The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-18 00:00:00

GREECE.

TORTURE AND LEGAL MURDER IN GREECE, AND si,Al°

TRADE UNDER THE GREEK FLAG. „ 01
ATHENS, OCT. '2o.—ln my la.t letter I gave y° the
3ccount of the torture practised in this capital en, iti,
person of the Albanian Christian Nicholas Paalifigef
by the mirarque of gendarmerie, Tzinos, the nt°lool
whose atrocities on the frontier ate well known Woo
King Otho and his father. It appears, however, thit, 00
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horrors are nothing compared with what is al' fie,
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in the provinces ; for in the Anti du 1/eop/e, oe
76, we find the following extract :—" Finally sce as.., is
Courier Grec if the lives of Greek citizeus ,atotas
safety when they can be imprisoned on simple storcis the
frivolous charges ? or when a royal decree autborrcoo, to
apothecaries of the kingdcm to give deleterious °I.; glllO
brigands fur the purpose of poisoning them ? ,lanoPee th.l:
latter act of the Government an evident attempt, -, oto:
lives of all citizens, of whom the official me the
without fear of punishment, kill as many as their r
passions may excite them to get rid of." icing did:
The Malta Times of the sth instant, in gcfre IL g,-;;
tails of a case of transporting slaves on board aego""•ioa.l,6olPo
sel, speaks of the fact of Greek vessels being
the slave trade as of an every-day recurrence ef, 5°13,110162
one could be ignorant. hs lie.ac led to inclarlsOs'-
aond it appears certain that King 0 ho has been lad:fill re,"
f it fcr about two years, and that he has been, an 50.1 Ow-
he positively will not do anything to put A
;nista* to nf
mains deaf to the remonstrances of his M refstorgeo'
toNT uottrhhkiiesnygi:l ht 0 cools
allow the law to be carried into effect again°
fbiiwomthoousnt publicityeravffie re
who land their cargoes under the windows °fil:ifetnstit,acesa
Allie.
nested Greece. ,wfcialaillrrhiaet
vodootrnheepuonerdirteerottbt
the
of
patiltcr
°oaf a..t
ecgne.
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Well may one ask, is this the sort of Gree,c%eralis'°d,
intended to establish ? Will they permit so 0n",,,t itt t;
brutalising a system as that described above to eloe tae.
heart of the Levant ? If they do we shall s°°°„it pirata°:
Archipelago dyed with the blood shed by the 6,re-neh on:
We have at Salamis 11 sail line• f r re—PP"
of the 0
„, re rtried'
and it is rumoured that the French agents he a ree- ~0
to contract for three times the rations which are - Fran"
that editioa
for this force, which lead people to imagine
has the intention of sending to this country an ea! acia,,„l.
of some sort. The Greek's, to show their gra":;al L'a'a.
England for her loyal endeavours to get theals! here'F-
vcrnment, are loud in expressing their hopes t--to
may conquer the Quadruple Alliance. I fanel,thoartti°'
are not wanting emissaries to induce a certa7,!,,of Pe' '
Greece to make a movement in favour of the Do!" ober:
mourn, to invite him to be King, vice Otho, t° 1'1,6,,,f Ilit"
wise disposed of. Wild as these schemes are, t'''' .
no want of supporters.
40.05
LAST NIGHT'S GALE OF WIND.----Itost r_e''
last evening and night a gale of wind amounting s"'", rir
a hurricane, equal to, and perhaps surpassing, that °one
day last. The direction was nearly the sloe': .7,,
about W. S W., but varying between that and sevv,
Many accidents may be apprehended on the river. foe&
ral coal barges, even above Blackfriars'..brid get were The
from their moorings, and floated down the rive;tie the
tide running down at the same time, and burrie° 0f
tbs
wind, rushed with such violence RS to remind one _s ter
dashing of the sea, in a miniature form. when the; the
met with any impediment to its proercss, the pie" og off
bridges, for example. Much is feared for the shiPlsor
the western coast of Ireland, and the south-west 0 ire°
lend. Indeed there are already reports of darnsge Pre
those ports of a serious character, ait would vehejog
mature to particularise previous to further account° it was
received in confirmation. In the streets of the CitY. ;01 in
difficult for foot passengers to keep their foothold, ere it
some places the scene would have been amusing geed
not attended with danger to others passing. Ms:l4R he'
under shelter to ridicule others who were loosing ' 0 000
lance and falling, and encountering divers accidents,
easily imagined than described." ,ic AND
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE Y°- sf.'".
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY THIRD DAY 's
ISAtVviafter'
FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS DEoDAND. Ou Sour- or.
a their. obis
noon, at four o'clock, the inquest on the body
tunate Henry Pattison was resumed. Mr. Vgartie ideat.
was present at the junction at the time of the pee
train
stated that Baines held up a light when the luggsg' 00
was about 200 yards from the plae.'. The eagiaker that
blew his whistle twice, but he could not,
tell wlintLieid op
whistle was blown before or at the time BAines "poet
the light. There being no other Istricss°s to el:frit:wit
and the Jury having stated that they hart heard coroner
facts to enable them to come to a deciien, the
I,ing tor'?"
then summed n--.
p and the Jury. '' c°n"- - " "'r°
rt"' .rd,ct. -
titer half
an hour, retu-ncd th,. follot-;,• g v •and
Re
find that Henry Pattison was accida.ntaliy, killed,
~ Tiro;
'evy a deotirni of 5001. on the ZAland engine, t''''arrii.,
perry of the York end North Midland Railway C°'ll sea
t 74 iires
The • • parties.. present connected with the railway e.
v., ex,
themselves strongly to the effect that the deodand "oved
be rem
cessive, arid that the matter would probably irony or
into the Queen's Bench. Mr. Hudson (the eba_n„ pr
the Company) said they should be happy to tre_.4'n said
caution the Jury might suggest ; when th orseirould be
that they were of opinion that better lights
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Li.;i'd, il,ii ::::iv,d at Ilardvii.J., 11
Shrewsbury, last week, and has been entertaining
of friends since his arrival.