Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood: from A.D. 46 to 1884Finch-Crisp, William
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Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood: from A.D. 46 to 1884
Finch-Crisp, William
Great Yarmouth (England) -- History
Feb. 10th. The Danish corvette “Neils Juel,” 450 men and 47 guns, and a
powerful ironclad gunboat captured a Prussian ship outside the sands, and
after putting a prize crew on board, took her to Copenhagen.
Feb. 27th. D. Tomkins, Esq., elected a member of the College of
Preceptors.
March 1st. The brig “William and Richard” foundered off the Monument.
Seven men belonging to the Admiralty cutter “Dolphin,” seven beachmen,
and five from the screw-collier “Ryhope,” were immersed in the water,
four being drowned.
March 2nd. Petition presented to the House of Commons by Edward Howes,
Esq., M.P., from the Haven Commissioners of Yarmouth, in opposition to
the East Norfolk Railway Bill.
Launches: March 31st, the first barge, “The Garson;” April 26th, barge
“Whitwell;” July 5th, the barque-rigged vessel “Oriental;” Aug. 20th,
schooner “Shepherdess.”
March. The Rev. Arthur P. Holme, M.A., licensed by the Bishop of Norwich
to the Incumbency of St. Andrew’s Church.
March. James Morris Hill, Esq., late Major Military Train, approved of
by her Majesty to fill the Adjutancy of the 1st Norfolk Artillery
Volunteers.
April 28th. John Dawson, Esq., admitted a member of the Royal College of
Surgeons.
July 20th. The East of England Joint Stock Bank (established in Dec.,
1835) suspended payment, with liabilities amounting to £576,963 7s. 5d.,
and assets £453,256.
Aug. 1st. Mr. S. Allies appointed Borough Gaoler.
Aug. Rev. A. B. Crosse resigned the Incumbency of St. John’s Church. On
Dec. 30th this gentleman was presented with a handsome clock, value £30,
and a purse of 60 guineas, previous to his leaving for Kessingland.
Aug. 15th. Three fishermen out of seven belonging to Cromer lost off the
Haven’s mouth, out of the crab-boat “Garibaldi.”
Sept. 9th. Review of the members of the Norfolk Rifle Volunteer
Association on the South Denes, in the presence of 9,000 people. Four
battalions were reviewed, viz.—1st Norfolk A. V., 178; 1st Norfolk
Rifles, 356; 2nd Norfolk, 218; and 2nd Norfolk Administrative Battalion,
294; Norwich Light Horse, 68—numbering in all, officers and men, 1,106.
Oct. 16th. The three-decked steamer “Ontario,” 4,000 tons burthen, 350
h.p., and laden with 2,000 tons of coal and iron, struck on Hasbro’
Sands. All efforts to get her off having failed, she was abandoned by
her crew of 80, inclusive of officers, and on the 21st she foundered. 70
of the crew, rescued by the tug “Pioneer,” were afterwards forwarded to
their respective homes by the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society. The
“Ontario” was built this year at Jarrow, Durham. Her registered tonnage
was 2,083, length 370 feet, and depth 48 feet, and her estimated value
£120,000—£90,000 covered by insurance.
Oct. 21st. Festival service to commemorate the partial restoration of
St. Nicholas’ Church, which was thrown open for the first time for 200
years—the time of Cromwell, 1649.
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