Oct. 26th.—The Lord Bishop had held a Confirmation in the Parish Church.
Eleven hundred persons had been excused from payment of the Poor’s Rate.
Oct. 30th.—Mr. Neave and Mr. Livingston (Radicals) were going to contest the North and Regent Wards respectively.
In St. Andrew’s Ward, a meeting of electors had determined to again nominate Mr. R. Steward (Tory) and Mr. W. T. Clarke (Liberal) in a “if ye’ll claw me, I’ll claw ye; style of pastime.”
An alarming fire had happened in Row 145, the centre of a thickly populated district; Mr. Self’s premises chiefly suffered, his damage being estimated at £300.
The Justices had signed a 1s. 2d. Poor’s Rate.
Nov. 2nd.—The trawling business was increasing, 100 smacks then hailing from the port.
Two new vessels had been launched at Southtown, one for Mr. Womack and one for Mr. Powell.
Mr. Todd had also built a new smack called the “Christiana.”
Nov. 6th.—Alarming and destructive gales had raged along the whole coast on the 1st of November, and 27 shipwrecked seamen had been received at the Sailors’ Home.