Owing to the high prices of provision, strikes were threatened by the working men.
Sept. 23rd.—The Band of the 13th Hussars had given two concerts at the Victoria Gardens.
Sept. 30th.—Herring was selling at from £23 to £25 per last.
Oct. 7th.—Mr. W. J. Foreman had been declared a duly elected Guardian for the St. George’s Ward, but nothing had yet transpired as to the result of the petitions against Messrs. Shuckford and Diver.
A ball in honour of the French and English steamers now in the port, had been given in the Assembly Rooms. Among those present were the Mayor, Mayoress and Miss Steward, Major and Mrs. Orde and party, Captain and Mrs. Cubitt, the Misses Cubitt, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer and Miss Tapp, Mrs. Gott, the Misses Gott and party, Miss Maitland, Mrs. and Miss Seppings, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. L. Preston, Miss Preston, the Misses Larkman, Mr. and Mrs. Gosnall, Miss Pearson, Miss Poole, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown, Mr. F. Danby and Miss Palmer, the officers of the English and French ships, Mr. A. Steward, Mr. T. M. Baker, Mr. E. S. Preston, Mr. Frere, Mr. W. Danby-Palmer, Mr. M. Waters, Mr. T. B. Steward, &c.
A large ferry boat, while delivering ice to a smack in the roads, had been upset, but fortunately none of the men in her had been drowned.
Oct. 1st.—Albert Hensman had been killed by Henrich Erenschinsen at the City of London tavern.
Oct. 21st.—The Poor Law Inquiry had been resumed, and was proceeding at the Tolhouse before Sir J. Walsham.
Prime herring was fetching £35 per last.
Oct. 25th.—There had been a heavy gale from the N.E.