The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

THE CAPTURE OF NANA SAHIB.

The following extracts from a private letter wil
be read with interest :

" Parroquet, Bungalow, East Indies,
Ajmere, June 30.

" You have by this time heard of tho capture of
Nana Sahib. I am glad the villain is at last caught.
I had a full view of him. I will give you a few
interesting particulars of his appearance, &c. In
the afternoon I had occasion to pass near the
Temple of Ajmere, while surveying a new road in
the district, and was not a little surprised to ob-
serve a crowd of natives and others eagerly jabber-
ing together, and with violent gesticulations point-
ing towards the temple. As this is usually such a
very quiet place, I could not conceive the cause. I
requested my interpreter to ascertain the cause of
the commotion, and to my utter astonishment he
informed me that that veritable scoundrel and
butcher of the innocent at Cawnpore—Nana Sahib
—was known, from reliable information, to be lurk-
ing with some confederates io the neighbourhood
of the temple. I immediately gave up all thoughts
of work for the day, and dismissed my coolies, and
busied myself in collecting information, and if pos-
sible rendering assistance to the capture of the
villain, who, as you know, dear brother, has caused
me grief. I hastily returned to my bungalow to
partake of a light dinner, or rather lunch, when one
of my native servants came running in with eyes
and mouth wide open, to inform me that Nana Sahib
had at that moment been captured by Major David-
son and his colleagues. I hastened up to the temple,
and there in the custody of the military, and encir-
cled by a crowd of spectators, who intimated their
desire to tear him to pieces, by loud yells and savage
looks, I for the first time beheld the ruffian, the
murderer, and the part instigator of the late disas-
trous rebellion. He is of middle height, and I should
think about 40 years of age. He had a calm, de-
termined, but vengeful expression of countenance.
I pushed myself as near as possible to the prisoner,
in order to obtain a good view of him. He surveyed
the hooting crowd with proud disdain and a smile
of derision, es much as to say, Ah, you feared me
once.' But every dog has his day,' as the saying
is, and the Nana has had his day. Now the day of
retribution has come after the lapse of six long
years. Murdered husbands, wives, and children
will be avenged. When led away, strongly guarded,
he walked with a firm step and upright demeanour.
His tout ensemble (for a sepoy) is rather dignified.
The disguise he wore was that of an ordinary sepoy.
The military appeared to be exceedingly jealous of
any person closely approaching their valuable pri-
soner, and escorted him away to prison with a
strong guard. There is not a shadow of doubt as to
his identity, from papers about his person and un-
mistakable marks on his body. A little circum-
stance occurred as he was being led away which
illustrates his disposition. One of the soldiers just
pushed him forward when they started, the prisoner
instantly turned round, and with a demon's look
uttered an oath, and tried to lift his arm to strike
the man, but he was bound. He dropped his partly
raised arm, and with a dejected look proceeded on
his way amid the hisses of hundreds, even of his
own countrymen. The papers here are once more
teeming with anecdotes of his atrocities, and traits
of character, details of his capture, &c. ; his Eam
forms the subject of leading articles and gossip.
What I have written you may rely upon, seeing I
was an eye-witness of his capture. Great credit is
due to Major Davidson was his indefatigable labours
in capturing the man whose blood the civilised
world has so long cried for.

THE MUSEE NAPOLEON 111. (opened about a fort-
night ago) contains two portraits of Dante, dating from his
own life-time.

SOMETHING FOR THE CURIOUS —At the premises
of Mr. Hendry, auctioneer, Keith, may be seen a
very curious case. A hen had made a nest for herself, which
she had scarce completed when a duck,watching the process
embraced the first opportunity of the hen being "from
home," to occupy it herself. Chucky returning found the
intruder, and at once commenced to eject, but to no purpose.
Seeing that no means of hers, compulsory or otherwise,
could induce the duck to give up her tenure, she adopted
her into the family, and now both occupy the same nest, the
hen sheltering and covering the duck as one of her brood.
The maternal duties are fully discharged by the hee, which
feeds and watches the duck with the greatest vigilance.—
Ely in ocurant.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Thursday, being a
holyday in Forces, a good number of the inhabitants took a
pleasure trip by rail, and when the morning train going
east was about a mile past the Alves station a very extra-
ordinary accident occurred. A child about five years of age,
son of Mr. James Findlay, slater, Forres, was standing be-
side his parents in ono of the carriages, and leaning against
the carriage door, which, having been unenecked, opened,
and the child fell out when the train was at full speed.
The father could scarcely be restrained from jumping atter
his son. Crying was of no use, neither guard nor engine.
driver was within hearing, and thus the train reached
Elgin with the child left on the line. The train to the west
was just ready to start, and the almost distracte4 father,
making known the case, got on beside the engine-driver and
went up towards Alves, the engine going slowly. When near
the spot where the accident had happened no child was to
be seen--the surfacemen on the line had taken it up, as-
tonished to find it alone. Dr. Mackay. of Elgin, accompanied
by Mr. Findlay, slater, of Elgin, uncle of the child, went to
Alves, when on examination it was found that the apparent
injuries sustained were a bruised arm and side, and slight
scratches on the head, but blood was oozing from one of the
ears. The child was brought to Elgin, and taken back to
Forres in the evening in a condition net out of danger.—
Elgin Courant.

HIGHLAND GATHERING TN IRELAND. In Ire-
land, as in this country, athletic sports
have
been
as in
pursued for some time, but never upon the same scalp
this country. Catching a portion of the spirit i
per-
vades the Scottish Highlands, a number ofiiris Irish gentlemen
resolved to get up competitions in whiohot in
this country.
should be exhibited as these are carried n the Scottish games
Forming themselves into a committee,
a Bray and the other
at, Dublin. To these competitions , they offered prizes,
t
and announced two competittons
about a score of stalwart
ountain-land entered their
names. According to
and light-footed sons of th
° ra
arrangement, the competitors from
Aberdeen, and were joined at
the northern
fromcountiesrnett a
the
et
southern and western shires.
Glasgow by those
ed
the. Colleen Bawn steamboat on Fri-
The party embarkday week at °novic.
At Bray a very animated scene met
the eye of the ree
Highlanders as they stepped from their car-
thousands of the ilile of Ireland from the me-
riage- ManYjcicgston, and Wicklow, WILL,. ',l- the people 0 f
tropolis, from
had already assembled, and were pouring
into the
Bray and
badattcttrifi
beautiful and
and flag-decorated Carlisle archery and
cricket-grounds to witness the Scottish sports as patronised
Majesty the Queen at Braemar. The games were
under the patronage of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, who took much interest in the sports. At the
close, prizes were awarded to the most proficient in the
various feats.—Barge/tire Journal.
THE FATAL GUN ACCIDENT IN NOTTS.—At the
Shire Hall, Nottingham, on Saturday, Barnett Carnell was
taken before Lord Bel per and the sitting magistrates charged
with shooting Elizabeth Oldham, a child abut three years
of age. The prisoner was shooting from his mother's bed-
room window with an air-gun, and the deceased was play •
ing in the garden behind a row of French beans, which
prevented the prisoner seeing her. The coroner's inquiry
resulted in a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the pri-
soner, and he was committed for trial at the next Notts
assizes.

WHAT'S in A NAME ?—A few Answers to the
Inquiry !—Charlotte, whence Lotty, a pretty name,
means in Teutonic, German, French, and English, a
man; Ruth, Hebiew, is beauty; Laura, Latin, a laurel;
Fanny is free, and Florence is flourishing, Gretchen is a
pearl, Frederica is a peace ruler, Estella is a star, Ethel is
noble, Margaret is a pearl (thrice noble Margaret, Duchess
of Newcastle, as Charles Lauib would say) ; Gwendoleu is
white-browed, Guniulda, battle maid, whilst the aristo-
cratically favoured names of Georgina and Georgiana Eig-
Dify, libs awl): deriyati iv, George, ti ktubaarntips