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London, England, 1861-07-29 00:00:00

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FUNERAL 01' PRINCE ADAM

CZARTORYSKI.

The funeral of Prince Adam Czartoryski took place on
the 22d inst., in Paris, at the church of Saint Louis-en-
l'lle, his parish. The body, which had been taken the
Wednesday before from the Chateau of Montpenneil to the
Hotel Lambert, had been laid out in state in one of the
rooms of the hotel. At 11 a.m. persons of all ranks began to
assemble, for the purpose of taking part in the funeral, in
the principal apartments and the courtyard. At 12, some of
the clergy of the parish, together with several Polish priests,
came to the hotel to take up the body. The coffin was then
carried to the church on the shoulders of the fellow-coun-
trymen of the illustrious exile, who were all equally
anxious to bear their part of the precious burden. At
the head of the procession was a funeral car, covered
with magnificent ornaments, and drawn by six horses, with
splendid trappings. On the cloth which covered the cof-
fin was the red velvet mantle of the senators palatine of
the kingdom of Poland, and the crown of the Lithuanian
princes. Next followed, borne by the Prince's household,
the grand cross of Saint Stanislas, the 'grand cross of the
White Eagle, and the virtuti militan cross, goined by
Prince Adam during the national war of 1792. These ex-
clusively Polish decorations were the only ones to which
the deceased had attached any value. The pall was carried
by General Dembinski, late Commander-in-Chief of the
Polish and Hungarian armies ; M. Morawski, the foreign
minister of the Polish Government in 1831; General Gust.
de Montebello, aide-de-camp to the Emperor, who fought
at that time under the Polish banner ; and General Count
Zamoyski, a distinguished member of the family,
who commanded the Polish Legion during the
Crimean war. The chief mourners were Princes
Witold and Ladislas, the sons of the illustrious
deceased. Behind them, among the other members of the
family, were the Count of I,ezay-Marnesia, Lord Cham-
berlain of her Majesty the Empress, in uniform ; the Duke.
de Bassano, Lord Chamberlain of the Emperor ; M. Fould,
member of the Privy Council ; Lord Cowley, the British
k.linister ; Marshal Magnan ; M. de Royer, Vice-President
of the Senate; General d' Hautpoul ; M. Dupin, Attorney-
General ; Viscount de la Guerroniere ; and several mem-
bers of the Senate, the Council of State, the Legislative
Body, the bench, and the institute. Next came a deputa-
tion representing the Literary Association of the Friends
of Poland in London, composed of Viscount Raynham,
M.P., Vice-President, and Major C. Szulczewski, Polish
Secretary ; Colonel L. Szyrma, Major Gielgud, Mr. N. F.
Zaba, and Capt. Zaba, representing the Polish Emigration
in England ; a deputation of the Sclavonians in Turkey; the
pupils of the Polish school at Batignolles,and the ladies' school
known by the name of " Pension Czartoryski ;" and a crowd
of persons who had come spontaneously or by invitation to
give a last tribute of respect to the man who, by the firm-
ness and wisdom of his patriotism and his eminent quali-
ties, had acquired so pure and deserved a popularity in
Europe. Men of all ranks, of all nations, of all religions,
authors, soldiers, priests, a great number of ladies in mourn-
ing, and sisters of charity, accompanied by orphans, joined
with the Polish refugees in swelling the ranks of the pro-
cession. The principal entrance of the church was hung
with black, Inside the walls were covered with drapery of
the same colour, bordered with ermine, on which appeared
at intervals the arms of the Prince, which are also those of
the Grand Duchy of Lithuani, with the motto
Before the choir, under a canopy, was a rich bier
adorned with lamps and four statues whose effect was very
imposing. On the arrival of the procession, the body was
received by the clergy of the parish, and the Cardinal Arch-
bishop of Paris. The funeral service was celebrated by the
Vicar-General, and the Archdeacon of Notre Dame, and
the Archbishop read the prayers for absolution. Although
the church was too small for the crowd, the greatest order
and quiet reigned during the whole of the ceremony.
Several thousands of persons, whose countenances expressed
sot curiosity, bat a pious and respectful sympathy, assem-
bled round the church and at the windows of the adjoining
houses. In this manner the population of Paris assisted in
the mourning of the Polish Emigration and revived their old
sentiments of brotherhood for the Polish people. On
leaving the Church of Saint Louis, the body was laid
on the funeral car, and the procession turned
towards Montmorency, where at the request of
the Polish Emigration, Prince Adam will rest until God
permits the Poles to return to their country. The cortege
proceeded by the Pont Marie, Rue de Fourcy, the Rue de
Rivoli, the Boulevards of Sebastopol and Strasbourg. The
pupils of the Polish school of Batignolles formed in line on
each side; some thousands of people on foot and a very
large number of carriages accompanied the coffin to the
Boulevard Magenta. • Here the family and those who had
received invitations entered their carriages, and the whole
procession passed into the road to Montmorency. At St.
Denis and all the villages which they had traversed the
people assembled in crowds on the road. At half-
past three o'clock the car was met by the curate
and clergy of Montmorency at the boundary of the
parish. All left their carriages, and were joined
by numbers who had come from Paris by railway.
The mourning car, the carriage covered with silver plates,
the immense crowd in mourning, all advancing slowly and
silently through the gardens and lanes of Montmorency,
forming a most imposing and touching spectacle.
On the procession entering the town they were met by the
mayor, late colonel on the Staff of the Empire, in full uni-
form, and the National Guard of Montmorency. The latter
formed in line and escorted the body to the church. At
the church-door a deputation of Polish Jews begged of the
princes to allow them to have the honour of taking the
coffin into the church. The Polish clergy, the clergy of
Saint Louis and that of Montmorency then read
the last prayers for the dead, and the Polish priests
ended by a prayer in their own language at the moment
when the body had descended into the vault, and the
family kneeling, and in tears, were addressing their last
adieus to the prince.
It was six o'clock before the crowd began to disperse
quietly, after these few words spoken by the Mayor with an
emotion which almost stopped his utterance of them
:
"You have good reason for being sad, for you have lost a
man who can never be replaced ; but a hope dawns before
you in the midst of your grief at this irreparable loss—the
brilliant future which is in store for your country."

.4178281 A AND HUNGARY.

VIENNA, JULY 23.
This day at twelve o'clock the official Vienna
Gazette had distributed to an immense crowd copies
of the Imperial answer. Many of the congregated
people could noteonceal a deep anxiety produced in
their mind by its perusal. Several of them remarked
that his Majesty the Emperor had to choose be-
tween two evils, and consequently had selected the
lesser. It had been reported to-day that the Com-
mons of Pesth had received the same with loud
hisses ; on this, however, your Pesth correspondent
will give you exact information. The rescript is now
in everybody's hand, and the first question which
each reader puts to himself is, " How will all this
cud ?" I have, however, enough to do till posting
time with the translation of the six columns I have
before me, and its score of lines without a full stop,
which places me in the, unenviable situation to for-
get the half of its contents before I reach the con-
clusion of the phrase. I will send the details by
next post.

The following is as nearly as possible the literal
translation of this important document :

WE, FRANCIS JOSEPH 1., SEND TO THE CONGRE-
GATED MAGNATES AND FAITHFUL REPRESENTA-
TIVES OF OUR KINGDOM OF HUNGARY OUR
GREETING AND OUR FAVOURS.

" Beloved and Faithful,--Having conformed
yourselves to the wishes which we expressed in our
rescript of 30th of laAt March in placing your ad-
dress before us in a manner corresponding to the
dignity of our crown and our hereditary sovereign
rights—for which dutiful readiness we have already
expressed our approbation—we feel rejoiced, in ac-
cordance with our promise and whole desire to be
able to open orr mind on the important subject, so
that by a clear and sincere explanation we may at-
tain an ultimate solution of the pending question.
" By our ceding in of the present Diet we wished
to open a path by means of which all impediment to
a constitutional administration of our kingdom of
Hungary might be removed, and its relations
with our other kingdoms and provinces adjusted
in a manner that in conformity with the
interests of the whole empire a decision might be
taken which would answer the sentiments of the
nation and exclude any but a legal solution.
" When it is stated that our diploma of Oct. 20
is in opposition with the independence of Hungary
guaranteed by the Pragmatic Sanction, we acknow-
ledge that ly the above diploma the Hungarian
Diet would not be entitled to discuss an affair con-
cerning the finances and the recruitment of the
country, as it was empowered to do by previous
laws, having now to decide conjointly with the re-
presentatives of the whole empire ; still we cannot
draw from this any curtailment of the constitutional
guarantees of Hungary, but on the contrary see in
the common discussion of freely chosen membe?s on

all their mutual interests an increased strength.
We also remind the magnates and deputies that
their former infllence was limited to a small por-
tion of the taxation, whereas in future, by our di-
ploma, their power will extend over all the financial
resources of the empire. We also call to their me-
mory the contents of the Articles 1,2, 1723, of the
Pragmatic Sanction, which had been founded
not only to increase the means of defence against
attacks coming from within or without, and to pro-
tect the country against the dangerous and excit-
able interregnum, but to establish a safe foundation
for the union and mutual understanding between
Hungary and the other portions of the empire.
" Our Royal invitation of the present Diet is in
itself an evidence that we mean to uphold intact
our coronation diploma, and we continue to state
openly in order to calm all existing excitement, and
to remove unfounded fears, that Hungary, both as
regards men and systems, will be governed in a
manner adapted to her old constitution, and that
the amalgamation of the countries belonging to
the Crown of St. Stephen with the other parts of
the monarchy is distant from our mind and our
heart

" But we can apply this only to the autonomic
administration of its internal affairs, as it was de-
signed by the 10th Art. 1790. It is erroneous to
deduct from this that the inseparable bond which
unites Hungary to the other countries should only
consist in the union of the Sovereign, represent-
ing a mere personal tie. This statement is clearly
refuted by the laws and the history of the previous
legal position of Hungary.
" The unity of the throne, the management of the
army and finances, are the natural effects of the
Pragmatic Sanction, which guarantees the indivisi-
bility of the monarchy, whereas Hungary, during
the whole reign of our house, had never been repre-
sented otherwise ; but under the name of Austria
she had always contributed to the common wants
of the empire, and had her share in all the sacrifices
which wore incurred by the rest of the empire
whenever the misfortune of war befel our country.
This may be seen from the Articles 60, 1741 ; 2,
1796 ; 1, 1805 ; 2, 1807 ; 6, 1808 ; and others of a
similary nature.
"Through three centuries of common destiny of
an empire placed under the same government, our
kingdom of Hungary had become too closely uniteri
with the rest of the monarchy to allow her to be
identified with a mere personal union.
" This close union is distinctly marked in the
articles 1 and 2, 1723, as much by their contents as
by their consequences. The articles 21 and 98 of
the same year, in their third paragraph, as well as
the articles 104 and 114, point to a central govern-
ment. But the Hungarian legislation has given a
glorious proof of the protection of all common inte-
rests in the 4th paragraph of article 4 of the year
1741, by which the same, in.order to avoid separate
government of Hungary, and in contradiction to
the proposition of the Diet in reference to the pala-
tinal right reposed in article 2, 1845, not only
elected Francis, the husband of ilaria Theresa of
immortal memory, to the co-regency, but even had
named him as guardian in case of the minority of
his heir to the crown, so as to be enabled to govern
Hungary conjointly with the rest of the empire.
th bay personal a
union.
of fa cht
es
T
The general administration of military and
affairs
pi
as t evincedibl
4th paragraph of article 11, 1741, in which Hun-
gary demands the nomination of Hungarian minis-
ters in the Imperial Cabinet, would otherwise be
inexplicable.
financialwhic h ar e a incompatible
"True, with the laws of 1848 the personal union
had been attempted in utter contradiction with its
preamble, which assails the unity of the Crown, and
the sound du ties towards the monarchy as inviolable.
But the short-lived realisation of these laws had ex-
posed in the first six months all the dangers which
had threatened Hungary and the whole empire,
because in utter disregard of public rights and the
history of Hungary the maintenance of common
interests was to be confined within the narrow
limits of a personal union.
" This decision had caused a dangerous commo-
tion, and rendered a fresh system and the removal
of the existing one indispensable.
" But having by the diploma of October the 20th,
with our Royal seal, sanctioned the restitution of
the Hungarian Constitution, under certain condi.
tions and restrictions, which the interests of tho
Crown and the now constitutionally-governed king-
dom and provinces equally demand, we have, in
order to fulfil this promise, reinstated not only the
Comitats administration, but also all the Hungarian
tribunals and highest jurisdictions, and at the same
time called on the Diet, which, by means of legis-
lation founded on Royal or Diet propositions, was
to satisfy the wishes of the country in bringing
them into harmony with the requirements of the
other inseparably united possessions of our Crown,
arriving thereby at a solution of the important task
laid out in diploma of the 20th October, 1860.
"To attain this aim the congregated magnates
and commons desire to revise at once the laws of
1848, making of them an unquestionable condition.
Thus in wishing to base this constitutional exist-
ence on these laws alone,:they seek the solution on a
bssis which must needs place the interests of the
common empire in jeopardy, and tender an equi-
table arrangement utterly impossible.
" We have acknowledged and corroborated, in
our diploma of the 20th October, those principles
contained in the laws of 1848, which imply the
assertion of the exceptional position of the nobility
—the competency of all classes and conditions to
public appointments—the abolition of serfdom—the
introduction of a general taxation—and the expan-
sion of clerical rights. As regards the remaining
portion of the said laws of 1847-48, it must be
known to the magnates and commons that several
of them are in gross contradiction with the Prag-
matic Sanction, and,consequently, must be regarded
as inadmissible. Not less must it be known to
them that these laws are not only injurious to the
interests of the whole empire, but also to portions
of the kingdom of Hungary, which suffer thereby
in their national rights. We have been taught by
bitter experience how little several of these articles
do respond to the municipal and national interests
of Hungary, and how small a security they offer for
the attainment of their own purpose. And thus the

various political and national elements, as well as
the relation of Hungary to the whole empire, de-
mand a different basis for their conciliation. We
then inform, with all kindness, the magnates and
deputies that we never had, and never will acknow-
ledge these articles, which clash so forcibly with
the interests of the whole monarchy, and parti-
cularly with our decision of the 20th of October,
1860, and that of the 26th of February.
"But, since the initiative for these necessary
changes belongs, not only to our Royal proposition
but also to the nation, and since it is not only the
latter's privilege, but its solemn duty, to find a safe
substratum on hich the constitution may firmly
repose, and the historical rights may find a just
solution, it is our wish that the laws of 1848 should
be submitted to a revision, and brought into har-
mony with the Pragmatic Sanction, and the re-
quirements of all common interests, as has been
already indited in the diploma of the 20th of
October, 1860, before we can enter into any pro-
ceedings of our coronation diploma, which we intend
to issue.

" Relying in safety that the magnates and depu-
ties will follow the example of their forefathers,
who, led by a feeling of patriotism, knew how to
appreciate the pressing requirements of occasional
circumstances, and were ready to combine by the
Articles 4, 1687, 8, 1715, 1-2, 1723, the legal posi-
tion of Hungary with the interests of the whole
empire, we request herewith that they will place
before us the bills concerning the revision and can-
celling of those laws in conformity with our ex-
pressed wishes, and subniit them speedily to our
Royal sanction.
" By Articles 1 and 2 of our recent diploma and
the fundamental laws of the 26th of February, 1861,
all those matters which refer to common rights,'
obligations, and interests of the monarchy have to
be decided by the general Reichsrath. Having by
an Imperial letter of the 26th of February directed
to our Chancellor, decided on the constitutional
form by which the elections in Hungary for the
common Parliament should be effected, in order to
avoid force and confusion, the magnates and depu-
tiss will also on their part take the necesssary steps.
The final arrangement of the above requiring a
longer time and a prolonged discussion, having for
this reason at the time of the calling in of such
Reichsrath on the 26th Feb., in a letter addressed
to our Chancellor, sanctioned a provisorium for the
above contingency, and as the magnates and depu-
ties have expressed their readiness to enter into an
arrangement from point to point with the other
portion of the empire, we admonish earnestly the
magnates and commons, although they have de-
clined in their address participation in the same
Reichsrath that by sending their quota to this as-
sembly they may uphold the influence of their
country in all matters concerning their own inte-
rest, which, by our diploma of the 20th October,
'we are determined to direct only with the well-
regulated participation of our people.
" We then enjoined the magnates and deputies
to respond to this call, inasmuch as all questions
alluded to will be discussed and settled without
delay, at the furthest in the course of the month of
August.
" After the regulation of the relationship of Hun-
gary to our other dominions, and after the revision
of that portion of the laws of 1848, the re-institu-
tion of which is utterly impossible, at least in their
present form, the demanded reintegration of the
kingdom of Hungary may be contrived in the fol-
lowing way :
" As regards the union with the Grand Duchy of
Transylvania, which had been effected without the
consent of the Roumans and Saxons, it must
be remarked that this union had never been
legally accomplished, and that immediately
after the one-sided decision it had fallen to pieces.
It is not realisable as long as the non-Magyar
Transylvanians look upon the same as injurious to
their interests, and as long as the safety of the
whole empire is not guaranteed by the same. For
this purpose we left this point untouched in our
diploma, and have ordained the reorganisation of
fhe Transylvanian Diet.
"It is different with the kingdoms of Croatia and
Sclavonia as regards their relations to Hungary, on
the solution of which we have addressed a letter to
the Bans, reserving our intention for further consi-
deration.

"The historical relationship of these kingdoms 1•
the Hungarian Crown, in referer ce to the Hungarian
Parliament and their own administration and juris-
diction, was essentially modified by the laws of
1848. They had produced such an ill-feeling that
these kingdoms had preferred to withdraw from
Hungary rather than submit to a Hungarian
ministry.
" In harmony with our letter above alluded to,
we declare, however, that this question can be placed
before us with effect only when an understanding
between the two Diets has been established, and
that it is one of the most important tasks for the
magnates and deputies to take the solution of the
question into consideration how by the upholding of
the autonomic administration those conditions
might be settled by which these kingdoms, without
injuring their relations to the empire, may be dis-
posed to decide upon a loyal union with Hungary.
" By this definitive arrangement of tlia interior
administration of the two countries our disposition
remains unaffected, by which the kingdoms of
Croata and Sclavonia have to participate in the
common Reichsrath, to discuss those topics which
are contained in our diploma, the discussion of which
is to be effected by the co-operation of all our
people._ Thus we have issued our letter, directed

io the President of our Croat-Selavonic dicasterium,
on the 26th of February, enjoining the order for
the election of the representatives to our Reichs-
rath.

" At the seme time we request the magnates and
deputies to bring in a bill which should either
form part of the Royal proposition, or issue from
the legislative body itself, which ought to regulate
the rights of the non-Magyar inhabitants of Hun-
gary in reference to their national development,
language, and the mutual relations of their public
administration.

" As regards the Serbs, wo reserve to ourselves to
guarantee their time-honoured privileges and their
national interests on the basis of the last decision
of the National Congress of the Voyvodina,and also
for other arrangements and propositions to be for-
warded to the magnates and commons for ulterior
discussion.
"Lastly, we hope that the magnates and com-
mons will be alive to the great bearing of
their present task, and will dedicate all their
energy to a successful solution, and keep
in sight the requirements of the whole empire ;
only under these conditions will the hereditary.
King of Hungary enter into any proceedings in re-
ference to our inaugural diploma. In reference to
the abdicatior of the Emperor Ferdinand, we have
to remark to the magnates and deputies that we
seriously deprecate the pretext of a want of for-
mality, for when our revered uncle, in his abdication
of the 2d Dec., 1848, renounced the crown qt
Austria,—to which Hungary undoubtedly belongs
—and when his Imperial Highness the Archduke
Francis Joseph declined its acceptance, and we
consequently ascended our hereditary throne, an
nouncing to our people the abdication, cession, and
our accession to the throne, the issuing of an ulterior
document or law ceases of itself.
" We announce, in conclusion, even now our dis-
position that we are willing, on the occasion of the
coronation, to take into censideration the petitions
referring to those condemnations which were the
effects of exceptional jurisdiction.
" This is, then, what we wish to answer to the
magnates and commoit, justly expecting that,
having directed our intense care to reassure the
kingdom of Hungary as regards her itiplependence
and her interior administration and legislation, that
the magnates and commons will not in their turn
withhold their constitutional co-operation with a
becoming consideration for the equitable relation of
other peoples indissolubly united by means of the
Pragmatic Sanction, and for the realisation of their
common welfare. Knowing, however, that such
sudden steps might not be undertaken without a
serious disturbance of existing relations, the destruc-
tion of property, and the great risk of common in-
terests, we have already decided in our diploma of
Oct. 20, that all the actual laws and arrangements
which may be important for Hungary and the rest
of the empire, especially those providing means for
the wants of the monarcy, should remain in full
force until their alteration might be carried out in
a constitutional arm. We, then, remind and ear-
nestly admonish the magnates and deputies that
they have to act with precision upon all the above
arrangements.
" We, notwithstanding, are well inclined towards
you in assuring you of our Imperial and Roya
favour.

" FRANCIS JOSEPH. (m. p.)"

It is stated that 5,000 breach-loading rifles, on
the principle of Mr. Westley Richards, have been ordered
by the Government. It is not yet known to what troops
they will be issued, but it is probable they will soon be
brought to a severe experimental service test. The weapon
is in high favour with many officers who have had the
opportunity of firing with it during, the late public matches,
Army 04 Navy &sulk.