The Mayor (with Messrs. Pilgrim and Cooper as assessors) had held the Municipal Revision, Mr. Costerton appearing for the Liberals and Mr. Cufaude for the Conservatives; the former claimed a gain of 73 on the proceedings.
Oct. 27th.—Lieutenant Mends, R.N., had been presented with a handsome gold pencil-case by the crew of H.M.S. “Dolphin,” (Revenue cruiser on this station), on his resigning his command.
Oct. 30th.—The Bishop of Norwich had confirmed 115 persons at St. Nicholas’ Church.
Nov. 3rd.—The following Councillors had been elected without opposition:—North Ward: Messrs. W. Worship and J. B. Hylton. Market Ward: Messrs. E. R. Aldred and D. A. Gourlay. Regent Ward: Messrs. R. D. Barber and R. R. B. Norman. St. George’s Ward: Messrs. R. Ferrier and B. Jay. Nelson Ward: Messrs. Charles J. Palmer and Charles Woolverton. St. Andrew’s Ward: Messrs. Robert Steward and William T. Clarke.
Captain Ryder, R.N., Government Inspector, had examined 42 pupils at the School of Navigation.
Nov. 6th.—It was “confidently reported” that the Vicar (the Rev. G. Hills) had been appointed Bishop of British Columbia.
Nov. 10th—A claim had been made by a person whose father had served in the army from 1802 to 1816, to sell excisable articles without a license, under the 56 George III. cap. 67.
Nov. 13th.—At the Council meeting held on the 9th, Mr. William H. Palmer proposed, and Mr. Hylton seconded, Robert Steward, Esq., as Mayor for the ensuing year, and he was declared unanimously elected, but as “the late Mayor was about to invest him with the chain of office, His Worship rather prematurely took hold of the chain and placed it on the seat.”
A complimentary dinner had been given by the Council to the ex-Mayor, at which C. J. Palmer, Esq., presided.
Nov. 17th.—The Mayor had dispensed with the formality of being preceded by the maces and other insignia of the Corporation in attending divine service and taking his seat on the Bench. He had also declined wearing the gold chain on the same occasions.