7.*--"A sixteenth share of No. 23,815, which has drawn a prize of 10,000
pounds, was sold to J. Turner, servant to Mr. M. F. Rishton, of Lynn."
--*"The Paving Commissioners have decided to lay the first stone
according to the new system of paving in Norwich, in St. Stephen's
Street."
10.--At Harper's Pantheon, Norwich, was exhibited a moving panorama,
representing the funeral of Lord Nelson.
11.--A heavy fall of snow rendered the roads impassable. The Ipswich
mail arrived at Norwich two hours after its usual time; and the Bury
coach reached the city at about the same time, after having been once
overturned. The Newmarket mail and the Expedition coach were unable to
get through. The guard of the mail procured horses, rode across country
with the mail bags, and on reaching Bury took a post chaise, arriving in
Norwich at four o'clock on the 12th. The Expedition coach reached the
city about eight o'clock the same night, drawn by eight horses. The
Newmarket mail arrived on the 13th at 1.30 p.m.
11.--Several ships were wrecked during a severe gale on the Norfolk
coast. His Majesty's gun brig Snipe came ashore on the South Ham, with
30 French prisoners on board, many of whom, with part of the crew and
some women, perished. In all 60 lives were lost in this ship. Twelve
vessels were wrecked between Cromer and Yarmouth.
14.*--"The number of men liable to serve for this county under the
Training Act is 18,152." On April 6th, 607 persons, between the ages of
18 and 45, were drawn by ballot at Norwich to be trained and exercised
for 24 days. Among those drawn were "several magistrates and other
distinguished personages."
17.--Died, at Windsor, in his 67th year, the Rev. Dr. Lancaster Adkin,
rector of Belaugh and minister of St. Andrew, Norwich. "He was the first
founder in Norwich of Sunday Schools, which he constantly attended and
instructed for more than 21 years."
--Orders were given for the enlargement of the courts in the Norwich
Shire-house, for the repair of the bridge leading to the Castle, for
providing a palisade, and for bringing a supply of river water from the
main pipes in Golden Ball Lane to the county gaol.