9.--At the meeting of the Norwich Town Council for the election of Mayor,
Mr. T. O. Springfield nominated Mr. Samuel Shalders Beare, and Mr.
Bignold Mr. William Martin Seppings. The former was elected, by 28 votes
to 17. Mr. Massey moved the appointment of Mr. John Francis as Sheriff,
and Mr. Rackham proposed Mr. James Steward. Mr. Francis was appointed,
by 27 votes to 12.
11.*--"The tobacco manufacturers residing in Norwich have obtained from
the Lords of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Customs the privilege
of bonding that article at Yarmouth, where a warehouse has been specially
fitted up for the purpose, and is now stored with manufactured tobacco of
the value of about 5,000 pounds when the duty is paid on it. Mr.
Newbegin and Mr. Wigham are the first importers."
18.*--"By the official account of the duty on hops of the growth of 1837
we find Norfolk makes a return of 48 pounds 10s. 0d."
21.--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, it was agreed, on the
motion of Mr. Barwell, to appoint a committee to consider the propriety
of encouraging the establishment of a school of design, with the view to
the improvement of the manufactures of the city. (_See_ May 9th, 1838.)
29.--Died at his house, St. Catherine's Close, Norwich, in his 92nd year,
Mr. John Morse. "This justly respected gentleman was Father of the old
Corporation of Norwich." He was elected an alderman of the North
Mancroft Ward in 1777, served the office of Sheriff in 1779, and was
twice Mayor, namely, in 1781 and 1803.
30.--The 24th Article of the Deed of Settlement having empowered a
general meeting of the members to make bylaws for the regulation and
government of the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society, to be binding
when confirmed by two other general meetings summoned for that purpose,
the third general meeting was held on this date, with the object of
finally confirming the bylaws adopted at a general meeting on November
2nd, and confirmed by a second general meeting on November 16th. An
extraordinary degree of interest was manifested, and deputations arrived
at Norwich from all parts of the kingdom. The meeting, which was held in
a booth erected in Mr. Bignold's garden, was attended by about 300 or 400
persons. Mr. O'Connell, M.P., the famous Irish agitator, was present.
"On this occasion his whole course was pre-eminently marked by good
feeling, excellent temper, and discreet judgment, united to a
gentlemanlike exercise of his acknowledged tact and talent in furtherance
of a most salutory object, in which he was happily successful," namely,
the obtaining of a unanimous expression of approval of the reports made
by the committee for revising the bylaws.
--Mr. O'Connell, M.P., was entertained at dinner at the Angel Inn,
Norwich, by members of the Whig-Radical interest. Mr. T. O. Springfield
presided. At nine o'clock on the following morning, prior to his
departure from the city, Mr. O'Connell addressed a large meeting at St.
Andrew's Hall.