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.