The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-13 00:00:00

weather, kept more or less agreeably or annoyingly
upon shipboard, as a sailor-landsman, visiting ports,
harbours, dockyards, and breakwaters, upon the
old annual tour of inspection—with n episodical
excursion in the train of her MAIESTY and his
Royal Highness, during the visit P. id to her Im-
perial ally (France) by the Commons on board the
Pera, and to our Imperial ally (the Emperor of
'FRANCE) by the QUEEN, on board the Victoria and
Albert. The Lord Chancellor has been enabled I
(only, however, provokingly enough at the close 'C'f
of the hot season), to relieve himself of his ermiued
robes and ambrosial wig, and to vacate his scat on
the woolsack—the mere name of which is produe- '
tive of a sense of suffocation, at periods when the
mercury is at very high degrees of Fahrenheit. The
Chief Commissioner of Parks and Palaces has, we
may be quite sure, according to custom, received
from engineers and architects a variety of new
plans, ground plans, sectional plans, and so forth,
suggestive of nothing less than a perfect chaos of
improvements. While the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer has been worried, off and on, continually
(also according to custom) by reference to him
from one or other of the various administrative
departments—amusing himself as best he may aver
the bank-notes and halves of bank-notes sent to
him by letters of the alphabet afflicted with. tender
consciences. Such have been, or are among, the
doings of her MAJESTY'S Ministers during the long
vacation—the Lord Privy Seal having little or
nothing to tease himself with officially, and the
President of the Council, no Council over which to
preside. It is to be hoped, however, that one and
all of the members of the Cabinet will find time,
before the turn of the year, to prepare themselves
for the more serious work before them in the next
L session of Parliament.

IN addition to the Indian intelligence which ap-
peared in THE SUN of Saturday, another telegram
was received at the India House at 7.30 p.m. on
Saturday, which will be found in another part of
our impression this day. It gives more fully the
information which we had previously published.
It is almost needless to say that it is of a very satis-
factory character. Indeed, the rebellion has been
so completely crushed, and the British supremacy
so thoroughly vindicated, that the insurgents
scarcely dare to resist an organised attack, however
great the numerical odds in their favour. Should
they venture to make a stand, they are invariably
defeated with terrible loss of life, and, what is even
more fatal to their hopes, of cannon and ammuni-
tion. Our officers and men have nobly maintained
the British honour under circumstances of extensive
difficulty. Every impediment was boldly encoun-
tered and successfully surmounted, every obstacle
swept away by the conquering heroes. Meeting the
enemy in the field was the least part of the danger.

It was the indefatigable activity, under a burning
sun and an adverse climate, with garments and
accoutrements little suited for the task, that occa-
sioned the chief loss. The authorities at
the Horse Guards were more formidable than
their Indian opponents. The English dress was
more fatal than the steel and lead of the mutineers.
On Saturday we stated that " Sir HOPE GRANT

had relieved Azimghur and occupied Fyzabad,
where he was joined by MAUN SING." It now

appears that he arrived at the latter town on the
29th July, " just in time to see the last boats of
the rebels crossing the river." No opposition was
attempted at Fyzabad, or anywhere along the route.
The terrible lessons of British prowess had not
been lost on the rebels, and they would not ven-
ture on a pitched battle, no matter how great the
object to be attained. The Rajah, MAUN SING, who
had so long temporised, and who, in the true " Vicar
of Bray" spirit, was anxious to co-operate with the
winning side, had been latterly assailed by the
rebels, who distrusted the neutrality he professed.
It would not, of course, answer- to permit even a
doubtful auxiliary to be victimised. The example
would be of vast consequence in Oudc, where

there arc many zemindars and chiefs of the MAuN

SING character, ready to join us if assured of ade-
quate protection and support, and unwilling, what-
ever may be their personal or private feelings, to
array themselves against what they are convinced
must eventually be the winning side.
The devoted endurance displayed by our soldiers—
we speak not merely of bravery, where all were
brave, but the indefatigable exertion, the indomit-
able energy displayed, the rapid pursuit, which
taught the insurgents that there was no rest for
them—was of vast importance. It completed the
conquest, established and increased the prestige
acquired by these very men on the field of stricken
fight, or in the daring escalade on quasi im-
pregnable. fortifications, garrisoned by ten times
the number of the assailants.
We cannot, perhaps, blame MAUN SING for

his tardy adhesion to our cause. He wished
to be assured not only that we would
ultimately triumph, but also that we would enable
him to sustain himself in his stronghold against
any force that the Begum, or KOOR SING or his
adherents, could bring against him and his posses-
sions. There was no great heroism displayed, but
perhaps he acted as well as could reasonably be
expected, and he certainly did not wait for the ter-
mination of the contest to offer his friendly pro-
fessions. His refusal to join our opponents brought
their wrath on his head. He was seriously threat-
ened, and might have been placed in a very
unpleasant position, but for the promptitude and
energy displayed by Sir HOPE GRANT and his
brave associates. On the 30th July, the day after
the occupation of Fyzabad, he formally joined our
ranks with his.followers. After that the merchants
opened their shops and everything went on in accor-
dance with the ordinary routine during the piping
times of peace at Fyzabad. The fort of Bypore
was abandoned bs its garxison on the approach of
Colonel BERKELEY'S column, and was being
destroyed.

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A supplementary message gives very satisfactory
accounts of General ROBERTS'S progress. It had
been stated that he was moving so as to cover
Nusseerabad and Ajmcre. It is now reported
that he came up with the Gwalior rebels,
ten miles from " Nathwabya" (?), a palpable
mistake of name, probably intended for Nus-
seerabad, or some place in its vicinity, and
defeated them with heavy loss in killed, taking
also their four guns and four ammunition waggons
—the British'ca.sualties being few.
A British steamer, the Burhampooter, had
been fired at from the Oude bank of the Ganges,
near Doondera, and at Kallikunkur. A party of
military police under Captain DONNELY, however,
promptly avenged the insult, and taught the
rebels that such tricks were not to be ventured on
with impunity. The police, it is said, behaved
remarkably well. Several of their number were
wounded, while thirty-one of the rebels were killed.
This is the phase which the war (!) has now
assumed. It will be speedily little more than an
affair of police—having to encounter only fugitive
parties of brigands and bandits, capable of doing
although not of effecting any act of
political
much mischief,
importance.
We commented on Saturday on the news from
China. It is now only essential to enforce the con-
ditions that bate bleu extortg frowthe Prother Of