The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-06 00:00:00

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT,

The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser
The Deg, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle; The
Priest (" All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman ; The
Cock (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle-
doo.

Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal-
lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from
a rare work in the collectien of Master Smith, London.
FROGP OOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight).
Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq.
How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his
temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious
instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop,
Skip, Jump, Creak, &c.
SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF
BULRUSHES.

How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent-
ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The
reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a
Grand Chromatic Scale towards

WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE
• WATERFALL.
The Transformation.

Harlequins Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE.
Columbines
Pantaloons Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY.
Clowns
Grotesque
1861-1862

SPRITES by the RIDGIVAYS and SUIVELL
FAMILY.

1.-EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR-
DOWN" STREET.

Messrs. Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss,
Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post,
oven the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which
proves his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country,
and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor
Needlcwoman)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re-
duced circumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing
Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—the
Police in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row
and blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all
Bustle—N.B. Not Crinoline.

2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN.
Messrs. Forrest, Cormack, Morley', and Miss Gunniss.
Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader—
The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head
dish of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and
Clown becomes a Board-er—Silence thos3 dreadful Bells—
Clown and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on
the Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed—
arrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his
own trap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad
Buzz-ness for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well-
known character—Clown meets with a few Friends (not
Quakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it.

3.—THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION.
Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d—Duty off Paper—
"'l he Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book
that takes leafe of Clown—Harlequin gets his horse from a
Stall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a•Loud, only on
the Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree—
late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Deanne, and
Blessme—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person
that has done so)—Clown. gives Good Bail and finds a Bale
of goods.

4.—The SEA-SIDE.
The Sands I The Sands ! 1 The Sands! I
Come unto these yellow sands.
A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier
Master's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn
sandy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight
Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon
gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto-
nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but
don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a
National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The
Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's
Concert—fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters
—a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all)
—The latest Novelty in Parrchutes.
Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm
appears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE
OF SPLENDOUR.
Doors open at half-past six to commence at Seven
o'clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit,
had at the Box Office before the opening,and Galleries, may be

YAL E
COVENT NGGARDEN.LISH OPERA,
Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
Harrison.
THIS EVENING, THE
PURITAN'SP DAUGHTER Miss
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan yn; Mr. Santley, Mr. H. orm,
Mr. George Honey, Mr. Patey, Mr. A. St. Al_b_yn, Mr. T. Distin, Wallworth, Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. C. Lyall,
and Mr. W. Harrison.

Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.
After which will be produced (written expressly by J. M.
Morton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobdig-nag, a
Peep at Lilliput, and a Flying Visit to Laputa.
Gulliver, Mr. W. H. Payne; Mrs. Gulliver, Mr. F. Payne.
Principal danseuse, Mdlle. Lamoureux, supported by the
Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Harlequinide sustained
by the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Payne, F. Payne,
11. Lauri, E. Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri.

Commence at Seven.

HAYMARKET,

• EA Tit IPA -ROYAL,
LPFIRee. Mr. J. B.
THI EVENIXG, to commence with THE LOVE CIIASE.
Constance, Miss Jane Coombs (her 2d appearance in Eng-
land).
After width, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE
MISS MUFFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle-
quin and Old Daddy Longlegs. Louise Leelercq, Charles Le-
clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Rosine.
Commence a 7.

1,? 0 Y A I, LYCEUM THEATRE.
A 11) man,,,,_,T__llr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENINti, Jan. 11, the new and original Drama,
entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs.,
Walter Lacy, mermannl'ezin, Charles Selby, Edmund k al-
coner : Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston.
After which, a new and origin 'ii Burlesque Extravaganza,
entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, 'I h? Fairies of
the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrcck. Principal charac-
ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warinw, Miss Cicely Nott, and
Miss Lydia Thompson. '
Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Ch.itterton.
Prices as usual. Doors open athalf-p ast
Y. Box-ofiloe open daily from 11 tlll5. g, to commence at

ROYAL PRINCESS'S TKEATRE.--.
Lessee, Kr A. Harr%

THIS EVENING, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Mr, John
Brougham.

After which a Comic Christmas Pantomime, WHITTING-
TON AND HIS CAT ; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol
and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opening
invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the
Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer." The
Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous
assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard; Princess
Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose Leclercq; Alice, Miss Pauline Le-
clere,q ; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Hast-
ings, Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris
(pupil
Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem,
of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel ; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ;
Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum-
bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will
take place at Two o'clock every Monday till further notice.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, and during the week the great Drama,
entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA
Messrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip Jamison, Smith,
Stephenson, Romer, Lewis ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar-
ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis.
After which, at 20 minutes past 9, the great Irish Drams
of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.D. Bouc!cault, Miesßanoe,
Mr. Fisher, Miss Woolgar,
Box Office open from 10 till 5.

NEW ROYALTY THEATRE,
Dean-street, Oxford-street.

Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albina di Rhona.

'THIS EVENING, A LESSON FOR HUSBANDS';
characters by Mr. Sinclair, Mesds. Clifford and Terry. After
which, CAMELIA ; Camelia, Mdlle. Albina di Rhona. Fol-
lowed by a New Operatic Burlesque, entitled THE VERY
LATEST EDITION OF IL TROVATORE ; or, Who
Killed the -; Messrs. Graham, Robins, James, Warren,
W. Worboys ; Mesds. Mason, Craven, and Hodson. To
corrlude with new and oriciinal Farce, A NICE QUIET
DAY.---Commenoe at half-past 7.

AS TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Last 12 Nights of "The Colleen Bawn"—Triumphant
Success of the grand Equestrian Pantomime.

THIS EVENING, and durint the week, to commence
with Dion Boucicault's Drama, ' HE COLLEEN BAWN.
New and daring Scenes in t e Circle, by the Eclipse
Artistes, nightly hailed with thunders of approbation.
Concluding with the Grand Comic Pantomime of
JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE TO EDMONTON.
SPECIAL NOTICE. -A GRAND JUVENILE MORN-
ING PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY,
Jan. 11. at 2 o'clock, for the convenience of families residing
at a distance. By the kind permission of the Commandant,
Colonel Crutchley, the Boys of the Military Asylum, with
their Juvenile Band, will attend.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS,
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.
Triumphant Success of Mr. Marshall's Grand Christmas
Entertainment, "THE ENCHANTED HASH " (SECOND
EDlTlON)—Wonderful Transformations—Every Evening
at a quarter-past ten—in addition to the following Comic
talent : Mr. Frederick French, the great Shakesperian Bur-
lesque Vocalist, Mr. Wood and Son, Mr. J. G. Forde, Miss
Harriet Coveney, and Miss Greene.
Grand Selections from
LA TRAVIATA and TROVATORE,
• at ten o'clock,
By Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, and full Chorus.
Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, ed. ; Stalls aid Balcony, is.

CANTERBURY HALL.-VICTOR JULIEN,
" THE FLYING MAN " Every Evening at half-past
Nine o'clock.

THE 0 X F ORD
6, OXFORD-STREET,

OPEN EVERY EVENING.

Grand Selections from " ERNANI," " Macbeth," and
" La Circassienne," by Madame Enderssohn, Miss Ernst,
and Miss Russell ; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene, and
C. Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F.
Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Viott# Collins (the great English
violinist). And other Vocal and Instrumental Entertain-
ments, the Comic portion by Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mar-
shall, M. P. Foster, W. Randall. and Miss Harriet Coveney.
Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY.—Morning, sh. 48m.—Afternoon, 6h. Bm.
To-MORROW. -Morning, 6h. 25m.—Afternoon, 6h. 45m.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 6, 1862,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE,
38—TAighest since noon yesterday.
33—lowest this morning and during the night.
43—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.80.
WIND—N.-Westerly; light, with dull, damp weather,
and thick small rain in the afternoon.

JAN. 6.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
43—highest since noon yesterday.
28—lowest this morning and during the night.
32—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.12.
WIND North-Westerly ; light, with sharp frosty
weather and some sunshine.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 6, 1862.

Never probably, in her whole history, has Eng-
land, in a naval quarrel, had so completely all the
world on her side. Even Russia, we are told from
St. Petersburg, has used all her influence in favour
of peace, and done it by communicating her proceed•
ings to the other great powers. What they are,
precisely, we are not informed, but there can
hardly be a doubt that, with a little more—of what
the Divines call " unction," and one of our humo-
rists by the now well-known epithet of " soft
sawdor"—in the language, the views of Russia are
the same as those of France, Austria, and Prussia.
All the representations of the several powers have
been couched, indeed, in language as polite as we
should think Americans could desire, when the un-
pleasant fact must appear, in whatever words, that
Americans were thought wrong by all the nations
of the Old World. We may be sure, however, that
Russia would speak most mildly of all. She is by
far the least related, either by blood or by trade, to
America, and for this reason, perhaps, as well as for
political reasons, has always treated the parvenu
among the nations, " Miss COLUMBIA," with more
attention and respect than England and other coun-
tries have shown her. We, to whose family she be-
longs, have naturally not comported ourselves with
the self-restraint before the aspiring young damsel,
of shown her all the politeness which she has received
from entire strangers. She has on her part been
as pert and saucy as she dare to the dowager
country, and turned very scornful eyes on us while
waltzing with France and Russia.
The Prussian Note has now been made public.
What Prussia, as a maritime power, may think of
the San Jacinto business is of the smallest possible
consequence ; unless indeed we may suppose
that the weak naval powers, who could in no case
protect themselves at sea, may from their very
weakness have a greater interest than the strong,
in asserting the dominion of law on the ocean
against violence. The Prussian Government is,
however, by courtesy, ono of the great governments
of Europe, and in a Congress of the nations her
vote must pass for something—and whatever
its value, she gives it in favour of onr
demand, as one in which all Europe
is interested. Prussia is as competent to judge of
what is fair and unfair, and what is for the genera
interest of the civilised world in the laws of war a,
sea, as any other Power.
It will be seen that she views the question in tha

light of common sense in which it has been seen by
all the other Powers. It is the " violent capture
and carrying away of Messrs. MASON and SLIDELL
from a neutral mail steamer," against which she
pretests. Let all the old precedents which exist be
hunted up, and pitted against each other by the
lawyers on both sides ; let legal ingenuity draw
distinctions without end, and satisfy
the techni-
calists on either side, that each is right—the broad
fact will not do for modern times. If mail steamers
cannot run with perfect immunity between neutral
ports---if proof that they are such mail steamers
does not require the searching officer at once to be-
take himself to the boat, then modern marine in-
tercourse is at an end. We are no more secure be-
tween Dover and Calais than between Havannah
and St. Thomas. The civilised world in 186`z
simply cannot carry on its business
these conditions. While all.is neutral on
, the ports
neutral, and the ship neutral, even soldiers
them-
selves and a cargo of ammunition must be held to
be neutral. If their destination is known or sus-
pected by one of the belligerents to be in favour of)
his enemy let him watch for the departure of the'

' contraband of war from the neutral to the hostile
port. While the whole transaction is on neutral
territory or in neutral ships from one part of neutral
territory to another, let it be maintained that nothing
can be contraband. The principle laid down by Sir
J. HAY in the case of the Hendrick and Alida, whe-
ther or not any other judge has overruled it, is the
only sound one—certainly the one in which all the
powers of Europe now agree.
We cannot pretend to doubt that the naval and
military demonstrations of England have already
secured peace, by showing America that we will not
this time put up with the insult. Better perhaps
had we been more decided long ago. But it will
not be unimportant in its influence on the future
sentiments of America, that the Government of such
a country as Prussia should be able to write to her,
that without entering into legal discussion—" Public
opinion in Europe has expressed itself with rare
unanimity and in the most decided manner in favour
of the injured party."

It is with a shudder that one reads now in the
Indian news of the capture at last—or the chief
witness, in swearing most positively to the identity
of the prisoner, is, indeed, wonderfully mistaken—
of the capture, at last, of NANA SAHIB! Occurring
as the incident does so long after the events with
which the name of this almost unparalleled miscreant
is for ever associated—" damned to everlasting in-
famy"—the particulars of the incidents of this re-
ported capture will nevertheless be scrutinised with
breathless curiosity in the midst of the homecircles
of all ranks and classes of Englishmen. It will be
seen that the tidings come to us through the medium
of the Times of India, under date the 12th of this
last December. Fully four years had elapsed,
therefore, since those well-remembered atrocities
were perpetrated by the " Monster of Bithoor."
Fully four years had elapsed before any-
thing like reliable information as to his
whereabouts was at length brought to the
knowledge of the Government at Calcutta. Before
the Christmas of 1861, however, came the startling
intimation not alone that NANA SAHIB was still
living, not merely that the locality desecrated by
his presence was actually known, but that the still
breathing body of the wretch was absolutely in the
possession of the authorities. Any one who comes
to examine into the details given by our Oriental
Contemporary, The limes of India, will, without
doubt—nay to our thinking must all but inevitably
—come to the one conclusion expressed at the outset
of these remarks, viz., that if the chief witness,
swearing most positively to the identity of the
person reported to be NANA SAHIB, should even-
tually turn out to have been mistaken, the mistake
on his part will assume a character truly
wonderful.

Here are the particulars. Rumours very recently
came to Kurrachee to the effect that the NANA was
understood to be stealing his way somewhere down
the valley of the Indus in the disguise of a Hin-
galee! His endeavour being—it was reported—to
make for Dwarka, either by way of Kurrachee or
of Sonmeanee, and so (could he but only contrive
to slip through our hands unrecognised) away for
Muscat or Zanzibar ! These were the rumours very
lately flitting about Kurrachee. And now—as the
upshot of them—there comes by the present Indian
mail to Europe the announcement that the NANA of
Bithoor has actually been captured while upon the
very point of embarking for his proposed destina-
tion, from the port of Kurrachee. Some one
—supposed to be the NANA SAHIB had,
at any rate, been seized, and held in
custody for the purpose of identification. Days
passed by, however, without the identity of the
prisoner being proved. The authorities, baited in
their efforts to discover some reliable evidence, were
—reluctantly—about to liberate the prisoner thus
vaguely accused. When, as good luck would have
it, we read in the Times of India, "Mr. NUGENT
SULLIVAN, apothecary in charge of the General
Hospital, learned from one of the patients under his
care that the NANA was known to him, he having
been in his employ at Bithoor for a long time, and
having parted from him just before the mutinies
broke out." 1 hereupon, with a wise promptitude,
"Mr. SULLIVAN immediately put the man in a
dooly, and accompanied him to the place where
the prisoner was confined, when a number of Par-
voes and others were presented to him, and he
was called on to state if the NANA was among
them." Observe closely now what followed :
"After a minute examination, he declared that the
miscreant was not there. Subsequently (however
it is added), another batch, among whom was the
apprehended man, was brought forward, and he at
once singled him out, declaring that he was the
Nana of Bithoor.' He was thereupon questioned
and stated, [rather harshly and inconsequentially
as it seems to us, from an Oriental, seeing that the
reason given below and italicised by us would
rather have bound the speaker to silence, than
to this solemn and accusatory asseveration]—" that
he had served the NANA, eaten of his salt, and
seen him for some years regularly every day ; That
man was the NANA of BITHOOR." The witness
howbeit was one—stood alone—was consequently
insufficient. Mr, SULLIVAN, however, was not to
be baffled altogether, as it would seem, by that
circumstance. If he cannot get the evidence
given corroborated by another witness, he will pro-
cure from the solitary accuser of the prisoner the
testimony of a double identification. We read im-
mediately after wards that " Mr. SULLIVAN had his
patient carried off to the hospital, and by four
o'clock in the evening Mr. INGLE, the Deputy Ma-
gistrate. the Foujdar of Kurrachee, and a number
others, came up to the hospital with the prisoner,
and it was proposed to question the sick Poorbeah
again." And here it was that the painstaking sa-
gacity of the keen-witted apothecary of Kur-
rachee showed itself conspicuously, as our readers
will now readily enough admit. " Mr. SULLIVAN
suggested that the prisoner should be disguised as
a Purvoe to make assurance doubly sure, which was
done, and the sick man was brought out to meet
the party; he was asked if the NANA was there,
and, looking around, immediately pointed out the
man, declaring that That man is the NANA 0

Bhithoor and the adopted son of BAJEROW. I
would recognise him in any disguise.' A bystander
observed, The NANA has a hole on the top of his
ear.' if so,' said the Poorbeeah, that man must

have it, for hero is the NANA ; look for your-
selves.' fhe ear was examined, and the hole was
there!" The force of this is very remarkable. The

evidence of a single witness could not be more con-
clusive, because, at one and the same time, it could
not well be more positive or more categorical. The
last mentioned particular above given, moreover,
distinctly corroborating it ! The mark spoken of
is not a perforation at the bottom of the
ear, in the lobe of the ear, where so many
Asiatics have rings or jewels suspended—but at the
top of the ear, where a hole could come only through
accident. " The NANA has a hole on the top of his
ear," says a bystander. "If so," instantly observes
the accusing Poorbeeah, "that man must have it--

FOR [the declaration thus reiterated is certainly
confident enough] HERE IS THE NANA !" And then
the Poorbceah adds quietly but with a perfect ro-

liance upon the accuracy of his own convictions—
the Poorbeeah adds, we say, after the manner of