17 AUGUST 1861, Page 1

The Hungarians have replied to the Imperial rescript by a

second address, which offered, as it is, to the irritated master of half a mil- lion of soldiers, is a specimen of the purest political courage. Mode- rate in tone, and clear in style, it is absolute in its assertion of the right of Hungary to independence, modified only by the "personal union" of the thrones. On one point only is separation abandoned, and that is diplomacy, the King having a right to regulate the external relations of Hungary. The Emperor received the deputies who presented the address with a short speech, but his final answer is still expected. The Viennese are indignant with the presumption of the Hungarians, but a concession of some kind was, by the last accounts, expected at Pestle. If the Diet is dissolved, the members will pass the order for passive resistance.