PADSTOW, (Cornwall) 194 cm. 232 mm. from London, is a corp. at the mouth of the r. Alan, or Camel, in the Bristol-Channel, convenient for trade with Ireland; but the harbour, though the best in the N. part of the Co. being capable of many large ships, is of difficult and dangerous access without a skilful pilot, being rocky on the E. side, and barred with the sea- sand on the W. The chief business on this coast, besides the trade in slate tiles, is the fishing of herrings, which come up the channel in Octob. The inh. are such lovers of mirth and good cheer, that from hence comes the phrase of the Good Fellowship of Padstow. The Mt. is on S. Here is a very ancient seat like a castle, of a family of the name of Prideaux, built by the chief of it, in the R. of Q. Eliz. From hence to St. Ives, is a very fruitful and pleasant country, with hills producing tin, copper, and lead, which are all carried to the S. shore.