Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood Part 44

M. Petts, ten men were brought ash.o.r.e in the cradle of Manby's apparatus.

The s.s. "William Hull," laden with 600 tons of coal, foundered in St.

Nicholas' Gat, and her crew of 16 hands all perished, except one. At Gorleston 23 sailors were saved by the beachmen and Manby's apparatus.

Dec. 7th. A crew of 13 hands gallantly rescued by the Yarmouth lifeboat from the Austrian brig "Zornizza," which foundered on Scroby Sands. The National Lifeboat Inst.i.tution sent the beachmen 25, and they also received an acknowledgment of thanks from the Austrian Government.

Dec. 15th. The Haven Bill adopted by the Town Council.

St. Nicholas' Churchyard contained 3,847 gravestones.

Deaths: Jan. 17th, Wm. Briggs, Esq., J.P., aged 63.-May 7th, Lieut.-Colonel C. S. Naylor, at Bognor, aged 75.-May 21st, John Brightwen, Esq., partner in Gurney's banking firm, died at Thorpe, near Norwich, aged 81.-July 23rd, George W. Steward, Esq., M.B., M.A., second son of the Rev. G. W. Steward, Inc.u.mbent of Caister, aged 28.-Oct. 19th, the Rev. Mark Waters, Inc.u.mbent of St. George's Chapel, aged 57.-Nov.

10th, Capt. Barry Haines, R.N.-Nov. 11th, Rev. E. B. Frere, M.A., aged 82.

1865.

Jan. 8th. Hopton Church destroyed by fire. On Sept. 27th, 1866, the new Church was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.

Jan. 11th. Mr. Robert Warner Durrell, organist of the Independent Chapel, Gorleston, presented with a splendid timepiece by the choir as a memento of their esteem; and on Jan. 11th, 1870, an easy chair.

Jan. Sergt. Berry promoted to the rank of Inspector; and on Dec. 15th, 1870, the town presented him with a gold watch, value 20, and a purse of 140 in money, in recognition of his valuable services.

Feb. 1st. Royal Hotel Company proposed to be formed in Yarmouth at a cost of 25,000, in 2,500 shares at 10 each. On Jan. 23rd, 1868, 1,182 shares had been taken by 48 shareholders, and the claims against the Company were 7,379 10s., including a mortgage of 3,000 on the Royal Hotel, which led to serious litigation.

Feb. 27th. The Haven and Port Bill pa.s.sed its second reading in the House of Commons by a majority of 112.

March 8th. Mr. A. W. Morant appointed to the Town Surveyors.h.i.+p of Norwich. His office in Yarmouth was filled by Mr. H. H. Baker, on May 13th.

March 31st. Mr. J. R. Jones, who had been Head Master of the Government School of Navigation since its establishment on Oct. 1st, 1857, resigned his appointment, having accepted the post of Head Master of the Board of Trade Navigation School at Aberdeen.

June 13th. Lieut. H. R. Harmer presented with a silver salver by the Yarmouth Rifle Volunteers, as a mark of esteem on his retiring from the corps.

July 12th. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and J. Goodson, Esq., returned to Parliament for the Borough. Votes-L., 828; G., 784; A. Brogden, Esq., 634; P. Vanderbyl, Esq., 589. J. C. Marshman, Esq., retired from the contest in favour of the latter.

Oct. 12th. Henrich Erenschiusen, a Dutch sailor, committed a shocking tragedy on a fellow-s.h.i.+pmate by stabbing him through the heart, at the City of London Tavern, Charlotte Street. Sentenced to twenty years'

penal servitude.

Oct. 25th. The lifeboat "James Pearce" launched from Messrs. Mills and Blake's s.h.i.+p-yard.

Dec. The Gospel Hall erected by Mr. T. C. Foreman, subsequently proprietor of the _Free Lance_ Newspaper.

Deaths: Jan. 8th, Benjamin Dowson, Esq., aged 77.-Jan. 14th, John Barker, Esq.-July 21st, Mr. Matthew Hastings Swann, aged 58. In 1835 this gentleman penned and published a "Guide to Yarmouth."-Nov. 21st, B. Fenn, Esq., aged 73.

1866.

Jan. 13th. The lifeboat "Rescuer" upset at Gorleston Pier, and twelve of her crew drowned. The names of the rescued were E. Woods, Wm. Austin, Geo. Palmer, and Robt. Warner. Eight widows and over thirty orphan children were left unprovided for.

Jan. 27th. Exhibition of curiosities, &c., at the Town Hall, closed after five weeks.

Feb. St. George's Denes laid out as a park and promenade, at a cost of 449 to the town. June 21st, 1807, an epergne of frosted silver and a silver salver were presented to Mr. Edward Stagg, by 200 subscribers, for the promoting and laying out of these grounds. A portion of it was laid out in 1884 as a lawn tennis ground.

Apr. 23rd. Foundation stone of the Gorleston Wesleyan Chapel laid.

May 7th. First Yarmouth Annual Spring Meeting held.

July 10th. H.M.S. "Dauntless," 36 guns, and carrying 280 men; July 14th, H.M.S. "Trafalgar;" and on the 15th, H.M.S. "Irresistible," anch.o.r.ed in the Roadstead.

July 19th. General holiday. Volunteer Review day; 1,300 Volunteers practised on the South Denes.

July 20th. Fishwharf and Tramway Bill pa.s.sed in the House of Lords.

July 31st. The lifeboat "Leicester," presented by Mrs. Hodges, launched at Gorleston. Cost, 600.

Aug. 16th. Royal Commission of Inquiry into the state of bribery at Parliamentary elections opened before Wyndham Slade, Lucius Henry Fitzgerald, and George Russell, Esqs., barristers-at-law, at the Town Hall. The inquiry lasted 34 days, and over 700 witnesses were examined.

(See Feb. 15th, 1867.)

Dec. 3rd. The town, through an accident at the Gas Works, put in total darkness. Loss of gas estimated at about 100,000 cubic feet, value 1,000.

Dec. 12th. Loss of the fis.h.i.+ng-lugger "William and Mary," belonging to Mr. Utting, and nine lives, off Pakefield.

Dec. 30th. Meeting at the Town Hall on behalf of the sufferers from a colliery explosion in Yorks.h.i.+re and Staffords.h.i.+re.

"Chapters on the East Anglian Coast," in two vols., 800 pages, published.

_The London Quarterly Review_ of April, 1807, says, "We have seldom met with a more elaborate, exhaustive, beautiful, and ably-written guide-book and local history." It was penned by Mr. John Greaves Nall, who died in June, 1876.

Messrs. Lacons, Youell, and Co.'s Bank re-erected.

Top of Recent Road, near Town Wall House, widened by the Corporation.

A wooden circus building, on Mr. De Canx's garden, converted into the Regent Hall, and used as a Theatre, &c. It has since been demolished.

Deaths: Feb. 2nd, Mr. W. P. Windham, at Norwich.-Feb. 9th, John Bessey Hilton, Esq., aged 44.-Feb. 18th, Isaac Preston, sen., Esq., aged 92.-Sept. 4th, David Falcke, Esq., J.P., at Paris.-Dec. 18th, Mr. Joseph Tomlinson, sen., brewer, aged 78.

1867.

Jan. 1st. Oddfellows' Hall opened in Gorleston.

Jan. 5th. Eighteen hands lost from the brigs "Sarah" and "The Ark," in collision in the South Ham, 500 yards off Gorleston Pier.

Jan. 8th. Mr. F. W. Maryson presented with a silver star, at the Steam Packet Tavern, by the Nottingham Order of Oddfellows.

Jan. 12th. Heavy gale. Six vessels lost, and 48 s.h.i.+pwrecked mariners afterwards taken to the Sailors' Home.