6.--Died, in his 82nd year, the Rev. George Thomas, vicar of East Dereham
and brother of Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Rochester. He was succeeded by the
Rev. Charles Hyde Wollaston.
14.--The annual meeting of the Dissenters Benevolent Society, presided
over by Mr. Geo. Watson, was held at the Angel Inn, Norwich.
16.--A hundred yards foot race took place on Lord's Cricket Ground
between Lord E. Somerset and the Hon. Edward Harbord. "Lord Edward had
the start of Mr. Harbord, and maintained the lead about 60 yards, when
Mr. Harbord gained upon and crossed him. There was a foul, and Lord
Edward fell. Lord Frederick Beauclerk, who was umpire, gave his decision
as follows:--That on account of the accident the race was deemed void,
but Mr. Harbord is allowed the power of calling upon Lord Edward to run
the race over again any time within the next six months upon giving his
lordship six weeks' notice."
17.--The sword of the Spanish Admiral, Don Xavier Francisco Winthuysen,
who died of his wounds at the battle off Cape St. Vincent, February 14th,
1797, presented to the city of Norwich by Lord Nelson, was placed in the
mural monument at the Guildhall.
29.--General Milner, in a letter addressed to the commanding officers of
Volunteers in Norwich and Norfolk, expressed "the high sense he
entertained of the merit of the Volunteer corps in coming forward in such
force, when the country, and this district in particular, was threatened
with invasion by a powerful enemy."
30.--Died, at Calabar, East Indies, in his 32nd year, Capt. Smyth, 56th
Regiment, son of Mr. James Smyth, attorney-at-law, of Norwich. He served
in all the campaigns in Flanders and Holland under General Coote, in
Ireland at the battle of Vinegar Hill, at Gibraltar during the mutiny,
and under Sir Ralph Abercromby in Egypt.