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.