The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-15 00:00:00

POLICE.

MasfsfoN-HousE.—A desperate thief, named, Gough, was
last Old Bailey Sessions, tried for breaking a window in
Leadenhall-street, and running away with a great number of
watches, chains, &c. at an early hour in the evening, and con-
victed. The witness against him was the mate of a ship bound
for Jamaica, and the LORD Maron, when the case was stated
at the Justice-room, found in necessary to bind him over to give
evidence, notwithstanding the poor fellow's obligation to attend
the duties of his ship, which was to sail in a few days after
the robbery. The statement of the case in the public papers
met the eye of a venerable Nobleman, Who resides in Hunting
don. Ile wrote the following letter, which, we believe will be
Considered by many as a curiosity:—
" My Lord—The case of Mr. Coles, the first mate of a ship,
bound to Jamaica, is so deplorable and so affecting in all its cir-
cumstances, that I cannot but solicit your Lordship to permit
me under your auspices to be contributory to his relief, and I
have, therefore, taken the liberty of enclosing to your Lord-
ship an order to Messrs. Coutts and Co., to pay to the order of
your Lordship the sum of 25/. I could wish that my name, as
a contributor, should be known only to you. Having, by the
mercy of God, attained a very advanced age, I felt it my duty,
at my entrance upotsanother year, to make this and other simi-
lar contributions an act of peculiar gratitude and acknowledg-
ment to the author and giver of all good. This has been a
Principal motive with mew give you Lordship this trouble, for
after time assurances given by your Lordship and the Court to
this poor man, I am certain the owners of the 'ship will be re-
cone:led to the hardship of the case.—l must repeat my apo-
logy to your Lordship, and assure you that I have the honour
to be, with the greatest respect, your most obedient servant."
The LORD MA von sent for the mate, who, upon, hearing
the letter read, was deeply affected.—The mate stated that the
contribution of the excellent person was the more grateful at
this moment, as his wife had been just brought to bed.—The
LORD Mavon then ascertained, that the loss sustained by the
mate, inconsequence of his absence from the ship, amounted to
about 7W. and told him there could be no doubt of his being
fully remunerated.

been greatly
The inhabitants of `4 ott tftse a bave
annoyed, and the female part much alarmed, by the nocturnal
pranks of some idle thoughtless fellows, who have assumed the
appearance of " a Ghost." On«ednesday
,
evening, about eight
T_homas 11'.are, an apprentice
o'clock, the inhabitants of Green-lane were called to their dOots
lad on. his shoulders, who
'and windows, by a number of children. shoutin " here comes
re has since been apprehend-
the ghost," and down stalked a tall figure covered with a sheet
two boys, more bold than the rest, pulled the sheet from off the
sfit olgi
pauprse
del 1 owe'
dtlF,awnknietra,appeared
aowt tah.a)a.n.t oot nl,iila,
ed for an assault on one of the hoss•—k"u"'Px/tire 7'rlegrapli.)

OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE STATE OF GREECE.

( Concluded from our Paper of yesterday. )

REASONS FOR BORROWING.—The extraordi-
nary situation in which Greece is placed obliged her to have re-
course to loans. If flourishing States have often exhausted
their finances in long wars, and have in consequence been under
the hard necessity of having recourse to that expedient, it could
not be expected that Greece, who had only engaged in war to
relieve herself from oppression, should not take advantage of
the resources which were open to her. Their slow progress may
be attributed to theiinot having availed themselves at the be-
ginning of these means. Their brilliant successes in the course
of last autumn, when they were able to make use of a part of
their loan, are incontestible proofs of this fact.
It is erroneous to suppose that the Greek Government sustains
this war at little or no expense ; they have a land and naval
force to keep up. The expense of the latter, in which consists
their principal,strength, is known to be extremely great. Be-
sides all which, the Government feel the necessity of raising the
country to a level, in point of civilisation, with the rest of
Europe. In pursuance of this plan they have. even amidst-the
bustle of the War, founded a University, opened schools—and,
at the intervals of their leisure, they have been occupied in the
establishment of post-houses, the opening of wads, and other
works of public utility.

. .
Notwithstanding t:.e pressing want of money, the Greek
Government only wishes to contract for very moderate loans ;
not that they have not good security to offer, for seven eighths
of the Continent is at their disposal. This territory, under the
Turkish Government, belonged to the Mosques, the Ottoman
Crown, the Beys and Agas, &c. ; they 'at present form the
national property of Greece. Besides these estates, the Greek
(lovernment can offer as security the territorial resources of the
country, of which we will now give a short account.
PRODUCTIONS of GREECE.—Those who have tuudied sta-
tistics are aware how uncertain the results of that branch of
political economy generally are, even among the most highly
civilized nations : it cannot therefore be wondered at, that the
statistical account of Greece vie are about to present should be
imperfect in its details ; but we can answer for the exactness
of the general account we are about to give.
We will begin with the most important of their exportable
commodities ; such as oils, wines, currants, silks, wool, cotton,
tobacco, vermillion, and southern fruits.
. OILS.—The islands and coasts of Greece are covered with
olive trees. This plant is indigenous to Greece : at any rate
it is to be found in a wild state near the sea. In some of the
islands, but especially in Candia, olive trees die only from
age. It has been ass-Jted that if the growth of olives was pro-
perly encouraged in the latter island, from the faVourable nature
of the soil and climate, it would be able to supply all Europe
with oil. The olive tree in Greece yields fruit from the twelfth