A meeting had been held with regard to the legalisation of marriage with a deceased wife’s sister (the Mayor in the Chair), when a petition in favour of that measure was adopted.
March 9th.—The “Sacramento” (400 tons) had been launched from Mr. H. Fellows’ yard.
March 16th.—Mr. Worship, Mr. Ferrier, and Mr. Jay, had attended a meeting of the Haven Commissioners, and suggested that the first stone of the bridge should be laid with Masonic honours.
Mr. Benjamin Button had been appointed one of the parish surgeons in the place of Mr. William Burgess deceased.
The highest tender for the ballast dues had not been taken owing to a mistake of the Deputy Town Clerk.
The conduct of the prisoners in the gaol had been of an extremely disorderly character.
March 23rd.—The “Eagle” (recently launched from the yard of Mr. T. Barber) had been lost off Jaffa. Mr. Barber was insured to the extent of £4,000.
Five wherries had broken adrift at night and fouled the Haven bridge but they had all been secured by the river watch.
March 30th.—There had been a heavy fall of snow and intense cold, the thermometer standing at 23 deg.
Two new oyster beds had been discovered in the roadstead, and oysters vended at 1d. to 3d. per quarter.