12.--Costessey Guild was held, and the "Mayor" sworn in with great
formality. Several "splendid equipages" appeared in the subsequent
procession.
--The festivities connected with Necton Guild were carried out on a scale
of much splendour in a field adjoining the residence of Major Mason, of
Necton Hall, the patron of this annual gathering.
--The Census was completed on this day at Norwich. The city, with its
hamlets and the Close, contained 10,833 houses and 50,173 souls, namely,
22,732 males and 27,441 females. In comparison with the returns at the
previous Census these figures showed an increase of 2,300 houses and of
12,917 persons.
18.--Guild Day at Norwich. Mr. William Rackham was sworn in Mayor, and
entertained 650 guests at the guild feast at St. Andrew's Hall.
--Died, aged 52, Charles Hague, Mus. Doc., professor of music at the
University of Cambridge.
--At an assembly of the Norwich Corporation, the Tonnage Committee was
ordered to obtain plans and estimates for the improvement of the south
side of St. Andrew's Hall, and of the plain and gardens. The proposed
work included the taking down of the old Library Room and the Court of
Conscience, which formed part of the entrance to the Hall, and completely
obscured and disgraced the structure; the erection of a Gothic porch on
part of their site to correspond with the architecture of the original
building, and the laying open of the whole south side of the Hall, "by
taking down the present garden walls, so as to form a square in front of
the hall." It was also proposed that the building be no longer used as a
corn exchange.
--About twenty of the Waterloo men resident in Norwich were entertained
to dinner at the Coach and Horses, Red Lion Lane, in celebration of the
anniversary of the battle.
23.*--"The curious antique pump in St. Lawrence, in this city (Norwich),
erected by Robert Gybson in 1576, has been lately put into repair, and
the singular inscription and ornaments thereon repainted by the present
proprietor, Quarter-Master Betts, of the West Norfolk Regiment."
28.--The Marshland free bridge, built by Messrs. Jolliffe and Bank, under
the direction of the engineer, Mr. Rennie, and forming a direct means of
communication between the eastern and northern districts, was opened on
this date. A procession of carriages, preceded by a band of music and
banners, with 7,000 pedestrians, passed over the bridge at one o'clock.
The carriage of Mr. Thomas Hoseason led the van. Among the vehicles was
the Lynn and London coach, drawn by four bays decorated with ribbands and
flowers.