The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-11 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF THE KING AND

QUEEN.

DEATH OF GEN. NICHOLSON.

LUCKNOW RELIEVED BY
GENERAL HAVELOCK.

GENERAL NEILL BILLED.

The following telegram was received, through the
Admiralty, at the Foreign Office, on the 11th of
November (this day), at 8.45 a.m.:
The Pottinger arrived at Sues on the 2nd inst.,
having left Bombay on the 18th ultimo.

Delhi, which fell into our hands on the 20th
September, was entirely re-occupied on the 21st,
and tho whole of the euotoy expelled. In the as-
sault of the 14th, 81 officers and 1,178 men, being
one-third of the storming force, killed and wounded.

General Nicholson had died of his wounds or
the 21st.

The old king, said to be ninety years of age,
surrendered to Captain Hodson and his cavalry,
about fifteen miles south of Delhi. He was accom-
panied by his chief wife; their lives were spared.
Two of hie sons, and a grandson, also captured by
Captain Hodson about floe miles from Delhi, were
shot on the spot, and their bodies brought to the
city, and exposed a the police-office.
Two moveable columns were despatched from
Delhi on the 23rd, in pursuit of the enemy.
By accounts from Agra, one column appears to
have reached the neighbourhood of Allyghar, and
the other that of Mattra, on the 28th of September.

General Havelock, with 2,600 men, crossed the
flanges from Cawnpare ow the 19th of September,
and relieved Lucknow Residency on the 26th, just
as it wsa mined, and ready to be blown up by its
besiegers.
On the 26th, the enemy's entrenchments were
stormed ; and on the 29th a large part of the city
was taken ; 460 killed and wounded ; General Neill

There has been a slight rising of the rebels near
Namick, in the Bombay Presidency, in the suppres-
sion of which Lieutenant Henry, of the Ahmede-
nigger Police, was killed.
Hearse troops defeated the mutineers of the
52nd near Kemplee, and killed 150.
A native of Ricer and a sepoy, having been con-
victed of treason, were blown away from the guns at
Bombay on the 13th October.
Predatory tribes in the Punjairb, between Nicol-
tan and Lahore, have given some trouble lately, but
the disturbance appears to have been 'suppressed.
The Emeu arrived at Suez from Australia on the
3rd instant, having been on shore near Aden.

The Hindustan arrived at Suez from Calcutta
this morning with Calcutta dates of 9th October,
Madras, 14th October, Galle, 18th October. News
vii Bombay confirmed. This intelligence received
from Acting Consul-General Green at Alexandria
Sth November, 1837, for the Earl of Clarendon.

Cagliari, November 10, 10.30 min
1
LYONS, Admiral sad

CONSUL CRAIG.

The following despatch has been received by the
India Board:

TO SIR 3. MELVILL.

Alexandria, November 5, 1857.
Delhi was entirely in our possession on the 20th of
September.

The King and Queen captured on 21st by Lieute-
nant Hobson. Two of the King's sons were killed.
No official account has yet been received, but our
leas is much greater than was at first supposed.
The mutineers hare gone towards Rohi'mind and
?duttra, and some to Oude, being followed up by our
troops.

Mr. Oreathed, Commissioner of Delhi, died 19th
September, of cholera, and General Nicholson on the
23rd of wounds received in the sasault.

Lucknow relieved September 23; particulars not
known. Our low was severe--about 500 killed
and wounded; General Neill amongst the killed.
The relief Just in time; the enemy having advanced
their mines, which would have placed the garrison
at their merry.

Advanced guard of the Madras columns defeated
the mutineers of the 52nd Bengal Infantry, near
Jubbulpore, on the 25th, killing about 80. The
Malwa country is in a disturbed state. Bhopawar
has been burnt.

Mar, Atnjbeera, and Mundesar us disaffected.
Forces are moving towards Mhow. All is quiet in
Scinde, but the state of the frontier is not satis-
factory. General Jaoob proceeds immediately to
Scinde.

There has been an outbreak of Shads in -
end a plot discovered at Bombay. The Deccan and
Southern Mahratta Slates all quiet, as also the Ni-
sam's country and Madras Presidency.
Cagliari, Nov. 10, 10.45.

FRANC&