Yarmouth Notes, 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich MercuryPalmer, Frederick Danby
History
Yarmouth Notes, 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich Mercury
Palmer, Frederick Danby
Great Yarmouth (England) -- History
Since the above meeting a letter has been sent to the Mayor,
announcing that the sailors were determined not to abide for the
future by the old agreement; and handbills were also publicly issued,
announcing a “grand procession” of the seamen of the port for the
following day. Accordingly on Saturday the sailors assembled
opposite to their rendezvous, at the Royal Exchange on the Quay, to
the number of about 1,500, and flags, union jacks, &c., with a band
of music having been procured, a procession was formed, which paraded
the town for several hours. The men were mostly respectably attired,
and wore rosettes of various colours, from which were suspended the
medals of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society. Some of the men were
dressed in various emblematical characters, such as Britannia,
Neptune, Amphitrite, Triton, &c., and were borne upon the shoulders
of the crowd in boats, dolphin cars, &c., which were decorated with
evergreens, &c., in short the whole assemblage seemed more like a
triumphal procession than that of a demonstration occasioned by one
of those unfortunate breaches between employers and employed, termed
a “strike.” Throughout the crowd a number of placards were
distributed, bearing the following inscription:—“We, the seamen of
Yarmouth, hereby testify our gratitude to the inhabitants, for the
handsome manner in which they have come forward to assist us in
obtaining our just rights.” Also a number of poles, terminating in
tridents, fishes, &c., were borne aloft, together with a handsomely
carved model ship, covered with the flags of all nations.
Mr. S. S. Barber had applied to the Bench for the assistance of the civil
force to protect his seamen, who had just arrived by the “Maid of the
Yare,” London Trader, and who had been persuaded to leave their vessel,
and even threatened to be taken away by force if they did not leave. The
Superintendent and some of the police went down to the spot, but, as the
men remained perfectly peaceable, their presence was not at all required.
The following members of the Council had addressed a letter to the
Treasury protesting against a proposed loan for drainage purposes, which
was said to have been carried by a majority of the Council at its last
meeting:—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, R. Ferrier, E. H. L. Preston, F. Worship,
William H. Palmer, R. Steward, R. D. Barber, E. R. Aldred, J. C. Smith,
J. G. Plummer, J. Cherry, J. E. Barnby, C. C. Aldred, B. Jay, R. Ferrier,
junr., S. Miller and William Worship, and thereupon at the Council
meeting a very warm discussion ensued, during which Mr. C. C. Aldred was
accused of having called Mr. George Danby-Palmer “a liar,” and Sir E. H.
K. Lacon (by Mr. Henry Danby-Palmer) of having made a disturbance by
“kicking against the panels.”
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