5.--The new Drill Hall at Great Yarmouth, erected at the cost of 1,300,
by Mr. Leggett, from designs by Mr. J. T. Bottle, was opened.
6.--St. Andrew's church, Norwich, was re-opened after restoration. The
architect who superintended the work was Mr. William Smith, the Adelphi,
London, and the contractor, Mr. Burrell, of Norwich. The Bishop of
Norwich preached the sermon.
--Died at Yarmouth, aged 82, James Sharman, the keeper of the Nelson
monument on the South Denes. He was a native of Yarmouth, and entered
the Navy in 1799, having been "pressed" when a waiting lad at the
Wrestlers Inn, and taken on board H.M.S. Weazel, Captain Durben. After
four years' service he was wrecked off Cabaratta Point, near Gibraltar.
He then joined the Victory, under Captain Thomas Hardy, and at Trafalgar
"assisted in carrying the dying Nelson from the lower deck to the
cockpit."
9.--Mr. Jeremiah James Colman was elected Mayor, and Mr. Robert Fitch
appointed Sheriff of Norwich.
--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a memorial was received from
the parents of boys educated at the Commercial School, praying that the
efficiency of that school should not be impaired in consequence of the
large outlay required for making alterations in and additions to the
Grammar School premises. The Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee, to whom
the memorial was referred, reported to the Town Council on November 26th
that they strongly deprecated any increase in the fees of the Commercial
School, but they considered the successful maintenance of the Grammar
School of great advantage to the city. The report was adopted.
10.--Died in Paris, aged 63, Mr. W. Wilshere, of Welwyn, Herts., and
formerly member of Parliament for Yarmouth. He became a candidate for
that borough with Mr. Rumbold, in the Liberal interest, in 1837, when the
Conservative candidates were Messrs. Baring and Gambier. On the
dissolution of Parliament in 1847, he retired from the representation of
the borough. "It is said that his various contests cost him a very large
sum of money, and that in other respects the expenses incident to the
representation of a borough on Liberal principles were too much for
endurance."
16.--Reference was made to the disbandment of the 1st Norfolk Light
Horse, which had been under the command of Capt. Hay Gurney since its
institution by him in 1861. The members presented to their
commanding-officer a testimonial "representing in frosted silver, on an
ebony stand, a mounted officer and trumpeter in full dress."
20.--The Scratby Hall estate, comprising 280 acres, was sold by auction
by Messrs. Butcher, at the Star Hotel, Yarmouth, for 16,760.
26.--The Rev. Edward Marjoribanks Nisbet, M.A., was installed a
residentiary canon at Norwich Cathedral.
30.--The Right Hon. Edward Stratham Gordon, Lord Advocate of Scotland,
was elected to represent the borough of Thetford in Parliament, upon the
resignation of the Hon. A. H. Baring. Lord Frederick FitzRoy, who had
come forward as a candidate, withdrew from the contest on the day
appointed for the nomination. "He departed for London, leaving behind
him an address telling the electors that, by means of treachery,
opposition had been brought against him."