1.--Died at his house, Buckworth, near Romsey, the Right Hon. Earl
Nelson, aged 50. He was born at St. Michael-at-Plea, Norwich, and
married, in 1821, Frances Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Mr. John
Maurice, and was succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son,
Horatio Bolton Nelson, Viscount Trafalgar, aged 12 years.
9.--The schooner Harriet, on her passage from St. Petersburg to
Liverpool, was lost, with her crew of eight hands, off Hunstanton. "The
wreckage washed ashore was immediately broken up, and part of it
converted to private purposes. It is shocking to contemplate the lawless
scrambling of the wreckers of this coast to obtain possession of their
prey, in which they appear to be encouraged by the conduct of persons
whose especial duty it is to prevent rather than to encourage the
abominable plunder here carried on."
14.--Extensive flour mills at Hardingham, occupied by Messrs. Taylor and
Tingay, were destroyed by fire.
27.--Mr. Charles Turner, Deputy-Mayor of Norwich, was presented with a
piece of plate by the subscribers who had placed his portrait in St.
Andrew's Hall. The portrait was painted by H. P. Briggs, R.A.