Transcribed from the 1889 J. Buckle edition ,. Many thanks to Norfolk and NorwichMillennium Library, UK, for kindly allowing their copies to beused in checking this transcription and allowing thephotographs.
Yarmouth Notes
1830–1872.
Collated from the File of theNorwich Mercury.
BY
FREDERICK DANBY PALMER.
GREATYARMOUTH:
PRINTED BY J. BUCKLE, KINGSTREET.
1889.
p.1PREFACE.
The following pages are a reprint of extracts from the file ofthe Norwich Mercury, which, under the heading of“Yarmouth Notes,” have recently appeared in thecolumns of the Yarmouth Mercury; and in consequence of avery generally expressed wish on the part of the public,re-appear in the present form.
At the time these notices of Yarmouth News appeared in theNorwich Mercury, that journal was the organ of the oldWhig party, and such of them, as treat of politics, beingdoubtless tinged by the party feeling of the Editor, should be sotaken and read.
The idea of collating this matter suggested itself to thecompiler upon the occasion of Geo. Wm. Darby Palmer-Kerrison,Esq., presenting the file of the Norwich Mercury, (then inhis Library), but which had been preserved by the late RobertPalmer Kemp, Esq., to the Yarmouth Free Library, and it is hopedthat this action will not only prove of some entertainment andamusement to the reader, but also will be of service to anyperson who may, in the future, deal with local events asaffecting the history of the borough of Great Yarmouth.
F. D. P.
Hall Quay,
December, 1889.
p. 3TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
CHARLES LORD SUFFIELD,
P.C., K.C.B., &c, &c.
The following pages, relating to a Town, inthe welfare of which his Lordship and his noble forefathers havetaken so deep an interest for many years, are with hispermission, inscribed by
HIS OBEDIENTSERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
Great Yarmouth,
December, 1889.
p. 5FIRSTSERIES, 1830–40.
“When found, make a noteof”—
Capt.Cuttle.
1830.
Jan. 2nd.—Contains an advertisement of the report of the“Norfolk Association for preserving the lives ofShipwrecked Mariners,” held at Norwich, William Barth,Esq., in the chair, from which it appears that an investigationhad taken place as to the loss of seven men from the brig Hamond,and that as the lifeboat was not constructed with a view toaffording aid to vessels immediately on the beach, Mr. AmbrosePalmer had most kindly offered to supply a boat for thatpurpose.
Jan. 9th.—The prisoners in the gaol returned thanks toMr. Daniel Hook for the