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THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, APRIL 19, IS2I.
abTEP. Mozszay.-11olid.iy at the Bank.

THE FUNDS.

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In the 59th No. of the Qwirterly Retie% there is an
able article from Mexico, which will be read with much
interest at the present moment, when every day is esta-
blixhing some new commercial or political relations
between that country and England. The concluding
observations of the' writer we lay before our Rcaders,
because they exhibit, in an accurate point of view, the
general circumstances which make the future state of
that vast empire an object of such importance:
" We should consider," says the Reviewer, " the es-
tablishment of an independent and good Government
in that extensive and interesting country to be not only
a benefit to its inhabitants, but to the whole of the civi
lized world. It is certainly a melancholy spectacle to
behold a region so favoured by nature as Mexico, en-
joying a soil and climate generally so well adapted to
the productions most desirable in every pot of the
world, kept from rising to thefulness and enjoyment.by
subjection to a Power who only ruled it by restrictions_
and monopolies.
" The first of these evils will be removed by secu: log
independence ; the latter, by the moderation, intelli-
gence, and public spirit, which it is the duty and
inte-
rest of those who may have the lead in the national
councils to exercise. In warm climates the disposition
to indolence is so powerful, that without an extensive
diffusion of knowledge, no great impulse will ever be
directed towards improvement. Spain, miserably deti •
cient at home in regard to every species of knowledge,
could hardly be expected to use any extraordinary exer-
tions in communicating it to her distant provinces. The
improvements in every art and science, which have of
late been making an astonishing progress in all other
parts of the world, may find in it country like Mexico,
from which they have hitherto been excluded, a fieid in
which to display their powerful influence. The general
diffusion of elementary knowledge may create excite-
ments to excel, and these will raise up in due time in-
dividuals of such pre-eminence in the different useful
departments of society as may give a general tone and
a powerful impetus to the whole community.
" From the situation of Mexico, with her western
shores at nearly the same distance from India as her
eastern shores ate from Europe, she is admirably situated
for commercial intercourse with both. The productions
in which each excels may be advantageously exchanged
for that surplus which security and industry will enable
the soil and the mines of Mexico abundantly to dis-
pense. With the introduction of the comforts to which
the nations are accustomed who have farther advanced
in civilization, the general desire to obtain them will
naturally grow up; thus a stimulus will be given, which,
if well directed, must tend to promote the means of com-
munication between the distant parts of this extensive
country, and give scope to an inter nal commerce, the best
foundation, perhaps, of national wealth and prosperity."

STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Although a holiday at the Bank, the Stock Exchange is open
this morning, and Consols opened at 961, g, at which price they
remain steady, with little doing.
An Express from Paris has brought the French Rentes of Satur-
day at 1021. 85c. Spanish 16.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Very little doing this morning except iri Columbian Scrip, owing
to the letters being delivered this morning.
Curtent Prices:—New Spanish 161 to 17, Old 171, Austrian
Scrip 17, Mexican Scrip log 1. Colombian Scrip 41 to 1, Colom-
bian 941, 'French Scrip 161 to 17, Alliance Shares 161 to 17.
In all other Foreign Securities nothing doing, therefore the
prices may be quoted as on Saturday.

A Lady remarking to SHERIDAN the great increase of
trials of a certain description, not the most honourable
to the female sex, he observed, " Why, Madam, we do
three Limes the business of our ancestor;." The remark
might have been more general ; but while business of
every description increases, there are some persons who

think that it may, or rather ought to be, got througt
by the same individual. This is pattieularly the c;te
as respects the Luau CHANCELLOR) who has been
treated with great severity because lie has not remedied
that standing complaint two centuries old—the law's
delay. It cannot be denied that great inconvenience
must often accrue to parties, from the tedious processes
of a suit in Chancery—but this inconvenience arises
more from the complicated form of the proceedings
than even the accumulated business of the Court ; and
• yet, from the manner in which the Elul of ELDON has
been assailed, it might seem that he was personally
responsible for the evil.
The Public arc aware that a Commission has been
appointed to investigate the subject, and it will be seen
by our extract from the London Gazdtr,that the power
of the Law Commissioners has been materially enlarged
from what it was originally stated to be ; for besides
the practice of the Court of Chancery, and the attendant
expenses, they are to inquire hether any and what
part of the business now subject to such jurisdiction
can usefully and beneficially be withdrawn, and com-
mitted to the jurisdiction of any and what other Courts
or Ti ibunah."
The last number of the Quailed] Pevictv, a work
which brings to the discussion of every sitisject :such
sound reasoning and many appo,ite illustrations, con-
tains an article headed the Cow t of Chaccct y, which
is a very complete vindication of the pi esent Lord
CHANCELLOR. The writer is favourable to the inquiry
which his MAJESTY has recommended, and obset vei, that
although "No Commission can gi veto future Lord Chan-
• cellors the solid principles of a HARDA'ICKE, the vigor-
ous decision of a TnunLow, or the deep learning and
acute discrimination t! an ELDON ; it may produce ail
that is wanting to make the Court of Chancery as per-
fect in its administration as any human institution can
be—namely, the simplification of those proceedings,
and the diminution of :hose expenses which occur in the
earlier periods of causes:.
The writer, after noticing the great antiquity of the

complaint of the law's delay, which•has for two hundred
tears been objected to against all the greatest and most
eminent pers ms who have occn vied theVeoolsack, enters
into a compel stiveyiew cf the busicess of the Court at
di►fferent periods, and the labotit i of the respective Lord
Chancellors.
The increase of the national dAt from seventy•two
millions to eight hundred millions, in a period of seventy
years, has produced a nearly equal increase in the im-
portance of Chancery business, when we consider the
tendency of this kind of property to become subject to
the Chancellor's jurisdiction in matters of Trusts—
rds—lnfants—Wills—Bankrupts—Partnerships,Stc.

In the following; statement, which we copy from the
Review, the data are not only more precise, but the
facts more striking:
" Lord Ilardwicke, in 20 years, issued 14,000 Bankrupt Com-
missions; Lord Eldon, in 20 years, issued 40,000 Commissions—
Nearly three times the number.—Lord Ilardwicke made, in eleven
years eleven months, 1308 orders ; Lord Eldon, in eleven years four
months, 3168 orders—Nearly three limes the number.
" In Lunacy, the number of orders made by Lord Chancellor
Ilardwicke, in nine years, from 1758 to 1746 inclusive, was 410'
an average under fifty per annum. But in Lord Eldon's last nine
years, the number of similar orders was 2372—an average of about
250 per annum. Thus then, putting out of the account the whole
weight of the fourth class of business (Petitions and references to
the Coort, arising out of public and private Acts of Parliament),
which affects Lord Eldon alone, we are enabled to shew, that on a
en:opt-ism with Lord I tardwicke's time, the business dispatched has
been increased—ln Chancery, nearly twofold! In Bankruptcy,
nearly threefold'. In Lunacy, above fivefold !
" The following statement of the number of controverted appeals
and writs of error, determined in the house of Lords by every
Chancellor, from Lord Hardwicke inclusive, compared with an equal
period of Lord P.ldon's administration, will astonish those of our
readers who only know of this matter what they learn in News-
papers and Parliamentary Debates, and will silence, we are confi-
dent, all such charges for the future :
Lord Ilardwicke, in 20 years (1757 to 1756), 235 cases.
Lord Eldon - in 20 years (1801 to 1822), 469 cases;
Twice the number.
Lord ?Worthington, to 10 years (1757 to 1769), 136 cases.
Lord Eldon - in 10 years (1813 to 1823), 397 cases.
Three times the number.
Lord Camden - in 4 years (1764 to 1769), 69 cases.
Lord Eldon - in 4 years (1813 to 1816), 214 cases.
Above three tinies the number.
Lord Apsley - in 8 years (1771 to 1720, 172 eases.
Lord Eldon - in 8 years (1813 to 1820), 325 cases.
Above twice the number.
Lord Thurlow - in 14 years (1779 to 1792), 196 cases.
Lord Eldon - in 14 years (1809 to 1822), 458 cases.
Greatly above twice the number.
Lord Rosslyn - in 8 years (1793 to 1800), 192 eases.
Lord Eldon - in 8 years (1813 to 1820), 325 cases.
Greatly above twice the number."

We agree with the writer, that these facts speak vo
lunies, nor are they the only ones which may be ad.
duced in proof, that, as Lord Chancellor, the tar' of
ELDON has done three times the business of his prede-
cessors; indeed it appears that his Lordship has, in
twenty years, decided 29 appeals more than Lords
HARDRICKE, NORTIIINGTON, and CAMDEN, all together,
decided in 34 years! Nor must it be omitted that,
since the Union, the Irish appeals have come in addi-
tion to the natural increase of the business in the House
of Lords ; nor is this the only increase, since the time
of Parliamentary attendance required from the LORD
CrIANcELLott has been augmented in proportion.—
We find, by the Lords' Journals, that in the year
1750 that House sat 52 days, and the record of their
proceedings is comprised in 75 pages of the Journal:
In 1810 the House sat 94 days, and the record of its
proceedings occupies 402 pages of the Journal. In 1750
there were passed 40 public and 33 private Acts of Par-
liament ;—in 1810, 119 public and 334 private Acts,
double the quantity of time (even if their Lordships sat
only the same number of hours in each day), and six
times the quantity of space, and more than six times
the quantity of business.
nom these statements it will be seen, that his Lord-
ship has not been deficient in industry ; and that his de-
cisions have not been hasty or immature his hardiest
opponents will not assert. Indeed, it is universally al-
lowed that no Judge ever displayed greater talehts, or
a more correct judgment; and there never was a Lord
Chancellor against whose decisions there have been so
I few appeals.

The latest intelligence from Greece is highly favour
able to the cause of independence; and it would appear
from an article in one of the Brussels Papers, that there
is so little expectation of the Turks ever reducing the
Greeks again to subjection, that the Continental Powers
arc speculating on giving a Sovereign to the new State:
If we may give credit to some letters from Ger-
many," says the Brussels Journal, " the day is not dis-
tant when the Great Powers will recognise the political
independence of Greece, which will be created into a
kingdom. It is asserted that the new crown will be
cffered to a Prince of the North ; many persons, how-
ever, believe, that an Austrian Archduke will be chosen
to reign over the Peloponnesus."
A letter from Ancona, dated the 4th of April,
announces the at-livid of a vessel from Corfu with the
news that the town of Lepanto had fallen into the
hands of the Greeks on the 15th of March. The artil-
lery of the Philhellenes, tinder the direction of Colonel
STANHOPE, is said to have effected a bleach, after which
a summons was sent to sut tender. JUSSUF PACHA how.
ever refused to capitulate, and the storming took place
in the night between the 14th and 15th, a little before
the dawn of day. CONSTANTINE BOZZARIS and NICETAS
" the Turk-eater," led the van, and before seven o'clock
IA.M. the standard of the Cross floated on the walls of
the city. Part of the garrison perished, and an im-
mense booty was taken, consisting of money, ammuni-
tion, aims, baggage, and the spoils proceeding from
the plunder of Achille, in 1821. JUSSUF PACIIA is re-
pot ted to have been killed in the action. On the other
hand, a letter friom Constantinople, dated March 10,

asserts that far from having proclaime3 himself in l&
pendent of the Porte, the Pacha of Egypt has been ap-
pointed Conimander-in-Chief of all the land asd sea
forces destined to act against the Morea and the islands.

NVe have received the French Papers of Friday, but,
so far as 'elites to France, they contain no intelligence
of interest. The Journal des Dads informs us, that
on the sth instant, the French Government •_aused
it to be notified to the Spanish officers at Bourges, who
were prisoners in the last war, that they had it in their
option either to return to Spain, to stay in France, or to
seek a residence in some other foreign country. If they
returned to Spain, they would receive passports, but
they mu,t determine by what part of the frontier they
wished to enter ; if they wished to remain in France,
they must justify their means of existence; and if they
choose any other country for an asylum, they were like-
wise bound to declare by what part of France they de-
sired to take their departure.

We have received intelligence, via Bayonne, from
Madrid, to the 6th inst. It presents the same disgusting
picture of lawless riot and insatiable vengeance on one
side, and of almost hopeless suffering on the other, to
which we have been accustomed since the triumph of
the French arms in Spain. However, the Constitu-
tionalists ate not everywhere passive victims, for we
learn, on the authority of late accounts from Valencia,
that '3OO of them, well armed, have occupied Teltucl.
But this appears to be only a solitary instance of re-
sistance; whereas, their opponents present everywhere
an organized force, and ate become so arrogant, that
they begin to look upon the French rather as in-
truders than ausiliaiies. They seem to have as little
confidence in their own Government. At Valladolid
the Royalist volunteers have fotmally refused to obey
the ordonnance for their regulation. In Asturias, great
disorders are said to prevail ; and how this anarchy will
end it is imposible to say, though it is no bad commen-
tary on that passage of the French KING's Speech,
wherein he boasts of the divine concurrence in putting
down the Constitutional System.

A Paper, printed in French and Spanish, is in circu-
lation at Madrid, containing the Treaty between France
and Spain. This Treaty stipulates, that the King of
FRANCE shall have 50,000 troops in Spain, unless he
has need of them for the defence of his own kingdon.
The King of SPAIN, an his side, may send the troops
away whenever he thinks their presence unnecessary—a
circumstance which it not likely to happen soon. As a
reason for the departure of the French garrison from Ma-
drid, it is stated, that General BOURMONT had received
instructions not to divide his troops ; but no reason is as-
signed why this arrangement was subsequently departed
horn. To skew how much the personal security of FER-
DINAND, and the dignity of the Monarch, have been
improved by the change from the Constitutional to
an arbitrary system, it is only necessary to mention
the precautions that have been taken, since he has re-
moved from Madrid to Aranjuez. In the first place,
every post, to a distance of several leagues, is occupied
by French troops. Moreover, gens d'armes are sta-
tioned on all the roads leading to Aranjuez, who com-
pel all travellers, without any distinction, to change
their route ; and, lastly, all foreigners have been prohi-
bited from entering the place. Of course, the Consti-
tutionalists are rigidly excluded. However, this Eastern
mode of seclusion seems to have displeased the Serviles;

and placards have been posted up in the most fre
(vented streets of Madrid, containing thee words:—
" Royalists! unite to deliver the King, who is a pri.
soncr at Aranjuez."

We have received Ilamburgh Papers to the llth in-
stant, but their contents are uninteresting, unless we
except an article under the head of St. Petersburgh,
which says that the diplomatic intercourse between that
Court and those of Vienna, Paris, and London, has of
late assumed an extraordinary activity. Though the
object is not stated, we have no doubt but it has refer-
ence, almost exclusively, to the differences between
Russia and the Porte; and we are borne out in this opi-
nion by an article under the head of Lintz, in which it
is stated, that the departure of the Emperor of AUSTRIA
for his Italian States is contingent on the course of the
negotiations at Constantinople. From this, it would
appear, that new difficulties have suddenly arisen.

Letters have been received from Buenos Ayres, but
their dates are only one day later than those which had
previously arrived. Everything was tranquil, and the
Indians, who make inroads to a short distance from the
capital, had begun to retire, as soon as efficient measures
were adopted to punish their audacity. Confident ex-
pectations were entertained that the affairs of Peru
would be settled by General BouvAn without the fur-
ther effusion of blood, as soon as LA SERNA and CA\•
TERAC should be made acquainted with the ungrateful
conduct of King FERDINAND, and the degrading
manner in which Spain had been replunged into despo-
tism. These two Chiefs are pledged to the Constitu-
tional Party, and it is said that nearly all the Officers
with them are in favour of the same principles.

A Brussels Paper of Friday gives the following ac-
count of the overflow of subsciiptions to the new So-
ciety of Commerce:
" By a decision of the Minister for Colonial Affairs, dated the
15th, the list of inscriptions for the Society of Commerce of the
Netherlands is closed. The following are the sums subscribed in
various cities :

Amsterdam - 34 Millions. Ghent Millions.
Rotterdam, above 11 Antwerp, above 16
Middleburg 2 Ostend
" At Bruges, Tournay, Btc. the sums subscribed are consider-
able. At Antwerp, one house subscribed 1,500,000 florins ; a
second, one million ; a third, 940,000; a fourth, 800,000 ; a fifth,
500,000; and several for two, three, and four hundred thousand
twins: The amount of the sums inscribed in the space of thirty-
six hours in the cities named by his Majesty's Decree, is estimated
at one hundred millions of Such a result demonstrates two
things : first, the enormous amount of capital in this kingdom; and,
secondly, the general confidence in this gre4t operation."