Feb. 27th.—The Rev. W. Stokes had delivered a lecture upon the subject that “All war is inconsistent with the Christian religion, and the best interests of nations.”
March 6th.—James Paget, Esq., had been elected one of the Assistant Surgeons of St. Bartholemew’s Hospital, London.
There was at this time a uniform depth of nine feet of water on the bar at low water.
Joseph Turner, of Row 14, having applied to the Guardians for relief, his house had been searched by the Relieving-Officer, when £40 was found in it, and he and his sister appeared also to have £180 to their credit on a banking account.
March 13th.—Mrs. Gooderham had bequeathed £500 to be invested for the benefit of the New Meeting House.
A Commission of inquiry had been opened on the state of mind of Philip Blundell Nesbitt, Esq., a gentleman aged 35, and entitled to property valued at £100,000, when the Jury found “that Mr. Nesbitt had been of unsound mind since the 21st October, 1813, without any lucid intervals.”
March 20th.—There was only one prisoner for trial at the Sessions, an old man charged with stealing a cask of pickled herring, for which he was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment.
Mr. C. J. Palmer had addressed a letter to the local press on the subject of the discoveries made during the restoration of S. Nicholas’ Church.
Mr. Hilling, engineer, had prepared a scheme for draining the town.
March 27th.—The Dissenters were agitating against the proposals of the Committee of the Council on education.