The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE YIN G, JANUARY, 24, 1862.

Mr. SUMNER likes. For our part, had we been one
of his hearers, we must, we fancy, have quitted
the Senate House humming over to ourselves a
certain nursery ditty beginning—
" A hungry fox one day did spy," &c.

We must, add, however, that we are really sorry
Mr. SUMNER should make such an exhibition of
himself. If such oratorical Blondinism serves hus-
tings' purposes in America, we do not grudge Mr.
SUMNER the means necessary to catch Massachu-
setts' votes ; we only regret that such men should
have to purchase them by such means. Mr. Sum-
NER must well know that Englan d conceded nothing
which she has not long conceded ; but seem totally
ignorant that she never asserted that a neutral
vessel between neutral ports could have contraband
on board of her at all ; that, indeed, her own deci-
sions to the cantrary stand on record in her favour.
Mr. SUMNER is a "charming man" as an aboli-
tionist ; but when the great Negro Liberator gets
into discussion on international law, we are com-
pelled to exclaim, " a pity that charming men
should talk of things which they don't understand.'

It will soon become apparent that Austria is the
power which keeps up the war armament of Europe.
She of course says it is Italy, because Italy claims
Venetia and Rome. Tie fact is that Austria accu-
mulates an enormous army in Venetia, and con-
structs immense and elver-enlarging fortifications
The Venetians pass for nothing. The fortifications
and the army are everything. The EMPEROR goes
and reviews his troops, and old BENEDEK, an
able general, but a renegade Hungarian, violates
the etiquette of Reviews to deliver a long homily
to his SOVEREIGN on Divine Right and military
fidelity. He and the army had but one com-
mander in Heaven, and but one on earth. What-
ever the diversity of their races, they were one
in fidelity to the EMPEROR. They knew nothing
of Constitutional Austria, but they did know the
Emperor to whom they had sworn allegiance.
Nevertheless, Austria is uneasy because Italy
arms, and because the Parliament of Italy speaks
the mind of Italy. She is about to protest to all
Europe, while France has already, in the blandest
terms possible, protested to her. The truth is, the
question is neither more nor less than this—to
whom ought Venetia to belong. Austria points to
treaties, and there she is strong enough.
Italy points to facts, and then Italy is
far the strongest, All the Italian peo-
ple claim brotherhood with the Venetians, and
the Venetians claim brotherhood with them. It is
facts, therefore, versus treaties—Venetia versus
Vienna in 1815—and as Venetia was no party to
that transaction, but is a party to the present case,
she fairly says, now is the time for me to claim a
hearing, which I never got before.

Now as Austria holds Venetia and the Quadri-
lateral solely for the nefarious purpose of one day
coercing Italy again, she holds it against the
will of the people, and the arrangements of
nature—as the Italians cannot let her rest
in it. It is quite plain that her obstinacy is
the sole reason that she keeps an immense and ruin-
ous army herself, and compels the Italians and
French to do the same. As to treaties, she is the
most shameless and perjured violator of them
in Europe
; for her to plead treaties
against nationality in Italy, while she
breaks the most venerable and repeated
engagements in Hungary, in favour of despotism,
is not to be tolerated. If she asks Europe to
respect treaties in Venetia against the people
let Europe bid her respect them in Hungary for'
the people. In either case liberty would be the
gainer. We must have a strong and free Italy,
or a strong and free Hungary; and one would
be the precursor of the other.

Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Leiningen have arrived at Howchin's Hotel.
The Prince and Princess Koutchakoff have
arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from St.
Petersburg.

The Count and Countess Metaxa have issued
cards for dinner parties and a ball on the 14th and on the
20th of February, et their house in Cheltenham,
Captain Still and Mrs. Still have arrived at
Howchin's Hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. Baron Prank have arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Campsall Park,
Doncaster.

Mr. Thompson, M.P., has left Thomas's Hotel,
Berkeley-square, for Kirby Hall, Yorkshire.

An Imperial decree appoints M. Ingres, the
painter, member of the Institute to form part of the commis-
sion on literary and artistic property.
M. Belmontel, member of the Legislative Body,
has been promoted to the rank of Officer in the Legion of
Honour.

The Permanent Commission of the Orphan
Asylum of the Prince Imperial, presided over by the Mi-
nister of the Interior, has just admitted eight children into
that establishment, thus bringing up the number to 306.
General Count de Fitte de Soucy died the day
before yesterday at his residence at Versailles.

The Pays contradicts the assertion made by it
of the young Berthier who was stabbed by a girl in the
Rue Rochechouart being grandson of the Prince de Wag-
ram. That journal now declares it has been requested to
state that the young man is no relative whatever of that
family.

DEATH OF COLONEL COLT.—The New York
Ipapers received yesterday announce the death of Colonel
Samuel Colt, at Hartford, Conn. Mr. Colt was born in the
city in which he died on the 19th of July, 1814. He was
the inventor of the celebrated revolving pistol, the wooden
model of whish, it is stated, was made on board a vessel
while the inventor was on a voyage to Calcutta, in 1829.
He received his first patent in 1835, and established a fac-
tory in Paterson, N. J., but met with indifferent success.
Colonel Colt afterwards invented a submarine torpedo,
which was intended for the destruction of vessels. He gave
two exhibitions of the power of his new invention in the
bay off Castle Garden, by blowing up first a schooner and
afterwards a large brig. He then established a line of tele-
graph between New York and Sandy Hook and Montauk,
which was intended to announce the arrival of vessels, and
to facilitate the despatch of im7ortant foreign news; but
this enterprise failed, and Mr. Colt became reduced in cir-
cumstances. A year or two later he again got possession
of his patent for the revolving pistol, and with the assist-
ance of a few capitalists who joined him a company was
formed, and a manufactory established at Hartford, which
has proved very successful, not,only in the making of pistols,
but in the manufacture of a revolving rifle, which was also
the invention of Mr. Colt. The factory at the present time
is supposed to be worth nearly five million of dollars. Mr.
Colt also loaves a large landed estate.

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THE WAR IN THE SOUTH,—The following is
an extract from a private letter which has been re-
ceived in Liverpool. It is dated :—" Charleston, Nov. 29,
Ml.—They (the enemy) have dono little or nothing
since the taking of the Forts Beauregard and Walker.
They have landed a few troops on the islands, and are
gathering all the cotton they can find, which is known to
be very little. They keep the negroes hard at work during
the day, and chain them at night, to keep them from run-
ning away. The soldiers take possession of everything that
men. It has exasperated them very much, and induced
has a good effect upon the negro
looks like a woman. This
them to keep away and return to their masters. Our plan-
ters have destroyed, and continue to destroy, all their crops
of corn, cotton, and rice, and also their dwellings—in fact,
everything that is in the least danger of falling in the hands
of the Yankees. The possession of our Sea Islands will
avail them but little. We have no fear of the result when-
ever they meet us on the land—can take care of them with
any kind of odds against us, but we aro not prepared as yet
to meet their navy."

THE MEMORIAL FUND.—Last evening the fund
which is being raised at the Mansion-house for a memorial
to the late Prince Consort had reached considerably more
than £14,000. Of this sum upwards of £2,300 was sub-
scribed in the course of yesterday alone, including £5OO by
the corporation of London, The Goldsmiths' Company
sent £2lO ; the London and Westminster Bank, £lO5 ; Sir
George Grey, £5O; the Dowager Viscountess Ilardinge,
£5O; Peek Brothers and Co., £105; Ilansome, Bouverie,
and Co., £100; Stevenson, Salt, and Sons, £lOO ; Samuel
Scott and Co., £100; Capel and Co., £52 10s. • General
Stovin, £5O ; Colonel Harcourt, £5O ; Lady C. Vernon
Harcourt, £5O; Colonel T, M. Biddulph, £25; the lion.
Mrs. T. M. Biddulph, £25; Harvey Brand and Co., £100;
J. and J. Colman, £5O; Vice-Admiral Meynell, £25; Sir
John D. Bligh, £2O; Thomas Davis and Co., £25, and
Lieutenant-General Bentinek, 425,