The news from the capital of the territory of Oude will be found at page 18. We engrave upon the preceding page a general View of the City and the Town House of Captain F. Hayes, M.A., who acted as English Resident doing the absence of Sir James Outram.
Lucknow is represented is displaying a varied, lively, and even brilliant prospect, when viewed from an elevated position. as the Observatory, whence one of the accompanying Views was photographed. Lucknow may be regarded as entitled to an honorable distinction among Indian cities. in possessing an observatory. The following general view of the city is from the Bombay Times, just received : —
Perhaps it may help to give the reader a somewhat definite idea of the position and operations of our forces if we describe the locality with reference to the map of Delhi. with which every one is now familiar, and to which that of Lucknow exhibits some points of resemblance. As Delhi is bounded on one side by the Jumna, so Lucknow in bounded by the Goomtee; and the wall of Delhi is represented sufficiently for our purpose by a canal which skirts the opposite side of Lucknow. The palace at Delhi and the fort of Selimghur are in the position of the residency and the Muchee Bawan at Lucknow. In that division of Lucknow which is represented at Delhi by that which lies between the Palace and the Jumma Musjid on one side, and the Delhi, Turcoman, and Ajmere gates on the other, are a number of extensive buildings occupying, probably, large walled inclosures — the Sekunderbagh, Motee Mahal, the barracks, mess-house, &c. Opposite these, on the outer side of the canal, are the Dilkoosha Park and Palace, and La Martinière, a large school for Christian children, maintained on funds bequeathed by General Claude Martine. This school is situate at the junction of the canal above mentioned with the Goomtee, and the Dilkoosha adjoins it. The Alumbagh, so often mentioned lately, stands in relation to Lucknow topographically much as the Flagstaff Tower does to Delhi and about two miles from the bridge over the canal which leads into the city, and which at Delhi would be the Cashmere gate. The Residency lies due north from the Alumbagh and the positions which we have mentioned are to the eastward of the Residency, occupying a suburban district between the Goomtee and the canal, about two miles in length, and varying in breadth from a mile to a mile and a half. Sekunderbagh is the furthest and most eastward end from the Residency. Then come the barracks and mess-house, then the Motee Mahal (Pearl Palace), which is close upon the bank of the Goomtee, and a few hundred yards from the Residency.
The Illustrated London News, January 2, 1858
