| OCTOBER 1853 7 October 1853, Friday CAMELFORD. - On Monday last, Mr. C.A. WEST, was elected Mayor for this borough, for the year ensuing. MARAZION. - On Monday last, Mr. W.O. CONGDON, was re-elected Mayor of this town. LISKEARD FAIR. - This fair, on Monday last, was well supplied, and a great deal of business was one. Fat cattle were sold at a small decline in prices, viz., from 50s. to 60s. per cwt., sheep 6 ½ d. per lb.: honey 4s. per quart. The streets were crowded, and what was remarkable the pickpockets were not heard of, and the day and night passed off without any disturbance the police having nothing to do. ARRIVAL AT AUSTRALIA. - The friends of the passengers on board the "Chronometer," belonging to Mevagissey, will be gratified to hear of their safe arrival at Port Phillip, in Australia, on the 13th of June, after a fine passage of one hundred and four days. ARRIVAL FROM AFRICA. - The "Tyne" store-ship, Master-Commander Peter WELLINGTON, formerly of Truro, arrived at Spithead on Tuesday afternoon, from the Brazils and Coast of Africa Stations, bringing invalids and obsolete stores from the squadrons on both stations. PROMOTION OF LIEUT. HOSKEN. - During the stay of the "Banshee" at Queenstown, Sir James GRAHAM was pleased to promote Lieutenant HOSKEN, formerly of Penryn, to the rank of Commander. In this act of the first lord, the service generally will appreciate a due reward to a gallant officer of 25 years' active employment in the service, and the mercantilesteam marine be rejoiced at the advancement of an officer to whom is due the rapid progress the science of steam navigation has made within the last fewyears. Commander Hosken will be recognised as the officer who first took the "Great Western" across the Atlantic, and opened steam communications between Great Britain and America. BUDE. - During the gale on Saturday last, from N.W. the "Lady Acland," DAVEY master, on entering the haven, ran on the outer chapel rock, and carried away her forepart. SHIPWRECK AT PADSTOW. - The sloop "Gazelle," of St. Ives, has been lost on the Dunbar Sand, off Padstow, under circumstances which have been deposed to on oath before the receiver, Mr. J.D. BRYANT, of the latter port. The deposition by the master and mate is to the following effect:- That John PAYNTER was the owner and master of the sloop, and John Richards QUICK was the mate. The vessel was laden with about eleven tons of potatoes, also the property of Captain Paynter, and sailed from Rush, in Ireland, on the 16th of September, put into Wexford and sailed again on Saturday the 24th bound to St. Ives. On Sunday evening, the wind N.W., a strong breeze, they ran for Padstow, and brought up anchor opposite the outside capstan house. A kedge was carried away by the ship's boat, and the ship was warped a warp's length further in. They let go both anchors, and ran the kedge away the second time, and left the ship riding to the two bower anchors and the kedge. The ship's boat having had a hole knocked in her at sea on the Sunday, and being leaky, the crew came to the Hawker's Cove for assistance, and Abel FRENCH, residing there, went with J.R. Quick to Padstow for the pilots and assistance, and called up three or four pilots, and one of them requested the mate not to go into any public house for refreshment, as it would alarm the people of the town, French and Quick, and four pilots, then proceeded to the Cove. The captain wished to take the pilot boat and go to the ship, but the pilots went out to the point by land, and said it was best to let her stay as she was till day-light, as she was very well situated. An hour afterwards the pilots, who had come back to Hawken's Cove, were called by French, who said he thought it best to put the capstan warp on board the ship. The pilots then said they would do so, and the captain, mate, and one pilot went towards the board to go out to her. The other three pilots went out to the point to look at her, and found that she had shifted towards the Dunbar, and they said she was too far off to be got at with safety. The ship hung from this time (about one a.m.) without any sea about her, till about five a.m.; about one-quarter flood, she broke from her moorings, and went upon the Dunbar; she beat in over the Dunbar and became a total wreck, and all the potatoes were lost. The captain (as is deposed by the captain and mate) on the first arrival of the pilots wished to go on board the ship, and sent one of the crew with French to get the warp ready; but the pilots, instead of going in their board with the captain, went out to the point by land, as before stated. SCHOONERS LAUNCHED. - On Tuesday last, there were launched from the building yard of Mr. John TREDWEN, jun., of Padstow, two fine schooners fully rigged. One purchased by the Truro Shipping Company for the London trade, called the "Truro," of Truro, the other intended for the fruit trade, named the Tayaway," and purchased by Mr. T.B. HELLYAR, Manchester. It can be truly said that of the many vessels built at this establishment of late years, none have gained more admiration than these splendid specimens of naval architecture. ACCIDENT NEAR THE TRURO RAILWAY STATION. - On Wednesday evening last, as John HOSKING, an elderly man living near Redruth, was going to the West Cornwall Railway station at Higher Town near Truro, to take his departure by the last train, through the darkness of the night he fell into the deep cutting of the Cornwall Railway, between the turnpike road and the station. He had his fingers broken, and was so severely injured that he was taken up for dead by some parties who heard him fall. He was carried to the station, and has since been conveyed to his home, being in a very dangerous state. There is a path from the turnpike round to the station, besides the road made by the company, over which the omnibuses, &c. pass. The path is totally unprotected from the deep railway cutting by the side of it, and unless rails be placed there, or the public be restricted from going that way, it is feared that other accidents of the same kind may happen during the dark nights of the winter months. SUDDEN DEATH. - Mrs. EDYVEAN, of Penpol Terrace, Hayle, retired to rest on Saturday night last, apparently in good health, but about six o'clock on the following morning her husband found her dead by his side. The deceased was about twenty-nine years of age. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. - James CORNISH, and William Henry MILLER, Falmouth, Cornwall, surgeons and apothecaries. TRURO POLICE. - On Monday last a complaint was made against John MATTHEWS, beerhouse-keeper at the corner of St. Dominic Street, for permitting drunkenness and disorderly conduct in his house, to the annoyance of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Mr. John MARTIN, Mr. James WILLIAMS, Mr. BREWER, and others, attended to prove the charge. The beerhouse-keeper pleaded ignorance of the law as bearing on his license, and it being the first complaint against him, the case was dismissed on his paying the expenses. A navvy called JOHNSON, alias "CHICKEY," of Northampton, who had been in Matthews's beer-house, was charged with drunkenness and creating a disturbance in Ferris Town on Saturday night last, for which he was fined 2s. and expenses. ST. AUSTELL PETTY SESSIONS. - At these sessions on Tuesday last, Jane LUCAS and Ann MORISON were committed for twenty-one days, for disorderly conduct and using obscene language in the street. Thomas CARLYON (Alias ARCHEY) and Peter McCONVIL, a navvy, were charged with being drunk, but the case was dismissed on consideration of their having been in the lock-up for more than twenty-four hours. Thomas TRETHEWY was charged by Miss RENDLE, with wilfully damaging two dwelling houses, but on account of the right to the property being disputed, the case was dismissed. Fanny TRETHEWY, wife of the last defendant, was summoned by Mary Ann WILLIAMS for an assault, and was fined 10s. and costs. To Waggoners of St. Dennis, named KENT and VERCOE, were charged with obstructing the Turnpike Road, and were each fined 10s. and costs. John INCH, of the Mount Charles Inn, and two retail brewers, called COCKING and COON, were charged on the information of the police constables SAMBELLS and WESTLAKE, with having their houses open, and drawing liquor on Sunday last during divine service, for which they were each fined £1 and costs. Mr. Thomas HITCHINS, merchant, of St. Austell, summoned one of his men named Samuel BONE, for leaving his service without giving proper notice, but Bone being a waggoner was not considered as a labourer, and the case was dismissed. THE MORMONITES. - The disciples of "Joe Smith" were summarily ejected on Tuesday evening from Weston-super-Mare. A "regular down-easter" accompanied by a "local," harangued a concourse of people on the beach, but were met in crushing arguments by several clergymen and others. After hearing patiently both sides, the listeners rushed upon the impostors, and drove them completely out of the town. The affair occasioned considerable excitement, and but for the police and a few advocates of free discussion we verily believe the Mormonites would have been made subjects of a coroner's inquest. (Bristol Mercury 14 OCTOBER 1853, Friday T.B. SAVAGE (LATE OF THE EXCISE,) - Begs to inform his Cornish friends that he has just taken the Dock Gates Inn, Fore Street, Devonport, opposite the Dock Gates. The house is well situated for parties visiting Plymouth, omnibuses starting close by every five minutes; every attention will be paid, and well aired beds may be relied on. THE GOLD DIGGINGS. - A paper received from a Cornishman in Australia, states that at the Turon diggings, at the lower end of Mundy Reach, there are a large number at work, and many are doing remarkably well. At the Ovens diggings, the Ninemile Creek is not turning out so well as was expected. Flour had fallen in price to £13 per bag, owing to the arrival of some small lots from the Sydney side. Gold was selling at £3. 12s. per ounce, and not much offering. It being the Australian winter, the writer remarks:- "There are some parties (at the Ovens diggings) prospecting the country around, but where they expect the greatest deposit lies, the weather at present is so cold as to preclude all idea of touching the locality just now. The frosts are very sharp here, and the calico tent is but a poor guardian against cold." LIFE BOAT AT PENZANCE. - A life-boat has been built for this port, principally, we understand, through the exertions of Mr. R. PEARCE, and steps will be taken to obtain an efficient crew, that the efforts of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society may not be rendered abortive. The boat was built from a plan furnished by Messrs. SEMMENS and THOMAS, of Penzance, and its cost was £150. WRECK AT BUDE. - On Sunday last, about ten a.m., with the wind easterly and moderate, with some little billow on the coast, the smack "Margaret," Capt. M. FISH, of Bude, on attempting to enter the harbour, got into the trough of the sea, and the wind being scant, she struck heavily on the outer chapel Rock, and bounded off to seaward with the loss of her rudder. Seeing the critical situation of the vessel and crew, Sir T.D. ACLAND, Bart., M.P., (who fortunately was at Bude) desired the Life Boat to be got out, and some able hands put on board her, when she proceeded off to the vessel, which they found making water fast, and in a sinking state. They took out the crew, two in number, and shortly after twelve o'clock, p.m., she went down about two miles to the north of Bude, and about a mile off shore. We regret to say that Capt. Fish (to whom the vessel belonged) has lost his all, leaving him almost pennyless, with a wife and seven children. A liberal subscription was immediately entered upon for the sufferer. This life boat we understand is an improvement on the Northumberland prize boat. She gave great satisfaction to the persons on shore to see how well she rode the heavy breakers, and she has won the confidence of those who so creditably ventured their lives for the assistance of others. THE BURIAL GROUND AT FALMOUTH. - On Thursday evening the 6th instant, a meeting was held at the Guildhall, Falmouth, which was convened by the Mayor, on a requisition signed by a large number of the rated inhabitants, the object being to consider the propriety of closing the burial grounds, as they are much overcrowded, and no bodies can be interred without being either only covered with from one to two feet of earth, or that other coffins have to be removed and broken up to make room for them, and the grounds are in the midst of the houses on all sides. Several gentlemen pointed out the nuisance of the grave yard being used in its present state, and showed that from August 1850, the rector and churchwardens, at a public vestry, declared there was not room for the decent interment of any more corpses; but although a new burial ground had been provided, through some objections the rector had thrown in the way, it had not been used. The meeting passed a resolution to the effect that the present burial ground is already overcrowded, and from its locality should be closed for interment; also a resolution to send a petition to the Secretary of State, to have it closed under the Health of Towns act. Several gentlemen expressed their opinion that as there was a new ground provided alongside the general cemetery at Hangsman Hill, the rector ought to waive his objections; as the sanitary committee had removed many nuisances, and this was a very great one, the curate said he believed the Rev. W.J. COOPE was not likely to object. The tanks of the meeting were moved to Mr. TILLY and Mr. COX, and also a vote of thanks to the Mayor. TRAVELLING WITHOUT A RAILWAY TICKET. - On Thursday week, Richard AUSTEN, of Penzance, was fined 8s. 6d., including costs, for riding on the West Cornwall railway, from Camborne to Penzance, without a ticket. TRURO POLICE. - On Thursday, Catherine BROWN, of Temple Street, Bristol was charged with obtaining money under false pretences from Mary GLUYAS, servant of Mrs. MUDGE, of Lemon Street. On Wednesday afternoon, she went to the house of Mrs. Mudge, and asked the servant if she wanted to buy a gold keeper ring, stating that she wanted to sell it because she was in great distress. The servant gave her 2s. 7d. for the ring, and she then went away. In the course of the afternoon the servant discovered that the ring was brass; she then went to the station to Mr. NASH, and described the prisoner, and search being made, she was apprehended about eleven o'clock at Goodman's lodging house, in Calenick Street. The magistrates, on hearing the evidence, committed the prisoner for trial; at the same time she was remanded, that other charges might be preferred against her. On the same day, Sophia STRONG, wife of Joseph Strong, a navvy, was charged with stealing a quantity of wood from the Steam Mills yard, the property of Mr. Robert SHARP, Railway Contractor. It being her first offence, she was discharged on paying the expenses. STEALING CALVES. - A man called John DAVIS, has been committed at Callington, for stealing two yearling calves. He was employed by Mr. HERRING to take the animals from St. Mellion to Stokeclimsland, and on his arrival at Callington, he sold the calves to Mr KINSMAN, of the Royal Oak Inn. The offender was apprehended by Constable BULLIN. STEALING FROM A CHANGING HOUSE. - On Thursday the 6th instant, Richard JAMES, a miner, was charged before the Truro magistrates with stealing from John NICHOLLS, miner, of Newlyn churchtown, on the 5th instant, a fustian waistcoat, cloth waistcoat, and black silk handkerchief. On Wednesday the 5th instant, Nicholls was underground at his work in South Cargoll, having left his clothes in the changing-house. When he came to grass, he found that his clothes had been taken away. Shortly afterwards he was told the prisoner had been seen on the road near the mine, carrying a bundle, and going in the direction of Truro. On Thursday morning, Nicholls came to the Truro police station and gave an account of his loss, and a description of the suspected party. The prisoner had been seen passing the station about half an hour before, and Inspector NASH directed police constable WOOLCOCK to go to the prisoner's lodging at the Exeter Inn, in Old Bridge Street. He there found him with the coat, waistcoat, and handkerchief in his possession. The prosecutor identified the articles as his property, and the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next quarter sessions. FATAL ACCIDENTS. - At Camborne, on Saturday night last, as Jane POLRUE?, aged 52, was fetching water, she was knocked down and filled, it is supposed by the shaft of a car, the horse having taken fright. An inquest was held, and a verdict of "accidental death" returned. On Monday last, a child eight years old, called Mary Anne REED, whilst playing, fell into a well in Fore Street, Camborne, and was drowned. A verdict to that effect has been returned by the coroner's jury. CORONER'S INQUESTS. - The following inquests have been held before Mr. John CARLYON, county coroner; On Friday last at St. Agnes, on the body of Samuel CARTER, aged 17 years. The deceased was a miner and worked at Polberro Consols mine. On Thursday last as he was descending under ground to his work, he by some means or other missed his hold and fell from one of the ladders down on a "pentice" at the adit level, from whence he rebounded into the plat and was killed on the spot. The distance he fell was about twelve fathoms. Verdict, "accidental death." On Monday, in Newlyn parish, on the body of John SPENCER, miner, aged 30 years, who was found dead in a croft near Goonhavren?-bridge on Sunday evening. It appeared that he had been subject to fits for several years, and there was no doubt but that he died from an attack of that description. Verdict accordingly. COMMITTAL OF AN AGED INSOLVENT FOR FIFTEEN MONTHS. - Exeter District County Cour. (Before J. TYRRELL, Esq., Judge) Tuesday, October 11. - Re. James BAKER, farmer, of Week St. Mary, Cornwall. The insolvent was to-day brought up from prison to receive judgment. It will be remembered that the case against him had been adjourned from time to time, to see if he would come to some arrangement with his creditors. He had sold his property to one creditor, after having mortgaged it to another; and had gone to Plymouth to embark for America, where he was arrested and brought to Exeter. He said he had given up the whole of the proceeds of the sale to his daughter, who however stated when before his Honor, on a recent occasion, that she had spent nearly the whole of it. There was an evident determination not to part with any of the money which had been fraudulently kept back, and his Honor therefore told the insolvent, that if he did not come prepared with a considerable portion of it he would commit him to prison. To-day it was stated that no arrangement had been made, and that no money was forthcoming. His Honor said he should commit him at the suit of Mr. BROWN. Mr. Stogdon reminded his Honor that that would be of no service, as Mr. Brown was not the detaining creditor. It would be in his Honor's recollection, perhaps that there had been three complaints made against the insolvent. One was for selling his property after having mortgaged it to another person, and having handed the money over to his daughter. The second was that of defrauding Mrs. CANN, at whose suit he was detained in custody; and another complaint was that the insolvent had stated when arrested, that he had only a small sum in his possession, when it turned out that he had a much larger one. His Honor (addressing the insolvent) said it was the worst case that had ever come before him - for it has been clearly proved that he had made away with his property in every possible manner. He should therefore remand him to prison for fifteen months, at the suit of one or more of his creditors. The old man, who did not seem to be much affected at the sentence, was then removed in custody. 21 OCTOBER 1853, Friday JOHN ROSEVEAR, - Late Clerk of Works, &c., at Tregothnan, Begs to inform the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of the county of Cornwall, that he has commenced business in Prince's Street, Truro, as Builder and Surveyor; and from his long experience and practical knowledge of his profession in all its details, he feels confident of giving satisfaction to those who may favour him with their patronage. Prince's Street, Truro, October 20th, 1853. JOHN LITTLETON, - Upholsterer and Cabinet-maker, Begs to return his sincere thanks to the Nobility and Gentry in general, for their very kind support during the nineteen years he has been in business; and takes this opportunity of informing them he has removed to very extensive premises which has enabled him to add the business of builder and undertaker, and hopes by strict attention and punctuality, to merit a continuance of their kind favors. Edgcumbe House, Lostwithiel, October 18, 1853. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. WALTER HICKS, 16, pleaded guilty of stealing, at the parish of Illogan, a check shirt, the property of James ROWATT. Three months hard labour. WILLIAM PAYNTER was charged with stealing barley, the property of Mr. Francis HOWELL, of Ethy. Mr. Humphry GRYLLS for the prosecution, called William GUY, farm bailiff to Mr. Howell, who said the prisoner was a servant on the farm, and had charge of the barley for feeding the pits. The barley was kept in a granary of which prisoner had the key. On the evening of Saturday, the 13th of August, witness was on the watch in an unoccupied farm-house, which commands a view of the piggeries. This was about eight o'clock in the evening. He saw prisoner got to a tool house, and thence to the piggeries; he was there about five minutes, and then left with something in a cloth. He went out of the yard, and across the moor into the public road, where he was overtaken by witness, who asked him to give him the barley meal he had. He said he had no barley meal; witness said he had something, and took it from his hand and found it was barley. He had compared it with the sample in the granary, and it corresponded. Prisoner afterwards came to witness, and asked him to look it over, saying it was his first offence. Prisoner's confession before the magistrate was also read. Mr. SHILSON, in defence, called the constable of the parish, who gave prisoner a good character. He then argued that it was only a very small quantity of barley that prisoner took, worth about a penny, and that he did not intend to commit a felony; it was just like a person walking through an orchard and picking up an apple. The Chairman, in summing up, said the defence was ingeniously put, but he would leave it to the good sense of the jury as to whether there was no difference between this case and picking up an apple in an orchard. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. WILLIAM HOSKIN was charged with stealing thee pieces of lead on the 2nd of September, the property of Mr. Edmund NORWAY of Wadebridge. Prisoner was employed by prosecutor as a smith, and was directed to cut lead from a sheet of roll lead on prosecutor's premises. He was charged with stealing the pieces produced in Court, but the Chairman considered the evidence insufficient, and directed the jury to acquit him. Verdict, not guilty. JAMES EMMETT, 18, pleaded guilty of embezzling, on the 7th of September, the sum of £2 belonging to his master, John JAMES, of St. Agnes, van driver. Four months' hard labour. JAMES BROAD pleaded guilty of stealing a firkin, the property of Thomas and Francis NADDALL. Six week's hard labour. CATHERINE JONES, 15, pleaded guilty of stealing, at the parish of Kenwyn, on the 11th of August, three pairs of worsted stockings, belonging to Mary TREWEEKS. One month's hard labour. JOHN DAVIS, 25, was indicted for stealing two calves, on the 3rd of October, at the parish of Callington, the property of John HERRING. Mr. SHILSON conducted the prosecution. It appears the prosecutor lives at Pillaton? and on the 2nd of October, prisoner came to him and said he wished to offer himself for service to the prosecutor's son, who lives in Stokeclimsland. On Monday morning he again came to prosecutor's house, who then took the opportunity of sending two calves by him to his son at Stokeclimsland. Prisoner went with the calves, but on his way sold them to Mr. KINSMAN, an innkeeper and butcher at Callington. His plea was that he was drunk when he sold the calves; and next morning he told the landlord they belonged to Mr. Herring. Verdict, guilty, but recommended to mercy. - Three months' hard labour. The chairman in passing sentence, said the landlord was very much to be censured for purchasing the calves. Granborough, Warwickshire, appellants; St. Michael, Penkivel, respondents. On the motion of Mr. DARKE, and with the consent of Mr. HOCKIN, the respondents, the order for the removal of William GOOD was confirmed, but quashed so far as related to the pauper's alleged wife and children; it having been ascertained that the pauper was a married man when he married the woman alleged to be his wife. Wednesday, October 19. (Before J.K. LETHBRIDGE, Esq.) EDWARD JAMES, 33, pleaded guilty of stealing on the 30th of August, at the parish of Morval, a silver watch and gown piece, the property of Charles HARDING. Four months' hard labour. RICHARD JAMES, 20, was charged with stealing a fustian coat, waistcoat, and silk handkerchief, the property of John NICHOLAS. Prosecutor is a miner, working in South Cargoll, in Newlyn; and on the 5th of October he went under ground, leaving his clothes in the boiler house. When he came up in the evening he found his clothes had been taken away. Information was given to the Truro police, and police constable WOOLCOCK apprehended prisoner at the Exeter Inn, Truro, who was then wearing the stolen articles. Prisoner's defence was that he had picked the articles up in mistake. Verdict - Guilty, four months' hard labour. SAVAGE ASSAULT. - JAMES HICKS and JOHN HICKS (the latter being the father of the former) were indicted for assaulting James GLANVILLE, and doing him great bodily harm, on the 29th of August. Mr. DARKE appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. STOKES for the prisoners. James Glanville stated that he is a miner, and had been working at East Pool mine. On the 29th of August, he and his son, James Glanville, and four others were drinking in Wilkins's beer-shop in Illogan. They got to Wilkins's beer-shop at about seven o'clock in the evening, and some play took place amongst the party. The two prisoners and two other men were sitting at the end of the same table. They had been about an hour there, when James Hicks offered RETALLACK (one of Glanville's party) a glass of beer. He refused to take the beer, on which Hicks used an expression which led Retallack to say he would kick him. Retallack rose up and went towards the Hicks party, and said he would fight any man of them. Young James Glanville came in and asked who was putting upon Retallack, saying he would fight any men that did so. Then John Hicks and James Hicks (the prisoners) prosecutor said, rose up and threw to his son. He rose up, took his son round the middle, and drew him towards the door leading to the passage; his son's wife then came, and he gave him up to her, and she took him away. Then John Hicks, the father, prosecutor said, took him with one hand at the back part of his head, and the other hand on the top. He drew prosecutor back, and the young Hicks laid hold of prosecutor by the cheek, and then bit off part of his nose, which was, afterwards picked up by a constable. Prosecutor lost a quantity of blood. After this, he said, one of the party "scat" him off his legs, and then they just strangled him on the ground. He was attended by a surgeon for some days, and had not been able to work for seven weeks having suffered a great deal the first fortnight. On cross-examination, prosecutor said, he and his party drank three pints of beer between nine and ten that morning, at a beer-house in Illogan. Afterwards they had a quart at Kempthorne's and then two quarts at Wilkins's, before the row commenced. Prosecutor said he was not sober, but knew all that was done and said. There were called in support of the above evidence, William GRIBBLE, Abel ANGOVE, and William THOMAS, miners who were of the Glanville party at the beer-shop; and constable MARTIN was also called as a witness. Mr. Stokes then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners, and said he should contradict in material points the evidence for the prosecution. He called as witnesses on the part of the prisoners, William OSBORNE and John PENPRAZE, miners, working at Carn Brae. Mr. Darke, on cross-examination, elicited that Osborne had been twice in custody of the governor of the gaol. His evidence was that the expression used by Hicks, which led to the row, did not apply to Retallack; that young Glanville first struck young Hicks; and that his own party were sober, and the others drunk. Penpraze's testimony was of such a nature in some points that the Chairman put it to the jury to say what credit they would give to it. The Chairman in summing up said it seemed probable that old Hicks had only attempted to separate the parties, and not to assist his son in the assault; if the jury were of the opinion, they would acquit him. After a long deliberation, the jury found both prisoners Guilty. James Hicks, (the young man) was sentenced to two years' hard labour, and John Hicks to four months' hard labour. STABBING. - WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMS was indicted for that, on the 1st of October, he did unlawfully and maliciously cut, stab, and wound Thomas HICKS; and a second count charged a common assault. Mr. G. COLLINS for the prosecution, and Mr. SHILSON for the prisoner. On the 1st of October the prosecutor was drinking at an inn at Padstow, kept by Mr. REBOUS?, and the prisoners and others were in the same room. The prisoner got up and committed a disgusting act over prosecutor and a man called RUNDLE. Hicks told him he was no man to do such a thing, and told him if he would go on the quay they would see which was the best man. Rundle and prisoner afterwards had words, and Rundle took off his coat to fight. Hicks put his arms round Rundle to keep him from fighting, upon which prisoner, with a clasped knife, made a stab at Rundle, and pierced through one of Hicks's hands, which were round Rundle's waist. Hicks was obliged to go to Mr. TREVEN's surgery, where he fainted from loss of blood. The knife went in at the back of his hand and pierced through the palm. The surgeon said the thrust must have been of some force; it divided an artery, and there was difficulty in stopping the blood. The wound was now going on favourably, and the man was likely to recover the use of his hand in about a fortnight. Mr. Shilson, for the defence, submitted that the prisoner must be acquitted, because the wound was the result of accident, prisoner not intending to strike prosecutor with the knife. He also directed the attention of the jury to the count for common assault. The Chairman, in summing up, said the act of cutting, stabbing, and wounding was an offence under the statute without any allegation of intent to do injury to any person; if the intent were shown, another statute would be applicable, and the trial could not take place in this court. But the act of maliciously, or with an evil mind, cutting, stabbing, and wounding, without intent being alleged to do harm to any person, was an offence which might be punished by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for not exceeding three years. No doubt, in this case, the prisoner did not intend to stab the prosecutor, but to stab Rundle, it was similar to a case of murder, when if a man fires a gun at one person, and kills another, it would be held to be murder. - The prisoner was found guilty of stabbing. Eighteen Months' Hard Labour. JOHN MAJOR, of St. Ives, was placed at the bar on a charge of felony in the house of John DANIEL. The prosecutor, Henry Daniel; one of the witnesses; and Elizabeth Daniel, prosecutor's wife, failed to appear. Their names were called three times, and their recognizances were order to be forfeited. The prisoner was discharged. JOHN HAWKEN and SAMUEL ANGOVE pleased Guilty of stealing, on the 15th of October, in the parish of Lidford, Devon, a check shirt, worsted stockings, trousers and drawers, the property of William HODGE. The prisoners were taken with the property in this county. Each Four Months' Hard Labour. MARY JANE CHAPPEL, 17, and MARY WILLIAMS, 15 pleaded Guilty of stealing a shawl on the 23rd of August, at the parish of Camborne, the property of Eliza ROGERS. Each One Month's Hard Labour. ROBERT COLLINS, 40, was found Guilty of stealing, on the 8th of October, at St. Blazey, a wooden pail and three cabbages, the property of Augustus Coombes SANDOE, innkeeper. Three Months' Hard Labour. BRIDGET MILES, 52, was found Guilty of stealing a purse, containing 1s. 6d., from the person of John BLATCHFORD, at the parish of Trewen, on the 10th of October. A former conviction for felony, in 1850, was also proved against the prisoner. The Court sentenced the prisoner, under a recent act of parliament (referred to in the charge to the grand jury), to a penal servitude of Four Years with Hard Labour in such part of her Majesty's dominions as one of her Majesty's Secretaries of State may direct, pursuant to a statute in that case made and provided. (There were three or four other prisoners who received a similar sentence, and the Chairman made some observations on the nature of the penal servitude, and the ticket-of-leave system in connection with it, which remarks we shall give next week.) JAMES SHORT, 31, was charged with stealing a pair of boots, from the dwelling-house of John BEER, at Gunnislake in the parish of Calstock. Verdict, Guilty. Two Months' Hard Labour. CATHERINE BROWN, 46, was indicted for obtaining from Mary GLUYAS the sum of 2s. 7d., by falsely pretending that a compound metal ring she sold to her was gold. Mr. CHILDS conducted the prosecution. Mary Gluyas is a servant with Mrs. MUDGE, of Truro, and said that on Wednesday, last week, prisoner came to the back door of the house, and offered to sell her a ring, which she said was gold. She asked 3s. 6d. for it, but said she was in distress, and ultimately sold it for 2s. 7d. The ring was produced in court by police constable WARD, and was stated by Mr. W.B. SHAW, goldsmith, of Truro, to be made of compound metal, and that such rings were sold for 8d. or 9d. a dozen. Verdict, Guilty. Another indictment of the same nature was preferred against the prisoner, for obtaining 1s. 9d. from Sibella DUNGEY, of Truro, by selling her a ring of compound metal, which she falsely pretended was gold. Verdict, Guilty. A third indictment against the prisoner for selling a similar ring for gold to Eliza TREGANOWAN, of St. Clement, for 3s. 6d. was on the calendar, but was not proceeded with. Four Months' Hard Labour. THOMAS SPEED FLOYD, 19, and THOMAS JARVIS, 24, were indicted for stealing to purses, and certain monies, from the person of Priscilla HOOPER. Mr. J.B. COLLINS conducted the prosecution. On the 5th of October, prosecutrix was at Callington Market, standing near the stall of a man selling razors, when there were stolen from her pocket two purses, one of which contained fifteen or sixteen shillings. Henry BULLEN, constable at Callington, in consequence of information, went out on the Liskeard road, and saw the prisoners; Floyd was handing money to Jarvis. The constable passed them, but kept his eye on them, and subsequently took them into custody, after considerable resistance. The constable was assisted by two men called SOUTHEY and CRABB. The prisoner, Floyd had in his possession a handkerchief, containing Priscilla Hooper's purses, both empty. On Jarvis was found the sum of £1. 19s. 9 ¼ d. The prisoners were seen by another witness, John BULLEN, standing near the place where prosecutrix was robbed. Verdict, Guilty. A former conviction for felony, at Bristol in 1851, was proved against the prisoner Floyd. Sentenced to penal servitude for Four Years, with hard labour. WILLIAM PERKIN, 22, a buyer of bones, and rags, was charged with stealing on the 6th of August, at Bude, a coat, a pair of trousers, a waistcoat, a canvas bag, and certain pieces of oil cloth, the property of William WHITE, innkeeper. Mr.ROWE conducted the prosecution; Mr. CHILDS the defence. The prisoner was found Guilty, and a previous conviction for felony, at the Devon Assizes, July, 1851, was proved against him. The prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude of Four Years and hard Labour, in such part of her Majesty's dominions as one of her Majesty's Secretaries of State may from time to time direct. JOSEPH LONG, 38, was charged with having, on the 5th of July, at Probus Fair, uttered at two different times, two pieces of false and counterfeit coin resembling half-crowns, to Peggy HARRIS. And also, on the same day, uttering one other counterfeit half-crowns to Eliza COOM. Mr. CHILCOTT conducted the prosecution, Mr. STOKES the defence. It appeared that on the evening of the day named, prisoner went at two several times to Mrs. Harris's beer-shop, and on each occasion had a pint of porter for which he paid with a half-crown and received 2s. 4d. change; and on the same evening he went to Coom's beer shop and had a pint of beer, and paid with a half-crown, receiving 2s. 4d. change. The case was one of simple and clear proof; and, although the advocate for the defence endeavoured to raise doubts as to the identity of prisoner, and as to his guilty knowledge of the counterfeit character of the coins, the Jury found a verdict of Guilty. Two Years' Hard Labour. DANIEL GILLARD, 19, and WILLIAM GILLARD, 10 were charged with breaking and entering the shop of Thomas BEVAN at Stratton on the 12th of October, and stealing a silver watch. They both pleaded Guilty. Against Daniel Gillard, there was proved a previous conviction, at the Michaelmas Sessions, 1852, of having, with one John HARVEY, broken and entered the dwelling house of Walter STEPHENS, in the parish of St. Clement, and stolen therefrom many articles of food and waring apparel. He was for that offence sentenced to eight calendar months' hard labour. Daniel Gillard was sentenced to a penal servitude of Four Years with Hard Labour, and Thomas Gillard, to One Week's imprisonment. HENRY FIELDER, 17, and CHARLES FIELDER, 15, were charged with having, on the 6th of September, feloniously broken into the dwelling-house of John HEARD, a labourer, living in the village of Hursham, in the parish of Launcells, and stolen therefrom 3s. 4d., and some cheese, bread, and bacon. Henry Fielder pleaded Guilty. Charles, the younger brother, pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. ROWE conducted the prosecution. It appeared that about eight o'clock on the morning of the 6th of September, the prosecutor left his house, and shortly afterwards his wife also left; the house doors and windows being then secure. On their return about one o'clock, they found that the house had been entered at a window, and robbed of the articles named. In the early part of the forenoon, the two prisoners, who are "tramps," were seen going towards and in the neighbourhood of the prosecutor's house. The evidence, which was lengthy and tedious, was wholly of a circumstantial character. As affecting the prisoner under trial, the chief points of evidence were, that he had been seen with his brother near the house, and that certain foot-marks found near the premises, corresponded with his shoes. In defence, he stated that quarrelling with his brother, he returned into Stratton on the forenoon in question, without going to Hursham. The jury, however, found him Guilty. There was another indictment against the two prisoners for breaking into the dwelling-house of Ann BRIMSCOMBE, also on the 6th of September, and stealing some shoes and a cotton handkerchief. To this indictment. Henry pleaded Guilty; Charles pleaded Not Guilty, but this indictment of him was not prosecuted. Each Six Months' Hard Labour. BENJAMIN FOLLY and ELIZABETH FOLLY were further indicted for stealing, at Jacobstow, a sack, the property of William Spry SPETTIGUE. In this case, it came out that the property was lost as long ago as the end of April or beginning of May; and was found on the prisoner's premises, not until the end of September, at which time the prisoners were in Bodmin gaol awaiting trial on another charge. There being so long a lapse of time between the loss and the discovery of the property, the Court held that the prisoners ought not to be called on the account for their possession of it; and, therefore, stopped the case and directed an Acquittal. GIG ACCIDENT. On Friday night last, as Captain Richard MORCOM, managing agent of Nancekuke mine, Illogan, and two others, were returning from Perran Foundry, on their way to Redruth, the horse made a sudden turn on to another road to the one on which they were going, when Captain Morcom suddenly fell over and lay in a senseless state for some time. On being taken up and removed to his own house, Mr. PRYSE, surgeon, was speedily in attendance, and dressed his wounds; but we regret to state that he still lies in a dangerous state, suffering much from the bruises and the shake of the fall. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LIZARD. Mr. WILLS, innkeeper at Lizard town, while endeavouring on Monday afternoon, to set a net for catching mullet, was suddenly washed off the rock on which he was standing into the sea. The body was not recovered until after the lapse of half-an-hour, when life was extinct. SUPPOSED SUICIDE. On Friday morning last, the body of Mr. William OLIVEER, of St. Keyne Well, was found floating in the Liskeard Canal, where he had thrown himself during the night. No cause can be assigned for this rash act, as he was in good circumstances. He was a bachelor, lived with his sister on his own farm, and was about 60 years of age. He had before this manifested no symptoms of derangement. CORONER'S INQUESTS. On the 5th instant an inquest was held by Mr. Joseph HAMLEY, county coroner, on John SNELL, at Bodmin, a miner, who was killed in Prince Ernest mine, in St. Winnow, under the following circumstances:- He was working in the bottom of the shaft, and had just filled a kibble, which on being drawn up, stuck in the brace, when a stone fell out and struck him on the back, breaking his shoulder and driving some of his ribs on the lungs. He was carried to his home, but died in consequence of the injuries he received. There did not appear to be any blame attached to any one, and a verdict of "accidental death" was returned. 28 OCTOBER 1853, Friday CRIMINAL BUSINESS. PENAL SERVITUDE. - We gave last week the sentences of the prisoners, but postponed till this week our notice of the chairman'sremarks in passing sentence. In the case of WILLIAM PERKIN, THOMAS SPEEDFLOYD and THOMAS JARVIS, BRIDGET MILES, and DANIEL GILLARD, sentence waspassed on each of penal servitude for four years, with hard labour, in such part of her Majesty's dominions as one of her Majesty's Secretaries of Statemay from time to time direct, pursuant to the statute in that case made and provided. The Chairman, before passing sentence, said he thought itnecessary to address these prisoners collectively. The Court was about to pass on them a sentence under a recent act of parliament. They would not be transported, but sentenced to a new kind of punishment which would be known in future as penal servitude, and which would combine punishment and hard labour with education and reformation. A remarkable feature in this new system was as to the duration and extent of the punishment, which would depend on the conduct of each prisoner. If, he said, you conduct yourselves well, after some punishment with hard labour, it is possible you may have what is called a license of leave, or permission to go about in this country and labour in such parts as the Secretary of State shall deem right, in different parts of this kingdom and the Channel Islands, where you may be employed in such labour as you may have the opportunity of obtaining for yourselves. But remember, that this license of leave will only be granted on your good conduct, and if that good conduct be continued, it will be in the power of the Secretary of State to limit and shorten the period of punishment. Thus, by good conduct, you will have an opportunity of regaining that rank in society which you have lost. BREACHES OF THE PEACE. - ROBERT STEVENS, 52, was remanded from the last sessions, for want of sureties in a breach of the peace towards his wife at Lostwithiel. He was now placed at the bar, but his wife did not appear against him. The Chairman cautioned the prisoner to conduct himself in a very different manner in future, and particularly warned him against drunkenness, as when in that state he was liable to be extremely violent. The prisoner was then discharged. MARY ANN MATTHEWS, 22, was committed, in July last, for want of sureties in a breach of the peace towards Elizabeth DAWE, of St. Austell. The prisoner was placed at the bar, and Elizabeth Dawe was called, but did not appear. The Chairman strongly cautioned the prisoner in respect of her conduct, telling her that when she returned to St. Austell, she ought to show kindness and gratitude to Elizabeth Dawe, for if she had appeared against her, most probably she (the prisoner) would have been imprisoned till the next sessions. The prisoner was then discharged. JAMES WATTS was admitted to bail in July last, having been charged on oath with committing a breach of the peace towards his wife at St. Austell. The prisoner's wife did not appear against him. The Chairman said the prisoner would be discharged, but it should be borne in mind that there was now a very stringent act of parliament, by which the Court would severely punish husbands who maltreated their wives. The act also enabled the Court to do what could not be done before, namely to inflect punishment without the complaint of the wives. Formerly it was necessary in such cases that the wife should complain, and in a great many instances of ill-usage she did not complain, or withdrew her complaint afterwards, and the husband was consequently discharged. But the law now gave more power of interfering between husbands and wives; the Court need not now proceed on the evidence of the wife, but may proceed on other evidence that might be brought forward. The prisoner was then discharged. NEW PATENT. - Mr. Joseph Thomas DODGE, second son of Mr. W.D. Doge, draper, &c., St. Austell, has been accorded a patent for an improvement in the formation and mode of rigging and working the sails of vessels. ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS. - We have received a letter signed by some passengers on board the "Mooresfort" one of PILKINGTON and WILSON's White Star Line of Australian Packets, just despatched for Melbourne, Port Phillip, which the writers wish to have published. The letter is as follows:- "We the undersigned wish to let parties embarking for Australia know that we would strongly advise them on landing in Liverpool should they not have previously engaged their passage, to apply to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, 3 Commercial Buildings, Water Street. As we have been imposed upon by another individual in that town, they will find that there is no imposition practised upon them by those gentlemen. Should they not have a vessel ready to sail at the time they apply, they will secure them a passage in the most eligible ship they can get. We are passengers on board the "Mooresfort," and have every comfort necessary. Signed, William CHEGWIN, Absalom PETERS, John STEVENS, Thomas SLEEMAN, William ANDREW, John NENCERROW?, Edward MITCHELL. ARRIVALS AT AUSTRALIA. - Intelligence has been received of the arrival at Geelong on the 21st of July, of the "Gem," of Falmouth, LUTTY, master, 102 days from London. On the 19th of June, at 10 p.m., in lat. 43-10 S?, long. 54-10 E., she was struck by a sea, which carried away the bulwarks and stanchions from both sides of the vessel, and swept away the raised cabin; no lives were lost. The brig was thrown on her beam ends, and lay so for some time; some of the passengers lost their trunks, bedding, &c., when the cabin was washed away. The "Euphemius," BAWDEN, master, arrived also on the 21st of July. TRURO POLICE. - On the 20th instant, William JOHNSON, alias "Chicey," a navvy, was charged with violently assaulting Nicholas BAILEY, labourer, of Daniell Street, - striking him on the mouth, and kicking him in several parts of his body. For the assault he was fined £5, or to be committed for two months. He was then charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance in Daniell Street, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants, about one o'clock on Sunday morning. He was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for six months, and in default of paying the fine, or finding sureties, he was committed to the county gaol. THOMAS JEWELL, mason, of Fairmantle Street, was apprehended on the 20th instant, about half-past nine p.m., when coming down Lemon Street with another man, carrying two bags of apples. He was taken by police constable PAPPIN, but the other man ran away. He was afterwards charged with stealing the apples, but the owner appearing, he was released by the magistrates on promising to appear when called on. JAMES PAINE, described as a tailor Whitechapel (against whom there was a previous charge for drunkenness and indecency in St. Nicholas Street), was charged on Friday last with being drunk, and assaulting Thomas CAVILL, innkeeper, St. Austell Street; also with breaking a chair and wooden pail belonging to Mr. Cavill, and assaulting Policeman Pappin when in the execution of his duty. For the offence against the landlord, and breaking his property, he was fined 40s. and costs, or two months' imprisonment; and for assaulting the policeman he was fined 20s. and costs, or one month's imprisonment, to commence at the expiration of the other two months. WILLIAM BUCKLEY, a weaver, of London was charged with wondering in the streets begging. He was discharged on promising to leave the town; he did so, but returned in pursuit of his old trade, when he was again apprehended, and committed for fourteen days to hard labour. A LAD MISSING. - We are requested to give insertion to the following:- On the 22nd of July last, a lad named Thomas SYMONS was living at Mr. Thomas MARTIN's at Portreath; his sister Mary saw him on that day at Martin's premises, and Martin paid her 1s. 6d. for wages due to the boy. He had never been seen or heard of by any of the family since that day. Mr. Martin states that the boy left his house on the 8th? Of June last. The mother knew nothing of his having left his master till about a month since, since which time she has not been able to get any intelligence of him. He is about fifteen years old, stands about five feet high, of rather slight make, with light hair and blue, eyes, has a little impediment in his speech, and wore when with his master, a fustian jacket and waistcoat, corduroy trousers, and a plaid cravat. His mother, Mary Symons, is a poor woman living at St. Day; she is greatly distressed for the loss of her son, and it is hoped that this public notice may be the means of her receiving some intelligence of him. ACCIDENTS. - On Friday night as Captain Richard MORCOM of Nancekuke mine, and two others were returning from Perran Foundry, Captain Morcom was thrown from his horse, and greatly bruised and shaken. He was removed to his own house at Redruth, where his wounds were dressed by Mr. PRYCE, surgeon. On Tuesday last, a man named KEAST, in the employ of Mr. Nankivell of Truro, whiles engaged in a barge in Falmouth harbour, met with an accident and fractured his leg. CORONER'S INQUEST. - On Saturday last, in the parish of St. Clement, on the body of Jenefer BIDDICK, aged 54??years, widow. The deceased resided with her son and daughter-in-law, at Frogmore in the parish of St. Clement; and from the evidence of the son, it appeared that she went to bed on Thursday evening a little before nine o'clock, apparently in her usual health. She slept in a room alone; and no one heard anything of her in the course of the night, but as she did not come down to breakfast at her usual hour, on the following morning, witnesses went to the foot of the stairs to call her, but got no mouth speech. His wife went up to her bed-room to see if anything was amiss, and as soon as she entered the room, she called up witness in a very hushed manner, and he found the deceased stretched on the floor outside the bed, a corpse. He immediately called in his nearest neighbour, who assisted him in placing the body on the bed. The jury, after hearing the evidence of other witnesses, were satisfied that the deceased died by the visitation of God by natural causes, and returned a verdict to that effect. On Monday at Rose, in the parish of Perranzabuloe, on the body of Frances ALLEN, aged 81 years?, who was found dead in her bed on Saturday morning, after having retired to rest the evening before in her usual health. Verdict, "found dead". PENZANCE POLICE. - On Monday, William MADDERN, of Mousehole, fisherman, was fined 10s. and costs for breaking glass in the windows of William SAUNDERS, beerhouse keeper at the Folly. John BAWDEN, late of Breage, miner, was fined 10s. for assaulting Edward PASCOE, a watchman, and £1 for assaulting Frederick COX, a bystander who was called to assist police constable ANDREWS, when conveying the prisoner to the station-house. William GRENFELL, a miner of Sancreed, was charged with maliciously breaking windows in Alverton Lane. In an intoxicated state he broke a pane with his fist in Mr. BROMLEY's window, and afterwards smashed, with a 10 lb. stone several panes of glass and sash-work of the window at Mr. John PERROW's. He was ordered to pay the damage done to Mr. Bromley's property, and was fined 40s. and costs in the other case. He was committed to prison for two months, but on Saturday was released on paying the money. COMMITTALS TO THE COUNTY GOAL. - At the quarter sessions on Tuesday on Tuesday last, a statement was made by Sir Colman RASHLEIGH in reference to the heavy expenses that occurred to the county in consequence of committals and convictions from the borough of Truro. Sir Colman, in his remarks, referred to the great length of time that two sisters had served in goal during the last eight years, having been repeatedly committed from Truro. The women are named Mary Ann and Elizabeth THOMAS, natives of Redruth, and the following summary of the dates and periods of their several committals will show the incorrigible character of these females. Mary Ann Thomas, 17th May, 1847, committed for one month to hard labour; 24th June, 1847, dismissed on payment of costs; 1st July, 1847, two months' hard labour; 4th September, 1847, two months' hard labour; 8th November, 1847, twelve months' imprisonment; 22nd January, 1849, twelve months' imprisonment; 25th April, 1850, 1850, twelve months (two similar convictions); 20th November, 1851. committed as a rogue and vagabond for two months; 27th January, 1852, fourteen days' hard labour; 16th February, 1852, two months' hard labour; 19th April, 1852, three months' hard labour; 7th January, 1853, three months as a rogue and vagabond; 20th August, 1853, twelve months hard labour; 7th January, 1853, three months as a rogue and vagabond; 20th August, 1853, twelve months' committal. Her sister, Elizabeth Thomas has been committed as follows: 27th April, 1847, two months' hard labour; 1st July, 1847, two months' hard labour; 4th September, 1847, two months' hard labour, 8th November, 1847, nine months' hard labour; 9th October, 1848, one month hard labour; 22nd January, 1849, twelve months' imprisonment; 24th April, 1850, ordered to find sureties herself in £50, and two in £25 each to keep the peace for twelve months, in default committed for twelve months; 20th November, 1851, three months' hard labour; 1st March, 1852, in default of sureties, three months' hard labour; 13th June, 1852, for wilfully breaking glass, committed for two months, and ordered to find sureties, in default committed for twelve months; 26th August, 1853, committed for twelve months. Another sister, Susan Thomas, has been committed five times to hard labour in the house of correction. |