1.--Lord Sydney visited Yarmouth and was presented with the patent of the
office of High Steward of the borough. His lordship invited the
Corporation to dinner at the Nelson Hotel, and General Loftus, M.P., by
whom he was accompanied, gave a ball at the Town Hall.
7.--A sixteenth share of the lottery prize of 50,000 pounds three per
cent. consols was drawn by Mr. C. Davy, farmer, Great Plumstead.
16.--Died at his house in St. James's Square, London, in his 70th year,
Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of
England. He was succeeded in his titles, hereditary honours, and
principal estates, by Mr. Barnard Edward Howard, of Fornham, near Bury
St. Edmund's.
18.--Colombier's French Company of Equestrians commenced an engagement at
the Pantheon, Norwich.
24.--Died, Mrs. Mary Dye, of Elsing, aged 101.
--Lord and Lady Castlereagh arrived in Norwich, and after dining at the
Norfolk Hotel, proceeded on a visit to Lord Suffield, at Blickling Park.
30.*--"A fire engine completed by Mr. Jordan, an ingenious mechanic, of
this city (Norwich), and requiring only 18 men to work it, was tried
against one of Hadley and Co.'s patent engines in the Market Place
yesterday, and proved equal, if not superior, to it in power. Messrs.
Hartley's engine cost 180 pounds and Mr. Jordan's only 80 pounds."
1816.