The premises occupied by the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Institute had been purchased by C. J. Palmer, Esq., for £1,780.
July 1st.—The Norfolk Artillery had completed their 50 days’ training, the gun practice being for 24-pounders at a target range of 1,250.
A meeting to promote the “Roads Regatta” had been held.
July 8th.—The month of June had been intensely cold on the East coast.
July 15th.—The mackerel fishing had been very successful, the returns then amounting to £30,000, which sum would be probably increased to £40,000 before the boats made up.
July 22nd.—The “Hornet” screw frigate, 16 guns, had anchored in the Roads, on her way to join Sir Charles Napier’s Fleet in the Baltic.
Four thousand persons had arrived in one day by excursion trains from Norwich, Ipswich and Lynn.
S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P., had laid the foundation stone of the King Street Congregation Chapel; afterwards there was a dejeuner at the Victoria Hotel, where J. W. Shelly, Esq., presided.
Lord Sondes had been appointed Lord High Steward of the Borough.
Aug. 2nd.—Many visitors were arriving, chiefly from Cambridge and the Isle of Ely.