The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-23 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1858.

The telegram from India, received at the
Foreign-office, at 4.45 p.m. yesterday, and which
shortly afterwards. appeared in the third edition
of The Sun, is of a very satisfactory character.
The treachery practised by &INDIA'S troops was
promptly and severely expiated, The rumour
referred to in our impression of Monday, that
Gwalior " had been recaptured, with terrible loss
to the enemy," is fully and completely verified.
It appears that the gallant Sir HUGH ROSE, to
whom the mantle of a HAVALOCK seems to have
descended, captured it on the 20th of June,
another report says the 19th, after a severe fight
of four hours. &Dna, himself, had left Agra
on the 13th June to join the Central India field
force, on its way to Gwalior. It is, therefore,
more than probable that he participated in the
triumph over his rebellious troops. The cavalry
and artillery were in active pursuit of the flying
traitors ; and it is more than probable that they
must have sustained terrible loss in the con-
flict and the wild panic by which it
was succeeded. It is reported that the
Ranee of Jhansi is amongst the killed. This
female fiend treated English women even worse
than the arch-demon NANA S-4-1112 himself. It
was not sufficient to satisfy her brutality that the
victims should be put to even painful and linger-
ing deaths, but they should first be disgraced and
polluted. It might be thought that a female,
however cruel, could not be guilty of such bra-
talitY• -It is, however, but another illustration
of the adage, that a woman who has abandoned
every gentle feeling, and given herself altogether
up to vice, will perpetrate atrocities at which the
most atrocious miscreants of the sterner sex
would be horrified. It is to be regretted that
she was not taken alive, in order that a great
act of justice might be exhibited.
Gwalior was a strong _ position. The rebels
must have been intimidated as much by the in-
justice of their cause as by the prestige attached
to the British name when they lost such a fortress
after four hours' fighting. There was also some-
thing in the presence of their lawful Sovereign, the
man whose pay . and bounty the mutineers had
long enjoyed, and who, so lately deserted and
betrayed by those in whom be had placed im-
plicit reliance, must have appeared as " the
avenger of blood" before them. But nothing
can diminish the claims of Sir H. ROSE to the
national gratitude. He proved himself fully
equal to the occasion. Although his gallant fol-
lowers had been completely wore out and ex-
hausted by the toils they had already encountered
—although they had heard the glad tidings of a
brief rest after their arduous labours they
promptly, aye, joyously responded to the call of
duty, and dashed against the enemy with that in-
defatigable zeal which is the great characteristic of
the Anglo-Saxon race. Nor were they contented
with capturing the stronghold of the enemy, but
the cavalry and artillery were in active pursuit of
the fugitives. All this, be it remembered, was
accomplished under a tropical sun, during the
hottest season that has been remembered for a

series of years.
We also hear that Oudo is still disturbed. It
eould scarcely have been anticipated that complete
tranquillity would yet be restored in that hotbed
of rebellion, but all is quiet in Rohilcund. The
news 1, therefore, in every respect, not only as
good, but far better than could have been expected.
In China We have again taken active proceed-
ings. The gunboats of the allied squadron at-
backed the forts at the mouth of the Peiho,
mounting 138 guns, and backed by a large body
of troops. As usual, our operations were attended