The Sun. — 1859-06-20 (London, England)

AUSTRIAN VOLUNTEERS.  TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Austrian Government, which has lately made an appeal to the volunteers of its different provinces, had at least the modesty not to address itself to the town of Cracow, whose political existence it has so recently and so arbitrarily confiscated. But in Austria, avlblioe.vneLnaeal,lchoaotsmheotrbeteaincoluaienndtries, the secondary authorities are zealous and incredible proclamaoamffivatchritooirunisitey;z,taonafadtdedrornaersjsoguotrvoneeruynsotaron, tion, which has this morning been affixed to the walls of our stupified and indignant town. Ile dares to ask of us a numerous_ corps of volunteers, and, for their equipment and maintenance, gifts of money, also voluntary, proclamation, p "Followingrov in ces ” h ewith y says in pleasure the example of other s roclamation, solicited and obtained the necessary p " I have power to form a corps of volunteers in this district. Two battalions of four companies each will be formed, one of infantry and the other of chasseurs. " Forward, then, true sons of your country I ranksßrave oyfo valorousuth and warriors vigorous manhood. Let I mv ! Hasten is unable to join this noble movement, bring his offerings, &c. When each has done what he can, a valian,t, troop will speedily be suitably equipped, and will who to the o hasten to take part in desperate and glorious combats." Thus the Government of Vienna invites the faithful inhabitants of Cracow, of Cracow the ancient capital of Poland, to range themselves under the Austrian banners to defend " their country." This Government which, in 1846, in contempt of the existing public rights and the protestations of France and England, seized our free town, after having given to massacre and to pillage all the surrounding country; which in 1848 bombarded us without mercy ; which has deprived which has freedom of commerce and liberty of person ; ruined us by imposts and bankruptcies; which for thirteen years has made us submit to all the rigours of its systematically hostile dominion ; replacing the Code Napoleon, which we enjoyed, by its barbarous jurisprudence, going so fr as to interdict the use of our language in our schools ; accumulating, in short, during thirteen years, insults upon insults, persecutions upon persecutions, this Government, I say, appeals to our devotion, and asks of us to sacrifice what it has left us of life and fortune. The whole town is indignant, and you may believe that in all the district not a single honest man responds to the appeal. Do not be surprised, however, if some time hence you hear that a corps of Polish volunteers has appeared in the ranks of the Austrian army. It is then that Count Clain Martiniez, determined to be in the right, will have had recourse to extreme means to prove himself so taking men by force, or emptying the prisons of the town. And as for adorning with the noble name of volunteer those who have offended justice, such an act is possible enough for a Government which, in 1846, paid 10 florins a head for murdered gentlemen, and which since that time has granted a pension to Szela, the chief of those assassins. " Cracow, May 20."  Mr. Tom Taylor's new comedy, announced to be produced at the Haymarket Theatre, on next Sattudal evening., will b© entitled "The Election." The principal chat actors will be sustainod by Mr. and Mrs.' Charie Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, and Mr. Compton.