14.*--"The orders lately come down to Norwich, besides affording constant
employment to most of the manufacturing poor for nearly twelve months,
will in the different branches of labour diffuse upwards of 40,000 pounds
in earnings, exclusive of the amount circulated for combing and
spinning."
15.--The Norwich Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Lieut.-Col. De Hague,
was formed into a battalion of five companies of 60 men each.
25.--A "grand operatical romance," entitled "The Forty Thieves," was
produced for the first time at Norwich Theatre, with scenery specially
painted by Dixon.
28.*--(Advt.) "A card. Mr. Lambert, from Leicester, respectfully
informs the ladies and gentlemen of Norwich and its vicinity that he
arrived on Sunday at Mr. Leeche's, at the King's Head, where he will see
company from 11 to 2, from 3 till 6, and from 7 till 9 each day.
Admission one shilling each." Lambert died on Wednesday, June 21st,
1809, at Stamford. He was in his 40th year, and weighed 52 stones 11
lbs.
28.--In consequence of a rapid thaw, the low lying parts of Norwich were
flooded. "Some of the houses were six or seven feet under water," and
boats were rowed in the street at St. Martin-at-Oak. The marshes below
Norwich were so inundated that the course of the river could not be
traced, and the barge proceeding to Yarmouth had to return, in
consequence of the men being unable to find the channel.
30.--During a violent gale a stack of chimneys fell on the roof of an old
house in Cockey Lane, Norwich. Mr. and Mrs. Graham were buried in the
ruins and killed. On the same night a large tree in Sprowston Park was
blown down. It was planted the day King Charles was beheaded, January
30th, 1649.