A meeting of the electors for the Regent Ward had been held at the “Star and Garter” Inn, at which Mr. Thomas George presided, when S. C. Marsh and R. H. Harmer, Esqs., offered themselves as candidates, the determination of D. Turner, Esq., to retire was announced by Mr. W. Worship.
Oct. 12th.—The season, in consequence of the high position Lowestoft had taken as a watering place, had been far from prosperous.
Sept. 26th.—The new Roman Catholic Church had been licensed for marriages.
The following tenders had been sent in for the draining the Denes:—J. Thompson, (Yarmouth), £4,424; W. Johnson, (London), £4,393; G. Piggins, (Yarmouth), £4,234 19s.; R. Page, (Yarmouth), £3,922; and R. Pratt, (Yarmouth), £3,715. The lowest tender was accepted; about 7,400 feet of sewer being required.
A Vestry Meeting had been held as to the Rating of small tenements, when the poll taken on an amendment in favour of applying the Act, was 329 as against 68 against it.
A special Sessions had been held to hear upwards of 250 appeals against the recently made Poor’s Rate.
Mr. J. H. Harrison’s was the case taken, and after hearing Mr. Chamberlin on his behalf, and examining the Rate Book, Mr. Preston moved and Mr. G. Danby-Palmer seconded, and it was carried by the vote of the bench that an unequal assessment existed and the rate was accordingly quashed. Mr. Cufaude on behalf of the Overseers, then stated that he agreed to this. The decision was received with applause.
Sir J. Walmesley, M.P., J. Hume, Esq., M.P., and T. Norton, Esq., attended a meeting as a deputation from the Financial Reform Association.
Nov. 9th.—The result of the Municipal Election had left the parties equally balanced in the Council; the means used in these contests having in most instances been “disgusting and disgraceful.”
The following was the polling:—