4.*--"Messrs. Mackie, of Norwich, in a very handsome and public-spirited
manner, have presented the trustees of Carrow Bridge with nearly 500
plants of the Coerulean willow, and have also been at the whole expense
of planting them on each side of the road leading towards Thorpe."
7.--The new Theatre at Lynn was opened under the management of Mr. John
Brunton with "Lovers' Vows" and "Raising the Wind." In addition to the
manager, the company included Mr. Foote, of the Theatre Royal, Dublin;
Mr. and Mrs. Hall, from the Theatre Royal, York; Mr. Tokeby, Mr. Renaud,
Mr. Gomery, and Mrs. Grove, of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. On the 9th
Mr. C. Kemble appeared as Macbeth; on the 11th, Miss Eliza Brunton made
"her first appearance on any stage" as Desdemona to Mr. Kemble's Othello;
and on March 25th Mrs. Jordan appeared as Widow Cheerley in "The
Soldier's Daughter," and on succeeding evenings as Miss Hoyden in "The
Trip to Scarborough," as Widow Belmour, and as Nell in "The Devil to
Pay." A brilliant season terminated on April 18th. It was said that "in
beauty, simplicity, and correctness of style" this house could "hold
competition with any theatre out of the Metropolis."
9.--Fifty thousand persons assembled to witness a balloon ascent by a Mr.
Steward from the Prussia Gardens, Norwich. The balloon rose a short
distance and fell in Messrs. Mackie's nursery grounds, went up again and
descended in a garden. The mob rushed in, tore the balloon to pieces,
and would have roughly handled the aeronaut but for General Money taking
him into his carriage and conveying him to a place of safety. A public
subscription had been opened for some weeks previously to defray the cost
of the ascent; and another list was started to recoup Mr. Steward his
loss.
27.--A cocking match took place at the Lobster Inn, St. John
Maddermarket, Norwich, between North Walsham and Norwich. Feeders: Lamb,
for North Walsham; Stafford, for Norwich.