The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-21 00:00:00

: e rilli atz y. Es
STATES OF PRINCE
P.
i
ESTERHAZ Y.
whole
the principal seat of the Prince. The
colossal establishment is truly regal, and the Palace
in its proportions ; while Forchenstein is the
very beau ideal of a feudal fortress, the very embodi-
rnecintr of romantic dreams. In this Castle the ar-
tnounty w°llld suffice to equip three or four regi-
at.._. s without any additional outlay, while the men-
Prince could as easily be found as the weapons.
who che Esterhazy is the only individual in the nation
el_ as the ."
j gladii, the power of life and death,
Irelsexercised
the present possessor of that title has never
ed that privilege.
neri:V SCHATZ-KAMNER, OR TREASURE HOUSE.
e great lion of Forchenstein is the Schatz-Kam-
Thisbtreas, vaulted gallery contains the immense family
tires
golderhand..by
;of which the costly diamonds worn inEngland
y tne Princes., form a art. The long gallery is lined on
eith
glass-cases, and within these. are heaped
arid and sliver plates, jewelled vessels of every form
gernrsnaterial; rich stuffs, embroidered with pearls and
, Masses of opals amethysts, and topaz; weapons,
rstrtnionoesur, and horse-gea, r, literally blazing with precious
the i,' arid, in short, every variety of treasure which
of je;ageilination of man could collect. The collection
30._ ed weapons,
...0 arnazino.shields, and war-trappings, is
rivord . , !There to be
s is I handled the ruby-lulled
the 41eided by the unfortunate Louis at Mohais,
brat Pocket-
knife of the Emperor Sigismund,. the cele •
Est Pearl bridal vest of the Palatine Paul
da erhazy; upon whose ground of rose-coloured
thHelaSk is wrought a pattern of seed pearls,
of
the
of every flower being formed by long links
strop precious beads which hang loose, and are
f
the ll° closely- as almost to conceal the material o
.17izre-rTre2 -the richly studded saddle-cloth of the
a hard- ~--"taPtia, made captive by an Esterhazy on
thon
..°ll3ht field ; the coral rosary of Stephen Ba-
ke ' ute- g'oid brocaded vest of Mathias Corvinus,
heaiittilifati or John Soiesky ; also a rich brocade, a
teetith 11
sdecimen of the needlework' of the seven-
celitur
, Tnt (-, Y.
lord', A "'ONSERVATORIES AT EISENSTADT.—The
fort," "Mains of Esterhazy, and Eisenstadt, and the
frontier also of Forchenstein, are all situated near the
?4,11er, and are the most magnificent of the
se,
aree's. possessions. At Eisenstadt the conservato-
to anoe,tralY splendid. You may walk from one serre
tki 'er, amid an acre of flowers of every clime
by se colour; the varieties of camelias are to be counted
Orao °res, and roses and geraniums by hundreds.
fruit,gfes and lemons, with their bud, blossom, and
t°We 4?1111 a mimic forest. Above these the palmsi
Jessamine i 111 Oriental pride, and the violet and Cape
taitiCn.,,eLearPet many a spot beside the marbleNfoun-
gated "-L le heaths and ferns are one mass of -arie-
care beauty. These conservatories are under thetolth(;,7r.- Fetish. The pleasure-grounds amount
q
site 0„,1-t1°0 English acres, kept in the most exqui -
prt
ar r'sito, 111cEexi sts tSTERRAZY'S REVENUE.—Much curi-
P ;
41 England with regard to the actual
re\enue of the Prince Esterhazy. The
iieljeoet
Possesses, in addition to his three palaces at
V the a'
and his domain in Bohemia, one-thirteenth part
estat whole k
,ea le of Hungary. He has thirty-six.
jaßes'e,s",.e" Containing from ten to twenty-four vil-
4fo .:,'"eh, together with an hundred square miles
IN Ills', Make collectively near 1,200 square miles,
Lepostlitnigoarll7.3r, covering a Surface of 17,000, proves.
Nor is this gigantic and overwhelming
revenue. lhe
41141.'1uecibe Property his only source of .
4,000. eaPital
144010. °I. his peasants or subjects, amounting to
Raqt , with all their habitations, a conl -
of 220,000 sheep, producing
.nearty
he sliZt of wool, of superior quality, 1-en:mining,
.1
Krtitackled • and yet, nevertheless, this colossal
e'Aed r,'-' exceeding in extent the Grand Duchy of
;tatees4', as Well -as several of the petty German
LSO,OOO' res not c y his revenue higl;er than
'ad, --) thus making the annual proceeds of the
btatverage only sixpence an acre.
4 the I,l' " THE ESTERHAZY FAMILY.—The debt
killi,''sterhazies is calculated to amount to two
ealy "'is, sterling. Supposing this to stand
B,i/ty f`l,"~re per cent. interest, that would be
tills ei,'"llsand pounds a year to deduct, so that
110 rrh,-„°111.1ous territorial mountain produces ultimately
'ear, 'ear, far of annual worth to its owner than 90,000hi1a..
?ty amarinferior to the income of many of our no
,ItIR 0-3.e?rotnonalty. The present Prince, if not pay-
'OA, ;1',1',8 said not to be adding to this enormous
Z a L---iBB'enerally believed to live on his allowance
c'entrtlsgoor. There are, in truth, in llungary,
;,°ll Si'Y 7gnates who are not in fact bankrupts. Ba-
i,7et 11
-1/1-he great. Greek banker, is the King of Com-
' re(Dr,l4l-'ongary, every magnate being his debtor.
flt
14-11Art,,ed that the possessions of the Esterhazy
they
isaftlr- -the jealousy of the reigning dynasty, and it i
blel7 tliat the Austrian Government were by no
I}2' etpesclialeased when t.he. father of the present Prince,
b7Sted .'ing yearly millions in . _
__, _
his
4-Aer, in no mean degree both his
foreign countries, ex-
funds and
0

1117,111 - At.---NCE OF THE SABBATH.
, Sir ..,..° THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
itli'ch xou have done good service to the cause
ueNvi is'. exposing the unscripturalness of applying.
110ticks`t notions, and indeed worse than Jewish
,n111,4,,..,,f the Sabbath, to the Christian day.
'klerne ''''ew Testament knows absolutellyvinthotehuitngfeaorf
tlt
eohhs4bbatarianism, may be affirmed
4 pree'7allietion, by any passage, whether historical
°lle willitie, which can be quoted from. it. And any
„writers.°_,,llas been in the habit of eading the earliest
Zl,l' p..- the Christian church, will. know that. they_
-4.°11D,-1"1-' tneY advert to the subject, plascehdhianththeef
„test r,„,,,_•possible contrast the Jewish
„et
kri-7 bcktly labour, and the Christian Sabbath
from
t 3, ' ;814- It never entered their minds for severalt_e
-t,'-t,}1,,,-,i any deed, right on the other days of the
I will not occupy
thlit' -rong on the first day.
~.:10::oehi:ibnitsedbyinproving what every scholar_.t must
L 14111ow"„r'd 'what others must take on credit. There
t° el. -vet, one view of the subject which.l 'has been
your paper yet—a view
tayi°l'l,Plete representation of the matter, and whichiudis_requisite
'ltabiel's to disarm opposition to what I deem
k,abhatae ~;„'riltil• I mean the injurious influence which
e
11-pwiireisi_isra
_has exerted upon Christianity, and .
(j more l.lenngtit 1:3 expected to result from healthier
iii,4 th ji. vated views: First, then, Sabbatarianism
Otier andord for brevity) is a falling back from the
it7het 44,P11, ore perfect views of Christianity, to the
thekAtips J_Le_rnentary ones of Judaism. Judaism was,
qaiftillies:'w, a.system of tutelage for minors, " till
, took t 'of times should come." In this systems
tiWilt to thearts of things as a tribute, teaching his
lite pa Whole Part of the land, part of its pro- 4t ap' Lull of the tribes, one spot, and one house, were
%41411171 t° 'ti, to show that all were his. In hke
etn% Part of their time was set apart from secularit
lltknts, to teach them that God might claim
kate'er:,4. -Lnder the Christian dispensation all this is
1, vith•
N,,. x e are not your own," "He hath bought
il, ''s blood,"—this is the foundation of New-
-1,1 event.legislation. 411(leilt
Accordingly,
, eh ';‘"4,lng belonging to us, are
liel\s‘-cedoateirsGele%d-e,es,.
eCkle 1-'l° land holier than the rest—no persons more
tu'ah lit4ifatied than others—( Archbishop Whateley has
h 44Vah- it Shawn this in his "No Priesthood in
,-41ierliiiitY but that of Christ")—there is no place
the +l_4l others—no part of our property more
N'ef ,"41 the rest " the earth is the Lord's, and
ti°l!euls-:88 threof." ; In like manner there is no time
'llle •acted by appointment,, than other time—all
ketiel" equall "
Every
th dais
e. , y sacred— every. da.y. is alike."
t hither a duty or a sin ,if a duty in itself,
1%411.- •thl:''. which it is done we are nowhere
47,514 i, 'lt a sin• Now, as our Lord testifies, "the
liii.4 /c.thei3rll,e when men may ay in every place worshiphip
cl 14
y,,,el,''''.-tnen might not at that time
thsll- ‘l4l(llll"6"'tie_re,,with he highest
might
ogrhsht itph,elyt Intaikgehtanbye
Qr. am es? the temple.
Q4Mle lthee:b- 'l4 air bayitthilesltaemardi; contrary,
ofr2‘trheews,eevuentthhe—it would
4:oizt,ht:iie ark
theon any y day, worship is equally acceptable.
'lteel was a system of shadows—of beautifully
tlN'llteh flailartifieial worship. Christianity. is the reality
b.ls\ttba.R its shadows forward in Judaism ; but
Son of Righteousness has risen, the
),,,-`elii ;',.,,n,f the Lord's house appears on the top of
Lew?. 13rall•h'ins• Shadows are fled, and we know what
34,,'-ill'." The rest of the old Sabbath beauti-
viLleithisit-',Ved the rest of all nations when they shall
Ch
_'listi," art of war no more,"—the rest of every -
i°Jo -'" toind, when, through the powerful grace of
YhiZttile soul rests from its vain struggles for en-
'est no- ill sin, and acquiesces "in his yoke"—the
ti tilcise 'who " 'lase from their labours, and
If has 1'1,4 follow them.ee " The low Sabbatarian no-
.:t. it Ca: insensibly profaned six days out. of seven.
‘5,.. be gained anything for one day, which is much
dei)t..cluestioneil, it is ata fearful cost to the rest.
S'cays are thought less holy that one day may be
t t pl'l3ner. fully agree in the fitness of the
'Alt, 6V for worshi tiered through a risen Saviour;
(lay; !oir, it :_
A IN the Pworship which is sacred, not the
kik, '''. Christian assembly is no fiction, it is a so-
Woi,airttali ty.
IPPing th 4 multitude of minds thinking of—
od eir Maker. Here is a true service of
votio,' alndo as there is no incompatibility between d
its
sentiments and ordinary pursuits on other
blic, bow can there be any inherent real ineoinpati-
Wir,Y)etweell them on the first day. Christianity,
oi.aislinmplied over Paganism without a Sabbath.
kept alive
before and between the hours of business
idela ,Ire the and
which ultimately annihilated the
Rh, t eq,Europe. But no sooner did the church be-
cerell° dudaize in its priests, its titles, its Sabbaths, its
thalit °llies, than the living spirit vanished, and for-
cia.i,rY tyrannised for centuries. The spirit of Ju-
tlhalt
_it a negative, a prohibitory spirit. " Thou
Chtia,:.;',ol; i 3. its characteristic preceptive formula.
„.±1 ity is all positive all life.. Love, the most
h,"e of all - • • :
k—Menu principles, is its one command; corre-
ir
or,,Y with this —"Do nothing—abstain from
bro_eutia_ry employments," is the command for the
'44 Nt a single command, to meditate even,