2.--Malibran appeared at Norwich Theatre, in the character of Susanna
("The Marriage of Figaro").
4.--A twin packet was launched from the shipyard of Mr. John Lubbock, at
Wells-next-the-Sea. "She may justly be called a twin steamer, having two
stems and two stern posts, with a tunnel passing through the middle
ingeniously constructed so as to make her very stiff and of an easy
draught of water. The vessel was built for the Aire and Calder
Navigation Company."
9.--A specimen of the _Ossifragus_, or small eagle, was shot at Barton
Turf.
11.--The new Beer Bill came into operation. At Lynn "the day was kept as
a jubilee by all the devotees of Sir John Barleycorn. Nearly 50 new
houses were opened for the sale of beer, and drunkenness, rioting, and
fighting were prevalent in many of the streets."
23.--Mr. J. G. Johnson was elected assistant-surgeon at the Norfolk and
Norwich Hospital, in place of Mr. B. H. Norgate, appointed one of the
surgeons.
--A county meeting was held at the Shirehall, Norwich, at which it was
decided to petition Parliament for the repeal of the duty on malt. Great
disorder was occasioned by an operative in the gallery exhibiting a
placard bearing the words, "Englishmen, remember the expensive and bloody
reign of George III."