a town of Cornwall in England, seated on the river Cober, near its influx into the sea. It is one of those appointed for the coinage of tin, and the place of assembly for the west division of the shire. By a grant of Edward III. it has a market on Saturday, and fairs on March 13th, July 20th, September 9th, November 8th, the second Saturday before St Thomas's day, and the Saturday before Midlent-Sunday, Palm-Sunday, and Whit-Monday. It had formerly a priory and a castle, and sent members to parliament in the reign of Edward I., but was not incorporated till the 27th of queen Elizabeth, who appointed a mayor, to be chosen on September 29, and four aldermen, who are to be of the common-councilmen, and to choose 24 assistants; it was re-incorporated August 16, 1774. Here is a large market-house and a guild-hall, and four streets that lie in the form of a cross, with a little channel of water running through each. The steeple of the church, with its spire, is 90 feet high, and a sea-mark. A little below the town there is a tolerable good harbour, where several of the tin-ships take in their lading. King John exempted this place from paying toll anywhere but in the city of London; and from being implored anywhere but in their own borough. It contains about 400 houses, is well inhabited, and sends two members to parliament.