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Chapter 10 No.10

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r, Esqs., had been appointed Perpetual Commiss

Lion, belonging to G. D. Palmer, Esq., ha

named the Norwich Trader and Lowestoft Merchant, h

d for the purpose of having t

ipal Commissioners, had arrived for the purpose of h

ly, Esq., was called to the chair, and the following gentlemen took part in the proceedings:-Rev

iven "an elegant and fully a

al Commissioners were

finished their investigation were en

arson had been appoi

to the members of the "Yarmouth British

ore Parliament, Mr. Alderman Barth in the chair, the following took part in the proceedings:-Messrs. J. Br

Esq.) and The Venus (belonging to G. D. Palmer, E

, of 190 tons register, had been l

ool" had been opened, John Danby Palmer, E

Seaman had been app

of 374 tons" had been launched from

red. Mr. N. immediately set about remedying this, which he eventually accomplished by the making of a leg, which for useful purposes has in a very great measure supplied the loss of the original limb. It was composed of light sycamore wood, cased with leather, with elastic springs for the foot. It was shown to several mec

been observed, the Corporation attending divine service,

een chosen a Common Councilman in t

c had been held, Mr. Stephen Mill

erick Paget, Capt. Todman, R.N., and the Rev. Ma

the chair) to Messrs. T. Hammond and R. B. Fenn, as a compl

tons register, had been launc

eston, Esqs., Churchwardens; Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., Isaac Preston, Esq., and Messrs. R. Ferrier and William Yetts, Auditors; J. D. Palmer, Edmund Preston, Robert Cory, jun., Wi

owing report of the proceed

hurch, and other acknowledged abuses as infidels, atheists, and anarchists, and those who aimed at the overthrow of the Church, the Altar, and the Crown. From the Church the Corporation proceeded to the Guildhall, where the Mayor-Elect (after having taken the oath of office) spoke to the following effect:-"Gentlemen, previous to assuming the chair of Chief Magistracy, which I am about to fill, you will allow me to thank you for the proof that you have given me of your confidence. Gentlemen, I sought not this office; I have accepted it only that I might endeavour to render myself useful to my fellow townsmen. Gentlemen, it is not the pageantry, the sword and mace (though even these may be of use in their way) that have allured me to this office-no; had I been capable of being actuated by such motives, I should have been indeed unworthy of taking (as I have just taken) the Holy Gospels in my hand, and to have sworn before my God, to execute to the best of my

delivered a very interesting lect

at sea had induced the fishermen t

, had been elected an Alderman in

dings at the Revision Court that the low

med a gain of 50 on the rev

reported as goin

Haven Bill, the Mayor in the chair, when Messrs. George Danby Palmer, Sh

t's Green, Mr. William Mabson in the chair, pledging them

tee Room in Regent Street, when Messrs. George S

pledge themselves to support "Corporation Reform, Triennial

n, when it was determined "to sink all minor differences" in order to secure the return of Col

d both gentlemen had addressed the electors from the Newcastle Tavern, a

upporters "that at that moment their canvassing book stood better

the Reds and the Blues, during which "the son of a B

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