HUNGARY.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 289, 27 July 1860, Page 3

HUNGARY.

(From the Times, May 8.) ' _ .. 1 Pesth, May 1. :, We had yesterday another grand national demonstration in this city. A solemn service for the repose of the soul of the late reverend Count Szechenyi was celebrated in the Catholic cathedral, and the venerable Cardinal Archbishop of Gran, who is Primate of Hungary, came to Pesth expressly to officiate at it. The church was decked ■ with black hangings, and a vast catafalque was , erected, which was guarded by about 300 students carrying torches. The sacred edifice was crammed to suffocation, and in the gathering were the greatest, the noblest, and the most patriotic of the i land. But the crowd inside was nothing to that which was collected outside. The latter, according to the most trustworthy calculations, consisted of lat least 80,000 or 90,000 souls, and it filled not only the vast space in front of the church, but the i square of the Varos-haz (town-hall) as well. During all the time the service lasted, which was full two hours, this huge multitude stood bareheaded, and almost everybody was dressed in the \ national mourning costume. Altogether, the de- ? monstration was magnificent and imposing. I After the service, a deputation of the Academy headed by Count Dessewfy, the President, waited on the Cardinal Archbishop,|MoDsignor Szitowsky Ito thank him for having officiated. The venerable l prelate, in a neatly-turned speech, replied that, as . a Hungarian, he felt bound to join his country- . men in paying honor to the memory of the patriot whom the nation was mourning. A vast crowd, headed by the students, also went to the Arclii- ' episcopal Palace to thank the Primate, and, a de- ; putation having been admitted to his presence, he delivered a speech, in which he said that patriotism and faith were necessarily united, and that by their ' union neither could ever perish. The deputation r repeated the substance of the harangue to the crowd * and it was hailed with thundering cheers. The students and the people then sang the Szozat ; — 'Be ever faithful to the country, O Magyars!' and * they dispersed. i In the evening a multitude again assembled, and > went to the Hotel of the Angol-Kiralyno (Elotel r of the Queen of England) to pay their respects to P the two young Groffok, Szechenyi Bela and ' Eugene, sons of the deceased patriot. The young 1 noblemen were made to come on the balcony, and i they were received with rapturous applause. The i elder expressed their thanks, and declared that they would always consider it a duty to imitate f their father in devotion to the country. In their visits to the Archbishop and the Counts 5 Szechenyi the crowd raised constant cries of Eljen r a haza !' ' Eljen Kossuth !' ' Eljen Szechenyi !' (' Hurrah for the country, for Kossuth, anl for » Szechenyi.) The cries for Kossuth prove that, "'" though years have passed away since he "was dris yen into exile, he still retains as firmly as ever his hold on the people's hearts. The demonstration in his honor on this occasion was the more 1 significant from the fact that certain persons have 1 been making an attempt to. create a prejudice . against him by representing that he did not act well towards Szechenyi in 1848-49. The brave Magyars justly hold that the trifling circumstance 5 of having differed from Szechenyi is not sufficient j to deprive Kossuth of their gratitude and love. T Vienna, May 4. > The Buda-Pesth Hirlapoiihe 2nd instant con--3 tains an article which must necessarily produce as l great a sensation here as it has done at Pesth. It . is in the form of a letter "from the banks of the Theiss," and in substance is as follows :— '• " You ask me, as an honest and loyal Magyar, openly to inform you what kind of impression the I Imperial autograph letter, which promises autonomy, county assemblies, and a Diet, has produced on me and the other inhabitants of this part " of the kingdom. I, who for the last ten years have 3 only observed from a distance passing events, am - called on to communicate my views, my opinion. t At first I intended to give an evasive reply to your letter, but I have reconsidered the matter, and now tell you what is passing in my mind, and in 3 all probability in the minds of the great majority - of my fellow-countrymen, 3 Ifou ask me to give my opinion respecting the promises made on the 19th of April. We agree ? with His Majesty in thinking that the restoration > of those political institutions which existed in Hunt gary previous to the year 1848 axe necessary. We

are of opinion that a Constitutional Monarchy is our sole salvation. We are ready to live and die for it, and will joyfully place bur blood and our property at the disposal of the King and Lord who will maintain and defend it. The Imperial letter of the 19th of April did not, however produce any enthusiasm. The nation remained cold and silent," not so much on account of what was in the letter, as on account of what was not in it. c Nem akarnuk zsakban macskat venni.' (We will not buy a pig in a poke.) We want to know what is understood by ' a diet,' and when the return to the ' old system' is to be made. The word ' constitution is variously interpreted by different persons and in different countries. We know that France has a constitution, but the French enjoy no constitutional liberty. We care not for the shell, but for its contents. An outer covering has been shown us, but it has no openings, no windows, through which that which is beneath can be seen. We want to know how the county assemblies are to be brought into accord with the present state of things and we ask each other what municipal laws we are to have. It is, however, my firm conviction that all difficulties may be removed' if the will to remone them be strong. The press is not1 permitted freely to express its opinions in respect to the promises contained in the Imperial letter, and we can have no great faith in a constitution which is unable to bear examination. The treatment of the press induces us to believe that, eventually, things will remain nearly, if not quite, as they now are. In your last leader you speak of the ' friendly advances made to the Hungarians,' Convince us that the Government really and sincerely intends to keep its promises, and it shall have our, hands and hearts. The Austrian Imperial House has a new opportunity of convincing itself that it has no move faithful subjects than the Magyars, and that the Hungarian nation merits the epithet of' most loyal.'