Feb. 20th.—It was proposed to extend the Marine Parade.
The 9th Regiment of Foot had left Yarmouth for Bradford. During its stay here some 200 recruits had been obtained.
Mr. Frederick Palmer had qualified as a Justice of the Peace.
St. John’s Church had been opened for service, when the Revs. F. W. Johnson and George Hills preached in the morning and afternoon respectively.
Feb. 24th.—The cost of the maintenance of the poor of the parish had increased since the passing of the 9th and 10th Vic. cap. 56 from about £9,000 to £10,376 per annum.
Messrs. J. Barker and P. Pullyn had qualified as Magistrates.
Feb. 27th.—The 24-pounders at the Batteries were to be replaced by 74 pound guns.
March 6th.—Records the death of Rear-Admiral Sir Eaton Travers, K.H., aged 70. The dates of his appointments were—Lieutenant 1804, Commander 1814, Captain 1829, Rear-Admiral 1855. He had seen much service, and was nominated a K.H. on 4th of February, 1834. He possessed the silver naval medal with one clasp, had a good service pension, and was a D.L. for the county. Sir Eaton married in April, 1815, Anne Palmer, eldest daughter of William Steward, Esq., by whom he had issue five sons and two daughters.
It was hoped that the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway would be opened by the 1st of September next.
March 13th.—A dispute had arisen between the Local Board of Health and George Danby-Palmer, Esq., with regard to certain land at the south-end of the town, and Mr. Chamberlin, acting as Mr. Palmer’s solicitor, had complained to the Bench of having been assaulted by Mr. Morant (Town Surveyor), upon the “locus in quo,” and what was described as a “scene” had ensued.