Northern Times. — 1857-12-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CAWNPORE.  The correspondent of the Hurkaru, dating from the " Entrenched Camp," Cawnpore, October 21st, writes :  I returned yesterday from one of the most " decided wild goose chases" it has ever been my misfortune to be engaged in. On the evening of the 17th, a whisper reached me that a force of 650 men and six guns under the command of Colonel Wilson, was to move out early the following morning, against a large force of the enemy, reported as being at Sheorajpore, a village about twenty-one miles fi rim this on the Agra road. I determined on accompanying the troops, and accordingly, about eleven o'clock at night, I left camp and bivouacked under a tree until the force moved early on the morning of the 18th. Id )ving along the Agra road, we halted about nine o'clock aan , when some rim and biscuit was issued to the men. By eleven o'clock we started again, the bulk of the force being mounted on elephants. For the first eighteen miles nothing was observable to denote the presence or neighbourhood of an enemy. The ountry through which we passed was in the highest slate of cultivation ; the craps luxuriantly healthy, and tillage was being carried on apparently uninterruptedly. Somewhere about the 18th milestone I noticed a group of soldiers gathered round some object lying by the roadside, and approaching, I found it to be the body of a native, the bead comple:ely severed from the trunk, a ghastly object indeed. I was told that he was a chowkeyder or spy, or in some way connected with our ,police. Immediately after this. our men were dismounted from the elephants and ordered to "cap.' Oh we went until we came abreast the 21st milestone, at which point the road sweeps round 'o the right, and then runs straight into Sheorajpore, eistant about half a mile or less, say 600 yards. At the turr of the road, maize and sugar-cane kets came down to it. S small white shewala rose above them on our right; and twat' in the distance was Sheorajpore shrouded in a dens( belt of gardens and mangos topes. Our force, with Bruce's Invincibles in front, marched to the turn in the road, andthe head of the column had just passed it when a small cloud of white smoke puffed out, from a grove right Ia front— the boom of a gun was heard, and the next moment two cavalry hoises were hors de combat sprawling on the road in the agonies of death. Again, the boon of heavier metal was heard, and a 24-pound shot crested through the column of infantry, knocking over six of our poor fellows, and make the column sake again. Onr guns were soon got into play, and after a little excellent practice, succeeded in driving the enemy through the village in headlong route; but carrying with them guns which I estimated as having been three or four in number, among them a 24-pounder. Through Sheorajpore they went—our fellows not far behind them, over the midaun, and through the village beyond, and there the chase ceased, and our fellows, about sun dews. returned and occupied the camping ground of the enemy inmediately in the rear of Sheorajpore. Oar trophies were b poor indeed, and anything but commensurate witl' the loss we sustained. In the evening three men who vere captured were hung. I do not doubt that they deserved their fate, and a horrible death it was. They were executed on the limb of a tree, overhanging a ditch: _ __  Early on the morning of 19th, we startd, and made en insanely round-about march of a village tamed Kerasore, where it was expected that we should surprise a large body of sepoys• On our arrival there, we found that they had been gone same Lim'—that is to say, the day before—and at that articular moment were snugly encamped on the eposite; side of the Ganges. This particular march, I lelieve, was made in consequence of intelligence obtaindby the police superintendent, and eventuated as I haw shown in a " sell." Indeed the value of mcst of the " iltelligencs" procured by this talented functionary is e:ceedingly doubtful; a very large amount being fabricatei by his ingenious myrmidons, or reaches him in so tarbled, exaggerated, or distorted a state as to be well nigh useless, as dangerously doubtful. I must withhold the cltails of the conclusion of this expedition until to-morroc. Our poor fellows in Lucknow, hemmed in on all edes, are suffering terribly from want of food. 'The met distressing reports are floating about camp, but T retain from repeating them. To-light 4 guns and 700 met leave for Alam Bagh, near Lucknow, with provisions. May God speed them!, The Hurkaru correspondent at Cawnpore sends the following:— _ _ _  The great Zemindar Mann Sing has joined us. At Alum Bigh our poor fellors know less of Sir James Outram's movements than we do. The column under Major Bamston, 700 men, withsix gene, left yesterday morning. The enemy have sent outtwo regiments of infantry, one cf e tvalry. and 12 guns, to)ppose them. Colonel Greathead's column, 600 sabres, 1211. A. guns, and 1,200 Europeans, will reach this on the :7th.  Colonel O'Brien hacommitted suicide at Futtehpore. It is believe I that re hive succeeded in blowing up a map of the enemy's ammunition at liodagh Bagh. Impey leaves to-morrow, aru it Captain Morphy fello ,vs suit, why God help us!