The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-18 00:00:00

THE CAUCASUS.

A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople
announces that the mountaineers of the Caucasus,
commanded by one of the sons of Shamy), bad
defeated 4,000 Russians near Shaliseh.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, MAY 13.

On Mondny last, an address, bearing the signature
of some 200 Huogarian nobles and notables, was
presented to the Emperor by the Primate of Ilun-
.Y,ary.. The dontment is not to the Wee of the Ad-
ministration, and is therefore not likely to be made
public, but information has been acquired on the
subject which will enable me to give you a correct
idea of its contents. In the short speech which
the Emperor addressed to the nobility on the day
of his arrival at Buda, he observed that he bad

come " to enquire into the wishes and necessities
of the Hungarians." The words of his Majesty
gave great pleasure to the nobles, and they, on
the following day, resolved to draw up a " loyal"
address, in which should be specified the principal
wishes and wants of the nation. The Hun.
garians are well aware that the Emperor neither
can nor will restore Hungary to its former semi•
independent position, and consequently no men-
tion is made of autonomic government in the
address. As was said in a former latter, the Hun-
garians entertain the conviction that the force of
circumstances will sooner or later render it neces.
sary to modify the present .systetn of rigid cen-
tralisation all matters of higher
ncte are left in abeyance, and the
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petitioned to prohibit any fut.
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titer attempts being made to introduce the German
instead of the Hungarian language into the schools,
public courts and lower Government offices, and to
make those changes in the provincial administra-
tion which are considered necessary by all those
persons who have a more intimate knowledge of
the peculiarities of the c°untry and of its inhabi
tants. The address is here attributed exclusively
to the " old Conserv!itives,"
.but during my short
sojourn at Pesth, opportunities presented them-
selves of conversing with Liberals as well as Con-
servatives, and there was no difference of opinion
between the two parties in respect to the ad-
ministration. They both affirmed that it was

most unsuitable to the necessities of the kingdom,
and attributed the general discontent of the nation
to the want of tact of the employes, " who behaved
'exactly as if they had to do with a disaffected and
disloyal race." It must be repeated that the impres.
sion produced on my Mind while in Hungary was
that the nation was discontented,but not disaffected.
During prolonged and confidential conversations
with men of the most opposed political opinions,
not one sentiment was expressed. that was at 'all
hostile to the Imperial family. The story told by all
was, that Hungary was filled with employes who did
not understand their business, and that the taxes
were too heavy for a country which had not reco-
vered from the heavy losses sustained in the years
1848 and 1849. During the war in the, Crimea the
Hungarians .did not feel the burden of the taxes
very heavily, as they got enormously high prices for
their produce, but now that corn fetches a very low
price they find it extremely difficult to discharge
their obligations to the State, In 1855 the crops in
Prussia partially failed, and the consequence was
that the Hungarians obtained enormous prices
for their wheat and rye. Reliable information
has been given me that the confiscated property of
the persons included in the amnesty granted on
the Bjh inst. will be restored to them. The Impe.
rial ordinance on the subject is said to be already
in the hands of the minister of justice.
The Wiener Zeitung contains the subjoined
letters, which were addressed by the Emperor to
the Governor-General of Hungary :
" Dear Cousin Archduke Albrecht,—lt is my will that a
fall-length statae shall be erected in Pesth to the memory
of my uncle, the late Archduke Joseph.
The expense of the same is at first to be defrayed out of
the sums already in hand (voluntary subscriptions), and if
they should prove insufficient, you, my well beloved, will
demand my instructions relative to any further outlay that
may be necessary. "FRANCIS JOSEPH.
" Buda, May 9, 1857.

" Dear Cousin Archduke Albrecht,—l, in the way of
grace, ordain that after the beginning of the year 1858 no
further contribution towards the fund for rebuilding my
castle at Buda shall be raised, and it is my will that the
sums already paid up shall be employed to the advantage
of the country in the following way-240,0001 for the
furtherance of agriculture and for the improved manage-

ment of woods and forests by means of schools, stipends,
and prizes, and by the completion of a model vineyard at
Buda ; 120,0001 for forming foundations in the There-
sianum'—the academy for nobles in Vienna, is so called ;
90,0001 for forming prebendaryships for .:noble. F Hun-
garians; 45,0001 for the formation of stipends for the
daughters of imperial empl. yes in Hungary; 50,0001
towards the National Museum at Pestb ; 24,0001 for - the
foundation of stipends for artists; and 300,0001 for the
crnstruction of a lunatic asylum in Hungary.
"Buda; May 9, 1857. l'Easets Joslyn."
In order that the foregoing may be intelligible
to your readers, it is *necessary to state that the
inhabitants of Pesth were fined a sum of 2,599,00011,
as an indemnification for the injury done to Impe-
-1..-:1 property during the bOrnbardment of 'Buda in
the year, ;,1,39. The Emperor has 'also made the
Hungarian Agrie,n;;.:2ral Society a present of 3,000fi ,
which bad been advanced it by the State, His
111mjestYi who was at the Municipal ban at
Buda until eleven o'clock-in the eigning of Mon-
day, and in the Agricultdral Enhibition front ten
until two o'clock yesterday, returned to Pesth
at sin the evening. Vbhen the Emperor visitel
that part of the " Augarten" in which the English
machinery is placed be was loudly cheered by the
workmen, whose " Iturglig sceme4 to astonish
the Austrians. However, the natives joined in the
hurrah of the foreigners when his Majesty left the-.
exhibition. As the Monarch entered and quitted
the aarden he passed through a double living
hedge formed of foresterd and -miners. It was
generally remarked that he appeared to le in
excellent health and spirits. Yesterday the
Empress rode hi the Mountains in the neighbour-,
hood of Bads, and paSsed the evening in the
National Theatre. At 7 this morning their Majes-
ties were to leave Pesth for Jasz-Bereny. The
following particulars relative .to. the capture of the
notorious Rosza Sander have been received from
Szegedin. For sometime the. bandithild ,been the
inmate Qf a certain Paul Katona, but one day he
suspected that he had been betrayed by his enter-
tainer and friend, and fired a .pistol at his head.
The wife of Katona was so incensed at the brutal'
attack on her husband that she felled Rosza Sander
to the earth rifith an ate, bound him Band and foot
while he .was senseless, and then called in in the
gendarmes. Katona was wounded, but IS doing
well. It may be remarked that while M. Kosstith
was Dictator in Hungary, Rosza Sancidr entered
into his service.