1856.
Jan. 30th. The Norfolk Artillery Militia left by rail for the camp at Colchester.
Mar. 19th. Sarah Hunnibell attempted to set fire to the Gaol.
Mar. J. Laing, Esq., appointed Town Surveyor of Hastings, a similar office to which he had held for several years in Yarmouth, and was succeeded by A. W. Morant, Esq. (See Aug., 1875, and July, 28th, 1881.)
April 16th. Steam tug “Robert Owen” sunk at the Haven’s mouth.
May 29th. Peace celebration at the conclusion of the Russian War.
May. The Rev. J. H. H. McSwinney, minister of St. Peter’s Church, presented with a silver salver before his departure for Cronstadt. Appointed minister of St. John’s on his return in 1884.
July 13th. Wesleyan Free Church, Regent Road, opened.
Sept. 24th. First general meeting of the directors of the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway held at the Star Hotel.
Oct. 20th. Brigantine “Lizzie Lee” launched from Mr. J. Powell’s yard.
Oct. 23rd. “Parallax” lectured at the Corn Hall, and caused great excitement by his public discussions.
Nov. 25th. Very high tide and heavy gale.
Dec. Rev. W. D. Wade appointed to the incumbency of St. Mary’s Church, Southtown.
Commander Kisbie, R.N., awarded by the National Lifeboat Institution a medal for saving 90 lives.
Thirty thousand two hundred and twenty-seven barrels of herrings shipped at Yarmouth for foreign parts.
Marine Parade commenced. (See Mar. 7th, 1876.)
Deaths: Aug. 10th, Henry Humphrey, in the 100th year of his age.—Aug. 21st, Captain Charles Pearson, aged 72.