The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-30 00:00:00

Mexico, possessing an extensive coast, as well in
the gulf that bears the name, as on the Pacific
Ocean, will, as soon as freedom of trade can be es-
tablished, become an important link between Europe
and Asia. The silver, which hitherto flowed from .
Mexico to Europe, and from thence to India and
China, will now take a direct course across the
Pacific, and Nlexico will be supplied in return with
the productions of India and Chinese industry.—
Being liberated from the restrictions imposed on her
by Spain, the diversity of her soil and climate will
encourage the cultivation of the sugar cane, the
cotke and cocoa tree, the indigo plant, the vine, the
olive, wheat, and every species of grain, The mines
4%611 be worked with greater skill and activity ; and
• ilis,-consumption of European manufactures will
increase in proportion as they become more produc-
tive.
Peru Icing washed by the Pacific only, and more
remote from Europe, will still have an active in-
tercourse with Asia, although she cannot be a point
of intermediate communication ; bat she will in-
crease the quantity of her exportable commodities,
and institute and extend a beneficial coasting trade.
Chili will enjoy the same advantages, and supply
Peru, and even the western shores of Mexico, with
wheat, flour, wine, tallow, and skins in fulurn fur
sugar, cocoa, coffee, and salt. The healthiness of
the climate, the abundance and, cheapness of. provi-
sions, and the situation of 'the ports of Chili, to
windward of the coasts of Peru, New Granada, and
Mexico, will make that state the principal resort and
depot for European commerce; while the hardiness
of the Chilians, which fits them for seamen, will
ultimately give to that country a large participation
in the carrying trade. It is, however, certain, that
the first advantage in that respect will be reaped by
Great Britain, until the South Americans shall,
by the progress,ot connnercial capital, procure a
sufficient number of ships and seamen of their own.
The °willow of our population will henceforth,
find a ready admission in the thinly peopled, but
fertile regions of South America, where lands may
1), lied for ;noshing, and, taxes are insignificant :
the length and expellee of the voyage are the only
Serious obstacles. It is to be wished thaveniignmts
' in rrefirephe, fix their attention otillichealthy
, provinces of river Plate 'wad Chili, where a climate
. congenial to Eitrypean constitutions, together with
the friendly disposition of the natives, are such as
to obviate 7qutiy of the evils experienced by new
settlers in distant countries.,
Air itatercsting appendage to the above observa-
tions, de insert; a. ramsage from "' Robinson's'Me-
' moils of theittertican Revolution," descriptiVe•of the
wiins of il:enine a direct passage breanalhetween
:Ake Atlantic and Pacific, duo' the Mexican Isthmus
The preference, we find, is here given to the neigh-
* boOd Of the Lake of Niue:wage:l,' over the gulf of
• Panama :. and it is impossible to eoutcmplate with-
Nam *mixture of .awe and exultation, thin practical,
- nay; it would seem, the appro:!ching siecomplish-
thlmt.-of tl Work whirlOvtilllfl-unite tiie billows of
tiVra mighty weans, and by an easy process of lw-
.
. man labour and enterprise, change us it were the
physical boundaries of the world:—
•• We 1144 roost. to teat 91 a ,celioss of the sii in
their nie magaitievnt scitrutr pt h.,
.iga hie between 'lke IWO versus, sypeai rii.eic wa-
ttled vita any uatuiat utstacics.