The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

CANTERBURY
HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor—C. MORTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New. Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
sion of Pictures, by. Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
In Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 20.

THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE.

47—highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
44—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.08.
WIND, W.S.W. ; light, with sunshine struggling
through fog. Sharp frost in the night.

THE SUN.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1858.

Lord CLYDE is gradually drawing his net closely
round the rebels, and few will have strength or
cunning sufficient to slip through its meshes and
escape the severe penalties in store for the most
grievous offenders. The hot and sickly season has
passed away. The proper time for action, so long
and so anxiously looked for, has arrived. The
British leaders are gradually concentrating their
forces from opposite directions, keeping the enemy
in the centre, so that they are completely sur-
rounded, headed, in fact, in every direction whither
they might direct their flight. The avenging
Nemesis, which so long has tracked their
footsteps, must speedily overtake and inflict
exemplary punishment for their faithless treachery
and cold-blooded and heartless cruelty. They have
had but little rest, even during the period when
they fondly imagined they would have been safe
from British pursuit and British indignation. But
the deliberate murder, mutilation, and even worse
than murder, of helpless females and innocent
children had excited their countrymen to the
highest degree. There was nothing which they
would not brave—no peril they would not encoun-
ter—to punish the miscreants who had acted with
such diabolical atrocity. Every man was in fact
animated with a lion's strength and a lion's
courage, and it is sufficient to say that the leaders
were worthy of their followers.
We have repeatedly stated that the weather
was by far more formidable than the weapons
of the enemy. This assertion has received
a melancholy verification in the casualties that
occurred to the truly gallant Highlanders when,
under General MICIIEL, pursuing TANTIA TOPEE,
it is said, and we fear with too much truth, that
no less than 200 died, or were placed hors de combat,
from sunstroke, while hastening to the scene of
action. The baggage, too, fell into the rear, and a
considerable portion thereof was captured by the
insurgents. But, despite all these untoward events,
although they beheld their wearied brethren sink-
ing at almost every hundred yards, the indefatigable
and indomitable heroes pressed onward, and
achieved a victory of no ordinary magnitude and
no ordinary importance.
It may be, and has been, said that General
AlIenEL was wrong to press forward with such
extraordinary haste. But it was of immense con-
sequence to deprive the rebel chief of the prestige
which his temporary success at Esanghur and
Chundarce had conferred on him. Had the
contest been delayed, the insurgents would
have received a vast accession of strength, which
might have caused greater difficulty and dsnger to
our troops. There were, in fact, two actions, in
each of which the English victory was of the most
complete and decisive character; all that was want-
ing was cavalry, to cut off the fugitives and cap-
ture their treasures. This want will be partially
supplied, inasmuch as Lieutenant KERR,
with 600
Mahratta Horse, and ILAI
's 1i th Lancers, have
already passed into Central India, although by dif-
ferent routes. They will be enabled
closely to
follow up the first triumphs, and perhaps the
Generals TANTIA TOPEE, the Navrab of BAND k, and
the RAO SAHIB may no longer be enabled to escape
the earnest pursuit that will be enegetically perse-
irered in whenever a favourable opportunity may

arise.

General ROBERTS, who has already performed
such brilliant exploits, is pushing onwards to join
General MICHEL ; while General WilinocK is
stopping a gap in another direction, and even with
a diminished and divided force will prevent any
movement of the enemy in that quarter. We may
consider that matters in Central India are in a
very satisfactory condition, and that, as we have

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