Mayor-Elect—John Baker, Esq.
Chamberlain—Mr. R. Ferrier.
Churchwardens—John Preston and Charles Symonds, Esqs.
Auditors—I. Preston, John Danby-Palmer, T. F. Garwood, and Charles J. Palmer, Esqs.
Collectors—John Danby-Palmer, Esq., and Mr. Henry Costerton.
Sept. 6th.—The Races had been held and proved very successful.
Sept 13th.—Mr. C. E. Rumbold (Col. Anson being detained in Derbyshire by illness) made a public entry into this town, when the carriage containing the Hon. Member and N. B. Palmer, Esq., had supported on its roof a most elegant silk flag bearing the words “Gorleston and Southtown Voters” upon it.
Sept. 20th.—A public dinner had been given by the Gorleston voters to Messrs. Anson and Rumbold, when 52 gentlemen attended, and W. Barth, Esq., occupied the chair.
Oct. 4th.—The inaugural dinner to the Mayor was held at the Town Hall, and was attended by “nearly 500 guests, among whom were a large number of the nobility and gentry residing in or near Yarmouth.”
Oct. 11th.—The herring fishing had been very unsuccessful. This was attributed to warm weather.