They were on the whole treated kindly; their vessel had totally disappeared, and consequently after some delay a ship of war took all the men on board, and conveyed them to Algiers.
The tower of Penzance Church is situated in latitude 50° 6′ 48″; longitude 5° 31′ 0″; in time 22m. 4s. west of Greenwich, as deduced from the Trigonometrical Survey.
The establishment of the port, or the time of high water at the new and full of the moon, is 4h. 30m. very nearly. London Bridge being 2h. 7m.
The establishment of the Lizard is about 5h.; Portbend 6h.; Beechey Head 10h.; Dover 11h; Margate
12h.; mouth of the Thames 1h.; so that the tidal wave occupies about 9h. 30m. in flowing from the Land’s End to London Bridge.
The parish of Maddern measures 5450 statute acres.
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815: | £. | s. | d. |
| Parish | 8,454 | 0 | 0 |
| Penzance | 10,401 | 0 | 0 |
| £18,055 | 0 | 0 | |
| Poor Rate in 1831: | |||
| Parish | 593 | 7 | 0 |
| Penzance | 811 | 11 | 0 |
| £1,404 | 18 | 0 | |
| Population,— | ||||
| in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831, | |
| Parish, | 1564 | 1817 | 2011 | 2058 |
| Penzance | 3382 | 4022 | 5224 | 6563 |
| 4940 | 5839 | 7235 | 8621 | |
giving an increase on the parish of 31½ per cent.; on the town of 94 per cent.; on both of 74 per cent. in 30 years.
THE GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.