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