THE OFFICERS WHO FELL AT TE PAPA.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2117, 3 May 1864, Page 3

THE OFFICERS WHO FELL AT TE PAPA.

l ( oiiljOwing our usual' practice, we give a few particulars of tho services of ilae ofiicers who were tilled ol the engagement at Te Papa, ou the 29th ultimo. John Fane Charles ' Hamilton is son. we believe (says Byrne's "Naval Biography "), of Colonel Hamilton and Charlotte, daut?htor of John Fane, Esq., of Wormsloy, LL.D., an eminent agriculturist, and many years M.P. for Oxford. His uncle, Rear-Admiral Francis William Fane, died 28th March, 1811 This officer entered the navy 28th August, 1835; aud in- 184,1-42, while attached to the ' Blonde,' 42, Captain Thomas Bourchier, wns present, either iv the boats or on shore, at the talcing of Amoy, the storming of Chinghao, tho attack on tho Chinese entrenched camp on tho heights of Segoan, the capture of Chapoo, and the engagement with the enemy's batteries at Woosung. Ho also, on the 10th March, 1842, served /in the boats, under Captain George Goldsmith, at the destruction of ten fire vessels with which the Clnneso had attempted to annihilate the British shipping and transports at their anchorage off Chinghae. Having passed his examination 10th November, 1841, and been further employed as mate in the ' Warspito,' 50, Captain Provo William Parry Wallis, aud ■ St. Vincent,' 120, flag ship of Sir Charles "Rowley, on the Lisbon and Portsmouth stations, ho was promoled to the rank of lieutenant, Bth March, 18-14, and subsequently appointed,»24th May and Ist August, 1841 to the 'America,' 50, and ' Racer,' l(i, Captains Hon. John Gordon and Archibald Reed, both on the South American station. He left tlu* latter vessel in the summer of 18d6. Ho afterwards became senior lieutenant of the ' Leauder,' and was further promoted for hi 3 services while on tho Naval Brigade at the siege of Sebaslopol. On tho 2Gth February, 1838, he received his post rank. Captain Hamilton wore several mementoes of his gallantry, and the last and fatal act which distinguishes him as a gallant officer cannot be better described than in tho words of our special correspondent — "The General, who was in the advanced trench of his position, ordered up the supports almost immediately after the Btorming parly rushed the breach; and the second division of blue-jackets aud the gallant 43 rd, led by Captain Hamilton, of the ' Esk,' advanced with a ringing cheer to the support of the forlorn hopo. They arrived at a critical moment ; the storming party exposed to a muiderous fire on all sides, and from hidden assailants beneath, and without au officer left to lead them, were wavering ; part were outside the pa. Captain Hamilton sprung \vpon the parapet, and shouting 'follow me, men!' dashed into the fight. That moment was his last. He fell dead, pierced throngh the brain by a bullet, and many of his officers shared the same fntc." Lieutenant Charles Hill, of H.M. s s ' Curacoa,' was made a lieutenant on May 15, ISSB, and it will bo recollected was one of the few survivors from the wreck of TI.M. s.s. ' Orpheus.' He returned-to England, and was appointed to lI.M. s.s. ' Curagoa.' He was one of tLo officers iv command of the Naval Brigade at the slormiug of Te Papa, and he was one of those who were found lying dead inside the pa — a good proof that they fell at the post of dut3 r . His end is the more melancholy from his connection with the ill-fated ' Orpheus.' Captain Robert Coke Glover entered the army as an ensign in tho 4-ird Regiment, on the 18th January, IS3O. He became lieutenant on the sth December, 1851, and he received Ins captaincy on the 30th January, 1857 He served with the 51st Regiment throughout the Burmese war in 1852, for which he received a medal, and he was on board the East India Steam Company's steam frigate ' Ferooz ' dm ing the naval action and destruction of the enemy's stockades on the Rangoon River; and he was present during the three succeeding days' operations in the vicinity and at the storming aud capture of Rangoon. Captain Glover was one of the officers of the 43rd v ho led the storming party up to the breach in the pa, and there met his death like a soldier He was killed by a wound in the head. Captain Charles Reginald Mure entered the 43rd Regiment as an ensign on the 16lh August, 18-50 ; he obtained his lieutenancy on the 29th July, 1853, and his captaincy on the Sth January, 1856. Ho served with the 43rd Light Infantry in the Kaffir war of ISSI and 1553, for which he received a medal. Ho served also in the Crimea from the 29th July to the 29th September, 1855, as Aulc-de-Camp to Major-General Markham. ]Ie received a medal and clasp for Sebastopol, sth class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal. Captain Robert Thomas Francis Hamilton entered tho army on the 23rd January, 1852, when he became ensign in tho 43rd Regiment, lie was a lieutenant ou the 13th April, 1855, aud captain on the 31st July, IS6O. He served with the 97th Regiment in Bengal, in suppressing the mutiny in 1857 and 1858, and was present in the actions of Nusrutpore (as orderly officer to Colonel Tngram, and mentioned in despatches), Chanda, Ummeerpore, and Sultanpore ; siege and capture of Lucknow and storming of the Kaisa Bagh ; operations in Bundlocund in 1859, including tho pursuit to, night attack and surprise of the rebels on the Kalec Nuddee, for which he received a medal and clasp. Captain Edwin Utterton entered the 23rd Regiment on the 30th April, 1855. He became lieutenant on tho 10th September in the same year, and captain on the Sth October, 1861. He served at the siege of Sebastopol in 1855, including the assault of the Redan, on the Bth September ; for which he received a medal and clasp, and Turkish medal. He served also in the Indian campaign of 1857-58, including the relief of Lucknow by Lord Clyde, defeat of 'the Gwalior Contingent at Cawnpore, affair of tho Ramgunga, siege and capture of Lucknow (mentioned in despatches), and Trans-G-ogra operations when the rebels wero driven from Oude into Nopaul; and for which he reeived a medal and two clasps. Lieutenant Charles John Langlands became an ensign in the 43rd Regiment on the 19th May, 1861 ; and had, therefore, been hardly three years in tho army. Ho was one of the officers who were found lying dead inside the pa,, and he met his death like the other gallant men whose names are recorded as having fallen in this truly unfortunato engagement.

THE WOtrNDED Commander Edward liay has only recently arrived from England to supply tlio place of Captain Sullivan, of tho ' Harrier,' who, being promoted, returned home. He scrred as midshipmnu on board the ' Havannah' when that vtssel was on this stationiu 1840, ia command,

of Captain rElphinston Erskine. In 1856' he served as mato of 'the' ''Agamemnon,' was presented with' a medal' 1 and foreign decoration, aud received his commission in the ' Harrier', which vessel is under orders to proceed home, in November last year. ' ',>'..'* Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Jackson Parkin Booth entered the army, as an ensign, on the 11th June, 1847. He became a lieutenant on the 9th August, 1850 ; a captain' on the 29th July, 1853 ; a major on the 3rd April, 1857 ; and lieutenant-colonel on the 11th .February, 18G2. He served with the 43rd in the Kaffir war of 1851-53, £or which he received a medal. Jfe was in command of the detachment of the 43rd, which arrived by the 'Lady Jocelyn', and, 'imLil embarking for Tauvanga, was in command of some of the military posts between this 'and Waikato! ' '