This issue has two (2) separate columns labeled “Local Intelligence”; one is very traditional; the second has much longer articles on particular topics. A great word for Scrabble players too - nugatory! Happy Thanksgiving to U.S. folks - and to everyone else, may you have a very happy day as well. Above all, Have Fun! Julia M. WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER 11 December 1857 . LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . NOTICE This is to Certify that I, WILLIAM HENRY BURROWS, now residing in Chili, South America, will not be answerable for any debts that my wife ELIZABETH ANN BURROWS may contract after this date. William H. Burrows Witness, Frederick LAWRY Dated December 7th, 1857 ................................................................ NOTICE All persons having any CLAIMS on the Estate of Mr. ROWLAND FAIRCHILD THOMPSON, late of Pentuan, in the parish of St. Austell, in the county of Cornwall, are requested to send the same to Mr. John BADGE or Mr. Charles TRUSCOTT, at St. Austell, on or before the 17th December instant, in default of which the parties neglecting so to do, will be deprived of any Claim they may have on the said Estate, as the Trustees are about to declare a first and final dividend. JOHN BADGE, CHARLES TRUSTCOTT, Trustees Dated 2nd December, 1857 ............................................................ DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the Undersigned Henry DEECKER and Joseph Nuth SPARKS, Stationers, Printers, & C., Liskeard, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. HENRY DEECKER, JOSEPH N. SPARKS Dated December 9th 1857 ............................................................. . THE BODMIN ANNUAL BALL In aid of the Funds of the East Cornwall Hospital will take place at the GUILDHALL on TUESDAY the 29th instant. December 9th, 1857 ............................................................. . A BALL WILL take place at the ASSEMBLY ROOM, MOLESWORTH ARMS, WADEBRIDGE, on Thursday the 31st of December instant. . STEWARDS - J. LAKEMAN, W. NORTHEY, S. POLLARD, S. KEY . Dancing to commence at Nine o'clock. Ladies Tickets 3s.6d, Gentlemen's ditto 6s., to be had at Mr. KNAPP'S. Dated 8th December, 1857 ............................................................... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . CORNWALL RAILWAY - The western half of the bridge at Saltash has been raised three feet the shore end, and four feet the centre end. The raising will continue as fast as the masonry can be completed. There are six hydraulic presses in use for the purpose. The other half of the bridge is making a show, and it is supposed that it will be ready for floating in six months. . TYWARDREATH - TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. R., MEASHAM - On Friday evening last, a silver tea service was presented to the Rev. R. Measham, by a most respectable committee, who have acted as the collectors in getting up the testimonial. The following address was presented on the occasion to the Rev. R. Measham, on his leaving the parish of Tywardreath: Rev. and dear Sir, - The inhabitants of Tywardreath, deeply regretting your being about to leave the parish, are anxious to testify their satisfaction at the very able manner in which you have discharged the duties of your sacred office, whilst acting as their curate for upwards of six years. It has been gratifying to notice the kind feeling and uprightness of character exhibited by you towards all classes of persons in this populous parish; the zeal you have always manifested in promoting the temporal as well as the spiritual welfare of the congregation entrusted to your care, has won the approbation of the parishioners, and a hearty desire for your welfare. . In Tywardreath you commenced your ministerial duties comparatively young in years, and we trust your services may elsewhere be similarly appreciated and acknowledged. The testimonial we now beg to present to you contains the names of upwards of four hundred of the adult population of this parish, accompanied by a Silver Tea Service, of which we have the unfeigned pleasure of asking your acceptance, as an assurance of the high esteem and regard we have for you personally. A more costly gift might have been presented, but hearts more warmly attached than those who this day proffer this testimonial, could not easily be found. The committee hope that you, Rev. Sir, may be blessed with health and prosperity, and a conscience void of offence both towards God and man. . We beg to remain, Rev. and dear Sir, in behalf of the subscribers, your attached and faithful friends, JOHN GEACH, treasurer, &c., &c., THOMAS RUNDELL, secretary. (N.B. The address contains the original signatures of the committee, and the names of upwards of five hundred subscribers.) . The following was the Rev. R. Measham's reply, read to the committee: "Tywardreath, December 4th, 1857. My dear friends, - Allow me to express to you, first of all, my grateful acknowledgments, and hearty thanks for the kind address, and very handsome testimonial which you have just presented me. [The good Reverend then explained he was moved by this gift and testimonial, especially as he was "fully sensible of many shortcomings and failures, frailties and errors [of his] which the good parishioners have overlooked". He was proud that no one could justly accuse him of handling the word of God deceitfully, and he hoped the good seeds he had sprinkled would yield an abundant harvest.] With a hearty wish for your comfort and happiness in this life, and the earnest prayer that God may shower down his choicest blessings upon all and each of you, and make all things subservient to the advancement of your eternal interests, believe me, my dear friends, your faithful friend and servant, RICHARD MEASHAM". . TRURO INSTITUTION - We understand that Mr. ENNIS VIVIAN and Miss CARLYON of 20 Lemon Street, have recently made liberal donations to the library fund of this institution; Mr. Vivian GBP 10, and Miss Carlyon, GBP 5. . KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON - Mr. J. P. COURTENAY, eldest son of Mr. COURTENAY, of Truro, passed his final examination at King's College, London, on Saturday last. He obtained a first-class certificate, and was elected a Theological Associate of the College. . LECTURES - On Monday evening last, the Rev. M. BROUGHAM delivered a lecture at the Falmouth Atheneum, on the "English Language". The rev. gentleman interested his audience by enumerating the various origins of our native tongue, and illustrated his remarks by giving many curious derivations of English words. The lecturer throughout evinced much learning and research, and an intimate acquaintance with the subject; and a vote of thanks was cordially given to him. . At the Camborne Wesleyan Sunday School Teachers' Institute, on Friday evening last, Capt. JOHN TONKIN of Pool, gave a very interesting lecture on the influence of Sabbath School teaching in the present age. The lecturer being trained in Sunday Schools from a child, and for a series of years having taken a great interest in improving the youthful mind, was well versed in the subject, and showed that wherever Englishmen are found, there are Sabbath Schools and their influence. He illustrated the subject by some striking examples, and the audience were highly pleased with his useful lecture. The next lecture will be delivered on the 18th instant, by Mr. HENRY J. LEAN, of Camborne, on "Robert Raikes." . At the Penryn Mechanics' Institution, on Monday last, the Rev. P. LAW delivered a Lecture on "Sir Thomas FOWELL BUXTON," in which the efforts of Mr. Buxton for the abolition of the slave trade, the amendment of the criminal law, and the other philanthropic measures of which he was the active and untiring advocate, were fully narrated; and at the close, a unanimous vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer. . CONCERT - Mrs. HEMPEL and Miss ANNIE ANDREWS gave a "farewell concert" at the Assembly Room, Truro, on Thursday evening the 3rd instant, previous to their departure from Truro for Perth, where Mr. HEMPEL is located as organist. Mrs. Hempel and Miss Andrews were assisted by Mr. SQUIRE, professor of music, (who has been appointed organist at Kenwyn), and by amateurs and members of the Truro Philharmonic Society. The programme contained selections of vocal and instrumental music; the latter performed by the Philharmonic Society, of which Mr. Squire has been appointed the musical director. Several solos, duets, glees, and other part music were sung by Mrs. Hempel, Miss Andrews, and two or three amateurs, who were much applauded, Mrs. Hempel accompanying on the pianoforte. Morley's pretty madrigal, "Now is the month of Maying," was sung by some of the members of the formerly existing Truro Madrigal Society; and amongst the solos, Miss Andrews very nicely rendered the air "Ah che la Morte," by Verdi. . Mr. Squires, who is an accomplished violinist, very effectively executed two violin solos, one a Fantasia on airs from Il Pirata, and the other from Lucrezia Borgia. He also effectively performed on the piano, a Nocturne by Dreyschock, followed after a slight pause by some music of his own, and was very warmly applauded by the audience. . The instrumental pieces were performed by five violins, two flutes, cornet-a-piston, violincello, ophecleide, and pianoforte. Their first performance was a valse by Mr. Hempel, entitled "The Truro Philharmonic," a lively and pleasing composition, and very fairly and steadily executed. The next was a valse entitled "Dream of the Ocean," by Gung'l, which was rendered with much precision and effect, and showed that the Truro Philharmonic Society is in a fair way to attain considerable proficiency. The audience, which was a respectable one, loudly applauded most of the songs, and especially the instrumental music, and on several occasions an encore was called for, and kindly responded to. Although at the commencement the singing was rather inferior, it afterwards improved, and, on the whole, the concert was considered to be a successful and agreeable one. . THE CORNISH POET, JOHN HARRIS - The following is from a correspondent; Many a heart will rejoice to learn that after hard toil in the depths of Dolcoath Mine, for upwards of twenty years, our gifted poet, John Harris, has been removed to a more fitting and congenial position, he having been selected by the intelligent committee of the Falmouth Scripture Reading Society to assist in their good work, and we may congratulate our friend on being thus engaged, and his benevolent employers on having secured the services of such a man, for who is more adapted to sympathise with the sorrows and sufferings of the afflicted, or to aid in the moral reform and spiritual enlightenment of the depraved and ignorant, than the Christian Poet? . John Harris has bid farewell to his Troon-Moor home, the scene of "Many a grief and joy," and pleasantly situated near the fott of the old Bolenowe Hill, a spot peculiarly dear to him as his birth-place, as well as that of his ancestors, and truly interesting and lovely when its rugged sides are adorned with a profusion of fragrant heath and gorgeous furze. . He is now most comfortably located in a sweet pretty cottage on Wellington Terrace, Falmouth, where we gladly learn his old associate, the Muse, has again found him, so that in spare moments from his more serious occupation, he is able to recreate himself by putting some finishing touches to a piece on "Kynance Cove," or to yield to the song-spirit in the composition of some minor verses, and which, added to a poem on the "Land's End," nearly ready for the printer, may be expected to appear at no distant day in the form of a delightful little volume. . >From John Harris's keen appreciation of the grand and the beautiful in nature, the readers of his "Lays of the Mine, the Moor, and the Mountain" may well anticipate a rich mental feast in the outpourings of his thoughts and feelings when reveling amidst the majesty and loveliness of some of the coast-scenery of Cornwall, whether it may have been when (in his own language) "the chaste beauty of the sunny Cove of Kynance with its fairy fields of serpentine first burst on his sight with overwhelming sweetness like a vision of gems," or when (again to quote the words of this true child of song) "in the matin breezes he stood on one of the extreme crags of the Land’s End, and watched the huge clouds rolled back from the rising sun, whilst the great sea became bluer and bluer, and the Scilly Islands rose up to view, and the lighthouse was shining like an angel in the midst of the ocean, and the noisy gulls called to each other in the crevices of the cliffs, or cried upon the waters like poets of the billows." . BODMIN FAIR - Unlike some of the recent neighbourhood fairs, St. Nicholas fair at Bodmin, on Monday last, shewed considerable briskness in the sale of both cattle and sheep - steers especially; those of anything like good breed, sold very well and freely. The general price of sheep was not below 7d. per lb. There was not a great number of cattle in the fair. . WADEBRIDGE CHRISTMAS CATTLE MARKET - The stock offered for sale at Wadebridge on Tuesday last, far surpassed both in quantity and quality any exhibited on any previous occasion since the establishment of this market. A large portion of the bullocks were very superior, and the umpires appeared to have some difficulty in awarding the different prizes, especially so far as regarded the cows, some of these being so very similar in quality, as to require pretty much discrimination on the part of the judges in coming to a conclusion as to their respective superiority. The sheep too, as a whole, were a superior lot, and the pens selected as being the best were well worthy [of] the prizes awarded; and altogether, so many excellent beasts were never before exhibited at this market. . The sale was good, and most of the bullocks changed hands; prime beef fetched from 68s. to 70s. per cwt; and sheep, 7d. per lb. The show of corn was likewise superior to any former exhibition; barley especially was exceedingly fine, and the sample obtaining the best prize weighed upwards of 57 lbs. the bushel (Winchester). . After the business of the market terminated, a large company, upwards of eighty persons, dined together at the Commercial Hotel, under the presidency of Mr. RICHARD POLLARD, and during the afternoon many practical and instructive speeches were delivered on the subject of agriculture generally; also as to the propagation of bullocks most likely to remunerate the farmer best, and the easiest fitted for the butcher. The owner of the cow (Hereford) winning the best prize, contended that that description could be reared and fattened in many instances more profitably to the farmer than the North Devon, whilst a large number of the company expressed themselves in favour of the latter. . The winner of the best prize for wheat, who has been a successful competitor for several years past, on this as on former occasions, attributed his success in a great degree to his "keeping the wheels going," and carrying a liberal supply of sand for his wheat tillage. . The chairman brought before the meeting a proposition mooted on several former occasions, as to the propriety of holding the fairs at this place (except the one held in June) on the second Tuesday of the month (the day on which the cattle markets are held) instead, of as at present, on an uncertain day of the week, thereby affording the butchers in the county an opportunity of attending, Tuesdays being more convenient to them than any other day. The suggestion seemed to be highly approved of by most of the company present, and an almost unanimous wish was expressed that so desirable an arrangement might be speedily carried out. . The following were the prizes awarded: . Best ox, Mr. JAMES WILLCOCKS, Egloshayle; second ditto, Mr. THOMAS KEY, jun., St. Breock. Best Steer, Mr. MARK GUY, Endellion; second, Mr. OLVER, St. Mabyn. Best Cow, Mr. OLVER, St. Mabyn; second, Mr. THOMAS MARTYN, Wadebridge. Best Heifer, Mr. MARK GUY, Endellion; second, Mr. THOMAS KEY, jun., St. Breock. Best pen of ewes, Mr. CHARLES MENHENICK, St. Kew; second ditto, Mr. THOMAS KEY, St. Breock. Best wethers, Mr. HART KEY, St. Breock; second, Mr. OLVER, St. Mabyn. Best sample of wheat, Mr. HENRY SYMONS, St. Minver; second ditto, Mr. JOHN KEY, St. Breock. Best sample of barley, Mr. RICHARD FRADD, Egloshayle; second ditto, Mr. JOHN KEY, St. Breock. .................................................................... . The STEAM PLOUGH - That useful publication for the farmer and tradesman, called the West of England Almanack, now just issued for 1858, contains a representation and description of this important agricultural machine which is destined at no distant day to produce great and important results for the farmer and the community at large. The almanac is also replete with most serviceable information for the classes for whom it is designed. . RINGING MATCH - A ringing match took place at St. Tudy, on Wednesday the 15th ult., when eight parishes contended, and some of the ringing was excellent. The prizes were awarded as follows: 1st prize to the ringers of Lanivet; 2nd ditto, St. Kew; 3rd ditto, Blisland; 4th ditto, St. Issey; 5th ditto, St. Kew, jun. The day was fine, and it was supposed there were 300 people present. All were well pleased with the decision of the umpires, and a great many sat down to a good substantial dinner provided by Mr. AMOS OLIVER in his usual good style. . EXCISE PROSECUTION - At St. Ives Petty Sessions, on Wednesday the 2nd instant, before Mr. BAZELEY, Mayor, and Mr. R. HICHENS and Mr. ROSEWALL, justices, Mr. PHILIP HENRY FRANCIS, supervisor, on behalf of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, preferred a complaint against JAMES TROON, of St. Ives, for having, on the 2nd of September last, used a horse and carriage for hire without a post-horse license, whereby he had forfeited GBP 100, under the 16th and 17th Vic., c 88 - a penalty which the bench could mitigate to GBP 25 under the 7th and 8th of George the 4th, c. 53, s. 78. Mr. ROSCORLA appeared for the prosecution; the defendant appeared in person. . The surveyor gave evidence that the defendant had taken out a post-horse license, which expired on the 5th of June last. Mr. JOHN BIRD ALEXANDER stated that in the beginning of September last, he removed from St. Ives to Hayle. He employed a carriage to take his heavy goods, and also hired a carriage of defendant for 8s. to include everything, and he paid defendant the 8s. as agreed. Himself, wife, and servant went in defendant's carriage from St. Ives to Hayle, and took with them a small table, flower pots, and other things; it was nearly full inside and out with luggage, leaving room for the three passengers. . In answer to the complainant, defendant contended that the hiring was primarily for the carriage of goods, and that the parties carried merely attended to see them safely conveyed. The Crown submitted that the case was fully made out, and waived right of reply. Defendant was convicted in the mitigated penalty of GBP 25. . OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES - RICHARD LAVE was charged before Dr. PETHICK, the Mayor of Launceston, and the borough justices on Thursday the 3rd instant, with having received the several sums of 3s.11d. and 2s.8d. from WILLIAM HUGGINS, for goods which he stated he had sold and delivered to the mother of the prosecutor, who is a dealer in marine stores. . On being charged with the fraud he absconded before a warrant could be obtained, but on Wednesday last, HOLMAN, the policeman, hearing of his being in the neighbourhood of Lifton, proceeded thither and succeeded in arresting him. The charge of having received money under false pretenses was clearly established, and he was committed to the sessions for trial. . TRURO POLICE - On Thursday the 10th instant, before Mr. CHAPPEL and Mr. PADDEN, magistrates, RICHARD DENNIS, of Truro, was fined 5s. and costs for being drunk, and disorderly in Kenwyn Street on Wednesday night, about half-past nine o’clock. He was also fined GBP 2 and costs for assaulting police-constable NORTHEY while in the execution of his duty, or one month's imprisonment, with hard labour in default of payment. He was further fines GBP 1 and costs for destroying the policeman's coat, or two months hard labour at the expiration of the first month. . It appeared that Dennis, who is ostler at the William the Fourth, was fighting with another man, when the policeman was called and endeavoured to persuade Dennis to go home. The latter had a bar of iron in his hand, and threatened to split the policeman's head. The policeman put his hand to him, and told him to go on, upon which he caught away his lantern and broke the handle. Northey then took him into custody, upon which the prisoner kicked and bit him in a most savage manner, and so tore his coat as to render it unserviceable. . A crowd assembled and the policeman was pushed about, but obtained assistance, and conveyed the prisoner to the station. The magistrates said that the next such case brought before them, they would commit to the sessions for trial. . WILLIAM COPE was fined 5s. and costs for being drunk and fighting in Pydar Street at twelve o'clock on Wednesday night. . REDRUTH POLICE - KITTING - On Tuesday last, JAS. DAVEY, aged 27 years, and THOMAS COCK, 20, both miners, and residing at Redruth, were apprehended by Sergeant COOMBS, upon a charge of kitting in Great South Tolgus mine. They were taken before Mr. REYNOLDS, at Trevenson, and remanded in order that the adventurers may be prepared to prosecute. . RUAN HIGHLANES PETTY SESSIONS - At the petty sessions held at Ruan Highlanes on Monday last, before Mr. CREGOE, Rev. J. SYMONS, and the Hon. and Rev. J. T. BOSCAWEN, magistrates, SAMUEL TREGENZA, of Tregony, was summoned by Mr. RICHARD CLEMMOW, of Grampound, for willfully releasing a horse from the pound, and was fined 5s. and expenses, in all amounting to thirty shillings. . CORNWALL INFIRMARY, Dec. 9 - Admitted this day, eight in-patients, eight out-patients, and two cases of accident. Discharged, five in-patients, two cured, two relieved, and one incurable. Fifty-one patients in the house. Nine beds vacant; five in the women's general ward; and four in the women's eye ward. The Treasurer has received from "A Friend of the Institution" through Dr. BARHAM, a donation of GBP 50; and he has also received the following new subscriptions, Rev. G. D. JOHNSTONE, GBP 2.2s. . NEW ZEALAND EMIGRATION - We observe that Mr. WILCOCKS of Plymouth has made arrangements for the clipper ship "Nourmahal," now on the berth in London, for Otago and Canterbury, New Zealand, to call at that port for the embarkation of passengers. A desideratum is thus supplied for persons desirous of proceeding to New Zealand, the advantages of embarking at Plymouth instead of the river Thames being of the utmost importance to ocean passengers. "The Nourmahal" is a remarkably fine frigate built clipper, A 1, for 13 years, 1500 tons burthen, nearly new, having made but one voyage out and home, and forms one of Messrs. JOHN MORRISON and Co's justly celebrated line of first class New Zealand packets. We understand Mr. Wilcocks is prepared to render the fullest information on all matters connected with New Zealand shipping arrangements, &c. . IMPORTANT CASE - CHARGE AGAINST UNION OFFICERS [the names Jenkin and Jenkins were used interchangeably - transcribed as written] At the petty sessions held at Truro, on Thursday, the 3rd instant, before the Rev. T. PHILLPOTTS, (Chairman), Dr. CARLYON, Capt. KEMPE, and Mr. COLLINS, magistrates, the following case was heard, and excited considerable attention. . THOMAS ANDREW, relieving officer of the St. Columb Union, and JOHN OXENHAM ROBERTS, master of the workhouse of that union, were charged under the 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 68, as officers of the St. Columb Union, "for that they, contrary to law, and with intent to cause EMANUEL JENKINS, a poor person, to become chargeable to the parish of Kenwyn, did cause and procure the said Emanuel Jenkins to be conveyed out of the parish of St. Columb Major, and did give money, and afford facility for such conveyance, and made an offer and promise to induce the said Emanuel Jenkins to depart from the said parish, whereby and in consequence of such conveyance and departure, the said Emanuel Jenkins became chargeable to the parish of Kenwyn." . The matter was taken up by the parish officers of Kenwyn, under direction of the board of guardians of the Truro Union, it being thought a case of which an example should be made, to show union officials in general, that they must not act in a similar way. Mr. ROBERTS appeared for the parish of Kenwyn; and Mr. HOCKIN (representing Mr. HODGE, the clerk to the Truro board of guardians), appeared for the pauper, and for the guardians, who it appeared had already made a representation to the poor law commissioners on the subject. . With regard to this, the Rev. T. PHILLPOTTS (chairman of the bench) remarked in the course of the inquiry, that if the representation had not been already made, he should have deemed it his duty to direct the magistrates' clerk to communicate with the poor law commissioners on the subject. The defendants had no advocate, but appeared in person to answer the charge. . Mr. ROBERTS, in opening the case, shortly stated the facts of which he should adduce evidence, and referred to the abovementioned act of parliament, remarking that in former times it was very much the custom of parish officers to endeavour to shift the burden of a pauper from their own parishes by improper means, as in the present case; but that the legislature had more recently taken care, by the act of parliament he had cited, to provide, in very distinct terms, for punishing such conduct as an offence. . He then referred to the case of Queen v. St. Marylebone, Law Journal, 20th vol., magistrates' cases, pg 173, where the legality or illegality of payments made by parish officers for conveying paupers to their homes, came before the court, and was discussed incidentally. Mr. Roberts urged, from the dicta of the judges in that case, that the illegality of such a payment was manifest; and that on a re-hearing of the case by the sessions, the intent to render the pauper chargeable was distinctly found. . In the course of Mr. Roberts's observations, the chairman suggested whether, upon the facts as alleged, the INTENT to make the pauper chargeable to Kenwyn, which was the essential ingredient of the offence as stated in the Act of Parliament, could be made out. Mr. Roberts replied that he had intended to mention that point to the bench, and he then proceeded to argue that an intent might be shown either by the express declaration of the party charged, or by the consequences of his act. In cases like the present it would rarely happen that a party, knowing he was doing an unlawful act, would make such an express, and open declaration as would fix him with the intent and the commission of the offence, and it would in almost all cases necessarily follow that the intent would have to be judged of by the acts, and the consequences of the acts, of the party charged. The statute would otherwise be easily avoided, and become nugatory. . In the present instance, the inevitable consequence of the acts of the St. Columb officers was to make the pauper chargeable to Kenwyn, for it was obvious that a poor old man, suffering from disease, left in the streets of Truro, with a single shilling in his pocket, in an advanced part of the day, and nearly thirty miles from his destination, would necessarily be obliged to seek relief from the parish officers of the locality in which he happened to be. The bench agreed with Mr. Roberts, and he then proceeded to call the following witnesses: . EMANUEL JENKIN, the pauper, said : I am sixty-six years of age, and came from St. Columb to Truro, about five weeks ago. When at St. Columb, I went to the relieving officer, Mr. ANDREW, and told him how bad I was. He referred me to Mr. MARTYN (surgeon of the St. Columb Union) who said he should not get me cured for a month, and told me to go to the infirmary of the Union. I got an order from the relieving officer to that effect for a single night; I went there, and had straw on boards to sleep on, and a rug torn in two, but no other clothes. I stayed there all the night, and next morning was told to go out. I said I did not know where I should go; I was shivering so, I told them I was just dead. . They told me to go to the doctor again, and I went. Whilst I was talking with him, the relieving officer came in and spoke to the doctor. The officer then told me I must go into the house again, or else go home (pauper's home was in the parish of Ludgvan). The officer gave me an order to go into the Union. I said I did not know how to get home, but would try; I was ready to fall down. I made an attempt to go home, and walked on the road about half a mile, when the relieving officer overtook me in going his rounds. I said I could badly get on, but would still try what I could do. I went a little further and saw a miller, who took compassion on me, got me a little refreshment, and advised me to go back to the house. I went back - I think this was on a Wednesday. . The next day I was called before the Board, who inquired into the case; I had no shoes on. I was ordered back to my ward by the Board, and stopped a couple of hours, when the doctor came to me, and I stayed there that night. The next morning an old man, a porter, came in and told me that two doors below the Red Lion (at St. Columb) was a man who could send me home. I said I should be very glad. He said it was settled upon, and I should go about the middle of the day. . The nurse afterwards came in and told me to go to a saddler's below the Red Lion, and he would send me home. I left to go up; it took me half an hour to go a little more than a quarter of a mile. The nurse overtook me, and said she would go to the saddler's, and I was to go to the van, just before the Red Lion. I went, and the van man said, "are you the man that came out of the union, I have heard all about it." The woman went to the saddler's. At the request of the van man, I took my place in the van, and got to Truro between four and five o'clock. Just before reaching Truro I asked the van man how I was to shift for the night. He said he was ordered to give me a shilling, and I was to shift as well as I could. . I was ill in Truro some days, and afterwards went to the relieving officer of the Truro Union. He pitied me, and I applied to be relieved, and said I could not go home, and he gave me an order to go into the Truro workhouse. . On cross-examination by defendants, the pauper said, it was not my wish to be sent on at all; I asked to be admitted or else sent home; I could not perish. When I first went to the St. Columb union-house, the first night, I was put into a little room; the bedding I had was about two feet wide; I swear I had no sheet; I went in by light, between three and four o'clock; there was a board and straw, and an old rug. . FRANCIS HELLYAR, saddler at St. Columb, lives next door to the Red Lion, and remembered the occasion spoken of by the pauper. Witness received 2s.6d. on the Thursday from Mr. ANDREW, the relieving officer. He came to me, and said he wished I would ask Sowden, the van-man, to take down a man from the union, to pay himself, and to give the man the balance of half-a-crown. . W. SOWDEN said he is a carrier from St. Columb to Truro. He took a pauper, on the day in question, in his van from St. Columb to Truro, having received 2s.6d. from Mr. HELLYAR. At Truro I gave the pauper the balance of the fare, being one shilling. Mr. Hellyar told me to pay myself (I told him 1s.6d. was my fare) and to give the pauper the remainder. We arrived at Truro about half-past four; I gave the pauper a shilling, and then left him. Mr. ROBERTS, the master of the workhouse, told me the same morning there was a pauper from the union to go by the van. . As Mr. ROBERTS called no more witnesses, the defendants were asked what they had to say in answer to the complaint. THOMAS ANDREW said, I acted entirely under the orders of the board of guardians. Defendant ROBERTS said, I admit what Sowden said; the pauper told me he was anxious to get home to his own parish. . Defendant then called as a witness, WILLIAM JULIAN, the assistant to the clerk of the St. Columb board of guardians, who said, the pauper applied for relief in order that he might reach home; the chairman of the board asked if he wished to go home, and he said, I do. The guardians discussed the matter, and directed the relieving officer to give him one week's out-door relief, and not to let him spend it, but to secure his going to Truro, his home being at Ludgvan. . Cross-examined: We do not give out-of-door relief in money to casual poor in general. . This concluded the evidence, and the chairman, Rev. T. PHILLPOTTS, said the Bench had no hesitation in convicting the defendants, and they only hoped the poor law commissioners would take the matter into consideration. He said, we inflict on you (the defendants) the lowest penalty which we are enabled to do, namely GBP 2 each and the costs (in both cases the costs amounted to GBP 2.5s.6d.) The Chairman further remarked that after receiving such an account from the medical officer, to put the pauper in such a room as had been described, he thought was most improper. (It appeared in the course of the inquiry, that the man was suffering from a severe cutaneous disease, and that although now recovered, his condition when in the Truro union-house was very deplorable). . . 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

On 29 Nov 2013, at 6:54 AM, Julia Mosman wrote: > This issue has two (2) separate columns labeled “Local > Intelligence”; one is very traditional; the second has much longer > articles on particular topics. A great word for Scrabble players > too - nugatory! Yes, a nice word. The one that puzzled me was "ophecleide", which I couldn't find in any of my reference books (including the Oxford Companion to Music), but eventually tracked down as "ophicleide". This is a German word (spelt by the Germans as OPIKLEIDE, but then English-speaking people tend to think that foreigners can't spell even their own languages!), and it is a member of the family of cornets and key-bugles. It came in three sizes of which only the bass survived as only it had any practical use -- and nowadays it is invariably replaced by the bass tuba. I have no idea of the original source of the word, and it doesn't even appear in my fairly elderly Cassell's German-English Dictionary. The ending "leide" suggests pain or suffering, which is perhaps not inappropriate for at least some antique musical instruments and may indicate why they have fallen out of favour. Andrew Rodger rodgera@audioio.com

It is actually French invented by Parisian Jean Aste in 1817 and formed from Greek words for serpent and key.   Chambers 20th century Dictionary: Ophicleide a large brass trumpet with a deep pitch  [Fr: coined from Gr. ophis, a serpent, kleis, kleidos, a key]   and Encyclopaedia Brittanica: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430008/ophicleide   Joy ________________________________ From: Andrew Rodger <rodgera@audioio.com> To: cornish@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 29 November 2013, 1:03 Subject: Re: [CORNISH] West Briton, 11 December 1857 - News On 29 Nov 2013, at 6:54 AM, Julia Mosman wrote: > This issue has two (2) separate columns labeled “Local  > Intelligence”; one is very traditional; the second has much longer  > articles on particular topics. A great word for Scrabble players  > too - nugatory! Yes, a nice word.  The one that puzzled me was "ophecleide", which I  couldn't find in any of my reference books (including the Oxford  Companion to Music), but eventually tracked down as "ophicleide".  This is a German word (spelt by the Germans as OPIKLEIDE, but then  English-speaking people tend to think that foreigners can't spell  even their own languages!), and it is a member of the family of  cornets and key-bugles.  It came in three sizes of which only the  bass survived as only it had any practical use  -- and nowadays it is  invariably replaced by the bass tuba.  I have no idea of the original  source of the word, and it doesn't even appear in my fairly elderly  Cassell's German-English Dictionary.  The ending "leide" suggests  pain or suffering, which is perhaps not inappropriate for at least  some antique musical instruments and may indicate why they have  fallen out of favour. Andrew Rodger rodgera@audioio.com ------------------------------- 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