The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1865.

rals withdrew, so that at present the prospect is
satisfactory for Wilmington.
We are sorry to see so much discord and
disaffection among some members of the Con-
federacy. Northern gold and Northern influ-
ence have not been wanting, and as the Southern
President has been one of the most formidable, be-
cause one of the most able, temperate, and consistent
of their opponents, it is against him that their
machinations are principally directed. The Federals
are sharp enough to see what vigour, purpose, and
character DAVIS has infused into the councils of the
Confederacy ; how his statesmanship, his high
principle, his firm and straightforward policy, have
raised the rebellion from a mere outbreak of partisans
into the uprising of a united people. In the words
of Mr. GLADSTONE two years since, JEFFERSON
DAVIS " has made the South a nation ;" and while
the tyrannical and arbitrary proceedings of the
North have excited the indignation of all free coun-
tries, DAVIS, in the most trying times, has never
ceased to respect the Constitution of the States, the
freedom of the press, and the liberty of the subject.
Whatever attempts may be made to weaken his
authority, or however ingeniously newspaper
" correspondents" may be made to represent the
people as discontented with his rule, such " corre-
spondence" in American journals is to be always
regarded with some distrust, and the great body of
the people of the Southern States have been
throughout fully sensible of their good fortune in
possessing in so serious a crisis so skilful and con-
scientious a pilot. DAVIS'S last act shows how far
he is superior to petty feeling, to the envy or self-
importance so often attaching to men in authority.
lle has signed the Congressional resolutions ap-
pointing a General-in-Chief, and has sent a
letter to the Congress informing them that
LEE was only relieved from the whole com-
mand at his own personal request, when he
assumed the direction of the Army of Virginia, and
that as soon as he finds it practicable to unite the
duties, he will deem it conducive to the public fit-
terest to place him in that position. Such mag-
nanimity and ready acknowledgment of LEE'S
merits proves that DAVIS has the good of his coun-
ry more at heart than any personal advantage.

BLAIR has returned to Washington without result,
and his return has affected the price of gold and
cotton in New York. DAVIS has informed him
that no treaty can possibly be made without the
preliminary of recognising the Southern indepen-
dence, and, secondly, he has told him that the
South would agree to an armistice during the dis-
cussion. This is the right spirit in which to meet
'the insulting offers of the North, and all the Con-
federate organs breathe a warlike tone. The Con-
gress has ordered the issue of 20 million of notes
for the prosecution of the war, so that all indicates
their undiminished resolution. We have no fear
for the fortunes of the Confederacy, and the Ides
of March may possibly entirely change the present
aspect of affairs.

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SPAIN.

MADRID, FEB. 4.

Senor Zarcodel Valle has been appointed
Spanish Charge d'Affaires at the Court of King
Victor Emmanuel.

The Epoca of to-day says :—According to private
letters received from Habana by the last steamer,
there were, at the time of the steamer's departure,
6,500 invalids from Santo Domingo in the military
hospitals of Cuba, 3,000 in those of Puerto Rico,
and another 3,000 in hospital in the island of Santo
Domingo itself."

ITALY.

KING VICTOR EMMANUEL'S JOURNEY

TO FLORENCE.

PARIS, Feb. 8.

The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes the fol-
lowing letter from a person in the suite of the King
of Italy, upon his Majesty's journey from Turin to
Florence.

FLORENCE, Feb. 4.

The King left Turin yesterday morning at nine
o'clock, accompanied by the President of the Coun-
cil, the Minister of his household, and all his aide-
de-camps and orderly officers on service.
His Majesty intended to travel incognito, and the
special train which conveyed him was only to stop
where absolutely necessary. The news of the
King's departure, however, spread with the rapidity
of lightning over the whole route, and at Asti,
Alexandria, Voghera, Piacenza, Parma, Reggio,
Modena, and Bologna all the authorities, and an
immense number of people, were at the railway
station to salute his Majesty and afford him those
marks of devotion and enthusiasm which, under
present circumstances, the people consider a strict
duty.

At Bologna, particularly, the popular welcome
was extraordinarily cordial, and his Majesty ap-
peared visibly affected by it. The large railway
station of this city was crowded by an enthusiastic
assemblage.
The King, who had made arrangements for a
journey incognito, was agreeably surprised by this
welcome, and expressed to the authorities of Bologna
his regret that the arrangements already made would
not allow him to alight at their city, which how-
ever he proposed to visit subsequently.
The railway from Bologna to Florence passes
through a barren and mountainous country, and the
locomotive toils slowly up the steep incline of the
Apennines. The train stopped at Biela, as the
damage done by the inundations necessitates a
journey of three hours by coach. Advantage was
taken of this stoppage to drive. The report of the

King's passage had been carried through the gorges
of the Apennines, and the Paretta railway station
was soon invaded by an enthusiastic crowd, who,
with a flag at their head, welwomed the elect of the
nation, the King of Italy.
I pass over the reception at Pistoja, Prato, and
all the towns of central Tuscany.

The train entered Florence a little after 10 o'clock
Here the letter enters into the details of the recep-

tion affcrded to his Majesty at Florence. The cor-
diality and devotion manifested by the people were
never more sincere and spontaneous even upon the
King's two previous visits, the first in 1859, a few
days after the annexation of Tuscany to his States,
and the second at the time of the Exhibition. The
writer proceeds :
The King will stay at Florence during the three
months necessary for the installation of his Govern-
ment in the new capital. His Majesty has always
testified great attachment for Florence, arising from
the recollection of his childhood, which was passed

here.
His Majesty will absent himself for a week from
Florence, in order .to be present, as usual, at the
Carnival in Milan.
The President of the Council, who accompanied

Le King, will return to Turin to-morrow. Arrange

ments have been made that one member of the
Cabinet shall always remain with the King, who
will sign all the Acts of the Government. Each
Minister will come to Florence about once a week.