The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1858.

wards Seetapore, 15 guns were captured and 200
men slain. One officer, Maodonnell, of the 2nd Pun-
jaub Cavalry, was killed in this sitar. On the 24th
the Grand Army began to break up, the Oboorkhaa
marching towards Fysabad, and the siege of
Lackoow may be considered to have terminated.
Oar total loss was about 70 officers and 1,100 rasa
killed and wounded, that of the enemy it is impossi-
ble to compute, but it could not have been less than
4,000 killed. In comparing this siege with that of
Delhi, two great differenoes present themselves.
One, the contrast between the small besieging force
of Delhi, barely 9,000 strong, worn out with three
months of incessant and harassing combats, and the
splendid force of 30,000 men before Lucknow,
flushed by a long series of victories, under their able
leaden. The other, the difference between the
powerful artillery and ordnance stores, drawn by
the rebels from the Delhi migusine, arid the miser-
' able collection of guns and mortars and bad ammuni-
tion they mastered at Lucknow.
The following communications describe the events
subsequent to the siege •
Luckuow, March 19.
A proclamation has boa Wed calling upon the people to
mat upon the Chief Coushatta, under penalty of coals-
auks of property, kc. •kw applies moo in.
Numbers of oaken en Ltda. Geseral Franks will
15.,. in a day or two on Wok arta:see. Brigadier Remelt
Air A. Wilson, end others Mated yesterday for England.
Colonels Eyre sad Tama kw Malta 's, have been allowed
to rejoin their appointment& E he so be chief rem-
missemer—justw era wsesta here. A few of the
school wiD Yam atoksosee vigour into the general=
aletzstka.

&daffy Arbours is getting on favourably, ss well as the
swipes mom of dr wound will 'daft of.

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--iirint—loWthei went on during the 17th sad 18th, and
severel Nadir were shot la the etlfsrent strew and houses
where they were oceesaled ; it wee &norms going say-
wber•—eix and eight would be found in a hour*. I beer
several very valuable articles were got by the nen sad camp
followers. As usnel, a prim spat was. &Noland &her ell
the minable had hem token away, end he celled upon
name to gem up what they had. Some MIS am amid to
hem get here of gold, gold Imbues, jewels, thawed Ineeelets,
fir. On the 19th we followed part of OutreMe form, and ad-
throe/p.(144x mead the remainder of the town, took pomession of
the Moose where the enemy were • Mad of rear
gourd, with the whom we were In hopes of catching ;
she Is willing to herself up, but Pandy won't allow
her to cores. Ise mad they bolted, our cavalry out op
• god member, we ahead them for about three miles,
and took • number of gene, oarta, camels, bullock; Sc.,
sod saw 'umbers of people hiding themselves, the male por-
tion remind little mercy; the women and children were
allowed to go away. One woman was killed. She shot a
tenor deed with a musket from behind a mound. There
were two other roan there, and they ran her through with
their lances. I saw the body.
March 22.
The town is being gradually cleared of budmashee, and
the civil °Mows Wearing moat energetically to encourage
the periefal inhabitants to return to their houses and arms-
time. But mach an their efforts thwarted by the plundering
end violence of the cam
them unoontroilable in • Large, rambling, straggling city of
tortuous Meets and Intricate anes like Locknow. Sir James
Outrun kild, however, obtained Bir Colin Campbell's autho-
rity to establish a very strong provost establishment; and it
is Loped that • few shootings end hangings may lead to me-
net future ewers. The plunder wee not confined to camp
followers. The Monlvis end the Begun are about thirty
miles from Lariktiow.

March 24.
Colonel Macplianon, the quartermaiter-genersl, is now
busy fining upon barracks and telling them off to the regi-
ments, and everyone connected with the office is buq plan-
dc.
No doubt there has been great slaughter atoms* the Pen-
dia, and it la reported that 3.000 have been buried, still it is
a great misfortune that so many have soraired. Everyone is
astonished at the quickness with whisk Lieelmow for been
tarn, and all say Mat the whole baldness dose not look Ilk.
a campaign.
The imany certainly threw up tremendous works, and we
should have suffered severely had we gone at them in (rout ;
but they did not like, end did not andentand their flanks
being so entirely turned. No end of loot going on, but prin-
cipally by the soldier..

Much 26.

J gat bad • dour some 14 mUr after same Pandrea,;ho
had arrived so far on their way to relieve Lucknow whoa
they were met by their noble Bbalese who had nerved from
Lucknow, and announced that their relief was too late. The
enemy had 14 gran. ; two of them were of very small calibre,
2-porders, I suppose, the others 6-pounders, 9-
and one9-pounders,
by-lack moths. Psndy no sooner got air or as's
than he took to his basis. Our troops at a gallop could not
pet within sight of them at all. About 120 pakka Poodles,
who were aright up mad setrounded by the
_Penrod:. Ca-
valry, rade a degrees fight. Basing themselves honor
in 011 One aids by poor Ilaadosald's squadron, sad on the
other by Brown's or Camera s, they bad the cheek to cry
out, .` Don't touch se, and we will not touch you.
This, ea yon may suppose, had little offset an
Macdonald, who closed In on them at emen, but
the Pendia. reserved their Are trail the ca
was within a few yards of them, when they,
sad &hot poor Meodociald dad, hit Cower, I tear, very
severely, and wounded • great many of the men. One 8 •Wth
behaved beyond all proles. He was shot mortally sad
dropped aff his horse; having recovered after • moment from
the shock. he mounted hie horse again, charged, gni out
down two Paodies. The weather hers growing awfully hot,
doors likely to last for the nazi year. This affair occurred
at Korej, the leader of the enemy being Taitol Sing,
A lot of Zeroindars of the surrounding country have lent
in their pugries in token of submission, and have
their readiness to do whatever the chief wOhas. People
)1
not yet to return to the city, sod so far they have
acted wie6y, for the Europeans have been, for the hat day
or two, in such a mood that no native left wee eels. A
soldier shot a native two days ago through the body, is, not
giving up a tattoo he asked him for ; they an however re-
turning to order sgath, and I hops soon all will be golug on
moodily hare WM.
Harsh Hi.
A large magazine is being formed hare, under the wiper-
Intenders of Lieutenant Thomas, Madras Artillery, who se
ably perfumed the duties of Commissary of Ordnance during
tin dehisce of Locknow. The sue Heed on Is Wajid ALB
Shah's Emsnloarah. The head-quarters post-office at Dilk.
bora does not work so well as it might, owing to the paucity
of hands employed. As the poetmastar's allowance is liberal,
surely this might be in a measure rectified. There is a large
force to be left to garrison the place, but the leaky regiments,
&a., sre not yet named.

Jung Bahadoor came into Cawnpore with a bri-
gade on the 27th of March. Six three-pounders on
low carriages, drawn by natives of Bnoolan, the tail
of each carriage being kept up by four men support-
ing it on a bamboo to which it is slung by ropes, the
ammunition in boxes, carried on men's beaks. Jung
Bahadoor was received with a salute of 21 guns.
The Ganges aide of the Doab is well guarded on the
whole of its extent from Cawnpore to Hurdwar. But
u the rebels in force along the left bank seem bent
on an advance northwards, corresponding move-
ments have taken place on our chain of detachments
along the right bank. Futtehpoor Chows/see is held
by a body of about 1,000 rebels, and there are bands
of them opposite several of the ghauta watched by
our troops. The 75th, instead of going from Cawn-
pore to Meerut as intended, were halted at one of
the passages of the Ganges above Cawnpore. Wat-
son's ce.r.mn barn Bhumahabad were at Kumpel',
near the Shiorsjpore ghaut, as late as 31st March.
The enemy, who have a bridge of boats at Alla-
gunge, had not been able to send any force across it.
Penny's brigade was still in part at Xhaigunge,
keeping a look out on the enemy at the Rutchla
ghaut. It had been much weakened, however, by the
despatch of the 80th Rifles to Roorhee to reinforce
Coke's column at that place.

On the Jumns side of the Doab nothing has been
done. Maxweil's brigade had moved from Akber-
' pore towards Orega. The rebels were still making
occasional inroads from Humeerpore into the Futteh-
pore district, but without doing much damage.
In truth, the Calpee and Humeerpore rebels have
had enough to do on the right bank of the Juana
to have much leisure for plunder. Sir Hugh
Rose hue been reducing their numbers in one
or two brilliant engagements.
Sir Hugh Rose, whose arrival at Tel Behut, near
Jhaniri, on the 14th March, I related in my last
letter, blew up the strong fort there ; and after des-
patching orders to Brigadier Stuart, at Chandaree,
to send on the wing of the 14th Light Dragoons with
all speed towards 'lanai, moved with his second
brigade on the 19th. The cavalry and artillery
crossed the Betwa, and by a forced march reached
their destination beneath the walls of Jinni, which
they to invest, Major Orr, with the Hy-
cavalry, recopying ground to the northward,
and the artillery to the south. In the cveniog of
the 20th, the main body of the Second Brigade came
up, and the 21st was spent in recon-
noitring, and cutting up strong detach-
meats of mutineers round the place. On
the sane evening, Gall's wing of the 14th Dragoons
came in. On the morning of the 23rd an 8-inch
howitzer was got into position, and sent a few
shells into the fort. On the night of the same day a
party of infantry, under the command of Captain
Hare, H.C., took poosenrion, without opposition, of
a stroag position within two hundred yards of the
walls of the feet, where a battery was erected, and
twe mortars commenced to shell on the 28th from
thence. Two 24-pounders hare opened on the fort

today and will soon be followed by others. The
First Brigade, under Brigadier Stuart, had in the
meanwhile left Chandaree, after blowing tip the fort,
and they arrived at Jhansion the evening of the 25th.
Sir Hugh Rose was not, however. allowed to carry
oa the siege without molestation. The rebels under
Jain Jopay, a relative of Nena Sahib's, who had
recently taken the fort of Chirkaree, eonth-east of
Jhansi, abandoned that place on the 19th, and
marched to Nowgong. From thence they pro-
oeeded to the Betwa, which they crossed near Bnrwa
Bangor on the lit of April, being very strong in men
and guns ; the force comprising two regiments of
the old Owalior Contingent, with 37 pieces of artil-
lery. it Hugh Rose had information of their
movements, and he moved out at daybreak with his
reserves to attack the enemy. The following des-
patches describe the victory he gained, and the sub-
sequent capture of the whole of Jhansi, town and
fort

Tide morning at daybreak the force under ny erns fought
• raerel action with the so-called Peshwa's nay,
the bkasiag et God, pined a complete victory. The
ere riled to have numbered from twenty to twenty-11r
*rear COIL They were ander 'retitle T Mae
Sahib's relative, awl then object was to relieve J I
aid not dlaconthase the siege nor the investment at Thenel,
oossequently the knee with which I fought was arrenely
waik. Tr rebels, Est
whom wee the Grenadian. regi-
ment end mother rtelluieti ci the Gwlli°r C°4thil
fought (swept the cavalry) aureately ; but I tared
then left !leak with artillery nod oallidiala
mad after
making two earn they broke owl fled, them-
rives la lin LA 11,
to
the river &MN -maw
elm
gum, suldbor.
one on bib& 111 Civaller tinges; drawn
twol=o, ea Ibierli worse, ssiormauties of ammu-
shilk 111-pwahe ordrata , and
two nee &OM& Two near& van sin Iraperk The
tars, Mr to NM. em permit by NNW ale *es an are,
but matins coal cluck the Wm a/ the gnaw and
cavalry, who galloped in pursuit ewer the onsiry in
finer. I cannot calculate at prat the sunny's lon in
Wind, but it must have been veryr the country n
Wows with deed bodies, chiefly lien not lepoye. As I new
✓ail be free from the amain d • armor attiring
srnsikoLv: conclude the eres ci ThireL
General Si II Bean to Lord
Itipeinstor and to the

'bane, April 2.
The have ender my semonead deemed thee day the forti-
fication well of the city of Jlssagg, sod teak It and the city
after a desperate melmeacn I Lei lest the all of the fort
will soon follow. I amid act well. yesterday, ea I was
all day in the town. The thesis leer about 1,500
engaged
nittbe athth of the Betwa en the Ist inst. All the
gnus we took on that day are good.
Prom Sir Hugh Rose to Lord Elphinatons.
Jhansi, April 6.
The fortress of nand has fallen. The Ramona rebels, I
frightened by the defeat of the Mire, and the opum's of*. I
town by storm, evernatad it during the night. The cavalry
forming the investment, aided by the inhatry, ate cutting
urzeir
aidtgithiavie Woo in every
mast -dirks. Th•
east oouat, fr,, Le
the
three say. of the Meek el the ally, and of the
of r0"001aaa Sie dtf .ad
te wastartirevest* beck at then
e
= iset anew' her swipe at smother. limo.' le not a
strewth makes it a beam. It weld mot bare
beam breathed ; it amid only inn Loa tabs by ralsiag,,
end blowing up one Wolin atter ths other. I dimply regret
to say, that the worming el the sky and eattlag a the beer
tlrs garrison has OMNI the lON of severs! mom gallant
dean eta mem . —Lemma Oohed Turnbull, command-
tag ArMlsry Lieutenants 16Mkkgslui and Dick, Engineer.;
Dr. Beath, her iletesty. Seth Reginsent , Lieutenant Perk.
24th Native Infantry; W Captain Sinclair, 3rd Regiment
Hyde..bad Coalinga.
General Whitlock, who was at Darnoh on the
21st, left it for Penns, which he was to reach with
his division on the 29th. It was supposed that he
would attack Nowgong, the last pwition,except that
of Calpee. which the rebels can hold.
In Rejpootana we have been equally successful,
andiotah hes fallen into our hand..
General Roberts, let brigade, arrived from Hummer-
abad at Boondee on the 20th of March, and was
joined there by the 2nd brigade, under CoL Parke,
of the 72nd Highlanders on the 211th After a
formal visit to the Rajah, force, now swelled to
an entire division, with a siege and engineers' train,
marched to Rotel:, whither it arrived on the22nd,and
pitched camp about three-quarters of a mile to the
westward of the town. The Rajah, with a great
number of followers and a fully caparisoned ele-
phant, crossed the river and met the 0 1, and
General Lawrence, the politioal sent; and it is
said his joy was so great on meeting that he
em-
braced the former.

On the morning of the 25th of March the rebels
made a desperate attack and attempt at escalade
on the portion of the town occupied by the Rajah,
but were signally driven off by his highness's
tro'om:
On the 31st a storming party of 1,000 men
marched at day light, crossed the river into the
Rajah's palace, and issued out at one in the afternoon
on the south side. Major Tremenheere of the Honour-
able Company'. Engineers blew open the gate, and
an entrance wee effected after very little fighting.
The enemy, it appears, bad been partislly retreating
almost every day since the 25th, and very few men
were found in the town. The Bth Hussars, which
arrived on the 30th, was at once sent in pursuit.
The following is the telegraphic despatch announcing
the capture :
" Xotah is completely in our hands, fort and city.
About 50 guns taken. Our lam very slight. Only
25 estimated killed and wounded ; two officers,
Lieutenant Cameron, of the 72nd Highlanders, and
Lieutenant Hancock, Engineers, wounded. This
great moms was gained by a flank movement,
which turned the enemy's position, and rendered his
defences utterly useless; native troops behaving
right well."
From Rohileund we learn that Nana Sahib was
at Bareilly on the 24th, having had an interview
with Final Hug, near Nynee TaL
I have to record a repulse of our troops on the
island of Beyt, near Dwane, in the gulf of Catch.
This island, which is conimanded by a small fort,
was attacked three or fear days
sae:fan by a force of
about 120 men of her Mid s 4th Regiment, from
Kurrachee, commanded by • Bailey, of the
Hon. Company's Artillery. The troops landed in
boats from the Prince Arthur, with two guns, and
proceeded against the fort, which was held by a
garrison of insurgent Bheels or Waghrees.
By direction of Captain Bailey four men were
told off to blow up the gate with powder bags. They
advanced boldly to perform this hams:dons duty, but
they were met by a murderous fire from the enemy,
well concealed behind the walls and in the jungle.
A second attempt wu made with equal unsucceea.
Captain Bailey was shot through the body, six men
killed and thirty wounded, and the party was
obliged finally to re-embark without having accom-
plished its purpose of dislodging the Bheel garrison
of Beyt. Subsequently the place was abandoned
and re-occupied by us.
The following telegram has been published here
on this sub'ect :
A fort bsloaafas to H. H. the Geheowar in the Island of
But, on the cord of Hattawar, applehe to Meade,* was
rued alma alma time sso by a WAY of Walballs• I=2
with a view to piracy, rubes lyebees any
=Men A mall Moe of oar Imp peesaing upne Ur-
rashes to Surat lit the PASCO Ardor disraer was enhend.
it It embed at Hendee* to ge aims and HMI. Om.
TIN fort was ameaulted on the dad Instant, we evaemoded
by the Woe:knee an the sews night, AM was ea-
espied by us next Mr
with two cowpoke of
the 10th N. 1., and a Mr wan al the 18th N.I. sad
MM. Battalion. The phase wee dosed to be Mee( Itanti•
Wad 'mounded by a Maly piddy par
*reap which then me only one SWIM_ eppeoh. deloj
impala le aOn from dee loopholed wale lidded width IP
ware posted, mad ematended by their pas, of whisk
they bd eevereJ, ono bag of large Mies. The Meek wee
most apHantly conducted, t oar 15.., es sight him been
espested ham the difficult eaters et the peessl, was ertione,
modetier of ix killed and a weanded ; mem the latter
three of The wounded are ding weß, Thelma el the
meaty wss also severe.
P.S.—The latest news from Bemires, of the 30th
March, says that the rebels at Azimghur were press-
ing Colonel Milman very hard—one gun especially
causing him serious annoyance. A sortie was made
unsuccessfully to take the gun, and Captain Bedford,
of the 37th, was killed. On the 29th 100 men of
the 97th and 20th Foot and 110 Madre. Rifles
were sent on from Bensres. The 13th Foot from
Allahabad have proceeded vii Ohazeepore.

MARINI t•SUALTIZS AND Lou Op Litz.—ln-
Millrace was received in Liverpool La:day of the lose 1
the schooner George, which wild Liverpool
far the Ahican Coast. She foundered es the 701iolemine4
Tusher, and the captain end ell hands, with the essuption
the bastewels, perished. The George, whisk below* in
Menem Land, Fletcher, and Ca, of Liverpool end Larks,
arrived is Liverpool &taut a meth ay) with. carp of herb
*Mks, to., from Landstown, on the Niger.
CZTATAL PALuZI. ONI IS7ILLI3IOI DAT.
MONDAY, Mar L es pirml, MN;
dire by mess *kali, 338; Isla. ;me.

AUSTRALIA.

We have received by special express our Aus-
tralian advioes by the overland route via Marseilles.
The dates ars—Melbourne, March 17; Sydney,
March 11 ; King George's Sound, March 23.

The following vowels had arrived in the port of
Melbourne :—Prom London : Siam, Clarissa Bird,
Hindoatan, and Queen of the East, Feb. 24 ; Bir
Charles Napier, Feb. 26; Wild Ranger, March 9;
Emerald, March 16. From Liverpool: Anglo-
Saxon, Feb. 15 ; Caractacus, Feb. 16 ; Herald, Feb.
20; Oceanica and Caribou, March 10; Merchant
Prince, March 16.

ragold-fields during the month of February Lae been
361 ounces; for the ewe month of 1867, 9,289 amass.
Then la therefore en increase of 6,147 ounces on the receipts
of the month. The yield from the Western and Southern
a ufbrlda her steadily increased, and the Mum= from the
gold -fields are 60 per cent. more than last year.
The Increase on the receipts of the two montha of the priesat
irs:ct 6,760 ounces in favour of 1868 For the first week in
the escorts have delivered 4.176 ounces of gold dust."