Oct. 18th. The new Corn Hall, Howard St_Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood from A.D. 46 to 1884

to which nearly 200 gentlemen sat down, including Viscount Mahon, M.P.,

Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., the Hon. F. Walpole, M.P., C. S. Read,

Esq., M.P., E. Corrance, Esq., M.P., and the Mayor (E. H. L. Preston,

Esq.) H. S. Grimmer, Esq., occupied the chair.

Oct. 24th. George S. Harcourt, Esq., of Ankerwych, formerly M.P. for

Bucks, died at St. George’s Square, Belgravia, aged 64 years. This

gentleman established the Yarmouth Sailors’ Home.

Oct. 26th. A silver tea-kettle, value £25, presented as a testimonial to

the Rev. R. J. Dundas, prior to his leaving the town for Albury, near

Guildford.

Oct. 30th. The Rev. W. Boycott, rector and patron of Burgh St. Peter,

died at Ormesby, aged 73 years.

Nov. Mr. Ziba Rayson passed his third and final examination at the Law

Society’s Hall, London.

Nov. 3rd. Fire at the drapery shop of Mr. E. Bostock, King Street, and

damage done to the amount of £350. (See 1884.)

Nov. The smack “Evangeline,” built for Mr. Olley of this town, launched

from Mr. Fellows’ shipyard.

Nov. 14th. The iron screw steamer “Benjamin Whitworth,” 639 tons

encountered a terrifically heavy sea; but after great perseverance she

was floated off on the following day. The steam tug “Reliance,” value

£2,500, belonging to the Standard Company, while assisting the

“Whitworth,” struck against a piece of sunken wreck, and so rendered

leaky. She was run on to Caister beach, where she became a total wreck.

(See Dec. 4th, 1875.)

Nov. 14th. A fleet of some 1,200 sailing vessels passed through the

Roadstead.

Nov. 25th. The fishing lugger “Sailor’s Friend,” value, with nets, &c.,

about £850, the property of Mr. C. Rumbold, was run into by the French

screw steamer “Union Bayonnaise,” which caused the lugger to founder.

Crew all saved.

Nov. 30th to Dec. 2nd. Heavy gale. Lifeboat crews performed several

daring acts of bravery, and although about 25 hands were unfortunately

lost near Yarmouth, no less than 23 shipwrecked men were rescued and

taken to the Sailors’ Home.

Dec. 4th. Smack “George and Elizabeth” ran ashore north of the North

Pier, where she went to pieces, her crew being rescued by the rocket

apparatus.

Dec. 4th. Rev. A. T. Shelley, Congregational minister at Aylesbury, and

formerly of this town, died at Aylesbury, Bucks, aged 45.

Dec. 6th. Intense frost. Every street and road one mass of ice, and so

smooth and slippery as to render walking upright impossible. Several

accidents occurred to people and horses.

Dec. 9th. The smack “Friendship,” value £400, lost in the North Sea.

Dec. 10th. The new steamer “South Tyne” stranded on North Scroby Sand.

She was got off the next morning after 100 tons of coal had been thrown

overboard. Salvage services amounted to £1,000.

Dec. 11th. The market tolls, &c., were let by public competition by Mr.

S. Aldred for £890 per annum. (See Aug. 21st, 1876.)

Dec. 15th. The smack “Dagmar” on fire in the harbour. Much damaged.

Dec. 19th. The smack “Emma,” valued at £300, totally destroyed by fire

while in the North Sea. Crew rescued.

Dec. 19th. The screw collier “Magdeburg” struck on Scroby Sand, but was

got off by the steam tug “Reliance” for £200.

Dec. In the 2nd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers in 1871 there were in the five

companies 11 officers, 22 sergeants, and 460 men, 87 of whom were

marksmen.

The 600 fishing craft belonging to this port pay annually for towage

about £4,000.

A new Primitive Methodist Chapel opened at Bradwell.

Mr. J. T. Clarke, solicitor, appointed a Commissioner to administer oaths

in the High Court of Admiralty in England.

Two hundred and forty millions of herring landed at the Fish Wharf during

the whole of the present season.

The number of shipwrecked men received during the year at the Sailors’

Home was 228.

A whiting measuring 26 inches caught on the coast.

1872.

Jan. 1st, The barque “Sing Tai” (Rising Sun), 500 tons, launched from

Messrs. Beeching’s shipyard.

Jan. 1st. The brigantine “Sybil,” belonging to Mr. H. H. Gambling, while

entering the harbour got on the North Sand, and was wrecked. Value,

£400.

Jan. 3rd. Rear-Admiral Charles Calmady Dent, of Yarmouth, died. (See

April 4th.)

Jan. 5th. Sir Francis Crossley, Bart., M.P., of Somerleyton Hall, died

at Belle Vue, Halifax, aged 54 years.

Jan. 10th. First prosecution for Sunday trading instituted, the

magistrates fining two delinquents—Messrs. Duffell—5s. each and costs.

This continued weekly for over five years.

Jan. 12th. Restoration of Gorleston Church mooted. On May 15th Mr.

Hubbard’s (East Dereham) contract of £2,642 accepted. (See June 12th,

1873.)

Jan. 16th. Loyal addresses voted by the Council to the Queen on the

recovery of the Prince of Wales from a severe illness; also

congratulatory addresses to the Prince and Princess.

Jan. 17th. Gallant lifeboat service by the Caister beachmen during a

heavy gale, in the preservation of the barque “Jessie,” and the whole of

her crew.

Jan. 25th. The Gorleston Board of Health resolved to borrow £1,000, in

addition to the £3,500 previously borrowed for the Southtown drainage.

(See Aug. 17th, 1871.)

Jan. 28th. John Lomas Cufaude, Esq., solicitor, died, aged 61 years.

The deceased was Clerk of the Peace, Clerk to the Board of Guardians, and

Superintendent Registrar of this Borough.

Jan. 29th. Caleb Burrell Rose, Esq., F.G.S., died, aged 81 years.

Jan. 29th. Supt. G. Tewsley presented with a richly-chased silver cup,

at the Bear Hotel, by the sergeants and constables of the Borough Police,

as a memento of their esteem.

Feb. 2nd. F. Danby Palmer, Esq., elected Supt. Registrar, and on the 9th

Clerk to the Board of Guardians.

Feb. 2nd. Further experiments in the Roadstead with Harvey’s sea

torpedoes, under the inspection of gentlemen representing the American

Government.

Feb. 9th, 10th, and 18th. Action in the Court of Chancery—I. and C. A.

Preston _versus_ the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough—to

recover £20,000, lent by various mortgagees on the general district

rates. Bill dismissed with costs. An appeal was made against the

judgment in the same Court on June 19th, with a like result.

Feb. 13th. Isaac Preston, jun., Esq., elected Clerk of the Peace by the

Town Council; and on March 5th, Visiting Justices’ Clerk.

Feb. 23rd. Brigantine “Isabella Walker” collided with the steam tug

“Andrew Woodhouse,” the latter sustaining damage to the amount of £50.

Feb. 27th. General Thanksgiving Day for the recovery from sickness of

the Prince of Wales observed in Yarmouth.

Feb. £4,680 required for the restoration of Gorleston Church. (See Jan.

12th, 1872, and April 28th, 1876.)

March 1st. Mr. G. M. Burton elected Vaccination Officer.

March 2nd. Smack “Queen of the Fleet” launched from Messrs. Smith and

Son’s shipyard.

March 14th. J. Cherry, Esq., of the Norfolk Circuit, took the oaths and

handed in his formal appointment as Clerk of the Peace for Suffolk,

conferred by the Lord Lieutenant of the County (Lord Stradbroke), vacated

by the late Mr. Borton, who held the office 30 years prior to his death.

March 22nd. Henry Negus Burroughes, Esq., died at Burlingham Hall, aged

82 years. This gentleman was elected M.P. for East Norfolk in Aug.,

1837; July, 1841; Aug., 1847; and July, 1852, with the late Edmund

Wodehouse, Esq., as a colleague, on the last two occasions without

opposition. In 1855, however, Mr. Wodehouse, accepting the Chiltern

Hundreds, Sir Henry J. Stracey was returned in the place of that hon.

gentleman, but at the dissolution in March, 1857, they neither of them

went to the poll. Mr. Burroughes was a Port and Haven Commissioner for

over 45 years. The Rev. Randall Burroughes, who married a sister of Lord

Suffield, succeeded to the possession of his fine landed property.

March 30th. Nathaniel Palmer, Esq., died at Coltishall. He was born at

Yarmouth in Oct., 1792. In 1827 was called to the bar by the Inner

Temple, and in 1886 appointed Judge of the Guildhall Court of Norwich and

Recorder of Great Yarmouth.

March. The loop-line between Somerleyton and St. Olave’s on the Great

Eastern Railway opened.

April 4th. Marriage of Lieut. Charles Francis Hastings Dent, commanding

H.M.S. “Orwell,” eldest son of the late Admiral Dent and Lady Selina

(daughter of the 11th Earl of Huntingdon), with Miss Jane Collins, of

Bury, was celebrated at St. Mary’s Church. (See Jan. 3rd.)

April 19th. Corner-stone of the new schools in connection with St.

James’ Mission laid.

April 24th. Simms Reeve, Esq., took the declaration at the Tolhouse Hall

on acceptance of the office of Recorder of Yarmouth.

May 2nd. The fine new lugger “Sir Roger Tichborne” launched from Messrs.

Smith’s shipyard at Runham.

May 13th. The smack “Renown,” belonging to Messrs. Smith and Son, fouled

the South Pier, and afterwards sunk with her cargo of fish in the

harbour.

May 13th. The Dutch man-of-war brig “Tornate,” used as a training ship,

and having on board 110 boys and 10 men and officers, was towed into our

harbour.

May 20th. A young shark, about six feet long, caught off Yarmouth, and

landed on the beach.

May 20th. Serious accident to J. W. de Caux, Esq., J.P., by falling from

a cart on the Marine Parade.

May. A salmon weighing 12½ lbs., and two salmon trout, one 15 lbs. in

weight, and the other 2 ft. 4 in. long, taken near Caister.

May 29th. James Scott, Esq., J.P., a shipowner of this port, died, aged

69 years. (See June, 1863.)

June 6th. First visit to Yarmouth of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,

attended by the Earl of Leicester, Major-General Probyn, C.B., and Col.

Teesdale. This never-to-be-forgotten visit of the Heir Apparent to the

Throne was the grandest event in respect to the general superb

decorations and illuminations, together with the rapturous enthusiasm and

open generosity of the populace, ever recorded in the annals of local

history. Some 3,500 excursionists from Norwich, as well as numbers from

neighbouring districts, flocked into the town on the two first days. The

Prince and suite, who were entertained here by James Cuddon, Esq., J.P.,

at Shadingfield Lodge, left the Borough on the 8th by the East Suffolk

line, _en route_ for London.

June 6th. The new Grammar School opened by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,

K.G.

June 6th. Primitive Methodist Conference opened at Yarmouth, and lasted

for a week. Number of members in 1872, 161,464.

June 13th. Two Companies of 33rd Regiment of Foot (Duke of Wellington’s)

and the staff of the Essex Rifle Militia, 152 rank and file, arrived at

the Southtown barracks, where they stayed for a month.

June 15th. At Cambridge, the degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred on

the Rev. J. J. Raven, head master of the Yarmouth Grammar School.

June 15th. Mr. Edward Fyson, a member of the Town Council, and a Captain

in the 2nd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, died, aged 37 years.

July 9th. William Sheppard, Esq., died, aged 76.

July 11th. Heavy tempest. Mr. Burton Steward’s house struck by

lightning, and the interior of more than one room was damaged by the

electric fluid.

July 16th. The Royal Humane Society presented Mr. Thomas Joyce with the

usual honorary testimonial on parchment for saving the life of a lad

named F. J. Martin, while in a very precarious state in the sea. This

was the second testimonial Mr. Joyce had received for his bravery.

July. Cuddon-Fletcher, Esq., of Somerton (son of James Cuddon, Esq.,

late of Shadingfield Lodge), created a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk.

Aug. The decoration of the Order of Sanitat Kreuz Militar of Hesse

Darmstadt, conferred on Miss E. Pearson (of Yarmouth) and Miss L. E.

MacLaughlin, for their attention as nurses to the wounded soldiers in the

Franco-German war. (See Sept., 1870, and Aug. 7th, 1871.)

Aug. 8th. The new organ in St. Mary’s Church, Southtown, opened with a

full choral service. This fine-toned instrument was built by Mr. W. C.

Mack, of Yarmouth, at a cost of £250. (See Sept. 9th, 1875.)

Aug. 9th. Mr. R. Collins resigned the appointment of Town Hall keeper,

which he had held for 20 years, and was succeeded on Aug. 13th by Mr.

George Harvey. (See Oct. 20th, 1874.)

Aug. 10th. By an Act of Parliament this day in force different

independent sanitary bodies were placed under one authority, including

the Yarmouth and Gorleston Local Boards. Yarmouth Town Council then

became the sanitary authority for the whole district, at the same time

taking possession of the property in Gorleston and Southtown, assessed at

£15,700.

Aug. 13th. H. Fellows, F. Dendy, and S. W. Spelman, Esqs., appointed as

Magistrates for the Borough.

Aug. 13th. Mr. C. H. Chamberlin’s resignation as Borough Coroner

accepted by the Town Council. Mr. William Holt was at the same meeting

appointed his successor. (See Dec. 5th, 1883.)

Aug. 18th. John Hillam Mills, Esq., banister, died at Lowestoft. The

deceased gentleman acted as Deputy-Recorder of Yarmouth during the many

years’ protracted illness of the late Mr. N. Palmer. (See March 30th,

1872.)

Aug. 20th. Edward Harbord Lushington Preston, Esq., died. He was Mayor

of the Borough at the time, and held several offices of responsibility.

Born on Nov. 4th, 1806. The remains of deceased were intended in the

family vault in St. Nicholas’ Churchyard, near the Cemetery.

Aug. 20th. The new smack “Star,” built for Mr. Fleming Hewitt, launched

from the shipyard of Mr. J. H. Fellows.

Aug. 27th. Charles Woolverton, Esq., elected Mayor to the 1st of

November, in the place of the late E. H. L. Preston, Esq.

Aug. 29th. Part of the fleet of H.M.’s ironclads, under the command of

Rear-Admiral G. G. Randolph, C.B., anchored in the Roadstead. The fleet

comprised the “Achilles,” 26 guns; “Hector,” 18; “Penelope,” 11;

“Audacious,” 11; “Vanguard,” 14; “Black Prince,” 28; “Resistance,” 16;

“Favourite,” 10; “Valiant,” 18; and the dispatch boat “Imogen.” In the

whole squadron there were some 4,500 men, including about 1,500

coastguardsmen. The Admiral’s ship (“Achilles”) carried 750 men, had 40

furnaces, and when steaming at full speed consumed at the rate of 250

tons of coal a day.

Sept. 29th. The lugger “Bee” (formerly “Prima Donna”), belonging to Mr.

T. Tyrrell, of this port, foundered about 60 miles abreast of Winterton.

Oct. 3rd. Destructive fire at the shop of Messrs. Leach Brothers,

oilmen, &c., Market Place, which resulted in the almost entire

destruction of the shop and stock-in-trade. Estimated loss, £1,000;

property saved, value about £400.

Oct. 11th. Heavy gale. Loss of the schooner “Lucy,” belonging to Mr. R.

Barber, of this port, on Whitby beach.

Oct. 14th. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., laid the first plate of the

Gorleston tramway, which ceremony was celebrated by a banquet at the Town

Hall in the evening.

Oct. 16th. Mr. J. Suffling’s smack “Humility” driven ashore in a gale

north of Britannia Pier.

Oct. 17th. Terrible accident on the Great Eastern Railway near

Kelvedon—18 people wounded and one killed, among the former being William

Worship, Esq., of Yarmouth.

Oct. 26th. The schooner “Blyliam” foundered in the North Sea. Mr.

Walter Haylett, master of the smack “Eclipse,” was subsequently awarded a

silver medal and certificate of honour by the King of the Netherlands for

rescuing the crew.

Oct. 29th and five following days. The sale of Mr. J. Owles’ collection

of pottery and porcelain, at the Corn Hall, realised £4,738.

Oct. Mr. A. J. Rivett passed the minor examination of the Pharmaceutical

Society.

Oct. The widow of Sir William J. Hooker died. This lady was the

daughter of the late Mr. Dawson Turner, F.R.S., of Yarmouth, and mother

of Dr. Hooker. She was married to Sir William in 1815.

Oct. The Rev. John Beazor, late of Yarmouth, appointed to the Rectory of

Portland by the Bishop of Oxford. This rev. gentleman had for six years

previously held the sole charge of Minster Lovell. (See March, 1863.)

Nov. to March, 1873. Pinder’s Royal Circus at Regent Hall.

Nov. 2nd. The lugger “Good Advice,” belonging to Mr. John Hart, of

Gorleston, run down by a brig.

Nov. 11th to 17th. Heavy gains, the smacks “Coronella” and “Thomas and

Edward” lost, and all hands (on the 12th), and Gorleston Pier was also

damaged to the extent of £3,339.

Nov. 13th. Mr. A. E. Cowl, third son of Mr. Henry Cowl, passed his final

examination prior to his admission as an attorney, at the Institute of

the Incorporated Law Society, London.

Nov. 13th. Sudden death of Mr. S. C. Cooke, of Horstead, at the Thorpe

Railway Station, aged 71. The deceased was a member of the Port and

Haven Commission.

Nov. 26th. Captain John Garnham, R.N., died, aged 83. The deceased was

42 years a Magistrate for Suffolk, and was for some years a Lieutenant in

the Royal Navy, and taken prisoner by the French in 1814, after which he

returned to England.

Nov. 30th. The smack “Challenger,” reputed to be the largest built in

Yarmouth, was launched from Messrs. Smith and Son’s yard.

Nov. Mr. F. J. Dowsett passed his final examination for an attorney at

the Incorporated Law Society’s Hall, Chancery Lane.

Dec. 8th and for several days, a succession of gales. About 15 vessels

in all foundered, and 100 shipwrecked mariners were received at the

Sailors’ Home.

Dec. The Militia Depôt at Yarmouth offered to the Government at £12,500.

Dec. 21st 14,451 lasts of herrings delivered at the Fishwharf, as

compared with 19,639 lasts for the corresponding period of 1871.

1873.

Jan. 3rd. Three men lost in the North Sea out of the smack “Peep o’

Day,” belonging to Mr. Jex.

Jan. 6th. Boiler explosion on board the s.s. “Druid,” seven miles off

Yarmouth, resulting in the death of two men and serious injury to three

others.

Jan. 8th. Great Yarmouth Licensed Victuallers’ Association established

through the exertions of Mr. R. S. Steele.

Jan. 10th. The new building annexed to the Priory Schools for the

accommodation of some 200 children, opened by the Mayor.

Jan. 20th. Dr. Lushington, judge, philanthropist, and politician, and

late M.P. for Yarmouth, died at his seat near Ockham, aged 91 years.

Jan. 20th. Charles H. Chamberlin, Esq., Registrar of the Yarmouth County

Court and Borough Coroner, died, aged 51 years.

Jan. 22nd. Mr. Blyth, of this port, and second mate of the “Northfleet,”

lost in that ill-fated vessel, with over 300 passengers.

Jan. 27th. A halibut, 4 ft. 6 in. in length and weighing about five

stone, caught near Yarmouth.

Jan. Henry John Walker, Esq., solicitor of Brompton, appointed to the

Registrarship of the Yarmouth County Court. In March, 1875, resigned for

a Registrarship in Southampton, and in Dec., 1876, District Registrar of

High Court of Justice at Manchester.

Jan. A very handsome silver waiter presented to Alderman W. Laws by the

teachers of St. Nicholas’ Sunday School, in token of their respect.

Feb. 1st. Mr. Holmes’s new smack “Serjeant Ballantine” launched from Mr.

Mack’s shipyard.

Feb. 7th. Great Yarmouth and Eastern Counties’ Aquarium Company

registered, with a capital of £50,000 in shares of £2 each. (See June

18th.)

Feb. 26th. The Rev. J. Partridge, formerly head master of the Yarmouth

Preparatory Grammar School, Southtown, died at Thornbury, near Bristol,

aged 46 years.

March 17th. Mr. George T. Watson, Superintendent of Sailors’ Home,

presented with a handsome gold ring by the members of the Beachmen’s and

Fishermen’s Friendly Society, as a memento of respect.

March 24th. The steam tug “Minnet” stranded on the North Sand at the

mouth of the harbour.

March. The Rectory of Buckenham, Kent, conferred upon the Rev. William

Cator, B.A., curate of St. Nicholas’ Church.

March 25th. The new brick-built reservoir at Gorleston, belonging to the

Great Yarmouth Water Works Company, opened. It is 115 feet square

inside; height from floor to roof, 16 ft., and holds 800,000 gallons of

water, being, when full, 1½ feet from the top.

March. The Rev. Dr. Raven was presented with a handsome silver-plated

coffee pot, teapot, cream jug, and sugar basin, by the pupils of the

Yarmouth Grammar School as a mark of their esteem.

April 11th. Loss of the fishing smack “Vesper,” off the Holland coast;

on 19th, in the North Sea, the dandy “Morgan;” and on 27th, the smack

“Proctor.” Crews all saved.

April 13th (Easter Day). The new peal of bells at Gorleston Parish

Church first rung out. These six bells were cast by Messrs. Mears and

Hainbank, of Whitechapel, and presented to Gorleston by Miss C. Roberts,

of Hersham, Esher. The tenor bell, weighing 10 cwt., is in the key of G,

and has a chiming apparatus.

April 14th. John Owles, Esq., died at Great Yarmouth, aged 65 years.

(See Feb., 1858, and Oct. 29th, 1872.)

April 17th. H. E. Buxton, Esq., and Captain John Gilbertson elected

Churchwardens of the Parish Church. Stormy vestry meeting.

April 18th. The Rev. R. Shelley, Unitarian minister of Yarmouth, died at

Newbury, Berks, aged 39 years.

April 24th. The Rev. H. R. Nevill, M.A., vicar of Yarmouth, formally

installed a Canon of Norwich Cathedral. (See Jan. 25th, 1874.)

April 29th. The schooner “Margaret” sunk in the harbour whilst crossing

the bar. She subsequently broke up, and the wreck and stores were sold

for £40.

April. Bat.-Sergt.-Major E. Cooke, 1st N.A.V., presented with a massive

electro-plated cup by T. Dawson, Esq.

May 1st and 2nd. Sir John Coode, E.C., visited Yarmouth to inspect and

report upon the South Pier and Haven works, and on the 30th forwarded his

report to the Port and Haven Commissioners. The estimated cost of

improvements was put down by Sir John at £12,880.

May 3rd. Mr. James Mitchell died, in the 100th year of his age.

May 11th. Robert Palmer Kemp, Esq., J.P. for the Borough, and also for

the County of Norfolk, died at Coltishall, aged 70 years.

May 12th. The Rev. J. W. Colvin, M.A., minister of St. Andrew’s Church,

presented with a pair of handsome oak study candlesticks and a

plated-chased biscuit caddy, by the Sunday School teachers, and members

of the choir and Bible classes, as a memento of their kindly feeling

towards him.

May 25th. Loss of the smack “Active” and three of her crew in the North

Sea, by being run down by the steamer “Iris.” Value of smack, £1,000.

May 29th. John Fisher Costerton, Esq., J.P., of this Borough, died at

Yarmouth, aged 88 years. (See 1841.)

May 30th. About 50 members of the Hon. Artillery Company came from

Finsbury, London, to this town by rail, and marched from Yarmouth to

Brundall—a distance of 14 miles—on the following morning, _en route_ for

Norwich.

June 7th. Three of the crew of the smack “Pioneer,” and one of the

“Ethelwolf’s,” lost at sea whilst ferrying fish to the London carrying

steamers.

June 12th. Rear-Admiral Spencer Smyth promoted to retired Vice-Admiral

in her Majesty’s fleet. (See April, 1870.)

June 12th. Gorleston Parish Church opened by the Lord Bishop of Norwich,

after its restoration.

June 18th. A resolution passed at a meeting of the Directors in London

to dissolve the first Aquarium Company, the shares allotted being

inadequate to carry out the project as designed. (See Feb. 7th.)

June 24th. The new smack “Daniel” launched from Mr. J. H. Fellows’

shipyard.

June. New Wesleyan school at Gorleston completed.

June. Six guns, weighing five tons each, and carrying shot and shell

weighing 50, 71, and 78 lbs. respectively, landed at Yarmouth from

Woolwich for the North and South batteries, in place of the old

68-pounders.

July 2nd. A young live seal, 2½ feet long, brought ashore by the crew of

the smack “Flying Fish,”‘ who had captured it in the North Sea.

July 2nd. The Rev. W. Sumpter Beevor, senior curate of St. Nicholas’

Church, had the degree of M.A. conferred by the Trinity College, Dublin.

July. Mr. Arthur Vores passed his preliminary examination for the

Fellowship of the College of Surgeons.

Aug. 16th. Mr. H. Jay elected to the office of Fishwharf Master, on the

resignation of Mr. W. Capon.

Aug. A fine new fishing smack, “The Shah,” launched, also the “Falcon”

and the “Albion.”

Aug. 26th. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales consented to become a patron of

the Yarmouth Marine Regatta, and forwarded a cheque of £26 5s. through

Sir Wm. Knollys for a competition prize.

Sept. 12th. The King of the Belgians’ superbly-fitted yacht, “Prince

Baudoin,” put into Yarmouth harbour for coal previous to conveying his

Majesty across the Channel from Dover to Ostend on the 16th.

Sept. 15th. The new smack “Mercy” launched from Messrs. Mack’s yard.

Sept. 25th. The will of Mrs. Jemima Bacon Ciocci, formerly the wife of

Raffaelle Ciocci, late of Yarmouth, proved under £25,000.

Sept. 29th. A new steam tug, the “Star,” the property of the Star Steam

Tug Company, launched from Messrs. Beeching’s shipyard. Length, 88 feet;

width, 16 ft. 7 in.; depth, 9 ft. 9 in.; builders’ measurement, 113 tons;

gross register, 88 tons, and cost over £2,000. Her lever engine of 45

h.p. was saved from the “Minnet.” (See March 24th.)

Sept. Shadingfield Lodge, the Royal residence during the Prince of

Wales’ stay in Yarmouth, in June, 1872, purchased by S. Nightingale,

Esq., for £3,000.

Oct. 1st. Destructive fire at the farm of Mr. T. W. Daniel, at Caister;

damage over £1,000.

Oct. 1st. Loss of the s.s. “Whittington,” of Newcastle, with 400 tons of

coal, on the Middle Cross Sand.

Oct. 7th. Three men lost belonging to the smack “Ellen,” whilst ferrying

29 packages of fish to the London carrying steamer, near the Dogger Bank.

Oct. 7th. R. Morgan, Esq., C.E., visited Yarmouth on behalf of the Local

Government Board, and took evidence upon the matter of the Market Gates’

Improvement, for which a loan of £2,500 was required for 30 years.

Sanction to the loan given.

Oct. 8th. The lugger “Young Charles” run down by the s.s. “Osborne,” off

Smith’s Knowl (14 miles off Lowestoft), and the whole of her crew, 10

hands, unfortunately lost.

Oct. 10th. Demonstration of Freemasons at Yarmouth, on the opening of

the Provincial Grand Lodge at the Hospital School by the Hon. F. Walpole,

M.P., Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Norfolk.

Oct. 11th. The reputed fastest schooner yacht afloat, the “Livonia,” 128

tons burthen, and a crew of 16 hands, put into Yarmouth harbour.

Oct. 11th. Dr. James Borrett, late of Yarmouth, died at Clifton, near

Bristol. His remains were interred in Castleton Churchyard.

Oct. 15th. The high lights on the N.E. corner of the Sailors’ Home, at

an altitude of 60 ft. above high water, and the lower light on the

Britannia Pier, at an elevation of 20 ft., used for the first time.

Oct. 23rd. The new smack “Livonia,” belonging to Messrs. Smith and Son,

launched from their shipyard.

Oct. 24th. Inspector Berry resigned from the borough police force,

having been unanimously chosen Chief Constable of Police for Gravesend

out of 40 candidates for the appointment, at a stipend of £200 per annum.

He entered on his new duties on Nov. 1st. (See Jan., 1865.)

Oct. 30th. A testimonial, comprising a gilt-framed document and a

sealskin purse, containing £20, presented to Police-sergeant Brown by

Captain Matthews, on behalf of 64 subscribers, as a mark of respect from

the inhabitants of Gorleston.

Oct. Mr. W. M. Vores resigned the office of house-surgeon to the

Yarmouth Hospital.

Oct. A memorial window, admirable in design and execution, placed in the

Parish Church by the eminent surgeon, Sir James Paget, a native of

Yarmouth, and brother of Professor Paget, in memory of his father and

mother. Samuel Paget died in 1857, aged 83; Sarah Elizabeth Paget in

1848, aged 65. Twelve of their children rest within and near the church.

(See June 15th, 1858.)

Oct. Henry E. Buxton, W. P. Brown, G. B. Palmer, J. H. Orde, A. D.

Stone, and E. H. H. Combe, Esqs., appointed as Magistrates for the

Borough by the Lord Chancellor of England. (See Jan., 1874.)

Nov. 3rd. A Local Government Board Inquiry opened by Inspector H. B.

Farnall, Esq., at the Tolhouse Hall, and resulted in the ejection of

three Liberal Guardians from the Board in Feb., 1874. This inquiry cost

the town £187.

Nov. 10th. Disgraceful riot in Middlegate Street and at the Fishwharf

with Sherringham fishermen. (See Jan. 12th, 1874.)

Nov. 18th. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., died at Fontmell Lodge,

Bournemouth, aged 73 years. The deceased represented this Borough in

Parliament in 1835.

Nov. 20th. Mr. R. S. Steele presented with a handsome tea and coffee

service by the members of the Perseverance Lodge of Nottingham Order of

Oddfellows, in recognition of his valuable services.

Nov. 27th. The Rev. J. W. Colvin, minister of St. Andrew’s, presented

with a water-colour drawing by Mr. W. Platt; and on the following

evening, by his congregation, a marble timepiece, set of bronze chimney

ornaments and candlesticks, and a pair of salts, as souvenirs of their

esteem, previous to his leaving Yarmouth. (See May 12th.)

Nov. 30th. Fire at the warehouse of Mr. J. Green, King Street, and

damage done to the amount of about £15.

Dec. 10th. A gold Albert chain presented by the Yarmouth Bathing and

Swimming Association to Mr. John Page, secretary, in acknowledgment of

his kindness to the members.

Dec. 12th. Samuel Brock, better known as “Brock the swimmer,” died at

Yarmouth, aged 70 years. (See Oct. 6th, 1835.)

Dec. 17th. Fire at the premises of Mr. W. Lawrie, manufacturer of

vegetable black, ink, &c., and damage done to the extent of about £150.

Dec. 21st. 18,806 lasts of herring delivered at the Fishwharf, and sold

at the average price of £11 10s., 4,000 lasts (equal to £46,000) in

excess of the previous year’s catch.

Dec. The Rev. Dr. Gott appointed by the Queen to the Vicarage of Leeds.

Dec. The cutters “Brilliant,” “Diamond,” and “British Lion,” the

property of Mr. I. Shuckford, sold to the Steam-Cutter Carrying Company,

for £2,000.

The rateable value of the parish in 1873 was £84,600, of which sum

£68,200 was apportioned to Yarmouth and the remaining £16,400 to

Gorleston and Southtown, including Cobholm Island; and the Corporation

was indebted to the extent of £29,522 for town improvements (including

Regent Street and the Marine Parade). £14,000 out of the above was an

old Paving Bond debt contracted in 1810 and 1851, which was being paid

off at £100 a year.

Godfrey’s “Finger Post Guide to Yarmouth and its Norfolk and Suffolk

Environs, embracing every object of Interest to Visitors,” (an

illustrated work from the pen of W. F. Crisp) published.

1874.

Jan. 1st. Rev. D. W. Seppings, M.A., late minister of St. Andrew’s,

Yarmouth, died, aged 37, at Bramley, Leeds, where he was for seven years

the senior curate.

Jan. The Vicarage of Great Yarmouth vacated by the Rev. H. R. Nevill,

and offered to the Rev. George Venables, S.C.L., four years the Vicar of

St. Matthew’s, Leicester. (See Jan. 23rd, 25th, and Feb. 22nd.)

Jan. 1st. The screw smack “Pioneer,” built for the Steam Carrying

Company, launched from Messrs. Fellows’ shipyard at Southtown.

Dimensions—length of keel, 83 ft. 6 in.; 20 ft. beam; depth of hold, 10

ft., and capable of carrying 1,200 packages of fish. She made her first

trial trip on the 24th, at a speed of six or seven knots an hour.

Jan. 1st. Richard Ferrier, Esq., brewer, died at Broughton, Chester,

aged 51.

Jan. 3rd. William Maclean, Esq., for several years Secretary of H.M.

Customs, died at Camberwell, Surrey, aged 78.

Jan. 5th. A. D. Stone, E. H. Combe, W. P. Brown, and G. B. Palmer,

Esqs., sworn in as Magistrates before the Recorder. J. H. Orde and H. E.

Buxton, Esqs., subsequently took the oaths of office.

Jan. 9th. The smack “William,” of this port, value £300, lost in a gale,

and her crew saved by the smack “Rachel.”

Jan. 10th. Police-constable Layton bravely rescued a man and woman from

the river opposite Queen Street. Another male and female fell over the

quay-head on Jan. 15th, when Police-constable Green rendered good

service.

Jan. 11th. Rev. J. B. Woolnough, the new minister of St. Andrew’s,

preached his first sermon at this Church after his appointment.

Jan. Captain Gilbertson, Adjutant of N.A.M., appointed a

Gentleman-at-Arms at Windsor Castle. He died on June 18th, 1870.

Jan. 12th. Six Sherringham fishermen convicted at a special Session, for

creating, with others, a riot in the town.

Jan. H. Teasdel (Mayor) and E. H. H. Combe, Esqs., appointed trustees of

the Southtown Road.

Jan. 13th. First meeting of Scientific Society at the Public Library.

Jan. 13th. John Godwin Johnson, Esq., late a member of the Yarmouth Port

and Haven Commission for Norwich, died, aged 76. The deceased gentleman

was Mayor of Norwich in 1855.

Jan. 18th. Mr. Frederick Diver, commander, Union Steam Shipping Company,

died at Woolston, Southampton, aged 34. (See Jan. 9th, 1868.)

Jan. 23rd. A general holiday and day of rejoicing in celebration of the

marriage of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to the Grand Duchess Marie of

Russia; 200 gentlemen dining together at the Town Hall.

Jan. 23rd. Rev. Henry R. Nevill presented with a massive antique oak

cabinet by the school teachers; and a handsome escritoire by the scholars

of St. Andrew’s and Priory schools, as _souvenirs_.

Jan. 25th. Rev. H. R. Nevill preached his farewell sermon at the Parish

Church. (See Dec., 1858.)

Jan. 25th. The Yarmouth sloop “Harriet” rundown by the steamer “Tanjore”

off Chapman Head. Crew saved.

Jan. 26th. The first Aquarium Company liquidated, and the list of

contributories settled.

Jan. 27th. James Curtis, one of the crew of the small river steamer

“Alpha,” accidentally drowned on Breydon.

Jan. 27th. General Election. The Members for North Norfolk (Sir E.

Lacon and the Hon. F. Walpole) issued an address to their constituency

prior to the general election, but at the nomination at Aylsham on Jan.

31st there was no opposition to their return. (See Feb. 10th.)

Feb. 3rd. Rev. J. H. Rawdon, on leaving Yarmouth was presented, at the

North-end Mission, with a biscuit basket and a chased-silver inkstand, as

a mark of appreciation of his labours.

Feb. 4th. Messrs. H. Brand, J. Rivett, and W. T. Fisher, after an

enquiry under Mr. H. B. Farnall, were unseated as guardians, in favour of

Messrs. W. Laws, W. J. Foreman, and J. T. Bracey.

Feb. 6th. Mrs. H. Teasdel, the Mayoress, died at Southtown, aged 68.

Feb. 6th. Charles John, son of the late Charles John Moore, of Caister,

killed by being thrown from his trap on Caister turnpike, aged 26.

Feb. 7th. The barque “Krona,” of Landskrona, with 2,364 quarters of

oats, struck on Hasbro’ Sand and remained fast till the 9th.

Feb. 10th. Election of Members of Parliament for East Suffolk took

place. Colonel Tomline (L) opposed Lord Mahon (C) and Lord Rendlesham

(C); and the result of poll made known next day was:—Rendlesham, 4,136;

Mahon, 3,896; Tomline, 3,014. Gorleston and Southtown polled 511, out of

about 700 voters. (See May 30th, 1870, and Feb. 22nd, 1876.) The South

Norfolk Election also took place on Feb. 10th.

Feb. 16th. The new smack “Reindeer” launched from Mr. Mack’s yard at

Southtown.

Feb. 18th. Mr. R. W. Durrell, organist, presented with a handsome

electro-plated sugar basin and a bottle by the members of the Gorleston

Congregational Chapel choir as a memento of esteem.

Feb. 22nd. Rev. G. Venables, S.C.L., Vicar of Yarmouth, read himself in

and preached his first sermons at the Parish Church, from (morning) 2

Tim. i. 13; (evening) Psalm xlviii. 12; before crowded congregations.

Feb. 24th. Rev. W. S. Beevor, assistant minister at St. Peter’s Church,

presented, by 157 subscribers, with a silver inkstand, and a silver

penholder with gold pen, by the Sunday School teachers and friends.

Feb. 25th. Meeting to dispose of the balance of the May Gale Fund. (See

May 28th, 1860.) Statement of accounts: Subscriptions, £10,410 4s. 7d.;

accumulated interest, £1,573 8s. 2d.; total, £11,983 15s. 9d. Paid in

relief, £10,923 15s. 11d.; printing, &c., £779 6s. 9d. A mitigated

balance of £50 or £60 was distributed among the remaining 44 widows and

22 children.

Feb. Two stained-glass windows placed in the south wall of Gorleston

Church in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John Sayers Bell and Miss Jane Whaites,

by their relatives.

March 2nd. James Crow, Esq., of Gorleston, died, aged 78.

March 6th. The result of the arbitration relative to the purchase by the

Corporation of property for the Market Gates’ improvement received by the

Town Clerk. The umpire’s award was £1,576.

March 10th. Excitable public meeting at the Town Hall to consider the

abolition or retention of the annual Easter Fair. The latter chosen by a

large majority.

March 10th. A fine otter caught two miles from Yarmouth, and

subsequently made great havoc in the residence of Mr. S. J. F. Stafford,

prior to that gentleman sending it to the Zoological Society, London.

March 18th. Mrs. Page, sister of the late Hales, the Norfolk giant, died

in Yarmouth Workhouse. Deceased was 6 ft. 3 in. in height.

March 19th. The smack “Niobe,” and all hands, lost in the North Sea.

March 27th. The Rev. S. N. Vowler appointed chaplain of the Workhouse.

April 9th. Mr. Wm. Brogden, of Scarborough, appointed police detective

and inspector by the Town Council, in place of Inspector Berry, resigned.

Mr. Brogden entered on his duties in May, and was subsequently made chief

constable. (See May 5th, 1881.)

April 14th. Seven smacks, late the property of Mr. Yaxley, sold by

auction, and realised £1,597. On Dec. 29th, 1873, seven of Mr. W.

Shuckford’s smacks realised £4,525 at an auction.

April 20th. The roof of Mr. Combe’s new malting premises at Southtown

fell in, and resulted in killing two workmen and wounding three others.

April 21st. Another new steamtug, “Star,” launched from Mr. J.

Beeching’s yard. Dimensions—length over all, 104 ft.; beam, 18 ft. 4

in.; depth, 9 ft. 6 in. Propelled by two engines, each 25 nominal horse

power.

April 22nd. Thomas H. Palmer, Esq., of Norwich, eldest son of the late

Nathaniel Palmer, Esq., who was formerly Recorder of Yarmouth, died, aged

58 years.

April 28th. Mr. B. M. Spanton, scripture reader, presented by 230

members and friends of the Market Mission with an eight-day timepiece, a

purse of 9 guineas, and a morocco-bound book, for his zealous labours.

April 29th. The East Anglian Tramway Company summoned before the

Magistrates and fined £5 for not keeping the Southtown Road in repair.

April 29th. Four smacks—the “Edgar,” “Ceres,” “Blue Jacket,” and

“Mispah”—lost on the Dutch coast near Terschelling.

April 30th. John Thornhill Harrison, Esq., C.E., after an inquiry, this

day decided that a provisional order would be issued by the Local

Government Board for merging the district late under the jurisdiction of

the Gorleston and Southtown Local Board into the Rural Sanitary District

of the Mutford and Lothingland Incorporation.

May 4th. A lad named Everett Albert Parker thrown into a ditch at Flegg

Burgh by four schoolboys and drowned.

May 8th. Mr. Samuel Linay, of Norwich (formerly a clerk in the office of

the late John Lomas Cufaude, Esq., of Yarmouth, Clerk of the Peace),

admitted an attorney and solicitor of the Court of Chancery, and

subsequently catered into partnership with Wm. Sadd, Esq., of Norwich (to

whom he served his articles)—firm, Sadd and Linay. The same year Mr.

Linay was also appointed a Commissioner for taking oaths in the Superior

Courts.

May 14th. Mr. F. W. Robinson resigned the office of Inspector of Weights

and Measures (see Feb., 1857), and Mr. R. J. Buddery was appointed to the

situation.

May 21st. Insubordination in the Gaol, and conspiracy to kill a warder.

May 27th. Mrs. Cator, wife of the Rev. Wm. Cator, and daughter of Lady

Elizabeth Orde, died at Beckenham, Kent.

May 31st. The Mayor’s new robe first worn in public. It was purchased

by the Corporation, and is made of flowered scarlet silk.

May 31st. Rev. Jas. Smith, B.A., eldest son of J. C. Smith, Esq., M.D.,

died, aged 57.

May. Mr. C. F. Laws passed his final examination for an attorney.

June 10th. The brigantine “Good Design,” of this port, lost off the

Spurn. Crew saved.

June 11th. The Great Yarmouth Provisional Order Port and Haven Bill

confirmed in the House of Commons.

June 11th. A deputation from Yarmouth waited upon the President of the

Local Government Board (the Right Hon. Sclater-Booth) in London,

respecting the “trickery” resorted to in the Election of Guardians, and

urged a remedy.

June 13th. The brig “Eleanor,” of Yarmouth, collided with the barque

“Belle Vue,” and was dismasted.

June 24th. Mr. J. E. Bales entertained at the Rose to a luncheon by his

friends on the attainment of his 80th birthday. (See March 27th, 1876.)

June 25th. The “Refuge,” a model floating battery 40 ft. long, and in

the form of two oblongs crossed like a star, with a sliding keel,

water-tight compartments, &c., left the Roadstead for Shields.

June 30th. A massive and elaborately-chased silver salver and a sum of

money presented by the parishioners to Archdeacon Nevill, in token of

esteem. (See Jan. 23rd and 25th.)

June. Messrs. P. Chamberlin and J. S. Clowes, jun., passed examinations

for attorneys. The latter died in 1884.

July 2nd. Mr. Shadrake, master of the Gorleston National Schools,

presented with a gold watch and chain and a purse of 20 guineas, as a

memento of esteem.

July 16th. Mr. Edward Morgan saved the life of George Daudy while

bathing, and the 26th of Oct. received the Humane Society’s award on

vellum for his courageous conduct.

July 22nd. A comet visible at Yarmouth for several days previous to this

date. Its reputed distance from the earth was 27,000,000 miles.

July 27th. The Rev. J. Upjohn, M.A., of Queen’s College, Cambridge, for

many years vicar of Gorleston, died in London.

July 30th. Rents first demanded by the Corporation for stalls on the

beach, and subsequently for music-stands, chairs, &c.

July 31st. The smack “Elizabeth and Mary” launched from Messrs. Fellows’

yard.

Aug. 3rd. A new Primitive Methodist Temple, Priory Plain, to accommodate

1,100 persons—on the site of a Chanel built in 1850—decided upon at a

public meeting and luncheon held this day. (See June 22nd, 1875.)

Aug. 10th to 24th. Local Government Board Inquiry, relative to the

election of Guardians in St. George’s and Regent Wards in the previous

April, was opened at the Tolhouse Hall, before George Taylor, Esq. Mr.

J. H. Norman was subsequently unseated in favour of Mr. I. Preston, jun.

(Regent), and Mr. W. J. Foreman gained the seat for St. George’s.

Aug. 20th. H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, accompanied by two or three

officers of the 7th Hussars, paid an unexpected visit to Yarmouth; and

again on Aug. 28th, and proceeded to Lowestoft on the following day. He

was entertained here by the Hon. Courtenay Boyle, in apartments at No. 3,

Kimberley Terrace.

Aug. 23rd. Mr. Saml. Durrell, many years assistant overseer of Gorleston

and Southtown, died, aged 82.

Aug. 27th. The Royal Assembly Rooms sold by auction to Mr. Henry W. Ulph

for £2,050, and since then to the officers of the P.W.O. Royal

Artillery. (See Jan. 1st, 1863.)

Sept. 4th. The dead body of a newly-born babe found on the river-side

ridge of the Bridge, but how it came there was never traced out.

Sept. 10th. The never-to-be-forgotten appalling Thorpe railway accident,

in which the Yarmouth night mail collided with the Norwich down train,

and resulted in the death of 27 persons, besides wounding 50 others.

Sept. 16th. Sergt.-Major Hanlon, E.N.M., (on his retiring from the

service after 22 years,) presented with a chaste silver tea-service and

silver inkstand by Sir E. Lacon, Bart., M.P., and the officers and

non-commissioned officers of his regiment, at the Town Hall.

Sept. 19th. The new three-masted schooner “Eunice” launched from Messrs.

Fellows and Son’s yard. Dimensions—156 ft. over all; beam, 24 ft.; depth

of hold, 13 ft.; registered tonnage, 260 tons.

Sept. 20th. The war ships “Northumberland,” “Sultan,” and “Monarch”

anchored in the Roads, but left again on the 23rd.

Sept. 23rd. Lieut. F. A. Newington, R.M.L.I., of H.M.S. “Sultan,” after

leaving a ball at the Town Hall, jumped into the river and rescued from

drowning two women who had fallen overboard while in the act of landing

from the steamtug “Victoria,” at 3.30 a.m. A public subscription

amounting to £47 5s. 6d. was afterwards got up, and Mr. Newington was

presented with a breach-loading gun, value £34, and an illuminated

testimonial, for his bravery; on Nov. 17th he was also presented with a

sword by the officers of his ship.

Oct. 1st. First annual meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association

held at the Town Hall.

Oct. 7th. Sir Thos. W. B. Proctor Beauchamp, Bart., died at Langley

Park, aged 59.

Oct. 18th. The Rev. T. Allnut, after eight years’ ministration in

Gorleston, preached his farewell sermons at St. Andrew’s Church, in that

Parish. On May 14th, 1875, was instituted to the Rectory and Parish

Church of Stibbard, Norfolk.

Oct. 19th. The smack “Alert,” of this port, run into by the full-rigged

ship “Edith,” in the North Sea, and foundered. Two hands were drowned.

Oct. 20th. Mr. W. J. Lincoln appointed Town Hall keeper in place of Mr.

G. Harvey, resigned.

Oct. 29th. The settlement of the Rev. Arthur Peaton, as Unitarian

Minister at the Old Meeting, Middlegate Street, in the place of the late

Rev. R. Shelley, decided by a public meeting.

Oct. H. R. Harmer, Esq., captured, on Hoveton Broad, a pike 8 ft. 1 in.

in length, and weighing 15 lbs. It was presented to the Mayor.

Oct. The Misses Pearson and MacLaughlin received the War Medal granted

by the Emperor of Germany. (See Sept., 1870.)

Nov. 7th. The Lowestoft, Yarmouth, and Southtown Tramway Company wound

up by order of the Master of the Rolls.

Nov. 9th. C. C. Aldred, Esq., elected an Alderman, in the place of W.

Laws, Esq., resigned.

Nov. 11th. Mr. William Webb passed his final examination before the

Incorporated Law Society as an attorney and solicitor.

Nov. 12th. N. G. Barthropp, Esq., died, aged 60.

Nov. 16th. Mr. R. S. Steele presented with a handsome marble timepiece

and a purse of three guineas by the Forester Brotherhood (Court Crown and

Anchor), in appreciation of services as secretary.

Nov. 27th. The tenders of Mr. Davey (£276) and Messrs. Warner and Loup,

of Ipswich (£688), for constructing a hot-water apparatus at the

Workhouse, were accepted by the Guardians.

Nov. 29th. The fishing boat “William and Charles” lost off Winterton.

Dec. 11th. The smack “Rosa” came ashore in a gale near the Britannia

Pier, where she became a total wreck. The crew were saved.

Dec. 14th. James Morris Hill, Adjutant 1st Administrative Brigade

N.A.V., and late Major Military Train, died at Southtown, aged 51, and

was interred with military honours in Gorleston churchyard. Deceased

served in the Kaffir war in 1845, and received subsequently several marks

of honour for his services abroad.

Dec. 17th. Mr. Edward Smyth, eldest son of the late E. H. L. Preston,

Esq., died at Seaford, aged 37.

Dec. 17th. The Right Hon. Lord George John Sondes (4th baron), Lord High

Steward of the Borough for 20 years, and also Deputy-Lieut. and J.P. for

the County, died at Elmham Hall, Norfolk, aged 80, and his remains

interred in Elmham Churchyard.

Dec. 21st. 17,724 lasts of herrings landed dining the season at the

Fishwharf.

Dec. 23rd. The dandy cutter “Ben Nevis” foundered in Hollosley Bay.

Crew saved.

Dec. The smack “Ace of Trumps” launched from Messrs. Hastings’ yard.

Dec. About 12 acres of Corporation land on the South Denes accepted by

the Government at £100 per acre, for making Yarmouth a Military Depôt

Centre, but was never established. (See Nov., 1875.)

Dec. The removal of the Parish Church organ to the north and south

aisles of the chancel, estimated to cost £1,000.

The returns of the weight of fish carried from Yarmouth by the Great

Eastern Railway this year were 27,517 tons, as against 20,399 tons in

1860; 27,222 in 1861; 28,346 in 1862; 31,947 in 1863; 34,432 in 1864;

22,764 in 1869; 26,894 in 1870; 31,898 in 1871; 27,400 in 1872; and

27,864 in 1878. The railway books containing the returns from 1865 to

1868 were destroyed by fire.

1875.

Jan. 4th. The closing of the Gaol and sending all prisoners to Norwich,

by order of the Home Secretary, reported.

Jan. 5th. Mr. R. W. Durrell, organist, presented with a silver watch by

the Gorleston Congregationalists, in recognition of his services; and on

the 27th, Mr. and Mrs. Durrell were presented with an electro-plated

cream jug and a pair of sugar tongs, as the remaining articles required

to complete a previously-subscribed service.

Jan. 7th and 8th. Two consecutive explosions of oxygen gas, used in the

pantomime of _Ali Baba_, took place at the Theatre Royal, but little

damage was done to the building.

Jan. 8th. Board of Trade Inquiry at the Police Court into the

circumstances attending the stranding and abandonment of the oak-built

brigantine “Effort” on the 23rd of Dec. last. The vessel (160 tons

abandonment on the Cross Sand 120 tons of coal on board.

Jan. 11th. Jas. Cobb, Esq., solicitor, died, aged 84.

Jan. 13th. Mr. Joseph Fleming Neave, a late member of the Town Council,

died at the age of 59.

Jan. 18th. The new St. Andrew’s Hall at Gorleston opened by the then

Mayor (R. D. Barber, Esq.) at a public entertainment. This hall, built

by a company, and situate in Now Street, is 60 ft. long by 40 ft. wide.

It was sold to Mr. Bellamy in 1884.

Jan. 19th. The schooner “Shamrock,” of this port, struck on Scroby Sand,

and subsequently foundered. Value of the vessel and cargo, £500.

Jan. 19th. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., elected by the Corporation

to the office of High Steward in the place of the late Lord Sondes. A

counter proposal that the Marquis of Salisbury, D.C.L., Secretary of

State for India, be appointed, was negatived by 22 to 4.

Feb. 1st. Stormy meeting at Town Hall on the question of the School

Board formation, and subsequently many other public meetings in various

parts of the borough.

Feb. 16th. First election of a School Board for Yarmouth, and though 26

gentlemen were nominated, but 24 went to the poll, the greatest

excitement being manifested as to the returns, which were published the

next morning, as follows:—S. J. F. Stafford, 3,975; G. Baker, 3,149; D.

Tomkins, 2,672; Rev. A. Peaton, 2,615; C. H. S. Geake, 2,411; J. Bracey,

2,131; T. P. Burroughs, 2,060; R. E. Dowson, 2,041; J. W. de Caux, 1,884;

E. P. Youell, 1,858; and J. H. Orde, 1,827. The total number of persons

polled was 9,901, and the votes given 39,295. The above gentlemen were

elected for three years. (See May 28th.) On Mr. Burroughs resigning in

1876, Mr. H. E. Buxton took his seat.

Feb. 23rd. Four of Messrs. Watling and Son’s vessels sold by auction,

and realised the following prices:—“Mary,” £890; “Isis,” £390; “Kate,”

£385; and “John Wrey,” £340.

Feb. 24th. The schooner “Jessie Brown,” of this port, stranded on

Scroby, but her cargo of 1,425 bags of flour (16 st. each) kept the

vessel afloat.

Feb. F. D. Palmer, Esq., elected a Vice-President of the Legal

Practitioners’ Society, London.

March 1st. First meeting of the School Board held at the Tolhouse Hall.

Mr. J. H. Orde elected chairman, and Mr. D. Tomkins vice-chairman for

three years.

March 2nd. Messrs. Massey and Norton obtained consent to a lease from

Michaelmas, 1876, for 999 years, of a piece of ground north of the

Britannia Pier—430 ft. by 100 ft.—for the purpose of making an Aquarium,

&c., at an estimated cost of £60,000, which was confirmed by the Council

on the 9th.

March 2nd. Action at the Police Court—Board of Trade _v._ Mr. Garson

Blake—to recover costs for surveying the “True Blue,” £24 18s. Judgment

for the Crown with costs.

March 2nd. Mr. Francis Sutton, of Norwich, appointed by the Council as a

public analyst for the borough.

March 9th. Heavy gale and serious loss of life and property. The

schooner “Elizabeth” and all hands lost near the Barber Sand.

March 19th. The brig “Tweedside” and the iron brig “Robert Anderson”

collided in St. Nicholas’ Gat, causing the former to founder. Crew

saved.

March 25th. The Yarmouth and Gorleston Tramway opened to the public by

the Mayor, and a luncheon afterwards given at the Star Hotel, in

celebration of the event.

March 25th. Number of wherries registered with the Norfolk Port and

Haven Commissioners during the past year was 112, of the total burthen of

1,963 tons, being an increase of 93 tons on the year.

March 25th. From this date to June 14th, the total number of passengers

conveyed by the tram cars to and from Gorleston was 95,912.

March 27th. The brig “Thirteen,” of Sunderland, struck on the Cross Sand

in a heavy sea, and both vessel and cargo, value £1,100 and £350

respectively, foundered. The crew were gallantly rescued by the Caister

lifeboatmen.

March. The Rev. E. M. Sanderson, M.A., senior curate of the Parish,

presented by the Lord Chancellor to the living of Weston St. Mary, near

Spalding, worth £300 a year.

April 1st. The “Ernestine,” a full-rigged Dutch East-Indiaman, of 1,296

tons, with a crew of 27 hands, and having 2,000 tons of coal on board,

struck on Hasbro’ Sands, but was got off by the aid of five tugs and

another steam vessel the next day, after 800 tons of coal had been thrown

overboard. Value of ship and cargo, £7,162. On June 24th the Admiralty

Court awarded £1,800., i.e., £1,000 to beachmen and £800 to steamers.

April 2nd. Mr. C. H. Wiltshire selected Clerk to the School Board, out

of ten candidates nominated.

April 5th. Last meeting held in the old Primitive Methodist Chapel,

Priory Plain. (See Sept., 1850.)

April 8th. Bradwell Church (St. Nicholas’) re-opened after £750 had been

expended in restoring the fabric and interior fittings. This church,

dating from the 14th century, consists of nave, north and south aisles,

chancel, south porch, and round tower at west end.

April 9th. Mr. William Laws, after serving as a Guardian of the Poor for

25 years, retired from the Board, at the age of three score and ten.

May 1st. The smack “Harkaway” lost on the Barber Sand. Value £600.

May 7th. A paper balloon sent up at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, fell

at Belton same evening.

May 18th. Contracts for enclosing additional ground to New Cemetery,

amounting to £3,086—viz., brickwork, £2,230, stone-work, £286,

palisading, &c., £520—accepted by the Corporation, the work to be

completed by 29th Sept. (See June 9th, 1875, and Sept. 7th, 1876.)

May 18th. The whaling ship “Labrador,” from the Arctic Seas, anchored in

the Roadstead.

May 20th. Mr. G. W. Bond, of Pulham, Norfolk, was elected House Surgeon

at the Great Yarmouth Hospital; _vice_ Dr. Murrell, resigned.

May 20th. The foundation stone of the new Baptist Tabernacle on the

Lowestoft Road, at Gorleston, laid by J. Edwards, Esq., of London. The

building, of ornamental brick, cost about £600, and will accommodate 800

persons.

May 28th. The Returning Officer’s account for the newly-appointed School

Board was £220 11s. 7d., but the Educational Department finally decided

(Sept.) that £178 9s. 2d. was sufficient.

May. Petition forwarded to the Commissioners of Charities for England

and Wales against the appointment of new Charity Trustees for this town,

but on June 7th there was an excitable meeting at the Town Hall, called

“for the purpose of considering the present position of the Children’s

Hospital and other local charities, and the nomination of new trustees in

conjunction with the existing five trustees—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart.,

M.P., and C. C. Aldred, B. Jay, W. Johnson, and J. Palmer, Esqs.” July

28th, the Commissioners “concurred in the annual publication of local

charity accounts,” and thought 15 trustees sufficient. In July, 1876,

the Charity Commissioners appointed them as follows: The Vicar (for the

time being), and W. Worship, R. S. Watling, T. B. Steward, H. E. Buxton,

R. H. I. Palgrave, J. Bracey, C. H. Wiltshire, W. J. Foreman, and T. P.

Burroughs, Esqs.

June 8th and 9th. Frank Buckland, Esq., Inspector of Salmon Fisheries,

held an inquiry at the Town Hall, as to “the state of the crab, lobster,

and other sea fisheries along this coast, with a view of preserving them

for the future.” On Nov. 16th, 1863, Commissioners Caird, M.P., Lefevre,

M.P., and Dr. Huxley held an inquiry here on the same subject, but saw no

reason for legislative measures.

June 9th. The memorial stone of the new Cemetery laid by the Mayor.

(See May 18th.)

June. The total cost of pauperism last year was—out-relief, £2,855,

in-maintenance, £2,131—total, £4,986. For the previous year, £5,272.

East and West Fleggs for first-named period, £855.

June 14th. Mr. Edward Owen (37), a native of Shrewsbury, schoolmaster

and local preacher, in travelling from Yarmouth to Gorleston,

accidentally fell while in the act of jumping from a tram-car in which he

was riding, and the injuries received resulted fatally. Deceased had

resided in Gorleston for six years. A public subscription of £100 was

raised for his widow and four children.

June 15th. Two new smacks—“Albatross” and “Terrier”—launched from

Messrs. Beechings’ shipyard.

June 22nd. The four chief stones of the Temple, Priory Plain, laid by

Messrs. J. Riches, F. Salmon, J. W. Neave, and A. J. N. Chamberlin. A

tea for 1,000 persons was served in the Drill Hall, and a public meeting

held in the King Street Congregational Chapel. (See Aug. 3rd, 1874.)

June 22nd. The principal stone of the Walrond Smack-Boys’ Home laid by

Vice-Admiral Sir John Walter Tarleton, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of Her

Majesty’s Naval Reserve. The promoter (Rev. A. T. Walrond) died on Oct.

2nd, 1873, but the family raised £1,000 toward the building fund. (See

Feb. 15th, 1876.)

June 23rd. The marriage between the Rev. E. M. Sanderson, M.A., and Miss

Eveline Mary Venables (only daughter of the Vicar of this parish)

solemnized with much festivity.

June 24th. The Yarmouth Gaol, after this date, to be used only as a

lock-up for prisoners on remand, by order of the Home Secretary.

June 28th. Colour-Sergeant Chipperfield presented, at the New Royal

Standard Tavern, with a marble timepiece by the officers and men of the D

Company of Rifle Volunteers, as a memento of their esteem on his

retirement and promotion to the office of Paymaster-Sergeant, after 15

years’ service.

June 29th. Mr. Hitchman Hammond, a late member of the Town Council,

died, aged 46 years.

June 30th. Smack “William and Ann” launched from the yard of Messrs. S.

K. Smith and Sons.

June 30th. The opening of St. Andrew’s Church, Gorleston, after its

complete restoration, was commemorated by a full choral service and

sermons by the Rev. George Venables, S.C.L., and the Rev. — Gibson, of

Lound. The new pulpit was the gift of E. W. Bell, Esq.

June. Mr. E. W. Worlledge, solicitor (second son of John Worlledge,

Esq., County Court Judge of this district, and Chancellor of the

Diocese), appointed joint Registrar of Yarmouth County Court.

June. Dr. Macleod, of Yarmouth Naval Hospital, promoted to the rank of

Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets; and Sub-Lieut. F. C. N. Knox

to Lieut. in 2nd or East Norfolk Regiment.

July 6th. Full choral service held at the Parish Church at the

re-opening of the fine old organ, after being removed, thoroughly

repaired, and additional stops added by Messrs. Bishop and Son, of

London. (See 1733, Jan. 25th, 1869, and Feb. 23rd, 1870.) The organ is

now divided into two parts, and placed in the Chancel 60 ft. apart. They

contain 280 motor, and the same number of pneumatic tubes for conveying

the wind to the manuals, supplied by two low and one high pressure

bellows. The number of stops is 48, and of sounding pipes about 3,100,

viz., Great Organ CC to G, 56 notes 17 stops; Swell Organ CC to G, 17

stops; Choir Organ CC to G, 10 stops; north Pedal Organ CCC to F, 30

notes; south Pedal CCC to F, 30 notes; 7 couplers and 10 composition

pedals.

July 13th. Mr. A. J. B. Howes’ tender of £385 accepted by the

Corporation for erecting the Fish Wharf master’s house; the same

contractor on Aug. 17th was appointed to alter the Refreshment Depôt at

the Fish Wharf, at the cost of £145.

July 17th. A horse belonging to Mr. H. H. Gambling backed into the river

near the Bridge, and was drowned.

July. The Norfolk Militia Artillery received the honour of being called

“The Prince of Wales’ Own Regiment of Norfolk Artillery Militia,” H.R.H.

the Prince of Wales being the Hon. Colonel.

July 19th. Richard Mann, Esq., died at Ditchingham, Suffolk, aged 72.

Deceased was a County Magistrate and a member of the Port and Haven

Commission for Suffolk. Mr. James Peto, of Lowestoft, was elected in

Oct. a Commissioner in place of the above-named gentleman.

July 22nd. Public meeting at the Town Hall on the question of

establishing an Aquarium at Yarmouth and for obtaining local co-operation

in the project. A committee of 17 gentlemen was appointed. It was

subsequently published that the capital required was £100,000, to be

raised in shares of £5 each. The cost of the whole building would be

£75,000, leaving £25,000 not called up. The Aquarium and Skating Rink

would cost about £23,000, and a public hall to hold 3,000 people—194 ft.

by 60 ft.—£30,000. (See March 2nd, Oct. 9th, and Nov. 3rd.)

July 24th. The French gunboat “Cuvier” with four guns and crew of 75

hands, put into Yarmouth Roadstead.

July 28th. Rev. T. W. Harrison, late of Yarmouth, instituted to the

vicarage of Christ Church, Luton, Beds, by the Lord Bishop of the

Diocese.

July 30th. A hoax, resembling somewhat the evergreen Cromer hoax of

Sept. 2nd, 1868, apparently perpetrated. On the first occasion, large

bills were previously posted over the town, representing that on this

eventful day “a fine commodious steamer,” with every comfort and

convenience, named the “Isis,” from London, would take excursionists on a

day’s pleasure to Cromer and back, at the reasonable charge of 2s. 6d. a

head. Tickets to be procured before Wednesday, the 2nd. About £14

worth—_i.e._ 112—were disposed of, and the money handed over to the

“enterprising swindler.” Intending passengers waited long and patiently

on the Jetty and Beach on the morning in question, but the steamer never

came to view, and our townspeople retired home the wiser for their bought

experience. On a later occasion, however, a steamer _did_ go to Cromer,

but left some 40 or 50 of her passengers to get home as best they could

overland, owing to a heavy sea running.

July. Dr. Hubert Airy visited Yarmouth, by order of the Local Government

Board, to enquire into the cause of zymotic diseases then prevalent. He

issued his report with numerous suggestions in Nov.

Aug. 2nd. The barque “Ponda Chief,” named after a Kaffir tribe in

Africa, one of the finest vessels ever built in Yarmouth, and the longest

by some six or eight ft., launched from Messrs. Fellows’ ship-yard.

Dimensions—140 ft. long, 28 ft. beam, 14 ft. 6 in. deep, and 416 tons

Aug. 3rd. (Regatta day.) The armour-plated corvette “Favorite,” of

2,094 tons and 400-horse power, got on Scroby Sand, but came off with the

flood tide.

Aug. 10th. The War Department applied for additional ground, 2a. 3r.

0p., for the Military Centre Depôt, on the South Denes, at £100 per acre,

but it was decided by the Council (Aug. 17th) not to dispose of the land

for less than £500 for the two acres.

Aug. 11th. The new carrier-cutter “Flower of the Fleet” launched from

Messrs. S. K. Smith and Son’s yard.

Aug. 17th. The Council were apprised by a letter from the Lord

Chancellor’s Secretary, that Henry Teasdel, John Bracey, Robert Veale,

and Robert Henry Inglis Palgrave, Esqs., had been appointed Justices of

the Peace for the Borough.

Aug. 31st. An extraordinary race horse named Skardo jumped over the iron

railings in _front_ of the Town Hall, dashed into an iron gate, which was

carried away, then crossing the garden to the south side in its mad

career, knocked down the two entrance-gates; also several feet of iron

railings across the road, but the force of the blow against the wall of

Messrs. Fenner and Suffling’s office overpowered the animal. It has

since won several races, and the fame of Skardo (_alias_ Iron Duke) will

be handed down to posterity among the wonders of the past.

Aug. 31st. Collision in the Tyne between the steamer “Glanabanta,” of

Newcastle, and the schooner “Second Adventure,” of Lynn, the latter being

sunk and the crew drowned. (See Jan. 23rd, 1876.)

Aug. 31st. Messrs. G. T. Clough and J. Bonnick accomplished, on

bicycles, the journey from London to Yarmouth, 122 miles, in 17½ hours,

or 12¼ hours exclusive of the 5¼ hours they stopped for refreshments.

They left Bow at 4 a.m., and arrived here at 9.30 p.m. The same two

gentlemen on Sept. 3rd completed 120 miles homeward in 11h. 55m.,

exclusive of 4h. 25m. stoppage.

Sept. 3rd. The cost for purchasing property and widening the Market

Gates, up to this date, was £1,446 4s.; £1,400 being borrowed at 4 per

cent. on mortgage of the General District Rates.

Sept. 6th. The new smack “Huntsman” launched from Mr. H. Critten’s yard.

Length, 55 ft. over all; depth of hold, 7 ft. 4 in.; beam, 16 ft. 8 in.

Sept. 9th. The new organ in St. George’s Park (Baptist) Chapel opened.

The instrument, built by Mr. W. C. Mack, contains 318 pipes, and one row

of manuals, 54 notes, from CC to F, and 1½ octave of German pedals, from

CCC to F. Five stops are in general swell. The cost, including

alterations in fixing, was £200. (See Aug. 8th, 1872.)

Sept. 20th. Revs. W. J. Blake and H. J. Bode, B.A., were licensed as

curates for Yarmouth, the Revs. R. V. Barker and E. R. Adams being about

to be removed. (See Oct. 29th.)

Sept. 26th. One boat brought in 1,600 mackerel caught off the coast,

which sold at 2d. each.

Sept. 28th. The deliveries of herrings up to this date far below those

of last year and less than in 1873.

Sept. 30th. The body of a male child discovered in a rain-water cistern,

after five or six months, on the premises of D. Meadows, Esq., surgeon,

King Street, which was subsequently proved to have been illegitimate, and

concealed by a maid-servant.

Oct. 7th. The Rev. Samuel Hurst, of Southtown, died very suddenly at

Corton, near Lowestoft, aged 80. The deceased gentleman was much

esteemed for his liberality to local charities.

Oct. 9th. A dead porpoise, weighing 70lbs., found on Breydon, and sold

for 1s. to a smacksman.

Oct. 9th. The foundation-stone of the Aquarium laid by Lord Suffield,

the ceremony being attended by the Mayor and other members of the

Corporation, and a large concourse of spectators. The band of the P.W.O.

Norfolk Militia Artillery played at intervals. A luncheon was afterwards

spread at the Town Hall, to which about 100 gentlemen sat down, including

the Mayor (R. D. Barber, Esq.) and Deputy-Mayor; Lord Suffield, Hon. F.

Walpole, M.P., Colonel Duff, and the officials of the Aquarium Society.

(See Sept. 5th, 1876.)

Oct. 10th. The smack “Notre Dame,” of this port, lost in a gale about 10

miles S. W. of the Newark lightship. Crew saved.

Oct. 10th. The smack “Vixen” lost three hands whilst ferrying fish to a

steamer.

Oct. 14th. The Baptist Tabernacle at Gorleston opened. It is of white

brick, and of the Italian order. The interior measures 57 ft by 31 ft.

(See May 20th.)

Oct. 17th and 23rd. Very heavy gales. The barque “Young England,” of

Middlesbro’, struck on the Cockle Sand and foundered (on the 20th), and

12 out of a crew of 17 were unfortunately drowned.

Oct. 21st. The trawler “Surf” launched from Messrs. Beeching’s yard.

Dimensions—Length, 66 ft.; beam, 18½ ft.; depth of hold, 8½ ft.

Oct. 22nd. Captain William Bugg, of the schooner “Eliza Jane,” and his

wife, walked over the quay-head near the Gorleston Ferry, in the dark,

and were drowned, and a third person had a narrow escape.

Oct. 23rd. The brigantine “Saucy Jack,” belonging to Mr. G. Blake, of

this port, run ashore opposite the Coastguard Station, and became a total

wreck. The vessel was built in 1841, and valued at £500. Wreckage sold

for £38.

Oct. A handsome specimen of the Maigre (_Sciæna aquila_) caught off

Yarmouth. The fish was 4 ft. 9 in. long, and weighed 75 lbs. It is a

Mediterranean fish, and seldom caught on the English coast.

Oct. 27th. Public meeting in the Town Hall to consider the projected

Railway from Yarmouth to Stalham, at a cost of £70,000, the land alone

being calculated to cost £13,000. The total length of the light line to

be 22 miles, and pass through and near to 37 parishes. On Nov. 9th the

Council accorded their approval of the whole scheme.

Oct. 27th. Captain William Swann Stanford, five years pier-master of

this port, and eight years previously harbour-master, died suddenly at

Gorleston.

Oct. 29th. Sale of six smacks by auction, late the property of Mr. R.

Galleway, realised £3,105.

Oct. 29th. The Rev. E. R. Adams presented with a case of four elegant

silver salt stands, by the congregation of St. Andrew’s; and on Nov. 1st

was presented with a pair of silver fish carvers in morocco leather case,

by the Sunday School Teachers.

Oct. 29th. Charles Diver, Esq., tendered his resignation as Town Clerk

of the Borough. (See Nov. 30th and Dec. 16th.)

Nov. 3rd. Gallant lifeboat services rendered by the Caister beachmen.

The brigantine “Harmston” lost on the Middle Cross Sand, but the crew of

seven, who were in the rigging for several hours during a very heavy sea,

were ultimately hauled through the surf to the lifeboat and saved. Up to

1874 the Caister boatmen, about 40 in number, had launched their boats on

122 occasions, and had rescued 541 lives. A public subscription was

opened in Nov. through the exertions of the Misses Morton. (See Dec.

25th.)

Nov. 3rd. At a general meeting of the Shareholders of the Yarmouth

Aquarium Society (Limited), held in London, Lord Suffield, K.C.B.,

Colonel Edward Money, and T. A. Masey, I. Strutt, and J. H. Orde, Esqs.,

were appointed the Executive Committee of Directors. It was stated at

this meeting that the contractors, Messrs. Chas. Aldin and Sons, offered

to take shares to the amount of £20,000, and that the contemplated outlay

up to the date of opening would be about £35,000. In July the

subscriptions amounted to £21,865.

Nov. 7th. Thirty-five large sound codfish captured in the Roadstead with

hook and line by two men.

Nov. 9th. First school under the School Board opened at the Oddfellows’

Hall, Gorleston; on Nov. 26th the Yarmouth Temporary Grammar School was

hired; and in Jan., 1877, the new Cobholm Island and Gorleston Schools

were opened.

Nov. 11th. A conveyance made out to Her Majesty’s principal Secretary of

State for the War Department of land and hereditaments situate on the

South Denes for the purpose of a Military Depôt Centre, and release of

certain rights. Purchase money, £1,635, was sealed by the Committee.

(See Dec., 1874.)

Nov. 11th. Heavy rainfall; no less than 120 tons per acre fell in 24

hours.

Nov. 13th. Frederic Graham Lacon, late of the 17th Regiment of Foot, of

Tharston, Norfolk, only son of John Edmund Lacon, Esq., died at Madeira,

aged 26 years.

Nov. 13th. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P.’s, brougham overturned near

the Workhouse, the horse having become frightened and bolted, and

although the coachman was much hurt, the baronet escaped with only a

severe shaking.

Nov. 14th. Floods and much destruction of property throughout the

country. There were 18 feet of water on the bar at our harbour, _i.e._,

9 feet more than the usual flood. The schooner “Elizabeth and Susan,” of

this port, was lost off the Humber, and much damage done to fishing craft

and shipping generally.

Nov. 17th. Mr. H. Stonex, organist of the Parish Church, presented, in

the Record Room of the Town Hall, with a purse of £81, subscribed by the

parishioners of the town as a token of respect.

Nov. 19th and 20th. Very heavy gale and serious loss of life and

property. The schooner “Wild Wave” (95 tons), of Sunderland, laden with

600,000 bottles, run on to Caister beach (after fouling with the Cockle

lightship) and two hands—master and boy—were washed off the rigging and

drowned.

Not. 21st. A daring Scotchman, named Watson, again climbed through the

caryatides outside the Nelson Monument of the roof, and after embracing

the figure of Britannia, &c., descended by the lightning conductor wire

outside, 144 feet, to the amazement of several spectators. (See 1863.)

Nov. 23rd. Mr. Edward Cattermole resigned the office of librarian at the

Public Library, which he had held 15 years. (See Dec. 9th.)

Nov. 26th. The Rev. A. J. Spencer presented by the congregation of St.

James’ with a silver pocket Communion service and some volumes of books,

as tokens of regard.

Nov. 27th. A tar tank, containing about 50,000 gallons, on the works of

Mr. Davy, Cobholm Island, burst, and the tar ran about in huge streams.

Nov. 30th. A Committee of the Town Council accepted Mr. Charles Diver’s

resignation as Town Clerk of the Borough, the term to expire on Jan. 3rd,

1876. (See Dec. 16th.)

Nov. 30th. The smack “Chosen” ran ashore near the North Pier.

Nov. The Rev. R. V. Barker, M.A., presented previous to his leaving

Yarmouth for a sojourn through the Holy Land, with a silver salver,

silver tobacco jar, gold pencil case, and a box of mathematical

instruments, by the congregation, Bible Class, and teachers and scholars

of St. John’s Church.

Nov. The original manuscript of “Manship’s History of Yarmouth” found by

the Rev. A. Peaton, at an old book shop in Bury St. Edmunds.

Nov. The “Perlustration of Great Yarmouth,” in three vols., by Charles

John Palmer, Esq., F.S.A., printed and published by Mr. George Nall. It

is an illustrated work of 1,282 quarto pages.

Nov. Mr. W. Saville Kent, F.L.S., F.Z.S., appointed Naturalist and

Manager of the Aquarium.

Dec. 2nd. The schooner “Tantivy” of this port went ashore on Kessingland

beach during a dense snowstorm.

Dec. 2nd. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution voted a silver medal

and its thanks on vellum to Philip George, coxswain of the Caister

Lifeboats; and to S. Bishop, chief boatman of H.M. Coastguard, at

Caister, for their bravery in saving three of the crew of the “Wild

Wave.” The Institution voted £10 for the others who rendered assistance.

(See Dec. 25th.)

Dec. 4th. Another tug, named “Reliance,” struck the sunken wreck of the

steamer “Gladstone,” off Hasbro’, and was run on to Eccles beach, where

she became a wreck. Valued at £3,500; but insured for only £2,000. Crew

saved. The hull was subsequently sold for £140. (See Nov. 14th, 1871.)

Dec. 4th. The schooner “X. L.,” of Goole, lost on Winterton beach; also

two hands.

Dec. 5th. The billyboy “Three Anns” driven among the breakers off

Gorleston, and the crew rescued by the lifeboat “Ranger.”

Dec. 6th. The Corporation resolved to erect a Contagious Disease

Hospital next the Workhouse, at a cost of £500, and £200 for an enclosing

wall, 200 ft. square by 7 ft. high. A contract of £1,050 was afterwards

accepted.

Dec. 6th. Captain R. J. C. Day, harbour master of Ipswich, appointed as

Pier Master by the Port and Haven Commission at a salary of £150 and

residence.

Dec. 9th. Mr. C. Hall appointed librarian of the Public Library. (See

Nov. 23rd.)

Dec. 16th. Mr. T. M. Baker appointed by the Town Council as Town Clerk,

at a salary of £450 a year.

Dec. 21st. The returns of herrings landed at the Fishwharf during the

season from Aug. 23rd to above date were 11,850 lasts and 2,600 fish.

(18,200 to the last.)

Dec. 24th. Lord Hastings died at Calicut, Bombay, aged 20 years.

Dec. 25th. The sum of £197 2s. subscribed as a testimonial for the

Caister Company of beachmen, for their bravery at the wreck of the “Wild

Wave,” on Nov. 19th, and many former acts of daring in rescuing

shipwrecked crews. On Jan. 4th the money was distributed, each of the 40

men receiving four guineas tied up in blue satin bags. (See Nov. 3rd.)

Dec. 26th. Edward Reynolds Aldred, Esq., J.P., died at Southtown, aged

68 years.

Dec. 29th. The new smack “Gem,” belonging to Mr. W. H. Stanley, of

Southtown, launched from Messrs. J. and F. Mack’s yard.

Dec. 30th. Singular freak of a horse ridden by Mr. F. Danby Palmer. The

animal having thrown his rider, bolted towards the sea, into which it

dashed, and swam out with considerable energy for nearly a mile and a

half, towards Scroby, when it was captured by some boatmen, and brought

safely to shore again.

1876.

Jan. 3rd. Quarter Sessions. No prisoners for trial, a maiden session

not having occurred for more than 20 years, the Mayor presented the

Recorder with a pair of white kid gloves.—R. H. I. Palgrave, Esq.,

qualified as a magistrate for the Borough.

Jan. 4th. Arthur George Thompson (22), incautiously walked on an

overhanging cornice at the top of the new Temple, Priory Plain, from

which he fell 45 feet to the ground and was killed. The falling _débris_

so injured Thomas Kirk as to result fatally.

Jan. 6th. Five of Mr. Malden’s smacks sold for £2,775.

Jan. 6th. Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball at Town Hall.

Jan. 10th. A woman (73), named Hannah Ives, was brutally murdered with a

spade by an insane woman, named Swatman, at Belton.

Jan. 13th. Fire in the Card-room of the Town Hall, under the

hearthstone, and damage done to the extent of £15 or £16.

Jan. 19th. The smack “Charley,” belonging to Mr. Alfred Fisher, launched

from Mr. Fellows’ yard.

Jan. 20th. Marriage of Reginald Thorsby Gwyn, Esq., Captain of the 4th

King’s Own Royals, and Adjutant of the 4th Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, with

Miss Mary Joanna Farr, youngest daughter of Isaac Preston, Esq.

Jan. 23rd. Collision in the Roadstead, about 1 p.m., between the s.s.

“Glanabanta” (Capt. Ablitt, of Yarmouth) and the s.s. “Transit.” The

latter, with a crew of 21 all told, of Dieppe (described in the _Veritas_

to be 548 tons gross, 373 tons net [French], engines 90 h.p., and built

at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1871), was laden with 120 tons of coal and a

general cargo of 290 tons, comprising machinery, silk, cotton, and light

manufactures, valued between £30,000 and £40,000. The “Transit” was run

on to the beach, opposite Trafalgar Road, where her hull still (1884)

remains. The “Glanabanta” claimed £5,000 damages; but in a cross action

the “Transit” claimed heavier damages, as the loss was computed to be

£50,000. In the High Court of Admiralty, Sir R. Phillimore ruled that

the “Transit” was alone to blame for the collision; but on an appeal in

the High Court of Justice, Lord Justice Baggallay reversed the decision.

The salvors were awarded £2,000.

Jan. 23rd. The Rev. Mangan, D.D., LL.D., late Dean of Limerick, after

being appointed evening lecturer at St. Peter’s Church, preached his

first sermon.

Jan. 26th. The cabin of the brigantine “William Crow,” whilst in

harbour, caught fire, and damage was done to the extent of about £200.

Feb. 3rd. First “Spelling Bee” entertainment held in Yarmouth.

Feb. 15th. The Walrond Smack-Beys’ Home opened by Earl Nelson. (See

June 22nd, 1875.) This Gothic building cost with fittings about £2,000,

and will accommodate about 40 boys.

Feb. 21st. Mr. William Laws, as superintendent of St. Nicholas’ Sunday

School since 1844, presented with several testimonials previous to his

leaving for Beccles.

Feb. 22nd. East Suffolk Election. Lord Mahon having been elevated to

the House of Peers on the death of his father, his seat in Parliament for

East Suffolk became vacant, and Lieut.-Colonel St. John Barne (C.) and

Charles Easton, Esq. (L.), contested for the seat. Poll—Colonel Barne,

3,659; Mr. Easton, 2,708—majority, 951. Colonel Barne’s election cost

£4,140, and Mr. Easton’s £2,312.

Feb. 23rd. Fire at Mr. John Harris’ pipe manufactory, Priory Plain.

Damage about £150.

Feb. 23rd and 24th. Sir Randal Roberts, Bart., appeared at the Theatre

Royal, and impersonated “Charles Devereux” in the comedietta _Under a

Veil_, written by himself; and on the 25th and 26th he appeared as

“Lieutenant Ringston, R.N.,” in _Naval Engagements_, with the Maitland

Blue Beard Burlesque Company.

The Marine Drive widened 60 feet, between Britannia and Wellington Piers,

a distance of 3,000 feet; cost, £2,500. (See April 22nd.)

A new gasometer (No. 3), capable of holding 63,000 cubic feet of gas, and

its tank 406,350 gallons of water, was erected at the Southtown Gas

Works, which, with other modern improvements, cost £5,000.

April 1st. The Hon. Frederick Walpole, of Rainthorpe Hall, Flordon, M.P.

for North Norfolk, died in London. Deceased was third surviving son of

the third Earl of Orford, and was born in 1822.

April 14th. Loss of the “Cygnet” and all hands.

April 18th. The full-rigged ship “Humboldt,” with 349 emigrants on

board, ran on to Winterton Beach.

April 20th. The Rev. G. Merriman, M.A., presented with a gold watch,

silver tea service, and a silver claret jug, by the St. James’

congregation.

April 21st. Lieutenant-Colonel James Duff elected a Member of Parliament

for North Norfolk, in place of the Hon. F. Walpole, deceased. (See April

1st, 1876, and Nov. 26th, 1868.) Poll—Colonel Duff (C.), 2,302; Sir

Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart. (L.), 2,192; majority, 110. Out of the 6,231

voters on register, only 4,494 voted. Number on register in the Borough

(including Runham), 1,980; number voted in Yarmouth, 1,380.

April 22nd. R. Morgan, Esq., C.E., Government Board Inspector, visited

Yarmouth respecting the borrowing of £3,300 by the Corporation, for

widening the Drive, &c.

April 23rd. Lady Elizabeth Susan Orde died at Hopton. She was eldest

daughter of Henry Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort, and born June 23rd,

1798.

April 28th. E. P. Youell, Esq., presented by the parishioners of

Gorleston with a massive silver four-glass épergne, value £80, for his

zealous exertions in connection with the restoration of Gorleston Church.

(See Aug. 14th, 1871.)

May 9th. The Yarmouth brig “Tradesman” lost on the Normandy coast.

June 2nd. Meeting at the Town Hall resolved to have a four-dial clock in

St. Peter’s Tower, which was placed there the same year.

June 8th. The Gt. Yarmouth Bowling Green opened.

June 13th. Vice-Admiral Thomas Lewis Gooch, youngest son of the late Sir

Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart., died at Yarmouth, aged 69 years.

June 22nd. Capt. Wm. Holt, 16 years connected with the 2nd N.R.V.,

presented, on his retirement, with four elegantly-chased silver dessert

spoons by the members of D. Company. (See Dec. 4th, 1883.)

July 8th. Heavy thunderstorm. The electric fluid struck the chimney and

entered a cottage in the factory yard, disarranging and breaking the

furniture and ornaments in the room; it also did damage to other property

in the town, including some amount of destruction of property belonging

to Mr. H. Harding, St. Nicholas’ Road, who had a large chimney knocked

down and many squares of glass broken.

July 10th. Fire in Church Street, Gorleston. Six cottages burnt down,

and three others partly destroyed. Nearly 40 men, women, and children

rendered homeless for a time.

July 27th. The Yarmouth Temple dedicated for Divine worship before its

completion. Interior dimensions, 72 feet by 52 feet; height, 35 feet.

Cost £4,000; accommodates 1,100.

July. St. Peter’s Road footway laid with concrete.

Aug. 8th. Miss E. Pearson, of Yarmouth, and Miss MacLaughlin, left

London for Servia, _via_ Vienna, their services as nurses to the sick and

wounded in the Eastern war having been accepted by Archbishop Michael, at

Belgrade. They were greeted by a torchlight procession on their arrival.

(See Aug. 7th, 1871.)

Aug. 21st. The stallage, rents, and tolls in the Market and Fair let by

auction for five years from Jan. 1st, 1877, to Messrs. Bower, of Leeds,

for £925 per annum. (See Dec. 11th, 1871.) Some 13 years ago, the same

lessees gave but £625 per annum.

Aug. 29th. A cyclone of great violence swept over some parts of this

district, and carried trees, stacks, &c., away in its narrow track.

Aug. The Registrar-General’s returns show that the mortality of Yarmouth

was 15 per 1,000—nine other places only out of 46 being lower.

Sept. 5th. The Yarmouth Aquarium opened to the public with much

ceremony, and a _recherché_ luncheon was spread in the corridor.

Sept. 7th. Another new cemetery (No. 3) consecrated by the Bishop of

Norwich. It comprises about ten acres. (See Oct. 18th, 1855.)

Sept. 7th and 8th. East of England Great Horse Fête held on Southtown

Marshes.

Sept. 8th. Meeting at Town Hall protesting against the Turkish

atrocities.

Sept. 11th. Mr. W. J. Lincoln presented with a handsome timepiece by the

members of the Foresters’ Court “Star of the East” (2728). He had been

18 years secretary.

Sept. 24th. At 6.30 p.m., an extraordinary meteor, resembling a

brilliant ball of fire and shooting stars, illuminated the heavens for

several seconds.

Sept. 27th. Commander Horatio Nelson, R.N., son of the late Thomas

Atkinson, master of the flag-ship “Victory” at Trafalgar, and godson of

the late Admiral Lord Nelson, died at Yarmouth, aged 78.

Oct. 13th. H. E. Buxton, Esq., elected a member of the School Board in

place of T. P. Burroughs, Esq., resigned.

Oct. At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, the Revs. R. J. Tacon (Rollesby),

and T. J. Blofeld (Ormesby), and G. M. Beck, Esq. (Ormesby), qualified as

County Magistrates.

Oct. 16th. Testimonials of £15 sterling—a richly-mounted walking stick,

and a pipe—presented to pay-master-Sergt. Grier, on his leaving the E. N.

Militia, after 22 years.

Oct. 19th. The screw gunboat “Cherub,” 60 h.p., and two guns, anchored

in the Roadstead. Also the screw iron troopship “Assistance,” 1,300

h.p., and two guns, 2,037 tons burthen; and two Tyne gunboats, each

having a 35-pounder.

Oct. 22nd. Heavy gale. Loss of the lugger “Cynthia,” and all hands.

Oct. 23rd. First burial in the new Cemetery—Samuel Mannall, many years

in the Trinity service, aged 47.

Oct. 28th. A live stag found swimming at sea, over three miles from

land. The crew of the smack “Gleaner” picked the animal up, and brought

it safely to the Royal Hotel stables.

Nov. 5th. Mr. J. W. Parsley, smack owner, late of Greenwich, died at

Gorleston, aged 46.

Nov. 8th. Schooner “Essex” driven ashore, and wrecked south of Gorleston

Pier. On the 11th the brig “Vulcan” shared the same fate in the South

Ham.

Nov. 15th. Mr. T. Elliot, of Ormesby, presented at the Aquarium with a

testimonial—a handsome épergne or candelabrum, with a group of stags at

the base—in acknowledgment of public services rendered to numerous

charities.

Nov. 15th. Great Conservative Banquet held at the Drill Hall. About 600

guests present, including the members for North Norfolk, and Colonel

Barne, M.P.

Nov. 17th. H. R. Harmer, Esq., appointed as Vestry Clerk without a poll,

in place of the late Mr. S. Barnard Cory.

Nov. 23rd. Mr. W. Stockton, Master of the School of Navigation,

presented with a travelling bag, completely fitted up, a silver pencil

case, and set of gold studs, by his old pupils and friends, as a token of

esteem.

Nov. The new steam tug “Comet,” built for the Yarmouth Star Steam Tug

Company, arrived at this port.

Nov. Mr. Henry Spelman Palmer attained the degree of B.A. at the London

University.

Nov. A patent wedge or railway key invented by Mr. James Gillings.

Nov. 29th. Mr. John Woodger, died, aged 63 years. Deceased was a member

of the Yarmouth Corporation and Board of Guardians.

Nov. Mr. Thomas Small resigned the Consular Agency after 24 years, and

the French Government presented him with a gold medal (in case) in

recognition of valuable services.

Dec. 3rd. The Austrian barque “Olympo” stranded on Yarmouth beach. The

smack “Steadfast” was lost on the following day, with two hands.

Dec. 6th. Mr. William Rudd presented with a handsome timepiece, silver

inkstand and penholder, and two bronze candelabra, by the Sunday School

teachers and congregation of St. Andrew’s.

Dec. 7th. Baptist Schoolrooms, Crown Road, built and opened. Cost,

£950. The corner-stone was laid July 20th.

Dec. 8th. A black marble timepiece, inlaid with malachite, presented to

Mr. J. Johnson (foreman to Messrs. Aldin), by the Directors of the

Aquarium, for his skill and assiduity in conducting these prodigious

works.

Dec. 12th. The smack “Gnat,” of this port, after a collision, foundered

at the Silver Pits, value £1,000.

Dec. 13th. Sir Charles R. Turner, fifth son of the late Rev. Richard

Turner of this town, died in London, aged 87.

Dec. 21st. The number of lasts of herrings for the present season landed

at the Fishwharf was 18,836. The aggregate earnings of 20 boats amounted

to £24,217, _i.e._, £1,210 per boat, and the gross expenses amounted to

about £4,907. The previous year the aggregate of 20 boats was £18,787,

_i.e._, £981 per boat, and the expenses reached £4,582.

Dec. 23rd. The barque “Ingleborough,” of Hull, lost on the Barber Sand.

Value, £2,000; cargo, £900. On the 27th the “Countess of Zetland,”

damaged by the floating wreck of the above, was ran ashore opposite the

Aquarium, where she became a total wreck.

Dec. 28th. James Wright, master of the smack “Olive Branch,” awarded a

silver medal by the King of Sweden and Norway for his bravery in saving

the crew of a Norwegian brig.

Dec. 30th. H.M. paddle-steamer “Valorous,” and four iron twin-screw

gunboats, of 360 tons each, arrived in the Roadstead.

Deaths: March 27th, Mr. J. Barney Beales, sheriff’s officer, aged

82.—Aug. 22nd, the Hon. Mrs. Harbord Harbord, daughter of Sir H. J.

Stracey.—Oct. 21st, Mr. S. B. Cory, vestry clerk, aged 80.—Nov. 18th, H.

E. B. Giles, solicitor, aged 65.

Launches: Jan. 30th, smack “Flash.”—May, smack “Ruby.”—July, yacht

“Harry,” belonging to Mr. H. A. Morris.—July, fishing boat “Arab

Steed.”—Aug. 19th, fishing dandy “Challenge.”—Oct. 4th, smacks “Sunbeam”

and “Puss.”—Nov. 27th, schooner “Arthur.”—Dec. 11th, trawling smack

“Carlisle.”

1877.

Jan. A portion of the North Denes levelled, preparatory to laying the

rails of the North Norfolk Railway. (See Oct. 27th, 1875.)

Jan. 9th. Charles Diver, Esq., elected Justices’ Clerk for the East and

West Fleggs, in place of the late Mr. S. B. Cory, deceased.

Jan. 9th. Fifteen fishing craft belonging to Messrs. Smith and Son, sold

at the “Star” for £13,320; and on Feb. 5th ten of the late Mr. J. W.

Parsley’s realised £5,615.

Jan. 16th. P.c. Edwards presented with a handsome timepiece and purse of

£4 14s., by the salesmen, buyers, and boatowners, for his attention and

courtesy to them at the Fishwharf.

Jan. 19th. The Stradbroke Road Board Schools, Gorleston, opened. Cost,

with fittings, £3,000; accommodate 500 children. (See Nov. 9th, 1875.)

Jan. 30th. Very heavy gale and boisterous high tide, parts of the town

being inundated. 18 Yarmouth smacks and over 100 hands were lost. The

Yarmouth “Mark Lane” lifeboatmen bravely rescued the crew (12) of the

barque “Constantia,” wrecked on Scroby. Fifty-five widows, 108 children,

and 17 aged parents were left destitute in this locality. The local

relief fund reached £2,540, and in London £6,800. The first grant voted

for Yarmouth and district was £2,745.

Jan. 30th. Calico fancy dress ball at St. Andrew’s Hall, Gorleston.

Feb. 5th. Charles John Palmer, Esq., presented with a gold watch, a

silver flower-basket, and a purse of 100 guineas, as a complimentary

testimonial for his local literary researches &c.; 235 persons subscribed

£233 9s. 6d. (See 1830.)

Feb. 18th. New oak pulpit in the parish church erected and used for the

first time by the Vicar, the Rev. George Venables, S.C.L.

Feb. The Secretary of State for War decided on the formation of an

Administrative Battalion, to consist of the 2nd Norfolk (Yarmouth), 4th

Suffolk (Bungay), 14th Suffolk (Beccles), and 17th Suffolk (Lowestoft),

under the title of the 1st Administrative Battalion Norfolk Rifle

Volunteers, with headquarters at Yarmouth.

Feb. 19th. Sir James Paget, Bart., F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D., appointed one

of the Serjeant-Surgeons in Ordinary to the Queen, in the room of Sir

William Fergusson, Bart., deceased. He is the son of the late Mr. Samuel

Paget, of this town, and was born in 1814.

Feb. 21st. John Clowes, Esq., solicitor, died, aged 67 years. This

gentleman formerly filled the office of Town Clerk of the Borough; he was

also a member of the Council and Board of Guardians for many years,

besides being Lord of the Manor of Caister. (See 1822 and 1840.)

Feb. The body of a male child, about five months old, sent from

Liverpool Station to the Vauxhall terminus in a small black bag; but no

clue was ever found to the supposed murderess or the gentleman to whom it

was consigned.

March. J. H. Orde, Esq., resigned after 18 years’ service in the 2nd

Norfolk Rifle Volunteer Corps. On June 21st he was presented with a

valuable gold repeater watch by the Corps, at the Drill Hall, as a

memento of esteem.

March 5th. Major General Francis Montague Maxwell Ommanney, B.A., died

at Yarmouth, aged 50 years.

March 6th. Benjamin Daniels, a farmer of Scratby (five miles from the

birthplace of Hales), and the last of the East Anglian giants, died and

buried at Ormesby St. Margaret, aged 45 years. Height, 6 ft. 6 in.;

weight, 24 stone; width across the shoulders, 20 in.; and possessed great

strength.

March 25th. Income of the Haven Commissioners for the past year, £11,927

12s. 11d.; an increase of £782 11s. 5d. on the previous year. The

imports in 1877 included 87,729 tons of coal, 288,032 qrs. of corn, and

tonnage dues 176,475 tons, &c.; on fish and fishing vessels, £2,110.

Number of wherries trading on the Bure, 108, of 1,934 tons burthen, and

the income from this source, £455 16s. 3d.

March 28th. First Military Assault-at-Arms at the Drill Hall by the

Non-commissioned officers and men of the 1st Royal Dragoons from Norwich;

and a second on April 17th, 1879, by the 1st Norfolk Artillery

Volunteers.

March 31st. The Registrar-General reported 300 births, 135 marriages,

and 179 deaths, 66 of the latter being persons of 60 years old and

upwards, in the Borough during the past three months.

April 16th. The schooner “Jane” (121 tons), of Colchester, lost, with

six hands, in a heavy gale, on the Cross Sands; and on the 19th the

Norwegian barque “Suez” was beached south of the Wellington pier, with

the loss of one of her crew.

April 22nd. The Great Yarmouth Church of England, “Mission” opened, and

lasted a week.

May 3rd and 5th. The Corporation _versus_ J. W. de Caux. Arbitration

proceedings taken respecting the ownership of the Town wall, on the site

of “Town Wall House,” Theatre Plain, and subsequently decided in favour

of defendant.

May 4th. The National Lifeboat Institution reported the gallant services

rendered by the Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat crews in saving 22 men

from shipwreck during recent gales.

May 8th and 9th. A locomotive engine, intended for the North Norfolk

Railway, drawn on rails through Regent Street and Market Place _en route_

to the Beach Station. It was named the “Ormesby,” and weighed about 18

tons; on the 9th and 10th July a second engine, the “Stalham,” was

dragged by horses along Regent Street, Regent Road, and Nelson Road

North. On Sept. 13th, a third engine, the “North Walsham,” and a fourth,

the “Martham,” on March 28th, 1879. The carriages also had to be

conveyed in like manner. (See Aug. 7th.)

May 17th. Rev. S. Hooke presented with a handsome timepiece by the

congregation of St. Peter’s Church.

May 24th. Sergeant-Major Britton, Colour-Sergts. J. Norton and J. Wall,

Sergt. J. Steel, Corporal W. Page, and Privates T. Freebury and R. Hayes,

belonging to the 9th Regiment, each presented at Southtown Armoury with a

medal for long service and good conduct.

May 25th. The smack “Dauntless” lost on Haak Sand.

May 27th. Rev. Edward Venables, B.A., son of the Vicar of Yarmouth,

ordained by the Bishop of Chichester, and was appointed to a curacy at

Hastings.

June 8th. The Royal Hotel partly rebuilt and re-modelled.

June 16th. Five gentlemen belonging to the Britannia Amateur Rowing Club

rowed from Wroxham to Norwich, _via_ Yarmouth (63 miles), in 10 hrs. 40

min.

June 17th. Three Gorleston young men—Edwin Darby, Augustus Hawes, and

Arthur Thrower—accidentally drowned in the river Wensum.

June 24th. On the death of his father, Viscount Canterbury, K.C.B.,

G.C.M.G., Henry Charles, fourth Viscount (who married in 1872 Amyée

Rachel, the only daughter of the late Hon. F. Walpole, M.P.), succeeded

to the title.

July 2nd. The Norfolk and Suffolk Fisheries Bill passed the House of

Lords, and Royal assent given by Commission on July 19th.

July. The billyboy “Breeze,” of this port, collided with H.M.S. “Wye,”

off Carlton, and foundered.

July 9th. The inhabitants and the Board of Trade awarded Thomas Love and

William Mann, of the smack “Fawn” two medals and two watches for their

bravery in rescuing five hands from the smack “Bessie,” of London, during

the gale of Jan. 30th.

July 10th. Mr. I. S. Cooper’s tender of £325 10s. for each of the two

brick mortuary chapels in the new Cemetery accepted by the Corporation.

July 11th. The Royal Assembly Rooms purchased by Mr. W. Butcher for

£1,975. (See 1851, and April, 1869.)

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Oct. 18th. The new Corn Hall, Howard Street, opened by a public dinner,