OUR ILLUSTRATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1073, 13 May 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

OUR ILLUSTRATION.

LIEUT.-COLOpL'T.BRUCEHIUrTON, 1 ; ACTING-.GOMMANDANT, OF t'OCAIi • .forces, victoria. spldiers, wd/h,B, h?,3; a •kinsjiiim, resident; iR, Victoria of. the^sameifname,,, and 7 ,holding' rank.aa hja.pwfl, The father oiEjthp commandant was the fete jQaptaiu an officer, in the, bengal ,ai3ny-rthoseJSepoxs, wlhonvso many,a British,general,"from Guy,a atid Wellington Gougli,rN?pjer,and Kob,ort3, ■ hasjed.to yjotpryrt-and he wja.)wfn x iii thoEost indjpa ia, 1834, Huropejor hu- education,, and "attended, leoturea, at i tho r University- of;'Edin)jurgh,i Colonel Hutton did.not.enter ; ttie army, until, later in life than,most, ypungijpldiprs.'make their debut. It lin .January, .i 855, clunng l the,period vhen. the Britishjjarmy'was, he. , haying so.nobly,and, .suffering: so 1 frightfully, in that, the. commandant pf ..onr lo .was giiziptted; # ail Etisignoy .in the 21st,; With thia ; j feats are ehronicled.ayength" hy Kingslate-in, his Uiatory of the iCwpnej iHutt,oh did duty throughout the long bitter winter which will, always .be so .memorable in 'the history of ; the .British- army,, ' JPfprno., tion went-quickly in . an| he ; : became a ,li eutenant in July, after,six months' . Beryicp," during which he had,!,talceji,; part" in : the; repulseof/ seyer.al jprties,'. froml tho Russian, lines.. ,On Bth September he |s«yed, in the attack upon the Redan,' and' he/was , present latej:|in the same year.i\t tl^e,. capture -.ojE Forts!: ',C,«ripg ,hia. Boryico, ,ih the Crimea ColPnel Huti;pn : slightly .wounded, • . ''>T j The conclusion of the war, .saw,, thp., young lieutenant .indisposed to. .lead the inglorious.: life of a soldier, stationed- at an : English .| garrison tywn dliringpeace, and heißxoh'anged into the Glst.regimeut, then in India, andil with it served throughout the Indian.mutmy. and,;the .campaigns .which, followed; "from 1857 to 1859, He was present at tho action of .Alipore,. 4thJulys, 1857,- thejepulae.ofiho, sorties from;Dolhi.on theOt-h and 23rd: July,: and on, tho., Ist. and'2nd: August, During, this period he was four timos wounded, ~ once.

dangerously, whilst in. command o{; an outlying picket near Delhi on;the 10th August, But his wounds, severe though, they-were, did not have the effect o£. diminishing- his military; ardor, and on the 16th September he led the storming party on the magazine, where he. behav.ed with such gallantry, that after its.capture he was personally, compli-. mented by the.general in command, who shook him warmly by the hand, After the fall of Delhi, and- the. establishment of a military, government, for'the, city, he was, appointed,lieutenant;to the officer, in, command, and.for several months he, was, kept. hard at. work restoring order, and, removing the traces of thi severe struggle of 'which Delhi had been the scone.'. It is, ver/mucK to the, credit of. Colonel Hutton that ho. did' not avail himself of the, opportunities which', liis position would have, afforded to a less, scrupulous' and hie)} minded, officer qfjbecom■iiig.rieh.at the expense,of the, natives. Too many men of high rank and, great'fame wero riot. aboy.e,a little looting and squeezing, but. Colonel Hutton realised that the rebellion; Was one for which the Sepoys were principally',! to blame,' and that the. majority of .the natives took little.iriterest in the attempt to bring the British rajah to a. premature, end;. and he scorned: to, avail himself o£ hisj opportunities in order'to act, 'and .to tarnish the fair, fame of, tlie British army,' He had his reward in the confidence of his ■generals and his high-military.reputation; was appointed captain in April, 1861, major in February, 1867: "for,- services, more, particularly in the field," andlieutenant-cplonol in July, 1872, • : ■ ■ ~:"

Colonel Hutton retired from the British | army the. same year, and- came, to Victoria in 1873, with the intention ofi permanently! settling in the colony' and forming'a homo for himself and- family,; • His 'distinguished military career made the volunteer authorities ' extremely desirous .of. securing; his assistanceand co-operation, and, during, IM', he was appointed commandant of'tiie!lst'ana f 2nd battalions of the'Mqtr'opoiitan. Rifles,' or, red, brigade, so qalled from'tho color of their, .uniform,'v.■ Colonel-Etitton took* great .deal of interest in the movement, but' there-were [some differences 'of opinion in! matters of [detail betweenihim a>d-'tlie]a^cpmmandan^

and ihe retired from his comband'' btfJ 2l) th : t\ 1679i'- r ' ;! - '''""'" ■'•' ''M' I ' l "■"■' : -» 1 ; , ildnel-Huttoii 1 resides with'his-family off ian estate he has purchased near -Dan'den()ng,'-' apd iha9;takbiVa'-yery kotiye'-pt', WtW "jjubli.o." business i'of!'th'eM6oality,-"anil r inore iespecially.in'everythingj'ivhiphlias'td do with' i tlio- development 'df- feligiou"s' r andi oh'aritablia 1 -institutions!—7%'i£srf«'(Melbourne).' - ! ' jl . ■-■■'-■' -' 'jaa,-,;!;:'',-