled to comply with the regtbe
of all the applicants, the tickets to the full extent of 01
accommodation having been already appropriated, 'or
begs to express his regret that the pre,s of business mj,
tailed upon him by the arrangements for the intevoil
ceremony prevents his replying otherwise to such per°
to whom he has not been able to send tickets.
A Coon AVENGER.—A. certain English gentl,
e.iri
who was a regular frequenter of the green room of PiTee/
Lane Theatre in the days of Lord Byron's commit:ere
and who always stood quietly on the hearthrugbt
with his back to the fire, was in his usual place one wboe.
when a narrative was related by another gentle°,ol
tbe
newly returned from the Continent, of a barrier
that had taken place in Paris. A young Englislone: °
al, had charged a certain gn
iaCnomun the
etrewPiatih chaigßeoaYting hi boy— had been despoiled in a gaming lie%
had gone out with ;to
his replying
Count, had wasted his fire, and had been slain 191
walking up to him,
Count under the frightful circumstances of the Co 11.13_,e,
laying his hand on his heart, serra
o"nYor are a brave fellow—have you a mother ?"
taking a in the affirmative, remarking c".iiis
" I am sorry for her," and blowing his victirde bra-
out. The gentleman on the hearthrug paced op'
pinch of snuff to hear this story. on; kill
served with great placidity, " I am afraid I relB:kicb
that rascal." A few nights elapsed, during
and
the green-room hearthrug was without him, a" i•dee'
he re-appeared precisely as before, and only seer
tally mentioned in the course of the tvming, 'erArio
men—l killed that rascal I" He had gone over t) 0g•
on purpose, bad tracked the Count to the same ga.slaltbe
house, had thrown a glass of wine in his face
presence of all the company assembled there, la"' _t
oriel
riot
him that he was come to avenge his youngcomP
—had done it by putting the Count cut of this Wbfid
and corning back to the hearthrug as if nothil
happened,—„Dicitatio ilowcitoW Wprtiq.",