So called from its situation at the mouth of the river Fal, is in the hundred of Kerrier, and distant from London 269 miles. The principal street runs parallel with the sea-beach, far upwards of a mile in length, below the eminence that commands the harbour; and at the entrance of the town from Penryn, there is a terrace or row of very respectable private houses, delightfully situated.

The town is governed by a mayor and aldermen, but is not a parliamentary borough, although, in every point of view, it is a place of the most consequence in Cornwall. The establishment of the packet boats here, for Spain, Portugal, and the West Indies, and the facilities these vessels afford to commerce, have tended very much to improve the town, which is now become the residence of many opulent families. The pilchard fishery, and the import of iron and timber, for the use of the mines, are also great sources of the present prosperity of Falmouth.

The harbour is unquestionably the finest in the kingdom, and so commodious that ships of the greatest burthen may come close to t he quay: it was surveyed by Commissioner Bowen, for the purpose of ascertaining its capability of accommodating part of the Channel fleet during the winter months, and buoys laid down for the reception of sixteen sail of the line at one time. A communication was constantly kept up with the remainder of the fleet off Ushant, by which means our ships were enabled to pursue the enemy escaping from Brest, without loss of time. A depot of naval stores were formed at Falmouth, and a storekeeper, a master shipwright, and a master attendant, with proper officers under their directions, were appointed. This improvement was intended to obviate the necessity of ships going to Plymouth to refit. The town of Falmouth derived an infinite advantage from the arrangement. Leland, in his Itinerary, describes this place as "a haven very notable and famous, and in a manner the most principal of al Brytaine." The town itself is large, and more populous than any borough in the county. The number of inhabitants returned under the population act, was, in 1811, 3933. The church is a modern building, dedicated to King Charles; the parish having been taken out of St. Gluvias, by act of parliament, during the reign of Charles II.

About a mile from Falmouth, at the extremity of a peninsula which constitutes the southwest boundary of the bay, stands Pendennis Castle, a most magnificent fortress, defending the west entrance of the harbour. The fortifications were originally erected by Henry VIII. but were improved to their present degree of strength in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. They extend nearly a mile in circumference. On the opposite side of the harbour is the castle of St. Mawes, which in every respect is inferior to Pendennis. The little town of St. Mawes, however, is a borough town, and has sent members to parliament ever since the year 1562, though the inhabitants were mostly fishermen, and the place itself without church, chapel, or meetinghouse, till the year 1811, when a chapel was erected here at the expense of the Marquis of Buckingham. Dr. Maton found the shore about Falmouth abounding with shells, some of uncommon species.

The market at Falmouth is on Thursday, very large, and well supplied with all sorts of provisions.

The packets for the West Indies sail twice a month from Falmouth, soon after the arrival of the mails from London, on the Saturday evening; and for Lisbon every Saturday morning, if a packet be in the harbour.

There is also a packet which sails from Falmouth soon after the arrival of the mails on the Saturday evening, for Halifax, Quebec, and New York, and goes and returns by way of Halifax, to and from New York, every month, except November, December, January, and February.

Penryn is about two miles from Falmouth, in the same hundred of Kerrier, 267 miles from London. This town is very finely situated, surrounded by a bold and varied country, at the head of a branch or creek, running from Falmouth harbour, of which there is a fine view from hence.

Penryn is a large town, with a pretty good trade; it is remarkable for its markets, having no less than three: Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. It stands in the two parishes of St. Gluvias and Roskrow; the church is at Gluvias, a small village about half a mile from the town. Penryn is a borough town, incorporated by James I.; the corporation consists of the mayor, eight aldermen, twelve common councilmen, a recorder, and inferior officers. The mayor and aldermen, and all the inhabitants paying scot and lot, in the whole about 140 voters, possess the right of parliamentary election.

Penryn was an ancient manor belonging to the see of Exeter, confirmed in its privileges by charter from Henry III. to William Brewer, bishop of Exon, then lord thereof. Walter Branscombe, bishop of Exeter, in consequence of a dream, built a collegiate church at Penryn, which he named Glasnith or Glasseny, for thirteen prebendaries, sometime before the year 1280. It was a magnificent building and had strong walls and towers to support it; but they are now all fallen to decay, and there are hardly any remains of the fabric.

The church of St. Gluvias is a spacious and handsome building, surrounded by groves of wood; its situation and accompaniments will repay the admirer of picturesque beauty for deviating from the main road to observe them."

The road for two miles from Penryn towards Truro passes through a well-cultivated and picturesque country, finely broken, and tolerably well covered with wood. About four miles from Penryn, is Perran Wharf, at the head of a fine cove running down to the sea: there is a beautiful villa here belonging to Mr. Fox, who is one of the company proprietors of the wharf. There is no spot in Cornwall more improved than this, and hardly any more beautiful. The eminences surrounding the cove to a large extent are covered with thriving plantations of the piueaster. At the wharf there is an iron foundery.

Sir William Lemon's seat, Carclew, is situated on an eminence rising from the valley through which the Carnon stream-works are conducted. This place has been highly improved by the present possessor, and forms, with the grounds of Mr. Fox, above Perran Wharf, a beautiful and interesting contrast to the dreary and uncultivated mining country adjacent.

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FALMOUTH is a sea-port, market and union town and a municipal borough, is also a joint parliamentary borough, having been constituted as such by the Reform Act of 1832, and consisting of the borough of Penryn, the parish of Falmouth, part of the parish of Budock, and part of the township of St. Gluvias, to which also part of the parish of Mylor was added by the Boundary Act, 1868 (31 and 32 Viet. c. 46); and the borough returned two members until the passing of the “Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885,” when the number was reduced to one. The town is the head of a county court district, and in the Truro division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of East Kerrier, rural deanery of Carnmarth, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Truro; it is 312 miles from London, 92 from Exeter, 60 from Plymouth, 11 south from Truro, 24 east from Penzance and 11 south-east from Redruth, and is the terminus of the West Cornwall (Great Western) railway, by which the metropolis may be reached in eight and a half hours.

Falmouth was incorporated by a charter granted under the 13th of Charles II. dated October 5th, 1661, and its incorporation was continued under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835 (5 and 6 William IV. c. 76): by an Act passed in 1664 (16 Charles II.), the town was made a separate and distinct parish; and by another Act in 1670 (22 Charles II.), the boundaries were defined and the right of presentation to the rectory and the quay dues fixed. The borough was also extended in 1892, and now includes the whole of the parish of Falmouth and part of the parish of Budock, and is divided into 4 wards.

The Corporation consists of a mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors, who also act as the urban sanitary authority. The borough has a commission of the peace of fifteen justices, by whom petty sessions are held every Monday and Thursday, but the influx of shipping frequently calls for extra attendance. The holding of quarter sessions, and the offices of recorder and coroner were discontinued in 1865, under the Act 28 and 29 Victoria, c. 103.

The town is about 1 ½ miles in length, but narrow, and built on a site mostly northward of the narrow isthmus connecting the peninsula of Pendennis with the main land, and from the citadel of Pendennis on the western shore to St. Mawes Castle on the shore opposite, at the entrance to the estuary of the Fal is a distance of one mile; and the estuary includes the spacious inlets of Carrick (or Carreg) Roads, St. Just Pool, Mylor Creek, and the inner harbour of Falmouth, opening to an inland navigation of great extent and importance, embracing the towns of Penryn, St. Mawes, Devoran, Tregony and Truro.

Falmouth has the advantage of possessing one of the finest and most capacious harbours in the country. As many as 350 to 400 sail have taken shelter here at various times during the winter months. Attached to the port are two foundries, engineering works and several yards for the building and repairing of steamers and other ships. The docks, built in 1860, have an area of 120 acres, and comprise a tidal harbour of about 42 acres, with a depth at the discharging berths varying from 18 feet to 23 feet at low water spring tides, and two graving docks-one 350 feet long, 50 feet wide, with 14 feet water over cill at spring tides, and the other 537 feet long, 71 feet wide, with 22 feet water over cill at spring tides. There are extensive warehouses and cranes lifting up to 40 tons, together with building yards, factories, and all other conveniences for repairing ships and taking in and discharging cargoes; the entrance to the tidal harbour is 1,000 feet wide, and has a depth of 20 feet of water at low tide. A Lifeboat Station was established in the docks in 1867. A station on the Great Western railway, adjoining the docks, was opened here in 1863.

The principal firms are Messrs. Cox and Co. engineers and ship builders, who employ over 350 persons; Messrs. Pool, Skinner and Williams, ship builders; Messrs. W. and E. C. Carne, rope makers, brewers, wine merchants and shipping agents, and Mr. William Henry Lean, ship builder.

The port of Falmouth is the central port of the West Cornwall district, which includes Truro, Penzance and the Scilly Islands, and is considered as possessing the same relative importance to the commercial interests of the nation as Portsmouth and Plymouth present in a naval or Government point of view. The limits of the port have been defined to extend from Dodman point, the limit of the port of Fowey, to Messick point, limit of Truro, and the Lizard the limit of Penzance. Fishing boats and their implements are distinguished by letters, F. H. The old Government sailing packets were established at Falmouth for more than a century before the introduction of Transatlantic steam navigation, and since that period the advantageous geographical position of the port, its capacious sheet of water, safety of anchorage and facility of ingress and egress, have become extensively recognized, and as a port of call for vessels of all nations, it stands unrivalled. The following is a list of the number, tonnage and flags of the vessels, principally for orders, and exclusive of coasters, which arrived at Falmouth during 1896:-British, 369,443, 836 tonnage; Norwegian, 213,110,697; German, 93, 90,583; Italian, 53, 35,303; Danish, 60, 19,949; Swedish, 38, 20,329; French, 30, 28,371; Russian, 18, 7,926; Dutch, 13, 12,570; Austrian, 6, 3,607; Spanish, 5, 3,919; Greek, 4, 3,621; Portuguese, 2, 1,067; others, 3, 1,320; grand total, 907 vessels; 783,078 tons. Totals for 1895, 1,103 vessels, 971,017 tons; 1894, 1,206 vessels, 973,652 tons; 1893, 1,082 vessels, 864,173 tons.

The imports of Falmouth comprise grain, coal, timber (Baltic and American), guano, cattle, artificial manures, bones, phosphate, bricks, slates &c. ; its exports are china-clay, tin, granite, hemp and wire rope, pilchards, paper, arsenic and ochre, which, being the staples of the county, are shipped from the ports within the Fal, both coastwise and foreign. It has also an extensive oyster and trawl fishery. The port has about 30 steamers for towage and boarding purposes, and 7 pilot cutters. There are also breweries, granite works, bone mills and flour mills in the neighbourhood.

H.M.S. “Ganges,” a training ship for boys, lies in the harbour off St. Just-in-Roseland.

About a mile south of St. Mawes Castle (across the Creek bearing its name), and forming the eastern extremity of the port, stands the Trinity Lighthouse, constructed of granite, and erected on St. Anthony's Point about the year 1828; it has a light which revolves three times a minute and with a second light below directs vessels to a course clear of the Manacle Rocks, which lie about six miles off the harbour. There is a steep and precipitous rock in the middle of the channel called the “Black Rock,” upon which a solid beacon, crowned by a hollow globe, is erected.

Falmouth has given the title of earl to the families of Berkeley (1664) and Robartes (1679), and of Earl and Viscount to that of Boscawen (1720), now held by the Right Hon. Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th viscount ; George Fitzroy, a natural son of Charles II. by Barbara (Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland, was also created Viscount Falmouth (1674).

The church of King Charles the Martyr, built in 1662—3, at the expense of Charles II. James Duke of York and other distinguished patrons, is a large and plain edifice of stone and granite in a Debased Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisle, vestry and a tower, originally of three stages, but raised to four stages in the year 1800 to allow of the reception of a clock; it is embattled and has pinnacles and three bells, hung in 1861 at a cost of about £330: the church was paved and otherwise improved in 1706, at the cost of Robert Corker, and in 1812 it was lengthened eastward at an expense of £1,643 : there are a large number of monuments of modern date, and sittings for 1,700 persons. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1663; marriages and burials, 1664. The living is a rectory, with residence, net yearly value £1,500, in the gift of the Bishop of Truro, and held since 1882 by the Rev. Brian Christopherson M.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge, surrogate and rural dean of Cammarth. The income of the living arises from a rate of 16 pence in the £ leviable under Acts 16 Chas. II. c. 18, and 23 Chas. c. 20, on all buildings within the town and parish, producing now (1897) £1,900, and tithes £60. By an Act passed in 1896 the rate is now collected by the Falmouth Corporation, and the rector’s stipend from the rates limited to £1,400 a year, the balance going towards a sinking fund for eventually extinguishing the rate. The Rev. Charles Adolphus Walker, who resides at Falmouth, has held since 1892 the chaplaincy of the Seamen’s Mission for the Port and Harbour of Falmouth.

All Saints’ Church stands at the corner of Albany road and Killigrew street, on a site presented by the Earl of Kimberley; the foundation stone was laid November 2nd, 1887, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and the church was consecrated in 1890 by the Bishop of Barbadoes, acting for the Bishop of Truro, the total cost being £6,500. It is a building of Plymouth limestone with Ham Hill and Doulting dressings, in the Early English style, from designs by Mr. J. D. Sedding, arcnitect, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, shallow transepts, vestries, with a connecting ambulatory, west and north porches and a circular turret over the north porch containing one bell: in 1895 a new pulpit of alabaster and marble was presented by Major Bowyer in memory of his sister: there are 700 sittings.

All Saints’ Mission room in Killigrew street, has been extensively repaired and improved and was re-opened in February, 1893; it has 250 sittings.

The Catholic church, in Killigrew street, erected in 1868 and dedicated to St. Mary, is a building of stone with granite dressings, in the Transitional Norman style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a lofty round tower with spire containing one bell: there are nine memorial windows to the Polglase family, and two memorial windows with a communion table of polished granite have been erected by the family of Freeman.

The Friends’ Meeting House, Gyllyng street, erected in 1873 on the site of the original structure, dating from 1803, is a plain building of stone, and has 200 sittings.

The Jewish Synagogue, Gyllyng street, is now disused.

The Baptist chapel, in Market street, erected in 1877 at a cost, including schools, of £8,000, is a building of granite and stone in the Gothic style, and has 800 sittings.

The Congregational chapel, High street, originally built in 1662, was rebuilt in 1715 ; the present chapel, erected in 1853, will seat 750 persons. The Bible Christian chapel, Berkeley vale, was built in 1867, and will seat 500 persons. The Primitive Methodist chapel, Chapel row, built in 1869, has 360 sittings. The Wesleyan chapel, Killigrew street, erected in 1791 and rebuilt in 1876, is an edifice of stone and granite in the Decorated style, and cost, with site, over £6,000: it will seat 1,250 persons. The Wesleyan chapel, Pike’s hill, was built in 1867, and will seat 650 persons.

There is a Seamen’s Bethel and Institute, on Quay hill, established in 1849, and rebuilt in 1893; it contains a mission room holding 700 persons and a large reading room for seafaring persons : a mission boat for harbour and roadstead work was presented to the Institution in November, 1896. There is also a Fishermen’s Rest and Reading room on Fish Strand.

The Salvation Army has a place of meeting in Webber street, holding about 1,000 persons.

The Cemetery, 8 acres in extent, belongs to the borough of Falmouth, and is near the Swanpool; one portion, appropriated to the Established Church, was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter, 19th May, 1857; the other part is for Dissenters: each portion has its own chapel; and the whole is under the control of the Town Council.

The Town Hall, in Killigrew street, is a building in the Italian style, erected in the year 1866 from designs by Messrs. Reeves and Butcher, of London, at a cost of £4,000: it contains an office for the transaction of the business of the county court, the registrar’s office, high bailiff’s office and judges’ apartments; there is also a large hall for magisterial business. The municipal offices and council chamber are in the buildings of the Free Library.

The municipal insignia of this borough comprise two maces and a town seal; the maces, of silver-gilt, are each about 3 feet in length and have baluster shafts; the heads, supported by scroll brackets, bear the royal arms of Geo. I. and those of the borough; round the tops are circlets of crosses and fleurs-de-lis, from which spring open arched crowns ; on the flat top are the royal arms in relief, and the foot knop of the shaft is enriched with foliaged work; both maces, as appears from an inscription on the shafts, were presented to the Corporation in 1726, by Martin Killigrew esq.; the circular seal bears the device of a double-headed eagle displayed, charged on each wing with a cattle and on the breast with a rock on which is a pole.

The Custom House is a low stuccoed building, with a portico supported by six pillars of the Corinthian order.

The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Church street, was founded in 1833 for the encouragement of the fine and industrial arts: the society holds an annual exhibition and competition in the fine arts, mechanics, photography and natural history in the Polytechnic Hall. The public subscription library, founded in 1833, and kept here, contains 6,000 volumes. Here also is the Fisheries’ Museum of the Cornwall County Council and the Falmouth Church Institute.

The Falmouth Free Library, on the Moor, erected in 1894 at a cost of £7,000, is a building of limestone with granite facings, in the Italian style, and includes library, municipal offices, council chamber and science, art and technical schools: the library premises comprise a large reading room and lending and reference departments. About £2,000 of the cost was bequeathed in 1892 by Octavius Allen Ferris esq. late of St. Pancras, Middlesex, who also left a similar amount to the boroughs of Truro, Penzance, Camborne and Redruth, for the purpose of instituting or aiding in the institution of a free library in each town; £2,000 was given by J. Passmore Edwards esq. towards the library and schools, and a grant of £420 from the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, for the schools and the balance by the Corporation: the library contains about 3,000 volumes.

The Savings Bank, a plain building of granite, was erected in Church street, in 1887, at a cost of £800: at the back is the Freemasons’ Hall, built in 1885 at a cost of £1,300, and consisting of ante-room and large lodge room with necessary offices underneath: this is the oldest Freemasons’ lodge in the county.

The General Post Office, in Church street, is a building in a Classic style, erected in 1867, at a cost of £1,300.

The Market House, on the Moor near the centre of the town, is the property of the Earl of Kimberley K.G. and was erected in 1812, at a cost of £2,500: the market day is Saturday.

The Volunteers’ Drill Hall, in Berkeley vale, erected in 1874, is a building of stone 84 feet long, 50 feet high, with a reading room, armoury and sergeant-instructor’s quarters. It is also let for public entertainments, and will hold 700 persons.

The Falmouth Meteorological and Magnetical Observatory, formerly situated on the Bowling Green hill and erected in the year 1867—8, has been removed to a more commodious building, erected in 1884—5, at the top of Killigrew street; on the roof is placed a self-recording anemometer, Robinson pattern, registering every hour the velocity and direction of the wind; the pressure and temperature of the air are also registered by continuous photographic curves, from self-recording instruments. Eye observations of pressure, temperature and weather are taken at the even hours of the day from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. and the maximum and minimum temperature for the preceding 24 hours are observed each day at 10 p.m.

The rainfall is measured daily at 10 a.m. The rain is collected in a self-recording Beckley gauge, which registers the total amount collected and the hours on which it fell. Bright sunshine is also recorded automatically by the Campbell-Stokes instrument, the sun’s rays being brought to a focus by a solid sphere of glass four inches in diameter, and registered on a prepared card. In 1886 a set of magnetographs, provided by grant from the Royal Society, recording continuously the vertical and horizontal force of the magnetic currents and also the declination, was fixed in a chamber in the basement of the building. The observatory is under the direction of the Meteorological Council, London, and the results of the observations are sent to the Meteorological office weekly. It is under the local management of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society.

The Royal Cornwall Sailors’ Home and Infirmary for Seamen of all nations, situated at Bar and established May 17, 1852, is a large structure of brick available for about 60 inmates: His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall K.G. is the patron.

Falmouth Cottage Hospital, at 1 Albert cottages, was founded in 1883 and contains 7 beds ; it was formerly supported by voluntary contributions, but now by paying patients.

The Hospital, situated at the top of Killigrew street, was erected and furnished in 1893, at the cost of J. Passmore Edwards esq. The Falmouth Dispensary, established in 1807, is incorporated with it.

The Cornwall Home for Destitute Little Girls, opened in October, 1871, is a building of local stone, relieved with granite and brick, and commands very extensive views of both land and sea.

Earle’s Retreat Almshouses in Trelawney road, erected in 1869 at the cost of George Earle esq. a native of Falmouth and late a resident of Hobart Town, form a block of buildings in the Gothic style, with a small chapel for the use of the inmates, usually about 32 in number.

The Widows’ Retreat Almshouses, built in 1810, at the expense of John, 1st Baron Wodehouse, and Samuel Tregelles esq. on land belonging to the former, at the foot of Mount Zion, are for 10 poor widows of good character.

There are charities of £14 annual value, £4 10s. for apprenticing and £9 10s. distributed in bread and money.

In 1779 Mrs. Ann Davell, of Chiswick, bequeathed the sum of £8 yearly to be applied alternately towards the support of a poor widow and towards clothing and apprenticing the son of a poor widow.

Arwenack Manor House, the property of the Right Hon. the Earl of Kimberley K.G. lord of the manor, was built by Sir John Killigrew in the year 1571. During the wars of the Commonwealth the greater part of the mansion was burnt down; there are, however, considerable remains, part of the premises being occupied as the manor office and part by Dr. William King Bullmore as a residence.

Kerrisvean, in Woodlane, is the seat of Sir Joseph Whitweil Pease bart. M.P., D.L., J.P.; Grove Hill, also in Woodlane, is the residence of Robert Fox esq. ; and Marlborough, about a mile west of the town, that of Captain George Parker Bull.

Opposite the Manor House of Arwenack is an obelisk, 40 feet high, erected A.D. 1737—8 by Martin Killigrew (the last of that name), to the memory of Sir Peter Killigrew, ob. 1704, and as an ornament to the harbour, at a cost of £455 ; it was originally in the Grove, but was removed in the year 1836 to make room for new buildings in Grove place, and erected on the hill towards the sea at Lansdowne road, and in 1871 was brought back by order of the Earl of Kimberley and erected in its present position, which is the nearest possible to its original site.

Pendennis and St. Mawes Castles are on either side the entrance of the harbour. The former, which stands on the west side, at a height of about 200 feet above the sea level, is a fortress of the Tudor period, occupying a considerable area, and is strongly defended by bastions and outworks. In 1644 Queen Henrietta Maria took shelter here previous to her embarkation for the Continent, and in 1646, being invested by the forces of the Parliament, it was gallantly defended for a space of six months by Sir John Arundell kt. of Trerice, then 86 years of age, but eventually surrendered on the 31st August in that year; it had previously received Prince Charles, when on his way to the Scilly islands. On Pendennis hill is a rocket life-saving apparatus, provided by the Board of Trade. The Cornwall and Devon Miners’ Artillery Militia (Western Division Royal Artillery) have their head quarters here in Pendennis Castle; the regiment was stationed at Falmouth during the Russian war and occupied the barracks at these castles, the defences whereof were at that time repaired and greatly increased, and since 1892 they have been reconstructed and improved. The views from the various terraces, west and south, and also from the environs and walks, are of a most extensive character. The Royal Engineers, Falmouth section, Coast Battalion, have quarters also in the castle. At Falmouth are also stationed the 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s) Volunteer Artillery, Western Division, Royal Artillery, and the 1st Volunteer Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. The sub-marine mining establishment, on the Bar, was built in 1892.

Pendennis Castle-drive was formed around the headland of Pendennis by the inhabitants of Falmouth in the year 1865.

There are several good hotels, the principal being the “Falmouth,” facing the bay; the “Pendennis” to the westward; the Green Bank hotel, which is pleasantly situated and commands views of the harbour, castle and surrounding scenery and has a quay adjoining; and the “Royal” in Market street.

The public garden, called “Kimberley Park,” at Berkeley Vale and about 7 acres in extent, was laid out and presented to the inhabitants in 1877 by the Earl of Kimberley K.G. as an ornamental recreation ground. Opposite to the northern part of Falmouth and communicating by a ferry is the village of FLUSHING, long famed for the salubrity of its climate, and well sheltered from the easterly winds. The Earl of Kimberley K.G., P.C. who is lord of the manor, and Arthur Francis Basset esq. of Tehidy, are the principal landowners.

The area of the parish is 651 acres, excluding 255 of which are water; rateable value of the town, £8,559; and of the parish, £22,282; in 1891 the population of Falmouth town was 4,273, which includes a floating population of 1,168, and of the parish, 6,925 ; total, 11,198.

By the scheme of 1892, the old town of Falmouth, the parish of Falmouth and all Penwerris (being part of the parish of Budock), are now within the Municipal Borough of Falmouth, arranged as under:—

The population of the Parliamentary Borough in 1891 was 17,533, which includes Penryn, Falmouth, Flushing, Budock (part of), Mylor (part of) and St.Gluvias (part of).

Petty Sessions are held on the second & last Wednesdays in every month, at the Town hall, Penryn, at 11 a.m. The following plaees are included in the Petty Sessional division:-Budock, Constantine, Falmouth (parish), Gwennap, Mabe, Mawnan, Mylor, Perran-ar-Worthal, St. Gluvias & St. Stythians.

FALMOUTH UNION

Board day every alternate Thursday at the Workhouse, Budock.

The Union comprises the following parishes, viz. :-Budock (Urban), Budock (Rural), Constantine, Falmouth town & parish, Mabe, Mawnan, Mylor, Penryn, Perran-ar-Worthal & St. Gluvias. The population in 1891 was 23,970; area, 25,295 acres; rateable value, £80,914.

The Workhouse at Trescobeas, in the parish of Budock, 1 ¼ miles north-east of the town, is a stuccoed building with stone dressings, erected in 1852 & will hold 170 inmates; John George, master; William King Bullmore, medical officer; Miss Jessie J. Coad, matron.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services

King Charles the Martyr Church, Rev. Brian Christopher-son M.A. rector; 8 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; 8 a.m. daily in summer & 11 a.m. in winter months; Wed. 11 a.m. & 7.30 p.m. ; Fri. 11 a.m.

All Saints’ Church, Killigrew street; 8 & 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; 6 p.m. daily.

Mission Room (All Saints’), Killigrew street; 11 a.m. children’s service & address; 6.30 p.m. evening prayer & address.

Penwerris Church, Rev. Adoniah Schuyler Sutton B.A. vicar; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

St. Mary Catholic, Killigrew street, Rev. Canon William Cassey M.R. priest; mass 9.30 & 11 a.m.; catechism 3 & rosary, instruction & benediction 6.30 p.m.; daily mass 8 a.m.; summer & 8.30 p.m. winter; holidays of obligation, rosary & benediction 7 p.m.

Society of Friends’ Meeting House, Gyllyng street, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 11 a.m.

Baptist, Market street, Rev. Charles Trim Johnson, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, High street, Rev. William Wood; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.15 p.m.

Earle’s Retreat Chapel; 3 p.m. ; Tues. 7 p.m.

Bible Christian, Berkeley vale, Rev. Vincent Henry Culliford; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.15 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Chapel row, Rev. J. S. Nunn, of Truro; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan, Killigrew street, Rev. Richard Harding; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.15 p.m.

Wesleyan, Pikes hill, Rev. Charles Adie Pollard; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Fri. 7.15 p.m.

Seamen’s Bethel, Quay hill, Rev. J. C. Badger; 6.30 p.m.; Tues. Thur. & Sat. 7 p.m.

SCHOOLS

Grammar, Killigrew street, formerly the Falmouth classical & mathematical school, established in the year 1824 as a proprietary school, & surrounded by its own grounds, of about an acre, used as a recreation ground for the pupils : it was closed about 1855 & in 1857 was opened as a Grammar school, having been endowed in 1892 by Miss Curgenven.

A School Board of 7 members was formed in 1876 for the United District of Falmouth borough parish; William Jenkins, 39 Church street, clerk to the board; John Paine, Berkeley vale, attendance officer; meet at the old Council chamber, Town hall, on third Monday in each month at 7 p.m.

Board, Webber’s hill, built in 1879, for 165 boys, 172 girls & 130 infants; average attendance, 157 boys, 140 girls & 135 infants.

British, Smithick hill, for 300 girls & 270 infants; average attendance, 181 girls & 166 infants.

National, Wodehouse terrace, built in 1809, for 215 boys, 215 girls & 150 infants; average attendance, 160 boys, 139 girls & 142 infants.

St. Mary’s Catholic School (mixed), Killigrew street, built in 1886, for 100 children; average attendance, 34.

WATER CONVEYANCE

The British & Irish Steam Packet Company’s vessels leave Falmouth Dock’s Pier head for Plymouth, Southampton, Portsmouth & London, Monday & Friday, at 8 morning; for Dublin, Tuesday & Friday afternoon, at 5 ; W. & E. C. Carne, Market street, agents. See advert, facing commencement of Cornwall.

The London & Liverpool Line of steamers leave Falmouth Dock’s pier head for Liverpool, Mondays, 8 a.m.; W. & E. C. Carne, Market street, agents. See advertisement facing commencement of Cornwall.

St. Mawes Steam Tug & Passenger Company's steamers leave Market strand for St. Mawes at 7.40 & 10.30 a.m. & 1, 2.50 & 5.30 p.m.; Sundays, at 7.40 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.

Benney’s steamers, from Market strand to Truro or Malpas, daily during summer months & on Wed. & Sat. during winter.

To Flushing-Ferries run frequently from Market strand & Greenbank.