Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-29
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Letters from Constantnople allude to Asiatic
rior- woman, Fatime Hanem She has arrived at Con-
santnope with six hundred horsemen as her suite She
is old of about sixty years of age, of very
withered appearance, and very like gypsy. As she
passed through the capital last week. seated horseback
like man. thousands of people focked to have view Of
her, especially women. The Turkish females are quite
taken aghas at this for the East most astonishing phe
nomenon and eagerly pressed forward to catch glimpse
Of this adventurous old dame she canered past them
"Mashalleh! What woman y
Mr.. Thackeray says, in the last number of the Ne0-
comes that without wishing to disparage the youth of
other nations he thinks webred English lad has this
advantage them, that his bearing is commonly
modest than theirs. He does not the tailooa
and the manners Of manhood too early he holds his
tongue and listens to his elders; his mind bushes well
his cheek he does not know how to make bows and
pay compliments like the young Frenchman to
tradict his seniors, as, informed American strip
lings do" .s" .... .".@. - r.. .s
GAMING IN EEGLAED-The Attorney General moved for
and obtained leave to introduce into the British Para
ment recently bill for the more eectual prevention OF
gaming He stated that the present law inadequate
to prevent gaming in private houses. Every day., he
remarked brought to light instances of young of
who had been seduced into these houses where
they were often ruined The police empowered
enter houses but the law defeated, because the
these private establishments enabled by
fortfyng their DOORS keep out the police until al ga
ming implements put out OF the way. The parties
found in the house when taken before police magistrate
necessarily discharged and the able to
reopen the house the night and resume their
practices. The impotence of the law from the
difficulty Of obtaining evidence, which would be removed
if the system of barring out the police put end
to- He proposed therefore to make this act substan-
tive offence to authorize Magistrates to select from par
ties brought before Aem for prosecution and others
to be witnesses and to make the giving false name
and address offence" H..
SHAKspEARE's BIRTHpAY.-We understand that letter
was lately received from London with the information
that birthday of the immortal Shakespeare this year
be observed hoyday through many of the cities
Of England particularly at time -honored Windsor,
the Of his most popular comedy The tde, how
ever is almost exclusively to be confined to ladies'
large party of Merry Wives intend to leave London in
the morning and, doubt not Mrs Cowden Clarke will
be among the number that lady took prominent part
in the performance Of the play when Charles Dickens
England aid in the purchase of the Shakespeare House
The birthday 23d April, this year falling Sunday,
the fete is to be celebrated on Monday.
We have little doubt that her Majesty, of the
emery wives" will ccuntenance the celebration
RUSSIAN TRooPs.--There about five hundred Rus
slams auartered in the neghborhood Of the khan They
had that said sodiery look which is the effect of
discipline This observed to be the characteristic of
nearly all the Russian soldiers that have in the
Princpalities The exceptions are the young recruits
who of course are yet properly formed At times in
marching whole battaions sing in chorus either the
tiona anthem which is fine, solemn air, or some wild
melody generally of warlike character nterspersed
with sharp and occasional shrl whistle These latter
songs particularly animated and spirtsrng, and
the quick rattle of the DRUM which is the sole instrument
tai accompaniment increases their exciting character.
To the listener there something sublime in thus hear
ing thousands of manly voices blended together chorus
utterng sentiments of devotion to God and the Emperor
or Of fierce defiance to the enemies of the Car.
TOBren's TraveS.