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London, England, 1824-03-24 00:00:00

they will no*, is all probability, hire to trafil-pok their
" mobility" to the Colonies, and exhibit their furrtil
and mustachios in a foreign clime. Hotspur's admi=
description of the military coxcomb who demanded his pet;
soners seems to have been written fur these haughty bertain
Every line of it is in point
• When I was dry with rage and extreme toil,
" Breadths* and faint, loaning upon my. curd,
" Caine there a certain Lord, neat, trimly droni'd,

t• Rau :w a hnde and his thin, new-remiti,
" Shou'd hitt a stubble at harvest-home ;
•• He was perfumed like a pOnee,
" And %watt his finger anti& thumb he held

" A poeneer-box, ;bleb tom and anon
" lie email'. nose, sad took 't sway again."
These military foplings are no credit to the army ; their
aristocratic airs are equally insolent and unbecoming ; they
have been resident in Dublin for some time, and tlicte are
uuiverwilly spoken of with indignation and contempt. The
conduct of LIMO o":' these lordlings, at the Theiwre and
elsewhere, to ladies in particular, was Sii ungentlemanly
and unmanly, that Sir Colqiihonn Grant, while in emu.:
mind of that garrison, issued au order restraining their,
46i future ap ram: at any public places whatever. The;
man to • studied to make themselves generally detailed!
sod ; and to do them juiliCe, appear to ham%
secomptuilted their laudable object •Ittost fully. Thetirl
oendoctto Mr. Battier, on his own statement, which remains
uneentesdieted, appears to have been must ungenerous and
unmanly, and Lord Londonderry's proceedings, on the
face of this statement, seem full as anwarrantabie and un-
just. The roll of hit. Lordship's own ancestry was not as
very lengthened as to call fur a proscription of thin sort. A.,
generation or two would have trued it to a very muddy,
source--but our noel homilies are always assuming. Nei-
ther was there any thin,' very " sable" about the gadgety
Colonel in actual contained of dikt regiment. Colotielil
quentia is a foreigner, and soar lew years since well
I ndingzmaster either to that 'rime other in Leadenly
We de ivit iamialtitt this ement to him ; on
the contriry, the principle that oug it to be pursued in the
anuy is that of lioneparte--o" I a esrriere °overt asz M.
/eats." It Was in that way he made officer,. Merit ought
to be the only distinction, and any thing else niust be the
ruin of the army. We have no objection to see young mess
of high rank enter the service, but the experience of every
day skews us that birth brings with it no monopoly of ta-
lent. The best officer! we have had, both in the army sad
navy, have sprung from middle life. Napoleon's Marsha
,almost to a titan, risen from the ranks, and been selected
ilibeir capability. The late conduct of the officers of the
Hussars, and their titled Colonel, is calculated to
st those who may not possess wealth and high birth
wi the service, and cannot b.! too strongly reprobated.
Our cavalry, when opposed to the French during the
Peninsular campaign, were found in general most blear..
live. The German brigade alone formed an exception.
This body of cavalry was raised for service ; the foppery
of dress and aristocratic distinctions were disregarded, and
they were fitted, in consequence, not for idle parade, but for
die field. We arc assured, however, that Mr. Battier's
statement has produced a strong impression in the highest
quarter, and that strong reproof from the " Horse
Guards" has followed on it. Tho professed objection to his
admission into the " noble" ranks of the 10th " Pan-
dours" was, that he was not an adept in cavalry tactics.
But could he have learned from intuition ? Were the
titled youths who put him in such jealous Coventry at home
in the exercise of the sabre on their first entry ? Was not
their skill derived from the drill-serjeant and the ridings
master ? Yet this formed no ground of exclusion to them.
We hope that justice will be done to Mr. Battier ; he ap-
pears to have been most grossly ill-treated. The character
of the army requires that such conduct should be met by
the most decided reproof. indeed, we fancy the Nobly
Marquis who commands this corps, and his officers, are now
heartily ashamed of the exhibition they hive made: The
figure they cut is anything but a flattering one, and very
unsuited either to the frankness of the soldier or the
generous feelings of high-minded Gentlemen.