17.--Mr. Thomas Coldwell, coach proprietor of Norwich, was presented by
the Corporation with the freedom of the city in recognition of his
services in forwarding the mails to and from Norwich during the severe
weather of the previous winter.
19.--At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, "the justices having regard of the
present high price of hay and oats," ordered the following additional
rates of allowance to be made in the county to persons who provided
carriages for the conveyance of his Majesty's forces in their marches, or
for their arms, clothing, or accoutrements: 1s. for every mile any waggon
with four or more horses, or any wain with six oxen, or with four oxen
and two horses and their driver; 9d. for every mile any cart with four
horses, or carrying not less than 15 cwt.; and 6d. for every mile any
cart or carriage with less than four horses, and not carrying 15 cwt.
20.--Mr. Samuel Wesley, the eminent organist, gave a recital at the
church of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich.
21.--The Castle Corporation at Norwich celebrated its jubilee. The first
meeting was held at the Bell Inn, Orford Hill, in 1764, under the name of
the Bell Corporation, and "was governed by a Mayor, Sheriffs, and
Aldermen, and the usual officers attached to a Corporation." In 1793 the
members were "much divided on the politics of the day, and particularly
upon the French Revolution." The society then separated into two
political parties, "when those who viewed with horror the proceedings of
the French Convention, and the attempts made by the correspondents to
bring about a revolution in this country," removed to the Castle Inn,
assumed the name of the Castle Corporation, and espoused the principles
of Pitt. At this dinner Mr. Charles Harvey, M.P., presented to and
invested the "Mayor" (Mr. Crisp Brown) with a medallion containing a
cameo likeness of Pitt.
22.--Four troops of the 5th Dragoon Guards marched into Norwich and
occupied the Cavalry Barracks, whence the detachment of Royal Artillery
was removed to the Infantry Barracks in St. Michael at Coslany.
29.--For an attempted felony, Charles Pegg stood in the city pillory in
Norwich Market Place for one hour. "The hoary-headed culprit was taken
back to the City Gaol."