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? - " r . LATEST INDIAN INTELLIGENCE . The intelligence from Calcutta is to the 22 nd Novemb er * but there is not much news . Rebelhunting had commenced in Bundelcund , and there ¦ were hopes of hemming in all the rebels in -that quarter . On the Oude frontier the police had had a skirmish or two , and , according to all accounts , the rebels in Nepaul were determined to fight . The Friend of India says : — " Lord Canning continues' his- . official progress . He entered Cawnpore on the 2 nd inst ., and on the following day held a durbar for the reception of the Maharajah of Rewah , the chiefs and jagheerdafs of
Bundelcund , arid the chiefs and principal residents of . the districts of Benares and Allahabad . . This durbar is almost as remarkable in the history of our policy as that of Lucknow was for the perpetuation of the talookdaree system in Oude . As a reward for the services rendered by the Maharajahs of Rewah and Chirkaree , and the Jagheerdars of Logassee and Gourihar , during the rebellion , they were promised that ' the Government would , in the event pf failure to any one of them of direct heirs , recognise the privilege of adoption according to the ancient custom of their respective families . '" The durbar at Cawnpore is thus described by the correspondent of the Calcutta Englishman : ¦—¦ " The effect of the great variety of costumes and the brilliant colours ranged round the tent was very striking . The swell Rajah of the day was he of Rewah . He had a chair on the right hand of the Viceroy , and he fully came up in appearance to one ' s idea of a native Rajah . He is a big burly man , of tall stature , with a heavy , grossly sensual face , and yellow complexion . His hands , fat and shapeless , were covered with dazzling rings . He wore a light , yellow tuniCj with a black and white scarf , that looked at a distance like a boa constrictor ' s skin . On Ms head was a handsome towering cap , composed entirely of gold
British . cause by aoting on the offensive agoinafe the rebels , of his own accord , and ,, when besieged inra fort , refused to give up '¦ . aJBritish officer , offering , his own son- as a hostage , . instead ; and J . trusjt > * said Lord Canning , ' that &&/& officerjof the , Queen < naw present will remember this > and , . should they elEer come in contact with this Rajah , act accordingly .. ' " The preparations for the Indian expedition , . to China are described by the Calcutta correspondent of the Times : — " Sir Hope Grant haa arrived in-. Calcatta , to organize the Indian expedition to China .. It is hot , I am assured , in any case to exceed 13 * men , and will probably not * exceed 10 , 000 . Of these , oner-half will be Sikhs , but the regiments have not yet been requested to volunteer . The 67 th and 3 rd Buffs were despatched some time since to protect the Europeans in Hongkong and Shanghai , and the 27 th , 53 rd , 60 tli , 76 th , and 99 tb , with the 1 st . and . 2 nd Bengal Europeans , have been warned for service in China . It is quite possible , however , that the names of some of these regiments may be changed before the expedition actually sails , as orders from home frequently interrupt all plans . Two batteries of Artillery are also to be dispatched , and ,. ! believe , all the Royal Engineers available . There is talk , also , of sending a regiment from Bombay , probably the 3 rd Europeans , as the men of the Jagers . who have refilled the ranks of that corps will be none the
worse for service . No appointments have yet been made in the Staff , but the departments have received orders to provide everything necessary for 10 , 000 men . The great difficulty will be the means of carriage . The steamers cannot ascend thePeiho further than Tientsin , and from thence to Pekin there is 100 miles to be traversed by land . The : ro . ad ; though excellent , is bordered by deep fields , filled in June with black stieky mud , impassible for anything except perhaps elephants . Along this , road we must convey some 15 miles of baggage , and draught cattle will therefore be of the first importance . They are obtainable to some extent in China ; but I believe efforts will be made to send a large proportion of the whole direct from Calcutta . "
and diamonds , which evidently made an inclination of the head difficult . The number of colours in each man ' s dress was wonderful . There was one extraordinary old person , whose general appearance excited even the risible faculties of the "Viceroy himself when being introduced ; he wore a pair of large green velvet loose trousers , made either stiff with buckram , or stuffed out with cotton , so as to give his legs the appearance of being two big green pillows , and a very short tunic , which was composed of yellow , red , blue and green , ' and he had a turban of some glaring colour , with the most comical old face possible , a great projecting , thick , white moustache , making him strongly resemble a dressed up monkey , and in his right hand was a huge broad-bladed sword * encased in a yellow sheath , of the scimitar shape , This very
queerlooking old chap too was decidedly of a talkative turn , or else had taken an extra quantity of bhang , or something else that made him demonstrative . He looked sufficiently of a guy when \ he came to receive his khelat , but when that , consisting of a long shawl , was wrapped round his neck in such a way as an old gentleman would put on , a wrapper in a cold night , nnd with his huge yellow scabbarded sword , at least a foot broad at the hilt , up-raised , for he was evidently very proud of his weapon , the old man , as he made his oboisance to the Queen's representative in this guise , was too much even for his Lordship ' s gravity . Very shortly after two o ' clock the words Attention , ' ' Shoulder arms / and then ' Present arms , ' announced that the Viceroy was passing through the entrance tent , and presently , preceded by his Chief Secretaries of State and Aides-de-Camp , he entered , the sound of guns outside announcing it .
" Then came the presentation of khelats , The principal Rajahs had . chains fastened on their necks , put only to one , the Rewah Rajah , was tins done by Lord Canning personally . To give him his chain , his Lordship rose and passed it round his neck . The others had their collars of honour put on by the secretaries , Lord Canning merely touching each chain when presented to him for that purpose . The RewaU Rajah , the Benares Rajah , and the Ohikaree Rajah were each addressed by Lord Canning , in JSngJiflJh , on their khelata being 1 given them . ; but to the Ohikaree Rajah a great honour was paid , for , after saying . a few words to him , Lord Canning , tiiuning to the Commander-in-Chlef , who , on being j £ 9 wew ? a ,, immediately stood up , the whole of the ^ fi ^ l a , Pacers pr . eflen (> standing also , said ,, « L ord 55 CT & . 4 wisJUp bring to your notice the conduct of this brave / man , who showed marked devotion io the
Foreign Lktcldents. The Cook And His Mis...
FOREIGN LKTCLDENTS . The Cook and his Mistress . —A scene worthy of the days of the old French culinary chivalry , when Vatel fell upon his sword rather than accept dishonour , and Raz . it retired to the Cannes rather than meet his master's gaze after'having burnt the salmi , was enacted before the tribunal the other day , when Chevet , the worst gastronome par excellence of Paris , appeared to defend himself against the accusation brought by Madame Azam , of the Hotel des Trois Eropereurs , of bad cookery , which had driven the customers from the table d'hote , and reduced her hotel to the proportions of a mere lodging house . It appears tlfnt Chevet , with far-seeing and prudent eye , beholds the moment approaching when he will be driven out by reason of the demolition of the house he occupies , to seek refuge for his pots and
pans elsewhere , and had accepted the offer made him by Madame Azara to supply the table d'hote of the hotel at a reduced tariff , on condition of being allowed to establish his battery in the casement story- of the hotel . Madame Azam having found a purchaser for the hotel , at an exorbitant price , has the effrontery to accuse the great artist , Chovet , of not having given satisfaction to her clients , and of having driven them to fresh fields and pastures new , in consequence of his repeated failures ; and , would you believe it ? adds insult to injury by claiming lO QQOf . damages in addition to his immediate evacuation of the premises . The court rejects the application for damages , but ordains the immediate departure of the artist . The scene was good—tears , indignation , pathetic appeals to the stomachs belonging to crowned heads—nothing was wanting to render it worthy of any stage .
Dreadful Inundation iwr . Oyjpbus . —A' letter from Nicosia , in the island of Cyprus , gives an account of a terrible inundation which recently took place there : *— ? ' On 10 Nov ., the weather became cloudy , the wind blew with gceat violence , and the thunder and lightning were most violent . At . noon the rain began to fall in torrents , and in n short time after the river overflowed its banks . The inhabitants not having time to shut the gates , the water rushed in with fearful impetuosity , and inundated the town . The bazaar soon had six feet of
water in it , and to add to the misfortune the gate at the end of the town , opposite to where the water rushed in , became closed , and there being thus no outlet for the torrent ; ,. nearly every house was- soon filled . Towards evening the gate gavo way , and the water began to gradually subside . No fewer than forty-seven houses and 150 shops were undermined and fell ; and four men , eleven . women , and a child perished beneath the ruins . Considerable injury was done to th & . merchandise in the basiaar , Upwards of 100 mules- also perished , and the total loss cannot be estimated at low than two million piastres . "
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We Are Compelled By Stress Of Pantomimes...
We are compelled by stress of pantomimes to suspend our wonted heading , "The Drama . " To suppose that "King Rene ' s Daughter , " the opera of " Victoriney" " The Evil Genius , " or the pleasing drama of "Home Truths , " presented respectively by the managers of the T . E . ' s Drury Lane , Covent Garden , Haymarket , and Princess ' s received their , msual share of attention from either of those potentates , or from the omnium gatherum audiences assembled in the houses named during the week , would be to uu-Christmas Christmas . The critic , is , at all events , far too ingenuous to pretend that he is in any position to announce more than the fact , that they appeared on the bills ,, and , the common report that they have been " done" after the ordinary Christmasweek fashion . The pantomime , not the play , is , for the time , the thing , and to the pantomimes , therefore , let us devote our necessarily brief report . The Drury Lane Pantomime—to which Blanchard , Jacile priheeps of pure pantomime writers , has contributed an " opening" in his most joyous manner ; to which Tully has brought original and borrowed strains of the most winning and appropriate character . ; and for which Beverley has brought to bear an unparalleled , amount of theatrical engineering and pictorial skill—is called " Jack and the Bean Stalk . " The author who , let us say , once f or all , is as incapable of seriously mutilating an Anglo-classic nursery tale as he is of incorporating any kind of vulgarity with it , has adhered
with loving reverence to the familiar legend , which , in the first instance , is chosen to be the subject of a pantomime by a kind of congress of meteorological wizards , whose doubts and differences are typical of the sore straits to which the victim Wit is reduced by the load of responsibility conveyed in the manager ' s demand for a new and original opening . The business once settled , and "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairly chosen as the corpus to be experimented on , we are lead easily and wittily through the tale , until Jack ( whom Mr . Templeton , a young and promising actor ,
personates throughout with much comic force ) is enabled , by the assistance of . the fairies , to slay first the son of the giant , and then the giant himself , Such a vionstrutn horrendum as this giant it has never before been the lot of playgoers to see . It hath not entered into the philosophy of property makers or managers to conceive , or to achieve his construction . Our dramatist , wise , however , in his generation , has refrained from adding the needlessly horrible to the vast ; and we are saved the actual dcciipitaUoa which might have added—if it had not frightened them into flts- ^ one more barbarous lesson to those
commonly taught to the infant spectators of pantomime . The imminent catastrop he interrupted by the pixie party , who claim the body of their ancient foe , and remove the scene to a fairy grotto of the most beautiful device . In this superb scene vq might fairly say Mr . Beverly lias eclipsed all his former efforts ; but room must bo loft the artist to outdo liimsolf . In the " Floral homo of tlio good fairies " he has * we think , done this foat , and with its splendid marvels hisname nnd fame will be associated to the ond of our playgoing days , unlesu , indeed , which at present seems hardly conceivable , an undimmod fancy and equal resources should enable him next year to substitute nnotnor impression for that which at prosont dominates us . The pantomime pure , or Harlequinade , which supceeds the excitement ot tne transformation scene might fall flat had not the indefatigable Smith resolved , as it would seem he dW , th , at his troupo should be as complete and as eminent in their way as hift author and his onglnoor-artiBt . There is a double set of clowns , pantaloons , narioquins , and columbines . There aro " oxquisitos , sprites , fiends , and supplementary characters ot an sorts , including 1 , we need hardly say , a voluntoor corps . This body , called the " Household Brigade and Marine Parade . Voluiatoors , " is composed 01 female domestics , who , armed with dustpans , mope , broomsticks , dUhclouts , and other domioUiftry materiel of war , and gallantly headed by Moxm oro , the clown ,, do utterly rout an . invading array w ITreneh cooks . The trick * and transformations incidental to * be harlequinade are of tho usual oraw . Tho author aims Juto- gentle dart , of course , at tne
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 31, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31121859/page/10/
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