Eighty-five boats engaged in the Mackerel Fishery had taken fish to the value of £27,994.
Aug. 18th.—All hope of raising the “Racehorse,” which was sunk at the Regatta, had been abandoned. The attempt to do so had cost £150.
Aug. 22nd.—C. J. Palmer, Esq., Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., and Captain D. Lane had acted as Stewards of the Races, and 6,000 persons had been brought to the sports by rail.
Between £170 and £180 had been raised by a bazaar for the Congregational Chapel, King Street.
Aug. 25th.—Mr. E. H. L. Preston had had the small bone of his arm broken whilst endeavouring to quell a disturbance which had arisen between some of the Artillery Militiamen.
Eighty ladies and gentlemen had attended the Race Ball.
Aug. 29th.—Mr. J. H. Tillett had produced the “Bench Warrant” for the apprehension of the Messrs. Ferrier for the assault upon Mr. J. W. de Caux, reporter to the Mercury and Norfolk News; bail was placed at £100 and two securities of £50 in each case.
Sept. 8th.—150 men of the Horse Artillery had been encamped on the North Denes, under the command of Captain Mountain and three Lieutenants.
Sept. 12th.—These troops had been reviewed on the South Denes in the presence of several thousands of persons.
Sept. 15th.—The news of the evacuation of the Southern part of Sebastopol by the Russians had been received by the general public with incredulity, they saying “too good news to be true.”