May 30th. Public Anti-Mormon Meeting on the Chapel Denes for the purpose
of exposing Mormonism. A Meeting also at Masonic Hall on Aug. 30th.
June 25th. Musical Reunion Conversazione at the Bath House Reading Room.
June 29th and 30th. Mr. Gill’s Midsummer Flower Show at his Nursery,
Regent Road. Admission, 6d. to the Gardens.
July 8th. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and C. E. Rumbold, Esq., elected to
Parliament for the Borough. They were opposed by Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Napier and W. T. McCullagh, Esq. Returns next day—L., 617; R.,
547; M’C., 523; N., 488. The proclamation was read on 2nd; hustings
erected on north-front of Town Hall on the 5th; booths erected on 6th;
and nomination on 7th.
July 13th and 14th. Yarmouth Roads Regatta.
Aug. 12th. Flower Show at Vauxhall Gardens postponed owing to bad
weather, till next day.
Aug. 20th. Robbery at the shop of Mr. Mouse, George Street.
Aug. 27th. Mr. W. Cook’s equestrian troupe entered the town, and their
marquee erected on the Chapel Denes.
Sept. 17th. Grand Balloon Ascent at 5.30 p.m., at the Vauxhall Gardens
by Lieut. Chambers, R.N., amid the cheers of a vast multitude of people.
It was postponed from the previous day owing to the wet weather. (See
July 27th, 1868.)
Dr. Alfred Impey died at Cove Hall, Suffolk, aged 38.
Oct. 7th. The Lord Bishop of Norwich and the Rev. W. Hook, vicar of
Leeds, and Chaplain to the Queen, preached at the Parish Church on behalf
of the New Priory Schools. Between the services a cold collation was
provided by Mr. Brown, of the “Angel” Hotel.
Oct. 7th. Priory National Schools opened and the restoration of the Old
Hall celebrated. Built from a design by J. Flakewell, Esq. Cost, 1,850.
Library and Museum built in 1868.
Nov. 18th. Funeral of the Duke of Wellington took place. By request all
shops in the town were closed.
Nov. 28th. Fire on the premises of Mr. J. W. Darnell, baker, Howard
Street.
Nov. 29th and 30th. Two Concerts at the Town Hall by Mr. H. Phillips and
his daughter.
Dec. 14th. Mrs. Swan gave a Reading from the Play of _Henry VIII._ at
the Town Hall.
R. Steward, T. Brightwen, B. Fenn, J. G. Plummer, J. Cherry, and C. C.
Aldred, Esqs., were appointed Magistrates.
Caister Castle sold by auction to John Gurney, Esq., of Hoveton Hall.
Norfolk.