1.--H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex arrived at Lynn on his way to Holkham Hall.
A meeting of the Corporation was held, at which his Royal Highness was
enrolled a free burgess of the borough. Luncheon was served at the Town
Hall, and "the Mayor presented that exquisite relic of antiquity, King
John's cup, filled with wine, of which his Royal Highness partook."
1.--Died, in his 81st year, at Westacre High House, Mr. Anthony Hamond.
"He lived a life of extraordinary activity, and rode the foremost in the
coursing as well as in the hunting field on the most spirited horses,
even to a few weeks of his death. He was born at South Woodton, near
Lynn, and succeeded his uncle, Mr. Richard Hamond, in possession of his
extensive landed property. By the female line he was related to the Duke
and Princess Sophia of Gloucester, the late Earl of Orford, and the
present Marquis Cholmondeley, his grandmother being sister of Sir Robert
Walpole. He was the only surviving original member of the Swaffham
Coursing Society, established in 1779. He served the office of Sheriff
of Norfolk in 1792, and leaves surviving three sons and two daughters."
2.--M. Chalon, the famous French conjurer, performed at the Norwich
Theatre.
8.--The Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution was founded at a meeting
held at the Guildhall. The rooms of the institution were at a house in
the Haymarket.
12.*--"A short time since as two gentlemen of Norwich were fishing at
Halvergate, they caught a pike which weighed twenty-two ounces and
measured twenty-three inches in length; in the body of which they found a
weasel in a perfect state, which weighed six ounces and measured twelve
inches in length."
13.--During a terrible gale the Revenue cutter Ranger, Capt. John Sayers,
was lost off Happisburgh with 30 of her crew. Capt. Sayer was appointed
to the command of the Lapwing cutter in 1807, and of the Ranger in 1809.
The latter vessel was wrecked within 50 yards of the spot where another
Revenue cutter, the Hunter, was lost some years previously. Allegations,
the truth of which was denied, were made that the inhabitants of
Happisburgh shamefully neglected the signals of distress made by the
Ranger. "The shrieks of the crew," it was said, "were heard distinctly
on the shore, yet no attempt was made to rescue."
15.--A "grand music meeting" commenced in Norwich, and concluded on the
18th. Evening concerts were given at the Theatre, and morning
performances in the Hall Concert Room, St. George's. The managers were
Messrs. A. and E. Pettet, and the principal vocal performers M. Sapio,
Mr. Beale, and Madame Camporese.
18.--Died, aged 51, Daniel Coppin, of St. Catherine's Plain, Norwich. He
was a member of the Norwich Society of Artists, and was principally known
for his highly creditable studies from Opie.
28.--Two men named Grint, a dyer, and Purdy, a weaver, "neither of whom
had any pretensions to pugilistic science," fought for an hour near
Bishop Bridge, Norwich, until Purdy became insensible, and three days
afterwards died. Grint was committed for trial, and at the Norwich
Summer Assizes, in 1823, was found guilty, and sentenced by Mr. Justice
Blossett to three months' imprisonment.
31.--The chandling office of Messrs. Staff and Chamberlin, St.
Martin-at-Palace, Norwich, was destroyed by fire. "Several hogsheads of
tallow and a large quantity of candles were melted and ran down the
streets in a stream into the river, from the surface of which more than
ten cwt. was skimmed off by persons in boats."