WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - Mrs. Heard and Son, publishers and editors. Truro 28 MARCH 1855 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, PENZANCE - In order to improve the congregational worship, a very beautiful and effective instrument has been introduced into this chapel. It is one of the new patented Harmoniums, made by Alexander, Paris, purchased at the establishment of Mrs. HEARD and SONS, Truro. It has twelve stops and percussion action, and possesses the power of a large organ, with the softness of the piano-forte. On Sunday last it was opened for public worship, and gave the highest satisfaction; MISS M. COURTNEY presiding with great ability. On Monday evening the members of the church and congregation assembled in the vestry to tea, and having enjoyed an hour of social intercourse, adjourned to the chapel, where the remainder of the evening was delightfully spent in conversation, singing, and religious exercises. Miss M. COURTNEY again presiding at the harmonium. CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY - On Sunday last services in connection with the Methodist Reform Chapel, St. Austell, were held when two sermons were preached by Mr. S. DAVIES, and on the Monday afternoon a public tea was held which was well attended. In the evening, the Rev. W. WILSHAW, of Truro, preached to a crowded congregation. Collection were made at the close towards freeing the debt on this place of worship. PARISH OF ST. MARY - The annual vestry of this parish was held at the Vestry Room, on the 27th instant, the Rev. W. W. HARVEY in the chair. The accounts of the church-wardens for the past year, having been seen, were allowed, and the balance ordered to be carried forward to the credit of the churchwardens. A rate of three pence in the pound was granted for the ordinary expenses, and three pence in the pound towards repaying the money borrowed for the New Burial Ground. MR. NANKIVELL and MR. W. BARRETT were elected churchwardens for the ensuing year, and the vestry expressed its regret that the state of Mr. H. D. MARTIN's health was such as to prevent his again filling an office in which he had given so much satisfaction to the parish for so many years past. Not a dozen persons were present during the proceedings. St. JUST INSTITUTION - On Monday last, Dr. ETHERIDGE delivered an interesting lecture on "The Jewish Family of Hillell." A unanimous vote of thanks was tendered to the lecturer at the close; and it was announced that Mrs. BALFOUR would lecture in the succeeding week. CAMBORNE - On Tuesday the 25th instant, Mr. SAMUEL WILLIAMS gave a very interesting lecture, to a large audience, on "Poetry and the Poets," with recitations. A vote of thanks was unanimously awarded at the close. Mr. Williams is a working man of Camborne. TRURO INSTITUTION - A lecture on the physical geography of the south west of England was delivered to the members on Thursday evening by Mr. WHITLEY, who pointed out the manner in which the sea had moulded the geographical outline of the land… The lecturer considered that the whole country must have been submerged at least one thousand feet below its present level at the drift period, and on the re-elevation of the land, the whole coast line was loaded with beds of gravel and clay, forming plains which became covered with lakes and forests. After the elevatory force was expended, a collapse took place, by which the upraised land gradually subsided from twelve to twenty feet, where these forest plains were again submerged, and the Bays re-excavated by the waves and tides. .... PROMOTION - Mr. J.N. MILLETT, of Penzance, has been promoted to be clerk of H.M. S. "Gladiator" in which ship he has been serving in the Black Sea as assistant clerk. We understand that the Commander-In-Chief granted him a passing day seven months earlier than the regular probationary time (two years), as a reward for his diligent attention, no only to his own duties, but to those of the general boating charge, which usually belongs to a midshipman. BODMIN - In the list of those who have had the honour to receive the Crimean medal and clasp for Sebastopol, for Commissariat service, we observe the name of Mr. John Stevens GEAKE, late of Bodmin, Commissariat Storekeeper, of H.M. ship "Abundance," French Interpreter, &c, &c. FALMOUTH - The "Christiana Carnel," Brokenshire, from the Persian Gulf, has arrived at Falmouth, bound to London; she has on board a handsome lion and lioness (the latter is quite tame) and a male zebra for PRINCE ALBERT. She landed Captain JARVIS, the mate, and a lad, late of the barque "Bee," of Liverpool, from Callao for Cork for orders, abandoned January 21, lat. 41-20N., long 26-30W. The people were taken out of her by the American whaler "Hannibal"; and on February 11, in lat. 22 N., long. 21 W., the three mentioned were transported to the "Christiana Carnel" the remainder of the crew continuing onboard the whaler. The steamer "Alexandrie," MAYER master,last from Dartmouth for Alexandria, but built at Amsterdam for the Sultan, put into this port about a fortnight since, to effect some repairs, whilst lying at Restronguet, where she had gone to make good her defects, she unfortunately got aground on her anchor and filled with water. She remains in the same position, but endeavours are being made to float her. ST. AUSTELL FAIR - This fair, which took place on the 20th instant, was but thinly attended both by buyers and sellers, and business was consequently dull. Prices ruled high, fat bullocks brought from 55s. to 60s. per cwt., sheep fetched 9d. per lb. PROLIFIC EWE - Mr. NICHOLLS, of St. Day, has in his possession a ewe five years old, which has cast eleven lambs in four years, and has always reared them, viz: two the first, and three in each succeeding year. MACKEREL FISHERY - The drift boats at Mevagissey are all prepared to go to sea, and would have gone this week had not the east wind prevented them. Considerable quantities of mackerel have been taken to the eastward. REDRUTH COUNTY COURT - DOUGLAS v. PENMAN – [slightly edited] This action was brought by a young Scottish traveler against Mr. EDWARD PENMAN, his late master, to recover GBP 30. 13s. for wages. On the part of the defendant it was alleged that nothing was due, inasmuch as the contract between master and man was not for wages, but that plaintiff was to serve an apprenticeship for two years and then defendant was to put him in business. Defendant admitted that he offered plaintiff GBP 10 on leaving, to send him home to Scotland, but said that was only a gratuity on his part, and not in satisfaction of any claim plaintiff had. After a careful summing up, the learned Judge left it to the jury, whether the contract was for wages, or to serve as an apprentice. ...The jury retired for twenty minutes and then returned into Court with a verdict for the defendant, coupled with an expression of regret that plaintiff had not accepted of the GBP 10 when offered. COMMITTALS - On Saturday last, a girl of the town, named MATTHEWS, was taken before Mr. E. COODE, jun., of St. Austell, charged with taking a five pound note from a man named MORCOM, of St. Stephens-in-Branwell, on the evening of Thursday the 20th inst., and was committed for trial. And on Wednesday last, a tramping woman was taken before the same magistrate charged with breaking windows at the Globe Hotel, and was committed to the house of correction for three weeks at hard labour. ACCIDENT AND NARROW ESCAPE - As a young man named JOHN MARTIN was proceeding through the 112-fathom level in West Seton Mine, on Monday last, a pair of men in a stope, eight fathoms above, were removing some timber, and a rock upwards of a cwt. fell to the back of the 112 fathoms level, and struck; then rebounded, and fell on his foreheard, knocking him backward, and falling on his ancle with such force as to break the skin of the back part of his foot. His leg and foot are seriously injured, but great hopes are entertained of his recovery. [ancle as spelled] SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BODMIN - On Friday last, the following accident occurred at Bodmin. MRS. KEY, of Padstow, had received a letter from her husband in Cork, who is captain of a ship that was about to sail to Rio de Janeiro, requesting to see her before his departure. In consequence, she took her departure from Padstow for Plymouth, and arrived in Bodmin about seven in the evening, in a four-wheeled dog-car, conveying herself, her two children, her cousin, and the driver. They stopped at the Red Lion Inn, about half way down the Fore Street, Bodmin, where the driver left the horse’s head, and was taking out one of the children, when the horse shook himself, and got the bridle out of his mouth. Before the driver could get to his head, the horse went off at full speed, striking the vehicle against the corner of a house about five or six yards below the Red Lion, by which Mrs. Key's cousin, and the child remaining in the dog-cart were thrown out, but fortunately were not injure! d. The horse went off at full speed with the vehicle, which next came in contact with an iron lamp opposite the Market House, and knocked the lamp to atoms; after which the animal rushed on at a still more furious speed till he got to the corner of Mr. LEVER's saddler's shop, where Mrs. Key, who was sitting in front, was thrown out with great violence, and her head, it is supposed from the injuries she sustained, must have come against the kerb-stone. The Mayor of Bodmin, Mr. HAMLEY, from outside his residence, witnessed the flight of the horse, ran down the street, and with the assistance of others took up Mrs. Key, who was insensible, being dreadfully cut about her head, and blood issuing from her ear. Almost immediately afterwards, Mr. COUCH (assistant to Mr. WARD, surgeon) came to the spot, and Mrs. Key was then conveyed back to the Red Lion, where she was immediately attended by Mr. Couch and Mr. MUDGE[ and those gentlemen, with Mr. Ward, surgeon, have been in attendance on the sufferer ever since the accident. She has sustained a severe concussion of the brain, but no fracture of the skull; she is, however, in a very precarious state, and slight hopes are entertained of her recovery. The Mayor, Mr. Hamley, had the children taken to his house, where they remained till the following Saturday, when they were conveyed to Padstow. It appears that the "boots" at Oliver's Royal Hotel had a very narrow escape when the horse was rushing down the street with the dog-cart. He was lighting the lamp outside the hotel, when, seeing the horse approaching, he had just time to slide down the ladder, when the wheels of the dog-cart came in contact with it, and broke the ladder into three pieces, one of which was carried down by the vehicle thirty or forty yards below the hotel. The accident has occasioned a considerable sensation in Bodmin, and much concern is expressed for the sufferer, Mrs. Key. CORONER'S INQUEST - The following inquest was held before Mr. JOHN CARLYON, county coroner, on Monday last, at Truro, on the body of SAMUEL BENNY, aged about two years. It appeared from the evidence of deceased's mother that on Friday last she lifted a pan of cream from the kitchen fire and placed it on the floor in an adjoining room to cool. About an hour afterwards the deceased went there and she heard him fall. She immediately ran into the room, and found him sitting in the pan. She took him out, and with the assistance of her husband stripped off his clothes, but he died from the scald and fright the following day. Verdict, "accidental death." The following inquests have been held by Mr. HICHENS, county coroner: On Saturday last, at Halse-town, in the Borough of St. Ives, on the body of ROBERT BERRIMAN, aged about four years. The deceased was left on the 19th by his mother in charge of his sister, a well grown girl about fifteen years of age, whilst she, the mother, went into St. Ives town on business, and during her absence the sister, being in the act of lifting off the fire, near to which the deceased was standing, a pan of boiling water, one of her hands slipped, and the contents of the pan fell on the shoulders and back of the deceased, whereby he was greatly scalded, and after lingering till the morning of the 21st, died. Verdict, "accidental death." On Tuesday last, in the parish of Illogan, on the body of MARIA WEBBER, aged 77 years. The deceased, who lived in the village of Brea, in that parish, left her home on the morning of Easter Monday, to go to Pool, where a sum of money was to be given away to the aged poor of the parish; she reached Pool and received, it is understood, a shilling, and was afterwards found under the Railway Arch, at Dolcoath Mine, being on her way back to Brea. She was speechless, and apparently senseless, when found, and died almost immediately after and before she could be removed. Verdict, "natural death."

HANS HANSEN One of 270 Convicts Transported on “Nile” 1857 Sentenced to Life at Bodmin Assizes Transported to Western Australia NAME: HANS HANSEN AGE: 36 - Born 1822, Norway DIED: 6 June 1868 * * Fremantle Prison Records show death in 1868, and a Conditional Pardon in 1870. On the WA BMD Index there is no death for Hans Hansen in 1868, but there is a death recorded in 1898, aged 78 years, so born around the correct time – father/mother/birthplace unknown (reg 2220) TRIED: 18 September 1857 SENTENCE: Death Sentence; Reprieved; Sentenced to Transportation for Life CRIME: Wilful murder of a comrade in the 3rd Jager (Rifle) Regiment of the German Legion GAOL REPORT: SHIP: Nile II (second voyage) – departed Plymouth 23 September 1857, arrived Fremantle 1 January 1858, a voyage of 100 days, carrying 270 male convicts (270 landed). Master W. Johnson RELIGION: Protestant LITERACY: Semi-literate FAMILY – Marital status: Unmarried DESCRIPTION – Trade: Stocking weaver / farm labourer / late soldier in the German Legion Height: 5’ 5 ¼“ Age: 36 Complexion: Fresh Hair: Dark brown Visage: Round Eyes: Grey Native Place: Norway Remarks: Middling-stout build; (tattoo) initials H.H. near right thumb; lost one upper front tooth WESTERN AUSTRALIA – FREMANTLE PRISON RECORDS – Crime: Transported for Life for murder (commuted) Probation: Assignment: Ticket of Leave: 17 September 1861, at Guildford, Conditional Pardon: 15 July 1870, at Perth DEPARTURES INDEX: Not found NEWSPAPER REPORTS – ROYAL CORNWALL GAZETTE, 21 MARCH 1856 - Hans Hansen a German belonging to the 3rd Jager (Rifle) Regiment of the German Legion is charged with the wilful murder of a comrade in that regiment named Charles Jacobi in the parish of Maker; trial 26th March (published 28th March) Sentence of Death with No Hope of Pardon ROYAL CORNWALL GAZETTE, 11 APRIL 1856 - Hans Hansen was to be hanged on Monday last; throughout his period of confinement he maintains that Jacobi was not dead when he left him, and it appears others took the same view, including Mr Preston Wallis a solicitor of Bodmin who energetically applied for a remission of sentence; a Memorial application to the Home Office offered no proof of motive for the murder and was unpremeditated and should therefore have been manslaughter; On Friday last prisoner was reprieved and sentence commuted to transportation for Life; he was greatly affected and fell prostrate to the floor; considerable numbers of people had entered the town hoping to witness the execution THE FOLLOWING NEWSPAPER TRANSCRIPTIONS WERE TRANSCRIBED BY GAY FIELDING FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CONVICTS WEBSITE - 'Daily News', March 17, 1856, p.5 - MURDER ON MAKER HEIGHTS One of the most shocking murders that have occurred in the West of England for many years was perpetrated on Thursday night in a field adjoining the camp ground at the Maker Heights, about two miles from Devonport, on the Cornwall side of the Tamar. On Wednesday last, the 3rd Jager (rifle) Regiment of the British German Legion arrived here in the Alps and after staying a short time, a portion of the Regiment was ordered to Maker, to occupy the accommodation recently used by the South Devon Militia. Amongst the men so disposed were Chas. Jacobi and Hans Hansen. On Thursday these two men were drinking together in Millbrook, and on Friday morning it was discovered that Jacobi had been murdered. Jacobi is said to be a surgeon by profession and of very respectable connections, although serving as a private. They called at the house of a Mrs. Palmer, and bought two penny buns and some penny loaves of bread at about 8 o’clock and they were both the worse for liquor, but Hansen the more inebriated of the two. They were subsequently seen going towards the barracks, Hansen carrying a large stone under his arm. He did not, however arrive at the barracks until 12 o’clock when he was immediately placed under arrest for being out of quarters without leave after hours. On Friday morning on calling over the muster-roll, Jacobi was missing and shortly afterwards information was received at the barracks that the dead body of a soldier had been found by a man named Gregory, in a turnip field, near Maker Church, on the heights. A piquet was sent to the spot, and the body found was at once identified as that of Jacobi, although he had been brutally mutilated, especially about the head. There were three superficial wounds on the left side of the head by the ear, of the several lengths of 2 inches, 1 inch, and ½ inch. The scalp was separated from the skull about 2 inches, though the skull was not fractured externally. On the skull being opened some extravasated blood was bound on the brain, and on removing the brain it was found that the base of the skull had been fractured at that part of the temporal bones which contains the organs for hearing. About two or three yards from the place where the body was found a large stone was discovered bespattered with blood and to which some human hair was attached. The stone was about 16 lb in weight. On Hansen being arrested by Captain Ignace de Ziemicke, that officer observed some spots of blood on his jacket and on his attention being called to it, he started back, saying “I did not kill the man”, and afterwards said his nose had been bleeding and that some of the blood had gone about his clothes. The deceased had a short time previously received £40 from his friends but the only money found on his person was 3s. A coroner’s jury has returned a verdict of “Wilful Murder” against Hans Hansen. The prisoner will be committed to Bodmin gaol and tried at the Cornwall assizes which commence on Saturday next. 'News of The World', March 30, 1856 - THE MURDER BY A GERMAN LEGIONARY Hans Hansen, 34, described as a stocking weaver, late a soldier in the German legion, was charged at the Bodmin Assizes with the wilful murder of Charles Jacobi, at Maker. The prisoner and the deceased man, Jacobi, were privates in the Jager regiment of the German Legion. The last time the deceased was seen was in company with the prisoner , about 8 o’clock at night. Both parties ere much intoxicated , and prisoner was carrying a large stone under his arm. The next morning Jacobi was found dead in a field, with fractures and contusions about the head; a large stone was found with blood and hair on upon it, and also a miliary cap, the prisoner having lost his. The prisoner returned to his barracks on the night the murder was committed, long after the proper hour, in a most excited state. There was a great deal of blood on his hands, and his clothes were stained with blood. Prisoner was asked on different occasions to account for the blood, and he gave two accounts of it quite inconsistent with each other. - The jury returned a verdict of Guilty - Sentence of death was passed. 'The Manchester Guardian', April 7, 1856 - THE MURDER OF A GERMAN SOLDIER NEAR PLYMOUTH The sentence of death passed upon Hans Hansen, who was convicted at the last Cornwall Assizes of the murder of one of his comrades belonging to a German battalion quartered at Plymouth, ahs been commuted to transportation for life. The offence was committed when both the prisoner and the deceased, who had previously been on friendly terms, were in a state of drunkenness, and there is good reason to believe that there was an absence of premeditation on the part of prisoner which is necessary to constitute the crime of murder. - Observer

Mike Thanks for your interesting and helpful comments, which I have been busy following up, especially with the Director of the BVI (British Virgin Islands) Parks Trust, which manages the CMP (my abbreviation of Copper Mine Point) site. She is getting me an article about its history - possibly that one from the Journal of The Trevithick Society. I also hope to be able to find out more about some graves on Virgin Gorda reputed to be of Cornish miners. I shall post any names I come across. However, I have not yet established which of our museums holds that mine cost book which I would love to see. I should be very happy to assist your Cornish Global Migration Programme in identifying any of the Caribbean locations mentioned. CMP is at the extreme south-east of Virgin Gorda, the second most populated island in the BVI after Tortola and now largely dependent on sea-based tourism. "St. Thomas's, West Indies" refers to the large entrepôt port on St Thomas. in the Danish West Indies, now the USVI (United States Virgin Islands - our immediate neighbours), a favoured cruise-ship destination. I have two modern reports on CMP: 1. a "Management Plan" prepared for the Parks Trust by a consultant from Nevis (part of St Kitts-Nevis), in December 1995. This may be the one you mentioned, as he acknowledges "the technical contributions of Mr Dick Morris of Tortola (whom I knew0 and Mr Frank Birchill of Cornwall, England towards an understanding of the engineering aspects of the copper mine operation and construction" and "they had undertaken site and archive research for a book about the history , operation and equipment of the mine, 1832-1862" One of the Plan's main recommendations is "the retention of a restoration architect with direct field experience in the consolidation and preservation of Cornish engine houses and ancillary structures" and The Trevithick Trust is identified as a potential source of funding for work on "the built heritage". It concludes with four pages on the Cornwall Industrial Heritage's intention to seek World Heritage Site Status for Cornish Mining by the Millennium 2. its "Tourism Potential", prepared by the BVI Government's Town and Country Planning Department in about 1999 (Draft Copy). This refers to the formation of the Virgin Gorda Mining Company in London in 1835, possibly drawing on an article on "Virgin Copper" on p 4 of Issue 15 of "Cornish World", 1997/1998 When CMP was declared a National Park in 2003, it was recalled that "An initial assessment (on the site) was done by Mr. Robert Allen of Cornwall, England. That was followed by input from ... a mason, Mr. Phillip McCall also of Cornwall" <http://www.islandsun.com/2003-April/04042003/local4-v10i14.html> There was a failed attempt by our new, incoming government last year to source funding for CMP <http://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/news/special-funding-for-copper-mine-point-denied> The beam engine by the Perran Foundry in 1836, lying on the beach after a catastrophic attempt to remove it many years ago, is the oldest surviving Cornish beam engine in the world. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Mine,_Virgin_Gorda> Has the Poldark Mine web site been relocated or is it still under reconstruction? It is referred to at <http://www.mindat.org/loc-37443.html> as containing a good source of history of the mine at <http://www.poldark-mine.co.uk/bvi.htm> Peter >Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:17:39 +0100 >From: "Michael Kiernan" <Mike@corn1.freeserve.co.uk> >Subject: [CORNISH] Virgin Gorda >To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > >Peter. I thought would mention (but you are probably aware of this) that a >short history of the Virgin Gorda Mine appeared in the Journal of The >Trevithick Society some years ago, written by Frank & Margaret Birchall. >(sample extract - "The first serious mining operation began in 1835 when >the Virgin Gorda Mining Company was formed. Miners were recruited in >Cornwall and 31 men and 5 women sailed from St. Austell"). I understand >that the authors research was partly based upon a mine cost Book which has >survived and is located in the British Virgin Islands Museum. Also, in the >very early years of this millenium a mining historian / consultant from >Cornwall carried out a site survey and conservation recommendations for the >Virgin Gorda authorities (with particular thoughts on the remains of the >engine house and the unattached stack and, I think to some machinery - was >it an engine bob on the beach?). I do not know if his report is available >for you to look at in the Virgin Gorda authorities files. > >With regards the Cornish families - some family names are given in the >Journal article mentioned above. At the Cornish Global Migration Programme >here in Redruth we do have a shortlist of some of those miners but as of yet >have not done any work on family histories (they are in "our jobs to do" >very large file). One problem we have is with some sketchy references to >such locations as "St. Thomas's, West Indies" >Mike, Redruth. Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:13:38 -0400 >From: "Peter Moll" <spring@surfbvi.com> >Subject: Re: [CORNISH] PhD research on wives "left behind" ... >To: <cornish@rootsweb.com>, "Trotter, Lesley" <ljt210@exeter.ac.uk> >Lesley > >Please share with me any reference you encounter to the Cornish men (and a few women) who lived and worked around the copper mine on Virgin Gorda between 1837 and 1862. The only such mine in the Caribbean, I understand.

Hi I am puzzled! I cannot find an Aldershot near Plymouth and the only one I know of is Aldershot, Hampshire and is 185.5 miles away from Plymouth - not exactly near, is it? Incidentally, Aldershot is still a military town. The other point is Hans Hansen is not an English name, possibly Dutch or Scandinavian - was he a Mercenary? An interesting article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruitment_in_the_British_Army#18th_and_19th_centuries Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Mosman" <jwmos99@msn.com> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com>; <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 3:14 AM Subject: [CORNISH] WEST BRITON 21 March 1856 - Local News - Murder A "Special" - Murder most foul >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 21 March 1856 MURDER of a SOLDIER IN CORNWALL [first part cut off - this is the best reconstruction I can make. However, the case is again covered in the Assizes, on March 28th. JM.] [It was established the deceased was CHARLES JACOBI, of the 3rd Jaegers Regiment, and that the regiment had been posted from Aldershot, near Plymouth, to Picklecombe Fort, near Maker. The man, with a comrade named HANS HANSEN, had been at the King's Arms, and both had drunk "a good deal" on the night of the crime. They left the inn shortly before eight o'clock, in order to report to their barracks on time.] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 271 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

If anyone would like more on Hans Hansen email me off list. He is one the list of convicts with a Cornish connection who were transported to Australia Cheers Julie Originally from Camborne, Cornwall Now in NSW, Australia President : Southern Sons of Cornwall http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jwheeler/ Cornish Cultural Celebration October 2012 in the Shoalhaven -----Original Message----- From: cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julia Mosman Sent: Saturday, 5 May 2012 12:15 PM To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com; cornish@rootsweb.com Subject: [CORNISH] WEST BRITON 21 March 1856 - Local News - Murder A "Special" - Murder most foul >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 21 March 1856 MURDER of a SOLDIER IN CORNWALL [first part cut off - this is the best reconstruction I can make. However, the case is again covered in the Assizes, on March 28th. JM.] [It was established the deceased was CHARLES JACOBI, of the 3rd Jaegers Regiment, and that the regiment had been posted from Aldershot, near Plymouth, to Picklecombe Fort, near Maker. The man, with a comrade named HANS HANSEN, had been at the King's Arms, and both had drunk "a good deal" on the night of the crime. They left the inn shortly before eight o'clock, in order to report to their barracks on time.] ....near to No. 4 battery, when the sentinel on duty heard. Hansen, who was very quarrelsome, say that he would knock any one on the head with the stone that came near him. They proceeded on their way, and shortly after leaving the hospital they left the footpath, got over the fence of a turnip field on the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe's farm, as it supposed, for the purpose of taking a direct cut to the ark gates, and thus avoiding the circuitous route by the road. Hansen still carried the stone with him, and it is a strong feature in the case, that the next morning a large stone weighing 16 lbs. was found near the body of the murdered man, smeared with blood and hair. Nothing further was heard of them until twelve o'clock, when Hansen presented himself at his quarters much excited, and without his cap. He was placed under arrest for being out after hours without leave, and on being asked where Jacobi was, he said that he had returned to the village, after they had started on their way home, to buy some bread. The next morning a man named GREGORY, while proceeding to his work about seven o'clock, observed something lying in the field, and on going to the spot, he found the body of the deceased lying about five yards from the hedge, quite dead, and his head, which had been mutilated in a shocking manner, lying in a pool of clotted blood. He instantly gave an alarm, some soldiers were sent to the spot, and the body was removed to the hospital close by. The head was found to have been smashed and beaten in a horrible manner. The skull was beaten in, in several places; the chin, ears, left side of the head and eye were gashed and pounded evidently with some rough, blunt, and heavy substance, and it is concluded that the stone found near the body of the deceased was the instrument with which the deed was perpetrated. The body was entirely free from violence, and this fact would show that there had been no struggle - no fair stand-up English fight, and the deceased had not even had time to take his gloves off before he was knocked down. Had he not been taken unawares, the probabilities are that the result would have been different, for the deceased was a fine athletic young man, upwards of six feet high, while Hansen is a much less and weaker person. The deceased, it is stated, was very respectably connected, and though only a private, he had been brought up to the profession of a physician. A short time ago he received a remittance of GBP 40 from his friends, a portion of which he had in his possession when he left Aldershot, but the only money found upon the body when discovered was 3s.4d. Hansen is said to be a violent tempered man, frequently quarrelling with his comrades; whether the possession of this money was the object which led to the perpetration of the deed is a matter yet involved in mystery. On the discovery of the body, Hansen was at once suspected, and was taken into custody. His clothes, which were spotted with blood, were taken from him and placed in the hands of the constable, who also took possession of the stone found near the deceased. Major-General EDEN, commanding the district, on hearing of the occurrence, gave directions for the affair to be thoroughly investigated. Notice was sent to Mr. JAGOE, the coroner for the district, and on Saturday morning, that gentleman and a jury, who had been summoned, met at the hospital on maker Heights, and proceeded to view the body and the scene of the atrocity. The ground where the head of deceased had lain was slightly indented, and the soil bore fearful evidence of the deed being mixed with a quantity of clotted blood. There was no evidence of a violent or prolonged struggle. THE INQUEST ON THE BODY The Coroner and the Jury then returned to Kingsand, and assembled at the King's Arms Inn, where the following evidence was adduced: WILLIAM GREGORY, 46, a labourer, employed by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, said I was walking on the road from Kingsand, towards Maker, on Friday, about ten minutes before seven o'clock. On passing the gate leading to the field, I saw something lying down. The distance from the road where I saw it, was about one hundred and thirty yards. I could not tell what it was, but I fancied it was turnip greens in a sack. I went on to maker, and asked JOSEPH COLLIS, one of the men on the farm, whether there was anything in the field? And he said "Not that I know of." I then went back to the field where I found the deceased. I went to the barracks, and reported it to one of the sergeants. He [deceased] was dressed similarly to the soldiers of the Anglo German Legion, stationed at the barracks. His face was a complete mass of blood, and there were wounds on the left side of the head. He was lying with his head down the hill. There appeared to be a foot-mark on the breast. His dress was not disarranged; the belt of the deceased was on the hedge; between the body and the hedge there were some spots of blood. DONALD GILLIES, a sergeant in the Legion said, on the morning of the 14th I was leaving No. 6 redoubt, about seven o'clock, when I saw some men who told me there was a man dead. I afterwards met a civilian, and went with him about a quarter of a mile, and saw the body of one of the men of my regiment lying in a turnip field. He was dead, and the head was very much smashed, and covered with blood. His cap was lying alongside of him. There was the mark of the whole of a man's foot in red soil on his breast. I remained with the corpse about twenty minutes, and on examining the hedge, which was about twelve feet from the deceased, I found a belt which belonged to him. I also found a long stone about sixteen pounds weight, covered over with grass, and on looking at it I found it to be covered with blood and hair. I opened his jacket to see his number, as he was so disfigured that I could not recognize him, and found a pipe inside broken in two, and a cigar in a case. He had also 3s.4d. in his pouch. (The stone was here produced; it was about a foot in length, and about two feet in circumference, and it was covered with blood and hair.) His shoulder strap was torn off and was found alongside him. JOHN LIED, a German, said, I went to Kingsand on Thursday night, accompanied by a man of the name of SCHMEDI, and having got what we wanted we returned towards the barracks, and on getting out of the village about half-past seven or a quarter to eight, we overtook the deceased and Hans HANSEN. On passing them Hansen who was tipsy, took the stick out of my hand; Jacobi was also tipsy, but not so much as Hansen. After taking the stick Hansen and Jacobi walked ahead, but in a few minutes he [Hansen] came back to me and Schmedi, and took up a large stone and threatened to throw the stone at me, saying I will knock you down; but Schmedi prevailed on him to be quiet. Hansen did not want us to follow him, and several times turned round and threatened to knock us down. I do not know the stone, but it was about the size of the one produced. A few minutes before eight we went over the hill towards Maker Heights, and Hansen and the deceased went towards Picklecombe Fort, the former with the stone still under his arm. JOHN HOFF said, I was the sentinel at the hospital on Thursday night. At about a quarter to eight Hansen and Jacobi passed me at a distance of four yards, and Hansen asked me the direction to Picklecombe Fort; I directed them as well as I was able. Hansen was drunk and Jacobi had drank a little. The former had a stone under his arm. Hansen was quarrelling and said, "I am well able to defend myself and if any one comes near me I will smash his head with this stone." Jacobi only said "Come let us go home or we shall be too late." I don't know whether this is the same stone, they then went up the hill leading to the field. JOHN GEISSELBRECHT, a corporal in the 3rd Jagers, said, Hansen and Jacobi had been reported absent at tattoo, at eight o'clock. On Thursday evening, somewhere about twelve o'clock, the sentry called me to open the gate, and on opening the gate Hansen came in without his cap and his hair all over his face looking wild. I asked him where Jacobi was. He replied that he did not know; they had made a start from the village together, but Jacobi had returned to bring some bread when at the brink of the village, and he, Hansen, would not wait for him and had walked home. I took Hansen up into the Guard Room, and he then flung about his arms, exclaiming 'whoever touches me shall die." He appeared to me to be much excited, and he asked particularly the time. He then laid down in front of the fire and went to sleep. On the following morning several of the men belonging to the regiment came into the Guard Room, and asked what had become of Jacobi, but Hansen did not answer, and kept his eyes fixed on the ground all the time. On Hansen being sent up to Head Quarters in the morning as a prisoner, for having been absent from tattoo, his belt was kept back, and I observed blood on it and subsequently gave it to Captain CARSTENSEN, commanding the detachment at Picklecombe. I noticed the blood before I had heard of Jacobi's death. Hansen's cap has not been found yet. LEOPOLD MEYER, a private in the 3rd Jager Regiment, said, when Hansen came in I asked him where Jacobi was, and he said he went back to the village to get some bread. On asking where his cap was, he said he had been to the wood and had lost his cap; I observed him washing some blood from his hands, and he said that he had scratched his hand with some thorns. His conduct and behaviour was quite different from what it was in general. He did not eat anything on Friday morning though he was very 'fond of eating'. Whenever we mentioned Jacobi's name a charge came over Hansen's face. We all thought that Jacobi had fallen over the rock and killed himself. FREDERICK ASSCHENFELDT, surgeon, deposed - I made a post mortem examination of the deceased this morning. I found three superficial wounds on the left side of the head; one two inches in length above the ear, one below the ear half an inch, and the third on the left jaw one and a half inches in length. The scalp was separated from the skull about two inches. There was no fracture on the upper part of the skull. The brains contained extravasated blood, but not coagulated. On removing the brain, I found the base of the skull fractured on the left side of the temporal bone, containing the internal ear, which would account for the blood coming out of the ear. The left cheek bone was separated. The left lower jaw was broken. These wounds were sufficient to cause death. The brain is itself in a healthy state. The wounds must have been produced by a very heavy instrument. It is impossible that deceased could have done the injury himself. One blow would have stunned him, and I am convinced that another person inflicted the wounds. There is no mark or wound about the prisoner's hands, or any other part of his body. I saw two spots of blood on the left sleeve of the prisoner's coat. IGNACE LIEMECKI, Captain in the 3rd Jager regiment, deposed - On the night of the 13th I met Jacobi and Hansen on my road to Kingsand about seven o'clock, and another man named LIED. They were all slightly intoxicated. On the following morning I was told that Jacobi was killed. When the matter was reported to the Colonel, I was directed to go to Picklecombe to arrest Hansen on suspicion of having committed the murder. Met him on the road under arrest for a military offence. I examined his hands, and saw blood on them and on his jacket. I said to him "This is blood."; on which he started back, exclaiming "I did not kill the man." Tis was the first time the occurrence was mentioned to those in Hansen's company. I asked him who told him about killing the man. He said "my nose bled." He afterwards said he had fallen down, and as the earth was red, that accounts for the mark on the jacket. I know the deceased had upwards of GBP 40 sent to him a short time before he left Aldershot, and also that he had money when he embarked previous to coming here. Hansen, who had previously been sent for, was then asked if he wished to say anything, receiving at the same time the usual caution. He replied that he was drunk at the time, and he had no recollection of anything that had occurred on the night in question. The jury then proceeded to consider their verdict, and after deliberating for upwards of an hour, they returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder," against Hansen, and the Coroner immediately made out his warrant, committing him to the Assizes for Cornwall for trial. ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2425/4978 - Release Date: 05/04/12

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday March 28th, 1856. BIRTHS. At Ferris Town, Truro, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN LEAN, a son. At Truro, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. R. H. STEVENS, ale and porter merchant, a daughter. At Falmouth, on the 20th instant, the wife of Mr. JAMES B. COX, jun., a son. At Penzance, on Monday last, the wife of R. A. G. DAVIES, Esq., solicitor, of Penzance, a daughter. At Penzance, on Monday last, the wife of R. Q. COUCH, Esq., surgeon, a daughter. At Marazion, last week, the wife of Mr. JOHN HOCKING, a daughter. At St. Ives, the wife of Mr. THOMAS NANKERVIS, a daughter; and the wife of Mr. BAMFIELD, a son. At Amalwedden, in the parish of Towednack, the wife of Mr. MARTIN RICHARDS, a daughter. At Camborne, on the 16th instant, the wife of Mr. STEPHEN EDDY, jun., a son; on Friday last, the wife of Mr. JOSEPH ARTHUR, a son; and on Sunday, the wife of Mr. EDWARD JOHN LEAN, a son. At Newlyn east, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. B. WILLIAMS, a son. At Newquay, on Sunday last, Mrs. JACKA, of a posthumous daughter. At Ruan High Lanes, on the 19th instant, the wife of Mr. HENRY DINGLE, grocer, a son. At Charlestown, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. ROBERT PETER, a son. At Callington, on the 14th instant, the wife of Mr. THOMAS ALLEN, relieving officer, a daughter; on Tuesday, the wife of the Rev. GEORGE HAGEN, Wesleyan Minister, a son; and the wife of Mr. BARKELL, baker, a son. At Holmbush Mine, on Sunday last, the wife of Captain JOHN ROWE, a daughter. At St. Germans, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN THOMAS, a daughter. At Polmarkin, in the parish of St. Germans, on the 18th instant, the wife of Mr. THOMAS ROSEVEARE, a son. At Sea Mills, in the parish of St. Issey, on the 16th instant, the wife of Mr. SAMUEL T. TREGASKIS, a son. At Padstow, on the 16th instant, the wife of Mr. SAMUEL HOCKING, captain of the "Nanscow," a daughter; and the wife of Mr. R. P. GRIFFIN, a son. At Bude Haven, on Friday last, the wife of Capt. JOHN JERMYN, of the "Eclipse," a son. At Plymouth, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. FREDERICK T. WARD, a son. At Trehill, Devon, on the 9th instant, the wife of JOHN HENRY LEY, Esq., a daughter. At 4 Northampton Terrace, Hackney Road, London, on the 13th instant, the wife of Mr. THOMAS CLARKE, C.E., a son. At 3 Bolton Road, St. John's Wood, London, on Sunday last, the wife of PAUL A. KINGDON, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, a son. At Tottenham, Middlesex, on the 16th instant, the wife of SAMUEL LINDO FOX, Esq., a son. At Geelong, Australia, in December, last, the wife of Mr. CHRISTOPHER MERIFIELD, jun., late of St. Austell, a son. MARRIAGES. At Falmouth, on the 17th instant, Mr. ROBERT BATE to Miss FRANCES JANE RESUGGAN. At Falmouth, on Monday last, Mr. RICHARDS, printer and stationer, of that place, to Miss CLARA MARTIN, of Penzance. At St. Hilary, on the 17th instant, Mr. PETER JOHNS, of Marazion, to Miss FAULL, of the parish of Paul. At Madron, on Monday last, Mr. EDWARD PAUL, of London, draper, to Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. RICHARD VICTOR, of Burley-grove, in the parish of Gulval; and Mr. NICHOLAS JEFFERY ANDREW to Mrs. MARGARET DAVIES, both of Penzance. At St. Just in Penwith, on Sunday lst, Mr. JOHN HARVEY to Miss JANE TRENEAR. At St. Ives, Mr. THOMAS NINNIS GUDGE to Miss MARY BAWDEN PAYNTER; and Mr. JOHN STEVENS to Miss ELIZABETH BURRELL. At Camborne, on the 27th instant, Mr. THOMAS JONES to Miss SUSANNAH BRAY. At Redruth, on Wednesday last, Mr. JOSEPH MUSGROVE, of H.M. Dock Yard, Deptford, to HARRIET, second daughter of Mr. W. NICHOLL, auctioneer. At Redruth, on the 17th instant, Mr. SAMUEL MICHELL, to ANNE, third daughter of Mr. JARVIS. At Newlyn East, on the 15th instant, Mr. JOHN HOCKING to Miss CHRISTIANA LAWER. At St. Michael Carhayes, on the 20th instant, Mr. RICHARD BLAMEY, of Port Loe, in the parish of Veryan, to Miss PHILIPPA BANFIELD, of Port Holland. At Veryan, on Monday last, Mr. STEPHEN BLAMEY, of Port Loe, to ANNE, only daughter of E. WALKER, Esq., late of Manchester. At St. Wenn, on Wednesday last, HENRY WHITFORD, Esq., solicitor, of St. Columb, to MARGARET HAWKEY, eldest daughter of EDWARD DREW, Esq., of Trewollack. At St. James's Church, Clapham, on the 19th instant, EDWARD APPLETON, Esq., of Torquay, Devon, to ANN, youngest daughter of CHARLES SEWELL, Esq., of Clapham Park, Surrey. DEATHS. At Truro, on Tuesday lst, HENRY, son of Mr. WILLIAM WOOLCOCK, of the Truro Police, aged 7 years. At Truro, on the 27th instant, GRACE, wife of Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, aged 65 years. At Old Church Town, Kea, Mr. JOHN GUNN, aged 94 years. At Falmouth, on the 19th instant, MARTHA, wife of Mr. ARTHUR GEARING, Secretary of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, aged 33 years. At Helston, on Sunday last, Mr. BENNET RICHARDS, aged 77 years. At Penzance, on the 18th instant, Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMAS, aged 80 years; and on Saturday last, THOMAS HENRY, infant son of Mr. ROBERT BREWER. At Newlyn west, on Friday last, ELIZA, daughter of Mr. JAMES ROWE, aged 11 years. At Paul, on Friday last, Mr. JAMES CROCKER, aged 83 years. At Rosevidney, in the parish of Ludgvan, on the 19th instant, Mr. SAMPSON TREGONING, aged 74 years. At St. Just in Penwith, on Monday last, Mr. NICHOLAS SNELL, age 87 years. [It actually says 187 years, but I can't believe that so have transcribed 87 years!] At Halsetown, JAMES, son of Mr. JAMES BERRIMAN, aged 4 years. At St. Ives, the infant son of Mr. RICHARD HODGE BRYANT. At Camborne, on the 20th instant, MARY, relict of Mr. ISAAC JENKIN, aged 76 years; Grace, relict of Mr. WILLIAM POOLEY, aged 72 years; and Mr. RICHARD RULE, late of Newton Moor, in that parish, aged 24 years; on Friday last, ESTHER ANN, daughter of Mr. WILLIAM OSBORNE, aged PHILIP JAMES, aged 11 years; and on Sunday, EDWARD JAMES, son of Mr. JAMES PASCOE, aged 4 years. At Troon, in the parish of Camborne, on the 17th inst., MARY, daughter, of Mr. STEPHEN WATERS, aged 9 years. At Redruth, on Tuesday last, Mrs. PHILIPPA GRYLLS, aged 86 years. At White Hall, near Scorrier, on Monday last, Mr. WALKER HARRIS, aged 61 years. At St. Day, on Sunday last, JANE, daughter of Mr. FRANCIS POPE, aged 3 years. At Porth, in the parish of St. Columb Minor, on the 18th instant, Miss ELIZABETH MOFFAT, aged 67 years. At Crafthole, in the parish of Sheviock, on the 15th instant, Mrs. ANN BATH, aged 69 years. At Mevagissey, on the 19th instant, Mrs. HARRIS, of the Ship Inn, and formerly of the Queen's Head Inn, Truro, aged 77 years. At Fowey, on the 20th instant, Mr. HENRY BRIMACOMBE, aged 53 years. At Ponburthen, in the parish of Lanivet, on Tuesday last, Mr. CHARLES HICK, aged 79 years. At Mr. DAVISON's Day School, Cellars, near Wadebridge, NOAH, infant posthumous son of Mrs. CROOK. At Padstow, lately, Mr. JOHN HEATHERINGTON, aged 54 years; last week, Mr. W. H. THOMAS, aged 23 years; and on the 20th instant, WILLIAM, only son of Mr. W. B. HARDING, aged 24 years. At Liskeard, on Friday last, PAULINA ANNE PHILADELPHIA, youngest daughter of FRANCIS RAWLE, Esq., surgeon, 80 Minories. At Liskeard, the infant son of Mr. WILLIAM BOWDEN. At Deans, in the parish of Stokeclimsland, on the 18th instant, Mr. W. E. DINGLE, aged 65 years. At the residence of his brother, Hobbacott Farm, Launcells, Mr. WILLIAM SQUIRE, aged 27 years. At Barons Woon, Zeal, near Crediton, the residence of her son-in-law, SARAH ANNE PROSSOR, widow of the late WILLIAM LYFE PEARCE, Esq., Kingsbridge, Devon, aged 74 years. At Manor Cottage, Clist St. George, Devon, on Monday last, Mr. WILLIAM REED, auctioneer and surveyor, of the firm of REED and WARREN, aged 63 years. At Government House, Devonport, on Friday last, having landed from H.M.S. "St. George," on the 19th instant, Sir HYDE PARKER, Bart., of Melford Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk, and Talton House, Worcestershire, aged 71 years. At 15 Jewin Crescent, London, on the 20th instant, Mr. GEORGE HARPUR LEVERTON, son of Mr. Leverton, of Treheveras, near Truro, aged 24 years. At Liverpool, on the 11th instant, HARRIET, wife of Mr. STEPHEN BODILLY, and daughter of the late Mr. RATSEY, R.N., formerly of Penzance. At Valletta, Malta, on the 18th instant, Lieut. General the Right Hon. Sir HENRY POTTINGER, Bart., G.C.E [?], aged 67 years. At San Francisco, California, on the 6th of January last, Mr. MICHAEL O'NIEL, of Penzance, in this county, aged 29 years.

WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER March 21, 1856 THE NAVY - We stated last week that Mr. J. N. CROKE (son of Captain Croke, R.N. of Falmouth,) had passed his examination as Master in the Navy. It should have been Lieutenant. CAMELFORD FAIR - This fair on Friday last, was very thinly supplied with cattle of all sorts, and business was exceedingly dull, scarcely any sales were effected. BODMIN GARLAND OX FAIR - This fair on Saturday last was thinly attended, and supplied with but few cattle or sheep. Prices were good, farmers asking 7d. per lb. for sheep. Mr. ROWSE, of Lancarffe, Bodmin, was as usual the successful competitor for the garlands, three having been awarded to him, two for the best oxen, and one for a fat cow. The other garland was awarded to Mr. F. PARKYN, of St. Veep. PROLIFIC EWE - Mr. John PHILLIPS, farmer, at Treventon, Marazion, has four ewes which have yeaned thirteen lambs, twelve of which are living, and likely to do well. FALMOUTH HARBOUR - During the past fortnight, when an easterly wind has prevailed, this beautiful harbour has been more than usually covered with windbound ships, but on Tuesday last nearly the whole were enabled to proceed to sea, when they presented a very interesting sight in departing. SHIP FOUNDERED - The barque "Bee" of Liverpool, Jarvis master, from Callao for Queenstown, sprung a leak during a violent gale on the 21st of January, and foundered in lat. 41 N., long. 26-30 W. The crew were saved by the American barque "Hannibal," of and for New London. The master, mate, and boy were afterwards transferred to the brig "Christianna Carnell," of Fowey, and have been landed at Falmouth. TRURO POLICE - On Friday last, before Mr. NANKIVELL and Mr. PADDON, Charlotte BENNY alias TRUER, was charged with being drunk, and behaving in a riotous and disorderly manner in the streets. She was committed for twenty-one days to hard labour. FALMOUTH POLICE - At the Falmouth Guildhall on Monday last, a little boy called HUNT was charged by Mr. W. EVA with having stolen brass ornamental work from harness at his livery stables. It appeared that the articles had been broken and disfigured, and sold for a few pence at Mr. GILBERT's, but the proprietor of the shop did not buy them. The Mayor, Mr. CARNE, told the shopman he ought to be more careful in buying from children, as no one could consider they got such things honestly. In consideration of his youth, the boy was then ordered to be whipped and discharged. On Tuesday, before Mr. CARNE, Mayor, and Mr. J. B. COX, a woman called ELLERY, who has been carrying on NEWMAN's beer shop since he and his wife have been imprisoned, was charged with keeping a disorderly house. The charge being proved, but as the woman was very old, the bench preferred taking away the licence to committing her to the sessions. Nathaniel HILL summoned Thomas GIBBONS for an assault. The parties belonged to rival trawl boats, and a quarrel had taken place between them at the Barley Sheaf Inn. The assault was proved, but as both parties appeared to be blameable, the defendant was fined only 1s. and 7s. expenses, or a week's imprisonment. The fine was paid. PENZANCE POLICE - On Monday last, before the Mayor, Mr. W. BORLASE, Mr. BATTEN and Mr. J.J.A. BOASE, George LAWRY, of Phillack, was charged with having driven furiously down Market-jew Street, on Saturday the 8th inst. Police constable WALLIS stated that LAWRY drove a waggon and two horses down the street at a gallop, having reins attached to the hind horse only, Lawry excused himself by saying that his fore-horse had shied. The mayor pointed out the danger of such furious driving, and in consideration of defendant's good character, fined him only 2s. 7d. and expenses. ROBBERY - The account house at Trelawny mine was broken into on the morning of the 10th instant, when two blankets, some knives and forks, and candlesticks, the whole of the value of GBP3, were stolen. Several marked spoons were lying on the table, which the thieves did not take. STABBING - On Monday week, Charles JENKIN, a miner, of St. Just, went with two or three companions to Newbridge, in Sancreed, where he got tipsy, gambled for beer in a public house, and lost five pints. A dispute arose, and the parties were turned out of the house, when Jenkin, (who was excited, and states that some of his companions aggravated him by throwing stones) threatened to stab the first person who came near to him. William ELLIS, of Sancreed, who had nothing to do with the quarrel, having only heard it from a distance, came up, and was stabbed by Jenkin in the outer part of one of his thighs, inflicting a wound two inches and a half deep. It was fortunate that the knife took that direction, or the femoral artery would have been severed. He was attended by Mr. SEARLE, surgeon, of St. Just, and is doing well. Jenkin has since been committed to the assizes on a charge of cutting and wounding. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING - On Tuesday last several boys, after school hours in the afternoon, were playing in the Green at Truro, and got on board a vessel lying at the quay, where they ran after each other round the forecastle. One of them was Joseph FURNISS, Church Lane, Truro, who in the course of his play with the other boys, fell overboard, and as it was high water at the time, he was immediately out of his depth, and unable to swim. The cries of the other boys attracted the attention of Mr. KENT, coach builder, and one of his men called BAKER, a carriage trimmer. Mr. Kent, with great promptitude, took a rope, one end of which he held, whilst the other end was seized by Baker, who could not swim, but who, holding the rope, plunged into the tide to rescue the boy. In doing so, however, the rope slipped from his hand, and the boy catching hold of him, they both sunk under water, but on rising Baker succeeded in catching another rope which Mr. Kent had thrown in, and wi! th this aid he and the boy were brought to shore, and the boy, who had sunk twice, is now perfectly recovered. Baker deserves great credit for his courageous conduct, and Mr. Kent for his promptitude. This accident should be a sufficient caution to prevent boys from going aboard vessels to play, as they have often been in the habit of doing hitherto. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT - On Wednesday morning last, Mr. John HOCKEN, a farmer of Tredinnick, in the parish of Duloe, left his house to go to one of his fields to protect his ewes and lambs from the magpies, taking a fowling piece with him for that purpose. Within a few minutes after, his son went in the same direction, and found his father lying in the field dead, his gun and hat a short distance from him. He had been shot, the load entering his side. As the body was not far from a hedge, the belief is that the gun accidentally went off as Mr. Hocken was getting over. He was in the prime of life, and has left a wife and nine children. CORONERS' INQUESTS - On Monday and Tuesday last, an inquest was held by Mr. John CARLYON, county coroner, at the Truro Union House, on the body of Henry Albert MATTHEWS, aged six weeks. From the evidence of Mr. DOWLING, the master of the house, it appeared that a woman called JOANNA MATTHEWS, the mother of the deceased, was received into the house on the 2nd of January last, and remained there until the 29th of February. She brought two children with her, one aged five years and the other six, and gave birth to the deceased on the 30th of January. On the 29th of February, she and her three children left by their own request, and another pauper, called Elizabeth POLLARD, went with them. A little before seven the same evening, the deceased was heard crying, and was found lying on the bare ground immediately inside the gate leading from the turnpike road to the Union House. It was brought into the Union House, and placed under the care of a woman called Martha SPRY, who has cha! rge of the children in the nursery, and she took care of it until the following Thursday, when it was removed to the Union Hospital, where it died the following night. >From the evidence of Martha SPRY, it appeared that the child continued very well after it was brought back, from the Friday evening until the following Tuesday or Wednesday, when she found it had a bad cough, which increased, and the child pined away from that time until it died. The child was very cold when she first took it, but, after warming it and giving it some food she put it to bed, and next morning it appeared very well. Elizabeth Pollard stated that after she had left the Union House with Joanna Matthews and her three children, they went together as far as the turnpike gate, when the other asked her to take the baby while she went into Truro by another way, to see her sister, and there she would take it again. After some hesitation, she took it and walked down the hill into Truro. When she got there she wandered around the town for three or four hours, when, not seeing anything of the mother, and not knowing what to do with the child, she walked back with it and laid it inside the Union House gate, where it was found. She stated that she thought it would not be received into the house without an order, and she was afraid to take it in herself. >From the evidence of Mr. PAINTER, the medical officer of the Union House, there was no doubt that the deceased died from inflammation of the lungs, which he stated was very likely to be produced by exposure to the cold; but it might have been produced by other causes. It appeared that the child could not have been lying where it was more than a few minutes; and the jury did not consider the evidence, as to the cause of death, sufficiently strong to justify their returning a verdict of manslaughter against the woman Pollard, or the mother. They consequently returned a verdict of "death from inflammation of the lungs." We understand the mother is now in custody, and will be taken before the magistrates for examination on the charge of deserting her child. The following inquests have been held before Mr. HAMLEY, county coroner - On the 17th instant, at the County Gaol, on view of the body of Edward FARREY, who was sent there as a vagrant on the previous Thursday, by one of the magistrates of Redruth. It appeared that the deceased was brought to the gaol in a very weak state, so much so that he was obliged to be supported from the gaol door to the receiving room. Although it was a bitter cold day he was almost in a state of nudity. He was in a very filthy condition, and covered with vermin; in fact, it was necessary that the whole of his clothes should be buried. He appeared almost idiotic, but on one occasion, the day after his admission, he told the principal turnkey that he formerly lived fourteen years with a baker at Southampton, and that he had been reduced to his present position by drink. Another vagrant in the gaol stated that he had known him for two years; that he was almost starving; that he rarely slept in a lodgin! g house, no one liking to take him in; he usually slept by the side of a hedge, or in some outhouse. Mr. EVEREST ordered nourishing diet, had him placed in a warm room, and placed some men to attend upon him. He was too weak to feed himself, and one of the men was obliged to pour some soup (which was the only thing he could take) down his throat. He gradually sank until Monday evening. He received every care and attention from the surgeons, Mr. Everest, and the other officers but died on Monday night. Verdict, "died from want of proper nourishment and exposure to cold." The jury appending to their verdict, that he had received the greatest care and attention since his admission into the gaol. At Luxulian on the 18th instant, on the body of James DARLINGTON, a little boy 8 years old, who was found drowned. It appeared that deceased and another little child were cutting turves on the previous day close to a stream of water, when by some means deceased fell in and was drowned. Verdict, "accidental death". ROYAL CORNWALL SAILORS' HOME -The following is the weekly report from the 11th to the 17th of March, inclusive: Remained by the last report, 19; admitted since 6; discharged. 9; remaining,17. Of these, in the sick ward - Remained by the last report, 7; admitted since, 4; convalescent, 3; remaining, 3; viz - compound fractures, 1; simple fractures, 2; internal disease, 1; dysentery, 1. Average number victualled each day, 19. Amount received from inmates and remitted to their friends, or remaining to the Superintendent's hands, GBP 24. DEVON &c. DEVON SPRING ASSIZES - These assizes were commenced on Monday last, before Mr. Serjeant CHANNEL (for Mr. Baron Platt, who is ill) in the Crown Court; and Mr. Justice CROWDER, in the Nisi Prius Court. ...The Court then proceeded with the trials of prisoners; there was nothing of importance from the county, but in the city assizes the trial of EDWIN HYETT, lately a clerk in the Exeter Post Office, excited some interest. He was indicted for unlawfully opening a letter, the property of her Majesty's Postmaster General, such letter having come into his possession by reason of his office. Mr. SLADE, Q.C., and Mr. POULDEN prosecuted, and Mr. STONE and Mr. COLERIDGE defended the prisoner. We stated the circumstances of this case when the prisoner was committed. The evidence for the prosecution was mainly that of a sorter called ELLIOTT, who stated that he saw Hyett feel a letter and open it, and take something from it. The postmaster, Mr. TEESDALE, was then coming from his room, and was told by Elliott of what he had seen. Hyett vehemently denied it, and said he had found the letter open and that the coin (a shilling wrapped up in paper) had fallen out of it. On cross-examination, Elliott admitted that Hyett had on several occasions found fault with him for mis-sorting the letters. When Hyett was running through the letters, he did it the same as any one else would do to see if there were any unpaid letters among them; letters frequently came into the office opened, some not sealed at all, and others with their seals slipped. Mr. TEESDALE, the postmaster, said that immediately on the charge being made, Hyett told him he had found the letter open, and was about to report it. The prisoner had been in the office eighteen or twenty years. Elliott was in a very excited state; Hyett denied it indignantly, and Elliott repeated the charge as positively. The letter had three inclosures, each containing a shilling, with a bit of paper, and "This is for mother" written on it. Mr. PRICKARD, chief clerk, stated that he noticed on Hyett's desk, on the day the charge was made, some paid letters which had no business there. It was a very common occurrence for letters containing money to come opened. W. NEX gave similar evidence. Mr. STONE, for the defence, spoke of the doubtful nature of Elliott's evidence, and contended that from the previous good character of Hyett there were not sufficient grounds for a conviction. He then called witnesses to character, and the jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. DUCHY OF CORNWALL The following returns have been printed by an order of the House of Commons, pursuant to Act 1st and @nd Vict., c. 101 An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the year ended on the 31st December 1855 RECEIPTS........Charge for 1855, including arrears on 31st Dec. 1854 To Balance remaining to the credit of the Council of..... 8,185 lbs, 10s. 3 1/s d.His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, on the 31st December, 1854 -To Rents and Profits of Courts accrued to His Royal Highness, viz: -Arrears outstanding on 31st Dec 1854; less 2s.,....208 .....5s. ...5 ½ d. -Subsequently discharged Accrued in the year 1855……………………………………..23,910…..19s…3 ¾ d. Total…………………………………………………………..24,119……4s…9 ¼ d. To Produce of the Royalties of Coal Mines ……………………3,120…..12s…6 d. In the county of Somerset, in the year 1855 To Royalties and Reservations of Dues And Rents of Mines and Quarries in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, viz: -Arrears outstanding on 31st Dec 1854; less GBP 70………………485……10…11 d Subsequently discharged -Charge for the year 1855……………………………………….11,420……..1…..8 TOTALS………………………………………………………………………...……11,905 12 7 The Net Receipts in 1855, on account of Wood Sales, after deducting outgoings and expenses………………………….1,764……..7…..4 The Annuity received from the Consolidated Fund, under the Act 1 And 2 Vict., c. 120, in lieu of Tin Coinage Duties, Post Groats and White Rents………………………………………………………16,216……15….0 To Half-yearly Dividends on GBP 15,763 19s.1d. and GBP15,591 10. 7d Three per Cent. Consols and on GBP 12,271 4s.4d., and GBP13,876 9s.3d. Reduced Three per Cent Annuities………………………………………………………..862…..10….8

A "Special" - Murder most foul >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 21 March 1856 MURDER of a SOLDIER IN CORNWALL [first part cut off - this is the best reconstruction I can make. However, the case is again covered in the Assizes, on March 28th. JM.] [It was established the deceased was CHARLES JACOBI, of the 3rd Jaegers Regiment, and that the regiment had been posted from Aldershot, near Plymouth, to Picklecombe Fort, near Maker. The man, with a comrade named HANS HANSEN, had been at the King's Arms, and both had drunk "a good deal" on the night of the crime. They left the inn shortly before eight o'clock, in order to report to their barracks on time.] ....near to No. 4 battery, when the sentinel on duty heard. Hansen, who was very quarrelsome, say that he would knock any one on the head with the stone that came near him. They proceeded on their way, and shortly after leaving the hospital they left the footpath, got over the fence of a turnip field on the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe's farm, as it supposed, for the purpose of taking a direct cut to the ark gates, and thus avoiding the circuitous route by the road. Hansen still carried the stone with him, and it is a strong feature in the case, that the next morning a large stone weighing 16 lbs. was found near the body of the murdered man, smeared with blood and hair. Nothing further was heard of them until twelve o'clock, when Hansen presented himself at his quarters much excited, and without his cap. He was placed under arrest for being out after hours without leave, and on being asked where Jacobi was, he said that he had returned to the village, after they had started on their way home, to buy some bread. The next morning a man named GREGORY, while proceeding to his work about seven o'clock, observed something lying in the field, and on going to the spot, he found the body of the deceased lying about five yards from the hedge, quite dead, and his head, which had been mutilated in a shocking manner, lying in a pool of clotted blood. He instantly gave an alarm, some soldiers were sent to the spot, and the body was removed to the hospital close by. The head was found to have been smashed and beaten in a horrible manner. The skull was beaten in, in several places; the chin, ears, left side of the head and eye were gashed and pounded evidently with some rough, blunt, and heavy substance, and it is concluded that the stone found near the body of the deceased was the instrume! nt with which the deed was perpetrated. The body was entirely free from violence, and this fact would show that there had been no struggle - no fair stand-up English fight, and the deceased had not even had time to take his gloves off before he was knocked down. Had he not been taken unawares, the probabilities are that the result would have been different, for the deceased was a fine athletic young man, upwards of six feet high, while Hansen is a much less and weaker person. The deceased, it is stated, was very respectably connected, and though only a private, he had been brought up to the profession of a physician. A short time ago he received a remittance of GBP 40 from his friends, a portion of which he had in his possession when he left Aldershot, but the only money found upon the body when discovered was 3s.4d. Hansen is said to be a violent tempered man, frequently quarrelling with his comrades; whether the possession of this money was the object which led to the perpetration of the deed is a matter yet involved in mystery. On the discovery of the body, Hansen was at once suspected, and was taken into custody. His clothes, which were spotted with blood, were taken from him and placed in the hands of the constable, who also took possession of the stone found near the deceased. Major-General EDEN, commanding the district, on hearing of the occurrence, gave directions for the affair to be thoroughly investigated. Notice was sent to Mr. JAGOE, the coroner for the district, and on Saturday morning, that gentleman and a jury, who had been summoned, met at the hospital on maker Heights, and proceeded to view the body and the scene of the atrocity. The ground where the head of deceased had lain was slightly indented, and the soil bore fearful evidence of the deed being mixed with a quantity of clotted blood. There was no evidence of a violent or prolonged struggle. THE INQUEST ON THE BODY The Coroner and the Jury then returned to Kingsand, and assembled at the King’s Arms Inn, where the following evidence was adduced: WILLIAM GREGORY, 46, a labourer, employed by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, said I was walking on the road from Kingsand, towards Maker, on Friday, about ten minutes before seven o’clock. On passing the gate leading to the field, I saw something lying down. The distance from the road where I saw it, was about one hundred and thirty yards. I could not tell what it was, but I fancied it was turnip greens in a sack. I went on to maker, and asked JOSEPH COLLIS, one of the men on the farm, whether there was anything in the field? And he said "Not that I know of." I then went back to the field where I found the deceased. I went to the barracks, and reported it to one of the sergeants. He [deceased] was dressed similarly to the soldiers of the Anglo German Legion, stationed at the barracks. His face was a complete mass of blood, and there were wounds on the left side of the head. He was lying with his head down the hill. There appeared to be a foot-mark on the breast. His dress was no! t disarranged; the belt of the deceased was on the hedge; between the body and the hedge there were some spots of blood. DONALD GILLIES, a sergeant in the Legion said, on the morning of the 14th I was leaving No. 6 redoubt, about seven o'clock, when I saw some men who told me there was a man dead. I afterwards met a civilian, and went with him about a quarter of a mile, and saw the body of one of the men of my regiment lying in a turnip field. He was dead, and the head was very much smashed, and covered with blood. His cap was lying alongside of him. There was the mark of the whole of a man's foot in red soil on his breast. I remained with the corpse about twenty minutes, and on examining the hedge, which was about twelve feet from the deceased, I found a belt which belonged to him. I also found a long stone about sixteen pounds weight, covered over with grass, and on looking at it I found it to be covered with blood and hair. I opened his jacket to see his number, as he was so disfigured that I could not recognize him, and found a pipe inside broken in two, and a cigar in a case. He had also 3s.4d. in his pouch. (The stone was here produced; it was about a foot in length, and about two feet in circumference, and it was covered with blood and hair.) His shoulder strap was torn off and was found alongside him. JOHN LIED, a German, said, I went to Kingsand on Thursday night, accompanied by a man of the name of SCHMEDI, and having got what we wanted we returned towards the barracks, and on getting out of the village about half-past seven or a quarter to eight, we overtook the deceased and Hans HANSEN. On passing them Hansen who was tipsy, took the stick out of my hand; Jacobi was also tipsy, but not so much as Hansen. After taking the stick Hansen and Jacobi walked ahead, but in a few minutes he [Hansen] came back to me and Schmedi, and took up a large stone and threatened to throw the stone at me, saying I will knock you down; but Schmedi prevailed on him to be quiet. Hansen did not want us to follow him, and several times turned round and threatened to knock us down. I do not know the stone, but it was about the size of the one produced. A few minutes before eight we went over the hill towards Maker Heights, and Hansen and the deceased went towards Picklecombe Fort, the former wit! h the stone still under his arm. JOHN HOFF said, I was the sentinel at the hospital on Thursday night. At about a quarter to eight Hansen and Jacobi passed me at a distance of four yards, and Hansen asked me the direction to Picklecombe Fort; I directed them as well as I was able. Hansen was drunk and Jacobi had drank a little. The former had a stone under his arm. Hansen was quarrelling and said, "I am well able to defend myself and if any one comes near me I will smash his head with this stone." Jacobi only said "Come let us go home or we shall be too late." I don’t know whether this is the same stone, they then went up the hill leading to the field. JOHN GEISSELBRECHT, a corporal in the 3rd Jagers, said, Hansen and Jacobi had been reported absent at tattoo, at eight o'clock. On Thursday evening, somewhere about twelve o'clock, the sentry called me to open the gate, and on opening the gate Hansen came in without his cap and his hair all over his face looking wild. I asked him where Jacobi was. He replied that he did not know; they had made a start from the village together, but Jacobi had returned to bring some bread when at the brink of the village, and he, Hansen, would not wait for him and had walked home. I took Hansen up into the Guard Room, and he then flung about his arms, exclaiming 'whoever touches me shall die." He appeared to me to be much excited, and he asked particularly the time. He then laid down in front of the fire and went to sleep. On the following morning several of the men belonging to the regiment came into the Guard Room, and asked what had become of Jacobi, but Hansen did not answer, and kept his eyes fixed on the ground all the time. On Hansen being sent up to Head Quarters in the morning as a prisoner, for having been absent from tattoo, his belt was kept back, and I observed blood on it and subsequently gave it to Captain CARSTENSEN, commanding the detachment at Picklecombe. I noticed the blood before I had heard of Jacobi's death. Hansen's cap has not been found yet. LEOPOLD MEYER, a private in the 3rd Jager Regiment, said, when Hansen came in I asked him where Jacobi was, and he said he went back to the village to get some bread. On asking where his cap was, he said he had been to the wood and had lost his cap; I observed him washing some blood from his hands, and he said that he had scratched his hand with some thorns. His conduct and behaviour was quite different from what it was in general. He did not eat anything on Friday morning though he was very 'fond of eating'. Whenever we mentioned Jacobi's name a charge came over Hansen's face. We all thought that Jacobi had fallen over the rock and killed himself. FREDERICK ASSCHENFELDT, surgeon, deposed - I made a post mortem examination of the deceased this morning. I found three superficial wounds on the left side of the head; one two inches in length above the ear, one below the ear half an inch, and the third on the left jaw one and a half inches in length. The scalp was separated from the skull about two inches. There was no fracture on the upper part of the skull. The brains contained extravasated blood, but not coagulated. On removing the brain, I found the base of the skull fractured on the left side of the temporal bone, containing the internal ear, which would account for the blood coming out of the ear. The left cheek bone was separated. The left lower jaw was broken. These wounds were sufficient to cause death. The brain is itself in a healthy state. The wounds must have been produced by a very heavy instrument. It is impossible that deceased could have done the injury himself. One blow would have stunned him, and I am co! nvinced that another person inflicted the wounds. There is no mark or wound about the prisoner's hands, or any other part of his body. I saw two spots of blood on the left sleeve of the prisoner's coat. IGNACE LIEMECKI, Captain in the 3rd Jager regiment, deposed - On the night of the 13th I met Jacobi and Hansen on my road to Kingsand about seven o'clock, and another man named LIED. They were all slightly intoxicated. On the following morning I was told that Jacobi was killed. When the matter was reported to the Colonel, I was directed to go to Picklecombe to arrest Hansen on suspicion of having committed the murder. Met him on the road under arrest for a military offence. I examined his hands, and saw blood on them and on his jacket. I said to him "This is blood."; on which he started back, exclaiming "I did not kill the man." Tis was the first time the occurrence was mentioned to those in Hansen's company. I asked him who told him about killing the man. He said "my nose bled." He afterwards said he had fallen down, and as the earth was red, that accounts for the mark on the jacket. I know the deceased had upwards of GBP 40 sent to him a short time before he left Aldershot, and also that he had money when he embarked previous to coming here. Hansen, who had previously been sent for, was then asked if he wished to say anything, receiving at the same time the usual caution. He replied that he was drunk at the time, and he had no recollection of anything that had occurred on the night in question. The jury then proceeded to consider their verdict, and after deliberating for upwards of an hour, they returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder," against Hansen, and the Coroner immediately made out his warrant, committing him to the Assizes for Cornwall for trial.

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Isabel had a problem sending these, so I'm forwarding them to the Cornish Lists. Hope it doesn't result in a double post! ...................... > West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 21st March, 1856. > > BIRTHS. > At Truro, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. BLENKINSOP, a son. > > At Falmouth, on the 8th instant, the wife of Mr. FRANCIS PASMORE, a > daughter; on the > 11th instant, the wife of Mr. R. THOMAS, a son; and on the 12th, the > wife of Mr. JOHN JONES, a daughter. > > At Cross Lanes, in the parish of Cury, on the 8th inst., the wife of > Mr. WILLIAM JAMES DALE, a son. > > At St. Michael’s Mount, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. RICHARD > MATHEWS, a son. > > At Nancledra, in the parish of Towednack, on Sunday last, the wife of > Mr. ISAAC BROAD, a son; and on the 12th instant, the wife of Mr. JOHN > KEVERN, a daughter. > > At White Hall, near Scorrier, the wife of Mr. FRANCIS LUKE, a daughter. > > At Redruth, the wife of Mr. R. C. NICHOLLS, a daughter; the wife of > Mr. H. CHAPPEL, a daughter; the wife of Mr. THOMAS NANCARROW, a > daughter; and the wife of Mr. TOBIAS ANGOVE, a son. > > At Creegbraws, near Chacewater, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN > HAM, a daughter. > > At Newquay, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. GEORGE GUMMOW, a daughter. > > At Mevagissey, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. WILLIAM ROBERTS, > auctioneer, a daughter. > > At St. Austell, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. NICHOLLS, a son; and > on Monday, the wife of Mr. WM. SAUNDERS, jun., tailor, a son. > > At Fowey, the wife of Mr. FROST, innkeeper, a daughter. > > At West Looe, on Sunday last, the wife of Captain ABRAHAM SCANTLEBURY, > a son. > > At Lostwithiel, on the 12th instant, the wife of Mr. JAMES HICKS, a son. > > At Helstone, near Camelford, on the 13th instant, the wife of Mr. > GUMMOW, twins. > > At Bodmin, on the 6th instant, the wife of Mr. CHARLES CRABB, a son; > and on the 7th instant, the wife of Mr. JOHN WILLIAM GROSE, a son. > > At Bristol, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. HENRY GUY, a son. > At Liverpool, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN DINGEY, formerly > of Truro, a son. > > At Ballygahen Copper and Sulphur Mines, county of Wicklow, Ireland, on > the 9th inst., the wife of Capt. JOHN WEBSTER, a daughter. > > MARRIAGES. > At St. Clement, on Tuesday last, Mr. W. H. PENHALIGON to Miss CORNISH, > both of Truro. > > At Constantine, on the 5th instant, Mr. GEORGE RETALLACK to Miss OLD, > both of Durgan. > > At St. Hilary, on Monday last, Mr. PETER JOHNS, of Marazion, to Miss > ELIZABETH JANE PAUL, of Newlyn. > > At Camborne, on the 13th instant, Mr. JOSEPH QUENTRAL, lately from > Australia, to Miss CAROLINE VIAL, third daughter of Mr. JOHN VIAL, > innkeeper, of that town. > > At St. Paul’s, Chacewater, on Wednesday last, Mr. JAMES BRAY to Miss > ELIZA BARAGWAUNA, both of the parish of Kenwyn. > > At the Registrar’s Office, St. Austell, on Sunday last, Mr. WILLIAM > CRAPP, sen., to Mrs. AYERS. > > At Lanlivery, on Tuesday last, Mr. JOHN HOLMAN to Miss ELIZABETH BOUND. > > At Stoke, on Saturday last, Mr. ROBERT ELLIS, of Plymouth, to HARRIET, > eldest daughter of Mr. D. H. HAINSSELIN, of Devonport. > > At Plympton St. Mary, Devon, on the 13th instant, Mr. G. RYALL, eldest > son of Mr. Ryall, of the Albion Hotel, to Miss SUSANNA COCK, of > Plymouth. > > At Hatfield, Yorkshire, on the 12th instant, SEPTIMUS REDHEAD, Esq., of > London, late of Swansea, to CLARA GEORGIANA, second daughter of GEORGE > BROWN, Esq., of Hatfield, formerly Major 4th Light Dragoons, niece of > the Dowager Lady Molesworth. > > DEATHS. > At Calenick, near Truro, on Friday last, SARAH, daughter of Mr. GEORGE > PAINE, aged 18 years. > > At Falmouth, on the 12th instant, SUSAN, youngest daughter of the late > Mr. WILLIAM JENKIN CHESTER, aged 6 years. > > At Falmouth, on the 13th instant, much respected, ANN, wife of WILLIAM > DOWNING, Esq., aged 73 years. > > At Garras, in the parish of Mawgan in Meneage, on the 11th instant, Mr. > ALEXANDER WICKS, aged 69 years. > > At Helston, on the 6th instant, Mr. JOHN VINNICOMB, aged 84 years. > > At Goldsithney, on Tuesday last, Mr. JAMES GUNDRY, aged 78 years. > > At Penzance, on Saturday last, WILLIAM JAMES, infant son of Mr. JAMES > FOSS WALLIS; on Sunday, Mr. WILLIAM RODDA, aged 40 years; and on > Tuesday, Mrs. JANE NICHOLLS, aged 80 years. > > At Madron, on the 8th instant, Mrs. BLANCH BATTEN, widow of Mr. FRANCIS > BATTEN, aged 48 years. > > At Marazion, on Wednesday last, Mr. JOHN HOSKING, aged 80 years. > > At Hayle, on Monday last, Mrs. B. DAVEY, aged 61 years. > > At Camborne, on Saturday last, TRYPHENA, eldest daughter of Mr. AMBROSE > BLAMEY, of Tuckingmill, aged 24 years. > > At Redruth, on Sunday last, Mr. WM. ROWE, aged 34 years; Mr. JOHN > HARRIS, aged 43 years; and Mr. SAMUEL COCK, aged 65 years; and on > Monday, Mr. N. SINCOCK, aged 28 years. > > At Chacewater, on Monday last, Mrs. MARY THOMAS, AGED 84 YEARS; AND ON > Wednesday, Mrs. MARY ROBINS, aged 81 years. > > At Creegbraws, near Chacewater, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. JAMES > NORTHY, aged 46 years. > > At Goonbell, in the parish of St. Agnes, recently, Mr. ABRAHAM PROUT, > at an advanced age. > > At Grade, on the 6th instant, Mr. JOSEPH RANDLE, aged 65 years. > > At Newquay, on Sunday last, the infant son of Mr. JUDE HUBBER. > > At Trestrayle, in the parish of Probus, on the 9th inst., LOUISA > GERRANS, second daughter of Mr. M. HOTTEN, aged 20 years. > > At Polmasick, in the parish of St. Ewe, on Sunday last, Mrs. SARAH > WHITEHAIR, aged 77 years. > > At Fowey, EMMA, daughter of Mr. EMANUEL WADE, aged 2 years. > > At West Looe, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. THOMAS CHARK [?], aged 66 > years. > > At Dinham’s Bridge, in the parish of St. Mabyn, on Monday last, the > wife of Mr. RICHARD GRIGG, second daughter of the late Mr. JAMES > GLASSON, of Polmenor, near Penzance, aged 54 years. > > At St. Cleer Village, on the 7th instant, Mr. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, aged 52 > years. > At Tremar Coombe, in the parish of St. Cleer, on the 8th instant, EMMA, > daughter of Mr. JOHN KELLOW. > > At Liskeard, on the 7th instant, Mr. MARK HOCKING, aged 55 years; and > on the 13th instant, Mrs. ELIZABETH BENNETT, aged 76 years. > > At Poughill, near Bude, on the 12th instant, Mr. ALEXANDER CORNISH, > aged 78 years. > > At Plymouth, on the 13th instant, the Rev. SAMUEL NICHOLSON, sen., aged > 55 years. > > At Bolton, on the 9th instant, CATHERINE, second daughter of the Rev. > E. J. STURGESS, Wesleyan Minister, aged 10 years. > > At Lymington, Hants, on the 13th instant, EDWARD GLOVER, Esq., > In London, on the 11th instant, JOHN, son of Mr. ROWE, builder, late of > Penzance, aged 28 years. > > At Dinan, in France, on the 12th instant, at an advanced age, > Lieutenant Colonel JEAN FRANCOIS ROBION de la TREHONNAISE, Knight of > the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis. Deceased was the last > surviving superior officer, who, at the head of the heroic Breton > peasantry, took a leading part in the Vendean struggles, which Napoleon > called the war of Giants. > > >

Hi All - had this completely transcribed last night, but something hiccuped in my 'puter, and today all that is lost! So, retranscribing. It's worth the effort, as the Coroner's Inquest is almost a detective story, and the bankruptcy news gives a good picture of wages earned by construction workers - which were much greater than those reported for miners last year. (And the last little bit of wisdom still applies, doesn't it?) Julia ...................................... WEST BRITON and CORNWALL ADVERTISER 14 MARCH 1856 NOTICE I, THOMAS LUCAS BILKEY, of TREVILLICK, in the parish of CREED, labourer, do hereby give notice that I will not be answerable for any Debt or Debts which my wife, SUSAN BILKEY, may contract after this date. Signed, the mark or sign X of Thomas Lucas Bilkey Witness: JANE KEAT Dated March 12th, 1856 A GRAND RIFLE SHOOTING MATCH WILL take place at Higher Town, near Truro, on MONDAY, March 24th, 1856. FIRST PRIZE......A Gold Watch SECOND PRIZE.....GBP 1.0.0 THIRD PRIZE......GBP 0.10.0 To commence at Two p.m. precisely Particulars may be known by applying to Mr. F. SLY, Vine Inn, Higher Town, near Truro PRIVATE TUITION BY THE SEA A CLERGYMAN, Graduate of Oxford, who has charge of a small parish in a retired but beautiful and extremely healthy situation, would be glad to undertake the education of a gentleman's son, or to read with a young man for college. Unexceptionable University and other references can be given if required. Address, B B, Post-Office, Penzance LAUNCESTON COUNTY COURT In the matter of the Petition of WILLIAM COOMBE, of and residing in Back Lane, in the Parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Launceston, in the County of Cornwall, and lately residing in Church Street, in St. Mary Magdalene aforesaid, Innkeeper and Basket Maker. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County Court of Cornwall, holden at Launceston, acting in the matter of this Petition, will proceed to make a Final Order thereon at the said Court on the Second day of April next at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, ST. AUSTELL - On Sunday last, the services to commemorate the opening of the Congregational Chapel, St. Austell, were held, when the Rev. E. JONES, of Plymouth, preached twice to most attentive congregations, after which collections were made towards freeing the debt on the chapel, and upwards of GBP 8 were contributed. On Monday afternoon, a public tea took place in the school room, which was well attended, and after tea the persons assembled were addressed by Mr. JONES. MAJOR-GENERAL SLEEMAN - By the last "Overland Mail," we are glad to find that Major-General Sir WILLIAM SLEEMAN, K.C.B. and Lady SLEEMAN, embarked for England on the 23rd of January, from Calcutta. THE NAVY - Mr. JAMES N. CROKE, son of Captain Croke, R.N., of Falmouth, has passed his examination as Major in the Royal Navy. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS - On Friday last, Mr. JOHN PENBERTHY, jun., of Redruth, was admitted a member and received the diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr. FREDERICK HENRY BATE (Army) has also passed the examinations, and been admitted a member of the College. On the 11th instant, Mr. EDWIN ANDREW, of St. Austell, having undergone the necessary examinations, was admitted a Licentiate in Midwifery. HESSENFORD FAIR - The first annual fair at this place was held on the 3rd instant, when there was a good supply of bullocks and sheep, and a numerous attendance of dealers. A considerable number of the cattle met with a ready sale, and very few sheep remained unsold. COMMITTAL FOR HOUSEBREAKING - A man called JOHN PARKER, alias "Paper Jack" from Norfolk, who formerly travelled in this county with stationary, &c., has been committed by Captain KEMPE, county magistrate, on three separate charges of housebreaking. One of these we mentioned last week, his having broken into the house of Mrs. TYACK, widow, of Chacewater, and stolen from her various articles of apparel. When he was committed for trial on that charge, Mr. NASH, police superintendent, at Truro, having received information of two robberies in Breage and Gwennap, requested that the prisoner should be detained, until examination had been made to ascertain if he were also implicated in those other robberies. The housebreaking at Breage Cross, near Helston, took place on the 28th ult. The occupier of the house, JOHN HEADE, is a miner, and had gone to his work on that day, and his wife had left the cottage and gone away to transact some business. When she returned, she found that a pane of glass had been broken, the window opened, and the drawers and boxes in the house robbed of a green plush waistcoat, a black satin waistcoat, black cloth trousers, four shawls, a satin cape, handkerchiefs, and other articles. The robbery at Ferns Plat, Gwennap, was in the house of ANN PAINTER, and effected on a Sunday evening. She left the house at four in the afternoon to go to chapel, and on her return found that a pane of glass had been broken, and the window lifted, by which the thief entered, and stole about GBP 5 worth of property, consisting of three shawls, dresses, and other articles. To ascertain whether the prisoner, John Parker, was the thief, Mr. Nash, on Monday, made inquiries and found that the prisoner had gone from Truro to Zelah, in St. Allen parish, and ascertained further that he had sold, at a house occupied by JANE HOSKIN, in that village, three dresses and three shawls. Police Constable WOOLWOCK[as written] was dispatched westward, and traced the prisoner to Redruth, Camborne, Pool, and other places; and at Pool found that at a beer-shop he had sold to some miners a green plush waistcoat, black satin waistcoat, black cloth trousers, black satin cape, and some shawls. He told the miners that his name was PETER CARLILE, and that he lived in Truro, and kept a large shop for second-hand clothes. The articles having all been brought to Truro from Zelah and Pool, were identified by John Heade and Ann Painter as their property, and the prisoner was committed for trial on each of these charges of robbery. TRURO POLICE - On Thursday, before Mr. NANKIVELL, Mr. PADDON, and Capt. KEMPE. John SYMONDS, cabinet maker, was charged with obstructing the free passage of the foot pavement in Boscawen Street. Complaints have been made to the Mayor and to the Police Superintendent, by shopkeepers, of a number of persons obstructing the foot pavement by standing about in groups, chiefly between one and two o'clock, and also in the evenings and thereby preventing the free access of ladies and other customers to the shops. On Saturday last, police-constable VINCENT spoke to several parties on the pavement, who immediately moved out of the way of foot passengers, but on his speaking to Symonds, the latter said he should not move for him or any one else, that he paid for paving and lighting, and if the policeman interfered with him, he would put him in the gutter. Symonds was consequently summoned before the magistrates, and the case being proved, he was fined (it being his first offence) 2s. and expenses. JOSEPH STEPHENS, a lad of about fourteen, apprentice to a shoemaker, was charged with assaulting JAMES JOHN, servant of the Rev. Prebendary BROWNE, of Kenwyn. Complaints have been made to the police that many lads have been in the habit of throwing stones, on Sunday evenings, from the railway bridge, at the top of Pydar Street, at persons who are passing below. JAMES JOHN was passing on Sunday evening last, and saw the lad Stephens throw a stone at him, as he had done on a previous occasion. The mother of the lad begged that the magistrates would not fine him, as it was his first offence, and promised that he should be well looked after in future. Stephens also promised that he would never repeat the offence, upon which James John withdrew the charge, and the magistrates, after severely reprimanding and cautioning the lad, ordered him to be discharged. DARING BURGLARY - A daring robbery has been effected during the week at Lostwithiel, by thieves who are evidently old and skilful practitioners in the housebreaking art. The premises of Mr. DINGLE, merchant, at Lostwithiel, were entered by the back gates, near the quay, although there is a large dog kept chained close to the gates. The thieves, having entered the premises, forced open the office door, and then proceeded to open the iron chest in the office by drilling a hole through it, just above the key-hole, which being accomplished, they were enabled, by the use of an instrument, to force back the bolt of the lock and open the chest. They found therein, however, only about 50s., with which they decamped, and there is at present no clue to their detection. It appears that in opening the chest, they had to bore through about an inch of solid cast-iron, which seems to have been effected by a three-quarter bit. Unless these accomplished thieves are captured, their doings will probably soon be heard of in other parts of the county. COLLISONS AT SEA, and LOSS OF LIFE - The Danish brig "Anne Jorgiane," SVARRER master, laden with guano from Callao, for orders, arrived at Falmouth on Tuesday morning last, with port bow most seriously stove, having on the previous night, when about thirty-two miles south of the harbour, and whilst reaching off, come suddenly into collision with another vessel, which, melancholy to relate, the crew of the Dane fear, must have immediately foundered, as they never saw or heard anything more of them than some shrieks of terror uttered at the instant when they were lost sight of in the dark. They state that they thought their own situation so perilous as to get a boat out the first thing, into which they put compasses, &c., but were subsequently induced to return to their vessel, finding she continued to float. They do not know the nature or size of the other craft, but believe her not to have been English. On the night of the 6th instant, the schooner "Susanna," of Bideford, WILLIAM EVANS master, from Newport for Southampton, with coals, was run into just abaft the main rigging (starboard side), about ten miles from Trevose head, by a smack, name unknown, and cut down nearly to the water's edge. The wind was E.S.E. at the time, and fine, otherwise the "Susanna" must have sunk immediately. SHOCKING ACCIDENT - An accident of a serious nature, and which was very nearly attended with fatal consequences, happened on Tuesday the 4th instant, at the farm of Treliver, in St. Wenn, where Mr. JAMES TONKYN, wheelwright, of St. Columb, went with BASSETT, his workman, for the purpose of felling and removing some trees which he had purchased. They had felled a large tree, and were engaged in cross-cutting it into convenient lengths for removal in the course of which operation it became necessary to substitute a small saw for a large one. In removing the saw, the tree, which had fallen on uneven ground, by some means, shifted its position, rolled over on Bassett, and jammed him against a rock. The united efforts of nine men were unable to move the tree so as to release the poor fellow from this frightful position, and half an hour elapsed before he was (with the assistance of four horses which were tackled to the tree) delivered from his perilous situation, when it was found that one of his legs was broken below the knee, and his thigh also broken in two places. Bassett is a most industrious, hardworking man, and maintained a large family; and we are glad to be able to add, that under the skilful treatment of Mr. Moorman, surgeon, of St. Columb, the poor fellow is progressing favourably. CORONER'S INQUESTS - The following inquests have been held by Mr. HICHENS, county coroner: At Marazion, on the 7th instant, on the body of WILLIAM DAVEY, aged 48 years. On the previous morning, whilst a person was drawing a kibble of water from a well near the Market House, Marazion, a pocket-handkerchief was observed. About two o'clock on the same dayanother person came to draw water when a hat was brought up. This caused some stir, and the attention of Messrs. WILLIAM THOMAS and ROBERTS, carpenters, working at the adjoining premises, was drawn to the curcumstance. When they looked into the well, which was about seven fathoms to the water, they saw a stick floating; by this time others were collected together, and a fishing line with hooks was let down, and the walking stick drawn up. They then let down a line with a lead attached and sounded. There was about two fathoms of water. They found that something was lying at the bottom. The fishing line was let down again, and they then discovered some heavy body attached which they supposed to be wood, but when drawn ! to the surface the head and arms of a man were apparent. The body being drawn to the surface was discovered to be that of WILLIAM DAVEY, an extra man in the Coast Guard service at Prussia Cove, who parted with another extra man in the same service called HENRY PRISK, about eleven o'clock the previous night. It is supposed, from the darkness of the night, that the unfortunate man must have missed his way, and by some means got into the well. Six sovereigns and his pistol with other things were found in his pockets, and a cut and bruise about his head which were caused by his falling. Verdict, "Found drowned." Ont he 12th instant, at St. Just in Penwith, on the body of Mary GRENFELL, aged 19 years. The deceased being apparently quite well, went from her house on Sunday morning last, to a Methodist meeting very near it, but was obliged shortly after to leave from pain in her side or stomach. She was taken into a neighbour's home, where she got some distilled peppermint, which greatly relieved her, and she was afterwards put home, and there went to bed and remained during the whole of the day. At night an aunt slept in the same room with her in another bed, but on the following morning another aunt, having occasion to go into the room, found the deceased out of bed, seemingly kneeling by the side of that in which she slept, and upon being taken up she was found to be dead - A post mortem examination of the body was made by Mr. JOHN PERMEWAN, of St. Just, assisted by Mr. Arthur BERRYMAN, of Penzance, both of whom attributed her death to an ulcerated disease of the stomach. Verdict, "! Natural Death." DEVON &c. THE LATE LIEUTENANT KEKEWICH - Shortly after the death of the late Lieutenant KEKEWICH, third son of Mr. Kekewich, of Peamore, it was resolved by his friends and neighbours to offer to his father and family some testimonial of their respect and regard for a brave young officer, and regret for his early death. The tenantry of the estates in Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset, at once came forward and claimed the privilege as their own; and united their efforts to render the work worthy of its object, and the result is that a memorial window has been erected int he parish church at Exminster, on the south side of the aisle occupied by the family of Peamore. The window, which is of perpendicular gothic character, was designed by Mr. David MACINTOSH, architect. The colours of the glass, although exceedingly rich, are most chaste and appropriate and the general treatment reflects the greatest credit on Mr. BEER, of Exeter, by whom the window has been executed inthe first style of art.! A brass tablet, with an inscription somewhat to the following effect, is also shortly to be placed near the window: Erected by the tenantry of SAMUEL TREHAWKE KEKEWICH, Esq., of Penmore, in pious memory of his third much respected son, LEWIS KEKEWICH, Esq., Lieutenant in her Majesty's 20th Regiment of Infantry. He entered the army in June, 1854 - landed in the Crimea with the Allied Forces - fought for his country at the Siege of Sebastopol, and was wounded at the battle of Inkerman. He was born September 4th, 1835, and died of fever ont he 16th of February, 1855, at Corfu - whre hsi remains are interred aged 19 years. This memorial of affectionate regard, from many who loved and esteemed him, is placed here as a record of his manly courage, his kind, generous character, and as a tribute of sympathy and respect to his father and family. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY MONDAY, MARCH 10 In Re PETER STAINSBY - This was an adjourned examination meeting in the case of Peter STAINSBY, described as a smelter and manufacturer, of Bishopsgate Street, and elsewhere. The gross liabilities may be briefly stated as GBP 43,621' hitherto the assets have only realised GBP 346. Three years ago the bankrupt had a capital of GBP 45,366; and the reverse was accounted for by losses amounting to GBP 70,369, chiefly incurred by mining transactions. MR. LAWRENCE, for the assignees, stated that since the last meeing an award had been made by the arbitrator in a dispute which had arisen between the assignees and Messrs. WATSON and ENSOR. the result of which would be to benefit the estate to the extent of GBP 3,000. The award went to confirm the bankrupt's statements, and the assignees had now no objection to his passing. Mr. LINKLATER supported the bankrupt. Mr. HOPPE, on behalf of the creditors, suggested that an alteration would be necessary in the balance-sheet in consequence of the award. His HONOR said the requisite alterations might now be made. This was done, and the bankrupt passed. EXETER COURT OF BANKRUPTCY In RE GILL and EDE, builders, Launceston. This was a meeting for last examination; Mr. PITTS appeared for the assignees, and examined the bankrupts shortly in reference to two or three matters connected with their trading. Mr. GILL stated that they contracted to build a house for Mr. BLAGROVE, and that they lost a very large sum of money in consequence of the enhanced value of labour, upwards of GBP936. The highest amount of wages given previous to their taking the contract was 18s. per week; and immediately afterwards they were obliged to give 20s, 22s., 24s., and even 25s. per week. The COMMISSIONER - What kind of labour did you employ? MR. GILL - Carpenters, masons, and labourers. The COMMISSIONER - Do you mean to say that you gave masons 24s. per week? MR. GILL - said they gave bricklayers that amount, but masons were paid 19s. per week, and labourers, to whom before the contract they gave 10s. a week, they were obliged to pay 12s. a week, after the work had commenced. The contract was taken in July, 1854. The average expenditure for wages was aobut GBP 200 a fortnight, and they employed about a hundred men. In answer to Mr. PITTSS, the bankrupt stated that Mr. JULIAN was the clerk of the works, under Mr. CORNISH, who was the architect, &c. Mr. PITTS - I see ont he 7th of August there was a sum of GBP 5 paid to Mr. Julian; another GBP 5 in September, and another GBP 5 subsequently. Were these sums intended as a douceur to keep things quiet? (Laughter) Mr. GILL - No, sir, but in order to get along comfortably we are obliged to do it. The COMMISSIONER - I suppose Mr. Julian would not pay any money except under a certitude? Mr. GILL - Oh! yes, sir; but there are so many impediments thrown in one's way, that it is necessary to do these things. The COMMISSIONER - This is not a solitary instance. Mr. GILL - Oh! dear, no. Some further examination in reference to the debts owing to the firm having taken place, Mr. EDE volunteered an explanation in reference to the wages. He said that it was not merely the fact of their paying an advance of wages, but they had had to pay the men who came from other parts their travelling expenses also; and many of those to whom they paid large salaries did not do so much work, because they said "Oh, I can go to other places and get as much or more," and therefore in some cases the man who was getting GBP 1 a week was not worth it. The COMMISSIONER - That is a singular reason, because when a Norfolk farmer came into Devonshire and found that the agricultural labourers were only paid eighteenpence a week, he observed that he could not afford to pay such low wages. He gave a half-a-crown a day to his men and then he got his work well and efficiently performed. (Laughter) The bankrupts were then allowed to pass their last examination, there being no opposition whatever to them. The 17th of April was fixed for the certificate meeting.

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 21st March, 1856. BIRTHS. At Truro, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. BLENKINSOP, a son. At Falmouth, on the 8th instant, the wife of Mr. FRANCIS PASMORE, a daughter; on the 11th instant, the wife of Mr. R. THOMAS, a son; and on the 12th, the wife of Mr. JOHN JONES, a daughter. At Cross Lanes, in the parish of Cury, on the 8th inst., the wife of Mr. WILLIAM JAMES DALE, a son. At St. Michael’s Mount, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. RICHARD MATHEWS, a son. At Nancledra, in the parish of Towednack, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. ISAAC BROAD, a son; and on the 12th instant, the wife of Mr. JOHN KEVERN, a daughter. At White Hall, near Scorrier, the wife of Mr. FRANCIS LUKE, a daughter. At Redruth, the wife of Mr. R. C. NICHOLLS, a daughter; the wife of Mr. H. CHAPPEL, a daughter; the wife of Mr. THOMAS NANCARROW, a daughter; and the wife of Mr. TOBIAS ANGOVE, a son. At Creegbraws, near Chacewater, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN HAM, a daughter. At Newquay, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. GEORGE GUMMOW, a daughter. At Mevagissey, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. WILLIAM ROBERTS, auctioneer, a daughter. At St. Austell, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. NICHOLLS, a son; and on Monday, the wife of Mr. WM. SAUNDERS, jun., tailor, a son. At Fowey, the wife of Mr. FROST, innkeeper, a daughter. At West Looe, on Sunday last, the wife of Captain ABRAHAM SCANTLEBURY, a son. At Lostwithiel, on the 12th instant, the wife of Mr. JAMES HICKS, a son. At Helstone, near Camelford, on the 13th instant, the wife of Mr. GUMMOW, twins. At Bodmin, on the 6th instant, the wife of Mr. CHARLES CRABB, a son; and on the 7th instant, the wife of Mr. JOHN WILLIAM GROSE, a son. At Bristol, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. HENRY GUY, a son. At Liverpool, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN DINGEY, formerly of Truro, a son. At Ballygahen Copper and Sulphur Mines, county of Wicklow, Ireland, on the 9th inst., the wife of Capt. JOHN WEBSTER, a daughter. MARRIAGES. At St. Clement, on Tuesday last, Mr. W. H. PENHALIGON to Miss CORNISH, both of Truro. At Constantine, on the 5th instant, Mr. GEORGE RETALLACK to Miss OLD, both of Durgan. At St. Hilary, on Monday last, Mr. PETER JOHNS, of Marazion, to Miss ELIZABETH JANE PAUL, of Newlyn. At Camborne, on the 13th instant, Mr. JOSEPH QUENTRAL, lately from Australia, to Miss CAROLINE VIAL, third daughter of Mr. JOHN VIAL, innkeeper, of that town. At St. Paul’s, Chacewater, on Wednesday last, Mr. JAMES BRAY to Miss ELIZA BARAGWAUNA, both of the parish of Kenwyn. At the Registrar’s Office, St. Austell, on Sunday last, Mr. WILLIAM CRAPP, sen., to Mrs. AYERS. At Lanlivery, on Tuesday last, Mr. JOHN HOLMAN to Miss ELIZABETH BOUND. At Stoke, on Saturday last, Mr. ROBERT ELLIS, of Plymouth, to HARRIET, eldest daughter of Mr. D. H. HAINSSELIN, of Devonport. At Plympton St. Mary, Devon, on the 13th instant, Mr. G. RYALL, eldest son of Mr. Ryall, of the Albion Hotel, to Miss SUSANNA COCK, of Plymouth. At Hatfield, Yorkshire, on the 12th instant, SEPTIMUS REDHEAD, Esq., of London, late of Swansea, to CLARA GEORGIANA, second daughter of GEORGE BROWN, Esq., of Hatfield, formerly Major 4th Light Dragoons, niece of the Dowager Lady Molesworth. DEATHS. At Calenick, near Truro, on Friday last, SARAH, daughter of Mr. GEORGE PAINE, aged 18 years. At Falmouth, on the 12th instant, SUSAN, youngest daughter of the late Mr. WILLIAM JENKIN CHESTER, aged 6 years. At Falmouth, on the 13th instant, much respected, ANN, wife of WILLIAM DOWNING, Esq., aged 73 years. At Garras, in the parish of Mawgan in Meneage, on the 11th instant, Mr. ALEXANDER WICKS, aged 69 years. At Helston, on the 6th instant, Mr. JOHN VINNICOMB, aged 84 years. At Goldsithney, on Tuesday last, Mr. JAMES GUNDRY, aged 78 years. At Penzance, on Saturday last, WILLIAM JAMES, infant son of Mr. JAMES FOSS WALLIS; on Sunday, Mr. WILLIAM RODDA, aged 40 years; and on Tuesday, Mrs. JANE NICHOLLS, aged 80 years. At Madron, on the 8th instant, Mrs. BLANCH BATTEN, widow of Mr. FRANCIS BATTEN, aged 48 years. At Marazion, on Wednesday last, Mr. JOHN HOSKING, aged 80 years. At Hayle, on Monday last, Mrs. B. DAVEY, aged 61 years. At Camborne, on Saturday last, TRYPHENA, eldest daughter of Mr. AMBROSE BLAMEY, of Tuckingmill, aged 24 years. At Redruth, on Sunday last, Mr. WM. ROWE, aged 34 years; Mr. JOHN HARRIS, aged 43 years; and Mr. SAMUEL COCK, aged 65 years; and on Monday, Mr. N. SINCOCK, aged 28 years. At Chacewater, on Monday last, Mrs. MARY THOMAS, AGED 84 YEARS; AND ON Wednesday, Mrs. MARY ROBINS, aged 81 years. At Creegbraws, near Chacewater, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. JAMES NORTHY, aged 46 years. At Goonbell, in the parish of St. Agnes, recently, Mr. ABRAHAM PROUT, at an advanced age. At Grade, on the 6th instant, Mr. JOSEPH RANDLE, aged 65 years. At Newquay, on Sunday last, the infant son of Mr. JUDE HUBBER. At Trestrayle, in the parish of Probus, on the 9th inst., LOUISA GERRANS, second daughter of Mr. M. HOTTEN, aged 20 years. At Polmasick, in the parish of St. Ewe, on Sunday last, Mrs. SARAH WHITEHAIR, aged 77 years. At Fowey, EMMA, daughter of Mr. EMANUEL WADE, aged 2 years. At West Looe, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. THOMAS CHARK [?], aged 66 years. At Dinham’s Bridge, in the parish of St. Mabyn, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. RICHARD GRIGG, second daughter of the late Mr. JAMES GLASSON, of Polmenor, near Penzance, aged 54 years. At St. Cleer Village, on the 7th instant, Mr. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, aged 52 years. At Tremar Coombe, in the parish of St. Cleer, on the 8th instant, EMMA, daughter of Mr. JOHN KELLOW. At Liskeard, on the 7th instant, Mr. MARK HOCKING, aged 55 years; and on the 13th instant, Mrs. ELIZABETH BENNETT, aged 76 years. At Poughill, near Bude, on the 12th instant, Mr. ALEXANDER CORNISH, aged 78 years. At Plymouth, on the 13th instant, the Rev. SAMUEL NICHOLSON, sen., aged 55 years. At Bolton, on the 9th instant, CATHERINE, second daughter of the Rev. E. J. STURGESS, Wesleyan Minister, aged 10 years. At Lymington, Hants, on the 13th instant, EDWARD GLOVER, Esq., In London, on the 11th instant, JOHN, son of Mr. ROWE, builder, late of Penzance, aged 28 years. At Dinan, in France, on the 12th instant, at an advanced age, Lieutenant Colonel JEAN FRANCOIS ROBION de la TREHONNAISE, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis. Deceased was the last surviving superior officer, who, at the head of the heroic Breton peasantry, took a leading part in the Vendean struggles, which Napoleon called the war of Giants.

I sincerely apologies for the conflicting dates on this transcription. I am having a battle royal trying to get the March 1856 BMDs onto the two Roots CON sites, but so far have failed. I have tried everything, but nothing is working. I do not know whether it is my end or Roots. I decided to look to see if April 1856 was more responsive, but it was not meant to go to Roots, only to another site so I could see if it got through. So please ignore the article below and when I have overcome the problems, will try and send in sequence. Isabel. One of the W.B. Transcribers. 1. Re: Weekly Newspaper. 7th March, 1856. BMDs. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 4th April, 1856.

Hi Elizabeth: there are some very good sites .... the first is "automated genealogy" Put that in a google search then click on the year you want. The second is the "library and archives, Ottawa, 1871 Canadian Census" - put that in a google search then fill in the blanks. When you get a name there should be a spot to click to go to the record, then at the top of that page there is a choice pdf or jpg to see the original. The third site is OGSPI (Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index) Hopefully the genealogical society in the Kingston area has transcribed at least some of the census and it is online there. The fourth site I always check is "Ontario Vital Statistics Project" - put that in a google search too then choose the area you wish to search - B.M.D Sorry I don't have URLs for these - I just enter a google search each time I want to use them. there is another avenue as well - the LDS Family search site with the 1881 census. You could also contact the Kingston Branch of the OGS to see if they can tell you something about your ancestor. Good Luck! Sher Bowmanville At 04:45 PM 02/05/2012 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Listers, > > >From the birth announcements March 1856: > >At Kingston, North America, the wife of Mr. WILLIAM MERRIFIELD, jun., >mason, late of St. Austell, a daughter > >I think this is one of my 'peeps' and the first relative I have heard of >who came to Canada way back (& since I emigrated from Cornwall to Ontario, >I am excited!. ) >I am not sure how to go about looking for him and his family in the >Canadian census - if someone could help I would really appreciate it. > >Elizabeth Lee Rahman >------------------------------- >Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, >MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > >Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4972 - Release Date: 05/01/12 >18:36:00

Hi Listers, From the birth announcements March 1856: At Kingston, North America, the wife of Mr. WILLIAM MERRIFIELD, jun., mason, late of St. Austell, a daughter I think this is one of my 'peeps' and the first relative I have heard of who came to Canada way back (& since I emigrated from Cornwall to Ontario, I am excited!. ) I am not sure how to go about looking for him and his family in the Canadian census - if someone could help I would really appreciate it. Elizabeth Lee Rahman

Not a clear copy of this weeks BMDs., so if anyone finds an ancestor, please check the information, especially dates and age, carefully. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 4th April, 1856. BIRTHS. At Seaswswater, near Truro, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. WM. BULLEN, a son. At Mylor, on the 27th ult., the wife of Mr. WM. OATES, smith, a daughter. At Falmouth, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. JAMES ADDISON, a daughter; and on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. JAMES SHEPPARD, a daughter. At Pendennis Castle, on the 25th ult., the wife of Sergeant ROBERT HENRIE HIGHAM, schoolmaster of the Royal Miners’ Artillery, a daughter. At Helston, on the 24th ult., the wife of Mr. BENJAMIN LANDER, a son. At Penzance, on Friday last, the wife of Capt. W. H. ROBERTS, of the “Esther,” of Bristol, a son. At Church Town, Madron, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. PENGELLY, a daughter; On Sunday, the wife of Mr. MADDERN, a son; and on Monday, the wife of Mr. LAWRY, a son. At Camborne, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. WILLIAM COCK SYMONS, a daughter. At Redruth, the wife of Mr. J. H. GRENFELL, a daughter; the wife of Mr. JAMES STEPHENS, a son; and the wife of Mr. TOBIAS CLEMENCE, a son. At St. Austell, on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr. JOHN WESTLAKE, of the St. Austell Police, a daughter. At Bodmin, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. J. WILLIAMS, a daughter; and on the 26th, the wife of Mr. J. S. JAGO, a daughter. At Liskeard, on the 27th ult., the wife of Mr. JOHN MATTHEWS, stationer, a son. At Millbrook, on the 21st ult., the wife of WM. PROWSE, Esq., surgeon, a son. At Woodpark, near Devonport, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. W. C. PENNINGTON, of Penzance, a son. At Stoke, on the 26th ult., the wife of J. L. L. SOLE, Esq., a daughter. At Sunninghill, Berks, on the 26th ult., the wife of C. B. Cardew, Esq., a daughter. At Kingston, North America, the wife of Mr. WILLIAM MERRIFIELD, jun., mason, late of St. Austell, a daughter. MARRIAGES. At Mawnan, on the 20th ult., Mr. FRANCIS JOHNS, of Manaccan, to Miss PETERS, of the former parish. At Madron, on Tuesday last, Mr. WILLIAM KEVERN to MARY ANN, daughter of Mr. CHARLES JAMES, both of Penzance. At St. Just in Penwith, Mr. WILLIAM ROWE, late of Australia, to MARY ANN, eldest daughter of Mr. THOMAS HALL, of St. Just in Penwith. At Camborne, on Sunday last, Mr. THOMAS GILL HART to Miss MARY ANN SMITH; and on the 3rd instant, Mr. JAMES MARKS to Miss JENEFER SMITHRAM. At Redruth, on the 20th ult., Mr. W. LOBB, to Miss GRACE MANLEY, of St. Day. At the Wesleyan Chapel, St. Austell, on Wednesday last, Mr. WILLIAM LUKE MITCHELL, of Gorran, to Miss MARY JOLLY, of Mevagissey. At the Registrar’s Office, St. Austell, on Wednesday last, Mr. WILLIAM BROWN, of Tywardreath, to Mrs. ENDEAN, of Holmbush, in the parish of St. Austell. At the Independent Chapel, Tavistock, on Tuesday last, Mr. S. K. SKEWS, of Beeralston, to Miss JANE COURTIS, of the same place. At Lifton, on the 24th ult., Mr. JOHN HARRIS STEPHENS, surgeon-dentist, of Plymouth, to MARY ANN, second daughter of the late Mr. WILLIAM BALL, of the Arundell Arms Hotel, Lifton. At St. George’s, Camberwell, London, on the 19th ult., Mr. FREDERICK J. MOLTENO, of Sandhurst, on the Bendigo Goldfields, Australia, and for a short time of Regent House Academy, Penzance, to LAURA ANTOINETTE, youngest daughter of the late JOHN JOSEPH CHARLES SHERIDAN, Esq., of Burton Crescent. At Longbridge, Deverill, Wilts, on the 27th ult., RALPH THOMPSON, Esq., to AGATHA VAUGHAN, daughter of the late. Rev. GEORGE CORNISH, vicar of Kenwyn, in this county. At Prestbury, Cheshire, on the 27th ult., by the Rev. Mr. WILSON, Mr. EDWARD HENWOOD, solicitor, of Manchester, to ELIZABETH CATHERINE, eldest daughter of CHARLES JAMES CHRISTMAS, Esq., late Governor of Knutsford. At Sudborough, Northamptonshire, on the 26th ult., the Rev. CHARLES W. SILLIFANT, third son of JOHN SILLIFANT, Esq., of Coombe, Devon, to GEORGIANA CAROLINE, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. DUTHY, rector of Sudborough. DEATHS. At Truro, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN WHETTER, aged 69 years. At Falmouth, on Sunday last, Mr. PETERS, aged 25 [?] years; on Tuesday, the wife of Mr. OWLD, aged 23 years, and on Wednesday, Mr. JAMES, relict of the late Captain JAMES, formerly of the Falmouth Packet Service, aged 75 years. At Helston, on Sunday last, Mr. WILLIAM MEDLYN, aged 40 years; and Mrs. ELIZABETH JOHNS, aged 86 years; on Monday, ALEXANDER, son of Mr. A. STEPHENS, aged 1 years; and EMMA, daughter of Mr. WM. MATTHEWS, aged 1 years. At Penzance, on the 27th ult., Miss BOASE, aged 73 years; and Mr. RICHARD TRESIDDER, aged 34 years; and on Sunday last, SARAH JANE, infant daughter of Mr. JOHN HARRY. At Carnyorth, in the parish of St. Just in Penwith, the infant daughter of Mr. WM. TRESIZE; and the infant son of Mr. SAMPSON BOASE. At Sowah, in the parish of St. Levan, on the 27th ult., the wife of Mr. JOHN SAUNDRY, aged 38 years. At Noon Vere, in the parish of Zennor, Mrs. PHILLIS MATTHEWS, aged 75 years. At Camborne, on the 23rd ult., the only son of Mr. JAMES PASCOE, aged 4 years; on the 27th ult., ELLEN, daughter of Mr. THOMAS COADE, aged 7 years; on Sunday, SUSAN JANE, daughter of Mr. JOHN MICHELL, aged 11 years; and HENRY, son of Mr. JACOB THOMAS, aged 4 years; on Monday, JULIA ALICE, daughter of Mr. THOMAS, aged 2 years; THOMAS HENRY, son of Mr. MUTTON, aged 3 years; and FRANCIS, daughter of Mr. EMANUEL BAZELEY, aged 3 years; and at Penponds, on Saturday last, AMEY, relict of Mr. WILLIAM MARTIN, aged 81 years. At Redruth, on the 22nd ult., Mr. SAMUEL CLARK, aged 31 years; and on Tuesday, Mr. G. HICKS, aged 77 years. At Sunny Corner, in the parish of Gwennap on Saturday last, ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. HENRY MORCOM, aged 57 years. At Seveock, in the parish of Kea, on Saturday last, Mrs. MARTHA ROBERTS, aged 80 years. At the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. J. JENKIN, Chacewater, on the 8th ult., Mrs. ELIZA W. REED, second daughter of the late Mr. WILLIAM HILL, of Ashburton, at an advanced age. At Newquay, on the 26th ult., MARY, wife of Mr. WM. OSBORNE, aged 64 years. At St. Dennis, on the 26th ult., ANN, wife of Mr. ROBERT GRIGG, of Menna, in that parish, aged 67 years. At Dunmeer, in the parish of Bodmin, on the 25th ult., Mr. ALLEN, aged 68 years. At Camelford, on the 27th ult., Mr. BENJAMIN HAWKEN, aged 80 years. At Tregoodwell, near Camelford, Mr. THOMAS ARNALL, aged 75 years. At Treviawalls, near Camelford, Mrs. PHILLIPPA TREBILCOCK, aged 73 years. At Liskeard, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. JENNINGS, foreman of the foundry at Roseland. In London, on the 14th ult., JOSEPH, eldest son of Mr. RICHARD THOMAS, baker of Penzance, aged 22 years. In London, on the 19th ult., BETSY ANN, wife of Mr. EDMOND FARTHING, formerly of Launceston. In London, on the 20th ult., Mrs. ELIZABETH CANN, formerly of Kilkhampton, in this county, aged 80 years. At Wells, on the 21st ult., Mr. E. MEAD, of the Swan Hotel, aged 65 years. At Boreham, near Warminster, Wilts, Mr. THOMAS REDDROP, aged 60 years. At Bamarang, Shoalhaven, Australia, on the 18th of November last, Mr. RICHARD GLANVILLE, aged 50 [59?] years.     

Julie, These twol may be of interest to your friend, from my website: BOADEN James ROSUSTOW Elizabeth 26 Dec 1845 Cury BOADEN John [Cury] WILLEY Jane 14 Feb 1828 Mawgan at Menage James and John may have been related as both associated with Cury. Geoff On 24/04/2012, at 6:15 PM, Julie Wheeler wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm helping a friend with newly found Cornish ancestry and they are called > Boaden, a farming family living Bejarrow in the parish of Mawgan in Meneage > 1841 census. Does anyone know about Bejarrow, was it a farm?

Peter. I thought would mention (but you are probably aware of this) that a short history of the Virgin Gorda Mine appeared in the Journal of The Trevithick Society some years ago, written by Frank & Margaret Birchall. (sample extract - "The first serious mining operation began in 1835 when the Virgin Gorda Mining Company was formed. Miners were recruited in Cornwall and 31 men and 5 women sailed from St. Austell"). I understand that the authors research was partly based upon a mine cost Book which has survived and is located in the British Virgin Islands Museum. Also, in the very early years of this millenium a mining historian / consultant from Cornwall carried out a site survey and conservation recommendations for the Virgin Gorda authorities (with particular thoughts on the remains of the engine house and the unattached stack and, I think to some machinery - was it an engine bob on the beach?). I do not know if his report is available for you to look at in the Virgin Gorda authorities files. With regards the Cornish families - some family names are given in the Journal article mentioned above. At the Cornish Global Migration Programme here in Redruth we do have a shortlist of some of those miners but as of yet have not done any work on family histories (they are in "our jobs to do" very large file). One problem we have is with some sketchy references to such locations as "St. Thomas's, West Indies" Mike, Redruth.

Lesley Please share with me any reference you encounter to the Cornish men (and a few women) who lived and worked around the copper mine on Virgin Gorda between 1837 and 1862. The only such mine in the Caribbean, I understand. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Mine,_Virgin_Gorda> Many of the miners formed relationships with local women and may have either stayed on a little longer or even, just possibly, married them and taken their wives back to Cornwall. I should be particularly interested in any family facts or legends regarding their offspring, as well as any information about the womenfolk they had left behind in Cornwall. Peter Moll Tortola, Virgin Islands (Br) Descended through my paternal grandmother from William GLANVILLE (b. 1 Aug. 1790, Lostwithiel) >Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:57:33 +0100 >From: "Trotter, Lesley" <ljt210@exeter.ac.uk> >Subject: [CORNISH] PhD research on wives ?left behind? by 19th century > emigrant Cornishmen ? can you help? >To: "CORNISH@rootsweb.com" <CORNISH@rootsweb.com> > >PhD research on wives "left behind" by 19th century emigrant Cornishmen - can you help? > >Many Cornish family histories include passed down memories of wives who remained in Cornwall while their husbands emigrated in search of work opportunities around the world throughout the 19th century. However, as yet, these women have largely been neglected when the story of Cornish Emigration is told. > >Through the Institute of Cornish Studies, University of Exeter, I am carrying out postgraduate research that explores the experiences of these wives: were they were reunited with their husbands either in Cornwall or abroad? How did they cope financially, practically and emotionally in their absence? What were the long-term consequences for the family? > >Can you help with this research? I would very much like to hear from anyone who has such a story in their family and/or has surviving letters between the husband and wife, or other correspondence or documents that contain information about couples separated by emigration from Cornwall in the period 1800 to 1914. Does anyone know of a diary kept by a wife who found herself in this situation? Any information would be gratefully received, and full acknowledgement given in the resulting PhD thesis and intended book. > >If you think you can help please contact me via email or at the address below. If you are able to share copies of letters or documents to aid this research, digital images or photocopies would be most welcome, but please do not risk sending original documents by post. > >Many thanks, >Lesley Trotter >PhD Researcher >Institute of Cornish Studies. > >Email: ljt210@exeter.ac.uk > >Postal address: >Lesley Trotter, >The Institute of Cornish Studies, Peter Lanyon Building, >The University of Exeter - Cornwall Campus, >Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ >United Kingdom.