7.--The prisoners at the old City Gaol at Norwich were removed to the new
Gaol at St. Giles' Gates.
28.--Ten thousand persons were attracted to the neighbourhood of St.
James's Hill, Norwich, to witness the performances of "Signor Carlo Cram
Villecrop, the celebrated Swiss Mountain Flyer from Geneva and Mont
Blanc," who was to exhibit "with the Tyrolese pole, 50 feet long, the
most astonishing gymnastic flights never before witnessed in this
country." It was a hoax.
29.--The election of the freemen's Sheriff at Norwich was attended with
great excitement. The candidates were Mr. J. Bennett and Mr. T. O.
Springfield. "Complimentary half-crowns were paid to the 'friends of
independence,'" and it was mentioned as a circumstance highly creditable
to the poor freemen of the "Purple and Orange" interest, that "they
contented themselves with a fee of 5s. each from their own party." The
poll was declared as follows: Bennett, 1,164; Springfield, 1,079.
--The North Walsham and Dilham Canal was formally opened by a grand
procession of vessels which started from Wayford Bridge accompanied by a
band of music and filled with company, among whom were Lord Suffield and
many of the principal residents in the district. At Antingham the
company landed, formed in procession, and marched to North Walsham, where
a dinner was held at the King's Arms Inn, under the presidency of Col.
the Hon. John Wodehouse.