West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser 4 July, 1856 NEWS - continued FALMOUTH POLICE - MARY ANN BASSETT and MARY ANN DAVEY were brought before the Mayor on Monday last, charged by police constable ROBERTS with being found in the streets late at night. The cases were proved, and they were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment. On Monday last, HENRY ALLEN, of Truro, was committed by Mr. CARNE, Mayor of Falmouth, for trial at the next Quarter Sessions, on a charge of stealing a watch from WILLIAM NEWMAN, and a shawl from the ostler at the King's Arms, which he had in charge. The prisoner came to Falmouth as a horse-keeper with the Circus of Mr. COOKE. SHEEP STEALING - On Sunday last, Messrs. NICHOLL and RODDA received information that a sheep belonging to Mr. JOSEPH TEAGUE, merchant, Redruth highway, had been slaughtered and the greatest part of the carcase removed, leaving nothing but the offal. Suspicion having fallen upon a man named DANIEL SULLIVAN, an Irishman, the constables proceeded to his house, which they found strongly barricaded, but after great difficulty they effected an entrance and secured the prisoner, who made a desperate resistance. Upon searching the premises, they found a portion of the sheep, and in a field adjoining the prisoner's house the remainder of the carcase. He has made a confession in which he implicates two more persons. The prisoner is a powerful fellow and has a most determined appearance; great credit is due to the constables for their promptitude and resolute conduct in the affair of his capture. He was taken before Mr. S. DAVEY, who fully committed him to take his trial at the next Bo! dmin assizes. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT - On Tuesday, a distressing accident occurred at Tresavean mine, by which it is greatly feared that several men have lost their lives. It appears that five men went down on Sunday evening, but did not again make their appearance at the usual hour. In consequence of this, seven others descended, and they, in like manner, remained below, causing great anxiety. It was then determined that three more should go down immediately and try to ascertain the cause of their remaining below; one of the last three only returning to report that the mine was all on fire below, and that his two companions had been suffocated, leaving great doubt as to the fate of all the rest. The mine is very extensive, and the only hope is that the poor fellows may have found their way to some other shaft, where although they could not ascend, they might at least get fresh air. Another account states that at Tresavean mine, on the morning of Tuesday last, as the last "core" men were coming up from underground, they discovered that the shaft at the 140 fathoms level under the adit was on fire; the smoke was so dense and suffocating that egress was rendered impossible, although every source of escape was tried. Immediately on the fire being discovered, and during the whole of Tuesday, the efforts on the parts of the agents and surgeons of the mine were unremitting to bring the men to surface. Upwards of five hundred miners being in attendance, large kibbles were sent down, and when discovered the men were found to be totally unconscious, and were drawn up literally more dead than alive; the last of five of the men who were in the greatest danger from the effects of the suffocating influence of the fire was brought to surface by way of Trethellan mine. The worst cases were well provided for at the account-house, under the constant attention of the sur! geons, and we are glad to learn that no lives were lost and the sufferers are now out of danger. The fire is supposed to have been caused by some of the miners having incautiously thrown an end of a candle or a piece of lighted rope, which is carried underground to light the candles, upon the woodwork of the shaft, and at this season of the year being excessively dry it readily ignited. FIRE - On Saturday morning fire was discovered in the roof of a cottage near the Primitive Methodist Chapel at Porthleven. The wind blowing strong from the north, soon carried the flames to the adjoining cottage, and there being great difficulty in procuring water the whole of the row, consisting of five houses, were destroyed. Some of the contents were saved, but most of them were very much injured by removal. SHIPWRECKS - On the 22nd ult., the schooner "Walter," PASCOE master, belonging to Mr. GOYLIN [?] of Falmouth, bound from Truro to Newcastle with a cargo of lead, was lost on the Newcombe sands. We understand she was insured. On Friday evening last, between six and seven o'clock, a schooner of 130 tons, belonging to Padstow, Capt. BLIGHT commander, from Port Talbot, with a cargo of coals for Plymouth, struck on the Outer Stags, a sunken rock off the Lizard, and soon became a total wreck; the crew escaping in the boats. SUDDEN DEATH - At Mr. Frances LANG, a respectable farmer of Bay Mill, St. Stephens, was returning from the fair held at Landrake, on Monday afternoon, he was taken suddenly ill before he had got through the village and died in a few minutes. Through the previous part of the day he appeared in perfect health. CORONER'S INQUESTS - [note Estlake is how the paper spelled the name below] The following inquests were held before Mr. JOHN CARLYON, county coroner. On Saturday last, at Baldhu, in the parish of Kea, on the body of ELIZABETH ESTLAKE, aged 9 years, who was killed from the kick of a horse. From the evidence of a lad called JAMES BULLEN it appeared that on Friday last he was watching five of his father’s horses grazing in a field, to prevent their injuring some potatoes which were growing there. The deceased had been chatting with him, and said she would be back again soon. Shortly afterwards he saw her approaching through a gap in the field, near which one of the horses was, but presently afterwards he lost sight of her. On looking about he saw her on a bank, and on going towards her he found she was insensible. He immediately made an alarm, and her mother came and carried her home, but she was quite dead. She had very defective sight and there was no doubt that in going towa! rds witness she had passed close to the heel of the horse which was grazing near the gap, and that he had kicked her between the small part of her back and the hip joint. The horse was never know to kick before, and it had been in Mr. BULLEN’s possession 13 years. Verdict "accidental death". At Redruth, on the body of SAMUEL TOY, miner, aged 57 years, who died very suddenly underground, in South Tolgus mine, last Friday. He had smoked his pipe in company with some other miners at the flat in the 40-fathoms level, and was proceeding to his work when he was seized with a fit of coughing, brought up a large quantity of blood from the rupture of a blood vessel, and in less than half-an-hour was a corpse. Verdict, "died by the visitation of God." EDITORIAL The [grain] stocks now on hand are without a doubt unusually small, in whatever direction we turn, and that the yield of last harvest was bad has now been proved to a certainty, contrary to the opinion advanced by Mr. CAIRD last year in opposition to that of Messrs. STURGE and others. The Messrs. Sturge considered that we [the entire U.K.] should require during the year, imports to the extent of 6,000,000 qtrs., and to the end of May it appears we have imported something short of two and a half millions of quarters. Where are we to get the remaining three and a half millions? < June 30, 1856.> END of News - More to come