The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1850-02-27 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

AND HUNGARY. Jellachich, as legislator, is not more more fortunate than Jellachich as general. A Slavic newpaper was to be put down at Agram for an obnoxious article; and as the old laws of Hangary contain no laws against the press, and the new code of Austria is not yet introduced, the Ban tried his "maiden ' hand at legislation, and sent down a provisional law which was to be carried out by trial before a jury. At the appointed time the twelve jurors appear., in court, and tle trial began. The ceremony of swearing these jurors having been forgotten, the defendant's advocate pointed out a number of errors and omissions in the provisional law, and inquired, in case exception was taken, to what code they would refer to supply the deficiency. The Attorney Gmeral (or Government Advocate) took fire at this supposed slight of the Ban's legislative powers, aud declared that the new law was in itself sufficient for all contingencies. Luckless man! Ere the trial could well begin, a juror rose and demanded "to know clearly why he was summond there, and according to what law ?" The Ban's provisional law of the press was hereupon read to him, when he pertinaciously remarked, "This is an ordinance, but no law. I have been accustomed from my childhood to consider that law which the Diet has decree]. All other I hold to be no law, and no such will I obey." With which he took up his hat and walked off.  Now the new law had not provided for such a case as this. But the Attorney-General had already rejected a reference to any other; and that functionary was therefore obliged to put off the trial to another day, amid the laughs and jeers of his opponents. A few days after we find the poor Attorney-General proposing to the Banal Council an 'Anmediate suspension of the offending journal, .or he "clearly saw that he should never be able to obtain a verdict against it by means of a jury." At the  same time he requested them to treat all Federalists as traitors, to be punished as such with the mums'sRI) capitis et 6onorufn. And it is for this that the poor ignorant Croats have been brought to murder and devastate Hungary ! although, under her protection, they alone, of all the Slaves, had enjoyed a free Constitution up to the present time. Prince Windischgratz arrived at Vienna on the 14th of this month. It seems improbable that he will take any Ministerial office; but from an announcement that Field-Marshal Haynau is appointed i to command the army n Bohemia, it is ,possible that the Prince will take the command in Hungary. For the Hungarians this will be a blessed change. He has at least something like human feelings in his breast ,and he will not be guilty of breaking every treaty or promise that may have been given to an enemy. General Blapka's letter, published this week, exposes liaynau's conduct in a worse light than anything that has yet appeared. Under the auspices of Windischgratz it is very possible that the old Conservative party in Hungary, with whom he is known to be intimately allied, may come into power. Bad though they always were, they would be infinitely better than the present military despotism. The liberal concessions made to the peasantry no party will ever dare to take back, however unlikely they would have been to grant:them ; and the old Conservatives are at least Hungarians sincerely attached to their country, from their long possession of power are fully capable of administering its affairs, and are certainly not disposed to aid in dividing the land into numerous petty crown lands, by which its strength would be reduced to nothing.—Examiner.  111 t" it afta; gr,,at •ear