Sir Henry Somerset is Commander-in-Chief in India and Sir Patrick Grant in Bengal.

Under the orders of the supreme Government I have been sent to retrieve affairs here.

I have specific instructions from which I cannot depart.

I have sent a duplicate of your letter to Sir P.Grant.In truth, though most anxious to march on Delhi, I have peremptory orders to relieve Lucknow.

I have, thank God, been very successful.