A meeting of the provisional Committee of the Victoria Building Company had been held, and £8,000 had been subscribed for the objects of the Company.

Oct. 8th.—The prospectus of the Victoria Building Company appears in this issue, the Directors being William Steward, William Baynes, Benjamin Dowson, Richard Ferrier, William Johnson, Robert Palmer Kemp, John E. Lacon, George Danby Palmer, Thomas Fowler Steward, and Charles Symonds, Esqs.

A letter had been received at the Post-office, directed “Mr. Thompson, Row next my grandmother’s, Yarmouth.”

Nov. 5th.—The following was the result of the Municipal election:—

NORTH WARD.

J. N. Sherrington

119

J. C. Smith

98

C. G. Doughty

116

J. F. Costerton

68

NELSON WARD.

M. Butcher and J.G. Connell (no opposition.)

ST. ANDREW’S WARD.

Wm. Barth

100

John G. Rivett

77

Wm. Danby Palmer

88

Henry Teasdell

56

ST. GEORGE’S WARD.

Joseph Bayly

89

John Algar

89

John L. Cufaude

89

Charles Cory

83

And the Alderman gave his casting vote infavour of Messrs Bayly and Cufaude

REGENT WARD.

Samuel Palmer andJohn Barker (no opposition.)

MARKET WARD.

D. A. Gourlay andCharles Miller (no opposition.)

A deputation had waited on Mr. Samuel Palmer and presented a requisition to him, to be put in nomination for the office of Mayor. Mr. W. Johnson presented this, signed by 40 members of the Council.

The “Hamlet,” 400 tons, had been launched from Mr. A. Palmer’s, jun., yard.

Nov. 12th.—Mr. Samuel Palmer had been elected Mayor.

Nov. 26th.—Richard Ferrier and Charles Cory, Esqs., refused to pay the Poor’s Rate, and a distress warrant was issued, under which a clock, a silver cup, and a hat stand had been seized. The object of these gentlemen appeared to be to dispute the validity of a Rate of 1s. 3d. in the £.

Dec. 3rd.—The Council had voted the usual loyal addresses on the birth of the Princess Royal.