The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-19 00:00:00

From Allahabad, March 20.

The Moosalbaugh having been taken this morn-
ing, there is no longer an enemy in Lucknow. Mrs.
Orr and Miss Jackson arrived to-day in the Maha-
rajah Jung Bahadoor's camp, having been rescued by
Capt. Marshall and Lieut. Boole, of the Artillery,
with a small party of Ooorkhaa. They were protected
by Meer Waseer Ally Darogah, and had been well
treated by him ; the same intelligence has been
reported by the Commander-in-Chief. Cavalry had
gone in pursuit to the sorthwards, and arrange-
ments were being made for the withd...wal of part
of the troops from the city. The Commander-in-
Chief was engaged in deciding on details of the
future garrison, and the selection of a proper military
position.

LUCKNOW, MARcri 12.

Sir Colin carried on his successful career, slowly
but surely. He has pushed on step by step, cautiously feel-
ing his way, as far as the Begum's Palace in the Huntrut
Gunge ; and he is thus within 200 yards of the Karsis Bagh.
In three days more, he will probably date a despatch from
that palace. His losses havebeen comparatively speaking tri-
fiing ; but many good fellows have bit the dust. Amongst them
isHodsom,whose Horse have acquired • European fame. He
wee shot through the body yesterday (the 11th)
and I fear his wound is mortal. At four p.m. yesterday, Sir
Colin held a grand Disbar in honour of Jung Bshadoor.
The Jung came attired in all the splendour of barbaric pearl
and gold, satins, diamonds, and Bird of Paradise plumes:
and his retinue were arrayed as never was Solomon in all his
glory. Sir Colin. is all the agonies of • cocked hat, and his
Staff with sacrificial dandyism came forth to meet him as
he approached the great Disbar tent. And grandly solemn,
and moat insupportably wearisome, were the ceremonies that
followed. Things were proceeding in the due routine of dull
propriety, when eudderdy there wee • row as if of 'the Vol-
scions coming over the wall.' The Jungites looked as if
they thought they were about to be treacherously
butchered, the Colinitee utterly perplexed, when in rushed
Captain Hope Johnstone, General Mansfield's Assistant
Adjutant General, fresh from the fray, and begrim-
med with every imaginable abomination, shouting
Yoicks—Hurrah ' or some such encouraging address to his
friends in the undress circle, and flinging forward his fine
manly soldier-like form, he reported to the Chief, in
the full sonorous voice of one of Nature's Generals, the
successful operations which Mansfield had just brought
to a close. The effect was magical. The unfinished pro-
gramme of solemn nonsense wee cast to the winds. The
carefully prepared speeches were sent to the limbo of forgot-
ten things. The Chief seized the Jung's hands, the Jung
grasped the Chief's. The Jung grinned, the Chief laughed,and
each man looked as if he wished to pitch into his neighbour, as
the simplest mode of expressing his intense satisfaction.
For the victories had been; achieved with the aid of our
Goorkha allies. I was not there myself but such is the
camp report of the Wallahs. During the day, the troops
ware ably supported by General Outram, who, though en-
gaged in active operations on the other bank of the Ooomtee,
caused his heavy batteries to play across the rime on the
whole of the buildings our fellows were seeking possession
of. And right good service did he in this way.
Another letter proceeds as follows :—" On the 9th, Sir
James Outram owned the Checker Kotha, and the build-
ings, musjids, and gardens neer it—the Lines formerly occu-
pied by the Oade Irregular Infantry and Gall's Horse—the
Bazaar of Hyden-Gunge,--and the °endgame topes and
villages—the eunuch's llama on the Pirated road, sod the
Badahaw Begh. His loss was very trifling; that of the
enemy great. I overheard him and General Grant
estimate the billed at one hundred became only that
number of bodies were seen. But an the enemy
never stood, and as we continued for hours to pour volleys of
grape and musketry, besides en infinity of shot and shell into
the topes, cornfields, and long grass in which their masses
found cover, it is impossible they could have bakes than five
times the general's estimate. lam not quite certain as to
our loss on the 9th, but I believe the killed and wounded did
not exceed twenty-five, tad the most of these ca-
sualties were sustained not in fair fight. No lees
than four were killed and eight wounded trying
to get at eight Sepoya who had taken refuge in the
dark and intricate ground story of the Ohucker Kothu. They
could see our men as they approached the door ours could
see nothing but darkness rendered visible by the flash of the
muskets that laid them low. Aid an all the rooms own-
muntcalcd, • Sepoy had no stoner fired, than he
bolted to another apartment. From 8 a.m. till 3 p.m.
did this nasty strife continue, our men wearied to very
death in attempts to dodge round the pillars of the
dungeon-like structure; and fired into the moment they
showed themselves against the sky. At length guns were
sent for to batter down some of the arches and pillars and let
in light, when the last of the surviving sepoye were shot and
bayoneted. Most of our other cssuslues were sustained
through men in the various pickets moving away against
orders among the ruined villages, where they were killed by
crouching sepoys who had fled thither, and whom we
could not sacrifice mento ferret out. On the 10th, the troops
had a rest, except the cavalry, whom General Grant took
GM en a reconnoismos, and the artillery who kept pounding
away all day on the buildings MI the other side of the river
to facilitate the Chief separations. The enemy fired • good deal
on us from cover during the day, but did no mischief. Yes-
terday two columns started to advance oar front, the right
under Generals Outram and Walpole sweeping to the riot
went up by Cantonments an far sa the Glean Ghat near
Moore Bagh, and returned by the stone Is the Iron Bridge.
The left went more dkestly to the Isar. There was • good
deal of irregular fighting, and the aura, KAM consider-
ably. Most mat swear that not less than eight hundred
corpses were eau But the general, who always under-
rates, hoe I believe reputed the enemy's loss at is., or
Ave hundred. Oars was not great, as regards num-
bers, but we sustained en irreparable loss, Captain Mace-
son), of her Majesty's 62nd Regiment, Assistant-
Quartermaster-General, one of the very ablest men
in the service, as brave as he was able, as cool as
he was brave, honoured and beloved by all. He ladled for
four Rifle volunteers to enable him to clear a hones from
which about thirty &Toys were firing on our alums. At
their head he stormed the house, and was shot through the
heed. But his death wen terribly avenged by his Eines,
who killed every man in the house. Captain MOOTWIR was
burled this morning by the Rev. 0. Cdwie. Sir J. Games,
whose deep anguish at the lose of his beloved staff Meer WSJ
visibly depicted on his features, acted as chief mourner. All
his staff wife presencand many others, for Captain Mosso=
wan known to all, and beloved by all ; and his minute
knowledge of all the localities about Lucknow, which he
warmed cm the annexation, niuderehis loss quite irre-
parable. But our loss is his gain. He lived the life of the
*Moons ; and he has now entered into the man-
akins of the blessed. The &pays, I have heard, are
all mekhg for flealepore and Harshly. This is a
bed look out tor Rohilcund. They talk of our taking the great
plan I. dale days. But many think Sir James will be with
the Resideaes to-morrow morning, end Sir Colin Into the