WILLIAM R. HICKS 570 WILLIAM R. HICKS OF BODMIN 576 From a Caricature JOHN THOMAS, OTHERWISE SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY, WHO SHOT LIEUTENANT BENNET IN BASENDEN WOOD, BOUGHTON, NEAR CANTERBURY, AND THE CONSTABLE MEARS, ON THURSDAY, MAY 31ST, 1838. 594 PERCY HONEYWOOD COURTENAY, KNIGHT OF MALTA, ETC. ETC., AS HE APPEARED AT THE ELECTION IN 1832 608 MARY KELYNACK 620 CAPTAIN W. ROGERS 624 From an engraving by Ridley and Blood, after a picture by Drummond JOHN BURTON OF FALMOUTH 628 SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL 638 ANN GLANVILLE 664 DAVIES GILBERT 676 From a mezzotint by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A., after a picture by Henry Howard, R.A. From the collection of Mrs. Lewis Lane JOHN HARRIS, THE MINER POET 692 THE RIGHT HON. JOHN EARL OF RADNOR: BARON ROBERTS OF TRURO 718 After Sir Godfrey Kneller MEMORIAL BRASS IN THE CHURCH OF LANDULPH. 728 Reproduced by permission of E. H. W. Dunkin, Esq., F.S.A., from his book on Cornish Brasses CORNISH CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS CORNISH CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS WILLIAM PENGELLY, GEOLOGIST William Pengelly was born at East Looe on January 12th, 1812, and was the son of the captain of a small coasting vessel and nephew of a notorious smuggler. The Pengellys had, in fact, been connected with the sea for several generations. His mother was a Prout of the same family as the famous water-colour artist. As a child his career was almost cut short by fire. An aunt came to stay with the Pengellys, arriving a day before she was expected. Early on the following morning, when sitting in her bedroom window, wrapped in a thick woollen shawl, she saw her little nephew William rush out of the house enveloped in flames. She hurried after him, and managed to smother the fire with her woollen garment, and thus saved the child's life, though she was herself so badly burnt that she carried the scars to her dying day. The little boy had risen early, and had kindled a fire so that he might go on with his lessons before any one else was astir in the house, with the result that he set light to his clothes, and except for the premature arrival of his aunt, must certainly have been burnt to death. At the age of twelve he went to sea. He says:--