The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-08 00:00:00

being loaded, causing a serious wound to one young
sailor and the loss of the thumb and forefinger to
the other, With the exception of this accident all
passed off successfully. Every respectable man in
the island shared in the doings, all the naval
officers and sailors of all classes.
In Nauplia the steamer arrived too late on Sun-
day to get up a complete demonstration ; still, the few
hours left after its arrival were turned to account,
for a preliminary demonstration and oration to the
officer and sailors of her Majesty's ship Foxhound,
which happened to be there. But the real demon-
stration was put off for the next day, Monday
The municipal council of Nauplia and that of Syra
are the only two municipal councils truly elected in
Greece, and in both places they have put themselves
at the head of the movement. The municipal
council of Nauplia passed a regular resolution on
the subject. It assembled in a public and official sit-
ting, received the deputations and the spokesmen of
the crowd, and then made a proces verbal, in which
it is said that the municipal council officially assem-
bled has received the unanimous expression of the
wishes of the people of Nauplia and the surrounding
country to have Prince Alfred for their constitu-
tional King ; that it approves and heartily joina
in
these wishes, thanking God that the people are
in-
spired with this happy thought ; and that it finally
decides to submit solemnly these wishes to the future
National Assembly. ,Nothing could be more regu-
lar or complete, and the guns of the fortress fired a
salute of 101 to celebrate the moment.

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After the news from Nauplia came those from
Chalcis, the capital of Eubcea, and Voustitza, the
second commercial town of the Gulf of Corinth. In
the first case it wore all that regular and official
character as at Nauplia, the Municipal Council tak-
ing a prominent part in it, and the cannons of the
fortress bearing their share. At Voustitza the
proceedings were purely popular.
Besides the abovementioned places we have nevus
from Tripolitza, Sparta, Kilamata, Karystos, in one
word, of the whole Peloponnesus, with the excep-
tion of Patras, the place which one would have ex-
pected to find among the first. Everywhere it is not
merely the chief town, but the whole country which
has followed the movement. At Kalamata, as at the
Piraeus, the people went to the British Vice-Consul
to expose their wishes; but the most imposing de-
monstration has taken place, according to all ac-
counte, at Tripolitza, the old capital of the Pelo-
ponnesus, under Turkish dominion. Not less than
10,000 from town and country are said to have
shared in it. Syra has likewise seized the occasion
for a second and much more complete demonstra-
tion " with all the honours," Municipal Council
and all.

Of course, however unanimous to all intents and
purposes a popular feeling may be, it can be scarcely
expected that there should be no discordant voice
capable of disturbing the harmony. However,
ready every one was to join the winning side, there
are some of the worst characters of the last reign,
which, with all their good will, cannot do so, and
these, of course, are always ready to co-operate
with those in foreign influence who may be adverse
from the turn things are taking here. _ _

Thus, for some days past the rumour was flying
about that a counter demonstration was preparing,
and two of the papers, the Acon and the Elpis—
known, the first for its Russian, and the latter for
its French tendencies, published articlesagainst the
candidature of Prince Alfred. Already at this first
symptom of a reaction against the ruling idea, the
Demos showed its impatience by burning the num-
bers containing the article. Yesterday morning the
arrival of Kolokotroni, the late Prime Minister, by
the French steamer, brought matters to a crisis.
His arrival was scarcely known when it was
connected with the attempts of a reaction ; a crowd
assem bled before the house he occupied, and showed
so dangerous a disposition that the Government
advised him to leave, and had him sent down again
with an escort to the Pirreus, from which he is to
leave again to-day by the French steamer.
Not satisfied with this, the students of the Uni-
versity and the National Guard went to the editors
of the two papers above-mentioned, and advised
the editors to leave by to-morrow's steamer. Then
the whole body, headed by a deputation consisting
of Colonel Coromico, one of the Nauplia heroes, and
now Commander of the National Guard, and of
several Professors, went to the British Legation,
where the deputation waited on Mr. Scarlett,
assuring him that the people were more decided
than ever to have their choice, and asking him to
use his good offices on their behalf. As you see
the Sovereign people will at times have its way just
as absolutely as crowned Sovereigns, and the Sove-
reign people here is just now in a disposition of not
bearing patiently contradiction.

These attempts at reaction have brought out, and
are still more likely to bring out, the unanimity of
the desire for an English Prince.
Decidedly the fates are favourable to Greece, by
giving her, just at the most critical moment, when
the elections approach, a point of union round
which to rally, and which will be a corrective
against the passion of factions. Take away that
idea which now binds the Greeks in a common pur-
suit, and the innate centrifugal force will regain a
most regretable ascendancy. Well do all those who
have other aims to pursue than the happiness of
Greece understand that there is no chance for them
unless they first break this joint of union ; their
exertions are, therefore, concentrated on this object.
Even if all is illusion, this movement for Prince
Alfred will have rendered the greatest service to
Greece during these critical times. Even if de-
stroyed it must be, it would be cruelty to destroy
it before the Assembly meets.

FALSE REPOR7S OF GA.ROT7ING CASES.

A strict inquiry into the reports of several alleged
deaths by garotting, which have been published, has
led to the discovery that they, as well as some of
the reports of garotting cases, are unfounded.
One of the victims was a gentleman who was
alleged to have been struck down and robbed in St.
Paul's-churchyard, and subsequently died from his
injuries. The following are the authentic facts :
A " gentleman," employed in an office in the City,
absented himself from duty. Upon his return he said
that he had been set upon in a court in St. Paul's-
churchyard, rendered senseless by a blow on the
head, and robbed, and that he was conveyed, covered
with blood, to the hospital. He showed his fore-
head bound up with adhesive plaster, and he added,
that the ruffians who assaulted him had been taken
to the police-station after a terrible encounter. The
police instituted inquiries, and when he was at
the station informed him that they had learned at
the hospital that he had not been admitted, as he
:alleged. He said that he had been taken to the Eye
Hospital inquiries, however, proving that he had
Eye-hospital for a lotion, and notfor
been to the a
garotte attack. A policeman, with some audacity,
pulled off the adhesive plaster, and disclosed to view
—nothing, no scar, no trace of
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view, and the police heard nothing which
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more of him
until his decease, from his injuries, was announced.
They had no terrific fight with a garotter under the
shadow of St. Paul's.

The murder and robbery of a woman named Sane
Stokes was announced to have taken place in Stam-
ford-street, Lambeth. Neither Mr. Carter, nor the
other local coroner, nor the police, have received the
slightest information of the fact, and the origin of
the story seems to be as follows :—A few nights
since a man presented himself at the police-station,
and stated that a woman had been garotted and
robbed at the corner of Thomas-street ; that he ran
for the police, and that when he came back the
body was gone. The body of a woman, however,
having been just brought in on a stretcher by some
officers who had discovered her in a beastly state of
intoxication at the corner of the street indicated, the