West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 4th March, 1859. BANKRUPTCY - In reference to our report of the case of Mr. R. L. MARSHALL, of Lanivet, in the Exeter Bankruptcy Court of last week, Mr. Marshall states that his liabilities are not GBP1800, as he has large amounts to set off against claims. BOROUGH OF TRURO - The following were re-elected on the 1st instant, auditors and assessors for the ensuing year:- Messrs. C. S. EDSALL and W. J. CLYMA, auditors; Messrs. R. B. BARRETT and J. HAMILTON, assessors to revise the burgess lists with the mayor; Messrs. W. KNUCKEY and M. COURTENAY, assessors for the Eastern Ward, and Messrs. S. CATER and R. CLARK assessors for the Western Ward. PORT OF FALMOUTH - On Tuesday last, the vessel "Cairo," Capt. CARTER, arrived at Falmouth, with a mail from Alexandria, which the Postmaster at Falmouth sorted and forwarded the letters to their respective destinations. ST. BURYAN PLOUGHING MATCH - This district ploughing match took place in three fields adjoining the church town, on the 1st instant. Among the prizes for ploughing were a silver cup and inkstand for farmers' sons. The cup was won by a son of Mr. GARTRELL, of Pendrea, in St. Buryan, and the inkstand by a son of Mr. GROSE, of Sancreed. VESSEL LAUNCHED - On Monday there was launched from the building yard of Mr. TREDWEN, Padstow, a fine smack of about 80 tons, named the "Louise." She is a well modelled and slightly vessel, owned by the builder, commanded by Captain SAMUEL BATE, and is intended for the coasting trade. HELSTON MARKET TOLLS - A survey was held at the Angel Inn on Tuesday, for letting the above tolls. After a great many biddings were obtained, they were knocked down to Mr. LORY, the present lessee, for GBP600. This is GBP16 below the present rental. LARGE PIG - A sow fed by Mr. THOMAS COLMAN, in the parish of Cuby, and killed on Wednesday last, weight 6 cwt. 2qr. 26lb. TRURO POLICE - On Monday, before Mr. CHAPPEL and Mr. E. MICHELL, magistrates, JAMES PENTICOST, of Goodwives-lane, Truro, who had been apprehended by warrant, was charged with having, on Sunday evening, assaulted and beaten WM. HENRY WEBB and THOMAS MOORCOMBE [?] farm labourers, of the parish of Kea. It appeared that between eight and nine o'clock, on Sunday evening, the complainants started from Truro for Kea, proceeding by way of Lemon-street, and when near Plint's[?] Barn Gate, they were stopped by the defendant, and three companions named WM. PARSONS, confectioner, NICHOLAS DAVIS, labourer, and ROBERT DYTE, shoemaker, who pressed against them, and wanted them to fight, requesting them to take off their jackets. They declined, and were in consequence assaulted and beaten, Webb being much cut and bruised about the face. The violent and outrageous conduct of the assailants attracted a number of persons to the place, and by the advice of some of these, the complainants proceeded to the station house, Truro, and gave information of the assault. A warrant was issued the next morning, for the apprehension of the four assailant, and Penticoat was taken into custody. He was not fined 10s. and the costs. On Tuesday, before the Mayor and Mr. CHAPPEL, PARSONS and DAVIS, were brought up on the same charge, convicted, and fined 10s. and costs each. Dyte has not yet been apprehended. PETTY SESSIONS AT ST. AGNES - At the West Pyder petty sessions, held at St. Agnes, on Monday last, before Mr. J. T. H. PETER and the Rev. JOHN PERRY, county magistrates, the following cases were heard. JOHN BARKLE and STEPHEN BARKLE were charged with an assault on JOHN GRIBBEN. The case was dismissed on proof of the complainant's having given the defendants a great deal of provocation; each party to pay his own costs. JANE UREN, of Wheal Rose, in St. Agnes, was fined 10s. and costs, JANE REED, of the same place, 5s. and costs, and WILLIAM FERRIS, of Goonbell, IN St. Agnes, 10s. and costs, for having in their possession certain weights which were light, and not stamped, or marked in accordance with the act of parliament. JOHN COLAN was fined 5s. and costs for an assault on MARY COLAN his sister, at St. Agnes, on the 14th instant. JOHN DRISCOLL and MARIA DRISCOLL were charged with having stolen a petticoat belonging to JANE RIPPEN. The prisoners were discharged, the evidence not being deemed sufficient to convict them. Maria Driscoll was then charged with having stolen a towel belonging to JOHN ENNOR, and having been by her own consent tried under the Criminal Justice Act, she was convicted and sentenced to one calendar month's imprisonment with hard labour. ST AUSTELL COUNTY COURT. One of the cases excited great interest in which Mr. ROBERT LANYON of Treveage Barton, was the plaintiff, and the defendant was Mr. HENRY THOMAS, late of Veryan. This action was brought to recover the sum of GBP16 for damages sustained through the gross and wilful negligence of the defendant allowing his pigs to enter and destroy a mow of wheat in the mowhay of, and the property of Mr. Lanyon (at one of his late farms, Trevasens, in Gorran. Mr. BISHOP, of Fowey, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. CHILCOTT, of Truro, for the defendant. The case was to have been tried by a jury, but his Honor, taking into consideration the number of witnesses for examination (upwards of twenty) and the conflicting evidence consequent on the hearing of the case, recommended that it should be heard before two respectable farmers, and after a short consultation, it was unanimously agreed between the parties that it should be left to the arbitration of Mr. J. P. PETERS, of Tregony, and Mr. VINCENT, of St. Ewe. FELONIES AT BODMIN - A man named TOM NICHOLS was charged before the Mayor, on Saturday last, with stealing 7 lbs. of bacon from Mr. FIDDICK, of the Globe Inn, Honey-street. It appears that the bacon was hung in the kitchen by Miss Fiddick in the morning of the day, and was missed in the afternoon. She communicated with the borough police, who quickly found the bacon and the thief. Nichols told various tales at first, but at length acknowledged having found it at the Globe Inn in a blue cloth. From the manner in which the bacon was cut, &c., the constable suspected him to be an old hand, and on referring to the Criminal Calendar for March, 1858, found he had been previously convicted for felony at Redruth. Since his apprehension many charges have been preferred against him, and the bench thought it would be well to remand him until Friday. On Monday evening two men were apprehended on a charge of pocket picking. As Mrs. H. MUDGE was returning from a temperance meeting she was accosted by a man who asked for a Mr. JONES, of Gaol Lane. While she was giving an answer, she thought something was pulling her dress, and on the man leaving, she put her hand into her pocket and discovered that her purse containing one sovereign and seven shillings, had been abstracted. The constable found 26 shillings and six-pence on the criminals, but no sovereign. The men are remanded until Friday for further examination. No man of the name of Jones lives in Bodmin. One of the prisoners called at two or three private houses to change a sovereign. Mrs Mudge's gold watch was in the bottom of her pocket with the purse. ST. AUSTELL PETTY SESSIONS - At these sessions held on Tuesday last, before Mr. E. COODE, junr., Mr. T. HEXT, and Mr. LAKES, county magistrates, the following cases were disposed of. JOSHUA LORD was charged by Mr. T. HITCHINS with stealing oats, but the case was not gone into for want of evidence on the part of Mr. HITCHINS. W. PAYNTER was fined 10s. and costs, for keeping his public house open after 11 o'clock on Sunday night. RICHARD YELLAND was fined 10s. and costs for a like offence. MARY ANN RAWLIN was fined 2s. 6d. and costs, for assaulting THOMAS THRETHEWY. CHARLES HEAL was fined 5s. for drunkenness. WILLIAM HUSBAND was fined 10s. and costs, for trespassing in pursuit of game on the lands of Mr. TREMAYNE, of Heligan. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - At the East Kirrier petty sessions, held at Penryn, before Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Mr. M. H. WILLIAMS, and Mr. T. M. HORSFORD, county magistrates, Mr. JOHN STEPHENS, of Ashfield, was summoned by Mr. HENRY BRICE, inspector of weights and measures for having in his possession several weights which were unjust, and which were found in his manufactory by the complainant. Mr. STOKES appeared on behalf of the complainant, and Mr. JENKINS for the defendant. Lieut.-Colonel GILBERT, chief constable, was also present. Mr. Stokes stated that the information was laid under the 21st section of the 5 and 6 William IV., c.63, and detailed the circumstances of the case. He then called Mr. BRICE, who proved that on the 19th of January last, he went to Mr. Stephens's manufactory and examined the weights in question; he found them deficient and seized them. He admitted in cross-examination, that he had no authority in writing to go there and search; he went simply by virtue of his authority as an inspector. Mr. Jenkins then addressed the bench on behalf of Mr. Stephens, and contended that the summons had been obtained under the 28th section of the above act, and that section required that the inspector should have an authority in writing to search for and examine weights, and that inasmuch as he had no such authority, his ab initio was bad, and consequently in law there was no examination or finding of the weights. He also contended that the complainant, having now found out that he ought to have had a warrant to proceed under the 28th section, had most ingeniously sought to proceed under the 21st section, which simply provided a penalty for persons using unjust weights. Then, continuing his observations on the offence as alleged, he urged that the defendant could not be convicted even under this section, because there was no evidence whatever before the court of the weights having been used, and for all that appeared to the contrary, these weights might have been old weights cast aside. After an expression of the opinion of the bench on these points, Mr. Stokes stated that he felt he could not press for a conviction, as the officer had no warrant; he therefore requested the permission of the court to withdraw the charge, which was granted. Several other similar cases involving the above points, in which the same advocates were engaged, where also withdrawn. A great many other persons were summoned by the inspector of weights and measures for having unjust weights in their possession; they pleaded guilty, and small fines were inflicted with costs. CAMBORNE PETTY SESSIONS - At these sessions, held on Tuesday the 1st instant, before the Rev. U. TONKIN, chairman, Rev. T. PASCOE and Mr. C. A. REYNOLDS, county magistrates, MARGARET ANNEAR, of Redruth, was summoned for assaulting MARY BENNEY, of the same place. The case being proved, Annear was fined GBP1. 5s. including costs. W. WILLIAMS, of St. Hilary, was apprehended on the 28th ult., for not appearing on the 8th of February to a summons for being drunk and disorderly; he was fined 16s. including costs. JOHN KNIGHT and W. H. JAMES, of Crowan were summoned by JOHN TREMELIAN for an assault. Owing to the conflicting nature of the evidence, the case was dismissed, and each paying his own costs. MARY RICHARDS and her daughter ELLEN, of St. Ives, were summoned by E. FRANCIS, grocer, of the same place, for an assault which being proved, they were each fined GBP1. 5s. including costs. HENRY LOWRY, of St. Ives, was fined 5s. and costs for assaulting Francis, of the same place. W. FORD, of Nancekuke, Illogan, beer-house keeper, was summoned for keeping his house open for the sale of beer on the night of the 19th ult., after eleven o'clock. The case being proved, he was fined GBP1. 10s. and costs, 10s. more. Several other cases were heard, but possessing no important features, are not worth recording. JOHN STEPHENS, of Truro, was summoned by the county police for leaving his wagon and two horses in the highway at Redruth for forty minutes. The case being proved, he was fined 5s. and costs 9s. FRANCIS YOURN, of Gwennap, and JAMES WHITE, of Redruth, were severally fined 5s. and costs for driving without reins on the highway at Redruth, on the 14th February. RICHARD MARTIN, of Redruth, was summoned for driving without reins at Plain-an-guarry, Redruth, on the 14th February, he pleaded guilty, and being a poor boy and his mother being poor, who would have had to pay the fine, he was cautioned never to appear before the bench again under similar circumstances; his master having given him the reins, he was not liable. JOHN LOWRY, of Hayle was fined 5s. and costs for driving five horses and a waggon without reins. HENRY PASCOE, dealer, of Helston, was fined GBP1 including costs, for furiously driving on the highway at Perranuthnoe on the 3rd ult. BODMIN COUNTY COURT - WILLIAM HENRY BILLING, of Bodmin, auctioneer, plaintiff, and EDMUND HENDER, of Bodmin, jeweller, defendant. This was an action of interpleader brought by Mr. BILLING as the claimant of certain articles and carpenters' tools, purchased by him from WILLIAM CHAPMAN, of Nanstallow, carpenter, and afterwards taken in execution by EDMUND HENDER as being still the property of the latter. The case occupied some hours, and excited considerable interest. Mr. BISHOP, of Fowey, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. COMMINS, of Bodmin, for the defendant. It appeared that the goods in dispute where bought by Mr. Billing for the sum of GBP12. 10s., and a few minutes previous to the goods being resold, the execution creditor came in and carried them off. The transaction on the part of Mr. Billing, the plaintiff, having been proved, and the judge having been duly satisfied, a verdict was given for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, GBP10. 12s. and costs. ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED. - The schooner "Mischief," of Caernarvon, OWEN OWENS, master, came into came into Penzance Harbour on Saturday and moored the third off the quay of a tier of vessels. To gain the shore the crew had to pass over the decks of two vessels, and over a ladder laid from the bulwarks of the inner one, to a flight of steps in the quay. The night was very dark and squally. JOHN WILLIAMS, 17, was ordinary seaman and cook, and about half-past nine o'clock in the evening he was sent ashore to purchase six pennyworth of red herrings. By the next morning he had not returned, and a search was unsuccessfully made for him in the town. As he was of very quiet and sober habits, it was then suspected by Capt. Owens that something was wrong, and a grapnel was employed. His body was discovered in seven or eight feet of water, about twelve feet from the steps - the 6d. still in his pocket - and, of course life quite extinct. An inquest was held on Monday afternoon, before Mr. ROSCORLA, and a verdict was returned of "Found drowned." SUDDEN DEATH - Another instance of the uncertain tenure of life occurred in Penzance on Thursday last, and is generally regretted. On Wednesday evening, about half-past ten, Mrs. HEMMINGS, the much-respected landlady of the "Three Tuns" hotel, had partaken of a slight supper, and appeared in excellent health and spirits, when rising from her chair, she moved a step or two and fell forward in a fit, at the same time inflicting a blow on her head by the fall. Assistance, medical and otherwise, was instantly at hand, and she was taken upstairs. At first there seemed every hope that she would get over this illness, but after midnight unfavourable symptoms appeared, and before morning she had expired, to the heartfelt grief of her attached family and a very large circle of friends. CORONERS' INQUESTS - On Monday last, an inquest was held at Rejerrow Downs, in the parish of Perranzabuloe, by Mr. JOHN CARLYON, county coroner, on the body of JOSEPH TYZZER, aged 54 years, who committed suicide by hanging himself on the preceding Saturday. Verdict, "temporary insanity." The following inquests have been held by Mr. W. HICHENS county coroner:- On the 26thult., in the parish of Gunwalloe, on the body of JAMES HOSKING, aged 40 years, a person of very weak intellect, whose death took place in consequence of a stick being thrown at him by a boy called TREMAYNE. The jury being satisfied that there was no malice on the part of Tremayne, and that the stick was thrown without any expectation or even intention of sticking the deceased, returned a verdict in accordance therewith. On the 28th ult., at the parish of Phillack, on the body of THOMAS PEARCE, aged 33 years, who died in consequence of falling into a courtyard. Verdict, "accidental death." On the 1st instant, in the parish of Gulval, on the body of THOMAS PELLEW, aged 14 years, who was killed by the wheel of a cart passing over his head. Verdict, "accidental death."