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On the left of the President Szentivanyi, a Venetion
nobleman by Titian looking sort of man, at a few
members in black or sad-coloured dresses, who re-

presented the extreme Radicals. They have no sym-
pathy for the Coronation, and look upon it as a

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'aree of no merit or entertaining power; but though

they were gloomy and solemn7a;Covenanters, they

did not eschew long boots, tight pantaloons, and

sabres. Peak was not visible, but Miko, Count
Bela Szechenyi (who bas '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 officers of the house, in rich dresses with
tricolour scarves and sashes, moved in and out
from time to time with communications between
both houses. The proceedings were in Hungarian,
and among the many phenomena connected with the
present position of the kingdom none is more re-
markable than the fact that the Magyar language
has been raised almost from the dead within the
memory of man. It owes its present use to the
father of the Count Bela Szechenyi mentioned above,
for up to his time it was scarcely known, or if known,
was never used in society by the Magyar nobles and
was restricted to the peasantry. When he began to
speak it he was scarcely understood by his class , he
was almost laughed at for his persistence in adopt-
ing it in every day life. Now it is, indeed, as much
national as is our own speech, although Hungarians
have not lost their polyglot powers, and all Magyar
gentlemen speak German and French, and very
many of them English.
The Diet had met for a short preliminary sitting
to receive the announcement that the King had been
pleased to ratify the election of Count George Karolyi
and Baron Vay as custodes of the crown of St.
Stephen. The appearance of the member from
Fiume was greeted with loud cheering, and he was
immediately elected as one of the deputation that
was to wait on the Queen in the course of the morn-
ing to request her consent to the Coronation.
At 11 o'clock the members of both Houses, almost
without exception, proceeded to the Royal Palace of
Buda.
As we were going over to the Upper House, which
sits in a building in which are placed the collections
of the Pesth Dluseum, a Magnate announced that

the peers had risen, and they were seen issuing out
of the loffy portals and descending the steps in a tor-
rent of waving feathers and raiment of many colours,
like the contents of some pyrotechnic projectile
which has burst aloft and is letting its golden rain
and silver stars and many-hued sparkli ngs fall through
the night air. The Magnates could not, however, out-
do the members of the Lower House in their richness
and magnificence, although they could boast of finer
equipages and a more numerous and embroidered
valetaille. 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 tassels.
They all stood together waiting till their carriages
came up, and some, imitating the example of va-
rious Deputies, were content with open omnibuses,
and thus avoided the cab traffic, which is very high,
although the authorities who deal with London cabs
might come out here to this Hungarian capital and
see how much better are the vehicles and horses
there than in the greatest capital of the world. The
road to the Palace was long and hot over the bridge
and past the tribunes, now nearly empty to the
courtyard, where a guard of honour was stationed
and a fine military band comforted the spectators,
who were not very numerous, or who were, at all
events, not very dense at any one point of the
route till the Palace was reached. The Deputies
and Magnates as they arrived were ushered into
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stationed, with the great officers of State, the Hun-
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The proceedings to-day were the beginning of the
great ceremonies to be observed at the coronation.
At 10 o'clock the House of Magnates (or Peers) and
the House of Deputies (or Commons) assembled 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 Leibhusaren
came out like tropical butterflies in the warm sun,
congregating around doors and standing in the pas-
sages almost aghast at their own splendour. No
colourist could give the smallest idea of the richness
of some of these uniforms ; others were rather ex-
travagant and grotesque than effective. Some people
have a theory that the administrators and designers
who have gained for the English stage the reputa-
tion of producing the most brilliant and effective re-
sults in the way of State processions are far more
able and successful than the functionaries who mar-
shal the pageants of real emperors, conquerors, and
kings. There are men who hold that nothing ever
done by Master of the Ceremonies, King-at-Arms,
Lord Chamberlain, or the like, can equal the. pro-
cession in the " Prophete," or similar exhibitions of
skill in grouping and colouring on the boards with
which we are familiar ; but it really may be doubted
if our great men in that line could not learn some-
thing from the Magyars, or if processions on the
stage are done better than they are likely to be done
on Saturday should the glimpses we got to-day
afford a fair notion of what the whole willbe. There
was a small gathering at the foot of an hotel stair-
case this morning of positively startling people.
One had a tall calpak of grey astrakan fur, with a
yellow satin bag, ending in a great tassel of gold
lace. On the front of the calpak was a scarlet
medallion, bearing in embroidery the badges of
the House he served—apples and leaves—his brown
face and black moustache contrasted with a white
lace frill with long ends ; the gold laced collar of his
scarlet hussar jacket was crusted with gold ; from
his shoulders hung a pelisse of green and silver
trimmed with a grey fox-skin, and worked all over
with apples and leaves in silver ; his tight panta-
loons of flaming red wereslashed 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 won-
der, each nziratur novas frondes et non sua poma.
These were but the "life hussars," or personal at-
tendants of a Magyar noble, and were by no means
singular for finery among those with whom they
stood. There were men who shone as if they were
n armour, in their parti-coloured clothing, and it
was not possible their masters could devise greater
glory of attire for themselves—at least one might be
pardoned for thinking so. The Chamber of Depu-
ties meets in a building which was constructed
temporarily for their use, but which is likely to en-
dure many a year in its simple solidity: Well
might gentlemen of England who sit ill at ease in
the dark, uncomfortable room which is the nucleus
of the vast pile at Westminster, envy the Hungarian
Commoner in his spacious, lofty, well-ventilated
hall, where every member has plenty of room, where
there is ample accommodation for strangers in the
body of the hall, and where airy galleries give space
for a number of spectators, who are as silent and
orderly as if they were on trial for their lives, and
by no means imitate the unseen, but not unheard,
vivacity of the inmates of our Ladies' Gallery. There
was a small gathering outside to see the deputies
arrive, but there was no pressure, no great anxiety,
nor, indeed, any enthusiasm. The men in their wide-
awakes, or flat round felt hats, long frock coats,
pantaloons, and Hessian boots were only distin-
guished by these peculiarities of attire and by a
certain Oriental cast of face from the ordinary crowd
of any European city, and the women were dressed
in the universal style of porkpie bonneterie and
crinolined garments which has spread over Europe.
Somehow or other the wild looking creatures to be
seen in the streets with unkempt locks, short jackets,
and very loose wide trousers or tight linen panta-
loons, as they happened to be Hungarians or Slaves,
did not venture to gaze on so' much finery and did
not contribute to the spectators. On entering the
house the President was found to be reading the
protocol of the proceedings of the day, and the seats
on both sides were filled by the members in all their
splendour. The general effect was not so brilliant as
might have been expected, because the members sat
with uncovered heads; but there was a sheen of colour
over the seats as if a rainbow were playing about.

Here the Magnates first and then the Deputies
were presented to the King. The members of both
houses now collected in the Grand Hall of Audience
and in solemn procession, preceded by the youngest
bishop, bearing the cross, Magnates bearing the
globe and sword of State, followed by the Ministers
and high officers of the Crown, the King again' ap-
peared, and, addressing the assembled Lords and
Commons, said:—

" We graciously accept the Inaugural Diploma
presented to us by the Magnates and representa-
tives, and return it furnished with our signature."
The Prince then spoke :

" Your Imperial Apostolic Majesty, Most Gra
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cious Sire—The princely confidence with which
your Majesty has been pleased to accept the
Royal Diploma which we had most dutifully pre-
sented, and the fulfilment of our most respectful
prayer that your Majesty should consent to be
crowned in accordance with our fundamental laws,
has filled the hearts of the nobles and representa-
tives and all your faithful subjects in Hungary with
unspeakable joy and happiness. With the most
profound and devoted respect the assembled nobles
and representatives receive this precious jewel of
the Constitution from the hands of your Majesty,
and while they perform a sacred duty in expressing
the most fervent gratitude in the name of the whole
country they cannot but entertain a gratifying pre-
sentiment that your Majesty may have been chosen
by Providence to reawaken the ancient hereditary
virtues of the Hungarian nation, and that under
your glorious rule she may regain and retain her
historical position to the advancement of civilisa-
tion. The Coronation of your Majesty will be the
commencement of the brighter future we so ardently
desire, therefore it is our most respectful petition
that your Majesty will be pleased to fix the day of
the Coronation, and also to grant our most fervent
petition that her Imperial and Royal Majesty, our
most gracious Mistress, may also be crowned with
your Majesty as Queen of Hungary, and that thus
the adamantine bond may be consecrated with
which the princely spirit and maternal affection of
their beloved Queen has already enchained the
eternally-grateful Hungarian nation."
His Majesty replied :
" Our loyal kingdom of Hungary has fully jus-
tified the confidence with which we appealed to the
nation for the removal of obstacles that had arisen
from the difficulties of the situation. By the favour
of God and the earnest endeavours of the Diet the
time has now arrived, to the joy of our paternal
heart, which enables us to subscribe an inaugural
diploma, assuring alike the rights of the King and
of the Constitution, and, according to hereditary
custom, to celebrate our solemn coronation. It is
impossible that the agreement so frankly and sin-
cerely made between the King and the nation should
not be beneficial and lasting in its results. (On
this the whole assemblage burst into a
cheer which shook the walls, repeated again
and again.) In fulfilment of the universal
desire of our beloved kingdom of Hungary
(continued the King with emotion), we fix the Bth
of this month as the day of our coronation. We
joyfully grant the request of our Diet that our most
illustrious consort should be crowned Queen of
Hungary." (Great cheers.)
A numerous deputation then waited upon the
Empress, who received them with the ladies of her
Court, and made a profound impression by her
beauty and grace, to solicit her consent to be
crowned Queen of Hungary. The Empress, laying
aside the paper that had been placed in her hands
for her guidance, expressed herself of her own ac-
cord as follows :
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