1.--H.R.H. the Duke of York passed through Norwich on returning from a
visit to Houghton Hall.
--Died at Downham Market, Mrs. Pidgeon. "This venerable person was 89
years of age, and what is remarkable she never had any other place of
residence than the one she died in, and expired upon the same bed on
which she was born."
6.--Sir Jacob Astley's hounds drew at Ringstead and chased a fox to
within a mile of Fakenham, a distance of 16 miles, when the hounds became
at fault. "Reynard was spied upon the tiles of a cottage, when a general
cry was raised to spare him. The huntsman dismounted and caught him as
he slipped off the tiles by the cottage door, and drove him in, when he
was secured and saved and taken home in a sack for another day's sport."
7.--A panorama illustrating Lord Exmouth's victory over the Algerines was
exhibited in a wooden building specially erected on the Castle ditches,
Norwich. It was described as "the peristrephic or moving panorama," and
was invented by the exhibitors, Messrs. Marshall.
12.--Died at Hampstead Park, Berkshire, the seat of the Earl of Craven,
Mr. John Brunton, aged 82. "He was father of the late Mrs. Merry, of the
present Lady Craven, and of Mr. John Brunton, manager of the West London
Theatre. He was a native of Norwich, and for many years patentee and
manager of the Norwich Theatre, in which situation he was highly esteemed
for his judicious and liberal conduct. He was a superior actor, and in
the characters of Lear, Iago, Evander, and The Stranger but few excelled
him."
21.*--"We understand that Mr. Telford, successor to the late Mr. Rennie,
has delivered a report on the proposed plan for making Norwich a port, in
which he bears ample testimony to the satisfactory nature of Mr. Cubitt's
professional investigations and remarks." Mr. John Harvey, chairman of
the committee for carrying the project into execution, forwarded to the
Mayor of Yarmouth a copy of Mr. Telford's report, and received in reply
an assurance that the Corporation of Yarmouth would do everything in its
power to oppose an undertaking "which was pregnant with the most ruinous
consequences to the navigation of that port and to the trading interests
of the town and neighbourhood." (See January 21st, 1823.)
26.--Lady Anne Coke gave birth to a son and heir at Holkham. The infant
was christened at the town house of Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P., Hanover Square,
on June 21st, 1823, when their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and
Gloucester stood sponsors, and Lady Andover godmother. The ceremony was
performed by the Lord Bishop of Norwich.
1823.