Aug. 5th.—Mr. Carr and Mr. Sewell repudiated Mr. Shelly’s suggestions, and totally denied his statements to be correct.
The following is the report of the inquest held on the body of Miss Sayers:—
“On the 27th ult., at the house of Captain Pearson, an inquest was held before Mr. C. H. Chamberlin, on the body of Miss Mary Sayers, aged 72. The body of the deceased was identified by W. H. Palmer, Esq., who stated that he left her the previous night at the door of the Theatre about ten minutes before eleven; her sister, Miss E. Sayers, went home in a sedan chair and deceased walked. The night was extremely dark and rainy, but no gas lamps were lighted. Captain Pearson and his family were spending the evening out, and on returning at about half-past eleven, found Miss E. Sayers in some anxiety that her sister was so long in following her. Captain Pearson immediately went to the police office to procure assistance in searching for her, for which purpose Police-constable Page took a lantern. About half-past three in the morning he dragged the river opposite the Town Hall, and there found the body. The watch of deceased stopped precisely at eleven o’clock. The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally drowned by walking over the Quay-head, in consequence of the extreme darkness of the night.”
There had been a considerable discussion on the question of the election of surgeons to the Hospital, and ultimately a poll was taken as follows:—
| A. J. Impey, M.D. | 173 |
| John Dunn, M.D. | 74 |
| Spencer Smyth | 227 |
| C. B. Dashwood | 184 |
| Josh. Bayly | 143 |
| G. Dimock | 28 |
and Dr. Impey and Messrs. Smyth, Dashwood and Bayly were declared duly elected.
Aug. 26th.—An explosion had taken place on board the “Earl of Liverpool,” London steam packet, off Lowestoft, by which two of the crew had been killed.
St. Nicholas’ Church had been re-opened after the work of restoration, when the Lord Bishop of Norwich preached, and 150 ladies and gentlemen partook of a luncheon at the Town Hall, amongst those present being Baron Alderson and M. Guizot and his daughter.
Sept. 2nd.—At the races it was remarked that the Railway, while increasing the number of people, had decreased the number of vehicles on the course, gigs, horses and private carriages being superseded by cab flies and omnibuses.
The ordinary had been held at the “Angel,” when sixty-five gentlemen sat down to dinner, for which two haunches of venison had been sent by the M.P’s.