A meeting of the Beachmen’s Relief Fund had been held, Wm. H. Palmer, Esq., in the chair, when the following account was presented:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Annuities to widows | 438 | 0 | 0 |
| Weekly allowances to children | 434 | 4 | 0 |
| Gratuities to widows of Warner, Poyntz, and S. George | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Star Company for loss of yawl | 212 | 0 | 0 |
| Survivors for loss of clothes, &c. | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| £1,194 | 4 | 0 |
Leaving a balance of about £600 in hand, and it was determined on the motion of the Rev. H. Mackenzie, seconded by Geo. Danby Palmer, Esq., that the fund should be called, “The Great Yarmouth Royal Life Fund.”
Mr. Marsh had attended the levée.
May 24th.—The Rev. H. Mackenzie had proposed the restoration of S. Nicholas’ Church, which he estimated would cost £5,000.
The “Bridge Jury” had met again, and, after hearing evidence, arrived at the following verdict in one case which governed the rest:—“That deceased came to her death by the falling of the Suspension Bridge across the river Bure, in this Borough, on the 2nd May, 1845; and that the falling of the bridge was attributable immediately to a defect in the joint or welding of the bar that first gave way, and to the quality of part of the iron, the workmanship being inferior to the requirements of the original contract, which had provided that such should be of the first quality.”
May 31st.—A temporary bridge had been opened across the Bure.
The Committee on the Norfolk and Suffolk Railway lines had met. The “Diss, Beccles and Yarmouth” promoters had abandoned that portion of their line which connected Lowestoft with Yarmouth, and had agreed to go to Reedham and abandon Yarmouth. The Lowestoft line had passed through committee.
The Yarmouth and Norwich line was thrown out as regarded the bridge and tramway, so that no second bridge would be built that year.
June 7th.—The Royal Hospital on the South Denes was being converted into a Naval Lunatic Asylum.