The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-21 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received our papers by the Bombay
Overland Mail. The dates are from the 10th to
the 25th of January. The following is the general
summary of the Bombay Gazette :
" The insurrection is steadily though slowly draw-
ing to a close, and the campaign in Oude may be
said to be over as far, at least, as any great opera-
tions are concerned. The Begum has not surren-
dered, as we anticipated in our last summary; but
with the Nana, Ballarao, and other leaders, on the
6st inst., passed across the Nepaul frontier, leaving
their guns behind them. The Commander-in-Chief
had taken 20 in his fight of the 26th and 27th ult.,
and General Grant took 15 even later than that
date, near Toolsipore, so that not a single gun has
been taken into Jung Bahadoor's dominions. We
have nothing authentic about the intention of this
trusty and well beloved' British Knight as to deal-
ing with the rebels who have entered his territory,
and who have given out their intention of claiming
his protection, and of dispersion to their homes,
should this be refused them. It is reported that
proposals have been sent in to the Governor-Gene-
ral by the Nana, naming conditions on which he will
surrender himself. It has been asked whether there
is no treaty of extradition under which the Nana (if
not the Begum) could be demanded of the Nepaul
Government as a murderer. There was a native
report some time back that the worthy couple had
secured themselves a hiding place across the frontier
by farming a village each under fictitious names.
The encounter which Brigadier Roweroft had with
the rebels at Toolsipore, and which was the imme-
diate cause, perhaps, of driving them into Nepaul
was a very spirited affair.
" Disarming is going on extensively in Oude, but
many lumberdars take a sound flogging before they
admit the idea that arms can possibly be found in
their village. One of these resolute gentry, about
30 miles from the capital, professed ignorance up to
the 48th lash, when he promised 500 stand of arms.
As a proof of the return and settlement of tranquil-
lity in Oude, we may mention that in the Rohil-
cund, Gorrockpore, Azimgurh, and neighbouring
districts, ladies aro now permitted to return to
stations.

"According to a Lucknow correspondent, 1,000
sepoys had surrendered in one week, and many
more were coming in:. Among the rebel chiefs who
have abandoned the standard of revolt in despair
is the ex-Nawab of Furruckabad, who after the
outbreak was reported to have been conspicuous in
ordering females to be blown from guns. We
presume that he has been able to _contradict this
report as groundless, for if it were true he must
have known that the amnesty was not intended
for monsters like him, and that nothing but
death would be his portion if he surrendered.
It is said that Mohamed Hossein has also given
himself up. We do not remember that he has
been accused of imbruing his hands in the blood
of innocent and defenceless people, but he certainly
has been an active and energetic enemy, and has
given our troops a good deal of trouble during the
last six months.

" Lord Clyde has thus succeeded in restoring com-
parative peace and order to the immense province
of Oude in a much shorter period of time than his
detractors predicted, or than even his admirers ex-
pected. We may mention that a much fairer tone
ofcriticism on the acts of his lordshp distinguishes the
Mofussil and Bengal journals, now that the success
of his well-laid plans is so complete as to render
adverse comments despicable.

" The want of a master-mind in Central India
like that of the Commander-in-Chief has long been
painfully felt.
" It is now upwards of seven months since Sir
M. Rose compelled Tantia Topee with his followers
to fly from Gwalior, and yet during that long time
this extraordinary insurgent chief has managed to
baffle and outwit all the generals who hsvebeen sent
in search of him. Instead of our brigadiers making
any professional ' capital' out of the pursuit, some
of them have almost lost whatever reputation they
formerly enjoyed, and all have had it seriously im-
perilled. On dozens of occasions we have been
assured that he was completely surrounded, and that
it was as difficult for him to escape as it was for a rat
to get out of a trap. There are now at leasteight sepa-
rate columns maf chin g or lyinginw all for him—those
of Michel, Napier, Honner, Showers, Parke, Smith,
Somerset, and Holmes—but we fear that there is
not that correspondence between them which is
necessary to secure unity of action and eventual
success.

"It appears that Tantia Topee was at Kilwara,
west of Shahabad. 20 miles, on the 6th, and that
Brigadier Smith's light column left Naharghur at
one o'clock that morning in close pursuit to Kilwara,
on arriving at which place they, found the fox had
left in a north-westerly direction for Rajghur and
Mogowle. Tantia was marching at the rate of from
25 to 30 miles a day ; he had no guns, only one
elephant, and all his men were mounted on horses
and tattoos. He had been joined by Ajheet• Sing,
the runaway from Gwalior, and uncle to Maun
Sing of Pdgione, who has signified to Sir Hamilton
his desire to surrender if the terms be eligible.
Brigadier Smith was so close on to Tantia at one
time that the latter left his dead unburied on the
road side, such was his haste to get away.

" Brigadier Showers, with a column from Agra,
came up with the rebels under Tantia Topee at
Drosha on the 16th instant, having marched 94
miles in three days. They defeated and dispersed
them, killing about 300. Tantia, the Rao, and
Feroze Shah; are said to have been the leaders.
Capt. Nixon, the political agent of Bhurtpore, with
some of the Sirdars of that State, who with their
men distinguished themselves, were present in the
action. The enemy was pursued for at least four
miles. Three chiefs fell on the field, and one was
overtaken and killed on an elephant by Lieutenant
Oldfield, second in command Agra Police Cavalry.
The Brigadier was highly pleased, and expressed
himself so-with all hands, although the fight was
necessarily only a cavalry one. The Agra Sikh
Police Cavalry, 140 in number, did very great exe-
cution on the enemy ; they had one man killed and
17 wounded, and about as many horses. Alexander's
Horse, too, were not behind, and lost one man, with
three or four wounded ; one European was also
wounded. On the same day a body of rebels crossed
the liver Sirlah into Rohilcund, but were driven
back, but not until they had lamed three of our
officers. This is the latest intelligence we have of