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.