12.--William Thirkettle, 27; William Pye, 32; and Gilpin Reynolds, 24,
were executed on Castle Hill, Norwich, the first-named for the attempted
murder of his wife, and the others for arson.
14.--The two troops of the King's Own Light Dragoons marched from Norwich
for Hampton Court and Kensington Barracks.
25.--The Yarmouth Port and Haven Bill was considered by the House of
Commons' Committee, presided over by Mr. William Windham. On the 28th
the petitioners announced the abandonment of the Bill.
30.--The Bishop of Rochester, officiating for the Bishop of Norwich (who
was then in his 90th year), confirmed 1,700 persons at North Walsham. On
subsequent days 1,000 were confirmed at Holt, and 1,050 at Diss.
--Fifty-four convicts, sentenced at the County Assizes and Sessions to
transportation, were taken on board the Sarah (Capt. Moore), lying in
Norwich river. "The hatchways were closed at twenty minutes after two in
the morning, and this London trader sailed immediately for Lowestoft,
which harbour was reached about eleven o'clock; in three hours the vessel
was out of sight and on her way to Portsmouth. Their being sent off by
sea (through the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation) instead of by land
conveyance will be a very considerable saving of expense to the county of
Norfolk."