4.--Died, at Hethersett, aged 70, Mr. John Buckle, one of the aldermen of
the Great Ward of Mancroft, Norwich. He served the office of Sheriff in
1787, and of Mayor in 1793.
16.--Mr. Emery, of Covent Garden, made his first appearance at Norwich
Theatre, as Tyke ("The School of Reform"). His other characters included
Robin Roughead ("Fortune's Frolic"), Zekiel Homespun ("Heir at Law"), and
Sheepface ("The Village Lawyer").
21.--Died, aged 88, Mr. William Utten, of the Lower Close, Norwich,
formerly chapter clerk to the Dean and Chapter, and secretary to the Lord
Bishop of Norwich.
28.*--"Mr. D. Fisher, whose performance of the arduous characters of
Hamlet, Macbeth, and Richard III. at Drury Lane were so excellent as to
induce the managers to engage him at a liberal salary from the
commencement of next season, has been engaged to perform those characters
at Norwich, and will make his first appearance this evening in the part
of Hamlet." Mr. Fisher was a son of the manager of the Norfolk and
Suffolk Company of Comedians.