1.--A peal of five bells, cast at the Whitechapel foundry, and hung by
Hurry, of Norwich, was opened at Wroxham church. Five hats were offered
as a prize to the company who rang the best of three peals. The South
Walsham ringers won.
--Sir Edward James Smith, of Norwich, President of the Linnaean Society,
was elected Honorary Professor of Botany at the Royal Institution,
London.
6.--The Norwich and Yarmouth Telegraph post coach was announced to run
daily from the Angel Inn, Norwich, to the King's Head Inn, Yarmouth, in
two and a half hours. Fares: Inside, 5s.; outside, 3s.
13.*--"Capt. Borrow has retired from the adjutancy of the First or West
Norfolk Regiment of Militia after 42 years' service."
24.--A meeting of the inhabitants interested in the woollen manufactures
of Norwich was held at the Guildhall, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of applying to Parliament for a repeal of the
duty imposed upon the importation of foreign wool.