The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

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au nation in the peole, which was Ow nn
as the Hungarian-;arenaturally extrinely
vivacious and dtmenstrative.
On crossing the river my aVention was attracted
by a fine bold tunnel cut through th© ro3ll on
which the fortress stands. It connects Buda with

the suburb " Christian-Stadt," and savea the .
inhabitants of Buda a roundabout walk of
nearly two English miles. The architect, Mr.
AdatrqClarke, has made a bold, and, as it ap-
pears to me, eminently successful effort. A
few steps farther, and we are in the garden of the
Palace, from which we are about to witness the
arrival of their Majesties.
As the clock struck four, the war-steamer Croatia,
which acted as pilot-goat to the Imperial steam-
yacht, iiaascd underneath the bridge, and 5 minutes
later the guns from two signal-steamers, which were
posted higher up the river, announced to the vast
crowds in the streets of Peath that the Adler (Eagle)
was about to appear. As soon as that fly-built,
tub-like vessel had pa- sed Buda and turned her
head up stream towards the landing-plat 3, the guns
of the Blocksberg fortress began to fire salutes alter-
nately with the above mentioned signal-steamers.
Shortly after the Imperial yacht appeared the
Francis Joseph and Elizabeth steamers, with depu-
tations which had gone up to Gran to present their
respects to their Majesties. After the Emperor
had listened to the speech addressed to him he re-
plied that he had now kept a promise formerly
made to his Hungarian subjects, which wag, that he
would bring the Empress to see them. His Majesty
added, that he had come in person t learn the
wishes and necessities of the Hungarian nation.
" On this," said my Magyar informant, " there
was a loud cry of 'Eljen, ' which would have had
no end, if the Monarch had only added, " and to
grant its reasonable demands. The Imperial cor-
tege entered the city by the triumphal arch, and,
after having passed through "some of the principal
streets, crossed the bridge in the following order:—
A! band of Lancers, a " Banderium " of Cumanier,
the Court Trumpeters, Court Gendarmerie, car-
riages of nobles, Prince Esterhazy in his State
carriage-and-six, with 25 running footmen, Prince
Nicholas Esterhazy in a carriage-and-six, with 22
running footmen. The Primate of Hungary was
also drawn by six horses, as was some other pre-
late. Here my observations were fur the moment
interrupted by an officer, who came and requested
my neighbours and myself to make room for the
archducal children. Four charming little girls c :me
and endeavoured to dietalaguish the " Kaiser," but
before they were able to do so they were summoned
to the palace, to see the cortege enter the court of
that place. As I took my stand at a window which
had been kindly placed at my disposal, the Cuma-
nier, in black velvet dresses fac-Ld with brown fur,
entered the court, and a gipsy band a elcorned them
with one of those melancholy national airs which if
Once heard are rarely forgotten. The carriages
soon followed the Cumaniers into the court of tie
palace, and whenthesplendidvehicles with six horses
arrived, thewild children of the " puszta" suddenly
struck up the NationslAnthem to the great dismay of
• the military band, which was playing something ft om
the .Puritaini. The gipsy leader had just managed
to silence his men when the Court lackeys appeared
and directly of er them a great number of officera
and a few Hungarian nobles, who jumped off their
horses and hastened to place themselves near the
entrance to the palace. A small " Banderium" of
Jazygi(r was followed by a bishop on horseback, who
carried before him a silver cross, which seemed to
be as massive as an ancient mare. Behind the
prelate rode the Emperor, in the uniform of an
I Austrian General, and after him came a brilliant
suite. The next in the procession was the Empress
in the state glass-coach, drawn by eight magni-
ficent grays. Her Majesty, who looked remark-
ably well, wore an Hungarian head-dress. The
rear was brought up by the Court equipages, in
which sat the ladies attached to the Court. That
their Majesties were received with loud cheers and
flourishes of trumpets need hardly be said. After
having received the compliments of the authorities
and nobility in their apartments, the Emperor' and
Empress, with their suite, went to the chapel of
the castle, where Te Detud, was snug.
The scene was a most brilliant one, but a cir-
cumstance occurred a couple of hours later which
aXerded matter for thought. A man who had
been collecting the flags from the staves had tied
them together so carelessly that some of them were
trailing on the ground. When his attention was•
called to the fac-, Le muttered something which
sounded very like " never mind" in German. It
was evident that the official scene-shifter was both
tired and sulky.
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