2.--The body of an old man, buried in Hethersett churchyard, was stolen
by resurrection men. A similar outrage took place in Thorpe churchyard
on the same date.
5.*--"Sir Edmund Bacon (one of the three gentlemen nominated to serve the
office of Sheriff of this county) is gone to London to prefer some
antient claim of exemption from it on account of his being the premier
baronet of England. Such claim had been successfully made on a similar
occasion by his late father." Exemption was granted; but on November
11th, in the Court of Exchequer, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
King's Bench stated that the authorities, after duly investigating the
claim, had decided to disallow it.
--*"The governors of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital have presented a
silver waiter, of the value of 50 guineas, to Mr. Edward Taylor for his
eminent services in promoting, arranging, and assisting at the grand
Musical Festival."
10.--An exceptionally high tide occurred at Yarmouth. The river
overflowed and flooded cellars, stables, granaries, and other buildings
on the Quay; and the Southtown Road from the Bear Inn, near the bridge,
to Gorleston was completely under water, in places to the depth of three
feet. At Cromer great damage was done to the cliffs.
11.--A petition for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Norwich Paving
Act was presented in the House of Commons by Mr. William Smith.--At a
meeting held at the Duke's Palace Inn, Norwich, on March 1st, it was
decided to oppose the Bill because the Paving Commissioners by clause 8
sought to obtain authority to levy an additional due of 8d. per ton on
all goods brought by vessels up the river higher than Thorpe Old
Hall.--The Bill was read a first time on March 4th, but in consequence of
the opposition to clause 8 Mr. Smith withdrew the measure and suffered
the second reading to pass as a dropped order.--On March 28th Mr. Smith
moved the second reading on the understanding that the objectionable
clause would be withdrawn in Committee. The Bill was then read a second
time.--It passed its third reading on May 3rd; received the Royal Assent
in the House of Lords on May 20th; and the first meeting of the
Commissioners under the new Act was held at Norwich on June 14th.
15.--The prospectus of the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Company was
adopted at a meeting held at Gray's Inn Coffee House, London, presided
over by Col. Harvey, High Sheriff of Norfolk. The principal object for
which the company was formed was that of making Norwich a port for
seaborne vessels not exceeding ten feet draught, by opening the best and
most direct line of communication between that city and the sea. In
addition to the old list of shares, amounting to 27,000 pounds, it was
decided to raise 120,000 pounds in shares of 50 pounds each, and to apply
to Parliament in the ensuing Session for leave to bring in a Bill.--The
first general meeting of the shareholders was held at the Guildhall,
Norwich, on June 1st, and on July 2nd a meeting of proprietors of land
adjoining the proposed canal between the Yare and the Waveney resolved to
oppose the Bill on account of threatened danger to their property.--The
proprietors of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal, and of the Coltishall
and Aylsham Canal also decided to oppose the measure because it would
divert the traffic from Yarmouth to Lowestoft, would lead to the neglect
of Breydon, and consequently to the injury of the navigation of the Bure
and Ant.
19.*--"Died last week in Bishopgate Hospital, Norwich, Mr. John Green,
aged 101."
24.--In the House of Commons Col. Wodehouse moved that petitions from the
magistrates of Norfolk and from the Mayor and Corporation of Thetford in
reference to the removal of the Lent Assizes from Thetford to Norwich be
referred to a Select Committee. The motion was defeated by 72 votes
against 21.
--The Corporation of Norwich rescinded the resolution by which they had
offered the corn merchants a site for a Corn Exchange, and appointed a
committee to report on the propriety of the Corporation erecting a
building of their own for the sale of corn and other agricultural
produce. The committee, on March 15th, reported in favour of the
proposal, the Under-Chamberlain was directed to mark out a site 150 feet
by 70 feet on the Castle Meadow, and on May 3rd it was resolved to
advertise for plans and estimates.--The corn merchants held a meeting at
the Norfolk Hotel on July 25th, and finally agreed to erect an exchange
"on part of the present site of Sir Benjamin Wrenche's Court." It was
announced "a new street is to be made to communicate with the Market
Place from St. Andrew's Street, to enter it at the upper end of Cockey
Lane." A proposal was made to erect in the Exchange galleries for the
accommodation of the Norwich Society of Artists, who would be deprived of
their rooms in the Court.--At a special meeting of the Corporation on
August 10th "the further consideration of the erection of a Corn
Exchange" was indefinitely deferred.
28.--A peal of six bells, cast by William Dobson, of Downham Market, was
opened at Marham by the Aylsham company of ringers.
28.--Mr. David Fisher, "a flower of our own garden, a native of our own
county," made his first appearance at Lynn Theatre in the character of
Richard III. He afterwards appeared as Macbeth.