Nov. 9th.—Dr. Penrice was elected Mayor, after a ballot, by 20 votes, as against 14 votes given for Mr. S. Cobb; Samuel Jay, Esq., was elected an Alderman in the place of Mr. Wall.
Nov. 23rd.—Mr. Joseph Fiddes, James N. Sherrington, and James Raven had been elected Commissioners of the Borough Court of Requests.
The “Harlequin,” 350 tons burthen, had been launched from Mr. L Preston’s yard.
Dec. 7th.—The Tories had petitioned against the return of the sitting members, but had suggested a compromise, which had been “rejected with the ridicule it deserved.”
Mr. Joseph Bayly had been elected a Councillor for St. George’s Ward.
Dec. 21st.—Mr. William Danby Palmer had been elected a Councillor for St. Andrew’s Ward, in the place of Mr. Dowson, deceased.
Dee. 28th.—A Temperance sermon had been preached by the Rev. T. Clowes from i. Cor., viii., 8, 13.
The weather had been remarkably mild, warmer than it was often in May and June.
1838.
April 19th.—Winter had come again, and the frost had blocked up several pumps. The nights were extremely dark, and great complaints had been made by inhabitants of the total absence of lights in the streets.