Part 40 (1/2)
The agents of the Custom House had taken into custody the landlord of the ”Honest Lawyer.”
May 8th.-The coffer-dam at the new Bridge works had ”blown up;” on the following day the old Bridge had been on fire.
The Cricket Club had been re-established.
The Freemen's Pet.i.tion had received 972 signatures.
A tradesman in the town had given a dinner to four old people, whose united ages amounted to 368 years.
May 15th.-It was stated that the Rev. - Smith had left 14,000 to endow two scholars.h.i.+ps at Caius College for natives of Yarmouth.
The Poor's Rate was to be 1s. 2d. in the , the sum of 2,521 being required for that purpose by the Guardians.
May 22nd.-A salmon trout had been caught near Winterton, having a gutta percha ring on its tail with ”192 Tweed 1852” stamped upon it.
At a mooting of the Sailors' a.s.sociation, Mr. J. D. Chapman had been presented with a silver medal.
The Directors of the Victoria Building Company had dined together at the Victoria Hotel, (B. Dowson, Esq., in the chair.)
May 29th.-A meeting of the subscribers to the fund for ”Promoting the Prosperity of Great Yarmouth” had been held at the Angel, (C. J. Palmer, Esq., F.S.A. in the chair) and 25 subscribed in the room.
June 5th.-The Tenth Anniversary of the N.A.O.D. had been held at the Trinity Arms. About 50 members and friends were present.
June 12th.-The Liberal candidates had completed their canva.s.s and left the town. Complaint was made that Mr. McCullagh had been libelled by the ”Lacon party.”
Mr. Rumbold, it was supposed, would retire, his case being considered (by the ”Blues”) hopeless.
June 19th.-It was reported that Mr. Rumbold would retire in favour of Sir Harry Smith. Some of Mr. Rumbold's friends, and Sir E. Lacon, had gone to London.
The ”a.s.sociated Democrats” had held a meeting at the Masonic Hall, when Messrs. J. T. Blow and Royal took part in the proceedings.
June 26th.-Contains another attack on Mr. Rumbold, who was stated to have voted in 121, and been absent in 669 divisions of the House.
The Trustees of the Southtown Turnpike had obtained power to light that road with gas.
Gas in Yarmouth had been reduced from 5s. 6d. to 5s. per 1,000 feet.
The British School had been inspected by Mr. Fletcher, who considered that its state reflected the ”greatest credit” upon Mr. Daniel Tomkins.
At the Sessions, Messrs. C. C. Aldred, B. Fenn, R. Steward and J. G.
Plummer were qualified as Magistrates.
The notice of the rules as to collisions at sea, under 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 79, appear in this issue, to come in force on 1st of August then next.
July 3rd.-Admiral Sir Charles Napier had returned to Yarmouth, and the Star Hotel was decorated with several of his flags and trophies. The hustings were to be erected on the North side of the Town Hall, and the Liberal polling-booth opposite the King's Head, that for the Tories being opposite the Angel.
George Danby-Palmer, Esq., had presided at a meeting of the Liberal Registration a.s.sociation at the Star Hotel, when several healths had been drunk with ”Hieland honours.” The greatest enthusiasm prevailed on this occasion, and Mr. Chapman presented each of the candidates with a rosette and some appropriate lines from the ladies of Yarmouth.
July 10th.-On the morning of the Nomination the walls were found covered with these placards-”Rumbold the Champion of the Board of Health,” ”Lacon the Patron of Lowestoft.” The Sailors marched in procession to the ”Star” where the Liberal candidates were staying with a band, colours, and chariots borne by the men, on which were ”Britannia,” ”Neptune,”
”Triton,” &c. Upon the Blue flags appeared ”M'Cullagh and Freedom of Election,” ”True Blue and Victory,” ”England expects that every man will do his duty,” &c.; and on the Red flags ”Lacon our Townsman,” ”Lacon and Rumbold for Ever,” ”Church and State,” and ”Cheap Bread and no Monopoly.”
Mr. B. Dowson proposed, and Mr. William Hurry Palmer seconded Mr.
Rumbold; Mr. George Danby-Palmer proposed, and Mr. J. W. Sh.e.l.ly seconded Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B.; Mr. R. Ferrier proposed, and Mr. E.