1843.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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known as Miss Caroline Bowles) to Mrs. Sigourney, the 
American authoress, has appeared in the Leeds papers :— 
«©-You desire to be remembered to him who sang of 
‘Thalaba, the wild and wondrous tale.’ Alas! my friend, 
the dull, cold ear of death is not more insensible than his, 
my dearest husband’s, to all communications from the 
world without. Scarcely can I keep hold of the last poor 
comfort of believing that he still knows me. The almost 
complete unconsciousness has not been of more than six 
months’ standing, though more than two years have 
elapsed since he has written even his name. After the 
death of his first wife, ‘ Edith ’—of his first love, who was 
for several years insane, his health was terribly shaken. 
“Yet for the greater part of a year that he spent with me 
in Hampshire, my former home, it seemed perfectly re- 
established; and he used to say, ‘It had surely please 
God that the last years of his life should be happy.’ But 
the Almighty’s will was otherwise. The little cloud soon 
appeared which was in no long time to overshadow all. 
In the blackness ofits shadow we still live, and shall 
pass from under it only to the portals of the grave. The 
last three years have done on me the work of twenty. The 
one sole business of my life is that which, I verily believe, 
keeps the life in me—the guardianship of my dear, help- 
less, unconscious husband.’’ 
The colossal Cabbage.—The Cour Royale, at Paris, has 
been occupied of late with a case which arose out of the 
famous colossal cabbage, that some time back excited so 
much interest in this capital. A M. Billandeaw had ori- 
ginally purchased this vegetable wonder for 15f, in the 
arrondissement of Melles, which is remarkable for large 
productions of the kind. The Royal Society of Horticul- 
ture named a committee to report on the case, and this 
report M. Billandeau had distributed throughout France, 
with a notice that the seeds of the wonderful cabbage 
would be sold at the moderate price of a franc each. The 
advertisements announced that the King had taken 100 
seeds, and delivered them to his head gardener ; and that 
the Minister of Agriculture had offered 200f. to the Royal 
Society of Agriculture to try experiments on the new pro- 
duction. As there were 200,000 seeds ready to be deli- 
vered, it was expected that a tolerable profit might be 
made on the first cost of the cabbage. A copy of the 
report having reached M. Remont, an honest nurseryman 
of the Seine-et-Oise, he hastened up to Paris, and pro- 
posed to M. Billandeau to form a partnership with him 
for sending the seeds to America. M. Billandeau listened 
to the proposition, and having fixed the value of his cab- 
bage at 20,000f., received 3,000 from his new partner 
towards their common expenses. A quantity of the seed 
was sent off to the United States, with a certificate from 
the Secretary of Legation, properly signed and sealed, to 
the effect that the seed had really been gathered from the 
monster-cabbage. M. Remont, after doing all this, thought 
it could not be a bad plan to make some experiments on 
the seed himself, and after some time he found that they 
produced cabbages exactly similar to his own! This 
being the case, M. Remont demanded his money back, 
but M. Billandeau refused to give back a sou. The matter 
was referred to arbitration, and M. Billandeau exculpated 
himself from all intentions of fraud ; but, on the appeal, 
the court reversed the sentence, proclaimed the dissolution 
of the partnership, on the ground of its not having been 
based on an object of legitimate speculation, and ordered 
the 38,000f. advanced by M, Remont to be returned.— 
Galignani’s. Messenger. 
The Eruption of Mount Eina.—A- correspondent. of 
the Times, whose letter is dated, Palermo, Jan. 8, writes 
as follows:—‘‘ The eruptions of Etna have diminished, 
and the period of their termination seems fast approach- 
ing. Since my last, the explosions have not been consi- 
derable, and they do not afford much amusement to the 
foreigners assembled about Catania, who are now begin- 
ning to disperse. The torrent of lava has made little 
progress, and the damage which the burning mass occa- 
sions is now very insignificant, but it always affords oppor- 
tunities for scientific research and interesting observation. 
The mountain has become entirely inaccessible, in conse- 
quence of the great fall of snow, which covers it to the 
very brink of the crater. Snow occupies all the other 
mountains, and entirely covers many other places, the 
yallies excepted, in which nothing can be more beautiful 
than the appearance of the vegetation, so remarkable for 
its extent and richness.”” The last accounts make no 
mention of any recurrence of the eruption. 
Gold Mines in Russia—At a recent sitting of the 
Academy of Sciences, Paris, a paper was read on the recent 
discovery of a mass of native gold, weighing 36 kilo- 
grammes (about 80 English pounds), on the eastern side 
of the Oural. This enormous mass, which is double the 
size of any hitherto discovered, was found at a few feet 
beneath the surface, under singular circumstances. The 
establishment formed at this part of the Oural for the 
purpose of seeking for gold had tried every part of the 
ground near it, and the speculation being deemed a hope- 
less one, it was abandoned, and the buildings which had 
been erected were demolished. It was precisely in the 
ground on which one of these buildings had stood that 
this mass of gold was found. M. de Humboldt, who made 
the communication to the Academy, added some interest- 
ing facts relative to the gold-mining industry in Russia, 
It appears that such is the prodigious increase of washed 
gold in Russia, and especially in Siberia, to the east of 
the southern chain of the Oural, that the total produce in 
the year 1842 amounted to 16,000 kilogrammes, of which 
Siberia alone furnishes 7,800 kilogrammes. This is the 
produce to the Russian Government ; but there is reason 
to believe that the real amount of produce is larger, and 
that five per cent. in value is secreted by the agents who 
are employed to superintend the operations. 
Dah. 
ment. To this petition a demurrer was put in by the Attorney- 
General, and in this state of the record the case was argued 
ome time . His Lordship commenced by reading a passage 
from Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries, vol. i., p. 431, on 
the subject of accidental fires, ani e extent to which the 
f the property on which they originated were liable, 
He said a tolerably long experience supplied no case in which 
an action had been successfully maintained for such an injury 
as the present. The learned counsel for the petitioner had looked 
into the state of the law before the statutes, and had quoted 
authorities from Rolle, Comyn, Viner, and other authors, re- 
lating to the point. Jt appeared that if a fire occurred by the 
negligence of the owner of a house, and the property of another 
was injured, he jvas liable; but not so, if the fire happened by the 
conduct of a stranger. If the accident were inevitable, the party 
was excused ; and the argument on the other side was, that if 
the cause of the fire was beyond the control of the owner, he 
would not be responsible. His Lordship said the statute of Anne 
confined the liability to cases of negligence in houses, which was 
c. 76, to fires arising on any close or 
In the recent case of ‘‘ Vaughan ». Milner,” 4 Sco., 
the owner of the land was held answerable, b 
communicated by his negligence. The,Lord Chancellor said it 
‘was not necessary to determine the pont at present, as he was 
of opinion that the petition was not i andt 
by the Attorney-General must be allowed. It was admitted that 
the Sovereign was not responsible personally; negligence ahd 
misconduct were not imputable to the Crown; and if, in fact, 
In the absence of all 
the time of a previous Sovereign, the present one was exempted 
they w 
liability could attach to the Crown. As to the remedy by petition 
of right, if any remedy were applicable, it did not appear to have 
been ever-resorted to, except to obtain a freehold right and 
interest, which had been usurped or withheld. His Lordship 
said, on the most careful and anxious research, the learned 
counsel could not find any authority in a similar case. The case 
of “ Jervase de Clifton,” which was cited, went off on a point of 
form, and without argument, the Chief Justice having returned 
the tenour of the verdict, instead of the verdict itself. The case 
of ‘ Robert de Clifton,” twenty years before, though in a pre- 
ceding reign, related to land, being a complaint that the warders 
of Nottingham Castle bad caused the waters of the Trent to over- 
flow his estate, for which he claimed compensation. His L 
ship said, he was compelled to come to the conclusion that the 
proceeding then taken could not be maintained, and the, de. 
murrer must be allowed. He arrived at this result after careful 
and anxious attention to the case, and he was glad to know that, 
if wrong, his judgment might be set right by writ of error. 
Court or QurEn’s Bencu.—(Sittings in Banco.)—The Queen 
v. Badger and Another.—It will be recollected that curing the 
disturbances in Staffordshire, a person named O'Neil was appre- 
hended for using seditious Janguage at a meeting of Chartists, 
ley. He was committed for trial on that charge; 
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(ce, 17), adopts the same remark, an 
speaks of refusal of bail as an indictable offence. 
stone, referring to the ancient statute (4th book, c. 22), the 
Habeas Corpus and the Bill of Rights, calls itan offence against 
the liberty of the subject. If, then, such refusal took place from 
improper motives, it might be treated as @ criminal offence and 
made subject to an indictment or information, » The affidavits on 
so to be accepted by them. They further say, that after the 
gain considered 
t 1e first page of their most 
ordinary text-books would have convinced these gentlemen that 
their refusal on such a ground to receive the bail offered was not 
they must pay all the costs att 
SPORTING. 
TATTERSALL’S, Tourspay.—DERBY.—5 to 1 agst Scott’s 
lot (taken to 100/.); 8 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock’s A British Yeo- 
man (taken, and afterwards offered); 22 to 1 agst 
Winesour; 45 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh’s Dumpling; 45 to 1 
agst Lord Exeter’s Lucetta colt ; 45 to 1 agst Colonel Peel’s St. 
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guish colt (taken); 2000 
(taken, and afterwards ofiered) ; 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Ferguson’s 
Fakeaway (taken) ; 1000 even between Cotherstone and Dumpling; 
500 even between Trueboy and Languish colt; 30 to 1 agst St 
Valentine and Trueboy (taken) ; 1000 to 30agst St. Valentineand 
Fakeaway (taken), OAKS.—5 to 1 agst Lord. Westminster's 
Maria Day (taken). 
LK LANE, Fripay, Fes. 17.—The Wheat Trade was 
exceedingly flat this morning, with no alteration in prices of 
English or Foreign ;_ in the latter there was very little business 
doing. Barley was in demand at full prices. Peas rather lower, 
Beans without alteration. The Oat Trade is rather declining 
ITISH, PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. roe 
Essex, Kent, and Suffolk . . » White 44to 62 Red® 
Norfolk, Lincolnshire,and Yorkshire... —to—: White —to— 
Barley. +. + + + + + Malting anddistilling 25 to30 Grind. 19 to85 
Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire olunds 181023 Feed 141082 
Northumberland and Scotch Feed —to— Potato 15 to 2¢ 
ish . 9 to 18 Potatoldto 23 
Wheat, 
: —to— 
028° Tick 24to 29 Harrow £6 to 30 
to 88. Winds. 26 to #4 Longpod £6 to 30 
20to 32 Maple 270029 Grey 26 to27 
 Mazagan, old and new 
Pigeon, Heligoland . 
Whites. 
WEEKLY IMPERIAL AVERAGES+ 
|Wheat.) Barley.) Oats, | Kye, | Beans... Peas. 
Jan. 6 . . . 47 26 5 17 2 81 7 280 29711 . 
ah ele aieae Wa en ctl, u| 29-4] 27 5] 99 
=— 20 . . . 49 1 27 2 0 8 2 27 5 
—_ a7 . . . 499 3 7 8 17 0 30 4 27:10 4 
Feb. Beye 5 amass eee al 627 ne & 9 | 28 2] 273] 99,11} 
Pe oh Pe Rey on" sy tt Tek | eee eee 1 
Gweeks’ Aggregate Aver.| 48.1| 27 0| 1611] 99 7| 97 7) 390 
Duties . ol 9.0] 8 
ARRIVALS IN THE RIV. WEEK. 
Flour. | Wht.) Barl. | Malt. Outs. | Rye. | Bns. | Peas 
English .15560 Sks. — Brls, | 5856 |17644 }16006 | 3707 | 30 | 2026 } 874 
Inbhitens oo 98 je fo [tbe | | 8689, | foe fe 
Foreign: — 35 -—. 5» | 3422. | — 470 | — |icol —@ 
RIVALS THIS WEEK. 
‘Wheat + Barle Oats = [Flour } 
1410 219 80 (2870), | 
= eS 500 £, 
co SPRICES OF MANURES. . 
Im consequence of some accidental errors, we this week give 
an amended list. 
£480» 
Agricultural Salt . per ton, 1 120 
£.38.d. 
i Nitrate of Soda, } 161.64. t0 0.19 6 
Alexander's Compost per bush, 0 1 10| | per ewt- duty paid. 
per ton 
er i — | Petre Salt 90 
d half-inch Bone Phosphate of Ammonia, 
sas “for 0 — of Soda » 
e = ,periton 11 10 0 | Poittevin’s disinfected} 
iccated Compost janure 4. + +S? 
Per hhds foe gh suis rade | Habe G08, Tc se rh 
Daniell’sBristelManure 11s.t0-0 1 2] Rock Salt 9+ +4, BG 8 
= according to quantityS per bushel. | Saltpetre «| |. per cwh La6e 6 
ign) + Siisaee 13-0| Soda Ash —.  _ 4 14sito0 16) 0 
. according to quanuit per cwt. Sulphate of Ammonia ,, 10s.to.0 18: 0 
see "Potter's English | lis. to 0.15 0 re of Ton p.ton 5 t0 6 0 0 
according to quantity per cwt. ae a” 7 ab 
Gypsum... U85s.to.2 2 Sulphur. 4+ per_cwt. 0. ‘odd. 
acvording to quantity per ton | Sulphuricacid. + “y 14d. 92 
Hunt's New Fertiliser, p.bush 0 1 8| according to strength 3 | pet 
er cw: af ¥ 5 + perton 500 
Muriate of Lime — p 050 
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GAZETTE OF THE WEEK: 
which the rule was granted accused the of motives 
corrupt, partial, personal, and arbitrary; but even the deponents 
themselyes do not mean to charge pecuniary coriuption or 
personal malice, or any feeling of revenge, in the sense of giving 
an unfair advantage to one litigant party over another. The 
only censurable feelings that can with any show of reason be 
suspected, are a premeditated refusal and disregard of the just 
claim made by O'Neil for his liberation, and a determination to 
keep him in prison without legal authority, and in contempt of 
their duty. The facts being clear, the question is, whether a 
criminal information ought to be filed; and this depends on our 
view of the motives which influenced the magistrates. And we 
must advert to the very questionable character of one line of 
defence, which they appear to insinuate rather than avow, 
They depose that some time previous to the apprehension of 
O'Neil, these deponents consulted with their brother i 
Smith, Surrey Canal, Old Kent-road, coal: merchant—H- Marilew, Henley- 
apincDhemen, smi egnete/UesRieniin at ttle, ee eee enews 
Cooley-a ~ Tho o1 i a i ie 
Cooley and J. Thompson, Willesboron en-draper-G. Greatly, 
Hutton garden, jewelle Pplace, Hoxton Old-town; linen: 
n-garden, je’ ther — if. M‘Enteer, Live: pool, 
draper—G. Fendall, Woodstoc ae anafield,: Notelnghara: 
- Adam: 
ypshires, grove 
am, Wiltshire, 
gSTRATIONS.— J. Smith, Inverness, founder—M. Bogle, 
Se eey ab, Walker, Glasgow, china merchant—F. Smith and 
Oey oe Barrhead, calico-printers—W. M‘Chesney, Kilmarnock, saddler 
Pe cGalinm, Port Glasgow, merchant: 
Glaegow, house 
as to the nature of the bail to be taken by them in the case of 
persons committed for attending illegal meetings, for using 
seditious language, and particularly for inciting to outrages, in- 
asmuch as the disturbances were then going on in certain districts 
in Staffordshire and in the neighbourhood of Dudley, and resist~ 
ance to the laws was fomented and kept up by the inflammatory 
and exciting speeches and conduct of persons who were Chartists; 
They debated whether, if they were called uponto accept as bail 
for the appearance or good behaviour of individuals charged with 
any of these acts of sedition persons who had taken a prominent 
part in the proceedings of the Chartist body, it was advisable to 
receive them; and that these deponents ; 
apy. corrupt, perverse, vin- 
dictive, personal, or partial motive, but, as they believed, ina fair 
iti 4 ir offi erformance of 
‘and the other magis- 
mate exercise of their office, in the p 
tion of the peace, 
neh state of the country, to be admitted as bail, and ought not 
th |, Leicestershii 
fai Mrs Hawardes, of a daughter—On the loth inst, Mrs. C. “Crnchune 
Bd hter—At Tickleferd House, near 
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SD_—On the 9th inst,, at his seat, Newpark, Waterford, for which city ho 
oth inst., Sir TD. 
‘suddenly, the Rev- W. Natt, rector 
of St. Sepulchre, London—On the 13th inst., at Woburn, Beds, H. Seymour, 
Ver, aged 39, Dre Ji 
At Airthrey Castle, aged 74, the Rt. Hon- Lord Abercromby- 
