WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER 30 OCTOBER 1857 . LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . THE COUNTY MEETING - We are requested to state that Mr. ROBARTES, M.P. (who is in London) had fully intended to be present at the county meeting held at Bodmin on Friday last, in reference to the Indian mutinies, but was prevented from being there by circumstances beyond his control. . ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL - A report of the annual meeting of this society appears in our sixth page; but the following should be added to the financial account read by Mr. CARNE: . "It is well known that the late Mr. LONG by his will bequeathed certain freehold property to our society as well as to the Penzance Natural History Society, and the Penzance Public Library. Mr. Long's heir-at-law disputes these bequests, which obliges us to meet him in the Court of Chancery, but as it is possible that a decision on one case (if in our favour) may decide the whole, a suit has been commenced on the part of one of these institutions, which will probably be decided in the course of the next month. In the mean time the council conclude that the society will sanction any arrangement which they have made, or may make, with respect to the costs of the suit. Supposing the suit to be determined in our favour the property will produce several hundred pounds, and if we add to this Sir CHARLES LEMON's munificent legacy, and also a fund which our treasurer has accumulated by realizing arrears of subscriptions, and preventing all unnecessary expenditures, and which now amount to GBP 650, we shall be in a situation to realise our long hoped for new building, without incurring any debt in its erection, and this every succeeding year makes the more necessary." . ECCLESIASTICAL - The Rev. ORLANDO MANLEY has been appointed to the chapel of St. John, Kenwyn. Rev. SAMUEL STEAD to the perpetual curacy of Cornelly. . DIOCESAN EDUCATION - The annual meeting of the Exeter Diocesan Education Board was held at the Training College, Heavitree, on Wednesday the 22nd instant, the Mayor of Exeter in the chair, when the Rev. Chancellor HARINGTON presented the report, which amongst other things contained the results of the labours of diocesan inspectors for the year from Midsummer 1856 to Midsummer 1857. The following report applied to the county of Cornwall: . Number of parishes and districts, 231. Number of schools in such parishes, &c, 19 Character and condition of school, A, 10; B, 40; C, 24; D,4 Number on the day of inspection, on books, 4945; present, 3576. . Since the date of the last report, the committee of the Female Training School, at Truro, have not been wanting in their endeavours, to place the institution on such a footing as shall render it capable of assistance, by annual grants, and otherwise, from the committee of council in education. It was stated last year that in addition to the government grant of GBP 1500 an outlay of about GBP 2000 would be required. Of this GBP 2000, the sum of GBP 1371 has now been raised. The committee of council have authorized the admission of Queen's scholars into the school after Christmas, provided the attendance of twelve resident pupils be secured, and the staff of teachers increased. It has been determined to open the school in the present buildings at Christmas next, in accordance with the above requirements, and Mr. CHURCH's circular requests the clergy to give the necessary explanations to candidates for examination, and such other young persons wishing to enter the Training School as may come within their influence. . PRIMITIVE METHODISTS - The annual meetings of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, in the St. Austell circuit, were held on October 18th and five following days. Preparatory sermons were preached on the 18th by Mr. G. DOBSON, superintendent of the St. Ives circuit, (the deputation) Messrs. E. POWELL and C. G. HOWER, circuit preachers, and Messrs. B. RUNDELL of Tregony, and P. BESWETHERIC, of Lanlivery. Missionary meetings were held at St. Austell, Bodmin, St. Blazey, Tregrehan and Mevagissey, at each of which a report of the connexion's missionary operations was read and much valuable information given by the deputation. . >From the report it appeared that the Primitive Methodist Connexion was formed in March 1810, and was composed of ten members who had not been members of any other religious community. In March 1857, the number in society with the British Conference was 110,683, increase for the year 2,126; number of traveling preachers, 598; local preachers 10,205; class leaders 6,919; connexional chapels 2,010; rented chapels and rooms, 3,171; Sabbath schools 1,691; Sabbath school scholars, 110,436 [numbers not clear]; Sabbath school teachers, 25,403. The connexion has missionaries in Australia, 14; in New Zealand, 3; in North America 37; in Ireland 5; and in the Channel islands, 3. . An analysis of the report shows that the average yearly progress of the connexion since its formation forty-seven years ago, is, members 5354; traveling preachers 12; local preachers 214; Sabbath schools 36; Sabbath school teachers 540; Sabbath school scholars 2,967; connexional chapels 42. . CAMBORNE - MR. GEORGE SMITH delivered a lecture "On India and the India Mutinies" to the members and friends of the Camborne Wesleyan Sunday School Teachers' Institute, on Friday the 23rd inst. This being the opening lecture of the autumnal session, and the subject being one of very great interest, there was a numerous attendance of from three hundred to three hundred and fifty persons. The audience retired highly pleased with the able manner in which India, and its past and present condition, were brought before them. . PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS - Photographic and Talbo... portraits are taken in St. Nicholas-street, Truro, and we have seen some successful specimens produced at that establishment. An advertisement in another page states prices and other particulars. . REDRUTH - INDIAN MUTINY FUND - The gentlemen of the Redruth Harmonic Society gave a concert on Wednesday in aid of the fund for the relief of the sufferers from the mutinies in India. The attendance was not so large as might have been desired; it was, however, highly respectable, and, in acknowledging a vote of thanks from the audience to the gentlemen of the orchestra for their kind and able efforts to promote a good cause, Mr. J.F. PENROSE announced that the net profit of the concert might be expected to be about GBP 7. . The performers were: Piano, Mr. J.S. MICHELL; violins, Messrs. W. SIMS and J.F. PENROSE; flutes, Messrs. T. PENROSE and W. SYMONS; violincellos, Messrs. DAVEY and NETTLE; double bass, Mr. HODDER. Vocalists, Messrs. J. HOCKING, jun., ALFRED LANYON, J. SIMS, and ASHTON. The music was selected and executed with a judgment and good taste which made us more than ever regret the discontinuance of the public performances of the society. . MADAMOISELLE ROSA BONHEUR'S PICTURE OF THE HORSE FAIR - This extraordinary work of art was exhibited in Truro, on Wednesday and Thursday, and attracted very general admiration. Its most distinguishing features are the astonishing power which it displays in the pourtrayment of the action and emotional character of the horse. Other painters may have successfully painted hoses in a state of repose, but Rosa Bonheur delineates them in all the wildness of a state of passion and violent activity; and notwithstanding the obvious difficulty in the way of attaining truth or correctness in such an achievement, it is impossible not to be charmed with the perfect closeness to nature which is everywhere exhibited in her picture. Nothing ultra or exaggerated is discoverable throughout the painting, and the fidelity with which every shade of expression or action is brought out is perhaps without a parallel in art. The vigour and freedom of the drawing are also truly wonderful - the more so that such masculine qualities should have been attained by a woman. The whole of the details, indeed, exhibit the most perfect mastery of the mechanical part of painting, and altogether the picture is one of the most remarkable emanations of genius that has ever come under our notice. . FALMOUTH HARBOUR - During the recent boisterous weather, although the inner and outer harbours were very full of shipping of all classes, we are informed that they rode out the gales without any injury. . EARLY CLOSING - We are glad to find that the grocers, (with one exception) and druggists of Helston, have agreed to close their shops in future at eight o'clock in the evening instead of nine, the present time of closing. [A second report stated that Fox and Co., Broad and Sons, William CARNE, and Lashbrook and Hunt had signed an agreement to that effect.] . TRURO POLICE - On Monday last, before the Mayor and Mr. CHAPPEL, WILLIAM MATHEWS was fined 5s. and 6s.6d. costs, for being disorderly at one o'clock on Sunday morning, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants of Victoria Place. On Tuesday, before Mr. Chappel, ELLEN GORDON, an old Scotch vagrant, was charged with being drunk and wilfully breaking three panes of glass in the window of MARY SHOLL, of the New Inn, Kenwyn Street. Police constable GAY took her into custody. She was ordered to pay 3s. the value of the glass, and 3s.6d. expenses, or in default to be committed for two months to hard labour. She did not pay, and was sent to gaol. . On Thursday, before the Mayor, Mr. Chappel, and Mr. PADDON, CHARLOTTE BENNY, alias TRAER, was charged with being drunk and annoying the inhabitants of St. Nicholas Street, and other parts of the town, at ten o'clock on Wednesday night. She was taken into custody by police-constable WHITE. The magistrates ordered her to pay 3s.6d. expenses. REBECCA PASCOE, of Boscawen Row, summoned SOHIA MNNELL [possibly Manuel?] for an assault on the 26th instant. She was ordered to pay 14s. 6d., including fine and expenses. . MINE ACCIDENT - A lad named TOBIAS BOADEN, of Ludgvan, aged twelve, fell ten fathoms out of the ladder way of Ding Dong mine, on Friday last, into water, and was found drowned. . CORONER'S INQUESTS - the following inquests have been held before Mr. JOHN CARLYON, county coroner: . On the 27th instant at Probus, on the body of WILLIAM JORY, carpenter, aged 65 years. From the evidence of the deceased's son, it appeared that his father left home on Monday morning at nine o'clock, to go to work in St. Stephens parish, for MR. HAWKINS. He took some tools and some meat with him and was not expected back until the following Saturday evening, but about four o'clock in the afternoon he was brought home in a cart, a corpse. He had been found dead by the side of the road, about five miles from Probus. There were no marks of violence on the body, and the jury after hearing the evidence, were satisfied that he died by the "visitation of God from natural causes," and returned a verdict to that effect. . On Thursday (this day) near Twelveheads, in the parish of Kenwyn, on the body of NICHOLAS TREVEAL, miner, aged 36 years, who died from injuries he received in returning up from under ground in the United Mines. It appeared that on Friday evening last, the deceased and two other miners got into the skip at the 208 fathom level, to go up in it, but on arriving near the 190 fathom level the skip got out from the guides, and after being drawn up a little higher it got jammed between the side of the shaft and the dividing, and the chain, by which it was being drawn up, broke and fell down on the men. Most providentially the skip remained stationary until the three men were taken out of it by some ropes which were lowered to them from the 170 fathom level above, but the deceased had been struck in the back of the neck by the falling chain, and was taken out insensible. He lingered until Tuesday evening and died from the injuries he received. The man-engine was undergoing repairs at the time, and could not be worked; but it was proved at the inquest that there were good ladders all the way up for the miners to ascend by, and that they had been strictly forbidden any of them to go up in the skip. Verdict, "accidental death." ......................................................................................... 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