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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/39920-0.txt b/39920-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0243f1e --- /dev/null +++ b/39920-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17593 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook, Yarmouth Notes, by Frederick Danby Palmer + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Yarmouth Notes + 1830-1872. Collected from the File of the Norwich Mercury + + +Author: Frederick Danby Palmer + + + +Release Date: June 5, 2012 [eBook #39920] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YARMOUTH NOTES*** + + +Transcribed from the 1889 J. Buckle edition by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, +UK, for kindly allowing their copies to be used in checking this +transcription and allowing the photographs. + + [Picture: F. Danby Palmer] + + + + + + Yarmouth Notes + + + * * * * * + + 1830–1872. + + * * * * * + + _Collated from the File of the Norwich Mercury_. + + * * * * * + + BY + FREDERICK DANBY PALMER. + + * * * * * + + GREAT YARMOUTH: + PRINTED BY J. BUCKLE, KING STREET. + 1889. + + + + +PREFACE. + + +The following pages are a reprint of extracts from the file of the +_Norwich Mercury_, which, under the heading of “Yarmouth Notes,” have +recently appeared in the columns of the _Yarmouth Mercury_; and in +consequence of a very generally expressed wish on the part of the public, +re-appear in the present form. + +At the time these notices of Yarmouth News appeared in the _Norwich +Mercury_, that journal was the organ of the old Whig party, and such of +them, as treat of politics, being doubtless tinged by the party feeling +of the Editor, should be so taken and read. + +The idea of collating this matter suggested itself to the compiler upon +the occasion of Geo. Wm. Darby Palmer-Kerrison, Esq., presenting the file +of the _Norwich Mercury_, (then in his Library), but which had been +preserved by the late Robert Palmer Kemp, Esq., to the Yarmouth Free +Library, and it is hoped that this action will not only prove of some +entertainment and amusement to the reader, but also will be of service to +any person who may, in the future, deal with local events as affecting +the history of the borough of Great Yarmouth. + + F. D. P. + +HALL QUAY, + _December_, 1889. + + * * * * * + + TO + THE RIGHT HONOURABLE + CHARLES LORD SUFFIELD, + P.C., K.C.B., &c, &c. + +_The following pages_, _relating to a Town_, _in the welfare of which his +Lordship and his noble forefathers have taken so deep an interest for +many years_, _are with his permission_, _inscribed by_ + + HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT, + THE AUTHOR. + +_Great Yarmouth_, + _December_, 1889. + + + + +FIRST SERIES, 1830–40. + + + “When found, make a note of”— + + CAPT. CUTTLE. + + + +1830. + + +Jan. 2nd.—Contains an advertisement of the report of the “Norfolk +Association for preserving the lives of Shipwrecked Mariners,” held at +Norwich, William Barth, Esq., in the chair, from which it appears that an +investigation had taken place as to the loss of seven men from the brig +Hamond, and that as the lifeboat was not constructed with a view to +affording aid to vessels immediately on the beach, Mr. Ambrose Palmer had +most kindly offered to supply a boat for that purpose. + +Jan. 9th.—The prisoners in the gaol returned thanks to Mr. Daniel Hook +for the good dinner of “roast beef and plum pudding and a quart of ale +each,” which he had given them on New Year’s Day. + +Jan. 21.—Mr. William Ferrier had given a lecture on Natural History, at +the Mechanics’ Institution; and at an adjourned meeting of the Public +library, Mr. Charles Nicholls entered upon the office of Treasurer in the +room of the Rev. H. R. Bowles, deceased; and Mr. Thomas Hammond was +re-elected librarian. + +Jan. 28th.—Charles John Palmer, Esq., had been elected a F.S.A. + +Feb. 4th.—Navigation was stopped by the frost. + +Feb. 11th.—A Fisherman’s Provident Society had been established, to which +George Danby-Palmer, Esq., “had been a liberal subscriber, and had +accepted the office of treasurer, Mr. Thomas Hammond acting as +secretary.” + +March 25th.—A meeting had been held at the New Hall (George Bateman, +Mayor, in the chair) to take into consideration “the expediency of +building a new church,” when Robert Wall, Esq., George Danby-Palmer, +Esq., Samuel Tolver, Esq. (Town-clerk), and Mr. Ferrier took part, and a +resolution was carried against the proposal to build the church. + +April 3rd.—A boldly contested steeplechase had been run off between +several gentlemen of the Munro Hunt, when the prize, a large silver Cup +and cover, was won by H. Munro, Esq., who rode the distance, from Fritton +to Gorleston (above four miles), in fifteen minutes. Above forty +gentlemen afterwards dined at the Bear. + +April 15th.—A meeting had been held at the New Hall “for the purpose of +petitioning Parliament for the further reduction of taxation and a +retrenchment in the public expenditure.” George Danby-Palmer, Esq., was +in the chair, and William Barth, Esq., Simon Cobb, Esq., John Shelley, +Esq., John Burton Palmer, Esq., William Smith, Esq., Mr. John Barnes, Mr. +Boulton, Mr. Dennent, and Mr. Barrett, took part in the proceedings. + +April 22nd.—Much damage had been done to the shipping and in the town by +a gale. + +May 6th.—A meeting (George Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair) had been +held for the purpose of appointing a select vestry for the parish. + +July 3rd.—Owing to the death of King George IV. the paper appeared in +mourning. + +July 8th.—The Hon. Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold had arrived to canvass the +Borough. + +July 15th.—A funeral service had been held for the late King (the +Corporation attending in black robes, were afterwards entertained by the +Mayor to chocolate, &c.) It was estimated that there were 3,000 persons +in the church. + +July 22nd.—Messrs. Preston and Campbell (the Tory candidates) had +arrived. They were attended (so says the advertisement) “by upwards of +400 persons, 50 gentlemen on horseback, and an enormous company of +gentlemen in their carriages, comprising all the consequence and wealth +of the town.” + +Aug. 12th.—A meeting had been held to congratulate the King on his +accession to the Throne (George Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair); to the +resolution then passed Mr. Palmer received a reply from Sir Robert Peel, +stating that the King had received the same in a most gracious manner. + +Aug. 15th.—Messrs. Anson and Rumbold had been returned “after a severe +opposition by almost the entire force of the Corporation.” The poll +closing—Anson, 944; Rumbold, 944; Campbell, 754; Preston, 754. A dinner +of their supporters (W. Barth, Esq., in the chair) was afterwards held at +the Masonic Hall. + +Aug. 26th.—Contains an advertisement that “the old annual main of cocks +would be fought near the Feathers’ Inn, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 7th +and 8th September, between the gentlemen of Norwich and Yarmouth, for +five sovs. a battle and 50 the odds. Feeders—Stafford, Norwich, and +Lamb, Yarmouth.” + +Sept. 2nd.—On the “decollation of S. John” the following officers were +elected for the Borough for the ensuing year:— + +Mayor elect—Edmund Preston, Esq. + +Chamberlain—Mr. Robert B. Fenn. + +Churchwardens—I. Preston, Esq. and Mr. J. T. Bracey. + +Auditors—G. Bateman, Esq., F. R. Reynolds, Esq., Mr. I. Preston, and Mr. +E. Youell. + +Collectors—Charles Costerton, Esq., and Mr. James Clarke. + +Muragers—Charles Symonds and Charles J. Palmer, Esqs. + +Dec. 9th.—A meeting had been held to petition the legislature for a +Reform in Parliament. The Mayor (E. Preston, Esq., in the chair), Mr. +Alderman Barth, Mr. S. Cobb, John Shelley, Esq., and John Brightwen, +Esq., took part in the proceedings. + +Dec. 23rd.—The self-styled Gorleston and Southtown Corporation dissolved, +and formed itself into the “Hand in Hand Friendly Society,” and it was +ordered that “the regalia of the late Corporation should be sold and the +money arising therefrom distributed among the poor of the parish.” + + + +1831. + + +Feb. 10th—_The Gorleston and Southtown Magazine_ had been issued in +weekly numbers or monthly parts, and contained a biographical notice of +Mr. Dawson Turner, F.S.A., &c. + +Feb. 17th.—Amongst the vessels lost and driven ashore by the then late +gales were the Alfred (Simmonds), the Flora, the Juno (Moss), the +Elizabeth and Mary Welch (Amis), and the Anson (Garwood). + +March 5th.—Contains the following notice of Mr. Palmer’s Fancy Dress +Ball:— + + MR. PALMER’S FANCY BALL. + + In our notice of this amusement at the late Festival, we recollect to + have said—“The ice has been broken, the pleasure has been felt, and + we shall be mistaken if the next effort be not more successful.” + This prediction, intended at the time to be applied to future + festivals, we did not expect to be so soon, so completely, or so + successfully fulfilled, as in the instance we now have the pleasure + to record. This entertainment was given at the Town Hall on Tuesday + evening last, in celebration of the attainment of his majority by Mr. + S. Palmer, the grandson of the late Danby Palmer, Esq., whose + extended private connections and still wider mercantile pursuits have + bequeathed to his grandson a more numerous portion of friends than it + is the lot of most persons to enjoy at an early period of life. The + invitations were sent out with such hospitality, the preparations + were on so munificent a scale, that the spirit of the donor seemed to + diffuse itself not only to all those who were about to be present, + but to all the inhabitants of the borough. The novelty, the + continued arrivals, the firing of cannon, the banners floating at the + Town Hall, and in various parts of the town, the gay appearance of + the ships in the harbour, most of which were decorated with pennons, + as were several vessels in the Roads—all aided in keeping alive the + expectation, so that in the evening the Quay, around the hall, was + crowded with persons anxious to see the company—so anxious, indeed, + that the carriage windows were assailed by men and women jumping up + to get a peep at the interior. The company began to assemble about + half-past eight, and on entering the ball room were announced by + name, and received by Mr. Palmer and his mother and Miss A. Burton + (to whom, we understand, Mr. Palmer is about to be united.) These + ladies appeared in very elegant Court dresses, and Mr. Palmer in a + full-dress Court suit. Till ten o’clock the company continued to + arrive, at which hour Mr. Palmer opened the Ball by leading off a + country dance with Miss A. Burton. We never saw a similar + entertainment combining so great a variety of character. The + brilliancy of the colours and the constant succession of costumes, + the reliefs, the contrasts, and the varying shades, reminded us + forcibly of those beautiful combinations formed by the kaleidoscope, + of which, visually, this scene may be said to have been an animated + representation. On the one side of a quadrille was to be seen the + gawdy Spaniard, leading with haughty dignity the lively Mrs. Ford of + the Elizabethian age; while behind him stood pondering o’er the + fleeting vanity of this world the solitary Friar; opposite ranged the + joyous Sailor, indulging his mirth at the expense of the courtly + dignity of his fair partner. At one end was the Old Gentleman of two + centuries since, in all the gravity and politeness of that age, + leading forth some sprightly Tyrolese; while at the other was a + Chinese Mandarin, paired off with a black-eyed Gipsy; a little + further, and the Scotchman promenaded with the brilliant Circassian; + the Frieselander with the simply-dressed Quakeress; the Queen of + Scots with the bronze and fierce Turk; the reckless Massaroni with + the lively Mrs. Page; the dark Colombian with the prim lady of an + hundred years ago; the Forester with the Flower Girl; the haughty + Knight Templar with the simple Swiss Peasant; the chivalrous Pole + with the heavy Russian; the youthful Ivanhoe with a French Peasant; + and to crown the diversity, Day and Night were to be seen at once, + arm and arm with a Chimney Sweep. + +April 14th.—The Preston (Capt. Woodthorpe), with passengers, for Prince +Edward’s Island and Quebec, had been towed down the Harbour. + +May 5th.—This number contains the following account of the Borough +Election, consequent upon the rejection of a Reform Bill:— + + The Mayor, in opening the proceedings, said that the electors were + met to exercise an important trust, that of electing two persons to + represent the Borough—a trust at all times of the greatest + responsibility, but certainly never more so than at the present + eventful crisis. Determined as he was to act with strict justice, + and with that fairness and impartiality which were the best ornaments + of the office he had the honour to hold, he entreated that the + contest in which they were now about to be engaged might be conducted + on both sides with that order and decorum that forbearance and + moderation due from gentlemen to gentlemen, and from man to man. + (Cheers.) + + Mr. B. Dowson, in a brief but emphatic address, put in nomination the + Hon. George Anson, this was seconded by R. Palmer Kemp, Esq. + + T. Clowes, Esq., then proposed, in an address replete with sterling + sense and strength, C. E. Rumbold, Esq., seconded by J. Shelley, + Esq., who adverted to the circumstance of Mr. Colville being a + merchant connected with the West Indian Trade and a supporter of + colonial slavery. + + I. Preston, Esq., jun., and — White, Esq., nominated A. Colville, + Esq., and J. Lacon, Esq., jun., and Mr. J. Laws nominated W. Bliss, + Esq. + + Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold addressed the electors at considerable + length, pointing out the merits of the measure they supported, during + which they were enthusiastically cheered. + + Mr. Colville also spoke at length, amid much tumult, during which he + was interrupted by loud yells of various kinds—attacking the Bill for + its disfranchising nature, and defending colonial slavery. + + Mr. Bliss had not arrived at that time. + + A poll was determined and immediately opened and continued till five + o’clock on that and the following day, when the numbers were + announced by the Committee of Anson and Rumbold to be— + +For Col. Anson 748 +Mr. Rumbold 748 +Mr. Colville 503 +Mr. Bliss 497 + + The poll was adjourned till Monday. + + On Sunday morning, however, Messrs. Colville and Bliss left the town, + or, as our correspondent writes, “May Day became more than commonly + exhilarating, by the agreeable information quickly diffused through + the town, that the enemies of freedom and of the Constitution had + fled, happy in evading and escaping from merited punishment, so + irritated were the minds of the lower class of society against these + obtruders, without a shadow of claim to their suffrages, that, by + their flight on Sunday morning, they probably escaped an ablution in + the waters of the beautiful river Yare.” + + On Monday the books opened, and at the close the final numbers were— + +For Col. Anson 903 +Mr. Rumbold 903 +Mr. Colville 547 +Mr. Bliss 541 + + This vexatious contest, for it was vexatious, inasmuch as it was + opposed to the general wish of the inhabitants, as not the slightest + chance of success prevailed from the commencement, and the only + object of which was to extract money from the purses of the two + Members, terminated, not only in the triumphant defeat of the + Boroughmongers, but by affording a lesson to the Charles Street + Society in London, whose only object is to continue corruption, by + the means of corruption, a proof that true independence and love of + country is far beyond the purchase of the greatest wealth. But the + friends of Reform at Yarmouth have set a noble example of + consistency, for they have commenced among themselves one of the + modes which the Reform Bill will enforce. They have determined to + raise among themselves a sum sufficient to defray the legal expenses + of the election, and to return their well-tried Members as unhurt in + their finances as they are independent in principal, and by this mark + of gratitude and esteem to repay the obligations which the + inhabitants of Yarmouth in common with the country at large owe to + the supporters of the Reform Bill—£1,750—has already been raised. We + say to the rest of the nation, “Go thou and do likewise.” + + The Chairing of the Members had taken place amid the most + enthusiastic cheers. + +May 19th.—The thanks of the Yarmouth District Committee for saving lives +from shipwreck was voted to Lieut. Harmer, R.N., on saving the crew of +the schooner Fleece, which had been wrecked on the Scroby Sand on the +14th inst. + +May 26th.—The men employed by Messrs. Grout, Baylis, and Co., had an +excellent dinner provided for them at J. B. Bales’, Apollo Gardens. + +June 9th.—The Mayor had obtained a rule for a mandamus commanding the +Members of the Corporation to attend a Court for the “transaction of +public business.” + +June 16th.—The population had increased 3,024 since the census of 1821, +the numbers being— + +1831. 22,028 including 913 sailors. +1821. 19,004. + 3,024 increase. + +The remaining part of the Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia, consisting +of about 440 men, had assembled for 28 days’ training, under the command +of Major Sir E. K. Lacon. + +June 23rd.—“Our venerable and highly respected Recorder, Robert Alderson, +Esq., had delivered in his resignation.” + +June 30th.—The Bishop of Norwich consecrated St. Mary’s Church, +Southtown. His Lordship was met by the Corporation “in full robes,” the +Hon. and Rev. Viscount Nevill, the Rev. R. Turner, J. Kitson, Esq. +(Registrar), W. Rackham, Esq. (Proctor), and the principal clergymen and +gentry of the neighbourhood. + +The following was the “correct statement” of the population, taken by the +Overseers on 30th May and following days, and sworn by them in Petty +Session:— + +Males 8,980 +Females 12,135 + 21,115 +Sailors 913 + 22,028 +Inhabited houses 4,570 +Number of families 4,869 +Houses building 23 +Houses uninhabited 191 + +July 7th contains the following notice of the laying the first stone of +St. Peter’s Church:— + +“For some days past notices had been issued that the first stone of the +new Church, to be erected in this town, was to be laid this day; and at +half-past ten this morning the Mayor, Corporation, gentry, and +inhabitants assembled at the Town Hall, and proceeded to St. Nicholas’ +Church. Prayers were read by the Rev. Harvey Bawtree, and after service +the procession moved in the following order:—Bellman, Church Beadles, +Constables, the Corporation Band, Hospital Charity Children, Inhabitants +and Gentry, Officers of the Navy, Mr. J. J. Scoles, the Architect, the +Clergy of Yarmouth and its vicinity, the Regalia, the Right Worshipful +Edmund Preston, Esq., the Mayor, his Majesty’s Lieutenant for the County, +the Hon. and Very Rev. Dr. Pellew, Dean of Norwich, and the Rev. Richard +Turner, the Right Hon. and Rev. Viscount Nevill, the Deputy-Mayor, the +Aldermen in their scarlet gowns, the Common Councilmen, Constables. On +arriving at the ground, the procession passed once round the building to +the north-east corner. + +A copy of the inscription, which had been written on vellum, and placed +with the coins of the present King in a bottle, hermetically sealed, was +then read by the Town Clerk:— + + “Great Yarmouth.—The first stone of this Church, dedicated to St. + Peter, and erected by His Majesty’s Commissioners for building new + Churches (under the authority of an Act of Parliament, 58th Geo. III. + c. 45) on a site granted by the Corporation, and with the assistance + of their donations, and the subscriptions of several of the + inhabitants of the town and its vicinity, was laid on the seventh day + of July, in the second year of the reign of His Most Gracious Majesty + King William the Fourth, MDCCCXXXI., by the Right Worshipful Edmund + Preston, Esquire, Mayor; the Right Reverend Henry Bathurst, Lord + Bishop of the Diocese; the Honourable and Very Reverend George + Pellew, D.D., Dean of Norwich; the Honourable and Reverend Edward + Pellew, M.A., Minister of the parish. Architect, Joseph John Scoles; + contractors, John Pigg, Jeremiah Wright, George Cattermole, Samuel + Bligh, James Watson.” + +The children sang the 100th Psalm during the operation of inserting the +bottle in a cavity, and securing the stone, which had been prepared to +receive it. A silver trowel was then presented by the Architect, and +after the Mayor had spread the mortar, the stone was lowered to the +proper place, and the ceremony of striking it was performed by the Clergy +and Corporation in succession. + +The Dean offered up appropriate prayers, accompanied by an address +expressly composed for this occasion. The children then sang a collect. +The Mayor afterwards addressed the company present, on the pious work +which they had assisted in commencing; amidst the general plaudits of the +surrounding multitude the band struck up “God save the King,” and the +company returned to the Town Hall and partook of an elegant cold +collation. + +“The Church, which has been so happily begun, is calculated to contain +1,800 persons, and three-fifths of the seats are to be appropriated for +ever as free sittings.” + +August 25th.—Contains the following notice:—“By invitation from the Mayor +and Mrs. Preston, on Monday sennight, to a promenade at their beautiful +garden, situate on the banks of the river Yare, were assembled almost all +the fashion of the town and its vicinity. At seven o’clock the band +struck up the national air of “God Save the King,” immediately after +which the younger part of the company formed themselves into quadrilles, +&c., upon the grass plat, near the centre of which tables were supplied +with wines of the first quality and every refreshment in season. At +eight o’clock a fire balloon ascended from the grounds in very fine +style, which was visible on the grounds and town for about twenty +minutes. The amusements concluded with a brilliant display of fireworks. +The extreme serenity of the evening, aided by the wild light of the moon +and the more refulgent illumination of the garden with variegated lamps, +rendered this a scene which for good humour and pleasantness has rarely +or ever been equalled in this town.” + +Sept. 1st.—Mr. Shelly attended the Corporation meeting and insisted on +reading a protest in respect of the non-attendance of that body to their +“ordinance.” The following officers were then elected:— + +Mayor-Elect—John Preston, Esq. + +Chamberlain—Mr. E. Youell. + +Churchwardens—S. Paget, Esq., and Mr. T. E. Laws. + +Auditors—R. Cory, jun., Esq., E. Preston, Esq., G. Danby-Palmer, Esq., +and Mr. J. M. Bell. + +Sept. 8th.—The Coronation Day was observed as a holiday. + +The Races had been held on the 6th and 7th, as follows:— + + “FIRST DAY—Tuesday, September 6th. + +THE GOLD CUP STAKES of 100 sovs. (8 subscribers 10 sovs. each) with 20 +sovs. added; the second horse to withdraw his stake. The winner to be +sold for 400 sovs. if demanded, &c. Heats, two miles and distance. + +Mr. S. Palmer named Lord Exeter’s ch m 1 2 1 +Schumla, by Selim, out of Bess, 4 years old, +8st. 1lb. (Hornsby) +Col. Wilson’s ch h Ringleader, by Merlin, out 2 1 0 +of Spotless, 4 years old, 8st. 4lbs. +Lord Stradbroke’s b f by Morisco, out of 3 dis. +Arethusa, 3 years old, 6st. 11lbs. + +A good race after the second heat. Two to one was freely betted on +Ringleader; the last heat was very close, and was won by half a head. +Lord Stradbroke’s filly lost her rider by a stirrup leather breaking in +the second heat. + +HALF-BRED STAKE. Heats, one mile and distance; 5 sovs. each. + +Mr. Munro’s b h Charley, aged, 11st. 2 2 +Mr. Smith’s ch g Sportsman, aged, 11st. 1 1 + +THE MEMBERS’ PLATE of 50 sovs. The winner to be sold for 180 sovs. if +demanded, &c. Heats, two miles and distance. + +Mr. Bromley’s ch m Miss Nicolo, 4 years old, 3 dr. +7st. 13lbs. +Mr. Pettit’s b m Ipsala, by Sultan, 4 years 1 2 1 +old, 8st. 21bs. (C. Edwards) +Col. Wilson’s br c Whiskey, by Tuesias, out 4 3 dr. +of Schedam, 3 years old, 6st. 12lbs. +Lord Stradbroke’s b m Gallopade, 5 years old, 2 1 0 +8st. 13lbs. +Mr. S. Palmer’s gr m Christina, 4 years old, 5 4 3 +8st. 2lbs + +An excellent race; the heats with difficulty decided. The winner was +well rode by C. Edwards. + + SECOND DAY—Wednesday, 7th September. + +TOWN AND COUNTRY GENTLEMEN’S PLATE of 50 sovs. The winner to be sold for +250 sovs. if demanded, &c. Heats, two miles and distance. + +Mr. Pettit’s b m Ipsala, by 1 2 2 (A dead +Sultan, 4 years old, 8st. heat.) +6lbs. +Col. Wilson’s ch h 2 1 1 +Ringleader, 4 years old, 8st. +9lbs. (Gosling) + +A severely contested race of four heats. + +HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each, with the remainder added. Heats, +one mile and distance. + +Lord Stradbroke’s b f by Morisco, out of Arethusa, 3 1 w.o. +years old, 7st. 2lbs +Mr. Pettit’s b m Ipsala, by Sultan, 4 years old, 8st. 2 dr. +5lb. + +After the above account of sport, it is needless to say that everyone who +attended the Races was delighted. The severe running on the first day +prevented several of the horses starting on the second, but the four +well-contested heats for the Town and Country Gentlemen’s Plate more than +compensated for the deficiency in the number of horses. The ordinaries +and Ball were well attended—a very liberal subscription was entered into +for the Races of 1832. The Gold Cup Stakes is already filled, and the +Norfolk and Suffolk Hunters’ Stake of 5 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added, +for horses not thoroughbred, which have been regularly hunted in either +of the above counties, has already six subscribers. The ladies at the +Ball on Tuesday evening commenced a subscription for a Ladies’ Plate of +50 sovs. for next year, which will be in addition to the two Fifty Pounds +Plates usually given. Edmund Preston, Esq., is appointed one of the +stewards for 1832.” + +Sept. 29th.—The Reformers of Yarmouth “had an excellent meeting” at the +Town-hall. Mr. Alderman Barth was in the chair, and Messrs. Clowes, S. +Cobb, Shelley, Hammond, Sewell, and Munsey took part in the proceedings. + +Oct. 6th.—The Mayor (John Preston, Esq.,) “celebrated his inauguration at +the Town-hall on Thursday sennight by a sumptuous entertainment, which +was attended by the Lord Lieutenant, Judge Alderson, Sir W. Folkes, M.P., +the Hon. E. Pellew, and about 300 gentlemen of the county and town.” + +Nov. 17th.—A Board of Health had been established for the better +cleansing the streets and lanes, and the removal of nuisances. + +The “Star” coach, when about a mile this side of Eye, was driven into by +“a fellow in a drunken state,” and one of the leaders was killed on the +spot. + +Nov. 24th.—The dairy of John Waters, Esq., of Ormesby, had been broken +into and 16 pints of butter, 14 cheeses, a fat goose, and a quantity of +meat and flour stolen. + +Large flocks of “Stormy Petrels” had visited our shores, and between 6 +and 7 dozen of them taken alive; several “Little Auks” and “Arctic Gulls” +had also been shot. + +Dec. 29th.—A poor man known as “Do you know him” was insulted, by a man +pulling a nightcap over his face, and at the same time informing him that +he was about to be “burked,” which so much “alarmed the poor creature, +that he was taken to his home in a desponding state.” + + + +1832. + + +Jan. 5th.—The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew had distributed the prizes to the +Sunday School children. + +Jan. 12th.—Dr. Cox had delivered a very interesting lecture on +“Physiology.” + +Feb. 2nd.—The Rev. Henry Squire was advertised to deliver a course of +lectures at the Old Meeting. + +The case of the King against the Aldermen of Yarmouth is reported. + +Feb. 9th.—With regard to which the following notice appears this week:— + + THE KING AGAINST THE ALDERMEN OF YARMOUTH. + + We are authorized to state that the Report of the hearing of this + cause, in our last week’s paper, is incorrect, Lord Tenterden having + observed that there was no ground for an attachment, as the parties + had acted _bona fide_; that the business of the Corporation must be + done, and directed that the rule should be enlarged, to give the + Defendants an opportunity of doing so. The Counsel for the + Defendants said they were ready to proceed, but could not compel the + Mayor to call an Assembly, or the Common Councilmen to + meet,—whereupon his Lordship, on the motion of Defendants’ Counsel, + directed a mandamus to be issued for the filling up all vacancies, + and then transacting the other necessary business; and upon a Return + being made to the Writ, the Rule will be discharged. + +Feb. 16th—A general meeting of the inhabitants was proposed to be held to +take into consideration the expediency of erecting a new Workhouse, “it +appearing by a report of the select Vestry now published, that the +present one is quite inadequate to the purpose, both as to extent and +arrangement, and as being utterly incapable of affording room for that +classification which is indispensable to the moral improvement and +employment of its inmates, and also to the comfort of the aged and +infirm. It is now about fifty years since any room was added to it. The +increase of inhabitants in the town, and not less so of pauperism during +that period, calls for enlarged accommodation. It appears by the report +that they are without a day room for the females, or any means of +separating the sick from the healthy, and so cramped for lodging room, +that a considerable number of the inmates are compelled to sleep three in +a bed. It is intended to proceed agreeably to the directions of the 59th +Geo. III. cap 12, and 1st and 2nd of William IV. cap. 42.” + +March 22nd.—The National Fast had been observed “with a decent +solemnity.” + +April 5th.—The appointment of a Recorder is noticed as follows:—“At a +Corporate Assembly, held on Tuesday last, the long-contested question of +‘who should fill the office of Recorder for the borough?’ (vacant by the +resignation of Robert Alderson, Esq.,) was decided. The first business +which came before the Court was the accepting of that gentleman’s +resignation, after which Isaac Preston, Sen., Esq., proposed the +Sub-Steward (I. Preston, Esq.,) to fill the vacant office; this was +seconded by C. Symonds, Esq. R. Cory, Esq., then proposed Mr. Sergeant +Merewether; this nomination was seconded by Samuel Paget, Esq. On a +ballot being demanded, the numbers were found to be equal, viz., 20 for +Merewether and the same number for Preston. There were 41 members of the +body present, one of whom declined voting. A second ballot was proposed +and acceded to, and the same result followed. The Deputy-Mayor (who +presided in consequence of the extreme ill health of the Mayor) then said +that he would give the members of the Court the chance of a third ballot, +on which the gentleman before mentioned voted for Merewether, which gave +the learned Sergeant a majority of one, the numbers being for Merewether +21, for Preston 20. Thus has terminated this long agitated question, the +product of much squabbling, aye, and of much litigation too. Lord +Viscount Exmouth was unanimously chosen Lord High Steward; Isaac Preston, +Jun., Esq., and J. Baker, Esq., were elected Aldermen; and Messrs. J. E. +Lacon, E. H. L. Preston, Henry Costerton and Samuel Jay, Common +Councilmen. At this Court, Mr. J. Seaman received the appointment of +Parish Clerk, and Mr. J. Daniel, Sexton; 50 guineas were also voted to +St. Mary’s Church, Southtown; £15 per year granted to Mrs. Breeze (widow +of the late hall-keeper), and £12 annuity settled on Mrs. Absolon (widow +of the late Parish Clerk.) It was likewise ordered that the usual fee of +20s. upon apprentices’ indentures should be taken off. It is only right +to state that the entire business of the day was conducted in the most +amicable way possible, and that the greatest good temper and gentlemanly +feeling was displayed during the discussion on the pending Recordership.” + +April 12th.—The thanks of the Corporation were voted to the Rev. R. +Turner upon his resignation of his office of Chaplain to that body. + +The Sylvan (owned by J. H. Palmer, Esq., and commanded by Captain W. +Gilham) and the Preston (belonging to I. Preston, Esq.) had respectively +sailed with 100 and 110 emigrants. + +April 19th.—Two more emigrant vessels, the Syren and Miser, were +advertised to sail for America.—On Friday, then last, (here commonly +called Black Friday) the annual meeting had been held at the Guild Hall +for the purpose of “reading over” the income and expenditure of our local +affairs when “secundum custom (sic.) it was proved that the receipts of +any sum, say £5,299, and the payment of £5,298 was balanced by £1 being +added to the credit side.” Mr. Shelly and other gentlemen protested +against the manner in which these accounts were made out and presented to +the freemen. + +April 26th.—The newly elected Common Councilmen, Messrs. John Lacon, E. +H. L. Preston, Henry Costerton, and Samuel Jay entertained the +Corporation and others. John Lacon, Esq., presided, and the following +toasts were given:—The King, Queen Adelaide, Princess Victoria, and the +Royal Family, Lord Hill and the Army, Sir James Graham and the Navy, Lord +Viscount Exmouth, the County Members, &c. + +Burglaries had been committed on the premises of Mr. William Green, +Messrs. Bracey and Son, Mr. Benjamin Welch, and Mr. Joseph Stevenson, and +a man named Woolsey had been charged with the offences. + +May 3rd.—The Fair had been held without “A Yarmouth Fair Wind,” and was +“very numerously and respectably attended, nor could its visitants +complain of lack of amusements, for of remarkable giantesses, as +remarkable dwarfs, optical dioramas, &c., &c., there were quantum suff, +while roundabouts, Russian swings, and ups-and-downs displayed themselves +in abundance to allure the juvenile part of the company out of their +stray half-pence and pence.” + +May 10th.—The southern bastion of the fort had fallen “with an immense +crash.” + +The “first fruits of the fishing season” had been landed by a boat, (No. +3), belonging to Mr. George Giles. The night’s haul had produced 48 +mackerel, which sold at 1s. 6d. each. + +The following vessels had been launched:—The brig Sarah, 190 tons (from +Messrs. Tuck’s yard), and the brig Sarepta, 160 tons (from Mr. Lubbock’s +yard.) + +May 17th.—The news that the Duke of Wellington had “given in and that +Lord Grey was then at the palace” was received with joy, and the bells +had been rung. + +May 24th.—The Rattlesnake (180 tons) had been launched from Mr. F. +Preston’s yard. + +The mackerel fishery was going on badly, and there was great distress in +the town, as thousands depended on that industry for a living. + +May 31st.—There had been a great fire at Messrs. Grout and Co’s. Factory, +the loss estimated at £12,000, the premises were uninsured. + +Two female factory hands, aged respectively 16 and 17, had “fought it +out” on the Denes, the prize, a “young tar,” when the “shorter combatant” +proved victorious. + +June 7th.—The King’s birthday had been celebrated with a great display of +flags, the firing of the Church bells, salutes from the Forts, batteries, +etc. + +June 14th.—The following notice appears as to the Reform Act:— + + REFORM. + + For some days previous to the passing of the new Magna Charta of our + liberties, the Reform Bill, the friends of that great and really + Conservative measure had met at the Ship Tavern, for the purpose of + considering the best method of celebrating the anticipated triumph. + At their first meeting it was determined to open a subscription, + leaving the precise manner in which the proceeds should be expended + as a matter for future consideration. District Committees were + forthwith appointed to manage the collections. The subscription, + which is not yet closed, is expected to amount to something very + handsome. It was first intended to give the freemen a dinner, but on + sounding the latter it was found that they (without any exception) + preferred receiving a pecuniary present; it was therefore at a + subsequent meeting resolved, that each of those persons should + receive a donation in money, and that the friends of Reform should + dine together at a time and place hereafter to be appointed. The + news of the passing of the unmutilated Bill was received here with + every demonstration of joy. The vessels at the Quay displayed a + profusion of flags, as did also the principal taverns and inns in the + town—indeed everything seemed to show a universal gladness of heart. + On Friday last, however, when information arrived of the Royal + sanction having been given to the Bill, the fullness of joy exhibited + on the occasion knew no bounds. Expectant of the event, a large + party of our townsmen (of every grade and condition in life) had + proceeded along the Southtown Road on the forenoon of the day, + accompanied by a band, flags with appropriate mottoes, &c., to meet + the Telegraph. Singular enough, however, the guard of that coach + refused to take up the colours, and in answer to repeated enquiries + declared “there was no news,” although it was afterwards ascertained + that he had read from a newspaper in his possession an account of the + Royal signature to the inhabitants of Gorleston while passing through + that village. The Reformers of Yarmouth, to show their indignant + sense of such conduct, refused to wait at night for the Morning Star + (that coach being under the same proprietory as the Telegraph), but + instantly sent a courier to Lowestoft to announce their intention of + meeting, in procession, the Old Blue. Ultimately, that coach, + surrounded by a profusion of elegant and appropriate flags, bands + playing, &c., paraded the town. It was really a most animating and + exhilarating spectacle; numbers of elegant and beautiful females + assembled at the windows to witness the heart-cheering sight of a + countless multitude of persons, composed of all ranks in life, alike + animated by one feeling, that of exultation and delight. Surely + after this our enemies will no longer prate of a reaction! At any + rate, such a flagrant attempt at delusion would be scouted by our + patriotic townsmen, as one of the basest of libels on old Yarmouth * + * * * The public dinner, rejoicings, &c., will, we have just heard, + not take place till after the passing of the Scotch and Irish Bills. + The dinner, will, we believe, be held at the Town Hall, there being + no reason to doubt that the Mayor, with his accustomed gentlemanly + feeling, will grant the building for that purpose. Wm. Barth, Esq., + is expected to preside. + +During the Spring eight vessels had sailed from Yarmouth to different +parts of the Canadas, carrying 916 passengers. + +June 21st.—The Haven and Pier Commissioners had attended for the purpose +of examining the Harbour Works, and it was hoped that extensive +improvements would be made therein. + +The Conservatives had not announced any candidates, and it was considered +probable that Messrs. Anson and Rumbold would be re-elected. + +The Rev. Mr. Griffith, junr., had delivered a very impressive sermon on +board the Cyrus under the Bethel Flag. + +June 28th.—The Corporation had voted an address to the King upon his +escape from the late “atrocious” attack upon him. + +A vessel was lying off the Pier Head with the Yellow Flag (cholera) +flying. + +July 5th.—A public dinner was to be held to celebrate the passing of the +Reform Bill, and Mr. Windham, the Liberal candidate for E. Norfolk, was +to meet his friends, Major Keppel being unable to accompany him. + +July 12th.—The Dreadnought lugger (having on board a large cargo of +smuggled goods) had been captured. + +The Sylvan (belonging to J. H. Palmer, Esq.,) had arrived at Quebec with +emigrants. + +July 26th.—The annual water frolic is thus noticed: “Monday last was our +annual water frolic. The heavens, which appeared inauspiciously to lour +during the early part of the day, cleared about noon, and a cloudless and +sun-lit sky enabled the admirers of boating excursions to enjoy with high +zest the pleasures afforded them by the recurrence of this aquatic treat. +The beautiful bosom of Breydon was literally covered with craft of every +description, from the stately barge and elegant pleasure boat, down to +the humble punt. Three boats, the Coriander, Balls; the Emerald, of +Lowestoft, Col. Jones; and the Hornet, of Beccles (the two latter +latteeners), were the competitors for the cup. The former had the start, +and kept the lead during the three heats, and eventually won by 400 +yards. About five o’clock p.m. the boats drew up for dinner. The _toute +ensemble_ was at this time picturesque in the extreme, the river, as we +have said, studded with boats of various descriptions; the rond (which at +this time was more than usually dry and firm) crowded with well-dressed +persons of both sexes, whose joyous countenances showed that they looked +gratifyingly on the sight; the beautiful ruins of Burgh Castle (the +Garianonum of the ancients) in the distance, gilded with the gloomy +brightness of a western sun—the declivity of the hill bedecked with many +tea-drinking parties, all presented a scene which must have given delight +to every true lover of his species. On the following day a cup (the gift +of the spirited landlord of the Berney Arms) was sailed for by five 14 +feet boats, which was won by the Sultan, George Alexander, who beat her +antagonists hollow. We are happy to say that the general feeling of +pleasure was not alloyed by the occurrence of a single accident.” + +The Theatre had opened with _Guy Mannering_ and _Damp Beds_. There was a +very poor house. + +The brig Ida (188 tons) had been launched from Mr. F. Preston’s yard. + +August 23rd.—The following estimate of the number of electors under the +Reform Act had been made:—Freemen 1,063; £10 householders in Yarmouth, +492; and in Gorleston, 144; total, 1,699. + +The Summer Fishing had commenced; 300 lasts of herring had already been +brought in. + +August 30th.—Messrs. Windham and Keppel (the Liberal candidates for East +Norfolk) had dined with about 50 electors at the King’s Head (B. Dowson, +Esq., in the chair.) + +The following Corporate officers had been elected:— + +Mayor-Elect—John Baker, Esq. + +Chamberlain—Mr. R. Ferrier. + +Churchwardens—John Preston and Charles Symonds, Esqs. + +Auditors—I. Preston, John Danby-Palmer, T. F. Garwood, and Charles J. +Palmer, Esqs. + +Collectors—John Danby-Palmer, Esq., and Mr. Henry Costerton. + +Sept. 6th.—The Races had been held and proved very successful. + +Sept 13th.—Mr. C. E. Rumbold (Col. Anson being detained in Derbyshire by +illness) made a public entry into this town, when the carriage containing +the Hon. Member and N. B. Palmer, Esq., had supported on its roof a most +elegant silk flag bearing the words “Gorleston and Southtown Voters” upon +it. + +Sept. 20th.—A public dinner had been given by the Gorleston voters to +Messrs. Anson and Rumbold, when 52 gentlemen attended, and W. Barth, +Esq., occupied the chair. + +Oct. 4th.—The inaugural dinner to the Mayor was held at the Town Hall, +and was attended by “nearly 500 guests, among whom were a large number of +the nobility and gentry residing in or near Yarmouth.” + +Oct. 11th.—The herring fishing had been very unsuccessful. This was +attributed to warm weather. + +Oct. 18th.—The following notice as to the Wandering Piper appears:—“The +Wandering Piper, who has attracted so much notoriety, is expected to +visit Yarmouth in the course of a very few days. He is of a rank in life +which few suspect who are not acquainted with his private history. He +was for a considerable time an officer in the Army, served under Sir John +Moore and the Duke of Wellington, and sold his commission after the +battle of Waterloo. His opponent is Count Bender, a French Nobleman, but +educated in Scotland at the same school with the piper, and betwixt him a +great friendship subsisted. They met in London in 1825, when a dispute +arose between them concerning the hospitality of different nations, which +ended in both parties finally agreeing, for the sum of £5,000, to travel +in disguise, the one as a fiddler in France and Belgium, and the other +(our hero) as a piper in Britain and Ireland, to subsist upon what the +public might be pleased to give them unsolicited, and whoever should have +most money in the end was to gain the prize. They both commenced their +wanderings in the summer of 1825, but an uncle of the piper’s, who then +held a high official situation, having got notice of the freak, put a +stop to the proceedings before the end of three months; this gentleman, +however, died in 1827, which left both parties free from restraint, in +consequence of which they started in August, 1828, the one from +Stonehaven, in Scotland, and the other from Calais, in France. This +important campaign was only intended to last three years, and would have +been finished before now had not the piper received a severe hurt from +the upsetting of a stage coach in Ireland, which confined him for fifteen +months—during which time there was a secession of hostilities on both +sides. The piper during his illness lay at the house of Sir Thomas +Butler, Bart., Ballintemple, county Carlow, where he met with the +greatest kindness; indeed, the Irish, high and low, seem to have +completely entered into the spirit of the undertaking. He was never +allowed in any one instance to pay anything at the hotels where he put +up, waiter, chambermaid, boots, and porter all refused to accept of any +remuneration for their services, nay, the very beggar wished his ‘honour +good luck and a safe journey,’ without laying him under further +contribution. He says that he has been charged in all instances to the +very utmost extent in England; we could have wished it had been +otherwise, for the honour of our national character. During his rambles, +it is said he had given £550 to different charities, that receipts for +which are lodged for safety with John Stuart, Esq., of 19, Cleveland Row, +Finsbury Square, London.” + +Oct. 25th.—The wandering piper had begun his rounds and had lunched with +the Mayor. + +Nov. 8th—Electioneering partizanship was displaying itself. A “True Red +Committee (composed of the lowest order of beer-loving Burgesses) had +been formed” and Andrew Colville, Esq., had been requested to stand for +the Borough in that interest. + +Nov. 15th.—Mr. Colville had arrived in the Borough and addressed the +electors from the “Star” balcony. + +Dec. 6th.—Contains the following article:— + + Tuesday last was a proud day for the friends of Reform, comprising as + they do a vast majority of all ranks of our town’s-people. It having + been announced by hand-bill the day previous that Col. Anson and Mr. + Rumbold would arrive the following day, as early as the hour at noon, + the Southtown Road was crowded with pedestrians and equestrians of + all classes. Between twelve and one o’clock the entire body of the + Political Union (full 400 strong) assembled at the Guardian Angel, + with blue ribbons and their badges round their necks. The worthy + candidates having arrived at the above inn, the procession began to + move in the following order:—Two trumpeters on horseback; + banner—Yarmouth Union of the Working Classes; flags—Union Jack, Royal + Standard of England; ‘Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot’; ‘Short + Parliaments and Liberty of the Press’; ‘The love of our Country leads + us’; ‘Close Corporations abolished’; ‘Equal Laws and Equal Rights’; + ‘United we stand, divided we fall’; banners of the King and Reform. + Flags—‘Gorleston and Southtown Voters’; ‘Anson and Rumbold’; + ‘Friends.’ Flags—‘The People’s Cause’; ‘The Poor Man’s Rights’; + ‘Reduction of Taxation’; ‘Close Corporations Opened’; ‘Abolition of + Slavery’; ‘Cheap Government and Equal Rights’; ‘The Liberty of the + Press’; ‘Knowledge is Power’; ‘Civil and Religious Liberty’; ‘Freedom + of Election.’ The procession, on entering the town by the Bridge, + was welcomed by the exultant shouts of an innumerable concourse of + expectant individuals, who had by this time lined the new Hall Quay, + eager to witness the imposing spectacle. The blue pennons of + numerous ships, ‘floating in the breeze,’ added not a little to the + joyousness of the occasion. The procession moved on, adding to its + numbers as it advanced along the Quay, up South Street, along King + Street, down our beautiful Market Place, and back to the Committee + Rooms, from the windows of which the assembled multitude (consisting + certainly of not less than 5,000 persons) were addressed by Mr. + Alderman Barth, Col. Anson, Mr. Rumbold, and J. Shelly, Esq. The + weather was till towards noon rather showery; fortunately it then + cleared up. Such, however, appeared to us the general enthusiasm, + that it seemed as if no weather could have damped the universal + feeling of delight, nor have abated the desire to witness the + proceedings of this memorable day. Numbers of well-dressed females + from the windows of the houses, as the procession passed along, were + to be seen, with approving smiles, shaking blue flags, elegant + banners, &c., &c., thus demonstrating their hearty participation in + the high feeling of satisfaction which displayed itself all around. + Too much praise cannot be given to Capt. Garson and Mr. Gamble for + the judgment shown by them in marshalling the procession. Nor ought + we to omit mentioning, in terms of high commendation, the excellent + conduct of the Union on the occasion—conduct which was noticed in the + evening at the King’s Head, by the Chairman (Mr. T. Hammond) making a + very handsome acknowledgment of their services, and giving as a toast + (which was drank with three times three and very general applause) + ‘The Council of the Political Union.’ Surely, if it had been before + possible for the Conservatives (as they improperly styled themselves) + to have mistaken the feeling of the town, the proceedings of Tuesday + last must have entirely undeceived them, and enabled them to see the + utter hopelessness of a contest with our late excellent + representatives. Monday next is the day of election, when we shall + see whether these hardy and obstinate men are still determined to + pull down certain ruin on their party. + + On Thursday night Messrs. Anson and Rumbold, addressing their + numerous friends from the balcony of the Crown and Anchor, were + insulted by water thrown upon, and it is reported tiles at them, from + a small _red_ inn adjoining. This roused the indignation of the + multitude, and the destruction of the windows was the consequence. A + spirited youth resented still further indignity offered to his + friends by springing from the balcony and seizing upon and destroying + the enemy’s blood-red standard. + +Dec. 15th.—The nomination took place at the “Tol-hall,” and after the +Mayor had opened the proceedings, Col. Anson was nominated by William +Barth, Esq., seconded by Mr. Thomas Clowes, Mr. Rumbold by John Shelly +and John Brightwen, Esqs., and A. Colville, Esq., by John Lacon, Esq., +and Mr. B. Gooch. The show of hands was in favour of Messrs. Anson and +Rumbold. The poll for the first day was— + +Rumbold 715 +Anson 699 +Colville 631 + +And at the close on the second day— + +Rumbold 838 +Anson 829 +Colville 751 + +Dec. 20th.—A dinner had been held to celebrate the return of these +gentlemen, “when William Barth, Esq., presided, C. Sayers, Esq., was his +vice, and N. Palmer and John Shelly, Esqs., headed the tables to the +right and left of him.” + + + +1833. + + +Jan. 3rd.—The prisoners in the Gaol and Bridewell returned thanks to the +Mayor (J. Baker, Esq.) for the plentiful dinner of roast beef, plum +pudding, and a quart of ale each, which he gave them on Christmas Day. + +Jan. 10th.—A large alligator had been taken by a Dutch fishing boat off +Orford Ness. + +Jan. 14th.—H.M. frigates Castor (Capt. Lord J. Hay) and Conway (Capt. +Eden), together with the French frigate Arcade, came into the Roads to +victual and get a supply of water. + +Jan. 17th.—A number of ladies and gentlemen visited the men-of-war; and +on the following Tuesday the vessels proceeded “out of the Cockle,” +accompanied by the Royal Charlotte cutter (Lieut. Harmer), she “keeping +to windward until lost to view.” + +Jan. 31st.—A suggestion had been made at the Corporation assembly as to +reform of that body, but was not supported. + +Feb. 7th.—A fine vessel of 216 tons had been launched from Mr. Preston’s +yard, and it was stated that “It is now allowed by merchants from all +parts of the world that the finest and handsomest vessels are now built +in this port.” + +Feb. 21st.—The Flora, a French frigate, had arrived in the Roads. + +Feb. 28th.—The petition against the return of Messrs. Windham and Keppel +(M.P.’s for East Norfolk) had “excited much surprise and indignation +amongst the numerous friends of these gentlemen in the town.” + +March 7th.—It was proposed to start a steam packet for the conveying of +goods and passengers to Hull. + +A warrant from the Speaker of the House of Commons had been received, +requesting the attendance of the Mayor and Town Clerk before a Committee +of the House “to give an account of all matters relating to the town and +Corporation; consequently J. Baker, Esq., and S. Tolver, Esq., had left +Yarmouth on Monday.” + +A public meeting on the question of Corporation Reform had been held, Mr. +C. Sayers in the chair. Messrs. J. Shelly and S. Cobb spoke, and a +petition was adopted, which received 1,958 signatures. + +A petition had also been adopted by the members of the “Yarmouth Union of +the Working Classes” against “The Irish Coercion Bill.” + +March 14th.—The Inquiry as to the administration of Corporate affairs was +proceeding in London, when the following gentlemen were there upon that +business on behalf of the Corporation:—The Mayor, the Town Clerk, and the +Water Bailiff, while Messrs. Worship, Barth, Shelly, and Barrett +represented the Town Committee. + +March 21st.—The works at St. Peter’s Church were “at a stand” for the +want of funds, £600 being required. + +April 4th.—The Haven Commission were indebted £25,000. + +The Sessions were held with the “light calendar of 15 prisoners.” + +April 18th.—Lord Orford had accepted the office of Lord High Steward of +the Borough, rendered vacant through the death of Lord Exmouth. + +The Rev. Mark Waters had been appointed one of the ministers of St. +George’s Chapel. + +April 24th.—The Rev. Mr. Clarke of Norwich, had accepted the ministry of +St. Peter’s, the ladies proposed to present the communion plate to this +Church. + +May 23rd.—The mackerel fishing had been very unsuccessful. + +A meeting had been held to approve of the proposed Rules for the intended +Proprietary Grammar School. + +May 30th.—A Commission had been appointed to inquire into Corporate +affairs “on the spot.” + +Sir F. Palgrave had obtained from H.M. Commissioners of Records the +presentation of some valuable publications to the Library. + +June 13th.—Lord Exmouth had arrived in his yacht, and subsequently sailed +with his brother, the Vicar (the Hon. E. Pellew), for St. Petersburgh. + +June 20th.—Vice-Admiral Parker had been appointed a K.C.B. + +July 11th.—The following is the account of the Burgh Water Frolic:— + + “Monday last being the day appointed for our annual water frolic, an + immense quantity of boats (from the splendid pleasure barge to the + humble punt) started from our Bridge at eleven o’clock a.m. with a + favourable and somewhat stiff breeze from the N.E. At two o’clock + the various crafts laid-to in the Narrows to witness the sailing + match. The competitors were the Venus (cutter-rigged boat), Last; + Algerine (latteener), Craske; Emerald, (latteener) Col. Jones; and + the Hornet, Everett. The prize (an elegant silver cup) was won by + the Venus. At starting the Hornet had the lead for a short distance, + when she was passed by the Venus, and on rounding the upper cross + stake the latter boat and the Emerald were close together, and + remained so, till they got within the Narrows, when the Colonel + succeeded in passing her, winning the first by about half a minute. + In two minutes after the Venus recovered her lost ground and passed + her opponent, and succeeded in rounding the stake one minute before + the Emerald, who, however, neared so fast that had not the Venus + rounded the flag very closely she must have lost the match, the + Colonel being to windward. The oldest boater never remembers so + closely contested a run. After sailing, the various crafts (which + absolutely studded the river) got under weigh, and proceeded towards + the ancient Garianonum, opposite to which they dined. At seven + o’clock p.m. the boats started for home, where they arrived in about + an hour, all safe, nothing having occurred to damp the pleasures of + the day, which was an extremely fine one. At Burgh, Chase, the + spirited proprietor of the Neptune Gardens, was completely at home, + while on the adjacent hills, opposite the cage, various groups of + happy faces were to be seen enjoying tea, &c. This, together with + the immense crowd of company that congregated on the road, presented + a scene that must have been witnessed to have been fully appreciated. + Among the company were our worthy Mayor and a large party of + fashionables in the handsome barge belonging to W. Fisher, Esq., S. + T. Berney, and J. Penrice, Esqs., in the former’s fast-sailing boat + Meteor, Mr. Alderman Barth in the admiral’s (Green’s) boat, &c., &c. + This, together with the countless multitudes that crowded the decks + of the tug, Royal Sovereign and Emperor steamers, made the river + appear a sort of floating fair. On the next day a number of boats, + barges, &c., sailed to the Berney Arms to witness a rowing match (for + a silver cup, given by Mr. Barnett, the landlord of the house) by + four-oared gigs, which was won by the Wasp, a Norwich boat, belonging + to William Gallant, jun. Nearer home we observed an unusually large + number of stalls, &c., at our bridge foot. On the whole, there + seemed nothing wanting to make this annual festival worthy of + brighter days, but the presence of the Corporation barge, without + which (although no brawlers against innovation) we cannot but think + the Regatta is shorn of much of its glory.” + +July 18th.—A fight had taken place on the Factory Denes, for one +Sovereign, between Thomas Purdy, of Caister, commonly known as “The +Caister Champion,” and George Elliott, of Ingham. At the 133rd round +(the battle lasted 1 h. 50 min.) Elliott was declared the victor. + +Two men (Seager and Hanson) had quarrelled in the Bear Tap, when +Nathaniel Lacey, in trying to part them, was knocked down and his leg +broken. + +August 22nd.—“As early as nine o’clock on Friday morning an immense +concourse of genteely-dressed persons had congregated before St. Peter’s +Church, anxious not to miss the opportunity of witnessing the solemn and +imposing ceremonial about to take place. At ten o’clock the principal +door was thrown open, and this large assemblage entered. The greatest +order and decorum prevailed, owing certainly to the excellent arrangement +of C. Symonds, Esq., one of the Churchwardens for the year, who, to +prevent confusion, had issued tickets, which were left at the houses of +the respectable housekeepers, without the least distinction, as also at +the various lodging houses for the use of the visitors. About eleven +o’clock the Mayor (John Baker, Esq.), with the customary regalia, +attended by several other members of the Corporate body entered the +church, and were shown to the pews appropriated for their reception. The +Bishop of Winchester soon arrived with his Chaplain and Registrar and +proceeded up the middle aisle to the altar, where the service began by +the latter gentleman presenting the petition to the Bishop, who +redelivered it to the Registrar, when it was by him read aloud. The +Right Rev. Prelate then pronounced the following words, in a solemn, +appropriate, and sonorous tone of voice—“I am now ready to give my full +consent to that which you have desired, and may Almighty God bless the +good work in which we are about engaging.” His Lordship then, with his +officers and clergy, walked to the west end of the church and back again +to the altar, repeating alternate versicles of the 42nd Psalm. The +Bishop having seated himself at the table, the Deed of Consecration was +read by the surrogate (the Very Rev. the Dean of Norwich), after which +his Lordship read the exhortation, prayers, &c., appointed for the +occasion. The usual morning prayers were read from the desk by the Hon. +and Rev. E. Pellew, with the exception of those parts especially +appropriated to the occasion, which were read by the Bishop. The reading +Psalms most judiciously selected for the occasion were the 84th, 122nd, +and 132nd; the lessons, parts of the 8th chapter of 1st Kings, and of the +10th chapter of Hebrews. After the prayers, verses 6, 7, and 8 of 26th, +with Gloria Patri, was performed by a very full orchestra of +instrumentalists and vocalists. The common service was performed by the +Bishop, with the exception of the Epistle and the Nicene Creed, which +were read by his Lordship’s Chaplain, the Rev. Alexander Dallas. The +100th Psalm (Tate and Brady’s version) was then sung by the whole choir. +The sermon, a striking, apposite, and eloquent one, was preached by the +Rev. Mr. Clark, the appointed minister of the Church, from Genesis, +chapter 28th, verses 16 and 17—“And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, &c.” +[832 young persons were confirmed by the Bishop of Winchester.]” + +August 29th.—The Races had been held, and on “Tuesday and Wednesday the +great annual main of cocks had been fought at the Bush Tavern, South +Quay, between the gentlemen of Norwich and the gentlemen of Yarmouth for +£5 a battle and £50 the odds, which was won by Norwich, who were six +battles a head.” + +Sept. 15th.—The smack Endeavour, of London, had been seized with 65 casks +and 16 bales (2,800 lbs. in weight) of tobacco on board her. + +The following Corporate officers had been chosen:—John Danby-Palmer, +Esq., Mayor; Mr. James Jay, Chamberlain; F. R. Reynolds, Esq., and J. M. +Bell, Esq., Churchwardens. + +The late gales had caused an immense quantity of sand and shingle to be +washed into the Harbour, so as to form a point opposite the South Pier. + +Oct. 3rd.—The following is the report of the Yarmouth Guild Day:— + + On Monday the Mayor and the Mayor Elect (J. Danby-Palmer, Esq.), + accompanied by the Earl of Orford and the members of the Corporation, + attended divine service at St. Nicholas’ Church, by the Hon. and Rev. + Edward Pellew, after which the Rev. Thomas Baker, Chaplain to the + Body Corporate, preached an excellent sermon. After service the + Corporation adjourned to the Guildhall, where the Mayor-Elect was + sworn into office with the customary ceremonies. + + The Recorder (Mr. Sergeant Merewether) being absent, the Town Clerk, + previous to presenting the patent of appointment as Lord High Steward + of the Borough to the Earl of Orford, addressed his Lordship, + observing that the Corporation entertained a high sense of the honour + conferred upon them by his Lordship’s acceptance of an office which + (as constituted by one of the charters of the borough) assimilated + with that of Lord High Steward of England, an office of great power + and authority, having under the King the regulating the + administration of justice, which had not since its forfeiture in the + reign of Henry the Third, by its hereditary possessor, been granted + to any one except upon and for particular occasions, and had only + been presented to one of the Nobility and a Lord of Parliament. So + by the Charter of King Charles, the High Steward of the borough of + Yarmouth must be ‘unus praeclarus vir,’ the meaning of which might be + gathered from the appointment of William, Earl of Yarmouth, to be the + first modern High Steward, and that to the present time the office + had been filled by noblemen distinguished by their talents and + services as statesmen, or great naval and military commanders. + Amongst them were the celebrated Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, + a second Robert Earl of Orford, and George Earl of Orford, who + together held that office for nearly 60 years, much to the honour and + advantage of the Borough. Although their connection with that noble + family had been interrupted, it had not been forgotten by the + Corporation, who were happy in having the honour of renewing it in + the person of his Lordship, in whom they found that ‘praeclarus vir’ + pointed out by the charter, and they doubted not but that his + Lordship would support them in all transactions grounded in honour, + honesty, and good faith, and having for their object the public good, + and that he would defend and maintain their ancient rights, + privileges, and immunities. The Town Clerk then presented Lord + Orford with his appointment, and assured his Lordship that his + presence among them would always be hailed with pleasure by the + Corporation. + + The Earl of Orford was then sworn, and immediately addressed the + Mayor and Corporation in an eloquent speech, in which he said he + claimed no merit to himself for the choice which had been made by the + Corporation, but attributed it solely to the recollection of the + former connection of the borough with his ancestors, which had been + so handsomely alluded to by the Town Clerk, and to that firm line of + conduct in political life which he had thought it his duty + steadfastly to pursue, which it was his pride and pleasure to + maintain, and that although the Corporation might have selected a + person of more influence than himself, yet he would yield to no one + in zeal, and no exertion on his part would be spared to uphold the + rights, privileges, and immunities of the Corporation, which had that + day been entrusted to the Mayor, and which it was to be hoped he + would be permitted to resign unimpaired to his successor. He himself + should always feel it his duty and pleasure to render his services + available to the true interests of the borough. + + The other annual officers were then sworn, and the Mayor, accompanied + by the High Steward and the Corporate Body, walked to the Town Hall, + where a most splendid entertainment was provided for upwards of three + hundred and thirty gentlemen, among whom were the Right Hon. the Earl + of Orford, the Right Hon. Viscount Nevill, the Hon. Mr. Justice + Alderson, the Hon. the Rev. E. Pellew, the Hon. P. H. Abbott, Sir E. + K. Lacon, Bart., Vice-Admiral Sir George Parker, K.C.B., Col. Petre, + Col. Mason, Robert Marsham, Esq., J. Postle, Esq., Stratton Marsham, + Esq., E. H. K. Lacon, Esq., W. M. Praed, Esq., Rev. C. Penrice, Rev. + J. Humfrey, Rev. — Clarke, Rev. J. Gunn, Rev. B. Winthorp, John + Penrice, Esq., R. Rising, Esq., S. Palmer, Esq., W. Carpenter, Esq., + Capt. Onslow, R.N., Capt. M. Kelly, R.N., Capt. Travers, R.N., Major + Travers, Capt. Carew, R.N., H. Munro, Esq., B. Caldecott, Esq., &c., + &c. + + The healths of their Majesties—the Princess Victoria and the rest of + the Royal Family—his Majesty’s Ministers, and the Duke of Wellington, + were drank. On the health of the Earl of Orford being given, the + noble Lord, in returning thanks, alluded to the commission for + investigating Corporations, declaring ‘that he denounced the + illegality of the commission.’ His Lordship gave the health of the + Mayor and Prosperity to the Town of Yarmouth, for which the Chief + Magistrate expressed his acknowledgment, stating his determination to + do all he could to forward the best interests of the town on every + occasion. + + On the health of Mr. Justice Alderson being given, the learned Judge + spoke of the Constitution of this country as being so framed as to + allow all who had the talents and industry to arrive at the very + highest dignities the King could confer, and concluded by saying that + the question for the people to consider was whether they would close + the avenues to those dignities. The healths of Lord Nevill, Mr. + Charles Palmer (the son of the Mayor), Sir E. K. Lacon, Lord Walpole + and the House of Wolterton, Lord Wodehouse and the House of + Kimberley, and a variety of other toasts were given; after which the + Mayor and a large party adjourned to the Ball at the Bath Rooms, + where dancing continued till a late hour. + +Oct. 31st.—“On Monday evening last, as Mr. Marsh, of the house of Marsh +and Barnes, wine and spirit merchants, was returning in his gig from +Beccles, he overtook a female on the road near Fritton, who, as Mr. M. +passed, implored assistance. He pulled up, and finding the poor creature +in an exhausted and high state of nervous excitement, and that she was on +her way to this place, he took her up, when she stated as follows—that +she had walked from Yarmouth to Heckingham House to obtain relief for a +relative residing in Yarmouth, that she had obtained 3s., was returning +home across the Marshes, and when near the New Cut and bridge over the +dam, she saw two men, who appeared to come from a wherry, and when they +met her one of them presented a pistol and threatened to shoot her, but +she answering in the negative to the enquiry of “Do you know us,” one of +them said, “Don’t shoot her.” They then searched, took from her 2s. 6d., +some halfpence, and a handkerchief with some trifles, knocked her down by +a blow on the face, and so left her. When she recovered she proceeded on +her journey till the above gentleman humanely assisted her into the town +and relieved her; but she was so weak from the fright as to stagger when +she left the gig. She states that she thinks she could recognize one of +the men. Might not some enquiry as to what wherry was moored in the Cut +at that time lead to the detection of the perpetrators of so diabolical +an act as that of distressing the distressed. We respectfully submit to +the gentlemen who are the guardians for the hundred of Heckingham if some +safe plan could not be devised to relieve non-resident paupers, so as to +obviate the necessity of a journey by them of so many miles.” + +Dec. 5th.—The winter assemblies having been discontinued for two years +had been revived, and the first assembly had been held at the Town Hall, +(the Mayor (J. Danby Palmer, Esq.) and Vice-Admiral Sir George Parker, +K.C.B., Stewards). It was attended by all the principal families of the +town and neighbourhood. + +Dec. 12th.—A fine schooner named the Fairy Queen, 150 tons register, had +been launched from W. Lubbock’s yard. + +Dec. 28th.—The altar piece presented to St. Peter’s Church by Col. Mason +was put up on Christmas Eve. + + + +1834. + + +Jan. 9th.—Samuel Tolver and Charles John Palmer, Esqs., had been +appointed Perpetual Commissioners for the counties of Norfolk and +Suffolk. + +Jan. 16th.—News had been received that the Lion, belonging to G. D. +Palmer, Esq., had arrived at Civita Vecchia on the 26th ult. + +Jan. 30th.—Two schooners of about 80 tons register, named the Norwich +Trader and Lowestoft Merchant, had been launched from Mr. Thomas W. +Branford’s yard. + +A requisition was being signed for the purpose of having the “upper” +ferry established. + +Feb. 6th.—Messrs. Buckle and Hogg, two of H.M. Municipal Commissioners, +had arrived for the purpose of holding an Inquiry into the doings of the +Corporation. + +A crowded meeting had been held to petition Parliament for an abolition +of Church Rates. J. Shelly, Esq., was called to the chair, and the +following gentlemen took part in the proceedings:—Rev. Mr. Betts, J. B. +Palmer, Esq., Rev. T. Tait, Mr. D. Chapman, Rev. H. Squire, and Rev. A. +Creak. + +Feb. 20th.—Capt. Manby had given “an elegant and fully attended fete” at +the Barracks. + +Feb. 29th.—The Municipal Commissioners were sitting at the Tolhouse. + +March 6th.—The Commissioners having finished their investigation were +entertained by Alderman Bath at Dinner. + +April 10th.—Mr. G. Garson had been appointed Lloyd’s Surveyor. + +The annual silver cup, given by Mr. Bales to the members of the “Yarmouth +British Yacht Club,” was to be sailed for in May. + +April 17th.—A meeting had been held to oppose certain clauses in the +proposed Haven and Pier Bill then before Parliament, Mr. Alderman Barth +in the chair, the following took part in the proceedings:—Messrs. J. +Brightwen, J. Shelly, A. Palmer, S. Cobb, R. Ferrier, G. D. Palmer, B. +Dowson, P. Stead, and William Barber. + +April 24th.—The Baltic (belonging to I. Preston, Esq.) and The Venus +(belonging to G. D. Palmer, Esq.) had sailed with emigrants for North +America. + +May 1st.—A brig called the Friends, of 190 tons register, had been +launched from Mr. A. Palmer’s yard. + +May 15th.—The “New Proprietary Grammar School” had been opened, John +Danby Palmer, Esq., being Chairman during the proceedings. + +June 5th.—The Misses Seaman had been appointed postmistresses. + +June 12th.—“A remarkably fine ship of 374 tons” had been launched from +the dockyard of Ambrose Palmer, Esq. + +June 26th.—Contains the following notice of an “Ingenious Invention”:—“A +few weeks since a young lady having lost her left leg by amputation, four +inches below the knee, applied to Mr. W. B. Neslen, shoe and last maker, +of this town, complaining of the inconvenience she experienced from the +wooden substitute she had procured. Mr. N. immediately set about +remedying this, which he eventually accomplished by the making of a leg, +which for useful purposes has in a very great measure supplied the loss +of the original limb. It was composed of light sycamore wood, cased with +leather, with elastic springs for the foot. It was shown to several +mechanics in the neighbourhood, who all gave an opinion highly favourable +to the ingenuity of its construction. It weighs 3lbs. (the former +substitute weighed 7lbs.) and is connected with the knee by springs. The +lady is enabled to make very nearly the same use of the artificial as she +previously had done with the real limb.” + +The anniversary of the King’s accession to the Throne had been observed, +the Corporation attending divine service, when the Rev. T. Baker preached +“an appropriate sermon.” + +July 24th.—Mr. William Mabson had been chosen a Common Councilman in the +room of Mr. John Robson, deceased. + +July 31st.—The annual water frolic had been held, Mr. Stephen Miller’s +Water Witch taking the prize. + +Aug. 14th.—Messrs. C. Davie, Samuel Palmer, Frederick Paget, Capt. +Todman, R.N., and the Rev. Mark Waters had been elected Paving +Commissioners. + +Aug. 21st.—A dinner had been given (G. D. Palmer, Esq., in the chair) to +Messrs. T. Hammond and R. B. Fenn, as a compliment for services rendered +by them to the fishing interest. + +Aug. 28th.—The Stratheden, 400 tons register, had been launched from Mr. +F. Preston’s yard. + +Sept. 2nd.—The following had been chosen Corporate officers for the +ensuing year:—Isaac Preston, jun., Esq., Mayor; Mr. J. E. Laws, +Chamberlain; J. Danby Palmer, and E. H. L. Preston, Esqs., Churchwardens; +Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., Isaac Preston, Esq., and Messrs. R. Ferrier and +William Yetts, Auditors; J. D. Palmer, Edmund Preston, Robert Cory, jun., +William Barth, Esqs., and Messrs. E. H. L. Preston, S. B. Cory, C. J. +Palmer, Vestry; J. Baker, Esq., and Mr. James Jay, Collectors; and +Messrs. F. Preston and Samuel Jay, Muragers. + +Oct. 2nd.—Contains the following report of the proceedings on the +“Mayor’s Day”:— + + Monday being the feast of St. Michael, the day was ushered in by + ringing of Bells, flags at the New Hall, Church, &c. The Mayor-Elect + (I. Preston, jun., Esq.) ordered twopenny buns to be given to the + children of the different charity schools in the town, and it was + really gratifying to observe the number of happy boys and girls, with + cheers parading Gaol-street, the Quay, &c., with their gifts in their + hands. About two o’clock in the afternoon the Mayor and Corporation + attended divine service at St. Nicholas’ Church, where a sermon was + delivered by the Rev. F. Baker (son of the Rector of Rollesby) from + Acts, chapter 23rd, 4th and 5th verses, which in the days when + passive obedience and non-resistance reigned might have been + considered an excellent one. Happily, however, those days are past, + and few, probably, of the rev. gentleman’s hearers accorded with him + when they heard him denounce from the pulpit the great majority of + those who sought Reform in the Church, and other acknowledged abuses + as infidels, atheists, and anarchists, and those who aimed at the + overthrow of the Church, the Altar, and the Crown. From the Church + the Corporation proceeded to the Guildhall, where the Mayor-Elect + (after having taken the oath of office) spoke to the following + effect:—“Gentlemen, previous to assuming the chair of Chief + Magistracy, which I am about to fill, you will allow me to thank you + for the proof that you have given me of your confidence. Gentlemen, + I sought not this office; I have accepted it only that I might + endeavour to render myself useful to my fellow townsmen. Gentlemen, + it is not the pageantry, the sword and mace (though even these may be + of use in their way) that have allured me to this office—no; had I + been capable of being actuated by such motives, I should have been + indeed unworthy of taking (as I have just taken) the Holy Gospels in + my hand, and to have sworn before my God, to execute to the best of + my ability, the important duties of Chief Magistrate of my native + town. I would now address myself to my proper brethren, I would + address myself to all, high or low, rich or poor, and exhort them to + do all that in their power lie to promote the decorum of social life, + by cheeking vice, immorality, and debauchery. Gentlemen, I thank you + very much for the patience with which you have heard me.” This + address was delivered with much firmness, and at the same time with + considerable emotion, and was received with great applause. After + the ceremony of robing, and the other routine business had been gone + through, the newly-elected Mayor, Deputy-Mayor, &c., proceeded + (escorted by the town band, flags, &c.) to the New Hall, where a + sumptuous dinner was served to a numerous and highly respectable + assembly of the Body Corporate, and the friends of the Chief + Magistrate. The dessert, which was fine and abundant, was, we + understand, served by Mr. Brooks, of the Market Row. + +Oct. 9th.—Harry Worship, Esq., had delivered a very interesting lecture +on the “Philosophy of Dreams.” + +Oct. 16th.—The frequency of robbery at sea had induced the fishermen to +keep an unusually sharp look out. + +Oct. 23rd.—Charles J. Palmer, Esq., had been elected an Alderman in the +place of Dr. Bateman, deceased. + +It appears from the report of the proceedings at the Revision Court that +the lower ferry was then let at £30 a year only. + +Oct. 30th.—The “Blues” claimed a gain of 50 on the revision of the +Freeman’s list. + +The fishing was reported as going on “very badly.” + +Nov. 6th.—A public meeting had been held on the subject of the Port and +Haven Bill, the Mayor in the chair, when Messrs. George Danby Palmer, +Shelly, Brightwen, Ferrier, Barth, and Dowson took part in the +proceedings. + +Nov. 20th.—The Conservatives had held a meeting at Bammant’s Green, Mr. +William Mabson in the chair, pledging themselves to support the Hon. W. +H. Beresford and W. M. Praed. + +Nov. 27th.—Col. Anson had spoken from the Committee Room in Regent +Street, when Messrs. George Steward and J. Shelly took part in the +proceedings. + +The “Political Union” required Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold to pledge +themselves to support “Corporation Reform, Triennial Parliaments, +Extension of the Suffrage, and Vote by Ballot.” + +Dec. 4th.—A meeting of voters in the Blue interest had been held at the +Crown and Anchor Tavern, when it was determined “to sink all minor +differences” in order to secure the return of Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold. +Mr. N. B. Palmer addressed a crowded assembly from the Committee Rooms. + +Dec. 11th.—Thomas Baring, Esq., had arrived as Mr. Praed’s colleague, and +both gentlemen had addressed the electors from the Newcastle Tavern, and +a house on the South Quay, which they had engaged as a Committee Room. + +Dec. 18th.—The contest was progressing, Col. Anson assuring his +supporters “that at that moment their canvassing book stood better than +he had ever known it to stand since he had known Yarmouth.” + +Dec. 23rd.—There had been a “violent scuffle” between the Reds and the +Blues, during which “the son of a Baronet was pulled from his horse and +beaten violently.” + + + +1835. + + +Jan. 8th, contains the following account of the election:— + + “It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that we announce that our + late members, Messrs. Anson and Rumbold, are ousted from the + representation. We said last week that nothing but the most gross + and unblushing bribery could possibly unseat these gentlemen, and + these means have been had recourse to, to an unprecedented extent. + Messrs. Baring and Praed are returned, not by the free and + independent voice of the people, but by a bought majority, bought by + means most disgraceful both to giver and receiver, although we cannot + help thinking that the larger portion of disgrace attaches to the + former—for what can be more discreditable, what can be more contrary + to the high honour which ought to distinguish the gentleman, than to + take advantage of the poor freeman, and by (in this instance doubly + accursed) gold to make him forfeit his solemn promises? Do our + opponents ask for proofs of this? We have them in the infamous + system of cooping (a system which we had hoped was confined to a + neighbouring city, but which has been now imported into this till now + uncorrupt borough), which has been with a bold unblushing front + carried on to a large extent in certain houses in the town. We have + them in the number of freemen who were to be seen on both election + days coming up to the Red booth with Blue colours in their hats, and + in the madness of infuriating drink, flinging them in the face of and + grossly abusing a highly respected and respectable fellow townsman of + ours, while at the same time they recorded their votes for Messrs. + Baring and Praed. We have it in the fact that four sovereigns, with + a promise of as much more, and £2 10s., with a like promise, were + given to two poor freemen of the names of Boyce and Stevenson, to + induce them to vote for the Reds, but who, with a truly noble spirit + that cannot be too highly appreciated, brought the money into their + hands to the Blue booth, and then polled for Messrs. Anson and + Rumbold. But, unfortunately for the good cause, these glorious + examples were not generally followed. The Red Leaders took good care + for the most part of their deluded and purchased victims, by plying + them with drink, keeping them in strong hold, &c., to allow them to + return to the paths of rectitude. We do think that the feelings of + our late members are rather to be envied by those of the present, the + former having lost with honour, the latter owing their election not + to the feeling of the town (that we confidently say, without fear of + contradiction, is with Messrs. Anson and Rumbold), but to the + exercise of the most abominable and venal means to effectuate it. If + anything like the sums which we have heard mentioned have been + expended in this shameful warfare of gold against principle, our + opponents may truly say with one of yore, ‘another such victory will + ruin us!’ The most active measures are being had recourse to (and + may they be successful) either by substantiating the individual + instances of bribery, which we know have to a great extent taken + place to oust the members from those seats which they so unjustly + obtained by bad means, manifestly against the feeling and real wishes + of the town to oust Messrs. Baring and Praed from the ill-earned + honours so surreptitiously procured for them, or at any rate to make + the guilty individual perpetrators pay the penalty of such acts!” + + “The nomination of the candidates took place at the Guildhall, on + hustings erected outside. The Town Clerk (S. Tolver, Esq.) having + read the precept, the Mayor, in a loud voice, requested a patient + hearing for those who might address them. Mr. Alderman Barth, in a + neat speech, proposed the Hon. Col Anson as a fit and proper person + to represent the borough. B. Dowson, Esq., seconded the nomination. + Vice-Admiral Sir G. Parker, K.C.B., in a very manly and + straightforward speech, proposed Mr. Rumbold, when Mr. Shelly + presented himself as the seconder. A picked party of his opponents, + evidently brought there for the purpose, attempted by every + discordant noise to prevent his being heard; by dint of perseverance, + however, and the powerful support of his numerous friends, Mr. S. + with even more than his usual eloquence, at considerable length + supported the nomination. Messrs. R. Ferrier and A. Palmer proposed + and seconded Mr. Baring, and Mr. J. Penrice proposed and Mr. J. Lacon + seconded the nomination of Mr. Praed. The Hon. Col. Anson spoke at + great length, and with all his wonted power, in the course of a + really luminous speech, he expressed the surprise he had felt on + finding Mr. A. Palmer (a gentleman who had before honoured him with + his support) among the ranks of his opponents. Mr. P. explained by + saying it was because Col. A. had allied himself to Radicals and + destructives. The Hon. Col. said he was surprised at having such a + reason assigned. It was known to all that he had never succumbed to + the Radicals. That deeply grateful as he was for their support, he + had, and should again, unless convinced of their necessity, oppose + their great measures of vote by ballot and triennial parliaments. + That he was so far independent appeared in this, that with the ballot + he believed the present opposition would scarcely have occurred, or + if it had it would have been but a very few hours ere it would have + terminated in the triumph of himself and Mr. Rumbold. (Loud cheers.) + The other candidates also addressed the assembled multitude. The + poll commenced the following day, and from the activity with the Pink + and Purples, or Reds, or Conservatives, for in the motley assemblage + of coalition of colours we scarcely know what exactly they call + themselves, brought up their voters, it was feared that they would + head the first day’s poll. The event proved the correctness of the + prediction, for at four o’clock it was found that the Tories had a + majority of 192; although the Blues rallied next morning, that + majority could not be altogether overcome. The final close of the + poll left Messrs. Baring and Praed a majority of 88. + +Anson 680 +Rumbold 675 +Baring 772 +Praed 768 + + “Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold addressed an immense concourse of + persons, by whom they were repeatedly and loudly cheered, from the + King’s Head windows. They were preceded by Mr. Alderman Barth, Col. + Anson’s very deep emotion not enabling him immediately to come + forward. When he did come forward he said no language which he could + use could sufficiently express his sorrow at the dissolution of the + connection so long subsisting between them; their present members + would find their task a comparatively easy one; they would find that + such attention had been paid to the town that the path would be plain + before them, and that little indeed would remain to be done. (Loud + cheers.) They had been defeated by means most flagitious. Let not + the present members, however, be too certain of their seats, for if + by any means these foul proceedings could be sifted to the bottom, + measures would be taken to remove them from their ill-acquired + honours. With him and Mr. Rumbold, he was happy to say, still + remained the real voice of the people. (Cheers.) He was proud of + this, and would in conclusion assure them that whether in or out of + Parliament their interests would ever have a prominent place in his + regards. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Rumbold spoke under the influence of + great agitation, and in the course of a very luminous speech adverted + to the disgraceful fact of having in his pocket a proof that, in a + room in this town a bribe was offered in the presence and with the + cognizance of a Magistrate. (Cries of ‘Shame, shame.’) He should + carry into retirement with him the deepest sense of their uniform + kindness, and a determination ever to forward the interests of any of + his former constituents, who might apply to him, to the best of his + ability. The chairing of to-day was hailed by numbers with + demonstrations which must have been the very reverse to the members; + indeed, we are sure that if the Blues had shown in full strength + their exasperated feelings (and they did not do this alone in + compliance with the advice of their leaders), there could have been + no chairing. A dinner of our late members’ friends is now about + taking place at the Masonic Hall, very numerously attended. A + subscription for the purchase of a piece of plate for them is + commenced, and will include the smallest amount. This will confirm + us in our conviction that the sense of the town is with the Blues.” + +Jan. 15th.—About 100 supporters of Messrs. Anson and Rumbold dined at the +Masonic Hall, when both those gentlemen were present. + +Jan. 22nd.—The polling for East Norfolk showed a majority of 149 in the +town for Windham and Gurney. Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Windham, and Mr. Palmer +had addressed the electors. + +Feb. 12th contains the following account of a sailing match from Yarmouth +to Venice:— + + “The Lion, Punchard, having some time been considered the fastest + ship out of this port, a brig was built, and launched in the middle + of September, called the Vivid (Captain M. Butcher, jun.) and matched + against the Lion, for Venice, which vessel sailed at 3 p.m. on the + 2nd of December, and the Vivid sailed at 6 p.m. on the following day, + being 27 hours difference in favour of the former vessel; since which + period letters have been received from Venice from each Captain, + stating that the Vivid passed the Gut of Gibraltar on the 22nd of + December and the Lion on the 29th. They also state that the Vivid + arrived at Venice on the 17th ult, and the Lion on the 24th ult.” + +A meeting of the subscribers to the plate to be presented to the late +M.P.’s (Messrs. Anson and Rumbold) had been held, when it appeared that +3,685 persons had contributed £370 0s. 8d. + +March 2nd.—Mr. C. Aldred had given a lecture on the “Philosophy of +Sleep.” + +There had been “a most tremendous hurricane,” and it was stated that “the +oldest seaman does not recollect so much damage occurring on this coast +with an off-shore wind.” + +March 16th.—£100 had been deposited by three gentlemen “as the issue of a +voyage to be performed by the Vivid, Lion, and Rapid, from these Roads to +the Naze of Norway and back.” + +March 26th.—The ladies of Yarmouth were about to present two very elegant +silver mugs to Miss Anson and Miss Emily Anson, the daughters of the late +M.P. for the borough. + +April 16th.—Mr. W. Davie, Trinity Agent, had been appointed a +Sub-Commissioner of Pilotage in the room of John Fisher, Esq., on the +recommendation of John Danby Palmer, Esq., and W. J. Hurry, Esq., the +other Commissioners. + +Mr. F. Preston had launched a very fine vessel of 464 tons called the +Mary Anne. + +A Society for promoting the Purity of Election had been formed. + +April 23rd.—The members (Messrs. Baring and Praed) attended a dinner to +which they had been invited by their constituents, at the Town Hall. Sir +E. K. Lacon, Bart., presided. John Penrice, Esq., sat at the head of the +right hand table, and Ambrose Palmer, Esq., at the head of the left. Mr. +Paget was vice-president. Among the company were Lord Walpole, M.P., E. +Wodehouse, Esq., M.P., Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart., Sir Jacob Preston, +Bart.,— Lawson, Esq., M.P., the Mayor of Yarmouth, John Danby Palmer, +Esq., Captains Onslow, Gunthorpe, Manby, and Grint; M. Lacon, J. M. +Lacon, W. Fisher, I. Preston, J. Preston, R. Ferrier, J. G. Fisher, E. +Leathes, G. E. Francis, R. Cory, W. Yetts, F. Preston, and Chas. J. +Palmer, Esqs.; the Revs. T. Baker, C. Penrice, W. Lucas, — Green, and +about 250 electors. + +May 14th.—The smuggler “Nancy, of London,” was brought in by the Badger, +cutter, having on board 150 tubs of brandy, a few bags of tea, and some +dry goods. + +June 18th.—A meeting of Reformers had been held at the Star Hotel, when +G. Danby Palmer, Esq., moved that a petition should be presented in +favour of the Corporation Reform Bill. + +June 25th.—Another meeting on the same subject had been held at the +Mechanics’ Hall. Messrs. William Barth, R. Wall, Thomas Hammond, E. +Sewell, S. Cobb, and J. Shelly taking part in the proceedings. + +July 2nd.—Mr. Praed had presented a petition against the Corporation +Reform Bill from the town. + +July 30th.—The following notice appears of the death of J. Shelly, Esq.:— + + “It is with feelings of more than ordinary regret that we this week + announce the sudden death of John Shelly, Esq. This estimable + gentleman had concluded his examination on Tuesday forenoon last + before the Parliamentary Committee, and after being highly + complimented by the noble Chairman (Lord F. Egerton) for his ability + (feeling himself somewhat unwell), had retired to his inn, where he + directed the waiter to call him in half-an-hour. The servant went + upstairs at the time appointed, about two in the afternoon, and found + Mr. S. sitting in a chair, nearly dead. We repeat that we feel more + than ordinary regret at having this announcement to make. As a + leader and representative (if we may so say) of a party his death + will create a void that it will be long indeed ere it be filled. His + was a master mind—once embarked in a subject (whatever might be its + magnitude) it was sure to be treated powerfully and ably by Mr. + Shelly, the whole energies of whose mind were directed to its + elucidation for the benefit of his fellow townsmen. There might, + indeed, be those who excelled this really gifted man in some + particular department, but for general knowledge, facility, power, + ease, and even elegance of expression, our lamented friend, we should + say, has not left his equal in this, his native town. That he was a + warm partizan, no one can deny, but that he was directed in his every + movement of a public nature by sincerity and conscience is equally + clear to every one who had the happiness of knowing him. The great + majority of the shops kept by those in the Liberal interest are + shaded, to show the sense which is entertained of the irreparable + nature of the public loss sustained. But it is not alone in public + that the work of Mr. S. was known. As a father, husband, friend, and + Christian, his conduct was alike exemplary. We will venture to say + that, warm as was his political partizanship, he never made himself + one personal enemy. Mr. Shelly has left an amiable wife and eleven + children to deplore his loss.” + +August 8th.—The Regatta had been held, when the cup was won by Sir Jacob +Preston’s “Maria”; on this occasion Edmund Preston, Esq., entertained +“about 200 of the fashionables of the town.” + +August 13th.—The petition in favour of Corporation Reform had been signed +by 2,500 persons. + +August 20th.—The following notice appears:— + + “On Friday night, Mr. Prentice, of whose contumacy before a Committee + of the House of Commons our readers have heard so much, arrived here, + having been recently released from Newgate. The day previous + handbills made their appearance, inviting the friends of Messrs. + Baring and Praed to accompany Prentice into town. About seven + o’clock on the first-mentioned evening a party of from twenty to + thirty left the house of a publican in Chapel Street, preceded with + band, colours, and banners down Regent Street, over the bridge, and + so on to Hopton. On the arrival of the “Morning Star” coach Prentice + was taken out and placed in an open landau, in which he stood + upright, bowing, as he went along, to the assemblage, which by this + time had become very large, induced thereto by the novelty of the + scene. The procession with much mock gravity moved on to the bridge, + by torch light, went round the town, and thence proceeded to the + Bowling Green, where the lion of the night spoke from a window. He + described the present as the proudest, the happiest day of his + life—said that although the Reform Bill had given him a vote, yet he + hated it,—he hated also the Corporation Reform Bill, and hoped that + the Lords would so mutilate it that Lord John Russell might not know + his own child again.” + +October 8th contains the following paragraph:— + + “Some admirers of the Corporation met on Tuesday sen’night to + celebrate Michaelmas Day at the Angel Inn, Mr. F. Paget in the chair. + We understand that some of the leading members of the expiring body + were present.” + +October 18th contains a notice of Brock’s miraculous escape from +drowning. + +Oct. 22nd.—The first Oddfellows’ funeral in this town is thus recorded:— + + “On Thursday afternoon last the novel ceremonial of an Oddfellows’ + funeral took place in processional order. The deceased, Nathaniel + Spilman, had been for many years a member of the two lodges in this + town, and, it having been his request, he was interred with the usual + honours appertaining to the Order. Accordingly, the brethren of the + two lodges proceeded in the following order to the house of the + deceased:—officer of the lodge with his drawn sword, secretary + bearing the scroll, two officers with their wands, two of the head + officers of each lodge, two officers with wands, two of the second + officers of the lodges, a large concourse of the brethren adorned + with their numerous silver medals, aprons, &c., two of the wardens + carrying their badges. On their arrival at the house they proceeded + to the churchyard in the above order, with the addition of the Hon. + and Rev. Edward Pellew preceding the body, which was carried by six + of the brethren of the lodge, with six others as pall-holders, + wearing their different medals and aprons. When at the grave the + Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew read the burial service, and at the + conclusion the scroll was thrown in, each of the brethren throwing in + sprigs of rosemary. The secretary to both lodges read the funeral + obsequies over the grave. They then returned to the house of the + deceased’s relatives, and after leaving the family (who had attended + the remains to the grave) proceeded in the same order to the + lodge-room, where they soon after separated. Certainly nothing could + have been more solemn and impressive than was the whole of this + ceremonial. At a meeting of the brethren on the Monday following, it + was unanimously resolved, that the secretary should issue a circular + to the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, thanking him for the great + condescension and kindness evinced by him in attending the funeral of + their late departed brother.” + +Nov. 5th.—A meeting to consider the question of constructing a railway +had been held. Admiral Sir G. Parker, William Barth, Esq., Ambrose +Palmer, Esq. (who prognosticated that by means of a railway the fisheries +would become so immense as to be the astonishment of all), R. S. +Lonsdale, Esq., R. Ferrier, Esq., R. Palmer Kemp, Esq., and others took +part in the proceedings. + +Nov. 12th.—The following gentlemen had been nominated by the Whig party +as the candidates for election to the Reformed Corporation:—_Gorleston +Ward_: William Barth, Thomas Hammond, J. S. Bell, H. Martin, P. Stead, +and J. W. Dowson. _Nelson Ward_: George Danby Palmer, R. Palmer Kemp, S. +Robinson, J. Symonds, G. W. Garson, and M. Butcher. _St. George’s Ward_: +C. Sayers, H. V. Worship, Thomas Lettis, William Grave, George Penrice, +M.D., and William Barker. _Regent Ward_: John Brightwen, S. Palmer, S. +C. Marsh, C. Davie, B. Dowson, and J. Tomlinson. _Market Ward_: E. M. +Clowes, William Johnson, W. Hammond, S. Cobb, E. Sewell, and B. Cobb. +_St. Nicholas’ Ward_: Thomas Thornton, A. Sewell, Joseph Fiddes, R. +Hammond, W. N. Burroughs, and C. E. Doughty. It was reported that the +Tories had held “secret meetings” and were prepared to nominate Messrs. +S. H. Aldred, J. E. Laws, B. Sherrington, P. Moore, E. H. L. Preston, and +— Moore. Messrs. J. G. Plummer, D. Hook, and S. Sherrington had also +issued a joint address in the South Ward; R. Ferrier and F. Preston had +offered themselves for the St. George’s and St. Andrew’s Wards, and R. +Wall for the South Ward. + +Nov. 26th.—It is recorded that in the month ending October, then last, +there entered “inwards” at the Custom House of this port 306 vessels, the +tonnage of which amounted to 24,933 tons, and with cargoes “outwards” 120 +vessels, of a tonnage of 8,560 tons. The “Old Spring,” a ship of nearly +400 tons (belonging to George Danby Palmer, Esq.), had arrived from +Archangel with timber, and came up to the Quay without unlading any part +of her cargo. + +Dec. 10th.—The retiring Aldermen (except Mr. Barth) were entertained by +their Tory friends previous to their quitting office. + +Dec. 20th.—About 120 gentlemen retaliated upon this course by giving a +dinner to Mr. Barth, S. Cobb, Esq., in the chair. S. Palmer, H. Worship, +Thos. Hammond, George Danby Palmer, R. Palmer Kemp, H. V. Worship, C. +Bell, Thomas Green, Esqs., Capt. Jeffries, and Messrs. Burroughs, W. J. +Mason, B. Cobb, Grave, R. Hammond, T. Lettis, and S. Robinson took part +in this entertainment. + + + +1836. + + +Jan. 2nd.—The following is the account of the first election of Town +Councillors under the Municipal Reform Act:— + + “The election of Town Councillors took place here on Saturday last. + The polling commenced at nine o’clock in the morning, and finished at + four in the afternoon. The return was published on Monday by the + Mayor, as follows:— + + NORTH WARD. +Richard Hammond 108 +William N. Burroughs 99 +Abraham Sewell 94 +Charles George Doughty 91 +Benjamin Sherrington 90 +E. H. L. Preston 89 + MARKET WARD. +Simon Cobb 135 +William Johnson 134 +William Hammond 131 +Benjamin Cobb 129 +Edward N. Clowes 128 +Edward Sewell 124 + REGENT WARD. +John Brightwen 98 +Samuel Palmer 98 +S. C. Marsh 98 +Joseph Tomlinson 98 +C. Davie 97 +Benjamin Dowson 95 + ST. GEORGE’S WARD. +C. Sayers 91 +W. Grave 91 +George Penrice, M.D. 91 +W. Barber 91 +H. V. Worship 90 +Thomas Lettis 89 + SOUTH WARD. +G. D. Palmer 147 +R. P. Kemp 137 +George Garson 127 +M. Butcher 124 +John Symonds 122 +Samuel Robinson 118 + GORLESTON AND SOUTHTOWN, OR ST. + ANDREW’S WARD. +J. S. Bell 115 +Thomas Hammond 111 +J. W. Dowson 105 +William Barth 101 +Hezekiah Martin 91 +P. Stead 87 + + It is a matter of great congratulation that 34 out of the 36 + Councillors are Reformers. This election was conducted with + tranquility. Devoutly it is to be wished that parliamentary + elections were managed in the same way. The laborious portion of our + population had no inducement held out to them to lose a single hour. + It is a little curious that Mr. William Prentice—that very Mr. + Prentice who made so conspicuous a figure in our election + parliamentary investigation, proved one of the most formidable + antagonists with whom the Liberal candidates in the town had to + contend.” + +Jan. 7th.—The first meeting of the Reformed Corporation is reported as +follows:— + + “The Town Council met on Thursday last at the Tolhouse Hall, John + Brightwen, Esq., in the chair, (Isaac Preston, Esq., having, we + understand, ceased to exercise the functions of Mayor since his + publication of the Council List), for the purpose of choosing twelve + Aldermen. The choice fell on the following gentlemen:—Messrs. J. + Brightwen, Benjamin Dowson, Robert Teasdel, Joseph Starling, J. B. + Palmer, R. S. Lonsdale, Thomas Pitt, Captain William Larke, R.N., + Benjamin Fenn, Robert Wall, Christopher Nicholls, and Captain James + Jefferies. On the following day the Aldermen and Council met at the + same place for the election of a Mayor and for other public business. + Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed Mr. Richard Hammond. Mr. H. thanked + Mr. P. for the proposition, and said that he should still more thank + his friends if they voted against him. William Barth, Esq., was then + chosen Mayor, amidst loud cheering. Mr. B. was then, together with + the Aldermen, sworn in. The Court was then thrown open to the + public, when the front and side galleries were instantly filled by a + very respectable concourse of persons, the body of the hall being + appropriated to the Council. Several gentlemen were named for + Magistrates to be recommended to the Crown. Accounts were ordered + touching the property (and profits arising from such property) held + by the late Corporation, together with accounts of the official + persons employed, their salaries, &c., for the last five years. J. + Tolver, Esq., was then chosen, during pleasure, as Town Clerk.” + + “Our Conservatives had dined together on Thursday to celebrate the + anniversary of the return of Messrs. Baring and Praed. They have + been obliged to put themselves on a level with the Reformers, and be + content with three shilling tickets instead of fifteen. The dinner + took place at the Angel Inn, J. E. Lacon, Esq., in the chair.” + +Jan. 14th contains the following report:— + + “There was an unusual quantity of business transacted at the + Corporation Assembly on Wednesday last. It was first proposed that a + petition should be addressed to the King, praying for four Sessions + of Oyer and Terminer a year. It was suggested that the Recorder + should be allowed £60 a year. To this Mr. E. L. Preston objected, + who moved that it should be £50. To this it was replied that the + latter sum was allowed by the late Corporation when Sessions were + only held twice a year. The original motion was carried unanimously, + Mr. E. Sewell observing that Mr. P’s was a false economy. It was + next moved by Mr. S. Cobb that the Great Seal should be called that + of the Town Council, and not of St. Nicholas. He had no objection to + all remaining as it was except the expensive name of St. Nicholas. + This was warmly opposed by Mr. Preston. It was, however, carried + unanimously. Mr. Richard Hammond read a list of persons to form the + Committee of Finance. To this plan Mr. Preston warmly objected, + saying he had no notion of names being got up “ready cut and dried.” + It was stated in answer that the list (to which no objection was then + made) was agreed to at the Watch Committee, of which Mr. P. formed + one, and which he might have attended if he pleased. Mr. B. + Sherrington (of the same politics as Mr. P.) was on the Committee, + and was present. The Finance Committee agreed to were, the Mayor + (who is appointed _ex-officio_ on all Committees), Messrs. S. Cobb, + R. S. Lonsdale, Charles Nicholls, B. Dowson, Martin, G. D. Palmer, C. + Sayers, W. Johnson, and Burroughs. On the Mayor explaining the + duties of the Borough Lands Committee, it was suggested and agreed + to, that the tradesmen employed solely by this Committee should be + only for small jobs. This being a most important business, it was + determined that all the Council should form the Committee. On the + Water-Bailiffs and Met Farm Office Committee, it was resolved, on the + motion of Mr. S. Cobb, that it be called “Committee of Port Dues”; + the officer “Collector of Port Dues.” The Committee appointed were + Messrs. W. Barber, G. D. Palmer, T. Pitt, R. Teasdel, Martin, J. B. + Palmer, Thomas Hammond, Fenn, Butcher, and Dowson. Market and + Corporation Tolls’ Committee: Messrs. Johnson, Brightwen, S. Cobb, + Sayers, Nicholls, Sherrington, R. Hammond, S. Palmer, Symonds, J. B. + Palmer, and Martin. Committee for Caister Causeway: Messrs. R. P. + Kemp, S. Palmer, Nicholls, Fenn, Tomlinson, R. Hammond, and Sayers. + Church Trustees: Messrs. Larke, Kemp, Burroughs, J. Dowson, Starling, + B. Cobb, S. Palmer, E. N. Clowes, Marsh, Tomlinson, Garson, Grave, + Butcher, Barber, Robinson, Preston, Martin, Symonds, Sherrington, and + G. D. Palmer. All the outstanding drawbacks arc to be referred to + the Port Dues Committee. The ringers’ bill, £12 10s. for five days’ + ringing, was disallowed. Admiralty Court: R. Cory, jun., returned + that he had in five years received as registrar £1,483 16s. 8d., and + claimed as compensation £200 per year for his natural life. + Proctors: C. J. Palmer claimed £1,036 7s., C. Sayers £1,196 5s. 6d., + I. Preston £692, E. R. Palmer £497. Thomas King, gaoler, petitioned + for continuance of place, stated emoluments, and asked £13 7s. 4½d. + compensation, as Marshall of the Court of Admiralty. Mrs. King, as + matron, received £10 per year, and prayed to be continued. Alfred + King, turnkey, received 14s. per. week, and prayed for continuance. + The five sergeants-at-mace sent a return of their emoluments for five + years, and petitioned for their continuance. B. Welsh, chapel clerk, + made about £47 per year, and prayed for continuance. The Rev. Thomas + Baker, as lecturer, received £120 per year. The Hon. and Rev. E. + Pellew received from the late Corporation £40 per year and a house, + for which he pays 1s. per year rent. John Seaman, parish clerk, + receives no salary, but averages about £80 per annum. The Revs. J. + Homfray and Mark Waters declined the statement of their proceeds, as + they conceived the returns did not apply to them as Ministers of a + Chapel endowed by Act of Parliament. They begged their refusal might + not be considered as arising from discourtesy. Their communication + was rejected. These returns were referred to a Committee of the + Mayor’s assistants.” + +Jan. 21st.—The Earl of Orford had been removed from his office of High +Steward and the Earl of Lichfield elected in his place. + +The following gentlemen were suggested as Magistrates:—William Barth, +Esq., Sir George Parker, K.C.B., George Danby Palmer, H. V. Worship, J. +Brightwen, C. Nicholls, R. Palmer Kemp, S. Cobb, and S. Palmer, Esqs., +and Capt. Larke, R.N., by the Council. + +Sixteen new watch and policemen, and two superintendents had been +appointed. + +The Mayor and Town Council had attended service at St. Nicholas’ Church, +“The Mayor with no other insignia of office than the chain and the sword +carried by an officer.” + +Feb. 4th.—The Tories had held a dinner in the Theatre in honour of +Messrs. Baring and Praed. Seven hundred persons attended. + +Feb. 18th.—Has the following report of a high tide:— + + “The scene of devastation on our beach, occasioned by the late high + tides, exceed the powers of description. Wednesday morning, in some + measure, prepared us for the event; the sea was at that time breaking + over the jetty, and reached as high as the houses. It was prophesied + by nautical men that if the next tide was equally high the + consequences would be most disastrous, and, unfortunately, it so + proved. The sea in the evening undermined the foundations of most of + the dwellings, throwing down the walls of many, to the great injury + of those of the inmates who had not taken the precautions to remove + their property. Furniture was seen floating in all directions, in + the presence of the astonished and alarmed multitude. The summer + residence of the Right Hon. Lord Berners is more than half destroyed, + while the house of the Misses Ansell and the Right Hon. Lord Nevill + were surrounded; in fact, such a scene of general devastation never + in the memory of the oldest inhabitant presented itself. The sea at + one time reached some way up the Jetty Road. While a person was + assisting the landlord of the Holkham Tavern to remove his beds, &c., + to a back warehouse, the sea burst in and broke down the front wall. + At one part of the South Denes the sea and river might be seen + meeting. Part of the South Quay was flooded. It was unusually high + at the bridge, and likewise some of the lower parts of the town. + Amidst this wide spreading destruction, we are glad to say, no lives + were lost.” + +Feb. 22nd.—The Lord High Steward (the Earl of Lichfield) had been sworn +in, and a dinner given in his honour. The noble lord was accompanied by +the Mayor, Lord Suffield, the Hon. George Anson, Mr. Rumbold, Sir W. +Ffolkes, and Mr. Adair. + +March 10th.—A meeting had been held, the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew +presiding, to consider the establishment of a penny library for the +working classes. + +March 24th.—A bet had been made by Mr. Ringer, of the Elephant and Castle +liquor shop in the Market Place, “that on Monday he would sell 1,000 +glasses of ale and porter from six o’clock in the morning and close the +same night. Mr. R. closed at 10, after selling 2,454, at one penny per +glass.” + +Mr. F. Preston had launched a fine ship of 370 tons from his yard. + +April 2nd.—Mr. Edward H. L. Preston and Mr. Green had been tried and +acquitted upon charges of bribery alleged to have been committed by them +at the General Election, when Messrs. Baring and Praed were returned for +the borough. + +April 7th.—A poll had taken place for two Haven and Pier Commissioners, +as follows:— + +George Danby Palmer 375 +William Barth 375 +Sir E. Lacon 207 +Samuel Paget 168 + +and Messrs. Palmer and Barth were consequently elected. + +April 14th contains the following paragraph as to the recent bribery +prosecution:— + + “Yesterday there was a grand public dinner at the Angel Inn, to + celebrate what the Tories call ‘the defeat of the Attorney-General + and the Yarmouth Radicals;’ but what we should say was a fortunate + escape of the accused parties, arising from the glorious uncertainty + of the law. John Lacon, Esq., was in the chair. Richard Ferrier, + Esq., presided at the left hand table. The two vice-presidents were + Mr. Aldred and Mr. John Clarke. A very handsome silver teapot and + ewer were presented to Mr. William Green, by John Penrice, Esq., in + an appropriate speech, for his exertions at the last election. We + were not present, but had these particulars from a Tory friend, who + also said ‘he thought ’twas hard poor Prentice hadn’t something, as + he did as much as Green, and more too.’ There were about 70 persons + present.” + +Twenty gentlemen, all of Reform principles, had been elected select +Vestrymen. + +Five hundred merchants and others had attended a public meeting to +protest against the proposal of the Eastern Counties’ Railway Company to +construct a line to Harwich. + +April 28th.—The seamen had “struck” for an increase of wages. + +Several persons had been fined for keeping disorderly houses. + +Seven vessels had been cleared with emigrants for America, carrying 850 +adults and 600 children, and several other vessels were fitting out for +the same voyage. + +May 5th.—The town was suffering from a number of dogs prowling about, one +of which had severely bitten a young lady. + +May 19th.—Mr. William Ferrier had been elected Coroner by the Council, +which body had voted, by a majority of one, to retain the Market Cross. + +June 9th—Mr. Jefferies Barth had been elected Clerk of the Peace. + +June 17th.—Nathaniel Palmer, Esq., had been appointed Recorder. + +June 23rd.—A fine new schooner (The Clipper) had been launched for +William Hurry Palmer, Esq., and was expected to be the fastest sailing +vessel out of the port. + +June 30th.—The Cross was ordered to be pulled down. + +July 14th.—It was stated that “Yarmouth is very full of strangers, who +flock here from all parts of the country to enjoy the cool sea breezes. +We believe there is not any other place that affords so excellent a view +of shipping in motion as Yarmouth Roads, it being the great thoroughfare +for all vessels trading to the North. The Bath Room is one of the +principal attractions to visitors, as it is a most agreeable lounge +during the heat of the day, and frequent undress balls enliven the +youthful part of the company. The Bath Room has been well attended this +year, and we are happy to say the list of subscribers gives promise of a +good season.” + +The destruction of the Cross is thus noticed:— + + “On Friday last the Market Cross was sold by public tender for £55 + 6s., and on Monday morning workmen commenced pulling it down. It has + now entirely disappeared, to the gratification of the residents in + the Market Place, to whom it had long been a great annoyance, in + consequence of its having become a rendezvous for idle and dissolute + persons. The Tories lament the loss of it, and call the Corporation + destructives for having removed a public nuisance! We know not what + claim it had upon their sympathies, except in being a fit emblem of + the late Body Corporate, for like that it perhaps was of service at + some bygone period of time, but having long ceased to be useful, it + had fallen to abuse and rottenness, and to complete the resemblance + it has, after some struggles, been swept away by the current of + public opinion.” + +August 9th.—The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew had been presented with plate of +the value of £100 by the parishioners. + +August 25th.—The Races had been held, the Stewards being the Earl of +Orford, Lord Henniker, and T. Baring, Esq., M.P. About 160 ladies and +gentlemen attended the Race Ball, and 2,000 persons patronized the +Vauxhall Gardens. + +Sept. 1st.—The Regatta had been held, and the Theatre had been well +filled on the Stewards’ bespeak, when an attempt to get up a cry of +“Baring and Rumbold” proved a failure. + +Sept. 22nd.—172 persons holding Corporation leaseholds had intimated +their desire to purchase the freehold of their properties, at prices +amounting to £6,911. + +Oct. 6th.—The price of herrings was £23 to £24 per last. + +Oct. 13th.—The compensation awarded to the Town Clerk for loss of his +offices of Magistrates’ Clerk and Clerk of the Peace had been settled at +£222 per annum. + +Nov. 3rd.—The result of the Municipal Election is reported as follows:— + + “Our Municipal Election took place on Tuesday last. The contest in + the St. Nicholas’ Ward was a severe one. It was neck and neck + between Mr. Nuthall and E. H. L. Preston all day. At length the + election was carried by a _worthy_, who, after promising constantly + to vote for Nuthall and Sherrington, was suddenly not to be found; + but about five minutes before the close of the poll he was brought + out of the Saracen’s Head, a low public-house, in a state of + intoxication, his voting paper having been changed or altered to + Preston and Fiddes. This decided the thing in Mr. Preston’s favour, + as before that time the numbers for him and Mr. Nuthall were 102 + each. Such a mode of gaining an election is quite in keeping with + Tory practices, and needs no comment. The validity of the election + is, however, disputed on the grounds of a bad vote on the Tory side, + and an informality in the appointment of an Alderman to preside in + the absence of the Aldermen of the Ward. The following is a list of + Councillors returned:—_St. Nicholas’ Ward_: Mr. Sherrington and Mr. + Preston. _Market_: Mr. E. N. Clowes and Mr. Sewell. _Regent_: Mr. + Cufaude Davie and Mr. John Fish. _St. George’s_: Mr. Worship and Mr. + Lettis. _Nelson_: Mr. Robinson and Mr. Symonds. _St. Andrew’s_: Mr. + Martin and Mr. Frederick Preston.” + +Nov. 10th.—A dinner, attended by 200 gentlemen, had been given to William +Barth, Esq. (the Mayor.) + +Nov. 24th.—The old Bridge had been sold in one lot for £96. + +Dec. 22nd.—Mr. F. Preston had launched a beautiful brig called the +“Catherine,” of 212 tons register. + +Dec. 29th.—Heavy weather prevailed, with so much snow that the coaches +were obliged to cease running. + + + +1837. + + +Jan. 5th.—The “Isis,” of this port, and a sloop belonging to Wells, had +been towed off the beach into the harbour. + +Jan. 12th.—Eleven vessels still remained on the beach, and the jetty had +been damaged by the Henry, of North Shields, having run into it. + +Improvements were being effected at the Bath Rooms. + +A floating-light was to be placed at St. Nicholas’ Gat. + +Jan. 19th.—The increase in the Customs for the year ended 5th January, +1837, was £7,000. + +Feb. 2nd.—The Town debt was stated to have been left by the late +Corporation at £11,000, with 19s. 6d. in hand to meet that demand. + +Feb. 16th.—A meeting had been held for the purpose of moving for the +abolition of Church Rates. + +Feb. 23rd.—Mr. Kay, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, had been down with a +view to bringing the Town under the Poor Law Amendment Act. + +March 23rd.—The “Export Merchants” had given a dinner to their friends at +the Star Hotel, when George Danby Palmer, Esq., presided. + +March 30th.—At the Vestry meeting the parishioners claimed and exercised +the right of electing both Churchwardens. + +April 6th.—The nomination for the first Board of Guardians (N. Palmer, +Esq., acting as Returning Officer) had been sent in. The following +gentlemen were elected:—Messrs. John Brightwen, H. V. Worship, S. V. +Moore, S. Miller, jun., E. N. Clowes, W. Chambers, J. Fish, G. Harley, S. +Cobb, R. P. Kemp, S. Palmer, and W. Grave. + +April 20th.—The following officers were elected by the Board:—R. P. Kemp, +Chairman; S. Cobb, Vice-Chairman; J. L. Cufaude, Clerk; D. Turner, +Treasurer; B. L. Love, Auditor; Harry Worship and Joseph Bayly, +Registrars; Charles Bell and Henry Palmer, Joint Superintendent +Registrars; and — Kemp, Governor of the Workhouse. + +May 4th.—The Guardians had fixed the site for the new Workhouse on the +North Denes. + +May 11th.—Mr. Harry Worship and Mr. J. Bayly had been elected parish +surgeons. + +May 18th.—Mackerel were selling at £2 14s. per hundred. + +May 25th.—The inhabitants had voted an address to the Princess Victoria. + +June 22nd.—The paper appears in mourning for the King. It contained a +notice that “The proclamation of Her Majesty the Queen was to be made +to-morrow” (_i.e._, on 21st June.) + +June 29th.—Mr. Baring had given £25 to the Methodist Chapel. + +The Queen had been proclaimed by the Mayor “in front of the Hall” and at +other places in the town. + +Kerrison Kerrison, Esq., son of M. Kerrison, Esq., of Ranworth, had been +drowned while bathing from the beach. + +July 13th.—S. Palmer, Esq., had called a meeting at his own house to +consider the question of selecting candidates for the representation of +the Borough, when Mr. Rumbold and Mr. Wiltshire were introduced to the +electors. + +July 29th.—The election is reported, when Mr. Baring was proposed and +seconded by Messrs. Ambrose Palmer and Richard Ferrier; Mr. Rumbold by +Sir George Parker and Mr. Brightwen; Mr. Gambier by Mr. J. Penrice and +Mr. J. E. Lacon; and Mr. Wilshere by Mr. Robert Palmer Kemp and Mr. B. U. +Dowson. + +The poll closed— + +Rumbold 790 +Wilshere 779 +Baring 699 +Gambier 685 + +August 24th.—The Races had been held, Mr. Wilshere, M.P., staying with +Mr. S. Palmer, while Mr. Rumbold, M.P., was at the Mayor’s house. + +Sept. 7th.—First meeting of the “Reform” Magistrates for the purpose of +granting licences; present—The Mayor, Dr. Penrice, G. Danby Palmer, S. +Cobb, Charles Nicholls, and William Hammond, Esqs., and “the first step +taken towards breaking up the monopoly which had hitherto been enjoyed by +brewers and spirit merchants.” + +Sept. 14th.—The “Foxhound” (Captain Betts), belonging to G. Danby Palmer, +Esq., had sailed with 1,250 barrels of herrings for Venice. + +The schooner “Wilshere” had been launched from Messrs. Fellows’ yard for +Messrs. Barker and Stone, who entertained their friends on the occasion +at the Star Hotel. + +Sept. 21st.—£21 had been voted for pulling down the Pudding Gates. + +Sept. 28th.—The Lord Bishop had held a confirmation, and received an +address from the Corporation at the Guild Hall. + +Oct. 5th.—The Reformers claimed a gain of 56 at the Revision Court. + +The “Parroch Hall,” a fine ship of 450 tons, had been launched from Mr. +I. Preston’s yard. + +Oct. 26th.—Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain, had visited the town. + +The “Tantivy,” schooner had been launched from Messrs. Fellows’ yard. + +Nov. 2nd.—The Liberal candidates had been re-elected in all the Wards +without opposition. + +Nov. 9th.—Dr. Penrice was elected Mayor, after a ballot, by 20 votes, as +against 14 votes given for Mr. S. Cobb; Samuel Jay, Esq., was elected an +Alderman in the place of Mr. Wall. + +Nov. 23rd.—Mr. Joseph Fiddes, James N. Sherrington, and James Raven had +been elected Commissioners of the Borough Court of Requests. + +The “Harlequin,” 350 tons burthen, had been launched from Mr. L Preston’s +yard. + +Dec. 7th.—The Tories had petitioned against the return of the sitting +members, but had suggested a compromise, which had been “rejected with +the ridicule it deserved.” + +Mr. Joseph Bayly had been elected a Councillor for St. George’s Ward. + +Dec. 21st.—Mr. William Danby Palmer had been elected a Councillor for St. +Andrew’s Ward, in the place of Mr. Dowson, deceased. + +Dee. 28th.—A Temperance sermon had been preached by the Rev. T. Clowes +from I. Cor., viii., 8, 13. + +The weather had been remarkably mild, warmer than it was often in May and +June. + + + +1838. + + +April 19th.—Winter had come again, and the frost had blocked up several +pumps. The nights were extremely dark, and great complaints had been +made by inhabitants of the total absence of lights in the streets. + +Coaches had been engaged to take up the Tory witnesses for the hearing of +the election petition, while the Whigs were going to London by the “Ailsa +Craig” steam packet. + +April 26th.—The following Committee had been struck for the hearing of +such petition:—The Hon. E. Grimshaw, Charles Rushout, H. Thomas, E. +Baker, W. C. Brodie, J. C. Holmes, and J. Bailey (Tories), and J. E. +Vivian, R. W. Hunt Lord M. Hill, and the Hon. George Byng (Whigs). + +May 3rd.—This Committee had come to the resolution—That C. E. Rumbold and +W. Wilshere, Esqs., are duly elected, but that the petition was not +frivolous or vexatious. + +May 10th.—This decision appears to have been the result of an arrangement +made by a few gentlemen of the Whig and Tory parties, that one of the +members (it is believed Mr. Wilshere) would accept the Chiltern Hundreds +at the end of the present Session of Parliament. It was believed in that +event Mr. Baring would be opposed. It is stated that “of late our +members have not reposed on a bed of roses.” + +May 17th.—The schooner “Stamboul” had been launched from Messrs. A. +Palmer and Son’s yard. + +May 24th.—A suggestion appears to found a Dispensary in Yarmouth and that +the Council fund should be applied towards this end. This fund then +consisted of £2,500, and was formed by the contributions of each Alderman +of £10 and each Common Councilman £5 on his election. + +May 31st.—The “Pantaloon,” a fine, large, round-sterned brig of 180 tons, +had been launched by her owners, Messrs. A. and G. Steward; and the +“Victoria,” 350 tons, by Mr. J. Preston. + +A meeting had been held at the Town Hall to consider the propriety of +establishing a small Hospital for Great Yarmouth and the East and West +Fleggs and Mutford and Lothingland Hundreds. The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew +presided, and amongst those present were all the resident clergy and +medical gentlemen of the town, with Messrs. G. D. Palmer, Brightwen, W. +Steward, B. Dowson, Worship, &c. + +June 7th and 14th.—Col. Thompson had been suggested as a candidate for +the Borough, and Mr. Northhouse had addressed a meeting on his behalf. +Mr. George Steward was taking an active part in this affair. + +June 21st.—Suggestions were being made for the celebration of the Queen’s +Coronation. + +Messrs. Henry Emms and William Simms had been appointed Relieving +Officers. + +The donations for the proposed Hospital were £200 and the annual +subscriptions £280. + +June 28th.—This issue contains the following account of how, after a +futile effort had been made by the Vicar, which appears not to have been +a success, H.M. Coronation was celebrated. At an “adjourned meeting of +the subscribers to the fund for celebrating her Majesty’s Coronation, by +giving a dinner to the poor children of the town on that day, held at the +New Hall, on Thursday evening last, the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew in the +chair, those gentlemen who had undertaken to collect subscriptions +reported that they had scarcely any further funds to add to those already +collected. Under these circumstances the chairman submitted to the +meeting that the proposed plan of feasting the children was a failure +from the want of funds. Considerable discussion then ensued as to the +propriety of taking steps towards celebrating the Coronation day in any +other way, upon which there were many conflicting opinions. At length +Mr. Samuel Palmer, after recapitulating all that had been done, and +regretting that up to that time nothing had been realized, moved—‘That a +subscription be now entered into, to provide such amusements for the poor +of the town on the day of the Coronation as may seem fit to the +subscribers, and that a committee be appointed to carry the same into +effect.’ Mr. Samuel Barber moved, as an amendment, ‘that all the poor of +the town be regaled with roast beef and plum pudding’; but it appearing +to the meeting that as money enough could not be raised to regale the +children, it would be impossible to raise a sufficient sum to feast all +the poor. The amendment was negatived, and Mr. Palmer’s motion was +unanimously carried. The Chairman then left the chair, and Mr. George +Danby Palmer was called on to preside, when thanks were voted to the late +Chairman; a spirited subscription was begun in the room; a committee was +appointed to carry Mr. Palmer’s motion into effect, and the meeting +separated.” + +“Since that time the gentlemen composing the committee have collected +money to the amount of about £200, and a bill of fare has been issued +sports and entertainments to take place on the South Denes, amongst which +are horse, pony, and donkey races, jumping in sacks, climbing matches, +and running after pigs with soaped tails. There will also be sailing +matches on the river. A dinner will take place in a marquee erected on +the ground, the Mayor in the chair. A stand and several booths have also +been built for the accommodation of the public. The amusements will +conclude with a superb display of fireworks, under the direction of an +artist from London.” + +July 7th contains the following record of the result of such action:— + + The festivities and sports which were to have taken place on Thursday + last in honour of the Coronation were interrupted by a heavy fall of + rain, which commenced at the hour fixed for the fun to begin, and + continued nearly, ‘sans’ intermission, until night. This untoward + state of the elements prevented any very great assembly of multitude + taking place; nevertheless there were some two or three thousand + determined holiday-makers congregated on the South Denes, and the + horse and pony races came off in spite of the unfavourable state of + the weather. The race for hacks was well contested and won by + Highflyer, beating Whiscumsnivet, the Ambassador, and Sir William. + The pony race was also a good one; we could not learn the name of the + winner. Four boats started for the silver cup—value £7—viz., the + Coriander (Balls), Leviathian (Preston), Louisa (Fiddis), and Neptune + (Green). The wind was light at starting, and towards the end of the + match there was so little as scarcely to fill the sails; the + Coriander won by about half a length. The remainder of the sports + were postponed until Friday afternoon. At four o’clock upwards of + 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner in a marquee erected on the Denes, + the Mayor (Dr. Penrice) in the chair. After dinner the health of the + Queen was drunk with long, loud, and hearty cheers, and the usual + loyal and patriotic toasts were given; several excellent songs were + sung, and about half-past ten the company returned to the town + preceded by a band of music. The children at the various charity + schools and the inmates of the Fishermen’s Hospital were handsomely + entertained. The Temperance people had a tea meeting, and all, as + far as the weather would permit, appeared to enjoy themselves in + their own way. + + On Friday afternoon, at three o’clock, the sports were re-commenced, + the weather being most propitious and the sun shining with surpassing + brilliancy. Yarmouth poured out thousands upon thousands of its + working population, and great numbers of all classes were present to + witness the fun and partake of the amusement of the day. The + performances, if so they may be called, took place on a stage + immediately opposite the stand, which was filled with spectators, + under the superintendence and direction of a gentleman, to whose good + humoured exertions too much praise cannot be given, and who was ably + assisted by others in providing and bringing out such entertainments + for the humbler classes as seemed best adapted to their taste and + habits. First came two chimney sweeps in _full costume_; they dived + in a tub of meal for pieces of money, which they picked out with + their mouths. Numberless sneezings and many collisions of sooty + heads, now, however, converted into floury nobs, took place during + this match, to the great merriment of the assembled crowds; at length + the money was all abstracted, and the performers, well washed, made + their bows and retired from the stage. Next came bobbing for oranges + in tubs of water, by boys with their hands tied behind them. Then a + singing match by boys, which was won by an urchin of the name of John + Hutchin, who sung two comic songs with inimitable humour and effect. + A horn pipe match followed, in which the best dancers made up by + agility for what was wanting in grace and elegance. Grinning through + horse collars succeeded, and here one Billy Derry out-uglied the + ugliest—O! for grinning through a horse collar, commend me to Billy + Derry. Then we had six old women, drinking scalding hot tea for a + prize of one sovereign; the efforts of these poor old creatures to + gulp down the almost boiling fluid, were at once both pitiable and + ludicrous, but they appeared to enjoy the parts they were acting + almost as much as the spectators did, who gave way to the most + uproarious laughter we ever remember to have heard, they were all + well rewarded for their exhibition. There were also donkey races, + climbing soaped poles, gingling matches, running wheelbarrows + blindfold, a rowing match, and races after pigs with their tails + soaped, and twenty-four barrels of ale were given away to the + populace on the ground. At half-past ten at night the Market Place + was literally crammed with people to witness the display of + fireworks, which was splendid and worthy of the occasion, and + concluded the Coronation amusements. Immediately after the fireworks + had ceased the crowd dispersed, and by twelve o’clock the streets + were as quiet as upon ordinary occasions. + +July 14th.—The Corporation had voted an address to the Queen, of which +the following is the notice:— + + “At an assembly of the Corporation, held on Wednesday, the Mayor read + a congratulatory address to Her Majesty the Queen, upon the + Coronation, which was unanimously adopted by the Council, and Mr. + Barth, Mr. Robert Palmer Kemp and Mr. Samuel Palmer, were appointed a + deputation to carry up and present the same; it being left to the + option of any other gentlemen of the Council to join the deputation.” + +The Mayor, preceded by the Regalia, had walked to church, “unaccompanied +by a single member of the Town Council.” + +July 5th.—Col. Thompson had declined to come forward. + +Mr. J. Symonds had given a silver cup, value £5 5s., to be bowled for in +honour of the Coronation. There were 34 competitors, and it was won by +Mr. John Porrett, “the veteran bowler.” + +July 12th.—A meeting of freemen to oppose Mr. Baring’s return at the +ensuing election had been held at the Masonic Hall, Mr. Joseph Bayly +(Chairman). Capt. Love, Mr. John Clowes, jun., Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. +Charles Marsh took part in the proceedings, and the following gentlemen +were appointed a committee to carry the resolutions passed at the meeting +into effect:—Messrs. Joseph Bayly, John Clowes, jun., S. Cobb, E. R. +Palmer, Henry Pickard, Charles Marsh, Thomas Thompson, jun., and Capt. +Love. + +The Corporation address to Her Majesty had been presented by Messrs. +Barth, R. P. Kemp, and S. Palmer. + +July 26th.—The Water Frolic had been held, when the “Leviathian” (Bessey) +beat the “Union” (Barber), the Mayor and Corporation attended the sports +in a barge. + +Dr. Penrice (the Mayor) and Dr. Cox has been elected physicians, and +Messrs. Charles Costerton, George Bateman, John Prichard, and John C. +Smith, surgeons to the Hospital. + +August 9th.—The Queen had signified her intention of becoming a patron of +the Hospital. + +August 16th.—The freemen had determined to re-elect Mr. Wilshere free of +expense, Messrs. Simon Cobb and George Steward speaking on the subject; +and a committee had been formed to further this object, of which Mr. Cobb +was chairman, Mr. J. Bayly, secretary, and Mr. J. Clowes, treasurer. + +August 16th.—The new Writ had been moved for, and the blue flag with the +inscription of “Wilshere, the Reformer,” had been displayed at the +Committee Room in Regent Street. + +August 25th.—Mr. Baring, and Mr. G. Steward (for Mr. Wilshere) had been +canvassing the electors. At the nomination the former gentleman was +proposed and seconded by Mr. J. Lacon and Mr. E. H. L. Preston, and the +latter by Mr. John Clowes, jun., and Mr. Joseph Bayly; Mr. George Steward +representing Mr. Wilshere. Mr. Baring then addressed the electors. The +result of the poll was declared to be— + +For Wilshere 735 +Baring 702 + +A very painful occurrence had happened. A poor fellow “who took some +part in the election” declared that if Mr. Baring lost the election he +would hang himself. The poll closed at 4, and he had effectually hung +himself and was cut down before 5 o’clock. + +August 30th.—The friends of Mr. Wilshere had dined together at the +“Star.” + +Mr. G. Steward had been chaired for Mr. Wilshere. Mr. S. Palmer had +received a letter from Mr. Wilshere, expressing in the warmest terms his +sense of the high honour thus conferred upon him. + +Sept. 6th.—Mr. Wilshere had arrived in Yarmouth and addressed the +electors. + +C. F. Burton, Esq., had died from the effects of a fall from his horse on +the Southtown Road. + +Sept 17th.—A public dinner of the supporters of Mr. Wilshere had been +held at the Town Hall. Admiral Sir George Parker, K.C.B., presided, and +amongst those present were Messrs. George Steward, S. Cobb, the Mayor, T. +O. Springfield, Capt. Pearson, Capt. Harmer, J. Fowler, H. Munro, Rev. T. +Fowler, R. Hammond, H. Worship, C. Bell, S. Palmer, N. Palmer, C. Marsh, +E. R. Palmer, J. L. Cufaude, Clowes, &c. + +Sept. 20th.—At the Roads Regatta the “Brilliant” was first, the “Red +Rover” second, and the “Algerine” third, in the match for the silver cup, +weighing 17oz. The “Coastguard” had been practising, under the direction +of Capt. Harmer and Lieut. Kisbee. + +Sept. 27th.—In consequence of the long continuance of calm weather the +millers had not been able to grind any corn for three weeks. + +Oct. 4th.—The Revision Court had been held, Messrs. W. Worship and J. L. +Cufaude appearing for the Reformers, and Messrs. Waters and E. H. L. +Preston for the Tories. The Whigs claimed a majority, on the result of +51. + +Oct. 11th.—Lord Tavistock and C. B. Greville (acting as referees) with +regard to the recent contest had stated “that if requested by Mr. Baring, +Mr. Wilshere is bound to resign his seat for Yarmouth (for which he was +elected without his knowledge or consent), and that in the event of Mr. +Baring offering himself again as a candidate for the representation of +that borough, Mr. Wilshere is not at liberty to oppose him.” + +Mr. William Nolloth, jun., had been elected organist of St. George’s +Chapel. + +Oct. 18th.—There had been a strong wind from the W.N.W., and from 150 to +200 vessels had sustained damage. It is contemplated that there were +between 2,000 and 3,000 ships at anchor within sight of the Jetty. + +The “Reis Effendi,” schooner, had been launched from Messrs. A. Palmer +and Son’s yard. + +Mr. Wilshere was staying with Mr. Palmer, who had entertained most of the +principal inhabitants, including the Mayor, Sir George Parker, and W. +Danby Palmer, John Carr, George Steward, Esq., and others. + +In case Mr. Wilshere was asked to resign his seat by Mr. Baring, Mr. +Robert Palmer Kemp had been selected as the candidate in the Blue +interest. + +Oct. 25th.—The Tories had commenced their “Municipal campaign.” + +Nov. 1st.—There had been from 1,500 to 2,000 vessels windbound and at +anchor in the Roads, these had got under sail on Sunday, and were +immediately followed by about 1,000 vessels from beyond Lowestoft, and it +was contemplated that more than 3,000 vessels had passed through the +Roads in five hours, in so close procession that the sea could not be +discerned beyond them. + +With regard to the Municipal Election, only one Tory was on the 1st +November “found in the field,” viz., Mr. J. G. Plummer, who opposed Mr. +Marsh in the Regent Ward. At the close of the poll the numbers were— + +Tomlinson 89 +Marsh 73 +Plummer 72 + +The following was the general return for the town:—_St. Nicholas’ Ward_: +Messrs. R. Hammond and W. N. Burroughs. _Market Ward_: Messrs. S. Cobb +and W. Johnson. _Regent Ward_: Messrs. J. Tomlinson and C. Marsh. _St. +George’s Ward_: Dr. Penrice and Mr. A. Clarke. _Nelson Ward_: Messrs. G. +Danby Palmer and R. Palmer Kemp, all of whom were of the Liberal party. + +A meeting of the members of the “Operative Conservative Club” had been +held, Mr. Thomas Paul, printer, in the chair. + +Nov. 25th.—Messrs. Thomas Hammond and Samuel Crowe had been elected +Councillors for the South Ward. + +The fishing-boats “Mary,” “Reward,” and “Walter and Ann” had been lost +with all hands. + +Mr. F. Preston had launched a brig of 250 tons named the “Undaunted.” + +Nov. 15th.—Mr. Simon Cobb had been elected Mayor. He was the first +Dissenter who had been elected to that office since the time of Charles +II. On Sunday he had given a lunch, when amongst those present were the +Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, Dr. Penrice, Dr. Cox, the Rev. W. Squire, and +Messrs. S. Tolver, Nichols, Hammond, Palmer, Pullyn, Marsh, B. Cobb, E. +H. L. Preston, &c. + +Mr. Thomas Lettis, jun., had been elected a Councillor for the St. +George’s Ward, in the place of Dr. Penrice, who had been made an +Alderman. + +Mr. Samuel Costerton, ballast lessee, had been fined 40s. and costs for +contravention of the Harbour Act. + +It was contemplated to hold a meeting in favour of the repeal of the Corn +Laws. + +The annual Savings’ Bank meeting had been held, when it appeared that +2,004 accounts totalling £60,065 11s. 1d. were deposited in this +institution. + +The “Reindeer,” yawl, had been launched for the Young Company. She was +75 feet long and could carry 500 yards of canvas. Eighty-two persons +were launched in her. + +The “Columbine,” brig, built for Messrs. G. and A. Steward, had been +launched. + +Dec. 27th.—Mr. W. Saunders had been elected a Councillor for the St. +George’s Ward, in the place of Mr. Grave, deceased. + +The Teetotal Society had a procession, headed by a boy on horseback, +which was “set upon” by the rabble, and several of its banners destroyed. + + + +1839. + + +Jan. 3rd.—The first half-yearly meeting of the governors and subscribers +to the Hospital had been held, and is reported as follows:— + + “On Friday the first half-yearly meeting of the governors and + subscribers to the Hospital was held at the Town Hall, the Hon. and + Rev. Edward Pellew in the chair. Mr. A. Drew was unanimously elected + resident Dispenser, at a salary of £60 per annum. Some alterations + of the rules were agreed upon. Mr. S. S. Barber then moved that the + votes for officers to the institution should be taken by ballot, and + not by voting papers, as at the first meeting, which was lost by a + majority of 17 to 13. It is intended to bring the question forward + again at the next meeting. The Rev. J. North, honorary secretary to + the institution, stated that at the last yearly meeting of the old + Dispensary, in October, it was resolved that an application be made + to the subscribers to the Hospital for a grant from their funds to + discharge the additional bills. At Lady-day last they had moved into + the house at present used for the Hospital. They soon felt they + could not maintain the increased expenditure with the same funds, and + a meeting was called of the subscribers, when the proposition was + first started for the Hospital, and in the end the Hospital was + established. At the close of the year, owing to circumstances over + which he could not say who had the control, it was found that the + managers of the Dispensary could not pay their liabilities by £33. + They had furniture which was valued at £7 10s., leaving them minus + £25 10s. 0¼d. He now asked whether they would make a grant of that + amount from the funds of the Hospital. B. Dowson, Esq., proposed + that a transfer be made of that sum to defray the deficiency, the new + institution having been established on the old one. C. Nichols, + Esq., seconded it on the further ground that the old institution had + deferred several applications for assistance for the benefit of the + Hospital, such as sermons at church, &c. Mr. North said all their + funds had been merged into those of the Hospital. John Lacon, Esq., + thought it would be better to raise the sum among themselves, which + proposition, after a great deal of discussion, was ultimately + carried, and 13 sovereigns were subscribed in the room. The decision + was extremely satisfactory to all the new subscribers to the + Hospital.” + +A very handsome vessel named the “Jenny Jones” had been launched from Mr. +F. Preston’s yard. + +Jan. 10.—Edward Woodrow, baker, had been committed for trial on the +prosecution of the Guardians, for selling them short weight bread for the +paupers. + +Jan. 17th.—The Poor Law Commissioners having complained of the Board of +Guardians because they had presented a Christmas dinner to the paupers, +the Guardians justified such proceedings. + +Jan. 24th.—A subscription had been entered upon for the purpose of +relieving the families of those seamen who had been lost in the recent +gales. £115 was collected in the room. + +Jan. 31st.—An Anti-Corn Law meeting had been held at the Town Hall. + +Feb. 7th.—Meetings of the freemen had been held as to the question of +whether Mr. Wilshere should be called on to resign his seat. + +At the Quarter Sessions, Mr. Edward Woodrow was convicted for selling +“short weight” bread to the Guardians, and sentenced to pay a fine of +£50, which he paid, but “not until the Recorder (N. Palmer, Esq.) had +twice threatened to commit him for contempt of Court.” + +Feb. 14th.—The Town Council adopted a petition for the abolition of the +Corn Laws with only two dissentients. + +Feb. 21st.—Mr. John Owles had been elected a Councillor in the place of +Mr. Cobb, who had been raised to the Aldermanic Bench. + +Mr. Wilshere had presented the town petition against the Corn Laws; it +was signed by 2,355 persons. + +Mr. Owen had delivered a lecture on “Socialism.” + +March 7th.—The use of the Town Hall had been refused to Mr. Hallock, a +“Socialist” lecturer. + +March 14th.—Mr. Rumbold had presented the Corporation’s petition for the +repeal of the Corn Laws. + +A meeting of the Chartists had been held at the Masonic Hall, Mr. Fleet +in the chair, and was addressed by Messrs. Gill and Deegan, delegates. + +March 21st.—The Rev. W. Squire had lectured at the Masonic Hall in reply +to Mr. Owen. More than 1,200 persons were present. + +March 28th.—The sixteen Liberal candidates had been elected Guardians. + +April 4th.—A meeting had been held for the purpose of forming a local +branch of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, S. Cobb, Esq. (Mayor) in the +chair. Sir George Parker and Messrs. James H. Palmer, Matthew Butcher, +and George Danby Palmer took part in the proceedings. + +April 11th.—The election of Haven Commissioners had resulted as follows:— + +For George Danby Palmer 511 +W. Barth 473 +E. H. L. Preston 380 +C. J. Palmer 277 + +April 18th.—A petition had been adopted in favour of a penny postage. + +May 2nd.—Mr. Pickard (a Guardian) had complained to the Mayor that he was +continually being insulted by Mr. E. Woodrow since that person had been +convicted at the Sessions. + +May 9th.—An endeavour was being made to revive the “Dutch Fair,” in order +to which such vessels were to be exempted from dues from the 17th to 30th +September. + +There were 23 prisoners for trial at the Sessions. + +May 23rd.—An address had been voted to the Queen to congratulate her upon +the issue of the “Bed Chamber” plot. The Mayor was in the chair and G. +Penrice, R. Palmer Kemp, William Danby Palmer, W. Johnson, George +Steward, and E. H. L. Preston, Esqs., took part in the proceedings. + +May 30th.—Sixty gentlemen dined at the King’s Head to commemorate the +Queen’s Birthday. The Mayor presided, and the following toasts were +given:—“The Queen,” “The Duchess of Kent,” “Capt. Harmer and the Navy,” +“The Army,” “The Mayor,” “The Borough Members,” “George Danby Palmer, +Esq.,” “Mr. George Steward,” “Lord Durham,” “Mr. William Johnson,” “The +Vice-Chairman,” “The Mayoress and Ladies of Yarmouth,” and a number of +other toasts. The meeting separated “at a late hour.” + +June 13th.—A large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen had witnessed a +Jewish wedding at the Town Hall, performed by Rabbi Sternbergh; it was +publicly performed. + +The Races were not likely to be held, owing to a want of funds. + +June 20th.—The Rev. George Anguish, of Somerleyton Hall, had given £50 +towards the Hospital fund. + +July 4th contains the following as to the Yarmouth Hospital and +Dispensary:— + + The first annual meeting of this Institution was held at the Town + Hall on Friday last, on which occasion the Worshipful the Mayor was + in the chair. He felt gratified by the honour that meeting had done + him in calling him to the chair. In looking over the programme of + the meeting, he found the accounts were to be audited—they were + requested to pay their subscriptions, to elect annual officers, and + to take into consideration the erection or purchase of a building for + a new Hospital. + + William Steward, Esq., read abstracts from the secretary and + treasurer’s books, by which it appeared that the benefactions + amounted to £292 9s. 6d., subscriptions to £435 19s., and interest at + the bankers £8 15s. 2d., and that there had been expended for fitting + up and furniture, £141 8s. 10d.; for housekeeping, salaries, and + wages, £94 15s. 9d.; chemists’ bills, drugs, &c., £90 15s.; books, + stationery, and printing, £35 14s. 9d.; rent and incidentals, £33 3s. + 1d.; leaving a balance in treasurer’s hands of £341 6s. 3d. Mr. + Steward stated that the accounts had been made out with great care, + and examined by two auditors. The total number of patients that had + been admitted from October 1st, 1838, to June 1st, 1839, was 532, + being 35 in and 439 out-patients, of whom 5 in and 9 out remained on + the books. + + J. Tidswell, Esq., moved that the report now read be received, that + it be ordered to be printed, and a copy placed in the hands of each + of the subscribers, which was seconded by the Rev. W. F. Clarke, and + carried unanimously. + + The meeting then proceeded to the election of such officers as retire + annually, when all the old officers were unanimously elected, with + one alteration. The Rev. M. Waters, who had been on the Committee, + having accepted the office of honorary secretary, _vice_ Rev. J. + North, who had left the town, J. Tidswell, Esq., was chosen in his + room. + + The Chairman said the next business was of considerable importance. + It was to consider the propriety of erecting or purchasing a building + for the use of the Institution. + + William Steward, Esq., would submit to the meeting a proposal he held + in his hand, which was to raise a building fund of £1,000, in shares + of £10 each, on which interest at £3 per cent. per annum is to be + paid till the fund will enable them to liquidate it; and in the + interim every shareholder to have the right of recommending one + out-patient for each share annually. One object in raising the fund + now was, that they had £151 in hand from the benefactions, and Mr. + Anguish had sent them £50 towards the building fund. The interest + would not amount to what they now paid for rent. They hoped the + Corporation would grant them an eligible site for the intended new + building. + + The Rev. M. Waters was sure there would be no difficulty in raising + the required fund, as they would soon have £300 paid in donations, + which would prevent any risk to the shareholders. + + The Chairman suggested that it would be better first to resolve that + it would be expedient to erect or purchase a building, and then to + submit the means for raising the money, in which opinion J. + Brightwen, Esq., fully concurred, when + + Mr. S. S. Barber proposed, that it is the opinion of this meeting + that it is expedient that an Hospital should be built, which was + seconded by Mr. E. H. L. Preston. + + Mr. W. S. Lacon thought it premature to build at present; the + Hospital had only been in operation a few months, and at the last + meeting, when certain resolutions were proposed, certain gentlemen, + who did not like those resolutions, said they would withdraw. He + would propose that the consideration of the question be postponed to + that day twelve months, which was seconded by Dr. Sabine. + + J. G. Fisher, Esq., thought the building of an Hospital would promote + the object they had in view, and could not agree with Mr. Lacon, in + which he was supported by the Rev. M. Waters. + + The amendment being put, only six voted for it, and the original + motion was carried. + + Mr. E H. L. Preston then proposed that the plan for raising a fund, + as proposed by Mr. Steward, be adopted, and that a paper be laid on + the table to receive the names of persons willing to take shares, + which was seconded by Mr. Barber. + + J. G. Fisher, Esq., proposed the thanks of the meeting to the Mayor + for his conduct in the chair, which was carried by acclamation. + + The Mayor, in returning thanks, expressed his determination to do all + in his power to procure them an eligible spot on which to erect the + new edifice. Those present having paid their subscriptions, the + meeting separated. + +A band of music had been engaged to perform near the Jetty on Wednesday +and Saturday evenings during the summer. + +July 11th.—A vessel named the “Cadmus” had been launched from Teasdell’s +Wharf. + +An inquest had been held at Shrublands, Gorleston, the residence of +William Danby Palmer, Esq., upon the body of a boy who had been killed by +a fall from a stack. Verdict, “Accidental death.” + +July 18th.—The “Galatea” (schooner) had been launched from Mr. A. +Palmer’s, jun., yard. + +Aug. 1st.—Another meeting in connection with the Shipwrecked Mariners’ +Society had been held. Sir George Parker, the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, +George Danby Palmer, Esq., and the Rev. Mr. Sidney took part in the +proceedings. + +Pleasure yachts were allowed to enter the Harbour free of dues. + +August 10th.—The Races had been held for the following stakes:—Gold, cup, +£10 each, and £20 added; the Members’ Plate of £50; the Vauxhall +Coronation Cup, £25; and the Innkeepers’ and Tradesmen’s Silver Cup, £50. +The following local gentlemen entered or named horses at this +meeting:—Mr. Wilshere, Mr. Rumbold, Mr. Webber, Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. +Burroughes, Mr. R. P. Kemp, Mr. Samuel Palmer, Mr. A. Tompson, Mr. John +Kerrison, and Mr. William Danby Palmer. + +Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Matthews were filling the Theatre nightly. + +At the Regatta, “The Widgeon,” a London yacht, had carried off the prize. + +The Dissenters, not approving of these sports (the Regatta and Races), +had had a meeting of their own in the shape of a choral festival. + +August 15th.—Sir Jacob Preston, John Penrice, and Charles Steward, Esqs., +were announced as Stewards of next year’s Races. + +August 22nd contains the following:—“We hear from the most undoubted +authority that Mr. John E. Lacon, with a munificence almost +unparallelled, has equally divided the large property left to him by his +father between himself and his brother, the present Sir Edmund H. K. +Lacon, Bart.” + +Sept. 5th.—Mr. Preston had launched the “George Lord,” of 205 tons +register. + +Oct. 3rd.—The Revision Court had been held, and the Liberals claimed a +gain of 58 on the return. + +Oct. 17th.—At a Liberal meeting held at the “Crown and Anchor,” G. D. +Palmer, Esq., had proposed the health of Samuel Jay, Esq., as +“Mayor-Elect.” + +There were “nightly depredations” taking place at Gorleston. + +Oct. 31st.—Fortunatus Robert Townshend Crisp was indicted for publishing +on the 13th October a certain filthy and libellous paper called the “Paul +Pry,” containing a slanderous and malicious libel on Henry Holmes Baker. +The Jury were locked up two hours before returning a verdict of guilty, +on which Crisp was fined £5. + +Nov. 7th.—The Earl of Lichfield had given £30 to the Hospital Fund. + +The old members of the Council had been re-elected, except in St. +Andrew’s Ward, where William Hurry Palmer, Esq., was returned. The only +Ward contested was the Regent, with the following result:—C. Davie, 81; +J. Fish, 76; J. G. Plummer, 71; S. Miller, 62. A meeting of Liberals was +afterwards held, and Mr. Jay’s health (as Mayor-Elect) drunk with three +times three. + +Nov. 14th.—At the Council on the 9th, Mr. G. D. Palmer proposed Mr. Jay +as Mayor for the ensuing year, and he was elected to that office. + +Dec. 5th.—Capt. Pearson had been elected an Alderman in the place of John +B. Palmer, Esq., deceased. + +An anti-poor law meeting had been held; only 52 persons present. + +Dec. 19th.—The Mayor (S. Jay, Esq.) had commenced a round of Civic +entertainments of a most “recherchê” character. + +The Yarmouth Savings’ Bank had 2,137 accounts and £63,513 13s. 7d. on +deposit. + +Dec. 26th.—The Mayor and Corporation had attended St. Nicholas’ Church, +after which his Worship entertained a large party of friends at lunch. + +The “Blue” freemen had held a meeting to receive a very handsome blue +banner, inscribed “Presented to the freemen in commemoration of their +victory over the attempt to enslave them, and ‘United we stand, divided +we fall. Wilshere’s majority 38.’” + + + +1840. + + +Jan. 2nd contains the following as to “Yarmouth Hospital”:— + + The half-yearly meeting of the governors of this institution was held + at the Town Hall on Saturday. William Steward, Esq., took the chair, + and stated that the building was expected to be completed for the + reception of patients by Lady-day. The cost of the building, + including furniture and the tower (a very ornamental building, to be + used as a look-out), with other incidental charges, would amount to + £1,600. (Expressions of surprise, and “What! no more?”) He believed + that £1,600 would cover the whole expense, to meet which they had + already received by benefaction (including £200 from the Norwich + Musical Festival) upwards of £600, while upwards of £1,000 had been + raised among the shareholders. It would be highly desirable to pay + off the shareholders as the funds would allow, and to keep up the + annual subscriptions. At present they were adequate to the annual + expenditure, but he trusted the inhabitants would do their utmost to + increase the annual income. This was the only charitable institution + founded on the day of her Majesty’s Coronation, and he was induced to + hope that an application to Her Majesty’s advisers would obtain a + benefaction from her privy purse. He was sanguine in his + anticipation that in a short time the shares would be reduced to one + for each shareholder, which it was thought desirable should remain. + + F. R. Reynolds, Esq., thought the reduction would be made in less + than seven years. + + The Rev. M. Waters said that, allowing them to remain in their + present position, the new institution would not be more rent than the + present Hospital in Queen Street. + + Mr. Steward then submitted a resolution, that all monies arising from + benefactions or otherwise, except from annual subscriptions, be + applied in paying the shareholders till such shareholders should have + but one share each; and that the annual subscriptions should be kept + as a distinct fund. + + This resolution was moved by H. V. Worship, Esq., and seconded by C. + J. Palmer, Esq., and carried unanimously. + + The Secretary observed that the balance of subscriptions would be + less at the end of the present year than it was at the end of the + preceding one, and this he mentioned that the public might know it + would depend on themselves whether so excellent an institution should + continue as efficient as it had hitherto been. + + It was stated that the number of out-patients had never been less + than 100 throughout the past half-year. + +Jan. 16th.—The first subscription Ball had been held at the Town Hall, +when about 70 or 80 of the _elite_ were present. Howlett’s band had been +engaged for the occasion. + +Jan. 23rd.—A “dreadful storm” had visited the town, and considerable +damage had been done to the roofs of houses, while a schooner in making +for the Harbour had been caught in the squall and sunk, with the loss of +four lives. + +George Danby Palmer, Esq., had entertained a large party of the members +of the “Yarmouth Fishing Clubs” and others in the new room at Bird’s +Royal Hotel, when the Mayor, Sir George Parker, Capt. Pearson, R.N., +Capt. Harmer, R.N., George Penrice, M.D., W. Barth, R. P. Kemp, S. +Palmer, W. H. Palmer, W. S. Ferrier, R. S. Lonsdale, S. P. Edwards, W. +Yetts, G. Steward, T. Hammond, R. Hammond, S. C Marsh, Esqs., and most of +the influential gentlemen and merchants of the town were present. + +Feb. 13th—The Queen’s Marriage had been celebrated as a general holiday, +with the usual demonstrations of loyalty, and 150 gentlemen had dined +together at the Town Hall, when the Mayor presided. + +Feb. 20th.—Ambrose Palmer, Esq., had complained to the Magistrates of the +late delivery of the mails, which it appeared often did not arrive until +after 12 o’clock in the day. + +March 5th.—Samuel Jay, Esq., and William Barth, Esq., had proceeded to +London to present an address to Her Majesty from the Town Council upon +her marriage. + +Messrs. Fellows had launched the “Lucy,” a schooner of 100 tons register. + +March 12th.—The Mayor (S. Jay, Esq.) had been presented at Court by +William Wilshere, Esq., M.P., on the occasion of taking up the +Corporation address. + +Capt. Love had been elected Inspector of Police by thirteen votes to one +vote. There were twelve candidates for the office. + +March 26th.—Mr. Joseph Fiddes had been elected an Alderman in the place +of Mr. William Barber, deceased. + +April 2nd.—The Hospital having been completed, was opened for public +inspection, and had been visited by nearly 1,000 inhabitants of the town +and neighbourhood. Eight hundred patients had been relieved by this +Charity since the previous August. + +April 9th.—Sixteen Whigs had been elected Guardians by very large +majorities. + +April 23rd.—Messrs. C. Davie, William Johnson, and S. V. Moore had been +nominated at the Vestry meeting as Churchwardens, and a poll demanded. + +The Conservatives had dined together at the Angel Hotel, Sir E. H. K. +Lacon, Bart., in the chair, when a magnificent silver waiter, weighing +221 ozs., was presented to Mr. Edward H. L. Preston. Upon it was the +following inscription: “Presented to Edward Harbord Lushington Preston by +the Conservatives of Great Yarmouth, as a testimonial of their esteem and +high approval of his firm and active support of those principals which +constitute the best bulwark of the Throne, and the surest safeguard of +the people.” Messrs. Aldred and Son supplied it. + +The Mayor (S. Jay, Esq.) had received the Sacrament at St. Nicholas’ +Church, and afterwards entertained the Town Council and a party of +friends with a sumptuous cold collation. + +April 30th.—Messrs. Davie and Johnson had been elected Churchwardens, +three votes only having been polled for Mr. Moore. + +Not a single case of theft or disorderly conduct had been reported at the +Fair, “a circumstance unparallelled in the history of Yarmouth.” + +May 14th.—A petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws had been signed by +1,400 persons. + +May 21st.—Mr. and Mrs. Bird’s “opening dinner” had been held at the Royal +Hotel. The Mayor occupied the chair, and was supported by the Rev. +Richard Gooch, G. Danby Palmer, W. Barth, T. Brown (Thrigby), R. Ferrier, +W. Ferrier, T. Fowler, C. Marsh, G. Steward, A. Tompson, W. Carpenter, +and F. Lloyd, Esqs., Captain Nelson, Messrs. Paul, Christmas, Primrose, +Smith, E. Browne, Hart, Middleton, and upwards of 100 gentlemen of the +town and neighbourhood. + +May 28th.—Complaints had been made of the “screaming” and “bell-ringing” +of the steamboats, which the editor thought should be “reformed +altogether.” + +The London letters had not been received on Saturday last, owing to those +intended for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, having been forwarded to this town, +while “our mails” were sent on to Edinburgh. + +June 6th.—The carcase of a grampus had been towed on to the Beach. + +June 11th.—The Mayor (S. Jay, Esq.) had again entertained his friends at +luncheon after Divine Service. + +The “Eleanor Palmer,” schooner, had been launched from Mr. A. Palmer, +junr.’s, yard, for W. H. Palmer, Esq., who, in the evening, entertained a +large party of friends at the Royal Hotel. + +June 19th.—The Council had voted addresses of congratulation to H.M. the +Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duke of Kent, on the “escape of Her Majesty +from assassination.” This was moved by Mr. E. Sewell, and seconded by G. +D. Palmer, Esq. + +July 2nd.—The new police had made “their maiden turn out” under Capt. +Love. Mr. J. Nolloth had supplied the uniforms. + +The annual Hospital meeting had been held at the Board Boom of that +institution. + +July 9th.—The Mayor had attended the Annual Water Frolic, accompanied by +some 30 gentlemen, including the Deputy-Mayor, G. D. Palmer, Esq., Capt. +Harmer, Capt. Pearson, S. P. Edwards, Esq., and several members of the +Council. + +Three young men were capsized and two of them, Mr. John Rivett and Mr. +Walter Feek, drowned. + +“A fellow named Cullingford had cut down the doorstalls of Mr. Wm. +Sayer’s house in which he was engaged nearly two hours without being +detected by any of the new police.” + +July 16th.—The Council resolved that “the old tower on the Chapel Mount +be levelled with that of the Hospital, and that the wall to the east +thereof be faced with white brick and coped with cement.” + +Mr. Guthrie (son of Capt. Guthrie) had saved a boy from being drowned at +the Jetty. + +The “Maid of Athens” had been launched from Mr. I. Preston’s yard. + +July 25th.—The Races had been held. The Town and County Plate of £50 was +won by the Hon. I. Sandiland’s “Luther,” which was “claimed” by Mr. S. +Palmer for £150 (his horse “Diana” running second in the race.) + +As Stewards for next year, Henry Stracey, Alexander Shafto Adair, and +Samuel Palmer, Esqs., were chosen. + +At the Regatta, Lord A. Paget’s “Sabrina” won the £25 cup. + +When a hearse, with mourning coach and friends of the deceased arrived at +the Cemetery, it was found that “no orders had been given to dig a +grave,” and the funeral had to be postponed. + +Aug. 16th.—Youell’s gardens were “most attractive;” there were 3,000 +pairs of carnations and picotees in bloom. + +Samuel Jay, Esq., had been appointed a Justice of the Peace for the +Borough. + +Aug. 20th.—A great improvement had been made by lighting the town with +gas; the Gas Company having laid down a large main, and reduced the price +of gas 25 per cent. + +Mr. A. Thrower had been elected a Councillor in the place of Mr. F. +Preston. + +Sept. 3rd.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall, Wm. Steward, Esq., +in the chair, for promoting the erection of a better class of houses on +the Beach to the south of the Royal Hotel (the Victoria Building +Company.) + +Mr. John Clowes had been thrown from his gig on the Quay. + +Sept. 17th.—Lord and Lady Wodehouse were staying at the Royal Hotel; his +Lordship had consented to patronise the New Building Company. + +Sept. 24th.—Madame Persiani, and Signors Nigri, Rubini, and Puzzi, had +given a grand concert at the Town Hall. + +A meeting of the provisional Committee of the Victoria Building Company +had been held, and £8,000 had been subscribed for the objects of the +Company. + +Oct. 8th.—The prospectus of the Victoria Building Company appears in this +issue, the Directors being William Steward, William Baynes, Benjamin +Dowson, Richard Ferrier, William Johnson, Robert Palmer Kemp, John E. +Lacon, George Danby Palmer, Thomas Fowler Steward, and Charles Symonds, +Esqs. + +A letter had been received at the Post-office, directed “Mr. Thompson, +Row next my grandmother’s, Yarmouth.” + +Nov. 5th.—The following was the result of the Municipal election:— + + NORTH WARD. +J. N. Sherrington 119 J. C. Smith 98 +C. G. Doughty 116 J. F. Costerton 68 + NELSON WARD. + M. Butcher and J. G. Connell (no opposition.) + ST. ANDREW’S WARD. +Wm. Barth 100 John G. Rivett 77 +Wm. Danby Palmer 88 Henry Teasdell 56 + ST. GEORGE’S WARD. +Joseph Bayly 89 John Algar 89 +John L. Cufaude 89 Charles Cory 83 +And the Alderman gave his casting vote in favour of Messrs +Bayly and Cufaude + REGENT WARD. + Samuel Palmer and John Barker (no opposition.) + MARKET WARD. + D. A. Gourlay and Charles Miller (no opposition.) + +A deputation had waited on Mr. Samuel Palmer and presented a requisition +to him, to be put in nomination for the office of Mayor. Mr. W. Johnson +presented this, signed by 40 members of the Council. + +The “Hamlet,” 400 tons, had been launched from Mr. A. Palmer’s, jun., +yard. + +Nov. 12th.—Mr. Samuel Palmer had been elected Mayor. + +Nov. 26th.—Richard Ferrier and Charles Cory, Esqs., refused to pay the +Poor’s Rate, and a distress warrant was issued, under which a clock, a +silver cup, and a hat stand had been seized. The object of these +gentlemen appeared to be to dispute the validity of a Rate of 1s. 3d. in +the £. + +Dec. 3rd.—The Council had voted the usual loyal addresses on the birth of +the Princess Royal. + +Dec. 10th.—A public meeting had been held for the like purpose when the +address to Her Majesty was moved by the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, and +seconded by Wm. Steward, Esq. + +That to Prince Albert, by Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and George Danby +Palmer, Esq. + +And that to the Duke of Kent by Sir George Parker, K.C.B., and J. G. +Fisher, Esq., S. Palmer, Esq., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, and Sir George Parker, +were deputed to present such addresses. + +Dec. 17th.—A meeting of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society had been held. +The local committee then consisted of Messrs. G. W. Manby, Isaac Preston, +W. J. Hurry, G. D. Palmer, J. W. Shelly, Costerton, Capt. Harmer, J. G. +Fisher, D. Turner, Gunthorpe, Ambrose Palmer, W. Barth, John Penrice, M. +Butcher, and Capt. Pearson. + +Dec. 24th.—An anti-slavery meeting had been held (the Mayor in the +chair.) + +Dec. 31st.—The teetotallers had had a procession. Among their flags a +new one by the workmen of Mr. Brand (tailor) on which was painted a +lifeboat, with the motto “Total Abstinence, the Drunkard’s Lifeboat.” + +Samuel Jay, Charles Pearson, William Johnson and J. W. Shelly, qualified +as Magistrates at the Quarter Sessions. + + [Picture: Decorative graphic] + + + + +SECOND SERIES, 1841–51. + + + “When found, make a note of”— + + CAPT. CUTTLE. + + + +1841. + + +Jan. 14th.—A meeting for the relief of the poor had been held, when £300 +was raised in the room. + +Jan. 21st.—Mr. E. R. Palmer had been appointed Inspector of Corn Returns. + +Jan. 28th—The “Greyhound” (Barker) had arrived at Naples in fifteen days, +“being the quickest passage ever known.” + +Feb. 11th.—About fifty tradesmen had dined at the “Star” to commemorate +the baptism of the Princess Royal. + +Feb. 18th.—A local committee had been formed in connection with the +“Marine Penitent Female Refuge,” with the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, +president; Mrs. C. S. D. Steward, treasurer; and Mrs. G. Danby-Palmer, +secretary. + +On Tuesday, the whole of the London traders, sixteen in number, were +lying in the harbour, owing to the late frost. + +A meeting of the Conservative ratepayers had been held to protest against +the 1s. 3d. poor’s rate. + +Feb. 25th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall for promoting a +railway from Yarmouth to London. + +March 11th.—The works of the Victoria Building Company had been +commenced, and the Mayor had been requested to lay the first stone. + +The “Saucy Jack,” 250 tons, had been launched from Mr. I. Chapman’s yard. + +March 18th.—Wm. Barth, Esq., had received an appointment in the Money +Order Office of the Post Office, London. + +March 25th.—Records the laying of the first stone on the Victoria +Building Company’s Estate, when Captain Harmer, R.N., (W.M. of Lodge +“United Friends,”) addressed the assembly as follows:— + + “At the request of the Directors of the Victoria Building Company, we + are here assembled as Masons to assist our Worthy Brother, who now + occupies the civic chair of this borough, to lay the foundation stone + of this important and interesting work—important and interesting + indeed to Yarmouth. May the work prosper, and from the foundation + about to be laid, may structures arise ornamental to the town, + beneficial to its inhabitants, and advantageous to the builders. May + the promoters of these buildings live to see their great and spirited + design carried out, and when it shall please the Grand Leveller of + human greatness to call them from hence, may they arrive at the point + or centre where the World’s Great Architect lives and reigns for + ever.” + +Bro. Richard Ferrier, P.M.—“So mote it be.” + +The Mayor then proceeded to deposit two coins of her present Majesty in +the stone, over which a brass plate was laid bearing the following +inscription:— + + “The first stone of Kimberley Terrace, Great Yarmouth, to be erected + by the Victoria Building Company, was laid by Samuel Palmer, Esq., + Mayor of Great Yarmouth, on the 22nd day of March, in the Year of our + Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty One, and in the Fourth year + of the reign of Queen Victoria. William Steward, Esq., Chairman of + the Board of Directors; Thomas Marsh Nelson, Esq., Architect.” + +A public dinner was afterwards held at the Royal Hotel, George +Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair. + +April 1st.—The election of Guardians had ended in “the signal defeat of +the Tories.” + +April 15th.—Messrs. C. Davie and D. A. Gourlay had been elected +Churchwardens by the Vestry. + +April 22nd.—Mr. F. Preston’s shipyard was likely to be given up, thus +throwing many men out of employment. + +An Ecclesiastical inquiry had been held “to make inquiry into a certain +charge preferred by one James Laws, a sailmaker, living in Row 99, +against the Rev. — —, Clerk in Holy Orders. Nathaniel Palmer, Esq. +(instructed by Messrs. Tolver, Preston and Tolver) appeared for the +respondent. The charge was that of soliciting the chastity of the +complainant’s wife by sending her letters, one of which was as +follows:—Meet me to-night about nine or half-past nine between Penrice’s +and the beach.” This charge, in the absence of the letter, was +pronounced by the Commissioners not to have been proved. + +May 6th.—At the Leveé, S. Palmer, Esq., and Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., +had been presented by W. Wilshere, Esq., M.P. + +Six hundred persons had been confirmed at St. Nicholas’ Church by the +Bishop of Norwich. + +The “Indiaman,” 821 tons, had been launched from Mr. Preston’s yard for +Mr. Somes. She was estimated to cost £18,000. + +May 13th.—The “Highlander,” 122 tons, had been launched from Mr. D. +King’s yard. + +Mr. W. Johnson had been appointed a “tradesman to Her Most Gracious +Majesty.” + +May 20th.—A merry peal was rung upon St. Nicholas’ Church bells in +consequence of Sir Jacob Astley having made good his claim to the Barony +of Hastings. + +The Norfolk Yeomanry, under the command of Major Loftus, had entered the +town for seven days’ duty. + +May 27th.—The Officers of this corps had given a splendid ball at the +Bath Rooms, at which 200 persons were present. + +Mr. G. Blake had been summoned for refusal, on conscientious grounds, to +pay the Church Rate. + +June 3rd.—A meeting had been held “in support of Her Majesty’s +Ministers.” + +June 10th.—Messrs. Rumbold and Wilshere had issued their address to the +electors; Lord George Somerset and Mr. Smythe had been named as probable +Tory candidates for the Borough. + +June 17th.—Mr. G. Blake had been ordered to pay 1s. 6d., the amount of +the Church Rate, “which he did and departed.” + +The census had been taken, showing a population of 25,000. + +During the week the roof had been placed on the hotel and houses forming +the south end of Kimberley Terrace. + +June 24th.—The Mayor “having received the precept for the election +proceeded to the Market Place, and Guild Hall, accompanied by several +hundred gentlemen, when such precept was read,” no opposition being yet +announced. + +The “Norfolk,” 120 tons, had been launched by Mr. A. R. Palmer. + +July 3rd.—The election had taken place when Sir George Parker proposed, +and Mr. J. Brightwen seconded Mr. C. E. Rumbold; Mr. Geo. Danby-Palmer +and Mr. B. Dowson proposed and seconded Mr. Wilshere; Mr. R. Ferrier and +Mr. Lacon proposed and seconded Mr. Thos. Baring; and Mr. E. H. L. +Preston and Mr. W. H. Bessey performed the like office for Mr. J. Soames. +These proceedings lasted from eleven o’clock until half-past two o’clock, +during which time “it rained hard and many got wet to the skin,” but, +notwithstanding that, “a more disorderly attendance” had never been seen. +After the nomination the late members were chaired round the town, when +there was a scuffle in the Market Place and one man was seriously +wounded. Next day the poll was held and the numbers declared— + +C. E. Rumbold 943 +W. Wilshere 945 +T. Baring 501 +J. Soames 491 + +July 15th.—Alex. Shafto Adair, Esq., (the late candidate for East +Suffolk) had accompanied S. Palmer, Esq. (with whom he was staying), to +church. + +The “Vanguard,” built by Mr. W. Teasdel, had sailed for London. + +Six shipwrights, who had gone out with the “Norfolk” to finish her at +sea, were capsized on their return journey in their boat, one of them +named Cole being drowned. + +July 22nd.—“Mr. R. R. B. Norman, surgeon dentist, had been admitted a +Licentiate of “Apothecaries’ Hall, London.” + +The “Good Samaritan” Lodge had held its anniversary at the Gallon Can, +Gaol Street. + +Mrs. Barnwell (late Miss Shipston), a native of Yarmouth, had given a +concert at the Town Hall to a very “genteel” audience. Among those +present were W. Wilshere, Esq., M.P., A. S. Adair, Esq., Rev. C. Penrice, +Mrs. G. D. Palmer, the Misses Chevalier, and G. Borrett, and A. Tompson, +Esq. + +An explosion of fireworks had taken place at the Vauxhall Gardens, but, +fortunately, no one was injured. + +The Races had been held, when the “Gold Cup,” value £100, was won by Mr. +S. Palmer’s “Langolee.” The £50 plate by Mr. Rogers’ “Jessica.” The +Vauxhall Coronation Cup Stakes by Mr. Munro’s “Clifton.” The Town and +Country Gentlemen’s plate by Mr. Horman’s “Blanche.” The Handicap Stakes +by Mr. Bradford’s “Vigilance,” and the Tally-Ho Stakes (for Hunters) by +Mr. Wm. Danby-Palmer’s “Daniel.” + +July 29th.—The Mayor had proceeded to the Narrow Waters for the Water +Frolic, accompanied by Messrs. W. Wilshere, M.P., S. Jay, G. D. Palmer, +J. Tomlinson, W. Johnson, and several other members of the Corporate +body. The cup was won by the “Red Rover,” the property of Mr. S. C. +Marsh. + +At night the Vauxhall Gardens had “a bumper.” + +August 5th.—A splendid terrace, road, and promenade was being formed on +the Victoria Building Company’s Estate by Mr. George Fenn. + +A very superb silver soup tureen weighing 230 ozs., was to be presented +to Samuel Paget, Esq., by the Shipping Assurance Association. + +A _dejeuner_ had been given at the Barracks by Captain George W. Manby, +then in his 76th year, to commemorate the 38th anniversary of his +appointment as Barrack Master. + +August 12th.—The census showed the population of the Borough to be as +follows:— + + Males. Females. Total. + 10,427 13,524 23,951 +Sailors 1,300 1,300 +Totals 11,727 13,524 25,251 + +August 19th.—The “Rosa Anna,” 115 tons, had been launched from Mr. +Lubbock’s yard. + +August 26th.—A complaint was made by Mr. John E. Lacon to the Secretary +of State, that the police (being voters) had “on the day preceding the +recent election been permitted to resign, and that immediately after the +contest they were all re-appointed.” + +The Mayor and Mrs. Palmer had given a bespeak at the Theatre. + +Sept. 9th.—It was stated that Captain Harmer, “whose undaunted courage +had rendered him the means of saving many lives from shipwreck, had +obtained the command of H.M. Steamship “Driver,” on board which he +hoisted his flag a few days since.” + +The “Oriental” (schooner), had been launched from Mr. Preston’s yard. + +Sept. 16th.—There had been a fire at the house of Mr. Simon Jay, surgeon, +Regent Street. + +Sept. 30th.—The Brethren of Lodge “United Friends” had given a dinner to +their late W.M., Capt. Harmer, R.N., previous to his departure in the +“Driver,” at the Star Hotel. + +On Sunday, the following collections had been made for the Hospital:—S. +Nicholas’, £10; S. Peter’s, £16 14s. 2d.; S. George’s, £8 6s. 2d.; S. +Mary’s, £8 11s. 5¼d.; New Meeting, £5 3s. 4½d.; Wesleyan, £7 7s.; Old +Meeting, £3 6s. 8d. + +At the Sessions, the Grand Jury presented the disorderly state of the +Market Place every evening between eight and ten o’clock. + +Oct. 7th.—The testimonial before mentioned had been presented to Mr. +Samuel Paget, at a dinner held in the Town Hall. Geo. Danby Palmer, +Esq., was in the chair “doing the honours of the table with much spirit.” + +Nov. 4th.—The Municipal election had passed over without contests, the +following was the return:—_St. Nicholas’ Ward_: R. Hammond and W. N. +Burroughs. _Market_: W. Johnson and John Owles. _Regent_: J. Tomlinson +and S. C. Marsh. _St. George’s_: T. Lettis, jun., and J. W. Shelly. +_Nelson_: G. Danby Palmer and W. Chambers. _St. Andrew’s_: T. Hammond +and S. Crowe. + +John Penrice, Esq. had qualified as a Magistrate; the Editor remarks—“We +understand that a large batch of Tory Magistrates is about to be +created,” (George Bateman, James Clarke, J. F. Costerton, Ambrose Palmer, +E. H. L. Preston, J. C. Smith, and Wm. Yetts, Esqs., were then added to +the Roll of Justices.) + +Wm. Johnson, Esq., had been requested by 38 Councillors to allow himself +to be nominated for the office of Mayor. + +Nov. 11th.—On the 9th November, Mr. Johnson had been elected to that +office. + +Nov. 25th.—The “Arab,” 175 tons, had been launched from Mr. Teasdel’s +yard. + +The “Sabbath Observance Society” had issued an address, stating that “no +less than 144 shops were doing business; that carting of fish and other +articles connected with the fishing, and beer from the breweries, &c., +was witnessed to a great extent, and that 150 public-houses were open on +the Lord’s Day.” + +The Magistrates had cautioned Mr. I. Mayers and Mr D. L. Cohen (Jews) as +to Sunday trading. + +Dec. 9th.—The “Driver” (Capt. Harmer) had been nearly lost on the rocks +under Steel point, near Flamborough Head, but after heaving the guns +overboard she got off and put into Shields for repairs. + +Dec. 23rd.—The Savings’ Bank report showed 2,378 accounts and £71,521 +16s. 10d. amount deposited. + +The Rev. H. N. Burrows, A.M., had been elected Head-Master of the +Proprietary Grammar School. + + + +1842. + + +Jan. 1st.—The half-yearly Hospital meeting had been held. + +The prisoners had been regaled by the Mayor with roast beef, plum pudding +and one pint of beer each. + +Jan. 8th.—Some boys had made a “slider” near Dr. Borrett’s house, upon +which Mrs. Borrett had fallen and broken one of her arms. + +Jan. 20th.—A public meeting of the inhabitants had been held for the +purpose of considering the way in which they should celebrate the Royal +Christening, when Sir E. Lacon, the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, Messrs. G. +D. Palmer, J. Brightwen, W. N. Burroughs, I. Preston, C. Nichols, and J. +F. Costerton were, with others, present. + +The members of the “Loyal Prince of Wales” Lodge of Oddfellows, which had +then been “newly formed,” dined together at the Black Lion, Bro. W. N. +Turner, N.G., presided, supported by Bro. Loft, P.G.M., and Bro. Raven, +P.D.G.M.; F. Palmer, Esq., surgeon to the Order, occupied the Vice-chair, +and about 50 Brethren were present; the following toasts were drunk:—“The +Queen,” “Prince Albert,” “The Princess Royal and the Prince of Wales,” +“The Duke of Sussex and the rest of the Royal Family,” “The Army and +Navy,” “Our Glorious Institutions,” and “The Loyal Prince of Wales’ Lodge +of O.F. of the M.U.” + +Jan. 27th.—The Christening of the Prince of Wales had been commemorated +by a dinner at the Crown and Anchor Hotel, where the Mayor and a large +number of his friends dined together, and by a ball at the Town Hall +(opened by C. J. Palmer, Esq., and the Mayoress), at which about 200 +persons were present. + +A meeting had been held to consider the question of the erection of a +Corn Exchange. + +The inmates of the Workhouse and Fisherman’s Hospital returned thanks to +S. Palmer, Esq., for an excellent dinner provided for them by that +gentleman on the “Christening Day.” + +Feb. 3rd.—The London Mail did not get in until 12.38; the frequent delays +in these Mails were a source of serious inconvenience. + +Feb. 10th.—The Vicar had issued an address, calling attention to the +spiritual destitution of the town, and the restoration of St. Nicholas’ +Church. + +A correspondent states, “Never, perhaps, has a church been so disfigured; +the introduction of that deformity, the Fisherman’s Gallery, that +wretched ‘gew-gaw’ the Mayor’s seat, those laternal deformities, the desk +and pulpit, and in a word those violations of every principle of taste by +which the building has been defaced, have rendered it the ugliest as well +as the dirtiest church in the Kingdom.” + +Feb. 17th.—Great excitement had been caused in the town by the death of +James Duck, aged 69, after having been pushed or knocked down by Mr. +Francis Paget. The Coroner’s Jury found, “That deceased died of +apoplexy, aided and accelerated by a fall he received shortly before his +death, but how or in what manner the fall was received doth not appear to +the said Jurors,” only 12 (of the 18 Jurors) signed this inquisition. + +Feb. 24th.—From a petition presented as to the Mail service, it appeared +there were then 574 ships of an aggregate burden of 50,325 tons, +belonging to this port. + +Mr. Christopher Taylor had been appointed agent and surgeon to the sick +and wounded seamen, in the place of Wm. Taylor, Esq., deceased. + +March 3rd.—2,300 inhabitants of Yarmouth had signed the petition for the +total Repeal of the Corn Laws. + +March 10th.—Wm. Worship, Esq., had been elected a Councillor for the +North Ward. + +March 31st.—A “Gold Coronation Medal” had been presented by the Queen to +Capt. Manby, for preservation of lives from shipwreck. + +A meeting, convened by circular, had been held to consider Sir Robert +Peel’s proposed “Income Tax.” The Mayor presided; Mr. S. Cobb moved and +Mr. G. D. Palmer seconded, a resolution to the effect “That it is the +duty of the meeting by every constitutional means in its power to resist +the income tax proposed by Sir R. Peel.” + +Mr. E. H. L. Preston moved, and Mr. C. Cory seconded as an amendment, +“That the Mayor be instructed to call a meeting of the public,” which was +lost by 31 to 34. + +A petition was to be “got up” against the tax. + +April 7th.—It was rumoured that Jas. M. Cox had been killed by W. B. +Ebbage, but the Jury found that he died from “mis-adventure.” + +April 14th.—A Hemsby boat, which had put off to a vessel, had been lost +and nine hands drowned out of her. + +May 5th.—The Vauxhall Gardens had been opened for the season, and 100 +gentlemen had partaken of a cold collation there on the occasion. + +Charges of manslaughter had been preferred before the Magistrates in +respect of the cases of Ebbage and Cox. + +May 19th.—The Mayor had attended the Leveé and presented addresses to +H.M. the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duke of Kent, on the birth of the +Prince of Wales. + +June 9th.—Mr. Matthew Hastings Swann had had the degree of “Doctor of +Philology” conferred on him by the University of Berlin. + +The Victoria hotel had been completed, and was to be opened by Mr. Balls +of St. James’ Square, London. + +June 23rd.—The Victoria hotel had been opened with a public dinner, at +which J. E. Lacon, Esq., presided. + +June 30th.—At the Hospital meeting it was stated that the annual +subscriptions had amounted to £334 9s., and the benefactions to £150 0s. +5d., the expenditure being £357 18s. 3d. 76 in-patients and 829 +out-patients had been relieved. Geo. Penrice, Esq., M.D., was re-elected +physician, and J. C. Smith and Geo. Bateman, Esqs., were re-elected +surgeons. + +July 14th.—Commissioners had been appointed for the purpose of carrying +into effect the provisions of the Income Tax Act. + +July 21st.—Samuel Palmer, Esq., had been chosen clerk to such +Commissioners. + +July 28th.—A prospectus had been issued for the purpose of establishing +“Shampooing Baths” at Yarmouth. + +The Mayor had attended the Water Frolic; the first match was won by the +“Red Rover” (S. C. Marsh, Esq.) + +August 4th.—There had been a fire at Mr. Harvey’s tan yard. + +August 11th.—The first general meeting of the shareholders in the +Yarmouth and Norwich Railway had been held at the Victoria hotel, Geo. +Stephenson, Esq., in the chair. It was stated that the line would be +probably opened in the Spring of 1844, that the expenses already incurred +would not exceed £10,000, and that 8,000 shares had been taken up. + +August 25th.—A “young lady from Lincolnshire,” about 18 years of age, had +eloped from lodgings on the Beach with a Yarmouth gentleman. + +Sept. 8th.—At the Races, the Gold Cup was won by Mr. Wilshere’s +“Evasion”; the Vauxhall Stakes by Mr. H. Stracey’s “Protempore”; the +Member’s Plate, and the Gentlemen’s Plate by Mr. S. Palmer’s “Everilda”; +and the Handicap Stakes by Mr. Bignold’s “Camille.” + +Strenuous endeavours were made to “put down low gambling,” but the +gamblers appeared to have found refuge in the public-houses, notably at +the King’s Head Inn, Market Place. + +The “Bruce” had been launched from Mr. Chapman’s yard. + +Sept. 15th.—The Mayor (W. Johnson, Esq.), had entertained 100 friends at +luncheon, on Sunday, after attending Church, where the Hon. and Rev. E. +Pellew had preached in aid of the Charity Schools, established in 1713. + +The Race ball had been held at the Bath Rooms, which only 68 persons had +attended. + +Sailing matches had been held on the river, the starting place had being +opposite the monument, when the “Red Rover” (S. C. Marsh), beat the +“Maria” (Sir J. Preston), and the “Neptune” (J. Green). The Royal +Sovereign won the Yawl Match. + +Sept. 22nd.—H.M. the Queen had passed through the roads in the “Trident,” +accompanied by two other steamers. + +Sept. 29th.—The “India” had, after extensive repairs, been launched from +Mr. A. R. Palmer’s yard. + +Mr. R. Lubbock had launched the “Isabella” (200 tons) for S. Sherrington, +Esq. + +Oct. 6th.—One of Mr. Shuckford’s boats had brought in 23½ lasts of +herring, valued at £700. + +Oct. 13th.—The Corn Exchange in Regent Street had been opened, when 150 +gentlemen dined together. B. Dowson, Esq., was chairman, and Messrs J. +E. Laws and Thos. Barber were vice-chairmen. The Mayor, G. Danby-Palmer, +Esq., Sir E. Lacon, Bart., and others being present. + +Oct. 20th.—There had been a fire at the “New Commercial” club house. + +Nov. 3rd.—A prisoner named Lessey complained to the Judge of the +Insolvent Debtors’ Court that he had lain in prison for 23 weeks before +he obtained his discharge, and had then been arrested again at the suit +of his solicitor for £19 19s. 4d. and was thus again a prisoner. + +The following Councillors had been elected:— + +_North Ward_: Mr. W. H. Bessey and Mr. C. May (vice Mr. E. H. L. Preston +retired.) + +_Market Ward_: Mr. E. Sewell and Mr. S. Miller, jun. (vice Mr. E. N. +Clowes, resigned). The polling being for + +Sewell 162 +Miller 142 +Richmond 29 +J. Lawn 29 + +_Regent Ward_: Messrs. C. Davie and J. Fish (re-elected.) + +_St. George’s Ward_: Mr. Lettis and P. Pullyn, Esq. (vice A. Woods, Esq., +resigned.) + +_Nelson Ward_: Messrs. Robinson and Symonds (re-elected.) + +_St. Andrew’s Ward_: Messrs. Thrower and W. H. Palmer (re-elected.) + +Nov. 10th.—At the Council meeting on the 9th, Mr. R. Hammond proposed and +Capt. Pearson seconded, the election of Samuel Palmer, Esq., as Mayor; +and Mr. Brightwen moved and Mr. C. Davie seconded, William Hurry Palmer, +Esq., for that office. A warm debate ensued, during which Mr. S. Cobb +was somewhat violent, and in the result Mr. S. Palmer was elected by 23 +to 13 votes. + +Those voting for Mr. S. Palmer were Messrs. W. Hammond, C. Pearson, W. D. +Palmer, G. D. Palmer, J. Fiddes, H. Fellows, T. Lettis, jun., S. C. +Marsh, J. Tomlinson, T. Hammond, J. G. Cannell, J. Fish, M. Butcher, J. +Crow, W. Chambers, J. L. Cufaude, J. Bayly, T. Lettis, R. Hammond, J. +Barker, B. Fenn, A. Thrower, and S. Cobb. And for Mr. W. H. +Palmer—Messrs. J. Brightwen, C. Miller, E. Sewell, C. Davie, S. Robinson, +D. A. Gourlay, S. Miller, jun., W. Worship, C. May, J. Owles, J. N. +Sherrington, J. Symonds, and W. N. Burroughs. + +In the evening a dinner took place at the Star Hotel, the Mayor in the +chair. + +A meeting of the Victoria Building Company had been held, when it +appeared that £14,000 raised by shares and £6,000 raised on mortgages, +had been expended on the buildings. + +Nov. 17th.—A “Total Abstinence” lecture had been delivered by Mr. +Smeeton, at the Guild Hall. + +Nov. 24th.—The Amateur Musical Society had held a concert at the Town +Hall, when Mr. Suggate, Mrs. Barnwell, and Mr. Norfor’s performances were +specially praised. + +The opening dinner had been held at the “Bear.” + +Nine hundred lasts of herring had been caught “between Thursday se’night +and the succeeding Sunday,” which was considered an extraordinary catch +of fish. + +Dec. 22nd.—Savings’ Bank meeting showed 2507 depositors and upwards of +£75,591 funds. The Rev. M. Waters was elected a trustee of the +institution. + +The Poor Law Commissioners having refused to sanction a Christmas Dinner +at the Workhouse, a subscription was being got up to provide the inmates +with one. + + + +1843. + + +Jan. 5th.—A Bachelors’ ball had been held at the Bath Rooms, when 57 +ladies and about a similar number of gentlemen were present. The party +broke up at about three o’clock in the morning. + +Some young fig trees had sprung up in Mr. H. Fellows’ Dock. + +Jan. 12th.—A “true and complete peal of Grandsire Caters containing 5004 +changes,” had been rung on St. Nicholas’ bells:—James Burman (treble), +James Stolworthy (second), Robert Bunn (third), James Lamb, aged 83 +(fourth), Henry Stolworthy (fifth), Frederick Watering (sixth), Thomas +Fox (seventh), Daniel Woods (eighth), Charles Payne (ninth), and Thomas +Stolworthy (tenor). + +Jan. 19th.—A meeting of the Trustees of the Acle Turnpike Road had been +held in regard to the state of their accounts. + +Jan. 26th.—Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Laws had given a grand ball at the Corn +Exchange. + +The Hospital had received £120 from the Managers of the Norwich Festival + +Feb. 2nd.—Miss Hulley had given a concert and a ball at the Town Hall, +when Mr. Norfor sang two songs with judgment and the ball was well +attended. + +The Gaol was so full “that it was almost impossible to provide sufficient +accommodation for the sleeping of the prisoners.” + +Feb. 9th.—Messrs. Youell and Co. had received Her Majesty’s commands to +supply her with some plants from their nursery. + +“On Tuesday, owing to the badness of the road, the London Mail arrived so +late that the letters could not be delivered till one o’clock.” + +The third concert of the Musical Society had been held at the Town Hall, +when Mrs. Barnwell and Messrs. Palmer, Norfor, West, Springall, Offord, +Hardingham, and Brightwen, took part in the proceedings. + +Feb. 16th.—H. Patteson and C. J. Palmer, Esqs., attended before the +Magistrates and obtained their certificates, that the whole of the +capital of £150,000 had been subscribed for the Norwich and Yarmouth +Railway Company. + +Feb. 23rd.—Two cargoes of iron had arrived for the Railway. + +“Button Smith, a notorious highwayman,” had been taken at Norwich, and +was to be examined before the Yarmouth Justices on account of his +depredations in the neighbourhood. + +A man of “very respectable dress and genteel appearance” persisted in +standing near Mr. Bell’s malthouse door, which he stated was “the +entrance to Hell,” and as he seemed to be suffering from monomania he was +placed under the care of his brother, who was the captain of a ship in +the Roads. + +March 2nd.—It was proposed to place a lightship at the “Cockle Gat.” + +March 16th.—Mr. (now Sir James) Paget had been presented with plate of +the value of £70, by his pupils at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. + +The “Trinity Arms” Lodge, No. 220, U.A.O.D., had held its first +anniversary dinner at the Trinity Arms, South Quay, “when 50 brethren and +friends sat down to a most sumptuous dinner.” + +March 30th.—Sixteen Liberal Guardians had been again elected. + +April 13th.—It was understood that the contracts for building the new +Bridge had been taken for something less than £10,000. + +April 20th.—Messrs. C. Davie and D. A. Gourlay had been re-elected +churchwardens by the Vestry. + +April 27th.—The petitions against the Educational Clauses of the +Factories Regulation Bill from the parents of Sunday School Children had +received upwards of 500 signatures in the course of a few hours. + +May 11th.—The Acle Turnpike Road was being thoroughly repaired; it was +stated that these Tolls were then let for upwards of £400 a year. + +May 18th.—R. Rising, Esq., of Horsey, had shot a crested Cormorant, which +had been stuffed by Mr. Harvey, and could be seen at his shop. + +May 25th.—A meeting of the Victoria Building Company had been held, when +Mr. Dowson admitted “that much money had been mis-spent,” and a warm +discussion took place between Mr. Worship and Mr. Nelson (the architect); +Mr. Spilling threatened to file a Bill in Chancery against the Directors, +and Messrs. R. P. Kemp and W. Johnson refused to be re-elected to the +Board. This meeting, “which was frequently one of great confusion,” +lasted six hours. + +June 1st.—A new Jetty was projected opposite the Victoria Terrace, at +which steampackets could land passengers and goods. + +June 18th.—A single-wicket game of cricket had been played on the Denes +between six members of the Amateur Club, the players being Messrs. +Chamberlin, Tyrrell, and Diver, _v._ Greenacre, Aldred and Nolloth, the +latter won by 23 to 8 runs. + +June 24th.—Mr. H. Worship had resigned the office of Parish Surgeon. + +June 29th.—Mr. F. N. Palmer had been elected to that office in Mr. +Worship’s place. + +Many gentlemen had been fined for riding across the corner of the +pavement near the Star. + +July 6th.—The London letters now arrived before eight o’clock by “Patent +Mail” in lieu of the Telegraph Coach. + +July 13th.—The “Hudson” had been lengthened and launched from Mr. F. +Preston’s yard. + +A shark, seven feet long, had been taken by some fishermen. + +July 20th.—S. Tolver, Esq., had presented an hydraulic bed to the +Hospital. + +Robert Stevenson, Esq., had been in Yarmouth and determined on the site +for the Terminus. + +July 27th.—The “Good Samaritan” Lodge had held its anniversary at the +Masonic Hall. The chair was filled by the N. G. William Freeman, P. G. +Borking occupying the vice-chair. Among the company present were R. H. +Beart and F. Palmer, Esqs., and Messrs. W. Hammond, W. H. Perkins, G. +Rainer, G. R. Storey, R. Symonds, C. Hall, C. Bartram, W. Sayers, &c. + +The Water Frolic had been held, the Mayor and Corporation attending in a +Barge. + +August 10th.—Wm. Steward, Esq., had bequeathed £100 to the Hospital. + +The intelligence of the death of Capt. Harmer, R.N., of H.M.S. “Driver,” +had been received, and the flags thereupon hoisted at half-mast on the +Town Hall. + +August 17th.—The Races had afforded little real sport; the Gold Cup race +was “drawn” as there were only two entries for it. + +The Magistrates had issued a notice against gambling. + +There had not been a single case of pocket picking reported at the Races. + +August 24th.—As no Regatta had been held this year, Lieut. Eyton, R.N., +was endeavouring to get up a subscription for one to be held next year. + +Sept. 7th.—The Government Inspector was very dissatisfied with the state +of the Gaol. + +The Yarmouth Mail had been upset near the Suspension Bridge. + +Sept. 14th—Capt. Pike had been elected an Alderman in the room of Dr. +Penrice, deceased. + +The Council had determined not to appoint a chaplain in future, and to +let the Vicarage “as any other property is let.” + +Sept. 21st.—The Norwich and Yarmouth Cricket Clubs had played a match +here with the result:— + + 1st ins. 2nd ins. Total. +Yarmouth 79 50 129 +Norwich 96 42 138 + (And three wickets.) + +Oct. 5th.—The hotels and lodging-houses continued well filled, and the +roadstead was crowded with shipping. + +Oct. 12th.—Four Women and a man had been baptized by immersion in the sea +from three of Mr. Bowles’ machines. + +Nov. 2nd.—A Temperance meeting had been held at the Town Hall, addressed +by Messrs. Fisher, Pike and Kelf, the Rev. J. Meffin occupied the chair. + +An awful storm of wind from the S.E. had visited the town, and several +ships had been driven on to the Beach. + +The following Councillors had been elected:— + +_North Ward_:—Messrs. Wm. Worship and Peter White. + +_Market Ward_:—Messrs. D. A. Gourlay and C. Miller. + +_Regent Ward_: Messrs. S. Palmer and J. D. Chapman. + +_St. George’s Ward_: Messrs. J. Bayly and W. A. Burton. + +_Nelson Ward_: Messrs. J. G. Cannell and Wm. Thos. Clarke. + +_Gorleston Ward_: Messrs. W. Danby-Palmer and John Hammond. + +Nov. 9th.—There were then forty-seven Liberals and one Conservative in +the Town Council. + +At the election of Mayor, Mr. Alderman Fenn proposed, and Mr. Thomas +Hammond seconded, Samuel Charles Marsh, Esq., and Mr. Sewell proposed, +and Mr. Shelly seconded Wm. Hurry Palmer, Esq., for that office; on a +division Mr. Marsh was elected by 20 votes as against 18 given for Mr. +Palmer. + +Nov. 18th.—A large party of the Town Council and their friends had dined +together at the Star Tavern; amongst those present were the Mayor, the +Ex-Mayor, G. Danby Palmer, W. Johnson, R. Hammond, W. Danby Palmer, C. +Pearson, R. S. Lonsdale, W. S. Ferrier, H. Worship, and G. W. Holt, Esqs. + +The Mayor had entertained 200 gentlemen on his return from Church on +Mayor’s Sunday. + + THE FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN HARMER, R.N. + + The following particulars, relative to the interment of this much + lamented officer (who died while in command of Her Majesty’s steam + frigate “Driver,” in China), will, (the Editor thinks), no doubt, be + read with much interest:— + + H.M.S. “Thalia,” at Chusan, China, + 17th April, 1843. + + As I have arranged, with the kind concurrence of Major General Sir + James Schoedde, that the interment of the late lamented Capt. Harmer, + of Her Majesty’s steam frigate “Driver,” shall take place to-morrow + forenoon at ten o’clock; it is my direction that the officers, + seamen, and marines mentioned underneath, be sent in boats also + stated against each ship’s name, so as to assemble round the “Driver” + at half-past nine o’clock. The procession of boats will leave the + “Driver” precisely at ten o’clock and proceed to the West pier, + abreast that vessel, when it will be met by the Major General and all + the officers of the garrison and a detachment of 100 rank and file of + Her Majesty’s 95th Regiment, as that gallant officer has, in the most + handsome and kind manner, expressed an anxious wish to pay every + possible mark of respect to the remains of the much regretted Capt. + Harmer. As many of the officers of the army lost their full dress + coats during the late war in this country, I have arranged with + General Sir James Schoedde, in order that both services may appear + alike, that all the officers of the navy and marines appear in + undress coats, epaulettes, cocked hats and swords, with crape on the + left arm above the elbow, if it can be procured in time. The marines + will be in full dress, but without chakos, and will be provided with + three rounds of blank cartridges for every man. The seamen are to be + in blue jackets and trousers, white frocks and black hats. All the + arrangements on the part of the army are to be conducted by Major + O’Leary, Brigade Major of Chusan; on the part of the navy, Capt. + Quin, of H.M.S. “Minden.” + +The pall bearers are to be three Field Officers of the army, and the +Commanders of the “Pelican,” “Serpent,” and “Pylades.” Lieut. Kisbee, of +the “Driver,” will be chief mourner, supported by the Officers of that +vessel. + +H.M.S. “Thalia.”—Four boats, three lieutenants, purser, naval instructor, +two medical officers, one midshipman, three volunteers (1st class.) + +H.M.S. “Minden.”—Three boats, two lieutenants, master, purser, two +medical officers, two volunteers (1st class), one sergeant and ten +marines. + +H.M.S. “Pelican”—Two boats, two lieutenants, one medical officer, purser, +one mate, one midshipman one volunteer (1st class), one sergeant, and +fifteen marines. + +H.M.S. “Serpent” and “Pylades.”—Same as “Pelican” in every respect as to +boats and marines, and as nearly as possible with regard to officers. + +All the officers and crew of the “Driver” will attend, excepting those +left on board to take care of the vessel. The above number of boats is +exclusive of those the Captains and Commanders will be in. + +The colours of all the squadron will be hoisted half-mast high at eight +o’clock, and remain so till sunset. + + Signed, + CHAS. HOPE, + + Captain of H.M.S. “Thalia,” and senior officer Chusan. + +P.S.—The boats will be provided with ensigns and pendants, but only the +former will be half-mast high. + +Capt. Harmer was buried under the fort, surrounded by hundreds of his +brethren in arms, who were either killed at the last capture of Chusan or +who died from the effects of the climate. The officers of the “Driver,” +much to their credit, and evincing a proper respect for a much-loved +commander, have erected a neat monument over his remains at their own +expense. So highly was he esteemed, even by the Chinese, that numbers of +the respectable men of the city also attended. + +The merchant ships, following the example of the squadron, kept their +colours half-mast high until sunset. + +Of Capt. Harmer it might well be said, in the language of the order, +“that he paid proper respect to those who were destined to rule over him; +that he worked diligently, lived creditably, and acted honourably by all +men.” Brother, farewell. + +Dec. 2nd.—Mr. John B. Bales had been presented with a splendid tea +service, inscribed, “presented to Mr. John Barney Bales, +Sergeant-at-Mace, by the inhabitants of this town, for their high opinion +of him as a public officer.” + +A swindler, calling himself “Clinton,” had been victimising the +inhabitants. + +Dec. 9th.—The first subscription concert had been held at the Town Hall. + +Dec. 16th.—It was stated that the value of the Yarmouth living was then +estimated at £430 per annum. + +Dec. 23rd.—The Birmingham and Leicester coach had run over Mr. John +Clowes, jun., at Caister, the hind wheel passing over his body and very +severely bruising his leg and thigh. + +A light vessel had been placed in the Cockle Gat. + +Dec. 30th.—The Temperance Society had held their annual festival at the +Town Hall, and in the course of the afternoon some members of Rechabite +Tent had walked in procession round the town, headed by the Temperance +Band, and carrying a few banners and the insignia of the order. + + + +1844. + + +Jan. 6th.—At a concert and ball given at the Town Hall, a violin duet, by +the Masters Hulley, was played with “great spirit.” + +Bartholomew Earle, “for the last eight years butler to S. Palmer, Esq.” +had been discovered quite dead, suspended by the neck from a beam in that +gentleman’s cellar. The inquest lasted seven hours, and was attended by +S. C. Marsh, Esq. (Mayor), and S. Palmer, G. D. Palmer, W. D. Palmer, C. +Pearson, G. Bateman, J. C. Smith, J. Hammond, and A. Woods, Esqs. The +deceased left a widow and four children; the verdict was temporary +insanity. + +Jan. 13th.—The Railway Company had abandoned their plan of erecting a +bridge over the river with wharfs on the North Quay. + +Jan. 20th.—The congregation of the Mariner’s Chapel had presented a +testimonial to their minister, Mr. Joseph Pike. + +Jan. 27th.—The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew had been presented with a +testimonial consisting of a teapot, coffee pot, massive silver waiter, +cream ewer, and sugar basin upon his resigning the Vicarage. + +Feb. 3rd.—The Haven Commissioners had determined to oppose the proposed +Railway bridge over the Bure, the following Commissioners being present +on this occasion:—Robert Marsham, Esq. (Chairman), H. N. Burroughes, +Esq., M.P., Col. Petre, John Penrice, John F. Leathes, F. W. Farr, Geo. +Danby Palmer, T. O. Springall, John Marshall, Peter Finch, and W. +Hammond, Esqs. + +The Borough Lands Committee recommended that the Rev. H. Mackenzie (the +incoming Vicar) should have the parsonage house at the yearly rent of 1s. + +Feb. 10th.—John Franklin, the Southtown pedestrian, had walked from the +Duke’s Head Inn, Yarmouth, to the Shire Hall, Norwich, and back in 11½ +hours for a wager of £10. + +Feb. 17th.—In pursuance of the will of the late Mr. James Moyse, of +Yarmouth, the Rev. F. P. Baker and Mr. John Baker had distributed £50 +amongst poor persons residing in the town, and Mr. E. C. Sharpin, of +Beccles, had distributed £10 amongst the poor there. + +It was proposed to appoint a schoolmaster at the Gaol, with a salary of +£50 a year. + +Feb. 24th.—A dispute having arisen between the Magistrates and the Town +Council as to the liability of the latter to furnish the Justices Court +Room, Mr. C. Austin’s opinion had been taken on the subject, which proved +to be in favour of the Justices. + +March 2nd.—The electric telegraph had been laid along the railway. + +March 8th.—A meeting had been held of the owners and occupiers of +property in the Market Ward, when it was proposed to oppose the Railway +Bridge scheme, and Messrs. Wm. Johnson and Richard Ferrier were appointed +a deputation to wait upon Sir E. Lacon (the only local Director) to urge +the views of the meeting upon him. + +March 23rd.—The Town Council had determined to expend £500 in alterations +at the Gaol. + +The Rev. R. G. Mason, “the Father Matthew of Scotland,” had held two +meetings at the Town Hall. + +March 30th.—The Committee of the House of Commons sitting on the Railway +Bill had found the preamble as to the proposed Bridge over the Bure “not +proven.” + +Mr. Pellew had been presented with the testimonial by Sir E. Lacon and B. +Dowson, Esq., on behalf of the subscribers. + +April 6th.—Messrs. Wm. Cross, John Richmond, Wm. Burton, and J. T. Buston +had been appointed overseers. + +The following gentlemen had been elected Guardians:—Messrs. G. Danby +Palmer, W. A. Burton, J. Fiddes, J. Fish, S. C. Marsh, J. Starling, J. +Tomlinson, D. A. Gourlay, J. Lawn, F. Clark, S. W. Bly, W. Smith, J. D. +Chapman, T. Hammond, J. Brightwen, and C. Pearson. There was only one +Tory candidate, who was rejected. + +April 13th.—On Good Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tomlinson had been thrown +from a gig at Fritton, and Mrs. Tomlinson was seriously injured, while +Mr. Tomlinson escaped with a few bruises; their little boy who was with +them was unhurt. + +May 4th.—Contains the report of the opening of the Railway from Norwich +to Yarmouth, on the 30th April, it was stated that the works had been +completed in the space of eight months from their commencement, by +Messrs. Peto, Grissel & Co. + +A _dejeneur_ had been given at the Assembly Rooms, Norwich, by the +contractor to 150 ladies and gentlemen, when the following toasts were +given:—“The Queen,” “Success to the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway,” +“Prosperity to the City of Norwich and the Port of Yarmouth,” “The +healths of the Mayors of Norwich and Yarmouth,” “Mr. Peto” (by the Mayor +of Norwich), “The Ladies,” (by Mr. Peto), after which they retired; “Mr. +Stephenson and the Directors,” and “Mr. Grissel” (by John Penrice, Esq.) + +On the same day a train made its first trip to Yarmouth, starting at +twelve o’clock, and returning at 7 minutes to 4 o’clock, accomplishing +the return journey between Yarmouth and Norwich in 42 minutes. + +On 1st May the shareholders and friends of the Railway gave a dinner to +the Directors, at the Victoria Hotel, the Mayor in the chair. C. J. +Palmer, Esq., was vice-president, and there were also present Sir E. H. +K. Lacon, Bart., Adam Duff, Esq., H. Bolingbroke, Esq., R. Till, Esq. +(treasurer), G. N. Tootal, Esq. (secretary), the Mayor and Sheriff of +Norwich, J. Penrice, J. E. Lacon, Capt. Lacon, RN., E. H. L. Preston, W. +H. Palmer, W. Johnson, W. Yetts, J. C. Smith, R. Hammond, W. Goldsmith, +T. M. Nelson, E. Youell, I. O. Taylor, W. S. Ferrier, H. Fellows, S. +Nightingale, C. Brown, and H. Aldred, Esqs. + +May 11th.—A number of sailors had been thrown out of employment owing to +a strike of pitmen in the North and other causes, and it was proposed +that they should apply to the Guardians for temporary relief. + +May 18th.—The Yarmouth Anti-Corn Law League had held a meeting at the +Masonic Hall, Mr. D. A. Gourlay in the chair. + +A meeting of the Gas Company had been held in London, when it was agreed +to reduce the price of gas from 10s. to 8s. per 1000 cubic feet; (in 1840 +the price had been 13s. 4d.,) the shareholders were then receiving 5 per +cent. on their shares. + +Mr. Nelson had stated to Mr. Lacon that he could not redeem his pledge to +complete Kimberley Terrace. + +Mr. T. C. Foreman (confectioner), had been assaulted by Mr. Bidden +(surgeon). + +May 25th.—Miss Pestall had received a telegraphic message to provide a +dinner for the Railway Directors at five o’clock, which left Norwich at +four o’clock on the same day, and the order was fulfilled in “the fine +old carved room.” + +June 1st.—The second instance of the escape of a prisoner from the gaol +during the last few months had occurred, this man’s name was Cooper. + +June 9th.—A meeting, to establish a Marine Regatta, had been held, when +the following Committee was appointed for that purpose:—The Mayor, S. +Palmer, B. Dowson, John Penrice, and Chas. Pearson, Esqs., Sir George +Parker, and Lieut. Eaton. + +The Victoria Brass Band had commenced playing on the Terrace. + +June 15th.—Madame Vestris and Chas. Matthews were to appear at the +Theatre. + +July 6th.—The “Byzantium,” 290 tons, had been launched from Mr. F. +Preston’s yard. + +A meeting of the local Anti-Corn Law League had been held, and the +conduct of Messrs. Rumbold and Wilshere censured for not supporting the +movement for the entire abolition of these duties. + +July 13th.—Mr. C. D. Arnott, of Gorleston, had obtained the diploma of +the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and had been admitted a +Licentiate of the Apothecaries’ Company. + +July 27th.—At the Water Frolic, the “Red Rover” (S. C. Marsh) had beaten +the “Leviathan” (Bessey), and the “Pearl” (Sir W. B. Proctor), but was +disqualified on protest, and the prize awarded to the “Leviathan.” + +August 3rd.—The Regatta had proved a success, the following is the report +given of the sport:— + + “The Regatta at Yarmouth, on Friday, was one of the most spirited and + gay scenes ever witnessed. The terrace, the shore, the Jetty, the + windows, were filled with gaily-dressed spectators, whose constantly + moving figures rendered the scene one vast and ever-changing + kaleidoscope. The day was glorious, and the sea was thickly + sprinkled with boats and vessels of all kinds, which merrily bounded + before the gale in quick and ever-varying succession. The following + was the result of the day’s amusement, which gave infinite pleasure + to the thousands who thronged from all parts of the country. + + A silver cup and cover, value £50, for Yachts not exceeding 25 tons, + belonging to a Yacht Club. + + Yachts tons. Owners. Colours. +1. Mystery 25 Lord A. Paget b & w Maltese + cross +2. Gnome 25 Thos. Meeson b & w with + crown + + Carried away gaff topsail yard, and gave up. + + A silver cup, value £12, by Pleasure Boats, 19 feet on the ram and + upwards. + + Won by “Leviathan,” (Mr. W. Bessey), beating four others. + + A handsome silver Cup.—A Rowing Match by Amateur Gigs, not exceeding + 25 feet, given by Mr. Balls of the Victoria Hotel, which was won by + the “Enigma.” + + A grand sailing match for a purse of 25 sovs. by Yawls of any + length.—First yawl to have 12 sovs., the second 5, and the third 3. + Won by the “Victoria”; 2nd, “Greyhound”; 3rd, “Royal Sovereign.” + + A Rowing Match for a purse of 10 sovs. by Beach Gigs of any + description, and manned as they pleased. First gig 7 sovs., second 3 + sovs., which was won by the “Princess Victoria” (Critten), the “Star” + being second. + + The amount of receipts at the Repository held at Bath Rooms, on + Friday, including a few subsequent sales, was £77 8s. 0d., viz., + received at the doors, £16 16s. 6d.; contributions by the members for + the Borough, £10; amount of sales, £50 11s. 6d.; the expenses of + fitting up the rooms, etc., were £12 8s. 0d.; leaving a balance of + £65, which was distributed as follows:—For the aged poor, £3; the + sick poor £1; and to the District Visiting Society, School of + Industry, and Blanket and Clothing Society, £20 6s. 8d. each. + +Aug. 10th.—Five individuals were living in a house in the Lion and Lamb +Row, whose united ages amounted to 385 years. + +Aug. 24th.—The tide had flowed up to Victoria Terrace and beyond Ansell’s +Buildings, affording an enchanting sight to the visitors. + +The foundation stone of the New Wesleyan Chapel had been laid at +Gorleston. + +Sept. 21st.—The organ of S. Nicholas’ had been re-opened, full Cathedral +service being performed, when about 5,000 persons attended the two +services. Mr. Mackenzie preached from Psalm 100, 1st and 2nd, and £72 +10s. was collected. + +A choir was about to be formed, under Mr. Warne. + +Oct. 5th.—The Victoria Building Company had sold the ground for the +purpose of the erection of Brandon Terrace. + +Oct. 19th.—The Magistrates had determined upon memorialising the +Postmaster General to have the mails transmitted by railroad. + +Nov. 2nd.—A “Railway meeting” had been held upon the requisition of the +Mayor, and the following committee appointed to inquire as to the schemes +proposed. The Mayor (S. C. Marsh), G. Danby Palmer, E. H. L. Preston, W. +Johnson, J. E. Lacon, R. Hammond, R. Ferrier, R. S. Lonsdale, J. Clark, +S. Palmer, A. Palmer, W. H. Palmer, J. Orfeur, B. Dowson, D. Turner, and +J. W. Shelly, Esqs., and Messrs. C. Moore and T. Hammond. + +The following had been again re-elected Councillors without any +opposition:—Richard Hammond, W. N. Burroughs, W. Johnson, John Owles, J. +Tomlinson, S. C. Marsh, Thos. Lettis, jun., J. W. Shelly, Geo. Danby +Palmer, W. Chambers, S. Crow, and T. Hammond. + +Messrs. Chas. Cory, Geo. Danby Palmer, T. O. Springfield, R. Marsham, +Samuel Tolver, and Capt. Smyth, R.N., had had an interview with the +President of the Board of Trade on the subject of the proposed new Bridge +over the Bure. + +Twenty-five gentlemen of the Corporation had dined at the Feather’s Inn, +to commemorate the opening of the new Fish Market by S. C. Marsh, Esq. +(the Mayor), who presided on the occasion. + +November 9th contains the following legal report:— + + The Queen v. Chas. Cory Aldred.—Application for a criminal + information.—Mr. Martin applied in this case on behalf of Mr. Marsh, + the Mayor of Yarmouth, for a rule for a criminal information against + the defendant. Mr. Marsh stated in his affidavit that he was Mayor + of Yarmouth, and a Magistrate of the Borough, and that on the 10th of + June last he attended at his office for the purpose of transacting + magisterial business, upon which occasion a person was charged with + ringing the bell of Mr. Aldred during divine service, and a constable + produced a paper without any direction or signature relative to the + offence with which the person was charged. The Mayor and the + Magistrate who was with him were of opinion that they could not + receive such a paper, and that Mr. Aldred ought to attend himself. + The paper was returned to the constable with injunctions to tell Mr. + Aldred that he must attend himself if he wished to take proceedings + against the party. This took place on the 10th of June. On the 12th + of June, Mr. Marsh was going along King-street, when defendant came + up to him, seized him by the arm, and making use of some very + offensive expressions, demanded an explanation for the impertinent + manner in which the Mayor had treated his letter. The Mayor replied + that he was the Chief Magistrate of the town, that his hands were + therefore tied up, and that he could not enter into any explanation + then. Mr. Aldred then reiterated the expressions, and followed Mr. + Marsh up the street, still repeating them all the time. Mr. Marsh + after this sent two persons to Mr. Aldred, requesting him to consider + what he had done, and whether he would not attend to make some + apology for his conduct. Mr. Aldred did attend, but instead of + making an apology he repeated the observations again in a manner most + offensive to the Mayor. After the first offence, the Mayor thought + to take proceedings against the defendant for sureties to keep the + peace, but considered that the repetition of such conduct in an open + Court was such an aggravation of the original offence, that he felt + it due to his office and himself to take other proceedings. One of + the Magistrates insisted on taking sureties, which he did two or + three days afterwards. But he (Mr. Martin) apprehended that the + circumstances of this case were such as not to deprive Mr. Marsh on + that account of coming to this Court. + + Mr. Justice Patteson—You do not put this as being a provocation to a + breach of the peace? + + Mr. Martin—It was an actual breach of the peace, for an assault was + committed. + + Mr. Justice Patteson—That was in the first instance. There was + nothing but words in the second instance, but the Magistrate was + acting at the time in his magisterial capacity. + + Mr. Martin—It was so; and they thought it also right to have an + affidavit from the Police-constable, who stated in his affidavit that + he merely delivered the paper without any offensive expression + whatever, and the answer he received was “D---n the Mayor and + Magistrates; what do I care for them?—Rule _nisi_ granted.” + +Nov. 16th.—Wm. Hurry Palmer, Esq., had been unanimously elected Mayor, +and entertained 50 or 60 of his friends at the Star Hotel. The event was +also commemorated by dinners at the “Capt. Harmer” and at the “Queen’s +Head.” + +Nov. 23rd—Colliers were getting 7s. a ton for freight. + +A large party of gentlemen of different politics had given a dinner to +the Mayor (W. H. Palmer, Esq.) at the “Victoria,” when J. E. Lacon, Esq., +presided. + +Nov. 30th.—The Rule in “the Queen’s on prosecution of Marsh v. Aldred” +had been made absolute. Mr. Martin and Mr. Palmer supported, and Mr. +Platt opposed in these proceedings. + +Dec. 14th.—Complaint was made that the Bridport nets were driving the +nets made in Yarmouth by women and girls out of use. + +Great excitement prevailed in consequence of the murder of Mrs. Chandler, +with regard to which some men named Yarham, Royal, and Hall were supposed +to be the culprits. + +Dec. 21st.—The grocers had determined to close their shops at 8 o’clock. + + + +1845. + + +Jan. 11th.—A Railway meeting had been held (W. H. Palmer, Esq., in the +chair) to consider the report of the Committee appointed at the previous +meeting. + +Feb. 1st.—A meeting had been held to assist the widows and children of +the men lost on the 26th January then last. + +Progress was being made in building Brandon Terrace. + +On Sunday night, between 11 and 12 o’clock, there had been 19 feet 6 ins. +of water on the bar, being 10 ins. higher than any tide of which there +was an official report. Southtown was flooded, and the water flowed up +to the trees on the Quay. + +Feb. 8th.—The Board of Trade had remitted £20 to the fund for the relief +of the sufferers by the late storm. + +Feb. 15th.—And her Majesty the Queen had sent a like sum to the same +fund. + +Feb. 22nd.—The Town Council had petitioned against the Income Tax, and in +favour of the Waveney Valley Railway. + +The rivers were “fast with frost.” + +March 1st.—A ball had been held at the Town-hall for the benefit of the +Hospital. 130 persons were present, among whom were the Mayor and Mrs. +W. H. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Marsh, +Messrs. F. and W. Worship, the Misses Worship, Mr. Wm. Johnson, the +Misses Johnson, Miss M. Lacon, Mr. C. Dowson, Mr. and Mrs. Playford, Mr. +and Mrs. F. Palmer, Messrs. Salmon Palmer, J. Richard, G. B. Costerton, +Henry Danby-Palmer, &c. + +March 8th.—Large quantities of wreck were floating in the Roads. + +March 15th.—The subscription to the “Shipwreck (Phœnix) Fund” amounted to +£1,500 9s. 4d., and a suggestion had been made to form it into a +“permanent fund,” or to endow the Fishermen’s Hospital with it. + +March 15th.—A petition had been adopted against the Dereham Railway Bill. + +C. J. Harley, Esq., had bequeathed £100 to the Hospital. + +There were only four cases at the Quarter Sessions. + +March 22nd.—The case of “Hook against Davie” had been tried, and the Will +prepared by Mr. Cory declared against, the Judge stating that Mr. Cory +should have taken “a more correct view of his duty as a solicitor.” + +April 5th.—R. Rising, Esq., had taken, at Horsey, a pike measuring 3½ +feet in length, 2 feet in circumference, and weighing 28 lbs., it was +supposed to be from 8 to 10 years old. + +An accident had happened at Cooke’s Circus, during the performance of +“St. George and the Dragon,” by the breaking down of a gallery, owing to +which William Lilley, aged 33, had broken his leg in two places. Mr. F. +Palmer was treating this case at the Hospital. + +April 12th.—Royal, Hall and Mapes, had been tried at the assizes for the +murder of Harriet Chandler. Mr. Palmer and Mr. O’Malley appeared for the +prosecution, and Mr. Prendegast and Mr. Couch for the defence, which was +an “alibi;” the jury acquitted all the prisoners. + +April 19th.—S. Cobb, Esq., had laid the foundation stone of the Unitarian +Chapel, which was to be built on the site of the “Old Meeting House” in +Gaol Street. + +April 26th.—“In the Bail Court, Saturday, 19th April, 1845. Before Mr. +Justice Coleridge. + + The Queen on the prosecution of Samuel Charles Marsh, Esq., v. Charles + Cory Aldred. + +Mr. Martin—My Lord, in the case of the Queen v. Aldred, my learned +friend, Mr. Robinson, will address your Lordship. + +Mr. Robinson—In this case, my Lord, Mr. Aldred has been indicted for +having spoken certain words of the prosecutor; he has pleaded not guilty. +This gentleman, I have to state, used the words under some mistake, and +he is now anxious to withdraw his plea of not guilty, and to express his +regret for having used the words of which the prosecutor has complained. +I have now, therefore, to withdraw the plea of not guilty and to enter a +plea of guilty. + +Mr. Martin—My Lord, I appear on behalf of the prosecutor, the Mayor of +Yarmouth, who felt himself compelled to bring the matter before the +Court. He has no personal feeling in the matter, and is perfectly +satisfied with the expression of regret made by my learned friend, and +upon payment of the costs by the defendant, if your Lordship pleases, he +will not proceed further. + +Mr. Justice Coleridge—Very well.” + +Yarham (who figured in the Chandler murder case) had “at length been +compelled, by the expression of public feeling, to quit the town.” + +May 3rd.—Only one tender had been sent in for the New Haven Bridge, and +it was considered probable that the plans for it would be amended. + +May 10th.—Reports the “Fall of the Yarmouth Suspension Bridge,” (with a +wood-cut of the wreck of that structure), which had happened on Friday, +the 2nd inst. The following is extracted from such report:— + + On the afternoon of the day on which this narration bears date, + Nelson, the Clown at Mr. Cooke’s Circus, had undertaken to swim in a + tub, drawn by four geese, from the drawbridge on the Quay to the + Suspension Bridge across the North river—a foolish exhibition—but it + was one which, from its novelty in Yarmouth, was calculated to + attract the multitude. As early as five o’clock, when the train + arrived from Norwich, although raining smartly, thousands of + spectators had already assembled to witness the feat on both sides of + the river. The Bridge was then comparatively clear. The Clown + commenced his feat with the flood tide at the drawbridge, and had + entered the North river. There were many persons on the Bridge, and + as he drew near, the multitude upon it endeavoured to obtain a full + view as he should pass underneath. Already had he reached Bessey’s + Wharf, not far from the Bridge, when one or two of the rods were + observed to give way; an instant alarm was given to quit the bridge. + Alas! the caution came too late. The chains broke, and quick as the + passing thought, one entire side fell, and the whole mass of the + human beings, whose numbers were estimated from three to four + hundred, were swept into the river below. The traffic road of the + Bridge, which but an instant before was horizontal, had become nearly + perpendicular. + + The children, poor little things, of whom there were very many, and + had naturally gathered to the balustrade, were of course the first to + sink, while the force with which the whole fell, caused those who + were in the background to be hurled with terrific force into the + water beneath, crushing and annihilating those under them. + + Oh! who shall paint the one mighty simultaneous agonizing + death-scream which burst upon the affrighted multitude + around—re-echoing from earth to heaven—may the appeal not be made in + vain. One instant and all was hushed, save the struggling of a few + whose lives it pleased their Maker in his mercy to spare. The + waters, we are told, as if gifted with a sudden impulse of horror, at + this fell swoop of death, recoiled in the impetus of the fall and + “boiled up” at the back of the Bridge, which hung perpendicularly + below the surface of the river. As suddenly the struggle for life + was past to all but a few. + + Then came a scene scarcely less heartrending. With an energy, + activity, and stern determination of purpose, which are among the + wise and merciful provisions of the Almighty, twenty-seven children, + all girls, were immediately rescued alive on the West side of the + river, and as instantly put to bed at the “Vauxhall Gardens,” who as + soon as revived were replaced by others equally beneficially spared, + or by some never to be recalled. Some scrambled out and rushed home + to their own houses, not a few fainting after arriving safe at home. + On the East side numbers of bodies were taken into the adjoining + houses, where all the assistance which medical skill, humane + attention, in short all the aid which humanity would teach everyone + to offer, was brought to bear. Alas how often in vain. In one house + alone, at nine o’clock at night, out of sixty-eight bodies carried in + only three were revived. + + Many a touching scene was witnessed as the anxious mother, and the + hardly less excited father or friend, recognised some missing one + safely emerging from the crowd. Thousands thronged the North + Quay—messengers were despatched in all directions to procure medical + aid, and the communication with the West side of the water being cut + off, hundreds were left in painful suspense respecting those who were + safe on the opposite shore. Nothing could exceed the promptitude, + activity, and attention of the surgeons and medical men of the town, + all of whom were in immediate attendance doing all they could to + afford relief to the sufferers, where the slightest chance of + resuscitation appeared. Mr. Lacon and a number of the persons + employed in his brewery were exceedingly active in supplying hot + water for baths, which is not far distant. All the blankets from the + Union House that could possibly be spared were in requisition. + + The scene now presented is still most agonising. Children, mothers, + and fathers, seeking one or other of their families, tracing and + discovering in the pale face of some of the dead, one of their + dearest ties. In every street are to be seen one or more bodies + extended on biers, returning to that home from which but short + minutes before they had passed in health and life. The + consternation—the agony of the town is not to be described—it is as + if some dread punishment was felt to have fallen upon its + inhabitants—every face is horror-stricken—every eye is dim. + + Never since the devastating plague in 1664, which swept off 2000 of + its inhabitants, has Yarmouth, notwithstanding its numberless + shipwrecks, been visited with so dire a calamity, occurring too at + the very moment a public meeting was about to be held to make + arrangements for the distribution of the funds which have been + received for the widows and families of the Beachmen who were lost in + January last. How many are there added to this list? We dare not + anticipate—Time will show. + + Numbers, it is believed, are entangled with the rods and other + portions of the broken Bridge. At this hour it is impossible to say + how many or who are called to their dread accounts. The escape of + some was miraculous. One woman, of the name of Gillings, the wife of + a carpenter, was on the Bridge with her child; when she was hurled + into the water, with extraordinary presence of mind she seized her + child’s clothes with her teeth—thus preventing the rush of water, and + paddled herself to a place of safety. + + On the East side of the Bridge the greater number were taken to the + “Norwich Arms Inn,” where there were at one time fifty-three corpses. + Others were taken to the “Admiral Collingwood” and to the “Swan,” and + many to their own houses. Not a few of those who first got out of + the water went away unnoticed, and their number is unknown. Up to a + late hour last night, it was ascertained that seventy-five dead + bodies had been taken out of the water; and up to midnight, from the + enquiries made, it was ascertained that forty-five others were + missing. + + By far the greater number of those lost were females and children. + James Marshall, 16, escaped with a wound in the scalp. Two boys + named Honorley, aged twelve and seventeen, were taken home, the + younger died last evening, the elder is likely to recover. + + The inquest on the bodies of the drowned was held next day at the + “Church Hall,” before W. S. Ferrier, Esq., coroner, when the + following gentlemen were sworn on the Jury:—Samuel Palmer, Esq., + (foreman), and Messrs. John Norman, John Orfeur, John Fenn, G. B. + Palmer, William Smith, William Spillings, Charles Barber, Charles + Woolverton, Joseph Davy, James Emms, William Haylett, Mark Blowers, + J. E. Laws, John Stagg, E. Garrod, Thomas Davy, and James Pratt, and + after hearing evidence as to the identification of the bodies of the + drowned was adjourned _sine die_. The following list of the victims + is given:— + +No. AGE. +1. Adams, Robert, Rainbow Corner 7 +2. Augur, Caroline, Garden Row 10 +3. Bussey, Harriett, Ferry Boat Row 26 +4. Beloe, George John Henry, Fuller’s Hill 9 +5. Buttifant, Sarah Ann, Row 2 18 +6. Borking, Emily Hanworth, George Street 5 +7. Burton, Benjamin Patteson, Row 54 7 +8. Barber, Christopher, Pudding Gates 11 +9. Bradberry, Isaac, King Street, Norwich 20 +10. Beckett, Ann, Priory 8 +11. Barker, Leonard, Surrey Street, Norwich (not 22 + yet found) +12. Buck, James Seaman, Row 17 (not yet found) 4 +13. Balls, Reeder Thurston, Bath Place 16 +14. Church, James, Rainbow Corner 7 +15. Crowe, Eliza, Row 6 14 +16. Church, Caroline, Horn Row 16 +17. Conyers, Elizabeth, Row 13 13 +18. Cole, Jane, Row 65 16 +19. Durrant, William, Row 24 12 +20. Ditcham, Mary Ann, Row 18 64 +21. Duffield, Eliza, Rainbow Corner 10 +22. Dye, Charles, Moat 2 +23. Dye, Benjamin, Rainbow Corner 9 +24. Edwards, Maria, Garden Row 12 +25. Ebbage, David, Row 17 9 +26. Field, Hannah, Row 14 12 +27. Fulcher, James, Row 34 14 +28. Fulcher Elizabeth, St. John’s Head Row 16 +29. Funnell, John, Wortwell (not yet found) 19 +30. Fox, John Horace, Butcher’s Row 19 +31. Field, Susannah, Say’s Corner Row 7 +32. Gilbert, Sarah, Row 14 12 +33. Gotts, Alice, Conge 52 +34. Gotts, Alice, jun. 9 +35. Grimmer, William, Moat 8 +36. Hendle, William, Ferry Boat Row 10 +37. Hunn, Sarah, Row 3 13 +38. Hunnibal, Elizabeth Jane, Row 110 12 +39. Hatch, Elizabeth, East Hill 11 +40. Johnson, Elizabeth, Row 23 8 +41. Johnson, Sarah Ann, Row 23 16 +42. Johnson, Thomas (or Robert), Row 1 8 +43. Jenkerson, Mary Ann, Row 1 10 +44. Juniper, Maud, at Workhouse 9 +45. King, Mary Ann, Apollo Walk 11 +46. Lucas, Frederick, Row 21 62 +47. Lake, Mary Ann, George and Dragon Row 2 +48. Lyons, William, Row 1 6 +49. Little, Harriet Mary, Market 13 +50. Livingstone, Joseph, King Street 6 +51. Livingstone, Matilda, King Street 7 +52. May, Clara, Row 6 20 +53. Mears, Susan, Ferry Boat Row 8 +54. Manship, Elizabeth, Rainbow Corner 28 +55. Morgan, Elizabeth, Row 1 62 +56. Maze, Robert, Charlotte Street 26 +57. Powley, Elizabeth, Row 2 21 +58. Powley, Richard, Row 3 4 +59. Parker, Charlotte, Row 13 8 +60. Powley, Amelia, White Lion Opening 10 +61. Richardson, Phœbe, Row 99 17 +62. Roberts, Lydia, Pudding Gates 12 +63. Roberts, Mary Ann, Pudding Gates 19 +64. Read, Elizabeth, Rainbow Corner 5 +65. Scotten, Ann Maria, Row 3 20 +66. Stolworthy, Maria, King’s Arms Yard 14 +67. Tann, Harriett, George and Dragon Row 15 +68. Tennant, John, Railway Walk 11 +69. Tennant, William, ditto 10 +70. Thorpe, Heppy, Row 2 12 +71. Trory, William Townshend, George Street 12 +72. Thompson, Mary Ann, British Lion Alley 15 +73. Utting, Louise, Row 33 (not yet found) 7 +74. Utting, Sarah, Gaol Paved Row 18 +75. Utting, Caroline, Row 33 9 +76. Vincent, Maria, Apollo Walk 19 +77. Vincent, Richard, missing — +78. Watts, William Walter, Coble’s Buildings, — + Pudding Lane (not yet found) +79. Young, Emily, Fuller’s Hill 6 +80. Yallop, Martha, George Street 20 + +The following is the list of persons who were rescued, as far as +ascertained:— + +Sarah Ann Thorpe, aged 13, who continues very ill. + +Mary Ann Arnold, with child in her arms. + +Mrs. Thomas Money, reported to be in great danger. + +Rebecca Page. + +Mary Church, was taken out near the lime kiln. + +Hannah Eliza Lake, an infant. + +Widow Edwards, reported to be in a dangerous state. + +Martha Field, aged 7 years. + +Mr. Frederick Nathaniel Palmer, surgeon. + +Mr. William Jackson. + +Eliza, daughter of Mr. James Borking, dyer, aged 12, whose sister was +drowned. She got hold of a man’s leg and he pulled her out. + +Martha Field, a young woman, who came into Court, but had her head tied +up and seemed much bruised. + +Elizabeth Cuddon, a young woman from Ipswich. + +Mary Utting, mother of Caroline Utting. + +Ann Bowles, aged 11 years. + +Mrs. David Little and one child, another being drowned. + +Mrs. Livingstone and one child, two having been drowned. + +Mrs. Louisa Beloe and one child, another child drowned. + +Mrs. Susan Money and one child. + +Elizabeth Rowland, aged 16, said that she and her four brothers were on +the Bridge but a minute or two before, but having been cautioned by her +mother not to take the children on the Bridge for fear they should come +to any harm, and being fearful lest from the crowd they might be pushed +into the water, she left, and thus providently escaped. + +Susan Knights stated that she was on the West end of the Bridge with +three children, all of whom were happily saved. + +Maria Smith went down twice, when she caught hold of a boat and was taken +into a wherry. + +Elizabeth Bowles was on the end of the Bridge, but happily escaped. + +Grace Duffell, mother of Elizabeth Duffell. + +Elizabeth Browne.—She said there was plenty of time for all to have +escaped after they heard the chain break, had they been aware of the +danger. + +A little girl, sister of Maria Stolworthy. + +Betsy Wright left the Bridge a minute or two before it fell. + +Alfred Norman on hearing a cracking noise ran off on the West side of the +Bridge, when he saw the Bridge fall. + +Eleanor Eliza Allman says, a man called out that the Bridge would fall, +and she ran off; she said “In about five minutes after the Bridge fell.” + +Robert Whitlock left the Bridge to look for his brother, and the Bridge +fell before he returned. + +A little boy named Jay, son of Mr. Jay, baker, White Lion Gates, said +that when he was under the water, the people looked as if they were +hugging each other. He could see them quite perfectly. + +One man fell across a piece of iron with his head just above water; he +reached to two girls who were struggling for life, and a third caught +hold of his collar. All four were saved. + +A young man named Simmons, (whose leg was also fractured in extricating +them from the bended iron of the Bridge with a crowbar). + +Robert Marshall, aged 16, escaped with a scalp wound. + +Sarah Linder, aged 12, Bow 132, was also rescued with a wounded scalp. + +Martha Ann Stolworthy, aged 7 years. + +Mr. John Lake’s servant and one child saved. + +A brother of B. P. Burton’s. + +A young woman named Cook, living in Bow 65. + +Harriett Hunnibal, Row 110. + +Caroline Roberts was standing quite at the foot of the Bridge, and +escaped without going into the water. + +John Watts, aged 16, and three brothers were saved. + +Tresor Steward, aged 12, Priory. + +Hannah Watering, aged 8, Priory. + +It was noted that the handbill issued by Nelson, the Clown, was prefaced +by this extraordinary motto, “Is it to be a benefit, ‘or not?’ that is +the question.” And in another part of it, it is stated, “Mr. Wm. Cooke +will appear in a dying scene’” + +May 17th.—In reply to a memorial from the Town Council, the Government +had directed Mr. Jas. Walker, C.I., to attend at Yarmouth and examine the +wreck of the Suspension Bridge. + +A meeting of the Beachmen’s Relief Fund had been held, Wm. H. Palmer, +Esq., in the chair, when the following account was presented:— + + £ s. d. +Annuities to widows 438 0 0 +Weekly allowances to children 434 4 0 +Gratuities to widows of Warner, 50 0 0 +Poyntz, and S. George +Star Company for loss of yawl 212 0 0 +Survivors for loss of clothes, &c. 60 0 0 + £1,194 4 0 + +Leaving a balance of about £600 in hand, and it was determined on the +motion of the Rev. H. Mackenzie, seconded by Geo. Danby Palmer, Esq., +that the fund should be called, “The Great Yarmouth Royal Life Fund.” + +Mr. Marsh had attended the _levée_. + +May 24th.—The Rev. H. Mackenzie had proposed the restoration of S. +Nicholas’ Church, which he estimated would cost £5,000. + +The “Bridge Jury” had met again, and, after hearing evidence, arrived at +the following verdict in one case which governed the rest:—“That deceased +came to her death by the falling of the Suspension Bridge across the +river Bure, in this Borough, on the 2nd May, 1845; and that the falling +of the bridge was attributable immediately to a defect in the joint or +welding of the bar that first gave way, and to the quality of part of the +iron, the workmanship being inferior to the requirements of the original +contract, which had provided that such should be of the first quality.” + +May 31st.—A temporary bridge had been opened across the Bure. + +The Committee on the Norfolk and Suffolk Railway lines had met. The +“Diss, Beccles and Yarmouth” promoters had abandoned that portion of +their line which connected Lowestoft with Yarmouth, and had agreed to go +to Reedham and abandon Yarmouth. The Lowestoft line had passed through +committee. + +The Yarmouth and Norwich line was thrown out as regarded the bridge and +tramway, so that no second bridge would be built that year. + +June 7th.—The Royal Hospital on the South Denes was being converted into +a Naval Lunatic Asylum. + +June 14th.—Three of the houses on Brandon Terrace were nearly ready for +occupation. + +An arrangement had been come to between the Directors of the Norwich and +Yarmouth Railway and Mr. Cory as to the bridge toll question and the +Company were to erect a free bridge over the river, but it was still +doubtful on which side of the stream the station would be erected. + +June 21st.—The price agreed to be paid by the Company for this right, +with the adjacent land required by them and Paget’s brewery was stated by +the _Bury Post_ to be £26,000. + +Many influential traders were moving to get the terminus fixed at +Southtown near the bridge foot. + +A new Roman Catholic Chapel was projected on a site near Paget’s brewery +(North Quay.) + +June 28th.—The “Vauxhall Gardens” had passed from Mr. Symonds to Mr. +Franklin, and a magnificent saloon upwards of 60 feet erected there. + +July 5th.—The Church trustees had determined to spend £1,250 on repairs +of the fabric of S. Nicholas’ Church. + +Two tenders had been sent in for the Haven bridge, one by Mr. Peto +exceeding £32,000, and the other by Mr. Simpson something under £20,000. + +July 12th.—Fifty persons had taken a trip to Holland in the steamer +“Cambridge” of Hull. + +Sunday night had been one of incessant thunder and lightning. + +July 19th.—The Regatta was advertised under the patronage of “The Earl of +Stradbroke, Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart., the M.P’s. for Great Yarmouth, and +other noblemen and gentlemen. Stewards: Capt. A. W. Jerningham, R.N., +and Capt. J. H. Windham, R.N.” + +Mr. W. S. Simpson’s tender of £19,070 for the erection of the Haven +Bridge had been accepted by the Commissioners, but he not having complied +with their terms, the matter had been ordered to be “postponed for the +present.” + +July 26th.—The Borough Members (Messrs. Rumbold and Wilshere) had +attended an Anti-Corn Law League meeting at the Corn Hall. + +The Mayor had entertained a large party (forty to fifty gentlemen) on +board his barge at the Burgh Water Frolic, this the reporter appears to +have considered of more importance than the sailing matches, as regards +which he makes the faintest allusion. + +Aug. 12th.—The Regatta had been a great success, 5,000 persons coming +from Norwich alone. The following yachts competed:—“Belvidere” (Lord A. +Paget), “Blue Bell” (Mr. Hodges), “Prima Donna” (Mr. Tatham), and +“Phantom” (Mr. Wilkinson). The “Blue Bell” won, the “Belvidere” which +was leading at the time, having got on Scroby, for which a salvage claim +of £75 was made by the beachmen. (They were ultimately awarded £27 for +their services.) + +A dinner was given during the day to the beachmen in a tent on the Beach, +and the lifeboats tested. + +At the Races the following stakes were rim for on the first day:—The Gold +Cup Stakes by subscribers of £10 each; a Plate of £50, given by the +Members; Vauxhall Hunters’ Cup Stakes of £30; and on the 2nd day, The +Town and County Gentlemen’s Plate of £50; the Railway Stakes of £30; and +the Tally Ho Stakes of £1 each with £10 added. A number of +“light-fingered” gentry were present. + +The Race dinner had been held at the “Victoria” Hotel, when the Mayor +presided; and a Ball at the Town Hall, when the following ladies and +gentlemen were present:—The Mayor and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, C. E. Rumbold, +Esq., M.P., W. Wilshere, Esq., M.P., Sir Henry and Lady Robinson, H. N. +Burroughes, Esq., S. C. Marsh, Esq. and Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. and the Miss +Musketts, Mr. Recorder Jermy, Mrs. Jermy, Mr. Penrice, Mrs. and Miss +Onslow, Mrs. and Miss Pooley, Mr. and Mrs. Wythe, Mr. and Mrs. Charles +Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Preston and the Miss Prestons, Mr., Mrs. and +Miss Bateman, Mr. and Miss Steward, Mr. Henry Steward, Mrs. and the Miss +Stewards, Captain, Mrs. and the Miss Pearson, Mrs. and the Miss +Chevalliers, Mr. Clement Chevallier, Mr. Dowson, Mr. George Tompson, Mr. +and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tompson, Mr. and Mrs. +Charles Preston, Mr. B. Caldecott, Mr. W. Worship, Mrs. and Miss Burton, +Miss Paget, Mr. Fisher, Mr. W. C. Reynolds, &c. Clapp’s celebrated +military band attended, and the whole went off exceedingly well, the +company not separating till half-past three o’clock. + +It was computed that not less than 2,000 persons attended the Vauxhall +Gardens, among whom were the members for the Borough. + +Aug. 9th.—A hurricane had visited the town, but beyond dismasting two +vessels and blowing a girl into a pool of water does not appear to have +caused much mischief. + +The only mails then brought to Yarmouth by rail were those from London +and Norwich. + +The “Repository” sale at the Bath Room on the Regatta day had realized +£82. + +Mr. C. D. Arnott had had conferred on him the degree of M.D. by the +Edinburgh University. + +Aug. 16th.—A Poor’s rate of 1s. 4d. in the £ had been made. + +The Railway Company was forwarding its own goods by water as the cheaper +process. + +Aug. 23rd.—Messrs. Youell’s nurseries were very attractive, they had +4,000 carnations and 180 fuchsias in bloom. + +Complaints had been made that “for two Sundays past” great quantities of +herring had been despatched to London by rail. + +Six hundred sail of colliers and merchant vessels which had been +wind-bound here had proceeded to sea. + +Aug. 30th.—The abolition of the coal dues, and the question of the better +delivery of the mails were being agitated. + +Mrs. Spooner (Dr. Bateman’s sister) had met with a fatal accident by +falling downstairs. + +Sept. 6th.—£3,600 had been subscribed for the S. Nicholas’ Church +restoration. + +Sept. 13th.—Mr. C. S. D. Steward had been elected an Alderman against his +express wish, and only took the oath upon being threatened with a fine. + +The allotment of Waveney Valley shares was to take place. The +applications exceeded 80,000. + +Oct. 11th.—S. Palmer, Esq., had been requested to accept the office of +Mayor, as it was considered desirable to have “a gentleman of sufficient +influence and leisure to watch and protect the interests of this +important port during the progress through Parliament of the several +railway schemes.” + +The Freemasons meeting at the “Star Tavern” (Lodge 313) had been honoured +by the presence of Lord Suffield, Provincial Grand Master. + +Oct. 25th.—The Hon. Col. George Anson had been on a visit to S. Palmer, +Esq., leaving to visit Lord Stradbroke, with the object of making +arrangements as to the Waveney Valley Line. Whilst in Yarmouth the Hon. +Colonel accepted the office of Steward of the Races next year. + +Nov. 1st.—6,600,000 herrings had been landed in one day. A fishmonger +wanting to buy a turbot was asked 24s. for one on the Beach, which being +refused, these fish were forwarded to London, when they fetched 55s. +each. + +Nov. 8th.—At the Municipal Election, Henry Danby Palmer, Esq., had been +returned for the North Ward, vice C. May; Mr. James Lawn for the Market +Ward, vice S. Miller, jun. (who had been selected for St. Andrew’s Ward, +vice A. Thrower); and Frederick Palmer, Esq., for Regent Ward, vice C. +Davie, “whose sudden resignation had caused much astonishment.” There +was no contest and the other Councillors were re-elected. + +Nov. 15th.—The Mayor (S. Palmer, Esq.) had entertained about 50 members +of the Council and others at the “Star Tavern.” The following toasts +were given:—The Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales, The +Queen Dowager, The Army and Navy, The Lord High Steward, The Mayor, +George Danby Palmer, Esq., Mr. Burroughs, Mr. Gourlay, Mr. R. Hammond, +The Magistrates, The Mayoress, and the Press. + +Nov. 29th.—A report had been circulated that Yarham had confessed that he +was the murderer of Mrs. Chandler. + +It was stated that Corton Sand had disappeared and there were 20 feet of +water, when recently there had been only from 2 to 8 feet. + +Dec. 6th.—It was then ascertained that it was the North part of the +Holme, and not the Corton Sand, which had been washed away. + +There was a pear tree growing on the wall of Messrs. Tolver and Preston’s +Office, on which was a branch of 5 blossoms fully expanded. + +Dec. 13th.—The fishing had been a very good one. Many of the boats had +averaged 30 lasts, and one firm employing 8 boats had averaged 41 lasts a +boat. + +Dec. 20th.—There had been a high tide, during which the landlord of the +“Trinity Arms” had been serving customers (who rowed there in boats) out +of the window. + + + +1846. + + +Jan. 3rd.—The friends of total abstinence had held their ninth +anniversary and festival at the Town-hall on 26th December. + +Yarham had been privately examined on the charge of murdering Mrs. +Chandler, and remanded to the 5th inst. + +Jan. 10th.—Yarham had been further examined privately and a further +remand granted. + +Jan. 17th.—Yarham had been committed for trial on the capital charge by +S. Palmer, W. H. Palmer, and W. Johnson, Esqs. + +Feb. 7th—Disputes had arisen with regard to the rating of houses on the +Denes. + +The Borough Lands Committee had resolved to allow the enclosure of the +land in front of the Workhouse by the Guardians. + +The question of supplying the town with water by Water Works was being +mooted. + +Feb. 14th.—Mr. W. Beeching had launched the “Joseph and Mary.” + +Feb. 21st.—The “Speedy” (Lieut. G. Spray) had arrived to receive +Volunteers. + +Feb. 28th.—Mr. Cufaude Davie had called the Mayor’s attention to the +formation of a proper fire brigade for the town. + +The Rev. W. H. Clarke had been presented with a testimonial, consisting +of a purse of £205. + +March 14th.—The fishmerchants had determined to take steps to improve and +extend the Jetty. + +The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had delivered a lecture on “Alfred the Great” at the +Corn Exchange. + +Coals were being retailed at 8d. a cwt. on the Quay. + +March 21st.—Mr. Lacon had brought before the Railway Commissioners the +question of the site of the proposed terminus, which Mr. G. D. Palmer +suggested should be opposite Fuller’s Hill, and a meeting was proposed to +be called on the subject. + +March 28th.—The question of tramways on the Quay was under consideration. + +April 11th.—The price of gas had been reduced from 8s. to 6s. 8d. per +1000 cubic feet. + +Yarham had been tried at the Assizes and convicted for the murder of Mrs. +Chandler; the counsel engaged being Mr. Palmer and Mr. O’Malley, for the +prosecution, and Mr. Dasent for the prisoner. + +April 18th.—Messrs. C. Davie and D. A. Gourlay had been elected +churchwardens by the Vestry. + +Yarham had been executed at Norwich. + +April 15th.—A meeting had been held as to the railroad and tramways, the +Mayor (S. Palmer, Esq.) in the chair. Mr. G. D. Palmer (who thought they +wanted better railway accommodation and a shorter and quicker line to +London), Mr. J. E. Lacon (who advocated a railway station on the Denes), +and others, took part in the proceedings, which eventuated in a +resolution condemning the proposed Denes site for the station. + +The Town Council had proposed to present the Town-Clerk (S. Tolver, Esq.) +with his portrait, which offer that gentleman declined to accept. + +May 16th.—Mrs. Dick and her daughter, who gave evidence against Yarham +had been subjected to great annoyances, and her husband, who was a +sergeant in the Army, was consequently about to be removed from Yarmouth. + +June 6th.—A meeting had been held in favour of the Waveney Valley Railway +line. + +Tenders had been invited for the restoration work at St. Nicholas’ +Church. + +June 13th.—The “Norfolk,” steamer, had made her first trip to London. + +Owing to the fine weather a large number of visitors were arriving. + +June 27th.—A Church Restoration meeting had been held, when the “Church +Trustees” refused to find £1,250 towards the work as promised, although a +like sum had been raised by subscription. + +The annual distribution of prizes had been made by the Rev. H. Mackenzie +at the Proprietary school. + +July 17th.—The Mayor had refused to allow the use of the Town Hall for +the Regatta Ball. + +July 25th.—The Regatta had been held on the 21st inst., when 100 ladies +and gentlemen attended the Ball at the Corn Hall. The town was very full +and £1 1s. a night was given for beds. A steamer from Lynn had landed a +large number of passengers at the Jetty. + +The Regatta cups had been supplied by Mr. Simpson, Mr. Last, and Mr. +Hunt. + +Aug. 22nd.—Annoyance had been caused by bathing from the Beach between +the Victoria Hotel and Nelson’s Monument. + +The Theatre was “doing well”; on Monday, 100 persons had been turned away +from its doors. + +Sept. 12th.—The Races had been held when immense crowds of people had +flocked into the town, the “Orwell,” steamer, bringing 200 from Ipswich, +and the first train from Norwich 1,500, and “by the time the trumpet was +sounded for the first race there could not have been less than 10,000 +people on the Race ground.” The Race ordinary was at the “Angel,” and +the Race Ball at the Town Hall, where 170 persons were present, including +the Earl of Stradbroke, Mr. W. Wiltshere, M.P., Sir E. H. K. and Lady +Lacon, the Mayor and Mrs. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Wythe, Mr. Percival and +family, Mrs. and Miss Ives, Mr. and Mrs. J. Jermy, junr., Mrs. and Miss +Burton, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Dr. G. Bateman, M.D. and family, Mrs. +and Miss Chevalier, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Mr. A. Steward and +family, Capt. Pearson, R.N., and family, the Misses Love, the Misses +Penrice, Mrs. and Misses Muskett, Mr. G. Tompson, Mr. W. Worship, Mr. I. +Preston, jun., and Mr. C. J. Palmer. Dancing was kept up till three +o’clock in the morning with great spirit. + +The Tradesmen’s Ball at Noverre’s room was thinly attended. + +Sept. 19th.—The “Norfolk” and “Enterprise,” steamers, had arrived with +cargoes from Rotterdam. + +Herring was selling at from £35 to £40 per last. + +There was a great demand for vessels for the export of grain. + +Sept. 26th.—“Sunday had been ‘Dutch Sunday,’ so called from the +circumstance of its being the first Sunday in the home fishing when many +Dutch Schuytz visit our coast.” + +Oct. 3rd.—The Rev. H. N. Burrows had left the Proprietary School, on +which occasion he had been presented with a handsome silver waiter. + +A Committee had been appointed to carry out the building of S. Peter’s +Schools. + +Several locusts had been captured at Youell’s nursery ground and at +Ormesby. + +Oct. 17th.—About 70 lunatics had arrived at the Naval Asylum (late +Hospital) on the South Denes. + +The “Enterprise” had encountered bad weather, and had to throw half of +her cargo of sheep and bullocks overboard. + +Nov. 7th.—One of Mr. Shuckford’s boats had brought in an enormously large +quantity of herrings. + +The following notice of the Municipal Election appears:— + + “At the Ward meeting of the constituency of St. George’s Ward, on + Friday night, not one of the Councillors attended, and the result was + that Mr. George Playford being called to the chair, a resolution was + come to, to return Messrs. Ferrier and Benjamin Jay _if they could_. + An effort was made, a poll was demanded, even the partizans of the + Blue candidates themselves forgot, for once, the distinction of + party. Our friends at least will have the pleasure of knowing that + if they have two opponents, they, at least have two honourable + gentlemen, whose intimate acquaintance with business will qualify + them for the office.” + +On Monday evening last a supper was given by the two re-elected +Councillors of the Regent Ward, Samuel Palmer, Esq. and J. D. Chapman, +Esq., to the ratepayers in the above Ward, at the “Crown and Anchor” +tavern. The chair was taken by B. Fenn, Esq. The cloth having been +removed, the healths of “Her Majesty the Queen,” “Prince Albert and the +Royal Family,” “The Members for the Borough,” “The re-elected +Councillors,” &c., were given. Several songs were sung during the +evening, and appropriate speeches were delivered by several gentlemen +present, and the parties retired at a late hour highly pleased with the +evening’s entertainment. Great credit is due to the hostess (Mrs. Reeve) +for so excellent a collation which was served up in the best style. + +Nov. 14th.—Mr. W. N. Burroughs had been elected Mayor, and a dinner given +at the Star to celebrate the event. + +Nov. 21st.—The Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Steam Packet Company was +providing suitable vessels for the station. + +F. R. Reynolds, Esq. had been appointed Receiver of Admiralty Droits for +Yarmouth. + +Nov. 28th.—And Samuel Palmer, Esq. to the like office for the Norfolk +coast. + +It was stated that the New Catholic Church would be 100 feet in length, +50 feet wide, and have a steeple 70 feet in height. + +Dec. 5th.—It had been resolved to place gas lamps on the South Market +Road. + +Dec. 12th.—Spencer T. Smyth, Esq., had lectured at the Young Men’s +Institute on “Physiological Anatomy.” + +£2,256, 12s. 4d. had been raised for S. Nicholas’ Church restoration. + +Dec. 19th—An ancient footpath, nearly 6 feet below the present surface of +the street leading from the Quay to Regent Street, had been discovered. + +Dec. 26th.—Upwards of £200 had been subscribed for the Ragged School on +the Caister Road. + +The Chancel of S. Nicholas’ Church was being cleared for Divine Service; +the Sunday School service and teaching being then conducted in the Guild +Hall and North aisle of the Church. + +About 80 electors of St. George’s Ward had given a dinner to Messrs +Ferrier and Jay “to commemorate their recent triumph” at the Masonic +Hall. Among the guests were W. S. Ferrier, R. Ferrier, jun., C. C. +Aldred, J. C. Smith. Esqs., and Messrs. J. T. Bracey, J. G. Plummer, J. +Playford, B. Miller, C. Woolverton, Bradbeer, W. Nolloth, P. Coble, W. +Green, &c., &c., Mr. G. S. Shingles occupying the chair. + + + +1847. + + +Jan. 2nd.—The Mayor had purchased a seventy stone ox, and distributed the +meat from it to the poor. + +Jan. 9th.—Chas. J. Palmer, Esq., had been appointed Receiver of Admiralty +Droits in the place of F. R. Reynolds, Esq., deceased. + +Jan. 16th.—A meeting had been held to consider the distress in Ireland, +and a subscription list opened for the purpose of affording relief. + +A meeting had been held to consider and forward, if possible, the +building of a new bridge over the river. + +The frost in Holland had caused the steamers to cease running between +that country and Yarmouth. + +Jan. 23rd.—A densely crowded Railway meeting had been held at the Town +Hall. + +Charles John Palmer, Esq., had been appointed Clerk to the Southtown +Turnpike Trust, in the place of F. R. Reynolds, Esq., deceased. + +Jan. 30th.—There had been heavy gales, at one time approaching a +“complete hurricane.” + +Feb. 6th.—Seven persons had recently died in the Workhouse, whose joint +ages amounted to 562 years. + +A meeting had been held to protest against the “light dues” on shipping. + +Feb. 13th.—There had been a heavy fall of snow accompanied by frost, and +the traffic with Rotterdam was again interrupted. + +The Chancel of S. Nicholas’ Church was already occupied for Divine +service. + +Feb. 27th.—The Rev. W. Stokes had delivered a lecture upon the subject +that “All war is inconsistent with the Christian religion, and the best +interests of nations.” + +March 6th.—James Paget, Esq., had been elected one of the Assistant +Surgeons of St. Bartholemew’s Hospital, London. + +There was at this time a uniform depth of nine feet of water on the bar +at low water. + +Joseph Turner, of Row 14, having applied to the Guardians for relief, his +house had been searched by the Relieving-Officer, when £40 was found in +it, and he and his sister appeared also to have £180 to their credit on a +banking account. + +March 13th.—Mrs. Gooderham had bequeathed £500 to be invested for the +benefit of the New Meeting House. + +A Commission of inquiry had been opened on the state of mind of Philip +Blundell Nesbitt, Esq., a gentleman aged 35, and entitled to property +valued at £100,000, when the Jury found “that Mr. Nesbitt had been of +unsound mind since the 21st October, 1813, without any lucid intervals.” + +March 20th.—There was only one prisoner for trial at the Sessions, an old +man charged with stealing a cask of pickled herring, for which he was +sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. + +Mr. C. J. Palmer had addressed a letter to the local press on the subject +of the discoveries made during the restoration of S. Nicholas’ Church. + +Mr. Hilling, engineer, had prepared a scheme for draining the town. + +March 27th.—The Dissenters were agitating against the proposals of the +Committee of the Council on education. + +A solemn fast had been observed. + +April 3rd.—Miss Lettis had been presented with a silver salver by the +poorer members of the Unitarian Congregation. + +The “Media” had been launched from Mr. Henry Fellows’ yard. + +March 10th.—The burial ground at the east-end of the Churchyard had been +consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Norwich. + +J. T. Birch, Esq., the newly-appointed Judge, had held the first County +Court “simply for the appointment of officers”; causes were to be heard +on the 20th inst. + +The right of appointing overseers had been claimed by Mr. E. H. L. +Preston on behalf of the Justices generally, the Mayor also claiming the +right personally to appoint them as theretofore. + +The Church Trustees having liquidated, the church debt had become +“extinct.” + +Both the Churchwardens had been re-elected by the Vestry, and a Church +rate agreed to. + +April 17th.—A Shipowner’s Protection Society had been formed, the +necessary funds to be raised by a subscription of 7d. per ton register. + +The weather at the Fair had been cold and the business transacted of a +“limited amount.” + +April 24th.—The new Terrace on the North Beach was to be commenced +immediately by Mr. C. Cory. It was described as being “at the beach end +of Regent Road on the late site of Pilch’s Mill and to extend to Page’s +and Ansell’s Buildings.” Mr. Scholes was the architect. + +Judge Birch had held his first Court for trials at the Tolhouse Hall, +there were only three cases heard—“Lettis _v._ Dye,” “Vale _v._ Fenn,” +and “Nolloth _v._ Rooke,” all for the recovery of small debts. + +May 1st.—The Bishop of Norwich had confirmed 383 young people, (of whom +270 belonged to Yarmouth) at S. Nicholas’ Church. + +It was stated at the Council that while the prisoners cost 4s. 6½d., the +paupers only cost 2s. 9d. per head. + +May 8th.—The first stone of a new Jews’ Synagogue had been laid by Mr. D. +L. Cohen. + +May 15th.—Mr. Samuel Wm. Aldred had received the first prize for +midwifery at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. + +The annual general meeting of the Victoria Building Company had been +held, B. Dowson, Esq., in the chair, when the Hon. W. R. Rous, Sir E. +Travers, R.N., J. Garnham, W. Baynes, T. F. Steward, J. C. Smith, H. V. +Worship, R. Steward, A. Woods, C. J. Palmer, W. Worship and W. C. +Reynolds, Esq., were present, and dividends of 2s. 6d. per share upon the +original shares, and £5 per cent. upon the new shares were recommended. + +The poor’s rate was 1s. 10d. in the £ for the current quarter, being +nearly double the former average. + +May 22nd.—Eighty cases had been entered in the County Court. + +June 5th.—Mr. Wilshere had determined to retire from the representation, +and as Mr. Rumbold was not likely to be again supported by the +Dissenters, it was thought possible that Col. Anson would be asked to +contest the Borough. + +The figures of the boy and girl had been placed in front of the Charity +School, they had previously been in S. Nicholas’ Church. + +Messrs. C. C. Aldred and F. Palmer had complained to the Justices of the +dirty state of the fish market. + +There had been a plague of mice in the Fleggs, 400 combs of wheat had +been destroyed in one stack by them, and when the corn was threshed the +machine literally ran with their blood. + +June 12th.—A rule had been granted for a writ of certiorari to remove the +appointment of Overseers into the Queen’s Bench. + +Col. Anson had declined to stand for the Borough. It was said that Mr. +Rumbold had spent £40,000 in his contests, and that “with the blue party +it seemed Yarmouth is all too _dear_ a place to contest.” + +Samuel Palmer, Esq., S. Cobb, Esq., and Mr. D. A. Gourlay had gone to +town to find a candidate. + +“Marsh _v._ Travers.—In compliance with Mr. Chancellor Evans’ order on +Saturday last, the defendant (Dame Anne Palmer Travers) duly performed +retraction in the house of the Minister at Yarmouth.” + +The foundation of Britannia Terrace was progressing slowly. + +June 19th.—Mr. Wynn Ellis had been suggested as a successor to Mr. +Wilshere in the “Blue” interest, while the “Reds” had held a meeting at +the Fish Stall House (Mr. Thomas Paul in the chair.) + +Mr. D. A. Gourlay was spoken of as Mayor for the ensuing year. + +Mr. C. J. Palmer had resolved to print Manship’s Yarmouth, the M.S. of +which was in his possession. + +A Caister yawl had upset near Caister Rails, and three men, Church, Key, +and Howes, drowned. + +A meeting of electors had been convened to meet the deputation which had +been in London searching for a Candidate, when nearly an hour having +elapsed without George Danby Palmer, Esq., putting in an appearance as +chairman, Mr. W. Johnson was called on to preside; Mr. Rumbold was +accepted as a candidate, and Mr. Wynn Ellis requested to meet the +electors. + +June. 26th.—“A portion of the electors” had held a meeting at the “Crown +and Anchor” when Mr. Lawn presided, and it was alleged that Mr. Goldsmid +had been requested to come forward and that an attempt had been made “to +sell the Borough.” + +The Dissenters also had held a meeting at which Mr. I. W. Shelly took the +chair. + +“At the Quarter Sessions, the Recorder sat without his wig, that +appendage having been stolen.” + +A batch of informations had been laid against “respectable bakers” for +selling short weight bread; they were fined 11s. each and cautioned. + +July 3rd.—Upwards of 40 fish-owners had signed a notice stating their +desire to suppress smuggling. + +Another meeting of electors had been held at the “Star,” and the +following Committee appointed to consider the position:—Messrs. J. +Brightwen, B. Dowson, J. W. Shelly, R. Hammond, Thomas Clowes, George +Danby Palmer, H. V. Worship, S. Cobb, C. Davie, Thomas Hammond, D. A. +Gourlay, J. Bayly, J. Jackson, J. Fish, T. Lettis, jun., W. Johnson, and +J. Lawn. + +The Paving Commissioners had given leave to put down posts to stop the +carriage traffic past the Tolhouse during the sittings of the Council and +the County Court. + +The subscriptions to the Hospital “continued to decline” and then +amounted to only £315 16s. per annum. + +July 10th.—Gorleston Cliff had been strongly recommended “by the +Faculty,” and among the recent arrivals there, were the Dowager Lady +Suffield and Mrs. Thurlow and family. + +Mr. Wynn Ellis had declined to visit the Borough, and R. J. Bagshaw, +Esq., had been requested by the Committee to come before the electors. +Another meeting had been held at the “Star” (Mr. S. Cobb in the chair) +when the charge of “selling the Borough” was made against Mr. Samuel +Palmer by Mr. Cufaude; this was repudiated by that gentleman, and after a +warm discussion, during which Mr. B. Dowson stated “he thought there was +a good deal of treachery going about the town,” it was ultimately decided +“to call a meeting of all electors, and a handbill had been issued +convening such meeting on the Hall Plain for Thursday evening.” + +July 17th.—Mr. Bagshaw had arrived in Yarmouth and held a meeting at the +“Star” Hotel, which was “not so fully attended as evening meetings +usually were.” Among those present were Messrs S. Cobb, W. Johnson, B. +Dowson, W. Worship, J. W. Shelly, R. Hammond, T. Hammond, D. A. Gourlay, +S. Rice, Thompson, Worship and S. Palmer, when a resolution was carried, +inviting Mr. Bagshaw to become a candidate for the Borough. + +Another meeting had also been held at the same place, present—Sir George +Parker, B. Dowson, W. Briggs, William Hurry Palmer, W. Worship, P. +Pullyn, C. Pearson, J. W. Shelly, and others, when a resolution was +carried by 19 to 6 requesting Mr. Rumbold to retire from the contest. + +Mr. Goldsmid had held a public meeting at the Masonic Hall, Mr. M. +Butcher in the chair, when a resolution was passed pledging the meeting +to support that gentleman at the ensuing contest. + +The Regatta had been held, when the Town Plate, value £50, was won by the +“Alarm,” 18 tons. G. Cooke, Esq., R.T.Y.C., and the Purse of £20 for +yawls, by the “Morning Star,” Star Company. + +The Regatta Ball was attended by about “40 or 50 couples,” amongst whom +were the Dowager Lady Suffield, Lady Durrant, R. J. Bagshaw, Esq., and +Mrs. Bagshaw, Miss Burton, R. Marsham, Esq., jun., B. Caldecott, Esq., +Mr. and Mrs. H. Muskett and family, Capt. Pearson, RN., Capt. Ellis, +R.N., Dr. Robinson, I. Preston, Esq., and Miss Preston, Mr. and Mrs. S. +Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Walpole, Mrs. and Miss +Burton, Mr. W. and Miss Worship, &c. + +July 24th.—About 50 or 60 Nonconformist electors had held a meeting at +the Congregational Schoolroom, when the pledges of Mr. Bagshaw were +considered satisfactory to the meeting. + +A public meeting of the friends of Mr. Rumbold had been held at the +Masonic Hall, (William H. Palmer, Esq., in the chair) when a resolution +that Mr. Rumbold was a fit and proper person to represent the Borough was +carried. + +Lord Arthur Lennox and O. E. Coope, Esq., had been met by their friends +at the “Greyhound Inn,” Gorleston, and escorted into the town, the +“procession” consisting of one private carriage, followed at a long +distance by flag bearers and about half-a-dozen gentlemen on horseback +preceding a carriage containing the candidates and their friends. On +arriving at the Market Place at nine o’clock these gentlemen mounted a +balcony, when R. Ferrier, in a few words, amidst tumultuous cheering +introduced Lord A. Lennox; I. Preston, Esq., did the like service for Mr. +Coope, and the candidates having addressed the meeting, which was also +addressed by Messrs. Harvey, Charles Cory, and R. Ferrier, jun., +dispersed. + +Mr. Goldsmid had also addressed the electors at the “King’s Head.” + +The Mayor and Corporation had attended the Water Frolic (Mr. Fiddes +acting as Admiral). Mr. Bagshaw was of the party, but Mr. Goldsmid, +although expected, did not put in an appearance. + +The Mayor’s bespeak at the Theatre for the benefit of the Hospital had +raised £25 6s. 6d. + +July 31st.—Mr. D. A. Gourlay had been toasted at the Water Frolic by Mr. +S. Palmer, as Mayor elect. + +The following was the return of the polling:— + + Rumbold. Goldsmid. Lennox. Coope. +At 9 a.m. 174 175 140 140 + ,, 10 ,, 334 330 326 323 + ,, 11 ,, 469 461 502 493 + ,, 12 ,, 579 561 601 587 + ,, 1 p.m. 639 617 687 674 + ,, 2 ,, 672 643 754 737 + ,, 3 ,, 709 671 788 772 + ,, 4 ,, (close) 729 698 844 813 + +Aug. 14th.—It was reported that from 200 to 300 freemen had been bribed +to vote for Lord Lennox and Mr. Coope, and it was “confidently +anticipated” that those gentlemen would resign their seats to avoid +exposure. + +Aug. 21st.—The races had been held on the 17th and 18th (Stewards: Lord +Suffield, Viscount Anson, The Hon. Capt. Rous, and George Danby Palmer, +Esq.) when Mr. O. E. Coope’s “Bit Nibble” won the Members’ Plate. Lord +A. Lennox had attended the Race Ordinary and suggested a course of action +under which better entries were likely to be obtained. + +Aug. 28th.—Mrs. Coope (mother of the M.P.) had given £50 to the Church +restoration, £50 to the Town Charities, and £10 to the Hospital. + +Lodgers had experienced a difficulty in finding accommodation in the +town. + +It was anticipated that Britannia-terrace would be completed in three +weeks’ time. + +Sept. 4th—The new Synagogue in Row 42 had been consecrated, the Rev. B. +Levy, of Brighton, conducting the service. Among the list of donors +towards the building fund where the Mayor, Baron Rothschild, M.P., Sir +Moses Montefiore, Sir S. L. Goldsmid, and F. H. Goldsmid, Esq. + +Sept. 11th.—The British School had been repaired and re-opened by Mr. D. +Tomkins (from the British and Foreign School Society, City road, London.) + +Mr. Goldsmid had had a bespeak at the Theatre which was “very fully +attended,” and he had given subscriptions to most of the local charities. + +Sept. 18th.—Complaints were again being made as to Sunday trading. + +Mr. Goldsmid’s friends entertained no doubt as to the success of his +petition. He had entertained twenty gentlemen at the Royal-hotel. + +Oct. 2nd.—It was considered likely that Mr. Gourlay would decline the +Mayoralty, and that Dawson Turner, Esq., would accept that office. + +Oct. 16th.—Mr. Dixon, of Norwich, had fitted up the tracing of the +easternmost window of St. Nicholas’ Church with stained glass, and the +circular columns which had been removed when the Fishermen’s gallery was +built, were being restored. + +Oct. 25th.—The Liberals claimed a gain of 37 at the Revision Court. + +On Sunday a very large party of gentlemen and tradesmen had accompanied +the Mayor to Church, it being the day appointed for the National +thanksgiving for the harvest. Afterwards His Worship entertained them at +the Town Hall, upwards of 400 invitations had been sent out for this +luncheon. + +The increase of buildings was proceeding on the Denes very rapidly. + +Coals were very scarce. On the previous Saturday a vessel had arrived +and sold her cargo at 21s. per ton. + +Nov. 6th.—A vessel of 400 tons was about to be launched from Mr. Barber’s +dock. + +A herring had been caught off Yarmouth, measuring 15¼ inches in length +and weighing above 15 ozs. + +The following had been the result of the Municipal election:— + +_North Ward_.—The Mayor (W. N. Burroughs) and R. Hammond re-elected. + +_Market Ward_.—No return given. + +_Regent Ward_.—Samuel Charles Marsh (re-elected) with Dawson Turner (vice +Tomlinson resigned). + + _St. George’s Ward_. +J. C. Smith (Con.) 112 +J. G. Plummer (Con.) 121 +T. Lettis, jun. (Lib.) 103 +M. Butcher, jun. (Lib.) 82 + _Nelson Ward_. +George Danby Palmer (Lib.) 186 +William Chambers (Lib.) 133 +Henry Jay (Con.) 113 + _St. Andrew’s Ward_. +E. H. L. Preston (Con.) 148 +William Hammond (Con.) 141 +Samuel Crow (Lib.) 96 +T. Hammond (Lib.) 91 + +Messrs. T. Lettis, T. Hammond, and S. Crow, who were old members of that +body, thus losing their seats in the Council. + +Nov. 13th.—Mr. D. Turner had resigned his office as Borough Treasurer and +had been re-elected for the Regent Ward. + +The “Cordelia” (400 tons) had been launched from Mr. Barber’s yard. + +At the Town Council meeting on the 9th, Mr. Geo. Danby Palmer moved and +Mr. R. Hammond seconded, Philip Pullyn, Esq., for Mayor. + +And Mr. Ferrier proposed and Mr. E. H. L. Preston seconded, the +re-election of the Mayor (Mr. Burroughs). + +The following was the voting on this:— + +For Mr. Pullyn—Messrs. Cobb, Pike, Fellows, Barker, R. Hammond, H. D. +Palmer, P. White, Owles, Lawn, D. A. Gourlay, Marsh, Fish, F. Palmer, S. +Palmer, J. D. Chapman, Lettis, G. D. Palmer, Chambers, Symonds, Cannell, +and Clarke.—21. + +For Mr. Burroughs—Messrs. Bessey, Worship, C. Miller, Ferrier, Jay, +Plummer, Smith, W. H. Palmer, John Hammond, Rivett, Preston, W. Hammond, +and Rivett.—13. + +The retiring Aldermen were Messrs. John Brightwen, C. S. D. Steward, A. +Steward, W. Walpole, C. Pearson, and S. Cobb. Nine gentlemen, were +nominated to fill their places, and the following was the result of the +voting:— + + Votes. +For C. Pearson 24 +,, S. Cobb 27 +,, Geo. Bateman 12 +,, C. J. Palmer 15 +„ W. Walpole 22 +,, Edmund R. Palmer 24 +,, R. Hammond 25 +„ H. Boulter 19 +,, A. Steward 1 + +In the evening about fifty gentlemen dined with the Mayor at the Star. + +Nov. 20th.—A new gas holder, which had been “dignified” by being named +after the Queen, had been erected. + +Six vessels had taken in cargoes of herring for the Straits. + +Dr. C. L. Robinson had delivered a lecture on the Sanitary condition of +Yarmouth, in which he alluded pointedly to the Corporation. This was +considered extremely uncourteous to the Mayor, who had presided on the +occasion. + +Dec. 4th.—Capt. Manby having completed his 82nd year, had made his annual +distribution of bread to 37 poor families. + +Dec. 18th.—There had been 150 cases disposed of in the County Court. + +A young gentleman had been fined £5 for wrenching off knockers from +houses on the Denes. + +Dec. 25th.—The fishowners had formed a society for the prosecution of +thieves, subscription 10s. for each member. + + + +1848. + + +Jan. 1.—The elder Brethren of the Trinity House had declined to take +Nelson’s Monument into their hands. + +The “Earl Grey,” London trader, had been lost. It was said that 35 years +had elapsed since a similar fate had befallen one of these vessels. + +Jan. 8th.—Five vessels had been fitted out for the sole and turbot +fishery in the style of the Barking smacks. + +Jan. 15th.—The Mayor had entertained 140 guests at a dinner in the Town +Hall. + +The pumps in Regent street had suddenly become dry. + +Jan. 22nd.—The second subscription ball had been held at the Town Hall, +120 persons were present, the Stewards being Capt. Ellis, R.N., and +Richard Bell, William H. Palmer, W. Worship, and C. J. Palmer, Esqs. + +Jan. 29th.—The “Venus,” belonging to G. D. Palmer, Esq., had been lost +off Elsinore. + +Feb. 5th.—A wild duck had been shot just above the Haven Bridge. + +Feb. 12th.—The following Committee had been appointed to try the Yarmouth +Petition:—Mr. E. Ellice, Mr. Charles Lushington, Mr. W. H. C. Plowden, +and Mr. H. Stuart, and they had chosen Mr. Ker Seymour their chairman. +Evidence had then been taken and the proceedings adjourned. + +Feb. 19th.—The Members had been unseated and the disfranchisement of the +freemen suggested by this Committee. + +Mr. Goldsmid had arrived at the “Royal,” but even his own friends were of +opinion that his visit was “inopportune,” owing to the Committee having +recommended the disfranchisement of the freemen. + +Feb. 26th.—A requisition was being signed requesting Mr. John E. Lacon to +offer himself as a candidate for the Borough. + +March 11th.—An election for a councillor in the Nelson Ward, to fill the +vacancy caused by the death of Mr. W. Chambers had been held as follows:— + +Thomas Hammond (Lib.) 152 +Robins Purdy (Con.) 52 +Majority for Hammond 100 + +March 25th.—There had been an eclipse of the moon. + +Three hundred idle characters had proceeded to the Workhouse and demanded +out-door relief, but dispersed on the appearance of the Mayor and a few +constables. + +April 8th.—Mr. W. R. Last had erected an illuminated clock in King Street +which was a great accommodation to the inhabitants. + +Messrs. George Danby Palmer and John Barker had been elected Haven +Commissioners, and Messrs. D. A. Gourlay and R. Hammond Supernumary +Commissioners. + +April 15th.—The Mayor had appointed Messrs. George Arbon and William +Livingston (Whigs), and Robert Breeze and John E. Barnby (Tories) +Overseers in the place of the “party” nominations hitherto made of these +officials. + +May 6th.—The fair “although pretty well attended so far as numbers was +concerned was altogether as spiritless a concern as could be desired.” + +May 13th.—From the report of the Gas Company’s meeting it appeared that +the balance of profit, after paying dividend on the new shares, was £625 +17s. 7d.; the rentals amounted to £2164 11s. 5d., and the total income to +£2720 3s., the expenditure being £2094 6s. 11d. + +Mr. Tolver (Town-Clerk) had, at the Council meeting, formally announced +his intention to retire, when the deepest regret was expressed by Messrs. +George Danby Palmer, Dawson Turner, and Alderman Fenn, who wished him to +re-consider his decision. + +William S. Ferrier, Esq., coroner, had died. + +May 20th.—The Race Committee had resolved (as there were no Borough +Members) not to hold any Races this year. + +A meeting of the Council had been held to elect a coroner, when, in the +absence of the Mayor and Deputy-Mayor who were attending the Leveè, Simon +Cobb, Esq., was called to the chair. + +Dawson Turner, Esq., proposed, and Mr. D. A. Gourlay seconded, Mr. +Frederick Nathaniel Palmer (surgeon). + +Mr. Richard Hammond proposed, and Mr. Walpole seconded, Mr. Charles H. +Chamberlin for the office. + +Capt. Pike and Messrs. Worship and Sewell left the Council before the +voting, which was, for Mr. Chamberlin: Messrs. J. Barker, S. Cobb, +Walpole, R. Hammond, sen., H. Boulter, H. D. Palmer, P. White, R. +Hammond, jun., C. Miller, J. Owles, J. Fish, J. D. Chapman, R. Ferrier, +J. G. Plummer, W. T. Clarke, G. D. Palmer, T. Hammond, J. G. Rivett, E. +H. L. Preston, H. Butcher, and W. Hammond—21. For Mr. Palmer: Messrs. H. +Fellows, E. R. Palmer, W. H. Bessey, J. Lawn, D. A. Gourlay, S. C. Marsh, +D. Turner, and S. Miller—8. Neuter: J. C. Smith. + +June 3rd.—Mr. Chamberlin had held his first inquest at the “New Fountain +Tavern,” on the body of Elizabeth Maria Crowe. + +June 10th.—Mr. Goldsmid had signified his intention of standing for the +Borough, Mr. Rumbold also was likely to come forward, and Mr. Sandars, of +Taplow House, Bucks, had offered himself (Mr. Lacon not being able to +stand) to the electors. + +July 1st.—The Rev. W. Langley Pope, one of the curates, had married a +girl of 16, the granddaughter of Mr. Woodhouse, painter, and had been +dismissed from his curacy. + +Mr. Goldsmid had determined not to contest the Borough. + +July 8th.—Mr. Bagshaw had met the electors at the Corn Exchange, (George +Danby Palmer, Esq., in the chair,) Mr. J. Bagshaw, M.P., and Mr. J. W +Shelly also addressing the meeting. + +July 15th.—At the nomination Mr. S. Cobb proposed and Mr. Sewell +seconded, C. E. Rumbold, Esq. + +Mr. S. H. Aldred proposed, and Mr. W. H. Bessey seconded, John Sandars, +Esq. + +And Mr. T. Hammond and J. Jackson proposed and seconded, Robert John +Bagshaw, Esq. + +The following statements of the poll were issued during the contest:—(The +small number of votes recorded was consequent on the disfranchisement of +the freemen, and the election taking place before those freemen who were +entitled to do so, could qualify as Householders.) + + Sandars. Rumbold. Bagshaw. +10 a.m. 121 134 156 +12½ p.m. 292 279 244 +1 „ 312 301 253 +1½ ,, 330 323 264 +2 „ 358 338 275 +3½ „ 393 366 298 +4 „ 416 386 300 + +After the declaration of the poll only Mr. Sandars’ friends made any +preparation for the chairing. “Not a bit of blue ribbon was seen, and +Mr. Rumbold’s friend seemed all to have been dyed deep red.” + +Mr. Bagshaw addressed the electors from the “Star Hotel,” when Mr. J. W. +Shelly made some strong observations on the conduct of Mr. Rumbold’s +friends in supporting Mr. Sandars jointly with that gentleman, which +appear to have caused a great deal of “heart burning” in the borough and +this especially so with regard to a combination known as the “Star +clique.” + +July 22nd.—Mr. Edward Sewell (a quaker) who had been denounced by Mr. +Shelly for voting for Sandars and Rumbold, vindicated his conduct in this +issue. + +The gigs of Mr. C. C. Aldred and Mr. Spencer Smyth (surgeons) had been in +collision in Regent Street, and the latter gentleman and his assistant +upset. + +The Regatta had been held, the band of the 16th Lancers coming from +Norwich, and there was an immense concourse of people present. + +In the first match, a purse of £60 for yachts, the following entered:— + +1.—“Esk,” R. Antrem, Esq., 25 tons, white with red border, R.T.Y.C. + +2.—“Prima Donna,” J. L. Ives, Esq., 25 tons, white with blue cross, +R.T.Y.C. + +3.—“Mosquito,” C. Mare, Esq., 50 tons, blue and orange quartered, +R.T.Y.C. + +4.—“Secret,” I. Wicks, Esq., 25 tons, blue and white crescent, R.T.Y.C. + +5.—“Gauntlet,” J. Penrice, Esq., 15 tons, red and white zigzag, R.V.Y.C. + +6.—“Blue Bell,” Lord A. Conyngham, 30 tons, light blue, S.Y.C. + +7.—“Daring,” G. Cook, Esq., 31 tons, red burgee R.T.Y.C. + +The “Daring” and “Secret” withdrew under protest that the “Mosquito” did +not start from her moorings. This she had done, but the hour for +starting having been delayed she was obliged to remove. At ten seconds +past one o’clock they all started with a stiff breeze from the S.W. The +“Mosquito” took the lead after rounding the first buoy, and maintained it +throughout. The “Esk” gave up the contest at 2.30, and the “Blue Bell” +in rounding the second buoy carried away her foremast. + +The times at which they came in were as follows:— + + 1ST RND. 2ND RND. 3RD RND. + H. M. S. H. M. S. H. M. S. +“Mosquito” 1 55 20 2 54 8 3 52 47 +“Blue Bell” 2 3 33 3 12 54 4 19 31 +“Prima Donna” 2 7 54 3 33 38 5 10 31 +“Gauntlet” 2 18 44 3 59 30 + +The “Mosquito,” is a very superior vessel, built by Mr. Mare of +Blackwall, who built the “Norfolk,” steampacket, of this port. +Immediately after the receipt of the prize, which was awarded by the +Committee to whom the protest was referred, she set off for Hull to +contend for the prize on Thursday. + +Sailing match for a purse of 20 sovereigns. Time race by Yawls of any +length; the first Yawl to have £12, the second £5, and the third £3. +Four to start or no match. Time 30 seconds to a foot. Entrance 2s. 6d. + +9. “Reindeer,” Young Company, 70 feet. +8. “Royal Victoria,” Denny’s Company, 60 feet. + “Royal Sovereign,” Young Company, 60 feet, drawn. +7. “Bees’ Wing,” Star Company, 65 feet. +4. “Queen Victoria,” Holkham Company, 64 ft. +0. “Swiftsure,” Southwold, 49 feet. +3. “Greyhound,” Lowestoft, 45 feet. +X “Royal Standard,” Standard Company, 51 feet. +6. “Gratitude,” Star Company, 53 feet. + +They started 3h. 7m. 10s. The “Reindeer” and “Bees’ Wing” carried away +their foremasts in the first round. The “Swiftsure” and “Greyhound” gave +up in the first round. The “Royal Standard” completed her first round at +4h. 34m. 51s., after which she gave up, having carried away her foremast, +considerable time being lost in rigging out another which she had on +board. The other boats came in:— + + 1ST RND. 2ND RND. 3RD RND. + H. M. S. H. M. S. H. M. S. +“Royal Victoria” 4 10 42 5 13 44 6 15 5 +“Queen Victoria” 4 15 47 5 20 46 6 21 20 +“Gratitude” 4 19 33 5 37 54 6 49 45 + +Sailing match by Shrimp Boats for £8. Not to exceed 21 feet in length, +over all, first boat £5, second boat £2, third boat £1; no sail allowed +but their customary mainsail and foresail, six to start or no match; +entrance 1s. The following boats were entered, and started at 3h. 51m. +10s.:— + +The four which came in first, arrived at the winning point at the time +affixed to their names, the others were not timed:— + + H. M. S. +“Caroline,” Richard Sutton, 19½ feet. +“Four Sisters,” John Edmonds, 20 feet 6 11 27 +“Defiance,” Robert Blake, 19 feet 6 32 48 +“Who would have thought it,” Jas. Woods, +20 feet. +“Paragon,” William Lodge, 20 feet. +“Anne,” Robert Drane, 18½ feet. +“Viper,” Richard Harrod, 19 feet. +“Blossom,” Mrs. Larn, 19 feet 6 14 19 +“Robert and Maria,” Robert Garwood, 21 6 16 8 +feet +“Providence,” Henry Hellenburgh, 20 feet. +“Elizabeth,” Georges Ives, 20½ feet. + +Rowing Match for a purse of 6 sovereigns, by Beach Gigs, not exceeding +six oars, and to be rowed by men belonging to distinct companies. First +gig £4; second, £2; three to start or no match; entrance 1s. They +started at 6h. 36m. and came in:— + +“Guardian,” Young Company 1 +“Star,” Star Company, did not start. +“Fearnought,” Holkham Company 3 +“Jenny Lind,” Lowestoft 2 + +The first of these came in at 6h. 48m. 5s. + +A dinner was provided at the Norfolk Hotel, at which several gentlemen +were present. + + “The ball in the evening was held at the Town Hall, and was very well + attended, although some families in the town were prevented being + present by a recent removal by death. Among those whose names we + have been able to procure, were some of the Officers of the 16th + Lancers and their ladies, Lord A. and Lady Conyngham, the Right + Worshipful the Mayor of Yarmouth and the Misses Boulter, the Mayor of + Norwich, F. Tattershall, Esq., R. Ferrier, Esq., Captain, Mrs. and + Misses Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Chevallier, Mr. and Mrs. A. Steward, Mr. + and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. E. + H. L. Preston, J. Wicks, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Caldecott, Rev. E. B. and + Mrs. Frere.” + +July 26th.—On the previous Thursday “a very calamitous accident” had +occurred; Capt. Pearson and his family had been to the Theatre, and on +their return Miss Mary Sayers walked straight from Regent Street over the +Quay Head and was drowned. + +The body was picked up on the following morning. + +Mr. J. W. Shelly returned to the charge against Mr. Sewell, and accused +him of unduly influencing a voter named Carr. + +At the Water Frolic the “Stranger” won the cup. The “Thorn,” a +“Bermudian cutter-rigged boat,” belonging to Capt. Ellis, R.N., +attracting much attention. + +Aug. 5th.—Mr. Carr and Mr. Sewell repudiated Mr. Shelly’s suggestions, +and totally denied his statements to be correct. + +The following is the report of the inquest held on the body of Miss +Sayers:— + + “On the 27th ult., at the house of Captain Pearson, an inquest was + held before Mr. C. H. Chamberlin, on the body of Miss Mary Sayers, + aged 72. The body of the deceased was identified by W. H. Palmer, + Esq., who stated that he left her the previous night at the door of + the Theatre about ten minutes before eleven; her sister, Miss E. + Sayers, went home in a sedan chair and deceased walked. The night + was extremely dark and rainy, but no gas lamps were lighted. Captain + Pearson and his family were spending the evening out, and on + returning at about half-past eleven, found Miss E. Sayers in some + anxiety that her sister was so long in following her. Captain + Pearson immediately went to the police office to procure assistance + in searching for her, for which purpose Police-constable Page took a + lantern. About half-past three in the morning he dragged the river + opposite the Town Hall, and there found the body. The watch of + deceased stopped precisely at eleven o’clock. The Jury returned a + verdict that the deceased was accidentally drowned by walking over + the Quay-head, in consequence of the extreme darkness of the night.” + +There had been a considerable discussion on the question of the election +of surgeons to the Hospital, and ultimately a poll was taken as follows:— + +A. J. Impey, M.D. 173 +John Dunn, M.D. 74 +Spencer Smyth 227 +C. B. Dashwood 184 +Josh. Bayly 143 +G. Dimock 28 + +and Dr. Impey and Messrs. Smyth, Dashwood and Bayly were declared duly +elected. + +Aug. 26th.—An explosion had taken place on board the “Earl of Liverpool,” +London steam packet, off Lowestoft, by which two of the crew had been +killed. + +St. Nicholas’ Church had been re-opened after the work of restoration, +when the Lord Bishop of Norwich preached, and 150 ladies and gentlemen +partook of a luncheon at the Town Hall, amongst those present being Baron +Alderson and M. Guizot and his daughter. + +Sept. 2nd.—At the races it was remarked that the Railway, while +increasing the number of people, had decreased the number of vehicles on +the course, gigs, horses and private carriages being superseded by cab +flies and omnibuses. + +The ordinary had been held at the “Angel,” when sixty-five gentlemen sat +down to dinner, for which two haunches of venison had been sent by the +M.P’s. + +One hundred and eleven ladies and gentlemen had attended the ball at the +Town Hall, when the Members for the Borough, the Officers of the 16th +Lancers, Mr. and Misses Lacon, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, Mr. I. Jermy, Mr., +Mrs. and Miss Caldecott, Captain, Mrs. and Misses Pearson, Mr., Mrs. and +Miss Tuck, Mr., Mrs. and Miss A. Steward, Mr. B. Dowson, &c., were +present. + +The Rev. Geo. Hills, M.A., P.C. of St. Mary’s Quarry Hill, Leeds, had +accepted the living then vacant by the resignation of the Rev. H. +Mackenzie. + +It was remarked that none of the Corporation had attended the luncheon on +the occasion of the re-opening of the Church, the Mayor stating that he +could not attend the meeting as “the Church” was to be one of the toasts +given. + +Sept. 9th.—The “Hudson” had been launched from Mr. Barber’s yard, after +extensive repairs. + +Sept. 23rd.—The Rev. G. Hills had “read himself in” at St. Nicholas’ +Church. + +Captain Kisbee, R.N., was making experiments with a “patent float.” + +Sept. 30th.—The Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield were staying at +Yarmouth. + +The first buildings on the Britannia Terrace had been commenced. A +proposition had been made to extend the esplanade and carriage drive from +this to the Victoria Terrace. + +Oct. 7th.—The Good Samaritan Lodge, M.U.O.F., had held its anniversary at +the Masonic Hall, F. Palmer, Esq., in the chair, when about sixty members +sat down to dinner, and a silver watch and gold guard chain were +presented to W. Hanworth, P.G., for his services to the Lodge during the +then past three years. + +Oct. 14th.—The wards were likely to be hotly contested in November, Sir +E. H. K. Lacon being one of the candidates; but at the Registration Court +he could not substantiate his claim to be on the Burgess Roll. + +Richard Bell, Collector of customs, had died from an attack of the gout. + +Oct. 21st.—A meeting had been held, the Mayor in the chair, for purpose +of considering the question of the establishment of Water Works. + +Nov. 4th.—At the Municipal election there had been a return to the +corrupt system of “feasting,” and at Gorleston certain voters were so +detained all day until after the poll had closed in order to avoid a +contest. The following was the result:— + +_North Ward_.—Mr. W. H. Bessey and Mr. Henry Danby Palmer re-elected, no +opposition. + +_Market Ward_.—Mr. Sewell retired, and Mr. Lawn was unseated. + +The poll being— + +John E. Barnby, C 123 +John Fenn, C 120 (sic) +James Lawn, L 120 +Christopher Steward, L 120 + +_Regent Ward_ (sic), (_a_) The Mayor (P. Pullyn, Esq.) was re-elected +with Mr. R. Ferrier, jun., a Tory, in the place of Mr. Lettis (a Whig) +resigned. + +_Nelson Ward_.— + +John Symonds, L 120 +A. J. Impey, L 114 +W. H. Barnby, C 105 +H. Jay, C 96 + +_Gorleston Ward_.—Messrs. Wm. H. Palmer, (L), and S. Miller (C), returned +without opposition. + +The result was a Conservative gain of 5 seats. + +(_a_) Evidently this should be St. George’s Ward. There is no return for +the Regent Ward, but Sir E. Lacon and Mr. Cherry appeared to have been in +fact then returned for that Ward. [ED. Y. M.] + +Nov. 11th.—At the Council meeting on the 9th, Mr. Richard Hammond +proposed and Mr. Dawson Turner seconded, the re-election of Philip +Pullyn, Esq., to the Mayoralty, and Mr. E. H. L. Preston, proposed and +Mr. Fenn seconded, Mr. S. C. Marsh for that office, but upon a division +being taken, Mr. Pullyn was re-elected by 28 to 15 votes. For Mr. +Pullyn—Messrs. Fiddes, Bayly, Barker, Cobb, Pearson, Pike, Fellows, +Walpole, R. Hammond, sen., Boulter, E. R. Palmer, H. D. Palmer, P. White, +R. Hammond, jun., W. N. Burroughs, D. A. Gourlay, C. Miller, W. Johnson, +J. Owles, S. Palmer, J. D. Chapman, D. Turner, J. Symonds, W. T. Clarke, +G. D. Palmer, T. Hammond, A. J. Impey and J. Hammond. For Mr. Marsh—B. +Fenn, W. H. Bessey, J. Fenn, J. E. Barnby, J. Cherry, R. Ferrier, W. +Worship, B. Jay, J. G. Plummer, J. C. Smith, W. H. Palmer, S. Miller, J. +G. Rivett, E. H. L. Preston and W. Hammond. + +Nov. 18th.—The case of Reg. _v._ Preston had been decided, the Court of +Queen’s Bench holding that the appointment of Overseers rested with the +Mayor alone, and not with the Magistrates generally. + +The friends of Mr. S. C. Marsh, who voted for him as Mayor had dined +together at the Bear. It was stated that the Tories could not find a +Mayor (mare) without going to _Marsh_. + +A high tide had flowed up to the Victoria and Britannia Terraces. + +Dec. 2nd.—A dinner had been given to the Mayor at the “Star” Tavern, at +which Mr. W. N. Burroughs presided. + +The town had been thrown “into a complete ferment by the report of the +catastrophe at Stanfield Hall.” + +Dec. 16th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall for the purpose of +impressing the “obligation of the Christian Sabbath.” Wm. H. Palmer, +Esq., occupied the chair, and was supported by J. W. Shelly, Esq., and +all the local Dissenting Ministers. + +John E. Lacon, Esq., had died, to the great grief of the townsfolk. + +Dec. 23rd.—Thos. Brightwen, C. J. Palmer and C. L. Robertson, Esqs., had +waited on the Rev H. Mackenzie and presented him with a testimonial of +plate. + +The question of the drainage of the Denes was being considered, and a +meeting had been held on the subject, R. Ferrier, Esq., in the chair. + + + +1849. + + +Jan. 13th.—The “Cosmopolite,” 312 tons register, had been launched from +Mr. Brandford’s yard. + +Feb. 3rd.—There were 1,145 boys and 1,461 girls attending the Sunday +Schools, about 1,000 of whom belonged to the Established Church. + +Feb. 10th.—Mr. John Lomas Cufaude had been unanimously elected Clerk of +the Peace, in the place of Mr. J. Barth resigned. + +Feb. 17th.—Mr. Ferrier, upon wishing to leave the Council found the door +locked, and made a disturbance by kicking it “with great violence.” + +The Mayor was requested to take notice of this, and on the motion of Mr. +W. Worship the following resolution was passed:—That “we as a Council +hold the Mayor blameless for taking anyone into custody in protecting +this Council in its deliberation.” + +March 3rd.—Complaint was made as to the decay of the South Quay trees. + +March 10th.—A religious service had been held on board the “Cosmopolite,” +before her first voyage, she being bound to Singapore. + +The Mayor (P. Pullyn, Esq.) had entertained the Recorder, the Bar, and +several friends at a sumptuous dinner at the “Star.” + +March 30th.—Contains a full account of the trial of Rush for the +Stanfield Hall murders. + +April 14th.—The appointment of Overseers having become vested in the +general body of the Justices by Act of Parliament, the first appointment +by them had been made. The following Justices being present:—The Mayor, +S. Cobb, R. Hammond, G. D. Palmer, and J. W. Shelly, Esqs., (Whigs), and +Geo. Bateman, W. H. Bessey, W. Thurtell, W. Yetts, J. C. Smith, Wm. +Danby-Palmer, J. F. Costerton, E. H. L. Preston, and B. Jay, Esqs. +(Tories). The following were appointed:—Wm. Green, James Borking, John +Key, and Samuel Lessey. + +The Vestry meeting at the Guildhall had been crowded to suffocation. R. +Hammond proposed Mr. C. S. D. Steward for re-election, and Mr. Burroughs +nominated Mr. F. Worship for re-election, and they were re-elected +accordingly churchwardens for the ensuing year. + +April 21st.—One hundred and ten ladies and gentlemen had attended the +second Subscription Ball. + +April 28th.—Mr. Gourlay had been elected chairman, and Messrs. Lawn and +S. Norman, vice-chairmen, of the Board of Guardians. There had been no +contest at the election of the Board. + +May 19th.—The Mayor had given a dinner at the Star. + +June 2nd.—The “Yarmouth Bridge Bill” had passed the Committee stage, and +it was confidently expected that Breydon would now be deepened. + +On Whit-Monday the Temperance Society had held a meeting at the Masonic +Hall, Mr. W. T. Fisher in the chair. + +Captain Wm. Larke, R.N., had received from the Admiralty a war medal +issued for the action fought off Cape St. Vincent, on the 14th February, +1797, in which glorious engagement he was signal midshipman on board the +“Prince George,” 98 guns. + +A petition in favour of a national poor’s rate was in course of +signature. + +June 9th.—Col. Mason had presented a very handsome carved lectern to St. +Nicholas’ Church. + +Most of the lodging houses on or near the Victoria Terrace were let. The +Marchioness of Wellesley was staying in the town. + +June 16th.—The report of the British School showed that there were then +200 scholars at that establishment. + +June 23rd.—A tailor, on tramp, had (having procured a bed at the Neptune +Public-house) drank 9 pints of beer at night and 4 the next morning +before proceeding to Lowestoft. + +June 30th.—The Lord Lieutenant, with Lady Leicester, several members of +the Digby family, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Whitbread, the Hon. Mr. Coke, Col. +Porter, Lord Hastings, the Hon. Mr. Astley, Mr. F. Astley, and Mr. +Norris, had secured rooms at the Victoria Hotel. + +The Guildhall was in progress of demolition. + +There had been a good catch of mackerel, one boat having brought upwards +of 6,000 fish. + +July 14th.—At the Regatta the following yachts competed:—“Hilda,” +R.T.Y.C., 25 tons; “Cynthia,” R.V.Y.C., 50 tons; “Foam,” R.V.Y.C., 20 +tons; “Mosquito,” R.T.Y.C., 50 tons; “Secret,” R.T.Y.C., 20 tons; and the +“Juvenile,” R.H.Y.C., 15 tons. + +The “Cynthia,” won the cup. + +Upwards of 2,300 passengers were conveyed to Yarmouth by the Railway to +witness these sports. + +The Mayor’s windows had been broken and a reward of £10 offered. + +Aug. 25th.—Complaint was made that when fishing boats arrived at the Quay +on Sunday, a crowd collected round the door of some public-house, and on +the arrival of a salesman he was accompanied into such house and held a +sale there of the fish, and that the police never interfered to prevent +this violation of the Sabbath. + +Sept. 1st.—Lady Agnes Buller, Sir William and Lady Wimper, and Mr. and +Mrs. Wood had taken houses on Brandon Terrace. + +An individual resident in the town, had, for the wager of a bottle of +rum, driven a pony and cart to the end of the Jetty, for which he was +taken before the Justices and fined 20s. + +Great complaint had been made of persons smoking cigars on Victoria +Terrace to the annoyance of ladies. + +Reports as to the appearance of cholera were prevalent in the town. + +Sept. 8th.—G. D. Palmer, Esq., had presided at a meeting of sixty of the +paving Commissioners, and with a view to the threatened appearance of +cholera, the following special committee as to scavengering was +appointed:—Messrs. G. D. Palmer, J. Fish, C. E. Bartram, C. Pearson, and +W. Squire. + +St. Peter’s Church had been lighted with gas and opened for evening +service. + +Sept. 15th.—The Theatre had been closed after a disastrous season, it was +considered that Mr. Clarence had lost £100 by this venture. + +Mr. Cufaude and another gentleman amateur had appeared at the Theatre, in +_A new way to pay old Debts_, and had been received with “rapturous +applause.” + +The Drainage question had been discussed at a meeting of the inhabitants +(the Mayor in the chair). + +Sept. 22nd.—The transfer of the parsonage house from the Corporation to +the Vicar, had been virtually completed. + +Oct. 13th.—The tide had flowed up to Britannia Terrace. + +A bed of oysters had been discovered between the Monument and North Pier. + +“Dogfish” had damaged the fishermen’s nets and devoured a “large quantity +of herring.” + +Oct. 20th.—Friday having been the day appointed for “Humiliation and +Prayer,” upwards of 2,900 persons attended St. Nicholas’ Church services; +in the morning the Rev. Geo. Hills preached from Micah vi., 6, 7 and 8; +in the afternoon the Rev. H. Neville; in the evening the Rev. G. Hills, +from Numbers xxi., 48. The collections amounted to £100. + +Nov. 3rd.—The Market and Regent Wards had been contested. Messrs. +Gourlay and Steward (Whigs) against Messrs. W. Aldred and Fyson +(Conservatives) in the Market Ward, and Messrs. J. Fish and J. D. Chapman +(Whigs) against Messrs. R. D. Barber and H. R. Harmer (Conservatives) in +the Regent Ward. The elections terminated in favour of Messrs. Barber +and Fish in the Regent, and Messrs. Aldred and Gourlay in the Market +Ward. + +In the North, St. George’s, and Nelson Wards there were no contests, +consequently Messrs. Wm. Worship, P. White, R. Ferrier, B. Jay, G. +Cannell, and M. Butcher had been re-elected. In the Gorleston Ward +Messrs. Clarke (Whig) and R. Steward (Conservative) had been returned. + +Nov. 10th.—At the Council meeting on the 9th, Mr. Owles proposed, and Mr. +W. Johnson seconded, Mr. D. A. Gourlay for the Mayoralty, and Mr. R. +Steward proposed and Mr. Cherry seconded, the election of Mr. E. H. L. +Preston to that office, when the voting was, for Mr. Gourlay 27 and for +Mr. Preston 14. + +Nov. 17th.—A “Sanitary Inquiry” had been held before Wm. Lee, Esq. + +Dec. 22nd.—Mr. Jas. Jackson had been elected a Councillor for the North +Ward in the place of Richard Hammond, Esq., who had been appointed an +Alderman, vice S. Cobb, Esq., deceased. + +Dec. 30th.—£35 13s. 6d. had been paid by Mr. Sloman to the funds of the +Hospital, on account of the profits derived from the sale of hymn books. + +The inmates of the Workhouse had been regaled with a dinner of plum +pudding and roast beef, with a pint of strong beer each. + + + +1850. + + +Jan. 5th.—At the Hospital meeting it was stated that £96 4s. 11d. had +been collected for that institution on the general Fast Day. Mr. B. +Dowson occupied the chair, and Messrs. G. D. Palmer, J. G. Cannell, W. +Steele, W. H. Palmer, and Dr. Impey took part in the proceedings. + +Jan. 12th.—The Haven Commissioners were being urged to lengthen the +Jetty, to enable vessels to land there when they could not enter the +port. + +Jan. 19th.—An address of condolence had been voted by the Town Council to +the Queen on the occasion of the death of the Queen Dowager. + +The parsonage house had been purchased from the Corporation by private +subscription. + +The Revs. J. Everitt, S. Dunn, and W. Griffiths, three Wesleyan +Ministers, expelled by the Conference, had held a meeting of their +friends at the Corn Hall. + +Jan. 26th.—The annual meeting of the Royal Life Fund had been held, W. H. +Palmer, Esq., in the chair, when the expenditure for the year appeared to +have been £174 11s. 9d., as against assets amounting to £172 15s. 9d. + +The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had delivered a lecture on “Nineveh.” + +The “Enterprise,” steamer, was being repaired by Mr. A. R. Palmer, prior +to her resuming her passage between this port and Rotterdam. + +Feb. 9th.—The fishery business was in a very depressed state, and it was +computed that from £15,000 to £20,000 less cash would on that account be +circulated in the town. + +Ninety volumes of books had been given to the library of the Young Men’s +Institute by the Mayor (D. A. Gourlay, Esq.), Admiral Hills and Robert +Steward, Esq. + +Feb. 16th.—An endeavour was being made to reduce the wages paid to +coalheavers. + +Feb. 23rd.—Disturbances had arisen on this account, and a man named +Lightning had complained to the Mayor that he had been assaulted by James +Miller and others because he agreed to the owners’ terms. + +Mr. Henry Pickard (relieving officer) had been charged before the +Magistrates for the manslaughter of Sarah Auger (aged 20) and acquitted. + +The smack “Good Intent” had been seized and condemned as a smuggler, and +Richard Parmenter, of the White Swan Inn, and George Shirley, fish curer, +had been committed to Norwich Castle upon Exchequer writs for £8,230 +each. + +A meeting had been held with regard to the legalisation of marriage with +a deceased wife’s sister (the Mayor in the Chair), when a petition in +favour of that measure was adopted. + +March 9th.—The “Sacramento” (400 tons) had been launched from Mr. H. +Fellows’ yard. + +March 16th.—Mr. Worship, Mr. Ferrier, and Mr. Jay, had attended a meeting +of the Haven Commissioners, and suggested that the first stone of the +bridge should be laid with Masonic honours. + +Mr. Benjamin Button had been appointed one of the parish surgeons in the +place of Mr. William Burgess deceased. + +The highest tender for the ballast dues had not been taken owing to a +mistake of the Deputy Town Clerk. + +The conduct of the prisoners in the gaol had been of an extremely +disorderly character. + +March 23rd.—The “Eagle” (recently launched from the yard of Mr. T. +Barber) had been lost off Jaffa. Mr. Barber was insured to the extent of +£4,000. + +Five wherries had broken adrift at night and fouled the Haven bridge but +they had all been secured by the river watch. + +March 30th.—There had been a heavy fall of snow and intense cold, the +thermometer standing at 23 deg. + +Two new oyster beds had been discovered in the roadstead, and oysters +vended at 1d. to 3d. per quarter. + +April 6th.—The first boilers ever made in the town had been manufactured +by Mr. S. V. Moore, for the “Enterprize,” and fixed in her at the Crane. +They weighed 13 tons each. + +William Barth, Esq., had died in London. + +Mr. Robert Waters’ mill at Southtown had been burnt. It was insured for +£1,600 in the Sun and Norwich Union Fire Offices. + +April 13th.—The death of Admiral Hills is recorded. + +The following Guardians had been elected:—The Mayor (D. A. Gourlay, +Esq.), T. Brightwen, James Jackson, George Danby-Palmer, S. C. Marsh, J. +Fish, J. Fiddes, and B. Fenn, Esqs., and Messrs. M. Blowers, R. +Ecclestone, C. Steward, J. Lawn, T. Lettis, jun., S. Norman, J. D. +Chapman, and S. J. Fill. + +April 20th.—A petition for the abolition of Church Rates was being signed +in the town. + +April 27th.—The Congregationalists had determined to build a new chapel +upon part of the site of the late Mansion of John Penrice, Esq., in King +Street, and £1,107 10s. 7d. had already been subscribed. + +Dr. Smyth had delivered a lecture on “Respiration and Atmospheric Air,” +at the Y.M.I. The attendance was small. + +May 4th.—Contains the record of the death of Samuel Palmer, Esq., from +the effects of an accident. Mr. Palmer was taking a drive in the +afternoon, and while going over the Bridge his pony took fright at the +firing of some cannon in commemoration of the marriage of Miss Costerton, +Mr. Palmer in attempting to jump out of his gig was thrown with great +force upon his head, which injury proved a fatal one. + +A finely-toned bell weighing 10 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. in the key G, bearing +the inscription “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,” had been fixed in the tower of +the new Roman Catholic Church. + +The Poor’s box in the Parish Church had been broken open, and the +contents, believed to be a large amount, stolen. + +May 11th.—Mr. E. H. L. Preston had been appointed Receiver of Admiralty +Droits in the place of Mr. Samuel Palmer deceased. + +The following compensation had been awarded, with regard to the +properties taken for the approach to the new bridge:— + +Mr. Puncher £1,757 +Mr. Teasdel £418 + +Messrs. Preston’s case was going to a Suffolk jury. + +May 18th.—The “Bear Hotel,” was being demolished for the new bridge +approach. + +The Jury impannelled in the case of Preston _v._ The Haven Commissioners, +after hearing the evidence of the plaintiff, and Mr. Palmer in reply, +awarded them £950 damage and £100 for the value of the land taken. + +May 25th.—Rustic sports had been provided on the South Denes, at +Whitsuntide, when there had been a great influx of people brought by rail +and the “Earl of Liverpool” steamer. + +The “Prince of Wales,” Revenue cutter, Lieut. John Allen, had brought +into the harbour the “Seaflower,” having on board 122 parcels of leaf +tobacco of 50 lbs. each. + +June 1st.—The Queen _v._ The Justices of Great Yarmouth, as to rating +Vauxhall Gardens, had been heard and the rule obtained for the parish, +discharged with costs. Mr. O’Malley appeared for Mr. C. Cory, and Mr. +Palmer for the parish. + +The Southtown tolls had been let by auction to Mr. W. Matson for £344 per +annum. In 1820 these tolls had only realised £248. + +A large meeting had been held at the Angel inn on the subject of the +exceedingly high Poor’s rate levied in the parish, Mr. Richard Ferrier in +the chair. + +June 15th.—It appeared from the Guardians accounts that 25 per cent. was +allowed in their accounts “for waste in the consumption of meat.” + +June 22nd.—The following persons had been elected Poor’s rate collectors, +viz., Mr. Robert Bullen, Mr. Thomas Kelf, Mr. High, Mr. R. Harbert, and +Mr. William Nutman. + +Bro. Richard Ferrier had entertained his brother Masons at Burgh Castle, +in commemoration of the completion of his new mansion, the foundation of +which was laid with Masonic honours. + +July 6th.—Mr. Joseph Clarence had obtained a license for the Theatre for +six months, subject to certain more stringent regulations than had +previously prevailed. + +July 13th.—The flag on the church and the town flags on the hall had been +hoisted at half-mast upon the day of Sir R. Peel’s funeral. + +William Johnson, Esq., of Southtown, had given an entertainment on the +occasion of the marriage of his daughter to William Mart, Esq., of +London. + +July 27th.—A meeting had been held with regard to the “Public Health +Act.” + +Aug. 3rd.—A Mrs. Baker (a visitor) had attempted to commit suicide in one +of Mr. Brown’s bathing machines. + +Aug. 10th.—Youell’s nurseries were in full bloom. + +Mr. John Morton, of Caister, had taken the degree of a M.C.S. Edin. + +Aug. 17th.—The late high tide had removed nearly 60 acres of beach and +sandbanks at Caister, and a shoal called the Hood, lying to the North of +the village had disappeared. Consequent upon this there had been a large +deposit of sand upon Yarmouth Beach. + +Robert Rising, Esq., the auditor, having applied for a summons against +Mr. Henry Pickard, late assistant overseer and rate collector, on a +charge of embezzling £675 13s. 8¾d., at the hearing of such information +the prisoner pleaded “guilty,” and failing sufficient distress he was +sentenced to two months’ imprisonment. He had sureties to the amount of +£400 who were being proceeded against. + +Aug. 24th.—Col. Peel, M.P., J. S. Dunkald, Esq., and Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Bart., had acted as Stewards of the Races. + +The Ferries had been let by William Walpole, Esq., by auction, the upper +ferry for £250, and the Gorleston ferry for £175 per annum. + +Aug. 31st.—Lady Bolton, a niece of Lord Nelson, had visited Capt. Manby, +who had been a schoolmate of his Lordship 79 years previously. + +Sept. 14th.—The churchwardens and overseers had been summoned before the +Justices to show cause why they neglected or refused to pay over to the +Guardians the sum of £789, in accordance with their order, and the +hearing of the case adjourned. + +Sept. 21st.—A supplemental rate of 2d. in the £ had been made to meet +this demand. It appeared that the Guardians asked for £2,800 for the +current quarter, but the overseers insisted that £2,200 would suffice, +and only in the first instance raised that amount, hence the deficiency. + +Sept. 28th.—There was likely to be an appeal against this supplemental +poor’s rate. + +A meeting of the electors for the Regent Ward had been held at the “Star +and Garter” Inn, at which Mr. Thomas George presided, when S. C. Marsh +and R. H. Harmer, Esqs., offered themselves as candidates, the +determination of D. Turner, Esq., to retire was announced by Mr. W. +Worship. + +Oct. 12th.—The season, in consequence of the high position Lowestoft had +taken as a watering place, had been far from prosperous. + +Sept. 26th.—The new Roman Catholic Church had been licensed for +marriages. + +The following tenders had been sent in for the draining the Denes:—J. +Thompson, (Yarmouth), £4,424; W. Johnson, (London), £4,393; G. Piggins, +(Yarmouth), £4,234 19s.; R. Page, (Yarmouth), £3,922; and R. Pratt, +(Yarmouth), £3,715. The lowest tender was accepted; about 7,400 feet of +sewer being required. + +A Vestry Meeting had been held as to the Rating of small tenements, when +the poll taken on an amendment in favour of applying the Act, was 329 as +against 68 against it. + +A special Sessions had been held to hear upwards of 250 appeals against +the recently made Poor’s Rate. + +Mr. J. H. Harrison’s was the case taken, and after hearing Mr. Chamberlin +on his behalf, and examining the Rate Book, Mr. Preston moved and Mr. G. +Danby-Palmer seconded, and it was carried by the vote of the bench that +an unequal assessment existed and the rate was accordingly quashed. Mr. +Cufaude on behalf of the Overseers, then stated that he agreed to this. +The decision was received with applause. + +Sir J. Walmesley, M.P., J. Hume, Esq., M.P., and T. Norton, Esq., +attended a meeting as a deputation from the Financial Reform Association. + +Nov. 9th.—The result of the Municipal Election had left the parties +equally balanced in the Council; the means used in these contests having +in most instances been “disgusting and disgraceful.” + +The following was the polling:— + + _Gorleston Ward_. +E. H. L. Preston, (C) 185 +W. Hammond, (C) 170 +S. Crowe, (L) 78 +F. S. Costerton, (L) 64 + _North Ward_. +J. Jackson, (L) 108 +W. N. Burroughs, (L) 105 +S. Nightingale, (C) 90 +C. Cory, (C) 68 + _Regent Ward_. +S. C. Marsh, (C) 105 +J. D. Chapman, (L) 103 +H. R. Harmer, (C) 94 +F. Palmer, (L) 83 + _St. George’s Ward_. +J. G. Plummer, (C) 130 +J. C. Smith, (C) 116 +J. Barker, (L) 101 + _Nelson Ward_. +G. D. Palmer and T. Lettis, +(unopposed). + _Market Ward_. +C. Aldred, (C) 129 +F. Worship, (C) 123 +J. Owles, (L) 104 +J. Cobb, (L) 84 + +Nov. 16th.—At the Council Meeting on the 9th, 46 members being present, +Mr. George Danby-Palmer proposed and Mr. P. Pullyn seconded Capt. Charles +Pearson, R.N., for the office of Mayor, and Mr. Wm. H. Palmer proposed +and Mr. E. H. L. Preston seconded, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., for that +office. + +Upon taking the votes it appeared 25 were for Capt. Pearson and 21 for +Sir E. H. K. Lacon. Mr. Ferrier then remarked “The majority for Capt. +Pearson is 4, and as 10 Aldermen voted for him, he is in fact returned by +gentlemen who are now out of office.” Messrs. J. Fyson, Chas. J. Palmer, +J. C. Smith, H. Jay, W. Yetts, (Conservatives) and the Mayor and Messrs. +J. Pike, J. Fiddes, J. Bayly, J. Barker and B. Fenn, were then nominated +for Aldermen, when 42 members voted for Mr. Fenn and 21 for the other 5 +party candidates, whereupon Mayor gave his casting vote in favour of the +Whig Nominees. + +The Mayor’s dinner was held at the “Star” on the following Monday, when +His Worship occupied the chair and R. Hammond, Esq., the Vice-chair. D. +A. Gourlay, Esq. (Deputy-Mayor) P. Pullyn, G. Danby-Palmer, H. Worship, +F. Palmer, W. N. Burroughs, Esqs., and the principal Liberal members of +the Corporation were present. + +The price of Gas had been reduced to 5s. per thousand cubic feet. + +H. Palmer, Esq., had notified his intention to resign the Town Clerkship. + +Mr. Cufaude, Mr. C. Cory, and Mr. J. Clowes, were spoken of as probable +candidates. + +Mr. G. Johnson had been elected master of the Workhouse. + +Nov. 23rd.—The crew of a Sheringham smack had been fined £100 each, or +six months’ imprisonment for smuggling 2,760 lbs. of tobacco. + +Dec. 14th.—Several houses on the Denes had been broken into, and some +brushes stolen from Mr. J. Palmer’s warehouse at the Bridge foot, where +the thieves missed taking a considerable amount of gold and silver +carelessly left on the premises. + +Dec. 21st.—W. Lee, Esq., had held an Inquiry as to the drainage of the +Denes. + + [Picture: Decorative graphic] + + + + +THIRD SERIES, 1851–60. + + + “When found, make a note of”— + + CAPT. CUTTLE. + + + +1851. + + +Jan. 4th.—At the meeting of the Town Council, the Councillors for the St. +George’s, Market and Gorleston Wards refused to appoint Ward Aldermen “as +they had no confidence” in the Aldermen recently appointed by the casting +vote of the Mayor. + +The “Water question” was before the public, when, as to the Ormesby water +with which it was proposed to supply the town, Mr. Cooper, an eminent +analytical chemist, stated that such water “was turbid from the green and +brown matter in it” and that “the large quantity (four grains) of +vegetable organic matter that it contained rendered it wholly unfit for +domestic purposes other than cleansing.” + +Jan. 11th.—Chas. J. Palmer had presided at the Annual Public Library +meeting, when it was stated that upwards of 5,000 books belonged to that +institution. + +J. Tolver, Esq. had sent in his resignation as Clerk to the Paving +Commissioners. + +Jan. 25th.—It was stated that a provisional order was about to be issued, +applying the “Health of Town’s Act” to the Borough, thus threatening the +Paving Commissioners with extinction. + +There was great complaint against these Commissioners for not properly +lighting the Denes. + +Wm. Sumner, an ex-constable was bound over to keep the peace at the +instance of Samuel Tolver, Esq. + +Feb. 1st.—The following notice appears as to No. 4, South Quay:— + + A tradition has long existed in connection with the Elizabethian + House upon the Quay, formerly belonging to John Carter, the regicide, + but now the residence of C. J. Palmer, Esq., F.S.A., (mentioned by + Noble, vol. 2, p. 340), that of the “many secret consults” which the + rebels held prior to the trial and execution of King Charles I. the + fatal and final one took place in a chamber in the above mentioned + house, in which Carter then lived. A meeting of the chief + Parliamentarian Generals was summoned, and the regicides, it is said, + met early in the afternoon, and the conference, which was one of + ‘great secrecy,’ did not terminate until near the hour of midnight, + the dinner which had been ordered for four o’clock not being served + until the meeting broke up. This tradition, though generally + credited, had hitherto received no confirmation to render it of + historical value. The important fact has, however, been placed + almost beyond a doubt, as we can state on the authority of F. + Worship, Esq., that in the course of the labours of the Committee + recently appointed by the Town Council to inquire into the ancient + records and muniments of the Borough, a record has been found of the + visit of Oliver Cromwell to our town about the time alluded to, it + having never yet been definitely ascertained that the Protector + visited Yarmouth. We hope this very interesting discovery will + induce the Committee to prosecute their labours, and when the + valuable town documents have been arranged and restored, the Council + will see the propriety and necessity of providing some suitable + depository for them. + +Feb. 8th.—The New Mercantile Marine Act had excited much dissatisfaction, +and several handbills had appeared urging the sailors to take action, and +on Tuesday morning having “struck,” they mustered in groups on the +Hall-quay. Subsequently they formed in procession to the number of 1,000 +and paraded the town for several hours; they had a band and flags with +them, and a board on which was written “Do not sign the laws” and “Wages +£2 15s. Summer and Winter.” + +A Seaman’s Union had been formed having 450 members, and Mr. J. Teasdel +having given notice that he did not intend to reduce the wages paid to +his men to 50s. a month, several hundred of the men on strike, went over +the Bridge and manned the yards of a vessel belonging to that gentleman, +for whom they gave some loud and hearty cheers. + +The Magistrates refused to sign a 1s. 9d. Poor rate, but such rate was +subsequently signed by Mr. W. H. Palmer and Mr. J. Fenn and the rate for +that amount made. + +Feb. 15th.—A meeting of the shipowners had been held at the Town-hall to +consider the seamen’s grievances, the Mayor in the chair, when upon the +motion of Mr. George Danby-Palmer, a resolution was carried to obtain a +repeal of the act of Parliament complained of, and a Committee formed +consisting of six owners and six seamen with the Mayor as chairman to +give effect to such resolution; the wages question was, however, not +discussed. + +Feb. 22nd.—A further meeting had been held “to take into consideration +the present complaint of seamen respecting their wages, that the same may +be equalized throughout the year whether by voyage or month.” + +About 30 owners were present, and also the Sailors’ Committee; the Mayor +was in the chair, and the sailors refused to be bound by their “old +agreement;” the following account is given of their subsequent +proceedings:— + + Since the above meeting a letter has been sent to the Mayor, + announcing that the sailors were determined not to abide for the + future by the old agreement; and handbills were also publicly issued, + announcing a “grand procession” of the seamen of the port for the + following day. Accordingly on Saturday the sailors assembled + opposite to their rendezvous, at the Royal Exchange on the Quay, to + the number of about 1,500, and flags, union jacks, &c., with a band + of music having been procured, a procession was formed, which paraded + the town for several hours. The men were mostly respectably attired, + and wore rosettes of various colours, from which were suspended the + medals of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society. Some of the men were + dressed in various emblematical characters, such as Britannia, + Neptune, Amphitrite, Triton, &c., and were borne upon the shoulders + of the crowd in boats, dolphin cars, &c., which were decorated with + evergreens, &c., in short the whole assemblage seemed more like a + triumphal procession than that of a demonstration occasioned by one + of those unfortunate breaches between employers and employed, termed + a “strike.” Throughout the crowd a number of placards were + distributed, bearing the following inscription:—“We, the seamen of + Yarmouth, hereby testify our gratitude to the inhabitants, for the + handsome manner in which they have come forward to assist us in + obtaining our just rights.” Also a number of poles, terminating in + tridents, fishes, &c., were borne aloft, together with a handsomely + carved model ship, covered with the flags of all nations. + +Mr. S. S. Barber had applied to the Bench for the assistance of the civil +force to protect his seamen, who had just arrived by the “Maid of the +Yare,” London Trader, and who had been persuaded to leave their vessel, +and even threatened to be taken away by force if they did not leave. The +Superintendent and some of the police went down to the spot, but, as the +men remained perfectly peaceable, their presence was not at all required. + +The following members of the Council had addressed a letter to the +Treasury protesting against a proposed loan for drainage purposes, which +was said to have been carried by a majority of the Council at its last +meeting:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, R. Ferrier, E. H. L. Preston, F. Worship, +William H. Palmer, R. Steward, R. D. Barber, E. R. Aldred, J. C. Smith, +J. G. Plummer, J. Cherry, J. E. Barnby, C. C. Aldred, B. Jay, R. Ferrier, +junr., S. Miller and William Worship, and thereupon at the Council +meeting a very warm discussion ensued, during which Mr. C. C. Aldred was +accused of having called Mr. George Danby-Palmer “a liar,” and Sir E. H. +K. Lacon (by Mr. Henry Danby-Palmer) of having made a disturbance by +“kicking against the panels.” + +March 1st.—The following Councillors subsequently addressed a letter to +the Treasury in respect of these proceedings:—D. A. Gourlay, H. +Danby-Palmer, J. Bayly, R. Hammond, J. Lettis, junr., J. Fish, W. T. +Clarke, J. Barker, P. Pullyn, J. Jackson, J. D. Chapman, R. Hammond, +junr., G. Danby-Palmer, W. N. Burroughs, C. E. Bartram, M. Butcher, J. G. +Cannell, H. Boulter, P. White, J. Fiddes and J. Pike. + +This issue contains the following report of the Sailors’ Strike and +Riot:— + + We have this week to record a riot of a serious nature arising out of + the unfortunate strike among the seamen who, until recently, had + conducted themselves in a manner highly creditable to so large a body + of men placed in such circumstances. Since the ill-advised + rejection, by the men, of the old agreement as to wages, there have + been several mariners (as there always must be with an over-stocked + labour market) quite ready and glad to sail at different rates to + those proposed by those who struck; and forseeing that if such + defections from their camp continued, their strike would be + unavailing, the sailors have during the last week been in the habit + of parading the Quay, in gangs, for the purpose of unlawfully + preventing such as were willing to go to sea from joining their + ships, and partly by force, and partly by threats, several men have + been deterred from fulfilling their engagements. Although these + facts were known to the authorities, no steps were taken to put a + stop to them, in the hope that the reasonable and peaceable portion + of the sailors would see how unjustifiable was the course they were + pursuing, and how really destructive it was to the interests both of + the owners and men. The same line of conduct was, however, + continued. The first case brought before the Bench was that of + Samuel Graystone, the mate of the schooner “Ant,” belonging to Mr. S. + S. Barber, who applied for the protection of the police, the men + having been taken out of his vessel on Friday afternoon last. On + Saturday morning, Mr. Barber again appeared before the Mayor to + complain that the master and crew of the “Maid of the Yare” had been + interrupted, and made to go on shore. The master having come up and + corroborated this statement, the crew were sent for and asked if they + were willing to go to sea, having signed articles. The master and + mate said they were, but the men declined, through fear of personal + violence. They were told that if they did not they must be sent to + gaol, but if they were willing to go they should be protected. They + then agreed to go, and were sent down accordingly with a body of the + police; the master and mate went on board, but the crew refused, and + the police were therefore withdrawn, when some sailors went and + ill-used the mate, throwing him over the bows of his ship on to the + Quay Head. The captain also was pushed on shore. Subsequently the + Bench were informed that the man Graystone had again been taken out + of his vessel, which had gone to sea without him, and was then lying + in Corton Roads. Graystone was sent for, and said he was not willing + to go; but on an information being taken against him for refusing, he + said he would if he could be protected. A steamtug was therefore + ordered to convey him to his vessel, and on its arriving opposite the + Town Hall at half-past two o’clock, the Magistrates agreed, before + taking any other steps, to try whether the police were not sufficient + to protect the men on board, notwithstanding the evident + determination of a large body of sailors to prevent him. The + Superintendent of Police, therefore, arranged the whole force, and + with Graystone in the centre, surrounded by the Mayor and + Magistrates, the escort left the station-house, distant not more than + one hundred yards from the steamtug. When about half way down, the + crowd, which then consisted of about 200 or 300 sailors, set up a + tremendous yell and rushed upon the police, whose ranks were speedily + broken, several of the police and Magistrates being struck. They + rallied, and with the assistance of the Magistrates, who were mainly + instrumental in preventing Graystone from being rescued, they + succeeded in placing him safely on board the tug. The principal + ringleaders were then picked out, and after some considerable + struggling they were got into the station-house. By this time the + concourse of people had increased to upwards of a thousand. Some of + the men then obtained a spar or boom which was brought opposite the + station-house door for the purpose of using it as a battering ram to + release the six or seven prisoners within. Several stones were + thrown, and a few windows broken; upon which the Mayor immediately + swore in as many persons as were willing to be special constables, + and a sally was made upon the mob, and with considerable difficulty + the spar was got away, and one or two of those who were using it were + taken into custody, but being completely overpowered, the authorities + were compelled to retreat with the force into the station-house. + Shortly after, Capt. Ellis, R.N., having arrived with a body of the + coastguardsmen, armed with muskets, &c., together with some of the + men from the revenue cutter, they took up a position in front of the + Hall and Police-station. The Mayor then read the Riot Act, the + people not dispersing, but on the contrary rather increasing, as + there must then have been several thousands. Mr. G. D. Palmer + addressed a few words to them from the Hall-door, imploring them to + desist from the foolish course they had taken, and entreating them to + disperse peaceably. A stone was then hurled at the spot where the + Magistrates were standing, but it fortunately did not take effect, + and the man who threw it was instantly secured and brought into the + station-house. The following proclamation was issued by the Mayor:— + + “Borough of Great Yarmouth, 22nd Feb., 1851. + + “NOTICE.—A riot having this day taken place in this Borough, and the + Riot Act having been read, all peaceable and loyal inhabitants are + desired to keep in their houses until order has been restored. And + notice is hereby further given, that no assemblage of persons will be + allowed. + + CHARLES PEARSON, Mayor.” + + After a consultation of the Magistrates, they unanimously determined + to send to Norwich for a troop of the Military stationed there. A + telegraphic message was therefore despatched, which reached the + Norwich Station about half-past four o’clock. In the meantime nine + of the East Norfolk Militia located here, under Captain Brown, + arrived, and were speedily followed by detachments of the Coastguard + from the stations at Caister, Winterton, Corton, &c., who were all + sworn in as special constables. The total available force for the + protection of the town now amounted to 201, viz., 90 special + constables, 81 officers and men of the revenue cutter and coastguard, + 21 policemen, and 9 militia men; and it was determined to clear the + space in front of the station-house, which, with much difficulty was + accomplished, when the police succeeded in picking out and taking + several of the ringleaders. + + Some persons consider that the people might have been entirely + dispersed without the aid of the military, but considering the + overwhelming number of persons present, it could only have been + accomplished by the armed force charging among the people, which + might have involved much bloodshed, if not actual loss of life, and + there can be no doubt that the authorities exercised a wise and + prudent discretion in contenting themselves by keeping the crowd as + it were at bay, until the arrival of the military, a troop of which, + consisting of 35 of the 11th Hussars, under Captain Douglas, reached + the Yarmouth station by special train at about a quarter to six in + the evening. A great mob of people had assembled at the terminus, + and the officer in command refused to enter the town unless + accompanied by a magistrate on horseback. J. C. Smith, Esq., + accordingly having gone down, the troop, a little before seven + o’clock, entered the town and cantering their horses over the quay + and pavements, the crowd which had remained in front of the + Police-court fled in every direction, some of them in their anxiety + to escape the too near approach of the soldiers’ swords, actually + running over one another. Several women were knocked down by the mob + in their flight, but we believe no injuries, beyond a few broken + heads and bruised limbs, were received by any one. Great numbers of + persons, however, secreted themselves by the river side, and in the + ends of the numerous narrow rows in the town, under the impression + that the military could not dislodge them. The Mayor, however, + having issued orders for the entire quay to be cleared, the police, + aided by a strong body of special constables, were for some hours + engaged in dispersing the knots of people who had collected in these + localities; patrols of the military and the police were then placed + at all the principal thoroughfares leading to the Town Hall, which + had been the scene of the riot, for the purpose of stopping all + persons from coming that way. About eleven o’clock order having + been, comparatively speaking, restored, the Magistrates consulted + with the commanding-officer, and it was agreed that the military + (which now numbered 75 in all, having been joined by another troop) + should retire to their quarters, holding themselves in readiness to + be called out at a minute’s warning. The police were sent on their + regular beats, but the cutter’s men and coastguardsmen remained at + the Hall during the whole of the Saturday night, as did also the + special constables, who were divided into three divisions, under + regular captains, for the purpose of relieving each other every four + hours. At half-past nine on Sunday morning, the Mayor and + Magistrates again assembled, but as everything had passed off quietly + during the night, and as there did not seem any disposition on the + part of the persons who were collected round the Hall (more by + curiosity than otherwise) to commit any breach of the peace, the + special constables, with most of the coastguardsmen were released + from further duty until they should be again summoned, if required, + by the alarm bell. At the close of the morning’s service the + Magistrates held a further consultation, when it was determined to + draw up a report of the occurrences which had taken place, and to + transmit the same to Sir G. Grey, the Secretary of the Home + Department, to whom it was suggested that it would be advisable that + a war steamer should be sent down to the port until order was + entirely restored. + + We cannot conclude our report without bearing our testimony to the + great and extraordinary exertions to maintain peace and order made by + our excellent Chief Magistrate, ably supported as he was by everyone + of his brother Magistrates, and to the firmness and determination + displayed by the Authorities may be mainly attributed to the + preservation of the public peace, and the prompt and effectual + suppression of the riotious spirit displayed by some thoughtless and + illadvised men. It could hardly have been supposed that any friends + of order could have been found ready to cast any blame upon the + Authorities for the wise precautions they took, but we regret to say + that some persons who, instead of coming forward to assist in + preserving the public peace, kept, to their shame, in their own + houses, and who, entirely ignorant of the organisation which was on + foot, presume to censure those whom they should have been the first + to support. Such parties are, however, we trust, but few, for we + feel sure that the course pursued on the present occasion by the + Authorities, will receive the unqualified approval and sanction of + all the peaceably disposed and loyal inhabitants of the town. The + conduct of the Police force—as well as that of the special + constables—was most meritorious and praiseworthy; some of the former + especially distinguished themselves for their courageous conduct, but + it would be invidious to make any distinction between them, as all + the men in the force are equally deserving of praise. They exercised + the greatest forbearance, being most grossly insulted and ill-used, + notwithstanding which they abstained from using their staves until + the spirit of riot being openly manifested, they were directed to use + them by their excellent superintendent, Capt. B. Love. + Police-constable Fuller has been very seriously injured, it being + feared that some of his ribs are broken; another man who was engaged + in the cowardly act of beating Police-constable Johnson while on the + ground, in his turn received a blow from the truncheon of one of the + special constables, which inflicted a very serious wound on his head. + Many other persons were hurt in the course of the riot, but not that + we can learn to any serious extent. It is said, however, that a man + was severely wounded in the hand by the sword of one of the soldiers, + he having seized the bridle and nearly thrown the latter. + +On the succeeding Monday the several cases were dealt with arising out of +these proceedings. + +Mr. I. Preston appeared to prosecute, Mr. C. Cooper (instructed by Mr. F. +S. Costerton) representing the prisoners. + +Robert Watson (for obstructing Captain Love, Surperintendent of Police) +fined 10s. + +James King (for threatening E. H. L. Preston, Esq.,) fined 40s. + +Samuel Bowles (like offence) fined £3. + +John Crow (ditto) fined £1. + +James Harvey, William Balls and William Stoddard (ditto) discharged with +a caution. + +Samuel Gowing (ditto) fined £1. + +Henry Walpole (charged by William Danby-Palmer, Esq., with a like +offence) fined £2. + +James Vincent (for creating a disturbance) fined 10s. + +George Walton (charged by Mr. S. S. Barber) for a “rescue,” fined £5. + +Alfred Pye (for assaulting Police-constable Lattimore) fined £2. + +William Bee, John Creak, Benjamin Mallett, Edward Brooks, and Robert +Willgrass (charged with having taken part in the riot and disturbance) +were committed for trial, but Bee, Mallett and Creak were admitted to +bail in two sureties of £40 each and their own recognizances for £68 +each. + +H.M. ships “Black Eagle” and “Lightning” had entered the Harbour and laid +on the west side of the river. + +The Workhouse (which unfortunately contained a large number of idle and +dissolute characters) had been the scene of frequent disturbances, and +police had been lodged there on that account. During the riot an +outbreak, however, had taken place, and a ringleader named Charles +Girdlestone taken into custody; he was sentenced to 42 days’ hard labour +for this offence, and would be sent for trial for a ferocious attack on +the police. Three other paupers had been sent to the treadmill for 21 +days each for refractory conduct. + +March 8th.—At the Quarter Sessions, (held before N. Palmer, Esq.), the +rioters, John Creak (24), Benjamin Mallett (34), John Brooks (19), +William Bee (26), and Robert Willgrass (—), were put upon their trial. + +Mr. Hotson (with whom was Mr. Mills and Mr. Bulwer) prosecuted, and Mr. +Evans (with whom was Mr. C. Cooper) defended the prisoners, the Jury +(having deliberated for 25 minutes) returned a verdict of Not Guilty, +“which verdict was received with a loud burst of applause, which lasted +two or three minutes.” + +March 15th.—The strike had ended, most of the owners having consented to +sign agreements for giving the men the wages they asked for, for a period +of 12 months. + +March 22nd.—The sailors had held a “Grand Procession with flags, banners, +and triumphant cars.” In the latter were several men attired as Neptune, +Britannia, &c., in the evening they attended at the Vauxhall Gardens, +where there was a grand display of fireworks.—During the strike 500 +stones of flour, 600 lbs. of beef, and 500 cwt. of coals, had been +distributed amongst the families of the men on strike from the +contributions of the inhabitants. + +The N.A.O.D. had met at the Trinity Arms to celebrate the 10th +anniversary of the Trinity Lodge, No. 220. Messrs. R. R. B. Norman, J. +P. Hastings, P.A., and F. Palmer took part in the proceedings.—It was +stated there were then three lodges of this order in the town. + +April 5th.—Mr. Ferrier and Sir E. H. K. Lacon had appealed, without +success, against the rating of certain property on the Denes, on the +ground “that it was not within the town.” + +April 12th.—Mr. S. Tolver had instructed Mr. Coppock, the parliamentary +agent, to prepare the petition against the application of the Public +Health Act to the town, and this document was being numerously signed. + +It was proposed to form a “Pilot” Steam Tug Company (capital, £1,000 in +£5 shares.) + +George Danby-Palmer and J. Barker, Esqs., had been elected Haven +Commissioners, and D. A. Gourlay and R. Hammond, Esqs., Supernumerary +Haven Commissioners. + +April 19th.—Mr. T. Brightwen was urging the appointment of a Chaplain at +the Workhouse. + +The Conservatives had secured, for the first time, several scats at the +Board of Guardians, the following forming the new Board:— + +Nominated by both parties—Messrs. B. Fenn, S. C. Marsh, and S. V. Moore. + +Liberals—Messrs. G. Danby-Palmer, D. A Gourlay, and T. Brightwen. + +Conservatives—Messrs. R. Ferrier, E. R. Aldred, C. Woolverton, W. +Worship, J. G. Plummer, W. Laws, E. H. L. Preston, S. Nightingale, J. +Cherry, and T. Paul. + +Captain Ellis, R.N., had exhibited the model of a fast sailing yacht. + +Captain James Day had been fined £5 for assaulting Mr. Nolloth, tailor. + +The “Public Heath Act” was again being discussed by the Town Council, +where Mr. Burroughs moved, and Mr. Barker seconded, a petition against +the application of the Act to the Borough, and Mr. F. Worship moved, and +Mr. R. Ferrier, jun., seconded as an amendment that the Council pass to +the next business on the agenda paper. + +Upon a division the amendment was lost by 15 to 23, and the original +motion declared to be carried by 23 to 17 votes. + +April 26th.—At a meeting held at the Angel-inn (C. J. Palmer, Esq., in +the chair) it was thought desirable “to advertise the town, and that a +saxhorn band should play daily on the principal promenades.” + +May 10th.—The pilots of Gorleston had succeeded in establishing a Tug +Company, and had purchased a boat of 45 horsepower, called “The Royal +Albert.” + +J. Hume, Esq., M.P., had introduced a deputation of Ratepayers opposed to +the “Public Health Act” to Lord Seymour (at the Woods and Forests +Office); it consisted of Charles Pearson, Esq., (Mayor); D. A. Gourlay, +Esq., (Deputy-Mayor); George Danby-Palmer, Esq., and William N. +Burroughs, Esq., with Mr. J. H. Harrison (Secretary), while 18 members of +the Council at the same time petitioned Parliament in favour of the +measure. + +The sailors had held a meeting to consider the “Ticket” system and the +“Muster Roll” fund. + +May 17th.—In consequence of the removal of the window tax, bricklayers +were busy throughout the town opening out windows formerly blocked up. + +Mr. Cosgrove’s saxhorn band was to perform on the North and South +Terraces during the season. + +The census head been taken with the following result:— + + Houses inhabited. Uninhabited. Total. Building. + 5,984 344 6,328 78 + Families. Males. Females. Total. + 6,154 11,544 15,014 26,558 + +Increase of population per cent., 10.3. This included 347 inmates of the +Workhouse. + +It was noted that in 1619 Manship estimated the then population of the +town at 1,200 households, which would give a population of some 7,000. + +In 1724 a writer named Andrews stated the population at 13,000 or 14,000; +and in 1784 when it was first accurately taken, it was found to be +12,608. + +The then returns were considered disappointing, as it was expected that +the town contained 30,000 persons, but it was noted that 2,500 sailors +belonged to the port, half of whom were probably not at home when the +return was made. + +At this time Gorleston had a population of 2,586, and Southtown of 1,412 +persons. + +John Annison, the driver of the Sutton coach, had been convicted for the +fourth time of conveying passengers to Yarmouth at a greater speed than +four miles an hour without having a number plate on his vehicle, and +fined £10 with £3 3s. costs. + +May 31st.—Visitors were beginning to arrive. + +June 7th.—A project was on foot for laying out the Chapel Denes as an +ornamental walk for the public. + +June 28th.—A mushroom measuring 29 inches in circumference, with a stalk +about the thickness of a man’s wrist and weighing 2½lbs., had been grown +at Bradwell. + +James Gedge, a pauper lunatic, had escaped from the Workhouse, having +only a shirt on. + +July 5th.—A Bill had been brought in by Lord Seymour and Mr. Cornewall +Lewis confirming the provisional order to applying the provisions of the +Board of Health Act to the town. + +July 19th.—A petition, signed by 1,550 persons, had been presented to the +House, and a deputation had waited on Lord John Russell with regard to +this action of the Government. + +The M.P’s. for the town being in favour of the measure, “had been +requested to resign the trust they had abused.” This action emanated +from a public meeting of ratepayers, over which. George Danby-Palmer, +Esq., presided, and at which Mr. S. W. Bly, Mr. A. Ames, Mr. W. N. +Burroughs, Mr. S. V. Moore, Mr. R. Hammond, and Mr. T. Parker took part. + +July 26th.—The Bill nevertheless passed through Committee by a majority +of 92 against 12. + +Sir J. Walmsley had opposed and Lord Seymour supported the measure, but +eventually it passed the House of Commons without a division. + +The paupers were much dissatisfied at not being allowed, as formerly, to +attend places of Worship in the town on Sundays. + +Mr. C. Houchen had delivered an address on this subject, and denounced +the action of the Guardians. + +Aug. 9th.—It was computed that many hundreds of children in the North +District were entirely without the opportunity for instruction, and it +was proposed to fit up the Priory as a National School to meet this want. + +Evidence had been taken by the Committee of the House of Lords upon the +Public Health Bill being applied to the town, and they reported the Bill +to the House without amendment; thus there was a “speedy prospect of the +town being well drained and made clean and healthy in spite of its +one-idead rulers.” + +Captain Smyth, R.N., had been raised to the rank of Post-Captain. + +Six hundred and thirty electors had signed a requisition calling on +Messrs. Rumbold and Saunders to resign their seats as M.P’s. for the +Borough. This would form a majority of the voters. + +The East Norfolk and Suffolk Horticultural Show had been held under the +patronage of the Mayoress, Lady Lacon, and Mr. S. C. J. Palmer. + +Aug. 16th.—The 279th, and last, meeting of the Paving Commissioners had +been held, when there were present—Messrs. George Danby-Palmer (in the +chair), B. Dowson, W. N. Burroughs, J. Fish, C. E. Bartram, F. Palmer, J. +H. Harrison, S. V. Moore, P. White, J. Cobb, W. Crow, I. Lettis, jun., +and W. H. Bessey. + +Mr. Beeching’s newly-built lifeboat had been submitted to several tests +opposite the Crane. + +Aug. 23rd.—Mr. Beeching’s model had obtained the prize in the Lifeboat +Competition at Somerset House. There were 280 models and plans sent in, +the first six boats being—James Beeching, Great Yarmouth; Henry Hinks, +Appledore; J. and E. Pellew, Newbury; William Teasdel, Great Yarmouth; +Harvey and Son, Ipswich, and George Farrow, South Shields. + +Aug. 30th.—The Licensed Victuallers had held a large and important +meeting for the purpose of protecting their interests, S. C. Marsh, Esq., +in the chair. + +Mr. G. Blyth (Reporter to the _Norfolk News_) had been induced to visit +at night a tower in the South-End of the town, belonging to George +Danby-Palmer, Esq., when he had been assaulted by some person there, and +of this he had complained to the Bench. + +Sept. 13th.—The Justices had refused to grant any fresh licenses at the +Brewster Sessions. + +The “Reindeer” yawl (manned by Beachmen) had challenged the “America” +yacht to sail for £105. + +Sept. 20th.—The Council meeting had been broken up, leaving 20 subjects +undisposed of, owing to all the Conservatives and two or three of the +Liberal members leaving the meeting, which was thus reduced below the +required number to form a “quorum.” + +Sept. 27th.—Mr. Hilling had been appointed Town Surveyor at a salary of +£30 per annum, and £250 had been proposed as the salary of the +Town-Clerk, he also acting as Clerk to the newly-formed Local Board of +Health. Mr. Clowes, however, declined to give his assent to serve on +these terms without further consideration. + +Oct. 4th.—There had been heavy gales and the Roadstead presented “a most +lamentable scene, crowded with shipping, which had put in for refuge to +the number of some hundreds.” + +Two of the vessels belonging to the Franklin Exploration Expedition were +in the Roads. + +Oct. 11th.—Harris Wilshak had been charged with being concerned in +smuggling 14lbs. of tobacco. + +At the Revision Court Mr. F. S. Costerton appeared for the Liberals, and +Mr. C. Preston for the Tories. Neither party claimed any gain from the +proceedings on the Parliamentary Lists, but on the Burgess Roll the +Liberals claimed a gain of 19, of which 15 were in the Regent-ward, where +a very warm contest was expected in November. + +Oct. 18th.—Mr. J. W. Crowe had been elected Surgeon to the Hospital +School. + +The new Valuation Lists had increased the assessment of the parish by +£47,000. + +Active preparations were being made for the Municipal contests. + +Mr. Wilshak had been acquitted on the charge of smuggling. + +George Deacon, known as “The Prophet,” had thrown himself into the river, +as he stated that it was impossible that he should sink; he would have +been drowned but for the help of the bystanders. When taken to the +Station House he was found to have £18, 2 old gold coins, and 21s. 6d. +upon him. + +Oct. 25th.—The Priory was being fitted for National Schools. + +Houchen, who had been preaching against “the powers that be,” had been +bound over to keep the peace in two sureties of £25 and himself in £50. + +Nov. 8th.—The Municipal Election had been hotly contested and the +partizans of the winning party (the Tories) made it “a boast of having +expended in the five wards a sum of money variously stated from £800 to +£1,200.” The following was the return given with the poll of 1850 +appended to it:— + + _North Ward_. + 1851—219 Voters. +Mr. S. Nightingale, C. 108 +Mr. W. H. Bessey, C. 103 +Mr. J. Mainprice, L. 97 +Mr. H. D. Palmer, L. 95 + 1850—208 Voters. +Mr. J. Jackson, L. 108 +Mr. Burroughs, L. 105 +Mr. Nightingale, C. 90 +Mr. Cory, C. 68 + +In this Ward the Liberals headed the poll until nearly one o’clock, when +a detachment of Conservative “runners” with some “dust” turned the +election. The price of votes was high, and ranged from £8 to £12; and it +is said that two polled for the winning party cost £20! + + _Market Ward_. + 1851—270 Voters. +Mr. J. E. Barnby, C. 148 +Mr. J. Fenn, C. 132 +Mr. John Cobb, L. 120 + 1850—261 Voters. +Mr. C. Aldred, C. 129 +Mr. F. Worship, C. 123 +Mr. Owles, L. 104 +Mr. J. S. Cobb, L. 84 + +In this Ward the Liberals did not bring forward two candidates, being +anxious to mark their approbation of Mr. Barnby’s consistent opposition +to the Public Health Act; and here, as in the North Ward, their candidate +headed the poll until the arrival of the other portion of Conservative +workers from the Regent Ward, when a sufficient number of loose fish were +immediately polled to swamp the majority, at that time about twenty. The +prices of votes ranged from five pounds to ten guineas at a late hour of +the day. + + _Regent Ward_. + 1851—244 Voters. +Sir E. H. K. Lacon, C. 115 +Mr. J. Cherry, C. 114 +Mr. F. Palmer, L. 101 +Mr. J. Clowes, L. 90 + 1850—234 Voters. +Mr. Chapman, L. 104 +Mr. Marsh, C. 104 +Mr. Harmer, C. 93 +Mr. F. Palmer, L. 84 + +Great exertions were used to secure the return of the out-going +Councillors, and it having been almost publicly stated that the +Conservatives were determined to win “at any cost,” votes, in +consequence, got up the night before the election to a very high +premium—from £5 to £15; and “split” votes even were in very great demand +at £8 and £10. One case is mentioned of a voter, in another Ward, who, +forseeing the value which votes would attain, speculated in the purchase +of one in this a month before the election, at the trifling sum of £3, +and so profitable was the investment that on the election morning he sold +it for £10. The money spent in this Ward was stated at £350. + + _St. George’s Ward_. + 1851—256 Voters. +Mr. R. Ferrier, jun., C. 126 +Mr. H. Jay, C. 126 +Mr. P. Pullyn, L. 76 +Mr. J. W. Shelly, L. 66 + 1850—250 Voters. +Mr. J. Plummer, C. 130 +Mr. J. C. Smith, C. 116 +Mr. J. Barker, L. 101 + +Mr. Pullyn and Mr. R. Ferrier, jun., were the outgoing Councillors, and +the former was brought forward again by the Liberals, in conjunction with +Mr. Shelly, the Conservatives selecting Mr. H. Jay (who had formerly +contested the Nelson Ward unsuccessfully) as a colleague for Mr. Ferrier. +Messrs. Pullyn and Shelly refused even to canvass the electors, and +although some of their friends solicited the suffrages of the Ward for +them, there can be no doubt, however right in principle the +non-canvassing may be, it operated against them, and this, combined with +the constitutional principles upon which their election was conducted, +contributed to their defeat, money being freely spent on the other side. +Much regret is felt at this result, and especially at the loss of the +public services of Mr. Pullyn, after his having so long served the Ward, +and after his twice filling the office of Chief Magistrate in a manner +that won for him the praise even of his political opponents. + + _Nelson Ward_. + 1851—341 Voters. +Dr. Impey, L. 132 +Mr. S. V. Moore, L. 132 + 1850—317 Voters. +Mr. G. D. Palmer, L. 121 +Mr. T. Lettis, L. 119 + +The Conservatives did not contest this Ward, and Dr. Impey was +re-elected, in conjunction with Mr. Moore in the room of Mr. J. Symonds, +now non-resident. + + _Gorleston Ward_. + 1851—344 Voters. +Mr. S. Miller, C 136 +Mr. W. H. Palmer, C 135 +Mr. J. H. Harrison, L 76 +Mr. N. Sterry, L. 74 + 1850—337 Voters. +Mr. E. H. L. Preston, C 185 +Mr. W. Hammond, C 169 +Mr. S. Crow, L 78 +Mr. Costerton, L 64 + +This Ward was contested, but in rather a peculiar way, for although it +was supposed that some opposition to the outgoing Councillors would be +made, it was treated by the Conservatives as a “sham” one, and such it +really seemed up to 12 o’clock, when the state of the poll came out with +upwards of 100 for Messrs. Miller and Palmer, and only about two votes +for each of their opponents! This, however, was only a _ruse de guerre_, +and in a short time the voters came up almost in a body for Messrs. +Harrison and Sterry, who stated in their address that in “the short space +of four hours they obtained 97 promises,” and had they been sooner in the +field it is thought they would have met with better success. + +The result of the Elections has been a gain to the Conservative party of +two seats, and this reduces the two parties to a level in the Council; +the Liberals have still, however, a bare majority, and it is doubted +whether they will not be able to carry the Mayoralty for another year. +The Conservatives, it is said, intend nominating either Sir E. H. K. +Lacon, or (which is more likely) Mr. S. C. Marsh for that office, whilst +the names of Alderman E. R. Palmer and Alderman Bartram are spoken of by +the Liberals. + +The Bishop of Norwich, attended by the Rev. S. Hills and his chaplain, +had inspected the Priory buildings, when they were received by J. H. +Hakewell, Esq., (the architect) and C. J. Palmer, Esq., (the hon. +secretary to the Committee). + +Mr. Worlledge had moved the Court of Queen’s Bench for a “_quo warranto_” +to try the legality of Mr. Hammond’s election as a Councillor for the St. +Andrew’s Ward, and the rule had been granted. + +Nov. 15th.—The Hospital was badly supported, and it was stated that +unless £150 a year in additional subscriptions could be obtained, the +assistance afforded to sufferers must be abridged. + +A lecture on “Bloomerism” had been delivered by Mrs. Knights at the Corn +Hall in full “Bloomer” costume, but she did not appear to have achieved a +marked success. + +Dr. Wolff (the traveller) had offered to give some lectures in the town +in aid of the National Priory Schools. + +At the Town Council for the Election of Mayor, a great crowd assembled +prior to the meeting, when Sir E. K. Lacon proposed, and Mr. Fenn +seconded, S. C. Marsh, Esq., to fill that office, and Mr. George +Danby-Palmer moved, and Mr. R. Hammond seconded, the re-election of +Captain Charles Pearson, R.N. Upon the votes being taken, there appeared +for Captain Pearson—Aldermen Pearson, Boulter, Bartram, Bayly, Fiddes, +Hammond, Pike, R. Hammond, jun., E. R. Palmer, and Barker; Councillors +Burroughs, Butcher, Cannell, Clarke, Chapman, Fish, Gourlay, Impey, +Jackson, Lettis, Moore, G. D. Palmer, and P. White; total, 23. For Mr. +Marsh—Alderman B. Fenn; Councillors C. Aldred, E. Aldred, Barber, Bessey, +Cherry, Ferrier, Ferrier, jun., J. Fenn, W. Hammond, B. Jay, H. Jay, +Lacon, Marsh, S. Miller, Nightingale, W. H. Palmer, Plummer, Preston, +Smith, Steward, F. Worship, and W. Worship; total, 23. And the Mayor, +giving a casting vote for himself, declared himself duly elected. +Subsequently the Town Clerk (Mr. John Clowes) declared that he would not +continue in that office at the salary of £250, and it having been stated +that Mr. Charles Cory would accept it on those terms, he was elected Town +Clerk by 23 against 15 voices. Mr. Cory then attended, was informed of +his election, and an order made on the late Clerk to hand over the papers +relating to the office to him. In conclusion, the Editor expressed a +hope that “on no future occasion will any parties be allowed to violate +order and decorum in a way so disgraceful as they did on Monday last.” + +Nov. 22nd.—A dinner had been given to the Mayor at the Star-hotel, when +45 members of the Council and others attended. + +A Poor’s Rate of 1s. 2d. in the £ had been made. Great dissatisfaction +existed as to the new assessment of the parish. + +Nov. 29th.—Mr. Joseph Sandars, M.P., had issued a reply to the +requisition of the electors, justifying the course he had taken with +regard to the Public Health Act. + +A meeting had been held with regard to the new assessment, Mr. J. H. +Harrison in the chair. + +The town had been visited with a tremendous gale, during which several +vessels had been blown out to sea. At the time of the storm there were +700 sail between this port and Lowestoft. + +The “Enterprise,” 600 tons, had been launched from Mr. Branford’s Yard; +she was christened by Miss Barber and Miss Holt. + +Dec. 6th.—A public meeting had been held at the Town-hall (Mr. J. H. +Harrison in the chair) for the purpose of considering the Poor’s Rate +assessment recently made. About 400 persons attended, when the same was +condemned, and a subscription commenced for the purpose of disputing the +validity of it. + +In respect of such proceedings, Mr. F. S. Costerton had been engaged as +solicitor to the owners of small tenements, and Mr. C. H. Chamberlin for +the general body of appellants, estimated at from 500 to 600 in number at +the least. + +Dec. 13th.—At the special meeting of the Town Council, “a scene of much +disorder and confusion arose out of some recriminations relative the late +Town-Clerk, between Mr. Burroughs and Mr. Preston.” + +Dec. 20th.—On the hearing of the assessment appeals, the rate was quashed +by the Justices on the ground of unequal assessment. In these +proceedings Mr. Chamberlin appeared on behalf of the Committee of +Ratepayers, Mr. C. Cory for several private individuals, and Mr. Cufaude +for the Overseers. + +Dec. 27th—The Overseers had applied for, and obtained a fresh rate of 1s. +2d. in the £. + +It had been determined in future not to use the “St. Nicholas’ Seal,” +belonging to the Corporation, and for practical purposes a smaller seal +was to be made; the old one had been in use since about the year 1251. + +The Race Committee had issued its report, from which it appeared that the +income had been, for the last year, £512 1s. 3d., as against £523 3s. +11d. expended. + + + +1852. + + +Jan. 3rd.—The new Railway Bridge had been opened. + +Jan. 17th.—There was further dissatisfaction in the town on the subject +of the Assessment and the Poor’s Rate; a summons, obtained by Mr. J. H. +Harrison against some officials for not allowing him to inspect the +rate-books, was dismissed with costs. + +Mr. Hammond (one of the Justices) had called the attention of the Press +to the manner in which on certain occasions Magistrates were “drummed +up.” + +William Rising, Esq., of Somerton Hall, had entertained a large party of +sporting friends at the Angel Hotel. + +A portion of the Gorleston Cliff had fallen away, carrying with it the +Misses Barber, who were subsequently dug out of the sand below. + +A high tide had washed over the west side of the Harbour with such force +that a vessel belonging to W. H. Palmer, Esq., had been driven from her +moorings. On the Beach it flowed past the Britannia Terrace. + +Jan. 24th.—There were more Poor’s Rate appeals, and Mr. J. H. Harrison +being dissatisfied with the result of them, gave notice that he should +carry his case to the Quarter Sessions, + +Jan. 31st.—Captain Manby had received a medal from the Jurors at the +Great Exhibition for the life-saving models which he had exhibited there. + +The parish had been divided into five wards for Poor Law purposes; prior +to this the whole 16 Guardians had been voted for “en bloc” by the +ratepayers throughout the whole parish. + +Mr. Worlledge had again appeared before the Queen’s Bench in the case of +“The Queen _v._ Hammond,” and the Court had granted the rule. + +Feb. 7th.—Mr. J. H. Harrison had been fined for an alleged assault on a +constable, arising out of the confusion in the Court on the late hearing +of the Poor’s Rate appeals. He gave notice of appeal to the Quarter +Sessions. + +Feb. 14th.—Mr. Harrison had presided at another meeting of ratepayers who +were dissatisfied with the action of the Justices as to the assessment. + +Feb. 21st.—It was announced by a handbill signed by Mr. Harrison, that +these owners had come to a satisfactory arrangement with the Overseers, +and that further legal proceedings had been abandoned. + +Feb. 28th.—“The Queen Charlotte” and “Mad Bess” steam-packets were +advertised as going to run between this port and Rotterdam. + +March 6th.—A meeting of shipowners had been held (S. Paget, Esq., in the +chair), to consider certain representations made to them from other +places, with regard to the action to be taken by their class at the next +General Election, but no resolution was arrived at in conformity +therewith. + +Henry Austin, Esq., (Secretary to the General Board of Health), had +visited and inspected the town. + +March 13th.—Mr. Beeching continued to receive numerous orders for his +improved lifeboats. + +The Mormons had engaged the School of Industry as a “Church.” + +The following were the tenders for the Priory Schools:—Mr. John Key +£1,120, Mr. R. Page £1,232, Mr. R. Pratt, £1,310, and a London builder +£1,637. Mr. Norfor and Mr. Stanley were acting with the successful +contractor. + +March 20th.—A meeting had been held at the King’s Head Inn with regard to +the representation of the Borough. Mr. J. W. Shelly was chairman, and +Mr. R. Hammond, John Owles, and C. E. Bartram took part in the +proceedings, which eventuated in a request to Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B., +and W. T. M’Cullagh, Esq., M.P., to contest the Borough in the Liberal +interest. + +March 27th.—The Conservatives had held a meeting at the Angel-hotel for a +similar purpose. Mr. E. H. L. Preston presided. Mr. R. Ferrier moved, +and Mr. W. H. Palmer seconded Sir E. H. K. Lacon as a candidate for the +Borough, and Mr. B. Dowson proposed, and Mr. S. H. Aldred seconded Mr. C. +Rumbold as his colleague. + +The question of the rating of the Vauxhall property had been settled by +the Court finding that the premises were in Norfolk, which was, in fact, +a verdict for the plaintiff. The sum in dispute was 11s. 8d., and it was +estimated that the costs amounted to about £1,000. + +A fire had occurred on Mr. Ecclestone’s premises in the Broad Bow. G. +Danby-Palmer, E. H. L. Preston. R. Hammond, and W. N. Burroughs, Esqs., +were early on the spot and rendered valuable assistance. + +Mr. George Barrett had been elected Master of the Blue Coat Charity +School in the place of the late Mr. Gershom Davie. + +Captain Ellis, R.N., and the Coastguard had seized 162 bales of tobacco +on board the collier “Martha.” + +A quartett meeting had been held at Noverre’s Rooms, the performers being +William Yetts, Esq., (leader), Mr. D. Hogarth, Mr. G. Sharp, and Mr. +Stonex. + +April 3rd.—The Liberal party had held a meeting at the “Star” for the +purpose of receiving Admiral Sir C. Napier and W. T. M’Cullagh, Esq., +M.P., who had arrived in the town (J. W. Shelly, Esq., in the chair); on +the same day a public meeting of electors had been held in the Corn +Exchange (George Danby-Palmer, Esq., chairman), and on the platform were +R. Hammond, P. Pullyn, J. W. Shelly, J. Bayly, T. Lettis, J. Jackson, C. +E. Bartram, R. Barber, C. Miller, Esqs., Captain W. Briggs, Messrs. J. D. +Chapman, Chris. Steward, J. Mainprice, B. Bellin, J. Cobb, P. White, and +others. + +The meeting was a crowded one, and the candidates appear to have been +heartily received. + +April 10th.—W. Stirling Lacon, Esq., H.E.C.S., had invented an appliance +for the more easily lowering of ships’ boats, which was approved by many +nautical gentlemen, including, locally, Admiral Sir E. Travers, R.N., and +Captain Pearson, R.N. + +The Rev. Partridge, A.M., had been recommended by the Committee to the +proprietors for the post of Head Master at the Grammar School. + +The Priory Schools had been commenced. + +At the Election of Guardians, Mr. J. H. Harrison had been nominated for +all the Wards, but had elected to stand for the Nelson Ward, in which he +resided. + +Messrs. W. Green, W. Wright, S. Lessey, and J. Borking had been +re-elected Overseers. + +Captain John Pike (one of the Aldermen) had died. + +April 17th.—Mr. Rumbold, M.P., had arrived in Yarmouth, as also had Sir +E. H. K. Lacon, Admiral Sir C. Napier, and W. T. McCullagh, Esq., M.P. +The Tories were making a private canvass in the evenings. + +The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had been appointed Chaplain to the Military Asylum, +vice the Rev. C. Davie, M.A., resigned. + +The following Guardians had been elected:— + +_St. Nicholas’ Ward_.—Messrs. Thomas Brightwen, E. H. L. Preston, and S. +Nightingale. + +_Regent_.—Messrs. W. Worship, S. C. Marsh, and D. A. Gourlay. + +_St. George’s_.—Messrs. B. Fenn, R. Ferrier, and P. Coble. + +_Market_.—There was a contest here as under:— + +E. R. Aldred 248 +W. Laws 238 +Edward Harvey 161 +Edward B. Jay 89 + +The first three were elected. + +In the _Nelson Ward_ the return was— + +George Danby-Palmer 327 +Charles Woolverton 286 +S. V. Moore 276 +W. Yetts 176 +J. H. Harrison 147 + +The first four were therefore elected. + +Messrs. William H. Palmer and E. P. Youell had been elected by the +pew-holders, Churchwardens of St. Mary’s, Southtown; and Mr. F. R. King +(vice F. S. Costerton resigned) and Mr. William Hammond had been +appointed to similar office at Gorleston. + +At the Yarmouth Vestry (the Rev. G. Hills presiding), Mr. R. Hammond +proposed, and Mr. J. G. Fisher seconded the re-election of Mr. C. D. +Steward, and Mr. B. Fenn proposed, and Mr. F. Worship seconded the +re-election of Mr. E. R. Aldred. The Church Rate was then 2½d. in the £. +At this meeting Messrs. R. Hammond and J. Davey were re-elected +“auditors” for the ensuing year. + +April 24th.—It was said that Lord A. Lennox was ready “to start” for +Yarmouth. Meanwhile Sir E. H. K. Lacon was canvassing the electors, +accompanied by about 30 leading Conservatives, and Mr. Rumbold M.P. was +taking a similar course in company with six or seven personal friends, +while Sir C. Napier and Mr. McCullagh, M.P., were addressing crowded +meetings of electors in the several Wards of the Borough. + +At the Council Meeting, Mr. C. C. Aldred had publicly apologised for +stating as regarded Mr. F. S. Costerton “that a constituency had been +defeated by the advice of a petty-fogging lawyer.” + +The election of an Alderman was then proceeded with, when the voting— + +For Mr. Yetts 23 +,, Mr. Pullyn 23 + +And the Mayor gave his casting vote in favour of Mr. Pullyn. + +Mr. Palmer had obtained a rule in the Queen’s Bench for a new trial in +the case of Bradstreet _v_ Hammond. + +May 1st.—Contains much matter reflecting on Mr. Rumbold’s present +position as contrasted with his former one when connected with the +Liberal party. Having completed his canvass, that gentleman had issued a +joint address with Sir E. Lacon, and being seriously indisposed had left +Yarmouth for his country seat. + +The Tory Government, which had been in office six weeks, had appointed +Messrs. B. Fenn, T. Brightwen, J. Cherry, R. Steward, C. C. Aldred, and +J. G. Plummer, Magistrates for the Borough. + +The Bench previously to this had consisted of Liberals, Messrs. George +Danby-Palmer, R. Hammond, W. Johnson, and J. W. Shelly, and +Conservatives, J. F. Costerton, E. H. L. Preston, William Danby-Palmer, +W. Thurtell, J. C. Smith, William H. Palmer, B. Jay, W. Yetts, J. Fenn, +and W. H. Bessey. + +The “Disfranchised Freemen” had held a meeting and adopted a petition to +Parliament, Messrs. Jacob Harvey, Nelson, Royal, and J. Taylor taking +part in the proceedings. + +The agents of the Custom House had taken into custody the landlord of the +“Honest Lawyer.” + +May 8th.—The coffer-dam at the new Bridge works had “blown up;” on the +following day the old Bridge had been on fire. + +The Cricket Club had been re-established. + +The Freemen’s Petition had received 972 signatures. + +A tradesman in the town had given a dinner to four old people, whose +united ages amounted to 368 years. + +May 15th.—It was stated that the Rev. — Smith had left £14,000 to endow +two scholarships at Caius College for natives of Yarmouth. + +The Poor’s Rate was to be 1s. 2d. in the £, the sum of £2,521 being +required for that purpose by the Guardians. + +May 22nd.—A salmon trout had been caught near Winterton, having a gutta +percha ring on its tail with “192 Tweed 1852” stamped upon it. + +At a mooting of the Sailors’ Association, Mr. J. D. Chapman had been +presented with a silver medal. + +The Directors of the Victoria Building Company had dined together at the +Victoria Hotel, (B. Dowson, Esq., in the chair.) + +May 29th.—A meeting of the subscribers to the fund for “Promoting the +Prosperity of Great Yarmouth” had been held at the Angel, (C. J. Palmer, +Esq., F.S.A. in the chair) and £25 subscribed in the room. + +June 5th.—The Tenth Anniversary of the N.A.O.D. had been held at the +Trinity Arms. About 50 members and friends were present. + +June 12th.—The Liberal candidates had completed their canvass and left +the town. Complaint was made that Mr. McCullagh had been libelled by the +“Lacon party.” + +Mr. Rumbold, it was supposed, would retire, his case being considered (by +the “Blues”) hopeless. + +June 19th.—It was reported that Mr. Rumbold would retire in favour of Sir +Harry Smith. Some of Mr. Rumbold’s friends, and Sir E. Lacon, had gone +to London. + +The “Associated Democrats” had held a meeting at the Masonic Hall, when +Messrs. J. T. Blow and Royal took part in the proceedings. + +June 26th.—Contains another attack on Mr. Rumbold, who was stated to have +voted in 121, and been absent in 669 divisions of the House. + +The Trustees of the Southtown Turnpike had obtained power to light that +road with gas. + +Gas in Yarmouth had been reduced from 5s. 6d. to 5s. per 1,000 feet. + +The British School had been inspected by Mr. Fletcher, who considered +that its state reflected the “greatest credit” upon Mr. Daniel Tomkins. + +At the Sessions, Messrs. C. C. Aldred, B. Fenn, R. Steward and J. G. +Plummer were qualified as Magistrates. + +The notice of the rules as to collisions at sea, under 14 and 15 Vic., +cap. 79, appear in this issue, to come in force on 1st of August then +next. + +July 3rd.—Admiral Sir Charles Napier had returned to Yarmouth, and the +Star Hotel was decorated with several of his flags and trophies. The +hustings were to be erected on the North side of the Town Hall, and the +Liberal polling-booth opposite the King’s Head, that for the Tories being +opposite the Angel. + +George Danby-Palmer, Esq., had presided at a meeting of the Liberal +Registration Association at the Star Hotel, when several healths had been +drunk with “Hieland honours.” The greatest enthusiasm prevailed on this +occasion, and Mr. Chapman presented each of the candidates with a rosette +and some appropriate lines from the ladies of Yarmouth. + +July 10th.—On the morning of the Nomination the walls were found covered +with these placards—“Rumbold the Champion of the Board of Health,” “Lacon +the Patron of Lowestoft.” The Sailors marched in procession to the +“Star” where the Liberal candidates were staying with a band, colours, +and chariots borne by the men, on which were “Britannia,” “Neptune,” +“Triton,” &c. Upon the Blue flags appeared “M’Cullagh and Freedom of +Election,” “True Blue and Victory,” “England expects that every man will +do his duty,” &c.; and on the Red flags “Lacon our Townsman,” “Lacon and +Rumbold for Ever,” “Church and State,” and “Cheap Bread and no Monopoly.” +Mr. B. Dowson proposed, and Mr. William Hurry Palmer seconded Mr. +Rumbold; Mr. George Danby-Palmer proposed, and Mr. J. W. Shelly seconded +Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B.; Mr. R. Ferrier proposed, and Mr. E. +H. L. Preston seconded Sir E. H. K. Lacon; and Mr. R. Hammond proposed, +and Mr. Jackson seconded Mr. William T. McCullagh. The show of hands was +largely in favour of Sir C. Napier and Mr. MeCullagh, whereupon Mr. B. +Dowson demanded a poll for Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. Rumbold. After +these proceedings the sailors again formed in procession and marched +round the town, and the electors were addressed from the Star by Messrs. +Owles, Jackson, and Shelly. The poll was taken on the following day as +under:— + + McCullagh. Napier. Lacon. Rumbold. +8.30 66 63 46 43 +9 118 116 102 101 +9.30 189 185 199 196 +10 239 233 239 234 +11 268 264 278 269 +11.30 344 342 373 352 +12 386 384 430 400 +12.15 410 407 467 423 +1 435 430 493 455 +2 460 448 519 472 +2.15 470 455 521 473 + +At this point (the Editor says) practices which may be imagined, _and +which will hereafter be described_, decided the poll, and in a quarter of +an hour the numbers stood— + + McCullagh. Napier. Lacon. Rumbold. + 483 463 542 492 +3 499 476 572 515 + +Mr. S. W. Craske then proceeded to serve notices upon certain electors +before voting, and Mr. McCullagh, in company with Mr. George +Danby-Palmer, and Mr. J. W. Shelly, informed the Mayor that the +proceedings would be questioned. + + McCullagh. Napier. Lacon. Rumbold. +3.30 516 484 601 541 +4 521 486 611 547 + +After the close of the poll Mr. McCullagh again addressed the electors, +and a fracas ensued, during which two or three persons were injured. + +July 17th.—From 7,000 to 8,000 visitors had attended the Regatta, when +the Mosquito, Volante, and Secret contended for the Club yacht prize, +which was won by the first-named, yacht; the Reindeer won the principal +yawl prize. + +A crowded meeting of the Liberal electors had been held at the +Star-hotel, (W. N. Burroughs, Esq., in the chair), which was addressed in +a speech of two hours’ length by Mr. McCullagh, with a view to +petitioning against the return of Lacon and Rumbold. + +It was stated that the boy who was injured during the election at Mr. +Feltham’s was progressing favourably. + +An application had been made to the Bench for compensating the persons +whose property had been injured on the day of election. It was stated +that 40 panes of glass had been broken at Mr. Feltham’s, and that the +windows of the Angel Hotel had also suffered considerably. + +July 24th.—The town was very full of visitors, and the price of +provisions much enhanced thereby. + +July 31st.—The Mayor had not attended the Water Frolic. + +Aug. 7th.—A meeting had been held to consider the question of forming a +Company to supply Gorleston and Southtown with gas, George Danby-Palmer, +Esq., in the chair; William Johnson, S. Crowe, H. Fellows, R. S. Watling, +H. Martin, W. T. Clarke, Esqs., Mr. Page, Mr. Greaves, Mr. Gooda and Mr. +Howes were, with many others, present. An influential committee was +formed and a considerable sum subscribed in the room. + +A curious mural painting had been discovered in St. Nicholas’ Church. + +Mr. Craske had recovered 30s. from George Thurtell, Esq., for damages to +his coat on the Election day. + +On the application of Mr. Chamberlin for Mr. Gooderich, and Mr. F. +Ferrier for Mr. Brown, the Magistrates had signed the following orders +for payment of damages and costs arising out of the Election riot:— + + £ s. d. £ s. d. +Mr. Brown, 7 0 11 +damages + costs 6 13 0 + 13 13 11 +Mr. 4 0 0 +Gooderich, +damages + costs 6 0 0 10 0 0 +Magistrates’ 5 19 1 +Clerk’s fees + £29 13 0 + +Aug. 14th.—The Races had been held. Stewards: Lord W. Powlett, Sir E. H. +K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., and B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P. The entries were +“numerous and good”; there were several charges brought against +pickpockets before the Justices arising out of these sports. + +It was stated that “a Mr. John Cooper” had been the author of the several +paragraphs during the late Election, of which so much complaint had been +made. + +The King of Holland had presented Mr. W. Stirling Lacon with a silver +medal for his invention for lowering ship’s boats. The Great Britain was +being fitted with this apparatus. + +Aug. 28th.—Commander Henry J. Lacon had been appointed to the “Daring,” +12, brig. + +W. T. McCullagh, Esq., had been staying with the Mayor, and had visited +Grout’s factory. + +Sept. 4th.—There were 182 applicants for renewal of licenses; no new +licenses were granted, although in respect of one ease the Justices +divided five against five, and a “scene of confusion” ensued. + +Sept. 11th.—Messrs. Harrison had launched the “Water Witch,” 37, smack, +from their yard. + +The Bridge works had been stopped owing to “quicksands.” + +Sept. 18th.—The Paper appears in mourning for the Duke of Wellington. + +Sept. 25th.—Lieutenant Chambers had ascended in the Prince of Wales +balloon from the Vauxhall-gardens; it contained 36,000 cubic feet of gas. +He descended on a marsh near the Norwich-road at no great distance from +the place of ascent. + +Dr. Impey’s sudden and lamented death had caused a vacancy in the +Nelson-ward, and the Conservatives had started Mr. John Clarke as their +nominee. + +Oct. 2nd.—The “Lady Haven Estate” in Southtown had been sold for £7,000. + +At the Nelson-ward Election, the opposition to Mr. Clarke’s return was +only a nominal one, the numbers being— + +Mr. J. Clarke (Con.) 122 +Mr. Owles (Lib.) 4 + +The numbers in the Council were thus balanced 24 to 24. + +Oct. 9th.—Records the death of Admiral Fisher. + +An appeal was made for the restoration of the Nelson Column. + +At the Registration Court, Mr. C. Chamberlin appeared for the Liberals +and Mr. Cufaude for the Conservatives, and the former claimed a gain of +42 upon the revision. + +Oct. 16th.—At the Court held for the Revision of the Burgess Roll, Mr. +Chamberlin again appeared for the Liberals and Mr. Ferrier for the +Conservatives, and the former again claimed a gain upon the proceedings. + +It was proposed to erect a monument to the memory of the late Dr. Impey. + +Oct. 23rd.—Peter Le Neve Arnold, Esq., a dumb gentleman, had been found +to be of unsound mind since January, 1840. This Inquiry was conducted at +the Victoria Hotel. + +The Bishop of Norwich had confirmed 136 candidates. + +Oct. 30th.—A man named Horth had been committed for trial on the charge +of attempting to murder Mrs. Proudfoot. + +The names of Messrs. S. C. Marsh, J. G. Plummer, and C. J. Palmer (the +Mayor-Elect in 1835), were mentioned as probable holders of the Mayoralty +during the ensuing year. + +Dr. Dunne had been elected Physician to the Hospital (vice Impey +deceased). + +Nov. 6th.—Mr. J. S. Cobb had lectured on the “Objects and Uses of +Botany.” + + MUNICIPAL ELECTION. + +_Regent Ward_.—Barber (C) and Fish (L). + +_St. George’s Ward_.—Ferrier and B. Jay (C). + +_Nelson Ward_.—W. Yetts and C. J. Palmer (C). + +_Gorleston_.—R. Steward (C) and W. T. Clarke (L.) + +The returns for the _North_ and _Market Wards_ could not be given. + +Nov. 13th—At the Council Meeting Mr. Alderman Fenn had proposed, and Mr. +Preston seconded, S. C. Marsh, Esq., as Mayor for the ensuing year, and +that gentleman was thereupon elected without opposition. + +Upon the re-election of Corporation officers, Mr. Bales (the old officer) +was opposed by Mr. Collins as second Mayor’s officer, and the latter +appointed, 8 Liberals voting for Bales, and 21 Conservatives for Collins. + +The Mayor’s Dinner was held at the Town-hall. Cosgrove’s Brass Band +attended and a number of ladies were in the gallery; the decorations were +very rich and elegant; 186 gentlemen were present, amongst whom +were—Viscount Le Franchien, Sir E. Travers, K.H., H. N. Burroughes, Esq., +M.P., Rev. R. Bent, Messrs. T Browne, T. Brightwen, R. D. Barber, J. +Baker, M. Brown, C. Brown, E. Bell, W. H. Bessey, J. Bracey, C. Cherry, +C. Cory, W. Clementson, J. L. Cufaude, T. W. Clarke, C. Chamberlin, W. +Dowson, C. B. Dashwood, W. H. Diver, Captain P. Eyton, R.N., R. Ferrier, +B. Fenn, J. G. Fisher, Captain Gooch, R.N. D. A. Gourlay, W. Johnson, H. +Jay, B. Jay, J. Jackson, H. Matchett, S. Nightingale, E. H. L. Preston, +Captain Pearson, R.N., A. Preston, William Danby-Palmer, C. J. Palmer, W. +H. Palmer, P. Pullyn, J. G. Plummer, W. Rising, Captain Smyth, R.N., F. +Steward, R. Steward, S. W. Spelman, J. C. Smith, W. Thurtle, H. Teasdel, +Rev. B. Vaux, Captain White, R.N., Rev. M. Waters, H. V. Worship, F. +Worship, W. Worship, R. S. Watling, J. D. Waters, W. Yetts, E. P. Youell, +&c. + +The “Norfolk,” 300 tons, had been launched from Mr. Fellows’ yard. + +Nov. 20th.—The Right Hon. M. T. Baines had presented the petition against +the return of Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. Rumbold, whereupon “Mr. Rumbold +(who was present) took up his hat and left the House.” + +The funeral of the Duke of Wellington had been observed as a general day +of mourning. + +A fire had nearly been occasioned by an accident in the Town-hall kitchen +during the Mayor’s Dinner. + +Nov. 23rd.—Sir E. Lacon and Mr. Rumbold (accompanied by Mr. W. H. Palmer) +had had an interview with the Right Honourable J. W. Henley, and +presented the Shipowners’ Memorial. + +Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. O’Brien had been retained by Mr. F. S. +Costerton in the matter of the Election petition. + +Mr. Robert Steward had caused the Attorney-General to serve writs on +several members of the Town Council, with a view to testing the validity +of the renewal of leases by that body under a custom then in force in the +town. Mr. W. Worship strongly deprecated this proceeding. + +Dec. 4th.—At the Council meeting it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. +Ferrier, seconded by Mr. C. C. Aldred, that the Town Clerk defend the +actions so commenced at the instance of Mr. Steward. + +The petition had been defeated, as the Examiner had reported “the +sureties to the petition to be informal and invalid.” + +The Tories had sent the bellman round the town to announce this fact. + +Captain Fisher, R.N., had been appointed to the command of the +“Magician,” 16 gun steam frigate, 400 horse-power. + +It was proposed to start a “Conservative Land Society” at Yarmouth. + +Dec. 11th.—Messrs. George Danby-Palmer, W. N. Burroughs, John W. Shelly +and R. Hammond, junr., had petitioned the House of Commons for redress as +regarded the action of the Examiner as to the Election petition. + +Dec. 18th.—A public meeting had been held to consider the construction of +“a Marine Parade and Drive.” About 300 or 400 persons were present; the +Mayor presided, and was supported by Charles Pearson, Esq., R.N., C. E. +Bartram, C. Aldred, J. Jackson, J. Chapman, E. Aldred, C. J. Palmer, F. +Palmer, R. Dowson, C. Miller, E. Preston, J. C. Smith, R. Ferrier, H. D. +Palmer, R. Steward, J. Cherry, W. C. Reynolds, F. Worship, W. Worship, +&c. Mr. C. J. Palmer moved, and Mr. D. R. Fowler seconded a resolution +in favour of the proposal; and Mr. Amis moved, and Mr. J. Cobb seconded +as an amendment “That those who wanted a Parade should pay for it,” which +amendment the Mayor declared, amid some confusion, to be carried. + +Dec. 25th.—A “wholesale robbery” of fish had taken place at Mr. Charles +Cannell’s office. + +The Government had been defeated upon the Budget, Sir E. H. K. Lacon +voting with, and Mr. C. E. Rumbold against, them. + + + +1853. + + +Jan. 8th.—A meeting of Liberal electors had been addressed by Mr. +McCullagh relative to the rejection on technical grounds of the petition +against the return of the M.Ps. George Danby-Palmer, Esq., occupied the +chair, and Messrs. F. S. Costerton, P. Pullyn, R. Hammond, J. Clowes, C. +E. Bartram, J. Jackson, J. Bayly, W. N. Burroughs, J. D. Chapman, J. +Cobb, W. Livingstone, S. Parker, J. Mainprice, D. R. Fowler, P. White and +others were present. + +It was rumoured that Mr. Rumbold would not again offer himself for the +Borough, owing to his having voted against the Government, which had +angered his Tory supporters. + +Jan. 15th.—An election had been held for a Councillor in the Gorleston +Ward, owing to the death of Mr. S. Miller. The numbers polled were— + +For Mr. William Hammond 132 +,, Henry Danby-Palmer, Esq. 88 + Majority 44 + +The Tories gave “their usual breakfast. Many of the electors on both +sides did not poll.” + +The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had presided at the Annual Public Library Meeting. + +Jan. 22nd.—At the “Great Metropolitan Poultry Show,” E. H. L. Preston, +Esq., Mr. E. Hughes and Mr. Henry Turrell had won prizes. + +One hundred and thirty persons had attended the first Subscription Ball +at the Town Hall. + +Jan. 29th.—Considerable progress was being made with the new Bridge +works. + +Bro. Oswald Diver had been installed Master of Lodge Friendship at the +Duke’s Head. + +Feb. 5th.—The return of paupers showed—In-door, 331: out-door, 1,289; +cost of out-relief, £83 15s. 11¾d. for the week. + +Feb. 12th.—The Wellington Pier Bill was reported as having complied with +standing orders. + +Mr. James W. Crowe had been appointed Medical Officer for the North +District in the place of Mr. Button appointed to a similar office for the +Workhouse. + +Feb. 19th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer brought to the notice of the Council the +dilapidated state of the Nelson Monument, and Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Mr. +Palmer, Mr. Burroughs, Mr. Ferrier, Captain Pearson, and Mr. Steward were +appointed a Committee to consider the subject. + +Mr. Palmer also called attention to the state of the town’s muniments, +and it was agreed that Mr. Harrod should be engaged to arrange same at a +fee of £20. + +Mr. Chamberlin (Coroner) required the Council to seal his appointment: +this had been neglected in 1848 when he was appointed to that office. + +Feb. 26th.—The Yarmouth Water Works Bill had been read a second time in +the House of Commons. + +March 12th.—Mr. Jarvis, jeweller, Broad Row, had been committed for trial +on the charge of attempting to defraud an Insurance Company by setting +fire to his premises. + +March 19th.—The House of Commons Committee had decided that the preamble +of the Water Works Bill was proved. Mr. Webster appeared for the +promoters, and Mr. Lynde for certain landowners who petitioned against +it. Evidence was given in support of the measure by Messrs. R. Ferrier, +Charles Cory, W. Rising, and Spelman. + +April 2nd.—At the Vestry Meeting, Messrs. Steward and Aldred had been +re-elected Churchwardens, and a Church rate of 1½d. in the £ voted. + +The retiring Guardians had been re-elected. + +Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B., had visited the town and called on several of +his more active supporters at the recent contest. + +April 9th.—Messrs. Borking, Green, Wright, and Bradbeer had been elected +Overseers. + +The Wellington Pier and Water Works Bills had passed the Commons. + +The East Norfolk Militia were to meet for training on April 19th. + +April 16th.—The Town Council had proceeded to elect a Surveyor, when the +voting was— + +For Mr. Laing 22 +,, Mr. Parker 15 + +And Mr. Laing was consequently appointed to that post. + +April 23rd.—The East Norfolk Militia had assembled and paraded in the +Lunatic Asylum yard. + +April 30th.—At a meeting of the Wellington Pier Company (S. C. Marsh, +Esq., in the chair), it was determined to proceed with the erection of +that structure at once. + +May 7th.—The second Subscription Ball had been attended by upwards of 170 +of the principal inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, including the +Mayor, Mrs. Marsh and party, Captain, Mrs. and Miss Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. +Caldecott, Misses Caldecott (2) and Miss Leathes, Rev. F. Steward, Mrs. +and Miss Steward, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brown (Thrigby), Mr. and Mrs. +Harcourt (Burgh Castle), Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Rev. S. T. Preston +and Miss Preston, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston and Miss H. Preston, Mr. +and Mrs. C. S. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs. H. Reeve (Lowestoft), Mr. and Mrs. A. +Steward and party, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reynolds and Miss Pellew, Rev. E. +B. Frere, Mrs. Frere and party, Mr. and Mrs. R. Ferrier, Mr. and Mrs. J. +Steward and Miss Stephens. Captain and Miss Money, Colonel Mason and +officers of the East Norfolk Militia, Captain Adsbrighton and the +officers of the 4th Light Dragoons, &c. + +May 14th.—Colonel Mason and the officers of the East Norfolk Militia had +been entertained at a Ball at the Town Hall give by some of the principal +inhabitants. + +G. W. Haggard, Esq., had delivered a lecture on “The Militia.” + +E. H. L. Preston, Esq., had been offered £31 10s. for seven chickens, +hatched in February, the off-set of his prize white Cochin China fowls. + +May 21st.—The East Norfolk Militia had been disbanded. + +A Spanish hen, the property of Mr. Josiah Stevenson, had laid an egg +measuring 8 inches round, 6½ inches in length, and weighing more than 3½ +ounces. + +May 28th.—The Queen’s Birthday had been celebrated, the Mayor and a +number of gentlemen dining at Bird’s Royal Hotel on the occasion. + +The Reform Association of Great Yarmouth had been addressed by Mr. +McCullagh in a speech of two hours’ duration. + +June 4th.—Experiments in “table moving” were being made at the Young +Men’s Institute by the Hon. Secs., Messrs. John Fellows, S. C. Sothern, +John Beattie and Barcham Sayer. + +June 11th.—Sir C. Napier, K.C.B., had been appointed Vice-Admiral of the +Blue. + +June 26th.—The driving of the first pile of the Wellington-pier was +advertised to take place on the 28th inst. + +July 2nd.—A report of which event appears in this issue, when a marquée +was erected near the Victoria Hotel, and at the request of Mr. Waddington +(Chairman of the Company), Mr. S. C. Marsh (the Mayor), performed the +ceremony. The following was the inscription:—“This, the first pile of +the Wellington Pier, was driven on the 28th of June, 1853, by S. C. +Marsh, Esq., Mayor of this borough; David Waddington, Esq., M.P., +Chairman of the Board of Directors; Peter Ashcroft, Esq., Engineer; +Charles J. Palmer, Esq., Secretary.” In the evening between 50 and 60 +gentlemen dined at the Victoria Hotel, the Mayor in the chair and C. J. +Palmer, Esq., in the vice-chair. + +July 9th.—At the Regatta the “Phantom,” “Thought,” and “Maude,” yachts, +contended for the prize, which was won by the former. + +July 30th.—At the Water Frolic the “Shannon” (lateen), Brighten, Beccles, +won the first, and the “Oberon” (cutter), Morton, Aylsham, the second +prize. + +The Monument was still in a dilapidated state. + +Aug. 6th—The Baptist Chapel in Row 15 had been re-opened after extensive +repairs. + +Aug. 20th.—Mr. W. C. Nutman (clerk to Mr. J. L. Cufaude) had been elected +a Relieving-officer in the place of Mr. Thomas Thornton. + +Sep. 3rd.—John Mortlock Lacon, Esq., had died suddenly; he was in his +68th year. + +At the general Licensing day it was moved by James Cherry, Esq., and +seconded by R. Steward, Esq., “That no fresh licenses be granted.” + +Mr. Clinker Newson had appealed against the poor rate on the novel ground +that he was rated at too low an amount. + +Sep. 10th.—The “Clarissa” barque, of 335 tons register, had been launched +from Mr. Chapman’s yard. + +Oct. 1st.—Mr. Peter Coble had died suddenly from disease of the heart +before his medical adviser, Mr. C. C. Aldred, could attend him. + +Oct. 8th.—The Registration Court had been held, Mr. Watson (of Norwich) +and Mr. Preston appearing for the Tories, and Mr. J. Clowes and Mr. W. S. +Costerton for the Liberals, who claimed a gain of 120 on the Borough +Register. + +Nov. 5th.—Five hundred and fifty feet of the Wellington Pier had been +opened to the public, the Corporation attending, and in the evening there +was a public dinner at the Victoria Hotel in honour of the event. + +At the Municipal Election in the _North Ward_, Messrs. Burroughs (L) and +Jackson (L) were re-elected without opposition. + +In the _Market Ward_ the polling was— + +F. Worship (C) 125 +E. R. Aldred (C) 118 +J. Owles (L) 92 +J. Cobb (L) 68 + +In the _Regent Ward_, S. C. Marsh (C) and J. D. Chapman (L) and in the +_St. George’s Ward_ J. G. Plummer (C) and J. C. Smith (C) were not +opposed. + +In the _Nelson Ward_ there was a contest, but no numbers are given; Dr. +Dunn and Mr. W. Thurtell (Cs) opposing the re-election of Mr. George +Danby-Palmer and Mr. Thomas Lettis (Ls) who were again returned, and in +_St. Andrew’s Ward_ the polling was— + +H. Teasdel (C) 139 +E. H. L. Preston (C) 134 +S. Crowe (L) 41 +W. Sterry (L) 7 + +The Conservatives, on the whole, had increased their majority by one. + +The following paragraph appears in this issue:—“Among the passengers by +the “Argo” s.s. from Sydney, is Mr. Harrison, of Great Yarmouth, who +brings with him 3,000 ounces of gold dust, valued at between £11,000 and +£12,000.”—_Morning Chronicle_. + +The first Subscription Ball of the season had been held at the Town Hall, +90 persons being present, the hall had been re-painted a light green in +lieu of the old salmon colour, and four beautiful statues of “Clio,” +“Erato,” and “The Dancing Girls of Canova,” had been placed in the +niches. + +Nov. 12th.—At the Council meeting, on the nomination of Mr. W. Worship, +seconded by Mr. C. J. Palmer, James Cherry, Esq., had been elected Mayor. + +The following Whig Aldermen then went out of office;—R. Hammond, jun., E. +R. Palmer, H. Boulter, C. E. Barham, and W. Walpole with B. Fenn (C), and +the following voting took place to fill these vacancies:— + +Mr. T. Bunn 21 +,, T. Foreman 21 +,, W. C. Reynolds 27 +,, J. G. Rivett 26 +„ G. S. Shingles 26 +,, E. P. Youell 26 +,, R. Hammond, junr. 10 +,, Boulter 6 +,, J. Brown 5 +,, E. R. Palmer 8 +,, Sir E. Tavers 1 +,, H. Worship 1 +,, S. Paget 1 + +Nov. 26th.—Court “Buck of the Forest,” A.O.F., had been opened at the +Buck Inn. + +One hundred and nineteen persons had been confirmed by Bishop Spencer at +St. Nicholas’ Church. + +Dec. 3rd.—It was proposed to establish a School of Design in the town. + +Captain Manby had attained his 88th year. + +Dec. 24th.—A parochial Museum was being formed at the Priory. + +The Local Board District Rate was signed at 1s. 4½d. in the £. + +Dec. 31st.—Mr. C. J. Palmer had presided at the annual dinner of the +subscribers of the Public Library. + + + +1854. + + +Jan. 7th.—Several houses had been damaged by a “fearful” storm. + +The “Seamen’s Association” had held a demonstration with a procession +round the town. At a subsequent meeting held at their Club House the +following toasts were given:—“The Queen,” “May British Sailors weather +the Storm,” “England expects every man will do his duty,” “The Owners and +Merchants of Yarmouth,” “May British Sailors never want for grog and +tobacco.” + +Jan. 14th.—The “Eleanor Palmer,” belonging to W. H. Palmer, Esq., had +been “totally lost” on the coast near Athens. This was the third vessel +that gentleman had lost since 1853. + +Jan. 21st.—At a meeting of the Town Council it had been determined to +oppose the “Waveney Valley Drainage Bill.” + +Captain Broadhead, R.N., was engaged at this port raising a corps of Sea +Fencibles. + +Jan. 28th.—The first Subscription Ball had been held, for which +Cosgrove’s Band was engaged, and dancing kept up until four o’clock. + +Sergeant Johnson had been charged by Mr. George William Moore with having +been drunk and assaulting him. The parties, together with Mr. Silvers, +Mr. J. H. Harrison, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Howlett, and Mr. W. Wright appear to +have been in Cosgrove’s public-house at three o’clock in the morning, +when the alleged offences were said to have been committed. + +Jan. 28th.—N.B. This is the first issue of the _Norwich Mercury_ as a +bi-weekly newspaper. + +The following improvements were noted:—The now Haven Bridge and also the +Wellington Pier were nearly completed. + +The Water Works were being formed. + +The Southtown Gas Works would soon be opened. + +The new Bank of Messrs. Gurney and Co., was in the course of erection. + +Many new streets were being formed on the North, East, and South Denes. + +The Marine Drive was projected. + +The town had been selected for the Militia Barracks, and it was said that +the Victoria Esplanade was likely to be carried as far as the South +Battery. + +On the other hand the state of the Chapel Denes had, however, long been +“a disgrace to the town.” + +There had been an “immense fleet” of vessels in the Roads. + +Feb. 1st.—There had been snow-drifts 5 feet deep on the line between +Yarmouth and Reedham. + +Feb. 8th.—Mr. Burroughs had, at the Council meeting, denounced certain +gentlemen as “traitors to the town” and “tools of Mr. Peto.” + +Feb. 11th.—A considerable quantity of human bones had been found near the +Caister Road, which were supposed to be the remains of persons who died +of the plague and received burial from the Leper Houses which formerly +existed there. + +Feb. 18th.—There had been extremely high tides, a violent storm, and a +heavy gale. Several dockyards had been overflowed, and about thirty +balks of timber had been lost from Mr. Steward’s yard. + +Feb. 22nd.—A Tradesmen’s Ball had been held in the Town Hall. + +Feb. 25th.—A Liberal meeting had been held at the Star Hotel, (George +Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair) when resolutions in favour of Lord John +Russell’s Reform Bill and the Ballot were adopted. + +There had been another high tide, the Quay being in several places +inundated; the surf rolling over the old Jetty. + +March 1st.—Owing to the sitting of the County Court, the Council had met +in the Grand Jury Room at the Tolhouse. + +The Seamen’s wages were so high that they preferred the Merchant Service +to the offers being made by Sir Charles Napier to join the Navy. + +March 4th.—John Eagleton charged with having fraudulently cheated the +Guardians of the Poor by delivering to poor persons receiving out-door +relief bread of short weight, was found guilty, subject to a case for the +opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeal, (Mr. J. Cobb and Mr. L. A. Meal +being his sureties in £50 each.) + +March 8th.—A Tender has arrived to take off the Coastguardsmen and Naval +Volunteers. + +Rear-Admiral Plumridge had been summoned to London for the purpose of +hoisting his flag in the Baltic Fleet under Sir Charles Napier. + +A vessel had been sent to sea manned entirely by master mariners; the +rise in wages and the attractions of the Navy having so reduced the +number of common seamen. + +March. 11th.—The Baltic Fleet was expected to pass Yarmouth. + +A public meeting in favour of the Reform Bill had been held at the Corn +Hall (George Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair), when the following +gentlemen took part in the proceedings:—Mr. W. N. Burroughs, Mr. +McCullagh, Mr. J. W. Shelly, Mr. C. E. Bartram, Mr. J. Clowes, Mr. J. +Owles, Mr. Jackson, Mr. D. A. Gourlay, and Mr. R. Hammond. + +March 18th.—A meeting had been held at the Star Hotel, Mr. J. H. Harrison +in the chair, to consider the rating of cottage property. + +March 25th.—A memorial brass had been placed in St. Nicholas’ Church to +the memory of the late Dr. A. Impey. + +A meeting in favour of “Sabbath Observance” had been held. + +March 20th.—Contains the Royal proclamation of the war with Russia. + +April 1st.—The Baltic Fleet was at Kiel, and Admiral Plumridge was likely +to shift his flag from the “Leopard” to the “St. Jean d’ Acre.” + +April 12th.—At the meeting for the Election of Haven Commissioners, +Captain Scott proposed and Captain Briggs seconded George Danby-Palmer, +Esq.; W. Yetts, Esq., proposed, and C. J. Palmer Esq., seconded, R. +Ferrier, Esq.; J. Jackson, Esq., proposed, and Garson Blake, Esq., +seconded, J. Barker, Esq.; H. Palmer, Esq., proposed, and S. Cobb, Esq., +seconded, Richard Hammond, Esq., junr.; and Mr. J. Owles proposed, and +Mr. T. Lettis seconded, D. A. Gourlay, Esq. Mr. Ferrier declined to go +to a poll, and thereupon Messrs. Palmer and Barker were elected +Commissioners and Messrs. Hammond and Gourlay Supernumerary Commissioners +without opposition. + +The following had been result of the Guardians’ Election:— + +_St. Nicholas’ Ward_.—James Jackson, cottage owner, 200, elected; Samuel +Nightingale, brewer, 167, elected; John Mainprice, spirit merchant, 159, +elected; Henry Boulter, confectioner, 129; William Wright, building and +cottage owner, 123; Edward H. L. Preston, timber merchant, 112; Abraham +Amis, cottage owner, 107. + +_Market Ward_.—William Laws, grocer, 194, elected; David Abraham Gourlay, +shipowner, 168, elected; Joseph Harvey, tanner, 132, elected; John Cobb, +currier and leather seller, 102; Robert Tooley, miller, 76; Richard +Ecclestone, draper, 71; William Woolston, cottage owner, 56. + +_Regent Ward_.—Samuel Charles Marsh, wine merchant, 160, elected; William +Worship, solicitor, 156, elected; Thomas Foreman, shipowner and cottage +owner, 126, elected; James Denny Chapman, draper, 116; Frederick Palmer, +surgeon, 102; William Livingstone, draper, &c., 68: John A. Norman, jun., +cottage owner, 66. + +_St. George’s Ward_.—Richard Ferrier, brewer, 225 elected; Joseph +Goulding Plummer, shipowner, 223, elected; Benjamin Fenn, fish merchant, +222, elected; Cubitt Engal Bartram, gentleman, 116; Christopher Steward, +pawnbroker, 83; Robert Page, cottage owner, 65. + +_Nelson Ward_.—George Danby-Palmer, shipowner, 258, elected; James +Hargrave Harrison, cottage owner, 235, elected; Charles Woolverton, +plumber, 212, elected: Thomas Brightwen, gentleman, 206, elected; Samuel +Velzi Moore, anchorsmith, 177; Thomas Lettis, jun., fish merchant, 130; +Benjamin Powell, merchant, 126; John Clarke, shipowner, 158. + +April 19th.—Proceedings were threatened with regard to the Election of +Guardians by the Liberals. + +April 22nd.—Both Churchwardens had been re-elected by the Vestry, and a +Church rate of 1½d. in the £ voted. + +April 26th.—Notice of “the Closing of the Churchyards” had been issued. + +Eleanor Warren had died in the old prison Row, aged nearly 103 years. + +April 29th.—The men of the East Norfolk Militia and Norfolk Artillery +Militia had assembled in the Market Place under the command of Colonel +Mason and Lord Hastings, respectively. + +May 3rd.—The Stewards for the next Subscription Ball were to be the +Mayor, Captain Pearson R.N., S. C. Marsh, Esq., C. J. Palmer, Esq., and +M. Lacon, Esq. + +The following law report appears in this issue:— + + COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL. + + Before the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Cresswell, + Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Crompton. + + _Regina_ v _Eagleton_. + + The indictment in this case contained ten counts, seven of which + charged an attempt to defraud, and the last three an attempt to + obtain money by false pretences. The defendant had entered into a + contract with the Board of Guardians of Great Yarmouth to supply + loaves of bread of the weight of three pounds and a half to the poor, + and had supplied many of the out-door paupers with loaves weighing + only 3lbs. 4 ozs., and had represented to the Overseers of the poor + that the loaves supplied were of the contract weight, and had + endeavoured to obtain payment accordingly. This case was sent back + to the Recorder of Great Yarmouth to be amended, in order to have the + question fully argued. + + Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Mills appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Bulwer + for the prosecution. + +May 10th.—The Rev. R. J. Palmer, M.A., had lectured on “Mount Sinai and +Arabia Petrœa.” + +May 20th.—The Earl of Leicester (Lord Lieutenant) had presented new +colours to the East Norfolk Militia, which were received by Major Sir E. +Lacon and Captain Bloomfield, the service of consecration being performed +by the Rev. Bowyer Vaux, assisted by the Rev. John Bampton. + +Lord Hastings entertained several noblemen and gentlemen at dinner at the +Royal Hotel. + +The officers of the East Norfolk Militia kept “open house” at the +Victoria from two to six o’clock, and in the evening gave a ball at the +Town Hall, at which the Earl of Leicester (Lord Lieutenant), Lord +Hastings, Lord Walsingham, Lord Royston, the Hon. Jacob Astley, the Hon. +and Rev. Delaval and Mrs. Astley, Lady Lacon, Mrs. and Miss Lee Warner, +Mr. and Mrs. Hoste, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gay (Thurning), Mr. and Miss Day, the +Officers of the Militia Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Custance and the +Officers of the West Norfolk Militia, Captain Norman, R.N., T. R. +Buckworth, Esq., W. Norris, Esq., T. Browne, Esq., the Mayor of Yarmouth, +Mr. and Mrs. C. Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. C. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac +Preston, Mr. E. R., Mrs., and the Misses Palmer, the Reverend Mr. and +Mrs. and Miss Waters, Captain and Mrs. Marcon, Captain Pearson, R.N., Mr. +and Miss Pearson, Mr. Mortlock Lacon, Mr. and Mrs. A. Steward and the +Misses Steward were present. The refreshments and the supper, both of +the most _recherche_ description, were supplied by Mr. Wilson, of this +city. Weippert’s admirable band was engaged, and the dance was kept up +until near the dawn of day. Thus ended a day of pleasure without alloy, +and next day the Regiment was inspected by Colonel Kelly. + +A fine Russian brig of 400 tons, laden with salt, had been brought into +the Roads, a prize of war. She subsequently proceeded to Sheerness. + +Seven thousand pounds had been expended on the Wellington Pier works, +where the Norfolk Artillery Band occasionally performed. + +May 24th.—The North Denes had been selected for rifle practice. + +The Mayor (J. Cherry, Esq.,) had given a ball to 200 guests at the Town +Hall. + +The “Contest” schooner, of 150 tons, had been launched from Messrs. +Beeching’s yard. + +May 31st.—Sir James Plumridge had been promoted to be Rear-Admiral of the +White. + +The Military Lunatic Asylum was to be converted into an Hospital for +wounded seamen from the Baltic Fleet. + +No. 3, Brighton Terrace, and No. 2, Queen’s Road had been struck by +lightning. + +June 3rd.—The “Otter,” war steamer, had put into the Roads. + +The “Carolina,” Russian brig, had arrived in this port for condemnation. + +June 14th.—H.M.S. “Zeyphr” had been in the Roads. + +Mr. John Clowes declined to pay £1 2s. due for Board of Health rate, on +the ground that the Board was indebted to him for services rendered +whilst he was Town Clerk. A distress was ordered to be issued. + +June 17th.—Two vessels with wounded seamen were expected for the +Hospital. + +A small steamboat, the property of J. Penrice, Esq., had exploded near +the Bridge. + +June 21st.—Mr. McCullough, Mr. Chamberlin, Captain Briggs, and Mr. Scott +had attended the Right Hon. E. Cardwell as a deputation from the +“Shipping Association.” + +The premises occupied by the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Institute had +been purchased by C. J. Palmer, Esq., for £1,780. + +July 1st.—The Norfolk Artillery had completed their 50 days’ training, +the gun practice being for 24-pounders at a target range of 1,250. + +A meeting to promote the “Roads Regatta” had been held. + +July 8th.—The month of June had been intensely cold on the East coast. + +July 15th.—The mackerel fishing had been very successful, the returns +then amounting to £30,000, which sum would be probably increased to +£40,000 before the boats made up. + +July 22nd.—The “Hornet” screw frigate, 16 guns, had anchored in the +Roads, on her way to join Sir Charles Napier’s Fleet in the Baltic. + +Four thousand persons had arrived in one day by excursion trains from +Norwich, Ipswich and Lynn. + +S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P., had laid the foundation stone of the King Street +Congregation Chapel; afterwards there was a dejeuner at the Victoria +Hotel, where J. W. Shelly, Esq., presided. + +Lord Sondes had been appointed Lord High Steward of the Borough. + +Aug. 2nd.—Many visitors were arriving, chiefly from Cambridge and the +Isle of Ely. + +A Poor’s rate of 1s. 6d. in the £ had been signed. + +Aug. 5th.—At the Roads Regatta the following yachts entered:— + + Name. Tons. Owner. +Phantom 25 S. Lane, Esq. +Thought 28 C. Coope, Esq. +Sheldrake 17 Capt. Love. + +The Sheldrake gave up and the others were timed as follows:— + + 1st round. 2nd round. 3rd round. + H. M. S. H. M. S. H. M. S. +Thought 12 56 0 1 48 0 2 41 6 +Phantom 12 58 45 1 50 48 2 45 5 + +In the yawl match the “Queen Victoria” beat the “Eclipse,” “Royal +Victoria” and “Cambridge Lass.” + +The dinner was held at the Victoria Hotel, the Mayor in the chair. The +Earl of Albemarle, Mr. Butcher, Mr. C. Cory, Mr. C. J. Palmer, and Mr. +Seaman took part in the after dinner proceedings. + +Steamers continued to pass through the Roads on their way to the Baltic. + +Aug. 9th.—Edward Tupman and Edward Gill, captains of vessels, bound for +the North, had been charged with assaulting S. C. Marsh, Esq., +Deputy-Mayor, and fined £5 each or two months’ imprisonment, and also +50s. each and 15s. damage to clothes, for assaulting Mr. Joseph Giles +(gaoler). + +Aug. 12th.—Sir John Walsham had held an Inquiry as to the Election of +Guardians and “impounded” several voting papers. + +The screw frigate “Horatio” had been in the Roads and visited by numbers +of persons. + +It was rumoured that some 40 vessels, known as “Barking Smacks” were +likely to be added to the local fishing fleet. + +The Centenary of the Baptist Church, Church Plain, had been celebrated. + +Messrs. Charles Gill and William Sidney had become lessees of the +Theatre. + +Aug. 19th.—The “Amateur,” latteen (F. Brown), Norwich, won the prize at +the Water Frolic. + +Aug. 26th.—Seven thousand excursionists had been brought by train from +Norwich and other places to the Races. + +George Winkfield (Yarmouth), John Chambers (Hull), George Bell, +(Fakenham), Robert Todd (Yarmouth), J. Bitten (Yarmouth), Charles Reed +(Yarmouth), and T. R. Mills (Southtown), were charged with obstructing +the Hall Quay (but in fact for holding a religious service there.) They +were defended by Mr. Tillett, of Norwich; Chambers was fined 40s. and +costs. + +Aug. 30th.—“Lodgings was scarcely to be obtained” in the town. + +There was a band of thieves about who had extracted “the contents of many +pockets.” + +The question of the “open air preachers” was again before the Justices, +when the fine proposed to be inflicted on Chambers was abandoned, it +being, in fact, admitted that, under the circumstances of the case there +was no power to inflict it. + +Sep. 2nd.—A meeting had been held (the Rev. G. Hills presiding) to +consider the further restoration of St. Nicholas’ Church. + +Thirty boats were gone to the Scotch fisheries, and herring was selling +at from £8 to £14 per last. + +A foot race for £5 over 100 yards had been run on the South-denes, when +Mr. Browne beat Mr. George Diver by half a yard. + +Sep. 6th.—The gas lamps at Gorleston and Southtown had been lighted for +the first time. + +No minister had attended at St. Mary’s, Southtown, to conduct the Sunday +morning service. + +Sep. 9th.—The Justices had again refused to grant any fresh licenses. + +Sep. 18th.—The “Ada,” a barque of 435 tons, had been launched from Mr. +Thomas Barber’s yard. + +The Russian Barque “Carolina” had been sold by E. H. L. Preston, Esq., at +the Star, for £1,110, and her cargo of 321 tons of salt for £347, making +a total of £1,457. + +Sep. 20th.—The proposed grant of a piece of land by the Corporation, for +the purpose of a cemetery, had been approved by the Secretary of State. + +Sep. 23rd.—The French frigate “Expeditive,” 20 guns, was anchored in the +Roads, and a dead body had been landed from her for interment. + +Sept. 27th.—The coal trade was unusually brisk; during the week 70 +colliers had arrived at the port, and these, with the other daft there, +crowded the Harbour. + +After the 1st of October the drapers had determined to close their shops +at seven o’clock. + +Messrs. Mann, Giles, and Freeman, “extensive fish salesmen,” had been +summoned for allowing “swills” to remain on the Quay longer than +necessary for their business purposes. + +Oct. 4th.—At the revision of the Burgess List, the Liberals had lodged 59 +objections and put in 347 new claims, and the Tories had made 373 +objections. + +The telegraphic announcement of the great victory of the allied armies +over the Russians (Battle of the Alma) had been received shortly after +eleven o’clock, and created intense excitement; the flags had been +hoisted on the Town Hall and the Church, and but for the interference +with divine service, the bells, doubtless, would have sent forth a merry +peal. + +Thanksgivings had been offered in all places of worship for the abundant +harvest. + +Oct. 7th.—The Borough Revision Court had been engaged with the Lists for +three days and a half; the Liberals sustained 300 claims, as against 50 +sustained by the Tories. + +Oct. 11th.—Mr. Wright (who had been objected to) was charged before the +Justices for assaulting Sergeant James Gowen (the Tory objector) and +bound over to keep the peace. There was a warm discussion on the Bench +during these proceedings between Mr. R. Hammond and Mr. R. Steward. + +At the Revision of the Parliamentary List, Mr. Cufaude and Mr. Preston +appeared for the Tories, and Mr. Costerton for the Liberals, and the +latter claimed a gain upon the proceedings. + +Oct. 18th.—A “great meeting” of Liberals had been held at the Star Inn; +G. Danby-Palmer, Esq., (chairman), Captain Pearson, R.N., J. W. Shelly, +Esq., R. Hammond, Esq., W. T. McCullagh, Esq., J. Clowes, Esq., J. Owles, +Esq., and Mr. Jackson took part in the proceedings. + +At the Gaol Sessions, N. Palmer, Esq., (Recorder) and R. Steward, Esq., +(acting as Visiting Justices) had dismissed the Gaol Chaplain (Rev. +George Hills). This action was deprecated by some of the Justices, and +ultimately the question was referred by them to the Quarter Sessions. + +An “impudent thief” had picked a woman’s pocket, while she was in the +Police-court. + +Oct. 21st.—The New Bridge had been completed, and formally opened to the +public, at a cost of little less than £60,000. + +H.M. yacht “Fairy” had arrived in the Harbour. + +Ladies were collecting linen rags for the wounded soldiers in the East. + +Oct. 25th.—Mr. R. Hammond and the Mayor (Mr. Cherry) were at +“loggerheads” with regard to certain statements made by the former +gentleman at the Liberal meeting. + +The “Gælan,” a French man-of-war, had entered the Harbour for the purpose +of coaling. + +One hundred and thirteen young persons had been confirmed at St. +Nicholas’ Church by the Bishop of Norwich. + +Nov. 1st.—A “patriotic fund” meeting had been held at the Town Hall, the +Mayor (J. Cherry, Esq.) in the chair. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., +Sir E. Travers, K. H., Rev. J. S. Russell, Rev. B. Vaux, Rev. J. B. +Bampton, Rev. McSwiney, C. J. Palmer, R. Steward, R. Hammond, George +Danby-Palmer, J. W. Shelly, C. C. Aldred, Esqs., and Captains Gilbertson +and Roberts, and others were present, and a subscription list opened, +which was headed by donations of £25 each from Messrs. Gurney & Co., +George Danby-Palmer, Esq., and Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P. + +Nov. 4th.—At the Municipal Election “it was rumoured that no small amount +of ready cash had been sent into circulation.” + +The result of the polling was— + + _St. George’s Ward_. +Mr. H. Jay (C) 137 +Mr. R. Ferrier, junr. (C) 139 +Captain Pearson R.N. (L) 99 +Mr. Jas. Scott (L) 99 + _Regent Ward_. +Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart. (C) 128 +Mr. J. Cherry (C) 126 +Mr. John Clowes (L) 88 +Mr. Henry Danby-Palmer (L) 87 + _Market Ward_. +Mr. J. Fenn (C) 186 +Mr. J. E. Barnby (C) 184 +Mr. J. Cobb (L) 133 +Mr. D. R. Fowler (L) 123 + _St. Nicholas’ Ward_. +Mr. S. Nightingale (C) 203 +Mr. W. H. Bessey (C) 187 +Mr. R. Hammond (L) 187 +Mr. H. Boulter (L) 173 + +And the Alderman gave his casting vote in favour of Mr. Bessey. + + _Nelson Ward_. +Mr. J. Clark (C) 184 +Mr. S. V. Moore (L) 182 +Mr. J. H. Harrison (L) 122 + _Gorleston Ward_. +Mr. William H. Palmer (C) 131 +Mr. W. Hammond (C) 118 +Mr. G. Blake (L) 61 +Mr. Sterry (L) 46 + +Messrs. Henry Palmer, C. J. Palmer, C. H. Chamberlin, William T. Clarke, +E. R. Palmer, and F. W. Ferrier had been appointed Admiralty +Commissioners. + +Nov. 11th.—At the Council meeting Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed and Mr. +Worship seconded, Charles J. Palmer, Esq., as Mayor for the ensuing year, +and he was elected to that office without opposition. + +Nov. 15th.—The question of the formation of a “Burial Board” was being +discussed. + +The Naval Hospital was being prepared for 350 sick and wounded from the +Black Sea fleet. + +Nov. 18th.—The Mayor (C. J. Palmer, Esq.), had issued cards for an +entertainment at the Town Hall on the 30th inst. + +Mr. J. L. Porter had been appointed manager of the National Provincial +Bank at Yarmouth. + +The Police had contributed one day’s pay to the Patriotic Fund. + +The “Tourist,” London passenger steamer, Captain Dawson, had been lost on +the North Sand. She was a very old vessel, and it was stated that this +would have been her last voyage if no accident had happened to her; she +was fully insured. + +Nov. 22nd.—Messrs. Gurney & Co’s. new Bank had been opened. + +A poll had been taken on the question of the formation of a “Burial +Board,” when the voting on the first day was— + +For the Board 312 +Against it 311 + +A meeting of Ratepayers was subsequently held and the scheme denounced by +several speakers. + +Nov. 29th.—The Town Council had re-appointed the Rev. G. Hills, gaol +chaplain “with only two dissentients.” + +Nearly £1,000 had been raised for the Patriotic Fund. + +The polling for the Burial Board had closed as under— + +For 468 +Against 544 + Majority 76 + +The “Sir William Jolliffe” had been placed on the station in the place of +the “Tourist.” + +Dec. 13th.—Messrs. Dumbleton, Bradbeer, Palmer, and Bunn had complained +to the Bench of the obstructions on the Quay. + +Dec. 23rd.—The Council had “suspended” the sexton for alleged misconduct. + +The grocers and drapers had determined to close their shops on the day +following Christmas Day. + +“The Skimmer of the Sea,” a barque of 320 tons, had been launched from +Mr. Branford’s yard. + +Dec. 30th.—The East Norfolk Militia having been permanently embodied, had +assembled under the command of Colonel Mason, but the Norfolk Militia +Artillery had not been called up. + +T. Brightwen, Esq., had qualified as a Magistrate. + +Several large packages of warm clothing had been forwarded by the ladies +of the town for the use of the soldiers in the Crimea. + +C. J. Palmer, Esq., had entertained the inmates of the Gaol. + +Pickpockets were again in town, and John Webb had been robbed by them of +£4 15s. + +Mr. Smyth had been appointed Surgeon to the Gaol in the place of Mr. H. +Worship deceased. + + + +1855. + + +Jan. 6th.—There had been a high tide and heavy flood; 130 yards of the +rails between Yarmouth and Reedham had been carried away by the latter. + +The following gentlemen had been chosen as the Library Committee.—The +Mayor (C. J. Palmer, Esq.), Rev. J. B. Bampton, Rev. H. Squire, and +Messrs. B. Fenn, R. R. B. Norman, J. Bayly, and S. C. Burton. + +It was considered too cold to drill the Militia on the South-denes. + +Jan. 13th.—The following quantity of fish had been forwarded from +Yarmouth during the preceding year:— + + Packages. Tons. Cwt. +From Jan. to Sep. 282,441 10,591 10 +,, Oct. to Dec. 250,981 9,411 15 + Total 533,422 20,003 5 + +During the week 20 men of the East Norfolk Militia had volunteered for +the line. + +At the Tract Lenders’ Festival 400 persons had partaken of tea at the +Priory. They were addressed by the Rev. G. Hills, Rev. G. W. Grogan and +other friends. + +Jan. 17th.—The Norfolk Artillery Militia had received an order to be +permanently embodied from the 23rd inst. + +Jan. 20th.—Sixty more men had volunteered from the East Norfolk Militia +for the line, making a total of 300 of such volunteers in all. + +Winter had set in “with all the vigour and severity peculiar to this +portion of the Eastern Coast.” + +Jan. 24th.—The weather continued intensely cold, and the navigation of +the rivers were stopped by the accumulation of ice. + +The District Visiting Society was doing great work in the way of +alleviating distress. + +Pickpockets were still at work. A woman had been robbed by one of them +in the Market Row of 8s. 6d., and Mrs. Pole, of Burgh Castle, had +suffered a loss of £2 17s. in this way. + +Jan. 27th.—The Norfolk Artillery Militia had assembled,—156 +non-commissioned officers and men, with the following officers: Captain +Astley, Lieutenants Penrice, Tredcroft and North, Adjutant Gilberton, and +Surgeon C. C. Aldred. Lord Hastings had not yet joined them. + +The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had announced to the Hospital Committee that the +Medical Library of the late Mr. Harry Worship would be presented to that +Institution. + +Bro. William Lucia had been elected W.M. of Lodge “Friendship,” in +succession to Bro. Oswald Diver. + +Feb. 14th.—The business of the Port had been much affected by the rigour +of the weather. + +Feb. 17th.—Thirty-four men had volunteered from the Norfolk Militia +Artillery for the Royal Artillery. + +The South-quay was blocked by the coal carts near the Town Hall, and +great complaints being made about this it was suggested that the colliers +should unload at a wider part of the quay. + +Feb. 21st.—The Subscription Ball had been attended by the Mayor and Mrs. +Charles Palmer, Lieutenant-Colonel Mason, the Honourable Mr. Harbord, Mr. +Astley, Mr. Graver Brown, Mrs. E. Graver Brown, Reverend A. B. Smyth, +Captain Gay, Captain and Mrs. Rippingall, Captain and Mrs. Mathew, +Captain, Mrs., and Miss Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Meadwell, Mr., Mrs., and +Miss E. H. L. Preston, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Marsh, Mr., Mrs., and the +Misses Steward, Mr. and Miss Chevallier, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, Mr. and +Mrs. Ferrier, Mr. Smith, (East Norfolk Militia) Mr. Smyth (East Norfolk +Militia) and Mrs. Smyth, Mr. Palgrave, Mr. and the Misses Barber, Mr. +Boycott, Mr. Press, Mr. Aldred, Mr. Eyre, &c., &c. + +The town was infested by a gang of thieves. + +Four deserters from the Royal Navy had been captured in the town. + +A meeting had been held for the relief of the poor, the Mayor presided, +and the Rev. G. Hills, and Messrs. R. Hammond, E. H. L. Preston, T. +Brightwen, S. Dowson, R. Steward, R. Ferrier, and W. N. Burroughs took +part in the proceedings. Mr. George Danby-Palmer sent £10 to the fund, +and more than £200 was then collected in the room. + +Feb. 24th.—Full power to act as a Burial Board had been vested in the +Town Council, and the following Committee of that body appointed to carry +out the Act:—The Mayor, and Messrs. R. Ferrier, F. Worship, E. R. Aldred, +W. N. Burroughs, J. Jackson, C. E. Bartram, P. Pullyn, and T. Foreman. + +Feb. 28th.—A thaw had commenced, and it was hoped that the River traffic +would soon be able to be resumed. + +Mr. Gyngell had superintended a grand display of fireworks on the Star +Quay, which was witnessed by about 7,000 or 8,000 persons. + +March 3rd.—A ship of war was likely to be stationed in the Roads to +protect the shipping there. + +The first of the frozen-in wherries had been liberated at Reedham, and +the Steam Packet communication had been resumed with London. + +March 10th.—The Norfolk Militia Artillery had been removed to London _en +route_ for Eastbourne; when 170 men and the following officers, Captain +Penrice, Adjutant Gilbertson, Lieutenants Tredcroft, North, and +Micklewaite, left the town. + +A meeting, at the Angel Hotel, had been held for the purpose of +establishing a pack of harriers; Mr. H. Grimmer was chairman, Mr. Jex, of +Hopton, undertook to purchase the hounds, and Mr. J. L. Cufaude to act as +honorary secretary to the Committee. + +March 14th.—The Market was to be held on Tuesday the 20th, as Wednesday, +the 21st, had been proclaimed a day for fasting and humiliation. + +The Batteries were being armed with 24-pounders, and it was proposed to +construct a fort on Gorleston Cliff, to be armed with 68 pound guns. + +March 17th.—Lectures had been delivered by the Rev. R. Cory on +“Jerusalem,” and by Mr Craft (a man of colour) upon “American Slavery.” + +Bro. Robert Harmer had presided at the annual dinner of the “Druids, +Trinity Lodge, 220.” + +March 21st.—Several complaints had been made of unprovoked assaults by +members of the East Norfolk Militia upon respectable inhabitants of the +town. + +March 24th.—At the Quarter Sessions, the Grand Jury presented the foul +state of the Court House at the Tolhouse. + +The national Fast Day had been strictly observed. + +Robberies continued to be very frequently committed in the town. + +April 4th.—H.M.S. “Harrier” (17 guns) was then stationed in the Roads, +and a rendezvous had been opened for Volunteers to the North Sea fleet. + +Three hundred men of the East Norfolk Militia had claimed a right to be +dismissed, having served 56 days in the then year under the terms of +their enlistments, and they were dismissed accordingly. + +April 7th.—Messrs. Green, Borking, Clayton, and Harbord had been +appointed Overseers, which, as a “partizan” step, was justified by Mr. C. +C. Aldred, and objected to by Mr. R. Hammond. + +April 14th.—A militiaman had been buried with military honours. + +Messrs. Aldred and Steward had been re-elected Churchwardens by the +Vestry. + +The Vestry decided on the question of making a Church rate, when there +appeared 64 for and 87 against the rate, but the majority did not press +the matter any further, and ultimately a rate of 1½d. in the £ was agreed +to. + +The Guardians’ Election had resulted as follows:— + + _North Ward_. +Mr. J. Jackson (L) 258 +Mr. J. Mainprice (L) 252 +Mr. J. W. Craske (L) 198 +Mr. S. Nightingale (C) 246 +Mr. E. H. L. Preston (C) 214 +Mr. W. Wright (C) 193 + _Market Ward_. +Mr. D. A. Gourlay (L) 226 +Mr. C. Steward (L) 165 +Mr. A. Ames (L) 136 +Mr. H. Laws (C) 252 +Mr. C. C. Aldred (C) 247 +Mr. J. Browne (C) 200 + _Regent Ward_. +Mr. John Clowes (L) 120 +Mr. F. Palmer (L) 147 +Mr. J. A. Norman (L) 147 +Mr. W. Worship (C) 198 +Mr. S. C. Marsh (C) 196 +Mr. T. Foreman (C) 164 + _St. George’s Ward_. +Mr. T. Lettis, Jun., (L) 159 +Mr. J. Scott (L) 127 +Mr. B. Fenn (C) 223 +Mr. R. Ferrier (C) 217 +Mr. J. G. Plummer (C) 194 + _Nelson Ward_. +Mr. J. H. Harrison (L) 203 +Mr. G. Danby-Palmer (L) 225 +Mr. S. V. Moore (L) 193 +Mr. W. T. Fisher (L) 131 +Mr. W. C. Reynolds (C) 176 +Mr. J. Clark (C) 187 +Mr. C. Woolverton (C) 249 +Mr. T. Brightwen (C) 218 + +April 18th.—A proposal had been made to have all the houses in the town +numbered. + +April 25th.—A purse of money had been presented to Mr. Farrow, the +Secretary of the Liberal Association, “for his long-continued service in +the Reform cause.” + +April 28th.—The Poor’s Rate was estimated at 1s. 6d. in the £, to meet +£3,000 required by the Guardians for the Quarter, who had then £430 in +hand to meet demands amounting to £1,450. + +May 2nd.—Mr. Lane had been appointed Collector of Poor’s rates for the +Market Ward. + +George Danby-Palmer, Esq., had almost entirely recovered from the +indisposition which he had been suffering from during the winter, and it +was proposed to entertain him at a public dinner. + +May 5th.—The new burial ground comprised about 10 acres in extent, and +the following tender was recommended by the Committee to the Council: J. +Thompson, for walls, £1,388; gates, £50; levelling, £110; total, £1,548, +with respect to fitting it for use. + +Nelson’s Column was still allowed to fall into decay. + +May 9th.—Mr. Allcock had been appointed Poor’s Rate Collector for the +Nelson and Regent Wards. + +The sale of part of the landed property of the late Mr. Ambrose Palmer +had taken place, the ship-yard and docks bringing £1,100 and £900 +respectively. The leasehold premises on the west side of the river were +bought by Mr. Joseph Powell, and the building sites near Queen’s Road +fetched about 20s. per foot frontage with a ground rental of about 2s. +per yard upon the same. + +Letters could now be posted as late as 8.10 p.m. + +Water had been conveyed by the Company’s mains to Yarmouth from Ormesby +for the first time. One of these pipes burst near the “Gallon Can.” + +May 12th.—The Victoria Gardens had been laid out and were likely to +outvie any in the neighbourhood. + +May 19th.—Mr. Lummis had resigned the office of Librarian. + +The Workhouse had been lighted with gas. + +A meeting for the purpose of advocating “Administrative Reform” had been +held at the Town Hall, when Mr. R. Hammond presided, and Mr. McCullagh +delivered a stirring address. + +The Tories complained that this meeting was “got up” by the Liberals for +party purposes. + +May 23rd.—The Water Company had offered to supply water for +street-watering purposes free of expense. + +H.M.S. “Harrier” had been firing shell to a distance of 1,200 yards in +the direction of Scroby; the Queen’s Birthday had been observed in the +usual way. + +May 26th.—The Water Works had been opened, and in the evening 80 +gentlemen dined at the Town Hall, under the presidency of the Mayor (C. +J. Palmer, Esq.), who was supported by Sir E. H. K. Lacon, M.P., and +Lieut.-Col. Mason. + +Mr. F. Maryson and Mr. D. D. Offord, the candidates for the post of +Librarian, having each obtained 27 votes, the Mayor gave his casting vote +in favour of Mr. Offord, who was thus elected to the post. + +Eight additional gas lamps had been placed on the Wellington Pier. + +May 30th.—The first stone of the Wesleyan Free Church, on the Regent +Road, had been laid by S. C. Marsh, Esq. + +June 2nd.—The Russian brig “Phœnix” had been brought in by a prize crew. + +June 9th.—The mackerel fishing was going on badly, and many boats had +lost nets. + +July 18th.—A brace of tench, weighing between eight and nine pounds, had +been taken at Ormesby. + +Mr. Stracey (afterwards Sir Edward Stracey, Bart.), the Tory candidate +for East Norfolk had visited the town. (He was returned, on this +occasion, without opposition.) + +July 21st.—At the Regatta the following prizes were offered for +luggers:—£50, £20, and £10, and there were ten entries; during the match +the “Race-horse” (Mr. I. Shuckford) was run down by the “Ocean Star” +(Smith and Son). Her crew was rescued by the yawls “Queen Victoria” and +“Standard,” but the master of the lugger (Lark) had two of his ribs +broken. The “Brothers” (T. Lettis, jun.) won the first prize, the +“Henry” (H. Swann, jun.) and the “Prima Donna” (J. Minns) taking the +other two prizes. The yawl prizes were not awarded. + +The following notice again appeared with regard to the case of + + “REGINA v. EAGLETON.” + + “The defendant, John Eagleton, a baker, at Yarmouth, who had + contracted with the Guardians of Yarmouth to supply the poor with + bread, was tried before the Recorder, N. Palmer, Esq., at the Quarter + Sessions in March, 1854, upon an indictment charging him, in the + seven first counts, with an offence at common law, in fraudulently + supplying the poor with bread of short weight; and, in the three last + counts, with attempting to obtain payment from the Guardians, by + falsely pretending that he had supplied full weight. He was found + guilty by the jury, but the Recorder reserved a case for the opinion + of the Court of Criminal Appeal, as to the proprietory of the + conviction in point of law. On the first argument on April 29th, + 1854, before Pollock, C.B., Parke, B., Creswell, J., and Williams, + J., the case was referred back to the Recorder, for him to state the + whole evidence given at the trial, which he did accordingly, and the + case, as re-stated, was, on the following 3rd of June, argued before + Lord Campbell, C. J., Alderson, B., Coleridge, J., Martin, B., and + Crowder, J., and they, having doubts as to the proprietory of the + conviction, desired the case to be argued before the 15 judges, and + on the 2nd December, 1854, it was argued before Jervis, C. J., + Pollock, C. B., Parke, B., Maule, J., Wightman, J., Erle, J., Platt, + B., Martin, B., and Crompton, J., and again on the 3rd of February + last, before Jervis, C. J., Parke, B., Maule, J., Wightman, J., + Creswell, J., Erle, J., Platt, B., Williams, J., Martin, B., and + Crompton, J.—Mr. Bulwer appeared in support of the conviction, and + Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Clerk, and Mr. J. H. Mills on behalf of the + Defendant. The Judges took time to consider, and on July the 9th, + Mr. Baron Parke delivered their judgment, affirming the conviction on + the last three counts. The defendant will, therefore, have to appear + before the Recorder at the next October Sessions to receive + judgment.” + +July 25th.—One hundred and thirty ladies and gentlemen had attended the +Regatta Ball at the Town Hall, among whom were—the Mayor and Mrs. Palmer, +Lord Hastings, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Lieut.-Col. Mason, +Captains Longe, Markham Gay, and other Officers of the East Norfolk +Militia, &c. Howlett’s band attended, and dancing was kept up until +4.30. + +July 28th.—The Grand Jury had found a true bill against Messrs. R. +Ferrier, sen., and R. Ferrier, jun., for assault upon John William de +Caux, and it was stated that the case would be tried at the next Assizes. + +Aug. 4th.—The Mayor had presided at a meeting called to consider the +“Small Tenements Act.” + +Eighty-five boats engaged in the Mackerel Fishery had taken fish to the +value of £27,994. + +Aug. 18th.—All hope of raising the “Racehorse,” which was sunk at the +Regatta, had been abandoned. The attempt to do so had cost £150. + +Aug. 22nd.—C. J. Palmer, Esq., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., and +Captain D. Lane had acted as Stewards of the Races, and 6,000 persons had +been brought to the sports by rail. + +Between £170 and £180 had been raised by a bazaar for the Congregational +Chapel, King Street. + +Aug. 25th.—Mr. E. H. L. Preston had had the small bone of his arm broken +whilst endeavouring to quell a disturbance which had arisen between some +of the Artillery Militiamen. + +Eighty ladies and gentlemen had attended the Race Ball. + +Aug. 29th.—Mr. J. H. Tillett had produced the “Bench Warrant” for the +apprehension of the Messrs. Ferrier for the assault upon Mr. J. W. de +Caux, reporter to the _Mercury_ and _Norfolk News_; bail was placed at +£100 and two securities of £50 in each case. + +Sept. 8th.—150 men of the Horse Artillery had been encamped on the North +Denes, under the command of Captain Mountain and three Lieutenants. + +Sept. 12th.—These troops had been reviewed on the South Denes in the +presence of several thousands of persons. + +Sept. 15th.—The news of the evacuation of the Southern part of Sebastopol +by the Russians had been received by the general public with incredulity, +they saying “too good news to be true.” + +Sept. 22nd.—A hare had taken to the sea, and was picked up by a person +who went after it in a boat; having killed it, he sold it for 2s. 6d. + +Oct. 3rd.—Sunday had been a day of thanksgiving for the success of the +allied armies in the Crimea. + +Oct. 10th.—The “Scampo,” a Russian prize, had been brought into the +Harbour. + +At the Quarter Sessions there was another discussion between the Recorder +and Mr. Steward on the one hand and the Visiting Justices on the other +side, as to the validity of the appointment of the Rev. G. Hills as +Chaplain to the Gaol. + +John Eagleton had been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. + +Oct. 17th.—The Liberals claimed a gain of 44 on the Municipal Revision, +when Mr. Costerton appeared for the Liberal, and Mr. Cufaude for the +Tory, party. + +Oct. 20th.—A very brisk corn trade was being carried on, vessels coming +in light to load with corn for France and Holland. + +Robert Steward, Esq., had been fined 20s. and costs for obstructing the +Quay-head. + +Oct. 27th.—The East Suffolk Railway was projected. + +In 1855, 258,121 quarters of corn had been shipped at this port. + +The “Hopton Harriers” had held their first meet at the Kennel at Hopton. +Mr. W. Jex provided luncheon. The next meet was to be at Haddiscoe. + +Oct. 31st.—Messrs. Beeching and Son had launched a beautiful lifeboat for +the Gorleston beachmen. + +Nov. 3rd.—Only two Wards had been contested. The returns were:— + + _St. Nicholas’ Ward_. +W. Worship (C) 405 +J. B. Hilton (C) 405 +Henry Danby-Palmer (L) 262 +John Mainprice (L) 262 + _Regent Ward_. +R. D. Barber (C) 224 +R. R. B. Norman (C) 224 +John Clowes (L) 159 +John Fish (L) 159 + +The names of the other re-elected Councillors are not given. + +Four gun-boats had come into the Roads from the Baltic. + +Nov. 10th.—The Mayor of Norwich had given a grand ball, in St. Andrew’s +Hall; Mr., Mrs. and the Misses Marsh, the Officers of the East Norfolk +Militia and Norfolk Artillery Militia, the Misses Steward, the Mayor of +Yarmouth and Mrs. Palmer, Mr. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, and +others had attended it from Yarmouth. + +Nov. 14th.—The “Meander,” 44 gun frigate, was at anchor off the Monument. + +Nov. 28th.—Lieut. Matthew Gooda, late of the East Norfolk Militia, had +died at Southtown, aged 76. + +Dec. 1st.—The dinner, commemorative of the re-election of C. J. Palmer, +Esq., to the office of Chief Magistrate, had been held at the Town Hall. +His Worship was supported on his right by the Hon. H. Byng, Sir E. H. K. +Lacon, Bart., M.P., Lieut.-Colonel Astley, the Rev. George Hills, and J. +Harcourt, Esq., and on his left by the Recorder (N. Palmer, Esq.), Sir H. +J. Stracey, Bart., M.P., the Mayor of Norwich and Captain Broadhead, R.N. +The Mayor’s guests on this occasion numbered upwards of 100 persons. + +George Danby-Palmer, Esq., had presided at a meeting called for the +purpose of promoting a national testimonial to Admiral Sir Charles +Napier, K.C.B. + +Dec. 8th.—Mr. Wright (of the Adelphi) had been performing at the Theatre. + +Dec. 12th.—The Mayor had attended the magnificent reception given to the +King of Sardinia by the Corporation of London. + +Dec. 22nd.—The stormy easterly winds had driven several vessels on to the +Beach. + +On the north of the Jetty were four brigs, viz., the “Friends,” of +London; the “George,” of Yarmouth; the “Boa,” of Colchester; and another. +And on the south, one brig, a sloop (the “Telegraph,”) and a billy-boy. + +Dec. 26th.—The Norfolk Artillery Militia had marched into the Southtown +Barracks under the command of Colonel Astley. + +The following Magistrates had been selected to hear salvage cases:—George +Danby-Palmer, R. Steward, R. Hammond, J. G. Plummer, J. W. Shelly, B. +Fenn, E. H. L. Preston, and W. H. Palmer, Esqs. + +Dec. 29th.—The Hon. Colonel Vereker was spoken of as a colleague for Sir +E. H. K. Lacon, should Mr. Rumbold resign his seat, but this rumour as to +Mr. Rumbold’s resignation, the _Globe_ stated on authority, was without +foundation. + +At the Quarter Sessions, a conviction of R. Steward, Esq., by the +Justices, for obstructing the quay, was quashed with costs. + +The question of the legality of the Rev. G. Hills’ appointment as +chaplain to the gaol was again considered by the Recorder and Justices. + + _N.B.—The file for the Year_ 1856 _is missing_. + + + +1857. + + +Jan. 3rd.—The fourth anniversary of Court “Crown and Anchor” A.O.F. had +been celebrated by a dinner at Bro. Franklin’s, Hall Quay. Mr. C. B. +Dashwood occupied the chair, and it was stated that the Court then +consisted of 90 members. + +Jan. 10th.—There had been a loan exhibition at the Priory Hall. + +Messrs. Charles J. Palmer, B. Fenn, Rev. H. Squire, Dumbleton, R. R. B. +Norman, Burton, and J. Bayly had been elected the members of the Public +Library Committee. + +Jan. 17th.—The “Britannia Pier Bill” was projected, and the Wellington +Pier Company had determined not to oppose that undertaking. + +The body of a whale, which had been taken at Winterton, was being +exhibited on the Church Plain. + +The Rev. W. D. Wade, the new minister of St. Mary’s, Southtown, had, +before leaving Southsea, been presented with a purse of £61. + +Jan. 21st.—The “Sisters” had been in collision with one of the stone +piers of the Bridge, which it had considerably damaged. + +Feb. 4th.—An Anti-Income Tax meeting had been held at the Town Hall. The +Mayor presided, and the following took part in the proceedings:—Messrs. +George Danby-Palmer, Bradbeer, Garson Blake, W. Livingston, S. B. Cory, +R. Hammond, J. Clowes, J. H. Harrison, J. Rivett and J. Fiddes. Mr. S. +Bradbeer appeared to be the mover in this matter. + +The Poor’s Rate was 1s. 6d. for the quarter. + +Feb. 18th.—H.M. Line of Battle-ship “Blenheim,” 74, had steamed into the +Roads. + +Feb. 21st.—A “Poor’s Rate” meeting had been held at the Masonic Hall. +Mr. W. Livingston presided, and a resolution protesting against the 1s. +6d. quarterly rate was adopted. Messrs J. Rivett, Joseph Neave, Royal, +R. Bailey, Nichols, and F. Starling spoke on the subject, while the +conduct of the Guardians was defended by Mr. J. H. Harrison, one of the +Board. + +Feb. 25th.—A case which excited considerable interest, had been heard at +the County Court, Tolhouse-hall, before the Judge (T. J. Birch, Esq.) +The plaintiff was Mr. John Cobb, leather merchant, for whom Mr. C. H. +Chamberlin appeared; the defendants were Messrs. W. N. Burroughs and G. +D. Palmer, who were represented by Mr. J. L. Cufaude. The plaintiff +stated that he was a candidate for the office of Councillor for the +Market-ward, in November, 1851, and that he became such at the +solicitation of Messrs. W. N. Burroughs and G. D. Palmer. At the time he +became a candidate he distinctly told them that he would not pay out of +his own pocket more than £10 towards the expenses of the election, and it +was understood that the Liberal party, to which he belonged, would +subscribe the remainder. The evening before the election he received an +estimate of what the expenses were likely to be, and in consequence of +that he at once saw both Mr. Burroughs and Mr. G. D. Palmer. That +estimate, he believed, amounted to about £45, while the subscriptions +altogether amounted to but £42. After some conversation they agreed to +hold him harmless of the amount of the expenses that might exceed the sum +subscribed, and he and Mr. Burroughs then went to the Committee-room of +the North-ward, where Mr. Burroughs said they had made arrangements for +their friend John Cobb winning the Market-ward. The expenses of the +election, which he (the plaintiff) lost, amounted altogether to £58 1s. +7d. The balance, therefore, which he now claimed from the defendants was +£16 1s. 7d.—The plaintiff, in cross-examination by Mr. Cufaude, admitted +that £39 of the whole amount was for — —.—Mr. Cufaude contended that if, +as the plaintiff stated, the defendants had given him a guarantee for the +surplus expenses, the guarantee ought to have been in writing. And, +assuming the evidence was true, which, however, he disputed, it was +impossible for the plaintiff to recover, inasmuch as he himself had +allowed that a large part of the whole of the expenses was for — —, which +was an illegal act.—Mr. Chamberlin contended that the plaintiff, after +receiving the promise from the defendants, acted only upon the faith of +that promise, and that therefore, as they had entered upon an engagement +to pay the money, they were liable. The money, moreover, had not been +spent by the plaintiff, but by the committee appointed to conduct the +election, and until the election was over, the plaintiff was not aware +that any of the money had been spent in — —.—His Honour said it was clear +the guarantee should have been in writing. He was of opinion, also, that +the plaintiff was not bound to pay the illegal charges, and consequently +he could not bring his action for the money which he claimed.—The +plaintiff was, accordingly, non-suited. + +March 4th.—The “Branch,” a schooner of 150 tons, had been launched from +Messrs. Fellows and Son’s yard. + +A distress warrant had been issued against the effects of Mr. James Lawn, +draper, Broad Row, for 5s. 3d. due for Church rate. Mr. Cufaude, who +appeared for the Churchwardens, stated that the amount of defalcations on +the present rate was “about £14 or £15.” + +A meeting of the shareholders in the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway had +been held at the Star Hotel. R. Hammond, Esq., presided, and there were +present—C. C. Aldred, Esq., (the Mayor), C. J. Palmer, T. Brightwen, +William H. Palmer, E. H. L. Preston, W. C. Reynolds, E. P. Youell, G. G. +Day, H. Danby-Palmer, and William Day, Esqs. + +March 11th.—N. Palmer, Esq., (Recorder), had appointed John B. Bales +(late Sergeant-at-Mace) an Inspector of Weights and Measures in the room +of Mr. Wall. + +The address of Messrs. Torrens McCullagh and Edward Watkin to the +electors appears in this issue. + +March 14th.—The Liberal electors had held a meeting at the Corn Exchange, +J. Shelly, Esq., in the chair, when both candidates delivered addresses, +and a resolution pledging the meeting to support them was unanimously +carried. + +Mr. Cufaude had applied for 17 more summonses against Church Rate +defaulters, and Mr. Garson Blake had been summoned for a like default by +the Gorleston Churchwardens. + +There had been a high tide, which had dashed over the new Marine Drive +works. + +March 16th.—Mr. J. W. Shelly had presided over a meeting at the ‘Star,’ +when Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin were adopted as the Liberal candidates. + +There was a suggestion of a local gentleman’s name as a candidate, to +which the Editor refers to by the quotation—“and palm to palm is holy +_Palmer’s_ kiss.” + +March 18th.—The Liberal electors and non-electors had been addressed by +both the Liberal candidates at the Duke’s Head public-house at Gorleston. +S. Dowson, Esq., presided, and there were present—Messrs. J. H. Fellows, +N. Sterry, A. Markland, Captains Manthorpe, Stanford, and Tunbridge, and +Messrs. J. Page, A. King, J. Ling, G. Reynolds, C. E. Bartram, and J. +Cobb. + +The four candidates, Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin and Sir E. H. K. Lacon +and Colonel Vereker, had been invited to attend a meeting of electors at +the Masonic-hall. None of them were present, but, nevertheless, a +resolution pledging the meeting to support the Liberal candidates was +carried. + +The “Venus,” 150 tons register, had been launched from Mr. Rust’s yard. + +March 21st.—D. A. Gourlay, Esq., had presided at a great Liberal meeting +held in the Corn Exchange, when Messrs. J. W. Shelly, P. Pullyn, S. +Dowson, F. S. Costerton, W. Briggs, C. Sayers, S. Palmer, C. E. Bartram, +J. D. Chapman, J. Bailey, F. Dendy, J. Cobb and others were present. + +The Conservatives had also convened a meeting at Crowe’s Assembly-rooms, +Chapel-denes, when E. H. L. Preston, Esq., presided. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Colonel Vereker, and J. Cherry, Esq., addressed the assembly. + +Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., and Major-General C. A. Windham, the Liberal +candidates for East Norfolk, had held a meeting in the Corn-hall. Mr. R. +Hammond presided, and was supported by Messrs. Benjamin Dowson, J. +Clowes, C. H. Chamberlin, P. Pullyn, A. W. Biddulph, S. Palmer, T. Burton +Steward, F. Palmer, W. N. Burroughs, C. E. Bartram, E. R. Palmer, J. H. +Harrison, J. Owles, J. Cobb, &c. + +George Tewsley, Sergeant in the London Constabulary, had been elected +Superintendent of the Borough Police Force. + +The case against Mr. Garson Blake had been heard as to non-payment of +Church Rate and the usual order made. + +Mr. S. Waters Spelman had submitted to public competition various +freehold estates, belonging to the late Mrs. Ann Marsh, which realised +£8,672. + +March 25th.—The Election was “assuming all the features of a bitter, as +well as a strong contest.” + +J. Shelly, Esq., had presided at another Liberal meeting held in the Corn +Hall, and Mr. J. Royal at a meeting of non-electors in the same interest +held at the Masonic Hall. + +The Church Rate question had again been before the Justices, when Mr. +Chamberlin appeared for the defaulters, who were Henry Boulter (baker), +4s. 6d.; Joseph Neave (twine-spinner), 1s. 9½d.; George Goodrich +(shoemaker), 3s. 6d.; Henry Blyth (shoemaker), 4s.; George Clowes +(ironmonger), 5s.; William Curtis (cork-cutter), 5s. 1d.; James Rivett +(baker), 4s.; Frederick Starling (shoemaker), 1s. 10½d.; Angelina Cox and +W. P. Brown (brokers), 4s. 2½d.; John Clowes (grocer), 4s.; William +Livingston (draper), 3s.; Robert Browne (gentleman), 2s.; George +Danby-Palmer (Esquire), 8s. 6¾d.; and George Danby-Palmer and Salmon +Palmer (Esquires), 3s. 6d. + +Mr. W. Sidney had again opened the Theatre. + +March 28th.—A monster meeting of Liberals had been held on the Hall Quay +in front of the Star, when Mr. W. Briggs occupied the chair; 500 Liberals +had attended a meeting at the Globe Inn, Gorleston, where Mr. T. Burton +Steward presided. Both meetings were very enthusiastic. It was said the +Tory candidates were “Sir Edmund Lay—on and Colonel Very—queer.” + +April 1st.—The polling had resulted as follows;— + + Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. One. Two. Three. Four. +McCullagh 161 304 416 527 562 587 600 609 +Watkin 150 296 405 507 541 568 582 596 +Lacon 122 234 335 430 443 481 492 521 +Vereker 115 220 305 383 393 419 428 451 + +Majority for the Liberals: 158. + +After the declaration of the poll Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin addressed +from 12,000 to 15,000 persons from the Star leads. + +April 8th.—Messrs. W. Green, J. Borking, J. Clayton, and W. Harbord had +been re-appointed overseers of the parish. + +April 11th.—At the Election of Haven Commissioners Captain Scott +proposed, and Mr. J. H. Harrison seconded the re-election of George +Danby-Palmer, Esq., “to whom the town was greatly indebted for his long +and valuable services.” Mr. T. Lettis, junr., proposed, and Mr. Henry +Danby-Palmer seconded Mr. J. Barker. Mr. F. Palmer proposed and Captain +Briggs seconded H. Hammond Esq.; and Mr. G. Blake proposed, and Captain +Manthorpe seconded Mr. D. A. Gourlay, whereupon the two former were +declared to be elected Commissioners, and the two latter Supernumerary +Commissioners. + +Mr. J. Owles had presided at a meeting of the Liberal Registration +Society. + +The following was the result of the Guardians’ Election:—_North Ward_: +Messrs. J. Mainprice, S. Nightingale, and E. H. L. Preston re-elected. +_Market Ward_: Messrs. D. A. Gourlay, C. C. Aldred, and W. Laws, +re-elected. _Regent Ward_: Messrs. W. Worship, S. C. Marsh, and R. D. +Barber, re-elected. _St. George’s Ward_: Messrs. B. Fenn and J. G. +Plummer, re-elected, with Mr. T. Foreman in the place of Mr. J. Clark +resigned, and in the _Nelson Ward_ (Mr. J. H. Harrison having resigned) +the polling was—Brightwen 402, Woolverton 431, Reynolds 309, Clark 339, +and Moore 287, Mr. Clark thus taking the place of Mr. Harrison. + +April 18th.—At the annual Vestry Meeting there was a large attendance. +The Rev. George Hills presided, and Mr. Hammond proposed, and Mr. T. +Brightwen seconded, the re-election of C. S. D. Steward as Churchwarden. +Mr. Lawn then proposed Mr. George Danby-Palmer, but that gentleman +declined the honour and explained that the reason why he would not pay +the Church Rate was that the Churchwardens, while pressing the poor, +discharged the rich, and especially Mr. Talbot, from payment of that tax. +Mr. B. Fenn proposed, and Mr. S. C. Marsh seconded Mr. Edward Aldred; Mr. +J. H. Harrison and Mr. Neave addressed the meeting amid “great uproar,” +and eventually the appointment of Mr. Steward and Mr. Aldred was carried +by a large majority. Messrs. Hammond, Fenn, and Harrison were appointed +a Committee to look into the question of the St. Nicholas Estate, and Mr. +R. Hammond was re-appointed Auditor of the Vestry’s accounts. + +Measures were being taken by Mr. M. Butcher and others with a view to +establishing a School of Art. + +April 22nd.—The Artillery Band was performing on the Hall-quay. + +Trade at the Fair “had been brisk.” + +April 25th.—The Rope-walks “which had caused such great annoyance” were +to be removed, and the following compensations had been paid to owners of +them:—Mr. Bracey, £750; Mr. T. Lettis, jun., £550; Mr. Green, an annuity +for himself and Mrs. Green equal to £420; and to Mr. R. Barber (who had +refused £200), £615 under the award of C. Evans, Esq., of Norwich. + +April 29th.—A meeting had been held at Mr. Paget’s late residence for the +purpose of forming a School of Navigation in connection with the School +of Art. + +May 2nd.—A petition in favour of the removal of Jewish Disabilities was +being signed in the town, and the Mayor (C. C. Aldred, Esq.), George +Danby-Palmer, R. Hammond, J. W. Shelly, J. Fenn, D. A. Gourlay, W. +Johnson, P. Pullyn, and R. Steward, Esqs., had supported the movement. + +The East Norfolk Militia Band had performed on the Hall-quay. + +The Poor’s rate was 1s. 4d. for the quarter. + +The Insignia belonging to the Corporation had been sent to the Manchester +Art Exhibition. + +May 6th.—The entire Police force (with the exception of the +Superintendent) had received one month’s notice to quit the force, with +liberty to apply for re-appointment. + +May 16th.—A petition, signed by E. H. L. Preston and R. Ferrier, Esqs., +(Mr. C. Moore being surety for the required £1,000), was about to be +lodged against the return of Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin. + +May 20th.—This petition had been presented to the House of Commons. + +May 23rd.—A young woman, residing in the Star and Garter Row, had been +charged before the Justices “with illegally detaining a silver mace, the +property of the Corporation.” Defendant said that she did not know where +it was, but that her mother, who had been dead three years, “wished it to +be buried with her.” The case was adjourned for a week, when the +defendant “bounced out of Court.” + +May 27th.—Several friends of the sitting Members had received Speaker’s +warrants, as also had Sir E. H. K. Lacon, who was served as he was about +to start on a Continental tour; Messrs. B. Powell and George Byford had +also been served. + +May 30th.—The guarantee fund for opposing the petition had reached the +sum of £2,400. + +Two Russian guns had been received by the Corporation. + +It was proposed to carry on the trawl fishery by means of “iron screw +welled smacks of 150 tons burden.” + +June 3rd.—The police had been re-modelled. Originally the force +consisted of 4 sergeants, 16 privates, beside 4 non-permanent men who +formed the “river watch.” Of these a sergeant and six privates had been +discharged, and in their stead a sergeant and 13 privates appointed; the +force, therefore, then consisted of a Superintendent, four sergeants, and +23 privates. + +The “small silver mace” above referred to had been delivered up by the +Carter family to the Corporation. + +June 6th.—Fourteen hundred persons had visited the town by excursion +train from Norwich on Whit-Monday. + +June 10th.—Contains an obituary notice of Mr. Rumbold, who had died at +Brighton on the 31st. ult., aged 69. It was stated that he had “not left +behind him _one enemy_.” + +The _Yarmouth Standard_, started three months since as an advocate “of +Conservative and true Christian principles,” had ceased to exist. + +June 13th.—The mackerel fishery had improved, Mr. Mainprice’s Company of +14 boats had sent in 12,000, and Mr. Shuckford’s 10,000 fish. + +June 20th.—Mackerel were selling from 31s. to 32s. per 100. The +“Fisherman” (Mr. James Woolverton) being the “head boat.” + +June 24th.—The “Russian guns” were to be placed either on the Marine +Parade, Hall Quay, or Chapel Denes. + +One thousand silver penny pieces of the reign of King John, the two first +Edwards, and Alexander I. of Scotland had been found at a depth of about +17 feet in Mr. Ambrose Palmer’s dry dock. + +The “Eastern Unitarian Christian Society” had celebrated its 44th +Anniversary at Great Yarmouth. The Rev. Dr. Sadler preached from 1 Cor. +xii., 27. At the subsequent meeting, Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., presided, +and Mr. J. W. Dowson, Mr. Mills (Norwich), Mr. W. N. Burroughs, the Rev. +H. Squint, Mr. S. Dowson, Rev. D. Davis, Mr. Welham and Mr. C. Freeman +took part in the proceedings, afterwards 70 members partook of a cold +collation at the Victoria Hotel. + +At the quarterly meeting of the Primitive Methodist Society, it was +stated that their members had increased by 100 during the last quarter. + +One boat had brought in 6 lasts of herring, selling at from £20 to £28 +per last. + +July 1st.—A cricket match had been played on Gunton-denes between the +Yarmouth and Lowestoft Clubs, in which the latter was victorious. The +Yarmouth team consisted of Messrs. Graystone, Jennings, G. Clarke, Reeve, +J. S. Browne, Young, R. Clarke, Vaughan, E. Clarke, Steward, and C. +Diver. + +Mr. T. Lettis, jun., had been found dead in his counting-house, and the +Jury had returned a verdict “That deceased destroyed himself while in a +state of temporary insanity.” + +July 8th.—Mr. C. E. Bartram had been elected a Councillor for the +Nelson-ward in the room of the late Mr. Lettis, the polling being— + +C. E. Bartram 112 +J. H. Harrison 84 + +July 11th.—The Lord Bishop had laid the corner-stone of St. John’s +Church. Mr. J. A. Hakewell was the architect. Mr. A. W. Morant +supervised the erection, and Mr. R. Steward was the contractor for the +entire work at £1,246. + +The Bishop preached from Col. iii., 1, 2, 3 and 4. + +July 18th.—There was to be no Regatta this year. + +Mr. Harmer’s coloured photographic portraits were much admired. + +Mackerel had been scarce, owing, it was supposed, to the coldness of the +weather. + +July 25th.—A detachment of Royal Artillery, about 145 strong, was +encamped on the North-denes. + +James Ablett a pauper nurse at the Workhouse, had been committed for +trial at the Assizes for the wilful murder of Angus Steward. + +July 29th.—The Committee (which consisted of the Earl of March, chairman, +Mr. H. M. Clifford, Mr. C. J. Dupre, Mr. W. J. Garnet, and Colonel +Maxwell), was sitting upon the petition against the return of Messrs. +McCullagh and Watkin as M.P.’s for the Borough. + +Aug. 1st.—This Committee had unseated both those gentlemen. + +At the Water Frolic for the first match the following entries were made:— + +Kathleen Messrs. Diver and Chamberlin +Belvidere Mr. T. Read, jun. +Victorine Mr. J. Fiddes +Ontario Mr. F. Frere +Pysche Mr. J. Fenn, jun. +Iris Mr. A. D. Stone + +At the finish the Kathleen beat the Belvidere by some 300 yards. + +The second match was won by Mr. Green’s “Enchantress” (latteen.) + +Aug. 5th.—There had been a monstre Liberal Demonstration, when Mr. A. W. +Young and Mr. J. Mellor, Q.C., were accepted as the candidates of that +party. Some 10,000 to 12,000 persons were present. + +Aug. 8th.—Among the Tories “vacillation, uncertainty, and lukewarmness +prevailed.” Sir Samuel Hogg, Mr. Mackenzie, and Sir Henry Stracey had +been tried without avail. + +The Hon. Ernest Duncombe had visited the Borough, and left without taking +further action; so Sir Edmund Lacon was still alone in the field as a +Conservative candidate. + +Aug. 13th.—Sir E. Lacon had retired from the contest. + +The nomination had taken place outside the Town Hall, when Mr. J. W. +Shelly proposed, and Mr. H. Danby-Palmer seconded Mr. A. W. Young; and +Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. P. Pullyn seconded Mr. J. Mellor, Q.C., +and there being no other nomination, those gentlemen were declared duly +elected. + +Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin subsequently addressed the electors from the +Star Hotel. + +Aug. 23rd.—About 90 ladies and gentlemen had attended the Race Ball at +the Town Hall. + +Mr. Allen’s tender of £3,156 11s. 5d. for the erection of the Britannia +Pier, and Mr. Thompson’s tender of £200 for making the approaches to it, +had been accepted. + +Herrings were selling at from £20 to £26 per last. + +Sept. 12th.—A new organ had been built for St. Peter’s Church at a cost +of £400. + +Sept. 23rd.—The Mayor had convened a meeting for the purpose of raising a +fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian Mutiny. Among those +present were—Sir Eaton Travers, the Revs. G. Hills, J. S. Russell, J. B. +Brampton, B. Vaux and D. Oliver, Dr. Dunne, and Messrs. J. W. Shelly, S. +Tolver, P. Pullyn, J. G. Fisher, R. Ferrier, sen., S. Dowson, A. R. +Palmer, G. Blake, E. P. Youell, C. Preston, E. R. Aldred, W. Davie, &c.; +the sum of £233 17s. was subscribed in the room. + +Sept. 30th.—The following shareholders had attended the ordinary general +meeting of the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway Company:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon +(Chairman), Sir M. Peto, R. Hammond, J. Clowes, B. Fenn, C. E. Bartram, +and W. H. Palmer, Esqs., &c., and power was given to the Directors to +raise £25 000 by way of mortgage. + +Oct. 3rd.—The Britannia Pier Works were being actively pushed on. + +Mr. J. H. Harrison (the Ballast lessee) had called a meeting of 120 +masters of vessels at the St. George’s Hall, for the purpose of receiving +a statement from that gentleman, during which he said that he proposed to +give a donation of £8 to the Fishermen’s Hospital, which sum he had +received from a dispute (in which he did not concur) with the +Corporation. Mr. Harrison was loudly cheered by the meeting, which he +regaled with choice wines and spirits. + +The Rev. J. S. Russell had preached his farewell sermon at the King +Street Chapel, where he had laboured for the past 14 years. + +Oct. 10th.—The Day of National Fast and Humiliation had been observed in +the town “in a most becoming manner.” + +Herring was selling at from £10 to £18 per last. + +Oct. 17th.—Three hundred pounds had been collected for the Indian Relief +Fund. + +Oct. 21st.—Contains the following report:—“A Vestry meeting was held in +the Town-hall, on Friday, for the purpose of considering the propriety of +making a Church rate. There was a large attendance; the minister of the +parish (the Rev. G. Hills, B.D.), of course presided.—The Chairman, in +opening the proceedings, stated that the rate which would be proposed +would be, in all respects, a legal one; it would include a charge for St. +Peter’s Church, as the Churchwardens had been advised that that edifice +was chargeable upon the rate in the same way that the Parish Church was. +With regard to the new church of St. John’s, a fund had been raised which +would be invested for keeping it in repair, so that it might never become +chargeable to the parishioners. The Churchwardens, in order to preserve +as much harmony as possible, would only ask for a rate for the repair of +the fabrics, and for the payment of such legal charges as they were +compelled to include in the rate; the items which would be left out +would, therefore, amount to between £60 and £70, and would have to be +defrayed by voluntary contribution.—Messrs. C. S. D. Steward and E. R. +Aldred, the Churchwardens, moved and seconded that a rate of 1½d. in the +pound be levied for the ensuing year; the amounts which it was estimated +would be required were—for the Parish Church, £142 5s. 4d.; for St. +George’s Chapel, £32 6s. 6d.; for St. Peter’s Church £32; and for general +purposes £35.—Mr. W. T. Fisher moved, and Mr. J. Lawn seconded, “That at +a time when it is expected that the Government will pass a bill for the +abolition of Church rates, it appears to this vestry that it is +inexpedient to increase the rates by including St. Peter’s Church, as it +may ultimately add to increased taxation.” Mr. Fisher also moved, and +Mr. Joseph Neave seconded, “That time be given for the ratepayers to +examine the estimates, and that the meeting do therefore adjourn for +three weeks for that purpose.”—The Chairman refused to put either of the +above amendments—the first because Mr. Fisher would not alter it by +leaving out the words “By including St. Peter’s Church,” and the second +because he did not consider it to be a _bona fide_ objection.—Mr. Fisher +entered written protests, signed by himself, against the decision of the +chairman, which protests he requested might be entered in the Vestry +Clerk’s minutes of the meeting.—Mr. J. H. Harrison moved, “That until +after the committee, which was appointed in April last to confer with the +Churchwardens relative to the property belonging to the Parish Church, +had made its report to a further vestry, it is inexpedient to make a +rate.” Mr. F. Starling seconded the amendment.—The Chairman, in +endeavouring to prevail upon Mr. Harrison to withdraw his amendment, +stated that in March next, property which now let at from £29 to £30 a +year, and that in September, 1859, property which now realised £50 per +annum, would fall in; he agreed with them that the greatest care ought to +be taken in properly administering this property, and said he believed +its value would be increased threefold.—The amendment was carried by an +immense majority, and the meeting, therefore, was adjourned _sine die_. + +Oct. 28th.—Many vessels had been lost, and amongst them the “Betsy” (G. +D. Palmer, Esq., owner), on Palling Beach. (N.B.—She was at that time +the oldest vessel afloat hailing from the port, and had belonged to the +Palmer family for more than 100 years.) + +Oct. 31st.—The Liberal electors had held a grand soireè at the Town Hall, +Messrs. A. W. Young, M.P., and J. Mellor, Q.C., M.P., being present; 220 +persons attended, amongst whom were R. Hammond, Esq., (Chairman), and +Messrs. G. D. Palmer, J. W. Shelley, W. N. Burroughs, P. Pullyn, C. E. +Bartram, D. A. Gourlay, J. Clowes, G. Blake, W. T. Clarke, F. Palmer, H. +D. Palmer, D. B. Palmer, W. T. Fisher, J. Cobb, J. Mainprice, W. Briggs, +J. H. Harrison, J. Owles, J. Neave, &c. Mr. McCullagh was unable to +attend, but the meeting was addressed by Messrs. Young, Mellor, and +Watkin, and the utmost unanimity prevailed. + +Nov. 4th.—Some 2,000 persons had attended an open-air Liberal +Demonstration on the Hall-quay, at which G. Danby-Palmer, Esq., presided, +and which was addressed by Mr. Watkin. + +At the Municipal Election the Tories had been successful, the Liberals +“not going in to win.” At the close of the poll the Conservative +procession, consisting of a band of music, some flags, bearing such +inscriptions as “Cheap Bread and Economy,” and about four or five cabs +formed and paraded through the principal thoroughfares. The returns +were— + + _Regent Ward_. +Sir E. H. K. Lacon, (C) 118 +J. Cherry, (C) 114 +J. Owles, (L) 82 +F. Palmer, (L) 78 + _Market Ward_. +J. E. Barnby, (C) 128 +J. Fenn, (C) 126 +J. Scott, (L) 110 +G. W. Clowes, (L) 107 + _St. George’s Ward_. +W. J. Foreman, (C) 121 +H. Jay, (C) 117 +A. D. Stone, (L) 85 +J. Fill, (L) 80 + _Nelson Ward_. +S. V. Moore, (L) 211 +J. Clark, (C) 151 +J. Clowes, (L) 127 + _North Ward_. +S. Nightingale, (C) 144 +W. H. Bessey, (C) 132 +J. Mainprice, (L) 126 +J. Cobb, (L) 109 + _St. Andrew’s Ward_. +J. Hammond, (C) 185 +William H. Palmer, (C) 174 +Henry Danby-Palmer, (L) 164 +J. Barker, (L) 150 + +Mr. J. Clowes had entered a protest against the return in the Nelson Ward +“on the ground of the presiding alderman having left his post during the +election.” + +Nov. 7th.—The first general meeting of the Shareholders of the Britannia +Pier Company had been held, the accounts showing £1,365 received, and +£781 12s. 6d expended. + +Nov. 11th.—At the Council Meeting, Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed, and Mr. +Palmer (Deputy-Mayor) seconded, Mr. Francis Worship for the office of +Mayor. Mr. R. Steward then proposed Mr. W. H. Bessey, who declining the +honour, Mr. Steward suggested the name of Mr. Plummer, who also refusing +to serve, the Mayor declared Mr. Worship unanimously elected to the +office. + +The Poor’s rate was 1s. 4d. in the £. + +Nov. 14th.—Thirty-six gentlemen had attended the dinner given to the +Ex-Mayor at the Town Hall. + +Herring was selling at from £12 to £20 a last. + +The adjourned Vestry Meeting for the purpose of considering the propriety +of making a Church rate had been held in the Town Hall. There was a +large attendance of ratepayers, who were, of course, presided over by the +minister of the parish. The Committee appointed to consider the value of +the Church property recommended that that which had fallen in, and which +would fall in on the 25th of March next, should be re-let on repairing +leases of 14 years’ duration, at a rental of £76 16s.—Mr. J. H. Harrison, +one of the committee, gave a detailed account of all the Church property, +both of that which fell in in September last, and that which will fall in +during next year and 1859 and 1860. He had no doubt, whatever, that if +the property was properly managed, there would be no necessity for asking +for a Church rate after 1860.—Mr. C. S. D. Steward and Mr. E. R. Aldred, +the Churchwardens, moved and seconded respectively, “That in consequence +of the increased rental of the estate belonging to St. Nicholas’ Church +not being available for the current year, a rate of 1½d in the pound be +now made and assessed.”—Mr. J. H. Harrison thought that St. Peter’s +Church ought not to be included in the rate, and moved as an amendment, +“That St. Peter’s Church having been erected by voluntary contributions, +with an understanding that it should be maintained and supported by its +pew rents, and should in no way become a charge upon the parish, this +Vestry deems it advisable to refuse making a rate until the Churchwardens +do exclude the said Church of St. Peter wholly from their estimate.”—Mr. +J. Lawn seconded the amendment, but the Chairman refused to put it, on +the ground that he could not consistently with his duty do so.—After +considerable discussion, in the course of which the Clerk stated that St. +Peter’s Church could be legally included in the rate, Mr. W. T. Fisher +moved, and Mr. J. Lawn seconded, on the ground that the Church property, +if re-let at its full value, would realize more than sufficient for the +necessary repairs of the Parish Church, and that money, which could +afterwards be repaid out of the surplus, could be borrowed to defray the +expenses for the next two years,—“That this meeting resolves to adjourn +for four weeks, to obtain the necessary amount and thereby to avoid the +necessity of making a Church rate.”—The Chairman conscientiously refused +to put this amendment on the ground that it was not a _bona fide_ one, +and also the following amendment, which was likewise moved by Mr. W. T. +Fisher, “That in order to give the Churchwardens time to prepare a proper +estimate, the Vestry to adjourn for three weeks.”—Mr. J. H. Harrison then +moved, “That it is inexpedient and inadvisable to make a Church rate at +this meeting.”—The Chairman, however, refused to put this, as also +another amendment by Mr. J. H. Harrison to the effect, “That a Church +rate of a farthing in the pound be levied.”—After a great deal of uproar, +the motion of the Churchwardens was lost by a considerable majority. A +poll was then demanded, when the Chairman appointed Mr. J. L. Cufaude to +be the assessor, and the meeting adjourned. The following numbers were +polled during the afternoon:—For the rate 225, against it 195. + +Nov. 18th.—The polling of the Vestry had been concluded as follows:— + +For the Rate 651 +Against 771 + +and at 10 o’clock on Saturday, Mr. Hills stated that the poll would not +be re-opened. + +On the following day (Sunday) the clocks at the Parish Church and St. +George’s Chapel were stopped, and the bells “tolled” at the hour for +performance of divine service. + +Nov. 21st.—Mr. D. Tomkins, of the British School, had again satisfied the +Government Inspector. + +R. Hammond, Esq., had presented 40 cwt. of coal to the inmates of the +Fisherman’s Hospital. + +Nov. 28th.—It was calculated that there were 400 boats then engaged in +the Herring Fishing belonging to Yarmouth. + +Dec. 12th.—The Mayor’s “feast” had been held at the Town Hall, 120 +gentlemen being present, including Lord Sondes (High Steward), Sir E. N. +Buxton, Bart., M.P., Sir H. Stracey, Bart., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., +Colonel Elmhirst, Colonel Sankey, Major Taylor, Captain Nugent, Captain +Dunt, the Revs. B. Vaux, J. Gunn, M. Waters and J. B. Bampton, Messrs. R. +Hammond, W. N. Burroughs, C. J. Palmer, C. Cory, E. H. L. Preston, E. P. +Youell, W. Yetts, R. Steward, B. Jay, C. H. Chamberlin, R. S. Watling, I. +Preston, jun., W. C. Reynolds, R. Ferrier, W. H. Palmer, C. Preston, F. +Palmer, H. D Palmer, J. C. Smith, D. A. Gourlay, &c. + +The “recruiting staff” of the 9th Regiment, then at Yarmouth, consisted +of Lieut.-Colonel C. Elmhirst, Brevt-Colonel Sankey, Major A. Taylor, +Captains W. Dunt, H. F. Manton, W. Nugent, D. A. Barnett, R. P. O’Shea, +J. W. MacFarlane, — Carden, and J. Graham, Lieutenants H. G. H. Grubbe, +H. Gipps, and A. F. B. Wright, Adjutant Bolton, Ensigns C. S. Perry, J. +L. Bradshaw, S. Lynne and C. T. Coote, Quarter-Master Arrowsmith, and 19 +Sergeants and 10 Corporals. + +Dec. 30th.—There were 30 prisoners in the Gaol, and they had been regaled +with a Christmas dinner by the Mayor. + +The Clocks at the Parish Church and St. George’s Chapel had been set +going again at the instance of the Town Council. + + + +1858. + + +Jan. 2nd.—Contains the following article on the Old Year:—“1857 has been +a good year for our port. Our fisheries have prospered; our mercantile +and shipping report is favourable; and our commercial credit has stood +firm and upright against the pressure of a severe monetary crisis. We +have proved the elasticity of our resources, and have demonstrated the +strength and stability of our enterprise. The fashionable season has +also been one on which we have to congratulate ourselves. During the +summer and autumn of 1857, Yarmouth was full of visitors; our beach was +crowded with company; and our hotels and lodging houses were all full. +In short, on New Year’s Day we find that we can strike a balance on the +right side, and look forward with hope based on the solid foundation of +proved success. There is but one great drawback to the seasonable +satisfaction such a state of things affords. Our political divisions +have materially diminished the account in our favour, and have seriously +interfered with the social harmony of the town. We have suffered +ourselves to be led away into personal altercations, and have so departed +from the straight road of a defined and thought-out principle. This has +been a grave mistake, as we are now beginning to discover. But generally +we have yet to learn that political zeal is not inconsistent with the +courtesies of society, and that ill-tempered advocacy is worse than +useless. Let us hope, however, that the moderate men of both political +opinions, who must, we are sure, see the error of this course, will for +the future guard against indiscretions, which are as inherently wrong as +they are manifestly prejudicial to any cause that stands upon Principle +and is supported by its own Truth. We know we express the opinion of the +thinking portion of the constituency in advising an abstinence from the +littleness of factious strife, and in suggesting a more elevated view of +political verities, we are satisfied we are answering to the wish of the +most respectable members of the opposing parties, and are explaining what +is only wanting to consolidate the established prosperity of Yarmouth.” + +The Hospital meeting showed a deficit of from £40 to £50 on the annual +accounts. + +Jan. 6th.—It was rumoured than an addition would shortly be made to the +local Magistracy. + +Jan. 9th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer occupied the chair at the annual Library +Meeting. It was stated that there were then nearly 10,000 volumes +belonging to that Institution, of which about 22 were circulated daily. + +Jan. 13th.—Mr. Roach (Station-master) was, much to the regret of the +inhabitants, leaving Yarmouth. + +Jan. 16th.—Mr. George Danby-Palmer had presided at a dinner given to B. +Fenn, Esq., when that gentleman was presented with 203 oz. of plate +(value £100) by the Great Yarmouth Provident Fisherman’s Society, of +which he had acted as Hon. Sec. for 30 years. + +The Russian guns were to be placed at the South end of the Hall Quay. + +Court “Star of the East,” A.O.F., had held its anniversary at the Regent +Tavern. + +Jan. 23rd.—The Rev. F. W. Johnson had been appointed minister at St. +John’s Church. + +A meeting of the Town Council had been held to consider the question of +the proposed appointment of Justices, when Mr. E. H. L. Preston moved, +and Mr. B. Fenn seconded, the adoption of a memorial to the Lord +Chancellor, deprecating the proposed appointment of Messrs. P. Pullyn, D. +A. Gourlay, Frederick Palmer, William T. Clarke, John Barker, and John +Owles, and Mr. George Danby-Palmer moved, and Mr. Chapman seconded, an +amendment in favour of such appointments, which, on a division, was lost +by 25 to 5 votes. The Mayor made some warm remarks of a personal nature, +which brought a similar retort from Mr. Chapman, and it was stated that +“the last portion of these remarks was given amid applause in the gallery +and laughter of the members, the meeting breaking up in great confusion.” + +Feb. 6th.—The same question had been discussed at a meeting of +Magistrates, when the Clerk was directed to apply to the Lord Chancellor +for the correspondence with regard to the proposed appointments. + +Feb. 10th.—This request had been declined by his Lordship, and it +appeared that the Roll had been sent for, which led to a discussion of a +personal character. + +Feb. 13th.—The Town Council, on the motion of Mr. C. J. Palmer, seconded +by Mr. Burroughs, had voted an address to the Queen on the occasion of +the marriage of the Princess Royal. + +A letter was read at the same meeting, stating that the Lord Chancellor +had added the names of the six before mentioned gentlemen to the +Commission of the Peace. + +Feb. 20th.—It was proposed to extend the Marine Parade. + +The 9th Regiment of Foot had left Yarmouth for Bradford. During its stay +here some 200 recruits had been obtained. + +Mr. Frederick Palmer had qualified as a Justice of the Peace. + +St. John’s Church had been opened for service, when the Revs. F. W. +Johnson and George Hills preached in the morning and afternoon +respectively. + +Feb. 24th.—The cost of the maintenance of the poor of the parish had +increased since the passing of the 9th and 10th Vic. cap. 56 from about +£9,000 to £10,376 per annum. + +Messrs. J. Barker and P. Pullyn had qualified as Magistrates. + +Feb. 27th.—The 24-pounders at the Batteries were to be replaced by 74 +pound guns. + +March 6th.—Records the death of Rear-Admiral Sir Eaton Travers, K.H., +aged 70. The dates of his appointments were—Lieutenant 1804, Commander +1814, Captain 1829, Rear-Admiral 1855. He had seen much service, and was +nominated a K.H. on 4th of February, 1834. He possessed the silver naval +medal with one clasp, had a good service pension, and was a D.L. for the +county. Sir Eaton married in April, 1815, Anne Palmer, eldest daughter +of William Steward, Esq., by whom he had issue five sons and two +daughters. + +It was hoped that the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway would be opened by +the 1st of September next. + +March 13th.—A dispute had arisen between the Local Board of Health and +George Danby-Palmer, Esq., with regard to certain land at the south-end +of the town, and Mr. Chamberlin, acting as Mr. Palmer’s solicitor, had +complained to the Bench of having been assaulted by Mr. Morant (Town +Surveyor), upon the “locus in quo,” and what was described as a “scene” +had ensued. + +March 20th.—The Naval Hospital was being fitted up for the reception of +sick and wounded men from India; it was noticed that although fitted up +in a similar way during the Russian war, it had never then been used. + +Complaint was made of the “niggardly” way in which the Southtown Road was +lighted. + +March 24th.—Lord Sondes had presented a petition from the Town Council to +the House of Lords on the subject of the Magisterial appointments, but +after an explanation by the Lord Chancellor, who justified his action, +“the subject dropped.” + +March 27th.—Mr. J. S. Cobb had delivered a lecture on “Chemistry.” + +April 3rd.—Mr. R. Steward had protested against the Senior Magistrate +taking the chair in Petty Session as a matter of right. + +April 7th.—Ten publicans had been fined for keeping their houses open at +illegal hours. + +April 10th.—At the appointment of Overseers, Mr. E. H. L. Preston moved +the appointment of Messrs. William Green, James Borking, John Clayton, +and William Harbord; and Mr. Owles proposed Mr. James H. Harrison in the +place of Mr. Green. Upon the votes being taken, there appeared: For Mr. +Preston’s list—The Mayor and Messrs. William Danby-Palmer, E. H. L. +Preston, J. C. Smith, W. Yetts, W. Thurtell, B. Jay, W. H. Bessey, J. +Fenn, William Hurry Palmer, J. Cherry, R. Steward, C. C. Aldred, J. G. +Plummer, and B. Fenn; and for Mr. Owles’ list—Messrs. Geo. Danby-Palmer, +J. W. Shelley, W. Johnson, R. Hammond, P. Pullyn, D. A. Gourlay, +Frederick Palmer, W. T. Clarke, J. Barker, and J. Owles. + +April 17th.—From 3,000 to 4,000 persons had witnessed the launch of the +“Froderica,” of 600 tons burthen, from Mr. Branford’s yard. + +April 24th.—St. John’s Church had been consecrated by the Lord Bishop of +Norwich. + +H.M.S. “Edinburgh,” 74 tons, and two gun-boats had passed through the +Roads. + +April 28th.—Mr. John Clowes had been returned as a Councillor for the +Nelson Ward without opposition in the place of Mr. Samuel V. Moore, +deceased. + +May 1st.—Ninety ladies and gentlemen had attended a ball at the Town +Hall. + +The sum of £137 had been collected at the Consecration Services at St. +John’s Church. The Communion plate and stone pulpit in this church had +been paid for from the proceeds arising from the sale of the second +edition of the “Story of John Brock.” + +May 5th.—Reference is made to the drowning of the only son of Captain +Ellis, R.N., at Southwold. + +The Poor’s rate was 1s. 4d. in the £. + +The Summer excursion trains had commenced running, and had brought many +visitors from Norwich. + +May 8th.—Seventy invalids from Colchester camp were under treatment at +the Naval Hospital. The officers in charge were Captain Jervois, +Commandant; Captain Naylor, Pay-master; Staff-Surgeons, Bradford and Joy, +and Mr. Rippon, Purveyor. + +May 15th.—Disturbances had taken place between some of the Fermanagh +Militia and townsmen at Southtown, and the conduct of the Mayor was +impugned with regard to his desire to repress the report of this, when +Mr. de Caux vindicated the reports sent by him to the newspapers he +represented. + +May 22nd.—The mackerel fleet (about 100 sail) were nearly all at sea, and +prices had varied from 35s. to 45s. per hundred. + +The “Nil Desperandum” (500 tons) had been launched from Mr. Rust’s yard. + +June 12th.—Records the death of Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., one of the +M.P’s. for East Norfolk. + +June 16th.—Sir Henry Stracey, a candidate for the seat thus vacant, had +met the Conservative electors at the Angel-hotel, when Mr. E. H. L. +Preston occupied the chair. It was stated that “Sir Henry is a favourite +in Yarmouth from the interest he has taken in all that relates to the +interest of the town.” + +June 19th.—The Liberals had met at the Star Hotel, Mr. B. Dowson in the +chair, when a resolution accepting the Hon. Wenman Clarence Walpole Coke +as the candidate in the Whig interest had been adopted. + +John Berry had committed suicide by shooting himself on the South Denes. + +June 26th.—Mr. Falcke (a gentleman whose father formerly lived in the +town) had given subscriptions to the Hospital and the Ragged and British +Schools. + +June 30th.—At the County election, Mr. E. Fellowes, M.P., proposed, and +Colonel Fitzroy seconded Sir H. J. Stracey, Bart., and Mr. Bulwer +proposed, and Mr. Upcher seconded the Hon. Wenman C. W. Coke; the show of +hands was in favour of Sir H. J. Stracey, whereupon Mr. Bulwer demanded a +poll on behalf of the Hon. Mr. Coke. + +July 3rd.—The poll had been declared as follows:— + +The Hon. W. C. W. Coke 2933 +Sir H. J. Stracey 2720 + Majority 213 + +An analysis of the polling at Yarmouth showed— + + Coke. Stracey. +Yarmouth Voters 288 301 +E&W. Flegg ,, 150 195 +Out ,, 36 58 +Gorleston ,, 6 4 +Southtown ,, 14 14 + +Mr. Isaac Shuckford had been elected an Alderman in the place of Alderman +T. Foreman deceased. + +A fight had taken place on the North Denes between Plumb (of Bungay) and +Swash (of Yarmouth) for £10 a side. It lasted 1 h. and 35 min., and 93 +rounds were fought. Ultimately Swash was beaten. + +July 10th.—The “Minstrel” had been launched from Mr. Symonds’ and the +“Success” from Mr. Chapman’s yard. + +July 14th.—“Frequent collisions” were taking place between the Irish +Militia and the inhabitants. + +July 17th.—Britannia Pier had been opened. The Mayor attended with the +“civic authorities;” on his arrival two rockets were let off and cannon +were discharged. At the “dejeuner” subsequently held, C. C. Aldred and +C. Cory, Esqs., presided at the tables, faced by D. A. Gourlay, and G. B. +Palmer, Esqs. + +A “Marine Horticultural Fête” had been held on this pier. + +July 21st.—A Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk Freemasons had been held +at the Priory Hall, which 150 brethren attended. Subsequently a banquet +was held at the Town Hall, when P.G.M. Bro. B. Bond Cabbell presided, +Bros. Sir H. J. Stracey and C. H. Chamberlin occupying the vice-chairs. + +July 24th.—Fifty-seven sick and wounded soldiers, mostly Indian +sufferers, had arrived at the Royal Naval Hospital. + +July 28th.—It was computed that there were between 8,000 and 9,000 +visitors then in the town. + +There had been a heavy gale from the S.W. + +July 31st.—At the Regatta, which was held from the Wellington +Pier,—umpires, Lieut.-Col. Beckham and Mr. M. Butcher; hon. secretary, +Mr. Henry R. Harmer;—in the first yacht race the “Violet” (J. E. Kirby) +beat the “Aretion” (J. Goodson, Esq.), and the “Silver Star” (— Mann, +Esq.). The following yawls competed as under:— + + Came in + H. M. S. +Eclipse 54 ft. 6 0 32 +Royal Standard 49 ft. 5 58 40 +Queen Victoria 63 ft. 5 50 20 +Lady Hume 59 ft. 5 54 30 +Young Prince 47 ft. withdrew +Glance 47 ft. 6 3 23 + +In the next race (for small yachts) the “Kestrel” (W. Butcher) beat the +“Belvidere” (T. Read), “Isabella” (O. Diver), “Rover” (T. Palmer), and +“Gipsy Queen” (Harcourt); there were several other races. On this +occasion 1,700 persons visited the Wellington Pier, upwards of £40 was +taken at the gates, and it was computed that some 12,000 persons were on +the Beach; 3,000 persons visited the Victoria Gardens, where “Sam +Collins” performed, and Mr. Coe had the management of the display of +fireworks. + +Aug. 4th.—The acting Charity Trustees, Messrs. George Danby-Palmer and +Thomas Brightwen, had selected the following additional Trustees of the +Town Charity Estate:—The Rev. George Hills, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, and +Messrs. C. J. Palmer, J. Brightwen, B. Jay, E. H. L. Preston, C. C. +Aldred, Charles Cory, William H. Palmer, R. Hammond, W. P. Dowson, W. N. +Burroughs, and J. W. Shelley. Objection had been taken to the names of +Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Messrs. Aldred, Cory, C. J. Palmer, E. H. L. +Preston, and W. P. Dowson, and the names of Messrs. Pullyn, C. Miller, G. +Blake and J. Fenn proposed as Trustees. + +Aug. 7th.—At the Water Frolic, Mr. O. Diver acted as hon. secretary, and +in the first match the following yachts competed:— + +Endora (latteen) Cooke Horstead 13 feet +Nautilus (cutter) — Bungay 12 ,, +Clara (cutter) C. Smith Aylsham 14 ,, +Fairy Queen (latteen) R. Morton ,, 13 ,, +Unique (cutter) W. Teasdel Gorleston 14 ,, + +The Endora won. In the second race the entries were:— + +Belvidere T. Read Yarmouth 28 feet +Victorine J. Fiddes ,, — +Iris A. D. Stone ,, 27 „ +Tantivy Messrs. Morgan Norwich 19 ,, + +The Belvidere won. The third contest was for a cup, presented by D. +Falcke, Esq., for shrimp boats; the “Smack” won. + +During the sports Mr. Gardiner (editor of the _Yarmouth Independent_) was +knocked overboard by the boom of Mr. Diver’s boat, but, being a swimmer, +escaped with a “good ducking.” + +Aug. 14th.—A meeting had been held for the purpose of establishing a +“Beachman’s Institute.” The Mayor occupied the chair, and G. Harcourt, +Esq., addressed the meeting at some length; Mr. Fisher and the Rev. G. +Hills also took part in these proceedings. + +A mirage had been seen off the coast, presenting the appearance of a +number of ships sailing between two chalk cliffs, thought by some to +pourtray the Isle of Wight. Nothing of a similar kind had been seen in +Yarmouth for 75 years. It was noticed the weather had been close and +sultry and the tides low. + +Aug. 18th.—The sum of £139 18s. 6d. had been contributed for the +Beachman’s Institute. + +Aug. 25th.—The Norfolk Hotel, Marine Drive, had been purchased by Messrs. +Hills and Underwood for the sum of £2,160. + +Sept. 1st.—The sum of £448 had been subscribed for the restoration of the +Nelson Monument. + +About 100 vessels were then engaged in the North Sea herring fishing, the +fish realising from £12 15s. to £26 per last. + +George Wells Holt, Esq., who had officiated as Magistrates’ Clerk for +more than 22 years, had resigned that appointment. + +Mr. W. Holt (son of the late Clerk), Mr. H. R. Harmer and Mr. Costerton +were candidates for the office. + +Sept. 8th.—The following Magistrates attended on the appointment being +filled up:—F. Worship, Esq., (Mayor), R. Hammond, B. Fenn, J. G. Plummer, +W. Johnson, P. Pullyn, F. Palmer, R. Steward, D. A. Gourlay, W. T. +Clarke, J. Fenn, E. H. L. Preston, B. Jay, W. H. Palmer, W. Yetts, C. C. +Aldred, W. H. Bessey, G. D. Palmer, W. Thurtell, T. Brightwen, J. Owles, +and J. C. Smith, Esqs., and on the motion of Mr. Hammond, seconded by Mr. +Steward, Mr. William Holt was unanimously elected. + +The emoluments of the office were then about £375 per annum. + +Messrs. Mellor and Young, the M.P’s. for the town, had arrived, the +former at the Norfolk, and the latter at the Royal Hotel. + +The Artillery Militia had assembled for 21 days’ drill. + +There had been further disturbances between the Fermanagh Militia and the +townspeople, which had led to a conference between the Magistrates and +the officer commanding that Regiment, since which the soldiers had not +been allowed to enter the town after 6.30 p.m., and a picket had been +stationed on the Bridge. + +A fancy fair in aid of the Sailors’ Institute was being held in three +marquees fronting the Norfolk Hotel. + +H.M.S. “Pembroke,” 60 guns, had sailed for Harwich, after remaining in +the Roads 14 days. During her stay 40 volunteers had been entered upon +her books. + +The King of Prussia’s yacht “Grille” had arrived in the Harbour; she was +of 400 tons, and rigged as a three-masted schooner. The officers on +board were Captain baron Bothwell, Lieutenants Baron St. Paul, Baron +Dobenack, and Count Moate. + +Sept. 15th.—The Fermanagh Militia had left Yarmouth for Bradford, and +were to be succeeded by the Louth Rifles. + +The comet (visible with the naked eye) was getting brighter every night. + +Sept. 22nd.—One of a recently-arrived advance party of the Louth Rifles +named John Carret had been found drowned in the Yare. + +Sept. 25th.—Herring were selling at from £3 to £4 per last for manure. + +Sept. 29th.—The subscriptions to the Races amounted to only £289 18s. +6d., leaving the balance to be raised by sale of race-cards, &c. + +Mr. Colley was acting as House Surgeon at the Hospital. + +Oct. 2nd.—The East Norfolk Militia had been inspected by Colonel Lewis +prior to being disbanded. + +The Louth Rifles, 500 strong, had arrived, and marched into the Southtown +Barracks. The officers were Colonel Lord Bellew, Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. +Robinson, Bart.; Major Taaffe, Adjutant Bellingham, Surgeon Dixon, +Quarter-Master Edward Burke, Paymaster J. Burke, Captains O’Reiley, +Smith, Singleton, and Murray, Lieutenants Evans, Osborne, Townley, +Murphy, and Cormack, and Ensigns Mason, Lindsay, Standidge, O’Donald and +Twentyman. + +Oct. 6th.—The mortality in the town was then 23 in 1,000 persons. + +Oct. 9th.—The fishing had improved, and herring was selling at from £19 +5s. to £22 per last. + +William Holt, Esq., had given a dinner at the Crown and Anchor to the +officials connected with the Police Court. + +Mr. S. J. F. Stafford had been elected Surgeon for the North District. + +Oct. 16th.—The County Revision had been held before Mr. R. Couch at the +Tolhouse, Mr. Clowes appearing for the Liberals and Mr. Cufaude for the +Tories; also for the Borough, when Mr. Costerton appeared for the +Liberals, and Mr. Cufaude for the Tories. The Liberals claimed gains on +both these registers. + +Oct. 20th.—It was understood that R. Steward, Esq., would be Mayor for +the ensuing year. + +The Mayor (with Messrs. Pilgrim and Cooper as assessors) had held the +Municipal Revision, Mr. Costerton appearing for the Liberals and Mr. +Cufaude for the Conservatives; the former claimed a gain of 73 on the +proceedings. + +Oct. 27th.—Lieutenant Mends, R.N., had been presented with a handsome +gold pencil-case by the crew of H.M.S. “Dolphin,” (Revenue cruiser on +this station), on his resigning his command. + +Oct. 30th.—The Bishop of Norwich had confirmed 115 persons at St. +Nicholas’ Church. + +Nov. 3rd.—The following Councillors had been elected without +opposition:—_North Ward_: Messrs. W. Worship and J. B. Hylton. _Market +Ward_: Messrs. E. R. Aldred and D. A. Gourlay. _Regent Ward_: Messrs. R. +D. Barber and R. R. B. Norman. _St. George’s Ward_: Messrs. R. Ferrier +and B. Jay. _Nelson Ward_: Messrs. Charles J. Palmer and Charles +Woolverton. _St. Andrew’s Ward_: Messrs. Robert Steward and William T. +Clarke. + +Captain Ryder, R.N., Government Inspector, had examined 42 pupils at the +School of Navigation. + +Nov. 6th.—It was “confidently reported” that the Vicar (the Rev. G. +Hills) had been appointed Bishop of British Columbia. + +Nov. 10th—A claim had been made by a person whose father had served in +the army from 1802 to 1816, to sell excisable articles without a license, +under the 56 George III. cap. 67. + +Nov. 13th.—At the Council meeting held on the 9th, Mr. William H. Palmer +proposed, and Mr. Hylton seconded, Robert Steward, Esq., as Mayor for the +ensuing year, and he was declared unanimously elected, but as “the late +Mayor was about to invest him with the chain of office, His Worship +rather prematurely took hold of the chain and placed it on the seat.” + +A complimentary dinner had been given by the Council to the ex-Mayor, at +which C. J. Palmer, Esq., presided. + +Nov. 17th.—The Mayor had dispensed with the formality of being preceded +by the maces and other insignia of the Corporation in attending divine +service and taking his seat on the Bench. He had also declined wearing +the gold chain on the same occasions. + +Nov. 20th.—Attention was directed to the “Wonders of the Microscope, +published by Mr. Harmer, the photographist of Great Yarmouth.” + +Dec. 4th.—The Royal National Lifeboat Institution had sent one of its 30 +foot single-banked boats to this station. + +The Mayor had issued invitations for a dinner at the Town Hall to 170 +gentlemen connected with the town and district. + +The Rev. R. H. Nevill had been appointed to the Vicarage, which was +supposed to be worth some £350 per annum. + +Dec. 11th.—Mr. J. H. Harrison had lent the St. George’s Hall to the +tradesmen, who were getting up a concert for the benefit of the Hospital. + +Dec. 15th.—The Mayor, Sir John Robinson, Bart., S. C. Marsh and C. J. +Palmer, Esqs., had acted as Stewards of the first Subscription Ball, and +there were also present—the Mayoress, Captain Winyard, R.N., Captain +O’Reiley, Dr. Dixon, Captain Smith, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Harcourt, Mrs. and +Miss Gwynne, Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. Cubitt and family, Mr. and Mrs. +Ferrier, Mr. W. Travers, Mr. E. and Miss Preston, Mrs. S. C. Marsh and +family, Mr. H. Lacon, Mr. and Mrs. Barber and family, Mr. Jolly, Mr. F. +Danby-Palmer, Mr. Bullock, Mrs. A. Thompson, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Venning, +Mrs. and Miss Pearson, Dr. Button, Mr. and Mrs. Biddulph, Mrs. R. +Steward, Rev. Mr. Gott and family, Mr. Harmer, &c. + +Mr. J. Petts had been promoted to be Chief Coastguard Officer at +Yarmouth. + +Dec. 11th.—It was proposed to present Bishop Hills with a silver +Communion Service. + + + +1859. + + +Jan. 5th.—A meeting had been held (C. J. Palmer, Esq., in the chair) for +the purpose of raising a fund with a view to presenting a testimonial to +the Rev. George Hills. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, and Messrs. R. Hammond, T. +Brightwen, C. C. Aldred, E. H. L. Preston, C. S. D. Steward, and C. Cory, +took part in the proceedings, and £145 was raised in the room. + +The Mayor (R. Steward, Esq.), had given away 300 cwts. of coal to poor +persons. + +Jan. 12th.—It was reported that 20 missionary clergymen would accompany +the Rev. G. Hills to his new mission, and that Mr. Lupson, Scripture +Reader, should be ordained and go as one of these. + +Jan. 15th.—The members of the Ship Insurance Society, to the number of +30, had held their annual dinner at the “Crown and Anchor”; Mr. D. A. +Gourlay occupied the chair, and Mr. D. B. Palmer the vice-chair. + +Jan. 22nd.—The East Suffolk Railway was to be opened on the 1st March. + +Jan. 29th.—The Rev. G. Hills had preached his farewell sermon. + +The Mayor had given a Juvenile Ball to 130 children at the Town Hall. +Among those present were members of the following families:—Reynolds, +Youell, Harcourt, Cufaude, Marsh, Impey, Tompson, Clarke, Donald, Norman, +Bond, Aldred, Lettis, Woolverton, Butcher, Barnby, Ayers, Reeve, Laws, +Bayly, Chamberlin, Dashwood, Bracey, Palmer, Shuckford, Smith, Smyth, +Plummer, Barber, &c. + +Bro. John Cobb had been installed W.M. of Lodge “Friendship” by Bros. O. +Diver and J. W. Bunn, and he had appointed the following officers:—Bros. +W. Wright, S.W.; G. Harley, J.W.; C. L. Chipperfield, S.D.; J. H. Bly, +J.D.; and George Knox, I.G. + +Feb. 5th.—The ladies had presented plate to the value of 50 guineas to +the Rev. G. Hills. + +Mrs. Gray had given a “ball and reception” at the Town Hall. + +Feb. 9th.—About 100 Foresters had attended the funeral of Bro. Hatch, at +Gorleston, on Sunday, which proceeding had been objected to by the Vicar. + +Feb. 12th.—A “Reform” Meeting had been held, Mr. Livingston in the chair. + +Feb. 16th.—Mr. Boning, of Cambridge, had accidentally injured himself +while shooting on the Caister Marshes. Dr. Smyth, Mr. F. Palmer, Mr. +Skinner and Mr. Colley (Hospital) were attending the sufferer. + +Feb. 19th.—Mr. Nevill, the new Incumbent, had arrived, and was going “to +read himself in” on the next Sunday. + +Feb. 23rd.—This ceremony had been duly performed by him. + +A Reading-room had been established in connection with the Subscription +Library on the Quay. + +Mr. J. C. Smith had presided at Mrs. Sizeland’s annual dinner at the +Royal Hotel. + +A high tide had washed over the Beach up to the Marine Drive wall. + +Feb. 26th.—The Foresters had held a dinner at the Corn Hall; 100 brethren +attended. The Chief Ranger (Bro. Franklin) presided, and Bros. Steele, +Horne, E. Stagg, Dr. Smyth, Dumbleton and Thompson took part in the +proceedings. + +March 2nd.—Dr. Hills had been consecrated Bishop of British Columbia at +Westminster Abbey. + +The first train from Yarmouth had run over the East Suffolk line. + +March 5th.—A search for treasure had been made at the “Stone Cairn” on +the North Denes, it seems from the report, without effect. + +The old Jetty was to be repaired. + +The officers of the Louth Rifles had given a Ball at the Town Hall, for +which about 180 invitations were issued. + +March 19th.—Messrs. Mellor and Young had attended a Reform Meeting at the +Corn Hall; from 1,000 to 1,200 persons were present. Among the gentlemen +accompanying the M.P.’s were Messrs. R. Hammond, P. Pullyn, Gourlay, F. +Palmer, Clowes, Briggs, Barker, &c. + +March 23rd—There was a “rage” for new buildings in the town. + +March 30th.—A Court of Foresters had been opened at Hasbro’, the +officiating officers being D.C.R. Stratford and C.R. Franklin (of Court +“Crown and Anchor.”) + +April 2nd.—The question as to who were to be the Liberal candidates for +the Borough was being “mooted”; it was reported that Mr. McCullagh was to +be put on one side, that Mr. Mellor would withdraw, and that Messrs. +Watkin and Young would take the field. + +A new Coastguard Station was being erected at a cost of £3,500. Mr. +Norfor, contractor. + +April 6th.—The action of “Morant _v._ Chamberlin” had been referred to +Mr. Barstow. + +April 9th.—Both parties had been waiting for notice of the Dissolution of +Parliament. Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Sir H. J. Stracey were making a +house-to-house canvas, accompanied by Messrs. W. Yetts, W. Thurtell, R. +Ferrier, C. Cory, S. C. Marsh, W. Worship, E. H. L. Preston, J. G. +Plummer, F. Ferrier, J. Fenn, &c. + +The Liberals had held a meeting on the Hall Plain, which 3,000 persons +attended. Mr. Briggs occupied the chair, and Messrs. J. Clowes, R. +Hammond, J. Owles, J. W. Shelly, and P. Pullyn took part in the +proceedings, which eventuated in the selection of Messrs. Watkin and +Young as the Liberal candidates. + +April 13th.—Both parties had held meetings, the Liberals at the “Star” +and the Conservatives at the “Fish Stall House.” + +April 16th.—Both parties expressed themselves confident of success, but +it was supposed that Gorleston would turn the scale; the voters there +were described as “dangerous men.” + +The barque “Athelstan” (Captain John Bracey) was to be launched from +Fellows’ yard on the 19th. + +April 20th.—The Liberal electors “and their wives” had met at the Corn +Exchange, while the Conservatives had held a meeting at the Victoria +Gardens. + +April 23rd.—Contains the following report as to + + “THE ELECTION.” + + The greatest activity prevails on both sides, and as the decisive day + approaches, the feelings of partizanship are becoming greatly + intensified. The printers have had a lively time of it, and turn out + a great quantity of matter, an opinion appearing to be prevalent that + quality is a secondary consideration. During the last few days, + songs, parodies upon songs, speeches, and gross personal abuse have + been issued by the supporters of Mr. Watkin, (for it must be admitted + that Mr. Young holds himself aloof from this scurrility) with the + object, we suppose, of doing that gentleman some good. In our + opinion they will have a contrary effect, as we have heard many + respectable Liberal electors express themselves disgusted with such + unnecessary vulgarity. It may be very true, that in addressing the + people, it is necessary to call a spade a spade, but it cannot be at + all requisite that the minds of the people should be attempted to be + influenced by strong specimens of the Billingsgate vocabulary. Where + wit is lacking, silence is preferable to blackguardism. On the + Conservative side there has also been a fair number of coloured bills + and printed addresses issued; but the writers in this interest have + abstained from attempting to be funny. In printed abuse, however, + they endeavour to rival their opponents. Betting, if that may be + considered a piece of electioneering business, is decidedly in favour + of the Conservative candidates. Each party attributes motives of the + most improper kind to the other, and it will be seen that Mr. Watkin + fears that his opponents may indulge in “corruption.” On the other + hand, Sir E. Lacon says voters had told him they dare not support + him, as they should be inclined to do, in consequence of persons on + the Liberal side having put the “screw” upon them. Tradesmen + generally will be glad when the contest is over, as it is daily + creating much personal animosity. + +The “Athelstan” had been launched; she was of 500 tons burden, and was to +take out Bishop Hills’ effects to British Columbia. + +The “Haddiscoe Swamp” had caused a great difficulty on the East Suffolk +line, which was consequently still not open for traffic. + +William Howlett, “Red” bill-poster, and Robert Crisp, “Blue” bill-poster, +had been before the Magistrates owing to a dispute arising out of the +election placards. + +April 30th.—Both parties had been holding nightly meetings of a +“convivial character.” On Wednesday some 300 to 400 persons had paraded +the town shouting “Down with Lacon and Stracey,” and had broken the +windows of the Red Committee rooms in the Market-place. + + “THE NOMINATION” + + took place on the Hall Plain; the platform, in the centre of which + was reserved a place for the Mayor and the Candidates and friends, + being on the Crown and Anchor “leads.” The Blues were to the left of + the Mayor and the Reds to his right; and in front of the house there + was at the time proceedings commenced an assemblage numbering 4,000 + or 5,000, including a number of females. The Liberals were the first + to arrive on the “leads,” and on Mr. Watkin showing himself to the + crowd, he was loudly cheered, a compliment which the candidate duly + acknowledged. Shortly afterwards the approach of the Conservative + party was indicated by the deep groans of the crowd, who manifested + some indications of hostility: but on its being discovered that the + Conservative cavalcade was headed by a party of very + pugilistic-looking persons, decorated with red ribbon, the + threatening attitude of the crowd was somewhat modified, and the two + Baronets, with their friends, were allowed to ascend to the “leads” + unmolested. When the two parties had taken their places on the + balcony, the Liberals proposed three cheers, which were given by the + great majority, accompanied by the groans of the minority. A number + of “beery” individuals struggled to the front, and were a source of + annoyance to the speakers throughout. A few minutes before three + o’clock the Mayor arrived in state, preceded by his + sergeants-at-mace, and accompanied in his carriage by Mr. C. J. + Palmer, who acted as his solicitor for the occasion. When his + Worship appeared in the balcony the Blues, for some reason, commenced + hissing him, much to the disgust of several of the leading gentlemen + of the Liberal party, who protested against such unseemly + proceedings. We may state, before attempting to report the numerous + speeches that were delivered, that during the whole of the + proceedings—more especially when it was the turn of the Conservatives + to speak—the crowd was exceedingly disorderly, and by their loud + shouting and groaning rendered most of the speakers inaudable to + persons a few yards distant from them. The Mayor was grossly + insulted at the commencement, and as the proceedings progressed + several fights were got up, and the interference of the police was + frequently required. Anything more unreasonable and unreasoning than + the majority of the crowd it would be impossible to conceive, and + when the nomination closed there did not seem to be any person in the + balcony opposed to the opinion of the Mayor—that the “whole thing was + a farce.” One side of the question was not heard at all, and the + majority shouted without knowing what about. This was singularly + illustrated during the speech of Mr. Watkin, when that gentleman took + upon himself the functions of the returning-officer, by calling upon + the crowd for a show of hands, which, singularly enough, was against + him. Mr. Watkin said, “All those that don’t want me to go to the + poll, hold up their hands.” A forest of hands was exhibited to the + great amusement of the Conservatives, who cheered the result. Mr. + Watkin then told his friends that they were mistaken, and having + explained the mistake to them, assuring them that they were too + intelligent to vote him down, he took another show of hands, which + was in his favour. We shall be excused for commenting upon the + proceedings here; but the disorder and noise was so great that, as + most of the speakers could not be heard, we are necessitated to do + it, in order to make our report intelligible. From the beginning to + the end “noise” had it in numbers; but in fighting the honour seemed + to be with the Reds, who exhibited considerable proficiency in the + pugilistic art. The crowd, which was very closely packed, was + divided into two sections, the Blue and the Red, the former having + about ten to one of the latter. At times both sections were very + ill-behaved, but their misconduct was kindly overlooked by the whole + of the speakers except Mr. Watkin, who took the liberty of + designating the minority of the “people” as “scoundrels” and + “ruffians.” These polite designations appeared likely to stir up the + ill-blood of the people, inasmuch as four or five fights immediately + commenced, in one of which an unfortunate fellow sustained a severe + fracture of the proboscis, and it was not until the Mayor had, to use + a significant local word, “checked” Mr. Watkin, and warned him + against the violent nature of his harangue, that comparative order + was restored. The fights in question are deserving of notice. One + began between a female, whose bonnet was trimmed with yellow ribbon, + and a stout man in a blue guernsey. Gallant Reds and Blues rushed + into the affray, doubtless with the object of protecting the woman, + and there was every probability of a general set-to. The Mayor, + however, directed the police to interfere, and the contest was + suppressed, with apparently no worse results than the infliction of a + few disagreeable blows on the frontispieces of the combatants. The + other fights were of less importance; but altogether this display of + pugnacity had the effect of causing the outside portion of the crowd + to run away from what they considered to be danger. Other fights, as + will be seen from the report, also occurred. One feature in the + general noise was much remarked by the gentlemen on the balcony, and + as it was amusing we notice it. A half drunken beachman or + fisherman, just so far gone as to be witty, but who was unmistakeably + a Blue, planted himself in front of the balcony, and by his + extraordinary shouting succeeded in making himself heard above the + surrounding tumult. There was some natural humour about this fellow, + and the way in which he shouted excited the laughter of the Mayor and + both parties on the balcony. The man shouted until the veins grew + large in his forehead; he jumped and screamed—he laughed and waved + his hat, and others laughed with him—indeed, for a time all laughed + with him; he was in a state of ecstacy or violent enthusiasm. It was + difficult for a time to make out what the man meant, but at length he + was understood, and his fun was appreciated. Sir E. Lacon wears a + full moustache, and so does Sir H. Stracey, and those hirsute + ornaments were the objects of this excited individual’s enthusiasm. + He laughed and shouted—his voice being heard above the murmur of the + crowd,—for fully an hour,—“The beard! the beard! will nobody shave + him? A shave! a shave! Fetch a barber! fetch a barber!—(Loud + laughter.)—A clean shave! A shilling for a razor! a razor! a razor! + O Lord, a clean shave,” &c. Ultimately the man climbed to the top of + a post, and threw his hat into the face of a railway porter; the + porter ran to him and struck him in the mouth two or three times, + with a force that evidently astonished him, and as his scream then + became somewhat distressing, he was ignominiously removed to the + outside of the crowd. Many other noticeable incidents occurred, + which will be found mentioned in our report. But there is one + circumstance which did not altogether develop itself at the meeting, + that we feel compelled to notice. Society, from experience, knows + that the prude is the loudest and severest advocate of virtue; but, + as Josephus has remarked, “Every man will think of this as it seemeth + good unto him.” We have noticed the Gorleston voters, we have + recorded the boastings and professions on both sides, and we have + ventilated rumours which have been so far well founded. The incident + we are about to mention we can vouch for; it is possible, should + circumstances necessitate it, of being proved. On the Wednesday + evening, mob law, intimidation, corruption, “the screw,” and all the + worst elements of electioneering were resorted to; and we regret to + say that the parties who most publicly exhibited themselves as + disorderlies were persons whom we won’t classify, but who cried out, + “Down with Lacon and Stracey” and “Three cheers for Watkin.” + + “THE TIN CANISTER.” + +A report had been “current that a mysterious old gentleman had arrived +from somewhere with a tin canister full of sovereigns, and from the way +in which he was dressed it was generally supposed that he was either a +Russian or a Shrewsbury man come for the purpose of bribery. “Said +person,” as the Yankees say, was seen in the rear of the balcony at the +Crown and Anchor, defying anybody to penetrate the secret of his +identity, but occasionally winking and ejaculating, with an occasionally +eructory sound, the words, “All right—in for Watkin.” This strange +gentleman departed in the evening, minus, it is said, the canister. We +will now pass over the irregularities of the story, and give you the +words of our informant, whose high standing and character place him +beyond suspicion:—“I had attended the Yarmouth nomination, and took my +railway seat, at 8.40 p.m. for Norwich. There were two or three +gentlemen in the first-class compartment in which I had placed myself; +and one gentleman was a peculiar sort of mysterious individual. After +eyeing the party well, the gentleman gravely said, “Both sides are +buying, I’m afraid, at Yarmouth.” One of the party doubted the +assertion, but the ancient traveller smiled and said, “No, no.” Further +explanations took place, until at length our interesting fellow-traveller +volunteered this remark, after a feeler from one of the party, “You know +I came down from Manchester yesterday, to see my particular friend W—. +Deuced clever fellow—one of the best railway men in the country. He did +wonders for the Manchester and Lincolnshire line, and if we get him in we +shall expect him to be one of the best railway men we have.” One of the +party asked, “Are you a Yarmouth voter, sir?” Old Traveller: “No, but I +wished to see my friend W— on very particular business, and so I just +came down to Yarmouth to see how his election was getting on _as well_, +and to add my mite of influence.” This, perhaps, will account for the +story of the tin canister. The rest we shall leave to the report.” + +Mr. J. Cherry proposed, and Mr. R. Dumbleton seconded Sir E. H. K. Lacon. + +Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. J. Owles seconded Mr. Watkin. + +Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed, and Mr. S. C. Marsh seconded Sir H. J. +Stracey, + +And Mr. J. W. Shelly proposed and Mr. P. Pullyn seconded Mr. Young. + +The show of hands was in favour of Messrs. Watkin and Young, whereupon a +poll was demanded for Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Sir H. J. Stracey. + +May 4th.—The poll had been taken in Wards as follows:— + + Lacon. Stracey. Watkin. Young. +St. Nicholas’ 97 89 76 71 +Market 117 113 100 99 +Regent 112 108 91 88 +St. George’s 102 94 89 84 +Nelson 166 153 119 106 +St. Andrew’s 105 102 93 88 + Total 699 659 568 536 + +But it was stated that “there were many cases of bribery, and the +defeated party threatened a petition against this ‘return.’” + +May 7th.—Between £500 and £600 had been promised as subscriptions to that +end. + +There had been a fashionable ball at the Town Hall. + +The Norfolk Artillery Militia had left for Sheerness. + +Miles Swiney had been shot in the side by one of the Louth Rifles on the +North Denes. + +May 11th.—It had been proposed to raise a Yacht Club, Mr. H. Morgan +acting as Treasurer, and £100 had been subscribed for the purpose. +(N.B.—This was the starting of the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club.) + +Meetings of electors had been held to promote the petition. + +May 18th.—The petition was “likely to reveal a ‘_high_ state of political +morality in the Borough.’” + +May 21st.—Contains the Lord Lieutenant’s proclamation as to the formation +of Rifle Corps. + +May 25th.—A few persons were talking of raising one of such corps at +Yarmouth, but no active steps had been taken in regard thereto. + +May 28th.—On the Queen’s Birthday, the Mayor had given a luncheon and +ball at the Town Hall. + +The testimonial “consisting of silver candelabra, &c.,” and the +Corporation address had been presented to Bishop Hills at the Town Hall. +Some 250 persons were present, amongst whom were—Messrs. C. J. Palmer +(who presided at the luncheon), Brightwen, C. Aldred, S. Aldred, Sir E. +Lacon, M.P., Reynolds, Nash, C. Cory, R. Hammond, F. Worship, W. Worship, +E. Frere, F. Palmer, F. Ferrier, T. Brightwen, Captain Holmes, Dr. Smith, +Rev. Nevill, Johnson, &c. + +June 1st.—Contains the following report of a + + “MEETING TO ESTABLISH A VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS.” + + On Friday, a meeting, called by the Mayor, was held at the Town Hall, + to take into consideration certain communications which his worship + had received from General Peel, the Secretary at War, and Lord + Leicester, the Lord Lieutenant of the County. There was a very + numerous attendance. Amongst the gentlemen present were—Sir E. + Lacon, Bart., M.P., Lieutenant Colonel Beckham, Captain Naylor, + Captain Holmes, Rev. J. B. Bampton, Rev. T. Lowe, Messrs. J. H. Orde, + F. Worship, W. Worship, W. Yetts, S. C. Marsh, C. C. Aldred, C. J. + Palmer, E. H. L. Preston, J. Clowes, Foreman, &c. + + The Mayor stated that he had called the meeting in consequence of + communications he had received from General Peel and the Lord + Lieutenant, and in compliance with a requisition which he had + received, and which was signed by seventy gentlemen. He read General + Peel’s letter and the requisition. He had prepared no resolution or + anything of that sort, but should leave the gentlemen assembled to + propose anything they might think proper. + + Mr. W. Worship said the subject upon which they had been called + together was one upon which there could be no difference of + opinion—(hear, hear)—and in order to put the proceedings into a + practical form, he should move that a committee be appointed, which + would include Sir E. Lacon and Mr. Orde. + + Mr. R. Ferrier said he had much pleasure in seconding the motion, and + he hoped it would be understood that, although they were forming a + military corps, such men as himself might be allowed to contribute to + the expenses which would be incurred in its formation. There were, + doubtless, many men in the town who could afford to pay for the + accoutrements and give up the necessary time; but there was also in + the town a fine class of men, in every way eligible, who could not + afford that. It was, therefore, in assisting the latter class that + such men as himself could be useful. (Hear, hear.) He should be + glad himself to pay the annual expenses of some man who could not + afford to do it himself; and had no objection to put his name down at + once for £10 a year. (Hear, hear.) + + Mr. S. C. Marsh said he did not wish to interrupt the proceedings; + but before they formed the committee he thought they should, by some + resolution, declare it desirable to form a Rifle Corps. (Hear, + hear.) Having decided to form a corps, the next step would be to + form a committee to carry out the necessary arrangements. He was + sure Englishmen would respond to the offer that had been made them to + allow themselves to form volunteer corps for the defence of the + country. Norfolk had never been behindhand in the manifestation of + patriotic feeling, and he hoped that would not be the case on this + occasion. Yarmouth had before shown what she could do for the + Governments of England and the defence of the country, and he hoped + she was prepared to do something now. (Hear, hear.) He begged to + move “That it is expedient to establish a Volunteer Rifle Corps for + Great Yarmouth and its vicinity.” + + Mr. Ferrier seconded.—Carried unanimously. + + Sir E. Lacon, M.P. said he thought it highly essential that a town + like Yarmouth should take a stand and come forward at once in + obedience to the proclamation that had been issued by the Queen. + They must all put their shoulders to the wheel, and wherever they saw + a fine young fellow who was a likely man for the corps, if he did not + come forward they must ask him to do so. The duty they had to do + that day was very slight indeed, but for his own part, he would say + that he should give the movement all the encouragement that he + possibly could. (Hear, hear.) He should now move that a committee + be appointed, with power to appoint a sub-committee, and with + directions to go round the town and see what force could be got up. + (Hear, hear.) Yarmouth was a large town it was true, but there were + also districts around it out of which to draw much assistance; but he + certainly thought it would be desirable to take in the Flegg Hundreds + and the Island. + + Mr. J. Clowes said there were many men in the town who, from age and + other causes, would be unable to serve in a rifle corps, but who + would be very desirous of taking part in the defence of our + shores—men who were too old to sleep all night in the marsh ditches, + or under hedges. (Laughter.) For that class of men, he thought + there should be an Artillery Corps, as many of them, though not fit + to take the field, would be ready to man a gun or work a battery. + + The Mayor said it was out of the scope of the present meeting to + discuss an Artillery Corps. + + Mr. Orde said Government had intended that they would sanction and + approve the formation of Artillery Corps. + + Mr. Marsh’s motion was then put and carried. + + Sir E. Lacon, in answer to Dr. Stephenson, said it would, no doubt, + be a desirable thing to have a mounted Rifle Corps, only they could + not get the horses, and if they could get them, many would be unable + to keep them, besides which he should object, unless he wished to see + some of them killed, to their mounting horses. (Loud laughter.) But + he might say that, at an agricultural dinner, where he was the other + day, he heard the farmers express themselves strongly in favour of a + mounted force in the Fleggs and the Island. + + Mr. C. J. Palmer suggested that all who wished to support the corps, + either by serving in it or by their subscriptions, should come + forward and put down their names at once. (Hear, hear.) + + The Mayor said he would take down the names of any gentlemen who + wished to join the corps. When they saw who were willing to join, + they might name a committee, and appoint some gentleman to act as + secretary. That being done, the future conduct of the movement would + remain with the committee. + + The following gentlemen then gave in their names as members of the + corps:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, M.P., Sir H. Stracey, M.P., + Lieutenant-Colonel Beckham, S. C. Marsh, C. J. Palmer, B. Jay, R. + Ferrier, W. Worship, F. Palmer, F. Worship, W. J. Foreman, W. C. + Reynolds, S. Aldred, Dr. Stephenson, J. H. Orde, G. Harvey, G. Baker, + Rev. J. B. Bampton, H. Teasdel, J. W. Bunn, Captain Holmes, C. Brown, + J. Tomlinson, H. R. Harmer, G. Diver, H. H. Barber, J. Franklin, E. + Fyson, J. B. Stevens, J. Playford, G. B. Costerton, H. Teasdel, T. P. + Burroughs, Ambrose Palmer, A. W. Morant, Rev. T. Lowe, and J. Clowes. + + Mr. R. Ferrier moved that the foregoing be appointed a committee to + carry out the arrangements for establishing the corps, with power to + appoint a sub-committee; and that Colonel Beckham be requested to act + as honorary secretary. + + The motion was carried unanimously, and the book containing the list + of names was ordered to be left at the Police-station during the + ensuing week, to give persons desirous of joining the corps an + opportunity of entering their names. + + The proceedings then concluded. + +June 8th.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club had held its first meeting +on Breydon Water, and subsequently the members (who appeared in Club +uniform) dined at the Club House (Norfolk Hotel), when the healths of +Colonel Wilson, Commodore; F. Brown, Esq., Vice-Commodore; Mr. Everitt, +of Cove Hall, (father of the Club); Mr. Scott, Aylsham, and others were +duly honoured. + +Mr. Bradnum’s shop at Gorleston had been struck by lightning. + +June 11th.—Mr. Mellor, Q.C., M.P. for Nottingham, had presented the +petition against the return of the M.Ps. + +June 15th.—The Mayor and the Town Clerk had had a serious “difference of +opinion,” and the former gentleman had declined to accept the “_amende +honorable_” tendered him by the latter. + +It was stated that some 60 persons were ready to join the Rifle Corps. + +June 18th.—The paper had opened a branch office at No. 31, King Street, +Great Yarmouth, with Mr. Clarke as correspondent. + +Lord Chelmsford, before resigning the seals, had appointed Mr. Francis +Worship, Mr. John Clarke, and Mr. E. P. Youell, Magistrates for the +Borough. + +June 22nd.—A meeting had been held at St. George’s Hall, (Mr. Harrison in +the chair), for the purpose of taking steps to advertise the town. + +Forty invalid soldiers had arrived at the Royal Naval Hospital. + +June 29th.—There now appeared to be two petitions lodged against the +return of Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Sir H. J. Stracey, one signed by Mr. +John Clowes (solicitor), and the other by Mr. Bayly (surgeon) and Mr. +Pilgrim (draper). + +A meeting of the first Company of Volunteers had been held at Crowe’s +Sale-rooms. This body now numbered 90 men, the second Company having 56 +members. Mr. Dumbleton occupied the chair, and Mr. Marsh having +explained the position of affairs, the following gentlemen were elected +officers:—Mr. Marsh (captain), and Mr. Foreman (first), Mr. Brown +(second), and Mr. Preston (third) Lieutenants. + +July 2nd.—The second Company had met at the Angel. Major Nesbitt +presided, and the following officers were elected:—Mr. Orde (captain), +Mr. E. P. Youell (Lieutenant), and Mr. J. Tomlinson, jun., (ensign). + +There were from 8,000 to 10,000 persons on the Piers, Drive, &c., on +Sunday evening. + +July 6th.—Mr. Mellor had given notice that he should call attention to +the state of the Yarmouth Bench of Magistrates. + +The following cricket match had been played on the South Denes:— + + MR. OVEREND’S SIDE. MR. WILLIS’ SIDE. +Mr. Lawry 7 Mr. Ling 1 +Mr. Jackson 3 Mr. Borlase 5 +Mr. Fenner 1 Mr. Ellis 0 +Lieutenant Townley 12 Mr. Larke 0 +Mr. Ablitt 7 Mr. Clarke 2 +Mr. Overend 7 Mr. Willis 1 +Mr. Cocks 0 Mr. Davey 8 +Mr. Edwards 0 Mr. T. B. Stevenson 17 +Mr. Baker 0 Mr. Tewsley 4 +Dr. Stephenson 4 Mr. Stolworthy 0 +Mr. Wright 4 Mr. Green 0 + Byes 2 Byes 5 + Wides 2 Wides 5 + Total 41 Total 48 + +Afterwards the players dined at the Crown and Anchor Hotel. + +July 16th.—Owing to his altercation with the Town Clerk, the Mayor +declined to attend the meetings of the Council. + +July 20th.—One of the petitions against the M.Ps’ return had been +withdrawn. + +The Rifle Companies numbered over 200. Mr. Orde’s Company mustered 80 at +their first drill in the Barrack Square. + +There were then on the Parish Books 272 indoor and 1,247 outdoor paupers, +as against 1,134 in the preceding year. + +July 27th.—Lieutenant-Colonel Mason had retired from the command of the +East Norfolk Militia. + +The Foresters had held a “gala” at the Vauxhall Gardens. + +Aug. 3rd.—A very large number of Speaker’s Warrants had been issued in +connection with the Election Petition. + +Aug. 13th.—Eliza, second daughter of S. C. Marsh, Esq., had been married +to Captain Burke, of the Louth Rifles, at the Roman Catholic and St. +Nicholas’ Churches. The bridesmaids were Miss Marsh, the Misses +Victoria, Louisa and Emily Marsh and Miss Waters; the bridegroom’s men +were Major Taafe and the officers of the Louth Rifles, and the carriages +of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. W. +Danby-Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. Walpole, Mr. and Mrs. Dashwood and others +were present on the occasion. + +The Donegal Regiment was to succeed the Louth Rifles at Yarmouth. + +Aug. 17th.—The transport “Himalaya” had brought the former, and taken +away the latter regiment; the Louth Rifles had given a ball on board that +ship. + +Aug. 20th.—The porch of the Parish Church was being restored. + +There had been a great deal of rain, but the town was very full of +visitors. + +Aug. 24th.—It was reported that the shock of an earthquake had been felt +at Hopton. + +One hundred and fifty Horse Artillery had been encamped on the North +Denes. + +Mr. Marsh’s Company of Volunteers were to be equipped as Artillery. + +Mr. Orde’s Company had drilled on the South Denes in public for the first +time. + +The expenses of the Borough Election had been returned by the auditor as +follows:—Conservatives, £809 15s.; Liberals, £603 17s. 4d. + +Visitors were flocking to the town, and it was supposed that the standard +population had thus been doubled; beds were fetching the “highest +prices.” + +The “Prophet Jack” was preaching on the Beach. + +Sept. 3rd.—Among the company present at the Races were Count Batthyany, +Lord W. Powlett, the Hon. Harbord Harbord, Colonel Wilson, Sir E. H. K. +Lacon, M.P., and Sir H. J. Stracey, M.P. + +Sept. 7th.—Colonel Henderson had attended at Yarmouth to report on the +proposed Artillery Corps, and had informed the Mayor and Mr. Marsh that +it “would have every encouragement from the Government.” + +William Ingram, a labourer, had been scalded to death in Mr. Frosdick’s +Tanning Copper. + +Sept. 10th.—The Magistrates had had another “warm” discussion on +Licensing Day, as to the granting of new licenses. + +There were 400 cases of appeal against the Poor’s Rate from the St. +George’s Ward. The Overseers proposed to compound up to a rental of £6 +10s. per annum. + +The Rev. W. Griffiths had been “ordained” at the King Street Chapel. + +Two or three “Dutch schuyts” had visited the port. + +The officers of Mr. Orde’s Company had received their commissions. + +The Donegal Militia had marched out for their first drill on the Denes +under the command of Major Todd. + +Sept. 17th.—The 6th annual meeting of the Elocution Society had been +held, Mr. W. Gill in the chair, when Mr. Lovewell Blake, the Secretary, +brought up a favourable report of the proceedings of the Society. + +There were a great number of Rate appeals from the North Ward. + +The Mayor having determined to commit a prisoner named Angel, (in which +course the other Justices did not concur) left the Bench, and had +intimated by letter “That he should not sit again as a Magistrate.” Next +day His Worship again informed the Bench that he had been misled by Mr. +Holt, and that he should not sit. + +Sept. 21st.—Three “gents” having hired a house in Brandon Terrace, had +been victimising the tradesmen. + +Sept. 24th.—Two of these persons, who gave the names of Thomas T. George, +and William Arnall, had been before the Bench and ordered to find two +sureties for the peace in £50 each, themselves being bound for £100 each; +subsequently George was bailed out by his stepfather, a London gentleman, +who stated that the prisoner was an articled clerk in receipt of £200 a +year from his mother. + +The North Sea herring voyage was “fairly alive,” as much as £30 a last +having been realised for some of the fish. + +Sept. 28th.—The following were the tenders for the Ballast dues:—James +Pumfrey. £405; D. S. Bayfield, £375; and Jacob Preston, £600. The late +lessee, Mr. J. H. Harrison, did not send in a tender. + +Mr. Preston, however, subsequently threw up his tender, and the dues were +offered to Mr. Smith (an ex-lessee) for £550 per annum. + +There had been a “fine illustration of the Northern Lights.” + +Oct. 1st.—A special meeting of the Council had been held as to the +Ballast question, when Mr. C. C. Aldred stated “they had been called +together through Mr. Preston’s tomfoolery.” + +Captain Marsh and Lieutenant Foreman had received their commissions, and +thereupon taken the oaths before the Magistrates. + +Oct. 5th.—The Revision of the Voters’ Lists had been proceeded with +before Mr. Couch, Mr. W. C. Reynolds representing the Tories and Mr. +Costerton the Liberals. The latter claimed a gain of four votes as the +result of the proceedings. + +Fifty members of the 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers had been sworn in +by B. Fenn, Esq., and were subsequently entertained by their officers at +the Crown and Anchor Hotel. + +A Poor’s Rate of 1s. 4d. in the £ (to raise £3,365 3s.) had been signed. + +One Corporal and three Privates of the Donegal Militia had been heavily +fined by the Justices for assaulting Mr. Nall (printer) and several +policemen. + +Oct. 22nd.—Lord Claude Hamilton and officers of the Donegal Militia had +entertained the officers of the French steamer “Galilee.” + +Oct. 26th.—The appointment of officers and non-commissioned officers in +the Volunteer Companies had been made, as follows:— + +Artillery Company: Captain: S. C. Marsh; Lieutenant: Foreman; +Sergeant-Major: Franklin; Sergeants: Dumbleton, Moody, and Stolworthy; +Corporals: Suffling, Clarke, and Clements; Armoury-Sergeant: Offord; +Orderly Clerk: Sergeant Crowe. + +Rifle Company: Captain: J. H. Orde; Lieutenant: Youell; Ensign: J. +Tomlinson, junr.; Sergeants: Harmer, Bunn, Preston, and James; Corporals: +Dick, Willis, Fellows, and Pearson. + +Oct. 29th.—Sixty feet of the Britannia Pier had been carried away by a +vessel during a gale which prevailed on the coast. + +Mr. Chapman had retired from the representation of the Regent Ward. + +Nov. 2nd.—The “Shipping Interest” was in a distressed state. + +The Herring Fishing was going on satisfactorily, £15 per last being given +for fish. + +Nov. 5th.—Five wards had been contested. In the _Regent Ward_ Mr. S. B. +Cory beating Mr. F. Palmer by one vote. The following were the +Councillors elected:—_North_: W. N. Burroughs and H. Boulter. _Market_: +C. C. Aldred and F. Worship. _Regent_: S. C. Marsh and S. B. Cory. _St. +George_: J. G. Plummer and J. C. Smith. _Nelson_: G. D. Palmer and C. E. +Bartram. _Gorleston_: E. H. L. Preston and H. Teasdel. + +Among the company present at a Ball held at the Town Hall, were—The Mayor +and Miss Steward, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Hamilton, M.P., and Lady Hamilton, +the Hon. Harbord Harbord, Sir H. Stracey, Bart., M.P., and Lady Stracey, +Lady Plumridge, Mr. and Mrs. I. Preston and the Misses Preston, Mr. and +Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. A. +Steward, and the Misses Steward, Captain and Mrs. Marsh, Captain J. H. +Orde, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, Dr. Smith, Mr. Tilson, +&c. + +Herring was making from £18 to £20 per last. + +Bribery had been practised (it was stated) in the Regent Ward, “to a +disgraceful extent.” + +A drinking fountain was being erected at the north end of the Town Hall. + +On Tuesday, the gale which had commenced on the previous Tuesday abated, +and the weather since that day, had continued to improve. + +The Regatta Committee Accounts showed a balance in hand of about £60. + +Nov. 12th.—At the Council Meeting, Mr. R. Ferrier proposed, and Mr. +Nightingale seconded, Mr. William Worship as Mayor, and he was +unanimously elected to that office. + +The retiring Aldermen were Messrs. T. Bunn, G. S. Shingles, W. C. +Reynolds, J. G. Rivett, I. Shuckford, and E. P. Youell, the following +Aldermen were elected:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., T. Bunn, G. S. +Shingles, I. Shuckford, E. P. Youell, and R. Purdy. + +Nov. 16th.—Owing to the damage sustained by the structure, it had been +determined to shorten the Britannia Pier by about 100 feet. + + “ON ALDERMANIC SIXES.” + + “At Norwich, Tories loud complain, + ’Cause Liberals are elected; + At Yarmouth, he’s alleged _insane_ + Who growls that they’re rejected.” + +Nov. 23rd.—The Municipal Elections on November 21st had been held as +follows:— + + _Regent Ward_. +Mr. W. C. Reynolds 110 +Mr. Frederick Palmer 77 + _St. Andrew’s Ward_. +Mr. Richmond elected without +opposition. + +Nov. 26th.—A dinner had been held at the Town Hall in honour of R. +Steward, Esq., the ex-Mayor. Sir E. H. K. Lacon presided, and C. J. +Palmer and J. B. Hylton occupied the vice-chairs. + +It was proposed to raise, by shares, £8,000 for the purpose of building +Assembly-rooms on the Marine Drive. + +Nov. 30th.—The Rifle Company had met “in full dress at the +Victoria-gardens,” mustering between 80 and 90 strong on this occasion. + +Dec. 3rd.—The foundation-stone of the “Wherryman’s Church” had been laid +by W. Worship, Esq., the Mayor. + +The Mayor had presented rich window hangings and carpets to the Town +Hall. + +Dec. 7th.—It was proposed to form a second Company of Artillery +Volunteers. + +The Rifle Corps had dined at the Corn Hall, when Captain Orde presided, +and the Mayor, Lord C. Hamilton, Captain Marsh, Lieutenant Foreman, and +Dr. Stephenson (1st N.A.V.), had been present. + +Dec. 17th.—At the Mayor’s Inaugural Dinner, 150 gentlemen had attended, +the Volunteer Officers appearing in full uniform. The following took +part in the after-dinner proceedings:—The Mayor, Lord C. Hamilton, Rev. +H. Nevill, Lord Sondes, Mr. E. Howes, M.P., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., +M.P., Stracey, Bart., M.P., the Recorder, (Mr. N. Palmer), Captain Orde, +Captain Marsh, Mr. F. Worship, the Town Clerk, Mr. R. Ferrier, and +Captain Donelly. + +Mr. E. R. Palmer had offered a prize of £3 3s., to be shot for by the 1st +N.A.V. + +The Mayor had presented £50 to the District Visiting Society. + +About 100 Rate Summonses had been issued. + +Dec. 21st.—The Rifle Volunteers had attended St. Nicholas’ Church on +Sunday in uniform. + +The Magistrates were discussing the question as to who was entitled, in +the absence of the Mayor, to the chair at the Petty Sessions. + +Dec. 24th.—The Rev. F. W. Johnson, Minister of St. John’s, had died in +London somewhat suddenly. + + + +1860. + + +Jan. 4th.—The Artillery Company had secured the services of a band, and +armed the trumpeters “with swords.” + +Several herring boats had again proceeded to sea. + +Jan. 7th.—Mr. Hulley and Sergeant Cattermole were playing in the N.A.V. +Band. + +Jan. 11th.—The “canard” that one of the M.Ps. intended to retire was +denied. + +Petitions were being largely signed in favour of marriage with a deceased +wife’s sister. + +About 30 gentlemen had attended the dinner of the Amicable Shipping Club, +including Mr. Gourlay (who presided), the Mayor, Mr. R. Hammond, Mr. +Burroughs, Mr. Martin, &c. + +Jan. 14th.—It was stated that Mr. French (whose smacks had been sold +under a deed of assignment) had lost his wife’s stays, in which a sum of +£400 was sewn up, and that the reward offered was £50 or £100. + +Jan. 18th.—The daughter of Mr. R. Guthrie (aged 6 years) had been run +over by a cart. + +Mr. Bowgin’s house at Southtown had been broken into and several articles +stolen therefrom. + +Court “Bear of the Forest,” 3187, had celebrated its first anniversary at +the Bear Inn, Southtown. Fifty members sat down to dinner, Bros. +Mitchell and Palmer occupying the chair and vice-chair respectively. + +Several houses had been broken into by thieves. + +Jan. 25th.—The Rev. H. Nevill had “politely requested” well dressed +persons not to frequent the Beachman’s Church. + +“Ghosts” were said to haunt Southtown, and had specially amazed one +Macdonald, an engine cleaner at the Southtown Station. + +Jan. 28th.—The following further appointments had been made in the +N.A.V.:—Corporal: W. Marsh. Bombardiers: Rees, J. Fish, J. Taylor, and +J. Myhill. Acting ditto.: J. Bartram, R. Dumbleton, T. W. Larke, and W. +Hunt. + +Feb. 4th.—At a meeting of the N.A.V., held at the Victoria Gardens, +Lieut. Foreman and Gunner Morant were recommended to the Lord Lieutenant +as Captain and Lieutenant of the second Battery which it was proposed to +raise. + +The Donegal Militia had given an entertainment at the Town Hall from 2.30 +to 6.30 o’clock; the Band attended, and the company enjoyed a dance. + +A second Company of Volunteers was being raised. + +Bro. W. Wright had been installed W.M. of Lodge “Friendship.” + +Feb. 8th.—It was supposed that the Prince of Orange was likely to become +the husband of the Princess Alice. + +Wild rifle practice was being indulged in at Cobholm Island and other +parts of the town, to the danger of the inhabitants. + +Feb. 11th.—W. Rising, Esq. had presided at the annual Market Dinner at +the White Horse, when Mr. Mortlock Lacon had repudiated the suggestion +that Sir Edmund intended to retire from the representation of the town. + +The Medical Staff of the Military Hospital had given a ball to 120 guests +at the Town Hall. + +Mr. C. Melly had erected a drinking fountain in front of the Port Dues +Office. + +“Tom Sayers” was reported to be about to spend three weeks in the town +previous to his “set to” with Heenan, the American. + +Feb. 15th.—W. Worship, Esq., (Mayor and Chairman of the Board of +Guardians) had given a treat to 293 inmates of the Workhouse. + +Feb. 18th.—An amateur performance had been given at the Theatre in aid of +the Hospital. In the first piece _Used Up_, Captain Hayes, Mr. Robert +Harmer, Dr. Kingdom, Sergeant-Major Greaves, Captain Darcus, J. +McCormick, Esq., Ensign Lecky and two professional ladies appeared. +Sergeant Bonner then danced an Irish jig, after which the _Irish +Attorney_ was given, in which the parts of the Attorney and Hawk were +taken by Mr. Courtenay and Mr. Burton Steward, and the performance +terminated with _Done on both sides_. About £25 was thus realised for +the charity. + +There had been a “great fire” on the Middle Market Road. + +Many persons who had promised to subscribe to the “Petition Fund” were +“backing out.” + +E. P. Youell, Esq., was to be Captain of the 2nd Company of Rifle +Volunteers. + +On Valentine’s Day the ladies took great advantage of the fact of its +being “Leap Year” in sending these missives to the gentlemen. + +Feb. 22nd.—The Donegal Militia had given a second afternoon dance at the +Town Hall. + +Mr. T. M. Read had been elected second Lieutenant in the N.A.V. + +“Monday was Cock (antique) or Orange Fair, when the Market Place was +thronged by the usual ‘fair’ attractions.” + +March 3rd.—“A most violent and destructive hurricane” had visited the +town and country. + +The petition had been heard, and the members retained their seats, which +news had caused great rejoicing amongst the Tories, while “the money” +question was likely to cause some trouble to the petitioners. + +Captain Foreman and Lieutenant Morant had been gazetted to the first +N.A.V. + +The following had been elected officers of the second Company of +Rifles:—Captain, Mr. Youell; Lieutenant, Mr. Harmer; Ensign, Mr. E. +Preston. + +An untanned leather bag, containing 70 coins of the reign of Henry VIII. +had been found on the Beach after a great thickness of sand had been +blown away by the late westerly gale. + +March 10th.—Lieutenant Read and 70 members of the N.A.V. had escorted +Captain Marsh, Captain Foreman, Lieutenant Morant, and Dr. Stephenson to +the Railway Station on their proceeding to the Leveè; the other officers +then present were Captain Orde, Lieutenant Youell, Ensign Tomlinson, and +Surgeon Frederick Palmer, of the Rifles. + +March 24th.—The “Donegals” had celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, beginning at +five o’clock in the morning. In the afternoon the Officers gave another +dance at the Town Hall and entertained a numerous party of friends at +their mess at the Southtown Barracks. + +April 7th.—Mr. J. Lee-Barber had been elected a Second Lieutenant in the +N.A.V. + +In the Rifle Corps, Corporals Dick and Pearson and Privates Barber and +Cobb had been elected Sergeants. + +April 11th.—On Good Friday both Volunteer Corps had “fraternised” and +drilled together on the Denes; it was estimated that on this occasion, +which was the first “turn out” of the kind, from 8,000 to 10,000 +spectators, including Sir E. Lacon, M.P., Captain Holmes, Major Todd, and +many ladies and gentlemen, were present. + +April 14th.—There had been a grand Conservative banquet at the Theatre, +at which 350 persons were present. Mr. R. Dumbleton occupied the chair, +and was supported by Sir E. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Sir H. Stracey, Bart., +M.P., the Mayor (W. Worship, Esq.), F. Worship, C. Cory, and C. J. +Palmer, Esqs., Captain Marsh, Captain Mansfield, and Officers of the +Donegal Militia and others; Mr. W. Wright and Mr. R. Breeze occupied the +vice-chairs; Mr. Franklin catered for the party. + +Messrs. Steward and Aldred had been re-elected Churchwardens by the +Vestry. + +April 25th.—The following Volunteer officers had been entertained at the +Donegal Mess:—Captain Marsh, Lieutenants Burton Steward, A. W. Morant, +John Lee Barber, and T. M. Read, and Dr. Stephenson (1st N.A.V.), and +Captain Youell, Lieutenants Tomlinson, and Harmer, Ensigns Preston and +Brown, and Surgeon Frederick Palmer (4th N.R.V.). + +April 28th.—Great complaint was made as to the mode of levying the Poor’s +Rate. + +In the Divorce Court, James Cherry, Esq., had obtained a decree for the +restitution of conjugal rites against his wife, who was entitled to the +income derived from a sum of £8,000. + +May 5th.—The Mayor had given a grand Ball at the Town Hall, when dancing +was kept up until four o’clock in the morning. + +The E.N.M. had been inspected on the Denes by Major-General Douglas. The +Rifle Volunteers were also on the ground. + +Bro. Hanworth, Secretary of the “Good Samaritan” Lodge, M.U.O.F., had +been presented with an ornamental silver inkstand. + +May 9th.—A Ball “of a very elegant character” had taken place at the Town +Hall. + +The E.N.M. had been disembodied, when “many of the men celebrated the +event by getting drunk.” + +The 1st N.A.V. had received 19,000 cartridges and 23,000 percussion caps. + +A fine porpoise had been gambolling in the river, near the Haven Bridge. + +May 16th.—The first lot of mackerel (300 fish) had been landed, and +realised £4 per hundred. + +May 23rd.—On the Queen’s Birthday, the 1st N.A.V. had fired a salute from +the South Star Battery. + +There was a scarcity of labour in the town. + +May 26th.—The “launching foy” of the “Caroline” had been held in the Town +Hall (this vessel had been launched from Powell’s yard, after being +repaired at the expense of £5,000.) + +May 30th.—From 40 to 50 lives had been lost off Yarmouth in a “fearful +hurricane,” during which one of the pinnacles had been blown off St. +Peter’s Church and damage done to the fabric to the extent of some £200. + +June 2nd.—Sixty recruits were drilling for the Rifle Corps. + +Mr. Watkin had addressed a “Reform” meeting at the Corn Hall. + +The Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton had confirmed 50 children and +adults at St. Mary’s Church, Regent Road. + +June 7th.—It was now stated that eleven fishing luggers had been lost +with all hands. + +Twelve fishermen out of the village of Horsey alone had been drowned. + +The 1st. N.A.V. were forming a 3rd Company, of which Lieutenant +Lee-Barber was to be Captain, Mr. Trafford 1st Lieutenant, and Mr. Green +2nd Lieutenant. + +June 13th.—Fayerman (one of the witnesses at the hearing of the Election +Petition) had been charged by Sir E. Lacon with perjury, while arising +out of this charge actions for slander were being brought against that +gentleman by some aggrieved “Blues.” + +June 16th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall to raise a fund for +the relief of the widows and children of the fishermen lost in the recent +gales. About £500 was raised in the room. + +June 20th.—The Mackerel voyage was only a “moderate success.” This fish +was making 36s., and herring 12s. 6d., per hundred. + +June 23rd.—Henry Fayerman had been committed for trial on a charge of +perjury. + +The Rifle Volunteers had shown themselves “remarkably well instructed in +the theory and practice of the rifle.” + +£2,240 had been raised for the families of the drowned fishermen. + +“The actions against Sir E. Lacon for libelling the Liberal Committee had +been postponed to next term.” + +July 4th contains the following account of the + + VISIT OF THE CHANNEL FLEET. + + The Channel Fleet has at length visited our Roads, much to the + gratification of thousands of the Queen’s lieges, as well as to the + galling disappointment of thousands of the same excellent body. The + squadron came in in the open day, clear to the gaze of multitudes, + but disappeared like a majestic phantom in the night. A little more + than a week ago we were informed that the Channel Fleet had, after an + anchorage of sixteen days in St. Margaret’s Hope, Frith of Forth, + left its moorings under canvas, with auxiliary steam power, and + proceeded down the Frith and out to sea, destined for the Yarmouth + Roads. As we stated in our last impression, the consequence of that + information being diffused was to put all the speculators and + quidnuncs of the town and neighbourhood on the alert. Leaving St. + Margaret’s Hope on the Saturday, the fleet would certainly, it was + argued, be here on the Tuesday, on which day the Marine Parade and + the Beach were literally swarmed with expectant people, whose glasses + were searching the waters in every direction; but, owing either to + the perversity of Admiral Neptune, the weather office, or the + Vice-Admiral in command (who is admitted by everyone to be a pleasant + and courteous gentleman), the fleet did not arrive. Much + disappointment and innumerable prophecies followed, and while some + knowing individuals averred positively, and “on undoubted authority” + that the fleet had passed and would not come in here, others were + equally confident, on the strength of telegrams and “unquestionable + information,” that the great ships would be seen, on the “next + flood.” As, however, they put in no appearance up to Friday evening, + the conviction that they had omitted us began to be pretty general, + especially when “undoubted authority” satisfied us that the squadron + had been seen some distance to the south of this port, namely, in the + Wold. A few persons held out, notwithstanding their belief that the + ships would visit us, and were stirring early on Saturday morning to + catch the latest intelligence, when lo! the rumour spread that the + fleet was in sight. People began hurrying to the Beach, which, + between 8 and 10 o’clock a.m. presented, as to throng and bustle, an + appearance equal to that of Tuesday, with the single exception that + the fair sex had not had time to put on the gay attire in which they + looked so well on that day. As the Royal Albert, three decker, flag + ship of Vice-Admiral Freemantle, came in sight, the cry was, “There + they are!” and as the magnificent vessel steamed up into the gat + there appeared something so triumphant and majestic in her appearance + as to make every one who saw her feel proud of the “wooden walls,” + which have so long defied all the enemies of Old England. Britannia + from the top of the lofty pedestal in front of the gatway might look + down with pride upon the splendid ship which marched in stately + grandeur “o’er the mountain waves.” The Royal Albert was seen to be + followed by a long dark line of smoke, and every few minutes other + great ships came in sight moving apparently with ease and + controllable but irresistible force. As the flagship came through + the gat of St. Nicholas, the dense masses of people who lined the + shore expressed in a variety of forms their admiration of the + dimensions and commanding aspect of this great three decker. The + seafaring people looked at the matter with a professional eye, and + amongst them might frequently be heard such expressions as “Old + Rounce (the Gorleston pilot) is bringing her in stunnin!” On came + the great ship,—as gracefully and as gently as a swan would move upon + the surface of an untroubled lake,—until she was surprisingly near + the shore for a ship of her size. She then glided round in a most + beautiful manner, as if looking for the best place to drop her + anchor, a point which was soon decided, when it was found that she + was in about an exact line with the Victoria Hotel. The sight in the + gatway had now become grand in the extreme, as all the line of battle + ships were in sight, moving majestically forward by the aid of power + unseen, while the flagship was actively engaged in signalling to the + various ships as they came up as to the respective positions they + were to take. The ships seemed to be managed with perfect ease, and + could be turned or moved in any direction with surprising celerity. + The scene while they were taking up their positions and dropping + their anchors was beautiful and will not soon be forgotten by those + who saw it. + + The Locust, steam tender, had arrived in the Roads previously, and + the ships that arrived with the Royal Albert, which has 121 guns, and + carries 1,100 men, were the Edgar, 91, flagship of the Rear-Admiral + Erskine, the Mersey frigate, 40; the Donegal, 101; the Trafalgar, 91; + the Conqueror, the Centurion, the Mars, the Diadem, the Algiers, the + Aboukir, and the Greyhound corvette, 17, acting as tender to the + Royal Albert. The fleet anchored in two lines, and presented a most + gratifying spectacle to the inhabitants, who felt what a security it + must be in a time of war, while at the same time they could not + refrain from reflecting on the terrible havoc that must be committed + were those quiet-looking ships to unbosom their thunders, and vent + their indignation upon the town for a space of about five minutes. + Soon after the Vice-Admiral’s flag ship had anchored, the Volunteer + Artillery fired a salute of 15 guns, but owing to the regulations of + the service, the ship was precluded from returning the compliment. + The band of the Artillery subsequently played on the Drive, and gave + a festive character to the morning. Reports rapidly got afloat as to + how long the fleet would stay, some contending that it would not go + till Wednesday, as the Admiral and officers had accepted an + invitation to a ball which the Mayor purposed giving at the Town Hall + on Tuesday evening; while, on the other hand, it was asserted that + the fleet would depart in the course of the night, as during the day + they received five or six despatches from the Admiralty, and thus + disappoint the thousands who it was expected would come into the town + by rail on Sunday. Neither of the predictions turned out to be true. + Had the ships not been detained at sea by the contrary winds, which + caused them to keep steam up even to the last, they would have been + here for four or five days. Before coming in they had for two or + three days been within 60 miles of us, trying to reach here with + their sails alone. They had not been long at anchor before sundry + mariners and bare-footed frolicsome and reckless tars, were seen + ashore, lugging away immense baskets of fresh bread, butter, &c., and + diversifying this duty by fraternising with as many of the girlhood + of the place as they happened to come in contact with. The Blue + Jackets are decided favourites ashore, and few people seem disposed + to prevent them doing as they please. It would give great + satisfaction to the inhabitants of this town, if, in their annual + cruises, the Channel Squadron would occasionally drop in here, for we + are sure that their present visit, besides being advantageous to the + town, will obtain many seamen; for who would wander about in a rotten + and miserable old collier when he might lead a worthy and a jolly + life amongst excellent fellows, on board a floating tower and mansion + equal to the most convenient and best regulated establishments + ashore? It is a long time since a fleet was seen in our Roads, + although there is probably no point upon the coast where so much + shipping passes as this. The last fleet that was in the Roads was in + 1810, under the command of Admiral Somers, whose flagship was the + Victory (Nelson’s old ship), and that fleet passed here on its way to + the Baltic, the ports of which it was going to blockade. There were + then in the fleet besides the Admiral’s ship of 98 guns, the + Formidable, 98; the St. George, 98; the Dreadnought, 98, now a + hospital ship, and a number of 74’s, making together fourteen sail, + some of which were with Admiral Sir John Ross, at the blockade of + Dantzic, in 1812 (and frozen up there in 1813). In 1801, Nelson was + in here on his way to Copenhagen, and in 1807, Admiral Gambier’s + fleet was bound for the same place, and sailing hence fetched in the + ships and stores of the Danes. In the time of those fleets, the + North Sea and Baltic Pilots of this port were of great service—a + class of men of whom, we believe, only one remains. His name is + Richard Webb. He was frozen up in the Baltic in 1812, while acting + as pilot (wintered there during the burning of Moscow), and was + altogether engaged for 15 years in piloting government vessels in the + wars of that time, important services for which the old boy alleges + he has received nothing but unfulfilled promises from the “great + guns” aloft. One would think that an old sailor who had served in + the “battle and the breeze” for so long a period, and in such + momentous times, ought to have received some substantial recognition + of his services. + + The fleet and the officers and men from it who came ashore during the + day have been closely scrutinized and gazed at, parties having been + on board the flagship, it became a question of interest as to what + they would do at night. At sunset a gun was fired from the Admiral’s + ship, at the sound of which, as if by magic, the flags dropped from + the stern of every vessel at the same instant, though the topyards + did not go down as was expected. That was about half-past eight + o’clock, and at nine bang went another gun from the Admiral’s ship + followed by the rattle of musketry on board the others, and seamen + said, ‘There’s the old Admiral a-fallen down the main hatchway,’ that + being the correct nautical form of indicating that the hands were + ordered to ‘turn in.’ At about the same time lights were shown in + front and at the sterns of the ships, producing a brilliant and + lively spectacle, taken in conjunction with the hundreds of lights on + small craft lying at anchor, and as shown by the screw colliers which + were ever and anon passing through the fleet and flowing out dark + volumes of smoke. With Saturday Mr. Swann’s contract to supply beef + at 4½d. per lb., luckily for him, expired, and he agreed, we believe, + to execute the orders of the fleet at 6½d. + + Sunday morning, as had been anticipated by the Yarmouth innkeepers + and others, brought an immense number of people into the town, the + trains from Norwich being very lengthy. The weather was fine, and as + the fleet still remained in the Roads, there was every prospect of + enjoyment. As the excursionists came into the town they proceeded, + after refreshing the inner man at the earliest opportunity, either to + the beach or on board the three steamers of Fill and Co. (Chesapeake, + Volunteer and Florence Nightingale), which were ready, as soon as + filled, to start for a journey round the fleet. The Chesapeake was + the first to start, and as she steamed down the harbour the + excursionists had a good view of the quays and shipping, and also of + the hamlet of Gorleston. As soon as the bar was crossed, the great + ships were all plainly visible, their sides bristling with guns, and + alive with seamen, who, on the visitors approaching, exchanged a few + friendly shouts with them. From the middle of the two lines in which + they were moored, the ships had a noble and awe-inspiring effect upon + those who had not before seen such wonders of the sea—they were, in + fact, so many towers of strength filled with dauntless warriors. The + Mersey, the smartest, the swiftest, and most powerful frigate of the + fleet, was greatly admired, as was also the Royal Albert, and many + thought— + + “How proud must be our Admiral + Of such a bonny barque.” + + Officers and men were at nearly all parts of the ship, and cordially + invited the excursionists to go on board, an offer which the steamer + declined, out of regard to the safety of the passengers. Small + pleasure boats from the beach, however, were running to the fleet in + large numbers, cutting and plunging through the sea that might have + made some persons timid. The steamers disembarked their freight at + the Britannia Pier (which found Sunday the most prosperous day of its + existence) and continued throughout the day to run to and from that + Pier without intermission. Indeed, in the afternoon the Britannia + Pier, which was crowded almost from end to end, presented a + remarkable spectacle. The beef, potatoes, and greens for the fleet + were brought to the pier-head in carts, and were stacked for + conveyance to the ships in the ships’ boats. The sailors, amongst + whom was the usual per centage of black fellows, tossed the beef and + cabbages into the boats in a manner not at all ceremonious, and one + quarter to a certainty, though some say three or four, was pitched + into Davey Jones’s locker. This scene of conveying away the carcases + of about 60 bullocks (so the number was stated, though we think over + the mark), of a few sheep, and goodness only knows how many cabbages + and loaves, was very interesting to the public, and kept the pier + crowded with spectators till six or seven o’clock. There was in the + afternoon and evening the largest assemblage of people on the parade + and beach that the oldest inhabitant remembers to have seen in the + town, and it was not till a late hour that the last disappeared. The + effect of so many strangers being in the town was to effect an entire + demolition of most of the eatable stores in the hands of the + innkeepers; and it is sufficient to say that a great thirst + prevailed. The Jacks and officers who were ashore in some force in + the afternoon preferred wandering into the town and outskirts; and + the former, who as a rule were shoeless, seemed to pick up a good + deal of fun. Besides the usual mode of conveyance of pouring in + visitors, we observed several original vehicles from the country + arrive in the afternoon, laden to excess and to the evident + inconvenience of the passengers. The day passed off so well that the + majority of the inhabitants retired, hoping, we have no doubt, that + the Channel Fleet might remain a week. Sinister rumours, however, + were at work, and some fears were secretly entertained. Great bags + of letters had been taken from and sent to the Post Office, and + report was that despatches had been received ordering the fleet off + to Spithead at once. + + When the general bulk of the population awoke on Monday morning, + alas! the fleet—with the exception of the Mars, which had lost an + anchor and was waiting to endeavour to regain it—were off! They left + us between five and six o’clock; and many have a firm opinion that + the Mars was detained by some Providential influence, so that the + thousands of excursionists who came in on Monday, in the hope of + seeing the Channel Fleet, might not be utterly disappointed. May a + British Fleet honour us again with its presence, at the earliest + opportunity. + +The following Commissions had been issued:—“Great Yarmouth Rifle +Volunteer Corps—Frederick Palmer, Esq., to be Surgeon; Henry Ralph Nevill +to be Hon. Chaplain.” + +The trident had been struck by lightning from the hand of Britannia on +the Nelson Column. + +July 7th.—The “Good Samaritan” Lodge, M.U.O.F., had voted £5 5s. to the +Fishermen’s Fund. + +Mr. Job Smith had presided at a Working Man’s Reform Meeting, held in +Crowe’s Assembly Rooms. + +July 21st.—The Fisherman’s Widows and Orphans’ Fund exceeded £7,300. + +The new building for the Sailors’ Home was progressing rapidly. + +“The hot weather had brought large numbers of excursionists to the +sea-side.” + +July 25th.—The Donegal Militia had left the town for Ireland, where they +were to be disembodied. + +Aug. 1st.—“Benjamin Hollis, a fine young man belonging to the Artillery +Volunteers,” had been buried with Military honours. + +Aug. 4th.—The 3rd and 4th Companies of the Rifle Volunteers had appeared +for the first time in uniform. + +A “young lady about twenty years of age had disappeared” at the same time +as the Militia left the town. + +Aug. 8th.—At the Water Frolic the “Iris” won the cutter match, and the +“Enchantress” the latteen match. + +“A reward of £100 had been offered for the apprehension of John D. +Chapman, late of this town.” + +At the Regatta the following had been the result of the matches:— + + FIRST GLASS YAWLS. + + A Purse of £30, to be sailed for by yawls from all parts; of not less + than 45 feet in length, manned by the beachmen engaged in saving life + from shipwreck. First prize, £15; second, £10; third, £5. No + entrance fee. The first yawl to pay £1, the second 15s., and the + third 7s. 6d. to the Regatta Fund. + +Queen Victoria, Yarmouth 1 +Eclipse, Lowestoft 2 +Gipsy Queen, Winterton 3 + +A Purse of £50, to be sailed for by Yachts belonging to any Royal Yacht +Club in Great Britain, above 20 tons and not exceeding 50 tons register. +No restrictions as to sails or men. The winner to pay five guineas to +the second yacht. + +Belvidere, (T. M. Read,) Yarmouth 1 +Kestrel, (W. Butcher), Norwich 2 + + SECOND CLASS YAWLS. + +A purse of £20, to be sailed for by yawls from all parts, of not more +than 45 feet in length, manned by beachmen. First prize, £12; second +prize, £5; third prize, £3. First yawl to pay £1, second yawl 10s., +third yawl 5s. to the Regatta Fund. + +Good Tidings, California 1 +Volunteer, Yarmouth 2 +Flying Fish, ditto 3 + +A Rowing Match for £15, by six-oared gigs, single banked, from any part. +To be contended for in heats. Four to start or no race. No entrance +fee. First boat to receive £8; second boat, £5; third boat, £2; manned +by those who usually work as beachmen. + +Shooting Star, Winterton 1 +Champion, Yarmouth 2 +Quebec, Pakefield 3 + +Some more rowing by ships’ boats, sculling, and a duck hunt brought the +programme to a close. + +The following were among the persons present at the Regatta Ball:—The +Mayor, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Lady Plumridge, Miss Plumridge, +Lieut.-Colonel Astley, Major and Mrs. Rushbrooke, Major Penrice, Miss +Penrice, Captain the Hon. R. Harbord, Count Melchoir de Weazle, Captain +Longe, Mr. Stracey, Mr. Bedingfield, Mr. and Mrs. A. Steward and the +Misses Steward, Mrs. F. Steward, Mr. and Mrs. Postle, Mr. and Mrs. +Palmer, Mr. Waters and the Misses Waters, Captain and Mrs. Wynyard, Major +Wodehouse, the Rev. G. Hawes and the Misses Hawes, Mrs. Patridge, Mr. +Molyneux Steel, Mr. D’Eye, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, Mrs. Mends, Miss +Pearson, Miss Hubbard, Mrs. Foster, Miss Foster, Miss Gwynn, the Misses +Cubitt, Mr. E. Frere, Mr. and Mrs. Orde, Captain and Mrs. Ives, Miss +Lennard, Captain Jervoise, &c. + +Aug. 22nd.—The E.N.M. (which had been embodied since the 5th April, 1857) +had been disembodied. + +Gipsies “infested the Beach” to the annoyance of the public. + +Aug. 25th.—The N.A.M. had been disembodied at Yarmouth. + +Sept. 1st.—Only 58 persons had attended the Race Ball, among whom were +the Mayor, the Hon. H. Harbord, Captain Bedingfield, Captain Holmes, Mr. +Orde, Mr. Marsh, Mr. Palmer, &c. + +Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge had inspected the Rifle Volunteers. + +Sept. 5th.—The Rifle Corps was holding its first prize shooting matches +on the North Denes, the E.N.M. Band being on the ground and playing +during the firing. Mr. Fenner had won the Borough Members’ Prize, having +at the 500 yards scored 8 against Lieutenant Brown’s 6 points. + +A hare had been hunted from the South Denes by “men, dogs, and boys” to +Adam and Eve Gardens, and had been “transferred to a bake office before +12 o’clock.” + +A roulette table had been an attraction in the town, and several +gentlemen had “dropped” their money at that game. + +Sept. 18th.—The following had been the result of the Prize Shooting:— + +1.—Borough Members’ Prize of £10, shot for at ranges of 300, 400, and 500 +yards. Winner, Fenner. + +2.—Officers’ Cup, value £5, shot for at ranges of 200 and 300 yards. +Winner, Davis. + +3.—A “Turner” Rifle, presented by Major Orde, shot for at ranges of 500 +and 600 yards, for which Pearson and Leman tied, upon shooting off Leman +was the winner. + +4.—Ladies’ Challenge Cup, value £35, shot for at ranges of 650, 700, 800, +and 900 yards, the firing for which was not concluded, but Boreham and +Boulton had the highest scores in this contest. + +Sept. 12th.—The Prize Shooting had been completed by Mr. Bly, +(ironmonger) making 12 points out of 20 shots, 5 at each of the distances +of 650, 700, 800, and 900 yards, in the Challenge Cup competition, and he +was declared to be the winner, and the champion shot of the corps. + +The pugilist Mace was training at Yarmouth previous to his fighting Bob +Brettle. + +Sept. 19th.—The prizes had been presented to the several winners in the +recent Rifle Corps Competition by the Mayor at the Town Hall, when +amongst those present were Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Lady and Miss Lacon, Major +and Mrs. Orde, Captain Holmes, the Officers of the Rifle Corps, Major +Todd, E. R. Palmer, Esq., Captain Jervoise, C. C. Aldred, Esq., Rev. M. +Waters, C. J. Palmer, Esq., &c., &c. + +After this, the Mayor invited those present to dance, himself leading off +with Lady Lacon. + +Mr. E. R. Aldred had supplied the cups, and champion’s medal. + +The Volunteer Artillery had appeared in “busbies” for the first time. + +Sept. 22nd.—The Yarmouth Volunteers had attended the Review of the County +Corps held on Mousehold Heath, Norwich, by the Lord Lieutenant, who was +accompanied by Major-General Wood, Lord Suffield, Colonel Astley, and the +Hon. Harbord Harbord as aides-de-camp, and a brilliant staff. The +Yarmouth Rifles numbered 1 Field Officer, 4 Captains, 4 Lieutenants, and +4 Ensigns, 1 Staff Officer, 11 Sergeants, 4 Drummers, and 172 Privates, +total 201. The total number of Volunteers on the field being between +1,100 and 1,200. The spectators are stated to have said as the +Volunteers marched past—“These with the Hussar hats on are the Yarmouth +Artillery,” and “These are the Yarmouth Rifles—well done Yarmouth.” + +Sept. 26th.—The number of the Volunteer Artillery present at the Review +was stated to have been 156. + +Herring was selling at from £23 to £30 per last. + +Sept. 29th.—“Several hundreds of vessels had passed through the Roads for +the North in full sail, and one close fleet.” + +Oct. 3rd.—James Denny Chapman had absconded and been declared bankrupt, +with debts estimated at £30,000. + +Oct. 6th.—At the Revision Court Mr. Costerton had appeared for the +Liberals and Mr. Reynolds for the Tories; the former claimed a gain of 88 +votes. + +Oct. 20th.—St. Andrew’s Church had been consecrated by the Bishop of +Norwich. + +Nov. 3rd.—At the Municipal Election there was a contest in the _Regent +Ward_, resulting as follows:— + +Reynolds (C.) 106 +Wright (C.) 101 +Livingston (L) 61 + +For the other wards the following gentlemen were returned without +opposition:— + +_North_—William H. Bessey and Samuel Nightingale (C’s.) + +_Market_—John Fenn and John E. Barnby (C’s). + +_St. George’s_—William J. Foreman and Charles Palmer (C’s). + +_Nelson_—John Clarke (C.) and John Clowes (L). + +_Gorleston_—Samuel C. Richmond and Thomas W. Gooda (C’s). + +It was “darkly hinted” that Mr. S. Nightingale would be the next Mayor. + +Nov. 10th.—The Mayor, the Rev. Mr. Peade, Messrs. C. S. Marsh, R. S. +Watling, S. Nightingale, T. Brightwen, B. Dowson, and Mr. W. C. Reynolds +had been nominated by a Public Meeting as a Committee for the purpose of +founding a “Public Hall and Assembly Room.” Mr. Palmer and Mr. Falcke +had each offered to take 20 shares of £10 in the undertaking. + +Nov. 14th.—At the Council Meeting on the 9th, Mr. Charles J. Palmer +proposed, and Mr. F. Worship seconded, the election of Mr. Samuel +Nightingale as Mayor of the Borough, and, there being no opposition, he +was elected to that office accordingly. + +The “Eleanor,” brig of 300 tons register, had been launched “in full rig” +from Messrs. Beechings’s yard. She was to proceed to the Mediterranean +with herring. + +Nov. 17th.—“A nocturnal exploit of some Volunteer youths had been much +talked of for several days past,” and a “dashing junior officer” had +nearly fallen into the hands of the police. + +Nov. 24th.—“Practical jokes” prevailed, one “joker” finding next morning +that he had been over night “cracking his own panes.” + +The “political actions at law” against Sir E. Lacon were “in course of +settlement.” + +Dec. 8th.—An explosion had taken place on board the “Tonning” steamer at +sea, and inquests on several bodies of the men killed held at Yarmouth. + +Dec. 22nd.—The Volunteer Artillery had given a concert at the Corn Hall, +when Messrs. John Franklin, W. Offord, Clements, J. Bartram, J. Cocks, W. +C. Mack and the Masters Nutman took part in the performance. + +The following was the form of apology upon which the actions against Sir +E. Lacon had been settled, upon his payment of plaintiff’s costs:— + + “Great Yarmouth, + “Nov. 29th, 1860. + + “Dear Sir,—Upon full enquiry, I find that the statements made by me + in a speech at the dinner at the Theatre in April last, and + complained of by you as reflecting on yourself as a member of the + committee therein referred to, were made under an erroneous + impression of the facts of the case, as far as yourself and the + committee are concerned. + + “Under these circumstances, I have no hesitation in withdrawing the + imputations you and the committee complain of, and the plea of + justification, and in expressing my regret that legal proceedings + were deemed necessary, which, being now ended, no difference will, I + trust, henceforth be made in the friendly feeling that has previously + existed between us. + + “Yours truly, + “EDM. H. K. LACON.” + + W. T. Clarke, Esq.” + +At the Police Court, Mr. Owles again called attention to the “practical” +joking question, when Sergeant Barnes stated that the jokers “were +attired in cloaks, and one wore a uniform cap.” + +Dec. 29th.—The Rifle Corps, 180 strong, had marched to Hopton, where +Major Orde “regaled them on bread and cheese, hot sausage rolls, and +plenty of old ale.” + + + + +FOURTH SERIES, 1861–1872. + + + “When found, make a note of”— + + CAPT. CUTTLE. + + + +1861. + + +Jan. 2nd.—The poor rate assessment had been raised some £14,000, and a +1s. 2d. rate thereon made. + +Mr. F. Ferrier (Deputy Coroner) had held an inquest on the body of Thomas +Algar, the clown who had expired at the Theatre immediately after the +performance on the previous Friday. The deceased was 34 years of age, +and left a widow and one child. The verdict was that deceased died from +“natural causes”; Mr. C. C. Aldred (the Surgeon) and the Jury gave their +fees to the family. + +Jan. 5th.—The Revenue cutter, in attempting to run for the harbour, had +fouled the pier and was sunk. + +Jan. 12th.—“The strong frost had literally stopped the river traffic.” + +It had been decided to give £124 worth of coal to the poor. + +Jan. 19th.—A public meeting had been held to raise funds for that +purpose. The Mayor presided, and the following gentlemen took part in +the proceedings:—Mr. W. Worship, the Rev. B. Vaux, Mr. R. Steward, Mr. C. +C. Aldred, Mr. R. Hammond, Mr. T. Brightwen, Mr. C. Cory, Mr. L. Blake, +and Mr. E. H. L. Preston. Sir E. Lacon sent a cheque for £50, and £350 +was subscribed in the room. + +Jan. 26th.—Dr. Stephenson had been appointed Surgeon for the South +District. + +The “Racehorse” (belonging to George Danby-Palmer, Esq.), had been +abandoned near Cape Horn. There had been a mutiny on board her, and a +naval Court was inquiring into the affair at Calloa. + +Jan. 30th.—The Guardians were calling attention to the “Compulsory +Vaccination Act.” + +Feb. 2nd.—The annual Sailors’ Home meeting had been held in the new +building on the Drive. + +Mr. Henry R. Harmer had been appointed a Chancery Commissioner. + +Feb. 6th.—At a Vestry meeting it had been determined to take a poll of +the parish as to whether the Vestry Act (13 and 14 Vic. cap. 57) should +be applied to the parish. + +Feb. 9th.—Two hundred and eighty-eight appeals had been lodged against +the Poor’s Rate. + +Feb. 16th—“Costerton _v._ Lacon” had been tried. In this action the +plaintiff, a solicitor at Yarmouth, complained of having been slandered +by the defendant, who was M.P. for the town, and who ultimately consented +to a verdict against him for 40s. and costs. + +Feb. 20th.—The poll of the parish had closed as under:— + +For applying the Vestry Act 737 +Against 414 + Majority 323 + +Mr. Clowes then proposed, and Mr. Livingston seconded, a resolution to +the effect that a Vestry Clerk be appointed at a salary of £100 per +annum, and ultimately this was carried, and a vote of thanks to the Vicar +and his assessor (C. J. Palmer, Esq.), terminated the proceedings. + +Feb. 23rd.—The Conservatives had adopted Mr. C. H. Chamberlin (a Liberal) +as their candidate for the office of Vestry Clerk, the other candidate +being Mr. S. B. Cory. + +Feb. 27th.—The case of Morant v. Chamberlin (which involved the right of +user of part of the Quay by George Danby-Palmer, Esq.), had been decided +as follows: “Verdict for plaintiff, issue on the 4th plea for defendant.” + +March 2nd.—The Prince of Wales had visited the town “incog.” + +March 6th.—One Cox, “a magician of Friars’ Lane,” had been before the +Justices. + +March 9th.—The Hon. Harbord Harbord had been hunting the district with +his pack of harriers during the week. + +Part of a house had been blown down on the Regent Road. + +March 13th.—The Artillery Corps had adopted white (in lieu of blue) +facings to their uniform. + +March 16th.—The Fitzroy storm signals had been hoisted in the town. + +March 23rd.—“Iconoclast” proposed to deliver lectures at the Theatre. +This had been stopped by the Mayor, and an action was threatened against +the proprietor of that building. The following is a copy of the Bill +issued:—“Theatre Royal, Great Yarmouth. Iconoclast the well-known +advocate of Secularism, and co-editor with Mr. Joseph Barker, &c., will +deliver three lectures in the above place, on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of +March, 1861. Subjects—Monday, “Were Adam and Eve our first parents?” +Tuesday, “The History of the Crucifixion, self-contradictory and +incredible.” Wednesday, “The Atonement and its relation to sin and +pardon.” Admission—Lower boxes, 6d.; upper ditto, 4d.; pit, 3d., +gallery, 2d. Iconoclast respectfully invites the clergy and ministers of +Yarmouth to discuss his lectures; especially those who claim to have +refuted him during his absence.” + +Major Orde, Mr. Chamberlin, and Captain Holmes had given readings from +Dickens’ works in the saloon of the Victoria gardens before the members +of the Rifle Corps and their friends; Captain Holmes was expected to be +appointed adjutant of this corps. + +March 30th.—“Cufaude _v_ Cory” had been heard at the Assizes. In this +action damages were claimed by the plaintiff, Clerk to the Guardians +against the defendant, Mr. S. B. Cory, for an alleged libel, he having +stated in a handbill that Mr. Cufaude “cooked” the parish accounts. Mr. +O’Malley, Q.C., Mr. Power, Q.C., Mr. Keene and Mr. Cherry were for the +plaintiff, and Mr. Palmer and Mr. Hotson for the defendant. The Jury +found for the plaintiff with £500 damages. + +April 3rd.—“The nocturnal jokes” were again the subject of inquiry; Mr. +E. O. Johnson (a Volunteer Sergeant) had been discovered by a policeman +taking away Dr. Smyth’s bell, but as that gentleman would not prosecute, +the charge dropped. + +Mr. J. H. Harrison then made a complaint to the Court of damages to his +property by these “jokers.” + +At the Vestry Meeting, Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. W. Worship +seconded, the re-election of Mr. S. C. D. Steward as one of the +Churchwardens, and Mr. Fenn proposed, and Mr. Laws seconded, the +re-election of Mr. E. R. Aldred as the other warden, “and the Minister +accepted the second nomination as his warden.” + +N.B.—This was the first attempt by a Vicar to take action of this sort, +(the right of election of both Churchwardens being vested in the Vestry +of the parish.) + +The following gentlemen had been elected Guardians:— + +_North Ward_—S. Nightingale, E. H. L. Preston, and J. B. Hylton. + +_Market Ward_—C. C. Aldred, W. Laws, and J. Fenn. + +_Regent Ward_—W. Worship, R. D. Barber, and D. A. Gourlay. + +_St. George’s Ward_—J. G. Plummer, C. E. Bartram, and C. Miller. + +_Nelson Ward_—T. Brightwen, C. Woolverton, W. C. Reynolds, and J. Clarke. + +It was stated that only 7s. 6d. had been subscribed by the lodging-house +keepers to the Race Fund. + +April 10th.—It was understood that the Chairman and a majority of the +Board of Guardians were favourable to the admission of Reporters to the +Board meetings. + +“Great reductions” had been made upon the Poor’s Rate appeals. + +April 13th.—Captain Holmes had been appointed Adjutant to the Rifle +Volunteers. + +Sir J. Walsham had held an inquiry as to the allegations with regard to +the parish accounts, which had been alluded to in the recent action of +“Cufaude _v._ Cory.” Mr. Hotson attended it on behalf of Mr. Cory. + +April 17th.—Two batteries of Royal Artillery had arrived in the town. + +April 20th.—A gunboat, with the men of the Revenue cutter on board, had +run into the pier-head. + +An illuminated clock had been placed at the Sailors’ Home. + +A rule “nisi” had been granted in the action of “Cufaude _v._ Cory” on +the ground of excessive damages. + +April 27th.—The “Harmony,” missionary ship, had been launched from +Messrs. Fellows’ yard. + +There had been “numerous” arrivals of invalids from India at the R.N. +Hospital. + +May 1st.—Solomon Levy, a converted Jew, had been baptised at St. Peter’s +Church, F. Worship, Esq., standing “as witness to the Baptism.” +Afterwards the Rev. Bowyer Vaux preached from Titus iii, 5. + +May 4th.—The Rifle Volunteers had held a “Mess” at the Star Hotel, when +Host Diver catered for them. + +May 8th.—The following “Census” returns had been made for the parish:— + + Males. Females. Total. Excess of + Females. +North Ward 3620 4330 7950 710 +Market Ward 2211 2706 4917 485 +Regent Ward 1553 2382 3935 829 +St. George’s 1777 2419 4196 632 +Ward +Nelson Ward 3873 4885 8758 1002 + Total 13,034 16,722 29,756 3658 + Workhouse 173 159 332 + 13,207 16,881 30,088 +Estimate Gorleston & Southtown & afloat 6,000 + 36,088 + +The Rifle Volunteers, 200 strong, had attended St. Nicholas’ Church. The +leading fish-merchants proposed to purchase two fast steamers as carriers +to the London markets. + +May 11th.—Mr. Evans was sitting at the Town Hall to take evidence on the +claims of the Ormesby and Scratby people to exemption from payment of +Market Tolls at Yarmouth. + +May 18th.—So few mackerel had been brought in, that they were selling at +1s. each. + +May 22nd.—A very old house (formerly part of the Convent) had fallen down +in Friars’ lane. + +There had been two military rows between the Royal Artillery and the E.N. +Militiamen. + +May 25th.—The Mayor and Magistrates had met Major Martin (E.N.M.) and +Colonel Bruce (R.A.) on this subject, and steps had been taken to prevent +the men meeting again. + +May 29th.—“Mace,” the local pugilist, (being known in the neighbourhood) +was being heavily “backed” for the fight for the championship. + +June 1st.—Sergeant Seeley (E.N.M.) had died from the effects of choking +himself by swallowing a piece of meat. + +A “handsome new schooner” had been launched by Mr. Brandford. + +A “considerable number” of new fishing and pleasure boats were being +built at the port. + +Shops were being opened in Regent Street, under the Board of Health Act, +which had overruled the old local act under which the houses there, were +not to be so used. + +June 8th.—The mackerel voyage had been very unsuccessful. + +A “Turkish” bath was to be opened in a few week’s time. + +June 15th—Mr. Frederick Danby-Palmer had passed the legal examination (in +honors.) + +A case of alleged “Witchcraft” at Gorleston had occupied the Bench. + +June 19th.—At a meeting of the Ratepayers Mr. J. Clowes proposed, and Mr. +Burroughs seconded, Mr. S. B. Cory as a proper person to fill the office +of Vestry Clerk. Mr. Livingstone, Mr. Neave and Mr. Royal also took part +in these proceedings. + +June 22nd.—At the Vestry meeting, held for the election of that officer, +Mr. George Danby-Palmer proposed and Mr. Livingstone seconded Mr. S. B. +Cory, and Mr. Charles Cory proposed, and Mr. G. A. Clarke seconded, Mr. +C. H. Chamberlin. The proceedings were of a most disorderly character, +terminating “in a talk of many tongues, which accused each other of being +‘liars’ and so on.” + +June 24th.—At 12 o’clock the poll stood— + +Cory 270 +Chamberlin 194 +And closed— +Cory 366 +Chamberlin 269 +June 25th.—it closed— +Cory 701 +Chamberlin 512 +June 26th.—It finally closed— +Cory 848 +Chamberlin 620 + Majority for Cory 228 + +Mr. Cory and Mr. George Danby-Palmer then addressed the electors, and +votes of thanks to the Vicar (Rev. H. Nevill) and his assessor (Mr. C. J. +Palmer) terminated the proceedings. + +June 29th.—The election for, and meeting of, the “Eastern Counties Asylum +of Idiots” had taken place at the Town Hall. The Mayor presided, and +there were also present, Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., Rev. T. Bailey, Rev. +R. M. Bingley, Rev. Thos. Quintin, Rev. E. Postle, and Messrs. W. +Worship, T. Brightwen, F. Palmer, John Crisp (Mayor of Beccles), J. H. +Bly, &c. + +July 3rd.—M. Desfongerais had been appointed Consul for the French +Government at Yarmouth, and had appeared for a French vessel in an +adjudication case, held before F. Worship and F. Palmer, Esqs. + +July 10th.—Mr. S. B. Cory had commenced his duties of Vestry Clerk. + +The mackerel fishing was a failure, and the Summer fishing “very slow.” + +July 17th.—At the Water Frolic, the “Red Rover” won the cutter, and the +“Vampire” the lateen, prize. + +The Rev. H. Squire had, after a pastorate of 30 years, resigned the +Unitarian Chapel Ministry. + +July 20th.—Messrs. C. J. Palmer, C. C. Aldred. W. Johnson, C. Cory, and +J. Brightwen had been appointed a Committee to carry on the proposal to +found a Grammar School in the town. + +A “furious tempest, including thunder, whirlwind, and lightning” had +burst over the town. + +July 31st.—Mr. Lane had claimed £300 damages for libel against the Free +Press Newspaper Company, but under the advice of the Chief Justice, a +Juror was withdrawn, each party paying their own costs. + +Aug. 7th.—The Vestry Clerk and the Overseers could not “gee” together. + +Aug. 10th.—At the Regatta, the “Queen Victoria” and “Volunteer” won the +yawl matches, and the “Red Rover” and the “Belvidere,” the pleasure-boat +matches. The yacht match fell through in consequence of only two vessels +being prepared to sail in it. + +Aug. 14th.—A number of noisy women outside the Police Court, on the +hearing of the claims to be excused payment of the Poor’s Rate, had +“mobbed” the Vestry Clerk and had in short “taken possession of the Court +and its entrance.” + +Aug. 17th.—The Rifle Volunteers were holding their Prize Shooting Match +on the North Denes. Messrs. Wilshak, Ferrier, and Swann had won prizes. + +A great shoal of dog-fish had visited the Eastern coast. + +Mr. S. B. Cory had been presented with a sum of money to cover his +expenses occasioned by the contest for the office of Vestry Clerk. + +Aug. 24th.—The Mayor, Lord William Powlett, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., +M.P., Lieut.-Colonel Baker (10th Hussars), Captain Lane, and C. J. +Palmer, Esq., had been nominated Stewards of the Race Ball. + +The old Dutch Clock on the South Quay was “to go.” It had been stated +that the custom prevailed of winding it up “with a hammer.” + +Aug. 28th.—Two ladies had been robbed of their watches on the Wellington +Pier. + +Sept. 7th.—The Volunteers were drilling for the review at Holkham. + +The Race Ball had been attended by the Mayor, Lady and Miss Lacon, Mr. M. +Lacon, Mr. Blake Humphrey, Mr. Blofeld, Captain and Mrs. Warren, Captain +and Mrs. Dods, Lieut. Daveney, Captain Travers, Mr. Bedingfield, Mr. and +Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Captain Dunne, Mr. Magnay, Captain Jervois, Mr. +Stracey, Captain Turnour, R.N., Captain Ensor, Miss Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. +F. Frere, Mr. and Mrs. H. Frere, Mr. and Mrs. Falcke and party, Mr. and +Mrs. Brown, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, Mr. Button, Mr. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. +Gosnall, Mr. Rising, Mr. Waters, &c. + +The Drapers (with one exception) had agreed to close on Thursdays at four +o’clock. + +Sep. 18th.—The Volunteer Corps under the command of Major Marsh and Major +Orde, had attended the Review at Holkham. + +Sept. 18th.—The Volunteers had, after their return from Holkham, “annoyed +and disturbed the inhabitants by an irregular firing of musketry” in the +streets. + +A young actor, having gone mad through love for a lady in the town, had +been taken to the Workhouse, where the lady’s portrait and letters were +found upon him. + +Sept. 25th—Capt. Tomlinson had won the cup in the Volunteer Officers’ +Shooting Match with 10 points, Captains Youell and Holt making 8 points +each. The following also competed:—Captain Barber, Lieutenants Harmer +and Moore, and Ensigns Brown and Aldred. + +Sept. 28th.—The Rev. C. Voysey had been presented with a private +Communion Service by the poor attendants at the Wherrymen’s Church upon +his leaving Yarmouth. + +A grand bowling match had been held on the Bear Green between the bowlers +of Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The latter won by 9 to 6 games. + +Oct. 2nd.—Mr. E. P. Youell was mentioned as the next Mayor. He was +described as “not a prejudiced partizan on either side.” + +Oct. 5th.—The Shooting Prizes had been distributed to the Rifle +Volunteers at the Town Hall, when about 240 officers and members were +present, and a number of ladies and gentlemen who had been invited by the +Mayor, who entertained them with champagne on the occasion. + +The following was the list of winners:— + +“Tradesmen’s Cup,” Mr. Fyson; 2nd prize, Mr. Hudspith. + +“A Neck Pin,” Captain Youell; “A Cup,” Mr. Wilshak; and other prizes +Messrs. Gunton, Teasdel, Banham, Osborn, Kennett, and Swann. + +“The Ladies’ Challenge Cup,” Mr. Fenner; and “The Officers’ Cup,” Captain +Tomlinson. + +Oct. 12th.—Extensive repairs were being carried on at the Southtown +Barracks. + +Oct. 23rd.—It was stated that Mr. Palmer was to be the new Mayor. + +Mr. D. Hogarth (Postmaster) had died. + +Oct. 26th.—The Lord Bishop had held a Confirmation in the Parish Church. + +Eleven hundred persons had been excused from payment of the Poor’s Rate. + +Oct. 30th.—Mr. Neave and Mr. Livingston (Radicals) were going to contest +the North and Regent Wards respectively. + +In St. Andrew’s Ward, a meeting of electors had determined to again +nominate Mr. R. Steward (Tory) and Mr. W. T. Clarke (Liberal) in a “if +ye’ll claw me, I’ll claw ye; style of pastime.” + +An alarming fire had happened in Row 145, the centre of a thickly +populated district; Mr. Self’s premises chiefly suffered, his damage +being estimated at £300. + +The Justices had signed a 1s. 2d. Poor’s Rate. + +Nov. 2nd.—The trawling business was increasing, 100 smacks then hailing +from the port. + +Two new vessels had been launched at Southtown, one for Mr. Womack and +one for Mr. Powell. + +Mr. Todd had also built a new smack called the “Christiana.” + +Nov. 6th.—Alarming and destructive gales had raged along the whole coast +on the 1st of November, and 27 shipwrecked seamen had been received at +the Sailors’ Home. + + MUNICIPAL ELECTION. + + The following account is given of this:—“With the exception of two or + three of the candidates who came forward as Liberals, the aspirants + for Municipal honours did not this year favour the public with any + printed expositions of their views, or any explanations of the + grounds upon which they came forward. The elections of Friday, + however did not cause much excitement, although at the eleventh hour + the Conservatives found themselves opposed in all the wards except + St. Andrew’s, in which Messrs. W. T. Clarke, and R. Steward were + elected unopposed. In the Market Ward, Mr. Gourlay (L) and Mr. E. + Aldred (C) sought re-election, and the new candidate was Mr. Lawn, + Liberal. The result of the voting was—Gourlay, 60; Aldred, 59; Lawn, + 20. The two former, of course, were elected. In the Regent Ward, + Mr. Barber, Conservative, sought re-election, and in the place of Mr. + Norman, surgeon (C), who retired, Dr. Stephenson (C) was put forward. + The candidates on the other side were Messrs. Livingston and de Caux. + The ward again showed its partiality for medicine, and polled as + follows:—Barber, 109; Stephenson, 106; Livingston, 81; de Caux, + 69.—In St. George’s Ward, the Conservative candidates, who sought + re-election, were Messrs. R. Ferrier and B. Jay, opposed by Messrs. + Scott and Palmer. The poll—Ferrier, 101; Jay 101; Palmer, 39; Scott, + 37.—Nelson Ward: C. J. Palmer (C), 93, C. Woolverton (C), 93; G. + Moore (L), 3; Playford (L), 3. North Ward: W. Worship (C), 118; J. + B. Hylton (C), 118; S. W. Bly (L), 83; J. Neave (L), 84.—It was + rumoured that during the day some bribery was effected by such + moderate sums as half-a-crown and five shillings per man. + +Nov. 13th.—At the Council meeting Mr. C. C. Aldred proposed, and Mr. +Shingles seconded, Mr. Robert Steward as Mayor, and he was elected +accordingly. + +Nov. 20th.—There were between 200 and 300 fishing vessels at sea during +the recent gales, of which only 30 luggers were then unaccounted for. +About 100 lasts of fish had been delivered on the Quay on the previous +Saturday, when prices ranged from £15 upwards. + +A new Lifeboat had been stationed near the Britannia Pier. + +Nov. 23rd.—Among the smacks which had been injured in the gale was Mr. +Todd’s new vessel the “Christiana;” some of this owner’s other vessels +had suffered damage, and his loss was estimated altogether at £1,000. + +Nov. 27th.—Mr. Downing’s fish-offices had been destroyed by fire. + +Nov. 30th.—In the Town Council, Messrs. Gooda, Burroughs, Clowes, S. B. +Cory, and another had voted against the question of the Mayor being +“decorated by the wearing of a gown;” 17 members had, however, voted that +the question be referred to the Lands Committee. + +The Artillery Volunteers had salved a boat and obtained £7 salvage money +to the annoyance of the Beachmen + +The Parish Authorities “remained at loggerheads” with the Vestry Clerk. + +In the opinion of the inhabitants the “robes question” seemed only a plan +to run up a bill for another “folly.” + +The Police had been furnished with “Southwester” hats. + +Dec. 4th.—It was stated that the robe business had cropped up, as the +Mayor was going to Court, and it was felt + + “That if, this year, the Mayor’s not knighted, + The Corporate ‘status’ will be blighted.” + +Herring was making £35 per last, and 1,000 packages of trawl fish had +been forwarded to the market. + +Dec. 11th.—The Lands Committee had decided that the Mayor, Town-clerk, +and Messrs. Collins, Ellis and Thompson (the officers) should wear gowns, +but no head gear had been decided upon for them. + +Dec. 14th.—“Deerfoot,” an American runner, had been performing in the +town, when he accomplished 10 miles in 53 minutes. + +The Treasurer to the Rifle Corps (Mr. Clarke) and the Quarter-Master (Mr. +C. Diver) were about to be appointed Supernumerary Lieutenants. + +Dec. 18th.—Owing to the death of the Prince Consort, the paper appeared +in mourning. + +The flags had been hoisted at half-mast on the Town Hall and other public +buildings on receipt of this mournful news. + +Dec. 21st.—The Artillery Volunteers had given an entertainment at the +Theatre. + +Dec. 25th.—There had been a Special Service at St. Nicholas’ Church on +the occasion of the funeral of the Prince Consort, when the Vicar +preached from the text, “And the King said unto his servants, know ye not +that there is a Prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel.” Sam. +iii., 38. At the close of the service the “Dead March” in _Saul_ was +played, and the Rifle Volunteers returned with muffled drums, the bells +ringing at the same time. + +The Artillery Corps fired minute guns from the South Battery for an hour, +and from twelve to two the shops throughout the town were closed. + +The Town Council met and voted an address of condolence to Her Majesty. + +Dec. 28th.—A special service had also been held at the Synagogue, +commencing with Psalms 13, 19, 15, and 85, and concluding with a prayer +for the Queen and the Royal Family, after which, on the motion of Mr. +Pyke, an address of condolence to the Queen and Royal Family was adopted. + +The Rifle Corps had again on the invitation of Major Orde visited Hopton. + + + +1862. + + +Jan. 4th.—Parcels containing Christmas fare “had fallen among thieves” on +the Railway. + +Jan. 8th.—Up to the 30th ult., 9,257 offers had been received and 8,229 +Volunteers enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve; of this number 24 held +Masters’ Certificates, 116 Mates’ Certificates, and the force embraced +1,148 petty officers in the Merchant Service. + +Jan. 15th.—Two pugilists named Foxall and Chambers, (who were +occasionally employed as Beachmen), had engaged in a prize fight. +“Ducky” Chambers was the winner. + +Jan. 18th.—Major Orde, Captain Youell, and C. H. Chamberlin, Esq., had +been entertaining the Rifle Volunteers at the Drill Hall with “Readings +from Modern Authors.” + +It was again proposed to start a Conservative Newspaper in Yarmouth. + +Jan. 25th.—At the Gorleston Vestry Meeting the Church Rate was not +pressed for. + +Feb. 8th.—The Corporation’s costs in “Morant _v._ Chamberlin” amounted to +£1,402 17s. 6d. + +Feb. 19th.—Mr. A. W. Morant had resigned his commission in the Artillery +Volunteers. + +A cargo of pickled herrings had arrived from Norway. + +Feb. 22nd.—Messrs. Hewett and Co. were about to transfer the greater part +of their trawling business to Gorleston; thus about 100 families would be +transferred from Barking to that village. + +The Anniversary Dinner of the “Pioneer” Lodge, No. 262 M.U.I.O.F., had +been held at the Foundry Arms, Bro. Wells in the chair. + +March. 5th.—The Town Council had determined to oppose the “Railway +Amalgamation Bill.” + +March 12th.—Private H. Fenner (Champion Rifle Volunteer Shot) had been +elected a Sergeant. + +March 15th.—The Anniversary Dinner of the “Prince of Wales” Lodge, +M.U.I.O.F., had been held at the Fish-Stall House, P.G. Robins in the +chair and P.G. Crome vice-chair. + +In the Divorce Court, the case of “Burroughs _v_ Burroughs and Silcock” +had resulted in the jury finding that the charges made against each party +by the other were groundless; consequently the petitioner failed in his +suit. + +March 22nd.—Mr. Henry Danby-Palmer had died suddenly. + +April 2nd.—The Mayor had called a meeting to forward the proposal for +holding a Volunteer Review at Yarmouth. The Mayor (Mr. R. Steward), Mr. +R. Ferrier, Mr. D. R. Fowler, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. W. Worship, Mr. J. +Clowes, and Mr. S. Nightingale took part in the proceedings, and about +£250 was subscribed in the room. + +April 16th.—The East Suffolk Artillery Militia was stationed at the +Southtown Barracks. + +April 26th.—Colonel Adair (commanding that Regiment) had delivered a +lecture at the Corn Hall “On the land defences of the Eastern Counties.” + +Upon this Regiment leaving; the Norfolk Artillery Militia, under Colonel +Astley, were to occupy the Barracks for five weeks. + +At the Vestry Meeting, Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. Bracey seconded, +the re-election of Mr. C. S. D. Steward; and Mr. Hylton proposed, and Mr. +Shingles seconded, the re-election of Mr. E. R. Aldred. + +April 30th.—Colonel Pippon had inspected the E.N.M. on the South Denes, +when the Regiment mustered 700 rank and file. + +“Tom Sayers’” Circus had attended the Fair. + +May 3rd.—Owing to want of funds the Parish Beadle at Gorleston had been +discharged. + +May 7th.—The first stone of the New Bethel had been laid. This building +was to replace the old Bethel which for so many years had been held in +the ancient house, belonging for several generations to the Palmer +family, near the Sailors’ Home. + +May 14th.—It was proposed to erect a Memorial to the late Prince Consort +in the town. + +Practical joking still continued in the Borough. + +May 17th.—C. J. Palmer, Esq., had presented the Corporation with a +scarlet silk gown and black gown formerly worn by the Mayors as robes of +office. + +The following table of precedence had been drawn up by the Council:— + +1.—The Mayor. + +2.—The Recorder. + +3.—The Town Clerk. + +4.—The M.P.’s for the Borough. + +5.—The Members of the Council who had served the office of Mayor +according to priority of election. + +6.—The Aldermen and Councillors according to priority of election, the +former in Wards in which they resided, the latter in the Wards for which +they were elected, commencing with the North Ward. + +At the Parish Audit, the Auditor remarked that “in some instances the +amount (of the rate) excused exceeded the sum collected.” + +May 17th.—The following appears as to the Corporate Robes of Office:— + + “THE ROBES OF OFFICE.” + + The Committee as to the Wearing of Robes of Office reported that Mr. + C. J. Palmer, had liberally presented to the Council a scarlet silk + gown, and a black gown formerly worn by the Mayors as their Robes of + Office; and the said were accepted by the Committee, and the thanks + of the Committee were voted to Mr. Palmer for the _handsome_ + donation. The Committee had resolved that the Mayor should wear the + black gown as a Robe of Office on all “Ordinary” occasions and the + scarlet gown on all “extraordinary” occasions. + + The “Robes” or “Gown” movement, which was so much spoken of six + months ago, has at length—through the exertions of the Committee to + whom it was referred—come to maturity, and the Mayor now has a second + hand best gown for “extraordinary” occasions, and a second-hand + second best gown for “ordinary” occasions. The old people about Gaol + Street, who caught a sight of the Mayor in his gown on Tuesday last, + look upon the revived _costume_ as a “degenerate resurrection;” for, + instead of there being completeness and congruity in the “fit out,” + there is a burlesque mixture of the ancient and modern. The gown + which erst harmonised with the glorious cocked hat, short tights, and + silver buckled shoes, appears decidedly “at sea” in company with the + modern hat (or “4s. and 9d.”) and “peg-top” trousers. Art critics + would object to so close a mixture of the mediæval and the modern, on + the ground of the same not being “in keeping.” Perhaps, however, + when we see the style of dress on one of the “extraordinary” + occasions so judiciously and so elaborately provided for by the + Council, we may have something presented to notice which will not + cause every Councillor to grin on beholding it, and to talk, as an + old writer says, “most consumedly” about it afterwards. Dressed as + he was on Tuesday, the Mayor of Yarmouth might, without difficulty, + have been mistaken (had he been away from home) for Shylock, for one + of the Japanese Embassy, or for an Arch Druid, so remarkably unusual + was his appearance. Experience may, it is true, tone down the + angularities of the affair; but at the onset the revival of the use + of robes does not carry with it either the appearance of gravity or + wisdom. On entering the Council Room on Tuesday, the Mayor was + preceded by four officials wearing, in addition to the ordinary + attire of various colours, gowns, and carrying the sword and two + maces as usual, with, on this occasion, the very handsome oar—a part + of the regalia which had, for some very “extraordinary” reason no + doubt, been disused. Following the officers were the Mayor, who wore + in addition to his every day clothing a black robe, of somewhat + fierce cut, having a sort of fur or bear skin epulet at each + shoulder, ornamented with a description of rough filagree; and over + this finery his worship wore (we believe for the first time) the gold + chain of office. After the Mayor, entered the Town Clerk in a black + robe of a more modest character. For some little time there was much + winking and smiling amongst the Aldermen and Councillors. The + business then proceeded, and, as will be seen from our report of the + meeting, arrangements were made (in spite of Mr. Richard Ferrier’s + “chaffing”) for the order of processions. It was also decided to + give the Town Hall and the inhabitants the benefit of a public clock, + of which the Corporation are owners. It was also jocularly suggested + that the Gas Company would be most willing gratuitously to illuminate + the dial, and through it the inhabitants. + +May 21st.—There had been an “Uproarious Vestry Meeting,” held for the +object of passing a vote of censure on the Vestry Clerk; Mr. S. C Marsh +presided, and in the result, the meeting being in favour of the Vestry +Clerk, a poll was demanded. + +May 29th.—This poll had, after a protest by Mr. J. Clowes as to the +regularity of the proceedings, been taken by Mr. C. Diver (acting as +Assessor). It closed on the first day— + +For the Vestry Clerk 143 +Against him 61 + Majority 82 + +And next morning Mr. Marsh attended and declared the poll closed. + +May 28th.—Five vessels of war (part of the Channel fleet) were in the +Roads. + +May 31st.—The following ships were anchored abreast of the +Jetty:—“Trafalgar” (86), Captain Dickson; the “Revenge” (91), Captain +Fellowes; the “Emerald” (51), Captain Caning; the “Chanticleer” (17), +Captain Sterling; and the “Porpoise” (tender to the “Revenge.”) + +June 4th.—This issue contains the following account of + + “THE CHANNEL FLEET AND PRINCE ALFRED.” + + For several days after Wednesday last, a number of persons in this + town were almost in a fever of expectation as to the arrival of + Prince Alfred, in the “St. George;” and in spite of official + intimation that the Prince is to be considered on business when with + the fleet, and, as a consequence, exempt from municipal honours and + popular demonstrations, it was determined to make the most of him + here. The forerunners of the “St. George” were boarded and teased by + all sorts of enquiries; bills were posted about with the words “the + arrival of Prince Alfred” upon them, and all imaginable measures + taken to get up excitement. All, however, failed to draw a large + number of strangers to the town; and we do not exceed the fact when + we say that the visit of the Channel Squadron for a much briefer + period in 1860, brought to the town ten times the number of strangers + who have come on this occasion. The Mayor of Yarmouth, soon after + the fleet arrived, offered to give the officers a dinner if they + would accept the invitation; but it was declined. A ball was then + offered to be got up, and it was promised that such of the officers + as could attend would do so if the ships still remained in the Roads + and provided it were got up for the earliest possible day—Monday. A + ball was, therefore, decided on for that evening. But some + uneasiness was felt as to the non-arrival of the “St. George” with + Prince Alfred; and when, on Saturday, the ship did not appear, it + began to be feared that she would not come, and the people consoled + themselves with such information as that the Admiral—a jolly tar—had + amused himself by playing a game of bowls at the Vauxhall Green, &c. + Although Admiral Smart and the officers declined to dine with the + Mayor on shore, they invited his worship and other gentlemen to dine + with them afloat, which the Mayor accepted for Saturday night. On + Sunday morning the “St. George” came quietly into the Roads through + the Cockle Gat, and anchored at the northern end of the line of + ships, abreast of the town, at about half-past eight o’clock. It was + reported for some time that the ship which had just arrived was the + “Donegal,” but as it became known that it really was the “St. + George,” flags were run up in all directions, and persons went to + work with their spy glasses, apparently hoping to catch a sight of + the Prince. The steamtugs, which ran as passenger boats round the + fleet, at once got better freights, and many who took trips in them + returned under the impression that they had seen the Prince in the + maintop of the “St. George.” Others would have it that the Prince + was one of the young officers who was ashore on Sunday afternoon, + walking leisurely up and down the drive and elsewhere; this turned + out to be correct. But as the Prince was, happily for him, not + recognised whilst ashore, he walked about unmolested. Few persons + believed that so large a ship as the “St. George” (Captain Egerton) + would venture to enter the Roads through the Cockle, but to the + surprise of many local nautical authorities she sailed through as + cleanly as any fishing cutter, and dropped anchor in as familiar a + manner as might have been expected from an old visitant of these + waters. Soon after she had anchored the “St. George” was boarded by + Mr. Watson, secretary of the Sailors’ Home, who brought off messages + and letters. Prince Alfred went on shore, _incognito_, in the + afternoon, as did also a large number of other midshipmen and older + officers. On Monday morning, the town authorities, and sightseers + generally, were on the alert—all being in search of the Prince. But + again, as few individuals had a personal knowledge of his Royal + Highness, he escaped without recognition, and with Major Cowell (and, + we believe, other gentlemen) he drove out into the country. As to + this and other proceedings of the Prince during the day, there were + scores of different reports; but we believe we are correct in saying + that, after his trip inland, His Royal Highness went from the Beach, + in the boat of which he is midshipman, on board the “St. George.” On + board the ship the Mayor and Town Clerk were, we understand, + introduced to the Prince, and courteously received. Between two and + three o’clock p.m., the Prince, Admiral Smart, Major Cowell, and the + Hon. Manners Sutton (with whom the Prince had consented to partake of + luncheon, at Kimberley Terrace), came on shore, accompanied in the + boat by the Mayor and Town Clerk. His Royal Highness, the Hon. + Manners Sutton, and Major Cowell, then walked down to the Cricket + Ground at the South Denes, where a party of officers from the fleet + were playing a game of cricket with the members of the Yarmouth Club. + It had been reported that the Prince would visit the Cricket Ground, + and the consequence was that a large number of persons (probably + 2,000) congregated there about two o’clock, over and above those + individuals who had been previously attracted to the spot by the + match itself, and by the two bands—one from the fleet, and that of + the East Norfolk Militia. As soon as His Royal Highness was + recognised upon the ground, the crowd rapidly closed in around him, + and had it not been for the protection afforded him by the two + gentlemen by whom he was accompanied, he would in all likelihood have + undergone an unpleasant jostling. So pressing and eager did the + inquisitive public become that in a few minutes the Royal sailor and + Mr. Sutton commenced a retrograde movement, whereupon the people + began running and pushing frantically—going in some instances as the + saying hath it, “head over heels.” Remarks such as “That is he!” + with comments upon the Prince’s personal appearance, were loud and + frequent; and much surprise appeared to be felt that the “Duke of + York” should go abroad in the ordinary unassuming attire of a + midshipman. Some faint attempts at cheering were assayed, but the + clamour of the “hunt” which was got up, overpowered everything but + the dust. The Prince took all this good humouredly, and with his two + protectors walked sharply on to Kimberley Terrace, pursued all the + way up the drive by an immense crowd. Most of the persons going + southward, and who met the crowd, had no idea what all the row was + about until they were told. His Royal Highness got safely to Mr. + Sutton’s house, and in two or three minutes there was in front of the + house, close from the area railing to the coping-stones of the drive + on the eastward, a dense assemblage, which continued to increase up + to five o’clock, when we observed it still standing there. + + Lunch over, the Prince, a little after five o’clock, escaped from the + back door, unobserved by the crowd, and was enabled to stroll into + the town. He went up St. George’s Road, through King Street, down + Regent Street, and along the Quay, but did not venture into the + Market Row. He then visited Mrs. Onslow, who son is chaplain on + board the “St. George,” and, we believe, a tutor of the Prince. + + The cricket match terminated in favour of the naval men, who had, we + hear, 69 runs to spare. In the first innings the Yarmouth players + had the best of it, but in the second the bowling of Midshipman + Lawson made sad havoc among the batsmen. + + The Ball at the Town Hall was well attended, and went off with great + _éclat_. The Prince, of course, was not present; but in the course + of the evening Admiral Smart and a party of naval officers—who were + brought up to the Quay-side, opposite the Hall, in the “Porpoise” + gunboat—joined the assembly and remained until after midnight. + + The number of visitors to the ships increased considerably on Tuesday + (this) morning, when it became known that an order had been received + for the ships to hold themselves in readiness for sailing next day. + + Altogether the visit of the fleet on this occasion has been a + brilliant affair; and the public have had ample time to inspect the + ships, some of which might much oftener, with advantage, find a berth + in Yarmouth Roads. + + The town has not, we believe, been visited by a Royal personage since + the time that Prince William (afterwards King) and the Princess + Adelaide landed here, and remained for the night at the Angel Hotel. + +June 7th.—At the Channel Fleet Ball among those present were the Mayor, +the Town Clerk, Sir E. Lacon, M.P., Admiral Smart, Captain Fellowes, +R.N., Captain Egerton, R.N., Lieutenant the Hon. F. Gordon, Mr. and Miss +I. Preston, Lord W. Kerr and other naval officers, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. +Preston, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Aldred, Misses Cubitt, Mr. A. and Misses +Steward, &c. Next day a large number of persons visited the fleet, and +dancing took place on the ships’ decks. + +Colonel Ibetson had inspected the Rifle Volunteers on the Denes. + +The “Ino” (a pleasure boat) had capsized when alongside the “St. George,” +but all the people in her were saved. + +June 11th.—At the Vestry Meeting, the “Small Tenements Act” was proposed +to be applied to the parish. + +Several houses and men had been struck by lightning during a +thunderstorm. + +June 14th.—The programme for the Volunteer Review had been published; it +was expected that 3,324 men would take part in it. + +June 18th.—The Dinner to the Volunteers on this occasion was to take +place on St. George’s Denes; there were to be 17 tables, and the dining +room to cover 7,550 feet of ground. One quart of beer per man had been +offered by Sir E. Lacon to the Volunteers. + +June 21st.—The Review had taken place and proved a great success: there +were 3,324 men actually on the Denes. At the Dinner held on St. George’s +Denes, the Mayor presided, and after giving the toasts of “The Queen” and +“The Royal Family,” he gave “The Army, Navy, and Militia,” to which +Colonel Grey, C.B., Captain Lacon, R.N., and Colonel Adair responded. +The Mayor then gave “The Volunteers,” to which Colonel Brett replied, and +“The Lord Lieutenants of Norfolk and Suffolk,” which was acknowledged by +Lord Suffield (Vice-Lieutenant of Norfolk) and Colonel Adair. The Mayor +then gave “The High Sheriff,” who responded. The Mayor then gave “The +Lord High Steward,” responded to by Lord Sondes, and “The health of +Colonel Grey,” to which that officer replied; also “The Brigadiers of the +Day,” replied to by Colonels Custance, Sir E. Lacon, and Astley. The +High Sheriff then proposed “The Mayor,” to which his Worship responded, +and the healths of the Rev. H. Nevill, of the Noblemen and Gentlemen “who +had honoured us with their presence,” of “Mr. Charles J. Palmer” and “The +Ladies” were also given and responded to. It was considered that “The +Mayor and gentlemen who formed the Committee of Management, and +particularly Mr. Charles J. Palmer, well deserved the thanks of the +public and the Volunteers.” + +June 28th.—Major Marsh (of the artillery) had resigned his commission. + +July 2nd.—It was stated that Major Marsh would be succeeded in his +command by Capt. John Lee Barber of the 1st Company, but Mr. Trafford was +stated to have also resigned, and it was rumoured that the Artillery was +likely to be amalgamated with the Rifle Corps. + +July 9th.—The Midsummer herring voyage was a failure. Some attributed +this to the 130 smacks then fishing from the port, and others to the +early catches of immature fish. + +July 12th.—“Blondin” had been performing at the Victoria Gardens. + +July 16th.—Commissioner Cane had been holding an inquiry at the Workhouse +to “ascertain the nature of the duties of the various public officers and +method of their discharge.” + +July 19th.—Mr. Henry R. Harmer had been appointed an Admiralty +Commissioner. + +July 23rd.—There had been a poll at Gorleston upon the Church Rate +question, which had resulted in a majority of 142 against that impost. + +The Caister Lifeboat had been struck by lightning while on the Beach and +several persons who were taking shelter under her bow injured. + +July 26th.—At the Regatta the “Audax,” J. H. Johnson, R.T.Y.C. won the +yacht prize. In the yawl race the “Star of the East,” the “Queen +Victoria,” and the “Glance” competed, and the former won. The “Wanderer” +(Mr. J. L. Barber) won the River Yachts’ match, and the “Volunteer” the +small Yawl match. + +Aug. 6th.—Contains the following notice of “The Water Frolic:—This event, +which was formerly important from the fact of the ‘new’ Mayor being then +chosen, and the official barge of the Mayor and Corporation being +present, came off on Monday afternoon, at that part of the Waveney +opposite Burgh Castle. No official patronage was given to the affair, +and consequently it was not, municipally, of any weight. But as the +weather was fine and sunny, with a ‘spanking’ southerly breeze, the +yachts, which had arranged to attend and compete in two races, were sure +of good sport, and the large crowds of persons who assembled early in the +day on the North Quay, augured well for the steamboats which Mr. Fill—a +worthy man of enterprise—always offers for the accommodation of the +public (pay or not pay) either for trips to Cromer and Southwold, or even +to Rotterdam fair, an event which East Anglians of old were wont to +delight in. At Burgh there was a large assemblage of craft—wherries, +ships’ boats, punts, yachts, and, in fact, anything that would safely +float. Two matches were announced to take place, each for a stake value +at £10, and the ordinary river yachts were the competitors, with the +exception of the new and mischievous-looking boat of the High Sheriff of +Norfolk—a boat which, although it could not out-run Mr. Barber’s ‘Flying +Wanderer,’ will yet do credit to her build. The ‘public-house wherries,’ +the pie stalls, the acrobats, and the rest of the contributors to the +day’s fun were all active and appeared to do a good business. The +yachting competition—which the public ought to have considered the best +business of the day—began with a match for £10, in which five +cutter-rigged yachts sailed, viz., Mr. Barber’s ‘Wanderer,’ Mr. +Nightingale’s ‘Red Rover,’ Mr. Read’s ‘Belvidere,’ Mr. R. J. H. Harvey’s +‘Lady in White,’ and Mr. Morgan’s ‘Bittern.’ The Wanderer had the +advantage throughout, and won—although she was occasionally closely +pressed by the Red Rover. The match extended over four rounds. In the +second match for a similar stake by latteens the ‘Vampire’ (Mr. Everett), +the ‘Enchantress’ (Mr. Green), and the ‘Merlin’ (Mr. Humfrey) started, +and continued in the order named to the close. The ‘frolicers’ then +commenced their homeward journey, and in the midst of music and song all +arrived safely, we believe, at the Bridge Foot, after spending a +convivial, if not a dignified, half day on the stream. The frolic, +however, in the absence of official support, is shorn of its ancient +splendour.” + +August 13th.—The “Order of Precedence of the members of the Council” had +been printed. The Mayor had requested the members of that body to +accompany him to church on Sundays, Good Friday, and Christmas Day. + +Mr. S. Nightingale had backed his “Red Rover” against Mr. Barber’s +“Wanderer” for four matches at £50 aside. + +Thieves had “drank the Sacramental wine and robbed the Poor’s box” at the +Independent Chapel, Gorleston. + +August 16th.—At the Races, none of the Stewards (who were Lord W. +Powlett, Count Batthyany, and Sir H. J. Stracey, Bart., M.P.,) had +attended, and the usual Ball at the Town Hall had not been held through +lack of patronage. + +August 20th.—The Yarmouth Cricket Club had played the “Visitors.” The +score was:—First Innings: Yarmouth, 29; Visitors, 15. Second Innings: +Yarmouth, 89; Visitors, 32. Grand Totals: Yarmouth, 118; Visitors, 47. + +August 23rd.—It was proposed to raise a Rifle Corps at Ormesby. + +August 27th.—Sir H. Stracey, had invited the members of the Corporation +to spend a day at Rackheath. + +August 30th.—Sir E. Lacon, Bart., had been gazetted Major of the N.A.V., +(vice Marsh resigned.) + +Sept. 3rd.—It was, at the Corporation’s visit to Rackheath, distinctly +understood that Sir H. Stracey would offer himself again as a candidate +for the Borough, and that Mr. Watkin was pledged to come forward again in +the Liberal interest. + +The Council had determined to place an illuminated clock on the Town +Hall. + +The Southtown Barracks had been repaired at considerable expense. + +Sept. 6th.—At the rifle prize shooting, Colour-Sergeant Chipperfield had +taken the ladies’ challenge cup from Sergeant Fenner by one point. +Corporal Denew had won the Chief Officers’ prize, and Sergeant Dick the +Borough Members’ prize. + +Sept. 10th.—This shooting had been continued, and prizes won by Sergeant +Pearson, Sergeant Swann, and Volunteer Barrett. + +Sept. 17th.—The High Sheriff of Norfolk had given a grand Volunteer +Review and Fête at Crown Point, the Norfolk Artillery (Norwich and +Yarmouth), mustered on the field 7 Officers, 42 Non-Commissioned +Officers, 105 Gunners, and 23 Band, total 178; the Yarmouth Rifles (4 +Companies) were 235 strong, viz., one field Officer, 4 Captains, 8 +Subalterns, 5 Staff, 12 Sergeants, 4 Drummers, 185 rank and file, and 16 +Band. + +In the afternoon, the Volunteers and some 2,000 guests were entertained +at dinner in marquees erected for the purpose, and various amusements +provided. The following Yarmouth names appear in the list of the +competitors for the prizes:—Major Orde, Lieut. C. Diver, and Privates +Mark Waters, Isaac Preston, J. B. Pearce, and C. Marsh, while among the +guests were the following ladies and gentlemen from this locality:—Col. +and Mrs. Baddeley, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown, junr., Mr. B. Button, Mr. and +Mrs. F Clowes, Capt. and Mrs. Cubitt, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. +Frere, Mr. and Mrs. Harmer, Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Lady Lacon, Capt. and +Mrs. Lacon, Mr. T. Matravers, the Mayor of Yarmouth, Lieut. G. W. and +Mrs. Moore, Lieut. and Mrs. Morant, Mr. Nightingale, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. +Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. F. Palmer, Mr. F. +Danby-Palmer, Mr. and Miss I. Preston, the Rev. J. J. and Mrs. Raven, Mr. +W. C. Reynolds, Mr. R. Rising, Capt. Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. S. Reeve, Capt. +Turnour, Ensign and Mrs. Watling, Mr. W. and Mrs. Worship, Lieut. and +Mrs. Wynyard, and Mr. E. P. and Mrs. Youell. + +Next day the High Sheriff also entertained upwards of 4,000 poor people +at Crown Point. + +Sept. 20th.—Mr. Fenner and Mr. Chipperfield had been shooting well at the +County Association Meeting. + +Messrs. Youell and Co., (Florists) had won two prizes at the Kensington +Autumn Flower Show. + +Sept. 27th.—The Liberals claimed a gain of 50 upon the revision of the +Borough Voters’ List, and it was stated the “the Liberal cause was much +indebted to Mr. J. Eagleton, their Yarmouth agent, whose exertions in the +Registration Court, in which the late Sir R. Peel said elections were to +be won, had been unceasing.” + +Mr. G. V. Brooke was attracting crowded houses at the Theatre. + +Oct. 4th.—A French and an English corvette were on this station to +protect the fisheries. + +Mr. Chamberlin had appeared before the Justices in support of an +application against the form of the Poor’s Rate, but the Court had +overruled his objections. + +Oct. 8th.—At the Municipal Revision Court, Mr. John Clowes and the Vestry +Clerk, accused Mr. John Cooper of tampering with the latter gentleman’s +papers, and a warm discussion ensued thereon. + +Oct. 15th.—At the Quarter Sessions, the Recorder (N. Palmer, Esq.) made +an order quashing the Poor’s Rate. Mr. C. Cooper appeared on behalf of +Mr. J. Clowes as appellant, against the Churchwardens and Overseers, +respondents in this case. + +At the Police Court, Mr. Gardiner, Editor of the _Yarmouth Independent_, +craved sureties of the peace against Mr. J. H. Harrison, when, although +the defendant called no evidence to rebut the charge made against him, +the Bench (by a majority of two) decided against calling upon him to find +sureties. The complainant said he expected this when he saw such a “drum +up” of Magistrates “who had been brought there as on Licensing day.” + +Oct. 18th.—A narrative of the proceedings at the Volunteer Review had +been prepared by Mr. C. J. Palmer, and published. + +Oct. 22nd.—There had been disastrous storms at sea, and it was known that +four vessels had foundered in the roads. + +The retiring Councillors were—North Ward: H. Boulter and W. N. Burroughs. +Market Ward: F. Worship and C. C. Aldred. Regent Ward: S. C. Marsh and +S. B. Cory. St. George’s Ward: J. G. Plummer and J. C. Smith. Nelson +Ward: G. Danby Palmer and C. E. Bartram. St. Andrew’s Ward: E. H. L. +Preston and H. Teasdel. + +One thousand persons had visited the Exhibition (London) by a cheap +train. + +Oct. 25th.—The Mayor had entertained a large party of invited guests at +the Town Hall. + +The Dutchmen had already arrived “in the schuyts or sea-tubs” for the +fishing. + +Nov. 1st.—Several shipments of herring had been made for the +Mediterranean. + +Nov. 5th.—At the Municipal election Mr. Mainprice had taken the place of +Mr. Burroughs (who retired), and Mr. Rose had ousted Mr. S. B. Cory, who +refused “to the curb to yield.” + +Nov. 8th.—Line fishing from boats and the Britannia Pier had become a +fashionable amusement. + +Nov. 12th.—The Town Council had voted an address of loyalty to the Queen, +and to the Prince of Wales, upon the latter attaining his majority. + +Sir E. H. K. Lacon proposed, and C. J. Palmer, Esq., seconded, the +re-election of the Mayor, which motion was carried _nem. dis._, and the +retiring aldermen, Messrs. J. T. Bracey, J. Bunn, B. Fenn, H. R. Harmer, +W. Laws, and W. Mabson were re-elected. + +Nov. 19th.—The prizes recently shot for by the Rifle Volunteers had been +distributed at the Victoria Gardens by the Mayor. + +Nov. 22nd.—The local Charity Trustees’ scheme for the establishment of a +Grammar School had been approved by the Charity Commissioners. + +The Lancashire Relief Committee was in full work, and the following +articles had been forwarded to Manchester:—63 coats, 70 cloaks and +shawls, 21 dresses, 20 children’s frocks, 20 blankets and quilts, 28 +pairs of boots, 42 flannel waistcoats and shirts, 34 pairs of trousers, +36 hats, and 361 other articles of clothing. + +In one day 1,500 lasts of herring had been brought into the harbour. + +Nov. 26th.—A public meeting in aid of the Lancashire Relief Fund had been +held (the Mayor in the chair), and £160 subscribed in the room. + +Dec. 13th.—Two hundred barrels of herring had been sent to Manchester for +the Relief Fund by the fish merchants. + +Dec. 17th.—The following rota of magistrates for salvage purposes had +been appointed:—R. Hammond, E. H. L. Preston, J. W. Shelly, R. Steward. +B. Jay, J. Clark, J. Fenn, and P. Pullyn. + +Dec. 20th.—During the week more than 600 articles of wearing apparel had +been forwarded to Manchester for the Relief Fund. + +The fishing had proved a “successful and profitable season.” + +Dec. 24th.—Mr. Rust had launched a fine new brig for the Mediterranean +trade. + +Dec. 27th.—£850 had been raised for the Lancashire Relief Fund. + +The town tolls had let as follows:—Market, £550 per annum; Fish Market, +£55; and Ballastage, £660; the lessees being Messrs. Bowen and Co. of +Leeds. + +Dec. 31st.—Steps were being taken to induce the Norfolk Agricultural +Association to visit Yarmouth. + +The Rev. B. Vaux had presided at the Hospital meeting. + +The Artillery and Rifle Volunteers had been brigaded together on the +South Denes. + + + +1863. + + +Jan. 10th.—An inquiry was being held in respect of certain charges +against the crew of the lifeboat. + +Mr. B. Fenn had presided at the annual library meeting. + +Jan. 14th.—At the lifeboat inquiry, after hearing evidence, the Rev. Mr. +Steward moved, and Mr. Fellows seconded, “That the Beachmen were in no +way culpable on the occasion, and that, on the contrary, their conduct +was all that it ought to have been,” which motion was carried +unanimously. + +Mr. E. P. Youell had executed some sleight-of-hand tricks _a la Frickel_ +with neatness and dexterity at the Priory Entertainment. + +Jan. 17th.—Four hundred persons sat down to tea at the Tract Lenders’ +Festival. + +A prize fight had taken place near the town, on a marsh next the Acle +Road. + +Jan. 24th.—There had been a “tremendous gale.” + +Jan. 28th.—The following Charity Trustees had met for the purpose of +appointing a head master of the Grammar School—Messrs. Charles J. Palmer +(chairman), C. Cory, R. Hammond, W. N. Burroughs, E. H. L. Preston, B. +Jay, and C. C. Aldred, when the Rev. H. J. Evans was elected; the other +candidates being the Revs. Merryman, W. Algar, J. Partridge, C. Bachelor, +and S. Eld. + +Jan. 31st.—Sad accounts continued to arrive from the Fishing Fleet, +inconsequence of the late gales, “scarcely a smack arriving without +bearing some marks of its fury, and the loss of spars and gear, while +many of the crews have tales of horror to recount of vessels foundering, +and all hands perishing before their eyes without the possibility of +rescue.” + +Feb. 4th.—A meeting of the inhabitants had been held to consider what +steps should be taken to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Wales. + +Feb. 14th.—Harriet Cattermole had jumped into the river, but had been +floated by her crinoline until rescued by the police. + +Feb. 21st.—P.G. J. C. Smith, Surgeon, had presided at the annual dinner +of the “Prince of Wales’” Lodge, M.U.O.F., held at the Market Tavern, 46 +members and friends being present on the occasion. + +Feb. 25th.—C. J. Palmer, Esq., (the President), had taken the chair at +the meeting of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, when it appeared that +215 seamen and widows had been relieved during the past year, and that +the income was £177 18s. 4d., as against an expenditure of £219 14s. 4d. + +Feb. 28th.—At the revision of the Proxy Book, it appeared that a number +of persons claiming to act as proxies for the owners of property, were +not authorised to do so by such owners, and Mr. Neave intimated that “the +loss of his election last year was due to the scandalous manner in which +the proxies had been worked against him.” + +March 16th.—The town had been _en fete_ upon the occasion of the marriage +of the Prince of Wales, when the Corporation had attended St. Nicholas’ +Church; a special sermon had been preached by the Rev. H. R. Nevill, the +Artillery had fired a salute of 21 guns from the South Battery, and the +Rifles a _feu de joie_ in the Market-place. + +A Council meeting had also been held, when loyal addresses were moved, +and seconded to the Queen and to the Prince and Princess of Wales by +Messrs. E. H. L. Preston and John Clowes, and C. J. Palmer and W. Worship +respectively. + +A volunteer banquet had been held on this occasion at Messrs. Lacon and +Co.’s stores, when the following arrangements were made:—First table, +Nos. 1 and 2 companies Artillery, (Captains J. L. Barber and W. Foreman); +second table, 1 and 2 companies Rifles, (Captain Tomlinson and Lieutenant +Harmer); third table, 3 and 4 companies Artillery, (Captains Green and +Brown); fourth table, 3 and 4 Companies Rifles, (Captains W. Holt and H. +Barber); the fifth table, Staffs of E.N.M., and N.M.A. Regiments. In +addition to the Volunteers, the following gentlemen were present as +guests of Sir E. H. K. Lacon, the Mayor (R. Steward, Esq.), Rev. H. +Nevill, Rev. B. Vaux, Captain Long, Major Penrice, Major Orde, Adjutant +Gilbertson, Adjutant Smith, J. C. Smith, Esq., E.N.M., C. C. Aldred, +Esq., Captain Dods, Lieutenant W. Danby-Palmer, E.N.M., Mr. Petts, +Quarter-Masters Smith and Hardiment, &c. + +In the evening “the illuminations were on a most extensive scale, +scarcely a house without a transparency or device. The designs on the +Town Hall and Hospital School were very beautiful, while many others on +private houses were greatly admired. On the Town Hall, facing the north, +was fixed the principal illumination, consisting of a magnificent plume +of feathers, having the letters “A. A.” on either side, and partly +encircled with a wreath of oak leaves and acorns. The height of the +design was 18 feet by 30 feet in width, and was drawn by Mr. Morant, Town +Surveyor, and manufactured by Mr. Doughty, of Gaol Street. The fireworks +were continued to a late hour, and we are happy to record that, +notwithstanding the pressure of the crowd, no accident occurred to mar +the pleasure of the day. The arrangements of the police throughout were +most satisfactory, and to the credit of our townsmen it must be stated +that at the Police Court the following morning, the magistrates’ business +was finished in two minutes and a half, the only charge being a case of +drunkenness, which was graciously forgiven. The ball at the Town Hall +was fashionably and numerously attended and dancing was kept up to the +music of Hulley’s quadrille band with unflagging spirit until an early +hour the following morning. During the day the inmates of the Workhouse +and Gaol were regaled, the former at the expense of the Guardians, and +the latter by the Mayor. The inmates of the Fishermen’s Hospital were +also regaled with plum pudding and roast beef, each man having, in +addition, a pipe of tobacco, with a liberal supply of stout. The women +also partook of tea, with a plentiful supply of cake. The inmates +expressed themselves deeply grateful to the trustees of the charity for +thus enabling them to participate in the festivities of the day.” + +March 18th.—A project had been suggested for the amalgamation of the two +local Volunteer Corps, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Sir E. Lacon, +Bart. + +March 21st.—At an adjourned meeting of the Rifle Corps this question was +introduced by Major Orde, who advocated the suggestion, which was opposed +by Ensigns Watling and Cobb, and the project was thereupon rejected by a +majority of nearly 100; consequently the officers, (who were generally in +favour of the movement), threatened to resign their commissions. + +March 28th.—The Poor’s Rate, (which had been 1s. 8d.), was reduced to 1s. +2d. in the £. + +W. Yetts, Esq., had died at the age of 68; he had been for many years a +member of the Corporation, and a Justice for the Borough. “Mr. Yetts was +possessed of considerable talent as an artist, and as a musician, and was +at all times a liberal patron of the fine arts.” + +April 1st.—The action of “Bayly v. Woodrow” had been tried at the +Assizes, the charge being one of slander upon the plaintiff, who was a +surgeon, by the defendant, a baker in the town. The verdict being for +40s. and costs. + +Mr. Coxon, postmaster, had died somewhat suddenly. + +April 11th.—Messrs. Steward and Aldred had been re-elected Churchwardens; +and Messrs. G. Danby-Palmer and J. Barker, Haven Commissioners, with +Messrs. R. Hammond and D. A. Gourlay as supernumeraries. + +April 18th.—The East Norfolk Militia had mustered 780 strong at their +annual training. + +The Election of Guardians had resulted in no change being made in the +Board except as regarded the election of Frederick Palmer, Esq., a +scrutiny of votes was threatened by the defeated candidates. + +April 22nd.—An otter had been captured on the Hall-quay and remained “in +charge of the police,” and was the only “prisoner” before the Justices. + +May 2nd.—The Corporation addresses to the Prince and Princess of Wales +had been presented by the Mayor, Lord Sondes, and Sir E. Lacon, Bart. + +J. G. Plummer, Esq., J.P., and a member of the Council, had died. + +May 9th.—The first ball of the season had been held at the new +Assembly-rooms, South Beach, the Stewards being the Mayor, Sir E. H. K. +Lacon, Bart., M.P., Major Marcon, Captain Ensor, Captain Longe, and Mr. +C. J. Palmer. + +May 13th.—Mr. J. Scott had been elected a Councillor for the St. George’s +ward in the place of the late Mr. Plummer without opposition, Mr. R. +Norman (who had issued an address in the Conservative interest) having +retired on the eve of the election. + +H.M.S. “Porcupine” was in the Roads. + +An “Old Crome” late the property of Mr. Hunt, had been sold for £110 to +Mr. J. J. Colman. + +May 16th.—The Mayor had distributed prizes to the following members of +the Norfolk Artillery Volunteers:—Sergeant-Major Stolworthy, Sergeant +Sparrow, Sergeant Cocks, Corporal Page, Bombardiers Bullimore, Greenwood, +Nutman, Self, and C. Bartram, and Corporal Baker. + +The Norfolk Artillery Militia, under command of Colonel Astley, had +assembled, 600 strong, for its annual training. + +Mr. Marsh’s wine and spirit stores at the corner of Regent and King +Streets, had been sold by auction for £3,210. + +The death of W. T. Clarke, Esq., J.P., had caused a vacancy for the St. +Andrew’s Ward, and Mr. W. J. Brand had issued an address to the electors. + +May 27th.—This contest terminated for:— + +W. J. Brand 150 +W. Rivett 145 + +And an amusing scene had taken place at the close of the poll between the +Mayor and Mr. Rivett, the latter taunting his Worship for not coming up +in time to record his vote, and “vowing in not the most correct English a +fearful retaliation when his Worship’s term of office should expire.” + +June 3rd.—The Bishop had ordained five deacons and four priests at St. +Nicholas’ Church. + +June 6th.—The following were the six best shots for the Wimbledon +competition:—Corporal Wilshak, 105 points; Private Barrett, 101 points; +Colour-Sergeant Chipperfield, 99 points; Sergeant Hudspith, 97 points; +Captain Youell, 90 points; and Corporal Davey, 89 points. + +June 10th.—The “Red Rover” had reached Sheerness in nine hours on her way +to compete at Erith for the Prince of Wales’ Cup. + +The deliveries of mackerel had been “very small.” + +June 17th.—The Bill for incorporating the Yarmouth Gas Company was before +the Committee of the House of Commons. + +June 20th.—Mr. Jeremiah Barnes had passed the Legal Examination. + +June 24th.—The Norfolk Agricultural Society had held its annual show at +Yarmouth in the Militia Barrack Square (with a considerable extra space +which was boarded in to form the show yard) there was a great display of +bunting, Messrs. Owles, Bond, Hylton, Parsons, Barnard, Mabson, Palmer, +Fyson, Garratt, and Starling being chiefly noticeable in that respect; +100 members and friends afterwards dined at the Town Hall under the +presidency of the Mayor, when, in addition to his Worship, the following +were the speakers:—The Hon. Wenman Coke, M.P., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., +M.P., Sir Thomas W. P. Beauchamp, Bart., the Rev. B. Vaux, Sir W. Jones, +Bart., Lord Walsingham, Lord Sondes, Mr. W. Burroughs, Mr. Field, Mr. +Thomas Browne, Mr. Badham, and Mr. Blyth. + +D. Falcke, W. Briggs, and J. Scott, Esqs., had been appointed Justices in +the place of W. Yetts, J. G. Plummer, and W. T. Clarke, Esqs., deceased. + +Miss Caroline Fellows (Mrs. Tomkins) had obtained the National Medallion +for drawing at the Kensington competition. + +The Committee of the Commons had declared the preamble of the Gas Bill +proved. + +June 27th.—Major Penrice had been installed W.M. of Lodge “United +Friends,” and appointed J. Tomlinson, junr., S.W., F. W. Ferrier, J.W., +William Danby-Palmer, S.D., E. P. Youell, J.D., R. Rising, I.G., and C. +Diver, Secretary. The banquet was served at the Star by Host George +Diver. + +Messrs. Youell, florists, were displaying beautiful specimens of the +“Lilium Giganteum.” + +July 4th.—The “Egbert,” barque, of 410 tons register, had been launched +from Messrs. Fellows’ yard. + +The new Assembly Rooms were proving a great attraction to visitors; the +Artillery Band had been engaged by the directors. + +July 8th.—The “Red Rover” had beaten Mr. Trafford’s new boat the +“Alabama,” at the Water Frolic, and Mr. Harvey’s “Myth” had taken the +prize in the second match. The “Vindex” had been sailed in a foul manner +by her crew, much to the disgust of her owner, Mr. J. Tomlinson, junr., +who was acting as Hon. Secretary to the sports on the Committee-boat at +the time. + +During these sports a frightful accident had happened in consequence of +the hatches of the “Ruby” wherry falling upon two men, who were thereby +crushed to death. + +July 11th.—Mr. Morant had resigned the Town Surveyorship. + +The magistrates on the salvage rota had been restrained from charging, as +heretofore, fees of £2 2s. by the Secretary of State. + +July 15th.—Charles Rushmer, one of the men killed at the Water Frolic, +who was a member of the Norfolk Artillery Volunteers, had been buried +with military honours; it was stated that “this was the only death that +had occurred among the Volunteers” since the formation of the corps in +the town. + +Three thousand excursionists had arrived in one day from East Suffolk. + +July 18th.—The Channel Fleet, consisting of the following ships (under +the command of Rear-Admiral Dacres) was in the Roads:—“Edgar” (flagship), +71 guns, 800 men, 600 horse-power, Captain Church; “Emerald” (frigate), +35 guns, 510 men, 600 horse-power, Captain Cummings; “Liverpool,” 39 +guns, 540 men, 600 horse-power, Captain Lambert; “Black Prince” (armour +plated), 40 guns, 726 men, 1,200 horse-power, Captain Wainwright; “Royal +Oak,” 35 guns, 547 men, 800 horse-power, Captain Campbell; “Resistance,” +16 guns, 482 men, 600 horse-power, Captain Chamberlin; “Warrior,” 40 +guns, 706 men, 1,200 horse-power, Captain Cochrane; “Defence,” 16 guns, +468 men, 600 horse-power, Captain Phillimore; “Trinculo,” (tender), 2 +guns, 20 men. It was nearly dark by the time the last vessel of the +squadron took up her moorings; numbers of persons, nevertheless, remained +on the Beach to a late hour, watching the lights displayed by the vessels +as they laid at their anchorage. + +At eight o’clock on Wednesday morning, a salute of eleven guns was fired +from the Admiral’s ship, in acknowledgment of the salute by the +Volunteers the previous evening. During the whole of Wednesday the fleet +was inspected by large numbers of visitors, who left the Britannia Pier +in steamers plying to and from the squadron at reasonable fares, while +the pier itself was the resort of many interested in watching the +constant arrival and departure of men-of-war boats, freighted with +provisions and stores, or in bringing officers on shore on leave. At one +o’clock, the Mayor, and a party on board, left the bridge in the +steamboat “Emperor,” to pay an official visit to the Admiral. The Mayor +was accompanied on the occasion by C. J. Palmer, W. Nightingale, C. C. +Aldred, W. Holt, G. S. Shingles, W. T. Foreman, W. Johnson, J. Clarke, B. +Fenn, E. P. Youell, W. Laws, J. H. Orde, J. Stephenson, and J. Bunn, +Esqs. On arriving at the flag-ship the party were most courteously +received by Captain Hornby, in the absence of the Admiral, who, +unfortunately, was on shore. After remaining a short time inspecting the +“Edgar,” the party proceeded to the “Warrior,” where they were received +by the Hon. Captain Cochrane, who escorted them over the ship. This was +by far the most interesting feature of the excursion the powerful +armament and splendid construction of this truly noble vessel exciting +the admiration of all. The crew, numbering upwards of 700, were all +found busily engaged at their varied avocations, some intent upon their +drill at the huge Armstrong guns, while others were pursuing more +peaceful avocations. The interior arrangements of the “Warrior,” as a +ship of war, have been so frequently and fully described, that it is +unnecessary to allude further to them, suffice it to say that, after +viewing all parts of the vessel, one could but feel that England had but +little to fear from foreign invasion, while guarded by such bulwarks of +defence. The Mayor, with his friends, having made the tour of the fleet, +returned to the Britannia Pier and disembarked. The Mayor then proceeded +to the Victoria Hotel, where the Admiral was understood to be staying, +but was again unsuccessful in having an interview with him, as he had +just previously left to go on board his flag-ship. Under these +circumstances, the Mayor addressed a letter to the gallant officer, +expressing his regret at not meeting him, and tendering on behalf of the +town an invitation to himself and officers to attend a ball at the Town +Hall, on Monday evening, expressing a hope that his arrangements would +enable him to accept it.” + +The Fleet were, however, compelled to leave on the Sunday afternoon. + +July 25th.—A Bazaar in aid of the Town Charities had been held, when Mrs. +Nevill, Mrs. A. B. Crosse, Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mrs. J. Brown, Mrs. G. +Palmer, Mrs. Rivers, Mrs. F. Frere, and Mrs. Harmer had stalls. + +July 29th.—Captain William Alfred Glasspoole had been appointed A.D.C. to +Major-General Honner, C.B., commanding the Scinde Division of the Indian +Army. + +Aug. 1st.—At the Regatta the “Gipsy Queen,” of Winterton, had won the +yawl race, and the “Little Yankee” (Captain Cholmondley) and the +“Belvidere” (T. M. Read, Esq.,) the small yacht races. + +And at the Water Frolic, the “Red Rover” (S. Nightingale, Esq.,) had +beaten the “Wanderer” (R. Harvey, Esq.,) and the “Little Yankee” (Captain +Cholmondley). + +The Regatta Dinner had been held at the Norfolk Hotel, (Winder, +proprietor). + +£80 had been realised at the Bazaar. + +Aug. 5th.—The Volunteers had been inspected on the South Denes by Colonel +Ibbetson. + +Aug. 8th.—A ring bearing the inscription “Maria Costerton, obit 18, +October, 1788, aged 14 years,” had been dredged up on Breydon, and +claimed by John Fisher Costerton, Esq., who had lost it some 60 years +previously at a water party. + +Aug. 12th.—It was noted that the two drinking fountains were not used by +the public. + +Aug. 19th—Bishop Hills had preached at St. Nicholas’ Church in aid of the +Columbia Mission. + +The Mayor had refused the Bishop the use of the Town-hall for a meeting +on the same subject, and it consequently had been held at the +Priory-hall. £90 was thus raised for the Fund. + +The Artillery Volunteers (170 strong) had been inspected by Colonel Knox. + +Aug. 22nd.—One thousand excursionists had arrived from Newmarket and +Bury. + +The Town Clerk stated in Council that the costs of the Corporation in +opposing the Gas Bill would amount to £800. + +The “Sir Edmund Lacon” Lodge, N.I.U.O.F., had been opened at the +Volunteer Tavern, when Sir E. Lacon and H. R. Harmer, Esq., were invested +with the respective offices of P.S.F. and P.G. and speeches delivered by +those gentlemen and Dr. Stephenson. + +Aug. 26th.—Sir John Walsham was holding an inquiry as to the Guardians’ +election for the North Ward, where Mr. J. F. Neave claimed Mr. Hylton’s +seat; there appeared to be grave irregularities in the Proxy List of +Voters. + +Aug. 29th.—The memorial stone of the new Baptist Chapel on the Denes had +been laid by J. J. Colman, Esq. + +Sept. 2nd.—Records the death of Samuel C. Marsh, Esq., “after a prolonged +and grievous affliction.” + +Sept. 5th.—Mr. Falcke was suggested as a candidate for the Regent Ward to +fill the late Mr. Marsh’s place in the Council. + +Sept. 9th.—The “Justice Roll” could not be found, and there was a “scene” +on the Bench in consequence. + +Sept. 16th.—On Licensing Day there had been the usual “drum up” of +Justices, who were classed as follows by the editor:— + +Regular Attendants—The Mayor, J. Fenn, J. Owles, B. Fenn, J. C. Smith, F. +Palmer, E. Preston, P. Pullyn, R. Hammond, and J. Barker, Esqs. + +Occasional but useful attendants—J. Costerton, C. C. Aldred, W. Bessey, +W. Thurtell, E. Youell, B. Jay, J. Clark, F. Worship and T. Brightwen, +Esqs. + +Three hundred lasts of herring had been landed in one day, “but proving +of inferior quality,” had scarcely realised £10 per last. + +Sept. 19th.—The alterations at the Naval Asylum, amounting to some £2,000 +or £3,000, had been entrusted to Mr. George Tyrell, of this town. + +At the Registration Court, Mr. Clowes appeared for the Liberals, and Mr. +W. C. Reynolds for the Tories. + +The Elocution Society (Mr. Lovewell Blake, Secretary) had held its annual +meeting and reunion at the Corn-hall, when 200 members sat down to tea. + +Sept. 23rd.—The Churchwardens (Messrs. Steward and Aldred) had been +presented with silver tea services, as testimonials of the esteem and +regard in which they were held by the parishioners. + +Mr. Falcke not being qualified to be elected a Councillor, Mr. +Livingston, (Liberal) and Mr. Stagg (Tory) were before the electors in +the Regent Ward. + +Sep. 26th.—The following noblemen and gentlemen had acted as Stewards of +the Races:—Lord William Powlett, Lord Hastings, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Bart., Edward Howes, Esq., M.P., Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. W. C. W. Coke, +M.P., and Colonel Shafto Adair, A.D.C. Mr. J. F. Clarke, as usual, +officiated as Judge, and Mr. Samuel Clarke as Starter. + +The Regent Ward Election had terminated— + +For Stagg 83 +,, Livingston 57 + +Sept. 30th.—James Scott and William Briggs, Esqs., had qualified as +Justices. + +Oct. 3rd.—Corporal H. H. Baker had won the Champion Medal at the +Artillery Volunteer Prize Shooting. + +Oct. 7th.—The Market had been “glutted” with fish, and the prices +consequently remained very low. + +Oct. 17th.—The Mayor (R. Steward, Esq.,) had given his third banquet at +the Town Hall, the Members for the Borough (Sir E. Lacon and Sir H. +Stracey), the Recorder (N. Palmer, Esq.), and many others being present. + +Oct. 21st.—Mr. Newcomb had been appointed Postmaster. + +Oct. 24th.—At a dinner, given by Sir E. Lacon, to the members of the +Conservative party, it had been determined to again offer the Mayoralty +to R. Steward, Esq. + +The Bishop had confirmed 180 young persons at St. Nicholas’ Church. + +The prospects of the fishing were “of a most gloomy character.” Two +vessels, the “Leda” and “Isis” had left for Ancona, the former with 2,900 +and the latter with 2,550 barrels of fish, and several thousand barrels +had been despatched by steamships trading with the Italian ports. + +Oct. 28th.—Three hundred lasts of herring had been landed on the Quay on +Sunday, which had caused a great disturbance there, and the Magistrates +proposed to take steps to prevent a recurrence of such scenes on the +Lord’s day. + +Nov. 4th.—The following had been the result of the Municipal Election:— + + _North Ward_. +Messrs. Bessey and Nightingale (Cons.) not +opposed. + _Regent Ward_. +Messrs. W. C. Reynolds and W. Wright (Cons.) +not opposed. + _St. George’s Ward_. +Messrs. Palmer and Foreman (Cons.) not +opposed. + _Nelson Ward_. +J. H. Harrison (politics doubtful) 148 +J. Clark (Con.) 129 +J. Clowes (Lib.) 81 + _Market Ward_. +J. Barnby (Con.) 121 +C. Nuthall (Con.) 121 +J. Bivett (Lib.) 82 +G. W. Clowes (Lib.) 70 + _St. Andrew’s Ward_. +Richmond (Con.) 251 +Gooda(Con.) 220 +Rivett (Lib.) 100 + +There had been a very heavy gale from the N.N.W. + +Messrs. Savage and de Caux had been proceeded against for placing swills +on the South Quay, and Mr. Savage fined 40s. and costs, but the case +against Mr. de Caux was not proceeded with. + +Nov. 7th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer had proposed and Mr. J. C. Smith seconded in +the Council that £2.000 be expended in the further extension of the +Marine Drive, which resolution was carried _nem dis_. + +The Government had purchased the waste ground between the R.N. Hospital +and the Drive, and were about to enclose it. + +Nov. 11th.—Mr. R. Steward had, upon the nomination of Mr. Ferrier, +seconded by Mr. Nightingale, been re-elected Mayor, and in returning +thanks mentioned “his acknowledgments to C. J. Palmer, Esq., to whose +advice much of the success that had followed his mayoralty was justly +due, and he had pleasure in taking that opportunity of publicly thanking +him for the valuable assistance he had at all times so cheerfully +rendered.” + +Nov. 25th.—Five corn stacks, valued at upwards of £600, had been burnt on +Mr. Hammond’s premises at Gorleston. + +Nov. 28th.—The sum of £135 had been raised for the purpose of presenting +a testimonial to the Mayor. + +The price of gas had been reduced to 4s. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet. + +Mr. Critten had launched a new lifeboat, named “The Friend of all +Nations.” + +Dec. 5th.—Tremendous gales from the S.S.W. had visited the coast and much +damage done to the shipping. + +Dec. 12th.—The new Methodist Chapel at Burgh had been partly blown down +by the gale. + +Dec. 16th.—The following smacks were reported to be missing:—“Driving +Mist” (Mr. Yaxley), “Leveret” and “Three Sisters” (Mr. Nockolds), +“Ranger” (Mr. Norton), “Rhine” (Mr. Symonds), “Osprey” (Mr. Harrison), +“Temperance Star” (Mr. Simlett), “Essex” (Mr. Carter), “Rainbow” (Mr. +Moore), “Twilight” and “North Star” (Mr. Shuckford), “Gihon” (Mr. Todd), +and the “Volunteer” (Mr. Veale.) + +The “Volunteer” steamtug, belonging to Mr. S Fill had been lost, owing to +her having sprung a leak when about 40 miles from the land, while +cruising about to find the missing smacks, and the crew reported that +they had left her in a sinking state. + +Dec. 19th.—The following had been the winners of prizes in the N.A.V. +competition:—Corporal Baker, and gunners Manship, Riches, Bartram, +Shrimpling, Rainer; sergeant Steward; gunners Watson, Davy, Wetherell; +sergeants Cocks and Robinson; corporal Beevor; bombardiers Greenwood, +Nutman, Self; and gunners Stringer, Thompson, R. Cory and Howes. + +The presentation took place at the Drill-room, Regent-street, when the +Mayor presided, and Captains Foreman and Barber also addressed the +Volunteers. + +Dec. 23rd.—The thirteen smacks above-named were still missing. + +Dec. 26th.—C. J. Palmer, Esq. (President of the Institution) had read a +paper upon the history of the building occupied as the Public Library and +the Port Dues Office, at a Conversazione held therein. + +The Mayor’s Testimonial Fund had reached the sum of £200. + +The “Medusa” frigate was searching for the missing smacks. + +Dec. 30th.—There was a warm discussion going on as to the use of one of +the Town fire engines at the burning of a vessel named the “Spray,” Mr. +C. C. Aldred holding that it should not have been so used, while Mr. +Falcke warmly supported the opposite view of the case. + +The following gentlemen then held commissions in the local Volunteer +Corps. + +Artillery.—Major, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart.; Captains, W. J. Foreman, +John Lee Barber, and H. P. Green; First Lieutenants, A. W. Morant and J. +W. C. Ewart; Second Lieutenants, T. M. Read, J. W. D. Gosnall, Robert +Rising and John Brown; Hon. Chaplain, Rev. B. Vaux. + +Rifles—Major, James Henry Orde; Adjutant, R. C. Holmes (late Captain 10th +Hussars); Captains, E. P. Youell, H. H. Barber, W. Holt, and J. +Tomlinson; Lieutenants, H. R. Harmer, G. Moore, F. W. Ferrier, and S. W. +Spelman; Ensigns, John Cobb, S. Aldred, E. Fyson, and R. Watling; +Surgeon, Frederick Palmer; Hon. Chaplain, Rev. H. R. Nevill; +Supernumerary Lieutenants, John Clark and Charles Diver. + + _N.B.—The file for the Year_ 1864 _is missing_. + + + +1865. + + +Jan. 7th.—A man, 60 years of age, had attended the Guardians, with a view +to obtaining a wife out of the Workhouse. He was referred back by the +Board to his own parish (Clippesby). + +Jan. 11th.—Benjamin Dowson, Esq., had died in his 77th year; he was much +respected, and the flags on the shipping and the public buildings had +been hoisted at half-mast. + +Jan. 14th.—The Haven was in a bad state, and there was so little water on +the bar that the “Rainbow” steamer had landed her passengers on the +Beach. + +Jan. 18th.—John Barker, Esq., one of the Borough Magistrates and a Haven +Commissioner, had died in his 69th year. + +Jan. 28th.—The Great Yarmouth Building Society had held its first meeting +(Major Foreman in the chair), when Mr. Chipperfield was elected +secretary, and the following gentlemen directors:—H. Buston, J. +Stephenson, R. Dumbleton, E. Stagg, and J. Isaac. + +The “Antelope” cutter had been launched from Mr. Winter’s yard, for +Messrs. Smith and Son. + +Feb. 4th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer had presided at the annual Sailors’ Home +Meeting, when Captain Rivers, D. Falcke, W. Worship, S. Dowson, C. Rose, +R. Norman, and J. Scott, Esqrs., Majors Orde and Foreman, and the Revs. +Hurst and Harrison were present. + +A public meeting, over which Mr. E. H. L. Preston presided, had been held +in opposition to the “Haven and Port Bill” which was being promoted by +the Corporation, and the following committee appointed to watch that +measure:—Messrs. E. H. L. Preston, W. N. Burroughs, R. Dumbleton, J. W. +de Caux, James Scott, Robert Barber, and John Owles. + +Feb. 15th.—A “very violent storm” had arisen at the meeting of the +Corporation Committee sitting upon the Haven and Port Bill. + +Feb. 22nd.—The shipowners had met (Mr. R. S. Watling in the chair), to +consider the Bill, and had passed a resolution moved by Mr. G. Blake and +seconded by Mr. J. B. Hylton, in favour of the measure. + +The fishing interest had held a meeting (Mr. B. Fenn in the chair), and +condemned the proposed Corporation Fishwharf scheme. + +Feb. 25th.—At the Council meeting, Mr. E. H. L. Preston and Mr. C. C. +Aldred had been “at loggerheads” with regard to the Haven Bill. + +March 11th.—Mr. H. Boulter, for many years one of the Councillors for the +North Ward, had died. + +March 22nd.—There had been a heavy gale from the S.E., which had +occasioned great damage to the shipping; Mr. Petts and the coastguard had +done much good service with Manby’s apparatus, in saving life. + +March 25th.—At the contest in the North Ward, consequent on the death of +Mr. Boulter, the numbers were— + +J. H. Bly (Con.) 121 +J. F. Neave (Lib.) 76 + +Hopton Church, which had recently been destroyed by fire, was to be +rebuilt on a new site at a cost of £2,500. + +April 1st.—During a heavy gale the vessels “Jenny R” and “Londonderry” +had been stranded on the Beach. + +April 8th.—Reports the death of George Danby-Palmer, Esq., as +follows:—“We regret to record the decease of this gentleman, who expired +at his residence, South Quay, on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Palmer was +born July 5th, 1787, and was therefore in his 78th year. He was a member +of the old Corporation, and since the passing of the Municipal Reform +Act, had continued in the new Corporation, although of late years illness +had prevented him from taking any active part in the administration of +municipal matters. He was a Justice of the Peace for the County of +Norfolk as well as the Borough, and also filled the office of Haven +Commissioner. Mr. Palmer throughout his long connection with the town +was closely identified with the trade and commerce of the port, being a +large shipowner, and deeply interested in the fisheries. His loss will +be felt by many, particularly among the poor, to whom he was a true +friend. As a tribute of respect to his memory, the flags have been +hoisted on the shipping and principal buildings in the town during the +week.” In politics Mr. Palmer was a Whig, and possessed great influence +in the town. + +April 15th.—Mr. H. H. Barber (Lib.) and Mr. S. K. Smith (Con.) were +candidates for the seat thus rendered vacant in the Nelson Ward. + +The following Guardians had been elected:—North Ward: Messrs. S. +Nightingale, J. B. Hylton, and I. Shuckford. Market Ward: Messrs. J. +Laws, C. C. Aldred, and J. Fenn. Regent Ward: Messrs. W. Worship, R. D. +Barber, and C. Diver. St. George’s Ward: Messrs. F. Palmer, J. Scott, +and B. Fenn. Nelson Ward: Messrs. J. Clowes, W. T. Fisher, C. +Woolverton, and G. W. Moore. + +The shipwrights, who had been on strike, had returned to their +employment. + +April 22nd.—The debt on St. Nicholas’ Church was then £6,700. + +The contest in the Nelson Ward had resulted as follows:— + +H. H. Barber (Lib.) 150 +S. K. Smith (Con.) 117 + +And “the proceedings throughout the day had all the characteristics of a +general election.” + +Messrs. C. S. D. Steward and E. R. Aldred had been re-elected +Churchwardens by the Vestry. + +May 13th.—The “George” schooner had been launched from Mr. Rust’s yard. + +May 27th.—There had been no special demonstration of loyalty on the +Queen’s birthday. + +The Dowager Lady Lacon had bequeathed £200 to the Hospital. + +A “French Club,” of which M. Butel was the tutor, was meeting at the +Norfolk Hotel. + +June 7th.—A meeting of the Conservative party had been held at the Star +Hotel, which was attended by Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. Goodson, and an +active canvass had been commenced on behalf of those gentlemen, as the +Conservative candidates for the Borough. + +June 10th.—The Liberals had met at the Angel Hotel, when Mr. E. W. +Watkin, by letter, strongly recommended Mr. A. Brogden, and Mr. J. C. +Marshman to the electors, and those gentlemen were, on the motion of Mr. +Livingston, seconded by Mr. Moore, requested to visit the Borough with +Mr. Watkin. + +June 17th.—H.M.S. “Dauntless,” 31 guns, was anchored in the Roads. + +Mr. S. Barge had obtained the contract for enclosing the land to the east +of the Naval Hospital. + +Mr. H. R. Harmer had been presented with an elegant silver salver upon +the occasion of his resigning his commission of Lieutenant in the Rifle +Volunteers. + +June 21st.—The Liberals had held a monster meeting in the Market Place, +when Mr. J. Clowes occupied the chair, and the Liberal candidates +(Messrs. Brogden and Marshman) had delivered addresses. + +The Conservatives had also held a meeting, convened by circular, which +had been addressed by Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. Goodson. + +July 1st.—Both parties had held meetings at Gorleston, which had been +addressed by their respective candidates; each of the candidates spoke of +“certain success, with fair play.” + +July 5th.—The Editor states “that it is evident from the numbers who hold +back their promises, that there is a great expectancy that the value of +votes will rise in the market.” + +July 8th.—The Liberals had been holding meetings in each of the Wards, +and it was stated that “both parties are professedly confident of +achieving a victory.” + +July 12th.—Mr. Marshman had suddenly and unexpectedly retired from the +contest, and Mr. Brogden had issued an address stating that Mr. Vanderbyl +would take Mr. Marshman’s place as a candidate for the Borough; it was +evident that “the struggle would be one of no ordinary character.” + +The farmers in East Norfolk were agitating for a repeal of the Malt Tax, +and had adopted Mr. Clare Sewell Read as their candidate. + +July 15th.—Sir Thomas B. P. Beauchamp, Bart., had been selected as a +colleague of the Hon. Colonel Coke, the sitting Liberal Member for that +Division of the County. + +At the Borough nomination the appearance of the Liberal candidates “was +the signal for a regular ovation.” When something like a hearing could +be obtained, Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed, and Mr. Dumbleton seconded, +Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, Bart., Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. +J. Scott seconded, Alexander Brogden, Esq.; Mr. W. Worship proposed, and +Mr. C. Woolverton seconded, James Goodson, Esq.; and Mr. G. Blake +proposed, and Mr. J. Owles seconded, Philip Vanderbyl, Esq. + +The show of hands was by an “immense majority” found in favour of Messrs. +Brogden and Vanderbyl. + +The polling took place on the following day, and this description is +given of + + “THE ELECTION.” + + The very general expectation that prevailed as to the severity of the + contest drew early together large numbers of persons, who thronged + the vicinity of the polling places and the streets throughout the + day. The polling from eight to nine o’clock was very rapid, both + parties striving their utmost to bring up men so as to head the poll. + The popular feeling, which manifested itself unmistakeably in favour + of the Liberal cause, was sadly damped between the hours of nine and + ten o’clock by the appearance of a placard bearing the state of the + poll, and showing that the Conservatives, notwithstanding the + activity displayed by the other side, had stolen a march upon them, + and meant winning. The result of the next hour’s polling had + considerably increased the Conservative majority, and, as a large + proportion of the electors had voted, it became evident that the + battle, as far as Liberal interests were concerned, was all but lost. + As the day advanced, the position of the Liberals on the poll became + worse, and all chance of retrieving their position was hopeless. The + excitement was very great in the town, but the crowd continued to + conduct themselves pretty quietly, contenting themselves with venting + their disappointment by groaning heartily at every vehicle bearing + placards of “Vote for Lacon and Goodson.” + + State of the Poll. + Nine o’clock. +Lacon 298 +Goodson 294 +Brogden 235 +Vanderbyl 226 + Ten o’clock. +Lacon 541 +Goodson 526 +Brogden 447 +Vanderbyl 425 + Eleven o’clock. +Lacon 608 +Goodson 574 +Brogden 506 +Vanderbyl 481 + Twelve o’clock. +Lacon 746 +Goodson 712 +Brogden 595 +Vanderbyl 557 + One o’clock. +Lacon 758 +Goodson 708 +Brogden 610 +Vanderbyl 571 + Two o’clock. +Lacon 798 +Goodson 757 +Brogden 618 +Vanderbyl 573 + Four o’clock. +Lacon 828 +Goodson 784 +Brogden 634 +Vanderbyl 589 + + The following detail is given of the polling in the various Wards. + + Lacon. Goodson. Brogden. Vanderbyl. +St. 91 86 78 74 +Nicholas’ +Market 146 140 120 109 +Regent 152 146 106 99 +St. George’s 104 100 96 91 +Nelson 189 173 138 130 +Southtown 146 139 96 86 + Total 828 784 634 589 + + July 19th.—At the Nomination for East Norfolk, Sir T. B. P. Beauchamp + (failing to satisfy the Malt-tax Repeal party), Mr. Clare Sewell Read + was proposed as a candidate for the Division, as also were Colonel + Coke, Mr. Howes, and Sir Thomas; the show of hands being in favour of + Howes and Read, a poll was demanded for the Whig candidates (the Hon. + Colonel Clarence Wenman Walpole Coke and Sir Thomas Brograve + Proctor-Beauchamp, Bart.,) who proceeded to Yarmouth, where their + agent (Mr. F. Danby-Palmer) at once organised a meeting of 6,000 + persons in the Market-place, Mr. R. Hammond presided, and General Sir + Charles A. Windham, Colonel Coke, Viscount Bury, and Sir Thomas + Beauchamp addressed the assembly. + + The Tories also held a meeting in front of the Crown and Anchor + Hotel, which was addressed by the Mayor (R. Steward, Esq.), Mr. C. S. + Read, and Mr. E. H. L. Preston; the crowd then, however, gave “three + cheers for Brogden and Vanderbyl, and as many groans for Howes and + Read.” + +July 22nd.—The voting in the town of Yarmouth had been, with regard to +this contest, as follows:— + +Coke 340 +Beauchamp 314 +Howes 297 +Read 267 + +But the general return was— + +Howes 3,100 +Read 2,985 +Beauchamp 2,150 +Coke 1,994 + +July 29th.—The Regatta had, owing to the exertions of F. Harmer, Esq., +been very successfully conducted. + +A Swimming Association had been formed in the town, and Mr. George +Archard had won the 1,000 yards match. + +Sir John Walsham had opened an inquiry at the Tolhouse as to the election +of Messrs. I. Shuckford, W. J. Foreman, and C. Diver, (Guardians for the +parish), whose seats were claimed by Messrs. J. F. Neave, C. Steward, and +J. Clowes (grocer), respectively. + +Mr. J. Clowes, (solicitor), appeared for the appellants, and Mr. C. +Diver, for the respondents. + +Aug. 26th.—The Race Ball had been numerously attended, and amongst those +present were Lord Suffield, the Hon. Mrs. Harbord and party, Major and +Mrs. Orde and party, Mrs. Cubitt and party, Mr. E. H. L. Preston, Miss +Preston, Mr. E. S. Preston, Mr. I. Preston, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer and Miss +Palmer, Captain and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. T. M. +Baker, Mr. T. Burton Steward, Mr. E. Frere, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ferrier, Mr. +C. J. Palmer, Mr. Tompson, Mr. Penrice, Mr. Trafford, &c. + +Aug. 30th.—The Rifle Volunteers were competing for prizes. + +Sept. 6th.—The Volunteer Rifle Corps had mustered 230 strong when +inspected by Colonel Deshon. + +Mr. Shales, of the Star-hotel, had been thrown from his horse on the +Drive, and fractured his collar-bone. + +Sept. 9th.—The Band of the Coldstream Guards had been performing at the +Victoria Gardens, and on the Wellington Pier. + +Sept. 20th.—The Haven Commissioners had drafted certain clauses to be +inserted in the New Haven Bill. + +Owing to the high prices of provision, strikes were threatened by the +working men. + +Sept. 23rd.—The Band of the 13th Hussars had given two concerts at the +Victoria Gardens. + +Sept. 30th.—Herring was selling at from £23 to £25 per last. + +Oct. 7th.—Mr. W. J. Foreman had been declared a duly elected Guardian for +the St. George’s Ward, but nothing had yet transpired as to the result of +the petitions against Messrs. Shuckford and Diver. + +A ball in honour of the French and English steamers now in the port, had +been given in the Assembly Rooms. Among those present were the Mayor, +Mayoress and Miss Steward, Major and Mrs. Orde and party, Captain and +Mrs. Cubitt, the Misses Cubitt, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer and Miss Tapp, +Mrs. Gott, the Misses Gott and party, Miss Maitland, Mrs. and Miss +Seppings, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Miss Preston, the Misses +Larkman, Mr. and Mrs. Gosnall, Miss Pearson, Miss Poole, Mr. and Mrs. J. +Brown, Mr. F. Danby and Miss Palmer, the officers of the English and +French ships, Mr. A. Steward, Mr. T. M. Baker, Mr. E. S. Preston, Mr. +Frere, Mr. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. M. Waters, Mr. T. B. Steward, &c. + +A large ferry boat, while delivering ice to a smack in the roads, had +been upset, but fortunately none of the men in her had been drowned. + +Oct. 1st.—Albert Hensman had been killed by Henrich Erenschinsen at the +City of London tavern. + +Oct. 21st.—The Poor Law Inquiry had been resumed, and was proceeding at +the Tolhouse before Sir J. Walsham. + +Prime herring was fetching £35 per last. + +Oct. 25th.—There had been a heavy gale from the N.E. + +Oct. 28th.—One hundred and thirty young persons had been confirmed by the +Bishop of Norwich. + +Nov. 1st.—It was reported that 21 lives had been lost in the recent gale. + +Nov. 4th.—There had only been contests in the Nelson Ward, where Mr. de +Caux opposed the re-election of Messrs. Bartram and Barber (Libs.), and +in the St. Andrew’s Ward, where Mr. Downing opposed the re-election of +Messrs. Preston and Teasdel (Cons.), but in both cases the “opposition +proved fruitless.” + +Sixteen and a half lasts of fish delivered from the “Ethelbert,” (Messrs. +Smith and Son) had realised £377 14s., and 8 lasts from the “Secret” had +made £182 15s. 3d. + +Nov. 11th.—At the Council Meeting on the 9th, Mr. F. Worship proposed, +and Mr. C. Woolverton seconded, Mr. C. C. Aldred as Mayor, who upon his +election left the Court with Mr. Steward in order to be invested with the +robe and chain, when “considerable surprise was manifested” at Mr. +Steward declining to return to the Council Chamber with the newly-elected +Mayor. + +Nov. 18th.—The demand for herring continued very great, and prices ranged +up to £28 per last. + +Mr. Neave had been declared to be elected a Guardian (in the place of Mr. +Shuckford) by the Poor Law Board. + +Nov. 25th.—The Rifle Volunteer Shooting prizes had been presented (the +Mayor presiding) at the Town Hall. + +The Ladies’ Challenge Cup was on this occasion handed over to Private +Pestell. + +B. Fenn, Esq., (one of the Justices, and formerly an Alderman of the +Borough) had died at the age of 73 years. + +Dec. 6th.—J. T. Birch, Esq., had presided for the last time as Judge of +the Yarmouth County Court, having exchanged that appointment with J. +Worlledge, Esq. (the Judge of the Suffolk Courts), for part of his +district. + +Dec. 13th.—The cattle plague had attacked the cows in Mr. Fox’s and Mr. +Thacker’s dairies. + +Dec. 20th.—It had been determined to lodge a petition against the return +of Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. Goodson on the ground of “gross bribery and +corruption.” + +Dec. 23rd.—An Art Exhibition was being held at the Town Hall, where J. +Owles, Esq’s. china was much admired. + +Dec. 30th.—There had been a meeting of farmers to consider a proposed +Cattle Plague Rate of 2d. in the £. + + _N.B.—The file for the Year_ 1866 _is missing_. + + + +1867. + + +Jan. 2nd.—An attack had been made upon the Recorder (N. Palmer, Esq.), +whose ill-health had caused his absence from the Quarter Sessions, by +Messrs. R. Steward and C. C. Aldred, and the Mayor (Mr. E. P. Youell) by +his casting vote, gave effect to this action. + +David Falcke, Esq., had died; his widow had sent £5 for the poor of the +town. + +Jan. 12th.—The “South-end Mission,” which had been erected at a cost of +£500, had been opened: the Corporation attended this ceremony. + +Jan. 16th.—The attempt to deprive Mr. Palmer of the Recordership was +“strongly condemned,” and it was believed that the Secretary of State +would not entertain the Magistrates’ application. + +Jan. 19th.—This proved to be true, and the Mayor (Mr. E. P. Youell) had +been considerably snubbed by that official in his reply to the letter +forwarded by him. + +There had been heavy gales; much damage sustained by the shipping; the +Railway traffic had been impeded by the snowdrifts. + +Jan. 26th.—A meeting had been held to relieve the distress of the poor, +when £289 was raised in the room. + +Dr. Moxon had presided at the anniversary meeting of the “Sir Edmund +Lacon” Lodge, N.I.O.F., held at the Volunteer tavern. + +Feb. 23rd.—The Corporation had held a meeting for the purpose of electing +two Haven Commissioners under the recently passed Haven Act, when the +voting was— + +For Mr. Charles Cory (Town-clerk) 25 +,, ,, Robert Steward 24 +,, ,, E. H. L. Preston 22 + +Mr. Preston thus losing his seat on the Board, and that gentleman, after +regretting that Mr. Youell, (the Mayor) and others should have “put such +an insult upon him,” stated “that he severed himself from such a +disgraceful party.” + +Feb. 27th.—Mr. Rumbold had been unanimously elected (in the place of +Harbert retired), one of the relieving officers. + +March 2nd.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Building Society had held a meeting at +the Oddfellows’-hall, Gorleston, when Mr. W. J. Brand presided, and +addresses were delivered by Messrs. F. Palmer, L. Blake, J. F. Neave, +Ling, Sacret, and W. S. Page. + +On the revision of the Proxy Book, Mr. C. Diver had appeared for the +Conservatives and Mr. F. Danby-Palmer for the Liberals. + +Mr. Copeman, of Long Stratton, had purchased No. 4, South-quay, (the +Elizabethan mansion restored by the late John Danby-Palmer, Esq.), for +£1,150 and £60 for fixtures. + +Eighteen hundred and sixty-seven changes had been rung on St. Nicholas’ +bells on the 1st and 2nd inst., by the Parish ringers. + +March 6th.—The proposal of the Government to disfranchise the Borough was +the subject of general comment. + +W. H. Bessey, Esq., J.P. and Town Councillor, had died in his 68th year. + +March 9th.—The Town Council had adopted a petition to Parliament +deprecating the proposed disfranchisement of the Borough. + +Lord Bury (accompanied by Mr. F. Danby-Palmer) was sounding the +constituency of East Norfolk with a view to contesting the division upon +the next vacancy. + +The seat on the newly constructed Haven Board held by the shipowners had +been contested with the following result:— + +For Mr. Watling 191 +„ Mr. Scott 91 + +And the former was consequently elected. + +March 13th.—The Conservative electors had met at the “Star” (W. Worship, +Esq., in the chair), and proposed, if disfranchisement could be avoided, +a compromise as to the future representation of the Borough. + +March 16th.—The Liberals had also held a meeting at the “Angel,” when the +majority of those present repudiated the suggested compromise; Mr. R. +Hammond (chairman), Mr. J. Clowes, Mr. J. Lawn, Mr. R. Barber, Mr. J. +Garratt, Mr. L. Blake, Mr. J. W. de Caux, Mr. W. Livingston, Sir Thomas +Beevor, and Mr. J. Scott took part in this discussion. + +April 6th.—There had been a “Magisterial field-day” for the appointment +of Overseers, when the following Justices were present:—Conservatives—The +Mayor and Messrs. R. Steward, C. C. Aldred, J. Fenn, B. Jay, J. C. Smith, +J. C. Clark, and F. Worship; and Liberals—Messrs. R. Hammond, P. Pullyn, +F. Palmer, J. Owles and J. Scott. The Tory nominees were appointed after +a warm altercation, in which Mr. Steward, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Palmer and Mr. +Aldred took prominent parts. + +The following Guardians had been elected:— + +_North Ward_: Messrs. S. Nightingale, J. T. Buston, and J. F. Neave. + +_Market Ward_: Messrs. W. Laws, C. C. Aldred, and J. Rivett. + +_Regent Ward_: Messrs. W. Worship, R. D. Barber, and C. Diver. + +_St. George’s Ward_: Messrs. W. T. Foreman, C. Moore, and E. Stagg. + +_Nelson Ward_: Messrs. G. W. Moore, J. Clowes, C. Woolverton, and H. H. +Barber. + +The following tenders had been accepted for the new Fish +Wharves:—Bricklaying. Norfor, £533; masonry, Bartram, £1,780; paviour, +Chappel, £1,866 7s. 1d.; slater, Dawber, £530; carpenter, Norfor, £1,820; +smith, Barnes, £700; plumber, Wright, £600; total, £7,899 7s. 1d. + +April 24th.—Messrs. Spence, Everard, Moore, Fenner, Veale, Neave, +Harrison, Douglas and Silvers had been upset on Ormesby Broad and +narrowly escaped drowning. + +April 27th.—The bell-ringers had “struck,” owing to their not being +allowed to ring a peal on the occasion of a marriage which took place in +Passion week. + +May 4th.—The East Norfolk Militia had been inspected by Colonel Ross, and +the Officers had given a ball at the Town Hall. + +May 11th.—Some Races, called “The Spring Meeting,” had been held on the +Denes under the management of Messrs. D. R. Fowler, E. Stagg, A. Watling, +C. Steward, J. T. Savage, and H. Crowe, Mr. Cufaude acting as judge and +Mr W. Crowe as starter. + +May 22nd.—Mr. Edmond Beales had attended a Reform Demonstration held on +the Hall Quay, when the Rev. Shelley occupied the chair. + +May 29th.—The first stone of the Volunteer Drill Hall (Ensign F. +Danby-Palmer, hon. secretary) had been laid by the Mayor (Captain +Youell), after the Rev. B. Vaux had offered up a prayer. Major Orde and +Lord Suffield then addressed the corps, which fired several volleys, the +band playing “God Save the Queen.” + +The Ringers being still “on strike,” the Church bells were silent on this +occasion. + +June 5th.—The House of Commons had passed the clause disfranchising the +Borough. + +A halibut had been caught by one of the fishing craft, measuring 6 feet +long, 30 inches broad, and weighing 161 lbs. + +June 8th.—The marriage of Joseph Tomlinson, Esq., to Miss Ellen Larkman, +had been celebrated, with much rejoicing, at Belton Church. + +June 12th.—There had been an alarming fire on Mr. Barnes’ and Mr. Gooda’s +premises at Southtown. + +June 29th.—And another fire at Gorleston on Mr. Kemp’s premises, where +the damage was estimated at from £1,200 to £1,500. + +Captain Smyth, R.N. (Pier Master) had been granted a Greenwich Hospital +out-pension of £65 a year. + +July 6th.—Bro. William Danby-Palmer had been installed W.M. of Lodge +“United Friends” 313, and during the subsequent banquet at the Star +Hotel, the band of the Rifle Volunteers had performed on the “leads.” + +E. H. L. Preston, Esq., had been nominated a Knight of the Belgian Order +of Leopold. + +July 13th.—The “Hermit” (smack) had been launched for Mr. H. K. Swann, +from Mr. Ambrose J. Palmer’s yard. + +July 24th.—Mr. I. Preston, jun., acted as secretary at the “Water Frolic” +(vice Tomlinson resigned), when the following yachts competed:—“Spray,” 8 +tons, F. Foster, Esq.; “Iris,” 7, Messrs. Harrison and Veale; +“Fleur-de-Lis,” 5, P. Gandy, Esq.; “Fleetwing,” 9, Messrs. Hart and +Asker; “Warrior,” 9, H. K. Thompson, Esq.; “Blue Bell,” 6, J. E. Preston, +Esq.; “Syren,” 4, Press Bros.; “Vixen,” 10, P. S. Millard, Esq.; and +“Enchantress,” 10, H. H. Barber, Esq. The “Blue Bell” won. + +Aug. 3rd.—At the Regatta, the “Red Rover” declined to try conclusions +with the “Satanella” and the “Eva,” the former of which yachts won the +prize. + +Only three yawls competed with the following results:— + + H. M. S. +“Glance” 2 58 30 +“Star of the East” 3 4 46 +“Eclipse” 3 5 30 + +It was remarked that no Yarmouth yawl was entered for the match. On this +occasion Mr. F. Harmer acted as starter, and Mr. J. H. Bly as Hon. +Secretary. + +Aug. 24th.—The Mayor had given a ball at his residence at Gorleston, when +about 60 ladies and gentlemen were present. + +Aug. 28th.—The town was full of visitors. It was estimated that from +15,000 to 20,000 persons were at one time on the Marine Drive on the +preceding Sunday. + +Sep. 7th.—The Mortuary Chapel at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Caister +Road, had been consecrated by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Demerara. + +The Corporation land at and near “Norfolk Square” had been offered for +sale, and several lots sold to Messrs. H. Teasdel, J. Clowes, J. Isaac, +C. Woolverton, and E. Stagg. + +Sep. 11th.—The Fish Wharves and Market were nearly completed and would +shortly be opened; they had cost about £12,000. + +The fire engines had been condemned and were about to be replaced by more +powerful ones constructed by Messrs. Shand and Mason. + +Sep. 14th.—Herring was selling at from £12 to £15 per last. + +The Corporation had been selling sites near the Naval Hospital, and Grout +& Co.’s Factory, which had realised an average rent of £1 2s. 5d. per +site. + +Sep. 21st.—Prime herring was selling at £30 per last. + +Sep. 25th.—J. T. Abdy, Esq., had attended as Revising Barrister for East +Norfolk, when Mr. I. O. Howard Taylor and Mr. F. Danby-Palmer represented +the Liberals, and Mr. Charles Diver and Mr. Eagleton the Conservatives, +each party had made 56 claims and lodged 130 objections. + +Oct. 16th.—Owing to a glut of fish, some herring were selling so low as +£6 per last. + +Oct. 26th.—The following were the retiring Councillors:—Messrs. W. +Worship, J. D. Hilton, C. J. Palmer, C. Woolverton, R. Ferrier, B. Jay, +R. D. Barber, J. Tomlinson, D. A. Gourlay, E. R. Aldred, R. Steward, and +W. J. Brand; all of whom (except Mr. C. J. Palmer) proposed to seek +re-election. + +Nov. 2nd.—Mr. de Caux had appeared as a candidate in the South Ward and +Messrs. Neave and Frosdick in the St. George’s Ward. + +A small steam boat, the property of Mr. Laurie, had been launched from +Mr. Blyth’s iron works at Cobholm. + +Nov. 9th.—The Drill Hall had been opened, when the Volunteers and a large +number of guests were entertained by the officers of the Corps, (Major +Orde, Captains Youell, H. H. Barber, W. Holt, J. Tomlinson, Lieutenants +G. W. Moore, S. Aldred, R. E. Dowson, Fyson, C. Diver; Ensigns, Ambrose +J. Palmer, F. Danby-Palmer, and Adjutant F. A. Cubitt), among whom were +the Rev. H. Nevill, Major Foreman, and the Officers of the Norfolk +Artillery Volunteers, Captain James, Captain Cubitt, Captain Gilbertson, +Captain Calthorpe, Captain Ensor, Captain Rivers, and Messrs. Brightwen, +R. Steward, C. H. Chamberlin, S. Dowson, S. Nightingale, C. C. Aldred, J. +Baumgartner, C. Cory, A. Steward, W. Danby-Palmer, Frederick Palmer, F. +Worship, J. Starling, R. D. Fowler, T. George, T. P. Burroughs, T. Olley, +C. Rose, J. Dumbleton, J. Bracey, E. Stagg, G. W. Giles, T. Moore, +Maclean, Shales, Barge, E. Cooke, J. Mainprice, Boning, &c., and there +were also a number of ladies present. + +Nov. 13th.—At the Council meeting, on the motion of Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Bart., seconded by Mr. C. Woolverton, William Worship, Esq., had been +elected Mayor. + +James Sharman, a Trafalgar veteran and keeper of the Nelson Monument, had +died at the age of 82 years. + +Nov. 25th.—There had been a contest in the Regent Ward, consequent upon +Mr. W. C. Reynolds’ retirement from the Council, when the polling was as +follows:— + +T. George (Con.) 124 +T. Todd (Ind.) 114 +Livingston (Lib.) 26 + +Nov. 27th.—A detachment from the 35th, 90th, and 96th Regiments had +arrived at the Southtown Barracks under the following officers:—Captain +Caldecott (35th), Ensigns Cooper and Aldridge (35th), Lieut. Jones +(96th), and Ensign Blockwell (96th). + +Dec. 4th.—There had been a “tremendous gale and tide,” and Southtown was +flooded. + +Dec. 7th.—The “Rescuer” Gorleston lifeboat had been upset at the +Harbour’s mouth and 25 lives lost. + +Dec. 11th.—In the action of “Henderson v. Lacon, Bart.,” the directors of +the late Royal Hotel Company had been held personally liable for +mis-statements contained in that Company’s prospectus. + +Dec. 25th.—The Rifle Volunteer Officers had invited 1,100 ladies and +gentleman to an entertainment at the Drill Hall, when Major Orde, Captain +Youell, the Rev. J. J. Raven, Mr. C. H. Chamberlin, Mr. H. R. Harmer, and +Mr. E. H. Combe took part in the performances and readings. + + + +1868. + + +Jan. 1st.—A. Brogden, Esq., had given 20 tons of coals to the poor of the +borough. + +Jan. 8th.—“Fenian scare.” The Magistrates had held a private Meeting, +which was attended by Major Jones and Captain Scovell, (96th Regiment) +with a view to adopting measures for the more efficient protection of +property within the borough. + +The ammunition stores had been removed from the Batteries to the Barracks +and the Military had paraded and marched to Church with muskets and side +arms. + +Jan. 11th.—The “United Brothers” Lodge, A.I.O.F., had held its 4th annual +festival in St. John’s Schoolroom. + +Jan. 15th.—Mr. Matthew Butcher, junr., had been appointed Consular Agent +to the Italian Government at Yarmouth. + +Jan. 25th.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Building Society had held its first +annual general meeting, Frederick Palmer, Esq., in the chair; the report +was a very favourable one, and, being laid before the meeting by Mr. L. +Blake (the Secretary), was unanimously adopted. + +Jan. 29th.—A fatal fire had occurred at Mr. Pigg’s shop and +dwelling-house in the Market Row. Mrs. Pigg and two children had been +burned to death, and damage sustained to the estimated amount of some +£3,000. + +Feb. 12th.—The lugger “Flying Fish” had struck upon a sunken wreck, and +immediately foundered. + +The “North Sand” had dried to a very considerable extent. + +Feb. 19th.—There had been a fracas in the hunting field at Toft Monks, +consequent upon Mr. Colman causing a hare to be shot during a run of the +Norfolk and Suffolk Harriers, and thereupon having been assaulted by one +of the sportsmen. + +Feb. 26th.—Contains the account of the presentation, at the Cape, of a +watch and address to Captain F. Diver, of the “Roman.” + +March 7th.—Mr. S. Aldred had been appointed treasurer to the Race +Committee (vice Mr. C. Steward, deceased.) + +Mr. C. C. Newcomb, post-master, had died. + +March 11th.—The Quarter Sessions could not be held, as neither the +Recorder, or a deputy on his behalf, appeared on the day fixed for +holding this Court. + + “THE CIGAR SHIP.—This novel specimen of marine architecture, known as + the ‘cigar ship,’ put into this harbour on Friday last, and has since + continued to be an object of great curiosity among our seafaring + population. The vessel, which is named the ‘Walter S. Winans,’ was + built by the firm of Messrs. Winans, American contractors, and is + stated to be on an experimental cruise, with the view of thoroughly + testing her sea-going qualities. She is fitted with a screw + propeller, the fans of which are entirely submerged. Her engines are + of 35 horse power, but can be worked up to 50, and it is stated she + has attained a speed of 14 miles an hour. The peculiarity of her + build gives her a singular appearance, her cone-shaped bow projecting + for some distance clear of the water, while her stern is more + depressed. This gives her a very unsightly look, and it is evident + that her builders have sacrificed everything in her construction to + attain a high rate of speed, her berthing and general accommodation + being of an inferior character compared with other sea-going + steamers.” + +April 4th.—The question of purchasing the Ferries had been considered by +the Town Council, the price asked for them being £9,500, and the +Committee of the Council had recommended the purchase, but on division +the motion to do this was lost by 11 to 10 votes. + +April 8th—Messrs. Ellis, Pestell, Skoulding, and Harbord had been +re-appointed overseers. + +April 15th.—The following Guardians had been elected:—North Ward: Messrs. +Nightingale, Neave, and Buston. Market Ward: Messrs. Laws, Aldred, and +Fenn. Regent Ward: Messrs. Worship, Barber, and Diver. St. George’s +Ward: Messrs. Scott, Foreman, and Palmer. Nelson Ward: Messrs. +Woolverton, Moore, Bracey, and Clowes. + +April 22nd.—Large numbers of codling, plaice, and whiting were being +taken in the dykes near the Acle New Road. It was supposed that these +salt-water fish were left there by the floods of the previous December, +when the Breydon Wall had been broken. + +May 2nd.—The “Everette” had foundered at her anchors in the Roads. + +The Fish Wharf was to be extended 1,100 feet, for which work Mr. +Parmenter’s tender of £1,375 had been accepted. + +May 23rd.—The property “without the Walls” had been for the first time +assessed to the land tax. + +May 27th.—The Queen’s Birthday had been observed as a general holiday, +and a salute of 21 guns fired from the South Battery by the Norfolk +Artillery Militia, under the command of Colonel Lord Suffield. + +May 30th,—That Regiment had been inspected by Colonel Knox. + +June 6th.—Mr. Shuckford, Master of the Workhouse, had died. + +June 10th.—A meeting, convened by Messrs. O. Diver and H. Brand, had been +held for the purpose of organising an opposition Steam-packet Service. + +June 27th.—The following had taken part in an Amateur performance at the +Regent Hall for the benefit of the Hospital:—Miss Lawes, Miss T. Lawes, +Messrs. Colley, Meadows, Lawes, Cattermole, Fenn, Watson, Godfrey, Cooke, +Spence, H. Baker, J. Franklin, and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Young. + +July 4th.—Mr. and Mrs. Blyth had been elected Master and Matron of the +Workhouse. + +The British Medical Association had held a meeting at the Town Hall, Dr. +Vores in the chair; the following Yarmouth medical men were also +present:—Dr. Macleod, R.N., Dr. Smyth, and Messrs. J. C. Smith, Frederick +Palmer, Charles Palmer, D. Meadows, T. Moxon, R. R. B. Norman, Bately and +C. B. Rose. + +July 11th.—Fifty thousand mackerel had been landed in one day and sold at +from 10s. to 12s. per 120. + +July 22nd.—Messrs. E. R. Wodehouse and R. T. Gurdon had been accepted as +Liberal, and Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Major Walpole as Tory, candidates for +the then newly-constituted division of North Norfolk. + +Messrs. C. Woolverton, E. R. Aldred, C. E. Bartram, and R. D. Barber had +been “secretly” appointed Justices by the Lord Chancellor. + +July 30th.—Contains the following as to the coming contest:—“The Liberal +candidates are announced to address the electors at the Angel Hotel, +Market Place, on Wednesday evening next. Mr. Wodehouse arrived on +Saturday last, and there is little doubt of both the candidates receiving +an enthusiastic welcome on their first public appearance before the +Liberal portion of the constituency. The selection of Messrs. Wodehouse +and Gurdon for the Northern Division of the County has been regarded with +general satisfaction here, even among Liberals of the more advanced +school of politics, and the coming contest promises to see the Liberal +party of this borough thoroughly united and more than usually perfect in +its electoral organisation.” + +Aug. 1st.—The Liberal electors had been addressed by their candidates in +the Long Room, Angel Hotel, J. Clowes, Esq., presiding, and among those +present were Sir T. Beevor, Bart., Messrs. J. Scott, F. Palmer, P. +Pullyn, C. E. Bartram, H. Brand, W. T. Fisher, Revs. Shelley, Tritton, +&c. + +Mr. Simmons had made a successful balloon ascent from the Victoria +Gardens. + +Aug. 5th.—The Tories had held a meeting at the “Star,” E. H. L. Preston, +Esq., in the chair, and amongst those present were Messrs. T. Brightwen, +I. Preston, W. Holt, E. H. H. Combe, C. Diver, Captain Dods, J. C. Smith, +W. J. Foreman, G. S. Shingles, R. Gorell, T. George, B. Dumbleton, J. T. +Bracey, J. Bracey, F. Ferrier, H. Cowl, B. Jay, C. Preston, E. Stagg, T. +Todd, T. W. Doughty, J. Bunn, J. Cooper, J. Buston, J. G. Ellis, G. Beck, +E. Boult, W. Mabson, J. H. Bly, T. C. Foreman, Burgess, &c., &c. + +Aug. 8th.—At the Regatta the “Ariel” (T. M. Read), won the prize for +schooner yachts, and the “Red Rover” (Nightingale) and the “Belvidere” +(H. Teasdel), the other yacht prizes. Mr. I. Preston acted as secretary, +Messrs. J. Clowes and Petts as umpires, Mr. F. Harmer as starter, and Mr. +J. Cobb as time-keeper on this occasion. + +Aug. 19th.—Gorleston had been made one of the polling places for East +Suffolk. + +Aug. 29th.—The Races had been held, the Stewards being the Mayor (W. +Worship, Esq.), Lord Hastings, Baron Rothschild, J. Goodson, Esq., M.P., +and F. Barne, Esq. + +Sep. 5th.—A number of persons had been victimized by the advertisement of +a “Trip to Cromer by Steamer,” which was to call for them at the Jetty; +no steamboat, however, appeared, and the promoters ran off with the +passengers’ fares. + +Sep. 12th.—Messrs. Wodehouse and Gurdon, with Mr. McCullagh Torrens, +M.P., had addressed the electors from the Angel Hotel; amongst those +present were Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., and Messrs. J. J. Colman, R. +Hammond, Bircham, Rev. Shelley, J. Scott, J. Clowes, C. E. Bartram, F. +Palmer, F. Danby-Palmer, J. Mainprice, G. Blake, L. Blake, S. C. Blake, +J. Fellows, A. Davie, W. T. Fisher, S. Page, J. Humphries, D. R. Fowler, +W. J. Brand, W. Livingston, &c., &c. + +Sep. 19th.—Dr. Abdy had held the County Revision Court at the Tolhouse, +when Mr. I. O. Howard Taylor and Mr. F. Danby-Palmer appeared for the +Liberals and Mr. C. Diver for the Conservatives. + +Sept. 23rd.—The Liberals claimed a gain of 81 on the revision, and it was +stated “that great credit was due to the Liberal agents, Messrs. I. O. +Taylor (Norwich) and F. Danby-Palmer (Yarmouth) for the care bestowed in +preparing the claim and objection lists.” + +Sept. 26th.—The B Battery of the C Brigade, R.H.A., under Colonel Bishop, +had arrived at the Southtown Barracks; it was composed of 180 men, with +140 horses, and six nine-pound Armstrong guns. + +The “Sultana” (brig of 301 tons) had been launched from Messrs. Fellows’ +yard for Messrs. Stone and Company. + +Oct. 7th.—The Mayor, with Messrs. W. T. Fisher and R. B. Ellis as +assessors, had held the Municipal Revision Court at the Tolhouse, when +Mr. F. Danby-Palmer appeared for the Liberals and Mr. C. Diver for the +Conservatives. + +Oct. 10th.—The following were the retiring Councillors:—North Ward: +Messrs. J. Mainprice and J. H. Bly. Market Ward: Messrs. F. Worship and +C. C. Aldred. Regent Ward: Messrs. C. B. Rose and E. Stagg. St. +George’s Ward: Messrs. J. C. Smith and J. Scott. Nelson Ward: Messrs. C. +E. Bartram and H. H. Barber. St. Andrew’s Ward: Messrs. E. H. L. Preston +and H. Teasdel. + +Oct. 17th.—A vestry meeting had been held with a view to the removal of +the organ from the west end of St. Nicholas’ Church, the Rev. H. Nevill +presided, and Messrs. E. H. Preston, W. Mabson, C. S. D. Steward, R. +Hammond, and C. Cory took part in the proceedings. + +There was a glut of herring, and prices “ruled low.” + +Oct. 21st.—This state of affairs continued, and prices only averaged from +£7 to £8 per last. + +Oct. 28th.—There had been heavy gales, with loss of life at sea, which +had interrupted the fishing. + +Nov. 4th.—James Coleby had escaped from the Borough Gaol. + +The polling in the contested Wards had terminated as follows:— + + _Regent Ward_. +E. Stagg (Con.) 177 +J. Burton (Con) 128 +T. Todd (Ind.) 92 + _Market Ward_. +C. C. Aldred (Con.) 174 +E. Fyson (Con.) 158 +J. F. Neave (Lib.) 133 +J. G. Overend (Lib.) 119 + _St. Andrew’s Ward_. +J. P. Baumgartner (Lib.) 276 +F. Dendy (Lib.) 274 +H. Teasdel (Con.) 173 +R. Dumbleton (Con.) 176 + +The Liberals thus gaining two seats at Gorleston. + +Nov. 7th.—Mr. Lane (Rate Collector) and Mr. R. Page (Bill poster), had +been before the Justices in consequence of a row arising out of the +election. + +Nov. 14th.—At the Council meeting, S. Nightingale, Esq., had been on the +motion of Mr. C. C. Aldred, seconded by Mr. Woolverton, elected Mayor. + +And Mr. H. Teasdel (the recently defeated candidate at Southtown) was +appointed an Alderman in the place of Mr. John Brown. + +Nov. 18th.—There had been heavy gales from the N.N.W., and a schooner had +been driven through the Britannia Pier. + +Nov. 25th.—The nomination for North Norfolk had taken place at Aylsham, +when the Rev. H. Lombe proposed, and Mr. E. H. L. Preston seconded, Sir +E. H. K. Lacon, Bart.; Mr. H. R. Upcher proposed, and Mr. J. W. Shelly +seconded, Mr. Edmond Robert Wodehouse; Mr. E. Fellowes, M.P., proposed, +and Mr. R. Leaman seconded, the Hon. Frederick Walpole; Mr. Bulwer +proposed, and Mr. Richard England seconded, Mr. Robert T. Gurdon; and the +High Sheriff (Lord Ranelagh) having declared the show of hands equally +divided between the candidates, a poll was demanded on behalf of all of +them. + +Nov. 28th.—The poll had been declared as under:— + +Walpole 2,642 +Lacon 2,574 +Wodehouse 2,237 +Gurdon 2,081 + +At Yarmouth it was stated that:— + + “the proceedings throughout the day in connection with the polling + for this part of the district were characterised by considerable + excitement. The Conservatives from the opening of the poll took a + prominent position, and as hour by hour passed away their majority + steadily increased, until by three o’clock they were, according to + their published returns, nearly 400 ahead. No statement of the poll + was made during the day by the Liberals, but every exertion was made + to reduce the Conservative majority. Cabs and carriages bearing + placards of “Vote for Wodehouse and Gurdon” were dashing about in all + directions, keeping up the excitement; but, despite every effort, the + influence of the local candidate proved too strong to be successfully + resisted, and at four the Conservative declaration of numbers showed + the following result:— + +Lacon 948 +Walpole 890 +Wodehouse 505 +Gurdon 469 + + The polling at Ormesby for the Hundreds of East and West Flegg was + also, as might have been anticipated, greatly in favour of the + Conservative candidates. Despite these adverse returns, the Liberal + agents were sanguine of better results in other parts of the + district, but their majorities at Cromer, Wells, and Holt, failed to + make any material change, so far as the issue of the election was + concerned, and it became at length apparent that the hopes of the + Liberal majority in North Norfolk were at an end. Notwithstanding + the excitement engendered by the contest, the election was conducted + throughout with great good humour. During the day the streets and + approaches to the polling places were thronged by persons who amused + themselves by cheering and shouting in favour of their respective + candidates, but there was, during the afternoon, an entire absence of + the drunkenness and violence that characterised previous borough + elections. If the numbers polled be examined, it will be found that + in the county (excluding Yarmouth) Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Gurdon are + in a slight majority. It was in Yarmouth where the majority was + obtained, and which, we hear, will yet be found to have been obtained + by illegal practices.” + +Dec. 12th.—Mr. Nutman (Relieving Officer for the North District) had +died. + +It was alleged that an “aged imbecile pauper,” had been taken out of +Rollesby Workhouse by a Guardian to vote for the Tory candidates. + +Dec. 19th.—The directors of the Britannia Pier Company had decided to +hand over that structure to Mr. Isaac in consideration of his taking over +the mortgage upon it. + +Admiralty Jurisdiction had been conferred on the Yarmouth County Court. + +Dec. 30th, contains the following notice of the death of Richard Ferrier, +Esq.:—“We regret to announce the death of Mr. R. Ferrier, who expired at +his residence, Trafalgar Road, on Sunday morning, after a protracted +illness. The deceased gentleman represented St. George’s Ward for many +years in the Town Council, though for some time past his ill health had +incapacitated him from the discharge of his public duties. He was a man +of sound judgment and excellent business habits, and his opinion on all +practical matters had great weight with the Council. Mr. Ferrier was in +politics a Conservative, and in his younger days was distinguished by the +zeal and energy with which, at all times, he worked for his party. In +respect to his memory the flags were hoisted half-mast high on the Town +Hall.” + + + +1869. + + +Jan. 2nd.—The average price of herring during the fishing had been £8 +17s. 6d. per last, and the money thus expended had amounted to £146,000. + +Jan. 6th.—Mr. J. D. Hayes had been elected one of the Relieving Officers +in the place of Mr. Nutman deceased. + +John Coleby alias “Jack Sheppard,” who had recently broken out of gaol, +had been re-captured. + +Jan. 16th.—There had been a contest in St. George’s Ward to fill the +vacancy caused by Mr. R. Ferrier’s death; when the following was the +poll:— + +Mr. T. W. Doughty (Con.) 104 +Mr. H. Hammond (Lib.) 82 + +Jan. 27th.—A faculty had been obtained for the removal of St. Nicholas’ +organ from the west end of that church to the North Transept; this had +been strongly opposed by Mr. E. H. L. Preston. + +Feb. 17th.—There had been severe gales from the Eastward, causing much +damage to shipping. + +Feb. 21st.—Mr. John L. Cufaude (Clerk to the Guardians) had been arrested +in respect of a claim “for which (as he stated to that Board) he had no +right in justice to be arrested”; subsequently he made himself a +bankrupt, when it appeared that he had been involved in racing +transactions, where he had figured as Mr. De La-Cè. + +Feb. 27th—The boiler of the “Bold Buccleugh,” Hull steamer, had exploded +while that vessel was at her Yarmouth Wharf. + +March 13th.—Mr. Williams, of Cardiff, had been given the “St. Nicholas’ +Church Contract,” although his price (£4,755) exceeded that of Mr. Hood +(Norwich), which was £4,194. + +The following gentlemen (out of 27 candidates) had been elected members +of the newly-formed Gorleston Board of Health:—Messrs. Dendy, +Baumgartner, Gooda, J. Hammond, Beevor, Gambling, Teasdel, W. Nelson and +J. Nelson. + +Mr. Chipperfield (the late Secretary) had been presented with a +testimonial by the Yarmouth Building Society. + +Two otters had, during a run of the harriers, been captured in a field +near Thrigby Hall. + +March 20th.—Mr. S. B. Cory had been elected Clerk to the Gorleston Board +at a salary of £50 per annum, and Mr. F. Dendy chairman of that body. + +April 7th.—The following Guardians had been elected:—North Ward: S. +Nightingale, J. T. Buston, and J. F. Neave. Market Ward: C. C. Aldred +and W. Laws (with a tie between J. A. Norman and R. Tunbridge). Regent +Ward: W. Worship, R. D. Barber and C. Diver. St. George’s Ward: J. W. de +Caux, J. Scott, and J. Rivett. Nelson Ward: C. Woolverton, J. T. Bracey, +J. H. Harrison, and G. W. Moore. + +Messrs. C. S. D. Steward and E. R. Aldred had been re-elected +Churchwardens. + +April 14th.—Mr. J. A. Norman had been seated as a Guardian for the Market +Ward; there were then 9 Conservatives and 7 Liberals upon the Board. + +The Rifle Corps had held a Church parade. + +April 17th.—William Danby-Palmer, Esq., had accepted the command of the +local batteries of Artillery Volunteers. + + + +Major Orde had presided at the soireé of the Norfolk and Suffolk Building +Society held in the Corn Hall. + +May 1st.—The Rifle Corps had given a series of amateur dramatic +representations at the Drill Hall, in which Messrs. Wiltshire, Youell, +Applewaite, Giles, Watson, Chipperfield, and others had taken part. + +The Duke’s Head had been purchased by Mr. Davey for £1,520. + +May 12th.—The Officers of the East Norfolk Militia had given a ball to +200 persons at the Town Hall. + +June 5th.—Mr. E. H. L. Preston had presided at a meeting called for the +purpose of presenting a testimonial to Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P. +Captain Dods, and Messrs. William Mabson, William Danby-Palmer, C. +Woolverton, R. D. Barber, and Dumbleton took part in the proceedings. + +June 12th.—Mr. Charles Cory (Town Clerk) had died of gastric fever in +Italy in his 57th year. + +June 16th.—Messrs. Charles J. Palmer, C. Diver, and H. R. Harmer were +candidates for the office thus rendered vacant. + +June 23rd.—At the Council meeting Mr. C. Diver (being the only person +nominated), was unanimously elected Town Clerk, and a vacancy in the +Aldermen being thus caused, the following voting took place:— + +Mr. J. H. Orde 25 +Mr. E. H. L. Preston 3 + +July 14th.—The 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers (under command of Captain +W. Danby-Palmer) had attended St. Peter’s Church. + +July 24th.—The following appointments had been made in the 2nd Norfolk +Rifle Volunteers:—W. P. P. Matthews to be Captain, B. Wilson to be +Lieutenant, William H. Palmer to be Ensign, W. E. Wyllys to be Surgeon, +and T. W. Doughty to be Hon. Assistant Quarter-Master. + +July 31st.—At the Council meeting, Mr. C. C. Aldred was very abusive to +Mr. J. C. Smith during the election of a Haven Commissioner in the place +of the late Mr. Cory; the voting was as follows:—For Mr. W. Worship: The +Mayor, and Messrs. Purdy, Shingles, Orde, Watling, Bunn, Teasdel, +Worship, Hilton, Barnby, Nuthall, E. R. Aldred, C. C. Aldred, R. D. +Barber, Tomlinson, Foreman, Doughty, Jay, Woolverton, Bartram, and +Steward; total 21. For Mr. E. H. L. Preston: Messrs. Youell, Harmer, +Laws, Mabson, Bly, Fyson, Wright, George, Stagg, J. Burton, W. D. Palmer, +Smith, Scott, Veale, J. T. Bracey, Stone, Barber, Richmond, Gooda, Brand, +Dendy, and Baumgartner; total 22. Absent, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, and +Messrs. Mainprice, J. Bracey, Gourlay and Shuckford. + +Aug. 4th.—The late P. Stead, Esq., had bequeathed £1,000 to the Hospital. + +Aug. 28th.—The corner-stone of the Grammar School on Trafalgar Road had +been laid by S. Nightingale, Esq. (Mayor). + +Sept. 11th.—Upwards of 300 lasts of herring had been landed at the Fish +Wharf, and prices ranged from £10 to £25 per last. + +Sept. 25th.—Dr. Hills (Bishop of Columbia) had addressed two public +meetings at the Town Hall, and preached at St. Nicholas’ in aid of that +Mission; the total sum thus realised was £64 11s. + +Oct. 2nd.—Mr. R. H. Palmer (Revising Barrister) had been holding Courts +at Yarmouth, Ormesby, and Gorleston, when Messrs. C. Diver, F. +Danby-Palmer, and F. W. Ferrier were the agents appearing before him. + +Mr. Wm. Jas. Palmer had been elected House Surgeon at the Hospital in the +place of Mr. Colley resigned. + +Nov. 6th.—The following had been the result of the Municipal Election:— + + _St. Nicholas’ Ward_. +Mr. S. Nightingale (Con.) 266 +Mr. E. H. L. Preston (Con.) 228 +Mr. J. F. Neave (Lib.) 176 + _Market Ward_. +Mr. J. E. Barnby (Con.) 246 +Mr. Nuthall (Con.) 209 +Mr. J. A. Norman (Lib.) 195 + _Regent Ward_. +Mr. T. George (Con.) 158 +Mr. W. Wright (Con.) 156 +Mr. F. Danby-Palmer (Lib.) 82 +Mr. John Clowes (Lib.) 72 + _St. George’s Ward_. +Mr. J. W. de Caux (Lib.) 156 +Mr. W. J. Foreman (Con.) 151 +Mr. Chas. Palmer (Con.) 137 +Mr. H. Hammond (Lib.) 132 + _Nelson Ward_. +Messrs. Veale and Bracey (Con.) +unopposed. + _St. Andrew’s Ward_. +Messrs. Gooda and Richmond (Con.) +unopposed. + +Nov. 10th.—Charles Woolverton, Esq., had been unanimously elected Mayor. + +Owing to the recent gales, the following fishing smacks were reported as +missing:—The “Prince Albert,” “Thomas and Fanny,” “Armada,” “Echo,” +“Royal Diadem,” “Lord Raglan,” “Eugene,” “Garland,” and “Pursuit.” + +1,500 wind-bound vessels had sailed through the Roads northwards. + +Dec. 4th.—The Justices had dismissed a summons for payment of rate in +consequence of the action of the Overseers in not placing the rated +person on the Municipal list, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer arguing the case for +the ratepayer, and the Vestry-Clerk appearing for the Overseers. As this +raised a large question on the Register, it had caused some excitement in +political circles, and further action was threatened. + + + +1870. + + +Jan. 1st.—Charles Dashwood, Esq., had given a ball at the Assembly Rooms. + +Jan. 12th.—Thomas Brightwen, Esq., had died at the age of 59. + +Damage had been occasioned to several houses in the town by a heavy gale. + +Jan. 26th.—Another wrecked vessel had been in contact with the Britannia +Bier. + +Jan. 29th.—Mr. J. H. Orde had been elected Borough Treasurer in the place +of Mr. T. Brightwen deceased. + +Two vessels had been in collision with the Newarp lightship. + +Feb. 12th.—J. Tomlinson, Esq., had been elected Commodore of the Norfolk +and Suffolk Yacht Club. + +There had been a boiler explosion at Messrs. Bracey and Son’s Ropery. + +Feb. 16th.—There had been very heavy gales and much loss to the shipping. + +During one of these gales the Assembly Rooms had been discovered to be on +fire, and this building thus sustained damage to the extent of £700 or +£800. + +Feb. 19th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall for the relief of the +poor. The Mayor presided, and the Rev. Canon Nevill, Mr. Hammond, Major +Orde, Mr. W. N. Burroughs, Mr. Gorell, Mr. John Clowes, Mr. Neave, and +Mr. Laws took part in the proceedings. Between £200 and £300 was raised +in the room. + +Feb. 26th.—The organ in the Parish Church had been re-opened. This +instrument appears from the report then issued to have been built by +Jordan in 1732, and previously repaired in 1812 and 1840; the repairs +this time costing £820. + +March 12th.—Mr. Longley had been holding an Inquiry at the Tolhouse with +regard to the alleged neglect of a pauper patient by Mr. Stafford +(Surgeon for the North District). + +March 19th.—Messrs. Blott had been prosecuted by the Haven Commissioners +for obstructing the North River, when they were defended by Mr. F. +Danby-Palmer, and the case adjourned in order to effect a settlement. + +March 26th.—The Rifle Corps had attended Gorleston Church, and afterwards +marched round that village. This was the first time such a parade had +taken place. + +April 9th.—Captain Smyth, R.N., and Captain Dent, R.N., had been promoted +to the rank of Admiral. + +April 13th.—The following had been the polling of the elected Guardians +(there being in all 32 candidates).—North: S. Nightingale (C), 356; J. F. +Neave (L), 308; J. D. Hilton (C), 292; S. Barge (C), 248. In this ward +Mr. Cufaude had decided that Mr. Neave was disqualified, and had +consequently declined to declare that gentleman elected, Mr. Neave’s +solicitor (Mr. F. Danby-Palmer) had, however, taken a different view of +the affair, and this question was to form the subject of further +proceedings. Market: J. A. Norman (L), 429; C. C. Aldred (C), 365; W. +Laws (C), 345. Regent: R. D. Barber, W. Worship, and C. Diver (no +figures given.) St. George’s: J. W. de Caux (L), 356; J. Scott (L), 312; +W. J. Foreman (C), 284. Nelson: G. Woolverton (C), 615.; J. Bracey (C), +548; F. Palmer (L), 392; J. Clowes (L), 345. + +April 16th.—Mr. Cufaude had submitted an elaborate statement upon Mr. +Neave’s case to the Local Government Board. + +The constitution of the Guardians was then 10 Tories and 6 Liberals. + +April 23rd.—“Yachting Items”: Mr. Palmer was building a schooner yacht. +Mr. Preston had purchased the “Otter.” The “Red Rover” (Nightingale) was +being altered, as was also the “Syren.” + +Messrs. Mills and Blake had launched a new barge. + +Mrs. Bowyer Vaux, her son, and a friend, had been upset in a sailing boat +on Breydon. + +April 30th.—At a sale of Gas Shares, those of £30 realised £45 per share, +and those of £7 10s., £11 10s. per share. It was stated that the maximum +dividend of 8½ per cent. was regularly paid on this stock. + +May 4th.—Sir Alexander Shafto Adair, Bart., (Lib.), and Lord Mahon (Con.) +were candidates for East Suffolk. + +May 14th.—Mr. J. Fenn had caught a perch weighing 3½ lbs. and 18 inches +in length. + +May 18th.—There was a report current of a fracas having taken place +between two leading members of the Tory party during a meeting at the +Star Hotel. + +May 21st.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club Dinner had taken place at +the Town Hall. + +May 25th.—“It is stated that the gallant gentleman, (Major Foreman) who +figured in the _melée_ that arose at the late conference of the +Conservative party is about to seek legal redress for the attack made +upon him (by Mr. E. H. L. Preston.)” + +The 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers (under the command of Captain +Commandant William Danby-Palmer) had attended St. Peter’s Church. + +May 28th.—On Her Majesty’s Birthday, the Rifle Volunteers under the +command of Major Orde had fired a _feu de joie_ in the Market Place, and +the Artillery, under the command of Captain William Danby-Palmer, had +fired a salute of 21 guns from the South Battery. In the evening the +officers messed at the Crown and Anchor, when the following were among +the guests present—The Mayor (C. Woolverton, Esq.), the Deputy-Mayor (S. +Nightingale, Esq.), Rev. B. Vaux, J. C. Smith, Esq., E.N.M., C. Diver, +Esq., (Town Clerk), Captain Cubitt, Captain Alderson, N.M.A., Major +Foreman, C. J. Palmer, Esq., and I. Preston, Esq. + +June 4th.—The following had been the result of the East Suffolk +Election:— + +Lord Mahon (Con.) 3,456 +Sir A. S. Adair, Bart. (Lib.) 3,285 + +Captain Alderson and Lieutenant Partridge, of the Norfolk Artillery +Militia, had given a Ball at the Town Hall. + +June 11th.—The Nottingham Order of Odd Fellows had held its annual +festival at the Corn Hall, Bro. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., P.I.F., +taking the chair, supported by Bros. Moxon, E. P. Youell, W. Laws, W. J. +Foreman, W. T. Fisher, J. H. Fellows, J. Bracey, and Mr. Wiltshire. + +Mr. Cattermole (Librarian) had been presented with a testimonial in the +shape of a watch of the value of £25 and a cheque for £31 10s. + +June 15th.—Admiral Smyth, R.N., had resigned the office of Pier-Master +after 35 years service. + +June 18th.—The decision of the Local Government Board being in favour of +Mr. F. Danby-Palmer’s contention, and against that of Mr. Cufaude, +consequent thereon Mr. Neave was entitled to his seat at the Board of +Guardians. + +June 22nd.—The brigantine “Ethel” had been launched from Mr. Rust’s yard. + +June 25th.—The officers of the Norfolk Artillery Militia had given a +grand Military Ball at the Assembly Rooms. + +Mr. C. S. D. Steward and party had caught 10 perch on Ormesby Broad, four +of which weighed 12lbs. + +The Yarmouth Co-operative Society was in liquidation, and Mr. Lovewell +Blake, the liquidator, had summoned several of the contributors for +arrears of call. + +July 2nd.—Quarter-Master Doughty, Colour-Sergeant Chipperfield, Sergeants +Lay and Wilshak and Privates Harpour and Wales had been selected to go to +Wimbledon. + +Mr. I. Preston, accompanied by his friend, Mr. T. M. Baker, had sailed +for Holland in the river yacht “Otter.” + +July 16th.—The opening services in connection with the New Middlegate +Congregational Church had taken place. The Rev. J. C. Harrison preached +from Psalm cxvi., 12 and 13; the cost of this building, &c., (less sale +of old material) had amounted to £3,515 8s. 8d.; the architect was Mr. J. +T. Bottle, the contractor Mr. William Hood, and the sub-contractors +Messrs. Burgess, Dumbleton, Sargeson, and Barge. + +The luncheon, in connection with the event, was held at the “Crown and +Anchor,” when the Rev. W. Tritton presided; about 250 persons were +present, addresses were delivered by the Chairman, the Rev. J. C. +Harrison, the Rev. Dr. Mellor, and Messrs. S. W. Spelman, J. Crossley, J. +T. Bottle and others. + +July 23rd.—The D Troop B Brigade of the Royal Horse Artillery had arrived +at the Southtown Barracks under the command of Colonel Mitchell, +comprising 150 officers and men with 120 horses and 6 guns. + +July 27th.—Upon Mr. Neave attending to take his seat at the Board of +Guardians a “scene” took place, several members accusing Mr. Cufaude of +partiality, which that gentleman indignantly denied. + +August 13th.—Mr. Attwood had been returned as a Councillor for the St. +Andrew’s Ward without opposition, in the place of Mr. Richmond deceased. + +August 20th.—The following officers and men of the 1st Norfolk Artillery +Volunteers had gone to Shoeburyness:—Captain Commandant William +Danby-Palmer, Lieutenants T. Burton Steward and T. M. Baker, Sergeant +Smith, Corporals Harrison and Sadd, Bombardiers Steward and Sayer, +Gunners Allcock, Millican, and Woodhouse. + +Captain Youell had (after eleven years’ service) retired from the Rifles. + +Sept. 3rd.—A meeting had been held to raise a fund for the sufferers by +the Franco-German war. The Mayor, the Vicar, Dr. Vores, Mr. J. H. Orde, +Mr. C. C. Aldred, the Rev. W. Griffiths, and Mr. S. W. Spelman took part +in the proceedings, and upwards of £100 was raised in the room. + +Sept. 17th.—Mrs. Gray had bequeathed by will £100 to the Hospital, £19 +19s. to the Sailors’ Home, and £10 to the Lying-in Charity. + +Upwards of 60 boats had delivered fish at the Wharf, the price being £16 +to £22 per last for fresh fish. + +Sept. 24th.—The Queen’s bounty had been forwarded to Mrs. Spurge. + +Oct. 5th.—At a meeting held at the Turk’s Head, J. Scott, Esq., in the +chair, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer and Mr. Hinchman Hammond had been selected as +candidates to contest the St. George’s Ward in the Liberal interest. + +Mr. J. Petts, R.N., had resigned his command in the Coastguard after 40 +years’ service, twelve of which had been spent in Yarmouth. + +Oct. 15th.—No minister had attended at St. Peter’s Church to perform +service in the afternoon of Sunday. + +The old Jetty had been lengthened 60 feet. + +Mr. E. Stagg (one of the Councillors for the Regent Ward) had died. + +£149 13s. 6d. had been raised for the purpose of presenting a testimonial +to Sergeant Berry (of the Police). + +Mr. S. K. Smith had landed from one of his boats 24 lasts of herrings, +which sold for £264. + +It was calculated that some 2,000 French fishermen were then in +Gorleston. + +Oct. 26th.—Mr. Robert Rising (of Horsey) had been elected a Haven and +Pier Commissioner in the place of Mr. Burroughes resigned. + +Nov. 5th.—Owing to the extension of the franchise and the “split” in the +Conservative camp, the Municipal Election had excited a good deal of +attention, as the following report shows:— + + “MUNICIPAL ELECTION.” + + As was expected, these elections were fought out with considerable + spirit, the town throughout the day presenting all the aspects of a + contested general election, cabs duly placarded with the names and + claims of the candidates rushing about the streets in all directions + _en route_ to the various polling-places or committee-rooms. + + In the North Ward the Conservatives were early at work, and were + enabled to put their candidates considerably ahead, Messrs. Worship + and Hilton counting a formidable majority at an early stage of the + contest. The friends of Messrs. Neave and Blyth were, however, far + from dismayed, and worked with a degree of zeal that certainly + deserved if it did not ensure success. In the course of the + afternoon the Conservative majority had been greatly reduced, and it + looked at one time as if Mr. Neave’s return would have been secured. + The aspect of things nerved the Conservatives to renewed efforts and + enabled them to keep ahead of their opponents, the result being the + return of their candidates, Messrs. Worship and Hilton. + + In the Market Ward the greatest excitement prevailed, popular feeling + being in favour of Mr. J. Norman (L) and Mr. I. Preston. The latter, + although a Conservative, came forward on independent grounds, and as + opposed to the compromise that has been entered into for the return + of Messrs. Norman and Combe. The last-named gentleman was brought + out under the auspices of that section of the Conservative party, + better known as the “clique,” which evoked the determined opposition + of the “independent” portion of the party. There was another + candidate in the person of Mr J. Garratt (L), but that gentleman + retired at an early stage of the contest in favour of Mr. Combe. + Soon after the commencement of the polling, it became evident that + Mr. Norman’s election would be safe, and that the real fight would be + between Messrs. Combe and Preston. The last-named had a large staff + of energetic supporters, and he was soon placed in a majority which + no efforts on the part of his opponents could break down. The + result, therefore, in this ward was the return of Messrs. Norman and + Preston, which must be regarded as a great blow to the dominant + section of the Conservative party, who strained every nerve to carry + their man. + + The contest in the Regent Ward was of diminished interest as compared + with the other parts of the town, and resulted in the return of the + Conservative candidates, Messrs. Barber and Tomlinson. Against these + gentlemen were arrayed Messrs. Woodger and Page; but the candidature + of the two last-named was carried on in a sort of guerilla fashion + that evinced little confidence in a successful result, and their + respective chances will be found very fully illustrated in the + returns given at the close of the poll. + + In the St. George’s Ward the battle was between Messrs. Doughty and + Baker, (C), and Messrs. Palmer and Hammond (L). Here a most + determined fight was made, the Liberals commencing the business of + the day in a style that evidently meant winning. Soon after the + first hour’s polling, Messrs. Palmer and Hammond took a commanding + lead, and although the utmost zeal was evinced on the part of their + opponents, they kept increasing their majority until by noon it had + assumed such proportions as to place the issue of the contest beyond + all question. The result was unexpected, and created quite a + sensation among the Conservatives, who chagrined at the turn of + affairs in the Market Ward, were little prepared for this fresh + source of annoyance and discomfiture. + + In the Nelson Ward there was no contest, Messrs. Woolverton, (C), and + Stone (L) being unopposed. + + The election in the Southtown or St. Andrew’s Ward was provocative of + the usual excitement, the Gorlestonians coming out in considerable + force, and testifying their Conservative or Liberal proclivities in + the liveliest manner. The candidates were Messrs. Steward and + Hammond, (C), as opposed to Messrs. Beevor and Nelson. The contest + was well fought throughout, and resulted in the election of the + Conservative candidates. + + In celebration of the victory in the St. George’s Ward, the Liberals + paraded a band, which did honour to the occasion by playing a + selection of popular music through the principal streets. + + OFFICIAL DECLARATION. + + The official swearing-in of the newly-elected members took place on + Thursday afternoon, the proceedings creating more than their wonted + interest from the expectation of a “scene.” These anticipations were + fully realised. Previous to the commencement of the usual routine, + Mr. J. F. Neave, one of the defeated Liberal candidates in the North + Ward, addressed Mr. S. Nightingale, and, in a tone of considerable + vehemence, charged that gentleman and his supporters with having + secured the election by unfair practices by bringing forward + individuals to personate voters who were dead or at sea, or by other + means equally discreditable. The scene which ensued was of the most + lively character, some half-dozen Councillors speaking at once. + Those in the body of the Court showed their enjoyment by encouraging + shouts of “Go it Neave,” “Give it them,” an appeal, however, which + was scarcely necessary, as the North Ward champion appeared in fine + mettle, and continued his address, although the greater part of it + was lost in the general turmoil. Referring to the result, Mr. + Nightingale was understood to say that Mr. Neave would never be so + near winning again, which elicited a rejoinder from the latter that + he had been told he should never be elected a Guardian, but he had + shown them what he could do, and if he were spared he would yet be in + the Council. This declaration of future hostilities was received + with great uproar, which was with difficulty quelled sufficiently to + enable the business of the meeting to be proceeded with. This having + been brought to a termination, after sundry interruptions, the + newly-elected hastily quitted the Court, the proceedings having + afforded a singular exhibition of political amenities, from a + Yarmouth point of view. + +The following is the official return:— + + _North Ward_. +Mr. Hilton (C) 395 +,, Worship (C) 384 +„ Neave (L) 371 +„ Blyth (L) 287 + _Market Ward_. +Mr. J. A. Norman (L) 402 +,, I. Preston, Junr. (C) 376 +,, Combe, (C) 336 +,, Garratt (L) 4 + _Regent Ward_. +Mr. J. Tomlinson (C) 281 +„ R. D. Barber (C) 261 +,, Woodger (L) 86 +„ R. Page (L) 7 + _St. George’s Ward_. +Mr. F. Danby-Palmer (L) 292 +,, H. Hammond (L) 291 +,, Baker (C) 164 +,, Doughty (C) 142 + _Nelson Ward_. +Messrs. Woolverton (C) and Stone (L) +unopposed. + _Southtown or St. Andrew’s Ward_. +Mr. R. Steward (C) 365 +,, Hammond (C) 358 +,, Beevor (L) 309 +,, Nelson (L) 300 + +As the result of this election, it was believed that Mr. E. H. L. Preston +would be Mayor for the ensuing year. + +Mr. F. Ferrier had been returned in the place of Mr. Stagg, deceased, for +the Regent Ward. + +An effort was being made to restore St. George’s Chapel. + +Nov. 12th.—At the Council meeting, Mr. J. C. Smith proposed, and Mr. +Bracey seconded, Mr. E. H. L. Preston, as Mayor, and this was carried +_nem. dis._ + +There had been an enormous catch of herring; Messrs. Smith’s “Ocean Wave” +had taken 29 lasts, and on the Thursday it was computed that 1,409 lasts +of fish had been landed at the Wharf. + +Nov. 16th.—C. E. Bartram, Esq., J.P. and Councillor for the South Ward +had died. + +Nov. 19th.—The Volunteers had received “Snider Rifles.” + +Mr. J. H. Fellows had presided at a meeting at the “New Royal Standard” +to select a candidate for the South Ward, when Mr. Fredk. Palmer was +brought forward, the other candidates named being Mr. I. Hill, Mr. G. +Harvey, and Mr. J. H. Harrison. + +Nov. 23rd.—Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant:—2nd N.R.V., Lieut. +A. J. Palmer to be Captain, vice Youell resigned; Ensign E. H. H. Combe +to be Lieut., vice Palmer promoted. + +Nov. 26th.—The following had been the result of the election in the +Nelson Ward:— + +Mr. Fredk. Palmer (L.) 447 +„ Isaac Hill (C.) 269 + +After the declaration of the poll a procession, headed by a band, had +paraded the principal streets. + +Twelve vessels had already cleared with 28,390 barrels of herring for +Italian ports. + +Dec. 3rd.—A petition alleging bribery at St. George’s Ward Election, had +been presented to the Town Council, and supported there by Mr. J. W. Bunn +(one of the Aldermen). Mr. F. Danby-Palmer repudiated the charge on +behalf of Mr. Hammond and himself, and, ultimately, on the motion of Mr. +Harmer, the document was ordered to be laid “under the table.” + +The death of Mr. H. H. Barber (one of the Councillors for the South Ward, +and a Captain in the 2nd N.R.V.) is recorded. + +In the Nelson Ward Mr. H. Fenner (C.) had been returned in his place, +having beaten Mr. Woodger (L.) by 85 votes. + +The fishing-boats were “making up” after a very successful voyage. + +It was proposed to lay down a tramway from Yarmouth to Lowestoft. + +Dec. 17th.—The Mayor had presented the testimonial to Inspector Berry; it +consisted of a 20 guinea watch and a purse of £145. + +One fishing boat had caught 142 lasts of herring during the season. + +It was estimated that £40,000 would be paid to the fishermen in wages. + +Messrs. Woolverton and George had opened a Stock Sale at Acle, the former +gentleman acting as auctioneer. There were a large number of entries, +and fat stock had realised 10s. 6d. per stone. + +Dec. 21st.—Miss Emma Pearson (daughter of the late Captain Pearson, R.N.) +had written a letter from the seat of war at Orleans, where she was +nursing the sick and wounded. + +Dec. 24th.—Records the death of Mr. Henry Fellows, shipbuilder, aged 70. + +Herring had averaged £10 per last during the season, and it was computed +that the money value of the fish caught during the season was £180,000. + +Dec. 28th.—Mr. Wyllys’ sledge had upset at the corner of Regent Street, +and knocked over a woman, but no serious damage had been sustained. + +Dec. 31st.—Mr. J. H. Want had obtained the contract for the erection of a +new Post Office in Regent Street. + + + +1871. + + +Jan. 4th.—Records the abandonment of what was known as the “Ordering up +system,” under which complainants had been accustomed, on payment of a +fee of 2s. (without summons), to have persons brought before the +Magistrates by the police. + +A young Danish girl had been discovered working as a sailor on board a +vessel. + +Jan. 10th.—One Thacker, a veteran gunner, generally known as “Old Stork” +had brought down five swans at one shot on Breydon. + +Jan. 14th.—The Mayor (E. H. L. Preston, Esq.), had given a ball at the +Town-hall; about 180 guests were present; Mr. Sturge led the band; and +Mr. Collins provided the refreshments. + +A large otter, measuring 4¾ feet and weighing 30 lbs., had been shot near +the North River; it had previously been pursued by a skater, who had +seized it by the tail, when it turned upon him and inflicted a +considerable wound on his wrist. + +Jan. 15th.—The Magistrates had refused to convict in a vaccination case, +which conduct was greatly exercising the Board of Guardians. + +Jan. 25th.—The schooner “Starling” had foundered in the fair way of the +harbour between the piers, and thus blocked the navigation. + +Feb. 1st.—The first subscription ball was advertised with the following +list of stewards:—The Mayor, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Henry E. +Buxton, Charles Sharpe Sharpe, and William Danby-Palmer, Esqs. + +Feb. 4th.—Bro. Edward Howes had been installed W.M. of Lodge +“Friendship,” the members of which lodge had presented a testimonial to +Bro. C. L. Chipperfield. + +Mr. W. J. Foreman had presided at the meeting of the Great Yarmouth +Building Society, and Mr. Frederick Palmer at the meeting of the Norfolk +and Suffolk Building Society. Each institution published a favourable +report of its proceedings and declared bonuses of £15 and £16 13s. 4d. +respectively. + +Mr. Woodger had given 20 tons of coal to the poor in the South Ward. + +Feb. 8th.—Contains the following account of the death of Robert Steward, +Esq.:— + + “We regret to record the death of this gentleman who expired suddenly + at his residence in Cambridge, on Saturday evening. Mr. Steward for + a number of years occupied a very prominent position in this borough, + having filled the office of Chief Magistrate on five occasions. He + was until recently an active member of the Town Council, having + represented the Southtown or St. Andrew’s Ward for a lengthened + period, during which time he exhibited a warm interest in all that + related to the welfare of the borough. Mr. Steward was one of the + first to associate himself with the Volunteer movement, and was ever + ready with his purse to aid the cause. It was the occasion of his + fifth election to the Mayoralty that his fellow-townsmen determined + to present him with a testimonial in recognition of his public + services, and so heartily was the appeal responded to, that a sum was + soon raised sufficient for the purchase of a handsome service of + plate, which was publicly presented at the Town Hall. Latterly Mr. + Steward had been suffering from failing health, and had taken up his + residence at Cambridge, but on all occasions when anything of public + interest was under discussion he was at his accustomed post in the + Town Council. Mr. Steward was a Justice of the Peace for the + Borough, and also for the County of Suffolk. As a public man his + loss will be much felt, for though occasionally overbearing and + impetuous, his faults were overlooked in the thorough earnestness + with which he applied himself to the promotion of those measures + which he considered for the general good. Out of respect the flags + on the Town Hall and shipping have been hoisted half-mast.” + +A quantity of human remains had been discovered in a vault in Row 112. + +Feb. 11th.—A fine hare had been captured in the Market Place, after an +exciting chase. + +Feb. 15th.—Mr. E. H. H. Combe and Mr. Nelson had been nominated to fill +the vacancy, created by Mr. Steward’s death, in the Southtown Ward. + +J. C. Smith, Esq., had presided at the anniversary of the “Loyal Prince +of Wales Lodge,” M.U.O.F., at the Market Tavern, when about sixty +brethren were present. + +Feb. 25th.—There were 900 boats then engaged in the fishing, of the gross +tonnage of 14,788 tons, manned by 4051 men and 531 boys. + +Mr. E. H. H. Combe had been returned as a member of the Council for the +Southtown Ward. + +March 8th.—Police-constable Shreeve had met with a fatal accident by +falling from the fire escape. + +The pauper lunatics, 18 in number, had been removed from London to the +Ipswich Asylum. + +An old house in Row 132 had fallen down. + +March 11th.—The late R. Steward, Esq., had bequeathed a legacy of £19 +19s. to each of the following charities:—The Great Yarmouth Hospital, the +Priory, St. Peter’s, and Gorleston National Schools, the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, the Norwich Blind Institution, the National School +Society, the Boys’ Hospital School (Norwich), the C. M. Society, and the +S. P. G. Society. + +March 22nd.—A fine pike, weighing upwards of 25lbs., had been shot in one +of the neighbouring Broads. + +April 18th.—At the Guardians’ Election the new and largely augmented +constituency was polled for the first time. There was a regular party +fight, Mr. John Cooper acting as Conservative agent, and Mr. F. +Danby-Palmer for the Liberals, the following being the result:— + + _North Ward_. +J. F. Neave (L) 844 +H. Blyth (L) 662 +S. Nightingale (C) 662 +J. T. Buston (C) 567 +J. Rant (L) 542 +S. Barge (C) 478 + _Market Ward_. +J. A. Norman (L) 621 +Wm. Laws (C) 476 +J. G. Overend (L) 427 +R. Dumbleton (C) 418 +R. B. Ellis (C) 397 + _Regent Ward_. +R. D. Barber (C) 470 +W. Worship (C) 426 +J. H. Norman (L) 375 +C. Diver (C) 367 +J. Clowes (Grocer) (L) 289 +R. Bryant (L) 198 + _St. George’s Ward_. +J. W. de Caux (L) 557 +J. Scott (L) 478 +J. Rivett (L) 371 +W. J. Foreman (C) 298 +W. Harrison (C) 248 +D. Gooch (C) 244 +T. Todd (C) 115 + _Nelson Ward_. +F. Palmer (L) 966 +C. Woolverton (C) 934 +J. Bracey (C) 766 +J. Clowes (Solicitor) (L) 678 +W. T. Fisher (L) 534 +T. C. Foreman (N) 376 +G. Harvey (C) 267 +J. H. Harrison (N) 8 + + Previous to the declaration of the numbers by the returning officer, + + Mr. John Cooper, on behalf of the Conservative candidates, who had + met the previous night, announced his intention not to proceed with + the scrutiny before the returning officer, who had no authority to + call witnesses, but stated that the whole conduct of the election + would be laid before the Poor Law Board with a view to a thorough + enquiry being instituted. The election had been conducted in a + fraudulent manner. Mr. Cooper, in support of his assertion, + instanced the case of Hurr, one of the collectors, who, he alleged, + had only returned 113 papers out of 300. Names had also been put on + various papers without authority, while the collector (Hurr) had + taken his papers to the house of one of the candidates, where they + were examined and sorted. Another collector in the Liberal interest, + named Norman, had been convicted and sentenced to twelve months’ + imprisonment for robbery. Mr. Cooper went on to say that in the + Market Ward (Hurr’s district) upwards of twenty papers had never been + called for, and he understood that there were upwards of 50 which had + been signed by one person. The election had been conducted in such + an unfair and scandalous manner, that the Conservatives had resolved + upon demanding a Poor Law enquiry. + + Mr. Livingston said it would be for Mr. Cooper and his friends to + make good the allegations just made. He hoped if there had been any + irregularity it would be fully enquired into. + + Mr. J. A. Norman (who headed the poll for the Market Ward) supposed + that Mr. Cooper had suspected the Liberals had been adopting the + former tactics of their opponents, and had taken a leaf out of their + book. (Laughter.) + + Mr. Overend (another successful candidate for the Market Ward) denied + that the papers had been sorted in the shop as alleged, and said the + collector called for information. + + Mr. Cufaude (the Returning-officer) said the collector ought not to + have done this, as it was most irregular and contrary to the + instructions given to the collectors. He then gave the return as + above, and the proceedings closed. + + The result has caused considerable heart-burning among the + Conservatives, who have so long held the sway in all matters + pertaining to local administration, and they cannot be expected to + view with equanimity the storming of one of their chief strongholds + by the enemy. + +April 22nd.—Mr. Bowgin, who had died at the age of 90, had left a +considerable sum of money to local charities. + +April 26th.—At the first meeting of the recently elected Board of +Guardians, Mr. Frederick Palmer and Mr. John A. Norman were respectively +elected chairman and vice-chairman, in the place of Mr. C. Woolverton and +Mr. W. Laws. + +The smack “Sevastopol” (belonging to Mr. H. Fenner) had been destroyed by +fire on the fishing grounds. + +Judge Worlledge had been appointed Chancellor of the Diocese in the place +of Mr. Howes, deceased. + +May 6th.—The _Free Lance_, a notorious local newspaper, had been +proceeded against for libelling Mr. King, of Gorleston. + +May 10th.—Records the death of Richard Hammond, Esq., as follows:—“It is +with deep regret that we announce the death of this much respected +gentleman, who expired at his residence, Regent Road, on Saturday morning +last, after a rather lengthened illness. Mr. Hammond during his long +career has occupied so prominent a position, and has ranked so high in +the opinion of all classes of his fellow-townsmen, that his death, +although regarded as imminent, created much sensation. The deceased, who +was born in 1792, and was consequently at the time of his decease in his +79th year, was one of the oldest Magistrates of the borough, having been +called to the Bench in 1841. During the long period that Mr. Hammond was +associated with the administration of justice he was remarkable for his +uprightness and thorough independence of character. Wealthy, but yet +conspicuous for his unostentatious mode of life, he was at all times +accessible to those of his poorer fellow townsmen, many of whom were wont +to seek his counsel, and advice. In the exercise of his magisterial +functions, he was ever disposed to temper justice with mercy, and in his +death there must be many who must feel that they have lost a true and +valued friend. The deceased for many years occupied a leading position +as among the most prominent, forward, yet consistent members of the +Liberal party, and although he had of late ceased to take any active part +in political controversies, he was always deeply interested in everything +that pertained to the advancement of the cause which he had so greatly at +heart. Mr. Hammond, who was largely connected at one time with the +fisheries, had also a considerable stake in the shipping of the port, and +accumulated a large property, the bulk of which will, doubtless, have +been bequeathed to his three nieces, as he was unmarried. Out of respect +to the deceased, the flags on the Town Hall, public buildings, and +shipping have been hoisted half-mast, while many private families have +shown similar marks of regard to the memory of the deceased.” + +The Guardians had decided to allow Nonconformist Ministers to visit at +the Workhouse. + +May 17th.—One boat had landed 1,000 mackerel, and that fish was selling +at from 20s. to 25s. per hundred. + +May 20th.—The late Mr. Hammond had left the following charitable +legacies:—Hospital, £50; Sailors’ Home, £19 19s.; Priory schools, £50; +and St. John’s, St. Andrew’s, St. Peter’s and Primitive Methodist +schools, £19 19s. each. + +The cost of taking the census had amounted to £110 15s. + +June 3rd.—Records the death of David A. Gourlay, Esq., as follows:—“We +regret to record the death of this gentleman, who expired at his +residence on Wednesday, at the advanced age of 89 years. During his long +connection with the town, Mr. Gourlay contrived to amass considerable +wealth, having been largely connected with the shipping interest of the +port. The deceased was a much respected member of the Liberal party in +the borough, and in 1849 filled the office of Mayor. He was also a +Magistrate, having been placed on the roll of Justices in 1858, and for +many years represented the Market Ward in the Town Council, which +position he only resigned last year. Mr. Gourlay was of a singularly +quiet habit, devoting his entire time to business pursuits, which he +continued until advancing years and infirmities compelled retirement. +The deceased was deeply interested in the educational movements of the +town, and a few years since presented the magnificent donation of £1,000 +towards the Wesleyan Schools. As a mark of respect to his memory the +flags on the Town Hall and shipping have been hoisted half mast. The +number of borough magistrates who have died since 1863 has now reached +15.” + +June 10th.—There had been a stormy discussion in the Council with regard +to the proposal to appoint Messrs. Salmon Palmer, Garson Blake, and John +W. de Caux, Justices for the Borough, when Mr. James W. Bunn moved, and +Mr. C. Woolverton seconded a resolution to the effect that such +appointments “would be objectionable”; and Mr. F. Danby-Palmer moved, and +Mr. James Scott seconded an amendment approving such appointments, which +was lost by 25 to 7 votes, those voting in the minority being Messrs. F. +Danby-Palmer, J. Scott, Frederick Palmer, J. W. de Caux, T. W. Attwood, +H. Hammond, and J. A. Norman. + +Mr. I. Preston’s “Otter” had made a passage from Yarmouth to Harwich, a +distance of 52 miles in four and a half hours. + +June 14th.—Mr. Stafford had resigned the surgeonship for the North +District, his salary being £100; he stated that he had 2,093 paupers on +his books. + +June 17th.—One hundred and twenty-seven men of the R.H.A. were encamped +on the North Denes, the officers being Captains Fox-Strangeways and +Scott; Lieutenants Rothe, Hardinge-Brown, and P. F. Blackwood; +Surgeon-Major Lewer, and Vet.-Surgeon Walker. + +Messrs. J. Tolver Waters, Frank Burton, and F. W. Dendy had passed the +Legal examination. + +June 21st.—Mr. A. D. Stone had been elected a Haven Commissioner in the +place of Mr. Hammond, deceased, without opposition, owing to Mr. de +Caux’s nomination paper having been left at the wrong office. + +June 24th.—The “Oleander,” a barque of 440 tons had been launched from +Messrs. Fellows and Son’s yard. + +July 12th.—At the Water Frolic the “Halcyon” won the first match, and the +“Vivid” the second match; Mr. I. Preston, junr., acted as Secretary. + +There had been a destructive fire at Mr. Bland’s premises on the Queen’s +Road. + +July 26th.—There had been a Volunteer Encampment on the North Denes with +a brigade field day, when the troops were under the command of +Major-General Murray. + +The Yarmouth Corps had entertained the Officers of the Norfolk and +Suffolk Battalions, the Mayor, Major-General Murray, Brigade Major +Ogilvie, Captain Alderson, N.A.M., and several other guests at the Royal +Hotel. + +There had been a proposal made to abolish the Fair. + +The newly-appointed Magistrates, Messrs. Palmer, Blake, and de Caux had +qualified. + +Aug. 19th.—The Council had voted an address of congratulation to Sir +James Paget upon his being created a Baronet. + +The Prince of Wales had consented to accept the Hon. Colonelcy of the +Norfolk Artillery Militia, vacant through the death of Lord Hastings. + +Aug. 26th.—Tomlinson’s Brewery and the houses attached to it had been +sold in lots by public auction. + +Sept. 2nd.—St. George’s Denes had been for the first time enclosed for a +“Floral Fete,” when Mr. James H. Harrison “with rather a rough element at +the back” appeared as a champion of public rights. + +Sept. 6th.—The following Rifle Volunteer Officers had received +certificates of proficiency under the new regulations:—Captains Holt, +Matthews, and Palmer, and Lieutenants Buxton, Diver, Palmer and Wilson. + +Sept. 27th.—M. Desfongerais (the re-called French Consul) had been +presented with a testimonial before leaving Yarmouth. + +Sept. 30th.—Heavy gales had prevailed from the E. and S.E. + +“Low prices and heavy deliveries” continued to characterise the fishing. + +Mr. W. B. Neslin, an eccentric character, who had accumulated hundreds, +if not thousands of notes of various epitaphs, had died at the age of 70 +years. + +Oct. 18th.—E. P. Youell, Esq., had presided at a meeting called to +consider the restoration of Gorleston Church. + +Oct. 21st.—The New Corn Hall in Howard Street had been opened with a +public dinner, when about 200 gentlemen attended, the chair being taken +by H. S. Grimmer, Esq., and the vice-chairs by Messrs. G. M. Beck, E. H. +H. Combe, E. Press, and J. W. Bunn. + +Nov. 4th.—Five of the Wards had been contested, with the following +result:— + + _North Ward_. +Neave (L) 565 +Bly(C) 541 +Buston (C) 464 +Blyth (L) 432 + _Market Ward_. +Fyson (C) 394 +Baker (C) 374 +Garratt (L) 349 +Clowes (L) 321 + _Regent Ward_. +Burton (C) 239 +Ferrier (C) 212 +Goodwin (L) 137 +Livingston (L) 117 + _St. George’s Ward_. +Todd (I) 385 +Scott (L) 324 +Smith (C) 150 + _Nelson Ward_. +Woodger (L) 742 +Fenner (C) 467 +Palmer (L) 407 + _St. Andrew’s Ward_. +Dendy (L) and Baumgartner +(L), unopposed. + +Mr. Edward S. Preston, who had been in the field, having retired at the +eleventh hour. + +The general result was a gain of one to the Liberal party. + +Nov. 11th.—Mr. S Nightingale had proposed, and Mr. J. Scott seconded, the +re-election of the Mayor (Mr. E. H. L. Preston) and he was re-elected +accordingly. + +The following Aldermen had been re-appointed:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, and +Messrs. R. Purdy, G. S. Shingles, E. P. Youell, R. S. Watling, and W. +Danby-Palmer. + +Rear-Admiral Thomas L. Gooch had been promoted to be a retired +Vice-Admiral. + +The Rifle Volunteers shed on the North Denes had been burnt with the +stores contained in it, “and no clue yet obtained to the perpetrator of +this wanton piece of mischief.” + +Nov. 18th.—Mr. Woodger had entertained 40 of his friends at a dinner +given by him at St. George’s Tavern, King Street. + +The Liberals were organising Working Men’s Associations in the several +Wards. + +Nov. 22nd.—The “Reliance,” steamtug, had struck a piece of wreck near the +Cross Sand, and become a total wreck. She was valued at £2,500. + +Nov. 29th.—Three companies of the 33rd Regiment had arrived at the +Southtown Barracks. + +Captain Harvey was making experiments with his sea torpedoes in the +Roads, accompanied by Baron de Grancy and M. Vavasseur. + +Dec. 6th.—There had been disastrous gales, causing great destruction of +shipping property and loss of life. + +Dec. 16th.—A meeting had been held at Gorleston with a view to the +restoration of the Church; the Mayor presided, and Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Bart., M.P., the Revs. H. Nevill, T. Allnutt (Vicar), J. Walker, S. N. +Vowler, and Messrs. E. P. Youell, H. E. Buxton, C. J. Palmer, E. H. H. +Combe, W. Teasdel, G. B. Palmer, Stanier, Wilton, Holt, Baumgartner, +Bottle, S. Bately, Bellamy, Ling, S. Dowson, W. S. Sandford, Dr. Bately, +Capt. Matthews, Capt. Aldrich, &c., were present. + +Dee. 30th.—Reference is made to the “New Law of Merchant Shipping” +(Plimsoll’s Act.) + +The Prince of Wales being restored to health, it was expected that he +would visit Yarmouth with the N.A.M., of which Regiment he was Hon. +Colonel, during their training in the Spring. + +Mrs. Walpole, of Southtown, had bequeathed legacies of £50 to the +Hospital and £19 19s. to the Sailors’ Home. + +It was estimated that the 600 boats hailing from Yarmouth paid “something +like £4000 for towage to the Tug Companies.” + +Mr. J. F. Neave had erected a new Primitive Methodist Chapel at Bradwell. + + + +1872. + + +Jan. 6th.—Mr. J. T. Clarke had been appointed an Admiralty Commissioner. + +Jan. 20th.—The Town Council had voted congratulatory addresses to the +Queen, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, upon the occasion of the +recovery of the Prince from his serious illness. + +There had been a heavy gale from the S.S.W. + +Jan. 27th.—It was stated that within 12 years five penny newspapers had +been started in Yarmouth, all of which had ceased to exist. + +Jan. 31st.—Mr. John L. Cufaude, Clerk of the Peace, Clerk to the +Guardians, and Superintendent Registrar had died at the age of 61 years. + +Feb. 3rd.—Messrs. Chamberlin, I. Preston, junr., H. R. Harmer and F. W +Ferrier were candidates for the first and Messrs. F. Danby-Palmer and F. +S. Costerton for the two latter of these appointments. + +Feb. 7th.—Mr. F. Danby-Palmer had been elected Superintendent Registrar +by “a large majority,” the other candidates being Messrs. S. C. Burton +and H. Cowl. + +Bro. James Carter had been installed W.M. of Lodge “Friendship.” + +A new route (the loop line) was being constructed between Yarmouth and +Lowestoft at a cost of £15,000. + +Feb. 14th.—Mr. F. Danby-Palmer had been unanimously elected Clerk to the +Board of Guardians. + +Feb. 17th.—At the Council meeting Mr. W. Laws proposed, and Mr. T. M. +Baker seconded, Mr. I. Preston, junr.’s appointment as Clerk of the +Peace, and Mr. J. W. Foreman proposed, and Mr. J. Bracey seconded, Mr. H. +R. Harmer for that office. + +The voting was—For Mr. Preston: The Mayor and Messrs. J. T. Bracey, Laws, +Mabson, Teasdel, Purdy, Nightingale, Bly, Barnby, Norman, Preston (Isaac +junr.), Baker, Wright, George, Woolverton, Burton, Ferrier, Todd, Veale, +Fenner, Gooda, and W. Hammond (22), + +And for Mr. Harmer: Messrs. Bunn, Harmer, Youell, William Danby-Palmer, +Worship, Hilton, Neave, Nuthall, Fyson, Barber, Tomlinson, Foreman, do +Caux, F. Danby-Palmer, Scott, J. Bracey, Stone, Woodger, Combe and +Baumgartner (20). + +Mr. Attwood declined to vote. After the voting the following “scene” +took place between the Mayor and Mr. Harmer:— + + Mr. Harmer said he had come forward as a candidate, considering his + long connection with the party entitled him to their support. He + could not let that opportunity pass without expressing his thanks to + those gentleman who had accorded him their votes. He could but think + if the Mayor had fought a ‘manly and open game’—(cries of ‘no, no,’ + and uproar)—and postponed his canvassing from the Saturday to the + Monday, he should have been in a very different position there that + day. (Renewed cheers and uproar.) He believed he should have had + most of those promises which the Mayor had obtained on the Sunday. + (Cries of ‘no, no,’ and general uproar.) He felt certain that a + great many of his friends in the Council whom he had known many + years, and who had been induced to vote against him, were sorry for + it, and had only been led to do so by the promise given the Mayor on + Sunday. (Cries and groans and general tumult in the gallery.) He + met an old friend the other day, and on asking him for his vote, he + replied, ‘I am very sorry I cannot give it you, as I promised the + Mayor on Sunday—(cheers and laughter)—but you have my sympathy, and I + hope you may win.’ He (Mr. Harmer) could not help replying, ‘Hang + your sympathy; give me your vote.’ + + The Mayor said he could not let Mr. Harmer’s remarks upon himself + pass without comment. Coming home quietly from church on the Sunday + morning referred to following the mace-bearers, Mr. Harmer came up to + him and canvassed him for the Clerkship of the Peace, Mr. Cufaude not + being then dead. (Hear, hear, and uproar.) He told Mr. Harmer that + Mr. Cufaude was not dead and (he might as well tell them all that + passed), said he hoped to God he might live till after March, so that + they (the Conservatives) might have the opportunity of fighting the + Guardians. (Cheers and counter cheers.) In walking down to the + Station-house he said to Mr. Harmer, if that should be the case, and + they should get a majority at the Board of Guardians, Mr. Harmer + could go in for the Clerk of the Guardians, and he (the Mayor) for + the Clerk of the Peace,—(loud laughter)—and that they could work + together. Mr. Harmer replied by saying that he should go in for both + appointments—(cheers and laughter)—and he (the Mayor) replied that he + could not do so, but if he (the Mayor) won one, he would support Mr. + Harmer in the other, and if Mr. Harmer was successful in one, he + could give him his help in trying to obtain the other appointment for + his son. (Hear, hear.) In the afternoon of that day Mr. Cufaude + died, and as he knew Mr. Harmer was canvassing, did they think he was + such a fool as to let him outstep him. (Cheers and uproar.) + + Mr. Harmer rose to reply, but the confusion became so great owing to + the shouting and recrimination, backed up by the adherents of the + respective parties in the gallery, that scarcely anything could be + heard amid the din of words. During a temporary lull in the storm, + + Mr. Harmer, who was still speaking excitedly, was understood to say + that he did not go between the bark and the tree, but that he wished + to tell the whole truth about the conversation between him and the + Mayor. He asked the Mayor how Mr. Cufaude was, and he replied that + he was very bad indeed, and not expected to live. (At this juncture + of Mr. Harmer’s reply several of the Councillors vacated their seats, + and left the room, and the disorder which had calmed down a little + again broke out. Mr. Harmer, thus interrupted, stopped in his + speech, but in response to cries of ‘go on, go on,’ from the public, + he turned himself to the gallery, and addressing the occupants of + that place, continued his remarks.) He said he observed to the + Mayor—‘In case anything happens, what do you intend to do?’ The + Mayor replied ‘If my son comes forward I must support him,’ to which + he (Mr. Harmer) replied ‘very naturally, too.’ He then told the + Mayor that he should be a candidate for the Clerkship of the Peace, + and as they walked down Regent-street the Mayor remarked to him, ‘If + we can only keep the poor fellow alive till after the next election + of Guardians, then we must all put our hands into our pockets and + turn them (the Liberals) out.’ (Cries of ‘Shame,’ ‘Bribery,’ and + general uproar.) The Mayor then said ‘I will propose that you shall + be Clerk of the Peace and Isaac, Clerk of the Guardians.’ (Cheers + and laughter.) His answer to that generous proposition was, ‘I shall + not stand that; I shall expect the better berth of the two.’ + (Renewed laughter, and cries of ‘Go in Harmer.’) The Mayor said + ‘Well, after all, perhaps Isaac would rather have the Clerkship of + the Peace, as there is not much to do, and as he is going to be + married, and will be very well off, he won’t want it.’ (Loud + laughter.) + + Here the confusion became so great that nothing could be heard, and + as by this time the majority of the Councillors had dispersed, the + proceedings closed amid wild uproar. + +Feb. 24th.—Mr. Henry E. Buxton had been elected Commodore and Mr. I. +Preston, jun., Vice-Commodore of the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. Mr. +T. M. Read was building a new yacht at Beccles. + +Feb. 28th.—Mr. I. Preston, jun., the newly-elected Clerk of the Peace, +had entertained the Recorder and Bar at the Sessions. + +In the Market Ward, Mr. R. Dumbleton and Mr. J. Garratt had been +candidates for the seat vacated by Mr. Preston, when the former gentleman +was elected by a majority of 191. + +April 6th.—Mr. C. S. D. Steward and Captain Gilbertson had been +re-appointed Churchwardens, and Messrs. Ellis, Skoulding, Lay and +Pestell, Overseers. + +April 3rd.—Nathaniel Palmer, Esq., Recorder, had died at Coltishall, aged +79; it was stated that “The deceased was at one period of his career a +prominent member of the Whig party, and was generally known as ‘Orator +Palmer.’ He acted with the other members of the Palmer family and their +cousins—the Stewards and Hurrys—and was with them instrumental in opening +the borough of Great Yarmouth in 1818.” + +The following officers were then with the E.N.M. at its annual +training:—Colonel Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., Lieutenant-Colonel Glover, +Major Matthew, Captains Dods, Ensor, Applewaite, Ambrose, and McEnry, and +Lieutenants Haly, Howes, Long, Lacon, Haggard, Fryer, Barber and Napier. +Captain Lacon being absent. + +April 13th.—The following had been the result of the Guardians’ +Election.— + + _North Ward_. +Stafford (C.) 1,163 +Neave (L.) 861 +Skoulding (C.) 758 +Buston(C) 664 +Blyth (L.) 562 +Rant (L.) 365 + _Market Ward_. +Norman (L.) 679 +Dumbleton (C.) 675 +Laws (C.) 599 +Overend (L.) 524 +Ellis (C.) 515 +Brand (L.) 472 + _Regent Ward_. +Barber (C.) 540 +Norman (L.) 486 +Diver (C.) 428 +Preston (C.) 426 +Bryant (L.) 337 +Rant (L.) 299 + _St. George’s Ward_. +de Caux (L.) 613 +Scott (L.) 522 +Rivett (L.) 400 +Foreman (C.) 266 +Bunn (C.) 250 +Todd (I.) 214 +Gooch (C.) 204 + _Nelson Ward_. +Palmer (L.) 1,166 +Woodger (L.) 1,090 +Clowes (L.) 921 +Fisher (L.) 770 + +Woolverton (C) and Bracey (C) (numbers not given.) + +The result was that 10 Liberals to 4 Tories had been elected. + +The Town Council had recommended Mr. Mills for the office of Recorder, he +having acted for several years as the late Mr. Palmer’s deputy in that +office. + +April 24th.—The first week in June had been fixed for the Prince of +Wales’ visit to the town. + +Mr. Frederick Palmer had been re-appointed chairman, and Messrs. J. A. +Norman and J. F. Neave, vice-chairmen of the Board of Guardians. + +Mr. Simms Reeve had been appointed Recorder in the place of Mr. Palmer +deceased; it was stated that he was called to the Bar in 1850 and was a +member of the Norfolk Circuit. + +May 8th.—Funds were being raised for the purpose of decorating the town +on the occasion of the Prince of Wales’ visit. + +May 11th.—The Town Council had formed itself into a committee to consider +the public steps to be taken with regard to that event. + +May 25th.—Simms Reeve, Esq., had been appointed Judge of the Borough +Court of Record. + +May 29th.—Mr. de Caux had met with an accident through falling from a +cart on the Drive. + +June 1st.—James Scott, Esq., J.P., and one of the Councillors for the St. +George’s Ward, had died. + +June 8th.—Records the first visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to the +town, when he lodged at Mr. Cuddon’s house (Shaddingfield Lodge). The +town was very handsomely decorated, and His Royal Highness was received +at the Southtown Railway Station by the Reception Committee which +consisted of Lord Sondes, the Mayor, the Recorder, the Town Clerk, and +Messrs. William Mabson, W. T. Attwood, R. D. Barber, F. Dendy, H. R. +Harmer, Frederick Ferrier, E. H. H. Combe, F. Danby-Palmer, E. P. Youell, +S. Nightingale, R. S. Watling, and Bessey. After the Recorder had +presented the Corporate address, His Royal Highness and the Committee +proceeded to the Town Hall, where 200 guests were entertained. +Subsequently His Royal Highness proceeded to the Grammar School and +opened the newly-erected hall there. In the evening the town was +illuminated. + +June 15th.—Mr. S. K. Smith had been elected a Councillor for St. George’s +Ward in the place of Mr. J. Scott deceased. + +June 19th.—“Notes and Queries” contained a notice of Palmer’s +“Perlustration of Great Yarmouth,” 400 pages of which had then been +issued from the press. + +A man named Howes had been killed through the bursting of a rocket at the +Coastguard Station during the Prince’s visit. + +June 22nd records the funeral of the late Mr. Edward Fyson, a member of +the Town Council and Captain in the Rifle Volunteers. + +The Rev. J. J. Raven had had the degree of D.D. conferred upon him by the +University of Cambridge. + +June 26th.—Mr. Simms Reeve had sat as Recorder for the first time at the +Quarter Sessions. + +The Town was filling rapidly with visitors. + +June 29th.—The polling in the Market Ward had resulted as follows:— + +Mr. John Garratt (L) 418 +Mr. Tyrrell (C) 168 + Majority 250 + +The marriage of Miss Watling (only daughter of Robert S. Watling, Esq.) +and Mr. Samuel Nightingale (nephew of Samuel Nightingale, Esq.) had been +celebrated “amid great rejoicing.” + +July 6th.—The late Mr. E. Fyson had left legacies of £250 each to the +Sailors’ Home and the Hospital. + +The new organ at St. Mary’s, Southtown, was estimated to cost £250. + +Mural paintings had been discovered in Gorleston Church. + +July 13th.—A ghost was reported to be frequenting the Churchyard; upwards +of 1,000 persons attended at one time to see it. + +July 20th.—It was stated that in the year 1871, 19,781 lasts of fish, +weighing 39,562 tons, had been conveyed by rail from Yarmouth. + +Coal had advanced to 32s. per ton. + +Mr. Palmer had returned from his cruise along the Dutch coast in the +yacht “Oasis.” + +July 31st.—The men at Lacon’s Brewery had struck for and obtained an +advance of 3s. a week in their wages. + +Aug. 10th.—The observance of the Bank Holiday Act had resulted in an +“enormous influx” of excursionists. + +Aug. 17th.—Messrs. Fellows, Dendy, and Spelman had been appointed Borough +Justices. + +The following had been the result of the polling for a Guardian to supply +the place of the late Mr. Scott in St. George’s Ward:— + +Mr. T. Green (L) 401 +Mr. S. K. Smith (C) 281 +Mr. T. C. Foreman (N) 126 + +Aug. 21st.—The Mayor (E. H. L. Preston, Esq.,) had died in the 66th year +of his age. + +Aug. 31st.—Mr. C. Woolverton had, on the motion of Mr. Worship, seconded +by Mr. Bunn, been elected Mayor for the residue of the year of office in +the place of the late Mr. Preston deceased. + +Aug. 31st.—The Channel Fleet—consisting of the “Achilles,” flagship of +Rear-Admiral Randolph, C.B., (Captain Hamilton), 6,121 tons, 1,250 horse +power, 26 guns; “Hector,” (Captain Cochran), 4,019 tons, 800 horse power, +18 guns; “Penelope,” (Captain Wake), 3,096 tons, 600 horse power, 11 +guns; “Audacious,” (Captain Hope), 3,774 tons, 800 horse power, 14 guns; +“Vanguard,” (Captain Spain), 3,774 tons, 800 horse power, 14 guns; “Black +Prince,” (Captain Lacey), 6,109 tons, 1,125 horse power, 28 guns; +“Resistance” (Captain Montgomery), 3,710 tons, 600 horse power, 16 guns; +“Favorite,” (Captain Ross), 2,094 tons, 400 horse power, 10 guns—had +arrived in the Roads. The Artillery Volunteers fired a salute of 13 guns +from the South Battery in honour of the Fleet, and the Mayor, accompanied +by Messrs. J. E. Barnby, W. Mabson, H. Teasdel, T. W. Attwood, C. Diver, +R. Dumbleton, T. Todd, Major Orde, F. Danby-Palmer, F. Ferrier, Admiral +Smyth, C. E. Nuthall, J. Tomlinson, J. Bracey, W. Laws, H. Hammond, Geo. +Watson, and E. H. H. Combe, had visited the flagship. + +Sept. 4th.—Records the departure of the Fleet. + +Sept. 11th.—The first Election under the Ballot Act had been held. This +took place in the North Ward, upon the decease of the Mayor, and resulted +in the return of the Conservative candidate, the numbers being for + +Mr. Skoulding (C.) 434 +Mr. H. Blyth (L.). 190 + +Thus, upon a register of some 1,300 voters, only 629 persons polled. + +Sept. 14th.—Mr. Bunn had been elected a Haven Commissioner by the Council +in the place of the late Mr. Preston. + +Gas had been increased from 4s. to 5s. per 1000 feet “owing to the +increased cost of coal and labour.” + +Oct. 5th.—Mr. Leach’s oil and lamp shop and warehouse in the Market Place +had been destroyed by fire. Mr. Leach’s stock alone thus burnt was +valued at £1,000; the house belonging to Mrs. Ellis; both these items +were, however, covered by insurance. + +Oct. 12th.—The fish merchants were urging their grievances against the +Railway Company. + +Oct. 16th.—The first rail of the tramway on the Southtown Road had been +laid and fixed by Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P. + +In the evening a dinner had been given at the Town Hall in connection +with the ceremony. Jas. Goodson, Esq., presided, and there were also +present—the Mayor, the Recorder, the Mayor of Beccles, Captain Penrice, +C.B., Mr. Garnham and Mr. Cotching (Directors of the Tramway Company) and +Messrs. E. P. Youell, E. H. H. Combe, W. H. Chambers, R. H. Harmer, H. B. +Rathbone, Browne, F. Danby-Palmer, J. Hudspith, Jewson, Fox, Underwood, +Geard, Brooks, Harrison, G. Billington, Davidson, Cooke, J. H. Bly, +Bales, Light, C. J. Palmer, H. Martin, H. Fenn, Dickson, Brown, junr., J. +W. Cockrill, May, Filby, J. Thomas, Leathes, A. Nelson, H. Catton, +Shipley, &c. + +The town had been visited by a heavy gale from the S.W. + +Oct. 26th.—Coal was reduced in price from 34s. to 27s. per ton. + +Prices for herring had ruled from £7 to £13 for salted, and from £8 to +£20 for fresh fish; 3,454 lasts had been landed. + +Nov. 2nd.—Mr. J. Owles’ collection of china had been sold in 1,800 lots. + +Nov. 6th.—The Municipal Election had resulted as follows:— + + _North Ward_. +Nightingale, (C) 558 +Skoulding, (C) 503 +Livingston, (L) 240 +Woodger, (L) 200 +Foreman, (N) 18 + _Market Ward_. +Barnby, (C) 258 +Martins, (C) 216 +Reeder, (L) 99 +Lawn, (L) 53 +Tyrrell, (C) 53 + _Regent Ward_. +Burton, (L) 213 +Blake, (L) 186 +George, (C) 181 +Wright, (C) 173 + _St. George’s Ward_. +Foreman, (C) 276 +de Caux, (L) 257 +Wiltshire, (C) 241 +Green, (L) 220 + _Nelson Ward_. +Bracey, (C) 613 +Veale, (C) 538 +Palmer, (L) 375 +Clowes, (L) 306 + _St. Andrew’s Ward_. +Gooda, (C), and Attwood, (L), +unopposed. + +Subsequently a meeting of Liberals was held in the Regent-ward to +congratulate Messrs. Burton and Blake upon their “victory” there. Mr. +Lovewell Blake (chairman), and Messrs. F. Palmer, J. Woodger, J. F. +Neave, T. Green, Frank Burton, and J. H. Norman took part in this +proceeding. + +Nov. 10th.—Upon the motion of Mr. E. P. Youell, seconded by Mr J. T. +Bracey, Mr. C. Woolverton had been elected Mayor of the Borough. The +following were at that time the Ward Aldermen:—North, William Mabson; +Market, W. Laws; Regent, William Danby-Palmer; St. George’s, G. S. +Shingles; Nelson, H. R. Harmer; St. Andrews’, R. Purdy. + +Nov. 16th.—Mr. William Worship had been injured in an accident which had +happened on the Great Eastern line near Kelvedon. + +Nov. 30th.—Mr. A. E. Cowl had passed the Legal Examination. + +Dec. 4th.—A Mrs. Harvey had died at Rollesby at the age of 104 years. + +A very heavy gale, almost rivalling that of 1860, had visited this coast. + +The following Income Tax Commissioners had been nominated:—The Mayor, and +Messrs. S. C. Burton, E. P. Youell, W. Mabson, F. Danby-Palmer, J. W. de +Caux, and J. T. Bracey. + +Dec. 18th.—Garson Blake, Esq. had been appointed Belgian Consul in +succession to the late Mr. Preston. + +Dec. 28th.—The following gentlemen then held commissions in the Rifle +Volunteers:—Major, James Henry Orde; Captains, William Holt, W. P. P. +Matthews, A. J. Palmer, and G. W. Moore; Lieutenants, S. Aldred, C. +Diver, B. Wilson, W. H. Palmer, and H. E. Buxton; Ensigns, F. +Danby-Palmer, J. T. Clarke, W. Brown, and R. Stanier; Adjutant, F. A. +Cubitt; Surgeon, W. E. Wyllys; Chaplain, H. R. Nevill; Quarter-Master, T. +W. Doughty. + + * * * * * + +With this year ends the file of the _Norwich Mercury_, which was +preserved by the late Robert Palmer-Kemp, Esq., that gentleman dying at +his seat, Coltishall Manor (which was devised to him by his grandfather, +William Danby-Palmer, Esq.), on 11th May, 1873. Mr. Kemp was for many +years an active County Magistrate; and in the earlier part of his life, +prior to leaving Yarmouth, took part, with his half-brother, Major Samuel +Charles Marsh, and other members of his family, in our local politics; +later on, however (although in the Commission of the Peace for our +borough) he rarely visited his native town. Leaving no issue, he devised +his estates to his cousin, George William Danby-Palmer, Esq. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Yarmouth Notes + 1830-1872. Collected from the File of the Norwich Mercury + + +Author: Frederick Danby Palmer + + + +Release Date: June 5, 2012 [eBook #39920] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YARMOUTH NOTES*** +</pre> +<p>Transcribed from the 1889 J. Buckle edition by David Price, +email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich +Millennium Library, UK, for kindly allowing their copies to be +used in checking this transcription and allowing the +photographs.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"> +<a href="images/p0b.jpg"> +<img alt= +"F. Danby Palmer" +title= +"F. Danby Palmer" +src="images/p0s.jpg" /> +</a></p> +<h1>Yarmouth Notes</h1> +<div class="gapshortline"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center">1830–1872.</p> +<div class="gapshortline"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>Collated from the File of the +Norwich Mercury</i>.</p> +<div class="gapspace"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">BY</span><br +/> +FREDERICK DANBY PALMER.</p> +<div class="gapspace"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">GREAT +YARMOUTH:</span><br /> +<span class="GutSmall">PRINTED BY J. BUCKLE, KING +STREET.</span><br /> +1889.</p> +<h2><a name="page1"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +1</span>PREFACE.</h2> +<p>The following pages are a reprint of extracts from the file of +the <i>Norwich Mercury</i>, which, under the heading of +“Yarmouth Notes,” have recently appeared in the +columns of the <i>Yarmouth Mercury</i>; and in consequence of a +very generally expressed wish on the part of the public, +re-appear in the present form.</p> +<p>At the time these notices of Yarmouth News appeared in the +<i>Norwich Mercury</i>, that journal was the organ of the old +Whig party, and such of them, as treat of politics, being +doubtless tinged by the party feeling of the Editor, should be so +taken and read.</p> +<p>The idea of collating this matter suggested itself to the +compiler upon the occasion of Geo. Wm. Darby Palmer-Kerrison, +Esq., presenting the file of the <i>Norwich Mercury</i>, (then in +his Library), but which had been preserved by the late Robert +Palmer Kemp, Esq., to the Yarmouth Free Library, and it is hoped +that this action will not only prove of some entertainment and +amusement to the reader, but also will be of service to any +person who may, in the future, deal with local events as +affecting the history of the borough of Great Yarmouth.</p> +<p style="text-align: right">F. D. P.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hall Quay</span>,<br /> + <i>December</i>, 1889.</p> +<div class="gapspace"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page3"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 3</span><span class="GutSmall">TO</span><br /> +<span class="GutSmall">THE RIGHT HONOURABLE</span><br /> +CHARLES LORD SUFFIELD,<br /> +<span class="GutSmall">P.C., K.C.B., &c, &c.</span></p> +<p><i>The following pages</i>, <i>relating to a Town</i>, <i>in +the welfare of which his Lordship and his noble forefathers have +taken so deep an interest for many years</i>, <i>are with his +permission</i>, <i>inscribed by</i></p> +<p style="text-align: right"><span class="GutSmall">HIS OBEDIENT +SERVANT</span>,<br /> +THE AUTHOR.</p> +<p><i>Great Yarmouth</i>,<br /> + <i>December</i>, 1889.</p> +<h2><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 5</span>FIRST +SERIES, 1830–40.</h2> +<blockquote><p>“When found, make a note +of”—</p> +<p style="text-align: right"><span class="smcap">Capt. +Cuttle</span>.</p> +</blockquote> +<h3>1830.</h3> +<p>Jan. 2nd.—Contains an advertisement of the report of the +“Norfolk Association for preserving the lives of +Shipwrecked Mariners,” held at Norwich, William Barth, +Esq., in the chair, from which it appears that an investigation +had taken place as to the loss of seven men from the brig Hamond, +and that as the lifeboat was not constructed with a view to +affording aid to vessels immediately on the beach, Mr. Ambrose +Palmer had most kindly offered to supply a boat for that +purpose.</p> +<p>Jan. 9th.—The prisoners in the gaol returned thanks to +Mr. Daniel Hook for the good dinner of “roast beef and plum +pudding and a quart of ale each,” which he had given them +on New Year’s Day.</p> +<p>Jan. 21.—Mr. William Ferrier had given a lecture on +Natural History, at the Mechanics’ Institution; and at an +adjourned meeting of the Public library, Mr. Charles Nicholls +entered upon the office of Treasurer in the room of the Rev. H. +R. Bowles, deceased; and Mr. Thomas Hammond was re-elected +librarian.</p> +<p>Jan. 28th.—Charles John Palmer, Esq., had been elected a +F.S.A.</p> +<p>Feb. 4th.—Navigation was stopped by the frost.</p> +<p>Feb. 11th.—A Fisherman’s Provident Society had +been established, to which George Danby-Palmer, Esq., “had +been a liberal subscriber, and had accepted the office of +treasurer, Mr. Thomas Hammond acting as secretary.”</p> +<p>March 25th.—A meeting had been held at the New Hall +(George Bateman, Mayor, in the chair) to take into consideration +“the expediency of building a new church,” when +Robert Wall, Esq., George Danby-Palmer, <a name="page6"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 6</span>Esq., Samuel Tolver, Esq. +(Town-clerk), and Mr. Ferrier took part, and a resolution was +carried against the proposal to build the church.</p> +<p>April 3rd.—A boldly contested steeplechase had been run +off between several gentlemen of the Munro Hunt, when the prize, +a large silver Cup and cover, was won by H. Munro, Esq., who rode +the distance, from Fritton to Gorleston (above four miles), in +fifteen minutes. Above forty gentlemen afterwards dined at +the Bear.</p> +<p>April 15th.—A meeting had been held at the New Hall +“for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the further +reduction of taxation and a retrenchment in the public +expenditure.” George Danby-Palmer, Esq., was in the +chair, and William Barth, Esq., Simon Cobb, Esq., John Shelley, +Esq., John Burton Palmer, Esq., William Smith, Esq., Mr. John +Barnes, Mr. Boulton, Mr. Dennent, and Mr. Barrett, took part in +the proceedings.</p> +<p>April 22nd.—Much damage had been done to the shipping +and in the town by a gale.</p> +<p>May 6th.—A meeting (George Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the +chair) had been held for the purpose of appointing a select +vestry for the parish.</p> +<p>July 3rd.—Owing to the death of King George IV. the +paper appeared in mourning.</p> +<p>July 8th.—The Hon. Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold had +arrived to canvass the Borough.</p> +<p>July 15th.—A funeral service had been held for the late +King (the Corporation attending in black robes, were afterwards +entertained by the Mayor to chocolate, &c.) It was +estimated that there were 3,000 persons in the church.</p> +<p>July 22nd.—Messrs. Preston and Campbell (the Tory +candidates) had arrived. They were attended (so says the +advertisement) “by upwards of 400 persons, 50 gentlemen on +horseback, and an enormous company of gentlemen in their +carriages, comprising all the consequence and wealth of the +town.”</p> +<p>Aug. 12th.—A meeting had been held to congratulate the +King on his accession to the Throne (George Danby-Palmer, Esq., +in the chair); to the resolution then passed Mr. Palmer received +a reply from Sir Robert Peel, stating that the King had received +the same in a most gracious manner.</p> +<p>Aug. 15th.—Messrs. Anson and Rumbold had been returned +“after a severe opposition by almost the entire force of +the Corporation.” The <a name="page7"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 7</span>poll closing—Anson, 944; +Rumbold, 944; Campbell, 754; Preston, 754. A dinner of +their supporters (W. Barth, Esq., in the chair) was afterwards +held at the Masonic Hall.</p> +<p>Aug. 26th.—Contains an advertisement that “the old +annual main of cocks would be fought near the Feathers’ +Inn, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 7th and 8th September, between +the gentlemen of Norwich and Yarmouth, for five sovs. a battle +and 50 the odds. Feeders—Stafford, Norwich, and Lamb, +Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>Sept. 2nd.—On the “decollation of S. John” +the following officers were elected for the Borough for the +ensuing year:—</p> +<p>Mayor elect—Edmund Preston, Esq.</p> +<p>Chamberlain—Mr. Robert B. Fenn.</p> +<p>Churchwardens—I. Preston, Esq. and Mr. J. T. Bracey.</p> +<p>Auditors—G. Bateman, Esq., F. R. Reynolds, Esq., Mr. I. +Preston, and Mr. E. Youell.</p> +<p>Collectors—Charles Costerton, Esq., and Mr. James +Clarke.</p> +<p>Muragers—Charles Symonds and Charles J. Palmer, +Esqs.</p> +<p>Dec. 9th.—A meeting had been held to petition the +legislature for a Reform in Parliament. The Mayor (E. +Preston, Esq., in the chair), Mr. Alderman Barth, Mr. S. Cobb, +John Shelley, Esq., and John Brightwen, Esq., took part in the +proceedings.</p> +<p>Dec. 23rd.—The self-styled Gorleston and Southtown +Corporation dissolved, and formed itself into the “Hand in +Hand Friendly Society,” and it was ordered that “the +regalia of the late Corporation should be sold and the money +arising therefrom distributed among the poor of the +parish.”</p> +<h3>1831.</h3> +<p>Feb. 10th—<i>The Gorleston and Southtown Magazine</i> +had been issued in weekly numbers or monthly parts, and contained +a biographical notice of Mr. Dawson Turner, F.S.A., &c.</p> +<p>Feb. 17th.—Amongst the vessels lost and driven ashore by +the then late gales were the Alfred (Simmonds), the Flora, the +Juno (Moss), the Elizabeth and Mary Welch (Amis), and the Anson +(Garwood).</p> +<p>March 5th.—Contains the following notice of Mr. +Palmer’s Fancy Dress Ball:—</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center">MR. PALMER’S +FANCY BALL.</p> +<p>In our notice of this amusement at the late Festival, we +recollect to have said—“The ice has been broken, the +pleasure has been felt, and we shall be mistaken if the next +effort be not more successful.” This prediction, <a +name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 8</span>intended at the +time to be applied to future festivals, we did not expect to be +so soon, so completely, or so successfully fulfilled, as in the +instance we now have the pleasure to record. This +entertainment was given at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening last, +in celebration of the attainment of his majority by Mr. S. +Palmer, the grandson of the late Danby Palmer, Esq., whose +extended private connections and still wider mercantile pursuits +have bequeathed to his grandson a more numerous portion of +friends than it is the lot of most persons to enjoy at an early +period of life. The invitations were sent out with such +hospitality, the preparations were on so munificent a scale, that +the spirit of the donor seemed to diffuse itself not only to all +those who were about to be present, but to all the inhabitants of +the borough. The novelty, the continued arrivals, the +firing of cannon, the banners floating at the Town Hall, and in +various parts of the town, the gay appearance of the ships in the +harbour, most of which were decorated with pennons, as were +several vessels in the Roads—all aided in keeping alive the +expectation, so that in the evening the Quay, around the hall, +was crowded with persons anxious to see the company—so +anxious, indeed, that the carriage windows were assailed by men +and women jumping up to get a peep at the interior. The +company began to assemble about half-past eight, and on entering +the ball room were announced by name, and received by Mr. Palmer +and his mother and Miss A. Burton (to whom, we understand, Mr. +Palmer is about to be united.) These ladies appeared in +very elegant Court dresses, and Mr. Palmer in a full-dress Court +suit. Till ten o’clock the company continued to +arrive, at which hour Mr. Palmer opened the Ball by leading off a +country dance with Miss A. Burton. We never saw a similar +entertainment combining so great a variety of character. +The brilliancy of the colours and the constant succession of +costumes, the reliefs, the contrasts, and the varying shades, +reminded us forcibly of those beautiful combinations formed by +the kaleidoscope, of which, visually, this scene may be said to +have been an animated representation. On the one side of a +quadrille was to be seen the gawdy Spaniard, leading with haughty +dignity the lively Mrs. Ford of the Elizabethian age; while +behind him stood pondering o’er the fleeting vanity of this +world the solitary Friar; opposite ranged the joyous Sailor, +indulging his mirth at the expense of the courtly dignity of his +fair partner. At one end was the Old Gentleman of two +centuries since, in all the gravity and politeness of that age, +leading forth some sprightly Tyrolese; while at the other was a +Chinese Mandarin, paired off with a black-eyed Gipsy; <a +name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 9</span>a little +further, and the Scotchman promenaded with the brilliant +Circassian; the Frieselander with the simply-dressed Quakeress; +the Queen of Scots with the bronze and fierce Turk; the reckless +Massaroni with the lively Mrs. Page; the dark Colombian with the +prim lady of an hundred years ago; the Forester with the Flower +Girl; the haughty Knight Templar with the simple Swiss Peasant; +the chivalrous Pole with the heavy Russian; the youthful Ivanhoe +with a French Peasant; and to crown the diversity, Day and Night +were to be seen at once, arm and arm with a Chimney Sweep.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>April 14th.—The Preston (Capt. Woodthorpe), with +passengers, for Prince Edward’s Island and Quebec, had been +towed down the Harbour.</p> +<p>May 5th.—This number contains the following account of +the Borough Election, consequent upon the rejection of a Reform +Bill:—</p> +<blockquote><p>The Mayor, in opening the proceedings, said that +the electors were met to exercise an important trust, that of +electing two persons to represent the Borough—a trust at +all times of the greatest responsibility, but certainly never +more so than at the present eventful crisis. Determined as +he was to act with strict justice, and with that fairness and +impartiality which were the best ornaments of the office he had +the honour to hold, he entreated that the contest in which they +were now about to be engaged might be conducted on both sides +with that order and decorum that forbearance and moderation due +from gentlemen to gentlemen, and from man to man. +(Cheers.)</p> +<p>Mr. B. Dowson, in a brief but emphatic address, put in +nomination the Hon. George Anson, this was seconded by R. Palmer +Kemp, Esq.</p> +<p>T. Clowes, Esq., then proposed, in an address replete with +sterling sense and strength, C. E. Rumbold, Esq., seconded by J. +Shelley, Esq., who adverted to the circumstance of Mr. Colville +being a merchant connected with the West Indian Trade and a +supporter of colonial slavery.</p> +<p>I. Preston, Esq., jun., and — White, Esq., nominated A. +Colville, Esq., and J. Lacon, Esq., jun., and Mr. J. Laws +nominated W. Bliss, Esq.</p> +<p>Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold addressed the electors at +considerable length, pointing out the merits of the measure they +supported, during which they were enthusiastically cheered.</p> +<p>Mr. Colville also spoke at length, amid much tumult, during +which he was interrupted by loud yells of various +kinds—attacking the Bill for its disfranchising nature, and +defending colonial slavery.</p> +<p><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 10</span>Mr. +Bliss had not arrived at that time.</p> +<p>A poll was determined and immediately opened and continued +till five o’clock on that and the following day, when the +numbers were announced by the Committee of Anson and Rumbold to +be—</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Col. Anson</p> +</td> +<td><p>748</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Rumbold</p> +</td> +<td><p>748</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Colville</p> +</td> +<td><p>503</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Bliss</p> +</td> +<td><p>497</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p>The poll was adjourned till Monday.</p> +<p>On Sunday morning, however, Messrs. Colville and Bliss left +the town, or, as our correspondent writes, “May Day became +more than commonly exhilarating, by the agreeable information +quickly diffused through the town, that the enemies of freedom +and of the Constitution had fled, happy in evading and escaping +from merited punishment, so irritated were the minds of the lower +class of society against these obtruders, without a shadow of +claim to their suffrages, that, by their flight on Sunday +morning, they probably escaped an ablution in the waters of the +beautiful river Yare.”</p> +<p>On Monday the books opened, and at the close the final numbers +were—</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Col. Anson</p> +</td> +<td><p>903</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Rumbold</p> +</td> +<td><p>903</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Colville</p> +</td> +<td><p>547</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Bliss</p> +</td> +<td><p>541</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p>This vexatious contest, for it was vexatious, +inasmuch as it was opposed to the general wish of the +inhabitants, as not the slightest chance of success prevailed +from the commencement, and the only object of which was to +extract money from the purses of the two Members, terminated, not +only in the triumphant defeat of the Boroughmongers, but by +affording a lesson to the Charles Street Society in London, whose +only object is to continue corruption, by the means of +corruption, a proof that true independence and love of country is +far beyond the purchase of the greatest wealth. But the +friends of Reform at Yarmouth have set a noble example of +consistency, for they have commenced among themselves one of the +modes which the Reform Bill will enforce. They have +determined to raise among themselves a sum sufficient to defray +the legal expenses of the election, and to return their +well-tried Members as unhurt in their finances as they are +independent in principal, and by this mark of gratitude and +esteem to repay the obligations which the <a +name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 11</span>inhabitants +of Yarmouth in common with the country at large owe to the +supporters of the Reform Bill—£1,750—has +already been raised. We say to the rest of the nation, +“Go thou and do likewise.”</p> +<p>The Chairing of the Members had taken place amid the most +enthusiastic cheers.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>May 19th.—The thanks of the Yarmouth District Committee +for saving lives from shipwreck was voted to Lieut. Harmer, R.N., +on saving the crew of the schooner Fleece, which had been wrecked +on the Scroby Sand on the 14th inst.</p> +<p>May 26th.—The men employed by Messrs. Grout, Baylis, and +Co., had an excellent dinner provided for them at J. B. +Bales’, Apollo Gardens.</p> +<p>June 9th.—The Mayor had obtained a rule for a mandamus +commanding the Members of the Corporation to attend a Court for +the “transaction of public business.”</p> +<p>June 16th.—The population had increased 3,024 since the +census of 1821, the numbers being—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>1831.</p> +</td> +<td><p>22,028 including 913 sailors.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>1821.</p> +</td> +<td><p>19,004.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p>3,024 increase.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The remaining part of the Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia, +consisting of about 440 men, had assembled for 28 days’ +training, under the command of Major Sir E. K. Lacon.</p> +<p>June 23rd.—“Our venerable and highly respected +Recorder, Robert Alderson, Esq., had delivered in his +resignation.”</p> +<p>June 30th.—The Bishop of Norwich consecrated St. +Mary’s Church, Southtown. His Lordship was met by the +Corporation “in full robes,” the Hon. and Rev. +Viscount Nevill, the Rev. R. Turner, J. Kitson, Esq. (Registrar), +W. Rackham, Esq. (Proctor), and the principal clergymen and +gentry of the neighbourhood.</p> +<p>The following was the “correct statement” of the +population, taken by the Overseers on 30th May and following +days, and sworn by them in Petty Session:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Males</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8,980</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Females</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12,135</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">21,115</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sailors</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">913</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">22,028</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +12</span>Inhabited houses</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4,570</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Number of families</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4,869</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Houses building</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">23</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Houses uninhabited</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">191</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>July 7th contains the following notice of the laying the first +stone of St. Peter’s Church:—</p> +<p>“For some days past notices had been issued that the +first stone of the new Church, to be erected in this town, was to +be laid this day; and at half-past ten this morning the Mayor, +Corporation, gentry, and inhabitants assembled at the Town Hall, +and proceeded to St. Nicholas’ Church. Prayers were +read by the Rev. Harvey Bawtree, and after service the procession +moved in the following order:—Bellman, Church Beadles, +Constables, the Corporation Band, Hospital Charity Children, +Inhabitants and Gentry, Officers of the Navy, Mr. J. J. Scoles, +the Architect, the Clergy of Yarmouth and its vicinity, the +Regalia, the Right Worshipful Edmund Preston, Esq., the Mayor, +his Majesty’s Lieutenant for the County, the Hon. and Very +Rev. Dr. Pellew, Dean of Norwich, and the Rev. Richard Turner, +the Right Hon. and Rev. Viscount Nevill, the Deputy-Mayor, the +Aldermen in their scarlet gowns, the Common Councilmen, +Constables. On arriving at the ground, the procession +passed once round the building to the north-east corner.</p> +<p>A copy of the inscription, which had been written on vellum, +and placed with the coins of the present King in a bottle, +hermetically sealed, was then read by the Town Clerk:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“Great Yarmouth.—The first stone of +this Church, dedicated to St. Peter, and erected by His +Majesty’s Commissioners for building new Churches (under +the authority of an Act of Parliament, 58th Geo. III. c. 45) on a +site granted by the Corporation, and with the assistance of their +donations, and the subscriptions of several of the inhabitants of +the town and its vicinity, was laid on the seventh day of July, +in the second year of the reign of His Most Gracious Majesty King +William the Fourth, <span class="smcap">mdcccxxxi</span>., by the +Right Worshipful Edmund Preston, Esquire, Mayor; the Right +Reverend Henry Bathurst, Lord Bishop of the Diocese; the +Honourable and Very Reverend George Pellew, D.D., Dean of +Norwich; the Honourable and Reverend Edward Pellew, M.A., +Minister of the parish. Architect, Joseph John Scoles; +contractors, John Pigg, Jeremiah Wright, George Cattermole, +Samuel Bligh, James Watson.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>The children sang the 100th Psalm during the operation of +inserting <a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +13</span>the bottle in a cavity, and securing the stone, which +had been prepared to receive it. A silver trowel was then +presented by the Architect, and after the Mayor had spread the +mortar, the stone was lowered to the proper place, and the +ceremony of striking it was performed by the Clergy and +Corporation in succession.</p> +<p>The Dean offered up appropriate prayers, accompanied by an +address expressly composed for this occasion. The children +then sang a collect. The Mayor afterwards addressed the +company present, on the pious work which they had assisted in +commencing; amidst the general plaudits of the surrounding +multitude the band struck up “God save the King,” and +the company returned to the Town Hall and partook of an elegant +cold collation.</p> +<p>“The Church, which has been so happily begun, is +calculated to contain 1,800 persons, and three-fifths of the +seats are to be appropriated for ever as free +sittings.”</p> +<p>August 25th.—Contains the following +notice:—“By invitation from the Mayor and Mrs. +Preston, on Monday sennight, to a promenade at their beautiful +garden, situate on the banks of the river Yare, were assembled +almost all the fashion of the town and its vicinity. At +seven o’clock the band struck up the national air of +“God Save the King,” immediately after which the +younger part of the company formed themselves into quadrilles, +&c., upon the grass plat, near the centre of which tables +were supplied with wines of the first quality and every +refreshment in season. At eight o’clock a fire +balloon ascended from the grounds in very fine style, which was +visible on the grounds and town for about twenty minutes. +The amusements concluded with a brilliant display of +fireworks. The extreme serenity of the evening, aided by +the wild light of the moon and the more refulgent illumination of +the garden with variegated lamps, rendered this a scene which for +good humour and pleasantness has rarely or ever been equalled in +this town.”</p> +<p>Sept. 1st.—Mr. Shelly attended the Corporation meeting +and insisted on reading a protest in respect of the +non-attendance of that body to their +“ordinance.” The following officers were then +elected:—</p> +<p>Mayor-Elect—John Preston, Esq.</p> +<p>Chamberlain—Mr. E. Youell.</p> +<p>Churchwardens—S. Paget, Esq., and Mr. T. E. Laws.</p> +<p>Auditors—R. Cory, jun., Esq., E. Preston, Esq., G. +Danby-Palmer, Esq., and Mr. J. M. Bell.</p> +<p>Sept. 8th.—The Coronation Day was observed as a +holiday.</p> +<p><a name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 14</span>The +Races had been held on the 6th and 7th, as follows:—</p> +<p style="text-align: center">“<span class="smcap">First +Day</span>—Tuesday, September 6th.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">The Gold Cup Stakes</span> of 100 sovs. (8 +subscribers 10 sovs. each) with 20 sovs. added; the second horse +to withdraw his stake. The winner to be sold for 400 sovs. +if demanded, &c. Heats, two miles and distance.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. Palmer named Lord Exeter’s ch m Schumla, by +Selim, out of Bess, 4 years old, 8st. 1lb. (Hornsby)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Col. Wilson’s ch h Ringleader, by Merlin, out of +Spotless, 4 years old, 8st. 4lbs.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lord Stradbroke’s b f by Morisco, out of Arethusa, 3 +years old, 6st. 11lbs.</p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p>3 dis.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>A good race after the second heat. Two to one was freely +betted on Ringleader; the last heat was very close, and was won +by half a head. Lord Stradbroke’s filly lost her +rider by a stirrup leather breaking in the second heat.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Half-Bred Stake</span>. Heats, one +mile and distance; 5 sovs. each.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Munro’s b h Charley, aged, 11st.</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Smith’s ch g Sportsman, aged, 11st.</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><span class="smcap">The Members’ Plate</span> of 50 +sovs. The winner to be sold for 180 sovs. if demanded, +&c. Heats, two miles and distance.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Bromley’s ch m Miss Nicolo, 4 years old, 7st. +13lbs.</p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p>3 dr.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Pettit’s b m Ipsala, by Sultan, 4 years old, +8st. 21bs. (C. Edwards)</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Col. Wilson’s br c Whiskey, by Tuesias, out of +Schedam, 3 years old, 6st. 12lbs.</p> +</td> +<td><p>4</p> +</td> +<td colspan="2"><p>3 dr.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lord Stradbroke’s b m Gallopade, 5 years old, 8st. +13lbs.</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +<td><p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. Palmer’s gr m Christina, 4 years old, 8st. +2lbs</p> +</td> +<td><p>5</p> +</td> +<td><p>4</p> +</td> +<td><p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>An excellent race; the heats with difficulty decided. +The winner was well rode by C. Edwards.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">Second +Day</span>—Wednesday, 7th September.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Town and Country Gentlemen’s +Plate</span> of 50 sovs. The winner to be sold for 250 +sovs. if demanded, &c. Heats, two miles and +distance.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Pettit’s b m Ipsala, by Sultan, 4 years old, +8st. 6lbs.</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +<td><p>(A dead heat.)</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Col. Wilson’s ch h Ringleader, 4 years old, 8st. +9lbs. (Gosling)</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>A severely contested race of four heats.</p> +<p><a name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 15</span><span +class="smcap">Handicap Sweepstakes</span> of 10 sovs. each, with +the remainder added. Heats, one mile and distance.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Lord Stradbroke’s b f by Morisco, out of Arethusa, 3 +years old, 7st. 2lbs</p> +</td> +<td><p>1 w.o.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Pettit’s b m Ipsala, by Sultan, 4 years old, +8st. 5lb.</p> +</td> +<td><p>2 dr.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>After the above account of sport, it is needless to say that +everyone who attended the Races was delighted. The severe +running on the first day prevented several of the horses starting +on the second, but the four well-contested heats for the Town and +Country Gentlemen’s Plate more than compensated for the +deficiency in the number of horses. The ordinaries and Ball +were well attended—a very liberal subscription was entered +into for the Races of 1832. The Gold Cup Stakes is already +filled, and the Norfolk and Suffolk Hunters’ Stake of 5 +sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added, for horses not thoroughbred, +which have been regularly hunted in either of the above counties, +has already six subscribers. The ladies at the Ball on +Tuesday evening commenced a subscription for a Ladies’ +Plate of 50 sovs. for next year, which will be in addition to the +two Fifty Pounds Plates usually given. Edmund Preston, +Esq., is appointed one of the stewards for 1832.”</p> +<p>Sept. 29th.—The Reformers of Yarmouth “had an +excellent meeting” at the Town-hall. Mr. Alderman +Barth was in the chair, and Messrs. Clowes, S. Cobb, Shelley, +Hammond, Sewell, and Munsey took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>Oct. 6th.—The Mayor (John Preston, Esq.,) +“celebrated his inauguration at the Town-hall on Thursday +sennight by a sumptuous entertainment, which was attended by the +Lord Lieutenant, Judge Alderson, Sir W. Folkes, M.P., the Hon. E. +Pellew, and about 300 gentlemen of the county and +town.”</p> +<p>Nov. 17th.—A Board of Health had been established for +the better cleansing the streets and lanes, and the removal of +nuisances.</p> +<p>The “Star” coach, when about a mile this side of +Eye, was driven into by “a fellow in a drunken +state,” and one of the leaders was killed on the spot.</p> +<p>Nov. 24th.—The dairy of John Waters, Esq., of Ormesby, +had been broken into and 16 pints of butter, 14 cheeses, a fat +goose, and a quantity of meat and flour stolen.</p> +<p>Large flocks of “Stormy Petrels” had visited our +shores, and between 6 and 7 dozen of them taken alive; several +“Little Auks” and “Arctic Gulls” had also +been shot.</p> +<p><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 16</span>Dec. +29th.—A poor man known as “Do you know him” was +insulted, by a man pulling a nightcap over his face, and at the +same time informing him that he was about to be +“burked,” which so much “alarmed the poor +creature, that he was taken to his home in a desponding +state.”</p> +<h3>1832.</h3> +<p>Jan. 5th.—The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew had distributed +the prizes to the Sunday School children.</p> +<p>Jan. 12th.—Dr. Cox had delivered a very interesting +lecture on “Physiology.”</p> +<p>Feb. 2nd.—The Rev. Henry Squire was advertised to +deliver a course of lectures at the Old Meeting.</p> +<p>The case of the King against the Aldermen of Yarmouth is +reported.</p> +<p>Feb. 9th.—With regard to which the following notice +appears this week:—</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">THE KING AGAINST THE ALDERMEN OF +YARMOUTH.</span></p> +<p>We are authorized to state that the Report of the hearing of +this cause, in our last week’s paper, is incorrect, Lord +Tenterden having observed that there was no ground for an +attachment, as the parties had acted <i>bona fide</i>; that the +business of the Corporation must be done, and directed that the +rule should be enlarged, to give the Defendants an opportunity of +doing so. The Counsel for the Defendants said they were +ready to proceed, but could not compel the Mayor to call an +Assembly, or the Common Councilmen to meet,—whereupon his +Lordship, on the motion of Defendants’ Counsel, directed a +mandamus to be issued for the filling up all vacancies, and then +transacting the other necessary business; and upon a Return being +made to the Writ, the Rule will be discharged.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Feb. 16th—A general meeting of the inhabitants was +proposed to be held to take into consideration the expediency of +erecting a new Workhouse, “it appearing by a report of the +select Vestry now published, that the present one is quite +inadequate to the purpose, both as to extent and arrangement, and +as being utterly incapable of affording room for that +classification which is indispensable to the moral improvement +and employment of its inmates, and also to the comfort of the +aged and infirm. It is now about fifty years since any room +was added to it. The increase of inhabitants in the town, +and not less so of pauperism during that period, calls for +enlarged accommodation. It appears by the report that they +are without a day room for the females, or any means of +separating the sick from the healthy, and so cramped for lodging +room, that a considerable <a name="page17"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 17</span>number of the inmates are compelled +to sleep three in a bed. It is intended to proceed +agreeably to the directions of the 59th Geo. III. cap 12, and 1st +and 2nd of William IV. cap. 42.”</p> +<p>March 22nd.—The National Fast had been observed +“with a decent solemnity.”</p> +<p>April 5th.—The appointment of a Recorder is noticed as +follows:—“At a Corporate Assembly, held on Tuesday +last, the long-contested question of ‘who should fill the +office of Recorder for the borough?’ (vacant by the +resignation of Robert Alderson, Esq.,) was decided. The +first business which came before the Court was the accepting of +that gentleman’s resignation, after which Isaac Preston, +Sen., Esq., proposed the Sub-Steward (I. Preston, Esq.,) to fill +the vacant office; this was seconded by C. Symonds, Esq. R. +Cory, Esq., then proposed Mr. Sergeant Merewether; this +nomination was seconded by Samuel Paget, Esq. On a ballot +being demanded, the numbers were found to be equal, viz., 20 for +Merewether and the same number for Preston. There were 41 +members of the body present, one of whom declined voting. A +second ballot was proposed and acceded to, and the same result +followed. The Deputy-Mayor (who presided in consequence of +the extreme ill health of the Mayor) then said that he would give +the members of the Court the chance of a third ballot, on which +the gentleman before mentioned voted for Merewether, which gave +the learned Sergeant a majority of one, the numbers being for +Merewether 21, for Preston 20. Thus has terminated this +long agitated question, the product of much squabbling, aye, and +of much litigation too. Lord Viscount Exmouth was +unanimously chosen Lord High Steward; Isaac Preston, Jun., Esq., +and J. Baker, Esq., were elected Aldermen; and Messrs. J. E. +Lacon, E. H. L. Preston, Henry Costerton and Samuel Jay, Common +Councilmen. At this Court, Mr. J. Seaman received the +appointment of Parish Clerk, and Mr. J. Daniel, Sexton; 50 +guineas were also voted to St. Mary’s Church, Southtown; +£15 per year granted to Mrs. Breeze (widow of the late +hall-keeper), and £12 annuity settled on Mrs. Absolon +(widow of the late Parish Clerk.) It was likewise ordered +that the usual fee of 20s. upon apprentices’ indentures +should be taken off. It is only right to state that the +entire business of the day was conducted in the most amicable way +possible, and that the greatest good temper and gentlemanly +feeling was displayed during the discussion on the pending +Recordership.”</p> +<p>April 12th.—The thanks of the Corporation were voted to +the Rev. R. Turner upon his resignation of his office of Chaplain +to that body.</p> +<p><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 18</span>The +Sylvan (owned by J. H. Palmer, Esq., and commanded by Captain W. +Gilham) and the Preston (belonging to I. Preston, Esq.) had +respectively sailed with 100 and 110 emigrants.</p> +<p>April 19th.—Two more emigrant vessels, the Syren and +Miser, were advertised to sail for America.—On Friday, then +last, (here commonly called Black Friday) the annual meeting had +been held at the Guild Hall for the purpose of “reading +over” the income and expenditure of our local affairs when +“secundum custom (sic.) it was proved that the receipts of +any sum, say £5,299, and the payment of £5,298 was +balanced by £1 being added to the credit side.” +Mr. Shelly and other gentlemen protested against the manner in +which these accounts were made out and presented to the +freemen.</p> +<p>April 26th.—The newly elected Common Councilmen, Messrs. +John Lacon, E. H. L. Preston, Henry Costerton, and Samuel Jay +entertained the Corporation and others. John Lacon, Esq., +presided, and the following toasts were given:—The King, +Queen Adelaide, Princess Victoria, and the Royal Family, Lord +Hill and the Army, Sir James Graham and the Navy, Lord Viscount +Exmouth, the County Members, &c.</p> +<p>Burglaries had been committed on the premises of Mr. William +Green, Messrs. Bracey and Son, Mr. Benjamin Welch, and Mr. Joseph +Stevenson, and a man named Woolsey had been charged with the +offences.</p> +<p>May 3rd.—The Fair had been held without “A +Yarmouth Fair Wind,” and was “very numerously and +respectably attended, nor could its visitants complain of lack of +amusements, for of remarkable giantesses, as remarkable dwarfs, +optical dioramas, &c., &c., there were quantum suff, +while roundabouts, Russian swings, and ups-and-downs displayed +themselves in abundance to allure the juvenile part of the +company out of their stray half-pence and pence.”</p> +<p>May 10th.—The southern bastion of the fort had fallen +“with an immense crash.”</p> +<p>The “first fruits of the fishing season” had been +landed by a boat, (No. 3), belonging to Mr. George Giles. +The night’s haul had produced 48 mackerel, which sold at +1s. 6d. each.</p> +<p>The following vessels had been launched:—The brig Sarah, +190 tons (from Messrs. Tuck’s yard), and the brig Sarepta, +160 tons (from Mr. Lubbock’s yard.)</p> +<p>May 17th.—The news that the Duke of Wellington had +“given in <a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +19</span>and that Lord Grey was then at the palace” was +received with joy, and the bells had been rung.</p> +<p>May 24th.—The Rattlesnake (180 tons) had been launched +from Mr. F. Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>The mackerel fishery was going on badly, and there was great +distress in the town, as thousands depended on that industry for +a living.</p> +<p>May 31st.—There had been a great fire at Messrs. Grout +and Co’s. Factory, the loss estimated at £12,000, the +premises were uninsured.</p> +<p>Two female factory hands, aged respectively 16 and 17, had +“fought it out” on the Denes, the prize, a +“young tar,” when the “shorter combatant” +proved victorious.</p> +<p>June 7th.—The King’s birthday had been celebrated +with a great display of flags, the firing of the Church bells, +salutes from the Forts, batteries, etc.</p> +<p>June 14th.—The following notice appears as to the Reform +Act:—</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">REFORM.</span></p> +<p>For some days previous to the passing of the new Magna Charta +of our liberties, the Reform Bill, the friends of that great and +really Conservative measure had met at the Ship Tavern, for the +purpose of considering the best method of celebrating the +anticipated triumph. At their first meeting it was +determined to open a subscription, leaving the precise manner in +which the proceeds should be expended as a matter for future +consideration. District Committees were forthwith appointed +to manage the collections. The subscription, which is not +yet closed, is expected to amount to something very +handsome. It was first intended to give the freemen a +dinner, but on sounding the latter it was found that they +(without any exception) preferred receiving a pecuniary present; +it was therefore at a subsequent meeting resolved, that each of +those persons should receive a donation in money, and that the +friends of Reform should dine together at a time and place +hereafter to be appointed. The news of the passing of the +unmutilated Bill was received here with every demonstration of +joy. The vessels at the Quay displayed a profusion of +flags, as did also the principal taverns and inns in the +town—indeed everything seemed to show a universal gladness +of heart. On Friday last, however, when information arrived +of the Royal sanction having been given to the Bill, the fullness +of joy exhibited on the occasion knew no bounds. Expectant +of the event, a large party of our townsmen (of every grade and +condition in life) had proceeded along the Southtown Road on the +forenoon of the day, <a name="page20"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 20</span>accompanied by a band, flags with +appropriate mottoes, &c., to meet the Telegraph. +Singular enough, however, the guard of that coach refused to take +up the colours, and in answer to repeated enquiries declared +“there was no news,” although it was afterwards +ascertained that he had read from a newspaper in his possession +an account of the Royal signature to the inhabitants of Gorleston +while passing through that village. The Reformers of +Yarmouth, to show their indignant sense of such conduct, refused +to wait at night for the Morning Star (that coach being under the +same proprietory as the Telegraph), but instantly sent a courier +to Lowestoft to announce their intention of meeting, in +procession, the Old Blue. Ultimately, that coach, +surrounded by a profusion of elegant and appropriate flags, bands +playing, &c., paraded the town. It was really a most +animating and exhilarating spectacle; numbers of elegant and +beautiful females assembled at the windows to witness the +heart-cheering sight of a countless multitude of persons, +composed of all ranks in life, alike animated by one feeling, +that of exultation and delight. Surely after this our +enemies will no longer prate of a reaction! At any rate, +such a flagrant attempt at delusion would be scouted by our +patriotic townsmen, as one of the basest of libels on old +Yarmouth * * * * The public dinner, rejoicings, &c., will, we +have just heard, not take place till after the passing of the +Scotch and Irish Bills. The dinner, will, we believe, be +held at the Town Hall, there being no reason to doubt that the +Mayor, with his accustomed gentlemanly feeling, will grant the +building for that purpose. Wm. Barth, Esq., is expected to +preside.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>During the Spring eight vessels had sailed from Yarmouth to +different parts of the Canadas, carrying 916 passengers.</p> +<p>June 21st.—The Haven and Pier Commissioners had attended +for the purpose of examining the Harbour Works, and it was hoped +that extensive improvements would be made therein.</p> +<p>The Conservatives had not announced any candidates, and it was +considered probable that Messrs. Anson and Rumbold would be +re-elected.</p> +<p>The Rev. Mr. Griffith, junr., had delivered a very impressive +sermon on board the Cyrus under the Bethel Flag.</p> +<p>June 28th.—The Corporation had voted an address to the +King upon his escape from the late “atrocious” attack +upon him.</p> +<p>A vessel was lying off the Pier Head with the Yellow Flag +(cholera) flying.</p> +<p>July 5th.—A public dinner was to be held to celebrate +the passing <a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +21</span>of the Reform Bill, and Mr. Windham, the Liberal +candidate for E. Norfolk, was to meet his friends, Major Keppel +being unable to accompany him.</p> +<p>July 12th.—The Dreadnought lugger (having on board a +large cargo of smuggled goods) had been captured.</p> +<p>The Sylvan (belonging to J. H. Palmer, Esq.,) had arrived at +Quebec with emigrants.</p> +<p>July 26th.—The annual water frolic is thus noticed: +“Monday last was our annual water frolic. The +heavens, which appeared inauspiciously to lour during the early +part of the day, cleared about noon, and a cloudless and sun-lit +sky enabled the admirers of boating excursions to enjoy with high +zest the pleasures afforded them by the recurrence of this +aquatic treat. The beautiful bosom of Breydon was literally +covered with craft of every description, from the stately barge +and elegant pleasure boat, down to the humble punt. Three +boats, the Coriander, Balls; the Emerald, of Lowestoft, Col. +Jones; and the Hornet, of Beccles (the two latter latteeners), +were the competitors for the cup. The former had the start, +and kept the lead during the three heats, and eventually won by +400 yards. About five o’clock p.m. the boats drew up +for dinner. The <i>toute ensemble</i> was at this time +picturesque in the extreme, the river, as we have said, studded +with boats of various descriptions; the rond (which at this time +was more than usually dry and firm) crowded with well-dressed +persons of both sexes, whose joyous countenances showed that they +looked gratifyingly on the sight; the beautiful ruins of Burgh +Castle (the Garianonum of the ancients) in the distance, gilded +with the gloomy brightness of a western sun—the declivity +of the hill bedecked with many tea-drinking parties, all +presented a scene which must have given delight to every true +lover of his species. On the following day a cup (the gift +of the spirited landlord of the Berney Arms) was sailed for by +five 14 feet boats, which was won by the Sultan, George +Alexander, who beat her antagonists hollow. We are happy to +say that the general feeling of pleasure was not alloyed by the +occurrence of a single accident.”</p> +<p>The Theatre had opened with <i>Guy Mannering</i> and <i>Damp +Beds</i>. There was a very poor house.</p> +<p>The brig Ida (188 tons) had been launched from Mr. F. +Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>August 23rd.—The following estimate of the number of +electors under the Reform Act had been made:—Freemen 1,063; +£10 householders in Yarmouth, 492; and in Gorleston, 144; +total, 1,699.</p> +<p><a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 22</span>The +Summer Fishing had commenced; 300 lasts of herring had already +been brought in.</p> +<p>August 30th.—Messrs. Windham and Keppel (the Liberal +candidates for East Norfolk) had dined with about 50 electors at +the King’s Head (B. Dowson, Esq., in the chair.)</p> +<p>The following Corporate officers had been elected:—</p> +<p>Mayor-Elect—John Baker, Esq.</p> +<p>Chamberlain—Mr. R. Ferrier.</p> +<p>Churchwardens—John Preston and Charles Symonds, +Esqs.</p> +<p>Auditors—I. Preston, John Danby-Palmer, T. F. Garwood, +and Charles J. Palmer, Esqs.</p> +<p>Collectors—John Danby-Palmer, Esq., and Mr. Henry +Costerton.</p> +<p>Sept. 6th.—The Races had been held and proved very +successful.</p> +<p>Sept 13th.—Mr. C. E. Rumbold (Col. Anson being detained +in Derbyshire by illness) made a public entry into this town, +when the carriage containing the Hon. Member and N. B. Palmer, +Esq., had supported on its roof a most elegant silk flag bearing +the words “Gorleston and Southtown Voters” upon +it.</p> +<p>Sept. 20th.—A public dinner had been given by the +Gorleston voters to Messrs. Anson and Rumbold, when 52 gentlemen +attended, and W. Barth, Esq., occupied the chair.</p> +<p>Oct. 4th.—The inaugural dinner to the Mayor was held at +the Town Hall, and was attended by “nearly 500 guests, +among whom were a large number of the nobility and gentry +residing in or near Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>Oct. 11th.—The herring fishing had been very +unsuccessful. This was attributed to warm weather.</p> +<p>Oct. 18th.—The following notice as to the Wandering +Piper appears:—“The Wandering Piper, who has +attracted so much notoriety, is expected to visit Yarmouth in the +course of a very few days. He is of a rank in life which +few suspect who are not acquainted with his private +history. He was for a considerable time an officer in the +Army, served under Sir John Moore and the Duke of Wellington, and +sold his commission after the battle of Waterloo. His +opponent is Count Bender, a French Nobleman, but educated in +Scotland at the same school with the piper, and betwixt him a +great friendship subsisted. They met in London in 1825, +when a dispute arose between them concerning the hospitality of +different nations, which ended in both parties finally agreeing, +for the sum of £5,000, to travel in disguise, the one as a +fiddler in France and <a name="page23"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 23</span>Belgium, and the other (our hero) as +a piper in Britain and Ireland, to subsist upon what the public +might be pleased to give them unsolicited, and whoever should +have most money in the end was to gain the prize. They both +commenced their wanderings in the summer of 1825, but an uncle of +the piper’s, who then held a high official situation, +having got notice of the freak, put a stop to the proceedings +before the end of three months; this gentleman, however, died in +1827, which left both parties free from restraint, in consequence +of which they started in August, 1828, the one from Stonehaven, +in Scotland, and the other from Calais, in France. This +important campaign was only intended to last three years, and +would have been finished before now had not the piper received a +severe hurt from the upsetting of a stage coach in Ireland, which +confined him for fifteen months—during which time there was +a secession of hostilities on both sides. The piper during +his illness lay at the house of Sir Thomas Butler, Bart., +Ballintemple, county Carlow, where he met with the greatest +kindness; indeed, the Irish, high and low, seem to have +completely entered into the spirit of the undertaking. He +was never allowed in any one instance to pay anything at the +hotels where he put up, waiter, chambermaid, boots, and porter +all refused to accept of any remuneration for their services, +nay, the very beggar wished his ‘honour good luck and a +safe journey,’ without laying him under further +contribution. He says that he has been charged in all +instances to the very utmost extent in England; we could have +wished it had been otherwise, for the honour of our national +character. During his rambles, it is said he had given +£550 to different charities, that receipts for which are +lodged for safety with John Stuart, Esq., of 19, Cleveland Row, +Finsbury Square, London.”</p> +<p>Oct. 25th.—The wandering piper had begun his rounds and +had lunched with the Mayor.</p> +<p>Nov. 8th—Electioneering partizanship was displaying +itself. A “True Red Committee (composed of the lowest +order of beer-loving Burgesses) had been formed” and Andrew +Colville, Esq., had been requested to stand for the Borough in +that interest.</p> +<p>Nov. 15th.—Mr. Colville had arrived in the Borough and +addressed the electors from the “Star” balcony.</p> +<p>Dec. 6th.—Contains the following article:—</p> +<blockquote><p>Tuesday last was a proud day for the friends of +Reform, comprising as they do a vast majority of all ranks of our +town’s-people. It having been announced by hand-bill +the day previous that Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold would <a +name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 24</span>arrive the +following day, as early as the hour at noon, the Southtown Road +was crowded with pedestrians and equestrians of all +classes. Between twelve and one o’clock the entire +body of the Political Union (full 400 strong) assembled at the +Guardian Angel, with blue ribbons and their badges round their +necks. The worthy candidates having arrived at the above +inn, the procession began to move in the following +order:—Two trumpeters on horseback; banner—Yarmouth +Union of the Working Classes; flags—Union Jack, Royal +Standard of England; ‘Universal Suffrage and Vote by +Ballot’; ‘Short Parliaments and Liberty of the +Press’; ‘The love of our Country leads us’; +‘Close Corporations abolished’; ‘Equal Laws and +Equal Rights’; ‘United we stand, divided we +fall’; banners of the King and Reform. +Flags—‘Gorleston and Southtown Voters’; +‘Anson and Rumbold’; ‘Friends.’ +Flags—‘The People’s Cause’; ‘The +Poor Man’s Rights’; ‘Reduction of +Taxation’; ‘Close Corporations Opened’; +‘Abolition of Slavery’; ‘Cheap Government and +Equal Rights’; ‘The Liberty of the Press’; +‘Knowledge is Power’; ‘Civil and Religious +Liberty’; ‘Freedom of Election.’ The +procession, on entering the town by the Bridge, was welcomed by +the exultant shouts of an innumerable concourse of expectant +individuals, who had by this time lined the new Hall Quay, eager +to witness the imposing spectacle. The blue pennons of +numerous ships, ‘floating in the breeze,’ added not a +little to the joyousness of the occasion. The procession +moved on, adding to its numbers as it advanced along the Quay, up +South Street, along King Street, down our beautiful Market Place, +and back to the Committee Rooms, from the windows of which the +assembled multitude (consisting certainly of not less than 5,000 +persons) were addressed by Mr. Alderman Barth, Col. Anson, Mr. +Rumbold, and J. Shelly, Esq. The weather was till towards +noon rather showery; fortunately it then cleared up. Such, +however, appeared to us the general enthusiasm, that it seemed as +if no weather could have damped the universal feeling of delight, +nor have abated the desire to witness the proceedings of this +memorable day. Numbers of well-dressed females from the +windows of the houses, as the procession passed along, were to be +seen, with approving smiles, shaking blue flags, elegant banners, +&c., &c., thus demonstrating their hearty participation +in the high feeling of satisfaction which displayed itself all +around. Too much praise cannot be given to Capt. Garson and +Mr. Gamble for the judgment shown by them in marshalling the +procession. Nor ought we to omit mentioning, in terms of +high commendation, the <a name="page25"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 25</span>excellent conduct of the Union on the +occasion—conduct which was noticed in the evening at the +King’s Head, by the Chairman (Mr. T. Hammond) making a very +handsome acknowledgment of their services, and giving as a toast +(which was drank with three times three and very general +applause) ‘The Council of the Political Union.’ +Surely, if it had been before possible for the Conservatives (as +they improperly styled themselves) to have mistaken the feeling +of the town, the proceedings of Tuesday last must have entirely +undeceived them, and enabled them to see the utter hopelessness +of a contest with our late excellent representatives. +Monday next is the day of election, when we shall see whether +these hardy and obstinate men are still determined to pull down +certain ruin on their party.</p> +<p>On Thursday night Messrs. Anson and Rumbold, addressing their +numerous friends from the balcony of the Crown and Anchor, were +insulted by water thrown upon, and it is reported tiles at them, +from a small <i>red</i> inn adjoining. This roused the +indignation of the multitude, and the destruction of the windows +was the consequence. A spirited youth resented still +further indignity offered to his friends by springing from the +balcony and seizing upon and destroying the enemy’s +blood-red standard.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Dec. 15th.—The nomination took place at the +“Tol-hall,” and after the Mayor had opened the +proceedings, Col. Anson was nominated by William Barth, Esq., +seconded by Mr. Thomas Clowes, Mr. Rumbold by John Shelly and +John Brightwen, Esqs., and A. Colville, Esq., by John Lacon, +Esq., and Mr. B. Gooch. The show of hands was in favour of +Messrs. Anson and Rumbold. The poll for the first day +was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Rumbold</p> +</td> +<td><p>715</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Anson</p> +</td> +<td><p>699</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Colville</p> +</td> +<td><p>631</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>And at the close on the second day—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Rumbold</p> +</td> +<td><p>838</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Anson</p> +</td> +<td><p>829</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Colville</p> +</td> +<td><p>751</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Dec. 20th.—A dinner had been held to celebrate the +return of these gentlemen, “when William Barth, Esq., +presided, C. Sayers, Esq., was his vice, and N. Palmer and John +Shelly, Esqs., headed the tables to the right and left of +him.”</p> +<h3><a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +26</span>1833.</h3> +<p>Jan. 3rd.—The prisoners in the Gaol and Bridewell +returned thanks to the Mayor (J. Baker, Esq.) for the plentiful +dinner of roast beef, plum pudding, and a quart of ale each, +which he gave them on Christmas Day.</p> +<p>Jan. 10th.—A large alligator had been taken by a Dutch +fishing boat off Orford Ness.</p> +<p>Jan. 14th.—H.M. frigates Castor (Capt. Lord J. Hay) and +Conway (Capt. Eden), together with the French frigate Arcade, +came into the Roads to victual and get a supply of water.</p> +<p>Jan. 17th.—A number of ladies and gentlemen visited the +men-of-war; and on the following Tuesday the vessels proceeded +“out of the Cockle,” accompanied by the Royal +Charlotte cutter (Lieut. Harmer), she “keeping to windward +until lost to view.”</p> +<p>Jan. 31st.—A suggestion had been made at the Corporation +assembly as to reform of that body, but was not supported.</p> +<p>Feb. 7th.—A fine vessel of 216 tons had been launched +from Mr. Preston’s yard, and it was stated that “It +is now allowed by merchants from all parts of the world that the +finest and handsomest vessels are now built in this +port.”</p> +<p>Feb. 21st.—The Flora, a French frigate, had arrived in +the Roads.</p> +<p>Feb. 28th.—The petition against the return of Messrs. +Windham and Keppel (M.P.’s for East Norfolk) had +“excited much surprise and indignation amongst the numerous +friends of these gentlemen in the town.”</p> +<p>March 7th.—It was proposed to start a steam packet for +the conveying of goods and passengers to Hull.</p> +<p>A warrant from the Speaker of the House of Commons had been +received, requesting the attendance of the Mayor and Town Clerk +before a Committee of the House “to give an account of all +matters relating to the town and Corporation; consequently J. +Baker, Esq., and S. Tolver, Esq., had left Yarmouth on +Monday.”</p> +<p>A public meeting on the question of Corporation Reform had +been held, Mr. C. Sayers in the chair. Messrs. J. Shelly +and S. Cobb spoke, and a petition was adopted, which received +1,958 signatures.</p> +<p>A petition had also been adopted by the members of the +“Yarmouth Union of the Working Classes” against +“The Irish Coercion Bill.”</p> +<p>March 14th.—The Inquiry as to the administration of +Corporate affairs was proceeding in London, when the following +gentlemen were there upon that business on behalf of the +Corporation:—The Mayor, the <a name="page27"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 27</span>Town Clerk, and the Water Bailiff, +while Messrs. Worship, Barth, Shelly, and Barrett represented the +Town Committee.</p> +<p>March 21st.—The works at St. Peter’s Church were +“at a stand” for the want of funds, £600 being +required.</p> +<p>April 4th.—The Haven Commission were indebted +£25,000.</p> +<p>The Sessions were held with the “light calendar of 15 +prisoners.”</p> +<p>April 18th.—Lord Orford had accepted the office of Lord +High Steward of the Borough, rendered vacant through the death of +Lord Exmouth.</p> +<p>The Rev. Mark Waters had been appointed one of the ministers +of St. George’s Chapel.</p> +<p>April 24th.—The Rev. Mr. Clarke of Norwich, had accepted +the ministry of St. Peter’s, the ladies proposed to present +the communion plate to this Church.</p> +<p>May 23rd.—The mackerel fishing had been very +unsuccessful.</p> +<p>A meeting had been held to approve of the proposed Rules for +the intended Proprietary Grammar School.</p> +<p>May 30th.—A Commission had been appointed to inquire +into Corporate affairs “on the spot.”</p> +<p>Sir F. Palgrave had obtained from H.M. Commissioners of +Records the presentation of some valuable publications to the +Library.</p> +<p>June 13th.—Lord Exmouth had arrived in his yacht, and +subsequently sailed with his brother, the Vicar (the Hon. E. +Pellew), for St. Petersburgh.</p> +<p>June 20th.—Vice-Admiral Parker had been appointed a +K.C.B.</p> +<p>July 11th.—The following is the account of the Burgh +Water Frolic:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“Monday last being the day appointed for our +annual water frolic, an immense quantity of boats (from the +splendid pleasure barge to the humble punt) started from our +Bridge at eleven o’clock a.m. with a favourable and +somewhat stiff breeze from the N.E. At two o’clock +the various crafts laid-to in the Narrows to witness the sailing +match. The competitors were the Venus (cutter-rigged boat), +Last; Algerine (latteener), Craske; Emerald, (latteener) Col. +Jones; and the Hornet, Everett. The prize (an elegant +silver cup) was won by the Venus. At starting the Hornet +had the lead for a short distance, when she was passed by the +Venus, and on rounding the upper cross stake the latter boat and +the Emerald were close together, and remained so, till they got +within the Narrows, when the Colonel succeeded in passing her, +winning <a name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +28</span>the first by about half a minute. In two minutes +after the Venus recovered her lost ground and passed her +opponent, and succeeded in rounding the stake one minute before +the Emerald, who, however, neared so fast that had not the Venus +rounded the flag very closely she must have lost the match, the +Colonel being to windward. The oldest boater never +remembers so closely contested a run. After sailing, the +various crafts (which absolutely studded the river) got under +weigh, and proceeded towards the ancient Garianonum, opposite to +which they dined. At seven o’clock p.m. the boats +started for home, where they arrived in about an hour, all safe, +nothing having occurred to damp the pleasures of the day, which +was an extremely fine one. At Burgh, Chase, the spirited +proprietor of the Neptune Gardens, was completely at home, while +on the adjacent hills, opposite the cage, various groups of happy +faces were to be seen enjoying tea, &c. This, together +with the immense crowd of company that congregated on the road, +presented a scene that must have been witnessed to have been +fully appreciated. Among the company were our worthy Mayor +and a large party of fashionables in the handsome barge belonging +to W. Fisher, Esq., S. T. Berney, and J. Penrice, Esqs., in the +former’s fast-sailing boat Meteor, Mr. Alderman Barth in +the admiral’s (Green’s) boat, &c., &c. +This, together with the countless multitudes that crowded the +decks of the tug, Royal Sovereign and Emperor steamers, made the +river appear a sort of floating fair. On the next day a +number of boats, barges, &c., sailed to the Berney Arms to +witness a rowing match (for a silver cup, given by Mr. Barnett, +the landlord of the house) by four-oared gigs, which was won by +the Wasp, a Norwich boat, belonging to William Gallant, +jun. Nearer home we observed an unusually large number of +stalls, &c., at our bridge foot. On the whole, there +seemed nothing wanting to make this annual festival worthy of +brighter days, but the presence of the Corporation barge, without +which (although no brawlers against innovation) we cannot but +think the Regatta is shorn of much of its glory.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>July 18th.—A fight had taken place on the Factory Denes, +for one Sovereign, between Thomas Purdy, of Caister, commonly +known as “The Caister Champion,” and George Elliott, +of Ingham. At the 133rd round (the battle lasted 1 h. 50 +min.) Elliott was declared the victor.</p> +<p>Two men (Seager and Hanson) had quarrelled in the Bear Tap, +when Nathaniel Lacey, in trying to part them, was knocked down +and his leg broken.</p> +<p>August 22nd.—“As early as nine o’clock on +Friday morning an <a name="page29"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +29</span>immense concourse of genteely-dressed persons had +congregated before St. Peter’s Church, anxious not to miss +the opportunity of witnessing the solemn and imposing ceremonial +about to take place. At ten o’clock the principal +door was thrown open, and this large assemblage entered. +The greatest order and decorum prevailed, owing certainly to the +excellent arrangement of C. Symonds, Esq., one of the +Churchwardens for the year, who, to prevent confusion, had issued +tickets, which were left at the houses of the respectable +housekeepers, without the least distinction, as also at the +various lodging houses for the use of the visitors. About +eleven o’clock the Mayor (John Baker, Esq.), with the +customary regalia, attended by several other members of the +Corporate body entered the church, and were shown to the pews +appropriated for their reception. The Bishop of Winchester +soon arrived with his Chaplain and Registrar and proceeded up the +middle aisle to the altar, where the service began by the latter +gentleman presenting the petition to the Bishop, who redelivered +it to the Registrar, when it was by him read aloud. The +Right Rev. Prelate then pronounced the following words, in a +solemn, appropriate, and sonorous tone of voice—“I am +now ready to give my full consent to that which you have desired, +and may Almighty God bless the good work in which we are about +engaging.” His Lordship then, with his officers and +clergy, walked to the west end of the church and back again to +the altar, repeating alternate versicles of the 42nd Psalm. +The Bishop having seated himself at the table, the Deed of +Consecration was read by the surrogate (the Very Rev. the Dean of +Norwich), after which his Lordship read the exhortation, prayers, +&c., appointed for the occasion. The usual morning +prayers were read from the desk by the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, +with the exception of those parts especially appropriated to the +occasion, which were read by the Bishop. The reading Psalms +most judiciously selected for the occasion were the 84th, 122nd, +and 132nd; the lessons, parts of the 8th chapter of 1st Kings, +and of the 10th chapter of Hebrews. After the prayers, +verses 6, 7, and 8 of 26th, with Gloria Patri, was performed by a +very full orchestra of instrumentalists and vocalists. The +common service was performed by the Bishop, with the exception of +the Epistle and the Nicene Creed, which were read by his +Lordship’s Chaplain, the Rev. Alexander Dallas. The +100th Psalm (Tate and Brady’s version) was then sung by the +whole choir. The sermon, a striking, apposite, and eloquent +one, was preached by the Rev. Mr. Clark, the appointed minister +of the Church, from Genesis, chapter 28th, verses 16 and +17—<a name="page30"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +30</span>“And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, +&c.” [832 young persons were confirmed by the +Bishop of Winchester.]”</p> +<p>August 29th.—The Races had been held, and on +“Tuesday and Wednesday the great annual main of cocks had +been fought at the Bush Tavern, South Quay, between the gentlemen +of Norwich and the gentlemen of Yarmouth for £5 a battle +and £50 the odds, which was won by Norwich, who were six +battles a head.”</p> +<p>Sept. 15th.—The smack Endeavour, of London, had been +seized with 65 casks and 16 bales (2,800 lbs. in weight) of +tobacco on board her.</p> +<p>The following Corporate officers had been chosen:—John +Danby-Palmer, Esq., Mayor; Mr. James Jay, Chamberlain; F. R. +Reynolds, Esq., and J. M. Bell, Esq., Churchwardens.</p> +<p>The late gales had caused an immense quantity of sand and +shingle to be washed into the Harbour, so as to form a point +opposite the South Pier.</p> +<p>Oct. 3rd.—The following is the report of the Yarmouth +Guild Day:—</p> +<blockquote><p>On Monday the Mayor and the Mayor Elect (J. +Danby-Palmer, Esq.), accompanied by the Earl of Orford and the +members of the Corporation, attended divine service at St. +Nicholas’ Church, by the Hon. and Rev. Edward Pellew, after +which the Rev. Thomas Baker, Chaplain to the Body Corporate, +preached an excellent sermon. After service the Corporation +adjourned to the Guildhall, where the Mayor-Elect was sworn into +office with the customary ceremonies.</p> +<p>The Recorder (Mr. Sergeant Merewether) being absent, the Town +Clerk, previous to presenting the patent of appointment as Lord +High Steward of the Borough to the Earl of Orford, addressed his +Lordship, observing that the Corporation entertained a high sense +of the honour conferred upon them by his Lordship’s +acceptance of an office which (as constituted by one of the +charters of the borough) assimilated with that of Lord High +Steward of England, an office of great power and authority, +having under the King the regulating the administration of +justice, which had not since its forfeiture in the reign of Henry +the Third, by its hereditary possessor, been granted to any one +except upon and for particular occasions, and had only been +presented to one of the Nobility and a Lord of Parliament. +So by the Charter of King Charles, the High Steward of the +borough of Yarmouth must be ‘unus praeclarus vir,’ +the meaning of which might be gathered from the appointment of +William, Earl of Yarmouth, to be the first modern High Steward, +and <a name="page31"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 31</span>that +to the present time the office had been filled by noblemen +distinguished by their talents and services as statesmen, or +great naval and military commanders. Amongst them were the +celebrated Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, a second Robert +Earl of Orford, and George Earl of Orford, who together held that +office for nearly 60 years, much to the honour and advantage of +the Borough. Although their connection with that noble +family had been interrupted, it had not been forgotten by the +Corporation, who were happy in having the honour of renewing it +in the person of his Lordship, in whom they found that +‘praeclarus vir’ pointed out by the charter, and they +doubted not but that his Lordship would support them in all +transactions grounded in honour, honesty, and good faith, and +having for their object the public good, and that he would defend +and maintain their ancient rights, privileges, and +immunities. The Town Clerk then presented Lord Orford with +his appointment, and assured his Lordship that his presence among +them would always be hailed with pleasure by the Corporation.</p> +<p>The Earl of Orford was then sworn, and immediately addressed +the Mayor and Corporation in an eloquent speech, in which he said +he claimed no merit to himself for the choice which had been made +by the Corporation, but attributed it solely to the recollection +of the former connection of the borough with his ancestors, which +had been so handsomely alluded to by the Town Clerk, and to that +firm line of conduct in political life which he had thought it +his duty steadfastly to pursue, which it was his pride and +pleasure to maintain, and that although the Corporation might +have selected a person of more influence than himself, yet he +would yield to no one in zeal, and no exertion on his part would +be spared to uphold the rights, privileges, and immunities of the +Corporation, which had that day been entrusted to the Mayor, and +which it was to be hoped he would be permitted to resign +unimpaired to his successor. He himself should always feel +it his duty and pleasure to render his services available to the +true interests of the borough.</p> +<p>The other annual officers were then sworn, and the Mayor, +accompanied by the High Steward and the Corporate Body, walked to +the Town Hall, where a most splendid entertainment was provided +for upwards of three hundred and thirty gentlemen, among whom +were the Right Hon. the Earl of Orford, the Right Hon. Viscount +Nevill, the Hon. Mr. Justice Alderson, the Hon. the Rev. E. +Pellew, the Hon. P. H. Abbott, Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., +Vice-Admiral Sir George Parker, K.C.B., Col. Petre, Col. Mason, +Robert Marsham, Esq., J. Postle, Esq., <a name="page32"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 32</span>Stratton Marsham, Esq., E. H. K. +Lacon, Esq., W. M. Praed, Esq., Rev. C. Penrice, Rev. J. Humfrey, +Rev. — Clarke, Rev. J. Gunn, Rev. B. Winthorp, John +Penrice, Esq., R. Rising, Esq., S. Palmer, Esq., W. Carpenter, +Esq., Capt. Onslow, R.N., Capt. M. Kelly, R.N., Capt. Travers, +R.N., Major Travers, Capt. Carew, R.N., H. Munro, Esq., B. +Caldecott, Esq., &c., &c.</p> +<p>The healths of their Majesties—the Princess Victoria and +the rest of the Royal Family—his Majesty’s Ministers, +and the Duke of Wellington, were drank. On the health of +the Earl of Orford being given, the noble Lord, in returning +thanks, alluded to the commission for investigating Corporations, +declaring ‘that he denounced the illegality of the +commission.’ His Lordship gave the health of the +Mayor and Prosperity to the Town of Yarmouth, for which the Chief +Magistrate expressed his acknowledgment, stating his +determination to do all he could to forward the best interests of +the town on every occasion.</p> +<p>On the health of Mr. Justice Alderson being given, the learned +Judge spoke of the Constitution of this country as being so +framed as to allow all who had the talents and industry to arrive +at the very highest dignities the King could confer, and +concluded by saying that the question for the people to consider +was whether they would close the avenues to those +dignities. The healths of Lord Nevill, Mr. Charles Palmer +(the son of the Mayor), Sir E. K. Lacon, Lord Walpole and the +House of Wolterton, Lord Wodehouse and the House of Kimberley, +and a variety of other toasts were given; after which the Mayor +and a large party adjourned to the Ball at the Bath Rooms, where +dancing continued till a late hour.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Oct. 31st.—“On Monday evening last, as Mr. Marsh, +of the house of Marsh and Barnes, wine and spirit merchants, was +returning in his gig from Beccles, he overtook a female on the +road near Fritton, who, as Mr. M. passed, implored +assistance. He pulled up, and finding the poor creature in +an exhausted and high state of nervous excitement, and that she +was on her way to this place, he took her up, when she stated as +follows—that she had walked from Yarmouth to Heckingham +House to obtain relief for a relative residing in Yarmouth, that +she had obtained 3s., was returning home across the Marshes, and +when near the New Cut and bridge over the dam, she saw two men, +who appeared to come from a wherry, and when they met her one of +them presented a pistol and threatened to shoot her, but she +answering in the negative to the enquiry of “Do you know +us,” one of them said, “Don’t shoot +her.” They <a name="page33"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 33</span>then searched, took from her 2s. 6d., +some halfpence, and a handkerchief with some trifles, knocked her +down by a blow on the face, and so left her. When she +recovered she proceeded on her journey till the above gentleman +humanely assisted her into the town and relieved her; but she was +so weak from the fright as to stagger when she left the +gig. She states that she thinks she could recognize one of +the men. Might not some enquiry as to what wherry was +moored in the Cut at that time lead to the detection of the +perpetrators of so diabolical an act as that of distressing the +distressed. We respectfully submit to the gentlemen who are +the guardians for the hundred of Heckingham if some safe plan +could not be devised to relieve non-resident paupers, so as to +obviate the necessity of a journey by them of so many +miles.”</p> +<p>Dec. 5th.—The winter assemblies having been discontinued +for two years had been revived, and the first assembly had been +held at the Town Hall, (the Mayor (J. Danby Palmer, Esq.) and +Vice-Admiral Sir George Parker, K.C.B., Stewards). It was +attended by all the principal families of the town and +neighbourhood.</p> +<p>Dec. 12th.—A fine schooner named the Fairy Queen, 150 +tons register, had been launched from W. Lubbock’s +yard.</p> +<p>Dec. 28th.—The altar piece presented to St. +Peter’s Church by Col. Mason was put up on Christmas +Eve.</p> +<h3>1834.</h3> +<p>Jan. 9th.—Samuel Tolver and Charles John Palmer, Esqs., +had been appointed Perpetual Commissioners for the counties of +Norfolk and Suffolk.</p> +<p>Jan. 16th.—News had been received that the Lion, +belonging to G. D. Palmer, Esq., had arrived at Civita Vecchia on +the 26th ult.</p> +<p>Jan. 30th.—Two schooners of about 80 tons register, +named the Norwich Trader and Lowestoft Merchant, had been +launched from Mr. Thomas W. Branford’s yard.</p> +<p>A requisition was being signed for the purpose of having the +“upper” ferry established.</p> +<p>Feb. 6th.—Messrs. Buckle and Hogg, two of H.M. Municipal +Commissioners, had arrived for the purpose of holding an Inquiry +into the doings of the Corporation.</p> +<p>A crowded meeting had been held to petition Parliament for an +abolition of Church Rates. J. Shelly, Esq., was called to +the chair, and the following gentlemen took part in the +proceedings:—Rev. <a name="page34"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 34</span>Mr. Betts, J. B. Palmer, Esq., Rev. +T. Tait, Mr. D. Chapman, Rev. H. Squire, and Rev. A. Creak.</p> +<p>Feb. 20th.—Capt. Manby had given “an elegant and +fully attended fete” at the Barracks.</p> +<p>Feb. 29th.—The Municipal Commissioners were sitting at +the Tolhouse.</p> +<p>March 6th.—The Commissioners having finished their +investigation were entertained by Alderman Bath at Dinner.</p> +<p>April 10th.—Mr. G. Garson had been appointed +Lloyd’s Surveyor.</p> +<p>The annual silver cup, given by Mr. Bales to the members of +the “Yarmouth British Yacht Club,” was to be sailed +for in May.</p> +<p>April 17th.—A meeting had been held to oppose certain +clauses in the proposed Haven and Pier Bill then before +Parliament, Mr. Alderman Barth in the chair, the following took +part in the proceedings:—Messrs. J. Brightwen, J. Shelly, +A. Palmer, S. Cobb, R. Ferrier, G. D. Palmer, B. Dowson, P. +Stead, and William Barber.</p> +<p>April 24th.—The Baltic (belonging to I. Preston, Esq.) +and The Venus (belonging to G. D. Palmer, Esq.) had sailed with +emigrants for North America.</p> +<p>May 1st.—A brig called the Friends, of 190 tons +register, had been launched from Mr. A. Palmer’s yard.</p> +<p>May 15th.—The “New Proprietary Grammar +School” had been opened, John Danby Palmer, Esq., being +Chairman during the proceedings.</p> +<p>June 5th.—The Misses Seaman had been appointed +postmistresses.</p> +<p>June 12th.—“A remarkably fine ship of 374 +tons” had been launched from the dockyard of Ambrose +Palmer, Esq.</p> +<p>June 26th.—Contains the following notice of an +“Ingenious Invention”:—“A few weeks since +a young lady having lost her left leg by amputation, four inches +below the knee, applied to Mr. W. B. Neslen, shoe and last maker, +of this town, complaining of the inconvenience she experienced +from the wooden substitute she had procured. Mr. N. +immediately set about remedying this, which he eventually +accomplished by the making of a leg, which for useful purposes +has in a very great measure supplied the loss of the original +limb. It was composed of light sycamore wood, cased with +leather, with elastic springs for the foot. It was shown to +several mechanics in the neighbourhood, who all gave an opinion +highly favourable to the ingenuity of its construction. It +weighs 3lbs. (the former substitute weighed 7lbs.) and is +connected <a name="page35"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +35</span>with the knee by springs. The lady is enabled to +make very nearly the same use of the artificial as she previously +had done with the real limb.”</p> +<p>The anniversary of the King’s accession to the Throne +had been observed, the Corporation attending divine service, when +the Rev. T. Baker preached “an appropriate +sermon.”</p> +<p>July 24th.—Mr. William Mabson had been chosen a Common +Councilman in the room of Mr. John Robson, deceased.</p> +<p>July 31st.—The annual water frolic had been held, Mr. +Stephen Miller’s Water Witch taking the prize.</p> +<p>Aug. 14th.—Messrs. C. Davie, Samuel Palmer, Frederick +Paget, Capt. Todman, R.N., and the Rev. Mark Waters had been +elected Paving Commissioners.</p> +<p>Aug. 21st.—A dinner had been given (G. D. Palmer, Esq., +in the chair) to Messrs. T. Hammond and R. B. Fenn, as a +compliment for services rendered by them to the fishing +interest.</p> +<p>Aug. 28th.—The Stratheden, 400 tons register, had been +launched from Mr. F. Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>Sept. 2nd.—The following had been chosen Corporate +officers for the ensuing year:—Isaac Preston, jun., Esq., +Mayor; Mr. J. E. Laws, Chamberlain; J. Danby Palmer, and E. H. L. +Preston, Esqs., Churchwardens; Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., Isaac +Preston, Esq., and Messrs. R. Ferrier and William Yetts, +Auditors; J. D. Palmer, Edmund Preston, Robert Cory, jun., +William Barth, Esqs., and Messrs. E. H. L. Preston, S. B. Cory, +C. J. Palmer, Vestry; J. Baker, Esq., and Mr. James Jay, +Collectors; and Messrs. F. Preston and Samuel Jay, Muragers.</p> +<p>Oct. 2nd.—Contains the following report of the +proceedings on the “Mayor’s Day”:—</p> +<blockquote><p>Monday being the feast of St. Michael, the day was +ushered in by ringing of Bells, flags at the New Hall, Church, +&c. The Mayor-Elect (I. Preston, jun., Esq.) ordered +twopenny buns to be given to the children of the different +charity schools in the town, and it was really gratifying to +observe the number of happy boys and girls, with cheers parading +Gaol-street, the Quay, &c., with their gifts in their +hands. About two o’clock in the afternoon the Mayor +and Corporation attended divine service at St. Nicholas’ +Church, where a sermon was delivered by the Rev. F. Baker (son of +the Rector of Rollesby) from Acts, chapter 23rd, 4th and 5th +verses, which in the days when passive obedience and +non-resistance reigned might have been considered an excellent +one. Happily, however, those days are past, and few, +probably, of the rev. <a name="page36"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 36</span>gentleman’s hearers accorded +with him when they heard him denounce from the pulpit the great +majority of those who sought Reform in the Church, and other +acknowledged abuses as infidels, atheists, and anarchists, and +those who aimed at the overthrow of the Church, the Altar, and +the Crown. From the Church the Corporation proceeded to the +Guildhall, where the Mayor-Elect (after having taken the oath of +office) spoke to the following effect:—“Gentlemen, +previous to assuming the chair of Chief Magistracy, which I am +about to fill, you will allow me to thank you for the proof that +you have given me of your confidence. Gentlemen, I sought +not this office; I have accepted it only that I might endeavour +to render myself useful to my fellow townsmen. Gentlemen, +it is not the pageantry, the sword and mace (though even these +may be of use in their way) that have allured me to this +office—no; had I been capable of being actuated by such +motives, I should have been indeed unworthy of taking (as I have +just taken) the Holy Gospels in my hand, and to have sworn before +my God, to execute to the best of my ability, the important +duties of Chief Magistrate of my native town. I would now +address myself to my proper brethren, I would address myself to +all, high or low, rich or poor, and exhort them to do all that in +their power lie to promote the decorum of social life, by +cheeking vice, immorality, and debauchery. Gentlemen, I +thank you very much for the patience with which you have heard +me.” This address was delivered with much firmness, +and at the same time with considerable emotion, and was received +with great applause. After the ceremony of robing, and the +other routine business had been gone through, the newly-elected +Mayor, Deputy-Mayor, &c., proceeded (escorted by the town +band, flags, &c.) to the New Hall, where a sumptuous dinner +was served to a numerous and highly respectable assembly of the +Body Corporate, and the friends of the Chief Magistrate. +The dessert, which was fine and abundant, was, we understand, +served by Mr. Brooks, of the Market Row.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Oct. 9th.—Harry Worship, Esq., had delivered a very +interesting lecture on the “Philosophy of +Dreams.”</p> +<p>Oct. 16th.—The frequency of robbery at sea had induced +the fishermen to keep an unusually sharp look out.</p> +<p>Oct. 23rd.—Charles J. Palmer, Esq., had been elected an +Alderman in the place of Dr. Bateman, deceased.</p> +<p>It appears from the report of the proceedings at the Revision +Court that the lower ferry was then let at £30 a year +only.</p> +<p>Oct. 30th.—The “Blues” claimed a gain of 50 +on the revision of the Freeman’s list.</p> +<p><a name="page37"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 37</span>The +fishing was reported as going on “very badly.”</p> +<p>Nov. 6th.—A public meeting had been held on the subject +of the Port and Haven Bill, the Mayor in the chair, when Messrs. +George Danby Palmer, Shelly, Brightwen, Ferrier, Barth, and +Dowson took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>Nov. 20th.—The Conservatives had held a meeting at +Bammant’s Green, Mr. William Mabson in the chair, pledging +themselves to support the Hon. W. H. Beresford and W. M. +Praed.</p> +<p>Nov. 27th.—Col. Anson had spoken from the Committee Room +in Regent Street, when Messrs. George Steward and J. Shelly took +part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>The “Political Union” required Col. Anson and Mr. +Rumbold to pledge themselves to support “Corporation +Reform, Triennial Parliaments, Extension of the Suffrage, and +Vote by Ballot.”</p> +<p>Dec. 4th.—A meeting of voters in the Blue interest had +been held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, when it was determined +“to sink all minor differences” in order to secure +the return of Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold. Mr. N. B. Palmer +addressed a crowded assembly from the Committee Rooms.</p> +<p>Dec. 11th.—Thomas Baring, Esq., had arrived as Mr. +Praed’s colleague, and both gentlemen had addressed the +electors from the Newcastle Tavern, and a house on the South +Quay, which they had engaged as a Committee Room.</p> +<p>Dec. 18th.—The contest was progressing, Col. Anson +assuring his supporters “that at that moment their +canvassing book stood better than he had ever known it to stand +since he had known Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>Dec. 23rd.—There had been a “violent +scuffle” between the Reds and the Blues, during which +“the son of a Baronet was pulled from his horse and beaten +violently.”</p> +<h3>1835.</h3> +<p>Jan. 8th, contains the following account of the +election:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow +that we announce that our late members, Messrs. Anson and +Rumbold, are ousted from the representation. We said last +week that nothing but the most gross and unblushing bribery could +possibly unseat these gentlemen, and these means have been had +recourse to, to an unprecedented extent. Messrs. Baring and +Praed are returned, not by the free and independent voice of the +people, but by a bought majority, bought by means most +disgraceful both to <a name="page38"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +38</span>giver and receiver, although we cannot help thinking +that the larger portion of disgrace attaches to the +former—for what can be more discreditable, what can be more +contrary to the high honour which ought to distinguish the +gentleman, than to take advantage of the poor freeman, and by (in +this instance doubly accursed) gold to make him forfeit his +solemn promises? Do our opponents ask for proofs of +this? We have them in the infamous system of cooping (a +system which we had hoped was confined to a neighbouring city, +but which has been now imported into this till now uncorrupt +borough), which has been with a bold unblushing front carried on +to a large extent in certain houses in the town. We have +them in the number of freemen who were to be seen on both +election days coming up to the Red booth with Blue colours in +their hats, and in the madness of infuriating drink, flinging +them in the face of and grossly abusing a highly respected and +respectable fellow townsman of ours, while at the same time they +recorded their votes for Messrs. Baring and Praed. We have +it in the fact that four sovereigns, with a promise of as much +more, and £2 10s., with a like promise, were given to two +poor freemen of the names of Boyce and Stevenson, to induce them +to vote for the Reds, but who, with a truly noble spirit that +cannot be too highly appreciated, brought the money into their +hands to the Blue booth, and then polled for Messrs. Anson and +Rumbold. But, unfortunately for the good cause, these +glorious examples were not generally followed. The Red +Leaders took good care for the most part of their deluded and +purchased victims, by plying them with drink, keeping them in +strong hold, &c., to allow them to return to the paths of +rectitude. We do think that the feelings of our late +members are rather to be envied by those of the present, the +former having lost with honour, the latter owing their election +not to the feeling of the town (that we confidently say, without +fear of contradiction, is with Messrs. Anson and Rumbold), but to +the exercise of the most abominable and venal means to effectuate +it. If anything like the sums which we have heard mentioned +have been expended in this shameful warfare of gold against +principle, our opponents may truly say with one of yore, +‘another such victory will ruin us!’ The most +active measures are being had recourse to (and may they be +successful) either by substantiating the individual instances of +bribery, which we know have to a great extent taken place to oust +the members from those seats which they so unjustly obtained by +bad means, manifestly against the feeling and real wishes of the +town to oust Messrs. Baring and Praed from the ill-earned honours +so surreptitiously procured <a name="page39"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 39</span>for them, or at any rate to make the +guilty individual perpetrators pay the penalty of such +acts!”</p> +<p>“The nomination of the candidates took place at the +Guildhall, on hustings erected outside. The Town Clerk (S. +Tolver, Esq.) having read the precept, the Mayor, in a loud +voice, requested a patient hearing for those who might address +them. Mr. Alderman Barth, in a neat speech, proposed the +Hon. Col Anson as a fit and proper person to represent the +borough. B. Dowson, Esq., seconded the nomination. +Vice-Admiral Sir G. Parker, K.C.B., in a very manly and +straightforward speech, proposed Mr. Rumbold, when Mr. Shelly +presented himself as the seconder. A picked party of his +opponents, evidently brought there for the purpose, attempted by +every discordant noise to prevent his being heard; by dint of +perseverance, however, and the powerful support of his numerous +friends, Mr. S. with even more than his usual eloquence, at +considerable length supported the nomination. Messrs. R. +Ferrier and A. Palmer proposed and seconded Mr. Baring, and Mr. +J. Penrice proposed and Mr. J. Lacon seconded the nomination of +Mr. Praed. The Hon. Col. Anson spoke at great length, and +with all his wonted power, in the course of a really luminous +speech, he expressed the surprise he had felt on finding Mr. A. +Palmer (a gentleman who had before honoured him with his support) +among the ranks of his opponents. Mr. P. explained by +saying it was because Col. A. had allied himself to Radicals and +destructives. The Hon. Col. said he was surprised at having +such a reason assigned. It was known to all that he had +never succumbed to the Radicals. That deeply grateful as he +was for their support, he had, and should again, unless convinced +of their necessity, oppose their great measures of vote by ballot +and triennial parliaments. That he was so far independent +appeared in this, that with the ballot he believed the present +opposition would scarcely have occurred, or if it had it would +have been but a very few hours ere it would have terminated in +the triumph of himself and Mr. Rumbold. (Loud +cheers.) The other candidates also addressed the assembled +multitude. The poll commenced the following day, and from +the activity with the Pink and Purples, or Reds, or +Conservatives, for in the motley assemblage of coalition of +colours we scarcely know what exactly they call themselves, +brought up their voters, it was feared that they would head the +first day’s poll. The event proved the correctness of +the prediction, for at four o’clock it was found that the +Tories had a majority of 192; although the Blues rallied next +morning, that majority could not <a name="page40"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 40</span>be altogether overcome. The +final close of the poll left Messrs. Baring and Praed a majority +of 88.</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Anson</p> +</td> +<td><p>680</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Rumbold</p> +</td> +<td><p>675</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Baring</p> +</td> +<td><p>772</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Praed</p> +</td> +<td><p>768</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p>“Col. Anson and Mr. Rumbold addressed an +immense concourse of persons, by whom they were repeatedly and +loudly cheered, from the King’s Head windows. They +were preceded by Mr. Alderman Barth, Col. Anson’s very deep +emotion not enabling him immediately to come forward. When +he did come forward he said no language which he could use could +sufficiently express his sorrow at the dissolution of the +connection so long subsisting between them; their present members +would find their task a comparatively easy one; they would find +that such attention had been paid to the town that the path would +be plain before them, and that little indeed would remain to be +done. (Loud cheers.) They had been defeated by means +most flagitious. Let not the present members, however, be +too certain of their seats, for if by any means these foul +proceedings could be sifted to the bottom, measures would be +taken to remove them from their ill-acquired honours. With +him and Mr. Rumbold, he was happy to say, still remained the real +voice of the people. (Cheers.) He was proud of this, +and would in conclusion assure them that whether in or out of +Parliament their interests would ever have a prominent place in +his regards. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Rumbold spoke under +the influence of great agitation, and in the course of a very +luminous speech adverted to the disgraceful fact of having in his +pocket a proof that, in a room in this town a bribe was offered +in the presence and with the cognizance of a Magistrate. +(Cries of ‘Shame, shame.’) He should carry into +retirement with him the deepest sense of their uniform kindness, +and a determination ever to forward the interests of any of his +former constituents, who might apply to him, to the best of his +ability. The chairing of to-day was hailed by numbers with +demonstrations which must have been the very reverse to the +members; indeed, we are sure that if the Blues had shown in full +strength their exasperated feelings (and they did not do this +alone in compliance with the advice of their leaders), there +could have been no chairing. A dinner of our late +members’ friends is now about taking place at the Masonic +Hall, very numerously attended. A subscription for the +purchase of a piece of plate for them is commenced, and will +include the smallest amount. This will confirm us in our +conviction that the sense of the town is with the +Blues.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p><a name="page41"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 41</span>Jan. +15th.—About 100 supporters of Messrs. Anson and Rumbold +dined at the Masonic Hall, when both those gentlemen were +present.</p> +<p>Jan. 22nd.—The polling for East Norfolk showed a +majority of 149 in the town for Windham and Gurney. Mr. +Hume, M.P., Mr. Windham, and Mr. Palmer had addressed the +electors.</p> +<p>Feb. 12th contains the following account of a sailing match +from Yarmouth to Venice:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“The Lion, Punchard, having some time been +considered the fastest ship out of this port, a brig was built, +and launched in the middle of September, called the Vivid +(Captain M. Butcher, jun.) and matched against the Lion, for +Venice, which vessel sailed at 3 p.m. on the 2nd of December, and +the Vivid sailed at 6 p.m. on the following day, being 27 hours +difference in favour of the former vessel; since which period +letters have been received from Venice from each Captain, stating +that the Vivid passed the Gut of Gibraltar on the 22nd of +December and the Lion on the 29th. They also state that the +Vivid arrived at Venice on the 17th ult, and the Lion on the 24th +ult.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>A meeting of the subscribers to the plate to be presented to +the late M.P.’s (Messrs. Anson and Rumbold) had been held, +when it appeared that 3,685 persons had contributed £370 +0s. 8d.</p> +<p>March 2nd.—Mr. C. Aldred had given a lecture on the +“Philosophy of Sleep.”</p> +<p>There had been “a most tremendous hurricane,” and +it was stated that “the oldest seaman does not recollect so +much damage occurring on this coast with an off-shore +wind.”</p> +<p>March 16th.—£100 had been deposited by three +gentlemen “as the issue of a voyage to be performed by the +Vivid, Lion, and Rapid, from these Roads to the Naze of Norway +and back.”</p> +<p>March 26th.—The ladies of Yarmouth were about to present +two very elegant silver mugs to Miss Anson and Miss Emily Anson, +the daughters of the late M.P. for the borough.</p> +<p>April 16th.—Mr. W. Davie, Trinity Agent, had been +appointed a Sub-Commissioner of Pilotage in the room of John +Fisher, Esq., on the recommendation of John Danby Palmer, Esq., +and W. J. Hurry, Esq., the other Commissioners.</p> +<p>Mr. F. Preston had launched a very fine vessel of 464 tons +called the Mary Anne.</p> +<p>A Society for promoting the Purity of Election had been +formed.</p> +<p>April 23rd.—The members (Messrs. Baring and Praed) +attended a <a name="page42"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +42</span>dinner to which they had been invited by their +constituents, at the Town Hall. Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., +presided. John Penrice, Esq., sat at the head of the right +hand table, and Ambrose Palmer, Esq., at the head of the +left. Mr. Paget was vice-president. Among the company +were Lord Walpole, M.P., E. Wodehouse, Esq., M.P., Sir Thomas +Gooch, Bart., Sir Jacob Preston, Bart.,— Lawson, Esq., +M.P., the Mayor of Yarmouth, John Danby Palmer, Esq., Captains +Onslow, Gunthorpe, Manby, and Grint; M. Lacon, J. M. Lacon, W. +Fisher, I. Preston, J. Preston, R. Ferrier, J. G. Fisher, E. +Leathes, G. E. Francis, R. Cory, W. Yetts, F. Preston, and Chas. +J. Palmer, Esqs.; the Revs. T. Baker, C. Penrice, W. Lucas, +— Green, and about 250 electors.</p> +<p>May 14th.—The smuggler “Nancy, of London,” +was brought in by the Badger, cutter, having on board 150 tubs of +brandy, a few bags of tea, and some dry goods.</p> +<p>June 18th.—A meeting of Reformers had been held at the +Star Hotel, when G. Danby Palmer, Esq., moved that a petition +should be presented in favour of the Corporation Reform Bill.</p> +<p>June 25th.—Another meeting on the same subject had been +held at the Mechanics’ Hall. Messrs. William Barth, +R. Wall, Thomas Hammond, E. Sewell, S. Cobb, and J. Shelly taking +part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>July 2nd.—Mr. Praed had presented a petition against the +Corporation Reform Bill from the town.</p> +<p>July 30th.—The following notice appears of the death of +J. Shelly, Esq.:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“It is with feelings of more than ordinary +regret that we this week announce the sudden death of John +Shelly, Esq. This estimable gentleman had concluded his +examination on Tuesday forenoon last before the Parliamentary +Committee, and after being highly complimented by the noble +Chairman (Lord F. Egerton) for his ability (feeling himself +somewhat unwell), had retired to his inn, where he directed the +waiter to call him in half-an-hour. The servant went +upstairs at the time appointed, about two in the afternoon, and +found Mr. S. sitting in a chair, nearly dead. We repeat +that we feel more than ordinary regret at having this +announcement to make. As a leader and representative (if we +may so say) of a party his death will create a void that it will +be long indeed ere it be filled. His was a master +mind—once embarked in a subject (whatever might be its +magnitude) it was sure to be treated powerfully and ably by Mr. +Shelly, the whole energies of whose mind were directed to <a +name="page43"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 43</span>its +elucidation for the benefit of his fellow townsmen. There +might, indeed, be those who excelled this really gifted man in +some particular department, but for general knowledge, facility, +power, ease, and even elegance of expression, our lamented +friend, we should say, has not left his equal in this, his native +town. That he was a warm partizan, no one can deny, but +that he was directed in his every movement of a public nature by +sincerity and conscience is equally clear to every one who had +the happiness of knowing him. The great majority of the +shops kept by those in the Liberal interest are shaded, to show +the sense which is entertained of the irreparable nature of the +public loss sustained. But it is not alone in public that +the work of Mr. S. was known. As a father, husband, friend, +and Christian, his conduct was alike exemplary. We will +venture to say that, warm as was his political partizanship, he +never made himself one personal enemy. Mr. Shelly has left +an amiable wife and eleven children to deplore his +loss.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>August 8th.—The Regatta had been held, when the cup was +won by Sir Jacob Preston’s “Maria”; on this +occasion Edmund Preston, Esq., entertained “about 200 of +the fashionables of the town.”</p> +<p>August 13th.—The petition in favour of Corporation +Reform had been signed by 2,500 persons.</p> +<p>August 20th.—The following notice appears:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“On Friday night, Mr. Prentice, of whose +contumacy before a Committee of the House of Commons our readers +have heard so much, arrived here, having been recently released +from Newgate. The day previous handbills made their +appearance, inviting the friends of Messrs. Baring and Praed to +accompany Prentice into town. About seven o’clock on +the first-mentioned evening a party of from twenty to thirty left +the house of a publican in Chapel Street, preceded with band, +colours, and banners down Regent Street, over the bridge, and so +on to Hopton. On the arrival of the “Morning +Star” coach Prentice was taken out and placed in an open +landau, in which he stood upright, bowing, as he went along, to +the assemblage, which by this time had become very large, induced +thereto by the novelty of the scene. The procession with +much mock gravity moved on to the bridge, by torch light, went +round the town, and thence proceeded to the Bowling Green, where +the lion of the night spoke from a window. He described the +present as the proudest, the happiest day of his life—said +that although the Reform Bill had given him a vote, yet he hated +it,—he hated also the Corporation Reform Bill, and hoped +that the Lords would so mutilate it that Lord John <a +name="page44"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 44</span>Russell might +not know his own child again.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>October 8th contains the following paragraph:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“Some admirers of the Corporation met on +Tuesday sen’night to celebrate Michaelmas Day at the Angel +Inn, Mr. F. Paget in the chair. We understand that some of +the leading members of the expiring body were present.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>October 18th contains a notice of Brock’s miraculous +escape from drowning.</p> +<p>Oct. 22nd.—The first Oddfellows’ funeral in this +town is thus recorded:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“On Thursday afternoon last the novel +ceremonial of an Oddfellows’ funeral took place in +processional order. The deceased, Nathaniel Spilman, had +been for many years a member of the two lodges in this town, and, +it having been his request, he was interred with the usual +honours appertaining to the Order. Accordingly, the +brethren of the two lodges proceeded in the following order to +the house of the deceased:—officer of the lodge with his +drawn sword, secretary bearing the scroll, two officers with +their wands, two of the head officers of each lodge, two officers +with wands, two of the second officers of the lodges, a large +concourse of the brethren adorned with their numerous silver +medals, aprons, &c., two of the wardens carrying their +badges. On their arrival at the house they proceeded to the +churchyard in the above order, with the addition of the Hon. and +Rev. Edward Pellew preceding the body, which was carried by six +of the brethren of the lodge, with six others as pall-holders, +wearing their different medals and aprons. When at the +grave the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew read the burial service, and at +the conclusion the scroll was thrown in, each of the brethren +throwing in sprigs of rosemary. The secretary to both +lodges read the funeral obsequies over the grave. They then +returned to the house of the deceased’s relatives, and +after leaving the family (who had attended the remains to the +grave) proceeded in the same order to the lodge-room, where they +soon after separated. Certainly nothing could have been +more solemn and impressive than was the whole of this +ceremonial. At a meeting of the brethren on the Monday +following, it was unanimously resolved, that the secretary should +issue a circular to the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, thanking him for +the great condescension and kindness evinced by him in attending +the funeral of their late departed brother.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Nov. 5th.—A meeting to consider the question of +constructing a railway had been held. Admiral Sir G. +Parker, William Barth, Esq., <a name="page45"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 45</span>Ambrose Palmer, Esq. (who +prognosticated that by means of a railway the fisheries would +become so immense as to be the astonishment of all), R. S. +Lonsdale, Esq., R. Ferrier, Esq., R. Palmer Kemp, Esq., and +others took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>Nov. 12th.—The following gentlemen had been nominated by +the Whig party as the candidates for election to the Reformed +Corporation:—<i>Gorleston Ward</i>: William Barth, Thomas +Hammond, J. S. Bell, H. Martin, P. Stead, and J. W. Dowson. +<i>Nelson Ward</i>: George Danby Palmer, R. Palmer Kemp, S. +Robinson, J. Symonds, G. W. Garson, and M. Butcher. <i>St. +George’s Ward</i>: C. Sayers, H. V. Worship, Thomas Lettis, +William Grave, George Penrice, M.D., and William Barker. +<i>Regent Ward</i>: John Brightwen, S. Palmer, S. C. Marsh, C. +Davie, B. Dowson, and J. Tomlinson. <i>Market Ward</i>: E. +M. Clowes, William Johnson, W. Hammond, S. Cobb, E. Sewell, and +B. Cobb. <i>St. Nicholas’ Ward</i>: Thomas Thornton, +A. Sewell, Joseph Fiddes, R. Hammond, W. N. Burroughs, and C. E. +Doughty. It was reported that the Tories had held +“secret meetings” and were prepared to nominate +Messrs. S. H. Aldred, J. E. Laws, B. Sherrington, P. Moore, E. H. +L. Preston, and — Moore. Messrs. J. G. Plummer, D. +Hook, and S. Sherrington had also issued a joint address in the +South Ward; R. Ferrier and F. Preston had offered themselves for +the St. George’s and St. Andrew’s Wards, and R. Wall +for the South Ward.</p> +<p>Nov. 26th.—It is recorded that in the month ending +October, then last, there entered “inwards” at the +Custom House of this port 306 vessels, the tonnage of which +amounted to 24,933 tons, and with cargoes “outwards” +120 vessels, of a tonnage of 8,560 tons. The “Old +Spring,” a ship of nearly 400 tons (belonging to George +Danby Palmer, Esq.), had arrived from Archangel with timber, and +came up to the Quay without unlading any part of her cargo.</p> +<p>Dec. 10th.—The retiring Aldermen (except Mr. Barth) were +entertained by their Tory friends previous to their quitting +office.</p> +<p>Dec. 20th.—About 120 gentlemen retaliated upon this +course by giving a dinner to Mr. Barth, S. Cobb, Esq., in the +chair. S. Palmer, H. Worship, Thos. Hammond, George Danby +Palmer, R. Palmer Kemp, H. V. Worship, C. Bell, Thomas Green, +Esqs., Capt. Jeffries, and Messrs. Burroughs, W. J. Mason, B. +Cobb, Grave, R. Hammond, T. Lettis, and S. Robinson took part in +this entertainment.</p> +<h3><a name="page46"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +46</span>1836.</h3> +<p>Jan. 2nd.—The following is the account of the first +election of Town Councillors under the Municipal Reform +Act:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“The election of Town Councillors took place +here on Saturday last. The polling commenced at nine +o’clock in the morning, and finished at four in the +afternoon. The return was published on Monday by the Mayor, +as follows:—</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">NORTH WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Richard Hammond</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">108</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>William N. Burroughs</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">99</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Abraham Sewell</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">94</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Charles George Doughty</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Benjamin Sherrington</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">90</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E. H. L. Preston</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">89</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">MARKET WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Simon Cobb</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">135</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>William Johnson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">134</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>William Hammond</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">131</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Benjamin Cobb</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">129</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Edward N. Clowes</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">128</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Edward Sewell</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">124</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">REGENT WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>John Brightwen</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">98</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Samuel Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">98</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. C. Marsh</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">98</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Joseph Tomlinson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">98</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. Davie</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">97</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Benjamin Dowson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">95</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">ST. GEORGE’S WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. Sayers</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Grave</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>George Penrice, M.D.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Barber</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>H. V. Worship</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">90</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Thomas Lettis</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">89</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">SOUTH WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>G. D. Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">147</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>R. P. Kemp</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">137</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>George Garson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">127</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>M. Butcher</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">124</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>John Symonds</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">122</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Samuel Robinson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">118</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">GORLESTON AND SOUTHTOWN, OR ST. ANDREW’S +WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. S. Bell</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">115</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Thomas Hammond</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">111</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. W. Dowson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">105</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>William Barth</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">101</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Hezekiah Martin</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>P. Stead</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">87</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p>It is a matter of great congratulation that 34 out +of the 36 Councillors are Reformers. This election was +conducted with tranquility. Devoutly it is to be wished +that parliamentary elections were managed in the same way. +The laborious portion of our population had no inducement held +out to them to lose a single hour. It is a little curious +that Mr. William Prentice—that very Mr. Prentice who made +so conspicuous a figure in our election parliamentary +investigation, proved one of the most formidable antagonists with +whom the Liberal candidates in the town had to +contend.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p><a name="page47"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 47</span>Jan. +7th.—The first meeting of the Reformed Corporation is +reported as follows:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“The Town Council met on Thursday last at +the Tolhouse Hall, John Brightwen, Esq., in the chair, (Isaac +Preston, Esq., having, we understand, ceased to exercise the +functions of Mayor since his publication of the Council List), +for the purpose of choosing twelve Aldermen. The choice +fell on the following gentlemen:—Messrs. J. Brightwen, +Benjamin Dowson, Robert Teasdel, Joseph Starling, J. B. Palmer, +R. S. Lonsdale, Thomas Pitt, Captain William Larke, R.N., +Benjamin Fenn, Robert Wall, Christopher Nicholls, and Captain +James Jefferies. On the following day the Aldermen and +Council met at the same place for the election of a Mayor and for +other public business. Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed Mr. +Richard Hammond. Mr. H. thanked Mr. P. for the proposition, +and said that he should still more thank his friends if they +voted against him. William Barth, Esq., was then chosen +Mayor, amidst loud cheering. Mr. B. was then, together with +the Aldermen, sworn in. The Court was then thrown open to +the public, when the front and side galleries were instantly +filled by a very respectable concourse of persons, the body of +the hall being appropriated to the Council. Several +gentlemen were named for Magistrates to be recommended to the +Crown. Accounts were ordered touching the property (and +profits arising from such property) held by the late Corporation, +together with accounts of the official persons employed, their +salaries, &c., for the last five years. J. Tolver, +Esq., was then chosen, during pleasure, as Town Clerk.”</p> +<p>“Our Conservatives had dined together on Thursday to +celebrate the anniversary of the return of Messrs. Baring and +Praed. They have been obliged to put themselves on a level +with the Reformers, and be content with three shilling tickets +instead of fifteen. The dinner took place at the Angel Inn, +J. E. Lacon, Esq., in the chair.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Jan. 14th contains the following report:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“There was an unusual quantity of business +transacted at the Corporation Assembly on Wednesday last. +It was first proposed that a petition should be addressed to the +King, praying for four Sessions of Oyer and Terminer a +year. It was suggested that the Recorder should be allowed +£60 a year. To this Mr. E. L. Preston objected, who +moved that it should be £50. To this it was replied +that the latter sum was allowed by the late Corporation when +Sessions were only held twice a year. The original motion +was carried unanimously, Mr. E. Sewell <a name="page48"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 48</span>observing that Mr. P’s was a +false economy. It was next moved by Mr. S. Cobb that the +Great Seal should be called that of the Town Council, and not of +St. Nicholas. He had no objection to all remaining as it +was except the expensive name of St. Nicholas. This was +warmly opposed by Mr. Preston. It was, however, carried +unanimously. Mr. Richard Hammond read a list of persons to +form the Committee of Finance. To this plan Mr. Preston +warmly objected, saying he had no notion of names being got up +“ready cut and dried.” It was stated in answer +that the list (to which no objection was then made) was agreed to +at the Watch Committee, of which Mr. P. formed one, and which he +might have attended if he pleased. Mr. B. Sherrington (of +the same politics as Mr. P.) was on the Committee, and was +present. The Finance Committee agreed to were, the Mayor +(who is appointed <i>ex-officio</i> on all Committees), Messrs. +S. Cobb, R. S. Lonsdale, Charles Nicholls, B. Dowson, Martin, G. +D. Palmer, C. Sayers, W. Johnson, and Burroughs. On the +Mayor explaining the duties of the Borough Lands Committee, it +was suggested and agreed to, that the tradesmen employed solely +by this Committee should be only for small jobs. This being +a most important business, it was determined that all the Council +should form the Committee. On the Water-Bailiffs and Met +Farm Office Committee, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. S. +Cobb, that it be called “Committee of Port Dues”; the +officer “Collector of Port Dues.” The Committee +appointed were Messrs. W. Barber, G. D. Palmer, T. Pitt, R. +Teasdel, Martin, J. B. Palmer, Thomas Hammond, Fenn, Butcher, and +Dowson. Market and Corporation Tolls’ Committee: +Messrs. Johnson, Brightwen, S. Cobb, Sayers, Nicholls, +Sherrington, R. Hammond, S. Palmer, Symonds, J. B. Palmer, and +Martin. Committee for Caister Causeway: Messrs. R. P. Kemp, +S. Palmer, Nicholls, Fenn, Tomlinson, R. Hammond, and +Sayers. Church Trustees: Messrs. Larke, Kemp, Burroughs, J. +Dowson, Starling, B. Cobb, S. Palmer, E. N. Clowes, Marsh, +Tomlinson, Garson, Grave, Butcher, Barber, Robinson, Preston, +Martin, Symonds, Sherrington, and G. D. Palmer. All the +outstanding drawbacks arc to be referred to the Port Dues +Committee. The ringers’ bill, £12 10s. for five +days’ ringing, was disallowed. Admiralty Court: R. +Cory, jun., returned that he had in five years received as +registrar £1,483 16s. 8d., and claimed as compensation +£200 per year for his natural life. Proctors: C. J. +Palmer claimed £1,036 7s., C. Sayers £1,196 5s. 6d., +I. Preston £692, E. R. Palmer £497. Thomas +King, gaoler, petitioned for continuance of place, stated +emoluments, and asked <a name="page49"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 49</span>£13 7s. 4½d. +compensation, as Marshall of the Court of Admiralty. Mrs. +King, as matron, received £10 per year, and prayed to be +continued. Alfred King, turnkey, received 14s. per. week, +and prayed for continuance. The five sergeants-at-mace sent +a return of their emoluments for five years, and petitioned for +their continuance. B. Welsh, chapel clerk, made about +£47 per year, and prayed for continuance. The Rev. +Thomas Baker, as lecturer, received £120 per year. +The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew received from the late Corporation +£40 per year and a house, for which he pays 1s. per year +rent. John Seaman, parish clerk, receives no salary, but +averages about £80 per annum. The Revs. J. Homfray +and Mark Waters declined the statement of their proceeds, as they +conceived the returns did not apply to them as Ministers of a +Chapel endowed by Act of Parliament. They begged their +refusal might not be considered as arising from +discourtesy. Their communication was rejected. These +returns were referred to a Committee of the Mayor’s +assistants.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Jan. 21st.—The Earl of Orford had been removed from his +office of High Steward and the Earl of Lichfield elected in his +place.</p> +<p>The following gentlemen were suggested as +Magistrates:—William Barth, Esq., Sir George Parker, +K.C.B., George Danby Palmer, H. V. Worship, J. Brightwen, C. +Nicholls, R. Palmer Kemp, S. Cobb, and S. Palmer, Esqs., and +Capt. Larke, R.N., by the Council.</p> +<p>Sixteen new watch and policemen, and two superintendents had +been appointed.</p> +<p>The Mayor and Town Council had attended service at St. +Nicholas’ Church, “The Mayor with no other insignia +of office than the chain and the sword carried by an +officer.”</p> +<p>Feb. 4th.—The Tories had held a dinner in the Theatre in +honour of Messrs. Baring and Praed. Seven hundred persons +attended.</p> +<p>Feb. 18th.—Has the following report of a high +tide:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“The scene of devastation on our beach, +occasioned by the late high tides, exceed the powers of +description. Wednesday morning, in some measure, prepared +us for the event; the sea was at that time breaking over the +jetty, and reached as high as the houses. It was prophesied +by nautical men that if the next tide was equally high the +consequences would be most disastrous, and, unfortunately, it so +proved. The sea in the evening undermined the foundations +of most of the dwellings, throwing down the walls of many, to the +great injury of those of the inmates who had not taken the +precautions to remove their property. Furniture was seen +floating in all directions, in the presence of the astonished and +<a name="page50"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 50</span>alarmed +multitude. The summer residence of the Right Hon. Lord +Berners is more than half destroyed, while the house of the +Misses Ansell and the Right Hon. Lord Nevill were surrounded; in +fact, such a scene of general devastation never in the memory of +the oldest inhabitant presented itself. The sea at one time +reached some way up the Jetty Road. While a person was +assisting the landlord of the Holkham Tavern to remove his beds, +&c., to a back warehouse, the sea burst in and broke down the +front wall. At one part of the South Denes the sea and +river might be seen meeting. Part of the South Quay was +flooded. It was unusually high at the bridge, and likewise +some of the lower parts of the town. Amidst this wide +spreading destruction, we are glad to say, no lives were +lost.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Feb. 22nd.—The Lord High Steward (the Earl of Lichfield) +had been sworn in, and a dinner given in his honour. The +noble lord was accompanied by the Mayor, Lord Suffield, the Hon. +George Anson, Mr. Rumbold, Sir W. Ffolkes, and Mr. Adair.</p> +<p>March 10th.—A meeting had been held, the Hon. and Rev. +E. Pellew presiding, to consider the establishment of a penny +library for the working classes.</p> +<p>March 24th.—A bet had been made by Mr. Ringer, of the +Elephant and Castle liquor shop in the Market Place, “that +on Monday he would sell 1,000 glasses of ale and porter from six +o’clock in the morning and close the same night. Mr. +R. closed at 10, after selling 2,454, at one penny per +glass.”</p> +<p>Mr. F. Preston had launched a fine ship of 370 tons from his +yard.</p> +<p>April 2nd.—Mr. Edward H. L. Preston and Mr. Green had +been tried and acquitted upon charges of bribery alleged to have +been committed by them at the General Election, when Messrs. +Baring and Praed were returned for the borough.</p> +<p>April 7th.—A poll had taken place for two Haven and Pier +Commissioners, as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>George Danby Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p>375</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>William Barth</p> +</td> +<td><p>375</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sir E. Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p>207</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Samuel Paget</p> +</td> +<td><p>168</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>and Messrs. Palmer and Barth were consequently elected.</p> +<p>April 14th contains the following paragraph as to the recent +bribery prosecution:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“Yesterday there was a grand public dinner +at the Angel Inn, to <a name="page51"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 51</span>celebrate what the Tories call +‘the defeat of the Attorney-General and the Yarmouth +Radicals;’ but what we should say was a fortunate escape of +the accused parties, arising from the glorious uncertainty of the +law. John Lacon, Esq., was in the chair. Richard +Ferrier, Esq., presided at the left hand table. The two +vice-presidents were Mr. Aldred and Mr. John Clarke. A very +handsome silver teapot and ewer were presented to Mr. William +Green, by John Penrice, Esq., in an appropriate speech, for his +exertions at the last election. We were not present, but +had these particulars from a Tory friend, who also said ‘he +thought ’twas hard poor Prentice hadn’t something, as +he did as much as Green, and more too.’ There were +about 70 persons present.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Twenty gentlemen, all of Reform principles, had been elected +select Vestrymen.</p> +<p>Five hundred merchants and others had attended a public +meeting to protest against the proposal of the Eastern +Counties’ Railway Company to construct a line to +Harwich.</p> +<p>April 28th.—The seamen had “struck” for an +increase of wages.</p> +<p>Several persons had been fined for keeping disorderly +houses.</p> +<p>Seven vessels had been cleared with emigrants for America, +carrying 850 adults and 600 children, and several other vessels +were fitting out for the same voyage.</p> +<p>May 5th.—The town was suffering from a number of dogs +prowling about, one of which had severely bitten a young +lady.</p> +<p>May 19th.—Mr. William Ferrier had been elected Coroner +by the Council, which body had voted, by a majority of one, to +retain the Market Cross.</p> +<p>June 9th—Mr. Jefferies Barth had been elected Clerk of +the Peace.</p> +<p>June 17th.—Nathaniel Palmer, Esq., had been appointed +Recorder.</p> +<p>June 23rd.—A fine new schooner (The Clipper) had been +launched for William Hurry Palmer, Esq., and was expected to be +the fastest sailing vessel out of the port.</p> +<p>June 30th.—The Cross was ordered to be pulled down.</p> +<p>July 14th.—It was stated that “Yarmouth is very +full of strangers, who flock here from all parts of the country +to enjoy the cool sea breezes. We believe there is not any +other place that affords so excellent a view of shipping in +motion as Yarmouth Roads, it being the great thoroughfare for all +vessels trading to the North. The Bath Room is one of the +principal attractions to visitors, as it is a most agreeable +lounge during the heat of the day, and frequent undress balls +enliven the youthful part <a name="page52"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 52</span>of the company. The Bath Room +has been well attended this year, and we are happy to say the +list of subscribers gives promise of a good season.”</p> +<p>The destruction of the Cross is thus noticed:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“On Friday last the Market Cross was sold by +public tender for £55 6s., and on Monday morning workmen +commenced pulling it down. It has now entirely disappeared, +to the gratification of the residents in the Market Place, to +whom it had long been a great annoyance, in consequence of its +having become a rendezvous for idle and dissolute persons. +The Tories lament the loss of it, and call the Corporation +destructives for having removed a public nuisance! We know +not what claim it had upon their sympathies, except in being a +fit emblem of the late Body Corporate, for like that it perhaps +was of service at some bygone period of time, but having long +ceased to be useful, it had fallen to abuse and rottenness, and +to complete the resemblance it has, after some struggles, been +swept away by the current of public opinion.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>August 9th.—The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew had been +presented with plate of the value of £100 by the +parishioners.</p> +<p>August 25th.—The Races had been held, the Stewards being +the Earl of Orford, Lord Henniker, and T. Baring, Esq., +M.P. About 160 ladies and gentlemen attended the Race Ball, +and 2,000 persons patronized the Vauxhall Gardens.</p> +<p>Sept. 1st.—The Regatta had been held, and the Theatre +had been well filled on the Stewards’ bespeak, when an +attempt to get up a cry of “Baring and Rumbold” +proved a failure.</p> +<p>Sept. 22nd.—172 persons holding Corporation leaseholds +had intimated their desire to purchase the freehold of their +properties, at prices amounting to £6,911.</p> +<p>Oct. 6th.—The price of herrings was £23 to +£24 per last.</p> +<p>Oct. 13th.—The compensation awarded to the Town Clerk +for loss of his offices of Magistrates’ Clerk and Clerk of +the Peace had been settled at £222 per annum.</p> +<p>Nov. 3rd.—The result of the Municipal Election is +reported as follows:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“Our Municipal Election took place on +Tuesday last. The contest in the St. Nicholas’ Ward +was a severe one. It was neck and neck between Mr. Nuthall +and E. H. L. Preston all day. At length the election was +carried by a <i>worthy</i>, who, after promising constantly to +vote for Nuthall and Sherrington, was suddenly not to be found; +but about five <a name="page53"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +53</span>minutes before the close of the poll he was brought out +of the Saracen’s Head, a low public-house, in a state of +intoxication, his voting paper having been changed or altered to +Preston and Fiddes. This decided the thing in Mr. +Preston’s favour, as before that time the numbers for him +and Mr. Nuthall were 102 each. Such a mode of gaining an +election is quite in keeping with Tory practices, and needs no +comment. The validity of the election is, however, disputed +on the grounds of a bad vote on the Tory side, and an informality +in the appointment of an Alderman to preside in the absence of +the Aldermen of the Ward. The following is a list of +Councillors returned:—<i>St. Nicholas’ Ward</i>: Mr. +Sherrington and Mr. Preston. <i>Market</i>: Mr. E. N. +Clowes and Mr. Sewell. <i>Regent</i>: Mr. Cufaude Davie and +Mr. John Fish. <i>St. George’s</i>: Mr. Worship and +Mr. Lettis. <i>Nelson</i>: Mr. Robinson and Mr. +Symonds. <i>St. Andrew’s</i>: Mr. Martin and Mr. +Frederick Preston.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Nov. 10th.—A dinner, attended by 200 gentlemen, had been +given to William Barth, Esq. (the Mayor.)</p> +<p>Nov. 24th.—The old Bridge had been sold in one lot for +£96.</p> +<p>Dec. 22nd.—Mr. F. Preston had launched a beautiful brig +called the “Catherine,” of 212 tons register.</p> +<p>Dec. 29th.—Heavy weather prevailed, with so much snow +that the coaches were obliged to cease running.</p> +<h3>1837.</h3> +<p>Jan. 5th.—The “Isis,” of this port, and a +sloop belonging to Wells, had been towed off the beach into the +harbour.</p> +<p>Jan. 12th.—Eleven vessels still remained on the beach, +and the jetty had been damaged by the Henry, of North Shields, +having run into it.</p> +<p>Improvements were being effected at the Bath Rooms.</p> +<p>A floating-light was to be placed at St. Nicholas’ +Gat.</p> +<p>Jan. 19th.—The increase in the Customs for the year +ended 5th January, 1837, was £7,000.</p> +<p>Feb. 2nd.—The Town debt was stated to have been left by +the late Corporation at £11,000, with 19s. 6d. in hand to +meet that demand.</p> +<p>Feb. 16th.—A meeting had been held for the purpose of +moving for the abolition of Church Rates.</p> +<p>Feb. 23rd.—Mr. Kay, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, had +been down with a view to bringing the Town under the Poor Law +Amendment Act.</p> +<p><a name="page54"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 54</span>March +23rd.—The “Export Merchants” had given a dinner +to their friends at the Star Hotel, when George Danby Palmer, +Esq., presided.</p> +<p>March 30th.—At the Vestry meeting the parishioners +claimed and exercised the right of electing both +Churchwardens.</p> +<p>April 6th.—The nomination for the first Board of +Guardians (N. Palmer, Esq., acting as Returning Officer) had been +sent in. The following gentlemen were +elected:—Messrs. John Brightwen, H. V. Worship, S. V. +Moore, S. Miller, jun., E. N. Clowes, W. Chambers, J. Fish, G. +Harley, S. Cobb, R. P. Kemp, S. Palmer, and W. Grave.</p> +<p>April 20th.—The following officers were elected by the +Board:—R. P. Kemp, Chairman; S. Cobb, Vice-Chairman; J. L. +Cufaude, Clerk; D. Turner, Treasurer; B. L. Love, Auditor; Harry +Worship and Joseph Bayly, Registrars; Charles Bell and Henry +Palmer, Joint Superintendent Registrars; and — Kemp, +Governor of the Workhouse.</p> +<p>May 4th.—The Guardians had fixed the site for the new +Workhouse on the North Denes.</p> +<p>May 11th.—Mr. Harry Worship and Mr. J. Bayly had been +elected parish surgeons.</p> +<p>May 18th.—Mackerel were selling at £2 14s. per +hundred.</p> +<p>May 25th.—The inhabitants had voted an address to the +Princess Victoria.</p> +<p>June 22nd.—The paper appears in mourning for the +King. It contained a notice that “The proclamation of +Her Majesty the Queen was to be made to-morrow” +(<i>i.e.</i>, on 21st June.)</p> +<p>June 29th.—Mr. Baring had given £25 to the +Methodist Chapel.</p> +<p>The Queen had been proclaimed by the Mayor “in front of +the Hall” and at other places in the town.</p> +<p>Kerrison Kerrison, Esq., son of M. Kerrison, Esq., of +Ranworth, had been drowned while bathing from the beach.</p> +<p>July 13th.—S. Palmer, Esq., had called a meeting at his +own house to consider the question of selecting candidates for +the representation of the Borough, when Mr. Rumbold and Mr. +Wiltshire were introduced to the electors.</p> +<p>July 29th.—The election is reported, when Mr. Baring was +proposed and seconded by Messrs. Ambrose Palmer and Richard +Ferrier; Mr. Rumbold by Sir George Parker and Mr. Brightwen; Mr. +Gambier by Mr. J. Penrice and Mr. J. E. Lacon; and Mr. Wilshere +by Mr. Robert Palmer Kemp and Mr. B. U. Dowson.</p> +<p><a name="page55"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 55</span>The +poll closed—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Rumbold</p> +</td> +<td><p>790</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wilshere</p> +</td> +<td><p>779</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Baring</p> +</td> +<td><p>699</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Gambier</p> +</td> +<td><p>685</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>August 24th.—The Races had been held, Mr. Wilshere, +M.P., staying with Mr. S. Palmer, while Mr. Rumbold, M.P., was at +the Mayor’s house.</p> +<p>Sept. 7th.—First meeting of the “Reform” +Magistrates for the purpose of granting licences; +present—The Mayor, Dr. Penrice, G. Danby Palmer, S. Cobb, +Charles Nicholls, and William Hammond, Esqs., and “the +first step taken towards breaking up the monopoly which had +hitherto been enjoyed by brewers and spirit merchants.”</p> +<p>Sept. 14th.—The “Foxhound” (Captain Betts), +belonging to G. Danby Palmer, Esq., had sailed with 1,250 barrels +of herrings for Venice.</p> +<p>The schooner “Wilshere” had been launched from +Messrs. Fellows’ yard for Messrs. Barker and Stone, who +entertained their friends on the occasion at the Star Hotel.</p> +<p>Sept. 21st.—£21 had been voted for pulling down +the Pudding Gates.</p> +<p>Sept. 28th.—The Lord Bishop had held a confirmation, and +received an address from the Corporation at the Guild Hall.</p> +<p>Oct. 5th.—The Reformers claimed a gain of 56 at the +Revision Court.</p> +<p>The “Parroch Hall,” a fine ship of 450 tons, had +been launched from Mr. I. Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>Oct. 26th.—Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain, had +visited the town.</p> +<p>The “Tantivy,” schooner had been launched from +Messrs. Fellows’ yard.</p> +<p>Nov. 2nd.—The Liberal candidates had been re-elected in +all the Wards without opposition.</p> +<p>Nov. 9th.—Dr. Penrice was elected Mayor, after a ballot, +by 20 votes, as against 14 votes given for Mr. S. Cobb; Samuel +Jay, Esq., was elected an Alderman in the place of Mr. Wall.</p> +<p>Nov. 23rd.—Mr. Joseph Fiddes, James N. Sherrington, and +James Raven had been elected Commissioners of the Borough Court +of Requests.</p> +<p><a name="page56"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 56</span>The +“Harlequin,” 350 tons burthen, had been launched from +Mr. L Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>Dec. 7th.—The Tories had petitioned against the return +of the sitting members, but had suggested a compromise, which had +been “rejected with the ridicule it deserved.”</p> +<p>Mr. Joseph Bayly had been elected a Councillor for St. +George’s Ward.</p> +<p>Dec. 21st.—Mr. William Danby Palmer had been elected a +Councillor for St. Andrew’s Ward, in the place of Mr. +Dowson, deceased.</p> +<p>Dee. 28th.—A Temperance sermon had been preached by the +Rev. T. Clowes from <span class="smcap">i.</span> Cor., viii., 8, +13.</p> +<p>The weather had been remarkably mild, warmer than it was often +in May and June.</p> +<h3>1838.</h3> +<p>April 19th.—Winter had come again, and the frost had +blocked up several pumps. The nights were extremely dark, +and great complaints had been made by inhabitants of the total +absence of lights in the streets.</p> +<p>Coaches had been engaged to take up the Tory witnesses for the +hearing of the election petition, while the Whigs were going to +London by the “Ailsa Craig” steam packet.</p> +<p>April 26th.—The following Committee had been struck for +the hearing of such petition:—The Hon. E. Grimshaw, Charles +Rushout, H. Thomas, E. Baker, W. C. Brodie, J. C. Holmes, and J. +Bailey (Tories), and J. E. Vivian, R. W. Hunt Lord M. Hill, and +the Hon. George Byng (Whigs).</p> +<p>May 3rd.—This Committee had come to the +resolution—That C. E. Rumbold and W. Wilshere, Esqs., are +duly elected, but that the petition was not frivolous or +vexatious.</p> +<p>May 10th.—This decision appears to have been the result +of an arrangement made by a few gentlemen of the Whig and Tory +parties, that one of the members (it is believed Mr. Wilshere) +would accept the Chiltern Hundreds at the end of the present +Session of Parliament. It was believed in that event Mr. +Baring would be opposed. It is stated that “of late +our members have not reposed on a bed of roses.”</p> +<p>May 17th.—The schooner “Stamboul” had been +launched from Messrs. A. Palmer and Son’s yard.</p> +<p>May 24th.—A suggestion appears to found a Dispensary in +Yarmouth and that the Council fund should be applied towards this +end. <a name="page57"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +57</span>This fund then consisted of £2,500, and was formed +by the contributions of each Alderman of £10 and each +Common Councilman £5 on his election.</p> +<p>May 31st.—The “Pantaloon,” a fine, large, +round-sterned brig of 180 tons, had been launched by her owners, +Messrs. A. and G. Steward; and the “Victoria,” 350 +tons, by Mr. J. Preston.</p> +<p>A meeting had been held at the Town Hall to consider the +propriety of establishing a small Hospital for Great Yarmouth and +the East and West Fleggs and Mutford and Lothingland +Hundreds. The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew presided, and amongst +those present were all the resident clergy and medical gentlemen +of the town, with Messrs. G. D. Palmer, Brightwen, W. Steward, B. +Dowson, Worship, &c.</p> +<p>June 7th and 14th.—Col. Thompson had been suggested as a +candidate for the Borough, and Mr. Northhouse had addressed a +meeting on his behalf. Mr. George Steward was taking an +active part in this affair.</p> +<p>June 21st.—Suggestions were being made for the +celebration of the Queen’s Coronation.</p> +<p>Messrs. Henry Emms and William Simms had been appointed +Relieving Officers.</p> +<p>The donations for the proposed Hospital were £200 and +the annual subscriptions £280.</p> +<p>June 28th.—This issue contains the following account of +how, after a futile effort had been made by the Vicar, which +appears not to have been a success, H.M. Coronation was +celebrated. At an “adjourned meeting of the +subscribers to the fund for celebrating her Majesty’s +Coronation, by giving a dinner to the poor children of the town +on that day, held at the New Hall, on Thursday evening last, the +Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew in the chair, those gentlemen who had +undertaken to collect subscriptions reported that they had +scarcely any further funds to add to those already +collected. Under these circumstances the chairman submitted +to the meeting that the proposed plan of feasting the children +was a failure from the want of funds. Considerable +discussion then ensued as to the propriety of taking steps +towards celebrating the Coronation day in any other way, upon +which there were many conflicting opinions. At length Mr. +Samuel Palmer, after recapitulating all that had been done, and +regretting that up to that time nothing had been realized, +moved—‘That a subscription be now entered into, to +provide such amusements for the poor of the town on the day of +the Coronation as may seem fit to the subscribers, and that a +committee be appointed to <a name="page58"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 58</span>carry the same into +effect.’ Mr. Samuel Barber moved, as an amendment, +‘that all the poor of the town be regaled with roast beef +and plum pudding’; but it appearing to the meeting that as +money enough could not be raised to regale the children, it would +be impossible to raise a sufficient sum to feast all the +poor. The amendment was negatived, and Mr. Palmer’s +motion was unanimously carried. The Chairman then left the +chair, and Mr. George Danby Palmer was called on to preside, when +thanks were voted to the late Chairman; a spirited subscription +was begun in the room; a committee was appointed to carry Mr. +Palmer’s motion into effect, and the meeting +separated.”</p> +<p>“Since that time the gentlemen composing the committee +have collected money to the amount of about £200, and a +bill of fare has been issued sports and entertainments to take +place on the South Denes, amongst which are horse, pony, and +donkey races, jumping in sacks, climbing matches, and running +after pigs with soaped tails. There will also be sailing +matches on the river. A dinner will take place in a marquee +erected on the ground, the Mayor in the chair. A stand and +several booths have also been built for the accommodation of the +public. The amusements will conclude with a superb display +of fireworks, under the direction of an artist from +London.”</p> +<p>July 7th contains the following record of the result of such +action:—</p> +<blockquote><p>The festivities and sports which were to have +taken place on Thursday last in honour of the Coronation were +interrupted by a heavy fall of rain, which commenced at the hour +fixed for the fun to begin, and continued nearly, +‘sans’ intermission, until night. This untoward +state of the elements prevented any very great assembly of +multitude taking place; nevertheless there were some two or three +thousand determined holiday-makers congregated on the South +Denes, and the horse and pony races came off in spite of the +unfavourable state of the weather. The race for hacks was +well contested and won by Highflyer, beating Whiscumsnivet, the +Ambassador, and Sir William. The pony race was also a good +one; we could not learn the name of the winner. Four boats +started for the silver cup—value £7—viz., the +Coriander (Balls), Leviathian (Preston), Louisa (Fiddis), and +Neptune (Green). The wind was light at starting, and +towards the end of the match there was so little as scarcely to +fill the sails; the Coriander won by about half a length. +The remainder of the sports were postponed until Friday +afternoon. At four o’clock upwards of 100 gentlemen +sat down to dinner in a marquee erected <a +name="page59"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 59</span>on the Denes, +the Mayor (Dr. Penrice) in the chair. After dinner the +health of the Queen was drunk with long, loud, and hearty cheers, +and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given; several +excellent songs were sung, and about half-past ten the company +returned to the town preceded by a band of music. The +children at the various charity schools and the inmates of the +Fishermen’s Hospital were handsomely entertained. The +Temperance people had a tea meeting, and all, as far as the +weather would permit, appeared to enjoy themselves in their own +way.</p> +<p>On Friday afternoon, at three o’clock, the sports were +re-commenced, the weather being most propitious and the sun +shining with surpassing brilliancy. Yarmouth poured out +thousands upon thousands of its working population, and great +numbers of all classes were present to witness the fun and +partake of the amusement of the day. The performances, if +so they may be called, took place on a stage immediately opposite +the stand, which was filled with spectators, under the +superintendence and direction of a gentleman, to whose good +humoured exertions too much praise cannot be given, and who was +ably assisted by others in providing and bringing out such +entertainments for the humbler classes as seemed best adapted to +their taste and habits. First came two chimney sweeps in +<i>full costume</i>; they dived in a tub of meal for pieces of +money, which they picked out with their mouths. Numberless +sneezings and many collisions of sooty heads, now, however, +converted into floury nobs, took place during this match, to the +great merriment of the assembled crowds; at length the money was +all abstracted, and the performers, well washed, made their bows +and retired from the stage. Next came bobbing for oranges +in tubs of water, by boys with their hands tied behind +them. Then a singing match by boys, which was won by an +urchin of the name of John Hutchin, who sung two comic songs with +inimitable humour and effect. A horn pipe match followed, +in which the best dancers made up by agility for what was wanting +in grace and elegance. Grinning through horse collars +succeeded, and here one Billy Derry out-uglied the +ugliest—O! for grinning through a horse collar, commend me +to Billy Derry. Then we had six old women, drinking +scalding hot tea for a prize of one sovereign; the efforts of +these poor old creatures to gulp down the almost boiling fluid, +were at once both pitiable and ludicrous, but they appeared to +enjoy the parts they were acting almost as much as the spectators +did, who gave way to the most uproarious laughter we ever +remember to have heard, they were all well rewarded for their +exhibition. <a name="page60"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +60</span>There were also donkey races, climbing soaped poles, +gingling matches, running wheelbarrows blindfold, a rowing match, +and races after pigs with their tails soaped, and twenty-four +barrels of ale were given away to the populace on the +ground. At half-past ten at night the Market Place was +literally crammed with people to witness the display of +fireworks, which was splendid and worthy of the occasion, and +concluded the Coronation amusements. Immediately after the +fireworks had ceased the crowd dispersed, and by twelve +o’clock the streets were as quiet as upon ordinary +occasions.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>July 14th.—The Corporation had voted an address to the +Queen, of which the following is the notice:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“At an assembly of the Corporation, held on +Wednesday, the Mayor read a congratulatory address to Her Majesty +the Queen, upon the Coronation, which was unanimously adopted by +the Council, and Mr. Barth, Mr. Robert Palmer Kemp and Mr. Samuel +Palmer, were appointed a deputation to carry up and present the +same; it being left to the option of any other gentlemen of the +Council to join the deputation.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>The Mayor, preceded by the Regalia, had walked to church, +“unaccompanied by a single member of the Town +Council.”</p> +<p>July 5th.—Col. Thompson had declined to come +forward.</p> +<p>Mr. J. Symonds had given a silver cup, value £5 5s., to +be bowled for in honour of the Coronation. There were 34 +competitors, and it was won by Mr. John Porrett, “the +veteran bowler.”</p> +<p>July 12th.—A meeting of freemen to oppose Mr. +Baring’s return at the ensuing election had been held at +the Masonic Hall, Mr. Joseph Bayly (Chairman). Capt. Love, +Mr. John Clowes, jun., Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Charles Marsh took +part in the proceedings, and the following gentlemen were +appointed a committee to carry the resolutions passed at the +meeting into effect:—Messrs. Joseph Bayly, John Clowes, +jun., S. Cobb, E. R. Palmer, Henry Pickard, Charles Marsh, Thomas +Thompson, jun., and Capt. Love.</p> +<p>The Corporation address to Her Majesty had been presented by +Messrs. Barth, R. P. Kemp, and S. Palmer.</p> +<p>July 26th.—The Water Frolic had been held, when the +“Leviathian” (Bessey) beat the “Union” +(Barber), the Mayor and Corporation attended the sports in a +barge.</p> +<p>Dr. Penrice (the Mayor) and Dr. Cox has been elected +physicians, and Messrs. Charles Costerton, George Bateman, John +Prichard, and John C. Smith, surgeons to the Hospital.</p> +<p><a name="page61"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 61</span>August +9th.—The Queen had signified her intention of becoming a +patron of the Hospital.</p> +<p>August 16th.—The freemen had determined to re-elect Mr. +Wilshere free of expense, Messrs. Simon Cobb and George Steward +speaking on the subject; and a committee had been formed to +further this object, of which Mr. Cobb was chairman, Mr. J. +Bayly, secretary, and Mr. J. Clowes, treasurer.</p> +<p>August 16th.—The new Writ had been moved for, and the +blue flag with the inscription of “Wilshere, the +Reformer,” had been displayed at the Committee Room in +Regent Street.</p> +<p>August 25th.—Mr. Baring, and Mr. G. Steward (for Mr. +Wilshere) had been canvassing the electors. At the +nomination the former gentleman was proposed and seconded by Mr. +J. Lacon and Mr. E. H. L. Preston, and the latter by Mr. John +Clowes, jun., and Mr. Joseph Bayly; Mr. George Steward +representing Mr. Wilshere. Mr. Baring then addressed the +electors. The result of the poll was declared to +be—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Wilshere</p> +</td> +<td><p>735</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Baring</p> +</td> +<td><p>702</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>A very painful occurrence had happened. A poor fellow +“who took some part in the election” declared that if +Mr. Baring lost the election he would hang himself. The +poll closed at 4, and he had effectually hung himself and was cut +down before 5 o’clock.</p> +<p>August 30th.—The friends of Mr. Wilshere had dined +together at the “Star.”</p> +<p>Mr. G. Steward had been chaired for Mr. Wilshere. Mr. S. +Palmer had received a letter from Mr. Wilshere, expressing in the +warmest terms his sense of the high honour thus conferred upon +him.</p> +<p>Sept. 6th.—Mr. Wilshere had arrived in Yarmouth and +addressed the electors.</p> +<p>C. F. Burton, Esq., had died from the effects of a fall from +his horse on the Southtown Road.</p> +<p>Sept 17th.—A public dinner of the supporters of Mr. +Wilshere had been held at the Town Hall. Admiral Sir George +Parker, K.C.B., presided, and amongst those present were Messrs. +George Steward, S. Cobb, the Mayor, T. O. Springfield, Capt. +Pearson, Capt. Harmer, J. Fowler, H. Munro, Rev. T. Fowler, R. +Hammond, H. Worship, C. Bell, S. Palmer, N. Palmer, C. Marsh, E. +R. Palmer, J. L. Cufaude, Clowes, &c.</p> +<p>Sept. 20th.—At the Roads Regatta the +“Brilliant” was first, the <a name="page62"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 62</span>“Red Rover” second, and +the “Algerine” third, in the match for the silver +cup, weighing 17oz. The “Coastguard” had been +practising, under the direction of Capt. Harmer and Lieut. +Kisbee.</p> +<p>Sept. 27th.—In consequence of the long continuance of +calm weather the millers had not been able to grind any corn for +three weeks.</p> +<p>Oct. 4th.—The Revision Court had been held, Messrs. W. +Worship and J. L. Cufaude appearing for the Reformers, and +Messrs. Waters and E. H. L. Preston for the Tories. The +Whigs claimed a majority, on the result of 51.</p> +<p>Oct. 11th.—Lord Tavistock and C. B. Greville (acting as +referees) with regard to the recent contest had stated +“that if requested by Mr. Baring, Mr. Wilshere is bound to +resign his seat for Yarmouth (for which he was elected without +his knowledge or consent), and that in the event of Mr. Baring +offering himself again as a candidate for the representation of +that borough, Mr. Wilshere is not at liberty to oppose +him.”</p> +<p>Mr. William Nolloth, jun., had been elected organist of St. +George’s Chapel.</p> +<p>Oct. 18th.—There had been a strong wind from the <span +class="smcap">w.n.w.</span>, and from 150 to 200 vessels had +sustained damage. It is contemplated that there were +between 2,000 and 3,000 ships at anchor within sight of the +Jetty.</p> +<p>The “Reis Effendi,” schooner, had been launched +from Messrs. A. Palmer and Son’s yard.</p> +<p>Mr. Wilshere was staying with Mr. Palmer, who had entertained +most of the principal inhabitants, including the Mayor, Sir +George Parker, and W. Danby Palmer, John Carr, George Steward, +Esq., and others.</p> +<p>In case Mr. Wilshere was asked to resign his seat by Mr. +Baring, Mr. Robert Palmer Kemp had been selected as the candidate +in the Blue interest.</p> +<p>Oct. 25th.—The Tories had commenced their +“Municipal campaign.”</p> +<p>Nov. 1st.—There had been from 1,500 to 2,000 vessels +windbound and at anchor in the Roads, these had got under sail on +Sunday, and were immediately followed by about 1,000 vessels from +beyond Lowestoft, and it was contemplated that more than 3,000 +vessels had passed through the Roads in five hours, in so close +procession that the sea could not be discerned beyond them.</p> +<p><a name="page63"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 63</span>With +regard to the Municipal Election, only one Tory was on the 1st +November “found in the field,” viz., Mr. J. G. +Plummer, who opposed Mr. Marsh in the Regent Ward. At the +close of the poll the numbers were—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Tomlinson</p> +</td> +<td><p>89</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Marsh</p> +</td> +<td><p>73</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Plummer</p> +</td> +<td><p>72</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The following was the general return for the +town:—<i>St. Nicholas’ Ward</i>: Messrs. R. Hammond +and W. N. Burroughs. <i>Market Ward</i>: Messrs. S. Cobb +and W. Johnson. <i>Regent Ward</i>: Messrs. J. Tomlinson +and C. Marsh. <i>St. George’s Ward</i>: Dr. Penrice +and Mr. A. Clarke. <i>Nelson Ward</i>: Messrs. G. Danby +Palmer and R. Palmer Kemp, all of whom were of the Liberal +party.</p> +<p>A meeting of the members of the “Operative Conservative +Club” had been held, Mr. Thomas Paul, printer, in the +chair.</p> +<p>Nov. 25th.—Messrs. Thomas Hammond and Samuel Crowe had +been elected Councillors for the South Ward.</p> +<p>The fishing-boats “Mary,” “Reward,” +and “Walter and Ann” had been lost with all +hands.</p> +<p>Mr. F. Preston had launched a brig of 250 tons named the +“Undaunted.”</p> +<p>Nov. 15th.—Mr. Simon Cobb had been elected Mayor. +He was the first Dissenter who had been elected to that office +since the time of Charles II. On Sunday he had given a +lunch, when amongst those present were the Hon. and Rev. E. +Pellew, Dr. Penrice, Dr. Cox, the Rev. W. Squire, and Messrs. S. +Tolver, Nichols, Hammond, Palmer, Pullyn, Marsh, B. Cobb, E. H. +L. Preston, &c.</p> +<p>Mr. Thomas Lettis, jun., had been elected a Councillor for the +St. George’s Ward, in the place of Dr. Penrice, who had +been made an Alderman.</p> +<p>Mr. Samuel Costerton, ballast lessee, had been fined 40s. and +costs for contravention of the Harbour Act.</p> +<p>It was contemplated to hold a meeting in favour of the repeal +of the Corn Laws.</p> +<p>The annual Savings’ Bank meeting had been held, when it +appeared that 2,004 accounts totalling £60,065 11s. 1d. +were deposited in this institution.</p> +<p>The “Reindeer,” yawl, had been launched for the +Young Company. She was 75 feet long and could carry 500 +yards of canvas. Eighty-two persons were launched in +her.</p> +<p><a name="page64"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 64</span>The +“Columbine,” brig, built for Messrs. G. and A. +Steward, had been launched.</p> +<p>Dec. 27th.—Mr. W. Saunders had been elected a Councillor +for the St. George’s Ward, in the place of Mr. Grave, +deceased.</p> +<p>The Teetotal Society had a procession, headed by a boy on +horseback, which was “set upon” by the rabble, and +several of its banners destroyed.</p> +<h3>1839.</h3> +<p>Jan. 3rd.—The first half-yearly meeting of the governors +and subscribers to the Hospital had been held, and is reported as +follows:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“On Friday the first half-yearly meeting of +the governors and subscribers to the Hospital was held at the +Town Hall, the Hon. and Rev. Edward Pellew in the chair. +Mr. A. Drew was unanimously elected resident Dispenser, at a +salary of £60 per annum. Some alterations of the +rules were agreed upon. Mr. S. S. Barber then moved that +the votes for officers to the institution should be taken by +ballot, and not by voting papers, as at the first meeting, which +was lost by a majority of 17 to 13. It is intended to bring +the question forward again at the next meeting. The Rev. J. +North, honorary secretary to the institution, stated that at the +last yearly meeting of the old Dispensary, in October, it was +resolved that an application be made to the subscribers to the +Hospital for a grant from their funds to discharge the additional +bills. At Lady-day last they had moved into the house at +present used for the Hospital. They soon felt they could +not maintain the increased expenditure with the same funds, and a +meeting was called of the subscribers, when the proposition was +first started for the Hospital, and in the end the Hospital was +established. At the close of the year, owing to +circumstances over which he could not say who had the control, it +was found that the managers of the Dispensary could not pay their +liabilities by £33. They had furniture which was +valued at £7 10s., leaving them minus £25 10s. +0¼d. He now asked whether they would make a grant of +that amount from the funds of the Hospital. B. Dowson, +Esq., proposed that a transfer be made of that sum to defray the +deficiency, the new institution having been established on the +old one. C. Nichols, Esq., seconded it on the further +ground that the old institution had deferred several applications +for assistance for the benefit of the Hospital, such as sermons +at church, &c. Mr. North said all their funds had been +merged into those of the Hospital. John Lacon, Esq., +thought it would be <a name="page65"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +65</span>better to raise the sum among themselves, which +proposition, after a great deal of discussion, was ultimately +carried, and 13 sovereigns were subscribed in the room. The +decision was extremely satisfactory to all the new subscribers to +the Hospital.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>A very handsome vessel named the “Jenny Jones” had +been launched from Mr. F. Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>Jan. 10.—Edward Woodrow, baker, had been committed for +trial on the prosecution of the Guardians, for selling them short +weight bread for the paupers.</p> +<p>Jan. 17th.—The Poor Law Commissioners having complained +of the Board of Guardians because they had presented a Christmas +dinner to the paupers, the Guardians justified such +proceedings.</p> +<p>Jan. 24th.—A subscription had been entered upon for the +purpose of relieving the families of those seamen who had been +lost in the recent gales. £115 was collected in the +room.</p> +<p>Jan. 31st.—An Anti-Corn Law meeting had been held at the +Town Hall.</p> +<p>Feb. 7th.—Meetings of the freemen had been held as to +the question of whether Mr. Wilshere should be called on to +resign his seat.</p> +<p>At the Quarter Sessions, Mr. Edward Woodrow was convicted for +selling “short weight” bread to the Guardians, and +sentenced to pay a fine of £50, which he paid, but +“not until the Recorder (N. Palmer, Esq.) had twice +threatened to commit him for contempt of Court.”</p> +<p>Feb. 14th.—The Town Council adopted a petition for the +abolition of the Corn Laws with only two dissentients.</p> +<p>Feb. 21st.—Mr. John Owles had been elected a Councillor +in the place of Mr. Cobb, who had been raised to the Aldermanic +Bench.</p> +<p>Mr. Wilshere had presented the town petition against the Corn +Laws; it was signed by 2,355 persons.</p> +<p>Mr. Owen had delivered a lecture on +“Socialism.”</p> +<p>March 7th.—The use of the Town Hall had been refused to +Mr. Hallock, a “Socialist” lecturer.</p> +<p>March 14th.—Mr. Rumbold had presented the +Corporation’s petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws.</p> +<p>A meeting of the Chartists had been held at the Masonic Hall, +Mr. Fleet in the chair, and was addressed by Messrs. Gill and +Deegan, delegates.</p> +<p>March 21st.—The Rev. W. Squire had lectured at the +Masonic Hall in reply to Mr. Owen. More than 1,200 persons +were present.</p> +<p><a name="page66"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 66</span>March +28th.—The sixteen Liberal candidates had been elected +Guardians.</p> +<p>April 4th.—A meeting had been held for the purpose of +forming a local branch of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ +Society, S. Cobb, Esq. (Mayor) in the chair. Sir George +Parker and Messrs. James H. Palmer, Matthew Butcher, and George +Danby Palmer took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>April 11th.—The election of Haven Commissioners had +resulted as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For George Danby Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p>511</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Barth</p> +</td> +<td><p>473</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E. H. L. Preston</p> +</td> +<td><p>380</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. J. Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p>277</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>April 18th.—A petition had been adopted in favour of a +penny postage.</p> +<p>May 2nd.—Mr. Pickard (a Guardian) had complained to the +Mayor that he was continually being insulted by Mr. E. Woodrow +since that person had been convicted at the Sessions.</p> +<p>May 9th.—An endeavour was being made to revive the +“Dutch Fair,” in order to which such vessels were to +be exempted from dues from the 17th to 30th September.</p> +<p>There were 23 prisoners for trial at the Sessions.</p> +<p>May 23rd.—An address had been voted to the Queen to +congratulate her upon the issue of the “Bed Chamber” +plot. The Mayor was in the chair and G. Penrice, R. Palmer +Kemp, William Danby Palmer, W. Johnson, George Steward, and E. H. +L. Preston, Esqs., took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>May 30th.—Sixty gentlemen dined at the King’s Head +to commemorate the Queen’s Birthday. The Mayor +presided, and the following toasts were given:—“The +Queen,” “The Duchess of Kent,” “Capt. +Harmer and the Navy,” “The Army,” “The +Mayor,” “The Borough Members,” “George +Danby Palmer, Esq.,” “Mr. George Steward,” +“Lord Durham,” “Mr. William Johnson,” +“The Vice-Chairman,” “The Mayoress and Ladies +of Yarmouth,” and a number of other toasts. The +meeting separated “at a late hour.”</p> +<p>June 13th.—A large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen +had witnessed a Jewish wedding at the Town Hall, performed by +Rabbi Sternbergh; it was publicly performed.</p> +<p>The Races were not likely to be held, owing to a want of +funds.</p> +<p><a name="page67"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 67</span>June +20th.—The Rev. George Anguish, of Somerleyton Hall, had +given £50 towards the Hospital fund.</p> +<p>July 4th contains the following as to the Yarmouth Hospital +and Dispensary:—</p> +<blockquote><p>The first annual meeting of this Institution was +held at the Town Hall on Friday last, on which occasion the +Worshipful the Mayor was in the chair. He felt gratified by +the honour that meeting had done him in calling him to the +chair. In looking over the programme of the meeting, he +found the accounts were to be audited—they were requested +to pay their subscriptions, to elect annual officers, and to take +into consideration the erection or purchase of a building for a +new Hospital.</p> +<p>William Steward, Esq., read abstracts from the secretary and +treasurer’s books, by which it appeared that the +benefactions amounted to £292 9s. 6d., subscriptions to +£435 19s., and interest at the bankers £8 15s. 2d., +and that there had been expended for fitting up and furniture, +£141 8s. 10d.; for housekeeping, salaries, and wages, +£94 15s. 9d.; chemists’ bills, drugs, &c., +£90 15s.; books, stationery, and printing, £35 14s. +9d.; rent and incidentals, £33 3s. 1d.; leaving a balance +in treasurer’s hands of £341 6s. 3d. Mr. +Steward stated that the accounts had been made out with great +care, and examined by two auditors. The total number of +patients that had been admitted from October 1st, 1838, to June +1st, 1839, was 532, being 35 in and 439 out-patients, of whom 5 +in and 9 out remained on the books.</p> +<p>J. Tidswell, Esq., moved that the report now read be received, +that it be ordered to be printed, and a copy placed in the hands +of each of the subscribers, which was seconded by the Rev. W. F. +Clarke, and carried unanimously.</p> +<p>The meeting then proceeded to the election of such officers as +retire annually, when all the old officers were unanimously +elected, with one alteration. The Rev. M. Waters, who had +been on the Committee, having accepted the office of honorary +secretary, <i>vice</i> Rev. J. North, who had left the town, J. +Tidswell, Esq., was chosen in his room.</p> +<p>The Chairman said the next business was of considerable +importance. It was to consider the propriety of erecting or +purchasing a building for the use of the Institution.</p> +<p>William Steward, Esq., would submit to the meeting a proposal +he held in his hand, which was to raise a building fund of +£1,000, in shares of £10 each, on which interest at +£3 per cent. per annum is to be paid till the fund will +enable them to liquidate it; and in the interim every <a +name="page68"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 68</span>shareholder +to have the right of recommending one out-patient for each share +annually. One object in raising the fund now was, that they +had £151 in hand from the benefactions, and Mr. Anguish had +sent them £50 towards the building fund. The interest +would not amount to what they now paid for rent. They hoped +the Corporation would grant them an eligible site for the +intended new building.</p> +<p>The Rev. M. Waters was sure there would be no difficulty in +raising the required fund, as they would soon have £300 +paid in donations, which would prevent any risk to the +shareholders.</p> +<p>The Chairman suggested that it would be better first to +resolve that it would be expedient to erect or purchase a +building, and then to submit the means for raising the money, in +which opinion J. Brightwen, Esq., fully concurred, when</p> +<p>Mr. S. S. Barber proposed, that it is the opinion of this +meeting that it is expedient that an Hospital should be built, +which was seconded by Mr. E. H. L. Preston.</p> +<p>Mr. W. S. Lacon thought it premature to build at present; the +Hospital had only been in operation a few months, and at the last +meeting, when certain resolutions were proposed, certain +gentlemen, who did not like those resolutions, said they would +withdraw. He would propose that the consideration of the +question be postponed to that day twelve months, which was +seconded by Dr. Sabine.</p> +<p>J. G. Fisher, Esq., thought the building of an Hospital would +promote the object they had in view, and could not agree with Mr. +Lacon, in which he was supported by the Rev. M. Waters.</p> +<p>The amendment being put, only six voted for it, and the +original motion was carried.</p> +<p>Mr. E H. L. Preston then proposed that the plan for raising a +fund, as proposed by Mr. Steward, be adopted, and that a paper be +laid on the table to receive the names of persons willing to take +shares, which was seconded by Mr. Barber.</p> +<p>J. G. Fisher, Esq., proposed the thanks of the meeting to the +Mayor for his conduct in the chair, which was carried by +acclamation.</p> +<p>The Mayor, in returning thanks, expressed his determination to +do all in his power to procure them an eligible spot on which to +erect the new edifice. Those present having paid their +subscriptions, the meeting separated.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>A band of music had been engaged to perform near the Jetty on +Wednesday and Saturday evenings during the summer.</p> +<p><a name="page69"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 69</span>July +11th.—A vessel named the “Cadmus” had been +launched from Teasdell’s Wharf.</p> +<p>An inquest had been held at Shrublands, Gorleston, the +residence of William Danby Palmer, Esq., upon the body of a boy +who had been killed by a fall from a stack. Verdict, +“Accidental death.”</p> +<p>July 18th.—The “Galatea” (schooner) had been +launched from Mr. A. Palmer’s, jun., yard.</p> +<p>Aug. 1st.—Another meeting in connection with the +Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society had been held. Sir +George Parker, the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, George Danby Palmer, +Esq., and the Rev. Mr. Sidney took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>Pleasure yachts were allowed to enter the Harbour free of +dues.</p> +<p>August 10th.—The Races had been held for the following +stakes:—Gold, cup, £10 each, and £20 added; the +Members’ Plate of £50; the Vauxhall Coronation Cup, +£25; and the Innkeepers’ and Tradesmen’s Silver +Cup, £50. The following local gentlemen entered or +named horses at this meeting:—Mr. Wilshere, Mr. Rumbold, +Mr. Webber, Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. R. P. Kemp, Mr. +Samuel Palmer, Mr. A. Tompson, Mr. John Kerrison, and Mr. William +Danby Palmer.</p> +<p>Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Matthews were filling the +Theatre nightly.</p> +<p>At the Regatta, “The Widgeon,” a London yacht, had +carried off the prize.</p> +<p>The Dissenters, not approving of these sports (the Regatta and +Races), had had a meeting of their own in the shape of a choral +festival.</p> +<p>August 15th.—Sir Jacob Preston, John Penrice, and +Charles Steward, Esqs., were announced as Stewards of next +year’s Races.</p> +<p>August 22nd contains the following:—“We hear from +the most undoubted authority that Mr. John E. Lacon, with a +munificence almost unparallelled, has equally divided the large +property left to him by his father between himself and his +brother, the present Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon, Bart.”</p> +<p>Sept. 5th.—Mr. Preston had launched the “George +Lord,” of 205 tons register.</p> +<p>Oct. 3rd.—The Revision Court had been held, and the +Liberals claimed a gain of 58 on the return.</p> +<p>Oct. 17th.—At a Liberal meeting held at the “Crown +and Anchor,” G. D. Palmer, Esq., had proposed the health of +Samuel Jay, Esq., as “Mayor-Elect.”</p> +<p><a name="page70"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 70</span>There +were “nightly depredations” taking place at +Gorleston.</p> +<p>Oct. 31st.—Fortunatus Robert Townshend Crisp was +indicted for publishing on the 13th October a certain filthy and +libellous paper called the “Paul Pry,” containing a +slanderous and malicious libel on Henry Holmes Baker. The +Jury were locked up two hours before returning a verdict of +guilty, on which Crisp was fined £5.</p> +<p>Nov. 7th.—The Earl of Lichfield had given £30 to +the Hospital Fund.</p> +<p>The old members of the Council had been re-elected, except in +St. Andrew’s Ward, where William Hurry Palmer, Esq., was +returned. The only Ward contested was the Regent, with the +following result:—C. Davie, 81; J. Fish, 76; J. G. Plummer, +71; S. Miller, 62. A meeting of Liberals was afterwards +held, and Mr. Jay’s health (as Mayor-Elect) drunk with +three times three.</p> +<p>Nov. 14th.—At the Council on the 9th, Mr. G. D. Palmer +proposed Mr. Jay as Mayor for the ensuing year, and he was +elected to that office.</p> +<p>Dec. 5th.—Capt. Pearson had been elected an Alderman in +the place of John B. Palmer, Esq., deceased.</p> +<p>An anti-poor law meeting had been held; only 52 persons +present.</p> +<p>Dec. 19th.—The Mayor (S. Jay, Esq.) had commenced a +round of Civic entertainments of a most +“recherchê” character.</p> +<p>The Yarmouth Savings’ Bank had 2,137 accounts and +£63,513 13s. 7d. on deposit.</p> +<p>Dec. 26th.—The Mayor and Corporation had attended St. +Nicholas’ Church, after which his Worship entertained a +large party of friends at lunch.</p> +<p>The “Blue” freemen had held a meeting to receive a +very handsome blue banner, inscribed “Presented to the +freemen in commemoration of their victory over the attempt to +enslave them, and ‘United we stand, divided we fall. +Wilshere’s majority 38.’”</p> +<h3>1840.</h3> +<p>Jan. 2nd contains the following as to “Yarmouth +Hospital”:—</p> +<blockquote><p>The half-yearly meeting of the governors of this +institution was held at the Town Hall on Saturday. William +Steward, Esq., took the chair, and stated that the building was +expected to be completed for the reception of patients by +Lady-day. The cost of the building, including furniture and +the tower (a very ornamental building, to be used as a look-out), +with other incidental charges, would amount to +£1,600. (Expressions <a name="page71"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 71</span>of surprise, and “What! no +more?”) He believed that £1,600 would cover the +whole expense, to meet which they had already received by +benefaction (including £200 from the Norwich Musical +Festival) upwards of £600, while upwards of £1,000 +had been raised among the shareholders. It would be highly +desirable to pay off the shareholders as the funds would allow, +and to keep up the annual subscriptions. At present they +were adequate to the annual expenditure, but he trusted the +inhabitants would do their utmost to increase the annual +income. This was the only charitable institution founded on +the day of her Majesty’s Coronation, and he was induced to +hope that an application to Her Majesty’s advisers would +obtain a benefaction from her privy purse. He was sanguine +in his anticipation that in a short time the shares would be +reduced to one for each shareholder, which it was thought +desirable should remain.</p> +<p>F. R. Reynolds, Esq., thought the reduction would be made in +less than seven years.</p> +<p>The Rev. M. Waters said that, allowing them to remain in their +present position, the new institution would not be more rent than +the present Hospital in Queen Street.</p> +<p>Mr. Steward then submitted a resolution, that all monies +arising from benefactions or otherwise, except from annual +subscriptions, be applied in paying the shareholders till such +shareholders should have but one share each; and that the annual +subscriptions should be kept as a distinct fund.</p> +<p>This resolution was moved by H. V. Worship, Esq., and seconded +by C. J. Palmer, Esq., and carried unanimously.</p> +<p>The Secretary observed that the balance of subscriptions would +be less at the end of the present year than it was at the end of +the preceding one, and this he mentioned that the public might +know it would depend on themselves whether so excellent an +institution should continue as efficient as it had hitherto +been.</p> +<p>It was stated that the number of out-patients had never been +less than 100 throughout the past half-year.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Jan. 16th.—The first subscription Ball had been held at +the Town Hall, when about 70 or 80 of the <i>elite</i> were +present. Howlett’s band had been engaged for the +occasion.</p> +<p>Jan. 23rd.—A “dreadful storm” had visited +the town, and considerable damage had been done to the roofs of +houses, while a schooner in making for the Harbour had been +caught in the squall and sunk, with the loss of four lives.</p> +<p><a name="page72"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 72</span>George +Danby Palmer, Esq., had entertained a large party of the members +of the “Yarmouth Fishing Clubs” and others in the new +room at Bird’s Royal Hotel, when the Mayor, Sir George +Parker, Capt. Pearson, R.N., Capt. Harmer, R.N., George Penrice, +M.D., W. Barth, R. P. Kemp, S. Palmer, W. H. Palmer, W. S. +Ferrier, R. S. Lonsdale, S. P. Edwards, W. Yetts, G. Steward, T. +Hammond, R. Hammond, S. C Marsh, Esqs., and most of the +influential gentlemen and merchants of the town were present.</p> +<p>Feb. 13th—The Queen’s Marriage had been celebrated +as a general holiday, with the usual demonstrations of loyalty, +and 150 gentlemen had dined together at the Town Hall, when the +Mayor presided.</p> +<p>Feb. 20th.—Ambrose Palmer, Esq., had complained to the +Magistrates of the late delivery of the mails, which it appeared +often did not arrive until after 12 o’clock in the day.</p> +<p>March 5th.—Samuel Jay, Esq., and William Barth, Esq., +had proceeded to London to present an address to Her Majesty from +the Town Council upon her marriage.</p> +<p>Messrs. Fellows had launched the “Lucy,” a +schooner of 100 tons register.</p> +<p>March 12th.—The Mayor (S. Jay, Esq.) had been presented +at Court by William Wilshere, Esq., M.P., on the occasion of +taking up the Corporation address.</p> +<p>Capt. Love had been elected Inspector of Police by thirteen +votes to one vote. There were twelve candidates for the +office.</p> +<p>March 26th.—Mr. Joseph Fiddes had been elected an +Alderman in the place of Mr. William Barber, deceased.</p> +<p>April 2nd.—The Hospital having been completed, was +opened for public inspection, and had been visited by nearly +1,000 inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. Eight +hundred patients had been relieved by this Charity since the +previous August.</p> +<p>April 9th.—Sixteen Whigs had been elected Guardians by +very large majorities.</p> +<p>April 23rd.—Messrs. C. Davie, William Johnson, and S. V. +Moore had been nominated at the Vestry meeting as Churchwardens, +and a poll demanded.</p> +<p>The Conservatives had dined together at the Angel Hotel, Sir +E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., in the chair, when a magnificent silver +waiter, weighing 221 ozs., was presented to Mr. Edward H. L. +Preston. Upon it was the following inscription: +“Presented to Edward Harbord <a name="page73"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 73</span>Lushington Preston by the +Conservatives of Great Yarmouth, as a testimonial of their esteem +and high approval of his firm and active support of those +principals which constitute the best bulwark of the Throne, and +the surest safeguard of the people.” Messrs. Aldred +and Son supplied it.</p> +<p>The Mayor (S. Jay, Esq.) had received the Sacrament at St. +Nicholas’ Church, and afterwards entertained the Town +Council and a party of friends with a sumptuous cold +collation.</p> +<p>April 30th.—Messrs. Davie and Johnson had been elected +Churchwardens, three votes only having been polled for Mr. +Moore.</p> +<p>Not a single case of theft or disorderly conduct had been +reported at the Fair, “a circumstance unparallelled in the +history of Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>May 14th.—A petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws had +been signed by 1,400 persons.</p> +<p>May 21st.—Mr. and Mrs. Bird’s “opening +dinner” had been held at the Royal Hotel. The Mayor +occupied the chair, and was supported by the Rev. Richard Gooch, +G. Danby Palmer, W. Barth, T. Brown (Thrigby), R. Ferrier, W. +Ferrier, T. Fowler, C. Marsh, G. Steward, A. Tompson, W. +Carpenter, and F. Lloyd, Esqs., Captain Nelson, Messrs. Paul, +Christmas, Primrose, Smith, E. Browne, Hart, Middleton, and +upwards of 100 gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood.</p> +<p>May 28th.—Complaints had been made of the +“screaming” and “bell-ringing” of the +steamboats, which the editor thought should be “reformed +altogether.”</p> +<p>The London letters had not been received on Saturday last, +owing to those intended for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, having been +forwarded to this town, while “our mails” were sent +on to Edinburgh.</p> +<p>June 6th.—The carcase of a grampus had been towed on to +the Beach.</p> +<p>June 11th.—The Mayor (S. Jay, Esq.) had again +entertained his friends at luncheon after Divine Service.</p> +<p>The “Eleanor Palmer,” schooner, had been launched +from Mr. A. Palmer, junr.’s, yard, for W. H. Palmer, Esq., +who, in the evening, entertained a large party of friends at the +Royal Hotel.</p> +<p>June 19th.—The Council had voted addresses of +congratulation to H.M. the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duke of +Kent, on the “escape of Her Majesty from +assassination.” This was moved by Mr. E. Sewell, and +seconded by G. D. Palmer, Esq.</p> +<p>July 2nd.—The new police had made “their maiden +turn out” under Capt. Love. Mr. J. Nolloth had +supplied the uniforms.</p> +<p><a name="page74"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 74</span>The +annual Hospital meeting had been held at the Board Boom of that +institution.</p> +<p>July 9th.—The Mayor had attended the Annual Water +Frolic, accompanied by some 30 gentlemen, including the +Deputy-Mayor, G. D. Palmer, Esq., Capt. Harmer, Capt. Pearson, S. +P. Edwards, Esq., and several members of the Council.</p> +<p>Three young men were capsized and two of them, Mr. John Rivett +and Mr. Walter Feek, drowned.</p> +<p>“A fellow named Cullingford had cut down the doorstalls +of Mr. Wm. Sayer’s house in which he was engaged nearly two +hours without being detected by any of the new police.”</p> +<p>July 16th.—The Council resolved that “the old +tower on the Chapel Mount be levelled with that of the Hospital, +and that the wall to the east thereof be faced with white brick +and coped with cement.”</p> +<p>Mr. Guthrie (son of Capt. Guthrie) had saved a boy from being +drowned at the Jetty.</p> +<p>The “Maid of Athens” had been launched from Mr. I. +Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>July 25th.—The Races had been held. The Town and +County Plate of £50 was won by the Hon. I. +Sandiland’s “Luther,” which was +“claimed” by Mr. S. Palmer for £150 (his horse +“Diana” running second in the race.)</p> +<p>As Stewards for next year, Henry Stracey, Alexander Shafto +Adair, and Samuel Palmer, Esqs., were chosen.</p> +<p>At the Regatta, Lord A. Paget’s “Sabrina” +won the £25 cup.</p> +<p>When a hearse, with mourning coach and friends of the deceased +arrived at the Cemetery, it was found that “no orders had +been given to dig a grave,” and the funeral had to be +postponed.</p> +<p>Aug. 16th.—Youell’s gardens were “most +attractive;” there were 3,000 pairs of carnations and +picotees in bloom.</p> +<p>Samuel Jay, Esq., had been appointed a Justice of the Peace +for the Borough.</p> +<p>Aug. 20th.—A great improvement had been made by lighting +the town with gas; the Gas Company having laid down a large main, +and reduced the price of gas 25 per cent.</p> +<p>Mr. A. Thrower had been elected a Councillor in the place of +Mr. F. Preston.</p> +<p>Sept. 3rd.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall, Wm. +Steward, Esq., in the chair, for promoting the erection of a +better class <a name="page75"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +75</span>of houses on the Beach to the south of the Royal Hotel +(the Victoria Building Company.)</p> +<p>Mr. John Clowes had been thrown from his gig on the Quay.</p> +<p>Sept. 17th.—Lord and Lady Wodehouse were staying at the +Royal Hotel; his Lordship had consented to patronise the New +Building Company.</p> +<p>Sept. 24th.—Madame Persiani, and Signors Nigri, Rubini, +and Puzzi, had given a grand concert at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>A meeting of the provisional Committee of the Victoria +Building Company had been held, and £8,000 had been +subscribed for the objects of the Company.</p> +<p>Oct. 8th.—The prospectus of the Victoria Building +Company appears in this issue, the Directors being William +Steward, William Baynes, Benjamin Dowson, Richard Ferrier, +William Johnson, Robert Palmer Kemp, John E. Lacon, George Danby +Palmer, Thomas Fowler Steward, and Charles Symonds, Esqs.</p> +<p>A letter had been received at the Post-office, directed +“Mr. Thompson, Row next my grandmother’s, +Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>Nov. 5th.—The following was the result of the Municipal +election:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">NORTH WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. N. Sherrington</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">119</p> +</td> +<td><p>J. C. Smith</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">98</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. G. Doughty</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">116</p> +</td> +<td><p>J. F. Costerton</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">68</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">NELSON WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center">M. Butcher and J. +G. Connell (no opposition.)</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">ST. ANDREW’S WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wm. Barth</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">100</p> +</td> +<td><p>John G. Rivett</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">77</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wm. Danby Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">88</p> +</td> +<td><p>Henry Teasdell</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">56</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">ST. GEORGE’S WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Joseph Bayly</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">89</p> +</td> +<td><p>John Algar</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">89</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>John L. Cufaude</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">89</p> +</td> +<td><p>Charles Cory</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">83</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p>And the Alderman gave his casting vote in +favour of Messrs Bayly and Cufaude</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">REGENT WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center">Samuel Palmer and +John Barker (no opposition.)</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">MARKET WARD.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center">D. A. Gourlay and +Charles Miller (no opposition.)</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page76"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 76</span>A +deputation had waited on Mr. Samuel Palmer and presented a +requisition to him, to be put in nomination for the office of +Mayor. Mr. W. Johnson presented this, signed by 40 members +of the Council.</p> +<p>The “Hamlet,” 400 tons, had been launched from Mr. +A. Palmer’s, jun., yard.</p> +<p>Nov. 12th.—Mr. Samuel Palmer had been elected Mayor.</p> +<p>Nov. 26th.—Richard Ferrier and Charles Cory, Esqs., +refused to pay the Poor’s Rate, and a distress warrant was +issued, under which a clock, a silver cup, and a hat stand had +been seized. The object of these gentlemen appeared to be +to dispute the validity of a Rate of 1s. 3d. in the £.</p> +<p>Dec. 3rd.—The Council had voted the usual loyal +addresses on the birth of the Princess Royal.</p> +<p>Dec. 10th.—A public meeting had been held for the like +purpose when the address to Her Majesty was moved by the Hon. and +Rev. E. Pellew, and seconded by Wm. Steward, Esq.</p> +<p>That to Prince Albert, by Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and +George Danby Palmer, Esq.</p> +<p>And that to the Duke of Kent by Sir George Parker, K.C.B., and +J. G. Fisher, Esq., S. Palmer, Esq., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, and Sir +George Parker, were deputed to present such addresses.</p> +<p>Dec. 17th.—A meeting of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ +Society had been held. The local committee then consisted +of Messrs. G. W. Manby, Isaac Preston, W. J. Hurry, G. D. Palmer, +J. W. Shelly, Costerton, Capt. Harmer, J. G. Fisher, D. Turner, +Gunthorpe, Ambrose Palmer, W. Barth, John Penrice, M. Butcher, +and Capt. Pearson.</p> +<p>Dec. 24th.—An anti-slavery meeting had been held (the +Mayor in the chair.)</p> +<p>Dec. 31st.—The teetotallers had had a procession. +Among their flags a new one by the workmen of Mr. Brand (tailor) +on which was painted a lifeboat, with the motto “Total +Abstinence, the Drunkard’s Lifeboat.”</p> +<p>Samuel Jay, Charles Pearson, William Johnson and J. W. Shelly, +qualified as Magistrates at the Quarter Sessions.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"> +<a href="images/p76b.jpg"> +<img alt= +"Decorative graphic" +title= +"Decorative graphic" +src="images/p76s.jpg" /> +</a></p> +<h2><a name="page77"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 77</span>SECOND +SERIES, 1841–51.</h2> +<blockquote><p>“When found, make a note +of”—</p> +<p style="text-align: right"><span class="smcap">Capt. +Cuttle</span>.</p> +</blockquote> +<h3>1841.</h3> +<p>Jan. 14th.—A meeting for the relief of the poor had been +held, when £300 was raised in the room.</p> +<p>Jan. 21st.—Mr. E. R. Palmer had been appointed Inspector +of Corn Returns.</p> +<p>Jan. 28th—The “Greyhound” (Barker) had +arrived at Naples in fifteen days, “being the quickest +passage ever known.”</p> +<p>Feb. 11th.—About fifty tradesmen had dined at the +“Star” to commemorate the baptism of the Princess +Royal.</p> +<p>Feb. 18th.—A local committee had been formed in +connection with the “Marine Penitent Female Refuge,” +with the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, president; Mrs. C. S. D. +Steward, treasurer; and Mrs. G. Danby-Palmer, secretary.</p> +<p>On Tuesday, the whole of the London traders, sixteen in +number, were lying in the harbour, owing to the late frost.</p> +<p>A meeting of the Conservative ratepayers had been held to +protest against the 1s. 3d. poor’s rate.</p> +<p>Feb. 25th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall for +promoting a railway from Yarmouth to London.</p> +<p>March 11th.—The works of the Victoria Building Company +had been commenced, and the Mayor had been requested to lay the +first stone.</p> +<p>The “Saucy Jack,” 250 tons, had been launched from +Mr. I. Chapman’s yard.</p> +<p>March 18th.—Wm. Barth, Esq., had received an appointment +in the Money Order Office of the Post Office, London.</p> +<p><a name="page78"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 78</span>March +25th.—Records the laying of the first stone on the Victoria +Building Company’s Estate, when Captain Harmer, R.N., (W.M. +of Lodge “United Friends,”) addressed the assembly as +follows:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“At the request of the Directors of the +Victoria Building Company, we are here assembled as Masons to +assist our Worthy Brother, who now occupies the civic chair of +this borough, to lay the foundation stone of this important and +interesting work—important and interesting indeed to +Yarmouth. May the work prosper, and from the foundation +about to be laid, may structures arise ornamental to the town, +beneficial to its inhabitants, and advantageous to the +builders. May the promoters of these buildings live to see +their great and spirited design carried out, and when it shall +please the Grand Leveller of human greatness to call them from +hence, may they arrive at the point or centre where the +World’s Great Architect lives and reigns for +ever.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Bro. Richard Ferrier, P.M.—“So mote it +be.”</p> +<p>The Mayor then proceeded to deposit two coins of her present +Majesty in the stone, over which a brass plate was laid bearing +the following inscription:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“The first stone of Kimberley Terrace, Great +Yarmouth, to be erected by the Victoria Building Company, was +laid by Samuel Palmer, Esq., Mayor of Great Yarmouth, on the 22nd +day of March, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred +and Forty One, and in the Fourth year of the reign of Queen +Victoria. William Steward, Esq., Chairman of the Board of +Directors; Thomas Marsh Nelson, Esq., Architect.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>A public dinner was afterwards held at the Royal Hotel, George +Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair.</p> +<p>April 1st.—The election of Guardians had ended in +“the signal defeat of the Tories.”</p> +<p>April 15th.—Messrs. C. Davie and D. A. Gourlay had been +elected Churchwardens by the Vestry.</p> +<p>April 22nd.—Mr. F. Preston’s shipyard was likely +to be given up, thus throwing many men out of employment.</p> +<p>An Ecclesiastical inquiry had been held “to make inquiry +into a certain charge preferred by one James Laws, a sailmaker, +living in Row 99, against the Rev. — —, Clerk in Holy +Orders. Nathaniel Palmer, Esq. (instructed by Messrs. +Tolver, Preston and Tolver) appeared for the respondent. +The charge was that of <a name="page79"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 79</span>soliciting the chastity of the +complainant’s wife by sending her letters, one of which was +as follows:—Meet me to-night about nine or half-past nine +between Penrice’s and the beach.” This charge, +in the absence of the letter, was pronounced by the Commissioners +not to have been proved.</p> +<p>May 6th.—At the Leveé, S. Palmer, Esq., and Sir +E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., had been presented by W. Wilshere, Esq., +M.P.</p> +<p>Six hundred persons had been confirmed at St. Nicholas’ +Church by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>The “Indiaman,” 821 tons, had been launched from +Mr. Preston’s yard for Mr. Somes. She was estimated +to cost £18,000.</p> +<p>May 13th.—The “Highlander,” 122 tons, had +been launched from Mr. D. King’s yard.</p> +<p>Mr. W. Johnson had been appointed a “tradesman to Her +Most Gracious Majesty.”</p> +<p>May 20th.—A merry peal was rung upon St. Nicholas’ +Church bells in consequence of Sir Jacob Astley having made good +his claim to the Barony of Hastings.</p> +<p>The Norfolk Yeomanry, under the command of Major Loftus, had +entered the town for seven days’ duty.</p> +<p>May 27th.—The Officers of this corps had given a +splendid ball at the Bath Rooms, at which 200 persons were +present.</p> +<p>Mr. G. Blake had been summoned for refusal, on conscientious +grounds, to pay the Church Rate.</p> +<p>June 3rd.—A meeting had been held “in support of +Her Majesty’s Ministers.”</p> +<p>June 10th.—Messrs. Rumbold and Wilshere had issued their +address to the electors; Lord George Somerset and Mr. Smythe had +been named as probable Tory candidates for the Borough.</p> +<p>June 17th.—Mr. G. Blake had been ordered to pay 1s. 6d., +the amount of the Church Rate, “which he did and +departed.”</p> +<p>The census had been taken, showing a population of 25,000.</p> +<p>During the week the roof had been placed on the hotel and +houses forming the south end of Kimberley Terrace.</p> +<p>June 24th.—The Mayor “having received the precept +for the election proceeded to the Market Place, and Guild Hall, +accompanied by several hundred gentlemen, when such precept was +read,” no opposition being yet announced.</p> +<p>The “Norfolk,” 120 tons, had been launched by Mr. +A. R. Palmer.</p> +<p><a name="page80"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 80</span>July +3rd.—The election had taken place when Sir George Parker +proposed, and Mr. J. Brightwen seconded Mr. C. E. Rumbold; Mr. +Geo. Danby-Palmer and Mr. B. Dowson proposed and seconded Mr. +Wilshere; Mr. R. Ferrier and Mr. Lacon proposed and seconded Mr. +Thos. Baring; and Mr. E. H. L. Preston and Mr. W. H. Bessey +performed the like office for Mr. J. Soames. These +proceedings lasted from eleven o’clock until half-past two +o’clock, during which time “it rained hard and many +got wet to the skin,” but, notwithstanding that, “a +more disorderly attendance” had never been seen. +After the nomination the late members were chaired round the +town, when there was a scuffle in the Market Place and one man +was seriously wounded. Next day the poll was held and the +numbers declared—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>C. E. Rumbold</p> +</td> +<td><p>943</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Wilshere</p> +</td> +<td><p>945</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>T. Baring</p> +</td> +<td><p>501</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Soames</p> +</td> +<td><p>491</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>July 15th.—Alex. Shafto Adair, Esq., (the late candidate +for East Suffolk) had accompanied S. Palmer, Esq. (with whom he +was staying), to church.</p> +<p>The “Vanguard,” built by Mr. W. Teasdel, had +sailed for London.</p> +<p>Six shipwrights, who had gone out with the +“Norfolk” to finish her at sea, were capsized on +their return journey in their boat, one of them named Cole being +drowned.</p> +<p>July 22nd.—“Mr. R. R. B. Norman, surgeon dentist, +had been admitted a Licentiate of “Apothecaries’ +Hall, London.”</p> +<p>The “Good Samaritan” Lodge had held its +anniversary at the Gallon Can, Gaol Street.</p> +<p>Mrs. Barnwell (late Miss Shipston), a native of Yarmouth, had +given a concert at the Town Hall to a very “genteel” +audience. Among those present were W. Wilshere, Esq., M.P., +A. S. Adair, Esq., Rev. C. Penrice, Mrs. G. D. Palmer, the Misses +Chevalier, and G. Borrett, and A. Tompson, Esq.</p> +<p>An explosion of fireworks had taken place at the Vauxhall +Gardens, but, fortunately, no one was injured.</p> +<p>The Races had been held, when the “Gold Cup,” +value £100, was won by Mr. S. Palmer’s +“Langolee.” The £50 plate by Mr. +Rogers’ “Jessica.” The Vauxhall +Coronation Cup Stakes by Mr. Munro’s +“Clifton.” The Town and Country +Gentlemen’s plate by Mr. Horman’s +“Blanche.” The Handicap Stakes by Mr. +Bradford’s <a name="page81"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +81</span>“Vigilance,” and the Tally-Ho Stakes (for +Hunters) by Mr. Wm. Danby-Palmer’s +“Daniel.”</p> +<p>July 29th.—The Mayor had proceeded to the Narrow Waters +for the Water Frolic, accompanied by Messrs. W. Wilshere, M.P., +S. Jay, G. D. Palmer, J. Tomlinson, W. Johnson, and several other +members of the Corporate body. The cup was won by the +“Red Rover,” the property of Mr. S. C. Marsh.</p> +<p>At night the Vauxhall Gardens had “a bumper.”</p> +<p>August 5th.—A splendid terrace, road, and promenade was +being formed on the Victoria Building Company’s Estate by +Mr. George Fenn.</p> +<p>A very superb silver soup tureen weighing 230 ozs., was to be +presented to Samuel Paget, Esq., by the Shipping Assurance +Association.</p> +<p>A <i>dejeuner</i> had been given at the Barracks by Captain +George W. Manby, then in his 76th year, to commemorate the 38th +anniversary of his appointment as Barrack Master.</p> +<p>August 12th.—The census showed the population of the +Borough to be as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Males.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Females.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Total.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10,427</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13,524</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">23,951</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sailors</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1,300</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1,300</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Totals</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11,727</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13,524</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">25,251</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>August 19th.—The “Rosa Anna,” 115 tons, had +been launched from Mr. Lubbock’s yard.</p> +<p>August 26th.—A complaint was made by Mr. John E. Lacon +to the Secretary of State, that the police (being voters) had +“on the day preceding the recent election been permitted to +resign, and that immediately after the contest they were all +re-appointed.”</p> +<p>The Mayor and Mrs. Palmer had given a bespeak at the +Theatre.</p> +<p>Sept. 9th.—It was stated that Captain Harmer, +“whose undaunted courage had rendered him the means of +saving many lives from shipwreck, had obtained the command of +H.M. Steamship “Driver,” on board which he hoisted +his flag a few days since.”</p> +<p>The “Oriental” (schooner), had been launched from +Mr. Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>Sept. 16th.—There had been a fire at the house of Mr. +Simon Jay, surgeon, Regent Street.</p> +<p>Sept. 30th.—The Brethren of Lodge “United +Friends” had given <a name="page82"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 82</span>a dinner to their late W.M., Capt. +Harmer, R.N., previous to his departure in the +“Driver,” at the Star Hotel.</p> +<p>On Sunday, the following collections had been made for the +Hospital:—S. Nicholas’, £10; S. Peter’s, +£16 14s. 2d.; S. George’s, £8 6s. 2d.; S. +Mary’s, £8 11s. 5¼d.; New Meeting, £5 +3s. 4½d.; Wesleyan, £7 7s.; Old Meeting, £3 +6s. 8d.</p> +<p>At the Sessions, the Grand Jury presented the disorderly state +of the Market Place every evening between eight and ten +o’clock.</p> +<p>Oct. 7th.—The testimonial before mentioned had been +presented to Mr. Samuel Paget, at a dinner held in the Town +Hall. Geo. Danby Palmer, Esq., was in the chair +“doing the honours of the table with much +spirit.”</p> +<p>Nov. 4th.—The Municipal election had passed over without +contests, the following was the return:—<i>St. +Nicholas’ Ward</i>: R. Hammond and W. N. Burroughs. +<i>Market</i>: W. Johnson and John Owles. <i>Regent</i>: J. +Tomlinson and S. C. Marsh. <i>St. George’s</i>: T. +Lettis, jun., and J. W. Shelly. <i>Nelson</i>: G. Danby +Palmer and W. Chambers. <i>St. Andrew’s</i>: T. +Hammond and S. Crowe.</p> +<p>John Penrice, Esq. had qualified as a Magistrate; the Editor +remarks—“We understand that a large batch of Tory +Magistrates is about to be created,” (George Bateman, James +Clarke, J. F. Costerton, Ambrose Palmer, E. H. L. Preston, J. C. +Smith, and Wm. Yetts, Esqs., were then added to the Roll of +Justices.)</p> +<p>Wm. Johnson, Esq., had been requested by 38 Councillors to +allow himself to be nominated for the office of Mayor.</p> +<p>Nov. 11th.—On the 9th November, Mr. Johnson had been +elected to that office.</p> +<p>Nov. 25th.—The “Arab,” 175 tons, had been +launched from Mr. Teasdel’s yard.</p> +<p>The “Sabbath Observance Society” had issued an +address, stating that “no less than 144 shops were doing +business; that carting of fish and other articles connected with +the fishing, and beer from the breweries, &c., was witnessed +to a great extent, and that 150 public-houses were open on the +Lord’s Day.”</p> +<p>The Magistrates had cautioned Mr. I. Mayers and Mr D. L. Cohen +(Jews) as to Sunday trading.</p> +<p>Dec. 9th.—The “Driver” (Capt. Harmer) had +been nearly lost on the rocks under Steel point, near Flamborough +Head, but after heaving the guns overboard she got off and put +into Shields for repairs.</p> +<p><a name="page83"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 83</span>Dec. +23rd.—The Savings’ Bank report showed 2,378 accounts +and £71,521 16s. 10d. amount deposited.</p> +<p>The Rev. H. N. Burrows, A.M., had been elected Head-Master of +the Proprietary Grammar School.</p> +<h3>1842.</h3> +<p>Jan. 1st.—The half-yearly Hospital meeting had been +held.</p> +<p>The prisoners had been regaled by the Mayor with roast beef, +plum pudding and one pint of beer each.</p> +<p>Jan. 8th.—Some boys had made a “slider” near +Dr. Borrett’s house, upon which Mrs. Borrett had fallen and +broken one of her arms.</p> +<p>Jan. 20th.—A public meeting of the inhabitants had been +held for the purpose of considering the way in which they should +celebrate the Royal Christening, when Sir E. Lacon, the Hon. and +Rev. E. Pellew, Messrs. G. D. Palmer, J. Brightwen, W. N. +Burroughs, I. Preston, C. Nichols, and J. F. Costerton were, with +others, present.</p> +<p>The members of the “Loyal Prince of Wales” Lodge +of Oddfellows, which had then been “newly formed,” +dined together at the Black Lion, Bro. W. N. Turner, N.G., +presided, supported by Bro. Loft, P.G.M., and Bro. Raven, +P.D.G.M.; F. Palmer, Esq., surgeon to the Order, occupied the +Vice-chair, and about 50 Brethren were present; the following +toasts were drunk:—“The Queen,” “Prince +Albert,” “The Princess Royal and the Prince of +Wales,” “The Duke of Sussex and the rest of the Royal +Family,” “The Army and Navy,” “Our +Glorious Institutions,” and “The Loyal Prince of +Wales’ Lodge of O.F. of the M.U.”</p> +<p>Jan. 27th.—The Christening of the Prince of Wales had +been commemorated by a dinner at the Crown and Anchor Hotel, +where the Mayor and a large number of his friends dined together, +and by a ball at the Town Hall (opened by C. J. Palmer, Esq., and +the Mayoress), at which about 200 persons were present.</p> +<p>A meeting had been held to consider the question of the +erection of a Corn Exchange.</p> +<p>The inmates of the Workhouse and Fisherman’s Hospital +returned thanks to S. Palmer, Esq., for an excellent dinner +provided for them by that gentleman on the “Christening +Day.”</p> +<p>Feb. 3rd.—The London Mail did not get in until 12.38; +the frequent delays in these Mails were a source of serious +inconvenience.</p> +<p><a name="page84"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 84</span>Feb. +10th.—The Vicar had issued an address, calling attention to +the spiritual destitution of the town, and the restoration of St. +Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>A correspondent states, “Never, perhaps, has a church +been so disfigured; the introduction of that deformity, the +Fisherman’s Gallery, that wretched ‘gew-gaw’ +the Mayor’s seat, those laternal deformities, the desk and +pulpit, and in a word those violations of every principle of +taste by which the building has been defaced, have rendered it +the ugliest as well as the dirtiest church in the +Kingdom.”</p> +<p>Feb. 17th.—Great excitement had been caused in the town +by the death of James Duck, aged 69, after having been pushed or +knocked down by Mr. Francis Paget. The Coroner’s Jury +found, “That deceased died of apoplexy, aided and +accelerated by a fall he received shortly before his death, but +how or in what manner the fall was received doth not appear to +the said Jurors,” only 12 (of the 18 Jurors) signed this +inquisition.</p> +<p>Feb. 24th.—From a petition presented as to the Mail +service, it appeared there were then 574 ships of an aggregate +burden of 50,325 tons, belonging to this port.</p> +<p>Mr. Christopher Taylor had been appointed agent and surgeon to +the sick and wounded seamen, in the place of Wm. Taylor, Esq., +deceased.</p> +<p>March 3rd.—2,300 inhabitants of Yarmouth had signed the +petition for the total Repeal of the Corn Laws.</p> +<p>March 10th.—Wm. Worship, Esq., had been elected a +Councillor for the North Ward.</p> +<p>March 31st.—A “Gold Coronation Medal” had +been presented by the Queen to Capt. Manby, for preservation of +lives from shipwreck.</p> +<p>A meeting, convened by circular, had been held to consider Sir +Robert Peel’s proposed “Income Tax.” The +Mayor presided; Mr. S. Cobb moved and Mr. G. D. Palmer seconded, +a resolution to the effect “That it is the duty of the +meeting by every constitutional means in its power to resist the +income tax proposed by Sir R. Peel.”</p> +<p>Mr. E. H. L. Preston moved, and Mr. C. Cory seconded as an +amendment, “That the Mayor be instructed to call a meeting +of the public,” which was lost by 31 to 34.</p> +<p>A petition was to be “got up” against the tax.</p> +<p>April 7th.—It was rumoured that Jas. M. Cox had been +killed by W. B. Ebbage, but the Jury found that he died from +“mis-adventure.”</p> +<p>April 14th.—A Hemsby boat, which had put off to a +vessel, had been lost and nine hands drowned out of her.</p> +<p><a name="page85"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 85</span>May +5th.—The Vauxhall Gardens had been opened for the season, +and 100 gentlemen had partaken of a cold collation there on the +occasion.</p> +<p>Charges of manslaughter had been preferred before the +Magistrates in respect of the cases of Ebbage and Cox.</p> +<p>May 19th.—The Mayor had attended the Leveé and +presented addresses to H.M. the Queen, Prince Albert, and the +Duke of Kent, on the birth of the Prince of Wales.</p> +<p>June 9th.—Mr. Matthew Hastings Swann had had the degree +of “Doctor of Philology” conferred on him by the +University of Berlin.</p> +<p>The Victoria hotel had been completed, and was to be opened by +Mr. Balls of St. James’ Square, London.</p> +<p>June 23rd.—The Victoria hotel had been opened with a +public dinner, at which J. E. Lacon, Esq., presided.</p> +<p>June 30th.—At the Hospital meeting it was stated that +the annual subscriptions had amounted to £334 9s., and the +benefactions to £150 0s. 5d., the expenditure being +£357 18s. 3d. 76 in-patients and 829 out-patients had +been relieved. Geo. Penrice, Esq., M.D., was re-elected +physician, and J. C. Smith and Geo. Bateman, Esqs., were +re-elected surgeons.</p> +<p>July 14th.—Commissioners had been appointed for the +purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Income Tax +Act.</p> +<p>July 21st.—Samuel Palmer, Esq., had been chosen clerk to +such Commissioners.</p> +<p>July 28th.—A prospectus had been issued for the purpose +of establishing “Shampooing Baths” at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>The Mayor had attended the Water Frolic; the first match was +won by the “Red Rover” (S. C. Marsh, Esq.)</p> +<p>August 4th.—There had been a fire at Mr. Harvey’s +tan yard.</p> +<p>August 11th.—The first general meeting of the +shareholders in the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway had been held at +the Victoria hotel, Geo. Stephenson, Esq., in the chair. It +was stated that the line would be probably opened in the Spring +of 1844, that the expenses already incurred would not exceed +£10,000, and that 8,000 shares had been taken up.</p> +<p>August 25th.—A “young lady from +Lincolnshire,” about 18 years of age, had eloped from +lodgings on the Beach with a Yarmouth gentleman.</p> +<p>Sept. 8th.—At the Races, the Gold Cup was won by Mr. +Wilshere’s “Evasion”; the Vauxhall Stakes by +Mr. H. Stracey’s “Protempore”; <a +name="page86"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 86</span>the +Member’s Plate, and the Gentlemen’s Plate by Mr. S. +Palmer’s “Everilda”; and the Handicap Stakes by +Mr. Bignold’s “Camille.”</p> +<p>Strenuous endeavours were made to “put down low +gambling,” but the gamblers appeared to have found refuge +in the public-houses, notably at the King’s Head Inn, +Market Place.</p> +<p>The “Bruce” had been launched from Mr. +Chapman’s yard.</p> +<p>Sept. 15th.—The Mayor (W. Johnson, Esq.), had +entertained 100 friends at luncheon, on Sunday, after attending +Church, where the Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew had preached in aid of +the Charity Schools, established in 1713.</p> +<p>The Race ball had been held at the Bath Rooms, which only 68 +persons had attended.</p> +<p>Sailing matches had been held on the river, the starting place +had being opposite the monument, when the “Red Rover” +(S. C. Marsh), beat the “Maria” (Sir J. Preston), and +the “Neptune” (J. Green). The Royal Sovereign +won the Yawl Match.</p> +<p>Sept. 22nd.—H.M. the Queen had passed through the roads +in the “Trident,” accompanied by two other +steamers.</p> +<p>Sept. 29th.—The “India” had, after extensive +repairs, been launched from Mr. A. R. Palmer’s yard.</p> +<p>Mr. R. Lubbock had launched the “Isabella” (200 +tons) for S. Sherrington, Esq.</p> +<p>Oct. 6th.—One of Mr. Shuckford’s boats had brought +in 23½ lasts of herring, valued at £700.</p> +<p>Oct. 13th.—The Corn Exchange in Regent Street had been +opened, when 150 gentlemen dined together. B. Dowson, Esq., +was chairman, and Messrs J. E. Laws and Thos. Barber were +vice-chairmen. The Mayor, G. Danby-Palmer, Esq., Sir E. +Lacon, Bart., and others being present.</p> +<p>Oct. 20th.—There had been a fire at the “New +Commercial” club house.</p> +<p>Nov. 3rd.—A prisoner named Lessey complained to the +Judge of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court that he had lain in +prison for 23 weeks before he obtained his discharge, and had +then been arrested again at the suit of his solicitor for +£19 19s. 4d. and was thus again a prisoner.</p> +<p>The following Councillors had been elected:—</p> +<p><i>North Ward</i>: Mr. W. H. Bessey and Mr. C. May (vice Mr. +E. H. L. Preston retired.)</p> +<p><i>Market Ward</i>: Mr. E. Sewell and Mr. S. Miller, jun. +(vice Mr. <a name="page87"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +87</span>E. N. Clowes, resigned). The polling being for</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Sewell</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">162</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Miller</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">142</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Richmond</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">29</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Lawn</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">29</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><i>Regent Ward</i>: Messrs. C. Davie and J. Fish +(re-elected.)</p> +<p><i>St. George’s Ward</i>: Mr. Lettis and P. Pullyn, Esq. +(vice A. Woods, Esq., resigned.)</p> +<p><i>Nelson Ward</i>: Messrs. Robinson and Symonds +(re-elected.)</p> +<p><i>St. Andrew’s Ward</i>: Messrs. Thrower and W. H. +Palmer (re-elected.)</p> +<p>Nov. 10th.—At the Council meeting on the 9th, Mr. R. +Hammond proposed and Capt. Pearson seconded, the election of +Samuel Palmer, Esq., as Mayor; and Mr. Brightwen moved and Mr. C. +Davie seconded, William Hurry Palmer, Esq., for that +office. A warm debate ensued, during which Mr. S. Cobb was +somewhat violent, and in the result Mr. S. Palmer was elected by +23 to 13 votes.</p> +<p>Those voting for Mr. S. Palmer were Messrs. W. Hammond, C. +Pearson, W. D. Palmer, G. D. Palmer, J. Fiddes, H. Fellows, T. +Lettis, jun., S. C. Marsh, J. Tomlinson, T. Hammond, J. G. +Cannell, J. Fish, M. Butcher, J. Crow, W. Chambers, J. L. +Cufaude, J. Bayly, T. Lettis, R. Hammond, J. Barker, B. Fenn, A. +Thrower, and S. Cobb. And for Mr. W. H. +Palmer—Messrs. J. Brightwen, C. Miller, E. Sewell, C. +Davie, S. Robinson, D. A. Gourlay, S. Miller, jun., W. Worship, +C. May, J. Owles, J. N. Sherrington, J. Symonds, and W. N. +Burroughs.</p> +<p>In the evening a dinner took place at the Star Hotel, the +Mayor in the chair.</p> +<p>A meeting of the Victoria Building Company had been held, when +it appeared that £14,000 raised by shares and £6,000 +raised on mortgages, had been expended on the buildings.</p> +<p>Nov. 17th.—A “Total Abstinence” lecture had +been delivered by Mr. Smeeton, at the Guild Hall.</p> +<p>Nov. 24th.—The Amateur Musical Society had held a +concert at the Town Hall, when Mr. Suggate, Mrs. Barnwell, and +Mr. Norfor’s performances were specially praised.</p> +<p>The opening dinner had been held at the +“Bear.”</p> +<p>Nine hundred lasts of herring had been caught “between +Thursday se’night and the succeeding Sunday,” which +was considered an extraordinary catch of fish.</p> +<p><a name="page88"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 88</span>Dec. +22nd.—Savings’ Bank meeting showed 2507 depositors +and upwards of £75,591 funds. The Rev. M. Waters was +elected a trustee of the institution.</p> +<p>The Poor Law Commissioners having refused to sanction a +Christmas Dinner at the Workhouse, a subscription was being got +up to provide the inmates with one.</p> +<h3>1843.</h3> +<p>Jan. 5th.—A Bachelors’ ball had been held at the +Bath Rooms, when 57 ladies and about a similar number of +gentlemen were present. The party broke up at about three +o’clock in the morning.</p> +<p>Some young fig trees had sprung up in Mr. H. Fellows’ +Dock.</p> +<p>Jan. 12th.—A “true and complete peal of Grandsire +Caters containing 5004 changes,” had been rung on St. +Nicholas’ bells:—James Burman (treble), James +Stolworthy (second), Robert Bunn (third), James Lamb, aged 83 +(fourth), Henry Stolworthy (fifth), Frederick Watering (sixth), +Thomas Fox (seventh), Daniel Woods (eighth), Charles Payne +(ninth), and Thomas Stolworthy (tenor).</p> +<p>Jan. 19th.—A meeting of the Trustees of the Acle +Turnpike Road had been held in regard to the state of their +accounts.</p> +<p>Jan. 26th.—Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Laws had given a grand +ball at the Corn Exchange.</p> +<p>The Hospital had received £120 from the Managers of the +Norwich Festival</p> +<p>Feb. 2nd.—Miss Hulley had given a concert and a ball at +the Town Hall, when Mr. Norfor sang two songs with judgment and +the ball was well attended.</p> +<p>The Gaol was so full “that it was almost impossible to +provide sufficient accommodation for the sleeping of the +prisoners.”</p> +<p>Feb. 9th.—Messrs. Youell and Co. had received Her +Majesty’s commands to supply her with some plants from +their nursery.</p> +<p>“On Tuesday, owing to the badness of the road, the +London Mail arrived so late that the letters could not be +delivered till one o’clock.”</p> +<p>The third concert of the Musical Society had been held at the +Town Hall, when Mrs. Barnwell and Messrs. Palmer, Norfor, West, +Springall, Offord, Hardingham, and Brightwen, took part in the +proceedings.</p> +<p>Feb. 16th.—H. Patteson and C. J. Palmer, Esqs., attended +before the Magistrates and obtained their certificates, that the +whole of the capital of £150,000 had been subscribed for +the Norwich and Yarmouth Railway Company.</p> +<p><a name="page89"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 89</span>Feb. +23rd.—Two cargoes of iron had arrived for the Railway.</p> +<p>“Button Smith, a notorious highwayman,” had been +taken at Norwich, and was to be examined before the Yarmouth +Justices on account of his depredations in the neighbourhood.</p> +<p>A man of “very respectable dress and genteel +appearance” persisted in standing near Mr. Bell’s +malthouse door, which he stated was “the entrance to +Hell,” and as he seemed to be suffering from monomania he +was placed under the care of his brother, who was the captain of +a ship in the Roads.</p> +<p>March 2nd.—It was proposed to place a lightship at the +“Cockle Gat.”</p> +<p>March 16th.—Mr. (now Sir James) Paget had been presented +with plate of the value of £70, by his pupils at St. +Bartholomew’s Hospital.</p> +<p>The “Trinity Arms” Lodge, No. 220, U.A.O.D., had +held its first anniversary dinner at the Trinity Arms, South +Quay, “when 50 brethren and friends sat down to a most +sumptuous dinner.”</p> +<p>March 30th.—Sixteen Liberal Guardians had been again +elected.</p> +<p>April 13th.—It was understood that the contracts for +building the new Bridge had been taken for something less than +£10,000.</p> +<p>April 20th.—Messrs. C. Davie and D. A. Gourlay had been +re-elected churchwardens by the Vestry.</p> +<p>April 27th.—The petitions against the Educational +Clauses of the Factories Regulation Bill from the parents of +Sunday School Children had received upwards of 500 signatures in +the course of a few hours.</p> +<p>May 11th.—The Acle Turnpike Road was being thoroughly +repaired; it was stated that these Tolls were then let for +upwards of £400 a year.</p> +<p>May 18th.—R. Rising, Esq., of Horsey, had shot a crested +Cormorant, which had been stuffed by Mr. Harvey, and could be +seen at his shop.</p> +<p>May 25th.—A meeting of the Victoria Building Company had +been held, when Mr. Dowson admitted “that much money had +been mis-spent,” and a warm discussion took place between +Mr. Worship and Mr. Nelson (the architect); Mr. Spilling +threatened to file a Bill in Chancery against the Directors, and +Messrs. R. P. Kemp and W. Johnson refused to be re-elected to the +Board. This meeting, “which was frequently one of +great confusion,” lasted six hours.</p> +<p>June 1st.—A new Jetty was projected opposite the +Victoria Terrace, at which steampackets could land passengers and +goods.</p> +<p>June 18th.—A single-wicket game of cricket had been +played on the <a name="page90"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +90</span>Denes between six members of the Amateur Club, the +players being Messrs. Chamberlin, Tyrrell, and Diver, <i>v.</i> +Greenacre, Aldred and Nolloth, the latter won by 23 to 8 +runs.</p> +<p>June 24th.—Mr. H. Worship had resigned the office of +Parish Surgeon.</p> +<p>June 29th.—Mr. F. N. Palmer had been elected to that +office in Mr. Worship’s place.</p> +<p>Many gentlemen had been fined for riding across the corner of +the pavement near the Star.</p> +<p>July 6th.—The London letters now arrived before eight +o’clock by “Patent Mail” in lieu of the +Telegraph Coach.</p> +<p>July 13th.—The “Hudson” had been lengthened +and launched from Mr. F. Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>A shark, seven feet long, had been taken by some +fishermen.</p> +<p>July 20th.—S. Tolver, Esq., had presented an hydraulic +bed to the Hospital.</p> +<p>Robert Stevenson, Esq., had been in Yarmouth and determined on +the site for the Terminus.</p> +<p>July 27th.—The “Good Samaritan” Lodge had +held its anniversary at the Masonic Hall. The chair was +filled by the N. G. William Freeman, P. G. Borking occupying the +vice-chair. Among the company present were R. H. Beart and +F. Palmer, Esqs., and Messrs. W. Hammond, W. H. Perkins, G. +Rainer, G. R. Storey, R. Symonds, C. Hall, C. Bartram, W. Sayers, +&c.</p> +<p>The Water Frolic had been held, the Mayor and Corporation +attending in a Barge.</p> +<p>August 10th.—Wm. Steward, Esq., had bequeathed +£100 to the Hospital.</p> +<p>The intelligence of the death of Capt. Harmer, R.N., of H.M.S. +“Driver,” had been received, and the flags thereupon +hoisted at half-mast on the Town Hall.</p> +<p>August 17th.—The Races had afforded little real sport; +the Gold Cup race was “drawn” as there were only two +entries for it.</p> +<p>The Magistrates had issued a notice against gambling.</p> +<p>There had not been a single case of pocket picking reported at +the Races.</p> +<p>August 24th.—As no Regatta had been held this year, +Lieut. Eyton, R.N., was endeavouring to get up a subscription for +one to be held next year.</p> +<p><a name="page91"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 91</span>Sept. +7th.—The Government Inspector was very dissatisfied with +the state of the Gaol.</p> +<p>The Yarmouth Mail had been upset near the Suspension +Bridge.</p> +<p>Sept. 14th—Capt. Pike had been elected an Alderman in +the room of Dr. Penrice, deceased.</p> +<p>The Council had determined not to appoint a chaplain in +future, and to let the Vicarage “as any other property is +let.”</p> +<p>Sept. 21st.—The Norwich and Yarmouth Cricket Clubs had +played a match here with the result:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">1st ins.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">2nd ins.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Total.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Yarmouth</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">79</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">50</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">129</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Norwich</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">96</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">42</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">138</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="4"><p style="text-align: center">(And three +wickets.)</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Oct. 5th.—The hotels and lodging-houses continued well +filled, and the roadstead was crowded with shipping.</p> +<p>Oct. 12th.—Four Women and a man had been baptized by +immersion in the sea from three of Mr. Bowles’ +machines.</p> +<p>Nov. 2nd.—A Temperance meeting had been held at the Town +Hall, addressed by Messrs. Fisher, Pike and Kelf, the Rev. J. +Meffin occupied the chair.</p> +<p>An awful storm of wind from the S.E. had visited the town, and +several ships had been driven on to the Beach.</p> +<p>The following Councillors had been elected:—</p> +<p><i>North Ward</i>:—Messrs. Wm. Worship and Peter +White.</p> +<p><i>Market Ward</i>:—Messrs. D. A. Gourlay and C. +Miller.</p> +<p><i>Regent Ward</i>: Messrs. S. Palmer and J. D. Chapman.</p> +<p><i>St. George’s Ward</i>: Messrs. J. Bayly and W. A. +Burton.</p> +<p><i>Nelson Ward</i>: Messrs. J. G. Cannell and Wm. Thos. +Clarke.</p> +<p><i>Gorleston Ward</i>: Messrs. W. Danby-Palmer and John +Hammond.</p> +<p>Nov. 9th.—There were then forty-seven Liberals and one +Conservative in the Town Council.</p> +<p>At the election of Mayor, Mr. Alderman Fenn proposed, and Mr. +Thomas Hammond seconded, Samuel Charles Marsh, Esq., and Mr. +Sewell proposed, and Mr. Shelly seconded Wm. Hurry Palmer, Esq., +for that office; on a division Mr. Marsh was elected by 20 votes +as against 18 given for Mr. Palmer.</p> +<p>Nov. 18th.—A large party of the Town Council and their +friends had dined together at the Star Tavern; amongst those +present were the Mayor, the Ex-Mayor, G. Danby Palmer, W. +Johnson, R. Hammond, <a name="page92"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 92</span>W. Danby Palmer, C. Pearson, R. S. +Lonsdale, W. S. Ferrier, H. Worship, and G. W. Holt, Esqs.</p> +<p>The Mayor had entertained 200 gentlemen on his return from +Church on Mayor’s Sunday.</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">THE FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN HARMER, R.N.</span></p> +<p>The following particulars, relative to the interment of this +much lamented officer (who died while in command of Her +Majesty’s steam frigate “Driver,” in China), +will, (the Editor thinks), no doubt, be read with much +interest:—</p> +<p style="text-align: right">H.M.S. “Thalia,” at +Chusan, China,<br /> +17th April, 1843.</p> +<p>As I have arranged, with the kind concurrence of Major General +Sir James Schoedde, that the interment of the late lamented Capt. +Harmer, of Her Majesty’s steam frigate +“Driver,” shall take place to-morrow forenoon at ten +o’clock; it is my direction that the officers, seamen, and +marines mentioned underneath, be sent in boats also stated +against each ship’s name, so as to assemble round the +“Driver” at half-past nine o’clock. The +procession of boats will leave the “Driver” precisely +at ten o’clock and proceed to the West pier, abreast that +vessel, when it will be met by the Major General and all the +officers of the garrison and a detachment of 100 rank and file of +Her Majesty’s 95th Regiment, as that gallant officer has, +in the most handsome and kind manner, expressed an anxious wish +to pay every possible mark of respect to the remains of the much +regretted Capt. Harmer. As many of the officers of the army +lost their full dress coats during the late war in this country, +I have arranged with General Sir James Schoedde, in order that +both services may appear alike, that all the officers of the navy +and marines appear in undress coats, epaulettes, cocked hats and +swords, with crape on the left arm above the elbow, if it can be +procured in time. The marines will be in full dress, but +without chakos, and will be provided with three rounds of blank +cartridges for every man. The seamen are to be in blue +jackets and trousers, white frocks and black hats. All the +arrangements on the part of the army are to be conducted by Major +O’Leary, Brigade Major of Chusan; on the part of the navy, +Capt. Quin, of H.M.S. “Minden.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>The pall bearers are to be three Field Officers of the army, +and the Commanders of the “Pelican,” +“Serpent,” and “Pylades.” Lieut. +Kisbee, of the “Driver,” will be chief mourner, +supported by the Officers of that vessel.</p> +<p>H.M.S. “Thalia.”—Four boats, three +lieutenants, purser, naval <a name="page93"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 93</span>instructor, two medical officers, one +midshipman, three volunteers (1st class.)</p> +<p>H.M.S. “Minden.”—Three boats, two +lieutenants, master, purser, two medical officers, two volunteers +(1st class), one sergeant and ten marines.</p> +<p>H.M.S. “Pelican”—Two boats, two lieutenants, +one medical officer, purser, one mate, one midshipman one +volunteer (1st class), one sergeant, and fifteen marines.</p> +<p>H.M.S. “Serpent” and +“Pylades.”—Same as “Pelican” in +every respect as to boats and marines, and as nearly as possible +with regard to officers.</p> +<p>All the officers and crew of the “Driver” will +attend, excepting those left on board to take care of the +vessel. The above number of boats is exclusive of those the +Captains and Commanders will be in.</p> +<p>The colours of all the squadron will be hoisted half-mast high +at eight o’clock, and remain so till sunset.</p> +<p style="text-align: right">Signed,<br /> +<span class="smcap">Chas. Hope</span>,</p> +<p style="text-align: right">Captain of H.M.S. +“Thalia,” and senior officer Chusan.</p> +<p>P.S.—The boats will be provided with ensigns and +pendants, but only the former will be half-mast high.</p> +<p>Capt. Harmer was buried under the fort, surrounded by hundreds +of his brethren in arms, who were either killed at the last +capture of Chusan or who died from the effects of the +climate. The officers of the “Driver,” much to +their credit, and evincing a proper respect for a much-loved +commander, have erected a neat monument over his remains at their +own expense. So highly was he esteemed, even by the +Chinese, that numbers of the respectable men of the city also +attended.</p> +<p>The merchant ships, following the example of the squadron, +kept their colours half-mast high until sunset.</p> +<p>Of Capt. Harmer it might well be said, in the language of the +order, “that he paid proper respect to those who were +destined to rule over him; that he worked diligently, lived +creditably, and acted honourably by all men.” +Brother, farewell.</p> +<p>Dec. 2nd.—Mr. John B. Bales had been presented with a +splendid tea service, inscribed, “presented to Mr. John +Barney Bales, Sergeant-at-Mace, by the inhabitants of this town, +for their high opinion of him as a public officer.”</p> +<p>A swindler, calling himself “Clinton,” had been +victimising the inhabitants.</p> +<p><a name="page94"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 94</span>Dec. +9th.—The first subscription concert had been held at the +Town Hall.</p> +<p>Dec. 16th.—It was stated that the value of the Yarmouth +living was then estimated at £430 per annum.</p> +<p>Dec. 23rd.—The Birmingham and Leicester coach had run +over Mr. John Clowes, jun., at Caister, the hind wheel passing +over his body and very severely bruising his leg and thigh.</p> +<p>A light vessel had been placed in the Cockle Gat.</p> +<p>Dec. 30th.—The Temperance Society had held their annual +festival at the Town Hall, and in the course of the afternoon +some members of Rechabite Tent had walked in procession round the +town, headed by the Temperance Band, and carrying a few banners +and the insignia of the order.</p> +<h3>1844.</h3> +<p>Jan. 6th.—At a concert and ball given at the Town Hall, +a violin duet, by the Masters Hulley, was played with +“great spirit.”</p> +<p>Bartholomew Earle, “for the last eight years butler to +S. Palmer, Esq.” had been discovered quite dead, suspended +by the neck from a beam in that gentleman’s cellar. +The inquest lasted seven hours, and was attended by S. C. Marsh, +Esq. (Mayor), and S. Palmer, G. D. Palmer, W. D. Palmer, C. +Pearson, G. Bateman, J. C. Smith, J. Hammond, and A. Woods, +Esqs. The deceased left a widow and four children; the +verdict was temporary insanity.</p> +<p>Jan. 13th.—The Railway Company had abandoned their plan +of erecting a bridge over the river with wharfs on the North +Quay.</p> +<p>Jan. 20th.—The congregation of the Mariner’s +Chapel had presented a testimonial to their minister, Mr. Joseph +Pike.</p> +<p>Jan. 27th.—The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew had been +presented with a testimonial consisting of a teapot, coffee pot, +massive silver waiter, cream ewer, and sugar basin upon his +resigning the Vicarage.</p> +<p>Feb. 3rd.—The Haven Commissioners had determined to +oppose the proposed Railway bridge over the Bure, the following +Commissioners being present on this occasion:—Robert +Marsham, Esq. (Chairman), H. N. Burroughes, Esq., M.P., Col. +Petre, John Penrice, John F. Leathes, F. W. Farr, Geo. Danby +Palmer, T. O. Springall, John Marshall, Peter Finch, and W. +Hammond, Esqs.</p> +<p>The Borough Lands Committee recommended that the Rev. H. +Mackenzie (the incoming Vicar) should have the parsonage house at +the yearly rent of 1s.</p> +<p><a name="page95"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 95</span>Feb. +10th.—John Franklin, the Southtown pedestrian, had walked +from the Duke’s Head Inn, Yarmouth, to the Shire Hall, +Norwich, and back in 11½ hours for a wager of +£10.</p> +<p>Feb. 17th.—In pursuance of the will of the late Mr. +James Moyse, of Yarmouth, the Rev. F. P. Baker and Mr. John Baker +had distributed £50 amongst poor persons residing in the +town, and Mr. E. C. Sharpin, of Beccles, had distributed +£10 amongst the poor there.</p> +<p>It was proposed to appoint a schoolmaster at the Gaol, with a +salary of £50 a year.</p> +<p>Feb. 24th.—A dispute having arisen between the +Magistrates and the Town Council as to the liability of the +latter to furnish the Justices Court Room, Mr. C. Austin’s +opinion had been taken on the subject, which proved to be in +favour of the Justices.</p> +<p>March 2nd.—The electric telegraph had been laid along +the railway.</p> +<p>March 8th.—A meeting had been held of the owners and +occupiers of property in the Market Ward, when it was proposed to +oppose the Railway Bridge scheme, and Messrs. Wm. Johnson and +Richard Ferrier were appointed a deputation to wait upon Sir E. +Lacon (the only local Director) to urge the views of the meeting +upon him.</p> +<p>March 23rd.—The Town Council had determined to expend +£500 in alterations at the Gaol.</p> +<p>The Rev. R. G. Mason, “the Father Matthew of +Scotland,” had held two meetings at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>March 30th.—The Committee of the House of Commons +sitting on the Railway Bill had found the preamble as to the +proposed Bridge over the Bure “not proven.”</p> +<p>Mr. Pellew had been presented with the testimonial by Sir E. +Lacon and B. Dowson, Esq., on behalf of the subscribers.</p> +<p>April 6th.—Messrs. Wm. Cross, John Richmond, Wm. Burton, +and J. T. Buston had been appointed overseers.</p> +<p>The following gentlemen had been elected +Guardians:—Messrs. G. Danby Palmer, W. A. Burton, J. +Fiddes, J. Fish, S. C. Marsh, J. Starling, J. Tomlinson, D. A. +Gourlay, J. Lawn, F. Clark, S. W. Bly, W. Smith, J. D. Chapman, +T. Hammond, J. Brightwen, and C. Pearson. There was only +one Tory candidate, who was rejected.</p> +<p>April 13th.—On Good Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph +Tomlinson had been thrown from a gig at Fritton, and Mrs. +Tomlinson was seriously injured, while Mr. Tomlinson escaped with +a few bruises; their little boy who was with them was unhurt.</p> +<p><a name="page96"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 96</span>May +4th.—Contains the report of the opening of the Railway from +Norwich to Yarmouth, on the 30th April, it was stated that the +works had been completed in the space of eight months from their +commencement, by Messrs. Peto, Grissel & Co.</p> +<p>A <i>dejeneur</i> had been given at the Assembly Rooms, +Norwich, by the contractor to 150 ladies and gentlemen, when the +following toasts were given:—“The Queen,” +“Success to the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway,” +“Prosperity to the City of Norwich and the Port of +Yarmouth,” “The healths of the Mayors of Norwich and +Yarmouth,” “Mr. Peto” (by the Mayor of +Norwich), “The Ladies,” (by Mr. Peto), after which +they retired; “Mr. Stephenson and the Directors,” and +“Mr. Grissel” (by John Penrice, Esq.)</p> +<p>On the same day a train made its first trip to Yarmouth, +starting at twelve o’clock, and returning at 7 minutes to 4 +o’clock, accomplishing the return journey between Yarmouth +and Norwich in 42 minutes.</p> +<p>On 1st May the shareholders and friends of the Railway gave a +dinner to the Directors, at the Victoria Hotel, the Mayor in the +chair. C. J. Palmer, Esq., was vice-president, and there +were also present Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., Adam Duff, Esq., H. +Bolingbroke, Esq., R. Till, Esq. (treasurer), G. N. Tootal, +Esq. (secretary), the Mayor and Sheriff of Norwich, J. +Penrice, J. E. Lacon, Capt. Lacon, RN., E. H. L. Preston, W. H. +Palmer, W. Johnson, W. Yetts, J. C. Smith, R. Hammond, W. +Goldsmith, T. M. Nelson, E. Youell, I. O. Taylor, W. S. Ferrier, +H. Fellows, S. Nightingale, C. Brown, and H. Aldred, Esqs.</p> +<p>May 11th.—A number of sailors had been thrown out of +employment owing to a strike of pitmen in the North and other +causes, and it was proposed that they should apply to the +Guardians for temporary relief.</p> +<p>May 18th.—The Yarmouth Anti-Corn Law League had held a +meeting at the Masonic Hall, Mr. D. A. Gourlay in the chair.</p> +<p>A meeting of the Gas Company had been held in London, when it +was agreed to reduce the price of gas from 10s. to 8s. per 1000 +cubic feet; (in 1840 the price had been 13s. 4d.,) the +shareholders were then receiving 5 per cent. on their shares.</p> +<p>Mr. Nelson had stated to Mr. Lacon that he could not redeem +his pledge to complete Kimberley Terrace.</p> +<p>Mr. T. C. Foreman (confectioner), had been assaulted by Mr. +Bidden (surgeon).</p> +<p><a name="page97"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 97</span>May +25th.—Miss Pestall had received a telegraphic message to +provide a dinner for the Railway Directors at five o’clock, +which left Norwich at four o’clock on the same day, and the +order was fulfilled in “the fine old carved +room.”</p> +<p>June 1st.—The second instance of the escape of a +prisoner from the gaol during the last few months had occurred, +this man’s name was Cooper.</p> +<p>June 9th.—A meeting, to establish a Marine Regatta, had +been held, when the following Committee was appointed for that +purpose:—The Mayor, S. Palmer, B. Dowson, John Penrice, and +Chas. Pearson, Esqs., Sir George Parker, and Lieut. Eaton.</p> +<p>The Victoria Brass Band had commenced playing on the +Terrace.</p> +<p>June 15th.—Madame Vestris and Chas. Matthews were to +appear at the Theatre.</p> +<p>July 6th.—The “Byzantium,” 290 tons, had +been launched from Mr. F. Preston’s yard.</p> +<p>A meeting of the local Anti-Corn Law League had been held, and +the conduct of Messrs. Rumbold and Wilshere censured for not +supporting the movement for the entire abolition of these +duties.</p> +<p>July 13th.—Mr. C. D. Arnott, of Gorleston, had obtained +the diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and had +been admitted a Licentiate of the Apothecaries’ +Company.</p> +<p>July 27th.—At the Water Frolic, the “Red +Rover” (S. C. Marsh) had beaten the “Leviathan” +(Bessey), and the “Pearl” (Sir W. B. Proctor), but +was disqualified on protest, and the prize awarded to the +“Leviathan.”</p> +<p>August 3rd.—The Regatta had proved a success, the +following is the report given of the sport:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“The Regatta at Yarmouth, on Friday, was one +of the most spirited and gay scenes ever witnessed. The +terrace, the shore, the Jetty, the windows, were filled with +gaily-dressed spectators, whose constantly moving figures +rendered the scene one vast and ever-changing kaleidoscope. +The day was glorious, and the sea was thickly sprinkled with +boats and vessels of all kinds, which merrily bounded before the +gale in quick and ever-varying succession. The following +was the result of the day’s amusement, which gave infinite +pleasure to the thousands who thronged from all parts of the +country.</p> +<p>A silver cup and cover, value £50, for Yachts not +exceeding 25 tons, belonging to a Yacht Club.</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p><a name="page98"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +98</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Yachts</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">tons.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Owners.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Colours.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>1.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mystery</p> +</td> +<td><p>25</p> +</td> +<td><p>Lord A. Paget</p> +</td> +<td><p>b & w Maltese cross</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>2.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Gnome</p> +</td> +<td><p>25</p> +</td> +<td><p>Thos. Meeson</p> +</td> +<td><p>b & w with crown</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p>Carried away gaff topsail yard, and gave up.</p> +<p>A silver cup, value £12, by Pleasure Boats, 19 feet on +the ram and upwards.</p> +<p>Won by “Leviathan,” (Mr. W. Bessey), beating four +others.</p> +<p>A handsome silver Cup.—A Rowing Match by Amateur Gigs, +not exceeding 25 feet, given by Mr. Balls of the Victoria Hotel, +which was won by the “Enigma.”</p> +<p>A grand sailing match for a purse of 25 sovs. by Yawls of any +length.—First yawl to have 12 sovs., the second 5, and the +third 3. Won by the “Victoria”; 2nd, +“Greyhound”; 3rd, “Royal Sovereign.”</p> +<p>A Rowing Match for a purse of 10 sovs. by Beach Gigs of any +description, and manned as they pleased. First gig 7 sovs., +second 3 sovs., which was won by the “Princess +Victoria” (Critten), the “Star” being +second.</p> +<p>The amount of receipts at the Repository held at Bath Rooms, +on Friday, including a few subsequent sales, was £77 8s. +0d., viz., received at the doors, £16 16s. 6d.; +contributions by the members for the Borough, £10; amount +of sales, £50 11s. 6d.; the expenses of fitting up the +rooms, etc., were £12 8s. 0d.; leaving a balance of +£65, which was distributed as follows:—For the aged +poor, £3; the sick poor £1; and to the District +Visiting Society, School of Industry, and Blanket and Clothing +Society, £20 6s. 8d. each.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Aug. 10th.—Five individuals were living in a house in +the Lion and Lamb Row, whose united ages amounted to 385 +years.</p> +<p>Aug. 24th.—The tide had flowed up to Victoria Terrace +and beyond Ansell’s Buildings, affording an enchanting +sight to the visitors.</p> +<p>The foundation stone of the New Wesleyan Chapel had been laid +at Gorleston.</p> +<p>Sept. 21st.—The organ of S. Nicholas’ had been +re-opened, full Cathedral service being performed, when about +5,000 persons attended the two services. Mr. Mackenzie +preached from Psalm 100, 1st and 2nd, and £72 10s. was +collected.</p> +<p>A choir was about to be formed, under Mr. Warne.</p> +<p>Oct. 5th.—The Victoria Building Company had sold the +ground for the purpose of the erection of Brandon Terrace.</p> +<p>Oct. 19th.—The Magistrates had determined upon +memorialising the <a name="page99"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +99</span>Postmaster General to have the mails transmitted by +railroad.</p> +<p>Nov. 2nd.—A “Railway meeting” had been held +upon the requisition of the Mayor, and the following committee +appointed to inquire as to the schemes proposed. The Mayor +(S. C. Marsh), G. Danby Palmer, E. H. L. Preston, W. Johnson, J. +E. Lacon, R. Hammond, R. Ferrier, R. S. Lonsdale, J. Clark, S. +Palmer, A. Palmer, W. H. Palmer, J. Orfeur, B. Dowson, D. Turner, +and J. W. Shelly, Esqs., and Messrs. C. Moore and T. Hammond.</p> +<p>The following had been again re-elected Councillors without +any opposition:—Richard Hammond, W. N. Burroughs, W. +Johnson, John Owles, J. Tomlinson, S. C. Marsh, Thos. Lettis, +jun., J. W. Shelly, Geo. Danby Palmer, W. Chambers, S. Crow, and +T. Hammond.</p> +<p>Messrs. Chas. Cory, Geo. Danby Palmer, T. O. Springfield, R. +Marsham, Samuel Tolver, and Capt. Smyth, R.N., had had an +interview with the President of the Board of Trade on the subject +of the proposed new Bridge over the Bure.</p> +<p>Twenty-five gentlemen of the Corporation had dined at the +Feather’s Inn, to commemorate the opening of the new Fish +Market by S. C. Marsh, Esq. (the Mayor), who presided on +the occasion.</p> +<p>November 9th contains the following legal report:—</p> +<blockquote><p>The Queen v. Chas. Cory Aldred.—Application +for a criminal information.—Mr. Martin applied in this case +on behalf of Mr. Marsh, the Mayor of Yarmouth, for a rule for a +criminal information against the defendant. Mr. Marsh +stated in his affidavit that he was Mayor of Yarmouth, and a +Magistrate of the Borough, and that on the 10th of June last he +attended at his office for the purpose of transacting magisterial +business, upon which occasion a person was charged with ringing +the bell of Mr. Aldred during divine service, and a constable +produced a paper without any direction or signature relative to +the offence with which the person was charged. The Mayor +and the Magistrate who was with him were of opinion that they +could not receive such a paper, and that Mr. Aldred ought to +attend himself. The paper was returned to the constable +with injunctions to tell Mr. Aldred that he must attend himself +if he wished to take proceedings against the party. This +took place on the 10th of June. On the 12th of June, Mr. +Marsh was going along King-street, when defendant came up to him, +seized him by the arm, and making use of some very offensive +expressions, demanded an explanation for the impertinent manner +in which the Mayor had treated his letter. The Mayor +replied that he was the Chief Magistrate of the <a +name="page100"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 100</span>town, that +his hands were therefore tied up, and that he could not enter +into any explanation then. Mr. Aldred then reiterated the +expressions, and followed Mr. Marsh up the street, still +repeating them all the time. Mr. Marsh after this sent two +persons to Mr. Aldred, requesting him to consider what he had +done, and whether he would not attend to make some apology for +his conduct. Mr. Aldred did attend, but instead of making +an apology he repeated the observations again in a manner most +offensive to the Mayor. After the first offence, the Mayor +thought to take proceedings against the defendant for sureties to +keep the peace, but considered that the repetition of such +conduct in an open Court was such an aggravation of the original +offence, that he felt it due to his office and himself to take +other proceedings. One of the Magistrates insisted on +taking sureties, which he did two or three days afterwards. +But he (Mr. Martin) apprehended that the circumstances of this +case were such as not to deprive Mr. Marsh on that account of +coming to this Court.</p> +<p>Mr. Justice Patteson—You do not put this as being a +provocation to a breach of the peace?</p> +<p>Mr. Martin—It was an actual breach of the peace, for an +assault was committed.</p> +<p>Mr. Justice Patteson—That was in the first +instance. There was nothing but words in the second +instance, but the Magistrate was acting at the time in his +magisterial capacity.</p> +<p>Mr. Martin—It was so; and they thought it also right to +have an affidavit from the Police-constable, who stated in his +affidavit that he merely delivered the paper without any +offensive expression whatever, and the answer he received was +“D---n the Mayor and Magistrates; what do I care for +them?—Rule <i>nisi</i> granted.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Nov. 16th.—Wm. Hurry Palmer, Esq., had been unanimously +elected Mayor, and entertained 50 or 60 of his friends at the +Star Hotel. The event was also commemorated by dinners at +the “Capt. Harmer” and at the “Queen’s +Head.”</p> +<p>Nov. 23rd—Colliers were getting 7s. a ton for +freight.</p> +<p>A large party of gentlemen of different politics had given a +dinner to the Mayor (W. H. Palmer, Esq.) at the +“Victoria,” when J. E. Lacon, Esq., presided.</p> +<p>Nov. 30th.—The Rule in “the Queen’s on +prosecution of Marsh v. Aldred” had been made +absolute. Mr. Martin and Mr. Palmer supported, and Mr. +Platt opposed in these proceedings.</p> +<p>Dec. 14th.—Complaint was made that the Bridport nets +were driving <a name="page101"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +101</span>the nets made in Yarmouth by women and girls out of +use.</p> +<p>Great excitement prevailed in consequence of the murder of +Mrs. Chandler, with regard to which some men named Yarham, Royal, +and Hall were supposed to be the culprits.</p> +<p>Dec. 21st.—The grocers had determined to close their +shops at 8 o’clock.</p> +<h3>1845.</h3> +<p>Jan. 11th.—A Railway meeting had been held (W. H. +Palmer, Esq., in the chair) to consider the report of the +Committee appointed at the previous meeting.</p> +<p>Feb. 1st.—A meeting had been held to assist the widows +and children of the men lost on the 26th January then last.</p> +<p>Progress was being made in building Brandon Terrace.</p> +<p>On Sunday night, between 11 and 12 o’clock, there had +been 19 feet 6 ins. of water on the bar, being 10 ins. higher +than any tide of which there was an official report. +Southtown was flooded, and the water flowed up to the trees on +the Quay.</p> +<p>Feb. 8th.—The Board of Trade had remitted £20 to +the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late storm.</p> +<p>Feb. 15th.—And her Majesty the Queen had sent a like sum +to the same fund.</p> +<p>Feb. 22nd.—The Town Council had petitioned against the +Income Tax, and in favour of the Waveney Valley Railway.</p> +<p>The rivers were “fast with frost.”</p> +<p>March 1st.—A ball had been held at the Town-hall for the +benefit of the Hospital. 130 persons were present, among +whom were the Mayor and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. +Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Marsh, Messrs. F. and W. Worship, the +Misses Worship, Mr. Wm. Johnson, the Misses Johnson, Miss M. +Lacon, Mr. C. Dowson, Mr. and Mrs. Playford, Mr. and Mrs. F. +Palmer, Messrs. Salmon Palmer, J. Richard, G. B. Costerton, Henry +Danby-Palmer, &c.</p> +<p>March 8th.—Large quantities of wreck were floating in +the Roads.</p> +<p>March 15th.—The subscription to the “Shipwreck +(Phœnix) Fund” amounted to £1,500 9s. 4d., and +a suggestion had been made to form it into a “permanent +fund,” or to endow the Fishermen’s Hospital with +it.</p> +<p>March 15th.—A petition had been adopted against the +Dereham Railway Bill.</p> +<p>C. J. Harley, Esq., had bequeathed £100 to the +Hospital.</p> +<p>There were only four cases at the Quarter Sessions.</p> +<p><a name="page102"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 102</span>March +22nd.—The case of “Hook against Davie” had been +tried, and the Will prepared by Mr. Cory declared against, the +Judge stating that Mr. Cory should have taken “a more +correct view of his duty as a solicitor.”</p> +<p>April 5th.—R. Rising, Esq., had taken, at Horsey, a pike +measuring 3½ feet in length, 2 feet in circumference, and +weighing 28 lbs., it was supposed to be from 8 to 10 years +old.</p> +<p>An accident had happened at Cooke’s Circus, during the +performance of “St. George and the Dragon,” by the +breaking down of a gallery, owing to which William Lilley, aged +33, had broken his leg in two places. Mr. F. Palmer was +treating this case at the Hospital.</p> +<p>April 12th.—Royal, Hall and Mapes, had been tried at the +assizes for the murder of Harriet Chandler. Mr. Palmer and +Mr. O’Malley appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. +Prendegast and Mr. Couch for the defence, which was an +“alibi;” the jury acquitted all the prisoners.</p> +<p>April 19th.—S. Cobb, Esq., had laid the foundation stone +of the Unitarian Chapel, which was to be built on the site of the +“Old Meeting House” in Gaol Street.</p> +<p>April 26th.—“In the Bail Court, Saturday, 19th +April, 1845. Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">The Queen on the prosecution of +Samuel Charles Marsh, Esq., v. Charles Cory Aldred.</p> +<p>Mr. Martin—My Lord, in the case of the Queen v. Aldred, +my learned friend, Mr. Robinson, will address your Lordship.</p> +<p>Mr. Robinson—In this case, my Lord, Mr. Aldred has been +indicted for having spoken certain words of the prosecutor; he +has pleaded not guilty. This gentleman, I have to state, +used the words under some mistake, and he is now anxious to +withdraw his plea of not guilty, and to express his regret for +having used the words of which the prosecutor has +complained. I have now, therefore, to withdraw the plea of +not guilty and to enter a plea of guilty.</p> +<p>Mr. Martin—My Lord, I appear on behalf of the +prosecutor, the Mayor of Yarmouth, who felt himself compelled to +bring the matter before the Court. He has no personal +feeling in the matter, and is perfectly satisfied with the +expression of regret made by my learned friend, and upon payment +of the costs by the defendant, if your Lordship pleases, he will +not proceed further.</p> +<p>Mr. Justice Coleridge—Very well.”</p> +<p>Yarham (who figured in the Chandler murder case) had “at +length <a name="page103"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +103</span>been compelled, by the expression of public feeling, to +quit the town.”</p> +<p>May 3rd.—Only one tender had been sent in for the New +Haven Bridge, and it was considered probable that the plans for +it would be amended.</p> +<p>May 10th.—Reports the “Fall of the Yarmouth +Suspension Bridge,” (with a wood-cut of the wreck of that +structure), which had happened on Friday, the 2nd inst. The +following is extracted from such report:—</p> +<blockquote><p>On the afternoon of the day on which this +narration bears date, Nelson, the Clown at Mr. Cooke’s +Circus, had undertaken to swim in a tub, drawn by four geese, +from the drawbridge on the Quay to the Suspension Bridge across +the North river—a foolish exhibition—but it was one +which, from its novelty in Yarmouth, was calculated to attract +the multitude. As early as five o’clock, when the +train arrived from Norwich, although raining smartly, thousands +of spectators had already assembled to witness the feat on both +sides of the river. The Bridge was then comparatively +clear. The Clown commenced his feat with the flood tide at +the drawbridge, and had entered the North river. There were +many persons on the Bridge, and as he drew near, the multitude +upon it endeavoured to obtain a full view as he should pass +underneath. Already had he reached Bessey’s Wharf, +not far from the Bridge, when one or two of the rods were +observed to give way; an instant alarm was given to quit the +bridge. Alas! the caution came too late. The chains +broke, and quick as the passing thought, one entire side fell, +and the whole mass of the human beings, whose numbers were +estimated from three to four hundred, were swept into the river +below. The traffic road of the Bridge, which but an instant +before was horizontal, had become nearly perpendicular.</p> +<p>The children, poor little things, of whom there were very +many, and had naturally gathered to the balustrade, were of +course the first to sink, while the force with which the whole +fell, caused those who were in the background to be hurled with +terrific force into the water beneath, crushing and annihilating +those under them.</p> +<p>Oh! who shall paint the one mighty simultaneous agonizing +death-scream which burst upon the affrighted multitude +around—re-echoing from earth to heaven—may the appeal +not be made in vain. One instant and all was hushed, save +the struggling of a few whose lives it pleased their Maker in his +mercy to spare. The waters, we are told, as if gifted with +a sudden impulse of horror, at this fell swoop of death, recoiled +in the impetus of the fall and “boiled up” at the +back of the <a name="page104"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +104</span>Bridge, which hung perpendicularly below the surface of +the river. As suddenly the struggle for life was past to +all but a few.</p> +<p>Then came a scene scarcely less heartrending. With an +energy, activity, and stern determination of purpose, which are +among the wise and merciful provisions of the Almighty, +twenty-seven children, all girls, were immediately rescued alive +on the West side of the river, and as instantly put to bed at the +“Vauxhall Gardens,” who as soon as revived were +replaced by others equally beneficially spared, or by some never +to be recalled. Some scrambled out and rushed home to their +own houses, not a few fainting after arriving safe at home. +On the East side numbers of bodies were taken into the adjoining +houses, where all the assistance which medical skill, humane +attention, in short all the aid which humanity would teach +everyone to offer, was brought to bear. Alas how often in +vain. In one house alone, at nine o’clock at night, +out of sixty-eight bodies carried in only three were revived.</p> +<p>Many a touching scene was witnessed as the anxious mother, and +the hardly less excited father or friend, recognised some missing +one safely emerging from the crowd. Thousands thronged the +North Quay—messengers were despatched in all directions to +procure medical aid, and the communication with the West side of +the water being cut off, hundreds were left in painful suspense +respecting those who were safe on the opposite shore. +Nothing could exceed the promptitude, activity, and attention of +the surgeons and medical men of the town, all of whom were in +immediate attendance doing all they could to afford relief to the +sufferers, where the slightest chance of resuscitation +appeared. Mr. Lacon and a number of the persons employed in +his brewery were exceedingly active in supplying hot water for +baths, which is not far distant. All the blankets from the +Union House that could possibly be spared were in +requisition.</p> +<p>The scene now presented is still most agonising. +Children, mothers, and fathers, seeking one or other of their +families, tracing and discovering in the pale face of some of the +dead, one of their dearest ties. In every street are to be +seen one or more bodies extended on biers, returning to that home +from which but short minutes before they had passed in health and +life. The consternation—the agony of the town is not +to be described—it is as if some dread punishment was felt +to have fallen upon its inhabitants—every face is +horror-stricken—every eye is dim.</p> +<p>Never since the devastating plague in 1664, which swept off +2000 of its inhabitants, has Yarmouth, notwithstanding its +numberless shipwrecks, <a name="page105"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 105</span>been visited with so dire a +calamity, occurring too at the very moment a public meeting was +about to be held to make arrangements for the distribution of the +funds which have been received for the widows and families of the +Beachmen who were lost in January last. How many are there +added to this list? We dare not anticipate—Time will +show.</p> +<p>Numbers, it is believed, are entangled with the rods and other +portions of the broken Bridge. At this hour it is +impossible to say how many or who are called to their dread +accounts. The escape of some was miraculous. One +woman, of the name of Gillings, the wife of a carpenter, was on +the Bridge with her child; when she was hurled into the water, +with extraordinary presence of mind she seized her child’s +clothes with her teeth—thus preventing the rush of water, +and paddled herself to a place of safety.</p> +<p>On the East side of the Bridge the greater number were taken +to the “Norwich Arms Inn,” where there were at one +time fifty-three corpses. Others were taken to the +“Admiral Collingwood” and to the “Swan,” +and many to their own houses. Not a few of those who first +got out of the water went away unnoticed, and their number is +unknown. Up to a late hour last night, it was ascertained +that seventy-five dead bodies had been taken out of the water; +and up to midnight, from the enquiries made, it was ascertained +that forty-five others were missing.</p> +<p>By far the greater number of those lost were females and +children. James Marshall, 16, escaped with a wound in the +scalp. Two boys named Honorley, aged twelve and seventeen, +were taken home, the younger died last evening, the elder is +likely to recover.</p> +<p>The inquest on the bodies of the drowned was held next day at +the “Church Hall,” before W. S. Ferrier, Esq., +coroner, when the following gentlemen were sworn on the +Jury:—Samuel Palmer, Esq., (foreman), and Messrs. John +Norman, John Orfeur, John Fenn, G. B. Palmer, William Smith, +William Spillings, Charles Barber, Charles Woolverton, Joseph +Davy, James Emms, William Haylett, Mark Blowers, J. E. Laws, John +Stagg, E. Garrod, Thomas Davy, and James Pratt, and after hearing +evidence as to the identification of the bodies of the drowned +was adjourned <i>sine die</i>. The following list of the +victims is given:—</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>No.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"><span +class="smcap">Age</span>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>1.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Adams, Robert, Rainbow Corner</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>2.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Augur, Caroline, Garden Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>3.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bussey, Harriett, Ferry Boat Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">26</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>4.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Beloe, George John Henry, Fuller’s Hill</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p><a name="page106"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +106</span>5.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Buttifant, Sarah Ann, Row 2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">18</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>6.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Borking, Emily Hanworth, George Street</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>7.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Burton, Benjamin Patteson, Row 54</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>8.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Barber, Christopher, Pudding Gates</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>9.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bradberry, Isaac, King Street, Norwich</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>10.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Beckett, Ann, Priory</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>11.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Barker, Leonard, Surrey Street, Norwich (not yet +found)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">22</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>12.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Buck, James Seaman, Row 17 (not yet found)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>13.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Balls, Reeder Thurston, Bath Place</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>14.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Church, James, Rainbow Corner</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>15.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Crowe, Eliza, Row 6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>16.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Church, Caroline, Horn Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>17.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Conyers, Elizabeth, Row 13</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>18.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Cole, Jane, Row 65</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>19.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Durrant, William, Row 24</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>20.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ditcham, Mary Ann, Row 18</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">64</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>21.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Duffield, Eliza, Rainbow Corner</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>22.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Dye, Charles, Moat</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>23.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Dye, Benjamin, Rainbow Corner</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>24.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Edwards, Maria, Garden Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>25.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ebbage, David, Row 17</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>26.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Field, Hannah, Row 14</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>27.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Fulcher, James, Row 34</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>28.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Fulcher Elizabeth, St. John’s Head Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>29.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Funnell, John, Wortwell (not yet found)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>30.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Fox, John Horace, Butcher’s Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>31.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Field, Susannah, Say’s Corner Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>32.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Gilbert, Sarah, Row 14</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>33.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Gotts, Alice, Conge</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">52</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>34.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Gotts, Alice, jun.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>35.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Grimmer, William, Moat</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>36.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Hendle, William, Ferry Boat Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>37.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Hunn, Sarah, Row 3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>38.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Hunnibal, Elizabeth Jane, Row 110</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>39.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Hatch, Elizabeth, East Hill</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>40.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Johnson, Elizabeth, Row 23</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>41.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Johnson, Sarah Ann, Row 23</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>42.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Johnson, Thomas (or Robert), Row 1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p><a name="page107"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +107</span>43.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Jenkerson, Mary Ann, Row 1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>44.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Juniper, Maud, at Workhouse</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>45.</p> +</td> +<td><p>King, Mary Ann, Apollo Walk</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>46.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Lucas, Frederick, Row 21</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">62</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>47.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Lake, Mary Ann, George and Dragon Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>48.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Lyons, William, Row 1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>49.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Little, Harriet Mary, Market</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>50.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Livingstone, Joseph, King Street</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>51.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Livingstone, Matilda, King Street</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>52.</p> +</td> +<td><p>May, Clara, Row 6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>53.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mears, Susan, Ferry Boat Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>54.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Manship, Elizabeth, Rainbow Corner</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">28</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>55.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Morgan, Elizabeth, Row 1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">62</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>56.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Maze, Robert, Charlotte Street</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">26</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>57.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Powley, Elizabeth, Row 2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">21</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>58.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Powley, Richard, Row 3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>59.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Parker, Charlotte, Row 13</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>60.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Powley, Amelia, White Lion Opening</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>61.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Richardson, Phœbe, Row 99</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">17</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>62.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Roberts, Lydia, Pudding Gates</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>63.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Roberts, Mary Ann, Pudding Gates</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>64.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Read, Elizabeth, Rainbow Corner</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>65.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Scotten, Ann Maria, Row 3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>66.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Stolworthy, Maria, King’s Arms Yard</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>67.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Tann, Harriett, George and Dragon Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>68.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Tennant, John, Railway Walk</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>69.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Tennant, William, ditto</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>70.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Thorpe, Heppy, Row 2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>71.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Trory, William Townshend, George Street</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>72.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Thompson, Mary Ann, British Lion Alley</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>73.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Utting, Louise, Row 33 (not yet found)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>74.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Utting, Sarah, Gaol Paved Row</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">18</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>75.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Utting, Caroline, Row 33</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>76.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Vincent, Maria, Apollo Walk</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>77.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Vincent, Richard, missing</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">—</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>78.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Watts, William Walter, Coble’s Buildings, Pudding +Lane (not yet found)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">—</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>79.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Young, Emily, Fuller’s Hill</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>80.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Yallop, Martha, George Street</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page108"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 108</span>The +following is the list of persons who were rescued, as far as +ascertained:—</p> +<p>Sarah Ann Thorpe, aged 13, who continues very ill.</p> +<p>Mary Ann Arnold, with child in her arms.</p> +<p>Mrs. Thomas Money, reported to be in great danger.</p> +<p>Rebecca Page.</p> +<p>Mary Church, was taken out near the lime kiln.</p> +<p>Hannah Eliza Lake, an infant.</p> +<p>Widow Edwards, reported to be in a dangerous state.</p> +<p>Martha Field, aged 7 years.</p> +<p>Mr. Frederick Nathaniel Palmer, surgeon.</p> +<p>Mr. William Jackson.</p> +<p>Eliza, daughter of Mr. James Borking, dyer, aged 12, whose +sister was drowned. She got hold of a man’s leg and +he pulled her out.</p> +<p>Martha Field, a young woman, who came into Court, but had her +head tied up and seemed much bruised.</p> +<p>Elizabeth Cuddon, a young woman from Ipswich.</p> +<p>Mary Utting, mother of Caroline Utting.</p> +<p>Ann Bowles, aged 11 years.</p> +<p>Mrs. David Little and one child, another being drowned.</p> +<p>Mrs. Livingstone and one child, two having been drowned.</p> +<p>Mrs. Louisa Beloe and one child, another child drowned.</p> +<p>Mrs. Susan Money and one child.</p> +<p>Elizabeth Rowland, aged 16, said that she and her four +brothers were on the Bridge but a minute or two before, but +having been cautioned by her mother not to take the children on +the Bridge for fear they should come to any harm, and being +fearful lest from the crowd they might be pushed into the water, +she left, and thus providently escaped.</p> +<p>Susan Knights stated that she was on the West end of the +Bridge with three children, all of whom were happily saved.</p> +<p>Maria Smith went down twice, when she caught hold of a boat +and was taken into a wherry.</p> +<p>Elizabeth Bowles was on the end of the Bridge, but happily +escaped.</p> +<p>Grace Duffell, mother of Elizabeth Duffell.</p> +<p>Elizabeth Browne.—She said there was plenty of time for +all to have escaped after they heard the chain break, had they +been aware of the danger.</p> +<p>A little girl, sister of Maria Stolworthy.</p> +<p>Betsy Wright left the Bridge a minute or two before it +fell.</p> +<p><a name="page109"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +109</span>Alfred Norman on hearing a cracking noise ran off on +the West side of the Bridge, when he saw the Bridge fall.</p> +<p>Eleanor Eliza Allman says, a man called out that the Bridge +would fall, and she ran off; she said “In about five +minutes after the Bridge fell.”</p> +<p>Robert Whitlock left the Bridge to look for his brother, and +the Bridge fell before he returned.</p> +<p>A little boy named Jay, son of Mr. Jay, baker, White Lion +Gates, said that when he was under the water, the people looked +as if they were hugging each other. He could see them quite +perfectly.</p> +<p>One man fell across a piece of iron with his head just above +water; he reached to two girls who were struggling for life, and +a third caught hold of his collar. All four were saved.</p> +<p>A young man named Simmons, (whose leg was also fractured in +extricating them from the bended iron of the Bridge with a +crowbar).</p> +<p>Robert Marshall, aged 16, escaped with a scalp wound.</p> +<p>Sarah Linder, aged 12, Bow 132, was also rescued with a +wounded scalp.</p> +<p>Martha Ann Stolworthy, aged 7 years.</p> +<p>Mr. John Lake’s servant and one child saved.</p> +<p>A brother of B. P. Burton’s.</p> +<p>A young woman named Cook, living in Bow 65.</p> +<p>Harriett Hunnibal, Row 110.</p> +<p>Caroline Roberts was standing quite at the foot of the Bridge, +and escaped without going into the water.</p> +<p>John Watts, aged 16, and three brothers were saved.</p> +<p>Tresor Steward, aged 12, Priory.</p> +<p>Hannah Watering, aged 8, Priory.</p> +<p>It was noted that the handbill issued by Nelson, the Clown, +was prefaced by this extraordinary motto, “Is it to be a +benefit, ‘or not?’ that is the question.” +And in another part of it, it is stated, “Mr. Wm. Cooke +will appear in a dying scene’”</p> +<p>May 17th.—In reply to a memorial from the Town Council, +the Government had directed Mr. Jas. Walker, C.I., to attend at +Yarmouth and examine the wreck of the Suspension Bridge.</p> +<p>A meeting of the Beachmen’s Relief Fund had been held, +Wm. H. <a name="page110"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +110</span>Palmer, Esq., in the chair, when the following account +was presented:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">£</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">s.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">d.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Annuities to widows</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">438</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Weekly allowances to children</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">434</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Gratuities to widows of Warner, Poyntz, and S. George</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">50</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Star Company for loss of yawl</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">212</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Survivors for loss of clothes, &c.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">60</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">£1,194</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Leaving a balance of about £600 in hand, and it was +determined on the motion of the Rev. H. Mackenzie, seconded by +Geo. Danby Palmer, Esq., that the fund should be called, +“The Great Yarmouth Royal Life Fund.”</p> +<p>Mr. Marsh had attended the <i>levée</i>.</p> +<p>May 24th.—The Rev. H. Mackenzie had proposed the +restoration of S. Nicholas’ Church, which he estimated +would cost £5,000.</p> +<p>The “Bridge Jury” had met again, and, after +hearing evidence, arrived at the following verdict in one case +which governed the rest:—“That deceased came to her +death by the falling of the Suspension Bridge across the river +Bure, in this Borough, on the 2nd May, 1845; and that the falling +of the bridge was attributable immediately to a defect in the +joint or welding of the bar that first gave way, and to the +quality of part of the iron, the workmanship being inferior to +the requirements of the original contract, which had provided +that such should be of the first quality.”</p> +<p>May 31st.—A temporary bridge had been opened across the +Bure.</p> +<p>The Committee on the Norfolk and Suffolk Railway lines had +met. The “Diss, Beccles and Yarmouth” promoters +had abandoned that portion of their line which connected +Lowestoft with Yarmouth, and had agreed to go to Reedham and +abandon Yarmouth. The Lowestoft line had passed through +committee.</p> +<p>The Yarmouth and Norwich line was thrown out as regarded the +bridge and tramway, so that no second bridge would be built that +year.</p> +<p>June 7th.—The Royal Hospital on the South Denes was +being converted into a Naval Lunatic Asylum.</p> +<p>June 14th.—Three of the houses on Brandon Terrace were +nearly ready for occupation.</p> +<p>An arrangement had been come to between the Directors of the +<a name="page111"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 111</span>Norwich +and Yarmouth Railway and Mr. Cory as to the bridge toll question +and the Company were to erect a free bridge over the river, but +it was still doubtful on which side of the stream the station +would be erected.</p> +<p>June 21st.—The price agreed to be paid by the Company +for this right, with the adjacent land required by them and +Paget’s brewery was stated by the <i>Bury Post</i> to be +£26,000.</p> +<p>Many influential traders were moving to get the terminus fixed +at Southtown near the bridge foot.</p> +<p>A new Roman Catholic Chapel was projected on a site near +Paget’s brewery (North Quay.)</p> +<p>June 28th.—The “Vauxhall Gardens” had passed +from Mr. Symonds to Mr. Franklin, and a magnificent saloon +upwards of 60 feet erected there.</p> +<p>July 5th.—The Church trustees had determined to spend +£1,250 on repairs of the fabric of S. Nicholas’ +Church.</p> +<p>Two tenders had been sent in for the Haven bridge, one by Mr. +Peto exceeding £32,000, and the other by Mr. Simpson +something under £20,000.</p> +<p>July 12th.—Fifty persons had taken a trip to Holland in +the steamer “Cambridge” of Hull.</p> +<p>Sunday night had been one of incessant thunder and +lightning.</p> +<p>July 19th.—The Regatta was advertised under the +patronage of “The Earl of Stradbroke, Sir Thomas Gooch, +Bart., the M.P’s. for Great Yarmouth, and other noblemen +and gentlemen. Stewards: Capt. A. W. Jerningham, R.N., and +Capt. J. H. Windham, R.N.”</p> +<p>Mr. W. S. Simpson’s tender of £19,070 for the +erection of the Haven Bridge had been accepted by the +Commissioners, but he not having complied with their terms, the +matter had been ordered to be “postponed for the +present.”</p> +<p>July 26th.—The Borough Members (Messrs. Rumbold and +Wilshere) had attended an Anti-Corn Law League meeting at the +Corn Hall.</p> +<p>The Mayor had entertained a large party (forty to fifty +gentlemen) on board his barge at the Burgh Water Frolic, this the +reporter appears to have considered of more importance than the +sailing matches, as regards which he makes the faintest +allusion.</p> +<p>Aug. 12th.—The Regatta had been a great success, 5,000 +persons coming from Norwich alone. The following yachts +competed:—“Belvidere” (Lord A. Paget), +“Blue Bell” (Mr. Hodges), “Prima <a +name="page112"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +112</span>Donna” (Mr. Tatham), and “Phantom” +(Mr. Wilkinson). The “Blue Bell” won, the +“Belvidere” which was leading at the time, having got +on Scroby, for which a salvage claim of £75 was made by the +beachmen. (They were ultimately awarded £27 for their +services.)</p> +<p>A dinner was given during the day to the beachmen in a tent on +the Beach, and the lifeboats tested.</p> +<p>At the Races the following stakes were rim for on the first +day:—The Gold Cup Stakes by subscribers of £10 each; +a Plate of £50, given by the Members; Vauxhall +Hunters’ Cup Stakes of £30; and on the 2nd day, The +Town and County Gentlemen’s Plate of £50; the Railway +Stakes of £30; and the Tally Ho Stakes of £1 each +with £10 added. A number of +“light-fingered” gentry were present.</p> +<p>The Race dinner had been held at the “Victoria” +Hotel, when the Mayor presided; and a Ball at the Town Hall, when +the following ladies and gentlemen were present:—The Mayor +and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, C. E. Rumbold, Esq., M.P., W. Wilshere, +Esq., M.P., Sir Henry and Lady Robinson, H. N. Burroughes, Esq., +S. C. Marsh, Esq. and Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. and the Miss Musketts, Mr. +Recorder Jermy, Mrs. Jermy, Mr. Penrice, Mrs. and Miss Onslow, +Mrs. and Miss Pooley, Mr. and Mrs. Wythe, Mr. and Mrs. Charles +Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Preston and the Miss Prestons, Mr., +Mrs. and Miss Bateman, Mr. and Miss Steward, Mr. Henry Steward, +Mrs. and the Miss Stewards, Captain, Mrs. and the Miss Pearson, +Mrs. and the Miss Chevalliers, Mr. Clement Chevallier, Mr. +Dowson, Mr. George Tompson, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Mr. +and Mrs. Arthur Tompson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Preston, Mr. B. +Caldecott, Mr. W. Worship, Mrs. and Miss Burton, Miss Paget, Mr. +Fisher, Mr. W. C. Reynolds, &c. Clapp’s +celebrated military band attended, and the whole went off +exceedingly well, the company not separating till half-past three +o’clock.</p> +<p>It was computed that not less than 2,000 persons attended the +Vauxhall Gardens, among whom were the members for the +Borough.</p> +<p>Aug. 9th.—A hurricane had visited the town, but beyond +dismasting two vessels and blowing a girl into a pool of water +does not appear to have caused much mischief.</p> +<p>The only mails then brought to Yarmouth by rail were those +from London and Norwich.</p> +<p>The “Repository” sale at the Bath Room on the +Regatta day had realized £82.</p> +<p><a name="page113"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 113</span>Mr. +C. D. Arnott had had conferred on him the degree of M.D. by the +Edinburgh University.</p> +<p>Aug. 16th.—A Poor’s rate of 1s. 4d. in the £ +had been made.</p> +<p>The Railway Company was forwarding its own goods by water as +the cheaper process.</p> +<p>Aug. 23rd.—Messrs. Youell’s nurseries were very +attractive, they had 4,000 carnations and 180 fuchsias in +bloom.</p> +<p>Complaints had been made that “for two Sundays +past” great quantities of herring had been despatched to +London by rail.</p> +<p>Six hundred sail of colliers and merchant vessels which had +been wind-bound here had proceeded to sea.</p> +<p>Aug. 30th.—The abolition of the coal dues, and the +question of the better delivery of the mails were being +agitated.</p> +<p>Mrs. Spooner (Dr. Bateman’s sister) had met with a fatal +accident by falling downstairs.</p> +<p>Sept. 6th.—£3,600 had been subscribed for the S. +Nicholas’ Church restoration.</p> +<p>Sept. 13th.—Mr. C. S. D. Steward had been elected an +Alderman against his express wish, and only took the oath upon +being threatened with a fine.</p> +<p>The allotment of Waveney Valley shares was to take +place. The applications exceeded 80,000.</p> +<p>Oct. 11th.—S. Palmer, Esq., had been requested to accept +the office of Mayor, as it was considered desirable to have +“a gentleman of sufficient influence and leisure to watch +and protect the interests of this important port during the +progress through Parliament of the several railway +schemes.”</p> +<p>The Freemasons meeting at the “Star Tavern” (Lodge +313) had been honoured by the presence of Lord Suffield, +Provincial Grand Master.</p> +<p>Oct. 25th.—The Hon. Col. George Anson had been on a +visit to S. Palmer, Esq., leaving to visit Lord Stradbroke, with +the object of making arrangements as to the Waveney Valley +Line. Whilst in Yarmouth the Hon. Colonel accepted the +office of Steward of the Races next year.</p> +<p>Nov. 1st.—6,600,000 herrings had been landed in one +day. A fishmonger wanting to buy a turbot was asked 24s. +for one on the Beach, which being refused, these fish were +forwarded to London, when they fetched 55s. each.</p> +<p>Nov. 8th.—At the Municipal Election, Henry Danby Palmer, +Esq., had been returned for the North Ward, vice C. May; Mr. +James Lawn <a name="page114"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +114</span>for the Market Ward, vice S. Miller, jun. (who had been +selected for St. Andrew’s Ward, vice A. Thrower); and +Frederick Palmer, Esq., for Regent Ward, vice C. Davie, +“whose sudden resignation had caused much +astonishment.” There was no contest and the other +Councillors were re-elected.</p> +<p>Nov. 15th.—The Mayor (S. Palmer, Esq.) had entertained +about 50 members of the Council and others at the “Star +Tavern.” The following toasts were given:—The +Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales, The Queen +Dowager, The Army and Navy, The Lord High Steward, The Mayor, +George Danby Palmer, Esq., Mr. Burroughs, Mr. Gourlay, Mr. R. +Hammond, The Magistrates, The Mayoress, and the Press.</p> +<p>Nov. 29th.—A report had been circulated that Yarham had +confessed that he was the murderer of Mrs. Chandler.</p> +<p>It was stated that Corton Sand had disappeared and there were +20 feet of water, when recently there had been only from 2 to 8 +feet.</p> +<p>Dec. 6th.—It was then ascertained that it was the North +part of the Holme, and not the Corton Sand, which had been washed +away.</p> +<p>There was a pear tree growing on the wall of Messrs. Tolver +and Preston’s Office, on which was a branch of 5 blossoms +fully expanded.</p> +<p>Dec. 13th.—The fishing had been a very good one. +Many of the boats had averaged 30 lasts, and one firm employing 8 +boats had averaged 41 lasts a boat.</p> +<p>Dec. 20th.—There had been a high tide, during which the +landlord of the “Trinity Arms” had been serving +customers (who rowed there in boats) out of the window.</p> +<h3>1846.</h3> +<p>Jan. 3rd.—The friends of total abstinence had held their +ninth anniversary and festival at the Town-hall on 26th +December.</p> +<p>Yarham had been privately examined on the charge of murdering +Mrs. Chandler, and remanded to the 5th inst.</p> +<p>Jan. 10th.—Yarham had been further examined privately +and a further remand granted.</p> +<p>Jan. 17th.—Yarham had been committed for trial on the +capital charge by S. Palmer, W. H. Palmer, and W. Johnson, +Esqs.</p> +<p>Feb. 7th—Disputes had arisen with regard to the rating +of houses on the Denes.</p> +<p><a name="page115"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 115</span>The +Borough Lands Committee had resolved to allow the enclosure of +the land in front of the Workhouse by the Guardians.</p> +<p>The question of supplying the town with water by Water Works +was being mooted.</p> +<p>Feb. 14th.—Mr. W. Beeching had launched the +“Joseph and Mary.”</p> +<p>Feb. 21st.—The “Speedy” (Lieut. G. Spray) +had arrived to receive Volunteers.</p> +<p>Feb. 28th.—Mr. Cufaude Davie had called the +Mayor’s attention to the formation of a proper fire brigade +for the town.</p> +<p>The Rev. W. H. Clarke had been presented with a testimonial, +consisting of a purse of £205.</p> +<p>March 14th.—The fishmerchants had determined to take +steps to improve and extend the Jetty.</p> +<p>The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had delivered a lecture on “Alfred +the Great” at the Corn Exchange.</p> +<p>Coals were being retailed at 8d. a cwt. on the Quay.</p> +<p>March 21st.—Mr. Lacon had brought before the Railway +Commissioners the question of the site of the proposed terminus, +which Mr. G. D. Palmer suggested should be opposite +Fuller’s Hill, and a meeting was proposed to be called on +the subject.</p> +<p>March 28th.—The question of tramways on the Quay was +under consideration.</p> +<p>April 11th.—The price of gas had been reduced from 8s. +to 6s. 8d. per 1000 cubic feet.</p> +<p>Yarham had been tried at the Assizes and convicted for the +murder of Mrs. Chandler; the counsel engaged being Mr. Palmer and +Mr. O’Malley, for the prosecution, and Mr. Dasent for the +prisoner.</p> +<p>April 18th.—Messrs. C. Davie and D. A. Gourlay had been +elected churchwardens by the Vestry.</p> +<p>Yarham had been executed at Norwich.</p> +<p>April 15th.—A meeting had been held as to the railroad +and tramways, the Mayor (S. Palmer, Esq.) in the chair. Mr. +G. D. Palmer (who thought they wanted better railway +accommodation and a shorter and quicker line to London), Mr. J. +E. Lacon (who advocated a railway station on the Denes), and +others, took part in the proceedings, which eventuated in a +resolution condemning the proposed Denes site for the +station.</p> +<p>The Town Council had proposed to present the Town-Clerk (S. <a +name="page116"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 116</span>Tolver, +Esq.) with his portrait, which offer that gentleman declined to +accept.</p> +<p>May 16th.—Mrs. Dick and her daughter, who gave evidence +against Yarham had been subjected to great annoyances, and her +husband, who was a sergeant in the Army, was consequently about +to be removed from Yarmouth.</p> +<p>June 6th.—A meeting had been held in favour of the +Waveney Valley Railway line.</p> +<p>Tenders had been invited for the restoration work at St. +Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>June 13th.—The “Norfolk,” steamer, had made +her first trip to London.</p> +<p>Owing to the fine weather a large number of visitors were +arriving.</p> +<p>June 27th.—A Church Restoration meeting had been held, +when the “Church Trustees” refused to find +£1,250 towards the work as promised, although a like sum +had been raised by subscription.</p> +<p>The annual distribution of prizes had been made by the Rev. H. +Mackenzie at the Proprietary school.</p> +<p>July 17th.—The Mayor had refused to allow the use of the +Town Hall for the Regatta Ball.</p> +<p>July 25th.—The Regatta had been held on the 21st inst., +when 100 ladies and gentlemen attended the Ball at the Corn +Hall. The town was very full and £1 1s. a night was +given for beds. A steamer from Lynn had landed a large +number of passengers at the Jetty.</p> +<p>The Regatta cups had been supplied by Mr. Simpson, Mr. Last, +and Mr. Hunt.</p> +<p>Aug. 22nd.—Annoyance had been caused by bathing from the +Beach between the Victoria Hotel and Nelson’s Monument.</p> +<p>The Theatre was “doing well”; on Monday, 100 +persons had been turned away from its doors.</p> +<p>Sept. 12th.—The Races had been held when immense crowds +of people had flocked into the town, the “Orwell,” +steamer, bringing 200 from Ipswich, and the first train from +Norwich 1,500, and “by the time the trumpet was sounded for +the first race there could not have been less than 10,000 people +on the Race ground.” The Race ordinary was at the +“Angel,” and the Race Ball at the Town Hall, where +170 persons were present, including the Earl of Stradbroke, Mr. +W. Wiltshere, M.P., Sir E. H. K. and Lady Lacon, the Mayor and +Mrs. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Wythe, Mr. Percival and family, Mrs. +and Miss Ives, Mr. and Mrs. J. <a name="page117"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 117</span>Jermy, junr., Mrs. and Miss Burton, +Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Dr. G. Bateman, M.D. and family, Mrs. +and Miss Chevalier, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Mr. A. Steward +and family, Capt. Pearson, R.N., and family, the Misses Love, the +Misses Penrice, Mrs. and Misses Muskett, Mr. G. Tompson, Mr. W. +Worship, Mr. I. Preston, jun., and Mr. C. J. Palmer. +Dancing was kept up till three o’clock in the morning with +great spirit.</p> +<p>The Tradesmen’s Ball at Noverre’s room was thinly +attended.</p> +<p>Sept. 19th.—The “Norfolk” and +“Enterprise,” steamers, had arrived with cargoes from +Rotterdam.</p> +<p>Herring was selling at from £35 to £40 per +last.</p> +<p>There was a great demand for vessels for the export of +grain.</p> +<p>Sept. 26th.—“Sunday had been ‘Dutch +Sunday,’ so called from the circumstance of its being the +first Sunday in the home fishing when many Dutch Schuytz visit +our coast.”</p> +<p>Oct. 3rd.—The Rev. H. N. Burrows had left the +Proprietary School, on which occasion he had been presented with +a handsome silver waiter.</p> +<p>A Committee had been appointed to carry out the building of S. +Peter’s Schools.</p> +<p>Several locusts had been captured at Youell’s nursery +ground and at Ormesby.</p> +<p>Oct. 17th.—About 70 lunatics had arrived at the Naval +Asylum (late Hospital) on the South Denes.</p> +<p>The “Enterprise” had encountered bad weather, and +had to throw half of her cargo of sheep and bullocks +overboard.</p> +<p>Nov. 7th.—One of Mr. Shuckford’s boats had brought +in an enormously large quantity of herrings.</p> +<p>The following notice of the Municipal Election +appears:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“At the Ward meeting of the constituency of +St. George’s Ward, on Friday night, not one of the +Councillors attended, and the result was that Mr. George Playford +being called to the chair, a resolution was come to, to return +Messrs. Ferrier and Benjamin Jay <i>if they could</i>. An +effort was made, a poll was demanded, even the partizans of the +Blue candidates themselves forgot, for once, the distinction of +party. Our friends at least will have the pleasure of +knowing that if they have two opponents, they, at least have two +honourable gentlemen, whose intimate acquaintance with business +will qualify them for the office.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>On Monday evening last a supper was given by the two +re-elected Councillors of the Regent Ward, Samuel Palmer, Esq. +and J. D. Chapman, <a name="page118"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +118</span>Esq., to the ratepayers in the above Ward, at the +“Crown and Anchor” tavern. The chair was taken +by B. Fenn, Esq. The cloth having been removed, the healths +of “Her Majesty the Queen,” “Prince Albert and +the Royal Family,” “The Members for the +Borough,” “The re-elected Councillors,” +&c., were given. Several songs were sung during the +evening, and appropriate speeches were delivered by several +gentlemen present, and the parties retired at a late hour highly +pleased with the evening’s entertainment. Great +credit is due to the hostess (Mrs. Reeve) for so excellent a +collation which was served up in the best style.</p> +<p>Nov. 14th.—Mr. W. N. Burroughs had been elected Mayor, +and a dinner given at the Star to celebrate the event.</p> +<p>Nov. 21st.—The Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Steam Packet +Company was providing suitable vessels for the station.</p> +<p>F. R. Reynolds, Esq. had been appointed Receiver of Admiralty +Droits for Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Nov. 28th.—And Samuel Palmer, Esq. to the like office +for the Norfolk coast.</p> +<p>It was stated that the New Catholic Church would be 100 feet +in length, 50 feet wide, and have a steeple 70 feet in +height.</p> +<p>Dec. 5th.—It had been resolved to place gas lamps on the +South Market Road.</p> +<p>Dec. 12th.—Spencer T. Smyth, Esq., had lectured at the +Young Men’s Institute on “Physiological +Anatomy.”</p> +<p>£2,256, 12s. 4d. had been raised for S. Nicholas’ +Church restoration.</p> +<p>Dec. 19th—An ancient footpath, nearly 6 feet below the +present surface of the street leading from the Quay to Regent +Street, had been discovered.</p> +<p>Dec. 26th.—Upwards of £200 had been subscribed for +the Ragged School on the Caister Road.</p> +<p>The Chancel of S. Nicholas’ Church was being cleared for +Divine Service; the Sunday School service and teaching being then +conducted in the Guild Hall and North aisle of the Church.</p> +<p>About 80 electors of St. George’s Ward had given a +dinner to Messrs Ferrier and Jay “to commemorate their +recent triumph” at the Masonic Hall. Among the guests +were W. S. Ferrier, R. Ferrier, jun., C. C. Aldred, J. C. +Smith. Esqs., and Messrs. J. T. Bracey, J. G. Plummer, J. +Playford, B. Miller, C. Woolverton, Bradbeer, W. Nolloth, P. +Coble, W. Green, &c., &c., Mr. G. S. Shingles occupying +the chair.</p> +<h3><a name="page119"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +119</span>1847.</h3> +<p>Jan. 2nd.—The Mayor had purchased a seventy stone ox, +and distributed the meat from it to the poor.</p> +<p>Jan. 9th.—Chas. J. Palmer, Esq., had been appointed +Receiver of Admiralty Droits in the place of F. R. Reynolds, +Esq., deceased.</p> +<p>Jan. 16th.—A meeting had been held to consider the +distress in Ireland, and a subscription list opened for the +purpose of affording relief.</p> +<p>A meeting had been held to consider and forward, if possible, +the building of a new bridge over the river.</p> +<p>The frost in Holland had caused the steamers to cease running +between that country and Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Jan. 23rd.—A densely crowded Railway meeting had been +held at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>Charles John Palmer, Esq., had been appointed Clerk to the +Southtown Turnpike Trust, in the place of F. R. Reynolds, Esq., +deceased.</p> +<p>Jan. 30th.—There had been heavy gales, at one time +approaching a “complete hurricane.”</p> +<p>Feb. 6th.—Seven persons had recently died in the +Workhouse, whose joint ages amounted to 562 years.</p> +<p>A meeting had been held to protest against the “light +dues” on shipping.</p> +<p>Feb. 13th.—There had been a heavy fall of snow +accompanied by frost, and the traffic with Rotterdam was again +interrupted.</p> +<p>The Chancel of S. Nicholas’ Church was already occupied +for Divine service.</p> +<p>Feb. 27th.—The Rev. W. Stokes had delivered a lecture +upon the subject that “All war is inconsistent with the +Christian religion, and the best interests of nations.”</p> +<p>March 6th.—James Paget, Esq., had been elected one of +the Assistant Surgeons of St. Bartholemew’s Hospital, +London.</p> +<p>There was at this time a uniform depth of nine feet of water +on the bar at low water.</p> +<p>Joseph Turner, of Row 14, having applied to the Guardians for +relief, his house had been searched by the Relieving-Officer, +when £40 was found in it, and he and his sister appeared +also to have £180 to their credit on a banking account.</p> +<p>March 13th.—Mrs. Gooderham had bequeathed £500 to +be invested for the benefit of the New Meeting House.</p> +<p>A Commission of inquiry had been opened on the state of mind +of <a name="page120"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +120</span>Philip Blundell Nesbitt, Esq., a gentleman aged 35, and +entitled to property valued at £100,000, when the Jury +found “that Mr. Nesbitt had been of unsound mind since the +21st October, 1813, without any lucid intervals.”</p> +<p>March 20th.—There was only one prisoner for trial at the +Sessions, an old man charged with stealing a cask of pickled +herring, for which he was sentenced to one month’s +imprisonment.</p> +<p>Mr. C. J. Palmer had addressed a letter to the local press on +the subject of the discoveries made during the restoration of S. +Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>Mr. Hilling, engineer, had prepared a scheme for draining the +town.</p> +<p>March 27th.—The Dissenters were agitating against the +proposals of the Committee of the Council on education.</p> +<p>A solemn fast had been observed.</p> +<p>April 3rd.—Miss Lettis had been presented with a silver +salver by the poorer members of the Unitarian Congregation.</p> +<p>The “Media” had been launched from Mr. Henry +Fellows’ yard.</p> +<p>March 10th.—The burial ground at the east-end of the +Churchyard had been consecrated by the Lord Bishop of +Norwich.</p> +<p>J. T. Birch, Esq., the newly-appointed Judge, had held the +first County Court “simply for the appointment of +officers”; causes were to be heard on the 20th inst.</p> +<p>The right of appointing overseers had been claimed by Mr. E. +H. L. Preston on behalf of the Justices generally, the Mayor also +claiming the right personally to appoint them as theretofore.</p> +<p>The Church Trustees having liquidated, the church debt had +become “extinct.”</p> +<p>Both the Churchwardens had been re-elected by the Vestry, and +a Church rate agreed to.</p> +<p>April 17th.—A Shipowner’s Protection Society had +been formed, the necessary funds to be raised by a subscription +of 7d. per ton register.</p> +<p>The weather at the Fair had been cold and the business +transacted of a “limited amount.”</p> +<p>April 24th.—The new Terrace on the North Beach was to be +commenced immediately by Mr. C. Cory. It was described as +being “at the beach end of Regent Road on the late site of +Pilch’s Mill and to extend to Page’s and +Ansell’s Buildings.” Mr. Scholes was the +architect.</p> +<p>Judge Birch had held his first Court for trials at the +Tolhouse Hall, <a name="page121"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +121</span>there were only three cases heard—“Lettis +<i>v.</i> Dye,” “Vale <i>v.</i> Fenn,” and +“Nolloth <i>v.</i> Rooke,” all for the recovery of +small debts.</p> +<p>May 1st.—The Bishop of Norwich had confirmed 383 young +people, (of whom 270 belonged to Yarmouth) at S. Nicholas’ +Church.</p> +<p>It was stated at the Council that while the prisoners cost 4s. +6½d., the paupers only cost 2s. 9d. per head.</p> +<p>May 8th.—The first stone of a new Jews’ Synagogue +had been laid by Mr. D. L. Cohen.</p> +<p>May 15th.—Mr. Samuel Wm. Aldred had received the first +prize for midwifery at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.</p> +<p>The annual general meeting of the Victoria Building Company +had been held, B. Dowson, Esq., in the chair, when the Hon. W. R. +Rous, Sir E. Travers, R.N., J. Garnham, W. Baynes, T. F. Steward, +J. C. Smith, H. V. Worship, R. Steward, A. Woods, C. J. Palmer, +W. Worship and W. C. Reynolds, Esq., were present, and dividends +of 2s. 6d. per share upon the original shares, and £5 per +cent. upon the new shares were recommended.</p> +<p>The poor’s rate was 1s. 10d. in the £ for the +current quarter, being nearly double the former average.</p> +<p>May 22nd.—Eighty cases had been entered in the County +Court.</p> +<p>June 5th.—Mr. Wilshere had determined to retire from the +representation, and as Mr. Rumbold was not likely to be again +supported by the Dissenters, it was thought possible that Col. +Anson would be asked to contest the Borough.</p> +<p>The figures of the boy and girl had been placed in front of +the Charity School, they had previously been in S. +Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>Messrs. C. C. Aldred and F. Palmer had complained to the +Justices of the dirty state of the fish market.</p> +<p>There had been a plague of mice in the Fleggs, 400 combs of +wheat had been destroyed in one stack by them, and when the corn +was threshed the machine literally ran with their blood.</p> +<p>June 12th.—A rule had been granted for a writ of +certiorari to remove the appointment of Overseers into the +Queen’s Bench.</p> +<p>Col. Anson had declined to stand for the Borough. It was +said that Mr. Rumbold had spent £40,000 in his contests, +and that “with the blue party it seemed Yarmouth is all too +<i>dear</i> a place to contest.”</p> +<p>Samuel Palmer, Esq., S. Cobb, Esq., and Mr. D. A. Gourlay had +gone to town to find a candidate.</p> +<p>“Marsh <i>v.</i> Travers.—In compliance with Mr. +Chancellor Evans’ <a name="page122"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 122</span>order on Saturday last, the +defendant (Dame Anne Palmer Travers) duly performed retraction in +the house of the Minister at Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>The foundation of Britannia Terrace was progressing +slowly.</p> +<p>June 19th.—Mr. Wynn Ellis had been suggested as a +successor to Mr. Wilshere in the “Blue” interest, +while the “Reds” had held a meeting at the Fish Stall +House (Mr. Thomas Paul in the chair.)</p> +<p>Mr. D. A. Gourlay was spoken of as Mayor for the ensuing +year.</p> +<p>Mr. C. J. Palmer had resolved to print Manship’s +Yarmouth, the M.S. of which was in his possession.</p> +<p>A Caister yawl had upset near Caister Rails, and three men, +Church, Key, and Howes, drowned.</p> +<p>A meeting of electors had been convened to meet the deputation +which had been in London searching for a Candidate, when nearly +an hour having elapsed without George Danby Palmer, Esq., putting +in an appearance as chairman, Mr. W. Johnson was called on to +preside; Mr. Rumbold was accepted as a candidate, and Mr. Wynn +Ellis requested to meet the electors.</p> +<p>June. 26th.—“A portion of the electors” had +held a meeting at the “Crown and Anchor” when Mr. +Lawn presided, and it was alleged that Mr. Goldsmid had been +requested to come forward and that an attempt had been made +“to sell the Borough.”</p> +<p>The Dissenters also had held a meeting at which Mr. I. W. +Shelly took the chair.</p> +<p>“At the Quarter Sessions, the Recorder sat without his +wig, that appendage having been stolen.”</p> +<p>A batch of informations had been laid against +“respectable bakers” for selling short weight bread; +they were fined 11s. each and cautioned.</p> +<p>July 3rd.—Upwards of 40 fish-owners had signed a notice +stating their desire to suppress smuggling.</p> +<p>Another meeting of electors had been held at the +“Star,” and the following Committee appointed to +consider the position:—Messrs. J. Brightwen, B. Dowson, J. +W. Shelly, R. Hammond, Thomas Clowes, George Danby Palmer, H. V. +Worship, S. Cobb, C. Davie, Thomas Hammond, D. A. Gourlay, J. +Bayly, J. Jackson, J. Fish, T. Lettis, jun., W. Johnson, and J. +Lawn.</p> +<p>The Paving Commissioners had given leave to put down posts to +stop the carriage traffic past the Tolhouse during the sittings +of the Council and the County Court.</p> +<p>The subscriptions to the Hospital “continued to +decline” and then amounted to only £315 16s. per +annum.</p> +<p><a name="page123"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 123</span>July +10th.—Gorleston Cliff had been strongly recommended +“by the Faculty,” and among the recent arrivals +there, were the Dowager Lady Suffield and Mrs. Thurlow and +family.</p> +<p>Mr. Wynn Ellis had declined to visit the Borough, and R. J. +Bagshaw, Esq., had been requested by the Committee to come before +the electors. Another meeting had been held at the +“Star” (Mr. S. Cobb in the chair) when the charge of +“selling the Borough” was made against Mr. Samuel +Palmer by Mr. Cufaude; this was repudiated by that gentleman, and +after a warm discussion, during which Mr. B. Dowson stated +“he thought there was a good deal of treachery going about +the town,” it was ultimately decided “to call a +meeting of all electors, and a handbill had been issued convening +such meeting on the Hall Plain for Thursday evening.”</p> +<p>July 17th.—Mr. Bagshaw had arrived in Yarmouth and held +a meeting at the “Star” Hotel, which was “not +so fully attended as evening meetings usually were.” +Among those present were Messrs S. Cobb, W. Johnson, B. Dowson, +W. Worship, J. W. Shelly, R. Hammond, T. Hammond, D. A. Gourlay, +S. Rice, Thompson, Worship and S. Palmer, when a resolution was +carried, inviting Mr. Bagshaw to become a candidate for the +Borough.</p> +<p>Another meeting had also been held at the same place, +present—Sir George Parker, B. Dowson, W. Briggs, William +Hurry Palmer, W. Worship, P. Pullyn, C. Pearson, J. W. Shelly, +and others, when a resolution was carried by 19 to 6 requesting +Mr. Rumbold to retire from the contest.</p> +<p>Mr. Goldsmid had held a public meeting at the Masonic Hall, +Mr. M. Butcher in the chair, when a resolution was passed +pledging the meeting to support that gentleman at the ensuing +contest.</p> +<p>The Regatta had been held, when the Town Plate, value +£50, was won by the “Alarm,” 18 tons. G. +Cooke, Esq., R.T.Y.C., and the Purse of £20 for yawls, by +the “Morning Star,” Star Company.</p> +<p>The Regatta Ball was attended by about “40 or 50 +couples,” amongst whom were the Dowager Lady Suffield, Lady +Durrant, R. J. Bagshaw, Esq., and Mrs. Bagshaw, Miss Burton, R. +Marsham, Esq., jun., B. Caldecott, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. H. Muskett +and family, Capt. Pearson, RN., Capt. Ellis, R.N., Dr. Robinson, +I. Preston, Esq., and Miss Preston, Mr. and Mrs. S. Palmer, Mr. +and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Walpole, Mrs. and Miss +Burton, Mr. W. and Miss Worship, &c.</p> +<p>July 24th.—About 50 or 60 Nonconformist electors had +held a <a name="page124"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +124</span>meeting at the Congregational Schoolroom, when the +pledges of Mr. Bagshaw were considered satisfactory to the +meeting.</p> +<p>A public meeting of the friends of Mr. Rumbold had been held +at the Masonic Hall, (William H. Palmer, Esq., in the chair) when +a resolution that Mr. Rumbold was a fit and proper person to +represent the Borough was carried.</p> +<p>Lord Arthur Lennox and O. E. Coope, Esq., had been met by +their friends at the “Greyhound Inn,” Gorleston, and +escorted into the town, the “procession” consisting +of one private carriage, followed at a long distance by flag +bearers and about half-a-dozen gentlemen on horseback preceding a +carriage containing the candidates and their friends. On +arriving at the Market Place at nine o’clock these +gentlemen mounted a balcony, when R. Ferrier, in a few words, +amidst tumultuous cheering introduced Lord A. Lennox; I. Preston, +Esq., did the like service for Mr. Coope, and the candidates +having addressed the meeting, which was also addressed by Messrs. +Harvey, Charles Cory, and R. Ferrier, jun., dispersed.</p> +<p>Mr. Goldsmid had also addressed the electors at the +“King’s Head.”</p> +<p>The Mayor and Corporation had attended the Water Frolic (Mr. +Fiddes acting as Admiral). Mr. Bagshaw was of the party, +but Mr. Goldsmid, although expected, did not put in an +appearance.</p> +<p>The Mayor’s bespeak at the Theatre for the benefit of +the Hospital had raised £25 6s. 6d.</p> +<p>July 31st.—Mr. D. A. Gourlay had been toasted at the +Water Frolic by Mr. S. Palmer, as Mayor elect.</p> +<p>The following was the return of the polling:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Rumbold.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Goldsmid.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Lennox.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Coope.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>At</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> +</td> +<td><p>a.m.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">174</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">175</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">140</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">140</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">334</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">330</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">326</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">323</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">469</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">461</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">502</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">493</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">579</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">561</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">601</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">587</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p>p.m.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">639</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">617</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">687</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">674</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">672</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">643</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">754</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">737</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">709</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">671</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">788</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">772</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p>,, (close)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">729</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">698</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">844</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">813</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Aug. 14th.—It was reported that from 200 to 300 freemen +had been bribed to vote for Lord Lennox and Mr. Coope, and it was +“confidently anticipated” that those gentlemen would +resign their seats to avoid exposure.</p> +<p><a name="page125"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 125</span>Aug. +21st.—The races had been held on the 17th and 18th +(Stewards: Lord Suffield, Viscount Anson, The Hon. Capt. Rous, +and George Danby Palmer, Esq.) when Mr. O. E. Coope’s +“Bit Nibble” won the Members’ Plate. Lord +A. Lennox had attended the Race Ordinary and suggested a course +of action under which better entries were likely to be +obtained.</p> +<p>Aug. 28th.—Mrs. Coope (mother of the M.P.) had given +£50 to the Church restoration, £50 to the Town +Charities, and £10 to the Hospital.</p> +<p>Lodgers had experienced a difficulty in finding accommodation +in the town.</p> +<p>It was anticipated that Britannia-terrace would be completed +in three weeks’ time.</p> +<p>Sept. 4th—The new Synagogue in Row 42 had been +consecrated, the Rev. B. Levy, of Brighton, conducting the +service. Among the list of donors towards the building fund +where the Mayor, Baron Rothschild, M.P., Sir Moses Montefiore, +Sir S. L. Goldsmid, and F. H. Goldsmid, Esq.</p> +<p>Sept. 11th.—The British School had been repaired and +re-opened by Mr. D. Tomkins (from the British and Foreign School +Society, City road, London.)</p> +<p>Mr. Goldsmid had had a bespeak at the Theatre which was +“very fully attended,” and he had given subscriptions +to most of the local charities.</p> +<p>Sept. 18th.—Complaints were again being made as to +Sunday trading.</p> +<p>Mr. Goldsmid’s friends entertained no doubt as to the +success of his petition. He had entertained twenty +gentlemen at the Royal-hotel.</p> +<p>Oct. 2nd.—It was considered likely that Mr. Gourlay +would decline the Mayoralty, and that Dawson Turner, Esq., would +accept that office.</p> +<p>Oct. 16th.—Mr. Dixon, of Norwich, had fitted up the +tracing of the easternmost window of St. Nicholas’ Church +with stained glass, and the circular columns which had been +removed when the Fishermen’s gallery was built, were being +restored.</p> +<p>Oct. 25th.—The Liberals claimed a gain of 37 at the +Revision Court.</p> +<p>On Sunday a very large party of gentlemen and tradesmen had +accompanied the Mayor to Church, it being the day appointed for +the National thanksgiving for the harvest. Afterwards His +Worship entertained them at the Town Hall, upwards of 400 +invitations had been sent out for this luncheon.</p> +<p><a name="page126"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 126</span>The +increase of buildings was proceeding on the Denes very +rapidly.</p> +<p>Coals were very scarce. On the previous Saturday a +vessel had arrived and sold her cargo at 21s. per ton.</p> +<p>Nov. 6th.—A vessel of 400 tons was about to be launched +from Mr. Barber’s dock.</p> +<p>A herring had been caught off Yarmouth, measuring 15¼ +inches in length and weighing above 15 ozs.</p> +<p>The following had been the result of the Municipal +election:—</p> +<p><i>North Ward</i>.—The Mayor (W. N. Burroughs) and R. +Hammond re-elected.</p> +<p><i>Market Ward</i>.—No return given.</p> +<p><i>Regent Ward</i>.—Samuel Charles Marsh (re-elected) +with Dawson Turner (vice Tomlinson resigned).</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. C. Smith (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">112</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. G. Plummer (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">121</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>T. Lettis, jun. (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">103</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>M. Butcher, jun. (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">82</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>George Danby Palmer (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">186</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>William Chambers (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">133</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Henry Jay (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">113</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E. H. L. Preston (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">148</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>William Hammond (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">141</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Samuel Crow (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">96</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>T. Hammond (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Messrs. T. Lettis, T. Hammond, and S. Crow, who were old +members of that body, thus losing their seats in the Council.</p> +<p>Nov. 13th.—Mr. D. Turner had resigned his office as +Borough Treasurer and had been re-elected for the Regent +Ward.</p> +<p>The “Cordelia” (400 tons) had been launched from +Mr. Barber’s yard.</p> +<p>At the Town Council meeting on the 9th, Mr. Geo. Danby Palmer +moved and Mr. R. Hammond seconded, Philip Pullyn, Esq., for +Mayor.</p> +<p>And Mr. Ferrier proposed and Mr. E. H. L. Preston seconded, +the re-election of the Mayor (Mr. Burroughs).</p> +<p>The following was the voting on this:—</p> +<p>For Mr. Pullyn—Messrs. Cobb, Pike, Fellows, Barker, R. +Hammond, <a name="page127"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +127</span>H. D. Palmer, P. White, Owles, Lawn, D. A. Gourlay, +Marsh, Fish, F. Palmer, S. Palmer, J. D. Chapman, Lettis, G. D. +Palmer, Chambers, Symonds, Cannell, and Clarke.—21.</p> +<p>For Mr. Burroughs—Messrs. Bessey, Worship, C. Miller, +Ferrier, Jay, Plummer, Smith, W. H. Palmer, John Hammond, Rivett, +Preston, W. Hammond, and Rivett.—13.</p> +<p>The retiring Aldermen were Messrs. John Brightwen, C. S. D. +Steward, A. Steward, W. Walpole, C. Pearson, and S. Cobb. +Nine gentlemen, were nominated to fill their places, and the +following was the result of the voting:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p>Votes.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>For C. Pearson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">24</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, S. Cobb</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">27</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Geo. Bateman</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, C. J. Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ W. Walpole</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">22</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Edmund R. Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">24</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, R. Hammond</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">25</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ H. Boulter</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, A. Steward</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>In the evening about fifty gentlemen dined with the Mayor at +the Star.</p> +<p>Nov. 20th.—A new gas holder, which had been +“dignified” by being named after the Queen, had been +erected.</p> +<p>Six vessels had taken in cargoes of herring for the +Straits.</p> +<p>Dr. C. L. Robinson had delivered a lecture on the Sanitary +condition of Yarmouth, in which he alluded pointedly to the +Corporation. This was considered extremely uncourteous to +the Mayor, who had presided on the occasion.</p> +<p>Dec. 4th.—Capt. Manby having completed his 82nd year, +had made his annual distribution of bread to 37 poor +families.</p> +<p>Dec. 18th.—There had been 150 cases disposed of in the +County Court.</p> +<p>A young gentleman had been fined £5 for wrenching off +knockers from houses on the Denes.</p> +<p>Dec. 25th.—The fishowners had formed a society for the +prosecution of thieves, subscription 10s. for each member.</p> +<h3><a name="page128"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +128</span>1848.</h3> +<p>Jan. 1.—The elder Brethren of the Trinity House had +declined to take Nelson’s Monument into their hands.</p> +<p>The “Earl Grey,” London trader, had been +lost. It was said that 35 years had elapsed since a similar +fate had befallen one of these vessels.</p> +<p>Jan. 8th.—Five vessels had been fitted out for the sole +and turbot fishery in the style of the Barking smacks.</p> +<p>Jan. 15th.—The Mayor had entertained 140 guests at a +dinner in the Town Hall.</p> +<p>The pumps in Regent street had suddenly become dry.</p> +<p>Jan. 22nd.—The second subscription ball had been held at +the Town Hall, 120 persons were present, the Stewards being Capt. +Ellis, R.N., and Richard Bell, William H. Palmer, W. Worship, and +C. J. Palmer, Esqs.</p> +<p>Jan. 29th.—The “Venus,” belonging to G. D. +Palmer, Esq., had been lost off Elsinore.</p> +<p>Feb. 5th.—A wild duck had been shot just above the Haven +Bridge.</p> +<p>Feb. 12th.—The following Committee had been appointed to +try the Yarmouth Petition:—Mr. E. Ellice, Mr. Charles +Lushington, Mr. W. H. C. Plowden, and Mr. H. Stuart, and they had +chosen Mr. Ker Seymour their chairman. Evidence had then +been taken and the proceedings adjourned.</p> +<p>Feb. 19th.—The Members had been unseated and the +disfranchisement of the freemen suggested by this Committee.</p> +<p>Mr. Goldsmid had arrived at the “Royal,” but even +his own friends were of opinion that his visit was +“inopportune,” owing to the Committee having +recommended the disfranchisement of the freemen.</p> +<p>Feb. 26th.—A requisition was being signed requesting Mr. +John E. Lacon to offer himself as a candidate for the +Borough.</p> +<p>March 11th.—An election for a councillor in the Nelson +Ward, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. W. Chambers +had been held as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Thomas Hammond (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">152</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Robins Purdy (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">52</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Majority for Hammond</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">100</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>March 25th.—There had been an eclipse of the moon.</p> +<p>Three hundred idle characters had proceeded to the Workhouse +and demanded out-door relief, but dispersed on the appearance of +the Mayor and a few constables.</p> +<p><a name="page129"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 129</span>April +8th.—Mr. W. R. Last had erected an illuminated clock in +King Street which was a great accommodation to the +inhabitants.</p> +<p>Messrs. George Danby Palmer and John Barker had been elected +Haven Commissioners, and Messrs. D. A. Gourlay and R. Hammond +Supernumary Commissioners.</p> +<p>April 15th.—The Mayor had appointed Messrs. George Arbon +and William Livingston (Whigs), and Robert Breeze and John E. +Barnby (Tories) Overseers in the place of the “party” +nominations hitherto made of these officials.</p> +<p>May 6th.—The fair “although pretty well attended +so far as numbers was concerned was altogether as spiritless a +concern as could be desired.”</p> +<p>May 13th.—From the report of the Gas Company’s +meeting it appeared that the balance of profit, after paying +dividend on the new shares, was £625 17s. 7d.; the rentals +amounted to £2164 11s. 5d., and the total income to +£2720 3s., the expenditure being £2094 6s. 11d.</p> +<p>Mr. Tolver (Town-Clerk) had, at the Council meeting, formally +announced his intention to retire, when the deepest regret was +expressed by Messrs. George Danby Palmer, Dawson Turner, and +Alderman Fenn, who wished him to re-consider his decision.</p> +<p>William S. Ferrier, Esq., coroner, had died.</p> +<p>May 20th.—The Race Committee had resolved (as there were +no Borough Members) not to hold any Races this year.</p> +<p>A meeting of the Council had been held to elect a coroner, +when, in the absence of the Mayor and Deputy-Mayor who were +attending the Leveè, Simon Cobb, Esq., was called to the +chair.</p> +<p>Dawson Turner, Esq., proposed, and Mr. D. A. Gourlay seconded, +Mr. Frederick Nathaniel Palmer (surgeon).</p> +<p>Mr. Richard Hammond proposed, and Mr. Walpole seconded, Mr. +Charles H. Chamberlin for the office.</p> +<p>Capt. Pike and Messrs. Worship and Sewell left the Council +before the voting, which was, for Mr. Chamberlin: Messrs. J. +Barker, S. Cobb, Walpole, R. Hammond, sen., H. Boulter, H. D. +Palmer, P. White, R. Hammond, jun., C. Miller, J. Owles, J. Fish, +J. D. Chapman, R. Ferrier, J. G. Plummer, W. T. Clarke, G. D. +Palmer, T. Hammond, J. G. Rivett, E. H. L. Preston, H. Butcher, +and W. Hammond—21. For Mr. Palmer: Messrs. H. +Fellows, E. R. Palmer, W. H. Bessey, J. Lawn, D. A. Gourlay, S. +C. Marsh, D. Turner, and S. Miller—8. Neuter: J. C. +Smith.</p> +<p>June 3rd.—Mr. Chamberlin had held his first inquest at +the “New Fountain Tavern,” on the body of Elizabeth +Maria Crowe.</p> +<p><a name="page130"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 130</span>June +10th.—Mr. Goldsmid had signified his intention of standing +for the Borough, Mr. Rumbold also was likely to come forward, and +Mr. Sandars, of Taplow House, Bucks, had offered himself (Mr. +Lacon not being able to stand) to the electors.</p> +<p>July 1st.—The Rev. W. Langley Pope, one of the curates, +had married a girl of 16, the granddaughter of Mr. Woodhouse, +painter, and had been dismissed from his curacy.</p> +<p>Mr. Goldsmid had determined not to contest the Borough.</p> +<p>July 8th.—Mr. Bagshaw had met the electors at the Corn +Exchange, (George Danby Palmer, Esq., in the chair,) Mr. J. +Bagshaw, M.P., and Mr. J. W Shelly also addressing the +meeting.</p> +<p>July 15th.—At the nomination Mr. S. Cobb proposed and +Mr. Sewell seconded, C. E. Rumbold, Esq.</p> +<p>Mr. S. H. Aldred proposed, and Mr. W. H. Bessey seconded, John +Sandars, Esq.</p> +<p>And Mr. T. Hammond and J. Jackson proposed and seconded, +Robert John Bagshaw, Esq.</p> +<p>The following statements of the poll were issued during the +contest:—(The small number of votes recorded was consequent +on the disfranchisement of the freemen, and the election taking +place before those freemen who were entitled to do so, could +qualify as Householders.)</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p>Sandars.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Rumbold.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bagshaw.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>10 a.m.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">121</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">134</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">156</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>12½ p.m.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">292</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">279</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">244</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>1 „</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">312</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">301</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">253</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>1½ ,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">330</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">323</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">264</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>2 „</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">358</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">338</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">275</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>3½ „</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">393</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">366</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">298</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>4 „</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">416</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">386</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">300</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>After the declaration of the poll only Mr. Sandars’ +friends made any preparation for the chairing. “Not a +bit of blue ribbon was seen, and Mr. Rumbold’s friend +seemed all to have been dyed deep red.”</p> +<p>Mr. Bagshaw addressed the electors from the “Star +Hotel,” when Mr. J. W. Shelly made some strong observations +on the conduct of Mr. Rumbold’s friends in supporting Mr. +Sandars jointly with that gentleman, which appear to have caused +a great deal of “heart burning” in the borough and +this especially so with regard to a combination known as the +“Star clique.”</p> +<p>July 22nd.—Mr. Edward Sewell (a quaker) who had been +denounced <a name="page131"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +131</span>by Mr. Shelly for voting for Sandars and Rumbold, +vindicated his conduct in this issue.</p> +<p>The gigs of Mr. C. C. Aldred and Mr. Spencer Smyth (surgeons) +had been in collision in Regent Street, and the latter gentleman +and his assistant upset.</p> +<p>The Regatta had been held, the band of the 16th Lancers coming +from Norwich, and there was an immense concourse of people +present.</p> +<p>In the first match, a purse of £60 for yachts, the +following entered:—</p> +<p>1.—“Esk,” R. Antrem, Esq., 25 tons, white +with red border, R.T.Y.C.</p> +<p>2.—“Prima Donna,” J. L. Ives, Esq., 25 tons, +white with blue cross, R.T.Y.C.</p> +<p>3.—“Mosquito,” C. Mare, Esq., 50 tons, blue +and orange quartered, R.T.Y.C.</p> +<p>4.—“Secret,” I. Wicks, Esq., 25 tons, blue +and white crescent, R.T.Y.C.</p> +<p>5.—“Gauntlet,” J. Penrice, Esq., 15 tons, +red and white zigzag, R.V.Y.C.</p> +<p>6.—“Blue Bell,” Lord A. Conyngham, 30 tons, +light blue, S.Y.C.</p> +<p>7.—“Daring,” G. Cook, Esq., 31 tons, red +burgee R.T.Y.C.</p> +<p>The “Daring” and “Secret” withdrew +under protest that the “Mosquito” did not start from +her moorings. This she had done, but the hour for starting +having been delayed she was obliged to remove. At ten +seconds past one o’clock they all started with a stiff +breeze from the S.W. The “Mosquito” took the +lead after rounding the first buoy, and maintained it +throughout. The “Esk” gave up the contest at +2.30, and the “Blue Bell” in rounding the second buoy +carried away her foremast.</p> +<p>The times at which they came in were as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">1<span +class="smcap">st rnd.</span></p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">2<span +class="smcap">nd rnd.</span></p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">3<span +class="smcap">rd rnd.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Mosquito”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">55</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">54</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">52</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">47</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Blue Bell”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">33</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">54</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">31</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Prima Donna”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">54</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">33</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">38</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">31</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Gauntlet”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">18</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">44</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">59</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">30</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The “Mosquito,” is a very superior vessel, built +by Mr. Mare of <a name="page132"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +132</span>Blackwall, who built the “Norfolk,” +steampacket, of this port. Immediately after the receipt of +the prize, which was awarded by the Committee to whom the protest +was referred, she set off for Hull to contend for the prize on +Thursday.</p> +<p>Sailing match for a purse of 20 sovereigns. Time race by +Yawls of any length; the first Yawl to have £12, the second +£5, and the third £3. Four to start or no +match. Time 30 seconds to a foot. Entrance 2s. +6d.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>9.</p> +</td> +<td><p>“Reindeer,” Young Company, 70 feet.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>8.</p> +</td> +<td><p>“Royal Victoria,” Denny’s Company, 60 +feet.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p>“Royal Sovereign,” Young Company, 60 feet, +drawn.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>7.</p> +</td> +<td><p>“Bees’ Wing,” Star Company, 65 feet.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>4.</p> +</td> +<td><p>“Queen Victoria,” Holkham Company, 64 ft.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>0.</p> +</td> +<td><p>“Swiftsure,” Southwold, 49 feet.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>3.</p> +</td> +<td><p>“Greyhound,” Lowestoft, 45 feet.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>X</p> +</td> +<td><p>“Royal Standard,” Standard Company, 51 +feet.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>6.</p> +</td> +<td><p>“Gratitude,” Star Company, 53 feet.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>They started 3h. 7m. 10s. The “Reindeer” and +“Bees’ Wing” carried away their foremasts in +the first round. The “Swiftsure” and +“Greyhound” gave up in the first round. The +“Royal Standard” completed her first round at 4h. +34m. 51s., after which she gave up, having carried away her +foremast, considerable time being lost in rigging out another +which she had on board. The other boats came in:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">1<span +class="smcap">st rnd.</span></p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">2<span +class="smcap">nd rnd.</span></p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">3<span +class="smcap">rd rnd.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Royal Victoria”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">42</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">44</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Queen Victoria”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">47</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">46</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">21</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Gratitude”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">33</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">37</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">54</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">49</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">45</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Sailing match by Shrimp Boats for £8. Not to +exceed 21 feet in length, over all, first boat £5, second +boat £2, third boat £1; no sail allowed but their +customary mainsail and foresail, six to start or no match; +entrance 1s. The following boats were entered, and started +at 3h. 51m. 10s.:—</p> +<p>The four which came in first, arrived at the winning point at +the time affixed to their names, the others were not +timed:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Caroline,” Richard Sutton, 19½ +feet.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Four Sisters,” John Edmonds, 20 feet</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">27</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Defiance,” Robert Blake, 19 feet</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">32</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">48</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Who would have thought it,” Jas. Woods, 20 +feet.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p><a name="page133"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +133</span>“Paragon,” William Lodge, 20 feet.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Anne,” Robert Drane, 18½ feet.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Viper,” Richard Harrod, 19 feet.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Blossom,” Mrs. Larn, 19 feet</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Robert and Maria,” Robert Garwood, 21 +feet</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Providence,” Henry Hellenburgh, 20 feet.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Elizabeth,” Georges Ives, 20½ +feet.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Rowing Match for a purse of 6 sovereigns, by Beach Gigs, not +exceeding six oars, and to be rowed by men belonging to distinct +companies. First gig £4; second, £2; three to +start or no match; entrance 1s. They started at 6h. 36m. +and came in:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>“Guardian,” Young Company</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Star,” Star Company, did not start.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Fearnought,” Holkham Company</p> +</td> +<td><p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Jenny Lind,” Lowestoft</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The first of these came in at 6h. 48m. 5s.</p> +<p>A dinner was provided at the Norfolk Hotel, at which several +gentlemen were present.</p> +<blockquote><p>“The ball in the evening was held at the +Town Hall, and was very well attended, although some families in +the town were prevented being present by a recent removal by +death. Among those whose names we have been able to +procure, were some of the Officers of the 16th Lancers and their +ladies, Lord A. and Lady Conyngham, the Right Worshipful the +Mayor of Yarmouth and the Misses Boulter, the Mayor of Norwich, +F. Tattershall, Esq., R. Ferrier, Esq., Captain, Mrs. and Misses +Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Chevallier, Mr. and Mrs. A. Steward, Mr. +and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. +E. H. L. Preston, J. Wicks, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Caldecott, Rev. E. +B. and Mrs. Frere.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>July 26th.—On the previous Thursday “a very +calamitous accident” had occurred; Capt. Pearson and his +family had been to the Theatre, and on their return Miss Mary +Sayers walked straight from Regent Street over the Quay Head and +was drowned.</p> +<p>The body was picked up on the following morning.</p> +<p>Mr. J. W. Shelly returned to the charge against Mr. Sewell, +and accused him of unduly influencing a voter named Carr.</p> +<p>At the Water Frolic the “Stranger” won the +cup. The “Thorn,” a “Bermudian +cutter-rigged boat,” belonging to Capt. Ellis, R.N., +attracting much attention.</p> +<p><a name="page134"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 134</span>Aug. +5th.—Mr. Carr and Mr. Sewell repudiated Mr. Shelly’s +suggestions, and totally denied his statements to be correct.</p> +<p>The following is the report of the inquest held on the body of +Miss Sayers:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“On the 27th ult., at the house of Captain +Pearson, an inquest was held before Mr. C. H. Chamberlin, on the +body of Miss Mary Sayers, aged 72. The body of the deceased +was identified by W. H. Palmer, Esq., who stated that he left her +the previous night at the door of the Theatre about ten minutes +before eleven; her sister, Miss E. Sayers, went home in a sedan +chair and deceased walked. The night was extremely dark and +rainy, but no gas lamps were lighted. Captain Pearson and +his family were spending the evening out, and on returning at +about half-past eleven, found Miss E. Sayers in some anxiety that +her sister was so long in following her. Captain Pearson +immediately went to the police office to procure assistance in +searching for her, for which purpose Police-constable Page took a +lantern. About half-past three in the morning he dragged +the river opposite the Town Hall, and there found the body. +The watch of deceased stopped precisely at eleven +o’clock. The Jury returned a verdict that the +deceased was accidentally drowned by walking over the Quay-head, +in consequence of the extreme darkness of the night.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>There had been a considerable discussion on the question of +the election of surgeons to the Hospital, and ultimately a poll +was taken as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>A. J. Impey, M.D.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">173</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>John Dunn, M.D.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">74</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Spencer Smyth</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">227</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. B. Dashwood</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">184</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Josh. Bayly</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">143</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>G. Dimock</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">28</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>and Dr. Impey and Messrs. Smyth, Dashwood and Bayly were +declared duly elected.</p> +<p>Aug. 26th.—An explosion had taken place on board the +“Earl of Liverpool,” London steam packet, off +Lowestoft, by which two of the crew had been killed.</p> +<p>St. Nicholas’ Church had been re-opened after the work +of restoration, when the Lord Bishop of Norwich preached, and 150 +ladies and gentlemen partook of a luncheon at the Town Hall, +amongst those present being Baron Alderson and M. Guizot and his +daughter.</p> +<p><a name="page135"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 135</span>Sept. +2nd.—At the races it was remarked that the Railway, while +increasing the number of people, had decreased the number of +vehicles on the course, gigs, horses and private carriages being +superseded by cab flies and omnibuses.</p> +<p>The ordinary had been held at the “Angel,” when +sixty-five gentlemen sat down to dinner, for which two haunches +of venison had been sent by the M.P’s.</p> +<p>One hundred and eleven ladies and gentlemen had attended the +ball at the Town Hall, when the Members for the Borough, the +Officers of the 16th Lancers, Mr. and Misses Lacon, Mr. and Mrs. +Palmer, Mr. I. Jermy, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Caldecott, Captain, Mrs. +and Misses Pearson, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Tuck, Mr., Mrs. and Miss +A. Steward, Mr. B. Dowson, &c., were present.</p> +<p>The Rev. Geo. Hills, M.A., P.C. of St. Mary’s Quarry +Hill, Leeds, had accepted the living then vacant by the +resignation of the Rev. H. Mackenzie.</p> +<p>It was remarked that none of the Corporation had attended the +luncheon on the occasion of the re-opening of the Church, the +Mayor stating that he could not attend the meeting as “the +Church” was to be one of the toasts given.</p> +<p>Sept. 9th.—The “Hudson” had been launched +from Mr. Barber’s yard, after extensive repairs.</p> +<p>Sept. 23rd.—The Rev. G. Hills had “read himself +in” at St. Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>Captain Kisbee, R.N., was making experiments with a +“patent float.”</p> +<p>Sept. 30th.—The Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield were +staying at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>The first buildings on the Britannia Terrace had been +commenced. A proposition had been made to extend the +esplanade and carriage drive from this to the Victoria +Terrace.</p> +<p>Oct. 7th.—The Good Samaritan Lodge, M.U.O.F., had held +its anniversary at the Masonic Hall, F. Palmer, Esq., in the +chair, when about sixty members sat down to dinner, and a silver +watch and gold guard chain were presented to W. Hanworth, P.G., +for his services to the Lodge during the then past three +years.</p> +<p>Oct. 14th.—The wards were likely to be hotly contested +in November, Sir E. H. K. Lacon being one of the candidates; but +at the Registration Court he could not substantiate his claim to +be on the Burgess Roll.</p> +<p><a name="page136"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +136</span>Richard Bell, Collector of customs, had died from an +attack of the gout.</p> +<p>Oct. 21st.—A meeting had been held, the Mayor in the +chair, for purpose of considering the question of the +establishment of Water Works.</p> +<p>Nov. 4th.—At the Municipal election there had been a +return to the corrupt system of “feasting,” and at +Gorleston certain voters were so detained all day until after the +poll had closed in order to avoid a contest. The following +was the result:—</p> +<p><i>North Ward</i>.—Mr. W. H. Bessey and Mr. Henry Danby +Palmer re-elected, no opposition.</p> +<p><i>Market Ward</i>.—Mr. Sewell retired, and Mr. Lawn was +unseated.</p> +<p>The poll being—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>John E. Barnby, C</p> +</td> +<td><p>123</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>John Fenn, C</p> +</td> +<td><p>120 (sic)</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>James Lawn, L</p> +</td> +<td><p>120</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Christopher Steward, L</p> +</td> +<td><p>120</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><i>Regent Ward</i> (sic), (<i>a</i>) The Mayor (P. Pullyn, +Esq.) was re-elected with Mr. R. Ferrier, jun., a Tory, in the +place of Mr. Lettis (a Whig) resigned.</p> +<p><i>Nelson Ward</i>.—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>John Symonds, L</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">120</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>A. J. Impey, L</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">114</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. H. Barnby, C</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">105</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>H. Jay, C</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">96</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><i>Gorleston Ward</i>.—Messrs. Wm. H. Palmer, (L), and +S. Miller (C), returned without opposition.</p> +<p>The result was a Conservative gain of 5 seats.</p> +<p>(<i>a</i>) Evidently this should be St. George’s +Ward. There is no return for the Regent Ward, but Sir E. +Lacon and Mr. Cherry appeared to have been in fact then returned +for that Ward. [<span class="smcap">Ed.</span> Y. M.]</p> +<p>Nov. 11th.—At the Council meeting on the 9th, Mr. +Richard Hammond proposed and Mr. Dawson Turner seconded, the +re-election of Philip Pullyn, Esq., to the Mayoralty, and Mr. E. +H. L. Preston, proposed and Mr. Fenn seconded, Mr. S. C. Marsh +for that office, but upon a division being taken, Mr. Pullyn was +re-elected by 28 to 15 votes. For Mr. Pullyn—Messrs. +Fiddes, Bayly, Barker, Cobb, Pearson, Pike, Fellows, Walpole, R. +Hammond, sen., Boulter, E. R. Palmer, H. D. Palmer, P. White, R. +Hammond, jun., W. N. Burroughs, D. A. <a name="page137"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 137</span>Gourlay, C. Miller, W. Johnson, J. +Owles, S. Palmer, J. D. Chapman, D. Turner, J. Symonds, W. T. +Clarke, G. D. Palmer, T. Hammond, A. J. Impey and J. +Hammond. For Mr. Marsh—B. Fenn, W. H. Bessey, J. +Fenn, J. E. Barnby, J. Cherry, R. Ferrier, W. Worship, B. Jay, J. +G. Plummer, J. C. Smith, W. H. Palmer, S. Miller, J. G. Rivett, +E. H. L. Preston and W. Hammond.</p> +<p>Nov. 18th.—The case of Reg. <i>v.</i> Preston had been +decided, the Court of Queen’s Bench holding that the +appointment of Overseers rested with the Mayor alone, and not +with the Magistrates generally.</p> +<p>The friends of Mr. S. C. Marsh, who voted for him as Mayor had +dined together at the Bear. It was stated that the Tories +could not find a Mayor (mare) without going to <i>Marsh</i>.</p> +<p>A high tide had flowed up to the Victoria and Britannia +Terraces.</p> +<p>Dec. 2nd.—A dinner had been given to the Mayor at the +“Star” Tavern, at which Mr. W. N. Burroughs +presided.</p> +<p>The town had been thrown “into a complete ferment by the +report of the catastrophe at Stanfield Hall.”</p> +<p>Dec. 16th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall for +the purpose of impressing the “obligation of the Christian +Sabbath.” Wm. H. Palmer, Esq., occupied the chair, +and was supported by J. W. Shelly, Esq., and all the local +Dissenting Ministers.</p> +<p>John E. Lacon, Esq., had died, to the great grief of the +townsfolk.</p> +<p>Dec. 23rd.—Thos. Brightwen, C. J. Palmer and C. L. +Robertson, Esqs., had waited on the Rev H. Mackenzie and +presented him with a testimonial of plate.</p> +<p>The question of the drainage of the Denes was being +considered, and a meeting had been held on the subject, R. +Ferrier, Esq., in the chair.</p> +<h3>1849.</h3> +<p>Jan. 13th.—The “Cosmopolite,” 312 tons +register, had been launched from Mr. Brandford’s yard.</p> +<p>Feb. 3rd.—There were 1,145 boys and 1,461 girls +attending the Sunday Schools, about 1,000 of whom belonged to the +Established Church.</p> +<p>Feb. 10th.—Mr. John Lomas Cufaude had been unanimously +elected Clerk of the Peace, in the place of Mr. J. Barth +resigned.</p> +<p>Feb. 17th.—Mr. Ferrier, upon wishing to leave the +Council found the door locked, and made a disturbance by kicking +it “with great violence.”</p> +<p><a name="page138"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 138</span>The +Mayor was requested to take notice of this, and on the motion of +Mr. W. Worship the following resolution was passed:—That +“we as a Council hold the Mayor blameless for taking anyone +into custody in protecting this Council in its +deliberation.”</p> +<p>March 3rd.—Complaint was made as to the decay of the +South Quay trees.</p> +<p>March 10th.—A religious service had been held on board +the “Cosmopolite,” before her first voyage, she being +bound to Singapore.</p> +<p>The Mayor (P. Pullyn, Esq.) had entertained the Recorder, the +Bar, and several friends at a sumptuous dinner at the +“Star.”</p> +<p>March 30th.—Contains a full account of the trial of Rush +for the Stanfield Hall murders.</p> +<p>April 14th.—The appointment of Overseers having become +vested in the general body of the Justices by Act of Parliament, +the first appointment by them had been made. The following +Justices being present:—The Mayor, S. Cobb, R. Hammond, G. +D. Palmer, and J. W. Shelly, Esqs., (Whigs), and Geo. Bateman, W. +H. Bessey, W. Thurtell, W. Yetts, J. C. Smith, Wm. Danby-Palmer, +J. F. Costerton, E. H. L. Preston, and B. Jay, Esqs. +(Tories). The following were appointed:—Wm. Green, +James Borking, John Key, and Samuel Lessey.</p> +<p>The Vestry meeting at the Guildhall had been crowded to +suffocation. R. Hammond proposed Mr. C. S. D. Steward for +re-election, and Mr. Burroughs nominated Mr. F. Worship for +re-election, and they were re-elected accordingly churchwardens +for the ensuing year.</p> +<p>April 21st.—One hundred and ten ladies and gentlemen had +attended the second Subscription Ball.</p> +<p>April 28th.—Mr. Gourlay had been elected chairman, and +Messrs. Lawn and S. Norman, vice-chairmen, of the Board of +Guardians. There had been no contest at the election of the +Board.</p> +<p>May 19th.—The Mayor had given a dinner at the Star.</p> +<p>June 2nd.—The “Yarmouth Bridge Bill” had +passed the Committee stage, and it was confidently expected that +Breydon would now be deepened.</p> +<p>On Whit-Monday the Temperance Society had held a meeting at +the Masonic Hall, Mr. W. T. Fisher in the chair.</p> +<p>Captain Wm. Larke, R.N., had received from the Admiralty a war +medal issued for the action fought off Cape St. Vincent, on the +14th February, 1797, in which glorious engagement he was signal +midshipman on board the “Prince George,” 98 guns.</p> +<p><a name="page139"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 139</span>A +petition in favour of a national poor’s rate was in course +of signature.</p> +<p>June 9th.—Col. Mason had presented a very handsome +carved lectern to St. Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>Most of the lodging houses on or near the Victoria Terrace +were let. The Marchioness of Wellesley was staying in the +town.</p> +<p>June 16th.—The report of the British School showed that +there were then 200 scholars at that establishment.</p> +<p>June 23rd.—A tailor, on tramp, had (having procured a +bed at the Neptune Public-house) drank 9 pints of beer at night +and 4 the next morning before proceeding to Lowestoft.</p> +<p>June 30th.—The Lord Lieutenant, with Lady Leicester, +several members of the Digby family, Mr., Mrs. and Miss +Whitbread, the Hon. Mr. Coke, Col. Porter, Lord Hastings, the +Hon. Mr. Astley, Mr. F. Astley, and Mr. Norris, had secured rooms +at the Victoria Hotel.</p> +<p>The Guildhall was in progress of demolition.</p> +<p>There had been a good catch of mackerel, one boat having +brought upwards of 6,000 fish.</p> +<p>July 14th.—At the Regatta the following yachts +competed:—“Hilda,” R.T.Y.C., 25 tons; +“Cynthia,” R.V.Y.C., 50 tons; “Foam,” +R.V.Y.C., 20 tons; “Mosquito,” R.T.Y.C., 50 tons; +“Secret,” R.T.Y.C., 20 tons; and the +“Juvenile,” R.H.Y.C., 15 tons.</p> +<p>The “Cynthia,” won the cup.</p> +<p>Upwards of 2,300 passengers were conveyed to Yarmouth by the +Railway to witness these sports.</p> +<p>The Mayor’s windows had been broken and a reward of +£10 offered.</p> +<p>Aug. 25th.—Complaint was made that when fishing boats +arrived at the Quay on Sunday, a crowd collected round the door +of some public-house, and on the arrival of a salesman he was +accompanied into such house and held a sale there of the fish, +and that the police never interfered to prevent this violation of +the Sabbath.</p> +<p>Sept. 1st.—Lady Agnes Buller, Sir William and Lady +Wimper, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood had taken houses on Brandon +Terrace.</p> +<p>An individual resident in the town, had, for the wager of a +bottle of rum, driven a pony and cart to the end of the Jetty, +for which he was taken before the Justices and fined 20s.</p> +<p>Great complaint had been made of persons smoking cigars on +Victoria Terrace to the annoyance of ladies.</p> +<p>Reports as to the appearance of cholera were prevalent in the +town.</p> +<p><a name="page140"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 140</span>Sept. +8th.—G. D. Palmer, Esq., had presided at a meeting of sixty +of the paving Commissioners, and with a view to the threatened +appearance of cholera, the following special committee as to +scavengering was appointed:—Messrs. G. D. Palmer, J. Fish, +C. E. Bartram, C. Pearson, and W. Squire.</p> +<p>St. Peter’s Church had been lighted with gas and opened +for evening service.</p> +<p>Sept. 15th.—The Theatre had been closed after a +disastrous season, it was considered that Mr. Clarence had lost +£100 by this venture.</p> +<p>Mr. Cufaude and another gentleman amateur had appeared at the +Theatre, in <i>A new way to pay old Debts</i>, and had been +received with “rapturous applause.”</p> +<p>The Drainage question had been discussed at a meeting of the +inhabitants (the Mayor in the chair).</p> +<p>Sept. 22nd.—The transfer of the parsonage house from the +Corporation to the Vicar, had been virtually completed.</p> +<p>Oct. 13th.—The tide had flowed up to Britannia +Terrace.</p> +<p>A bed of oysters had been discovered between the Monument and +North Pier.</p> +<p>“Dogfish” had damaged the fishermen’s nets +and devoured a “large quantity of herring.”</p> +<p>Oct. 20th.—Friday having been the day appointed for +“Humiliation and Prayer,” upwards of 2,900 persons +attended St. Nicholas’ Church services; in the morning the +Rev. Geo. Hills preached from Micah vi., 6, 7 and 8; in the +afternoon the Rev. H. Neville; in the evening the Rev. G. Hills, +from Numbers xxi., 48. The collections amounted to +£100.</p> +<p>Nov. 3rd.—The Market and Regent Wards had been +contested. Messrs. Gourlay and Steward (Whigs) against +Messrs. W. Aldred and Fyson (Conservatives) in the Market Ward, +and Messrs. J. Fish and J. D. Chapman (Whigs) against Messrs. R. +D. Barber and H. R. Harmer (Conservatives) in the Regent +Ward. The elections terminated in favour of Messrs. Barber +and Fish in the Regent, and Messrs. Aldred and Gourlay in the +Market Ward.</p> +<p>In the North, St. George’s, and Nelson Wards there were +no contests, consequently Messrs. Wm. Worship, P. White, R. +Ferrier, B. Jay, G. Cannell, and M. Butcher had been +re-elected. In the Gorleston Ward Messrs. Clarke (Whig) and +R. Steward (Conservative) had been returned.</p> +<p><a name="page141"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 141</span>Nov. +10th.—At the Council meeting on the 9th, Mr. Owles +proposed, and Mr. W. Johnson seconded, Mr. D. A. Gourlay for the +Mayoralty, and Mr. R. Steward proposed and Mr. Cherry seconded, +the election of Mr. E. H. L. Preston to that office, when the +voting was, for Mr. Gourlay 27 and for Mr. Preston 14.</p> +<p>Nov. 17th.—A “Sanitary Inquiry” had been +held before Wm. Lee, Esq.</p> +<p>Dec. 22nd.—Mr. Jas. Jackson had been elected a +Councillor for the North Ward in the place of Richard Hammond, +Esq., who had been appointed an Alderman, vice S. Cobb, Esq., +deceased.</p> +<p>Dec. 30th.—£35 13s. 6d. had been paid by Mr. +Sloman to the funds of the Hospital, on account of the profits +derived from the sale of hymn books.</p> +<p>The inmates of the Workhouse had been regaled with a dinner of +plum pudding and roast beef, with a pint of strong beer each.</p> +<h3>1850.</h3> +<p>Jan. 5th.—At the Hospital meeting it was stated that +£96 4s. 11d. had been collected for that institution on the +general Fast Day. Mr. B. Dowson occupied the chair, and +Messrs. G. D. Palmer, J. G. Cannell, W. Steele, W. H. Palmer, and +Dr. Impey took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>Jan. 12th.—The Haven Commissioners were being urged to +lengthen the Jetty, to enable vessels to land there when they +could not enter the port.</p> +<p>Jan. 19th.—An address of condolence had been voted by +the Town Council to the Queen on the occasion of the death of the +Queen Dowager.</p> +<p>The parsonage house had been purchased from the Corporation by +private subscription.</p> +<p>The Revs. J. Everitt, S. Dunn, and W. Griffiths, three +Wesleyan Ministers, expelled by the Conference, had held a +meeting of their friends at the Corn Hall.</p> +<p>Jan. 26th.—The annual meeting of the Royal Life Fund had +been held, W. H. Palmer, Esq., in the chair, when the expenditure +for the year appeared to have been £174 11s. 9d., as +against assets amounting to £172 15s. 9d.</p> +<p>The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had delivered a lecture on +“Nineveh.”</p> +<p>The “Enterprise,” steamer, was being repaired by +Mr. A. R. Palmer, prior to her resuming her passage between this +port and Rotterdam.</p> +<p><a name="page142"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 142</span>Feb. +9th.—The fishery business was in a very depressed state, +and it was computed that from £15,000 to £20,000 less +cash would on that account be circulated in the town.</p> +<p>Ninety volumes of books had been given to the library of the +Young Men’s Institute by the Mayor (D. A. Gourlay, Esq.), +Admiral Hills and Robert Steward, Esq.</p> +<p>Feb. 16th.—An endeavour was being made to reduce the +wages paid to coalheavers.</p> +<p>Feb. 23rd.—Disturbances had arisen on this account, and +a man named Lightning had complained to the Mayor that he had +been assaulted by James Miller and others because he agreed to +the owners’ terms.</p> +<p>Mr. Henry Pickard (relieving officer) had been charged before +the Magistrates for the manslaughter of Sarah Auger (aged 20) and +acquitted.</p> +<p>The smack “Good Intent” had been seized and +condemned as a smuggler, and Richard Parmenter, of the White Swan +Inn, and George Shirley, fish curer, had been committed to +Norwich Castle upon Exchequer writs for £8,230 each.</p> +<p>A meeting had been held with regard to the legalisation of +marriage with a deceased wife’s sister (the Mayor in the +Chair), when a petition in favour of that measure was +adopted.</p> +<p>March 9th.—The “Sacramento” (400 tons) had +been launched from Mr. H. Fellows’ yard.</p> +<p>March 16th.—Mr. Worship, Mr. Ferrier, and Mr. Jay, had +attended a meeting of the Haven Commissioners, and suggested that +the first stone of the bridge should be laid with Masonic +honours.</p> +<p>Mr. Benjamin Button had been appointed one of the parish +surgeons in the place of Mr. William Burgess deceased.</p> +<p>The highest tender for the ballast dues had not been taken +owing to a mistake of the Deputy Town Clerk.</p> +<p>The conduct of the prisoners in the gaol had been of an +extremely disorderly character.</p> +<p>March 23rd.—The “Eagle” (recently launched +from the yard of Mr. T. Barber) had been lost off Jaffa. +Mr. Barber was insured to the extent of £4,000.</p> +<p>Five wherries had broken adrift at night and fouled the Haven +bridge but they had all been secured by the river watch.</p> +<p>March 30th.—There had been a heavy fall of snow and +intense cold, the thermometer standing at 23 deg.</p> +<p><a name="page143"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 143</span>Two +new oyster beds had been discovered in the roadstead, and oysters +vended at 1d. to 3d. per quarter.</p> +<p>April 6th.—The first boilers ever made in the town had +been manufactured by Mr. S. V. Moore, for the +“Enterprize,” and fixed in her at the Crane. +They weighed 13 tons each.</p> +<p>William Barth, Esq., had died in London.</p> +<p>Mr. Robert Waters’ mill at Southtown had been +burnt. It was insured for £1,600 in the Sun and +Norwich Union Fire Offices.</p> +<p>April 13th.—The death of Admiral Hills is recorded.</p> +<p>The following Guardians had been elected:—The Mayor (D. +A. Gourlay, Esq.), T. Brightwen, James Jackson, George +Danby-Palmer, S. C. Marsh, J. Fish, J. Fiddes, and B. Fenn, +Esqs., and Messrs. M. Blowers, R. Ecclestone, C. Steward, J. +Lawn, T. Lettis, jun., S. Norman, J. D. Chapman, and S. J. +Fill.</p> +<p>April 20th.—A petition for the abolition of Church Rates +was being signed in the town.</p> +<p>April 27th.—The Congregationalists had determined to +build a new chapel upon part of the site of the late Mansion of +John Penrice, Esq., in King Street, and £1,107 10s. 7d. had +already been subscribed.</p> +<p>Dr. Smyth had delivered a lecture on “Respiration and +Atmospheric Air,” at the Y.M.I. The attendance was +small.</p> +<p>May 4th.—Contains the record of the death of Samuel +Palmer, Esq., from the effects of an accident. Mr. Palmer +was taking a drive in the afternoon, and while going over the +Bridge his pony took fright at the firing of some cannon in +commemoration of the marriage of Miss Costerton, Mr. Palmer in +attempting to jump out of his gig was thrown with great force +upon his head, which injury proved a fatal one.</p> +<p>A finely-toned bell weighing 10 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. in the key +G, bearing the inscription “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,” +had been fixed in the tower of the new Roman Catholic Church.</p> +<p>The Poor’s box in the Parish Church had been broken +open, and the contents, believed to be a large amount, +stolen.</p> +<p>May 11th.—Mr. E. H. L. Preston had been appointed +Receiver of Admiralty Droits in the place of Mr. Samuel Palmer +deceased.</p> +<p>The following compensation had been awarded, with regard to +the properties taken for the approach to the new +bridge:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Puncher</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">£1,757</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Teasdel</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">£418</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Messrs. Preston’s case was going to a Suffolk jury.</p> +<p><a name="page144"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 144</span>May +18th.—The “Bear Hotel,” was being demolished +for the new bridge approach.</p> +<p>The Jury impannelled in the case of Preston <i>v.</i> The +Haven Commissioners, after hearing the evidence of the plaintiff, +and Mr. Palmer in reply, awarded them £950 damage and +£100 for the value of the land taken.</p> +<p>May 25th.—Rustic sports had been provided on the South +Denes, at Whitsuntide, when there had been a great influx of +people brought by rail and the “Earl of Liverpool” +steamer.</p> +<p>The “Prince of Wales,” Revenue cutter, Lieut. John +Allen, had brought into the harbour the “Seaflower,” +having on board 122 parcels of leaf tobacco of 50 lbs. each.</p> +<p>June 1st.—The Queen <i>v.</i> The Justices of Great +Yarmouth, as to rating Vauxhall Gardens, had been heard and the +rule obtained for the parish, discharged with costs. Mr. +O’Malley appeared for Mr. C. Cory, and Mr. Palmer for the +parish.</p> +<p>The Southtown tolls had been let by auction to Mr. W. Matson +for £344 per annum. In 1820 these tolls had only +realised £248.</p> +<p>A large meeting had been held at the Angel inn on the subject +of the exceedingly high Poor’s rate levied in the parish, +Mr. Richard Ferrier in the chair.</p> +<p>June 15th.—It appeared from the Guardians accounts that +25 per cent. was allowed in their accounts “for waste in +the consumption of meat.”</p> +<p>June 22nd.—The following persons had been elected +Poor’s rate collectors, viz., Mr. Robert Bullen, Mr. Thomas +Kelf, Mr. High, Mr. R. Harbert, and Mr. William Nutman.</p> +<p>Bro. Richard Ferrier had entertained his brother Masons at +Burgh Castle, in commemoration of the completion of his new +mansion, the foundation of which was laid with Masonic +honours.</p> +<p>July 6th.—Mr. Joseph Clarence had obtained a license for +the Theatre for six months, subject to certain more stringent +regulations than had previously prevailed.</p> +<p>July 13th.—The flag on the church and the town flags on +the hall had been hoisted at half-mast upon the day of Sir R. +Peel’s funeral.</p> +<p>William Johnson, Esq., of Southtown, had given an +entertainment on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter to +William Mart, Esq., of London.</p> +<p>July 27th.—A meeting had been held with regard to the +“Public Health Act.”</p> +<p><a name="page145"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 145</span>Aug. +3rd.—A Mrs. Baker (a visitor) had attempted to commit +suicide in one of Mr. Brown’s bathing machines.</p> +<p>Aug. 10th.—Youell’s nurseries were in full +bloom.</p> +<p>Mr. John Morton, of Caister, had taken the degree of a M.C.S. +Edin.</p> +<p>Aug. 17th.—The late high tide had removed nearly 60 +acres of beach and sandbanks at Caister, and a shoal called the +Hood, lying to the North of the village had disappeared. +Consequent upon this there had been a large deposit of sand upon +Yarmouth Beach.</p> +<p>Robert Rising, Esq., the auditor, having applied for a summons +against Mr. Henry Pickard, late assistant overseer and rate +collector, on a charge of embezzling £675 13s. 8¾d., +at the hearing of such information the prisoner pleaded +“guilty,” and failing sufficient distress he was +sentenced to two months’ imprisonment. He had +sureties to the amount of £400 who were being proceeded +against.</p> +<p>Aug. 24th.—Col. Peel, M.P., J. S. Dunkald, Esq., and Sir +E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., had acted as Stewards of the Races.</p> +<p>The Ferries had been let by William Walpole, Esq., by auction, +the upper ferry for £250, and the Gorleston ferry for +£175 per annum.</p> +<p>Aug. 31st.—Lady Bolton, a niece of Lord Nelson, had +visited Capt. Manby, who had been a schoolmate of his Lordship 79 +years previously.</p> +<p>Sept. 14th.—The churchwardens and overseers had been +summoned before the Justices to show cause why they neglected or +refused to pay over to the Guardians the sum of £789, in +accordance with their order, and the hearing of the case +adjourned.</p> +<p>Sept. 21st.—A supplemental rate of 2d. in the £ +had been made to meet this demand. It appeared that the +Guardians asked for £2,800 for the current quarter, but the +overseers insisted that £2,200 would suffice, and only in +the first instance raised that amount, hence the deficiency.</p> +<p>Sept. 28th.—There was likely to be an appeal against +this supplemental poor’s rate.</p> +<p>A meeting of the electors for the Regent Ward had been held at +the “Star and Garter” Inn, at which Mr. Thomas George +presided, when S. C. Marsh and R. H. Harmer, Esqs., offered +themselves as candidates, the determination of D. Turner, Esq., +to retire was announced by Mr. W. Worship.</p> +<p>Oct. 12th.—The season, in consequence of the high +position Lowestoft had taken as a watering place, had been far +from prosperous.</p> +<p>Sept. 26th.—The new Roman Catholic Church had been +licensed for marriages.</p> +<p><a name="page146"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 146</span>The +following tenders had been sent in for the draining the +Denes:—J. Thompson, (Yarmouth), £4,424; W. Johnson, +(London), £4,393; G. Piggins, (Yarmouth), £4,234 +19s.; R. Page, (Yarmouth), £3,922; and R. Pratt, +(Yarmouth), £3,715. The lowest tender was accepted; +about 7,400 feet of sewer being required.</p> +<p>A Vestry Meeting had been held as to the Rating of small +tenements, when the poll taken on an amendment in favour of +applying the Act, was 329 as against 68 against it.</p> +<p>A special Sessions had been held to hear upwards of 250 +appeals against the recently made Poor’s Rate.</p> +<p>Mr. J. H. Harrison’s was the case taken, and after +hearing Mr. Chamberlin on his behalf, and examining the Rate +Book, Mr. Preston moved and Mr. G. Danby-Palmer seconded, and it +was carried by the vote of the bench that an unequal assessment +existed and the rate was accordingly quashed. Mr. Cufaude +on behalf of the Overseers, then stated that he agreed to +this. The decision was received with applause.</p> +<p>Sir J. Walmesley, M.P., J. Hume, Esq., M.P., and T. Norton, +Esq., attended a meeting as a deputation from the Financial +Reform Association.</p> +<p>Nov. 9th.—The result of the Municipal Election had left +the parties equally balanced in the Council; the means used in +these contests having in most instances been “disgusting +and disgraceful.”</p> +<p>The following was the polling:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Gorleston +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E. H. L. Preston, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">185</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Hammond, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">170</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. Crowe, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">78</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>F. S. Costerton, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">64</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Jackson, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">108</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. N. Burroughs, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">105</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. Nightingale, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">90</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. Cory, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">68</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. C. Marsh, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">105</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. D. Chapman, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">103</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>H. R. Harmer, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">94</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>F. Palmer, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">83</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page147"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 147</span><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. G. Plummer, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">130</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. C. Smith, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">116</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Barker, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">101</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>G. D. Palmer and T. Lettis, (unopposed).</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. Aldred, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">129</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>F. Worship, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">123</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Owles, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">104</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Cobb, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">84</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Nov. 16th.—At the Council Meeting on the 9th, 46 members +being present, Mr. George Danby-Palmer proposed and Mr. P. Pullyn +seconded Capt. Charles Pearson, R.N., for the office of Mayor, +and Mr. Wm. H. Palmer proposed and Mr. E. H. L. Preston seconded, +Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., for that office.</p> +<p>Upon taking the votes it appeared 25 were for Capt. Pearson +and 21 for Sir E. H. K. Lacon. Mr. Ferrier then remarked +“The majority for Capt. Pearson is 4, and as 10 Aldermen +voted for him, he is in fact returned by gentlemen who are now +out of office.” Messrs. J. Fyson, Chas. J. Palmer, J. +C. Smith, H. Jay, W. Yetts, (Conservatives) and the Mayor and +Messrs. J. Pike, J. Fiddes, J. Bayly, J. Barker and B. Fenn, were +then nominated for Aldermen, when 42 members voted for Mr. Fenn +and 21 for the other 5 party candidates, whereupon Mayor gave his +casting vote in favour of the Whig Nominees.</p> +<p>The Mayor’s dinner was held at the “Star” on +the following Monday, when His Worship occupied the chair and R. +Hammond, Esq., the Vice-chair. D. A. Gourlay, Esq. +(Deputy-Mayor) P. Pullyn, G. Danby-Palmer, H. Worship, F. Palmer, +W. N. Burroughs, Esqs., and the principal Liberal members of the +Corporation were present.</p> +<p>The price of Gas had been reduced to 5s. per thousand cubic +feet.</p> +<p>H. Palmer, Esq., had notified his intention to resign the Town +Clerkship.</p> +<p>Mr. Cufaude, Mr. C. Cory, and Mr. J. Clowes, were spoken of as +probable candidates.</p> +<p>Mr. G. Johnson had been elected master of the Workhouse.</p> +<p>Nov. 23rd.—The crew of a Sheringham smack had been fined +£100 each, or six months’ imprisonment for smuggling +2,760 lbs. of tobacco.</p> +<p><a name="page148"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 148</span>Dec. +14th.—Several houses on the Denes had been broken into, and +some brushes stolen from Mr. J. Palmer’s warehouse at the +Bridge foot, where the thieves missed taking a considerable +amount of gold and silver carelessly left on the premises.</p> +<p>Dec. 21st.—W. Lee, Esq., had held an Inquiry as to the +drainage of the Denes.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"> +<a href="images/p148b.jpg"> +<img alt= +"Decorative graphic" +title= +"Decorative graphic" +src="images/p148s.jpg" /> +</a></p> +<h2><a name="page149"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +149</span>THIRD SERIES, 1851–60.</h2> +<blockquote><p>“When found, make a note +of”—</p> +<p style="text-align: right"><span class="smcap">Capt. +Cuttle</span>.</p> +</blockquote> +<h3>1851.</h3> +<p>Jan. 4th.—At the meeting of the Town Council, the +Councillors for the St. George’s, Market and Gorleston +Wards refused to appoint Ward Aldermen “as they had no +confidence” in the Aldermen recently appointed by the +casting vote of the Mayor.</p> +<p>The “Water question” was before the public, when, +as to the Ormesby water with which it was proposed to supply the +town, Mr. Cooper, an eminent analytical chemist, stated that such +water “was turbid from the green and brown matter in +it” and that “the large quantity (four grains) of +vegetable organic matter that it contained rendered it wholly +unfit for domestic purposes other than cleansing.”</p> +<p>Jan. 11th.—Chas. J. Palmer had presided at the Annual +Public Library meeting, when it was stated that upwards of 5,000 +books belonged to that institution.</p> +<p>J. Tolver, Esq. had sent in his resignation as Clerk to the +Paving Commissioners.</p> +<p>Jan. 25th.—It was stated that a provisional order was +about to be issued, applying the “Health of Town’s +Act” to the Borough, thus threatening the Paving +Commissioners with extinction.</p> +<p>There was great complaint against these Commissioners for not +properly lighting the Denes.</p> +<p>Wm. Sumner, an ex-constable was bound over to keep the peace +at the instance of Samuel Tolver, Esq.</p> +<p>Feb. 1st.—The following notice appears as to No. 4, +South Quay:—</p> +<blockquote><p>A tradition has long existed in connection with +the Elizabethian House upon the Quay, formerly belonging to John +Carter, the regicide, <a name="page150"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 150</span>but now the residence of C. J. +Palmer, Esq., F.S.A., (mentioned by Noble, vol. 2, p. 340), that +of the “many secret consults” which the rebels held +prior to the trial and execution of King Charles I. the fatal and +final one took place in a chamber in the above mentioned house, +in which Carter then lived. A meeting of the chief +Parliamentarian Generals was summoned, and the regicides, it is +said, met early in the afternoon, and the conference, which was +one of ‘great secrecy,’ did not terminate until near +the hour of midnight, the dinner which had been ordered for four +o’clock not being served until the meeting broke up. +This tradition, though generally credited, had hitherto received +no confirmation to render it of historical value. The +important fact has, however, been placed almost beyond a doubt, +as we can state on the authority of F. Worship, Esq., that in the +course of the labours of the Committee recently appointed by the +Town Council to inquire into the ancient records and muniments of +the Borough, a record has been found of the visit of Oliver +Cromwell to our town about the time alluded to, it having never +yet been definitely ascertained that the Protector visited +Yarmouth. We hope this very interesting discovery will +induce the Committee to prosecute their labours, and when the +valuable town documents have been arranged and restored, the +Council will see the propriety and necessity of providing some +suitable depository for them.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Feb. 8th.—The New Mercantile Marine Act had excited much +dissatisfaction, and several handbills had appeared urging the +sailors to take action, and on Tuesday morning having +“struck,” they mustered in groups on the +Hall-quay. Subsequently they formed in procession to the +number of 1,000 and paraded the town for several hours; they had +a band and flags with them, and a board on which was written +“Do not sign the laws” and “Wages £2 +15s. Summer and Winter.”</p> +<p>A Seaman’s Union had been formed having 450 members, and +Mr. J. Teasdel having given notice that he did not intend to +reduce the wages paid to his men to 50s. a month, several hundred +of the men on strike, went over the Bridge and manned the yards +of a vessel belonging to that gentleman, for whom they gave some +loud and hearty cheers.</p> +<p>The Magistrates refused to sign a 1s. 9d. Poor rate, but +such rate was subsequently signed by Mr. W. H. Palmer and Mr. J. +Fenn and the rate for that amount made.</p> +<p>Feb. 15th.—A meeting of the shipowners had been held at +the Town-hall to consider the seamen’s grievances, the +Mayor in the chair, when upon the motion of Mr. George +Danby-Palmer, a resolution was carried <a +name="page151"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 151</span>to obtain a +repeal of the act of Parliament complained of, and a Committee +formed consisting of six owners and six seamen with the Mayor as +chairman to give effect to such resolution; the wages question +was, however, not discussed.</p> +<p>Feb. 22nd.—A further meeting had been held “to +take into consideration the present complaint of seamen +respecting their wages, that the same may be equalized throughout +the year whether by voyage or month.”</p> +<p>About 30 owners were present, and also the Sailors’ +Committee; the Mayor was in the chair, and the sailors refused to +be bound by their “old agreement;” the following +account is given of their subsequent proceedings:—</p> +<blockquote><p>Since the above meeting a letter has been sent to +the Mayor, announcing that the sailors were determined not to +abide for the future by the old agreement; and handbills were +also publicly issued, announcing a “grand procession” +of the seamen of the port for the following day. +Accordingly on Saturday the sailors assembled opposite to their +rendezvous, at the Royal Exchange on the Quay, to the number of +about 1,500, and flags, union jacks, &c., with a band of +music having been procured, a procession was formed, which +paraded the town for several hours. The men were mostly +respectably attired, and wore rosettes of various colours, from +which were suspended the medals of the Shipwrecked +Mariners’ Society. Some of the men were dressed in +various emblematical characters, such as Britannia, Neptune, +Amphitrite, Triton, &c., and were borne upon the shoulders of +the crowd in boats, dolphin cars, &c., which were decorated +with evergreens, &c., in short the whole assemblage seemed +more like a triumphal procession than that of a demonstration +occasioned by one of those unfortunate breaches between employers +and employed, termed a “strike.” Throughout the +crowd a number of placards were distributed, bearing the +following inscription:—“We, the seamen of Yarmouth, +hereby testify our gratitude to the inhabitants, for the handsome +manner in which they have come forward to assist us in obtaining +our just rights.” Also a number of poles, terminating +in tridents, fishes, &c., were borne aloft, together with a +handsomely carved model ship, covered with the flags of all +nations.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Mr. S. S. Barber had applied to the Bench for the assistance +of the civil force to protect his seamen, who had just arrived by +the “Maid of the Yare,” London Trader, and who had +been persuaded to leave their vessel, and even threatened to be +taken away by force if <a name="page152"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 152</span>they did not leave. The +Superintendent and some of the police went down to the spot, but, +as the men remained perfectly peaceable, their presence was not +at all required.</p> +<p>The following members of the Council had addressed a letter to +the Treasury protesting against a proposed loan for drainage +purposes, which was said to have been carried by a majority of +the Council at its last meeting:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, R. +Ferrier, E. H. L. Preston, F. Worship, William H. Palmer, R. +Steward, R. D. Barber, E. R. Aldred, J. C. Smith, J. G. Plummer, +J. Cherry, J. E. Barnby, C. C. Aldred, B. Jay, R. Ferrier, junr., +S. Miller and William Worship, and thereupon at the Council +meeting a very warm discussion ensued, during which Mr. C. C. +Aldred was accused of having called Mr. George Danby-Palmer +“a liar,” and Sir E. H. K. Lacon (by Mr. Henry +Danby-Palmer) of having made a disturbance by “kicking +against the panels.”</p> +<p>March 1st.—The following Councillors subsequently +addressed a letter to the Treasury in respect of these +proceedings:—D. A. Gourlay, H. Danby-Palmer, J. Bayly, R. +Hammond, J. Lettis, junr., J. Fish, W. T. Clarke, J. Barker, P. +Pullyn, J. Jackson, J. D. Chapman, R. Hammond, junr., G. +Danby-Palmer, W. N. Burroughs, C. E. Bartram, M. Butcher, J. G. +Cannell, H. Boulter, P. White, J. Fiddes and J. Pike.</p> +<p>This issue contains the following report of the Sailors’ +Strike and Riot:—</p> +<blockquote><p>We have this week to record a riot of a serious +nature arising out of the unfortunate strike among the seamen +who, until recently, had conducted themselves in a manner highly +creditable to so large a body of men placed in such +circumstances. Since the ill-advised rejection, by the men, +of the old agreement as to wages, there have been several +mariners (as there always must be with an over-stocked labour +market) quite ready and glad to sail at different rates to those +proposed by those who struck; and forseeing that if such +defections from their camp continued, their strike would be +unavailing, the sailors have during the last week been in the +habit of parading the Quay, in gangs, for the purpose of +unlawfully preventing such as were willing to go to sea from +joining their ships, and partly by force, and partly by threats, +several men have been deterred from fulfilling their +engagements. Although these facts were known to the +authorities, no steps were taken to put a stop to them, in the +hope that the reasonable and peaceable portion <a +name="page153"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 153</span>of the +sailors would see how unjustifiable was the course they were +pursuing, and how really destructive it was to the interests both +of the owners and men. The same line of conduct was, +however, continued. The first case brought before the Bench +was that of Samuel Graystone, the mate of the schooner +“Ant,” belonging to Mr. S. S. Barber, who applied for +the protection of the police, the men having been taken out of +his vessel on Friday afternoon last. On Saturday morning, +Mr. Barber again appeared before the Mayor to complain that the +master and crew of the “Maid of the Yare” had been +interrupted, and made to go on shore. The master having +come up and corroborated this statement, the crew were sent for +and asked if they were willing to go to sea, having signed +articles. The master and mate said they were, but the men +declined, through fear of personal violence. They were told +that if they did not they must be sent to gaol, but if they were +willing to go they should be protected. They then agreed to +go, and were sent down accordingly with a body of the police; the +master and mate went on board, but the crew refused, and the +police were therefore withdrawn, when some sailors went and +ill-used the mate, throwing him over the bows of his ship on to +the Quay Head. The captain also was pushed on shore. +Subsequently the Bench were informed that the man Graystone had +again been taken out of his vessel, which had gone to sea without +him, and was then lying in Corton Roads. Graystone was sent +for, and said he was not willing to go; but on an information +being taken against him for refusing, he said he would if he +could be protected. A steamtug was therefore ordered to +convey him to his vessel, and on its arriving opposite the Town +Hall at half-past two o’clock, the Magistrates agreed, +before taking any other steps, to try whether the police were not +sufficient to protect the men on board, notwithstanding the +evident determination of a large body of sailors to prevent +him. The Superintendent of Police, therefore, arranged the +whole force, and with Graystone in the centre, surrounded by the +Mayor and Magistrates, the escort left the station-house, distant +not more than one hundred yards from the steamtug. When +about half way down, the crowd, which then consisted of about 200 +or 300 sailors, set up a tremendous yell and rushed upon the +police, whose ranks were speedily broken, several of the police +and Magistrates being struck. They rallied, and with the +assistance of the Magistrates, who were mainly instrumental in +preventing Graystone from being rescued, they succeeded in +placing him safely on board the tug. The principal +ringleaders were <a name="page154"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +154</span>then picked out, and after some considerable struggling +they were got into the station-house. By this time the +concourse of people had increased to upwards of a thousand. +Some of the men then obtained a spar or boom which was brought +opposite the station-house door for the purpose of using it as a +battering ram to release the six or seven prisoners within. +Several stones were thrown, and a few windows broken; upon which +the Mayor immediately swore in as many persons as were willing to +be special constables, and a sally was made upon the mob, and +with considerable difficulty the spar was got away, and one or +two of those who were using it were taken into custody, but being +completely overpowered, the authorities were compelled to retreat +with the force into the station-house. Shortly after, Capt. +Ellis, R.N., having arrived with a body of the coastguardsmen, +armed with muskets, &c., together with some of the men from +the revenue cutter, they took up a position in front of the Hall +and Police-station. The Mayor then read the Riot Act, the +people not dispersing, but on the contrary rather increasing, as +there must then have been several thousands. Mr. G. D. +Palmer addressed a few words to them from the Hall-door, +imploring them to desist from the foolish course they had taken, +and entreating them to disperse peaceably. A stone was then +hurled at the spot where the Magistrates were standing, but it +fortunately did not take effect, and the man who threw it was +instantly secured and brought into the station-house. The +following proclamation was issued by the Mayor:—</p> +<p style="text-align: center">“Borough of Great Yarmouth, +22nd Feb., 1851.</p> +<p>“<span class="smcap">Notice</span>.—A riot having +this day taken place in this Borough, and the Riot Act having +been read, all peaceable and loyal inhabitants are desired to +keep in their houses until order has been restored. And +notice is hereby further given, that no assemblage of persons +will be allowed.</p> +<p style="text-align: right"><span class="smcap">Charles +Pearson</span>, Mayor.”</p> +<p>After a consultation of the Magistrates, they unanimously +determined to send to Norwich for a troop of the Military +stationed there. A telegraphic message was therefore +despatched, which reached the Norwich Station about half-past +four o’clock. In the meantime nine of the East +Norfolk Militia located here, under Captain Brown, arrived, and +were speedily followed by detachments of the Coastguard from the +stations at Caister, Winterton, Corton, &c., who were all +sworn in as special constables. The total available force +for the protection of the town now amounted to 201, viz., 90 +special constables, 81 officers and men of the revenue cutter and +coastguard, 21 policemen, and 9 militia <a +name="page155"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 155</span>men; and it +was determined to clear the space in front of the station-house, +which, with much difficulty was accomplished, when the police +succeeded in picking out and taking several of the +ringleaders.</p> +<p>Some persons consider that the people might have been entirely +dispersed without the aid of the military, but considering the +overwhelming number of persons present, it could only have been +accomplished by the armed force charging among the people, which +might have involved much bloodshed, if not actual loss of life, +and there can be no doubt that the authorities exercised a wise +and prudent discretion in contenting themselves by keeping the +crowd as it were at bay, until the arrival of the military, a +troop of which, consisting of 35 of the 11th Hussars, under +Captain Douglas, reached the Yarmouth station by special train at +about a quarter to six in the evening. A great mob of +people had assembled at the terminus, and the officer in command +refused to enter the town unless accompanied by a magistrate on +horseback. J. C. Smith, Esq., accordingly having gone down, +the troop, a little before seven o’clock, entered the town +and cantering their horses over the quay and pavements, the crowd +which had remained in front of the Police-court fled in every +direction, some of them in their anxiety to escape the too near +approach of the soldiers’ swords, actually running over one +another. Several women were knocked down by the mob in +their flight, but we believe no injuries, beyond a few broken +heads and bruised limbs, were received by any one. Great +numbers of persons, however, secreted themselves by the river +side, and in the ends of the numerous narrow rows in the town, +under the impression that the military could not dislodge +them. The Mayor, however, having issued orders for the +entire quay to be cleared, the police, aided by a strong body of +special constables, were for some hours engaged in dispersing the +knots of people who had collected in these localities; patrols of +the military and the police were then placed at all the principal +thoroughfares leading to the Town Hall, which had been the scene +of the riot, for the purpose of stopping all persons from coming +that way. About eleven o’clock order having been, +comparatively speaking, restored, the Magistrates consulted with +the commanding-officer, and it was agreed that the military +(which now numbered 75 in all, having been joined by another +troop) should retire to their quarters, holding themselves in +readiness to be called out at a minute’s warning. The +police were sent on their regular beats, but the cutter’s +men and coastguardsmen remained at the Hall during the whole of +the Saturday night, as did also the special <a +name="page156"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 156</span>constables, +who were divided into three divisions, under regular captains, +for the purpose of relieving each other every four hours. +At half-past nine on Sunday morning, the Mayor and Magistrates +again assembled, but as everything had passed off quietly during +the night, and as there did not seem any disposition on the part +of the persons who were collected round the Hall (more by +curiosity than otherwise) to commit any breach of the peace, the +special constables, with most of the coastguardsmen were released +from further duty until they should be again summoned, if +required, by the alarm bell. At the close of the +morning’s service the Magistrates held a further +consultation, when it was determined to draw up a report of the +occurrences which had taken place, and to transmit the same to +Sir G. Grey, the Secretary of the Home Department, to whom it was +suggested that it would be advisable that a war steamer should be +sent down to the port until order was entirely restored.</p> +<p>We cannot conclude our report without bearing our testimony to +the great and extraordinary exertions to maintain peace and order +made by our excellent Chief Magistrate, ably supported as he was +by everyone of his brother Magistrates, and to the firmness and +determination displayed by the Authorities may be mainly +attributed to the preservation of the public peace, and the +prompt and effectual suppression of the riotious spirit displayed +by some thoughtless and illadvised men. It could hardly +have been supposed that any friends of order could have been +found ready to cast any blame upon the Authorities for the wise +precautions they took, but we regret to say that some persons +who, instead of coming forward to assist in preserving the public +peace, kept, to their shame, in their own houses, and who, +entirely ignorant of the organisation which was on foot, presume +to censure those whom they should have been the first to +support. Such parties are, however, we trust, but few, for +we feel sure that the course pursued on the present occasion by +the Authorities, will receive the unqualified approval and +sanction of all the peaceably disposed and loyal inhabitants of +the town. The conduct of the Police force—as well as +that of the special constables—was most meritorious and +praiseworthy; some of the former especially distinguished +themselves for their courageous conduct, but it would be +invidious to make any distinction between them, as all the men in +the force are equally deserving of praise. They exercised +the greatest forbearance, being most grossly insulted and +ill-used, notwithstanding which they abstained from using their +staves until the spirit of riot being openly manifested, they +were directed to use them by their excellent superintendent, +Capt. B. Love. Police-constable <a name="page157"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 157</span>Fuller has been very seriously +injured, it being feared that some of his ribs are broken; +another man who was engaged in the cowardly act of beating +Police-constable Johnson while on the ground, in his turn +received a blow from the truncheon of one of the special +constables, which inflicted a very serious wound on his +head. Many other persons were hurt in the course of the +riot, but not that we can learn to any serious extent. It +is said, however, that a man was severely wounded in the hand by +the sword of one of the soldiers, he having seized the bridle and +nearly thrown the latter.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>On the succeeding Monday the several cases were dealt with +arising out of these proceedings.</p> +<p>Mr. I. Preston appeared to prosecute, Mr. C. Cooper +(instructed by Mr. F. S. Costerton) representing the +prisoners.</p> +<p>Robert Watson (for obstructing Captain Love, Surperintendent +of Police) fined 10s.</p> +<p>James King (for threatening E. H. L. Preston, Esq.,) fined +40s.</p> +<p>Samuel Bowles (like offence) fined £3.</p> +<p>John Crow (ditto) fined £1.</p> +<p>James Harvey, William Balls and William Stoddard (ditto) +discharged with a caution.</p> +<p>Samuel Gowing (ditto) fined £1.</p> +<p>Henry Walpole (charged by William Danby-Palmer, Esq., with a +like offence) fined £2.</p> +<p>James Vincent (for creating a disturbance) fined 10s.</p> +<p>George Walton (charged by Mr. S. S. Barber) for a +“rescue,” fined £5.</p> +<p>Alfred Pye (for assaulting Police-constable Lattimore) fined +£2.</p> +<p>William Bee, John Creak, Benjamin Mallett, Edward Brooks, and +Robert Willgrass (charged with having taken part in the riot and +disturbance) were committed for trial, but Bee, Mallett and Creak +were admitted to bail in two sureties of £40 each and their +own recognizances for £68 each.</p> +<p>H.M. ships “Black Eagle” and +“Lightning” had entered the Harbour and laid on the +west side of the river.</p> +<p>The Workhouse (which unfortunately contained a large number of +idle and dissolute characters) had been the scene of frequent +disturbances, and police had been lodged there on that +account. During the riot an outbreak, however, had taken +place, and a ringleader named Charles Girdlestone taken into +custody; he was sentenced to 42 days’ hard labour <a +name="page158"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 158</span>for this +offence, and would be sent for trial for a ferocious attack on +the police. Three other paupers had been sent to the +treadmill for 21 days each for refractory conduct.</p> +<p>March 8th.—At the Quarter Sessions, (held before N. +Palmer, Esq.), the rioters, John Creak (24), Benjamin Mallett +(34), John Brooks (19), William Bee (26), and Robert Willgrass +(—), were put upon their trial.</p> +<p>Mr. Hotson (with whom was Mr. Mills and Mr. Bulwer) +prosecuted, and Mr. Evans (with whom was Mr. C. Cooper) defended +the prisoners, the Jury (having deliberated for 25 minutes) +returned a verdict of Not Guilty, “which verdict was +received with a loud burst of applause, which lasted two or three +minutes.”</p> +<p>March 15th.—The strike had ended, most of the owners +having consented to sign agreements for giving the men the wages +they asked for, for a period of 12 months.</p> +<p>March 22nd.—The sailors had held a “Grand +Procession with flags, banners, and triumphant cars.” +In the latter were several men attired as Neptune, Britannia, +&c., in the evening they attended at the Vauxhall Gardens, +where there was a grand display of fireworks.—During the +strike 500 stones of flour, 600 lbs. of beef, and 500 cwt. of +coals, had been distributed amongst the families of the men on +strike from the contributions of the inhabitants.</p> +<p>The N.A.O.D. had met at the Trinity Arms to celebrate the 10th +anniversary of the Trinity Lodge, No. 220. Messrs. R. R. B. +Norman, J. P. Hastings, P.A., and F. Palmer took part in the +proceedings.—It was stated there were then three lodges of +this order in the town.</p> +<p>April 5th.—Mr. Ferrier and Sir E. H. K. Lacon had +appealed, without success, against the rating of certain property +on the Denes, on the ground “that it was not within the +town.”</p> +<p>April 12th.—Mr. S. Tolver had instructed Mr. Coppock, +the parliamentary agent, to prepare the petition against the +application of the Public Health Act to the town, and this +document was being numerously signed.</p> +<p>It was proposed to form a “Pilot” Steam Tug +Company (capital, £1,000 in £5 shares.)</p> +<p>George Danby-Palmer and J. Barker, Esqs., had been elected +Haven Commissioners, and D. A. Gourlay and R. Hammond, Esqs., +Supernumerary Haven Commissioners.</p> +<p>April 19th.—Mr. T. Brightwen was urging the appointment +of a Chaplain at the Workhouse.</p> +<p><a name="page159"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 159</span>The +Conservatives had secured, for the first time, several scats at +the Board of Guardians, the following forming the new +Board:—</p> +<p>Nominated by both parties—Messrs. B. Fenn, S. C. Marsh, +and S. V. Moore.</p> +<p>Liberals—Messrs. G. Danby-Palmer, D. A Gourlay, and T. +Brightwen.</p> +<p>Conservatives—Messrs. R. Ferrier, E. R. Aldred, C. +Woolverton, W. Worship, J. G. Plummer, W. Laws, E. H. L. Preston, +S. Nightingale, J. Cherry, and T. Paul.</p> +<p>Captain Ellis, R.N., had exhibited the model of a fast sailing +yacht.</p> +<p>Captain James Day had been fined £5 for assaulting Mr. +Nolloth, tailor.</p> +<p>The “Public Heath Act” was again being discussed +by the Town Council, where Mr. Burroughs moved, and Mr. Barker +seconded, a petition against the application of the Act to the +Borough, and Mr. F. Worship moved, and Mr. R. Ferrier, jun., +seconded as an amendment that the Council pass to the next +business on the agenda paper.</p> +<p>Upon a division the amendment was lost by 15 to 23, and the +original motion declared to be carried by 23 to 17 votes.</p> +<p>April 26th.—At a meeting held at the Angel-inn (C. J. +Palmer, Esq., in the chair) it was thought desirable “to +advertise the town, and that a saxhorn band should play daily on +the principal promenades.”</p> +<p>May 10th.—The pilots of Gorleston had succeeded in +establishing a Tug Company, and had purchased a boat of 45 +horsepower, called “The Royal Albert.”</p> +<p>J. Hume, Esq., M.P., had introduced a deputation of Ratepayers +opposed to the “Public Health Act” to Lord Seymour +(at the Woods and Forests Office); it consisted of Charles +Pearson, Esq., (Mayor); D. A. Gourlay, Esq., (Deputy-Mayor); +George Danby-Palmer, Esq., and William N. Burroughs, Esq., with +Mr. J. H. Harrison (Secretary), while 18 members of the Council +at the same time petitioned Parliament in favour of the +measure.</p> +<p>The sailors had held a meeting to consider the +“Ticket” system and the “Muster Roll” +fund.</p> +<p>May 17th.—In consequence of the removal of the window +tax, bricklayers were busy throughout the town opening out +windows formerly blocked up.</p> +<p>Mr. Cosgrove’s saxhorn band was to perform on the North +and South Terraces during the season.</p> +<p><a name="page160"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 160</span>The +census head been taken with the following result:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Houses inhabited.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Uninhabited.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Total.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Building.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">5,984</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">344</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">6,328</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">78</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Families.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Males.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Females.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Total.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">6,154</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">11,544</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">15,014</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">26,558</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Increase of population per cent., 10.3. This included +347 inmates of the Workhouse.</p> +<p>It was noted that in 1619 Manship estimated the then +population of the town at 1,200 households, which would give a +population of some 7,000.</p> +<p>In 1724 a writer named Andrews stated the population at 13,000 +or 14,000; and in 1784 when it was first accurately taken, it was +found to be 12,608.</p> +<p>The then returns were considered disappointing, as it was +expected that the town contained 30,000 persons, but it was noted +that 2,500 sailors belonged to the port, half of whom were +probably not at home when the return was made.</p> +<p>At this time Gorleston had a population of 2,586, and +Southtown of 1,412 persons.</p> +<p>John Annison, the driver of the Sutton coach, had been +convicted for the fourth time of conveying passengers to Yarmouth +at a greater speed than four miles an hour without having a +number plate on his vehicle, and fined £10 with £3 +3s. costs.</p> +<p>May 31st.—Visitors were beginning to arrive.</p> +<p>June 7th.—A project was on foot for laying out the +Chapel Denes as an ornamental walk for the public.</p> +<p>June 28th.—A mushroom measuring 29 inches in +circumference, with a stalk about the thickness of a man’s +wrist and weighing 2½lbs., had been grown at Bradwell.</p> +<p>James Gedge, a pauper lunatic, had escaped from the Workhouse, +having only a shirt on.</p> +<p>July 5th.—A Bill had been brought in by Lord Seymour and +Mr. Cornewall Lewis confirming the provisional order to applying +the provisions of the Board of Health Act to the town.</p> +<p>July 19th.—A petition, signed by 1,550 persons, had been +presented to the House, and a deputation had waited on Lord John +Russell with regard to this action of the Government.</p> +<p>The M.P’s. for the town being in favour of the measure, +“had been requested to resign the trust they had +abused.” This action emanated <a +name="page161"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 161</span>from a +public meeting of ratepayers, over which. George +Danby-Palmer, Esq., presided, and at which Mr. S. W. Bly, Mr. A. +Ames, Mr. W. N. Burroughs, Mr. S. V. Moore, Mr. R. Hammond, and +Mr. T. Parker took part.</p> +<p>July 26th.—The Bill nevertheless passed through +Committee by a majority of 92 against 12.</p> +<p>Sir J. Walmsley had opposed and Lord Seymour supported the +measure, but eventually it passed the House of Commons without a +division.</p> +<p>The paupers were much dissatisfied at not being allowed, as +formerly, to attend places of Worship in the town on Sundays.</p> +<p>Mr. C. Houchen had delivered an address on this subject, and +denounced the action of the Guardians.</p> +<p>Aug. 9th.—It was computed that many hundreds of children +in the North District were entirely without the opportunity for +instruction, and it was proposed to fit up the Priory as a +National School to meet this want.</p> +<p>Evidence had been taken by the Committee of the House of Lords +upon the Public Health Bill being applied to the town, and they +reported the Bill to the House without amendment; thus there was +a “speedy prospect of the town being well drained and made +clean and healthy in spite of its one-idead rulers.”</p> +<p>Captain Smyth, R.N., had been raised to the rank of +Post-Captain.</p> +<p>Six hundred and thirty electors had signed a requisition +calling on Messrs. Rumbold and Saunders to resign their seats as +M.P’s. for the Borough. This would form a majority of +the voters.</p> +<p>The East Norfolk and Suffolk Horticultural Show had been held +under the patronage of the Mayoress, Lady Lacon, and Mr. S. C. J. +Palmer.</p> +<p>Aug. 16th.—The 279th, and last, meeting of the Paving +Commissioners had been held, when there were +present—Messrs. George Danby-Palmer (in the chair), B. +Dowson, W. N. Burroughs, J. Fish, C. E. Bartram, F. Palmer, J. H. +Harrison, S. V. Moore, P. White, J. Cobb, W. Crow, I. Lettis, +jun., and W. H. Bessey.</p> +<p>Mr. Beeching’s newly-built lifeboat had been submitted +to several tests opposite the Crane.</p> +<p>Aug. 23rd.—Mr. Beeching’s model had obtained the +prize in the Lifeboat Competition at Somerset House. There +were 280 models and plans sent in, the first six boats +being—James Beeching, Great Yarmouth; Henry Hinks, +Appledore; J. and E. Pellew, Newbury; William <a +name="page162"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 162</span>Teasdel, +Great Yarmouth; Harvey and Son, Ipswich, and George Farrow, South +Shields.</p> +<p>Aug. 30th.—The Licensed Victuallers had held a large and +important meeting for the purpose of protecting their interests, +S. C. Marsh, Esq., in the chair.</p> +<p>Mr. G. Blyth (Reporter to the <i>Norfolk News</i>) had been +induced to visit at night a tower in the South-End of the town, +belonging to George Danby-Palmer, Esq., when he had been +assaulted by some person there, and of this he had complained to +the Bench.</p> +<p>Sept. 13th.—The Justices had refused to grant any fresh +licenses at the Brewster Sessions.</p> +<p>The “Reindeer” yawl (manned by Beachmen) had +challenged the “America” yacht to sail for +£105.</p> +<p>Sept. 20th.—The Council meeting had been broken up, +leaving 20 subjects undisposed of, owing to all the Conservatives +and two or three of the Liberal members leaving the meeting, +which was thus reduced below the required number to form a +“quorum.”</p> +<p>Sept. 27th.—Mr. Hilling had been appointed Town Surveyor +at a salary of £30 per annum, and £250 had been +proposed as the salary of the Town-Clerk, he also acting as Clerk +to the newly-formed Local Board of Health. Mr. Clowes, +however, declined to give his assent to serve on these terms +without further consideration.</p> +<p>Oct. 4th.—There had been heavy gales and the Roadstead +presented “a most lamentable scene, crowded with shipping, +which had put in for refuge to the number of some +hundreds.”</p> +<p>Two of the vessels belonging to the Franklin Exploration +Expedition were in the Roads.</p> +<p>Oct. 11th.—Harris Wilshak had been charged with being +concerned in smuggling 14lbs. of tobacco.</p> +<p>At the Revision Court Mr. F. S. Costerton appeared for the +Liberals, and Mr. C. Preston for the Tories. Neither party +claimed any gain from the proceedings on the Parliamentary Lists, +but on the Burgess Roll the Liberals claimed a gain of 19, of +which 15 were in the Regent-ward, where a very warm contest was +expected in November.</p> +<p>Oct. 18th.—Mr. J. W. Crowe had been elected Surgeon to +the Hospital School.</p> +<p>The new Valuation Lists had increased the assessment of the +parish by £47,000.</p> +<p>Active preparations were being made for the Municipal +contests.</p> +<p><a name="page163"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 163</span>Mr. +Wilshak had been acquitted on the charge of smuggling.</p> +<p>George Deacon, known as “The Prophet,” had thrown +himself into the river, as he stated that it was impossible that +he should sink; he would have been drowned but for the help of +the bystanders. When taken to the Station House he was +found to have £18, 2 old gold coins, and 21s. 6d. upon +him.</p> +<p>Oct. 25th.—The Priory was being fitted for National +Schools.</p> +<p>Houchen, who had been preaching against “the powers that +be,” had been bound over to keep the peace in two sureties +of £25 and himself in £50.</p> +<p>Nov. 8th.—The Municipal Election had been hotly +contested and the partizans of the winning party (the Tories) +made it “a boast of having expended in the five wards a sum +of money variously stated from £800 to +£1,200.” The following was the return given +with the poll of 1850 appended to it:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1851—219 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. Nightingale, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">108</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. H. Bessey, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">103</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Mainprice, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">97</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. H. D. Palmer, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">95</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1850—208 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Jackson, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">108</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Burroughs, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">105</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Nightingale, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">90</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Cory, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">68</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>In this Ward the Liberals headed the poll until nearly one +o’clock, when a detachment of Conservative +“runners” with some “dust” turned the +election. The price of votes was high, and ranged from +£8 to £12; and it is said that two polled for the +winning party cost £20!</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1851—270 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. E. Barnby, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">148</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Fenn, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">132</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. John Cobb, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">120</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1850—261 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. C. Aldred, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">129</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. F. Worship, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">123</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Owles, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">104</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. S. Cobb, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">84</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page164"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 164</span>In +this Ward the Liberals did not bring forward two candidates, +being anxious to mark their approbation of Mr. Barnby’s +consistent opposition to the Public Health Act; and here, as in +the North Ward, their candidate headed the poll until the arrival +of the other portion of Conservative workers from the Regent +Ward, when a sufficient number of loose fish were immediately +polled to swamp the majority, at that time about twenty. +The prices of votes ranged from five pounds to ten guineas at a +late hour of the day.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1851—244 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sir E. H. K. Lacon, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">115</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Cherry, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">114</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. F. Palmer, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">101</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Clowes, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">90</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1850—234 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Chapman, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">104</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Marsh, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">104</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Harmer, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">93</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. F. Palmer, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">84</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Great exertions were used to secure the return of the +out-going Councillors, and it having been almost publicly stated +that the Conservatives were determined to win “at any +cost,” votes, in consequence, got up the night before the +election to a very high premium—from £5 to £15; +and “split” votes even were in very great demand at +£8 and £10. One case is mentioned of a voter, +in another Ward, who, forseeing the value which votes would +attain, speculated in the purchase of one in this a month before +the election, at the trifling sum of £3, and so profitable +was the investment that on the election morning he sold it for +£10. The money spent in this Ward was stated at +£350.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1851—256 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. R. Ferrier, jun., C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">126</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. H. Jay, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">126</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. P. Pullyn, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">76</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. W. Shelly, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">66</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1850—250 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Plummer, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">130</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. C. Smith, C.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">116</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Barker, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">101</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page165"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 165</span>Mr. +Pullyn and Mr. R. Ferrier, jun., were the outgoing Councillors, +and the former was brought forward again by the Liberals, in +conjunction with Mr. Shelly, the Conservatives selecting Mr. H. +Jay (who had formerly contested the Nelson Ward unsuccessfully) +as a colleague for Mr. Ferrier. Messrs. Pullyn and Shelly +refused even to canvass the electors, and although some of their +friends solicited the suffrages of the Ward for them, there can +be no doubt, however right in principle the non-canvassing may +be, it operated against them, and this, combined with the +constitutional principles upon which their election was +conducted, contributed to their defeat, money being freely spent +on the other side. Much regret is felt at this result, and +especially at the loss of the public services of Mr. Pullyn, +after his having so long served the Ward, and after his twice +filling the office of Chief Magistrate in a manner that won for +him the praise even of his political opponents.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1851—341 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Dr. Impey, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">132</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. V. Moore, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">132</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1850—317 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. G. D. Palmer, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">121</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. Lettis, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">119</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The Conservatives did not contest this Ward, and Dr. Impey was +re-elected, in conjunction with Mr. Moore in the room of Mr. J. +Symonds, now non-resident.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Gorleston +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1851—344 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. Miller, C</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">136</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. H. Palmer, C</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">135</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. H. Harrison, L</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">76</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. N. Sterry, L.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">74</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">1850—337 +Voters.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. E. H. L. Preston, C</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">185</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. Hammond, C</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">169</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. Crow, L</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">78</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Costerton, L</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">64</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>This Ward was contested, but in rather a peculiar way, for +although it was supposed that some opposition to the outgoing +Councillors would be made, it was treated by the Conservatives as +a “sham” one, and such it really seemed up to 12 +o’clock, when the state of the poll came out with <a +name="page166"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 166</span>upwards of +100 for Messrs. Miller and Palmer, and only about two votes for +each of their opponents! This, however, was only a <i>ruse +de guerre</i>, and in a short time the voters came up almost in a +body for Messrs. Harrison and Sterry, who stated in their address +that in “the short space of four hours they obtained 97 +promises,” and had they been sooner in the field it is +thought they would have met with better success.</p> +<p>The result of the Elections has been a gain to the +Conservative party of two seats, and this reduces the two parties +to a level in the Council; the Liberals have still, however, a +bare majority, and it is doubted whether they will not be able to +carry the Mayoralty for another year. The Conservatives, it +is said, intend nominating either Sir E. H. K. Lacon, or (which +is more likely) Mr. S. C. Marsh for that office, whilst the names +of Alderman E. R. Palmer and Alderman Bartram are spoken of by +the Liberals.</p> +<p>The Bishop of Norwich, attended by the Rev. S. Hills and his +chaplain, had inspected the Priory buildings, when they were +received by J. H. Hakewell, Esq., (the architect) and C. J. +Palmer, Esq., (the hon. secretary to the Committee).</p> +<p>Mr. Worlledge had moved the Court of Queen’s Bench for a +“<i>quo warranto</i>” to try the legality of Mr. +Hammond’s election as a Councillor for the St. +Andrew’s Ward, and the rule had been granted.</p> +<p>Nov. 15th.—The Hospital was badly supported, and it was +stated that unless £150 a year in additional subscriptions +could be obtained, the assistance afforded to sufferers must be +abridged.</p> +<p>A lecture on “Bloomerism” had been delivered by +Mrs. Knights at the Corn Hall in full “Bloomer” +costume, but she did not appear to have achieved a marked +success.</p> +<p>Dr. Wolff (the traveller) had offered to give some lectures in +the town in aid of the National Priory Schools.</p> +<p>At the Town Council for the Election of Mayor, a great crowd +assembled prior to the meeting, when Sir E. K. Lacon proposed, +and Mr. Fenn seconded, S. C. Marsh, Esq., to fill that office, +and Mr. George Danby-Palmer moved, and Mr. R. Hammond seconded, +the re-election of Captain Charles Pearson, R.N. Upon the +votes being taken, there appeared for Captain +Pearson—Aldermen Pearson, Boulter, Bartram, Bayly, Fiddes, +Hammond, Pike, R. Hammond, jun., E. R. Palmer, and Barker; +Councillors Burroughs, Butcher, Cannell, Clarke, Chapman, Fish, +Gourlay, Impey, Jackson, Lettis, Moore, G. D. Palmer, and P. +White; total, 23. For Mr. Marsh—Alderman B. Fenn; +Councillors <a name="page167"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +167</span>C. Aldred, E. Aldred, Barber, Bessey, Cherry, Ferrier, +Ferrier, jun., J. Fenn, W. Hammond, B. Jay, H. Jay, Lacon, Marsh, +S. Miller, Nightingale, W. H. Palmer, Plummer, Preston, Smith, +Steward, F. Worship, and W. Worship; total, 23. And the +Mayor, giving a casting vote for himself, declared himself duly +elected. Subsequently the Town Clerk (Mr. John Clowes) +declared that he would not continue in that office at the salary +of £250, and it having been stated that Mr. Charles Cory +would accept it on those terms, he was elected Town Clerk by 23 +against 15 voices. Mr. Cory then attended, was informed of +his election, and an order made on the late Clerk to hand over +the papers relating to the office to him. In conclusion, +the Editor expressed a hope that “on no future occasion +will any parties be allowed to violate order and decorum in a way +so disgraceful as they did on Monday last.”</p> +<p>Nov. 22nd.—A dinner had been given to the Mayor at the +Star-hotel, when 45 members of the Council and others +attended.</p> +<p>A Poor’s Rate of 1s. 2d. in the £ had been +made. Great dissatisfaction existed as to the new +assessment of the parish.</p> +<p>Nov. 29th.—Mr. Joseph Sandars, M.P., had issued a reply +to the requisition of the electors, justifying the course he had +taken with regard to the Public Health Act.</p> +<p>A meeting had been held with regard to the new assessment, Mr. +J. H. Harrison in the chair.</p> +<p>The town had been visited with a tremendous gale, during which +several vessels had been blown out to sea. At the time of +the storm there were 700 sail between this port and +Lowestoft.</p> +<p>The “Enterprise,” 600 tons, had been launched from +Mr. Branford’s Yard; she was christened by Miss Barber and +Miss Holt.</p> +<p>Dec. 6th.—A public meeting had been held at the +Town-hall (Mr. J. H. Harrison in the chair) for the purpose of +considering the Poor’s Rate assessment recently made. +About 400 persons attended, when the same was condemned, and a +subscription commenced for the purpose of disputing the validity +of it.</p> +<p>In respect of such proceedings, Mr. F. S. Costerton had been +engaged as solicitor to the owners of small tenements, and Mr. C. +H. Chamberlin for the general body of appellants, estimated at +from 500 to 600 in number at the least.</p> +<p>Dec. 13th.—At the special meeting of the Town Council, +“a scene of much disorder and confusion arose out of some +recriminations relative the late Town-Clerk, between Mr. +Burroughs and Mr. Preston.”</p> +<p><a name="page168"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 168</span>Dec. +20th.—On the hearing of the assessment appeals, the rate +was quashed by the Justices on the ground of unequal +assessment. In these proceedings Mr. Chamberlin appeared on +behalf of the Committee of Ratepayers, Mr. C. Cory for several +private individuals, and Mr. Cufaude for the Overseers.</p> +<p>Dec. 27th—The Overseers had applied for, and obtained a +fresh rate of 1s. 2d. in the £.</p> +<p>It had been determined in future not to use the “St. +Nicholas’ Seal,” belonging to the Corporation, and +for practical purposes a smaller seal was to be made; the old one +had been in use since about the year 1251.</p> +<p>The Race Committee had issued its report, from which it +appeared that the income had been, for the last year, £512 +1s. 3d., as against £523 3s. 11d. expended.</p> +<h3>1852.</h3> +<p>Jan. 3rd.—The new Railway Bridge had been opened.</p> +<p>Jan. 17th.—There was further dissatisfaction in the town +on the subject of the Assessment and the Poor’s Rate; a +summons, obtained by Mr. J. H. Harrison against some officials +for not allowing him to inspect the rate-books, was dismissed +with costs.</p> +<p>Mr. Hammond (one of the Justices) had called the attention of +the Press to the manner in which on certain occasions Magistrates +were “drummed up.”</p> +<p>William Rising, Esq., of Somerton Hall, had entertained a +large party of sporting friends at the Angel Hotel.</p> +<p>A portion of the Gorleston Cliff had fallen away, carrying +with it the Misses Barber, who were subsequently dug out of the +sand below.</p> +<p>A high tide had washed over the west side of the Harbour with +such force that a vessel belonging to W. H. Palmer, Esq., had +been driven from her moorings. On the Beach it flowed past +the Britannia Terrace.</p> +<p>Jan. 24th.—There were more Poor’s Rate appeals, +and Mr. J. H. Harrison being dissatisfied with the result of +them, gave notice that he should carry his case to the Quarter +Sessions,</p> +<p>Jan. 31st.—Captain Manby had received a medal from the +Jurors at the Great Exhibition for the life-saving models which +he had exhibited there.</p> +<p>The parish had been divided into five wards for Poor Law +purposes; prior to this the whole 16 Guardians had been voted for +“en bloc” by the ratepayers throughout the whole +parish.</p> +<p><a name="page169"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 169</span>Mr. +Worlledge had again appeared before the Queen’s Bench in +the case of “The Queen <i>v.</i> Hammond,” and the +Court had granted the rule.</p> +<p>Feb. 7th.—Mr. J. H. Harrison had been fined for an +alleged assault on a constable, arising out of the confusion in +the Court on the late hearing of the Poor’s Rate +appeals. He gave notice of appeal to the Quarter +Sessions.</p> +<p>Feb. 14th.—Mr. Harrison had presided at another meeting +of ratepayers who were dissatisfied with the action of the +Justices as to the assessment.</p> +<p>Feb. 21st.—It was announced by a handbill signed by Mr. +Harrison, that these owners had come to a satisfactory +arrangement with the Overseers, and that further legal +proceedings had been abandoned.</p> +<p>Feb. 28th.—“The Queen Charlotte” and +“Mad Bess” steam-packets were advertised as going to +run between this port and Rotterdam.</p> +<p>March 6th.—A meeting of shipowners had been held (S. +Paget, Esq., in the chair), to consider certain representations +made to them from other places, with regard to the action to be +taken by their class at the next General Election, but no +resolution was arrived at in conformity therewith.</p> +<p>Henry Austin, Esq., (Secretary to the General Board of +Health), had visited and inspected the town.</p> +<p>March 13th.—Mr. Beeching continued to receive numerous +orders for his improved lifeboats.</p> +<p>The Mormons had engaged the School of Industry as a +“Church.”</p> +<p>The following were the tenders for the Priory +Schools:—Mr. John Key £1,120, Mr. R. Page +£1,232, Mr. R. Pratt, £1,310, and a London builder +£1,637. Mr. Norfor and Mr. Stanley were acting with +the successful contractor.</p> +<p>March 20th.—A meeting had been held at the King’s +Head Inn with regard to the representation of the Borough. +Mr. J. W. Shelly was chairman, and Mr. R. Hammond, John Owles, +and C. E. Bartram took part in the proceedings, which eventuated +in a request to Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B., and W. T. +M’Cullagh, Esq., M.P., to contest the Borough in the +Liberal interest.</p> +<p>March 27th.—The Conservatives had held a meeting at the +Angel-hotel for a similar purpose. Mr. E. H. L. Preston +presided. Mr. R. Ferrier moved, and Mr. W. H. Palmer +seconded Sir E. H. K. Lacon as a candidate for the Borough, and +Mr. B. Dowson proposed, and Mr. S. H. Aldred seconded Mr. C. +Rumbold as his colleague.</p> +<p><a name="page170"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 170</span>The +question of the rating of the Vauxhall property had been settled +by the Court finding that the premises were in Norfolk, which +was, in fact, a verdict for the plaintiff. The sum in +dispute was 11s. 8d., and it was estimated that the costs +amounted to about £1,000.</p> +<p>A fire had occurred on Mr. Ecclestone’s premises in the +Broad Bow. G. Danby-Palmer, E. H. L. Preston. R. +Hammond, and W. N. Burroughs, Esqs., were early on the spot and +rendered valuable assistance.</p> +<p>Mr. George Barrett had been elected Master of the Blue Coat +Charity School in the place of the late Mr. Gershom Davie.</p> +<p>Captain Ellis, R.N., and the Coastguard had seized 162 bales +of tobacco on board the collier “Martha.”</p> +<p>A quartett meeting had been held at Noverre’s Rooms, the +performers being William Yetts, Esq., (leader), Mr. D. Hogarth, +Mr. G. Sharp, and Mr. Stonex.</p> +<p>April 3rd.—The Liberal party had held a meeting at the +“Star” for the purpose of receiving Admiral Sir C. +Napier and W. T. M’Cullagh, Esq., M.P., who had arrived in +the town (J. W. Shelly, Esq., in the chair); on the same day a +public meeting of electors had been held in the Corn Exchange +(George Danby-Palmer, Esq., chairman), and on the platform were +R. Hammond, P. Pullyn, J. W. Shelly, J. Bayly, T. Lettis, J. +Jackson, C. E. Bartram, R. Barber, C. Miller, Esqs., Captain W. +Briggs, Messrs. J. D. Chapman, Chris. Steward, J. Mainprice, B. +Bellin, J. Cobb, P. White, and others.</p> +<p>The meeting was a crowded one, and the candidates appear to +have been heartily received.</p> +<p>April 10th.—W. Stirling Lacon, Esq., H.E.C.S., had +invented an appliance for the more easily lowering of +ships’ boats, which was approved by many nautical +gentlemen, including, locally, Admiral Sir E. Travers, R.N., and +Captain Pearson, R.N.</p> +<p>The Rev. Partridge, A.M., had been recommended by the +Committee to the proprietors for the post of Head Master at the +Grammar School.</p> +<p>The Priory Schools had been commenced.</p> +<p>At the Election of Guardians, Mr. J. H. Harrison had been +nominated for all the Wards, but had elected to stand for the +Nelson Ward, in which he resided.</p> +<p>Messrs. W. Green, W. Wright, S. Lessey, and J. Borking had +been re-elected Overseers.</p> +<p>Captain John Pike (one of the Aldermen) had died.</p> +<p><a name="page171"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 171</span>April +17th.—Mr. Rumbold, M.P., had arrived in Yarmouth, as also +had Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Admiral Sir C. Napier, and W. T. +McCullagh, Esq., M.P. The Tories were making a private +canvass in the evenings.</p> +<p>The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had been appointed Chaplain to the +Military Asylum, vice the Rev. C. Davie, M.A., resigned.</p> +<p>The following Guardians had been elected:—</p> +<p><i>St. Nicholas’ Ward</i>.—Messrs. Thomas +Brightwen, E. H. L. Preston, and S. Nightingale.</p> +<p><i>Regent</i>.—Messrs. W. Worship, S. C. Marsh, and D. +A. Gourlay.</p> +<p><i>St. George’s</i>.—Messrs. B. Fenn, R. Ferrier, +and P. Coble.</p> +<p><i>Market</i>.—There was a contest here as +under:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>E. R. Aldred</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">248</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Laws</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">238</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Edward Harvey</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">161</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Edward B. Jay</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">89</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The first three were elected.</p> +<p>In the <i>Nelson Ward</i> the return was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>George Danby-Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">327</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Charles Woolverton</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">286</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. V. Moore</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">276</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Yetts</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">176</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. H. Harrison</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">147</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The first four were therefore elected.</p> +<p>Messrs. William H. Palmer and E. P. Youell had been elected by +the pew-holders, Churchwardens of St. Mary’s, Southtown; +and Mr. F. R. King (vice F. S. Costerton resigned) and Mr. +William Hammond had been appointed to similar office at +Gorleston.</p> +<p>At the Yarmouth Vestry (the Rev. G. Hills presiding), Mr. R. +Hammond proposed, and Mr. J. G. Fisher seconded the re-election +of Mr. C. D. Steward, and Mr. B. Fenn proposed, and Mr. F. +Worship seconded the re-election of Mr. E. R. Aldred. The +Church Rate was then 2½d. in the £. At this +meeting Messrs. R. Hammond and J. Davey were re-elected +“auditors” for the ensuing year.</p> +<p>April 24th.—It was said that Lord A. Lennox was ready +“to start” for Yarmouth. Meanwhile Sir E. H. K. +Lacon was canvassing the electors, accompanied by about 30 +leading Conservatives, and Mr. Rumbold M.P. was taking a similar +course in company with six or seven personal friends, while Sir +C. Napier and Mr. McCullagh, M.P., were addressing crowded +meetings of electors in the several Wards of the Borough.</p> +<p><a name="page172"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 172</span>At +the Council Meeting, Mr. C. C. Aldred had publicly apologised for +stating as regarded Mr. F. S. Costerton “that a +constituency had been defeated by the advice of a petty-fogging +lawyer.”</p> +<p>The election of an Alderman was then proceeded with, when the +voting—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Mr. Yetts</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">23</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Mr. Pullyn</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">23</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>And the Mayor gave his casting vote in favour of Mr. +Pullyn.</p> +<p>Mr. Palmer had obtained a rule in the Queen’s Bench for +a new trial in the case of Bradstreet <i>v</i> Hammond.</p> +<p>May 1st.—Contains much matter reflecting on Mr. +Rumbold’s present position as contrasted with his former +one when connected with the Liberal party. Having completed +his canvass, that gentleman had issued a joint address with Sir +E. Lacon, and being seriously indisposed had left Yarmouth for +his country seat.</p> +<p>The Tory Government, which had been in office six weeks, had +appointed Messrs. B. Fenn, T. Brightwen, J. Cherry, R. Steward, +C. C. Aldred, and J. G. Plummer, Magistrates for the Borough.</p> +<p>The Bench previously to this had consisted of Liberals, +Messrs. George Danby-Palmer, R. Hammond, W. Johnson, and J. W. +Shelly, and Conservatives, J. F. Costerton, E. H. L. Preston, +William Danby-Palmer, W. Thurtell, J. C. Smith, William H. +Palmer, B. Jay, W. Yetts, J. Fenn, and W. H. Bessey.</p> +<p>The “Disfranchised Freemen” had held a meeting and +adopted a petition to Parliament, Messrs. Jacob Harvey, Nelson, +Royal, and J. Taylor taking part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>The agents of the Custom House had taken into custody the +landlord of the “Honest Lawyer.”</p> +<p>May 8th.—The coffer-dam at the new Bridge works had +“blown up;” on the following day the old Bridge had +been on fire.</p> +<p>The Cricket Club had been re-established.</p> +<p>The Freemen’s Petition had received 972 signatures.</p> +<p>A tradesman in the town had given a dinner to four old people, +whose united ages amounted to 368 years.</p> +<p>May 15th.—It was stated that the Rev. — Smith had +left £14,000 to endow two scholarships at Caius College for +natives of Yarmouth.</p> +<p>The Poor’s Rate was to be 1s. 2d. in the £, the +sum of £2,521 being required for that purpose by the +Guardians.</p> +<p>May 22nd.—A salmon trout had been caught near Winterton, +having a gutta percha ring on its tail with “192 Tweed +1852” stamped upon it.</p> +<p><a name="page173"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 173</span>At a +mooting of the Sailors’ Association, Mr. J. D. Chapman had +been presented with a silver medal.</p> +<p>The Directors of the Victoria Building Company had dined +together at the Victoria Hotel, (B. Dowson, Esq., in the +chair.)</p> +<p>May 29th.—A meeting of the subscribers to the fund for +“Promoting the Prosperity of Great Yarmouth” had been +held at the Angel, (C. J. Palmer, Esq., F.S.A. in the chair) and +£25 subscribed in the room.</p> +<p>June 5th.—The Tenth Anniversary of the N.A.O.D. had been +held at the Trinity Arms. About 50 members and friends were +present.</p> +<p>June 12th.—The Liberal candidates had completed their +canvass and left the town. Complaint was made that Mr. +McCullagh had been libelled by the “Lacon party.”</p> +<p>Mr. Rumbold, it was supposed, would retire, his case being +considered (by the “Blues”) hopeless.</p> +<p>June 19th.—It was reported that Mr. Rumbold would retire +in favour of Sir Harry Smith. Some of Mr. Rumbold’s +friends, and Sir E. Lacon, had gone to London.</p> +<p>The “Associated Democrats” had held a meeting at +the Masonic Hall, when Messrs. J. T. Blow and Royal took part in +the proceedings.</p> +<p>June 26th.—Contains another attack on Mr. Rumbold, who +was stated to have voted in 121, and been absent in 669 divisions +of the House.</p> +<p>The Trustees of the Southtown Turnpike had obtained power to +light that road with gas.</p> +<p>Gas in Yarmouth had been reduced from 5s. 6d. to 5s. per 1,000 +feet.</p> +<p>The British School had been inspected by Mr. Fletcher, who +considered that its state reflected the “greatest +credit” upon Mr. Daniel Tomkins.</p> +<p>At the Sessions, Messrs. C. C. Aldred, B. Fenn, R. Steward and +J. G. Plummer were qualified as Magistrates.</p> +<p>The notice of the rules as to collisions at sea, under 14 and +15 Vic., cap. 79, appear in this issue, to come in force on 1st +of August then next.</p> +<p>July 3rd.—Admiral Sir Charles Napier had returned to +Yarmouth, and the Star Hotel was decorated with several of his +flags and trophies. The hustings were to be erected on the +North side of the Town Hall, and the Liberal polling-booth +opposite the King’s Head, that for the Tories being +opposite the Angel.</p> +<p>George Danby-Palmer, Esq., had presided at a meeting of the +Liberal Registration Association at the Star Hotel, when several +healths had been drunk with “Hieland honours.” +The greatest enthusiasm <a name="page174"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 174</span>prevailed on this occasion, and Mr. +Chapman presented each of the candidates with a rosette and some +appropriate lines from the ladies of Yarmouth.</p> +<p>July 10th.—On the morning of the Nomination the walls +were found covered with these placards—“Rumbold the +Champion of the Board of Health,” “Lacon the Patron +of Lowestoft.” The Sailors marched in procession to +the “Star” where the Liberal candidates were staying +with a band, colours, and chariots borne by the men, on which +were “Britannia,” “Neptune,” +“Triton,” &c. Upon the Blue flags appeared +“M’Cullagh and Freedom of Election,” +“True Blue and Victory,” “England expects that +every man will do his duty,” &c.; and on the Red flags +“Lacon our Townsman,” “Lacon and Rumbold for +Ever,” “Church and State,” and “Cheap +Bread and no Monopoly.” Mr. B. Dowson proposed, and +Mr. William Hurry Palmer seconded Mr. Rumbold; Mr. George +Danby-Palmer proposed, and Mr. J. W. Shelly seconded Admiral Sir +Charles Napier, K.C.B.; Mr. R. Ferrier proposed, and Mr. E. H. L. +Preston seconded Sir E. H. K. Lacon; and Mr. R. Hammond proposed, +and Mr. Jackson seconded Mr. William T. McCullagh. The show +of hands was largely in favour of Sir C. Napier and Mr. +MeCullagh, whereupon Mr. B. Dowson demanded a poll for Sir E. H. +K. Lacon and Mr. Rumbold. After these proceedings the +sailors again formed in procession and marched round the town, +and the electors were addressed from the Star by Messrs. Owles, +Jackson, and Shelly. The poll was taken on the following +day as under:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">McCullagh.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Napier.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Lacon.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Rumbold.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>8.30</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">66</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">63</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">46</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">43</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>9</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">118</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">116</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">102</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">101</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>9.30</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">189</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">185</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">199</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">196</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>10</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">239</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">233</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">239</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">234</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>11</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">268</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">264</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">278</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">269</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>11.30</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">344</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">342</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">373</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">352</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>12</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">386</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">384</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">430</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">400</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>12.15</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">410</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">407</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">467</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">423</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">435</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">430</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">493</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">455</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">460</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">448</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">519</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">472</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>2.15</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">470</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">455</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">521</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">473</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>At this point (the Editor says) practices which may be +imagined, <i>and which will hereafter be described</i>, decided +the poll, and in a quarter of an <a name="page175"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 175</span>hour the numbers stood—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">McCullagh.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Napier.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Lacon.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Rumbold.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">483</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">463</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">542</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">492</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">499</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">476</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">572</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">515</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Mr. S. W. Craske then proceeded to serve notices upon certain +electors before voting, and Mr. McCullagh, in company with Mr. +George Danby-Palmer, and Mr. J. W. Shelly, informed the Mayor +that the proceedings would be questioned.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">McCullagh.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Napier.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Lacon.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Rumbold.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>3.30</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">516</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">484</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">601</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">541</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">521</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">486</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">611</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">547</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>After the close of the poll Mr. McCullagh again addressed the +electors, and a fracas ensued, during which two or three persons +were injured.</p> +<p>July 17th.—From 7,000 to 8,000 visitors had attended the +Regatta, when the Mosquito, Volante, and Secret contended for the +Club yacht prize, which was won by the first-named, yacht; the +Reindeer won the principal yawl prize.</p> +<p>A crowded meeting of the Liberal electors had been held at the +Star-hotel, (W. N. Burroughs, Esq., in the chair), which was +addressed in a speech of two hours’ length by Mr. +McCullagh, with a view to petitioning against the return of Lacon +and Rumbold.</p> +<p>It was stated that the boy who was injured during the election +at Mr. Feltham’s was progressing favourably.</p> +<p>An application had been made to the Bench for compensating the +persons whose property had been injured on the day of +election. It was stated that 40 panes of glass had been +broken at Mr. Feltham’s, and that the windows of the Angel +Hotel had also suffered considerably.</p> +<p>July 24th.—The town was very full of visitors, and the +price of provisions much enhanced thereby.</p> +<p>July 31st.—The Mayor had not attended the Water +Frolic.</p> +<p>Aug. 7th.—A meeting had been held to consider the +question of forming a Company to supply Gorleston and Southtown +with gas, George Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair; William +Johnson, S. Crowe, H. Fellows, R. S. Watling, H. Martin, W. T. +Clarke, Esqs., Mr. Page, Mr. Greaves, Mr. Gooda and Mr. Howes +were, with many others, present. An influential committee +was formed and a considerable sum subscribed in the room.</p> +<p>A curious mural painting had been discovered in St. +Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p><a name="page176"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 176</span>Mr. +Craske had recovered 30s. from George Thurtell, Esq., for damages +to his coat on the Election day.</p> +<p>On the application of Mr. Chamberlin for Mr. Gooderich, and +Mr. F. Ferrier for Mr. Brown, the Magistrates had signed the +following orders for payment of damages and costs arising out of +the Election riot:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">£</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">s.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">d.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">£</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">s.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">d.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Brown, damages</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> costs</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Gooderich, damages</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> costs</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Magistrates’ Clerk’s fees</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">£29</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Aug. 14th.—The Races had been held. Stewards: Lord +W. Powlett, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., and B. Bond Cabbell, +Esq., M.P. The entries were “numerous and +good”; there were several charges brought against +pickpockets before the Justices arising out of these sports.</p> +<p>It was stated that “a Mr. John Cooper” had been +the author of the several paragraphs during the late Election, of +which so much complaint had been made.</p> +<p>The King of Holland had presented Mr. W. Stirling Lacon with a +silver medal for his invention for lowering ship’s +boats. The Great Britain was being fitted with this +apparatus.</p> +<p>Aug. 28th.—Commander Henry J. Lacon had been appointed +to the “Daring,” 12, brig.</p> +<p>W. T. McCullagh, Esq., had been staying with the Mayor, and +had visited Grout’s factory.</p> +<p>Sept. 4th.—There were 182 applicants for renewal of +licenses; no new licenses were granted, although in respect of +one ease the Justices divided five against five, and a +“scene of confusion” ensued.</p> +<p>Sept. 11th.—Messrs. Harrison had launched the +“Water Witch,” 37, smack, from their yard.</p> +<p>The Bridge works had been stopped owing to +“quicksands.”</p> +<p>Sept. 18th.—The Paper appears in mourning for the Duke +of Wellington.</p> +<p>Sept. 25th.—Lieutenant Chambers had ascended in the +Prince of Wales balloon from the Vauxhall-gardens; it contained +36,000 cubic feet of gas. He descended on a marsh near the +Norwich-road at no great distance from the place of ascent.</p> +<p><a name="page177"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 177</span>Dr. +Impey’s sudden and lamented death had caused a vacancy in +the Nelson-ward, and the Conservatives had started Mr. John +Clarke as their nominee.</p> +<p>Oct. 2nd.—The “Lady Haven Estate” in +Southtown had been sold for £7,000.</p> +<p>At the Nelson-ward Election, the opposition to Mr. +Clarke’s return was only a nominal one, the numbers +being—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Clarke (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">122</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Owles (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The numbers in the Council were thus balanced 24 to 24.</p> +<p>Oct. 9th.—Records the death of Admiral Fisher.</p> +<p>An appeal was made for the restoration of the Nelson +Column.</p> +<p>At the Registration Court, Mr. C. Chamberlin appeared for the +Liberals and Mr. Cufaude for the Conservatives, and the former +claimed a gain of 42 upon the revision.</p> +<p>Oct. 16th.—At the Court held for the Revision of the +Burgess Roll, Mr. Chamberlin again appeared for the Liberals and +Mr. Ferrier for the Conservatives, and the former again claimed a +gain upon the proceedings.</p> +<p>It was proposed to erect a monument to the memory of the late +Dr. Impey.</p> +<p>Oct. 23rd.—Peter Le Neve Arnold, Esq., a dumb gentleman, +had been found to be of unsound mind since January, 1840. +This Inquiry was conducted at the Victoria Hotel.</p> +<p>The Bishop of Norwich had confirmed 136 candidates.</p> +<p>Oct. 30th.—A man named Horth had been committed for +trial on the charge of attempting to murder Mrs. Proudfoot.</p> +<p>The names of Messrs. S. C. Marsh, J. G. Plummer, and C. J. +Palmer (the Mayor-Elect in 1835), were mentioned as probable +holders of the Mayoralty during the ensuing year.</p> +<p>Dr. Dunne had been elected Physician to the Hospital (vice +Impey deceased).</p> +<p>Nov. 6th.—Mr. J. S. Cobb had lectured on the +“Objects and Uses of Botany.”</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">MUNICIPAL +ELECTION.</span></p> +<p><i>Regent Ward</i>.—Barber (C) and Fish (L).</p> +<p><i>St. George’s Ward</i>.—Ferrier and B. Jay +(C).</p> +<p><i>Nelson Ward</i>.—W. Yetts and C. J. Palmer (C).</p> +<p><i>Gorleston</i>.—R. Steward (C) and W. T. Clarke +(L.)</p> +<p>The returns for the <i>North</i> and <i>Market Wards</i> could +not be given.</p> +<p><a name="page178"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 178</span>Nov. +13th—At the Council Meeting Mr. Alderman Fenn had proposed, +and Mr. Preston seconded, S. C. Marsh, Esq., as Mayor for the +ensuing year, and that gentleman was thereupon elected without +opposition.</p> +<p>Upon the re-election of Corporation officers, Mr. Bales (the +old officer) was opposed by Mr. Collins as second Mayor’s +officer, and the latter appointed, 8 Liberals voting for Bales, +and 21 Conservatives for Collins.</p> +<p>The Mayor’s Dinner was held at the Town-hall. +Cosgrove’s Brass Band attended and a number of ladies were +in the gallery; the decorations were very rich and elegant; 186 +gentlemen were present, amongst whom were—Viscount Le +Franchien, Sir E. Travers, K.H., H. N. Burroughes, Esq., M.P., +Rev. R. Bent, Messrs. T Browne, T. Brightwen, R. D. Barber, J. +Baker, M. Brown, C. Brown, E. Bell, W. H. Bessey, J. Bracey, C. +Cherry, C. Cory, W. Clementson, J. L. Cufaude, T. W. Clarke, C. +Chamberlin, W. Dowson, C. B. Dashwood, W. H. Diver, Captain P. +Eyton, R.N., R. Ferrier, B. Fenn, J. G. Fisher, Captain Gooch, +R.N. D. A. Gourlay, W. Johnson, H. Jay, B. Jay, J. Jackson, +H. Matchett, S. Nightingale, E. H. L. Preston, Captain Pearson, +R.N., A. Preston, William Danby-Palmer, C. J. Palmer, W. H. +Palmer, P. Pullyn, J. G. Plummer, W. Rising, Captain Smyth, R.N., +F. Steward, R. Steward, S. W. Spelman, J. C. Smith, W. Thurtle, +H. Teasdel, Rev. B. Vaux, Captain White, R.N., Rev. M. Waters, H. +V. Worship, F. Worship, W. Worship, R. S. Watling, J. D. Waters, +W. Yetts, E. P. Youell, &c.</p> +<p>The “Norfolk,” 300 tons, had been launched from +Mr. Fellows’ yard.</p> +<p>Nov. 20th.—The Right Hon. M. T. Baines had presented the +petition against the return of Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. +Rumbold, whereupon “Mr. Rumbold (who was present) took up +his hat and left the House.”</p> +<p>The funeral of the Duke of Wellington had been observed as a +general day of mourning.</p> +<p>A fire had nearly been occasioned by an accident in the +Town-hall kitchen during the Mayor’s Dinner.</p> +<p>Nov. 23rd.—Sir E. Lacon and Mr. Rumbold (accompanied by +Mr. W. H. Palmer) had had an interview with the Right Honourable +J. W. Henley, and presented the Shipowners’ Memorial.</p> +<p>Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. O’Brien had been retained by +Mr. F. S. Costerton in the matter of the Election petition.</p> +<p>Mr. Robert Steward had caused the Attorney-General to serve +writs on several members of the Town Council, with a view to +testing the validity of the renewal of leases by that body under +a custom then in force <a name="page179"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 179</span>in the town. Mr. W. Worship +strongly deprecated this proceeding.</p> +<p>Dec. 4th.—At the Council meeting it was resolved, on the +motion of Mr. Ferrier, seconded by Mr. C. C. Aldred, that the +Town Clerk defend the actions so commenced at the instance of Mr. +Steward.</p> +<p>The petition had been defeated, as the Examiner had reported +“the sureties to the petition to be informal and +invalid.”</p> +<p>The Tories had sent the bellman round the town to announce +this fact.</p> +<p>Captain Fisher, R.N., had been appointed to the command of the +“Magician,” 16 gun steam frigate, 400 +horse-power.</p> +<p>It was proposed to start a “Conservative Land +Society” at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Dec. 11th.—Messrs. George Danby-Palmer, W. N. Burroughs, +John W. Shelly and R. Hammond, junr., had petitioned the House of +Commons for redress as regarded the action of the Examiner as to +the Election petition.</p> +<p>Dec. 18th.—A public meeting had been held to consider +the construction of “a Marine Parade and +Drive.” About 300 or 400 persons were present; the +Mayor presided, and was supported by Charles Pearson, Esq., R.N., +C. E. Bartram, C. Aldred, J. Jackson, J. Chapman, E. Aldred, C. +J. Palmer, F. Palmer, R. Dowson, C. Miller, E. Preston, J. C. +Smith, R. Ferrier, H. D. Palmer, R. Steward, J. Cherry, W. C. +Reynolds, F. Worship, W. Worship, &c. Mr. C. J. Palmer +moved, and Mr. D. R. Fowler seconded a resolution in favour of +the proposal; and Mr. Amis moved, and Mr. J. Cobb seconded as an +amendment “That those who wanted a Parade should pay for +it,” which amendment the Mayor declared, amid some +confusion, to be carried.</p> +<p>Dec. 25th.—A “wholesale robbery” of fish had +taken place at Mr. Charles Cannell’s office.</p> +<p>The Government had been defeated upon the Budget, Sir E. H. K. +Lacon voting with, and Mr. C. E. Rumbold against, them.</p> +<h3>1853.</h3> +<p>Jan. 8th.—A meeting of Liberal electors had been +addressed by Mr. McCullagh relative to the rejection on technical +grounds of the petition against the return of the M.Ps. +George Danby-Palmer, Esq., occupied the chair, and Messrs. F. S. +Costerton, P. Pullyn, R. Hammond, J. Clowes, C. E. Bartram, J. +Jackson, J. Bayly, W. N. Burroughs, J. D. Chapman, J. Cobb, W. +Livingstone, S. Parker, J. Mainprice, D. R. Fowler, P. White and +others were present.</p> +<p><a name="page180"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 180</span>It +was rumoured that Mr. Rumbold would not again offer himself for +the Borough, owing to his having voted against the Government, +which had angered his Tory supporters.</p> +<p>Jan. 15th.—An election had been held for a Councillor in +the Gorleston Ward, owing to the death of Mr. S. Miller. +The numbers polled were—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Mr. William Hammond</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">132</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Henry Danby-Palmer, Esq.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">88</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Majority</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">44</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The Tories gave “their usual breakfast. Many of +the electors on both sides did not poll.”</p> +<p>The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had presided at the Annual Public Library +Meeting.</p> +<p>Jan. 22nd.—At the “Great Metropolitan Poultry +Show,” E. H. L. Preston, Esq., Mr. E. Hughes and Mr. Henry +Turrell had won prizes.</p> +<p>One hundred and thirty persons had attended the first +Subscription Ball at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>Jan. 29th.—Considerable progress was being made with the +new Bridge works.</p> +<p>Bro. Oswald Diver had been installed Master of Lodge +Friendship at the Duke’s Head.</p> +<p>Feb. 5th.—The return of paupers showed—In-door, +331: out-door, 1,289; cost of out-relief, £83 15s. +11¾d. for the week.</p> +<p>Feb. 12th.—The Wellington Pier Bill was reported as +having complied with standing orders.</p> +<p>Mr. James W. Crowe had been appointed Medical Officer for the +North District in the place of Mr. Button appointed to a similar +office for the Workhouse.</p> +<p>Feb. 19th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer brought to the notice of the +Council the dilapidated state of the Nelson Monument, and Sir E. +H. K. Lacon, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Burroughs, Mr. Ferrier, Captain +Pearson, and Mr. Steward were appointed a Committee to consider +the subject.</p> +<p>Mr. Palmer also called attention to the state of the +town’s muniments, and it was agreed that Mr. Harrod should +be engaged to arrange same at a fee of £20.</p> +<p>Mr. Chamberlin (Coroner) required the Council to seal his +appointment: this had been neglected in 1848 when he was +appointed to that office.</p> +<p>Feb. 26th.—The Yarmouth Water Works Bill had been read a +second time in the House of Commons.</p> +<p><a name="page181"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 181</span>March +12th.—Mr. Jarvis, jeweller, Broad Row, had been committed +for trial on the charge of attempting to defraud an Insurance +Company by setting fire to his premises.</p> +<p>March 19th.—The House of Commons Committee had decided +that the preamble of the Water Works Bill was proved. Mr. +Webster appeared for the promoters, and Mr. Lynde for certain +landowners who petitioned against it. Evidence was given in +support of the measure by Messrs. R. Ferrier, Charles Cory, W. +Rising, and Spelman.</p> +<p>April 2nd.—At the Vestry Meeting, Messrs. Steward and +Aldred had been re-elected Churchwardens, and a Church rate of +1½d. in the £ voted.</p> +<p>The retiring Guardians had been re-elected.</p> +<p>Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B., had visited the town and called on +several of his more active supporters at the recent contest.</p> +<p>April 9th.—Messrs. Borking, Green, Wright, and Bradbeer +had been elected Overseers.</p> +<p>The Wellington Pier and Water Works Bills had passed the +Commons.</p> +<p>The East Norfolk Militia were to meet for training on April +19th.</p> +<p>April 16th.—The Town Council had proceeded to elect a +Surveyor, when the voting was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Mr. Laing</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">22</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Mr. Parker</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>And Mr. Laing was consequently appointed to that post.</p> +<p>April 23rd.—The East Norfolk Militia had assembled and +paraded in the Lunatic Asylum yard.</p> +<p>April 30th.—At a meeting of the Wellington Pier Company +(S. C. Marsh, Esq., in the chair), it was determined to proceed +with the erection of that structure at once.</p> +<p>May 7th.—The second Subscription Ball had been attended +by upwards of 170 of the principal inhabitants of the town and +neighbourhood, including the Mayor, Mrs. Marsh and party, +Captain, Mrs. and Miss Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Caldecott, Misses +Caldecott (2) and Miss Leathes, Rev. F. Steward, Mrs. and Miss +Steward, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brown (Thrigby), Mr. and Mrs. +Harcourt (Burgh Castle), Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Rev. S. T. +Preston and Miss Preston, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston and Miss +H. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs. H. Reeve +(Lowestoft), Mr. and Mrs. A. Steward and party, Mr. and Mrs. W. +C. Reynolds and Miss Pellew, Rev. E. B. Frere, Mrs. Frere and +party, Mr. and Mrs. R. Ferrier, Mr. and Mrs. J. Steward and Miss +Stephens. <a name="page182"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +182</span>Captain and Miss Money, Colonel Mason and officers of +the East Norfolk Militia, Captain Adsbrighton and the officers of +the 4th Light Dragoons, &c.</p> +<p>May 14th.—Colonel Mason and the officers of the East +Norfolk Militia had been entertained at a Ball at the Town Hall +give by some of the principal inhabitants.</p> +<p>G. W. Haggard, Esq., had delivered a lecture on “The +Militia.”</p> +<p>E. H. L. Preston, Esq., had been offered £31 10s. for +seven chickens, hatched in February, the off-set of his prize +white Cochin China fowls.</p> +<p>May 21st.—The East Norfolk Militia had been +disbanded.</p> +<p>A Spanish hen, the property of Mr. Josiah Stevenson, had laid +an egg measuring 8 inches round, 6½ inches in length, and +weighing more than 3½ ounces.</p> +<p>May 28th.—The Queen’s Birthday had been +celebrated, the Mayor and a number of gentlemen dining at +Bird’s Royal Hotel on the occasion.</p> +<p>The Reform Association of Great Yarmouth had been addressed by +Mr. McCullagh in a speech of two hours’ duration.</p> +<p>June 4th.—Experiments in “table moving” were +being made at the Young Men’s Institute by the Hon. Secs., +Messrs. John Fellows, S. C. Sothern, John Beattie and Barcham +Sayer.</p> +<p>June 11th.—Sir C. Napier, K.C.B., had been appointed +Vice-Admiral of the Blue.</p> +<p>June 26th.—The driving of the first pile of the +Wellington-pier was advertised to take place on the 28th +inst.</p> +<p>July 2nd.—A report of which event appears in this issue, +when a marquée was erected near the Victoria Hotel, and at +the request of Mr. Waddington (Chairman of the Company), Mr. S. +C. Marsh (the Mayor), performed the ceremony. The following +was the inscription:—“This, the first pile of the +Wellington Pier, was driven on the 28th of June, 1853, by S. C. +Marsh, Esq., Mayor of this borough; David Waddington, Esq., M.P., +Chairman of the Board of Directors; Peter Ashcroft, Esq., +Engineer; Charles J. Palmer, Esq., Secretary.” In the +evening between 50 and 60 gentlemen dined at the Victoria Hotel, +the Mayor in the chair and C. J. Palmer, Esq., in the +vice-chair.</p> +<p>July 9th.—At the Regatta the “Phantom,” +“Thought,” and “Maude,” yachts, contended +for the prize, which was won by the former.</p> +<p>July 30th.—At the Water Frolic the “Shannon” +(lateen), Brighten, Beccles, won the first, and the +“Oberon” (cutter), Morton, Aylsham, the second +prize.</p> +<p><a name="page183"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 183</span>The +Monument was still in a dilapidated state.</p> +<p>Aug. 6th—The Baptist Chapel in Row 15 had been re-opened +after extensive repairs.</p> +<p>Aug. 20th.—Mr. W. C. Nutman (clerk to Mr. J. L. Cufaude) +had been elected a Relieving-officer in the place of Mr. Thomas +Thornton.</p> +<p>Sep. 3rd.—John Mortlock Lacon, Esq., had died suddenly; +he was in his 68th year.</p> +<p>At the general Licensing day it was moved by James Cherry, +Esq., and seconded by R. Steward, Esq., “That no fresh +licenses be granted.”</p> +<p>Mr. Clinker Newson had appealed against the poor rate on the +novel ground that he was rated at too low an amount.</p> +<p>Sep. 10th.—The “Clarissa” barque, of 335 +tons register, had been launched from Mr. Chapman’s +yard.</p> +<p>Oct. 1st.—Mr. Peter Coble had died suddenly from disease +of the heart before his medical adviser, Mr. C. C. Aldred, could +attend him.</p> +<p>Oct. 8th.—The Registration Court had been held, Mr. +Watson (of Norwich) and Mr. Preston appearing for the Tories, and +Mr. J. Clowes and Mr. W. S. Costerton for the Liberals, who +claimed a gain of 120 on the Borough Register.</p> +<p>Nov. 5th.—Five hundred and fifty feet of the Wellington +Pier had been opened to the public, the Corporation attending, +and in the evening there was a public dinner at the Victoria +Hotel in honour of the event.</p> +<p>At the Municipal Election in the <i>North Ward</i>, Messrs. +Burroughs (L) and Jackson (L) were re-elected without +opposition.</p> +<p>In the <i>Market Ward</i> the polling was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>F. Worship (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">125</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E. R. Aldred (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">118</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Owles (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">92</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Cobb (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">68</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>In the <i>Regent Ward</i>, S. C. Marsh (C) and J. D. Chapman +(L) and in the <i>St. George’s Ward</i> J. G. Plummer (C) +and J. C. Smith (C) were not opposed.</p> +<p>In the <i>Nelson Ward</i> there was a contest, but no numbers +are given; Dr. Dunn and Mr. W. Thurtell (Cs) opposing the +re-election of Mr. George Danby-Palmer and Mr. Thomas Lettis (Ls) +who were again returned, and in <i>St. Andrew’s Ward</i> +the polling was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>H. Teasdel (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">139</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E. H. L. Preston (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">134</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. Crowe (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">41</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Sterry (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page184"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 184</span>The +Conservatives, on the whole, had increased their majority by +one.</p> +<p>The following paragraph appears in this +issue:—“Among the passengers by the +“Argo” s.s. from Sydney, is Mr. Harrison, of Great +Yarmouth, who brings with him 3,000 ounces of gold dust, valued +at between £11,000 and +£12,000.”—<i>Morning Chronicle</i>.</p> +<p>The first Subscription Ball of the season had been held at the +Town Hall, 90 persons being present, the hall had been re-painted +a light green in lieu of the old salmon colour, and four +beautiful statues of “Clio,” “Erato,” and +“The Dancing Girls of Canova,” had been placed in the +niches.</p> +<p>Nov. 12th.—At the Council meeting, on the nomination of +Mr. W. Worship, seconded by Mr. C. J. Palmer, James Cherry, Esq., +had been elected Mayor.</p> +<p>The following Whig Aldermen then went out of office;—R. +Hammond, jun., E. R. Palmer, H. Boulter, C. E. Barham, and W. +Walpole with B. Fenn (C), and the following voting took place to +fill these vacancies:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. Bunn</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">21</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, T. Foreman</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">21</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, W. C. Reynolds</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">27</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, J. G. Rivett</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">26</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ G. S. Shingles</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">26</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, E. P. Youell</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">26</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, R. Hammond, junr.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Boulter</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, J. Brown</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, E. R. Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Sir E. Tavers</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, H. Worship</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, S. Paget</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Nov. 26th.—Court “Buck of the Forest,” +A.O.F., had been opened at the Buck Inn.</p> +<p>One hundred and nineteen persons had been confirmed by Bishop +Spencer at St. Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>Dec. 3rd.—It was proposed to establish a School of +Design in the town.</p> +<p>Captain Manby had attained his 88th year.</p> +<p>Dec. 24th.—A parochial Museum was being formed at the +Priory.</p> +<p><a name="page185"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 185</span>The +Local Board District Rate was signed at 1s. 4½d. in the +£.</p> +<p>Dec. 31st.—Mr. C. J. Palmer had presided at the annual +dinner of the subscribers of the Public Library.</p> +<h3>1854.</h3> +<p>Jan. 7th.—Several houses had been damaged by a +“fearful” storm.</p> +<p>The “Seamen’s Association” had held a +demonstration with a procession round the town. At a +subsequent meeting held at their Club House the following toasts +were given:—“The Queen,” “May British +Sailors weather the Storm,” “England expects every +man will do his duty,” “The Owners and Merchants of +Yarmouth,” “May British Sailors never want for grog +and tobacco.”</p> +<p>Jan. 14th.—The “Eleanor Palmer,” belonging +to W. H. Palmer, Esq., had been “totally lost” on the +coast near Athens. This was the third vessel that gentleman +had lost since 1853.</p> +<p>Jan. 21st.—At a meeting of the Town Council it had been +determined to oppose the “Waveney Valley Drainage +Bill.”</p> +<p>Captain Broadhead, R.N., was engaged at this port raising a +corps of Sea Fencibles.</p> +<p>Jan. 28th.—The first Subscription Ball had been held, +for which Cosgrove’s Band was engaged, and dancing kept up +until four o’clock.</p> +<p>Sergeant Johnson had been charged by Mr. George William Moore +with having been drunk and assaulting him. The parties, +together with Mr. Silvers, Mr. J. H. Harrison, Mr. Ellis, Mr. +Howlett, and Mr. W. Wright appear to have been in +Cosgrove’s public-house at three o’clock in the +morning, when the alleged offences were said to have been +committed.</p> +<p>Jan. 28th.—N.B. This is the first issue of the +<i>Norwich Mercury</i> as a bi-weekly newspaper.</p> +<p>The following improvements were noted:—The now Haven +Bridge and also the Wellington Pier were nearly completed.</p> +<p>The Water Works were being formed.</p> +<p>The Southtown Gas Works would soon be opened.</p> +<p>The new Bank of Messrs. Gurney and Co., was in the course of +erection.</p> +<p>Many new streets were being formed on the North, East, and +South Denes.</p> +<p>The Marine Drive was projected.</p> +<p><a name="page186"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 186</span>The +town had been selected for the Militia Barracks, and it was said +that the Victoria Esplanade was likely to be carried as far as +the South Battery.</p> +<p>On the other hand the state of the Chapel Denes had, however, +long been “a disgrace to the town.”</p> +<p>There had been an “immense fleet” of vessels in +the Roads.</p> +<p>Feb. 1st.—There had been snow-drifts 5 feet deep on the +line between Yarmouth and Reedham.</p> +<p>Feb. 8th.—Mr. Burroughs had, at the Council meeting, +denounced certain gentlemen as “traitors to the town” +and “tools of Mr. Peto.”</p> +<p>Feb. 11th.—A considerable quantity of human bones had +been found near the Caister Road, which were supposed to be the +remains of persons who died of the plague and received burial +from the Leper Houses which formerly existed there.</p> +<p>Feb. 18th.—There had been extremely high tides, a +violent storm, and a heavy gale. Several dockyards had been +overflowed, and about thirty balks of timber had been lost from +Mr. Steward’s yard.</p> +<p>Feb. 22nd.—A Tradesmen’s Ball had been held in the +Town Hall.</p> +<p>Feb. 25th.—A Liberal meeting had been held at the Star +Hotel, (George Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair) when resolutions +in favour of Lord John Russell’s Reform Bill and the Ballot +were adopted.</p> +<p>There had been another high tide, the Quay being in several +places inundated; the surf rolling over the old Jetty.</p> +<p>March 1st.—Owing to the sitting of the County Court, the +Council had met in the Grand Jury Room at the Tolhouse.</p> +<p>The Seamen’s wages were so high that they preferred the +Merchant Service to the offers being made by Sir Charles Napier +to join the Navy.</p> +<p>March 4th.—John Eagleton charged with having +fraudulently cheated the Guardians of the Poor by delivering to +poor persons receiving out-door relief bread of short weight, was +found guilty, subject to a case for the opinion of the Court of +Criminal Appeal, (Mr. J. Cobb and Mr. L. A. Meal being his +sureties in £50 each.)</p> +<p>March 8th.—A Tender has arrived to take off the +Coastguardsmen and Naval Volunteers.</p> +<p>Rear-Admiral Plumridge had been summoned to London for the +purpose of hoisting his flag in the Baltic Fleet under Sir +Charles Napier.</p> +<p>A vessel had been sent to sea manned entirely by master +mariners; the rise in wages and the attractions of the Navy +having so reduced the number of common seamen.</p> +<p><a name="page187"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +187</span>March. 11th.—The Baltic Fleet was expected to +pass Yarmouth.</p> +<p>A public meeting in favour of the Reform Bill had been held at +the Corn Hall (George Danby-Palmer, Esq., in the chair), when the +following gentlemen took part in the proceedings:—Mr. W. N. +Burroughs, Mr. McCullagh, Mr. J. W. Shelly, Mr. C. E. Bartram, +Mr. J. Clowes, Mr. J. Owles, Mr. Jackson, Mr. D. A. Gourlay, and +Mr. R. Hammond.</p> +<p>March 18th.—A meeting had been held at the Star Hotel, +Mr. J. H. Harrison in the chair, to consider the rating of +cottage property.</p> +<p>March 25th.—A memorial brass had been placed in St. +Nicholas’ Church to the memory of the late Dr. A. +Impey.</p> +<p>A meeting in favour of “Sabbath Observance” had +been held.</p> +<p>March 20th.—Contains the Royal proclamation of the war +with Russia.</p> +<p>April 1st.—The Baltic Fleet was at Kiel, and Admiral +Plumridge was likely to shift his flag from the +“Leopard” to the “St. Jean d’ +Acre.”</p> +<p>April 12th.—At the meeting for the Election of Haven +Commissioners, Captain Scott proposed and Captain Briggs seconded +George Danby-Palmer, Esq.; W. Yetts, Esq., proposed, and C. J. +Palmer Esq., seconded, R. Ferrier, Esq.; J. Jackson, Esq., +proposed, and Garson Blake, Esq., seconded, J. Barker, Esq.; H. +Palmer, Esq., proposed, and S. Cobb, Esq., seconded, Richard +Hammond, Esq., junr.; and Mr. J. Owles proposed, and Mr. T. +Lettis seconded, D. A. Gourlay, Esq. Mr. Ferrier declined +to go to a poll, and thereupon Messrs. Palmer and Barker were +elected Commissioners and Messrs. Hammond and Gourlay +Supernumerary Commissioners without opposition.</p> +<p>The following had been result of the Guardians’ +Election:—</p> +<p><i>St. Nicholas’ Ward</i>.—James Jackson, cottage +owner, 200, elected; Samuel Nightingale, brewer, 167, elected; +John Mainprice, spirit merchant, 159, elected; Henry Boulter, +confectioner, 129; William Wright, building and cottage owner, +123; Edward H. L. Preston, timber merchant, 112; Abraham Amis, +cottage owner, 107.</p> +<p><i>Market Ward</i>.—William Laws, grocer, 194, elected; +David Abraham Gourlay, shipowner, 168, elected; Joseph Harvey, +tanner, 132, elected; John Cobb, currier and leather seller, 102; +Robert Tooley, miller, 76; Richard Ecclestone, draper, 71; +William Woolston, cottage owner, 56.</p> +<p><i>Regent Ward</i>.—Samuel Charles Marsh, wine merchant, +160, elected; William Worship, solicitor, 156, elected; Thomas +Foreman, shipowner and cottage owner, 126, elected; James Denny +Chapman, draper, 116; <a name="page188"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 188</span>Frederick Palmer, surgeon, 102; +William Livingstone, draper, &c., 68: John A. Norman, jun., +cottage owner, 66.</p> +<p><i>St. George’s Ward</i>.—Richard Ferrier, brewer, +225 elected; Joseph Goulding Plummer, shipowner, 223, elected; +Benjamin Fenn, fish merchant, 222, elected; Cubitt Engal Bartram, +gentleman, 116; Christopher Steward, pawnbroker, 83; Robert Page, +cottage owner, 65.</p> +<p><i>Nelson Ward</i>.—George Danby-Palmer, shipowner, 258, +elected; James Hargrave Harrison, cottage owner, 235, elected; +Charles Woolverton, plumber, 212, elected: Thomas Brightwen, +gentleman, 206, elected; Samuel Velzi Moore, anchorsmith, 177; +Thomas Lettis, jun., fish merchant, 130; Benjamin Powell, +merchant, 126; John Clarke, shipowner, 158.</p> +<p>April 19th.—Proceedings were threatened with regard to +the Election of Guardians by the Liberals.</p> +<p>April 22nd.—Both Churchwardens had been re-elected by +the Vestry, and a Church rate of 1½d. in the £ +voted.</p> +<p>April 26th.—Notice of “the Closing of the +Churchyards” had been issued.</p> +<p>Eleanor Warren had died in the old prison Row, aged nearly 103 +years.</p> +<p>April 29th.—The men of the East Norfolk Militia and +Norfolk Artillery Militia had assembled in the Market Place under +the command of Colonel Mason and Lord Hastings, respectively.</p> +<p>May 3rd.—The Stewards for the next Subscription Ball +were to be the Mayor, Captain Pearson R.N., S. C. Marsh, Esq., C. +J. Palmer, Esq., and M. Lacon, Esq.</p> +<p>The following law report appears in this issue:—</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.</span></p> +<p style="text-align: center">Before the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. +Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. +Justice Crompton.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>Regina</i> v +<i>Eagleton</i>.</p> +<p>The indictment in this case contained ten counts, seven of +which charged an attempt to defraud, and the last three an +attempt to obtain money by false pretences. The defendant +had entered into a contract with the Board of Guardians of Great +Yarmouth to supply loaves of bread of the weight of three pounds +and a half to the poor, and had supplied many of the out-door +paupers with loaves weighing only 3lbs. 4 ozs., and had +represented to the Overseers of the poor that the loaves supplied +were of the contract weight, and had endeavoured to obtain +payment accordingly. This case was sent back to the +Recorder of Great Yarmouth to be amended, in order to have the +question fully argued.</p> +<p><a name="page189"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 189</span>Mr. +Bodkin and Mr. Mills appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Bulwer +for the prosecution.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>May 10th.—The Rev. R. J. Palmer, M.A., had lectured on +“Mount Sinai and Arabia Petrœa.”</p> +<p>May 20th.—The Earl of Leicester (Lord Lieutenant) had +presented new colours to the East Norfolk Militia, which were +received by Major Sir E. Lacon and Captain Bloomfield, the +service of consecration being performed by the Rev. Bowyer Vaux, +assisted by the Rev. John Bampton.</p> +<p>Lord Hastings entertained several noblemen and gentlemen at +dinner at the Royal Hotel.</p> +<p>The officers of the East Norfolk Militia kept “open +house” at the Victoria from two to six o’clock, and +in the evening gave a ball at the Town Hall, at which the Earl of +Leicester (Lord Lieutenant), Lord Hastings, Lord Walsingham, Lord +Royston, the Hon. Jacob Astley, the Hon. and Rev. Delaval and +Mrs. Astley, Lady Lacon, Mrs. and Miss Lee Warner, Mr. and Mrs. +Hoste, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gay (Thurning), Mr. and Miss Day, the +Officers of the Militia Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Custance +and the Officers of the West Norfolk Militia, Captain Norman, +R.N., T. R. Buckworth, Esq., W. Norris, Esq., T. Browne, Esq., +the Mayor of Yarmouth, Mr. and Mrs. C. Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. C. +Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Preston, Mr. E. R., Mrs., and the +Misses Palmer, the Reverend Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Waters, Captain +and Mrs. Marcon, Captain Pearson, R.N., Mr. and Miss Pearson, Mr. +Mortlock Lacon, Mr. and Mrs. A. Steward and the Misses Steward +were present. The refreshments and the supper, both of the +most <i>recherche</i> description, were supplied by Mr. Wilson, +of this city. Weippert’s admirable band was engaged, +and the dance was kept up until near the dawn of day. Thus +ended a day of pleasure without alloy, and next day the Regiment +was inspected by Colonel Kelly.</p> +<p>A fine Russian brig of 400 tons, laden with salt, had been +brought into the Roads, a prize of war. She subsequently +proceeded to Sheerness.</p> +<p>Seven thousand pounds had been expended on the Wellington Pier +works, where the Norfolk Artillery Band occasionally +performed.</p> +<p>May 24th.—The North Denes had been selected for rifle +practice.</p> +<p>The Mayor (J. Cherry, Esq.,) had given a ball to 200 guests at +the Town Hall.</p> +<p>The “Contest” schooner, of 150 tons, had been +launched from Messrs. Beeching’s yard.</p> +<p><a name="page190"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 190</span>May +31st.—Sir James Plumridge had been promoted to be +Rear-Admiral of the White.</p> +<p>The Military Lunatic Asylum was to be converted into an +Hospital for wounded seamen from the Baltic Fleet.</p> +<p>No. 3, Brighton Terrace, and No. 2, Queen’s Road had +been struck by lightning.</p> +<p>June 3rd.—The “Otter,” war steamer, had put +into the Roads.</p> +<p>The “Carolina,” Russian brig, had arrived in this +port for condemnation.</p> +<p>June 14th.—H.M.S. “Zeyphr” had been in the +Roads.</p> +<p>Mr. John Clowes declined to pay £1 2s. due for Board of +Health rate, on the ground that the Board was indebted to him for +services rendered whilst he was Town Clerk. A distress was +ordered to be issued.</p> +<p>June 17th.—Two vessels with wounded seamen were expected +for the Hospital.</p> +<p>A small steamboat, the property of J. Penrice, Esq., had +exploded near the Bridge.</p> +<p>June 21st.—Mr. McCullough, Mr. Chamberlin, Captain +Briggs, and Mr. Scott had attended the Right Hon. E. Cardwell as +a deputation from the “Shipping Association.”</p> +<p>The premises occupied by the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston +Institute had been purchased by C. J. Palmer, Esq., for +£1,780.</p> +<p>July 1st.—The Norfolk Artillery had completed their 50 +days’ training, the gun practice being for 24-pounders at a +target range of 1,250.</p> +<p>A meeting to promote the “Roads Regatta” had been +held.</p> +<p>July 8th.—The month of June had been intensely cold on +the East coast.</p> +<p>July 15th.—The mackerel fishing had been very +successful, the returns then amounting to £30,000, which +sum would be probably increased to £40,000 before the boats +made up.</p> +<p>July 22nd.—The “Hornet” screw frigate, 16 +guns, had anchored in the Roads, on her way to join Sir Charles +Napier’s Fleet in the Baltic.</p> +<p>Four thousand persons had arrived in one day by excursion +trains from Norwich, Ipswich and Lynn.</p> +<p>S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P., had laid the foundation stone of the +King Street Congregation Chapel; afterwards there was a dejeuner +at the Victoria Hotel, where J. W. Shelly, Esq., presided.</p> +<p>Lord Sondes had been appointed Lord High Steward of the +Borough.</p> +<p><a name="page191"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 191</span>Aug. +2nd.—Many visitors were arriving, chiefly from Cambridge +and the Isle of Ely.</p> +<p>A Poor’s rate of 1s. 6d. in the £ had been +signed.</p> +<p>Aug. 5th.—At the Roads Regatta the following yachts +entered:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Name.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Tons.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Owner.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Phantom</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">25</p> +</td> +<td><p>S. Lane, Esq.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Thought</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">28</p> +</td> +<td><p>C. Coope, Esq.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sheldrake</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">17</p> +</td> +<td><p>Capt. Love.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The Sheldrake gave up and the others were timed as +follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">1st round.</p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">2nd round.</p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">3rd round.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Thought</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">56</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">48</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">41</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Phantom</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">58</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">45</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">50</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">48</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">45</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>In the yawl match the “Queen Victoria” beat the +“Eclipse,” “Royal Victoria” and +“Cambridge Lass.”</p> +<p>The dinner was held at the Victoria Hotel, the Mayor in the +chair. The Earl of Albemarle, Mr. Butcher, Mr. C. Cory, Mr. +C. J. Palmer, and Mr. Seaman took part in the after dinner +proceedings.</p> +<p>Steamers continued to pass through the Roads on their way to +the Baltic.</p> +<p>Aug. 9th.—Edward Tupman and Edward Gill, captains of +vessels, bound for the North, had been charged with assaulting S. +C. Marsh, Esq., Deputy-Mayor, and fined £5 each or two +months’ imprisonment, and also 50s. each and 15s. damage to +clothes, for assaulting Mr. Joseph Giles (gaoler).</p> +<p>Aug. 12th.—Sir John Walsham had held an Inquiry as to +the Election of Guardians and “impounded” several +voting papers.</p> +<p>The screw frigate “Horatio” had been in the Roads +and visited by numbers of persons.</p> +<p>It was rumoured that some 40 vessels, known as “Barking +Smacks” were likely to be added to the local fishing +fleet.</p> +<p>The Centenary of the Baptist Church, Church Plain, had been +celebrated.</p> +<p>Messrs. Charles Gill and William Sidney had become lessees of +the Theatre.</p> +<p>Aug. 19th.—The “Amateur,” latteen (F. +Brown), Norwich, won the prize at the Water Frolic.</p> +<p>Aug. 26th.—Seven thousand excursionists had been brought +by train from Norwich and other places to the Races.</p> +<p><a name="page192"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +192</span>George Winkfield (Yarmouth), John Chambers (Hull), +George Bell, (Fakenham), Robert Todd (Yarmouth), J. Bitten +(Yarmouth), Charles Reed (Yarmouth), and T. R. Mills (Southtown), +were charged with obstructing the Hall Quay (but in fact for +holding a religious service there.) They were defended by +Mr. Tillett, of Norwich; Chambers was fined 40s. and costs.</p> +<p>Aug. 30th.—“Lodgings was scarcely to be +obtained” in the town.</p> +<p>There was a band of thieves about who had extracted “the +contents of many pockets.”</p> +<p>The question of the “open air preachers” was again +before the Justices, when the fine proposed to be inflicted on +Chambers was abandoned, it being, in fact, admitted that, under +the circumstances of the case there was no power to inflict +it.</p> +<p>Sep. 2nd.—A meeting had been held (the Rev. G. Hills +presiding) to consider the further restoration of St. +Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>Thirty boats were gone to the Scotch fisheries, and herring +was selling at from £8 to £14 per last.</p> +<p>A foot race for £5 over 100 yards had been run on the +South-denes, when Mr. Browne beat Mr. George Diver by half a +yard.</p> +<p>Sep. 6th.—The gas lamps at Gorleston and Southtown had +been lighted for the first time.</p> +<p>No minister had attended at St. Mary’s, Southtown, to +conduct the Sunday morning service.</p> +<p>Sep. 9th.—The Justices had again refused to grant any +fresh licenses.</p> +<p>Sep. 18th.—The “Ada,” a barque of 435 tons, +had been launched from Mr. Thomas Barber’s yard.</p> +<p>The Russian Barque “Carolina” had been sold by E. +H. L. Preston, Esq., at the Star, for £1,110, and her cargo +of 321 tons of salt for £347, making a total of +£1,457.</p> +<p>Sep. 20th.—The proposed grant of a piece of land by the +Corporation, for the purpose of a cemetery, had been approved by +the Secretary of State.</p> +<p>Sep. 23rd.—The French frigate “Expeditive,” +20 guns, was anchored in the Roads, and a dead body had been +landed from her for interment.</p> +<p>Sept. 27th.—The coal trade was unusually brisk; during +the week 70 colliers had arrived at the port, and these, with the +other daft there, crowded the Harbour.</p> +<p><a name="page193"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 193</span>After +the 1st of October the drapers had determined to close their +shops at seven o’clock.</p> +<p>Messrs. Mann, Giles, and Freeman, “extensive fish +salesmen,” had been summoned for allowing +“swills” to remain on the Quay longer than necessary +for their business purposes.</p> +<p>Oct. 4th.—At the revision of the Burgess List, the +Liberals had lodged 59 objections and put in 347 new claims, and +the Tories had made 373 objections.</p> +<p>The telegraphic announcement of the great victory of the +allied armies over the Russians (Battle of the Alma) had been +received shortly after eleven o’clock, and created intense +excitement; the flags had been hoisted on the Town Hall and the +Church, and but for the interference with divine service, the +bells, doubtless, would have sent forth a merry peal.</p> +<p>Thanksgivings had been offered in all places of worship for +the abundant harvest.</p> +<p>Oct. 7th.—The Borough Revision Court had been engaged +with the Lists for three days and a half; the Liberals sustained +300 claims, as against 50 sustained by the Tories.</p> +<p>Oct. 11th.—Mr. Wright (who had been objected to) was +charged before the Justices for assaulting Sergeant James Gowen +(the Tory objector) and bound over to keep the peace. There +was a warm discussion on the Bench during these proceedings +between Mr. R. Hammond and Mr. R. Steward.</p> +<p>At the Revision of the Parliamentary List, Mr. Cufaude and Mr. +Preston appeared for the Tories, and Mr. Costerton for the +Liberals, and the latter claimed a gain upon the proceedings.</p> +<p>Oct. 18th.—A “great meeting” of Liberals had +been held at the Star Inn; G. Danby-Palmer, Esq., (chairman), +Captain Pearson, R.N., J. W. Shelly, Esq., R. Hammond, Esq., W. +T. McCullagh, Esq., J. Clowes, Esq., J. Owles, Esq., and Mr. +Jackson took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>At the Gaol Sessions, N. Palmer, Esq., (Recorder) and R. +Steward, Esq., (acting as Visiting Justices) had dismissed the +Gaol Chaplain (Rev. George Hills). This action was +deprecated by some of the Justices, and ultimately the question +was referred by them to the Quarter Sessions.</p> +<p>An “impudent thief” had picked a woman’s +pocket, while she was in the Police-court.</p> +<p><a name="page194"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 194</span>Oct. +21st.—The New Bridge had been completed, and formally +opened to the public, at a cost of little less than +£60,000.</p> +<p>H.M. yacht “Fairy” had arrived in the Harbour.</p> +<p>Ladies were collecting linen rags for the wounded soldiers in +the East.</p> +<p>Oct. 25th.—Mr. R. Hammond and the Mayor (Mr. Cherry) +were at “loggerheads” with regard to certain +statements made by the former gentleman at the Liberal +meeting.</p> +<p>The “Gælan,” a French man-of-war, had +entered the Harbour for the purpose of coaling.</p> +<p>One hundred and thirteen young persons had been confirmed at +St. Nicholas’ Church by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>Nov. 1st.—A “patriotic fund” meeting had +been held at the Town Hall, the Mayor (J. Cherry, Esq.) in the +chair. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Sir E. Travers, K. +H., Rev. J. S. Russell, Rev. B. Vaux, Rev. J. B. Bampton, Rev. +McSwiney, C. J. Palmer, R. Steward, R. Hammond, George +Danby-Palmer, J. W. Shelly, C. C. Aldred, Esqs., and Captains +Gilbertson and Roberts, and others were present, and a +subscription list opened, which was headed by donations of +£25 each from Messrs. Gurney & Co., George +Danby-Palmer, Esq., and Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P.</p> +<p>Nov. 4th.—At the Municipal Election “it was +rumoured that no small amount of ready cash had been sent into +circulation.”</p> +<p>The result of the polling was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. H. Jay (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">137</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. R. Ferrier, junr. (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">139</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Captain Pearson R.N. (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">99</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Jas. Scott (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">99</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart. (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">128</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Cherry (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">126</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. John Clowes (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">88</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Henry Danby-Palmer (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">87</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Fenn (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">186</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. E. Barnby (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">184</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Cobb (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">133</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. D. R. Fowler (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">123</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page195"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 195</span><i>St. +Nicholas’ Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. Nightingale (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">203</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. H. Bessey (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">187</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. R. Hammond (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">187</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. H. Boulter (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">173</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>And the Alderman gave his casting vote in favour of Mr. +Bessey.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Clark (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">184</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. V. Moore (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">182</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. H. Harrison (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">122</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Gorleston +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. William H. Palmer (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">131</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. Hammond (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">118</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. G. Blake (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">61</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Sterry (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">46</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Messrs. Henry Palmer, C. J. Palmer, C. H. Chamberlin, William +T. Clarke, E. R. Palmer, and F. W. Ferrier had been appointed +Admiralty Commissioners.</p> +<p>Nov. 11th.—At the Council meeting Mr. E. H. L. Preston +proposed and Mr. Worship seconded, Charles J. Palmer, Esq., as +Mayor for the ensuing year, and he was elected to that office +without opposition.</p> +<p>Nov. 15th.—The question of the formation of a +“Burial Board” was being discussed.</p> +<p>The Naval Hospital was being prepared for 350 sick and wounded +from the Black Sea fleet.</p> +<p>Nov. 18th.—The Mayor (C. J. Palmer, Esq.), had issued +cards for an entertainment at the Town Hall on the 30th inst.</p> +<p>Mr. J. L. Porter had been appointed manager of the National +Provincial Bank at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>The Police had contributed one day’s pay to the +Patriotic Fund.</p> +<p>The “Tourist,” London passenger steamer, Captain +Dawson, had been lost on the North Sand. She was a very old +vessel, and it was stated that this would have been her last +voyage if no accident had happened to her; she was fully +insured.</p> +<p>Nov. 22nd.—Messrs. Gurney & Co’s. new Bank had +been opened.</p> +<p>A poll had been taken on the question of the formation of a +“Burial Board,” when the voting on the first day +was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For the Board</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">312</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Against it</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">311</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page196"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 196</span>A +meeting of Ratepayers was subsequently held and the scheme +denounced by several speakers.</p> +<p>Nov. 29th.—The Town Council had re-appointed the Rev. G. +Hills, gaol chaplain “with only two +dissentients.”</p> +<p>Nearly £1,000 had been raised for the Patriotic +Fund.</p> +<p>The polling for the Burial Board had closed as +under—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">468</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Against</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">544</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Majority</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">76</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The “Sir William Jolliffe” had been placed on the +station in the place of the “Tourist.”</p> +<p>Dec. 13th.—Messrs. Dumbleton, Bradbeer, Palmer, and Bunn +had complained to the Bench of the obstructions on the Quay.</p> +<p>Dec. 23rd.—The Council had “suspended” the +sexton for alleged misconduct.</p> +<p>The grocers and drapers had determined to close their shops on +the day following Christmas Day.</p> +<p>“The Skimmer of the Sea,” a barque of 320 tons, +had been launched from Mr. Branford’s yard.</p> +<p>Dec. 30th.—The East Norfolk Militia having been +permanently embodied, had assembled under the command of Colonel +Mason, but the Norfolk Militia Artillery had not been called +up.</p> +<p>T. Brightwen, Esq., had qualified as a Magistrate.</p> +<p>Several large packages of warm clothing had been forwarded by +the ladies of the town for the use of the soldiers in the +Crimea.</p> +<p>C. J. Palmer, Esq., had entertained the inmates of the +Gaol.</p> +<p>Pickpockets were again in town, and John Webb had been robbed +by them of £4 15s.</p> +<p>Mr. Smyth had been appointed Surgeon to the Gaol in the place +of Mr. H. Worship deceased.</p> +<h3>1855.</h3> +<p>Jan. 6th.—There had been a high tide and heavy flood; +130 yards of the rails between Yarmouth and Reedham had been +carried away by the latter.</p> +<p><a name="page197"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 197</span>The +following gentlemen had been chosen as the Library +Committee.—The Mayor (C. J. Palmer, Esq.), Rev. J. B. +Bampton, Rev. H. Squire, and Messrs. B. Fenn, R. R. B. Norman, J. +Bayly, and S. C. Burton.</p> +<p>It was considered too cold to drill the Militia on the +South-denes.</p> +<p>Jan. 13th.—The following quantity of fish had been +forwarded from Yarmouth during the preceding year:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Packages.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Tons.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Cwt.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>From Jan. to Sep.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">282,441</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10,591</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Oct. to Dec.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">250,981</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9,411</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Total</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">533,422</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20,003</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>During the week 20 men of the East Norfolk Militia had +volunteered for the line.</p> +<p>At the Tract Lenders’ Festival 400 persons had partaken +of tea at the Priory. They were addressed by the Rev. G. +Hills, Rev. G. W. Grogan and other friends.</p> +<p>Jan. 17th.—The Norfolk Artillery Militia had received an +order to be permanently embodied from the 23rd inst.</p> +<p>Jan. 20th.—Sixty more men had volunteered from the East +Norfolk Militia for the line, making a total of 300 of such +volunteers in all.</p> +<p>Winter had set in “with all the vigour and severity +peculiar to this portion of the Eastern Coast.”</p> +<p>Jan. 24th.—The weather continued intensely cold, and the +navigation of the rivers were stopped by the accumulation of +ice.</p> +<p>The District Visiting Society was doing great work in the way +of alleviating distress.</p> +<p>Pickpockets were still at work. A woman had been robbed +by one of them in the Market Row of 8s. 6d., and Mrs. Pole, of +Burgh Castle, had suffered a loss of £2 17s. in this +way.</p> +<p>Jan. 27th.—The Norfolk Artillery Militia had +assembled,—156 non-commissioned officers and men, with the +following officers: Captain Astley, Lieutenants Penrice, +Tredcroft and North, Adjutant Gilberton, and Surgeon C. C. +Aldred. Lord Hastings had not yet joined them.</p> +<p>The Rev. Bowyer Vaux had announced to the Hospital Committee +that the Medical Library of the late Mr. Harry Worship would be +presented to that Institution.</p> +<p>Bro. William Lucia had been elected W.M. of Lodge +“Friendship,” in succession to Bro. Oswald Diver.</p> +<p><a name="page198"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 198</span>Feb. +14th.—The business of the Port had been much affected by +the rigour of the weather.</p> +<p>Feb. 17th.—Thirty-four men had volunteered from the +Norfolk Militia Artillery for the Royal Artillery.</p> +<p>The South-quay was blocked by the coal carts near the Town +Hall, and great complaints being made about this it was suggested +that the colliers should unload at a wider part of the quay.</p> +<p>Feb. 21st.—The Subscription Ball had been attended by +the Mayor and Mrs. Charles Palmer, Lieutenant-Colonel Mason, the +Honourable Mr. Harbord, Mr. Astley, Mr. Graver Brown, Mrs. E. +Graver Brown, Reverend A. B. Smyth, Captain Gay, Captain and Mrs. +Rippingall, Captain and Mrs. Mathew, Captain, Mrs., and Miss +Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Meadwell, Mr., Mrs., and Miss E. H. L. +Preston, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Marsh, Mr., Mrs., and the Misses +Steward, Mr. and Miss Chevallier, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, Mr. and +Mrs. Ferrier, Mr. Smith, (East Norfolk Militia) Mr. Smyth (East +Norfolk Militia) and Mrs. Smyth, Mr. Palgrave, Mr. and the Misses +Barber, Mr. Boycott, Mr. Press, Mr. Aldred, Mr. Eyre, &c., +&c.</p> +<p>The town was infested by a gang of thieves.</p> +<p>Four deserters from the Royal Navy had been captured in the +town.</p> +<p>A meeting had been held for the relief of the poor, the Mayor +presided, and the Rev. G. Hills, and Messrs. R. Hammond, E. H. L. +Preston, T. Brightwen, S. Dowson, R. Steward, R. Ferrier, and W. +N. Burroughs took part in the proceedings. Mr. George +Danby-Palmer sent £10 to the fund, and more than £200 +was then collected in the room.</p> +<p>Feb. 24th.—Full power to act as a Burial Board had been +vested in the Town Council, and the following Committee of that +body appointed to carry out the Act:—The Mayor, and Messrs. +R. Ferrier, F. Worship, E. R. Aldred, W. N. Burroughs, J. +Jackson, C. E. Bartram, P. Pullyn, and T. Foreman.</p> +<p>Feb. 28th.—A thaw had commenced, and it was hoped that +the River traffic would soon be able to be resumed.</p> +<p>Mr. Gyngell had superintended a grand display of fireworks on +the Star Quay, which was witnessed by about 7,000 or 8,000 +persons.</p> +<p>March 3rd.—A ship of war was likely to be stationed in +the Roads to protect the shipping there.</p> +<p>The first of the frozen-in wherries had been liberated at +Reedham, and the Steam Packet communication had been resumed with +London.</p> +<p><a name="page199"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 199</span>March +10th.—The Norfolk Militia Artillery had been removed to +London <i>en route</i> for Eastbourne; when 170 men and the +following officers, Captain Penrice, Adjutant Gilbertson, +Lieutenants Tredcroft, North, and Micklewaite, left the town.</p> +<p>A meeting, at the Angel Hotel, had been held for the purpose +of establishing a pack of harriers; Mr. H. Grimmer was chairman, +Mr. Jex, of Hopton, undertook to purchase the hounds, and Mr. J. +L. Cufaude to act as honorary secretary to the Committee.</p> +<p>March 14th.—The Market was to be held on Tuesday the +20th, as Wednesday, the 21st, had been proclaimed a day for +fasting and humiliation.</p> +<p>The Batteries were being armed with 24-pounders, and it was +proposed to construct a fort on Gorleston Cliff, to be armed with +68 pound guns.</p> +<p>March 17th.—Lectures had been delivered by the Rev. R. +Cory on “Jerusalem,” and by Mr Craft (a man of +colour) upon “American Slavery.”</p> +<p>Bro. Robert Harmer had presided at the annual dinner of the +“Druids, Trinity Lodge, 220.”</p> +<p>March 21st.—Several complaints had been made of +unprovoked assaults by members of the East Norfolk Militia upon +respectable inhabitants of the town.</p> +<p>March 24th.—At the Quarter Sessions, the Grand Jury +presented the foul state of the Court House at the Tolhouse.</p> +<p>The national Fast Day had been strictly observed.</p> +<p>Robberies continued to be very frequently committed in the +town.</p> +<p>April 4th.—H.M.S. “Harrier” (17 guns) was +then stationed in the Roads, and a rendezvous had been opened for +Volunteers to the North Sea fleet.</p> +<p>Three hundred men of the East Norfolk Militia had claimed a +right to be dismissed, having served 56 days in the then year +under the terms of their enlistments, and they were dismissed +accordingly.</p> +<p>April 7th.—Messrs. Green, Borking, Clayton, and Harbord +had been appointed Overseers, which, as a “partizan” +step, was justified by Mr. C. C. Aldred, and objected to by Mr. +R. Hammond.</p> +<p>April 14th.—A militiaman had been buried with military +honours.</p> +<p>Messrs. Aldred and Steward had been re-elected Churchwardens +by the Vestry.</p> +<p>The Vestry decided on the question of making a Church rate, +when <a name="page200"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +200</span>there appeared 64 for and 87 against the rate, but the +majority did not press the matter any further, and ultimately a +rate of 1½d. in the £ was agreed to.</p> +<p>The Guardians’ Election had resulted as +follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Jackson (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">258</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Mainprice (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">252</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. W. Craske (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">198</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. Nightingale (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">246</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. E. H. L. Preston (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">214</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. Wright (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">193</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. D. A. Gourlay (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">226</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. C. Steward (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">165</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. A. Ames (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">136</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. H. Laws (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">252</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. C. C. Aldred (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">247</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Browne (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">200</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. John Clowes (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">120</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. F. Palmer (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">147</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. A. Norman (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">147</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. Worship (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">198</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. C. Marsh (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">196</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. Foreman (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">164</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. Lettis, Jun., (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">159</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Scott (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">127</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. B. Fenn (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">223</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. R. Ferrier (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">217</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. G. Plummer (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">194</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. H. Harrison (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">203</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. G. Danby-Palmer (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">225</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. V. Moore (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">193</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. T. Fisher (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">131</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. C. Reynolds (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">176</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Clark (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">187</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. C. Woolverton (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">249</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. Brightwen (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">218</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page201"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 201</span>April +18th.—A proposal had been made to have all the houses in +the town numbered.</p> +<p>April 25th.—A purse of money had been presented to Mr. +Farrow, the Secretary of the Liberal Association, “for his +long-continued service in the Reform cause.”</p> +<p>April 28th.—The Poor’s Rate was estimated at 1s. +6d. in the £, to meet £3,000 required by the +Guardians for the Quarter, who had then £430 in hand to +meet demands amounting to £1,450.</p> +<p>May 2nd.—Mr. Lane had been appointed Collector of +Poor’s rates for the Market Ward.</p> +<p>George Danby-Palmer, Esq., had almost entirely recovered from +the indisposition which he had been suffering from during the +winter, and it was proposed to entertain him at a public +dinner.</p> +<p>May 5th.—The new burial ground comprised about 10 acres +in extent, and the following tender was recommended by the +Committee to the Council: J. Thompson, for walls, £1,388; +gates, £50; levelling, £110; total, £1,548, +with respect to fitting it for use.</p> +<p>Nelson’s Column was still allowed to fall into +decay.</p> +<p>May 9th.—Mr. Allcock had been appointed Poor’s +Rate Collector for the Nelson and Regent Wards.</p> +<p>The sale of part of the landed property of the late Mr. +Ambrose Palmer had taken place, the ship-yard and docks bringing +£1,100 and £900 respectively. The leasehold +premises on the west side of the river were bought by Mr. Joseph +Powell, and the building sites near Queen’s Road fetched +about 20s. per foot frontage with a ground rental of about 2s. +per yard upon the same.</p> +<p>Letters could now be posted as late as 8.10 p.m.</p> +<p>Water had been conveyed by the Company’s mains to +Yarmouth from Ormesby for the first time. One of these +pipes burst near the “Gallon Can.”</p> +<p>May 12th.—The Victoria Gardens had been laid out and +were likely to outvie any in the neighbourhood.</p> +<p>May 19th.—Mr. Lummis had resigned the office of +Librarian.</p> +<p>The Workhouse had been lighted with gas.</p> +<p>A meeting for the purpose of advocating “Administrative +Reform” had been held at the Town Hall, when Mr. R. Hammond +presided, and Mr. McCullagh delivered a stirring address.</p> +<p>The Tories complained that this meeting was “got +up” by the Liberals for party purposes.</p> +<p><a name="page202"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 202</span>May +23rd.—The Water Company had offered to supply water for +street-watering purposes free of expense.</p> +<p>H.M.S. “Harrier” had been firing shell to a +distance of 1,200 yards in the direction of Scroby; the +Queen’s Birthday had been observed in the usual way.</p> +<p>May 26th.—The Water Works had been opened, and in the +evening 80 gentlemen dined at the Town Hall, under the presidency +of the Mayor (C. J. Palmer, Esq.), who was supported by Sir E. H. +K. Lacon, M.P., and Lieut.-Col. Mason.</p> +<p>Mr. F. Maryson and Mr. D. D. Offord, the candidates for the +post of Librarian, having each obtained 27 votes, the Mayor gave +his casting vote in favour of Mr. Offord, who was thus elected to +the post.</p> +<p>Eight additional gas lamps had been placed on the Wellington +Pier.</p> +<p>May 30th.—The first stone of the Wesleyan Free Church, +on the Regent Road, had been laid by S. C. Marsh, Esq.</p> +<p>June 2nd.—The Russian brig “Phœnix” +had been brought in by a prize crew.</p> +<p>June 9th.—The mackerel fishing was going on badly, and +many boats had lost nets.</p> +<p>July 18th.—A brace of tench, weighing between eight and +nine pounds, had been taken at Ormesby.</p> +<p>Mr. Stracey (afterwards Sir Edward Stracey, Bart.), the Tory +candidate for East Norfolk had visited the town. (He was +returned, on this occasion, without opposition.)</p> +<p>July 21st.—At the Regatta the following prizes were +offered for luggers:—£50, £20, and £10, +and there were ten entries; during the match the +“Race-horse” (Mr. I. Shuckford) was run down by the +“Ocean Star” (Smith and Son). Her crew was +rescued by the yawls “Queen Victoria” and +“Standard,” but the master of the lugger (Lark) had +two of his ribs broken. The “Brothers” (T. +Lettis, jun.) won the first prize, the “Henry” (H. +Swann, jun.) and the “Prima Donna” (J. Minns) taking +the other two prizes. The yawl prizes were not awarded.</p> +<p>The following notice again appeared with regard to the case +of</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">“REGINA v. EAGLETON.”</span></p> +<p>“The defendant, John Eagleton, a baker, at Yarmouth, who +had contracted with the Guardians of Yarmouth to supply the poor +with bread, was tried before the Recorder, N. Palmer, Esq., at +the Quarter Sessions in March, 1854, upon an indictment charging +him, in the seven <a name="page203"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +203</span>first counts, with an offence at common law, in +fraudulently supplying the poor with bread of short weight; and, +in the three last counts, with attempting to obtain payment from +the Guardians, by falsely pretending that he had supplied full +weight. He was found guilty by the jury, but the Recorder +reserved a case for the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeal, +as to the proprietory of the conviction in point of law. On +the first argument on April 29th, 1854, before Pollock, C.B., +Parke, B., Creswell, J., and Williams, J., the case was referred +back to the Recorder, for him to state the whole evidence given +at the trial, which he did accordingly, and the case, as +re-stated, was, on the following 3rd of June, argued before Lord +Campbell, C. J., Alderson, B., Coleridge, J., Martin, B., and +Crowder, J., and they, having doubts as to the proprietory of the +conviction, desired the case to be argued before the 15 judges, +and on the 2nd December, 1854, it was argued before Jervis, C. +J., Pollock, C. B., Parke, B., Maule, J., Wightman, J., Erle, J., +Platt, B., Martin, B., and Crompton, J., and again on the 3rd of +February last, before Jervis, C. J., Parke, B., Maule, J., +Wightman, J., Creswell, J., Erle, J., Platt, B., Williams, J., +Martin, B., and Crompton, J.—Mr. Bulwer appeared in support +of the conviction, and Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Clerk, and Mr. J. H. Mills +on behalf of the Defendant. The Judges took time to +consider, and on July the 9th, Mr. Baron Parke delivered their +judgment, affirming the conviction on the last three +counts. The defendant will, therefore, have to appear +before the Recorder at the next October Sessions to receive +judgment.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>July 25th.—One hundred and thirty ladies and gentlemen +had attended the Regatta Ball at the Town Hall, among whom +were—the Mayor and Mrs. Palmer, Lord Hastings, Sir E. H. K. +Lacon, Bart., M.P., Lieut.-Col. Mason, Captains Longe, Markham +Gay, and other Officers of the East Norfolk Militia, +&c. Howlett’s band attended, and dancing was kept +up until 4.30.</p> +<p>July 28th.—The Grand Jury had found a true bill against +Messrs. R. Ferrier, sen., and R. Ferrier, jun., for assault upon +John William de Caux, and it was stated that the case would be +tried at the next Assizes.</p> +<p>Aug. 4th.—The Mayor had presided at a meeting called to +consider the “Small Tenements Act.”</p> +<p>Eighty-five boats engaged in the Mackerel Fishery had taken +fish to the value of £27,994.</p> +<p>Aug. 18th.—All hope of raising the +“Racehorse,” which was sunk at the Regatta, had been +abandoned. The attempt to do so had cost £150.</p> +<p><a name="page204"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 204</span>Aug. +22nd.—C. J. Palmer, Esq., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., +and Captain D. Lane had acted as Stewards of the Races, and 6,000 +persons had been brought to the sports by rail.</p> +<p>Between £170 and £180 had been raised by a bazaar +for the Congregational Chapel, King Street.</p> +<p>Aug. 25th.—Mr. E. H. L. Preston had had the small bone +of his arm broken whilst endeavouring to quell a disturbance +which had arisen between some of the Artillery Militiamen.</p> +<p>Eighty ladies and gentlemen had attended the Race Ball.</p> +<p>Aug. 29th.—Mr. J. H. Tillett had produced the +“Bench Warrant” for the apprehension of the Messrs. +Ferrier for the assault upon Mr. J. W. de Caux, reporter to the +<i>Mercury</i> and <i>Norfolk News</i>; bail was placed at +£100 and two securities of £50 in each case.</p> +<p>Sept. 8th.—150 men of the Horse Artillery had been +encamped on the North Denes, under the command of Captain +Mountain and three Lieutenants.</p> +<p>Sept. 12th.—These troops had been reviewed on the South +Denes in the presence of several thousands of persons.</p> +<p>Sept. 15th.—The news of the evacuation of the Southern +part of Sebastopol by the Russians had been received by the +general public with incredulity, they saying “too good news +to be true.”</p> +<p>Sept. 22nd.—A hare had taken to the sea, and was picked +up by a person who went after it in a boat; having killed it, he +sold it for 2s. 6d.</p> +<p>Oct. 3rd.—Sunday had been a day of thanksgiving for the +success of the allied armies in the Crimea.</p> +<p>Oct. 10th.—The “Scampo,” a Russian prize, +had been brought into the Harbour.</p> +<p>At the Quarter Sessions there was another discussion between +the Recorder and Mr. Steward on the one hand and the Visiting +Justices on the other side, as to the validity of the appointment +of the Rev. G. Hills as Chaplain to the Gaol.</p> +<p>John Eagleton had been sentenced to three months’ +imprisonment.</p> +<p>Oct. 17th.—The Liberals claimed a gain of 44 on the +Municipal Revision, when Mr. Costerton appeared for the Liberal, +and Mr. Cufaude for the Tory, party.</p> +<p>Oct. 20th.—A very brisk corn trade was being carried on, +vessels coming in light to load with corn for France and +Holland.</p> +<p>Robert Steward, Esq., had been fined 20s. and costs for +obstructing the Quay-head.</p> +<p><a name="page205"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 205</span>Oct. +27th.—The East Suffolk Railway was projected.</p> +<p>In 1855, 258,121 quarters of corn had been shipped at this +port.</p> +<p>The “Hopton Harriers” had held their first meet at +the Kennel at Hopton. Mr. W. Jex provided luncheon. +The next meet was to be at Haddiscoe.</p> +<p>Oct. 31st.—Messrs. Beeching and Son had launched a +beautiful lifeboat for the Gorleston beachmen.</p> +<p>Nov. 3rd.—Only two Wards had been contested. The +returns were:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Nicholas’ Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Worship (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">405</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. B. Hilton (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">405</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Henry Danby-Palmer (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">262</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>John Mainprice (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">262</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>R. D. Barber (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">224</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>R. R. B. Norman (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">224</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>John Clowes (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">159</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>John Fish (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">159</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The names of the other re-elected Councillors are not +given.</p> +<p>Four gun-boats had come into the Roads from the Baltic.</p> +<p>Nov. 10th.—The Mayor of Norwich had given a grand ball, +in St. Andrew’s Hall; Mr., Mrs. and the Misses Marsh, the +Officers of the East Norfolk Militia and Norfolk Artillery +Militia, the Misses Steward, the Mayor of Yarmouth and Mrs. +Palmer, Mr. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, and others had +attended it from Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Nov. 14th.—The “Meander,” 44 gun frigate, +was at anchor off the Monument.</p> +<p>Nov. 28th.—Lieut. Matthew Gooda, late of the East +Norfolk Militia, had died at Southtown, aged 76.</p> +<p>Dec. 1st.—The dinner, commemorative of the re-election +of C. J. Palmer, Esq., to the office of Chief Magistrate, had +been held at the Town Hall. His Worship was supported on +his right by the Hon. H. Byng, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., +Lieut.-Colonel Astley, the Rev. George Hills, and J. Harcourt, +Esq., and on his left by the Recorder (N. Palmer, Esq.), Sir H. +J. Stracey, Bart., M.P., the Mayor of Norwich and Captain +Broadhead, R.N. The Mayor’s guests on this occasion +numbered upwards of 100 persons.</p> +<p><a name="page206"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +206</span>George Danby-Palmer, Esq., had presided at a meeting +called for the purpose of promoting a national testimonial to +Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B.</p> +<p>Dec. 8th.—Mr. Wright (of the Adelphi) had been +performing at the Theatre.</p> +<p>Dec. 12th.—The Mayor had attended the magnificent +reception given to the King of Sardinia by the Corporation of +London.</p> +<p>Dec. 22nd.—The stormy easterly winds had driven several +vessels on to the Beach.</p> +<p>On the north of the Jetty were four brigs, viz., the +“Friends,” of London; the “George,” of +Yarmouth; the “Boa,” of Colchester; and +another. And on the south, one brig, a sloop (the +“Telegraph,”) and a billy-boy.</p> +<p>Dec. 26th.—The Norfolk Artillery Militia had marched +into the Southtown Barracks under the command of Colonel +Astley.</p> +<p>The following Magistrates had been selected to hear salvage +cases:—George Danby-Palmer, R. Steward, R. Hammond, J. G. +Plummer, J. W. Shelly, B. Fenn, E. H. L. Preston, and W. H. +Palmer, Esqs.</p> +<p>Dec. 29th.—The Hon. Colonel Vereker was spoken of as a +colleague for Sir E. H. K. Lacon, should Mr. Rumbold resign his +seat, but this rumour as to Mr. Rumbold’s resignation, the +<i>Globe</i> stated on authority, was without foundation.</p> +<p>At the Quarter Sessions, a conviction of R. Steward, Esq., by +the Justices, for obstructing the quay, was quashed with +costs.</p> +<p>The question of the legality of the Rev. G. Hills’ +appointment as chaplain to the gaol was again considered by the +Recorder and Justices.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>N.B.—The file for the +Year</i> 1856 <i>is missing</i>.</p> +<h3>1857.</h3> +<p>Jan. 3rd.—The fourth anniversary of Court “Crown +and Anchor” A.O.F. had been celebrated by a dinner at Bro. +Franklin’s, Hall Quay. Mr. C. B. Dashwood occupied +the chair, and it was stated that the Court then consisted of 90 +members.</p> +<p>Jan. 10th.—There had been a loan exhibition at the +Priory Hall.</p> +<p>Messrs. Charles J. Palmer, B. Fenn, Rev. H. Squire, Dumbleton, +R. R. B. Norman, Burton, and J. Bayly had been elected the +members of the Public Library Committee.</p> +<p>Jan. 17th.—The “Britannia Pier Bill” was +projected, and the Wellington Pier Company had determined not to +oppose that undertaking.</p> +<p><a name="page207"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 207</span>The +body of a whale, which had been taken at Winterton, was being +exhibited on the Church Plain.</p> +<p>The Rev. W. D. Wade, the new minister of St. Mary’s, +Southtown, had, before leaving Southsea, been presented with a +purse of £61.</p> +<p>Jan. 21st.—The “Sisters” had been in +collision with one of the stone piers of the Bridge, which it had +considerably damaged.</p> +<p>Feb. 4th.—An Anti-Income Tax meeting had been held at +the Town Hall. The Mayor presided, and the following took +part in the proceedings:—Messrs. George Danby-Palmer, +Bradbeer, Garson Blake, W. Livingston, S. B. Cory, R. Hammond, J. +Clowes, J. H. Harrison, J. Rivett and J. Fiddes. Mr. S. +Bradbeer appeared to be the mover in this matter.</p> +<p>The Poor’s Rate was 1s. 6d. for the quarter.</p> +<p>Feb. 18th.—H.M. Line of Battle-ship +“Blenheim,” 74, had steamed into the Roads.</p> +<p>Feb. 21st.—A “Poor’s Rate” meeting had +been held at the Masonic Hall. Mr. W. Livingston presided, +and a resolution protesting against the 1s. 6d. quarterly rate +was adopted. Messrs J. Rivett, Joseph Neave, Royal, R. +Bailey, Nichols, and F. Starling spoke on the subject, while the +conduct of the Guardians was defended by Mr. J. H. Harrison, one +of the Board.</p> +<p>Feb. 25th.—A case which excited considerable interest, +had been heard at the County Court, Tolhouse-hall, before the +Judge (T. J. Birch, Esq.) The plaintiff was Mr. John Cobb, +leather merchant, for whom Mr. C. H. Chamberlin appeared; the +defendants were Messrs. W. N. Burroughs and G. D. Palmer, who +were represented by Mr. J. L. Cufaude. The plaintiff stated +that he was a candidate for the office of Councillor for the +Market-ward, in November, 1851, and that he became such at the +solicitation of Messrs. W. N. Burroughs and G. D. Palmer. +At the time he became a candidate he distinctly told them that he +would not pay out of his own pocket more than £10 towards +the expenses of the election, and it was understood that the +Liberal party, to which he belonged, would subscribe the +remainder. The evening before the election he received an +estimate of what the expenses were likely to be, and in +consequence of that he at once saw both Mr. Burroughs and Mr. G. +D. Palmer. That estimate, he believed, amounted to about +£45, while the subscriptions altogether amounted to but +£42. After some conversation they agreed to hold him +harmless of the amount of the expenses that might exceed the sum +subscribed, and he and Mr. Burroughs then went <a +name="page208"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 208</span>to the +Committee-room of the North-ward, where Mr. Burroughs said they +had made arrangements for their friend John Cobb winning the +Market-ward. The expenses of the election, which he (the +plaintiff) lost, amounted altogether to £58 1s. 7d. +The balance, therefore, which he now claimed from the defendants +was £16 1s. 7d.—The plaintiff, in cross-examination +by Mr. Cufaude, admitted that £39 of the whole amount was +for — —.—Mr. Cufaude contended that if, as the +plaintiff stated, the defendants had given him a guarantee for +the surplus expenses, the guarantee ought to have been in +writing. And, assuming the evidence was true, which, +however, he disputed, it was impossible for the plaintiff to +recover, inasmuch as he himself had allowed that a large part of +the whole of the expenses was for — —, which was an +illegal act.—Mr. Chamberlin contended that the plaintiff, +after receiving the promise from the defendants, acted only upon +the faith of that promise, and that therefore, as they had +entered upon an engagement to pay the money, they were +liable. The money, moreover, had not been spent by the +plaintiff, but by the committee appointed to conduct the +election, and until the election was over, the plaintiff was not +aware that any of the money had been spent in — +—.—His Honour said it was clear the guarantee should +have been in writing. He was of opinion, also, that the +plaintiff was not bound to pay the illegal charges, and +consequently he could not bring his action for the money which he +claimed.—The plaintiff was, accordingly, non-suited.</p> +<p>March 4th.—The “Branch,” a schooner of 150 +tons, had been launched from Messrs. Fellows and Son’s +yard.</p> +<p>A distress warrant had been issued against the effects of Mr. +James Lawn, draper, Broad Row, for 5s. 3d. due for Church +rate. Mr. Cufaude, who appeared for the Churchwardens, +stated that the amount of defalcations on the present rate was +“about £14 or £15.”</p> +<p>A meeting of the shareholders in the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe +Railway had been held at the Star Hotel. R. Hammond, Esq., +presided, and there were present—C. C. Aldred, Esq., (the +Mayor), C. J. Palmer, T. Brightwen, William H. Palmer, E. H. L. +Preston, W. C. Reynolds, E. P. Youell, G. G. Day, H. +Danby-Palmer, and William Day, Esqs.</p> +<p>March 11th.—N. Palmer, Esq., (Recorder), had appointed +John B. Bales (late Sergeant-at-Mace) an Inspector of Weights and +Measures in the room of Mr. Wall.</p> +<p>The address of Messrs. Torrens McCullagh and Edward Watkin to +the electors appears in this issue.</p> +<p><a name="page209"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 209</span>March +14th.—The Liberal electors had held a meeting at the Corn +Exchange, J. Shelly, Esq., in the chair, when both candidates +delivered addresses, and a resolution pledging the meeting to +support them was unanimously carried.</p> +<p>Mr. Cufaude had applied for 17 more summonses against Church +Rate defaulters, and Mr. Garson Blake had been summoned for a +like default by the Gorleston Churchwardens.</p> +<p>There had been a high tide, which had dashed over the new +Marine Drive works.</p> +<p>March 16th.—Mr. J. W. Shelly had presided over a meeting +at the ‘Star,’ when Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin were +adopted as the Liberal candidates.</p> +<p>There was a suggestion of a local gentleman’s name as a +candidate, to which the Editor refers to by the +quotation—“and palm to palm is holy +<i>Palmer’s</i> kiss.”</p> +<p>March 18th.—The Liberal electors and non-electors had +been addressed by both the Liberal candidates at the Duke’s +Head public-house at Gorleston. S. Dowson, Esq., presided, +and there were present—Messrs. J. H. Fellows, N. Sterry, A. +Markland, Captains Manthorpe, Stanford, and Tunbridge, and +Messrs. J. Page, A. King, J. Ling, G. Reynolds, C. E. Bartram, +and J. Cobb.</p> +<p>The four candidates, Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin and Sir E. +H. K. Lacon and Colonel Vereker, had been invited to attend a +meeting of electors at the Masonic-hall. None of them were +present, but, nevertheless, a resolution pledging the meeting to +support the Liberal candidates was carried.</p> +<p>The “Venus,” 150 tons register, had been launched +from Mr. Rust’s yard.</p> +<p>March 21st.—D. A. Gourlay, Esq., had presided at a great +Liberal meeting held in the Corn Exchange, when Messrs. J. W. +Shelly, P. Pullyn, S. Dowson, F. S. Costerton, W. Briggs, C. +Sayers, S. Palmer, C. E. Bartram, J. D. Chapman, J. Bailey, F. +Dendy, J. Cobb and others were present.</p> +<p>The Conservatives had also convened a meeting at Crowe’s +Assembly-rooms, Chapel-denes, when E. H. L. Preston, Esq., +presided. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Colonel Vereker, and J. +Cherry, Esq., addressed the assembly.</p> +<p>Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., and Major-General C. A. Windham, the +Liberal candidates for East Norfolk, had held a meeting in the +Corn-hall. <a name="page210"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +210</span>Mr. R. Hammond presided, and was supported by Messrs. +Benjamin Dowson, J. Clowes, C. H. Chamberlin, P. Pullyn, A. W. +Biddulph, S. Palmer, T. Burton Steward, F. Palmer, W. N. +Burroughs, C. E. Bartram, E. R. Palmer, J. H. Harrison, J. Owles, +J. Cobb, &c.</p> +<p>George Tewsley, Sergeant in the London Constabulary, had been +elected Superintendent of the Borough Police Force.</p> +<p>The case against Mr. Garson Blake had been heard as to +non-payment of Church Rate and the usual order made.</p> +<p>Mr. S. Waters Spelman had submitted to public competition +various freehold estates, belonging to the late Mrs. Ann Marsh, +which realised £8,672.</p> +<p>March 25th.—The Election was “assuming all the +features of a bitter, as well as a strong contest.”</p> +<p>J. Shelly, Esq., had presided at another Liberal meeting held +in the Corn Hall, and Mr. J. Royal at a meeting of non-electors +in the same interest held at the Masonic Hall.</p> +<p>The Church Rate question had again been before the Justices, +when Mr. Chamberlin appeared for the defaulters, who were Henry +Boulter (baker), 4s. 6d.; Joseph Neave (twine-spinner), 1s. +9½d.; George Goodrich (shoemaker), 3s. 6d.; Henry Blyth +(shoemaker), 4s.; George Clowes (ironmonger), 5s.; William Curtis +(cork-cutter), 5s. 1d.; James Rivett (baker), 4s.; Frederick +Starling (shoemaker), 1s. 10½d.; Angelina Cox and W. P. +Brown (brokers), 4s. 2½d.; John Clowes (grocer), 4s.; +William Livingston (draper), 3s.; Robert Browne (gentleman), 2s.; +George Danby-Palmer (Esquire), 8s. 6¾d.; and George +Danby-Palmer and Salmon Palmer (Esquires), 3s. 6d.</p> +<p>Mr. W. Sidney had again opened the Theatre.</p> +<p>March 28th.—A monster meeting of Liberals had been held +on the Hall Quay in front of the Star, when Mr. W. Briggs +occupied the chair; 500 Liberals had attended a meeting at the +Globe Inn, Gorleston, where Mr. T. Burton Steward presided. +Both meetings were very enthusiastic. It was said the Tory +candidates were “Sir Edmund Lay—on and Colonel +Very—queer.”</p> +<p>April 1st.—The polling had resulted as +follows;—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Nine.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Ten.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Eleven.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Twelve.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><a name="page211"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 211</span>One.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Two.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Three.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Four.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>McCullagh</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">161</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">304</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">416</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">527</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">562</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">587</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">600</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">609</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Watkin</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">150</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">296</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">405</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">507</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">541</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">568</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">582</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">596</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">122</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">234</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">335</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">430</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">443</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">481</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">492</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">521</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Vereker</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">115</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">220</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">305</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">383</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">393</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">419</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">428</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">451</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Majority for the Liberals: 158.</p> +<p>After the declaration of the poll Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin +addressed from 12,000 to 15,000 persons from the Star leads.</p> +<p>April 8th.—Messrs. W. Green, J. Borking, J. Clayton, and +W. Harbord had been re-appointed overseers of the parish.</p> +<p>April 11th.—At the Election of Haven Commissioners +Captain Scott proposed, and Mr. J. H. Harrison seconded the +re-election of George Danby-Palmer, Esq., “to whom the town +was greatly indebted for his long and valuable +services.” Mr. T. Lettis, junr., proposed, and Mr. +Henry Danby-Palmer seconded Mr. J. Barker. Mr. F. Palmer +proposed and Captain Briggs seconded H. Hammond Esq.; and Mr. G. +Blake proposed, and Captain Manthorpe seconded Mr. D. A. Gourlay, +whereupon the two former were declared to be elected +Commissioners, and the two latter Supernumerary +Commissioners.</p> +<p>Mr. J. Owles had presided at a meeting of the Liberal +Registration Society.</p> +<p>The following was the result of the Guardians’ +Election:—<i>North Ward</i>: Messrs. J. Mainprice, S. +Nightingale, and E. H. L. Preston re-elected. <i>Market +Ward</i>: Messrs. D. A. Gourlay, C. C. Aldred, and W. Laws, +re-elected. <i>Regent Ward</i>: Messrs. W. Worship, S. C. +Marsh, and R. D. Barber, re-elected. <i>St. George’s +Ward</i>: Messrs. B. Fenn and J. G. Plummer, re-elected, with Mr. +T. Foreman in the place of Mr. J. Clark resigned, and in the +<i>Nelson Ward</i> (Mr. J. H. Harrison having resigned) the +polling was—Brightwen 402, Woolverton 431, Reynolds 309, +Clark 339, and Moore 287, Mr. Clark thus taking the place of Mr. +Harrison.</p> +<p>April 18th.—At the annual Vestry Meeting there was a +large attendance. The Rev. George Hills presided, and Mr. +Hammond proposed, and Mr. T. Brightwen seconded, the re-election +of C. S. D. Steward as Churchwarden. Mr. Lawn then proposed +Mr. George Danby-Palmer, but that gentleman declined the honour +and explained that the reason why he would not pay the Church +Rate was that the Churchwardens, while pressing the poor, +discharged the rich, and especially Mr. Talbot, from payment of +that tax. Mr. B. Fenn proposed, <a name="page212"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 212</span>and Mr. S. C. Marsh seconded Mr. +Edward Aldred; Mr. J. H. Harrison and Mr. Neave addressed the +meeting amid “great uproar,” and eventually the +appointment of Mr. Steward and Mr. Aldred was carried by a large +majority. Messrs. Hammond, Fenn, and Harrison were +appointed a Committee to look into the question of the St. +Nicholas Estate, and Mr. R. Hammond was re-appointed Auditor of +the Vestry’s accounts.</p> +<p>Measures were being taken by Mr. M. Butcher and others with a +view to establishing a School of Art.</p> +<p>April 22nd.—The Artillery Band was performing on the +Hall-quay.</p> +<p>Trade at the Fair “had been brisk.”</p> +<p>April 25th.—The Rope-walks “which had caused such +great annoyance” were to be removed, and the following +compensations had been paid to owners of them:—Mr. Bracey, +£750; Mr. T. Lettis, jun., £550; Mr. Green, an +annuity for himself and Mrs. Green equal to £420; and to +Mr. R. Barber (who had refused £200), £615 under the +award of C. Evans, Esq., of Norwich.</p> +<p>April 29th.—A meeting had been held at Mr. Paget’s +late residence for the purpose of forming a School of Navigation +in connection with the School of Art.</p> +<p>May 2nd.—A petition in favour of the removal of Jewish +Disabilities was being signed in the town, and the Mayor (C. C. +Aldred, Esq.), George Danby-Palmer, R. Hammond, J. W. Shelly, J. +Fenn, D. A. Gourlay, W. Johnson, P. Pullyn, and R. Steward, +Esqs., had supported the movement.</p> +<p>The East Norfolk Militia Band had performed on the +Hall-quay.</p> +<p>The Poor’s rate was 1s. 4d. for the quarter.</p> +<p>The Insignia belonging to the Corporation had been sent to the +Manchester Art Exhibition.</p> +<p>May 6th.—The entire Police force (with the exception of +the Superintendent) had received one month’s notice to quit +the force, with liberty to apply for re-appointment.</p> +<p>May 16th.—A petition, signed by E. H. L. Preston and R. +Ferrier, Esqs., (Mr. C. Moore being surety for the required +£1,000), was about to be lodged against the return of +Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin.</p> +<p>May 20th.—This petition had been presented to the House +of Commons.</p> +<p>May 23rd.—A young woman, residing in the Star and Garter +Row, had been charged before the Justices “with illegally +detaining a silver <a name="page213"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +213</span>mace, the property of the Corporation.” +Defendant said that she did not know where it was, but that her +mother, who had been dead three years, “wished it to be +buried with her.” The case was adjourned for a week, +when the defendant “bounced out of Court.”</p> +<p>May 27th.—Several friends of the sitting Members had +received Speaker’s warrants, as also had Sir E. H. K. +Lacon, who was served as he was about to start on a Continental +tour; Messrs. B. Powell and George Byford had also been +served.</p> +<p>May 30th.—The guarantee fund for opposing the petition +had reached the sum of £2,400.</p> +<p>Two Russian guns had been received by the Corporation.</p> +<p>It was proposed to carry on the trawl fishery by means of +“iron screw welled smacks of 150 tons burden.”</p> +<p>June 3rd.—The police had been re-modelled. +Originally the force consisted of 4 sergeants, 16 privates, +beside 4 non-permanent men who formed the “river +watch.” Of these a sergeant and six privates had been +discharged, and in their stead a sergeant and 13 privates +appointed; the force, therefore, then consisted of a +Superintendent, four sergeants, and 23 privates.</p> +<p>The “small silver mace” above referred to had been +delivered up by the Carter family to the Corporation.</p> +<p>June 6th.—Fourteen hundred persons had visited the town +by excursion train from Norwich on Whit-Monday.</p> +<p>June 10th.—Contains an obituary notice of Mr. Rumbold, +who had died at Brighton on the 31st. ult., aged 69. It was +stated that he had “not left behind him <i>one +enemy</i>.”</p> +<p>The <i>Yarmouth Standard</i>, started three months since as an +advocate “of Conservative and true Christian +principles,” had ceased to exist.</p> +<p>June 13th.—The mackerel fishery had improved, Mr. +Mainprice’s Company of 14 boats had sent in 12,000, and Mr. +Shuckford’s 10,000 fish.</p> +<p>June 20th.—Mackerel were selling from 31s. to 32s. per +100. The “Fisherman” (Mr. James Woolverton) +being the “head boat.”</p> +<p>June 24th.—The “Russian guns” were to be +placed either on the Marine Parade, Hall Quay, or Chapel +Denes.</p> +<p>One thousand silver penny pieces of the reign of King John, +the two first Edwards, and Alexander I. of Scotland had been +found at a depth of about 17 feet in Mr. Ambrose Palmer’s +dry dock.</p> +<p>The “Eastern Unitarian Christian Society” had +celebrated its 44th Anniversary at Great Yarmouth. The Rev. +Dr. Sadler preached from <a name="page214"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 214</span>1 Cor. xii., 27. At the +subsequent meeting, Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., presided, and Mr. +J. W. Dowson, Mr. Mills (Norwich), Mr. W. N. Burroughs, the Rev. +H. Squint, Mr. S. Dowson, Rev. D. Davis, Mr. Welham and Mr. C. +Freeman took part in the proceedings, afterwards 70 members +partook of a cold collation at the Victoria Hotel.</p> +<p>At the quarterly meeting of the Primitive Methodist Society, +it was stated that their members had increased by 100 during the +last quarter.</p> +<p>One boat had brought in 6 lasts of herring, selling at from +£20 to £28 per last.</p> +<p>July 1st.—A cricket match had been played on +Gunton-denes between the Yarmouth and Lowestoft Clubs, in which +the latter was victorious. The Yarmouth team consisted of +Messrs. Graystone, Jennings, G. Clarke, Reeve, J. S. Browne, +Young, R. Clarke, Vaughan, E. Clarke, Steward, and C. Diver.</p> +<p>Mr. T. Lettis, jun., had been found dead in his +counting-house, and the Jury had returned a verdict “That +deceased destroyed himself while in a state of temporary +insanity.”</p> +<p>July 8th.—Mr. C. E. Bartram had been elected a +Councillor for the Nelson-ward in the room of the late Mr. +Lettis, the polling being—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>C. E. Bartram</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">112</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. H. Harrison</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">84</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>July 11th.—The Lord Bishop had laid the corner-stone of +St. John’s Church. Mr. J. A. Hakewell was the +architect. Mr. A. W. Morant supervised the erection, and +Mr. R. Steward was the contractor for the entire work at +£1,246.</p> +<p>The Bishop preached from Col. iii., 1, 2, 3 and 4.</p> +<p>July 18th.—There was to be no Regatta this year.</p> +<p>Mr. Harmer’s coloured photographic portraits were much +admired.</p> +<p>Mackerel had been scarce, owing, it was supposed, to the +coldness of the weather.</p> +<p>July 25th.—A detachment of Royal Artillery, about 145 +strong, was encamped on the North-denes.</p> +<p>James Ablett a pauper nurse at the Workhouse, had been +committed for trial at the Assizes for the wilful murder of Angus +Steward.</p> +<p>July 29th.—The Committee (which consisted of the Earl of +March, chairman, Mr. H. M. Clifford, Mr. C. J. Dupre, Mr. W. J. +Garnet, and Colonel Maxwell), was sitting upon the petition +against the return of Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin as +M.P.’s for the Borough.</p> +<p>Aug. 1st.—This Committee had unseated both those +gentlemen.</p> +<p><a name="page215"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 215</span>At +the Water Frolic for the first match the following entries were +made:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Kathleen</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Messrs. Diver and Chamberlin</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Belvidere</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Mr. T. Read, jun.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Victorine</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Mr. J. Fiddes</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Ontario</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Mr. F. Frere</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Pysche</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Mr. J. Fenn, jun.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Iris</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Mr. A. D. Stone</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>At the finish the Kathleen beat the Belvidere by some 300 +yards.</p> +<p>The second match was won by Mr. Green’s +“Enchantress” (latteen.)</p> +<p>Aug. 5th.—There had been a monstre Liberal +Demonstration, when Mr. A. W. Young and Mr. J. Mellor, Q.C., were +accepted as the candidates of that party. Some 10,000 to +12,000 persons were present.</p> +<p>Aug. 8th.—Among the Tories “vacillation, +uncertainty, and lukewarmness prevailed.” Sir Samuel +Hogg, Mr. Mackenzie, and Sir Henry Stracey had been tried without +avail.</p> +<p>The Hon. Ernest Duncombe had visited the Borough, and left +without taking further action; so Sir Edmund Lacon was still +alone in the field as a Conservative candidate.</p> +<p>Aug. 13th.—Sir E. Lacon had retired from the +contest.</p> +<p>The nomination had taken place outside the Town Hall, when Mr. +J. W. Shelly proposed, and Mr. H. Danby-Palmer seconded Mr. A. W. +Young; and Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. P. Pullyn seconded +Mr. J. Mellor, Q.C., and there being no other nomination, those +gentlemen were declared duly elected.</p> +<p>Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin subsequently addressed the +electors from the Star Hotel.</p> +<p>Aug. 23rd.—About 90 ladies and gentlemen had attended +the Race Ball at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>Mr. Allen’s tender of £3,156 11s. 5d. for the +erection of the Britannia Pier, and Mr. Thompson’s tender +of £200 for making the approaches to it, had been +accepted.</p> +<p>Herrings were selling at from £20 to £26 per +last.</p> +<p>Sept. 12th.—A new organ had been built for St. +Peter’s Church at a cost of £400.</p> +<p>Sept. 23rd.—The Mayor had convened a meeting for the +purpose of raising a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the +Indian Mutiny. Among those present were—Sir Eaton +Travers, the Revs. G. Hills, J. S. Russell, J. B. Brampton, B. +Vaux and D. Oliver, Dr. Dunne, and <a name="page216"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 216</span>Messrs. J. W. Shelly, S. Tolver, P. +Pullyn, J. G. Fisher, R. Ferrier, sen., S. Dowson, A. R. Palmer, +G. Blake, E. P. Youell, C. Preston, E. R. Aldred, W. Davie, +&c.; the sum of £233 17s. was subscribed in the +room.</p> +<p>Sept. 30th.—The following shareholders had attended the +ordinary general meeting of the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway +Company:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon (Chairman), Sir M. Peto, R. +Hammond, J. Clowes, B. Fenn, C. E. Bartram, and W. H. Palmer, +Esqs., &c., and power was given to the Directors to raise +£25 000 by way of mortgage.</p> +<p>Oct. 3rd.—The Britannia Pier Works were being actively +pushed on.</p> +<p>Mr. J. H. Harrison (the Ballast lessee) had called a meeting +of 120 masters of vessels at the St. George’s Hall, for the +purpose of receiving a statement from that gentleman, during +which he said that he proposed to give a donation of £8 to +the Fishermen’s Hospital, which sum he had received from a +dispute (in which he did not concur) with the Corporation. +Mr. Harrison was loudly cheered by the meeting, which he regaled +with choice wines and spirits.</p> +<p>The Rev. J. S. Russell had preached his farewell sermon at the +King Street Chapel, where he had laboured for the past 14 +years.</p> +<p>Oct. 10th.—The Day of National Fast and Humiliation had +been observed in the town “in a most becoming +manner.”</p> +<p>Herring was selling at from £10 to £18 per +last.</p> +<p>Oct. 17th.—Three hundred pounds had been collected for +the Indian Relief Fund.</p> +<p>Oct. 21st.—Contains the following report:—“A +Vestry meeting was held in the Town-hall, on Friday, for the +purpose of considering the propriety of making a Church +rate. There was a large attendance; the minister of the +parish (the Rev. G. Hills, B.D.), of course presided.—The +Chairman, in opening the proceedings, stated that the rate which +would be proposed would be, in all respects, a legal one; it +would include a charge for St. Peter’s Church, as the +Churchwardens had been advised that that edifice was chargeable +upon the rate in the same way that the Parish Church was. +With regard to the new church of St. John’s, a fund had +been raised which would be invested for keeping it in repair, so +that it might never become chargeable to the parishioners. +The Churchwardens, in order to preserve as much harmony as +possible, would only ask for a rate for the repair of the +fabrics, and for the payment of such legal charges as they were +compelled to include in the rate; the <a name="page217"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 217</span>items which would be left out would, +therefore, amount to between £60 and £70, and would +have to be defrayed by voluntary contribution.—Messrs. C. +S. D. Steward and E. R. Aldred, the Churchwardens, moved and +seconded that a rate of 1½d. in the pound be levied for +the ensuing year; the amounts which it was estimated would be +required were—for the Parish Church, £142 5s. 4d.; +for St. George’s Chapel, £32 6s. 6d.; for St. +Peter’s Church £32; and for general purposes +£35.—Mr. W. T. Fisher moved, and Mr. J. Lawn +seconded, “That at a time when it is expected that the +Government will pass a bill for the abolition of Church rates, it +appears to this vestry that it is inexpedient to increase the +rates by including St. Peter’s Church, as it may ultimately +add to increased taxation.” Mr. Fisher also moved, +and Mr. Joseph Neave seconded, “That time be given for the +ratepayers to examine the estimates, and that the meeting do +therefore adjourn for three weeks for that +purpose.”—The Chairman refused to put either of the +above amendments—the first because Mr. Fisher would not +alter it by leaving out the words “By including St. +Peter’s Church,” and the second because he did not +consider it to be a <i>bona fide</i> objection.—Mr. Fisher +entered written protests, signed by himself, against the decision +of the chairman, which protests he requested might be entered in +the Vestry Clerk’s minutes of the meeting.—Mr. J. H. +Harrison moved, “That until after the committee, which was +appointed in April last to confer with the Churchwardens relative +to the property belonging to the Parish Church, had made its +report to a further vestry, it is inexpedient to make a +rate.” Mr. F. Starling seconded the +amendment.—The Chairman, in endeavouring to prevail upon +Mr. Harrison to withdraw his amendment, stated that in March +next, property which now let at from £29 to £30 a +year, and that in September, 1859, property which now realised +£50 per annum, would fall in; he agreed with them that the +greatest care ought to be taken in properly administering this +property, and said he believed its value would be increased +threefold.—The amendment was carried by an immense +majority, and the meeting, therefore, was adjourned <i>sine +die</i>.</p> +<p>Oct. 28th.—Many vessels had been lost, and amongst them +the “Betsy” (G. D. Palmer, Esq., owner), on Palling +Beach. (N.B.—She was at that time the oldest vessel +afloat hailing from the port, and had belonged to the Palmer +family for more than 100 years.)</p> +<p>Oct. 31st.—The Liberal electors had held a grand +soireè at the Town Hall, Messrs. A. W. Young, M.P., and J. +Mellor, Q.C., M.P., being <a name="page218"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 218</span>present; 220 persons attended, +amongst whom were R. Hammond, Esq., (Chairman), and Messrs. G. D. +Palmer, J. W. Shelley, W. N. Burroughs, P. Pullyn, C. E. Bartram, +D. A. Gourlay, J. Clowes, G. Blake, W. T. Clarke, F. Palmer, H. +D. Palmer, D. B. Palmer, W. T. Fisher, J. Cobb, J. Mainprice, W. +Briggs, J. H. Harrison, J. Owles, J. Neave, &c. Mr. +McCullagh was unable to attend, but the meeting was addressed by +Messrs. Young, Mellor, and Watkin, and the utmost unanimity +prevailed.</p> +<p>Nov. 4th.—Some 2,000 persons had attended an open-air +Liberal Demonstration on the Hall-quay, at which G. Danby-Palmer, +Esq., presided, and which was addressed by Mr. Watkin.</p> +<p>At the Municipal Election the Tories had been successful, the +Liberals “not going in to win.” At the close of +the poll the Conservative procession, consisting of a band of +music, some flags, bearing such inscriptions as “Cheap +Bread and Economy,” and about four or five cabs formed and +paraded through the principal thoroughfares. The returns +were—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sir E. H. K. Lacon, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">118</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Cherry, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">114</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Owles, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">82</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>F. Palmer, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">78</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. E. Barnby, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">128</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Fenn, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">126</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Scott, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">110</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>G. W. Clowes, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">107</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. J. Foreman, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">121</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>H. Jay, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">117</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>A. D. Stone, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">85</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Fill, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">80</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. V. Moore, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">211</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Clark, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">151</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Clowes, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">127</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. Nightingale, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">144</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. H. Bessey, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">132</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Mainprice, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">126</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Cobb, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">109</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page219"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 219</span><i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Hammond, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">185</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>William H. Palmer, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">174</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Henry Danby-Palmer, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">164</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Barker, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">150</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Mr. J. Clowes had entered a protest against the return in the +Nelson Ward “on the ground of the presiding alderman having +left his post during the election.”</p> +<p>Nov. 7th.—The first general meeting of the Shareholders +of the Britannia Pier Company had been held, the accounts showing +£1,365 received, and £781 12s. 6d expended.</p> +<p>Nov. 11th.—At the Council Meeting, Mr. E. H. L. Preston +proposed, and Mr. Palmer (Deputy-Mayor) seconded, Mr. Francis +Worship for the office of Mayor. Mr. R. Steward then +proposed Mr. W. H. Bessey, who declining the honour, Mr. Steward +suggested the name of Mr. Plummer, who also refusing to serve, +the Mayor declared Mr. Worship unanimously elected to the +office.</p> +<p>The Poor’s rate was 1s. 4d. in the £.</p> +<p>Nov. 14th.—Thirty-six gentlemen had attended the dinner +given to the Ex-Mayor at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>Herring was selling at from £12 to £20 a last.</p> +<p>The adjourned Vestry Meeting for the purpose of considering +the propriety of making a Church rate had been held in the Town +Hall. There was a large attendance of ratepayers, who were, +of course, presided over by the minister of the parish. The +Committee appointed to consider the value of the Church property +recommended that that which had fallen in, and which would fall +in on the 25th of March next, should be re-let on repairing +leases of 14 years’ duration, at a rental of £76 +16s.—Mr. J. H. Harrison, one of the committee, gave a +detailed account of all the Church property, both of that which +fell in in September last, and that which will fall in during +next year and 1859 and 1860. He had no doubt, whatever, +that if the property was properly managed, there would be no +necessity for asking for a Church rate after 1860.—Mr. C. +S. D. Steward and Mr. E. R. Aldred, the Churchwardens, moved and +seconded respectively, “That in consequence of the +increased rental of the estate belonging to St. Nicholas’ +Church not being available for the current year, a rate of +1½d in the pound be now made and +assessed.”—Mr. J. H. Harrison thought that St. +Peter’s Church ought not to be included in the rate, and +moved as an <a name="page220"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +220</span>amendment, “That St. Peter’s Church having +been erected by voluntary contributions, with an understanding +that it should be maintained and supported by its pew rents, and +should in no way become a charge upon the parish, this Vestry +deems it advisable to refuse making a rate until the +Churchwardens do exclude the said Church of St. Peter wholly from +their estimate.”—Mr. J. Lawn seconded the amendment, +but the Chairman refused to put it, on the ground that he could +not consistently with his duty do so.—After considerable +discussion, in the course of which the Clerk stated that St. +Peter’s Church could be legally included in the rate, Mr. +W. T. Fisher moved, and Mr. J. Lawn seconded, on the ground that +the Church property, if re-let at its full value, would realize +more than sufficient for the necessary repairs of the Parish +Church, and that money, which could afterwards be repaid out of +the surplus, could be borrowed to defray the expenses for the +next two years,—“That this meeting resolves to +adjourn for four weeks, to obtain the necessary amount and +thereby to avoid the necessity of making a Church +rate.”—The Chairman conscientiously refused to put +this amendment on the ground that it was not a <i>bona fide</i> +one, and also the following amendment, which was likewise moved +by Mr. W. T. Fisher, “That in order to give the +Churchwardens time to prepare a proper estimate, the Vestry to +adjourn for three weeks.”—Mr. J. H. Harrison then +moved, “That it is inexpedient and inadvisable to make a +Church rate at this meeting.”—The Chairman, however, +refused to put this, as also another amendment by Mr. J. H. +Harrison to the effect, “That a Church rate of a farthing +in the pound be levied.”—After a great deal of +uproar, the motion of the Churchwardens was lost by a +considerable majority. A poll was then demanded, when the +Chairman appointed Mr. J. L. Cufaude to be the assessor, and the +meeting adjourned. The following numbers were polled during +the afternoon:—For the rate 225, against it 195.</p> +<p>Nov. 18th.—The polling of the Vestry had been concluded +as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For the Rate</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">651</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Against</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">771</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>and at 10 o’clock on Saturday, Mr. Hills stated that the +poll would not be re-opened.</p> +<p>On the following day (Sunday) the clocks at the Parish Church +and St. George’s Chapel were stopped, and the bells +“tolled” at the hour for performance of divine +service.</p> +<p><a name="page221"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 221</span>Nov. +21st.—Mr. D. Tomkins, of the British School, had again +satisfied the Government Inspector.</p> +<p>R. Hammond, Esq., had presented 40 cwt. of coal to the inmates +of the Fisherman’s Hospital.</p> +<p>Nov. 28th.—It was calculated that there were 400 boats +then engaged in the Herring Fishing belonging to Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Dec. 12th.—The Mayor’s “feast” had +been held at the Town Hall, 120 gentlemen being present, +including Lord Sondes (High Steward), Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., +M.P., Sir H. Stracey, Bart., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., Colonel +Elmhirst, Colonel Sankey, Major Taylor, Captain Nugent, Captain +Dunt, the Revs. B. Vaux, J. Gunn, M. Waters and J. B. Bampton, +Messrs. R. Hammond, W. N. Burroughs, C. J. Palmer, C. Cory, E. H. +L. Preston, E. P. Youell, W. Yetts, R. Steward, B. Jay, C. H. +Chamberlin, R. S. Watling, I. Preston, jun., W. C. Reynolds, R. +Ferrier, W. H. Palmer, C. Preston, F. Palmer, H. D Palmer, J. C. +Smith, D. A. Gourlay, &c.</p> +<p>The “recruiting staff” of the 9th Regiment, then +at Yarmouth, consisted of Lieut.-Colonel C. Elmhirst, +Brevt-Colonel Sankey, Major A. Taylor, Captains W. Dunt, H. F. +Manton, W. Nugent, D. A. Barnett, R. P. O’Shea, J. W. +MacFarlane, — Carden, and J. Graham, Lieutenants H. G. H. +Grubbe, H. Gipps, and A. F. B. Wright, Adjutant Bolton, Ensigns +C. S. Perry, J. L. Bradshaw, S. Lynne and C. T. Coote, +Quarter-Master Arrowsmith, and 19 Sergeants and 10 Corporals.</p> +<p>Dec. 30th.—There were 30 prisoners in the Gaol, and they +had been regaled with a Christmas dinner by the Mayor.</p> +<p>The Clocks at the Parish Church and St. George’s Chapel +had been set going again at the instance of the Town Council.</p> +<h3>1858.</h3> +<p>Jan. 2nd.—Contains the following article on the Old +Year:—“1857 has been a good year for our port. +Our fisheries have prospered; our mercantile and shipping report +is favourable; and our commercial credit has stood firm and +upright against the pressure of a severe monetary crisis. +We have proved the elasticity of our resources, and have +demonstrated the strength and stability of our enterprise. +The fashionable season has also been one on which we have to +congratulate ourselves. During the summer and autumn of +1857, Yarmouth was <a name="page222"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +222</span>full of visitors; our beach was crowded with company; +and our hotels and lodging houses were all full. In short, +on New Year’s Day we find that we can strike a balance on +the right side, and look forward with hope based on the solid +foundation of proved success. There is but one great +drawback to the seasonable satisfaction such a state of things +affords. Our political divisions have materially diminished +the account in our favour, and have seriously interfered with the +social harmony of the town. We have suffered ourselves to +be led away into personal altercations, and have so departed from +the straight road of a defined and thought-out principle. +This has been a grave mistake, as we are now beginning to +discover. But generally we have yet to learn that political +zeal is not inconsistent with the courtesies of society, and that +ill-tempered advocacy is worse than useless. Let us hope, +however, that the moderate men of both political opinions, who +must, we are sure, see the error of this course, will for the +future guard against indiscretions, which are as inherently wrong +as they are manifestly prejudicial to any cause that stands upon +Principle and is supported by its own Truth. We know we +express the opinion of the thinking portion of the constituency +in advising an abstinence from the littleness of factious strife, +and in suggesting a more elevated view of political verities, we +are satisfied we are answering to the wish of the most +respectable members of the opposing parties, and are explaining +what is only wanting to consolidate the established prosperity of +Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>The Hospital meeting showed a deficit of from £40 to +£50 on the annual accounts.</p> +<p>Jan. 6th.—It was rumoured than an addition would shortly +be made to the local Magistracy.</p> +<p>Jan. 9th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer occupied the chair at the +annual Library Meeting. It was stated that there were then +nearly 10,000 volumes belonging to that Institution, of which +about 22 were circulated daily.</p> +<p>Jan. 13th.—Mr. Roach (Station-master) was, much to the +regret of the inhabitants, leaving Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Jan. 16th.—Mr. George Danby-Palmer had presided at a +dinner given to B. Fenn, Esq., when that gentleman was presented +with 203 oz. of plate (value £100) by the Great Yarmouth +Provident Fisherman’s Society, of which he had acted as +Hon. Sec. for 30 years.</p> +<p>The Russian guns were to be placed at the South end of the +Hall Quay.</p> +<p><a name="page223"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 223</span>Court +“Star of the East,” A.O.F., had held its anniversary +at the Regent Tavern.</p> +<p>Jan. 23rd.—The Rev. F. W. Johnson had been appointed +minister at St. John’s Church.</p> +<p>A meeting of the Town Council had been held to consider the +question of the proposed appointment of Justices, when Mr. E. H. +L. Preston moved, and Mr. B. Fenn seconded, the adoption of a +memorial to the Lord Chancellor, deprecating the proposed +appointment of Messrs. P. Pullyn, D. A. Gourlay, Frederick +Palmer, William T. Clarke, John Barker, and John Owles, and Mr. +George Danby-Palmer moved, and Mr. Chapman seconded, an amendment +in favour of such appointments, which, on a division, was lost by +25 to 5 votes. The Mayor made some warm remarks of a +personal nature, which brought a similar retort from Mr. Chapman, +and it was stated that “the last portion of these remarks +was given amid applause in the gallery and laughter of the +members, the meeting breaking up in great confusion.”</p> +<p>Feb. 6th.—The same question had been discussed at a +meeting of Magistrates, when the Clerk was directed to apply to +the Lord Chancellor for the correspondence with regard to the +proposed appointments.</p> +<p>Feb. 10th.—This request had been declined by his +Lordship, and it appeared that the Roll had been sent for, which +led to a discussion of a personal character.</p> +<p>Feb. 13th.—The Town Council, on the motion of Mr. C. J. +Palmer, seconded by Mr. Burroughs, had voted an address to the +Queen on the occasion of the marriage of the Princess Royal.</p> +<p>A letter was read at the same meeting, stating that the Lord +Chancellor had added the names of the six before mentioned +gentlemen to the Commission of the Peace.</p> +<p>Feb. 20th.—It was proposed to extend the Marine +Parade.</p> +<p>The 9th Regiment of Foot had left Yarmouth for Bradford. +During its stay here some 200 recruits had been obtained.</p> +<p>Mr. Frederick Palmer had qualified as a Justice of the +Peace.</p> +<p>St. John’s Church had been opened for service, when the +Revs. F. W. Johnson and George Hills preached in the morning and +afternoon respectively.</p> +<p>Feb. 24th.—The cost of the maintenance of the poor of +the parish had increased since the passing of the 9th and 10th +Vic. cap. 56 from about £9,000 to £10,376 per +annum.</p> +<p>Messrs. J. Barker and P. Pullyn had qualified as +Magistrates.</p> +<p><a name="page224"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 224</span>Feb. +27th.—The 24-pounders at the Batteries were to be replaced +by 74 pound guns.</p> +<p>March 6th.—Records the death of Rear-Admiral Sir Eaton +Travers, K.H., aged 70. The dates of his appointments +were—Lieutenant 1804, Commander 1814, Captain 1829, +Rear-Admiral 1855. He had seen much service, and was +nominated a K.H. on 4th of February, 1834. He possessed the +silver naval medal with one clasp, had a good service pension, +and was a D.L. for the county. Sir Eaton married in April, +1815, Anne Palmer, eldest daughter of William Steward, Esq., by +whom he had issue five sons and two daughters.</p> +<p>It was hoped that the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway would be +opened by the 1st of September next.</p> +<p>March 13th.—A dispute had arisen between the Local Board +of Health and George Danby-Palmer, Esq., with regard to certain +land at the south-end of the town, and Mr. Chamberlin, acting as +Mr. Palmer’s solicitor, had complained to the Bench of +having been assaulted by Mr. Morant (Town Surveyor), upon the +“locus in quo,” and what was described as a +“scene” had ensued.</p> +<p>March 20th.—The Naval Hospital was being fitted up for +the reception of sick and wounded men from India; it was noticed +that although fitted up in a similar way during the Russian war, +it had never then been used.</p> +<p>Complaint was made of the “niggardly” way in which +the Southtown Road was lighted.</p> +<p>March 24th.—Lord Sondes had presented a petition from +the Town Council to the House of Lords on the subject of the +Magisterial appointments, but after an explanation by the Lord +Chancellor, who justified his action, “the subject +dropped.”</p> +<p>March 27th.—Mr. J. S. Cobb had delivered a lecture on +“Chemistry.”</p> +<p>April 3rd.—Mr. R. Steward had protested against the +Senior Magistrate taking the chair in Petty Session as a matter +of right.</p> +<p>April 7th.—Ten publicans had been fined for keeping +their houses open at illegal hours.</p> +<p>April 10th.—At the appointment of Overseers, Mr. E. H. +L. Preston moved the appointment of Messrs. William Green, James +Borking, John Clayton, and William Harbord; and Mr. Owles +proposed Mr. James H. Harrison in the place of Mr. Green. +Upon the votes being taken, there appeared: For Mr. +Preston’s list—The Mayor and Messrs. William <a +name="page225"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +225</span>Danby-Palmer, E. H. L. Preston, J. C. Smith, W. Yetts, +W. Thurtell, B. Jay, W. H. Bessey, J. Fenn, William Hurry Palmer, +J. Cherry, R. Steward, C. C. Aldred, J. G. Plummer, and B. Fenn; +and for Mr. Owles’ list—Messrs. Geo. Danby-Palmer, J. +W. Shelley, W. Johnson, R. Hammond, P. Pullyn, D. A. Gourlay, +Frederick Palmer, W. T. Clarke, J. Barker, and J. Owles.</p> +<p>April 17th.—From 3,000 to 4,000 persons had witnessed +the launch of the “Froderica,” of 600 tons burthen, +from Mr. Branford’s yard.</p> +<p>April 24th.—St. John’s Church had been consecrated +by the Lord Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>H.M.S. “Edinburgh,” 74 tons, and two gun-boats had +passed through the Roads.</p> +<p>April 28th.—Mr. John Clowes had been returned as a +Councillor for the Nelson Ward without opposition in the place of +Mr. Samuel V. Moore, deceased.</p> +<p>May 1st.—Ninety ladies and gentlemen had attended a ball +at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>The sum of £137 had been collected at the Consecration +Services at St. John’s Church. The Communion plate +and stone pulpit in this church had been paid for from the +proceeds arising from the sale of the second edition of the +“Story of John Brock.”</p> +<p>May 5th.—Reference is made to the drowning of the only +son of Captain Ellis, R.N., at Southwold.</p> +<p>The Poor’s rate was 1s. 4d. in the £.</p> +<p>The Summer excursion trains had commenced running, and had +brought many visitors from Norwich.</p> +<p>May 8th.—Seventy invalids from Colchester camp were +under treatment at the Naval Hospital. The officers in +charge were Captain Jervois, Commandant; Captain Naylor, +Pay-master; Staff-Surgeons, Bradford and Joy, and Mr. Rippon, +Purveyor.</p> +<p>May 15th.—Disturbances had taken place between some of +the Fermanagh Militia and townsmen at Southtown, and the conduct +of the Mayor was impugned with regard to his desire to repress +the report of this, when Mr. de Caux vindicated the reports sent +by him to the newspapers he represented.</p> +<p>May 22nd.—The mackerel fleet (about 100 sail) were +nearly all at sea, and prices had varied from 35s. to 45s. per +hundred.</p> +<p>The “Nil Desperandum” (500 tons) had been launched +from Mr. Rust’s yard.</p> +<p><a name="page226"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 226</span>June +12th.—Records the death of Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., one of +the M.P’s. for East Norfolk.</p> +<p>June 16th.—Sir Henry Stracey, a candidate for the seat +thus vacant, had met the Conservative electors at the +Angel-hotel, when Mr. E. H. L. Preston occupied the chair. +It was stated that “Sir Henry is a favourite in Yarmouth +from the interest he has taken in all that relates to the +interest of the town.”</p> +<p>June 19th.—The Liberals had met at the Star Hotel, Mr. +B. Dowson in the chair, when a resolution accepting the Hon. +Wenman Clarence Walpole Coke as the candidate in the Whig +interest had been adopted.</p> +<p>John Berry had committed suicide by shooting himself on the +South Denes.</p> +<p>June 26th.—Mr. Falcke (a gentleman whose father formerly +lived in the town) had given subscriptions to the Hospital and +the Ragged and British Schools.</p> +<p>June 30th.—At the County election, Mr. E. Fellowes, +M.P., proposed, and Colonel Fitzroy seconded Sir H. J. Stracey, +Bart., and Mr. Bulwer proposed, and Mr. Upcher seconded the Hon. +Wenman C. W. Coke; the show of hands was in favour of Sir H. J. +Stracey, whereupon Mr. Bulwer demanded a poll on behalf of the +Hon. Mr. Coke.</p> +<p>July 3rd.—The poll had been declared as +follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>The Hon. W. C. W. Coke</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2933</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sir H. J. Stracey</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2720</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Majority</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">213</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>An analysis of the polling at Yarmouth showed—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Coke.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Stracey.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Yarmouth Voters</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">288</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">301</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E&W. Flegg ,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">150</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">195</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Out ,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">36</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">58</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Gorleston ,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Southtown ,,</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Mr. Isaac Shuckford had been elected an Alderman in the place +of Alderman T. Foreman deceased.</p> +<p>A fight had taken place on the North Denes between Plumb (of +Bungay) and Swash (of Yarmouth) for £10 a side. It +lasted 1 h. and 35 min., and 93 rounds were fought. +Ultimately Swash was beaten.</p> +<p>July 10th.—The “Minstrel” had been launched +from Mr. Symonds’ and the “Success” from Mr. +Chapman’s yard.</p> +<p><a name="page227"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 227</span>July +14th.—“Frequent collisions” were taking place +between the Irish Militia and the inhabitants.</p> +<p>July 17th.—Britannia Pier had been opened. The +Mayor attended with the “civic authorities;” on his +arrival two rockets were let off and cannon were +discharged. At the “dejeuner” subsequently +held, C. C. Aldred and C. Cory, Esqs., presided at the tables, +faced by D. A. Gourlay, and G. B. Palmer, Esqs.</p> +<p>A “Marine Horticultural Fête” had been held +on this pier.</p> +<p>July 21st.—A Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk +Freemasons had been held at the Priory Hall, which 150 brethren +attended. Subsequently a banquet was held at the Town Hall, +when P.G.M. Bro. B. Bond Cabbell presided, Bros. Sir H. J. +Stracey and C. H. Chamberlin occupying the vice-chairs.</p> +<p>July 24th.—Fifty-seven sick and wounded soldiers, mostly +Indian sufferers, had arrived at the Royal Naval Hospital.</p> +<p>July 28th.—It was computed that there were between 8,000 +and 9,000 visitors then in the town.</p> +<p>There had been a heavy gale from the S.W.</p> +<p>July 31st.—At the Regatta, which was held from the +Wellington Pier,—umpires, Lieut.-Col. Beckham and Mr. M. +Butcher; hon. secretary, Mr. Henry R. Harmer;—in the first +yacht race the “Violet” (J. E. Kirby) beat the +“Aretion” (J. Goodson, Esq.), and the “Silver +Star” (— Mann, Esq.). The following yawls +competed as under:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">Came in</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Eclipse</p> +</td> +<td><p>54 ft.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">32</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Royal Standard</p> +</td> +<td><p>49 ft.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">58</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">40</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Queen Victoria</p> +</td> +<td><p>63 ft.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">50</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lady Hume</p> +</td> +<td><p>59 ft.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">54</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">30</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Young Prince</p> +</td> +<td><p>47 ft.</p> +</td> +<td colspan="3"><p style="text-align: center">withdrew</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Glance</p> +</td> +<td><p>47 ft.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">23</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>In the next race (for small yachts) the “Kestrel” +(W. Butcher) beat the “Belvidere” (T. Read), +“Isabella” (O. Diver), “Rover” (T. +Palmer), and “Gipsy Queen” (Harcourt); there were +several other races. On this occasion 1,700 persons visited +the Wellington Pier, upwards of £40 was taken at the gates, +and it was computed that some 12,000 persons were on the Beach; +3,000 persons visited the Victoria Gardens, where “Sam +Collins” performed, and Mr. Coe had the management of the +display of fireworks.</p> +<p><a name="page228"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 228</span>Aug. +4th.—The acting Charity Trustees, Messrs. George +Danby-Palmer and Thomas Brightwen, had selected the following +additional Trustees of the Town Charity Estate:—The Rev. +George Hills, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, and Messrs. C. J. Palmer, J. +Brightwen, B. Jay, E. H. L. Preston, C. C. Aldred, Charles Cory, +William H. Palmer, R. Hammond, W. P. Dowson, W. N. Burroughs, and +J. W. Shelley. Objection had been taken to the names of Sir +E. H. K. Lacon and Messrs. Aldred, Cory, C. J. Palmer, E. H. L. +Preston, and W. P. Dowson, and the names of Messrs. Pullyn, C. +Miller, G. Blake and J. Fenn proposed as Trustees.</p> +<p>Aug. 7th.—At the Water Frolic, Mr. O. Diver acted as +hon. secretary, and in the first match the following yachts +competed:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Endora</p> +</td> +<td><p>(latteen)</p> +</td> +<td><p>Cooke</p> +</td> +<td><p>Horstead</p> +</td> +<td><p>13 feet</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Nautilus</p> +</td> +<td><p>(cutter)</p> +</td> +<td><p>—</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bungay</p> +</td> +<td><p>12 ,,</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Clara</p> +</td> +<td><p>(cutter)</p> +</td> +<td><p>C. Smith</p> +</td> +<td><p>Aylsham</p> +</td> +<td><p>14 ,,</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fairy Queen</p> +</td> +<td><p>(latteen)</p> +</td> +<td><p>R. Morton</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p>13 ,,</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Unique</p> +</td> +<td><p>(cutter)</p> +</td> +<td><p>W. Teasdel</p> +</td> +<td><p>Gorleston</p> +</td> +<td><p>14 ,,</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The Endora won. In the second race the entries +were:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Belvidere</p> +</td> +<td><p>T. Read</p> +</td> +<td><p>Yarmouth</p> +</td> +<td><p>28 feet</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Victorine</p> +</td> +<td><p>J. Fiddes</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p>—</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Iris</p> +</td> +<td><p>A. D. Stone</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">,,</p> +</td> +<td><p>27 „</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Tantivy</p> +</td> +<td><p>Messrs. Morgan</p> +</td> +<td><p>Norwich</p> +</td> +<td><p>19 ,,</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The Belvidere won. The third contest was for a cup, +presented by D. Falcke, Esq., for shrimp boats; the +“Smack” won.</p> +<p>During the sports Mr. Gardiner (editor of the <i>Yarmouth +Independent</i>) was knocked overboard by the boom of Mr. +Diver’s boat, but, being a swimmer, escaped with a +“good ducking.”</p> +<p>Aug. 14th.—A meeting had been held for the purpose of +establishing a “Beachman’s Institute.” +The Mayor occupied the chair, and G. Harcourt, Esq., addressed +the meeting at some length; Mr. Fisher and the Rev. G. Hills also +took part in these proceedings.</p> +<p>A mirage had been seen off the coast, presenting the +appearance of a number of ships sailing between two chalk cliffs, +thought by some to pourtray the Isle of Wight. Nothing of a +similar kind had been seen in Yarmouth for 75 years. It was +noticed the weather had been close and sultry and the tides +low.</p> +<p>Aug. 18th.—The sum of £139 18s. 6d. had been +contributed for the Beachman’s Institute.</p> +<p><a name="page229"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 229</span>Aug. +25th.—The Norfolk Hotel, Marine Drive, had been purchased +by Messrs. Hills and Underwood for the sum of £2,160.</p> +<p>Sept. 1st.—The sum of £448 had been subscribed for +the restoration of the Nelson Monument.</p> +<p>About 100 vessels were then engaged in the North Sea herring +fishing, the fish realising from £12 15s. to £26 per +last.</p> +<p>George Wells Holt, Esq., who had officiated as +Magistrates’ Clerk for more than 22 years, had resigned +that appointment.</p> +<p>Mr. W. Holt (son of the late Clerk), Mr. H. R. Harmer and Mr. +Costerton were candidates for the office.</p> +<p>Sept. 8th.—The following Magistrates attended on the +appointment being filled up:—F. Worship, Esq., (Mayor), R. +Hammond, B. Fenn, J. G. Plummer, W. Johnson, P. Pullyn, F. +Palmer, R. Steward, D. A. Gourlay, W. T. Clarke, J. Fenn, E. H. +L. Preston, B. Jay, W. H. Palmer, W. Yetts, C. C. Aldred, W. H. +Bessey, G. D. Palmer, W. Thurtell, T. Brightwen, J. Owles, and J. +C. Smith, Esqs., and on the motion of Mr. Hammond, seconded by +Mr. Steward, Mr. William Holt was unanimously elected.</p> +<p>The emoluments of the office were then about £375 per +annum.</p> +<p>Messrs. Mellor and Young, the M.P’s. for the town, had +arrived, the former at the Norfolk, and the latter at the Royal +Hotel.</p> +<p>The Artillery Militia had assembled for 21 days’ +drill.</p> +<p>There had been further disturbances between the Fermanagh +Militia and the townspeople, which had led to a conference +between the Magistrates and the officer commanding that Regiment, +since which the soldiers had not been allowed to enter the town +after 6.30 p.m., and a picket had been stationed on the +Bridge.</p> +<p>A fancy fair in aid of the Sailors’ Institute was being +held in three marquees fronting the Norfolk Hotel.</p> +<p>H.M.S. “Pembroke,” 60 guns, had sailed for +Harwich, after remaining in the Roads 14 days. During her +stay 40 volunteers had been entered upon her books.</p> +<p>The King of Prussia’s yacht “Grille” had +arrived in the Harbour; she was of 400 tons, and rigged as a +three-masted schooner. The officers on board were Captain +baron Bothwell, Lieutenants Baron St. Paul, Baron Dobenack, and +Count Moate.</p> +<p>Sept. 15th.—The Fermanagh Militia had left Yarmouth for +Bradford, and were to be succeeded by the Louth Rifles.</p> +<p><a name="page230"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 230</span>The +comet (visible with the naked eye) was getting brighter every +night.</p> +<p>Sept. 22nd.—One of a recently-arrived advance party of +the Louth Rifles named John Carret had been found drowned in the +Yare.</p> +<p>Sept. 25th.—Herring were selling at from £3 to +£4 per last for manure.</p> +<p>Sept. 29th.—The subscriptions to the Races amounted to +only £289 18s. 6d., leaving the balance to be raised by +sale of race-cards, &c.</p> +<p>Mr. Colley was acting as House Surgeon at the Hospital.</p> +<p>Oct. 2nd.—The East Norfolk Militia had been inspected by +Colonel Lewis prior to being disbanded.</p> +<p>The Louth Rifles, 500 strong, had arrived, and marched into +the Southtown Barracks. The officers were Colonel Lord +Bellew, Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. Robinson, Bart.; Major Taaffe, +Adjutant Bellingham, Surgeon Dixon, Quarter-Master Edward Burke, +Paymaster J. Burke, Captains O’Reiley, Smith, Singleton, +and Murray, Lieutenants Evans, Osborne, Townley, Murphy, and +Cormack, and Ensigns Mason, Lindsay, Standidge, O’Donald +and Twentyman.</p> +<p>Oct. 6th.—The mortality in the town was then 23 in 1,000 +persons.</p> +<p>Oct. 9th.—The fishing had improved, and herring was +selling at from £19 5s. to £22 per last.</p> +<p>William Holt, Esq., had given a dinner at the Crown and Anchor +to the officials connected with the Police Court.</p> +<p>Mr. S. J. F. Stafford had been elected Surgeon for the North +District.</p> +<p>Oct. 16th.—The County Revision had been held before Mr. +R. Couch at the Tolhouse, Mr. Clowes appearing for the Liberals +and Mr. Cufaude for the Tories; also for the Borough, when Mr. +Costerton appeared for the Liberals, and Mr. Cufaude for the +Tories. The Liberals claimed gains on both these +registers.</p> +<p>Oct. 20th.—It was understood that R. Steward, Esq., +would be Mayor for the ensuing year.</p> +<p>The Mayor (with Messrs. Pilgrim and Cooper as assessors) had +held the Municipal Revision, Mr. Costerton appearing for the +Liberals and Mr. Cufaude for the Conservatives; the former +claimed a gain of 73 on the proceedings.</p> +<p>Oct. 27th.—Lieutenant Mends, R.N., had been presented +with a handsome gold pencil-case by the crew of H.M.S. +“Dolphin,” (Revenue cruiser on this station), on his +resigning his command.</p> +<p><a name="page231"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 231</span>Oct. +30th.—The Bishop of Norwich had confirmed 115 persons at +St. Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>Nov. 3rd.—The following Councillors had been elected +without opposition:—<i>North Ward</i>: Messrs. W. Worship +and J. B. Hylton. <i>Market Ward</i>: Messrs. E. R. Aldred +and D. A. Gourlay. <i>Regent Ward</i>: Messrs. R. D. Barber +and R. R. B. Norman. <i>St. George’s Ward</i>: +Messrs. R. Ferrier and B. Jay. <i>Nelson Ward</i>: Messrs. +Charles J. Palmer and Charles Woolverton. <i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>: Messrs. Robert Steward and William T. +Clarke.</p> +<p>Captain Ryder, R.N., Government Inspector, had examined 42 +pupils at the School of Navigation.</p> +<p>Nov. 6th.—It was “confidently reported” that +the Vicar (the Rev. G. Hills) had been appointed Bishop of +British Columbia.</p> +<p>Nov. 10th—A claim had been made by a person whose father +had served in the army from 1802 to 1816, to sell excisable +articles without a license, under the 56 George III. cap. 67.</p> +<p>Nov. 13th.—At the Council meeting held on the 9th, Mr. +William H. Palmer proposed, and Mr. Hylton seconded, Robert +Steward, Esq., as Mayor for the ensuing year, and he was declared +unanimously elected, but as “the late Mayor was about to +invest him with the chain of office, His Worship rather +prematurely took hold of the chain and placed it on the +seat.”</p> +<p>A complimentary dinner had been given by the Council to the +ex-Mayor, at which C. J. Palmer, Esq., presided.</p> +<p>Nov. 17th.—The Mayor had dispensed with the formality of +being preceded by the maces and other insignia of the Corporation +in attending divine service and taking his seat on the +Bench. He had also declined wearing the gold chain on the +same occasions.</p> +<p>Nov. 20th.—Attention was directed to the “Wonders +of the Microscope, published by Mr. Harmer, the photographist of +Great Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>Dec. 4th.—The Royal National Lifeboat Institution had +sent one of its 30 foot single-banked boats to this station.</p> +<p>The Mayor had issued invitations for a dinner at the Town Hall +to 170 gentlemen connected with the town and district.</p> +<p>The Rev. R. H. Nevill had been appointed to the Vicarage, +which was supposed to be worth some £350 per annum.</p> +<p>Dec. 11th.—Mr. J. H. Harrison had lent the St. +George’s Hall to the tradesmen, who were getting up a +concert for the benefit of the Hospital.</p> +<p><a name="page232"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 232</span>Dec. +15th.—The Mayor, Sir John Robinson, Bart., S. C. Marsh and +C. J. Palmer, Esqs., had acted as Stewards of the first +Subscription Ball, and there were also present—the +Mayoress, Captain Winyard, R.N., Captain O’Reiley, Dr. +Dixon, Captain Smith, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Harcourt, Mrs. and Miss +Gwynne, Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. Cubitt and family, Mr. and Mrs. +Ferrier, Mr. W. Travers, Mr. E. and Miss Preston, Mrs. S. C. +Marsh and family, Mr. H. Lacon, Mr. and Mrs. Barber and family, +Mr. Jolly, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, Mr. Bullock, Mrs. A. Thompson, +Mr., Mrs. and Miss Venning, Mrs. and Miss Pearson, Dr. Button, +Mr. and Mrs. Biddulph, Mrs. R. Steward, Rev. Mr. Gott and family, +Mr. Harmer, &c.</p> +<p>Mr. J. Petts had been promoted to be Chief Coastguard Officer +at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Dec. 11th.—It was proposed to present Bishop Hills with +a silver Communion Service.</p> +<h3>1859.</h3> +<p>Jan. 5th.—A meeting had been held (C. J. Palmer, Esq., +in the chair) for the purpose of raising a fund with a view to +presenting a testimonial to the Rev. George Hills. Sir E. +H. K. Lacon, and Messrs. R. Hammond, T. Brightwen, C. C. Aldred, +E. H. L. Preston, C. S. D. Steward, and C. Cory, took part in the +proceedings, and £145 was raised in the room.</p> +<p>The Mayor (R. Steward, Esq.), had given away 300 cwts. of coal +to poor persons.</p> +<p>Jan. 12th.—It was reported that 20 missionary clergymen +would accompany the Rev. G. Hills to his new mission, and that +Mr. Lupson, Scripture Reader, should be ordained and go as one of +these.</p> +<p>Jan. 15th.—The members of the Ship Insurance Society, to +the number of 30, had held their annual dinner at the +“Crown and Anchor”; Mr. D. A. Gourlay occupied the +chair, and Mr. D. B. Palmer the vice-chair.</p> +<p>Jan. 22nd.—The East Suffolk Railway was to be opened on +the 1st March.</p> +<p>Jan. 29th.—The Rev. G. Hills had preached his farewell +sermon.</p> +<p>The Mayor had given a Juvenile Ball to 130 children at the +Town Hall. Among those present were members of the +following families:—Reynolds, Youell, Harcourt, Cufaude, +Marsh, Impey, Tompson, Clarke, <a name="page233"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 233</span>Donald, Norman, Bond, Aldred, +Lettis, Woolverton, Butcher, Barnby, Ayers, Reeve, Laws, Bayly, +Chamberlin, Dashwood, Bracey, Palmer, Shuckford, Smith, Smyth, +Plummer, Barber, &c.</p> +<p>Bro. John Cobb had been installed W.M. of Lodge +“Friendship” by Bros. O. Diver and J. W. Bunn, and he +had appointed the following officers:—Bros. W. Wright, +S.W.; G. Harley, J.W.; C. L. Chipperfield, S.D.; J. H. Bly, J.D.; +and George Knox, I.G.</p> +<p>Feb. 5th.—The ladies had presented plate to the value of +50 guineas to the Rev. G. Hills.</p> +<p>Mrs. Gray had given a “ball and reception” at the +Town Hall.</p> +<p>Feb. 9th.—About 100 Foresters had attended the funeral +of Bro. Hatch, at Gorleston, on Sunday, which proceeding had been +objected to by the Vicar.</p> +<p>Feb. 12th.—A “Reform” Meeting had been held, +Mr. Livingston in the chair.</p> +<p>Feb. 16th.—Mr. Boning, of Cambridge, had accidentally +injured himself while shooting on the Caister Marshes. Dr. +Smyth, Mr. F. Palmer, Mr. Skinner and Mr. Colley (Hospital) were +attending the sufferer.</p> +<p>Feb. 19th.—Mr. Nevill, the new Incumbent, had arrived, +and was going “to read himself in” on the next +Sunday.</p> +<p>Feb. 23rd.—This ceremony had been duly performed by +him.</p> +<p>A Reading-room had been established in connection with the +Subscription Library on the Quay.</p> +<p>Mr. J. C. Smith had presided at Mrs. Sizeland’s annual +dinner at the Royal Hotel.</p> +<p>A high tide had washed over the Beach up to the Marine Drive +wall.</p> +<p>Feb. 26th.—The Foresters had held a dinner at the Corn +Hall; 100 brethren attended. The Chief Ranger (Bro. +Franklin) presided, and Bros. Steele, Horne, E. Stagg, Dr. Smyth, +Dumbleton and Thompson took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>March 2nd.—Dr. Hills had been consecrated Bishop of +British Columbia at Westminster Abbey.</p> +<p>The first train from Yarmouth had run over the East Suffolk +line.</p> +<p>March 5th.—A search for treasure had been made at the +“Stone Cairn” on the North Denes, it seems from the +report, without effect.</p> +<p>The old Jetty was to be repaired.</p> +<p><a name="page234"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 234</span>The +officers of the Louth Rifles had given a Ball at the Town Hall, +for which about 180 invitations were issued.</p> +<p>March 19th.—Messrs. Mellor and Young had attended a +Reform Meeting at the Corn Hall; from 1,000 to 1,200 persons were +present. Among the gentlemen accompanying the M.P.’s +were Messrs. R. Hammond, P. Pullyn, Gourlay, F. Palmer, Clowes, +Briggs, Barker, &c.</p> +<p>March 23rd—There was a “rage” for new +buildings in the town.</p> +<p>March 30th.—A Court of Foresters had been opened at +Hasbro’, the officiating officers being D.C.R. +Stratford and C.R. Franklin (of Court “Crown and +Anchor.”)</p> +<p>April 2nd.—The question as to who were to be the Liberal +candidates for the Borough was being “mooted”; it was +reported that Mr. McCullagh was to be put on one side, that Mr. +Mellor would withdraw, and that Messrs. Watkin and Young would +take the field.</p> +<p>A new Coastguard Station was being erected at a cost of +£3,500. Mr. Norfor, contractor.</p> +<p>April 6th.—The action of “Morant <i>v.</i> +Chamberlin” had been referred to Mr. Barstow.</p> +<p>April 9th.—Both parties had been waiting for notice of +the Dissolution of Parliament. Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Sir +H. J. Stracey were making a house-to-house canvas, accompanied by +Messrs. W. Yetts, W. Thurtell, R. Ferrier, C. Cory, S. C. Marsh, +W. Worship, E. H. L. Preston, J. G. Plummer, F. Ferrier, J. Fenn, +&c.</p> +<p>The Liberals had held a meeting on the Hall Plain, which 3,000 +persons attended. Mr. Briggs occupied the chair, and +Messrs. J. Clowes, R. Hammond, J. Owles, J. W. Shelly, and P. +Pullyn took part in the proceedings, which eventuated in the +selection of Messrs. Watkin and Young as the Liberal +candidates.</p> +<p>April 13th.—Both parties had held meetings, the Liberals +at the “Star” and the Conservatives at the +“Fish Stall House.”</p> +<p>April 16th.—Both parties expressed themselves confident +of success, but it was supposed that Gorleston would turn the +scale; the voters there were described as “dangerous +men.”</p> +<p>The barque “Athelstan” (Captain John Bracey) was +to be launched from Fellows’ yard on the 19th.</p> +<p>April 20th.—The Liberal electors “and their +wives” had met at the Corn Exchange, while the +Conservatives had held a meeting at the Victoria Gardens.</p> +<p><a name="page235"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 235</span>April +23rd.—Contains the following report as to</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">“THE ELECTION.”</span></p> +<p>The greatest activity prevails on both sides, and as the +decisive day approaches, the feelings of partizanship are +becoming greatly intensified. The printers have had a +lively time of it, and turn out a great quantity of matter, an +opinion appearing to be prevalent that quality is a secondary +consideration. During the last few days, songs, parodies +upon songs, speeches, and gross personal abuse have been issued +by the supporters of Mr. Watkin, (for it must be admitted that +Mr. Young holds himself aloof from this scurrility) with the +object, we suppose, of doing that gentleman some good. In +our opinion they will have a contrary effect, as we have heard +many respectable Liberal electors express themselves disgusted +with such unnecessary vulgarity. It may be very true, that +in addressing the people, it is necessary to call a spade a +spade, but it cannot be at all requisite that the minds of the +people should be attempted to be influenced by strong specimens +of the Billingsgate vocabulary. Where wit is lacking, +silence is preferable to blackguardism. On the Conservative +side there has also been a fair number of coloured bills and +printed addresses issued; but the writers in this interest have +abstained from attempting to be funny. In printed abuse, +however, they endeavour to rival their opponents. Betting, +if that may be considered a piece of electioneering business, is +decidedly in favour of the Conservative candidates. Each +party attributes motives of the most improper kind to the other, +and it will be seen that Mr. Watkin fears that his opponents may +indulge in “corruption.” On the other hand, Sir +E. Lacon says voters had told him they dare not support him, as +they should be inclined to do, in consequence of persons on the +Liberal side having put the “screw” upon them. +Tradesmen generally will be glad when the contest is over, as it +is daily creating much personal animosity.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>The “Athelstan” had been launched; she was of 500 +tons burden, and was to take out Bishop Hills’ effects to +British Columbia.</p> +<p>The “Haddiscoe Swamp” had caused a great +difficulty on the East Suffolk line, which was consequently still +not open for traffic.</p> +<p>William Howlett, “Red” bill-poster, and Robert +Crisp, “Blue” bill-poster, had been before the +Magistrates owing to a dispute arising out of the election +placards.</p> +<p>April 30th.—Both parties had been holding nightly +meetings of a “convivial character.” On +Wednesday some 300 to 400 persons had paraded the town shouting +“Down with Lacon and Stracey,” and had broken the +windows of the Red Committee rooms in the Market-place.</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page236"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 236</span><span +class="GutSmall">“THE NOMINATION”</span></p> +<p>took place on the Hall Plain; the platform, in the centre of +which was reserved a place for the Mayor and the Candidates and +friends, being on the Crown and Anchor “leads.” +The Blues were to the left of the Mayor and the Reds to his +right; and in front of the house there was at the time +proceedings commenced an assemblage numbering 4,000 or 5,000, +including a number of females. The Liberals were the first +to arrive on the “leads,” and on Mr. Watkin showing +himself to the crowd, he was loudly cheered, a compliment which +the candidate duly acknowledged. Shortly afterwards the +approach of the Conservative party was indicated by the deep +groans of the crowd, who manifested some indications of +hostility: but on its being discovered that the Conservative +cavalcade was headed by a party of very pugilistic-looking +persons, decorated with red ribbon, the threatening attitude of +the crowd was somewhat modified, and the two Baronets, with their +friends, were allowed to ascend to the “leads” +unmolested. When the two parties had taken their places on +the balcony, the Liberals proposed three cheers, which were given +by the great majority, accompanied by the groans of the +minority. A number of “beery” individuals +struggled to the front, and were a source of annoyance to the +speakers throughout. A few minutes before three +o’clock the Mayor arrived in state, preceded by his +sergeants-at-mace, and accompanied in his carriage by Mr. C. J. +Palmer, who acted as his solicitor for the occasion. When +his Worship appeared in the balcony the Blues, for some reason, +commenced hissing him, much to the disgust of several of the +leading gentlemen of the Liberal party, who protested against +such unseemly proceedings. We may state, before attempting +to report the numerous speeches that were delivered, that during +the whole of the proceedings—more especially when it was +the turn of the Conservatives to speak—the crowd was +exceedingly disorderly, and by their loud shouting and groaning +rendered most of the speakers inaudable to persons a few yards +distant from them. The Mayor was grossly insulted at the +commencement, and as the proceedings progressed several fights +were got up, and the interference of the police was frequently +required. Anything more unreasonable and unreasoning than +the majority of the crowd it would be impossible to conceive, and +when the nomination closed there did not seem to be any person in +the balcony opposed to the opinion of the Mayor—that the +“whole thing was a farce.” One side of the +question was not heard at all, and the majority shouted without +knowing what about. This was singularly illustrated <a +name="page237"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 237</span>during the +speech of Mr. Watkin, when that gentleman took upon himself the +functions of the returning-officer, by calling upon the crowd for +a show of hands, which, singularly enough, was against him. +Mr. Watkin said, “All those that don’t want me to go +to the poll, hold up their hands.” A forest of hands +was exhibited to the great amusement of the Conservatives, who +cheered the result. Mr. Watkin then told his friends that +they were mistaken, and having explained the mistake to them, +assuring them that they were too intelligent to vote him down, he +took another show of hands, which was in his favour. We +shall be excused for commenting upon the proceedings here; but +the disorder and noise was so great that, as most of the speakers +could not be heard, we are necessitated to do it, in order to +make our report intelligible. From the beginning to the end +“noise” had it in numbers; but in fighting the honour +seemed to be with the Reds, who exhibited considerable +proficiency in the pugilistic art. The crowd, which was +very closely packed, was divided into two sections, the Blue and +the Red, the former having about ten to one of the latter. +At times both sections were very ill-behaved, but their +misconduct was kindly overlooked by the whole of the speakers +except Mr. Watkin, who took the liberty of designating the +minority of the “people” as “scoundrels” +and “ruffians.” These polite designations +appeared likely to stir up the ill-blood of the people, inasmuch +as four or five fights immediately commenced, in one of which an +unfortunate fellow sustained a severe fracture of the proboscis, +and it was not until the Mayor had, to use a significant local +word, “checked” Mr. Watkin, and warned him against +the violent nature of his harangue, that comparative order was +restored. The fights in question are deserving of +notice. One began between a female, whose bonnet was +trimmed with yellow ribbon, and a stout man in a blue +guernsey. Gallant Reds and Blues rushed into the affray, +doubtless with the object of protecting the woman, and there was +every probability of a general set-to. The Mayor, however, +directed the police to interfere, and the contest was suppressed, +with apparently no worse results than the infliction of a few +disagreeable blows on the frontispieces of the combatants. +The other fights were of less importance; but altogether this +display of pugnacity had the effect of causing the outside +portion of the crowd to run away from what they considered to be +danger. Other fights, as will be seen from the report, also +occurred. One feature in the general noise was much +remarked by the gentlemen on the balcony, and as it was amusing +we notice it. A half drunken beachman or fisherman, just so +<a name="page238"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 238</span>far gone +as to be witty, but who was unmistakeably a Blue, planted himself +in front of the balcony, and by his extraordinary shouting +succeeded in making himself heard above the surrounding +tumult. There was some natural humour about this fellow, +and the way in which he shouted excited the laughter of the Mayor +and both parties on the balcony. The man shouted until the +veins grew large in his forehead; he jumped and screamed—he +laughed and waved his hat, and others laughed with +him—indeed, for a time all laughed with him; he was in a +state of ecstacy or violent enthusiasm. It was difficult +for a time to make out what the man meant, but at length he was +understood, and his fun was appreciated. Sir E. Lacon wears +a full moustache, and so does Sir H. Stracey, and those hirsute +ornaments were the objects of this excited individual’s +enthusiasm. He laughed and shouted—his voice being +heard above the murmur of the crowd,—for fully an +hour,—“The beard! the beard! will nobody shave +him? A shave! a shave! Fetch a barber! fetch a +barber!—(Loud laughter.)—A clean shave! A +shilling for a razor! a razor! a razor! O Lord, a clean +shave,” &c. Ultimately the man climbed to the top +of a post, and threw his hat into the face of a railway porter; +the porter ran to him and struck him in the mouth two or three +times, with a force that evidently astonished him, and as his +scream then became somewhat distressing, he was ignominiously +removed to the outside of the crowd. Many other noticeable +incidents occurred, which will be found mentioned in our +report. But there is one circumstance which did not +altogether develop itself at the meeting, that we feel compelled +to notice. Society, from experience, knows that the prude +is the loudest and severest advocate of virtue; but, as Josephus +has remarked, “Every man will think of this as it seemeth +good unto him.” We have noticed the Gorleston voters, +we have recorded the boastings and professions on both sides, and +we have ventilated rumours which have been so far well +founded. The incident we are about to mention we can vouch +for; it is possible, should circumstances necessitate it, of +being proved. On the Wednesday evening, mob law, +intimidation, corruption, “the screw,” and all the +worst elements of electioneering were resorted to; and we regret +to say that the parties who most publicly exhibited themselves as +disorderlies were persons whom we won’t classify, but who +cried out, “Down with Lacon and Stracey” and +“Three cheers for Watkin.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">“THE +TIN CANISTER.”</span></p> +<p>A report had been “current that a mysterious old +gentleman had <a name="page239"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +239</span>arrived from somewhere with a tin canister full of +sovereigns, and from the way in which he was dressed it was +generally supposed that he was either a Russian or a Shrewsbury +man come for the purpose of bribery. “Said +person,” as the Yankees say, was seen in the rear of the +balcony at the Crown and Anchor, defying anybody to penetrate the +secret of his identity, but occasionally winking and ejaculating, +with an occasionally eructory sound, the words, “All +right—in for Watkin.” This strange gentleman +departed in the evening, minus, it is said, the canister. +We will now pass over the irregularities of the story, and give +you the words of our informant, whose high standing and character +place him beyond suspicion:—“I had attended the +Yarmouth nomination, and took my railway seat, at 8.40 p.m. for +Norwich. There were two or three gentlemen in the +first-class compartment in which I had placed myself; and one +gentleman was a peculiar sort of mysterious individual. +After eyeing the party well, the gentleman gravely said, +“Both sides are buying, I’m afraid, at +Yarmouth.” One of the party doubted the assertion, +but the ancient traveller smiled and said, “No, +no.” Further explanations took place, until at length +our interesting fellow-traveller volunteered this remark, after a +feeler from one of the party, “You know I came down from +Manchester yesterday, to see my particular friend W—. +Deuced clever fellow—one of the best railway men in the +country. He did wonders for the Manchester and Lincolnshire +line, and if we get him in we shall expect him to be one of the +best railway men we have.” One of the party asked, +“Are you a Yarmouth voter, sir?” Old Traveller: +“No, but I wished to see my friend W— on very +particular business, and so I just came down to Yarmouth to see +how his election was getting on <i>as well</i>, and to add my +mite of influence.” This, perhaps, will account for +the story of the tin canister. The rest we shall leave to +the report.”</p> +<p>Mr. J. Cherry proposed, and Mr. R. Dumbleton seconded Sir E. +H. K. Lacon.</p> +<p>Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. J. Owles seconded Mr. +Watkin.</p> +<p>Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed, and Mr. S. C. Marsh seconded +Sir H. J. Stracey,</p> +<p>And Mr. J. W. Shelly proposed and Mr. P. Pullyn seconded Mr. +Young.</p> +<p>The show of hands was in favour of Messrs. Watkin and Young, +whereupon a poll was demanded for Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Sir H. +J. Stracey.</p> +<p>May 4th.—The poll had been taken in Wards as +follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Lacon.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Stracey.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Watkin.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Young.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>St. Nicholas’</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">97</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">89</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">76</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">71</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Market</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">117</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">113</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">100</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">99</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Regent</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">112</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">108</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">88</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>St. George’s</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">102</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">94</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">89</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">84</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Nelson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">166</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">153</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">119</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">106</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>St. Andrew’s</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">105</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">102</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">93</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">88</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Total</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">699</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">659</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">568</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">536</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page240"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 240</span>But +it was stated that “there were many cases of bribery, and +the defeated party threatened a petition against this +‘return.’”</p> +<p>May 7th.—Between £500 and £600 had been +promised as subscriptions to that end.</p> +<p>There had been a fashionable ball at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>The Norfolk Artillery Militia had left for Sheerness.</p> +<p>Miles Swiney had been shot in the side by one of the Louth +Rifles on the North Denes.</p> +<p>May 11th.—It had been proposed to raise a Yacht Club, +Mr. H. Morgan acting as Treasurer, and £100 had been +subscribed for the purpose. (N.B.—This was the +starting of the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club.)</p> +<p>Meetings of electors had been held to promote the +petition.</p> +<p>May 18th.—The petition was “likely to reveal a +‘<i>high</i> state of political morality in the +Borough.’”</p> +<p>May 21st.—Contains the Lord Lieutenant’s +proclamation as to the formation of Rifle Corps.</p> +<p>May 25th.—A few persons were talking of raising one of +such corps at Yarmouth, but no active steps had been taken in +regard thereto.</p> +<p>May 28th.—On the Queen’s Birthday, the Mayor had +given a luncheon and ball at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>The testimonial “consisting of silver candelabra, +&c.,” and the Corporation address had been presented to +Bishop Hills at the Town Hall. Some 250 persons were +present, amongst whom were—Messrs. C. J. Palmer (who +presided at the luncheon), Brightwen, C. Aldred, S. Aldred, Sir +E. Lacon, M.P., Reynolds, Nash, C. Cory, R. Hammond, F. Worship, +W. Worship, E. Frere, F. Palmer, F. Ferrier, T. Brightwen, +Captain Holmes, Dr. Smith, Rev. Nevill, Johnson, &c.</p> +<p><a name="page241"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 241</span>June +1st.—Contains the following report of a</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">“MEETING TO ESTABLISH A VOLUNTEER RIFLE +CORPS.”</span></p> +<p>On Friday, a meeting, called by the Mayor, was held at the +Town Hall, to take into consideration certain communications +which his worship had received from General Peel, the Secretary +at War, and Lord Leicester, the Lord Lieutenant of the +County. There was a very numerous attendance. Amongst +the gentlemen present were—Sir E. Lacon, Bart., M.P., +Lieutenant Colonel Beckham, Captain Naylor, Captain Holmes, Rev. +J. B. Bampton, Rev. T. Lowe, Messrs. J. H. Orde, F. Worship, W. +Worship, W. Yetts, S. C. Marsh, C. C. Aldred, C. J. Palmer, E. H. +L. Preston, J. Clowes, Foreman, &c.</p> +<p>The Mayor stated that he had called the meeting in consequence +of communications he had received from General Peel and the Lord +Lieutenant, and in compliance with a requisition which he had +received, and which was signed by seventy gentlemen. He +read General Peel’s letter and the requisition. He +had prepared no resolution or anything of that sort, but should +leave the gentlemen assembled to propose anything they might +think proper.</p> +<p>Mr. W. Worship said the subject upon which they had been +called together was one upon which there could be no difference +of opinion—(hear, hear)—and in order to put the +proceedings into a practical form, he should move that a +committee be appointed, which would include Sir E. Lacon and Mr. +Orde.</p> +<p>Mr. R. Ferrier said he had much pleasure in seconding the +motion, and he hoped it would be understood that, although they +were forming a military corps, such men as himself might be +allowed to contribute to the expenses which would be incurred in +its formation. There were, doubtless, many men in the town +who could afford to pay for the accoutrements and give up the +necessary time; but there was also in the town a fine class of +men, in every way eligible, who could not afford that. It +was, therefore, in assisting the latter class that such men as +himself could be useful. (Hear, hear.) He should be +glad himself to pay the annual expenses of some man who could not +afford to do it himself; and had no objection to put his name +down at once for £10 a year. (Hear, hear.)</p> +<p>Mr. S. C. Marsh said he did not wish to interrupt the +proceedings; but before they formed the committee he thought they +should, by some resolution, declare it desirable to form a Rifle +Corps. (Hear, hear.) Having decided to form a corps, +the next step would be to form a committee <a +name="page242"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 242</span>to carry +out the necessary arrangements. He was sure Englishmen +would respond to the offer that had been made them to allow +themselves to form volunteer corps for the defence of the +country. Norfolk had never been behindhand in the +manifestation of patriotic feeling, and he hoped that would not +be the case on this occasion. Yarmouth had before shown +what she could do for the Governments of England and the defence +of the country, and he hoped she was prepared to do something +now. (Hear, hear.) He begged to move “That it +is expedient to establish a Volunteer Rifle Corps for Great +Yarmouth and its vicinity.”</p> +<p>Mr. Ferrier seconded.—Carried unanimously.</p> +<p>Sir E. Lacon, M.P. said he thought it highly essential that a +town like Yarmouth should take a stand and come forward at once +in obedience to the proclamation that had been issued by the +Queen. They must all put their shoulders to the wheel, and +wherever they saw a fine young fellow who was a likely man for +the corps, if he did not come forward they must ask him to do +so. The duty they had to do that day was very slight +indeed, but for his own part, he would say that he should give +the movement all the encouragement that he possibly could. +(Hear, hear.) He should now move that a committee be +appointed, with power to appoint a sub-committee, and with +directions to go round the town and see what force could be got +up. (Hear, hear.) Yarmouth was a large town it was +true, but there were also districts around it out of which to +draw much assistance; but he certainly thought it would be +desirable to take in the Flegg Hundreds and the Island.</p> +<p>Mr. J. Clowes said there were many men in the town who, from +age and other causes, would be unable to serve in a rifle corps, +but who would be very desirous of taking part in the defence of +our shores—men who were too old to sleep all night in the +marsh ditches, or under hedges. (Laughter.) For that +class of men, he thought there should be an Artillery Corps, as +many of them, though not fit to take the field, would be ready to +man a gun or work a battery.</p> +<p>The Mayor said it was out of the scope of the present meeting +to discuss an Artillery Corps.</p> +<p>Mr. Orde said Government had intended that they would sanction +and approve the formation of Artillery Corps.</p> +<p>Mr. Marsh’s motion was then put and carried.</p> +<p>Sir E. Lacon, in answer to Dr. Stephenson, said it would, no +doubt, be a desirable thing to have a mounted Rifle Corps, only +they could not get the horses, and if they could get them, many +would be unable to <a name="page243"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +243</span>keep them, besides which he should object, unless he +wished to see some of them killed, to their mounting +horses. (Loud laughter.) But he might say that, at an +agricultural dinner, where he was the other day, he heard the +farmers express themselves strongly in favour of a mounted force +in the Fleggs and the Island.</p> +<p>Mr. C. J. Palmer suggested that all who wished to support the +corps, either by serving in it or by their subscriptions, should +come forward and put down their names at once. (Hear, +hear.)</p> +<p>The Mayor said he would take down the names of any gentlemen +who wished to join the corps. When they saw who were +willing to join, they might name a committee, and appoint some +gentleman to act as secretary. That being done, the future +conduct of the movement would remain with the committee.</p> +<p>The following gentlemen then gave in their names as members of +the corps:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, M.P., Sir H. Stracey, M.P., +Lieutenant-Colonel Beckham, S. C. Marsh, C. J. Palmer, B. Jay, R. +Ferrier, W. Worship, F. Palmer, F. Worship, W. J. Foreman, W. C. +Reynolds, S. Aldred, Dr. Stephenson, J. H. Orde, G. Harvey, G. +Baker, Rev. J. B. Bampton, H. Teasdel, J. W. Bunn, Captain +Holmes, C. Brown, J. Tomlinson, H. R. Harmer, G. Diver, H. H. +Barber, J. Franklin, E. Fyson, J. B. Stevens, J. Playford, G. B. +Costerton, H. Teasdel, T. P. Burroughs, Ambrose Palmer, A. W. +Morant, Rev. T. Lowe, and J. Clowes.</p> +<p>Mr. R. Ferrier moved that the foregoing be appointed a +committee to carry out the arrangements for establishing the +corps, with power to appoint a sub-committee; and that Colonel +Beckham be requested to act as honorary secretary.</p> +<p>The motion was carried unanimously, and the book containing +the list of names was ordered to be left at the Police-station +during the ensuing week, to give persons desirous of joining the +corps an opportunity of entering their names.</p> +<p>The proceedings then concluded.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>June 8th.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club had held +its first meeting on Breydon Water, and subsequently the members +(who appeared in Club uniform) dined at the Club House (Norfolk +Hotel), when the healths of Colonel Wilson, Commodore; F. Brown, +Esq., Vice-Commodore; Mr. Everitt, of Cove Hall, (father of the +Club); Mr. Scott, Aylsham, and others were duly honoured.</p> +<p><a name="page244"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 244</span>Mr. +Bradnum’s shop at Gorleston had been struck by +lightning.</p> +<p>June 11th.—Mr. Mellor, Q.C., M.P. for Nottingham, had +presented the petition against the return of the M.Ps.</p> +<p>June 15th.—The Mayor and the Town Clerk had had a +serious “difference of opinion,” and the former +gentleman had declined to accept the “<i>amende +honorable</i>” tendered him by the latter.</p> +<p>It was stated that some 60 persons were ready to join the +Rifle Corps.</p> +<p>June 18th.—The paper had opened a branch office at No. +31, King Street, Great Yarmouth, with Mr. Clarke as +correspondent.</p> +<p>Lord Chelmsford, before resigning the seals, had appointed Mr. +Francis Worship, Mr. John Clarke, and Mr. E. P. Youell, +Magistrates for the Borough.</p> +<p>June 22nd.—A meeting had been held at St. George’s +Hall, (Mr. Harrison in the chair), for the purpose of taking +steps to advertise the town.</p> +<p>Forty invalid soldiers had arrived at the Royal Naval +Hospital.</p> +<p>June 29th.—There now appeared to be two petitions lodged +against the return of Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Sir H. J. Stracey, +one signed by Mr. John Clowes (solicitor), and the other by Mr. +Bayly (surgeon) and Mr. Pilgrim (draper).</p> +<p>A meeting of the first Company of Volunteers had been held at +Crowe’s Sale-rooms. This body now numbered 90 men, +the second Company having 56 members. Mr. Dumbleton +occupied the chair, and Mr. Marsh having explained the position +of affairs, the following gentlemen were elected +officers:—Mr. Marsh (captain), and Mr. Foreman (first), Mr. +Brown (second), and Mr. Preston (third) Lieutenants.</p> +<p>July 2nd.—The second Company had met at the Angel. +Major Nesbitt presided, and the following officers were +elected:—Mr. Orde (captain), Mr. E. P. Youell (Lieutenant), +and Mr. J. Tomlinson, jun., (ensign).</p> +<p>There were from 8,000 to 10,000 persons on the Piers, Drive, +&c., on Sunday evening.</p> +<p>July 6th.—Mr. Mellor had given notice that he should +call attention to the state of the Yarmouth Bench of +Magistrates.</p> +<p>The following cricket match had been played on the South +Denes:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="smcap">Mr. Overend’s Side</span>.</p> +</td> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="smcap">Mr. Willis’ Side</span>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Lawry</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Ling</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Jackson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Borlase</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Fenner</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Ellis</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p><a name="page245"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +245</span>Lieutenant Townley</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Larke</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Ablitt</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Clarke</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Overend</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Willis</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Cocks</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Davey</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Edwards</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. T. B. Stevenson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">17</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Baker</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Tewsley</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Dr. Stephenson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Stolworthy</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Wright</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mr. Green</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> Byes</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p> Byes</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> Wides</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p> Wides</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Total</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">41</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Total</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">48</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Afterwards the players dined at the Crown and Anchor +Hotel.</p> +<p>July 16th.—Owing to his altercation with the Town Clerk, +the Mayor declined to attend the meetings of the Council.</p> +<p>July 20th.—One of the petitions against the M.Ps’ +return had been withdrawn.</p> +<p>The Rifle Companies numbered over 200. Mr. Orde’s +Company mustered 80 at their first drill in the Barrack +Square.</p> +<p>There were then on the Parish Books 272 indoor and 1,247 +outdoor paupers, as against 1,134 in the preceding year.</p> +<p>July 27th.—Lieutenant-Colonel Mason had retired from the +command of the East Norfolk Militia.</p> +<p>The Foresters had held a “gala” at the Vauxhall +Gardens.</p> +<p>Aug. 3rd.—A very large number of Speaker’s +Warrants had been issued in connection with the Election +Petition.</p> +<p>Aug. 13th.—Eliza, second daughter of S. C. Marsh, Esq., +had been married to Captain Burke, of the Louth Rifles, at the +Roman Catholic and St. Nicholas’ Churches. The +bridesmaids were Miss Marsh, the Misses Victoria, Louisa and +Emily Marsh and Miss Waters; the bridegroom’s men were +Major Taafe and the officers of the Louth Rifles, and the +carriages of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Kemp, +Mr. and Mrs. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. Walpole, Mr. and +Mrs. Dashwood and others were present on the occasion.</p> +<p>The Donegal Regiment was to succeed the Louth Rifles at +Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Aug. 17th.—The transport “Himalaya” had +brought the former, and taken away the latter regiment; the Louth +Rifles had given a ball on board that ship.</p> +<p>Aug. 20th.—The porch of the Parish Church was being +restored.</p> +<p><a name="page246"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 246</span>There +had been a great deal of rain, but the town was very full of +visitors.</p> +<p>Aug. 24th.—It was reported that the shock of an +earthquake had been felt at Hopton.</p> +<p>One hundred and fifty Horse Artillery had been encamped on the +North Denes.</p> +<p>Mr. Marsh’s Company of Volunteers were to be equipped as +Artillery.</p> +<p>Mr. Orde’s Company had drilled on the South Denes in +public for the first time.</p> +<p>The expenses of the Borough Election had been returned by the +auditor as follows:—Conservatives, £809 15s.; +Liberals, £603 17s. 4d.</p> +<p>Visitors were flocking to the town, and it was supposed that +the standard population had thus been doubled; beds were fetching +the “highest prices.”</p> +<p>The “Prophet Jack” was preaching on the Beach.</p> +<p>Sept. 3rd.—Among the company present at the Races were +Count Batthyany, Lord W. Powlett, the Hon. Harbord Harbord, +Colonel Wilson, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, M.P., and Sir H. J. Stracey, +M.P.</p> +<p>Sept. 7th.—Colonel Henderson had attended at Yarmouth to +report on the proposed Artillery Corps, and had informed the +Mayor and Mr. Marsh that it “would have every encouragement +from the Government.”</p> +<p>William Ingram, a labourer, had been scalded to death in Mr. +Frosdick’s Tanning Copper.</p> +<p>Sept. 10th.—The Magistrates had had another +“warm” discussion on Licensing Day, as to the +granting of new licenses.</p> +<p>There were 400 cases of appeal against the Poor’s Rate +from the St. George’s Ward. The Overseers proposed to +compound up to a rental of £6 10s. per annum.</p> +<p>The Rev. W. Griffiths had been “ordained” at the +King Street Chapel.</p> +<p>Two or three “Dutch schuyts” had visited the +port.</p> +<p>The officers of Mr. Orde’s Company had received their +commissions.</p> +<p>The Donegal Militia had marched out for their first drill on +the Denes under the command of Major Todd.</p> +<p>Sept. 17th.—The 6th annual meeting of the Elocution +Society had been held, Mr. W. Gill in the chair, when Mr. +Lovewell Blake, the Secretary, brought up a favourable report of +the proceedings of the Society.</p> +<p><a name="page247"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 247</span>There +were a great number of Rate appeals from the North Ward.</p> +<p>The Mayor having determined to commit a prisoner named Angel, +(in which course the other Justices did not concur) left the +Bench, and had intimated by letter “That he should not sit +again as a Magistrate.” Next day His Worship again +informed the Bench that he had been misled by Mr. Holt, and that +he should not sit.</p> +<p>Sept. 21st.—Three “gents” having hired a +house in Brandon Terrace, had been victimising the tradesmen.</p> +<p>Sept. 24th.—Two of these persons, who gave the names of +Thomas T. George, and William Arnall, had been before the Bench +and ordered to find two sureties for the peace in £50 each, +themselves being bound for £100 each; subsequently George +was bailed out by his stepfather, a London gentleman, who stated +that the prisoner was an articled clerk in receipt of £200 +a year from his mother.</p> +<p>The North Sea herring voyage was “fairly alive,” +as much as £30 a last having been realised for some of the +fish.</p> +<p>Sept. 28th.—The following were the tenders for the +Ballast dues:—James Pumfrey. £405; D. S. Bayfield, +£375; and Jacob Preston, £600. The late lessee, +Mr. J. H. Harrison, did not send in a tender.</p> +<p>Mr. Preston, however, subsequently threw up his tender, and +the dues were offered to Mr. Smith (an ex-lessee) for £550 +per annum.</p> +<p>There had been a “fine illustration of the Northern +Lights.”</p> +<p>Oct. 1st.—A special meeting of the Council had been held +as to the Ballast question, when Mr. C. C. Aldred stated +“they had been called together through Mr. Preston’s +tomfoolery.”</p> +<p>Captain Marsh and Lieutenant Foreman had received their +commissions, and thereupon taken the oaths before the +Magistrates.</p> +<p>Oct. 5th.—The Revision of the Voters’ Lists had +been proceeded with before Mr. Couch, Mr. W. C. Reynolds +representing the Tories and Mr. Costerton the Liberals. The +latter claimed a gain of four votes as the result of the +proceedings.</p> +<p>Fifty members of the 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers had been +sworn in by B. Fenn, Esq., and were subsequently entertained by +their officers at the Crown and Anchor Hotel.</p> +<p>A Poor’s Rate of 1s. 4d. in the £ (to raise +£3,365 3s.) had been signed.</p> +<p>One Corporal and three Privates of the Donegal Militia had +been heavily fined by the Justices for assaulting Mr. Nall +(printer) and several policemen.</p> +<p><a name="page248"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 248</span>Oct. +22nd.—Lord Claude Hamilton and officers of the Donegal +Militia had entertained the officers of the French steamer +“Galilee.”</p> +<p>Oct. 26th.—The appointment of officers and +non-commissioned officers in the Volunteer Companies had been +made, as follows:—</p> +<p>Artillery Company: Captain: S. C. Marsh; Lieutenant: Foreman; +Sergeant-Major: Franklin; Sergeants: Dumbleton, Moody, and +Stolworthy; Corporals: Suffling, Clarke, and Clements; +Armoury-Sergeant: Offord; Orderly Clerk: Sergeant Crowe.</p> +<p>Rifle Company: Captain: J. H. Orde; Lieutenant: Youell; +Ensign: J. Tomlinson, junr.; Sergeants: Harmer, Bunn, Preston, +and James; Corporals: Dick, Willis, Fellows, and Pearson.</p> +<p>Oct. 29th.—Sixty feet of the Britannia Pier had been +carried away by a vessel during a gale which prevailed on the +coast.</p> +<p>Mr. Chapman had retired from the representation of the Regent +Ward.</p> +<p>Nov. 2nd.—The “Shipping Interest” was in a +distressed state.</p> +<p>The Herring Fishing was going on satisfactorily, £15 per +last being given for fish.</p> +<p>Nov. 5th.—Five wards had been contested. In the +<i>Regent Ward</i> Mr. S. B. Cory beating Mr. F. Palmer by one +vote. The following were the Councillors +elected:—<i>North</i>: W. N. Burroughs and H. +Boulter. <i>Market</i>: C. C. Aldred and F. Worship. +<i>Regent</i>: S. C. Marsh and S. B. Cory. <i>St. +George</i>: J. G. Plummer and J. C. Smith. <i>Nelson</i>: +G. D. Palmer and C. E. Bartram. <i>Gorleston</i>: E. H. L. +Preston and H. Teasdel.</p> +<p>Among the company present at a Ball held at the Town Hall, +were—The Mayor and Miss Steward, Lieut.-Colonel Lord +Hamilton, M.P., and Lady Hamilton, the Hon. Harbord Harbord, Sir +H. Stracey, Bart., M.P., and Lady Stracey, Lady Plumridge, Mr. +and Mrs. I. Preston and the Misses Preston, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. +Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. A. Steward, +and the Misses Steward, Captain and Mrs. Marsh, Captain J. H. +Orde, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, Dr. Smith, Mr. +Tilson, &c.</p> +<p>Herring was making from £18 to £20 per last.</p> +<p>Bribery had been practised (it was stated) in the Regent Ward, +“to a disgraceful extent.”</p> +<p>A drinking fountain was being erected at the north end of the +Town Hall.</p> +<p>On Tuesday, the gale which had commenced on the previous +Tuesday abated, and the weather since that day, had continued to +improve.</p> +<p><a name="page249"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 249</span>The +Regatta Committee Accounts showed a balance in hand of about +£60.</p> +<p>Nov. 12th.—At the Council Meeting, Mr. R. Ferrier +proposed, and Mr. Nightingale seconded, Mr. William Worship as +Mayor, and he was unanimously elected to that office.</p> +<p>The retiring Aldermen were Messrs. T. Bunn, G. S. Shingles, W. +C. Reynolds, J. G. Rivett, I. Shuckford, and E. P. Youell, the +following Aldermen were elected:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., +M.P., T. Bunn, G. S. Shingles, I. Shuckford, E. P. Youell, and R. +Purdy.</p> +<p>Nov. 16th.—Owing to the damage sustained by the +structure, it had been determined to shorten the Britannia Pier +by about 100 feet.</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">“ON ALDERMANIC SIXES.”</span></p> +<p>“At Norwich, Tories loud complain,<br /> + ’Cause Liberals are elected;<br /> +At Yarmouth, he’s alleged <i>insane</i><br /> + Who growls that they’re rejected.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Nov. 23rd.—The Municipal Elections on November 21st had +been held as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. C. Reynolds</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">110</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Frederick Palmer</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">77</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Mr. Richmond elected without opposition.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Nov. 26th.—A dinner had been held at the Town Hall in +honour of R. Steward, Esq., the ex-Mayor. Sir E. H. K. +Lacon presided, and C. J. Palmer and J. B. Hylton occupied the +vice-chairs.</p> +<p>It was proposed to raise, by shares, £8,000 for the +purpose of building Assembly-rooms on the Marine Drive.</p> +<p>Nov. 30th.—The Rifle Company had met “in full +dress at the Victoria-gardens,” mustering between 80 and 90 +strong on this occasion.</p> +<p>Dec. 3rd.—The foundation-stone of the +“Wherryman’s Church” had been laid by W. +Worship, Esq., the Mayor.</p> +<p>The Mayor had presented rich window hangings and carpets to +the Town Hall.</p> +<p>Dec. 7th.—It was proposed to form a second Company of +Artillery Volunteers.</p> +<p>The Rifle Corps had dined at the Corn Hall, when Captain Orde +presided, and the Mayor, Lord C. Hamilton, Captain Marsh, +Lieutenant Foreman, and Dr. Stephenson (1st N.A.V.), had been +present.</p> +<p><a name="page250"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 250</span>Dec. +17th.—At the Mayor’s Inaugural Dinner, 150 gentlemen +had attended, the Volunteer Officers appearing in full +uniform. The following took part in the after-dinner +proceedings:—The Mayor, Lord C. Hamilton, Rev. H. Nevill, +Lord Sondes, Mr. E. Howes, M.P., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., +Stracey, Bart., M.P., the Recorder, (Mr. N. Palmer), Captain +Orde, Captain Marsh, Mr. F. Worship, the Town Clerk, Mr. R. +Ferrier, and Captain Donelly.</p> +<p>Mr. E. R. Palmer had offered a prize of £3 3s., to be +shot for by the 1st N.A.V.</p> +<p>The Mayor had presented £50 to the District Visiting +Society.</p> +<p>About 100 Rate Summonses had been issued.</p> +<p>Dec. 21st.—The Rifle Volunteers had attended St. +Nicholas’ Church on Sunday in uniform.</p> +<p>The Magistrates were discussing the question as to who was +entitled, in the absence of the Mayor, to the chair at the Petty +Sessions.</p> +<p>Dec. 24th.—The Rev. F. W. Johnson, Minister of St. +John’s, had died in London somewhat suddenly.</p> +<h3>1860.</h3> +<p>Jan. 4th.—The Artillery Company had secured the services +of a band, and armed the trumpeters “with +swords.”</p> +<p>Several herring boats had again proceeded to sea.</p> +<p>Jan. 7th.—Mr. Hulley and Sergeant Cattermole were +playing in the N.A.V. Band.</p> +<p>Jan. 11th.—The “canard” that one of the +M.Ps. intended to retire was denied.</p> +<p>Petitions were being largely signed in favour of marriage with +a deceased wife’s sister.</p> +<p>About 30 gentlemen had attended the dinner of the Amicable +Shipping Club, including Mr. Gourlay (who presided), the Mayor, +Mr. R. Hammond, Mr. Burroughs, Mr. Martin, &c.</p> +<p>Jan. 14th.—It was stated that Mr. French (whose smacks +had been sold under a deed of assignment) had lost his +wife’s stays, in which a sum of £400 was sewn up, and +that the reward offered was £50 or £100.</p> +<p>Jan. 18th.—The daughter of Mr. R. Guthrie (aged 6 years) +had been run over by a cart.</p> +<p>Mr. Bowgin’s house at Southtown had been broken into and +several articles stolen therefrom.</p> +<p><a name="page251"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 251</span>Court +“Bear of the Forest,” 3187, had celebrated its first +anniversary at the Bear Inn, Southtown. Fifty members sat +down to dinner, Bros. Mitchell and Palmer occupying the chair and +vice-chair respectively.</p> +<p>Several houses had been broken into by thieves.</p> +<p>Jan. 25th.—The Rev. H. Nevill had “politely +requested” well dressed persons not to frequent the +Beachman’s Church.</p> +<p>“Ghosts” were said to haunt Southtown, and had +specially amazed one Macdonald, an engine cleaner at the +Southtown Station.</p> +<p>Jan. 28th.—The following further appointments had been +made in the N.A.V.:—Corporal: W. Marsh. Bombardiers: +Rees, J. Fish, J. Taylor, and J. Myhill. Acting ditto.: J. +Bartram, R. Dumbleton, T. W. Larke, and W. Hunt.</p> +<p>Feb. 4th.—At a meeting of the N.A.V., held at the +Victoria Gardens, Lieut. Foreman and Gunner Morant were +recommended to the Lord Lieutenant as Captain and Lieutenant of +the second Battery which it was proposed to raise.</p> +<p>The Donegal Militia had given an entertainment at the Town +Hall from 2.30 to 6.30 o’clock; the Band attended, and the +company enjoyed a dance.</p> +<p>A second Company of Volunteers was being raised.</p> +<p>Bro. W. Wright had been installed W.M. of Lodge +“Friendship.”</p> +<p>Feb. 8th.—It was supposed that the Prince of Orange was +likely to become the husband of the Princess Alice.</p> +<p>Wild rifle practice was being indulged in at Cobholm Island +and other parts of the town, to the danger of the +inhabitants.</p> +<p>Feb. 11th.—W. Rising, Esq. had presided at the annual +Market Dinner at the White Horse, when Mr. Mortlock Lacon had +repudiated the suggestion that Sir Edmund intended to retire from +the representation of the town.</p> +<p>The Medical Staff of the Military Hospital had given a ball to +120 guests at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>Mr. C. Melly had erected a drinking fountain in front of the +Port Dues Office.</p> +<p>“Tom Sayers” was reported to be about to spend +three weeks in the town previous to his “set to” with +Heenan, the American.</p> +<p>Feb. 15th.—W. Worship, Esq., (Mayor and Chairman of the +Board of Guardians) had given a treat to 293 inmates of the +Workhouse.</p> +<p>Feb. 18th.—An amateur performance had been given at the +Theatre in aid of the Hospital. In the first piece <i>Used +Up</i>, Captain Hayes, Mr. <a name="page252"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 252</span>Robert Harmer, Dr. Kingdom, +Sergeant-Major Greaves, Captain Darcus, J. McCormick, Esq., +Ensign Lecky and two professional ladies appeared. Sergeant +Bonner then danced an Irish jig, after which the <i>Irish +Attorney</i> was given, in which the parts of the Attorney and +Hawk were taken by Mr. Courtenay and Mr. Burton Steward, and the +performance terminated with <i>Done on both sides</i>. +About £25 was thus realised for the charity.</p> +<p>There had been a “great fire” on the Middle Market +Road.</p> +<p>Many persons who had promised to subscribe to the +“Petition Fund” were “backing out.”</p> +<p>E. P. Youell, Esq., was to be Captain of the 2nd Company of +Rifle Volunteers.</p> +<p>On Valentine’s Day the ladies took great advantage of +the fact of its being “Leap Year” in sending these +missives to the gentlemen.</p> +<p>Feb. 22nd.—The Donegal Militia had given a second +afternoon dance at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>Mr. T. M. Read had been elected second Lieutenant in the +N.A.V.</p> +<p>“Monday was Cock (antique) or Orange Fair, when the +Market Place was thronged by the usual ‘fair’ +attractions.”</p> +<p>March 3rd.—“A most violent and destructive +hurricane” had visited the town and country.</p> +<p>The petition had been heard, and the members retained their +seats, which news had caused great rejoicing amongst the Tories, +while “the money” question was likely to cause some +trouble to the petitioners.</p> +<p>Captain Foreman and Lieutenant Morant had been gazetted to the +first N.A.V.</p> +<p>The following had been elected officers of the second Company +of Rifles:—Captain, Mr. Youell; Lieutenant, Mr. Harmer; +Ensign, Mr. E. Preston.</p> +<p>An untanned leather bag, containing 70 coins of the reign of +Henry VIII. had been found on the Beach after a great thickness +of sand had been blown away by the late westerly gale.</p> +<p>March 10th.—Lieutenant Read and 70 members of the N.A.V. +had escorted Captain Marsh, Captain Foreman, Lieutenant Morant, +and Dr. Stephenson to the Railway Station on their proceeding to +the Leveè; the other officers then present were Captain +Orde, Lieutenant Youell, Ensign Tomlinson, and Surgeon Frederick +Palmer, of the Rifles.</p> +<p>March 24th.—The “Donegals” had celebrated +St. Patrick’s Day, beginning at five o’clock in the +morning. In the afternoon the Officers <a +name="page253"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 253</span>gave +another dance at the Town Hall and entertained a numerous party +of friends at their mess at the Southtown Barracks.</p> +<p>April 7th.—Mr. J. Lee-Barber had been elected a Second +Lieutenant in the N.A.V.</p> +<p>In the Rifle Corps, Corporals Dick and Pearson and Privates +Barber and Cobb had been elected Sergeants.</p> +<p>April 11th.—On Good Friday both Volunteer Corps had +“fraternised” and drilled together on the Denes; it +was estimated that on this occasion, which was the first +“turn out” of the kind, from 8,000 to 10,000 +spectators, including Sir E. Lacon, M.P., Captain Holmes, Major +Todd, and many ladies and gentlemen, were present.</p> +<p>April 14th.—There had been a grand Conservative banquet +at the Theatre, at which 350 persons were present. Mr. R. +Dumbleton occupied the chair, and was supported by Sir E. Lacon, +Bart., M.P., Sir H. Stracey, Bart., M.P., the Mayor (W. Worship, +Esq.), F. Worship, C. Cory, and C. J. Palmer, Esqs., Captain +Marsh, Captain Mansfield, and Officers of the Donegal Militia and +others; Mr. W. Wright and Mr. R. Breeze occupied the vice-chairs; +Mr. Franklin catered for the party.</p> +<p>Messrs. Steward and Aldred had been re-elected Churchwardens +by the Vestry.</p> +<p>April 25th.—The following Volunteer officers had been +entertained at the Donegal Mess:—Captain Marsh, Lieutenants +Burton Steward, A. W. Morant, John Lee Barber, and T. M. Read, +and Dr. Stephenson (1st N.A.V.), and Captain Youell, Lieutenants +Tomlinson, and Harmer, Ensigns Preston and Brown, and Surgeon +Frederick Palmer (4th N.R.V.).</p> +<p>April 28th.—Great complaint was made as to the mode of +levying the Poor’s Rate.</p> +<p>In the Divorce Court, James Cherry, Esq., had obtained a +decree for the restitution of conjugal rites against his wife, +who was entitled to the income derived from a sum of +£8,000.</p> +<p>May 5th.—The Mayor had given a grand Ball at the Town +Hall, when dancing was kept up until four o’clock in the +morning.</p> +<p>The E.N.M. had been inspected on the Denes by Major-General +Douglas. The Rifle Volunteers were also on the ground.</p> +<p>Bro. Hanworth, Secretary of the “Good Samaritan” +Lodge, M.U.O.F., had been presented with an ornamental silver +inkstand.</p> +<p>May 9th.—A Ball “of a very elegant +character” had taken place at the Town Hall.</p> +<p><a name="page254"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 254</span>The +E.N.M. had been disembodied, when “many of the men +celebrated the event by getting drunk.”</p> +<p>The 1st N.A.V. had received 19,000 cartridges and 23,000 +percussion caps.</p> +<p>A fine porpoise had been gambolling in the river, near the +Haven Bridge.</p> +<p>May 16th.—The first lot of mackerel (300 fish) had been +landed, and realised £4 per hundred.</p> +<p>May 23rd.—On the Queen’s Birthday, the 1st N.A.V. +had fired a salute from the South Star Battery.</p> +<p>There was a scarcity of labour in the town.</p> +<p>May 26th.—The “launching foy” of the +“Caroline” had been held in the Town Hall (this +vessel had been launched from Powell’s yard, after being +repaired at the expense of £5,000.)</p> +<p>May 30th.—From 40 to 50 lives had been lost off Yarmouth +in a “fearful hurricane,” during which one of the +pinnacles had been blown off St. Peter’s Church and damage +done to the fabric to the extent of some £200.</p> +<p>June 2nd.—Sixty recruits were drilling for the Rifle +Corps.</p> +<p>Mr. Watkin had addressed a “Reform” meeting at the +Corn Hall.</p> +<p>The Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton had confirmed 50 +children and adults at St. Mary’s Church, Regent Road.</p> +<p>June 7th.—It was now stated that eleven fishing luggers +had been lost with all hands.</p> +<p>Twelve fishermen out of the village of Horsey alone had been +drowned.</p> +<p>The 1st. N.A.V. were forming a 3rd Company, of which +Lieutenant Lee-Barber was to be Captain, Mr. Trafford 1st +Lieutenant, and Mr. Green 2nd Lieutenant.</p> +<p>June 13th.—Fayerman (one of the witnesses at the hearing +of the Election Petition) had been charged by Sir E. Lacon with +perjury, while arising out of this charge actions for slander +were being brought against that gentleman by some aggrieved +“Blues.”</p> +<p>June 16th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall to +raise a fund for the relief of the widows and children of the +fishermen lost in the recent gales. About £500 was +raised in the room.</p> +<p>June 20th.—The Mackerel voyage was only a +“moderate success.” This fish was making 36s., +and herring 12s. 6d., per hundred.</p> +<p>June 23rd.—Henry Fayerman had been committed for trial +on a charge of perjury.</p> +<p><a name="page255"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 255</span>The +Rifle Volunteers had shown themselves “remarkably well +instructed in the theory and practice of the rifle.”</p> +<p>£2,240 had been raised for the families of the drowned +fishermen.</p> +<p>“The actions against Sir E. Lacon for libelling the +Liberal Committee had been postponed to next term.”</p> +<p>July 4th contains the following account of the</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">VISIT OF THE CHANNEL FLEET.</span></p> +<p>The Channel Fleet has at length visited our Roads, much to the +gratification of thousands of the Queen’s lieges, as well +as to the galling disappointment of thousands of the same +excellent body. The squadron came in in the open day, clear +to the gaze of multitudes, but disappeared like a majestic +phantom in the night. A little more than a week ago we were +informed that the Channel Fleet had, after an anchorage of +sixteen days in St. Margaret’s Hope, Frith of Forth, left +its moorings under canvas, with auxiliary steam power, and +proceeded down the Frith and out to sea, destined for the +Yarmouth Roads. As we stated in our last impression, the +consequence of that information being diffused was to put all the +speculators and quidnuncs of the town and neighbourhood on the +alert. Leaving St. Margaret’s Hope on the Saturday, +the fleet would certainly, it was argued, be here on the Tuesday, +on which day the Marine Parade and the Beach were literally +swarmed with expectant people, whose glasses were searching the +waters in every direction; but, owing either to the perversity of +Admiral Neptune, the weather office, or the Vice-Admiral in +command (who is admitted by everyone to be a pleasant and +courteous gentleman), the fleet did not arrive. Much +disappointment and innumerable prophecies followed, and while +some knowing individuals averred positively, and “on +undoubted authority” that the fleet had passed and would +not come in here, others were equally confident, on the strength +of telegrams and “unquestionable information,” that +the great ships would be seen, on the “next +flood.” As, however, they put in no appearance up to +Friday evening, the conviction that they had omitted us began to +be pretty general, especially when “undoubted +authority” satisfied us that the squadron had been seen +some distance to the south of this port, namely, in the +Wold. A few persons held out, notwithstanding their belief +that the ships would visit us, and were stirring early on +Saturday morning to catch the latest intelligence, when lo! the +rumour spread that the fleet was in sight. People began +hurrying to the Beach, which, between 8 and 10 o’clock a.m. +presented, as to throng and bustle, an appearance equal to that +of <a name="page256"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +256</span>Tuesday, with the single exception that the fair sex +had not had time to put on the gay attire in which they looked so +well on that day. As the Royal Albert, three decker, flag +ship of Vice-Admiral Freemantle, came in sight, the cry was, +“There they are!” and as the magnificent vessel +steamed up into the gat there appeared something so triumphant +and majestic in her appearance as to make every one who saw her +feel proud of the “wooden walls,” which have so long +defied all the enemies of Old England. Britannia from the +top of the lofty pedestal in front of the gatway might look down +with pride upon the splendid ship which marched in stately +grandeur “o’er the mountain waves.” The +Royal Albert was seen to be followed by a long dark line of +smoke, and every few minutes other great ships came in sight +moving apparently with ease and controllable but irresistible +force. As the flagship came through the gat of St. +Nicholas, the dense masses of people who lined the shore +expressed in a variety of forms their admiration of the +dimensions and commanding aspect of this great three +decker. The seafaring people looked at the matter with a +professional eye, and amongst them might frequently be heard such +expressions as “Old Rounce (the Gorleston pilot) is +bringing her in stunnin!” On came the great +ship,—as gracefully and as gently as a swan would move upon +the surface of an untroubled lake,—until she was +surprisingly near the shore for a ship of her size. She +then glided round in a most beautiful manner, as if looking for +the best place to drop her anchor, a point which was soon +decided, when it was found that she was in about an exact line +with the Victoria Hotel. The sight in the gatway had now +become grand in the extreme, as all the line of battle ships were +in sight, moving majestically forward by the aid of power unseen, +while the flagship was actively engaged in signalling to the +various ships as they came up as to the respective positions they +were to take. The ships seemed to be managed with perfect +ease, and could be turned or moved in any direction with +surprising celerity. The scene while they were taking up +their positions and dropping their anchors was beautiful and will +not soon be forgotten by those who saw it.</p> +<p>The Locust, steam tender, had arrived in the Roads previously, +and the ships that arrived with the Royal Albert, which has 121 +guns, and carries 1,100 men, were the Edgar, 91, flagship of the +Rear-Admiral Erskine, the Mersey frigate, 40; the Donegal, 101; +the Trafalgar, 91; the Conqueror, the Centurion, the Mars, the +Diadem, the Algiers, the Aboukir, and the Greyhound corvette, 17, +acting as tender to the Royal <a name="page257"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 257</span>Albert. The fleet anchored in +two lines, and presented a most gratifying spectacle to the +inhabitants, who felt what a security it must be in a time of +war, while at the same time they could not refrain from +reflecting on the terrible havoc that must be committed were +those quiet-looking ships to unbosom their thunders, and vent +their indignation upon the town for a space of about five +minutes. Soon after the Vice-Admiral’s flag ship had +anchored, the Volunteer Artillery fired a salute of 15 guns, but +owing to the regulations of the service, the ship was precluded +from returning the compliment. The band of the Artillery +subsequently played on the Drive, and gave a festive character to +the morning. Reports rapidly got afloat as to how long the +fleet would stay, some contending that it would not go till +Wednesday, as the Admiral and officers had accepted an invitation +to a ball which the Mayor purposed giving at the Town Hall on +Tuesday evening; while, on the other hand, it was asserted that +the fleet would depart in the course of the night, as during the +day they received five or six despatches from the Admiralty, and +thus disappoint the thousands who it was expected would come into +the town by rail on Sunday. Neither of the predictions +turned out to be true. Had the ships not been detained at +sea by the contrary winds, which caused them to keep steam up +even to the last, they would have been here for four or five +days. Before coming in they had for two or three days been +within 60 miles of us, trying to reach here with their sails +alone. They had not been long at anchor before sundry +mariners and bare-footed frolicsome and reckless tars, were seen +ashore, lugging away immense baskets of fresh bread, butter, +&c., and diversifying this duty by fraternising with as many +of the girlhood of the place as they happened to come in contact +with. The Blue Jackets are decided favourites ashore, and +few people seem disposed to prevent them doing as they +please. It would give great satisfaction to the inhabitants +of this town, if, in their annual cruises, the Channel Squadron +would occasionally drop in here, for we are sure that their +present visit, besides being advantageous to the town, will +obtain many seamen; for who would wander about in a rotten and +miserable old collier when he might lead a worthy and a jolly +life amongst excellent fellows, on board a floating tower and +mansion equal to the most convenient and best regulated +establishments ashore? It is a long time since a fleet was +seen in our Roads, although there is probably no point upon the +coast where so much shipping passes as this. The last fleet +that was in the Roads was in 1810, under the command of Admiral +Somers, whose flagship was the Victory <a +name="page258"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +258</span>(Nelson’s old ship), and that fleet passed here +on its way to the Baltic, the ports of which it was going to +blockade. There were then in the fleet besides the +Admiral’s ship of 98 guns, the Formidable, 98; the St. +George, 98; the Dreadnought, 98, now a hospital ship, and a +number of 74’s, making together fourteen sail, some of +which were with Admiral Sir John Ross, at the blockade of +Dantzic, in 1812 (and frozen up there in 1813). In 1801, +Nelson was in here on his way to Copenhagen, and in 1807, Admiral +Gambier’s fleet was bound for the same place, and sailing +hence fetched in the ships and stores of the Danes. In the +time of those fleets, the North Sea and Baltic Pilots of this +port were of great service—a class of men of whom, we +believe, only one remains. His name is Richard Webb. +He was frozen up in the Baltic in 1812, while acting as pilot +(wintered there during the burning of Moscow), and was altogether +engaged for 15 years in piloting government vessels in the wars +of that time, important services for which the old boy alleges he +has received nothing but unfulfilled promises from the +“great guns” aloft. One would think that an old +sailor who had served in the “battle and the breeze” +for so long a period, and in such momentous times, ought to have +received some substantial recognition of his services.</p> +<p>The fleet and the officers and men from it who came ashore +during the day have been closely scrutinized and gazed at, +parties having been on board the flagship, it became a question +of interest as to what they would do at night. At sunset a +gun was fired from the Admiral’s ship, at the sound of +which, as if by magic, the flags dropped from the stern of every +vessel at the same instant, though the topyards did not go down +as was expected. That was about half-past eight +o’clock, and at nine bang went another gun from the +Admiral’s ship followed by the rattle of musketry on board +the others, and seamen said, ‘There’s the old Admiral +a-fallen down the main hatchway,’ that being the correct +nautical form of indicating that the hands were ordered to +‘turn in.’ At about the same time lights were +shown in front and at the sterns of the ships, producing a +brilliant and lively spectacle, taken in conjunction with the +hundreds of lights on small craft lying at anchor, and as shown +by the screw colliers which were ever and anon passing through +the fleet and flowing out dark volumes of smoke. With +Saturday Mr. Swann’s contract to supply beef at 4½d. +per lb., luckily for him, expired, and he agreed, we believe, to +execute the orders of the fleet at 6½d.</p> +<p>Sunday morning, as had been anticipated by the Yarmouth +innkeepers and others, brought an immense number of people into +the town, the <a name="page259"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +259</span>trains from Norwich being very lengthy. The +weather was fine, and as the fleet still remained in the Roads, +there was every prospect of enjoyment. As the excursionists +came into the town they proceeded, after refreshing the inner man +at the earliest opportunity, either to the beach or on board the +three steamers of Fill and Co. (Chesapeake, Volunteer and +Florence Nightingale), which were ready, as soon as filled, to +start for a journey round the fleet. The Chesapeake was the +first to start, and as she steamed down the harbour the +excursionists had a good view of the quays and shipping, and also +of the hamlet of Gorleston. As soon as the bar was crossed, +the great ships were all plainly visible, their sides bristling +with guns, and alive with seamen, who, on the visitors +approaching, exchanged a few friendly shouts with them. +From the middle of the two lines in which they were moored, the +ships had a noble and awe-inspiring effect upon those who had not +before seen such wonders of the sea—they were, in fact, so +many towers of strength filled with dauntless warriors. The +Mersey, the smartest, the swiftest, and most powerful frigate of +the fleet, was greatly admired, as was also the Royal Albert, and +many thought—</p> +<p>“How proud must be our Admiral<br /> +Of such a bonny barque.”</p> +<p>Officers and men were at nearly all parts of the ship, and +cordially invited the excursionists to go on board, an offer +which the steamer declined, out of regard to the safety of the +passengers. Small pleasure boats from the beach, however, +were running to the fleet in large numbers, cutting and plunging +through the sea that might have made some persons timid. +The steamers disembarked their freight at the Britannia Pier +(which found Sunday the most prosperous day of its existence) and +continued throughout the day to run to and from that Pier without +intermission. Indeed, in the afternoon the Britannia Pier, +which was crowded almost from end to end, presented a remarkable +spectacle. The beef, potatoes, and greens for the fleet +were brought to the pier-head in carts, and were stacked for +conveyance to the ships in the ships’ boats. The +sailors, amongst whom was the usual per centage of black fellows, +tossed the beef and cabbages into the boats in a manner not at +all ceremonious, and one quarter to a certainty, though some say +three or four, was pitched into Davey Jones’s locker. +This scene of conveying away the carcases of about 60 bullocks +(so the number was stated, though we think over the mark), of a +few sheep, and goodness only knows how many cabbages and loaves, +was very interesting to the public, and kept the pier <a +name="page260"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 260</span>crowded +with spectators till six or seven o’clock. There was +in the afternoon and evening the largest assemblage of people on +the parade and beach that the oldest inhabitant remembers to have +seen in the town, and it was not till a late hour that the last +disappeared. The effect of so many strangers being in the +town was to effect an entire demolition of most of the eatable +stores in the hands of the innkeepers; and it is sufficient to +say that a great thirst prevailed. The Jacks and officers +who were ashore in some force in the afternoon preferred +wandering into the town and outskirts; and the former, who as a +rule were shoeless, seemed to pick up a good deal of fun. +Besides the usual mode of conveyance of pouring in visitors, we +observed several original vehicles from the country arrive in the +afternoon, laden to excess and to the evident inconvenience of +the passengers. The day passed off so well that the +majority of the inhabitants retired, hoping, we have no doubt, +that the Channel Fleet might remain a week. Sinister +rumours, however, were at work, and some fears were secretly +entertained. Great bags of letters had been taken from and +sent to the Post Office, and report was that despatches had been +received ordering the fleet off to Spithead at once.</p> +<p>When the general bulk of the population awoke on Monday +morning, alas! the fleet—with the exception of the Mars, +which had lost an anchor and was waiting to endeavour to regain +it—were off! They left us between five and six +o’clock; and many have a firm opinion that the Mars was +detained by some Providential influence, so that the thousands of +excursionists who came in on Monday, in the hope of seeing the +Channel Fleet, might not be utterly disappointed. May a +British Fleet honour us again with its presence, at the earliest +opportunity.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>The following Commissions had been issued:—“Great +Yarmouth Rifle Volunteer Corps—Frederick Palmer, Esq., to +be Surgeon; Henry Ralph Nevill to be Hon. Chaplain.”</p> +<p>The trident had been struck by lightning from the hand of +Britannia on the Nelson Column.</p> +<p>July 7th.—The “Good Samaritan” Lodge, +M.U.O.F., had voted £5 5s. to the Fishermen’s +Fund.</p> +<p>Mr. Job Smith had presided at a Working Man’s Reform +Meeting, held in Crowe’s Assembly Rooms.</p> +<p>July 21st.—The Fisherman’s Widows and +Orphans’ Fund exceeded £7,300.</p> +<p>The new building for the Sailors’ Home was progressing +rapidly.</p> +<p><a name="page261"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +261</span>“The hot weather had brought large numbers of +excursionists to the sea-side.”</p> +<p>July 25th.—The Donegal Militia had left the town for +Ireland, where they were to be disembodied.</p> +<p>Aug. 1st.—“Benjamin Hollis, a fine young man +belonging to the Artillery Volunteers,” had been buried +with Military honours.</p> +<p>Aug. 4th.—The 3rd and 4th Companies of the Rifle +Volunteers had appeared for the first time in uniform.</p> +<p>A “young lady about twenty years of age had +disappeared” at the same time as the Militia left the +town.</p> +<p>Aug. 8th.—At the Water Frolic the “Iris” won +the cutter match, and the “Enchantress” the latteen +match.</p> +<p>“A reward of £100 had been offered for the +apprehension of John D. Chapman, late of this town.”</p> +<p>At the Regatta the following had been the result of the +matches:—</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">FIRST GLASS YAWLS.</span></p> +<p>A Purse of £30, to be sailed for by yawls from all +parts; of not less than 45 feet in length, manned by the beachmen +engaged in saving life from shipwreck. First prize, +£15; second, £10; third, £5. No entrance +fee. The first yawl to pay £1, the second 15s., and +the third 7s. 6d. to the Regatta Fund.</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Queen Victoria, Yarmouth</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Eclipse, Lowestoft</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Gipsy Queen, Winterton</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>A Purse of £50, to be sailed for by Yachts belonging to +any Royal Yacht Club in Great Britain, above 20 tons and not +exceeding 50 tons register. No restrictions as to sails or +men. The winner to pay five guineas to the second +yacht.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Belvidere, (T. M. Read,) Yarmouth</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Kestrel, (W. Butcher), Norwich</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">SECOND CLASS YAWLS.</span></p> +</blockquote> +<p>A purse of £20, to be sailed for by yawls from all +parts, of not more than 45 feet in length, manned by +beachmen. First prize, £12; second prize, £5; +third prize, £3. First yawl to pay £1, second +yawl 10s., third yawl 5s. to the Regatta Fund.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Good Tidings, California</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Volunteer, Yarmouth</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Flying Fish, ditto</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page262"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 262</span>A +Rowing Match for £15, by six-oared gigs, single banked, +from any part. To be contended for in heats. Four to +start or no race. No entrance fee. First boat to +receive £8; second boat, £5; third boat, £2; +manned by those who usually work as beachmen.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Shooting Star, Winterton</p> +</td> +<td><p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Champion, Yarmouth</p> +</td> +<td><p>2</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Quebec, Pakefield</p> +</td> +<td><p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Some more rowing by ships’ boats, sculling, and a duck +hunt brought the programme to a close.</p> +<p>The following were among the persons present at the Regatta +Ball:—The Mayor, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Lady +Plumridge, Miss Plumridge, Lieut.-Colonel Astley, Major and Mrs. +Rushbrooke, Major Penrice, Miss Penrice, Captain the Hon. R. +Harbord, Count Melchoir de Weazle, Captain Longe, Mr. Stracey, +Mr. Bedingfield, Mr. and Mrs. A. Steward and the Misses Steward, +Mrs. F. Steward, Mr. and Mrs. Postle, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, Mr. +Waters and the Misses Waters, Captain and Mrs. Wynyard, Major +Wodehouse, the Rev. G. Hawes and the Misses Hawes, Mrs. Patridge, +Mr. Molyneux Steel, Mr. D’Eye, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, +Mrs. Mends, Miss Pearson, Miss Hubbard, Mrs. Foster, Miss Foster, +Miss Gwynn, the Misses Cubitt, Mr. E. Frere, Mr. and Mrs. Orde, +Captain and Mrs. Ives, Miss Lennard, Captain Jervoise, +&c.</p> +<p>Aug. 22nd.—The E.N.M. (which had been embodied since the +5th April, 1857) had been disembodied.</p> +<p>Gipsies “infested the Beach” to the annoyance of +the public.</p> +<p>Aug. 25th.—The N.A.M. had been disembodied at +Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Sept. 1st.—Only 58 persons had attended the Race Ball, +among whom were the Mayor, the Hon. H. Harbord, Captain +Bedingfield, Captain Holmes, Mr. Orde, Mr. Marsh, Mr. Palmer, +&c.</p> +<p>Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge had inspected the Rifle +Volunteers.</p> +<p>Sept. 5th.—The Rifle Corps was holding its first prize +shooting matches on the North Denes, the E.N.M. Band being on the +ground and playing during the firing. Mr. Fenner had won +the Borough Members’ Prize, having at the 500 yards scored +8 against Lieutenant Brown’s 6 points.</p> +<p>A hare had been hunted from the South Denes by “men, +dogs, and boys” to Adam and Eve Gardens, and had been +“transferred to a bake office before 12 +o’clock.”</p> +<p><a name="page263"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 263</span>A +roulette table had been an attraction in the town, and several +gentlemen had “dropped” their money at that game.</p> +<p>Sept. 18th.—The following had been the result of the +Prize Shooting:—</p> +<p>1.—Borough Members’ Prize of £10, shot for +at ranges of 300, 400, and 500 yards. Winner, Fenner.</p> +<p>2.—Officers’ Cup, value £5, shot for at +ranges of 200 and 300 yards. Winner, Davis.</p> +<p>3.—A “Turner” Rifle, presented by Major +Orde, shot for at ranges of 500 and 600 yards, for which Pearson +and Leman tied, upon shooting off Leman was the winner.</p> +<p>4.—Ladies’ Challenge Cup, value £35, shot +for at ranges of 650, 700, 800, and 900 yards, the firing for +which was not concluded, but Boreham and Boulton had the highest +scores in this contest.</p> +<p>Sept. 12th.—The Prize Shooting had been completed by Mr. +Bly, (ironmonger) making 12 points out of 20 shots, 5 at each of +the distances of 650, 700, 800, and 900 yards, in the Challenge +Cup competition, and he was declared to be the winner, and the +champion shot of the corps.</p> +<p>The pugilist Mace was training at Yarmouth previous to his +fighting Bob Brettle.</p> +<p>Sept. 19th.—The prizes had been presented to the several +winners in the recent Rifle Corps Competition by the Mayor at the +Town Hall, when amongst those present were Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Lady and Miss Lacon, Major and Mrs. Orde, Captain Holmes, the +Officers of the Rifle Corps, Major Todd, E. R. Palmer, Esq., +Captain Jervoise, C. C. Aldred, Esq., Rev. M. Waters, C. J. +Palmer, Esq., &c., &c.</p> +<p>After this, the Mayor invited those present to dance, himself +leading off with Lady Lacon.</p> +<p>Mr. E. R. Aldred had supplied the cups, and champion’s +medal.</p> +<p>The Volunteer Artillery had appeared in “busbies” +for the first time.</p> +<p>Sept. 22nd.—The Yarmouth Volunteers had attended the +Review of the County Corps held on Mousehold Heath, Norwich, by +the Lord Lieutenant, who was accompanied by Major-General Wood, +Lord Suffield, Colonel Astley, and the Hon. Harbord Harbord as +aides-de-camp, and a brilliant staff. The Yarmouth Rifles +numbered 1 Field Officer, 4 Captains, 4 Lieutenants, and 4 +Ensigns, 1 Staff Officer, 11 Sergeants, 4 Drummers, and 172 +Privates, total 201. The total <a name="page264"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 264</span>number of Volunteers on the field +being between 1,100 and 1,200. The spectators are stated to +have said as the Volunteers marched past—“These with +the Hussar hats on are the Yarmouth Artillery,” and +“These are the Yarmouth Rifles—well done +Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>Sept. 26th.—The number of the Volunteer Artillery +present at the Review was stated to have been 156.</p> +<p>Herring was selling at from £23 to £30 per +last.</p> +<p>Sept. 29th.—“Several hundreds of vessels had +passed through the Roads for the North in full sail, and one +close fleet.”</p> +<p>Oct. 3rd.—James Denny Chapman had absconded and been +declared bankrupt, with debts estimated at £30,000.</p> +<p>Oct. 6th.—At the Revision Court Mr. Costerton had +appeared for the Liberals and Mr. Reynolds for the Tories; the +former claimed a gain of 88 votes.</p> +<p>Oct. 20th.—St. Andrew’s Church had been +consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>Nov. 3rd.—At the Municipal Election there was a contest +in the <i>Regent Ward</i>, resulting as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Reynolds (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">106</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wright (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">101</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Livingston (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">61</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>For the other wards the following gentlemen were returned +without opposition:—</p> +<p><i>North</i>—William H. Bessey and Samuel Nightingale +(C’s.)</p> +<p><i>Market</i>—John Fenn and John E. Barnby +(C’s).</p> +<p><i>St. George’s</i>—William J. Foreman and Charles +Palmer (C’s).</p> +<p><i>Nelson</i>—John Clarke (C.) and John Clowes (L).</p> +<p><i>Gorleston</i>—Samuel C. Richmond and Thomas W. Gooda +(C’s).</p> +<p>It was “darkly hinted” that Mr. S. Nightingale +would be the next Mayor.</p> +<p>Nov. 10th.—The Mayor, the Rev. Mr. Peade, Messrs. C. S. +Marsh, R. S. Watling, S. Nightingale, T. Brightwen, B. Dowson, +and Mr. W. C. Reynolds had been nominated by a Public Meeting as +a Committee for the purpose of founding a “Public Hall and +Assembly Room.” Mr. Palmer and Mr. Falcke had each +offered to take 20 shares of £10 in the undertaking.</p> +<p>Nov. 14th.—At the Council Meeting on the 9th, Mr. +Charles J. Palmer proposed, and Mr. F. Worship seconded, the +election of Mr. <a name="page265"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +265</span>Samuel Nightingale as Mayor of the Borough, and, there +being no opposition, he was elected to that office +accordingly.</p> +<p>The “Eleanor,” brig of 300 tons register, had been +launched “in full rig” from Messrs. Beechings’s +yard. She was to proceed to the Mediterranean with +herring.</p> +<p>Nov. 17th.—“A nocturnal exploit of some Volunteer +youths had been much talked of for several days past,” and +a “dashing junior officer” had nearly fallen into the +hands of the police.</p> +<p>Nov. 24th.—“Practical jokes” prevailed, one +“joker” finding next morning that he had been over +night “cracking his own panes.”</p> +<p>The “political actions at law” against Sir E. +Lacon were “in course of settlement.”</p> +<p>Dec. 8th.—An explosion had taken place on board the +“Tonning” steamer at sea, and inquests on several +bodies of the men killed held at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Dec. 22nd.—The Volunteer Artillery had given a concert +at the Corn Hall, when Messrs. John Franklin, W. Offord, +Clements, J. Bartram, J. Cocks, W. C. Mack and the Masters Nutman +took part in the performance.</p> +<p>The following was the form of apology upon which the actions +against Sir E. Lacon had been settled, upon his payment of +plaintiff’s costs:—</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: right">“Great +Yarmouth,<br /> +“Nov. 29th, 1860.</p> +<p>“Dear Sir,—Upon full enquiry, I find that the +statements made by me in a speech at the dinner at the Theatre in +April last, and complained of by you as reflecting on yourself as +a member of the committee therein referred to, were made under an +erroneous impression of the facts of the case, as far as yourself +and the committee are concerned.</p> +<p>“Under these circumstances, I have no hesitation in +withdrawing the imputations you and the committee complain of, +and the plea of justification, and in expressing my regret that +legal proceedings were deemed necessary, which, being now ended, +no difference will, I trust, henceforth be made in the friendly +feeling that has previously existed between us.</p> +<p style="text-align: right">“Yours truly,<br /> +“<span class="smcap">Edm. H. K. Lacon</span>.”</p> +<p>W. T. Clarke, Esq.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>At the Police Court, Mr. Owles again called attention to the +<a name="page266"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +266</span>“practical” joking question, when Sergeant +Barnes stated that the jokers “were attired in cloaks, and +one wore a uniform cap.”</p> +<p>Dec. 29th.—The Rifle Corps, 180 strong, had marched to +Hopton, where Major Orde “regaled them on bread and cheese, +hot sausage rolls, and plenty of old ale.”</p> +<h2><a name="page267"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +267</span>FOURTH SERIES, 1861–1872.</h2> +<blockquote><p>“When found, make a note +of”—</p> +<p style="text-align: right"><span class="smcap">Capt. +Cuttle</span>.</p> +</blockquote> +<h3>1861.</h3> +<p>Jan. 2nd.—The poor rate assessment had been raised some +£14,000, and a 1s. 2d. rate thereon made.</p> +<p>Mr. F. Ferrier (Deputy Coroner) had held an inquest on the +body of Thomas Algar, the clown who had expired at the Theatre +immediately after the performance on the previous Friday. +The deceased was 34 years of age, and left a widow and one +child. The verdict was that deceased died from +“natural causes”; Mr. C. C. Aldred (the Surgeon) and +the Jury gave their fees to the family.</p> +<p>Jan. 5th.—The Revenue cutter, in attempting to run for +the harbour, had fouled the pier and was sunk.</p> +<p>Jan. 12th.—“The strong frost had literally stopped +the river traffic.”</p> +<p>It had been decided to give £124 worth of coal to the +poor.</p> +<p>Jan. 19th.—A public meeting had been held to raise funds +for that purpose. The Mayor presided, and the following +gentlemen took part in the proceedings:—Mr. W. Worship, the +Rev. B. Vaux, Mr. R. Steward, Mr. C. C. Aldred, Mr. R. Hammond, +Mr. T. Brightwen, Mr. C. Cory, Mr. L. Blake, and Mr. E. H. L. +Preston. Sir E. Lacon sent a cheque for £50, and +£350 was subscribed in the room.</p> +<p>Jan. 26th.—Dr. Stephenson had been appointed Surgeon for +the South District.</p> +<p>The “Racehorse” (belonging to George Danby-Palmer, +Esq.), had been abandoned near Cape Horn. There had been a +mutiny on board her, and a naval Court was inquiring into the +affair at Calloa.</p> +<p>Jan. 30th.—The Guardians were calling attention to the +“Compulsory Vaccination Act.”</p> +<p><a name="page268"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 268</span>Feb. +2nd.—The annual Sailors’ Home meeting had been held +in the new building on the Drive.</p> +<p>Mr. Henry R. Harmer had been appointed a Chancery +Commissioner.</p> +<p>Feb. 6th.—At a Vestry meeting it had been determined to +take a poll of the parish as to whether the Vestry Act (13 and 14 +Vic. cap. 57) should be applied to the parish.</p> +<p>Feb. 9th.—Two hundred and eighty-eight appeals had been +lodged against the Poor’s Rate.</p> +<p>Feb. 16th—“Costerton <i>v.</i> Lacon” had +been tried. In this action the plaintiff, a solicitor at +Yarmouth, complained of having been slandered by the defendant, +who was M.P. for the town, and who ultimately consented to a +verdict against him for 40s. and costs.</p> +<p>Feb. 20th.—The poll of the parish had closed as +under:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For applying the Vestry Act</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">737</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Against</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">414</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Majority</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">323</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Mr. Clowes then proposed, and Mr. Livingston seconded, a +resolution to the effect that a Vestry Clerk be appointed at a +salary of £100 per annum, and ultimately this was carried, +and a vote of thanks to the Vicar and his assessor (C. J. Palmer, +Esq.), terminated the proceedings.</p> +<p>Feb. 23rd.—The Conservatives had adopted Mr. C. H. +Chamberlin (a Liberal) as their candidate for the office of +Vestry Clerk, the other candidate being Mr. S. B. Cory.</p> +<p>Feb. 27th.—The case of Morant v. Chamberlin (which +involved the right of user of part of the Quay by George +Danby-Palmer, Esq.), had been decided as follows: “Verdict +for plaintiff, issue on the 4th plea for defendant.”</p> +<p>March 2nd.—The Prince of Wales had visited the town +“incog.”</p> +<p>March 6th.—One Cox, “a magician of Friars’ +Lane,” had been before the Justices.</p> +<p>March 9th.—The Hon. Harbord Harbord had been hunting the +district with his pack of harriers during the week.</p> +<p>Part of a house had been blown down on the Regent Road.</p> +<p>March 13th.—The Artillery Corps had adopted white (in +lieu of blue) facings to their uniform.</p> +<p>March 16th.—The Fitzroy storm signals had been hoisted +in the town.</p> +<p><a name="page269"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 269</span>March +23rd.—“Iconoclast” proposed to deliver lectures +at the Theatre. This had been stopped by the Mayor, and an +action was threatened against the proprietor of that +building. The following is a copy of the Bill +issued:—“Theatre Royal, Great Yarmouth. +Iconoclast the well-known advocate of Secularism, and co-editor +with Mr. Joseph Barker, &c., will deliver three lectures in +the above place, on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of March, +1861. Subjects—Monday, “Were Adam and Eve our +first parents?” Tuesday, “The History of the +Crucifixion, self-contradictory and incredible.” +Wednesday, “The Atonement and its relation to sin and +pardon.” Admission—Lower boxes, 6d.; upper +ditto, 4d.; pit, 3d., gallery, 2d. Iconoclast respectfully +invites the clergy and ministers of Yarmouth to discuss his +lectures; especially those who claim to have refuted him during +his absence.”</p> +<p>Major Orde, Mr. Chamberlin, and Captain Holmes had given +readings from Dickens’ works in the saloon of the Victoria +gardens before the members of the Rifle Corps and their friends; +Captain Holmes was expected to be appointed adjutant of this +corps.</p> +<p>March 30th.—“Cufaude <i>v</i> Cory” had been +heard at the Assizes. In this action damages were claimed +by the plaintiff, Clerk to the Guardians against the defendant, +Mr. S. B. Cory, for an alleged libel, he having stated in a +handbill that Mr. Cufaude “cooked” the parish +accounts. Mr. O’Malley, Q.C., Mr. Power, Q.C., Mr. +Keene and Mr. Cherry were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Palmer and +Mr. Hotson for the defendant. The Jury found for the +plaintiff with £500 damages.</p> +<p>April 3rd.—“The nocturnal jokes” were again +the subject of inquiry; Mr. E. O. Johnson (a Volunteer Sergeant) +had been discovered by a policeman taking away Dr. Smyth’s +bell, but as that gentleman would not prosecute, the charge +dropped.</p> +<p>Mr. J. H. Harrison then made a complaint to the Court of +damages to his property by these “jokers.”</p> +<p>At the Vestry Meeting, Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. W. +Worship seconded, the re-election of Mr. S. C. D. Steward as one +of the Churchwardens, and Mr. Fenn proposed, and Mr. Laws +seconded, the re-election of Mr. E. R. Aldred as the other +warden, “and the Minister accepted the second nomination as +his warden.”</p> +<p>N.B.—This was the first attempt by a Vicar to take +action of this sort, (the right of election of both Churchwardens +being vested in the Vestry of the parish.)</p> +<p><a name="page270"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 270</span>The +following gentlemen had been elected Guardians:—</p> +<p><i>North Ward</i>—S. Nightingale, E. H. L. Preston, and +J. B. Hylton.</p> +<p><i>Market Ward</i>—C. C. Aldred, W. Laws, and J. +Fenn.</p> +<p><i>Regent Ward</i>—W. Worship, R. D. Barber, and D. A. +Gourlay.</p> +<p><i>St. George’s Ward</i>—J. G. Plummer, C. E. +Bartram, and C. Miller.</p> +<p><i>Nelson Ward</i>—T. Brightwen, C. Woolverton, W. C. +Reynolds, and J. Clarke.</p> +<p>It was stated that only 7s. 6d. had been subscribed by the +lodging-house keepers to the Race Fund.</p> +<p>April 10th.—It was understood that the Chairman and a +majority of the Board of Guardians were favourable to the +admission of Reporters to the Board meetings.</p> +<p>“Great reductions” had been made upon the +Poor’s Rate appeals.</p> +<p>April 13th.—Captain Holmes had been appointed Adjutant +to the Rifle Volunteers.</p> +<p>Sir J. Walsham had held an inquiry as to the allegations with +regard to the parish accounts, which had been alluded to in the +recent action of “Cufaude <i>v.</i> Cory.” Mr. +Hotson attended it on behalf of Mr. Cory.</p> +<p>April 17th.—Two batteries of Royal Artillery had arrived +in the town.</p> +<p>April 20th.—A gunboat, with the men of the Revenue +cutter on board, had run into the pier-head.</p> +<p>An illuminated clock had been placed at the Sailors’ +Home.</p> +<p>A rule “nisi” had been granted in the action of +“Cufaude <i>v.</i> Cory” on the ground of excessive +damages.</p> +<p>April 27th.—The “Harmony,” missionary ship, +had been launched from Messrs. Fellows’ yard.</p> +<p>There had been “numerous” arrivals of invalids +from India at the R.N. Hospital.</p> +<p>May 1st.—Solomon Levy, a converted Jew, had been +baptised at St. Peter’s Church, F. Worship, Esq., standing +“as witness to the Baptism.” Afterwards the +Rev. Bowyer Vaux preached from Titus iii, 5.</p> +<p>May 4th.—The Rifle Volunteers had held a +“Mess” at the Star Hotel, when Host Diver catered for +them.</p> +<p><a name="page271"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 271</span>May +8th.—The following “Census” returns had been +made for the parish:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Males.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Females.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Total.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Excess of Females.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>North Ward</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3620</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4330</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7950</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">710</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Market Ward</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2211</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2706</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4917</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">485</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Regent Ward</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1553</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2382</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3935</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">829</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>St. George’s Ward</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1777</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2419</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4196</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">632</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Nelson Ward</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3873</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4885</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8758</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1002</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Total</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13,034</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16,722</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">29,756</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3658</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Workhouse</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">173</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">159</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">332</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">13,207</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16,881</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">30,088</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="3"><p>Estimate Gorleston & Southtown & +afloat</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6,000</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="3"><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">36,088</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The Rifle Volunteers, 200 strong, had attended St. +Nicholas’ Church. The leading fish-merchants proposed +to purchase two fast steamers as carriers to the London +markets.</p> +<p>May 11th.—Mr. Evans was sitting at the Town Hall to take +evidence on the claims of the Ormesby and Scratby people to +exemption from payment of Market Tolls at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>May 18th.—So few mackerel had been brought in, that they +were selling at 1s. each.</p> +<p>May 22nd.—A very old house (formerly part of the +Convent) had fallen down in Friars’ lane.</p> +<p>There had been two military rows between the Royal Artillery +and the E.N. Militiamen.</p> +<p>May 25th.—The Mayor and Magistrates had met Major Martin +(E.N.M.) and Colonel Bruce (R.A.) on this subject, and steps had +been taken to prevent the men meeting again.</p> +<p>May 29th.—“Mace,” the local pugilist, (being +known in the neighbourhood) was being heavily +“backed” for the fight for the championship.</p> +<p>June 1st.—Sergeant Seeley (E.N.M.) had died from the +effects of choking himself by swallowing a piece of meat.</p> +<p>A “handsome new schooner” had been launched by Mr. +Brandford.</p> +<p>A “considerable number” of new fishing and +pleasure boats were being built at the port.</p> +<p><a name="page272"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 272</span>Shops +were being opened in Regent Street, under the Board of Health +Act, which had overruled the old local act under which the houses +there, were not to be so used.</p> +<p>June 8th.—The mackerel voyage had been very +unsuccessful.</p> +<p>A “Turkish” bath was to be opened in a few +week’s time.</p> +<p>June 15th—Mr. Frederick Danby-Palmer had passed the +legal examination (in honors.)</p> +<p>A case of alleged “Witchcraft” at Gorleston had +occupied the Bench.</p> +<p>June 19th.—At a meeting of the Ratepayers Mr. J. Clowes +proposed, and Mr. Burroughs seconded, Mr. S. B. Cory as a proper +person to fill the office of Vestry Clerk. Mr. Livingstone, +Mr. Neave and Mr. Royal also took part in these proceedings.</p> +<p>June 22nd.—At the Vestry meeting, held for the election +of that officer, Mr. George Danby-Palmer proposed and Mr. +Livingstone seconded Mr. S. B. Cory, and Mr. Charles Cory +proposed, and Mr. G. A. Clarke seconded, Mr. C. H. +Chamberlin. The proceedings were of a most disorderly +character, terminating “in a talk of many tongues, which +accused each other of being ‘liars’ and so +on.”</p> +<p>June 24th.—At 12 o’clock the poll stood—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Cory</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">270</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Chamberlin</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">194</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>And closed—</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Cory</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">366</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Chamberlin</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">269</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>June 25th.—it closed—</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Cory</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">701</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Chamberlin</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">512</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>June 26th.—It finally closed—</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Cory</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">848</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Chamberlin</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">620</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Majority for Cory</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">228</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Mr. Cory and Mr. George Danby-Palmer then addressed the +electors, and votes of thanks to the Vicar (Rev. H. Nevill) and +his assessor (Mr. C. J. Palmer) terminated the proceedings.</p> +<p>June 29th.—The election for, and meeting of, the +“Eastern Counties Asylum of Idiots” had taken place +at the Town Hall. The Mayor presided, and there were also +present, Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., Rev. <a +name="page273"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 273</span>T. Bailey, +Rev. R. M. Bingley, Rev. Thos. Quintin, Rev. E. Postle, and +Messrs. W. Worship, T. Brightwen, F. Palmer, John Crisp (Mayor of +Beccles), J. H. Bly, &c.</p> +<p>July 3rd.—M. Desfongerais had been appointed Consul for +the French Government at Yarmouth, and had appeared for a French +vessel in an adjudication case, held before F. Worship and F. +Palmer, Esqs.</p> +<p>July 10th.—Mr. S. B. Cory had commenced his duties of +Vestry Clerk.</p> +<p>The mackerel fishing was a failure, and the Summer fishing +“very slow.”</p> +<p>July 17th.—At the Water Frolic, the “Red +Rover” won the cutter, and the “Vampire” the +lateen, prize.</p> +<p>The Rev. H. Squire had, after a pastorate of 30 years, +resigned the Unitarian Chapel Ministry.</p> +<p>July 20th.—Messrs. C. J. Palmer, C. C. Aldred. W. +Johnson, C. Cory, and J. Brightwen had been appointed a Committee +to carry on the proposal to found a Grammar School in the +town.</p> +<p>A “furious tempest, including thunder, whirlwind, and +lightning” had burst over the town.</p> +<p>July 31st.—Mr. Lane had claimed £300 damages for +libel against the Free Press Newspaper Company, but under the +advice of the Chief Justice, a Juror was withdrawn, each party +paying their own costs.</p> +<p>Aug. 7th.—The Vestry Clerk and the Overseers could not +“gee” together.</p> +<p>Aug. 10th.—At the Regatta, the “Queen +Victoria” and “Volunteer” won the yawl matches, +and the “Red Rover” and the “Belvidere,” +the pleasure-boat matches. The yacht match fell through in +consequence of only two vessels being prepared to sail in it.</p> +<p>Aug. 14th.—A number of noisy women outside the Police +Court, on the hearing of the claims to be excused payment of the +Poor’s Rate, had “mobbed” the Vestry Clerk and +had in short “taken possession of the Court and its +entrance.”</p> +<p>Aug. 17th.—The Rifle Volunteers were holding their Prize +Shooting Match on the North Denes. Messrs. Wilshak, +Ferrier, and Swann had won prizes.</p> +<p>A great shoal of dog-fish had visited the Eastern coast.</p> +<p>Mr. S. B. Cory had been presented with a sum of money to cover +his expenses occasioned by the contest for the office of Vestry +Clerk.</p> +<p><a name="page274"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 274</span>Aug. +24th.—The Mayor, Lord William Powlett, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Bart., M.P., Lieut.-Colonel Baker (10th Hussars), Captain Lane, +and C. J. Palmer, Esq., had been nominated Stewards of the Race +Ball.</p> +<p>The old Dutch Clock on the South Quay was “to +go.” It had been stated that the custom prevailed of +winding it up “with a hammer.”</p> +<p>Aug. 28th.—Two ladies had been robbed of their watches +on the Wellington Pier.</p> +<p>Sept. 7th.—The Volunteers were drilling for the review +at Holkham.</p> +<p>The Race Ball had been attended by the Mayor, Lady and Miss +Lacon, Mr. M. Lacon, Mr. Blake Humphrey, Mr. Blofeld, Captain and +Mrs. Warren, Captain and Mrs. Dods, Lieut. Daveney, Captain +Travers, Mr. Bedingfield, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Captain +Dunne, Mr. Magnay, Captain Jervois, Mr. Stracey, Captain Turnour, +R.N., Captain Ensor, Miss Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. F. Frere, Mr. and +Mrs. H. Frere, Mr. and Mrs. Falcke and party, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, +Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, Mr. Button, Mr. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. +Gosnall, Mr. Rising, Mr. Waters, &c.</p> +<p>The Drapers (with one exception) had agreed to close on +Thursdays at four o’clock.</p> +<p>Sep. 18th.—The Volunteer Corps under the command of +Major Marsh and Major Orde, had attended the Review at +Holkham.</p> +<p>Sept. 18th.—The Volunteers had, after their return from +Holkham, “annoyed and disturbed the inhabitants by an +irregular firing of musketry” in the streets.</p> +<p>A young actor, having gone mad through love for a lady in the +town, had been taken to the Workhouse, where the lady’s +portrait and letters were found upon him.</p> +<p>Sept. 25th—Capt. Tomlinson had won the cup in the +Volunteer Officers’ Shooting Match with 10 points, Captains +Youell and Holt making 8 points each. The following also +competed:—Captain Barber, Lieutenants Harmer and Moore, and +Ensigns Brown and Aldred.</p> +<p>Sept. 28th.—The Rev. C. Voysey had been presented with a +private Communion Service by the poor attendants at the +Wherrymen’s Church upon his leaving Yarmouth.</p> +<p>A grand bowling match had been held on the Bear Green between +the bowlers of Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The latter won by 9 +to 6 games.</p> +<p>Oct. 2nd.—Mr. E. P. Youell was mentioned as the next +Mayor. He was described as “not a prejudiced partizan +on either side.”</p> +<p><a name="page275"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 275</span>Oct. +5th.—The Shooting Prizes had been distributed to the Rifle +Volunteers at the Town Hall, when about 240 officers and members +were present, and a number of ladies and gentlemen who had been +invited by the Mayor, who entertained them with champagne on the +occasion.</p> +<p>The following was the list of winners:—</p> +<p>“Tradesmen’s Cup,” Mr. Fyson; 2nd prize, Mr. +Hudspith.</p> +<p>“A Neck Pin,” Captain Youell; “A Cup,” +Mr. Wilshak; and other prizes Messrs. Gunton, Teasdel, Banham, +Osborn, Kennett, and Swann.</p> +<p>“The Ladies’ Challenge Cup,” Mr. Fenner; and +“The Officers’ Cup,” Captain Tomlinson.</p> +<p>Oct. 12th.—Extensive repairs were being carried on at +the Southtown Barracks.</p> +<p>Oct. 23rd.—It was stated that Mr. Palmer was to be the +new Mayor.</p> +<p>Mr. D. Hogarth (Postmaster) had died.</p> +<p>Oct. 26th.—The Lord Bishop had held a Confirmation in +the Parish Church.</p> +<p>Eleven hundred persons had been excused from payment of the +Poor’s Rate.</p> +<p>Oct. 30th.—Mr. Neave and Mr. Livingston (Radicals) were +going to contest the North and Regent Wards respectively.</p> +<p>In St. Andrew’s Ward, a meeting of electors had +determined to again nominate Mr. R. Steward (Tory) and Mr. W. T. +Clarke (Liberal) in a “if ye’ll claw me, I’ll +claw ye; style of pastime.”</p> +<p>An alarming fire had happened in Row 145, the centre of a +thickly populated district; Mr. Self’s premises chiefly +suffered, his damage being estimated at £300.</p> +<p>The Justices had signed a 1s. 2d. Poor’s Rate.</p> +<p>Nov. 2nd.—The trawling business was increasing, 100 +smacks then hailing from the port.</p> +<p>Two new vessels had been launched at Southtown, one for Mr. +Womack and one for Mr. Powell.</p> +<p>Mr. Todd had also built a new smack called the +“Christiana.”</p> +<p>Nov. 6th.—Alarming and destructive gales had raged along +the whole coast on the 1st of November, and 27 shipwrecked seamen +had been received at the Sailors’ Home.</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page276"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 276</span><span +class="GutSmall">MUNICIPAL ELECTION.</span></p> +<p>The following account is given of this:—“With the +exception of two or three of the candidates who came forward as +Liberals, the aspirants for Municipal honours did not this year +favour the public with any printed expositions of their views, or +any explanations of the grounds upon which they came +forward. The elections of Friday, however did not cause +much excitement, although at the eleventh hour the Conservatives +found themselves opposed in all the wards except St. +Andrew’s, in which Messrs. W. T. Clarke, and R. Steward +were elected unopposed. In the Market Ward, Mr. Gourlay (L) +and Mr. E. Aldred (C) sought re-election, and the new candidate +was Mr. Lawn, Liberal. The result of the voting +was—Gourlay, 60; Aldred, 59; Lawn, 20. The two +former, of course, were elected. In the Regent Ward, Mr. +Barber, Conservative, sought re-election, and in the place of Mr. +Norman, surgeon (C), who retired, Dr. Stephenson (C) was put +forward. The candidates on the other side were Messrs. +Livingston and de Caux. The ward again showed its +partiality for medicine, and polled as follows:—Barber, +109; Stephenson, 106; Livingston, 81; de Caux, 69.—In St. +George’s Ward, the Conservative candidates, who sought +re-election, were Messrs. R. Ferrier and B. Jay, opposed by +Messrs. Scott and Palmer. The poll—Ferrier, 101; Jay +101; Palmer, 39; Scott, 37.—Nelson Ward: C. J. Palmer (C), +93, C. Woolverton (C), 93; G. Moore (L), 3; Playford (L), +3. North Ward: W. Worship (C), 118; J. B. Hylton (C), 118; +S. W. Bly (L), 83; J. Neave (L), 84.—It was rumoured that +during the day some bribery was effected by such moderate sums as +half-a-crown and five shillings per man.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Nov. 13th.—At the Council meeting Mr. C. C. Aldred +proposed, and Mr. Shingles seconded, Mr. Robert Steward as Mayor, +and he was elected accordingly.</p> +<p>Nov. 20th.—There were between 200 and 300 fishing +vessels at sea during the recent gales, of which only 30 luggers +were then unaccounted for. About 100 lasts of fish had been +delivered on the Quay on the previous Saturday, when prices +ranged from £15 upwards.</p> +<p>A new Lifeboat had been stationed near the Britannia Pier.</p> +<p>Nov. 23rd.—Among the smacks which had been injured in +the gale was Mr. Todd’s new vessel the +“Christiana;” some of this owner’s other +vessels had suffered damage, and his loss was estimated +altogether at £1,000.</p> +<p>Nov. 27th.—Mr. Downing’s fish-offices had been +destroyed by fire.</p> +<p><a name="page277"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 277</span>Nov. +30th.—In the Town Council, Messrs. Gooda, Burroughs, +Clowes, S. B. Cory, and another had voted against the question of +the Mayor being “decorated by the wearing of a gown;” +17 members had, however, voted that the question be referred to +the Lands Committee.</p> +<p>The Artillery Volunteers had salved a boat and obtained +£7 salvage money to the annoyance of the Beachmen</p> +<p>The Parish Authorities “remained at loggerheads” +with the Vestry Clerk.</p> +<p>In the opinion of the inhabitants the “robes +question” seemed only a plan to run up a bill for another +“folly.”</p> +<p>The Police had been furnished with “Southwester” +hats.</p> +<p>Dec. 4th.—It was stated that the robe business had +cropped up, as the Mayor was going to Court, and it was felt</p> +<blockquote><p>“That if, this year, the Mayor’s not +knighted,<br /> +The Corporate ‘status’ will be blighted.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Herring was making £35 per last, and 1,000 packages of +trawl fish had been forwarded to the market.</p> +<p>Dec. 11th.—The Lands Committee had decided that the +Mayor, Town-clerk, and Messrs. Collins, Ellis and Thompson (the +officers) should wear gowns, but no head gear had been decided +upon for them.</p> +<p>Dec. 14th.—“Deerfoot,” an American runner, +had been performing in the town, when he accomplished 10 miles in +53 minutes.</p> +<p>The Treasurer to the Rifle Corps (Mr. Clarke) and the +Quarter-Master (Mr. C. Diver) were about to be appointed +Supernumerary Lieutenants.</p> +<p>Dec. 18th.—Owing to the death of the Prince Consort, the +paper appeared in mourning.</p> +<p>The flags had been hoisted at half-mast on the Town Hall and +other public buildings on receipt of this mournful news.</p> +<p>Dec. 21st.—The Artillery Volunteers had given an +entertainment at the Theatre.</p> +<p>Dec. 25th.—There had been a Special Service at St. +Nicholas’ Church on the occasion of the funeral of the +Prince Consort, when the Vicar preached from the text, “And +the King said unto his servants, know ye not that there is a +Prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel.” +Sam. iii., 38. At the close of the service the “Dead +March” in <i>Saul</i> was played, and the Rifle Volunteers +returned with muffled drums, the bells ringing at the same +time.</p> +<p><a name="page278"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 278</span>The +Artillery Corps fired minute guns from the South Battery for an +hour, and from twelve to two the shops throughout the town were +closed.</p> +<p>The Town Council met and voted an address of condolence to Her +Majesty.</p> +<p>Dec. 28th.—A special service had also been held at the +Synagogue, commencing with Psalms 13, 19, 15, and 85, and +concluding with a prayer for the Queen and the Royal Family, +after which, on the motion of Mr. Pyke, an address of condolence +to the Queen and Royal Family was adopted.</p> +<p>The Rifle Corps had again on the invitation of Major Orde +visited Hopton.</p> +<h3>1862.</h3> +<p>Jan. 4th.—Parcels containing Christmas fare “had +fallen among thieves” on the Railway.</p> +<p>Jan. 8th.—Up to the 30th ult., 9,257 offers had been +received and 8,229 Volunteers enrolled in the Royal Naval +Reserve; of this number 24 held Masters’ Certificates, 116 +Mates’ Certificates, and the force embraced 1,148 petty +officers in the Merchant Service.</p> +<p>Jan. 15th.—Two pugilists named Foxall and Chambers, (who +were occasionally employed as Beachmen), had engaged in a prize +fight. “Ducky” Chambers was the winner.</p> +<p>Jan. 18th.—Major Orde, Captain Youell, and C. H. +Chamberlin, Esq., had been entertaining the Rifle Volunteers at +the Drill Hall with “Readings from Modern +Authors.”</p> +<p>It was again proposed to start a Conservative Newspaper in +Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Jan. 25th.—At the Gorleston Vestry Meeting the Church +Rate was not pressed for.</p> +<p>Feb. 8th.—The Corporation’s costs in “Morant +<i>v.</i> Chamberlin” amounted to £1,402 17s. 6d.</p> +<p>Feb. 19th.—Mr. A. W. Morant had resigned his commission +in the Artillery Volunteers.</p> +<p>A cargo of pickled herrings had arrived from Norway.</p> +<p>Feb. 22nd.—Messrs. Hewett and Co. were about to transfer +the greater part of their trawling business to Gorleston; thus +about 100 families would be transferred from Barking to that +village.</p> +<p>The Anniversary Dinner of the “Pioneer” Lodge, No. +262 M.U.I.O.F., had been held at the Foundry Arms, Bro. Wells in +the chair.</p> +<p><a name="page279"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +279</span>March. 5th.—The Town Council had determined to +oppose the “Railway Amalgamation Bill.”</p> +<p>March 12th.—Private H. Fenner (Champion Rifle Volunteer +Shot) had been elected a Sergeant.</p> +<p>March 15th.—The Anniversary Dinner of the “Prince +of Wales” Lodge, M.U.I.O.F., had been held at the +Fish-Stall House, P.G. Robins in the chair and P.G. Crome +vice-chair.</p> +<p>In the Divorce Court, the case of “Burroughs <i>v</i> +Burroughs and Silcock” had resulted in the jury finding +that the charges made against each party by the other were +groundless; consequently the petitioner failed in his suit.</p> +<p>March 22nd.—Mr. Henry Danby-Palmer had died +suddenly.</p> +<p>April 2nd.—The Mayor had called a meeting to forward the +proposal for holding a Volunteer Review at Yarmouth. The +Mayor (Mr. R. Steward), Mr. R. Ferrier, Mr. D. R. Fowler, Mr. C. +J. Palmer, Mr. W. Worship, Mr. J. Clowes, and Mr. S. Nightingale +took part in the proceedings, and about £250 was subscribed +in the room.</p> +<p>April 16th.—The East Suffolk Artillery Militia was +stationed at the Southtown Barracks.</p> +<p>April 26th.—Colonel Adair (commanding that Regiment) had +delivered a lecture at the Corn Hall “On the land defences +of the Eastern Counties.”</p> +<p>Upon this Regiment leaving; the Norfolk Artillery Militia, +under Colonel Astley, were to occupy the Barracks for five +weeks.</p> +<p>At the Vestry Meeting, Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. Bracey +seconded, the re-election of Mr. C. S. D. Steward; and Mr. Hylton +proposed, and Mr. Shingles seconded, the re-election of Mr. E. R. +Aldred.</p> +<p>April 30th.—Colonel Pippon had inspected the E.N.M. on +the South Denes, when the Regiment mustered 700 rank and +file.</p> +<p>“Tom Sayers’” Circus had attended the +Fair.</p> +<p>May 3rd.—Owing to want of funds the Parish Beadle at +Gorleston had been discharged.</p> +<p>May 7th.—The first stone of the New Bethel had been +laid. This building was to replace the old Bethel which for +so many years had been held in the ancient house, belonging for +several generations to the Palmer family, near the Sailors’ +Home.</p> +<p>May 14th.—It was proposed to erect a Memorial to the +late Prince Consort in the town.</p> +<p><a name="page280"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +280</span>Practical joking still continued in the Borough.</p> +<p>May 17th.—C. J. Palmer, Esq., had presented the +Corporation with a scarlet silk gown and black gown formerly worn +by the Mayors as robes of office.</p> +<p>The following table of precedence had been drawn up by the +Council:—</p> +<p>1.—The Mayor.</p> +<p>2.—The Recorder.</p> +<p>3.—The Town Clerk.</p> +<p>4.—The M.P.’s for the Borough.</p> +<p>5.—The Members of the Council who had served the office +of Mayor according to priority of election.</p> +<p>6.—The Aldermen and Councillors according to priority of +election, the former in Wards in which they resided, the latter +in the Wards for which they were elected, commencing with the +North Ward.</p> +<p>At the Parish Audit, the Auditor remarked that “in some +instances the amount (of the rate) excused exceeded the sum +collected.”</p> +<p>May 17th.—The following appears as to the Corporate +Robes of Office:—</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">“THE ROBES OF OFFICE.”</span></p> +<p>The Committee as to the Wearing of Robes of Office reported +that Mr. C. J. Palmer, had liberally presented to the Council a +scarlet silk gown, and a black gown formerly worn by the Mayors +as their Robes of Office; and the said were accepted by the +Committee, and the thanks of the Committee were voted to Mr. +Palmer for the <i>handsome</i> donation. The Committee had +resolved that the Mayor should wear the black gown as a Robe of +Office on all “Ordinary” occasions and the scarlet +gown on all “extraordinary” occasions.</p> +<p>The “Robes” or “Gown” movement, which +was so much spoken of six months ago, has at length—through +the exertions of the Committee to whom it was referred—come +to maturity, and the Mayor now has a second hand best gown for +“extraordinary” occasions, and a second-hand second +best gown for “ordinary” occasions. The old +people about Gaol Street, who caught a sight of the Mayor in his +gown on Tuesday last, look upon the revived <i>costume</i> as a +“degenerate resurrection;” for, instead of there +being completeness and congruity in the “fit out,” +there is a burlesque mixture of the ancient and modern. The +gown which erst harmonised with the glorious cocked hat, short +tights, and silver buckled shoes, appears decidedly “at +sea” in company with the modern hat (or <a +name="page281"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 281</span>“4s. +and 9d.”) and “peg-top” trousers. Art +critics would object to so close a mixture of the mediæval +and the modern, on the ground of the same not being “in +keeping.” Perhaps, however, when we see the style of +dress on one of the “extraordinary” occasions so +judiciously and so elaborately provided for by the Council, we +may have something presented to notice which will not cause every +Councillor to grin on beholding it, and to talk, as an old writer +says, “most consumedly” about it afterwards. +Dressed as he was on Tuesday, the Mayor of Yarmouth might, +without difficulty, have been mistaken (had he been away from +home) for Shylock, for one of the Japanese Embassy, or for an +Arch Druid, so remarkably unusual was his appearance. +Experience may, it is true, tone down the angularities of the +affair; but at the onset the revival of the use of robes does not +carry with it either the appearance of gravity or wisdom. +On entering the Council Room on Tuesday, the Mayor was preceded +by four officials wearing, in addition to the ordinary attire of +various colours, gowns, and carrying the sword and two maces as +usual, with, on this occasion, the very handsome oar—a part +of the regalia which had, for some very +“extraordinary” reason no doubt, been disused. +Following the officers were the Mayor, who wore in addition to +his every day clothing a black robe, of somewhat fierce cut, +having a sort of fur or bear skin epulet at each shoulder, +ornamented with a description of rough filagree; and over this +finery his worship wore (we believe for the first time) the gold +chain of office. After the Mayor, entered the Town Clerk in +a black robe of a more modest character. For some little +time there was much winking and smiling amongst the Aldermen and +Councillors. The business then proceeded, and, as will be +seen from our report of the meeting, arrangements were made (in +spite of Mr. Richard Ferrier’s “chaffing”) for +the order of processions. It was also decided to give the +Town Hall and the inhabitants the benefit of a public clock, of +which the Corporation are owners. It was also jocularly +suggested that the Gas Company would be most willing gratuitously +to illuminate the dial, and through it the inhabitants.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>May 21st.—There had been an “Uproarious Vestry +Meeting,” held for the object of passing a vote of censure +on the Vestry Clerk; Mr. S. C Marsh presided, and in the result, +the meeting being in favour of the Vestry Clerk, a poll was +demanded.</p> +<p>May 29th.—This poll had, after a protest by Mr. J. +Clowes as to the regularity of the proceedings, been taken by Mr. +C. Diver (acting as Assessor). It closed on the first +day—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p><a name="page282"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +282</span>For the Vestry Clerk</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">143</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Against him</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">61</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Majority</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">82</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>And next morning Mr. Marsh attended and declared the poll +closed.</p> +<p>May 28th.—Five vessels of war (part of the Channel +fleet) were in the Roads.</p> +<p>May 31st.—The following ships were anchored abreast of +the Jetty:—“Trafalgar” (86), Captain Dickson; +the “Revenge” (91), Captain Fellowes; the +“Emerald” (51), Captain Caning; the +“Chanticleer” (17), Captain Sterling; and the +“Porpoise” (tender to the “Revenge.”)</p> +<p>June 4th.—This issue contains the following account +of</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">“THE CHANNEL FLEET AND PRINCE +ALFRED.”</span></p> +<p>For several days after Wednesday last, a number of persons in +this town were almost in a fever of expectation as to the arrival +of Prince Alfred, in the “St. George;” and in spite +of official intimation that the Prince is to be considered on +business when with the fleet, and, as a consequence, exempt from +municipal honours and popular demonstrations, it was determined +to make the most of him here. The forerunners of the +“St. George” were boarded and teased by all sorts of +enquiries; bills were posted about with the words “the +arrival of Prince Alfred” upon them, and all imaginable +measures taken to get up excitement. All, however, failed +to draw a large number of strangers to the town; and we do not +exceed the fact when we say that the visit of the Channel +Squadron for a much briefer period in 1860, brought to the town +ten times the number of strangers who have come on this +occasion. The Mayor of Yarmouth, soon after the fleet +arrived, offered to give the officers a dinner if they would +accept the invitation; but it was declined. A ball was then +offered to be got up, and it was promised that such of the +officers as could attend would do so if the ships still remained +in the Roads and provided it were got up for the earliest +possible day—Monday. A ball was, therefore, decided +on for that evening. But some uneasiness was felt as to the +non-arrival of the “St. George” with Prince Alfred; +and when, on Saturday, the ship did not appear, it began to be +feared that she would not come, and the people consoled +themselves with such information as that the Admiral—a +jolly tar—had amused himself by playing a game of bowls at +the Vauxhall Green, &c. Although Admiral Smart and the +officers declined to dine with the Mayor on shore, they invited +his worship and other gentlemen to dine with them afloat, which +<a name="page283"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 283</span>the +Mayor accepted for Saturday night. On Sunday morning the +“St. George” came quietly into the Roads through the +Cockle Gat, and anchored at the northern end of the line of +ships, abreast of the town, at about half-past eight +o’clock. It was reported for some time that the ship +which had just arrived was the “Donegal,” but as it +became known that it really was the “St. George,” +flags were run up in all directions, and persons went to work +with their spy glasses, apparently hoping to catch a sight of the +Prince. The steamtugs, which ran as passenger boats round +the fleet, at once got better freights, and many who took trips +in them returned under the impression that they had seen the +Prince in the maintop of the “St. George.” +Others would have it that the Prince was one of the young +officers who was ashore on Sunday afternoon, walking leisurely up +and down the drive and elsewhere; this turned out to be +correct. But as the Prince was, happily for him, not +recognised whilst ashore, he walked about unmolested. Few +persons believed that so large a ship as the “St. +George” (Captain Egerton) would venture to enter the Roads +through the Cockle, but to the surprise of many local nautical +authorities she sailed through as cleanly as any fishing cutter, +and dropped anchor in as familiar a manner as might have been +expected from an old visitant of these waters. Soon after +she had anchored the “St. George” was boarded by Mr. +Watson, secretary of the Sailors’ Home, who brought off +messages and letters. Prince Alfred went on shore, +<i>incognito</i>, in the afternoon, as did also a large number of +other midshipmen and older officers. On Monday morning, the +town authorities, and sightseers generally, were on the +alert—all being in search of the Prince. But again, +as few individuals had a personal knowledge of his Royal +Highness, he escaped without recognition, and with Major Cowell +(and, we believe, other gentlemen) he drove out into the +country. As to this and other proceedings of the Prince +during the day, there were scores of different reports; but we +believe we are correct in saying that, after his trip inland, His +Royal Highness went from the Beach, in the boat of which he is +midshipman, on board the “St. George.” On board +the ship the Mayor and Town Clerk were, we understand, introduced +to the Prince, and courteously received. Between two and +three o’clock p.m., the Prince, Admiral Smart, Major +Cowell, and the Hon. Manners Sutton (with whom the Prince had +consented to partake of luncheon, at Kimberley Terrace), came on +shore, accompanied in the boat by the Mayor and Town Clerk. +His Royal Highness, the Hon. Manners Sutton, and Major Cowell, +then <a name="page284"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +284</span>walked down to the Cricket Ground at the South Denes, +where a party of officers from the fleet were playing a game of +cricket with the members of the Yarmouth Club. It had been +reported that the Prince would visit the Cricket Ground, and the +consequence was that a large number of persons (probably 2,000) +congregated there about two o’clock, over and above those +individuals who had been previously attracted to the spot by the +match itself, and by the two bands—one from the fleet, and +that of the East Norfolk Militia. As soon as His Royal +Highness was recognised upon the ground, the crowd rapidly closed +in around him, and had it not been for the protection afforded +him by the two gentlemen by whom he was accompanied, he would in +all likelihood have undergone an unpleasant jostling. So +pressing and eager did the inquisitive public become that in a +few minutes the Royal sailor and Mr. Sutton commenced a +retrograde movement, whereupon the people began running and +pushing frantically—going in some instances as the saying +hath it, “head over heels.” Remarks such as +“That is he!” with comments upon the Prince’s +personal appearance, were loud and frequent; and much surprise +appeared to be felt that the “Duke of York” should go +abroad in the ordinary unassuming attire of a midshipman. +Some faint attempts at cheering were assayed, but the clamour of +the “hunt” which was got up, overpowered everything +but the dust. The Prince took all this good humouredly, and +with his two protectors walked sharply on to Kimberley Terrace, +pursued all the way up the drive by an immense crowd. Most +of the persons going southward, and who met the crowd, had no +idea what all the row was about until they were told. His +Royal Highness got safely to Mr. Sutton’s house, and in two +or three minutes there was in front of the house, close from the +area railing to the coping-stones of the drive on the eastward, a +dense assemblage, which continued to increase up to five +o’clock, when we observed it still standing there.</p> +<p>Lunch over, the Prince, a little after five o’clock, +escaped from the back door, unobserved by the crowd, and was +enabled to stroll into the town. He went up St. +George’s Road, through King Street, down Regent Street, and +along the Quay, but did not venture into the Market Row. He +then visited Mrs. Onslow, who son is chaplain on board the +“St. George,” and, we believe, a tutor of the +Prince.</p> +<p>The cricket match terminated in favour of the naval men, who +had, we hear, 69 runs to spare. In the first innings the +Yarmouth players had the best of it, but in the second the +bowling of Midshipman Lawson made sad havoc among the +batsmen.</p> +<p><a name="page285"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 285</span>The +Ball at the Town Hall was well attended, and went off with great +<i>éclat</i>. The Prince, of course, was not +present; but in the course of the evening Admiral Smart and a +party of naval officers—who were brought up to the +Quay-side, opposite the Hall, in the “Porpoise” +gunboat—joined the assembly and remained until after +midnight.</p> +<p>The number of visitors to the ships increased considerably on +Tuesday (this) morning, when it became known that an order had +been received for the ships to hold themselves in readiness for +sailing next day.</p> +<p>Altogether the visit of the fleet on this occasion has been a +brilliant affair; and the public have had ample time to inspect +the ships, some of which might much oftener, with advantage, find +a berth in Yarmouth Roads.</p> +<p>The town has not, we believe, been visited by a Royal +personage since the time that Prince William (afterwards King) +and the Princess Adelaide landed here, and remained for the night +at the Angel Hotel.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>June 7th.—At the Channel Fleet Ball among those present +were the Mayor, the Town Clerk, Sir E. Lacon, M.P., Admiral +Smart, Captain Fellowes, R.N., Captain Egerton, R.N., Lieutenant +the Hon. F. Gordon, Mr. and Miss I. Preston, Lord W. Kerr and +other naval officers, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. +C. C. Aldred, Misses Cubitt, Mr. A. and Misses Steward, +&c. Next day a large number of persons visited the +fleet, and dancing took place on the ships’ decks.</p> +<p>Colonel Ibetson had inspected the Rifle Volunteers on the +Denes.</p> +<p>The “Ino” (a pleasure boat) had capsized when +alongside the “St. George,” but all the people in her +were saved.</p> +<p>June 11th.—At the Vestry Meeting, the “Small +Tenements Act” was proposed to be applied to the +parish.</p> +<p>Several houses and men had been struck by lightning during a +thunderstorm.</p> +<p>June 14th.—The programme for the Volunteer Review had +been published; it was expected that 3,324 men would take part in +it.</p> +<p>June 18th.—The Dinner to the Volunteers on this occasion +was to take place on St. George’s Denes; there were to be +17 tables, and the dining room to cover 7,550 feet of +ground. One quart of beer per man had been offered by Sir +E. Lacon to the Volunteers.</p> +<p>June 21st.—The Review had taken place and proved a great +success: there were 3,324 men actually on the Denes. At the +Dinner held on St. George’s Denes, the Mayor presided, and +after giving the toasts <a name="page286"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 286</span>of “The Queen” and +“The Royal Family,” he gave “The Army, Navy, +and Militia,” to which Colonel Grey, C.B., Captain Lacon, +R.N., and Colonel Adair responded. The Mayor then gave +“The Volunteers,” to which Colonel Brett replied, and +“The Lord Lieutenants of Norfolk and Suffolk,” which +was acknowledged by Lord Suffield (Vice-Lieutenant of Norfolk) +and Colonel Adair. The Mayor then gave “The High +Sheriff,” who responded. The Mayor then gave +“The Lord High Steward,” responded to by Lord Sondes, +and “The health of Colonel Grey,” to which that +officer replied; also “The Brigadiers of the Day,” +replied to by Colonels Custance, Sir E. Lacon, and Astley. +The High Sheriff then proposed “The Mayor,” to which +his Worship responded, and the healths of the Rev. H. Nevill, of +the Noblemen and Gentlemen “who had honoured us with their +presence,” of “Mr. Charles J. Palmer” and +“The Ladies” were also given and responded to. +It was considered that “The Mayor and gentlemen who formed +the Committee of Management, and particularly Mr. Charles J. +Palmer, well deserved the thanks of the public and the +Volunteers.”</p> +<p>June 28th.—Major Marsh (of the artillery) had resigned +his commission.</p> +<p>July 2nd.—It was stated that Major Marsh would be +succeeded in his command by Capt. John Lee Barber of the 1st +Company, but Mr. Trafford was stated to have also resigned, and +it was rumoured that the Artillery was likely to be amalgamated +with the Rifle Corps.</p> +<p>July 9th.—The Midsummer herring voyage was a +failure. Some attributed this to the 130 smacks then +fishing from the port, and others to the early catches of +immature fish.</p> +<p>July 12th.—“Blondin” had been performing at +the Victoria Gardens.</p> +<p>July 16th.—Commissioner Cane had been holding an inquiry +at the Workhouse to “ascertain the nature of the duties of +the various public officers and method of their +discharge.”</p> +<p>July 19th.—Mr. Henry R. Harmer had been appointed an +Admiralty Commissioner.</p> +<p>July 23rd.—There had been a poll at Gorleston upon the +Church Rate question, which had resulted in a majority of 142 +against that impost.</p> +<p>The Caister Lifeboat had been struck by lightning while on the +Beach and several persons who were taking shelter under her bow +injured.</p> +<p><a name="page287"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 287</span>July +26th.—At the Regatta the “Audax,” J. H. +Johnson, R.T.Y.C. won the yacht prize. In the yawl race the +“Star of the East,” the “Queen Victoria,” +and the “Glance” competed, and the former won. +The “Wanderer” (Mr. J. L. Barber) won the River +Yachts’ match, and the “Volunteer” the small +Yawl match.</p> +<p>Aug. 6th.—Contains the following notice of “The +Water Frolic:—This event, which was formerly important from +the fact of the ‘new’ Mayor being then chosen, and +the official barge of the Mayor and Corporation being present, +came off on Monday afternoon, at that part of the Waveney +opposite Burgh Castle. No official patronage was given to +the affair, and consequently it was not, municipally, of any +weight. But as the weather was fine and sunny, with a +‘spanking’ southerly breeze, the yachts, which had +arranged to attend and compete in two races, were sure of good +sport, and the large crowds of persons who assembled early in the +day on the North Quay, augured well for the steamboats which Mr. +Fill—a worthy man of enterprise—always offers for the +accommodation of the public (pay or not pay) either for trips to +Cromer and Southwold, or even to Rotterdam fair, an event which +East Anglians of old were wont to delight in. At Burgh +there was a large assemblage of craft—wherries, +ships’ boats, punts, yachts, and, in fact, anything that +would safely float. Two matches were announced to take +place, each for a stake value at £10, and the ordinary +river yachts were the competitors, with the exception of the new +and mischievous-looking boat of the High Sheriff of +Norfolk—a boat which, although it could not out-run Mr. +Barber’s ‘Flying Wanderer,’ will yet do credit +to her build. The ‘public-house wherries,’ the +pie stalls, the acrobats, and the rest of the contributors to the +day’s fun were all active and appeared to do a good +business. The yachting competition—which the public +ought to have considered the best business of the day—began +with a match for £10, in which five cutter-rigged yachts +sailed, viz., Mr. Barber’s ‘Wanderer,’ Mr. +Nightingale’s ‘Red Rover,’ Mr. Read’s +‘Belvidere,’ Mr. R. J. H. Harvey’s ‘Lady +in White,’ and Mr. Morgan’s +‘Bittern.’ The Wanderer had the advantage +throughout, and won—although she was occasionally closely +pressed by the Red Rover. The match extended over four +rounds. In the second match for a similar stake by latteens +the ‘Vampire’ (Mr. Everett), the +‘Enchantress’ (Mr. Green), and the +‘Merlin’ (Mr. Humfrey) started, and continued in the +order named to the close. The ‘frolicers’ then +commenced their homeward journey, and in the midst of music and +song all arrived safely, we believe, at the <a +name="page288"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 288</span>Bridge +Foot, after spending a convivial, if not a dignified, half day on +the stream. The frolic, however, in the absence of official +support, is shorn of its ancient splendour.”</p> +<p>August 13th.—The “Order of Precedence of the +members of the Council” had been printed. The Mayor +had requested the members of that body to accompany him to church +on Sundays, Good Friday, and Christmas Day.</p> +<p>Mr. S. Nightingale had backed his “Red Rover” +against Mr. Barber’s “Wanderer” for four +matches at £50 aside.</p> +<p>Thieves had “drank the Sacramental wine and robbed the +Poor’s box” at the Independent Chapel, Gorleston.</p> +<p>August 16th.—At the Races, none of the Stewards (who +were Lord W. Powlett, Count Batthyany, and Sir H. J. Stracey, +Bart., M.P.,) had attended, and the usual Ball at the Town Hall +had not been held through lack of patronage.</p> +<p>August 20th.—The Yarmouth Cricket Club had played the +“Visitors.” The score was:—First Innings: +Yarmouth, 29; Visitors, 15. Second Innings: Yarmouth, 89; +Visitors, 32. Grand Totals: Yarmouth, 118; Visitors, +47.</p> +<p>August 23rd.—It was proposed to raise a Rifle Corps at +Ormesby.</p> +<p>August 27th.—Sir H. Stracey, had invited the members of +the Corporation to spend a day at Rackheath.</p> +<p>August 30th.—Sir E. Lacon, Bart., had been gazetted +Major of the N.A.V., (vice Marsh resigned.)</p> +<p>Sept. 3rd.—It was, at the Corporation’s visit to +Rackheath, distinctly understood that Sir H. Stracey would offer +himself again as a candidate for the Borough, and that Mr. Watkin +was pledged to come forward again in the Liberal interest.</p> +<p>The Council had determined to place an illuminated clock on +the Town Hall.</p> +<p>The Southtown Barracks had been repaired at considerable +expense.</p> +<p>Sept. 6th.—At the rifle prize shooting, Colour-Sergeant +Chipperfield had taken the ladies’ challenge cup from +Sergeant Fenner by one point. Corporal Denew had won the +Chief Officers’ prize, and Sergeant Dick the Borough +Members’ prize.</p> +<p>Sept. 10th.—This shooting had been continued, and prizes +won by Sergeant Pearson, Sergeant Swann, and Volunteer +Barrett.</p> +<p>Sept. 17th.—The High Sheriff of Norfolk had given a +grand Volunteer Review and Fête at Crown Point, the Norfolk +Artillery <a name="page289"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +289</span>(Norwich and Yarmouth), mustered on the field 7 +Officers, 42 Non-Commissioned Officers, 105 Gunners, and 23 Band, +total 178; the Yarmouth Rifles (4 Companies) were 235 strong, +viz., one field Officer, 4 Captains, 8 Subalterns, 5 Staff, 12 +Sergeants, 4 Drummers, 185 rank and file, and 16 Band.</p> +<p>In the afternoon, the Volunteers and some 2,000 guests were +entertained at dinner in marquees erected for the purpose, and +various amusements provided. The following Yarmouth names +appear in the list of the competitors for the prizes:—Major +Orde, Lieut. C. Diver, and Privates Mark Waters, Isaac Preston, +J. B. Pearce, and C. Marsh, while among the guests were the +following ladies and gentlemen from this locality:—Col. and +Mrs. Baddeley, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown, junr., Mr. B. Button, Mr. +and Mrs. F Clowes, Capt. and Mrs. Cubitt, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, +Mr. and Mrs. Frere, Mr. and Mrs. Harmer, Sir E. H. K. Lacon and +Lady Lacon, Capt. and Mrs. Lacon, Mr. T. Matravers, the Mayor of +Yarmouth, Lieut. G. W. and Mrs. Moore, Lieut. and Mrs. Morant, +Mr. Nightingale, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. +Danby-Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. F. Palmer, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, Mr. +and Miss I. Preston, the Rev. J. J. and Mrs. Raven, Mr. W. C. +Reynolds, Mr. R. Rising, Capt. Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. S. Reeve, +Capt. Turnour, Ensign and Mrs. Watling, Mr. W. and Mrs. Worship, +Lieut. and Mrs. Wynyard, and Mr. E. P. and Mrs. Youell.</p> +<p>Next day the High Sheriff also entertained upwards of 4,000 +poor people at Crown Point.</p> +<p>Sept. 20th.—Mr. Fenner and Mr. Chipperfield had been +shooting well at the County Association Meeting.</p> +<p>Messrs. Youell and Co., (Florists) had won two prizes at the +Kensington Autumn Flower Show.</p> +<p>Sept. 27th.—The Liberals claimed a gain of 50 upon the +revision of the Borough Voters’ List, and it was stated the +“the Liberal cause was much indebted to Mr. J. Eagleton, +their Yarmouth agent, whose exertions in the Registration Court, +in which the late Sir R. Peel said elections were to be won, had +been unceasing.”</p> +<p>Mr. G. V. Brooke was attracting crowded houses at the +Theatre.</p> +<p>Oct. 4th.—A French and an English corvette were on this +station to protect the fisheries.</p> +<p>Mr. Chamberlin had appeared before the Justices in support of +an application against the form of the Poor’s Rate, but the +Court had overruled his objections.</p> +<p><a name="page290"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 290</span>Oct. +8th.—At the Municipal Revision Court, Mr. John Clowes and +the Vestry Clerk, accused Mr. John Cooper of tampering with the +latter gentleman’s papers, and a warm discussion ensued +thereon.</p> +<p>Oct. 15th.—At the Quarter Sessions, the Recorder (N. +Palmer, Esq.) made an order quashing the Poor’s Rate. +Mr. C. Cooper appeared on behalf of Mr. J. Clowes as appellant, +against the Churchwardens and Overseers, respondents in this +case.</p> +<p>At the Police Court, Mr. Gardiner, Editor of the <i>Yarmouth +Independent</i>, craved sureties of the peace against Mr. J. H. +Harrison, when, although the defendant called no evidence to +rebut the charge made against him, the Bench (by a majority of +two) decided against calling upon him to find sureties. The +complainant said he expected this when he saw such a “drum +up” of Magistrates “who had been brought there as on +Licensing day.”</p> +<p>Oct. 18th.—A narrative of the proceedings at the +Volunteer Review had been prepared by Mr. C. J. Palmer, and +published.</p> +<p>Oct. 22nd.—There had been disastrous storms at sea, and +it was known that four vessels had foundered in the roads.</p> +<p>The retiring Councillors were—North Ward: H. Boulter and +W. N. Burroughs. Market Ward: F. Worship and C. C. +Aldred. Regent Ward: S. C. Marsh and S. B. Cory. St. +George’s Ward: J. G. Plummer and J. C. Smith. Nelson +Ward: G. Danby Palmer and C. E. Bartram. St. Andrew’s +Ward: E. H. L. Preston and H. Teasdel.</p> +<p>One thousand persons had visited the Exhibition (London) by a +cheap train.</p> +<p>Oct. 25th.—The Mayor had entertained a large party of +invited guests at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>The Dutchmen had already arrived “in the schuyts or +sea-tubs” for the fishing.</p> +<p>Nov. 1st.—Several shipments of herring had been made for +the Mediterranean.</p> +<p>Nov. 5th.—At the Municipal election Mr. Mainprice had +taken the place of Mr. Burroughs (who retired), and Mr. Rose had +ousted Mr. S. B. Cory, who refused “to the curb to +yield.”</p> +<p>Nov. 8th.—Line fishing from boats and the Britannia Pier +had become a fashionable amusement.</p> +<p>Nov. 12th.—The Town Council had voted an address of +loyalty to the Queen, and to the Prince of Wales, upon the latter +attaining his majority.</p> +<p><a name="page291"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 291</span>Sir +E. H. K. Lacon proposed, and C. J. Palmer, Esq., seconded, the +re-election of the Mayor, which motion was carried <i>nem. +dis.</i>, and the retiring aldermen, Messrs. J. T. Bracey, J. +Bunn, B. Fenn, H. R. Harmer, W. Laws, and W. Mabson were +re-elected.</p> +<p>Nov. 19th.—The prizes recently shot for by the Rifle +Volunteers had been distributed at the Victoria Gardens by the +Mayor.</p> +<p>Nov. 22nd.—The local Charity Trustees’ scheme for +the establishment of a Grammar School had been approved by the +Charity Commissioners.</p> +<p>The Lancashire Relief Committee was in full work, and the +following articles had been forwarded to Manchester:—63 +coats, 70 cloaks and shawls, 21 dresses, 20 children’s +frocks, 20 blankets and quilts, 28 pairs of boots, 42 flannel +waistcoats and shirts, 34 pairs of trousers, 36 hats, and 361 +other articles of clothing.</p> +<p>In one day 1,500 lasts of herring had been brought into the +harbour.</p> +<p>Nov. 26th.—A public meeting in aid of the Lancashire +Relief Fund had been held (the Mayor in the chair), and +£160 subscribed in the room.</p> +<p>Dec. 13th.—Two hundred barrels of herring had been sent +to Manchester for the Relief Fund by the fish merchants.</p> +<p>Dec. 17th.—The following rota of magistrates for salvage +purposes had been appointed:—R. Hammond, E. H. L. Preston, +J. W. Shelly, R. Steward. B. Jay, J. Clark, J. Fenn, and P. +Pullyn.</p> +<p>Dec. 20th.—During the week more than 600 articles of +wearing apparel had been forwarded to Manchester for the Relief +Fund.</p> +<p>The fishing had proved a “successful and profitable +season.”</p> +<p>Dec. 24th.—Mr. Rust had launched a fine new brig for the +Mediterranean trade.</p> +<p>Dec. 27th.—£850 had been raised for the Lancashire +Relief Fund.</p> +<p>The town tolls had let as follows:—Market, £550 +per annum; Fish Market, £55; and Ballastage, £660; +the lessees being Messrs. Bowen and Co. of Leeds.</p> +<p>Dec. 31st.—Steps were being taken to induce the Norfolk +Agricultural Association to visit Yarmouth.</p> +<p>The Rev. B. Vaux had presided at the Hospital meeting.</p> +<p>The Artillery and Rifle Volunteers had been brigaded together +on the South Denes.</p> +<h3><a name="page292"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +292</span>1863.</h3> +<p>Jan. 10th.—An inquiry was being held in respect of +certain charges against the crew of the lifeboat.</p> +<p>Mr. B. Fenn had presided at the annual library meeting.</p> +<p>Jan. 14th.—At the lifeboat inquiry, after hearing +evidence, the Rev. Mr. Steward moved, and Mr. Fellows seconded, +“That the Beachmen were in no way culpable on the occasion, +and that, on the contrary, their conduct was all that it ought to +have been,” which motion was carried unanimously.</p> +<p>Mr. E. P. Youell had executed some sleight-of-hand tricks <i>a +la Frickel</i> with neatness and dexterity at the Priory +Entertainment.</p> +<p>Jan. 17th.—Four hundred persons sat down to tea at the +Tract Lenders’ Festival.</p> +<p>A prize fight had taken place near the town, on a marsh next +the Acle Road.</p> +<p>Jan. 24th.—There had been a “tremendous +gale.”</p> +<p>Jan. 28th.—The following Charity Trustees had met for +the purpose of appointing a head master of the Grammar +School—Messrs. Charles J. Palmer (chairman), C. Cory, R. +Hammond, W. N. Burroughs, E. H. L. Preston, B. Jay, and C. C. +Aldred, when the Rev. H. J. Evans was elected; the other +candidates being the Revs. Merryman, W. Algar, J. Partridge, C. +Bachelor, and S. Eld.</p> +<p>Jan. 31st.—Sad accounts continued to arrive from the +Fishing Fleet, inconsequence of the late gales, “scarcely a +smack arriving without bearing some marks of its fury, and the +loss of spars and gear, while many of the crews have tales of +horror to recount of vessels foundering, and all hands perishing +before their eyes without the possibility of rescue.”</p> +<p>Feb. 4th.—A meeting of the inhabitants had been held to +consider what steps should be taken to celebrate the marriage of +the Prince of Wales.</p> +<p>Feb. 14th.—Harriet Cattermole had jumped into the river, +but had been floated by her crinoline until rescued by the +police.</p> +<p>Feb. 21st.—P.G. J. C. Smith, Surgeon, had presided at +the annual dinner of the “Prince of Wales’” +Lodge, M.U.O.F., held at the Market Tavern, 46 members and +friends being present on the occasion.</p> +<p>Feb. 25th.—C. J. Palmer, Esq., (the President), had +taken the chair at the meeting of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ +Society, when it appeared <a name="page293"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 293</span>that 215 seamen and widows had been +relieved during the past year, and that the income was £177 +18s. 4d., as against an expenditure of £219 14s. 4d.</p> +<p>Feb. 28th.—At the revision of the Proxy Book, it +appeared that a number of persons claiming to act as proxies for +the owners of property, were not authorised to do so by such +owners, and Mr. Neave intimated that “the loss of his +election last year was due to the scandalous manner in which the +proxies had been worked against him.”</p> +<p>March 16th.—The town had been <i>en fete</i> upon the +occasion of the marriage of the Prince of Wales, when the +Corporation had attended St. Nicholas’ Church; a special +sermon had been preached by the Rev. H. R. Nevill, the Artillery +had fired a salute of 21 guns from the South Battery, and the +Rifles a <i>feu de joie</i> in the Market-place.</p> +<p>A Council meeting had also been held, when loyal addresses +were moved, and seconded to the Queen and to the Prince and +Princess of Wales by Messrs. E. H. L. Preston and John Clowes, +and C. J. Palmer and W. Worship respectively.</p> +<p>A volunteer banquet had been held on this occasion at Messrs. +Lacon and Co.’s stores, when the following arrangements +were made:—First table, Nos. 1 and 2 companies Artillery, +(Captains J. L. Barber and W. Foreman); second table, 1 and 2 +companies Rifles, (Captain Tomlinson and Lieutenant Harmer); +third table, 3 and 4 companies Artillery, (Captains Green and +Brown); fourth table, 3 and 4 Companies Rifles, (Captains W. Holt +and H. Barber); the fifth table, Staffs of E.N.M., and N.M.A. +Regiments. In addition to the Volunteers, the following +gentlemen were present as guests of Sir E. H. K. Lacon, the Mayor +(R. Steward, Esq.), Rev. H. Nevill, Rev. B. Vaux, Captain Long, +Major Penrice, Major Orde, Adjutant Gilbertson, Adjutant Smith, +J. C. Smith, Esq., E.N.M., C. C. Aldred, Esq., Captain Dods, +Lieutenant W. Danby-Palmer, E.N.M., Mr. Petts, Quarter-Masters +Smith and Hardiment, &c.</p> +<p>In the evening “the illuminations were on a most +extensive scale, scarcely a house without a transparency or +device. The designs on the Town Hall and Hospital School +were very beautiful, while many others on private houses were +greatly admired. On the Town Hall, facing the north, was +fixed the principal illumination, consisting of a magnificent +plume of feathers, having the letters “A. A.” on +either side, and partly encircled with a wreath of oak leaves and +acorns. The height of the design was 18 feet by 30 feet in +width, and was <a name="page294"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +294</span>drawn by Mr. Morant, Town Surveyor, and manufactured by +Mr. Doughty, of Gaol Street. The fireworks were continued +to a late hour, and we are happy to record that, notwithstanding +the pressure of the crowd, no accident occurred to mar the +pleasure of the day. The arrangements of the police +throughout were most satisfactory, and to the credit of our +townsmen it must be stated that at the Police Court the following +morning, the magistrates’ business was finished in two +minutes and a half, the only charge being a case of drunkenness, +which was graciously forgiven. The ball at the Town Hall +was fashionably and numerously attended and dancing was kept up +to the music of Hulley’s quadrille band with unflagging +spirit until an early hour the following morning. During +the day the inmates of the Workhouse and Gaol were regaled, the +former at the expense of the Guardians, and the latter by the +Mayor. The inmates of the Fishermen’s Hospital were +also regaled with plum pudding and roast beef, each man having, +in addition, a pipe of tobacco, with a liberal supply of +stout. The women also partook of tea, with a plentiful +supply of cake. The inmates expressed themselves deeply +grateful to the trustees of the charity for thus enabling them to +participate in the festivities of the day.”</p> +<p>March 18th.—A project had been suggested for the +amalgamation of the two local Volunteer Corps, under the command +of Lieut.-Col. Sir E. Lacon, Bart.</p> +<p>March 21st.—At an adjourned meeting of the Rifle Corps +this question was introduced by Major Orde, who advocated the +suggestion, which was opposed by Ensigns Watling and Cobb, and +the project was thereupon rejected by a majority of nearly 100; +consequently the officers, (who were generally in favour of the +movement), threatened to resign their commissions.</p> +<p>March 28th.—The Poor’s Rate, (which had been 1s. +8d.), was reduced to 1s. 2d. in the £.</p> +<p>W. Yetts, Esq., had died at the age of 68; he had been for +many years a member of the Corporation, and a Justice for the +Borough. “Mr. Yetts was possessed of considerable +talent as an artist, and as a musician, and was at all times a +liberal patron of the fine arts.”</p> +<p>April 1st.—The action of “Bayly v. Woodrow” +had been tried at the Assizes, the charge being one of slander +upon the plaintiff, who was a surgeon, by the defendant, a baker +in the town. The verdict being for 40s. and costs.</p> +<p>Mr. Coxon, postmaster, had died somewhat suddenly.</p> +<p><a name="page295"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 295</span>April +11th.—Messrs. Steward and Aldred had been re-elected +Churchwardens; and Messrs. G. Danby-Palmer and J. Barker, Haven +Commissioners, with Messrs. R. Hammond and D. A. Gourlay as +supernumeraries.</p> +<p>April 18th.—The East Norfolk Militia had mustered 780 +strong at their annual training.</p> +<p>The Election of Guardians had resulted in no change being made +in the Board except as regarded the election of Frederick Palmer, +Esq., a scrutiny of votes was threatened by the defeated +candidates.</p> +<p>April 22nd.—An otter had been captured on the Hall-quay +and remained “in charge of the police,” and was the +only “prisoner” before the Justices.</p> +<p>May 2nd.—The Corporation addresses to the Prince and +Princess of Wales had been presented by the Mayor, Lord Sondes, +and Sir E. Lacon, Bart.</p> +<p>J. G. Plummer, Esq., J.P., and a member of the Council, had +died.</p> +<p>May 9th.—The first ball of the season had been held at +the new Assembly-rooms, South Beach, the Stewards being the +Mayor, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Major Marcon, Captain +Ensor, Captain Longe, and Mr. C. J. Palmer.</p> +<p>May 13th.—Mr. J. Scott had been elected a Councillor for +the St. George’s ward in the place of the late Mr. Plummer +without opposition, Mr. R. Norman (who had issued an address in +the Conservative interest) having retired on the eve of the +election.</p> +<p>H.M.S. “Porcupine” was in the Roads.</p> +<p>An “Old Crome” late the property of Mr. Hunt, had +been sold for £110 to Mr. J. J. Colman.</p> +<p>May 16th.—The Mayor had distributed prizes to the +following members of the Norfolk Artillery +Volunteers:—Sergeant-Major Stolworthy, Sergeant Sparrow, +Sergeant Cocks, Corporal Page, Bombardiers Bullimore, Greenwood, +Nutman, Self, and C. Bartram, and Corporal Baker.</p> +<p>The Norfolk Artillery Militia, under command of Colonel +Astley, had assembled, 600 strong, for its annual training.</p> +<p>Mr. Marsh’s wine and spirit stores at the corner of +Regent and King Streets, had been sold by auction for +£3,210.</p> +<p>The death of W. T. Clarke, Esq., J.P., had caused a vacancy +for the St. Andrew’s Ward, and Mr. W. J. Brand had issued +an address to the electors.</p> +<p><a name="page296"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 296</span>May +27th.—This contest terminated for:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>W. J. Brand</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">150</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Rivett</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">145</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>And an amusing scene had taken place at the close of the poll +between the Mayor and Mr. Rivett, the latter taunting his Worship +for not coming up in time to record his vote, and “vowing +in not the most correct English a fearful retaliation when his +Worship’s term of office should expire.”</p> +<p>June 3rd.—The Bishop had ordained five deacons and four +priests at St. Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>June 6th.—The following were the six best shots for the +Wimbledon competition:—Corporal Wilshak, 105 points; +Private Barrett, 101 points; Colour-Sergeant Chipperfield, 99 +points; Sergeant Hudspith, 97 points; Captain Youell, 90 points; +and Corporal Davey, 89 points.</p> +<p>June 10th.—The “Red Rover” had reached +Sheerness in nine hours on her way to compete at Erith for the +Prince of Wales’ Cup.</p> +<p>The deliveries of mackerel had been “very +small.”</p> +<p>June 17th.—The Bill for incorporating the Yarmouth Gas +Company was before the Committee of the House of Commons.</p> +<p>June 20th.—Mr. Jeremiah Barnes had passed the Legal +Examination.</p> +<p>June 24th.—The Norfolk Agricultural Society had held its +annual show at Yarmouth in the Militia Barrack Square (with a +considerable extra space which was boarded in to form the show +yard) there was a great display of bunting, Messrs. Owles, Bond, +Hylton, Parsons, Barnard, Mabson, Palmer, Fyson, Garratt, and +Starling being chiefly noticeable in that respect; 100 members +and friends afterwards dined at the Town Hall under the +presidency of the Mayor, when, in addition to his Worship, the +following were the speakers:—The Hon. Wenman Coke, M.P., +Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Sir Thomas W. P. Beauchamp, +Bart., the Rev. B. Vaux, Sir W. Jones, Bart., Lord Walsingham, +Lord Sondes, Mr. W. Burroughs, Mr. Field, Mr. Thomas Browne, Mr. +Badham, and Mr. Blyth.</p> +<p>D. Falcke, W. Briggs, and J. Scott, Esqs., had been appointed +Justices in the place of W. Yetts, J. G. Plummer, and W. T. +Clarke, Esqs., deceased.</p> +<p>Miss Caroline Fellows (Mrs. Tomkins) had obtained the National +Medallion for drawing at the Kensington competition.</p> +<p>The Committee of the Commons had declared the preamble of the +Gas Bill proved.</p> +<p><a name="page297"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 297</span>June +27th.—Major Penrice had been installed W.M. of Lodge +“United Friends,” and appointed J. Tomlinson, junr., +S.W., F. W. Ferrier, J.W., William Danby-Palmer, S.D., E. P. +Youell, J.D., R. Rising, I.G., and C. Diver, Secretary. The +banquet was served at the Star by Host George Diver.</p> +<p>Messrs. Youell, florists, were displaying beautiful specimens +of the “Lilium Giganteum.”</p> +<p>July 4th.—The “Egbert,” barque, of 410 tons +register, had been launched from Messrs. Fellows’ yard.</p> +<p>The new Assembly Rooms were proving a great attraction to +visitors; the Artillery Band had been engaged by the +directors.</p> +<p>July 8th.—The “Red Rover” had beaten Mr. +Trafford’s new boat the “Alabama,” at the Water +Frolic, and Mr. Harvey’s “Myth” had taken the +prize in the second match. The “Vindex” had +been sailed in a foul manner by her crew, much to the disgust of +her owner, Mr. J. Tomlinson, junr., who was acting as Hon. +Secretary to the sports on the Committee-boat at the time.</p> +<p>During these sports a frightful accident had happened in +consequence of the hatches of the “Ruby” wherry +falling upon two men, who were thereby crushed to death.</p> +<p>July 11th.—Mr. Morant had resigned the Town +Surveyorship.</p> +<p>The magistrates on the salvage rota had been restrained from +charging, as heretofore, fees of £2 2s. by the Secretary of +State.</p> +<p>July 15th.—Charles Rushmer, one of the men killed at the +Water Frolic, who was a member of the Norfolk Artillery +Volunteers, had been buried with military honours; it was stated +that “this was the only death that had occurred among the +Volunteers” since the formation of the corps in the +town.</p> +<p>Three thousand excursionists had arrived in one day from East +Suffolk.</p> +<p>July 18th.—The Channel Fleet, consisting of the +following ships (under the command of Rear-Admiral Dacres) was in +the Roads:—“Edgar” (flagship), 71 guns, 800 +men, 600 horse-power, Captain Church; “Emerald” +(frigate), 35 guns, 510 men, 600 horse-power, Captain Cummings; +“Liverpool,” 39 guns, 540 men, 600 horse-power, +Captain Lambert; “Black Prince” (armour plated), 40 +guns, 726 men, 1,200 horse-power, Captain Wainwright; +“Royal Oak,” 35 guns, 547 men, 800 horse-power, +Captain Campbell; “Resistance,” 16 guns, 482 men, 600 +horse-power, Captain Chamberlin; “Warrior,” 40 guns, +706 men, <a name="page298"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +298</span>1,200 horse-power, Captain Cochrane; +“Defence,” 16 guns, 468 men, 600 horse-power, Captain +Phillimore; “Trinculo,” (tender), 2 guns, 20 +men. It was nearly dark by the time the last vessel of the +squadron took up her moorings; numbers of persons, nevertheless, +remained on the Beach to a late hour, watching the lights +displayed by the vessels as they laid at their anchorage.</p> +<p>At eight o’clock on Wednesday morning, a salute of +eleven guns was fired from the Admiral’s ship, in +acknowledgment of the salute by the Volunteers the previous +evening. During the whole of Wednesday the fleet was +inspected by large numbers of visitors, who left the Britannia +Pier in steamers plying to and from the squadron at reasonable +fares, while the pier itself was the resort of many interested in +watching the constant arrival and departure of men-of-war boats, +freighted with provisions and stores, or in bringing officers on +shore on leave. At one o’clock, the Mayor, and a +party on board, left the bridge in the steamboat +“Emperor,” to pay an official visit to the +Admiral. The Mayor was accompanied on the occasion by C. J. +Palmer, W. Nightingale, C. C. Aldred, W. Holt, G. S. Shingles, W. +T. Foreman, W. Johnson, J. Clarke, B. Fenn, E. P. Youell, W. +Laws, J. H. Orde, J. Stephenson, and J. Bunn, Esqs. On +arriving at the flag-ship the party were most courteously +received by Captain Hornby, in the absence of the Admiral, who, +unfortunately, was on shore. After remaining a short time +inspecting the “Edgar,” the party proceeded to the +“Warrior,” where they were received by the Hon. +Captain Cochrane, who escorted them over the ship. This was +by far the most interesting feature of the excursion the powerful +armament and splendid construction of this truly noble vessel +exciting the admiration of all. The crew, numbering upwards +of 700, were all found busily engaged at their varied avocations, +some intent upon their drill at the huge Armstrong guns, while +others were pursuing more peaceful avocations. The interior +arrangements of the “Warrior,” as a ship of war, have +been so frequently and fully described, that it is unnecessary to +allude further to them, suffice it to say that, after viewing all +parts of the vessel, one could but feel that England had but +little to fear from foreign invasion, while guarded by such +bulwarks of defence. The Mayor, with his friends, having +made the tour of the fleet, returned to the Britannia Pier and +disembarked. The Mayor then proceeded to the Victoria +Hotel, where the Admiral was understood to be staying, but was +again unsuccessful in having an interview with him, as he had +just previously left to go on board his flag-ship. Under +these <a name="page299"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +299</span>circumstances, the Mayor addressed a letter to the +gallant officer, expressing his regret at not meeting him, and +tendering on behalf of the town an invitation to himself and +officers to attend a ball at the Town Hall, on Monday evening, +expressing a hope that his arrangements would enable him to +accept it.”</p> +<p>The Fleet were, however, compelled to leave on the Sunday +afternoon.</p> +<p>July 25th.—A Bazaar in aid of the Town Charities had +been held, when Mrs. Nevill, Mrs. A. B. Crosse, Mrs. C. J. +Palmer, Mrs. J. Brown, Mrs. G. Palmer, Mrs. Rivers, Mrs. F. +Frere, and Mrs. Harmer had stalls.</p> +<p>July 29th.—Captain William Alfred Glasspoole had been +appointed A.D.C. to Major-General Honner, C.B., commanding the +Scinde Division of the Indian Army.</p> +<p>Aug. 1st.—At the Regatta the “Gipsy Queen,” +of Winterton, had won the yawl race, and the “Little +Yankee” (Captain Cholmondley) and the +“Belvidere” (T. M. Read, Esq.,) the small yacht +races.</p> +<p>And at the Water Frolic, the “Red Rover” (S. +Nightingale, Esq.,) had beaten the “Wanderer” (R. +Harvey, Esq.,) and the “Little Yankee” (Captain +Cholmondley).</p> +<p>The Regatta Dinner had been held at the Norfolk Hotel, +(Winder, proprietor).</p> +<p>£80 had been realised at the Bazaar.</p> +<p>Aug. 5th.—The Volunteers had been inspected on the South +Denes by Colonel Ibbetson.</p> +<p>Aug. 8th.—A ring bearing the inscription “Maria +Costerton, obit 18, October, 1788, aged 14 years,” had been +dredged up on Breydon, and claimed by John Fisher Costerton, +Esq., who had lost it some 60 years previously at a water +party.</p> +<p>Aug. 12th.—It was noted that the two drinking fountains +were not used by the public.</p> +<p>Aug. 19th—Bishop Hills had preached at St. +Nicholas’ Church in aid of the Columbia Mission.</p> +<p>The Mayor had refused the Bishop the use of the Town-hall for +a meeting on the same subject, and it consequently had been held +at the Priory-hall. £90 was thus raised for the +Fund.</p> +<p>The Artillery Volunteers (170 strong) had been inspected by +Colonel Knox.</p> +<p>Aug. 22nd.—One thousand excursionists had arrived from +Newmarket and Bury.</p> +<p><a name="page300"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 300</span>The +Town Clerk stated in Council that the costs of the Corporation in +opposing the Gas Bill would amount to £800.</p> +<p>The “Sir Edmund Lacon” Lodge, N.I.U.O.F., had been +opened at the Volunteer Tavern, when Sir E. Lacon and H. R. +Harmer, Esq., were invested with the respective offices of P.S.F. +and P.G. and speeches delivered by those gentlemen and Dr. +Stephenson.</p> +<p>Aug. 26th.—Sir John Walsham was holding an inquiry as to +the Guardians’ election for the North Ward, where Mr. J. F. +Neave claimed Mr. Hylton’s seat; there appeared to be grave +irregularities in the Proxy List of Voters.</p> +<p>Aug. 29th.—The memorial stone of the new Baptist Chapel +on the Denes had been laid by J. J. Colman, Esq.</p> +<p>Sept. 2nd.—Records the death of Samuel C. Marsh, Esq., +“after a prolonged and grievous affliction.”</p> +<p>Sept. 5th.—Mr. Falcke was suggested as a candidate for +the Regent Ward to fill the late Mr. Marsh’s place in the +Council.</p> +<p>Sept. 9th.—The “Justice Roll” could not be +found, and there was a “scene” on the Bench in +consequence.</p> +<p>Sept. 16th.—On Licensing Day there had been the usual +“drum up” of Justices, who were classed as follows by +the editor:—</p> +<p>Regular Attendants—The Mayor, J. Fenn, J. Owles, B. +Fenn, J. C. Smith, F. Palmer, E. Preston, P. Pullyn, R. Hammond, +and J. Barker, Esqs.</p> +<p>Occasional but useful attendants—J. Costerton, C. C. +Aldred, W. Bessey, W. Thurtell, E. Youell, B. Jay, J. Clark, F. +Worship and T. Brightwen, Esqs.</p> +<p>Three hundred lasts of herring had been landed in one day, +“but proving of inferior quality,” had scarcely +realised £10 per last.</p> +<p>Sept. 19th.—The alterations at the Naval Asylum, +amounting to some £2,000 or £3,000, had been +entrusted to Mr. George Tyrell, of this town.</p> +<p>At the Registration Court, Mr. Clowes appeared for the +Liberals, and Mr. W. C. Reynolds for the Tories.</p> +<p>The Elocution Society (Mr. Lovewell Blake, Secretary) had held +its annual meeting and reunion at the Corn-hall, when 200 members +sat down to tea.</p> +<p>Sept. 23rd.—The Churchwardens (Messrs. Steward and +Aldred) had been presented with silver tea services, as +testimonials of the esteem and regard in which they were held by +the parishioners.</p> +<p><a name="page301"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 301</span>Mr. +Falcke not being qualified to be elected a Councillor, Mr. +Livingston, (Liberal) and Mr. Stagg (Tory) were before the +electors in the Regent Ward.</p> +<p>Sep. 26th.—The following noblemen and gentlemen had +acted as Stewards of the Races:—Lord William Powlett, Lord +Hastings, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., Edward Howes, Esq., M.P., +Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. W. C. W. Coke, M.P., and Colonel Shafto +Adair, A.D.C. Mr. J. F. Clarke, as usual, officiated as +Judge, and Mr. Samuel Clarke as Starter.</p> +<p>The Regent Ward Election had terminated—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Stagg</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">83</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Livingston</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">57</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Sept. 30th.—James Scott and William Briggs, Esqs., had +qualified as Justices.</p> +<p>Oct. 3rd.—Corporal H. H. Baker had won the Champion +Medal at the Artillery Volunteer Prize Shooting.</p> +<p>Oct. 7th.—The Market had been “glutted” with +fish, and the prices consequently remained very low.</p> +<p>Oct. 17th.—The Mayor (R. Steward, Esq.,) had given his +third banquet at the Town Hall, the Members for the Borough (Sir +E. Lacon and Sir H. Stracey), the Recorder (N. Palmer, Esq.), and +many others being present.</p> +<p>Oct. 21st.—Mr. Newcomb had been appointed +Postmaster.</p> +<p>Oct. 24th.—At a dinner, given by Sir E. Lacon, to the +members of the Conservative party, it had been determined to +again offer the Mayoralty to R. Steward, Esq.</p> +<p>The Bishop had confirmed 180 young persons at St. +Nicholas’ Church.</p> +<p>The prospects of the fishing were “of a most gloomy +character.” Two vessels, the “Leda” and +“Isis” had left for Ancona, the former with 2,900 and +the latter with 2,550 barrels of fish, and several thousand +barrels had been despatched by steamships trading with the +Italian ports.</p> +<p>Oct. 28th.—Three hundred lasts of herring had been +landed on the Quay on Sunday, which had caused a great +disturbance there, and the Magistrates proposed to take steps to +prevent a recurrence of such scenes on the Lord’s day.</p> +<p>Nov. 4th.—The following had been the result of the +Municipal Election:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Messrs. Bessey and Nightingale (Cons.) not +opposed.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page302"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 302</span><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Messrs. W. C. Reynolds and W. Wright (Cons.) +not opposed.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Messrs. Palmer and Foreman (Cons.) not +opposed.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. H. Harrison (politics doubtful)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">148</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Clark (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">129</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Clowes (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">81</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Barnby (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">121</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. Nuthall (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">121</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Bivett (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">82</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>G. W. Clowes (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">70</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Richmond (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">251</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Gooda(Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">220</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Rivett (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">100</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>There had been a very heavy gale from the N.N.W.</p> +<p>Messrs. Savage and de Caux had been proceeded against for +placing swills on the South Quay, and Mr. Savage fined 40s. and +costs, but the case against Mr. de Caux was not proceeded +with.</p> +<p>Nov. 7th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer had proposed and Mr. J. C. +Smith seconded in the Council that £2.000 be expended in +the further extension of the Marine Drive, which resolution was +carried <i>nem dis</i>.</p> +<p>The Government had purchased the waste ground between the R.N. +Hospital and the Drive, and were about to enclose it.</p> +<p>Nov. 11th.—Mr. R. Steward had, upon the nomination of +Mr. Ferrier, seconded by Mr. Nightingale, been re-elected Mayor, +and in returning thanks mentioned “his acknowledgments to +C. J. Palmer, Esq., to whose advice much of the success that had +followed his mayoralty was justly due, and he had pleasure in +taking that opportunity of publicly thanking him for the valuable +assistance he had at all times so cheerfully rendered.”</p> +<p>Nov. 25th.—Five corn stacks, valued at upwards of +£600, had been burnt on Mr. Hammond’s premises at +Gorleston.</p> +<p>Nov. 28th.—The sum of £135 had been raised for the +purpose of presenting a testimonial to the Mayor.</p> +<p>The price of gas had been reduced to 4s. 6d. per 1,000 cubic +feet.</p> +<p><a name="page303"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 303</span>Mr. +Critten had launched a new lifeboat, named “The Friend of +all Nations.”</p> +<p>Dec. 5th.—Tremendous gales from the S.S.W. had visited +the coast and much damage done to the shipping.</p> +<p>Dec. 12th.—The new Methodist Chapel at Burgh had been +partly blown down by the gale.</p> +<p>Dec. 16th.—The following smacks were reported to be +missing:—“Driving Mist” (Mr. Yaxley), +“Leveret” and “Three Sisters” (Mr. +Nockolds), “Ranger” (Mr. Norton), “Rhine” +(Mr. Symonds), “Osprey” (Mr. Harrison), +“Temperance Star” (Mr. Simlett), “Essex” +(Mr. Carter), “Rainbow” (Mr. Moore), +“Twilight” and “North Star” (Mr. +Shuckford), “Gihon” (Mr. Todd), and the +“Volunteer” (Mr. Veale.)</p> +<p>The “Volunteer” steamtug, belonging to Mr. S Fill +had been lost, owing to her having sprung a leak when about 40 +miles from the land, while cruising about to find the missing +smacks, and the crew reported that they had left her in a sinking +state.</p> +<p>Dec. 19th.—The following had been the winners of prizes +in the N.A.V. competition:—Corporal Baker, and gunners +Manship, Riches, Bartram, Shrimpling, Rainer; sergeant Steward; +gunners Watson, Davy, Wetherell; sergeants Cocks and Robinson; +corporal Beevor; bombardiers Greenwood, Nutman, Self; and gunners +Stringer, Thompson, R. Cory and Howes.</p> +<p>The presentation took place at the Drill-room, Regent-street, +when the Mayor presided, and Captains Foreman and Barber also +addressed the Volunteers.</p> +<p>Dec. 23rd.—The thirteen smacks above-named were still +missing.</p> +<p>Dec. 26th.—C. J. Palmer, Esq. (President of the +Institution) had read a paper upon the history of the building +occupied as the Public Library and the Port Dues Office, at a +Conversazione held therein.</p> +<p>The Mayor’s Testimonial Fund had reached the sum of +£200.</p> +<p>The “Medusa” frigate was searching for the missing +smacks.</p> +<p>Dec. 30th.—There was a warm discussion going on as to +the use of one of the Town fire engines at the burning of a +vessel named the “Spray,” Mr. C. C. Aldred holding +that it should not have been so used, while Mr. Falcke warmly +supported the opposite view of the case.</p> +<p>The following gentlemen then held commissions in the local +Volunteer Corps.</p> +<p>Artillery.—Major, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart.; Captains, +W. J. Foreman, John Lee Barber, and H. P. Green; First +Lieutenants, A. <a name="page304"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +304</span>W. Morant and J. W. C. Ewart; Second Lieutenants, T. M. +Read, J. W. D. Gosnall, Robert Rising and John Brown; Hon. +Chaplain, Rev. B. Vaux.</p> +<p>Rifles—Major, James Henry Orde; Adjutant, R. C. Holmes +(late Captain 10th Hussars); Captains, E. P. Youell, H. H. +Barber, W. Holt, and J. Tomlinson; Lieutenants, H. R. Harmer, G. +Moore, F. W. Ferrier, and S. W. Spelman; Ensigns, John Cobb, S. +Aldred, E. Fyson, and R. Watling; Surgeon, Frederick Palmer; Hon. +Chaplain, Rev. H. R. Nevill; Supernumerary Lieutenants, John +Clark and Charles Diver.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>N.B.—The file for the +Year</i> 1864 <i>is missing</i>.</p> +<h3>1865.</h3> +<p>Jan. 7th.—A man, 60 years of age, had attended the +Guardians, with a view to obtaining a wife out of the +Workhouse. He was referred back by the Board to his own +parish (Clippesby).</p> +<p>Jan. 11th.—Benjamin Dowson, Esq., had died in his 77th +year; he was much respected, and the flags on the shipping and +the public buildings had been hoisted at half-mast.</p> +<p>Jan. 14th.—The Haven was in a bad state, and there was +so little water on the bar that the “Rainbow” steamer +had landed her passengers on the Beach.</p> +<p>Jan. 18th.—John Barker, Esq., one of the Borough +Magistrates and a Haven Commissioner, had died in his 69th +year.</p> +<p>Jan. 28th.—The Great Yarmouth Building Society had held +its first meeting (Major Foreman in the chair), when Mr. +Chipperfield was elected secretary, and the following gentlemen +directors:—H. Buston, J. Stephenson, R. Dumbleton, E. +Stagg, and J. Isaac.</p> +<p>The “Antelope” cutter had been launched from Mr. +Winter’s yard, for Messrs. Smith and Son.</p> +<p>Feb. 4th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer had presided at the annual +Sailors’ Home Meeting, when Captain Rivers, D. Falcke, W. +Worship, S. Dowson, C. Rose, R. Norman, and J. Scott, Esqrs., +Majors Orde and Foreman, and the Revs. Hurst and Harrison were +present.</p> +<p>A public meeting, over which Mr. E. H. L. Preston presided, +had been held in opposition to the “Haven and Port +Bill” which was being promoted by the Corporation, and the +following committee appointed to watch that +measure:—Messrs. E. H. L. Preston, W. N. Burroughs, R. +Dumbleton, J. W. de Caux, James Scott, Robert Barber, and John +Owles.</p> +<p><a name="page305"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 305</span>Feb. +15th.—A “very violent storm” had arisen at the +meeting of the Corporation Committee sitting upon the Haven and +Port Bill.</p> +<p>Feb. 22nd.—The shipowners had met (Mr. R. S. Watling in +the chair), to consider the Bill, and had passed a resolution +moved by Mr. G. Blake and seconded by Mr. J. B. Hylton, in favour +of the measure.</p> +<p>The fishing interest had held a meeting (Mr. B. Fenn in the +chair), and condemned the proposed Corporation Fishwharf +scheme.</p> +<p>Feb. 25th.—At the Council meeting, Mr. E. H. L. Preston +and Mr. C. C. Aldred had been “at loggerheads” with +regard to the Haven Bill.</p> +<p>March 11th.—Mr. H. Boulter, for many years one of the +Councillors for the North Ward, had died.</p> +<p>March 22nd.—There had been a heavy gale from the S.E., +which had occasioned great damage to the shipping; Mr. Petts and +the coastguard had done much good service with Manby’s +apparatus, in saving life.</p> +<p>March 25th.—At the contest in the North Ward, consequent +on the death of Mr. Boulter, the numbers were—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>J. H. Bly (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">121</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. F. Neave (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">76</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Hopton Church, which had recently been destroyed by fire, was +to be rebuilt on a new site at a cost of £2,500.</p> +<p>April 1st.—During a heavy gale the vessels “Jenny +R” and “Londonderry” had been stranded on the +Beach.</p> +<p>April 8th.—Reports the death of George Danby-Palmer, +Esq., as follows:—“We regret to record the decease of +this gentleman, who expired at his residence, South Quay, on +Tuesday evening last. Mr. Palmer was born July 5th, 1787, +and was therefore in his 78th year. He was a member of the +old Corporation, and since the passing of the Municipal Reform +Act, had continued in the new Corporation, although of late years +illness had prevented him from taking any active part in the +administration of municipal matters. He was a Justice of +the Peace for the County of Norfolk as well as the Borough, and +also filled the office of Haven Commissioner. Mr. Palmer +throughout his long connection with the town was closely +identified with the trade and commerce of the port, being a large +shipowner, and deeply interested in the fisheries. His loss +will be felt by many, particularly among the poor, to whom he was +a true friend. As a tribute of respect to his memory, the +flags have been hoisted on the shipping and principal buildings +in the town during the week.” In politics Mr. Palmer +was a Whig, and possessed great influence in the town.</p> +<p><a name="page306"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 306</span>April +15th.—Mr. H. H. Barber (Lib.) and Mr. S. K. Smith (Con.) +were candidates for the seat thus rendered vacant in the Nelson +Ward.</p> +<p>The following Guardians had been elected:—North Ward: +Messrs. S. Nightingale, J. B. Hylton, and I. Shuckford. +Market Ward: Messrs. J. Laws, C. C. Aldred, and J. Fenn. +Regent Ward: Messrs. W. Worship, R. D. Barber, and C. +Diver. St. George’s Ward: Messrs. F. Palmer, J. +Scott, and B. Fenn. Nelson Ward: Messrs. J. Clowes, W. T. +Fisher, C. Woolverton, and G. W. Moore.</p> +<p>The shipwrights, who had been on strike, had returned to their +employment.</p> +<p>April 22nd.—The debt on St. Nicholas’ Church was +then £6,700.</p> +<p>The contest in the Nelson Ward had resulted as +follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>H. H. Barber (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">150</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. K. Smith (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">117</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>And “the proceedings throughout the day had all the +characteristics of a general election.”</p> +<p>Messrs. C. S. D. Steward and E. R. Aldred had been re-elected +Churchwardens by the Vestry.</p> +<p>May 13th.—The “George” schooner had been +launched from Mr. Rust’s yard.</p> +<p>May 27th.—There had been no special demonstration of +loyalty on the Queen’s birthday.</p> +<p>The Dowager Lady Lacon had bequeathed £200 to the +Hospital.</p> +<p>A “French Club,” of which M. Butel was the tutor, +was meeting at the Norfolk Hotel.</p> +<p>June 7th.—A meeting of the Conservative party had been +held at the Star Hotel, which was attended by Sir E. H. K. Lacon +and Mr. Goodson, and an active canvass had been commenced on +behalf of those gentlemen, as the Conservative candidates for the +Borough.</p> +<p>June 10th.—The Liberals had met at the Angel Hotel, when +Mr. E. W. Watkin, by letter, strongly recommended Mr. A. Brogden, +and Mr. J. C. Marshman to the electors, and those gentlemen were, +on the motion of Mr. Livingston, seconded by Mr. Moore, requested +to visit the Borough with Mr. Watkin.</p> +<p>June 17th.—H.M.S. “Dauntless,” 31 guns, was +anchored in the Roads.</p> +<p>Mr. S. Barge had obtained the contract for enclosing the land +to the east of the Naval Hospital.</p> +<p>Mr. H. R. Harmer had been presented with an elegant silver +salver <a name="page307"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +307</span>upon the occasion of his resigning his commission of +Lieutenant in the Rifle Volunteers.</p> +<p>June 21st.—The Liberals had held a monster meeting in +the Market Place, when Mr. J. Clowes occupied the chair, and the +Liberal candidates (Messrs. Brogden and Marshman) had delivered +addresses.</p> +<p>The Conservatives had also held a meeting, convened by +circular, which had been addressed by Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. +Goodson.</p> +<p>July 1st.—Both parties had held meetings at Gorleston, +which had been addressed by their respective candidates; each of +the candidates spoke of “certain success, with fair +play.”</p> +<p>July 5th.—The Editor states “that it is evident +from the numbers who hold back their promises, that there is a +great expectancy that the value of votes will rise in the +market.”</p> +<p>July 8th.—The Liberals had been holding meetings in each +of the Wards, and it was stated that “both parties are +professedly confident of achieving a victory.”</p> +<p>July 12th.—Mr. Marshman had suddenly and unexpectedly +retired from the contest, and Mr. Brogden had issued an address +stating that Mr. Vanderbyl would take Mr. Marshman’s place +as a candidate for the Borough; it was evident that “the +struggle would be one of no ordinary character.”</p> +<p>The farmers in East Norfolk were agitating for a repeal of the +Malt Tax, and had adopted Mr. Clare Sewell Read as their +candidate.</p> +<p>July 15th.—Sir Thomas B. P. Beauchamp, Bart., had been +selected as a colleague of the Hon. Colonel Coke, the sitting +Liberal Member for that Division of the County.</p> +<p>At the Borough nomination the appearance of the Liberal +candidates “was the signal for a regular +ovation.” When something like a hearing could be +obtained, Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed, and Mr. Dumbleton +seconded, Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, Bart., Mr. R. Hammond +proposed, and Mr. J. Scott seconded, Alexander Brogden, Esq.; Mr. +W. Worship proposed, and Mr. C. Woolverton seconded, James +Goodson, Esq.; and Mr. G. Blake proposed, and Mr. J. Owles +seconded, Philip Vanderbyl, Esq.</p> +<p>The show of hands was by an “immense majority” +found in favour of Messrs. Brogden and Vanderbyl.</p> +<p>The polling took place on the following day, and this +description is given of</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page308"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 308</span><span +class="GutSmall">“THE ELECTION.”</span></p> +<p>The very general expectation that prevailed as to the severity +of the contest drew early together large numbers of persons, who +thronged the vicinity of the polling places and the streets +throughout the day. The polling from eight to nine +o’clock was very rapid, both parties striving their utmost +to bring up men so as to head the poll. The popular +feeling, which manifested itself unmistakeably in favour of the +Liberal cause, was sadly damped between the hours of nine and ten +o’clock by the appearance of a placard bearing the state of +the poll, and showing that the Conservatives, notwithstanding the +activity displayed by the other side, had stolen a march upon +them, and meant winning. The result of the next +hour’s polling had considerably increased the Conservative +majority, and, as a large proportion of the electors had voted, +it became evident that the battle, as far as Liberal interests +were concerned, was all but lost. As the day advanced, the +position of the Liberals on the poll became worse, and all chance +of retrieving their position was hopeless. The excitement +was very great in the town, but the crowd continued to conduct +themselves pretty quietly, contenting themselves with venting +their disappointment by groaning heartily at every vehicle +bearing placards of “Vote for Lacon and Goodson.”</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">State of the +Poll.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">Nine +o’clock.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">298</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Goodson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">294</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Brogden</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">235</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Vanderbyl</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">226</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">Ten +o’clock.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">541</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Goodson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">526</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Brogden</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">447</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Vanderbyl</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">425</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">Eleven +o’clock.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">608</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Goodson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">574</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Brogden</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">506</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Vanderbyl</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">481</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page309"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 309</span>Twelve +o’clock.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">746</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Goodson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">712</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Brogden</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">595</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Vanderbyl</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">557</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">One +o’clock.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">758</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Goodson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">708</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Brogden</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">610</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Vanderbyl</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">571</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">Two +o’clock.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">798</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Goodson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">757</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Brogden</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">618</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Vanderbyl</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">573</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center">Four +o’clock.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">828</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Goodson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">784</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Brogden</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">634</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Vanderbyl</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">589</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p>The following detail is given of the polling in +the various Wards.</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Lacon.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Goodson.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Brogden.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">Vanderbyl.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>St. Nicholas’</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">86</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">78</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">74</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Market</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">146</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">140</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">120</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">109</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Regent</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">152</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">146</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">106</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">99</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>St. George’s</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">104</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">100</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">96</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Nelson</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">189</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">173</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">138</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">130</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Southtown</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">146</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">139</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">96</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">86</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Total</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">828</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">784</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">634</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">589</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p>July 19th.—At the Nomination for East +Norfolk, Sir T. B. P. Beauchamp (failing to satisfy the Malt-tax +Repeal party), Mr. Clare Sewell Read was proposed as a candidate +for the Division, as also were Colonel Coke, Mr. Howes, and Sir +Thomas; the show of hands being in favour of Howes and Read, a +poll was demanded for the Whig candidates (the Hon. Colonel +Clarence Wenman Walpole Coke and Sir Thomas Brograve +Proctor-Beauchamp, Bart.,) who proceeded to Yarmouth, <a +name="page310"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 310</span>where their +agent (Mr. F. Danby-Palmer) at once organised a meeting of 6,000 +persons in the Market-place, Mr. R. Hammond presided, and General +Sir Charles A. Windham, Colonel Coke, Viscount Bury, and Sir +Thomas Beauchamp addressed the assembly.</p> +<p>The Tories also held a meeting in front of the Crown and +Anchor Hotel, which was addressed by the Mayor (R. Steward, +Esq.), Mr. C. S. Read, and Mr. E. H. L. Preston; the crowd then, +however, gave “three cheers for Brogden and Vanderbyl, and +as many groans for Howes and Read.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>July 22nd.—The voting in the town of Yarmouth had been, +with regard to this contest, as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Coke</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">340</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Beauchamp</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">314</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Howes</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">297</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Read</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">267</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>But the general return was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Howes</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3,100</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Read</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2,985</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Beauchamp</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2,150</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Coke</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1,994</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>July 29th.—The Regatta had, owing to the exertions of F. +Harmer, Esq., been very successfully conducted.</p> +<p>A Swimming Association had been formed in the town, and Mr. +George Archard had won the 1,000 yards match.</p> +<p>Sir John Walsham had opened an inquiry at the Tolhouse as to +the election of Messrs. I. Shuckford, W. J. Foreman, and C. +Diver, (Guardians for the parish), whose seats were claimed by +Messrs. J. F. Neave, C. Steward, and J. Clowes (grocer), +respectively.</p> +<p>Mr. J. Clowes, (solicitor), appeared for the appellants, and +Mr. C. Diver, for the respondents.</p> +<p>Aug. 26th.—The Race Ball had been numerously attended, +and amongst those present were Lord Suffield, the Hon. Mrs. +Harbord and party, Major and Mrs. Orde and party, Mrs. Cubitt and +party, Mr. E. H. L. Preston, Miss Preston, Mr. E. S. Preston, Mr. +I. Preston, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer and Miss Palmer, Captain and Mrs. +Scott, Mr. and Mrs. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. T. M. Baker, Mr. T. +Burton Steward, Mr. E. Frere, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ferrier, Mr. C. J. +Palmer, Mr. Tompson, Mr. Penrice, Mr. Trafford, &c.</p> +<p>Aug. 30th.—The Rifle Volunteers were competing for +prizes.</p> +<p><a name="page311"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 311</span>Sept. +6th.—The Volunteer Rifle Corps had mustered 230 strong when +inspected by Colonel Deshon.</p> +<p>Mr. Shales, of the Star-hotel, had been thrown from his horse +on the Drive, and fractured his collar-bone.</p> +<p>Sept. 9th.—The Band of the Coldstream Guards had been +performing at the Victoria Gardens, and on the Wellington +Pier.</p> +<p>Sept. 20th.—The Haven Commissioners had drafted certain +clauses to be inserted in the New Haven Bill.</p> +<p>Owing to the high prices of provision, strikes were threatened +by the working men.</p> +<p>Sept. 23rd.—The Band of the 13th Hussars had given two +concerts at the Victoria Gardens.</p> +<p>Sept. 30th.—Herring was selling at from £23 to +£25 per last.</p> +<p>Oct. 7th.—Mr. W. J. Foreman had been declared a duly +elected Guardian for the St. George’s Ward, but nothing had +yet transpired as to the result of the petitions against Messrs. +Shuckford and Diver.</p> +<p>A ball in honour of the French and English steamers now in the +port, had been given in the Assembly Rooms. Among those +present were the Mayor, Mayoress and Miss Steward, Major and Mrs. +Orde and party, Captain and Mrs. Cubitt, the Misses Cubitt, Mr. +and Mrs. C. J. Palmer and Miss Tapp, Mrs. Gott, the Misses Gott +and party, Miss Maitland, Mrs. and Miss Seppings, Mr. and Mrs. E. +H. L. Preston, Miss Preston, the Misses Larkman, Mr. and Mrs. +Gosnall, Miss Pearson, Miss Poole, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown, Mr. F. +Danby and Miss Palmer, the officers of the English and French +ships, Mr. A. Steward, Mr. T. M. Baker, Mr. E. S. Preston, Mr. +Frere, Mr. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. M. Waters, Mr. T. B. Steward, +&c.</p> +<p>A large ferry boat, while delivering ice to a smack in the +roads, had been upset, but fortunately none of the men in her had +been drowned.</p> +<p>Oct. 1st.—Albert Hensman had been killed by Henrich +Erenschinsen at the City of London tavern.</p> +<p>Oct. 21st.—The Poor Law Inquiry had been resumed, and +was proceeding at the Tolhouse before Sir J. Walsham.</p> +<p>Prime herring was fetching £35 per last.</p> +<p>Oct. 25th.—There had been a heavy gale from the N.E.</p> +<p>Oct. 28th.—One hundred and thirty young persons had been +confirmed by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>Nov. 1st.—It was reported that 21 lives had been lost in +the recent gale.</p> +<p><a name="page312"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 312</span>Nov. +4th.—There had only been contests in the Nelson Ward, where +Mr. de Caux opposed the re-election of Messrs. Bartram and Barber +(Libs.), and in the St. Andrew’s Ward, where Mr. Downing +opposed the re-election of Messrs. Preston and Teasdel (Cons.), +but in both cases the “opposition proved +fruitless.”</p> +<p>Sixteen and a half lasts of fish delivered from the +“Ethelbert,” (Messrs. Smith and Son) had realised +£377 14s., and 8 lasts from the “Secret” had +made £182 15s. 3d.</p> +<p>Nov. 11th.—At the Council Meeting on the 9th, Mr. F. +Worship proposed, and Mr. C. Woolverton seconded, Mr. C. C. +Aldred as Mayor, who upon his election left the Court with Mr. +Steward in order to be invested with the robe and chain, when +“considerable surprise was manifested” at Mr. Steward +declining to return to the Council Chamber with the newly-elected +Mayor.</p> +<p>Nov. 18th.—The demand for herring continued very great, +and prices ranged up to £28 per last.</p> +<p>Mr. Neave had been declared to be elected a Guardian (in the +place of Mr. Shuckford) by the Poor Law Board.</p> +<p>Nov. 25th.—The Rifle Volunteer Shooting prizes had been +presented (the Mayor presiding) at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>The Ladies’ Challenge Cup was on this occasion handed +over to Private Pestell.</p> +<p>B. Fenn, Esq., (one of the Justices, and formerly an Alderman +of the Borough) had died at the age of 73 years.</p> +<p>Dec. 6th.—J. T. Birch, Esq., had presided for the last +time as Judge of the Yarmouth County Court, having exchanged that +appointment with J. Worlledge, Esq. (the Judge of the Suffolk +Courts), for part of his district.</p> +<p>Dec. 13th.—The cattle plague had attacked the cows in +Mr. Fox’s and Mr. Thacker’s dairies.</p> +<p>Dec. 20th.—It had been determined to lodge a petition +against the return of Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. Goodson on the +ground of “gross bribery and corruption.”</p> +<p>Dec. 23rd.—An Art Exhibition was being held at the Town +Hall, where J. Owles, Esq’s. china was much admired.</p> +<p>Dec. 30th.—There had been a meeting of farmers to +consider a proposed Cattle Plague Rate of 2d. in the £.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>N.B.—The file for the +Year</i> 1866 <i>is missing</i>.</p> +<h3><a name="page313"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +313</span>1867.</h3> +<p>Jan. 2nd.—An attack had been made upon the Recorder (N. +Palmer, Esq.), whose ill-health had caused his absence from the +Quarter Sessions, by Messrs. R. Steward and C. C. Aldred, and the +Mayor (Mr. E. P. Youell) by his casting vote, gave effect to this +action.</p> +<p>David Falcke, Esq., had died; his widow had sent £5 for +the poor of the town.</p> +<p>Jan. 12th.—The “South-end Mission,” which +had been erected at a cost of £500, had been opened: the +Corporation attended this ceremony.</p> +<p>Jan. 16th.—The attempt to deprive Mr. Palmer of the +Recordership was “strongly condemned,” and it was +believed that the Secretary of State would not entertain the +Magistrates’ application.</p> +<p>Jan. 19th.—This proved to be true, and the Mayor (Mr. E. +P. Youell) had been considerably snubbed by that official in his +reply to the letter forwarded by him.</p> +<p>There had been heavy gales; much damage sustained by the +shipping; the Railway traffic had been impeded by the +snowdrifts.</p> +<p>Jan. 26th.—A meeting had been held to relieve the +distress of the poor, when £289 was raised in the room.</p> +<p>Dr. Moxon had presided at the anniversary meeting of the +“Sir Edmund Lacon” Lodge, N.I.O.F., held at the +Volunteer tavern.</p> +<p>Feb. 23rd.—The Corporation had held a meeting for the +purpose of electing two Haven Commissioners under the recently +passed Haven Act, when the voting was—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Mr. Charles Cory (Town-clerk)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">25</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, ,, Robert Steward</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">24</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, ,, E. H. L. Preston</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">22</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Mr. Preston thus losing his seat on the Board, and that +gentleman, after regretting that Mr. Youell, (the Mayor) and +others should have “put such an insult upon him,” +stated “that he severed himself from such a disgraceful +party.”</p> +<p>Feb. 27th.—Mr. Rumbold had been unanimously elected (in +the place of Harbert retired), one of the relieving officers.</p> +<p>March 2nd.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Building Society had +held a meeting at the Oddfellows’-hall, Gorleston, when Mr. +W. J. Brand presided, and addresses were delivered by Messrs. F. +Palmer, L. Blake, J. F. Neave, Ling, Sacret, and W. S. Page.</p> +<p><a name="page314"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 314</span>On +the revision of the Proxy Book, Mr. C. Diver had appeared for the +Conservatives and Mr. F. Danby-Palmer for the Liberals.</p> +<p>Mr. Copeman, of Long Stratton, had purchased No. 4, +South-quay, (the Elizabethan mansion restored by the late John +Danby-Palmer, Esq.), for £1,150 and £60 for +fixtures.</p> +<p>Eighteen hundred and sixty-seven changes had been rung on St. +Nicholas’ bells on the 1st and 2nd inst., by the Parish +ringers.</p> +<p>March 6th.—The proposal of the Government to +disfranchise the Borough was the subject of general comment.</p> +<p>W. H. Bessey, Esq., J.P. and Town Councillor, had died in his +68th year.</p> +<p>March 9th.—The Town Council had adopted a petition to +Parliament deprecating the proposed disfranchisement of the +Borough.</p> +<p>Lord Bury (accompanied by Mr. F. Danby-Palmer) was sounding +the constituency of East Norfolk with a view to contesting the +division upon the next vacancy.</p> +<p>The seat on the newly constructed Haven Board held by the +shipowners had been contested with the following +result:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>For Mr. Watling</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">191</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ Mr. Scott</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">91</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>And the former was consequently elected.</p> +<p>March 13th.—The Conservative electors had met at the +“Star” (W. Worship, Esq., in the chair), and +proposed, if disfranchisement could be avoided, a compromise as +to the future representation of the Borough.</p> +<p>March 16th.—The Liberals had also held a meeting at the +“Angel,” when the majority of those present +repudiated the suggested compromise; Mr. R. Hammond (chairman), +Mr. J. Clowes, Mr. J. Lawn, Mr. R. Barber, Mr. J. Garratt, Mr. L. +Blake, Mr. J. W. de Caux, Mr. W. Livingston, Sir Thomas Beevor, +and Mr. J. Scott took part in this discussion.</p> +<p>April 6th.—There had been a “Magisterial +field-day” for the appointment of Overseers, when the +following Justices were present:—Conservatives—The +Mayor and Messrs. R. Steward, C. C. Aldred, J. Fenn, B. Jay, J. +C. Smith, J. C. Clark, and F. Worship; and Liberals—Messrs. +R. Hammond, P. Pullyn, F. Palmer, J. Owles and J. Scott. +The Tory nominees were appointed after a warm altercation, in +which Mr. Steward, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Palmer and Mr. Aldred took +prominent parts.</p> +<p><a name="page315"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 315</span>The +following Guardians had been elected:—</p> +<p><i>North Ward</i>: Messrs. S. Nightingale, J. T. Buston, and +J. F. Neave.</p> +<p><i>Market Ward</i>: Messrs. W. Laws, C. C. Aldred, and J. +Rivett.</p> +<p><i>Regent Ward</i>: Messrs. W. Worship, R. D. Barber, and C. +Diver.</p> +<p><i>St. George’s Ward</i>: Messrs. W. T. Foreman, C. +Moore, and E. Stagg.</p> +<p><i>Nelson Ward</i>: Messrs. G. W. Moore, J. Clowes, C. +Woolverton, and H. H. Barber.</p> +<p>The following tenders had been accepted for the new Fish +Wharves:—Bricklaying. Norfor, £533; masonry, +Bartram, £1,780; paviour, Chappel, £1,866 7s. 1d.; +slater, Dawber, £530; carpenter, Norfor, £1,820; +smith, Barnes, £700; plumber, Wright, £600; total, +£7,899 7s. 1d.</p> +<p>April 24th.—Messrs. Spence, Everard, Moore, Fenner, +Veale, Neave, Harrison, Douglas and Silvers had been upset on +Ormesby Broad and narrowly escaped drowning.</p> +<p>April 27th.—The bell-ringers had “struck,” +owing to their not being allowed to ring a peal on the occasion +of a marriage which took place in Passion week.</p> +<p>May 4th.—The East Norfolk Militia had been inspected by +Colonel Ross, and the Officers had given a ball at the Town +Hall.</p> +<p>May 11th.—Some Races, called “The Spring +Meeting,” had been held on the Denes under the management +of Messrs. D. R. Fowler, E. Stagg, A. Watling, C. Steward, J. T. +Savage, and H. Crowe, Mr. Cufaude acting as judge and Mr W. Crowe +as starter.</p> +<p>May 22nd.—Mr. Edmond Beales had attended a Reform +Demonstration held on the Hall Quay, when the Rev. Shelley +occupied the chair.</p> +<p>May 29th.—The first stone of the Volunteer Drill Hall +(Ensign F. Danby-Palmer, hon. secretary) had been laid by the +Mayor (Captain Youell), after the Rev. B. Vaux had offered up a +prayer. Major Orde and Lord Suffield then addressed the +corps, which fired several volleys, the band playing “God +Save the Queen.”</p> +<p>The Ringers being still “on strike,” the Church +bells were silent on this occasion.</p> +<p>June 5th.—The House of Commons had passed the clause +disfranchising the Borough.</p> +<p>A halibut had been caught by one of the fishing craft, +measuring 6 feet long, 30 inches broad, and weighing 161 lbs.</p> +<p>June 8th.—The marriage of Joseph Tomlinson, Esq., to +Miss Ellen Larkman, had been celebrated, with much rejoicing, at +Belton Church.</p> +<p><a name="page316"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 316</span>June +12th.—There had been an alarming fire on Mr. Barnes’ +and Mr. Gooda’s premises at Southtown.</p> +<p>June 29th.—And another fire at Gorleston on Mr. +Kemp’s premises, where the damage was estimated at from +£1,200 to £1,500.</p> +<p>Captain Smyth, R.N. (Pier Master) had been granted a Greenwich +Hospital out-pension of £65 a year.</p> +<p>July 6th.—Bro. William Danby-Palmer had been installed +W.M. of Lodge “United Friends” 313, and during the +subsequent banquet at the Star Hotel, the band of the Rifle +Volunteers had performed on the “leads.”</p> +<p>E. H. L. Preston, Esq., had been nominated a Knight of the +Belgian Order of Leopold.</p> +<p>July 13th.—The “Hermit” (smack) had been +launched for Mr. H. K. Swann, from Mr. Ambrose J. Palmer’s +yard.</p> +<p>July 24th.—Mr. I. Preston, jun., acted as secretary at +the “Water Frolic” (vice Tomlinson resigned), when +the following yachts competed:—“Spray,” 8 tons, +F. Foster, Esq.; “Iris,” 7, Messrs. Harrison and +Veale; “Fleur-de-Lis,” 5, P. Gandy, Esq.; +“Fleetwing,” 9, Messrs. Hart and Asker; +“Warrior,” 9, H. K. Thompson, Esq.; “Blue +Bell,” 6, J. E. Preston, Esq.; “Syren,” 4, +Press Bros.; “Vixen,” 10, P. S. Millard, Esq.; and +“Enchantress,” 10, H. H. Barber, Esq. The +“Blue Bell” won.</p> +<p>Aug. 3rd.—At the Regatta, the “Red Rover” +declined to try conclusions with the “Satanella” and +the “Eva,” the former of which yachts won the +prize.</p> +<p>Only three yawls competed with the following +results:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">H.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">M.</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">S.</span></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Glance”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">58</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">30</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Star of the East”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">46</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>“Eclipse”</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">30</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>It was remarked that no Yarmouth yawl was entered for the +match. On this occasion Mr. F. Harmer acted as starter, and +Mr. J. H. Bly as Hon. Secretary.</p> +<p>Aug. 24th.—The Mayor had given a ball at his residence +at Gorleston, when about 60 ladies and gentlemen were +present.</p> +<p>Aug. 28th.—The town was full of visitors. It was +estimated that from 15,000 to 20,000 persons were at one time on +the Marine Drive on the preceding Sunday.</p> +<p><a name="page317"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 317</span>Sep. +7th.—The Mortuary Chapel at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, +Caister Road, had been consecrated by the Roman Catholic Bishop +of Demerara.</p> +<p>The Corporation land at and near “Norfolk Square” +had been offered for sale, and several lots sold to Messrs. H. +Teasdel, J. Clowes, J. Isaac, C. Woolverton, and E. Stagg.</p> +<p>Sep. 11th.—The Fish Wharves and Market were nearly +completed and would shortly be opened; they had cost about +£12,000.</p> +<p>The fire engines had been condemned and were about to be +replaced by more powerful ones constructed by Messrs. Shand and +Mason.</p> +<p>Sep. 14th.—Herring was selling at from £12 to +£15 per last.</p> +<p>The Corporation had been selling sites near the Naval +Hospital, and Grout & Co.’s Factory, which had realised +an average rent of £1 2s. 5d. per site.</p> +<p>Sep. 21st.—Prime herring was selling at £30 per +last.</p> +<p>Sep. 25th.—J. T. Abdy, Esq., had attended as Revising +Barrister for East Norfolk, when Mr. I. O. Howard Taylor and Mr. +F. Danby-Palmer represented the Liberals, and Mr. Charles Diver +and Mr. Eagleton the Conservatives, each party had made 56 claims +and lodged 130 objections.</p> +<p>Oct. 16th.—Owing to a glut of fish, some herring were +selling so low as £6 per last.</p> +<p>Oct. 26th.—The following were the retiring +Councillors:—Messrs. W. Worship, J. D. Hilton, C. J. +Palmer, C. Woolverton, R. Ferrier, B. Jay, R. D. Barber, J. +Tomlinson, D. A. Gourlay, E. R. Aldred, R. Steward, and W. J. +Brand; all of whom (except Mr. C. J. Palmer) proposed to seek +re-election.</p> +<p>Nov. 2nd.—Mr. de Caux had appeared as a candidate in the +South Ward and Messrs. Neave and Frosdick in the St. +George’s Ward.</p> +<p>A small steam boat, the property of Mr. Laurie, had been +launched from Mr. Blyth’s iron works at Cobholm.</p> +<p>Nov. 9th.—The Drill Hall had been opened, when the +Volunteers and a large number of guests were entertained by the +officers of the Corps, (Major Orde, Captains Youell, H. H. +Barber, W. Holt, J. Tomlinson, Lieutenants G. W. Moore, S. +Aldred, R. E. Dowson, Fyson, C. Diver; Ensigns, Ambrose J. +Palmer, F. Danby-Palmer, and Adjutant F. A. Cubitt), among whom +were the Rev. H. Nevill, Major Foreman, and the Officers of the +Norfolk Artillery Volunteers, Captain James, Captain Cubitt, +Captain Gilbertson, Captain Calthorpe, Captain <a +name="page318"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 318</span>Ensor, +Captain Rivers, and Messrs. Brightwen, R. Steward, C. H. +Chamberlin, S. Dowson, S. Nightingale, C. C. Aldred, J. +Baumgartner, C. Cory, A. Steward, W. Danby-Palmer, Frederick +Palmer, F. Worship, J. Starling, R. D. Fowler, T. George, T. P. +Burroughs, T. Olley, C. Rose, J. Dumbleton, J. Bracey, E. Stagg, +G. W. Giles, T. Moore, Maclean, Shales, Barge, E. Cooke, J. +Mainprice, Boning, &c., and there were also a number of +ladies present.</p> +<p>Nov. 13th.—At the Council meeting, on the motion of Sir +E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., seconded by Mr. C. Woolverton, William +Worship, Esq., had been elected Mayor.</p> +<p>James Sharman, a Trafalgar veteran and keeper of the Nelson +Monument, had died at the age of 82 years.</p> +<p>Nov. 25th.—There had been a contest in the Regent Ward, +consequent upon Mr. W. C. Reynolds’ retirement from the +Council, when the polling was as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>T. George (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">124</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>T. Todd (Ind.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">114</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Livingston (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">26</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Nov. 27th.—A detachment from the 35th, 90th, and 96th +Regiments had arrived at the Southtown Barracks under the +following officers:—Captain Caldecott (35th), Ensigns +Cooper and Aldridge (35th), Lieut. Jones (96th), and Ensign +Blockwell (96th).</p> +<p>Dec. 4th.—There had been a “tremendous gale and +tide,” and Southtown was flooded.</p> +<p>Dec. 7th.—The “Rescuer” Gorleston lifeboat +had been upset at the Harbour’s mouth and 25 lives +lost.</p> +<p>Dec. 11th.—In the action of “Henderson v. Lacon, +Bart.,” the directors of the late Royal Hotel Company had +been held personally liable for mis-statements contained in that +Company’s prospectus.</p> +<p>Dec. 25th.—The Rifle Volunteer Officers had invited +1,100 ladies and gentleman to an entertainment at the Drill Hall, +when Major Orde, Captain Youell, the Rev. J. J. Raven, Mr. C. H. +Chamberlin, Mr. H. R. Harmer, and Mr. E. H. Combe took part in +the performances and readings.</p> +<h3>1868.</h3> +<p>Jan. 1st.—A. Brogden, Esq., had given 20 tons of coals +to the poor of the borough.</p> +<p>Jan. 8th.—“Fenian scare.” The +Magistrates had held a private Meeting, which was attended by +Major Jones and Captain Scovell, (96th <a +name="page319"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 319</span>Regiment) +with a view to adopting measures for the more efficient +protection of property within the borough.</p> +<p>The ammunition stores had been removed from the Batteries to +the Barracks and the Military had paraded and marched to Church +with muskets and side arms.</p> +<p>Jan. 11th.—The “United Brothers” Lodge, +A.I.O.F., had held its 4th annual festival in St. John’s +Schoolroom.</p> +<p>Jan. 15th.—Mr. Matthew Butcher, junr., had been +appointed Consular Agent to the Italian Government at +Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Jan. 25th.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Building Society had +held its first annual general meeting, Frederick Palmer, Esq., in +the chair; the report was a very favourable one, and, being laid +before the meeting by Mr. L. Blake (the Secretary), was +unanimously adopted.</p> +<p>Jan. 29th.—A fatal fire had occurred at Mr. Pigg’s +shop and dwelling-house in the Market Row. Mrs. Pigg and +two children had been burned to death, and damage sustained to +the estimated amount of some £3,000.</p> +<p>Feb. 12th.—The lugger “Flying Fish” had +struck upon a sunken wreck, and immediately foundered.</p> +<p>The “North Sand” had dried to a very considerable +extent.</p> +<p>Feb. 19th.—There had been a fracas in the hunting field +at Toft Monks, consequent upon Mr. Colman causing a hare to be +shot during a run of the Norfolk and Suffolk Harriers, and +thereupon having been assaulted by one of the sportsmen.</p> +<p>Feb. 26th.—Contains the account of the presentation, at +the Cape, of a watch and address to Captain F. Diver, of the +“Roman.”</p> +<p>March 7th.—Mr. S. Aldred had been appointed treasurer to +the Race Committee (vice Mr. C. Steward, deceased.)</p> +<p>Mr. C. C. Newcomb, post-master, had died.</p> +<p>March 11th.—The Quarter Sessions could not be held, as +neither the Recorder, or a deputy on his behalf, appeared on the +day fixed for holding this Court.</p> +<blockquote><p>“<span class="smcap">The Cigar +Ship</span>.—This novel specimen of marine architecture, +known as the ‘cigar ship,’ put into this harbour on +Friday last, and has since continued to be an object of great +curiosity among our seafaring population. The vessel, which +is named the ‘Walter S. Winans,’ was built by the +firm of Messrs. Winans, American contractors, and is stated to be +on an experimental cruise, with the view of thoroughly testing +her sea-going qualities. She is fitted with a screw +propeller, the fans of <a name="page320"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 320</span>which are entirely submerged. +Her engines are of 35 horse power, but can be worked up to 50, +and it is stated she has attained a speed of 14 miles an +hour. The peculiarity of her build gives her a singular +appearance, her cone-shaped bow projecting for some distance +clear of the water, while her stern is more depressed. This +gives her a very unsightly look, and it is evident that her +builders have sacrificed everything in her construction to attain +a high rate of speed, her berthing and general accommodation +being of an inferior character compared with other sea-going +steamers.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>April 4th.—The question of purchasing the Ferries had +been considered by the Town Council, the price asked for them +being £9,500, and the Committee of the Council had +recommended the purchase, but on division the motion to do this +was lost by 11 to 10 votes.</p> +<p>April 8th—Messrs. Ellis, Pestell, Skoulding, and Harbord +had been re-appointed overseers.</p> +<p>April 15th.—The following Guardians had been +elected:—North Ward: Messrs. Nightingale, Neave, and +Buston. Market Ward: Messrs. Laws, Aldred, and Fenn. +Regent Ward: Messrs. Worship, Barber, and Diver. St. +George’s Ward: Messrs. Scott, Foreman, and Palmer. +Nelson Ward: Messrs. Woolverton, Moore, Bracey, and Clowes.</p> +<p>April 22nd.—Large numbers of codling, plaice, and +whiting were being taken in the dykes near the Acle New +Road. It was supposed that these salt-water fish were left +there by the floods of the previous December, when the Breydon +Wall had been broken.</p> +<p>May 2nd.—The “Everette” had foundered at her +anchors in the Roads.</p> +<p>The Fish Wharf was to be extended 1,100 feet, for which work +Mr. Parmenter’s tender of £1,375 had been +accepted.</p> +<p>May 23rd.—The property “without the Walls” +had been for the first time assessed to the land tax.</p> +<p>May 27th.—The Queen’s Birthday had been observed +as a general holiday, and a salute of 21 guns fired from the +South Battery by the Norfolk Artillery Militia, under the command +of Colonel Lord Suffield.</p> +<p>May 30th,—That Regiment had been inspected by Colonel +Knox.</p> +<p>June 6th.—Mr. Shuckford, Master of the Workhouse, had +died.</p> +<p>June 10th.—A meeting, convened by Messrs. O. Diver and +H. Brand, had been held for the purpose of organising an +opposition Steam-packet Service.</p> +<p><a name="page321"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 321</span>June +27th.—The following had taken part in an Amateur +performance at the Regent Hall for the benefit of the +Hospital:—Miss Lawes, Miss T. Lawes, Messrs. Colley, +Meadows, Lawes, Cattermole, Fenn, Watson, Godfrey, Cooke, Spence, +H. Baker, J. Franklin, and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Young.</p> +<p>July 4th.—Mr. and Mrs. Blyth had been elected Master and +Matron of the Workhouse.</p> +<p>The British Medical Association had held a meeting at the Town +Hall, Dr. Vores in the chair; the following Yarmouth medical men +were also present:—Dr. Macleod, R.N., Dr. Smyth, and +Messrs. J. C. Smith, Frederick Palmer, Charles Palmer, D. +Meadows, T. Moxon, R. R. B. Norman, Bately and C. B. Rose.</p> +<p>July 11th.—Fifty thousand mackerel had been landed in +one day and sold at from 10s. to 12s. per 120.</p> +<p>July 22nd.—Messrs. E. R. Wodehouse and R. T. Gurdon had +been accepted as Liberal, and Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Major +Walpole as Tory, candidates for the then newly-constituted +division of North Norfolk.</p> +<p>Messrs. C. Woolverton, E. R. Aldred, C. E. Bartram, and R. D. +Barber had been “secretly” appointed Justices by the +Lord Chancellor.</p> +<p>July 30th.—Contains the following as to the coming +contest:—“The Liberal candidates are announced to +address the electors at the Angel Hotel, Market Place, on +Wednesday evening next. Mr. Wodehouse arrived on Saturday +last, and there is little doubt of both the candidates receiving +an enthusiastic welcome on their first public appearance before +the Liberal portion of the constituency. The selection of +Messrs. Wodehouse and Gurdon for the Northern Division of the +County has been regarded with general satisfaction here, even +among Liberals of the more advanced school of politics, and the +coming contest promises to see the Liberal party of this borough +thoroughly united and more than usually perfect in its electoral +organisation.”</p> +<p>Aug. 1st.—The Liberal electors had been addressed by +their candidates in the Long Room, Angel Hotel, J. Clowes, Esq., +presiding, and among those present were Sir T. Beevor, Bart., +Messrs. J. Scott, F. Palmer, P. Pullyn, C. E. Bartram, H. Brand, +W. T. Fisher, Revs. Shelley, Tritton, &c.</p> +<p>Mr. Simmons had made a successful balloon ascent from the +Victoria Gardens.</p> +<p>Aug. 5th.—The Tories had held a meeting at the +“Star,” E. H. L. Preston, Esq., in the chair, and +amongst those present were Messrs. <a name="page322"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 322</span>T. Brightwen, I. Preston, W. Holt, +E. H. H. Combe, C. Diver, Captain Dods, J. C. Smith, W. J. +Foreman, G. S. Shingles, R. Gorell, T. George, B. Dumbleton, J. +T. Bracey, J. Bracey, F. Ferrier, H. Cowl, B. Jay, C. Preston, E. +Stagg, T. Todd, T. W. Doughty, J. Bunn, J. Cooper, J. Buston, J. +G. Ellis, G. Beck, E. Boult, W. Mabson, J. H. Bly, T. C. Foreman, +Burgess, &c., &c.</p> +<p>Aug. 8th.—At the Regatta the “Ariel” (T. M. +Read), won the prize for schooner yachts, and the “Red +Rover” (Nightingale) and the “Belvidere” (H. +Teasdel), the other yacht prizes. Mr. I. Preston acted as +secretary, Messrs. J. Clowes and Petts as umpires, Mr. F. Harmer +as starter, and Mr. J. Cobb as time-keeper on this occasion.</p> +<p>Aug. 19th.—Gorleston had been made one of the polling +places for East Suffolk.</p> +<p>Aug. 29th.—The Races had been held, the Stewards being +the Mayor (W. Worship, Esq.), Lord Hastings, Baron Rothschild, J. +Goodson, Esq., M.P., and F. Barne, Esq.</p> +<p>Sep. 5th.—A number of persons had been victimized by the +advertisement of a “Trip to Cromer by Steamer,” which +was to call for them at the Jetty; no steamboat, however, +appeared, and the promoters ran off with the passengers’ +fares.</p> +<p>Sep. 12th.—Messrs. Wodehouse and Gurdon, with Mr. +McCullagh Torrens, M.P., had addressed the electors from the +Angel Hotel; amongst those present were Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., +and Messrs. J. J. Colman, R. Hammond, Bircham, Rev. Shelley, J. +Scott, J. Clowes, C. E. Bartram, F. Palmer, F. Danby-Palmer, J. +Mainprice, G. Blake, L. Blake, S. C. Blake, J. Fellows, A. Davie, +W. T. Fisher, S. Page, J. Humphries, D. R. Fowler, W. J. Brand, +W. Livingston, &c., &c.</p> +<p>Sep. 19th.—Dr. Abdy had held the County Revision Court +at the Tolhouse, when Mr. I. O. Howard Taylor and Mr. F. +Danby-Palmer appeared for the Liberals and Mr. C. Diver for the +Conservatives.</p> +<p>Sept. 23rd.—The Liberals claimed a gain of 81 on the +revision, and it was stated “that great credit was due to +the Liberal agents, Messrs. I. O. Taylor (Norwich) and F. +Danby-Palmer (Yarmouth) for the care bestowed in preparing the +claim and objection lists.”</p> +<p>Sept. 26th.—The B Battery of the C Brigade, R.H.A., +under Colonel Bishop, had arrived at the Southtown Barracks; it +was composed of 180 men, with 140 horses, and six nine-pound +Armstrong guns.</p> +<p>The “Sultana” (brig of 301 tons) had been launched +from Messrs. Fellows’ yard for Messrs. Stone and +Company.</p> +<p><a name="page323"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 323</span>Oct. +7th.—The Mayor, with Messrs. W. T. Fisher and R. B. Ellis +as assessors, had held the Municipal Revision Court at the +Tolhouse, when Mr. F. Danby-Palmer appeared for the Liberals and +Mr. C. Diver for the Conservatives.</p> +<p>Oct. 10th.—The following were the retiring +Councillors:—North Ward: Messrs. J. Mainprice and J. H. +Bly. Market Ward: Messrs. F. Worship and C. C. +Aldred. Regent Ward: Messrs. C. B. Rose and E. Stagg. +St. George’s Ward: Messrs. J. C. Smith and J. Scott. +Nelson Ward: Messrs. C. E. Bartram and H. H. Barber. St. +Andrew’s Ward: Messrs. E. H. L. Preston and H. Teasdel.</p> +<p>Oct. 17th.—A vestry meeting had been held with a view to +the removal of the organ from the west end of St. Nicholas’ +Church, the Rev. H. Nevill presided, and Messrs. E. H. Preston, +W. Mabson, C. S. D. Steward, R. Hammond, and C. Cory took part in +the proceedings.</p> +<p>There was a glut of herring, and prices “ruled +low.”</p> +<p>Oct. 21st.—This state of affairs continued, and prices +only averaged from £7 to £8 per last.</p> +<p>Oct. 28th.—There had been heavy gales, with loss of life +at sea, which had interrupted the fishing.</p> +<p>Nov. 4th.—James Coleby had escaped from the Borough +Gaol.</p> +<p>The polling in the contested Wards had terminated as +follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E. Stagg (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">177</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Burton (Con)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">128</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>T. Todd (Ind.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">92</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. C. Aldred (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">174</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>E. Fyson (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">158</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. F. Neave (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">133</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. G. Overend (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">119</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. P. Baumgartner (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">276</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>F. Dendy (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">274</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>H. Teasdel (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">173</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>R. Dumbleton (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">176</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The Liberals thus gaining two seats at Gorleston.</p> +<p>Nov. 7th.—Mr. Lane (Rate Collector) and Mr. R. Page +(Bill poster), had been before the Justices in consequence of a +row arising out of the election.</p> +<p><a name="page324"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 324</span>Nov. +14th.—At the Council meeting, S. Nightingale, Esq., had +been on the motion of Mr. C. C. Aldred, seconded by Mr. +Woolverton, elected Mayor.</p> +<p>And Mr. H. Teasdel (the recently defeated candidate at +Southtown) was appointed an Alderman in the place of Mr. John +Brown.</p> +<p>Nov. 18th.—There had been heavy gales from the N.N.W., +and a schooner had been driven through the Britannia Pier.</p> +<p>Nov. 25th.—The nomination for North Norfolk had taken +place at Aylsham, when the Rev. H. Lombe proposed, and Mr. E. H. +L. Preston seconded, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart.; Mr. H. R. Upcher +proposed, and Mr. J. W. Shelly seconded, Mr. Edmond Robert +Wodehouse; Mr. E. Fellowes, M.P., proposed, and Mr. R. Leaman +seconded, the Hon. Frederick Walpole; Mr. Bulwer proposed, and +Mr. Richard England seconded, Mr. Robert T. Gurdon; and the High +Sheriff (Lord Ranelagh) having declared the show of hands equally +divided between the candidates, a poll was demanded on behalf of +all of them.</p> +<p>Nov. 28th.—The poll had been declared as +under:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Walpole</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2,642</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2,574</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wodehouse</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2,237</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Gurdon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2,081</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>At Yarmouth it was stated that:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“the proceedings throughout the day in +connection with the polling for this part of the district were +characterised by considerable excitement. The Conservatives +from the opening of the poll took a prominent position, and as +hour by hour passed away their majority steadily increased, until +by three o’clock they were, according to their published +returns, nearly 400 ahead. No statement of the poll was +made during the day by the Liberals, but every exertion was made +to reduce the Conservative majority. Cabs and carriages +bearing placards of “Vote for Wodehouse and Gurdon” +were dashing about in all directions, keeping up the excitement; +but, despite every effort, the influence of the local candidate +proved too strong to be successfully resisted, and at four the +Conservative declaration of numbers showed the following +result:—</p> +</blockquote> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Lacon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">948</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Walpole</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">890</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wodehouse</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">505</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Gurdon</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">469</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p><a name="page325"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +325</span>The polling at Ormesby for the Hundreds of East and +West Flegg was also, as might have been anticipated, greatly in +favour of the Conservative candidates. Despite these +adverse returns, the Liberal agents were sanguine of better +results in other parts of the district, but their majorities at +Cromer, Wells, and Holt, failed to make any material change, so +far as the issue of the election was concerned, and it became at +length apparent that the hopes of the Liberal majority in North +Norfolk were at an end. Notwithstanding the excitement +engendered by the contest, the election was conducted throughout +with great good humour. During the day the streets and +approaches to the polling places were thronged by persons who +amused themselves by cheering and shouting in favour of their +respective candidates, but there was, during the afternoon, an +entire absence of the drunkenness and violence that characterised +previous borough elections. If the numbers polled be +examined, it will be found that in the county (excluding +Yarmouth) Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Gurdon are in a slight +majority. It was in Yarmouth where the majority was +obtained, and which, we hear, will yet be found to have been +obtained by illegal practices.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Dec. 12th.—Mr. Nutman (Relieving Officer for the North +District) had died.</p> +<p>It was alleged that an “aged imbecile pauper,” had +been taken out of Rollesby Workhouse by a Guardian to vote for +the Tory candidates.</p> +<p>Dec. 19th.—The directors of the Britannia Pier Company +had decided to hand over that structure to Mr. Isaac in +consideration of his taking over the mortgage upon it.</p> +<p>Admiralty Jurisdiction had been conferred on the Yarmouth +County Court.</p> +<p>Dec. 30th, contains the following notice of the death of +Richard Ferrier, Esq.:—“We regret to announce the +death of Mr. R. Ferrier, who expired at his residence, Trafalgar +Road, on Sunday morning, after a protracted illness. The +deceased gentleman represented St. George’s Ward for many +years in the Town Council, though for some time past his ill +health had incapacitated him from the discharge of his public +duties. He was a man of sound judgment and excellent +business habits, and his opinion on all practical matters had +great weight with the Council. Mr. Ferrier was in politics +a Conservative, and in his younger days was distinguished by the +zeal and energy with which, at all times, he worked for his +party. In respect to his memory the flags were hoisted +half-mast high on the Town Hall.”</p> +<h3><a name="page326"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +326</span>1869.</h3> +<p>Jan. 2nd.—The average price of herring during the +fishing had been £8 17s. 6d. per last, and the money thus +expended had amounted to £146,000.</p> +<p>Jan. 6th.—Mr. J. D. Hayes had been elected one of the +Relieving Officers in the place of Mr. Nutman deceased.</p> +<p>John Coleby alias “Jack Sheppard,” who had +recently broken out of gaol, had been re-captured.</p> +<p>Jan. 16th.—There had been a contest in St. +George’s Ward to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. R. +Ferrier’s death; when the following was the +poll:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. W. Doughty (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">104</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. H. Hammond (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">82</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Jan. 27th.—A faculty had been obtained for the removal +of St. Nicholas’ organ from the west end of that church to +the North Transept; this had been strongly opposed by Mr. E. H. +L. Preston.</p> +<p>Feb. 17th.—There had been severe gales from the +Eastward, causing much damage to shipping.</p> +<p>Feb. 21st.—Mr. John L. Cufaude (Clerk to the Guardians) +had been arrested in respect of a claim “for which (as he +stated to that Board) he had no right in justice to be +arrested”; subsequently he made himself a bankrupt, when it +appeared that he had been involved in racing transactions, where +he had figured as Mr. De La-Cè.</p> +<p>Feb. 27th—The boiler of the “Bold +Buccleugh,” Hull steamer, had exploded while that vessel +was at her Yarmouth Wharf.</p> +<p>March 13th.—Mr. Williams, of Cardiff, had been given the +“St. Nicholas’ Church Contract,” although his +price (£4,755) exceeded that of Mr. Hood (Norwich), which +was £4,194.</p> +<p>The following gentlemen (out of 27 candidates) had been +elected members of the newly-formed Gorleston Board of +Health:—Messrs. Dendy, Baumgartner, Gooda, J. Hammond, +Beevor, Gambling, Teasdel, W. Nelson and J. Nelson.</p> +<p>Mr. Chipperfield (the late Secretary) had been presented with +a testimonial by the Yarmouth Building Society.</p> +<p>Two otters had, during a run of the harriers, been captured in +a field near Thrigby Hall.</p> +<p>March 20th.—Mr. S. B. Cory had been elected Clerk to the +Gorleston Board at a salary of £50 per annum, and Mr. F. +Dendy chairman of that body.</p> +<p><a name="page327"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 327</span>April +7th.—The following Guardians had been elected:—North +Ward: S. Nightingale, J. T. Buston, and J. F. Neave. Market +Ward: C. C. Aldred and W. Laws (with a tie between J. A. Norman +and R. Tunbridge). Regent Ward: W. Worship, R. D. Barber +and C. Diver. St. George’s Ward: J. W. de Caux, J. +Scott, and J. Rivett. Nelson Ward: C. Woolverton, J. T. +Bracey, J. H. Harrison, and G. W. Moore.</p> +<p>Messrs. C. S. D. Steward and E. R. Aldred had been re-elected +Churchwardens.</p> +<p>April 14th.—Mr. J. A. Norman had been seated as a +Guardian for the Market Ward; there were then 9 Conservatives and +7 Liberals upon the Board.</p> +<p>The Rifle Corps had held a Church parade.</p> +<p>April 17th.—William Danby-Palmer, Esq., had accepted the +command of the local batteries of Artillery Volunteers.</p> +<p> </p> +<p>Major Orde had presided at the soireé of the Norfolk +and Suffolk Building Society held in the Corn Hall.</p> +<p>May 1st.—The Rifle Corps had given a series of amateur +dramatic representations at the Drill Hall, in which Messrs. +Wiltshire, Youell, Applewaite, Giles, Watson, Chipperfield, and +others had taken part.</p> +<p>The Duke’s Head had been purchased by Mr. Davey for +£1,520.</p> +<p>May 12th.—The Officers of the East Norfolk Militia had +given a ball to 200 persons at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>June 5th.—Mr. E. H. L. Preston had presided at a meeting +called for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Sir E. H. +K. Lacon, Bart., M.P. Captain Dods, and Messrs. William +Mabson, William Danby-Palmer, C. Woolverton, R. D. Barber, and +Dumbleton took part in the proceedings.</p> +<p>June 12th.—Mr. Charles Cory (Town Clerk) had died of +gastric fever in Italy in his 57th year.</p> +<p>June 16th.—Messrs. Charles J. Palmer, C. Diver, and H. +R. Harmer were candidates for the office thus rendered +vacant.</p> +<p>June 23rd.—At the Council meeting Mr. C. Diver (being +the only person nominated), was unanimously elected Town Clerk, +and a vacancy in the Aldermen being thus caused, the following +voting took place:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. H. Orde</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">25</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. E. H. L. Preston</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>July 14th.—The 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers (under +command of Captain W. Danby-Palmer) had attended St. +Peter’s Church.</p> +<p><a name="page328"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 328</span>July +24th.—The following appointments had been made in the 2nd +Norfolk Rifle Volunteers:—W. P. P. Matthews to be Captain, +B. Wilson to be Lieutenant, William H. Palmer to be Ensign, W. E. +Wyllys to be Surgeon, and T. W. Doughty to be Hon. Assistant +Quarter-Master.</p> +<p>July 31st.—At the Council meeting, Mr. C. C. Aldred was +very abusive to Mr. J. C. Smith during the election of a Haven +Commissioner in the place of the late Mr. Cory; the voting was as +follows:—For Mr. W. Worship: The Mayor, and Messrs. Purdy, +Shingles, Orde, Watling, Bunn, Teasdel, Worship, Hilton, Barnby, +Nuthall, E. R. Aldred, C. C. Aldred, R. D. Barber, Tomlinson, +Foreman, Doughty, Jay, Woolverton, Bartram, and Steward; total +21. For Mr. E. H. L. Preston: Messrs. Youell, Harmer, Laws, +Mabson, Bly, Fyson, Wright, George, Stagg, J. Burton, W. D. +Palmer, Smith, Scott, Veale, J. T. Bracey, Stone, Barber, +Richmond, Gooda, Brand, Dendy, and Baumgartner; total 22. +Absent, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, and Messrs. Mainprice, J. Bracey, +Gourlay and Shuckford.</p> +<p>Aug. 4th.—The late P. Stead, Esq., had bequeathed +£1,000 to the Hospital.</p> +<p>Aug. 28th.—The corner-stone of the Grammar School on +Trafalgar Road had been laid by S. Nightingale, Esq. +(Mayor).</p> +<p>Sept. 11th.—Upwards of 300 lasts of herring had been +landed at the Fish Wharf, and prices ranged from £10 to +£25 per last.</p> +<p>Sept. 25th.—Dr. Hills (Bishop of Columbia) had addressed +two public meetings at the Town Hall, and preached at St. +Nicholas’ in aid of that Mission; the total sum thus +realised was £64 11s.</p> +<p>Oct. 2nd.—Mr. R. H. Palmer (Revising Barrister) had been +holding Courts at Yarmouth, Ormesby, and Gorleston, when Messrs. +C. Diver, F. Danby-Palmer, and F. W. Ferrier were the agents +appearing before him.</p> +<p>Mr. Wm. Jas. Palmer had been elected House Surgeon at the +Hospital in the place of Mr. Colley resigned.</p> +<p>Nov. 6th.—The following had been the result of the +Municipal Election:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Nicholas’ Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. Nightingale (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">266</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. E. H. L. Preston (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">228</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. F. Neave (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">176</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page329"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 329</span><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. E. Barnby (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">246</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Nuthall (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">209</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. A. Norman (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">195</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. George (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">158</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. Wright (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">156</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. F. Danby-Palmer (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">82</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. John Clowes (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">72</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. W. de Caux (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">156</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. W. J. Foreman (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">151</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Chas. Palmer (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">137</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. H. Hammond (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">132</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Messrs. Veale and Bracey (Con.) unopposed.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Messrs. Gooda and Richmond (Con.) +unopposed.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Nov. 10th.—Charles Woolverton, Esq., had been +unanimously elected Mayor.</p> +<p>Owing to the recent gales, the following fishing smacks were +reported as missing:—The “Prince Albert,” +“Thomas and Fanny,” “Armada,” +“Echo,” “Royal Diadem,” “Lord +Raglan,” “Eugene,” “Garland,” and +“Pursuit.”</p> +<p>1,500 wind-bound vessels had sailed through the Roads +northwards.</p> +<p>Dec. 4th.—The Justices had dismissed a summons for +payment of rate in consequence of the action of the Overseers in +not placing the rated person on the Municipal list, Mr. F. +Danby-Palmer arguing the case for the ratepayer, and the +Vestry-Clerk appearing for the Overseers. As this raised a +large question on the Register, it had caused some excitement in +political circles, and further action was threatened.</p> +<h3>1870.</h3> +<p>Jan. 1st.—Charles Dashwood, Esq., had given a ball at +the Assembly Rooms.</p> +<p>Jan. 12th.—Thomas Brightwen, Esq., had died at the age +of 59.</p> +<p>Damage had been occasioned to several houses in the town by a +heavy gale.</p> +<p><a name="page330"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 330</span>Jan. +26th.—Another wrecked vessel had been in contact with the +Britannia Bier.</p> +<p>Jan. 29th.—Mr. J. H. Orde had been elected Borough +Treasurer in the place of Mr. T. Brightwen deceased.</p> +<p>Two vessels had been in collision with the Newarp +lightship.</p> +<p>Feb. 12th.—J. Tomlinson, Esq., had been elected +Commodore of the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club.</p> +<p>There had been a boiler explosion at Messrs. Bracey and +Son’s Ropery.</p> +<p>Feb. 16th.—There had been very heavy gales and much loss +to the shipping.</p> +<p>During one of these gales the Assembly Rooms had been +discovered to be on fire, and this building thus sustained damage +to the extent of £700 or £800.</p> +<p>Feb. 19th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall for +the relief of the poor. The Mayor presided, and the Rev. +Canon Nevill, Mr. Hammond, Major Orde, Mr. W. N. Burroughs, Mr. +Gorell, Mr. John Clowes, Mr. Neave, and Mr. Laws took part in the +proceedings. Between £200 and £300 was raised +in the room.</p> +<p>Feb. 26th.—The organ in the Parish Church had been +re-opened. This instrument appears from the report then +issued to have been built by Jordan in 1732, and previously +repaired in 1812 and 1840; the repairs this time costing +£820.</p> +<p>March 12th.—Mr. Longley had been holding an Inquiry at +the Tolhouse with regard to the alleged neglect of a pauper +patient by Mr. Stafford (Surgeon for the North District).</p> +<p>March 19th.—Messrs. Blott had been prosecuted by the +Haven Commissioners for obstructing the North River, when they +were defended by Mr. F. Danby-Palmer, and the case adjourned in +order to effect a settlement.</p> +<p>March 26th.—The Rifle Corps had attended Gorleston +Church, and afterwards marched round that village. This was +the first time such a parade had taken place.</p> +<p>April 9th.—Captain Smyth, R.N., and Captain Dent, R.N., +had been promoted to the rank of Admiral.</p> +<p>April 13th.—The following had been the polling of the +elected Guardians (there being in all 32 +candidates).—North: S. Nightingale (C), 356; J. F. Neave +(L), 308; J. D. Hilton (C), 292; S. Barge (C), 248. In this +ward Mr. Cufaude had decided that Mr. Neave was disqualified, <a +name="page331"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 331</span>and had +consequently declined to declare that gentleman elected, Mr. +Neave’s solicitor (Mr. F. Danby-Palmer) had, however, taken +a different view of the affair, and this question was to form the +subject of further proceedings. Market: J. A. Norman (L), +429; C. C. Aldred (C), 365; W. Laws (C), 345. Regent: R. D. +Barber, W. Worship, and C. Diver (no figures given.) St. +George’s: J. W. de Caux (L), 356; J. Scott (L), 312; W. J. +Foreman (C), 284. Nelson: G. Woolverton (C), 615.; J. +Bracey (C), 548; F. Palmer (L), 392; J. Clowes (L), 345.</p> +<p>April 16th.—Mr. Cufaude had submitted an elaborate +statement upon Mr. Neave’s case to the Local Government +Board.</p> +<p>The constitution of the Guardians was then 10 Tories and 6 +Liberals.</p> +<p>April 23rd.—“Yachting Items”: Mr. Palmer was +building a schooner yacht. Mr. Preston had purchased the +“Otter.” The “Red Rover” +(Nightingale) was being altered, as was also the +“Syren.”</p> +<p>Messrs. Mills and Blake had launched a new barge.</p> +<p>Mrs. Bowyer Vaux, her son, and a friend, had been upset in a +sailing boat on Breydon.</p> +<p>April 30th.—At a sale of Gas Shares, those of £30 +realised £45 per share, and those of £7 10s., +£11 10s. per share. It was stated that the maximum +dividend of 8½ per cent. was regularly paid on this +stock.</p> +<p>May 4th.—Sir Alexander Shafto Adair, Bart., (Lib.), and +Lord Mahon (Con.) were candidates for East Suffolk.</p> +<p>May 14th.—Mr. J. Fenn had caught a perch weighing +3½ lbs. and 18 inches in length.</p> +<p>May 18th.—There was a report current of a fracas having +taken place between two leading members of the Tory party during +a meeting at the Star Hotel.</p> +<p>May 21st.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club Dinner had +taken place at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>May 25th.—“It is stated that the gallant +gentleman, (Major Foreman) who figured in the <i>melée</i> +that arose at the late conference of the Conservative party is +about to seek legal redress for the attack made upon him (by Mr. +E. H. L. Preston.)”</p> +<p>The 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers (under the command of +Captain Commandant William Danby-Palmer) had attended St. +Peter’s Church.</p> +<p>May 28th.—On Her Majesty’s Birthday, the Rifle +Volunteers under the command of Major Orde had fired a <i>feu de +joie</i> in the Market Place, and the Artillery, under the +command of Captain William Danby-Palmer, had fired a salute of 21 +guns from the South Battery. <a name="page332"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 332</span>In the evening the officers messed +at the Crown and Anchor, when the following were among the guests +present—The Mayor (C. Woolverton, Esq.), the Deputy-Mayor +(S. Nightingale, Esq.), Rev. B. Vaux, J. C. Smith, Esq., E.N.M., +C. Diver, Esq., (Town Clerk), Captain Cubitt, Captain Alderson, +N.M.A., Major Foreman, C. J. Palmer, Esq., and I. Preston, +Esq.</p> +<p>June 4th.—The following had been the result of the East +Suffolk Election:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Lord Mahon (Con.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3,456</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Sir A. S. Adair, Bart. (Lib.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3,285</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Captain Alderson and Lieutenant Partridge, of the Norfolk +Artillery Militia, had given a Ball at the Town Hall.</p> +<p>June 11th.—The Nottingham Order of Odd Fellows had held +its annual festival at the Corn Hall, Bro. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Bart., M.P., P.I.F., taking the chair, supported by Bros. Moxon, +E. P. Youell, W. Laws, W. J. Foreman, W. T. Fisher, J. H. +Fellows, J. Bracey, and Mr. Wiltshire.</p> +<p>Mr. Cattermole (Librarian) had been presented with a +testimonial in the shape of a watch of the value of £25 and +a cheque for £31 10s.</p> +<p>June 15th.—Admiral Smyth, R.N., had resigned the office +of Pier-Master after 35 years service.</p> +<p>June 18th.—The decision of the Local Government Board +being in favour of Mr. F. Danby-Palmer’s contention, and +against that of Mr. Cufaude, consequent thereon Mr. Neave was +entitled to his seat at the Board of Guardians.</p> +<p>June 22nd.—The brigantine “Ethel” had been +launched from Mr. Rust’s yard.</p> +<p>June 25th.—The officers of the Norfolk Artillery Militia +had given a grand Military Ball at the Assembly Rooms.</p> +<p>Mr. C. S. D. Steward and party had caught 10 perch on Ormesby +Broad, four of which weighed 12lbs.</p> +<p>The Yarmouth Co-operative Society was in liquidation, and Mr. +Lovewell Blake, the liquidator, had summoned several of the +contributors for arrears of call.</p> +<p>July 2nd.—Quarter-Master Doughty, Colour-Sergeant +Chipperfield, Sergeants Lay and Wilshak and Privates Harpour and +Wales had been selected to go to Wimbledon.</p> +<p>Mr. I. Preston, accompanied by his friend, Mr. T. M. Baker, +had sailed for Holland in the river yacht +“Otter.”</p> +<p><a name="page333"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 333</span>July +16th.—The opening services in connection with the New +Middlegate Congregational Church had taken place. The Rev. +J. C. Harrison preached from Psalm cxvi., 12 and 13; the cost of +this building, &c., (less sale of old material) had amounted +to £3,515 8s. 8d.; the architect was Mr. J. T. Bottle, the +contractor Mr. William Hood, and the sub-contractors Messrs. +Burgess, Dumbleton, Sargeson, and Barge.</p> +<p>The luncheon, in connection with the event, was held at the +“Crown and Anchor,” when the Rev. W. Tritton +presided; about 250 persons were present, addresses were +delivered by the Chairman, the Rev. J. C. Harrison, the Rev. Dr. +Mellor, and Messrs. S. W. Spelman, J. Crossley, J. T. Bottle and +others.</p> +<p>July 23rd.—The D Troop B Brigade of the Royal Horse +Artillery had arrived at the Southtown Barracks under the command +of Colonel Mitchell, comprising 150 officers and men with 120 +horses and 6 guns.</p> +<p>July 27th.—Upon Mr. Neave attending to take his seat at +the Board of Guardians a “scene” took place, several +members accusing Mr. Cufaude of partiality, which that gentleman +indignantly denied.</p> +<p>August 13th.—Mr. Attwood had been returned as a +Councillor for the St. Andrew’s Ward without opposition, in +the place of Mr. Richmond deceased.</p> +<p>August 20th.—The following officers and men of the 1st +Norfolk Artillery Volunteers had gone to +Shoeburyness:—Captain Commandant William Danby-Palmer, +Lieutenants T. Burton Steward and T. M. Baker, Sergeant Smith, +Corporals Harrison and Sadd, Bombardiers Steward and Sayer, +Gunners Allcock, Millican, and Woodhouse.</p> +<p>Captain Youell had (after eleven years’ service) retired +from the Rifles.</p> +<p>Sept. 3rd.—A meeting had been held to raise a fund for +the sufferers by the Franco-German war. The Mayor, the +Vicar, Dr. Vores, Mr. J. H. Orde, Mr. C. C. Aldred, the Rev. W. +Griffiths, and Mr. S. W. Spelman took part in the proceedings, +and upwards of £100 was raised in the room.</p> +<p>Sept. 17th.—Mrs. Gray had bequeathed by will £100 +to the Hospital, £19 19s. to the Sailors’ Home, and +£10 to the Lying-in Charity.</p> +<p>Upwards of 60 boats had delivered fish at the Wharf, the price +being £16 to £22 per last for fresh fish.</p> +<p>Sept. 24th.—The Queen’s bounty had been forwarded +to Mrs. Spurge.</p> +<p><a name="page334"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 334</span>Oct. +5th.—At a meeting held at the Turk’s Head, J. Scott, +Esq., in the chair, Mr. F. Danby-Palmer and Mr. Hinchman Hammond +had been selected as candidates to contest the St. George’s +Ward in the Liberal interest.</p> +<p>Mr. J. Petts, R.N., had resigned his command in the Coastguard +after 40 years’ service, twelve of which had been spent in +Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Oct. 15th.—No minister had attended at St. Peter’s +Church to perform service in the afternoon of Sunday.</p> +<p>The old Jetty had been lengthened 60 feet.</p> +<p>Mr. E. Stagg (one of the Councillors for the Regent Ward) had +died.</p> +<p>£149 13s. 6d. had been raised for the purpose of +presenting a testimonial to Sergeant Berry (of the Police).</p> +<p>Mr. S. K. Smith had landed from one of his boats 24 lasts of +herrings, which sold for £264.</p> +<p>It was calculated that some 2,000 French fishermen were then +in Gorleston.</p> +<p>Oct. 26th.—Mr. Robert Rising (of Horsey) had been +elected a Haven and Pier Commissioner in the place of Mr. +Burroughes resigned.</p> +<p>Nov. 5th.—Owing to the extension of the franchise and +the “split” in the Conservative camp, the Municipal +Election had excited a good deal of attention, as the following +report shows:—</p> +<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span +class="GutSmall">“MUNICIPAL ELECTION.”</span></p> +<p>As was expected, these elections were fought out with +considerable spirit, the town throughout the day presenting all +the aspects of a contested general election, cabs duly placarded +with the names and claims of the candidates rushing about the +streets in all directions <i>en route</i> to the various +polling-places or committee-rooms.</p> +<p>In the North Ward the Conservatives were early at work, and +were enabled to put their candidates considerably ahead, Messrs. +Worship and Hilton counting a formidable majority at an early +stage of the contest. The friends of Messrs. Neave and +Blyth were, however, far from dismayed, and worked with a degree +of zeal that certainly deserved if it did not ensure +success. In the course of the afternoon the Conservative +majority had been greatly reduced, and it looked at one time as +if Mr. Neave’s return would have been secured. The +aspect of things nerved the Conservatives to renewed efforts and +enabled them to keep ahead of their opponents, the result being +the return of their candidates, Messrs. Worship and Hilton.</p> +<p><a name="page335"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 335</span>In +the Market Ward the greatest excitement prevailed, popular +feeling being in favour of Mr. J. Norman (L) and Mr. I. +Preston. The latter, although a Conservative, came forward +on independent grounds, and as opposed to the compromise that has +been entered into for the return of Messrs. Norman and +Combe. The last-named gentleman was brought out under the +auspices of that section of the Conservative party, better known +as the “clique,” which evoked the determined +opposition of the “independent” portion of the +party. There was another candidate in the person of Mr J. +Garratt (L), but that gentleman retired at an early stage of the +contest in favour of Mr. Combe. Soon after the commencement +of the polling, it became evident that Mr. Norman’s +election would be safe, and that the real fight would be between +Messrs. Combe and Preston. The last-named had a large staff +of energetic supporters, and he was soon placed in a majority +which no efforts on the part of his opponents could break +down. The result, therefore, in this ward was the return of +Messrs. Norman and Preston, which must be regarded as a great +blow to the dominant section of the Conservative party, who +strained every nerve to carry their man.</p> +<p>The contest in the Regent Ward was of diminished interest as +compared with the other parts of the town, and resulted in the +return of the Conservative candidates, Messrs. Barber and +Tomlinson. Against these gentlemen were arrayed Messrs. +Woodger and Page; but the candidature of the two last-named was +carried on in a sort of guerilla fashion that evinced little +confidence in a successful result, and their respective chances +will be found very fully illustrated in the returns given at the +close of the poll.</p> +<p>In the St. George’s Ward the battle was between Messrs. +Doughty and Baker, (C), and Messrs. Palmer and Hammond (L). +Here a most determined fight was made, the Liberals commencing +the business of the day in a style that evidently meant +winning. Soon after the first hour’s polling, Messrs. +Palmer and Hammond took a commanding lead, and although the +utmost zeal was evinced on the part of their opponents, they kept +increasing their majority until by noon it had assumed such +proportions as to place the issue of the contest beyond all +question. The result was unexpected, and created quite a +sensation among the Conservatives, who chagrined at the turn of +affairs in the Market Ward, were little prepared for this fresh +source of annoyance and discomfiture.</p> +<p>In the Nelson Ward there was no contest, Messrs. Woolverton, +(C), and Stone (L) being unopposed.</p> +<p><a name="page336"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 336</span>The +election in the Southtown or St. Andrew’s Ward was +provocative of the usual excitement, the Gorlestonians coming out +in considerable force, and testifying their Conservative or +Liberal proclivities in the liveliest manner. The +candidates were Messrs. Steward and Hammond, (C), as opposed to +Messrs. Beevor and Nelson. The contest was well fought +throughout, and resulted in the election of the Conservative +candidates.</p> +<p>In celebration of the victory in the St. George’s Ward, +the Liberals paraded a band, which did honour to the occasion by +playing a selection of popular music through the principal +streets.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">OFFICIAL +DECLARATION.</span></p> +<p>The official swearing-in of the newly-elected members took +place on Thursday afternoon, the proceedings creating more than +their wonted interest from the expectation of a +“scene.” These anticipations were fully +realised. Previous to the commencement of the usual +routine, Mr. J. F. Neave, one of the defeated Liberal candidates +in the North Ward, addressed Mr. S. Nightingale, and, in a tone +of considerable vehemence, charged that gentleman and his +supporters with having secured the election by unfair practices +by bringing forward individuals to personate voters who were dead +or at sea, or by other means equally discreditable. The +scene which ensued was of the most lively character, some +half-dozen Councillors speaking at once. Those in the body +of the Court showed their enjoyment by encouraging shouts of +“Go it Neave,” “Give it them,” an appeal, +however, which was scarcely necessary, as the North Ward champion +appeared in fine mettle, and continued his address, although the +greater part of it was lost in the general turmoil. +Referring to the result, Mr. Nightingale was understood to say +that Mr. Neave would never be so near winning again, which +elicited a rejoinder from the latter that he had been told he +should never be elected a Guardian, but he had shown them what he +could do, and if he were spared he would yet be in the +Council. This declaration of future hostilities was +received with great uproar, which was with difficulty quelled +sufficiently to enable the business of the meeting to be +proceeded with. This having been brought to a termination, +after sundry interruptions, the newly-elected hastily quitted the +Court, the proceedings having afforded a singular exhibition of +political amenities, from a Yarmouth point of view.</p> +</blockquote> +<p><a name="page337"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 337</span>The +following is the official return:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Hilton (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">395</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Worship (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">384</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ Neave (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">371</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ Blyth (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">287</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. A. Norman (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">402</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, I. Preston, Junr. (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">376</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Combe, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">336</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Garratt (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. J. Tomlinson (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">281</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ R. D. Barber (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">261</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Woodger (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">86</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ R. Page (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. F. Danby-Palmer (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">292</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, H. Hammond (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">291</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Baker (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">164</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Doughty (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">142</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Messrs. Woolverton (C) and Stone (L) +unopposed.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Southtown or St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. R. Steward (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">365</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Hammond (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">358</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Beevor (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">309</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>,, Nelson (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">300</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>As the result of this election, it was believed that Mr. E. H. +L. Preston would be Mayor for the ensuing year.</p> +<p>Mr. F. Ferrier had been returned in the place of Mr. Stagg, +deceased, for the Regent Ward.</p> +<p>An effort was being made to restore St. George’s +Chapel.</p> +<p>Nov. 12th.—At the Council meeting, Mr. J. C. Smith +proposed, and Mr. Bracey seconded, Mr. E. H. L. Preston, as +Mayor, and this was carried <i>nem. dis.</i></p> +<p>There had been an enormous catch of herring; Messrs. +Smith’s “Ocean Wave” had taken 29 lasts, and on +the Thursday it was computed that 1,409 lasts of fish had been +landed at the Wharf.</p> +<p><a name="page338"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 338</span>Nov. +16th.—C. E. Bartram, Esq., J.P. and Councillor for the +South Ward had died.</p> +<p>Nov. 19th.—The Volunteers had received “Snider +Rifles.”</p> +<p>Mr. J. H. Fellows had presided at a meeting at the “New +Royal Standard” to select a candidate for the South Ward, +when Mr. Fredk. Palmer was brought forward, the other candidates +named being Mr. I. Hill, Mr. G. Harvey, and Mr. J. H. +Harrison.</p> +<p>Nov. 23rd.—Commissions signed by the Lord +Lieutenant:—2nd N.R.V., Lieut. A. J. Palmer to be Captain, +vice Youell resigned; Ensign E. H. H. Combe to be Lieut., vice +Palmer promoted.</p> +<p>Nov. 26th.—The following had been the result of the +election in the Nelson Ward:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Fredk. Palmer (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">447</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>„ Isaac Hill (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">269</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>After the declaration of the poll a procession, headed by a +band, had paraded the principal streets.</p> +<p>Twelve vessels had already cleared with 28,390 barrels of +herring for Italian ports.</p> +<p>Dec. 3rd.—A petition alleging bribery at St. +George’s Ward Election, had been presented to the Town +Council, and supported there by Mr. J. W. Bunn (one of the +Aldermen). Mr. F. Danby-Palmer repudiated the charge on +behalf of Mr. Hammond and himself, and, ultimately, on the motion +of Mr. Harmer, the document was ordered to be laid “under +the table.”</p> +<p>The death of Mr. H. H. Barber (one of the Councillors for the +South Ward, and a Captain in the 2nd N.R.V.) is recorded.</p> +<p>In the Nelson Ward Mr. H. Fenner (C.) had been returned in his +place, having beaten Mr. Woodger (L.) by 85 votes.</p> +<p>The fishing-boats were “making up” after a very +successful voyage.</p> +<p>It was proposed to lay down a tramway from Yarmouth to +Lowestoft.</p> +<p>Dec. 17th.—The Mayor had presented the testimonial to +Inspector Berry; it consisted of a 20 guinea watch and a purse of +£145.</p> +<p>One fishing boat had caught 142 lasts of herring during the +season.</p> +<p>It was estimated that £40,000 would be paid to the +fishermen in wages.</p> +<p>Messrs. Woolverton and George had opened a Stock Sale at Acle, +the former gentleman acting as auctioneer. There were a +large number of entries, and fat stock had realised 10s. 6d. per +stone.</p> +<p><a name="page339"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 339</span>Dec. +21st.—Miss Emma Pearson (daughter of the late Captain +Pearson, R.N.) had written a letter from the seat of war at +Orleans, where she was nursing the sick and wounded.</p> +<p>Dec. 24th.—Records the death of Mr. Henry Fellows, +shipbuilder, aged 70.</p> +<p>Herring had averaged £10 per last during the season, and +it was computed that the money value of the fish caught during +the season was £180,000.</p> +<p>Dec. 28th.—Mr. Wyllys’ sledge had upset at the +corner of Regent Street, and knocked over a woman, but no serious +damage had been sustained.</p> +<p>Dec. 31st.—Mr. J. H. Want had obtained the contract for +the erection of a new Post Office in Regent Street.</p> +<h3>1871.</h3> +<p>Jan. 4th.—Records the abandonment of what was known as +the “Ordering up system,” under which complainants +had been accustomed, on payment of a fee of 2s. (without +summons), to have persons brought before the Magistrates by the +police.</p> +<p>A young Danish girl had been discovered working as a sailor on +board a vessel.</p> +<p>Jan. 10th.—One Thacker, a veteran gunner, generally +known as “Old Stork” had brought down five swans at +one shot on Breydon.</p> +<p>Jan. 14th.—The Mayor (E. H. L. Preston, Esq.), had given +a ball at the Town-hall; about 180 guests were present; Mr. +Sturge led the band; and Mr. Collins provided the +refreshments.</p> +<p>A large otter, measuring 4¾ feet and weighing 30 lbs., +had been shot near the North River; it had previously been +pursued by a skater, who had seized it by the tail, when it +turned upon him and inflicted a considerable wound on his +wrist.</p> +<p>Jan. 15th.—The Magistrates had refused to convict in a +vaccination case, which conduct was greatly exercising the Board +of Guardians.</p> +<p>Jan. 25th.—The schooner “Starling” had +foundered in the fair way of the harbour between the piers, and +thus blocked the navigation.</p> +<p>Feb. 1st.—The first subscription ball was advertised +with the following list of stewards:—The Mayor, Sir E. H. +K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., Henry E. Buxton, Charles Sharpe Sharpe, +and William Danby-Palmer, Esqs.</p> +<p><a name="page340"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 340</span>Feb. +4th.—Bro. Edward Howes had been installed W.M. of Lodge +“Friendship,” the members of which lodge had +presented a testimonial to Bro. C. L. Chipperfield.</p> +<p>Mr. W. J. Foreman had presided at the meeting of the Great +Yarmouth Building Society, and Mr. Frederick Palmer at the +meeting of the Norfolk and Suffolk Building Society. Each +institution published a favourable report of its proceedings and +declared bonuses of £15 and £16 13s. 4d. +respectively.</p> +<p>Mr. Woodger had given 20 tons of coal to the poor in the South +Ward.</p> +<p>Feb. 8th.—Contains the following account of the death of +Robert Steward, Esq.:—</p> +<blockquote><p>“We regret to record the death of this +gentleman who expired suddenly at his residence in Cambridge, on +Saturday evening. Mr. Steward for a number of years +occupied a very prominent position in this borough, having filled +the office of Chief Magistrate on five occasions. He was +until recently an active member of the Town Council, having +represented the Southtown or St. Andrew’s Ward for a +lengthened period, during which time he exhibited a warm interest +in all that related to the welfare of the borough. Mr. +Steward was one of the first to associate himself with the +Volunteer movement, and was ever ready with his purse to aid the +cause. It was the occasion of his fifth election to the +Mayoralty that his fellow-townsmen determined to present him with +a testimonial in recognition of his public services, and so +heartily was the appeal responded to, that a sum was soon raised +sufficient for the purchase of a handsome service of plate, which +was publicly presented at the Town Hall. Latterly Mr. +Steward had been suffering from failing health, and had taken up +his residence at Cambridge, but on all occasions when anything of +public interest was under discussion he was at his accustomed +post in the Town Council. Mr. Steward was a Justice of the +Peace for the Borough, and also for the County of Suffolk. +As a public man his loss will be much felt, for though +occasionally overbearing and impetuous, his faults were +overlooked in the thorough earnestness with which he applied +himself to the promotion of those measures which he considered +for the general good. Out of respect the flags on the Town +Hall and shipping have been hoisted half-mast.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>A quantity of human remains had been discovered in a vault in +Row 112.</p> +<p><a name="page341"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 341</span>Feb. +11th.—A fine hare had been captured in the Market Place, +after an exciting chase.</p> +<p>Feb. 15th.—Mr. E. H. H. Combe and Mr. Nelson had been +nominated to fill the vacancy, created by Mr. Steward’s +death, in the Southtown Ward.</p> +<p>J. C. Smith, Esq., had presided at the anniversary of the +“Loyal Prince of Wales Lodge,” M.U.O.F., at the +Market Tavern, when about sixty brethren were present.</p> +<p>Feb. 25th.—There were 900 boats then engaged in the +fishing, of the gross tonnage of 14,788 tons, manned by 4051 men +and 531 boys.</p> +<p>Mr. E. H. H. Combe had been returned as a member of the +Council for the Southtown Ward.</p> +<p>March 8th.—Police-constable Shreeve had met with a fatal +accident by falling from the fire escape.</p> +<p>The pauper lunatics, 18 in number, had been removed from +London to the Ipswich Asylum.</p> +<p>An old house in Row 132 had fallen down.</p> +<p>March 11th.—The late R. Steward, Esq., had bequeathed a +legacy of £19 19s. to each of the following +charities:—The Great Yarmouth Hospital, the Priory, St. +Peter’s, and Gorleston National Schools, the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, the Norwich Blind Institution, the National +School Society, the Boys’ Hospital School (Norwich), the C. +M. Society, and the S. P. G. Society.</p> +<p>March 22nd.—A fine pike, weighing upwards of 25lbs., had +been shot in one of the neighbouring Broads.</p> +<p>April 18th.—At the Guardians’ Election the new and +largely augmented constituency was polled for the first +time. There was a regular party fight, Mr. John Cooper +acting as Conservative agent, and Mr. F. Danby-Palmer for the +Liberals, the following being the result:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. F. Neave (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">844</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>H. Blyth (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">662</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. Nightingale (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">662</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. T. Buston (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">567</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Rant (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">542</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>S. Barge (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">478</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page342"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 342</span><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. A. Norman (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">621</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wm. Laws (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">476</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. G. Overend (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">427</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>R. Dumbleton (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">418</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>R. B. Ellis (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">397</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>R. D. Barber (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">470</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Worship (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">426</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. H. Norman (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">375</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. Diver (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">367</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Clowes (Grocer) (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">289</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>R. Bryant (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">198</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. W. de Caux (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">557</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Scott (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">478</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Rivett (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">371</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. J. Foreman (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">298</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. Harrison (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">248</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>D. Gooch (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">244</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>T. Todd (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">115</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>F. Palmer (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">966</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>C. Woolverton (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">934</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Bracey (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">766</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. Clowes (Solicitor) (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">678</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>W. T. Fisher (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">534</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>T. C. Foreman (N)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">376</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>G. Harvey (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">267</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>J. H. Harrison (N)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<blockquote><p>Previous to the declaration of the numbers by the +returning officer,</p> +<p>Mr. John Cooper, on behalf of the Conservative candidates, who +had met the previous night, announced his intention not to +proceed with the scrutiny before the returning officer, who had +no authority to call witnesses, but stated that the whole conduct +of the election would be laid before the Poor Law Board with a +view to a thorough enquiry being instituted. The election +had been conducted in a fraudulent manner. Mr. Cooper, in +support of his assertion, instanced the case of Hurr, one <a +name="page343"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 343</span>of the +collectors, who, he alleged, had only returned 113 papers out of +300. Names had also been put on various papers without +authority, while the collector (Hurr) had taken his papers to the +house of one of the candidates, where they were examined and +sorted. Another collector in the Liberal interest, named +Norman, had been convicted and sentenced to twelve months’ +imprisonment for robbery. Mr. Cooper went on to say that in +the Market Ward (Hurr’s district) upwards of twenty papers +had never been called for, and he understood that there were +upwards of 50 which had been signed by one person. The +election had been conducted in such an unfair and scandalous +manner, that the Conservatives had resolved upon demanding a Poor +Law enquiry.</p> +<p>Mr. Livingston said it would be for Mr. Cooper and his friends +to make good the allegations just made. He hoped if there +had been any irregularity it would be fully enquired into.</p> +<p>Mr. J. A. Norman (who headed the poll for the Market Ward) +supposed that Mr. Cooper had suspected the Liberals had been +adopting the former tactics of their opponents, and had taken a +leaf out of their book. (Laughter.)</p> +<p>Mr. Overend (another successful candidate for the Market Ward) +denied that the papers had been sorted in the shop as alleged, +and said the collector called for information.</p> +<p>Mr. Cufaude (the Returning-officer) said the collector ought +not to have done this, as it was most irregular and contrary to +the instructions given to the collectors. He then gave the +return as above, and the proceedings closed.</p> +<p>The result has caused considerable heart-burning among the +Conservatives, who have so long held the sway in all matters +pertaining to local administration, and they cannot be expected +to view with equanimity the storming of one of their chief +strongholds by the enemy.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>April 22nd.—Mr. Bowgin, who had died at the age of 90, +had left a considerable sum of money to local charities.</p> +<p>April 26th.—At the first meeting of the recently elected +Board of Guardians, Mr. Frederick Palmer and Mr. John A. Norman +were respectively elected chairman and vice-chairman, in the +place of Mr. C. Woolverton and Mr. W. Laws.</p> +<p>The smack “Sevastopol” (belonging to Mr. H. +Fenner) had been destroyed by fire on the fishing grounds.</p> +<p>Judge Worlledge had been appointed Chancellor of the Diocese +in the place of Mr. Howes, deceased.</p> +<p><a name="page344"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 344</span>May +6th.—The <i>Free Lance</i>, a notorious local newspaper, +had been proceeded against for libelling Mr. King, of +Gorleston.</p> +<p>May 10th.—Records the death of Richard Hammond, Esq., as +follows:—“It is with deep regret that we announce the +death of this much respected gentleman, who expired at his +residence, Regent Road, on Saturday morning last, after a rather +lengthened illness. Mr. Hammond during his long career has +occupied so prominent a position, and has ranked so high in the +opinion of all classes of his fellow-townsmen, that his death, +although regarded as imminent, created much sensation. The +deceased, who was born in 1792, and was consequently at the time +of his decease in his 79th year, was one of the oldest +Magistrates of the borough, having been called to the Bench in +1841. During the long period that Mr. Hammond was +associated with the administration of justice he was remarkable +for his uprightness and thorough independence of character. +Wealthy, but yet conspicuous for his unostentatious mode of life, +he was at all times accessible to those of his poorer fellow +townsmen, many of whom were wont to seek his counsel, and +advice. In the exercise of his magisterial functions, he +was ever disposed to temper justice with mercy, and in his death +there must be many who must feel that they have lost a true and +valued friend. The deceased for many years occupied a +leading position as among the most prominent, forward, yet +consistent members of the Liberal party, and although he had of +late ceased to take any active part in political controversies, +he was always deeply interested in everything that pertained to +the advancement of the cause which he had so greatly at +heart. Mr. Hammond, who was largely connected at one time +with the fisheries, had also a considerable stake in the shipping +of the port, and accumulated a large property, the bulk of which +will, doubtless, have been bequeathed to his three nieces, as he +was unmarried. Out of respect to the deceased, the flags on +the Town Hall, public buildings, and shipping have been hoisted +half-mast, while many private families have shown similar marks +of regard to the memory of the deceased.”</p> +<p>The Guardians had decided to allow Nonconformist Ministers to +visit at the Workhouse.</p> +<p>May 17th.—One boat had landed 1,000 mackerel, and that +fish was selling at from 20s. to 25s. per hundred.</p> +<p>May 20th.—The late Mr. Hammond had left the following +charitable legacies:—Hospital, £50; Sailors’ +Home, £19 19s.; Priory schools, £50; <a +name="page345"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 345</span>and St. +John’s, St. Andrew’s, St. Peter’s and Primitive +Methodist schools, £19 19s. each.</p> +<p>The cost of taking the census had amounted to £110 +15s.</p> +<p>June 3rd.—Records the death of David A. Gourlay, Esq., +as follows:—“We regret to record the death of this +gentleman, who expired at his residence on Wednesday, at the +advanced age of 89 years. During his long connection with +the town, Mr. Gourlay contrived to amass considerable wealth, +having been largely connected with the shipping interest of the +port. The deceased was a much respected member of the +Liberal party in the borough, and in 1849 filled the office of +Mayor. He was also a Magistrate, having been placed on the +roll of Justices in 1858, and for many years represented the +Market Ward in the Town Council, which position he only resigned +last year. Mr. Gourlay was of a singularly quiet habit, +devoting his entire time to business pursuits, which he continued +until advancing years and infirmities compelled retirement. +The deceased was deeply interested in the educational movements +of the town, and a few years since presented the magnificent +donation of £1,000 towards the Wesleyan Schools. As a +mark of respect to his memory the flags on the Town Hall and +shipping have been hoisted half mast. The number of borough +magistrates who have died since 1863 has now reached +15.”</p> +<p>June 10th.—There had been a stormy discussion in the +Council with regard to the proposal to appoint Messrs. Salmon +Palmer, Garson Blake, and John W. de Caux, Justices for the +Borough, when Mr. James W. Bunn moved, and Mr. C. Woolverton +seconded a resolution to the effect that such appointments +“would be objectionable”; and Mr. F. Danby-Palmer +moved, and Mr. James Scott seconded an amendment approving such +appointments, which was lost by 25 to 7 votes, those voting in +the minority being Messrs. F. Danby-Palmer, J. Scott, Frederick +Palmer, J. W. de Caux, T. W. Attwood, H. Hammond, and J. A. +Norman.</p> +<p>Mr. I. Preston’s “Otter” had made a passage +from Yarmouth to Harwich, a distance of 52 miles in four and a +half hours.</p> +<p>June 14th.—Mr. Stafford had resigned the surgeonship for +the North District, his salary being £100; he stated that +he had 2,093 paupers on his books.</p> +<p>June 17th.—One hundred and twenty-seven men of the +R.H.A. were encamped on the North Denes, the officers being +Captains Fox-Strangeways and Scott; Lieutenants Rothe, +Hardinge-Brown, and P. F. Blackwood; Surgeon-Major Lewer, and +Vet.-Surgeon Walker.</p> +<p><a name="page346"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +346</span>Messrs. J. Tolver Waters, Frank Burton, and F. W. Dendy +had passed the Legal examination.</p> +<p>June 21st.—Mr. A. D. Stone had been elected a Haven +Commissioner in the place of Mr. Hammond, deceased, without +opposition, owing to Mr. de Caux’s nomination paper having +been left at the wrong office.</p> +<p>June 24th.—The “Oleander,” a barque of 440 +tons had been launched from Messrs. Fellows and Son’s +yard.</p> +<p>July 12th.—At the Water Frolic the “Halcyon” +won the first match, and the “Vivid” the second +match; Mr. I. Preston, junr., acted as Secretary.</p> +<p>There had been a destructive fire at Mr. Bland’s +premises on the Queen’s Road.</p> +<p>July 26th.—There had been a Volunteer Encampment on the +North Denes with a brigade field day, when the troops were under +the command of Major-General Murray.</p> +<p>The Yarmouth Corps had entertained the Officers of the Norfolk +and Suffolk Battalions, the Mayor, Major-General Murray, Brigade +Major Ogilvie, Captain Alderson, N.A.M., and several other guests +at the Royal Hotel.</p> +<p>There had been a proposal made to abolish the Fair.</p> +<p>The newly-appointed Magistrates, Messrs. Palmer, Blake, and de +Caux had qualified.</p> +<p>Aug. 19th.—The Council had voted an address of +congratulation to Sir James Paget upon his being created a +Baronet.</p> +<p>The Prince of Wales had consented to accept the Hon. Colonelcy +of the Norfolk Artillery Militia, vacant through the death of +Lord Hastings.</p> +<p>Aug. 26th.—Tomlinson’s Brewery and the houses +attached to it had been sold in lots by public auction.</p> +<p>Sept. 2nd.—St. George’s Denes had been for the +first time enclosed for a “Floral Fete,” when Mr. +James H. Harrison “with rather a rough element at the +back” appeared as a champion of public rights.</p> +<p>Sept. 6th.—The following Rifle Volunteer Officers had +received certificates of proficiency under the new +regulations:—Captains Holt, Matthews, and Palmer, and +Lieutenants Buxton, Diver, Palmer and Wilson.</p> +<p>Sept. 27th.—M. Desfongerais (the re-called French +Consul) had been presented with a testimonial before leaving +Yarmouth.</p> +<p><a name="page347"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 347</span>Sept. +30th.—Heavy gales had prevailed from the E. and S.E.</p> +<p>“Low prices and heavy deliveries” continued to +characterise the fishing.</p> +<p>Mr. W. B. Neslin, an eccentric character, who had accumulated +hundreds, if not thousands of notes of various epitaphs, had died +at the age of 70 years.</p> +<p>Oct. 18th.—E. P. Youell, Esq., had presided at a meeting +called to consider the restoration of Gorleston Church.</p> +<p>Oct. 21st.—The New Corn Hall in Howard Street had been +opened with a public dinner, when about 200 gentlemen attended, +the chair being taken by H. S. Grimmer, Esq., and the vice-chairs +by Messrs. G. M. Beck, E. H. H. Combe, E. Press, and J. W. +Bunn.</p> +<p>Nov. 4th.—Five of the Wards had been contested, with the +following result:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Neave (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">565</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Bly(C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">541</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Buston (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">464</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Blyth (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">432</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fyson (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">394</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Baker (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">374</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Garratt (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">349</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Clowes (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">321</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Burton (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">239</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Ferrier (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">212</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Goodwin (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">137</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Livingston (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">117</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Todd (I)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">385</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Scott (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">324</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Smith (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">150</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Woodger (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">742</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fenner (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">467</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Palmer (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">407</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Dendy (L) and Baumgartner (L), unopposed.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><a name="page348"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 348</span>Mr. +Edward S. Preston, who had been in the field, having retired at +the eleventh hour.</p> +<p>The general result was a gain of one to the Liberal party.</p> +<p>Nov. 11th.—Mr. S Nightingale had proposed, and Mr. J. +Scott seconded, the re-election of the Mayor (Mr. E. H. L. +Preston) and he was re-elected accordingly.</p> +<p>The following Aldermen had been re-appointed:—Sir E. H. +K. Lacon, and Messrs. R. Purdy, G. S. Shingles, E. P. Youell, R. +S. Watling, and W. Danby-Palmer.</p> +<p>Rear-Admiral Thomas L. Gooch had been promoted to be a retired +Vice-Admiral.</p> +<p>The Rifle Volunteers shed on the North Denes had been burnt +with the stores contained in it, “and no clue yet obtained +to the perpetrator of this wanton piece of mischief.”</p> +<p>Nov. 18th.—Mr. Woodger had entertained 40 of his friends +at a dinner given by him at St. George’s Tavern, King +Street.</p> +<p>The Liberals were organising Working Men’s Associations +in the several Wards.</p> +<p>Nov. 22nd.—The “Reliance,” steamtug, had +struck a piece of wreck near the Cross Sand, and become a total +wreck. She was valued at £2,500.</p> +<p>Nov. 29th.—Three companies of the 33rd Regiment had +arrived at the Southtown Barracks.</p> +<p>Captain Harvey was making experiments with his sea torpedoes +in the Roads, accompanied by Baron de Grancy and M. +Vavasseur.</p> +<p>Dec. 6th.—There had been disastrous gales, causing great +destruction of shipping property and loss of life.</p> +<p>Dec. 16th.—A meeting had been held at Gorleston with a +view to the restoration of the Church; the Mayor presided, and +Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., the Revs. H. Nevill, T. Allnutt +(Vicar), J. Walker, S. N. Vowler, and Messrs. E. P. Youell, H. E. +Buxton, C. J. Palmer, E. H. H. Combe, W. Teasdel, G. B. Palmer, +Stanier, Wilton, Holt, Baumgartner, Bottle, S. Bately, Bellamy, +Ling, S. Dowson, W. S. Sandford, Dr. Bately, Capt. Matthews, +Capt. Aldrich, &c., were present.</p> +<p>Dee. 30th.—Reference is made to the “New Law of +Merchant Shipping” (Plimsoll’s Act.)</p> +<p>The Prince of Wales being restored to health, it was expected +that he would visit Yarmouth with the N.A.M., of which Regiment +he was Hon. Colonel, during their training in the Spring.</p> +<p><a name="page349"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 349</span>Mrs. +Walpole, of Southtown, had bequeathed legacies of £50 to +the Hospital and £19 19s. to the Sailors’ Home.</p> +<p>It was estimated that the 600 boats hailing from Yarmouth paid +“something like £4000 for towage to the Tug +Companies.”</p> +<p>Mr. J. F. Neave had erected a new Primitive Methodist Chapel +at Bradwell.</p> +<h3>1872.</h3> +<p>Jan. 6th.—Mr. J. T. Clarke had been appointed an +Admiralty Commissioner.</p> +<p>Jan. 20th.—The Town Council had voted congratulatory +addresses to the Queen, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, +upon the occasion of the recovery of the Prince from his serious +illness.</p> +<p>There had been a heavy gale from the S.S.W.</p> +<p>Jan. 27th.—It was stated that within 12 years five penny +newspapers had been started in Yarmouth, all of which had ceased +to exist.</p> +<p>Jan. 31st.—Mr. John L. Cufaude, Clerk of the Peace, +Clerk to the Guardians, and Superintendent Registrar had died at +the age of 61 years.</p> +<p>Feb. 3rd.—Messrs. Chamberlin, I. Preston, junr., H. R. +Harmer and F. W Ferrier were candidates for the first and Messrs. +F. Danby-Palmer and F. S. Costerton for the two latter of these +appointments.</p> +<p>Feb. 7th.—Mr. F. Danby-Palmer had been elected +Superintendent Registrar by “a large majority,” the +other candidates being Messrs. S. C. Burton and H. Cowl.</p> +<p>Bro. James Carter had been installed W.M. of Lodge +“Friendship.”</p> +<p>A new route (the loop line) was being constructed between +Yarmouth and Lowestoft at a cost of £15,000.</p> +<p>Feb. 14th.—Mr. F. Danby-Palmer had been unanimously +elected Clerk to the Board of Guardians.</p> +<p>Feb. 17th.—At the Council meeting Mr. W. Laws proposed, +and Mr. T. M. Baker seconded, Mr. I. Preston, junr.’s +appointment as Clerk of the Peace, and Mr. J. W. Foreman +proposed, and Mr. J. Bracey seconded, Mr. H. R. Harmer for that +office.</p> +<p>The voting was—For Mr. Preston: The Mayor and Messrs. J. +T. Bracey, Laws, Mabson, Teasdel, Purdy, Nightingale, Bly, +Barnby, Norman, Preston (Isaac junr.), Baker, Wright, George, +Woolverton, Burton, Ferrier, Todd, Veale, Fenner, Gooda, and W. +Hammond (22),</p> +<p>And for Mr. Harmer: Messrs. Bunn, Harmer, Youell, William +Danby-Palmer, Worship, Hilton, Neave, Nuthall, Fyson, Barber, <a +name="page350"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 350</span>Tomlinson, +Foreman, do Caux, F. Danby-Palmer, Scott, J. Bracey, Stone, +Woodger, Combe and Baumgartner (20).</p> +<p>Mr. Attwood declined to vote. After the voting the +following “scene” took place between the Mayor and +Mr. Harmer:—</p> +<blockquote><p>Mr. Harmer said he had come forward as a +candidate, considering his long connection with the party +entitled him to their support. He could not let that +opportunity pass without expressing his thanks to those gentleman +who had accorded him their votes. He could but think if the +Mayor had fought a ‘manly and open game’—(cries +of ‘no, no,’ and uproar)—and postponed his +canvassing from the Saturday to the Monday, he should have been +in a very different position there that day. (Renewed +cheers and uproar.) He believed he should have had most of +those promises which the Mayor had obtained on the Sunday. +(Cries of ‘no, no,’ and general uproar.) He +felt certain that a great many of his friends in the Council whom +he had known many years, and who had been induced to vote against +him, were sorry for it, and had only been led to do so by the +promise given the Mayor on Sunday. (Cries and groans and +general tumult in the gallery.) He met an old friend the +other day, and on asking him for his vote, he replied, ‘I +am very sorry I cannot give it you, as I promised the Mayor on +Sunday—(cheers and laughter)—but you have my +sympathy, and I hope you may win.’ He (Mr. Harmer) +could not help replying, ‘Hang your sympathy; give me your +vote.’</p> +<p>The Mayor said he could not let Mr. Harmer’s remarks +upon himself pass without comment. Coming home quietly from +church on the Sunday morning referred to following the +mace-bearers, Mr. Harmer came up to him and canvassed him for the +Clerkship of the Peace, Mr. Cufaude not being then dead. +(Hear, hear, and uproar.) He told Mr. Harmer that Mr. +Cufaude was not dead and (he might as well tell them all that +passed), said he hoped to God he might live till after March, so +that they (the Conservatives) might have the opportunity of +fighting the Guardians. (Cheers and counter cheers.) +In walking down to the Station-house he said to Mr. Harmer, if +that should be the case, and they should get a majority at the +Board of Guardians, Mr. Harmer could go in for the Clerk of the +Guardians, and he (the Mayor) for the Clerk of the +Peace,—(loud laughter)—and that they could work +together. Mr. Harmer replied by saying that he should go in +for both appointments—(cheers and laughter)—and he +(the Mayor) replied that he could not do so, but if he (the +Mayor) won one, he would support Mr. Harmer <a +name="page351"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 351</span>in the +other, and if Mr. Harmer was successful in one, he could give him +his help in trying to obtain the other appointment for his +son. (Hear, hear.) In the afternoon of that day Mr. +Cufaude died, and as he knew Mr. Harmer was canvassing, did they +think he was such a fool as to let him outstep him. (Cheers +and uproar.)</p> +<p>Mr. Harmer rose to reply, but the confusion became so great +owing to the shouting and recrimination, backed up by the +adherents of the respective parties in the gallery, that scarcely +anything could be heard amid the din of words. During a +temporary lull in the storm,</p> +<p>Mr. Harmer, who was still speaking excitedly, was understood +to say that he did not go between the bark and the tree, but that +he wished to tell the whole truth about the conversation between +him and the Mayor. He asked the Mayor how Mr. Cufaude was, +and he replied that he was very bad indeed, and not expected to +live. (At this juncture of Mr. Harmer’s reply several +of the Councillors vacated their seats, and left the room, and +the disorder which had calmed down a little again broke +out. Mr. Harmer, thus interrupted, stopped in his speech, +but in response to cries of ‘go on, go on,’ from the +public, he turned himself to the gallery, and addressing the +occupants of that place, continued his remarks.) He said he +observed to the Mayor—‘In case anything happens, what +do you intend to do?’ The Mayor replied ‘If my +son comes forward I must support him,’ to which he (Mr. +Harmer) replied ‘very naturally, too.’ He then +told the Mayor that he should be a candidate for the Clerkship of +the Peace, and as they walked down Regent-street the Mayor +remarked to him, ‘If we can only keep the poor fellow alive +till after the next election of Guardians, then we must all put +our hands into our pockets and turn them (the Liberals) +out.’ (Cries of ‘Shame,’ +‘Bribery,’ and general uproar.) The Mayor then +said ‘I will propose that you shall be Clerk of the Peace +and Isaac, Clerk of the Guardians.’ (Cheers and +laughter.) His answer to that generous proposition was, +‘I shall not stand that; I shall expect the better berth of +the two.’ (Renewed laughter, and cries of ‘Go +in Harmer.’) The Mayor said ‘Well, after all, +perhaps Isaac would rather have the Clerkship of the Peace, as +there is not much to do, and as he is going to be married, and +will be very well off, he won’t want it.’ (Loud +laughter.)</p> +<p>Here the confusion became so great that nothing could be +heard, and as by this time the majority of the Councillors had +dispersed, the proceedings closed amid wild uproar.</p> +</blockquote> +<p><a name="page352"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 352</span>Feb. +24th.—Mr. Henry E. Buxton had been elected Commodore and +Mr. I. Preston, jun., Vice-Commodore of the Norfolk and Suffolk +Yacht Club. Mr. T. M. Read was building a new yacht at +Beccles.</p> +<p>Feb. 28th.—Mr. I. Preston, jun., the newly-elected Clerk +of the Peace, had entertained the Recorder and Bar at the +Sessions.</p> +<p>In the Market Ward, Mr. R. Dumbleton and Mr. J. Garratt had +been candidates for the seat vacated by Mr. Preston, when the +former gentleman was elected by a majority of 191.</p> +<p>April 6th.—Mr. C. S. D. Steward and Captain Gilbertson +had been re-appointed Churchwardens, and Messrs. Ellis, +Skoulding, Lay and Pestell, Overseers.</p> +<p>April 3rd.—Nathaniel Palmer, Esq., Recorder, had died at +Coltishall, aged 79; it was stated that “The deceased was +at one period of his career a prominent member of the Whig party, +and was generally known as ‘Orator Palmer.’ He +acted with the other members of the Palmer family and their +cousins—the Stewards and Hurrys—and was with them +instrumental in opening the borough of Great Yarmouth in +1818.”</p> +<p>The following officers were then with the E.N.M. at its annual +training:—Colonel Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., +Lieutenant-Colonel Glover, Major Matthew, Captains Dods, Ensor, +Applewaite, Ambrose, and McEnry, and Lieutenants Haly, Howes, +Long, Lacon, Haggard, Fryer, Barber and Napier. Captain +Lacon being absent.</p> +<p>April 13th.—The following had been the result of the +Guardians’ Election.—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Stafford (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1,163</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Neave (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">861</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Skoulding (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">758</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Buston(C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">664</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Blyth (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">562</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Rant (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">365</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Norman (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">679</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Dumbleton (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">675</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Laws (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">599</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Overend (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">524</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Ellis (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">515</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Brand (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">472</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><a +name="page353"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 353</span><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Barber (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">540</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Norman (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">486</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Diver (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">428</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Preston (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">426</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Bryant (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">337</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Rant (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">299</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>de Caux (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">613</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Scott (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">522</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Rivett (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">400</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Foreman (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">266</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Bunn (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">250</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Todd (I.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">214</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Gooch (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">204</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Palmer (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1,166</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Woodger (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1,090</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Clowes (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">921</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fisher (L.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">770</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Woolverton (C) and Bracey (C) (numbers not given.)</p> +<p>The result was that 10 Liberals to 4 Tories had been +elected.</p> +<p>The Town Council had recommended Mr. Mills for the office of +Recorder, he having acted for several years as the late Mr. +Palmer’s deputy in that office.</p> +<p>April 24th.—The first week in June had been fixed for +the Prince of Wales’ visit to the town.</p> +<p>Mr. Frederick Palmer had been re-appointed chairman, and +Messrs. J. A. Norman and J. F. Neave, vice-chairmen of the Board +of Guardians.</p> +<p>Mr. Simms Reeve had been appointed Recorder in the place of +Mr. Palmer deceased; it was stated that he was called to the Bar +in 1850 and was a member of the Norfolk Circuit.</p> +<p>May 8th.—Funds were being raised for the purpose of +decorating the town on the occasion of the Prince of Wales’ +visit.</p> +<p>May 11th.—The Town Council had formed itself into a +committee to consider the public steps to be taken with regard to +that event.</p> +<p>May 25th.—Simms Reeve, Esq., had been appointed Judge of +the Borough Court of Record.</p> +<p><a name="page354"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 354</span>May +29th.—Mr. de Caux had met with an accident through falling +from a cart on the Drive.</p> +<p>June 1st.—James Scott, Esq., J.P., and one of the +Councillors for the St. George’s Ward, had died.</p> +<p>June 8th.—Records the first visit of H.R.H. the Prince +of Wales to the town, when he lodged at Mr. Cuddon’s house +(Shaddingfield Lodge). The town was very handsomely +decorated, and His Royal Highness was received at the Southtown +Railway Station by the Reception Committee which consisted of +Lord Sondes, the Mayor, the Recorder, the Town Clerk, and Messrs. +William Mabson, W. T. Attwood, R. D. Barber, F. Dendy, H. R. +Harmer, Frederick Ferrier, E. H. H. Combe, F. Danby-Palmer, E. P. +Youell, S. Nightingale, R. S. Watling, and Bessey. After +the Recorder had presented the Corporate address, His Royal +Highness and the Committee proceeded to the Town Hall, where 200 +guests were entertained. Subsequently His Royal Highness +proceeded to the Grammar School and opened the newly-erected hall +there. In the evening the town was illuminated.</p> +<p>June 15th.—Mr. S. K. Smith had been elected a Councillor +for St. George’s Ward in the place of Mr. J. Scott +deceased.</p> +<p>June 19th.—“Notes and Queries” contained a +notice of Palmer’s “Perlustration of Great +Yarmouth,” 400 pages of which had then been issued from the +press.</p> +<p>A man named Howes had been killed through the bursting of a +rocket at the Coastguard Station during the Prince’s +visit.</p> +<p>June 22nd records the funeral of the late Mr. Edward Fyson, a +member of the Town Council and Captain in the Rifle +Volunteers.</p> +<p>The Rev. J. J. Raven had had the degree of D.D. conferred upon +him by the University of Cambridge.</p> +<p>June 26th.—Mr. Simms Reeve had sat as Recorder for the +first time at the Quarter Sessions.</p> +<p>The Town was filling rapidly with visitors.</p> +<p>June 29th.—The polling in the Market Ward had resulted +as follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. John Garratt (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">418</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Tyrrell (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">168</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Majority</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">250</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The marriage of Miss Watling (only daughter of Robert S. +Watling, Esq.) and Mr. Samuel Nightingale (nephew of Samuel +Nightingale, Esq.) had been celebrated “amid great +rejoicing.”</p> +<p><a name="page355"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 355</span>July +6th.—The late Mr. E. Fyson had left legacies of £250 +each to the Sailors’ Home and the Hospital.</p> +<p>The new organ at St. Mary’s, Southtown, was estimated to +cost £250.</p> +<p>Mural paintings had been discovered in Gorleston Church.</p> +<p>July 13th.—A ghost was reported to be frequenting the +Churchyard; upwards of 1,000 persons attended at one time to see +it.</p> +<p>July 20th.—It was stated that in the year 1871, 19,781 +lasts of fish, weighing 39,562 tons, had been conveyed by rail +from Yarmouth.</p> +<p>Coal had advanced to 32s. per ton.</p> +<p>Mr. Palmer had returned from his cruise along the Dutch coast +in the yacht “Oasis.”</p> +<p>July 31st.—The men at Lacon’s Brewery had struck +for and obtained an advance of 3s. a week in their wages.</p> +<p>Aug. 10th.—The observance of the Bank Holiday Act had +resulted in an “enormous influx” of +excursionists.</p> +<p>Aug. 17th.—Messrs. Fellows, Dendy, and Spelman had been +appointed Borough Justices.</p> +<p>The following had been the result of the polling for a +Guardian to supply the place of the late Mr. Scott in St. +George’s Ward:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. Green (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">401</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. S. K. Smith (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">281</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. T. C. Foreman (N)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">126</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Aug. 21st.—The Mayor (E. H. L. Preston, Esq.,) had died +in the 66th year of his age.</p> +<p>Aug. 31st.—Mr. C. Woolverton had, on the motion of Mr. +Worship, seconded by Mr. Bunn, been elected Mayor for the residue +of the year of office in the place of the late Mr. Preston +deceased.</p> +<p>Aug. 31st.—The Channel Fleet—consisting of the +“Achilles,” flagship of Rear-Admiral Randolph, C.B., +(Captain Hamilton), 6,121 tons, 1,250 horse power, 26 guns; +“Hector,” (Captain Cochran), 4,019 tons, 800 horse +power, 18 guns; “Penelope,” (Captain Wake), 3,096 +tons, 600 horse power, 11 guns; “Audacious,” (Captain +Hope), 3,774 tons, 800 horse power, 14 guns; +“Vanguard,” (Captain Spain), 3,774 tons, 800 horse +power, 14 guns; “Black Prince,” (Captain Lacey), +6,109 tons, 1,125 horse power, 28 guns; “Resistance” +(Captain Montgomery), 3,710 tons, 600 horse power, 16 guns; +“Favorite,” (Captain Ross), 2,094 tons, 400 horse +power, 10 guns—had arrived in the Roads. The +Artillery Volunteers fired a salute of 13 guns from the South +Battery in <a name="page356"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +356</span>honour of the Fleet, and the Mayor, accompanied by +Messrs. J. E. Barnby, W. Mabson, H. Teasdel, T. W. Attwood, C. +Diver, R. Dumbleton, T. Todd, Major Orde, F. Danby-Palmer, F. +Ferrier, Admiral Smyth, C. E. Nuthall, J. Tomlinson, J. Bracey, +W. Laws, H. Hammond, Geo. Watson, and E. H. H. Combe, had visited +the flagship.</p> +<p>Sept. 4th.—Records the departure of the Fleet.</p> +<p>Sept. 11th.—The first Election under the Ballot Act had +been held. This took place in the North Ward, upon the +decease of the Mayor, and resulted in the return of the +Conservative candidate, the numbers being for</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. Skoulding (C.)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">434</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Mr. H. Blyth (L.).</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">190</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Thus, upon a register of some 1,300 voters, only 629 persons +polled.</p> +<p>Sept. 14th.—Mr. Bunn had been elected a Haven +Commissioner by the Council in the place of the late Mr. +Preston.</p> +<p>Gas had been increased from 4s. to 5s. per 1000 feet +“owing to the increased cost of coal and labour.”</p> +<p>Oct. 5th.—Mr. Leach’s oil and lamp shop and +warehouse in the Market Place had been destroyed by fire. +Mr. Leach’s stock alone thus burnt was valued at +£1,000; the house belonging to Mrs. Ellis; both these items +were, however, covered by insurance.</p> +<p>Oct. 12th.—The fish merchants were urging their +grievances against the Railway Company.</p> +<p>Oct. 16th.—The first rail of the tramway on the +Southtown Road had been laid and fixed by Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Bart., M.P.</p> +<p>In the evening a dinner had been given at the Town Hall in +connection with the ceremony. Jas. Goodson, Esq., presided, +and there were also present—the Mayor, the Recorder, the +Mayor of Beccles, Captain Penrice, C.B., Mr. Garnham and Mr. +Cotching (Directors of the Tramway Company) and Messrs. E. P. +Youell, E. H. H. Combe, W. H. Chambers, R. H. Harmer, H. B. +Rathbone, Browne, F. Danby-Palmer, J. Hudspith, Jewson, Fox, +Underwood, Geard, Brooks, Harrison, G. Billington, Davidson, +Cooke, J. H. Bly, Bales, Light, C. J. Palmer, H. Martin, H. Fenn, +Dickson, Brown, junr., J. W. Cockrill, May, Filby, J. Thomas, +Leathes, A. Nelson, H. Catton, Shipley, &c.</p> +<p>The town had been visited by a heavy gale from the S.W.</p> +<p>Oct. 26th.—Coal was reduced in price from 34s. to 27s. +per ton.</p> +<p>Prices for herring had ruled from £7 to £13 for +salted, and from £8 to £20 for fresh fish; 3,454 +lasts had been landed.</p> +<p><a name="page357"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 357</span>Nov. +2nd.—Mr. J. Owles’ collection of china had been sold +in 1,800 lots.</p> +<p>Nov. 6th.—The Municipal Election had resulted as +follows:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>North +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Nightingale, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">558</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Skoulding, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">503</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Livingston, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">240</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Woodger, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">200</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Foreman, (N)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">18</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Market +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Barnby, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">258</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Martins, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">216</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Reeder, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">99</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Lawn, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">53</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Tyrrell, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">53</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Regent +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Burton, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">213</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Blake, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">186</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>George, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">181</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wright, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">173</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +George’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Foreman, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">276</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>de Caux, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">257</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Wiltshire, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">241</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Green, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">220</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Nelson +Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Bracey, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">613</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Veale, (C)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">538</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Palmer, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">375</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Clowes, (L)</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">306</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p style="text-align: center"><i>St. +Andrew’s Ward</i>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><p>Gooda, (C), and Attwood, (L), unopposed.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Subsequently a meeting of Liberals was held in the Regent-ward +to congratulate Messrs. Burton and Blake upon their +“victory” there. Mr. Lovewell Blake (chairman), +and Messrs. F. Palmer, J. Woodger, J. F. Neave, T. Green, Frank +Burton, and J. H. Norman took part in this proceeding.</p> +<p><a name="page358"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 358</span>Nov. +10th.—Upon the motion of Mr. E. P. Youell, seconded by Mr +J. T. Bracey, Mr. C. Woolverton had been elected Mayor of the +Borough. The following were at that time the Ward +Aldermen:—North, William Mabson; Market, W. Laws; Regent, +William Danby-Palmer; St. George’s, G. S. Shingles; Nelson, +H. R. Harmer; St. Andrews’, R. Purdy.</p> +<p>Nov. 16th.—Mr. William Worship had been injured in an +accident which had happened on the Great Eastern line near +Kelvedon.</p> +<p>Nov. 30th.—Mr. A. E. Cowl had passed the Legal +Examination.</p> +<p>Dec. 4th.—A Mrs. Harvey had died at Rollesby at the age +of 104 years.</p> +<p>A very heavy gale, almost rivalling that of 1860, had visited +this coast.</p> +<p>The following Income Tax Commissioners had been +nominated:—The Mayor, and Messrs. S. C. Burton, E. P. +Youell, W. Mabson, F. Danby-Palmer, J. W. de Caux, and J. T. +Bracey.</p> +<p>Dec. 18th.—Garson Blake, Esq. had been appointed Belgian +Consul in succession to the late Mr. Preston.</p> +<p>Dec. 28th.—The following gentlemen then held commissions +in the Rifle Volunteers:—Major, James Henry Orde; Captains, +William Holt, W. P. P. Matthews, A. J. Palmer, and G. W. Moore; +Lieutenants, S. Aldred, C. Diver, B. Wilson, W. H. Palmer, and H. +E. Buxton; Ensigns, F. Danby-Palmer, J. T. Clarke, W. Brown, and +R. Stanier; Adjutant, F. A. Cubitt; Surgeon, W. E. Wyllys; +Chaplain, H. R. Nevill; Quarter-Master, T. W. Doughty.</p> +<div class="gapmediumdoubleline"> </div> +<p>With this year ends the file of the <i>Norwich Mercury</i>, +which was preserved by the late Robert Palmer-Kemp, Esq., that +gentleman dying at his seat, Coltishall Manor (which was devised +to him by his grandfather, William Danby-Palmer, Esq.), on 11th +May, 1873. Mr. Kemp was for many years an active County +Magistrate; and in the earlier part of his life, prior to leaving +Yarmouth, took part, with his half-brother, Major Samuel Charles +Marsh, and other members of his family, in our local politics; +later on, however (although in the Commission of the Peace for +our borough) he rarely visited his native town. Leaving no +issue, he devised his estates to his cousin, George William +Danby-Palmer, Esq. 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