The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1857.

THE LATE BRIOADIBR•OBNBRAL
NICHOLSON.

General John Nicholson, of tho 27th Bengal
Native lablatry, though seareely 36 years of age, was an
Wiser at no andiaary ezperieace sod promise. At the Was
of Me death be was in command of the Ptinjaub division.
He wee the eldest sou of the late Dr. Alexander Nicholson,
who owned a small landed property in the county of Down,
and w►o died a few years since, hewing practised with con-
siderable emcees es a physician at V iryeroont, county Dublin.
His maths, was a sister of Sir James Wale llogg, Bart., late
chatter& al the East India Company, and foi sagely M.P.
fat Beverley and Bonito..

In the mond Prmjatiti campaign we find the name of
Gemini Nicholson almost inseparable from that of Major
Herbert Edwardee, the hero of Mooltsa. It would be foreign
to our intention here to recount all the events which led to
that war, which was so decisively settled at Sedoolapore,
Chilisnwallab, end Goojsrat ; it is sufficient for our
purpoes to inform our readers, that while the
mega of Moulton was still proceeding, Nicholson
wee sect to seize the fortress of Attack, which he
succeeded in telling. Aa soon se his service.. could Wowed
he acoompanied Lord Gough in his pursuit of the Sikhs, end
was able to render Sir John Thackwell material essistanoe
in transporting his lucre across the Cherub, just previous to
the battle of Ithamnuggar. Ha had the Bandanna' of
seeing his name mentioned in the despatch of that pliant
end distinguished °Muer in the following terms: To Cap-
tain Nicholson, Assistant to the Resident at Lahore, I
beg to offer my beet thanks for hie endeavours to procure in-
' Univac* of the enemy's movementa ; for his successful
I Abdo to precure supplies for the troop, ; and for his able
assistance on all occasions." After the battle of Chilian-
wallah his friend. had the additional gratification of noticing
kis services in that engagement acknowledged in Lord
Ganglia despatch side by side with three of the late la-
mated Sir Henry M. Laurence. Nor was he lees distin-
gabbed on the field of Goole's; where Lord Gough finally
rented and crushed the Sikh Areas, and after which he
particularly recommended, in his despatch addressed to the

Clowwww-Cleneral of India, the name of " that moat emu-
redo *Waal offixr, Captain Nicholson" as deserriog re-
ward and promotion.

For him services in the Punjaub campaign Captain Nichol-
son was promoted by special brevet to the rank of major in
the army, and received the additional honours of a medal and
clasp. He had been engaged in civil employment in the
Fuien]) for some few years before the outbreak of the recent
mutinies, having had under his charge the Den lahmail
Khan district ainceJsnuary, 1&52. Of his activity and energy
in his civil capacity in the Punjaub, and of his gallantry
and intrepidity in defeating the rebel forces seat out to inter-
mpg the siege train on its way to Delhi, we have too often
spoken recently to make it necessary to add any fresh mead
of praise. The previous mail, It will be remembered, brought
titling. that General Nicholson was among those who were
wounded in the storming of Delhi, and now we deeply regret
to have to enumerate his name among those who have since
died of their wound..

General Nicholson's commissions, we should add, beardele
as follows.—Ensign, Feb. 24, 1839; lieutenant, Jan. 13,
1842; captain in his regiment, with the rank of lieutenant-
colonel, March 20, 1848.