10.--J. S. Cotman advertised that he had taken a house in Wymer Street,
St. Andrew's, Norwich, "for the accommodation of those ladies and
gentlemen who may favour him by becoming pupils." Terms: In the Academy,
2 pounds 2s. quarterly. Four private lessons, 1 pounds 1s.
16.--At Norwich Quarter Sessions, William Chapman, a coal hawker,
appealed against his conviction, under the Hawkers and Pedlars Act, 29th
Geo. III. c. 26, for "carrying coals about the streets of Norwich to
sell by retail." Mr. Steward Firth ordered the conviction to be quashed,
with costs. This case was considered of great importance to the
citizens, and especially to the poor.
17.*--"Orders have been received in Norwich from the East India Company
for 16,000 pieces of fine camblets."
18.--A length of about 40 yards of the city wall at Norwich fell in Ber
Street with a tremendous crash. At the Quarter Sessions on the 16th, the
Grand Jury made a presentment, in which attention was called to the
dangerous state of the wall.
26.--Died, at Lakenham, Mr. James Crowe, alderman of Norwich, aged 58.
He twice served the office of Mayor, in 1774 and 1797. Mr. John Steward
was elected in his place.
Little Dunham Lodge, near Swaffham, was this month purchased by Mr. St.
George Knudson, for 20,000 pounds.