The National Register. — London, England, 1822-05-12 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. 3. Child, Altlermanbury. hosier. BANKRUPTS. I. T. Bird, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, butcher. Solicitors, Messrs. Samlye and Co. Crane Court, Fleet Street. J. Russ, Evesham, Worcestershire, butcher. Soh. Messrs. Darke and Co. lied Lion Square. R. Pearl. Cambridge, cook. Sol. Mr. Farlow, Gray's Inn. J. Schofield, Sheffield, merchant. Sol. Mr. Wilson, Grevilie Street, Hatton Garden. J. Hawkins, jun., Glastonbury, Sornersetshire, horse dealer. Messrs. Adlington and Co. Bedford Row. J. Vincent, Regent Street, Marylebone, victualler. Sol. Mr. Orlebar, George Street. Hanover Square. C. Emett, Mangoti•field. Gloucestershire, quarryman. Sols. Me. , :rs. Poole and Co. Gray's Inn Square. J. Sampson, Gainsburgn, Lincolnshire, mercer. Sole. Messrs. Stocker and Co. Old Boswell Court. J. Busher, Brown's Buildings, St. Mary Axe. timber merchant. Sol. Mr. Hutchison, Crown Court, Threadneedle Street. J. Dryden. Wood Street. Cheapside, warehouseman. Sols. Messrs. Adams and Co. Old Jewry. W. Ekins. jun. St. Ives. Huntingdonshire, innkeeper. .Sols. Mesas. Long and Co. Gray's Inn. J. CruckShanks, Gerrard Street, Soho, sash manufacturer. Solt. Messrs. Allen and Co. Carlisle Street. Soho. T. White. Regent Street, whkesmith. Sol. Mr. Rice. Jermyn Street, Piccadilly• B. Whitehouse, Birmingham, baker. Sol. Mr. Smith, Ba singhall Street. R. Welwyn, Wend Street, Cheapside, printer. Sols. Messrs. Jones and Co. Mincing Lane. %V. Cosser, Millbank Street, Westminster, timber merchant. Sol. Mr. Sheffield, Great Prescott Street, Goodman's Fields. H. Ackland and J. Rose. Leadenhall Market, provisioa merchants. Sols. Messrs. Daniell and Co. Temple. W. Tattier, Kent Road, victualler. Sol. Mr. Walls, Lower Thornhaugh Street. Bedford Square. T. Ely, Fenchurch Street s makster. Sols. Messrs. Daniell and Co. Temple. DIVIDENDS. June 4, W. and W. S. Ilesleclen, Barton upon. Humber, I.incolnshire, scriveners-4, B. Pearson, Doncaster, butcher-3, \V. Glph, Norwich, bombazine manufacturer-5, S. Francis, Norwich, manufacturer-1, G. Stanley, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, clothier-1, B. R. Ward, Maiden Lane, Battle Bridge, muatard ntanufacturer—l, J. L. Stutld, Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, merchant—l, .1. and G. Bell, Berwick upon Tweed. coopers -13. H. Fatigoin, Bristol, grocer-1, J. klacnair, junior. and J. Atkinson, Lornhill, merchants—i, M. Nathan and A. Abrams, Old Street. tallow chandlers-1, .C. Lackey, Ivy Lane. corn chandler—t, C. L Spitta, F. and G. Moiling, and H. A. Spina, Lawrence Pauline/ Lane,mercbants-3, T. Garside, Stockport. Cheshire, cotton spinner. CERTIFICATES tote granted June I. • J. Whitbourn, Brook Street, Holborn, oilman—S. TtMter. Stone, Stafford, butcher—R. Gurney, StatTord Street, Bond Street, picture dealer—J. White, senior, Cirencester, Gloucester. shire. cutler-4. 'lathery and T. Pape. Leeds, seed crushers— IC Wills, Broad Street, Bloomsbury, tobacconist—T. Evans, Birmingham, builder—G. Phillips. Manchester, plumber—C. Bayley, Abingdon, Befits, linen draper—C. Lloyd, Therfont. Norfolk, bookseller—M. Hembree. Lambeth Road, victualler— J. Railaton, North Shields, ship owner. COURSE OF EX I Amsterdam, 12 5 C. F. Ditto, at sight, 12 2 Rotterdam, 12 0 Antwerp, 12 1 Haniburgli, 37 2 Altura, 37 3 Paris, 3 days' sight, 25 20 Ditto, 25 50 Bourdeaux, 25 50 Frankfort on theNlaine, 154 Vetersburgh, 9 3 U. Vienna, Ef. Ho. 10 10 Trieste, El. Flo. 10 10 Madrid, 37—Cadiz, 361 Bilboa,36i—Barcelona, 36 CHANGE, MAY 10. 364--Gibrallar,3ol Leghorn, 46}--Germa, 44} Mall.i,43—Venice, 27 60 Naples, 40--Lisbon, ;I Oporto, 51—84hia,61 HisJaneito, 46 Palermo, per cent. Cork, 91 per cent. Foreign goblin bars,3l. 17s. 100. - per or. New Donbluoim, 31. 13s. New Dollars, 4s, Sid. Silver in bais,slandArd, 4s. Rank Stock 236 3 per Cent. Red. 77 3 per Cent.Consola 781 3i per Cent. 4 per Cent. 911 a per Cent. Navy 102) LOUg Auu. 19) STOCKS. Own' O. Imp. 3 per Cent. India Bonds 58 India Stock 241 Exchequer Bilk 4s. prem. Coos. for Ac. flit Lottery Tickets .Cl 9 18s. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Lon Don : SUNDAY, MAY 12. The Resolutions brought forward by the Marquis of Londonderry, for the avowed purpose of reliev ing the agricultural distress, have been discussed in the House of Commons, and the report upon those which have been agreed to, is ordered to be presented—after which, as a matter of course. leave will be asked, and we presume- granted ► to introduce a Bill founded upoti them—we therefore now proceed to a summary dissection of them.--The tirst Resolution was to authorize the advance of one million sterling to the Agricultural Conununity on a deposit of Corn as a ►ecurity—the futility and ruinous effect of such a measure is so self-evident, that we should have been surprised if any bumpkin Member had originated it—that it should have been brought forward by the Minister, who, we know, considers himself as the rte plus ultra of abi lity and finesight, does astonish us. However, the Resolution itself may well exclaim with our old friend Gay— " The Child whom many Fathers share 11:15 seldom known a Father's care." for when the Marquis found the common sense of the House against it (and the House may unques. THE NATIONAL REGISTER, tionably assert with Macbeth—" They cannot say that we are fools as well as rogues") why then he renounced it—after having introduced has his legiti mate offspring, he bastardized it at once, and parental feeling ceasing to exist towards it, he consented to its being strangled or smothered, or, in other words, he withdrew it. The second Resolution, and all the subsequent ones were agreed to, in consequence of which foreign corn now warehoused may be ground in England, with an ostensible view to ex portation, the enforcement of which must however be very uncertain, and the price restrictive against importation will remain, as heretofore, at 80e., On the subject of the measure for granting annui ties on our.half•pay list, while we maintain an ex pensive establishment to superintend the boasted sinking fund, a very few words will suffice, and per haps no shorter way can be found than by putting it as an hypothetical question thus—"" What would be thought of that man's prudence, who having the means of borrowing to on immense amount should do eo, his borrowed loan requiring a large and ex pensive establishment of commissioners, clerks, &c. while, not having profitable ways of employing such borrowed capital, he lent it out again at the same interest as he borrowed it at, entailing upon his lent loan an equally expensive set of managers ?"—An exact parity may not exist between the two cases, but our readers will see the plain fact—we have a nominal sinking fund which in its management finds patronage for commissioners, clerks, &c.—yet, instead of cutting off these locusts by appropriating that sinking fund.to the liquidation of our naval and military pensions, we borrow, upon annuity, money enough to meet those demands by which another share of patronage is created to Ministers—another set of locusts are allowed to prey upon the vitals of the country—but perhaps corruption may by these means gain an accession of another guilty vote, and then " the necessary influence may be preserved. When the Bill is before us we shall be enabled to firm a more correct opinion of the measure which, at present, is in a state of such crudity as to prevent its being understood even by. the Noble and Right lion. Mover himself. STOCIL•EXCHANGE, SATURDAY ONE O'CLOCIE.—.-. There is very little fluctuation in the funds this morning, and scarcely any business doing up to this hour. The general topic of conversation in the city is the new loan. .Tht amount of the subscrip tions as the South Sea House, up to this hour, is stated to be only between five and six hundred thousand pounds. The Bank, however, it is be lieved, will take the contract, in the event of its being refused by the South Sea Company. The market has, in consequence improved-78 gi Mr. Hase, from the Bank of England, has just given notice, that he will be ready to pay off all the dis sentients to the redaction of the Five per Cents , upon receiving four days' previous notice. A private letter from Paris states, on good au thority, that the Turkish Government have decided on sending a Plenipotentiary to the approaching Congress for settling the affairs of Europe. Much importance is attached by the writer to this con cession, on which the preservation of tranquillity is considered materially to depend. That a Congress for the above purpose will actually assemble, is no longer doubted in quarters usually acquiring correct information. Its place of meeting, we now learn, will be Florence ; and the commencement of its de liberations will not, it is said, be deferred beyond the end of June. I HC CONFIANCE.-It appears that the Saturday previous to the Sunday morning on which she sailed out of port, she took the ground between Spike Island and Crosshaven, and the opinion of intelligent persons is, that she was strained thereby, having heeled of considerably, and her metal having shifted. It is an extraordinary circumstance, but is narrated to us by credible persons, that on the night previous to the sailing of the Coq/knee, the wife of the master was heard to shriek in her sleep, and, on being awakened, said she had dreamt her husband was drowned. The same incident occurred three times during the night, and each time she started he had had the same dream. NO FINE ARTS. THE TWO MARYS AT THE SEPULCHRE. (PAINTED BY MR. HALLS.) Bold efforts are, when directed to useful purposes, indices of great minds—surely he who partially tails to the execution of a serious task deserves col ..... endation, rather than the spiritless being, who coldly abandons the attempt because he fancies the end is unattainable by human agency. Enterprise leads to exertion—exertion to industry—itulustry to perseverance—perseverance to talent—talent to glory: thus is it that the vigour of enmlation gives birds to genius. The subject of this picture is from Matthew, chap. gd—the group consists of Mary, Mary Nlagdalene, the Angel, aid Guards—the Angel's head immediately attracts she eye of the spectate r towards the angelic messengeN what is disposed in tl,e centre of the picture—there is in the happy expression of the angel's features, a celestial softness of ctiaracter whit It exhibits the imaginative poetry of the art—his interesting physiognomy is endued with an ideality of sentiment which the pencil can describe far better than the pen— the silvery star of light over the Angers head proclaims the divinity anti pinny of his important mission—nor is the surrounding mass of light less approoriate and sym bolical The rich golden l o cks of the heavenly ambas sador render his heautifid -features doubly significant and striking. The unearthly and poetic softness, so inex pressible but upon canvas, is powerfully contrasted by the hurr►an figures which are contiguous. The Angel's loon is drawn very correctly, but had is been more le iniwine..it might have been more beautiful—the attitude is well selected. Magdalene exhibits the piety of her conversion—she is nut at all meretricious, either in face, or its attitude, and is quite the reverse of what an °fiend- Mg, out unconverted lagdalene would appear, IVe make this remark becauae a cotentporary journal has taken upon itself to assert that the figure it of a depraved cast—although it is possible to instil more loveliness into her form it is entirely purged from that vice and boldness which eharaeterise an impertinent votary of pleasure.— The other Mary forms a contrast in age and attitude, bending in lowly devotion, whilst Mary 'Magdalene betrays the fear of youth and the hesitation of inexpe rience. The elder .lary having been more familiarised to holy things, contemplates the angel without the coo fusing emotions of intense astonishment. To the right of the picture are three soldiers who exhibit symptoms of the most confounded terror and (mune amazement, at the supernatural scene. The drapery and *rumor of the soldiers are painted in rich glowing gusto. • The fine, masterly, and bold figure-of the astonished guard arising from sleep, to the right of the picture, has an exceedingly impressive effect, arising from its breadth of execution.— The foreshortening of his left le3 has merit. His hoods actually project, as it were from the canvas. The white drapery of the Angel is illustrative of his purity of nature. Thee/nuns-aeon. is judicious and pleasing, and the ge neral effect of the picture improves very touch upon con tinued observation—m proof, as it is said, of the real salute of a picture. The carnations are generally warm and pleasing, although, perhaps, in some part, not sufficiently deep in roue—the drapery is altogether well Deranged, and well coloured—the lights are managed wilt. care and simplicity—there is something Venetian-like in the tints of the drapery. As being friendly to those arts which form the de liahtful embellishments of life, it is our fervent desire to foster genius and to cherish talent, without regard to rrshn or school—and although we cannot in justice to outselves, or with candour to the public, conceal faiths, we pet slime not to advert to thetucen ;curiously. Wherever there is much to commend, there is much room for in dulgence,. That Mr. Halls has sufficient genius to im prove under the guide of experience this production fully evinces, and we have no doubt that his success tai I increase with his age.. The difficulty of his present task shows that he is willing to take the daring flight of honourable and well-directed enterprise. COIENT GARDEN THEATRE. A new piece interspersed with music, was in . roduced last night at this Theatre. under the title of The Law' Java —Zaida, the wife of Partaya, a native of Nlacassar, having been forcibly carried away, and placed in the Haram of the Sultan of Java, her ini‘band Parbaya tempts to recover her, but being discovered, is von &maul to dealt ;—under an old law of Java, the alter native of bringing poison from the Upas tree, is given to him : the destructive qualities attributed to this me. ale well known; they generally occasion the death of those who collie within their influence, bin if the prisoner escape t heir deleterious power, he is pardoned—Parbaya succeeds in the attem p t, and having found in the person of the Priest appointed to attend the culpins who 3'e seta upon this dreary expedition, a long lost father, t7tt learns from him, that by the law of Java, he is not on'y hunted to his liberty, but to demand any gift he pleases from the Emperor: it may be easily supposed that Par. lay., exercises this right, dentanditur the liberty of h beloved wife, and the piece concludes happily. Mr. Young performed the husband with his usual enemy, and Mr. Liston produced a great deal 0 ! l a u g hter in the character of an English servant in a Dutch offi cer: he employs himself constantly in tilling a note book with his observations (after the ITlOlitler of modern tra vellers) with a view to flume puhlicatiim. The piece contained some very agreeable music, wh ich was well executed by Miss Stephens, Miss Tree, and Mr. I)uru'et. It was well received, but will rrquire a little pruning, being in some parts rather heavy : alter little alteration, we think it will have a run. It was announced for repetition with general app►obadoa. A grant of laud of 100,000 acres in Veneaucla, made to General D'Evereux, by Bolivar, when brought to the hammer, at the Auction-mart, a tew days ago, fetched but 330 guineas, somewhat less than a penny an acre! r