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
The E.N.M. had been inspected on the Denes by Major-General Douglas. The
Rifle Volunteers were also on the ground.
Bro. Hanworth, Secretary of the “Good Samaritan” Lodge, M.U.O.F., had
been presented with an ornamental silver inkstand.
May 9th.—A Ball “of a very elegant character” had taken place at the Town
Hall.
The E.N.M. had been disembodied, when “many of the men celebrated the
event by getting drunk.”
The 1st N.A.V. had received 19,000 cartridges and 23,000 percussion caps.
A fine porpoise had been gambolling in the river, near the Haven Bridge.
May 16th.—The first lot of mackerel (300 fish) had been landed, and
realised £4 per hundred.
May 23rd.—On the Queen’s Birthday, the 1st N.A.V. had fired a salute from
the South Star Battery.
There was a scarcity of labour in the town.
May 26th.—The “launching foy” of the “Caroline” had been held in the Town
Hall (this vessel had been launched from Powell’s yard, after being
repaired at the expense of £5,000.)
May 30th.—From 40 to 50 lives had been lost off Yarmouth in a “fearful
hurricane,” during which one of the pinnacles had been blown off St.
Peter’s Church and damage done to the fabric to the extent of some £200.
June 2nd.—Sixty recruits were drilling for the Rifle Corps.
Mr. Watkin had addressed a “Reform” meeting at the Corn Hall.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton had confirmed 50 children and
adults at St. Mary’s Church, Regent Road.
June 7th.—It was now stated that eleven fishing luggers had been lost
with all hands.
Twelve fishermen out of the village of Horsey alone had been drowned.
The 1st. N.A.V. were forming a 3rd Company, of which Lieutenant
Lee-Barber was to be Captain, Mr. Trafford 1st Lieutenant, and Mr. Green
2nd Lieutenant.
June 13th.—Fayerman (one of the witnesses at the hearing of the Election
Petition) had been charged by Sir E. Lacon with perjury, while arising
out of this charge actions for slander were being brought against that
gentleman by some aggrieved “Blues.”
June 16th.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall to raise a fund for
the relief of the widows and children of the fishermen lost in the recent
gales. About £500 was raised in the room.
June 20th.—The Mackerel voyage was only a “moderate success.” This fish
was making 36s., and herring 12s. 6d., per hundred.
June 23rd.—Henry Fayerman had been committed for trial on a charge of
perjury.
The Rifle Volunteers had shown themselves “remarkably well instructed in
the theory and practice of the rifle.”
£2,240 had been raised for the families of the drowned fishermen.
“The actions against Sir E. Lacon for libelling the Liberal Committee had
been postponed to next term.”
July 4th contains the following account of the
VISIT OF THE CHANNEL FLEET.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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