The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-14 00:00:00

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA'S VISIT TO

MADRID, Dim 13.

HUNGARY.

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The Pester Lloyd contains an invitation from
Frans Desk, addressed to the representatives, beg-
ging them to meet him and hold a conference pre-
vious to the opening of the Diet. The meeting is to
be held on the 12th.
From a conversation I have had with an influen-
tial member of the Diet I learn that the hopes of
all are strong that means will be found for enabling
the Hungarians and the government to act in
concert and find a point of union. "There are of
course some," said ray informant, "who have their
own romantic and ultra notions, and are ready, if it
were possible, to cry loudest of any. But the
majority is moderate in its wishes, and
this party is therefore so strong that the others
will not have an opportunity of playing a
prominent part. They will, hardly attempt it ;
for they will see at once they have no chance of
h.aneesill'a- On the slate ef peed* tbritawaitifti.
of yesterday gives some important information. As
matters stand at present, says the writer, the
terms "Doak party " and " Brachium party"
(ultra-Hungarian party) are no longer applicable,
a fusion having taken place. "It is possible," he
continues, " that a small fraction may appear in
the Diet as a decided government party ; perhaps
another, also not considerable, may show itself on
the extreme Left, but all that lies between these two
extremes will, without caring to which party the
individual members belonged in 1861, hold firmly
together. However, how the parties may stand
later, when details are entered into, is what no one
can say."
But still we roust not look at things in too rosy
a light. There are great difficulties to be ova-
come, and the only consolation is that both parties
now are really most anxious that they should be
satisfactorily got over. Without !such sincere
wish the various hindrances would be insur.
mountable. The grand question is that of the
" Reedits continuitat," the continued lawful politi-
cal position of the kingdom as it existed formerly,
unchanged by imperial patents or diplomas, and
suffering no deprivation of former rights on amount
of past revolution. The government acknowledge
the " Rechts continuitit " in principle, and allow
even the laws of 1848, made during the revolution,
are formally valid. But, says the government,
these laws cannot be put in practice, being incom-
patible with the general welfare of the realm ; let
them, therefore, .be revised and laid before the
crown to be sanctioned, and then they shall be car-
ried out. What government fears is that if sane
tioned now as valid, under promise of future revi-
sion, the said revision may be delayed so long
as to cause many difficulties. It wishes, there-
fore, to be sure, and to have the change made
a preliminary step. On the other hand, the
nation is willing to concede the revision, see-
ing its necessity ; but it says, the code being
acknowledged as law, it can only be changed in a
constitutional manner by the assembled Diet and
the Xing, and cannot be suspended till a revision
has taken place. You understand from this that it
is the order in which the business of the Diet is to
be treated that creates the difficulty. But a way
will be found for evading it. While the address
is being voted and different reacripta pass between
the Diet and the Crown, a revision of the 1848 laws
will, by unanimous consent of both houses, he
worked out ; but these will not be laid before the
King for his sanction until the institutions based
upon those laws have become a reality. I trust
that this question is here stated clearly.
The town is so full that not a room is to be got
in the hotels. It is droll to see the amusement my
black castor causes, which at present, to the beet of
my knowledge, is the only one in the town. There
must be something irresistibly comic to a Hun-
garian in such a hat, for every passer by looks and
smiles, or jogs his neighbour's elbow that be too
may look and laugh, at the horrible head-covering
of western Europe. A Mohawk walking down
Regent-street in his blanket and war paint would
hardly attract more general attention. All I can
do is to look and laugh in return, coinciding as I
fully do in their appreciation of the object and its