Transcribed by Lorena Loubsky West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser 21 November, 1856 . Local Intelligence . DUCHY OF CORNWALL, SOMERSET HOUSE, Nov. 12. - The names of those who have been nominated by the council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to serve the office of sheriff of the county of Cornwall: Sir Henry ONSLOW, of Hengar, Bart. David William HERNDON, of Penerebar. John Francis BULLER, of Morval, Esq. . ELECTION OF MAYORS. - The following elections have been made for the ensuing year: Launceston, Mr. W. HENDER, of St. Thomas's Hamlet; Bodmin, Mr. Robert EDYVEAN; St. Ives, Mr. James ROSEWALL. . PENRYN. - On Friday last, Messrs. James DODD, Joel BLAMEY, and W.B. HICKS, were elected councilors in the place of those who were elected aldermen last week. . TRURO INSTITUTION. - (snipped a bit] The lecture on Friday eve last, was delivered by Mr. BOND, and the subject he selected was "John HOWARD the Philanthropist" with observations on crime, criminals, and punishment, "secondary and capital." / The lecturer traced Howard's progress from early youth, through the different stages of his career, from his being first inspired with deep sympathy for those who were suffering from the earth quake at Lisbon, to his capture by a French privateer and incarceration in a French prison, and afterwards to his becoming sheriff of Bedfordshire, and entering upon the examination of the prisons of England, which he found in a state the most discreditable to a Christian country, where injustice, cruelty, and filth reigned without control. He described the untiring energy with which he went from county to country, from prison to prison, his life in his hand, until he succeeded in bringing the whole matter under the consideration of government, and procured the enactment of such laws as entirely changed the condition and management of this department of the state, and for which he received the thanks of both houses of parliament in England and Ireland. . The lecturer then described his efforts in the same noble cause on the continent, having traveled all Europe from Lisbon to Moscow, and visited all the prisons to which he could obtain access; his interview with Catherine of Russia, Francis and Maria Theresa, of Austria, the Pope, and others high in authority in the different kingdoms, and the reception they bestowed upon him. . [the lecturer discussed briefly the question of crime generally, but capital punishments more particularly] The lecturer then briefly referred to Howard's subsequent efforts to trace the nature and treatment of the plague, and the management in hospitals, &c. in the east, and related several very interesting facts and anecdotes, in reference thereto, and then described the scenes connected with his death at Cherson, and the honors that were paid to this extraordinary man, who traveled 40,000 miles and spent GBP 30,000 and devoted his life to the noble object of pure benevolence. . CHACEWATER INSTITUTION. - On Thursday the 12th instant, an eloquent lecture was delivered at this institution, by the Rev. S. LUCAS, of Helston, on "What is deemed the right method of Reconciling Geology with Genesis." At the conclusion of the lecture, which had been listened to with great interest, a unanimous vote of thanks was tendered to the lecturer. The next lecture will be delivered on Thursday the 27th instant, by Mr. Henry LOWRY, of Truro, on "An evening with Alfred TENNYSON, the Poet Laureate of England." . CONCERT AT LOSTWITHIEL. - On Friday last, a concert took place at the Royal Talbot Hotel, by the band of the Royal Cornwall Rangers, conducted by Mr. McALLISTER, master of the band. The overtures and duets were played in excellent style. The several glees by Messrs. LANYON, SANGWIN, and BURTON, of Bodmin, were sung with great applause from the assembly. The solos, by Mr. McAllister and Master McAllister, were also much applauded. The song "To the West," sung by Mr. Sangwin, was again and again encored. . TEETOTALISM. - On Thursday the 13th instant, an excellent and impressive lecture on this subject was delivered to a crowded audience in the Bible Christian Chapel, at Mevagissey, by Mr. H. MUDGE. . GAVAZZI'S LECTURE. - Signor GAVAZZI delivered a lecture on Monday evening last, in the Guildhall Liskeard, on the "Inquisition, Ancient and Modern." The lecture was listened to with much attention by the audience, and well received. The hall was crowded. The Italian reformer, Gavazzi, by request, delivered a second lecture in the Town Hall, St. Austell, on Tuesday evening last, which was well attended; the subject was [the same]. . SIGNOR GAVAZZI AND THE CORNWALL GAZETTE. – As we anticipated, the Cornwall Gazette instead of retracting and apologising for its impudent slanders upon Signor Gavazzi, both repeats them and has invented several additional misrepresentations to back them up.[rest cut, as it repeats what was in the paper on the 12th]. . GREAT WHEAL BUSY UNITED MINES. - The pumping engine at Wheal Busy went to work on Monday last. A great number of people assembled on the occasion, and the tradesmen and other friends at Chacewater met in the evening at the Britannia Hotel, where a supper was provided by Mr. SAMPSON. Capt. DAVIES presided, and Mr. John BROWN took the vice-chair. After the cloth was removed the chairman proposed "Success to Great Wheal Busy," which was drunk with three times three. Mr. MARTIN of the Hotel, Chacewater, being the largest shareholder present, responded. The evening was spent by the company in a very pleasant manner. . PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S. - Knowing, as we from experience do, the great difficulty of procuring accurate accounts from the various mining districts of the actual produce of the several smaller mines, so as to place them in regular tabular form, owing in some measure to the supineness of the managers, and frequently to petty jealousies of rival mines and captains, we refer with pleasure to the proposed testimonial to Mr. Robert HUNT, who, by his admirable adaptation to the situation he so worthily fills, has in a great measure conquered these difficulties. . Our returns at present are as nearly correct as it is possible to expect them; this could only be accomplished by great personal exertion and inconvenience, which we know has been devoted for some years to the attainment of this desirable end. Few persons, indeed, could be by nature and education so well adapted to obtain this information as Mr. Hunt. Standing so highly and justly, as he does, by his contributions to the scientific and philosophical world, a visit from him to a mine is hailed with a welcome not always accorded to inquirers; he, from his position, receives that homage science always commands, and any information he may require is at once cheerfully afforded. . Brought up in the midst of a mining population he is so thoroughly acquainted with the idiosyncracy of the miners themselves that he can converse with them more ably, and obtain from them their views of these subjects far more accurately, than professors who have not that advantage; besides, Cornishmen generally like to have one of their own county to represent and manage their interests. We think the government did wisely when they offered the situation of Keeper of Mining Records to Mr. HUNT. The remuneration, it is true, is but trifling for the labour required. The government having done their duty in selecting a person who has for many years filled the office with so much credit to himself, and satisfaction to the public, we thinking the miners, and those interested in mining and science generally, would be wanting on their parts were they not to signify their approval, by liberally contributing to give Mr. Hunt a testimonial worthy his acceptance, as a proof to him, an! d an example to society, that honourable exertions shall not be neglected or unrewarded and that when the "right man is in the right place" it will be acknowledged and appreciated. -Mining Journal . REWARD FOR SAVING LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. - It is always gratifying to us to record the notice deservedly bestowed on the conduct of our brave seamen, when they risk their own lives to save those who like themselves are exposed to the perils of the deep. We have therefore much pleasure in inserting the following letter addressed to Capt. H. BRADFIELD, one of the Secretaries of the .Humane Society at Falmouth, through which the memorial referred to was transmitted to London: . "Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society, Hibernia Chambers, Londonbridge, 8th of November, 1856." - Dear Sir, "We have received an application signed by Messrs. R.W. FOX, Lovell SQUIRE, and yourself, addressed to the Human Society, but which did not come within their rules, for a reward to William MARGRATE and crew of the "Schmyd," of Bristol, for saving the lives of the crew of "Elizabeth," of Bideford, off Cape Cornwall, on the 21st of August last; and I am instructed by the board to acquaint you that they have had much pleasure in awarding to Capt. Margrate and the boat's crew, who risked their lives on the occasion, the silver medals of this institution. Will you, therefore, kindly forward to me the Christian and surname of each of the boat's crew, in order that the same may be engraved on the medals. I remain, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary." . THE FISHERIES. - On Tuesday several small shoals of fish supposed to be pilchards, were seen in the St. Ives bay, but they did not come into the seans. The drift boats are bringing in about 2000 herrings per boat, when the weather will allow them to go out. The boats belonging to Newquay caught and brought in on Monday and Tuesday morning from five thousand to three hundred fine herrings each boat, which readily sold at three shillings per hundred of six score. . APPLE TREE IN BLOOM. – In the garden of Mr. Matthew BENNETT in the New Road, Camborne, an apple tree is now to be seen in full blossom. This tree has this season born fruit, and is now covered with a secondary efflorescence, many of the blossoms appearing to have “set.” . OBSTRUCTIONS AT FALMOUTH. – A correspondent writes as follows. - "A fortnight since you inserted a communication respecting obstructions in the streets of Falmouth. If you can afford space for another hint, I would call the attention of the authorities to the almost impassable state of the bottom of High-street every evening, Sundays not excepted. Often from dusk till after nine o'clock the place is in a state of siege, and for females or infirm people it is often perilous to attempt forcing a passage through the crowd of boys of various ages who congregate there to amuse themselves at the expense of quiet to the neighbourhood, and of safety to the general public. As to a Falmouth policeman in that region, it is quite as satisfactory a pursuit as watching the sky for a meteor, or the ocean for the great sea serpent." . CORNWALL COUNTY COURTS. - Penzance. - At this court among other case, Mr. J. Stephens BUZZA, an auctioneer and mine broker of St. Ives, claimed from Mr. Edward DUNSTAN, a mine agent at Lelant, the sum of GBP 7 10s., for commission on the sale of five shares in Providence Mines at GBP 60 per share. Mr. W.T. TRESIDDER, of St. Ives, for the plaintiff, and Mr. MILLETT for the defendant. . The plaintiff stated that the defendant instructed him to sell the five shares and after he had sold them to Capt. ANTHONY, of Lelant, defendant refused to let him have them. The GBP 7 10s., which he claimed was two and a-half per cent on the GBP 300, the value of the shares. The defendant on being examined denied ever employing the plaintiff to sell his shares. Judgment was given for defendant. . In the case of Andrew HARPER MICHELL v. Joseph TONKIN, the defendant carrying on business at Penzance as a tailor, was committed for thirty days to Bodmin for not appearing or satisfying the judgment obtained by plaintiffs against him in April last. . St. Columb. - At this court held on the 14th instant, twenty-two cases stood for trial, the principal number of which were settled out of court, and those remaining, being small debts, were unimportant. . In the case of BUCKTHOUGHT v. GROSE, the court was engaged a considerable time. The plaintiff claimed GBP 5 18s. 6d. for money lent and laid out, being GBP 5 10s. to take up a bill, and the remainder expenses on a horse, which he had taken on trial and found not to answer warranty. Defendant stated that he did not borrow the money for these purposes, but sold him a horse for GBP 5 10s. of which was paid at the time of sale, and the remainder to be paid in a month, when the defendant was to give plaintiff a fat goose. Plaintiff had returned the horse, stating that it would not answer his purpose. The horse was not received by defendant, but allowed to stray on the commons at ROCHE, where defendant resides, and it has since died. . The statements of both plaintiff and defendant were extremely contradictory, and the testimony of the witnesses very conflicting, but the weight of evidence being in favour of plaintiff, his Honor, after much consideration, gave judgment for plaintiff for GBP 5 10s. and costs. . POACHING. - On Tuesday last, John West, a blacksmith of Truro, was charged before Dr. CARLYON, county magistrate, with poaching on the land of Mr. TOM, of Rosedale, near Truro. West was summoned to appear for this offence some months ago at the petty sessions, but he then absconded, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension. He returned to Truro a few days ago, and was apprehended on Tuesday. The offense being proved against him, he was fined GBP 1 and costs, or a month's hard labour in the county gaol. He was locked up until the evening, and then paid the fine. . TRURO POLICE. - On Monday last, before Mr. E. MICHELL, Mayor and Messrs. NANKIVELL and PADDON, magistrates, William WILLIAMS, of Charles-street, marine store dealer, was charged with purchasing a copper warming pan without making proper entries in his day book, as the law requires. As he has only just commenced the trade, and it was his first offence, he was dismissed with a caution from the magistrates. . On Wednesday, before the Mayor, and Capt. KEMPE, Mr. Nankivell, and Mr. Paddon, two butchers, called GRIFFIN and BENNETT, were summoned for having, on Saturday, last, publicly exposed for sale in the Truro market, part of a bullock which was unwholesome and unfit for human food. It was stated in evidence that the bullock had been sold to the butchers for about half the value of good meat. The magistrates were of opinion that the meat was unfit to be sold, but there was no evidence before them to prove the animal was diseased, and that the meat was unwholesome in the sense meant by the statute. The case was therefore dismissed, with a caution from the Bench. . PENRYN POLICE. - On Friday the 14th instant, before the Mayor, Mr. J.B. READ, and Messrs. STEPHENS and TEAGUE, magistrates, Mrs. Louisa ROGERS, of the Red Lion Inn, Higher Market-street, appeared in answer to a summons charging her with resisting Alfred H. JARRETT, one of the police constables of the borough while in the execution of his duty, on Monday night the 10th instant. Mr. TILLY, of Falmouth, appeared for the defendant, and the case occupied the attention of the bench for some time; but after hearing the evidence in support of the summons, which was very conclusive, she was fined GBP 5 or one month's imprisonment. The fine was immediately paid. There was another summons against the same defendant, for assaulting Jarrett on the night in question, but the charge was withdrawn. . THE PENWARNE BURGLARY. - We are informed that through the active and untiring efforts of the officers, Messrs. RODDA, JULYAN, NICHOLLS, and ARMITAGE, three males and two females are in custody, and a partial hearing took place on Wednesday last, at Mr. GENNS'S office, Falmouth, before Mr. ENYS, county magistrate, when the accused were remanded until Thursday. The following persons are now remanded until Thursday. The following persons are now in custody on charges of having been connected in different ways with this burglary: Joseph QUICK, of Illogan; Thomas WHITE and David ANNEAR, of Redruth; Sophia JENKIN, (wife of Richard Jenkin who was held on bail at the time of Chadwick's commitment) and - Quick, sister to the first named, who was a servant at Penwarne, at the time of the robbery. . BURGLARY. - A burglary of a very daring character was committed in the dwelling house of Mr. CHAPMAN, of the farm of Rosurrants, near St. Columb, on Friday afternoon. Mr. Chapman, his wife and servants, were engaged in a field near the house, which had been secured, and it is supposed that at about three o'clock an entrance was effected by forcing the back door, when the burglar ransacked a bedroom, taking with him some wearing apparel, including a pair of boots and a complete suit of clothes, together with a purse containing 6s. in money and some eatables from the pantry. Fortunately for Mr. Chapman, a large sum of money which he had received the previous day, and deposited in the same drawer, escaped the thief's observation. Suspicion rests on a man of the vagrant tribe, who was seen in the course of the day about the premises. . AN UNNATURAL MOTHER. - On the night of the 4th instant, a woman named Ann HANCOCK, of Par, in the parish of St. Blazey, absconded from her home, it is supposed in company with one of the navies who had been residing near the place for some time past. She left her two children in the bed unprovided for, until their father returned from his labour. . CORONER's INQUESTS. - The following inquests have been held by Mr. JOHN CARLYON, county coroner: On Friday last, at Twelveheads, in the parish of Gwennap, on the body of Martin OATES, aged 75, who was found dead in his bed, on Thursday morning. The deceased was a well-known person in Truro and neighbouring towns. Upwards of forty-seven years ago, he met with an accident in a copper mine, near Ashburton, by which he lost the use of his eyes; since which he has gained a precarious livelihood by frequenting the different market towns, playing a violin and singing religious hymns. He went to bed on Wednesday evening apparently in his usual health and was found dead as described. - Verdict, "Visitation of God." . On Saturday, at Stithians, on the body of David MARTIN, aged 14 years, who died the previous day from injuries he received on the 6th instant, by falling from one of the ladders in Trevasean mine, as he was returning up from work underground. Verdict "Accidental death." . The following inquest has been held before HICHENS, county coroner: - At Redruth Union Workhouse, on the body of Mary BRIGHT, single woman, aged twenty-five years, who came into the house from Tuckingmill some weeks since to be confined. Last Saturday three weeks she was safely brought to bed, and a fortnight afterwards she went out of the house to go to her father's house in Tuckingmill. She had previously been cautioned by the matron, master, nurse, and the medical officer, on the morning of her departure, of the great danger she was in of exposing herself to cold, and of going out with her infant so soon. She took but little notice of the advice given her, and she went out first to Redruth, then to Tuckingmill. . She returned to the Union-house last Saturday, with her infant, as it appears she did not meet with that reception at home which she expected. On her return she appeared to be just the same as she was when she went out, except that she had taken a severe cold by putting her hands into cold water, which produced a swelling and inflammation in her right breast. She appeared to be in no apparent danger on Friday night at eight o'clock, but about seven o'clock on the following morning she had occasion to get out of bed, and on getting back into the bed she exclaimed, "Lord have mercy upon me; Lord how am I feeling" and she died immediately. . It was the opinion of the medical officer that disease of the heart was the immediate cause of this sudden death. The jury gave as their verdict that she died from natural causes, and by the visitation of God.