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300 THE ADMINISTRATION OF LORD CORNWALLIS
tide of hostilities between France and England dashed
over it, and swept forward the course of events. In
1793 began the long war with revolutionary France,
which soon affected the temper of English politics in
THE ATTACK ON THE 8IALKOT MUTINEERS BY GEN. NICHOLSON'S IRREGULAR
CAVALRY, JULY 12, 1857.
Asia. A few years afterwards Buonaparte was march-
ing toward military despotism in the spirit of an Asiatic
conqueror, upsetting thrones and uprooting landmarks,
overriding national traditions and hereditary rights,
carving out new kingdoms by his sword, and laying out
