Three young men were capsized and two of them, Mr. John Rivett and Mr. Walter Feek, drowned. “A fellow named Cullingford had cut down the doorstalls of Mr. Wm. Sayer’s house in which he was engaged nearly two hours without being detected by any of the new police.” July 16th.—The Council resolved that “the old tower on the Chapel Mount be levelled with that of the Hospital, and that the wall to the east thereof be faced with white brick and coped with cement.” Mr. Guthrie (son of Capt. Guthrie) had saved a boy from being drowned at the Jetty. The “Maid of Athens” had been launched from Mr. I. Preston’s yard. July 25th.—The Races had been held. The Town and County Plate of £50 was won by the Hon. I. Sandiland’s “Luther,” which was “claimed” by Mr. S. Palmer for £150 (his horse “Diana” running second in the race.) As Stewards for next year, Henry Stracey, Alexander Shafto Adair, and Samuel Palmer, Esqs., were chosen. At the Regatta, Lord A. Paget’s “Sabrina” won the £25 cup. When a hearse, with mourning coach and friends of the deceased arrived at the Cemetery, it was found that “no orders had been given to dig a grave,” and the funeral had to be postponed. Aug. 16th.—Youell’s gardens were “most attractive;” there were 3,000 pairs of carnations and picotees in bloom. Samuel Jay, Esq., had been appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Borough. Aug. 20th.—A great improvement had been made by lighting the town with gas; the Gas Company having laid down a large main, and reduced the price of gas 25 per cent. Mr. A. Thrower had been elected a Councillor in the place of Mr. F. Preston. Sept. 3rd.—A meeting had been held at the Town Hall, Wm. Steward, Esq., in the chair, for promoting the erection of a better class of houses on the Beach to the south of the Royal Hotel (the Victoria Building Company.) Mr. John Clowes had been thrown from his gig on the Quay. Sept. 17th.—Lord and Lady Wodehouse were staying at the Royal Hotel; his Lordship had consented to patronise the New Building Company. Sept. 24th.—Madame Persiani, and Signors Nigri, Rubini, and Puzzi, had given a grand concert at the Town Hall. A meeting of the provisional Committee of the Victoria Building Company had been held, and £8,000 had been subscribed for the objects of the Company. Oct. 8th.—The prospectus of the Victoria Building Company appears in this issue, the Directors being William Steward, William Baynes, Benjamin Dowson, Richard Ferrier, William Johnson, Robert Palmer Kemp, John E. Lacon, George Danby Palmer, Thomas Fowler Steward, and Charles Symonds, Esqs. A letter had been received at the Post-office, directed “Mr. Thompson, Row next my grandmother’s, Yarmouth.” Nov. 5th.—The following was the result of the Municipal election:—