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.”