The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-03 00:00:00

liner, that it is desirable that a door of hope should
be thrown open to the mere rebels on the other side,
sad that the weight of our army should be reserved
as far as pc: sib's for the traitors who called them-
selves our soldiers, and in throwing otf their alle-
giance imbrued their hands in the blood of our
women and children.
Due columns will he found to record a series of
brilliant successes achieved by General Franks on
his march to Lucknow, over large bodies of the in-
sun;ents, while we have had to chronicle almost
daily the triumphs of the Alumbagh force, already
refeired to above.
The trial of the King of Delhi is dragging its slow
length along, its proceedings having reached, by
latest advice, from the North-West, the sixteenth
day. It seems conclusively proved that the sem-
blunce.of a court maintained by this wretched puppet
served to keep alive vague hopes that, through some
turn of the wheel, the star of 1/elhi was yet to appear
again on the horizon of Indian affairs • and the
Persian war seems to have fanned those hopes. We
are still, however, quite unable to say whether any
solicitation had been employed to shake the alle-
giance of our soldiery on the part of the Delhi court
prior to the outbreak in Meerut, which we still
strongly incline to believe was solely occasioned by
the facts that had transpired there in connexion
with the cartridges. Whether we shall ever get
much light on this disputed subject seems rely
doubtful.

The new pobtal arrangements aro creating much
remark and much di.satisfection on our side.

The following telegraphic message 11;;been re-
mind from Mr. F.dmonstone, dated Allahabad,
It-bruFy '2l; :

'• The enemy before Ailumbagh ev me out in great
strength on the 23th, but were repulsed by Sir J.
Oatram, who cut up a large number of them, and
captured two guns. Our loos was two killed and a
few wounded. General Ifupe Grant took Mungeree,
in Gude, by storm on the 23rd, killed 300 rebels,
end captured four guns : our casualties amount to
16 or Is. Brigidier•General Franks prevented
junction at Chanel& between Iteubullaoosaine
Chukladsr, and Lianagan Nlshoined lloosem, and
bad defeated them successively on the 19th. The
brow bad 8,000 sepoys and rebels and eight guns,
sad was pursued fur three miles. The latter had
11.000 men, and 11 guns. The enemy lost 800 men,
sad six of their guns were captured. The enemy
endeavoured to get into the strong fort of Badahah-
gunge ; his force consisting of 3.5,000 sepoys
sad rtbels, and 23 guns. General Franks,
out oouking him on the 23rd inst., killed
sad wounded 1,800, and took 20 guns; drove the re-
bels in crowds for several miles, and captured the
whole of the standing cimp, baggage, ammunition,
,ke. Among the wounded were Rajah Hoosein Ally
Klan and other leaders. This success has cleared
the roads to Lucknow and Fyzabsd. Our loss was
very trifling—only two killed and sixteen wounded
in ill three actions. Details of captured ordnance
as follows :—One thirty-two pounder, two twenty-
foar pounders and two eight pounders, four twelve
Founders, one nine pounder, and ten small ones.
The Lahore Light Horse have joined General
Franks."

THE CAMPAIGN IN DUDE.

(From ib. Bombay Stamford of March 9.)

It is needier to enter into details of the advance
the Trim. detachments. Strong poets having been es-
tabliated at Oonao and Bunke Bridge, respectively 10 and
hi miles in advance, Alunitsmah was itself powerfully rein-
breed. From the 13th to 26th, the 30 miles line of march
betwixt the Ores and Lacknow prevented one unbroken
rum of stores, malodor and troops, while the magvinee
ap stag were being misstated with supplies for two
maths. The enemy now begat to threaten ue. One of the
mutineer satire rakers uudertook to aneibilate as in ten
Lys, provided be was mask commender•io-chief. Half the
or elapsed, when Sunday, the 21st, was selected for our
mehiiation. The Morrie sad the taller for once became
re :mailed. Ilindooe swore es oath on the Ganges, the Ma-
header on the Koran, that they would destroy us or
perish in the attempt. The plan was, to surround Outram's
keep by sending troops by a wide detour to our rear. When
the circle was eitupleted it was to close in upon us, and dee-
pest/ awake were to be made at live or six diffaent points
at ors, mass after ore king launched upon as until not a
Effingham wee left to tell the tale. The plan was skilfally
lad, and had the cascades been raid to the design, the re-
mits might have bees serious. Oa the Gaon of this last
Ti knew we could pot or Meet. The General had, lateen
Satorday evening, been duly made aware of what was awaiting
but, end reeved out with cavalry and guns to meet both
the right and Icft advances, carefully permitting them to
hem the CM le until it arnoustal to a horse shoe. Supposing
everything to be right, the enemy commenced to tire from
the best and both flanks. They were at fret replied to
lemenilly, in hopes of drawing them on; but before they
head heart to dames our cavahy sad guns were on both
their extremities, and • general route Immediately ensued.
They were hotly pursued by the cavalry end Hone Artillery,
the letter dealing destruction on all around. Five hon-
ied are believed to have is We had mix wounded
bet as fatal casualty. So heartily do our men now despise
them, that a picket of ten or a dozen of men permit them-
ryes to be surrounded, without dreaming of falling back on
the mein body, end then knock the enemy over with the
Weld rifle, man after man as they come within reach.
Thu arrant, never dream of making a rush over the quarter
ef a lane at which the weapon is fatal, knowing that any
fast might rove would immediately fall into ore hands, no
Fey however small being left unwatched. For
IM err three days matters kept tolerably qeleit.
Om the night of the 24th heavy firing wee
hied at Lock:tow, believed to proceed from a light
betwixt the Ddhi and Chide &pore, whose I• 0011.
Asir bad hardly survived the encounter of the 21st.
About 9 o'clock in the morning of the 25th, information wee
Seethed from the pickets, that the enemy in leer mean
Ire sadeevouriog to sneak round by our left, and get kb
see rose. The pi kets were all reinforced, especially at
;third sad those on the right. The troops wen ordered
b sir es the alert, but to offer no znoimeation until the
emery were dome at hand. The Queen end her eon, with
Gs mashers of the court, ammo out on state elegibere be es-
enmeige ike 'iodinate and be eye-witness' of the eke:ay. A
dreg body advanced into a grow of trees close le Jelin•
Wed, when the order to charge was gives, and In lees than
Ire Warm the leading column found Itself cut off mom both
Its flasks. Two gene were captured at once, and two more
efferwards fall Into our hands. The rout became general
almost immediately. The ground wee extremely broken and
iregelar, goes to Interfere wiih the continuance of the pur-
✓*. The Horse Artillery committed as usual great havoc,
the enemy fled in such precipitation that the cavalry
TT seen riding over their own infantry. The 2Gth, the,
bud date up to which letters have been re•
,Seed, teems to have pared over in quietuses, and
ben we hers a blank of a week in our intellig. iffe, the
telegraph having by this ranch anticipated the coarse of poet.
The Commander. in- Chief, with the rest of the foram, seemed
b have joined about the god, and to her permed an le ed-
ema a strong body to the Dilkoosha, a large park and red-
dace of talks royalty on the banks of the canal, halfway
betwixt Alambogh and the city. Colonel Franks with his
Were, 6,000 strong, eow joined the chief. On the 6th Oen.
Ostrom crossed the river Gamper, somewhat, below Lock•
ow, with 6,000 men and 30 guns, so as to attack the city on the
&Aber or eastern side, the chief conducting operations on
the lir of his previous advance. Outran, was almost im-
mediately afterward* attacked by an overwhelming force of
'6 mere. which he repulsed. It is likely that about the
MIMS date (9th March) the cannonade wiU have cra-
mmer, as the polity of the chief clearly wee to hen every
divides sad battery Is position before the work of dater-
Gs begs, se preparing against the mak the insurgents were
likely to seam wham they found the Ire of our artillery Into-
kris. Various sOcolsOlS bed mratiene attended our arms
la other poets of Chide.