West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 18th March, 1859. LABOURERS' WAGES IN CORNWALL - A correspondent calls attention to the great difference in the wages paid to agricultural labourers in different parts of this county. He states that in a line drawn from the parish of Cubert to St. Cleer, and on to Callington, the wages paid to farm labourers rarely exceeds 8s. a-week, although they pay for wheat from 20s. to 24s. per Cornish bushel; whereas, west and south of that line, the labourers are receiving 12s. a-week and upwards, and pay for corn from 14s. 6d. to 15s. 6d. per Cornish bushel, thus showing a difference of nearly 100 per cent. in the earnings of the labourers in those different districts of the county. Our correspondent also draws attention to the great difference in the price of Cornish barley at the present time as compared with the barley in some other parts of the kingdom. Cornish barley being about 12s. per quarter lower. This subject, however, will be found more particularly referred to in our agricultural report. CORNWALL SPRING ASSIZES - The learned Judges on the Western Circuit, Mr. Justice CROWDER and Mr. Justice WATSON, will arrive at Bodmin on Monday next, and open the commission for holding the assizes. The number of prisoners is diminished by the Winter Assizes held in December last; there are, however, thirty-two for trial, and some of them are committed on serious charged. MARY ANN GARTRELL, a servant at Launceston, is indicted for having killed a female child of which she had been delivered, by inflicting wounds on the neck, throat, and mouth of the infant. MARGARET WHITE, a charwoman in the parish of Gulval, is indicted for endeavouring to conceal the birth of her male child, by wrapping the dead body in a cloth, and depositing it on a hedge. EDWARD SINCOCK, a miner, indicted for an assault, with intent, &c., on MARY HENNESSEY, in the parish of Lanlivery, and GEORGE BURN, a miner, is charged with aiding and abetting in the assault. CHARLES MICHELL, an iron and brass moulder, is indicted for a similar offence on MARY ANN LETCHER, at St. Agnes. RICHARD GILL, a miner, is charged with an unnatural offence at St. Agnes. MARY PHOEBY indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury, in a deposition made by her in an affiliation case before the magistrates at Madron. JOHN KING charged with uttering a forged acceptance to DANIEL VENNING, of Liskeard, brewer. RICHARD EDWARDS, a miner, is indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of PETER THOMAS, at Ludgvan, and stealing GBP12. JANE REED and ANN SMITH are charged with uttering counterfeit coin at Redruth. MARY ANN SEARLE is indicted for keeping a disorderly house at Truro. WILLIAM FENSON is charged with assaulting and beating JOHN JULIAN, at Bodmin. WILLIAM PEARCE is indicted for obtaining money under false pretences from WILLIAM HARRIS, of Paul; and the remaining cases on the calendar consist of felonies and larcenies. BODMIN - On the 1st instant, Mr. N. STEVENS and Mr. WILLIAM WHITE were elected auditors, and Mr. FELIX ELDON COOM and Mr. JOSIAS PHILLIPS, assessors for this borough. ECCLESIASTICAL - The Archdeaconry of Totnes, rendered vacant by the death of the venerable R. H. FROUDE, M.A., has been conferred upon the Rev. JOHN DOWNALL, M.A., Vicar of Okehampton and Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral. APPOINTMENT - The London Gazette contains the following:- The Lord Chancellor has appointed EDMUND GILBERT HAMLEY, of Bodmin, in the county of Cornwall, gentleman, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England, under the Act of Parliament passed for the relief of Her Majesty's subjects professing the Jewish religion. OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON - At a meeting of the Council and Fellows of the Obstetrical Society, held on the 3rd ult. Mr. MOYLE, surgeon, Chacewater, was unanimously elected a Fellow. PRESENT TO A POLICE INSPECTOR - The inhabitants of Callington have presented a handsome silver goblet to Mr. WARD, Inspector of Police, who has been recently removed from the district. Mr. Ward was a most efficient and energetic officer, and greatly liked by all who knew him. THE "FAL," STEAMER - This screw steamer, the property of Messrs. LEAN and CO., arrived on the 10th inst., in Truro river from Bristol, being intended as a passenger boat between Truro and Falmouth, and for towing vessels. She is well fitted up, having cost a considerable sum. On Tuesday, the first day of her appearance at Truro, she unfortunately, when nearly opposite Garras Wharf, ran into a barge, which was sunk by the collision, and damage to the amount of about GBP10 incurred. CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST - Mr. H. E. GURNEY, brother of the hon. Member for Penryn and Falmouth, has offered to subscribe the liberal sum of GBP1,500 towards liquidating the debt of GBP6,000 on the Hospital at Victoria Park, provided that the remaining sum of GBP1,500 shall be collected on the occasion of the forthcoming Anniversary Festival, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent, to enable them to accept of this most generous offer. It appears that 50,000 persons annually die in this country from diseases of the chest. Many of these valuable lives might be prolonged, if not rescued, by an improved and skilful treatment of the sufferers, and to do a portion of this good work is the object of this excellent institution. Four skilful physicians and a resident medical officer minister to the relief of the thousand applicants who seek their aid. Last year 273 persons received the comforts and benefits of this truly hospitable home as in-patients, and more than 6,000 availed themselves of gratuitous advice and medicine as out-patients. The institution began as a dispensary for out-patients in 1848, and has since then relieved nearly 45,000 patients. The out-patient who presents a letter from a subscriber is at once admitted to all the benefits of the most skilful medical advice. The physicians work without fee or reward, save the increase of their knowledge and experience, and the satisfaction of their own benevolent feelings. The limited funds of the institution can only support half the number of in-patients that the building will accommodate, but it is hoped that the contributions of the benevolent will liquidate the debt on the Hospital, and enable in future the full number of patients to be received within its walls. ST COLUMB COUNTY COURT - At this court, held on the 14th instant, there were entered 26 original plaints, 4 judgment summonses, and 8 adjourned from the last court. The following defendants were committed to Bodmin Gaol, for non-payment of debts:- ANDREW CUNDY for 20 days in one case, and a further period of 20 days for non-payment in another case. MARIA GLANVILLE was committed for 20 days for non-payment of debt to RICHARD HOCKIN. WILLIAM WITHIELL, of St. Columb Minor, shipbuilder, an insolvent, came up before the court for his third examination. Mr. EDWARDS, of Truro, appeared for the insolvent, who was opposed by Mr. HENRY WHITFORD, of St. Columb, on behalf of Mr. SOLOMON, of Truro, and Mr. NORWAY, of Wadebridge, the two largest creditors. The learned judge considered the insolvent had acted in a very straightforward way, and granted him a final order. CHILD DESERTION - At the Truro police court on Thursday, before Mr. CHAPPEL, MARY JENNINGS, of Kenwyn, single woman, was charged with having deserted her illegitimate child. It appeared that in the forenoon of the same day the prisoner met a little girl in Kenwyn-street, whom she asked to hold her child while she went to the railway terminus to see her husband, giving her at the same time a half penny. The girl held the child for some time, but as the woman did not return, she at length began to cry. This attracted the notice of several persons, who advised her to take the child to the station house, which she did, and Superintendent NASH directed P.C. GAY to pursue the woman. Gay traced her to the three milestone on the Redruth turnpike, where the road branches off to St. Agnes, but he there lost her. He, however, met with Mr. CARNE, overseer, of Higher Town, who knew the woman, and told Gay where she lived. The officer proceeded in the direction of her residence, and about eight miles from Truro, between Croft West and St. Agnes, he caught sight of her. On seeing the officer she endeavoured to conceal herself in some furze, but finding she could not succeed in this, she said to Gay -"I know you want me, I would sooner go to prisoner than the union." She was committed to 21 days hard labour in the house of correction. SERIOUS CASE OF POCKET PICKING - At the Truro Police Court, on Thursday last, before Mr. CHAPPEL, magistrate, JOHN PASSMORE, labourer, was charged with stealing three GBP1 notes, from Mrs. MARY ANN COCK, wife of Mr. JOHN COCK, mason, Richmond Hill, Truro. It appeared that on the Monday evening week, Mr. Cock had some business transaction with Mr. RICHARD STEVENS, builder, relating to a house, and when the accounts were balanced, it was found that GBP20 was due to the former. They had supper at the Exeter Inn, and in settlement of the account, Mr. Stevens handed Mr. Cock four GBP5 notes of the Cornish Bank, which the latter gave to his wife, who was at the supper, and she wrapped three of them in a piece of paper and put them into her pocket separate from the fourth note. At this time the prisoner was in the kitchen drinking with some navvies, and Mrs. Cock assisted Mrs. REYNOLDS, the landlady, in carrying some beer to them. Passmore entered into conversation with her, pretending that he knew her, and sat close to where she was standing. It is supposed that at this time, he managed to pick her pocket, as he and his companions soon after left the house, and as Mrs. Cock and her husband were proceeding home, she found on putting her hand into her pocket that the three GBP5 notes were gone. They returned to the house and searched for the notes, but without success, and the next day, they had them cried, offering GBP3 reward for their recovery. Nothing was heard of them, however, until the evening of Wednesday, the 9th, when Police Serjeant WOOLCOCK heard that Passmore had been drinking at the Barley Sheaf Inn, and that he had changed a GBP5 note. Woolcock enquired of the landlady, if such was the case, and was informed that it was. He also ascertained that Passmore and the navvies who had been at the Exeter Inn on the night the notes were lost, were in the Barley Sheaf, and he requested the landlord to inform the former that he was wanted in an adjoining room. On hearing the request, Passmore and one of his companions jumped up and left the house as quickly as they could. They were followed by the officer, who took them to the Market Room, and told Passmore that he was charged on suspicion of stealing three GBP5 notes from the person of Mrs. Cock, which he denied. Woolcock then proceeded to search Passmore, and while he was so engaged, he saw the prisoner put his hand in a stealthy manner into his trousers pocket, and take something out, which he thrust into an outside pocket; and on the officer trying to feel what this was, the prisoner endeavoured to prevent him. Woolcock persevered, and in the pocket he found a purse containing a GBP5 note of the Cornish Bank, with a mark on it, which enabled Mr. Cock to identify it, and which he had previously described, also five sovereigns, four half sovereigns, and 22s. in silver, making altogether GBP13. 2s. The prosecutor was likewise able to identify the note which the prisoner had changed at the Barley Sheaf, and it was ascertained that he had changed the third note at the Globe Inn. The prisoner, when before Mr. CHAPPEL, pleaded guilty to the charge, and asked the magistrate to deal with his case summarily. He was remanded till Saturday, when he was brought before Mr. Chappel, Mr. MICHELL, and the Mayor, and committed to the House of Correction for three months' hard labour. FELONY - On Sunday night, the market house at St. Ives was broken open and a quantity of beef and pork stolen. ST. AUSTELL POLICE - On Monday last, JOSEPH LEVERTON was brought before Mr. R. G. LAKES, and fined 5s., and 5s. 6d. cost, for being drunk and unable to take care of himself. THOMAS SOLOMON was charged with refusing to maintain his daughter, and was sent to the treadmill for fourteen days. FIRE AT CAMBORNE - On the 10th instant, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. JAMES, draper, which is supposed to have originated from some soot being on fire in the flue of the stove. Assistance was rendered, and the fire extinguished, but not before considerable damage had been done, to the amount of about GBP250. Fortunately the property was insured. FALMOUTH POLICE - At the Guildhall, on Saturday last, before Mr. JAMES B. MOORMAN, Mayor, JAMES SMILIE, a seaman, was charged by Captain ROXBY of the barque "Marion", with having threatened to do him bodily harm during the voyage from Odessa to Falmouth. The captain deposed as follows:- I am master of the barque "Marion"; this morning the man Smilie came near me and while I was speaking to a person, struck me a violent blow on the head which knocked me down, and I was taken up insensible. On the voyage he threatened to knock me down and take my life, and also used other threats towards me, and I am in consequence afraid he will do me some bodily harm. The Mayor said the assault was committed in the parish of Falmouth, which was out of his jurisdiction, and he could not adjudicate on the offence charged, but he would call upon the prisoner to find sureties to keep the peace, and in default he committed him to gaol for a month. GIG ACCIDENT - On Tuesday the 8th instant, an accident occurred under the following circumstances. Mr. BRAY, a commercial traveller from Bristol, while on his way from Camborne to Redruth, driving very fast, came suddenly in contact with a very spirited horse belonging to Mr. TREGASKIS, of Perran Wharf. The shaft of Mr. Bray's gig penetrated the chest of Mr. Tregaskis's horse to the depth of twenty inches, coming out under the shoulder bone. It was thought desirable at once to kill the horse, and thus put it out of further pain, but on the arrival of Mr. JOHN LEWIS, junr., of Redruth, he determined at once to operate, which he did in a most skilful and successful manner, and the horse is now doing well. Fortunately no one was severely injured, although Mr. Tregaskis was thrown to the ground with great violence. ACCIDENT - A lad named WILLIAM GILBERT, in the employ of Mr. JOHN MURPHY, serpentine manufacturer, Penzance, met with a severe accident on Tuesday last. Having ascended to a small platform, to peep into a neighbouring workshop, his right arm was caught in some machinery, and was crushed between two cog-wheels to the shoulder - the fingers being completely cut off, and a large water-wheel stopped by the limb. Five minutes elapsed before he could be extricated. Messrs. COUCH and BOASE were soon in attendance, and the mutilated arm was amputated. CORNUBIANA - THE WESTERN PENINSULA - It was in the summer of 1825, that the writer of this notice first visited the far-famed Mount's Bay, and its principal town of Penzance, after riding all night with a friend. It was one of those glorious July nights, clear, soft, and beautiful; "the starry sky" was splendid and gorgeous beyond description; Venus, the morning star, shone with most resplendent brilliancy in the East at two in the morning, about the time we ascended the hill from Porthleven; for during the night we rode down to the beach at two or three different points of the coast, dismounted, and sat on the rocks, where nought could be heard but the waves' motion. "That scarcely disturbed the deep silence of night" On arriving at Penzance between five and six in the morning, we found very few of the inhabitants astir. After arousing the landlord of one of the inns, and disturbing the morning dreams of his hostler, we came out, rubbing his eyes, to take charge of our horses, we sallied forth to survey the town and neighbourhood; and it is principally by calling to recollection the appearance of the town in that morning's ramble, that some of the great improvements that have been made since that period will be pointed out. An old Market House and some other buildings, occupied the site on which the present Market House, Guildhall, Council Chamber, &c., now stand. The rude, rough pavements, have been entirely removed or altered for the better. The pier, which was then a very small one, has been very considerably enlarged, at an expense of many thousand pounds, and is now large and capacious. Many good houses have been built, both in the town and in the immediate neighbourhood. The small low dwellings have decreased in number, and are still annually decreasing - and "Porticos that used to meet More than midway in the street, Forcing horsemen, gigs, and chaises, To whirl through crincum crancum mazes;- Of heavy penthouses which frown'd A shadowy horror on the ground, No trace remains;- but all is bare, And smooth as cheek of lady fair." The splendid promenade, one of the most beautiful in England, was then an irregular bank of sand, but that which has been found to be of the greatest public benefit is the ample supply of water which has been brought into the streets and into a large number of houses. This, in connexion with the common sewerage, will, when completed, make Penzance one of the cleanest towns in the kingdom. Since 1825, two new churches have been erected, and the trade, revenue, and population have rapidly increased. At the period alluded to, the Mousehole and Newlyn fish-women were sitting behind their cowels, on the pavement opposite the west end of the market-house, extending half-way down the street towards Queen's-square; the greater part of them were knitting stockings, or worsted shirts, for their husbands, the fishermen. One remarkable peculiarity in their dress, and which would be sure to attract the attention of a stranger, was the large gipsy hat most of them wore, made of black beaver or felt; this singular custom has entirely disappeared. Notwithstanding the great improvements that have taken place in this the most westerly town in England, others are contemplated, and it is probable that it may be intended to widen some of the narrow passages leading to some of the public institutions; in these days of hoops and crinoline, it is absolutely necessary that we should have broad pavements and wide thoroughfares. The promenade, which is furnished with several seats for invalids, is only a few feet above high water mark, yet the prospects landward and seaward are extensive, and of the most pleasing description. York House, with its palace-like appearance - Rosehill, peeping up amongst the foliage - Castle Hornec, built as DAVIES GILBERT tells us, by the Tyers, who were lords of this district, early in the times of the Plantagenets, and long the residence of the Rev. WALTER BORLASE, doctor of civil law, brother of the celebrated historian; Higher Lariggan, lately rebuilt, the seat of Mr. WALTER BORLASE, all these are much admired for the peculiar beauty of their situations. To the east, the town of Marazion, St. Michael's Mount, "like a gem set in the silver sea," Cuddan point, and Acton Castle - in the extreme distance, the eastern shores of Mount's Bay, terminated by the Lizard Point. The passing of ships up and down the Channel, the fishing boats, steamers running into the pier, visitors rambling over the beach in quest of specimens of sea weed, all contribute to enliven and beautify the scene. The town of Penzance is wholly within the parish of Madron; the church, distant rather more than a mile, stands on a commanding elevation; the stained glass windows are very elegant, particularly the one at the west end of the northern aisle. There are many mural monuments and coats of arms, with mottos in a language that prevents the greater part of those who attend the church from reading them. "Mors Janua Vitae," Death is the entrance to life, and "Quies in Coelo," there is rest in Heaven - are fine sentences and very suitable for the walls of a church, if they could be read by all. One of the most interesting carvings in this church is on the outside of one of the seats belonging to Trengwainton: it represents the arms of Henry the Eighth. France and England quarterly, surrounded with the garter and ensigned with a large crown, supporters, Red Dragon for Cadwallader, last king of the Britons, from whom he claimed descent; on the left a Greyhound, Argent, collared Gules, for Somerset, Badges, the Portcullis, placed below, from his mother of the family of Beaufort, and the white and red rose, York and Lancaster united. This coat of arms has been supposed by many to belong to the late Sir ROSE PRICE or his family, from the circumstances of its being on the Trengwainton seat, but it is probable that this interesting carving is coeval with the building, which is in the style of Henry the Seventh's reign. Landithy, very near the church, now the property of Mr. T. S. BOLITHO, belonged for several generations to a family by the name of Flemen; it was formerly a cottage or preceptor of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem. Hale[?] says that in the Chronicle of Galfridus Monmouthensis it is stated, that one Madan was a British King in these parts, before Julius Caesar landed in Britain, and probably that he lived, or died here, in memory of whom this parish is called Madron, now Maddarne. The Knights Templars, according to Davies Gilbert, held the great tithes under a gift from Henry de Pomeroy, one of the great family of the Pomeroys, Lords of Bury Pomeroy Castle. The connexion of so many great names with the lands and estates in Cornwall plainly indicate their value and importance in former times. Very recently, the remains of the old building have been taken down: the old portraits of English Sovereigns that hung on the walls have been preserved by the proprietor, who has built on the site of the old college a most convenient farm-house, and suitable farm-yard buildings. The prospect form the house at Landithy, from the churchyard, and the fields leading to Penzance, is of the most splendid description. Some time ago, a gentleman who had travelled in Italy, being on the spot, observed that he could only compare it with some of the finest scenery in that beautiful country. Improvements are still making in the church tower. Two gentlemen from Penzance have erected beautiful residences near the church, and if a noble prospect and pure aire are conducive to health there is every probability that they will have a good share of it. Poltair, just below, has recently been much improved; Roscadgel, long in the family of Borlase; Nancealverne, with its beautiful lawn, the seat of Mr. SCOBELL; Trenear, formerly in the possession of the OLIVERS, has a very pleasant walk through the lawn amongst the aged elms. Although the south part of Madron is highly productive, yet there is a great deal of uncultivated land to the north and west that would pay for improving if it were only brought into grazing lands; dairy produce always brings a remunerating price, and the fields adapted for gardening purposes a very high rent; plots for building on, in and near the borough, from GBP1,600 to GBP2,000 per acre. The Lanyon Cromlech in this parish is an object of great interest to the antiquary, standing on an estate that in all probability gave name to a family that came over with the Conqueror; there is a tradition that another branch occupied the Lanyon Estate in Gwinear. The word is frequently pronounced Lan.alee[?]. Two meanings have been given to it; one, the Fairy Dwelling[?]; the other, the Bare Cold Enclosure.[?] The following lines were written more than thirty years ago, by a gentleman of high literary attainments who has recently "passed away;" they are part of an inscription for this valuable antiquity, when in its fallen state. The author says, "This fine Cromlech, perhaps the noblest specimen of the find, fell down in the night of October the 19th, 1810[?] when the "Delia"[?] was wrecked in the tremendous storm, near Saint Michael's Mount. -Thou who hast seen The storms and calms of twice ten hundred years. The naked Briton here has paused to gaze Upon they ponderous mass, ere bells were chimed, Or the throng'd hamlet smok'd with social fires. Whilst thou hast here repos'd, what numerous tribes, That breath'd the breath of life have pass'd away. What wonderous changes in the affairs of men! Their proudest cities lowly ruins made; Battles, and sieges, empires lost and won; Whilst thou hast stood upon the silent hill. A lonely monument of times there were. Let no rude hand remove, Or spoil thee; for the spot is consecrate To thee, and thou to it; and as the heart Aching with thoughts of human littleness Asks, without hope of knowing, whose the strength That poised thee here. It will be recollected by many that when Lieut. GOLDSMITH replaced the Logan Rock in 1824, which he and his men, in a freak, had thrown from its balance, the same machinery was used to raise the fallen Cromlech to its original position. The Lanyon Estate is large, and well adapted for grazing; passing through the "town-place," in one of my rambles, there were thirty-five milch cows, and eight persons milking, the largest number perhaps to be met with on one from in the whole district. There are two celebrated wells in this parish; one in a moor, north-west of the church, known as Madron Well, a few hundreds of yards to the east of which, are the remains of a baptistery or ancient chapel, which has been mistaken by many for the well itself, as there is a small reservoir in one-part of the ruins, into which the water runs from a stream just above, that comes from the well. The locality is a dreary one, and seldom visited except by persons who may be desirous of seeing and tasting the water of this celebrated spring. Responses were supposed to be obtained by parties who formerly visited this well for that purpose, by the appearance of the bubbles; it is still resorted to in May by persons who have children with weak limbs, the water being supposed to possess at that time of the year certain curative qualities. The cure of a man that had been a cripple for sixteen years, as recorded by Bishop Hall, is still credited by many, it being in accordance with what may be termed traditionary evidence, and the credible testimony of an English Bishop who says, "There was neither art nor collusion; the cure done, the author our invisible God." The other spring is within the borough of Penzance, and is known by the name of Alverton Well; its reputation has much increased of late years. It is frequented by many regularly in the mornings, at this season of the year from seven to eight or nine o'clock, some with silver cups, others with glass or horn; the water is beautifully clear, and as there are many springs in Cornwall, which, for their principal ingredients, are called chalybeate, it is highly probable that considerable benefit may be derived from drinking the water at proper times and in certain quantities. It may not be predicting too much to say, that water from these celebrated wells, will ere long be drunk in the Capital; no doubt hundreds of bottles will be taken away by the curious, who will be able to boast that they themselves have drunk at the fountain head, but were anxious to present some friend with a pint bottle sample of the transparent fluid from the most celebrated wells of Old Cornwall. TRURO COUNTY COURT - At the sitting of this court on Friday and Saturday last, the following were the only cases of interest herd:- THOS. HARRIS v. MARTIN EDWARDS. Mr. Stokes appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hockin for the defendant. The action was brought against the defendant, who is the agent of Wheal Kitty mine, St. Agnes, to recover the amount of the carriage of materials for the mine, and the only question in dispute was whether the plaintiff had conveyed 60 tons or 63 tons. It was ultimately arranged to divide the difference between them, each party to pay his own costs. SAMPSON BREWER v. WILLIAM BRAY - This action was brought to recover GBP1. 4s. for the keep of a number of sheep. It came on at the last Court when the plaintiff was nonsuited. It appeared that Mr. TEDDER placed a number of sheep in a field belonging to the plaintiff, and whilst they were there, he sold them to Mr. Bray, the defendant. Mr. Tedder paid for the keep of the sheep up to the time of his selling them, and as Mr. Bray did not remove them, till some days after, Mr. Brewer asked for payment for their keep during this period. Mr. Bray, however, declined to pay anything, alleging that according to the usual custom in such cases, he was entitled to allow the sheep to remain for a day or two till he could fetch them away, at the expense of the party from whom he had bought them. The question was purely one of liability, and ultimately the Judge gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 16s. WILLIAM NICHOLLS v. RICHARD TEAGUE - The parties reside at Truro. This action was brought in the court held in December, 1856, by the plaintiff who sought to recover from the defendant the sum of GBP12. A verdict was obtained against the defendant for the amount, and recently the officer of the court seized a wagon, when Mr. THOMAS SOLOMON, farmer, Kenwyn, claimed the waggon as his property. Upon this an interpleader to try this question. Mr. STOKES appeared for Mr. Solomon, and Mr. HOCKIN for the execution creditor. Mr. Solomon stated that in June, 1856, he lent the defendant the sum of GBP2. 10s. and as he wanted security, Mr. Teague offered to sell him the waggon. Teague was to pay 3s. 6d. per month interest for the loan of the money, and afterwards he advanced him other sums amounting altogether to GBP11. In June, 1857, Teague sold him the waggon for GBP10. Mr. Stokes called the defendant, Mr. Teague, who corroborated this evidence. On the other side, Mr. Nicholls stated that Mr. Teague and his wife had told him that Mr. Solomon had advanced the money on the waggon, but that it had not been sold to him. His Honor left it to the jury to decide whether they were of opinion that Mr. Solomon had really purchased the wagon at the time he had stated. The jury retired, but after an absence of some time, they stated that they could not agree, and were discharged, his Honor directing Mr. Solomon to pay the costs of the hearing. OLIVER WILLOUGHBY v. TIMOTHY JAMES - The parties reside at St. Agnes. In the last December Court, the plaintiff brought an action to recover damages for a breach of contract - the defendant having refused to deliver up a cow and calf which the former had purchased from him, and the plaintiff then obtained a verdict for GBP3. 10s. The defendant now applied for a new trial, which was granted, the trial to take place at the next sitting of the court, by jury. COMMITTAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER - On Monday, March 7th, an inquest was held at the Town Hall, Saltash, before Mr. J. H. COOK, to inquire into the cause of death of WM. THOMAS ELMS [?], aged one year and eight months. The deceased was the son of THOMAS ELMS, seaman on board H.M.S. "Indus," now abroad, and CATHERINE ELMS, who resides in Tamar-street, Saltash. On Saturday night, the mother of the deceased came up with her brother to the Saltash steamer from Devonport, when the brother (who is a seaman on board H.M.S. "Cambridge," now in harbour,) repaired with his sister to her lodgings, where he was in the habit of residing when ashore. When they arrived at home, an altercation arose between brother and sister; the latter refused to give up the watch and clothes belonging to the former, who was about to take fresh lodgings, the watch she declared not being his property; and in order to settle the dispute, a woman residing below, named HARRIET SEREACH[?], was called up to testify as to whom the watch belonged, as it appeared that their mother, now dead, had purchased it for her son, WILLIAM SPICER. When Harriet Sereach appeared, she endeavoured to pacify the brother and sister, and while in the act of remonstrating with the brother, the sister (mother of the deceased), seized a kettle which was on the hob, and made an attempt to throw it at the brother, but it struck against a table, and a portion of its contents was thrown upon the child, then sleeping in a cradle a little before the table, which so severely scalded its left breast, neck and back, that it died from the effects the following night about nine o'clock. At the inquest 18 jurymen being summoned, thirteen were in favour of manslaughter, and four for acquittal; but the majority being sufficient to constitute a verdict, manslaughter was recorded against Catherine Elms, who was committed to take her trial at the ensuing Bodmin Assizes. Bail for her due appearance was accepted by the coroner. One juryman did not answer to his name. HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF A CORNISHMAN - An account is given in our seventh page of the horrible treatment of a Cornishman named THOMAS LANDER, who was a stoker on board the mail-steamer "Bogota," which has arrived at Liverpool from Valparaiso. Whilst at sea, the man, for "skulking," was tied to a ladder between two furnaces, and died from the heat to which he was exposed. The first and second engineer have been taken into custody on a charge of murdering the man. The case was remanded by the magistrates till Tuesday last when additional witnesses were called. WILLIAM McCLELLAN, a seaman on board the "Bogota," said deceased was a stout, able-bodied man, who frequently complained of being unwell, and offered some of the men GBP10 if they would take his place, as he was unable to work. Deceased had told witness that he was a miner, from Chili, and was going to England for the purpose of seeing his family. On the day the "Bogota" left Rio, this witness saw the second engineer drag the deceased by the legs towards the stoke hole. Heard Lander cry out, "For God's sake don't put me down there, I can't bear the heat." Mitchell said that if he would not go down he would kick him down, and chain him when he was down, until he did his work. About half an hour after the last occurrence saw Lander carried forward from the after stoke hole on the port side to the fore stoke hole. His legs were then placed over the combings of the hatch. The chief engineer was standing close by, looking down the stoke hole. The deceased at the time was tied to the ladder by the waist, and was crying out for mercy. Saw the man carried up to the forecastle on the starboard side. This was about half-past five in the evening. Lander was placed on the forecastle deck, when the doctor felt his pulse, and gave orders for the man to be rolled on the deck, but without effect, for the man was dead at the time. The man was shortly afterwards thrown overboard. The doctor and chief engineer looked down the stoke hole for about five minutes, when the man was tied there. ROBERT RAINGER, a seaman, said he heard deceased cry out, "Lord have mercy on me; will no one save me?" This was at the time he was tied to the ladder. Saw the chief engineer walk backwards and forwards past the stoke hole. When deceased was brought up he appeared to be "in his last breath." The doctor asked him to speak and tell him what was the matter with him, but the man was unable to speak. It was about a quarter of an hour after the man was put down that he (witness) heard him cry out. The weather was so hot the day they left Rio that a number of the men had to knock off duty. JOHN LANGDON, boatswain's boy, said he saw Lander tied below on the day they left Rio. Heard him cry, "Lord have mercy upon me! God save me! Oh, my wife and children!" One of the fireman, WILSON, went down to fire up, when on opening the furnace door deceased fell against it, and it was only by Wilson placing his knee against him that he was prevented from falling into the fire. After this the second engineer came out and went towards the chief engineer's room. Saw Lander after he was brought up; he was gasping. The chief engineer was standing by, in company with the doctor. Heard the doctor say he thought the man died from apoplexy. JOHN SHREEVES, fireman, said he got the deceased's shoes after his death. They were not burnt, nor did they appear to have been near the fire. CHARLES THEODORE SCHMITZ, surgeon on board the Bogota, said he joined the ship at Valparaiso. Saw deceased after he was taken up and carried to the forecastle where he felt his pulse, which was quick and feeble. He then ordered the men to bathe his head with cold water and to keep watch over him. He went a second time, when the man appeared much worse, and he then ordered artificial respiration. In his opinion the man died from apoplexy. He denied having been near the stoke hole while the man was tied. He was in a different part of the ship. He did not make a port-mortem examination, principally because there was no convenient place on board the ship, and because the heat of the weather might have made it dangerous. He should have made such an examination only for his own improvement - not because it was necessary. Dr. INMAN, of Liverpool, stated that intense heat, even when the sun was absent, would occasionally produce the symptoms of sun-stroke, and cause death, either by inducing apoplexy or asphyxia. The prisoners were committed for manslaughter, bail being accepted for both. CORONERS' INQUESTS - On Monday last, Mr. CARLYON held an inquest at St. Clement's church-town, on the body of ROBERT STEPHENS, aged 7 months, who was found dead in bed on Sunday morning. From the evidence of Mr. TRURAN, surgeon, who examined the body, there was no doubt but that the child had died from suffocation; but the jury were satisfied, from the good character borne by the parents, that the occurrence was accidental, either by the child rolling over on his face, or by his pressing against the mother, and they returned a verdict of "accidental death." At Halsetown, in St. Ives, on the 12th instant, before Mr. HICHENS, county coroner, on the body of WILLIAM CHELLEW, aged 51 years. The deceased was a surface labourer, at St. Ives Consols mine, in that borough, and on the 10th, was employed in "tramming" rubbish from one part of the mine to another, where it was to be thrown over a burrow. The tram wagon had reached its destination, and whilst the deceased and his comrade were emptying its contents, the wagon, from some cause, fell topsy-turvy over the burrow, and the deceased's woollen shirt which he had on, having become entangled in the axle, he was drawn with it, and the wagon falling on him, fractured his skull; he was taken up speechless and senseless, in which state he was removed to his home, where he died on the following day. Verdict, "accidental death." On the 15th instant, in the parish of Wendron, on the body of ADELAIDE VICTORIA PASCOE, aged six years, who accidentally caught her clothes on fire at her father's house, in the parish of Gulval, on the preceding day, whereby she was so dreadfully burnt as to occasion her death in a few hours after. Verdict, "accidental death."