The figures of the boy and girl had been placed in front of the Charity School, they had previously been in S. Nicholas’ Church.
Messrs. C. C. Aldred and F. Palmer had complained to the Justices of the dirty state of the fish market.
There had been a plague of mice in the Fleggs, 400 combs of wheat had been destroyed in one stack by them, and when the corn was threshed the machine literally ran with their blood.
June 12th.—A rule had been granted for a writ of certiorari to remove the appointment of Overseers into the Queen’s Bench.
Col. Anson had declined to stand for the Borough. It was said that Mr. Rumbold had spent £40,000 in his contests, and that “with the blue party it seemed Yarmouth is all too dear a place to contest.”
Samuel Palmer, Esq., S. Cobb, Esq., and Mr. D. A. Gourlay had gone to town to find a candidate.
“Marsh v. Travers.—In compliance with Mr. Chancellor Evans’ order on Saturday last, the defendant (Dame Anne Palmer Travers) duly performed retraction in the house of the Minister at Yarmouth.”
The foundation of Britannia Terrace was progressing slowly.
June 19th.—Mr. Wynn Ellis had been suggested as a successor to Mr. Wilshere in the “Blue” interest, while the “Reds” had held a meeting at the Fish Stall House (Mr. Thomas Paul in the chair.)
Mr. D. A. Gourlay was spoken of as Mayor for the ensuing year.