As soon as there was a 'distress' anywhere in the world the folk from the n/e would gather form a committee and collect money. Such is this - Distress in Cornwall. hundreds out of employment because tin had been found in Holland and elsewhere which meant that the mining districts of Cornwall were in distress. Committee elected to carry out the objects of the meeting RATH our bloke Rath - don't know which one yet. others Trevellyan Vine Warren Gilbert Vivian Heddie Rogers and Pryor