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

guns, 600 of her Majesty's 9th Lancers, her Ma-
jesty's Bth and 76th Foot, two refinients of Sikh
cavalry, and the like number of infantry. They
were in high health and spirits, had been in every
action nearly thirty in number, sine the 00111/116D00-
meat of the siege of Delhi, and swept all before them
on the way down. On the following day, the 98rd
Highlanders and two hundred of the Naval Brigade
had joined them. The mat tremendous reports ass
prevalent, in reference to the last two, throughout
the count? y. The sailors are said to be four fist
high and four feet saws the shoulders, and to carry
a field piece under each arm with as much ease a. a
porter would carry a bundle. The men in pettionts
are believed to have been especially sent out by
her Majesty so attired, to Is avenged for the
slaughter of oar women and children. The
strength of the garrison at this time was
about 1,600, Grant's force about 3,600, and the rein-
tenements joining before the 30th would bring the
rand total up to about 7,000. On the 31st October
Brigadier Grant's column, now flee thousand strong,
crossed the Ganges, and reached Alumbsgh without
opposition on the 3rd November. They took with
them 2,600 camels and 600 carts, with supplies for
Luck now. On the same day Sir Colin Campbell
arrived at Cawnpore. He had very nearly been
made prisoner on hisEesuLg He and his staff
pear to have been very injudiciously,
without an escort, w they sUddenly cams up with
a body of the mutineers of the 32nd Ni. These
were mounted on ol•Pboalse sad "g=
seventy-five andee troupes. The
Chief, so soon as be observed the enemy, reheated,
till he found refuge in a bullock train some ten
miles in the rear. The troopers continued for awhile
to hover round, and the marvel was that this piece
of unparalleled rashness should not have terminated
fatally. Having arrived at Cawnpore on the 3rd,
Sir Colin Campbell remained there till the 9th, when
he started for Alumbagh, where Grant's column wits
understood to be awaiting his arrivaL The cameo of
the delay is not explained, but betwixt the 3rd and
9th Nov. nothing decisive could have occurred, or
we should have heard of it by telegraph from
Madras, the channel through which our latest tidings
commonly reach us, being conveyed thither by
steamer from Calcutta. On the afternoon of theist inst.
a sharp action occurred near the village of Kudjnai.
betwixt the Dinapore mutineers and a detachment
of 800 men, consisting of part of the Naval Brigade
and a detachment of the 93rd Highlanders, with
two 9-pounder gum, under Colonel Powell, of her
Majesty's 53rd Foot. Our Ices was heavy : Colonel
Powell being amongst the akin. The enemy were
prepared for the attack, and the mutineer Sepoys
were in uniform. Our MCI= was complete; we
captured their two guns and ammunition waggons,
and then destroyed their camp. This occurring at
the close of a forced march the enemy could not be
pursued. The detachment of the Naval Brigade, its
task thus aeoomplished, fell back on Binkee with a
view of returninj to Futteypore, but the rest of the
troops marched into Cawnpore, where they arrived
on the find.

LUCKNOW.—From Lucknow,the point on which
all our interest centres, we have scarcely had a line
of intelligence since the 26th of September, when
the Residency wu relieved. We purposely avoid
giving more of the names of those said to have fallen,
having already been the means, there is reason to
believe, of mentioning some as slain who are still
supposed to survive. Oude, the stronghold of die-
affechon, has been since August the rallying point
of the rebels, and there are now said to be not fewer
than 50,000 in arms in and around Lucknow. The
number may be exaggerated, bat that it is very
large may be inferred from the fact, that though
Alumbagh is only three miles from Lacknow, and
has for the moat part been in easy communica-
tion with Cawnpore, not • line has reached them
from Outran or Havelock, or those under them, for
more than a month. It meat be remembered that
when the force started from Cawnpore on the 20th
of September, the occupants of the Residency
were in such peril that a delay of twenty-four
hours would have been fatal to them. Their relief
was understood to have been all that was contem-
plated, when, returning with them to Cawnpore,
Havelock would have awaited for the reinforce-

ments--eonnasecing active operations, in which we
trust he is engaged, about the present time. Alum-
bsigh, the (vanity residence of former royalty, if
left unoccupied by us, would have been maintained
by the enemy as the means of cutting off our com-
munication with the base of operations ;
and as the sick, wounded, and baggage would
have formed a serious encumbrance in the
desperate conflict which, as was expected,
ensued, they were left behind—the officers not car-
rying with them so much as a change of clothing.
On the 26th, and more especially on the 26th
.of
September, the fighting seems to have been most
severe—nearly a fourth of our force having been
disabled. Some time after this, the date is uncer-
tain, and after nearly a third of the town had become
ours, the troops under Ontram and Havelock seem to
have become separated. It uow turned out that with
• body so large, so helpless, and so exhausted
u the occupants of the Residency is, and a force so
reduced, it would be vain to attempt to retire from
Lucknow. There appears to have been very severe
fighting, with a heavy list of casualties. On the
18th October a tremendous explosion was heard at
Alumbagh, supposed to have been occasioned by the
'; blowing up of the principal magazine of the enemy.
, Provisions now began to fail, and en attempt is sup-
posed to have been contemplated to return to Alum-
bagh. On the 19th severe fighting is said to have
occurred in the streets, in an endeavour to re-unite
' the divided troops, or probably to secure some pool-
' tion of the enemy's, occasioning special annoyance—
' for our information is little better than the echo of a
rumour. Mann Singh, the great Oink landholder,
who promised to join us with 15,000 men, is said to
have become incensed against us about the time of
Outram's arrival by a malicious falsehood, intimating
that his tensile had been violated. On discovering
that he had been made the victim of a decep-
tion, he is said to have expressed his regret foe
what he had done, and to have proposed to join us;
but these things are to be received as rumours only,
still wanting confirmation. It was understood the
garrison expected to be able to hold out till the 10th
November. At this date they would be relieved.
and able to resume the offensive at least 7,000 strong.
Their trials and endurance, when they come to be
narrated, will be found to have had few precedents
in the annals of heroism or of suffering.
MALWA.—We intimated in our last the fall of
the pretty fort of Dhar on the Ist of November,
but were not then in possession of particulars. Thie
little principality is in the province of Malwa, in
Central India. R contains an area of 1,000 square
miles, possesses a population of 100,000, with a
revenue of nearly 60,0001. sterling. A large
number of the Indore mutineers, being sup-
to have taken this direction, were
sup-
nosed
from Mhow on the 20th of October,
by the Malwa field force, under Brigadier C. S.
Stuart, of the 6th Regiment Native Infantry. After
• variety of encounters, during which the insurgents
were driven within the walls, it was found requisite
to confine our operations to an imperfect siege till
our heavy. guns arrived. The fort is a parallelo-
gram, its stoles facing the cardinal points. It stands
in a hollow; on the east side the valley extends
from it about eight hundred yards, on the south
about 1,200, where low ranges of hills make their
appearance, commanding the works. The town com-
mences at the south-west corner of the fort, from
which it is completely detached, extending to a con-
siderable space to the southward and westward. On
Sunday, the 23th, the siege train arrived, when the
town was captured, and the fort invested. Five
days' hard firing were occupied before a breech was
established. On the 30th, a flag of truce was shown,
and tions for half an hour suspended; but the
Brigier wisely declined acceding to any conditions,
as the breach, which was then rapidly enlarging,
was declared practicable on the following day. The