Tuesday 8 January 1856

Mr. Alfred G. WARREN
Architect and Surveyor
Road and Drainage Surveyor
Uitenhage

Mr. R. RUTHERFOORD
Law, General and Commission Agent and Auctioneer
Richmond
Any business entrusted to his care will be enacted with punctuality and dispatch

Tuesday 15 January 1856

DIED at Port Elizabeth on the 14th inst, after a lingering illness, Mr. Henry SMITH, Blacksmith, of this town, aged 52 years. The funeral will proceed to the place of interment on Wednesday afternoon from the stoep of the Hope Hotel property at half past four o clock precisely. Friends are invited to attend.
J. MATTHEWS
Undertaker

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
The Undersigned hereby notify that the partnership in the business carried on by them at Uitenhage under the style or firm of
ASPELING & MULLER
has been by mutual consent this day dissolved, in consequence of the intended removal of the second Undersigned from this Division.
All debts are to be paid to the first Undersigned; and claims against the firm will be liquidated by him.
D.J. ASPELING
M.A. MULLER
Uitenhage Jan 1 1856

D.J. ASPELING
General Agent, Auctioneer and Notary Public
Uitenhage

THE ELECTION
On Thursday last the nomination of candidates for the House of Assembly took place, when Mr. CHABAUD proposed and Mr. DUNSTERVILLE seconded Mr. Wm. ARMSTRONG, of Zwartkops, as a fit and proper person to represent this town. A considerable pause ensued, when to a final enquiry by the Magistrate as to whether any other candidate was to be proposed, Mr. WILLIAMS nominated and Mr. MILLER seconded Mr. Thomas WORMALD as a fit and proper person. On a shew of hands the poll was declared in favour of Mr. ARMSTRONG, whereupon a contest was called for.
When the contest opened it soon became manifest that Mr. WORMALD was not to receive the necessary support. Comparatively a stranger in Port Elizabeth and having been proposed without any previous consideration or concert, he was to Mr. ARMSTRONG no formidable antagonist. The friends of Responsible Government had failed in each of the four men of their choice, and although Mr. WORMALD came forward as an advocate of that principle, yet his church views were not acceptable, and so a division of the ranks of the Responsibles occurred. Further, Mr. ARMSTRONG issued the following which may have mitigated the opposition to him, and the zeal with which friends exerted themselves in bringing up voters in his favour contrasted strongly with the utter indifference manifested in the cause of Mr. WORMALD. We quote verbatim from Mr. ARMSTRONG’s letter: “I am not (absurdly and) violently opposed to the Constitution, as represented by the Port Elizabeth Press, nor to any measures which the circumstances of the Colony require, not even to Responsible Government when that measure by removal or perhaps federation can be productive of good to this province, Until then I oppose it – at the present time that measure would add power to irresponsible men in the sister province.”
We hope we understand Mr. ARMSTRONG here, but we must confess that his language is not so explicit as might have been expected. He stands forward, however, now as the friend of the Constitution and as calling for a little delay in the introduction of Responsible Government which he also abets, until removal or federation is accomplished.

Tuesday 29 January 1856

BIRTH at Graham’s Town on the 24th instant, at the residence of Mr. N. BIRKENRUTH, Mrs. J.C. HESS of Port Elizabeth of a son.

Tuesday 5 February 1856

Dr. RUBIDGE
Begs to inform his friends that he has returned to practice in Port Elizabeth. He is at present residing at Mrs. ADCOCK’s in Main Street

DIED at the residence of her daughter (Mrs. NUDD), on the 4th February 1856, Eliza, wife of the late J.B. BOARD Esq, of Rufane Vale, aged 50 years, after a severe illness of 14 days, deeply regretted by her family and friends. The funeral will proceed from the residence of Mrs. NUDD to the place of interment this afternoon, at 4 o clock precisely; friends are respectively invited to attend.
J. MATTHEWS, Undertaker
Port Elizabeth Feb 5 1856

Hope Town (Division of Colesberg)
Mr. Hugh TINNENY
Law, General and Commission Agent
Hope Town
Any business entrusted to his care will be transacted with punctuality and dispatch

Tuesday 12 February 1856

BIRTH at Uitenhage on the 5th February, 1856, Mrs. H.O. LANGE of a daughter

Insolvent Estate of J.N. STREAK
All persons indebted to the above Estate are requested to settle immediately or legal proceedings will be instituted for recovery.
J. S. KIRKWOOD, Sole Trustee
Port Elizabeth Feb 4th 1856

Insolvent Estate of T. SMITH
All persons indebted to the above Estate are requested to settle immediately, in default thereof, legal proceedings will be instituted against for recovery.
J. S. KIRKWOOD, Sole Trustee
Port Elizabeth Feb 4th 1856

Insolvent Estate of T.M. DU TOIT
Debtors in this Estate will please to call at the office of METELERKAMP & KIRKWOOD and settle the amounts that are due without delay.
J. S. KIRKWOOD, Sole Trustee
Port Elizabeth Feb 4th 1856

Tuesday 19 February 1856

WATER SUPPLY
The seasonable rains which have lately fallen here seem to have washed away all further thought of a water supply for Port Elizabeth. Mr. COLEMAN’s project of the Rufane Vale springs met with no encouragement, and the Municipal Commissioners’ proposition of the construction of one or more tanks on the hill to collect a supply there was indignantly rejected by the public meeting of Tuesday last, in its senseless vote of a 1d in the pound rental to meet all Municipal undertakings for the year.

NOTICE
In the assigned Estate of Mrs. Sophia DALLAMORE of Port Elizabeth
The Undersigned, in their capacity as Joint Assignees of the above Estate, hereby give notice that they have authorised Mr. Thomas Melvill DU TOIT to collect all outstanding Debts due to the said Estate, with powers to take the necessary steps against defaulters.
H. VON RÖNN
D.P. BLAINE
Assignees
Port Elizabeth Jan 24 1856

Tuesday 26 February 1856

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 23rd February 1856, Mrs. William Somers KIRKWOOD of a son.

LICENCES FOR RENEWAL
The following is the list of Wine and Spirit Licences applied for for the year commencing 1st April next, at a Court to be held at the Resident Magistrate’s Office on the 20th March:
J.A. DREYER, Hotel and Tap, Market Square; C. HAYWARD do.do., Korsten; H.O. SHAW do.do. Queen Street; H. STAINES do.do Britannia Street; E.H. SALMOND, Bottle Store, Main Street; P. McGRATH, do. Adderley Street; T. GUBB do. Customs Street; W. BAWDEN do. Jetty Street; J. GRADY do. Main Street; H. REYNOLDS, Canteen, Strand Street; Wm. BAILEY do.do.; J. DIMOND do. Queen Street; W. CONSIDINE do. Jett Street; Thos. EASTON do. Strand Street; E.J. SASSE do.do,
NEW APPLICATIONS:
Richard O,BRIEN, Brewery and Bottle Store, Jetty Street; Edward STAUNTON, Bottle Store, Queen Street; L. LLOYD, Hotel and Tap, Jetty Street; G. BREHM do.do. Jetty Street; J. ACTON do.do. Queen Street; C. TAYLOR, Bottle Store, Queen Street; R.H. RUMSEY do.do. Queen Street; P. WALSH do.do. Main Street; H.W. SMITH, Canteen, Strand Street; R. KENNALY do. Queen Street; Trustee CASTLEMAN’s Estate, Hotel and Tap, Strand Street.

Tuesday 4 March 1856

In the Assigned Estate of Nicholas HIPPERT
Creditors in this Estate will please to take notice that the Deed of Assignment now lies for inspection and signature at the office of Mr. G. CHABAUD.
J.S. KIRKWOOD, Assignee
Port Elizabeth, 14th Feb

A sad accident occurred on board the schooner Wanderer on her last voyage from Natal. In a heavy sea on the 23rd instant, the vessel going ten knots, Corporal ROWSE, Royal Sappers and Miners, was, in consequence of a sudden lurch of the vessel, pitched overboard, and unfortunately drowned.

A worthless subject residing at Cawood’s Post, at the mouth of the Fish River, in the district of Bathurst, by name John PHILIPS, but better known perhaps as “lying Jack”, has been apprehended and committed for trial at the approaching Circuit on a charge of selling a gun to a Kafir, in contravention of the law. The evidence is, we are told, conclusive against the culprit, and we only hope the sentence of the Court will be the utmost penalty allowed by the Ordnance. It is generally believed that this is not the first and only act of the kind of which this mauvais sujet is guilty, and that he has carried on an illicit trade in firearms and ammunition with the Kafirs for a long period. It is to be feared there are others of the same stamp, who indulge in the same illegal and diabolical trade: is there any sentence too severe for such miscreants? – Anglo-African.

Tuesday 11 March 1856

DIED at Uitenhage on the 14th February 1856, James LANCE, aged 56 years. He was a native of Blandford, Dorsetshire and came to this Colony in the WILSON’s Party of British Settlers in 1820. He enjoyed a long and peaceful life and was in full possession of all his faculties up to the time of his decease. He was a staunch adherent of the Protestant faith, a benevolent friend to the distressed and a faithful and kind husband. He has left a widow at an advanced age with whom a kind public will deeply sympathise and regret the loss of so useful a member of society.

DEATHS
We regret to announce the death, during the present week, of two members of the excellent band of the 6th Regt. One of them, we believe, had been suffering from illness during the past three months, but the other died somewhat suddenly from disease of the heart. The void caused by two vacancies occurring at the same time in a band of musicians, whose numbers are complete, is not so easily filled. The funeral took place on Friday afternoon last, the band of the C.M. Riflemen playing with sweetness and judgement the “Dead March in Saul” – the coffins, one above the other, were borne to their final resting place on a gun carriage drawn by four white horses – and followed by the men of the band of the 6th Regt. (in mourning) and a number of the troops in garrison. The coffins, in which the bodies were deposited, were very neatly gilded, and were subscribed for by the men of the band. This fact exhibits a gratifying mark of respect and esteem towards deceased companions, and show the kindly feeling that exists among the men in the army. – G.T. Journal.

Tuesday 18 March 1856

DIED at his residence on the 17th inst, Mr. Thomas GALLEY, aged 63 years. His remains will be interred this afternoon at 4 o clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.
Joseph WILLIAMS, Undertaker
Port Elizabeth March 18th 1856