Penzance is a pretty and picturesque place, and is now an important fishing-town.  It is also celebrated as being the birthplace of Sir Humphrey Davy.  It has greatly improved since the last century, when it is said that the people refused to allow a mail coach road to be extended to their town, that they possessed but one carpet and one cart, and had not heard of silver forks; while the _Sherborne Mercury_ was the only newspaper which circulated among them.  When a stranger approached, the boys in the town invariably armed themselves with stones to fling at him, shouting out, "Whar do you come from?  Be off, now!"  John Wesley did much to introduce the pure gospel among the inhabitants; and we saw several fine churches, in addition to a number of houses in which the floors were undoubtedly carpeted.