hi listers, I am desperately seeking a copy/transcript of a baptism, the details I have are. Wesleyan, Penzance 30 May 1847 David Benjamin Ledgett JORDAN. Father William Lachlan Jordan; mother Louisa. I believe the family were travelling from Wales to London and the family have always claimed that David was born "at sea", so I am pinning my hopes on the baptism providing me with more clues. Can anyone help me, plse? I live in Tasmania, Australia, so getting to Cornwall is not an option until I win the lottery! John Goold

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 28th August, 1857. MINING CASE - An action has been tried at the Surrey Assizes at Croydon, in which the plaintiff was Mr. TREDINNICK, a mine share broker, of London, and the defendant, Mr. E. BOYNS, of Penzance. The action was brought to recover damages alleged to be sustained by the plaintiff, on defendant not accepting a transfer of ten Balnoon Shares. It appeared that plaintiff sold to the defendant the shares at 6 1/4 , and sent a transfer; but at the date of the transfer plaintiff had not the shares standing in his name and defendant returned transfer and wrote plaintiff that unless the shares were sent right by the next post he would not take them. The plaintiff, by return of post, obtained shares, and sent them for registration; defendant, however, refused to complete his contract and this action was brought. The defendant contended he had a right to refuse the transfer, as plaintiff had no shares standing in his name. The plaintiff, on the other hand, contended the defendant gave him till return of post to make good the shares, and he did so, and defendant was bound to take them. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff for GBP30, subject to the opinion of the Court on a point of law. TRURO POLICE - On Thursday the 20th instant, NANCY PALMER, of Charles Street, aged thirteen years, was charged with having, between nine and ten o'clock the previous evening, broken open a box in the market-house and stolen therefrom a pair of child's leather boots, value 4s., the property of Mr. W. CLYMA, boot-maker, River Street. The boots, it appears, were missed almost immediately after they had been stolen, and the prisoner was apprehended with them in her possession, in the Market-place, by police-constable CRAUFORD. Before the magistrates, she pleaded guilty, and by her request the case was disposed of summarily. She was sentenced to twenty-one days' hard labour. On Friday the 21st inst., HENRY FLINN was charged by Serjeant WOOLCOCK, before the Mayor and Mr. CHAPPEL, with being drunk in Boscawen Street, at eleven o'clock the previous night. In default of payment of costs, he was committed for twenty-one days' hard labour; and in default of two sureties of GBP10 each for his good behaviour for six months, he was committed for three calendar months. On Monday, ANNA MARIA MURREN, a prostitute, of Gwennap, was charged with creating a disturbance at ten o'clock on Saturday night, at the West Bridge. She was discharged on payment of costs and her promise to leave the town forthwith. BREAGE, SITHNEY AND GERMOE HORTICULTURAL AND COTTAGE GARDENING SOCIETY - This society held its meeting at Great Wh, Vor School-room, on the 13th instant. The show was excellent in fruit, flowers and vegetables; the Rev. Mr. PRIDMORE, vicar of Breage, viewed the gardens, the cottagers being delighted with his king manner and the good advice he gave them, and fully confident of his impartiality. Among others four gardens were entered at the little village of St. John's adjoining Helston, all tenants-at-will; their entering being chiefly owing to the kindness of Mr. JOSHUA STEPHENS. Mr. Stephens got the best prizes for gooseberries, raspberries and peas. Two of the garden prizes were awarded to St. John's; PETER RICHARDS, of St. John's, a sawyer, obtained a prize of GBP1 for his garden, having lately drained and brought it in from a useless waste, and about 30s. in other prizes. WILLIAM RODDA, of Troon, in Breage, had the second prize, and JOHN PERRY, of St. John's, the third prize for gardens. There were also three prizes for bees. BADCOCK and EVA, of Helston sent thirty sorts of dahliahs; and WILLIAMS, a sailor, sent two pines, which he brought from Cuba, in March last, and hung them up to his beam in the kitchen, by the slab; the only support they had was Stockholm tar. Everything was done at the meeting in an orderly and business-like manner, the ladies being particularly active and useful. Mr. POPHAM and Mr. PRIDMORE addressed the assembly, and the society is warmly supported by all the gentlemen in the district. FALMOUTH - JAMES CADDY, Esq., formerly commander of Her Majesty's packet-brig "Swiftsure," on this station has been appointed Sub-Commissioner of pilotage for the Falmouth district, vice-Commander W. P. CROKE, R.N., deceased. BODMIN - At the Guildhall, on Friday last, before Mr. EDYVEAN, the mayor, and Messrs. JAMES LIDDELL, JOHN WARD, and E. G. HAMLEY, justices, RICHARD YEO, was summoned for brutally and cruelly ill-treating a horse on the 14th instant, which had been placed under his care. The charge was laid against Yeo at the desire of several respectable inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood for ill-treatment of the horse. Several parties attended and proved the case, and described the ill-usage to have been of a brutal and savage character. The magistrates after hearing the case inflicted on Yeo the penalty of 50s., or one month's imprisonment with hard labour, and the mayor suitably addressed him, highly censured his conduct to horses, and urges and pressed on him the necessity of his leaving the town, and gave him clearly to understand that they had given strict directions for his being more closely watched, and that if ever he was detected and brought before them again he would for every offence be fined in the penalty of GBP5 or three months imprisonment - which would have been done in this instance but for the illness of his wife, and not out of regard or kindness to him. Yeo was further summoned for having, on the 15th inst., driven a colt recklessly and carelessly through the public streets, on the day in question, which was market-day. It appeared from the evidence that, in driving down the Fore Street, he so severely cut and punished the horse with a whip that the poor animal shrank from the last quite exhausted, and fell on the causeway smashing upwards of GBP5 worth of glass in the window of Mr. CHARLES TONKIN, draper, and endangered the lives of several parties, and more particularly a poor woman who had a very narrow escape by being providentially knocked into the doorway. The case was partly heard but in consequence of the absence of a witness, it was adjourned until the next sitting of the bench. A NOBLE SAILOR - At Bude a few days ago, a lady named COX, a visitor at this place, was bathing at low water at the entrance of the harbour, but being a good swimmer she ventured too far and was drawn by the tide beyond the breakers, which were running very heavy. Her friends on the shore were, as might be imagined, in great agony of mind. GEORGE BATE, a sailor, seeing the lady's situation, with the greatest promptitude undressed himself and swam out to her rescue. At this time she was more than half a mile from the shore. On Bate reaching her she was found floating on her back, her bathing dress, probably, being the means of keeping her afloat. Boat approached her cautiously and spoke. She replied, "Can you save me?" Bate said, "Yes, if you will be steady." She then said, "Where shall I take hold of you?" Bate, seeing that she appeared collected, swam directly to her, and she placed her hands on his shoulders, and with this heavy burthen on his back, he commenced an arduous struggle towards the shore. When brought on shore Mrs. Cox was so completely exhausted as to be apparently lifeless, but with proper assistance she was restored. THE "EXMOUTH." - We are informed that THOMAS HICHENS the poor fisherman who was the means of saving the "Exmouth" ninety gun screw ship when embayed among the rocks in a cove near Kynance, in April last, has been rewarded by the Admiralty with the paltry sum of five pounds, for saving an English line of battle ship with a crew of 700 or 800 souls. The "Exmouth's" anchor with thirty fathoms of chain cable which was slipped when working off the rocks was recovered last week by Mr. W. B. HICKS of Penryn, the purchaser of the wreck of the steamer "Zebra," wrecked a few miles eastward last summer. In the Daily News of Tuesday last, we find the following letter respecting the same matter:- In the spring of the present year, the "Exmouth" an English ninety gun screw-ship, with a crew of 700 or 800 souls, on her way to Spithead, got some ten or twelve miles out of her course in a fog, and was seen by a fisherman, when west of the Lizard, proceeding under a press of canvas directly for the coast; he immediately apprised the officers of their imminent danger; the vessel was put about, and in doing so struck on a ridge of rocks; she then tailed off and an anchor was let go with fifteen fathoms of chain, which brought her up, when her stern was less than ten feet from some rocks at the foot of an almost perpendicular cliff about 200 feet high. She was here embayed in one of the many little coves on that coast; the fog was very thick at the time, and a heavy ground swell running in from the southwest. In this critical position she was boarded by a fisherman, named HITCHENS, at the risk of his life, and under his direction the steam was got up, the anchor slipped, and the vessel piloted out in safety. This poor fisherman was thus the means of saving very many lives, and national property worth probably GBP100,000. The tide was at ebb at the time, and had the ship remained there two hours longer nothing could have saved her, as a very heavy gale from the south-west arose in the evening, when a great loss of life must have occurred. For this very important service the Admiralty have rewarded this poor fisherman with the paltry sum of five pounds! Cannot you, through the power possessed by the leaders of the London daily press, get the claims of this poor fisherman justly attended to, and the nation spared such a disgrace?" SERIOUS ACCIDENT - On Monday last, the keepers and their assistants were deer stalking in Tregothnan Park, and had just brought down a fine buck - whilst in the act of giving him the coup de grace, a rifle, which had been placed against the palisades, was accidentally upset, and in falling exploded, sending the ball through the calf of the leg of a young man called Gill. Considerable haemorrhage followed, and Gill was removed in a very exhausted state, to St. Michael Penkivel village, where the Rev. F. WEBBER, who is always most active among his parishioners in all cases of illness and accident, promptly and adroitly applied such pressure to the wound as stopped the bleeding, and placed the limb in a suitable position until surgical aid could be procured. When Mr. SPRY arrived, he was so well satisfied with the manner in which the limb had been secured, that he found it unnecessary to interfere with it, and recommended Gill's immediate removal to the Infirmary. We understand that up to this time (Thursday) the case is doing well. MINE ACCIDENT - On Thursday last, as a man named JOSEPH TROUNCE, a timberman in Dolcoath mine, was repairing one of the shafts, something fell from above and knocked away the board he was standing on, when he fell down the shaft a depth of 105 fathoms. When found he was dreadfully mutilated and of course quite dead. Trounce was 44 years of age and has left a large family to deplore his loss. BUDE HAVEN - A gloom was spread over this place on Monday last, in consequences of a report (which we regret to add proved too true), that a young man named SAMUEL BRAY from Launceston, was drowned while bathing on the northern beach at low tide. It appears that he had just before arrived here as one of a party to spend the day, and had gone with two or three others into the sea. After continuing a short time in the water he was seized with cramp, which completely doubled him and rendered him powerless, and before his companions (one of whom was further out than himself), could render him any assistance, was carried off with the current, and was not even seen again; nor has his body yet been picked up. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. BRAY, spirit-merchant, of Launceston, and his sister, brother, and others, left the same evening to make known the sad intelligence to his widowed and bereaved mother.

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. 21st August, 1857. CAUTION - I, JOHN PALMER, of Kenwyn Street, in the Borough of Truro, do hereby give Notice, that I will not be answerable for any Debts that my wife AMELIA PALMER may contract after this notice. Signed - JOHN PALMER. Witness - JOHN DARBY. August 20th, 1857. NOTICE - All Persons indebted to the late Mr. THOMAS STARK, of Mevagissey, are requested to pay the amount due, to us the Undersigned, forthwith; and all Persons having Claims on the said Thomas Stark, are desired to furnish us with particulars of the same without delay. COODE, SONS, and SHILSON, Solicitors for the Trustees and Executors. St. Austell, August 14, 1857. PURSUANT TO AN ORDER - Of the High Court of chancery made in a cause of TWEEDY against DEVONSHIRE the Creditors of JOHN KEMPE DEVONSHIRE, late of East Moulsey, in the County of Surrey, gentleman, who died in or about the month of December, 1856, are by their Solicitors on or before the Sixteenth day of November, 1857, to come in and prove their debts, at the Chambers of the Master of the Rolls, in the Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Friday the 20th day of November, 1857, at Twelve o'clock in the Forenoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 8th day of August, 1857. GEORGE WHITING, Chief Clerk. PURSUANT TO A DECREE - Of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, SIMMONS against WILLYAMS, the creditors of GEORGE SIMMONS, late of Trevella, in the county of Cornwall, Esquire, who died in or about the month of January, 1854, are by their Solicitors, on or before the 30th day of October, 1857, to come in and prove their debts, at the Chambers of the Master of the Rolls, in the Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Thursday, the 5th day of December, 1857, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 8th day of August, 1857. GEO. HUME, Chief Clerk. HOOKE, STREET and GUTTERES, Philpot Lane, London, Agents for FRANCIS HEARLE COCK, Truro, Plaintiff's Attorney. ST. JOHN DEL REY MINING COMPANY - A scene of some little interest was exhibited in the province of Minas Geras, Brazil, on the 24th of June last (St. John the Baptist's Day). It is one to which our readers are accustomed in our country, but which within the tropics is certainly of very rare occurrence, if not entirely unprecedented. It was a Sunday school festival just after the Cornish custom. At a locality about three hundred miles from Rio De Janeiro, far up on the hilly country of the gold mines of Brazil, are the works of the English Company called the St. John Del Rey Mining Company, established now for twenty-five years, at Morro Velho, i.e. the Ancient Hill. Here reside about one hundred (chiefly Cornish) miners and mechanics, many of whom are married. In the period abovenamed, families have grown up around them, so that on the 24th, about sixty children, boys and girls assembled, with the peculiarities of the Saxon race still strongly marked in them, namely flaxen hair and blue eyes. These formed in procession, headed by the chaplain, the Rev. EDWARD PUTTOCK, late of St. Sidwell's Exeter, who was supported on either side by an officer of the establishment, and followed immediately by the two under mining captains, MARTIN and HOSKEN, and other members of the committee. The band (amateur) came next, and then the children with banners with appropriate texts, and one in Portuguese "Deos vos Guarde," or God protect you, as expressive of good will to those whose country was thus made the scene of a thoroughly English custom. After thus walking round the establishment and through the mine (a very fine collection of stamps and surface works, which in Gardner's book on Brazil, extracted into that well-known publication, "Chambers' Information for the People," formed that author's example of gold extracting in Brazil), proceeded to the camps, or plain, overlooking the whole establishment, where was erected, chiefly by the voluntary labour of Englishmen, miners, mechanics, and officers, a very pretty rustic looking enclosure, roofed by boughs and supported by poles. Three tables of fifty feet long each, placed side by side, were laid out with tea, oranges, and plum cake. The ingenuity and taste in decoration with flowers and a little drapery were much admired - the work of two of the officers of the establishment, Mr. BUCKWALD and Mr. LAURIE. Several of the Brazilians were present at the tea, and amongst them the Roman Catholic vicar of the neighbouring parish. As the procession would round the various hills and along the paths, parties of Brazilians were clustering on the higher eminences watching with much interest to them so novel a scene. After singing a grace, ample justice was done to the cakes, but this as being no novelty requires no description, and when the children had finished, the parents, officers, and visitors partook of the same moderate fare; these numbered over one hundred. Addresses were delivered by various speakers, by Dr. WALKER superintendent to the children; by the Chaplain; by Capt. TRELOAR, a most interesting address to the men; and by Mr. HENRY COCKING, the leading teacher at the Sunday school, to the children. It should be stated that the expenses of this festival were borne by voluntary contributions. Amidst the temptations which abound in Brazil to excess in various ways, it is a satisfaction to find that such a harmless, indeed laudable, way of spending a holiday, met with so general an approval and support. TEA MEETING - A public tea meeting was held at St. Mary's Scilly, on Wednesday the 5th instant, in a large loft belonging to Mr. THOMAS EDWARDS, which was tastefully decorated with flags of various nations, evergreens, and flowers. About 200 partook of tea. The trays were presented by the ladies for the benefit of the Wesleyan circuit funds, and after tea a meeting was held, when addresses were delivered by the Wesleyan and Bible Christian ministers and others. THE PORTHLEAVEN REGATTA - In reference to a circumstance which occurred at this regatta last week, the owner of the "Albion," Mr. ROBERT BOWDEN writes as follows:- "With regard to your notice of the accident which occurred to the "Albion" fishing boat on the regatta day at Porthleaven, I beg to inform you that although the tiller was given up to an unprofessional, as you were pleased to call him, there was no blame attached to the helmsman; but to myself in having the sheets all fast, and but for the presence of mind displayed by the unprofessional in pulling up the boat astern, and calling upon the rest to jump into her, thereby lightening the larger boat, the "Albion" must have gone down, which would have been a serious loss to me." TESTIMONIAL TO A POSTMASTER - On the 11th inst., a public meeting of the inhabitants of Bodmin and its vicinity was held in the Guildhall, for the purpose of presenting to Mr. THOMAS PEARSE, late postmaster of that town a testimonial for his services during the time he occupied the office. The Mayor, Mr. EDYVEAN, presided, and there was a respectable attendance of the inhabitants. The Mayor spoke of Mr. Pearse as being very deserving the testimonial he was about to present to hi, and said he was sure that he re-echoed the feelings of all present, and of the numerous subscribers, when he stated that in Mr. Pearse the public met with a kind and obliging person: not one had met with a rebuff at his hands, and no one cared more for the public convenience than he did. He only hoped that he would live long to enjoy it, and that it might hereafter be handed down to his children that they might try to receive the same reward for their services as he has in his life time. Mr. COMMINS also bore testimony to Mr. Pearse's urbanity and kindness of manner; whether in the hour of extreme business or leisure, he always met the public with a smiling countenance, and afforded them great facilities through his most obliging and willing acts. The Mayor here said that there was a purse of sovereigns to be handed to Mr. Pearse, being the surplus of the subscription. Mr. PETHYBRIDGE and Mr. PARKINS briefly addressed the meeting, both of whom bore the highest testimony to Mr. Pearse's conduct, and the Mayor presented to Mr. Pearse the testimonial, a silver tea service, comprising a tea pot, coffee pot, sugar basin, milk ewer, and salver, on each of which was engraved the following inscription:- Presented to Mr. Thomas Pearse by numerous subscribers in testimony of their high estimation of his service as Postmaster of Bodmin for a period of twenty years. 11 August, 1857." Mr. Pearse then rose to return thanks. He confessed he was hardly deserving the praise which had been bestowed on him that evening, but he believed that during the period he had held the office, he had done all that lay in his power to accommodate and oblige the public. He then went on to state the increase of business that had taken place, since he took office, and said he had resigned it in consequence of not receiving sufficient remuneration. The salary was only GBP74 per year, out of which he had to pay the rent of office, and all incidental expenses. A few months prior to his resignation he had applied for an advance of salary, and on the Postmaster-General only offering him GBP17. 10s. he resigned. He felt proud of the testimonial presented to him, and trusted it would be handed down to his children's children. He sat down amidst the plaudits of the assembly, and the meeting then separated. The manufacturers of the testimonial were Messrs. Williams and Co., of Bristol. It cost GBP45, and is of very chaste and elegant design and manufacture. TRURO POLICE - On Monday last, before Mr. CHAPPEL and Mr. SPRY, CAROLINE BROWNE, of Penryn, aged 16, ELIZABETH JANE EDY, of the same age, and LOUISA LAMPSHIR, who said her age was 17, were charged with disorderly and indecent conduct, and using obscene language, to the annoyance of the public, in the road opposite the West Cornwall Railway station, at Newham, near Truro. The charge was proved by SHOLL, of the railway polices, and a porter called BUTLER. The magistrates fined the prisoners 2s. 6d. each with expenses, It being their first offence; they also reprimanded them, and told them they would be much more severely punished if they offended again. FATAL ACCIDENT - On the 11th instant, Mr. RICHARD PIKE, of Davidstow, was in the act of removing some of the timber from Great Roughtor Consols mine, when the sollar on which he was standing, gave way, and he was instantly precipitated into the shaft. His friends and some men from Bray Down Mine, have used ever exertion to recover the body, but the shaft being nearly full of water, they have not yet succeeded. His father was quite close to him at the time of the accident, but could render no assistance. CORONER'S INQUEST - An inquest was held on Wednesday last, at the Commercial Hotel, Camborne, before Mr. HICHENS, county coroner, on the body of Anna, relict of Mr. GEORGE BAILEY, late of Camborne. Mary Ann Bailey, step-daughter of deceased, stated that she lived with Mr. LUGG; she went on Wednesday morning about ten o'clock, into the house of her mother-in-law, and found her in her usual health. About half an hour she called again, and found her in the kitchen on the floor; she attempted to lift her up but could not. She then called at the back door to a neighbour named ISABELLA NANCARROW, and they took her into the passage for air. Mary Ann Bailey ran to fetch the doctor, and Mr. HUTCHINSON's apprentice soon arrived and ordered warm water and mustard to her feet. Mrs. Nancarrow, however, believes she was dead before he arrived, and that she did not live more than twenty minutes after they found her. She never spoke, but appeared senseless, and it is supposed she fell off a chair on the floor. Verdict, "died by the visitation of God." EXETER DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY - Thursday, August 13. - Re:- RICHARD NATTLE WILLIAMS, tailor and draper, Liskeard. This was a sitting for certificate. Mr. STOGDON, solicitor, of Exeter, opposed the bankrupt on behalf of Messrs. KENDALL, TUCKER and NORRIS, woollen drapers of Exeter, who were the largest creditors. Mr. HIRTZEL, the official assignee, read the following report:- This bankrupt's balance sheet represents only a period of one year and ten months, and commenced with a capital of GBP60 case and GBP20 household furniture. The profits of trade are GBP113. 7s. 6d.; exchange of mining shares, GBP3. 5s.; gift from wife's mother, GBP15 - total, GBP131. 12s. 6d. This amount does not meet the household expenses of GBP147. 14s., and consequently the trade expenses GBP57. 16s. 9d. are wholly unprovided for. There are in addition, losses GBP36. 5s. 10. The trade expenses sheet shows alteration of premises GBP6; expenses of bill of sale to WILLIAM DONEY, GBP6. 4s. 3d.; and interest GBP11. The charge for maintenance, at 25s. per week, is calculated at a low rate. The creditor's accounts are GBP105. 12s. 2d. and the assets are - debts called good, GBP54. 19s. 4d., and mining shares, GBP14. 5s. 6d. The furniture and stock were seized and sold under a bill of sale, by Mr. Doney. The assets will not pay the expenses. The causes of bankruptcy are stated to be insufficient capital and small returns. Mr. Stogdon said the commissioner would recollect that in this case he had examined Doney, the person to whom bankrupt gave the bill of sale at Plymouth. The bankrupt himself had never been examined, for shortly after he gave the bill of sale he went away from Liskeard. Subsequently, however, he obtained permission to file his balance sheet and to come up on the present occasion. The Bankrupt was then examined by Mr. Stogdon. He stated that he had a wife and two children and carried on business at Liskeard, purchasing cloth of Messrs. KENDALL and CO., of Exeter, and using it to make up garments and to execute repairs for his customers. He had dealt with the firm in question since 1854. He was twenty-eight years of age and before he commenced business he was living at Liskeard. He had heard from the official assignee's report that his household expenses alone were more than his profits. The rent of his shop was GBP12 a year, and he had four, five, or six persons to work for him, according as trade was brisk or otherwise. He kept a few made-up articles for show in his shop, but he mostly executed orders. Doney was an auctioneer at Liskeard, and bankrupt gave him a bill of sale for GBP50, not quite a week before he left the town. He (bankrupt) received GBP15 as a consideration for the bill. He had borrowed two sums of GBP15 each from one MURRAY, a money lender, but bankrupt's mother-in-law had agreed to pay one of these amounts. Murray made the bankrupt, on receiving the bonus, sign a paper to the effect that unless the interest of the money was paid regularly, and the capital when required, that he (Murray) should be entitled to take bankrupt's goods. Bankrupt had paid Murray GBP15 as interest, and finding himself in difficulties, and being desirous to act for the benefit of his creditors generally, he gave the bill of sale to Doney that he might sell his (bankrupt's) traps, and after securing GBP15 for himself, hand the residue over to his (Bankrupt's) creditors. Bankrupt wanted the GBP15 he had of Doney to go away while his affairs were being settled. The Official Assigner informed the court that he had heard that Mr. Doney realised GBP28. 14s. 3d. by the sale, but that after he had enough to reimburse him the sum he had lent bankrupt. Mr. Stogdon said the bankrupt owed Messrs. Kendall and Co. between GBP50 and GBP60. The official assignee stated, with reference to the book debts, that many persons who had been charged in bankrupt's books with owing certain sums had said they had paid the amounts, but bankrupt stated that he was prepared to swear to the correctness of his accounts. The Bankrupt, in to the Commissioner, said he went to Sydenham to reside with his sister, and he surrendered because he had no chance of doing anything unless he did so. The Commissioner thought the bankrupt had acted under bad advice, but still he had acted fraudulently in giving up his property in the manner he had done, and therefore his certificate would be suspended for three months. He should, however, give the bankrupt protection during that period.

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. 7th August, 1857. Part 2. TRIALS OF PRISONERS - OLIVER NORTHEY, a miner, aged 18, was charged with maliciously stabbing and wounding SIMON WHITFORD, at Chacewater, on the 31st of March, with intent to maim, disfigure, and do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. PHEAR conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was undefended. From the evidence of the prosecutor, confirmed by his brother JOSEPH WHITFORD, it appeared that, about ten o'clock in the evening of the 31st of March, they were returning from work, and passed the prisoner and one or two companions, who said to the Whitfords "go home, you have no business here," and followed them, throwing stones at them. The Whitfords turned back, and Simon asked Northey why he and his companions were throwing stones. Northey said he had not thrown any, and Simon Whitford said he had; violent words followed, and they called each other liar several times; still at last Northey spring forth, and thrust a knife into Simon Whitford's left hip, crying "take that, you b---r." Simon fell, and was caught by a third brother. Joseph asked Northey what he had done it for; on which he lifted his knife, and threatened to serve him (Joseph) exactly the same, if he did not go away. Mr. JOHN MOYLE, surgeon, of Chacewater, deposed; I remember being called to attend the prosecutor about half-past ten o'clock at night on the 31st of March. I found him at the house of his uncle, lying on the ground floor, partly faint from loss of blood. I examined the seat of injury, and found that his trousers, drawers, and shirt had been but through and that on the outer and upper part of the left thigh was an incised wound into the flesh; the wound measured one and a half inches in length, and from contraction of the muscle it gaped open three-quarters of an inch; I probed the wound with my finger, which passed readily to a depth of two-and-a-half inches. I dressed the wound, and afterwards attended the prosecutor in order to prevent unfavourable symptoms coming on, I thought it necessary to confine him to his uncle's house where I saw him daily for about three weeks. From the direction of the wound and its passing near the femoral artery and several important veins, it was a dangerous character. I have no doubt the wound was inflicted with considerable violence. By the Prisoner:- I do not remember hearing Simon Whitford say that he had stuck you; but I think I heard him say, before the committing magistrates, that he held his fist up before you and said he would knock you down. JOHN PHILLIPS, constable of Chacewater: in consequence of information I received, I apprehended the prisoner at his house about half-past eleven o'clock at night of the 31st of March; he had gone to bed, and was quite sober. Cross-Examined by the Prisoner:- When I took the prisoner to the house where Simon Whitford was, the prisoner asked him if he (Whitford) did not strike him first; Whitford replied that he was not quite certain, but that he rather thought he did. This being the case for the prosecution, the prisoner addressed the jury, giving a different version of the original affray from what had been stated by the prosecutor and his brother, and concluding by saying that, after Simon Whitford had struck him, he, in the heat of passion and not knowing what he was about, threw a knife at him in self defence. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of unlawfully wounding, but not with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The learned judge passed sentence of Two Years Hard Labour: stating that if the jury found the prisoner guilty of the greater offence charged in the indictment, he should have felt it his duty to sentence him to penal servitude for some years. GEORGE LACEY, glass-cutter, aged 20, was charged with stealing a crate of earthenware, the property of his master, STEPHEN BARTLETT, at Bodmin, on the 16th of June. Mr. COLE conducted the prosecution; Mr. CARTER the defence. Mr. Cole said the facts of this case were somewhat peculiar. The prosecutor was a dealer in earthenware, at St. Austell, and had been in the habit of employing persons to sell for him. In the present case there had been an agreement, by which the prisoner was supplied at wholesale prices with goods, to be sold by him, at any profit he could make, provided he paid the prosecutor the wholesale price. One day in June, the prisoner wrote to the prosecutor, requesting him to send a crate of specified goods, of the value of GBP3. 0s. 1d. at wholesale prices. The goods were accordingly packed in a crate and sent from St. Austell to the prisoner at Bodmin, in which town and neighbourhood the prisoner was to sell; but, in consequence of substitution of one set of articles for another, the actual wholesale value of the articles sent was reduced from GBP3. 0s. 1d. to GBP2. 19s. 1d., which amount it was the prisoner's duty to pay to the prosecutor, after selling the articles by retail at what profit he could get. But instead of so doing he sold the goods, crate and all, for GBP2, without unpacking, and immediately made off, and was afterwards traced to Torrington, some fifty-five miles from Bodmin. The crate, of the value of 3s. 6d., was clearly in no way the property of the prisoner; and Mr. Cole submitted, that the circumstances of the whole case amounted to larceny, and that the prisoner was rightly charged under this indictment. Stephen Bartlett, the prosecutor, was examined. He stated that he employed persons to sell for him, and that they entered into written agreement that they would work with him as servants, bone fide. At one time the prisoner entered into such a written agreement with him. - The witness produced the agreement, and after the judge had overruled an objection made by Mr. Carter to its admissibility as evidence, because it was unstamped, it was put in and read. The following is a verbatim et literatim copy of the document. April 1, 1857. I the said George Lacy have agreed to travel as a bonified servant for the said Stephen Bartlett and no one else from this time April 1st, 1857, until 1st day of August, 1857, either to sell the goods or return them. (signed) George Lacy. Witness, JAMES BENANNA. Mr. Carter objected that the agreement was invalid, from want of mutuality; but the court overruled the objection. The Witness went on to say that on the same day that this written agreement was drawn up, a verbal agreement was come to that the prisoner was to live in Bodmin and to hawk the country for ten or twelve miles around that place during each week, and keep Bodmin market on Saturdays. Every Monday the prisoner was to send to witness the wholesale price of all articles he had sold; and he had no authority to sell for less than wholesale price. Witness supplied him with goods, and he sent back the money from time to time. On the 15th of June, witness received from him a letter (which was produced), dated the 14th of June, and signed George and Mary Ann Lacey, requiring a supply of goods amounting to GBP3. 0s. 1d. in value, as wholesale price. Witness packed up and sent the goods as requested, except that he substituted a set of decanters for a toilet set; that reducing the value of the whole to GBP2. 19s. 1d. These goods were forwarded in a crate by PENHALLIGON, a carrier. The crate was witness's and the prisoner had no authority whatever to sell it. On the 20th of June, in consequence of some information, witness went to Bodmin, and found that the prisoner had left the place, leaving witness's license which had been entrusted to him in his room. Witness afterwards found the prisoner, in custody of the police, at Torrington. Cross-Examined. When I sent the goods, I debited him with the amount, at wholesale prices; the goods were charged against him, and he was always obliged to keep the stock of goods by him or return me the money. When he wanted goods he sent me an order, and I fulfilled the order by sending the goods. I did not charge the crate against him, because there was an agreement that he was to send back the crate every Monday morning. If I were to send goods to an ordinary dealer, I should charge the goods and make an entry of so much for the crate or other package. Where there is no agreement to return crates, we charge them, and if they are not returned they must be paid for. If he had broken all the goods, and paid me the money, that is all I should require; I did not want to see the goods again. By the Judge. He paid me on account from time to time; he did not send me the exact amount of money for any particular goods, but paid me on account from time to time. Since April he has paid me GBP31. 17s. 6 1/2d. I carried on the balance against him, from time to time. He was not to send me back the goods every week, but was to send the money every week and keep the goods charged against him. If he sent me the wholesale price, I did not care what profit he made; but he was not to sell for less than wholesale price. He himself paid the rent of a room at Bodmin, and did not charge the rent to me. I swear that I told him he was not to sell for less than prime cost. At various stages of the case, the prisoner's counsel had suggested, and insisted on, reasons for the opinion that the indictment could not be sustained, under the circumstances in proof; and at the close of the evidence, by the prosecutor, the learned Judge directed a verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground that the circumstances were much too doubtful to sustain a charge of larceny; and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the direction of the court. CROWN COURT, Friday, July 31. - CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER BY POISONING. JOHN BEARD, aged 64, a labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder of HARRIET JANE BEARD, at the parish of St. Allen, on the 4th of April. When arraigned, the prisoner pleaded in a firm voice, "Not Guilty." He was a rough, coarse-looking man, and appeared to have lost the sight of his right eye. The learned Judge asked if he had any counsel. Prisoner said he had no money to pay for one. The Judge then said, I have desired the learned counsel, Mr. YONGE, to watch the case on your behalf, and to defend you; do you agree to that? The prisoner said, yes sir, I do. The following were sworn as a jury to try the case:- PETER HAMMOND GUTHERIDGE, foreman; JOHN LANGMAN LITTLEJOHNS, ROGER BASKERVILLE, ABEL HICKS, JOHN RICKARD, STEPHEN GRYLLS, EMANUEL ROUTLEY, RICHARD S. SPEAR, VALENTINE POPE, THOMAS ELLIOT DAWE, GEORGE BICKFORD, and RICHARD ASHTON. The counsel for the prosecution were Mr. STOCK and Mr. PHEAR; attorneys, Messrs. CARLYON and PAULL. Counsel for the prisoner, Mr. YONGE. Mr. Stock addressed the jury, stating that the inquiry upon which they were about to enter, was one of the most lamentable and distressing that ever occupied the attention of a court of justice. The prisoner at the bar stood charged with the wilful murder of his grandchild, who was about three years of age, and the principal witness against the prisoner was the mother of that child, his own daughter. Mr. Stock they proceeded to state the circumstances of the case, after which he called the following witnesses, the first being Grace Beard, the daughter of the prisoner, who had been committed with him to take her trial for the murder, but was admitted as Queen's evidence by the prosecution: JECOLIAH ROBERTS, wife of THOMAS ROBERTS, who lives next door to the prisoner: OLIVIA ROBERTS, daughter of Jecoliah Roberts, said to be thirteen years old: SARAH ROBERTS, daughter-in-law of Jecoliah Roberts and living in the same house with her: JAMES GREEWOOD, chemist and manager of Mrs. MARTINS's business in Truro: JAMES TOZER, farmer at St. Allen: JAMES STEPHENS, sexton of the parish of St. Allen: WILLIAM JOSEPH NASH, Superintendent of Truro police: WILLIAM WOOLCOCK, serjeant of police at Truro: Mr. HERAPATH, Professor Chemistry at the Bristol Medical School: Dr. BARHAM, physician, of Truro: HENRY ANDREW, a surgeon and apothecary, residing at Truro. Mr. Yonge addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. After speaking of the important and solemn nature of the present inquiry, and its momentous consequences to the prisoner, he proceeded to remark upon the absence of anything like an adequate motive, on the part of the prisoner, to commit the dreadful crime of murder by poisoning this little child. As far as the evidence went, he had used no expressions of unkindness towards the child during her life-time. On the contrary, the mother says he had been kind to the child, and that the child was fond of him. It had been suggested that the child was a base-born child; and was a burden to him; but there was no proof that he considered she was a burden. It was true that he sometimes manifested anger, and used hasty expressions towards his daughter on account of the child, but although he reproached her, that was by no means sufficient to show that he wished to put the child out of the world. It was attempted to be shown that the child had died of poison; but he (the learned counsel) contended that there was no satisfactory proof of that. He admitted, after the evidence of the professional gentlemen, that there was alarming circumstances of suspicion, and that the appearance of body after death [three lines unreadable]... as for instance by the disease called gastritis, of which young children are the most susceptible, and which when not medically attended to, may produce a high degree of inflammation. Medical men cannot always speak with certainty of the appearances in such cases, because when deaths occur, post mortem examinations do not always take place. The blisters on the stomach seen in the present case, were different from other case of poisoning by phosphorus; Mr. Herapath had poisoned animals with phosphorus, and had not found such blisters. In ordinary poisoning cases which had come before juries, the poison had been found in the body, arsenic or some other poison. In such cases it was a matter of certainty that the death had been thus occasioned; but in the present case, no phosphorus or other poison was found. Mr. Herapath says he is not surprised at that, because the phosphorus would be chemically changed into acid; but was it not likely that so strong a colouring matter as indigo would be discoverable, especially when there was a minute microscopic examination? As to the experiments with flies, he did not consider they were by any means conclusive, or of much importance in leading the jury to a conclusion by which the life of a fellow-creature would be forfeited. He thought it was impossible to say, with certainty, that the child did not die from natural cases. Mr. Herapath had told them this was a new case, and he was not able to give them any positive opinion as to the effects of phosphorus as a poison. It was dangerous to jump to a conclusion in such a case, and he (the learned counsel) submitted that there was no certain and satisfactory proof that the child died of poison. If, however, the jury were disposed to believe that the child was poisoned, they must, before they could convict the prisoner, be clearly and beyond doubt satisfied that he administered that poison. There were other ways in which the poison might have found its way into the child's hands. Grace Beard's evidence in the case must be received with great suspicion and jealousy. There was nothing to corroborate her statement that the prisoner asked her to procure the poison; she might have wanted it to herself to destroy beetles or other things, and afterwards she might have wished to get rid of the imputation of having procured the poison, as it was her interest to exculpate herself from all grounds of suspicion. Grace Beard had stated expressions used by the prisoner; but was it creditable, if he had poisoned the child, that immediately after its death, he would have heightened suspicion against himself by showing ill-feeling towards the child. Did not those expressions tend to show his innocence of the crime? Then as to the colour of the stuff the child was seen eating, then witnesses said it was brown, like "beastly soap," but the phosphor paste was a bright blue. The insinuation was that it was mixed with brown sugar; why then was not Grace Beard asked by the prosecution whether brown sugar was in the house, when they knew the brown colour had to be accounted for? The paste itself was of so offensive a smell, that no child would use it as a comfit. Then on the next day the child was said to be been seen eating a crust, with something spread on it like butter. But there was no proof that the prisoner gave it to her; other persons gave her things to eat, and if the crust had been smeared with the blue mixture, it would have told its own tale. Where then was the evidence to connect the prisoner with the administration of this poison to the child; or that the child had certainly died of poison? One of the medical men spoke of seeing a white vapour when the body was opened; but that might have arisen from the child sucking lucifer matches, to which she had access in the bedroom. It was said there was no rats on the premises; but did it not occur to the jury that the prisoner might have wanted to poison rats at some other of the many places at which he worked. If the child was poisoned, might she not in some way have got hold of the poisonous substance herself? He contended that there was no case ever presented to a jury which was less conclusive, and more a case of mere suspicion. They had been told by Mr. Tozer that the prisoner was an industrious, honest, and hard-working man and such a man was not likely to commit the dreadful crime with which he was charged. He did not ask them to believe that the mother did it; but he asked them, by their verdict, to acquit the prisoner of the awful charge against him. He should call a witness to testify to the prisoner's good character; and he now besought the jury to consider all the reasonable doubts there were in the case, and to take care that they did not pronounce an unrighteous verdict, the consequences of which to the prisoner could never be reversed or repaired. The prisoner here said he wished to speak to the doctor who attended the inquest. Mr. Andrew then stood up, and the prisoner said - Did you not then question my daughter what the child had made use of? Witness - I asked various people on that occasion. Prisoner - Did not she say to you that the child had had nothing but vinegar and greens that she knew of, in the next neighbour's house? Witness - I heard that said by some one. Grace Beard was then told to stand up, and in answer to the Judge, she stated that Mr. Andrew asked her at the inquest what the child had made use of, and she told him that she had only given the child bread and a few sops, she did not tell Mr. Andrew that the child had been eating greens and vinegar; her mother told Mr. Andrew that a neighbour had killed a pig and given the child some pork which had turned the child's stomach; on the Friday she gave the child dinner herself. The Judge - Was there another little child living in the house with your father? Grace Beard - Yes, my sister's little boy, between seven and eight years old. The Judge - Was that a natural child? Witness - Yes, a base child. Mr. Andrew was then asked questions by the Judge, and in reply stated his belief that Grace Beard told him at the inquest she had given her child sops, as she said not; her mother said a neighbour had killed a pig and given pork to the child; and some one spoke of the child having had greens and vinegar. Grace Beard was then ordered to stand up, and the Judge said - Do you remember going to work with Jecoliah Roberts on Wednesday after the child's death? Grace Beard - I do sir. Did you say to her, you had accused your father wrongfully, and hoped the Lord would forgive you? I did, sir. Did she not say, why did you accuse your father wrongfully? She did, sir. Did you not answer, I don't know, I thought my child had eaten what it ought not to? Yes, sir. How do you explain that now, your saying that you had accused your father wrongfully? - Because when the medical man, Mr. Andrew, examined the child at the inquest, I thought he would have found out if there was anything wrong; that was the reason I said after the inquest I had condemned my father wrongfully. Mr. Stock here said the inquest was on a Monday, and the conversation alluded to took place on the following Wednesday. Jane Hosken, of St. Allen lane, was then called by Mr. Yonge, and said her husband is a small farmer, and prisoner had lived in a house of his as tenant for the last three years and eight months. His character had not been bad since he had been at St. Allen; he had been a quiet, well-conducted man. The learned Judge then summed up the case to the jury. He said the nature of it was such that the verdict must be either guilty of wilful murder, or an entire acquittal; the jury could not find a verdict of manslaughter, as there had been no provocation given. With regard to the amount of proof required, they certainly could not expect that there should be eye-witnesses of everything that had been done. Charges were often made out by circumstantial evidence, and all they required was to be satisfied, under all the circumstances, that the thing had taken place as alleged. Remarks had been made as to want of motive. People do not often commit shocking cruelties and crimes, and take away the life of another deliberately without some motive. But juries must be very careful how they estimate what is a sufficient motive. Rightly considered, no motive is an adequate one to take away the life of a human being; but motives, as they all knew, do sometimes operate which ought not to operate. Still, the jury would require that there should be some motive shown; and in this case the motive suggested was, that the prisoner was burdened with the base-born child of his daughter, and had another living with him in the house, and that he sought to rid himself of the maintenance of this child. It was for the jury to consider whether they could believe that was a motive sufficient to make what followed credible; or whether it was a motive so extremely slight as to make them unwilling to receive the rest of the evidence, as bearing against the prisoner. The learned Judge then stated the way in which the prosecution sought to make out the case against the prisoner, and then read over and commented on the evidence. He said he had assented to the application of the prosecution to admit Grace Beard as a witness; and he had been very much influenced in doing so, by his conviction, on reading the depositions, that she had taken no part in the crime, if such had been committed. Remarking upon the evidence, the Judge said it might be reasonably supposed, that if the prisoner intended to destroy human life he would have used more concealment in sending for the poison; instead of which he seemed to have been perfectly indifferent whether the poison had been fetched by Jecoliah Roberts or his daughter; if Roberts had been going to Truro he would have employed her. The prisoner's coarse expressions, before and after the child's death, were to be considered, but should not weigh too much with the jury, as a coarse-minded man would often use expressions of that kind, and not mean more than other people who expressed themselves in different language. Prisoner said to his daughter on one occasion, so you mean to hang me;" but that was said after application had been made to the Secretary of State, and the body taken up, and the prisoner might mean that any such questions as his daughter was asking would tend to attach suspicion to him. The prisoner was stated to be an honest, hard-working man, getting good wages, and such people were amongst the least likely to commit crimes. It had been shown, however, that there was no need of poison to destroy rates on those premises; and the prisoner had deliberately denied to Mr. Nash that he had ever purchased or sent any member of his family to purchase poison. That denial must have due weight given to it as a suspicious circumstance; at the same time, he should tell the jury that many men had not had moral principle or firmness eight to speak the truth, when a charge had been laid against them, although they had afterwards been proved innocent. They should give sufficient weight to this circumstance, but not too much. The learned Judge next remarked upon Mr. Herapath's and the medical testimony; and with regard to the phosphate paste, a pot of which was handed up to him, he said, if brown sugar was placed all over it, of course the blue colour would be concealed. There was no proof, however, that any brown sugar was in the house; and the child was first seen with a piece of the substance itself, not upon bread. Whatever that substance was, it must have attained more consistency than the paste in the pot before him, which appeared to be too soft for a child to carry about in the way described. His lordship concluded by saying the jury would have to look first at the amount of motive which had been spoken of, and the conduct of the prisoner towards the child; secondly, to the evidence as to the procuring of the phosphorus, upon grounds which it was alleged were not true; thirdly, of the evidence that the child was seen eating something of a brown colour, not blue [.............?] which, if it was not phosphorus, must have been [unable to read as blurred] The question is, said his lordship, whether the whole of this evidence will bring your minds to that undoubting conclusion which they ought to come to, before you can find the prisoner guilty of this offence; or whether there still remain certain difficulties in your minds which the prosecution has failed to remove; as for instance, what has become of this paste, what evidence is there that the prisoner ever gave any at all to the child, whether he may not have actually wanted the paste for Mr. Michael or some other person, and whether, if he did intend to use it for this desperate and deadly purpose, he would have gone about getting it so openly as he did. Questions of this kind will naturally suggest themselves to your minds, and it is not for me to draw the conclusion, it is for you; but this I must say, that unless, upon the whole, you feel clearly certain that the case is made out against the prisoner, your duty is to find him not guilty. It is far better that he should escape from human justice, and meet whatever retribution his great Judge shall award to him in another world, than that, if he should be innocent, you should pass upon him, by any mistake, an unrighteous verdict. On the other hand, if, upon a full consideration of the case, knowing that you are bound to do your duty to your country as well as to the prisoner, you are satisfied that it is made out to the reasonable conviction of all reasonable persons, that the prisoner, and only the prisoner, had been the cause of the death of this little child, then it is equally incumbent on you to say he is guilty. You will not consider the case, I am sure, with all the attention it deserves, and deliver such a verdict as you will have no reason hereafter to repent of. The learned Judge concluded his summing up at about half-past five. The jury then retired from the Court, and at six o'clock returned and gave a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was then ordered to be discharged, and went out of the dock with great alacrity. STANNARIES COURT - NICHOLLS and OTHERS v. HORSWELL. - Wheal Lopes - Mr. STOKES said this was a creditors' petition against Wheal Lopes, in Devon. The debt was a very heavy one, amounting to GBP1024. 16s. 11d., and he now moved on affidavits for an injunction to restrain the sale of the machinery, &c. One of the plaintiffs, JOSEPH MATTHEWS, stated in his affidavit that the mine is situate in the parish of Bickleigh, that defendant is the principal local agent, and that there is due from the mine to plaintiff and his partners the sum above named, for work and labour done and materials supplied. That there are now on and about the mine divers ores, halvans, machinery, and materials, which are in danger of being seized under a judgment obtained in one of the Superior Courts against one of the adventurers, for goods supplied to the mine; and deponent believed that unless the defendant, the adventurers, and all other parties be restrained by an injunction of this court, he and his partners would be in danger of losing their debt, and the security for its payment. Mr. Stokes read also an affidavit by Mr. EDMONDS, plaintiffs' solicitor, Plymouth, (for whom he appeared), stating that the petition had been filed by plaintiffs against defendant; that HENRY WILLS, of Plymouth, auctioneer and mine agent, had informed him, on the 17th June, that he was then suing, in one of the Superior Courts, one of the adventurers for goods supplied to the mine; that he should soon get judgment, and would then seize the goods and materials to satisfy his judgment; and deponent believed that unless an injunction was granted the materials would be sold. Mr. Stokes hoped these affidavits were such as to justify his Honor in granting an injuction; though in such affidavits there had been generally allegations to the effect that the defendant, or some agent of the mine, had threatened to sell and remove the materials, or had issued an advertisement for that purpose. He submitted, however, that these affidavits disclosed a state of facts which might induce the adventurers by some means to favour the creditor who was now suing in the Superior Court; and the equity of the thing would be to prevent any one creditor from obtaining preference. The Vice Warden said his impression was that he could not grant the injunction on the terms set out; he would however consider the affidavits. FISHER v. BRAY and OTHERS - Wheal Zion - This was a purser's petition against eight adventurers who were defaulters in calls. Mr. CHILCOTT moved for a decree for payment against one of them, JAMES VIVIAN. Mr. Chilcott explained the circumstances under which the service of copy of the petition had been delayed beyond a month, the time allowed by the rules of court; and his Honor under the circumstances, held the service to be sufficient. No answer had been put in to the petition, and his Honor granted a decree pro confesso for payment in seven days. In another case, against a defendant called STRUDWICK, service was not effected within a month from date of petition; but after hearing the special circumstances explained, his Honor made an order that the service be held sufficient. HIGG v. GREGORY and OTHERS - North Levant Mine - This was a purser's petition for recovery of calls in arrear, from ROBERT GREGORY, GBP9. 16s. 8d., N. SYMONDS, GBP39. 13s. 4d., and K. SYMONDS, GBP39. 13s. 4d. No answer to the petition having been filed, Mr. ROBERTS obtained a decree for payment in each case within seven days from service. GUMMOE v. POTT and OTHERS - Dowgas United Mines. - A purser's petition for recovery of costs. Mr. ROBERTS said the defendants were J. S. POTT and J. C. ROWLEY, (assignees of BRITTON RICHARDSON, of Manchester, a bankrupt), MARY JEWSON and JOHN JOSEPH EDWARDS (executrix and executor of the late JOHN JEWSON, of Islington) and W. C. MORGAN, of the Bull Inn, Bishopsgate-street. There was due from the bankrupt, Richardson, GBP1593. 15s. costs in arrear; from the defendants, Jewson and Edwards, GBP85; and from W. C. Morgan, GBP33. 5s. No answer had been filed to the petition, and he moved from a decree pro confesso for payment. - Decree granted. RODDA and OTHERS v. ROUSE - Tavistock United Mines - This was a creditors' petition, the plaintiffs being working men. JAMES RODDA's claim against the purser amounted to GBP31. 0s. 9d.; MICHELL and others, GBP15. 13s. 5d.; ELLIS and others, GBP15. 5s.; JAMES LEWIS, GBP5. 12s.; JOHN RICHARDS, GBP16. 16s.; and other plaintiffs, GBP11. 19s. 3d. Mr. Chilcott moved for a decree for payment of the several amounts claimed. Mr. Stokes, for defendant, consented to the decree, but asked for time for payment; the London solicitor concerned in the case having informed him that there was great difficulty in getting in the calls. The Vice-Warden made a decree for payment in fourteen days from service.

On 9 Jul 2013, at 12:04 PM, Julia Mosman wrote: > Just a 'quick' article from the West Briton, which doesn't fall > into any category other than "Interesting". (At least, I hope it's > of interest!) > > .............................. > WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - 31 July 1857 > REMOVAL OF AN EXTRAORDINARY BATCH OF CONVICTS - > . > > On Monday week, notice was given at Lloyds, that her Majesty's > Government required a ship immediately to convey 400 male convicts > from England to Freemantle, Western Australia. Perhaps a more > remarkable set of convicts never left this country at one time than > will go out in this ship. Amongst the 400 will be found Sir John > Dean Paul, Strahan and Bates, the fraudulent bankers; Robson, the > Crystal Palace forger; Redpath, who committed the forgeries on the > Great Northern Railway Company; and Agar and the railway guard, who > committed the gold robbery on the South-Western Railway; the > notorious bank forger barrister, Saward, alias Jem the Penman, the > putter-up of all the great robberies in the metropolis for the last > twenty years, also goes out in this ship, which will leave England > on the 24th proimo, embarking the convicts at Deptford, the Little > Nore, Portsmouth, Portland and Plymouth. There have been a couple of references lately to "Freemantle" as a city in Western Australia. This means that although the West Briton writers are wrong, they are at least consistent! The city in question has always been called FREMANTLE: it was named after the captain of one of the first pair of British vessels to arrive there with free settlers on board. (It only became a convict settlement later.) FREEMANTLE is the country seat near Southampton of a certain member of the gentry, and entirely unconnected with the town in Western Australia. This can be verified by googling both names. Andrew Rodger rodgera@audioio.com

Hi All - I thought the snippet from the West Briton I posted yesterday seemed to almost suggest a "model" for Moriarity, (since he was responsible for all the burglaries for 20 years in London!), and the inclusion of the news article might have been a bluff by Sherlock to bring Jem the Penman's cohorts to justice, since the article clearly stated where the prisoners were being held, and when they'd be transferred, thereby inducing the gang to attempt to free Jem. So I had to find out a bit more about the famous criminals and discovered this - In an account of a trial at the Old Bailey the other day appeared the following: "He (the prisoner) was the last remaining pupil of the most mischievous man in London - a notorious coiner who was known under the sobriquet of Jem the Penman" What is known of this individual? . James Townshend Saward, alias Jem the Penman, appears in the formal style of the Law List of 1857 as barrister-at-law and special pleader of the Inner Temple and the Home Circuit. His date of call is stated to have been Nov. 28, 1840. Jem is said to have helped the great bullion robbers in disposing of a portion of their plunder; but that act of friendly assistance was but a trifling episode in his truly great career. At last he was convicted with others on March 5, 1857, at the Central Criminal Court, of extensive forgery of bankers' cheques, and sentenced to be transported for life. NOTES and QUOTES, 4th S.IV. Oct 2, '69 - page 277 . Jem the Penman (4th S. iv.277) "A full, true, and particular account" of this notorious person's connection with the bullion robbery on the South Eastern Railway, and of his cheque forgeries, will be found in pp. 484 to 595 of "Facts, Failures, and Frauds", by D. Morier Evans, published by Groombridge and Son, 1859 from Notes and Quotes, 4th S.IV.Oct w, '69 - page 423 ............................................................................................................ Then there was this: . James Townsend Saward, alias Jem the Penman, and James Anderson, for bank forgeries. Sentenced to transportation for life. March 5 1857. (13 Jan., trial of Pierce, Burgess, and Tester, connected with the bullion robbery - 200 lbs of gold, value GBP 12,000); Burgess and Tester sentenced to 14 years' transportation, the 1st, 12th, and 24th months to be served in solitary confinement; Pierce to 2 years' in gaol. Leopold Redpath was sentenced 16 January for frauds on the Great Northern Railway. John Paul, and the deceased Paul Manini, defrauded the City of London Union, between 1843 and 1856 to the amount of GBP 22,407; found guilty and sentenced to transportation 5 Feb.) from The Great Events of Great Britain; A chronological Record of its History, by Samuel Neil, 1866 and speaking of great robberies, the income tax rate was changed from 1s.4d to 7d per pound in 1857!! from The Great Events of Great Britain; A chronological Record of its History, by Samuel Neil, 1866 There seem to be at least 2 books regarding Jem on the Trove website, Australia's central library site. Cheers, Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell

That was where the money went so goodness knows what happened to it after that! Pat On 9/07/2013 10:38 AM, Graham Price wrote: > At 12:25 PM 9/07/2013, Pat wrote: >> I always suspected there was 'class' in W.A.!!!!!!! > Ha ha! Maybe many of them were transferred on to Tasmania? From > thence, tickets of leave allowed them to set themselves up in > Victoria as bankers, forgers, etc. Bushrangers, perhaps? Now I know > why everything fell apart here in that severe depression of 1893 :-| > > Graham > Melbourne > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

At 12:25 PM 9/07/2013, Pat wrote: >I always suspected there was 'class' in W.A.!!!!!!! Ha ha! Maybe many of them were transferred on to Tasmania? From thence, tickets of leave allowed them to set themselves up in Victoria as bankers, forgers, etc. Bushrangers, perhaps? Now I know why everything fell apart here in that severe depression of 1893 :-| Graham Melbourne

At 12:04 PM 9/07/2013, you wrote: >Just a 'quick' article from the West Briton, which doesn't fall into >any category other than "Interesting". (At least, I hope it's of interest!) I should think so, Julia. It makes one wonder if the forgers, banker and robbers got together after serving their time, to do it all over again? Cheers Graham Melbourne (where there were no convicts, except after their tickets of leave =-O) Oz

I always suspected there was 'class' in W.A.!!!!!!! Pat Perth, Western Australia. On 9/07/2013 10:04 AM, Julia Mosman wrote: > Just a 'quick' article from the West Briton, which doesn't fall into any category other than "Interesting". (At least, I hope it's of interest!) > > .............................. > WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - 31 July 1857 > REMOVAL OF AN EXTRAORDINARY BATCH OF CONVICTS - > . > > On Monday week, notice was given at Lloyds, that her Majesty's Government required a ship immediately to convey 400 male convicts from England to Freemantle, Western Australia. Perhaps a more remarkable set of convicts never left this country at one time than will go out in this ship. Amongst the 400 will be found Sir John Dean Paul, Strahan and Bates, the fraudulent bankers; Robson, the Crystal Palace forger; Redpath, who committed the forgeries on the Great Northern Railway Company; and Agar and the railway guard, who committed the gold robbery on the South-Western Railway; the notorious bank forger barrister, Saward, alias Jem the Penman, the putter-up of all the great robberies in the metropolis for the last twenty years, also goes out in this ship, which will leave England on the 24th proimo, embarking the convicts at Deptford, the Little Nore, Portsmouth, Portland and Plymouth. > ................................ > > > > > Julia M. > > West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad > St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Just a 'quick' article from the West Briton, which doesn't fall into any category other than "Interesting". (At least, I hope it's of interest!) .............................. WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - 31 July 1857 REMOVAL OF AN EXTRAORDINARY BATCH OF CONVICTS - . On Monday week, notice was given at Lloyds, that her Majesty's Government required a ship immediately to convey 400 male convicts from England to Freemantle, Western Australia. Perhaps a more remarkable set of convicts never left this country at one time than will go out in this ship. Amongst the 400 will be found Sir John Dean Paul, Strahan and Bates, the fraudulent bankers; Robson, the Crystal Palace forger; Redpath, who committed the forgeries on the Great Northern Railway Company; and Agar and the railway guard, who committed the gold robbery on the South-Western Railway; the notorious bank forger barrister, Saward, alias Jem the Penman, the putter-up of all the great robberies in the metropolis for the last twenty years, also goes out in this ship, which will leave England on the 24th proimo, embarking the convicts at Deptford, the Little Nore, Portsmouth, Portland and Plymouth. ................................ Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell

WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - transcribed by Julia Mosman 10 July, 1857 . ST. AUSTELL PETTY SESSIONS - CHARGE OF HAWKING WITHOUT A LICENSE . In our paper of the 19th of June, a paragraph appeared, stating that Mr. ROBERT BELL, a Scotsman residing at Truro, and travelling with drapery goods, had been taken into custody by the superintendent of county police at St. Austell, on a charge of hawking without a license, and that he had been placed in a miserable kind of dungeon called a "lock-up" underneath the St. Austell Town Hall, where he had been kept from two o'clock in the afternoon till eleven the next day, there being no magistrate at hand to whom bail could be offered for his earlier release. . It was, however, at the same time inadvertently omitted from the statement in question, that Mr. SHILSON, the clerk to the magistrates, did all that was in his power to obtain the release of the prisoner, by sending to the policeman in charge, to have him taken to an inn for the night, the "lock-up" where he was confined being a totally unfit place for the confinement of any person for a night; its dimensions being about six feet long by five broad, with nothing but a board to sleep on, and a most offensive smell in the dungeon. Mr. Shilson's wishes, however, to have the prisoner kept in custody at an inn till the morning, could not be complied with, the officer in charge stating that it was contrary to the county police regulations; and we now mention this, because the paragraph inserted on the 19th of June was calculated to give an impression, that Mr. Shilson might have had the prisoner removed from the "lock-up" if he had chosen to do so, which was not the fact. . On the following morning, Mr. T. HEXT, a county magistrate, having arrived, the prisoner was taken before him, and on the application of his friends, the case was adjourned until the 7th of July, to give him an opportunity of obtaining legal assistance; and bail being accepted for his appearance, he was released from custody. . On Tuesday last, the adjourned case came on for hearing at the St. Austell Petty Sessions, before Mr. E. COODE, jun., Mr. T. HEXT, and Mr. R. G. LAKES, county magistrates. A number of the defendant's countrymen came from different parts of the county to hear the case, and there was a crowded attendance also of persons of the town and neighbourhood. . The case having been called on, Mr. SHILSON, clerk to the magistrates, read the charge, as follows: . "For that he, the said ROBERT BELL, at Holmbush, in the parish of St. Austell, on the 16th day of June last, did then and there travel on foot to other men's houses, and did then and there carry to sell, and expose to sell, certain goods, wares, and merchandise, to wit: a quantity of drapery goods, without any license to him before then granted in that behalf, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided." . To this charge the defendant, through his advocate, Mr. STOKES, pleaded not guilty. The witnesses in the case, at the request of the police superintendent, were ordered out of court until called on. . For the prosecution, Mr. ALFRED STEPHENS was then sworn, and deposed as follows: I am a superintendent of county police, of the Bodmin district. On Tuesday the 16th of June I was passing through the village of Holmbush on duty. I saw Robert Bell come out of a house on the left hand side of the road, and call at two other houses on the right hand side of the road. When he went into the last house, I got off my horse and went into the house myself. He was there, and I asked him where his license was. He said he had got no license. I asked him to show me what he had in his pack. He undid his pack, and showed me what he had got. He had a quantity of drapery, such as shawls, dresses, mantles, and so on; that was in his pack, and he had also a small paper parcel, which contained half-a-dozen cloth caps. I said, you must consider yourself my prisoner; and we then both went on the road towards St. Austell. On the road he said, "If I had known I was supposed to have a license, I would have got one, but I was not hawking; my good were ordered." He asked me where he could get a license, and the expense. . Mr. STOKES - You told him, I suppose? Witness - No, I told him I did not know. When we got to St. Austell, I searched him, and ordered him to be locked up. I found on him about GBP 5 in silver, and these two books. . Mr. COODE - What are those, pattern books? . [In reply to] Mr. STOKES - No, they are account books, order books. While he was at St. Austell, in the inspector's house, he said, "you cannot prove that I was selling." That is all I have to say. (Witness here produced the half-dozen caps from the paper parcel, and in reply to Mr. Coode, said that five out of the six had price tickets on them; two were of the same pattern, the others were of different patterns. Witness unbound the pack on the table, and said there were in it women's dresses, shawls, scarfs, and a woman's cape; he untied also a small parcel in the pack, which he said appeared to be goods of a previous order, there being cloth, buttons, thread, &c., to make some garment. He also took out four packages of tea which had been in the pack. . Your attention has never been called to him personally? - No. Did you not know him before that day? - No. Are your instructions from the chief constable to follow up those inquiries? - They are. And before you came into this county, probably you were in the habit of doing the same? - Yes. And in the same way? - Yes. Endeavouring to detect parties trading with hawkers’ licenses? - Yes. In what part of the country? - Hampshire. Have you been in the constabulary force there? - I have. How long? - About nine years. And you pursued the same course there as circumstances arose? - Yes. How long have you been acquainted with this county? - Since February. And you have not been aware of the fact that Scotsmen in this county have been in the habit of carrying on their trade in this way from door to door? - I have been given to understand that they go about hawking without a license, and that it is carried on to a great extent in this county. Were Scotsmen in the habit of trading in Hampshire in the same way? - Yes, and Irishmen as well. You don’t know that Mr. Robert Bell is a housekeeper [home owner] in Truro? - I do not know it. You did not know it when he was taken into custody? - No, he was a perfect stranger to me. Was he dressed as he is now? - Very similar. You brought him to St. Austell? - Yes. And had him put in the lock-up house? - I did after about a quarter of an hour; I tried first to get a magistrate to dispose of the case. And he remained there from two o'clock on the 16th, till eleven the next morning? - Yes. Is it your practice to lock up persons of that description? - Yes, we make no distinction. You treat them as vagrants? - They are placed in the lock-up provided for them. That is the lock-up at the bottom of these stairs? - Yes. About how much square is that place? - Perhaps eight or nine feet one way, and six or seven the other; I can't exactly say. And with a privy in it? - There is a closet in it. Did he tell you who he was? - I think he had cards about him showing that. And in the course of the evening you had some communication with some of his countrymen? - I cannot tell. I went to Bodmin, and do not know what occurred during the night. . In reply to further questions, the witness said he saw Bell come out of one house on the 16th, and go to two others. He went to MRS. STEVENS's house that same day, after he took defendant into custody; he went there to make inquiries; defendant did not expose goods in either of the other two houses. Witness did not know there were many in the same trade at St. Austell; he had heard there were a great many all over the county, and more at Truro than anywhere else. He had never been at Truro. There was no difficulty made about his inspecting the pack. . Mr. STOKES - Did he tell you they were in the habit of trading in that way without a license? - He might have said so; he told me something about their mode of doing business. Mr. COODE here asked whether the goods were in lengths or in pieces. Witness then unfolded some of the goods, and Mr. COODE asked, are there none more than enough for a dress? Mr. STOKES said he was informed there was nothing more than in lengths for dresses. Mr. COODE (to the Superintendent) - Should you think there is more from looking at them? Witness - No, I think not, sir. Witness then unfolded another, and said it appeared to be more than was required for a dress. A person present, however, on looking at it, said it was about nine or ten yards; and Mr. Stokes said he was told that was a dress length. . MARY ANN STEVENS was then called by the Superintendent, and said, Mr. Bell came into my mother's house at Holmbush, on a Tuesday; I don't know the day of the month; he never offered me anything, and I did not ask him to sell me anything; that is all I have to say. The witness was then questioned by the Superintendent, and said, Mr. Bell opened his pack on my mother's table, and took out a parcel my mother had ordered; I never did any business with Mr. Bell; I looked at the dresses, but did not intend to have any. . The Superintendent - Were there any dresses there that you liked? To this question the witness did not directly reply, but at last said, there were none that I liked, but I passed no remarks about them. I never ordered anything of Mr. Bell; I spoke about a parasol when he was there the time before, but I did not know whether he would bring it. . The Superintendent here said he had a statement in writing, which was made to him by the witness when he went to make inquiries; he then asked, - Did you say to me, Mr. Bell called at my mother's house on the 16th of June, untied a pack of goods on the table; I looked at some dresses, but he had none that I liked; I never ordered any goods of Mr. Bell in my life? - Witness: Yes, I said so; he only sells goods when they have been ordered. . Mr. COODE - How do you know that? Witness - I know that because my mother deals with him; she orders one fortnight, and he brings the next. Mr. COODE - You say he did not offer any goods to you, did he to your mother, or anyone else in the house? Witness -No he did not; there was no one in the house but me and mother. The Superintendent - What was his object in showing the dresses? Witness - He did not ask me to look at them; he took out the parcel for my mother and I went over and looked at them; he did not keep them open for me a minute. By Mr. STOKES - He did not show me any dresses; I believe he does not like my custom; he has refused to supply me. He did not bring me the parasol. He has been dealing with my mother the last six or seven years. By Mr. COODE - Was the dress for your mother in a separate parcel? Witness- Mr. Bell was there before me; the dress for my mother was all abroad on the table, and he was doing up the bundle when I came in. Mr. COODE - Who is your next witness? The Superintendent - That is all; the other woman can prove nothing. . Mr. STOKES then addressed the court for the defence. He submitted that the case against his client had entirely broken down for want of anything like proof. The proceedings were taken under the hawkers' and pedlars' act, 50, George 3, c. 41, sec. 6, and that section was as follows: "And be it enacted that from and after the said first day of Austust there shall be raised, answered, and paid to and for the use of his Majestry, his heirs and successors, the rates and duties following, that is to say, by every hawker, pedlar, petty chapman, and every other trading person and persons going from town to town, or to other men’s houses, and travelling either on foot or with horse, horses, or other wise, in England, Wales, or the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, carrying to sell, or exposing to sale, any goods, wares, or merchandise, a duty of four pounds for each year; and every person so travelling with a horse, ass, mule, or other beast bearing or drawing burthen, the sum of four pounds yearly for each beast he or she shall so travel with, over and above the said first-mentioned duty of four pounds." That is the clause (said Mr. Stokes) which enacts that there shall be a license taken out by such persons; and the other clauses refer to penalties under the act. . It has also been laid down that the words "every hawker" and so on, extend to cases of all itinerant dealers who sell by retail, however extensive their transactions may be, and are not to be limited to hawkers and pedlars in a small way. . Then in the case of King against KNIGHT, 10 Barn. And Cress., 734, we have this decision: "Where the defendant was servant to a tea-dealer in the county of Worcester, who had been sent about the country by his master, showing samples and collecting orders, and afterwards carrying the parcels about for delivery according to the orders; the question was, whether this was hawking and pedling so as to require a license under the act. The Court was of opinion that the act applied only to those who carried about the goods to be sold and delivered immediately, and not to those who carried about the good for delivery pursuant to previous order and contract; otherwise a license would be necessary to legalise the transactions of travelers for London houses; the act is not a carrying to sale, or exposing to sale within the statute." . It is therefore clear, said Mr. STOKES, that where a man takes goods to deliver to customers, after receiving from them previous orders, he is exempted from the provision of this statute. In the present case there was no evidence of any other kind of trading. The superintendent took possession of Mr. Bell's goods, but he did not see him exposing them to sale in any way whatever; and there was not the slightest proof that he had done so. The Superintendent had merely found the goods in his possession, but that was not sufficient to bring the case within this statute; to do that, there must be a selling by way of retail, or an offering to sell by way of retail, by one person to another. . The witness, Mary Ann Stevens, says her mother had previously ordered the dress taken from the parcel; she says she looked at the things, but that Mr. Bell did not offer her one of them for sale; that on the contrary, after he had taken out the dress for her mother, he made up his parcel to take away; that something too k place about a parasol, but it was on a previous occasion. Nothing was proved to render Mr. Bell liable to the penalties attaching to the selling, or exposing for sale, and hawking about the country by way of retail. Because he was carrying goods, it was not to be inferred that they were for the purpose of retail selling. . It was not incumbent on the defendant to exculpate himself, but on the person who charged him, to clearly and plainly prove that he was committing some breach of the law. It must be proved that he sold, or offered to some person on that day goods for sale. The evidence had entirely broken down on that point, and he submitted that there was nothing to call upon him to carry the case further. If the bench thought differently, he was prepared to prove, by Mrs. Stevens, that the only goods she received on the day in question, she had ordered a fortnight previously. He submitted, therefore, that there was no evidence of his client having been hawking in the common sense of the expression. . Mr. COODE - The words of the act are, "carrying to sell", or "exposing to sale." Mr. STOKES - Then the carrying for sale must be proved; I am not bound to show that. Mr. COODE - Of course; but you seem to confine yourself to exposing for sale. . Mr. STOKES - I say it is too much to infer, that because he was carrying a bundle, the goods were for sale by retail on that day to any person who might look at them. I contend that not only the possession of the goods, but the object for which the man had possession must be shown. One cannot jump to a conclusion in a case of this kind. It is a penal statute, and it is incumbent on those who are prosecuting for the crown, to prove that the penalty has been incurred. . He was prepared to call Mrs. Stevens, but he had no doubt their worships knew the kind of trade which was carried on by Scotsmen in this and other counties. He would venture to say it was one of the most important trades amongst all our commercial undertakings. More than two millions worth of goods are annually sent out from London for the purposes of this trade - a trade which has been carried on for some thirty or forty years in this county on a most extensive scale, supplying goods to people in villages and country parts to the amount annually of many thousands. . The trade is not a new one, and is very different from the trade of the ordinary hawkers and pedlars who go about the country. The men who carry on this trade have frequently large and respectable houses in Truro and other towns, where they carry on a large business, and pay rents, and rates, and taxes. Could it then be supposed that these were cases to which the act was intended to apply? It was meant, in a great measure, to prevent vagrancy; and thus common hawkers, for selling without a license, were treated as vagrants. . In the same manner this respectable trader had been treated. He was brought to the lock-up at St. Austell - as vile a hole as any criminal could be consigned to - and there left from two o'clock in the afternoon till eleven the next morning. He (Mr. Stokes) should make no unkind or improper reflections on any one if he could avoid it; but it did seem to him that the instructions given, and acted on in this case, were such as should not exist. It was monstrous that a man of this description, going about the county honestly and fairly trading, should be treated like a vagrant; and consigned to such an abominable hole as that in which this man was placed. Persons of this description should not be treated in such a way as the worst of felons are scarcely treated. . If Mr. Bell infringed on the law, it was from misunderstanding it. His words to the superintendent were, "if I had supposed I was to take out a license, I would have taken it." He had never taken out a license before, and throughout the whole of the west of England, not one of these gentlemen, trading to the amount of tens of thousands annually, has ever taken out a license. It is very hard that such a man should be so treated, and it is to be regretted that such instructions should have been issued as consigned this respectable man to a black hole for so long a period. . It was to be hoped that nothing would be done, with regard to this new county police, to prejudice them in the eyes of the public, inasmuch as the good feeling of the public ought to be with them to support them in the exercise of their duties. . The superintendent said he acted on his instructions; but it was unfortunate that such instructions should exist, by which a man was consigned to a hole of that description, with a necessary in it; the only bench he had to lie down on being connected to a privy. . Mr. COODE - That is not the case; it is alongside. . Mr. STOKES - The man was obliged to come to the holes made in the door, in order to have air from time to time. If we are to have the county police exercising such authority, let an unfortunate man be placed in a better lock-up, and where he would not so long be subject to imprisonment in "durance vile." (Great applause in court.) . Mr. COODE - That is exceedingly wrong in a court of justice. . Mr. STOKES - It may be wrong, but you can see what is the appearance of the men who have come here from all parts of the county, that they are respectable men; and I can say, as to the town of Truro, that the town is proud to have residing in it a body of men so uniformly characterized by integrity and respectability; no charge of offence against the law, that I know of, has ever been brought forward against these persons in Truro. It is unfortunate that Mr. Bell, under such instructions, should have been subjected to such harsh treatment, and consigned to such a dungeon. . I have now expressed my own feeling, and that of these Scotch traders as to the treatment their country-man has received, and I submit that the case against him has entirely broken down. Your worships must know that at Looe, in a similar case, a penalty was inflicted by the magistrates; but that case was appealed against, and the Board of Inland Revenue has decided that the case was not to be gone on with because of insufficient evidence, and consequently the whole proceedings have been quashed at quarter sessions. The same would no doubt be the result in the present case. I will, however, if you please, call Mrs. Stevens to show that the article she received she had previously ordered. . The magistrates and Mr. Shilson retired to consider the case at a quarter past three, and at thirty-three minutes past three they returned into court, when Mr. COODE said they wished to have the evidence of Mrs. Stevens. . MARY STEVENS was then sworn, and on examination by Mr. Stokes said, I have dealt with Mr. Robert Bell many years. He came to my house on the 16th of June, and delivered a dress which I had ordered a fortnight before; it was nine yards of black coburg. He offered me nothing else for sale; I pay from time to time on account for goods. By the Superintendent - My daughter cast her eye on the goods but she did not ask for anything. By Mr. Shilson - No one else was in the house but my husband; he has died since. My daughter came down stairs, and I think the pack was undone when she came down. . After hearing this evidence, Mr. COODE, as Chairman of the Bench, said, we think this case must be dismissed for want of evidence. (Loud applause in court.) . Mr. COODE - There is one thing the court wishes to remark, in reference to some rather strong remarks made by Mr. Stokes as to the treatment of the man after he was taken into custody. It appears to us that there is no blame whatever to be attached to the superintendent, or to the county police. They are bound by the statute, under a penalty, to apprehend all parties trading without a license, and after the man was taken in custody, the superintendent had no discretion in the matter. He appears to have had his orders to keep him in a lock-up, and he had no other place to put him in; and we think the practice of taking prisoners to a public-house should always if possible be avoided. It is impossible the police should be expected to exercise discretion as to taking one man to a lock-up, and another to a public-house, because he belongs to a superior station of society; and we think no blame is attached to the superintendent for what he did in that respect. . Mr. STOKES - We certainly hope that your worships will have a better lock-up, so that a man will be less harshly treated in the future. . The case being dismissed, the defendant and his friends then retired from the court. Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell

WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - transcribed by Julia Mosman 17 JULY 1857 . NOTICE . I, DANIEL ROWE, of Three Burrows, in the parish of Kenwyn, do hereby caution the public against trusting my wife, ANN ROWE, as I will not be answerable for any debt contracted by her after this Notice. . Witness to the mark of DANIEL ROWE - JOHN PAULL Dated July 16th, 1857 ................................ . WEST CORNWALL TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION . THE GRAND ANNUAL GALA and Temperance Demonstration will be held at Pendarves, on Tuesday, July 28th, 1857. . Trains will leave Truro and Penzance at 10 o'clock in the morning, calling at the intermediate stations for Camborne - about one mile from the front lodge gate, through which the procession will enter the grounds, returning at 5 and 7:26 in the evening. . The usual order will be maintained, and every means employed to promote the comfort and pleasure of all present. . ROBERT MATHEWS, THOMAS ROSKROW, Secretaries July 14th, 1857 ............................... . THOMAS HENRY TRIPNEY'S BANKRUPTCY . MONTAGUE BAKER BERE, Esq., her Majesty's Commissioner of the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy, being the commissioner authorised to act under a Petition for Adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed on the Thirty-first day of December, 1856, against Thomas Henry Tripney, of Perranporth, in the county of Cornwall, Woollen Draper and Grocer, will sit on the thirtieth day of July instant, at Eleven of the clock in the Forenoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy for the Exeter District, in Queen Street, in the city of Exeter, in order to audit the Assignees' accounts and on the sixth day of August next, at One of the clock in the Afternoon precisely, to make a Dividend of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt, when and where the Creditors who have not already proved their debts may prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of the said Dividend, and all claims not then proved will be disallowed. . JOHN GILBERT CHILCOTT, Truro BISHOP and PITTS, Exeter Solicitors to the Assignees. ................................ . LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . THE CORNWALL MILITIA - The Queen, by an Order in Council, has given directions to suspend the calling out of various regiments of militia for training and exercise during the present year; and amongst those regiments whose exercise was thus suspended, are the Cornwall Rangers and the Cornwall Miners Artillery. ...................................... . BAND OF HOPE - On the 30th ult., the children belonging to the Band of Hope, at Mevagissey, had a treat given them. The children assembled in the Bible Christian Chapel after dinner, and marched through the town preceded by the St. Stephens [in Brannel] brass band, and accompanied by their teachers and other friends. Each friend had the Band of Hope card suspended round the neck with ribbons and rosettes, which, along with numerous flags and banners, gave them a very gay appearance. It was originally intended to have the tea in the open air, but owing to the wet weather in the morning, they were glad to avail themselves of a large loft kindly offered by Mr. George DUNN. The children numbered about three hundred and fifty, and everything passed off well. A public meeting was held in the evening, which was well attended and addressed by several friends. ...................................... . EXCURSION TRAIN –-On Saturday the 26th of June, there was an excursion train from Marazion to Truro with from five hundred to six hundred persons, about three hundred from a school, the remainder from the neighbourhood, and all were highly delighted with the trip. Too much credit cannot be given to Mr. Henry SAMPSON, the guard of the train, for the kind attention he paid to the passengers on this occasion. ...................................... . FREEMASONRY - On Tuesday last, a new Lodge of Freemasons in this province, was consecrated at Chacewater, to the Brethren of which place a Warrant had been granted by the Grand Lodge of England, under the denomination of "the Boscawen Lodge," No. 1000 D.P.G.M. of the Province, Br. ELLIS, of Falmouth, with some of the P.G. officers and as well some Brethren from the Truro and Redruth Lodges, assembled at half-past ten at the Lodge-room, when the business of the day was commenced. The Brethren were then formed in procession by the P.G.D.C. Br. HEARD and the P.G. Pursuivant, Br. HARVEY, preceded by a very effective band from Truro, under the leadership of Mr. George WHITE, and walked from thence to the church, which had been kindly lent for the occasion by the Incumbent, the Rev. G. L. CHURCH. The prayers were read by the Incumbent, and one of the most eloquent and truly masonic sermons which we have had the privilege of hearing was delivered by Br. the Rev. W. H. WRIGHT, Incumbent of Godolphin, Hayle, P.P.F.G., Chaplain for Staffordshire, from Proverbs, chap. 17 v 17, "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." . The musical part of the service was conducted by Br. HEMPEL, Mus. Bac. Oxon, P.P.G. Organist, in which he was ably assisted by the choir of the church, and Messrs. WHITE and others also afforded their effective aid. The Brethren re-formed in the same order of procession and returned to the Lodge-room, when the Lodge was duly consecrated by the acting P.G. Chaplain and the D.P.G.M. in ancient form, and the following Brethren were installed in their respective offices, viz., Br. J. MOYLE, W.M. Br. W.G. POWNING, S.W., Br. PETHERICK, J.W., Br. DAVIES, S.D., Br. SAMPSON, J.D., Br. S. G. MOYLE, treasurer, Br. Bray, secretary, Br. LEAN, I.G., and Br. PHILLIPS, Tyler. After the business of the day had been completed, the brethren adjourned from labour to the banquet, served by Br. Sampson of the Britannia Hotel, which with the wines and dessert did him great credit. . On the removal of the cloth, the acting P.G. Stewards introduced about fifty ladies, who honored the brethren by partaking of wine and dessert and joining in the usual loyal and masonic toasts. Their health was duly proposed by the D.P.G. Master, and drunk with hearty applause, and the toast was appropriately responded to by Dr. DAVIES acting S.W. of the Boscawen Lodge. . After the departure of the ladies, the healths of the D.P.G.M. Dr. Augustus SMITH, with the other P.G. officers, was proposed by the W.M. of the Boscawen Lodge. [other toasts, with similar language, were here included] . Numerous other toasts were given and responded to, and the brethren separated at an early hour after taking part in one of the most exhilarating Masonic meetings which from the rarity of the occurrence of the consecration of a new lodge it is the good fortune of country brethren to participate. .............................. . FOWEY ROYAL REGATTA - At an early hour on Tuesday last, the inhabitants of Fowey were busily employed in preparing for the regatta, which was to take place on that day. Some were planting trees in the streets, others erecting triumphal arches, and decorating several houses with evergreens, &c. . An ensign surmounted the church-tower, and waving in the breeze, had a fine effect. Flags were suspended across the streets, and a flag floated on every flag-staff. The harbour presented a gay and animated appearance, as all the vessels and yachts were arranged in line, dressed up in their fullest variety of colours. Boats were plying about the harbour in all directions, with streamers of various hues, and curious devices, and to add to the attractions of the day, an efficient band of music was stationed in the committee boat playing appropriate airs. . The "Sir Francis Drake" and "Forager," filled with passengers from Plymouth, steamed up the harbour in fine style, with music playing, and colours flying, adding to the interesting character of the scene. The bells sent out their merry peals, and guns were fired at intervals throughout the day. Crowds of people of both sexes, all ages, and the elite of fashion, with countenances beaming with pleasure, continued to arrive until the town quay and every nook which commanded a view of the race, was literally studded with spectators. At length it was announced that the race was going to commence, when every eye was turned to that object. . [There were 7 races, for boats of various sizes and various number of oars – a list of the ships placing first, second, and third was given.] . At the close of this race [the third] the gentlemen of the committee went on shore, and headed by the music proceeded to the Ship Inn, where an excellent repast was provided for the occasion, and served up in Mrs. SPARNALL's usual good style. Strangers availed themselves of this opportunity to visit the magnificent mansion of Place, and the adjoining beautiful walk, which commands a fine view of Fowey harbour and the English Channel. On leaving this delightful spot, many "a longing lingering look was cast behind." . [More race results were then given. As a sample, the following:] . Eighth race, a gig and punt race, the punt beautifully caught in five minutes. . It is but right to state that the races were carried on with spirit throughout and well contested, as was manifested at the close of each by the acclamations, enthusiastic and long continued, of the immense crowds, making the "welkin ring." It is satisfactory also to observe that the patrons and admirers of aquatic sports, which are so congenial to our "sea-girt isle" experienced a treat on this day which was never surpassed at Fowey, and the gentlemen of the committee must have been highly gratified at the result of their judicious arrangements, as neither obstacle nor accident occurred to mar the pleasures of the day. ............................... . St. IVES - This town was favoured on Tuesday the 7th instant, with a flying visit from His Imperial Highness Prince NAPOLEON, who is perhaps the only scion of a royal house that has ever set foot in St. Ives. The Prince's yacht was observed in the bay early in the afternoon, but it was not known for whom it was waiting till a few minutes before he arrived. He landed at Falmouth early in the morning of that day, and after visiting some mines, as reported last week, came on to St. Ives through Hayle, where he inspected Messrs. Harvey and Co's Foundry. . The Prince, and suite, occupied two carriages. He was very quickly recognized by the likeness he bore to the portraits of his uncle, Napoleon 1. He was not expected [to return to his yacht] until eight in the evening, and consequently when he arrived at five there was no boat or officers from his yacht waiting to take him on board; like a man who could not brook delay, he was apparently very much put out of temper as he paced up and down the quay, and at length he embarked in one of the fishing boats. The yacht left almost immediately for Liverpool. ........................................... . APPOINTMENT - Commander Gabriel JOHNSON (1854) who was promoted for his able services in the Black Sea, has been appointed additional to H.M.S. "Eagle," at Falmouth. ........................................... . EXTRAORDINARY POWER of MENTAL CALCULATION - John WALES, a miner, living at Little Reside [Beside?], near St. Day, possesses this power in a surprising degree. Although unable to read or write, he answers profound questions in arithmetic and mathematics in a most astonishing manner. A few days ago John was given the following as a trial of his abilities: - "One of the directors of a gas light company in London died and left GBP 63 and 11d. to be divided between 1,247,698 shareholders. The following answer was given in six minutes: - That each shareholder would receive 60,524ths parts of 1,247,698th part of a farthing." John is a man of about thirty-five years of age, has a cast in one of his eyes, and has nothing at all in his appearance prepossessing, but appears to be always in a profound study. ........................................... . A RUSSIAN GUN PRESENTED - At the meeting of the Penzance Town Council on Tuesday last, the Town Clerk reported that he had received a letter from the Secretary of War, Lord PANMURE, or rather from his secretary, announcing the presentation to the town of Penzance of one Russian iron gun as a trophy of the late war, for the correct mounting and careful preservation of which his lordship felt confident he might rely on the public spirit of the inhabitants of the place. As there was not at his lordship's disposal any carriage to accompany the gun, his lordship had forwarded three photographs of different kinds of Russian gun carriages - No. 1, cast iron, GBP 16; No. 2, wood, GBP 19; and No. 3, wood, GBP 16 - either of which his lordship would direct to be prepared at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and forwarded, on the undertaking of the town to repay the expense. . Mr. READ asked whether a gun carriage could not be made, or cast, in this town, but was answered that the patterns being prepared at Woolwich, an iron carriage could be more cheaply executed there. . Mr. BELLRINGER suggested that the carriage, and expense of bringing it here, should be met by a public subscription, and not by the public funds. This was acquiesced in, and the GBP 16 iron carriage was ordered. ........................................... . NEW INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, TRURO - The old chapel of the Congregational body at Truro was erected in 1773, eighty-four years ago, and it having fallen into an inform condition, and being defective in ventilation, it was determined to erect a new place of worship, at once more commodious and of a more attractive style of architecture. Liberal subscriptions were obtained, and plans for the new building prepared by Messrs. G. and E. HABERSHON, of Bloomsbury-square, London, the examining architects of the Congregationsl Building Society, who have assisted in the erection of some of the most handsome chapels which have been built in the metropolis and its suburbs during the last forty years. The plans furnished by Messrs. Habershon were approved of and the work has been let to Messrs. CLEMENS and STEVENS, contractors, who will proceed to take down the old chapel on Monday next, and have engaged to complete the new one in nine months. . The new chapel will be a very handsome place of worship, an ornament to the western part of Truro. It will be of the Gothic style of architecture, a cruciform building, with nave and transept, lancet windows, and open roof, and will be capable of accommodating six hundred persons, having a gallery at each end of the transept, and a large schoolroom and vestry-rooms attached. The front elevation will be lofty and elegant, with two towers rising sixty feet from the base, and the whole building will be distinguished by its commodiousness and by the purity of its architecture. The material used will be the brown Ruan stone, an excellent stone for building purposes, and the ornamental parts of the edifice will be of Bath stone. While the chapel is in the course of its erection, the congregation will assemble on Sundays for Divine worship in the Town-Hall, which the Mayor has kindly granted for that purpose. .............................................. . FIRE - About a quarter past one o'clock on the 16th inst., two ricks of hay on Newham estate, near Truro, in the occupation of Mr. BATTERSHILL, were discovered to be on fire. The alarm was speedily made, and the large engine was taken to the spot from Truro as quickly as possible, with a pair of horses. The tide was nearly at ebb, and there was great difficulty in obtaining water; the firemen were obliged to place the engine on the mud, and to carry the hose by a boat into the channel of the river. Ultimately, with the efforts of the firemen and the people assembled, the fire was subdued without its igniting any of the farm-yard buildings; but the hay, about eight tons, was entirely destroyed. One of the ricks consisted of old hay, the other of new, and both were insured. The fire was first discovered in the old rick; some say it was caused by an incendiary, but another opinion is that it was ignited by a spark from a passing train on the West Cornwall Railway. .............................................. . COMMITTAL - On Wednesday last, an inmate of the St. Austell union, named Elizabeth WILLIAMS, was charged before Mr. R. G. LAKES, with refusing to work in the house, and was committed to the county gaol. .............................................. . ASSAULTING A TOLL COLLECTOR - At the magistrate meeting, held at Truro, on the 9th inst., Major POLWHELE in the chair, Samuel WOOLCOCK, of Kenwyn, Issac BENNETT alias BENNY, and Thomas GOOG alias GOOGEY, of Kea, were summoned to answer the complaint of Mr. PERCY, the lessee of the tolls, for assaulting Walter TIPPET, the toll collector at Redruth gate, on the morning of June the 3rd last. It appears that the three prisoners (being horse jockeys)were returning from Camborne fair, which was held on the 2nd of June, and came back to the above gate at half-past twelve o'clock at night, and refused to pay the toll. Bennett and Goog, however, after some time paid their toll, but Woolcock still refused, and struck the collector with his stick, and threw him down on the ground. The collector being a stronger man than Woolcock, was getting up, when Bennett and Goog both kicked him and other wise ill-treated him, and kept him down while Woolcock got off without paying his toll. Mr. ROBERTS appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. STOKES for the defendants. Bennett and Goog were fined GBP 3 each and costs, and Woolcock GBP 1 and costs as a caution to others. .............................................. . ACCIDENT AT SEA - The "Need," JOHNS, of Fowey, from Runcorn for Wick, with salt, when off the Mull of Cantyre on the 29th of June last, the Captain about two p.m. sent one of his men named John ADAMS to reeve the half-topsail haulyards, it being fine weather. This he had done and returned below the mast head, when he was seen to let go, and falling heavily on deck, received such serious injury that he never spoke, and died in about ten minutes after. Very soon after the accident, it became thick and to blow hard. Captain Johns, seeing no chance of getting in with the land, buried the body at sea, after reading the prayers used by the Church of England on such occasions. Captain Johns has arrived at Wick and reported the circumstances to the receiver of wrecks, and delivered up the wages and effects of the deceased. Adams shipped at Runcorn, and said his mother was in America, his father ill, but their whereabouts Captain Johns is unable to learn. ................................... . NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING - On Wednesday last, several boys went to bathe in the engine pool adjoining Wheal Buller; one of them, named James ANDREW, a lad of thirteen years of age, got out of his depth, and sank in ten feet of water; several persons were near, but could render no assistance, the pool being a large one, and very deep; a young man, named John LUKE, hearing shrieks at some distance, hastened to the spot just in time to see the boy go down the second time. Luke plunged into the water, dived two or three times, and at last brought the poor lad to the surface, and thus saved his life at the greatest possible risk of his own, having on his heavy miner's clothes and boots at the time. John Luke is a miner and lives in Buller's Row, Redruth. .................................... . ACCIDENT BY DROWNING - On Tuesday last, a youth about seventeen years of age, named Joseph TREVILLIAN, working at North Roskear mine, went to a large pond to bathe and jumped off the wall into the water from eight to nine feet deep and sunk. It appears he could not swim or any of the lads in company, and in consequence he remained in the water until the pond was let down, nearly half an hour, when he was found stuck in the mud and quite dead. .................................... [as written] . MINE ACCIDENTS - A lad named CURNOW, of Lower quarter, fell into Reeth Consols shaft on Monday, to a depth of twenty-two fathoms, and sustained concussion of the brain. He is lying dangerously ill under the care of Mr. R. Q. COUCH, of Penzance. . The son of the sexton at Pendeen church was knocked down by a tram waggon, surface) at Levant on Monday, whereby the base of his skull was severely fractured, his thigh was broken, and other severe injuries were inflicted. Mr. R. QUICK, of Trewellard, St. Just in Penwith, was sent for, but the lad expired in five minutes, and before he could arrive. .................................... . CORONER'S INQUESTS - The following inquests have been held before Mr. J. CARLYON, county coroner - On Friday last, at Shallow Adit in the parish of Redruth, on the body of Thomas HOSKIN, miner, aged seventeen years, who fell from one of the ladders as he was returning up from work underground in South Tolgus Mine last Thursday, and received such serious injuries by the fall (about fifteen fathoms) that he only survived about half an hour. There was no accounting for his fall, but it was found that all the ladders were perfect and good, and it was supposed that he missed in taking hold of a stave. Verdict, "accidental death." . Also in the same parish on the body of James BEER, aged between four and five years, who burnt himself and died from the injuries he received by setting off some gunpowder. It appeared that his brothers had been setting off some the evening before, outside their father's house, and that they had left a small quantity on the ground, which was so wet it would not go off. The sun had dried it up however the following morning, and deceased got a lighted stick and set fire to it. It exploded as he was blowing at the stick with his face close to it. Presently afterwards his sister (who was not aware he had left the house) met him screeching with both his hands over his face and eyes, and the hair on his head was all on fire. Verdict, "accidental death." ................................. . ROYAL CORNWALL SAILOR'S HOME - The following is the weekly report from the 7th of July to the 14th inclusive. Remained by the last report, 11; admitted since, 18; discharged, 12; remaining, 17. Of these in the sick ward –- Remained by the last report, 7; admitted since, 2; cured, 6; died, 2; remaining 1. Of this number, internal disease, 1. Average number victualled each day, 19. . The following benevolent assistance has been afforded during the week, towards the funds of this institution: Mr. TREMAYNE, GBP 1.1s, and GBP 2 towards the building fund; Mr. T. M. HORSFORD, Gbp 1.1s; Mr. John RULE, GBP 1; Messrs. OLVER, 10s; Mr. R. LAKE, 5s.

West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser - transcribed by Bern Currie 10th July 1857 . Births . At Devoran, on the 27th ult., the wife of Mr. R. M. SAMPSON, of a daughter. . At Falmouth, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. John REECE, of a son. . At Penzance, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. C. P. CHARLTON, of a daughter; and on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. John TRYTHALL, jun., of a daughter. . At Ludgvan, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. Thomas CHELLEW, of a son. . At Crowlas, in the parish of Ludgvan, the wife of Mr. William ROBERTS, of a daughter. . At Georgia Lane, Towednack, the wife of Mr. Thomas GRENFIELD of a son. . At Copperhouse, Phillack, the wife of Mr. W. JENKYN, of a son; the wife of Mr. MURLY, of a son; and the wife of Mr. ROWE, of a son. . At Gwinear Downs, the wife of Mr. R. PENHALE, of a daughter. . At Roseworthy, Gwinear, the wife of Mr. James EVA, of a daughter. . At Camborne, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. Wm. JENNINGS, of a daughter. . At Redruth, the wife of Mr. Henry RICHARDS, of a daughter; the wife of Mr. Wm. TERRILL, of a son; and the wife of Mr. C. T. VIVIAN, of a daughter. . At Trevarth, Gwennap, on the 1st instant, the wife of Mr. John KENDALL, of a daughter. . At St. Austell, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. Benjamin JACOBS, of a son. . At Bodmin, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. Robert EDYVEAN, of a son. . At Stokeclimsland, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. W. H. BRIMACOMBE, of a daughter. . At Liskeard, on Friday last, the wife of the Rev. W. WORDER, of a daughter; and the wife of Mr. William HAWKE, of a son. . At Crow's Nest, on the 2nd instant, the wife of Mr. N. THOMAS, of a daughter. . At Camelford, on the 1st instant, the wife of Mr. Wm. LANGDON, of a daughter; and on Monday last, the wife of Mr. Christopher ARNALL, of a son. . At Tregoodwell, near Camelford, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. RUNDLE, of a son. . At Ruth Rose, St. Columb Major on the 28th ult., the wife of Mr. Simon SOLOMON, of a daughter. . At Leeds, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. W. B. ODGERS, of a son. . At Warea Taranaki, New Zealand, on the 6th of February last, Mrs. RIEMENSCHNEIDER, daughter of the Rev. W. WOON, formerly of Truro, of a daughter. . Marriages . At Madron, Henry WEYMOUTH, Esq., of Rosevean House, near Penzance, to Susanna Usticke, daughter of John SCOBELL, Esq., of Nancealverne. . At Towendnack, on Saturday last, Mr. James BERRYMAN TO Miss Jane ROWE, both of that parish. . At Lelant, on the 2nd instant, Mr. John NICHOLAS to Miss Mary SANDOW, both of that parish. . At Camborne, on Wednesday last, Captain William ARTHUR, agent to the Rio Grande Mining Company, Jamaica, to Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Samuel WHEAR. . At Gwennap Church, on the 29th ult., Mr. J. H. VISIVK, of Bissoe, to Miss Grace BATH, of Gwennap. . At Day, on Monday last, Mr, J, LAWN, of Chili, to Emma, youngest daughter of Captain TREWARTHA, of St. Day. . At St. Austell, on Saturday last, Mr. Joseph MENEAR to Miss Sarah RICHARDS; on Sunday last, Mr. John COOM to Miss Sarah WOOLCOCK; and Mr. Henry BLAKE to Miss Elizabeth TRUSCOTT; and Mr. Thomas BENNEY, to Miss Sarah KELL; on Tuesday last, Mr. William H. ROBERTS to Anna Maria, youngest daughter of Mr. C. MERRIFIELD, of Towan, in that parish; and also Mr John GIBSON to Miss Lavinia CRAZE. . At Liskeard, on the 29th ult., Mr Oliver GLUYAS, late of Australia, to Miss Martha HARRIS, of Liskeard. . At Newlyn East, on the 2nd instant, Mr. Charles OSBORNE, of Parranzabuloe, to Elisabeth Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Wm. PHILLIPS, of Rejerrow, Newlyn. . At Perranzabuloe, on the 2nd instant, Mr. Pearce PILL, of that parish, to Miss M. J. HAMPTON, of Sithney. . At Walcot Church, Bath, on the 27th ult., Mr. Richard MILTON, draper, to Caroline Amelia, fifth daughter of the late Mr. Arthur PENFOUND, of Liskeard. . At Swansea, on the 27th ult., Mr. Zaphar GANGE to Miss Louisa BLEWETT, late of Truro. . Deaths . At Falmouth, on Tuesday last, Captain GREEN, R.N., aged 71 years; on Wednesday last, aged 8 years, Emmeline, youngest daughter of Mrs. BURROW, late of Cheltenham; and on the 2nd instant, Miss. C. A. TURNER, aged 45 years. . At St. Mawes, on Monday last, the infant son of Mr. GEORGE. . At St. Just Lane, Mr. George PASCO, aged 29 years. . At Penzance, on Tuesday last, Mrs. Grace BARNICOAT, aged 68 years. . At Vellanoweth Cottage, Ludgvan, on Friday last, after a severe illness, Captain John JAMES, aged 56 years. . At Gwinear Downs, on Monday last, the infant daughter of Mr. R. PENHALE. . At Rosewarne, Gwinear, on the 2nd instant, the infant son of Mr. J. UREN. . At Camborne, on Saturday last, Mrs. Ann VIAL, aged 91 years. . At Redruth, on the 2nd instant, Mr. John VIVIAN. Aged 59 years. . At St. Day, on Monday last, Mrs. BARGWANNA, widow of the late Captain BARGWANNA, aged 69 years. . At Mevagissey, on Wednesday last, Mr. Thomas STARK, aged 76 years. . At St. Austell, on Tuesdaylast, the infant son of Mr. Peter CLEMES. . At Mount Charles, in the parish of St. Austell, on Saturday last, Mr. HANCOCK, aged 26 years. . At Whitemoor, in the parish of St. Stephens in Branwell, on the 20th ult., Mr. John COCK, aged 20 years. . At Camelford, on Tuesday last, Elizabeth, infant daughter of Mr. ROBERTS, King's Arms Hotel. . At Topsham, Devon, on Sunday last, Peter Albert, fourth son of the Rev. F. WRIGHT, vicar of Stythians and Perranarworthal. ....................................................................... Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell

Listers, A friend has links with the HICKS of Pengrugla, Pentewan, Cornwall and understands there is a link with TREMAYNE of Heligan during the late 19th / earliest 20th cent. Can anyone help? David Henwood CFHS 00037 DFHS 00135

ST. AUSTELL PETTY SESSIONS - CHARGE OF HAWKING WITHOUT A LICENSE 10 July 1857 . In our paper of the 19th of June, a paragraph appeared, stating that Mr. ROBERT BELL, a Scotsman residing at Truro, and travelling with drapery goods, had been taken into custody by the superintendent of county police at St. Austell, on a charge of hawking without a license, and that he had been placed in a miserable kind of dungeon called a "lock-up" underneath the St. Austell Town Hall, where he had been kept from two o'clock in the afternoon till eleven the next day, there being no magistrate at hand to whom bail could be offered for his earlier release. . It was, however, at the same time inadvertently omitted from the statement in question, that Mr. SHILSON, the clerk to the magistrates, did all that was in his power to obtain the release of the prisoner, by sending to the policeman in charge, to have him taken to an inn for the night, the "lock-up" where he was confined being a totally unfit place for the confinement of any person for a night; its dimensions being about six feet long by five broad, with nothing but a board to sleep on, and a most offensive smell in the dungeon. Mr. Shilson's wishes, however, to have the prisoner kept in custody at an inn till the morning, could not be complied with, the officer in charge stating that it was contrary to the county police regulations; and we now mention this, because the paragraph inserted on the 19th of June was calculated to give an impression, that Mr. Shilson might have had the prisoner removed from the "lock-up" if he had chosen to do so, which was not the fact. . On the following morning, Mr. T. HEXT, a county magistrate, having arrived, the prisoner was taken before him, and on the application of his friends, the case was adjourned until the 7th of July, to give him an opportunity of obtaining legal assistance; and bail being accepted for his appearance, he was released from custody. . On Tuesday last, the adjourned case came on for hearing at the St. Austell Petty Sessions, before Mr. E. COODE, jun., Mr. T. HEXT, and Mr. R. G. LAKES, county magistrates. A number of the defendant's countrymen came from different parts of the county to hear the case, and there was a crowded attendance also of persons of the town and neighbourhood. . The case having been called on, Mr. SHILSON, clerk to the magistrates, read the charge, as follows: . "For that he, the said ROBERT BELL, at Holmbush, in the parish of St. Austell, on the 16th day of June last, did then and there travel on foot to other men's houses, and did then and there carry to sell, and expose to sell, certain goods, wares, and merchandise, to wit, a quantity of drapery goods, without any license to him before then granted in that behalf, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided." . To this charge the defendant, through his advocate, Mr. STOKES, pleaded not guilty. The witnesses in the case, at the request of the police superintendent, were ordered out of court until called on. . For the prosecution, Mr. ALFRED STEPHENS was then sworn, and deposed as follows: I am a superintendent of county police, of the Bodmin district. On Tuesday the 16th of June I was passing through the village of Holmbush on duty. I saw Robert Bell come out of a house on the left hand side of the road, and call at two other houses on the right hand side of the road. When he went into the last house, I got off my horse and went into the house myself. He was there, and I asked him where his license was. He said he had got no license. I asked him to show me what he had in his pack. He undid his pack, and showed me what he had got. He had a quantity of drapery, such as shawls, dresses, mantles, and so on; that was in his pack, and he had also a small paper parcel, which contained half-a-dozen cloth caps. I said, you must consider yourself my prisoner; and we then both went on the road towards St. Austell. On the road he said, "If I had known I was supposed to have a license, I would have got one, but I was not hawking; my good were ordered." He asked me where he could get a license, and the expense. . Mr. STOKES - You told him, I suppose? Witness - No, I told him I did not know. When we got to St. Austell, I searched him, and ordered him to be locked up. I found on him about GBP 5 in silver, and these two books. . Mr. COODE - What are those, pattern books? . [In reply to] Mr. STOKES - No, they are account books, order books. While he was at St. Austell, in the inspector's house, he said, "you cannot prove that I was selling." That is all I have to say. (Witness here produced the half-dozen caps from the paper parcel, and in reply to Mr. Coode, said that five out of the six had price tickets on them; two were of the same pattern, the others were of different patterns. Witness unbound the pack on the table, and said there were in it women's dresses, shawls, scarfs, and a woman's cape; he untied also a small parcel in the pack, which he said appeared to be goods of a previous order, there being cloth, buttons, thread, &c., to make some garment. He also took out four packages of tea which were in the pack). . The Superintendent was then Cross-Examined by Mr. STOKES - Had you ever seen Mr. Bell trading before in the same way? Witness - No, never. Your attention has never been called to him personally? - No. Did you not know him before that day? - No. Are your instructions from the chief constable to follow up those inquiries? - They are. And before you came into this county, probably you were in the habit of doing the same? - Yes. And in the same way? - Yes. Endeavouring to detect parties trading with hawkers' licenses? - Yes. In what part of the country? - Hampshire. Have you been in the constabulary force there? - I have. How long? - About nine years. And you pursued the same course there as circumstances arose? - Yes. How long have you been acquainted with this county? - Since February. And you have not been aware of the fact that Scotsmen in this county have been in the habit of carrying on their trade in this way from door to door? - I have been given to understand that they go about hawking without a license, and that it is carried on to a great extent in this county. Were Scotsmen in the habit of trading in Hampshire in the same way? - Yes, and Irishmen as well. You don't know that Mr. Robert Bell is a housekeeper [home owner] in Truro? - I do not know it. You did not know it when he was taken into custody? - No, he was a perfect stranger to me. Was he dressed as he is now? - Very similar. You brought him to St. Austell? - Yes. And had him put in the lock-up house? - I did after about a quarter of an hour; I tried first to get a magistrate to dispose of the case. And he remained there from two o'clock on the 16th, till eleven the next morning? - Yes. Is it your practice to lock up persons of that description? - Yes, we make no distinction. You treat them as vagrants? - They are placed in the lock-up provided for them. That is the lock-up at the bottom of these stairs? - Yes. About how much square is that place? - Perhaps eight or nine feet one way, and six or seven the other; I can't exactly say. And with a privy in it? - There is a closet in it. Did he tell you who he was? - I think he had cards about him showing that. And in the course of the evening you had some communication with some of his countrymen? - I cannot tell. I went to Bodmin, and do not know what occurred during the night. In reply to further questions, the witness said he saw Bell come out of one house on the 16th, and go to two others. He went to MRS. STEVENS's house that same day, after he took defendant into custody; he went there to make inquiries; defendant did not expose goods in either of the other two houses. Witness did not know there were many in the same trade at St. Austell; he had heard there were a great many all over the county, and more at Truro than anywhere else. He had never been at Truro. There was no difficulty made about his inspecting the pack. . Mr. STOKES - Did he tell you they were in the habit of trading in that way without a license? - He might have said so; he told me something about their mode of doing business. Mr. COODE here asked whether the goods were in lengths or in pieces. Witness then unfolded some of the goods, and Mr. COODE asked, are there none more than enough for a dress? Mr. STOKES said he was informed there was nothing more than in lengths for dresses. Mr. COODE (to the Superintendent) - Should you think there is more from looking at them? Witness - No, I think not, sir. Witness then unfolded another, and said it appeared to be more than was required for a dress. A person present, however, on looking at it, said it was about nine or ten yards; and Mr. Stokes said he was told that was a dress length. . MARY ANN STEVENS was then called by the Superintendent, and said, Mr. Bell came into my mother's house at Holmbush, on a Tuesday; I don't know the day of the month; he never offered me anything, and I did not ask him to sell me anything; that is all I have to say. The witness was then questioned by the Superintendent, and said, Mr. Bell opened his pack on my mother's table, and took out a parcel my mother had ordered; I never did any business with Mr. Bell; I looked at the dresses, but did not intend to have any. . The Superintendent - Were there any dresses there that you liked? To this question the witness did not directly reply, but at last said, there were none that I liked, but I passed no remarks about them. I never ordered anything of Mr. Bell; I spoke about a parasol when he was there the time before, but I did not know whether he would bring it. The Superintendent here said he had a statement in writing, which was made to him by the witness when he went to make inquiries; he then asked, - Did you say to me, Mr. Bell called at my mother's house on the 16th of June, untied a pack of goods on the table; I looked at some dresses, but he had none that I liked; I never ordered any goods of Mr. Bell in my life? - Witness: Yes, I said so; he only sells goods when they have been ordered. Mr. COODE - How do you know that? Witness - I know that because my mother deals with him; she orders one fortnight, and he brings the next. Mr. COODE - You say he did not offer any goods to you, did he to your mother, or anyone else in the house? Witness - No he did not; there was no one in the house but me and mother. The Superintendent - What was his object in showing the dresses? Witness - He did not ask me to look at them; he took out the parcel for my mother and I went over and looked at them; he did not keep them open for me a minute. By Mr. STOKES - He did not show me any dresses; I believe he does not like my custom; he has refused to supply me. He did not bring me the parasol. He has been dealing with my mother the last six or seven years. By Mr. COODE - Was the dress for your mother in a separate parcel? Witness- Mr. Bell was there before me; the dress for my mother was all abroad on the table, and he was doing up the bundle when I came in. Mr. COODE - Who is your next witness? The Superintendent - That is all; the other woman can prove nothing. . Mr. STOKES then addressed the court for the defence. He submitted that the case against his client had entirely broken down for want of anything like proof. The proceedings were taken under the hawkers' and pedlars' act, 50, George 3, c. 41, sec. 6, and that section was as follows: "And be it enacted that from and after the said first day of Austust there shall be raised, answered, and paid to and for the use of his Majestry, his heirs and successors, the rates and duties following, that is to say, by every hawker, pedlar, petty chapman, and every other trading person and persons going from town to town, or to other men's houses, and travelling either on foot or with horse, horses, or other wise, in England, Wales, or the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, carrying to sell, or exposing to sale, any goods, wares, or merchandise, a duty of four pounds for each year; and every person so travelling with a horse, ass, mule, or other beast bearing or drawing burthen, the sum of four pounds yearly for each beast he or she shall so travel with, over and above the said first-mentioned duty of four pounds." That is the clause (said Mr. Stokes) which enacts that there shall be a license taken out by such persons; and the other clauses refer to penalties under the act. . It has also been laid down that the words "every hawker" and so on, extend to cases of all itinerant dealers who sell by retail, however extensive their transactions may be, and are not to be limited to hawkers and pedlars in a small way. . Then in the case of King against KNIGHT, 10 Barn. And Cress., 734, we have this decision: "Where the defendant was servant to a tea-dealer in the county of Worcester, who had been sent about the country by his master, showing samples and collecting orders, and afterwards carrying the parcels about for delivery according to the orders; the question was, whether this was hawking and pedling so as to require a license under the act. The Court was of opinion that the act applied only to those who carried about the goods to be sold and delivered immediately, and not to those who carried about the good for delivery pursuant to previous order and contract; otherwise a license would be necessary to legalise the transactions of travelers for London houses; the act is not a carrying to sale, or exposing to sale within the statute." . It is therefore clear, said Mr. STOKES, that where a man takes goods to deliver to customers, after receiving from them previous orders, he is exempted from the provision of this statute. In the present case there was no evidence of any other kind of trading. The superintendent took possession of Mr. Bell's goods, but he did not see him exposing them to sale in any way whatever; and there was not the slightest proof that he had done so. The Superintendent had merely found the goods in his possession, but that was not sufficient to bring the case within this statute; to do that, there must be a selling by way of retail, or an offering to sell by way of retail, by one person to another. The witness, Mary Ann Stevens, says her mother had previously ordered the dress taken from the parcel; she says she looked at the things, but that Mr. Bell did not offer her one of them for sale; that on the contrary, after he had taken out the dress for her mother, he made up his parcel to take away; that something took place about a parasol, but it was on a previous occasion. Nothing was proved to render Mr. Bell liable to the penalties attaching to the selling, or exposing for sale, and hawking about the country by way of retail. Because he was carrying goods, it was not to be inferred that they were for the purpose of retail selling. . It was not incumbent on the defendant to exculpate himself, but on the person who charged him, to clearly and plainly prove that he was committing some breach of the law. It must be proved that he sold, or offered to some person on that day goods for sale. The evidence had entirely broken down on that point, and he submitted that there was nothing to call upon him to carry the case further. If the bench thought differently, he was prepared to prove, by Mrs. Stevens, that the only goods she received on the day in question, she had ordered a fortnight previously. He submitted, therefore, that there was no evidence of his client having been hawking in the common sense of the expression. . Mr. COODE - The words of the act are, "carrying to sell", or "exposing to sale." Mr. STOKES - Then the carrying for sale must be proved; I am not bound to show that. Mr. COODE - Of course; but you seem to confine yourself to exposing for sale. . Mr. STOKES - I say it is too much to infer, that because he was carrying a bundle, the goods were for sale by retail on that day to any person who might look at them. I contend that not only the possession of the goods, but the object for which the man had possession must be shown. One cannot jump to a conclusion in a case of this kind. It is a penal statute, and it is incumbent on those who are prosecuting for the crown, to prove that the penalty has been incurred. . He was prepared to call Mrs. Stevens, but he had no doubt their worships knew the kind of trade which was carried on by Scotsmen in this and other counties. He would venture to say it was one of the most important trades amongst all our commercial undertakings. More than two millions worth of goods are annually sent out from London for the purposes of this trade - a trade which has been carried on for some thirty or forty years in this county on a most extensive scale, supplying goods to people in villages and country parts to the amount annually of many thousands. . The trade is not a new one, and is very different from the trade of the ordinary hawkers and pedlars who go about the country. The men who carry on this trade have frequently large and respectable houses in Truro and other towns, where they carry on a large business, and pay rents, and rates, and taxes. Could it then be supposed that these were cases to which the act was intended to apply? It was meant, in a great measure, to prevent vagrancy; and thus common hawkers, for selling without a license, were treated as vagrants. . In the same manner this respectable trader had been treated. He was brought to the lock-up at St. Austell - as vile a hole as any criminal could be consigned to - and there left from two o'clock in the afternoon till eleven the next morning. He (Mr. Stokes) should make no unkind or improper reflections on any one if he could avoid it; but it did seem to him that the instructions given, and acted on in this case, were such as should not exist. It was monstrous that a man of this description, going about the county honestly and fairly trading, should be treated like a vagrant; and consigned to such an abominable hole as that in which this man was placed. Persons of this description should not be treated in such a way as the worst of felons are scarcely treated. . If Mr. Bell infringed on the law, it was from misunderstanding it. His words to the superintendent were, "if I had supposed I was to take out a license, I would have taken it." He had never taken out a license before, and throughout the whole of the west of England, not one of these gentlemen, trading to the amount of tens of thousands annually, has ever taken out a license. It is very hard that such a man should be so treated, and it is to be regretted that such instructions should have been issued as consigned this respectable man to a black hole for so long a period. . It was to be hoped that nothing would be done, with regard to this new county police, to prejudice them in the eyes of the public, inasmuch as the good feeling of the public ought to be with them to support them in the exercise of their duties. . The superintendent said he acted on his instructions; but it was unfortunate that such instructions should exist, by which a man was consigned to a hole of that description, with a necessary in it; the only bench he had to lie down on being connected to a privy. . Mr. COODE - That is not the case; it is alongside. . Mr. STOKES - The man was obliged to come to the holes made in the door, in order to have air from time to time. If we are to have the county police exercising such authority, let an unfortunate man be placed in a better lock-up, and where he would not so long be subject to imprisonment in "durance vile." (Great applause in court.) . Mr. COODE - That is exceedingly wrong in a court of justice. . Mr. STOKES - It may be wrong, but you can see what is the appearance of the men who have come here from all parts of the county, that they are respectable men; and I can say, as to the town of Truro, that the town is proud to have residing in it a body of men so uniformly characterized by integrity and respectability; no charge of offence against the law, that I know of, has ever been brought forward against these persons in Truro. It is unfortunate that Mr. Bell, under such instructions, should have been subjected to such harsh treatment, and consigned to such a dungeon. . I have now expressed my own feeling, and that of these Scotch traders as to the treatment their country-man has received, and I submit that the case against him has entirely broken down. Your worships must know that at Looe, in a similar case, a penalty was inflicted by the magistrates; but that case was appealed against, and the Board of Inland Revenue has decided that the case was not to be gone on with because of insufficient evidence, and consequently the whole proceedings have been quashed at quarter sessions. The same would no doubt be the result in the present case. I will, however, if you please, call Mrs. Stevens to show that the article she received she had previously ordered. . The magistrates and Mr. Shilson retired to consider the case at a quarter past three, and at thirty-three minutes past three they returned into court, when Mr. COODE said they wished to have the evidence of Mrs. Stevens. . MARY STEVENS was then sworn, and on examination by Mr. stokes said, I have dealt with Mr. Robert Bell many years. He came to my house on the 16th of June, and delivered a dress which I had ordered a fortnight before; it was nine yards of black coburg. He offered me nothing else for sale; I pay from time to time on account for goods. By the Superintendent - My daughter cast her eye on the goods but she did not ask for anything. By Mr. Shilson - No one else was in the house but my husband; he has died since. My daughter came down stairs, and I think the pack was undone when she came down. . After hearing this evidence, Mr. COODE, as Chairman of the Bench, said, we think this case must be dismissed for want of evidence. (Loud applause in court.) . Mr. COODE - There is one thing the court wishes to remark, in reference to some rather strong remarks made by Mr. Stokes as to the treatment of the man after he was taken into custody. It appears to us that there is no blame whatever to be attached to the superintendent, or to the county police. They are bound by the statute, under a penalty, to apprehend all parties trading without a license, and after the man was taken in custody, the superintendent had no discretion in the matter. He appears to have had his orders to keep him in a lock-up, and he had no other place to put him in; and we think the practice of taking prisoners to a public-house should always if possible be avoided. It is impossible the police should be expected to exercise discretion as to taking one man to a lock-up, and another to a public-house, because he belongs to a superior station of society; and we think no blame is attached to the superintendent for what he did in that respect. . Mr. STOKES - We certainly hope that your worships will have a better lock-up, so that a man will be less harshly treated in the future. . The case being dismissed, the defendant and his friends then retired from the court. Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell

The West Briton (Friday, 03 Jul 1857) reported the following death at St. Ives: "At St. Ives, Sarah, daughter of Captain Henry WALL, of the brig 'Antigua Planter,' aged 8 years..." This child was actually Sarah NOALL (1849-1857), d/o Henry Thomas NOALL & Wilmot CURNOW. Sarah died 25 Jun 1857 and was buried at Barnoon Cemetery in St. Ives on 28 Jun 1857. Her death was registered at Penzance during 2Q1857. Her mother gave birth to another daughter in Sep 1857, and that child was named Sarah. Since Wilmot CURNOW was the daughter of Robert CURNOW & Sarah ROACH, both girls were apparently named in honor of their maternal grandmother. Bill Curnow Port Charlotte, FL, USA

Jan Davis wrote: > Ah, now THAT term, I understand.............. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan" <alan@dcsa.com.au> > To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:15 PM > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Chav > > >> White trash is a good starting point. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan >> >> From the Urban Dictionary: >> "The majority of the species are hideously repugnant and unintelligent, >> and yet they manage to breed in ever-increasing numbers and populate an >> area known as the outer west. It is quite common to find five or six >> offspring in each family group, often with a different father for each >> new baby." >> >> See also: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav Or "Walmart people". -- ==== Michael Lightfoot Canberra, Australia OPC Merther, Egloshayle & St Breock, Cornwall see http://www.cornwall-opc.org michael.lightfoot@pcug.org.au ====

White trash is a good starting point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan From the Urban Dictionary: "The majority of the species are hideously repugnant and unintelligent, and yet they manage to breed in ever-increasing numbers and populate an area known as the outer west. It is quite common to find five or six offspring in each family group, often with a different father for each new baby." See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav On 01/31/2013 12:54 PM, Jan Davis wrote: > OK, so what's a "bogan"? Anybody know an American translation??? > Jan in San Diego > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <sahpjh@people.net.au> > To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:04 PM > Subject: [CORNISH] Chav > > >> >> Norma >> >> The Australian equivalent of a 'chav' is a 'bogan'. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

We visited it in 1989 and the same people must still be there. They couldn't have cared less about us. A great pity and a missed opportunity!! Brian from Yass nr Canberra, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dot Hosking Huntley Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2013 4:55 AM To: cornish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH] travel Don't depend on a great welcome all the time. I visited the church at St Just twice on Sundays and was 90% ignored even tho' I smiled and greeted everyone who's eye I could catch, and the Vicar was very rude when I introduced myself to him. All depends on the people in the church. Dot Hosking Huntley -----Original Message----- From: tabletweaver@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:46 AM To: cornish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH] travel Indeed - one of the finest screens in the south west. Most of the village churches in Penwith are worth visiting for one reason or another. If they are by horrible chance locked, a good move is to look at service times and attend a service - you will get a great welcome and be able to see the church and ask questions. cheers Catherine -----Original Message----- From: hainesc <hainesc@msu.edu> To: cornish <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:54 Subject: [CORNISH] travel St Buryan has a wonderful wood piece that separates the altar of the church from the pews. My cousins go to that church and it is beautiful. Carolyn Haines Holt, MI 48842 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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