THE
TIMES
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of Extracts, where Breage or People from Breage are mentioned
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The
Times 9 Sept 1818 Page 2 Category:
Business
From
the London Gazette, Tuesday Sept 8. Partnerships dissolved "H. Harvey,
T. Ellis, E. Harvey, and W. West, Breage, Cornwall,
tin-mine owners.
The
Times 7 May 1878 Page 4 Category:
General
"Reclamation
of Lands in Cornwall
In
consequence of the distress prevailing and the dearth of labour through the
stoppage of several mines in the district, the Guardians of Helston, Cornwall,
have addressed the local landowners on the subject of improving their waste
lands. Several of these gentlemen have stated that, owing to their lands being
out on leases which are unexpired, they are unable to act as they would wish;
but the Duke of Leeds has written in a different strain, and set an example
which it would be well for others similarly situated to follow. He has issued
instructions for an immediate out-lay of £400 in labour on waste lands in the
parish of Breage, known as Godolphin Warren. Lord John Thynne has also applied to the
Lands Improvement Company for a loan of £10,000 for improving lands in the
parishes of Morenstow, Stratton and Ponghill, in Cornwall and two parishes in
Devonshire."
Cornish
Mining - There is more spirit in the share-market, and prices have a tendency
to rise; but owing to the operation of "settling," the transactions
during the week have not been numerous. In the Breage district the
abandonment of a large part of Great Wheal Vor and several other mines is being
seriously felt. Bell Tin Mine is one of the unfortunate speculations of recent
years, and the purser now asks for another call of 16s per share; the attempt
to sell the mine as a "going concern" having failed, the materials
were drawn to the surface and sold by auction; there is a debit balance of
£545. West Maria and Fortescue has a debit balance of £865, and a call of 1s
6d. per share has been made; the four months' labour cost amounted to £1,242
and merchants' bills £472; copper ores and arsenic sold realised £900. Wheal Jane
has a profit on three months' working of £219. The petition for the winding up
of Great Work Mine has been dismissed by the Vice-Warden of the
Stannaries of Cornwall.
The
Times 18 Oct 1871 Page 3 Category:
General
"Foot-And-Mouth
Disease
Three
farms in the parish of Breage,
West Cornwall, have been declared to be infected with the disease, and
one of the farmers George Treweeke, was on Saturday, fined 15/- and
costs by a Bench of County magistrates at Helston for having neglected to give
proper notice to the authorities. He stated that four animals arrived at his
farm on the 25th of September, and that on the following day he sold them to
Mr. S. Matthew, a neighbour, for 52? 10s., not having the least
suspicion of there being anything wrong.
There are 82 farms now infected in the petty sessional division of
Plympton, Ermington, and Roborough, the number of suffering cattle being 452.
Above 20 fresh cases were reported during the past week.
"
"The
Drought
The
want of rain is now being seriously felt, not only by agriculturists, but by
the inhabitants of most towns in Cornwall.
The grass lands are so completely burnt up by the sun, which has been
for such a length of time pouring down its scorching rays, that there is hardly
any pasturage left. The consequence is
that the price of beef, mutton, and butter is exceedingly high. In Breage, Germoe, and other parts of
the county, farmers have actually been driven to the extremity of cutting green
crops to feed their cattle. The root
crops threaten to be a complete failure.
The town populations, too, are suffering severly through the want of
water - a most, unusual circumstance in Cornwall, in which county there has not
been such a scarcity for upwards of 20 years; and scores of men are employed
with water carts in carrying supplies from the different rivers. In Camborne the evil is very pressing, and
even in Redruth, where there is a local Board of Health, which undertakes to
supply water, the large reservoirs have been found insufficient for the long
drought. Notice has been given,
therefore, that the supply is to be curtailed, and it is feared that if there
is not soon a change in the weather it will be exhausted. In Truro, where water in abundance runs
through the streets to waste during the greater part of the year, its scarcity
is now being severely felt. the public
pumps, with few exceptions, are exhausted, and the like may be said of nearly
all those belonging to private persons.
Water has therefore become an article of great value, and at those
places where it is still to be had the competition for its possession is so
great that there is every probability the supply will soon be gone. Men are at work sinking the public pumps to
a greater depth. On Sunday prayers for rain were offered up in the churches and
chapels."
From
Laondon Gazette, Friday, Dec 31.
Whitehall, Dec. 29. The Queen
has been pleased to present the Rev. Edward Morris Pridmore, M.A. to the
united vicarage of Breage and Germoe, in the county of Cornwall, the
diocess of Exeter, the same being void by the death of the Rev. Richard Gerweys
Grylls.
The
Times Apr 09 1853 Page 9 Category:
Marriages
On
the 7th inst., at St Mary's Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. E. M. Pridmore,
vicar of Breage, Cornwall, the Rev. George Napleton Treweeke, to
Letitia, widow of the late Captain the Hon. Charles Butler.
The
Times Jul 11 1853 Page 9 Category:
Marriages
On
the 7th inst., at St Breage, in the County of Cornwall, by the Rev. E. M. Pridmore,
the Rev. Henry Clelan to Louisa Frances, the fourth daughter of the late
Rev. George Treweeke, rector of Illogan, in the same county.
On
the 1st inst. At Illogan, Cornwall, by the Rev. E. M. Pridmore, vicar of
Breage and Germoe, assisted by the Rev. James G Wulff, rector of Illogan,
Joseph Vivian, jun, Esq., of Reskadennick, Camborne to Bessie, eldest
daughter of John Burgess, Esq., of Barnarose. No cards sent.
"State
of the Country (From the West Briton) We deeply regret that the peace of the
country has again been disturbed. The attempt to prevent the shipment of corn,
for supplying the wants of other parts of the country, is cruel and absurd. It
is cruel to refuse a supply of food to our fellow countrymen who may have been
less favoured by Providence in the last harvest than we were; and it is absurd
to think of preventing a free intercourse between different parts of this great
maritime country.
If Cornwall was denied the liberty of
exporting her “fish, tin, and copper,” her people would soon lack the means of
purchasing bread, though it were to be had for one half of the present price. We hope, the interference with the export of
corn will be discontinued; it can answer no good end, for our miners may be
assured, that so long as there is food to be had, it will find its way from one
part of the kingdom to the other, in opposing all attempts at preventing the
transport of it. If Cornwall should be
straitened whilst Northumberland had a full supply, the wants of the one must
necessarily be provided for from the other.
At the same time, it is not wise in our farmers to keep the markets of
the country without a fair supply; we warn them that they may find it bad
policy to do so.
On
Tuesday last, about 8 o'clock, a party of 3,000 miners, collected from the
parishes of Breage, Gwennap, Crowan, Wendron, &c. passed through
Helston, in complete order, having selected eight men for their leaders, for
the avowed purpose of preventing further shipments of corn at Helford.
The miners in the
neighbourhood of St. Blazey have lately been forming combinations for the
purpose of superseding, in a great measure, the authority of the agents, and
the regulations of the mines. Early on Tuesday morning last, a great number of
men collected at Fowey Consols and Lanescot mines, and attempted to seize two
men who had refused to enter into any combination, and who, from the threats of
summary punishment being inflicted on them, had been compelled to take refuge
in the counting-house of these mines.
The agents, after waiting a considerable time for the dispersion of this
assemblage, were obliged to appeal to the magistrates, who promptly repaired to
the spot; and after entreating them, without effect, to disperse, they stated
to necessity they should be under the reading of the Riot Act, unless they
separated, which they allowed them a quarter of an hour to do, and pointed out
to them the consequences if they should fail to do so within one hour after
reading the act. On the expiration of
the quarter of an hour, the crowd not dispersing, the proclamation was read to
them, but without effect. On the
expiration of the hour, the magistrates present, N. Kendall, H. Thomson, and
J.T. Austen, Esqrs., ordered the constables to take seven of the rioters into
custody. On their being put into
chaises for conveyance to prison, a violent attempt to rescue the prisoners was
made by several hundred persons present; and by the temperate and firm conduct
of the civil power, they were enabled, after a conflict of more than an hour,
to forward the prisoners to Bodmin, in pursuance of their commitment. A report having been circulated that the
miners at the before-mentioned mines have been working at excessively low
gettings, we think it proper to state that we have been informed, on the best
authority, that the magistrates of the neighbourhood have been invited by the
agents of those mines to examine the mines’ books; and that they are, by their
inspection, satisfied that the men’s earnings are equal to those of persons
employed in any other mines in the country, and superior to most of them. The agents have, however, invited this
scrutiny into the subject merely to counteract an unfounded statement which may
be calculated to do mischief.
In
consequence the arrest of the miners above stated, and their being lodged in
the county gaol, the miners in the neighbourhood of St, Austell showed strong
symptoms of a determination to attempt to liberate their comrades. For this purpose they assembled on Wednesday
in great numbers, and reports were circulated that they intended to proceed to
Bodmin to make an effort to accomplish their object. As a matter of precaution, the High Sheriff and the neighbouring
Magistrates repaired to that place early in the day, and swore in between 30
and 40 special constables. The staff of the Royal Cornwall Militia were also
called out, and were placed on duty in and around the prison; but up to
yesterday (Thursday) evening the miners had not made their appearance…
Poor
Law Commission-office, Somerset-house, December 19, 1844
Sir,-
The Poor Law Commissioners have had under their consideration the report and
evidence transmitted to them by Mr. Tufnell relative to the case of Margaret Christopher,
deceased.
The
Commissioners are of opinion that neglect of duty is proved in this case, both
on the part of Mr. Cawdle, the medical officer, and of Mr. Moyle, the relieving
officer.
With
regard to the medical officer, the Commissioners observe, that no regular order
for his attendance in the case was given. He states that he received an order
from the overseer of Breage on the 16th of January, to visit
Margaret Christopher’s child, who had been burnt, and that he attended
Margaret Christopher herself on the same order. Having, however, voluntarily undertaken the
case, without making any objection at the time to the want of an order, the
Commissioners think that this circumstance cannot now be pleaded as an excse for
any neglect in the case. The
Commissioners find, from the Medical Officer’s weekly report, that he first
attended Margaret Christopher in the week ending the 10th of
January, when he paid three visits, and that in the following week he saw the
woman on the 15th and 17th of January. His next visits were on the 7th
of February and on the 28th of the same month. From that time he
visited the case regularly every week until the 5th of June, when he
suspended his visit, until the 17th of August, and he saw the woman
once again only before her death, which took place on the 5th of
September. The commissioners are of opinion that the fact of another medical
man having requested by the Rev. Mr. Pascoe, on the 8th May, to
visit Margaret Christopher, did not remove from Mr Gawdle his
responsibility for the case. No notice of his having given up the case was sent
by him to the guardians, and indeed he does not appear to have entirely given
up, as the dates of his attendance show, which were continued, through at long
intervals, until Margaret Christoher’s death. At all events, if this excuse
were admitted, it would not apply to his neglect to visit between the 17th
of January and the 7th of February, and again between the latter
date and the 28th of February, being an interval of three weeks in
each case. Whether Mr. Cawdle took sufficient means to procure for
Margaret Christopher such nourishing diet as she required appears to the
Commissioners doubtful. It is alleged by more than one witness that he said
that medicine would do no good intimating at the same time that the board of
guardians would not supply the diet he ordered. He, however, denies himself
that he charged the board with refusing his orders for necessities. Looking,
however , to Mr. Cawdle’s conduct, and particularly to his neglect duly
to visit Margaret Christopher in a case of so serious nature, in which
death ensued, the Commissioners cannot feel such confidence in Mr. Cawdle’s
performance of his duties as would warrant them in allowing of his continuance
as medical officer. They, therefore, think it right to prevent him from
retaining office under his recent appointment, and accordingly they withold
their sanction from his continuing to act as medical officer for a longer time
than is necessary.
(There
were 3 letters to the edito on this matterr; one written by Thomas Pascoe, St
Hilary Vicarage, one by E Chadwick, Secretary to Rev Pascoe and it would seem
this third one above was written according to the credits by W. G. Lumley)
FAILURE
OF A CORNISH BANK
Yesterday
morning the following circular was issued:-
“Union
Bank, Helston Feb. 4, 1879.
“Dear
Sir (or Madam), - We much regret that we are compelled to suspend payment. The
books of the bank will be placed at once in the hands of experienced accountants, and a meeting of
the creditors will be held at the earliest moment. We believe that if the
property can be realized advantageously without incurring any unnecessary
expenses, the assets will be sufficient to pay a large dividend
“We
are, yours faithfully,
“Vivian,
Grylls, Kendall, and Co.”
Our
Truro Correspondent telegraphed last night:-
“This
morning the people of Helston were startled by the announcement that the Union
Bank had closed its doors. It is one of the oldest banking companies in the
county, and was generally regarded with the greatest confidence, so much co,
indeed that Helston tradesmen had not the slightest suspicion that anything was
wrong, and they were much astonished when the fact that the doors of the Union
Bank were closed became known. The bank was established in 1788, and some of
the leading county families have been connected with it from time to time. For
many years the firm was known as Glyn, Grylls, Vivian, Kendall, and Co. Mr. John
Kendall died in 1854, Mr. Glyn Grylls in 1866, and Mr. John Kendall, the
younger, in 1873, since which time the sole remaining partners have been Mrs.
Cordelia Vivian, of Pencalenick, near Truro, Cornwall, and her son, Mr. James
Edward Vivian, merchant of Catford-bridge, Kent, and 117 Leadenhallstreet,
London. In January 1877, when the Helston Banking Company stopped payment, a
large number of the accounts and deposits were transferred to the Union Bank,
which may be considered the poor man’s bank of the district. The great bulk of
the farmers covering the large district between Helston, Mount’s Bay and the
Lizard, known as the South country, are depositors in the Union Bank, and also
the fisherman of Porthleven, the Lizard, and Helford districts, and it is
feared there will be many cases of great hardship. The news of the stoppage has
not, however, yet reached the country districts. The Bank has for some time
past been under the management of Mr. Edward P. Kendall, nephew of the late
partner, and this gentleman is treasurer for the Helston Union, South Helston,
and North Helston Highway Boards, the Helston Savings bank, and the Breage,
St Mangan, St Martin, St Keverne, Germoe, and Crowan School Boards. It is,
however understood, that these public bodies were nearly all about to make
calls the balances in the bank are very small. Mining Industry having almost
ceased to exist is the district the bank has only two mining accounts – Polrose
and Lovell – neither of them of any great importance. The authorised note issue
of the bank is £17,000, but the amount actually in circulation is under £1,500. The stoppage is attributed to a
gradually increasing run upon the bank by depositors who, especially since the
failure of the Cornish Bank, had been giving notice to withdraw, and though
three months’ notice is necessary in the majority of cases, the proprietors saw
that they should be unable to withstand the pressure and resolved to close at
once so as to prevent being drained of cash entirely. The petition was filed in
the Truro Bankruptcy Court this morning, the liabilities being declared at
£135,000. Mr. Chirgwin, of Truro, was appointed receiver, and at once took
possession of the bank premises and the cash. It is said that the assets will
be sufficient to give a very good dividend, Mrs. Vivian being the owner of
large landed property. Messrs. Bolitho and Co., proprietors of the other local
bank, have issued the following circular with the object of allaying alarm:-
“Bolitho’s Bank, Helston, 4th February, 1879. – Messrs. Bolitho,
Sons, and Co. beg to inform depositors at this branch that for the present the
bank will not require the usual 30 days’ notice for the payment of deposits to
any parties who may wish to have their money at once.’ “