6.--The 2nd Dragoon Guards marched from Norwich for Hampton Court
Barracks.
15.--A cricket match was played at Litcham "with the six Alexanders, of
Hingham, and the five Cushions, of Shipdham, on the one side, against the
town of Litcham on the other." The stakes, 22 sovereigns a-side, were
won by the "families" by one wicket. The families, 55-88; Litcham,
82-60.
18.--The last performances took place at the old Norwich Theatre. The
pieces were "The Provoked Husband" and the farce "A Roland for an
Oliver." The concluding season had proved very productive to the
patentee and the performers. The total amount accruing from the twenty
benefits was 1,732 pounds, an average of 86 pounds 12s. exclusive of
"ticket nights."
20.--A special meeting of the Yarmouth Corporation was held for the
purpose of promoting the erection of a new church in the town. The sum
of 1,500 pounds was voted in aid of the fund, and a piece of land given
as an eligible site.
21.--Guild Day at Norwich. The aldermen, Sheriffs, and Town Clerk had
breakfast with the Mayor-elect, Mr. T. S. Day, and afterwards went to the
house of the Mayor (Mr. H. Francis), "their carriages passing through the
newly-made opening in the city wall at the end of Pottergate Street,
where an arch had been formed with boughs." The subsequent procession to
the Cathedral was headed by two bands of musicians and "Snap." The
guests at the Guild feast at St. Andrew's Hall numbered 450, and "the
proceedings, from the excellence of the wines, were protracted till about
eleven o'clock, when the worthy donor of the feast retired from the
chair."
30.--Died at his house in Surrey Street, Norwich, Mr. William Manning, of
Ormesby, in his 94th year. "This gentleman was the Father of the
Magistracy of Norfolk, and had been 65 years on the commission."