The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-30 00:00:00

[THE CHRONICLE.]

The panic in the Money Market appears in-
creasing with each succeeding day. Conversation in the City ,
continues to be directed to the lessening of. the issues at. the;
Bank of England, followed by Country. Bankers, and all mo-
nied men, and to the conduct of an eminent capitalist, " wise in
his generation," who foresaw the storm, selling all his stock,
borrowing money in every direction for the last two months, till
he has collected such a sum as passes all precedent, if report
speaks truth, and which he is willing to lend on " adequate se-
curity:" Consols for the October Account opened yesterday
morning at 891, and in a few minutes were reported at 88a1 ;
they afterwards recovered to 88k, fell to 88, and closed at Ng.
Exchequer Bills, 15 to 17.—1 t is worthy of remark, that often
as we have experienced a panic, we never knew one like the
present, entirely unconnected with political rumours.—ln the
Foreign Market the confusion and alarm surpassed all descrip-
tion ; immediately on the opening of the Market, Brazil Scrip
was offered at 8.1 dis.; there were no buyers; then 10; Mexi-
can Scrip 6 dis., then 7 f ; Colombian Bonds 80, closed at 79
to 791 being a fall of nearly 4 per cent. since Saturday ; Peru-
vian Scrip 10 dia., Guatemala 40 dis. ; the others in proportion.
In the Stocks of Continental Europe there was little doing ; but
if the holders were to press sales in the present panic, a consi-
derable reduction must be submitted to. Not the least attention
was paid to Shares yesterday morning; the prices quoted were
entirely nominal. A second Express from Paris to a highly
' respectable house reached the City yesterday, stating a report
that Missolonghi has been taken possession of by two English
frigates, and that when the 'dews reached Constantinople, the
Turkish Government ordered reprisals. It is added, the visit
'of the Duke of Wellington to the French capital is relative to
the affairs of Greece, and that France will allow England toact
in Greece as she pleases, and, if necessary, unite with England
in opposition to the views of Russia and Austria.

THE GREEKS.

(From the Edinburgh Irreelifly Journal:)

The fosllowing is an extract of a letter, from a
Gentleman in Greece to a friend in Edinburgh,
dated Napoli di Romania, April 14, 1825. The
writer frst set foot on the shores of the Morea
at a village called Klarentza

" From this," he continues, " we set out on foot for Napoli
di Rumania, where, after a fatiguing walk
..of eight days,
_we
arrived on the 31st. On foot !' I. hear you exclaim ; Why
did you not take a place in the diligence, or at least ride post ?'
Heaven help you ! you Might as well think of riding post in
the centre of New Holland. Horses, in this miserable country,
we may almOst say. there are none. We could only with diffi-
edlty procure two abortive-looking animals to carry our 1110.-
gage ; and as for a diligence, there is not so near an approach
to a wheel-carriage as a wheel-barrow in any part of Greece.
Greece is not a country for the herd, of travellers. Few of those
who roll over France and Italy, staging it from one comfort-
able inn to another, in close carriages, and over regular roads,
Would relish being obliged to wind their devious way on foot,
among marshes and quagmires—to wade through rivers, which,
as they were by nature fordable,- it was thought unnecessary. to
provide with bridges—to climb to the summit of mountains
almost perpendicular, by following the tracts of the sheep, or
tracing up the bed of a torrent—to Arrive in the evening, jaded,
broken down, and half famished in the labyrinth of a rninous,
hamlet—to stand in the centre of a crowd for half an hour,
satisfying the impertinent curiosity of a parcel of savages, every
one of Whom must look among your luggage, and handle your)
pistols—to be served Up next to feast the more enlightened
curiosity of a Governor, who regularly insists on first knowing
' your name, your nation, your politics, and your news, and then
condescends to procure you a lodging for the night—to be
shown at last into an empty hovel, with a greenwood fire,. that
brings the tears into your eyes—to find nothing to drink but
wine full of resin, and nothing to eat but bread and caviare,
or perhaps by good fortune • sour curds and fried starfish ; and
when at last you turn to seek repose, to find yourself obliged
to choose between a mud floor and an ancient carpet covered
with vermin. And yet this is not'bn exaggerated picture of a
day's travelling in the Morea.
" The only considerable remnant of antiquity which we
visited on the road was the celebrated Temple of Apollo, at
Phigalia, one of the most beautiful monuments of Greece. It
is situated in a dreary valley, at the summit of the ancient
Mount Cotylus—was built by the architect of the Parthenon,
Jotinus—has furnished to the British Museum those precious
relics, the Phigalian marbles—and possesses a peculiar in-
terest as being the spot where Pausanias evoked-the shade of
•
Cleonice.

" My chief attention was directed to an examination of the
actural character of the Greeks; and if I found the result less
favourable than 1 expected, it was also much less unfavourable
than the,captious representation of peevish travellers may lead
many to believe. In the first place, the, GreekS are poor -to
excess. Without competence or comfort, they • were also,
under the late grinding , oppression of the Turks, without
hope ; and as might be expected from such a state of things,
industry and cleanliness are virtues neither practised nor
understood., Again, exposed as they were to the caprice or
extortion of every petty Mahomedan magistrate, they became
obsequious; finding that having justice on their side was no
protection against the prejudice, they became dishonest; being
convinced by experience that, courage in defending their rights
availed nothing against the power which trampled upon them,
they took shelter in cunning ; seeing their own feelings insulted
with impunity, they became careless of the feeling of others ;
being insulted as well as oppressed, they became revengeful :
being cruelly
.punished, they became sanguinary. Such were
and are the vices, of the Greeks. But they have many com-
pensating virtues ; they arc by nature endowed with a kind and
happy ternparament ; they are hardy, brave, and Active ; enter-
prising, ingenious, and faithful to one another; hospitable to a
certain degree; conscious of their defiances, and greedy- of in-
formation and improvement. It is most encouraging to look
fo. ward to the future operation of a good Government on mate-
rials like these.

I need not attempt to give you any of the news of this
country: by the time this letter will reach you, they would be
no longer news. *1 need only assure you, that, however dis-
couraging appearances may be to those who view events from
a distance, there is no one who knows the country, and the
character of the people, that entertains the smallest apprehen-
sion of the Turks re-conquering them. Greece is at present In
a stationary state. The character of her military force, and
the poverty of the Government, prevent them from advancing
upon the enemy, and driving them. to their last retreats. But
the best hopes are entertained from the new lean, an instal-
ment of which is daily expected to arrive."

CHARGE OF MURDER.—ConneI, who was tried
at the Chester Assizes on Saturday, for the murder of Margaret
Trevor, was pronounced not guilty by the jury at nine o'clock
at night.
Mr. REAVES, of Middleton, Bucks, was unfor.
tunately killed on Friday evening, by his chaise being over,
turned on his return from Eghain. He was accompanied by
Mr. Miller, a friend, who escaped unhurt. The accident was
occasioned by the horse taking fright at some Gypsies' light,
and the chaise was overturned into a ditch, with Mr. Reeves
under it.