The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

(From the Bombay Gazette.)

"It would have been difficult for a Commander
to choose a more excellent position than that of Fut-
tehghur, in which Sir Colin Campbell still lay en-
c wiped on the 28th of January. To the north-east
commanding Rohilcund, to the south-east Oude, to
the south and south-west the Doab, and both banks
of the Junma, it rnt,.l,-(-1. S'r Colia cafe!: crncrgcn
cies in whatever quarter they might arise. He could
order columns to bear on the Calpee rebels, rein-
foiea the garrison of Alumbagh, or face the insur-
gents of Khan Bahadoor. The enemy were in
such positions as to render any contingencies pro.
bable. Calpee, the rallying point of the Doab, was

still held by a large force whose movements threat

ened Fa ttehpore. Alum baglx was surrounded by an
army, daily on the increase, from which detached
parties ravaged the country along the Cawnpore and
Luoknow road up to Oonao. Tire Chief of Bareilly,
whose troops were at one time believed to have re-
tired into Oude, had taken a position opposite
Walpole's brigade, about 6 miles from Futtehghur,
on the Rohilcund side of the Ganges, and num-
bered 7,000 fighting men.
Sir Colin Campbell wisely stayed at Futtebghur
to watch these enemies, and at the same time pre-
pared himself for rapid action by completing his
supplies of guns, ammunition, and transport.
A division, under Sir Hugh Rose, which has lost
the name of the Nerbudda Field Force to assume
that of the Army of Central India, advanced from
Sehore, duo north in the direction of Jhansi, and
opened the communication from Indoro through
Gwalior to Agra. From Goona, the site of an old
Pindarrie camp in the great campaign of Warren
Hastings, Orr's brigade is advancing upon Jhansi,
thence to proceed against the Gwalior insurgents, if
they have courage to wait for him.
The Nagpore force at the same time is opening up',

the country between Jubbulpora and iiirzwore,
and a combined attack is meditated upon the Rajah
of Bijrajooghur, 89 miles from Jubbulpore, in the
hills at no great distance from the pass of Kuttiugee.
The enemy is supposed to be 5,000 or 6,000 strong.

Thus in Central India simultaneous efforts are
made both north and south of the Nerbuddo to
drive the insurgmts towards the Jumna. Symptoms
are already apparent that the pressure so created is
acting on the rebels. Part of the Calpee insurgents
have again crossed the Jumna, in the hope of forcing
their way to the Ganges through the country that
'lies between Cawnpore and Futtehpore. We expect
to hear shortly that this attempt has been frus-
trated. A force left Cawn pore and Futtehpore si-
multaneously to attack these rebels, and on the 17th
of January the two parties were likely to be very
near each other. The result of an engagement
cannot be doubted, inasmuch as our troops at
Futtehpore have been reinforced by an English
Cavalry and her Majesty's 79th Regiment. Yet a
few days, and we shall see the Gwalior and other in-
surgents along the Jumna completely at our mercy.

Alumbagb, a source of constant at!ention on the
part cf the Commander-in-Chief, has been rein-
forced by the despatch of her Majesty's 34th ; a
timely and necessary aid, when we consider that,
in the action of the 12th of January, 0 utram's force
was reduced by the despatch of escorts for convoys
and other causes to 2,000 effective men for the
field.

Fresh troops advancing in this direction must
clear the road to the Bunnee•bridge, and dispose of
the gangs of marauders which infested it even in
the vicinity of Oonao, and the rebels (,f. Oude will
be kept to their lines of Luckuow until Sir Colin
Campbell thinks fit to move.
Jung Bahadoor's men It ft Gorruckpore and
marched towards Fyzabad through Bustee, on the
10th of January. We may expect to hear of an
action in that quarter also at no distant date.
The circle, as we have before said, is closing on
the rebels, and Sir Colin is wisely waiting for the
moment to strike an effective blow.

The siege-train which he required has already
left Agri, and proceeded on the 22d of January
towards Futtehghur, whither also Sir Archdale
Wilson took his departure from Meerut. We may
therefore expect a move shortly.