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t | he difficulties which , Gr « netalBeb > ts 6 n had to contend against , but then ife must be remembered that such had been the custom of these wild son ' s of the desert frdm their childhood , and it was but now they saw it for the first time looked upon a * a cnine . Another prolific source 6 f trouble was flie constant misunderstandings and bickerings between the French and the Bashi-Bazouks , which led to repeated complaints , and rendered the work of discipline still more arduous . Several instances of the injudicious treatment of these free and unfettered troopers are given . On one occasion , a new recruit ^ rushing towards the bazaar for something he had left behind , ran against a French officer , who immediately struck him with his cane . The Bashi naturally drew his pistol , but was seized , " and condemned to be flogged . The officer , however , interfered and obtained his pardon , bat the French commandant insisted on reparation being-made , ¦ as an-insult had been offered to an officer of the French army . All the Bashis at Gallipoli were arrested , and one bimbashi , one colassi , and eight men therefore detained . Explanations ensued , and the men and officers eventually released
; but trivial as these matters may seem , the Bashi-Bazouks felt the injustice of the act , and were proportionally irritated . Another sample of the way in which ill-blood was generated may be mentioned . Complaints were mode that the vineyards . near the town were constantly robbed by the men , and General Beat son at once placed a guard near them . The next day , a party of four or five invalid French" soldiers from the hospital at Nagara entered the vineyards , and were-warned off by the guard . They refused , words ensued , neither party understood the other , the French soldiers handled their sticks , the Bashi drew their swords . On this the Frenchmen fled , crying that they were about to be murdered , and escaped , with the exception of two men , who were roughly handled by the Bashis , but eventually given over , hound , to the officer of the guard . However , even this rough material was eventually smoothed down and polished by the exertions of the European officers selected for the operation ; and though ( General Beatson was not allowed to reap the fruits of his labours , we do not doubt that the greatest share of the honour of disciplining this irregular cavalry is due to
nun . 1 hat they acquired a deep attachment for their superiors is well known . When the Kangaroo steam-transport had on board a detachment destined to be taken to Scandaroon to be disbanded , four of the troopers slipped over the side and gained the shore unperceived . They came to Lieut .-Colonel Walmsley , and begged himnot to send them away . ** For hours , ' says he , " did these poor fellows sit on my steps , waiting for me , in hopes of being successful in their suits ; and the mournful looks and low salaams were so painful to me , that I was at last forced to send them on board under escort . " The volume is anecdotical and entertaining
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INDIAN EXPERIENCE . Messrs . Chap-man and Haix have opportunely reprinted a 6 eries of papers which appeared in Fraser's Magazine during the year 1852 , entitled 'The Wetherbys ; ot , Sundry Chapters of Indian Experience . ' The author of this work , Mr . John Lang , was the founder , and for several years the editor , of the Ifofvssilite , the journal which is now published in the fortress of Agra . Albeit ' The Wetherbys'professes to be a work of fiction , it is quite evident that Mr . Lang intended to instruct as well as amuse his readers ; for instance , at pages 145 and 146 , we read as follows : —
Colonel Baxter was , as I have already stated , a good-nafured , kind-hearted old gentleman , and far from deficient in personal courage ; and on a parade-ground he was quite equal to his duties ; but he was totally unfit to command a regiment on active service . To see the old Colonel , -with his spectacles on , reading an order from the Commander-in-Chief , was ludicrous in the extreme . Frightened at the extent of his responsibility , and at the chance of incurring censure by making a mistake , his hands trembled , bis knees knocked one against the other , Jind his head shook like the head of a man afflicted -with the palsy . He could do nothing without first consulting Major Green , who was very little better , in point of efficiency , than the Colonel himself . Neither had the bodily strength , the mental vigour , or the clearness of head to inspire confidence in a large body of naturally hare-h « arted natives dreBsed like dragoons . Men , of Fifeleigh's stamp ought to have commanded our regiments of regular cavalry .
If the irregular cavalry fcehave better in the field than the regular cavalry , it is because , they are commanded by such men as ftlayne , Beclier , Sam Fisher , Trevor Wftelor , the * Chamberlains ( Crawford and Neville ) , bobbins , and John Jacob—men of tn « d valour and vigour , daah and < daririg ^ -men who are respected by their troopers for 'theirJudgment and their personal prowess . As far as the materials are doncofned ^ the men of the regular and irregular cavalry are equal—I was about to say ' in bravery "—but L cannot use the word conscientiously ; for I believo that out of every hundred native eoldiera—cavalry and infantry-in the Presidencies of Bombay , Madras , and Bengal—not more thaki fen really gallant fellows could be selected . JW . mfirra-and , unfit as waa Colonel .. Baxter , there were ofliceia commanding brigades who 'were even more decrepit and confused . There were moro than onowho required the aasistance of a . bhair ' and * couple df troopers to get them into their saddles What ^ wpu ld . I . not have , gi von , ' t > n the / rtigUt-ofithe 17 th of December , 1845 , if I 3 rd DrooonTl ° exohaft ^ ; my , regira « nt witli even a private of theglorioua Indeed , , the re is scarcely a ' / paragraph' ' in the volume that does not contain some ^ formation ¦ ooncwniiig the country which , at the present time , is contemplated with such au intense arid melancholy interest
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THE DIVORCJfi-ACT . TU New 'Uw ' oS Marruipe and divorce Popularly Explained . With a Copy of the Act . By W . A . Iloldfiank and B . T . Tidawoll , B . A ., Barrister-at-Law . X } 1 ™ w .. A'yery . useful publication under a very unpretending title . If Acts of larhamont aro to be understood by the world at large , they require explanation andrilastration ^ and tins is peculiarly tlie case in regard to the I ^ vorco Act , which contains so many tqruis borrowed from the ecclcsiustical law , and is in fact , to a great extent , an application of that system through h new tribunal . An analysis of its provisions requires to be combined with an outline of the general matrimonial law of the country if the nublio is to appreciate clearly the position in which they will stand when the new
measure xsomesinta force : in January ; nexfc . The authors of the book before ™ have furnished just such a popular guide to thier Act as is required Its nr / 7 visions are clearly explained , and the manner m which the new Court wJH apply them carefully pbinted out . Frfcm ' the popularly written commentirv upon the hiekstire-which they have 'furnished , it will be easily ' seen when person is entitled to divorce , to procure separation , or to any other of th * remedies provided in case of matrimonial differences * Tjl ? important pro visions of "the new Act , which , for the first , time , enable a deserted wife to obtain protection for her earnings or her property against a proain-ate 1 ms band or his rapacious creditors , are carefully pointed out , and every neces sary explanation or illustration is added to-make this a guide of unques tionable utility to the correct understanding of the new a * st .
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CREMORNE GARDENS . The season terminates at Crejiorne next Monday . We alluded last week in another part of our paper to tlie attempt which is being made by eighteen puritanical vestrymen of Chelsea to effect the closing of the gardens at half-past eleven o ' clock , if not to suppress them altogether . Against this , Mr . Simpson very reasonably protests , and , fairly enough , solicits nothing more than inquiry before condemnation—inquiry as to whether the late hours at CREMORNElead to any evils which would justify the application of a kind of sumptuary law to the Paradise of London youth . We have seen Cremorne at all hours , and we must in fairness 6 ay that we have observed no outrageous indecorum at any time . Of course , we all know that towards midnight the grounds are filled with young men seeing ' a little life , ' and with women belonging to the class which , in cruel irony , is called ' ; ' and doubtless , in the midst of the gas and the coloured lamps , the buoyant music , and the constant dancing , there is much to sadden all thinking minds and to bring a gravity over the hearts of those who are not
entirely borne away by the brightness of the scene . . But these elements of town life would exist just as much if Cremqrne were extinguished ; they would only congregate , as in winter , all the more thickly in public-houses , casinos , aud cyder cellars . The ovil , we contend , is less in a place like CnEMonNE than in the heart of , town . It is more under the eye , and therefore , the control , of the general public ; the company lire in the open air instead of the vitiated atmosphere of overcrowded rooms ; and the influences . of trees , flowers , and works of jart ^ cpmbiiied > with continual exercise , must , one . would think , have an effect twhjiti ' li * itlio&gli it will not turn vice into virtue , rriay prevent vice from sinking into the grossest forms of debauchery ., The promoters of . the opposition to Mr . Simpson must surely belong to the society which stations a young woman near the miiing-ate of the garden ? with a bundle q € / traejts , ' copies of which she puts into the hands of the passers-by , arid whicli liaye some such , heading as—. ' * Stay , and bo Saved ! " or , "Why . will you be tliamne ' d ? " Among the grounds of complaint against the carderis arc the noise occasioned
in the streets by ' the ' Vebicltp of " various kinds , tiding away the company , and the depreciation of property iii the vicinity . Tfic ! latier of these charges is not proved , and any disturbance caused by' thi ji ~ traffic endures piily a short time and is <' nothing compared , wjth , wl » at arises iii any of / the main streets of Lpndori . This metropolis is not ' s ' p ' j well prided with places ' of recreation , particularly out of doors , tlia ^ we can afford to ' . dispense with any , if well conducted , nnd it is remarkable with what gopd o ' rtlcr everything is regulated by Mr . S ^ mi ' bon . If it had been otherwise , the gardens would not be visited every season . by tens of thousands of respectable domestic persona with their families . The objections urged by " this coterie qf . pseudo ratepayers arc very strongly imbued with the prudery and nurftuuisnV which are becoming the ciwker
of % \ w time . Before tlie magistrates are called upon virtually to close a popular plneo ofentertain me nt , fur superior'in character and quality to anything of the kind oh the Continent , they ought to satisfy themselves , at the very least , that the , bulk of the respectable irthrtbitimis of the parish have good grounds lor regarding the place complained ' of 1 ( 4 a nuisance . It is iiflin »« l trint , it the thirty or forty thousand residents could bo polled , not fil'ty V c 0 V l ? would bo found toendorso the objections of a'nnrrow . iniiidvil . if not interested , Cabal . . ' Tlio whole of the proceeds of the final performance on Monday night will lie devoted to tho fund for the relief of the Indian sufferers .
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THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES . Miss Louisa . Pyne and IMr . "Williabi Harbison commenced on Monday night a |; , itbe Lyceum a three months' seaion of ErigHsh opera . They have just returned from a successful tour in the Uriited' States , where Miss Pyne has obtained the title of ' the English Nightingale . ' Slie is already known to all lovers of music in this country . as one of , our sweetest singers ; and she now inaugurates aii attempt to establish an English opera company at a house which was originally devoted to that purpose . The singers whose names she and Mr . Harrison announce are , it is true , unknown to fame , with the exception of
Madame Caradobi , the Messrs . Braham , and Mr . Weiss ; but they are in good working order . An excellent and comprehensive , orchestra is provided , and placed under the direction of that accomplished musician and most effective conductor , Mr . Alfred Mellon ; and the chorus ably co-operates with the principal singers . Atjber's fascinating production , The Grown Diamonds , was performed on the first night ; and this has since alternated with The Huguenot * Among the lady singers we may mention Miss Susan Pyne , sister of the manageress , who gave great satisfaction to the audience in the part of Diana in The Crown Diamonds . A farce concludes the evening ' s entertainments . We hope and trust that the speculation will be a success , as it meets a want in a very satisfactory manner . ¦
Mr . Roberts , an American tragedian , has appeared at Drtjrv Lane in the arduous part of Sir Giles Overreach . In the eariier acts he husbanded his strength , and had consequently breath and energy left to give effect to the tremendous outburst of passion towards the end , in the scenes which Edmund Kkan rendered famous . He appears to act with care and attention , if not with higher qualities ; and he was favourably received bv a London audience .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 932, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2211/page/20/
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