3.--A meeting of the inhabitants was held at the Corn Hall, Yarmouth, "to
take into consideration the provisions of the Haven and Port Bill, and to
determine whether the scheme should be supported or opposed in
Parliament." This Bill was intended to supersede the functions of the
Haven Commissioners and to protect the shipowners and fishermen, but
great opposition was raised against it by the class in whose interests it
was avowedly framed. The Norwich Town Council, at a meeting on March
21st, decided to oppose the measure. A Committee of the House of
Commons, by whom the Bill was considered, on March 30th unanimously
resolved that, "in the absence of unanimity of feeling among the parties
affected, including the town of Yarmouth itself, it is not expedient to
pass the preamble of the Bill." It was, therefore, thrown out. (_See_
April 30th, 1866.)