March 3rd.—2,300 inhabitants of Yarmouth had signed the petition for the total Repeal of the Corn Laws.
March 10th.—Wm. Worship, Esq., had been elected a Councillor for the North Ward.
March 31st.—A “Gold Coronation Medal” had been presented by the Queen to Capt. Manby, for preservation of lives from shipwreck.
A meeting, convened by circular, had been held to consider Sir Robert Peel’s proposed “Income Tax.” The Mayor presided; Mr. S. Cobb moved and Mr. G. D. Palmer seconded, a resolution to the effect “That it is the duty of the meeting by every constitutional means in its power to resist the income tax proposed by Sir R. Peel.”
Mr. E. H. L. Preston moved, and Mr. C. Cory seconded as an amendment, “That the Mayor be instructed to call a meeting of the public,” which was lost by 31 to 34.
A petition was to be “got up” against the tax.
April 7th.—It was rumoured that Jas. M. Cox had been killed by W. B. Ebbage, but the Jury found that he died from “mis-adventure.”
April 14th.—A Hemsby boat, which had put off to a vessel, had been lost and nine hands drowned out of her.
May 5th.—The Vauxhall Gardens had been opened for the season, and 100 gentlemen had partaken of a cold collation there on the occasion.
Charges of manslaughter had been preferred before the Magistrates in respect of the cases of Ebbage and Cox.