3.--Polito's menagerie was exhibited on the Castle Hill, Norwich.
6.--The portrait of Mr. Thomas Back, ex-Mayor of Norwich, was placed in
St. Andrew's Hall. It was painted by Clover, a native of the city.
8.--After the lapse of half a century Heigham Water Frolic was revived in
Norwich.
10.--A prize fight took place at Fakenham between "the noted" Christopher
Cox, of Sculthorpe, and J. Withers, "the blind boy," servant to Mr. E.
Holman, of the former place. "After two rounds in which Cox was
confronted by his adversary, the conceit was pretty well taken out of
him. Some little sparring then took place, when Cox was knocked down by
a right hand facer, and after several other rounds, which were all in
favour of Withers, Cox was completely beat off his legs."
12.--Between six a.m. and five p.m. two persons caught by angling near
Buckenham Ferry 132 lbs. of perch, bream, and roach.
13.--At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Heath, William Charles
Walker, aged 26, was sentenced to death for a burglary at the shop of
Messrs. Dunham and Yallop, silversmiths, the Market Place.
19.--A cricket match was played on the Town Close ground between the
Norwich club and "the two new ones united." Norwich club, 128; united
clubs, 84-65.
Molineux, Richmond, and Belcher, "the noted pugilists," visited Norwich
this month, and "gave lessons in the science of self-defence."