1.--At a meeting held at the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich, it was
determined to call a general meeting of the farmers to consider the
propriety of establishing an agricultural association to co-operate with
the London General Association for the Protection of the Rights and
Interests of Agriculture. At the meeting which took place on the 15th
the Norfolk Association of Agriculturists was duly formed, and on the
29th Mr. Utting, of Ashwellthorpe, was appointed president.
3.--George Bidder, only 12.5 years of age, demonstrated in the Old
Library Room, St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, his extraordinary powers of
mental calculation. He made a return visit in August.
6.--The Grand Jury at the City Sessions made a presentment to the effect
that the Norwich gaol was not capable of being converted into an
efficient prison for the purpose of the classification of prisoners.
13.--Died, aged 100, Mrs. Hannah Scott, of Holt.
21.--A meeting was held at the Assembly Room, East Dereham, to take into
consideration the best means of obtaining navigation between that town
and Norwich. A subscription was opened.
22.--Thomas Jennings, pedestrian, ran 18 miles on the turnpike road
between Downham Market and Denver in two hours three minutes.
24.--The 24th Regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by General Loftus,
and chiefly composed of Norfolk men enlisted in Norwich, was disbanded at
Chatham. The regiment left England in 1796, and was actively employed in
India, under Lord Lake, during the Marhatta campaigns, for which service,
among other distinctions, it received an honorary standard. In general
orders issued on the departure of the regiment from India on October 8th,
1818, its services were very highly spoken of.
26.--A silver candelabrum, valued 200 guineas, was presented to Mr. John
Patteson, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, by members of the Norwich Fire
and Life Societies, in recognition of the services rendered by him to the
institutions. Mr. Patteson's collection of pictures by English, Italian,
and Flemish artists was this month sold by auction by Mr. Christie, and
realised the sum of 2,349 pounds.
28.--Pitt's birthday was celebrated by a dinner at the Assembly Rooms,
Norwich. Mr. J. Patteson presided.