The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-23 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA.
(From the Times.)

We have received by extraordinary express from
Marseilles our dispatches in anticipation of the
Overland Mails from both Bombay and Calcutta.
The dates are from Calcutta to the Bth, and from
Bombay to the 15th of October.
The Bombay mails of the 15th of October bring
important intelligence. The British troops in the
north -western provinces of India are in movement,
in consequence of the difficulties in which the new
Maharaja, Ghoolab Singh, is placed. In conformity
with the provisions of the treaties of last March,
he during some months has endeavoured to obtain
possession of the Vale of Cashmere ; but he
has encountered unexpected opposition from
Seikh Emaum-ood-Deer, the son of one of his
own old confederates, who has governed that
district during many years. The Seikh has
raised the standard of resistance to Ghoolab :
the latter sent a force to reduce him, but the
Cashmerian mountaineers beat Ghoolab's forces
and slew the commander. Seikh Emaum-ood-been
has assumed the title of Emir-001-Moomemin, and
has attempted to make it a religious war against
the Seikhs, whether under Ghoolab or under the
Lahore Government. The Mahommedan tribes in
the neighbourhood appear disposed to support the
Emir- 001-Moomemim.
Cashmere is known as a most remarkable tract to
the north-westward of the Punjaub. It is healthy
and fertile, and the inhabitants have long been cele-
brated for their industry. From its situation, as well
as from its being enclosed amongst lofty mountains,
it may be called the most important military position
in that central part of Asia, and it is, like Gibraltar
to the Mediterranean, the key to India, for no invasion
can ever take place through the Punjaub while there
is a force in the Vale of Cashmere ready to cut off
the supplies of the assailants.

The extent of Cashmere is about 120 miles in length
and 70 in breadth. It was annexed to the Dooranee
empire by Ahmed Shah in 1752, and in 1819 Runjeet
Singh subdued it by intrigues, and governed it by
Mahommedans ; after the defeat of the Seikhs in
March last it was ordered to form a part of the
kingdom which the Governor-General con-
ferred on Ghoolab Singh. The Vale of Cashmere
has seven passes, through which it may be entered ;
they are scarcely passable for even horses. The son
of the old Governor may seize these passes, and
defy Ghoolab during the winter months, that is,
until May next. While thus embarrassed by his new
and refractory subjects, Ghoolab applied to the British
authorities, and they have sent a force of 6,000 men,
under General Wheeler, from the Jullunder Doab
to occupy Ghoolab's capital, while he proceeds with all
his forces to put the rebellion down. To render the
matter more singular, the British, who are not bound
by treaty to assist Ghoolab against his internal op-
ponents, have persuaded the Government of Lahore
to aid Ghoolab by dispatching 10,000 to the passes of
Cashmere.

The son of the old Seikh Emaum-ood-Deen, who
was long a servant of the Lahore Government, is
supposed to be influenced by intrigues set on foot to
injure Ghoolab, who is hated for his treachery by
the Government of Lahore.

There is no doubt of the double defeat of Ghoolab,
and the latest intelligence is that the Emir is making
preparations to resist, and that the British are about
to move towards Cashmere. The winter is a fearful
season in the passes, and it is apprehended that but
little can be done in them until May next, if the Emir
makes the anticipated resistance.
The Nizam of Moultan, a Ilindoo, who farmed
that district from Runjeet Singh, is also causing
trouble to the Lahore Government, and refuses to re-
ceive their troops into his forts. At the end of last
year, when ordered to have 60,000 men ready to op-
pose Sir Charles Napier, he coolly told the Lahore
rulers that he would not, for he preferred the English
rule to theirs.

It is therefore supposed that Sir Charles Napier
will ere long have to move troops up the Indus to-
wards Bhawulpore, and perhaps even to take pos-
session of Moultan, which is the great entrepOt
for trade with Affghanistan and all the surrounding
districts.

Sinde is tranquil and healthy. Sir C. Napier re-
mains at Kurrachee. The withdrawal of some native
regiments was spoken of. Her Majesty's 17th Regi-
ment was about to have volunteers taken from it, and
then to embark for Bombay and afterwards for Eng-
land.

A bloody revolution has taken place at Katmandoo,
the capital of one of the most powerful Indian states.
Nepaul has long been notorious for its fierce wild in-
habitants. The paramour of the Queen of that country
was assassinated by a faction : he was a man of low
birth and habits.

To avenge his death she procured the massacre
of the Prime Minister, and of hundreds of other
influential persons. She is the second wife of the
Maharaja, and she is jealous of his eldest son by a
former marriage. Her husband has fled, and
there is a prospect of more carnage in that wretched
country.

The Nizam's dominions present the usual picture
of inextricable confusion, arising from bad financial
arrangements.

The Government of India has re-opened the Five
per Cent. Loan. The notice was published in
Bombay on the 14th of October, and within 24
hours all the public securities fell 10 per cent. A
sort of panic has seized the holders of the Company's
paper.

There was much anxiety about the new Governor
of Bombay, who was expected without much delay.
Sir David Pollock, the new Chief Justice, bad ar-
rived, but was not expected to take the oaths until
the departure of hie predecessor, Sir H. Roper, on the
2d of November.

The health of the Superintendent of the Indian
Navy was much impaired, and he must follow the
example of Sir George Arthur, and soon retire from
the heats of India.

THE PUNJAUB.
(From the Bombay Times.)
Just as the period seemed at hand when our troops
were to retire from Lahore, and the strength of the po-
litical arch we had erected to be tested by the removal
of the props which had hitherto sustained it, unlooked-
for events make their appearance, rendering further delay
indispensable. A bloody insurrection in Cashmere shows
so bold a front that the Seikh armies both from Jamoo
and Lahore are summoned forth to quell the rebels, and
se weak are the two Governments that British soldiers
are required at both capitals to see, that when the
troops march forth to chastiseinalcontents in the pro-
vinces, malcontents more formidable still do not make
their appearance in the cities to meet the army on its
return. The attractions of the vale of Cashmere are
more celebrated in song than in geography or statistics.
It is described as an elevated tract to the westward of
the Punjaub, enclosed by lofty mountains, the central
plain being alluvial. It is watered by the river Jelum
and its numerous tributaries. It is about 120 miles
long and 70 broad, comprising an area of nearly 4,500
square miles. The population of Cashmere has, by ter-
rible visitations of pestilence and famine, been, within
20 years, reduced from 800,000 to 200,000. In 1752 it
was conquered by Ahmed Saab, and attached to
Western Affghanistan. It remained a portion of the
Dooranee empire till 1819, when it was annexed by
Runjeet Singh to the Seikh dominions. In March,
1846, it was transferred from the rule of Lahore
to that of the Jamoo Maharaja, for whom we de-
sired to carve out a kingdom in return for his
payment of the subsidy due to us by the su-
preme authorities. Seven passes penetrate from
without the entrances through the mountains into the
valley of Cashmere, of which one-half only are said to
be traversable by horses. The Seikhs penetrated by the
Baramoola pass, through which the river Jelum finds its
way. They were only able to take a single piece of
ordnance along with them, a six-pounder gun, slung on
poles, and borne by thirty-two men at a time; a tolerable
illustration of the character of the path. When the
country was made over to Ghoolab Singh, one of his old
confederates in treason, Sheik Emam-ood-been, long
governor of the province, exercised almost unbounded
influence over the minds of the people. Averse to quit
the place,..
_of, hiosreautheerity, and no longer suffered to ex-
-I.lrraTZreDesttansarbd roefsolved to set up for himself, un-
furling with a view of entering
on inirependent sovereignty, force under Lukput Rae,
sent out against him, defeated, and its commander
slain. The state of istattars
theczuld not, of course, be per-
mitted to endure, andJamoo
oehief resolved to move
against his refractory subjects at the head of all his army,
so soon as he could make arrangement:,
his rear from attack. Nor was even this
for securing
s
ficiant • the Lahore Durbar was applied considered
ando iderel4o,BonOt-
'
Seikhs directed to move thence into Cashmeret
in concert withthe:other forces. Meanwhile wewoePrereate
en-
treated to assist by occupying Jamoo, and permittin
our troops to stand fast at Lahore. Consequent oi4 these
arrangements the following movements are understood
to have been ordered :—Brigadier Wheeler, with about

6,000 men, consisting of a troop of Horse Artillery, a
light Field Battery, one regiment of Regular and
another of Irregular Cavalry, and the 15th, 24th, 30th,
and 33d Native Infantry, occupies Jesrowta, and then
advances on Jamoo. One day's post brings tidings
that contingently on this Sir John Littler and his
troops will stand fast at the capital three months
longer than was proposed—another that a fresh brigade
is in orders to cross the Sutlej at Ferozepore and
march on Lahore. This, according to the Delhi Ga-
zette's Siealah letters, is to consist of Campbell's and
Lane's troops of Horse Artillery, 6th Regular and 12th
Irregular Cavalry, her Majesty's 62d Foot, and the
51st and 54th Native Infantry. A letter of the 29th
ultimo from Lahore, received on Monday, intimates that
her Majesty's 80th, and the 12th, 42d, and 44th Native
Infantry, Major Day's troop of Horse Artillery, and
Major Horsford's Light Field Battery, are under orders
to march thence at a moment's warning for a post on the
Beas. Our correspondent furnishes us with no informa-
tion beyond the fact of these movement, and we shall not
therefore venture on speculations. This new element
of activity was altogether foreign to our contemplations:
what its ultimate effects may be, it is not easy to an-
ticipate.
The Seikhs, alike of the mountain and the
plain, must now see more clearly than even after So-
braon had opened their eyes, not only how completely
they are at our mercy, but how absolutely they are
dependent on us for their own protection. Meanwhile
the property of the rebel chief, mostly existing in the
Jullundur Doab, was directed to be everywhere confis-
cated, and very ample returns were thence expected to
arise. The Moultan arrangements also seem to proceed
less auspiciously than could be desired, and that was
at one time promised by them. The Ambassador'Zap-
pears distrustful how to act, and seems to think that he
will require to proceed to the city of Moultan itself.
The bloolraj is suspected of disingenuousness and dis-
junction from the first, and most likely thought that the
disturbances of Cashmere and the absence of the army
supplied plausible grounds for procrastination, in the
prospect of the withdrawal of the British force. Al-
together, the state of things looks at present much more
tangled and perplexing than it has done almost since the
Governor-General quitted the Seikh dominions. The cold
weather seems to have set in, and the season is favour-
ably spoken of: snow had fallen on some of the moun-
tains at no very great distance from Kote Kangra.

of both plain and printed Turkey red goods, but at most
wretched prices. Prints continue neglected. -
COTTON YARNS.—An advance has taken place in the
prices of Nos. 20, 30, and 50 mule, and No. 20 water
twist, which counts are just at present in request. The
other numbers remain without change. There has been
on the whole, a fair amount of business in yarns. In
dyed yarns, Turkey red is the only colour for which
there is any demand, and we hear of a sale in it of
10,0001b5., average No. 40's, at lir. per lb. Orange is
altogether neglected.
WOOLLENS.—The market for woollen cloth continues
dull and unpromising, and but few sales appear to have
taken place. Prices are still low and unremunerating.
MA/LINE STORES.—The demand for the articles under
this head has been very slight, and little improvement
is discernible in prices. We quote linseed oil and
spirit of turpentine a trifle higher than before. A
sale is reported of 400 barrels of coal pitch, at 2rs. Ba.
per barrel.
BEER.—Prices remain as before, and the only sale of
which we have been apprised is one of 250 hogsheads
Allsopp's, at 60r. per hogshead.
SPIRITS.—Both brandy and gin are quite unchanged
in value. We hear of no transactions.
COCUIICEAL.—We quote this article about an anna
per pound higher than at the date of our last Price Cur-
rent, but we believe there is now little or none in im-
porters' hands.
SAFFRON.—There is little saffron of good quality in
the place. We hear of a sale of 100 lb. at 18r. 4a. per
pound. Prices now range between Sr. and 18ir. per
pound, according to the quality.
RED LEAD.—The prices of this article are fully main-
tained, and a sale has recently had effect of 150 casks, at
13r. per cwt. There is no white lead in the market.
EASTERN PRODUCE.
COTTON.—The arrivals since our last have been light,
and the cotton that has come down appears of somewhat
inferior quality. The purchases for Great Britain—
chiefly of Broach, Surat, and Dollerah—amount, we un-
derstand, to about 5,000 bales in the whole. The market
is steady, and prices, as will be seen, rule somewhat under
our former quotations.

Rupees.
Broach and Jumbooseer 751 to 761 per candy.
Surat ... 75 to 76i do.
Boilers— 70 do.
Oomrawuttee ... 73 do.
Comptah(old)... ... 70 do.
COFFEE.—Mocha is from a half to three quarters of a
rupee per maund lower ; Malabar without change.
OPIUM may now be quoted at 700 to 1,200 rupees
per chest, according to quality, but little or nothing is
at the moment doing in it. There have been some slight
alterations in the prices of gum ahimi and Arabic, indigo.
ginger, cassia, pepper, silk, and Siam sugar. A ley
arrivals have taken place in Khorasan wool, the price
of which we now quote at 130 rs. to 135 rs. per candy.
Other articles of eastern produce arc without change in
demand or value.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
_ _ _

Will be performed Lavenu s new Opera, entitled LORETTA ;
A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Harrson ; Ferdinand, Mr.
King ; Philippo, Mr. Borrani ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Don
Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda,
Miss Poole Gaetano, Miss Rebecca Isaacs.

After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called
TIIE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale,
Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Milks.
Sophie Fuoco, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilci ; MM. Iluguct,
Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
tinder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS' EVENING

Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE
YOU LENT ; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W.
Farrell ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Hon ;
Mr. Brandon, fir. Howe; Mr.Hardman, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs,
Mr. Webster ; Toes Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs.
Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss
P. llorton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman,
Miss Julia Bennett.

After which the Musical Drama, called TIIE LITTLE DEVIL.
Nicolo Angell, Miss P. Horton ; Clotilda, Miss Julia Bennett ; For-
dinard of Spain, Mr. Stuart; Vincentio d'Estella, Mr. Lester.
During the evening the Band will perform three Polkas—" Caro-
linum," " Jnris," and " Marien ;" " Esterhazy" (Walzer) ; "Les
Travestissemens" (Overture) ; and " La Sonnambula."
To conclude a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord
Courtington, Mr. Hon; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scorcup,
Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup,
Miss Julia Bennett.

Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of
Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
• THIS EVENING
Will be performed Le Brun's Petite Comedic of LES ItIVAUX
D'EUX MEMES. Derval, M. Ithezevil ; Folleville, M. Langeval ;
Dupont, M. Dumery ; 'Aso, 3ldlla. Brohan.
Atter which, LE COMEDIEN D'ETAMPES. Dorival, M. Per-
let ; Madeleine, Mdlle. A. Kkin.
To conclude with Regnard's admired Play of LES FOLIES
AMOUREUSES. Albert, M. Cartigny ; Eraste, M. Felix ; Crispin,
M. Lucien ; Agathe, Mdlle. C. Vallee ; Lisette, Mdlle. Brohan.
Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, 3s. €d. ; Stalls, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at
half-past Seven, and the performance commence at Eight.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
LNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet
of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the
Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford.
Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. C.dlenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor,
Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws.
After which the original Domestic Drama, called THE WRECK
ASHORE ; or, The Bridegroom of the Sea. Marmaduke Magog,
Mr. Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates.

- .
To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS.
GAME'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. I'rincipal characters by Messrs.
CuHertford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright,- Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor,
and Miss Ellen Chaplin.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE
THIRD. Duke of Gloucester, Mr. J. R. Scott ; Earl of Richmond,
Mr. Hughes; King Henry, Mr. Ryder; Duke of Buckingham, Mr.
Vining; Tressel, Mr. RoNby ; Queen, Mrs. Hughes; Lady Anne,
Mrs. Stirling.
To conclude with a new Drama, in three acts, entitled CLARISSA
HARLOWE. Lovelace, Mr. Vining ; Macdonald, Mr. Hughes ;
Clarissa Harlowe, Mrs. Stirling.

which was subsequently, namely, in 1819, seized
by the renowned RUNJEET SINGII, and by
him committed to a Mahomedan administration.
Not merely was this beautiful and important district
ceded by us to the MAHARAJA of the hills, but we
actually engaged to sustain him in the integrity of
his new empire ; and more than that, induced the
Durbar of Lahore to afford every assistante in case
of emergency to one whom they must unquestionably
regard with aversion as a master rebel. At the period
when these engagements were entered into there was,
it is true, but little expectation that any such assist-
ance would be required. GHOOLAB SINGH appeared
to have retained under his authority a military force
that promised to be an invincible protection from the
indignation or envy of surrounding princes. Before
the power of GHOOLAB SINGH the shattered or ener-
vated ranks of the neighbouring territories appeared
to be wholly insignificant. Circumstances, have
however, proved otherwise.
After neglecting for some time, and from some un-
accountable reason, to take possession of Cashmere,
the MAHARAJA at length attempted to extend his au-
thority over that district, but his attempt has been
nullified by the most unexpected discomfiture. Under
the direction of the Sheik EMAtM. 00D-DEEN, the
Muslims of the valley have revolted against the un-
welcome sway of GnOOLAB SINGH, and that formid-
able warrior has been twice beaten back with a cala-
mitous and sanguinary violence. By an adroit
arrangement of this rebellious Sheik, it would ap-
pear, moreover, that additional difficulties have been
thrown in the way of the thwarted MAHARAJA ; the
recent insurrections in the Vale of Cashmere have
been rendered more durable and portentous by
having a religious character imparted to them; the
cunning Sheik, himself, has assumed the title of
EMIR-00L-MOOMEMIN ; and the affection, and even
enthusiasm with which he is regarded by his Muslim
followers, renders the suppression of the revolt a
matter of consummate difficulty.
In this embarrassment of his newly acquired terri_
tories, GHOOLAB SINGH has applied to the Governor-
General for the military aid which had been stipu-
lated in the recent treaties. Obedient to their own
promise, the British authorities have not merely for-
warded 6,000 men from the Jullundur Doab to take
temporary possession of the MAHARAJA'S capital, but it
would appear that they have actually prevailed upon
Raja L ALL SINGH to dispatch 10,000 men to co-
operate in these endeavours to subdue the insurgents of
Cashmere. And it would appear, moreover, that this has
been accomplished at the very moment when the re-
volt and the resistance of the Muslims are attributed
to an intrigue of the Durbar of Lahore ! Whether
that rumour be correct or not, it is unquestionabl e
that extensive preparations were being made to enter
upon a campaign among the mountains and fastnesses
of Cashmere ; that the British forces were leagued
together in the same causewith those of GnooLan SINGH,
and the Government of Lahore. Some months back such
a combination of antagonistic soldiery would have
been incredible; even now it is almost incredible.
From the vigorous repulse which the MAHARAJA has
already encountered from the followers of .Eamt-ooL-
MOOMEMIN, and from the frightful severity of a
wintry season amongst the mountains ofthe revolted
country, the difficulties of this deplorable enterprise
may be calculated.
If anything were wanting to show the absurdity of
our Asiatic policy, this catastrophe in the magnifi-
cent and impregnable Valley of Cashmere would be
amply sufficient. It would be sufficient, because it
displayed in a conspicuous manner the impossibility
of gathering a wholesome fruit from rotten
or pernicious branches ; or, in other words, the
frivolity of expecting to behold peace and good govern-
ment flowing from sources which have only an affinity
for intestine wars and lawless spoliation. Here we
grant certain additions to the kingdom conferred upon
GHOOLAB SINGII, and we are consequently involved
in troubles for the purpose of making conquests for
the MAHARAJit of the Hills. Next, as a matter
of course, we shall have to enter upon a separate ex-
pedition in support of the Lahore Government, and
Sir CHARLES NAPIER will have to march upon
Bhawulpore to chastise the petulant and refractory
NIZAM of Moultan. With all these boisterous
elements to battle against, and with our present
blundering and piecemeal policy, the tranquillity and
happiness of India will be realised only on the arrival
of the Greek Kalends.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be produced an entirely New and Original Comedy, in five
acts, entitled LIFE. Mr. Orstan, Mr. Archer ; Frank Orstan, Mr.
Leigh Murray; Sir Thomas Menton, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Sir Jacob
Smallwit, Mr. George Bolton; Sir Robert Folair, Mr. J. Cowell ;
Cancara, Mr. Wilkinson; Lady Bait, Mrs. C. Jones ; Fanny Archer,
Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Emily Orstan, Mrs. Gordon.
After which, bhakspere's History of JACK CADE. Jack Cade,
Mr. Maynard.
To conclude with a new grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth,
Mr. Bayntun Roll; Macduff, Mr. Johnson; Banquo, Mr. Frede-
ricks ; Hecate, Mr. Neville ; Witches, Messrs. Webb, Lewis, and
Mrs. Daly; Lady Macbeth, Miss Richardson; Principal Singing
Witches, Miss Louisa Lyons and Miss Terrey.
After which the Comedy of PERFECTION.
To conclude with the popritar Baliet of LA STATUE BLANCHE,
TO-MORROW will be performed the Drama of GISELLE ; or,
The Phantom Night Dancers.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, and Royal Family. Immense attraction and double spec-
tacle. " The Demon Horse" and " Waterloo." First Week of
the appearance of Mr. Gomersal as " Napoleon Buonaparte."
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en-
titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the
Charmed Bit. In which will be introduced the Syrian Camels and
trained Deer, and the Wild Stag-Hunt.
Entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. In which will ap-
pear Herr Amidio Nuperte, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist.
To conclude with the grand Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE
OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersal.
Box-otnce open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Broadfoot.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 24 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 46 minutes after 4.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

In the case of Mrs. SHUTTLEWORTH, the public
having had the advantage of a long discussion on the
state of the law relating to lunacy, and of the judgment
of the entire Court thereon, a certain degree of doubt
has been removed. The law of lunacy is revealed in all
its hideous deformity, and medical practitioners have
received a lesson how meagre may be the character of
the statements they are obliged to make, in pursuance
of the Act of Parliament, as to the facts on which
they ground their opinions of the insanity of the
person, and how illusory may be the protection
afforded by the statute. The lady in question, it ap-
pears, had for five years past been residing in the
house of a medical man, as a patient for bodily and
not mental disease. That gentleman, who from such
long intercourse must be supposed to be more com-
petent to form a sound opinion as to her mental
capacity than any person on a casual interview, dis-
tinctly and positively swore that the lady was of
sound mind at the time she was taken into custody.
In this he was corroborated by the affidavits of three
other persons, who had long been acquainted with
her. She was possessed of a moderate independence,
on which she lived in the greatest seclusion.
The person who interfered in the matter was not in
any way related to, or connected with, Mrs. SHUTTLE-
WORTH ; he does not appear to have had more
than a few minutes' conversation with her, and when
on that he decided upon transferring her to a private
lunatic asylum, he was wholly unable to answer
any one of the sixteen particulars required by the
Act, being in fact up to the time of signing the order
for her reception wholly unacquainted with her. One
of the medical certificates on which the statement
was justified, stated that the facts on which the gen-
tleman formed his opinion that she was of unsound
mind were, that she laboured under various delusions,
without stating what these delusions were, and that
she was extremely dirty, and indecent ; the other was
still less satisfactory—for the only fact stated was,
that the learned doctor had a long conversation
with the alleged lunatic, from which he
had arrived at his conclusion. The Lord Chief
Justice pronounced the decision of the Court, in
which his judicial brethren fully concurred, that the
return to the writ which stated that she was detained
in custody as a person of unsound mind, under and
by virtue of the order for reception, and the certifi-
cates to which we have alluded, was fully sufficient,
and that therefore the lady must be remanded back
to her original custody. It is unncessary for the
purposes of our argument to inquire whether the
lady was really of unsound mind or otherwise. It
is the state of the law that must be looked to, and
whether under that law a sane person can, by any
possibility, be unduly interfered with, and his personal
liberty abridged with impunity, and also what is the se-
curity afforded against any such interferences. If the
law is so defective, if such abuses really exist, then its
alteration and amendment is imperatively called for
and the public voice should be at once raised to de-'
mand its speedy revision.

The first point established by the present case is
that a total stranger may cause the arrest and im-
prisonment of any person whose sanity is impeached;
may select an asylum to which the unfortunate person"
will be consigned, in which he will be kept secluded
without his friends being permitted to see or hear
from him, or even to see the documents under and
by virtue of which he is detained in custody. This is
a most dangerous power to be fora moment sanctioned.
If it continues in force it is probable that we
shall speedily find persons who will make it their
business to inquire into the private affairs of every
person of any degree of eccentricity, who is pos-
sessed of an independence sufficient to insure pay-
inent of the demands of the keeper of the asylum.
Such persons may be considered as necessary,
to an establishment of the description as com-
mercial travellers to an extensive mercantile houSe.
We do not mean to attribute any unworthy motive to
the clergyman who signed the order in the present
case ; but we have shown that a dangerous power
exists, that great abuses may be perpetrated in conse-
quence thereof, and that we conceive to be quite suffi-
cient to warrant us in calling for its abolition.
No pauper lunatic can be committed to custody

without being in the first instance brought before a
magistrate to be examined, and his detention approved
of. Why should not a similar protection be afforded
to the wealthier patient ? We conceive that no per-
son should be taken into any house for the reception
of lunatics until he has been so examined, and that
a verdict of a jury should in every case be neces-
sary, to warrant his detention. This verdict might
be obtained at a moderate cost, and the coroner of the
district might conduct the inquiry. When-
ever the proceeding was instituted by any
person not nearly related to the alleged lu-
natic, the matter should be taken into the
hands of some public officer. The Lord Chan-
cellor is, "by virtue of his office," guardian of all
lunatics, and in such cases he should delegate an
authority to some person to inquire into the circu:n-
stances, and to take such steps as might be most
beneficial for the afflicted person.

..--,.................... .
muse,-
servative, to be numbered among the Cabinet
of 1688 and the reign of William 111., that
.n. la,
dynasty, have been often alluded to. Willie"' t•5O,
• defender Pr
and
i
to the Revolution. In reference to 1830, thefelisneisdoelrutr,
del ated to the throne by the triumph
porter of the Protestant cause throughout theeneu.
,st,
He defended it with glory, and this was the
evo
in England, proclaimed himself the
hone
porter
h s reign and the foundation of his power. 10..Y' „,
as to cru
Government have nothing so mach at 'west .5,
• Wen°
liberty everywhere, and to parody decrepit roo , ~ of
V,e contrary, the councillors French revolutionaset
They degrade their country, without reaping theirTtr
their eLi ri
bdeergarleodra
it i.joeng.i
ti
mTahtiery. are
antis:his:l r 1
present difficulty ? We love our country to?
some to
to hope that England and France may join ant
it n'. ,
atioa-1
a good understanding together, and that the two ,eto
nnited in a liberal sentiment, may form a coun r_'.tet
Europe to the league of the Absolutist I' owers, cm"
at the expense of liberty." • Well
ebertehgfidsseudee;:lh::
The Presse thus describes the manner in W ..,,
Chargé d'Affaires, announcing the a GuizoT received the communication of
ntnheexA:iostorD:f
Cracow : • t after reel'
"If we are rightly informed, M. Guizo ,
the e°-'
ceiving from the Austrian Charge d'Affaiies ressiell
munication of his dispatches relative to tbe OPP jag
torn o
tolnie
tshpee speech
of July,
delivered a
and
dy litheni
of the republic of Cracow, confined himself
referendum." I sent
G voo,
On receiving this communication 31. alr
the °
off a dispatch to the Count PE JAIINAC on of
in Inc ctehpeteedire
ject, and on Friday communicated the eote°ls
that dispatch to the Marquis of NOWSIANOT. 1., for
From the following article, which appearstl; the
Journal des DBals of Saturday, it is evident tb.
' French Minister is prepared fully to act uP_juji
declarations which be made to the Chamber vi
last : , al
bnerot°itif-catiPon ad
p Do.- r
"We now witness the fourth division ef -° A
the last, for there is nothing more to seize lie aaw,,
city had survived the fall of Poland ; it was
Atte
and shade, and as such it still gave annoyance' eirow
seat nothing remains that is Poland, or than,r 10.1,
it. Cracow has become an' AUstriaD citY, s clioo'
has just renewed her complicity in the odionvg to her
berments of 1772, 1793, and 1795, in adiadti, oderri
self, without any motive of right or eqf';ogaise aof
dent city, of which the independence tole ' see, g• 00
h the Catholicism served as a
the most sacred treaties—a Catholic ell, ,etweea
..,
barrier "'of the SP.;
Slavonians of Austria and the Propagal•disnl, of Atti9role
sian Church. What has been the objenli, oijah 4,0
lin allowing this new part of the 00, oa• to
iation to be given over to her oleo _„• !
prevent it from falling at a later P tosebs'etll
the hands of Russia ? Si ~ may he" re• C ;
prefer, if it was necessary 01. Gallia* oil
perhaps, that after the massacres PPe el •10'
indignant and terrified at these butcheries, %De ,---titor
pa fr
nowo Vienna.fitl
elsi t
Tsoi
olhdni
niano Czar of St. Petershurgh to the u"l";otter to -30
enaolipn4Boubtsuiahstt
barrier
hisceietraohnbCa: znnogaefarttianoochtl
against
sail.,
rbtctatihaohveciivenonunivagailiort ;I:osiopfviieifit:::iiii:soloo::::toali,
maneraeadi
nianism God grant even that this iniaudieithseiy;4o)
aatfddoredd
ato. the horror of the jacquery of Gissisoairsore.
We cannotne
nounced in the Ytliil
waodcdeasion of progress for llsll ore" )/.•
ere° • o0('
Guizotand Lord Parliaments
Palmerston. If treaties w , of baY „rod
sssAl
oaaBui
nlmtlessmeet e,r
ndiAawa ,
yur
object
treatiests trhterarri tsuaa
Prussia
hdni i
there was any other right in Europe but th3"dieted b.' otill
we
the
say, without fear of being contrs rrossial die
guarantees which the letter and sPiri -00 ;the
independence and neutrality of the city 0' treatls'lsl3'
a:di' iftaaßhrnteeti
udehinneßsc, aioitaslirtasl tsdlmoohtilf
ea'
asetcouldterms:
e °acer
a. rleiseocif:ugsev
iciolsrediofdi
iesi:trittli,4o_l:o,
tfvol:ll3llscri 30Tot
becitil by
these two treaties had been sanction
a, aided 'IOIV
inth the minutes of the Congress of Vienna, thats tile /tea
e Powers. In Art. 6 it was declared efer flio $ll
of Cracow with its territory was to be for eve roll'?
Ihtssherti
titlesin dependent, and strictly neutral city. , alwAtteL
mcreimise
this—thatha sthe piotor i nbd e pne nfidoeenkte
de 170 ty f0n....4
What
which it is now thought fit to tear 111',000.;, rs
refugees from hasGallicia,or been
other -'",°rrree%;;Csilv-it, 14:
Austrian province. Take note that it is 11°' Oeln ; -
is,i_s not
o n ofth
e Cracow
contrary,
that
that the Polish conspirators came, but foal boo 100 or
plain; but, no matter for that, it is '1... eO.-larild'
Ca
rcaoemo
ivplavcinhtieohurast;aorigri:rt.aturottet:
punished, and it is Austria•
which in ot e 010_,.0
by taking •
possession of it. Never, it In „itsles/s Or.,
have diplomatic men translated with more r aoio "or
theta table of the wolf and the lamb. We sr:nc . Pe/if
ht treaties do not last for thirty years, it, .- oeti
that there is no perpetuity for them OeesP,S is 11°11t1
pons expression of their protocols. •'-'',, rise,o'tres-
assuming a great responsibility to tear top of o,
to
Proclaim openly that the stipulations in feet
ort,
righttreaty
are cast into oblivion. Everything if 0,5113 00 61
is
scryatoefh:-dienna is connected togetber;r7 if,..,a 0
which protecteut, why
not erase slth,:by 011(kToge,
17, ed
Cracow, is abolisbc-'4 of 08 --„, op rha
of Saxony .attributing to Prussia a great Pa' f rr!iii's .dir
be respected ? ,-, 0 0,- coa e , F-„Ap
the sovereigntyof Or art, est tow, fre-
the old French dePar ow
re,
left bank of the Rhine ? Art. 46, which
MO
SP de°
fort a free city, is not more le and in °,- iiieietell ofill
than art. 6, which makes Craeowaar free StOurl-al.. $7.000
city also. Arts. 75 and 76, which malt° "e" clf 'O4
Basle two Swiss cities, have nothing apPsst/ ( (1'
solid and more stringent than art. 6. Isial,p tiertl:
should we be obliged to respect art. 3of fib 1/101;
November, 1845, which interdicts France 4 IC t,00,:
fying liuninguen ? Let us, in fine, bei.tt):o4ielvfilil,
sign any one may recognise, in a treat)", ts,ie fib alb
sign
be abolished, when they displease, and
..''
ought to be maintained. We fear inuell ''• " eilP tile'
doctrine of the three Northern Courts ther‘!„iess deel4,
in treaties articles I.P" 0700
any more obligatory ' t jog 00 ,
which c
they
concern the strong. As to thoseprotee eos tO 1 yloof
theeymexist only so long as there is no in,tc; thistsoa _,‘
A singular kind of European rlg or 00/-
have .f
formerly heard it said that the denich re/,''t cot%
European right commenced with the Fr,el:,tee;,/179,. J.A.
and with Napoleon. This is s art. • . lse'.
a gross
.4.1_ iss i
.1,
menced with the first
partition of Polan; et °'ol, Pr?:
continued in 1846, and always andb smv,tid. 01,1;
Decid d
e ely the faith of treaties tbe_deloiorhe or in t'
peen aonnright are laid in the same tomb .eve 9 ilea' -,
thatof very account that we 2‘ nlitilolOi, tbst tbe
deathM. Eurean right nor in thin': (11500 e`uno 80
GUIzOT is now beginning v3t,s,„lsee ti'l„,- 00%
hEnglish alliance is more valuable to "-
cow. prow, 4e,
e had ever imagined it and is t ill
to he, t3 7
r lt---1% g o'
it, he has committed worse than a ,101 00 ~..-P for
.The following article, which appears illti itie Viiil
is evidently a feeler, put forth to 511100t,-, -- , hicho •
a reconciliation with Lord PaLhattsT°"",„,.'- 100511 et
"It is evident the or- 1 io- °t 0.
had arisen to all the world that se etop A
between France and England li,„ 000,t,„"
by the Northern Courts to annihilate,. i'-tve o-000;
held even
the freedom of Cracow. This 5'
if o°ll3o Pr-f
even by the Opposition journals. If to att/e, 0
relaxationdueec of the alliance with England 4., be. P:104
a consequence so hostile ;° ail' d ssall
Europe,Thi this alliance was good -10Aismi:thee :0
This is a point well worthy of being VI 'Loh '081„'d
Constitutionnel, the Sieele, and the fie. ••-, the tow,
so frequently and so loudly declared lb not it bes
alliance was both sterile and humiliating, ,„b et 'set Be
us happy to hear the same journals, althoi lb 05 ~.f the
somewhat late, proclaim that this allianc '..se„ce (1,1,01
sterile but that it might have saved the
world; was not so humiliating but that 'lOl 110001
been a salutary curb to the imprudent lot the 0,111,0
provocations of the Northern Courts. A,oldliCiice F,O
of these journals to the right way of fib l• t, P 0011 A
their deviation from it, always exaggeral %e isioa,,eS,
pendulum o'f a clock, an irresistible iny 111_4,,,h0TA eow
them oscillate to left and right. nstherto tp_i'e 017_tsolls
exaggeration in blaming the English alli aiveloggecee,oool
they praise it up with an equal degree °f . ,f frill'ef I)
Formerly with them it was the destruction ca 0 to tlallopee,
it is her only salvation. As many bitter w'r the tall
for reproaching the Cabinet for maintaidng 'iv% Ci;',.. 0
SO many they use now in accusing it for lesy. 5 clotojeoK
mised it. The good sense of the public 0,! 000 0, et
will continue to appreciate the real value 01 ore 0.4 )11 alit'
mations. We have Dever believed, and w!" olgoof 111.
further from believing, in a rupture of th 0 iieoC4'l, that
ante. But, supposing it to be the cons( Kiteoh e the
Spanish marriages, we hold it to be ins °beryl° 'h
It
c't Of the
France could not nevertheless have acted oce 00
~
she has done. However precious an allit l'' (fon t4cleillv•
ought not to go so far as to impose an obi)1 )0;0..44
most important rights and interests of a n o_l/ on fluri lei;
it is sincere, its genuine object is to ensure iife.,, • .
to the legitimate pretensions of each a 115% On, 00,'
that the entente cordiale ismore or less ~ ton„ss. 1
with Lord Palmerston ; but Lord Palm era alatr:i to
England, and it is not with him that we , 3'e'fisaeß 130
is very probable that if the French Go / fogey weea
irrA bet 014
suffered Lord Palmerston to make a rti; oew oo
pleased and as his dispatches prove he Iv 11, ese„. 00'
a Prince of Coburg and the Queen of Spa JoolfVroot°4:
still he upon the best terms vvith him, of
03t5 rigo
vernrneni would have betrayed the inter veil 010 g
~ had ei ;, theft of
and then the jeernals would has
deuce - des th
make reproaches. We have full CO
,q
ti_ to it
... be,
sense of the people of England, ana u ertoittiirj
,co = gal
even that of Lord Palmerston himself'.
been ti's _,,,,t,
0.0._
acknowledge how unfounded French ~,..1 . awn/ I,P.
raised by them against the u•_,t'evi sac4irabiu
they will reconstitute that close and icie.„3-t. a e'
the recent event of Cracow renders stui sm coil'
~a to s
for Great Britain than for us." _ I ,e) oci kr
On Thursday a Cabinet Council vi'a i es of
be 0 P®tree
eider the terms of the protest to 1
ib
ties to
France to all the Powers par . ateo
frlg
Vienna. f Pali.V. edifier
hat four s ideal
Letters from Toulon state t . lie 1". ago
ort in'll I oe.frig 0,
are to be fitted out at that p
other 5' 4 ~ deStill
ranean squadron, and that two the 5 4 '.--
.-, for ' •
are fittino;out at the Ocean port, 16thBoabe
lion. d t The 0n
13°°rge tb°
The Bey of Turas arrive a he pary. f. yocloo„;
The Three per Cents. cle.scd per C0e45., 114 85,0,.40;
Saturday at 811. 30c. ; the Eiv? r„ , ,flotlell: ,fion, .5. sad
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,202 f. ik,ic•zoc..A.s: ,i S• rar,,,,it,
Havre, 625 f. ; Great _Northern, 622 r. ,
Basle, '21:).-: 'ar'as SO
Vierzon, 560 f. ; Bordeaux, ,540 f.; 485 f ; Par" leans
Strasburg, 475 f.; Tours and Nantes, • • 1300
492 f. 59.
498 f. 75c.; Lyons and Avigirn, , 3;4
Cette, Cette, 475 f.; Spanish Domestic Debt, .-i-4

It is also now settled that the statement that the
person signing the certificate had a conversation with
the person afflicted, from which he grounded his opi-
nion, is a sufficient fact within the statute to warrant
the certificate. The protection intended to be given
by the statute is thus partially abolished. It never
could have been contemplared that any medical man
would have signed such a certificate without seeing
and conversing with the patient. The Legislature)
therefore, when it enacted " that the per-
son certifying should state on the face cf.
the certificate the facts that led him to the conclu-
sion that the person was insane," must have contem-
plated something further than the fact of an interview
with the medical practitioner. It would appear to us
that the facts to be set forth should be of such a cha-
racter as, if unexplained, to establish the mental inca-
pacity. The Court have, however, decided differently,
and as the very slight protection afforded by the Act
is thus taken away, there is a positive necessity for
some speedy legislation on the subject. We trust
that the " Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society," who have
so kindly noticed our exertions on this subject, will
take steps to have the matter brought prominently
before Parliament in the ensuing session, and that a
full and searching inquiry may be directed into the
law of lunacy, the manner of its operation, and the
measures that should be adopted for its amendment.

The Frankfort Journal contains a letter, dated
Vienna, Nov. 11, which says—
" To. morrow, or the day after, will be published at
Cracow the incorporation of the republic with the Aus-
trian monarchy. Gallicia is to be divided administra-
tively into Eastern and Western Gallicia. Cracow is to
be the capital of the latter. This news has produced a
great sensation. Count Stadion has returned to his post
as Governor of Gallicia, after having had a conference
With Prince de Metternich. It is announced that the
judgments given against the persons compromised in the
late revolution in Gallicia, and signed by the Emperor,
are to be published and carried into execution."
A letter from Berlin, of the 15th, states that the
treaty of commerce with Sardinia, which had long
been under negotiation, has just been concluded.
The letter adds that negotiations have been entered
into with the United States and the principalities of
the Danube. The treaty with the kingdom of the
Two Sicilitis is on the point of being ratified.

Intelligence from Lisbon to the 17th inst. has been
received by her Majesty's steam-sloop Polyphemus,
Commander M'CLEVERTY, which has arrived at
Portsmouth. Count Das ANTAS had retired upon
Santarem, a strong and fortified position, where he
was awaiting the attack of SALDANIIA, who
was advancing against him from Alwentrinho. Gen.
SCHWALBACK (the Viscount SETERBAL), after shelling
Evora for two days, and finding he could make
no impression, had raised the siege, and
retreated to Estremoz, closely followed, it was said, by
the Count DE BOMFIN. Oporto remains in possession
of the insurgents. The last accounts from that city
mention nothing of the rumour that the America
frigate had been fired on and. dismasted. Indeed, it
is said that the America draws too much water to
approach within gun shot-of Oporto.

Colonel WTYLDE had on the 13th an interview with
Count DAS ANTAS at Santarem. The Count ex-
pressed his loyalty to the QUEEN, and declared it was
against her bad advisers only that he was in arms, and
that his only desire was to release the QUEEN from
the thraldom in which she was held, and afford her the
means of governing according to the charter.
The Diario publishes a decree, dated November
14th, by which the QUEEN, acting in conformity to
the power which she has assumed of personally
directing the affairs of the kingdom, orders that the
notes of the Bank of Lisbon be accepted as a legal
tender for the full amount which they purport to
bear, and the penalty attached to the infraction of
this decree is a fine of from 131. to 1301., at the will
of the judge before whom the offender is tried, and
also the punishment of civil degradation.
The English merchants resident at Lisbon have
presented a strong remonstrance, through their
Consul, on the subject of this decree, and avow their
intentions to close their establishments if it be not
rescinded.

It is reported that the island of St. Michael has
pronounced for Des ANTAS.
The QUEEN and KING CONSORT are at Belem.
The squadron in the Tagus, under Vice-Admiral
Sir William Parker, Bart., when the Polyphemus
left, consisted of the Hibernia, 100 ((lag), Captain
Richards; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain Nott ; the
Rodney, 92, Captain Edward Collier; the Albion, 90,
Captain Loekyer ; the Superb, 80, Captain Correy ;
the Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby ; the Nautilus, 10,
Commander M`Donnell, which sailed the 17th for
Oporto, but anchored again off Belem; and the
steam-sloops Cyclops, 6, Captain Lapidge ; Rattler,
15, Captain Smith ; and Phenix, 4, Commander
Dennis. The latter was grounded to have her stern-
post caulked.
The America, 50, Captain the Hon. John Gordon,
had sailed a few days before for Corunna.

Madrid papers of the 14th and 15th have arrived.
According to the Clamor Publico bands of Car-
lists have appeared in Catalonia. It was said that
Senor MON had commenced a prosecution against the
members of the Progressista Election Committee, for
having asserted in their circular that he had mis-
applied the public finances.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday-

The annexation of Cracow is the subject of com-
ment in all of them. We are glad to perceive from
the following article, which appears in the Constitu-
tionnel of Friday, that justice is rendered, by one class
of politicians at least in the French capital, to the
motives which have actuated the conduct of the Libe-
ral Government of England towards France :
" When Lord Palmerston," says the Constitutionnel,
" declared in Parliament that the Treaties of Vienna were
no less binding on the Vistula than they were upon the
Rhine and on the Po, his Lordship extended his hand to
our true policy. The day those words were pro-
nounced was the time when the real importance of
our union with England could have been more clearly
tested. France, not England, has to complain of the
Treaties of Vienna. The maintenance of Polish
nationality is for England a question of philanthropy
and right of rations ; for France, it was the only
compensation for our losses and misfortunes. If the
Chambers annually protest in the name of the nationality
of the Poles, it is because all attempt against the inde-
pendence of the continent is a violent attempt against
the real interests of France. The question affects our
very vitals. Nevertheless it was at the moment when
those sentiments were expressed in the British Parlia-
ment, that our Ministers deemed it expedient to break off
with the Liberals on the other side of the Channel, who
bad thus compromised themselves in the eyes of the
Absolutist Powers. Those men, said they, to the Ca-
binets of St. Petersburgh-and Vienna, are firebrands;
we are wise, and we belong to the great political family
of the Conservatives. Then, parodying the policy of
Louis XIV., our statesmen contracted a marriage, not
with the Queen of Spain, but with the Infanta of Spain,
praying Heaven to permit that the Infanta should never
become heiress to the throne. In the meantime,
M. Guizot, offering the liberty of Switzerland
as a sacrifice, implored the alliance of Prince
Metternich, boasted of having secured Russian
alliance, calumniated the Liberal Cabinet of England,
and claimed a place among Legitimate Governments.
But the statesman who rules over Austria, and whose
age has not impaired his fatal ability, without replying,
without complaining of the Spanish marriage, observing
a strict neutrality, was preparing for us the most cruel
blow, the most poignant humiliation that had ever been
inflicted on us. It was not enough to marry an:arch-
duchess to the Pretender of the elder branch of the
Bourbons, he isolated us in Europe, and persists in
treating us as a revolutionary Government in spite of
ourselves. We have not been consulted respecting the
execution of treaties to which France is a party. We
were not even admitted to the honour of destroying the
liberty and existence of the republic of Cracow. Our
Government was never more roughly chastised for having
disregarded its principle, forgotten its origin, abandoned
the cause of liberty in the world, renounced without motive
its natural alliances, and aspired, under the name of Con.

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