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INDIAN EXPERIENCE. Messrs. Chapman and H...
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THE DIVORCE ACT. The New Imxd of Marriag...
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the difficulties which General Beatson had to contend against , but then it must be remembered that such had been the custom of these * wild sons of the desert from their childhood , and it was but now they saw it for the first time looked upon as a crime . Another prolific source of trouble was the 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 , but the French commandant insisted on reparation bein £ 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 made that the vineyards near the town were constantly robbed by the men , and General Beatson 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 , bound , 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 him . That 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 trooper 3 slipped over the side and gained the shore unperceived . They came to Ijieut .-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 5 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. Chapman And H...
INDIAN EXPERIENCE . Messrs . Chapman and Hall have opportunely reprinted a series of papers which appeared in Fraser ' s Magazine during the year 1852 , entitled 'The Wetherbys ; or , Sundry Chapters of Indian Experience . ' The author of this work , Mr . John Lang , was the founder , and for several years the editor , of the Mqfussilite , 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-natured , kind-hearted old gentleman , and far from , deficient in personal courage ; and on a parade-ground ho '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 Coinmander-in-Clrief , was ludicrous in the extreme . Frightened at the extent of
his responsibility , and at the chance of incurring censure by making a mistake , hia hands trembled , his knees knocked one against the other , and his head shook like the head of a man afflicted with the palsy . Ho could do nothing without first consulting Major Green , who was -very little better , in point of efficiency , than the Colonel himself . Neither had the l ) odily strength , the mental vigour , or the clearness of head to inspire confidence in a large body of naturally hare-hearted natives , dressed lik e dragoons . Men of Fifeleigh ' s stamp ought to have commanded our regiments of regular cavalry . If the irregular cavalry behave better in the field than the regular cavalry , it is because they are comm anded by such men as Mayne , Bccher , Sam Fisher , Trevor Wheler , tbo Chamberlains ( Crawford and Neville" ) , Robbins , and John Jacob—men of tried valour and vigour , dash and daring— -men who ' , are respected by the | r troopers for their judgment and their personal prowess . A 3 far as the materials are concerned , the men of the regular and irregular cavalry uro equal—I was about 'to ' say 4 in bravery '—but I cannot use the word conscientiously ; for I believe that out of every hundred native soldiers—cavalry and infantry : - ' ~ in the Presidencies of Bombay , Madras , and Bengal—mot more than ten really gallant fellows could be selected .
But infirm and unfit as was Colonel Baxter , there were officers commanding brigades who were even more decrepit and'iSQrtfusecI . , There were more than on < j who reduired the assistance of a chair andacouplq of troopqre to get them into their saddles ! What would I not have given , on the . night , of . the 17 th of December , 1846 , if 1 could have made an exchange dut of my regiment NVitli even a rtrivato of the glorious 3 rd Dragoons ! ' ^ , ¦¦¦ *> .. , t , » Indeed , there is scarcely a paragraph in the volume that does not contain some information concerning the country which , at the present time , is contemplated with such an intense and melancholy interest .
The Divorce Act. The New Imxd Of Marriag...
THE DIVORCE ACT . The New Imxd of Marriage and Divorce Popularly Explained . With a Copy of the Act . By W . A . Holdsank and R . T . Tidawoll , B . A ., Bauister-at-Law . This is a very useful publication under a very unpretending title . If Acts of Parliament are to be understood by the world at large , they require explnnation and illustration , and this is peculiarly the case in regard to the Divorce Act , which contains so many terms borrowed from the ecclesiastical law , and is in fact , -to a great extent , an application of that system through a new tribunal . An analysis of its provisions requires to bo combined with an outline of the general matrimonial law of the country if the public is to appreciate clearly the position in which they will stand when the now
measure comes into force in January next . The authors of the book before us have furnished just such a popular guide to the Act as is required . Its pro visions are clearly explained , and the manner in which the new Court will apply them carefully pointed out . From the popularly written commentary upon the measure which they have furnished , it will be easily seen when a person is entitled to divorce , to procure separation , or to any other of the remedies provided in case of matrimonial differences . The important provisions of the new Act , which , for the first time , enable a deserted wife to obtain protection for her earnings or her property against a profligate husband or his rapacious creditors , are carefully pointed out , and every necessary explanation or illustration is added to make this a guide of unques . tionable utility to the correct understanding of the new act .
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THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES . Miss Louisa . Pyne and Mr . "William Harrison commenced on Monday night at the Lyceum a three months * season of English opera . They have just returned from a successful tour in the United States , where Miss Pyne has obtained the title . of'the English Nightingale . ' She is already known to all lovers of rnusic ia this country as one of our sweetest singers ; and she now inaugurates an attempt to establish an English opera companyat 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 Cauadori , the Messrs . Brahah , and Mr . Weiss ; but they are in smod
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 . Aubeu ' s fascinating production , The Crown Diamonds ,-was performed on the first night ; and this has since alternated with The Huyvenois , Among the lady singers we may mention Miss Susan Pyne , sister of the manageress , who gave great satisfaction to the a-udience 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 . Rouerts , an American tragedian , has appeared at Drurv Lane in the arduous part of Sir Giles Overreach . In the earlier 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 Edmdnd Kean rendered famous . He appears to act with care and attention , if not with higher qualities ; and he was favourably received by a London audience .
Cremorne Ga11dens. The Season Terminates...
CREMORNE GA 11 DENS . The season terminates at CremoBne next Monday . We alluded last week ia another part of our paper to the 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 Cresiojink lead to any evils which would justify the application of a kind of sumptuary law to the Paradise of London youth . We have seen Ckemoune at all hours , and we must in fairness say 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 , i » called ' gay ; ' 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 nre not entirely borne away by the brightness of the scene . But these elements of town life would exist just as mucli if Crumornk were extinguished ; they would only congregate , as in winter , all the more thickly in public-houses , casinos , and cyder cellar ? . The evil , we contend , is less in a place like Cremoune than in the heart of town . It is more under the eye , and therefore the control , of the general public ; the company are in the open air instead of the vitiated atmosphere of overcrowded rooms-, and the influences of tret's , flowers , and works of art , combined , with continual exercise , miist , one would think , have an e ffect . which jjtafoJti ^ U jit will not turn vice into Virtue , may prevent vice from sinking into' the grossest forms of debauchery . The promoters of the opposition to Mr . -Simpson must surely belong to tlie society which stations a young woman nenr tbeumuin . gate of the gardens with' a bundle of tracts , ' copies of which , she puts
into tho hands-of the- ' passers-by , ' and which haVe some such heading as" Stay , and be Sayed ! " or , « Why will you be Damned ?" , Among the grounds of complaint against tho gardens arc the noise occasioned in the streets by the vehicles of various kinds tnKlhg"away the company , and the depreciation < if p ' rorierty in the vicinity . The latter of these charges is not . proved , and uiiy dist ' urbaiice caused by the trnllic endures only a short time * and is nothing compared with -what arises' i ' li any of the main streets of London . This metropolis is 'hot so ' 'We'll provided with places of recreation , particularly o » n ) of doors , that we can' ' afford to dispense with any , If well conducted , and it is remarkable with what good order ' everything Is regulated by Mr . Simpson . If it hnd been otherwise / the gardens would not be visited every b fami
Benson y tens of thousand * of respectable domestic persons with their - lies . Tho objections urged by tllis C 6 terie of psihulo ratepayers sire very strongly imbued with tbo prudery and puritatJWtn" which arc becoming tlie canker of the time . Before the magistrates are called upon virtually to close a popular plnco . ' o'f ' cntcriftiiunc'ht , far superior in " 'character and quality to anything of the kind 011 tho Continent , they ought to satisfy themselves , at the very least , that tho bolk of the respectable inhabitants ' of the pamh have good grounds for regarding the pluce complained of uh ei nuisance . It is alHrincil that , if the thirty or forty thousand residents could be polled , not fifty people would betound to endorse the objections of a narrow-minded , if not interested , Cabal . Tho whole of the proceeds of the final performance- on Monday night will be ilovoted to the fund for the relief of the Indian auilerers .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26091857/page/20/
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