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As our readers are alreadykaware, fro M—another
portion of our impression, Luckno w
have not fallen into the bellie and 4hands of our victorious
army without the loss of some able and gallant
officers, including Brigadier-General Neil and
Brigadier-General Nicholson, the latter of whom is
reported. as having died of his wounds received at
the capture of Delhi. Both of these Generals a few
short weeks ago were mentioned in the London
Gazette as having been promoted to the Companion-
ship of the Bath in reward of their distinguished
Indian services, which now, alas ! have been drawn
to so sudden a close.
Gen. John Nicholson, of the 27th Bengal. N. 1.,
was an officer of no ordinary experience and pro-
mise. At the time of his decease he was in command
of the Punjab division. He was the eldest' son of
the late Dr. A. Nicholson, who owned a small
landed property in the county of Down, and who
died a few years since, having practised with con-
siderable success as a physician atTirgemont, county
of Dublin. His mother was a sister of Sir J. Weir
Hogg, late Chairman of the East India Company,
and formerly M.P. for Beverley and Honiton.
John Nicholson was born at Virgemont on the
11th of Dec., 1822, and having received his early
education at the Grammar School of Dungannon,
county of Tyrone, obtained from his uncle a direct
appointment to India early in 1831, where he ar-
rived iu the July of the same year. At the very
outset of his career in India he gained some prac-
tical experience in war. The conquest of Cabul, as
out readers are aware, was followed by the revolt
of the Affghans. At tile period of the murder of Sir
Wm. M‘Naghten, and the massacre of the British
troops at Jugdulluek, Nicholson was in the fortress
of Ghuznee, under Col. Palmer, and shared with
him the dangers of the siege. There is no need to
recapitulate bore the details of the event ; it is
enough to say that the British force found them-
selves shut up in the citadel, and having suffered
the extremities of hunger, were forced to
capitulate 'Ton hoisourable terms. How those
terms were broken and how Nicholson was forced

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to give up his sword is now a matter of history, as
is also his imprisonment with his comrades in Cabul
and his subsequent restoration tc liberty on the ar-
rival of the gallant Sir R. Sale and Sir G. Pollock,
the real heroes who retrieved the disasters of Lord
Auckland's Indian administration. We next find.
Gen. Nicholson serving in the Sutlej campaign in
1845-6. At the time of the outbreak of that war
he rendered important service to Sir H. Hardinge
by watching and reporting the movements of the
Sikhs. He was also present at the bloody battle-
fields of Moodkhee and Ferozeshah, and received a
medal for his gallantry in action.
In the second Punjab campaign we find the name
of Gen. Nicholson almost inseparable from that of
Major H. Edwardes, the hero of Mooltan. It would
be foreign to our intention here to recount all the
events which led to the outburst of that war, which
was so decidedly settled at Sadoolapore, Chi
wallah, and Goojerat. It is sufficient for our pur-
pose to inform our readers that while the siege
of Mooltan was still proceeding Nicholson was
sent to seize the fortress of Attock, which he suc-
ceeded in taking. As soon as his services could be
spared he accompanied Lord Gough in his advance,
and was able to render Sir J. Thackwell material
assistance iu transporting his forces across the Che-
nab just previous to the battle of Ramuuggur. He
had the satisfaction of seeing his name mentioned
in the despatch of that gallant and distinguished
officer in the following terms ;—" To Captain
Nicholson, assistant to the Resident at Lahore,
I beg to offer my best thanks for his endeavours to
procure intelligence of the enemy's movements, for
his successful efforts to procure supplies for the
troops, and for his able assistance on all occasions."
After the battle of Chiliauwallah his friends bad
the additional gratification of seeing his services in
that engagement acknowledged in Lord Gough's
despatch side by side with those of the late lamented
Sir H. M. Lawrence. Nor was 118 less distin-
guished on the field of Goojerat, where Lord
Gough finally routed and crushed the Sikh fences,
and after which he particularly recommended, in
his despatch addressed to the Governor-General of
India," that most energetic political officer, Cept.
Nicholson," as deserving of reward and promotion.
For his services in the Punjab campaign Ceptain
Nicholson was promoted by special brevet to the
rank of Major in the army, and received the addi-
tional honours of a medal and a clasp. He had been
engaged in civil employment in the Punjab for
some years before the outbreak of the recent mu-
tinies, having under his charge the Dere Ishmail
Khan district since January, 1852. Of his activity
and energy in his civil capac►ty iu the Punjab, and
of his gallantry in defeating the rebel forces sent
wit to intercept the siege-train on its way to Delhi,
we have spoken too often recently to make it neces-
sary to add any fresh weed of praise. The previous
mail, it will be remembered, brought home tidings
that Colonel Nicholson was among those who were
wounded in the storming of Delhi, and now we
deeply regret to have to enumerate bis name
among those who have since died of their
wounds. Col. Nicholson's commissions, we should
add, bear date as follows :—Ensign, Feb. 24, 1839;
Lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1843 ; Regimental Captain,
with rank of Lieut.-Colonel, March 20, 1848.
Brigadier-General James George Smith Neil, of
the Madras Fusiliers, was a native of Scotland, and
was truly one of whom his native country, Ayr-
shire, will be proud. He was the eldest son of the
late Lieut.-Col. Smith Neil, of Barneweill and
Swindridgemuir, and succeeded at the death of his
father to a small landed property between Ayr and
Glasgow, where doubtless he looked forward to
spend the remainder of his days when he should
have retired from active service ; but it has been
ordered otherwise. Ho was born about the year
1810, and entered the Ist European Fusiliers (Ma-
dras) in 1826. He first saw some active service, we
believe, in the first Burmese war, under the Gover-
nor-Geueralship of Lord Amherst, when he was for
a time iu the Adjutant-General's department. He
was, however, compelled to return to England on
furlough at the close of the campaign owing to the
inroads made upon his constitution by exposure
while on field service. For a short time, about
the years 1835 and 1836, he held the command of
the escort of the Resident at the Court of his High-
ness the Rajah of Nagpore, and about the same
time he married Isabella, daughter of Col. Warde.
More recently he took part in the second Burmese
war under Lord Dalhousie. On the outbreak of the
war with Russia in 1854 he volunteered for active
service iu Turkey, and showed considerable ability
while in command of the Turkish Contingent. Re-
turning to India at the close of the war, he took the
commend of the Ist Madras European Fusiliers,
one of the most gallant and distinguished regiments
belonging to the service, though recently charac-
terised by Sir A. Alison in his speech at Glasgow as
" now to fame."

On the breaking out of the recent mutiny, being
sent up to Calcutta with his regiment, he relieved
Benares, and pressed on with forced marches to
Cawnpore, in the capture of which he assisted.
Our readers will not have forgotten his decision in
the matter of the high caste Brahmins of that place,
whom he forced to degrade themselves by washing
with their own the bloodstained floor which was the
scene of the atrocities of Nana Sahib. During the
subsequent absence of Gen. Havelock he held the
command of Cawnpore, and was recently intrusted
with the command of a brigade. He is represented
to us, by those who knew him of old, as a strict
disciplinarian, but at the same time one who never
spared himself, and was always ready to share with
his men every danger, difficulty, and privation.
He attained the regimental rank of Major in 1850,
and became a Major in the Madras army, with the
rank of Lieutenant-Col., in Dec., 1853.

A sergeant-major of the 14th regim.nt of the line, now
in garrison at Belfort (Haut-Rhin), was two days found
banging by the neck in the regimental schoolroom, and
when cut down was found to be quite dead, His suicide
is attributed to disappointment at not obtaining pro-
motion. He was a man of more than ordinary educa-
tion ; had originally studied medicine, and afterwards,
as a pupil of Paul Delaroche, had painted some pictures,
which were much admired. . .

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