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London, England, 1863-09-28 00:00:00

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The man supposed to be the rebel
was brought into this station a PI
and is now lodged in the station
by Captain Carnell with a guard of
caused considerable commotion at first, for it
believed that the coming prisoner was veritably the ,Nana ;
but in a very few hours after he left the railway o.tatien
that excitement had quite subsided. Hundreds of people to
whom the person of the Nana was well known had seen th
prisoner, and all declared that ho was not the man. Amont.l
these are people who had been daily with the Nana, and
some of them in constant attendance upon him, at Bithoor
and elsewhere, for years before his flig:bt. It might be ex-
pected, of course, that such persons would (most of them)
eeny his identity, even falsely; but the tacit .evidence of an
entire population, as expressed in the markea and speedy
cessation of their anxi,ty about or further into rest in the
nian, is matter of great importance. It is, neverthe less, still
possible, however improbable, that circumstantial ev.tdenee,
added to that of his blind conipanien, who has timed in-
former, may yet prove him to he the Nana. Numbers of
well-at ttsted cases familiar to the physiological student nay
serve to explain away diffieulticsarising from the non-recog-
nition even by men who must necessarily remember welll
the features, complexion, voice, attitudes, and general con-
tour of the arch rebel, as they knew him before ISS at
13ilhoor. But six years of travel, flight, exposure, change
of climate, of habits, and of die., superadded to sickness,
mortification, and despair—perhaps even remorse—cannot
have failed to work considerable physical changes in the
Nana, wherever he may be now. Instances are not rams
of the really honest repudiation by affectionate wives and
mothers of their husbands and children after long and dis-
tant voyages or travel. Cases are recorded where brothers
and sisters, meeting after many years of adventure, have
even married in perfect ignorance of each other's identity.
It will be admitted, by the lawyer at least, that circum-
stances such as those which must have attended the life of
the Nana since his flight would render his non-identification.
by witnesses who judge from his present appearance alone
a matter of comparative insignificance in the face of a chain
of facts connecting the changed man with the person he has
been suspected to be—those facts and circumstances account-
ing more or less for the change itself. Whether such evi-
dence is forthcoming is to be seen. But to return to this
prisoner more particularly. His appearance indisputably
declares his high caste Mahratta origin. He is much darker
than the Nana was, but not unlike what the fugitive life
the Nana must have led would maim in six years of a for-
merly delicately nurtured fair Mahratta Brahmin. These
are nay impressions, and they may, of course, be wrong.
But his height does not correspond with the descriptic n of
the Nana, nor does his apparent age.
A careful study of the man at the cutcherry yestereay
during his examination convinced me not only that ho
knows this place, but that he was anxiously observant of
faces around him, as if in search of persons whom ho recog-
nised, and who might, perhaps, recognise him. The same
curious scrutiny on his part was observable as ho passed
through the station on his way from the railway to the gaol.
He is no stranger to Cawnpore; but that does not prove
him to be the Nana. Indeed, he admits that he was here and
at Bithoor several years ago, when the Nana was there.

It is worthy of note that the personal appearance of the=
man is undergoing a slow and gradual, but plain change.

I have seen three or four photographs of him taken at diffe-
rent periods, and, though come bear some resemblance to
him, not one is the likeness of the man as I saw him yester-
day. He grows fairer, though more haggard than these
photographs represent him. May not the one be from his
being less exposed, and the other from his imprisonment,
,_:nd consciousness of the fearful position he occupies, if the
Nana ?

On the opening of the cutcherry the magistrate (Mr. H.
14°Lickton, C.S.) at once had the prisoner broui7ht before
him, charged with being the rebel Nana Dhoondia Punt.
He denies that he is 80, and declares that he is a Brahmin
who has been a fakir nearly all his life; that his naille is
Appa Ham, son of Datnoodhur, born in a village ort the
banks of an obscure river in the Deccan ; and that while he
was yet a child his father was murdered there. He says' he
had two brothers. On the death of his father ho (then 12
years old) with his brothers, adopted the vagrant life of a
fakir. His brothers, he says, he has never seen nor hearif
of since they set out after their father's death. He states
that a few years ago he visited the village where he was
born, and was then recognized by three or four persons living
there, whom he names ; but they are all dead now. (Hew
does he know of their death ?) The village itself, too, lee
declares, has now ceased to exist, having been washed
away and was entirely destroyed by an encroachment of
the river, and its inhabitants aro now undiscoverabler
being, as he says, absorbed in the population of the sur-
rounding country. (A rather suspicious and certainly
unsatisfactory tale.) Dr. Cheke and Dr. Jones assisted the
magistrate during the first day's (yesterday's) proceedings,
which bore solely on the point of his personal appearance.
Dr. Cheke was formerly civil surgeon of Cawnpore : Dr.
Jones is so now. In his office as civil surgeon Dr. Chel:a
attended professionally upon the Nana, but does not
recognize the prisoner in any way. His person does not
show the expected marks or traces said to have been left by'
surgical treatment for certain minor diseases. In fact, Dr.
Cheke is very strongly of opinion that the prisoner is not the
Nana. With the assistance of the medical officers above
named, the magistrates drew up a most minute description
of the prisoner's person, and with that the first day's pro-
ceedings closed, to be resumed to-morrow (Monday)
morning.

At present it is the belief of the authorities hero that tho
prisoner is not the Nana ; that so far from there being as
yet evidence against him proving him to have been a rebel
of note, or even a rebel at all, there has not been produced
against him evidence sufficient to justify legally his con-
tinued imprisonment for any long period. The prisoner is
confined in a separate ward of the gaol, apart from all other
prisoners. Inside the gaol is an additional guard of 12 men,
who are quartered in tents immediately adjoining the cell
or room where the prisoner lies. The guard is under an
European inspector, who remains on duty, in a room close
by, night and day. Inside the prisoner's cell a sentinel
walks on duty day and night, while one or two others are
posted outside. The prisoner seldom speaks, but sits or
lies on his rug for hours together, almost motionless, and
semingly quite at his ease. He cats nothing, refuting all
solid food of every description, even from the highest caste
men. Ile lives on milk alone, drinking one seer in the
morning and one in the evening. During the day he is
fettered only on the legs, but at night he is closely hand-
cuffed. lie seems to care nothing about the curiosity of
people Nrho go to see him as he lies in gaol, and appears,
on the whole, to have very little fear as to the result of the
case.

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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE,
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THIS EVENING, TIIE DEAL BOATMAN: Messrs. G.
Belmore, F. Charles; bliss R. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund
Falconer.
To conclude with. the new and original Comedy, by Ed-
mund Fal,oner, entitled NATURE'S ABOVE ART : A Ro-
mance of the Nursery : Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder,
Barrett, G. Belmore, F. Charles. Neville ; Miss Charlotte
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Mrs. Edmund Falconer.
Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. Prices as usual.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL HAY NIARKET.-
Open for the Season.—Notice.—During the recess the
undermentioned alterations have been made to ensure the
comfort of the audicnc2 N distinct row of Stalls has been
erected, with two new Stall Staircases, one on each side of
tt,e Theatre. In the Dress Circle, all the partitions and ori-
ginal seats have been removed, and chairs o a convenient
size, covered with Utrecht ve,vet, introduced. The approaches
to the Dress Circle will be carpeted and generally improved,
while the seats In the Amphitheatre will be made as commo-
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Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan every evening.
THIS EVENING. and during the Week, to commence at
7, with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL : Mr. William Farren,
Miss M. Harris, &c.
After which, at a quarter to 8, the new Comedy of
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Alfred Wigan, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, Mr. Buckstone ;
Mrs. Dowton (first appearance). Miss L. Angel, and Mrs.
Alfred Wigan.
Concluding with TURNING THE TABLES.
On Monday, Oct. 26, Mr. and Mrs. CLIAS. MATHEWS
will return to the London stage.

NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, AD ELPHL-
Sole Proprietor and Msnager, Mr. B. Webster.
This 'Theatre will RE-OPEN for the Winter Season on
Firstnext. Oct I entirely new painted and
appearance of Miss. BATE:dAN, the celebrated Amer-
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At 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN : Mrs. Stirling.
At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported
by Mr. Arthur Stirlin (his first appearance here), Messrs.
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Simms and Mrs. Billington.
To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss
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ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.I
Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. 13c1-
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Followed by (Gist time) THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL
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THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. F. Josephs, Maria
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Thorne.

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