GREECE.
The murder of four English gentlemen, captured by the brigands, has produced a profound sensation throughout Europe. The passionate indignation of the first excitement is subsiding, but: a stern determination remains to compel reforms in the Government of Greece, and the total uprooting of brigandage. . The Times suggests -the appointment of an English Administration at Athens. Offioial correspondence on the subject, and. the journals of' the victims published, show that the ransoms demanded were provided, but the brigands insisted upon an unconditional amnesty which Government hadcontitutional scnrples about granting. The brigands, finding themselves surrounded by troops, divided into two bands, each with two captives, and tried t? escape ; when hotly pursued they stabbed or shot their prisoners. Several brigands were slain. The bodies of Herbert: and Byner have arrived in England, and were interred. The Greek Government have made pecuniary provision for Mrs Lloyd, widow of one of the murdered men. It is believed that the release of the captives was opposed *by some political partisans at Athens. A searching investigation will be enforced.
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 700, 14 July 1870, Page 3
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175GREECE. Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 700, 14 July 1870, Page 3
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