The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-11 00:00:00

THE HUNGARIAN HOUSES OF PA- RLIAMLAT.

A BRILLIANT SCENE.

The special correspondent of the Times at Pesth,
describing the beginning of the great ceremonies observed
at the coronation, gives an account of a meeting on the
fith of the House of Magnates (or Peers) and the House of
Deputies (or Commons) to appoint deputations to wait on
the King with their addresses, and to transact business
connected with their presentation to his Majesty. For an
hour or so before, carriages, driven by wonderfully attired
coachmen, and guarded by still more wonderfully attired
Chasseurs, went to and fro in the streets to take up their
owners, and gorgeous /rib/muses came out like tropical
butterflies in the warm sun, congregating around doors
and standing in the passages almost aghast at their own
splendour. No colourist could give the smallest idea of
the richness of some of these uniforms ; others were rather
extravagant and grotesque than effective. " There was a
small gathering at the foot of an hotel staircase this
morning of positively startling people. One had a tall
ealpak of gray astrakan fur, with • yellow satin bag, ending
in a great teasel of gold lace. On the front of the cal
was was a scarlet medallion, bearing in embroidery the b
of the house he served—apples and leaves—his brown
face and black moustache contrasted with a white lace frill
with lung ends; the gold laced collar of his scarlet humor
jacket was crusted with gold ; from his shoulders hung a
pelisse of green and silver trimmed with gra7 fox-skin, and
worked all over with apples and leaves in silver; his
tight pantaloons of earning red were slashed with silver,
and his boots were of yellow Morocco leather, with a
band of gold lace and tassels at the top, and gilt heels and
enormous spurs, the get-up being completed by a heavy
curved scimitar, ablaze with all kinds of metallic finery.
He and his fellow regarded each other in their new
clothes with much curious wonder, each ;nimble novas
froades et non sue prone. These were but the ' life
hussars,' or ;mogul attendants of a Magyar noble, sad
were by no means singular for finery among those with
whom they stood. There were men who shone as if they
were in armour, in their parti-coloured clothing, and it
was not possible their misters could devise greater glory
of attire for themselves—at least one might be pardoned
for thinking so." There was a small gathering outsideto
see the deputies arrive. The men in their wide-awakes, or
fiat round felt lute, long frock coats, pantaloon'', and
Hessian boots, were only distinguished by these peculiari-
ties of attire and by • certain Oriental cast of face from
the ordinary crowd of any European city, and the women
were dressed in the universal style of porkpie tioancterie
and crinolined garments which has spread over Europe.
On entering the house the President was found to be read-
ing the protocol of the proceedings of the day, and the
seats on both sides were tilled by the members in all their
splendour. "The general effect was not so brilliant as might
have been expected, because the members sat with un-
covered heads ; but there was a sheen of colour over the
1 seats as if a rainbow were
.playing about. On the left
ti of the President fizenvann, • Venetian nobleman by
Titian look'
of man, sat a few members in black or
sad-coloured, who represented the extreme radicals.
They have no sympathy for the coronation, and look upon
it as a farce of no merit or entertaining power ; but though
they were gloomy and solemn as covenanters, they did not
eschew long boots, tight pantaloons, and sabres. Derek
was not visible, but Mike, Count Belt:Szrebenyi (who has
done all in his power to promote the comfort of the English
visitors), Baron Ambrosy, who served on Benedek's staff,
and the owners of many famous Hungarian names, could
be made out in the glitter of the assembly, and the Akers
of the house, in rich dresses, with tri-colour scarves and
sashes, moved in and out from time to time with com-
munications between both houses. The proceedings were
in Hungarian."
As the correspondent was going over to the Upper
House a magnate announced that the peers had risen, and
they were seen issuing out of the lofty portals and de-
scending the steps " in • torrent of waving feathers and
raiment of many colours, like the contents of some pyro-
technic projectile which has burst aloft and is letting its
golden rain and silver Pears and many-hued sparkling. fall
through the night air." The magnates could not, however,
outdo the members of the Lower House in their richness
and magnificence, although they could boast of finer equi-
pages and a wore numerous and embroidered &detail fe.
Conspicuous among them " were prelates who would make
a ritualist fall down and worship, so grand were they in
purple robes and trappings, and cocked—yes--cocked hats
with gold teasels."

A numerous deputation waited upon the Empress, who
received them with the ladies of her court and wade •
profound impremion by her beauty and graos, to solicit ber
consent to be crowned Queen of Hungary. The Empress
laying aside the paper that had been placed in her hand;
for her guidance, expressed herself on her own accord as
follows :

" I joyfully accede to the desire of the nation notified to
me through you. It is in accordance with my own most
fervent wishes, and I bless Providence that has let me live
to ace this sublime moment. Assure the Diet of my sin-
cere gratitude and accept my cordial greeting."
While the coronation was in progress, on Saturday, the
party of the Extreme Left and their friends were to retire
to perform a solemn requiem for the death of the Hunga-
rian constitution on the hill of Buda ! The authorities
ordered troops to attend, but they had directions not to in-
terfere in any way unless a breach of the peace took place.

The two Grand Dukes, sons of the Czar, are, it
is said, going to Nies, to make a pilgrimage to the monu-
ment erected to the memory of their elder brother. After
• stay of a few days, they will return to Paris and leave
for England. .

A couple of New Lebanon shaken got married
recently in America, in open violation of all law as pro-
pounded by that sect. Both the parties were young, and
had carried on a correspondence for some time, although
they had never spoken to one another. The correspond-
ence was discovered, however, and the young men was
expelled, whereupon the young lady fled, rejoined her
true love, and they were married according to the rites of
the outer world. Consideruble indignation and excitement
exists in consequence among the " family."

At Cincinnati, a few nights ago, the management
of the Parepa•Briguoli Opera Company announced that in
consequence of • railroad accident, while on their way
from Chicago, Signor Wiwi°li and three other members of
the company were so severely injured as to be unable to
sing. Before the performance commenced, Mdrne. Parepa
stepped to the front of the stage, briefly informed the
audience of what had taken place, referred to her hus-
band's injuries, and her own mental distress in constr.
quence, and begged their kind indulgence, promising to do
her bast. A storm of appl►use greeted her appearance.
The Florida correspondent of the Cincinnati Com-
surrial says th►t Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has 3flO
acres of land near Jacksonville, which she planted with
orange orchards. She has been offered twice its cost.

A telegram was received in New York on the
25th ult., from San Francisco, stating that the benevolent
societies in that city celebrated the Queen's birthday.
The French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, and Austrian con-
sul., prominent army officers, and citizens participated.
Yesterday was quite a fete day in the royal
borough of Windsor and the more immediate district, in
consequence of the concentration of a large body of the
metropolitan and county volunteers in the Great Park,
where one of the most successful field days of the season
was held, in the presence of a vast concourse of specta-
tors, including the principal aristocracy and gentry of the
neighbouring towns and country seats. The value of the
park as • review ground has long been seen, and
Ler Majesty the Queen graciously accorded the requisite
permission for the review through the intercession of
Major-General Seymour, C. 8., the deputy ranger. The
weather was magnificent; and as many of the trades-
people of Windsor closed their shops, the day was ob-
served as • holiday.
BOATING IN BELFAST Locate.—On Saturday even-
ing last, about 7 o'clock, two gentlemen, one of them lately
arrived from England, projected a pleasure excursion on the
lough. They were accompanied by two of the fair sex who, of
course, anticipated a pleasant evening, and who entertained
no presentiments of the somewhat alarming predicament
in which they were so soon to be placed. Having got
as far as the boat-house at Thompeon's Bank, at the
suggestion of our gallant Englishman, his male com-
panion was induced to go &soon, for the purpose of
asking a question regarding • boat-race which had oc-
curred on the river, whereupon our hero took the op-
portunity of stealing • march on his lees acute Irish
friend, and, seizing the oars, made off with the boat,
carrying refreshments. ladies, and all with him. The tide
was running in the same direction, and, of course, his abili-
ties as a rower were apparently all that he stated, for in •
very short time he was out of sight of Thompson's Bank,
and never slacked his pace till he was below Bangor. Not
satisfied with the distance he had placed between himself
and his supposed rival, as soon as his strength was ex-
hausted he made his fair companions take • share at the
rowing, and, as time and tide were still favourable, they
made as great progress as did their admirer, and in a short
time they found themselves at a startling distance from Bel-
fast. As the evening was considerably advanced, our party
had some thoughts of returning, but this was found errata::
more difficult enterprise than was anticipated, and the
exertions of the three were of no availoi,i;osropelling the
boat homewards—still it glided in anopposite direction.
Having beaten about for a couple of ours, and finding
they were waking no head against the tide, but rather
the reverse, and as a slight squall arose, the young gentle.
man, with his companions, commenced crying for help.
After a while, help at last, arrived in the shape of a couple
of boats, which the jilted companion, fearing for their
safety, /sad requested one of the harbour constables to
despatch. They succeeded iu picking them up, and,
having got them in tow, brought them to the quay, where
they arrived at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday morning,
thoroughly tired and sufficiently fiightened to prevent I
their trusting themselves again so far from home on the
"swift rolling tide."—/fortAere Whig.