Sep. 2nd.—A meeting had been held (the Rev. G. Hills presiding) to consider the further restoration of St. Nicholas’ Church.
Thirty boats were gone to the Scotch fisheries, and herring was selling at from £8 to £14 per last.
A foot race for £5 over 100 yards had been run on the South-denes, when Mr. Browne beat Mr. George Diver by half a yard.
Sep. 6th.—The gas lamps at Gorleston and Southtown had been lighted for the first time.
No minister had attended at St. Mary’s, Southtown, to conduct the Sunday morning service.
Sep. 9th.—The Justices had again refused to grant any fresh licenses.
Sep. 18th.—The “Ada,” a barque of 435 tons, had been launched from Mr. Thomas Barber’s yard.
The Russian Barque “Carolina” had been sold by E. H. L. Preston, Esq., at the Star, for £1,110, and her cargo of 321 tons of salt for £347, making a total of £1,457.
Sep. 20th.—The proposed grant of a piece of land by the Corporation, for the purpose of a cemetery, had been approved by the Secretary of State.
Sep. 23rd.—The French frigate “Expeditive,” 20 guns, was anchored in the Roads, and a dead body had been landed from her for interment.