HONOURS. sparks which flew in every direction from the blazing houses. Also for having been the first man who entered the village of Jugdispore on the 12th of August, 1857, under a most galling fire. Private Dempsey was likewise one of those who helped to carry Ensign Erskine, of the 10th Regiment, in the retreat from Arrah, in July, 1857. APRIL 27. Mr. George Bell Chicken, Indian Naval Brigade. For great gallantry, on the 27th of September, 1858, at Suhejnee, near Peroo, in having charged into the middle of a considerable number of the rebels, who were preparing to rally and open fire upon the scattered pursuers. They were surrounded on all sides, but, fighting desperately, Mr. Chicken succeeded in killing five before he was cut down himself. He would have been cut to pieces had not some of the men of the 1st Bengal Police and 3rd Sikh Irregular Cavalry dashed into the crowd to his rescue, and routed it, after killing several of the enemy. H. Helstone, who was wounded, dismounted, and surrounded by the enemy, and, at the risk of his own life, carrying him to the rear. On the 10th of October, 1857, at Agra, in having run unarmed to the assistance of Sergeant Crews, who was attacked by four rebels. Hartigan caught a tulwar from one of them with his right hand, and with the other hit him on the mouth, disarmed him, and then defended himself against the other three, killing one and wounding two, when he was himself disabled from further service by severe and dangerous wounds. Sergeant Robert Grant, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment. For conspicuous devotion at Alumbagh on the 24th of September, 1857, in proceeding under a heavy and galling fire to save the life of Private E. Deveney, whose leg had been shot away, and eventually carrying him safe into camp, with the assistance of the late Lieutenant Brown and some com. rades. Private Patrick M'Hale, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment. For conspicuous bravery at Lucknow on the 2nd of October, 1857, when he was the first man at the capture of one of the guns at the Cawnpore Battery; and again, on the 22nd of December, first to take possession of one of the 1857, when, by a bold rush, he was the enemy's guns, which had sent several rounds of grape through his company, which was skirmishing up to it. On every occasion of attack Private M'Hale has been the first to meet the foe, among whom he caused such consternation by the boldness of his rush as to leave little work for those who followed to his support. By his habitual coolness and daring, and sustained bravery in action, his name has become a household word for gallantry among his comrades. AUGUST 3. Captain John Augustus Wood, 20th Bombay Native Infantry. On the 9th of December, 1856, Captain Wood led the Grenadier company which formed the head of the assaulting column sent against Bushire. He was HONOURS. the first man on the parapet of the fort, where he was instantly attacked by a large number of the garrison, who suddenly sprang on him from a trench cut in the parapet itself. These men fired a volley at Captain Wood and the head of the storming party, when only a yard or two distant from that officer; but, although Captain Wood was struck by no less than seven musket-balls, he at once threw himself upon the enemy, passed his sword through the body of their leader, and, being closely followed by the men of his company, speedily overcame all opposition, and established himself in the place. Captain Wood's decision, energy, and determined volour, undoubtedly contributed in a high degree to the success of the attack. His wounds compelled him to leave the force for a time; but, with the true spirit of a good soldier, he rejoined his regiment, and returned to his duty at Bushire before the wounds were properly healed. Lieutenant and Adjutant Arthur Thomas Moore and Lieutenant John Grant Malcolmson, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry. On the occasion of an attack on the enemy on the 8th of February, 1857, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes, C.B., Lieutenant Moore, the Adjutant of the Regiment, was, perhaps, the first of all by a horse's length. His horse leaped into the square, and instantly fell dead, crushing down his rider, and breaking his sword as he fell amid the broken ranks of the enemy. Lieutenant Moore speedily extricated himself, and attempted with his broken sword to force his way through the press; but he would assuredly have lost his life had not the gallant young Lieutenant Malcolmson, observing his peril, fought his way to his dismounted comrade through a crowd of enemies to his rescue, and, giving him his stirrup, safely carried him through everything out of the throng. The thoughtfulness for others, cool determination, devoted courage, and ready activity shown in extreme danger by this young officer, Lieutenant Malcolmson, appear to have been most admirable, and to be worthy of the highest honour. William Odgers, leading seaman of Her Majesty's ship Niger. On the 28th March, 1860, William Odgers displayed conspicuous gallantry at the storming of a pah during operations against rebel natives in New Zealand; having been the first to enter it under a heavy fire, and having assisted in hauling down the enemy's colours. AUGUST 7. Private Samuel Morley, No. 201, 2nd Battalion, Military Train. On the evacuation of Azimgurh by Koer Singh's army, on the 15th of April, 1858, a squadron of the Military Train, and half a troop of Horse Artillery, were sent in pursuit. Upon overtaking them and coming into action with their rear guard, a squadron of the 3rd Sikh Cavalry (also detached in pursuit) and one troop of the Military Train were ordered to charge, when Lieutenant Hamilton, who commanded the Sikhs, was unhorsed, and immediately surrounded by the enemy, who commenced cutting and hacking him while on the ground. Private Samuel Morley, seeing the predicament that Lieutenant Hamilton was in, although his (Morley's) horse had been shot from under him, immediately and most gallantly rushed up, on foot, to his assistance, and in conjunction with Farrier Murphy, who has already received the Victoria Cross for the same thing, cut down one of the Sepoys, and fought over Lieutenant Hamilton's body until further assistance came up, and thereby was the means of saving Lieutenant Hamilton from being killed on the spot. SEPTEMBER 4. Lieut. Henry Evelyn Wood, 17th Lancers. For having, on the 19th of October, 1858, during action at Sindwaho, when in command of a troop of the 3rd Light Cavalry, attacked with much gallantry, almost single-handed, a body of rebels who had made a stand, whom he routed; also for having subsequently, near Sindhora, gallantly advanced with a duffadar and sowar of Beatson's Horse, and rescued from a band of robbers a HONOURS. potail, Chemum Singh, whom they had captured and carried off to the jungles, where they intended to hang him. NOVEMBER 8. Major Charles Craufurd Fraser, 7th Hussars (now of the 11th Hussars). For conspicuous and cool gallantry, on the 31st of December, 1858, in having volunteered at great personal risk, and under a sharp fire of musketry, to swim to the rescue of Captain Stisted, and some men of the 7th Hussars, who were in imminent danger of being drowned in the river Raptee, while in pursuit of the rebels. Major Fraser succeeded in this gallant service, although at the time partially disabled, not having recovered from a severe wound received while leading a squadron in a charge against some fanatics, in the action of Nawabgunge, on the 13th of June, 1858. Surgeon Joseph Jee, C.B., 78th Regiment. For most conspicuous gallantry and important services, on the entry of the late Major-General Havelock's relieving force into Lucknow, on the 25th of September, 1857, in having during action (when the 78th Highlanders, then in possession of the Char-bagh, captured two nine-pounders at the point of the bayonet), by great exertion and devoted exposure, attended to the large number of men wounded in the charge, whom he succeeded in getting removed on cots and the backs of their comrades, until he had collected the Dooly bearers who had fled. Subsequently, on the same day, in endeavouring to reach the Residency with the wounded men, Surgeon Jee became besieged by an overwhelming force in the Mote-Mehal, where he remained during the whole night and following morning, voluntarily and repeatedly exposing himself to a heavy fire in proceeding to dress the wounded men who fell while serving a 24-pounder in a most exposed situation. He eventually succeeded in taking many of the wounded, through a cross fire of ordResidency, by the river-bank, although nance and musketry, safely into the repeatedly warned not to make the perilous attempt. Colour-Sergeant James Munro, 93rd Regiment (late). For devoted gallantry at Secunderabagh, on the 16th of November, 1857, in having prominently rushed to the rescue of Captain E. Walsh, of the same corps, when wounded and in danger of his life, whom he carried to a place of comparative safety, to which place the Sergeant was brought in very shortly afterwards badly wounded. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS. JANUARY. Mr. Evan Montagu Baillie to be Secretary of Legation at Rio de Janeiro. Mr. George Agar Ellis to be First Paid Attaché at Paris. Mr. A. S. Hechan to be Supernume. rary Crown Counsel on the North-West Circuit, Ireland. Mr. Edward St. John Neale to be Secretary of Legation in China. Mr. F. N. Maltby to be Resident at Travancore and Cochin. Mr. James Coutts Crawford to be a Member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand. Viscount Palmerston to be one of the Elder Brethren, Trinity House. Mr. Charles Lennox Wyke to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mexico. The Hon. Gerald C. Talbot to be Inspector-General of Stores, Military Store Department, India Office. Mr. T. Stamford Raffles to be Stipendiary Magistrate at Liverpool. PROMOTIONS. Mr. William Hutt, M.P., to be VicePresident of the Board of Trade. Captain W. H. Beynon to be Political Agent for Harrowtee and Superintendent of Meena Districts. Messrs. William Henry Adams and William Hepburn Rennie to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Island of Hong Kong. Mr. Frederick William Green to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Hong Kong. Mr. Edward Bullock Andrew to be Governor of the Gold Coast. Sir George Russell Clerk, K.C.B., to Mr. Serjeant O'Hagan to be Solicitor- Mr. T. D. Forsyth to be Commissioner MARCH. Mr. William Mooney to be Clerk of the Crown for Westmeath. Mr. Frederick McBlain to be Crown Prosecutor for the Counties of Down, Armagh, and Monaghan. The Hon. Mr. French to be Chairman of Dublin. Mr. Blake, QC., to be Chairman of Fermanagh. Mr. James C. Caffey to be Chairman of Westmeath. Mr. West, Q.C., to be Chairman of Queen's County. Mr. Edward Palmer to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Prince Edward. Mr. Macnamara Dix to be Treasurer for the Island of St. Lucia. Sir Robert Fraser Turing, bart., to be Consul at Rotterdam. Mr. Charles John Calvert to be Consul at Monastir. Mr. Richard Wilkinson to be Consul at Salonica. Dr. Gibson, C.B., to be DirectorGeneral of the Army Medical Depart Mr. Alfred Dick to be Consul at the Ceylon. Society Isles. The Hon. J. C. Morrison to be Soli Mr. Thomas Clement Cobbold to be citor-General for Canada West. a Paid Attaché at Lisbon. Mr. James Grignon to be Consul at Mr. James Jerwood to be Recorder Teneriffe. of South Molton. Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald to be one of the Mr. Serjeant Deasy to be Attorney- Mr. Fletcher Whitley to be a Member Mr. John Augustus Longworth to be Mr. Arundel Mackenzie to be Consul Captain J. Folliott Powell to be Governor of Chatham Convict Prison. Mr. Henry J. Murray to be Consul at Portland, United States. Mr. Henry Lockwood to be Paid Attaché at Constantinople. Lieut. Col. Andrew Beatty, RE, to be a Member of the Council of the Island of St. Helena. Mr. John Creighton to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Nova Scotia. Mr James Waiker to be LieutenantGovernor of the Island of Trinidad and its dependencies. Mr. Thomas C. Harvey to be a Mem PROMOTIONS. ber of the Executive Council of the Bahama Islands. Mr. Thomas Dillon FitzGerald to be Stipendiary Magistrate, resident at Clifden, county Galway. Mr. Temple to be Commissioner of the Finance Department, Calcutta. Mr. Forsyth to be Commissioner of Lahore. Major A. L. McMullen to be Political Agent at Bhopal. APRIL. Lord Harris to be a Lord-in-Waiting on Her Majesty. Mr. Ernest Clay to be Paid Attaché at Mexico. Mr. John Bramwell to be Recorder of Durham. Major-General Pringle Taylor, K.H., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Jamaica and its dependencies. Mr. Charles Alison to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Persia. Mr. George Fagan to be Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General to the Republics of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador. Dr. J. R. Taylor, C.E., to be Chief Medical Officer of the Sanatorium and Invalid Establishment to be formed at the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. James Wilde, Q.C., to be Baron of the Exchequer. Mr. Thomas Francis Quin to be a Member of the Legislative Council of Her Majesty's Settlements in the River Gambia. Mr. J. S. Lumley to be Secretary to the Embassy at Constantinople. Mr. E. S. Erskine to be Secretary to the Mission at St. Petersburg. Mr. Edwin Corbett to be Secretary of Legation at Florence. Sir Frederick L. Rogers, bart., to be Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Deputy-Inspector-General T.D. Hume to be Principal Medical Officer at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham. Mr. D. Maude to be Magistrate of the Greenwich Police Court. Mr. A. R. Young to be Secretary to the Government of Bengal. Mr. Loftus Charles Otway, C.B., to be Consul-General at Milan. Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Crealock to be Military Secretary to Lord Elgin in his Extraordinary Mission to China. Mr. H. B. Loch to be Private Secretary to his Excellency Lord Elgin. The Hon. J. F. Stuart Wortley to be First Attaché to the Embassy. The Hon. T. J. Howell Thurlow to be Second Attaché to the Embassy. Mr. Thomas Dobson and Mr. Thomas Sergent to be Joint Secretaries to the Board of Inland Revenue. Major R. L. Taylor, C.B., to be Political Agent of Meywar. Major J. C. Brooke to be Political Agent of Jyepore. Mr. H. Frere to be Judge of the Sudder and Fujdaree Adawlut, Madras. MAY. Mr. Maurice Drummond to be Receiver-General of Metropolitan Police. Mr. Arthur B. Corner to be Queen's Coroner and Attorney. Mr. Alfred Hudson Shadwell to be Taxing Master of the Court of Chan cery. Mr. Rogers to be Stipendiary Magistrate for the King's County. Captain R. Jenkins to be Bheel Agent and Political Assistant at Bhopawur. Mr. William Doria to be Secretary of Legation and Chargé d'Affaires at Parana, Argentine Confederation. Mr. W. B. Eastwick to be Secretary of Legation at Teheran, Persia. Mr. Cuthbertson Ellison to be Stipendiary Magistrate at Manchester. Lord Belhaven to be High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Mr. Adams G. Archibald to be Attorney-General for the Province of Nova Scotia. Mr. Joseph Howe to be Provincial Secretary, Nova Scotia. Mr. William Armand to be Financial Secretary. Mr. Jonathan M'Cully to be Solicitor-General. Mr. John H. Anderson to be Receiver-General. Sir Henry George Ward, G.C.M.G., to be Governor of Madras. Mr. Andrew Murray, jun., to be Crown Agent for Scotland. |
