64 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[JAN. 28, 
stage effect; but it was well cast, and the result was a 
cordial reception from a very crowded house. Miss H. 
Faucit appeared as Imogen with great advantage, and sus- 
tained her difficult part with a delicacy of feeling which 
showed that she appreciated the character. Mr. Macready’s 
Iachimo was a still more remarkable instance of thorough 
feeling for the spirit of his part. Mr. Anderson was ani- 
mated and forcible as Leonatus, Mr. Phelps played the 
old lord Belarius with the homely truth which has now 
become the characteristic of his style. The play was well 
got up in every respect, and on the fall of the curtain 
Miss Faucit, Mr. Macready, and Mr. Anderson, were 
called for, to receive a renewal of the applause already so 
abundantly bestowed upon them during its progress. 
Covent-Garpux.—A new comedy, by the author of 
Marriage, bearing the title of Mothers and Daughters, 
was produced on Monday at this theatre with success. It 
was placed upon the stage with great completeness, and 
needed no assistance which the tact of the manager could 
bestow, to render it successful. The plot was deficient in 
the vigour and vivacity which distinguished Mr. Bell’s 
first production, and seems to have been founded on the 
model of the well-known stock comedies of the last 
century. The characters are therefore not new, and 
though they are sketched with talent, they show the same 
want of vigour which characterises the general manage- 
ment of the plot. The leading characters are an intriguing 
mother, with her head full of projects for her daughter’s 
advancement ; the daughter, an artful coquette, delighted 
to overreach her mother ; a humble companion, suffering 
under the insolence of her patroness ; a scampish adven- 
turer, endeavouring to keep up appearances ; a middle- 
aged man, who has recently inherited a title; a young 
lover; a fat baronet, Sir Gregory Plump, a suitor to Lady 
Manifold; a servant who tells fortunes in cards, and a 
foppish valet. The heroine of the piece was worthily 
represented by Miss Vandenhoff, and the remaining cha- 
racters were sustained by Mrs. Orger, Mrs.W. Lacy, Mr. 
Vandenhoff, Mr. Bartley, Mrs. Humby, and Mr. Cooper. 
Mrs.Orger’s personation of Lady Manifold, the intriguing 
mother, was one of the most finished pieces of acting 
which has been seen upon the stage for many a day ; it 
was lady-like, subdued, and perfectly true to possibility ; 
there was no caricature, no exaggeration, but the concep- 
tion of the character was complete, and controlled by that 
artistical delicacy which is the true realisation of natural 
comedy. The play went off with great applause, and was 
announced by Mr. Vandenhoff for repetition ; after which 
the author was called for, and bowed from the front of one 
of the boxes. 
Miscellancous. 
Archives of Barcelona.—It is known that amongst the 
buildings set on fire during the bombardment of Barcelona 
was that containing the archives of Catalonia. The fol- 
lowing account will show how great the loss of these 
documents must be in an historical point of view :—There 
were collected there charters and acts of the early Courts 
of Barcelona, from the year 844, and documents relating 
not only to the province of Catalonia and the Courts of 
Roussillon and Cerdagne, but to the kingdoms of Arragon, 
Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia, Sicily, and Naples. The 
building contained the proceedings of all the Ministers 
from the union of the kingdom of Arragon with the prin- 
cipality of Catalonia, as well as copies of all treaties of 
peace, alliances, and such matters. There were also 
deposited there the original papers of the States-General, 
in 50 volumes, from those held at Perpignan by Peter IV., 
in 1350, to those held by Philip V., at Barcelona, in 1702. 
Not less than 856 original bulls of the Pope were there, 
of which the dates ranged from the Pontificate of Benedict 
IX., in 1024, to that of Clement XI., in 1709. There 
were 17,640 documents, written on papyrus, parchment, 
or cotton paper. Those on parchment or paper were 
rolled up separately, but the parchments were tied up in 
collections. At the period when paper was first made of 
rags, about the thirteenth century, registers were formed 
to copy letters patent and other acts proceeding from the 
sovereign authority. These registers, begun in 1214, were 
concluded in 1808, and comprised 28 reigns from James I. 
to Charles [V. They were 6,070 in number, and each 
register contained between 300 and 400 leaves in folio. 
The learned Capmany affirms, in the preface to the fourth 
volume of his “Mémoires Historiques sur Barcelone,”’ 
that the archives of the Crown of Arragon were the most 
memorable in Europe, if their antiquity, good preserva- 
tion, extent, variety, and importance, were taken into 
consideration.—Galignani. 
Coincidences.—‘* During the year 1842 there died,’’ 
says the Courier Frangais, ‘* the last of the Abbesses 
crosses of France (Madame the Countess de la Marche) ; 
the last of the Chanoinesses of Remiremont (the Countess 
of Arma de Monspey); the last of the Prelate Abbés of 
Planders (the Abbé Delvigne) ; the last of the Augus- 
tinian Monks of France (the Abbé Mollard); the last of 
the Hermits of Switzerland (the Hermit Kanffman), found 
frozen in the forest of Dufikon; the last of the Council- 
lors of the Parliament of Navarre (M. du Parage); the 
last of the companions of the famous Paul Jones, and the 
last of the companions of Cook. This is an entire society, 
an entire age, which has disappeared !” 
Watery Volcano.—The accounts received this week by 
the Lisbon mail give the particulars of a remarkable phe- 
nomenon which occurred on the 8th inst., at a small ham- 
let not far from Penicho, a fortified town on the coast, 
and distant about two Portuguese leagues from the sea. 
A correspondent of the Morning Post gives the following 
account of it:—‘‘ At an early hour of the morning, the 
proprietor of a small farm, together with his wife and 
sons, left their home for the purpose of sowing beans in a 
neighbouring plot of ground, detached from the cottage 
occupied by them. On their arrival at the place, they 
were terrified by the sound of repeated claps of subterra- 
nean thunder, which lasted for some time. On a sudden, 
a tremendous explosion took place, followed by a dense 
cloud of earth, thrown to an incredible height, which was 
succeeded by a column of water belched from the bowels 
of the land in the most awful manner, spreading as it rose 
in all directions. This eruption from the watery volcano 
lasted for half an hour, deluging the place around for 
miles. On examination, the mouth of the crater formed 
by this convulsion of nature was found to exceed six yards 
in diameter, and of a perfectly circular form. After the 
column of water, which was salt, as though fresh from the 
ocean, had spent its force, the gulf continued for two 
whole days to bubble up and overflow the land, and then 
the water appeared to return from whence it came, A 
few days afterwards the same subterranean sounds were 
repeated, but no eruption ensued. The above fact, which 
was transmitted to Lisbon officially, has, it may be well 
supposed, formed the terror and matter for conjecture of 
the whole country round.’’ 
Gah. 
Vice.CHANCELLOR’S 
well.) — Perkins and Others v. the Deptford Pier Company, 
Prichard. — Thi: the court, 
upon a demurrer, put into the bill by the defendant Prichard 
for want of equity in the plaintiff’s case, multifariousness, 
and want of parties. There were one or two other technical 
grounds of demurrer, but the substantial ground was, 
that of want of equity. In support of the demurrer, it was con- 
tended that the defendant Prichard was admitted to be first 
mortgagee of one part of the property, and therefore as to that 
the only relief the plaintiffs could have in equity was redemption, 
assuming that the plaintiffs were second mortgagees, and that 
there was an offer to redeem. The only attempt to establish 
against the Jand by getting an elegit. This, besides, was nota 
bill on behalf of creditors for a general administration of the com- 
pany’s estates. The counsel in support of the bill insisted on 
would thereby destroy the undertaking and consequently do 
away altogether with the tolls, &c,, upon which the act of Par-~ 
liament created the plaintiff’s securities; that there was collu- 
legal right. The plaintiffs could not bring any action at law 
b 
fendant at Brighton, both of whom said most positively, that from 
the nature of the duties defendant had to perform, and inde 
performed in person, in connexion with offices he held with the 
house, although they could not swear that they had not. One o! 
these witnesses stated that he remembered inquiries having been 
made of him respecting the house by a person whom he had rea- 
their own books, accompanie: 
commission, and the inference intended to be drawn was, that 
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tion they had to determine was, whether or not the plaintiff had 
SPORTING. 
TATTERSALL’S, Tuurspay.—DERBY.—6 to 1 agst Scott's 
lot (taken to 200/.); 8 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock’s A British Yeo- 
man (taken and afterwards offered); 17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel’s 
Murat (taken 18 to 1); 23 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton’s Aristides ; 
25 to lagst Colonel Anson’s Napier; 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bell’s Wine- 
sour; 40 tol agst Mr. Bowes’s Cotherstone; 50 to 1 agst Duke 
of Grafton’s Cataract (Oxygen colt) (taken); 50 to 1 agst Mr. 
i tt Mr. Goodman’s 
styn's Birdlime 
and Lord Westminster’s nomination, Offers take 7 to 1 about 
Maria Day. 
ceedingly flat. 
BRITISH, PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. LONE ay 
Wheat, Essex, Kent, and Suffolk... White 44to62 Red 40 to48 
——— ’ Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire + —to— White —to— 
Barl alting and dist 
rey. see ee 
Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire 
recover their principal aud interest on those d| tures, nor 
must, therefore, 
m is one of very 
all persons holding de- 
as the decision shows, 
in, and by taking possession of the land, obtain priority of pay- 
ment of his claim to the prejudice of the debenture creditor. 
Court or Excurauer.—Heywood v. Beecher—This was an 
of 302. 10s., alleged to be due to the 
plaintiff for work and labour done, under the circumstances de- 
tailed below, which afford a good insight into the ** house- 
agency” business in London, The plaintiff is a house-agent car- 
rying on his business in the i hood of i id, 
and defendant is a gentleman residing at Brighton, where he 
holds the office of clerk to the directors of the poor, as well as 
ee and Scotch 
== Irish |. * ‘ 
Riyees a ves igs * Sasi ap desea PO 
Beans, Mazagan, old and new + 22 to28 Tick 24 to 2077Harrow 26 to 30 
—--’ Pigeon, Heligoland .. . 80 to a3 Winds. 26 to 24 Longpod 26 to30 
Peas, White. . «+ + - + + 80t032 Maple 27t029 Grey 26 toa? 
WEEKLY IMPERIAL AVERAGES, 
Wheat. | Barley.) Oats. | Rye- | Beans.) Peas: 
6 1 2 17 2 
Dec. 16 . . . 2811 28:10 b2 2 
_ 23 . . . 47 2 a 4 5 2811 31 2 
. . . 47 1 72 281 2 3 31 
Jan, 6 . «| 47 7 7 28 0 9 11 
13 . . . AT 10 16 11 29 4 27 5 29 °7 
- 20 . . . 49 7 8 2 27 29 5 
Glweeks’ Aggregate Aver.) 47 6 7 1} 9 1) 28 4] 80.7 
Duties + «| 20 10 0] 8 6 i u 6} 0 6 
ARRIVALS IN THE RIVER LAST WEEK. 
Flour. Malt, Oats, | Rye, | Bns. | Pear. 
English . 6144 Sks. Bris. 795 | 26: — | ise9 | 475 
Irish — on » 25 ce | 
Foreign. — 55 5218 4, -i- - _ — /1700| — 
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. 
Wheat Barley Oats Flour 
5570 4050 3140 4910 
foreign 
GAZETTE OF THE WEEK. 
{BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED —R, Busby, Wood-street, Bethnal-green, 
aisyman. 
INSOLVENT —J. Walker, Hayfield, Derbyshire , grocer. 
BANKRUPTS.—T. C. Clarkson, Commercial-road, ‘Lambeth tanner—J_ 
Bear, a er—F. Rose, Watton, Hertfordshire, innkeeper—A” 
Matthews, Salehurst, Sussex, apothecary—J. Robertson, Liverpool, merchant 
—T. Eyre, Gainsborough, corn-merchan Roughton, Lincoln- 
shire, auctioneer—T. Jones, Liverpool, ison, E cg ia 
The plaintiff brought his 
ion due 
+h as he had never given instructions or authority to plaintiff 
i is case the plaintiff called Mr. 
had become acquainted with the fact that the premises were to 
be disposed of. Mrs. Stewart eventually closed the bargain with 
defendant, by agreeing to take the house on a lease of 14 years 
at the annual rent of 100 guineas, and to pay 700/. for the furni- 
erson Who 
and thereby paved the way for the arrangement which was ulti- 
mately made between defendant and that lady. The lease was 
granted in September, but the plaintiff did not make any appli- 
fendant had called at the office one day when he was the only 
person in the way, and that that gentleman, in the course of 
their conversation, had desired him to tell his master, that he 
never paid more than 23 per cent. to a house-agent. This was 
the outline of the plaintiff’s evidence. On the part of defendant 
alled, and amongst them one o: 
cards to view to Messrs. Rogers and Dear, and not to 
She also stated that her master, who only came to town occ: 
sionally, was not in London at the periods alleged by the wit- 
a= 
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quay, Yorkshire, saddler—J. Lumley, I m-with-Fencote, York= 
shir b ower and J. W Liverpool, merchan 
Parker, Ri ie ankers—: y 
Great Quee: G. Cole, Bexley -heath, 
Lowestoft, Suffolk, grocer—J- Gillman, Stewk~ 
n, D. Winton, and J. Webber, Wood 
a. Simpson, 
1, wool-broker— 
hire, merchant. 
TRATIONS.—J- Dalziel, Dingwall, 
G, Armstrong, Edinburgh, merchant—W. C1 
W. Kirkaldy, Dundee, merchant— thie, Green-style 
ler—A. Currie, Irvine, Ayrshire, ropemaker— 
handier—The Rev: ‘C. Nelson, Aughtergaven, 
W. Adams, Edinburgh, glass-nerchant—D.Lit- 
writer—J. Collie, 
Crawford, Edin 
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nit allow 
minister, and Perth, baker— 
tleton, Glasgow, clerk, 
BIRTHS.—On the 2ist in 
daughter, who survived o 
if a sons 
4 by. 
Esq, of 
‘Townley 
speci » 
Withenshaw Hall, Cheshire, to’ Harriett 
Parker, Esq, of Cuerden Hall, Lan- 
tAll Souls, Sir HB. Austen, to the I: 
the late Sir R. Pocklington—On the 25th inst. the Rev. C.J Se " 
Nagghter of the late Rev. Dr. Barton, Dean of Bocking-— 
5 {n'’s-in-the Fields, Capt. Paley, youngest son of 
of Oatlands, Yorkshire, to Clara Fitzroy» 
ne of her Majesty’s Counsel. 
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On ti t his residence, Northaw, Herts, 
1, Cambridge, and late Master of 
year of hi n the 28d ingty at 
ry e 
mees Austen, 
age, the Hon. W. Howard, 
ersing, Bsq., of Hether- 
sett Hall, Norfolk. 
Printed by Messrs. Buapnury and Bvaxs, Lombard-street, Fleet-street, in 
the Ped PY of Whitefriars, in the City of London, and Published by them at 
the Ornoned, CHARLES-sTRIEET, Covet Garpen, inthe County of Middlescts 
nesses for plaintiff. This latter statement was 
borne out, although there was 9 variance of a day or two between 
where all an are to be addressed to the 
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