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

LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1855.

The infamous outrage perpetrated, if not 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-
ti43. 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 be 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 privileges of those
who rested under the sanctuary of its
National Flag ? Had the American uni-
form been 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-
titanic 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 these who rely on the honour and vigour of
Great Britain for shelter.

The alleged justification for the
seizure of
Colonel TUB. is that he was a deserter from the
Austrian service in 1849, and that the
Austrian authorities had therefore a right
to seiza and punish him wherever he Light
be found, no matter what might have beenhis
aubseqnent proceedings. This, however,
doubly fa.il%—ist, because he 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-
ron engaged in the service of an Ally of the real
Sovereign, and therefore virtually in Lis own

service,

The admirable letter of Louis
Kossunr which
will be found in another part of thin day's impres
sion, places these matters in the clearest
Col. TUR was a Hungarian, and he obeyed the
orders of those who, by the unequivocal expro,siou
of the national voice, were constituted the mana.
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 rtalian indepen-
ee, and as well might Austria dare to call an
-11glisliman who had once fought under its
blood-stained flag,
•
.Aord a deserter for refusing to draw
his
against 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 lie
adopted.

-13u5 were it otherwise, Were he indeed the
serter that Austrian mendacity has stigmatised
him as being, what right, or pretence of right,
was there for his seizure ea neutral ground? The
time has surely not yet arrived when Austria can