apply(matrix,...) fails



With the latest version of Maxima I have encountered
a new problem maybe caused by some limited buffer or
new default setting:

If I do a
"
apply(matrix,Hilbert(100))
"
where for instance Hilbert(100) is the 100x100 Hilbert matrix, 
I get an error message on both the latest Windows and 
Linux versions of Maxima:
"
Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
..... MACSYMA-TOP-LEVEL [or a callee] requires less than one
hundered arguments
.....
"

Is there a way to fix this or to convert a a 100x100 list 
of lists into a 100x100 matrix?

  Regards

   Fabrizio