7.--The first stone of a new church at Yarmouth, dedicated to St. Peter,
and erected on a site granted by the Corporation, was laid by the Mayor
(Mr. Edmund Preston). Mr. Scoles was the architect. The church was
consecrated on August 16th, 1833, by the Bishop of Winchester, on behalf
of the Bishop of Norwich.
23.--The interment took place at Rainham church of the remains of General
Loftus. He entered the Army in 1770, and in 1775 embarked with the 17th
Light Dragoons for America. He was in the action of Bunker's Hill, at
the battle of Bedford, at the taking of New York, at the battles of
Pelham Manor and the White Plains, and led the Hessian Grenadiers across
the river Brunx, where he was wounded. He was wounded again in the
attack on the lines at King's Bridge. In 1794 he raised the 24th Light
Dragoons, largely composed of Norfolk men; in 1796 was made Major-General
and appointed to the English staff, and in 1797 was transferred to the
Irish staff, and commanded a brigade at the battle of Vinegar Hill. He
commanded the Eastern District in 1809, and at the time of his death was
Lieutenant of the Tower and Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards. General
Loftus for several Sessions represented in Parliament the borough of
Great Yarmouth.
25.--At the Norfolk Assizes held at Norwich, before Lord Lyndhurst, an
indictment was preferred against several farmers and labourers living at
Edingthorpe, for having conspired to compel the rector, the Rev. Richard
Adams, to take less in tithe than he was entitled to by law. The great
and small tithes together averaged 6s. per acre; under intimidation Mr.
Adams signed a document by which he agreed to accept 4s. per acre during
his life. At the suggestion of his lordship, a settlement was arrived
at. He intimated, however, that a clergyman had a right to his tithes,
and the parishioners had no authority to dictate to him.
26.--At the same Assizes, an action was brought against the Rev. Dean
Wood, vicar of Middleton, by Mr. Howes, a farmer in the same parish, for
a libel contained in a pamphlet published by the defendant, entitled, "A
Defence of the Clergy, founded upon facts." The jury returned a verdict
for the plaintiff, damages 100 pounds.
28.--Paganini performed at a concert given under the management of Mr.
Pettet, at the Corn Exchange, Norwich. He appeared again on the 29th,
and on the 30th was engaged at the Theatre. He was described as "the
fascinating, but by no means fair-dealing, foreigner."