The new Workhouse opened. Cost of entire building up to 1860, about £10,000. Sergeant John Wright died, aged 110 years. The last of the Town Gates (Pudding) pulled down. Yarmouth Hospital founded, mainly through the exertions of Mr. Wm. Steward, and completed in 1839. Crew of ten hands, drowned from the fishing lugger “Walter and Ann.” 1839. Feb. 14th. Brig “James,” of Yarmouth, lost off the coast of Scotland. March 7th. A tremendous hurricane, and the streets and rows were strewn with _débris_ from the roofs of houses, to which much damage was done. Sept. 25th. Arthur Beevor, Esq. died, aged 82 years. Launches: June 13th, schooner “Rob Roy,” from Mr. Lubbock’s yard; Aug. 29th, schooner “George Lord,” from Mr. Preston’s yard; Oct. 2nd, brig “Elizabeth,” from Messrs. Fellows’ yard; and Nov. 11th, schooner “Star,” from Mr. Teasdel’s yard. 1840. Jan. 10th. The uniform penny postage first came into operation, and excited a great deal of ridicule, and its speedy failure predicted. Railways were in their infancy. Book post established in 1855, and Postal Cards introduced in 1870. Jan. 30th. William Finch-Crisp, the compiler of this work, born at Hackney, afterwards lived at Erith, in Kent, for 11 years (where his father died on March 12th, 1850), and then came to reside in Great Yarmouth at the end of the year 1854, at which place he married Mary Ann, second daughter of the late Robert Boyce Crisp, on June 25th, 1870. His dearly-beloved mother died in Oxford on Dec. 5th, 1869, and her remains were interred in Jericho Cemetery, Oxford. Nov. 4th. A selection of sacred music from Handel’s oratorios, _Judas Maccabæus_ and the _Messiah_, performed at St. Nicholas’ Church by the Yarmouth Choral Society. Conductor, Mr. Woolman. Price (by ticket only), 2s. 6d., and for young ladies and gentlemen under 14 years of age, 1s. 6d.; book of words, 6d. Concert on behalf of Yarmouth Hospital and Dispensary. Dec. Mr. James Burman conducted a complete peal of Bob Major on the Parish Church bells, composed of 5,040 changes, which were rung in 3 hrs. 25 min. In Jan., 1843, was rung a true and complete peal of Grandsire caters, containing 4,004 changes, in 3½ hours (composed by Burman), the only peal of the kind on record; also, same year, a peal of Treble Bob Royal, 5,040 changes, in 3 hrs. 35 min. (These records are now in the belfry.) The old Post Office in Row 63 removed to the Hall Quay. The first office was in Row 107, about the year 1695. John W. Shelly and Wm. Johnson, Esqs., were appointed Magistrates. Gorleston National Schools erected. John Clowes, Esq., presented with the silver medal of the Lifeboat Association for personal exertions rendered in the Nov. gale. 1841. March 22nd. First stone of the Victoria Buildings laid. June 29th. C. E. Rumbold and W. Wilshere, Esqs., returned to Parliament.