PENZANCE IN 1839-40

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THURSDAY, MAY 27th 1886.

PENZANCE IN 1839-40.

Half-a-century has not elapsed by three or four
years since some: canvasser for Robson’s com-
mercial directory of London and the western
counties ” found his way to Penzance, to collect
material for his employer’s forthcoming publication,
solicit advertisements, orders, &c. He brought his
information up to the end of 1839, and it is before
us in the volume in question: Some of. the names
of those who were then prominent in Penzance are
forgotten ; others live in children and grand-
children, but their personality is only known to
the elders of the present generation ; a few have
entirely disappeared as raindrops in an ocean. It
may ‘be of interest to some of our readers if we
transcribe portions of the directory, to show who
were our local rulers, big men; merchants, &c., of
46 years since. We shall not follow the precise
order of the directory, but will give its contents,
only correcting a few obvious misprints in names.
And we will begin, as “ Robson” ought to have
done, with the mayor and town-council of 1839-40,
in whose selection much zeal and care: had. been
shewn, for the great municipal reform-bill had not
been long in force.

CORPORATION.

                      Borough Magistrate   ............ Joseph Carne.
Of this governing body one only survives—Mr. J.
J. A. Boase, many years a banker of Penzance, in
retired life a magistrate and resident at Alverton-
vean, and now of Exmouth.   A wonderful octo-
geparian is this survivor, as we saw by his letter to
the Penzance library at the commencement of the
year: intellect lucid, will and intentions clear,
handwriting good, and only one half-jocoze com-
plaint—that he could not expect to look as well,
and certainly could not trip along as lightly, as a
lady of his acquaintance, oeat (as there is a lady in
the cause we dare not say aged) 90! The Jate Mr.
Batten—his gout yet good temper, his illnesses yet
his jokes—has left us. Mr. John Pope Vibert
died, after years of paralysis, at York-house ; Mr.
Richard Pearce, zealous and; to the last, a thorough
Penzance man,died while his friends hoped for some
few years more of service ; and Mr. John Thomas,
the actuary of the Savings’ bank and scill popularly
known as “The French king," is dead mere than
40 years.   The one borough magistrate, Mr.
Carne, died in 1858. Of 18 councillors not one
survives.   The last to leave us was Mr. J.N. R.
Millett, who also, physically, was a fine specimen of
a Cornishman and was an ardent sportsman and
lover of Nature.   Mr. Richard Moyle died of an
accident in 1855;   Mr. Charles Vibert attained a
tranquil and good old age ;   Mr. R. Branwell was
the father of Mr. John Branwell, of Penlee, and
was mayor in 1850-1; John Robyns was Col.
Robyns, of Clarence-place; R. L. Davies was
Capt. Davies, of Redinnick, who introduced the
late Superintendent Olds to constabulary life ; Mr.
Thomas Coulson was afterwards mayor and the
builder of Lescudjack house; Richard Hocking
was best known as Dr. Hocking, and as having
married one of a family highly esteemed in Pen-

zance for a century—the Giddys; Mr. W. Colenso
was a great local politician (a Liberal;) the
popular W. D. Mathews, John Roscorla, and
Michael Colliver will never be forgotten by their
contemporaries, middle-aged or young; and the
other names were those of then leading merchants
or tradesmen.

Let us leave the directory for a minute or two
and see what chief-magistrate Batten and his trusty
aldermen and councillors had then, of importance,
before them, at meetings held on Fridays, at 7 in
the evening, (The quarterly meetings were open
to the public.) Dr. Moyle had no sooner left the
chair and Mr. Batten succeeded to it than the town-
clerk was requested to look into the laws affecting
the sale of bread -- a subject which might more
frequently in these days have profitable public
( and police ) attention.

Among the payments made at the first ordinary
meeting of the new council ( Nov. 15th, 1839,
was £127 to Messrs. Blewett and Honeychurch,
masons, for work at the quay ; £9 to Mr. John
Symons for oil for the lighthouse and oil and
candles for the police-office ; and £15 16s. 6d. to
Me. Richard Gann, for great coats, &c., for town-
crier and beadle. Of more importance was’ the
appointment of a committee—Messrs, Pearce,
Davies, Roscorla, H. M. Moyle, and Harvey— to
confer with Mr. Boase on his offer to let the Green
east of the Wherry mine for the purpose of obtain-
ing an Esplanade there... At the next meeting an
arrangement between the committee “ for taking
his interest in the Western Green from the engine
house.” was confirmed. Mr. Boase leased his right
for 1000 years, at a rent of twelve guineas a year.

Dec. 13th the important step was taken of
authorizing the town-clerk to apply for an Act‘ to
improve the pier on the plans of Mr. Palmer (£50
towards the expense of which plans had already
been paid.) Mr. Hague had previously furnished
plans and was asked to forward his bill.

The council not only sought to extend the
esplanade. and enlarge the. harbour, but had a new
site for the, fish-market under consideration.
Messrs. Colliver, Conlson, and Thomas had recom-
merided the front ‘of :the guildhall and premiums of
three guineas and two guineas were offered for the
best plans.

On the 27th of December; '39, it became necessary
to let the overseers know that unless the order for
the lighting of the town be immediately complied-
with proceedings will be taken to enforce penalties
against them.   The use of the dome of the market-
house was granted to the Penzance natural history
society.
The proceedings of the first meeting for the new
year, 1840, shew us £28 53. paid for three new bells
for the market-house, for the building and fitting-
up of which all tradesmen’s bills had not yet been
settled.    Messrs. Blewett, Harvey, and Honey-
church, however; were now paid £324 ; Messrs. &.
Hambleton and Son; £497 ; Mr. Uriah Tonkin,
plumber, £102 ;   Mr. T. H. Morcom, plasterer,
£134; Mr. James — Eva; painter, £136; Mr.
Anthony Jeffery, smith, £180; Mr. Nicholas
Holman, founder, £30 ; and; Messrs. Hambleton
and Son, for furniture, fittings, &¢, £82 “Mr:
Richard Carman-was paid £6, half-a-year’s rent
for the old bird-cage.
The paid constables at this time were — John
Organ, who received £1 14s. for occasional services
John Veale, Robert Oliver, John Boyns, and John
Williams, £2 83: 6d! each ; John Corin, £1 8s. 6d.
Peter Semmens, £2 8s; and Richard Chirgwin,
10s. 6d.    Thus, the borough constables, called on
for occasional duty, cost £15 15s. ; while Richard
Rowe, police-officer, was paid £4 10s.: John Mar-
tin, £5 9s. 6d.; and Thomas Hawke, £3 10s. 6d. as
police-officers.
At the same meeting Mr. Francis Trounson,
Jun.,-was paid £10 10s.   For bringing up the
corporation accounts to this time.”   We all know
that he has been doing the same work for the 46
years which have since fled.
On the 14th of January there came an offer of
Sir Charles Price for part of his premises for a fish-
market—the present vegetable, poultry, butter, and
fish market.   The overseers had not paid £300 for
the lighting of the town up to the 7th of February,
and it was decided to summon them before the
magistrates.

Here we must drop our topic till next week

PENZANCE IN 1839-40.

[Taking as our text a well worn copy of Robson's Directory
we, last week, drew attention to the governing body of Pen-
zance 36 or 37 years ago and to the important and plucky
work they then had in hand) . Just 2s soon as they had
their final bills for the then new market-house they availed
themselves of Sir Charles Price’s offer of a site for the present
butter, poultry, and fish market and applied themselves to
the most formidable task Penzance had taken upon itself up
to that time—the erection of the Albert-pier) We will see
how they progressed in 1810.—Ed. C. ]

By the end of February,1840, it becomes clear
from the council minutes, that the harbour im-
provement before referred-to is the building of the
present Albert pier, commencing at a spot between
Penrose-terrace and the end of the town ; that a
dock of not less than eight acres is contemplated -
and that the expenditure of the two is to be limited
to £35,000.

In mid-March it was resolved to offer Sir C_ D-
Price £600 for the site of the present Prince’s-street
market.

On passing a final cheque to Mr. Harris, the
architect of the townhall, for £145, Mr. John
Thomas was instructed to take possession of that
cheque and not pay it over until the plans of the
market-house and the laying of the foundation-
stone should be delivered to Mr. Thomas for the
use of the council.

The annual fair was deemed of so much import-
ance that £10 was voted for boards and trestles for
standings. At the beginning of June the well in
the Folly field being dry, and the inhabitants near
it much inconvenienced, Mr. John, the owner of
the field, was asked either to sink it himself or
allow the town todoso. (The town sank the well

as a cost of £8 63. 6d.) The recorder’s salary was,
at this time, £60 4 year. Mr. Thomas Paynter had
not asked for any fora year and a half, and in Jul
a cheque was sent him for £90. July 10th William
Luke and others were paid £19 33. 9d./for building
a wall and ¢ ping round the new sheep-market.

It is noteworthy that about this time Hannibal
Sandry was superannnated on £10 a year. James
Pascoe w2s ye Yeoman, police-officer, and gaoler ;
Meredith Eeavan was deputy - gaoler, and Mrs,
Beavan matron ; and Mr. W. Purchase inspector-
of-weights and measures. The removal of sand from
Newlyn-green had the council's attention.

By the middle of August the enlinement of the
Albert pier had been marked out, and the bread,
coals, and potatoes committee respectfully requested
the borough magistrates to enforce the regulations
as to the sale of these commodities.

That ever-important question—the water-supply
of Penzance—was also under consideration. The
practicability of bringing a stream of water, “ which
now flows at or near Trengwainton gardens ” to the
town was discussed, and Col Scobel: ( generous old
gentleman ) was thanked for his offer to give the
public the use of another stream, “ which at present
runs into his pond.”

By August negotiations for the sale of the per-
petual curacy of Penzance had so far progressed
that the right of presentation was offered for £1200.
In September the sale of the poorhouse ( now part
of the infirmary) was resolved on. These pro-
perties were to be disposed of that the proceeds
might help to meet the great expense of the Albert

pier. “ One-armed Pasco”—the terror of evil-
doers—now sought superannuation, and Meredith
Beavan was placed at the head of the police, to
attend regularly at the police office on Thursday
and Saturday evenings and see that the officers do
their duty. Pasco was granted £15 a year.

The summer seemed to have tried the water-
supplies, for in October it was decided to sink an
additional pump in Market-jew-street, near Caleb
Boney’s house, but out of the way of the public
thoroughfare, and to replace the iron pump at the
Folly by a wooden one. It also occurred to the
council that two good and efficient persons should
be selected as police-officers, who must give their
whole time and attention to their duties.

On the 9th of October a cheque for £299 was
passed in favour of Messrs. Wasbrough and Co. for
the town clock.

On the 2nd of November Messrs. R. Moyle, E.
Harvey, and R. Branwell retired in the east ward,
and Messrs. R. Cornish, B. P. Batten, and M. Col-
liver for the west ward, all of whom had served
their three years. In the eastern ward the voting was:
Branwell; 127 ; Moyle 124 ; and James Stevens ( in
the places of E. Harvey ) 90. In the western ward
-- B. P. Batten, 156 ; Colliver, 131 ; R. Cornish,

At the commencement of the next municipal year
Col. Rebyns was unanimously elected mayor, and
here we must leave the town records for our direc-
tory with the sole observation that even the new
and zealous town-council moved warily in such a
matter as the big pier. For this they were willing
to sell properties and rights, and they seem to have
felt how vital this masonry was to the securing: of
a good and capacious harbour and how prejudicial
any mistake would be.

Turn we now from the municipal to the social
and mercantile heads of Penzance at this period.
these are given as Pidwell Batten, Dell ( Delboeuf )
Bedford, Tench Bedford, — Birch, — Blankerhagen,
Edward Bolitho, Richard Foster Bolitho, Thomas
Bolitho, Thomas Simon Bolitho, W. Bolitho, Samuel
Borlase, Carteret Ellis, Lady Cooper, Kev. Mr.
Finch (St. Mary’s-terrace,) Kev. J. Foxell, Rev-
Mr. Graham, Hon. — Graves (St. Mary’s,) Kev.
C. V. Le Grice, D. P. Le Grice, Eawin Ley, Rev.
Mr. Moore, W. Marrack, W. Pengelly, Rev. M. N.
Peters ( Alverton,) Samuel Pidwell, Sir Charles
Price, John Rickards, Kobert Kichards, Colonel
Scobell, Henry Tremenheere,, John Vigurs, Rev.

W. W. Wingfield ( Regent-terrace. )

In this list the spelling of the names is very
faulty and it seems otherwise imperfect. One fact
irresistibly strikes one—how the longevity of the
Bolitho family is apparent. The Thomas and
William Bolitho of the directory’s “ nobility and
gentry " were then fairly stricken in years and lived
to “ good old ages. ”   The present Messrs. Edward
and Thomas S. Bolitho, with their brother-in-law,
Capt. D. B. Bedford, then entering on manhood’s
prime, are still spared.   Of all the rest how few sur-
vive!   How many are there left except the Revs.
E. Moore and W. W. Wingfield ?

The post-office is given as in Alverton-street, Miss
Ellen Swain the postmistress. Letters were re-

ceived from London at 8 in the morning and des-
patched to London at 8 in the evening.   " All country letters
are forwarded by Truro mail, which leaves at 2 aft. and
arrives at 10 morning.   Two deliveries each day: Sand 10
morning.”   We gave the mail route, hours, postage-rates,
&c., of half-a-century since, a few months ago.   The coaches
-given by this guide are the Regulator, leaving the Union
hotel for Exeter “* at 5 morn.; returning at 10 evening.’
That is coaches crossed on the road. You

could, for a heavy fare, go from Penzance to Exeter, or vice
versa, in 2 long day’s travel, and this was a great travelling
improvement.   The Regulator is said to go through “Bods-
more and Weybridge”   We presume this means that the
Regulator passed through Wadebridge and Bodmin: but did
it?   Then the Defiance left the Western hotel, at half-past
four each morning of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and
arriving, on return journey, at 11 on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday.   This went through Hayle, Camborne, Redruth,
and Truro; as did the Regulator, though the directory does
not say so.   The London mail left the Union hotel at half-
past eight each evening, and arrived there at eight in the
morning.   Another mail left at 2 in the afternoon and
arrived at 10 in the morning.   Both passed through Exeter.

The carriers (they had not then risen to the dignity of bus-
proprietors ) were—Hitchings. to Camborne, each morning,
returning im the evening;   Harron, to Falmouth, through
Helston and Penryn, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
returning the alternate days:   William Curnow to Helston
and back, daily ;   William Michell, the same ;   Fidock, to
Truro, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, making the
return journey on the alternate days.

PENZANCE IN 1839-40.

Before we proceed to give a list of our tradesmen
of a byegone day we must once more refer to the
town-council. The notes already published have
recalled to the mind of one of our “oldest inhabi-
tants” a rhyme which gave the professions and
trades of the first reformed corporation. Here is
the result of his retentive memory :-—

"Five bankers, two lawyers, and one auctioneer,
A doctor, 2 hatter, a man of veneer,
Lloyd’s agent, a grocer, 2 dealer in wine,
A seller of goods in the drapery line,
A vendor of hardware and 2 burner of lime :
By tricking or canvas, by desert or by chance,
Composed the new council of the town of Penzance. —

“It was generally understood that the foregoing was com-
posed by Mr. Thomas Coulson, who resided in Clarence-street
at the time. He was the father of the late Mr. William Coul-
son, of Kenegie, the eminent surgeon. ie :
“I should think that it must be about 45 years since.
Perhaps some one may be able in your next to givethe names
of those who answered to the above description.—E. S.”

The classification of trades in 1839 was as
follows :-—

Agents (general .)—Benjamin Downing, Clarence-
street ; J. W. Huthnance, Queen-square ; John B.
Merrifield, Clarence-street ; William Stevens,
Quay.

Architects and Surveyors —William Brown,
Chapel street ; James and E. Harvey, Church-
street. (1t should be noted.that the collator of
this directory calls Causewayhead and North-street
Church-street. )

Auctioneers and Appraisers —J. Ceely, St.
Mary’s-terrace ; Benjamin Downing, Clarence-
street ; James and Edward Harvey, Church-street ;
John B. Merrifield, Clarence-street ; W. H. Rodd,
Penzance ; John Thomas, Parade-passage. (The
last survivor of these, Mr. Rodd, J.P., died at
Liskeard a short time since. )

Bacon-factor :-— Hi. Runnails, Market-jew-street.

Bakers and Flour-dealers :—John Allen, Market-
piuce; Arthur Beckerleg, Church-street; John
Carberry, Market-jew-street; N. Easterbrook,
Market-jew-street ; William Goninon, Adelaide-
street ; Alfred Hallamore, Queen-square ; Henry
Nicholls, Church-street ; John Organ, Market-place ;
John Ralph, Quay-street ; Samuel St. John, St.
Clare-street ; William Warne, Church-street.

Beer-retailers :—Caleb Boney, Market-jew-street ;
Thomas Curpenter, Alverton-lane; John Eliot,
Queen-street ; E. Ellis, Rosemary-lane; J. Fox,
Market-jew-street ; William Mitchell, New-street ;
William Morris, Church-street ; J. Rowe, Quay ;
William Rowe, St. Clure-street ; Grace Shepherd,
Quay ; Stephen Weaver, New-street.

Block and Pump Makers:—William Charles,
Quay-street ; and— Higgs, Barbican-lane.

Booksellers, Stationers, and Bookbinders :—J. W.
Huthnance, Queen-square ; Edward Paddy,
Chapel-street ; R. D. Rodda, Chapel-street ;
Edward Rowe, Market-place; John Thomas,
Market-jew-street. (Observe that Mr. Thomas Beare,
who died a very few years since—the respected
“father” of the printers of Penzance—was not in
business in 1839. )

Boot and Shoe Makers : — R. Barnes, Jennings-
lane; John Basset, St. Clare-street ; J. S. Brown,
Market-jew-street ; William Fitcher, Quay-street ;
J. Gendall, do. ; William Maddern, Jennings-lane ;
T. Matthews, Adelaide-street ; William Paul,
Market-jew-street ; Thomas Polkinghorne, Parade-
street ; James Pool,do.; — Randall,Quay ; Matthew
Kead, Church-street ; Thomas Kenfree, Chapel-
street ; Sampson Reynolds, Market-place ; William
Rodd, Church-street ; Richard Sampson, Market-
jew-street ; Richard Thomas, do. ; W. B.-Trenwith,

Brewers : — Joseph Carne, Market-jew-street ;
Gurney and Downing, Newlyn; Luke and Pen-
treath, Church-street ; James Stephens, Market-
jew-street ; Moses Woolf, do.

Builders and Cabinet Makers :—J.Crocker,North-
parade; Hamilton and Son, Clarence-street ;
James and Edward Harvey, Church-street ;
Joseph Hosken, Clarence - terrace; — Lugg,
_Jennings-lane ; T. G. Matthews, Victoria-place ;
George Rendle, Green-market; William Kendle,
Market-jew-street ; Peter Koberts, Market-jew-
street; KR. Rowe, Church-street; George Still,
Queen-street; Henry Vingoe, Victoria-place;
Joseph Wallis, jun., Victoria-place ; William Wey-
mouth, Parade-street ; John Williams, Market-jew-
street.

The butchers make a formidable list— 47, and aii
then in the market; and we must leave them there
till next week.

17 June 1886

The butchers who had found places in the then
new market-house, and we may be sure there was a
good deal of feeling as to precedence and who
should possess stations deemed the most desirable,
were as follows:—William Arthur, George Ball,
Hannah Boase, Joseph Bosence, Francis Bowden,
Ann Bramble, John Cock, Solomon Cock, Jacob
Corin, James Donnithoine, Michael Donnithorne,
Thomas Donnithorne, William Donnithorne (all
four spelt in the Directory Donathorne,) John
Dugdale, Samuel Ellis, Charles James, Jane Jones,
Henry Martin, James Mathews, John Newton,
William Newton, Richard Oats, John Paul, sen,
John Paul, jun., Frederick Randle, Thomas
Reynolds, Peter Rickards, Henry Roberts, Charles
Rodda, Grace Rodda, John Rodda, Nicholas
Rodda, Sampson Rodda, Thomas Rodda, J. T.
Rodda, Thomas Rodda, James Rogers, Ann Rowe,
Michael Kowe, Robert Sampson, Joseph Suther-
land, Joseph Sutherland, jun, Mary Sutherland,
Benjamin Toman, Edward Williams, William
Williams.

We said last week that all then were under the
new dome, but Robson returns one — Joseph
Edward—as of Market-street.

The “car-proprietors” are published as John
Pollard, New-road, and — Koberts ( Bosey )
New-road. Where are John Hill and Son?

Penzance had for its carpenters and joiners—
Richard Chirgwin, Folly ; John Curnow, Coinage-
hall-street ; Thomas Edmonds, church-street ; John
Hosken, Adelaide-street ; Alexander Hosking,
Chapel-street ; Henry Matthews, Victoria-place ;
and Thomas Wallis, Victoria-place.

The carvers and gilders, to decorate the houses
when the builders had finished, were Robert Broad,
Alverton-street, and M. B. Simmons, Market- jew-
street.

Sickness came and went then as now, we trust
on the whole, somewhat less now, though, like the
poor, it is “always with us,” and the chemists and
druggists of the day, all of whom probably pre-
scribed a little more freely for man and beast than
they now do, were Alfred Blee, Market-jew-street,
and John Cockram, John Coulson, John Harvey, William C. Hemmings, John Prockter, and John Symons, all of the Market-place : all dead.

Of the four clothes-salesmen of 47 years azo
Mr. James Tregarthen, of the Market-place, is the
sole representative. His competitors then were
Messrs. Thomas Broad, Market-place ; John
Nicholls, Church-street ; and Samuel Oppenheim,
Market-jew-street.

Coal-merchants and dealers ( by dealers, we pre-
sume, was meant dealers in iron, slate,or other
me*chandise ) were Messrs. J. Hatten and Son,
Chapel-street ; Richard Cornish, Quay ; Davy and
Sons, Market-jew-street ; and Thomas 8tephens,
Market-jew-street.

From useful if soiling coal to dainty confectionery.
Here we have John Allen, of Market-place ; Mary
Allen, of Market-jew-street ; Alfred Hallamore,
Queen’s-square ; and Thomas Philpot, Chapel-street.
Philpot became Hampton and disappeared ; Mr.
Hallamore is dead ; the name Allen is still found
in the Green-market, and will be seen at the Whit-
sun and Corpus-christi fairs.

Of those workers in wood, the coopers, there
were Messrs. James Eathorne, Church-street, and
John Williams, Vounderveor - lane. Poor old
Cooper Williams has long ceased to handle stave
or hoop. Mr. Eathorne’s excellent specimens of
turning are yet seen in Causewayhead and he, even
now, looks well, after 60 years of toil.

The only conveyancer was John Thomas, the
“ French King,” of Parade-passage.

The curriers and leather-cutters were, in those
days, men of considerable importance. If they
provided good material and the Penzance shoemaker
made a neat but comfortable fit there resulted a
pair of boots or shoes, not it may be so “eyeable”
as those of the present day, but twice as durable
as the product of machine and factory. The currier,
too, was usually “ stocky,” for he gave good credit to
all honest sons of St. Crispin. Well, the curriers
in 1839-40 were — Messrs. J. S. Brown, John
Cunnack, and John Paul, of Market-jew-street ;
Joseph Lanyorand John B. Read, of Church street ;
William Sandrey, of Alverton-street ; James
Warren, of Penwith-street ; and William Webb, of
the Markey-place. Mr. Lanyon has the tontine
here.

( To be Continued. )

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William Robson, who had printed London directories nearly annually from 1819 to 1842, in 1838 and for four years published a series of county directories, the preparation of which is called "hasty and slipshod" by Jane Norton.

The appearance of Frederic Kelly's London directory in 1836 had heralded the production of more accurate directories."

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THURSDAY, MAY 27th 1886.

PENZANCE IN 1839-40.

CORPORATION.

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PENZANCE IN 1839-40.

In mid-March it was resolved to offer Sir C_ D-
Price £600 for the site of the present Prince’s-street
market.

On the 9th of October a cheque for £299 was
passed in favour of Messrs. Wasbrough and Co. for
the town clock.

W. W. Wingfield ( Regent-terrace. )

The post-office is given as in Alverton-street, Miss
Ellen Swain the postmistress. Letters were re-

PENZANCE IN 1839-40.

Before we proceed to give a list of our tradesmen of a byegone day we must once more refer to the town-council. The notes already published have recalled to the mind of one of our pa * oldest. inhabi- tants” a rhyme which gave the professions and trades sf the first reformed co the result of his retentive memory :— rporation. Here is “‘Five bankers, two lawyers, and one auctioneer, A doctor, 2 hatter, a man of veneer, Lioyd’s agent, a grocer, a dealer in wine, A seller ef goods in the drapery line, A vendor of haraware and 2 burner of Hime : By tricking or canvas, by desert or by chance, Composed the new council of the town of Penzance. “Tt was generally understood that the foregoing was com- | posed by Mr. Thomas Coulson, who resi in Clarence-street at the time. He was the father of the late Mr. William Coul- son, of Kenegie, the eminent surgeon. “TIT should think that it must be about 45 years since. Perhaps some one may be able in your next to givethe names | of those who answered to the above description.—E. S.” The classification of trades in 1839 was as | :-— | Agents (general Downing, Clarence- | street ; J. W. Huthnance, Queen-square ; John B. Merrifield, Clarence-street ; William Stevens, | Quay. Architects and Surveyors — William Brown, | Chapel street ; James and E. Harvey, Church- | street. (1t should be noted that the coilator of | this directory calls Causewayhead and North-street | Church-street. ) Auctioneers and Appraisers —J. Ceely, Mary’s-terrace ; Benjamin Downing, Clarence- street ; James and Edward Harvey, Church-street ; | John b. Merrifield, Clarence-street ; W. H. Rodd, The Penzance ; John Thomas, Parade- last survivor of these, Mr. Rodd, J.P., di ied at | Liskeard a short time since. ) Bacon-factor :— H. Runnails, Market-jew-street. | Bakers und Flour-dealers :—John Allen, Market-— piace; Arthur Beckerleg, Charch-street ; John Carberry, Market-jew-street ; N. Easterbrook, Market-jew-street ; William Goninon, Adelaide-| street ; Alfred Hallamore, Queen-square ; Henry | Nicholls, Church-street ; John Organ, Market-place ; John Ralph, Quay-street ; Samuel St. John » St. Clare-street ; William Warne, Church-street. Beer-retailers :—Caleb Boney, ; fkomas Curpenter, Alverton-lane; John Eliot, Queen-street ; E. Ellis, Rosemary-lane; J. Fox, Market-jew-street ; William Mitchell, New-street ; William Morris, Church-street ; J. Rowe, Quay ; William Rowe, St. ; Grace She Quay ; Stephen Weaver, New-street. pherd, | Bl and Pump Makers:—William Charles, Quay-street ; and— Higgs, Barbican-lane. | Booksellers, Stationers, and Bookbinders :-—J. W. Huthnance, Queen-square ; Edward Paddy, Chapel-street ; R. Rodda, Chapel-street ; | Edward Rowe, Market-place ; John Thomas, Market-jew-street. Mr. Thomas Beare, who died a very few years since—the respected | “father” of the printers of Penzance—was not in | business in 1839. ) Boot and Shoe Makers : — R. Barnes, Jennings- | lane ; John Basset, St. Clare-street ; J. S. Brown, Market-jew-street ; William Fitcher, Quay-street ; J. Gendall, do. ; William Maddern, Jennings-lane T. Matthews, Adelaide-street ; William Paul, Market-jew-street ; Thomas Polkinghorne, Parade- street ; James Pool,do.; — Randall,Quay ; Matthew Read, Church-street ; Thomas Renfree, Chapel- street ; Sampson Reynolds, Market-place ; William Rodd, Church-street ; Richard Sampson, Market- jew-street ; Richard Thomas. farade-street ; W. Tresider, Parade-street. , do. ; W. Brewers : — Joseph Carne, Market-jew-street ; Gurney and Downing, Newlyn ; Luke and Pen- treath, Church-street ; James Stephens, Market- jew-street ; Moses Woolf, do. Builders and Cabinet Makers Crocker,N orth- parade ; Hamilton and Son, Clarence-street ; James and Edward Harvey, Church-street ; Joseph Clarence - terrace; — Lugg, Jennings-lane ; T. G. Matthews, Victoria-place ; George Rendle, Green-market; William Rendle, Market-jew-street ; Peter Koberts, Market-jew- street; RK. Rowe, Church-street; George Still, Queen-street ; Henry Vingoe, Victoria-place ; Joseph Wallis, jun., Victoria-place ; William Wey- mouth, Parade-street ; John Williams, Market-jew- street. The butchers make a formidable lis:— 47, and all then in the market ; and we must leave them there till next week.

Cornishman - Thursday 10 June 1886

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17 June 1886

The butchers who had found places in the then
new market-house, and we may be sure there was a
good deal of feeling as to precedence and who
should possess stations deemed the most desirable,
were as follows:—William Arthur, George Ball,
Hannah Boase, Joseph Bosence, Francis Bowden,
Ann Bramble, John Cock, Solomon Cock, Jacob
Corin, James Donnithoine, Michael Donnithorne,
Thomas Donnithorne, William Donnithorne (all
four spelt in the Directory Donathorne,) John
Dugdale, Samuel Ellis, Charles James, Jane Jones,
Henry Martin, James Mathews, John Newton,
William Newton, Richard Oats, John Paul, sen,
John Paul, jun., Frederick Randle, Thomas
Reynolds, Veter Rickards, Henry Roberts, Charles
Rodda, Grace Kodda, John Kodda, Nicholas
Rodda, Sampson Rodda, Thomas Kodda, J. T.
Rodda, Thomas Rodda, James Kogers, Ann Rowe,
Michael Kowe, Robert Sampson, Joseph futher-
land, Joseph Sutherland, jun, Mary Sutherland,
Benjamin Toman, Edward Williams, William
Williams.

We said Jast week that all then were under the
new dome, but Robson returns one — Joseph
Edward=—as of Market-street.

The “car-proprietors” are published as John
Pollard, New-road, and — Koberts ( Bosey )
New-road. Where are John Hill and Son?

The carvers and gilders, to decorate the houses
when the builders had finished, were Robert Broad,
Alverton-street, and M. B. Simmons, Market- jew-
street.