Dec. 12th.-The Mayor had attended the magnificent reception given to the King of Sardinia by the Corporation of London.
Dec. 22nd.-The stormy easterly winds had driven several vessels on to the Beach.
On the north of the Jetty were four brigs, viz., the "Friends," of London; the "George," of Yarmouth; the "Boa," of Colchester; and another.
And on the south, one brig, a sloop (the "Telegraph,") and a billy-boy.
Dec. 26th.-The Norfolk Artillery Militia had marched into the Southtown Barracks under the command of Colonel Astley.
The following Magistrates had been selected to hear salvage cases:-George Danby-Palmer, R. Steward, R. Hammond, J. G. Plummer, J. W. Sh.e.l.ly, B.
Fenn, E. H. L. Preston, and W. H. Palmer, Esqs.
Dec. 29th.-The Hon. Colonel Vereker was spoken of as a colleague for Sir E. H. K. Lacon, should Mr. Rumbold resign his seat, but this rumour as to Mr. Rumbold"s resignation, the _Globe_ stated on authority, was without foundation.
At the Quarter Sessions, a conviction of R. Steward, Esq., by the Justices, for obstructing the quay, was quashed with costs.
The question of the legality of the Rev. G. Hills" appointment as chaplain to the gaol was again considered by the Recorder and Justices.
_N.B.-The file for the Year_ 1856 _is missing_.
1857.
Jan. 3rd.-The fourth anniversary of Court "Crown and Anchor" A.O.F. had been celebrated by a dinner at Bro. Franklin"s, Hall Quay. Mr. C. B.
Dashwood occupied the chair, and it was stated that the Court then consisted of 90 members.
Jan. 10th.-There had been a loan exhibition at the Priory Hall.
Messrs. Charles J. Palmer, B. Fenn, Rev. H. Squire, Dumbleton, R. R. B.
Norman, Burton, and J. Bayly had been elected the members of the Public Library Committee.
Jan. 17th.-The "Britannia Pier Bill" was projected, and the Wellington Pier Company had determined not to oppose that undertaking.
The body of a whale, which had been taken at Winterton, was being exhibited on the Church Plain.
The Rev. W. D. Wade, the new minister of St. Mary"s, Southtown, had, before leaving Southsea, been presented with a purse of 61.
Jan. 21st.-The "Sisters" had been in collision with one of the stone piers of the Bridge, which it had considerably damaged.
Feb. 4th.-An Anti-Income Tax meeting had been held at the Town Hall. The Mayor presided, and the following took part in the proceedings:-Messrs.
George Danby-Palmer, Bradbeer, Garson Blake, W. Livingston, S. B. Cory, R. Hammond, J. Clowes, J. H. Harrison, J. Rivett and J. Fiddes. Mr. S.
Bradbeer appeared to be the mover in this matter.
The Poor"s Rate was 1s. 6d. for the quarter.
Feb. 18th.-H.M. Line of Battle-ship "Blenheim," 74, had steamed into the Roads.
Feb. 21st.-A "Poor"s Rate" meeting had been held at the Masonic Hall.
Mr. W. Livingston presided, and a resolution protesting against the 1s.
6d. quarterly rate was adopted. Messrs J. Rivett, Joseph Neave, Royal, R. Bailey, Nichols, and F. Starling spoke on the subject, while the conduct of the Guardians was defended by Mr. J. H. Harrison, one of the Board.
Feb. 25th.-A case which excited considerable interest, had been heard at the County Court, Tolhouse-hall, before the Judge (T. J. Birch, Esq.) The plaintiff was Mr. John Cobb, leather merchant, for whom Mr. C. H.
Chamberlin appeared; the defendants were Messrs. W. N. Burroughs and G.
D. Palmer, who were represented by Mr. J. L. Cufaude. The plaintiff stated that he was a candidate for the office of Councillor for the Market-ward, in November, 1851, and that he became such at the solicitation of Messrs. W. N. Burroughs and G. D. Palmer. At the time he became a candidate he distinctly told them that he would not pay out of his own pocket more than 10 towards the expenses of the election, and it was understood that the Liberal party, to which he belonged, would subscribe the remainder. The evening before the election he received an estimate of what the expenses were likely to be, and in consequence of that he at once saw both Mr. Burroughs and Mr. G. D. Palmer. That estimate, he believed, amounted to about 45, while the subscriptions altogether amounted to but 42. After some conversation they agreed to hold him harmless of the amount of the expenses that might exceed the sum subscribed, and he and Mr. Burroughs then went to the Committee-room of the North-ward, where Mr. Burroughs said they had made arrangements for their friend John Cobb winning the Market-ward. The expenses of the election, which he (the plaintiff) lost, amounted altogether to 58 1s.
7d. The balance, therefore, which he now claimed from the defendants was 16 1s. 7d.-The plaintiff, in cross-examination by Mr. Cufaude, admitted that 39 of the whole amount was for - -.-Mr. Cufaude contended that if, as the plaintiff stated, the defendants had given him a guarantee for the surplus expenses, the guarantee ought to have been in writing. And, a.s.suming the evidence was true, which, however, he disputed, it was impossible for the plaintiff to recover, inasmuch as he himself had allowed that a large part of the whole of the expenses was for - -, which was an illegal act.-Mr. Chamberlin contended that the plaintiff, after receiving the promise from the defendants, acted only upon the faith of that promise, and that therefore, as they had entered upon an engagement to pay the money, they were liable. The money, moreover, had not been spent by the plaintiff, but by the committee appointed to conduct the election, and until the election was over, the plaintiff was not aware that any of the money had been spent in - -.-His Honour said it was clear the guarantee should have been in writing. He was of opinion, also, that the plaintiff was not bound to pay the illegal charges, and consequently he could not bring his action for the money which he claimed.-The plaintiff was, accordingly, non-suited.
March 4th.-The "Branch," a schooner of 150 tons, had been launched from Messrs. Fellows and Son"s yard.
A distress warrant had been issued against the effects of Mr. James Lawn, draper, Broad Row, for 5s. 3d. due for Church rate. Mr. Cufaude, who appeared for the Churchwardens, stated that the amount of defalcations on the present rate was "about 14 or 15."
A meeting of the shareholders in the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway had been held at the Star Hotel. R. Hammond, Esq., presided, and there were present-C. C. Aldred, Esq., (the Mayor), C. J. Palmer, T. Brightwen, William H. Palmer, E. H. L. Preston, W. C. Reynolds, E. P. Youell, G. G.
Day, H. Danby-Palmer, and William Day, Esqs.
March 11th.-N. Palmer, Esq., (Recorder), had appointed John B. Bales (late Sergeant-at-Mace) an Inspector of Weights and Measures in the room of Mr. Wall.
The address of Messrs. Torrens McCullagh and Edward Watkin to the electors appears in this issue.
March 14th.-The Liberal electors had held a meeting at the Corn Exchange, J. Sh.e.l.ly, Esq., in the chair, when both candidates delivered addresses, and a resolution pledging the meeting to support them was unanimously carried.
Mr. Cufaude had applied for 17 more summonses against Church Rate defaulters, and Mr. Garson Blake had been summoned for a like default by the Gorleston Churchwardens.
There had been a high tide, which had dashed over the new Marine Drive works.
March 16th.-Mr. J. W. Sh.e.l.ly had presided over a meeting at the "Star,"
when Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin were adopted as the Liberal candidates.
There was a suggestion of a local gentleman"s name as a candidate, to which the Editor refers to by the quotation-"and palm to palm is holy _Palmer"s_ kiss."
March 18th.-The Liberal electors and non-electors had been addressed by both the Liberal candidates at the Duke"s Head public-house at Gorleston.
S. Dowson, Esq., presided, and there were present-Messrs. J. H. Fellows, N. Sterry, A. Markland, Captains Manthorpe, Stanford, and Tunbridge, and Messrs. J. Page, A. King, J. Ling, G. Reynolds, C. E. Bartram, and J.
Cobb.
The four candidates, Messrs. McCullagh and Watkin and Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Colonel Vereker, had been invited to attend a meeting of electors at the Masonic-hall. None of them were present, but, nevertheless, a resolution pledging the meeting to support the Liberal candidates was carried.
The "Venus," 150 tons register, had been launched from Mr. Rust"s yard.
March 21st.-D. A. Gourlay, Esq., had presided at a great Liberal meeting held in the Corn Exchange, when Messrs. J. W. Sh.e.l.ly, P. Pullyn, S.
Dowson, F. S. Costerton, W. Briggs, C. Sayers, S. Palmer, C. E. Bartram, J. D. Chapman, J. Bailey, F. Dendy, J. Cobb and others were present.
The Conservatives had also convened a meeting at Crowe"s a.s.sembly-rooms, Chapel-denes, when E. H. L. Preston, Esq., presided. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Colonel Vereker, and J. Cherry, Esq., addressed the a.s.sembly.
Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., and Major-General C. A. Windham, the Liberal candidates for East Norfolk, had held a meeting in the Corn-hall. Mr. R.
Hammond presided, and was supported by Messrs. Benjamin Dowson, J.
Clowes, C. H. Chamberlin, P. Pullyn, A. W. Biddulph, S. Palmer, T. Burton Steward, F. Palmer, W. N. Burroughs, C. E. Bartram, E. R. Palmer, J. H.
Harrison, J. Owles, J. Cobb, &c.
George Tewsley, Sergeant in the London Constabulary, had been elected Superintendent of the Borough Police Force.