The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-17
.A shnr, skn,rA ef alaaeAfy.


 A short sketch ef HameAry.
 Tho ,nc.a, reysla,ioaary raovemea ats ia the Ham rarlaa provinces and the note siaaa they may ys' make against the two powerfsl armies et Aastrs and Rasssa, have Indaced one ef your constant readers ,a have resort so several gcogFaphirs and vas-,eers. uith view to iaferm hinlsclf ef is extent. population, &c., &c. But as these eo1ts'" no statistics. he has hastily thrown together ta" following short account s( upper cad lower hae- gary, the statistics being taken ftem MaEgFcgsFs work, published Ia London in ls4I.
 ia the Iiih and 18th centaries. Hungary ee'' prises part of modern POisnd and EaroPeaa TaFksy' aud was divided iaso ten separate governments Of Kingdoms, via; Hungary proper, CrUata. Selavonia' Dalma,ia, Bosnsa, Balgasia, Msldasia. Lerdomia and rransvlvania. Several of these provinces hase since been detached from Hungary, aud is now forms a par, of tho Austrian Don'lniOaa, being bounded on the wet hs par, of GcF'naay---aoth hv Csalcia from which is Is separated by the Car pa,feaa MountaIns--eas, by Tfansyivaaia aud wallacAla, and south by Turkey, sclavonia and Croatia It's present territorial extent Is st.soo square miles Thus It Is nearly twice as large as the State Of New York.
 | 1t was for.aerly known Upper and Lower Hungary but this division has been superseded. ani it is now separated iaio the following six circles, viz-CircIe this side the Danube, circle heyoandt the Danube circle this sie the Theyss circle beyond tho Theyss. Province ef Scavania, Province of Croatia These circles are divided into counties, of which there are I3 in the first circle, and II Ia each of tho others. The principal rivers are the Dannee, the Drave, The Maresch, the March, the White Korrsch. the lzarnos, tle They@, the Wang, aud the Ternes.
 l It contains 56 large towns, 75l market towns, ,7o6 villages l,o7 7s houses, ea,soo families | 5al7 POP Inalrs 6I7g, ,000 females. Total popuia- ton I2,c96, ,a0a Of these, about 6,50o.oeo arc Roman Catholics, and about 2G0e. .oo0 of The 6rerk cbarch. about zoe, o90 Luiherans. 2,000,O0O Cal vinists. 230,O0O Jews, aud it's regular army is 56,0 ,00o men
 There are about i5 0oa, ,Oo5 Of English acres of arabic and 330000 vineyards, l.s00.o .ooo gardeus, o0o pas tures about ,OOo, ,o0o English acres of woodiands--whole number of acres being about 34o, ,o0o o00 45eo0o0 head of horned cattle, 65o,- Ooo horses, s,0O0,000 sheep.
 Buaa is the capital. stands the right bank of tDe IaHupet d}tu Hhe fNNu - VI" once the residence of the Kings of Hungary, say til 1926, when 1t taken by tho Turks. For I6a years 1t was contested between them and tho Christians and Il was finally surrendered to the latter in 1856. In Isio, 6u0 houses were destroyed by fire, but they have beea replaced with improved buildings.
 Immediately opposite Ba6a. on the east side ef the Daaabe. is Pesih which Is the largest city In Hungary Itis wen buiIi, contaIning many eiegnn, public buildings and mansions of the Hungarian nobility. Its University is one of the most richly endowed ou the continent of Earops and tiis city of Pesth contains above 60,o00 inhabitants; 1t is about l30 miles easi southeast of Vienna. Throughout Hungary the Sclavonan population are the most numerous, and perform the mast scrviie kinds of labor. The Magyars-ihe original Hun garlans--though generally iiliterate. a spirited and intelligent race. fend of active empIovmentaHd military life avoiding much possible, either labor or traffic. h ls37 there were not less than 259. .645 privileged nohlemen. The number sinco that time has considerably increased They pay no taxes, and arc thus very burthensome, and greatly rsard the advancement Of the most generally fertile kingdom In Europe. which aiso suffers much from the want of good roads and cheap transportation.
 In the absence of a better account of the Hnnga- rian country, this sketch taken from several of to best books within reach of the writer, will probably be acceptable to your numerous readers. It's large population will surprise many. but That statement, with all the other statistics, may be rolled upon, having been collected from ls36 10 1899, by John Maggreegor, of the Secretaries Of the Board of Trade, London, and published iu is4i. tPhiiad North American.