488 HUNGARY. 



each, thirteen regiments of frontier militia, of 4000 each, and seven re- 

 giments of hussars, of 1200 each ; amounting, in the whole, to 87,400 

 men. 



Arms The arms of Hungary are a shield divided perpendicularly 



into three parts : the first division, or, contains seven Hungarian tow- 

 ers; the second, gules, the Szekler eagle; and in the third, gules, 

 are the sun and moon of Saxony. 



Order of knighthood. ....The Hungarian order of knighthood is 

 that of St. Stephen ; the badge of which is an Hungarian cross, worn 

 suspended by a green edged ribband. _ 



Religion The established religion of Hangary is the Roman-ca- 

 tholic ; but the protestants, who are generally believed to be as nume- 

 rous as the catholics, and who, two centuries ago, were more nume- 

 rous, enjoy complete toleration. They have entire freedom of public 

 worship, with churches and bells, and their own schools and seminaries 

 of learning, and are admitted to fill all the public offices, and to a seat 

 in the legislative councils. 



There are two archbishoprics in Hungary — Gran and Colocza. The 

 bishoprics are those of Erlau; Nitra, Raab, Waitzen, Funf-kirchen 

 (or Five Churches) Vesprim, Gross, Wardein, (or Great Waradin) 

 Osanad Stuhlweissenberg, Neusohl, and Rosenau. The last three 

 were founded in 1777. 



The archbishop of Gran, as archbishop, is lord lieutenant of the 

 county, primate and chancellor of Hungary; has the exclusive 

 right of crowning the king, and can create nobility upon the archi- 

 episcopal dominions. His revenue is about 36,000/. sterling per ann. 

 while that of the archbishop of Colocza is not more than 5000/. 



Universities The principal university of Hungary is that of 



Buda, which has an annual income of 20,000/. sterling, of which 

 4000/. is allotted to pay the salaries of the professors. Here is a 

 laro-e library and an observatory. Raab and Caschau are likewise 

 styled universities, but they are rather acadamies founded by the 

 Jesuits. The university of Tyrnau, as mentioned above, has within 

 these few years been removed to Pest. 



Language As the Hungarians are mixed with Germans, Slavo- 

 nians, and Wallachians, they have a variety of dialects. The Hunga- 

 rian Proper appears to be radically different from the Slavonian, and 

 has been supposed to be a branch of the Finnic. The upper and mid- 

 dling classes of people speak German and Latin, though with the latter 

 they continually mix words that can only be understood by those who 

 are acquainted with the Hungarian, Slavonian, or German languages. 



The Lord's Prayer in Hungarian is as follows : Mi atyank ki vagy a 

 mennyekben, zentelssek meg a te neved; jojjon el a te orzagod: Legyen 

 meg a te akaratod, minr a menyben, ugy itt e foldonnis. A mi mindennafii 

 kenyerunket ad meg nekunkma : e$ botsasd meg a mi vetkeinkef, ?Jiikefi/iin, 

 7tiiis megbotsatunk azkonuk a kik mi ellenunc vetkeztenek ; es ne vigy mi?i- 

 ket a kescrteibe : de zabadits meg minket a gonosstol : men tied az orssag, 

 a hatalom, es a dirsoseg mind orokke. Amen. 



Antiquities Many Roman antiquities, such as military roads, 



ruins, and coins, have been found in Hungary and other parts of the an- 

 cient province of Dacia. About 20 miles from Belgrade are the re- 

 mains of a most magnificent Roman bridge. Hungary was formerly 

 remarkable for its coinage ; and there are still extant, in the cabinets 

 of the curious, a complete series of coins of their former kings. More 

 Greek and Roman medals have been discovered in this country, than, 

 perhaps, in any other in Europe. 



