The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

tact; Captain Boppitt, 12th Regiment N. 1.; eight
privates, ditto ; two privates her Majesty's 83rd
Regiment. Miming : Two privates 12th Regi-
met N.I.

The fort of Jeerun is a place mall and compact,
befit on the top of a steep hill, studded with rocks
aad jungle, and having only one road of acme,
which, as I have above stated, could be held by •
very few men. At the foot of the hill were
dilapidated bats, and ground interacted with
boles and ravines, in which matchlock men
weld be !posted with much advantage to the
defenders. The enemy named to have been cowed
by the results of the engagement, for they evacuated
the place in the night, carrying off with them the
bead of the gallant Tucker, which we have since
learnt they have exposed on a pole above a gate at
linndesor.

Whilst the Mhow Brigade is advancing to destroy
Abe nest of rebels at that place, troops were being
rapidly eascentrated at Poona, under the personal

soiesin toodonce of the

High Rasa, 1.C.8., just appointed to the Doman
division. The force at hia command will soon be
most respectable elm. Hs has been joined by one

Bring of Er Migeety's 3rd Dragoon o;ards, and will
array nubs aba see wbg of her Majesty's 96th,
under Colonel Rime, now hi bareseis at Cobbs.
Resides these, the 23rd Native Infantry will sooa
be her. I'm Enaraek, and a company of artillery,
ressaily arrived from that place, is under orders to
proceed up country.
The left wing of her Majesty's 96th, and the
company of Royal Engineers recently arrived over
land, are under orders to Catch Msendavi. 'They
will land on the coast of Catch, and proceed to
Bhooj, where Lieutenant-Colonel Trevelyan has
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been sent forward to take the place of Colonel
Jacob, now at Kolopore. This little force under the
command of Major Raines, will march through
Bbooj, and probably g►ther up on its road as
much cattle and as many carts as it can. It
will premed woes the Runo, or salt marshes
of Catch, to limes, and there join the field force
destined to premed vJ Moos to Ajmer,. In its pro-
gress this column will doubtless sweep off the muti-
neers of Joudhpote and the rebels of Awah, clew
the country round Beam., and in general sweep the
whole of the hills between Aboo and Ajmer*, at pre-
sent much disquieted by roving bands of plunderers.
At Delhi and the districts round it the work
of pacification and punishment proceeds. It is
stated that the majority of the natives keying re-
turned to the city, a ransom of a more of rupees
(one million sterling) has been required of them,
and that 80 lees have been offered. I knew
not how far this is true, and can only
hops that the money will be forthcoming. It is
satisfactory to see that large sums have been reco-
vered wherever oar troops have gone. The gray,
not the Company, will profit by them ultimately,
but in the meanwhile they are very useful. Mr.
Standees, official agent at Delhi, reports that he
found in the house of Zeenut Mahal, the King's
favourite wife, treasure and jewels to the value of
needy three lam of rupees, all buried underground.
This will doubtless give fish activity to treasure-
meekest in the immense ruins which now encumber
the city. Letters have reached us here, and
doubtless have also reached England, de-
, scribing the state of the place, and how it was
I sacked. " Imagine," says one letter, " all the wild
men, Sikhs, Affreedies, Swats, Beloochees, Mob-
mends, Dograhs, Persians, and fifty other tribes who
I compose our Punjaub regiments, with followers of
the same races or of other savage tribes, let loose
into the city with our soldiers and an enormous
crowd of other plunderers, and you may form some
idea of the interior of Delhi. Men climbing through
windows or breeches in the walls of houses; ham-

mere and bars smashing open gates or partitions;
muskets opening locks by being discharged
into them ; the crashing of wood, of chests.
of trunks, of boxes, of glass, earthenware,
bottles, mirrors, furniture, ornament., and
property of every kind ; and the streets
strewn with every conceivable species of manure°.
ture, from European carriages down to the smallest
article of drew, convenience, or bijouterie. Never
before was such a sight; and I fancy its still
lively and visible within, and will be till the whole
city shall have been thoroughly raked, torn through,
and plundered."
The King's sons, whom execution I related in my
last letter, were drugged to the Ganges after death
by sweepers and consigned to the water. A third
sun, who was in civil charge, made his escape, and
a fourth is now in company of the King and his
wife. The King is to be sent down to Allahabad
they say.
On the 30th of October, Brigadier Grant, with
his force from Delhi, and strong additions from; the
Cawnpore garrison, crossed the Ganges into Oude•
There were in all about 3,600 men, including 400 of
her Majesty's 93rd, 300 of the Naval Brigade, 160
Royal Artillery, 190 of her Majesty's 6th Foot, 300
of the 9th Lancers, 300 of her Majesty's 75th, 260 of
her Majesty's 33rd, and detachments of her Ma-
jesty's 23rd and 3rd Europeans; 2,600 camels, and
600 carts. With these he proceeded unmolested to
Alurnbagh, where he waited for the arrival of the
commander-in-chief. Sir Colin Campbell left Cal-
culla on the 27th October, with General Mansfield
and his staff, entrusting the duties of forwarding
troops to General Garrett. He reached Calm.
pore on the 3rd of November, and on the 9th
mowed over into Oude, leaving General Windham
behind him in command of the reserve. lam for-
tunate in being able to add that intelligence had
been received by the Commander-in-Chief of the

safety of LucknoW, from whence wears now anxiously
expecting intelligence of moment.

BOMBAY, Nov. 17, 6 rm.

P.B.—News from Lahore of the 31st alt. states
that Captain M'Andrew, with 400 Police Infantry
and some of the Lahore Light Hone, after a forced
march of thirty miles through heavy jungles, sur-
prised the insurgents of the hills, killed from 40 to
60 men, captured an immense quantity of property
and camel/. On the following day Major Chamber-
lain seized upwards of 1,600 head of cattle, and
many flocks. Captain Curet= also was successful
on the:righthank of the Raver, capturing 600 head of
cattle.

The following is the eummsry of the Bombay
Times, of Nov. 17 :

ROHILCUND.—Snowsts' Onues.—We men-
tioned in oar last that the flying column under
Brigadier Showers having swept the country around
Delhi, started afresh on the 2nd October, and were
last beard of at Jaffa° Satar, on the 12th. Here the
basemen of the Nawab of Jhuljar, who had crossed
the river, were dimmed without resistance. In the
fort they found twenty-one guns, with a considerable
supply of gunpowder and munitions of war, a large