The Aberdare Times

The King of Naples continues to maintain very active communications with foreign powers. He has also lust appointed as chamberlains many members of that fraction of the aristocracy Which has remained attached to his cause.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Thursday being Ascension-day, or Holy Thursday, the House of Lords did not meet. In the House of Commons on Thursday, in reply to Mr. Baxter, the Chancellor of the Exchequer "gave a long ex- planation relative to the Galway contract. AMERICA. Mr. W. Forster asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was not a criminal offence against the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act for any sub- ject of her Majesty to serve on board any privateer licensed by the person assuming as President of the Southern Confederacy, to exercise a power over a part of the United States, or for any person within her Majesty's dominions to assist in the equipment of such pri- vateer and, If so, whether he would take measures to pre- vent the infringement of the law, either by her Majesty's subjects or by any agents of the President of the Southern Confederacy who are now in England and, also, whether any such privateer, equipped in a part of her Majesty's do- minions, would not be liable to forfeiture. Mr. G. C. Lewis said that the general principle of our law was that no subject of her Majesty shall enter the service of any foreign prince or power, or engage in any hostilities that might exist between two foreign powers but with re- gard to the precise effect of the Foreign Enlistment Act, it would not be proper for him to offer any opinion, inasmuch as her Majesty's Government would have to decide on the actual bearing of any case that might arise. The Govern- ment intended to issue a proclamation on the subject. Mr. Wilbraham Egerton asked tba Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he intended to bring in a bill during the present session to alter the scale of allow- ances to witnesses at the assizes and sessions. Sir G. C. Lewis said it was his intention to introduce such a bill. Mr. Richard Long asked the First Lord of the Treasury what proportion of the fortifications loan the Government proposed to borrow during the ensuing financial year. Lord Palmerston said it was impossible to answer that question at present. As soon as the plans of the Govern- ment were matured they would be communicated to the House. The Princess Alice Annuity Bill passed through committee. On the order for reading the Budget resolutions, prepara- tory to founding a bill upon them, Mr. Bentinck called at- tention to a telegram which jjhad been received to-day stating that the planting and cotton supply in' America had been stopped. He wished to ask the head of the Government whether her Majesty's Government antici- pated the probability, in the present state of affairs in the United Kingdom, any increased armaments, naval or military, on the part of this country would be necessary,— whether it was likely that great distress would fall upon the manufacturing districts in consequence of this state of affairs,-or whether there would be any deficiency in the revenue in consequence of the operation of this news on the Customs and Excise. Lord Palmerston did not anticipate that any increase in our armaments would be necessary in consequence of the state of affairs in America, nor did he think that that circum- stance would operate to the disadvantage of our Customs and Excise, or throw the n anufacturing districts into distress. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Disraeli said he should not oppose the reading of the resolutions but he wished to know when the Chancellor of the Exchequer would propose to read a second time the- bill founded upon them. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he did not wish to hurry the House, and he would name Monday next for that purpose. -• Mr. Disraeli considered that the proposal was extremely fair and reasonable. «, Leave was then given to bring in the bill. On the order for going into Committee of Ways and Means, Sir S. Northcote, with reference to a< statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the- paper trade was not in a thriving state, entered into a variety of calculations upon the subject, and asked for explanation^, and why the increase of the amount of the duty Bad dot kept pace with the Increase of the manufacture. Lord H. Lennox inquired the state, of t^b negotiations between France and Belgium on the irubjectof the exporta- tion of rags. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, remarking that Sir S. Northcote had not employed the best mode of obtaining the information he sought, by omitting to give such a notice as would enable him to understand his statement, explained the causes of the apparent anomalies in the paper trade, observing that paper was a commodity which was largely an accessory to other trades. In reply to Lord H. Lennox, premising that he was not able to give a clear explanation of the present state of the negotiations between France and Belgium, he gave his understanding of the arrangement on the subject of the export of rags. Mr. Disraeli complained that the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer had not applied himself to the real points at issue between him and Sir S. Northcote. Mr. Maguire asked whether the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer would consent to the appointment of a Select Com- mittee to inquire into the operation and effect of the system of export duties on foreign rags upon the paper trade of the United Kingdom. Mr. Norris explained the reasons why the increase of the paper manufacture was not accompanied by a proportionate increase of duty. Mr. Newdegate complained of the delusive statements as to the boon conferred by the repeal of the paper duty, and warned the House not to proceed with reckless haste in the course indicated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. After a few explanatory remarks by Mr. M. Gibson, the House went into Committee of Ways and Means. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved a resolution that the duties of Customs chargeable on the articles under- mentioned, imported into Great Britain'and Ireland, shall cease on and after the 1st of October, 1861,-viz., paper, as denominated in the tariff, millboard, pasteboard books, as denominated in the tariff; prints and drawings, as denomi- nated in the tariff. In reply to Mr. Maguire, he said the Government were willing to consent to the appointment of a Committee, but not to suspend the operation of the reso- ution until the Committee had reported. Mr. Maguire urged the delay of the resolution till Parlia- ment had information that would enable the Government to negotiate with France for what was a mere act of justice, but absolutely necessary for the salvation of the trade, which, though entitled to fair play, would, by a tax on the raw material, be left to compete upon unequal terms with the foreigner. He moved that the chairman report progress, After a debate in which the proposal for previous inquiry was supported by several members, and opposed, in an ani- mated speech, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer- who argued that the object of the proposal was to compare our commercial legislation with that of other countries, and to regulate our legislation by theirs, thereby to reverse the principles upon which we had acted for the last twenty years—the Committee divided, when the motion to report progress was negatived by 100 to 54. The resolution was then agreed to. The House then went into a Committee of Supply upon the Army Estimates, the discussion of which occupied most of the remainder of the evening. On the order for the second reading of the Edinburgh Assessment Bill, moved by Mr. Mure, Mr. Dunlop moved, as an amendment, a resolution which, after some debate, was negatived upon a division, and the bill was read a second time. The Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill was likewise read a second time, and referred to a select committee. The Harbours Bill was committed pro forma. On the order for the second reading of the Cork Infirmary Bill, Mr. Longfield moved to defer the second reading for six months. Mr. Beamish defended the bill, and, after some discussion, the amendment was negatived upon a division, and the bill was read a second time. The remaining business having been disposed of, the House adjourned. In the House of Lords on Friday, May 10, Lord Granville, in reply to a question from Lord Derby, stated that the Government were about to issue a proclamation warning her Majesty's subjects not to depart from that neutrality her Majesty was so anxious to preserve in the war which had arisen between the Northern and Southern States of America. After such a proclamation, no British sailor, if captured as a privateer and treated as a pirate, will be entitled to claim the official protection of his Government. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, on moving the resolutions of which he has given notice respecting Syrian affairs, ex- pressed his conviction that France would not hesitate to withdraw her troops according to agreement, but at the same time he thought it highly expedient that the policy of her Majesty's Government should be supported by the voice of Parliament, in order that no change should take place with regard to the period of occupation. The presence of a foreign army, he contended, was not now necessary in Syria for the tranquillity of the country, and, by holding military possess- sion of the key of Egypt, was incompatible with European interests. Having briefly entered into the causes of the massacres, which were not so much of local origin as due to the general mal-administration of the Turkish empire, and especially to the embarrassed state of its finance, he pressed upon the House the necessity of affording to Turkey all the assistance, moral or otherwise, which the interest of the country would allow, and thought the Government ought to urge her to carry out the reforms she had promised. Lord Clanricarde stated his belief in the sincerity of the French Government's intention to withdraw its troops from Syria bdt was convinced the only assistance which would be serviceable to Turkey was a loan, and he trusted no Minister would propose such a thing at the present time. The weak point of Turkey was her want of money. Lord Grey thought the present condition of Turkey was to be traced to bad government, and the constant interference of the great Powers in her internal affairs for the last thirty years. He objected to the resolutions, because their real meaning was assistance to Turkey. Lord Granville having appealed to Lord Stratford de Red- oliffe to withdraw his revolutions, as no practical good could arise from their adoption, the resolutions were withdrawn, and their lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons the motion for adjournment afforded an opportunity for one or two irregular discussions on questions of foreign policy. Mr. Peacocke, in moving for copies of papers or dispatches relative to the new Austrian constitution, highly eulogised the Government of that em- pire while he at the same time acknowledged that Venetia was a source of weakness to Austria, and should form part of the new Italian kingdom. After speeches from Mr. St. Aubyn and Mr. Baillie Cochrane, the latter delivering himself of a stormy philippic against the Ministerial policy on the Italian question, Lord John Russell made some rather lengthy remarks in reply. He avowed himself to be an "old-fashioned politician" in his feelings with regard to Austria, and expressed his hope that the unity of the empire might be compatible with the maintenance of the ancient rights of Hungary. On the subject of Yenetia, he intimated that his views corresponded with those of Mr. Peacocke; and said that he hoped the difficulty might yet be settled by peaceful negotiation between the Emperor of Austria and the King of Italy. Sir James Fergusson then called the attention of the House to the affairs of Syria in a speech of considerable length. Lord J. Russell, in reply, stated the present position of aflairs in Syria and the views of her Majesty's Government Z best solution of the difficult question as to the Government of the Lebanon, respecting which differences of opinion had existed among the Commissioners, whose final report had been forwarded to Constantinople. He hoped, he said, that means might be found to improve S^tv. A011 Sf P?°Pl? of the Lebanon. There was J^'J. f Government considered it- Belf bound v) take under its special protection the subjects of Turkey begging to the Greek Church, while the French Government pattoiiised the R°man Catholic subjects, The object of her Majesty s Government was to secure good government to all withoivt.distinction. With regard to the evacuation of Syria by the Ireuch troops, he had. he said every reason to rely upon the good faith of the Emperor of the French. It was not in his power to produce the papers moved for. Mr. Layard urged that, if it was desired that Syria should be well governed, the responsibility should be left to the P< lie, since, if any other plan were taken up, and it should fa 1, no one would be responsible. He denied that there was M y systematic oppression of the Christians by the Turkish M y systematic oppression of the Christians by the Turkish authorities. After some observations by Mr. Clifford and Sir H. Vern ay, Mr. Monsell dissented from Mr. Layard, whose position, he said, was inconsistent with the honour and good faith of this country. Lord Dufferin said that Maronites and Druses would live in perfect harmony if left alone. It was the Turks who were to be controlled, and the French troops should not be removed from Syria till some system of government had been introduced. Mr. Freeland believed that, whatever might have been the immediate cause of the unhappy events in Syria, the blame rested almost entirely on the Ottoman Government, which must be spoken to very plainly. After some remarks by Mr. Griffith, the amendment was withdrawn. Tee House then went into a Committee of Supply upon ,he Army Estimates, when certain votes were agreed to, after a long debate upon each. The Princess Alice's Annuity Bill was read a third time and passed. The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means was brought up and agreed to, and likewise the Report of the Committee of Supply. The Lords' amendments of the Post-office Savings-banks Bill were agreed to. Other bills were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned till Monday. In the House of Lords on Monday, May 13, Lord Shaftes- bury, on moving for the evidence on which the part of the report of the Education Commission which related to Ragged Schools was founded, protested against the report as untrue, unfair, and ungenerous, and trusted that some explanations would be given of the conclusions arrived at therein. He proceeded to examine what he termed the inaccuracies of the report, quoted statistics to show that the Ragged Schools were by no means so insignificant in numbers and in income as the report had assumed, and repelled with some warmth the accusations of the Commissioners against the discipline and cleanliness of the schools- accusations which he stigmatised as a "gross libel." In regard to the opinion of the Commissioners that better results would be obtained by clothing the children, so as to enable them to attend the ordinary schools, he was convinced that the clothes would find their way to the pawnbrokers, and that valuable funds would be so far uselessly wasted. The opinion of the Commissioners that no beneficial effects had been produced by Ragged Schools was amply refuted by the decrease in juvenile delinquency in London during the last five years, the returns showing in that period a decrease of no less than 2,524 in the number of offenders. He wound up a somewhat bitter oration by showing how thrift and frugality had been encouraged among the poor, and how their children had been enabled to earn an honest living by the humane and persevering efforts of the promoters of these schools. All this, however, had been lost sight of by the Commissioners, who in an inaccurate and incorrect report had brought vile accusations" against men who had sacrificed their own comforts for the good of their humbler brethren. The Duke of Newcastle, having denied that there was one word in the report which could be construed into an accusa- tion against Ragged Schools, and having congratulated Lord Shaftesbury that he had brought this subject before the House ina less grandiose style" thanjhehad used at Exeter Hall, vindicated the Commissioners from the charges of misrepresentation and malignity, feeling convinced that they had exhibited the greatest impartiality to every scheme brought before them, without putting forth any such claim to infallibility as the noble earl had done. He defied Lord Shaftesbury to point out a single word in the report imply- ing that Ragged Schools had done no good; what the report stated was that Ragged Schools ought not to be looked on as a permanent system of national education, and that consequently they should not be recommended for a public grant. Lutd Portman having said a few words, Lord Granville trusted that, as the papers had been already presented to the House, there would be no division on the subject. After a few remarks from Lord Shaftesbury and the Duke of Newcastle the subject dropped, and the House adjourned. In the House of Commons, Mr. Roebuck laid before the House, as a matter of privilege, a very painful statement re- garding the mental condition of Mr. Andrew Steuart, a mem- ber for the borough of Cambridge, who, he said, had been allowed to come out of a lunatic asylum to give his vote in the House; and, suggesting that somebody must be to blame, and that the House was bound to ascertain upon whom the blame rested, moved for a select committee to inquire into the circumstances under which Mr. Steuart voted in a division of that House on Friday last. Mr. Macaulay asserted that Mr. Steuart was as perfectly well in body and mind as any member of the House. Sir G. Lewis said, in the present state of their information, he thought it inexpedient to pursue the discussion. He had reason to believe that the case had been inquired into by the Commissioners in Lunacy, and the House might either re- quire a return by the Commissioners of the evidence taken by them on oath, or he (Sir George) would address to them an official letter calling for a report, which he would under- take te lay before the House. He suggested that Mr. Roe- buck should withdraw his motion for the present. Mr. Bass thought it should be a matter of surprise to no one that the unhappy matter had produced a deep sensation. He could not but think that the hon. and learned member (Mr. Roebuck) had been treated with more than necessary rigour. (Hear.) It was not only in that House that the matter had been mentioned; for the last six days it had been the topic of conversation out of doors. If there was any body of men who ought to feel thankful that the subject had been referred to, it was the gentlemen who sat upon the Opposition beaches, for there had been imputations out of doors cast upon the manner in which the hon. gentleman was brought into that House to vote. ("Oh, oh," and cheers.) He begged to assure hon. gentlemen that those were not his sentiments. He only repeated what he had heard, and he could conceive of nothing more desirable than that there should be a full explanation of what had passed. (Cheers.) Lord H. Lennox said that he should not have risen to pro- long a discussion which had already lasted too long but as his hon. friend the member for Cambridge and himself had, for a period of twenty years, lived on terms of the closest intimacy, he should not be doing right if he were not to state the circumstances which had occurred on Friday night. On that evening he had heard that Mr. Steuart, feeling him- stlf in a nervous and low state of health, had, not upon the advice of his friends, but upon his own free will, placed himself near London in order that an attack which he felt might come on should be averted by timely medical treatment. Having heard that, he was much surprised on walking into the lobby to meet his hon. friend, who addressed him by his name as usual in the most cordial manner, and then referred in feeling terms to an accident which had lately happened in his (the noble lord's) family, the full particulars of which he seemed to know. His hon. friend then proceeded in the calmest tones to inquire what was the nature of the vote which he intended to give. He (the noble lord) said he intended to vote in a manner with which his hon. friend, like many others on the same side of the House, could not sympathise; and his hon. friend then did his best to dissuade him from that course. (Laughter and cheers.) He could assure the hon. member for Sheffield that when his hon. friend gave his vote, he did so with the most perfect confidence—mistaken, he thought-that he was voting for tea against paper. (Hear, hear.) After much discussion, Mr. Roebuck, after vindicating himself from the charge of bringing this painful matter un- necessarily before the House,—repeating that the certificate under which Mr. Steuart had been received into the lunatic asylum, signed by two physicians, represented him as dangerous to himself and others,—said he was ready to adopt the suggestion of Sir G. Lewis and to withdraw his motion. Some further discussion ensued, but ultimately the motion for a committee was negatived without a division. On the order of the day for reading the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill a second time, Mr. Macdonough addressed the House in a maiden speech against the bill. Sir J. Graham justified the Government for uniting these propositions in a single bill. He admitted the right of the Lords last year to deal with the Paper Duty, but questioned the policy of the exercise of that right. Both usage and ex- pediency justified the course now pursued by the Govern- ment. Replying to the arguments of Mr. Macdonough, he said that if the conduct of the Commons with regard to the Lords was without precedent, it was because the conduct of the Lords themselves was unprecedented. Mr. Collier supported, and Mr. Whiteside opposed the bill. Lord J. Russell entered Into the constitutional question at length, contending that the Government were justified in the course they pursued, by precedent as well as policy, quoting various instances analogous to the present position of. affairs. After some remarks from Lord R. Cecil, the Chancellor of the Exchequer taunted the Opposition with the cowardly course which they were pursuing, and which would only re- sult in injury to the House of Lords. All were agreed as to the principle of the discussion of financial matters the only difference was as to the application, in which he contended the Opposition had signally failed. Mr. Disraeli argued that by the present course of proceed- ing the House of Lords was virtually excluded from-con- trolling the measures proposed by the Government, Lord Palmerston urged tbatthedivision should be taken as decisive, and that no further delay should ensue in passing the bill. The House divided on the question of adjournment, which was defeated In favour of the Government by 247 to. 164. Another notice for adjournment was made, and defeated by 233 to 125. The Opposition persisted and the debate was adjourned tiH Thursday.. In the House of Lords on Tuesday, May 14, the Earl of Derby, seeing the President of the Council in his place, asked him when it was his intention to move the adjournment of the House for the Whitsuntide recess. Earl Granville said he intended to move that the House adjourn from Friday till Monday week. In fupswer to some observations from Lord Brougham on the subject of the annexation of St. Domingo, Lord Wode- house said that the Spanish Government had not yet taken any definite resolution with uespecb to the proposed annexation to Spain of a portion of the island of St. Domingo. They were waiting for further information from the island before coming to a decision. He had reason to believe that if this information was to the effect that the people of that portion of the island now occupied by Spa- nish troops, wished Spain to re-assume her sovereignty over It that she would consent to do so. In any case the Spa- nish Government had assured her Majesty's Government that slavery would not be introduced in that territory. Earl Granville moved the second reading of the Princess Alice Dowry Bill, which he had no doubt their lordships would receive willingly out of respect for her Majesty. The House had lately passed a bill giving 40,0001. and 8,0002. a year to the eldest daughter of the Queen on the occasion of her marriage., A' difference was made in the present case of course, as the PriDcess to be married was the second daughter of her Majesty. The bill was read a second time. On the motion of Lord Kinnaird, the Smoke Nuisance (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. After some discussion on the Railway Companies Mortgage Transfer (Scotland) Bill its consideration was postponed. In the House of Commons, Lord Fermoy asked the Secre- tary of Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his attention has been called to the case of Babbage against John Massey, John Weuz, Adam Cleustmann, and Jacob' Fey, decided at the Marylebone Police-court on the 2nd day of May, as reported-in the newspapers, on which occasion Mr. Mansfield, the presiding magistrate, inflicted the heaviest penalty—viz., 40s., or one month's imprisonment, upon the defendants, notwithstanding the evidence of three respectable householders that they ceased playing upon the first request to do so and whether be would order an inquiry into the grounds upon which so severe a sentence was passed, notwithstanding the evidence given in exculpation of the defandints. Sir G. Lewis said he could not Interfere with the police. Sir a, Cairns moved for a select committee to inquire into the law of marriage in Ireland. The hon. and learned gentleman stated that the principal reason which induced him to bring forward the motion was the anomalous position in which those persons stood in Ireland with regard to the law of marriage who were not members of the Established Church. ° His object in asking the House to appoint a committee was to ascertain what alterations were required in the law in order to.afford general relief for the grievances which were now com- plained of. With regard to Roman Catholics their posi- tion was somewhat peculiar. In certain respects they pos- sessed great advantages, but in others they were subjected to disabilities which affected no other religious community. He thought Roman Catholics should be enabled to perform marriages in the same way as other religious communities. Upon that subject it would be the,duty of the committee to inquire. Mr. Whiteside seconded the motion.

THE LATE COUNT TELBKI. Count Ladislaus Teleki, who was found, last week, deed in his house at Pesth, was one of the most eminent political men in Hungary, and, since the recent constitutional movement, the acknowledged leader of the advanced party in the Diet. He was born in 1814, the scion of an ancient noble family. His ancestors have always occupied the foremost position in the affairs of the kingdom. Count Ladislaus, at an early age, de- voted himself successfully to literature; his political life began as a deputy in the Diet of Transylvania. In 1843 he entered the Hungarian Assembly, where he soon rendered himself conspicuous as a staunch reformer. He was allied in friendship with Batthyani (afterwards shot by order of an Austrian court martial) and with Szechenyi. During the revolution of 1848- 1849, he took side with the party of Kossuth, and will long be remembered as one of the most conspicuous members of that heroic but ill-fated band of patriots who rallied around Kossuth in 1848 and sacrificed position, wealth, and often life itself, in the vain hope of rescuing their country from the Austrian yoke Even before the year of revolutions, he was well known as a true friend of the people. He was what we in England call an out-and-out democrat." Even in external appearance he exhibited a dislike to all aristo- cratic conventionalities. He was so so well known for his personal courage, and obtained such a reputation for bravery on account of the numerous duels in which he had been engaged, that he acquired the sobriquet of The Hungarian Bayard." As a speaker Teleki held a high place. He was afflicted, it is true, with a certain hesitation of speech but this defect was readily forgotten in the admi- ration excited by the telling sarcasms, striking allusions, and originaHdeas which the orator poured out. When the revolution broke out, Teleki at once declared himself for the national party. Kossuth's principles became Teleki's_ political creed and as the men of La Vendee were said to be, more realist than the King, so Teleki's ideas were said by his opponents to be more Kossuthian than those of Kossuth himself. When Hungary succeeded in emancipating herself from the Austrian thraldom, and reassumed, for a time, at least, her rightful position as an independent European kingdom, Lamartine, who was then at the head of the French Provisional Government, requested that a, Magyar ambassador might ba appointed at Paris, offering, at the same time, to' send a French envoy to Pesth. It was Count Teleki to whom this important and honourable position was assigned. The mission was one that, in the then position of European politics, could scarcely produce any enduring results; and although his discretion has been called into question, none have doubted his patriotism and energy during the period that he held office, and several of the elo- quent dispatches written by the Count, and his secre- tary, Friedrich Szarondy, are still remembered. The Roman Republic, at that time, was represented by Col. Erapolli, and the democratic governments of Baden and the Palatinate by Karl Blind and Frederick Schutz. When, after the attempt of Ledru Rollin to overthrow the Napoleonic regime, Karl Blind was arrested in spite of his quality as an envoy, Teleki, as well as Frapolli and Schutz, escaped the same fate by flight. Subse- quently, Count Teleki was enabled to return to Paris, when he displayed extraordinary activity in the Presse in defending the cause of his unfortunate fatherland. He was, during his absence abroad, condemned to death by the Austrian Court. Among the Hungarian emigration he has, in latter years, occupied, with Kossuth and Klapka, the most influential position. His recent capture at Dresden, which resulted in his being delivered over to the authorities at Vienna, is universally known. With him, Hungary loses a great intellect, and the Diet at Pesth her most energetic leader. A book, or rather pamphlet, by Teleki, on the ques- tion of "The Russian Intervention," also excited con- siderable interest on account of the power and mastery with which the subject was treated. Since the destruc- tion of all the short-lived national Governments of the Continent, Teleki lived an exile's life, and sank into that oblivion which is an exile's direst calamity and bitterest punishment. The rude manner in which this forgetfulness was dissipated the demand of the Aus- trian Government that the Count, who was staying at Dresden under an assumed name should be given up the'unjustifiable acquiescence of Saxony; the highly meritorious but totally unexpected indignation of the Emperor of the French at this breach of international custom, and the clumsy expedient by which the Em- peror of Austria avoided the coming storm—all these circumstances are too fresh in the memory of our readers to need any recapitulation.

The following particulars have been received respect- ing the death of this Hungarian nobleman, which it is now evident arose from suicide :— The Count retired to his bedroom soon after 10 o'clock on the evening of the 7th inst., and an hour later some of his relatives saw him sitting at his writing-desk. Count Julius Teleki, who returned home at midnight, heard his uncle walking to and fro in the adjoining room. Another inha- bitant of the house was roused during the night by a crack," but is unable to say at what hour. When his valet entered the Count's room at 8 o'clock in the morning he saw his master lying dead on the floor. The captain of the city was immediately sent for, and he soon made his appearance. The body was lying with its feet towards the bed, and on one foot was a slipper. The other slipper was found on the bed from which the Count is supposed to have risen towards morn- ing. The only articles of clothing on the body were a shirt, a pair of stockings, black Hungarian trousers, a black neckcloth, and a slipper. The pistol with which the Count shot himself was found on the ground. A second pistol, which was not loaded, was lying in its case on a small table near the head of the bed. On the same table were a teacup, which was half full, a half-smoked cigar, and a book entitled Magya- rovszag Alaptorveney (Fundamental Laws of Hungary). It is supposed that the unfortunate man pulled the trigger of the pistol with the forefinger of the left hand, as the right hand was forced in between the belt of the trousers and the body. The left hand covered the region of the heart, near which the bullet passed. So little blood escaped from the wound that there was none on the floor. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 8th inst. there was the customary medical examination of the body, and the bullet was found near the spine. The family of the defunct noble wished to have the body taken to Szirak on the 9th, but the rumour that Telekt had been assassinated was so very prevalent that the members of the Diet expressed a wish that the mortal remains of their colleague might not be removed from Pesth until the following day. On the morning of the 10th the corpse was taken to the Museum, and at 4 o'cloak it was sent on to Szirak. As Count Teleki left no letter behind him, it is impossible positively to say why he committed suicide. The Austrians say that he feared he should be arrested on a charge of having conspired with the French and Sardinians to sever Hungary from the empire, and many of the Hun- garians think he took his own life because he had become aware that he should not receive the foreign assistance which had been promised him. My own opinion, which is based on communications received from persons residing at Pesth, is, that poor Teleki was not in sane mind when he committed the rash act.

MAGIC AND MYSTERY IN PARIS. The discovery of Cagliostro's crystal bowl, whence the great magician drew his deductions of past, present, and future, has formed the subject of every con- versation in the salons of every colour in Paris, (re- marks the Paris correspondent of the Court Journal). The re-inauguration of the magic globe was made at the house of M. Paul- the great patron and pro- tector of the occult sciences, whose time and fortune, both of which are ample and independent, have for a long while been exclusively devoted to the pursuit of truth in this direction. We were fortunate enough to obtain an invitation to witness the ceremony, and we left the house with a decided impression that if all were not truth in the science of the Great Adept,' all might not be falsehood either. The house in which we witnessed the experiment is admirably adapted to the pursuit of the black art. It has been built by its present owner expressly for the purpose, and stands, as all such wizards' hiding-places should do, alone and isolated, in the plain of Passy. It was night, about a quarter to twelve, when the experi- ment began; and the company had been carefully pre- pared, by the burning of certain incense, and the prac- tice of certain magic forms, to receive the impressions intended to be conveyed by the magician. A great portion of the light was extinguished before the globe was brought in, and placed upon a slab of white marble in the middle of the room. The discoverer of the treasure stood near it. He is a retired officer of the gendarmerie — tail, and of imposing aspect. He had found this crystal globe in the granary of the Recollets at Versailles. The convent is well known to have been inhabited by Cagliostro, during his visit to Versailles with Madame de la Motte. The prior was a great amateur of the magic art, and had fitted up an apartment for Cagliostro, who never failed to occupy it whenever business led him to Versailles. After great explanation concerning the properties of the globe, according to the written account left by Cagliostro, a copy of which was read on this occasion, the magic instrument was uncovered, and we stood wondering and trembling before it. To common gaze it bears an exact resem- blance to the glass sugar-basin seen at country fairs. One half stands upon a glass pedestal; the other, of exactly the same shape and dimensions, forms the cover. The bottom half is filled with water, and the cover applied. A young girl was then introduced, who knelt down before the marble slab, while the exhibitor performed magnetic passelS over her head, and murmured J indistinct words, among which the name of Cagliostro was audible now and then. The silence of the company was painful in the extreme. Presently a slight excla- mation broke from the girl, whose form was trembling from head to foot. I see-I see she exclaimed, while her eyes seemed starting from their sockets with the in- tensity of their gaze into the globe. "What see you?" said the magnetiser, laying his hand upon her head. "A rock by the sea-a boat moored at its base-a youth in sailor's uniform descends-he enters the boat-he waves his gold-laced cap—ah! it ill blown by the wind into the sea-and now" (here a chattering of the teeth seemed to seize the young girl, and each word came with difficulty), he stoops for- ward-to reach it—but the boat—oh! no more-no more-he sinks!" She dropped her head upon the marble, and said not another word, while Madame de who had been seated near the chimney, slowly arose, and, with a face as deadly pale as a winding-sheet, and trembling and uncertain step, without looking either to right or left, gained the door, and went out. We were awe-struck; for the catastrophe by which she had been deprived of her only son is still fresh in the memory of all, and the genuine nature of the vision could not be doubted. The girl could not know of the presence of the lady. Monsieur Paul —— had given permission to his friends to bring any one who might take interest in matters of this nature, and Madame de —— was one of those chance visitors. The exhibitor, on being told the circumstance, explained it naturally enough by saying that the vision in the globe was known to be subject to the most power- ful magnetic fluid in the room, and that no doubt that of Madame de —— had possessed the greatest influence over the clairvoyante. After this, each in turn consulted the globe through the eyes of that beautiful young pirl. who, artistically attired in the costume of Louis Seize, looked herself like a vision of the past. Some of the visitors were overcome at the revelations they witnessed in the globe to others—ourselves amongst the number-it was shadowless; and the same case seems to have existed at the Tuileries, when, in opposition to all hope and conjuring, the crystal remained a blank, in spite of the most seductive blandishments and coaxings on the part of the Empress. We hear her Majesty is to have another seance with another clairvoyante in a few days, when the great ceremonies, which no obstinacy can resist, are to be resorted to. Upon the whole, the globe is the greatest wonder of the Paris world just now, and well calculated to renew the lost sympathy of the present generation with the efforts made to arrest the decay of a fading science by the great Cagliostro. The reader will doubtless be glad to learn who the Cagliostro referred to in the above narrative was. We will therefore give a slight sketch of the career of this re- markable adventurer:— Count Alexander Cagliostro was the assumed title of an impostor, whose real name was Joseph Balsamo. He was born at Palermo and having lost his father at an early age, he was placed under the protection of the friars of mercy, whose order he entered as a novice. Here he acquired the elements of chemistry and physic; but he speedily made his escape, and committed so many frauds in Palermo, that he was obliged to abscond. After visiting various parts, he at length reached Naples, where he married a woman of as abandoned a disposition as himself, with whom he travelled to Spain, Portugal, and England, pretending to supernatural powers, and wringing considerable sums from those who became his dupes. In England this exemplary couple established an order of what they called Egyptian Masonry, and as their dupes were of the higher order, they easily obtained from them the loan of valuable jewels, on pretext of some intended ceremonials. With these they went off to Paris, and lived there in the utmost extravagance. The count, however, was thrown into the BastUe, on a charge of being concerned in the fraud of the celebrated diamond necklace of Marie Antoinette: and when he obtained his liberty, he judged it high time to quit France. He then went to Italy, where his wife divulged some of his crimes to the Inquisition, and he was confined in the dun- geons of the Castle of St. Angelo, and died there in 1794.

A SHOWER OF FISH. The following extract from a letter from Singapore, ad- dressed to the French Academy of Sciences in Paris by M. de Castelnau, will be found interesting :— We experienced a shock of earthquake here on the 16th of February last, its duration was about two minutes, in a S.W.—N.E. direction. Although it caused no damage, its undulatory motion was sufficiently strong to affect certain persons with a sensation akin to sea sickness. It was followed by rain in torrents on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd on the latter day especially we were for half an hour surrounded with water to a considerable depth; we could not see three yards before us. When the sun came out again I saw a number of Malays and Chinese filling their baskets with the fish contained in the pools formed by the rain. They told me the fish had "fallen from Heaven;" and three days later, when the pools were all dried up, there were still many dead fish lying about. I found them to belong to the clarias batrachus, which can live a considerable time out of water, and even move to some distance on dry land. As they lay in my courtyard, which is surrounded by a wall, they could not have been brought in by the overflowing of a torrent; nor is there any consider- able one in the neighbourhood. The space covered by these fishes might be about 20 hectares (50 acres), com- prising the eastern part of the town. They were very lively, and seemed to be in good health. At Malacca the earthquake of the 16th of February was severely felt, and on the 23rd there was another, followed by a deluge of rain. I have particularly remarked the sin- gular occurence of the fish, having already, during my stay at the Cape of Good Hope, had occasion to men- tion to the Academy the fact of several new species of fish being found after an earthquake. Is it admissible to suppose that a waterspout, in passing over some large river at Sumatra, had drawn up the fish and car. ried them over? It is not without fear I venture to suggest this hypothesis. I

A FAMILY SLANDER CASE. The noble and learned law lords sitting in the House ru. F t.° hear appeals from the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland have heard the appeal case of •V' Knight and wife. These proceedings origi- nated m an action for slander brought by the respond- ents for defamatory words alleged to have been uttered by the appellant of the female respondent, his step- sister, to her husband. The words in question were:- Jane is a notorious liar, and she will do her best to annoy you, as she takes delight in creating disturbances wherever she goes, and I advise you not to introduce her into society. Any singularity of conduct which you may have observed in your wife must be attributed to a Dr. Casserly, of Roscom- mon, as she was all but seduced by him, and I advise you, if Casserly comes to Dublin, not to permit him to enter your v.*cei ?s ke is a libertine and a blackguard. I have no other object In view in telling you about her conduct, or in speaking to you as I have done, but your own welfare. She is an in- famous wretch, and I am sorry that you had the misfortune to marry her, and if you had asked my advice on the subject I would have advised you not to have married her. There was a second count for other words spoken by him of the respondents to a third party, which were in these terms :— He threatened to shoot me. I told him of his wife's mis- conduct. It was all owing to his wife. She had been in- sinuating to him that I had seduced her. She is a horrid young villain and a notorious liar her brother, one Thomas J ones, Is also a liar, but his lies are of a harmless kind, whereas hers are of the most dangerous kind. In fact, she is such a dangerous character to have in the house that I was obliged to have the back door in the yard nailed up. It was alleged in the declaration as special damage that these words had induced the male respondent to turn his wife out of doors. The appellant demurred to this declaration, contending that the words were not actionable at law, and that he was not answerable for the wrongful act of the husband in sending away his wife. The respondents contended that the appellant was answerable for the natural consequences of his slander. He had imputed most disgraceful conduct to her, and no husband could have allowed his wife to remain in his house if she had been guilty of it. It was there- fore submitted that the appellant was liable to the action. The Lord Chancellor observed that the defendant had carefully abstained from saying that she was not chaste. Was it actionable to say that she had carried flirtation to an uniustifiable extent? No Court would have granted a divorce a mensa et thoro upon such grounds. The learned counsel submitted that, although the words used did not expressly attack her chastity, yet they implied that she had been guilty of grossly immoral conduct, and that she was so abandoned in her character, that if the opportunity occurred, she would be guilty of an offence that would justify her husband in suing for a divorce. At the conclusion of the arguments their lordships deferred j udgment.

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. The Cincinnati Press furnishes the annexed particu- lars of a most shocking domestic tragedy that has occurred there A most shocking and heartrending domestic tragedy oc- curred on Saturday afternoon, in the Amelia omnibus, which has seldom had its parallel anywhere, and certainly never in this section of the country. The parties were residents of Cincinnati—Mr. Grigsby and wife, who have for some time past boarded in Sycamore-street, he having been occapied as a sign and ornamental painter. Mrs. Grigsby was a young and beautiful woman, to whom her husband, during the five years of their connubial life, had been most devotedly attached, but against whom he frequently harboured the most bitter feoungs of jealousy, which on several occasions led to temporary separation. About a year ago, Grigsby ww ied again to suspect the fidelity of his wife, and a separation was the consequence. As usual, however, the husband soon relented, and sought an interview with his wife, but all was of no avail; friends remonstrated, but she obstinately refused again w uif herself with a man whom her whole conduct but too V [ proved she bitterly detested..n f. The husband managed by some strategy to obts session of their only child, a boy about four years 0 ¡it and left him with a relative near Amelia, 20 miles ff0 «ili city, hoping by that means to induce her to relent; was all in vain, her determination was fixed—she never see him more. She, however, resorted to every 'Jj gem to discover tho child in its concealment, and olltio day last" succeeded. Sh9 immediately secured a sea' omnibus which was to start from the corner of ?ea 1#* and Broadway the following afternoon. Her however, were discovered by her husband; and v nj1 hour came for the vehicle to leave, the door opened stepped in beside her. h((| On the road he endeavoured again to recondile DItt' himself, but again all his overtures were spurneo. j, when some 20 miles from the city, and within 8 J ? distance of their destination, he turned to her and Jti have been faithful to you, but you have been false to.or loved you, but you loved me not; I was willing you, but you have spurned me you shall never do it He paused a moment; she made no reply, but gave look of contempt and disdain.. He then drew a J from his pocket and flred two shots, one ball enten*^ right eye and lodging in the brain, and the other eftect in the abdomen; and then, without uttering i he discharged the contents of a third forehead, scattering his brains in all directions, and him almost Instantly. The woman died about hours after r :ceiving the wound.

A FRENCH CHAMBER OF HORR0^ Ji The special Paris correspondent of the Court Oil describing- the preparations for the alterations r, necessary by the proposed removal of the Imperla'ji: from the Tuileries to the Elysfie, alludes to a dark er'^ftj French history-the Praelin murder. This crime, 00 most extraordinary of modern times, was perpetrate<l ((f Duchesse de Choiseul Praslin, by her husband, tbe £ r$l Praslin, at his own house in Paris, on the 17th °f A[« 1847. The duchess was the only daughter of, the c,AA Sebastian!, the mother of nine children, and in her 4 jtf Circumstances were so managed by the duke as to gi appearance of being the act of another; but ont and during the preparations for the trial, took poison. The correspondent thus describes the 8C the murderous deed J But stay—what is that small square buildiW? seemingly torn from the angle of some great i still lingers there, as if condemned to remain M on the spot, detached from the surrounding which have long since passed away ? The littl« ing is an eyesore and an offence. What purpoSe 1 answer, left thus alone in the middle of the ground ? It has four windows of goodly size; jk have all been walled up! and the door?—^ j is the place where it stood, just above j| flat stone steps, which, serving as perron, this detached corner of the building once a pavilion, and must have been almost indepeD^ the mansions; but that, too, has been torn J hinges, and replaced by heavy stonework, » bound by masonry. One single lime tree is left, nodding and_^4 over the path, throwing deep shadows over the. J and whispering dreadful secrets amongst its sh* | leaves as they wave mournfully to and fro. ? A chamber, standing thus alone, despite the dtyH ance of the buildings which once surrounded cealing it from the public eye, tells its own tal0 ror in accents to which the walled-up doors dows plainly testify. That chamber, stand^jj thus naked and ghastly in the broad light of the bed-chamber where the poor Duchess de *4 was so foully murdered by her husband some ago. Those walls, still left standing, are yet *(j with the prints of blood, and along the wainQs yet be traced, by bloody marks, the course dying victim followed when seeking in vain from her murderer. g4 The chamber is thus to remain. The will of | tiani directs that it never shall be remove^ A natural decay shall have reduced it to a heap M or the crime shall have been avenged. Turn condition cannot be fulfilled, as the ties which # between the victim and her destroyer prevent therefore, it is to be enclosed between four the bottom of the courtyard of one of the hotelo new street. The vow made by Sebastiani, tbeer, pronounced in his will against any who shall disturb the ruin before the vendetta be accoi^P | has been religiously respected by the Corsican himself, may be supposed to have a sympathy with Corsican superstition to peI\ £ truly Corsican vow made by Sebastiani, may have been registered, to be violated.. One of the architects engaged in the verifi^t the premises, before the final cutting off already commenced, which is to separate the jO chamber from its vicinity, told us that everyt. been left in the apartment exactly in the state it was found when the Duchess de Praslin ^A covered bleeding to death upon the carpet, has been considered this intention, according i)j sican usage, that the very remnants of the "< which had been cut by the assassin, still he had thrown them, and the broken pieces ot vase, upset in the struggle still strewed the This gentleman assured us, that, having to the walling up of the door and windows, hith^ A but temporarily, he had experienced a sickeJ^i sation, from which he had been several days J Imagination may have played its part, but h«1A to us most solemnly, that as the bricks aii^l of the temporary walling-up fell away from *^j| beneath the mason's pickaxe, the air, which so long pent up within the place, was still iroP^f with the foul odour of blood. As it had becotf11$ that the room would be once more open to tbe J heaven, and for the last time, on Thursday las*^ | less applications from photographic artists to the architect, who, however, felt bound & ft to refuse the privilege of fixing the semblanc^jf chamber of horrors amongst the places connect/ the history of the nineteenth century. A s made by himself is all that now remains. J

THE KING OF DAHOMEY'S MTJRJ#5 "GRAND CUSTOM." The intelligence from the West Coast of Africa'Jrf trade as generally steady, except at Dahomey, ? sangunary proceedings of the King had had nearly putting a stop to trade. A native missWfj^ witnessed the grand custom" of the King, than 2,000 male human beings were slaughtered, as many females and young children, besides 1 numbers of deer, turkey, buzzards, and other jL1 commercial point of view it has also been product*' The West African Herald says :— J! We learn that, besides the terrible human life caused by the Dahoman grand CJ has also had the effect of, in a great measure, P^t stop to trade in that part of the country. Av tj cipal people have been compelled to repair tb capital (Abomey), and remain there to torn. In Wydah we understand there were* # informant left that town, few people but ( slaves. The palm nuts were rotting on commerce and agriculture were languishing J It will be a mercy, indeed, when some civiw9^* shall undertake to put down this abominable fa of Dahomey—the terror and scourge of f finest portions of Africa. We learn that Government are sending 200 men to Abbfyf assist the natives of that town in defending against an attack from the King of Daho& J will have a great effect, and if followed up> will result in the destruction of the Dahomai* f Among the King of Dahomey's army there Is «■ the Amazon Guards, The West Africa/n Herald tb°p | them.- The Amazon Guards, as they have son>eVft styled, are the most extraordinary troops th* ever heard or read of. They are 3,000 in females, and display such a degree of f thirstiness and hardihood as to bear a blance to a lot of mad tigresses than to They utterly despise death; they show no living being in war; they are mad after blood' not to know what fear means. They are, Jjjjf troop of devils, so to speak, whose hideous manner and the savage madness of whose. in times of excitement is so appalling and to have led many well-judging persons to these dreadful creatwres are periodically ?HrVi the influence of some species of drug whic|l A effect. The dress of the Amazons consists | loose trousers, an upper garment covering and a cap. They are armed with a gun, daggers: some have blunderbusses, others lo°* guns, while the remainder carry the ordin»rW In their military exercises thejrdisplay go°^ y, as well as wonderful dexterity and agility. —J

MORE MONBY TO BE SPENT !—On th0.,# stant Sir Morton Peto, M.P., moved for a Report of the Commissioners for National 4 and letters from Sir John Burgoyne, Bart^ J and Sir William Armstrong, to the Secretary A for War, relative to the Spithead Forts. n was acceded to in the most prompt manne'w required information has been supplied to of Commons. Vice-Admiral Dundas, in the Admiralty, dated 8th February, 1861. modification in the original fortification plaØt gested The possible substitution of iron-cased shi localities for such of the permanent defences *»i structed only at large cost, and cannot, in all Pr completed for a long period of time. He entertained no doubt whatever that j| It will be practicable, at a cost of about 60,0 w ship, to convert ships of the line which are into iron-cased ships, with steam power capable jf them at a speed of irom seven to eight knots, armament of thirty guns of the heaviest and tao description, on batteries at a height of about sl% grtll water. I conceive that by prompt measures might be completely equipped for service at the mouth of the Thames, In a period not exc fifteen to eighteen months, oil He was also of opinion that the stationary' imperfectly defend the entrance to Spithead.