6.--At Brighton Pavilion the Prince Regent conferred the honour of
knighthood on Colonel Kerrison, 7th Hussars.
12.--Mr. Crisp Brown, as "Mayor" of the Castle Corporation, Norwich,
presented to Mr. Thomas Back a silver vase in recognition of his "zealous
and liberal support of the loyal and constitutional principles of the
society."
13.--At a public meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, presided over by
the Mayor, it was unanimously resolved to petition Parliament against the
continuance of the Property Tax under any modification whatever. Both
Members for the city supported the resolutions. A meeting of the owners
of estates, and other contributors to the Property Tax, in Norfolk, took
place at the Shirehouse under the presidency of the High Sheriff.
Similar resolutions were adopted on the ground that the tax was "unjust,
unequal, and inquisitorial." At Yarmouth, Lynn, and other towns in the
county like protests were made.
14.--Equestrian performances were given at Norwich Theatre for a short
season, commencing on this date. The "beautiful and surprising troop of
horses" appeared in the dramatic spectacles of "Timour, the Tartar,"
"Blue Beard," "The Tiger Horde," and "Lodorska."
--*"All those who have witnessed the performance of Mons. du Pain, at the
Angel Inn, Norwich, particularly his emersing his hands and feet in
boiling lead, express their astonishment at his feats, and the room is
crowded every day."
--*"Died, lately at Lynn, aged 70, Mr. William Munsen, who pursued the
employment of a shoeblack. He was reported to be the illegitimate son of
a nobleman, and would never accept offers of pecuniary assistance which
were secretly made to him by his unknown parents. He supported himself
for 50 years by his humble employment, and was generally known as "Billy
Boots." (A detailed account of this individual was compiled by Hone from
the notice in the NORFOLK CHRONICLE.)
16.--The fifth great main of cocks between the gentlemen of Norwich and
the gentlemen of Cambridgeshire commenced at the White Swan Inn, Norwich,
and after a sharp contest, which lasted the two following days, was won
by the home representatives by a single battle. Betting was in favour of
Cambridgeshire.
21.*--"The game bull which has been frequently baited near Carrow Abbey
is a very gentle animal, but no dog has yet been found that can pin him
down."
24.--A prize fight took place between Pegg, "the noted bruiser," and Fox,
a horse dealer, of Costessey. "It lasted an hour, when the former
received such a 'pegging' that he was carried off in a state of
insensibility."
--A sea eagle, measuring seven feet six inches from tip to tip of its
expanded wings, and three feet from the crown of its head to the end of
its tail, was killed at Rollesby.