April 24th.—Messrs. Spence, Everard, Moore, Fenner, Veale, Neave, Harrison, Douglas and Silvers had been upset on Ormesby Broad and narrowly escaped drowning.
April 27th.—The bell-ringers had “struck,” owing to their not being allowed to ring a peal on the occasion of a marriage which took place in Passion week.
May 4th.—The East Norfolk Militia had been inspected by Colonel Ross, and the Officers had given a ball at the Town Hall.
May 11th.—Some Races, called “The Spring Meeting,” had been held on the Denes under the management of Messrs. D. R. Fowler, E. Stagg, A. Watling, C. Steward, J. T. Savage, and H. Crowe, Mr. Cufaude acting as judge and Mr W. Crowe as starter.
May 22nd.—Mr. Edmond Beales had attended a Reform Demonstration held on the Hall Quay, when the Rev. Shelley occupied the chair.
May 29th.—The first stone of the Volunteer Drill Hall (Ensign F. Danby-Palmer, hon. secretary) had been laid by the Mayor (Captain Youell), after the Rev. B. Vaux had offered up a prayer. Major Orde and Lord Suffield then addressed the corps, which fired several volleys, the band playing “God Save the Queen.”
The Ringers being still “on strike,” the Church bells were silent on this occasion.
June 5th.—The House of Commons had passed the clause disfranchising the Borough.
A halibut had been caught by one of the fishing craft, measuring 6 feet long, 30 inches broad, and weighing 161 lbs.
June 8th.—The marriage of Joseph Tomlinson, Esq., to Miss Ellen Larkman, had been celebrated, with much rejoicing, at Belton Church.