The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-11 00:00:00

HUNGARY.

(nom ous esti 031INIPONDENT.)
PESTH, Jas. &
The free pardon of Count Teleki will nut fail to
induce all the municipalities to claim full amnesty
for the exiles and refugees. The county of Bats
and the town of Buds were the first to speak out
the wish of the country. Other counties protest
indirectly against the banishment of so many
patriots. At Peath Count Teleki was elected
(before his pardon) member of the board of admi-
nistration, Abadj returned Ladislas Vjhazy,
now a citizen of Texas, Cyanid elected
the exiled Bishop Horvath and General Klapka.
Veszpren did not forget Colonel Misr, now in the
Sardinian service, and Zemplin had the courage to
put the name of the arch-rebel Louis Kossuth at
the head of the board of administration. These
are significant facts, which Baron Vay and
K Schmerling ought not to overlook. As to
Szemere's, the late minister's, Austrianising letter,
in which he warns the Hungarians not to put faith
either in Napoleon, or Cavour, or Garibaldi, it
has not made any impression upon the public.
We know too well that all the concessions and
the re-orenization of Hungary are exclusively due
to Austria's fear of Napoleon, Cavour and Gari-
baldi. Without the battle of Solferino, the an-
nexation of the "Emilia, and the oonquest of Sicily
and Naples, Austrian policemen and red-tape officials
would still disturb and embitter every moment of
our life. The formation of a Hungarian Legion
and Kossuth's activity had the greatest part in the
sudden transition from slavery to freedom. The
country feels deeply indebted to the zeal and ener-
getic patriotism of her exiles.
The question of the sale of Venetia, brought into
a practical shape by M. Perreire's well-known pam-
phlet, and taken up unanimously by the preen of Eng-
land, is still one of the principal topics of conversa-
tion. Everybody feels that the destinies of Hun-
gary are most intimately connected with that ques-
tion. All the moderate and conservative elements
of society fully agree that the mission of Venetia is
highly desirable, since by the loss of the Italian
province the lands of the crown of St. Stephen
would considerably gain in importance. Hungary,
with her dependencies and the federated kingdoms,
would form not only the greater, but by far the most
important part of the empire. Hungarian statesmen
would not be anubbed any longer, and Hungarian in-
terests would receive more serious attention. Hungary
would in fact soon become predominant. Austria
would reform of necessity, and having abandoned
her reactionary, stupifying German policy, and, dis-
missing her effete statesmen, recruited all over
Germany, she would turn her looks to the East
and to the future, not to the West and to the past.
But all the younger and more energetic portion of
the public make a dead set against the sale of
Venetia, which would at once prevent war. They
desire most ardently that the court and cabinet of
Vienna should prove obstinate, and stickle about
the point of honour, because they expect a war in
the spring, a descent of Garibaldi, a revo:utionary
rising in Hungary. All this is no secret, even our
papers tell it in their leading articles ; still at
Vienna the reactionists are blind and deaf, and
rejoice that there exists in Hungary a considerable
party which is opposed to the sale of Venetia.