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

Hi Listers, My great great grandfather, William ROWSE, finally made it into the West Britain transcriptions! For any of you that attended the earlier virtual Christmas parties, Lancarffe was THE PARTY PLACE in 1998. WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER March 21, 1856 BODMIN GARLAND OX FAIR - This fair on Saturday last was thinly attended, and supplied with but few cattle or sheep. Prices were good, farmers asking 7d. per lb. for sheep. Mr. ROWSE, of Lancarffe, Bodmin, was as usual the successful competitor for the garlands, three having been awarded to him, two for the best oxen, and one for a fat cow. The other garland was awarded to Mr. F. PARKYN, of St. Veep. Best wishes, Ann Tumser Orange County, California

Ann - Cheers for your g-g-grandfather! It's grand, isn't it, to receive confimation that you are real, with real forebears? Oll an gwella, Albert hag Howlek an Gath > From: Atumser@socal.rr.com > To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com; cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 20:14:15 -0700 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] West Briton 21 March 1856 > > Hi Listers, > > > > My great great grandfather, William ROWSE, finally made it into the West > Britain transcriptions! For any of you that attended the earlier virtual > Christmas parties, Lancarffe was THE PARTY PLACE in 1998. >