This division was To each ward were assigned six Councillors. afterwards duly confirmed by an Order in Council.(1) At a public meeting, held at the Town Hall, on the 14th of November, Christopher Pemberton Esq. in the chair, and which was attended by upwards of 1000 of the most respectable agriculturists, merchants, and inhabitants of the Town and County, resolutions were passed approving of Mr. James Walker's proposed line of railway from London to Cambridge and York, and from Cambridge to Norwich and Yarmouth At a public meeting, held on the 23rd of November, at the Town Hall, the Earl of Hardwicke Lord Lieutenant of the County in the chair, it was resolved to enter into a general subscription for the relief of the Irish Clergy. £100. was voted from the University chest, and altogether upwards of £2000 was collected. On the 26th of December, the election of Thirty Councillors (six for each of the five Wards) took place, pursuant to the Municipal Corporations Act and an Order in Council founded thereon. The following is a statement of the poll in each Ward:~ EAST BARNWELL WARD.-Thomas Hovell, 187; Patrick Beales, 185; Richard Foster jun. 185; Augustine Gutteridge Brimley, 184; Julian Skrine, 183; Robert Haylock, 183: Alexander Watford, 3; Francis Hopkins, 1; James Twiss, 1; James Gotobed jun. 1; Henry Marshall, 1; John Tunwell jun. 1. WEST BARNWELL WARD.-Ebenezer Foster, 228; Henry Gunning M.A. 227; Charles Asby, 223; Thomas Nutter, 215; George Livett, 213; William Bacon, (1) In 1837, the Goverment introduced into the House of Commons, a bill (which did not pass) to settle the Boundaries and Wards of certain Cities and Boroughs. So much of Schedule (B) as relates to Cambridge is subjoined : "CAMBRIDGE. "WARDS 4. - 4. Trinity COUNCILLORS 30. Nine. Nine. Six. Six. "NEW TOWN WARD.-The several Parishes of St. Mary the Less, St. Botolph, St. Ed"ward, and all the Parts of the Parish of St. Benedict, except the Part which lies insulated "in the Parish of St. Andrew the Less; also so much of the Parish of St. Andrew the Less "as lies to the South of the following Line; (that is to say) "From the Conduit Head on the Trumpington Road, Eastward, along the Boundary of "the Parish of St. Andrew the Less to the Point at which the same meets the Mill Road; thence, Southward, along the Mill Road to the Point at which the same n.eets East "Road; thence along East Road to the Point at which the same meets the Newmarket "Road; thence, Eastward, along the Newmarket Road to the Point at which the same "meets Coldham's Lane; thence along Coldham's Lane to the Point at which the same "crosses the Boundary of the Parish of St. Andrew the Less: And also the insulated Parts of the Parishes of Holy Trinity and of St. Andrew the "Great which lie within the Boundary of New Town Ward as hereinbefore described. COLDHAM WARD.-That Part of the Parish of St. Andrew the Less which is not in"cluded in New Town Ward; the Parish of St. Andrew the Great (excepting the small "Part thereof contained in New Town Ward); the Parish of St. Mary the Great, and such "Parts of the Parishes of St. Benedict and the Holy Trinity as lie within the Boundary of "Coldham Ward as hereinbefore described. "CASTLE WARD.-The several Parishes of St. Giles, St. Peter, St. Clement, and St. "Sepulchre. TRINITY WARD.-The respective Parishes of St. Michael and All Saints, and so much "of the Parish of the Holy Trinity as is not included in any of the before-described Wards." 212.-William Papworth, 94; Frederick Thackeray M.D. 88, Henry Marshall jun. 83; Rowland Morris Fawcett, 80; Joseph Jonathan Deighton, 68; Samuel Austin Turner, 66. MARKET WARD.-Charles Finch jun. 183; John Clay, 181; Thomas Hallack, 178; Thomas Baker, 173; William Bell, 172; Francis Eaden, 171.-George Fisher, 148; Stephen Rowley, 143;,William Bishop, 141; Thomas Stevenson, 138; Francis Beales, 132; George Salmon, 125. TRINITY WARD.-Charles Claydon, 225; William Freeman Coe, 224; Samuel Pickering Beales, 221; William Warren, 207; John Eaden, 203; Charles Finch Foster, 203.- -William Swann, 124; Michael Headly, 110; Joseph Wentworth, 110; Thomas Tomson, 104; Edward Litchfield, 92. ST. ANDREW'S WARD.-Elliot Macro Smith, 275; Henry Headly, 233; Charles Humfrey, 226; Samuel Evans, 226; William Searle, 224; Archibald Swinton, 207. Alexander Scott Abbott, 153; Field Dunn Barker, 150; Stephen Thrower, 125; John Okes M.B. 122; John Deighton, 112; George Fellows, 93. The Election of Ten Aldermen took place pursuant to the beforementioned Act and Order in Council, on the 31st of December, when the following were chosen: Elliot Macro Smith, Ebenezer Foster, Charles Humfrey, William Anderson, William Simpson, James Nutter, Benjamin Bridges, Henry Steward, Charles Newby, and John Grafton. 1836. On the 1st of January, the Council unanimously elected Thomas Hovell Esq. Mayor. They, on the same day, removed the Duke of Rutland from the office of High Steward of the Town, and elected thereto Francis Godolphin Lord Godolphin. Charles Pestell Harris was removed from the office of Town Clerk, to which office Francis John Gunning was appointed. Charles Henry Cooper was appointed Coroner, and William Herring Smith Treasurer. On the 19th of January, the Council voted an address from the Corporation to the King, thanking him for having given his assent to the Act for regulating Municipal Corporations. A contested election for the office of Public Orator, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Ralph Tatham B.D., took place on the 4th of February. The votes were, for the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth M.A. fellow of Trinity College, 264; for the Rev. John Frederick Isaacson B.D. fellow of St. John's College and tutor of King's College, 169. On the 2nd of March, a petition from a large number of landowners and occupiers of the County, complaining of the depressed state of agriculture and praying relief, was presented to the House of Commons by R. J. Eaton Esq. one of the Members for the County. On the petition of the Council, the King, by Letters Patent, dated the 4th of March, granted to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, that a separate Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace should thenceforward continue to be holden in and for the Borough, His Majesty appointed Henry Storks(1) Serjeant-at-Law Recorder, the annual salary of the office having been fixed by the Council at £42.(2) On the 11th of March, were sold by auction, by order of the Council, the plate,(3) china, glass, table linen, knives, forks, &c., belonging to the Corporation. Some of the Council proposed that the maces should also be sold,(4) but this was not agreed to. The sale produced only £133. On the 19th of March, the Poor Law Commissioners made an Order, declaring that from the 2nd day of April following, the fourteen parishes in the Borough should be united for the administration of the Laws for the relief of the Poor, by the name of the Cambridge Union. The number of Guardians is fixed at thirty, of which number four are to be elected by the parish of St. Andrew the Less, and two by each of the other parishes. The annual election of Guardians is appointed to take place on the first Thursday after Lady Day in each year, and the qualification of a Guardian is declared to be assessment to the Poor Rates in some parish in the Union, in respect of hereditaments of the annual value or rental of not less than £20. In or about March, the Watch Committee appointed by the Council under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, established a police force, consisting of a superintendent, 2 inspectors, 4 serjeants, and 24 constables, all of whom were provided with appropriate uniforms. Francis Offley Martin Esq., one of the Commissioners of Charities, this year visited Cambridge, to enquire into the various Charities of the Town and neighbourhood, for which purpose he held public sittings at the Guildhall. A contest for the office of Public Orator, which had again become vacant, by the resignation of the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth M.A., took place on the 27th of April, when the votes were, for the Rev. Thomas Crick B.D. fellow and tutor of St. John's College, 358; for the Rev. Thomas Thorp M.A. fellow and tutor of Trinity College, 318. (1) Mr. Serjeant Storks was entitled to this appointment under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, as having been Deputy Recorder at the passing of that mea sure. (2) Increased to £63. on 21st March, 1839. (3) Amongst the plate were the following articles:-A rose water dish, the gift of Capt. Robt. Muriel, 1676. A cup, the gift of Samuel Henry Pont Recorder, 1742. Two stoops, the gift of John Purchas, 1759. Two stoops, the gift of Joseph Bentham. 1759. A stoop, the gift of William Norfolk, 1759. A cup, the gift of Joseph Bentham and William Norfolk, 1759. Two stoops, the gift of John Whittred, 1761. Four stoops, the gift of William Weales, 1762. A coffee pot, the gift of Thomas Halstead, 1765. A tankard, given by the Common Council. Twelve salt spoons, the gift of Alexander Scott Abbott, 1823. Twelve salt spoons, the gift of George Busby White, 1823, and twelve salt spoons, the gift of John Spencer, 1823. (4) Several Corporations about this time sold their maces and regalia. On the 5th of May (being within ten days after the grant of a separate Court of Quarter Sessions had been signified to the Council), William Garfit Ashton was appointed Clerk of the Peace for the Borough, and Charles Henry Cooper was re-elected Coroner during good behaviour. On the 13th of May, there was a contested election for a Councillor of Trinity Ward, in the room of Samuel Pickering Beales, deceased. The candidates were Robert Edwards, who polled 117 votes; and Thomas Stearn, who polled 62 votes. On the 11th of June, a large meeting of the labouring classes, principally from the adjacent villages, was held on Parker's Piece, when, after the Rev. F. H. Maberly had addressed them at great length and in strong terms on the subject of the Poor Law Amendment Act, petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the repeal of that measure were adopted. On the 4th of July, the royal assent was given to an Act for making a Railway to form a communication between London and Cambridge,(1) with a view to its being extended thereafter to the Northern and Eastern Counties of England.(2) The Sale of Bread Act, to which the royal assent was given on the 28th of July, repealed all Acts relating to the Assize and Price of Bread. It contains the following proviso : PROVIDED ALWAYS, and be it enacted, That this Act or anything therein contained shall not extend or be construed to extend in any way to affect, lessen, or infringe upon any Right or Custom of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, or either of them, or of any Lord or Lords of any Leets, or the Rights of any Clerk or Clerks of the Market in any Place which may be exercised and enjoyed by them, or any of them, by virtue of any Charter, Bye Laws, Prescriptions, Usages, Customs, Privileges, Grants, or Acts of Parliament, except so far as relates to the Assize of Bread and the Regulations of the Price and Weight thereof; but that all such Rights and Privileges shall be (1) This Railway (the proprietors of which were incorporated as the Northern and Eastern Railway Company) was to commence near Frog Laue, in the parish of Islington, and to proceed thence through Hackney, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Ponder's End, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Broxbourn, Stanstead Abbots, Roydon, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, Spelbrook, Hockerill, Bishop's Stortford, Stanstead Mountfitchet, Elsenham, Newport, Wendon, Chesterford, Whittlesford, and Shelford, to Trumpington, where it was to terminate, near the River Cam, by Edleston's Farm House. By an Act passed 19th July, 1829 (2 & 3 Vict. cap. lxxviii.), the Northern and Eastern Railway Company were empowered to deviate from the above line in the parish of Tottenham, and to form a junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at or near Angel Lane, in Stratford. By another Act, passed 4th June, 1840 (Stat. 3 & 4 Vict. cap. lii.), the Northern and Eastern Railway Company were empowered to abandon the line from Hockerill to Trumpington. By another Act, passed 31st May, 1843 (Stat. 6 & 7 Vict. cap. xxviii.) powers were given to extend the Railway from Hockerill to Newport. By another Act, passed the 23d May, 1844 (Stat. 7 & 8 Vict. cap. xx.), the Northern and Eastern Railway Company were empowered to lease their railway to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, who, on the 4th July, 1844 (Stat. 7 & 8 Vict. cap. Ixii.), obtained power to extend the Railway from Newport, by Cambridge to Ely, and thence eastward to Brandon, and westward to Peterborough, (2) Stat. 6 & 7 Gul. IV. cap. ciii. (local and personal). held, exercised, and enjoyed, by the Parties respectively entitled thereto, as fully and amply to all Intents and Purposes as the same were held, exercised, and enjoyed before the passing of this Act, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.(1) The Justices of the Peace for the Borough having given notice that a General Meeting for granting Licences for Inns, Alehouses, &c., would be held on the 22nd of August, the Vicechancellor issued the subjoined Notice: NOTICE. TO THE KEEPERS OF INNS, ALEHOUSES, AND VICTUALLING HOUSES, WITHIN WHEREAS Public Notice has been given, purporting to be signed by Charles Humfrey and William Freeman Coe, Esquires, as the majority of Justices present at a Petty Sessions of the Justices of the Borough of Cambridge, appointing Monday, the 22nd day of August next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, at the Guildhall of the said Borough, for holding a Special Sessions of Justices, called the "General Licensing Meeting" for the said Borough, for granting Licences for keeping Inns, Alehouses, and Victualling Houses, to sell exciseable Liquors by retail, to be drunk or consumed on the premises of the applicant, in the said Borough. Now I do hereby give Public Notice, that the sole and exclusive right of granting such Licences being vested in the Vice-Chancellor of the said University for the time being, I do hereby caution the several Keepers of Inns, Alehouses, and Victualling Houses, within the Precincts of the said University, and all other persons whom it may concern, against keeping any such Inn, Alehouse, or Victualling House, within the aforesaid Precincts, without such Licence from the Vice-Chancellor of the said University for the time being. Given under my hand, this Sixth Day of August, 1836. Emmanuel Lodge, August 6, 1836. GEORGE ARCHDALL, Vice-Chancellor. The Justices thereupon issued the following notice: TO KEEPERS OF INNS, ALEHOUSES, AND VICTUALLING HOUSES, WITHIN THE NOTICE. I have been directed by the Magistrates for the Borough, this day assembled, to repeat the notice already given to persons "keeping Inns, Alehouses, and Victualling Houses," within the Borough of Cambridge, to appear at the Guildhall, on the 22d of August instant, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon; at which time and place all persons requiring Licences to Sell exciseable Liquors by Retail, to be drunk, or consumed upon their premises, will be attended to; and their request, if thought right, granted, notwithstanding the Public Notice of the Vice-Chancellor, dated the 6th day of August, 1836. |