Artillery.—Major, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart.; Captains, W. J. Foreman, John Lee Barber, and H. P. Green; First Lieutenants, A. W. Morant and J. W. C. Ewart; Second Lieutenants, T. M. Read, J. W. D. Gosnall, Robert Rising and John Brown; Hon. Chaplain, Rev. B. Vaux.
Rifles—Major, James Henry Orde; Adjutant, R. C. Holmes (late Captain 10th Hussars); Captains, E. P. Youell, H. H. Barber, W. Holt, and J. Tomlinson; Lieutenants, H. R. Harmer, G. Moore, F. W. Ferrier, and S. W. Spelman; Ensigns, John Cobb, S. Aldred, E. Fyson, and R. Watling; Surgeon, Frederick Palmer; Hon. Chaplain, Rev. H. R. Nevill; Supernumerary Lieutenants, John Clark and Charles Diver.
N.B.—The file for the Year 1864 is missing.
1865.
Jan. 7th.—A man, 60 years of age, had attended the Guardians, with a view to obtaining a wife out of the Workhouse. He was referred back by the Board to his own parish (Clippesby).
Jan. 11th.—Benjamin Dowson, Esq., had died in his 77th year; he was much respected, and the flags on the shipping and the public buildings had been hoisted at half-mast.
Jan. 14th.—The Haven was in a bad state, and there was so little water on the bar that the “Rainbow” steamer had landed her passengers on the Beach.
Jan. 18th.—John Barker, Esq., one of the Borough Magistrates and a Haven Commissioner, had died in his 69th year.
Jan. 28th.—The Great Yarmouth Building Society had held its first meeting (Major Foreman in the chair), when Mr. Chipperfield was elected secretary, and the following gentlemen directors:—H. Buston, J. Stephenson, R. Dumbleton, E. Stagg, and J. Isaac.
The “Antelope” cutter had been launched from Mr. Winter’s yard, for Messrs. Smith and Son.