| 7 JANUARY 1853, Friday NOTICE - This is to give notice that I will not be answerable for any debt or debts which my wife, Elizabeth Ann MARTIN, of Perranwell, may contract after this notice. Signed, the mark of 'X' Thomas Martin. Witness, Wm. B. MORRIS. Dated January 1st, 1853. NOTICE - A most unprovoked and unjustifiable assault having been committed by me, on Mr. William CLYMA, of Truro, on the 25th day of November last, whilst he was engaged in the proper performance of his duty, and being very desirous that the case should not be taken to the sessions, I beg to make the most ample apology to Mr. Clyma, and to express my deep regret for my conduct towards him, and at the same time to say that in accordance with Mr. Clyma's desire, I have paid the sum of �20 which he has expressed his intention to appropriate to the following purposes, viz., �3 in the payment of the expenses which he has incurred in consequence of the Assault, and the remainder to the Cornwall Infirmary, the Truro Dispensary and the Poor of Penryn. William TREVENA. Dated Penry, December 31st, 1852. CORNWALL EPIPHANY SESSIONS - These sessions commenced at Bodmin on Tuesday last, when forty-one prisoners were entered on the calendar. The following Magistrates were present:- J.K. LETHERBRIDGE, Esq., Chairman. Sir W.L.S. TRELAWNY, Bart. Lord VIVIAN. Hon. G.M. FORTESCUE. Sir C. LEMON, Bart., M.P. N. KENDALL Esq., M.P. C.B.G. SAWLE, Esq., M.P. Sir J.S. GRAVES SAWLE, Bart. Sir Colman RASHLEIGH, Bart. J. DAVIES GILBERT, Esq. H. WILLYAMS, Esq. E. STEPHENS, Esq. W. CARPENTER ROWE, Esq. F. RODD, Esq. C.G. PRIDEAUX BRUNE, Esq. W.HEXT. Esq. W.P. KEMPE, Esq. T.G. GRAHAM, Esq. F.J. HEXT, Esq. R.GULLY BENNET, Esq. E. COODE, jun., Esq. N. KENDALL, jun., Esq. W. BRADDON, Esq. T.R. AVERY, Esq. H.THOMSON, Esq. Rev. PREBENDARY LYNE. Rev. R. BULLER. Rev. A. TATHAM. Rev. S. SYMONDS. TRIALS OF PRISONERS - James COCK, 56, pleaded guilty of stealing on the 3rd of December, 1852, at the parish of Week (Weal?) St. Mary, a duck, the property of Henry Baker. Richard LANE, 22, was charged with stealing on or about the 6th of August last, at the parish of St. Blazey, a pair of collar-trees, with chains attached, the property of Betsy Oliver ROGERS, who, at the time of the alleged robbery kept the "Sloop" public house at Par, being assisted in her business by her brother-in-law, Mr. GRIGG. The prisoner was also a relative of the prosecutrix. Mr. SHILSON conducted the prosecution; Mr. STOKES the defence. The case lasted some considerable time and, after long consultation, the jury returned a verdict of acquittal. Richard RASHLEIGH, 39, was found guilty of stealing, on the 12th of November last, at the borough of Penryn, two brass candlesticks, the property of Mary Ann RAPSON, and at the time of the robbery in charge of her aunt, Mrs. Peggy TRELOAR, at the Three Tuns Inn. John WARREN, 24, a navvy, known as "Jack the Driver," was charged with stealing on the 24th of December, two geese, the property of Edwin STEPHENS, farmer, in the parish of St. Austell. Mr. SHILSON conducted the prosecution; Mr. STOKES the defence. The evidence against the prisoner was purely circumstantial; and after the prosecutor, his wife, and the policeman SAMBELLS, had been examined, the chairman stopped the case, and addressing the jury, said he had never before met with a case which entirely depended on foot tracks. In coming to a decision against the prisoner the jury must be satisfied that no other person could have committed the offence charged. Now, in this case, however strong a case of suspicion might rest against the prisoner, he learned from the advocates that no evidence beyond that of foot-marks could be adduced; and he felt it his duty to say that such evidence was insufficient for conviction. They must therefore give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt, and say not guilty. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. Nicholas BARRETT 12 and Ralph MAY 11, were indicted for stealing a pair of shoes the property of James WEBBER of Truro, and also charged with stealing two pairs of shoes, belonging to James MILLETT, of Truro. Barrett pleaded guilty and the trial proceeded with regard to May. The shoes were stolen from Mr. Webber's shop on the 1st of December, and on the same evening the two boys took some shoes to a beer-shop in Calnick Street, kept by a man named JOHNS. They said they were starving and Mr. Johns gave them sixpence, and afterwards at their request, advanced them 2s. 1d. on the shoes. The police were subsequently communicated with, and it was found that one of the pairs belonged to Mr. Webber. But it was not proved to the satisfaction of the jury that May had a guilty participation in the matter with Barrett, and they returned a verdict of not guilty. The boy May was then charged with stealing shoes, the property of James MILLETT. In this case the shoes were taken to the shop of a shoemaker called MENHENNET, in Charles Street, who having suspicion detained them, and they boys then rain away. Verdict, Guilty. Mr. CHILDS (for Mr. STOKES) conducted the prosecution. Zaccheus JULIAN was found guilty of stealing a blanket from James JEWELL of Ruan Lanihorne. John SPILLER, 18, pleaded guilty of stealing on the 7th of December, at Charlestown, a pair of boots, the property of Edward PANTRY. Elizabeth POLLARD, 25, pleaded guilty of stealing at Truro, on the 11th of May last, seven bed-sheets, three blankets, five pillow-slips, and three bolster-slips, the property of her master John ERSKINE. Elizabeth CORNISH, 18, pleaded guilty of stealing, on the 13th of December, a satin dress, the property of William Hoskin WHITING, of Bodmin. Jane GOLDSWORTHY, 23, pleaded guilty of stealing on the 20th of December, about ten pounds of flour, a quarter of a pound of butter, and a small piece of muslin, the property of Edward PENMAN, of Redruth. Elizabeth PUGSLEY was charged with stealing a boa, the property of Mary NICHOLLS of St. Austell. The parties were travelling in Kellow's van from Lostwithiel to St. Austell on the 30th of October. Prosecutrix after leaving the van missed her boa, which was afterwards found in the prisoner's house under circumstances which induced the jury, after some deliberation, to find a verdict of guilty against her. William GREENWOOD, 37, was charged with uttering a counterfeit sixpence at the shop of T.N. MILLER of Truro and another sixpence at the shop of Mary Ann WARREN, of Truro, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit. The prisoner went into the shops in question, and purchased a small article, tendering in payment the bad sixpence which, with concurrent circumstances was proved and led to an immediate verdict of guilty from the jury. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 - Before J.K. LETHBRIDGE, Esq., William BARRETT, 29 was charged with stealing a blanketing shirt, the property of Henry MITCHELL. Prosecutor worked at Fowey Consols, and had a shirt taken from the sump-house on the 30th of October. Prisoner was afterwards apprehended, wearing the shirt at the time. He stated that he had taken it in mistake for his own: and Mr. SHILSON, who appeared for the defence, urged that prisoner's account of the matter was correct. Verdict, not guilty. EXETER DISTRICT COUR OF BANKRUPTCY - Before Mr. Commissioner BERE, Wednesday December 29. re: BATE, butcher, of Camborne. This was a meeting for choice of assignees. Mr. STOGDON stated that it was intended to appoint Mr. AVERY as trade assignee. There was a question as to a list of debts, which the bankrupt had not yet furnished the creditors with, but he was here to answer for himself. He believed some arrangement was in contemplation with the creditors. The bankrupt said there was some dispute with some of the creditors as to security. His Honor - You have offered composition I believe? The Bankrupt - Yes your Honor. All the creditors have agreed to accept it, except one or two. The question arose as to the security to be given for the payment of the money. My solicitor is now engaged for me in the settlement of my affairs, and I believe an arrangement with all the creditors will soon be effected. Mr. Stogdon only wished to take the bankrupt's surrender. His Honor - Very well. That have been done, the case stands adjourned. EARLY LAMBING - On Tuesday last, an ewe belonging to Mrs. MARTYN, of Boscundle, in the parish of St. Austell, dropped two fine lambs. BOAT ACCIDENT AT FALMOUTH. - A boat with two hands on board belonging to a Spanish vessel in this port, was capsized on Tuesday afternoon, in a heavy squall near the Black Rock. The accident was seen by some shipwrights at work on board a Swedish schooner, and two, John GERMAN and another, immediately rowed to their assistance, more than a mile distant, and succeeded in saving the lives and boat although the poor fellows were in a very exhausted state. SHIPWRECK. The ship "Lady of the West," of Newport, EBSWORTH master, from Bristol for New Orleans, with a cargo of railway iron, was abandoned in a sinking state, on the 26th of December in lat. 46.50 N. long, 9.01 N. The captain and thirteen of the crew were picked up in the long-boat by the schooner "Fanny," of Salcombe, from London for St. Michael's, and afterwards transferred to the "Esther," with vessel arrived at Falmouth on the 5th instant. The remaining four of the crew left in the pinnace are missing. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES, HELSTON. - On new-year's eve Mr. Roger FANING entertained a large party of tradesmen who have worked for him during the past year, numbering thirty-seven, to a sumptuous supper of England's good old fare, "roast beef, plum pudding, &c." Mr. Faning addressed his party in a very feeling and pleasant speech, and at the conclusion presented a handsome bible to each of the married men, and to the young persons, a testament. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED on Thursday night, the 6th of January, 1853, by Elizabeth HEARD, widow, Printer and Publisher, of No. 32 Boscawen-street, in the parish of St. Mary, in the Borough of Truro, in the County of Cornwall, and Printed and Published at her Residence and Printing Office, situated at No. 32 Boscawen-street, aforesaid. AN APPEAL TO THE BENEVOLENT. - The severe gale on Sunday and Monday the 26th and 27th of December last, having visited this place with great severity, the Fishermen have suffered severely in damage to their boats, no less than seven large Mackerel Boats being considerably damaged, and, not having the means of repairing them they will not be able to put them to sea in the ensuing spring. It is now thirteen weeks they have not been able to put to sea, owing to the severe gales from the south west. This appeal is made to a generous Public on behalf of the fishermen, hoping it will meet with sympathy to so deserving a class of men. Subscriptions will be received at the West Briton office, and the Cornwall Gazette Office; also at the Union Bank, Helston, and by the Helston Banking Company, Helston. Signed on behalf of the Fishermen, William THOMAS. Porthleven, January 4, 1853. EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. - By Grinnell's "Swallow Tail" line of packet-ships. American Union, DOANE - 1,200 tons, 21st Jan. Queen of the West, HALLET - 1,350 tons, 6th Feb. New World, KNIGHT - 1,500 tons, 21st Feb. Constitution, BRITTON - 1,600 tons, 6th March. Ashburton, J.McWILLIAM - 1,150 tons, 21st March. Liverpool, KEARNEY - 1,250 tons, 6th April. Constantine, QUAVER - 1,500, 21st April. Albert Gallatin, DELANO - 1,600, 6th May. � FOR NEW ORLEANS. New Zealander, 2,000. Phoenix, 1,800. Salem, 1,700. Bellcarrig, 1,500. Crescent City, 1,600. All during the season. Messrs. BOWMAN, GRINNELL and Co. beg to apprise the public that they have made arrangements for the transmission of Emigrants to the United States; and they trust that, under their management, it will be conducted in a manner to give the utmost satisfaction, and to ensure the greatest comfort to the passengers on board their vessels. To those who have any acquaintance with American packets it is unnecessary to say that the ships of this line are among the best, the largest, and the quickest leaving Liverpool; and that in no respect are they excelled, or, perhaps, equalled, by any line of packet ships afloat. They are nearly all new, constructed with particular regard to strength and durability and commanded by captains of undoubted natural skill, experience, and humanity. The good health which has been particularly remarked always prevail among the passengers on board them, affords a convincing proof that everything calculated to ensure the convenience and comfort of the emigrants has been strictly attended to. Provisions will be supplied to the passengers during the voyage, according to act of parliament. Parties residing at a distance can have berths secured by remitting a deposit of �1 for each person going. Parties desirous of transmitting money to their friends in America can have drafts for �1 and upwards, payable at sight, on our house at New York. For Cabin, Poop, Second Cabin, and Steerage passage, apply to Bowman, Grinnell and Co., 5 Regent-road, Clarence Dock, Liverpool, and 82 South-street, New York. 14 JANUARY 1853, Friday TOWN HALL, REDRUTH. - Important information on New Zealand and South Australia. On Monday and Tuesday January 17th and 18th. PAHE-a-RANGE, the New Zealand Chief of the Uranguwera tribe of Kokamaru, who is beautifully Tattooed, and appears dressed in the Costume of the Country, will give two lectures, on the manners and customs of the New Zealanders, the advancement of Christianity, its blessings, and the glorious conquest of the missionaries. Madame Pahe-a-Range will perform during each evening several favourite airs on the Musical Glasses, which of all harmony is indisputably the most exquisite. Admission - front seats, 1s.; back seats, 6d. Schools and children half-price to the front seats. Doors open at half-past seven, to commence at eight, and conclude at ten o'clock. Tickets to be had at Mrs. BENNETTS. LECTURE BY A NEW ZEALAND CHIEF On Friday last, Pahe-a-Range, a chief from New Zealand, delivered a lecture in the Assembly Room, Truro, on the manners and customs of the New Zealanders. He was dressed in the New Zealand costume, his face being thoroughly tattooed, and his head decorated with the feathers generally worn by the chiefs of that country. Pahe-a-Range, though a chief of New Zealand, is not a native. He was born in Scotland, and was taken captive when a youth by a tribe of New Zealanders, adopted by one of the chiefs, and eventually raised to the chiefdom himself. The lecture conveyed a variety of interesting information and was listened to attentively by a large and respectable audience. On Monday Pahe-a-Range again lectured at Truro, being as on the previous occasion most favourably received. NOTICE - Whereas my wife Mary Ann ROWE, of the parish of Luxulyan, in the County of Cornwall has absconded from me - this is to give notice that I will not be answerable for any debts contracted by her after this date. William Rowe. Witness, the mark of 'X' William UDY. Dated January 13, 1853. NOTICE - All Persons indebted to, or having claims on the Estate of the late Mr. Thomas HUTCHINSON of Rosewarne, Camborne, are requested to forward any amount that may be owing from them, and the particulars of the said claims to Messrs. RODD, DARKE and CORNISH, Camborne. Dated January 10, 1853. FOR PORT PHILLIP. - The fine clipper ship "CHRONOMETER," A 1. at Mevagissey, John FURSE, Commander. Burthen 300 tons, with liberty to call at Falmouth to embark a few select passengers, to leave London about the 20th of February. For passage apply to Mr. W. DUNCALF, Mevagissey, or to Mr. NORTHCOTTS, Draper, St. Austell. Dated January 1853. W.S. LINDSAY and CO'S LINE OF PACKETS TO PORT PHILLIP. - To sail about the end of February, the splendid new British built brig "SWARTHMORE," 1,450 tons register, 1,900 tons burden, Thomas LEADBITTER, Commander; to load in the East India Docks, and call at Dartmouth to embark passengers. This is an unusually fine vessel and has been built expressly for the Australia passenger trade. She is of great height between decks, divided into six water-tight and fire-proof compartments and ventilated throughout in the most complete and scientific manner. Numerous baths, wash-basins and other conveniences have been provided, and a small? and entertaining library will be put on board. Two experienced surgeons will accompany the vessel. For further particulars apply to W.S. LINDSAY and Co., S. Austin Friars, or 541 Old Broad-street, London. BANKRUPTS - William HOBLY, Saint Blazey, Cornwall, draper, January 18 at 11, and February 10 at 1, at Exeter Court, Solicitors, ELWORTHY, Plymouth and STOGDON, Exeter; Official assignee, HERNAMAN, Exeter. BODMIN ANNUAL BALL. - This ball, in aid of the funds of the East Cornwall Hospital, took place at Oliver's Royal Hotel, on Wednesday the 5th instant, and was very fully and fashionably attended, and many of the distinguished families in the neighbourhood honoured it with the presence. Dancing was kept up with great spirit till three o'clock, and the stewards were unremitting in their attentions to the numerous visitors. The ball room was very tastefully decorated and the Bodmin band, under Mr. White's guidance led by the Messrs. Issacs of Plymouth, gave great satisfaction. CHARGE OF STEALING TIN. - On Thursday the 9th instant, William CURTIS of Ventonleague, in Phillack was charged before the magistrates at Penzance, with stealing from Mellahear Smelting Works, St. Erth, ten ingots of tin, the property of Messrs. Williams, Harvey and Company. It appears the ingots were missed on Monday morning the 13th ult., from the smelting-house of the above works; a window being fond open which had been bolted on the Saturday night previous. Police Constable ARMITAGE, in investigating the matter, proceeded to the Truro Railway Station, where he saw Mr. PETHERICK, plumber of that town, who told him that he had purchased some tin, and Armitage requested him to purchase some more in order to see whether it might correspond with another piece which he said he had purchased from a party. In consequence of the information now obtained, Armitage proceeded to watch the house of the prisoner, and last week entered it and found one ingot and two pieces of tin. He at once took him into custody and afterwards made another visit to his house. Mr. Peter HARRIS, clerk at the smelting-works, identified the ingot produced as one of four of the same size which were missing. The deposition of the above named witnesses having been taken, the prisoner was committed on the charge of felony for trial at the assizes. FATAL ACCIDENT. - On the 1st inst., as a man called John EPLETT, in the employ of Messrs FERRIS of Truro, was returning from St. Day market with a horse and cart, at the top of Chapel-hill the horse took fright and ran down the hill. The driver attempting to get out, fell, and the wheel went over his leg, and from the injury received, his leg being greatly crushed, he died on the following Wednesday. CORNWALL EPIPHANY SESSIONS. Wednesday January 5 1853. Ann JULIAN pleaded guilty of stealing potatoes, the property of William Rowe WOOLCOCK, of Wendron on the 31st of December. Four months' hard labour. BULLOCK STEALING. James COOMBE, 25, was charged with stealing on the 2nd of December last, at Tregony, two heifers, the property of William Robert ELLIOTT. He stated:- I am a farmer living at Tregony. On the 2nd of December I had two heifers, and kept the in a field at Veryan. I saw them about four o'clock in the afternoon of the 2nd of December. About nine o'clock in the morning of the 3rd of December I found they were gone. I traced footmarks of two bullocks, and of a man following them from the field through a gate to the road and on to Grampound. I slept at Grampound, and on the morning of the 4th, I traced the bullocks' marks and made inquiries, and found the bullocks on Mr. BICE's farm at St. Enoder. On the same day I saw the prisoner at St. Dennis, in custody of a constable; he wished to speak to me, and I told him that whatever he had to say, he must say publicly. He said he was sorry he had taken the bullocks from me. Paul HOOKER - I live near Mr. Luke Bice at St. Enoder. On Saturday the 4th of December, I saw two heifers on Mr. Bice's farm. I went with Mr. Bice, on the morning of that day to St. Dennis, and saw the prisoner at Cooke's public house. Mr. Bice said to him, "I fear, from the description you gave me of the road you came and the way you went, that there's something not right about the matter; you gave me your name as Husband, but I find that your name is COOMBE." Prisoner said "don't make a fuss about it, and I will pay back the money to you, and take back the bullocks." After some further conversation, Mr. Bice sent for a constable, Robert KEA, and put the prisoner in custody. Robert Kea, constable of the parish of St. Dennis:- I took the prisoner in custody on the 4th of December at Cooke's public house, and told him what he was charged with; I afterwards saw Mr. Elliott there, and prisoner said he was sorry he took the bullocks from Mr. Elliott. Luke Bice, and important witness, he being the person to whom the prisoner had sold the heifers, did not appear; he was called on his recognizances, and the Chairman ordered that his recognizances be entreated. Verdict, Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced on Friday morning. The chairman said, the court has had a sad character of you, and you will no longer be permitted to remain in this country. The sentence is that you be TRANSPORTED for ten years. GEORGE WERRING. 38, was found guilty of stealing a quantity of ground barley, the property of his master, Digory WARNE, farmer, at Calstock. Four months' hard labour. MARTHA MILDREN, 16, pleaded guilty of stealing in June last, from the dwelling-house of John COOMBE, in the parish of St. Ives, various articles of wearing apparel the property of Mary Coombe, widow. Two months' hard labour. FREDERICK HAYMAN, 16, was charged with stealing, on the 20th December, at Wendron, from the dwelling-house of Gideon PRYOR. The proof was of a simple and usual kind. In the course of it, evidence was given by two watchmakers of Helston, named BERENGER and NINNIS, the former of whom bought a seal of the prisoner and the latter had a watch offered him for sale by him, but declined to purchase, and adopted measurers that secured the apprehension of the boy. RICHARD LANE, 29, (who was acquitted on Tuesday on a charge of stealing a pair of collar-trees and chains) was now charged together with HARRIET MOORE, with having on the 18th of November, at the parish of Lanlivery, stolen about five bushels of potatoes, the property of William RUSE, a carpenter, wheelwright, and small farmer. In the second count, both prisoners were charged with feloniously receiving. Mr. CHILDS conducted the prosecution, Mr. STOKES the defence. The case, being entirely one of circumstantial evidence, occupied the Court about six hours. It appeared that the prisoner, Lane, cohabited with the woman, Moore - she being the wife of another man; and, by reason of his violence and his frequent robberies, he had long being a terror to their parish - Tywardreath - and its neighbourhood. The prosecutor lives at a place called Puddle, in the higher part of the parish of Lanlivery. In November last, he had a cave of potatoes in a garden adjoining his house; and in the morning of the 19th, he saw that the cave had been opened and a large quantity of potatoes of different sorts taken away. Near the cave, and from it to the road adjoining the garden where a man's foot-marks; and on the road were recent cart wheel tracks, and the foot-marks of a horse. The wheel tracks were peculiar, because of one of the tires having been fastened with three pins, only one of which was driven in close; the other two standing up unusually high. The footmarks of the horse were also remarkable; the two fore feet having been very recently shod; one of the hind feet about a fortnight earlier, and only one foot having an old shoe; there was also the peculiarity that the horse had evidently the habit of over-stepping - that is, of bringing up his hind feet in front of the impression of his fore feet. There were also peculiarities in the heel and toe-plates of the shoe of the man who had been at the cave and drove the cart. Those marks were observed double - coming to and returning from the prosecutor's place; and were traced in a very circuitous route, to Lane and Moore's dwelling in the parish of Tywardreath, where was found a cart, with the name of "H.J. MOORE, Tywardreath," on it, and with the tires corresponding with the impressions on the road. Having procured a search warrant, the prosecutor and three constables went to search the prisoners' house and in a pigs' house adjoining, used by the two prisoners, were found potatoes, corresponding nearly in quantity, and in their various sorts with those the prosecutor had lost. While the search was going on at the pig's house, Lane, who was that time an active fellow, though he has since become lame, got through a hole in the ceiling in the dwelling house, and knocking some slates off the roof, bolted and jumped down a distance of nearly twenty feet. He was immediately hotly pursued - or coesed?, as one of the witnesses called it, by the three constables, through and beyond the cabbage garden; unluckily for himself he stumbled and fell, and one of the constables fell across his feet and another across his neck, thus securing him until he was handcuffed; though not without a desperate scuffle. The prisoners had no horse of their own, but it was proved that on the morning of the 19th, a neighbour's horse, which had the gait of overstepping, had evidently been worked during the night, as it was covered with dry, curly, recent sweat. Another piece of circumstantial evidence in the case was that the soil of the prosecutor's farm in the higher part of Lanlivery, was black; while that of Tywardreath, where prisoners lived, was reddish; and the potatoes found in their pigs' house had black soil about them. There was also evidence that on the night of the 18th, or rather early on the morning of the 19th, a woman, who lived in a house near to the prisoners, and who was sitting up all night in consequence of the illness of one of her own family, heard Lane and Moore go into their house. Two women also proved that on the 18th, there were but very few potatoes in the prisoners' pigs' house; but on the 19th, before the constables came, she looked into the pig's house and saw a large quantity of potatoes there. The jury found Lane guilty of stealing, and Moore guilty of feloniously receiving. A previous conviction was proved against Lane; at the sessions on July 1845, he was convicted of stealing a baking dish, plate, and other articles, the property of Charles ROGERS, of St. Blazey. The Chairman, in sentencing the prisoners said, your character, Lane, we know to be of the worst description. You have been living in open adultery with this woman, and for a long time you have been the dread of the neighbourhood. There was a prior conviction against you in November 1845, and the sentence of the Court is that you be transported for ten years. Harriet Moore, your sentence is, to be imprisoned for four calendar months, and kept to hard labour, and remember that we have dealt kindly with you. INQUESTS - An inquest was held on Friday last, at the Penzance Guildhall, before Mr. Walter BORLASE, deputy-coroner, on the body of a body named Charles BOASE, who playing with other boys and girls in the at present unused station of the West Cornwall Railway, and pushing about a cattle-truck, got squeezed against the back of a wagon, and died from the injury received. After hearing the witnesses and also the evidence of Mr. CHARLTON, superintendent of the company, the jury gave a verdict of "accidental death," fully exonerating the Railway Company from the slightest blame for want of caution or forethought. PENZANCE CHRISTMAS BALL. - This annual assembly took place on Monday evening last, and was attended by about eighty Ladies and gentlemen, in nearly equal numbers. The ball, which took place at the Assembly room in the Union Hotel was opened by Mrs. R.F. BOLITHO and Mr. R. PEARCE, and Mrs. Col. LEY and Mr. W. Bolitho, jun. Quadrilles, polkas, waltzes, and gallopedes were kept up with the greatest spirit, and refreshments were handsomely served by Mr. BALL, the whole terminating by about twenty couples joining the ancient dance, "Sir Roger de Coverley." Altogether it was a very delightful party. DESTRUCTION OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP BY FIRE. - The "Orlando," Captain WHITE, arrived at Have on Tuesday week, with a number of passengers belonging to the American ship "St. George," Captain BAIRSON, which had been destroyed by fire at sea. The "St George," is appears, left Liverpool for New York on the 24th November, with 127 passengers and twenty-five crew, the former chiefly Irish, and amongst them many women and children. The voyage was favourable enough up to the 24th December, when in 46', 12' latitude, and 25', 30' longitude, the hold of the ship was discovered to be on fire. The captain caused one of the hatchways to be opened, and set the fire-engine to play. But the smoke was so thick between decks that the passengers were obliged to leave. The flames spread to the part of the vessel between the main and mizzen masts, and were accompanied with such thick smoke that seven or eight persons were suffocated. It was now found that it was impossible to check the progress of the flames, and the captain assembled all the passengers on deck. Rain was falling, and the horizon was overhung with clouds but, fortunately, a vessel passed sufficiently near to perceive the signals of distress. This vessel turned out to be the "Orlando," and she approached as near the "St. George" as it was safe to do. Unfortunately, she had lost her sails and boats in a violent gale. The captain of the "St. George" caused his two boats to be let down and hey conveyed as many passengers as they could hold to the "Orlando;" but the violence of the sea was such that one of them was knocked to pieces against the vessel. The life-boat only remained to remove 150 person, but it could not take more than four or five at a time. Meantime the flames continued to progress, and the wind blew furiously. The sea too became so violent that the only means the passengers had of entering the boat was to leap into the sea, and let themselves be picked up. At length, after sixty-four times passing to and fro, the boat succeeded in placing seventy-six of the passengers in safety on board the "Orlando." Of the remaining fifty-one, fifteen were drowned, eight, as already stated, were suffocated between decks, and twenty-eight, principally women and children, fearing to throw themselves into the sea, refused to leave the burning vessel. All the crew were rescued. Eventually the "Orlando," fearing for its own safety from the progress of the flames and the violence of the sea and wind, was obliged to sheer off, leaving the twenty-eight unfortunate individuals to their wretched fate. The rescued persons were almost without clothing, but the captain and crew of the "Orlando" did every thing they possibly could to provide for their comfort. It was feared that a famine would arise in the ship, from the unexpected demand on her stores, and as the "Orlando" had lost her sails, there was small hope of her reaching land in time. But, fortunately the wind was in her favour, and after eleven days' voyage she arrived safe at Havre. Her provisions by that time were completely exhausted, and she had only a few gallons of water. Food was immediately procured for the passengers and crews, who had already begun to feel the pangs of hunger; and they were afterwards sent to different lodging houses, where they will be taken care of. It is the intention of some ship owners of Havre to raise a subscription for their relief. 21 JANUARY 1853, Friday A return was made to Parliament and printed with the evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Newspaper Stamps, showing the number of stamps issued to every newspaper in Great Britain and Ireland, for fourteen years ending December, 1850. From it we gather that the number of Stamps issued during that time was:- West Briton.1,548,000. � Cornwall Gazette.717,433. � Penzance Gazette.208,577. The number issued during the year 1850 to each paper was:- West Briton.132,500. � Cornwall Gazette.65,000. � Penzance Gazette.9,287. It is scarcely necessary to make any comment on these figures, but they sufficiently prove that the circulation of the West Briton is nearly double that of the other papers printed in Cornwall added together. These statistical facts must speak for themselves; and Advertisers will soon discover through what channel their notices should pass to obtain a large amount of publicity. 28 JANUARY 1853, Friday NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN - That William BATE of Camelford, in the County of Cornwall, Butcher, hath by indenture, dated the Eighteenth day of January, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three, Conveyed and Assigned all his real and personal Estate to THOMAS RICKARD AVERY, of Boscastle, in the said county, Merchant, and BENJAMIN JEFFERY, of Lanteglos by Camelford, in the said county, Yeoman, upon trust for such of his creditors as should execute or otherwise accede thereto, within the space of three calendar months from the date thereof and which said indenture was executed on the Eighteenth day of January aforesaid, by the said William Bate: on the Nineteenth day of January aforesaid, by the said Thomas Rickard Avery; and on the Twenty-Fifth day of January aforesaid by the said Benjamin Jeffery, in the present of WILLIAM DINHAM KING, of Camelford, aforesaid Attorney and the execution thereof by them respectively is attested by him. And the said indenture now lies in the office of the said William Dinham King, for the inspection and signature of the creditors of the said William Bate. Dated the Twenty-Fifth day of January, 1853. To sail about the 20th of February for Melbourne, Port Phillip, the magnificent new fast-sailing British Ship EBBA BRAHE, G.O. MELLIN, Commander. 1,756 tons register, 3,000 tons burthen and being the largest British merchant ship in the world, will afford comfortable accommodation for all classes of passengers. She is first-class, will carry an experienced Surgeon, and the entire arrangements are subject to the approval of her Majesty's Emigration Agent. For further particulars apply to J.S. DE WOLF and CO, or to James M. WALTHEW, 46 Chapel Street, Liverpool. Dated January 20, 1853. THE DIGGINGS - A young man of Redruth sailed from Liverpool in the "El Dorado" on the 9th of August, and arrived in Australia on that day three months. He thus writes just after his arrival:- "The accounts are, so the old diggers say, unfavourable, which means that you can only clear twenty shillings a day; if I can do that, I shall be pretty well pleased. If the diggings fail, I can make from �3 to �4 per week from other sources. Tell any one who is coming to bring only a carpet bag; boxes are a great nuisance and clothes cheap. Flour is very dear, bread is 2s. 6d. the 4lbs; meat pretty cheap, vegetables very dear. We have pitched a tent on the Yarra Yarra river, and start for the diggings tomorrow". Nov. 15th, 1852. IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS TO AUSTRALIA. - A correspondent at Liskeard requests the insertion of the following letter from Mr. William HOWITT, the distinguished author, who has paid a temporary visit to Australia. The letter is dated "Melbourne, Port Phillip, September 26, 1852. � Mr. Howitt writes, "Be so good as to place the fact which I now state in a prominent part of your paper, that it may be copied as widely as possible. Up to the time of my quitting England for this place on the 10th of June last, I never saw it published anywhere, either in the newspaper correspondence from the Australian gold fields, or in any of the books or pamphlets on these gold fields, that Bank of England notes are held to be no legal tender in these colonies. Such, however, is the case. They are utterly refused here, even the bankers, except at a discount of 20 per cent. Numbers of persons are coming out daily. There are a thousand arriving at this port per diem, and not ten men out of each thousand are aware of this fact. In the ship in which I came, the "Kent," there were numbers struck with consternation at the news. Some lost from �40 to �100 by their Bank of England notes; almost every one something, more or less. If it be not therefore, well known, make it so without delay; if it be known at all, make it more so. Every journalist in town or country will do an important service to his countrymen intending to sail hither, by warning them not to take out a single Bank of England note, but only orders on the Australia banks, or gold. Whoever brings Bank of England paper will assuredly and inevitably be muleted of one-fifth of his money. I speak from actual experience. It is in the interest of the bankers here to exclude Bank of England notes, that they may circulate their own, but there needs no addition to the terrific demands which are made here on the emigrants. Everything is charged at digging prices, that is, ten times its natural price; and the astonished arriver will have enough to do to escape through the town up to the gold-fields with the skin of his teeth. There is a fine bay, but no quay; all vessels are anchored out in the bay, and no soul can reach Melbourne by the steamers that go up the river, seven miles for less than 5s., without any luggage. That is 16s. every individual to the shore and back; and many such trips must be made before passengers can get their goods out of the ship. For the moment the vessel anchors every sailor runs away, and there are next to no men who can be hired to get out the luggage. Once out, the freight is 30s. per ton, half the amount that it has cost for the whole voyage of 13,000 miles. Some luggage which cost me 7s. 6d., carting from the City to the East India Docks, cost here for this seven miles by steamer, �3. In the town the same fiery furnace rate of charge exists for everything. It is impossible for any one to get lodgings at any price. Hundreds are camping out and the town council is about to erect temporary places of reception. Two and three pounds a week are given for little empty rooms at which a respectable English dog would turn up his nose. Houses, which in good parts of London would be held dear at �40 a year, let for �400, and all the articles of life are at a like rate. Bread 1s 6d.the 4lbs. loaf, butter 3s 6d. meat 6d., and is expected every day to be 1s per lb. If you want books such as in London you might buy for 18s., are �4. Folding bedsteads, which are 15s. 6d. in London, are �5 and so on. Freight up the country to the diggings has been �140 per ton, and is yet �70. Omnibus fare thither �10. Now it is needless to add to these inflections a direct deduction from your money of one-fifth. This can only be avoided by avoiding bringing Bank of England notes." SUDDEN DEATH. - On Tuesday morning last, an elderly lady named GRIFFITHS, formerly of Barnstaple, was found dead in bed at her lodgings, Mr. BOYNE'S, No. 2 Cornwall Terrace, Penzance. She had for some time past been in a weak state of health, but declined to have medical attendance. She retired to bed at eight o'clock on Monday evening, complaining of an unusually chilly feeling, and having a hot-water bottle for her hands in addition to the one usually placed at her feet. On the following morning the servant went to call her, and found that she was dead. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned accordingly. HOUSEBREAKING AT HELSTON - On Sunday evening last, whilst Miss Mary RUSSELL, of Helston, was at chapel, her house was broken into and some pounds in money stolen from a drawer, but the thief left some other money that was in another part of the same drawer. There is no clue as yet to the discovery of the offender. On Tuesday last, two brothers named BASSETT were charged before the magistrates at Falmouth with stealing a quantity of wood, the property of Mr. DUNSTONE, builder. There were several planks found and sworn to, and the two Bassetts, a sister to them, and a girl named COLLINS were remanded until the next day to allow Mr. Dunstone time to inspect the other portion of the wood, and compare it with that in his workshops and yard. EMIGRATION ON A FIRE SHIP. - The arrival of three of the survivors of the "St George," emigrant ship, has supplied some further details of the abandonment of that vessel. It appears that there was an impression on the minds of the crew and passengers that among the cargo was a quantity of oil and naphtha, if not some gunpowder, which, if true, would have rendered her a fire-ship. This is contradicted by the owners, and the statement will not doubt be investigated by the navel department of the Board of Trade; but the fact of the master, his officer, and the crew, deserting the shop, with the living freight on board, at the very first opportunity that presented itself, tends to strengthen an impression that they anticipated some terrible calamity. What renders the catastrophe more shocking is, that the whole of the unhappy beings who perished in the ship were women and children, not a man having remained with them. COMMITTAL OF A SEAMAN. - Captain CARY, of the brig "Oregon," preferred a charge on Monday last, before Mr. R. PEARCE, at Penzance against a seaman call POYER, for absenting himself from the vessel before the completion of a contract he had entered into. On the 12th of November, 1851, he engaged at 50s. a month to go to North America and return to some port in the United Kingdom, but left the vessel at New York, on the 29th of March following. He was committed for fourteen days to the borough gaol, with hard labour. MORTALITY ON BOARD EMIGRANT SHIPS FOR AUSTRALIA - The mortality on board of emigrant ships for Australia calls loudly for legislative interference. By the last accounts from Melbourne, four Liverpool ships, each with eight hundred passengers duly packed according to the Liverpool system, have arrived after having sustained losses by death, which, in a British port, would have compelled searching investigation. The "Bourneuf" has lost 83 souls, or 10 per cent. The "Wanota" 39 souls, or nearly 5 per cent. The "Marco Polo," which made the swiftest voyage ever known, 53 or nearly 7 per cent on their respective complements of 800 passengers, and the "Ticondetoga?," 104 souls, in a number of passengers not stated. The doctor is dead, and buried, all the survivors are down with fever. The last case is the most striking, because the voyage of sixty-eight days only must have been performed with winds invariably favourable. What then, asked the Daily News, was the cause of this unusual and frightful mortality. "The system of packing, which sends 800 in a space not more than enough for 700, and which stows passengers in lower deck berths without any better means of ventilation than a canvass windsail which cannot be used in storms, when most needed. Just after these ships sailed, Mrs. CHISHOLM, in addressing an audience on emigration, compared a ship to a house, and said: 'I have just seen 800 souls go to sea without either a window or a chimney to their living rooms. I expect to hear of fever, but in the present state of the law neither I nor the Government can do anything to stop the packing, or to compel ventilation.' Her prediction has been horribly verified. COMMITTAL. - On Friday last two tramps named William RIDER and John WOTTON, were committed to Bodmin gaol for seven days, by Mr. E. COODE, jun., for refusing to perform a portion of work at the St. Austell Union House. {end} |