The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-24 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1855.

The infamous outrage perpetrated, if Rot by
the express command, at all events with the con-
currence, of General CORONINI, on an officer wear-
ing the British uniform, and engaged in the Bri-
tish service, requires very decided action to obtain
the immediate release of the party so grievously
injured, and ample satisfaction for the gross insult
to the Government, under whose especial protec-
tion he was resting at the moment. Should that
imperative duty be disregarded—should ample
redress be refused—an indelible stain will rest
on the British name. The Lion must, indeed, be
in the last state of decrepitude when the Austrian
donkey would dare so grossly to abuse the power
which it was permitted to assume for very diffe-
rent purposes. Although the blood-thirstiness of
the miscreant who sanctioned this ineffable atro-
city may be all but irresistible, he would never
have braved the anger of a Government resolved
to vindicate the rights and piivileges of those
who rested under the sanctuary of its
National Flag? Had the American uni-
form be©n concerned in place of the English
he would have shrunk from an act which would
not merely have resulted in full satisfaction to
the sufferer, but in the condign punishment of
his oppressors.
But, happily, there is no Ger-
manic influence predominant in the United States,
No Belgian interference can affect its foreign
policy. An American citizen is placed under the
protection of the American flag ; is,
therefore,
certain of respectful consideration wherever he
may be, while contumely and insult is the portion
of those who rely on the honour and vigour of
Great Britain for shelter.

The alleged justification for the seizure of
Colonel TUR is that he was a deserter from the
Austrian service in 1849, and that the
Austrian authorities had therefore a right
to seize and punish him wherever ho might
bo found, no matter what might have been
his subsequent proceedings. This, however,
doubly fails—lst, because lie never was a deserter ;
2d, because even had he been so the Austrians
had no right to violate the neutrality of the Danu.
bian Principalities by the illegal seizure of a per-
sou engaged in the service of an Ally of the real
sovereign, and therefore virtually in his own
service.

The admirable letter of Lovis KOSSUTH, which
will be found in another part of this day's i
mpres
sion, places these matters in the clearest light.
Col. Tv E was a Hungarian, and he obeyed the
orders of those who, by the unequivocal expreasinn
of the national voice, were constituted the man,
gers of its affairs. He could not join the Hun-
garian Army ; he, however, did the best in his
power by fighting in the cause of Italian indepen-
dence, and aS well might Austria dare to call an
Englishman who had once fought under its
blood-stained flag,
a deserter for refusing to draw
against
his sword his native land, as they
could brand with that ignominious title the
gallant Tun, who had only obeyed the call of
honour and of duty in the course which he
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But were it otherwise, were he indeed the
deserter that Austrian mendacity has stigmatised
o
as being, what right, or pretence of right,
was there f,r seizure on neutral ground? The
time has surely not yet arrived when Aufstria can