The Sun. — 1839-11-19 (London, England)

TAX ON PASTEBOARD.--The article which appeared on this subject, in our journal, yesterday, was borrowed from the Scots Times, an able, but Radical, journal; published at Glasgow, and we inadvertently forgot to append our authority.  - most horrible event has occurred, which gives another proof of the impotency of the Greek authorities. A Bavarian sergeant of artillery was returning from Nauplia a few days ago, with a quantity of uniforms and swaccoutrementshe toattacked for Epidaurus,thek e d busey oaf thean bandad r t eoi nl de Ker ya veq, opu uha rtr tns egrwe to dt hhoi enffr cear, resistance, was murdered, and his body thrown into a ravine. A private of the same corps endeavoured to escape by flight, but was overtaken and carried up the mountains to the robber's place of rendezvous, where he lound sixteen other prisoners, mostly Greek travellers, and amongst them a few of other nations. A council was held by the Klephtis, in which it was decided to make proposals of ransom to the captives, which was accordingly done, and ono of them was permitted to return to Nauplia to procure from their friends the amount of 2,000 drachmas, but the robbers made oath to murder the rest if they were betrayed. When the ambassador was gone they considered that the best thing to do with the artilleryman, who was too poor to offer a ran. som, was to quiet him for ever, and they therefore ook him down to the ravine and butchered him in the most cruel manner, leaving him for dead. In the night, however, he came to his senses, and crawled to Epidaurus, most frightfully mutilated, where he crossed by the first boat to Pyrmus, and is now in our military hospital, lying in a precarious state. But we bad another similar attack even closer to the capital, and also within the last few days, where a band of Klephtis made a descent upon the workmen engaged in boring the artesian Well within ten minutes' walk of the Pyrmus ; these latter being well paid, it was supposed they carried their earnings-about their persons ; they attacked them in broad daylight; but the workmen, although unarmed, defender thetiiselves most gallantly with their working irriplements,-. and eventually succeeded in repulsing them, since which they carry arms. These excesses, so close to the capital, throw the greatest odium on the impotence of the executive, and show the degree of security to which our lives and property are subjected in this country, and yet the classical associations which attach to Greece continue to attract travellers from all quarters. The number of English who have lately arrived here includes Lord Alvanley, Colonel and Mrs. Dawson Darner, Lord Rokeby, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Andrew Barnard, Lady Lyons and family, Hon. Mr. Noel, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Captain and Mrs. Jesse, Captain Philipps, Captain Walker (Scots Fusilier Guards), Mr. and Mrs. Udell, Messrs. Snow, Maitland, Merck, C.Jvan, Douglas, Raven; Pidcock, Howard, Hatfield, and Edw trds. Athens is now in a better state to afford accommodation to travellers, there being half a dozen very comfortable hotels, and the facilities of arriving and quitting Greece so much improved by the number of English, French, and Austrian steamers which are navigating the Levant ivalldirections.