The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-16 00:00:00

THE MURDERS IN GREECE.

An eighth series of letters relating to the murders at
Marathan has been kindly issued by Lord Clarendon.
Most of the space is occupied by a long statement made by
Louis Gleissner, a German courier who accompanied
Lord and Laxly Muncaster and Mr. Vyner
on their journey in Greece, and who acted as
a messenger between Lord Muncaster and Mr. Vyner
during the latter's captivity with the brigands. There are
also one or two short letters from Mr. Vyner and Mr.
Lloyd to Lord Muncaster. On April 19 Mr. Vyner wrote :
—" I consider the idea of Gleissner exchanging with me
impossible (an offer to this effect had been made by
Gleissner himself), and were it possible I would not hear
of it for a minute. Telegraph to De Grey to ask Lord
Clarendon to urge on the Greek Government
to get us released, as they can do it, and
will, if sufficient pressure is put on them ; and
write to him, or send on this letter, explaining that this is
no ordinary act of brigandage, but to a certain amount
political ; and that we went to Marathon on the War
Minister's word." The last letter is one from Mr. Vyner,
and is supposed to have been written on April 20. In it
he says :—" The Chief has said to Noel that he will keep
us safe for three or four months ; but, of course, the sol-
diers being let loose has done away with our security,
and on the first engagement with the troops we must die,
as they would kill us at once. The proposition of being
sent out of the country, they at present will not agree to
at all. On the second proposition of being sent to prison
for trial, they say rather than do that they would die
fighting, as they put no trust in the Greek Government.
There is one thing they would agree to,
namely, that a formal trial should be held here
and that they should be pardoned afterwards ; this
does not seem illegal ; and thank the King and his
Ministers on my behalf for their kindness, and say that I
do not ask (for I am powerless to do that), but that, as a
dying man, I implore of them humbly to grant
this request of the brigands, and to prevent the
operations of the soldiers ; as if not, we
must die in a day or two, besides the needless
bloodshed that would ensue. The Government official
regards our position as beyond hope, so that we must
trust to God that we may die bravely, as Englishmen
should do Pray for your
unfortunate but affectionate friend, FREDERICK
VYNER.—P.S.—Shew this to Mr. Erskine,, if you
like. No chance of a messenger ; if there is send a
Bible. These men are desperate ; no pressure will avail."
A telegram from Athens says :—" The Greek bar has
protested against Mr. Erskine's letter of the 16th of
April, and have denied that the brigands, according to
their own statement, made to the agents of Messrs. Zalmis,
had sent into Athens to consult three advocates of high
s tanding. "

It is understood that the French Ministry have
formally or informally resigned to be reconstructed. La
France thinks the appointment of the Due de Grammont
as Foreign Minister is certain.

A deputation of the inhabitants of Folkestone has
waited on Baron Rothschild to solicit his assistance in
opposing Mr. Fowler's scheme for crossing the Channel.
The Baron did not think the scheme would ever be
carried into effect, whatever might be done in the House
of Commons. He further said that it was his intention
to vote against the measure whenever the opportunity
occurred.

Considerable damage was done by thunderstorms
which traversed North and East Yorkshire on Thursday.
At Weaverthorpe, on the Wolds, six ewes were killed in
the middle of a large flock. In Newton Dale the light-
ning struck one of the well-known post-glacial sea cliffs
and brought down hundreds of tons of rock. In Ways-
gate Howl the lightning killed a horse and goat, and set
fire to the heather.

THEATRES, &c.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Hamlet. 8.30.
The Box-office under the portico of the theatre is open
from 10 till 5. Pit tickets, 7s; amphitheatre stalls, 105
6d and ss; amphitheatre, 2s 6d.

DRVItY-L ANE —ltalian Opera.—Roberto it Diavolo. 8.30.
Prices, 21s, 108 6d, ss, 2s 6d.
ST. JAMES —Sole lessee and manager, Mrs. John Wood
—Frou Frou—La Belle Sauvage. 7.
PRINCE of WALES—M. P.—Dearest Mamma—Quite by
Accident 7.30. Prices, 7s, 3s. is 6d, is.
LYCEUM—Breaking the Spell—Little Faust. 7.30.
ROYAL OLYMPIC Fron Fron —ll7 Turn Next—The
'Varsity Boat Race. 7.

THE GAIETY—The Princess of Trebizoncle—The Man of
quality. 7. Prices, 6s, 4s, 3s, 2s, is.

fraElfgw QuxxN's—My Wife's Dentist—'Twist Axe and
Crown, 7. Prices, 7s, ss, 3s, 2s, ls, 6d.
EfAymmuunt—No Song No Supper—Barwise's Book—A
Regular Fix-4. is ss in the Dark. 7.
ADELPIII—Too Much pf a Good Thing—The Prompter's
Box - The Enchanted Wood. 7. Prices, 3s, 2s, is 6d,
GTABE—Robezt Macaire The Man o' Airlie—Milky
White. 7. Prices, 6s, 4s, 2s 6d, ls. 6d, is.
ROTAL CROWN, CROSS THEATRE (King William-street,
Strand)—The Twin Sisters—Captain Smith—lxion. 7.
Plasmas's—French Plays, Lee vieux garcons. 7.
STuArrn--Widows' Weeds-13k George and a Dragon=
A Fish Out of Water. 7. Pripes, 6s, 4s, 3s, is 6d, 6d.
Viuntirruß, Strand—For Love or Money?—Don Carlos.

NEW NATIOVAL STANDARD—UncIe Dick's Darling—Guy
Fawkes—Athrertisements. 7.
NEW HOLBORN—The Happiest Day of My Life—Behind
the Curtain—The Chamber of Horrors. 7.30.
Knio's CROSS —Bamboozling-14a refine des Niades The
American Ballet. 7.30.

ROYAL ACADEMY, Burlington House—Admission, Is.
MADAME Tussislin s EXHIBITION, Baker-street.—Admis-
sion, ls.; children under 10, 6d. ; extra room, 6d. Open
from 11 a.m. till 14 p.m..
Roym, POLYTECHNIC, 309, Regent-street.—Lectures every
day at 3 and 8 p.m.
Brava( musgunt (Free). Great Russeg..street, Blooms-
bury. Open Monday, Wednesday, and 'Friday to the
public.
SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM (Free) on Monday and
Tuesday, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. On Wednesdays,
Thursdays, and Fridays, admittance 6d.
MUSEUM -OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, 28, Jermyn-street.
DULWICII GALLERY, daily (except Sundays), from 10 to 5
in summer, 11 to 3 la winter ; free.
HAMPTON COURT PALACE, every day (except Friday) ;
free ; a fee of one penny to the Vinery.
NATIONAL GALLERY, Trafalgar-square ; free.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—Norwood.
Visitors to London should visit the sub-tropical depart-
ment of Battersea-park, to see specimens of moderu
land Scape gardening.

LONDON, M ONDAY, MAY 16, 1870.

Precisely as GOLDSMITH, according to GARRICK'S
epigrammatic gibe—

" Wrote like an angel and talked like poor Poll,"
GARIBALDI, it might very safely be asserted, when-
ever he draws his sword from its scabbard, proclaims
himself a hero ; but, on the'other hand, whenever he
takes up a pen, writes himself down—what DOG-
BERRY wanted to be written down by the Sexton ! His
proclamations, his letters, his confidences (addressed
in a stage whisper to the universe), are all of them
a mixture of scurrility and rhodomontade. If only,
when the cacoethes scribendi is on him, some judicious
friend would but upset the inkstand 1 Of late, how-
ever, he has taken quite systematically and energe-
tically to the indulgence of this wild passion of his
for—can we call it literature? He has written
within these last few months two novels—Cantoni
and Clelia--each of them decidedly sensational.
And now, at this present moment, in the current
number (for May) of Cassell's Magazine, among the
announcements of an original poem in French by
VICTOR HUGO, and of a translation of it into Eng-
lish by ALGEP.NON SWINBURNE, of a fresh instalment
of a serial story by WILKIE COLLINS, and of a
third paper by the Rev. A. W. FARRAR,
on middle-class Education, there appears con-
spicuously the intimation that there is also
to be found in the pages of that popular
sixpenny periodical, an article contributed by
General GARIBALDI, descriptive pf his " Adventures'
in South America." At Caprera, it was supposed in