The “Disfranchised Freemen” had held a meeting and adopted a petition to Parliament, Messrs. Jacob Harvey, Nelson, Royal, and J. Taylor taking part in the proceedings.
The agents of the Custom House had taken into custody the landlord of the “Honest Lawyer.”
May 8th.—The coffer-dam at the new Bridge works had “blown up;” on the following day the old Bridge had been on fire.
The Cricket Club had been re-established.
The Freemen’s Petition had received 972 signatures.
A tradesman in the town had given a dinner to four old people, whose united ages amounted to 368 years.
May 15th.—It was stated that the Rev. — Smith had left £14,000 to endow two scholarships at Caius College for natives of Yarmouth.
The Poor’s Rate was to be 1s. 2d. in the £, the sum of £2,521 being required for that purpose by the Guardians.
May 22nd.—A salmon trout had been caught near Winterton, having a gutta percha ring on its tail with “192 Tweed 1852” stamped upon it.
At a mooting of the Sailors’ Association, Mr. J. D. Chapman had been presented with a silver medal.