Emperor of Austria!
come into Court.
--The
Kaiser sues
Kossuth in an English Court.
The
Hapsburg on his throne pleads by proxy his case, before an
English Judge, against a defeated and exiled rebel.
Kossuth has engaged a firm of
London lithographers to engrave for him 100,000,000 florins worth of notes in the
Hungarian language, (in which no
Austrian paper money is ever issued.) The face of each note declares that it will be received in every Hungarian State and public pay office, and that its nominal value is guaranteed by the
State in the name of the nation.--The signature of
Kossuth, and the royal arms of
Hungary, are appended.
Of course, these notes are intended for circulation, and are revolutionary in their character, and would be revolutionary in their influence.
The
Austrian ambassador consequently obtained through the
London police a warning to the engraver; but the law officers of the Crown subsequently decided that the administrative department of the English Government had no power to interfere.--The Ambassador has since asked and obtained, in the name of the
Emperor, of
Austria, and injunction from the
Vice- Chancellor's court, to restrain the lithographers from issuing these notes.
The injunction is temporary and granted on ex parte affidavits.
‘"The [imperial?] deponent being duly sworn deposes and says,"’ &c., &c., that the
Emperor of
Austria, as
King of
Hungary, has the exclusive power of issuing such notes, intended for circulation as money in
Hungary, and also the sole right to authorize the affixing of the royal arms of
Hungary to any document; and ‘"the deponent has no doubt that
Louis Kossuth intended to use the same to promote revolution and disorder in
Hungary."’
In order to pronounce a definite judgment in this case, the right of the
Emperor of
Austria to the crown of
Hungary must be decided.--The defendant will undoubtedly deny that right; the present
Emperor has never been crowned
King of
Hungary; never taken the oath to the
Hungarian Constitution; and a court of law requires every fact to be proven by the most incontrovertible evidence.
It would be strange to see the legitimacy of
Austrian rule made a subject for a British
Vice-Chancellor's decision.
