The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-08 00:00:00

THE HUNGARIAN WAR.

Lord DUDLEY STUART rose and said—Sir, I rise
to make the motionofwhich I have given notice, fur the
production of certain papers with regard to the negotiations
by this Government in respect to the late war in Hun-
gary, with regard to the occupation of the principalites
of the Danube, and with regard to the demands by
Russia and Austria for the extradition of the Hungarian,
Polish, and other refugees; and also for some other
papers. In making this motion I feel that no apology
is due for the motion itself on account of its great im-
portance, although for the mover many apologies may
be requisite in consequence of his inability to do justice
to so large and so important a subject—(Hear,
hear)—but, Sir, I do not find that any other
gentleeian who has directed his a'tention to the matter
was disposed or prepared to bring it forward; and I
think I have consulted the convenience of the House
and the progress of public business better by seiz;ng the
earliest opportunity for the purpose of bringing it on,
than by waiting to a later period in the session, whe❑
other measures shall have occupied very much the at-
tention of the House, and when it may be still more in-
disposed than it usually is to bestow any part of its time
on other topics. Sir, I have to ask for information upon
subjects which have excited, and continue to excite, the
greatest degree of interest in this country and through-
out Europe. The Noble Lord at the bead" of Foreign k

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Aff - - airs, as on a former occasion, a few
plained with great clearness the principles ur' /v ti.
Colo.:.
foreign affairs are managed under the English
tution; and he told the House Oaf, under that
eo!'_'.
tution, the largest discretion was always granted to staira:
Majesty's advisers in the conduct of diplomatic nege.4o,
tions in relation to foreign affairs, but at the same t,c,
that that discretion was subject is the revision of 1.2:,
years ego,a
liniment, and that that revision should not be
unless Parliament was furnished wills full and tlog„di
information. On the occasion when my Noble FlieL,
made those remarks, and which I have repast Dell/.1.:
I believe, in his own words, he added that the. country
was a good deal in the dark with regard to the tv01270
tions to which ho referred ; and I must say thal,i,h
country, with regard to those transactions tiii aux.,,
the papers I ask for refer, is at this moment conic
or,:.
in the dark. I want some light-I want SOlll3 infb,r,
.1.,
tion. I think the country has a right to be in ,°,70
to the part which the Government has taken in all si,i;
eseret
.sa
matters referred to; for, as was said on the other see :h
the debsta on the Address, and as the Queenf" Sireped
yearly told us, we were net at war. It indeed rtssfled
to some very delicate transactions which had beea.;":
oil
without the public peace being endangered, at woifti,,
sides of the House and all parties expiessed theirisb'een
faction. But with regard to how those matters Who
settlsd we have not yet been Old cne word; andLl tost
that we have a right to be furnished with °ear s
ample inform atior. Sir, during the
whichls't bas
war has 1. e:n carried on in Europe „rt 1'
excited in the minds of the inhabitants of this cce.,oo,
pperirnhcaippsa,lsm;ore intereFt than any other war has ever uti si
in which we ourselves were not directly eogsgebera
the case, becaanud:e , 13.6despode
G-overnment, for the purpose of putting down! ,iOO
people, and of depriving them of a free eee'l,tel se
nthoaist-o,sb,adrewr
asthactatrhrisetdshonouoldy .
free
very similar to our own, which they had els.o_odeat
long as us. Hungary has always been an indepelos,
country ; it has never been conquered. It has sner,
been independent de jure and de facto until Jaskol
e cry
when it was put down by the power and the tree
rechsi
of Russia.-(Hear, hear.) The Hungarian iner the
was originally elective. Ferdinand the /I'l4
Fifth, was
brother of the Emperor Charles the 00
elected by the Diet in 1526. He took the woe
to the constitution, and all his successors have d his
the same cath, except one. Joseph 11. followel re,
example, and Joseph was never crowned, and
rarre oe7 to
cognised as their king. It must be borne in' inor:AO,
co
__
Hungary and Austria have had nothing
p ited
in n
ci,sehue:
excet their sovereign, and have not been
than the kingdoms of Hanover and England. 11"dohe Johann
ditary prince in the German States, the Arc tad 61
Austria, was not King of Hungary till censor! bro.
Presburg with the crown of St. Stephen 0111,:, male
In 1687 that crown was declared hereditary in '',„" 1725
descendants of the house of ITapsburg,
the Pragmatic Sanction extended and ~,e_oooe,
it to ;le the
and the devoted fidelity with wh,iesecorel
H ungarians maintained that arrangemelo so be
to Maria Theresa, not only the kingdom of litTild. The
also the other dominions which she inheieetbe title
heiress of the house of Hapsburg was known by oaten:
of the Queen of Hungary that beiug the most leiso.h by
of all the countries over which she ruled, and the,,arGer•
her successors obtaining the title of DePer°r''''' Ill°
many, the title of King of Hungary
more astounding appellation, yet it wits Illtegqato se;
was ecliPsee wwhich
was still the chief source of their power; fel. j'• pity el
Emperor
with history are well aware that the
diogii. al
of Germany was nothing but 0 q3.1e1 Gerl9l
the beginning of this century, when tu eror °
empire fell to pieces, the modern title of &Ora of
Austria was introduced, but the grraPe 01 sbiS
Austria still derived his greatest powe- ro. _5
Hungarian dominions; and, therefore, when up; of, `.sit
Austria,was t he
whichiiing wo f
cient ally," of whom we hear so much,' is etenDerer of
asHruenagllyary;any "'lc OP
as the King of Hungary that he was able to disPolostitir
power. Joseph 11. attempted to destroy the. to
tion. What happened then ? The Diet, ref out 00
knowledge him as king, exacted fresh gearsoterjogorl
his successor, Leopold 11., who declared that „step
tire ss • t
was a country free and independent in her en pot tabjec,
meant. and not the
to
of legislation and government; that she was 0,0 tbs'
sheany other people or any other state,
euxisteees
should have her own separate • coolir
and her own constitution, and shollsP., hire;
queatly, be governed by her own bereditarliess, set
legally crowned in accordance with her owe 33 s• other
constitution of
the customs of Hungary and not according te, intoany
thl
customs. Ia 1848 reformswere introduces' t. ene,
they passed both Chambers Hungary-lawsalso, and receiveoNe Sur
assent. Some were rather declaratory than jleglifitieg6rll
was the one which enacted that the Ministry' 0..., nohties
should be responsible to the Diet. Civil se" raf 1.11,
directguag e or
taxation o f creed.
was
takenT h e
away privilege
passed the, ! sola'
equality were established without distinctilion ill;
before possessed it, and participation 1 g. 's 1
Imposts was extended to all Tiongarpintil°l ell'..btl
abour rent was not only done away with -ILO' ;ere
the lands which the peasantry held upon that tem- 001
given up to them as their own property, e°llllkoroiciriel
froomf ern!) on-biefjo::sl:l6o
being granted to the landlords. The suffregf' Os"
confined to the nobility, was extended 'll 01 Pitii
to all persons possessed of real or Pens to ‘1
perty of the value of 301. a year ; in town erse°
persons receiving 101. a year from real oil Noe
property; also to all persons holding ceotlelergseofieictott
cTehiveerde reformsthe royal
assengt
ficroerun
regularly voted by she
and to all working
mons were sent up
othe House April,
lso4fB. Lords,
us b e -,..-
_Fetid rbst
rs::
igtif
thhaevinSogverit:l:ll,l tlicgiatCliellf*;
accordance with the spirit and letter of
Pieresburg, on the 1 ttho
in carrying out these measures of refocus, sete. 001''
their id, on
tution, but still it did not protect them from ihliggfole4,4
constitutional, and violent acts on the parts f '•;itiegint
etigrhetight
nor of Austria. Croatia had been unite tenioern-a
centuries, centuries
periodup oe
longer
eger mostih ainn ti
thatm. at_eoteiellso-breo.
seencii-en:
between \Vales and England. Some disp. in .
tween the two countries, chiefly,perhaps seleillch lir
sir:el
yi aosen intnesem,pn
rt
of
frn yitotue
governments
ddeubosafetdes.
r
sequence of a measure of fbe Diet, the/11 I/6:
troduced the Magyar language into f Ceh-gi
being
was illegal. Nevertheless, allt
pointed Jellachich, the colonel of a Cr"; orost*oert
Ban of Croatia -
, that is to sa governor 0, 0 min to
go
this appointment
: g➢ws 00
wasiut i t
t ott
the
ht:eet) fomenthcountersignedCent: lunanrnggt tgab°nreuif ibs:geeyn: r;
:01010:5-fic en'
bier
which
i grose,'.bei'.o-1°1;:sc:°:
conciliate the Count, did not object to reces',.; biro "tie
theMinisser invited him to communicate witi,"/ Cie:6:i:
to too 0.01
regard
ito the convocation of the assembly -that wciji
tuition .e was to be installed. He replied
olrhdceeer,toanadayt•
by forbidding the Croatian assembly t.°,001.11r,
communication with the Ministry and deeisnirlijsrser':fie
once
upon all persons who should presume °A-007i;
liconnexion y
ohredtewreeedna Croatia roinacitivai ;01 tor.
01"9.;ti,
Minister called upon Jellachich t° 7„e be in, to •
osio ,er,
tuted into
the matter, and sent out a Con'se boyar
investigate_rt the conduct of the Ban. He val°'ihroef°'o"
the
even away by force, and Jellachich haviogro be It,
tendmedask, sad disclos, d the nature of the 1%1 betvlb
to pursue, by else:ming a sepal's° Sois'il
Hungary and Creasihear.) NO, by
has been • •
stigmatised as a repealer--l'-iha . 10
‘s.-(lslear, IA jog
tbir,
some persons, probably because ""-' ibe
statement-whether
that
isit
isnao
eenitrpu
the most • id og! the
odious Coe la .se
him, but there they b sever ' 001"
it
Friends behind me may veil iis•en'there Ve
it, or whether it be one of opprobrium, as ;- ie ;ile
ltihmenwtari'l tetra v5ci1050..1.1;
perhaps think it, there is no truth whateesePs- d
,c_lll"..ge•-(Hear, bear.) Kossath wished to It 0 oeitieor
institutions for a country which had Dever robin!), ' 4
ei with Austria, and the real repealer was Jel'is legal site
hw shed by force and violence, and not bY saps bet
constitutional measures like those of Kossuth, lied to ai
Croatia from Hungary, uvoe Der'
which had been ia ge .10,
since the fourteenth
century. Be convolget 000430
assemblytion of Croatians in June, contrary to tues.sey, '.„l
al Jaw, but on the 29th the King of ile,nahsde h,lnd
Emperor Ferdinand, by autograph letter Or- pe rind
calling together that aseanblAtut
the owe
id oti
be ' 0
a conference f Hungarianl33 Ministerswas
C d V.O
Jellachich
did notthere a° bieb ut
appear
royal ordinance, dated the 10th of June, i As° 0$
. .s it
suspended from his office, and the Genets, b die to
declared hi • s appointment illegal; but Jellaellie oil •
aed des
submit to this-he said Croatia was no loge! croeri,
Hungary; but there was a powerful party '11,,t, 0t."98$
iweehic;. published a formal protest against the the
leis, and declaring their desire to ' 130 late
they always had been, • A Iluogill' be A
unite... to p a test
so No
serfs who inhabited
instigated by Austrian influence to becolue 0 tbstsers•
and although it was only within a few Ye rli Dap' ot,
had been settled in the country in very Srna forlAle ed
0 t rpe,„
they now demanded a sepsrat 00 any
and the horrors which they mate •or ''
coin . this d 0
probably anything that bas been known 11101, Whit
other country.-(Hear, hear.) I hold ,in my
in 700
book w • ritten by an Hungarian lady whey' 041149
v, here. fo'
country at the time,and .
Pulszk ' book •
y Bgives a most interesting se"" harp "-Is
I sto 1
transactions
favoured
, and is just appearing; bit lion_ te
with a sight and a loan of it Pre • 13 °I E`
isslo-
licing brought out, and I will, with the persn „set ,
she il'h °P
House, read a short passage with regard to ono
e
committed by satellites of
that time:-

" The sad consequences_o this plot In , I;srajt t.beirig:
the remote
reesmeovetreymwohuenreta,ibnudtinstorwichteorfezmaolarteuydrae.achu '
f
highest tot ofltv:ile
li or
distanceA 01i °lir
' The .• • officers of these parts were_e_ll,;nlaad.• :Li
rounded b wild f
this statethink fanatical Wallachl3'arts i-nts of Pit;
lowest,, ab above 1,200
and faithful
you ng,
,e Cc:: : p
afir 02:t
0,
sovereign
froaniseZmablaletujy. a,They
their wives and children. All joined in the Pli, iiotir!A
proceed together to the town of Enyed, al Eelelbe Wi''
were of all rank°, vied hi
des, which wre reedy to attack everf °thvu. tbse
chanced not to bee
Wallach, and who wore ee°,1,003 Ze•
a.. poisant's coat. It was yet at some distance 't trod
law) a when the officers were overtaken by a those who
to be sheltered froo
_,. who
of armed Wallach.. Not willing to epPese „arch, I
pretended to be acting in the name of the II: (iibat tiltge
nt gotiation eai entered upon. Its result we; „,vske-,
emigrants agreed to deliver up their swords ono Ted Wel
under condition that they should not be Pre"3l3 • • 0
freely proceeding to Enyed. Btfore the disern2ll3'
completed the evening had come on. the
" Several carriages were laden with the awe, tile
they waited for dawn tl continue their joureeP .nder,
a to 1.., 0.
night the Wallachs sent a messenger to the etart—aui9
who was an Austrian officer, at Zslatuy ~ whe fae
wl- at they should do ' with their prisoners. iguretabee
sengt r returned with the laconic reply, ' rut h° ,
to death.' _..rifed) the
" When the peremptory order of murder , 0 Joe%
riotous peuple itself WAS thuudeXStrUCk, and Av•