1.*--"Lately, died, at the age of 113, Mrs. Roope, of Tharston, near Long
Stratton. She lived to see her fifth generation."
5.--A troop of the King's German Legion (heavy cavalry) arrived at
Norwich from Yarmouth, and on the following day proceeded on their march
to Scotland.
7.--A public concert was given at Chapel Field House, Norwich.
Vocalists: Mr. Vaughan and Mrs. Vaughan (formerly Miss Tennant); leader
of the band, Mr. Parnell; at the pianoforte, Mr. Beckwith.
11.--The Board of Agriculture voted their gold medal to Mr. Thomas
William Coke, "for his extensive and successful mode of irrigation, by
which he has converted a track of unprofitable boggy land in Norfolk into
sound and excellent water meadows."
--The Marquis Townshend's 85th birthday was celebrated by a dinner at the
Crown Inn, and by a ball and supper at the Red Lion Inn, Fakenham.
15.--At the Norfolk Assizes, held at Thetford, before Mr. Justice Grose,
was tried the case, the King _v._ Anthony. This was an information filed
against the defendant by the Attorney-General for assaulting John
Stevenson, an officer of Excise, while in the execution of his duty.
Stevenson called at the White Horse Inn, Edgefield, on December 2nd,
1805, and found smuggled liquor in panniers belonging to the defendant,
whose ostensible trade was that of a vendor of oysters. The officer
seized the panniers, but defendant, in regaining them, committed an
assault. He was found guilty, and the case was remitted to the King's
Bench for judgment. (No further record appears.)
--*(Advt.) "A main of cocks will be fought at the Maid's Head Inn,
Norwich, on Tuesday, the 25th inst., and two following days between the
gentlemen of Norwich and the gentlemen of Yarmouth. To show 31 mains,
and ten bye-cocks, to fight for ten guineas a battle, and 50 guineas the
odd battle. There will be five pits. Feeders, David Lamb for Norwich;
Thomas Cox for Yarmouth."
16.--Died, at his house in Surrey Street, Norwich, John Manning, M.D.,
upwards of 30 years physician at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
17.--Died, at Snettisham Lodge, Mr. Thomas Daniell, Attorney-General of
Dominica.
24.--Intelligence was received at Norwich of Vice-Admiral Duckworth's
victory over the French squadron in St. Domingo Bay. Col. Patteson's
Volunteers fired a _feu de joie_ in the Market Place, and the bells of
St. Peter Mancroft rang until midnight.
27.--Mr. Heath caught in Panxworth Broad a pike weighing 31 lbs., and
measuring 45 inches in length, and 25 inches in girth.
28.--Died, at Bodney Hall, aged 49, Madame Elizabeth de Mirepoix.
"Descended from one of the most distinguished families in France, she
forsook the allurements of the Court for the retirement and austerity of
monastic life. From the storms of the French Revolution the Benedictine
Monastery (of which she had been a member 31 years and superior 22 years)
sought shelter in England, and found an asylum in this county, where for
the last 15 years the nuns have been occupied in the education of
Catholic young ladies."
This month upwards of 800 pounds was subscribed to defray the cost of the
erection in Norwich of a monument to the memory of Lord Nelson. Mr.
Browne and Mr. Percy submitted designs and models to the committee, but
insufficient support was given to the movement.