The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-15 00:00:00

IMPORTANT TELEGRAM

FROM

INDIA.

The subjoined telegram was received at the
East India House this afternoon. It will be
observed that it furnishes only Bombay news.
The last telegram from Bombay stated that the
telegraph communication between that place and
Bengal had been interrupted. This may explain
the absence of intelligence from Oude or Cawn-

pore.

" To SIR JAMES MELVILL, EAST INDIA HOUSE.
"The garrison of Futtehpore, pressed by insur-
gents, has abandoned part of their intrenchments,
and has taken up another and more secure posi-
tion.

" Aeolumu from Delhi, under Colonel Seaton, at-
tacked a body of insurgent.; at Genigre (Genowree)
on the Neemuddy River, and defeated them,
killing 150, and taking three guns out of four.
" Three officers were killed and one wounded on
our side. Brigadier Whiteleek'seolumn had arrived
at Secunderabad on December 14, en route for
Saugor. The insurgents in the neighbourhood
of Jubbulpore, were attacked on the 25th of
November by a detachment of the 47th Madrts
Native Infantry without any decisive result. Re-
inforcements were advancing to Jubbulpore.

"The Raj•%h of Amjlieera and his Minister

have been tried and sentenced to death. The Mini-
ster has been hanged. The sentence on the Ra-
jah awaits the confirmation of the Government of
India. Other executions have also taken place.
Punjaub, Scinde, and Bombay all quiet. No fur-
ther Bheel depredations are reported, and quiet
prevails generally.

"H. L. ANDER,SOIrt,
"Secretary to Government.
" Bombay, Dec. 24, 1857.
" Malta, Jan. 14, 1858.

(Per Euxine, 9.10 p.m.)
" From V. G. Montanare."

There cannot be found in British history a
more honourable chapter than that which will
explain to the future student, in the olear lan-
guage of INGLlS—simplex raunditiis—not only the
conduct of the defenders and fugitives of Luck-
now during the terrible ordeal through which
they passed, but also that of those who so gallantly
delivered them from the toils by which they were
environed. The names of HAVELOOR and OW.
RAM, of CAMPBELL and OREATHED, Will be " &mi.
liar to eur ears as household words." Our children
and children's children will speak of the marvel-
lous march of brave Sir HENRY and of the series
of battles which he fought against overwhelming
odds, triumphantly, however, in every instance.
They will also listen; with intense delight and
admiration to the manner in which, after being
compelled to retire, he again moved forward and
won his way, at the point of the bayonet, into
the beleaguered residency, and rescued the women
and children from the terrible fate that could no
longer be averted I A feeling of wonder may
arise at the tardy recognition and inadequate re-
wards of his inestimable services. Itt-will be a
reproach to the Governinent to have it known
that he was not even a baronet at the time of his
lamented death—that his gallant spirit had
departed before Ministers had consented to con-
tinue the paltry pension to a son worthy of such
a father. Future generations will discuss the
subject fairly and impartially, and ask how dif-
ferent might have been the result had the illus-
trious hero been of noble birth, with ducal rela-
tives. He would not, under such circumstances,
have so long remained in a subordinate capacity.
He would not have been for 23 years a subaltern,
although rendering most efficient services during
all that time, nor would he when his almost
unparalleled exploits were known, have remained
an unpensioned Commoner. One course only can
rescue the nation from the stigma and reproach
to which it will otherwise be exposed, and that is
clearly and distinctly marked out. Let the re-
wards that should have been granted to the hero
be conferred on his family. It has been stated
that he would have been made a Peer had he
survived, and, of course, a pension would have
been given sufficient to support the dignity.
Why, then, if there be any foundation for
the statement, should it not be given to his
widow, with remainder to their sons. There is
ample precedent for such a course—precedent
sufficient to satisfy the most thoroughgoing red-
tapist. As the correspondent of a morning con-
temporary has explained, the widow of Sir RALPH
ABERCROMBY was made a Peeress, when her
lamented husband could not receive the testimo-
nials of national gratitude ; and, coming nearer
to our own times, we find the widow of GEORGE
CANNING made a Viscountess, and a similar
honour offered to Lady PEEL, and only rejected
in consequence of the wish of her husband. Here,
then, is the necessary precedent ; but, even if
there were nothing of the kind a precedent should
be made for the occasion. We should not always
be tied up in fetters of red-tape.
Something should also be done to recompense
the patient endurance and daring gallantry of the
truly noble garrison, and the women whose con-
duct reflected such lustre on the British name.
There is not a single man of that devoted band
who has not earned the Victoria Cross ; not a
woman whose name should not be asso-
ciated with the NIGHTINGALES, and others
of a similar stamp. Daar, good JESSIE
BROWN will never be forgotten, or the
impressive manner in which she recognised the
wJcome tones of the Hieland pibroch, and
announced that the CAMPBELLS were 'indeed
coming to the rescue.

Nor will the disinterested magnanimity of
OUTRAM, who, in deference to the extraordinary
exploits of HAVELOCK, waived for a time his mili-
tary rank, and acted nominally as a civilian,
although he fought with the troops, and
was wounded in the terrible encounter in
which NEILL and so many of his brave
companions surrendered their valued lives.
INGLIS, too, will long be remembered as
the leader in the most extraordinary defence,
perhaps, ever known. From the 2.1 of July,
when LAWRENCE received a mortal wound, until
the 18th of Nov., when CAMPBELL came to the
rescue, the residency was a scene of perpetual
danger and indefatigable labour. Tender
women, delicately nurtured, unhesitatingly
participated in these toils. It was not
only that they were gentle nurses aye,
ministering angels to the sick and wounded,
soothing their anguish and alleviating their suf-
ferings, but they did more. They laboured in
the trenches, bore burdens, and encountered
perils and privations that might have appalled
the sterner sex. All honour, then, to the heroes
and heroines of Lucknow ! Long may they live
t ) receive the gratitude of their admiring coun-
trymen.

The Emperor NAPOLEON was list night fired at
when entering the Italian Opera. Fortunately
the infamous designs of the would-be assassins
were defeated, and the intended victim was un-
hurt. Some persons in the street were wounded,
but we have no doubt that their sufferings will
be duly recompensed. Nothing can justify or
even extenuate such atrocious outrages. No
matter:what may be the errors of the Government,
or unbounded the despotism that prevails,
they cannot be remedied by the assassin's
pistol or dagger. Such infamous attempts
strengthen and consolidate the power they
were intended to subvert. If the parties
had intended to serve the interests of the Elan-
ROE, they could not have done so more effectually.
He was enthusiastically cheered when he showed
himself to the people at the door of the Opera
House ; but that cheering was not the effect of
personal popularity, but of unequivocal condem-
nation and detestation of the sanguinary attempt
that had been made.

We trust that the cowardly miscreants
concerned may be discovered, and expiate their
outrage against society. It is such persons that
bring discredit on a good cause, and rivot the
chains on the limbs of their countrymen. If the
rule of the EMPZROR be not pleasing to his sub-
jects, if a greater amount of liberty is demanded,
the changes may be much better effected than by
lead or steal. It is not against the man, but the
system, that war should be proclaimed ; and ev,n
the sternest Republican should strive to bring to
justice the bloodthirsty miscreants who, by their