1836—JANUARY 2—Choice of officers—Mr. C. H. Hebb elected Mayor; Mr. George Allies, Sheriff; and Mr. C. Sidebottom, Town Clerk. 1836—JANUARY 14—The Council assembled for the first time in the room which has ever since been used for their meetings. A committee was appointed to confer with Mr. Sidebottom about separating the offices which he held, and giving up that of Town Clerk. A finance committee was appointed to investigate the accounts of the old body; and it was determined to dress up the Mayor in robes of scarlet and purple. 1836—JANUARY 21—It was agreed by a majority of 31 to 10 that Mr. Sidebottom should continue to hold the office of Stipendiary Magistrate, Judge of the Court of Pleas, and Town Clerk, at a salary of £500 per annum. Mr. Stinton, Mr. Curwood, and Mr. Whitmore, barrister, were proposed for recommendation to the Secretary of State to the office of Recorder. Mr. Stinton had the majority of votes. Salary fixed at £150 per annum, but afterwards reduced to £100. 1836—JANUARY 26—The Council recommended twelve persons as magistrates to the Secretary of State—The Mayor, Mr. Alderman R. Evans, R. Temple, Esq., Mr. Alderman Hall, William Shaw, Esq., R. Berkeley, Esq., William Saunders, Esq., John Dent, Esq., L. Johnstone, Esq., William Acton, Esq., G. Farley, Esq., and Captain Thomas. Three of these gentlemen were Conservatives. Mr. Farley and Mr. Johnstone having declined to serve, the names of Mr. Lavender (Conservative) and Mr. Alderman Corles were inserted in the list, but the Lord Chancellor only appointed the first ten. The wine of the old corporation was ordered to be sold, except fifty dozen to be applied in aid of sick poor. 1836—FEBRUARY 18—Report made by the committee appointed to investigate the accounts of the old corporation. The balance sheet presented to the Council by their predecessors showed credit a balance of £1,028, while the real fact was that the old corporation was in debt £1,170. £200 of this sum had been promised towards the improvements in front of All Saints’ Church, payable only on condition of the inhabitants doing their part within a certain number of years. The new Council confirmed this grant on the same terms. 1836—MARCH 24—First quarterly meeting. A statement of the value of the city property was laid before the Council; which, some being calculated at twenty-five years’ purchase, and others at fourteen years’, was reckoned to be worth about £43,000. In mortgages and debts to the charities there was owing by the corporation £5,381. The gross produce of the corporation wine was £823, being an average of nearly 64s. per dozen. The Council determined to discontinue the practice of “fetching the fair from St. John’s to Worcester,” as a “farce.”