New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-19

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IL persl Catholic City. BegiD,,inr with the Roman
Crown which is the older oi the two we inl that il
is thF identical one sent d POPE lyester in the year
lcl a. &c STEPHEN l.. kiny of the Hungarians In that
<sr tie Apostclica! Septen had completed the coz
Ivr.i,n of Hungary begun bv his father and for his
suirert services Vas deemed worthy of ROYAL title
According 10 rho best authorities, the Crown orig
ipsly INTENDED for the Duke Of Poland but Sylvester
sent il. together with the Cross lost Hungary
for tie cor nation Of hing Stephen.
Tie Sec nd ~ Grecian crown, as appears from lis
nscrTti dates its origin in 1915 According 20 the
listonc7 records, Michael Drcss, Emperor Of Bran
trim, sso Known By way ct derisiou. PArapinacius.
lived ~ tie close Of the eleventh century. He was
son al CeustsntIus Ducss and Eudoxia and assembled
lejrecisn tlrone n September lC7I after the death
Of bis father. and tie sbGicstiou Of Lis stepather
Rousnus Diogtues. In March. los. he compelled
e. abandon the imperial office and return TO convent.
NleTe be had sIent his earlier years Constantine, his
BY Maria Alana. WAS born in | -. and bore the
nane PtTpie-bOTa, an appellaton commonly given 70
tie fous OF tie Grecian Enperors
II wac in the interval between 1914 and lH7- that
SiCilel Ducas sent the Grecan crown 70 G;ysa Duke
Of HurgsTy With i the latter was crowned ia
1913 though he did not until afterward receive the
royG title Ii hiahly probable though certain.
tistthe two crowns were soon after united form the
pTesoLt crown 81 Hungary. Up 10 IL o. when O--o'
Of Bavsus, sssun I'd the OF Bela Y. and made
at the crown al Bis coronation at StuAWessenburg rs
history is very obscure About this period. it unler
Nfbf an Interesting y e'oe IN connection WIN OIto
ard kinc Went7e Of Bohemia TIE Arpsde branch
Ct tie royal family having terminated with AnirclS ILL.,
tie royal dignity offered 10 Vented King Of b.
honis, in the year 1901. He did not accept it in per-
son, tut bis son, slso named VENTED, then twelve
years Of see. crowned King Of Hungary the same
year, al Siuhlw,isouturg
Tie choice Of Wen.ze. however. was not pleasing 70
a large portion OF the Hunesrians 20 the Pope;
consequently, he dePosed and Charles Robert
Of Nsples closen in liz stead The old Wenzel came
in tine to convey his sou bsck to Bohemia and With
BIN n Hun galisn crown He del IN 1895. sud the
yourC Nert7el then abandoned biz right to Hungary
in iavor Of Otto. and gave mp to him the crown aud
otler ROYAL Isign MA IN hs possession Otto soon alter
disgUifeo his person in such manner as 70 pass
through tie territory Of lis enemy, Rudolph Duke OF
Austria. aId ultimately reached Hungary he carried
with lin tie cTOwn concealed la large wooden " ne
bottle, Which was once lost from the wagon, in
swamp. but fortunately again found by Otto, who
recTCsfed the Danube to search for H. lie crown
cd with il the same wear In the wear 1897 be- went
into TTaLfylvaua 70 ask OF Ladslaus a royal bride,
and carried with him the crown aud cr0Nnnsigna.
Insttad OF MARI, ing the daughter of NOyrOden. he
pIfoued by LaOislaLs, into whose hands tell the
IurgaTan crown Lsdi auS str0ye 10 become King
Of tie HuulaIians but the latter preferred Charles,
Ulo in the alsense of the real crown, was crowned
with ar-tLer prepared for the occasion. Such. how
ever was the veneration Of the Magyar fer the old
Creco-R Roman crown that Charles never really
regarded king, until the year 1910. when after
many Cntreatics. Ladslaus induced 20 give up
the old crown. aud Charles underwent with It
second coronation. From this time 10 lii0 it re-
NAMED in Hungary In that year Elizabeth car
ried it 10 Vienna where il remained twenty four
wears in the Lauds Of the Emperor Frederic " In
l4G4 it taken back 10 Buda for the coronation
Of king Matthias. After the battle of Mohacs sor-
rovful DAYS were again in store for the Hungarian
Crown. After tie death OF Lewis and during the con-
test between Ferdinand OF Austria and Johann Zapol-
va, il changed hands two or three times and ultimately
fell into tie possession OF Pereny, who. IN place OF
bringing il back to Vssegrad h. had promised con-
ye,td il 10 Kaposyar. whittier he fed with his family
before the Turkish Emperor Sulemsn, who had in
vaded Hungary. IL soon fell into the possession of
Suleuan who retained il some time, but finally gave
it to bis yassal ZspOlya. IL remained in the hands OF
the latter until his death whente into the possession
OF his widow Isabella who after she had made peace
with King Ferdinand in 1851. gave him the crown By
him il was carried to Vienna, and in the time Of Ru
doIh H. il wandered to Prague Finally, in 10 :, after
absence OF 20 years from Hungary It was carried
back to Presburg for the coronation oil Matthias stu
there for the Hungarian crown no rest In lb22,
Gabriel BetLoD took PrebuIg. and carried the crown
to Kaslsu, where il remained two years Alter the
conclusion Of peace between Bethlen and Ferdinand
H. in l6% tie Bishop of GTOsWardeln obtained IL from
She former and brought it to Volenburg for the
tion of the Empress Eleanor la l6i5 it again found
it, way 10 Vienna but wagagan restored 10 Hungary
1867 tor the coronation of Joseph. Ii remained in
Hungary until the year l1-3 when Joseph III convert
ed the Castle at Presburg into general Seminary, aud
carried the crown TO Vienna where il remained in the
Imperial treasure-clamber until 1880, when Joseph
persuaded to restore it to the lungSrans. IL
then carried to Buda, and IN the succeeding years,
served at the solemn c0rOnatOns OF Francis Ill and
Ferdinand l. Che fifth Hungarian King of that name
Ii remained in Hungary until ls49. when after the sad
termination of the Hungarian Revolution, Kossuth and
his noble followers buried this Palladium Of Hungarian
liberty, ard fled into Turkey. Would that the earth
stl retained il in her bosom But let him who would
look upon one of the few worthy TO be worn,
TO the Imperial treasurechamber at Vienna, and
it lie has tear she'd this cherished idol of the
Magyar race let him remember il viii not many
Years remain trophy in the hands OF the young Nero
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