4.*--"Died lately, aged 68, William Brett, an ingenious and eccentric
individual, generally known as 'Duke Brett,' of Swaffham, by trade a
shoemaker, but a perfect factotum in all manner of handicraft, and a
celebrated opium-eater, having for many years consumed large quantities
of this drug daily."
8.--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Capt. Money moved a
resolution in favour of the admission of the public to the discussions of
that body, "because it would make the members more measured in their
language, more careful, and more honest." Mr. Burt moved a negative
resolution, and stated that "if they could not restrain their language in
the company of gentlemen of education and respectability, they would not
do so in the presence of a school of persons casually admitted." Capt
Money's motion was negatived.
28.--A meeting of the directors and proprietors of the Norwich Yarn
Company was held at the Guildhall, at which it was stated that the
factory was incapable of supplying even one-third of the quantity of yarn
required for manufacturing purposes in the city and neighbourhood. It
was decided that the capital be increased by the creation of 700
additional shares of 100 pounds each. (_See_ December 1st, 1836.)