3.--The following curious incident was recorded as having taken place at
Tunstead on this date. A Chelsea pensioner was about to be married to a
widow, and "early in the morning the parties, accompanied by three
witnesses, repaired to the cross-ways in the road a short distance from
the village, where the intended bride crossed the road _in puris
naturalibus_, and was received on the opposite side by the bridegroom,
who entertains the idea that by the due performance of this ceremony he
is discharged from all liability of paying the debts of the former
husband."
4.--Lord Neville, rector of Berghapton, sent a letter to the NORFOLK
CHRONICLE, denying a statement made by Mr. Cobbett, at a dinner at
Maidstone, that he (Lord Neville) was "rector of a parish in Norfolk and
at the same time enjoyed half-pay as a captain of Dragoons." His
lordship wrote: "I admit being rector of a parish in Norfolk, but I
assure you upon my word that a considerable time before I took orders I
resigned my commission, and consequently ceased from that time to enjoy
either half or full pay."
9.--The King's letter, "authorising collections to be made for the
building and enlarging of churches and chapels (instead of by briefs, as
formerly)," was read in the churches in the city and county.
15.--A hamper conveyed by Messrs. Marsh and Swan's London van from King's
Lynn, was found to contain the dead body of a young woman, supposed to
have been taken from a grave at Lynn.
--*"Mr. Suckling's beautiful yacht, the Marmion, has lately arrived at
Buckenham Ferry, to be laid up for the winter. In December last she was
laid down and built upon his estate at Woodton, under his immediate plans
and directions, and in May last dragged from thence upon a sledge to the
water's edge at Carrow Bridge, to the surprise of the natives, who
assembled in great number. She dropped down the river and boldly cleared
out to sea, on her passage to London, which voyage, though blowing very
fresh, she performed much to the satisfaction of those on board. She
afterwards went to Calais, made two journeys to Holland, and sailed many
times up the canals."
29.--Mr. B. H. Norgate was elected assistant-surgeon of the Norfolk and
Norwich Hospital, in the room of Mr. Henry Carter, previously elected
surgeon, on the resignation of Mr. Martineau.
--Died at his house in St. Giles' Street, Norwich, aged 72, Mr. John
Hammond Cole, an Alderman of the Great Ward of Mancroft. He was Sheriff
in 1797; Mayor in 1811; Receiver of Stamp Duties, Treasurer of the Boys'
and Girls' Hospital, and of the Norwich Dispensary, and Treasurer and
Secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Savings Bank.