The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE.

The Nord, of Brussels, publishes the following
telegraphic despatch :--

13.,A,R15, MAY 7, 4 rat.
‘4 In consequence of a gracious invitation' from
Her MajelSty Qu4en Victoria givenAo his Imperial
Highness;hy Lord Cowley, when he had the honour
of beingkiresentqd to him, the Grand Duke Con-
stantine, after visiting Cherbourg, 'will embark at
Ostend for Osbeite, on aNialtito her Maj3sty the
Qtwez* of England.." Ifl9l-I(3till,lsillfilOU 91U

THE STRIA IN HUNGARY

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V 'AI A Y 6.

In the course of the evening col the 4trl instant
persepp of my acquintmice w who hadwitnessed ble
pompOuS Stie-dtikefti from the houses

bestb,s inforawl.ipmfAiat the giyen to
their MajestiA,by the nor,-iftrciar -part of the
po Vangitts-askirid 'britt(TUat enthusiastic!'' and
th " Efitlie4.. statement yeast) ?,,subsequently
made . by, ,-/ travellers who returned . with
me by railroad to Vienna. '" The cheering',"
said a person --who' is well acquiiirked , with
the peculiarities of the.ilungarian character "ap-
peared feeble and forced to those who know what
Hungarian throats are capable of when their
owners are in a state enthusiastic- eicitement."

The reply of the..,Puperor,tp the congratulatory
speech. of M. Burgomaster of
Pesth, was am Perfect continued 6f your
loYalty,unii am pleased to hear the.expression of
it from your lips." Atter a short pause his Majesty,
continued The Empress, who has long wished
to see this beauti'ul city, is certainly as pleased
with it as I am."

His Ntajesty told the nobles who .walted on him
,n the Palace, at Buda, that he had come to examine

,nto ihe wishes and neeegsitien of the Hatigaritin

nation r but the public papers make no mention

of the circumstance. In nt of the picturesque
ruins which crown the summit of the Vissegrad

was the Magyar inscription, "Histen Hozott" (God
Lim; brought you), in letters of such an enormous
size that the words were perfectly legible,from the
windows of the railway carriages. On- the 2nd
instant eeveniy Hungariin' 'nobles 'waited
on the Archduke Governor General .;. but
there, were not so many present when

their Majesties made their entry into
the place on the following day. The foregoing
statement will hardly tally with the reports of the
writers for the Vienna pave! s, but still it is perfectly
correct. The Imperial employes in Hungary wear
the national costume, and strangers can easily mis-
take them for Magyar nobles. Shortly before the
arrival of their Majesties an elderly Magyar entered
the court of the palace, where Tie attracted uni-
versal attention, although less sumptuously clad
than sortie of his fellows, The noble, who wore a
suit of black velvet with buttons of jet, would
have been invaluable ss a model for an artist. The
figure of the man was perfect, and the face would
have been equally so had it not been deeply !Acted
by the small-pox. The hair, which was rather long
behind, was as dark and almost as lustrous as pit
coal; the eyes were large, black, fiery, and piercing;
the nose was slightly aquiline, the mouth small
and finely cut, the chin well formed, and the com-
plexion as dark as that of a red-skin. If on the top
of the head above described is placed a black velvet
" Kalpag" (the Hungarian cap) with a straight black
feather, you have a faithful portrait of the " full-
blood" Magyar, who the evening before last en-
quired of the admiring lacqu.”7s his way to the State
apartments of the palace. The influx of strangers
was so great on Sunday, the 3rd, that your corre-
spondent.would hardly have been able to find a bed
had it not been for the kindness of the landlord of
the Tiger, which is not only one of the first hotels
in the Hungarian capital; but also one of the
largest in. Europe. At the establishment of M.
Portits, a Pesti' jeweller, was the brooch which
Baron Bertolan Blakovitch is about to present to
the Empress. This unique specimen of ancient
Hungarian jewellery, which is in rubies and dia-
monds, represents a pelican feeding its young
ones. Oa the modern casket, which is in perfect
keeping with the jewel which it contains, is the
following inscription—" St. S. Gisella, Prima Hun
u.ariaa Regin, Anno MX." (St. Gisella [Elizabeth]
first Queen of Hungary. In the year 1010) That
the brooch actually belonged to Queen Gisella is a
well authenticated fact:

While in Hungary I repeatedly had opportunities
of satisfying myself that the nation is discontented
with the present state of things without being dis-
affected to the Imperial family. The Lombardo-
Venetians hate the Austrians . with such a deadly
hatred that no concessions will ever make loyal
subjects of them 1 but such is not the case with the
openhearted, chivalrous Hungarians. What they
principally complain of is the excessive and in-
considerate zeal of the employes, " who appear to
sacrifice everything to a wish to give satisfaction
to their superiors and, as a consequence, to obtain
promotion." The prevalent opinion in Hungary is
that the Austrian Government will eventually be
obliged to make concessions, and this opinion is
based on the following historical facts. In 1083
Leopold 1., Emperor of Germany, took forcible
possession of Buda, did away with the Hungarian
constitution, and had his son Joseph crowned as
King of Hungaiy. In 1702 Francis Bakoczy, the
Prince of Transylvania, took advantage of the
Spanish war of succession, entered Hungary at
the head of a powerful army of malcontents, and,
after having taken several fortresses, menaced
Vienna. Leopold I. wished to make peace with
his powerful adversary ; but the latter demanded
the restoration of the Hungarian constitution,
and complete religious tolerance. To these
terms the Emperor would not agree, and the
war was continued until the 29th of April, 1711.
when peace was concluded at Szathinir. On the
Ist of May, 1711, the Hungarian Diet made a con-
vention with the Emperor Joseph I. (the son of
Leopold I.) at Kavol, in which it was stipulated :-
1. That there should be a general amnesty, and
the restoration of all confiscated property. 2.
That all tolerated sects should be at liberty to
practise the rites of their religion. 3. That the
lost rights and privileges of the Hungarian nation
should be restored. In 1780, when the Emperor
Joseph 11. became sole Regent in Austria, he re-
fused tobe crowned in Hungary, and set aside the
constitution of the country, but. 10 years later he
was obliged to repeal all his ordinances except the
Patent of Toleration. which secured to his non-
Catholic subjects their religious rights and privi-
leges. " Historical events often repeat them-
selves," say the sanguine Magyars, " and what
happened in 1711 and 1790 may happen again."
The following despatch has been received from
Perth

"BUDA, May 5.
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" This mornin

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