The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-05 00:00:00

advioes from Vienna reach to the

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TUl.SDAltlll;;;T:727l:a.:irilehtrday the
=gMnews from Englan the Niagara, the lataillgence from
hough of a rather untogled garb, and not beet, perhapa,
the anticipation, or perhaps to speak more metwately, the expecta-
tion, that news of boutuperfluo socuteniedan of aria in the sub.
treasury Is again a to be let out after the lialise of the operation
last fall, in Treasury Notes,—these eager —teed. had the effect,
notwithstanding a chilling slam eat Odeon, be and up all WON to.
day, tunes as well as realities. Tressury Noleinebleh sold on Bator-
day at 71 brought ISto-dely: United Mace Sixes (of '6Bie,2
against ill the Wettest mina prim ea Saturday.
sylvania Miss went up nearly two per eat. kering elf at 791.
To.day the impales Oregano, was operative et thestorikagairjaas_nd
steels _'a op. The hoesall for wawa, is AS
bet he Ibis essanthat strimpat elate et the
=strostrete et ebeist. sad. eniebly, et everything the.=
go yet . Tbe Ilimemme Min speak the general abisedense
of eraiey„ ion Ileglead sad Preen. The assemulatien el eels in
the nabs of the two eneleiss is vary large—end the Wenn of
money low—two per eat pm annum for awry es cell le sot
amity It is up wonder. under such that
Umbel Minuidedayaldleg frane cent interest are eagerly for
I at a premium. Ilee MOW, from the treasury deparunent that not-
withetnettleg the instalment of the last loan would not be called
for till April ails to the traoyeney of the stock market, and
of the Lexington store ship Om St. Fresco, or say one
of the steamers hem the Isthmus, *sslsoon m anac ke her appearance
I with a way wok le sell eta. dun will be a rapid appreciation of
all pepeety. kir
tet sum, nee et sober mks* are just now very sea-
gulag eel emiat
Comm.—Me &mad hes Moan ectiro stow the feeei2t of the
lefts" mpg. the sashes being considend fully as favourable
as the essonats. The Europa'" advice, were received at
llama as of the Mtn ult., and at the latest moment cot-
ton ins ellastalag, with an astim inquiry. The sales to-day reach
2,900 Mho an parcel of I,ooa Wes from St. Marks,
gzaavenging
brought 7a.; previous to the arrival of the steamer
etilSwe be end middling cottons were the most depressed, and
woe teem iralpfka the advance has been the Mitten. The isle,
of the lest three amount to 3,300 bales, a teach 2,300 bales were
UOand
We sad Floida,allows andl,ooo Inks Mobile, New Orleans, and Texas.
quote as / :
Inf.Ord. Mki.Gd. M. M. P. Ty. P.
New Orleans and Tex. 61 61.71 71 71 81 51 to el
Mobile and Florida 61 6 71 71 7 74 to 74 none.
Uplands 61 6 61 to 7 71 7 71 74
Suave, a..—Wester. Cone! is in fair demand ; holders are
Arm, but we do not observe that any positive advance las taken
New Orleans brings 5 deb. 13e. to 3 dols. MSc., with some
place,
3 doh. 50c.; 'summon Western, 3 dols. 440. to 3 doh. 50c.;
good brands, 5 dots. 56c. to 3 dole. 75e.; pure Genesee, 3 dole. 871 c. to
6 doh. common Southern, 5 dole. 371 c. to 11 deli. 30c. Rye Sour,
$ dell. 374 c. to 3 dole. 44e. (ire meal. 5 ids. 971 e. to 2 dole. 94e.
Wheat Is dull, but firm. Moderate sales of southern corn were made
at SM. to 33c. for southern white, and 590. to 591. for yellow
northern. Oats, 40c. to 41e.; northern yellow la held at 624 e. to 63e.
WelitllT is in fair demand at 260. In states prima barrels, and Mc.
to 9.14 c. In drudge casks and Weearn barrels.
Asses remain steady at It dots. 37Se. tog dole. See. for Pots, sad
7 dole. 730. for Peoria!

la7)vbeonTaie dolL 150 barrels mess park sold today at 19 dots.;
prime may be quoted at 11 Beef is Arm-150 barrels Chicago
mess brouatt 13 dots. 50e.; own Beef
ss, ; prime dots. to
8 dolls. 25e. Ltd is barrels, GK. took
7e.; keyc. to 72c. Cheese,
62e. to 72e.

~Paaw
—rrn.—Te Liverpool 6.14 d. is asked, but shipments have barn
made at Id. To Ca' fornia.—There ls nothing,. A barque was taken
for Glasgow at Vs. 6d. per ton, and 2-3 d. for cotton.
PHILADELPHIA, FED. 13.—The delay in the reeepits
of the private letters by the Niagara operates unfavourably on bast.
rem today. Cotton to generally held at advanced rats, but ales are
yet limited. Flour is also firmer, and sales only mat 500 bare*
at 5 dole. Cora meal and rye flour quiet. Wheat without change;
1,500 halals brought 1,08 dole. Corn la doll at 56e. for fiat yellow.
Date are worth 30e. The markets for provisions are depressed by the
resent arrivals. Gnmeries =halt much movement, and prices =-
Urinary. Whisky—No barrels us market, and teat sales at 24e.
Freights steady, with a small badness doing.

INDIA.
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES: FROM
THE SEAT OF WAR IN INDIA.

We received and published in the whole of our
editions on Saturday, a summary of the intelligence
from Bombay to the 3rd of February, and Calcutta
January 20. We now give fuller details.
Whilst, on the one hand, we learn that Mooltan
has capitulated to General Whish, we have, on the
other, to deplore the results of a victory over the
Sikhs as disastrous—when the lose in killed and
wounded is considered—as any engagement since the
destruction at CabooL Attock, too, has fallen into
the hands of the Affghans, but Colonel Abbott holds
out in the Hazareh.
THE BATTLE WITH THE SIKHS.
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The following account of Lord Gough's engage-
ment is from the Bombay 71mes :—We have, for
the first time since 1842, to give particular of
the annihilation of half regiments from the sheer
mismanagement of the commanding officer ; and the
retirement of British troops from the presence of the
enemy under circumstances when, to bavo remained,
was to have been entirely annihilated.
At the date of our last, the army under the com-
mander-in-chief had for a fortnight been inactive. The
whole force, amounting to betwixt 20,000 and 24,000
men, with from 100 to 150 guns, had closed up and
lay encamped midway betwixt the Chenaub and the
Jhelum, about eighteen miles from the camp of the
enemy, who had entrenched them/mires on the hither
bank of the latter river, with outworks on the further
side to protect their rear, and enable them, if ne-
ceesary, to change their position in safety. It had all
along been given out that no operation of magnitude
would be attempted until tidings were received of the
capture of Mooltan, though it was generally under-
stood that so soon as Moolraj was disposed of Shere
Singh would be attacked. Lord Gough had given
orders for the advance of half the Bombay column and
the whole of the Bengal portion of the besieging force
so soon as their abject was gained. It is not quite
apparent whether he meant to move so soon as these
were ready to start, or to wait for their arrival—
their upward march must have occupied three weeks,
and the probability is that the commander-in-chief
meant to be guided by the chapter of accidents.
A fortnight longer had been spent in the ope-
rations of the siege than had been looked for, and our
troops were becoming impatient for employment; the
enemy were waxing audacious in impunity. Col.
Sir Henry Lawrence, who had reached Bombay on
the Bth December, pushed up the Indus with his ac-
customed celerity of movement; he joined General
Whish on the 27th, and remained at Mooltan till the
capture of the city on the 2nd January. He then
hastened upwards to Ferozepore, which he reached
on the 6th, and was the first to convey to the Gover-
nor-General at Mukkoo the same evening the tidings
of our first success. After a few hours' stay with
Lord Dalhousie, arranging the measures to be next
pursued, he pushed on to Lahore, where he arrived on
the morning of the 9th, and attended the Darbar.
From this he, the same evening, started for the camp
of the commander-in-chief, which he reached the next
night, when arrangements were immediately made to
get the troops in motion.
We give the events as they occurred, without
having any authority to connect them together as
cause and effect: they may be ao or not, bat they are
striking as sequences. Preparations for an advance
having been made on the 11th, on the 12th the
troops marched out abut seven in the morning
from their old camp at Lussoorie, and reached
a place called Dinghee, in the direction of the
Jhelum, about two o'clock in the afternoon. They
here encamped nearly in the same order u at Lus-
soorie, only that Gilbert's division, with the irregular
cavalry, were in the rear. They started again next
morning at seven, accompanied by all their baggage
and other establishments, and marched till noon
through a tolerably open country, a patch of brush-
wood or a few scattered treed here and there making •
theie appearance. They were at this time within
sight of the enemy, and about three miles from the
front of hie position. The baggage was directed to

halt, while the troops formed line and advanced In.
order of battle. The right consisted of Pope's cue
brigade, three troops of horse artillery, and a light
field battery, and the division of infantry under
Brigadier-General Campbell. They now came u
pon
one o' the outposts of the enemy. Ten of the hears
guns with the horse artillery batteries, were a.
dered to the front; when, after a few roams,
the enemy retired, leaving their tents stand.
ing, bat carrying with them everything beside,.
General Thackwell, with three troops of horse add.
tillery and White's cavalry brigade, had been directed
to attack them on the opposite side. The column onee
the thivvenx whichtenThdia their
l
more advanced, moving over the ground just before by the enemy. The Sikh army lay extended
from Moong to itussool, stretching a mile from
north-east to south-west, some distance from the
Jhelum, which covereddrsooth had
their
where ir reebearreer,
anheci spar °
magazines
sroweere well-constructed
from the mountains terminated, and near to which
there was a narrow pass or gorge, well suited fee s
safe and easy retreat in case of reverse befalling theta.
Their flanks being both admirably secured, their
centre was protected by field-works, which spin
were covered by jungly and uneven groucd. The
original intention of the commander in-chief had
been to direct all his atiength against Russool, when
not only would their position have been turned,
but their stores sacrificed and their retreat in this
direction cut off. It was now past one o'clock, and
the troops had been for six hours under arms without
rest or refreshment, and it was resolved to encamp for
the night, as it was clearly impossible to attack the
enemy with advantage or drive him from his position
before dark. While the colour-men were !narking oat
the camp, which was, it seems, to have been pitched
within range of the enemy's batteries, a fire of add.
lery was opened, and some of the shot fell near the
commander-in-chief. He now all at once, and a ithont
the slightest consultation with any one, changed hie
plan entirely, and determined t 3 leave Ruseciol alone
and to endeavour to penetrate the centre of the enemy's
position near Moong. Without knowing anything
of the nature of the ground or the position or
strength of the enemy, and in the knowledge that
it would be impossible before dark to force hie en.
trenchmenta or compel him to retire, and before any
arrangement for concerted action or mutual support
could be made, at two o'clock in the afternoon the
order was given for a general attack under his own
immediate directions. A cannonade, which is said to
have lasted from one to two hours, was first opened,
but so well protected were the guns of the enemy
which replied to ours, that we had scarcely snything
but the smoke and flash to guide the direction of our
fire. The division under Campbell, in making a
flank movement, exposed their own flank to a mar-
derous cross fire from the Sikh batteries'. The in.
fantry were supported on the right and left by malty
under White and Pope—the intervals were occapied
by ar-inary. Hoggen's brigade carried everything
before it, storming the batteries and spiking the pm
of the enemy. The brigade of Peunycuick, consisting
of her Modesty's 24th, and the 25th and 43th Native
Infantry, had been pushed considerably ahead, and
were unsupported by artillery. They suffered tea
mendously as they pushed on, and were at leugth cr.
dered to charge up hill against a battery of the
enemy. The acclivity was steep, and the distance
long ; and before they reached the summit they were
blown and exhausted. They nevertheless stormed
the battery at the bayonets point, and were busy
spiking the guns when a regiment of Sikh in-
fantry, hid in the jungle close by, opened so ter-
rific a fire upon them that they were compelled
rapidly to retire. They suffered greatly in their retreat.
When they reached the main body it was feud that
out of 800 who had gone into action, ll.M.'s 24th bad
lost 460, of whom nearly one-half were slain—the
brigadier commending, the lieutenant-colonel, the
major, four captains, and seven subalterns, were left
dead—ten were disabled, twenty-four officers in all
belonging to a gallant corps having been rendered
unserviceable—a casualty Het long without precedent
in our wars. The native regiments suffered but little
less severely.
As soon as the brigades just named were found to
be engaged, the brigade under CoL Mountain was
sent against what was understood to be the enemy's
centre. They pushed on fearlessly through a brush-
wood jungle in the face of a storm of round shot,
grape and musketry, which swept them away by
dozens. They stormed and spiked a battery of the
Sikh guns, when they found the enemy's infantry close
upon them on every side, pouring in vollies of moe
ketry in front, roar, and flank; so being isolated and
unsupported, they were compelled to retire.
Sir W. Gilbert and Brigadier Godby had mean-
while now proceeded from the extreme right of the
infantry line. They pushed their way through dense
jungles till they reached the Sikh infantry, when
they found themselves outflanked to the right and
left by masses of the enemy,—a murderous fire of
musketry having been opened on them from every
side. They gallantly charged, bat finding all their
exertions in vain, they were compelled to retire, when
Dawes's battery came to their rescue. The enemy
were now attacked and beaten, and several of their
guns taken and spiked.
On the left, the enemy were pushing forward boldly
and successfully, when a squadron of the 3rd drat
goons and the sth light cavalry were ordered by
Thackwell to charge them. On approaching the foe,
the native cavalry broke and fled: the dragoons, un-
supported as they were, charged through the Sikh,
and were for a time lost sight of. It was feared they
must have fallen into an ambush and been annihilated,
and terrible was the anxiety and suspense; when they
quickly re-appeared in rear of the enemy, and were
seen gallantly cutting their way back. Captain
Uuett, the heroic officer who led them, was
severely wounded,—Lieutenant Stiatcd slightly ; and
forty-six men were found to have been killed and wound-
ed in the charge. The sth cavalry, said to have thus
forgotten themselves, have for long been considered
one of the finest regiments in the Ihngal army : a
portion of them distinguished themselves at Cabool ;
=ether portion of them formed a part of the heroic
garrison at Jellalabad.
On the right, the cavalry under Brigadier Pope,
consisting of her Majest•y's 9th Leasers, the 14th
dragoons, and the lst and 6th light cavalry, got en-
tangled amongst the jungle and exposed to a terrific
fire from the enemy. Seeing a battery, which it eau
impossible to charge with any hope of success, being
opened against them, Pope gave the order to retire—
when the retreat seems to have become something
like a flight; the cavalry getting into disorder, and
becoming jammed amongst the horse artillery amongst
whom they fell back. The guns were compelled
to suspend their fire, as the retiring corps were foe s
time between them and the enemy: the tumbrils
were upset, the gunners ridden down, so that there
was no time to lumber up and retire, when the enemy
were upon them, and six of them were captured (two
were afterwards recovered). Major Christie, who
obmmanded the artillery, was here mortally wounded.
Lient. Manson was killed on the spot; Lient. Dun-
dee was wounded ; and Captain Huish only escaped
by Major Steuart, of the 14th Dragoons, shooting s
Sikh who had his sword raised to cut him down.
Major Ekins, deputy-adjutant-general, was killed
while endeavouring to rally the retreating corps. The
cavalry and horse artillery pushed their way through
the jungle on the left till warned by a cannonade of
their vicinage to the enemy. The guns under Col.
Brind returned the fire so warmly as speedily to
silence their opponents. But there was no infantry
to support them, and their success was of no avail:
they were compelled to withdraw, for fear of being
surrounded. Darkness at length separated the com-
batants. Our troops were withdrawn from the jungle
and bivouacked for the night under arms, the troopers
sleeping by their horses, the artillerymen by their
The night was cutting cold, with a chilling
griliarlling rain. When morning broke, we first became
aware of how small had been our advantage—how
fearful had been the sacrifice at which it had been
won. We had captured twelve guns and lost four.
The Sikhs, meanwhile, had withdrawn in the most
perfect order. The guns which had been spiked by
us were carried off by them, the enemy in search for
trophies having murdered all the wounded men they
met with, and stripped and mutilated the dead!
Our loss had amounted to no less than 2,300 killed
and wounded. of whom nearly 800 were slain; 26
officers were killed on the spot or died of their wound,'
66 were wounded. Her Majesty's 24th, and the
30th and 66th Native Infantry, were so entirely die-
abled that they were compelled to be disjoined from
the force and sent back to Ramnuggur and Lahore,
le
place troops Ire thlealreetfs statio2na4thmanovelntghel.s6P
fantry lost both their colours, the 25th and 30th
Native Infantry lost each one; the 6th Cavalry lost
the colour they won on the field of Mahareipore. The
thtoN take their
in.

yea Nstirs Infantry captured one cf the enemy's
stands, :r.
The% iennicated the disastrous day at Me:flaw:ilia,
'web, •,nder the name of victory, filled more hearts
vim ab-me and grief than as, day since the destroo-
um of he garrison of Cabo;l in the To:eft pass in
imam 1t542. The Sikhs were now able to carry
ant plans, while is every area ours we were
ugh They so successfully retired from Meow to
*garter es which they are DIM encamped, that
the prs who went in quest of the wounded next'
ey eo,.:d scarcely discover their position. They
wow tree ap their quarters on the heights of Ramo),
webbing the movements of Lord Dough's army at I
the distance of am miles, and in daily hopes of re-
NM* se mosssion to their oh ength. Chatter'
dab had est es yet joined them Some 10,000
fiats were to the north of them, watching the
tma or event". ion 10,000 Sikh troops sent by
&oleo Singh, under Colonel Steinbach, to co-ope-
age ir.ei 111. were only waiting to see on which ends
ovrAmid declare itself to attach themselves to
anieg mum The commander-in-chief seemed
se hem bees at first utterly at a loss what was to be
area; at first an immediate retreat on Dinghee wns
tif, bat as this would have been too mania.
an ashnewledgenent of unsocoess, he resolved
set booth to entrench himself where he was, calling
gp Wheeler's brigade of about 6,000 men, engaged
I. jarring disturbances in the Bares Doab, and
annimen•ng the 13th and 22nd from Ramnaggur and
her Maieety's 33rd from Lahore; sending back, in 1
melange, the regiments that were disabled. Lord
Oeugb having ordered that no letters should be sent
beam until the despatches were in readiness, wrote
a kid i.otification to the Governor•General*, stating I
That tb troops under Shire Singh had been entirely
difsatet! and dnren back at every point with the loss'
et many their guns, and had relinquished all the
patriot, in which they had been entrenched. The
rose wu, of no avail. For three days silence was sw-
ami:illy maintained, when such a host of letters from
officers kith the force appeared in all the newspapers,
meriow obviously the stamp of the highest author-
ity, that the despatches when they do arrive will take
a very -econdary place in the rank of documents.
The biLirage-cattle had been under their burthens for
seen tire thirty hours before sufficient leisure was
(salt I attend to them. On the 17th, two European
lasers. oho bad been taken prisoners, were returned
m as; and the Sikh General of Artillery, with his
two Ma., and a couple of other men of note, are said
to have surrendered on the 19th. _ _

Lord Gifford and Sir H. Lawrence quitted the
gimp o' Lord Gough for that of the Governor-General
ea the 14th. A field work had been thrown up on
the rirl.t. Major Tucker was to succeed Major
BEng. Colonel Carsegy had reached camp, and been
etpoinud Brigadier in Pennycnick's room. Chnttur
Singh hid not up to the 20th, our latest date from
ramp, joined his sou, though daily expected. The
weather was delightful, and the spirits of the troops
tits said to have grotty revived. The wounded were
doing well. The Sikhs are said to have lost 3,000
ma tilled, and 4,000 wounded—our caanaltics being
rather 'more than a third of this. The enemy were
busily coesged entrenching themselves; they were
li tube 60,000 strong.
ttt such have been the. proceedings of the army
et the runjaub, the besieging force under General
Whish has been more successful. We give from the
ladles papers more ample details than those by the
revioL mail of the capture of the town at Mooltan,
also an account of the surrender of the fort, which
was taken after the departure of the last advice,.