WEST BRITON 24 September, 1858 . NOTICE Mr. RUMBALL may be consulted PHRENOLOGICALLY during his stay at Truro; his address may be had at the Literary Institution. ........................................................................ TRURO – NOTICE OF REMOVAL PETER MITCHELL, Engraver, from Union Place to 26 Lemon Street. All orders punctually attended to. ......................................................................... J. W. JONES, OPTICIAN OF LONDON, BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Wadebridge and Bodmin, and the vicinity, that he will be at Mrs. COLLIN’s, Wadebridge, from the 23rd to the 28th instant, with an assortment of SPECTACLES, Double and Single EYE GLASSES, adapted to all sights. Stereoscopes and Slides. .......................................................................... J.W.J. from his many years' experience in the metropolis, feels confident of giving those who may patronize him every satisfaction. ........................................................................... NOTICE ALL PERSONS indebted to, or having any Claims on the Estate of Mr. JOHN NICHOLLS MICHELL, late of Nanshuthall, in the parish of St. Just in Roseland, Farmer, deceased, are requested forthwith to pay their respective debts, and furnish particulars of their several claims either to the Executrix, Mrs. ELIZABETH MICHELL, widow, at Nanshuthall aforesaid; or to her solicitors, Messrs. BISHOP and WREFORD, Fowey. Dated September 20, 1858 ............................................................................. TO BE LET FROM Michaelmas next, BOJEA WATER GRIST MILLS, in the parish of St. Austell, together with the Dwelling-house, Outhouses, and 8A. 1R. 19P. of good Meadow Land. Apply to Mr. W. L. MARTIN, Higher Blowing House, St. Austell .............................................................................. THE LONDON ASSURANCE, Established A.D. 1728 Offices, 7 Royal Exchange, Cornhill, and 7 Pall Mall Governor - John Alves ARBUTHNOT, Esq. Sub-Governor - John Alexander HANKEY, Esq. Deputy-Governor - Bonamy DOBREE, jun., Esq. And Twenty-Four Directors FIRE INSURANCES effected at moderate rates upon every description of property. LIFE INSURANCES - Two-thirds of the Gross Profits are given to the Assured. The Profits are added as a Bonus to the Policy, or paid in Cash, or applied to the reduction of the future annual premiums. The Assured are exempt from all liability of partnership. Notice - The printed receipts for premium and duty on Policies, as they become due, are ready for delivery, and are in the hands of the undermentioned Agents: CORNWALL Truro - ROBERT JULIAN, Land Agent, Auctioneer, &c. Carharrack - Jas. SAMPSON, Bookseller Falmouth - T. JOHNS, Savings Bank Helston - THOMAS ROGERS Liskeard - R. S. RABY, Solicitor Penzance - J. TRYTHALL, Accountant Redruth - P. B. CORIN, currier St. Agnes - JOHN GOYNE St. Austell -0 W. ARGALL, Accountant St. Ives - RICHARD KERNICK ...................................................................................... IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 1 Old Broad Street, London Instituted 1803 Subscribed and Invested Capital, One Million Six Hundred Thousand Pounds Moderate rates of Premium Undoubted Security Prompt and liberal settlement of  losses. AGENTS IN CORNWALL Truro - Mr. E. B. TWEEDY, and Messrs. G. and W. J. CLYMA Bodmin - Mr. W. H. BILLING Chacewater - Mr. JOHN MOYLE Falmouth - Capt. R. J. HEAD Hayle - Vacant Helston - Mr. J. SCORSE Launceston - Vacant Liskeard - Mr. THOS. N. KEAST Penzance - Mr. J. B. MERIFIELD St. Austell - Mr. J. J. GUMMOE Redruth - OLVER BROTHERS St. Germans - Mr. JOSEPH CARDEW To whom the Premiums on Policies, which expire at Michaelmas-day, must be paid within fifteen days thereof. ........................................................................................... . LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . ECCLESIASTICAL - In the list of those admitted into Deacon's orders by the Lord Bishop of Norwich on Sunday last, we observe the name of Mr. Edward Nicolls TOM, B.A., of St. John’s College, Cambridge. The Rev. Southmead GLUBB, late curate of Saltash, has been instituted by the bishop of the diocese to the vicarage of St. Anthony in Meneage, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. POLWHELE. Patron - the Queen. . ROYAL CORNWALL AND DEVON MINERS' ARTILLERY - We understand that the billets of this corps at Truro are remarkably good, and the men have reason to be well satisfied with the accommodation afforded by the innkeepers. The men are having four hours' drill every day, and on the 1st of October they will be inspected by Colonel PESTER, the Commandant of the Royal Artillery of the western district. We understand that government has gratuitously provided each militia man with two shirts, two pairs of stockings, and a pair of boots; on all former occasions these articles have been provided by deductions from the men's pay. The men who have been longest in training will receive a bounty of 30s. each, exclusive of pay. They now receive 1s.3d. per day, out of which they have to pay 6d. for rations. . LISKEARD - Mr. GREY, M.P., arrived at Liskeard on the 13th instant, to pay a visit to his constituents. . The 15th instant, at the request of the vicar, the Rev. J. F. TODD, was set apart in this town as a day of thanksgiving for the abundant harvest. Sermons were preached in the church by the Rev. FLAVEL COOK, of Millbrook, and were well attended on both occasions. The shops in the town were closed, and business suspended throughout the day. . At the petty sessions on the 13th inst., before Mr. S. BONE, Mayor, and Messrs B. ANSTIS, P. CLYMO, and W. F. PEARCE, Magistrates, RICHARD LITTLETON, landlord of the Bell and Commercial Inn, was summoned for drawing and selling intoxicating liquors, on Sunday the 5th instant, at eight o’clock in the morning. The complaint having been proved, the defendant was fined 20s. and costs. . >From time immemorial, the shopkeepers in and near the market place have been in the habit of placing goods before their shop fronts, but during the present mayoralty, they have received imperative orders that the privilege is no longer to be allowed. After obeying the mandate for a few weeks, two of the ironmongers in Fore Street, on Saturday last, in defiance of municipal authority, had recourse again to their old practice of exhibiting their goods outside their shop windows; for which the toll collector demanded payment. This of course was refused. The consequence was, that distress for rent was immediately levied in the shape of a pair of pattens, for which step, we understand, the tradesman has commenced legal proceedings. . REDRUTH - An unusual event for this locality took place about one o'clock on Wednesday morning. The wind from the south-west was very moderate, when a terrific peal of thunder was heard, accompanied with vivid flashes of lightning and torrents of rain. The inmates of the houses in the lower part of the town were aroused from their slumbers to clear the water, which entered some houses to an alarming extent. Fortunately the downfall was of short continuance, otherwise property to a large extent would have been seriously injured. . CATTLE MARKET AT TYWARDREATH - On Monday last, the first meeting of the new cattle market was held, and the supply of stock fully equaled the expectations of those who have laboured to establish it. The show of fat bullocks was limited, which caused holders to look for high prices, and which, no doubt, induced butchers to purchase sparingly. Upwards of 230 sheep and lambs were penned, many of them being of excellent quality, which sold readily at about 6d. per lb. The attendance of farmers and purchasers was very good, comprising many of the leading agriculturists of the neighbourhood. After the market was over, a large party dined at the New Inn, kept by Mr. Cory, and a very jovial meeting they had under the presidency of Mr. RICHARD ROGERS. Loyal toasts were drunk, followed by the toasts of the day, when all expressed themselves highly pleased with the day’s proceedings, feeling confident that their next market on the 18th of October will equal, if not surpass, the present! one.  . PROMOTION - We understand that Mr. J.J. CARTER, formerly of Truro, has been appointed after a strict examination to the second clerkship, Inland Revenue Office, Taunton. . NEW PATENT - Amongst the list of grants of provisional protection for six months, we find the following: JAMES PASCOE and J. R. THOMAS, Chacewater, improved method of an apparatus for feeding boilers of all steam-engines with liquid, without the aid of the force-pump heretofore used. . ODD FELLOWSHIP - OPENING OF A NEW LODGE - A dispensation having been granted by the G.M. and board of directors of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for the purpose of opening a lodge at Redruth, the officers of the Truro district, Br. T. P. HICKS, Prov. G.M.; Br. E. E. EDWARDS, jun., Prov. D.G.M.; and Dr. DOWNTON, Prov. C.S., attended at the London Hotel, on Tuesday last, when, having opened the lodge in due form and initiated several members the Prov. G.M. presented them with a dispensation, naming the lodge the "Loyal Cornubian." . The following members were duly installed as the officers: Br. JAMES S. HITCHINS, G.M.; Br. BARHAM, P.G., N.G.; Br. R. ROBERTS, V.G.; Br. R. MARTIN, Secretary. After closing the lodge, the brethren partook of an excellent dinner, provided by Host W. MITCHELL, under the presidency of the Prov. G.M. On the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal and Odd Fellowship toasts, including "Success to the Cornubian lodge," were given and duly responded to. . ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS - On the 15th inst., the Serenaders gave an entertainment in the Guildhall, Bodmin, to a large audience. . BANKRUPT PASSED - At the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy, on the 16th instant, Mr. JAMES NICHOLLS, of Redruth, watchmaker, came up for last examination, and passed without opposition. . PILCHARD FISHERY - At Mevagissey the seines are all put out of pay, and there is no prospect of fish. It has been a most unexampled dull season. Not a single seine has been shot for the year, and the drift boats have taken scarcely any. The prospect for the fishermen during the coming winter is very bad, unless some fish should be taken, which is now becoming very doubtful. The seines and drift-boats of Gorranhaven are in the same position as those at Mevagissey. . Several large shoals of pilchards were seen in the St. Ives Bay on Monday last. Late in the evening WEARNE and Co's shot on a fine shoal, and missed the fish. The drift boats on Tuesday morning brought in from 5,000 to 15,000 per boat. At Falmouth there is very little doing in the fishery, the weather being much against it at present. . FALMOUTH BURGESSES DISFRANCHISED - A correspondent writes as follows - Pursuant to the requirements of the Municipal Act, the overseers of the respective corporate boroughs are to make out and send to the town clerk on or before the 1st of September in every year the list of burgesses within their borough, and the town clerk is to affix it at the Townhall within a week after the 15th of that same month. The overseers for the borough of Falmouth (Mr. RICHARDS, stationer, and Mr. PRYOR, draper) have neglected to comply with these requirements and have thereby rendered themselves liable to a penalty of GBP 50. Query: As the list of burgesses made out in 1857 for the year ending September 1858 will shortly be extinct, from whence will the juries for the quarterly borough sessions during the next twelve months be taken, and what will be the effect as regards the town council? . A WRESTLING CASE - We gave last week some notice of a trial in the County Court at Truro - TREGLOWN v. GEACH - in which W. TREGLOWN, the wrestler, brought an action for recovery of GBP 5, the amount of the first prize at the Truro wrestling match in July last. The plaintiff now writes as follows: "I did not say that I was Champion of England, but my lawyer stated that I was open to wrestle any man in England, which challenge I now give. Two of the witnesses against me, viz. JENNINGS and DELBRIDGE (the former acknowledged in Court that he had been an old faggotter,) I will wrestle the both of them in one afternoon for GBP 10 aside. The reason that I offered to take GBP 1 not to wrestle was (to use Geach's own words) that there not being a man for me on the ground, there would be no sport, which I did not wish to stop, if they would only pay my expenses. I again repeat that there was no faggotting; and I am very much surprised to read that the Judge should have stated that he ! gave credit to Geach for having resisted my demand, when on Friday, while the trial was going on, the Judge told him that if a Jury were trying the case he should tell them not to believe what he had stated." . FALMOUTH UNION v. CENTRALIZATION - The Poor-law Board have lately been exercising their authority over the guardians of this union in a manner not generally considered acceptable. . At a recent meeting of the guardians an application was made by the master and matron of the workhouse for an increase of salary, and at the subsequent board the subject was discussed when the guardians considered it undesirable to make a permanent increase, but having regard to the effective manner in which the master and matron had performed their duties, and the excellent discipline observed in the establishment, a resolution was adopted that a gratuity of GBP 10.10s. be paid to these officers. . Before it could be settled, however, the approval of the central powers (the Poor Law Board) at Whitehall had first to be obtained, and these high functionaries on being applied to for that purpose, declined to sanction the payment, but informed the guardians that they were quite ready to entertain an application for an increase of salary; the guardians however considered it unwise to adopt the recommendation of the Poor-law Board, and passed the following resolution , which was also duly forwarded to Whitehall: "That the guardians deem it undesirable at present to permanently increase the salary of the master and matron, but consider them deserving of compensation, particularly in respect of extraordinary services performed by the master in personally attending to the garden and piggery, whereby a large profit had accrued to the union." . The Central Authorities however were not to be put down so easy, for at the last meeting of the guardians, another letter was read from the Poor-law Board, in which they adhere to their former determination not to sanction the payment, and desired that the correspondence might cease; here then the matter rests. The guardians are not to reward deserving officers for special services, they may permanently increase their salaries but a gratuity is out of the question. . Another exemplification of the arbitrary power manifested by central authority occurred at the same board meeting. The wife of an agricultural labourer (earning 11s. per week) whilst giving birth to twin children, died, leaving the twin infants alive, and healthy, together with four other young children. The guardians, under the pressing nature of the case, and considering it a very deserving one, granted assistance, and asked the Poor-law Board to sanction what had been administered, and to allow them to exercise their discretion in any further relief. . The Poor-law Board declined to sanction any further out-door relief, leaving it to the District Auditor to decide whether he will be justified in allowing or disallowing whatever the guardians may afford; and the District Auditor it is feared will be instructed from “the powers that be” to refuse to sanction the relief. . It is high time that greater power should be vested in local authorities; here is a poor hard-working deserving man, obliged to apply for relief through actual necessity, and the guardians, although fully disposed and anxious to assist him, have not the power, and their only alternative is to thrust the poor fellow and his children into the union-house. . SEIZURE OF PROPERTY FOR CHURCH-RATES - On Tuesday, the 14th instant, a pair of cart wheels and shafts were taken from Mr. ROBERT SARTIN, of the parish of Ludgvan, in lieu of 1s. 5 ¾ d., church rate. Monday, the 20th instant, was the day proposed for sale. The time of sale arrived; the auctioneer, Mr. VIVIAN STEVENS, of Penzance, and very many of the neighbours, attended, and the articles were offered by the auctioneer, separately, or in one lot, but there was no offer, except the auctioneer's; consequently, the articles were not sold. They were to be offered for sale at Penzance on the following Thursday. . BODMIN COUNTY COURT - At this Court held on the 16th instant, the cause list was as follows: Two cases of insolvency, one for protection, one final order, eight adjourned causes, fifty-eight new plaints, and ten judgment summonses. A great many cases were settled or struck out, and those heard were mostly of the usual character. The following insolvent cases however may be worthy of notice. . JOHN HOYLE GEACH, late of Padstow, rope-maker, was ordered to be discharged forthwith; debts GBP 416, credits, GBP 126; cause of insolvency assigned, the rapid fall in the price of hemp since the late Russian war. The judge remarked that the best proof of the honesty of insolvent's dealings was the fact that his discharge was not opposed; and also that he should not in trade put his hand out further than that he could take it back again. . JAMES WORDEN, late of St. Ives, innkeeper, was ordered to be discharged; debts GBP 369, credits, GBP 8; cause of insolvency assigned, the commencing of business without a sufficient capital and a falling off of business. The Judge remarked that he hoped the insolvent would take a warning from his position and be more careful hereafter. . HAWKIN v. GILBERT - The plaintiff was lately a member of the county police force, and sued the defendant, Colonel GILBERT, the chief constable, for pay, &c., alleged to be due to him at the time of his leaving that body. It appeared that plaintiff, in consequence of ill health, gave notice that he should leave the force; that afterwards owing to a report sent to the defendant, he received orders to go to head-quarters at Bodmin, and was shortly afterwards discharged, receiving his pay to the 3rd instead of the 8th of June last, the day of his discharge. . Colonel Gilbert defended the action in person, and read extracts from the Police Act, rules of the force, &c., from which it was quite evident that he has the power at his pleasure to dismiss the constables, with forfeiture of all pay due at the time of his dismissal. Verdict for defendant. . TRURO POLICE - On Monday last, before Captain KEMPE, Mr. CHAPPEL, and Mr. E. MICHELL, ELIZABETH BROWN was charged with having unlawfully assaulted JOSEPH PASCOE, gardener, on the 16th instant. The case was proved by JOHN WROATH, blacksmith, Bosvigo lane, and she was fined 6s. and costs, or 14 days’ imprisonment. . On Thursday, before Mr. E. MICHELL and Mr. CHAPPEL, JESSY BAKER, a seaman, of Poole, Dorsetshire, was charged with assaulting JOSHUA EVA, of Charles-street, who belongs to the band of the Miners’ Artillery Militia. At ten minutes before twelve on Wednesday night, Eva, his wife, and Mrs. PENHALIGON, his mother-in-law, were returning from a relative’s house, down Pydar-street to the High Cross, when Baker came up, made use of a bad expression, struck Eva, and knocked him down. It appeared he had mistaken Eva for some other person. Baker was fined 3s. and costs, or to be committed for 21 days to hard labour. . Police-constable GREGORY WHITE was reported by his superintendent, Mr. NASH, for being drunk and incapable of doing his duty on the evening of the 31st of August, the day when the All England Eleven met the Twenty-two of Cornwall, at Truro. White was employed in the cricketing field, and in the evening got drunk. He was also reported for a subsequent neglect of duty. He was brought before the magistrates on the charge, when he accused the Superintendent and Sergeant WOOLCOCK of misconduct. The case was then adjourned till Monday last, when White again appeared before Capt. Kempe, Dr. Barham, Mr. Chappel, and Mr. E. Michell, magistrates. He totally failed in proving the accusations he had made, and thereupon he was immediately dismissed from the force. . ST. AUSTELL POLICE - On Friday last, a man named JOHN JENKIN, in the employ of Mr. R. D. JULYAN, coal merchant, was charged before Mr. E. COODE, jun., and Mr. LAKES, with having sold a broken iron wheel to Mr. WARNE, marine store dealer, the same having been stolen from the tram-road leading from St. Austell to Pentewan, and the property of Mr. SARAH, innkeeper, of Pentewan. In defence, he said he found the wheel thrown in over the wall of his master’s stores, which adjoin the tram-road. He was committed for trial at the next sessions, but bail was accepted for his appearance. . ST. AGNES POLICE - On the 16th instant, before the Rev. J. PERRY, JOHN TREBELL was charged with stealing a beehive containing a quantity of honey, the property of JOHN HARPER, of Skinner’s Bottom, St. Agnes. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next quarter sessions. . PADSTOW POLICE - On Wednesday, the 15th inst., before Mr. BRUNE, county magistrate, GEORGE WILLIAMS, labourer, late of Bristol, was charged with stealing on the 13th, a black waistcoat, value about 7s., from the dwelling house of Mr. EDWARD BALL, of Padstow. It appears that about six weeks since the prisoner came to Padstow, and sought employment as a mason’s labourer, which he obtained, and stated that he had left his home at Bristol on account of having a step-mother, and that they could not agree. He had no money when he came to Padstow, and could not get any lodgings until the prosecutrix took him in, and his employer passed his word to pay for his board and lodgings. . On Monday the 13th instant, he left the house as usual to go to work, but not returning to take his breakfast as he usually did, enquiries were made for him, but he could not be found. Shortly afterwards it was discovered that a black cloth waistcoat was missing, and 4d. or 5d. in money. As to the money it appears that the prisoner was greatly deceived, Mr. BALL on the previous evening having taken away her purse and all the money, with the exception of a few pence. . Information was immediately given to Sergeant LUXON, of the county constabulary, who took a description of the article stolen, went in pursuit, apprehended Williams near Zelah, in the parish of St. Allen, on the same evening, and found the property on him. After returning to Padstow, information was given to Sergeant Luxon that the prisoner had likewise stolen a mason’s trowel from his master, Mr. JOHN PAUL. This also was found on him when apprehended, and he was committed to Bodmin gaol to take his trial at the next quarter sessions. On Tuesday last, JAMES TIPPET, of St. Me..yn, was apprehended at Padstow by P.C. MARTIN, at half-past one in the morning, for being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. He was taken before Mr. BRUNE, and fined 5s. and costs. . ACCIDENTS - At Truro, on the 15th instant, a little girl about nine years of age, named ELLEN BROWN, daughter of Mr. BROWN, tailor, fell from a step whilst descending from a carpenter’s shop, where she had been sent for shavings, and broke her leg just above the ancle. . On the 13th instant, Mrs. MARGARET PAUL, of Alverton-lane, Penzance, an elderly woman of 75, was in the act of rising from a sofa when she fell to the ground on her side and broke her thigh. She was promptly attended by Mr. R. J. QUICK, who set the limb, but she is in a precarious state. . A few days since at Penzance, a man had retired to bed and was on the point of sleeping, when he heard an explosion and felt a cut in the forehead. It was found that a bottle of barm, eight or nine feet from the bed, had burst, and a piece of the glass had cut a vein leading to the temporal artery. Although the wound was only the eighth of an inch long the blood flowed profusely and a surgeon’s assistance was needed to stop the haemorrhage. (When persons find a vein cut let them rather try the pressure of a finger than the application of linen; in this case at least a quart of blood was lost.) . FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT - The body of Mr. RICHARD PRYNN, of Ince Castle, St. Stephens, was picked up on Friday afternoon last in the river near Antony Passage. On Tuesday, the 14th inst., Mr. Prynn left his house and proceeded in his fowling boat in Antony Passage from whence he proceeded to Plymouth on business. In the evening he returned to his boat, calling on his way at Mr. WILLS’s London Inn, Torpoint, where he remained until half-past ten o’clock. He also called at Mr. PETERS's saddler’s shop, Torpoint, where he obtained a bridle, which was subsequently found in the boat. Mr. Prynn, however, was never seen alive after leaving Torpoint. The night was exceedingly fine, and the water calm, but, from some cause unknown, the boat it is supposed was capsized, and the unfortunate gentleman was drowned. His friends had heard nothing of the accident until the discovery of the body. As the father of the young lady to whom he was engaged had died a few days previously, they thought h! e had gone to her house, and thus accounted for his absence from home. The deceased, who was about 35 years of age, was greatly respected, especially among the agricultural community, with whom he had made himself popular as a thoroughly good farmer. The melancholy accident has cast a gloom over the neighbourhood in which he resided. . MINE ACCIDENT – CAUTION – On Saturday last, an accident occurred at Pednandrea mine, Redruth, by which a lad named BISHOP, living at Tare Waste, had his leg so severely crushed that it had to be taken off. It would appear that Bishop had been following the example of some men in riding upon the rods attached to part of the movements made by the engine, and either from inexperience or accident his leg became entangled and crushed in a frightful manner. The leg was removed on Saturday, and the lad seems likely to do well.  . SHIPWRECKS, and LOSS OF LIFE [ sorry, the first part of the initial sentence is missing.] [The "Glencoe" left] Swansea on the 12th instant, at eight o'clock, in the forenoon, with a light breeze from the southward and westward. She continued her voyage with variable winds and weather until Thursday, the 16th at four o’clock in the afternoon, when with the wind strong at E.S.E. she came to an anchor in Mullion Roads. At one o’clock in the morning of Friday, the 17th, the weather having moderated, the captain got under weigh in prosecution of his voyage, with wind variable. At six o’clock that morning they were abreast of the Lizard, when the wind shifted to the southward and eastward, blowing half a gale, and it being impossible to weather away they again bore up for Mullion Roads and came to an anchor under the lee of the land at noon, together with three schooners, the wind blowing strong at S.E. and by E. About four o’clock in the afternoon the wind shifted, with heavy squalls of rain, to S.W. (blowing a whole gale). . Finding there was no chance of the brig riding it out, and having a black, rocky, and perpendicular cliff immediately astern, so that, in the event of parting, vessel, cargo, and lives would become a total loss, the master and crew consulted together and unanimously resolved (for the preservation of ship, cargo, and their lives) to slip and run for a small sandy beach, under their foresail and topsail-staysail, and, having wore round with her head in shore to the eastward, they succeeded in weathering away a rocky headland to the eastward of Mullion and beaching her on the sand at about six o'clock. . The decks were quickly swept of the boats, galley, and everything moveable by the heavy sea which broke over the ship. It was impossible to hold any communication with the shore until about half-past two the following morning, when WILLIAM HARLAND, taking a small line in his mouth, succeeded at great risk to his life, in swimming to the shore, which was about 100 fathoms distant. . There he found a large number of people who had brought (under the direction of Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLAS, sub-agent to Lloyd’s and the Coast Guard) a boat from Mullion Cove, but before the boat could be made available other lines of communication had been perfected, and the whole of the crew were safely drawn to the shore, although with the loss of everything except what clothes they had on at the time. They were most hospitably received and kindly treated, and all the crew except the captain (as the vessel was already a wreck) were sent on by the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Society to Falmouth, on their way to their own home. . After the "Glencoe" went on shore, the schooner "Mary" of Bridgwater, Captain JOHN GARDINER, from Bridgwater for Shoreham, with a cargo of bricks and cement, also parted her cable and ran on the rocks at the corner of the Cove, close to the cliffs. Rockets were fired, and a rope was secured to the mast-head and the shore. Along this the crew endeavoured to climb. The task was most difficult; the mate was nearly an hour clinging to this frail support, at one time plunged under the waves, at another hoisted into the air; and when he at last reached the rocks, he was nearly exhausted. . One lad with the Christian name of FREDERICK, and surname unremembered, 14 years of age, and who shipped at Bridgwater, feared to attempt the rope and equally dreaded the fate about to fall on the doomed schooner. He was at the mast-heard, and as his comrades, one by one, left him, and the lurching of the vessel announced her approaching break-up, his shrieks rose above the uproar of the elements, to the horror of the folk on land, until the mast went over, and he was heard no more. . The captain, mate, and one man escaped; the lad only was drowned. . The "Mary" has gone to pieces; she belonged to the captain and mate, and was uninsured. The “Glencoe” has her bottom knocked out, but hull and cargo will be sold on Friday. She belongs to the captain, and was insured. . The unfortunate crew saved nothing, and got ashore stripped even of their clothes. They were most kindly received, and refreshments, as well as old clothing and shoes provided, for which they expressed their warm thanks. . The brig "Beatitude," of Whitby, THOS. BOYES, master, in ballast, from Rouen for Swansea, ran on the rocks near Porthoustock, and immediately filled. The jolly-boat was got out, but although the vessel was not far from the mainland she upset, and the mate and three men were lost; the captain and one man (JOHN HASELMAN) were saved. One of the bodies was found on Saturday last at Godrevey. . The schooner "Envoy," of Jersey, CORT, master, from Pernambuco and Plymouth, with sugar, left the latter port on Wednesday, and struck on the Manacles in the night. She sank in deep water. The crew were all saved and landed at Helford. . The schooner “Ruby,” of Newquay, JONES, master, from Newhaven for Runcorn, went on shore near Coverack on Thursday morning. She was flint laden. With assistance from the shore she has been got off and towed into Falmouth by the steamer “Dandy.” No accident to life. . The schooner “Eliza Ellen,” of Nevin, GRIFFITHS, master, from Newhaven to Runcorn, with a similar cargo, also came ashore at Coverack about the same time, and soon became a wreck. The crew were saved. . On Friday one of the Porthallow fishing concerns broke from her moorings, was driven on shore, and knocked to pieces. . On Wednesday, the 15th instant, the iron smack “Clydevale,” HESKETH, from Glasgow for London, with iron castings, whilst standing in to leeward of St. Martin’s (one of the group of Scilly Islands) ran on a reef of rocks, but was got off with the assistance of boatsmen, and brought into Old Grimsby harbour. She stove in her bows and would have sunk but for a nearly watertight compartment . She is now discharging her cargo in the sand, in order to get at the damage. . On the 17th inst., the “Exhibition,” of Mullion, WILLIAMS master, from Falmouth to Plymouth, with about GBP 30 to GBP 40 worth of lobsters and crabs, when about three miles off the harbour of Fowey, sprung a leak and ran for Fowey, and at Punch’s cross, the entrance to the harbour, sunk. The men took to their boat, which was towed in by a boat coming to their assistance. . CORONER'S INQUEST - The following inquest has been held before Mr. HICHENS, county coroner: On Monday last, at Mullion, on the body of a lad, aged 14 years, found on the beach at Pollarian Cove, in that parish, early in the morning of the preceding day, and who was supposed to have belonged to the schooner “Mary,” of Bridgwater, which was wrecked there on the Friday before. The body could not be identified, as the master and the rest of the crew (all of whom were saved except one boy) had left the place, but the jury entertained no doubt that it was the body of the boy so drowned. The rest of the crew were saved by a line thrown to them by MANBY’s apparatus, but the boy, who was on the fore yard, was too timid to venture from the yard to get to the rope, and consequently lost his life. Verdict, "accidental death". . WRECKS ON THE MULLION COAST; TO THE EDITOR Sir - On Friday afternoon last, in consequence of a sudden change of wind to the west, two vessels were driven ashore at Bolurian, a cove about half a mile west of Mullion Church-town; one a brig, the “Glencoe,” of Whitby, laden with coals, grounded in the centre of the cove and stood broadside against the sea; the other, a schooner, struck on a ledge of rocks at the northern extremity of the cove. The latter appearing in the greatest danger, the first efforts were directed to rescue her crew. By the means of a rocket, a line was thrown over the vessel and a rope drawn from the top of the cliff and secured to the masts, and after considerable difficulty and a delay of three or four hours, three men were almost miraculously saved. . One little boy still remained in the rigging, and the shrieks of the little fellow at this time were heart-rending; in a few minutes he fell into the yawning chasm and all was over. . It was now about 10 pm, and efforts were then ineffectually made to throw rockets over the brig; but although she was not more than 20 or 30 yards from the beach, the rockets would not go more than half the distance. Between one and two o’clock in the morning one of the sailors, being an expert swimmer, sprang from the vessel with a rope. He was met in the raging surf by some men lashed with ropes, and all the crew, six in number, were soon drawn ashore. . My object, Sir, in sending you this communication is to call the attention of those whose duty it is to look into such matters to see that a sufficient number of good rockets should be kept at every Preventive station; and, also, if there were a few of ready-made cradles or slings kept, made somewhat similar to a sailor’s hammock, with iron or copper rings at each end, so that they might easily glide on a rope, it might be the means in some cases of saving many a fellow creature from a watery grave. In the present instance, the little boy might have been saved by such simple means, and the expense would be trifling indeed. . I am pleased to say that in the present case everything was done that human effort could do under the circumstances, both by the preventive men and the brave fishermen, and others who were present; but there was a miserable deficiency of appliances. . I am, Sir, Your obedient servant,  JOHN THOMAS Predannack, Mullion, 20th September, 1858 .......................................................................................................... EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA – We are informed by Mr. WILCOCKS, of Plymouth, that in order to afford additional accommodation to passengers about to proceed to the Australian Colonies, there will be an additional ship in October in the Blackwall line of packets - Messrs. Green having placed another of their magnificent East Indiamen on the berths for Melbourne. All the ships of this superb line call at Plymouth to embark passengers, who can thus avoid the danger and annoyance of the down channel passage. The sailings of the ships are fixed as follows, from Plymouth: “Monarch,” 7th October; “Owen Glendower,” 27th October; “Result,” 27th November; “Prince of Wales,” 27th December. Passengers joining these ships at Plymouth, can travel from Paddington in first-class carriages at second-class fares, and in second-class carriages at third-class fares. ............................................................................................................... Julia M.   West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell