THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ton Don : MONDAY, MAY IS. The Resolutions brought forward by the Marquis of Londonderry, for the avowed purpose of reliev ing the agricultural distress, have been discussed i❑ 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 upon them—we therefore now proceed to a summary dissection of them.—The first Resolution was to authorize the advance of one million sterling to the Agricultural Community on a deposit of Cora as a security—the futility and ruinous effect of such a measure is so self-evident, that we should have been surprised if any bumpkin Monier had originated it—that it should have been brought forward by the Minister, who, we know, considers himself as the ne plus ultra of abi lity and foresight, does astonish us. However, the Resolution itself may well exclaim with our old friend Gay " The Child whom many Fa t hers share Has seldom known a Father's care." for when the Marquis found the common sense of the House against it (and the Huuse 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 it as his legiti mate offspring, he bastardised 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 muss however be very uncertain, and the price restrictive against importation will remain, as heretofore, at 80s.— 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 same, 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 an immense amount should do so, 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 utronage 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 form 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 Hon. Mover himself. STOCK-EXCHANGE, SATURD%IE ONE O'CI,OCX.— 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. The 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-786 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. Aluch 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 u said, be deferred beyond the end of June. Toe 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 off considerably, and her metal having shifted. ft is an extraordinary circumstance, but is narrated to us by credible persons, that on the night previous to the sailing of the CoVianee, 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. FROM SATURDAY XIGII7"S GiZETTE. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. Child. Aldermanbury, hosier. BANKRUPTS. I. T. Bird, Bury St. Edmund'., Suffolk, butcher. Solicitors, Messrs. Sandy' and Co. Crane Court, Fleet Street. J. Russ, Evesham, Wincestershire. butcher. Sol Messrs. Darke and Co. Red Liao Square. R. Pearl. Cambridge, cools. Sol. Mr. Farlow, Gray's Inn. J. Schofield. Sheffield, tnerchant. Sol. Mr. Wilson. Grevilie Street, Hatton Garden. J. Harkins, jun., Glastonbury, Somersetahire, hone dealer. Sol.. Messrs. Adlington and Co. Bedford Row. J. Vincent, Regent Street, Marylebone, victualler. SoL Mr. Orlebar, George street, Hanover Square. C. Smelt, blangotsi.l4l, Gloucestershire, quarryman. Sols. Messrs. Poole and Co. Gray's Inn Square. J. Sampson, Gainsburgh. Lincolnshire, mercer. Sala. Messrs. Stocker and Co. Old Boswell Court. J. Bother, Brown's Buildings, St. Mary Awe, timber merchant Sol. Mr. Hutchison, Crown Court, Threadneedle Street. J. Dryden. Wood Street, Cheapside, warehouseman. Sols. Mears. Adams and Co. Old Jewry. W. Eking, jun. St. Ives. Huntingdonshire, innkeeper. Sols. Messrs. Long and Co. Gray's Inn. J. Cruckshanks, Gerrard Street, Soho, sash manufacturer. Soh. Messrs. Allen and Co. Carlisle Street, Soho. T. White, Regent Street, whitesmith. Sol. Mr. Ilia. Jermyn Street, Piceidilly- B. Whitehouse, Birmingham, baker. Sol. Mr. Smith. Ba alngliall Street. It. Welwyn, Wood Street, Cheapside, printer. Bois. Messrs. Jones and Co. Mincing Lime. W. Coster, Milbank Street, Westminster, timber merchant. Sol. Mr. Sheffield, Great Prescott Street, Goodnian's Fields. _ _ . . IL Ackland and J. Rose, Leadenhall Market, provision merchants. Sol& Messrs. Daniell and Co. Temple. W. Tamer. Kent Road, victualler. Sol. Mr. Walls, Lower Thomlirrugh Street, Bedford Square. T. Ely, Fencliureh Street, maltster. Sols. Mews. Daniell and Co. Temple. DIVIDENDS. June 4, W. and W. S. Ilesleden, Barton upon Humber. Lincolnshire, scriveners-4, IL Pearson, Doncaster. butcher-3, W. Ulph, Norwich, bombazine manufacturer—Z, S. Francis, Norwich, manufacturer—l, 6. Stanley, Kirkburton, Yorkshire. clothier—l, B. R. Ward, Alaiden Lane, Battle Bridge, mustard manufacturer—t, J. 1.. Studd, Kirby Stree, Hatton Garden, merchant—l, J. and G. Bell, Berwick upon Tweed, coopers -13, H. Faugoin, Bristol, grocer—l, J. Macnair, junior, and J. Atkinson, Comilla, merchants—l, M. Nathan and A. Abrams, Old Street, tallow chandlers—l, C. Lockey. Ivy Lane, corn chandler —I, C. L. Spina, F. and G. Moiling, and H. A. Spina, Lawrence Pountney Laae, merchants-3, T. Garside, Stockport. Cheshire, cotton spinner. CERTIFICATES to be granted June I. J. Whitbourn, Brook Street. Holborn, oilman—S. Turner, Stone, Stafford, butcher—R. Gurney, Stafford Street, Bond Street, picture dealer—J. White, senior, Cirencester, Gloucester. shire, cutler—J. !lathery and T. Pape. Leeds, seed crushers— K Wills, Broad Street, Bloomsbury, tobacconist—T. Evans, Birmingham, builder—G. Phillips, Manchester, plumber—C. Bayley, Abingdon, Berks, linen draper—C. Lloyd, 'Thetford, Norfolk, bookseller—M. Henibrey, Lambeth Road, victualler— J. North Shields, ship owner. CHANGE, MAT 10. Seville, 364—Gibraltar,301 Leghorn, 414—Genoa, 44* Milta,43—Veniee, 27 60 Naples, 40—Lisbon, 51 Oporto, 51-114hia,51 Rio Janeiro, 46 Palermo, 118 D,rblin, 9. per cent. Cork, 91 per cent. Foreign gold in bars,3l. I7s. 100. per oz. New Doubloons, 31. 15s. Nei► Dollars, 4s. 91Jd. Silver in bars,siandard, STOCKS. (Minium 0. Imp. 3 per Cent. India Bonds 58 Imiut Stock 241 Exchequer Bills 41. prem. Unos. fur Ac. 7811 Lottery Tickets £l9 18s. COURSE OF EX Amiterdam, 12 5 C. F. Ditto, at sight, 12 2 Rotterdam, 12 6 Antwerp, 12 1 ilanilnorgh, 37 2 Altona, 37 3 Paris, 3 days' sight, 25 29 Ditto, 25 59 Boierdeaux, 23 59 Frankfoi ton the Maine, 154 Petersburgh, 9 3 U. Vienna, Et. Flo. 10 10 Trieste, Ef. Flo. 10 10 Madrid, 37—Cadiz, 366 Bilboa,36l—Barcelona, 36 I Rank Stock 29 , i 3 per Cent. Red. 771 3 per Cent. Cou+ole 781 3i per Cent. 4 per (-rut. 911 t) per Cent. Navy 102 j Lon Ana. I9i FINE ARTS. THE TWO MARYS AT THE SEPULCHRE. triurszrt MT ya. Lau.) Bold efforts arc, wilco directed to useful purposes, indices of great winds—surely L who partially fails in the execution of a serious task deserves commendation, 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—industry to perseverance—perseverance to talent—talent to glory: thus is it that the vigour of emulation gives birth to genius. The subject of this picture is from Matthew, chap. 28—the group consists of Mary, Mary Magdalene, the Angel, and Guards—the Angel's head iinmeuiately attracts the eye of the spectator towards the angelic messenger, who is disposed in the centre of the picture—there is in the happy expression of the angel's features, a celestial softness of character which exhibits the imaginative poetry oldie art—his interest* 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 Angel's head proclaims the divioity and purity of his important mission--nor is the surrounding mass of light less appropriate and gym bolic.al The rich golden lucks of the heavenly ambit. sador render his beautiful features doubly significant wad striking.. The unearthly and poetic softens, so inex pressible but upon canvas, is powerfully contrasted by the human figures which are contiguous. The Angel s form Is drawn very correctly, but had it been snore fe minine, it might hate been more beautiful—the attitude is well selected. Magdalene exhibits the piety of her conversion—she is not at all meretricious, either in face, or iii anis tide, and is quite the reserve of what an offend ing, an unconverted Magdalene would appear. We make this remark because a cotemporary journal has taken upon itself to assert that the figure is 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 characterise 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 cud the hesitation of inexpe rience. The elder Mary having been more familiarised to holy things, contemplates the angel without the coin fusing emotions of intense astonishment. To the right of the picture are three soldiers who exhibit symptoms of the most confounded terror and frantic amasernent; its the supernatural scene. The drapery and armour of the soldiers are painted in rich glowing gusto. The fire. 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 leg has merit. Fits hands • actually project, as it were from the canvas. The white • drapery of the Angel is illustrative of his purity of nature. The chiaro•oscure is judicious and pleasing, and the ge neral effict of the picture improves very inuelyupon con tinued observation—a proof, as iris sass!, of the real value of a picture. The carnations are generally warm and pleasing, although, perhaps, to some part, not sufficiently deep in tone—the drapery is altogether well arranged. anti well coloured—the lights are managed wish care awl simplicity—there is something Venetian-like its the tints of the drapery. As being friendly to those arts which form the de. li t fitful embellishments of life, it is our fervent desire to foster genius and to cherish talent, without regard to p•rsoti or school—and although we cannot in justice to ou 'selves, or with candour to the public, conceal faults, we pri slime not to adver t to them cen - .oriottsiy. Wherever there is touch to minuend, there is much room for its. dulgenee. 'That Mr. Halls has sufficient genius to im prove ander the guide of experience this production fully evinces, and we have no doubt that his success will 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. COVENT GARDEN THEJTRZ. -.0.-- A new piece interspersed with music, was introduced on Saturday at this Theatteomder the title of The haw qf Jana —Zaiekr, ►he wileut Purina, a native of Maisissar, h. 4% mg been horribly carried away, and placed in the Hardin of the Sultan of Java, her husband Pur[•aya at tempts •to recover her, but being discovered, is con demned to death ;—under an old law of Java, the alters. native of bringing poison from the Upas tree, is givers to him : the destructive qualities attributed to this tree, art well known ; they generally occasion the death of those who come within their influence, but if the .prisoner escape their deleterious power, he is pardoned—Pgrikaya succeeds in the attempt, and having found in the person of the Priest appointed to attend the culprits 9 A , 1101‘ are sent upon this dreary expedition, a limg:lost father,. he learns from him, that by the law ot Java, he is nut only tootled to- his I.berty, but to demand any gift tw pleases horn the Emperor: it may be easily supposed that Pree terya exerciies this right, deinanditur the hberty of hit beloved wile, and the piece concludes impptly. Mr. Young perfnritied the husband with hit mini energy, and Mr. Liston produced a great deal of laughter itt the character of an English sa rvant to a Dutch offi cer :. he employs himself constantly in filling a note book with his observations (after the sr -r of modern tra vellers) with a view to .future publication. The piececontained some very agreeable Intuic,whieh was well executed by Miss Stephens, Miss The, anal Mr. Dormet. It war well received, bin will require a lade pruning, being in some parts rather heavy:. after a little alteration, we think it will have a run. it was announced fur repetition with general apptobat-on. A grant of land of 100,000 acres in Venezuela. made to General D'Evereux, by Bolivar, when brouzht to the hammer, at the Auction -mart, a few days ago, fetched but 330 guineas, somewhat less than a penny an acre! 349