3.--Mr. S. Mitchell (as nominee for the Wymer Ward, Norwich) obtained
judgment in the Court of King's Bench, by which it was ruled that
Militiamen out on duty, but having dwellings in the city in which their
families lived, had a right to vote at ward elections.
7.--A stage coach, owned by Mr. Wm. Funnell, and known as the Lynn and
Norwich Telegraph, commenced running. It left the Star Inn, Lynn, on
Tuesdays and Fridays at eight a.m., and arrived at the Woolpack Inn,
Norwich, at eight p.m. It ran by way of Grimston, Great Massingham,
Rougham, Litcham, Mileham, Stanfield, Brisley, Elmham, Billingford,
Bawdeswell, Lenwade Bridge, Attlebridge, and Drayton. The return journey
was on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
24.--Died, at his house in Bruton Street, London, aged 85, the Right Hon.
the Earl of Orford. His lordship was the nephew of the famous Sir Robert
Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford. For many years he sat in the House
of Lords as Baron Walpole of Wolterton. On the death of Horace, Earl of
Orford, he succeeded to the Barony of Houghton, the Earldom becoming
extinct, but he was afterwards created Earl of Orford. He was succeeded
by his eldest son, Lord Walpole, who was for many years member for Lynn.
General Walpole, who concluded the treaty with the Maroons in Jamaica,
who seconded Mr. Tierney in his duel with Mr. Pitt, and who was one of
Mr. Fox's secretaries, was a younger son of the deceased Earl. The
remains were brought from London for interment in the family vault at
Wolterton. The funeral procession passed through Norwich on March 10th
in the following order:--"Four horsemen preceding the Earl's coronet,
borne on a cushion of crimson velvet by a person on horseback, bare
headed; then the body in a hearse, surmounted with plumes and drawn by
six horses, followed by a mourning coach and six; his lordship's coach
and six, with blinds up, and servants on horseback closed the
procession." The great bell of St. Peter Mancroft, and the bells of
other churches tolled as the procession passed through the city.
28.--The Norwich Squadron of Light Horse Volunteers had just concluded
their drill on Mulbarton Common, when Capt. Darell's hounds drove a stag
across the parade ground. The Volunteers at once joined in the chase,
"to which it will readily be conceived their numbers and appearance gave
a great _eclat_." The stag was taken alive in a shed at Mangreen, after
a run of 3 hours 10 minutes.
Died, this month, Mr. John Wagstaffe, of Bawburgh. He was the author of
a poem, entitled "Stonehenge," dedicated to his friend and neighbour, Mr.
Edward Jerningham.