3.*--"The inhabitants of Loddon have entered into a subscription for the
purpose of defraying the expense of lighting the town."
4.--Signor Belzoni from Sadler's Wells, by permission of the Mayor, gave
a performance in the assembly room at the Maid's Head Inn, Norwich. It
was described as "a grand hydraulic exhibition, called Fire and Water,
along with his phantasmagoria and wonderful feats of strength performed
by the Patagonian Samson, who will carry on his head, arms, and body from
five to ten men with the greatest ease." This was the famous Belzoni,
the traveller and discoverer of Egyptian antiquities, whose book
entitled, "Narrative of the Operations and recent Discoveries in the
Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Cities of Egypt and Nubia," obtained a wide
circulation.
10.--Thetford coursing meeting commenced. It lasted four days.
1805.