WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER 17 JANUARY 1851 EDUCATION OF MINERS' CHILDREN IN CORNWALL A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir,- Some time since I addressed you on the important subject of the education of miners' children in Cornwall, referring particularly to the very general neglect on the part of the mine adventurers in rich mines towards those who are the means of procuring them their riches. Will you permit me now to notice an example of what may be done towards the reclamation of a mass of ignorance and neglect by an unaided individual, a clergyman. After the abandonment of WHEAL RUBY Mines, in the parish of Wendron, which I may state was the first mine in which miners' children were educated on the mine, having large and very commodious schools erected for their benefit, MR. BROADLEY took charge of the school, kept the master, and has under his direction one hundred and thirty children, at one penny per week. I was recently present at an examination and could not but be surprised at the progress made in one year, by the children in every department of a good sound practical education. In the same district, about two miles distant, there is another school supported from the same source with an average daily attendance of ninety children. Then there is a Sunday school in which about two hundred and fifty children are in continual attendance. All these are proofs of what may be effected by energy and perseverance. The district too is sterile and desolate. The inhabitants, scattered around the base of Carnmenellis hill, obtain their livelihood by mining and streaming. From natural disadvantages and remoteness of situation, the population of this district stood rather low in point of social comforts, and progression. It therefore did not present a fair sample of the county as far as education was concerned. The change, however, in spite of these disadvantages, is truly gratifying; children now are obedient, respectful, prompt in answer, and the parents grateful for the blessing conferred upon them.   The district is also improved in general order and cleanliness; directing posts and mile stones have been erected by Mr. BROADLEY, and other measures of improvement have been introduced. If therefore this can be produced by one individual, what ought to be done by the rich mine adventurers in the county? Manufacturers have schools in connection with their establishments, they well know their value, that education advances intelligence, temperance, industry, three main points in all classes. The miners' children besides demand the attention of their employers. What can a miner with seven, eight, or nine children, do towards their education? He must undergo many privations to bring them to a place of worship decently clad, and after a life of difficulty and hard labour his children are left deserted and ignorant. There is therefore a solemn responsibility on mine adventurers, particularly in rich mines. On the Devon Great Consols Mine, schools, I understand, are established, and going on under the direction of those concerned in them. Mining operations require coolness, judgment, decision, and intelligence, capacity equal if not superior to that which is required in most other occupations by the labouring classes, and yet miners generally labour under early neglected education. Examples such as those which I have mentioned then are obviously well worthy of imitation. The late remarks of the Mining Journal on the subject did not condemn the principle, but urged the distance at which adventurers generally reside from the mines, as militating against the scheme. But in neither of the cases which I have mentioned are the adventurers resident in the neighbourhood of the mines. I believe also that there were never so large a proportion of the shareholders in rich mines, resident in Cornwall as at present. They consequently should be foremost in elevating and advancing their own countrymen; they should aid in developing minds as well as mines; their riches flow from both sources, and in return this is but a small boon to confer, a mite to distribute. I remain Sir, yours very obediently, A MINER Saint  Agnes, 4th January, 1851 Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org I'm a volunteer for FreeCens - why don't you join, too?

In each issue thusfar an article about the construction of the Crystal Palace has been letting people know about it's progress. In 1849, emissary's visited Cornwall to encourage displays, and develop enthusiasm for the concept of the Fair. There had been articles ever since, keeping the people updated - and starting with this issue, they're getting more frequent.  We're putting the etchings (or engravings) which appeared in the paper on our website, so you can see how large they were (Taking up about 1/3 of the front page, and extending across the entire top!) and all the great detail.     ................................... 17 JANUARY 1851 ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLIC NOTICE - I,  DANIEL ROWE, of Liskeard, Cornwall, sawyer, do hereby give notice, that I will not be responsible for any DEBTS which may be contracted by my wife, JANE ROWE, she having left me. Liskeard, JANUARY 13, 1851 ............................................... FOR NEW YORK The fine AE 1, first-class fast sailing Ship MOUNTAINEER, Capt. CHARLES H. CAREY, Will take passengers from PENZANCE to NEW YORK. This vessel is now in port, and will sail (weather permitting) the 1st of April. Apply for particulars to the Owner, at Treneere, and W. C. HEMMINGS, Penzance; THOMAS CORFIELD, Penryn; W. BROWNE, Charlestown, near St. Austell; L. NEWTON, jun. Camborne; and at the Office, Roseworthy. Those who intend to take passages should make an early application. Dated January 6, 1851 ....................................................... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE   CORNWALL TRAVELLING CLUB - A circular has been forwarded to us, giving details respecting a travelling club, which is to be formed in this county for visiting the great Exhibition in London. The affairs of the club will be conducted by a committee, composed of the chairmen and secretaries of the local committees of Cornwall, and such other persons as will undertake to act with them in the adjacent towns and villages. One or more persons will be appointed in each town, to receive deposits, of one shilling and upwards per week, from those who wish to join the club. The deposits are to be paid weekly into one of the Cornish Banks, to the credit of trustees appointed for the purpose, the payment to commence the third week in January and continue until the second week of July. Trustees will be appointed in each town, who will be responsible for all sums placed to their credit at the Bank, for the purpose of the club, and each member will be supplied with a card on which will be e! ntered the sums paid to the receivers. There are other details in the circular, and it is also stated that persons joining the club after the 1st of March shall pay a fine of 3d. and if after the 1st of April, a fine of 6d., which fines shall be appropriated towards paying the expenses of the club. After stating the persons already appointed as receivers, in some of the towns, the circular alludes to the route proposed to be taken. The Railway Companies had undertaken to convey members of Travelling Clubs, (and members only), at reduced charges to the Great Exhibition, after the 1st of July next, or such time as the admission-fee shall be reduced to 1s. each, and the following is the suggestion made as to the route from this county, which however is only to be looked upon as a suggestion, and not as a definite arrangement, as probably it will be more convenient to some of the members of the club to go by way of Hayle and Bristol, and others may arrange to go to Plymouth by land; the travelling arrangements must depend in a great measure on the number of persons that may join the Club, and can be settled some months hence. It is suggested that a Steamer shall leave Falmouth for Plymouth, the Monday morning fixed upon for the excursion, at such a time as will allow of the arrival of members of the Club from Helston, Penzance, St. Just, St. Ives, Hayle, Camborne, Redruth, Truro, and other places in the West of Cornwall. The Steamer to call at Fowey for members of the Club residing at St. Austell, Lostwithiel, and other towns in central Cornwall. And arrive in Plymouth between 5 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon;  whilst those members of the Club residing at Bodmin, Liskeard, St. Germans, Launceston, Callington, Saltash, &c., might make arrangements to reach Plymouth at the same time. A special train will then take the Club to London, leaving Plymouth at 7 o'clock on the same evening and arriving in London very early on Tuesday morning; the Members would thus have plenty of time to engage lodgings, and be saved the inconvenience which would arise from arriving in London late at night. The return-tra! in might leave London the Friday evening following, at 9 o'clock, so as to reach Plymouth the next morning in time for the Steamers and other conveyances to all parts of Cornwall; thus enabling the members of the Club to spend four clear days in London, and reach their homes again by Saturday evening. From inquiries which have been made it is expected  that GBP 1.2s.6d. will cover all expenses of carriage to and from London, from Falmouth by way of Plymouth, and that less than twenty shillings will be sufficient for persons going by way of Hayle and Bristol. The Railway Companies have stipulated that not more than six days shall elapse before the return train leaves London, and that in order to obtain a special train there must be at least two hundred and fifty persons for the whole journey. It is hoped, however, by associating the Cornish club with those of Bristol and Plymouth, that members who desire to stay in London  longer than six days may be enabled to return by club-trains connected with those places. It is also stated that lodging houses on a large scale are being fitted up for the reception of members of travelling clubs. At one of these capable of accommodating one thousand persons with private dormitories, lighted with gas and properly attended, the charge will be 1.3d. per night, and one penny for cleaning boots and shoes. The lodgers will also be able to board on the same premises, and have the use of a well supplied news room, &c. The proprietor has given what he expects will be about his prices, which are extrem! ely reasonable as may be supposed, from his saying in conclusion:  "I should imagine that five shillings per day will fully pay all expenses in London." Probably the circulars, from which we have made the above extract, will be widely diffused in the county. BANKRUPTCY COURT - At the sitting of the Court at Plymouth, on Thursday, the 9th instant, before Mr. Commissioner BERE, the following was among the cases that were brought under notice:  Re SAMUEL PARNELL, of Looe. Mr. STOGDON stated that His Honor had issued summonses in this case against two persons to give evidence. One of them, Mr. LANGDON, who was said to have advanced to the bankrupt GBP 250 by way of mortgage, now declared that the bankrupt shortly before the bankruptcy, came to him and stated that he was about to leave the country, lodged with him GBP 250, which sum he was asked to apply to the support of his (Parnell's) family during his absence. It appeared that the bankrupt got a solicitor to make out a mortgage deed which Parnell executed, but Mr. Langdon stated that he had never advanced nor had he been asked to advance the money for which the mortgage was said to have been given. The other person summoned, Mr. COOK, had solemnly deposed that he had no goods bel! onging to the bankrupt in his possession. The impression to the contrary, appeared to have arisen from his having lent Parnell a table, which the latter returned shortly previous to the bankruptcy, though he retained many of the articles which had been lent to him by Mr. Cook. His Honor expressed himself satisfied with the explanation thus given. THE LIGHTING OF TRURO - A special meeting of Commissioners under the improvement act was held on Tuesday last, at the Town-Hall. There was a large attendance to consider a proposition made by the gas company to light the town for three years at the rate of 6s.6d. per thousand cubic feet, or at three guineas per light, the latter to include all expenses for repairs, lighting, or other charges. It was ultimately resolved that the "lighting committee" should confer with the gas company to see if any modification of terms could be obtained, or if not, that tenders for lighting the town should be advertised for in two of the north of England and one of the London papers. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON - A handful of fine ripe raspberries was gathered in a garden belonging to MR. RICHARD BENNY, at St. Columb on Tuesday last, and on the same plants there is now a quantity of fruit nearly ripe, others half ripe, and blossoms as beautiful as in spring. FALMOUTH  QUARTER  SESSIONS - On Tuesday last, the general quarter sessions for this borough took place before Mr. BEVAN, recorder, Mr. TICKELL, mayor, and the members of the council. Several persons who had been served with summonses to serve as grand jurymen, not being present, were severally ordered to be fined 20s. unless before the court rose they should show satisfactory reasons for their non-attendance.  The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, informed them that there were only two cases to come before them, and he was happy to say that neither of the prisoners  were inhabitants of the town or neighbourhood; nor was there any thing in the cases which required an explanation from him. The grand jury then retired, and shortly returned a true bill against THOMAS COUTHER, 25, who was committed on the 2nd of December last,  on a charge of having stolen a silver watch, the property of JAMES HUGHES, master of the schooner POPPLEWELL, which was lying in the port of Falmouth on the 30th of November last. The evidence was very conclusive. Prisoner, who belonged to the vessel, sent the watch to MR. JACOBS, pawnbroker, to try to sell or pawn it, on which Mr. Jacobs having received information detained the watch, and the prisoner was given into custody. A verdict of Guilty was returned, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the borough gaol. -THOMAS MOON, 34, was arraigned for having on the 23rd of December, feloniously stolen a silver watch, the property of HENRY MOSES. This was a rather strange case. The prosecution being at an Inn, offering watches for sale, the prisoner asked his leave to look at a watch which he had in his hand.  When he obtained it he put it in his pocket and said he would be d....d before he gave it up, as the prosecutor had given it to him. Moses could not obtain his watch, and a constable coming by, the man was given in custody. The learned Recorder summed up the evidence, and explained the various points of law connected with the case. The jury retired, and on again coming into court, returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended prisoner to mercy, as he was in a state of drunkenness. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. This terminated the business of the sessions. The grand jury, in returning the presentment book, begged to continue all former presentments, and especially that of enlarging the borough for municipal purposes. The Recorder  dined in the evening with the corporation as usual, at DINGLEY's Royal Hotel, with a party of nearly twenty. A most agreeable evening was spent, all the dainties of the season and splendid wines being provided by the hose. Mr. Alderman CORNISH presided, with Mr. GENN, the town clerk, as vice. PENZANCE QUARTER SESSIONS - These sessions were held at the Guildhall on Friday last. There were two cases for trial. EDWARD PURCHASE pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a sovereign and other money, the property of his master, MR. JOHN PROCKTER, chemist, and was sentenced to twelve month's imprisonment at hard labour in the borough gaol.  JAMES BROWN was charged with having stolen a leg of mutton, the property of DR. WILLAN. To this charge he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment, with hard labour. MR. PASCOE was retained for the prosecution in each case. TORPOINT PETTY SESSIONS - At these Sessions which were held on Tuesday last, WILLIAM HILL, of the parish of Antony, was fined 5s. and costs, for cruelty to a horse. -JOSEPH HARPER, was fined 5s. and costs for assaulting JAMES DISCOMBE, on the third day of January, in the parish of St. Germans. The complainant keeps the toll gate at Trerule foot, in the parish of St. Germans. - An appeal by GEORGE MALLER, against the assessment or rating of his house in Antony St. Jacob was dismissed. - BERNARD CARPENTER and NICHOLAS HANCOCK, charged with firing a gun at Hessenford, in the parish of St. Germans, thereby frightening a horse so that it threw its rider, MRS. RICHARD SPRY, who was injured by the fall that her life had for some time been despaired of, were dismissed in consequence of the witnesses failing to identify them. -MARY CLARKE, charged with assaulting WILLIAM TURPIN, a seaman, by scratching his face at Wilcove, two months since, was fined 10s. and costs.   -MARGARET CLARKE, sister to the above, was fined 10s. and costs, for an assault upon WILLIAM TURPIN at the same time as the assault by her sister. -MARGARET CLARKE was  fined 5s. and costs, for an assault upon Turpin's sister. EAST PENWITH PETTY SESSIONS - At the petty sessions held at Camborne, on Tuesday last, JESSE LUDFORD, a travelling hawker, was charged by JOHN TRELOAR, of Camborne, with having assaulted him on the first instant. It appeared from the evidence that the parties had been drinking at TANGYE's Public house at Camborne, that both words and blows had at first passed between the complaintant[sic] and defendant, but that both had settled the matter by shaking hands. Afterwards however, on the complaintant's coming towards the defendant, for the purpose of lighting his pipe at the gas, the defendant in a most deliberate manner took a decanter and aimed a blow at the complainant's face; the force of the blow shivered the decanter, and broke the complainant's nose, knocking him senseless, in which state he continued for about twenty minutes. The complainant's face was disfigured in a fearful manner. The magistrates fined the defendant forty shillings. Mr. ROGERS, of Redruth, conducted t! he case, and Mr. PASCOE appeared for the defendant. -THOMAS HOCKEN, of Lelant, Innkeeper, was charged by Mr. ALFRED PURCHASE, the Inspector of weights and measures, for the district, with having in use in his house, two defective measures. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Purchase, that he had seized the measures and taken them away from Mr. Hocken's house, without having first compared the same with the copies of the imperial standard measures. Mr. Pascoe, who appeared for the defendant, called the attention of the magistrates to the error on the part of the inspector, and the charge was dismissed. FORGING MINE SHARES - We stated last week that WILLIAM DANIELS, described as a civil engineer, was brought up at Guildhall, London, on a charge of forging Wheal Mary Ann shares. On Friday last, the accused was re-examined. Mr. FULLER, the party defrauded, deposed to the facts of the transaction as previously stated, and Mr. BUNYER, landlord of the "Old Bell," Holborn, proved the receipt of GBP50 by the prisoner, in acknowledgement of which he signed his name "W.D. BOASE." Mr. BOASE, solicitor, at Liskeard, deposed that he never authorized any one to write a receipt on his behalf; the letters and signature were very like his own handwriting; he knew the prisoner, when a surveyor in Cornwall, and who sometimes did business as a mining shareholder. It appeared that there were two other cases against the prisoner of attempting to obtain similar sums, in both of which he failed. In a third case, however, he obtained GBP 50 in a manner exactly similar to the above. The prisoner wa! s again remanded, in order to complete the evidence against him. On Monday last he was committed. THE LATE GALES - On Tuesday last, in Mount's Bay, it blew a very strong gale from the southward, with a heavy ground sea and rain through the night and until after day-break on Wednesday morning. The wind then shifted with squalls to the westward, and afterwards to W.N.W. The pilot cutter "GUERILLA" parted her moorings, and with none of her crew on board, drove in on the beach near Newlyn, and is not likely to be got off again.  The "BRITON'S QUEEN," BELLAMY master, from Glasgow for Plymouth got adrift also, but was brought up again, and rode through the gale, though close in shore. Several vessels in the pier parted their moorings, but it is not apprehended that any serious damage has been sustained by them. -The stern of a boat has been washed on shore at Prussia Cove, with "JEDWARD ANDREWS" inside, and "LA NINA of GUERNSEY" outside, supposed "LAVINIA." Part of the stern of a ship's boat, marked in white letters on a black ground outside, "JANE ELIZA and JANE, NEWCASTLE," and inside "THOS   NEWCASTLE," also a boat's rudder, painted lead colour, and a shifting piece of a large ship's quarter bulwarks, almost new, painted black outside and white inside, have been washed in near Porthleaven. -At St. Ives, on the 9th instant, several pieces of the bulwarks of a vessel, a dog's house, parts of two boats, a ship's ladder, a cabin ladder, tow oars, a lower boom, and three hatches, marked N ART T were picked up floating about the bay, and the general opinion is that they belonged to a vessel which has since been discovered in the offing bottom up, moored to two anchors. Seven of the St. Ives pilot boats  went out to her on Sunday and tried to tow her away, but not having instruments for cutting the chains they were obliged to abandon her; as she rose with the sea they could see "Cherbourg" in her stern. The "CORNWALL" steamer, went out on Monday morning, but very soon gave up the search and returned. MINE ACCIDENT - As a poor miner called FRANCIS PASCOE, of Gwinear, was at work in Cook's Kitchen Mine, on Tuesday the 9th instant,  a large rock fell on him.   After remaining under it for upwards of half an hour, he was got out seriously hurt, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. FATAL ACCIDENT - On Friday week, a youth called ELLIOTT, in the service of MR. CIRPLE at Newton, in the parish of St. Mellion, was driving two horses in a cart, when on whipping the horses they started off, and the lad was unfortunately caught between the wheels and a wall, and was killed on the spot. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE - On the morning of Thursday, the 9th inst., as some persons were proceeding from Helston to Penrose, they found a hat on the banks of the Loe Pool, and on further search, some part of a gig was seen above water. A boat belonging to the Rev. CANON ROGERS, of Penrose, was quickly brought to the spot, and after dredging about for some time, they discovered, in about eight feet of water, the lifeless body of THOMAS POLGLASE, a driver employed at the Angel Inn, Helston. From every appearance he must have been dead for many  hours. On the previous evening, (Wednesday) deceased left Penrose House about seven o'clock (where he had driven Mr. REGINALD ROGERS) for Helston, and it is supposed that when the horse, which was a spirited one, had to take the water, which overflowed the road, it became restive, and must have got off the road into deep water, precipitating the driver at the same time out of the gig, who was so heavily clad as to render it impossible to save himself, and both man and horse were drowned. The unfortunate man had driven over the same road in the morning, but the water had risen nearly two feet during the day and so completely covered some parts of the road as to render it difficult to find the road. The deceased was forty-one years of age, and was a sober, careful man, and a good servant. It is rather remarkable that two relatives of the deceased, of the same name as himself, an uncle and a cousin, were both drowned, and a brother of his was killed in Truro some time ago. It appears that the accident happened in the parish of Sithney, which is in the jurisdiction of MR. HICHENS, one of the county coroners, but the body was taken to deceased's residence in Helston, which raised a difference of opinion as to the right of inquiry between Mr. Hichens and Mr. ROSKRUGE, the borough coroner, and eventually each coroner empanelled a jury and held an investigation. Mr. Hichens held his inquiry first, and a verdict of "found drowned" was returned. Mr. Roskruge, conceiving that the 6th Victoria c.12 gave him jurisdiction, intimated by letter to the county coroner that he should also hold an inquest, and it is stated that he intends to take the opinion of the Queen's Bench on the subject, by moving to quash Mr. Hichens's inquisition. Mr. Hichens, however, affirms his right to hold the inquest, interpreting the meaning of the act to be, that the Corner whose jurisdiction extends to the place where the body was lying at the time of death, shall hold the in! quiry thereon. CORONER's INQUEST - On Tuesday last, an inquest was held before Mr. HICHENS, county coroner, on the body of MRS. MARY ANN SAUNDERSON, aged 34 years, the wife of Mr. Saunderson, master of the "NEW COMMERCIAL," of Whitby, which was lost off the Land's End on the night of Saturday last. An account of the wreck appears in a preceding column. A verdict of "accidentally drowned" was returned. FEARFUL SHIPWRECK,  AND GALLANT  CONDUCT OF THE COAST GUARD AND FISHERMEN NEAR THE LAND'S END Early on Saturday morning last, the brig "NEW COMMERCIAL," of Whitby, 250 tons burden, SAUNDERSON master, bound from Liverpool to the Spanish Main, in a thick fog and a strong gale from the S.S.W. struck upon a ledge of rocks between the great and little Brisons, two high rocks rising from sixty to seventy feet above high water mark, about one mile off the bluff headland of Cape Cornwall, and four miles northward from the Land's End. The sea running very high, the vessel immediately went to pieces, and the crew, nine men (with one woman, the wife of the master) got on the ledge. They were discovered from the shore, as soon as day broke, but no assistance could then be possibly rendered them. In this perilous condition, the poor creatures remained until about nine o'clock, when they were all washed off together by a tremendous wave, and hurled into the boiling deep. Seven out of the ten sunk at once into a watery grave. Of the remaining three, one, a mulatto, contrived to get! on a portion of the floating wreck, and after having been beaten about for some hours, in immediate peril of being every instant swallowed up by the waters, he managed, with remarkable coolness and presence of mind, by means of a plank which he used as a paddle, and a piece of canvass which served him for a sail, with the assistance of the strong tides, to keep clear of the broken waters. Whilst this poor fellow was thus struggling for life with all the resources which his ingenuity could suggest to him, and whilst he was anxiously watched by the people on shore, where the lofty cliffs were now crowded by upwards of two thousand spectators, five fishermen of Sennen, a small fishing cove close to the Land's End, after much debate among themselves, determined, with that bold and resolute spirit for which these men are distinguished, to launch their boat "THE GRACE" through the breakers, in which they happily succeeded, and eventually, after encountering great difficulty and risk, they rescued the poor mulatto from his perilous situation.  The other two, the master and his wife, when they were carried off the ledge, were washed upon the little Brison rock, which rises to a peaked head, and is the resort of numerous sea-fowl. The master first gained a footing upon the rock, and upon looking around him, saw his wife struggling in the waves, but sufficiently near to enable him to stretch out his hand and pull her in. While the Sennen fishermen were occupied in rescuing the mulatto, H.M. Revenue cutter "SYLVIA," commanded by Mr. FORWARD, was seen gallantly working round the Land's End, having been ordered to the spot by Capt. DAVIES, R.N., the late, and still acting inspecting commander of the coast guard of the district. Captain DAVIES himself, and several of his officers, took up their stations upon the lofty promontory of Cape Cornwall, overlooking the Brisons. On reaching the point, Mr. Forward launched his boat, and attempted with a crew of four men to get near the rock, but the attempt was fruitless, and it! was only with great difficulty that he regained the cutter, to the great relief of Captain Davies and the numerous spectators upon the cliffs, who rejoiced to perceive that though success did not attend his daring exploit, still he himself and his gallant crew, at least, were safe. It was now growing late, and nothing more could be attempted in the way of rescue for the day; so Mr. Forward hoisted his colours and hove to his craft to encourage the poor sufferers, who were now to be left to spend the gloomy night which was gathering its shadows around them, without food or shelter, and exposed to the winds and rain upon this desolate rock, amide the wide waste of waters. On Sunday morning, the wind happily drew a little to the S.E., which caused the sea to abate. All hands were immediately on the alert, and if great excitement prevailed among the people along the coast on Saturday, it was not at all lessened on this day. Hundreds began to assemble as soon as it was light, and the number greatly increased as the day wore on. Towards the middle of the day the sun shone out, and by lighting up the coast with the magnificent scenery all around, added greatly to the feverish interest of the scene. At one o'clock four boats were seen approaching from Sennen Cove, three manned by fishermen and one by Coast Guard; and at the same time Captain Davies arrived, having embarked in a preventative boat at a small cove called Pendeen, about three miles N.E. of the spot, with four preventative men and one miner, and taking rockets with him. The cutter's boat also was manned by Mr. Forward, and the boats were speedily on the spot. By this time the scene had become one of the most exciting description, and the crowds of people upon the cliffs could not have numbered less than five or six thousand. As each boat arrived at the spot, the cheers of this vast multitude, awaking all the echoes of this cavernous coast, added not a little to the excitement. The sea still ran so high that no boat could venture within one hundred yards of the rock. The rockets which Captain Davies had taken with him in the preventive boat had never been tried here before, even from the shore, and we believe never elsewhere from a boat. By the printed instructions the person firing should be at least fifty feet in the rear to be free from danger. One of the men, a gunner, volunteered to fire them, although he had never seen one used before; but Captain Davies, with that generous and disinterested consideration which marks his whole conduct, would not suffer either of his crew to incur a risk which he himself did not share; so aft! er making his arrangements, he placed his crew in one of the Sennen boats, and remained alone and with his own hand discharged the rocket. He was enveloped for the instant in a sheet of flame from the back fire. Happily, however, he sustained no injury; but unfortunately the line which reached the rock fell upon a sharp ledge which cut the rope, so that the end of it slipped off into the sea.  It is impossible to describe the disappointment experienced by the people upon the cliffs, and in the boats, at this unfavourable result of the experiment. After a short delay, however, another rocket was prepared which Captain Davies again himself discharged, and this time the cord fell on the rock close by the man, to the great joy and delight of the assembled multitude, whose minds had been so long oscillating between hope and fear. As the cord fell from the rock, the woman was observed to raise her clasped hands in apparent thankfulness. The man on the rock was seen to fasten the line around the waist of his wife, and to encourage her to take the fearful leap, but she lingered and hesitated to jump into the foaming waters. After some little time, however, his persuasions prevailed. They took an affecting leave of each other, and amid the breathless survey of all, she made the awful plunge for life or death from a height of about twelve feet. At this moment, three immense! waves broke in rapid succession, periling the safety of all. For a time, indeed, the boats were entirely hidden from the  view of the spectators, and the loud cry broke forth from thousands of voices, "they are gone." The females, in particular, among the crowd were so horror stricken that they actually turned away their heads from the fearful spectacle before them, and shrieked aloud. But soon again the boats were seen above the swelling waves, and the lofty cliffs once more wrung with approving cheers. The cord was drawn with great judgment; and the poor woman was taken into one of the boats, but the blows from the waves were more than her exhausted frame could bear. No attention that could be shewn her was spared. The men took off their own clothes to cover her, and used every effort to restore her; she breathed, - but by the time the boat reached the cove, life had fled. After the master had persuaded his wife to leave him, he fastened the cord round his own waist, and was drawn greatly exhausted into one of the other boats. Our correspondent has often witnessed fearful shipwrecks on this exposed coast, but he states that no disaster of the kind, has excited such intense interest or sympathy in the neighbourhood for a long time. The peculiarly trying situation of the surviving sufferers themselves, and the bold attempts made for their rescue, have thrown an interest around the Brisons which will not soon die away. Captain Davies had been promoted to the rank of Post Captain only a few days before the shipwreck took place. He has seen a great deal of service, and manifested no ordinary zeal on several occasions during the time he has held the appointment of inspector of the coast guard of the district. He has also received a medal from the Royal Humane Society, and the Shipwrecked Mariner's Society for services of a similar kind performed elsewhere. The writer of this has not the pleasure of being personally acquainted with him, but he should rejoice to hear that so brave and able an officer has not been lost sight of by the Admiralty, in the retirement into which he is now withdrawing, with the good wishes of all his friends. As to Mr. Forward, whose conduct is spoken of by his commander as beyond all praise, something might and ought to be done for him by the service, as well as for the intrepid crew who shared the danger, and their[sic] exists a strong feeling in the neighbourhood, that the parties, more especially the fishermen who risked their property as well as their lives on this intensely interesting occasion, should not be allowed to go unrewarded. It is impossible to speak too highly of the conduct of those who were employed on this occasion, as all who witnessed it agree in declaring that a more gallant, humane, and praiseworthy act has seldom been recorded; and every person who has the slightest acquaintance with the bold character of this coast, and the terrific seas which prevail there at this stormy season, must be well aware that such an attempt required no ordinary courage, and furnished no ordinary proof, that true courage and genuine humanity are always found in the same bosom. MR. PEARCE, the active and indefatigable agent of Lloyds, at Penzance, and also agent of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, was on the spot at the earliest possible moment, and as usual showed the utmost anxiety to render every assistance. Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org

Just last week there was a notice in the paper regarding the promotion of Rear Admiral Nicholas!! .................................... WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER 17 January, 1851 REAR ADMIRAL JOHN TOUP NICOLAS, C.B., K.H., K.C.F.M. The family of NICOLAS, was originally of Britanny, in which province they had large possessions, and were ennobled before the 14th century.*  The representative of the second branch being a Protestant, emigrated on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 1685; and having settled at East Looe, in Cornwall, became the ancestor of Rear Admiral John Toup Nicolas, born 22nd February, 1788, the eldest son of the late Retired Commander JOHN HARRIS NICOLAS.  This distinguished officer, who has served 30 years on full pay, and mostly on foreign stations, entered the Navy in 1797, on board the ATTACK, gun-vessel, and in September 1799, joined the EDAR, 84, Captain EDWARD BULLER, whom he accompanied into the ACHILLE, 74, in March 1801, and after serving in the NAIAD, 38, rejoined Capt. Buller, in the MALTA, 80. Promoted to the rank of lieutenant of that ship 1st of May,1804, he was present at the defeat of the combined fleet by Sir ROBERT CALDER, 22nd of July, 1805. In June, and October, 1807, he became flag-lieutenant in the QUEEN, 98, and CANOPUS, 80, to Rear-Admiral GEO. MARTIN, on the Mediterranean station; where 12th of Oct., 1809, he was ordered to act as commander of the RED-WING, 18. In the following Dec., finding that he had been promoted 26th of Aug., to the command of the PILOT brig, of 18 guns, he returned to England in April, 1810. Returning with convoy to the Mediterranean, he commenced a series of operations against the enemy along the Italian shores. On June, 24, when in company with the ORTENZIA, schooner, he destroyed five out of a convoy of 51 sail, protected, near the town of St. Lucido, on the coast of Calabria, by a battery, and a body of armed men whose fire killed three of the British. On the 8th of the ensuing month, near the same place, he took and destroyed two gun-boats, three armed scampavias, and 17 sail, of transport-vessels laden with stores and ammunition, for Muryat's army at Scylla. Seventeen days afterwards, being in company with the THAMES. 32, and WEASEL, 18, he assisted at the capture and destruction, under the batteries of Amantea, of a convoy of 31 vessels, also laden for the army of Murat, together with seven large gun-boats and five scampavias - a service which procured him the acknowledgment as well  of the Admiralty as of his Commander-in-Chief. Independently of many gallant exploits performed at Monasteracci, Riacci, Strongoli, Castellar, Policastro, and other places, the PILOT, in company with the THAMES, 32, CAPT. CHARLES NAPIER, came into action, 4th of April, 1812, with a Neapolitan  flotilla, consisting of a brig, three schooners, and  14 gun-vessels, which, owing to a calm, escaped under the strong batteries of Salerno. On the 14th of the ensuing month, the two ships attacked the port of Sapri, and, after having battered for two hours its defences (a strong battery and tower mounting two 32-pounders), compelled it to surrender at discretion. Capt. Nicolas flanked the battery in a judicious manner, and afterwards commanded the launching of 28 vessels laden with oil. In June, 1812, uniting with the EURYALUS, 36, and CEPHALUS, 18, the PILOT suffered severely in her sails and rigging, while engaged in a five hours attempt to destroy a large convoy at Dino, protected by three batteries several gun-boats, and a large body of troops. Between April 1810, and July, 1812, she effected unassisted, the capture, with a lost[sic] of but eight of her people killed, and 24 wounded, of not less than 130 of the enemy's vessels.  In the course of the month last mentioned she was ordered to the Adriatic; and while next cruising between Sicily and the African coast, she succeeded in taking, among other prizes, the French armed-brig HARP. On quitting the Mediterranean, Captain Nicolas received the following gratifying letter from LORD EXMOUTH, dated Palermo, 12th of June, 1814: "As the arrangements are making for the return of the fleet to England, and it will soon fall to the lot of the PILOT to bend her course the same way, I should regret your departure from my command without taking with you my best wishes for your promotion and success, and my testimony and satisfaction on your conduct during the three years you have served under my flag. I have had uniform pleasure in  receiving reports of your gallantry and zeal, and my own observation has confirmed and strengthened your claim to my good opinion, to which no officer under my command has higher pretensions."  Towards the close of 1814, having returned with convoy to England, Capt. Nicolas applied to the Admiralty for leave to have the "PILOT" altered, agreeably to a plan he had formed, by which a shol-hole(sic) between wind and water, in any part of the ship, could be immediately stopped, an object hitherto impracticable, from the arrangement of the bread and store rooms. This request was at once granted, and the suggestion he had made ordered to be carried out in regard to all the 18-gun brigs then under repair at Portsmouth. On the escape of Napoleon Bonaparte from Elba, the "PILOT" was again sent to the Mediterranean. On 17th of June, 1816, being off Cape Corse, Capt. Nicolas brought to action the French frigate Legere, of 28 guns, which vessel made off at the end of the close engagement of nearly two hours, attended with a loss to herself of 22 men killed and 79 wounded; and to the British, with damage to their sails and rigging, of two men killed and twenty-five wounded. The Admiralty, to mark the sense they entertained of his conduct on the occasion, promoted Captain Nicolas, to the rank of Post-Captain, 26th of Aug. 1815; but notwithstanding this gallant action obtained the commendation of the Commander-in-Chief, and the entire approbation of the Admiralty, no other promotion was bestowed although the first lieutenant had been wounded in the conflict, and had served as midshipman in the MALTA, 80, in battle, of 22nd of July 1805, and Mate of the "DEFIANCE" 74, at the destruction of three French frigates at Sables d'Olonne, in 1809 - their lordships having decided that it was contrary ! to the then regulations of the Service to promote the first lieutenant of a sloop of war at the same time with his commander, for the same exploit, however brilliant it might have been. This act of injustice caused LIEUTENANT KEIGWIN NICOLAS to remain without any mark of reward until 1849, when  Sir  FRANCIS BARING, advanced him to the rank of commander "for his long and meritorious services."  On the 4th of the preceding June, Capt. Nicolas formed one of the six Commanders nominated C.B.'s on the extension of the Order of the Bath. In the following October he was presented, in compliment to his services on the coast of Calabria, with the Small Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, by the King of the two Sicilies; who, on 26th of April, 1816, as an additional mark of his royal approbation, conferred on him the Cross of a Knight Commander of the same Order. After accompanying Lord Exmouth on his visits to Algiers and Tunis, Capt. Nicolas returned to England, and, in July, 1816, was paid off. During the time he had been employed in the Mediterranean, he had frequently attracted the notice of the Admiralty, by the valuable additions he had made to hydrographic knowledge. Obtaining command, 5th of January, 1820, of the EGERIA, 28, he proceeded to Newfoundland, where he for some months discharged the anomalous duties of a naval surrogate, or Judge. A better proof of the satisfactory manner in which he acquitted himself cannot be adduced than the fact that out of more than a thousand cases in which he adjudicated at St. John and Harbour Grace, only three appeals were made, and in each of these his decision was confirmed by the Supreme Court. In May, 1822,  he returned to England; and in November, of that year, in consequence of a dispute which had arisen between the keelmen and the shipmasters and owners at Newcastle, he was sent in command of a small squadron to the river Tyne, to aid the civil power in subduing the alarming insubordination displayed. By firmness,  decision, and forbearance, he succeeded in six weeks, without the occurrence of a single casualty, in fully restoring order; and in such a manner as to elicit the marked approbation of the late SIR ROBERT PEEL, then Minister for the Home Department. The EGERIA being put out of commission in the early part of 1823, Capt. Nicolas, nothwithstanding many applications for employment, remained on half-pay for a period of fourteen years. His exertions in effecting a reduction in the Tonnage duties on British shipping in the Ports of France [were acknowledged in a letter by Lord Granville in March, 1832.]    He was nominated a K. H. 1st of January, 1834, and on the 16th August 1837, appointed to the HERCULES, 74, on the Lisbon station, whence his health obliged him to return in January 1839 - 10 April, in the latter year, to the BELLEISLE, 72, employed on the Mediterranean and Home Stations, 30 September 1841 to the VINDICTIVE, 50. During the three years he commanded that ship he was employed on the East India and pacific stations. On his passage home, he proceeded to Tahiti, where circumstances had arisen which called for his active interference, and afforded him occasion for the display of much zeal, ability, and firmness, in resisting the aggressions of the French on that island. He was awarded the Good Service Pension 9th of November, 1846; and 1st of September, 1847, appointed to the superintendentship of the Victualing Yard at Plymouth. He married, 1st of August, 1818, FRANCES ANNA, daughter of NICHOLAS WERE, Esq., of Landcox, near Wellington, co. Somerset, by whom he has issue four sons and two daughters. His third son, BEVILLE GRANVILLE WYNDHAM, is a lieutenant of the Phaeton; and his fourth son, GRANVILLE TOUP, is a midshipman of the "ASIA". *Vide Nobiliaire Universel de France, vol. 15; and also Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic dictionary, vol. 2, p. 193. Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org

Could anyone please suggest a parish in which to begin my search for a baptism of Peter Avery. His parents were Ann Saundercock and William Avery, who married on 28 March 1811 in Tremaine. Peter had a sister who was baptized in Jacobstow in 1822 and a brother John who was baptized in St. Juliot in 1827. The family moved to New Brunswick soon after John's birth. The 1881 census for New Brunswick gives Peter's date of birth as 1815. I'm a little overwhelmed with all the different parish names in Cornwall so if anyone could steer me in the right direction, it would be a big help. The family were Bible Christian. Thanks very much, Elizabeth BC, Canada

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WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - 10 JANUARY 1851 PENZANCE LITERARY INSTITUTION - On Tuesday evening last, MR. GEORGE GRAHAM (formerly Lieut. Graham, of H.M.S. CHILDERS) delivered a lecture on "South America and the South Sea Islands."  The chairman introduced the lecturer by remarking "this is the Lieut. Graham, who so nobly fought against the cruelty of Pitman."   The places referred to by the lecturer had been visited by himself when in her Majesty's service. The lecture was replete with geographical, geological, and statistical information. A vote of thanks was unanimously, and with an outburst of acclamation rarely witnessed, accorded to the lecturer. Mr. Graham, in acknowledging the vote, stated that the best of his days had been devoted to the service of his country, and he would have gladly passed the remainder of his life therein; but her Majesty's Government had ordered otherwise, in consequence of which he was now about to leave England to seek his fortune in a foreign land. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE - Tregothnan - On Monday last, a fine ox weighing eight cwt. was distributed to the poor families near Tregothnan and in the neighbouring parishes, and the applications having been more numerous than was expected, the Earl of Falmouth generously ordered four cwt. of meat in addition to the ox, to be apportioned according to the numbers of the families. Every one who desired it was also supplied with a horn of good ale, and all went happy away. St. Columb - The inmates of the St. Columb Union were plentifully supplied on Christmas day with the good old fare of roast beef, plum pudding, and ale, and again on new year's day with tea and cake. Cheerfulness beamed on every countenance, and the poor are thankful to those kind friends who contributed to their entertainment. MR. HUMPHREY WILLYAMS - We have great pleasure in stating that Mr. HUMPHREY WILLYAMS has most kindly and generously remitted to the Mayor of Truro, the sum of GBP 50, for distribution among the poor of the borough, in bed and body clothing. Mr. Willyams suggested  that the following gentlemen should be requested to co-operate with the Mayor in the distribution of the money, viz., the Rev. W. W. HARVEY, of St. Mary's; Rev. E. H. BROWNE, of Kenwyn; REV. C. M. GIBSON, of St. Clement's; REV. DR. TANCOCK, of St. John's; REV J. ROBERTS, (Independent);  Rev. E. NYE, (Wesleyan); Rev. MR. MEAD, (Baptist); Rev. W. GRAHAM, (New Connexion Methodist) and Messrs. SILVANUS and JOHN JAMES, of the Society of Friends. The Rev. W. HARVEY, we understand, has declined to co-operate with the other ministers of the town, in the distribution of the money, but signified his readiness to distribute any portion of it which might be remitted directly to himself. This proposition, however, not having been acceded to, the other gentlemen named by Mr. Willyams have undertaken the distribution of the fund, it being especially resolved at the meeting which took place on Monday last with reference to the matter, that the poor of St. Mary's should not be allowed to suffer from the unwillingness of their pastor to co-operate with his brother clergymen.  The following plan was adopted. The articles for the supply of which the money is to be expended are blankets, material for shirts and flannel petticoats, woollen drawers, and men's stockings; tickets for these articles are to be issued to the poor who may be considered to require relief, these to be taken to any draper's shop the holder may choose, and ten! dered to the committee or the member issuing them, for payment. We have great pleasure in noticing this highly seasonable and judicious act of charity, which we are sure will be felt to be a great boon to the poor of Truro. ST. BLAZEY - The members and friends of the Wesleyan society held their annual tea meeting in the school-room, at St. Blazey Gate, on the 31st ult. A much greater number than could be expected at this season of the year partook of the repast. The pleasures of the evening were greatly enhanced by the choir of the chapel, who sang several pieces and anthems. After tea they repaired to the chapel, in order to hold a watchnight, when the services were conducted by the Rev. T. COLLINS, Mr. REED of Bodmin, and Mr. BLAKENEY, of St. Stephens Coombe. CHARLESTOWN WESLEYAN CHAPEL - On Christmas Day, the choir belonging to the Wesleyan chapel, at Charlestown, sang several appropriate pieces and anthems, which gave general satisfaction. On the Wednesday following, New Year's Day, they had their annual treat given them by the trustees of the chapel, for their regular attendance during the past year. TYWARDREATH - On Monday last, (being old Christmas day) the teachers connected with the Wesleyan Sunday School in this place met in Mr. Vounder's school room, for the purpose of taking tea together; and at about six o'clock a goodly number sat down to partake of the cup which cheers but not inebriates. After tea, one of the superintendents, Mr. J. HUSBAND, was unanimously elected to the chair, who in a speech of some length, strongly urged on the teachers, the importance of the work in which they were engaged; and also noticed some of the good effects of Sabbath school tuition. Some other officers and teachers then addressed the meeting. After which, the following question was proposed by the chairman, "can any measures be de[fined] in order to promote, more effectually, the chief design of Sabbath school instruction?"  An interesting  discussion took place, in which many of the teachers joined, and several useful hints were thrown out. The whole was concluded with singing a! nd prayer. EAST LOOE - On New-year's-day, 159 children (being an increase of 49 since last year) belonging to the Wesleyan Sunday School at East Looe, were regaled with tea in the Town Hall, after which they repaired to  the Mechanics' Institute, where a public meeting was held, and the children recited many very appropriate pieces. Addresses were also delivered by Messrs. ADDISON, ROBERTS, NORTHCOTT, and HILL. Mr. WILLCOCKS presided, and the evening was spent both profitably and agreeably to all parties. CHAPEL OPENING - A new Bible Christian Chapel at Trecangate, in the parish of Boconnoc, was opened for divine worship on Thursday the 26th ult., when two appropriate sermons were preached by MR. W. HARPER, from Plymouth, to overflowing congregations; at half-past four there was a public tea, when about three hundred sat down to partake of a bountiful provision. The tea was at Mr. HONEYCOMBE's Menabuile, who kindly accommodated the assembly with a commodious room for the occasion, which was beautifully decorated with flowers and evergreens. On Sunday the 29th, services were again resumed, when MR. C. SPETTIGUE of St. Teath, preached two impressive sermons, the chapel being crowded to excess. The chapel is built on the HON. MR. FORTESCUE's land, who has kindly granted the site and given stones for the building. The sum of GBP 33 was collected at the evening service. BODMIN - The REV. T. WHITTA, of this town, has accepted a unanimous and earnest invitation to resume the pastorate of the Independent Church worshipping in France Meeting, Chalford, Gloucestershire. ROCK, BELL, and STEEL BAND - The Messieurs Richardson gave a morning and evening concert in the Assembly Rooms, Helston, on Friday last. To those who have not yet seen or heard these instruments, no true conception can be formed of their real nature, or the wonderful powers they possess. On first hearing the music produced by the combined skill of the performers, the mind is overwhelmed with wonder at the effect, followed by delight and admiration. The immortal poet had taught us that there are "sermons in stones," but it was left for the Richardsons to astonish the world by the discovery that from them might be drawn notes of music, rivaling in chasteness, sweetness, and melody, the organ, the piano, or any other instrument. The pieces performed were rapturously applauded by the audience, who seemed to be taken by surprise at the execution, exceeding so much their anticipations. No musical amateur or proficient should allow the opportunity to escape without attending; while! all those who have any "music in their souls" will find a visit to be a rich treat. MESMERISM, &C - Mr BERNARDO  EAGLE has been giving some of his interesting entertainments at Falmouth and Helston, and has now commenced at Penzance. At each place the audiences have been very numerous, and have been astonished as well as delighted by the performances, the nature of which is detailed at some length on the occasion of Mr. Eagle's visit to Truro. EXAMINATION - We understand that Master PETER CHARLES CARNARTON, formerly a teacher at the Cornwall Central Schools, has successfully passed his examination at St. John's College, Battersea, and received the foremost honour, namely, a Queen Scholar of the first class. THE NAVY - CAPT. TOUP NICHOLAS, in consequence of the death of Admiral James Murray GORDON, has been promoted to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. The REV. G. E. CARWITHEN, late minister of the district church, Newlyn, near Penzance, has been appointed chaplain to the CALLIOPE, frigate, which is about  to sail from Devonport to New Zealand. TRURO POLICE - On Tuesday last, THOMAS CANN, of St. Agnes,  JOHN MARSHALL, of Helston,  SAMUEL ONES, of Wiltshire, and ISAAC PIKE of Somerset; watching their opportunity, went into MR. EDWARD's shop at the Bazaar, East-bridge, Truro, and stole two valuable carpet bags and a basket. The fellows after that had the impudence to go to the police station, and ask for an order to go into the union. But having the property in their possession, it was suspected that they had acquired it dishonestly, and on inquiry being made, MR. Edwards examined, and found that the articles had been stolen from his shop. They were committed on the same day to take their trial at the next assizes. COMMITTAL - On Saturday last, EDWARD SLADE, of Mevagissey, watch maker, was committed by Mr. E. COODE, jun. to take his trial at the next assizes, on the charge of stealing on the 3rd instant, at St. Austell, a brass minute wheel, the property of MR. HENRY ORCHARD. A THIEF CAUGHT IN A GIN - Mr. CUMING, having discovered that potatoes had been abstracted from his store on Lemon quay, Truro, and suspecting they were taken by some one who partially removed the weather boarding at the back of the cellar, caused a large gin to be placed on the potatoes opposite the suspected place, that on the introduction of the hand the thief might be caught in it. The trap succeeded perfectly, for about half-past eight in the evening of Tuesday last, Mr. Cuming's man, who lives on the premises, heard a terrific shriek, and rushing to the spot, found a youth of about fourteen, held fast by the fingers, having been caught in the gin, and piteously imploring to be released from his agony. This was done, and he was immediately consigned to the custody of the police. He had a large basket with him and a sack, so that he evidently expected to have secured a large plunder. NARROW ESCAPE - Last week, the four men employed in lighting the naphtha lamps at Truro, were discharging their duties at the corner of Church-lane, adjoining MRS. SIMPSON's; from the escape of naphtha the whole was ignited, and the lantern and iron work of the lamp were obliged to be destroyed to save the house from fire. BOILER EXPLOSION - On Wednesday last, about half-past eight in the morning, a boiler which was nearly new, burst at Laity Hills Mine, by which one man named COCK was killed, and the engine-house destroyed. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A MASTER OF A VESSEL - On the 5th instant, the schooner EMERALD of Scilly, from Palermo, bound to Liverpool, put into Scilly. The master, THOMAS ASHFORD, had been in a melancholy state of mind throughout the passage, and for five days previous to the vessel's arrival he appeared determined, if possible, to put an end to his existence. The mate and crew alternately watched over him and prevented hi m from putting his threats into execution; but at seven o'clock on Sunday morning, whilst the crew were busily engaged in making sail, the mate, his brother, left his post to let go a rope, and that minute the master rushed up on deck and jumped overboard and sank before the boat could be got out. [There were no obituaries] Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org

Thanks again everyone for the tips and advice. Thanks Hazel for trying to look up William Moore in Breagh. Thanks to those listers who looked up William Moore, Peter Moore, Joanna Jordan and sister Mary and gave me ideas as to where "Bray" could be. Thanks David for the advice on how to order from GRO. I have ordered the marriage record for Joanna Jordan and Peter Moore. I believe Joanna Jordan and sister Mary in the 1861 census for Brea, Illogan,Cornwall, Eng. are my people. The proof will be the marriage record which I will find out soon. When Joanna moved to Massachusetts one of her daughters was named Mary. Also, I ordered the birth certificates for William (9/1863) and Anne Moore (9/1864) in Falmouth, since both these Moores were born at the approximately the same time frame as mine. I have William born in 1863 and Annie I guessed it would be 1864 or 1865 becuase she was supposedly 10 mos when they came over 4/1866 from Liverpool. The immigration record says Peter was a miner and I now know from the 1861 census that Joanna Jordan was a miner,too. Thanks Barbara for the link, http://www.balmaiden.co.uk I did find Joanna Jordan and sister Mary listed at that site. Once I find out from the GRO then I have a couple of other hits that I will check out one being Mary's husband and another is Peter Moore that is 69 yrs. with a wife named Ann. Peter Moore (whom married Joanna) parents were Peter and Norah(Suttan/Sutton). I'm told that Ann can be a nickname for Hanora. Then I'll check out Jeremiah Moore listed in Brea,Illogan Karen T.

Good morning listers, I read in the article below on the Cornish list and thought it would be of interest to South Australians, so I asked permission from the List contributor Julie Mosman for permission to put it on our list. This was her reply plus the article. I do know that many South Australians belong to the Cornish list because of our heritage, but others may not. "Wouldn't mind at all, as long as you give our website addie, and a mention that we have lots of articles re Aus; advertisements for transportation, including offers of free land, or even if a single man brings a sister, both get free passage, and other articles about emigrating. Not that we like publicity (g), but people might like to know about those things, and often don't know it's available for free on our website. When we post 1852 (in about 3 more weeks) there will be lots more, since the discovery of gold was like a bomb. I remember typing one article about how gold fever was leaving all the cities empty, with no one to do routine jobs. They imploded!" WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - transcribed by Julia Mosman 3 JANUARY 1851 EDITORIAL - EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA  We have received a communication from MR. RICHARD MOYLE, auctioneer and commission agent, now residing at Adelaide, South Australia, and who formerly carried on business at Falmouth, Penryn, and Redruth. He requests publication in the West Briton of particulars which he states are in every respect authentic, in regard to the eligibility of South Australia as a field for emigration; and he adds, that on giving this information, his only object is the good of his fellow countrymen, who, in South Australia, may get a plentiful supply of work at remunerative wages. He says that that colony possesses all the elements of prosperity, and that it is preferable to Sydney, Port Phillip, and the Cape of Good Hope.  The climate is excellent, the reports of the summer heat and the hot winds having been greatly exaggerated. His letter is dated July 4, 1850, about the middle of winter in that country, and he says the weather was then most agreeably mild, and the gardens full of prolific vegetation. Of the mines he writes as follows:   "Here is a vast field of wealth to be developed. The whole country abounds with minerals, and its prospects are such as to justify the most sanguine anticipations. What a pity that the English capitalists do not direct their serious attention to this colony; they would not much longer throw away their money in Mexico, Chili, and Cuba; and if two thousand miners were to come here annually for the next ten years, I do not think its effect would be perceptible in the value of labour, as many more mines would be opened, which cannot be done now from the want of workmen. Miners realize on tribute from GBP 16 to GBP 30 per month, and tut-work about GBP 8 per month; and most of the miners have their cow and horse. The Burra Burra mine is divided into two thousand shares, and cost originally only GBP 5 per share, but were selling four months since at GBP 140 per share, and are now selling at GBP 210. There is a township marked out near the mine, called Redruth, and many of the miners are building houses; the population there is about five thousand. MR. HENRY AYERS, the manager of the Burra Burra mines, is very much respected. A great many of the miners, who are young men, keep their horses for their amusement." With regard to agriculture and wages, he states:   "Here are millions of acres of the most fertile land, and if ten thousand labourers were to arrive annually it would be a great benefit to the colony and a blessing to themselves. They get from 12s. to 20s. per week, with their rations, but by industry and care they soon make head and become their own masters. I could name some whom I knew at home almost pennyless, and who have been here only about eighteen months or two years, and have now their dray with six or eight oxen, and their cow or two, and about twenty acres of land all their own. Industrious couples who come here need not fear; the greater their poverty at home the greater their success frequently here; therefore I entreat them to come all who can, and the larger their families the better. There are exceedingly fine cattle here;  milch cows fetch from 12s to 25s. each; oxen from 30s to 50s. each; good meat, mutton or beef, 2d. per pound; choice cuts, 3d. per ditto. The horses are exceedingly fine; a good saddle or draught horse may be had for from GBP 10 to GBP 20, and many young horses  imported from Sydney and Van Dieman's Land, are sold at from 50s. to 70s.; they are fit for immediate work, and most of them become excellent horses. Of fruits, we have the finest apples, pears, apricots, peaches, grapes, &c., and this will no doubt become one of the first wine-producing countries. The land will produce with but little labour, wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, cotton, flax, or almost anything. Of timber, we have the finest for ship-building. Brick makers, or brick layers, as many as may come, are sure of employ, at GBP 2.2s. per week; masons get from 35s. to 42s. per week; carpenters and wheelwrights, if good workmen, may be certain of obtaining 42s. per week; shoe making is a first rate business here, and instant employment may be had at from 42s. to 50s. per week; journeymen tailors get for making a dress coat 21s., trousers 6s., vest 5s.; tin-plate workers have GBP 2.2s. per week.   He states that hat and cloth and gas manufacturing, would be found profitable businesses, if there were capitalists to commence them. Clerks, shopmen, &c. who come over without capital are the most unfortunate class in the colony; he knows many clergymen's and merchants' sons, clerks, and respectable but unfortunate tradesmen at home, who are in the greatest distress in Australia, and obliged to engage in driving bullocks, sheep herding, and employments of that kind. No one should go out unless he is able and willing to work hard, or has capital to assist himself. Mr Moyle next speaks of the value of capital as applied to house building, and of the rapid increase of houses at Adelaide and in the surrounding country. He does not think the people are anxious for separation from England, but they will not long submit to taxation without representation. The revenue of the colony is fast increasing, and there is good travelling accommodation, - first-rate inns, and coaches with four horses similar to the English mails. Mr. Moyle states that good female servants would be immediately engaged on their arrival in the colony, but he cautions them against the misconduct of the master, doctors, and mates of the passenger ships. If female emigrants misconduct themselves on their passage, it is soon known throughout Adelaide after their arrival, and of course it is greatly to their disadvantage. He advises them to report any misbehavior towards themselves, on their arrival, and the whole of the Adelaide press would instantly unite in their favour. He complains that persons who have made selections of females to send out to the colony, have not been sufficiently careful with regard to their characters. Thus those that Miss Burdett Coutts sent out from ill-judged philanthropy from the Magdalen Institution, termed "reformed characters," and some "Irish orphans" sent out in another ship, had most of them become pests in the colony. He also gives advice to emigrants to bring their own wine and spirits, or porter on board with them (the two former from the bonded stores) and not to trust to the promised liberality of the captains or agents, who charge extortionate prices for watered liquor. Persons cannot do better than to bring four or five hundred red herrings, a cheese, some pickles, and good tea, from which they will find relief after eating the "mahogany," as they call the junks of salt beef on shipboard. He states that the provisions in the ship he sailed in were disgraceful, and that half of the passengers were reduced to skeletons on their arrival; and in conclusion he gives particulars showing the improvements that are about to be made at Adelaide by the construction of water-works, the making of roads, and the anticipated formation of a railway. Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org

Hello Cousins, Found on the Internet: An index of Personal names which appear in the sixteen volumes of "Mines and Miners of Cornwall" by A.K.Hamilton Jenkin http://www.twelveheads.com/mjm/mmcnames.htm Kindest Regards ...... Corinne in Melbourne, Australia. OPC for St. Buryan.

" I never knew women worked the mines, a tough life!" And girls! Many of them had to walk long distances to the mine, then walk home again to do another day's work in the home. Have a look at http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/ for some details of those "good old days". Cheers Barbara

William Moore does not appear in the Breage Parish Records at that time. Hazel Persson OPC Breage -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kay Sent: Monday, 8 March 2010 10:50 a.m. To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Bray, Cornwall,England There's also Breage (pronounced Bray) in Helston Reg district. Kay Halley -------Original Message------- From: Tom Hill Date: 07/03/2010 21:46:49 To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Bray, Cornwall,England there is a Brea (pronounced Bray) in the parish of Sennen. A Quaker burial ground is there. Tom Hill St Just & Sennen mongrel ----- Original Message ----- From: "DEAN & KAREN TREARCHIS" <dktrearchis@comcast.net> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 9:22 PM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Bray, Cornwall,England >I have an ancestor who was born in Bray, Cornwall, England. His name > was William Moore born May 3, 1863. Does anyone know where Bray, > Cornwall is? I can't seem to find it in Cornwall. Also, what district > would it be in. I was looking in the 1837-... birth records. Thanks. > They left England in 1866 to come to Massachusetts. Parents were of > Irish descent, unsure if father and mother were born in Ireland, > England or Wales. There names were Peter (1832)and Johanna (Jordan) > Moore(1843). Thank. > Karen T. > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-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: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2728 - Release Date: 03/07/10 07:34:00 ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

So saying the original message just arrived, very odd Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: <MarJmr@aol.com> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 6:20 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Bray,/Brane ? Cornwall,England > > In a message dated 08/03/2010 02:09:46 GMT Standard Time, > hazel.p@xtra.co.nz writes: > > have an ancestor who was born in Bray, Cornwall, England. His name >> was William Moore born May 3, 1863. Does anyone know where Bray, >> Cornwall is? > > > Excuse me if this possibility has already been mentioned but - Could " > Bray > " just be a corruption of > " Brane " near Sancreed " regards --- John > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Interesting. I never received the message from hazel.p@xtra.co.nz I assume it did come from cornish-gen ?? Anyone else not get the original message ?? As an answer to the original question how about Brae near Camborne Also the only William Moore I could find in freebmd in Cornwall was a William Moore registered Sep 1863 in Falmouth Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: <MarJmr@aol.com> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 6:20 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Bray,/Brane ? Cornwall,England > > In a message dated 08/03/2010 02:09:46 GMT Standard Time, > hazel.p@xtra.co.nz writes: > > have an ancestor who was born in Bray, Cornwall, England. His name >> was William Moore born May 3, 1863. Does anyone know where Bray, >> Cornwall is? > > > Excuse me if this possibility has already been mentioned but - Could " > Bray > " just be a corruption of > " Brane " near Sancreed " regards --- John > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

>BRAY The following have the word Bray as part of their name. Bray map reference 20/2757 in the Looe area. near Gellies Bray Down 20/1882 Altarnun area Brayshill 21/2104 near Marhamchurch Bray Shop 20/3724 Near Callington note nearly all in West Cornwall Hope this helps. Bill Phillips