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.”