The Hungarian Diet was closed on the 10th inst., in
a speech from the throne, which was received with enthusiastic cheers. The King declares that the work of three years has been successful, that the constitution of Hungary is again a "full reality," while Croatia, Transylvania and Hungary have been reunited, and a guarantee for the new order of things given in the re-establishment of the Honveds Every citizen, even the Israelite, has obtained equal rights and the use of his mother tongue, a law has been passed establishing State education, new railways have been sanctioned, the budget has been scrutinized and brought to an equilibrium, and an understanding has been arrived at, "which makes us feel that only a happy nation can have a happy Sovereign." The Hungarians are in a fever of delight at the completeness of their victory; but one of the last acts of the Diet was to vote a special grant for the suppression of brigandage, which has assumed unusual proportions. It would seem certain that whatever may be Count von Beust's failures in other quarter, he has really recon- ciled the Hungarians to their King. Whether he has also reconciled the Austrians to their Kaiser is now the point to be determined.
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