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THEATM-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. TI-I F.TENIN (4, the periormances will nommen , * win , a new and original Comedy, entitled BLACK SHEEP. Mr. tiuckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Rowe, eco. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Lovell, Am After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama ot Co THE mmence MILL 7. ER AND HIS MEN. at ROYAL PRINCES S'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. TUTS EVENING, the comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Ryder, Hermann Veen, Shore, F, Matthews, dm ; Misses Heath and C. Leclerc% _ _ - _ To conclude with MARRIED AND UNMARRIED. Mr. Ryder, Mr. Shore, Mr. Cathcart, Miss Mu. ray, and Miss Heath. NEW THRATRE-ROY AL, ADELPHI. - Sole Proprietor and blanager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn." The Adelphi - ------- - "Census" eery Evening. THIS EVENING, 14th time of a new FM/2, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. After which (llgth time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, D. Fisher, Billinzton, Falconer, Stephenson, 'C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard. Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billine - ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. S'horne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, (First produced in England at this Establishment), With a Chorus of Forty Voices. Also, Verdi's IL CORSARO, never Performed at any other Concerts. Solos on the Corn e t- a - I iston, by Mr. Levy. The Comic Department oomprises the Brothers Con (in their new and inimitable entertai nm ents), Mr. Wood and his talented little Son, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Hol lingsworth, and Miss Rose -Howard. Musical. Di r ector, Mr. F. JONGHMANS. THE 0 X FOR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Mr. LEVY, undoubtedly th e best performer of the day on the ornet - a -Piston—Grand Select! ms (or) the most complete scale) from Dinorah, Martha, Stradella, &c., and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst, Messrs. Charles Greville, Fornari. Kimber ley, Bernard, Beaumont, Bervon, Huish, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.—The following Comic talent, Messrs. W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. H. Wie land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Harvey, and French. and the Brothers Conrad in their latest and best entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 2.4m.—Aftermtoon. 4h. 44m. TO-MORROW.- MOTllirtg, sh. 6m.—Afternoon, sh. 24m. THE WEATHER.—Sini OPIPICT i MAY 14, 1561. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAWL 153—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 59—this day at noon. BanoMETER-30 40. INVlND—Westerly—light ; with fine warm weather. ,filqlif bk fi t. ..,,„- .• - ; C--‘' .7• ) ' i 1 1 , ' 'l•Qt-i-4--747,- 4- t)..• ril )rol' ,),,,t ..e., -. ) --e3 • ~, J • c... q .. - -.. y s ' ,", k I. • "' ~ 4.''''.ll' ,1, I it: ' ' L •'". 7 s .:. THE SUN. LON DON, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1881. It is something lamentable, we cannot but think that Sir JAMES GRAHAM should evidence an inclination to signalise the close of his political career by throwing down the apple of diseord be- tween the Lords and Commons. The Earl of DERBY having but very recently exclaimed at the Mansion House Banquet, " Oh that the Ministers would but ge to the country with the electioneering cry of Down with the Paper Duty and up with the duty upon Tea!" Sir JAMES GRAHAM disingenuously, we had almost said flagitiously, endeavours now to improve upon that, by assuming the counter-cry of the Opposition to be—" lip with the Lords and down with the Commons !" The device is in itself so monstrously unfair that the old Tory-Radical Member in putting forward this notion is constrained to say, "I do not wish to raise an in ♦idious hustings cry, but I am of opinion that"— et cetera. In other words, he does not wish to be invidious, but—he is so nevertheless. Now, having watched very carefully the arguments for and against the Budget, from the very commencement of these discussions until now, we cannot, in jus tice, but protest against the invidious and extrava gant suggestion of the right hon. baronet the mem ber for Carlisle, as against, a piece of arrant clap trap, as unfair in itself, as in its tendency, it is calculated to prove unpatriotic and unconstitutional. To put the matter in dispute as Sir JAMES GRAHAM is putting it, is to do far worse than simply to beg the question—it is to distort it. The alternative before Parliament at the present mo ment, the alternative that may eventually come be fore the country, is nothing of that kind. It is purely a matter affecting the financial policy of the country. It is neither right nor reasonable to regard it as a struggle between the Lords and Commons for supremacy. It never has been such a question. It was a shameful distortion of the facts of last year, when it was pretended by a little clique out of doors, headed by an exceed ingly small section of the House of Commons, that the Lords were—in rejecting the Paper Duties Abolition Bill—in any way whatever exceeding their powers and prerogatives. Strictly speaking, the House of Lords, in acting as they then did in that matter, were found upon the cicsest scrutiny to have been acting, in the fullest sense of the words, quite constitutionally. If, in acting thus, they were doing so in a manner, to say the least of it, very unusual—their justification lay in the circumstance that they were called upon so to act under the exigency of very unusual circumstances. It was observable then, it is still clearly within the national remembrance that—after the financial arrangements for the year had been otherwise accepted and completed, the calculations upon which those arrangements were based were proved by subsequent events, were absolutely proved beyond the reach of one moment's contradiction, to have been altogether erroneous ! The SUMS of money imperatively required for the prosecution of the Chinese war turned out to have been only partially indicated by a lack of candour, or else by the sheerest igno rance of—either a shortsighted or a disingenuous Chancellor of the Exchequer. Again—the Cabi net, after the bulk of the fiscal and financial ar rangements of the year had been entered into by the Legislature, came down to the House of Com mons with an extraordinary supplementary propo sition for the inauguration at an enormous outlay of a gigantic and costly system of fortifi cations, Ana ecollect , moreover Ministers had reserved that proposition until after the Financial Statement had been made and ac cepted by the conftdenee or the complacency of Parliament —they had wilfll u y reserved this supplementary propositio n for the di s b ursement of so m any millions sterling upon an elaborate scheme of fortifi c ations; they are known to have so re served it, to have so kep t it q uietly in the back ground until the ordinary Budget of the year was satisfactorily passcid—they are known to have so done, because the report of the Committee upon the question of the National Fortifications had been in their hands before Mr. GLAD3TONE (lalt year) rnadn his first Financial State ment! The result, therefore, proved to be what might.have baen confidently predicted. The surplu# our sanguine financier was counting upon securing within the progress of the financial year, rap uly—within the first few weeks of that year— dwindled away, and turnedinto. an unmistakeable deficit. Then it wc.r; 'hat the Howe of Lords stepped in to th,; rcocuo a Mr. CiLADsiosz 'ail:l:l6,4i; then it was that the Upper House did what the Lower Houset ad deprived itself of the opportunity of doing —the latter having been led away itno the r sh ban - donment of very nearly One Million of income, at a time when the Exchequer could least afford it. The acquiescence of the Lords in that determination to abolish those Paper Duties, which it had been rashly decided upon by the Commons to abolish in the earlier part of 1860, the acquiescence of the Lords in that decision thus precipitately , and, as it happened, prematurely arrived at having been denied to it—an odd million (a million that he sorely wanted) was thrust back into the unwilling hands of our blundering, and because ' detected, thoroughly indignant Financier. It was a wise and philosophic remark of Sir WALTER SCOTT'S, that no man is so implacable an enemy as the man to whom you have done a good service. Mr. GLADSTONE is now illustrating the truth of that profound observation to the very letter. His one object has quite manifestly been this session to wreak a signal and a summary vengeance on the House of Lords for the good service done to him in spite of himself by the House but one short year ago. Hence his Budget for 1861—hence quite plainly his whole financial policy for the ensuing twelvemonth. His one paramount determination being—" come what, come might"—to abolish the Paper Duties without the delay of another year : to give the go by if need be to the Income Tax (barring the reduction of it by one penny, or, to speak more accurately in that matter, the non-reimposition of it beyond ninepence), to deny, if needs must, any diminution whatever of the odious war taxes upon tea and sugar, but—this at least for ab solute certainty—to abolish the paper duties at once, without any further delay, and this time effectually. Therefore it is, simply and solely that he may contrive to do this quite effectually, that he (Mr. GLADSTONE) has tacked the whole of his financial propositions together—therefore is it (purely to spite and paralize the House of Lords in this matter) that he is sending his Budget Bill "in a lump" to the (last -year recalcitrant) Upper House of Parliament. Blink the truth of all this though Ministers may — talk though Lord JOHN RUSSELL did yesterday so very grandiloquently about his right hon. friend and colleague employing his great talents for the benefit of his country and of his countrymen—it is not in any way, at this moment, a question of Mr. GLADSTONE'S talents, it is a question rather of his spite, and of his disingenuousness. The Opposition, first of all, anticipating I the resolution relative to the Paper Duty, strove — as it fell out ineffectually—to parry the thrust of his spite by advocating the remission of sd. in the lb. upon tea, in preference. Failing in that effort, they are now endeavouring to guard the country from the chance of any renewal of the em barrassments which were certainly caused last year by the right honourable gentle man's flagrant financial disingenuousness. Opinions are of course divided, in the first instance, far as the Poles, asunder in regard to the necessity for this caution ; in proof of which it is only requisite to glance down the lengthened and earnest debate of last evening. As to any advantages that may accrue from the protracted continuance of these impassioned debates, those certainly, to say the least of them, are exceedingly problematical. But of this right sure are we that in its nature this discussion upon the Budget is a perfectly legitimate one—involving as it does in no way whatever that unconstitu tional alternative shamelessly thrust upon the at tention of the country by Sir JAMES GRAHAM—in sidiously flung by him, we repeat, es an apple of discord between the Government and the Opposi tion. The correspondence and papers which have fol lowed the telegrams from America do not make us much wiser in regard to the chief facts of the posi tion of the two great parties than we were before. The halt of the South, and the ardent yet practical enthusiasm of the North, are still the leading facts. Great blame is thrown on Mr. SEWARD, to whom, and reasonably enough from his own speeches, is attributed the comparative inaction of the President. He had, it is said, an idea that the influence of his name would be sufficient to bring about a reconciliation without resort to military measures; hence he prevented the taking of any step by the Administration which could be construed as implying a threat or even distrust of the South. To this is now attributed the circumstance of `Washington being left in a state which tempted the South to plat a surprise, and which issued in a panic at the capital. It is, indeed, denied that JEFFER SON DAVIS came personally to Richmond, in Vir ginia, to head the rebel troops, but there seems little doubt that forces were being concentrated there, and the proclamation of the Government of Vir ginia to the militia governors to keep at home till they received orders to move, would seem to show that a movement was in hand, which was only stopped by the sudden and wide-spread movement in the North. But for Mr. SEWARD'S peace•at-any price policy, it is now believed that the surprise of Washington would have neither been thought of by one side nor feared by the other. Even more obvious is the effect of his policy in the loss sustained by the Navy at the Gosport Navy yard, at Norfolk. It is a very serious loss. It is calculated that at least twenty millions of dollars will be required to make it good. But one vessel out of twelve in the yard escaped, and though seve ral were worn out, yet more were ready for service at a short notice. The destruction there was not so complete as it was intended to be, and fifteen hundred cannon, many of them fine pieces of artil lery, fell into the hands of the enemy. It would have been perfectly easy for the Government, had it acted with decision at first, to have saved all worth saving of this property, the greater part of which would have been so valuable for carrying out the blockade policy. Fort Monroe, now strongly reinforced, commands the entrance of the Bay of Chesapeake ; and all the vessels might have been anchored safely beneath her guns and the am munition been placed within its walls. The only reason why this was not done appears to have been, that Mr. SEWARD strongly opposed any measure which should seem to imply distrust of the Virgi- nians. If money, time, and means appear, however, to have been thus lost, the North seems to be ready Tho (2 o , r t p h o e r S at t i a o t n e subscriptionsars h ave e nough to more t han make i t up. of New nlYiloliroknits,asand voted p private vate million doll three reached two hundred thousand already ; 'while troops are enlisting and marching northwards with a rapidity which promises soon to place one hundred and fifty thousand or two hundred thousand in the field. The question, therefore, seems to be, what w ill the N , . - .,rth, when it has aroused air its energies and called forth its power, do ? 11 his already neutralised Maryland, converted it into its advanced frontier, a manufacture r of aanrdmi: a a l n t i d m a n : m , instead o f f or beingthe South, w:11 have to make them in other to keep it down. What will be the in regard to Virginia. Frompre Northern sent polio i n appearances i . a fre e - so il country Fad Western Virginia is since • pposed to secession, while in the eastern part the ilaVeti are a kLavy UK:limb:4l'4c, it would not Inc- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1861. bably be difficult for the North to overrun and hold ' the whole State. Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee dare not move on account of their slaves so easily running away ; it would probably, therefore, not be difficult to coerce the Border Slave States before long into the Union. One great difficulty, however, lies in President LINcoLN's way. He and his supporters have hitherto only demanded to veto the further terri torial extension of slavery. They have not only not declared against slavery, but have been willing to accept the accursed Fugitive Slave Law itself as a necessary result of the Federal constitution. If they retain Maryland and other border states in the Union, they must also continue to uphold that law for their sake ; they must make the Union still the slave of slavery. Why could not the Government take at once the bold course of henceforth severing all connection with slavery ? Indeed, had Mr. LINCOLN'S first act been to proclaim that if any state revolted, for that State henceforth there was no mire rendition of fugitives for freedom, he would have embarrassed - all the border states with the fear of desertion. Had he added, that the next step would be a determined effort to deliver the captive, hardly a State would have dared to move. Probably the North was not prepared for such measures, yet they would have been right in them selves, and would soon have brought to an issue the great question, whether the Union, if pre- served, should be a Union for slavery or for free dom. Should the struggle proceed, the North may under the teaching of necessity learn lessons on freedom far in advance of its present notions. At present the battle of the North is not for freedom but only for supremacy. Some particulars of the death of Count TELEKI have reached this country. They are of a kind to render suicide possible; still the evidence is any thing but conclusive. It seems wonderful that a pistol should have been fired in the house, which must apparently have been the case, as the ball had penetrated from the heart to the spine, with out any one hearing what he could recognise as the report. A noise, which a servant took to be the slamming of a door, was all that was heard. The pistol which lay by him was the Count's own ; he was half-dressed ; the bed had been recently slept in ; and, it is said, that his mind had been somewhat unhinged. He had been seen en gaged at his desk till eleven o'clock, and what appears to be quite incompatible with the proba bility of, at least, premeditated suicide, is that he was engaged in preparing and revising his speech for the important debate on the Address in reply to the Imperial Speech, which was coming on the I next day. The subject is regarded at Pesth as a mystery ; and it certain ,y is one. Nothing is known which could have led the Count to commit the act ; but it is known that his combined eloquence, and firmness for the undeniable rights of Hungary, with the influence of his character and position, rendered him one of the most formidable antago nists of the Viennese reactionists. Count TELEKI'S voice is silenced for ever ; the Curt of Vienna gets the sole advantage of the deed. He did not love it so well as knowingly to confer such a benefit upon it. Did he, however, do it in an inexplicable fit of mental aberration, or did treachery invade the patriot's chamber ? Perhaps we shall never know till the Day of Judgment. The Prince of Wales got an uncomfortable duck ing while boating on the Cam on Friday. The Prince and Capt. Grey, one of his equerries, were amusing themselves in a "tub," when the small craft was upset. His Royal Highness and Capt. Grey were precipitated into the water, but were soon got out, nothing the worse for their mishap. His Excellency the Hon. Charles Francis Adams, the newly-appointed Minister from the United States, and family, have arrived in town, and are staying at Maurigy's Hotel, Regent-street. The Duchess of Athole has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Earl and Countess Craven and family come to town to-morrow, from Ashdowne Park, Berks, for the season. The Countess of '\Vinchilsea has left the St. George's Hotel. The Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper left town yesterday morning for Brighton, on receipt of intelligence of the serious illness of Lady Tollemache. MUNICH, May B.—The Count di Trani, brother to the ex-King of Naples, a rrived here yesterday evening, and was met by the DukiMaximilian, who conducted his Highness to the Royal palace, where the Duchess Louise presented to him his destined bride, the Duchess Mathilde, sister to the Empress of Austria and to the Queen of Naples. This evening a courier left Munich f, , r Rome with the marriage contract, in order that it might there re ceive the " royal assent." Previous to the departure of the courier, a formal demand of the hand of the young duchess had been made by the Count. Listz, the pianist, has arrived in Paris after an absence of several years. General Miramon, ex-President of the Mexican Republic, has also arrived in Paris, accompanied by Madame Miramon, his children, and several other mem bers of his family. Paris was visited by a heavy thunderstorm on Saturday afternoon, and the rain for some time fell in tor rents. The lightning was most vivid, and the electric fluid fell on the house of a baker on the Boulevard de l'Etoile, and entering the bakehouse, set fire to some faggots. The flames were soon extinguished. The appeal of Mine. Bonaparte-Patterson and her son againwt the decision of the Civil Tribunal in the affair of the former's marriage with the late Prince Jerome, will be heard by the Imperial Court in the beginning of June. M. Devienne, first President, is to preside, and M. Chaix d'Est Ange, Procureur-General, will oppose the appeal. _ _ _ - - The Court of Cassation, presided over by M. Vaisse, has rejected the appeal of the Abbe Grelat, of St. Gernmin-sur-l'Aubois, against the sentence of the Court of Assizes of the Cher, which condemned him to 15 years' hard labour for criminal assaults on young girls. An Imperial decree in the Moniteur authorises the Treaty of Commerce between France and Belgium, concluded on the 27th Feb., 1854, and which expires on the 12th inst., to remain in force, until the new treaty signed between the two countries on the Ist inst. shall coma into operation. M. Thouvenel has, it is said, addressed a circular to the French consular agents in America, recommending them to observe the strictest neutrality in the events which are now taking place in that country. It is rumoured that M. de Lesseps has just re turned from Egypt to Paris, to raise further funds for the prosecution of Suez Canal. According to some accounts about £BOO,OOO has already been spent without adequate result, an expensive dyke on the Mediterranean side hav ing been washed away. As the telegraphic wires from Constantinople to Bagdad have at length been nearly completed, the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce have requested the Indian Govern ment to take advantage of the first steamer leaving Bom bay for the Persian Gulf to test the speed with which a message to England can be transmitted by that route. The Great Ship Company propose to raise £35,000 in debentures having 12 months to run, at 10 per cent., to pay off existing claims. The Fecurity will be a first mort gage of the vessel. If the money is not raised within a few weeks, the ship will be sold to meet the demands now standing over. A large number of envelopes of letters now used ' the Northern States of America have " God bless the Union" printed on them. Many have on them a1,,0 the flag of the United States, the stars and stripes printed in colours, with transverse black stripes to represent the re creant States. Envelopes used in the South have also the Union, flag, with the stars reduced to the number of the confederated States. A special meeting of the Submarine Telegraph Company was held yesterday—Sir J. Carmichael in tin chair—to elect three directors, and to consider certain ancny- MOll9 charges lately brought against the management. A shareholder having suggested that the latter question should have the priority, the point was at once conceded, the chair man stating that the directors courted the fullest investiga tion. A long and miscellaneous discussion ensued, in the co urse of which a motion was made - for a c3mmittee 0: investigation. Upon this an — amendment was proposed, Postponing- the discussion upon the question of the charges until after ihe 30th of June, which w is at length carried by a show , of hands. By this decision it is intended to post pone all action until the new Trench concession to the company for a line between Belchy-head and Dieppe flail haYO kstia GQ/APIaCI. r 3 L‘IE-11 k • AMERICA. (PER COLUMBIA, - VIA G A LWAY AND ST. JOHN'S,) NEW YORK, MAY 4. The blockade of the Southern ports is to be en forced immediately. Fifty vessels, with steam transports and 20,000 men, are ready. _ . . _ The North Carolina Legislature has been con- vened. The State is virtually out of Union, and is equipping for war. Maryland and Western Virginia are true to the Union. Kentucky will maintain a neutral position. No attack has yet been mado on Fort Pickens. An insurrection has broken out at Yucapatan. Fifteen British officers were killed. A regiment has left Ruatan for the scene of action. The Columbia left Boston on the 30th April, and St. John's on the 6th inst. She brings the mails and 108 passengers. lrc ~a ture by a violent proceeding. The general opinion entertained at Vienna and Pesth is, that those pro positions will be adopted unanimously, and the Austrian Government would then find itself placed under the alternative of either placing Hungary out of the unitary law of the 26th February, or of employing force to put down resistance. ITALY. The following letter has been addressed by Gen. Garibaldi to the Workmen's Association at Naples, dated Maiatico, 28th ult. : " I accept with thanks the honourable title of Perpetual Honorary President of the Neapolitan Workmen's Association. You are the first centre of the population of the Peninsula, and you must take the lead of the robust and laborious classes of all the nations of Italy. Hence a strong joint re sponsibility among them must cement that indis soluble unity, which is the sole basis of the liberty and prosperity of our country. Christ has laid the foundation of equality among men and nations, and we must be good Christians. But we should be committing a sacrilege were we to persist in the religion of the priests of Rome. They are the most ferocious enemies of Italy, and those are most to be feared. Let that contagious and perverse sect be cast out of our country ! We want our priests to be Christians, and not to belong to the religion of our enemies. Therefore, let us have King Honest Man at any price, but away with the vipers of the Eternal City. with whom the unity of Italy becomes an impossibility. This is what I have to tell you for the present ; in future, wherever my co-operation may be useful to the sons of the people, I shall be with you body and soul. Yours, etc., " GARIBALDI." A letter from Turin, dated May 11, says vate news acquaints us with important movements of the Austrian troops in Venetia. The flotilla of gunboats on the Lake of Garda is to be disarmed. The Regiment Franz Karl is to be quartered at Este ; the third battalion of every regiment at Mantua is expected to leave that garrison ; 16 large houses in the town, till lately crowded with troops, are now empty. The commander of the place has, however, issued orders that they shall be repaired and fitted up as permanent barracks. It is added that the troops of the ex-Duke of Modena will be sent to Trieste. There seems to be little doubt, in short, that Austria is, with all her wonted adroitness, with drawing a great portion of her troops from her Italian Provinces, with a viQw . to have as many of her forces as she deems available ready for action in her impending struggle with Hungary ; and, faithful to her old policy, she reckons that she can employ the Italian element in her army to crush the Hungarians, asshe relies on the Hungarians in her efforts for the subjugation of Italy. Her calculations may, however, turn out incor rect, and the experiment may be found to have been carried too far. The desertion of three Hun- garian officers from Rivet, on the Lake of Garda, and the bloody encounter between Tyrolese sharp shooters and German infantry on the parade ground, where, in a mock battle, two of the latter were killed and a score or more wounded (events the announcement of which I received with great caution, but which now receive full confirma tion), give a sufficient idea of the disorganisation of the Imperial army, and of the evident animosity among its component nationalities. With a certain knowledge of such facts, it is no wonder if the Ita lians watch the proceedings in the Vienna Reichs rath and in the Diet at Pesth with breathless inte rest. Some great catastrophe is, they think, immi nent in Hungary, and the tragic and mysterious death of Count Ladislaus Teleki is looked upon as the signal for a crisis, as the beginning of the end. Unquestionably the success of Russian reaction at Warsaw gives rise to a probability that Austria may not be left alone in the strife ; but a strife between her and Hungary appears no less inevitable, and the result must be a general melee between all the Transalpine nationalities in Austria, unless the compact organisation of the army enables that Power to subdue them all one after another or simultane9usly. It is the chaos of 1848 all over again, an& as Radetzky at that juncture was able to rally such a force under his baton as enabled him to save the monarchy, by deciding in its favour the Italian quarrel, so, no doubt, Benedek, or some other fortunate soldier, might come to the rescue of the tottering empire, if he could muster under his standards out of the Ita s lian garrisons such a force as had nothing to fear either from internal dis solution or from an attack in the rear. All those are serious considerations for the Italian Go vernment and nation. It is matter of the greatest moment for them to arrive at the real aim and drift of the Hungarian Diet, and of the patriot leaders of that movement ; it is of the greatest consequence to obtain correct infor mation as to the true disposition of the Imperial army, lest they should either be lured on to their own destruction by trusting deceitful appearances, or should allow a certain opportunity to escape them. The irresolution of Charles Albert in 1848 caused him to neglect more than one chance of carrying both Mantua and Verona by a coup de main, and the rashness of his advisers in the fol lowing year committed him to a struggle which could only bring him to grief. The Government of Victor Emmanuel is now, doubtless, in a far more favourable condition than that of his father ; but the complication of the diffi culties they have to contend with is also greater ; they have less to gain, and expose themselves to far more serious and irreparable losses. The game is to a great extent in their own hands, and it behoves them to eee well how they play their cards. The declaration of war in 1849 was made by despair —an outbreak of hostilities could now only be jus tified by reasons of deep policy. Italy has at the present moment nothing whatever to fear from Austria, and the question of Venice loses nothing by adjournment. Still, a collision between the two rival Powers, however delayed, is inevitable, and Count Cavour would give no proof of wisdom were he not to seize upon the first best moment in which his great enemy was brought to real extremity. It is with these views, perhaps, that the Lom bard Grenadiers and other troops are being marched rapidly from the South to the frontier of the Po in the .tEmilia, where they will swell the ranks of the divisions placed under the command of the bold and enterprising Cialdini. It is the duty of Italy to liold herself in readiness ; a duty to her self and a duty also to a sister nation. Hungary must not be left too utterly at the discretion of overwhelming Austrian masses, exposed to an annihilation which might eventually threaten the existence of Italy herself. All hope of a peaceful arrangement with Austria as to Venetia must needs be abandoned, and the chances of a restoration of that province to Italy rest on the success of Hun gary in the revindication of her legitimate rights. The success of Hungary herself depends on the part taken by the Austrian army, and on the promptness and opportunity of Italian co-operation. It is at such an emergency that this country learns to value the mixture of boldness and prudence which cha racterises Cavour. Unfortunately, Count Cavour and his Government have to a great extent their hands tied by the un settled and precarious state of things in Southern Italy. While Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, and all the provinces away from the Austrian frontier can be kept in perfect order without even the semblance of an armed force, a considerable mass of troops must necessarily be stationed in the Two Sicilies. It is not from any serious discontent among that helpless and supine population that the dan ger arises, for, if there be any discontent, it has its source simply in the uncertainty and disquietude consequent upon frequent outbreaks, whi c h prevent the people from experiencing or appreciating the blessings which they reasonably anticipated from the present order of things. The im • mediate cause of evil is the presence of the Bourbon, at the head of the most Unprincipled plotte-s of all European countries in flume, and the facility with which he is enabled to turn to account the evil elements supplied by the disbanded regiments of his brigand army, scattered all over the) kingdom. Those who were conversant with the conditions of those Southern people, and with the character of its people, needed no prophetic sight to foretell what would come out of the many thousand starv ing cravens whom Garibaldi drove before him. It was humanity to spare them, but it was worse Ulan LaadUo4to ic)Qt,O, about o CAutrY• Garibaldi himself had no choice in the matter ; but when the garrisons of Capua and Gaeta fell into the hands of King Victor Emmanuel's generals it was the height of folly on the part of the Italian rulers not to remove them on any terms from the country. They might have been organised into military colonies in the island of Sardinia; they might have been thrown as garrisons into :the Alpine strongholds of Exilles or Fenestrelles, but it would have been kindness to their country people even to put them to the sword rather than allow them to carry on a kind of Vendean war in the Abruzzi and Calabria, a war which may have to be prolonged to their utter extermina tion. The regular Northern troops and the National Guards would, indeed, be more than equal to the task of disposing of them, and dis persing them utterly, were it not for the en couragement, incitement, and organisation they receive at the hands of the Bourbon and his "black" supporters at Rome. Indeed, the war, if brigandage as dastardly as it is ruthless can be dig nified by that name, is actually at an end all over the kingdom, and the real mischief is almost entirely limited to the Papal frontier. Upon that frontier alone the Italian Government is utterly helpless, end a military cordon encompak sing the miserable remnants of the Pope's dominions could not be established without risking a collision with those French troops which are quartered in Rome, it would seem, with the only object of perpetuat• ing Italian miseries. It is not enough for the "best and only ally" of the Italians to keep the Pope at Rome, and to enable the Pope to keep the Bourbon there, but himself and his agents lend a visible hand to all the plots that are hatched in the city. They connive at the departure of brigands by land and sea, and secure their retreat in case of discomfiture by stepping in between them and their pursuers. We are assured on all sides that such a state of things is not intended to last ; and, certainly, if the present policy of France is carried on with a view to dishearten the Italians, to wear them out, to throw them into confusion, to bring them to repentance of their act of annexatior, and to bend them to the Emperor's own cherished views of a confederacy, there is little doubt but the Italians will be sufficiently consistent and persever ing to baffle their adversaries, and to overcome all difficulties which a crooked policy may purposely hrow in their path. THE DEATH OF COUNT 7TLEKI, VIENNA, MAY 10. The debate on the address was to have begun in the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies at 10 o'clock in the morning of Wednesday last, but the news of the violent death of Count Ladislaus Teleki pro duced such a painful impression on the House that it was unable to attend to business, and adjourned until Monday the 15th inst. At eight in the morn ing of the first-mentioned day the galleries in the Museum s began to fill, and half an hour later they were crowded to excess. Shortly before nine it was rumoured in the city that something had hap pened to Count L. Teleki, and the report speedily found its way to the Chamber of Deputies. The public was for some time ignorant of what had happened, but suddenly there was a great stir in the galleries, which was accompanied by a loud and hasty demand for " water." Several ladies had fainted, and, as the entrances to the upper:parts of the House were so crowded as to be totally im passable, the water required was handed up to the galleries from the floor of the House. For a time the confusion was great, but as soon as M. von Ghiczy, the President, entered, order was restored. M. von. Ghiczy, who appeared to be deeply affected, said— " Honourable Members,—Last night Count Ladislaus Teleki, our patriotic, iespected, and beloved colleague, de parted this life. (General movement and exclamations of grief.) I feel the pain which my communication must cause, and therefore ask whether you are inclined to begin the important debate which is on the order of the day." (A loud and general cry of " Impossible 1") M. Desk then rose, and thus addressed the House : " I do not seek for words in which to express my grief, but at once declare that this heavy blow has had such an effect on my mind that I am unable to take part in the debate. Hungary has suffered a heavy loss, and I have lost the faithful friend of my youth. It was my intention to speak at the beginning of the debate, but when matters of high importance are at issue peace of mind and calmness are necessary. The honouraide House will therefore allow me to express a wish that the debate may be postponed until Monday next. It may perhaps be well to adjourn immediately, as it is not probable that any one can wish to enter into discussion." (General assent.) Before the Deputies left the House M. von Ghiczy informed them that a private conference would be held at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The iepresenta- tives of the Hungarian nation assembled at the hour appointed, and before they separated came to the conclusion that Count L. Teleki had committed suicide. The Count retired to his bedroom soon after ten 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, hears his uncle walking to and fro in the adjoining room. Another inhabitant of the house was roused during the night by a "crack," but is unable to say at what hour. Wnen his valet entered the Count's room at eight 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 morning. The only articles of clothing on the body were a shirt, a pair of stockings, black llungarian 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 " Magyarovszag 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 be tween the belt of the trousers and the body. The left hand covered the region of tha 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 Bth inst. there was the customary medical examination of the body, and the bull©t was found near the spine. The family of the defanct noble wished to have the body taken to Szirak on the 9th, but the rumour that Teleki 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 I'esth until the following day. This morning the corpse was taken to the Museum, and at 4 o'clock it will be sent 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 havingconspired with the French and Sardinians to sever Hungary from the empire, and many of the Hungarians 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. As soon as it was resolved that the debate on the Address should be postponed, M. Deak desired the printer not to send his speech to press, but it must be concluded 'that his instructions were not obeyed, as the leading features of the document are very generally known. According to this celebrated jurist, the only tie between Hungary and Austria is that one and the same mmiarch reigns over both countries. In the fundamental laws of the king dom of Hungary there is no trace of a " real" union. Had there been one, Hungary would not have been allowed to retain her constitution. During the minority of the heir to the Hungarian throne the Palatine is at the head of affairs, but in the other parts of the empire the next male relative is guardian to the Imperial minor. If the family of Hapsburg-Lorraine should be extinct, Austria and The Lower Chamber holds its sittings in the National Ml46Callf COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Exchange on London 104 to 104 i. Stocks firm. Erie, 201 to 201 ; New York Central 72 ; Illinois, Cotton firm. Middling upland, 131 to 14. Breadstuffs slightly lower. Provisions steady. Rice, 201. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 2. The cotton market is quiet. Middling, 10c. to 11c. (PER JURA, VIII QUEBEC AND LONDONDERRY.) NEW YORK, MAY 3. At India Villa, Texas, 450 Federal troops, under Major Sibley, have surrendered to 800 Texans, under Colonel Vomdorn, after having first at tempted to escape in two sailing vessels. They were overtaken by steamers. The men will be allowed either to join the Con• Federate army, or to take oath not to serve against the Confederation. The Bohemian has arrived out. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 2. Advices received here from Ruatan_report that an insurrection had broken out among the Indians. It was stated that the English Government would give up the island on the Ist of June. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO FATHER POINT.) NEW YORK, MAY 4. The blockade of all the Southern ports will commence immediately. A forward movement of Federal troops from Washington on Virginia is expected next week. The President will demand the restoration of the Norfolk Navy-yard, Harper's Ferry, and arsenal. The Adriatic has arrived out. The ship Palestine, from New York for Liver pool, has been abandoned at sea. QUEBEC, MAY 4. A severe gale, accompanied by a heavy snow storm, has prevailed at the mouth of the St. Law• rence. Several shipping disasters are reported. The ship ' Minnie Dawson went ashore near the Lighthouse at Father Point. One life was lost. The ships Spartan, Illarion, and Salonia are all reported to have gone ashore on the coast. The steamer United States, from Glasgow to Quebec, was wrecked on the Bird Rocks on the 25th of April. The crew and passengers, with the exception of one steerage passenger, were saved and brought to Quebec. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (By TELEGRAPH TO FATHER POINT.) NEW YORK, May 4. Exchange on London, 1031 to 105. Stocks heavy. Erie, 21; New York Central, 721-; Illinois, 59i. Cotton firm. Midland upland, 14c. Breadstuffs dull, and prices rather nominal Supplies small. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 3. Cotton nominal. Middling, 101 c. to 11c. RAAB, MAY 13. Yesterday evening a crowd of people, partly armed, endeavoured to liberate four deserters from the Hussar Regiments who had been consigned to the military prison. Their design was, however, frustrated by the garrison. Three of the rioters were killed and 15 wounded. The sentry of the military prison was stabbed to death. Several sol diers were wounded. PESTH, MAY 13. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies M. Deak exhorted the Assembly to act with pru dence and moderation, and proposed that the wishes of the country should be submitted to the Emperor in the form of an address. This proposal was received with applause by the majority of the Deputies. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated the Bth inst., says : " Another lamentable police affair has occurred here. M. Patzke, the chief of the executive police, accusedfled,but has b een arres t e d, an d is now in prison. What causes mo re sensation is, of forgery, that 111. Zedlitz, the head of the police, whose duty it was to have M. Patzke watched, by order of the Court, gave him three days' leave, which were taken advantage of by the latter to effect his escape. He was captured at Ystadt, in Sweden. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg states that the dis turbances at Kasan originated in an impostor, who declared himself a descendant of Peter 111., and the real heir to the throne of Russia. Some of the misguided peasants believed in him. He has been captured, and shot. HUNGARY. It has been stated that the sittings of the Hun garian Diet were adjourned for some days, in con sequence of the death of Count Ladislaus Teleki, but the purport of the propositions which M. Deak was to submit to the Magyar representatives has transpired. M. Beak demands that the King of Hungary shall recognise, accord, and ratify— " The strict personal union which would secure to Hungary its complete independence in the event of the Royal family becoming extinct—the right for Hungary not to send Deputies to the Council of the Empire—Transylvanian and Croa tian representatives to be called to the Diet of Pesth—the Constitution of 1848—a responsible ministry—equality in the eye of the law for all ciTizens to whatever nationality or religion they may belong—the withdrawal of the ordinances relative to the taxes—all the effects of the abso ute regime to be annulled—the recall of the exiles, and the restitution of their property, and the official presentation to Hungary of the Act of Abdication of Ferdinand V." On those conditions, but on those only, can the King come to Pesth, and receive the Crown of Saint Stephen- Such is the programme , of the moderate party, which in Let is a real and final ultimatum of Hungary . M. Peak is in disaccord with the ultra party on several pointF, and in p r titular on one question of form, which, under exist ing circumstances, is important. The democrats would wish to hove those propositions adopted as -imple resolutions of the Hungarian nation ; whilst M. Peak, on the contrary, insists on their being voted under the form of an address to the King. He finds several advantages in this plan, and in particular that of its not throwing on ,the Diet tho acouzatiou of having comd an open 114- Hungary would be separate countries, "as there is no other tie between them than a personal one." When the Constitution is de facto restored, and a responsible Ministry formed, the coronation can be discussed, but not before. It was Francis Joseph I. who convoked the Hungarian Diet, and to him that Assembly has to communicate its wishes. Ait addressmust be presented, as a resolution (hatarozat) would not be admissible unless both parties were under arms and on the eve of hostilities. The opp•'- nents .of the address are of opinion that Francis , Joseph•l. is not the lawful heir to the Hungarian. crown, because in the act of abdication no special mention is made of King Ferdinand V. of Hun gary, but de facto the throne is vacant, and his Majesty, in virtue of the Pragmatic Sanction, has a just claim to it. Although such are the opinions entertained by M. Deak, the leader of the Moderate party in Hungary, the Austrians still flatter them selves the Hungarians will eventually recognise tile validity of the Fundamental Laws published by the whole empire on the 27th of February. The forcible levy of taxes continues in Hungary, and Deak recommends his fellow-countrymen to pay what is demanded of them. Poor Teleli is sadly reviled here because he did not keep the promise which he made to the Emperor. " The man who makes a solemn promise and breaks it is a scoundrel (Schurk)," said a person to me yesterday. The gentleman in question is well intentioned, but IL/ is over fond of forcible language, and is besides lot getful of the past. The Emperor has granted ark audience to the Croato-Slavonian deputation, ant told it that he will for this time (dermalen) permit. the inhabitants of the military frontiers to send deputies to Agram. His Majesty, however, declared that the maintenance of the military frontier system was necessary to the wellbeing of the empire, and also that he did not intend to force Dalmatia into a union with Croatia and Slavonia. Both the Chambers of the Austrian Reiclsrath have drawn up their addresses to the Empero r, and will bring them forward on Saturday next, on which day there will be public sittings. On Wednettday there was a great soiree in the apartments in ha bited by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. All lthe members of the Beichsrath were present, aad almost all the foreign Ministers. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL. A remarkably commodious, substantial, ang ele gant structure, which has been in course of ereet.;on. during the last three years, at a cost of abot:t £lO,OOO, is now on the eve of completion, destined, with the extensive wing built in a similar style a few years ago, to be the future habitation of this noble, institution, which, besides being a refuge on a large scale for the sick and destitute poor, is also a. medi cal school of high repute. Little more than 20 years ago King's College Hospital was established with the view of affording hospital accommodation to the densely inhabited district between Holb ore. and the Strand, the population of which in 18 61 was estimated at 400,000, and which until 1839 wa 6 entirely dependent for medical advice and assist—. ance upon a single dispensary. The Council of King's College, to promote the efficiency of their medical school, cordially aided the efforts of influ ential inhabitants of the district and other benevo lent persons to establish an hospital for the relief of the sick and destitute poor. The eminence of the medical and surgical staff of the hospital con tinued to attract patients in large and constantly increasing numbers, from not only all the surround ing parishes, but from other parts of London and the suburban districts, and from the country many , miles round. In 1840 the patients amounted to , 4,834, but the number during the past year has. reached 33,153. Since the establishment of the institution 462,685 patients have been admitted to the benefits of the charity, of whom 26,464 were in-patients, 426,991 out-patients, and 9,234 poor married women attended in their confinement at their own homes. About 150 beds are in constant use, accommodating on an average between 1,4004 and 1,500 patients annually. The old workhouse of the parish of St. Clement Danes, in which the hospital was originally located, and wi2ere for years it was " cribb'd, cabin'd, and confined," was SOOll found inadequate both in the extent and character' of the accommodation, and the governors,- assisted by the generosity of the public, purchased ground and buildings and ere_ ted a portion of a neNY hos pital, still retaining the partial use of the old bitild ing, by which the accommodation for in-patie uts was extended, while convenience was supplied t:lr out-patients resorting to the institution, and num bering about 500 a-day. In 1857 the managing committee, urged by continually growing demands for further accommodation, and having regard to the dilapidated state of the old building, made an. effort to raise £40,000 for the completion of the hos pital, by an appeal to the public, which was com pletely successful. The second and larger portion. of the new edifice is now finished and ready l'or oc cupation ; the old building will be shortly polled down, and the continuation of the Carey-street wing proceeded with ; and the entire new building is eX peeted to be completed in the summer of next year, when the hospital will accommodate 200 patients, and in respect of convenience and comfort will bear comparison with any similar institution in the country. The institution is t: all intents and pur poses a free hospital ; all cases of accident and urgency are at once admitted to the utmost limit of the accommodation, and no patient is ever turned away for want of a letter of recommendation. Of the in-patients fully two-thirds are admitted free, while out of the half a million out-patients relieved since the establishment of the hospital, not more than 10,000 have presented governors' letters. This vast amount of relief afforded to sickness and suffer: ing is administered at a cost of between £6,000 and £7,000 a-year ; and the hospital, being unendowed, is entirely dependent for support on the annual. donations of its governors and the voluntary con tributions and bequests of benevolent persons. The nursing department of the hospital is conducted by the ladies and nurses of St. John's-house, an insti- tution established for the special purpose of train ing nurses in a proper knowledge of their dutiee. The nurses are young, active women, trained to the work, who live in the hospital, and, like Miss Nightingale, devote themselves to nursing. The hospital is also an important medical school. Since its commencement 1,300 students have ac quired professional experience within its walls and within a few years the institution has acquired a distinguished reputation. The new edi fice just completed is altogether six stories high, including basement. It is built principally of brick, with an imposing entrance from Portugal-street, to which a flight of steps of Portland stone leads. On the ground floor is a series of reception-rooms for patients, with a bath room, and two lifts com municating with the wards on every story above, by which means a patient is gently transported to the lccality assigned him. A portion of the same floor is devoted to offices for the authorities and to a board-room. Each of the floors above, three in number, consists of a ward 85 feet long by 24 feet wide, admirably ventilated, lighted by nine win dows ; the top of the building is appropriated to b,Td, bath, and general sitting rooms for the lady nurses. Access is had to the whole of the upper portion of it by a vast staircase; and the floors are all fire-proof. The builders are Messrs. Lucas; the architect, Mr. Bellamy. GRAND CIVIC BANQUET TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY or ARTs.--The present Lord Mayor is resolved to impart to the hospitalities of the Man sion-house that character of generous and almost profuse hospitality which distinguished it in the days when Sir Wm. Curtis was its chief magistrate, and possessed so much influence in the management of city affairs. At the inaugu ral dinner of the Royal Academy, an invitation to the Mansion-house was given by the Lord Mayor to the whole of the Royal Academicians, which has been accepted. The banquet will take place on Saturday, the 25th instant. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT AND RAILWAY COM MISSION.—Yesterday the commissioners appointed by the Crown to inquire into and report upon this question, re assembled at the offices of the commission in Victoria street, Westminster. Plans were placed before the com missioners, and explained by Mr. J. Sewell, C.E. ; Sir W. Worsley, of Hovingham Hall, York; Mr. T. Page, C.E., the architect of new Westminster -bridge ; Mr. Bazalgette, engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works; and Mr. Burze. THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADORS IN LIVER POOL.—The following members of the United States diplo matic body arrived yesterday in Liverpool, by the Niagara, from Boston :—The lion. Cassius M. Clay, United States Minister to Russia, Mrs. Clay, two Misses Clay, and three children; the Hon. C. F. Adams, United States Minister to England, Mrs. Adams, Miss Adams, and Messrs. H. P. and B. Adams ; the Hon. J. L. Haldemann, United States Minister to Sweden, Mrs. Haldemann. and two children. THE ROMANTIC SUICIDE ON PR I MROSE-HILL. —.- VERDICT, "FELO DE SE.,, —Last evening Mr. G. S. Brent, deputy coroner for the western division of Middlesex, and the jury empannelled on Monday last, re-assembled at the - Elephant and Castle, King's - road, Camden • town, pursuant t) adjournment, f o r the purpose of closing an inquest 0 A the body of Mr. Robert Goreing, aged 34, who committed suicide by shooting himself on the top of Primrose-hill, on the 4th instant, as reported in our columns. Several addi tional witnesses were called, with th e v i ew to ascertain the con dition of deceased's mind immediately preceding death • After which the jury returatal x yqdict of 4 , Isle de 50,' , • I r te