The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

The Bombay Times of December 9 states that the
intelligence from Oude is extremely gratifying, the
talookdars universally submitting themselves
wherever our arms appear. The chief and most
active of our opponents is Beni Mandoo Sing, but
Lord Clyde (who entered the city of. Lucknow on
the morning of the 27th of November) is threaten-
ing him with an immediate checkmate by the
closing in of our columns upon him. "He may
succeed in forcing himself through the cordon
being drawn around him, but it will be by leaving
his 25,000 men and 12 guns behind him. Serious
fighting is no longer expected in the province."
Oomrao Sing of Kantha, another rebel notoriety,
still holds out, and made an attempt, it is said, to
surprise Poorna a short time since. The work of
reducing the province between the Gogra and the
Ganges is proceeding rapidly, the rebel forts being
demolished as they are surrendered.
The seat of rebel power and influence trans-
Gogra is still at Bounree, where the Beghum and
Ikba Shah hold court. The whole, however, are
reported to be preparing for flight. The miscreant
of Bithoor is still, it is supposed, on the confines of
Nepaul.
Brigadier Smith reports having surprised Maun
Sing and about 2,400 men, on the 14th November,
at Koondry, and having pursued them to Rajpore,
killing six hundred. A forced march of twenty
miles from Mongroulie on the Betwa brought the
troops to within two miles of Attakaria on the
13th.. At four o'clock the next morning the column
started again, and came upon the enemy at day-
light. The surprise was complete, and the rout
immediate. The guns of Blake's troop arrived at
the gallop, and poured in round after round of grape
and canister, the 95th Regiment advancing in line
on the right of the guns and sweeping the insur-
gents before them. The Bth Hussars and Ist
Dancers were now let loose at the flying mass, and
pursued them for eight miles, accounting, it is said,
for 600 of them. Maun Sing himself escaped by
flinging himself, half naked, upon horseback.
General Grant, on the 21st November, encoun-
tered the enemy on the other side of the Goomtee,
4,500 strong, and dispersed them, killing 100 men
and taking six guns.
Captain George Hare, commandant of the sth
Infantry, Hydrabad Contingent, was shot dead by
a Sepoy on the evening of the Ist inst., whilst sit-
ting in the officers' mess at Ellichpore.
Of Tantia Topee the Bombay Times reports :

" The interest of the war may almost be said to
be confined to the pursuit of this man, who with a
body of followers, supposed to consist of about
2,500 fighting men, besides women and children,
has again contrived to elude our troops, and is now
supposed to be in Guzerat. Parke, whose pur-
suit of these insurgents over half of Central
India, had been hitherto so constantly baulked,
seems at last to have come up with them by dint of
hard marching, upon the morning of the Ist inst.,
and to have given them a severe defeat. The only
particulars as yet received of the engagement are
contained in the following telegram from the Re-
sident at Baroda."

Brigadier Parke writes as follows from Chota
Oodeypore on the Ist inst. :
" The force under my command attacked the
rebels under Tantia Topee and Rao Sahib at Oodey-
pore at daylight this morning. The enemy lost at
least three hundred men, chiefly Irregular Cavalry
and Sepoys in British uniform. Our loss compa-
ratively trifling; not yet ascertained. No Euro-
pean officers killed. The rebels dispersed into
three bodies ; pursuit was impossible, my troops
having marched upwnrds of 200 miles since 23rd
November, the last 20 miles through the densest
jungle."
The latest intelligence received is, that Tantia
Topee has at last entered Guzerat, where vigorous
efforts are being made to meet him. Sir Hugh
Rose cannot be far behind Parke, and has with him
a powerful and well-appointed force. It will be in
the recollection of our readers that Tantia Topee was
originally attended in his flight by the Rao Sahib (ne-
phew of the miscreant Nana) and by the Nawab of
Banda. The Rao still remains with the insurgents,
but the Nawab surrendered himself to Lieutenant
Kerr's force near Charwa on the 17th ultimo, from
sheer inability, it is alleged, longer to sustain the
privations and suffering of the flight. Whether
the hands of this man are stained with the actual
murder of our countrymen seems doubtful, and his
fate has not yet, we believe, been decided upon.
The surrender to Lieutenant Kerr was made upon
the single condition that his life should be spared
until the instructions of the supreme government
were received.

An insurrectionary movement on a small scale
has occurred in Burmah province, in which the
village of Thorantay, distant about ten miles from
Rangoon, was temporarily in the hands of a band
of insurgents led by a fisherman who announced
himself subsequently as prince. During the affray
the civil officer of the station and his nephew were
wounded, the latter, we regret to add, dying the
day after. The rebels do not appear to have been
guilty of the excesses which have marked the revolt
in India. "To prevent the possibility of any as-
sistance being rendered by the Burmese of Rangoon,
the guards were ordered to be strengthened, and
sepoys were picqueted over the town. Two
steamers were immediately dispatched with all
the available troops, and in a couple of days 53 of
the gang were secured. There was at first a diffi-
culty in capturing the soi disant prince, but the
offer of a reward of 1,000 rupees induced the vil-
lagers to give him up. He is now in gaol,
awaiting only his trial and transfer to the gallows.
In extenuation of his treason, he pleads instiga-
tion on the part of a Burman official at Wallah, on
whom the authorities here placed much confidence."

DEATH OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN

JACOB.

News has just reached Bombay, by electric tele-
graph, of the death of Brigadier-General John
Jacob, of the Scinde Horse. This melancholy event
took place on the sth Dec., at Jacobabad, Scinde,
brain fever being the cause of death. At a time
like the present a casualty of this kind is little less
than a public calamity. Brigadier Jacob held
Scinde and the entire frontier in his grasp. The
wild tribes regarded him with mingled feelings of
fear and superstition, and even the rudest of their
chiefs respected his authority and obeyed his man-
dates. •

Brigadier-General Jacob was an artillery officer,
having been appointed to the Horse Brigade in
1827. He was a corn plete soldier, and like Napo-
] on, had mastered all the details and duties of his
profession. The Scinde Horse, of which he was
for so many years Commandant, are regarded as
the fine.' t troops in the world. Whatever he un-
dertook to perform he performed well, and whether
we look upon him ts a soldier, a general, an in-
ventor, a philosopher, or a politician, we perceive
only the highest and most brilliant qualities.
His death will b e deeply and generally regretted.

COMMERC IAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY, DEC. 8.

The money marks '•t has become rather tight, and
the Bank of Bombay has again raised its rates of
interest and discount . one per cent. all round in the
course of the fortnigbl •
I MPORTS.

Cotton Piece Go. Is—The import market con-
tinues in an improv ed and active state, the market
for grey goods havit tg been particularly very brisk
during the fortnigh t : and the prices of several
descriptions of grey s t )ods have further Advanced.
Grey shirtings are sc: arce and have advanced ; T
cloths, red ends, are much inquired for ; grey
jaconets, low, are hi fa your at advanced rates ; and
grey madapollams hal e also shared in the improve-
ment of prices.
Bleached and Fax tcy Goods.—The prices of
bleached goods are Ulf dntained, and this description
of goods is in demai td . Bleached jacconets, low to
.medium, are very sr. ;al. ce ; bleached shirtings con.
tinue in active demi tiild ; while in bleached mada-
pollams there have beet' few or no transactions.
Yarns, both mule 3 and water, especially of the
lower counts, have imprred in price, and are in