scarfs over their robes, went in solemn procession to the Cathedral,
where a sermon was preached by the Rev. Prebendary Thurlow.  At the
different churches and chapels throughout the city proper Psalms and
lessons were read, and in the evening muffled peals were rung.

21.—Died in the Council Chamber at the Guildhall, Norwich, Mr. Thomas
Back, aged 52.  He served the office of Sheriff in 1802, was elected
alderman of the Great Ward of Mancroft in 1808, and Mayor in 1809; and
shortly before his death was appointed a deputy lieutenant for the county
of Norfolk.

24.—Mr. Young appeared at Norwich Theatre as Othello.  On subsequent
evenings he sustained the characters of Brutus, The Stranger, Sir Edward
Mortimer (“The Iron Chest”), King John, Petruchio, and Coriolanus.

MARCH.

1.—A severe storm and high flood occurred in the Lynn district.  A large
number of vessels were stranded on the Norfolk coast.

2.—Died at Norwich, aged 85, Mr. Starling Day, who served the office of
Sheriff in 1775, was elected alderman in 1777, and Mayor in 1782-1812.

6.—Miss Brunton appeared at Norwich Theatre as Rosalind.  She also played
the parts of Lady Contest (“The Wedding Day”), and Lady Teazle (to the
Charles Surface of Mr. Brunton).  In a piece, entitled “An Actress of all
Work,” she sustained seven different characters.

7.—Parliament having been dissolved by proclamation on February 28th,
consequent upon the death of the late King, the Norwich election was
fixed for this date.  The sitting representatives, Mr. William Smith and
Mr. R. H. Gurney, were returned without opposition.  The circumstance of
a Norwich election passing off without a contest had not occurred since
1774, when Sir Harbord Harbord, Bart., and Mr. Edward Bacon were elected.

10.—Yarmouth election, which began on the 7th, concluded on this date.
The result was declared as follows:—The Hon. George Anson, 753; Mr. E. E.
Rumbold, 750; Lieut.-General Michel, 612; Mr. Josias H. Stracey, 612.
The two first-named were elected.

13.—Mr. T. W. Coke and Mr. Edmond Wodehouse were re-elected without
opposition to represent Norfolk.  Among the other local elections which
took place were the following:—Thetford, Lord C. Fitzroy and Mr. N. W. R.
Colbourne, returned unopposed; Castle Rising, the Earl of Rocksavage and
Col. F. G. Howard, unopposed.

15.—Died in St. Andrew’s, Norwich, aged 64, Mr. John Lovick, common
councilman for the Great Ward of Wymer.  He served the office of Sheriff
in 1817.

16.—At a special assembly of the Corporation of Norwich an address of
condolence on the death of his late Majesty and of the Duke of Kent was
unanimously passed, and afterwards presented to the King by the members
for the city.

20.—At the Lent Assizes held at Thetford, the Grand Jury made a
presentment to the effect that Norwich Castle was inefficient, as then
constructed, for the purposes of a county prison.

24.—Died at Catton, aged 66, Mr. Jeremiah Ives, an acting magistrate for
the county, and alderman for the Great Wymer Ward.  He was Sheriff in
1782, and Mayor in 1786-1801.

25.*—“Cleansing week, at Norwich, has resulted in the restoration of the
ascendancy of the ‘Purple and Orange’ party in the Corporation of the
city.”

APRIL.

3.—A prize fight took place in a field at West Burlingham between
Rushmore, a blacksmith, of Limpenhoe, and Layden, the Cantley carpenter.
The match was for £100, subscribed by the fathers of the combatants.
Rushmore was attended by Ned Painter, and Layden by Potter, of Yarmouth.
“There were 44 rounds of hard milling without science or skill, and
Rushmore won.”

—Mr. Kean appeared at Lynn Theatre for a short season as King Richard
III., Othello, Shylock, &c.

6.—A prize fight took place at St. Faith’s between Cox, the blacksmith,
of Norwich, and Teasdale, “the noted prize fighter from London, who had
been brought to Norwich and passed off as a countryman under the feigned
name of Johnson.”  More than 5,000 persons were present.  Ned Painter and
Purcell attended on Teasdale, and Warkley and Hurry on Cox.  The battle
lasted one hour thirteen minutes, and 65 desperate rounds were fought.
“Cox faced his man and fought with great resolution, and drove his
adversary over the ropes eleven times.  In the end, however, superior
science prevailed, and in the 65th round Cox received several violent
blows on the left eye, which had been cut on one of the stakes in a fall
in the second round, and victory was declared in favour of Teasdale.
After the battle the imposition was discovered, and a hand bill
circulated, declaring all bets void.  The friends of Teasdale denied any
deception, and said his name was really Johnson.”—Another battle took
place for a subscription purse of £5 on the same ground, between Dan, a
stonemason, of Norwich, and Sparks, a blacksmith, of Norton.  Dan won
after 25 rounds had been fought.

13.—Mr. Edward Ball’s new melodrama, “Giraldi” (founded on Mrs. Opie’s
popular tale, “The Russian Boy”), was performed for the first time at
Norwich Theatre, and received with great applause.

15.—A county meeting was held at the Shirehouse, Norwich, the High
Sheriff (Mr. G. S. Kett) presiding, at which an address of condolence on
the death of the late King was adopted, and afterwards presented to his
Majesty by the High Sheriff.

24.—This day was appointed for the celebration of his Majesty’s birthday.
At Norwich the Union flag was hoisted on the steeple of St. Peter
Mancroft, and the bells were rung.  The 14th Light Dragoons fired a _feu
de joie_ in the barrack square, and the Norwich Light Horse Volunteers a
salute on the Castle Meadow.  The several troops of Norfolk Yeomanry
Cavalry paraded in review order.

28.—A grand _fête_ was given in Heydon Park in celebration of the
majority of Mr. William Earle Lytton Bulwer.  The inhabitants of Heydon
and of the neighbouring villages went in procession to the park, where
dinner was served at 155 tables.  A performance was given by a troupe of
equestrians, and “28 barrels of strong ale were placed in different
positions in the park.”

MAY.

1.—A contested election for the office of Mayor of Norwich commenced this
day and ended on the 2nd, when the result was declared as
follows:—Alderman Burt, 1,173; Alderman Marsh, 1,077; Alderman Thurtell,
1,018.  Mr. Burt was afterwards chosen Mayor by the aldermen.

2.—Died, in his 89th year, Mr. William Calthorpe, the oldest inhabitant
of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich.  “He generally commenced his morning walk
about four o’clock during the summer season, and gradually later as the
days became shorter.  He almost constantly attended daily prayers at St.
Peter’s Church.”

3.—At a quarterly assembly of the Norwich Corporation, Mr. A. A. H.
Beckwith was elected Speaker of the Common Council.

5.—Four prisoners made their escape from the city gaol at Norwich.  Each
prisoner was wearing his leg irons, and their escape was observed.  One
was apprehended immediately, another was captured at Wymondham, a third
at St. Augustine’s gates, and the fourth surrendered.

10.—Died at Cheltenham, aged 57, Major-General Sir Haylett Framingham,
K.C.B., colonel of the Royal Horse Artillery and commanding officer of
Royal Artillery in Ireland.  He was the eldest son of Mr. C. Framingham,
of Swaffham, and served under Wellington in the Peninsula.

14.—The Bishop of Norwich commenced his Ordinary Visitation at Thetford,
where he confirmed 1,500 persons.  The numbers confirmed in other centres
in the diocese were:—At Newmarket, 2,900; Sudbury, 2,400; Bury St.
Edmund’s, 4,320; Stowmarket, 2,200; Ipswich, 2,300; Woodbridge, 1,400;
Framlingham, 1,900; Halesworth, 1,300; Lowestoft, 600; Beccles, 700;
North Walsham, 1,370; Holt, 1,200; Fakenham, 2,000; Lynn, 2,000; Downham,
1,300; Swaffham, 1,600; and Dereham, 1,230.  The Visitation concluded on
July 1st, and was said to have “redounded highly to the honour of the
clergy of this extensive diocese, as the number of persons confirmed
greatly exceeded all former visitations.”

—Died at King Street, Norwich, in her 104th year, Mrs. Laney, widow of
the Rev. Benjamin Laney, formerly rector of Mulbarton.

20.*—“The depredations on the river Yare during the last five years have
amounted to £25,000.”

24.—At a meeting of the clergy of the county of Norfolk and of the
diocese of Norwich, held at the Swan Inn, St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich,
under the presidency of Archdeacon Bathurst, it was decided to petition
Parliament against the claims of “the Roman Catholic persuasion.”

29.—Pitt’s birthday was celebrated by a public dinner at St. Andrew’s
Hall, Norwich, at which 350 noblemen and gentlemen were present.  Lord
Bayning presided.

JUNE.

1.—A detachment of the 10th Light Dragoons, commanded by Major Stapleton,
arrived at Norwich to relieve the 14th Light Dragoons, who on the same
day left on their route to Canterbury.

4.—Died at his house in the Close, Norwich, Mr. Thomas Tawell, aged 57,
“who, having been deprived of his sight for some years, founded the
Hospital and School for the Indigent Blind in Norwich, in 1806.”

13.—Died, aged 84, at her house in Surrey Street, Norwich, Mrs. Holland,
“formerly and for many years a respectable actress in the Norwich
company.”

14.—Died at the Great Hospital, Bishopgate Street, Norwich, aged 70, John
Dale, “who for many years travelled the circuit with the Norwich company
as dresser to the actresses, and whose skill and ingenuity in that
capacity stood unrivalled, for the taste and excellence which he
manifested in his profession.  By his industry he was enabled to support
his father and mother in their extreme old age.”

19.—Mr. Booth appeared on the Norwich stage as Richard III.  His other
characters were King Lear, Octavian, Sir Giles Overreach, and Jerry Sneak
(“The Mayor of Garrat”).

20.—Guild Day at Norwich.  The Corporation attended service at the
Cathedral, and Mr. William Burt was sworn in as Mayor at the Guildhall.
He afterwards entertained 600 guests at the guild feast at St. Andrew’s
Hall, and in the evening gave a ball at Chapel Field House.

22.—A fire engine, constructed by Mr. Jordan for the Norwich Union Fire
Office, “was tried on the society’s house in Surrey Street.  It
discharged three barrels of water a minute, and its price is £78—cheaper
by £50 than the more cumbrous engines.”

26.—The First or West Norfolk Militia, commanded by the Earl of Orford,
assembled on the Castle Hill, Norwich, for 28 days’ training.  “The next
morning the men paraded in their new scarlet coats and blue pantaloons.”
The regiment was paid off on July 23rd, when “the Earl of Orford made
each of the non-commissioned officers a handsome present for their
exertions.”

28.—A dinner was given at the Feathers Hotel, Holt, in honour of Mr. W.
E. L. Bulwer, on his accession to the Heydon estate.  Mr. R. Brereton
presided over 320 guests.

30.—A meeting of the owners and occupiers of lands and tenements in the
hamlets of the city was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, under the
presidency of Mr. J. Harvey, when resolutions were moved against the new
and increased assessment of the hamlets to the poor rates, according to
the valuation of property made by order of the Court of Guardians, and a
subscription was started for defraying the expenses of appealing against
the mulct and of any other legal proceedings.

JULY.

3.—Holkham Sheep Shearing, which commenced on this date, was attended by
a very large company.  “Perhaps we cannot give our readers a better idea
of the utility of the system of agriculture practised at Holkham, than to
inform them that it and the adjoining country for many miles around were
fifty years ago a barren waste where scarcely a rabbit could find
subsistence, and that it is now the garden of England, covered with most
luxuriant crops of every description.”  H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, and
the Russian Princes Potemkin and Trabetzkoy, were present this year.  Mr.
Morton, of Leith, showed a small cast-iron plough, performing five
different operations; a revolving harrow, and a weed extirpator.

3.—A prize fight took place on Tharston Common between Dan, the
stonemason, and Gales, the butcher.  The stakes amounted to £20, and 120
rounds were fought in one hour twenty-one minutes.  Gales was the winner.

8.*—“We congratulate the county on the election of a Norfolk man, Dr.
Hyde Wollaston, to the president’s chair of the Royal Society.  It is a
curious circumstance that the presidents of three very distinguished and
scientific bodies, and two of the principal officers of two others are
natives of this county, namely, Dr. Wollaston, president of the Royal
Society; Sir James Edward Smith, president of the Linnæan Society; Dr.
Astley Cooper, president of the Medical Chirurgical Society; Mr. Richard
Taylor, secretary of the Linnæan Society; and Mr. John Taylor, treasurer
of the Geological Society.”

17.—The great prize fight between Painter and Oliver, commemorated by
Borrow in “Lavengro,” took place near North Walsham.  The stakes were
£100 a side, and the amateurs of Norwich gave £20 towards the training
expenses of Oliver, on condition that he fought within reasonable
distance of Norwich.  The battle was contested upon a platform.  A
staging about 100 yards in length was erected for the accommodation of
spectators, for whom, also, sixty waggons were formed in a circle round
the outer ring; £50 was collected at the gate, and the sums charged for
admission to the seats on the staging produced £80.  The greatest order
prevailed among the 20,000 persons present, the ring being kept by
Shelton, Randall, Turner, Scroggins, Eales, Josh Hudson, Harmer, Purcell,
and other noted pugilists.  Oliver was seconded by Cribb and Belcher, and
Painter by Spring (his former opponent) and Paul.  The odds were five and
a half to four on Painter.  Twelve rounds were fought, and Painter won.
His colours (yellow) were hoisted upon a waggon, and he was everywhere
greeted with loud cheering.  Many of the London contingent lost heavily
over the fight.—A second battle took place between Sampson, the
Birmingham youth, and Martin, the baker (the Master of the Rolls).  The
former was seconded by Turner and Paul, and the latter by Cribb and
Spring.  The odds were six to four on Martin, who won after 29 rounds,
fought in 38 minutes.  It was during this fight that the thunderstorm, so
vividly described by Borrow, occurred.  At a dinner given at North
Walsham the same evening Painter announced that this was his last
appearance in the prize ring.  Other “festivities” took place the same
week.  On the 19th there was a “turn up” between Josh Hudson and Belasco
on Gurney’s bowling-green, Norwich, the former of whom was seconded by
Spring and a Norwich amateur, and his opponent by Martin.  Thirty-three
rounds were fought, in the course of which Hudson dislocated his shoulder
and lost.  The sum of £10 was collected round the ring.  On Saturday,
22nd, a benefit was given for Painter in the large room at the Swan Inn,
at which most of the above-named pugilists appeared.  “The amateurs could
not separate without giving a chance to West Country Dick, who was
matched against George Redgrave.”  The fight was decided in the room.
Dick won after a contest of eleven rounds occupying sixteen minutes.

—The great main of cocks annually fought between the gentlemen of Norwich
and the gentlemen of Cambridgeshire this year fell through.  A match was
accordingly arranged with the gentlemen of London.  It commenced on this
date at the Swan Inn, Norwich, for £10 a battle and £100 the odd, and
ended on the 19th, when the local sportsmen won by four battles.
Feeders: Nash, sen., for London, Lamb for Norwich.

19.—Married at St. Luke’s Chapel, Norwich Cathedral, by the Lord Bishop,
the Rev. Heaton C. de Crespigny, second son of Sir W. de Crespigny,
Bart., M.P., to Miss Caroline Bathurst, third daughter of his lordship.

AUGUST.

1.—Died in St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, the Rev. Edward Beaumont, “who
for 62 years had exercised the functions of a Catholic priest in this
city.”  He took up his residence in Norwich on August 1st, 1758.  His
remains were interred on August 8th in St. Giles’ church after the
funeral service had been performed in his own chapel according to the
rites of the Roman Catholic Church.

2.—A meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, for the purpose of
passing resolutions expressive of sympathy with her Majesty Queen
Caroline.  The Mayor (Mr. W. Burt) declined to preside and left the Hall,
and Mr. Alderman Leman then took the chair.  The resolutions were
adopted.  The only person who expressed disapproval was Mr. Kerrison
Harvey, who narrowly escaped rough handling.  An address of
congratulation was also adopted, and was presented to the Queen by Mr. N.
Bolingbroke and Mr. Edward Taylor.

11.—Died in St. Margaret’s, Norwich, aged 46, Capt. Robert Tinkler, R.N.
“He signalised himself by his intrepid bravery in several engagements, in
which he had received twenty-one wounds.  Capt. Tinkler was cabin boy on
board his Majesty’s ship Bounty (Capt. Blyth) at the time the crew of
that ship mutinied in the South Seas in 1789, and was one of the twelve
persons who with the captain were turned adrift in a boat by the
mutineers.  Capt. Blyth and his companions, after a voyage of 1,200
leagues, during which the only sustenance they had was one ounce of bread
and a quarter of a pint of water each per day, had the good fortune to
arrive at the Dutch settlement of Cupan, in the island of Timor.”

14.—Jennings, the pedestrian, undertook to walk 100 miles in twenty-two
hours at the Prussia Gardens, Norwich.  He covered 90 miles in twenty
hours eight minutes, “and would have finished with ease, but a
misunderstanding having taken place between the timekeepers he thought
proper to give up.”

19.—A detachment of the 9th Lancers marched into Norwich from Nottingham,
under the command of Capt. D’Este.

—The Norfolk Society celebrated the 50th year of its establishment by a
dinner at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich.  Mr. T. Cubitt, Father of the
Society, presided, and Major Payne was vice-chairman.  (This was a
non-political society.)

—A county meeting was held at the Shirehouse, Norwich, when resolutions
protesting against the mood of proceeding by Bill of Pains and Penalties
against her Majesty, Queen Caroline, were adopted.  A petition for
presentation to the House of Commons against the Bill was also agreed to.
The resolutions were moved by the Hon. George Walpole, seconded by the
Ven. Archdeacon Bathurst, and supported by Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P.  The High
Sheriff (Mr. S. Kett) declined to preside, and Mr. Edmond Wodehouse,
M.P., dissented from the proceedings as impolitic and unnecessary.

29.—This being the anniversary of the Decollation of St. John an assembly
was held at the Church Hall, Yarmouth, at which the Mayor and Corporation
were present, for the purpose of electing a Mayor, chamberlain,
churchwardens, and other officers of the borough for the year ensuing.
“The inquest was balloted for and locked up on Tuesday afternoon, and
kept without fire, candle, meat, or drink till ten o’clock on Thursday
morning, when they returned the following gentlemen as being elected to
fill the respective offices:—Mr. John Goat Fisher, Mayor; Mr. William
Barth, chamberlain; Mr. T. Bateman and Mr. John Preston, churchwardens.”

—A contest for freemen’s Sheriff took place at Norwich.  Mr. E. T. Booth
was elected with 929 votes, against 478 recorded for Mr. Peter Finch.

SEPTEMBER.

1.—Mr. Robert Hamond, shooting in West Norfolk, killed to one brace of
pointers, and “without cleaning his gun,” 53 brace of partridges, a hare,
and a landrail.  He missed eight shots, lost only one brace of birds, and
had only one double shot.  The gun was by Scarlett, of Swaffham.

5.—A prize fight took place on Ashby Common, near Thurton, between Cox,
the Norwich blacksmith, and Barlee, the Berghapton Groom, for a purse of
£25.  Walkley and Payne seconded Cox, and Ned Painter and Teasdale waited
upon Barlee.  “The odds were greatly in favour of Cox till the 30th
round, when Barlee planted some severe blows, and in the 47th round
floored his opponent.  In the 53rd round Cox made a desperate effort and
beat, or rather ran down, his opponent in every round till the 80th.  The
betting was now seven to four in favour of Cox.  Barlee again exerted
himself, and in the next six rounds planted several desperate hits on his
adversary’s face, and in the 88th round brought Cox to the ground by a
tremendous blow under the jaw, and won the fight in one hour twenty-three
minutes.  Cox’s head and face presented a frightful spectacle, and not a
feature of his countenance could be distinguished.”

—Died at the house of Mr. Robert Marsham, at Stratton, Sir Edmund Bacon,
premier baronet, of Raveningham.  He was in his 71st year, and his death
was occasioned by a fall from his carriage on August 30th.  “Sir Edmund
was director of the Loddon and Clavering Incorporation, and chairman of
the committee of the Norfolk Lunatic Asylum.  He had made unremitting
exertions to improve the public roads.  It was one of his fixed opinions
that the roads might be kept in a good state of repair by the fair
performance of the Statute duty without the imposition of tolls, and he
practically evinced the truth of the opinion which he had formed.  In the
attainment of this important object he had to encounter the prejudices of
the ignorant and the complaints of the interested, but he steadily
pursued his course regardless of the unpopularity which he thus caused,
and at length had the gratification of making converts of his most
decided opponents.”

12.—Miss Macauley, from the King’s Concert Room, London, gave her
literary and musical entertainment, _La Petit Souper_, at Norwich
Theatre.  On the 14th she gave a dramatic reading at the New Concert
Room, St. George’s.

18.—A fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Neale, coach maker, St.
Giles’ Gates.  The whole range of workshops was consumed, and damage done
to the amount of £2,000.

24.—Died at his seat at Nackington, Kent, Mr. Richard Milles, of North
Elmham, aged 85.

25.—Cossey bells, rehung by Messrs. T. and J. Hurry, of Norwich, were
re-opened.  “Five good hats” were offered for competition.

29.—Mr. Henry Francis and Mr. E. T. Booth, Sheriffs of Norwich, gave a
dinner to 130 guests at Chapel Field House.  “A turtle, weighing 130
lbs., was dressed by Mr. Snow, and so highly relished that not a fragment
remained.”

Rear-Admiral Philip Wilkinson assumed this month the surname and the arms
of Stephens, in compliance with the request contained in the will of his
maternal great uncle, Sir Philip Stephens, Bart., for many years
Secretary to the Admiralty.

OCTOBER.

1.—Died, aged 47, at Dunkirk, Mr. Charles William Jerningham, second son
of Sir William Jerningham, of Costessey.  “Mr. Jerningham had served
eight camps in the Austrian Army with distinguished valour, being engaged
in the great battles of Jemappe and Fleurus, and was several times
wounded.”  His remains were interred at Costessey on October 23rd.

7.*—“It is with mingled feelings of shame and disgust that we state no
less than four pugilistic battles were fought on Sunday morning last on
Mousehold Heath, near Norwich, and that many hundreds of persons were
present to witness the unchristianlike scene.”

16.—At a dinner held at the King’s Arms Inn, North Walsham, under the
presidency of Capt. Simpson, Capt. Cooper was presented with a piece of
plate by the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood as a testimony of
their high esteem for his public conduct and private worth.

19.—At the opening concert of the Harmonic Society, Mr. and Miss Mori
made their first appearance in Norwich.  Mr. Mori is stated to have been
“well known as one of the first violin performers of the present day.”

21.—The Rev. Edward Bankes, LL.B., was installed a Prebendary of Norwich
Cathedral, in place of the Rev. George Anguish, A.M., resigned.

—*“Died at her father’s house in Gun Lane, in this city, aged 19, Miss
Smith, daughter of Mr. Smith, of Norwich Theatre.”

NOVEMBER.

3.—Died at Yarmouth, aged 70, Sir Edmund Lacon, Bart., senior alderman of
the borough.  He four times served the office of Mayor.  He was succeeded
by Mr. Edmund Knowles Lacon, of Ormsby.

11.—Soon after the arrival at Norwich of the coaches with the
intelligence of the abandonment of the Bill of Pains and Penalties after
its third reading in the House of Lords, the bells of “one or two of the
minor parishes” were rung, a few houses illuminated, and parties paraded
the streets with flambeaux, crying “Light up for the Queen.”  An attempt
to make a bonfire on the Castle ditches was prevented by the magistrates,
many of the torches were put out, and eight of the torch bearers taken to
the watch-house.  In view of a disturbance 1,000 special constables were
sworn in on the 13th, on which evening a procession was formed on
Tombland.  In passing through the city the mob groaned outside houses
which were not illuminated, and an iron ball was hurled through the
window of Dr. Reeve’s house in St. Giles’.  On the 23rd a public meeting
was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, presided over by the Mayor, when
congratulatory resolutions and an address to the Queen were adopted.
(The address was subsequently presented to her Majesty at Bradenburgh
House by Mr. N. Bolingbroke, who was accompanied by Mr. W. Smith, M.P.,
and Mr. Edward Taylor.)  After the meeting a bonfire was lighted in the
Market Place.  “We understand that an impression of the NORFOLK CHRONICLE
(surely not dishonoured by being obnoxious to such a crew) was committed
to the flames.”  Demonstrations took place at Yarmouth, Lynn, and other
towns.

13.—The Olympic Circus was opened by Mr. T. Cooke at the Pantheon,
Norwich.

19.—Died in St. Andrew’s, Norwich, aged 81, an eccentric person named
Charles Archer.  “It was his constant practice to be at his post every
morning at four o’clock with his kettle of hot cocoa and saloop.  His
station was near the Two-Necked-Swan, and he was allowed half a pint of
porter each morning for calling up the landlord at six, which custom
continuing 14 years he drank at that house 2,556 half pints, or something
more than 319 gallons.  He had formerly been in the 12th Regiment of
Foot, and lost a leg in the memorable siege of Gibraltar, for which he
was granted a pension which he received 39 years.  But what most affected
his mind next to the misfortune of having his leg shot away was to see a
hog, a circumstance related by himself, snatch it up in his mouth and run
away with it without his being able to prevent it.”

28.—Died, in his 82nd year, at the Great Hospital, Bishopgate Street,
Norwich, Robert Davey, “who for several years was leader of the nocturnal
band of musicians vulgarly called ‘mumpers,’ though their performances
justly entitled them to a more respectable appellation.  He personated
Orpheus in the grand procession which took place in Norwich in honour of
Bishop Blaize on March 24th, 1783.”

29.—H.R.H. the Duke of York passed through Norwich on his way to Gunton
Hall, the seat of Lord Suffield.  On the duke’s approach to St. Stephen’s
Gates the horses were taken from his carriage, and it was dragged through
St. Stephen’s Street and Rampant Horse Street to the Market Place.  After
changing horses at the Angel Inn, his Royal Highness proceeded on his
journey.  On the following day the Duke of Wellington passed through the
city on his way to Gunton.

30.—Died, aged 102, Mr. John Walden, of Wells-next-the-Sea.

DECEMBER.

1.—A special assembly of the Norwich Corporation was held at which a
loyal address to his Majesty was adopted.  Similar addresses were passed
by the Corporations of Yarmouth and Lynn.

2.—At a special assembly of the Corporation it was resolved to grant the
honorary freedom of Norwich to the Duke of York and the Duke of
Wellington.  These illustrious personages arrived unexpectedly in the
city on their return from Gunton on the following day (Sunday, 3rd).
After attending service at the Cathedral they proceeded to the Angel Inn,
where the Mayor (Mr. William Burt), the Sheriffs, and other civic
officials waited upon them.  The Steward (Mr. Robert Alderson) read the
address passed on the previous day, and the admission to the freedom of
the city was completed in due form.  His Royal Highness and the Duke of
Wellington returned thanks, and afterwards invited the company to
luncheon.  On their departure from Norwich the same afternoon they were
enthusiastically cheered.

9.—The Duke of Gloucester visited Col. Dixon at Rainham, and afterwards
proceeded to Holkham as the guest of Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P.

10.—Died at Hethel, aged 68, Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., D.L., one of the
chairmen of Norfolk Quarter Sessions.

13.—A meeting of the owners, occupiers, and inhabitants of the hamlets
was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, to take into consideration the
expediency of establishing an effective police for the district.
Resolutions were passed asking the assistance of the city magistrates.
In consequence of the numerous highway robberies and burglaries, and
other depredations committed in city and county, public meetings were
held and resolutions passed granting a reward of £5 to watchmen who
apprehended offenders.  It was stated that more burglaries had been
committed within the three preceding months than in the former twenty
years.

25.—The Hon. George John Watson, of North Elmham, second son of the Right
Hon. Baron Sondes, deceased, assumed the surname and arms of Milles, in
compliance with the will of his maternal grandfather, Mr. Richard Milles,
of North Elmham, and of Nackington, Kent.

27.—A meeting, presided over by Mr. John Morse, Father of the City, was
held at the Angel Inn, Norwich, at which resolutions expressive of
attachment to his Majesty’s person and Government, and to the established
constitution in Church and State were passed, and a loyal address to the
King adopted.  The address, which received 1,634 signatures, was
presented to his Majesty in the following January by Mr. Charles Harvey,
M.P., Mr. John Harvey, alderman, and Sir Robert John Harvey.  Similar
addresses were adopted by the Corporations of Yarmouth and Lynn.

1821.

JANUARY.

2.—A meeting of the dyers, dressers, and manufacturers was held at the
Guildhall, Norwich, under the presidency of Mr. John Harvey, chairman of
the manufacturing interest, to consider “the most effectual means of
checking the violation of the Sabbath, which has of late arisen to a most
shameful height, in consequence of the recent increase in the trade of
the city”; and the notice “on the part of the dyers and dressers of
bombazines announcing to the manufacturers the conditions on which alone
they had agreed to conduct their business, namely that of holding goods
which they may have in hand at the time of any bankruptcy or failure as a
lien for any balance due to them on their accounts.”  The meeting was
adjourned _sine die_.

6.*—“The Rev. Alfred Inigo Fox, of Woodton Hall, has assumed the surname
of Suckling only, with the arms of Suckling, quarterly, with his own,
pursuant to the will of the late Robert Suckling, of Woodton Hall.”

9.—Mr. Mathews appeared at Norwich Theatre in his entertainments, “At
Home,” “A Trip to Paris,” and “Country Cousins.”

—At Norwich Quarter Sessions, Sarah Powell, keeper of a boarding school,
was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for cruelly ill-treating and
wounding Mary Ann Phillips, aged 6½ years.

13.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, the case of the King on the
prosecution of Robert Leamon, the younger, against Edmund Heagren Gibbs
for assault, was tried.  The defendant, an opulent farmer living at
Quarles, pleaded guilty to the charge.  The offence was committed in
Fakenham Market Place, and it was alleged that the defendant several
times struck the plaintiff with a jockey whip.  He was fined £300.

22.—Mr. Dowton appeared at Norwich Theatre as Sir Peter Teazle and
Restive (“Turn Out”).  On succeeding evenings he took the parts of Job
Thornberry, Sir Anthony Absolute, Barnaby Brittle, Old Drugget (“Three
Weeks after Marriage”), Sheva (“The Jew”), &c.

27.*—(Advt.)  “£100 Reward.  Whereas at about nine o’clock on the evening
of the 22nd inst., Mr. John Thurtell was attacked in Chapel Field,
Norwich, by three men, knocked down, and robbed of a pocket book
containing £1,508 in notes, thirteen of which were of the Bank of
England, value £100 each, and the name of John Thurtell is endorsed on
them.  Notice is hereby given that whoever will give information which
might lead to the apprehension and conviction of the persons concerned in
this robbery, shall be paid the above reward on applying to Mr. Thurtell;
and any person concerned in the robbery who will give information of his
accomplices will receive the reward and a free pardon.  Norwich, January
23rd, 1821.”  (In the following week it was announced that a commission
of bankruptcy had issued against John Thurtell and John Giddens,
bombazine manufacturers, dealers, and chapmen.  Soon afterwards Thurtell
absconded.)

29.—The first anniversary of the King’s Accession to the Throne was
celebrated in Norwich by peals on the bells of St. Peter Mancroft, and of
several of the minor parishes of the city.  At Methwold a lad named T.
Coates, aged 11, rang second in a peal of single bob major, and “the
company challenged England for his equal.”

FEBRUARY.

3.—At a meeting held at the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich, the Norfolk
Agricultural Association adopted a form of petition to be presented to
the House of Commons upon “the present deplorable condition of
Agriculture.”

10.*—“The remains of two bodies (no doubt those of Roman soldiers) were
lately dug up in a field opposite the west front of the Roman camp at
Caister, near Norwich.  Nothing was entire of them except several teeth
and a metal brooch in excellent preservation, although they cannot have
been interred less than 1,400 years.  Eleven or twelve human skeletons,
supposed to have been buried after some battle, were also discovered on a
farm at Longham, near Mileham, close at the foot of an antient ditch,
which Parkin supposes gives name to the Hundred of Launditch.  Eight or
ten years ago, in removing a tumulus in the same parish, some urns were
discovered.”

10.—Bloggs’ London caravan was advertised to run from the Rampant Horse
coach office, Norwich, to London in 24 hours.  It started on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday mornings at four o’clock, and returned on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday.  The Norwich and London Fly vans ran from the
Star Inn, Norwich, to the Bull Inn, Aldgate.

—Dr. Lewis Evans was elected physician to the Norfolk and Norwich
Hospital on the resignation of Dr. Alderson, to whom a vote of thanks was
accorded by the governors for his professional services of 50 years.

12.—Miss Macaulay commenced at Norwich Theatre an engagement of four
nights, during which she appeared as Lady Randolph (“Douglas”), Violante
(“The Wonder”), Jane Shore, Rosabello (“Rugantino”), Lady Townley (“The
Provoked Husband”), and Phœbe (“Rosina”).

15.—By the careless driving of the coachman the Morning Star, Yarmouth
coach, was overturned at Scole Inn, and of the three inside and nine
outside passengers, one, Mr. Butterfield, of Leeds, was seriously
injured, and died on April 14th.  At the Norfolk Assizes in March, 1822,
an action was brought by Butterfield’s employers against the owners of
the coach for the recovery of damages sustained by them by the loss of
their servant.  The jury found for the plaintiffs, damages, £100;
expenses, £258; and costs, 40s.

17.—The perfectly new house of Mr. John Cator, at Woodbastwick, was
destroyed by fire.  “The interior of the building was consumed, the walls
alone left standing.”

24.—Mr. J. M. Murry, of Davey Place, Norwich, advertised himself as “sole
agent for the sale of Bridgman’s patent iron coffins as security to the
deceased persons.”

26.—Mrs. Davison appeared at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, in the character
of Letitia Hardy.  On subsequent evenings she performed Priscilla Tomboy,
Hypolita (“She Wou’d and She Wou’d Not”), and Kathleen (“The Poor
Soldier”).

28.—An unusually large supply of white herring was received from Yarmouth
at Norwich.  The fish were sold at a penny a dozen at Fye Bridge staith,
and afforded great relief to the poor.

MARCH.

3.*—“Died lately at Reepham Moor, St. John Hunt, who was buried by his
desire in his best suit of clothes, great coat, hat, &c.  A tobacco box,
short pipe, and walking stick were also deposited by his side in the
coffin.”

—Mr. Richard Taylor, of Norwich, published his well-known work, the
“Index Monasticus.”

—Died at his house in Queen Street, Norwich, Mr. William Foster, an
alderman of the Wymer Ward.

5.—Died, at Versailles, in her 70th year, Miss Hannah Brand, formerly of
Norwich.

7.—Three prisoners confined in the city gaol, Norwich, and charged with
capital offences, effected their escape by making a hole through the wall
of their cell.  They were recaptured.

—Mr. Edward Temple Booth, Sheriff of Norwich, was elected an alderman of
the Great Ward of Wymer, in place of Mr. Foster, deceased.  The other
candidate was Mr. Richard Shaw, who served the office in 1818.

8.—A new tragedy, entitled “Antigone,” written by Mr. Edward Ball, of
Duke’s Palace House, Norwich, was produced at Norwich Theatre for the
first time.

13.—Mr. E. Wodehouse presented to the House of Commons petitions from the
owners and occupiers of land in the vicinity of Norwich, Yarmouth, and
North Walsham, on the depressed state of agriculture, praying for a
repeal of the last duty on malt, and for the substitution of a modified
tax on property.  At this date wheat was making 25s. to 31s.; barley, 9s.
to 12s. 6d.; oats, 9s. to 10s.; and malt, 34s. per coomb.

22.—A performance took place for the benefit of the Theatrical Fund,
established for the relief of aged and decayed actors of the Norwich
company.  The Freemasons gave their patronage, and, in full regalia,
attended the Theatre, where the pieces produced were the comedy “Secrets
worth Knowing,” and the musical farce “The Padlock.”  The proceeds
amounted to £117 2s. 6d.

26.—Mrs. Bartley commenced at Norwich Theatre an engagement, during which
she appeared in the characters of Bianca (“Fazio”), Jane Shaw, Madame
Chermont (“Adrian and Orrila”), Mary Stuart, and Catherine (“The Taming
of the Shrew”).

31.—The freedom of the city of Norwich was presented to Capt. William
Edward Parry, R.N., prior to his departure for the Arctic Seas to
ascertain the existence of a north-west passage.  He was a nephew of Dr.
Rigby, of Norwich.  The parchment was presented in an oak box, made of a
piece of the wood of the Hecla, the ship commanded by him in his voyage
of discovery towards the North Pole in 1819–20.

APRIL.

2.—A new peal of bells, hung by Messrs. Hurry, of Norwich, was opened at
Ditchingham.

3.—Died, aged 92, Thomas Burton, “father of the St. Peter’s company of
ringers, Norwich.”

—Died in St. George Colegate, Norwich, aged 88, Mrs. Goulty, widow of Mr.
John Goulty, and aunt to Admiral Lord Nelson.

—Mr. R. Morlege, many years confidential clerk to Messrs. W. and S.
Bircham, of Reepham, “left that place with his family, a wife, and seven
children, one an infant, in a covered van for Liverpool, there to embark
for Baltimore, and from thence to proceed in his van, which he takes on
board with him, about 400 miles up the country, and to settle on the
banks of the Ohio.”

5.—Died in St. Swithin’s, Norwich, aged 84, the Rev. James Lane, for 32
years Roman Catholic priest in the city.

7.—A “new and elegant” light post coach, “The Times,” was announced to
set out from the Angel Inn, Norwich, to the Swan-with-Two-Necks, Lad
Lane, London, on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at six o’clock, by
way of Scole, Bury, Sudbury, and Halstead.  It returned on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday.  The proprietors, W. Start, J. Thorogood and Co.,
regretted “the circumstance which rendered the dissolution of partnership
between them and Mrs. Nelson indispensable, in consequence of which they
had no connection with the Phenomena coach.”  Thorogood himself drove the
coach both to and from London.

9.—Mr. J. Brunton, the former manager, and his daughter, Miss Fanny
Brunton, performed at Norwich Theatre.  They appeared respectively as
Othello and Desdemona on the opening night, and on subsequent evenings as
Horatius and Horatia (“The Roman Father”), and Wildlove and Zephyrina
(“The Lady and the Devil”).  “Miss Brunton, though not 19 years of age,
has made great progress towards histrionic excellence.”

10.—At a public meeting held at the Town Hall, Yarmouth, under the
presidency of the Mayor (Mr. Fisher), a committee was appointed and a
subscription opened for the formation of a fund from which to reward
boatmen for rescuing persons from shipwreck.

14.—The Wellington coach ran from Norwich on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday to Stamford, where it effected a connection with coaches to the
Midlands and the North.

15.—Wombwell’s Menagerie was exhibited on the Castle Meadow, Norwich.

17.—The erection of a new jetty was commenced at Cromer.  It was finished
in the summer of 1822.  “Erected on massy iron frames by Mr. Hase, of
Saxthorpe, it exhibits a magnificent proof of the skill of the engineer,
and of his honourable attention to his contract.”

22.—Died in St. George’s Colegate, Norwich, after a few days’ illness,
John Crome, the elder.  He was president of the Norwich Society of
Artists, and an artist of considerable repute.  His remains were interred
on the 27th in a vault in St. George’s church.

23.—St. George’s Day being the day appointed for the celebration of his
Majesty’s birthday, the Corporation of Norwich attended service at the
Cathedral, and the 9th Lancers and the Norwich Light Horse Volunteers
fired three volleys with their pistols in the Market Place.  The Mayor
gave a dinner at his house, Major Harvey and the officers and men of the
Light Horse dined at the White Lion Inn, St. Benedict’s, and several
members of the Common Council met for dinner at the Castle Inn.  The
Loyal Heroes or Sons of Pitt, and several other societies dined at their
respective club houses.

—Miss Rosalie Corri appeared at Norwich Theatre as Polly (“The Beggars’
Opera”).  Her other characters included Louison (“Henri Quatre”), Zerlina
(“The Libertine”), &c.

25.—At a meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, for the promotion of
vaccination amongst the poor, it was stated that in 1819, when about 500
persons died of small-pox, “the figures of persons liable to take the
disease was on an average of five years not less than 1,000 annually.”
Since that year vaccination had again languished, and in 1820 not 100 of
the poor were vaccinated.  The meeting directed that a census be
immediately taken for the purpose of ascertaining how many persons
remained unvaccinated, and what would be the extent of the danger
attending the introduction of small-pox.

26.—A smuggling boat was captured at Yarmouth between the Nelson monument
and the old jetty, by boats of the Revenue cutter Ranger, Capt. Sayer.
The smuggler had on board about 400 tubs of Geneva, and a quantity of dry
goods, and her crew escaped by jumping overboard and swimming ashore.

28.*—“Died last week at Swaffham, the widow Turner, aged 96, formerly a
midwife.  Mrs. Turner had a perfect remembrance of the girl who was burnt
at Lynn on April 1st, 1731, for aiding and assisting in the murder of her
mistress, and was taken by her friends to visit her in prison a few days
before the execution of that dreadful sentence.”

—Gurney’s Original day coach was advertised to leave the Norfolk Hotel,
Norwich, for the Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street, and the Black Bear,
Piccadilly.  The proprietor referred to the liberal patronage he had
received “amidst the powerful ruinous competition among other parties
concerned in the Norwich and London coaches.”

30.—At the White Swan Inn, Norwich, commenced a three double days’ play
of cocks, for 10 guineas a battle and 200 guineas the odd, between the
gentlemen of Norwich and the gentlemen of Cambridgeshire.  Feeders: Lamb
for Norwich, Burn for Cambridge.  Norwich won by seven battles ahead in
the mains, and two in the byes.

MAY.

1.—There was a contest this year for the Mayoralty of Norwich.  At the
close of the poll the numbers were declared as follow:—Alderman Rackham,
986; Alderman Hawkes, 950; Alderman Marsh, 630; Alderman Yallop, 631.
The two first-named were returned to the Court of Aldermen, who elected
Mr. Rackham to serve the office.

2.—Died at his ancestral seat at Great Ormesby, aged 68, Mr. James
Symonds, who was descended from one of the oldest families in Norfolk.

8.—At a meeting of the merchants, manufacturers, dyers, &c., held at the
Guildhall, Norwich, presided over by Mr. John Harvey, it was resolved to
petition Parliament for a repeal of the tax on imported foreign wool.

12.—A foot race of 30 miles was run at New Buckenham, between two men
named Tuttle and Beales.  The former won easily in five hours nine
minutes.

13.—Died at his house in Surrey Street, Norwich, aged 72, Mr. William
Stevenson, upwards of 35 years proprietor of the NORFOLK CHRONICLE.  He
served the office of Sheriff in 1799.

—Died at Lyng, Christopher Allcock, aged 91.  “He served in the first
draft of the Norfolk Militia when called out in the glorious year, 1759,
and such was his attachment to the military service that he made a
reserve of his coat that it might serve him for a shroud.”

18.—Died at Norwich, aged 53, Robert Chesnut, leader of the St. Peter’s
ringers.

19.—The “safety” coach from the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich, commenced
running to London on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings by way of
Thetford, Bury, and Newmarket.

23.—At a special court of the Norwich Guardians it was agreed to petition
the House of Commons against the Bill introduced into Parliament by Mr.
Scarlett, for amending the laws relating to the relief of the poor in
England.

28.—The principal inhabitants, with many other parishioners, perambulated
the parish of St. Clement’s, Norwich, and afterwards dined at the Bull
Inn, Magdalen Street.

30.—A glass bottle was thrown from the gallery on to the stage of Norwich
Theatre by a youth named Wheeler, son of a former member of the Norwich
company.  He was apprehended by Mr. Smith, the manager, taken before the
Mayor, and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment in the Bridewell.

JUNE.

12.—Costessey Guild was held, and the “Mayor” sworn in with great
formality.  Several “splendid equipages” appeared in the subsequent
procession.

—The festivities connected with Necton Guild were carried out on a scale
of much splendour in a field adjoining the residence of Major Mason, of
Necton Hall, the patron of this annual gathering.

—The Census was completed on this day at Norwich.  The city, with its
hamlets and the Close, contained 10,833 houses and 50,173 souls, namely,
22,732 males and 27,441 females.  In comparison with the returns at the
previous Census these figures showed an increase of 2,300 houses and of
12,917 persons.

18.—Guild Day at Norwich.  Mr. William Rackham was sworn in Mayor, and
entertained 650 guests at the guild feast at St. Andrew’s Hall.

—Died, aged 52, Charles Hague, Mus. Doc., professor of music at the
University of Cambridge.

—At an assembly of the Norwich Corporation, the Tonnage Committee was
ordered to obtain plans and estimates for the improvement of the south
side of St. Andrew’s Hall, and of the plain and gardens.  The proposed
work included the taking down of the old Library Room and the Court of
Conscience, which formed part of the entrance to the Hall, and completely
obscured and disgraced the structure; the erection of a Gothic porch on
part of their site to correspond with the architecture of the original
building, and the laying open of the whole south side of the Hall, “by
taking down the present garden walls, so as to form a square in front of
the hall.”  It was also proposed that the building be no longer used as a
corn exchange.

—About twenty of the Waterloo men resident in Norwich were entertained to
dinner at the Coach and Horses, Red Lion Lane, in celebration of the
anniversary of the battle.

23.*—“The curious antique pump in St. Lawrence, in this city (Norwich),
erected by Robert Gybson in 1576, has been lately put into repair, and
the singular inscription and ornaments thereon repainted by the present
proprietor, Quarter-Master Betts, of the West Norfolk Regiment.”

28.—The Marshland free bridge, built by Messrs. Jolliffe and Bank, under
the direction of the engineer, Mr. Rennie, and forming a direct means of
communication between the eastern and northern districts, was opened on
this date.  A procession of carriages, preceded by a band of music and
banners, with 7,000 pedestrians, passed over the bridge at one o’clock.
The carriage of Mr. Thomas Hoseason led the van.  Among the vehicles was
the Lynn and London coach, drawn by four bays decorated with ribbands and
flowers.

JULY.

2.—Twelve smacks were despatched from Wells to a newly discovered oyster
bed at Happisburgh, whence they returned on the following day with from
100 to 121 tubs each.

—*“Notwithstanding the clouds which lower on the landed interest, the sun
of Holkham’s prosperity has shone forth with undiminished splendour,” was
the comment which prefaced this year’s report of the Holkham Sheep
Shearing.  The business of the meeting commenced with an inspection in
front of the hall “of the various processes in the manufacture (by the
labourers’ children and the parish poor) of part of the crop of flax and
hemp grown upon Holkham Park Farm in the last year.  The several
operations of breaking, heckling, and spinning were gone through by
females of various ages with ease and facility.”  Some of the sacks and
sheeting manufactured from the materials were also shown.  The gathering
was attended by H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Bedford, the Earl
of Albemarle, Lord Erskine, Lord Crewe, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Hume, &c.
“The magnificent hospitality of these meetings congregated men from all
parts of the civilized world.  None but agricultural subjects were
discussed.  On these the most conflicting opinions were freely given and
as freely canvassed, but anything political was excluded.  And thus,
although the political opinions of Mr. Coke and most of his personal
friends were not only very decided, but for a great period, and that the
most brilliant era of the Holkham meetings, unpopular with the great
majority of those connected with the landed interest, yet men of every
shade of political opinion were heartily welcome . . . and although they
might hear some favourite theory of farming ridiculed they never would
find anything hurtful to their political feelings advanced.  The Sheep
Shearing of 1821, indeed, was an exception.  Political topics were then
introduced.  It was a bad omen.  This Sheep Shearing was the
last.”—“Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society,” Vol. XIV., part 1.

7.—Miss Biffin paid a return visit to Norwich, and was exhibited at St.
Peter’s Steps, the Market Place.

19.—Norwich, in common with the cities and towns of the kingdom
generally, celebrated the Coronation day of King George IV.  The Mayor
and Corporation went in procession to the Cathedral, preceded by a troop
of the 9th Lancers, commanded by Capt. Campbell, sixty-four Waterloo men
wearing their medals, and by the loyal and constitutional clubs with
their flags.  The procession was closed in by the Norwich Light Horse
Volunteers.  After service a roasted bullock, weighing 60 stones, was
distributed in the Market Place, with 2,880 penny loaves, and several
barrels of beer.  There was a similar distribution in Ber Street.  A
dinner took place at St. Andrew’s Hall, under the presidency of the
Mayor, and at night a display of fireworks was given on a staging erected
on the south side of the Market Place.  A very elaborate triumphal arch,
erected near the Guildhall, was brilliantly illuminated.  There were like
demonstrations at Yarmouth, Lynn, and other towns in the county.

29.—Died at St. John Timberhill, Norwich, John Smith, schoolmaster, aged
54, “the author of several scholastic works and an English grammar.”

30.—A grand cricket match between the Holt and Nottingham clubs commenced
at Holt, and was continued on the two following days.  It terminated in
favour of Nottingham, with ten wickets to spare—Nottingham, 150-154;
Holt, 80-73.  The Holt team included R. J. Brereton, Garwood, N. Pilch,
William Pilch, F. Pilch, W. Englebright, R. Englebright, Frost, Brunton,
Carmichael, and Goggs.

31.—The new river or Cut from King’s Lynn to Eau Brink was opened.  At
8.30 a steam barge passed beneath the new bridge into the Cut, followed
by a great number of boats.  After the commissioners had viewed the work
the steamboat returned to Lynn, where dinner was served at the Town Hall,
under the presidency of Lord William Bentinck.

AUGUST.

1.—Died at his house in Charles Street, Berkeley Square, the Right Hon.
Lord Suffield, his Majesty’s Lieutenant of Norfolk.  His lordship, who
was in his 54th year, dying without issue, he was succeeded in his title
and estates by his brother, the Hon. Edward Harbord, M.P. for
Shaftesbury.  The remains of his lordship arrived at Aylsham, and lay in
state at the Black Boys Inn on August 12th, and the funeral took place at
Gunton on the 13th.

4.*—“In the recent creation of baronets are Major-General Sir Edward
Kerrison and Mr. Astley Paston Cooper, surgeon to his Majesty’s person.”

6.—The Norwich Assurance Company and the Norwich Union Society combined
their establishments under the style of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance
Society, with a capital of £550,000.

9.—Official intelligence was received in Norwich of the death of Queen
Caroline.  Her Majesty died at Bradenburgh House, Hammersmith, on the
7th.

10.—The organ in Loddon church, the gift of Mr. Thomas Reynolds, of
Chedgrave, was opened with a performance of sacred music by Messrs.
Pettet and Woolman.  The principal vocalists were Miss Gaskill, of
Norwich Theatre, Mrs. Card, and Mr. French; and the instrumental band was
composed of Norwich and Yarmouth amateurs.  “Tickets: middle aisle, 3s.;
side aisle, 2s.”

11.*—“A troop of the 4th Dragoons arrived here last week to replace the
troop of 9th Lancers, who have gone to Canterbury.”

—*“Died, last week, at Surlingham, Mrs. Elizabeth Utting, in her 104th
year.”

14.—Mr. Justice Richardson, in charging the Grand Jury at the Norwich
Summer Assizes, made reference to the large number of street robberies
and burglaries that had taken place in the city.  “Several persons had
their pockets picked in court; one man was detected in the act, and was
committed to Bridewell.”

17.—Among the civil actions tried at the Norwich Assizes, before Sir
Robert Dallas, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, was that of
Crawcour _v._ Smith.  It was for the recovery of the cost of a suit of
clothes, &c., bought by the plaintiff in consequence of having received
from the defendant a fictitious card of invitation to dine at the Guild
feast in 1820.  The defendant, who admitted the sending of the card, was
heard to remark that “he would rather undergo transportation than not see
the plaintiff (a Jew dentist) at the door of the Guildhall in his pomps
and opera hat.”  Counsel for the defendant endeavoured to show that the
order for the apparel was given subsequent to the plaintiff receiving
notice of the fictitiousness of the card; and he argued that even if he
had gone to the feast he could not have partaken of it without incurring
the censure of the higher orders of his religion.  Mr. Sergeant Blossett,
for the plaintiff, replied that “of the 600 covers placed on the tables
on Guild Day there were several of which Mr. Crawcour might partake
without injury either of his soul or his stomach.”  The jury found for
the plaintiff—damages 1s.  (Mr. Crawcour on September 23rd met with a
terrible accident on Tombland.  The horse, which he was driving, ran
away, and he was thrown from the vehicle.  His leg was fractured in so
shocking a manner that immediate amputation was rendered necessary.)

18.—Col. the Hon. John Wodehouse, M.P., was appointed his Majesty’s
Lieutenant, Vice-Admiral of the county, and Custos Rotulorum, in place of
the late Lord Suffield.

20.—A fire took place on the premises of Mr. Cross, Lower Earlham, by
which his barns and outhouses, hay, corn, and straw stacks were
destroyed.  The damage was estimated at £1,000.

21.—Belzoni, the celebrated traveller and discoverer of Egyptian
antiquities, visited Norwich, and stayed with Mr. Jeremiah Ives, at his
residence, St. Catherine’s Hill, where several gentlemen of the city were
invited to meet him.

22.—Died, aged 72, Mrs. Mary Mountain, of Norwich.  “On the first
establishment of the Institution for the Indigent Blind in this city she
tendered her gratuitous services as matron, and for 16 years filled that
situation.”

28.—A contest for freemen’s Sheriff took place at Norwich.  Mr. Joseph
Gibson, 680; Mr. T. O. Springfield, 442.  A scrutiny was afterwards
demanded and granted, but was abandoned.

SEPTEMBER.

1.*—“The Easton Lodge estate, the property of the late Mr. W. Foster, has
been purchased by Mr. Thomas Trench Berney, of Morton Hall, for 30,000
guineas.”

—*“The tower of the antient church of St. John of Maddermarket, Norwich,
which has long been in a state of dilapidation, is now taking down to be
reduced by 14 feet, so as just to leave room for the bells.”

—A panorama of Waterloo was exhibited at Ranelagh Gardens, Norwich.

6.—The freemen of the “Blue and White” interest presented to Mr. Alderman
James Marsh a silver vase, weighing upwards of 100 ozs.  The presentation
was made at the Angel Inn, Norwich, by Mr. Edward Taylor.

—Workmen digging at the bottom of Bethel Street, Norwich, discovered a
human skeleton “laid exactly in the crossway of the roads; it was thought
to be the body of a criminal who died in prison and was buried there.”

8.*—“That highly esteemed performer, Mr. Vining, has formed a very
advantageous engagement with the proprietor of the Bath Theatre, and will
leave the Norwich company at the termination of Bury Fair.”  (He was
succeeded by his brother, Mr. J. Vining, who ultimately became a great
favourite on the Norwich stage.)

10.—Miss Dance, of Covent Garden Theatre, appeared at Norwich Theatre in
the character of Belvedera (“Venice Preserved”).  Her other
impersonations included Lady Teazle, Juliet, Widow Cheerly (“The
Soldier’s Daughter”), Mrs. Haller, Maria (“The Citizen”), &c.

16.—Died at Downham Market, at a very advanced age, William Howlett.  “He
was for many years employed as a labourer on the premises of Mr. E. R.
Pratt, at Ryston.  About 30 years ago he sold his wife, and delivered her
to the fortunate purchaser in a halter in the Market Place at Downham,
with whom she has ever since lived, and it is supposed they will now
marry.”

21.—At a quarterly meeting of the Corporation of Norwich, a committee was
appointed to take into consideration Mr. Cubitt’s plan for connecting the
city with the sea by way of Lowestoft.

26.—The foundation-stone of the Unitarian Chapel in Park Field, Diss, was
laid by Mr. Meadows Taylor and Mr. Thomas Dyson.

28.—Experiments with a life-saving rocket on Tregrouse’s principle were
made on Yarmouth beach by Rear-Admiral Spranger.  The rocket carried a
line from the ship to the shore, and running rigging was then brought
into use.

OCTOBER.

4.—Died in London, aged 64, the celebrated engineer, Mr. John Rennie, who
a few weeks previously had attended the opening of the Eau Brink cut.

6.*—(Advt.)  “Distressing case of long imprisonment.  Christopher Wood,
formerly of Lynn, bricklayer, committed in 1813 to Norwich Castle for
contempt of the Court of Chancery, incurred by his inability through
poverty to put in an answer to a bill filed against him to foreclose a
mortgage on an estate of which, unfortunately for him, he became owner.
He has been in prison eight years, and has hitherto been supported by his
labour beyond the prison allowance of bread, but having lately nearly
lost his sight he must in future depend entirely on the latter.  The
expense of putting in his answer will amount to £18, and being totally
unable to raise that sum must end his days in prison unless the
benevolent shall extend their bounty towards him by putting in his answer
to obtain his discharge, the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors not
extending to persons in custody for contempts.”

10.—Robert Skipper, the Norwich pedestrian, commenced the task of walking
1,000 miles in twenty successive days at the Prussia Gardens, Norwich.
He had completed 100 miles on the evening of the 11th, and at the 390th
mile was compelled to give up in consequence of magisterial interference.

27.*—“Lady Beevor, widow of the late Sir Thomas Beevor, has taken the
surname of Hare out of respect to the memory of her late father.”

—Died, aged 74, Mr. Edward Rigby, M.D., of Norwich.  He received his
medical education under Mr. Martineau, and first began practice in 1769,
when he distinguished himself as an accoucheur, and was the author of a
treatise on subjects connected with that branch of his profession.  In
1814 he took his degree in physic.  Dr. Rigby in 1786 established the
Benevolent Medical Society for the relief of the widows and orphans of
medical men; and in 1789 became a member of the Corporation of Surgeons
and of the Medical Society in London.  He was assistant surgeon of the
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital on its establishment in 1771, surgeon in
1790, and physician in 1814.  For many years he kept a private lunatic
asylum; and made constant and unremitted exertions in the cause of
vaccination.  He wrote several treatises on agricultural subjects, and
was in 1820 elected an hon. member of the Philadelphia Society for
Promoting Agriculture.  He was also a member of the Linnæan Society.  Dr.
Rigby was elected an alderman in 1802, Sheriff in 1803, and Mayor in
1805.  His remains were interred at Framingham, near Norwich, on November
5th.

28.—The county magistrates adopted a plan prepared by Mr. Wilkins for the
erection of a new county gaol on the Castle Hill, Norwich, “so far as the
sum of £26,000 would carry it into effect.”  This plan included the
removal of the then Shirehouse and inconvenient courts of justice.  In
order that the whole of the expense of the work should not fall upon
occupiers it was arranged that half only be paid by them, and the other
half by the owners of estates.—On December 1st a meeting of the county
magistrates was held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, to remonstrate
against the selection of the Castle Hill as the site for the new gaol.
At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions in January, 1822, the subject was
reconsidered, and it was finally decided by 30 to 24 votes to adhere to
the Castle Hill site.—On July 29th the workmen began to prepare the
ground for the foundations of the Shirehall, and on September 9th the
foundation-stone was laid with “Masonic ceremony.”  Current coins were
deposited in the cavity, and upon the stone was a Latin inscription
composed by the Rev. F. Howes.—The demolition of the old debtors’ court
commenced on May 7th, 1823, previous to which the prisoners committed on
criminal charges were removed to the different bridewells and houses of
correction in the county, the debtors only remaining in the Castle
keep.—On July 11th some workmen employed on the building were raising a
large stone, which fell and injured four of them, and one, Nicholas Mase,
died next day in hospital.  The new Shirehall was completed in time to
admit of the Quarter Sessions being held therein on October 15th, 1823,
which was the first occasion on which the building was used.  “As to the
prison buildings the ancient Saxon castle with Bigod’s tower is left
entire in its pristine state.  The hill is now surrounded with a
castellated wall of Aberdeen granite 20 feet high, leaving, however, in
general a space of nearly 20 feet for a public promenade on the summit of
the hill.”  The Castle ditches and meadow had previously been improved at
considerable expense by the city.  These works completed the first part
of the extensive scheme undertaken by the county.

—Lord Suffield was elected one of the chairmen of Norfolk Quarter
Sessions, in the room of the late Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart.

31.—There were two candidates for the vacancy occasioned upon the Norwich
aldermanic bench by the death of Dr. Rigby—namely, Mr. Jeremiah Ives and
Mr. Thomas Osborne Springfield.  Both political parties paraded the
streets with bands of music, flags, &c.  The poll was declared as
follows:—Springfield, 430; Ives, 268.  “The major part of the electors of
the Great Northern Ward received a couple of guineas each for their free
and independent votes.”

NOVEMBER.

3.—An accelerated mail service was introduced between London and Norwich
by the Postmaster-General.  By this arrangement the Norwich and Ipswich
mail coach performed the journey in one hour less time than previously.
On December 8th, however, it was announced that in consequence of the
Ipswich mail not having kept to the prescribed rate of travelling the
Post Office authorities had been obliged to return to the former times of
departure and arrival in respect to the London mail.  On the 17th a new
contract was entered into, by which the London mail to Norwich was
conveyed _viâ_ Newmarket.  The coach reached the city at ten o’clock am.
and departed at five p.m.

4.—A great gale occurred on the Norfolk coast, many vessels were driven
ashore between Yarmouth and Wells, and several foundered at sea.

10.*—“Mr. Charles Thurtell, son of Mr. Thomas Thurtell, of Lakenham, has
obtained a lieutenancy on board the Rochefort, now in the Mediterranean.”

13.—Died at Biddeford, Devonshire, aged 63, Major Charles Berkeley Money,
Royal Marines.  “He had retired from the service some years on account of
a severe wound received when captain on board the Royal Sovereign on the
glorious 1st of June.  He was a native and freeman of Norwich.”

16.—A severe storm took place.  The roads were in many parts of the
county rendered impassable by the heavy rains, and the marshes and low
grounds were flooded.

18.—Died at the house of his son-in-law, Mr. William Mason, of Necton,
the Rev. Paul Colombine, D.D., rector of Little Plumstead with Witton and
Brundall, perpetual curate of Hardley, and rector of Chilton, Suffolk.
He was presented to the living of Thurlton by the Mayor and Corporation
of Norwich in 1757.  He was in his 92nd year.

23.—Died, aged 62, Mr. William Burrows, alderman of the Great Northern
Ward, and Sheriff of Norwich in 1817.

24.—Dr. Yelloly was elected physician to the Norfolk and Norwich
Hospital, in place of Dr. Rigby, deceased.

26.—Mr. Peter Finch was elected an alderman of the Great Northern Ward,
Norwich, in place of Mr. William Burrows, deceased.

DECEMBER.

1.—A troop of the 4th Light Dragoons, under the command of Capt. Pratt,
left Norwich for Romford.

3.—A coursing party at Horsford “started a fine stout fox which was
instantly pursued by a brace of fleet greyhounds.  He kept before them
for more than half a mile when the dogs turned him.  After beating them
off for more than an hour he was taken alive.  Soon after Sir George
Brograve’s huntsman and hounds came up, when the coursing party, who had
joined in the chase, offered to unbag the fox for another run, but he was
found too exhausted and injured for the purpose, and it became necessary
to give him the _coup de grace_, and his head and brush were carried off
in triumph.”

7.—Mr. R. Hamond turned off a deer at Swaffham which led the field a
chase of nearly 30 miles.  “It crossed the river twice, and what is most
extraordinary Mr. A. Hamond, who is in his 81st year, partook of the
whole chase, and was at the spot when the deer was taken near Lynn.”

8.*—“Died last week at Ramsgate, at an advanced age, the Rev. Samuel
Vince, M.A., F.R.S., Plumian Professor of Astronomy in the University of
Cambridge, and Archdeacon of Bedford.  He was also rector of Kirby Bedon
and vicar of South Creake.”

11.—Died at his house in Mansfield Street, Sir Martin Browne ffolkes,
Bart, of Hillington Hall, M.P., F.R.S.  He was created baronet in 1774,
served the office of High Sheriff in 1783, and in 1790 was elected member
of Parliament for King’s Lynn, and continued to represent the borough
without intermission until the time of his death.

—An inquest was held at Lynn by Mr. Samuel Hadley, one of the coroners of
the borough, on the body of Robert Roberson, who was shot by Mr. Henry
Pond, a linen draper in High Street, whilst in the act of breaking into
his shop.  The jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.

15.*—“Robberies and depredations upon the public having been made to an
extent hitherto unknown, it is the determination of the justices in
certain Hundreds to form an establishment that will give vigour and
effect to the exertions of the magistrates in preventing robberies,
burglaries, larcenies, poaching, and felonies of various descriptions.”

17.—Cooke’s Company of Equestrians commenced a season’s engagement at the
Norwich Pantheon.

18.—A deputation waited upon Mr. Alderman Crisp Brown, of Norwich, to
acquaint him that 300 citizens had subscribed for his full-length
portrait, as a mark of “the respect and esteem entertained towards him
for his manly and loyal conduct upon all occasions, and for the strenuous
exertions which he made during his mayoralty to promote the better
observance of the Lord’s day.”  The portrait, by Clover, was hung in St.
Andrew’s Hall in October, 1822.

22.*—“Mr. Alexander Baring has purchased the mansion and domains of the
Hon. Mr. Petre in Norfolk, it is said for £300,000.  The estate is
situate near Thetford, and there are 26,000 acres of land.”

—*“An experiment has been tried for the bettering of the condition of the
labourers in agriculture, and for reducing the poor rates in the parish
of Terrington by the apportionment of parcels of land from one to five
roods, which has been found, after three years’ trial, to be productive
of the happiest effects.”

23.—During a violent gale from the N.N.W. a new East Indiaman, the
Indian, of 400 tons, from Hull to London, was wrecked off Yarmouth.  The
crew of 20 hands and a small part of her stores were saved.  The value of
the ship and cargo was estimated at £10,000.

25.—Service was held at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, when “the lighting
of the church was strikingly beautiful, and had a very imposing effect by
the admission of some additional lamps, which were very judiciously
arranged, giving to the altar and the communion plate upon the table a
very brilliant and splendid appearance.”

28.—A prize fight took place at Testerton Park, the residence of Major
Case, between Barlee, the Berghapton Groom, and Gales, the Norwich
butcher.  The former was attended by Ned Painter and Hervey, and the
latter by Josh Hudson and Cullington.  Seventy-eight rounds were fought
in one hour three minutes, and the battle was won by Barlee.  “Barlee, on
being declared victor, immediately planted an oak in the ring in the
presence of about 5,000 spectators in front of Testerton Hall.  The two
young pugilists were, by order of Major Case, taken under his hospitable
roof and put to bed, where everything needful was generously offered
them.  A large party of the Fancy had the honour of dining with the
major.”

1822.

JANUARY.

2.—A party of thieves, known as the “Cossey gang,” committed great
depredations in the neighbourhood of Norwich.  On the night of the 2nd
they broke into the Half Moon public-house, Stone Hills, and stole
sixteen gallons of spirits and other property.  “Tired of committing
depredations on foot, about ten o’clock at night, as soon as they find
those who keep horses are gone to bed, they resort to the stables and
take out what horses they want, ride to the spot of depredation, whether
for game, poultry, sheep, &c., and when done return the horses almost
jaded and harassed to death.”  (See August 2nd, 1822.)

9.—The Marquis of Titchfield was elected without opposition as member of
Parliament for King’s Lynn, in place of Sir Martin Browne ffolkes,
deceased.

12.—The poor of Norwich and its neighbourhood were informed by
advertisement that medical and surgical advice was given free at the
Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, St Benedict’s, Norwich (late Messrs.
Day’s bank), by Mr. L. Evans, M.D., physician, and Messrs. Robert Hull
and T. Martineau, jun., surgeons.  At a public meeting held on July 11th,
under the presidency of Sir Robert J. Harvey, it was resolved that “the
Norfolk and Norwich Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, instituted and
supported by Dr. Evans, Mr. Hull, and Mr. T. Martineau, has already been
productive of great advantage, and is deserving of public support.”

—A meeting of the proprietors and occupiers of land was held at the
Shirehouse, Norwich, “for the purpose of taking into consideration the
present most truly alarming state of agriculture.”  The High Sheriff (Sir
Jacob Astley) presided.  Resolutions were adopted urging the diminution
of taxation by means of rigid economy, the repeal of one half of the Malt
Tax, and the removal of the heavy imposts upon candles, salt, leather,
&c.  A petition embodying these views was ordered to be presented to the
House of Commons.  After this date many similar meetings were held in the
principal towns and villages in the Hundreds of the county, ostensibly
for the purpose of suggesting remedies for agricultural distress and of
promoting Parliamentary reform.  It was alleged that many of these
gatherings were of a party character, and on May 18th, the NORFOLK
CHRONICLE observed: “The discussion of agricultural distress was last
week suspended, and the mask of Parliamentary Reform entirely thrown off
by those who for the last four months have displayed so much violence
against the Government in pursuing the one, and casting so much obloquy
upon Parliament in assuming the other.”

24.—The annual dinner held at Norwich in celebration of the birthday of
Fox was attended by H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Norfolk, the
Earl of Albemarle (who presided), Mr. T. W. Coke, and many other
representatives of the Whig nobility and gentry of the county.

28.—Two Corsican stags, presented by Lord Maynard to Mr. Robert Hamond,
gave the Westacre Hunt good sport this season.  “The first was turned off
at Rougham on the 28th, and gave them a severe chase of nearly three
hours, from the effects of which two horses died.  They are very superior
to the red deer of this country from their capability to endure extreme
fatigue and to take the most extraordinary leaps.”

31.—Norwich Theatre was opened for the season with the grand spectacle of
“The Coronation.”

FEBRUARY.

1.—Lord Henry Cholmondeley was elected Member of Parliament for the
borough of Castle Rising, in the room of the Earl of Rocksavage, created
a peer by the title of Baron Newburgh.

11.—The Papyruseum, an exhibition of models formed of paper by Mrs.
Aberdein, was opened at the White Swan Inn, Norwich.

14.—A smuggling boat landed 80 tubs of gin and brandy on Snettisham
beach.  The crew of the preventive boat seized the cargo, a portion of
which with their boat was rescued by the smugglers, who had the
assistance of about 100 persons, some of whom were armed with bludgeons
and fowling pieces.  Twenty or thirty horses and carts were in waiting to
remove the contraband goods.  Two of the smugglers were wounded in the
affray.

18.—Lynn Theatre was opened under the management of Mr. T. Marsters.

19.—Skipper, the Norwich pedestrian, walked 50 miles in a few minutes
under eleven hours at Lynn.

23.*—“We understand that the manufactory of bombazines and crapes in
Norwich is likely to be affected from the circumstance of those articles
being now made in considerable quantities in various parts of Lancashire
at a much lower rate of wages for the weaving than that which is paid
here.”

26.—Married, by special licence, at the house of the Earl of Albemarle,
St. James’s Square, London, by the Lord Bishop of Norwich, Mr. Thomas
William Coke, M.P., of Holkham, to Lady Anne Keppel, second daughter of
the earl.

27.—The machine breaking riots commenced in Norfolk.  Upwards of a
hundred labourers assembled at Kenninghall, and seized the threshing
machine of Mr. Bailey, a farmer.  The Rev. J. Surtees, of Banham, a
county justice, at once proceeded to a neighbouring farm where an auction
was being held, and, in the King’s name, requested the auctioneer and the
farmers present to assist him in quelling the disturbance.  The whole
party rode over to Kenninghall, and after the Riot Act had been read the
mob dispersed.  On March 4th there were further riotous assemblies at
Attleborough, Shropham, Buckenham, Banham, &c.  The Eye troop of Yeomanry
Cavalry were called out, and of the 30 rioters secured eight who were
regarded as ringleaders, and they were sent to Norwich Castle under
cavalry escort.  The Yeomanry after lodging the prisoners in gaol were
assailed by a Norwich mob, who stoned them in the streets, and attacked
the Trowel and Hammer public-house, St. Stephen’s, where they had halted
to bait their horses.  The troopers returned to headquarters at East
Harling after a march of eighty miles in twenty hours.  Many prisoners
were also committed to the Castle from other districts, and several cases
of incendiarism were reported.  At the adjourned Quarter Sessions for the
county, held at Norwich on the 6th, the rioters were tried and sentenced
to various terms of imprisonment in the Bridewells and houses of
correction in the county.  A guard of the West Norfolk Militia was
stationed at the Castle, and a squadron of the Norwich Light Horse
Volunteers did duty at the Cavalry Barracks until relieved by the 16th
Lancers.  The Lancers and Light Horse afterwards acted as escorts to the
vans by which the prisoners were conveyed to the different prisons.  On
the march the military were repeatedly stoned by the mobs.  Detachments
of the 7th Dragoon Guards were stationed at Hingham and Attleborough, and
remained at those places until the lawless disposition manifested by the
rural population had subsided.

MARCH.

9.—Wombwell exhibited his menagerie on the Castle Meadow, Norwich.

16.—Mr. Blanchard appeared at Norwich Theatre as Toby Allspice (“The Way
to Get Married”) and Crack (“The Turnpike Gate”).  Among the other
characters impersonated during his engagement were Dr. Ollapod, Sir Abel
Handy, Mungo, Job Thornberry (“John Bull”), Capt. Meadows (“The Deaf
Lover”), &c.

28.—At the Norfolk Assizes held at Thetford, before Mr. Justice Richards,
William Hardiment and Benjamin Neal, who were concerned with James
Johnson in the murder of Mr. Baker at Wells-next-the-Sea on October 11th,
1817, were put upon their trial.  Hardiment had evaded apprehension, and
at the Spring Assizes in 1818 the bill charging Neal as an accessory was
thrown out by the Grand Jury.  Several witnesses now deposed to having
seen Johnson and Hardiment in company at about the time of the murder,
and two persons confined in Aylsham bridewell at the same time that
Hardiment and Neal were prisoners there gave evidence as to hearing
conversations between the two when planning the murder.  One of these
witnesses (Thomas Robinson), on December 24th, 1821, met Hardiment at
Beverley, in Yorkshire, and gave information which led to his arrest.
The jury found Hardiment guilty, and acquitted Neal.  Hardiment was
executed on the Castle Hill, Norwich, at noon on April 1st in the
presence of an immense crowd of spectators.  “Not more than three yards
from the gallows a boy was knocked down by a gentleman who detected him
picking his pockets.”

—At the same Assizes, before Mr. Justice Richards, the cause Lock, D.D.,
_v._ the Bishop of Norwich was tried.  In consequence of simony alleged
to have been committed by the Rev. Dr. Lock, the patron of the advowson
of Hilgay, the Crown had seized the living and presented the Rev. Dr.
Hewlett thereto on April 6th, 1819.  This action of _quare impedit_ was
instituted by the plaintiff to try the right of the Crown to such
presentation.  The defendant raised three pleas: (1) that the Rev. John
Royle being seized of the living of Hilgay it was corruptly agreed that
Lock should resign the living of Compton Martin, in Somersetshire, and
cause him (Royle) to be presented to it, and also that Lock should pay
Royle the sum of £12,900 for the advowson of Hilgay, and that in
consideration of the promises Royle should resign the living and cause
Lock to be presented to it.  (2) That Lock being seized of the living of
Hilgay did corruptly agree with one James Craddock, that in consideration
of the said Craddock paying to him the sum of £25,000 he (Lock) should
convey to Craddock the advowson of Hilgay, and also resign the living and
cause him (Craddock) to be presented to it.  (3) That Lock, being seized
of Hilgay, having presented Craddock, did corruptly agree that, in
consideration of Lock abandoning certain proceedings in an action for
debt against Craddock, he should forego proceedings upon a bill of
indictment for perjury preferred by Lock against Craddock, but Lock
corruptly prevailed upon Craddock to resign the living in order that he
(Lock) might present himself to it.  The jury gave a verdict for the
Crown generally upon all pleas.  The Judge: A very proper verdict.  It is
very disgraceful dealing, gentlemen.

30.*—(Advt.)  “To be fought at the White Swan Inn, Norwich, on Monday,
April 15th, 1822, and two following days, three double-days’ play of
cocks for ten guineas a battle and 200 guineas the odd, between the
gentlemen of Norwich and the gentlemen of Northampton.  Feeders: Stafford
for Norwich, Nash for Northampton.”

APRIL.

6.*—“A fish of the whale species was killed in shallow water on Cromer
beach last week.  Its dimensions were 57 feet long, breadth of tail, 13
feet; pectoral fin, six feet; from the eye to the end of the jaw, 13
feet; length of jaw bones, 14 feet; length of tongue, nine feet; breadth,
four feet.  It answers the description of the under-jawed whale.”

13.—Noah Peak and George Fortis were executed on the Castle Hill,
Norwich, for setting fire to three stacks on February 25th.  Both men had
been soldiers.  Peak was present at Busaco, Albuera, and Waterloo; and
Fortis was also in the last-named battle.  “It is not three years since
Peak came to Norwich and conveyed home for burial the body of Edward
Fisher, his fellow parishioner, who was executed on the Hill in August,
1819, for stabbing William Harrison.”

20.—Among the passengers who perished in the ship Albion, wrecked upon
the coast of Ireland, was Miss Powell, eldest daughter of the Hon. W. D.
Powell, Chief Justice of Upper Canada, and granddaughter of Dr. John
Murray, of Norwich.

MAY.

1.—Four candidates were nominated for the Mayoralty of Norwich, and the
poll was declared as follows:—Alderman Hawkes, 957; Alderman Patteson,
908; Alderman Thurtell, 364; Alderman Yallop, 318.  The Court of Aldermen
unanimously returned Mr. Robert Hawkes as Mayor.

4.*—“Last week two gentlemen on searching the burial ground belonging to
the Roman camp at Caister discovered the remains of a kiln with several
urns upon it as they were placed for burning.  Antiquaries having doubted
whether urns found at Caister were burnt in a fire or only dried in the
sun, the discovery of this kiln may be decisive of the question.”

11.—A county meeting was held at the Shirehouse, Norwich, “for the
purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of presenting a
petition to Parliament for a reform in the representation of the people.”
There was a crowded gathering, and much confusion prevailed until the
High Sheriff (Sir R. P. Jodrell) adjourned the meeting to the Castle
Hill, where the speeches were delivered from waggons.  Sir Thomas Beevor
moved a series of resolutions, the sixth of which stated “that a petition
be presented to the House of Commons praying that the House will
forthwith give to the people a real representation in place of that
corrupt and defective one which now exists.”  Mr. S. T. Southwell
seconded the resolutions, which were put _seriatim_ and carried _nem.
con._  Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P., and Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, M.P., spoke from
their respective waggons, and each surrounded by his partisans, left the
Hill amid much cheering.

20.—A meeting was held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, to decide upon the
rules of a society for enabling traders to oppose the discharge of
fraudulent debtors under the Insolvent Acts.

25.—An immense number of persons assembled at the Eau Brink Cut at Lynn
to witness the performance of “Zachariah Witmore, of Philadelphia” upon a
“water velocipede.”  It was a hoax.

30.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, the Mayor (Mr. W.
Rackham) presiding, at which a fund was inaugurated for the relief of the
distress in Ireland.  Sermons were also preached in the churches and
chapels in city and county in aid of the same object.  The amount raised
in Norwich and Norfolk was upwards of £3,000.

JUNE.

3.—The Leicester and Yarmouth Royal Mail coach commenced running.  It
started from Yarmouth at 1.45 p.m. and travelled by way of Norwich,
Dereham, Swaffham, Lynn, Wisbech, Peterborough, Stamford, and Melton
Mowbray.  At Stamford and Leicester it was in connection with coaches to
the north and west.

5.—Died at his house in Bolton Row, London, Mr. Edward Jerningham,
youngest son of Sir William Jerningham, Bart.  The remains were removed
from London to Costessey, where they were interred beneath the altar in
the private chapel.  Mrs. Edward Jerningham died on June 24th.

10.—A camping match took place at Ranworth between ten men of that
parish, and a like number from neighbouring parishes.  “After half an
hour’s excellent sport, which produced some good set-tos and a few bloody
noses, victory was declared in favour of Ranworth.”

14.—Died at his house in Cavendish Square, London, the Right Hon. Horatio
Walpole, Earl of Orford, Baron Walpole of Wolverton, and Baron Walpole of
Walpole, High Steward of the Borough of King’s Lynn, and colonel of the
West Norfolk Regiment of Militia.  The deceased nobleman, who was in his
70th year and was buried on the 25th at Wickmere, was succeeded in his
title and estates by the Right Hon. Horatio Lord Walpole, Member of
Parliament for Lynn.

18.—The Guild Day festivities at Norwich were carried out with great
splendour by the Mayor-elect, Mr. Robert Hawkes.  After returning from
service at the Cathedral, the Corporation listened to the Latin oration
delivered at the Free School porch by the head boy, Peter Hansell, and
after the customary ceremonies at the Guildhall, 700 guests assembled at
the feast at St. Andrew’s Hall.  In Bethel Street, where the Mayor
resided, were two triumphal arches, and on the summit of one a band
played selections of music.

23.—The tower of Happisburgh church was considerably damaged by lightning
during a severe thunderstorm, which occasioned much loss throughout the
county.

27.—The election to fill the vacancy in the representation of Lynn caused
by the elevation to the peerage of Lord Walpole commenced.  The
candidates were Col. the Hon. John Walpole, brother of the late member,
and Sir William Browne ffolkes.  Considerable disturbance prevailed
throughout the contest.  About 40 voters had polled for each candidate,
when the mob demolished Col. Walpole’s polling booth, set fire to the
materials, and stoned the poll clerks.  They then proceeded to the Duke’s
Head Inn, smashed the windows, tore the Corporation flag to pieces, and
committed other acts of violence.  The polling was adjourned until the
28th, when the disturbances were renewed, and a further postponement was
rendered necessary, the numbers then standing: Walpole, 137; ffolkes, 72.
About three o’clock in the afternoon a detachment of the 7th Dragoon
Guards arrived from Norwich, under the command of Lieut. Everard.  One of
the ringleaders of the mob was captured and sent under escort to Swaffham
Bridewell.  The polling was resumed on the 29th, and at noon, when every
vote appeared to have been recorded, the Town Clerk announced the numbers
as follow: Walpole, 156; ffolkes, 92.  The former was then declared duly
elected.  At the Norfolk Assizes held at Norwich on July 31st, before Mr.
Justice Best, William Chandler was indicted for taking part in the riot
at Lynn, and was ordered to enter into his recognisances to come up for
judgment when called upon.  Thomas Johnson and other persons were at the
Lent Assizes at Thetford in March, 1823, sentenced by Mr. Justice Garrow
to various terms of imprisonment for participating in the disturbances.

JULY.

4.—Died, at the age of 101, Mrs. Aldborough, of Trowse.

5.—A meeting of the manufacturers was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, “to
consider the present prices paid for weaving.”  It was agreed to adopt a
reduced scale of payment.  Meetings of the men were called, and the
employers were requested to reconsider the question.  Another meeting was
accordingly held on the 9th, when Mr. Beloe urged that the proposals of
the employers were ill-advised.  On the other hand it was stated that
goods were being manufactured in Yorkshire in large quantities at much
lower rates than in Norwich.  It was contended by the weavers that
greatly increased demands had been made upon them for house rent and
coals, and that it was impossible for them to live on reduced wages.  A
further statement was made to the effect that the lowering of prices
would tend to inferior workmanship.  A mob assembled outside the
Guildhall and cheered or hooted the different manufacturers whom they
deemed friendly or adverse to their claims.  One gentleman, Mr. William
Bosley, was very roughly handled, and his hat, coat, and shoes were taken
from him and torn to pieces.  It was considered necessary to summon the
assistance of the 7th Dragoon Guards, but the mob dispersed after the
announcement had been made from the leads of the Guildhall that the
manufacturers had consented to return to the old prices.  The weavers
spent the 10th in festivity and rejoicing.

6.—Died, William Coward, aged 85, for 54 years parish clerk at St.
Margaret’s, Lynn.  “He was borne to the grave by six grave-diggers, and
the pall was supported by six parish clerks.”

8.—Died at Calcutta, the Right Rev. Thomas Fanshaw Middleton, D.D.,
Bishop of Calcutta, and formerly vicar of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich.

—A camping match took place at Ranworth, in the presence of 6,000
spectators, between men of the Blofield and of the Tunstead and Happing
Hundreds.  “So closely were the men (ten a side) matched for strength,
courage, skill, and activity that the ball was nearly in the centre of
the ground when time was called and play stopped.  At the conclusion of
the camp, Turner, of Witton, and Riches, of Upton, had a pugilistic trial
of manhood.  A well-fought battle of thirty-two rounds of hard milling,
with little or no science, ended in favour of Riches.”

19.—Mr. T. Filby, of Elsing, fell down dead in the Sessions Court at the
Shirehouse, Norwich, when in the act of entering the jury box.

20.—Puxley and Nelson’s “New Fly Vans” were advertised to run between the
Star Inn, Norwich, and the Bull Inn, Aldgate, every day.  The journey was
accomplished in twenty-four hours.

—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, Giuliano Mantova, an Italian boy, who
travelled the country with pictures for one Dominico Crostea, of Norwich,
was indicted for maliciously and fraudulently taking by force from
William Hill, employed by Messrs. Copeman and Petworth, solicitors,
Aylsham, a child named Susan Hoffrath.  The prisoner denied that he had
enticed the child away, and his master gave him a good character; but the
jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in
Norwich Castle.

21.—Died at his house, Tombland, Norwich, aged 76, Mr. Charles Kitson,
one of the Chapter Registrars of the diocese of Norwich.

29.—Norwich Theatre was opened for the Assize week.  “Since the period of
its leaving Norwich the company has been subject to almost an entire
change, and it is now equal to any provincial establishment of the
histrionic kind in the kingdom.”  The new members included Miss Wensley,
Mrs. Dowton, Mr. Osbaldiston, and Mr. Ford White.  Mrs. Dowton was a
favourite actress in the Norfolk and Suffolk Company of Comedians, under
the management of Mr. Fisher, and afterwards married Mr. Sloman, the low
comedian of the Norwich Company.

AUGUST.

2.—At Norwich Theatre a new tragedy, entitled “The Persian Heroine,”
written by Mr. Richard Paul Jodrell, was performed under the patronage of
the High Sheriff and Lady Jodrell.

—At the Norfolk Assizes, held at Norwich, before Mr. Justice Best, James
Smith was indicted for breaking into the house of William Balls, the Half
Moon, Stone Hills, near Norwich, and stealing on January 2nd 16 gallons
of liquors in bottles, a purse containing £8 in notes and cash, a
quantity of copper coin, &c.  He was found guilty and sentenced to death.
(Although it was not stated at the trial, the prisoner was evidently one
of the “Cossey gang” referred to under date January 2nd, 1822.)  At the
Norwich Assizes, Henry Carter was sentenced to death for entering the
dwelling-house of John Clarke, of St. Paul’s, and stealing therein
several articles.  The execution of these men was carried out under
revolting circumstances on August 24th.  From an early hour in the
morning they were incessantly appealed to by the chaplain of the gaol and
a Wesleyan minister to acknowledge the justice of their sentence.  The
procession from the gaol in St Giles’ Street to the scaffold was headed
by the Under Sheriffs on horseback; the Sheriffs accompanied by the
chaplain and the minister came next in a mourning coach, “followed by a
cart covered with black cloth on which sat the two malefactors each with
arms pinioned, neck bare, and head uncovered, each sitting on the coffin
destined to receive his lifeless body.”  Smith was well behaved, but
Carter acted with great levity during the progress of the procession
through the Market Place to the scaffold erected near the weighing
machine on the Castle Meadow, and on the very drop itself “he seemed to
evince perfect indifference to the fate which awaited him.”  After
hanging for an hour “the bodies were carried by twelve bearers to the
house of Carter’s parents in St. Margaret’s, and were buried on the 26th
in the churchyard of that parish.”

3.*—“Mr. Yarrington, of this city, plumber and glazier, has presented the
Dean and Chapter of Norwich with a valuable piece of stained glass, a
portrait of the Virgin, which has been placed in the west window of the
Cathedral.”

6.—A great cocking match lasting two days commenced at Yarmouth, between
the gentlemen of that town and of Norwich.  Yarmouth won eleven mains and
five byes, and Norwich nine mains and seven byes.  “The feeder for
Norwich (Nash) proved the excellence of his management.  On Wednesday
evening the Norwich cock was pounded and taken by Nash, and from the
superiority of his condition afterwards won the battle.  In the second
pit the same evening one of the Norwich cocks had his thigh broken in the
first part of the battle, and afterwards fought two hours, and at one
time brought the odds from ten to one against him to the same odds in his
favour.  He, however, eventually lost.  This battle would have been
withdrawn, but as the money depended upon it they were induced to
continue it.”

7.—Mr. Heber, “the very eminent book collector and M.P. for the
University of Oxford,” dined with the Bishop of Norwich at the Palace,
and on the following morning proceeded to Blickling to inspect the
library at the hall.

8.—A cricket match between eleven members of the Holt club and the first
eleven of the Nottingham club, commenced at Nottingham, and owing to
unfavourable weather was protracted to the 11th.  Scores: Nottingham,
109-91; Holt, 52-43.  “Bets to the amount of several thousand pounds were
dependent upon the match.”

11.—His Majesty the King passed off Yarmouth on his voyage to Scotland.
“About half past five o’clock two steam tugs were seen with the Royal
yacht in tow, and thousands of persons crowded to the jetty and beach.”
The vessels steered a course outside the Roads; but the Perseverance yawl
put off with thirty persons on board, “and had the good fortune to fall
in with the yacht as it was weathering the Newarp floating light.  The
company in the boat gave four cheers for the King, who came on board and
returned the salutation.”  On his return voyage on Saturday, August 31st,
his Majesty passed through the Roads, and the yacht came close in shore.
“His Majesty was greatly disappointed in not receiving a supply of fresh
provisions which had been previously ordered to be ready for him on his
arrival off the town.  The letter arrived two hours after the King had
passed.”

12.—Marshland free bridge and causeway were opened for the use of the
public.  A procession, led by the carriage of Mr. Thomas Hoseason, and
followed by those of Sir Thomas Hare, Mr. Anthony Hamond, and others
started from the South Gates, Lynn, preceded by a band of music.  On the
arrival of the procession at the foot of the bridge the horses were taken
out of Mr. Hoseason’s carriage and men who had been employed on the works
dragged it over the bridge and causeway.  After a congratulatory speech
by Mr. Hoseason, luncheon was provided for 200 guests at the expense of
the directors.  In the evening a dinner was given at the Freemasons’
Tavern, and on the marshes belonging to Mr. W. Goddard, at West Lynn, a
fair for stock was held for the first time, a sheep roasted, and several
barrels of beer given away.

17.*—“Thorogood, one of the proprietors of the Times coach from Norwich
to London, has actually driven the whole distance, 116 miles, and been in
both those cities _every day_ for more than a twelvemonth, an instance of
laborious perseverance altogether unparalleled.”

19.—Lee Sugg, the ventriloquist, who had been before the public for half
a century as a performer, gave his entertainment at the Prussia Gardens,
Norwich.

29.—This being the anniversary of the Decollation of St. John the usual
formalities were observed at the election of the Mayor, chamberlain, and
churchwardens of Yarmouth.  The inquest was locked up at twelve noon, and
did not come to a decision until next morning at 7.30, when the following
officers were returned: Mayor, Mr. Isaac Preston; churchwardens, Messrs.
Robert Cory and Danby Palmer; chamberlain, Mr. James Lawes.

SEPTEMBER.

9.—At Thorpe Water Frolic a match was sailed by nine boats for a silver
cup, gave by Mr. Harvey.  Rowing matches followed, and “the banks of the
Yare were thronged beyond all precedency with genteel company.”

12.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, for the purpose of
furthering the scheme for making Norwich a port, in accordance with the
plans prepared by Mr. William Cubitt, C.E.  On the motion of Mr. Crisp
Brown, seconded by Mr. Joseph Geldart, it was agreed to open a
subscription for carrying the plans into effect, and formal notice was
given of the introduction of the Bill into Parliament.  (See December
21st, 1822.)

14.*—“Died last week in Norwich, well stricken in years, Mr. James
Paston, a comedian of considerable talent, many years a performer in the
Norfolk and Suffolk Company, and was much admired in that circuit as an
actor.”

25.—A camping match took place at Worstead between ten men of the
Blofield Hundred and ten of the Tunstead and Happing Hundred.  It
terminated in favour of the former.  “A poor old man, who had repaired
thither to see the sport, fell down and expired on the spot.”

27.—A deputation of journeyman weavers presented Mr. John Harvey with a
silver vase, subscribed for by 2,300 persons, “in testimony of the high
esteem in which they regarded him as a liberal patron and spirited
promoter of the manufactures of his native city of Norwich, and as a
small tribute of gratitude for the many acts of kindness he had
manifested towards them on various occasions.”

30.—Mr. David Fisher’s season terminated at Swaffham Theatre.  “With the
close of the season has ended the use of the present Theatre, which is to
be pulled down and a new one on a more extended and improved scale
erected.”

—A dinner was given at the Town Hall, Lynn, by the Mayor-elect, Mr.
Edward Everard.  The company present included, among others, Mr. T. W.
Coke, M.P., the Marquis of Tichfield, M.P., Col. Walpole, M.P., &c.
“Some pointed remarks fell from both parties, and Mr. Coke made some
remarks which called forth some observations from Mr. Wodehouse.”
Alderman Blencowe proposed “the health of Lady Anne,” and Mr. Coke, in
reply, said “it was extremely natural that he should wish for a son and
heir to the Holkham estate, but declared that rather than his son should
prove a Tory he should wish not to have a son at all.”

—A serious accident occurred at Yarmouth on the occasion of the dinner
given by the Mayor-elect.  As the company were entering the Town Hall a
salute was fired from some “swivels” laid on the Quay, one of which burst
and severely wounded seven or eight lads.  From the effects of the
terrible injuries he received, one of the lads died next day.

OCTOBER.

1.—H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex arrived at Lynn on his way to Holkham Hall.
A meeting of the Corporation was held, at which his Royal Highness was
enrolled a free burgess of the borough.  Luncheon was served at the Town
Hall, and “the Mayor presented that exquisite relic of antiquity, King
John’s cup, filled with wine, of which his Royal Highness partook.”

1.—Died, in his 81st year, at Westacre High House, Mr. Anthony Hamond.
“He lived a life of extraordinary activity, and rode the foremost in the
coursing as well as in the hunting field on the most spirited horses,
even to a few weeks of his death.  He was born at South Woodton, near
Lynn, and succeeded his uncle, Mr. Richard Hamond, in possession of his
extensive landed property.  By the female line he was related to the Duke
and Princess Sophia of Gloucester, the late Earl of Orford, and the
present Marquis Cholmondeley, his grandmother being sister of Sir Robert
Walpole.  He was the only surviving original member of the Swaffham
Coursing Society, established in 1779.  He served the office of Sheriff
of Norfolk in 1792, and leaves surviving three sons and two daughters.”

2.—M. Chalon, the famous French conjurer, performed at the Norwich
Theatre.

8.—The Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution was founded at a meeting
held at the Guildhall.  The rooms of the institution were at a house in
the Haymarket.

12.*—“A short time since as two gentlemen of Norwich were fishing at
Halvergate, they caught a pike which weighed twenty-two ounces and
measured twenty-three inches in length; in the body of which they found a
weasel in a perfect state, which weighed six ounces and measured twelve
inches in length.”

13.—During a terrible gale the Revenue cutter Ranger, Capt. John Sayers,
was lost off Happisburgh with 30 of her crew.  Capt. Sayer was appointed
to the command of the Lapwing cutter in 1807, and of the Ranger in 1809.
The latter vessel was wrecked within 50 yards of the spot where another
Revenue cutter, the Hunter, was lost some years previously.  Allegations,
the truth of which was denied, were made that the inhabitants of
Happisburgh shamefully neglected the signals of distress made by the
Ranger.  “The shrieks of the crew,” it was said, “were heard distinctly
on the shore, yet no attempt was made to rescue.”

15.—A “grand music meeting” commenced in Norwich, and concluded on the
18th.  Evening concerts were given at the Theatre, and morning
performances in the Hall Concert Room, St. George’s.  The managers were
Messrs. A. and E. Pettet, and the principal vocal performers M. Sapio,
Mr. Beale, and Madame Camporese.

18.—Died, aged 51, Daniel Coppin, of St. Catherine’s Plain, Norwich.  He
was a member of the Norwich Society of Artists, and was principally known
for his highly creditable studies from Opie.

28.—Two men named Grint, a dyer, and Purdy, a weaver, “neither of whom
had any pretensions to pugilistic science,” fought for an hour near
Bishop Bridge, Norwich, until Purdy became insensible, and three days
afterwards died.  Grint was committed for trial, and at the Norwich
Summer Assizes, in 1823, was found guilty, and sentenced by Mr. Justice
Blossett to three months’ imprisonment.

31.—The chandling office of Messrs. Staff and Chamberlin, St.
Martin-at-Palace, Norwich, was destroyed by fire.  “Several hogsheads of
tallow and a large quantity of candles were melted and ran down the
streets in a stream into the river, from the surface of which more than
ten cwt. was skimmed off by persons in boats.”

NOVEMBER.

4.—Mr. Harvey was presented by the Corporation with a massive silver
candelabrum in recognition of his impartial and honourable conduct as
Steward and Recorder of Norwich during the period of 40 years, and of his
zeal on all occasions for the interests of the city.

5.—Mutton of the best quality was sold in Lynn Market at 3d. per pound.
On the 6th Mr. Martin, butcher, sold mutton at 2½d. per pound.

9.*—“Lately was launched from Mr. Bottomley’s yard in South Lynn a ship
of 600 tons burden with figure-head and quarter galleries, built for the
Jamaica trade.  She was called the Marlborough.”

—The Phœnix new night coach from the Star Inn, Market Place, Norwich,
left on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, at four o’clock and arrived at the
Bull Inn, Aldgate, at eight in the morning.  It was advertised on this
date as the property of Ann Nelson and Sons and Thomas Ridley and Co.

—Died at Coltishall, aged 77, Mr. William Palgrave, an alderman of
Yarmouth, who served the office of Mayor of that borough in 1782 and
1805.

26.—A grand moving panorama of the battle of Genappe, St. Helena, &c.,
was opened in Mr. Noverre’s room, St. Michael-at-Plea, Norwich.

28.—Died at Doughty’s Hospital, in his 63rd year, John Swan, for many
years an inhabitant of St. Peter Mancroft.  “In the former part of his
life he acted as watchman and parish constable.  Being of athletic make,
of a stern countenance, and possessing a sonorous, rough voice he excited
terror and commanded obedience to his authority.  He was several years
one of the appointed trumpeters for sounding before the judges in the
Assize week, and also for attending at Thetford on the same occasion.”

29.—An inquest was held at Loddon by Mr. Pilgrim, coroner, on the body of
James Dale, who was killed the preceding day by a patient in the private
lunatic asylum kept by Mr. Jollye, surgeon.  The deceased, a keeper,
incautiously laid down the carving knife which he was using at the dinner
table, when the patient snatched it up and stabbed him in the left
breast, killing him instantly.

30.—Lloyd’s Equestrian Troupe commenced a season’s engagement at the
Ranelagh Gardens, Norwich.

DECEMBER.

1.—H.R.H. the Duke of York passed through Norwich on returning from a
visit to Houghton Hall.

—Died at Downham Market, Mrs. Pidgeon.  “This venerable person was 89
years of age, and what is remarkable she never had any other place of
residence than the one she died in, and expired upon the same bed on
which she was born.”

6.—Sir Jacob Astley’s hounds drew at Ringstead and chased a fox to within
a mile of Fakenham, a distance of 16 miles, when the hounds became at
fault.  “Reynard was spied upon the tiles of a cottage, when a general
cry was raised to spare him.  The huntsman dismounted and caught him as
he slipped off the tiles by the cottage door, and drove him in, when he
was secured and saved and taken home in a sack for another day’s sport.”

7.—A panorama illustrating Lord Exmouth’s victory over the Algerines was
exhibited in a wooden building specially erected on the Castle ditches,
Norwich.  It was described as “the peristrephic or moving panorama,” and
was invented by the exhibitors, Messrs. Marshall.

12.—Died at Hampstead Park, Berkshire, the seat of the Earl of Craven,
Mr. John Brunton, aged 82.  “He was father of the late Mrs. Merry, of the
present Lady Craven, and of Mr. John Brunton, manager of the West London
Theatre.  He was a native of Norwich, and for many years patentee and
manager of the Norwich Theatre, in which situation he was highly esteemed
for his judicious and liberal conduct.  He was a superior actor, and in
the characters of Lear, Iago, Evander, and The Stranger but few excelled
him.”

21.*—“We understand that Mr. Telford, successor to the late Mr. Rennie,
has delivered a report on the proposed plan for making Norwich a port, in
which he bears ample testimony to the satisfactory nature of Mr. Cubitt’s
professional investigations and remarks.”  Mr. John Harvey, chairman of
the committee for carrying the project into execution, forwarded to the
Mayor of Yarmouth a copy of Mr. Telford’s report, and received in reply
an assurance that the Corporation of Yarmouth would do everything in its
power to oppose an undertaking “which was pregnant with the most ruinous
consequences to the navigation of that port and to the trading interests
of the town and neighbourhood.”  (See January 21st, 1823.)

26.—Lady Anne Coke gave birth to a son and heir at Holkham.  The infant
was christened at the town house of Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P., Hanover Square,
on June 21st, 1823, when their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and
Gloucester stood sponsors, and Lady Andover godmother.  The ceremony was
performed by the Lord Bishop of Norwich.

1823.

JANUARY.

1.—At the Norwich Adjourned Quarter Sessions, the magistrates decided to
build a new gaol on a piece of ground outside St. Giles’ Gates.  On
February 23rd the Corporation granted to the justices a lease of the
site, five acres in extent, for 500 years, at the annual rent of £50.  At
a full assembly of the magistrates on August 26th the tenders of Messrs.
Mears and Blyth for building the new gaol in accordance with plans
prepared by Mr. Barnes, for the sum of £17,395, were accepted.

2.—The coming of age of Mr. Henry Jerningham, eldest son of Sir George
and Lady Jerningham, was celebrated at Costessey Park with great
rejoicings.

3.—Pursuant to requisition signed by 540 occupiers of land, &c., in the
county the High Sheriff of Norfolk (Sir R. P. Jodrell), convened a
meeting at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, “for the purpose of taking into
consideration the severe and unprecedented distresses of agriculture and
the best means of relieving them.”  The High Sheriff presided, supported
by the county members, Mr. T. W. Coke and Mr. Edmond Wodehouse.  Mr.
Cobbett was in the body of the Hall, and great confusion prevailed at
intervals.  Mr. Alderman Thurtell moved a string of resolutions in favour
of the reduction of taxation and the abolition of needless and,
therefore, useless places, pensions, and sinecures, such a reduction of
the National Debt as was required; and the total repeal of the Malt and
Beer taxes, which would relieve heavy burdens and encourage the growth of
barley.  Mr. George Watson seconded the resolutions.  Mr. Cobbett, amid
great uproar, then moved, as an amendment to Mr. Thurtell’s resolutions,
that a petition be presented to Parliament containing among other
suggestions the following: the appropriation of part of the public
property, commonly called Church property, to be applied to the
liquidation of the National Debt; the abolition of the standing army; the
total abolition of sinecure pensions, grants, and emoluments; the sale of
numerous public estates commonly called Crown lands, and the application
of the money towards the liquidation of the public debt; to suspend by
law for one year all distraints for rents; to suspend all processes for
tithes for the same period, and all processes arising out of mortgages
effected on houses or land; and to repeal the taxes on malt, hops,
leather, soap, and candles.  Not three-fourths of the audience were able
to hear the reading of the petition, but it was adopted, and the
resolutions moved by Mr. Thurtell negatived by at least twenty to one.
Mr. Cobbett, at the close of the meeting, stood forward and said this was
the greatest triumph he had ever had; it was their triumph also—the
triumph of truth and sound principles.  Subsequently meetings were held
in the various Hundreds of the county “to disavow the Norwich proceedings
of the 3rd,” and “to express abhorrence and detestation of the
revolutionary doctrines promulgated, and the measures of fraud and
spoliation recommended for legislative adoption.”  On March 8th the
NORFOLK CHRONICLE published the following paragraph: “Norfolk Petition.
Serious loss.  We understand the county has been so unfortunate as to be
deprived of its Petition by some daring depredator who had the audacity
to steal it from the coach by which it was sent to London about a
fortnight ago.  The most diligent search has been made for this important
document, but without success.”

4.*—“We have been called upon by several gentlemen who were witnesses of
the circumstance to notice the very reprehensible conduct of the persons
who drove the Day and Times coaches into this city on Tuesday evening.
These coaches had been racing on the road, and proceeded at such a rapid
rate that they reached Norwich at a quarter before five o’clock, having
performed the journey from London, 112 miles, in less than eleven hours.”

11.—Master Hubbard, “the scissor artist,” exhibited his proficiency in
cutting out profiles in paper at Norwich.

11.—At a fire which occurred at Blackthorn Farm, Diss, in the occupation
of Mr. John Elsey, a chimney fell and killed John Gardiner and William
Tipple.  Two other persons were severely injured.

16.—Married at Lakenham church, by the Rev. George Carter, Mr. George
Thurtell, son of Mr. Alderman Thurtell, to Miss Edwards.

—Married at North Walsham, by the Rev. W. F. Wilkinson, Mr. George
Fisher, of the Norfolk and Suffolk Company of Comedians, to Miss Marianne
Nickless, niece of Mrs. Saul, of that place.

20.—A coach commenced running from the Crown Tavern, Lynn, every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday morning by Swaffham and Dereham to Norwich.  It
returned from Norwich _viâ_ Hingham, Watton, and Swaffham.  Another coach
set out from the White Swan, Norwich, every Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday morning at eleven o’clock, and travelled by Dereham and Swaffham
to meet the Stamford coach at Lynn.  It returned after the arrival of the
Stamford coach, by Swaffham, Watton, and Hingham.

21.—At a public meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, presided over by
the Mayor (Mr. Robert Hawkes), it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. John
Harvey seconded by Mr. Crisp Brown, and unanimously agreed, that direct
and improved communication with the sea was an object of the first
importance to the future prosperity of the city; that the plan for an
open harbour at Lowestoft be approved; that application be made to
Parliament for carrying the undertaking into execution; and that a
subscription for the purpose based on shares of £100 each be immediately
opened.  On February 8th a letter from the fishing masters, boatmen, and
pilots to Mr. Harvey, expressing the hope that the proposed plan would be
of the greatest benefit to the city of Norwich as well as to the town of
Lowestoft, was published.

24.—Capt. Hayes, “the Father of the British Army,” was entertained at the
Star Inn, Norwich, on the anniversary of his entrance into the service.
He had served 62 years.

25.—It was announced that Messrs. W. and M. Stark, manufacturers, of
Norwich, had completed an establishment for carrying into operation the
patent of Mr. J. F. Smith, of Dunston Hall, Chesterfield, in the method
of finishing bombazines and other silk and worstead goods.

FEBRUARY.

1.—Died, Mrs. Browne, formerly of the Theatre Royal, Norwich, and mother
of Mrs. J. Brunton.

—A new drama, entitled “The Fortunes of Nigel, or King James the First
and his Times,” founded upon Mr. Scott’s novel, and written by Mr. Edward
Ball, formerly of Norwich, was produced at Norwich Theatre for the first
time.

—An action “of an entirely novel description to Norfolk” was tried in the
Sheriffs’ court at Norwich, “Jonathan Wrench _v._ the men inhabiting the
Hundred of Holt in Norfolk.”  It was brought for the purpose of
ascertaining the amount of damage the plaintiff had sustained by having a
stack of corn destroyed by fire through the act of an incendiary.  It was
enacted by 9th George I. c 22, that the owner of property so injured was
entitled to recover an amount not exceeding £200 from the inhabitants of
the Hundred in which the property was situate on complying with the
requirements of the Act, namely by giving notice within two days after
the commission of the offence “to some of the inhabitants near unto the
place where any such act shall be committed, and within four days after
such notice that statement be made before a justice of the peace.”  It
was admitted that the requirements of the Act had been complied with, and
a verdict was given for the plaintiff—damages £143 15s.

2.—A congregation of about 120 persons, “of the sect commonly called
Ranters,” were assembled for worship in a room adjoining the City of
Norwich public-house, St. Stephen’s, Norwich, when the floor gave way and
the whole were precipitated into a cellar nine feet deep.  Twenty-five
received material injury and were conveyed to the Norfolk and Norwich
Hospital.  Four were suffering from fractured limbs, and one person had
his leg amputated.

10.—A trotting match took place between a brown mare, the property of Mr.
William Day, of St. Stephen’s, and a mare owned by Mr. J. Harper,
auctioneer,—stakes £10, distance two miles.  Ned Painter rode Mr.
Harper’s mare and the brown had her owner up.  “They started from Earlham
toll-gate, and within a short distance of the starting post Mr. Day’s
mare broke into a gallop, and she had to turn back.  By this circumstance
she was dead beat.”

15.—Owing to the frequency with which a number of trunks, measuring 28
inches long, 13 inches wide, and 12 inches deep, had been sent from the
Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich, by the Telegraph coach to London, suspicion
was aroused at the coach office, and directions were given that the
porter bringing the next be detained and the parcel examined.  This was
done on the 15th, when it was found that the package contained the dead
and naked body of an old man.  The Rev. George Carter, vicar of Lakenham,
identified the body as that of a man named Brundall whom he had buried a
few days previously.  Brundall’s grave was examined and it was found that
only the coffin and the shroud remained.  From information given by the
porter, two men named Collins and Crowe were apprehended and committed
for trial at the Quarter Sessions.  On July 15th they were tried, found
guilty, and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, and to pay a fine of
£50.

MARCH.

8.—Messrs. Marshall’s panorama of the battle of Trafalgar and the death
of Nelson was exhibited at Norwich.

31.—“A serio-comic Mill-Dramatic Farcical, Moral Burletta, called ‘The
Tread Mill, or Tom and Jerry at Brixton,’” was produced at Norwich
Theatre.  “An exact representation of a tread mill with culprits at work
made a goodly show in the lower circle, crowded the gallery, and filled
the pit to the excess of squeezing.”

APRIL.

2.*—(Advt.)  “It having been represented that there are well-founded
grounds of apprehension that some mad dogs have made their appearance in
different parts of the city and neighbourhood of Norwich by whom several
other dogs have been bitten, the Mayor hereby recommends all of the
inhabitants who have dogs immediately to cause them to be tied up or
otherwise confined, as in case of their continuing to suffer them to be
in the streets, an order will be issued for their being killed” (_sic_).

5.—The Rev. Chancellor Yonge, as one of the Visiting Justices of Swaffham
Bridewell, reported to the Home Secretary, in reply to inquiries made
respecting the use of the tread-wheel, “it has been in use here about
four months, and during that time no injurious effects whatever have been
experienced to the health of the prisoners.  There have been in general a
large number of prisoners and they have been very healthy, which may in
some measure be owing to the regular exercise on the tread-wheel.  The
exercise of the tread-wheel is very salutary.”

—*(Advt.)  “The annual great main of cocks between the gentlemen of
Norwich and Northamptonshire for £5 a battle and £200 the odd, will be
fought at the White Swan Inn, St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, on Tuesday,
April 22nd, and two following days.  A silver tankard will be fought for
by 16 subscribers.  No cock to exceed four pounds ten ounces.  The above
to be fought in fair silver spurs, and to commence fighting each day at
twelve o’clock.  Feeders: Nash for Northampton, Skipper for Norwich.”

—At noon William Bray, aged 20, was executed at the foot of the bridge,
Castle Hill, Norwich, for a burglary at Shouldham.  “Almost continually
night and day he was crying out to God for mercy in so lamentable a
manner as to leave little room for religious impressions.  His parents
were too poor to send for his remains, which were interred the same day
in St. Michael-at-Thorn churchyard.”

11.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, the county justices appointed a
committee to consider the best means of procuring the holding of the Lent
Assizes at Norwich instead of at Thetford.  On April 14th the Norwich
Corporation petitioned his Majesty in favour of two gaol deliveries each
year.  (The NORFOLK CHRONICLE contained the following editorial note:
“The holding of the Lent Assizes for Norfolk at Thetford has been long
and justly complained of as a serious grievance.  It is high time to put
an end to the disgraceful scene annually exhibited of a body of criminals
being exposed in open waggons from Norwich to Thetford, and there
congregated for a week without regard to age or crime.”)

16.—Died at Great Malvern, Mrs. Bathurst, wife of the Lord Bishop of
Norwich.

23.—On the occasion of the celebration of the King’s birthday, the
members of the Norwich Light Horse Volunteers presented to Lieut.-Col.
Harvey “a valuable scymetar, in recognition of his services during the 26
years that he had commanded the corps.”

25.—Pursuant to requisition a meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich,
presided over by the Mayor, “to take into consideration the state of the
British West Indian Colonies with the view to the gradual and complete
abolition of slavery.”  Resolutions were passed in favour of the
movement.

30.—A man who sold sand about the streets of Norwich drove his cart and
pair of horses up the flight of ten steps, leading from Davey Place to
the Castle ditches.  “The horses did it with much ease and without
receiving any injury, to the astonishment of the spectators.”

—A singular case came before the Mayor of Norwich.  A man named Stebbings
had sold his wife to a person named Turner for £6 10s., who, having paid
down £4 on account, took home his “bargain” and brutally turned his
lawful wife out of doors.  On Mrs. Turner applying to the court for
relief, the parties were summoned before the Mayor, who obliged Turner to
relinquish his bargain and Stebbings to support his own wife.

MAY.

1.—Four candidates were nominated for the Mayoralty of Norwich, and the
polling resulted as follows: Alderman Patteson, 835; Alderman Francis,
774; Alderman Leman, 101; Alderman Yallop, 94.  Mr. Patteson was returned
by the Court of Aldermen on May 3rd.

3.—At a quarterly assembly of the Norwich Corporation, it was resolved
that a former order for taking toll for cattle standing for sale on the
Castle Meadow be rescinded.

5.—A great main of cocks was fought at the White Swan Inn, Norwich, on
this and the three following days between the gentlemen of Norfolk and
the gentlemen of Herefordshire.  The stakes were five guineas a battle
and 200 guineas the odd battle.  The feeders were Burn for Herefordshire,
Lamb for Norfolk.  Herefordshire won by ten in the main and three in the
byes.

12.—Messrs. Stannard, Athow, De Carle, Wright, and Coleman, of Norwich,
became the purchasers of Wanstead House, Essex, which was sold by auction
on this date.  The amount given was £10,000, and one of the conditions of
sale was that the purchaser or purchasers should clear everything away
even to the foundation by Lady Day, 1825.  The purchasers “absolutely
sold a pair of marble chimney pieces for 300 guineas before they left the
room.  Thus is sacrificed on the shrine of extravagance and gambling, a
mansion which cost in its erection more than £360,000, and which has no
equal in the county of Essex.”

13.—The first annual dinner of the Norfolk Society in London was held at
the City of London Tavern.  The objects of the society were: to afford
means of social intercourse between persons connected with the county
residing in London; to promote by mutual co-operation the general
interests of its members; and to form a fund for the relief, education,
or apprenticeship of such objects of charity as the society considered
suitable.

22.—Died, aged 55, Mr. Thomas Coldwell, postmaster of Norwich, and a
common councilman of the Great Mancroft Ward.

23.—A cricket match was played at Hockwold-cum-Wilton between 11 married
and 11 single females for eleven pairs of gloves.  The match terminated
in favour of the former.  “The parties were dressed in jackets and
trousers tastefully decorated with blue ribbands.”

27.—Married at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, by the Rev. John Bowman, Mr.
James Vining, of Norwich Theatre, to Miss Caroline Holmes, daughter of
Mr. George Holmes, of Burstall Hall, Suffolk.

29.—In celebration of the Restoration of Charles II. the Mayor and
Corporation of Yarmouth attended service at St Nicholas’ Church, the
ships in the harbour were “dressed,” and a salute was fired from the fort
at noon.

JUNE.

2.—A curious incident occurred at the Fighting Cocks Inn, Winfarthing.
“A large cock, of the true fighting breed, attacked a beautiful child, of
a year and a half old, belonging to the family of the landlord, and
wounded him in several places in the head and face, and if timely
assistance had not been at hand there is little doubt that he would have
repeated his attacks till he had deprived him of his sight, if not his
life.  The cock was killed immediately.”

4.—A new melo-drama, entitled “Eugenio, or the Secrets of the Abbey,”
written by Mr. J. Bambridge, a native of the city, was performed at
Norwich Theatre for the first time.

5.—Mr. Marker Graze was appointed Postmaster of Norwich, in place of Mr.
Thomas Coldwell, deceased.

11.—The theatrical season ended at Norwich.  The benefit receipts were as
follow: Mr. Smith (manager), £146; Mr. Thorne, £54; Mr. Vining, £118; Mr.
Clifford, £87; Mr. G. Smith, £72; Mrs. Jones, £105; Messrs. Wharton and
Hamerton, £35; Miss Brunton, £70; Miss Wensley, £72; Mr. Beacham, £79;
Mr. and Mrs. Sloman, £130; Mr. Harrison, £62; Mr. Henderson, £53; Mr.
Bennett, £111; Miss Glover, £45; Mr. Benson £56; Mr. and Mrs.
Osbaldiston, £134; Mr. Hunt, £86; Miss Tubby, £111; Messrs. Wharton and
Hamerton (second benefit in consequence of wet weather on the previous
occasion), £75; Mr. Simpson and Miss Adcock, £35.  Total, £1,738;
average, £82 15s.

16.—A prize fight took place near Wymondham for £5 a side between Gales