HUNGARY.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 436, 27 December 1861, Page 3

HUNGARY.

The condition of Hungary is becoming every day more dangerous, and the Austrian Government has taken the initiative in a line of proceeding from which they cannot now recede, and which commits them to an armed contest with the people. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the leaders of the Oomitat of Pesth, immediately after the dissolution of that body, convened a general assembly of the members for trie purpose of considering the measures adopted by the Government. The intention to hold this assembly was no sooner known in Vienna than the meeting was forbidden by an imperial order—the prohibition being accompanied by a menace, which left no doubt as to the nature of the steps that would be taken to enforce submission. .The Austrians Were even in advance of their threat. The building devoted to the Comitat was filled with soldiers, and such members as presented themselves were met by bayonets at the door; and a lieutenant, with extra zeal, stood on the steps with a drawn sword in his hand. Of couise, the assembly did-not take place; but a no less significant expression of public opinion followed. The whole' of the functionaries resigned, and in a single hour Pesth was left without the semblance of a local administration. To crown this patriotic movement, Count Karolyi has since returned to the Government, unopened a despatch which was addressed to him, and which is understood to have contained an order or request that he should remain in office. Such is the state of Pesth. The official seal of the Comitat has been deposited in the National Museum, and the most alarming excitement prevails in the town and neighborhood.