The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-15 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1858.

The Indian intelligence is, as usual, of a mixed
character. The rebel forces never dare to meet
the good men and true by whom they are opposed.
They melt away even as snow before tht,
noontide sun. But, unfortunately, they meet
again almost as quieklf. Dispersed at one mo-
ment, they are again attracted whenever the
dreaded danger has passed away. They are now
waging a guerilla warfare, very vexatious and
very annoying, but by nu means formidable to
the security of the Anglo-Indian empire.
But still this untoward state of affairs must be
brought to a conclusion. It does not suit, and
its continuance lessens the prestige on which the
stability of the Anglo-Indian empire mainly de-
pends. The strength of a government may be
estimated from the security and protection afforded
to its most humble subject. The Civis Romanus
is rather a commonplace personage. He has been
too often caricatured to obtain full credence. But
if we desire to maintain our supremacy in India,
we must show that any injury to a British sub-
ect, whether in an official or private capacity,
will be promptly and effectually avenged ; and
that under any circumstances the honour of the
British flag, and the majesty of the British law
will.be completely vindicated.
In another part we give the telegrams received
at the Foreign-office and India House yesterday.
They indicate the nature of the guerilla warfare
now waged by the insurgents. In Oude they
are "pursuing the policy of harassing and plun-
dering those who show themselves friendly to our
cause ;" thus preventing many who would willingly
join the winning side from coming forward.
In the north-western provinces a friendly
Rajah surpthed a band of plunderers, and de
stroyed a miscreant, wllo rejoiced in the name of
" PHULLEE SINGH," for whose capture a large
reward had been offered. Some stations were
threatened by insurgents, who had previously
been driven into the jungle, and every opportunity
of plunder was eagerly resorted to.
At Goruckpore the loyal Ranee of Bansee had
been assailed and compelled to fly into the jungle,
but the English Commissioner, Mr. WINGFIELD,
effected a diversion in her favour, and put the
rebels to flight.
In Allahabad they were also driven away by
Brigadier OARTHEW and Colonel MIDDLETON, but
there were still a compact body of 5,000 men,
with four guns, ripe for mischief. A large cap-
ture of artillery and other munitions of war had
been effected atCalpee.
It is needless to go through the different state-
ments contained in the telegram. Everything
shows the difficulty of defeating an enemy that
has not sufficient pluck to " screw its courage to
the sticking place," and risk its fate on one great
encounter. It requires an overwhelming force to
suppress such outrages. Although a case rather
for the police than for an army, there must be an
power to make the British name re-
adequate
spected, and put down every description of out-
rage. Troops should be sent out without delay,
and those pets of fortune, the ex-German: Legion,
might surely be willing to make some return
for the favours lavished on them. They could
easily be made available, and there would be no
complaints if they showed that they were willing
to encounter toil and danger in return for the
benefits they have received. They are more than
half-way to India at the Cape.

We yesterday extzacted from our contempo-
racy, the Tones, one of those brilliant narratives
for wbich it has frequently been distinguished, and