The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-29 00:00:00

The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser ;
The Dog, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle ; The
Priest (ll shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The
Coek (" 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, trom
a rare work in the collectien of Master Smith, London.

THE SUN.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1862.

FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight).
Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Es.l.
How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his
temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious
instance of
CreakCani &c ne sagacity—Bull-frogs, MasterB Hop,
Skip, Jump, , .
SQUASH-HOLLBULROW SWAMP AND BED OF

ECCE 'TERM! SEWARD! but this time, if such a
pun may be pardoned, Lord RUSSELL has fairly
" despatched" him. He survived the very cour-
teous demand for the release of the prisoners, and
a long writhing and wriggling reply showed that
the SEWARD vitality was hardly touched. This
time our Foreign Secretary has seized on each
portion of what we may in courtesy term his argu-
ment, and fairly crushed all life out of it. To be
sure the English part of the English press had em-
ployed several of Lord RUSSELL'S arguments, but
they are unquestionably worth more as Foreign-
office-coin than bullion in private hands. The in-
trinsic value may be the same, but the value is now
certified by the highest English authority. Our
readers will, therefore, just glance at them again

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.E
The Transformation.

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Harlequins., Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE
Columbines The Misses GUNNISS.
Pantaloons...... Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY.
Clowns ........ Messrs. FORREST and HULINE.
Grotesque ...... Signor LOREN ZO.
1861-1862 . Mr. STILT.
SPRITES by the RIDGWAYYS and SUWELL
FAMIL.

I.—EXTERIOR OF TWOSTR SHOPS IN " UP-OR-
DO WN".
Messrs. Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss.
Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post,
even the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which
proves his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Count
and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not poor
Neadlewoman)—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, Corm ack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss.
Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader—
The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head
ish of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and
Clown becomes a Board-er—Silence those 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—
' The 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, Dearme, and
Blessme--Clown burns his fingers (not the only person
that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale
goods.

with pleasure.
Lord RUSSELL observes that it is only in the
Commissioners' capacity of belligerents, and on the
grounds of international law, that he can argue the
question with Mr. SEIVARD. On ,this ground, at
some length, and quoting authorities which have
already been cited in this country, he shows con-
clusively that a neutral country, as England is, has
an undeniable right to maintain her communications
with both belligerents, and that the interest of her
numerous subjects residing in each requires her to
do so. He shews the necessity of agents being free
to pass between England as a neutral and the two
Confederations; and, above all, proves the impossi-
bility of anything whatever, much less persons,
being contraband of war 'when the destination was
neutral. The contraband must always have an
enemy's port for its destination. He shows the
utter irrelevancy of the reference to Sir WILLIAM
SCOTT'S dictum that "You may stop the ambassador
of your enemy on his passage ;" it had nothing to
do with an ambassador to a neutral country, and in
a ship of that country. You may stop an enemy's
ambassador in places or ships of which you
are master, or against which you are in hostility,
but to stop them in a neutral vessel while proceed-
ing to the neutral country to which the vessel be-
longs, is an act not sanctioned by any writer or by
any precedent.
Lord RUSSELL notices the shameless assumption
of Mr. SEWARD that, according to British authori-
ties, the fact of the Trent's destination being from
one neutral port to another makes no difference in
regard to the right of capture. He admits that, if
the destination were only colourable and fictitious,
but the real destination hostile, the right of capture
would not be modified; but he denies that
any British authority, or, so far as he
knows, any American one, can be found
which would countenance Mr. SEWARD'S assump-
tion. His lordship gives illustrations which Mr.
SEWARD will not certainly be able to dispose of :
"For instance," he says, "in the present war, ac-
cording to Mr. SEWARD'S doctrine, any packet ship
carrying a Confederate agent from Dover to Calais,
or from Calais to Dover, might be captured and
carried to New York. In case of a war between
Austria and Italy, the conveyance of an Italian
minister or agent might cause the capture of a
neutral packet plying between Malta and Mar-
seilles, or between Malta and Gibraltar, the con-
demnation of the ship at Trieste, an d the confine-
ment of the minister or agent in an Austrian
prison. So, in the late war between Great Britain
and France on the one hand, and Russia on the
other, a Russian 4Alinister going from Hamburg to
Washington, in an American ship, might have
been brought to Portsmouth, the ship might have
u'M THEATRE.
the Minister sent to the
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filldmund Falconer. been condemned, and
THIS EVENING, Jan. 29, the new and original Drama, Tower of London. So also a tonfederate vessel of
entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Sayourneen Deeh‘sh. Messrs.
Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal- war might capture a Canard steamer on its way
goner ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. from Halifax to Liverpool, on th ,
After which, a new and original Burlesqqe _Extravaganza, e wound of its
entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, The Fairies of
gharac: —z'WARD to Mr.
the Roc..; the Thistle, and the Shamrock. PrinCiP carrying despatches from Mr. S
riassbLy3chra.
,Wiaosm. Spealobny, W'arlow, MIAS Cicely, aff,l, `i)Ams.”
Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. • - ..• With another remark of Mr. SEWARD'S, Lord
Prices as usual. Doors open at hali-p ' t 6, to cOmryll4e,
Bax.office open daily from II tins. - "BISSELL deals as it deserves. All our readers

4.—The SEA-SIDE.
The Sands 1 The Sands I I The Sands II 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, and Galleries, may be
had at the Box Office before the opening.

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