The Press.
London, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

'I'HE PRESS, DECEMBER 19,1857.

The demolition having been most successful, Lieutenant
Home, happily unwounded, caused the bugle to sound the
regimental call of the ,Wnd Regiment as the signal for the
advance of the column. Fearing that amid the noise of
the assault the sound might not be heard, he had the call
repeated three times, when the troops advanced and carried
the gateway with entire success.
I feel assured that a simple statement of the facts of
this devoted and glorious deed will suttee to stamp` it as
one of the noblest on record in military history. Its per-
fect success contributed most diaterially to the brilliant
results of the day, and Lieutenants Home and Salkeld,
with their gallant subordinates, European and native,
will, I doubt not, receive the reward which valour before
the enemy so distinguished as theirs has entitled them to.
Lord Canning, at Calcutta, in publishing the de-
spatch, appends an Order in Council expressing his
approbation of the conduct of the army, calling
especial attention to the heroism of Home, Salkeld,
and the party at the Cashmere Gate, and concluding
in the following words :

There is no mistaking the earnestness of purpose with
which the struggle has been maintained by Major-General
Wilson's army. Every heart was in the cause ; and whilst
their numbers were, according to ordinary rule, fearfully
unequal to the task, every man has given his aid wherever
and in whatever manner it could most avail to hasten retri-
bution upon a treacherous and murderous foe.
In the name of outraged humanity, in memory of inno-
cent blood ruthlessly shed, and in acknowlekment of the
first signal vengeance inflicted upon the foulest treason,
the Governor General in Council recoris his gratitude to
Major• General Wilson, and the Brave army of Delhi. lie
does so in the sure conviction that a like tribute awaits
them, not in England only, but wherever, within the limits
of civilisation, the news of their well•carned triumph shell
reach.

A Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday
publishes the official reports of the various com-
manding officers on the different points where severe
lighting lis.s taken place. Official lists of the killed
and wounded are also given.

highly the services he rendered to India by that
single act." In conclusion he said
:
Brigadier-General Neil, during his short but active career
in Bengal, had won the respect and confidence of the Go-
vernnieut of India. He had made himself conspicuous
as an intelligent, prompt, self.relying soldier. ready of
resoutce and stout of heart, and the Governor-General in
Council offers to the Government and to the army of
Madras his sincere condolence upon the loss of one who
was an honour to the service of their Presidency.
Of Nicholson, " the Lion of the Punjaub," Mr.
Mangles spoke in the highest terms;—
He was horn in 11;t3 and entered the service in 1830.
He was simply a regimental captain, and yet, in spite of
the jealousy which the system of seniority created, this
gallant man, who was not thirty-five years of age on the
day he unhappily died, had risen to the rank of brigadier-
general, commanding a division of the army before Delhi.
I believe I may say that he held that command and exer-
cised his powers without exciting the smallest spark of
jealousy on the part of any of his brother officers. Great must
have been the force of his character. I believe that since the
time when the senior officer surrendered to young Clive that
command which by right belonged to him for long services
there has never been a voluntary submission of command
to so young a man, and that simply because of the fore-
sight of Sir John Lawrence, who eaw that he was the right
man to be put in the right place lt is impossible
to speak without deep emotion of the early death of so
gallant a soldier, and of so admirable an officer. His
whole life was one continued career of devotion to his
duty. He was perfectly insensible to fear. But he fell
as a soldier desires to fall, only too early for his country--
he fell in the discharge of his duty in pushing forward his
long•victorious troops towards the consummation of a
glorious victory.
The Chairman then proposed the grant of 5001.
each be made to Lady Neill and Mrs. Nicholson,
the mother of the gallant hero whose loss we have to
deplore.
Sir F. Cunnis seconded the motion, and bore
personal testimony to the great worth of Nichol-
son :

He was a man of the highest personal courage, and the
most reckless daring. These, to be sure, were mere
military merits, but his judgment, his energy, his in-
domitable inflexibility, and as a natural consequence his
influence over others, were such as he (Sir F. Currie) had
never seen in any other man.
Amendments were moved by Mr. LEvrrx and Mr.
Lucite, M.P., to these proposals, on the ground of
their insufficency, and on the ground also of the
Directors intending by these pensions to supersede
all others, of which Lady Neill and Mrs. Nicholson
would be in receipt, aczording to the regulations of
the service. Ultimately it was agreed that the
pensions of 500/. a year should be clear of all
deductions.