The Camden Journal

HUNGARY.—In the last number of the "Foreign Quarterly Review," there is a long and elaborate article, upon Hungary, and, as the eyes of the world are now fixed upon this country, the following particulars, which we take from the Review, may not be uninteresting to the reader.

The nation which we call Hungary is composed of many nationalities, included in the Austrian dominions, and extends from the Carpathian mountains on the north to the gulf of Quarnero on the Asiatic and Turkish frontier: Longitudinally it extends from the Austrian boundary line of Moravia, Lower Austria, Styria and Illyria on the west, and eastward to the Alpine chain which bounds Transylvania. On all sides it is defended by the bulwarks of nature mountain or flood; and it would seem as if nature had designed it for the separate habitation of a great people. It is a country prolific in corn and wine; its plains afford luxuriant pasturage and its mountains abound in minerals of various kinds. It is also copiously watered by large rivers. In 1842, according to the article referred to its population amounted to 10,500,000, and was composed principally of three races—the Magyars, or Hungarians, "par excellence." the Sclavonians or Slaves, and the Germans. The prevailing religion is the Roman Catholic ; next to which in regard to numbers comes the Greek Church, then Lutheran, the Calvinistic the Unitarian, and the Jewish churches. As to the history of Hungary, it is copious in incidents, replete with romance and deeds of chivalry, and affords ample materials for philosophical reflection.