cornwall england newspaper
1842 NEWS ARTICLE
JUNE
3 JUNE 1842, Friday
OMNIBUS ACCIDENT. On Saturday last, as the Red line Omnibus was driving down High-street, Falmouth, one of the fore wheels came off, and the vehicle was thrown on its side against a house. The passengers were not injured, but John SMITH, Esq., was caught between the wall and Omnibus, and had a narrow escape.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON DUNSTANVILLE TERRACE, FALMOUTH. On Monday evening last, John HALL, Esq., late collector of the customs at Scilly, who occupies lodgings on Dunstanville terrace, slipped over the precipice, and on being carried into the house it was found that he had broken his thigh in two places, and shattered his elbow in so frightful a manner as to leave but little hope of his ever being able again to walk or use his arm. This is the sixth accident that has occurred within the last 18 months from the dangerous state of the terrace, which ought to be remedied forthwith.
FATAL MINE ACCIDENT. On Wednesday morning last, a miner, of the name of Stephen SOBEY, who was working at South Caradon mine, after charging a hole, retired to a place of safety; but as the charge did not explode in the usual time, he went to see what was the matter, and on arriving at the spot, the explosion took place, and killed him instantaneously. The poor man's head was nearly blown off, and his comrade was also much injured.
CORONERS' INQUESTS. Since our last report, the following inquests have been held by W. HICHENS, Esq., coroner:- At Gweek, in the parish of Wendron, on the 27th of May, on the body of Eliza WEARNE, aged four weeks, who was found dead by her mother's side on the morning of the 25th, having been taken to bed by her on the preceding evening apparently as well as usual. The child has been weakly and sickly from her birth. Verdict, Natural Death.
On the following day at Camborne, on the body of John HARVEY, aged 21 years, who was accidentally drowned in the parish of Illogan, on the 15th instant whilst bathing. Verdict accordingly.
On Saturday last, an inquest was held at Penryn, before J. CARLYON, Esq., coroner, on the body of Jonathan Curnow THORATON, a lad 18 years of age, who was apprenticed with Mr. STEPHENSON, tailor of that town. The deceased, on the preceding day, had been working at his master's shop-board, as usual, and after he left work at seven in the evening, he was in the act of lacing up his boots, when he fell on the ground and instantly expired. Verdict � Death from a diseased heart.
On Wednesday last, the same coroner held an inquest at Seveock Water, on a little child called Salathie TONKIN, one year and ten months old, who was found drowned in a duck-pond, near his mother's residence, the preceding evening. It did not appear that any one saw the deceased fall into the water, but a short time before he was taken out he was seen running after some ducks in that direction, and it is supposed that whilst playing with them he fell in. Verdict � Found drowned.
VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT. Monday, May 30, (Before Sir L. SHADWELL.) HARTLEY v. GILBERT. Mr. ROLT showed cause against an order nisi for the commitment of three persons named JENKINS, MOYLE AND CROKER, for an alleged trespass on certain lands in Cornwall, held of the manor of Polgear. The title of the lands claimed by the plaintiff was a life interest in a term of seven years renewable for ever without fine, and a receiver had been in possession the lands under an order of the Court pronounced in 1831. The defendants set up a title to the minerals under a license granted by Captain CREASE the lord of the manor, and while the receiver was in possession, in exercise of this right, they had entered upon and broken up the surface of the land, and proceeded to wash and stream it. This contempt was brought under the notice of the Court upon a petition by the receiver, upon which an order nisi for committal had been granted. Against that order it was now submitted that the estates of the plaintiff of which the receiver was in possession were subject to the rights of the licenses of the minerals, and it was no contempt of the Court to exercise those rights to which the estates were subject when the receiver was appointed on behalf of the plaintiff alone. The Vice-Chancellor said, the receiver having been appointed on behalf of the plaintiff, who was alleged to be meant for life of the lands, became the receiver of the surface of the lands. Prima Facie the party entitled to the surface was entitled to everything, and if mines and minerals were reserved, the reservation did not imply a right to enter upon the land and search for them; and therefore the parties complained of had acted in a manner which was injurious to the property in the possession of the Court, by taking upon themselves to enter into possession of the lands. He did not suppose the contempt of the Court to be intentional. The parties were described as miners, which certainly did not imply that they had a very extensive knowledge of anything than tin. It was nevertheless necessary that the property should be protected until the rights of all parties had been determined, and if the individuals complained of should undertake not to proceed any further until their respective rights were ascertained, it might save the Court the necessity of taking a severer step.
ROYAL BENEFICENCE. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has signified his intention of contributing 10 guineas annually to the funds of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, and five guineas annually to the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society.
ROYAL CORNWALL REGATTA. We understand that Captain-Superintendent ELLICE, R.N., has entered into the business of this regatta with all that kindness and liberality by which he is characterised. The annual public meeting was lately held at the Town-hall, Falmouth, when Mr. Alderman ELLIS, in the absence of the Mayor, was called to the chair. Captain Ellice was unanimously elected chairman of the regatta for 1812; Edward HULL, Esq., and Capt. CORY, R.N., vice-presidents; Lieut. LORY, R.N., Treasurer; and Mr. T. P. DIXON, secretary. Every effort, we hear, will be made to keep up and promote that good feeling which has hitherto existed, and no pains will be spared to render the three days attractive to all parties.
ETON COLLEGE. Among the subscribers to the fund for effecting improvements in Eton College, we observe "Lady BASSET, daughter of an old Etonian, �100;" and "John Basset, Esq., �20."
ORDINATION. At a public ordination, held in the cathedral, Exeter, by the Lord Bishop of this Diocese, on the 22nd ult, the following among other candidates were admitted to holy orders:- Deacon-John Vivian VIVIAN, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Priests-Hownam Bamfield ILLINGWORTH, B.S., Trinity College, Dublin; Edward Knighton LUSCOMBE, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge; William ROGERS, B.A., Exeter College, Oxford; John SYMONDS, B.A., Clare Hall, Cambridge; and Henry Thurston THOMSON, B.A., Magdalen College, Cambridge.
ST GERMAN'S FAIR. At this fair, held on Monday last, the following prices were obtained:- Fat Steers from 52s. to 56s.; Cows, 56s. to 60s.; Cows and Calves, 45s. to 53s.; Store Cattle, 35s. to 40s.; Sheep shorn, 54d. per lb; in their wool 6 � d.; about 300 bullocks and 400 sheep changed hands. The fair was well attended and the sale brisk. Mr. Thomas POMEROY, of Heskyn Mill, St. Germans, had his pockets picked, as he was passing through the crowd about nine o'clock p.m., of about �54. 17s. Five persons are now in custody on suspicion, but it is feared that the one with the booty has escaped. Part of it is a cheque on the Naval Bank, Plymouth, for �20, drawn by Mr. KEAST, Fredennock, and payable to Mr. Pomeroy. It is hoped this will caution people to be careful as to cashing it.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. On Friday, the 20th ult., the Gold Prize Medal, for Theory and Practice of Medicine, was awarded to Mr. Andrew HINGSTON, pupil of the London Hospital, son of Richard Hingston, Esq., surgeon of Liskeard.
EMIGRATION. The brig "Triton," which sailed lately from Penzance with passengers, arrived safely at New York, after a most boisterous and stormy voyage on the evening of the 9th of May; and the passengers, who were all in good health, landed there on the 10th. The Captain reports that he had never before, on a similar voyage seen so much floating ice, - that in lat. 42.80, long 49, he was completely surrounded by it, and was for two whole days and nights sailing through it at the rate of 5 or 6 miles per hour. No other passenger ship from Cornwall had arrived.
TOWN-HALL, TRURO. Yesterday, Robert Vincent WHITE, of Merther, was convicted before the county magistrates of having assaulted John DUNSTAN, the younger, toll keeper at Tresillian Toll Br, and was fined �1., and 9s. 6d. the costs.
ACCIDENT. On Wednesday, during the exhibition of the Cornwall Agricultural Association, a horse-breaker of Tregony, named SNELL, was standing with his back to "Highlander," near another horse, when the former kicked him in the back of the head, and caused a (�.?) fracture of the skull. The man was immediately carried off the ground to the infirmary quite senseless, and now lies in a very precarious condition.
10 JUNE 1842, Friday
TRURO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. The proceedings connected with the fourth anniversary of this society commenced on Sunday last, when sermons were preached in the Bible Christians' Chapel. On Monday evening, a public meeting was held on the Green, which was addressed by several advocates of the cause; and on Tuesday, the four de fete, the members met again on the green at eleven o'clock, where speeches were delivered by several popular speakers. In the afternoon, a procession of 700 or 800 paraded the streets with banners, flags and bands of music, after which nearly 700 persons took tea on the green, the fine brass band from St. Mabyn playing several beautiful airs, in a masterly manner, during the repast. The proceedings closed with a public meeting on the green, which was numerously attended.
CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S BIRTH-DAY. Our worthy townsman, Mr. Charles TURNER, now consul at Carthagena, has, we understand, kept up this anniversary in a way becoming an Englishman, by giving a grand dinner party to all the authorities in the city, together with the consuls of other nations resident there. We have no doubt that Mr. Turner has, long ere this, obtained that respect and esteem in Carthagena which he had secured among the inhabitants of all classes in his native town.
THE HON. CAPT. VIVIAN. We perceive from last Friday's Gazette that this gentleman has sold out of the 11th Dragoons; and we believe he intends retiring altogether from the army, and taking up his residence shortly at Newham, near Truro.
THE CUSTOMS. R. STEPHENS, Esq., Collector of St. Ives, is appointed Collector of Colchester; and Mr. DAVIE, Collector's Clerk at Yarmouth, is nominated to succeed to the office of Mr. Stephens.
SETTLEMENT OF NEW PLYMOUTH, IN NEW ZEALAND. The Directors of the West of England Board of the New Zealand Company, Hereby Give Notice, that they are ready to receive Applications for the Purchase of Rural Lands in this Settlement, in one or more Sections of 50 Acres each, according to printed Terms, which may be obtained at the Office of the Company. Purchasers will be allowed to select their Rural Lands at pleasure, on arrival in this Colony. Liberal Passage Allowances are made to all purchasers to the extent of �300(?) and upwards; and actual Farmers who purchase to a less amount, and come within certain Special Regulations, will also be entitled to special allowances.
The Ship "BLENHEIM" is under engagement to the Company to sail from the Port of Plymouth, for Wellington and New Plymouth, on the 1st July; and another ship will be taken up, for the same places, to sail in the fourth(?) of August. By Order of the Board. William BRIDGES, Secretary, New Zealand House, Plymouth, May 9th, 1842.
FATAL ACCIDENT. On Thursday, the 2nd instant, at Lelant Downs, near St. Ives, a young man called John EDWARDS, a miner, about 19 years of age, took up a (.)owling (?) piece which had been placed in a corner of the room by his eldest brother, for the purpose of trying some percussion caps on the lock; his sister, aged 16 years, being present, advanced towards the muzzle of the gun to see what her brother was doing, when the trigger was pulled, and, melancholy to relate, the piece being loaded, the whole charge entered the poor girl's head, and literally blew her brains out. The young man was so horrified that he became delirious, and required several men to keep him from doing himself some bodily harm. It appears that the eldest brother had charged the gun during John Edwards's absence, and when the accident took place, he was not present. An inquest has been held on the body, and a verdict of Accidental Death returned.
CARPETS. The public will be glad to find that carpets of Cornish manufacture can be purchased at prices so low as those stated by Mr. WILLIAMS of River-street, Truro, in his advertisement in another part of our paper. We have before had occasion to speak of the beauty of Mr. Williams's velvet pile carpets; and we understand that at the late bazaar, some velvet pile Ottoman covers of his manufacture, and of the same pattern as a carpet he is now making for Sir Charles LEMON, attracted particular attention.
17 JUNE 1842, Friday
EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE. On the 1st instant, Wm. LOBB, a young man about 21 years of age, servant of Mr. CARDELL, Golden, Probus, voluntarily filled and emptied into small heaps, twenty loads of mixed dressing, in the short space of three hours; and the remainder of the day he worked the large hammer in the smith's shop. On the 2nd instant, he filled and emptied fifty loads; on the 3rd, one hundred loads; on the 4th, twenty loads; and drilled in two acres of turnip seed. The cart he used is of a large size, each load containing five heaps; and the 100 loads were completed in 15 � hours, including a (�?) of an hour and a half at dinner-time.
MACKEREL FISHERY. A few fine mackerel have been brought into Goran Haven by the drivers, and great quantities have been see off that part of the coast.
ST IVES. The mackerel fishery here is nearly closed for the season, and has been very unsuccessful to the parties concerned. The boats are all preparing for the Irish herring fishery, and if the weather continues fine, the greater part will leave this week.
THE PACKET STATION. It is said, that letters have been received from parties in London, who are tolerably well informed on the matter, stating that the long agitated packet question is at length settled; and that the steamers for the West Indies, the Mediterranean, and Alexandria, or the east Indies, are to sail from Falmouth as before.
THE CHURCH. The Rev. Walter GEE, B.D., formerly, Fellow and Tutor of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, has been appointed by the Bishop of Exeter to the Archdeaconry of East Cornwall.
PENZANCE. June 1. At the Archdeacon's Visitation Court to-day, an application was made by the Church-warden of Madron to the Chapel-warden of Penzance, to join in a citation of Mr. C. M. VIBERT, the late Chapel-warden, before the court, to enforce payment of about �25, declared to be due from the town, as its proportion towards the maintenance of the mother church at Madron. Our present Chapel-warden, Mr. Higgs, refused to concur in the citation, whereupon a conversation ensued between the Venerable the Archdeacon SHEEPSHANKS, Mr. Preston WALLIS, Mr. HIGGS, and Mr. Vibert, who had attended to meet any charge that might be brought forward against him. Mr. Vibert said that the claim dated from 1832, and that consequently, he could plead the statute if he liked; but he scorned so to shelter himself. He was quite ready to enter into the whole merits of the question, and abide the issue. The facts were, that in his office of Chapel-warden of Penzance, he had laid out a large sum, calculating on being reimbursed, as had been the custom, by a chapel rate on the inhabitants; that his actual advances exceeded �400; that a rate had been granted by a vestry on which he had acted, and that he had begun to collect it, by calling on the members of the establishment, commencing with the Rev. Mr. PETERS, the Vicar of the parish, whom he believed to be the party inciting the Churchwarden of Madron to prosecute him in the present instance, and he would confess that the Rev. Gentleman had instantly paid the rate. Shortly afterwards, others, refusing to pay their proportions, Mr. Vibert said he took Counsel's opinion, and finding that the then Attorney-General considered that the rate could not be legally enforced, he forbore to proceed in the collection; that immediately on the Attorney-General's opinion having become known, Mr. Peters wrote and demanded the repayment of his rates, which he, Mr. Vibert immediately complied with; and on the Vicar of the parish, with an income derived therefrom of �1,000 or �1,200 a year, refusing to contribute to the maintenance of the establishment, he, Mr. Vibert, thought it very hard to be victimised further. This astounding explanation, made in the presence of the Vicar himself, drew cries of "shame, shame," from the Archdeacon and many of the clergy present, several of whom most handsomely offered their purses to indemnify Mr. Vibert in his difficulties.
CAUTION TO BATHERS. On Wednesday morning last, four young ladies of Falmouth, sisters, went to bathe and after they had dressed themselves, two walked away and the others said they would follow. They, however, amused themselves watching the waves till the egress from the cave, where they had dressed, was stopped by the sea, and on attempting to get out, one of them was immersed to the neck, and they were consequently obliged to retreat. After waiting for seven hours, they were able to leave their place of confinement and had it been the highest tides their lives might have been sacrificed.
The same evening, as two boys, named FERRY and RANDALL, were bathing at Lower Newham Quay, near Truro, they got beyond their depth, and not being able to swim, were in a very dangerous situation. Ferry was quickly carried out around the quay, and would inevitably have been drowned had not lance-corporal SINCLAIR, of the Royal Artillery, who was partly undressed, jumped from the quay, and, after a good deal of trouble, brought him on shore. Randall, who was not so far beyond his depth, was rescued by a young man, who was near at the time.
MINE ACCIDENT. On Tuesday last, as a man named Edmund TREMBATH, was at work in the 230 fathom depth in Levant Mine, a large scale of ground fell on him and crushed him severely. He is, however, likely, with care to do well.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. On Thursday, the 9th inst. as a young man, named James TRESTAIN (?) was tending a thrashing machine, at Trevizick, in St. Austell, his left arm got entangled between the rollers, and was so dreadfully crushed as to require immediate amputation. The poor fellow bore the operation with great firmness, and is likely to do well.
AWFUL DEATH. On Thursday, the 9th instant, young woman, named PARNELL, was found dead in her bed-room, at Torpoint, by her mother, under extraordinary circumstances. It appears from the evidence given before a coroner's jury on the following day � that the deceased being enceinte was desirous of concealing the birth of her child, and therefore locked herself in her room when labor came on. She had previously exacted a promise from her son, a little boy, that he would not tell his grandmother who, on going to the room and opening the door by force, found the deceased lying on the floor quite dead. The child was also found under the bed, wrapped up in a cloak, quite dead. A medical gentleman, who was called in, stated that the child was still-born, and that the mother's death was caused by excessive internal haemorrhage during labor.
FOX v. FRITH AND OTHERS. It will be remembered by most of our readers, that this cause was tried at the Cornwall Assizes in March last, the action being brought by Mr. Joshua FOX against the defendants to recover �1,385 for the sale of Pennance Mills mine, which he sold to them as the directors of the W�.rd? Mining Association. On that occasion the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, but the court granted leave to move to enter the verdict for the defendants, if the court above should be of opinion that the evidence was sufficient to show that the plaintiff was a partner in the company at the time the promissory note for the money claimed was given. The case was again brought on, on Tuesday the 2nd instant in the Court of Exchequer, before Lord Chief Barons ABINGER, and Barons GURNEY, ALDERSON, and ROLFE, when the point above-stated was argued and determined, the Court deciding n favour of the plaintiff, Mr. ERLE and Mr. BUTT appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. CROWDER and Mr. SMIRKE for the defendants.
TRURO POLICE. On Thursday, the 9th instant, Mary Jane KNIGHT, of Redruth, was charged with going into the shop of Mr. R. COURTENAY, confectioner, of Truro and stealing a sponge-cake, which she put under her shawl. The shopman seeing her take the cake, charged her with it, when she denied it, dropped the cake on the floor, and immediately took an orange from the counter and threw it at the shopman. The orange, however, missed him, and broke a show glass in the shop. The prisoner was committed to the house of correction for two months, to be kept at hard labour.
On Friday last, Francis EVANS of Truro, was charged with assaulting Joseph RETALLICK, an out-patient, at the Cornwall Infirmary, and was fined �2 with costs.
On Saturday last, Harriet MANSELL, of Truro, was charged with disorderly conduct in the streets, and was committed to the house of correction for one month, to be kept at hard labour.
24 JUNE 1842, Friday
BOARD OF ORDNANCE - We understand that our townsman, Mr. Thomas ROWE, son of Mr. William Rowe, of Pydar-street has been appointed by her Majesty's Board of Ordnance, to the office of foreman of the works, after having passed his examination in a way highly creditable to himself, and gratifying to his friends.
TRURO POLICE. On Friday last, Elizabeth JOHNSTON, an Irish woman, was charged with drunken and disorderly conduct in the streets, and was fined 5s. with costs. She was also charged with destroying three blankets in the prison, one of which she tore into 28 pieces for which she was to pay �1. 1s., and in default of payment was committed to the house of correction for one month to be kept at hard labour. The same day, James PARKER CLARK, of Truro, was charged with assaulting an old man, named William PHILLIPS, and was fined 5s. with costs. On Monday last, John DINNIS, of Truro, was charged with drunken and disorderly conduct in the streets at two o'clock on Sunday morning, and with assaulting policeman STAPLE in the execution of his duty. He was fined 20s. with costs.
DREADFUL THUNDER STORMS. On Monday and Tuesday last, the neighbourhood of Stratton was visited with assuredly the most tremendous thunder storm, with the falling of rain in large drops, and of ice too large to be termed hail, which has occurred in the memory of man. Many acres of hay are said to have been swept away by the sudden rising of the waters of the Tamar and other rivers.
BUDE HAVEN. On the 16th inst., the inhabitants of this neighbourhood were thrown into a state of excitement by a report that a young gentleman, named GORDON, who, for some time past, has been pursuing his studies under the care and tuition of the Rev. Mr. DAVIS, officiating minister of the Episcopal chapel at Bude, had met a melancholy death by drowning. On enquiry, the report was found to be too true. It appears that the deceased was about to dine in company with his Reverend instructor and his lady, at the house of a neighbouring gentleman; but previous to doing so, went out to enjoy the pleasure of bathing. Unhappily the spot he selected was one of the most dangerous in the vicinity of the haven, being immediately adjacent to a large and deep pit, in which the action of the water resembles that of a whirlpool. Mr. Uglow, of Maer, an estate contiguous to the cliffs, who was at the time engaged in looking after his sheep, saw the deceased go into the water, and for a short period watched him whilst swimming; the glistening of the sun-beams on the water led him for a moment to withdraw his eyes from the object which had attracted him, and when he looked again, he was alarmed at having lost the deceased from the surface. After waiting sufficiently long to be assured that his absence was not the result of voluntary immersion by diving, he immediately proceeded to Bude, with the painful tidings. The best means were instantly resorted to, with a view to the speedy recovery of the body, - boats and drags were in request, and the life-boat was set afloat; but every effort proved unsuccessful, and the body was not found until Tuesday last, when a man strolling on the beach observed an object on the sand slightly acted upon by the waves at low water, and conceiving it to resemble a dead body, was induced to get sufficiently near to identify it as that of the lamented deceased, and steps were taken to rescue it from the water. The Rev. Mr. DAVIS and his amiable lady have been the subjects of the deepest distress, since the melancholy event � a distress now somewhat mitigated by the discovery of the body. The deceased, we hear, was a son of Admiral Gordon, and preparations are making to convey the body to Scotland, for interment.
DREADFUL ACCIDENTS - A young man, aged 23(?), called NANKERVIS, whilst endeavouring to reach a nest(?) in the Cliff, near Cape Cornwall, fell over, broke his arm and is otherwise so much injured that he is not likely to live. Whilst a young man called Philip HARVEY, was engaged under ground in Botallack mine, the ground fell in about him, injuring the spine of his back and other parts of his body so much that his life is despaired of. He is the only support of his aged parents.
SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES. Mr. F. T. NICHOLAS, surgeon, son of the late Thomas Nicholas, Esq., surgeon of Gwennap, was lately admitted a licentiate of the worshipful society of apothecaries.
EMIGRATION. We are informed that the "Clio," whose sailing from Padstow on the 25th of July next is announced in our advertising columns, reached Quebec on the 20th of May, with 300 passengers, all well, having gained a week during her passage out on all the other Padstow ships. The ship "Orient" which sailed from Penzance in April, with 187 passengers, arrived safely at New York on the 18th ultimo where the passengers all landed in good health and spirits.
WADGE(?). The schooner "Sarah," of Cork, James NICHOLLS, master, which sailed from Falmouth on the 19th inst for Newport, went on shore on the morning of the 27th (?) near the Lizard, and has become a wreck. The (�..?) and part of the materials were saved.
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