One small point - it may be worth contacting the vicar of Sancreed (he is also the vicar of St Just) as the last few times I have tried to visit the church I have found it locked. there is also an attractive holy well in Sancreed - worth a visit. St Buryan church is undergoing considerable repair at the moment but is still well worth visiting and is usually open as is St Levan. Breage is one of the best churches around with fantastic medieval paintings - and there is almost always somebody around who is friendly and a mine of local information! Have fun Catherine -----Original Message----- From: John Coles <dazzleme@live.co.uk> To: Cornish List <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:35 Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Help please with planning my trip! Hi Meli, Your trip sounds wonderful, and you'll really enjoy the (long) train journey to Penzance, especially from Exeter onwards. Early April is one of the most wonderful times of the year to see Cornwall, and along the coast you should still find some daffodils blooming, as well as all the spring flowers and fresh green grass in the fields. Gorgeous! Since I live here, I never stay in B&B, but I think you are wise to stay in Penzance itself, because you'll have a good choice of restuarants within walking distance for lunch or evening meal. A couple of nice looking B&Bs are: www.thestanleypenzance.co.uk (this one is near the harbour, and a short walk up into the town centre, my be difficult for parking here). www.glencreehouse.co.uk (this is a slightly longer walk to the town centre, but is close to the promenade, and it is being freshly refurbished so should be good for an April stay). www.estorilhotel.com (in Morrab Road, reasonable walk to town, and very close to the beautiful Morrab Gardens and Penlee Park). But there are lots of others, although it may be difficult to book because your visit is soon after Easter, when Cornwall gets really busy with tourists if the weather is nice. Before you start, buy a good map, the best is the Ordnance Survey 'Explorer' map (coloured orange) for Land's End. This is at 2.5 inches to the mile, so it will have everything you need, is incredibly detailed, and shows all the farms, footpaths that your ancestors would have used, ancient historical remains, churches, etc. You could buy this on the internet before you leave home, so you can plan your days. Bear in mind comments below, and that journey times are endless although distances are short!!! Places to visit connected with family history: Well, I think that this is the most unspoilt and magical part of Cornwall, and in many ways very little in the countryside will have changed since the late 1700's / early 1800's. Most of the churches had some makeovers inside during the middle of the 1800's but they will be unspoilt. Most of the area your folks came from is farmland up on the sort of central plateau, surrounded within just a mile or so by dramatic cliffs, and masses of ancient prehistoric hut circles, stone circles, bronze age burials, ancient celtic stone crosses, Holy wells. You will love it, but please be aware that almost all the roads here are barely more than lanes, with granite walls each side. They are really narrow, so practice using reverse because there is rarely room to pass an oncoming car!!! St Levan is still as isolated as it ever was (almost at Land's End... although I must point out that Land's End itself is a very commercialised tourist attraction). The church still looks as it would several hundred years ago. Sancreed is very pretty, set deep among leafy lanes, again, the church will satisfy every desire! St Buryan is a big, very open village with a wide central street dominated by the church, and lots of pretty cottages. Breage is the other side of Penzance, going towards Helston. A delightful village, set around a sort of loop off the main road, with the church in the middle. There is a brilliant garden centre at the edge of the village that specialises in sub tropical plants (palm trees etc) and has a really nice little cafe where you can get a lunch. I'd strongly recommend carrying on to Helston itself, because it is a really lovely, and incredibly 'Cornish' town, with water running alongside the streets, and impressive granite buildings. Places to visit: If you stay in Penzance, you can have a good stroll round Penlee Gardens, then go to the Penlee House Gallery (at the top of the gardens). They will have an exhibition called 'Summer in February' (in April)! based around the work and lives of the group of artists who settled in the Lamorna Valley from around 1900ish, and then upstairs will be an exhibition of work of the Newlyn School of Artists, who painted incredibly evocative scenes (often very large) of the fishing people and scenery at the end of the 1800's - still living a life little changed from when your folks left Cornwall. I'd say this is a 'must see'. The fishing harbour at Newlyn is fascinating - this is about a mile from Penzance - and you can then drive another few miles to the tourist attraction (but very unspoilt) of Mousehole, with it's cottages surrounding the harbour. On the way to St Levan and Sancreed, drop into Penberth Cove. This is one of the few places that has been totally unspoilt (no cars allowed at the cove, fishing boats pulled up on the shore, no ice cream stalls or gift shops). Tiny, really tiny, little cove and just gorgeous. If you are brave enough, from the Land's End / St Just area, drive back to St Ives along the winding road that follows the North Coast. It isn't very far, but allow an hour for the drive because this road really does wind around, but add a lot more time for getting out of the car and just going 'Ooooh, Aaaah' at the scenery. Along this road is the Wayside Museum, at Zennor, which is a fascinating glimpse into much of the lifestyle of your ancestors... it is not a conventional museum in a big grand building, but i won't spoil it for you! Another 'must see' for background on the life of your folks. Lunch in The Tinners Arms in Zennor, enjoy the Mermaid at Zennor Church, and the walk to the sea from Zennor is lovely and fairly level all the way. (You can also get to Zennor by going straight across Cornwall from Penzance, and missing out the most difficult bits of the north coast route). St Ives is a delight, but busy and bustling. If you go, things to see are the harbour, Fore Street, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth house, lots of artists and galleries. On the way back to Penzance, follow the old road via Halsetown and Cripplesease, and if you are feeling incredibly fit and healthy, try and find Trencrom Hill, and scramble to the top... you can see Mount's Bay to the south of you, with St Michael's Mount in the middle of it, and St Ives Bay to the north of you, whilst if you look eastwards you can see the Carn Brea and the mining ladscape around Redruth / Camborne. Magic, but very hard to find, and very hard work climbing to the top!!! If you fancy some technology history, Porthcurno Telegraph Museum (near St Levan) is worth a visit, and it is intriguing to think that many of the undersea fibre optic cables - which may be carrying my internet message to you - come ashore here, in this remote corner of Cornwall. OK, hope that helps (I got a bit carried away there, so I really must go and do some work now)! Very best, John in Launceston, Cornwall. This message and any attachments are confidential and may be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the recipient please email the sender and delete this message and any attachments from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message and attachments, or disclose the contents to any other person. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this message and any attachments are virus free, We can take no responsibility if a virus is actually present. We advise you to carry out your own virus check. > From: melibob4@texasbb.com > To: CORNISH@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:01:23 -0600 > Subject: [CORNISH] Help please with planning my trip! > > Hello, one and all! > > Your comments about taking the train from London to Penzance has been wonderfully helpful, as I have been going through fits trying to plan my trip coming up in April. As a result, I will fly from Houston to London and go by train to Penzance. But I will have to get from Heathrow to the Paddington Station. Is it easy to use the Express service? I don’t know how long to plan between arrival of the plane and departure of the train. Or should I get a cab to take me to the train? Also, does anyone have an opinion about United, British Airways or Iberia? They all arrive about 7:00 am and the train leaves at 10:00 am. Is that enough time to transfer? By the way, the fare is $75 going to Penzance, but coming home 3 weeks later from Truro, it is $331.00 Why in the world such a tremendous difference? Yikes. > > Now, when I am in Penzance, I want to see all the important places in the area. I figure on being there from the afternoon of the 9th til the 14th, when I will go on the train to Truro. What should I not miss between Penzance and Land’s End, etc. I will be working on my LADNER line: > > Perhaps John Francis Ladner, b. Sancreed 1703 who married Alice Tonkin in St. Breage in 1732 were the parents of my Edward. Lots of family trees on Ancestry.com show them as parents of a bunch of kids, my Edward among them. But his parents might have been Thomas Ladner and Prudence Harvey, also of Sancreed, so I don’t know about them. > > Edward Ladner 8 Mar 1752, Sancreed m. Jane Roberts b. 1745 ? Cornwall on 28 Oct 1780 in St. Levan. I think they had James, Prudence, Edward and James, all in St. Levan. Edward’s will: He died between 08 Apr and 11 May... He died in St. Levan, proved in St. Buryan. > Will of Edward Ladner proved 11th. May 1815 at Deanery of St. Buryan held by Cornwall Record Office transcribed by Corinne Thompson. > > His son and executor Edward was mine as below: > > West Penwith Resources - Home St. Levan Baptisms (1694-1812) > LADNER Edward 27 Mar 1787 son of Edward and Jane Was he really 3 years old, or is there an error in his birth date or baptism date? From somewhere, I have a birthdate of 27 Mar 1784 in St. Levan. > > This Edward (I call him III) married Sarah Ellis on 19 Jun 1818 in St. Levan. Sarah's birthdate of 14 Mar 1792 is followed by her baptism date of 10 Apr 1792 in St. Levan, daughter of Thomas Ellis and Phyllis Tregear. > > So, my question is, Will there be sites to visit or pictures to take of things in St. Levan that are extant from the late 1700s and early 1800s? Like the church or cemetery or etc? And I wonder the same about Sancreed and St. Breage. > > Thanks for any suggestions. I can rent a car in Penzance. Is there a nice hotel there or a B & B that someone recommends? > > Meli in Texas > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. 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As a returnee to the Cornish list, and with the names TREMBATH and ROBERTS from St Just in Penwith and the surrounding areas, would it be possible for Someone in the know to help me pronounce some of the names? I think also if anyone is interested in St Just Church, there should be a Copy of the Sextons book in the Rootsweb archives, it gives quite a number of names mostly burials. I think I transcribed it about 10 years ago. Regards Fran Stewart Brisbane Australia.

Hello Meli, Others have given you good advice on the rail service to Cornwall and I'll only emphasize that if you are 60+ you should purchase a "Senior Railcard." It will save you a third of the cost of a ticket. I've taken the train at least once per year for decades and although the cost has gone up over that time, once I had the railcard, I ended up paying less since I turned 60. The card also gives you half off National coach services (intercity buses). If you are under 60, you should look into a travel card, which can be purchased for various lengths of time - 1 week, 2 weeks, etc. and will also save you money. When checking the fares from Paddington to Cornwall, look at the cost of a return ticket as opposed to two singles. Sometimes, the cost of each single is less that the total for a return. As for making any progress on your family history, although you may find a house or a farm or a parish church connected with your family, and perhaps even stones in a churchyard, you won't get much done going to the places where your ancestors lived, except to perhaps contemplate their lives in those locations. To maximize the possibilities of success, you need to visit the places where most of the records are located. These are the Cornwall Record Office (CRO, Truro), the library of the Cornwall Family History Society (Truro), the Cornish Studies Library (Redruth - especially for microfilmed newspapers - obituaries, etc.), and the Courtney Library in the Royal Institution of Cornwall (Truro). If you are not familiar with these repositories, just google each in turn and you will find a great deal of information about them and what each has to offer. You will also find, as you visit each, excellent staff who can help you with your research. Make sure that you bring information on the specific persons and problems you wish to research, either in paper form or on a smart device, preferably both (batteries can run low). From the information you gave in your post, I think you would want to begin at the CRO as they have not only the parish registers, but a huge amount of original documents not available online - wills, property deeds, tithe maps, vestry minutes, manorial records, among others. Again, I cannot emphasize enough that to maximize your chances of success, you need to arrive prepared, doing as much as possible prior to your trip to familiarize yourself with what is available. A list of sources you wish to look at, in order of priority, would be a good way to organize and plan your research. Good luck with the trip and your family history, Doug Nicol   -- Norman D. Nicol, Ph.D. Professional Genealogist/Family Historian Specializing in NE Pennsylvania, England, esp. Cornwall, and Scotland

Meli, The return fare is probably so high because you are trying to book your journey too soon! If you are too early in booking your fare they quote the maximum price and if you are foolish enough to accept it then .... Wait a little until the quoted fare drops to a reasonable price. Note that the return fare may only be a pound or so more than the single - check it out. By the way - you are not by any chance a 'senior citizen'? (Over 60) If so you can buy a senior citizen railcard for £28 and save 1/3 on the fare(s). Do the maths. Good luck. Alan Swindale > -----Original Message----- > From: cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of melibob4@texasbb.com > Sent: 30 January 2013 00:01 > To: CORNISH@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CORNISH] Help please with planning my trip! > > Hello, one and all! > > Your comments about taking the train from London to Penzance has been > wonderfully helpful, as I have been going through fits trying to plan > my trip coming up in April. As a result, I will fly from Houston to > London and go by train to Penzance. But I will have to get from > Heathrow to the Paddington Station. Is it easy to use the Express > service? I don�t know how long to plan between arrival of the plane > and departure of the train. Or should I get a cab to take me to the > train? Also, does anyone have an opinion about United, British Airways > or Iberia? They all arrive about 7:00 am and the train leaves at 10:00 > am. Is that enough time to transfer? By the way, the fare is $75 > going to Penzance, but coming home 3 weeks later from Truro, it is > $331.00 Why in the world such a tremendous difference? Yikes. > > Now, when I am in Penzance, I want to see all the important places in > the area. I figure on being there from the afternoon of the 9th til > the 14th, when I will go on the train to Truro. What should I not miss > between Penzance and Land�s End, etc. I will be working on my LADNER > line: > > Perhaps John Francis Ladner, b. Sancreed 1703 who married Alice Tonkin > in St. Breage in 1732 were the parents of my Edward. Lots of family > trees on Ancestry.com show them as parents of a bunch of kids, my > Edward among them. But his parents might have been Thomas Ladner and > Prudence Harvey, also of Sancreed, so I don�t know about them. > > Edward Ladner 8 Mar 1752, Sancreed m. Jane Roberts b. 1745 ? > Cornwall on 28 Oct 1780 in St. Levan. I think they had James, > Prudence, Edward and James, all in St. Levan. Edward�s will: He died > between 08 Apr and 11 May... He died in St. Levan, proved in St. > Buryan. > Will of Edward Ladner proved 11th. May 1815 at Deanery of St. Buryan > held by Cornwall Record Office transcribed by Corinne Thompson. > > His son and executor Edward was mine as below: > > West Penwith Resources - Home St. Levan Baptisms (1694-1812) > LADNER Edward 27 Mar 1787 son of Edward and Jane Was he > really 3 years old, or is there an error in his birth date or baptism > date? From somewhere, I have a birthdate of 27 Mar 1784 in St. > Levan. > > This Edward (I call him III) married Sarah Ellis on 19 Jun 1818 in St. > Levan. Sarah's birthdate of 14 Mar 1792 is followed by her baptism > date of 10 Apr 1792 in St. Levan, daughter of Thomas Ellis and Phyllis > Tregear. > > So, my question is, Will there be sites to visit or pictures to take > of things in St. Levan that are extant from the late 1700s and early > 1800s? Like the church or cemetery or etc? And I wonder the same > about Sancreed and St. Breage. > > Thanks for any suggestions. I can rent a car in Penzance. Is there a > nice hotel there or a B & B that someone recommends? > > Meli in Texas > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Meli, I have a couple of thoughts regarding your trip and hope they might be useful.  We traveled to Cornwall  in 2002 and 2004 and did it two ways.  On the first trip we took the Express Train from Heathrow to Paddington Station, mostly because I wanted to visit Paddington Station.  So much history there.  On our second trip, we took the bus from Heathrow to Reading and caught the train there, stopping in Truro for the night. Things may have changed but the car rental agency was closed on Sunday.  Also, if you'd prefer to drive an automatic car, you should probably see if they have them for rent in Penzance. I found that I could only rent one in Truro.  Here in the States we're not accustomed to driving on the "other side" so it might be a challenge to try and use a stick shift on the opposite side of the car.  Plus, we're used to traffic lights and in Cornwall the roundabout is dominant.  I've grown rather fond of roundabouts and have noticed we're getting more of them in Orange County in the less traveled areas. Penzance is absolutely lovely.  I don't know of a hotel or B & B there, we stayed closer to St Ives.  We did have dinner in Penzance, The Turk's Head.  Back then it was great!  Be sure to visit St. Michael's Mount.  It's not that far from Penzance. Catherine gave you great recommendations for getting your rail passes ahead of time.  You'll save lots of money and first class feels quite posh! Cheers, Jan Mackey

Hello, one and all! Your comments about taking the train from London to Penzance has been wonderfully helpful, as I have been going through fits trying to plan my trip coming up in April. As a result, I will fly from Houston to London and go by train to Penzance. But I will have to get from Heathrow to the Paddington Station. Is it easy to use the Express service? I don’t know how long to plan between arrival of the plane and departure of the train. Or should I get a cab to take me to the train? Also, does anyone have an opinion about United, British Airways or Iberia? They all arrive about 7:00 am and the train leaves at 10:00 am. Is that enough time to transfer? By the way, the fare is $75 going to Penzance, but coming home 3 weeks later from Truro, it is $331.00 Why in the world such a tremendous difference? Yikes. Now, when I am in Penzance, I want to see all the important places in the area. I figure on being there from the afternoon of the 9th til the 14th, when I will go on the train to Truro. What should I not miss between Penzance and Land’s End, etc. I will be working on my LADNER line: Perhaps John Francis Ladner, b. Sancreed 1703 who married Alice Tonkin in St. Breage in 1732 were the parents of my Edward. Lots of family trees on Ancestry.com show them as parents of a bunch of kids, my Edward among them. But his parents might have been Thomas Ladner and Prudence Harvey, also of Sancreed, so I don’t know about them. Edward Ladner 8 Mar 1752, Sancreed m. Jane Roberts b. 1745 ? Cornwall on 28 Oct 1780 in St. Levan. I think they had James, Prudence, Edward and James, all in St. Levan. Edward’s will: He died between 08 Apr and 11 May... He died in St. Levan, proved in St. Buryan. Will of Edward Ladner proved 11th. May 1815 at Deanery of St. Buryan held by Cornwall Record Office transcribed by Corinne Thompson. His son and executor Edward was mine as below: West Penwith Resources - Home St. Levan Baptisms (1694-1812) LADNER Edward 27 Mar 1787 son of Edward and Jane Was he really 3 years old, or is there an error in his birth date or baptism date? From somewhere, I have a birthdate of 27 Mar 1784 in St. Levan. This Edward (I call him III) married Sarah Ellis on 19 Jun 1818 in St. Levan. Sarah's birthdate of 14 Mar 1792 is followed by her baptism date of 10 Apr 1792 in St. Levan, daughter of Thomas Ellis and Phyllis Tregear. So, my question is, Will there be sites to visit or pictures to take of things in St. Levan that are extant from the late 1700s and early 1800s? Like the church or cemetery or etc? And I wonder the same about Sancreed and St. Breage. Thanks for any suggestions. I can rent a car in Penzance. Is there a nice hotel there or a B & B that someone recommends? Meli in Texas

Hello Meli - I am also in the planning stages of what will be my 4th visit.  My cousin in Cornwall has recommended that I look on www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk and www.nationalrail.co.uk for train tickets.  It has also been recommended, by the same cousin, to get a first class ticket, if you can, for a more comfortable ride and less "chavs".  It is my understanding that one can take the Express from Heathrow to Paddington quite easily and quickly.  Previously, I have always driven down, but want to try the train this time, hiring a car once I arrive in Cornwall. Regarding lodging, I always rent a cottage for a week in one place and another in a different location and do my excursions from a home base.  But if you want a B&B and like a bit of posh, try a look at http://www.trereifepark.co.uk.  A place I stayed at a few years ago, since refurbished, is the Old Coastguard ( http://www.oldcoastguardhotel.co.uk/ ).  Can't beat the views and the food is awesome. Sorry I can't help with your family stuff, although my Harrys did come from Godolphin Cross in Breage and my GG Grandparents are at rest in the churchyard at St. Breage.  Enjoy - the gardens will be lovely in April!!  Talk a walk in a bluebell wood  Kitty, in sunny Northern California --- On Tue, 1/29/13, melibob4@texasbb.com <melibob4@texasbb.com> wrote: From: melibob4@texasbb.com <melibob4@texasbb.com> Subject: [CORNISH] Help please with planning my trip! To: CORNISH@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 4:01 PM Hello, one and all! Your comments about taking the train from London to Penzance has been wonderfully helpful, as I have been going through fits trying to plan my trip coming up in April.  As a result, I will fly from Houston to London and go by train to Penzance.  But I will have to get from Heathrow to the Paddington Station.  Is it easy to use the Express service?  I don’t know how long to plan between arrival of the plane and departure of the train.  Or should I get a cab to take me to the train?  Also, does anyone have an opinion about United, British Airways or Iberia?  They all arrive about 7:00 am and the train leaves at 10:00 am.  Is that enough time to transfer?  By the way, the fare is $75 going to Penzance, but coming home 3 weeks later from Truro, it is $331.00  Why in the world such a tremendous difference?  Yikes. Now, when I am in Penzance, I want to see all the important places in the area.  I figure on being there from the afternoon of the 9th til the 14th, when I will go on the train to Truro.  What should I not miss between Penzance and Land’s End, etc.  I will be working on my LADNER line: Perhaps John Francis Ladner, b. Sancreed 1703 who married Alice Tonkin in St. Breage in 1732 were the parents of my Edward.  Lots of family trees on Ancestry.com show them as parents of a bunch of kids, my Edward among them.  But his parents might have been Thomas Ladner and Prudence Harvey, also of Sancreed, so I don’t know about them. Edward Ladner  8 Mar 1752,  Sancreed  m. Jane Roberts  b. 1745  ? Cornwall on 28 Oct 1780 in St. Levan.  I think they had James, Prudence, Edward and James, all in  St. Levan.  Edward’s will:  He died between 08 Apr and 11 May... He died in St. Levan, proved in St. Buryan. Will of Edward Ladner proved 11th. May 1815 at Deanery of St. Buryan  held by Cornwall Record Office  transcribed by Corinne Thompson. His son  and executor Edward was mine as below: West Penwith Resources - Home        St. Levan Baptisms (1694-1812) LADNER Edward     27 Mar 1787     son of Edward and Jane      Was he really 3 years old, or is there an error in his birth date or baptism date?      From somewhere,  I have a birthdate of 27 Mar 1784 in St. Levan. This Edward (I call him III) married Sarah Ellis on 19 Jun 1818 in St. Levan.  Sarah's birthdate of 14 Mar 1792 is followed by her baptism date of 10 Apr 1792 in St. Levan, daughter of Thomas Ellis and Phyllis Tregear. So, my question is,  Will there be sites to visit or pictures to take of things in St. Levan that are extant from the late 1700s and early 1800s?  Like the church or cemetery or etc?  And I wonder the same about Sancreed and St. Breage. Thanks for any suggestions.  I can rent a car in Penzance.  Is there a nice hotel there or a B & B that someone recommends? Meli in Texas ------------------------------- 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

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 13th February, 1857. WHEREAS - My Wife, ELIZABETH KELLOW, has left me; I Hereby Give Notice, that I will not be answerable for any Debt she may incur, THOMAS KELLOW's Mark. Witness to signature - THOMAS DAVEY. Camel Quarry, Wadebridge, February 9th, 1857. NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION - A Return to an Order of the House of Commons dated 11th of July, 1855, of the number of stamps issued to newspapers in the United Kingdom from he 31st day of December, 1854, to the 1st day of July, 1855, has been printed. The following were supplied to the newspapers printed in Cornwall during the six month:- West Briton ...88,500. All the other Papers printed in Cornwall ...41,709. At Little Beside, in the parish of Gwennap, there lives a labouring man about thirty-six years of age, of the name of JOHN WALES, who is unable either to read or write, or even to spell his own name, but who, by seeming intuition, and with the utmost readiness, gives correct answers to any arithmetical questions which may be proposed to him, however lengthy or complicated. It is said that the late Lord Raglan jocosely betted with some other military gentlemen on one occasion at Alderney, that Wales would not answer this question:- If six grains of powder will project a cannon ball six feet one inch and one-eighth of an inch, how much powder would be required to project the same ball three millions of miles? Wales answered the question in twenty minutes, and received from the officers GBP10 of the bet won on the occasion. It cost one of the Ordnance officers three hours to test the accuracy of the answer. APPOINTMENT OF HIGH SHERIFF - Sir HENRY ONSLOW Bart., of Hengar, has been appointed sheriff of this county for the ensuing year. THE NEW RECORDER OF FALMOUTH - Mr. EDWARD W. COX, of the Western Circuit, has been appointed Recorder of the boroughs of Falmouth and Helston, vice Mr. C. BEVAN, appointed County Court Judge for Cornwall. THE ROMISH CHURCH - It is stated that the Rev. T. S. LIVIUS, late curate of Kea, was received into the Catholic Church by Father Coffin, at the Redemptorist's Church, Clapham, on Tuesday the 5th instant. DISASTER AT SEA - CHARLES CREWS, master, and ROBERT CARE, mate of the schooner "Jane," of Truro, have made a statement to the following effect, before the Receiver of Wrecks at this port:- That a voyage from Newport to Truro, coal laden, whilst about three leagues west of Lundy Island, on Saturday the 24th January, at eleven p.m., in a strong gale from N. E., and in a heavy sea, the vessel sprung a leak. The pumps were kept constantly going, and several heavy seas were shipped, carrying away the bulwarks; the vessel became gradually waterlogged, and the leak increased as they proceeded down channel. At seven a.m. on Sunday, they gibed the ship, and in attempting to haul her towards the Land's End, shipped a heavy sea, which carried away the gripes of the boat, twisted the keel out of her, swept away two of the fore and two of the main shrouds, and at the same time the mate and a seaman were washed from the pumps, and nearly taken overboard. To prevent the masts going over the side, they were compelled to keep the vessel before wind and tide. About three p.m., the same day, being then about three and a half leagues S. of the Land's End, saw a steamer steering towards them and on nearing they showed a flat of distress. The vessel immediately bore down upon them, and asked what assistance was wanted. They stated that the "Jane" was in a sinking state, and a complete wreck, with canvas split and boat disabled, and that they wished to be taken off, there being no possibility of taking the vessel into port. The master of the steamer (the "James Brown," of Glasgow, from Cardiff for Bordeaux launched his life-boat, took them off and proceeded on his voyage to Bordeaux, where they were landed, and from thence they were sent home by the British Consul. The weather was so tempestuous, and the vessel so unmanageable, that they were unable to save more than the clothes about them. REDRUTH COUNTY COURT - The only cases of any interest which were heard on the first day were CRAZE v. EDDY, and WHEAR v. PHILLIPS. The former case, after having been heard at some length was, on payment of costs by the plaintiff, for the first time postponed for the production of additional evidence. In the other case, Whear, a stationer of Camborne, sued Phillips, a common carrier, for GBP3. 16s. 6d., the value of a parcel of paper which it was alleged had been sent by Phillips's conveyance from Falmouth for Whear, but which the latter declared had never been delivered. Phillips and his driver, BAWDEN, swore most positively and circumstantially to the delivery of the goods, which were packed in a tea-chest, which they declared they carried between them into Whear's shop on the evening of the 13th of February, 1855, and which, as Mr. Whear was not in the shop, was not paid for; that in consequence of that non-payment it was entered in defendant's day-book, the entry being afterwards marked "paid" on receipt of the money. The day-book, having every appearance of genuineness, was put in as evidence. Mr. Whear and his brother, a lad who, at the time of the transaction, was thirteen years of age, both swore positively that the 13th of February being the day before Valentine's day, the demand for valentines was so great as to require them both to be in the shop all the evening, and that no parcel was delivered there on that occasion. His Honor, in giving judgment, said it was a case involving considerable difficulty, but he thought, under the circumstances, without any imputation of dishonesty to either party, judgment must be for the plaintiff. On the part of defendant, Mr. HY. ROGERS immediately gave notice of motion for a new trial. HIGH-LANES PETTY SESSIONS - On Monday the 2nd instant, Mr. RALPH MITCHELL, of the parish of St. Just, was summoned before the magistrates for refusing to pay 4s. 6d. for a church-rate. He said it was opposed to his principles and he would not pay it. The magistrates therefore made an order for the amount and costs. SALVAGE - On Tuesday last, at Penzance, the Mayor and Justices were called on to adjudicate on a claim made by THOMAS CARBIS, and five others, pilots of the port, on Capt. DOWVES, master of the Dutch galliot "Hewen de main," on the 7th. The galliot was boarded half a mile from the pier, while it was blowing hard from the S.S.W., with a heavy sea. The captain refused assistance, but his vessel soon got into danger and he requested the pilots to return. The vessel was dragging her anchor and approaching broken water. When she was safe the captain offered the pilots 10s. and afterwards GBP5. The point was whether the Dutch vessel dragged her anchor. This was affirmed and denied stoutly on each side, and Mr. PEARCE ably contended that the pilotage was mere ordinary labour and should be rewarded as such. The claim was for GBP50. The bench awarded GBP15 and costs. Mr. R. MILLETT for the pilots. TRURO POLICE - On Monday, before the Mayor, Mr. NANKIVELL, Mr. PADDON, Capt. KEMPE, Mr. CHAPPEL, and Dr. BARHAM, JAMES HARRISON, alias LARY O'BRIEN, a vagrant, was charged with assaulting ANNA MARIA MURROUGH in Kenwyn Street, on Saturday night last. He was fined 5s. and costs, and in default of payment was committed to the house of correction for twenty days. Anna Maria Murrough, a prostitute, was committed to the house of correction for fourteen days hard labour, for being drunk and disorderly and using obscene language in Kenwyn Street, on Saturday night. On Wednesday, before the Mayor, and Mr. PADDON, and Mr. CHAPPEL, HENRY THOMAS PHILLIPS, alias ELLIS, of Zennor, was charged with fraudulently enlisting in the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia at Truro, having been previously enrolled in that corps at Falmouth. He was committed to the house of correction for three months' hard labour. On the 12th instant, FRANCIS GRAY, landlord of the Falcon beer-shop, was summoned before the Mayor, Mr. CHAPPEL, and Mr. PADDON, for having his house open till a quarter to four o'clock on Saturday morning. He was fined 10s. and expenses. ROBBERY AT A MINE - A robbery took place last week at Wheal Margaret Mine, in the parish of Lelant. A man called SAMUEL HALL, a miner, left his watch in the engine house, whilst he went underground, and when he came up it had been taken away. Suspicion arose against a man who left the mine the day after, and Hall was advised to go to Helston to consult the conjuror, but hearing the old lady was dead, and that Mr. ARMITAGE, of the West Cornwall Railway police held an apprehending warrant against the husband who had left this part of the county, he thought it best to go and state his loss to the officer himself, who went to St. Ives, and after diligent investigation found the watch in a drawer, in a house where the suspected party was in the habit of going; but evidence could not be obtained against him sufficient for conviction. INCENDIARY FIRE - On Saturday night last, some miscreants set fire to a rick of furze belonging to a poor labourer named TRESIDDER, at Tinpit, in Mabe. It raged with great fury until all was destroyed, leaving him without fuel for the remainder of the winter; and as it was erected at the end of his cottage close to the wall, the timber of the roof got ignited, and had not the neighbours extinguished it, the cottage would have been burnt down. A reward is offered, which it is hoped will be the means of bringing the offenders to justice. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT DELABOLE QUARRIES - On the 4th instant, whilst a young man, named THOMAS BRIM, who had only been employed at the quarries a few days, was working in the pit, he had his leg completely crushed by a large stone. Mr. KING, surgeon of Camelford, was promptly on the spot, and rendered every assistance. Amputation above the knee being deemed necessary, the thigh was removed the same evening by Mr. PEARCE, surgeon R.N., who, with Mr. King, performed the operation in a most skilful manner. The separation of the limb, was accomplished in forty-five seconds. The poor fellow being under the influence of chloroform, was quite unconscious of the operation. He is doing well. SERIOUS CHARGE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING - On Monday last, SILAS LUCAS, a miller, residing at Tregrehan Mills, in the parish of St. Blazey, was charged before Mr. E. COODE, jun., with cutting and stabbing, with intent to do grievous bodily harm to a marine store dealer named HENRY WILSON, of St. Austell, whom he met near Cuddrahouse, on Friday evening last, when returning from St. Austell market, in company with another person. It appeared that Lucas went up to Wilson and commenced pulling him by the ear and his hair, upon which Wilson struck him several blows. Lucas then took a knife from his pocket, and stabbed Wilson in the thigh, inflicting a wound six inches long and an inch deep. A surgeon was called, who dressed the wound, but at present Wilson continues in a precarious state, faint hopes being entertained of his recovery. Lucas was committed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes, bail being accepted for his appearance. CORONERS' INQUESTS - The following inquest has been held by Mr. JOHN CARLYON, county coroner. - On Saturday last, at Silver Well, in the parish of St. Agnes, on the body of MARY JAMES, aged two and a half years, who died on Thursday evening from the effects of scalds, which she received the previous Tuesday evening, by upsetting on herself a saucepan containing boiling broth, which her mother was preparing for the family's supper. The mother was so alarmed that she did not know exactly how the accident happened; but the handle of the saucepan projected a little, and the probability is that the deceased caught hold of the saucepan to save herself from falling, and fell with the saucepan under the fender. The mother caught her immediately, and stripped off her clothes, but she was very much scalded about the face and neck; and although every attention was paid to her, it was without any avail. Verdict, "accidental death." The following has been held before Mr. GOOD, county coroner:- At Rilla Mill, in Linkinhorne, on Friday last on the body of GRACE WILLIAMS, wife of JOHN WILLIAMS, a miner. It appears that the deceased died on Thursday morning after a lingering illness extending over a period of more than two years, and during the greater part of that time her husband, it was rumoured, not only neglected to provide her with common necessaries, but was in the habit of coming home at late hours in a beastly state of drunkenness, and it was suspected that her death was accelerated by his treatment. The inquiry was a long one, and the jury was composed of highly respectable men, principally farmers, Mr. DINGLEY, of Knighton, acting as foreman. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned as their verdict:- " That the deceased, Grace Williams, died from natural causes, but the jury are unanimously of opinion that the general conduct of her husband, John Williams, towards his wife has been most unfeeling and unkind, and such as can only receive their severest censure and disapproval; and they request that he be so informed by the coroner and reprimanded accordingly." With this the coroner complies, and reprimanded Williams in terms which met the approval of all present. The following inquest has been held before Mr. GILBERT HAMLEY, County Coroner. - On Monday last in the parish of Advent, on the body of SAMUEL YABSLEY, aged sixty-four, who was found dead in his bed on the previous morning. Deceased had always bee a robust, healthy man, and on the Saturday was at work as usual, and did not complain of illness during the day. About half-past eight he went to bed. His son-in-law and daughter slept in the same room, and heard nothing of him during the night. In the morning he did not wake at his usual house, and his son-in-law called to him, but received no answer. He went to the bed and found him quite dead; he had been dead several house. Verdict, "died by the visitation of God." TESTIMONIAL TO CAPT. CHARLES THOMAS, OF DOLCOATH - On Monday last, at the two-monthly meeting of Dolcoath adventurers, a dividend of GBP5 per share was declared; and at the dinner subsequent to the meeting, a service of plate was presented to Capt. Charles Thomas, the able manager of the mine, which presentation had been resolved upon the adventurers about six months ago. The place consisted of a coffee-pot and tea-pot, a sugar basin and cream jug, and a very handsome inkstand, which alone cost GBP18. The articles were manufactured by Messrs. WILLIAMS, of London and Bristol, and were procured through Mr. J. C. LANYON, of Redruth, by whom they were supplied at manufacturers' prices. The cost of the whole was fifty guineas. The articles were of very elegant design, being what is termed "Heraldic Plate," and of superior workmanship. On the inkstand was the following inscription:- "Presented to Captain Charles Thomas by the Lord and Adventurers of Dolcoath Mine, in token of their high estimation of his personal character, and of the successful application of his scientific and practical knowledge as a Miner in the development of the resources of this Mine." The dinner took place in the account-house at two o'clock; and about fifty were present, presided over by Mr. MARRIOTT, as the representative of the lord of the sett, Mr. J. F. BASSET, of Tehidy. The chairman was supported by the committee of management, and by others, the principal shareholders in the mine. The vice-chair was occupied by Captain Charles Thomas. After a good dinner, to which the company were not slow in doing justice, the cloth was removed, the glasses primed, and the Chairman gave, with appropriate observations, "The health of her Majesty the Queen," and "The Duke of Cornwall and the rest of the Royal Family." These toasts having been duly honoured, the Chairman said the next toast we will drink, if you please, will be the health of the lord of the mine. "Cheers.) The Basset family from time immemorial, have been more closely identified than any other family in the county with the mining interest. To that interest they are perhaps more largely indebted than any other family; and of all the mines with which they have been connected, there is none to which they are so deeply indebted, and with which they have been so long identified and closely associated as Dolcoath. You will therefore all join in drinking health and long life to Mr. Basset. (Loud cheering) The toast having been warmly received, the Chairman next rose and said:- Gentlemen, I trust you will give me credit for sincerity in saying that I am most earnestly desirous of doing honour to the individual whom we are assembled to honour, and of endeavouring to justify the flattering, though too partial choice you have made in electing me your chairman on this most interesting occasion, (cheers); but when I look around me, and see so many friends present of much longer acquaintance with Captain Charles Thomas, and of much greater familiarity with the pursuit in which he has so greatly distinguished himself, it most painfully brings home to me that to your kindness, and not to my fitness, I am indebted for the occupation of this chair to-day. (Cheers) It will be superfluous in me to occupy much of your time in explaining the reason of our meeting her together. Of course you are aware of it; but it will not be irrelevant to offer a brief statement of our object, and to indulge in some observations by way of commentary on it. Our object then, gentlemen, is to do honour to Captain Charles Thomas; to demonstrate the high sense we entertain of his character as a man, and his ability as a miner; and, not content with a mere favourable expression of that feeling, we are determined to record and perpetuate the memory of it by presenting him with a testimonial of plate. (Loud cheers) Gentlemen, it has been commonly observed that the present is an age of testimonials, and probably most of those who have given utterance to that opinion, have done so more or less sarcastically, and implying some degree of disparagement of gifts of that kind in general. Nor can we much wonder at this when we consider the extraordinary profusion with which they have been showered about of late years; and the ridiculous grounds - I am forced to add the questionable motives, with which they have been got up and presented. But, gentlemen, we all know there is no rule without an exception, and it would be a hard measure to deal out a sweeping censure upon an act honourable and meritorious, simply because it was liable to abuse. I, for one, am very decidedly of opinion, that a testimonial fitly given and fairly earned is as honourable to human nature as it is to the individual who received it (cheers). And what is the feeling, gentlemen, which impels any number of men to present such a gift to another man? It is nothing more or less than the homage a number of men feel constrained to render to conspicuous merit in one of their fellow-creatures. (Cheers) The inherent value, or, in other words, the moral worth of such a testimonial is not to be weighed by ounces, or to be estimated by the number of names appended to a subscription list. Every day's experience will tell us that neither the one mode nor the other will afford any just criterion to the impartial mind of its just value. The only way that I know of arriving at a satisfactory estimate of this kind, is to form a judgment of the character of the man who received the testimonial, and the motives of those who present it. And I am proud to say, that apply this test as searchingly as you will to this testimonial when weighed in the balance it will not be found...........................[missing] - they may be pleased to consider a continuation of my best services as such. I trust that my children and my children's children for many generations, by looking at these articles, and especially at the inscription, will be prompted to pursue their several providential paths with industry, integrity, and honour of the highest order. Gentlemen, the lords and adventurers of Dolcoath Mine - I sincerely thank you for this and every former act of your great kindness to me. I have often thought, and said too, that no mine agent every had a more comfortable situation than I have in this mine, and that no adventurers of this mine have always treated me. I do not reckon the anxiety and toil of past or present services any discomfort. The knowledge of my services being approved of, and the success which has attended the efforts made, more than compensate for all the labour and anxiety of mind. I beg to take this opportunity of thanking every agent in the mine for the valuable assistance given me in carrying on the various operations on the mine, underground and at surface. We lay no claim to perfection, but it is my decided judgment that it would be a difficult matter to select a better staff for conducting every scientific and practical operation in this mine than those the adventurers of this mine have appointed as my assistance. (Cheers) My personal connection with this mine began in March, 1806, when I was eleven and a half years old, nearly fifty-one years ago. It is forty-two years since I was appointed underground captain, managing captain thirteen years, and just eleven years since you were please to place greater confidence in me still, by entrusting me with the responsibility of purchasing all the materials, subject to the approval of the committee, and of receiving the ore bills and sending them to the bank when endorsed by the committee. I have great pleasure on this interesting occasion to be able to say that I have endeavoured to perform all my duties to the best of my ability for the benefit of the adventurers as a whole; not for the advantage of any one of the disadvantage of the others, (cheers); losing sight of selfish and family interest in all my transactions; feeling bound, from a sense of duty, to serve them who pay me my wages. But for this consciousness of past faithfulness, and present intention to be faithful to my trust, your magnificent present, with all its pleasing accompaniments could not give me the satisfaction I now enjoy. It is well known to most of you that this mine was for a long period rich in the production of copper ores. I have taken from the cost books the amount credited for ores sold in twenty years, from the year 1803to 1822 inclusive, and find it to be GBP1,416,406. 17s. 1d.; nearly one and a half millions in twenty years. The greatest amount sold in one month was GBP14,119. 13s. 9d., and in one year GBP117,515. 0s. 9d. The three previous preparatory years gave GBP80,614. The total amount during the present working (I have not taken out the whole) must be nearly if not fully three millions. The great master course of copper ore on the main lode was taken away during a former working, which closed in the year 1778 - I would guess that amount to be about two millions, having no means of ascertaining the amount of sales twenty years ago. In the estimation of most persons connected and unconnected with the mine, it was in the deepest part so far exhausted as to render it highly improbable that the produce would ever meet the cost of working. The pumps were accordingly drawn up from the 210 to the 160 fathom level. About the same time the valley - the eastern part of the mine, was crushed together and abandoned. All the marks of dissolution were manifest; the mine was to linger on a few more years, then to die a natural death. It is well known to some of you that this was not my opinion of the bottom of the mine, and that shortly after you appointed me the managing captain you gave authority to commence drawing up the water, and to clear up the valley part of the mine. The bottom of the sump was reached in the middle of the year 1849 - commenced sinking in October in that year - sunk up to this day forty fathoms in seven years and four months. The depth sunk in the sump, from the commencement in 1800 to 1849 was fifty-five fathoms in forty-nine years, on an average somewhat less than seven feet per year, and that, with working the high ground and side lodes gave employment to full 1000 persons, on an average of the forty-nine years. The late sinking of the mine forty fathoms deeper, and the driving of the 210, 220, and 242 fathoms levels, lengths varying from 140 to fourteen fathoms - total on the main lode 470 and on the north part eighty-eight fathoms, resulted in the opening up a substantial tin mine not likely to be soon exhausted, and will doubtless, if properly managed, give employment to large numbers of people for a long period, adding to the wealth of the town of Camborne as well as to that of the adventurers. Hoping that this statement will be interesting to you, I again with all my heart thank you. (Loud and prolonged cheering). BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS - The Registrar General's report has been issued for the quarter ending December 31st, 1856, with remarks on the returns for the whole year. The report states that the returns of births for the four quarters of the last year imply that in the country, as well as in the metropolis, the health of the population of England and Wales was better than it was in any of the previous ten years. The effects of sanitary measures are becoming apparent, although they are only partially carried out within limited areas. Out of a thousand persons living, the fall of the annual deaths from the average of twenty-three in the ten years 1846 to 1855, and from less than twenty-three in the year 1855 to less than twenty-one in 1856, is decisive. The births in 1856 exceed the average proportion. The Christmas quarter of the year shows a decrease of deaths and an increase of births. The marriages exhibit a considerable increase in the summer quarter of 1856 on the returns on the summer of 1855. INCREASE OF POPULATION - As 157,615 births and 96,521 deaths were registered in the last quarter of 1856, the ascertained natural increase of the population in three months was 61,094. In the same period 39,063 emigrants sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom; of whom it was ascertained that 16,962 were of English origin; and allowing for a proportion of 4721 persons of unascertained origin, the English emigrants may be set down at 10,211, the Scotch at 2406, the Irish at 15,467, foreigners at 3240. It is novel to see that the English emigrants exceed the Irish in number, and that for 5897 sailing to the United States, a force of 13,198 embarked for the Australian Colonies. As 657,704 births, and 321,369 deaths were registered in the year 1856, the natural increase of population in England was 266,335. The number of emigrants into England during the year is unknown; the emigrants of English origin amounted to upwards of 70,585. The natural increase of population in the United Kingdom was probably at the rate of 1000 a day. STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH - The deaths of 95,521 persons were registered in the last quarter of the year 1856; and the rate of mortality in the three months was 20 per 1000 per annum. In the districts comprising the chief towns in which nearly half the population is living, the people died at the rate of 24, while in the remaining districts comprising small towns and country parishes, the death-rate was 17 to 1000. This shows in a strong light how much room there is for improvement in our large towns; for it is well known that many fatal agents which may be arrested are at work in the small towns and country parishes. It is gratifying to find that the public mind is not awakened to the importance of rendering the whole population healthy; and that the salutary results of supplying the people with pure water, of removing the dirt from under the dwellings, and of bringing all the known appliances of hygiology into operation, through the agency of a scientific body of medical health officers, are becoming visible. 391,369 persons died in England and Wales during the year 1856. About 324,000 died by diseases and accidents which are at present almost inevitable. And 67,000 perished by causes which, if they are skilfully attacked, may it is believed either be mitigated or removed. Let us pause to consider for a moment what these five figures mean. Each unit represents a life lost. Many had lived to the ordinary limits of age; but thousands in the throng were children; sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, fathers, mothers, who had not lived out half their days. These lives have been lost; but happily forty-seven thousand men, women, and children of the same classes are now living who would have been dead had the same rate of mortality prevailed in the year 1856 as prevailed in the ten years 1846-55; and the loss of lives is 34,873 less than it was in the previous year. A certain number of these lives have been saved by sanitary measures. CORNWALL - The deaths registered in the quarter ending December 31st, 1856, were 1744; in the same quarter of 1855, they were 1701. The births registered in the December quarter of 1856 were 2979; in the December quarter of 1855, 2664. STANNARIES COURT - JENKIN v. LEE - Wheal Inney Consols. This was a creditor's petition; but in consequence of the illness of a material witness, and other circumstances, Mr. STOKES said it had been arranged between himself and Mr. HOCKIN for defendant, that the case should be referred to the Registrar, to ascertain the amount due from the defendant to the plaintiff, if any; and whether or not the plaintiff during the time of contracting the debt was an adventurer; and if so, what amount of costs of the mine should be set off against his claim. An order of the courts was made to that effect. FISHER v. WILLINGALE and ANOTHER - Hawkmoor Mine. This was a purser's petition, Willingale owing for costs GBP30. 5s., and DAVIDSON, the other defendant, GBP41. 5s. No answer had been filed by defendants. Mr. Roberts moved on the usual affidavits, and obtained a decree for payment in seven days. TODD v. DOWLING and OTHERS - Swanpool Mine. A purser's petition to recover from defendants costs in arrear, viz. from DIONYSIUS DOWLING, GBP30. 12s. 6d.; J. R. CHIDLEY, GBP203. 7s.; T. H. DOWLING, GBP15. 5s.; and J. R. POOLE, GBP61. 5s. Mr. HOCKIN said his Honor had granted a decree for payment in ten days after service, on the 28th January. Defendants resided in London, and on affidavits of constructive service and non-payment, he moved for a rule absolute for sale of shares. Rule absolute granted. GOLDSWORTHY and OTHERS v. VIVIAN. East Rosewarne. This was a creditors' petition against the mine for recovery of GBP70. Mr. PAULL appeared for plaintiffs, and moved for a decree for payment. Mr. STOKES, for defendant, said since the petition was filed, plaintiffs had received GBP24. 12s. 4d. of the debt, and as there was some difference between the parties as to the amount of the debt, he would propose to Mr. Paull to take a decree by consent, subject to a reference to the Registrar as to the amount due. This was agreed to, and a decree for payment granted, subject to a reference to the Registrar. FISHER v. BISHOP and OTHERS - Calstock United Mines. A purser's petition against Mr. CHARLES BISHOP, residing in London, for payment of GBP42, costs in arrear. No answer had been filed, and on affidavits, Mr. ROBERTS, for plaintiff, obtained a decree for payment in seven days. TODD v. MOLINSON and OTHERS - Swanpool Mine. A purser's petition for recovery of costs in arrear from ANN MOLINSON, GBP27. 5s.; E. J. TODD, GBP6. 2s. 6d.; and D. W. DOWLING, GBP183. 15s. Defendants live out of the Stannaries. A decree for payment in ten days had been obtained; service had been effected, but payment not made, and on affidavits to that effect, Mr. Hockin moved for a rule absolute for sale of defendants' shares. Granted. NORTON v. BEST and ANOTHER - East Caradon Mine. This was a purser's petition against the executors of Mr. BENJAMIN BEST, who lives out of the Stannaries. Constructive service of petition having been effected, Mr. ROBERTS, for plaintiff, obtained an order of court to enter an appearance for defendants. KEY v. ALISON - East Friendship Consols. A creditor's petition for recovery of upwards of GBP90. Mr. HOCKIN said his Honor granted an injunction in November last to restrain the sale of machinery and materials. The debt and costs had been paid, and he now moved, for defendant, on affidavits of himself and defendant's London solicitor, for a rule nisi to dissolve the injunction. Plaintiff's solicitor would not consent to a rule absolute, because he had not received instructions for that purpose. The Vice Warden, on hearing the affidavits, said he would grant a rule absolute to dissolve the injunction. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 - The Court proceeded this morning with the hearing of small debt cases, of which there were thirty-six entered; and the remaining entries were, one action at common law, twenty-one equity causes, and eight motions. SOWDEN v. REDRUTH and CHACEWATER RAILWAY COMPANY - This was a small debt case for recovery of 17s. 6d., the value of a rick of furze which plaintiff alleged had been burnt down on his premises at Carnon Mill, in consequence of being set on fire by a spark from a passing engine of the Redruth and Chacewater Railway Company. The jury, at the last court, when the trial took place, gave a verdict for the plaintiff; but Mr. TILLY, for defendants, subsequently obtained a rule for a new trial, on the ground that the jury had misunderstood the law of the case as laid down to them by the Vice-Warden, and that they had given their verdict against the weight of evidence. The new trial was fixed for these sittings; but to-day Mr. STOKES, on behalf of Mr. Tilly, defendant's solicitor, applied to have the case postponed, stating that Mr. Tilly had unfortunately met with a serious accident, having on the previous morning been thrown from his horse and dislocated his shoulder. It was therefore impossible that he could attend during the present sittings of the court. It was a case involving an important principle, and it was very desirable that Mr. Tilly should be present on the part of the company to conduct it. He (Mr. Stokes) was not in a situation to proceed with the case inasmuch as he had only just received the brief. Mr. Hockin, on the part of plaintiff, said he had every desire to accommodate Mr. Tilly, so far as he was personally concerned, but he was obliged to consult the interests of his client, and his client was strongly opposed to the adjournment, inasmuch as he was put to expense by the attendance of witnesses, for whose attendance, even if defendant paid the costs of the day, the rules appertaining to small debt plaints allowed but small remuneration. Mr. Stokes said he would undertake, on the part of Mr. Tilly and his clients, to pay any fair and reasonable compensation for the attendance of witnesses even beyond the small debt scale, if that were required. After such further observations, the Vice-Warden order the case to stand over till the next sittings; it being arranged that if any difference arose between the parties as to the costs to be paid for witnesses' attendance, the Registrar should take the opinion of his Honor on the subject. MOYLE v. STEPHENS - This was a small debt suit, by Capt. JOHN MOYLE, of Gwennap, to recover damages from Mr. SAMPSON STEPHENS, of Penryn, wine and spirit merchant, on account of a collision between defendant's waggon and plaintiff's gig. Mr. TILLY was the attorney for plaintiff, and Mr. STOKES for defendant. This case also was postponed, by consent of the parties, until the next sittings, in consequence of Mr. Tilly's accident.

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Why wasn't it that way when I was there in June? We are all wishing we could have been with you as I'm sit here watching it snow with 10 inches of snow already on the ground! Connie in Utah Today was beautiful in West Cornwall, and guess what - we did the walk from Towednack through Amealvor, Georgia, detour via Castle an Dinas and back to Nancledra - gorgeous!

Hi Isabel Thank you.  i have found the index and it is brilliant. I am actually going to give a talk on the 1849 Cholera outbreak at Mevagissey several months time.  Years ago I transcribed all the articles but I think I missed one week!! I live at Gorran haven about 3 miles from mevagissey.  i have done years of research about my mevagissey families.  So to search for mevagissey brings up some very interesting articles!! Thank you so much for all you are doingWendy --- On Sun, 27/1/13, isabelj@talktalk.net <isabelj@talktalk.net> wrote: From: isabelj@talktalk.net <isabelj@talktalk.net> Subject: [CORNISH] West Briton Transcripts To: cornish@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, 27 January, 2013, 8:57 Hi Wendy, I am not sure what information you are after, but we (The West Briton Transcribers) post these transcriptions most weeks on both CORNISH sites.  They are just that transcriptions, but we record as much information as we can to help people their ancestors, as well as records of shipping, occasional letters, what was happening in Cornwall   at that time and other (hopefully) interesting information.  If you are in the States, I believe there are photocopies in one of the Universities (not sure which).  If you want to see the actual newspapers from about 1862 onwards, there is an online site that is photographing them but you would have to pay. If this is not the information you are seeking, please let me know. Isabel ------------------------------- 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

Today was beautiful in West Cornwall, and guess what - we did the walk from Towednack through Amealvor, Georgia, detour via Castle an Dinas and back to Nancledra - gorgeous! > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:09:04 +0800 > From: tencreek@tpg.com.au > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Now: train to Cornwall > > Happy memories! I had cousins in Nancledra and walked and rode that > path to and from Penzane many times! > > Cheers > > Pat > On 25/01/2013 2:14 PM, JMT1941@aol.com wrote: > > In 1985, while on a business trip to London, I extended my stay over a > > weekend so that I might visit Cornwall, birthplace of all four of my > > grandparents. On a Friday, I boarded the Cornish Riviera at Paddington station bound > > for Penzance. I had no definite plan and when the train made a stop at St > > Erth I decided to get off and catch the spur line that went to St Ives. At > > St Ives I booked a room at the Regent Hotel for the night. The next > > morning, Saturday, I explored St Ives a bit then struck out walking to Penzance in > > order to catch the train back to London that evening. My stroll took me > > through Towednack, Amalveor, Georgia, Chypons, and Nancledra to name a few. ( > > Had biscuits and tea with a nice lady at Chypons Farm, purchased an ice > > cream in Nancledra, and had a pasty when I got to Penzance.) The weather was > > perfect; took a lot of pictures including the Wilson's cat at Amelbra, > > It's been almost 28 years but the experience hasn't faded. Perhaps I'll return > > some day after that fellow in NIgeria releases those funds he wants to > > share with me. > > Joe Trewhella > > > > > > In a message dated 1/24/2013 9:48:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > sherleetooze@interlinks.net writes: > > > > Ann and List members: > > We always take the train down to Cornwall - a lovely ride with great > > scenery! Then we hop a bus over to Bodmin and rent a car when we need > > it. Makes a smaller hole in our travel budget doing it that way! We find > > the train goes just about everywhere we want to go, so don't have a car > > for > > very long - we take a car up to Devon - Tavistock and area - still almost > > in Cornwall! I agree with everyone so far. > > Sher > > > > > > > > > > At 06:09 PM 24/01/2013 -0800, you wrote: > >> > >> Eating pasties, purchased in Hayle, at Lelant Station in 2007 was a very > >> memorable day for Alan and me. And ~ I have taken the train from London > > to > >> Penzance, and back several times. Why rent a car until you arrive in > >> Cornwall? > >> > >> > >> > >> Ann > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Oh, and the branch line to St Ives, via Lelant and Carbis Bay has to be > > one > >> of the most beautiful routes on earth (althouth I admit I'm biased, > > because > >> Anna and I often sit at Lelant Station to eat our lunch and watch the > > birds > >> on the estuary). > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> And the wonderful thing is that if you come to Cornwall by rail, you can > >> still come in all the way from London and finish up at the end of the > >> country at Penzance, where the train has to stop or it would roll off into > >> the ocean (via St Erth)!!! > >> > >> > >> > >> John. > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. 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West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser transcribed by Bern Curie 6th February 1857  Births   At Ferris Town, Truro, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. John ALLEN, of a son.   At Truro, on the 16th ult., the wife of Mr. J. THOMAS, butcher, of a son.   At Truro, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. HILL, grocer, of a daughter.   At Falmouth, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. Alfred COPLIN, cabinet-maker, of a daughter.   At St. Keverne, on the 28th ult., the wife oF Capt. T. N. BLUNT, OF THE BRIG "Harry Haine," of a daughter.   At Penzance, on the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. Nicholas ANDREW, jun., of a daughter, and on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. Edward TRYTHALL, accountant, of a daughter.   At St. Ives, the wife of Mr. Henry BRYANT, of a daughter, and the wife of Mr. J. M. CARE, of a daughter.   At Green Bank, Towednack, the wife of Mr. John ELLIS, of a son.   At Hayle, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. NEWSON, of a son.   At Phillack Church-town, on the 16th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas BLEWETT, of a daughter.   At Reholla, Gwinear, on the 17th ult., the wife of Mr. Israel FLOYD, of a daughter.   At Gwinear Church-town, on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr. G. HAWKE, of a daughter.   At Wheal Alfred, on the 31st ult., Henry, son of Mr. Whitford.  [This should be under deaths]   At Praze, in the parish of Crowan, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. James POOLEY, of the St. Aubyn Arms Inn, of a daughter.   At Par, on Friday last, the wife of Capt. Dennis SULLIVAN, of a daughter.   At Bodmin, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. Charles P. TONKIN, draper, of a son.   At Bodmin, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. George CLIMO, of a daughter.   At Liskeard, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas NANCARROW, of a still-born son.   At Liskeard, on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr. Henry BARTLE, of a son.   At St. Neot, on the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. R. BROAD, of a son; and on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. W. CRAZE, of a daughter.   At Colquite Wood, Linkinhorne, on the 22nd ult, the wife of Mr. Samuel BOND, of a daughter.   At Cheesewring, Linkinhorne, on the 27th ult., the wife of Mr. William BARRATT, of a daughter.   At Hendra, in the parish of Linkinhorne, on the 28th ult., the wife of Captain William RICHARDS, of a daughter.   At Trekerner-bridge, Southhill, on the 29th ult., the widow of the late Mr. Thomas KELLY, OF A SON.   At Horsepool, St. Mellion, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. Charles RICKARD, butcher, of a son.   At Leigh, in the parish of Pillaton, last week, the wife of Mr. LUCAS, of a son.   At Minard, St. Germans, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. William VOSPER, of a son   At St. Germans, on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr. Samuel GOVETT, of a son.   At Callington, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. Robert RANDALL, of a son.   At St. Columb, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. Edward OKE, painter, of a son; and the wife of Mr. John TONKIN, butcher, of a daughter.   At Newquay, the wife of Mr. TREBILCOCK, of a son.   At the Royal Military Hospital, Stoke, on Tuesday last, the wife of Dr. FERRIS, R. A., of a daughter.   At the Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse, on Tuesday last, the wife of Capt. Alfred NEPEAN, Royal Marine Light Infantry, of a son.   At Gouldsbrook House, Crewkerne, Somerset, on the 29th ult., the wife of John W. ROW, Esq., of a son.   At Malaga, Spain, on the 15th ult., the wife of Frederick EDMONDS, Esq., M.D., late of Penzance, of a son.   MARRIAGES   At Mary's Church, Truro, on the 29th ult., Capt. John HOCKIN to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard BRAY, butcher, of Truro.   At St. Clement, on Sunday last, Mr. COPE to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. William NICHOLLS, confectioner, both of Truro.   At St. Clement, on the 24th ult., Mr. William SIMMONS, of Newbury, Berks, to Miss CARTHEW, of the Truro Union.   At Wesley Rock, Penzance, on the 31st ult., Mr. Richard H. KESSEL, OF Gulval, to Miss Mary Ann HARRIS, of Cockwells, Ludgvan. At Ludgvan, on Monday last, Mr. John EDWARDS, late of Australia, to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. John WHITE, of Nancledra, on the parish of Towednack.   At Towednack, on Saturday last, Mr. John EDDY to Miss Selina ROWE, both of that parish; and on Monday last, Mr. John EDDY to Mrs. Ann NINNIS, both of that parish.   Ar Pendeen, St. Just in Penwith, on the 29th ult., Mr James GRENFELL, of Pendeen, to Miss Nanny HATTAM, of St. Just.   At St. Ives, Mr. Charles RICHARDS to Miss Rachel TONKIN; and Mr. M. STEVENS to Miss E. J. CURNOW.   At Hayle, on the 22nd ult., Mr. R. DANIEL to Miss Mary JENKYN.   At the registrar's Office, Redruth, on the 22nd ult., Mr. Henry MORCOM to Mrs. JORY, both of Gwennap.   At Gwennap, on the 28th instant, Mr. James WILLIAMS, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. Tristram BAWDEN, both of Carharrack.   At Tregony, on the 29th ult., Capt. SAWLE, of the schooner "Hero," of Gerrans, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr. William ROWE, of Tregony.   At the Registrar's Office, Stonehouse, on the 28th ult.,, Mr. Charles Napoleon MOORE, musician of H. M. S. "Indus," to Roselia Jane, second daughter of Mr. Edward BENNETT, of Plymouth.   At the Registrar's Office, Devonport, on the 28th ult., Mr. Isaac Burket LIDDELL, engineer R.N., to Sarah Mary, fourth daughter of Mr. Edward BENNETT, of Plymouth.   At St. Ann's Church, Limehouse, London, on the 29th ult., Mr. G. WILLIAMS, of the Cronebane Mines, Ireland, to Elizabeth Susan, eldest daughter of Mr. James HEBBARD, of Germoe, near Helston.   DEATHS   At Truro, on the 29th ult., Elizabeth, daughter of Mr Henry ALLEN, tailor, aged 4 years.   At Truro, on Tuesday last, Eliza, wife of Mr. Francis TRELEAVEN, aged 36 years.   At Truro, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. Gabriel PERROW, butcher, aged 31 years.   At Truro, on the 22nd ult., Mr. William ROWE, aged 77 years.   At Perran Wharf, on the 22nd ult., Miss Ann BENNETTS, aged 82 years, fifty-four of which she lived a most respected servant with Sir C. LEMON, Bart., Carlew.   At Penzance, on the 26th ult., Nicholas John, son of Mr. William HALL, aged 16 years; and on the 29th ult., Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. James ROWE, mariner, aged 21 years.   At Penzance, on the 31st ult., Elizabeth Ann, infant daughter of Mr. JK. P. PAUL.   At Paul, on the 29th ult., Mr. John EVANS, farmer. Aged 63 years.     At Chyandour, Madron, on Tuesday last, the infant son of  Mr. William UREN, tanner.   At the Coomb, Madron, on Sunday last, Mary, wife of Mr. Thomas BENNETTS, AGED 83 YEARS.   At Hea-moor, Madron, on the 30th ult., the infant daughter of Mr. Charles KING.   At Newlyn West, on the 27th ult., Mr. John CARVOSSOE, farmer, aged 78 years.   At Marazion, on Friday last, Mrs. Grace ROSKILLY, aged 95 years.   At St. Just, on Saturday last, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. William ANGWIN, aged 60 years; also Mr. Martin OATS, aged 55 years.   At St. Ives, Jane, daughter of Mr. RICHARDS, aged 4 years; and also Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. W. TREVORRAN, aged 4 years.   At Embla, in the parish of Towednack, on Monday last, Mr. Samuel MARTIN, aged 56 years.   At Copperhouse, on the 29th ult., Eliza Mary, infant daughter of Mr. BENNETTS; and on the 30th ult., Mr. Henry PHILLIPS, aged 64 years.   At Redruth, on the 25th ult., William Humphrey, son of the late Captain H. BROAD, aged 20 years.   At Austell, on Tuesday last, Jane, wife of Mr. Philip NICHOLLS, aged 73 years.   At Mount Charles, in the parish of St. Austell, on Saturday last, Mr. LEIGH, aged 37 years.   At Bodmin, on the 1st instant, Mrs. SOLOMON, for many years of the Garland Ox inn, aged 74 years.   At Bodmin, on the 30th ult., Mr. Charles PHILLIPS, OF THE Bell Inn, aged 69 years; and on the 31st ult., the wife of Mr. William HENWOOD, tailor, aged 27 years.   At Ford, in the parish of Lanhydrock, on the 22nd ult., at the residence of her son, Prudence, relict of the late Mr. JOHNS, of that place, at an advanced age.   At St. Mabyn, on the 1st instant, Mary, only daughter of Capt. DUGGA, aged 2 years.   At Liskeard, on the 26th ult., the infant son of Mr. W. RAPSON.   At Liskeard, on Monday last, Mrs. BRABYN,, relict of the late Mr. Wm. BRABYN, of Fursdon, at an advanced age; on Monday last, Mrs. WALLIS, aged 84 years; on Monday last, Mr. William CAVEY; AND ON Tuesday last, Mr. T. N. KEAST, aged 28 years.   At St. Pinnock Rectory, near Liskeard, on Friday last, Frederick, infant son of the Rev. James RAWLINGS.   At Tremar, St. Cleer, on the 27th ult., Elizabeth, infant daughter of Mr. James PEARCE.   At Tremar Coombe, St. Cleer, on the 29th ult., Phoebe Ellen, daughter of Mr. William EDWARDS, aged six years.   At Trip Cottage, St. Neot, on the 27th ult., Johanna, relict of the late Mr. Antony HODGE, aged 81 years.   At Widegates, Morval, on the 27th ult., Mary, wife of Mr. Wm. BUNKUM, aged 84 years.   At Callington, on Tuesday last, Mr. James CRABB.   At Callington, on the 27th ult., Mr. Francis BATH, aged 80 years.   At Trekerner-bridge, Southhill, on the 22nd ult., Mr. Thomas KELLY, aged 28 years.   At Advent, on Friday last, Mrs. Elizabeth JORY, aged 77 years.   At Stanbury, Moorwinstow, on the 28th ult., Mr. Henry ADAMS, aged 32 years, son of the late Henry ADAMS, Esq., of Kilkhampton.   At Carworgey, St. Columb, on the 27th ult., Mary, relict of the late Mr. James ROWSE, aged 82 years.   At St. Columb, on the 29th ult., Mr. William CRAPP, aged 50 years; and on Sunday last, Kitty, relict of the late Mr. Edward COOK, aged 80 years.   At Newquay, on the 30th ult., Mr. Elias CARRIVICK, aged 75 years.   At Plymouth, on Tuesday last, at the residence of her father, Christopher HARRIS, Esq., the wife of Thomas Hillersden BULTEEL, Esq.   At Nottingham, on Monday last, Mary Ann, infant daughter of E. H. ROWE, Esq., surveyor of taxes.   At Staines, Middlesex, on the 16th ult., Annie Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Edward JONES, chemist, aged 27 years.   At Neath, Wales, on the 28th ult., Mrs BUCKETT, formerly of Falmouth, aged 71 years.   At Hattem, in Holland, on the 22nd ult., to the great grief of his relatives and friends, Major GRENFELL, aged 61 years.  He served with his Regiment, the 7th Hussars, in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. At Wheal Alfred, on the 31st ult., Henry, son of Mr. Whitford.  [This was included under births] 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

Thank you, Isabel. Another long and interesting transcript.Please can you tell us, if and how, we can access these transcripts.many thanksWendy Sharpless --- On Sat, 26/1/13, isabelj@talktalk.net <isabelj@talktalk.net> wrote: From: isabelj@talktalk.net <isabelj@talktalk.net> Subject: [CORNISH] Weekly Newspaper 6th Friday, 1857 News. To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Cc: cornish@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, 26 January, 2013, 10:21 West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 6th February, 1857 CAUTION  -  As Parties are travelling in various parts of Cornwall and Devon under the assumed name of SOLOMON and Co., Opticians, giving their address from Exeter and elsewhere, M. SOLOMON, Optician, 3 Lansdowne Terrace, Exeter, to prevent imposities[?], respectfully calls the attention of the public to the bottom of his circular, to his name in full (MYERS SOLOMON), whose spectacles have given such general satisfaction.  A reward of GBP10 will be paid to any person giving such information as will lead to the conviction of any party or parties making use of the name of Myers Solomon, as no Agents are appointed by him.  There is no other person of the name of Solomon carrying on the business of Optician in Exeter.  Mr. M. Solomon intends visiting Cornwall in March next.  Myers Solomon, Licensed Hawker, No. 1054 A. DEATH OF Mr. WILLIAM KING NORWAY  -  It is with feelings of the liveliest regret that we announce the decease of Mr. Norway.  He died, almost suddenly, in London on the evening of Friday last, aged 56 years.  There are but few men in Cornwall who were better known, or whose loss would be more deeply lamented.  For thirty years he had been conspicuously before the public eye, in his connection with the Press, with a variety of useful institutions, and as a man of versatile talents, and a wide range of literary and general information.  His abilities as a political writer first attracted attention in the columns of the late Falmouth Packet, and so deep was the impression made by the vigour and pungency of his writings in that journal, that a handsome testimonial was presented to him at a public dinner, by a numerous body of his friends and admirers in East Cornwall.  His views, on almost all matters of grave national interest, were such as have uniformly been advocated in this paper, to which, up to a very recent period, he had been a regular contributor for about twenty years.  A distinguishing quality of his mind was its thorough earnestness.  His opinions were not mere fancies, afloat on the surface of the mind, but saturated the whole man, - inhered in the very blood and bone.  Yet with a tenacity of his cherished convictions which nothing could relax, there was the readiest appreciation of the merits of those who differed from him, and a natural warmth of personal kindliness and courtesy which drew to him the friendliest regards of men of the most diverse views.  We should think he never had an enemy; nor do we remember ever to have heard a syllable uttered in disparagement of his feelings of his principles. His school-days were passed at Eton, after which he was placed in training for the law, and entered on the business of his profession as a regular practitioner.  But it cannot surprise any one who was acquainted with him that his career in this line was very brief.  He might have said of the law, as Slender said of Anne Page, "There was but little love between us at the beginning, and it pleased Heaven to decrease it on further acquaintance."  On giving up his professional engagements he devoted much of his time to literary pursuits, and entered with great ardour into the establishment of provincial institutions for the advancement of knowledge.  One of the most successful of these was formed at his own residence, Wadebridge; and remains an honourable testimony to his devotedness to the public good.  About five years ago, on the relinquishment of the secretaryship of the Reform Club by our respected townsman, Mr. BOND, the high character and well-known abilities of Mr. Norway marked him, in the estimation of the Committee, as a desirable successor.  Of this post he discharged the various duties entirely to the satisfaction of the club, and remained in it up to the time of his decease. His removal is a very sudden and unexpected event.  The last time we saw him was about six months ago, when we met him at the Crystal Palace.  He was then as healthful and sprightly as we had ever seen him, and was anticipating with much pleasure a holiday excursion on the continent.  We see him at this moment, as he then stood by us on the Terrace on Penge Hill, watching the hues of a glowing sun-set, shed over that magnificent landscape.  How little did we dream, at parting with him, that the sparkle of his eye, and warmth of his hand, were to be just as transient as the light then fading beyond the western hills.   But so the companions of our pilgrimage are dropping, one by one, from our path; and of those of whom Death has lately bereft us there are few whose loss will be more deeply or generally felt than the subject of this brief notice. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT  -  We have now abundant evidence of the distress among the working classes.  For a week past, bands of unemployed persons have been parading the streets in order to excite charity, and their orderly and respectful conduct shows that their case is one of real hardship.  The unemployed consist chiefly of bricklayers, carpenters, and painters; but since the setting in of the frost, the list has been considerably swelled by gardeners, and the field-labourers of the suburbs.  It is supposed that so many as fifty thousand persons are now out of employment in the metropolis.  No danger to the state of order, or to property, has been threatened as yet, but such a state of things cannot continue for any length of time without producing a popular commotion.  It is a very hard thing for men to starve in sight of the wealth and abundance which are everywhere displayed in this capital.  If no improvement take place in the labour market, it will be necessary, for the security of property, if not for the sake of the starving operatives, that the government should devise some means of alleviating the general distress.  Public works have been talked of, and possibly a remedy may be found in this direction on a legitimate basis - many government building schemes being already in contemplation.  Such measurers, however, are not congenial to English ideas of the natural laws of supply and demand; and it would be well if the cause of the present derangement of affairs were fully ascertained, in order that we may know whether it be due to an accident of the moment, or some radical disease in our commercial prosperity.  The question is a momentous one. PARISH OF TEMPLE  -  Surrounded by extensive and dreary moors, to which it gives its name, lies the little parish of Temple, formerly the property of the Knights Templars.  It is six miles from Bodmin, its post town contains 936 acres, five houses, and inhabitants at different periods as follows:- 1801 - 15;  1811 - 18;  1821 - 27; 1831 - 29;  1841 - 37;  1851 - 24.  The population has from time to time varied considerably.  "When I lived in the parish," said old Mr. BURNARD, who has been dead a great number of years, "one half of the men in it were hanged for sheep stealing."  At the period here referred to the number of male inhabitants did not exceed two.  DAVIES GILBERT says its church has disappeared; this is not the case.  The average height of the walls is at this moment not less than three or four feet, and of the tower a considerable portion still stands, and the archway from the church, the only way of access to it, is still entire.  The church is fifty-four feet long, and sixteen feet eight inches wide, with a north transept fifteen feet by fourteen feet.  The materials of the fallen building lie about in reproachful abundance, as if waiting to be replaced - and a great pity it is they are not.  "I wish," said ANTONY HOSKEN, "they'd see and build up the church, t'would be so comfortable like to have a croom of preaching again."  It has been in ruins about sixty years.  The bell was twice stolen, and after the second theft was irrecoverably lost.  An ash tree of considerable size occupies the western end of the nave; the tomb-tablet or head-stone is now to be seen, and only about half-a-dozed graves.  The last funeral was that of DANIEL LORD's first wife. The living has been twice augmented by Queen Anne's bounty.  It is a curacy in the gift of the Devonshire family of WREY.  The tithes are commuted at GBP27. 10s.  It was formerly attached to Blisland, but now the surplice duty is performed by the rector of Warleggan, who keeps the registrars.  In the inquisition of the Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester into the value of Cornish benefices, in 1294, Capella de Temple was rated in first fruits at 10s.  Norden writing about the year 1610, says "it is a place exempted from the bishop's jurisdiction, appertaining in former times to the Templars.  It is a lawless church, as they call it, where many bad marriages, where or howsoever contracted are consummated, and here were they wont to bury such as had wrought violent death upon themselves." The parish produces stream tin.  The land is chiefly used for grazing.  Both churchyard and glebe have been occupied for that purpose for a great number of years by Mr. STEPHENS, land surveyor, of Steppes, near Bodmin, as tenant under the rector of Warleggan. BRITISH PROTECTOR LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY  -  On Monday evening, the 19th ult., a dinner was given by the shareholders and assurers at St. Mary's Scilly, in connextion with the above company at Tregarthen's Hotel, to some of the company's representatives, and for the purpose of celebrating the very marked progress of the "British Protector."  The shareholders and assurers, forty-six in number, at seven o'clock sat down to a very excellent and varied repast, served up with all the taste, skill, and profusion for which the kind hostess, Mrs. TREGARTHEN, is justly celebrated.  After the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal and other toasts were given in a spirited manner by the chairman on the occasion, Mr. J. G. MOYLE, medical officer, and duly responded to.  Then followed the toasts of the evening, "The health of Mr. J. N. GORDON, managing director," which was given with enthusiasm, and feelingly acknowledged.  "The health of Mr. W. J. MOORE," - manager of the Western Branch.  This was given and received in the most cordial manner, as all present were aware of the exertions of this gentleman to promote and forward the best interests of the society.  The healths of Mr. E. WOTTON, travelling agent;  Mr. J. G. MOYLE, medical officer, Mr. C. W. MUMFORD, local agent, and several other toasts connected with the officers and principals of the institution were then proposed, and replied to in such a way as to afford a great deal of useful information, and the party separated highly pleased with the social intercourse enjoyed and the amount of knowledge obtained.  The interest of the proceedings was considerably enhanced by the cheerful and satisfactory answers of the managers present to all questions of shareholders and policy-holders put to them. On the following evening a public meeting was held, - the Rev. A. W. McDONALD in the chair, when Mr. J. N. GORDON, Mr. W. J. MOORE, and Mr. WOTTON, addressed a very large and attentive audience, who expressed their satisfaction by proposing and unanimously giving a vote of thanks to the lecturer, and a vote of confidence in the Institution.  On Wednesday evening a full attendance was secured at St. martin's, when the same gentleman gave addresses on the "present position and prospects of the British Protector Company," fully and satisfactorily proving the sound principles on which it is based, and the rapidly advancing progress of this well-deserving and flourishing Assurance Society. LOSTWITHIEL  -  MEETING OF THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE  -  A numerously attended meeting of the master boot and shoe makers of Lostwithiel, Bodmin, St. Blazey, Tywardreath, Fowey, St. Veep, and places adjacent, was held at the King's Arms Inn, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of adopting such measures as the present very high price of leather render necessary.  Mr. BROAD, of St. Blazey, was called to the chair, who said that for ages the trade had been far behind other trades in point of remuneration, for whilst other masters could retire, who had ever heard of a shoemaker living on his means, although an equal amount of ability and industry had been exercised.  Bad, however, as it always had been, it was now worse, in consequence of the very great advance in the price of leather.  Wages had also risen to a considerable extent, but he considered journeymen where not yet paid as they should be.  Mr. HOOPER, of Fowey, said all were painfully aware of the disadvantages with which the trade at present had to contend.  For two years past he had carried on rather an extensive trade without fair remuneration, but with the present prices it was a positive loss.  The masters were willing to bear a large proportion of the burden, but the public must share with them, by submitting to an advance in price.  Mr. COLE, of St. Veep, said he had paid minute attention to the cost of materials, and in many instances found it fully equal to the price charged when made up.  This was especially so with heavy goods.  Mr. RUTTER, of St. Blazey, said an advance of twenty-five per cent. would not put the trade on a footing equal with other trades.  Mr. HAM, of Bodmin, said the trade, always bad, was now considerably worse.  He had for many years conducted his trade with the utmost caution, using great economy and industry, for merely a subsistence; but under present circumstances it would not pay at all.  Mr. Hooper then proposed an advance of twenty to twenty-five per cent., which was seconded by Mr. WILLIAM TALLING, of Lostwithiel, who said the advance proposed was only fair and just, when you take into consideration that the raw material had advanced as much as 300 per cent., and he could see no reason why shoemakers should not live as well as other trades.  A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and to those present who had exerted themselves in getting up the meeting on this necessary occasion.  The company then separated, determined to adhere to the resolutions of the meeting. SUFFERERS FROM SHIPWRECK  -  At the weekly meetings of the committee of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society for the month of January, held at their offices, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, the gold medal of the institution was awarded to Mr. JOHN BAMFIELD, master of the "Wave Queen," of Jersey, and the silver medal to JOHN ROMERIL, one of the seamen who accompanied him, for having in a small boat during a gale of wind gallantly rescued the crew of the "Briton" screw steamer from their foundering vessel and landed them sale at Jersey. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL  -  Mr. ROBERT CHARLES HUNTER, late House Surgeon to the Great Northern Hospital, has been appointed Accoucheur to the same institution.  Mr. WILLIAM HILLMAN, of Lyme Regis, succeeds Mr. HUNTER as House Surgeon. QUEEN'S SCHOLARSHIP  -  It is gratifying to find that all the candidates for Queen's Scholarships, belonging to Church of England schools, in Cornwall, who were examined at Christmas last, have succeeded in obtaining scholarships of the first class.  This position entitles them to a two years' training and board and lodging at one of the Normal Colleges, with an addition of GBP10 for personal expenses.  The successful competitors were W. F. MILL, and E. J. OKE, from Mr. Basset's school, Pool;  Mr. A. JENKIN, Crowan;  W. S. TREGEAR, St. Just; and E. J. POLKINHORNE, Training School, Truro. THE CUSTOMS  -  Mr. MALLEY, comptroller at Padstow, has been appointed to the same office at Bideford.  Mr. W. H. HOLMES, jun., principal coast officer and landing waiter at Hayle, has been appointed to act as deputy receiver of wreck for the district extending from Lelant side of Hayle Bar to Godrevy Point. THE GODREVY LIGHTHOUSE  -  We are informed that Mr. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, M.P., for West Cornwall has, received a reply to the letter he had addressed on this subject to the secretary of the Trinity Board.  The Secretary's letter is dated 28th January 1857, and is to the effect "that it has been decided to erect a lighthouse on Godrevy Island, that it had been referred to their engineer, and it was hoped it would be begun in the course of a few months." IMPORTANT SHIPPING CASE  -  At the East Kirrier Petty Sessions, held at Penryn, on Wednesday the 27th ult., before Mr. ENYS and a full bench of magistrates, RICHARD HENRY RICHARDS, master of the brig "Voluna," of the port of Padstow, 336 tons burthen, was summoned to answer the complaint of Mr. FREDERICK SWATMAN, collector of customs and shipping master of the port of Falmouth, for that he being the master of a certain foreign going ship called the "Voluna," of 100 tons burden and upwards, did, in and about the month of August last, employ WILLIAM GEORGE as mate of the said ship, without ascertaining that he was possessed of a certificate of competency or service, contrary to the form of the statute, &c.  Mr. TILLY appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr. MOORMAN for the defence.  Mr. Tilly, in opening the case, stated that the proceedings were instituted under the directions of the Board of Trade, and that the offence with which the defendant was charged was in breach of the 136 sect. of the M.S.A., 1854, and after fully directing the attention of the bench to the law bearing upon the subject and the facts of the case, he called Mr. Frederick Swatman, Collector of Customs at Falmouth, who stated that on the 26th August, defendant, who was then the master of the "Voluna," called on him and produced his articles, and required the ship to be cleared for a voyage from Falmouth to Quebec, and back to a final port of discharge in the United Kingdom; but that perceiving there was no chief mate he refused to clear the ship.  On the 28th, defendant again called on him with THOMAS LUTEY, whom he stated had engaged as mate, and who produced his certificate and signed the articles as mate, when witness gave defendant his clearance for the ship.  On the 29th, witness received the form schedule G signed by defendant, stating that Thomas Lutey had left the ship from sickness; and on the 30th the "Voluna" sailed from Falmouth on her voyage to Quebec, without a chief mate having a certificate appropriate to his station.  In support of the case Mr. Tilly put in the ship's articles under the scale of the Board of Trade, dated 26th August, 1856, in which Thomas Lutey appeared as chief mate, and  William George as second mate, with a certificate of clearance annexed.  He also put in the official log book of the "Voluna," in which was the following entry - "August 30th, Falmouth, Thomas Lutey, mate, was taken sick, sent him on shore as he was unfit to proceed the voyage; William George, second mate, takes the chief mate's place to proceed to Quebec and back to Fowey.  Signed Richard H. Richards, master; William George, mate."   Mr. Tilly also put in schedule G dated 29th August, signed by defendant, stating that Thomas Lutey had left the ship from sickness; also list C. being an account of the crew at the end of the voyage, dated "Fowey, 24th December, 1856," in which William George appeared as second mate, and also the release of the crew signed by William George. On being cross-examined by Mr. Moorman, Mr. Swatman stated that Captain LANGFORD, the ship's husband, came to the custom-house, with Lutey, when he signed articles.  JOHN JOHNS stated that he shipped in the "Voluna" as seaman, on the 26th August, and sailed in her throughout her voyage from Falmouth to Quebec and back to Fowey and that William George acted as chief mate.  Mr. Moorman on behalf of the defendant, then addressed the court, stating that he should prove that in this case Captain Langford, the ship's agent, was the whole and sole employer, and that the defendant was coerced into sailing without a chief mate.  He then called William George, who stated that he was hired by Captain Langford as second mate, the defendant having nothing to do with his employment.  On the 29th of August, Captain Langford told him that when at sea he was to take the office of chief mate, and that the entry in the official log produced, although dated at Falmouth, was in fact made after they had left the port and were at sea.  Mr. Tilly objected to oral evidence being given against the written statement in the log.  The magistrates, however, decided on receiving it subject to exceptions.  On cross-examination, witness admitted that he had no recollection of seeing Lutey on board the "Voluna," or that his outfit for the voyage had been sent on board; that he acted as chief mate under the superior orders of Captain Langford, whom he considered his employer.  Richard Henry Richards, the defendant, stated that Captain Langford was the ship's husband; that he employed Lutey and George, and that witness had nothing to do with their engagement or their rate of wages.  That he sailed by the orders of Captain Langford without a chief mate, and that the entry in the official log-book was made at sea and not at Falmouth.  On cross-examination he admitted that he knew he was doing what was wrong; that it was only his second voyage as master; and that he was coerced into doing it by Captain Langford, who assured him that he would hole him harmless.  The magistrates gave the following decision:- "We adjourn our decision in this case to the next Petty Sessions; if, in the meantime, summonses are applied for against the owner and ship's husband, both or either of them, they will be granted, and hear before judgment in this case is pronounced." COURT OF BANKRUPTCY  -  At the London Court of Bankruptcy, on Monday last, before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN, the case of Mr. F. JOHNS came before the court.  The bankrupt was described as a timber and coal merchant, of Hackney, and Gweek, in the parish of Wendron.  Mr. LAWRENCE said he had no objection to an adjournment.  The bankrupt had been partner in a large timber business in the West of England, of the solvency of which house there could be no doubt, and there were certain partnership accounts to be obtained.  Adjourned accordingly. BODMIN COUNTY COURT  -  Held at the Assize Hall on Wednesday the 4th instant.  In the case of MILROY v. AMELIA GRANT, of Bodmin, defendant was committed for thirty days for not having satisfied judgment of the court. SARGENT v. SEYMOUR  -  This was an action brought by Mr. THOMAS SARGENT, of Liskeard, against Captain JOHN SEYMOUR, of Polscoe, near Lostwithiel, for recovery of the sum of GBP50, on a dishonoured Bill of Exchange, due the 11th of November, 1854.  The amount was reduced to GBP50, the excess being abandoned to bring the action within the jurisdiction of the court.  Mr. WALLIS appeared for plaintiff and Mr. COMMINS for defendant.  Notice of the dishonour not having been given to defendant for some days, his Honor considered the notice not sufficient and gave a verdict for the defendant. DESERTION OF A FAMILY  -  On Monday last a man named JOHN SYMONS, a miner was brought on shore from the Dublin Company's steamer by the Falmouth police, and lodged in the station house lock-up, with a female who had gone on board with him.  In the evening he was charged before the magistrates with having deserted his wife and children who appeared in court, and the case being proved, he was committed to prison for three months with hard labour.  The woman who went on board with him was discharged.  Symons was escorted to the prison by a large mob, who hooted and yelled, and had the police not protected him he would have fared badly. A DISGRACEFUL ACT  -  On Wednesday evening the 28th ultimo, the postman, whose duty it is to clear the postal pillar in Clarence-street, Penzance, did so a little after nine o'clock.  The contents, with other letters, were placed on a table in the post-office, but as Miss SWAINE and her assistant took up letter after letter to stamp, they could their arms smarting, and a further search disclosed that some corrosive liquid had been thrown over the letters taken from the Clarence-street pillar.  The addresses of some were effaced; others partially so; and all those were sealed up and forwarded to the General Post-Office.  A reward of GBP10 was promptly offered, as yet without any effect, and an inspector from the General Post-Office will investigate the matter. CHILD DESERTION  -  In reference to the case of child desertion which we noticed last week, Mr. S. BENNALLACK of Probus, writes to the effect that Mr. JORY, carpenter of Probus, has no daughter called Mary Jane Jory, and has no other daughter living at Penzance.  It would appear that the woman who brought the child to Mr. NASH, police superintendant at Truro, stated an untruth in calling herself the daughter of Mr. Jory, of Probus, Mr. Bennallack thinks the affair was concocted by some disreputable female, in order to get rid of her child, and so far the scheme was successful, it being sent to the union house.  Mr. Bennallack hopes that in justice to the public, Mr. Nash, or some other active office, will sift the affair, and bring the guilty parties to justice. STEALING TURNIPS  -  On Tuesday last, before the Mayor of Truro, and Captain KEMPE, magistrate, SAMUEL TAYLOR, labourer of Truro, was charged with stealing a quantity of turnips, the property of JOHN PLUMMER, a farmer, at Kenwyn Church-town.  It appeared that Mr. Plummer occupies a farm near Kenwyn church, and adjoining a turnip field on his farm is the road leading from the turnpike to the church.  On the Wednesday previous a farmer, named HERCULES SOLOMON, of Short-lane's-end, was passing in a cart, and saw the prisoner Taylor in the road with a bag, into which he was putting turnips as fast as they were thrown over the hedge to him by a man in the field.  Solomon went on some distance, but then returned, and going up to Taylor, asked him what he had got in his bag.  Taylor, in reply, made use of some very bad expressions.  Solomon said he should take him into custody, and take him to Plummer for stealing his turnips.  Taylor said, if he came near him he would put a knife into him; Taylor then threw the turnips out of the bag and walked away.  Mr. Solomon gave information to Mr. Plummer, and described the man.  Mr. Plummer gave the same description of the man at the Truro police station, and on Monday last, Taylor was apprehended, and identified by HERCULES SOLOMON as the man whom he saw putting the turnips in the bag.  Mr. Plummer had a quantity of turnips in the field which had been recently drawn, and he could not prove whether the stolen turnips had been drawn, or taken from the heap.  The prisoner stated that the turnips were drawn, which was the lesser office, and for which he was committed for one month to hard labour. PENZANCE POLICE  -  At the Guildhall, on the 28th ult., before Mr. T. COULSON, mayor, Capt. THOMAS BENNETTS, of the schooner "Union," of Belfast, charged JAMES HIGGINS, one of his crew, with desertion on the 28th.  Higgins received a month's advance at Cardiff, and on the vessel's putting in here for repairs left her, as did the rest of the crew, except the mate and a boy.  His excuse was that the vessel was unseaworthy, but the captain disproved this.  The "Union" was fourteen years old, North American built, sheathed with zinc, and only sprung a leak in consequence of the late severe weather.  Higgins was committed for a month. CAMBORNE PETTY SESSIONS  -  On Tuesday last, RICHARD SPARNON and STEPHEN BENNETTS, of the parish of Camborne, were summoned before the magistrates for an assault on Mr. and Mrs. HUNTER, of the Hotel, at Tuckingmill, on the 17th ult.  The case was fully proved, and they were find GBP2 each and expenses, amounting altogether to GBP6.  The fine was paid. ST. AUSTELL PETTY SESSIONS  -  WILLIAM CROWLE, Charlestown, was summoned for being drunk and disorderly in the Market-house, and having been twice previously convicted of a similar office, he was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for three months himself in GBP10, and two sureties in GBP5 each. HENRY BRAGG, a waggoner of St. Dennis, was fined 5S. and costs for leaving his waggon without a driver in the street. ACCIDENT  -  On Wednesday last, a young woman named MARY ROWE, when on her way from Helston to Constantine, in getting out of the cart to lead the horse, fell, and the cartwheels passed over her arm and leg, fracturing them both in a dreadful manner.  She is in a very precarious condition, but hopes are entertained of her recovery. CORONERS' INQUEST  -  The following inquests have been held by Mr. JOHN CARLYON county coroner:-  On the Tuesday the 29th ult., at Shallow Adit, Redruth, on the body of MARTHA ANN GOLSWORTHY, aged 7 years, who caught her clothes on fire on Tuesday during the temporary absence of her mother who had gone for a course of water, and was so seriously burnt before she returned that she only survived a few hours.  Verdict "Accidental death." On Tuesday last, at Gwennap, on the body of a newly-born female, which a single woman called ANN JENKIN had given birth to early on Monday morning.  SAMUEL JENKIN, the grandfather of the child, deposed that on Thursday evening, having heard that his daughter was in the family way, he questioned her on the subject, and she most positively denied that such as the case.  On Sunday evening he and his wife went to bed about half-past nine o'clock; his daughter had got up about ten minutes before, and her two sisters and her brother - the eldest aged 8, and the youngest 2 1/2 years, slept in the same bed with her, and in the same room with the witness and his wife.  He heard no disturbance in the course of the night, and a few minutes after five on Monday morning he called his daughter to go down and get breakfast for him; which she did.  As soon as he had finished breakfast he went to a mine to work; but he had not been there long before he was sent for, and on returning home found that his daughter had had a child in the course of the night, and the child was then lying dead in a flasket down stairs.  He then went to inform the constable of it, and the coroner was sent for. ANNE JENKIN, wife of the last witness, and grandmother of the child, deposed that she came down stairs on Monday morning just as her husband had finished breakfast and was going out to work; and a few minutes afterwards her daughter told her that she had had a child in bed about one o'clock that morning, and that she lay perfectly still until she got down to get breakfast for her father, when she brought the child down with her and placed it in a flasket; and witness, on looking into the flasket found the child there, dead, wrapped up in an old frock; and she immediately went to the mine to fetch her husband.  She also had charged her daughter on two occasions, with being in the family way, and each time she positively denied it. Mr. PENBERTHY, surgeon, who examined the body, deposed that it was that of a full-timed female child, and there were no external marks of violence on any part of it.  On opening the chest he found the lungs small in volume; the right one partially inflated, and it crackled under pressure; but the left lung had never been inflated.  He was of opinion that, although the child had breathed, it had died before it was fully born, either from the bed clothes pressing on it, or from some other accidental cause in the act of birth.  All the other internal organs were healthy, and he had every reason to suppose that if the mother had had proper medical assistance at the time of birth, the child would have been born alive and done well.  This being the whole of the evidence, the coroner told the jury that in consequence of there being no proof that the child had been born and that it had an  independent existence, the office, if any, was one of concealment of birth, which must come under the cognisance of a magistrate and not the coroner.  The jury coincided with this view of the case and returned a verdict that there was no proof that the child was born alive.  The jury was composed of seventeen of the most respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood.  No doubt some steps will be taken to bring the case before another tribunal. On the same day at Tregony, on the body of FRANCIS WOOLCOCK, mason, aged seventy-three years, who died in a very sudden and unexpected manner, on Monday morning.  Verdict, "Death from natural causes." The following inquests have been held by Mr. HICHENS, county coroner:-  On the 29th ultimo, in the parish of St. Hilary, on the body of JOSIAH MATTHEWS, aged 50 years, who was found dead in his bed on the preceding day.  Verdict, "Natural death." On Tuesday last, in the borough of St. Ives, on the body of ELEANOR STEPHENS, aged 76 years.  The deceased, on Saturday evening last, whilst occupied in preparing her husband's supper, fell to the floor in a state of insensibility, from which she shortly recovered, and having been put to bed, rose on the following morning in her usual health, which considering her great age, was good.  In the afternoon of that day, whiles occupied in wiping out a kittle, in which dinner had been dressed, she fell again to the floor in a fit, from which she partially recovered, but she had frequent returns of the attack, which at length terminated in her death, about eleven o'clock at night.  Verdict, "Natural death." INQUEST ON Mr. W. K. NORWAY  -  On Monday morning last, an inquest was held in the saloon of the Reform Club-house, Pall-mall, before Mr. CHARLES ST. CLAIR BEDFORD, coroner for Westminster, and fourteen jurors, of whom Mr. THOMAS HENRY was foreman, upon view of the body of the deceased gentleman, who was stated to have been fifty-six years of age.  Mr. SAMUEL NORWAY, of 2 Marlborough-terrace, Harrow-road, surgeon, brother of deceased, stated that the latter was an attorney by profession.  Witness was present at his last illness, which took place at six o'clock in the evening of Friday last.  He came to see deceased on that occasion at half-past four o'clock - having been sent for on account of his sudden and serious illness.  On arriving at the club-house, he found the pupils of deceased's eyes were much contracted, and that he was breathing with the greatest difficulty.  About half-an-hour before his death, he became partially sensible, but did not speak.  Had no doubt he was labouring under the effects of opium.  Was not aware that he had been in the habit of taking opium.  Saw a small bottle in the room capable of holding two drachms of laudanum.  Witness knew of no reason for deceased having taken laudanum to destroy himself.  He had been affected with rheumatic gout.  He might have taken laudanum on that account.  Had no doubt he died from the effects of that poison.  By a Juror: he had been attended by a medical man, Mr. VACEY, who was present.  Mr. CHARLES KINFORD VACEY, 74 St. Martin's Lane, surgeon, stated that he had attended the deceased about six or seven weeks since for an attack of rheumatic gout, when the medicine prescribed for him having an effect on the bowels, which was not intended, he sent him the two-drachm bottle produced, filled with laudanum with directions to take about eight or ten drops with each dose of medicine. By the Coroner:  That would not be a large dose for a person not accustomed to take laudanum.  A much larger dose was often given to produce sleep.  Witness continued:  On Thursday last deceased had another attack of gout, and sent to him (witness) for some laudanum, when the same two-drachm phial was again filled and sent by the messenger, a boy belonging to the club-house.  Witness afterwards called upon the deceased, and again prescribed for and sent him some medicine.  This was about three o'clock in the afternoon.  There was no laudanum in that medicine.  Heard nothing of him until the next day (Friday), about two o'clock in the afternoon, when he attended by direction and found deceased very ill, evidently labouring under symptoms produced by opium, from the pupils of the eyes being contracted, and being under lethargy and coma, and sterterous breathing.  No doubt he died from the effects of laudanum.  Witness should not have thought the quantity sufficient to have caused the death of the deceased; in fact it is the smallest dose on record that has produced a fatal effect in an adult.  He did not think it would have destroyed the life of one man in a thousand.  By the Coroner:  If affected with disease of the brain or bronchitis it might have been fatal, but should say it would not have had such effect on persons because affected with gout or rheumatism.  Witness continued:  Had been told that another boy besides the one referred to had fetched laudanum for the deceased, but that boy, as he now understood, was in the country. By a Juror: Had no doubt deceased was in a sound state of mind.  W. HENRY TIPPETT, one of the footmen at the club-house, deposed to finding the deceased dangerously ill, as also to his having been bled, about a pint of blood being taken from deceased.  Dr. GOLDSWORTHY GURNEY, of the House of Commons, said he knew the deceased well, having attended him when twenty-fix years of age on several occasions.  He was affected with a peculiar irritable state of the stomach, which has an unusual sympathy on the brain, so much so that he (witness) had known two or three glasses of wine to throw him into a state of torpor, sometimes approaching to delirium.  He in consequence suffered morally in reputation, and at the request of witness, he abstained from spirits or wine, and became what is called a tee-totaller.  Witness thought therefore, that the two drahms of laudanum might have had a fatal effect upon him, although he thought it would not have had the same result with one man in a thousand.  Witness had attended the father of deceased, who died from being similarly affected.  Had no doubt deceased died from the effects of laudanum.  Considered deceased well knew the nature and power of laudanum, and was of opinion that had he intended to destroy his life, that instead of two drachms he would have taken at least two ounces.  It was further stated that no boy from the club-house had fetched any laudanum, excepting what was known to Mr. Vacey, deceased's medical attendant, and by the desire of Mr. S. Norway, the brother of deceased, it was shown by the evidence of Mr. R. W. CHILDS that his affairs were correct.  The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict that the deceased died from the effects of opium which he had taken accidentally to alleviate pain, and not suicidally.   ------------------------------- 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

Hi Wendy, I am not sure what information you are after, but we (The West Briton Transcribers) post these transcriptions most weeks on both CORNISH sites. They are just that transcriptions, but we record as much information as we can to help people their ancestors, as well as records of shipping, occasional letters, what was happening in Cornwall at that time and other (hopefully) interesting information. If you are in the States, I believe there are photocopies in one of the Universities (not sure which). If you want to see the actual newspapers from about 1862 onwards, there is an online site that is photographing them but you would have to pay. If this is not the information you are seeking, please let me know. Isabel

Hi Wendy - You can access the West Briton transcriptions at the address listed below, or in the Cornish or Cornish-Gen Archives at Rootsweb. We hope people use the website, as it's indexed, so searching for a particular person or date is simple. Leastwise, we hope so! 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 > From: cornish-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: CORNISH Digest, Vol 8, Issue 25 > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:36:15 -0700 > > > > Cornish Volunteer Lookup Library http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/cornishlib/cornishlib.htm > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Weekly Newspaper 6th Friday, 1857 News. (WENDY SHARPLESS) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:36:09 +0000 (GMT) > From: WENDY SHARPLESS <w.sharpless@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Weekly Newspaper 6th Friday, 1857 News. > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <1359275769.53490.YahooMailClassic@web186105.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Thank you, Isabel. Another long and interesting transcript.Please can you tell us, if and how, we can access these transcripts.many thanksWendy Sharpless > > > > --- On Sat, 26/1/13, isabelj@talktalk.net <isabelj@talktalk.net> wrote: > > From: isabelj@talktalk.net <isabelj@talktalk.net> > Subject: [CORNISH] Weekly Newspaper 6th Friday, 1857 News. > To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com > Cc: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, 26 January, 2013, 10:21 > > West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 6th February, 1857 > > CAUTION? -? As Parties are travelling in various parts of Cornwall and > Devon under the assumed name of SOLOMON and Co., Opticians, giving > their address from Exeter and elsewhere, M. SOLOMON, Optician, 3 > Lansdowne Terrace, Exeter, to prevent imposities[?], respectfully calls > the attention of the public to the bottom of his circular, to his name > in full (MYERS SOLOMON), whose spectacles have given such general > satisfaction.? A reward of GBP10 will be paid to any person giving such > information as will lead to the conviction of any party or parties > making use of the name of Myers Solomon, as no Agents are appointed by > him.? There is no other person of the name of Solomon carrying on the > business of Optician in Exeter.? Mr. M. Solomon intends visiting > Cornwall in March next.? Myers Solomon, Licensed Hawker, No. 1054 A.

Happy memories! I had cousins in Nancledra and walked and rode that path to and from Penzane many times! Cheers Pat On 25/01/2013 2:14 PM, JMT1941@aol.com wrote: > In 1985, while on a business trip to London, I extended my stay over a > weekend so that I might visit Cornwall, birthplace of all four of my > grandparents. On a Friday, I boarded the Cornish Riviera at Paddington station bound > for Penzance. I had no definite plan and when the train made a stop at St > Erth I decided to get off and catch the spur line that went to St Ives. At > St Ives I booked a room at the Regent Hotel for the night. The next > morning, Saturday, I explored St Ives a bit then struck out walking to Penzance in > order to catch the train back to London that evening. My stroll took me > through Towednack, Amalveor, Georgia, Chypons, and Nancledra to name a few. ( > Had biscuits and tea with a nice lady at Chypons Farm, purchased an ice > cream in Nancledra, and had a pasty when I got to Penzance.) The weather was > perfect; took a lot of pictures including the Wilson's cat at Amelbra, > It's been almost 28 years but the experience hasn't faded. Perhaps I'll return > some day after that fellow in NIgeria releases those funds he wants to > share with me. > Joe Trewhella > > > In a message dated 1/24/2013 9:48:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, > sherleetooze@interlinks.net writes: > > Ann and List members: > We always take the train down to Cornwall - a lovely ride with great > scenery! Then we hop a bus over to Bodmin and rent a car when we need > it. Makes a smaller hole in our travel budget doing it that way! We find > the train goes just about everywhere we want to go, so don't have a car > for > very long - we take a car up to Devon - Tavistock and area - still almost > in Cornwall! I agree with everyone so far. > Sher > > > > > At 06:09 PM 24/01/2013 -0800, you wrote: >> >> Eating pasties, purchased in Hayle, at Lelant Station in 2007 was a very >> memorable day for Alan and me. And ~ I have taken the train from London > to >> Penzance, and back several times. Why rent a car until you arrive in >> Cornwall? >> >> >> >> Ann >> >> >> >> >> >> Oh, and the branch line to St Ives, via Lelant and Carbis Bay has to be > one >> of the most beautiful routes on earth (althouth I admit I'm biased, > because >> Anna and I often sit at Lelant Station to eat our lunch and watch the > birds >> on the estuary). >> >> >> >> >> >> And the wonderful thing is that if you come to Cornwall by rail, you can >> still come in all the way from London and finish up at the end of the >> country at Penzance, where the train has to stop or it would roll off into >> the ocean (via St Erth)!!! >> >> >> >> John. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5549 - Release Date: 01/21/13 >> 21:23:00 > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 6th February, 1857 CAUTION - As Parties are travelling in various parts of Cornwall and Devon under the assumed name of SOLOMON and Co., Opticians, giving their address from Exeter and elsewhere, M. SOLOMON, Optician, 3 Lansdowne Terrace, Exeter, to prevent imposities[?], respectfully calls the attention of the public to the bottom of his circular, to his name in full (MYERS SOLOMON), whose spectacles have given such general satisfaction. A reward of GBP10 will be paid to any person giving such information as will lead to the conviction of any party or parties making use of the name of Myers Solomon, as no Agents are appointed by him. There is no other person of the name of Solomon carrying on the business of Optician in Exeter. Mr. M. Solomon intends visiting Cornwall in March next. Myers Solomon, Licensed Hawker, No. 1054 A. DEATH OF Mr. WILLIAM KING NORWAY - It is with feelings of the liveliest regret that we announce the decease of Mr. Norway. He died, almost suddenly, in London on the evening of Friday last, aged 56 years. There are but few men in Cornwall who were better known, or whose loss would be more deeply lamented. For thirty years he had been conspicuously before the public eye, in his connection with the Press, with a variety of useful institutions, and as a man of versatile talents, and a wide range of literary and general information. His abilities as a political writer first attracted attention in the columns of the late Falmouth Packet, and so deep was the impression made by the vigour and pungency of his writings in that journal, that a handsome testimonial was presented to him at a public dinner, by a numerous body of his friends and admirers in East Cornwall. His views, on almost all matters of grave national interest, were such as have uniformly been advocated in this paper, to which, up to a very recent period, he had been a regular contributor for about twenty years. A distinguishing quality of his mind was its thorough earnestness. His opinions were not mere fancies, afloat on the surface of the mind, but saturated the whole man, - inhered in the very blood and bone. Yet with a tenacity of his cherished convictions which nothing could relax, there was the readiest appreciation of the merits of those who differed from him, and a natural warmth of personal kindliness and courtesy which drew to him the friendliest regards of men of the most diverse views. We should think he never had an enemy; nor do we remember ever to have heard a syllable uttered in disparagement of his feelings of his principles. His school-days were passed at Eton, after which he was placed in training for the law, and entered on the business of his profession as a regular practitioner. But it cannot surprise any one who was acquainted with him that his career in this line was very brief. He might have said of the law, as Slender said of Anne Page, "There was but little love between us at the beginning, and it pleased Heaven to decrease it on further acquaintance." On giving up his professional engagements he devoted much of his time to literary pursuits, and entered with great ardour into the establishment of provincial institutions for the advancement of knowledge. One of the most successful of these was formed at his own residence, Wadebridge; and remains an honourable testimony to his devotedness to the public good. About five years ago, on the relinquishment of the secretaryship of the Reform Club by our respected townsman, Mr. BOND, the high character and well-known abilities of Mr. Norway marked him, in the estimation of the Committee, as a desirable successor. Of this post he discharged the various duties entirely to the satisfaction of the club, and remained in it up to the time of his decease. His removal is a very sudden and unexpected event. The last time we saw him was about six months ago, when we met him at the Crystal Palace. He was then as healthful and sprightly as we had ever seen him, and was anticipating with much pleasure a holiday excursion on the continent. We see him at this moment, as he then stood by us on the Terrace on Penge Hill, watching the hues of a glowing sun-set, shed over that magnificent landscape. How little did we dream, at parting with him, that the sparkle of his eye, and warmth of his hand, were to be just as transient as the light then fading beyond the western hills. But so the companions of our pilgrimage are dropping, one by one, from our path; and of those of whom Death has lately bereft us there are few whose loss will be more deeply or generally felt than the subject of this brief notice. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT - We have now abundant evidence of the distress among the working classes. For a week past, bands of unemployed persons have been parading the streets in order to excite charity, and their orderly and respectful conduct shows that their case is one of real hardship. The unemployed consist chiefly of bricklayers, carpenters, and painters; but since the setting in of the frost, the list has been considerably swelled by gardeners, and the field-labourers of the suburbs. It is supposed that so many as fifty thousand persons are now out of employment in the metropolis. No danger to the state of order, or to property, has been threatened as yet, but such a state of things cannot continue for any length of time without producing a popular commotion. It is a very hard thing for men to starve in sight of the wealth and abundance which are everywhere displayed in this capital. If no improvement take place in the labour market, it will be necessary, for the security of property, if not for the sake of the starving operatives, that the government should devise some means of alleviating the general distress. Public works have been talked of, and possibly a remedy may be found in this direction on a legitimate basis - many government building schemes being already in contemplation. Such measurers, however, are not congenial to English ideas of the natural laws of supply and demand; and it would be well if the cause of the present derangement of affairs were fully ascertained, in order that we may know whether it be due to an accident of the moment, or some radical disease in our commercial prosperity. The question is a momentous one. PARISH OF TEMPLE - Surrounded by extensive and dreary moors, to which it gives its name, lies the little parish of Temple, formerly the property of the Knights Templars. It is six miles from Bodmin, its post town contains 936 acres, five houses, and inhabitants at different periods as follows:- 1801 - 15; 1811 - 18; 1821 - 27; 1831 - 29; 1841 - 37; 1851 - 24. The population has from time to time varied considerably. "When I lived in the parish," said old Mr. BURNARD, who has been dead a great number of years, "one half of the men in it were hanged for sheep stealing." At the period here referred to the number of male inhabitants did not exceed two. DAVIES GILBERT says its church has disappeared; this is not the case. The average height of the walls is at this moment not less than three or four feet, and of the tower a considerable portion still stands, and the archway from the church, the only way of access to it, is still entire. The church is fifty-four feet long, and sixteen feet eight inches wide, with a north transept fifteen feet by fourteen feet. The materials of the fallen building lie about in reproachful abundance, as if waiting to be replaced - and a great pity it is they are not. "I wish," said ANTONY HOSKEN, "they'd see and build up the church, t'would be so comfortable like to have a croom of preaching again." It has been in ruins about sixty years. The bell was twice stolen, and after the second theft was irrecoverably lost. An ash tree of considerable size occupies the western end of the nave; the tomb-tablet or head-stone is now to be seen, and only about half-a-dozed graves. The last funeral was that of DANIEL LORD's first wife. The living has been twice augmented by Queen Anne's bounty. It is a curacy in the gift of the Devonshire family of WREY. The tithes are commuted at GBP27. 10s. It was formerly attached to Blisland, but now the surplice duty is performed by the rector of Warleggan, who keeps the registrars. In the inquisition of the Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester into the value of Cornish benefices, in 1294, Capella de Temple was rated in first fruits at 10s. Norden writing about the year 1610, says "it is a place exempted from the bishop's jurisdiction, appertaining in former times to the Templars. It is a lawless church, as they call it, where many bad marriages, where or howsoever contracted are consummated, and here were they wont to bury such as had wrought violent death upon themselves." The parish produces stream tin. The land is chiefly used for grazing. Both churchyard and glebe have been occupied for that purpose for a great number of years by Mr. STEPHENS, land surveyor, of Steppes, near Bodmin, as tenant under the rector of Warleggan. BRITISH PROTECTOR LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY - On Monday evening, the 19th ult., a dinner was given by the shareholders and assurers at St. Mary's Scilly, in connextion with the above company at Tregarthen's Hotel, to some of the company's representatives, and for the purpose of celebrating the very marked progress of the "British Protector." The shareholders and assurers, forty-six in number, at seven o'clock sat down to a very excellent and varied repast, served up with all the taste, skill, and profusion for which the kind hostess, Mrs. TREGARTHEN, is justly celebrated. After the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal and other toasts were given in a spirited manner by the chairman on the occasion, Mr. J. G. MOYLE, medical officer, and duly responded to. Then followed the toasts of the evening, "The health of Mr. J. N. GORDON, managing director," which was given with enthusiasm, and feelingly acknowledged. "The health of Mr. W. J. MOORE," - manager of the Western Branch. This was given and received in the most cordial manner, as all present were aware of the exertions of this gentleman to promote and forward the best interests of the society. The healths of Mr. E. WOTTON, travelling agent; Mr. J. G. MOYLE, medical officer, Mr. C. W. MUMFORD, local agent, and several other toasts connected with the officers and principals of the institution were then proposed, and replied to in such a way as to afford a great deal of useful information, and the party separated highly pleased with the social intercourse enjoyed and the amount of knowledge obtained. The interest of the proceedings was considerably enhanced by the cheerful and satisfactory answers of the managers present to all questions of shareholders and policy-holders put to them. On the following evening a public meeting was held, - the Rev. A. W. McDONALD in the chair, when Mr. J. N. GORDON, Mr. W. J. MOORE, and Mr. WOTTON, addressed a very large and attentive audience, who expressed their satisfaction by proposing and unanimously giving a vote of thanks to the lecturer, and a vote of confidence in the Institution. On Wednesday evening a full attendance was secured at St. martin's, when the same gentleman gave addresses on the "present position and prospects of the British Protector Company," fully and satisfactorily proving the sound principles on which it is based, and the rapidly advancing progress of this well-deserving and flourishing Assurance Society. LOSTWITHIEL - MEETING OF THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE - A numerously attended meeting of the master boot and shoe makers of Lostwithiel, Bodmin, St. Blazey, Tywardreath, Fowey, St. Veep, and places adjacent, was held at the King's Arms Inn, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of adopting such measures as the present very high price of leather render necessary. Mr. BROAD, of St. Blazey, was called to the chair, who said that for ages the trade had been far behind other trades in point of remuneration, for whilst other masters could retire, who had ever heard of a shoemaker living on his means, although an equal amount of ability and industry had been exercised. Bad, however, as it always had been, it was now worse, in consequence of the very great advance in the price of leather. Wages had also risen to a considerable extent, but he considered journeymen where not yet paid as they should be. Mr. HOOPER, of Fowey, said all were painfully aware of the disadvantages with which the trade at present had to contend. For two years past he had carried on rather an extensive trade without fair remuneration, but with the present prices it was a positive loss. The masters were willing to bear a large proportion of the burden, but the public must share with them, by submitting to an advance in price. Mr. COLE, of St. Veep, said he had paid minute attention to the cost of materials, and in many instances found it fully equal to the price charged when made up. This was especially so with heavy goods. Mr. RUTTER, of St. Blazey, said an advance of twenty-five per cent. would not put the trade on a footing equal with other trades. Mr. HAM, of Bodmin, said the trade, always bad, was now considerably worse. He had for many years conducted his trade with the utmost caution, using great economy and industry, for merely a subsistence; but under present circumstances it would not pay at all. Mr. Hooper then proposed an advance of twenty to twenty-five per cent., which was seconded by Mr. WILLIAM TALLING, of Lostwithiel, who said the advance proposed was only fair and just, when you take into consideration that the raw material had advanced as much as 300 per cent., and he could see no reason why shoemakers should not live as well as other trades. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and to those present who had exerted themselves in getting up the meeting on this necessary occasion. The company then separated, determined to adhere to the resolutions of the meeting. SUFFERERS FROM SHIPWRECK - At the weekly meetings of the committee of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society for the month of January, held at their offices, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, the gold medal of the institution was awarded to Mr. JOHN BAMFIELD, master of the "Wave Queen," of Jersey, and the silver medal to JOHN ROMERIL, one of the seamen who accompanied him, for having in a small boat during a gale of wind gallantly rescued the crew of the "Briton" screw steamer from their foundering vessel and landed them sale at Jersey. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL - Mr. ROBERT CHARLES HUNTER, late House Surgeon to the Great Northern Hospital, has been appointed Accoucheur to the same institution. Mr. WILLIAM HILLMAN, of Lyme Regis, succeeds Mr. HUNTER as House Surgeon. QUEEN'S SCHOLARSHIP - It is gratifying to find that all the candidates for Queen's Scholarships, belonging to Church of England schools, in Cornwall, who were examined at Christmas last, have succeeded in obtaining scholarships of the first class. This position entitles them to a two years' training and board and lodging at one of the Normal Colleges, with an addition of GBP10 for personal expenses. The successful competitors were W. F. MILL, and E. J. OKE, from Mr. Basset's school, Pool; Mr. A. JENKIN, Crowan; W. S. TREGEAR, St. Just; and E. J. POLKINHORNE, Training School, Truro. THE CUSTOMS - Mr. MALLEY, comptroller at Padstow, has been appointed to the same office at Bideford. Mr. W. H. HOLMES, jun., principal coast officer and landing waiter at Hayle, has been appointed to act as deputy receiver of wreck for the district extending from Lelant side of Hayle Bar to Godrevy Point. THE GODREVY LIGHTHOUSE - We are informed that Mr. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, M.P., for West Cornwall has, received a reply to the letter he had addressed on this subject to the secretary of the Trinity Board. The Secretary's letter is dated 28th January 1857, and is to the effect "that it has been decided to erect a lighthouse on Godrevy Island, that it had been referred to their engineer, and it was hoped it would be begun in the course of a few months." IMPORTANT SHIPPING CASE - At the East Kirrier Petty Sessions, held at Penryn, on Wednesday the 27th ult., before Mr. ENYS and a full bench of magistrates, RICHARD HENRY RICHARDS, master of the brig "Voluna," of the port of Padstow, 336 tons burthen, was summoned to answer the complaint of Mr. FREDERICK SWATMAN, collector of customs and shipping master of the port of Falmouth, for that he being the master of a certain foreign going ship called the "Voluna," of 100 tons burden and upwards, did, in and about the month of August last, employ WILLIAM GEORGE as mate of the said ship, without ascertaining that he was possessed of a certificate of competency or service, contrary to the form of the statute, &c. Mr. TILLY appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr. MOORMAN for the defence. Mr. Tilly, in opening the case, stated that the proceedings were instituted under the directions of the Board of Trade, and that the offence with which the defendant was charged was in breach of the 136 sect. of the M.S.A., 1854, and after fully directing the attention of the bench to the law bearing upon the subject and the facts of the case, he called Mr. Frederick Swatman, Collector of Customs at Falmouth, who stated that on the 26th August, defendant, who was then the master of the "Voluna," called on him and produced his articles, and required the ship to be cleared for a voyage from Falmouth to Quebec, and back to a final port of discharge in the United Kingdom; but that perceiving there was no chief mate he refused to clear the ship. On the 28th, defendant again called on him with THOMAS LUTEY, whom he stated had engaged as mate, and who produced his certificate and signed the articles as mate, when witness gave defendant his clearance for the ship. On the 29th, witness received the form schedule G signed by defendant, stating that Thomas Lutey had left the ship from sickness; and on the 30th the "Voluna" sailed from Falmouth on her voyage to Quebec, without a chief mate having a certificate appropriate to his station. In support of the case Mr. Tilly put in the ship's articles under the scale of the Board of Trade, dated 26th August, 1856, in which Thomas Lutey appeared as chief mate, and William George as second mate, with a certificate of clearance annexed. He also put in the official log book of the "Voluna," in which was the following entry - "August 30th, Falmouth, Thomas Lutey, mate, was taken sick, sent him on shore as he was unfit to proceed the voyage; William George, second mate, takes the chief mate's place to proceed to Quebec and back to Fowey. Signed Richard H. Richards, master; William George, mate." Mr. Tilly also put in schedule G dated 29th August, signed by defendant, stating that Thomas Lutey had left the ship from sickness; also list C. being an account of the crew at the end of the voyage, dated "Fowey, 24th December, 1856," in which William George appeared as second mate, and also the release of the crew signed by William George. On being cross-examined by Mr. Moorman, Mr. Swatman stated that Captain LANGFORD, the ship's husband, came to the custom-house, with Lutey, when he signed articles. JOHN JOHNS stated that he shipped in the "Voluna" as seaman, on the 26th August, and sailed in her throughout her voyage from Falmouth to Quebec and back to Fowey and that William George acted as chief mate. Mr. Moorman on behalf of the defendant, then addressed the court, stating that he should prove that in this case Captain Langford, the ship's agent, was the whole and sole employer, and that the defendant was coerced into sailing without a chief mate. He then called William George, who stated that he was hired by Captain Langford as second mate, the defendant having nothing to do with his employment. On the 29th of August, Captain Langford told him that when at sea he was to take the office of chief mate, and that the entry in the official log produced, although dated at Falmouth, was in fact made after they had left the port and were at sea. Mr. Tilly objected to oral evidence being given against the written statement in the log. The magistrates, however, decided on receiving it subject to exceptions. On cross-examination, witness admitted that he had no recollection of seeing Lutey on board the "Voluna," or that his outfit for the voyage had been sent on board; that he acted as chief mate under the superior orders of Captain Langford, whom he considered his employer. Richard Henry Richards, the defendant, stated that Captain Langford was the ship's husband; that he employed Lutey and George, and that witness had nothing to do with their engagement or their rate of wages. That he sailed by the orders of Captain Langford without a chief mate, and that the entry in the official log-book was made at sea and not at Falmouth. On cross-examination he admitted that he knew he was doing what was wrong; that it was only his second voyage as master; and that he was coerced into doing it by Captain Langford, who assured him that he would hole him harmless. The magistrates gave the following decision:- "We adjourn our decision in this case to the next Petty Sessions; if, in the meantime, summonses are applied for against the owner and ship's husband, both or either of them, they will be granted, and hear before judgment in this case is pronounced." COURT OF BANKRUPTCY - At the London Court of Bankruptcy, on Monday last, before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN, the case of Mr. F. JOHNS came before the court. The bankrupt was described as a timber and coal merchant, of Hackney, and Gweek, in the parish of Wendron. Mr. LAWRENCE said he had no objection to an adjournment. The bankrupt had been partner in a large timber business in the West of England, of the solvency of which house there could be no doubt, and there were certain partnership accounts to be obtained. Adjourned accordingly. BODMIN COUNTY COURT - Held at the Assize Hall on Wednesday the 4th instant. In the case of MILROY v. AMELIA GRANT, of Bodmin, defendant was committed for thirty days for not having satisfied judgment of the court. SARGENT v. SEYMOUR - This was an action brought by Mr. THOMAS SARGENT, of Liskeard, against Captain JOHN SEYMOUR, of Polscoe, near Lostwithiel, for recovery of the sum of GBP50, on a dishonoured Bill of Exchange, due the 11th of November, 1854. The amount was reduced to GBP50, the excess being abandoned to bring the action within the jurisdiction of the court. Mr. WALLIS appeared for plaintiff and Mr. COMMINS for defendant. Notice of the dishonour not having been given to defendant for some days, his Honor considered the notice not sufficient and gave a verdict for the defendant. DESERTION OF A FAMILY - On Monday last a man named JOHN SYMONS, a miner was brought on shore from the Dublin Company's steamer by the Falmouth police, and lodged in the station house lock-up, with a female who had gone on board with him. In the evening he was charged before the magistrates with having deserted his wife and children who appeared in court, and the case being proved, he was committed to prison for three months with hard labour. The woman who went on board with him was discharged. Symons was escorted to the prison by a large mob, who hooted and yelled, and had the police not protected him he would have fared badly. A DISGRACEFUL ACT - On Wednesday evening the 28th ultimo, the postman, whose duty it is to clear the postal pillar in Clarence-street, Penzance, did so a little after nine o'clock. The contents, with other letters, were placed on a table in the post-office, but as Miss SWAINE and her assistant took up letter after letter to stamp, they could their arms smarting, and a further search disclosed that some corrosive liquid had been thrown over the letters taken from the Clarence-street pillar. The addresses of some were effaced; others partially so; and all those were sealed up and forwarded to the General Post-Office. A reward of GBP10 was promptly offered, as yet without any effect, and an inspector from the General Post-Office will investigate the matter. CHILD DESERTION - In reference to the case of child desertion which we noticed last week, Mr. S. BENNALLACK of Probus, writes to the effect that Mr. JORY, carpenter of Probus, has no daughter called Mary Jane Jory, and has no other daughter living at Penzance. It would appear that the woman who brought the child to Mr. NASH, police superintendant at Truro, stated an untruth in calling herself the daughter of Mr. Jory, of Probus, Mr. Bennallack thinks the affair was concocted by some disreputable female, in order to get rid of her child, and so far the scheme was successful, it being sent to the union house. Mr. Bennallack hopes that in justice to the public, Mr. Nash, or some other active office, will sift the affair, and bring the guilty parties to justice. STEALING TURNIPS - On Tuesday last, before the Mayor of Truro, and Captain KEMPE, magistrate, SAMUEL TAYLOR, labourer of Truro, was charged with stealing a quantity of turnips, the property of JOHN PLUMMER, a farmer, at Kenwyn Church-town. It appeared that Mr. Plummer occupies a farm near Kenwyn church, and adjoining a turnip field on his farm is the road leading from the turnpike to the church. On the Wednesday previous a farmer, named HERCULES SOLOMON, of Short-lane's-end, was passing in a cart, and saw the prisoner Taylor in the road with a bag, into which he was putting turnips as fast as they were thrown over the hedge to him by a man in the field. Solomon went on some distance, but then returned, and going up to Taylor, asked him what he had got in his bag. Taylor, in reply, made use of some very bad expressions. Solomon said he should take him into custody, and take him to Plummer for stealing his turnips. Taylor said, if he came near him he would put a knife into him; Taylor then threw the turnips out of the bag and walked away. Mr. Solomon gave information to Mr. Plummer, and described the man. Mr. Plummer gave the same description of the man at the Truro police station, and on Monday last, Taylor was apprehended, and identified by HERCULES SOLOMON as the man whom he saw putting the turnips in the bag. Mr. Plummer had a quantity of turnips in the field which had been recently drawn, and he could not prove whether the stolen turnips had been drawn, or taken from the heap. The prisoner stated that the turnips were drawn, which was the lesser office, and for which he was committed for one month to hard labour. PENZANCE POLICE - At the Guildhall, on the 28th ult., before Mr. T. COULSON, mayor, Capt. THOMAS BENNETTS, of the schooner "Union," of Belfast, charged JAMES HIGGINS, one of his crew, with desertion on the 28th. Higgins received a month's advance at Cardiff, and on the vessel's putting in here for repairs left her, as did the rest of the crew, except the mate and a boy. His excuse was that the vessel was unseaworthy, but the captain disproved this. The "Union" was fourteen years old, North American built, sheathed with zinc, and only sprung a leak in consequence of the late severe weather. Higgins was committed for a month. CAMBORNE PETTY SESSIONS - On Tuesday last, RICHARD SPARNON and STEPHEN BENNETTS, of the parish of Camborne, were summoned before the magistrates for an assault on Mr. and Mrs. HUNTER, of the Hotel, at Tuckingmill, on the 17th ult. The case was fully proved, and they were find GBP2 each and expenses, amounting altogether to GBP6. The fine was paid. ST. AUSTELL PETTY SESSIONS - WILLIAM CROWLE, Charlestown, was summoned for being drunk and disorderly in the Market-house, and having been twice previously convicted of a similar office, he was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for three months himself in GBP10, and two sureties in GBP5 each. HENRY BRAGG, a waggoner of St. Dennis, was fined 5S. and costs for leaving his waggon without a driver in the street. ACCIDENT - On Wednesday last, a young woman named MARY ROWE, when on her way from Helston to Constantine, in getting out of the cart to lead the horse, fell, and the cartwheels passed over her arm and leg, fracturing them both in a dreadful manner. She is in a very precarious condition, but hopes are entertained of her recovery. CORONERS' INQUEST - The following inquests have been held by Mr. JOHN CARLYON county coroner:- On the Tuesday the 29th ult., at Shallow Adit, Redruth, on the body of MARTHA ANN GOLSWORTHY, aged 7 years, who caught her clothes on fire on Tuesday during the temporary absence of her mother who had gone for a course of water, and was so seriously burnt before she returned that she only survived a few hours. Verdict "Accidental death." On Tuesday last, at Gwennap, on the body of a newly-born female, which a single woman called ANN JENKIN had given birth to early on Monday morning. SAMUEL JENKIN, the grandfather of the child, deposed that on Thursday evening, having heard that his daughter was in the family way, he questioned her on the subject, and she most positively denied that such as the case. On Sunday evening he and his wife went to bed about half-past nine o'clock; his daughter had got up about ten minutes before, and her two sisters and her brother - the eldest aged 8, and the youngest 2 1/2 years, slept in the same bed with her, and in the same room with the witness and his wife. He heard no disturbance in the course of the night, and a few minutes after five on Monday morning he called his daughter to go down and get breakfast for him; which she did. As soon as he had finished breakfast he went to a mine to work; but he had not been there long before he was sent for, and on returning home found that his daughter had had a child in the course of the night, and the child was then lying dead in a flasket down stairs. He then went to inform the constable of it, and the coroner was sent for. ANNE JENKIN, wife of the last witness, and grandmother of the child, deposed that she came down stairs on Monday morning just as her husband had finished breakfast and was going out to work; and a few minutes afterwards her daughter told her that she had had a child in bed about one o'clock that morning, and that she lay perfectly still until she got down to get breakfast for her father, when she brought the child down with her and placed it in a flasket; and witness, on looking into the flasket found the child there, dead, wrapped up in an old frock; and she immediately went to the mine to fetch her husband. She also had charged her daughter on two occasions, with being in the family way, and each time she positively denied it. Mr. PENBERTHY, surgeon, who examined the body, deposed that it was that of a full-timed female child, and there were no external marks of violence on any part of it. On opening the chest he found the lungs small in volume; the right one partially inflated, and it crackled under pressure; but the left lung had never been inflated. He was of opinion that, although the child had breathed, it had died before it was fully born, either from the bed clothes pressing on it, or from some other accidental cause in the act of birth. All the other internal organs were healthy, and he had every reason to suppose that if the mother had had proper medical assistance at the time of birth, the child would have been born alive and done well. This being the whole of the evidence, the coroner told the jury that in consequence of there being no proof that the child had been born and that it had an independent existence, the office, if any, was one of concealment of birth, which must come under the cognisance of a magistrate and not the coroner. The jury coincided with this view of the case and returned a verdict that there was no proof that the child was born alive. The jury was composed of seventeen of the most respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood. No doubt some steps will be taken to bring the case before another tribunal. On the same day at Tregony, on the body of FRANCIS WOOLCOCK, mason, aged seventy-three years, who died in a very sudden and unexpected manner, on Monday morning. Verdict, "Death from natural causes." The following inquests have been held by Mr. HICHENS, county coroner:- On the 29th ultimo, in the parish of St. Hilary, on the body of JOSIAH MATTHEWS, aged 50 years, who was found dead in his bed on the preceding day. Verdict, "Natural death." On Tuesday last, in the borough of St. Ives, on the body of ELEANOR STEPHENS, aged 76 years. The deceased, on Saturday evening last, whilst occupied in preparing her husband's supper, fell to the floor in a state of insensibility, from which she shortly recovered, and having been put to bed, rose on the following morning in her usual health, which considering her great age, was good. In the afternoon of that day, whiles occupied in wiping out a kittle, in which dinner had been dressed, she fell again to the floor in a fit, from which she partially recovered, but she had frequent returns of the attack, which at length terminated in her death, about eleven o'clock at night. Verdict, "Natural death." INQUEST ON Mr. W. K. NORWAY - On Monday morning last, an inquest was held in the saloon of the Reform Club-house, Pall-mall, before Mr. CHARLES ST. CLAIR BEDFORD, coroner for Westminster, and fourteen jurors, of whom Mr. THOMAS HENRY was foreman, upon view of the body of the deceased gentleman, who was stated to have been fifty-six years of age. Mr. SAMUEL NORWAY, of 2 Marlborough-terrace, Harrow-road, surgeon, brother of deceased, stated that the latter was an attorney by profession. Witness was present at his last illness, which took place at six o'clock in the evening of Friday last. He came to see deceased on that occasion at half-past four o'clock - having been sent for on account of his sudden and serious illness. On arriving at the club-house, he found the pupils of deceased's eyes were much contracted, and that he was breathing with the greatest difficulty. About half-an-hour before his death, he became partially sensible, but did not speak. Had no doubt he was labouring under the effects of opium. Was not aware that he had been in the habit of taking opium. Saw a small bottle in the room capable of holding two drachms of laudanum. Witness knew of no reason for deceased having taken laudanum to destroy himself. He had been affected with rheumatic gout. He might have taken laudanum on that account. Had no doubt he died from the effects of that poison. By a Juror: he had been attended by a medical man, Mr. VACEY, who was present. Mr. CHARLES KINFORD VACEY, 74 St. Martin's Lane, surgeon, stated that he had attended the deceased about six or seven weeks since for an attack of rheumatic gout, when the medicine prescribed for him having an effect on the bowels, which was not intended, he sent him the two-drachm bottle produced, filled with laudanum with directions to take about eight or ten drops with each dose of medicine. By the Coroner: That would not be a large dose for a person not accustomed to take laudanum. A much larger dose was often given to produce sleep. Witness continued: On Thursday last deceased had another attack of gout, and sent to him (witness) for some laudanum, when the same two-drachm phial was again filled and sent by the messenger, a boy belonging to the club-house. Witness afterwards called upon the deceased, and again prescribed for and sent him some medicine. This was about three o'clock in the afternoon. There was no laudanum in that medicine. Heard nothing of him until the next day (Friday), about two o'clock in the afternoon, when he attended by direction and found deceased very ill, evidently labouring under symptoms produced by opium, from the pupils of the eyes being contracted, and being under lethargy and coma, and sterterous breathing. No doubt he died from the effects of laudanum. Witness should not have thought the quantity sufficient to have caused the death of the deceased; in fact it is the smallest dose on record that has produced a fatal effect in an adult. He did not think it would have destroyed the life of one man in a thousand. By the Coroner: If affected with disease of the brain or bronchitis it might have been fatal, but should say it would not have had such effect on persons because affected with gout or rheumatism. Witness continued: Had been told that another boy besides the one referred to had fetched laudanum for the deceased, but that boy, as he now understood, was in the country. By a Juror: Had no doubt deceased was in a sound state of mind. W. HENRY TIPPETT, one of the footmen at the club-house, deposed to finding the deceased dangerously ill, as also to his having been bled, about a pint of blood being taken from deceased. Dr. GOLDSWORTHY GURNEY, of the House of Commons, said he knew the deceased well, having attended him when twenty-fix years of age on several occasions. He was affected with a peculiar irritable state of the stomach, which has an unusual sympathy on the brain, so much so that he (witness) had known two or three glasses of wine to throw him into a state of torpor, sometimes approaching to delirium. He in consequence suffered morally in reputation, and at the request of witness, he abstained from spirits or wine, and became what is called a tee-totaller. Witness thought therefore, that the two drahms of laudanum might have had a fatal effect upon him, although he thought it would not have had the same result with one man in a thousand. Witness had attended the father of deceased, who died from being similarly affected. Had no doubt deceased died from the effects of laudanum. Considered deceased well knew the nature and power of laudanum, and was of opinion that had he intended to destroy his life, that instead of two drachms he would have taken at least two ounces. It was further stated that no boy from the club-house had fetched any laudanum, excepting what was known to Mr. Vacey, deceased's medical attendant, and by the desire of Mr. S. Norway, the brother of deceased, it was shown by the evidence of Mr. R. W. CHILDS that his affairs were correct. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict that the deceased died from the effects of opium which he had taken accidentally to alleviate pain, and not suicidally.

We also always take the train. Lots of good things to watch for like the white horse on the hill, the small boats on the canal, the Tamar bridge and Tamar river etc. Takes us right into where we want to go. > Ann and List members: > We always take the train down to Cornwall - a lovely ride with great > scenery!  Then we hop a bus over to Bodmin and rent a car when we need > it.  Makes a smaller hole in our travel budget doing it that way!  We find > the train goes just about everywhere we want to go, so don't have a car for > very long - we take a car up to Devon  - Tavistock and area - still almost > in Cornwall!  I agree with everyone so far. > Sher > > > > > At 06:09 PM 24/01/2013 -0800, you wrote: >> >> >> Eating pasties, purchased in Hayle, at Lelant Station in 2007 was a very >> memorable day for Alan and me.  And ~ I have taken the train from London to >> Penzance, and back several times. Why rent a car until you arrive in >> Cornwall? >> >> >> >> Ann >> >> >> >> >> >> Oh, and the branch line to St Ives, via Lelant and Carbis Bay has to be one >> of the most beautiful routes on earth (althouth I admit I'm biased, because >> Anna and I often sit at Lelant Station to eat our lunch and watch the birds >> on the estuary). >> >> >> >> >> >> And the wonderful thing is that if you come to Cornwall by rail, you can >> still come in all the way from London and finish up at the end of the >> country at Penzance, where the train has to stop or it would roll off into >> the ocean (via St Erth)!!! >> >> >> >> John. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5549 - Release Date: 01/21/13 >> 21:23:00 > > ------------------------------- > 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 >   Carolyn Haines Holt, MI 48842

The last time I was in Cornwall in 2004, I took the train down from Paddington. The train was full of soccer players and their fans, on their way to Plymouth for a game. What a party! Once they got off the train, it was so quiet the rest of the way to Bodmin, it was weird!!! Jan in California ----- Original Message ----- From: <hainesc@msu.edu> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] was: Lelant trivia Now: train to Cornwall We also always take the train. Lots of good things to watch for like the white horse on the hill, the small boats on the canal, the Tamar bridge and Tamar river etc. Takes us right into where we want to go. > Ann and List members: > We always take the train down to Cornwall - a lovely ride with great > scenery! Then we hop a bus over to Bodmin and rent a car when we need > it. Makes a smaller hole in our travel budget doing it that way! We find > the train goes just about everywhere we want to go, so don't have a car > for > very long - we take a car up to Devon - Tavistock and area - still almost > in Cornwall! I agree with everyone so far. > Sher > > > > > At 06:09 PM 24/01/2013 -0800, you wrote: >> >> >> Eating pasties, purchased in Hayle, at Lelant Station in 2007 was a very >> memorable day for Alan and me. And ~ I have taken the train from London >> to >> Penzance, and back several times. Why rent a car until you arrive in >> Cornwall? >> >> >> >> Ann >> >> >> >> >> >> Oh, and the branch line to St Ives, via Lelant and Carbis Bay has to be >> one >> of the most beautiful routes on earth (althouth I admit I'm biased, >> because >> Anna and I often sit at Lelant Station to eat our lunch and watch the >> birds >> on the estuary). >> >> >> >> >> >> And the wonderful thing is that if you come to Cornwall by rail, you can >> still come in all the way from London and finish up at the end of the >> country at Penzance, where the train has to stop or it would roll off >> into >> the ocean (via St Erth)!!! >> >> >> >> John. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5549 - Release Date: 01/21/13 >> 21:23:00 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > 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