The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-15 00:00:00

BANKS IN GREECE

PATRAS, APRIL 24, 1841.—The Government has at length
published its law for the edablishment of a Na'ional Bank by
shares, with a capital of five millions of drachmes, of which
three are to be hard cash, and two paper money. This law is
sent round to all the capitalists in Eur3pe, in the hope of in-
ducing them to furnish the funds requisite to put the flank in
operation, for not a single share is yet taken, nor likely to
be taken, so long as the affairs of Greece are in the hands of
a swarm of hungry foreigners, who alone possess the King's
confidence.

But the Commercial Bank established by our countrymen at
this place and the Pirmus, with two millions of drachmes capital
in cash, and conducted on honest and independent principles,
free from all political bias, and asking no privilege of the Court,
is in ac• ive operation, although scarcely two months have elapsed
since the Royal charter was signed. It is both popu ar with the
Greeks, and will becomehighly beneficial to the country and pro-
fitable to the shareholders. The success of this Briti.h bank has ex-
cited the envy of NI. Eynard, the el-decant banker o, Capo cl' Is-
trias, and of the Intendant of Finance, Beg ny, both of whom
hoped that King Otho would have granted them a monopoly of
banking in Greece, by which they might inundate the coun-
try with raper money, and have an opportunity of converting
the old Greek bonds (of which Al. Eynard is a large
holder) on favourable terms. I will not recount all the intrigues
practised by M. Regny and the Court clique to bring about
their views. M. Eynard at length, unable longer to stifle
his ill humour at the Royal char:er to the Commercial Bank,
accuses the Pirmus manager in :he Journal des Debuts of being
an usurer, to which caluminous attack that gentleman has gken
an able contradiction in the Greek papers. Mr. Eynard and
his Bavarian, French, and Russian friends in Greece, cannot
bear to sea British enterprise successful and popular : they
hate England and Englishmen, because we will not quietly put
up with their impertinence. They will do us all the harm
they can. but fortunately their power of doing harm is dispro-
portionate to the will.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BEVERLEY RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Holderness Stakes of 10 goys. each • T.Y C.
Mr. S. K ng'o Lattorite (Templeman) 1
Mr. 7•ineleton's Smike .
The folowing also started :—Mr. Bell's Frea : Mr. Robin-
son's f. by Belshazzar, out. of Melbourne's dam ; and Lord
Chesterfield's AL-my-Eye.
Ihe Gold Cup Stakes of 15 soya. each, 10ft., and 5 only if
declared, the second to save his stake. (2 miles.)
Mr. Richardson's Kip gton Robin, 4 year,. (Templeman) 1
Mr. Wormald's Millepede, 3 yrs
The following were not placed :—Mr. Allen's Antigua,
5 yrs ; Mr. Fox's Sandy, 5 ps ; Mr. Robinson's Nebuchad-
nezzar, 3 yrs ; Mr. Peek's Tournament, and Mr. Haworth's
Hull Bank, 3 yrs.
Plate of 60 Foy:. Mile and a quarter heats.
Mr. Hobson's Cainby, 4 yrs (Marsden) 0 1 1
Mr. Rubinson's Cato, 3 yrs

Mr. Cohinson'• mby Falcon, dby tLe Phantom 0 0 0
Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre, 3 yrs 2 dr
Mr. Bell's Mary O'More, 3 yrs

KELSO SPRING MEETING.-TUESDAY.

The Border St Leger Sweei stakes of 20 so:s.each, h. ft.,

with :i0 added. Ma., and half.

Mr. Ramsay's Sheriff and Fulton (Noble) 1
M. Daw-on ud Eu. erve
Tyco.vrs-old SlseepstAcett of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50
added. Half mile.
_ _ _

Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Biukie (Noble) 1
Sir J. Bo.well's Mo,arch
sir W. Scott's Tafilet
TheJerri,wolde Plate of 1551: Heats, two miles.
Mr. Ramsay's Neptune, 4 yrs
Mr. Lambert s St. Bennett. aged
Three othersstarted.
The Oats Stakes were won by Sir W. Scott's Lilliard.