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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