West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 7th February, 1851. Part 2. COUNTY COURT, LAUNCESTON - This Court was held on Wednesday last, before Mr. PRAED, when there were only twenty-four cases entered for trial, none of which were of any importance. Protection was granted to RICHARD PENGELLY FRISE , LITHOGRAPHER, &C., LATE OF Exeter, now of Launceston; and his first examination was ordered to take place on the 2nd of April. THE ASSAULT BY POACHERS - JOHN MOON, the man who was stated to have fired at the gamekeeper of Mr. GREGOR, of Trewarthenick, has been apprehended by Mr. WILLIAMS, an exciseman of Tregony. He was brought into Truro, and has since been committed by Mr. Gwatkin to take his trial at the Assizes. FOWL STEALING - Now that game is getting out of season, fowl stealing is taking the place of poaching. Mr. MANN, of Truro, last week had a number of fowls stolen from his barn, near the St. Clement workhouse; and Mr. LANYON, of Henver, in St. Allen, had eighteen carried off. Also, on Tuesday night, last week, Mr. VINCENT, of Roskief, IN THE SAME PARISH, HAD FORTY STOLEN. It was supposed the thieves had come from a distance, as they had a horse with them, which was tracked a considerable way from the barn. COMMITTAL - On Thursday the 30th ult., WILLIAM CROWLE, of St. Austell, was committed by Mr. EDWARD COODE, jun., to the house of correction at Bodmin, to be kept to hard labour for three weeks, for running away from his wife, whereby she became chargeable to the parish of St. Austell. HOUSE BREAKING - A robbery has been committed in the house of Mr. WM. VERRAN, the clerk in Holmbush mine, who resides in the account-house of the mine. Mr. Verran is a Wesleyan local preacher, and was appointed to preach at Callington on Sunday last. About ten o'clock he shut up his house and left for Callington, (about a mile and a-half distant,) accompanied by his wife, and did not return again till nine o'clock at night. He then saw that the parlour shutters had been broken open, and called on Captain LEAN, who lives near, and with him entered the house. They went upstairs and found the chest of drawers had been broken open, and the cash-box with a few pence, and a Policy of Insurance in the Star Office, and a few papers were taken away. It appears that in the morning Mr. Verran had taken out all the money excepting a few pence. It is obvious that money was the object of the thieves, it having been pay-day at the mine on the previous day. As yet, the offenders have not been apprehended. A GANG OF THIEVES - A prisoner has been brought to Hayle, by the "Brilliant" steamer on a charge of breaking into the shops of Messrs. HARVEY and Co., of Hayle, and has also since been committed by Mr. CARNE, of Penzance, to take his trial at the next assizes, for breaking open the premises of Messrs. SYMONS and Co., of Praze, in Cowan, four nights after the burglary at Messrs. Harvey's. A correspondent gives us the following information concerning the gang of thieves with which this fellow was connected. He is called DAVID ANDERSON, and was formerly a pack man travelling in this county. He is one of the same gang who broke open Mr. SOLOMON's premises at Penryn, and Messrs. Harvey's, of Hayle, in company with "Cockney George" and others. The mode of robbery was to break open a neighbouring blacksmith's shop, from which they would take his tools and leave them behind on the premises robbed, to throw suspicion on the blacksmith, and which had that effect until the right parties were discovered. The thieves took the tools from WHITE, of Connor Downs, and left them behind on the premises at Hayle, and from JENKIN's, at Praze, they took tools and acted in the same way. The poor fellow went to the Methodist chapel, to which society Mr. Symons, of Praze, belonged, and declared his innocence before the congregation, but was not believed. "Cockney George" was transported at the last assizes for this offence at Mr. Symons's. The other party (Anderson) escaped to Newbridge in Wales, but policeman ARMITAGE, of St. Ives, wrote to Mr. NAPIER, the chief constable of Glamorganshire, and Anderson was apprehended. One of the gang called "Bill Lee," was transported at the last March Assizes for the Penryn burglary, and another of the fellows is still at large. After committing the robbery, the gang crossed the country, and sold the property at Treviskey, in Roseland; they then started for Plymouth, and thence to Bristol where they robbed a Welsh farmer of GBP5. 5s. The police of Bristol, Plymouth, and Truro, and the constables of Bodmin and Penryn have rendered every assistance in their power to bring the parties to justice, and break up the gang, but this was very difficult to effect, as the fellows' plans were so skilfully arranged. They were a set of glass and china menders, hat cleaners, tinkers, &c., and these pretended employments gave them an excuse to get a view of premises. The beggars, blind, lame, and others, our correspondent says, call themselves travellers, as well as the other, and are all "hand in glove" together; the beggars give the others all the information they can, which give facilities for the committal of robberies. In the opinion of our correspondent, low lodging houses are the greatest pests in the county. LOSS OF THE JOSEPH CRISTAL" - On the 11th ult., the"Joseph Cristal" of Penzance, Captain BERRIMAN, was lost with a valuable cargo of corn, having struck near St. Cutaldo, on the Italian shore, when on her voyage from Barletta, Gulf of Venice, to Southampton. The vessel went to pieces almost immediately, and only a few materials were preserved. The crew were all saved. ACCIDENT AT SEA - The schooner "Zibiah," of Jersey, TONKIN, master, left Gibraltar on the 12th ult. On the 14th, in the Bay of Biscay, they encountered a heavy gale of wind, which caused much damage to the vessel, she having her round house and long-boat stove. Several articles were washed off the deck, and at about eight o'clock in the evening, the master, (who was a native of Penzance and half owner of the vessel), was washed overboard. Owing to the darkness of the night all attempts to save him were unsuccessful. MINE ACCIDENT - On Thursday, the 23rd ultimo, as DANIEL HARRIS, of St. Pinnock, was ascending the ladder in Herodsfoot mine engine shaft, a stone from the kibble fell on his head, dreadfully fracturing his skull. He was knocked out of the ladder, and fell it is thought ten fathoms or more, and would have gone further had not one of the shaft men been present and caught him. As it was, the injuries received, were sufficient to cause his death in the course of a few hours. ATTEMPTED SELF DESTRUCTION - On Thursday, a labourer named BRENT went into the stable belonging to the inn at Bray Shop, on the Five Lanes road, near Launceston, and cut his throat. He was however discovered before life was extinct, and hopes are entertained of his recovery. Grief and poverty are supposed to have been the causes of this rash act. He had been discharged from the Launceston Union, as the Guardians considered he was capable of earning his living, but it appears he was not able to work more than a few hours each day. SUDDEN DEATH - On Friday morning last, an elderly man named WESTLAKE died suddenly whilst in bed, at Underhill, in the parish of Stokeclimsland. An inquest has since been held, and a verdict returned accordingly. CORONER'S INQUESTS - The following inquest has been held before Mr. JOHN CARLYON, county coroner:- At the Plough Inn, near Teague's Gate, in the parish of Creed, on the body of RICHARD BULLEN, a china-clay labourer, aged 33 years. The deceased resided about a mile and a half out of St. Austell, on the north road, and left his home on Sunday afternoon, the 26th ult., to take a horse to Tregony. On his return the same evening, he stopped at the Plough Inn about half an hour, and then left with the intention of spending the night at his brother's, who resided about a mile off. He had only taken one pint of beer, and was perfectly sober when he left. The landlord's son went out and put him in the right road, and directed him which way to go. On the following day, it was found that he had not reached his brother's, nor had he returned home. Every inquiry was made for him, but nothing could be heard of him after he had left the Plough. As a last resource, the old shafts, of which there are many very dangerous ones in the neighbourhood, were searched; and on Wednesday the 29th, he was found at the bottom of one of them, which was perfectly open, and immediately by the side of the pathway leading from Teague's Gate to Dowgas mine. The jury returned a verdict of "accidental death," and expressed a hope that the coroner would take some steps for the protection of the public from similar accidents; suggesting that the old shafts should be built round, or sollared. It appeared that the land belongs to the Duchy, and the coroner promised to write to the Duchy authorities on the subject. On Wednesday, the 9th of January, Mr. HAMLEY, county coroner, held an inquest on the body of ANN KENT, who met her death under the following melancholy circumstances:- It appeared that the deceased, who is 62 years of age, lived with her sister, named GATLEY, in a cottage near the Indian Queens, in the parish of St. Columb. The cottage consisted of four rooms, two under and two over. Gatley and his wife slept in one of the bed-rooms, and deceased and Gatley's daughter in the other. On the morning of the 29th of January, Gatley's daughter, who slept with deceased, was awoke at three o'clock by something falling on her face. She got up and called her father, who lit a candle, and on examining the room he saw a small crack in the wall; he and his daughter went out into the other room to examine further, when the whole of that part where the old woman was in bed, fell in and buried, her bed and all in the ruins. Gatley went to the neighbouring cottages to get assistance, and in a short time several men arrived; and after about two hours got the deceased out. The cottage was built principally of mud or cob walls, having only two feet of stone for the foundation, and it is supposed that the late continuance of rain had been the means of separating that part of the wall from the stone foundation, which caused the cob part of the house to fall in. Gatley and his daughter had a narrow escape, only having left the room a few seconds. The house had been built about 21 years, and was considered perfectly safe. Verdict, "accidental death. EMIGRATION - (From the Devon section of the paper) - The following was forwarded to England by the passengers, per ship "John," from Plymouth to New York in April, 1850. New York, May 28th, 1850. Dear Sir, "We, the cabin passengers per "John" from Plymouth to this place, beg to express our thanks to you for the kind consideration which provided so amply for all our wants during the long and tedious voyage occasioned by contrary winds and heavy weather, and at the same time to testify our sense of the ability displayed by Captain SYMONS in the discharge of his various duties, and to offer him our grateful acknowledgements for the very many attentions we have received from him which were most liberally extended to all the other passengers; in doing which, we have presented him with a piece of plate, as a slight testimony of our good feeling towards him. We remain Sir, yours &c., (Signed) GEO. HOMES, H. L. CREAGH, W. J. JENNINGS, M. A. HOLMES, M. CREAGH, A. C. HOLMES. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT - On Tuesday last, a farm labourer named THOMAS PETER, of Altarnun, in consequence of a previous wager, threshed ten bushels and four pecks, or thirty-two Winchester bushels of oats, the property of Mr. JONATHAN NICOLLS, in the short space of eight hours and twenty-five minutes, being thirty-six dozen, or 482 sheaves, quite to the satisfaction of the proprietor, who was not concerned in the wager. COUNTY COURT, LAUNCESTON - This Court was held on Wednesday last, before Mr. PRAED, when there were only twenty-four cases entered for trial, none of which were of any importance. Protection was granted to RICHARD PENGELLY FRISE, lithographer &c., late of Exeter, now of Launceston; and his first examination was ordered to take place on the 2nd of April. [name may be Frise or Friso] THE ASSAULT BY POACHERS - JOHN MOON, the man who was stated to have fired at the gamekeeper of MR. GREGOR, of Trewarthenick, has been apprehended by MR. WILLIAMS, an exciseman of Tregony. He was brought into Truro, and has since been committed by MR. GWATKIN to take his trial at the Assizes. HIGHWAY ROBBERY - On Monday last, JOSEPH PONISI of St. Austell, was committed by MR. E. COODE, jun., to take his trial at the next Assizes on the charge of robbing JOHN VENTON, of Luxulian, on the highway near the town of St. Austell, on the night of Saturday the 1st instant. It appeared in evidence that prosecutor had been drinking during the evening at the "Ringing Bells" public house, and that between ten and eleven o'clock , the prisoner came there, and requested the prosecutor to change him a sovereign. When the change was produced, Ponisi said it didn't matter. About eleven o'clock, the prosecutor left to go to Trewoon, in St. Mewan, and not knowing the way Ponisi offered to accompany him, but instead of going the proper road, he put him in the direction of Mevagissey, and when they had just passed the town, assisted by another person not known, he attacked the prosecutor, knocked him down and robbed him of three pence. The robbers took the pence from the pocket where the prosecutor had been seen to take his silver at the public-house, but he had subsequently transferred the money to a side pocket, and before all his pockets could be searched, his cries of murder caused the villains to decamp. Several persons have been attacked near the same place within the last few weeks.