3.--Mr. T. W. Coke and Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, the outgoing members,
offered themselves for re-election by the county. Mr. Coke issued an
address on this date, asking the electors to support Sir William ffolkes,
who stood as a third candidate. Mr. Wodehouse withdrew his candidature
rather than involve himself and his supporters in a protracted contest,
and the two first-named gentlemen were returned unopposed on the 6th.
7.--An inquest upon the body of a man accidentally killed was held _in
the porch_ of Earlham church by Mr. William Bell, Coroner.
9.--Mr. Samuel Bignold was elected one of the Sheriffs of Norwich.
--At an inquest held at Norwich on the body of John Morse, aged 38, who,
during the city election was violently struck by a stone, and received
such injuries that he died on August 6th, a verdict of wilful murder
against some person or persons unknown, was returned, and the Court of
Mayoralty offered a reward of 50 pounds for a conviction.
--Mr. Kean appeared at Norwich Theatre in the character of Richard III.,
previous to leaving England for America, and to his final retirement from
the stage. His other impersonations included Shylock, Othello, Sir
Edward Mortimer, Sir Giles Overreach, and King Lear.
20.--Died at sea, on board the Lyra Government packet, in his 63rd year,
Mr. Crisp Brown, Alderman of Norwich, who served as Sheriff in 1814, and
Mayor in 1817. He had taken a voyage across the Atlantic for the benefit
of his health, "but unhappily sank under the weight of affliction which
oppressed his mind."
21.--The King's birthday was celebrated in Norwich.
25.--Died at his house on Tombland, Norwich, Mr. Henry Carter, aged 40,
one of the surgeons of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
31.--The election of freemen's Sheriff at Norwich resulted in the return
of Mr. Isaac Wiseman, with 1,124 votes, against 794 polled by Mr. Charles
Middleton.