March 16th.—Mr. (now Sir James) Paget had been presented with plate of the value of £70, by his pupils at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.
The “Trinity Arms” Lodge, No. 220, U.A.O.D., had held its first anniversary dinner at the Trinity Arms, South Quay, “when 50 brethren and friends sat down to a most sumptuous dinner.”
March 30th.—Sixteen Liberal Guardians had been again elected.
April 13th.—It was understood that the contracts for building the new Bridge had been taken for something less than £10,000.
April 20th.—Messrs. C. Davie and D. A. Gourlay had been re-elected churchwardens by the Vestry.
April 27th.—The petitions against the Educational Clauses of the Factories Regulation Bill from the parents of Sunday School Children had received upwards of 500 signatures in the course of a few hours.
May 11th.—The Acle Turnpike Road was being thoroughly repaired; it was stated that these Tolls were then let for upwards of £400 a year.
May 18th.—R. Rising, Esq., of Horsey, had shot a crested Cormorant, which had been stuffed by Mr. Harvey, and could be seen at his shop.
May 25th.—A meeting of the Victoria Building Company had been held, when Mr. Dowson admitted “that much money had been mis-spent,” and a warm discussion took place between Mr. Worship and Mr. Nelson (the architect); Mr. Spilling threatened to file a Bill in Chancery against the Directors, and Messrs. R. P. Kemp and W. Johnson refused to be re-elected to the Board. This meeting, “which was frequently one of great confusion,” lasted six hours.
June 1st.—A new Jetty was projected opposite the Victoria Terrace, at which steampackets could land passengers and goods.