The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-05 00:00:00

GREECE.

ALLEGED NEW CASES OF TORTURE.
ATHENS, Nov. 9.
Notwithstanding the sensation created in this capital by the
recent case of torture on tha person of an Ottoman subject, I
regret to "say that the Bavarian Janisory system still con-
tinues in full force, and a few days ago the ruffians under
Tzimos thumbscrewed, bastinadoed, beat, and bruised, and tore
the mu-tachios out of a Alahese of most irreproachable charac-
ter, named Michaele Agius, who had lived at the Piraeus for
several years, and P. was only on finding he was a British sub-
ject they were deterred from proceeding to the lengths they did
against the poor Albanian ; and all this to make him confess
himself the robber of a sum of money, and without even a tittle
of evidence of any sort against the poor man.
He is now under the roof of Sir Edmund Lyons, and I am
sure it will not be his fault if justice be not done to the poor
fellow, for King Otho will hardly venture just yet to snap his
fingers at diplomatic privileges, although he has on more than
one occasion tried to trample on them.
An unarmed seaman, too, of the Beacon has Lad his skull
fractur d by a sabre cut front:this ruffian crew of the Tzimos ;
and a brigadier of Gendarmes, at Navarino, with his com-
panions, broke into the house of a Maltese subject, Rosario
Grach, beat him whilst in bed, and bruised him so as to require
medical aid, and dragged him to prison with blows all the way,
lie seas only released on asking for the Vice-Consul, who im-
mediately reported the case to the Consulate for the INlorea,
be transmitted to Sir E. Lyons for redress.

One cannot be any long;tr surprised that the Greeks go to
Turkey to place themselves under the Hatti Scherif, instead
of the Greeks from Turkey to place themselves in the power
of the Janissaries whom the Bavarians have created here. The
Bavarians will do well to look out, though ; for the Janissaries
had some awkward habits of dealing with their superiors when
any attempt was made to repress their atrocities.
We have no news from the Levant. The Greeks openly
express their hatred of the rule which they are subjected to, and
ardently hope for a change. Some of the provincial Councils
have presented very significant memorials to the King demand-
ing a constitution. In the mean time, King Otho is accumu-
lating a formidable score of grievances, for which some day he
must answer, and those suffered by British subjects are not
amongst the least important.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 4.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

His Royal Highness the Dul.e of Cambridge dines with
Lord Bloomfield and the officers of the Royal Artillery on
Monday next, in the mess. room, at Woolwich. It was
originally intended that the casting of brass guns, ten 12-
pounders, should have taken place to-day in the foundery
of the Royal Arsenal, but it has been postponed till Mon-
day, when it is expected the Duke of Cambridge will be
present. It is also intended, if the weather and the state
of the vescels in the river will permit, to try experiments
with Mr. Wilkinson's, Mr. Napier's, and Mr. Reece's
percussion shells on the same day, and, consequently,
Wcolwich will present a very gay appearance on the oc-
casion. To prevent disappointment to the public, it itS
proper to state, that no persons will be admitted to witness
the casting, or into the marshes, without a w_Qtten order
from the Master-General.

The detachment at Purfleet was relieved on Wednes-
day by Captain Sehzilch's company, 9th battalion. Cap-
tain Seimlch and Lieutenant Nl`Coy proceeded with the
detachment.

The detachment at the Tower were relieved on Thurs-
day, by Captain Bent's company, Ist battalion. Captain
Bent and Lieutenant Price proceeded with the (1Q-

Mr. Davies, of the Royal Military Academy, delivered
his introductory lecture to the members of the Royal Ar•
tillety Institute to-day. The building, expressly erected
fot this noble institution, stands near the Royal Repository,
at the south-west cnd of the barracks.

Captain
of laboratory tlionbaTttuaelisodna,y7mmenc,-ed a
course
Slad e' t company,instructions
The whole of the men belonging to the regiment at pre-
pt
sent in the garrison were paraded, early on Tuesday morn-
ing, to witness the sentence of a garrison court-martial
being carried into effect on gunner and driver John Thou-
less, of the 9th battalion, who received a corporal punish-
ment of 100 lashes. This man has been repeatedly guilty
of selling his neceisaries and absenting himself Irons his
duties. He has often been in solitary confinement, with
and without hard labout , and out of fourteen years' service
he has been upwards of one year in the dark room. lie
has been tkprivcd, at different periods,
of one penny a day
of his pay, in all amounting to five years ; 'and yet all those
punishments have been of no effect in bringing him to a
sense of his duty as a soldir:r, The sentence of the garri-
son court martial in th.l'i case was 150 lashes, but the coal-
mandant was pleased to remit 50. It is now expected he
will be disebr:rged from the regiment.