The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-15 00:00:00

HUNGARY.

PESTH, June 10.
Early yesterday morning the Emperor of Austria
visited the garrison hospital in the Ludoviceum, the
Josephinum Orphan-house, and then repaired to
the University, where the Ridor received him with
the following address
" Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty ! Most
gracious Lord ! _ _

" The Senate of the Royal Hungarian University,
sharing the joy of the twin cities, nay, of the whole
country, and of every true Hungarian, arising out
of your Majesty's happy arrival, ventures to appear
before your Apostolic Majesty's illustrious presence
to express its deep and respectful homage. May
your Majesty deign to accept the expression of un-
alterable fidelity and devotion welling up from the
depths of our hearts in the same spirit as they are
sincerely offered, and most graciously grant
that, while we implore with the deepest sub-
mission your Apostolic Majesty's lofty patronage
of our university, and invoke all thb blessings
of Heaven upon the head of your Majesty soon to
be crowned, we may express with Hungarian frank-
ness the heartfelt hope that Providence will grant
your Majesty many years of life and prosperity, to
the joy of this university,
all faithful subjects." our beloved country, and

After returning a gracious reply, the Emperor
passed, amid loud cheers and cries of " Eljen," into
the great hall, where he encountered a most en-
thusiastic reception from the assembled tutors and
students. His Majesty was next saluted by a song
specially composed for the occasion, from the Uni-
versity Singing Club, and addressed a few kind
words to the students.

After leaving the university the Emperor pro-
ceeded to visit other schools and public institutions
of the town, and returned to the Castle of Buda
after 1 o'clock. At 4 o'clock the Emperor and his
suite drove to the racecourse. As on previous oc-
casions all the streets upon the route were crowded
to excess with the people, who formed line and
greeted their sovereign with the heartiest acclama-
tions. Upon reaching the course his Majesty again
encountered a most enthusiastic reception, the
cheers and Eljens continuing long after he had
entered the stand, and breaking out afresh when he
afterwards came down to the course, and entered
into conversation with many of the visitors. Shortly
before the last race his Majesty left, and returned
to the castle, where a grand gala dinner was given
at half-past seven, to which the chief notabilities of
the kingdom had been invited.
His Majesty left the castle at half-past 11 p.m.
Girls dressed in white were ranged upon the stairs
and along the approaches, who greeted the Emperor
with the national hymn ; the citizens formed an
unbroken line of torchbearers along the Albrechtos-
trasse, from which issued enthusiastic cries of
" Eljen !" The houses on the route to the station
were illuminated, many being splendidly lighted up,
while the streets were crowded with an enthusiastic
multitude shouting farewell to their monarch. The
railway station was brilliantly lighted, and deco-
rated
with flowers and flags. The Emperor, upon
arriving, w as received by the directors of the rail- ,

way, the staff and chief officers, the heads of
all the departments, the magistrates of the two
cities, numerous magnates and other notabili-
ties. The Viceroy thanked his Majesty for
having visited the metropolis, and the Em-
peror replied that he had been greatly pleased
with the heartiness of his reception. Enthusiastic
cheering broke out as the Emperor entered the car-
riage, which immediately ceased as he was seen to
rise and speak. He said " Your affection convinces
me that I may count upon you. Be happy. We
shall soon meet again."

Upon the morning of his departure the Emperor
addressed the following letter to Count Palffy, the
Viceroy of Hungary :

" BUDA, June 9.

" Dear Count Palffy,—The observations I have
made as to the public order during my sojourn here
have convinced me of the zeal and circumspection
with which you exercise your functions of my Vice-
roy in this country. It therefore becomes my
pleasing task to express to you my full content and
recognition.
(Signed) " FRANCIS JOSEPH."

The Wreck of the Leader—Fearful Suffer.

ings of the Crew.

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.

The steamer Moravian, which arrived here yester-
day from Quebec, brings full details of the loss of
the schooner Leader and the fearful sufferings of the
crew. The Leader left Montreal on the 22d Novem-
ber, 1864, under command of Captain Vigeau, and
manned by a crew of seven men, with a cargo of
flour and pork, for St. John's. On the 27th, when
off Quebec, a river steamer ran into the Leader,
carrying away her bowsprit and cutwater. After
repairing at Quebec they sailed on the following
Saturday, and had got as far as Quarantine Island,
30 miles below Quebec. The Leader experienced
unsettled weather until Friday, Dec. 9, when the
Weather became very thick and boisterous and gra-
dually and steadily increased to a gale. " That
night," says Mr. Marcier, the second officer and
only survivor, " it was my watch on deck, all the
crew and the captain being asleep at the time. I
saw a ground sea rising close to the vessel, and
before I had time to sing out it came aboard.
I was knocked senseless under the wheel, and
it was full 20 minutes before I could recover
myself. When I came to I looked round and
saw that the cabin was gone, the maintopsail
carried away, and not a sail to be seen.
Presently, however, I saw the steward and
one of the sailors in the water to leeward,
but before I could render any assistance they went
down. I next saw another of the crew, Mercer,
crawling out from the wreck of the cabin with his
hand smashed; then a man, named Willett, called
out. I went to him, pulled away, and found that
his back and thighs were broken. 1 next found the
captain, with his head on the deck and his feet on
the rails. He was much hurt inside. I lifted him
up, and carried him into the storeroom. I never
saw the mate or a sailoi named Pike afterwards.
They must have gone overboard with the cabin.
There were now four of us left—the captain, Mercer,
Willett, and myself. Everything had been washed
away but what we had on. About two o'clock the
next morning (Dec. 10) I saw we were going ashore
against a very high cliff. I sang out it was time for
ever man to save himself. The night was very dark,
and the sea was running fearfully high. Mercer ran
up the fore rigging. A sea then struck us, and went
two fathoms over the vessel, knocking away 10 feet
of the stern, nearly to the mainmast. The captain
was washed.to the lee side, and I took a rope, crept
to him, and lashed him fast. He could not walk.
His head had swollen tremendously, and he was
sick and weak from swallowing salt water. For
half-an-hour the sea broke over us, and then the
vessel worked over the reef and into water where
it was a little quiet, where she eventually
grounded. We remained on board the vessel
until daylight next morning (Sunday), December
14. The mainmast was then cut away, thinking
it would form a bridge to the shore, but it fell fore
and aft and alongside. Mercer then fastened a rope
round his waist, and, after several attempts, reached
the beach, but unfortunately let go the rope. I then
got a rope, and after hard work worked my way
through the surf and landed. The place where we
landed was Wall Cove, between Coal River and the
Bay of Island. This was about nine o'clock in the
morning." The narrative then proceeds to tell how,
after walking about in search of a human habitation,
they were obliged to take shelter in a " tilt." They
had no boots, and Mercer's feet were fearfully lace-
rated and frost-bitten. They were on shore two
days when Mr. Marcier managed to get on board
the wreck. He found the captain frozen to death,
and Thomas Willett, who was alive, was unable to
move. The latter had had nothing to eat for two
days, and after giving him some raw pork and flour,
Mr. Marcier got ashore with some pork and flour.
They remained there four weeks, Mr. Marcier going
on board every two days to feed Willett. They tried
every means to get a fire, but could not succeed.
The weather was fearfully cold, and Mercer's legs
were frozen from the knee downwards, and they had
scarcely any covering. Another four weeks of hope
and despair, and then a tremendous fall of rain came
down, which drenched them thoroughly, after
which the wind came on from the N.W. with
severe frost, so that they were literally frozen
to the ground. They then agreed to re-
turn to the wreck, but Mercer could not
walk, and as he crawled along the flesh dropped in
pieces from his legs. However, they got on board,
where there was no sheltered place to lie in. There
was no fire, no clothes, nothing to eat but raw pork
and flour, and only now and then a little water. On
the 28th of January, Willett, after living eight
weeks with his back and thighs broken, and being
badly frost-bitten, was found frozen to death on the
deck. Marcier then told Mercer that Willett was
dead, and received the reply, " Ah, well ; it's my
turn next." About 3 o'clock the same afternoon,
Mercer asked for a drink. " I mixed," says Mr.
Marcier, " a little flour with some water, and he
tried to drink it, but he was too weak to swallow
it. So I got him on my lap, with his poor head
resting on my arm, and tried to feed him with a
spoon. While the spoon was in his mouth I heard
the rattle in his throat, and he died almost imme-
diately. I laid him down beside me." And there
they remained, the dead and the living, from the
28th of January to the 21st of March, when Marcier
was rescued by the whaler Lilly Dale, and taken to
Channell, where he arrived on May 5. Mr. Mar-
cier lost the toes of his right foot by frost, and
when the crew of the Lilly Dale came across the ice
to the wreck they were fearfully alarmed on finding
a live man on board. They lashed him to a plank,
and carried him five miles across the ice to the
vessel, where he was hospitably received.

DREADFUL MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT
ISLEwORTH.—Last evening, about 8 o'clock, as some
men were at work on the banks of the stream at Isleworth
they heard screams as from a female. On proceeding to the
spot they found a man standing up with his throat cut in a
ghastly manner. A short distance from the spot, in a gar-
den path, they discovered the dead body of a woman with
her head nearly cut off. Medical assistance was promptly
at hand, and the man was removed to Isleworth Work-
house, where he remains without hope of recovery. The
man's name is Samuel Dawson, and the murdered woman
was his wife. No motive has yet been discovered for the
dreadful tragedy.

SHOCKING SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning Mr.
John Humphreys, corner for Middlesex, held an in-
quiry at the White Horse Tavern, Finsbury-street, Fins-
bury-square, respecting the suicide of George Wm. Newton,
aged 23 years. It appeared from the evidence that the de-
ceasad had been employed in the biscuit factory of S tephens
and Co., Shadwell, and that three of his fingers had been
cut off by the machinery. His employers gave him a sum
of money as compensation, but he was unable to obtain
other employment. He therefore determined to live on hie
money as long as it would last, and he took furnished apart-
ments in Finsbury, where for some time ho lived with a
young woman, whom he kept as a mistress. His funds
becoming exhausted, and his landlord pressing him for
arrears of rent, he determined to commit suicide by means
of poison, which ho appears to have had by him for the
purpose for some time. On Monday last he sent the young
woman out on some pretext, and in her absence he mixed
a very large quantity of cyanide of potassium in a cup of
water, and drank it off. He was found lying dead on the
floor, with the cup by his aide. His death must have been
instantaneous. Since the loss of his fingers he had been
much depressed in his mind. The Coroner having summed
up, the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a stato
of =owl mind."

Scenes in the Conspiracy Trial Room.

(Washington Correspondence of Philadelphia Inquirer.)
The introduction of the
REBEL GENERAL JOHNSTON

created a decided sensation. Brigadier-General
Howe, with the instinct of a high-minded and hon-
ourable soldier, objected to the red-handed rebel
being examined as a witness, and moved he be ejected
from the court room, for having violated his solemn
oath, and his obligation to the country which edu-
cated and fostered him. The scene was a most re-
markable one.

The witness, facing his accuser with an air of
defiance, waited patiently for the question to be
decided. The countenance of every member of the
Court betrayed high excitement, but suppressed
feeling, as they eyed the witness, while the brief
discussion continued, which finally resulted in the
objection being withdrawn, for strictly legal reasons,
at the suggestion of Judge Advocate Holt.

General Johnston then told his storf in a self-
possessed but nervous and animated tone, concern-
ing Von Steinacker, whose evidence the counsel for
Mrs. Surratt seek to impeach, but what connection
it has with her case it is difficult to see. Johnston
was not a voluntary witness, being brought from
Fort Warren, where he is held as a prisoner of war,
to testify in this case, and while here was detained
at the Old Capitol Prison, except when brought
into court to testify.

It would have been better had the objections to
him been submitted to the Judge Advocate-General
previously for his opinion as to its legality, or the
court being cleared to consider the question in secret
session, than to have it submitted and then have
had it withdrawn for technical reasons. It allowed
the witness a momentary triumph which should not
have been permitted him, even in so trifling a
matter.