The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-29 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1858.

The first scene in the first Act, has been an un-
questioned success. The new Ministry has done

all that either friends or foes could ask of it before
Easter. Routine work, and foreign work, and
open-question work, and the great work on India,
have all prospered well in their hands. In each

affair, as yet, they have given us no cause to
regret their predecessors, in some they have sur-
passed them. The Jew and the Marriage Bills

nave not fared worse under their regime, though

we confess ourselves unable to comprehend Mr,

DISRAELI'S silent vote against Lord BURY. As

the latter question is one of religious liberty

equally with the former, we trust that on recon-

siclaration it will also have his support on the

second reading. If Lord CLARENDON had enceu-

raged WALzwsax and the hot Imperialists to take
liberties with us ; and, if in consequence, to the

very last, WALEWSKI's communications were lESTL. •
shaped-rather to support his own consistency in The Indian telegrams, which will be found in
the eyes of the silly Colonels, than to apologise another part of our impression, are of a truly
frankly to us--all this lies at the door of the late satisfactory character. Sir °oust CAMPBELL was
Foreign Secretary and his Principal. Lord fully maintaining his well-established reputation,
MALMESJURY made the best of a bad job. At displaying that cautious discretion which, while
Naples, however, they have far outdone their pre- economising to the utmost the lives of the gallant
decessore. We, indeed, blame both Governments men under his command, effectually destroys the
for not speaking from the deck of Lord LYONS' sag- resources of the enemy. His worthy coadjutor,
ship. But as neither of them would try our diplo- Sir J. OCTRAM, had repulsed, with considerable
macy, which we are as confident as ever was the t, slaughter, two determined onslaughts from the
we cannot deny that the mission of a special repre • rebel forces, one on the 21st, and the other on the
sentative of the British Government has told well. 25th, of February. They appear to have strained
Even the Times confesses it ! It remains but to every nerve to destroy the comparatively small
insist on compensation for false imprisonment, and body occupying the Alumbagh. But all their
for brutal imprisonment ; and, if they but do this, efforts were vain. They had moved forward in
I'lllllll3r pardon their not being so far ahead of great force, flanking two sides of the British
Whig routinists and diplomatists as not to send a position, and having a heavy column in the
three-decker or two to watch the trial, or rather centre. OUTRAN, however, did not await the
to demand the kidnapped men and some few thou- assault under cover. He knew that he could
sands as indemnity for the piracy. depend on his men, and was aware of the achieve-
And now the Hon. Members are sent to their ments that could be effected by British troops
Easter Holidays with an India Bill in their hands, who had confidence in their leader's pluck and
Here :no one denies that the new men have generalship. He accordingly moved out on the
outdone the old. The main charge against the approach of the insurgents, cut off both flanks,
Bill, indeed, is that it is too Popular—the popular and after capturing two guns, placed the rat-1i
parts are but bribes or claptrap : This, cf completely hors de combat. Their loss was very
course, is a simple imputation of somewhat low i severe, while ours was restricted to some twenty
motives. It is a charge which can, from its men wounded, not a single life being I,st in the
nature, neither be proved nor disproved, affair.
The critics know, or pretend to know, from the On the 2d Mar ch, Sir COLIN' proceede f
antecedents of Min'sters what their Bail ought to Cawnpore to the British citadel. From thencrome
"v• been I It Should not, says the Iforrtiluj f oaf, he despatched OUTRAM, with 6,000 men and 30
for instance, have fay.iureaa nsyuch
rat radical notion as guns, across the Goomtee, which they passed on
that of the election of
enus that
whi
Conservative enough not ch of course only the conned, the 6th March, and took up a position on the
to pdo
s,,aestilaSTON eastern side of Lucknow, nearly opposite to
VMS
that at the Diikoosha Gardens, where Sir
as advanced Liberals, may take the chargefur true,
LIN had collecte al-
it aaid, koosha Gartdens d his troops. The
had been a summer resi-
Ind what then ! The Tories have been,
more liberal than the Whigs, merely to conciliate de,,,e
of
will, and to put their opponents iu situated
.118 eX-King of OUDE, and was
popular good vrithin a. mile of L
7and what have we to say against Brigadier Fa...slns had • . ueknow. There
the wrong. .Well, Jonied. him
about political mo-
it men from Goruckpore.with 4,000
The latter General, who -
that ? We care not a straw
bears na the iservie
tives ; we fear they are all much of a
soubriquet of 44 Tiger FB.ANK.s," front hies
quality.
We abide by the old motto of "Measures not the