The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-13 00:00:00

I hearts et =as iom of a jielle beasfeeter sad a wens
Friel aiiilleil is pateley es I do .
Firi= ttatil Zola* of is .1111;r great
me gr-ineteg =Nliimperhetly, to
them. la he mattleirylP aad deserviag Mlle lost IS
mid • Met mai, dieertmeede, se ewer ea the
to reward me, as Eras be. Wei* the sphere la Mash
It was exhibited.
The prate be seemly redemed the shook which it
bad 'MAW to as lees of he rimed sad
et beloved=
who ft he le mem the death that able mod
am. laYellinalis. the elleiseg chief eiesessioar, who
meshed •is Neagh his hie what member • critical
01Cff el 11111 Mat July, sad, dhd without • groan.
td polities, sad the Ma of our a-
hem wateli im im
arige bege, is, so fully sat forth is the
sesempuniag
shall
mamen, forniebed by the genies
, m
that I eat etmyself w
fact that wine the
liesinde wee cammemed sly two of our babes were
=met of the ahem wire yet is sa valiehhe
sad the bathing' is the immediate vicinity, which
gave come to the essay, were only very partially cleared
aweB. . Indeed, em Meet lames ham km eamiti.A.B.r.
lee the seeny's sir winhaners stetheal is the
sad hoer of the aathe Mility, the issomi
whisk Mike repeatedly drawn to the satiation
of Sir
pose staff of masers; but We invadable
reply we the holy places, se private
ea
far r ;" sad we lam oteadesadwF=
severely his ear very hear to
M the 5a=2.1040-
dim reopen to the dean •1 ear aim tad
soldiery.sad As area as the eassay he amen* ellellisha
the lavished of the Itediemey, they amid lane lases,
NM
121 whisk we wads my Mesh* dear kedmies,
is ii 112111•1111 hies, mil eel* made Welkin ea them sides'
which bore ae ow pia ber which tbsy letup a Mlle
and imerat the day se alialds while and boolialily
comaides, as there said met have be. lese the I,lle sea
firing at one time We see pram Mercian, there was
ao Om la the Mole at ma ask OM mid be oceeiderse I
for ROVIESI a the irk sad weeded who were !...*
the bell, which he ben Maar late • 1
men la very me of the WM& sad tlie;
0 Lisalmat Doris and other mem sal rakes were
shot deed la a room into which it had net ad his. prormely
deer garble that a bullet mil melee* Neither
were the enemy Ills la molly beide nay seta
had from 20 to 28 massesifiliel NM 111 OM of wry
large calibre. Them we mad ow pest at well
distances, sons beg eta. fifty yards of our de.,
feces, but in dam ewe eer ewe heavFoyeadd ast '
reply tothem, while the peemease sad el the
enemin erecting beeleft la ftest if, encased their
guns lea vi 'We the reeked ei Mises* to imam
them by mMeny Web usavailies. Neither could they
be effectually reel by shells, by media of their Mee
prozimity to ouraSea, sad bears, mewereer, the =my
had recourse to my narrow teem about nettle
la depth in rear ma, is which the ma lay what is
Mlle were =laald wash so effeerelly
_simessled thee
eves while the net is bathe skapacaters
mid Indy me their Lei while la wad el larder.
The mow materned themselves with keepleg up this 'n-
ormal the el mean sad at/ the 10th July, ca
which day, el Ift ma., they Ift wry Poet forth an
around our pesillea, sad Ildol4lll • hazy Was inside ear
outer line dinkier the Wake Os. Theses, however
which was does to the Balsa, sad sweetly seen with
the intention of destroyba that battery_ftifi ait Wm, but as
so as the sacks had dewed away, the may boldly ad.
veer, ands cover of • timeadous dm (imam and mar
beery, with the object of storming the Bales. But they
WWI received with sae a heavy firs, that after a short
Mesh they iliii boa with much MR • stress column
Mere et the lame tee to Mere ferns ppaeett,, ad
ems ea to with* is yards of the pailmis, ting to
Lionemit Inagleass, 13th 11.1., lee meameaded the
pones , se his Wave ees, ampule of pa-
tiara of the l'acomaatged weir, • few of her
Majesty's awl Foot and of the lath Native Infantry, sa
opportunity of eadaidallag themselves, wkok they me
not slow to Sala theeselms of. and the enemy were dd.=
Lack with geme eleglaw. The iaters ma aim
atcks at sleet *very seit, but were *middy abseil,
end at 2 pm., they aimed Md• atterope to slum the pier,
although Mirusela sr ashy ire and cetroaminges masidlbeed to
matm*ir me Mem pu la thle
ea the- lea Mod, whim Me eery amie
tanks am" 1= pilwisiel= • abates le
the hark ea fisher
the
walleps et Imind, sairrewl • gra mete of the M.
side lof the beats scrupled by Mr. &Wiling's ganiaa.
Oa the de eleariag away, • breeds appeared, through which
• regime could bee advanced is perfect order, and • her
if Qs essay is. on with the utmost detertaloatka,
bat was at with sash a withering flank fire of marry
!us the ekes edam holding the top of the brigade asses,
sigia that they beat• MOW, leaving the more edvsesees
et their Readare ea the crest of the breach. While
this operation was ow, another large body admired
sthe Cawnpore , and succeeded in locating thse
selves for a few mime the ditch. They were, however
dislodged by hand gmeas. At Captain Anderson's
they reo came boldly forward with scaling
ladder", w
they pleated agile the wall ; but her,, as elsewhere, they
we et with the moot *dear's resolution, and the
leaders being elate, the rest fled, leaving the ladders, and re-
treated to their batteries se loop-hold defences, hornlike*
they kept up for the rest if the day au uneasily heavy ma.
amide sad etaiteley N. On the 18th August the enemy
I sprung another mho to front of the Seikh lines with very
fatal effect. Capes Or (unattached). Lieutimits Meeks
sad tiepin, who ocamaded the mall body of drummers
camposlag the pram, were blows into the air, bat provi-
dentially returned to earth with no further injury thee •
severe shaking. The garrison, however, were Rot so fortu-
nate. NJ lees than eves men were buried alive under the
run", from whence it was impossible to Milk** thee,
owing to the tremendous ere kept op by the mow eim
houses situated sot tea yards in fret of the breath. The
w followed by • general smelt of a Ys der
=esikl' was followed
than the two forme efterts, sad tke essay
were consequently repulsed without mach . Bo*
they succeeded, wider cover of the Winch, to
throneless in oat of the houses is einS= lbws
they were drive' in the evening by the el her Ma.
jetty's 322nd and 82th Foot. On the the
mossy made their last errs arse. slam
mine, • few feet short of the beetles ofßevattliesander gee
in Major Apthorp's poet, they admen' with bine bear,
scaling ladders -_,, which the* plaited spirt the well, sad
mounted, thereby gaining for en heat the makeseme if •
gun. They were, kerne speedily bids beck with lees,
by hand grenade's and Musketry. A few minutes rake.
gaudy they sprung another miss does to the brigade meat,
and advanced boldly; but soon the corpses strewed in the
garden in front of the poet bore testimony to the fatal ma.
racy of the rifle and meek/try Are of the gallant members if
that garden, and the enemy fled igsocotaiously, beim
their leader--a fine-looking old native otter—among the
slain. At other posts they made their similar attacks, bat
with less resolution, sad everywhere with the some want of
success. Their lore upon this day most have bee. very
heavy, es they care on with such determination, sad at
sight they was sees beertag large Rama rs of the killed sad
wounded over the bridges la the dirndl= of caadiaments. The
above I. a feat attempt at • description of the four great
strand" which have occurred during this protruded
Reason of exertion, exposes, and suffering. His lordship in
council will perceive that the enemy invariably commented
his attacks by the expkeion of a mine, • species of offmeive
warfare for the exeree ol which our peition was oxford'.
sately peculiarly situated, and had it not been for the most
untiring vigilance on our part in watching and blowing up
their mines before they were completed, the assaults would
probably have bee much more numerous, and might, per-
have ended in the capture of the place. But by
countermining in all directions we succeeded in defecting se
destroy ing no lees the four of the enemy's subterranean
adieus towards impacted positions, two of which opera-
tints were eminently meoeseM, as on an occasion no Is.
than eighty of them were blown into the air and twisty
suffered a airier fate on the eeoood expiation.
The labour, hamar, which devolved upon us in m=
these counter-mines, te the absence of • body of i
men, was Very heavy. The Right Hoe. the Governer.
amend in Council will feel that It would be impossible to
crowd, within the limits of • despatch, even the pried*
events, much more the Individual aces of gallantry whisk
have marked this protracted struggle. But I can dissciati-
Cour, dedsre my conviction, that few troops have ever aa-
derginie greater hardships, meted as they have been to a
aevet-eeeiag Ire sod cannonade. They have rue
alternate vicissitudes of e xtreme wet end at
ee and that too with very insufficient' shelter from
either, sad * may paws without any shelter at all la a-
&Rios to having he to repel real attack; they have boa
rip ised night and day to the hardly kw hereeng fee
sloes which the enemy have bees erastaatly owing. The
issurgesta have frequently Ira very heavily, sounded the ad-
vance and shouted for several hour, together, though not •
man could be seen, with the view. of course, of harassing oar
small and exhausted ford, is which object they succeled,
for no pat t has been Wong enough to allow of a portion calf
of the garrison being prepared in the event of a false eel
being turned into a real one. AU, therefore, had to stand to
their some and to remain at their posts until the demeastra-
lion hod ceased ; and such attacks were of almost nightly
occurrence. The whole of the Alan and men have Dues
dry eight and day doling the eighty-seven days which the
siege bast lasted, upp to the arrival of Sir J. Ceram, G.C.B.
Is addition to this tneeeraut military duty, the fora hes bee
Rightly employed in repairing dames, in moving gm, to
bury hug dead animals, in conveying ammunition and me-
simnel stem from one Owe to another, and in other h.
tiros duties too ateerce sad toe trivial to enumerate bees.
I hel, however, that soy word of mine will fail to coley
4oilleme idea of what our &tier sad labours have
be m, Moms * which all mks and all claws—dalleas,
eine sad soldiers, have all borne an equally noble
pact Al baseheXtar descended into the nee, ell
the shovel for the imenneat el
thevepaMblehelleek, sad ell emotred with worst mod
hammer hoe tame ma other ou ,entry, without rived
SO SO delattime of rank, del or military. Notwithated.
sing eill lbw hardships, the einem hap made no lee the
Ihe serlie_la which they spiked two a the enemy's heaviest
pia, sod Wier ay seeml of the hones. hem which they had
ups lip air met hamming kw Ow g to the Rem
be be elm aerie, each me was Makthat au
=7 Wallas! Aorta alone depended is me wan maser
the seta elf the entire puede. This searlemmees incited
mop iso, esater, sad ma to deed the past segued to
Wm Mk see demi, teaseity, sae le kikt `
Here the lives

• No received ►y gimasbenL

which proddlates bed minulet le ble sin with each MM.
istartmehr. that the may, their errimat
Medal, &dr homy aim *dr mobarajzsi
Mkt hessmet dee, mid aim ametet
teat ti pearl white the bomb Odds patties,
wit& war se May tertilet, Hat lei aces
he le tag et the autmapdaele/e, the whole plan mei Modal;
ahroh
we
hese Um.
ireirgreet be ths eiseshiree
Milt have, waftat Mee se Mg sat
es easerdege waged
dsur le reeler art
Mod beams s tas Ala,.(S Is
larreal ma=
to the .pea hearbes, to ths sad
Mem% eel hide, to the kag erbealtely Cell dr
Moe owl Mold *Mom sat INK wbe have MM. Theis
Mot wham. Isar sad sod Mum terhatay to the way la
will& this MI6 paha be ben dellshiL Dohs dr
arlaic et Ilme videellutes re were Mtsit Mimi mt i
Theism mufti lbe perm abbe
Art amine' epy dd laird seer le with lbe object of
biting w sspop aid .matt le dart ; but the hi&
dims &rimod frost me
whoa seenee vas at teens satirely
metnittwortheskrieWs sot wee mermen hey oalliag ter
It art hr latrwealka, at.. el me re-
herd aril tweedy-MA lay al the age, whoa a
pseekeer .ailed Ilegadi ears beak with& base tram M-
assa Havelosles oaapp tallarrelai us Mt they woo whew
cog with • Mee eafidat to beer &ewe all opprillea, cad
11911111 les wide or la IM or sh esys. reassergsr was ism-
ateastaly despatehel, regassemo that ea the emit at
their arrival ea the seldtrle ti oity, two mere MOr
be NM op, ha air lhat ve MO* Me the rosemary me-
mo
be
dim wade hods( thdr The
MI deg, beware, affiret, sad dry easseway lot but for
saw matey alter ethers art ao uskied he the mew-
Ma tithe to resters, with lopes mob as reke the
heart Mk. We Mew ass thee. war did velum wadi the
fttl Mger—er thirty-11re dap lalue—doet tir Meth,
ibees, afterheMg tower met reiglealbet art Mimes*
W her shilget to &II bask hr vskemssmais, gad hie wan
the hat ommisidestkill w reeerveljtalLtr..o lan before

antral et Ste Jones Charm ea the tkh llepiate—bcr.
Pablo lam Arrow of meta sea mall pos, ere
bre she Mil rator whs. a dram vh Mel bee sheer
alvommaltypier valed parr Ormroclog with a
it br merged hao • low fret,
; sad although fro or no lift
hove astssig asthma its salter it haves lair • wea-
rs awl Welsharm h mil* la re sham of all arterial
sookrame. sae e Ni rani, err, sow
bar boa alb air* am gel era The mastrity mom
dr wawa awl tilleekrolespedelb mew the haat,
hem roe dram, sal ham ahem -errs, has boa pothole
the nest petrel cherarehth d mire. The vast
oars smash bee she Ira s mom et race pdrsYaa
Orr le is satihreer rah rib we was
raw stamps* vikeitmehips hese arereles
to flak Sr ale was eras
Crimes se re thes, VIM elielbjesa
sear uses groat& irk woe
101 l arra Se oar= al • garb imarale.
Who her hal to lesil rah albs. mall MS le ark
ask sea *Shea as Ni r r amok Irk soar
arts milk* swirl. Perks/ rah the aler
of smear the d ger tomempliks ha*
boa the IMO stomarea& dr Se Mar irk imlkhos pah ma far
be a allele& I arced meltala IslUeithasii=
ma aerie of his gi Gerd Ihe
mad re Wain whir lio ham err* lop the
wear el this Try bar airied osinT
samemple. alas I her kr orbri
slakes in Ws art struab.vaßlLl Ni
rem eseMpei to tht win of Prownwash,
whaseTiV smaticassi the heresoloonse ainhatire ,
P et Dear ad el Oell.low, saw the a-
yel 111glarstearellhial rerselves the teethe
sad sailer aims 11111111 ii tad Mar stares hi
the Issiad.

It a* Ii hr me to beteg to the hyourable nodes of
fate lesteMp to muse the user of those Mans who have
mit distlerplied thiamine. eel droned me the moat
Minh mistemee in them opseekse. Many of the best
W hiss* of diem sow rest from their labours. Among
them me Lissessen-Coketel Cam sod Captain Radcliffe,
when ionise lave alsony beta merated ; Captain Fre •
ISM Noting Infantry, who wee bilhd by a round shot, had
pergeslarly atnneted the Mention of lib H. Lawrence for
his esadnet while in cenisomt et the Idaribbn Show®
Cep & Fulton, of the Enemas, who aim wee struck by •
rend not, hod, up to the Smo of his early sod Imormtrd
dun, deeded me ilhe meet Inalimble aid ; wee indeed
hilehilpMe ; Ms* Asisess, the shist wpm am&
hem asmismeneest X the ship ag
ile
of physiod
eased= frets the ohne of the hese. Tsar which be even-
tually susk. merited say worm edmislngmens hr his
able sewn! ; Captain Sieass, esmossant of ar-
tillery, dl tlaguislisd himself at tat. ohms he
received the two wounds which add Is his death;
Lieutenants Shepherd and Arthur, 76 Light Cavalry,
who were killed at their posts ; Captain Illeggem 67th Native
Wintry, who was mortally wounded fa the inn?, of a
Mom which formed one et the enemy's solgsets • Captain
X'Cabs, of the 32nd 1, who woe killed et ie hied of his
ea while beading his bath sortie, as ma a Captain
Missileid, of the meeorpe, who died of elehro—orire all
diem who bed disWgelebd themselves highly. Mr. Lutes,
tso a gentlessa volunteer, an Mr. Borion, of the I: a-
aevuonted Serrice—who MI when on the look-out at one of
the MOBS perilous calpods—bad
these ibr Nohow and gallantry. earned themselves repute.
The oiliest who commanded Lisubsent-Colonel
)firter, 7th Light Cavalry ; Yor Apilton, 41st Native
Ishany ; Captain Sanders, 41st Naive Lassen ,• Captain
Bellers, 7th Light Cavalry ; Captain fitemos, 13th Native
Istestry ; Lisetesest Aitken and Litadesent Lonfatatn4of
the seem oorps ; Capella Atheism 26th Native
Lineman Gm dos, nth Native Iniestry ; Lieutenant
=ce7 let Native ; sad Shilling, im-
tte Dlsitiaiffs Mr
ye all ess.tuoted ably pr
the
dans el disk onerous ipselloa. No fort* poof of this is
istessity thee the het whisk I have Min mistimed,
thin throughout the whole dentles el the skip the=
wen set only sadden ban 110 dry mail set ems
fa rift sir WI of the pads emenisi by then rant
palsoisa. Oohed Milk& MIIINIMiId the eeYfeel ad hr
pedant pet et Its Dripah as abhor Me=
was igeLlessedzinyiallanked by his YEW d
eelt Aldus, with the while of ihe
On Net lakalsy Which nussiaid to eft Os mop-
dos of the Mk, esessmaisdl the NOs fi.ri, pedimps
the most peallika fa demob* sift aims; rad
Lbws/rat with the mood Gelb liplmsei (the
71st), held • my exposed pule= balm= re Implial sad
the water-gate. The game awl Iseinleg raft ',Atka
.dhis roesweathr,
was anirely without shell., bus the weathar,
both by night red by day.
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My *az are also due to Limiter* Aakassafamatt
neon and Isar, of the •-ai el wdl es le
Tollook, N. 1., end MCA OM
wore plead soder Om to OA Is like mks= ledee de-
volving woo that der Mama Lliehmerlbusee, Mabee
Annoy, who onannand that ern si *nines kr sere
wens, mod InsiOnenits Ilbadminas Balm, mined
Übe the wet ellsotoal eselennan I wen however, wed
d the ernes of the two Mar, who were wooded,
Booboo so hes than three Orr, early la the akeroLs:
Evart 17th 8.N.1., who, owing to the scorch, of
odors, wee put in charge at ems guns, was net to be
found it him post

Maim Loin, sommending laMo‘seVe 32nd Regiment ;
NO. BIONIIIO, Liniments La BeimenaM=e, Foster,
Hamm, Cooks, Clary, Brews*, end at that corps,
ham sil nobly perionned their du*. Bvery ans of these
sheers, with the szesedss al Liestenests Lawrence sod
Clay have received IN Of MOM avails of maw or lee
. Q•srterreseter ihribblig, et lite same corps, also
conducted bluest( to my milielamine.
bluCTO'Brien, heir Maisety's 84M Not ; Captain Her
Isti.l. • Captain Belga, 63rd N.I. ; Cap Dinning,
Liniment end,Liseinmat Washy, of the 71st N.I. ;
Lieutenant Warner 7th L.C. • Bodo Ward, eath N.I.
(wise, when most of our arrillwiy allies were killed or dia.
shied, worked the mortars with emiehnetellect) • Lieutenant
°Mums, 11th It .1 . ; Lieutenant Meelspe. iltb Oohs Locals ;
sad Lieutenant Kale, let N. 1., ham el hone good sail
willing service throughout the ism omen huh that they
will receive the favourable nodes Kids leshhipln onowill.
I beg particularly to call the Minds of Me govetwaset
of India ta the untiring tallairr, Womb dreolow. sot
the gnat AM which hem boo Mooed by Moron Soots
Ompwrialwadkeg
_serusen), end Ambeeskieargean Boyd, of
het Mojeteto iuttiatAselOost-Beresoe Bird, ol Me
&Miry; Mibt Cavik7 ;
Boyden, naltaugirdsso; deraeow Oglivi,
oomeoledowor ; ambleat•lhrint
_Fol civil surgeon ;
Aisheenhilungsen Pastridge, O
dds Irregular Cavalry
AM1111.14411111111R Oressakew; Ardstint Surgeon Derby,
awl by Mr. Aredisoary Thompson, in the discharge of their
ONINUS owl most Important deities.
Yamee. Therein! and Capper, of the civil service, have
been both weetelsd, sad the way in which they, as well as
Mr. Arlo, the dopety-cossoirkm tea limeoor et Lookb
despow.condueted
nabs dls QM atch. Ca
tats the opal aminienimmeadeger, whose in-
p-
nimble famine to the commenamene of the mere
I he,. hootwily he ospoly dilated min, both by Sr
H. Carom and by Me* bria, sad whose exertions will
peeks* be mews amply ioeught to nodes by the civil autho-
rities an miss future ocemion, bee selected the ohm of
provost 111111111111 to my seelellenies. The Bev. Ms. Barris
mid the hem Yr. polsomseohiest.chaphOe, vied
with each other is heir on and Wasik. fi, eye
Mrm. The later was wounds" In the
eel walmowstly slimily died of chaise. Mr.
ot do COI Beldame, MI milled stroke at the
eta he sae severely tremded. Ni. Oameow, also, a
gewtlwaw who bed elm so °was to blebs Ye the rw
mem se eyo ellowy, moiled she whole NW,* of mortar
meth% mid was dee mad elgaml envies -emit heaped-
hied W alimme. Mr. Matakall. the reed d•pertraset,
W Oho IMINAllf• dee melemied sew, whose rimes
• ea swboopent cessiem. bo hid Woe the goverment
d laMa, Goodwood dwordoe bawdy sod seemilly. In-
deed, Me Min belly either gowthoew Imays boss tiro-
rhos will, end biro Moot poi ember soder Am
I ben are only to brhgo tin whop of the Right His.
Chwesisr-O•naral in CANNA the ountinot of the amoral
Akers who unwed ay obi Meoloowt deem, Sub-
Ambient Osombeery Ciesmel, wo wowelledvtal
shot thee* the boo at Mike, aMw
Amaral ler esatudis all OA mod tented sa most
Ileylei lathe Ole .the oiseo. It le set to. melt
to say dot do we ask Ives to the ozoolitos sad
Masa of this Aker. Wen the atm& ISM
maaad, hip was mar Is Um reds raft la
anyplace, and his Wide. vigeheas ho their dielothmili dew
our difficulties bad hew, wooed a vests OW odor-