disturbances having broken out at
Stuhlweissenburg, Mr. Pulszky went thither to quell them. He was
recommended to take a military force with him, but he refused, confiding
in the power of reason and eloquence. The result showed that he was not
mistaken. He addressed the people with energy, and the disturbances were
appeased without the necessity of a resort to force. In May, 1848, Mr.
Pulszky was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Vienna.
On the 5th of October of the same year, when the Austrian government no
longer felt it necessary to observe any appearances in regard to
Hungary; and when war had been virtually declared against that country
by the Imperial proclamation of Oct. 3rd, which appointed Jellachich
Royal Commissary in Hungary, with full powers civil and military, Mr.
Pulszky was dismissed from his office.

Mr. Pulszky was with Kossuth at the battle of Schwechat, where he acted
as aid to the Hungarian commander, General Moga. He returned with
Kossuth to Pesth, where he was appointed a member of the Committee of
Defence, and was made Minister of Commerce. In December, 1848, he was
sent as accredited Envoy to England, to advocate the interests of
Hungary in that country. Speaking of his appointment to this office,
Schlesinger, the able and impartial historian of the Hungarian War,
says: "Kossuth could not have found a more active, able, and competent
man in Hungary for the post. All that a man could do Pulszky did.
Pulszky possesses the acuteness of a civilian, a penetrating intellect,
readiness of conception, inexhaustible powers of invention, and withal,
indefatigable activity, great knowledge of business, and a healthy and
sober spirit, which is not easily carried away by sanguine hopes." After
a perilous journey through Gallicia, Mr. Pulszky reached France, spent a
short time in Paris, and arrived in England early in March, 1849, where
he has since remained until the time of his embarkation for the United
States. During his residence in England, Mr. Pulszky has served the
cause of his country with equal zeal and ability. His character and his
talents have obtained for him a great influence there. He enjoys the
personal friendship of many of the most eminent men of England; and it
is in a great degree to be ascribed to his exertions, that the merits of
the Hungarian cause are so well apprehended by a large portion of the
British public.

Of the literary labors of Mr. Pulszky and of his wife