4.--In the House of Commons a petition was presented by Sir F. Burdett
against the return of Messrs. Rumbold and Wilshere as members for
Yarmouth. It was alleged that the grossest bribery had been practised.
(_See_ April 28th, 1838.)
14.--A pauper named John Cawdron died at Norwich Workhouse, of which
institution he had been an inmate 47 years, 8 months, 3 days, at the cost
of 350 pounds 16s. 7d.
16.--At this date the following coaches ran from the Norfolk Hotel,
Norwich:--To London, the Phenomena, every morning at 6.30. To Newark,
the Union, every morning, except Sunday, at 7. To Birmingham, the Royal
Mail, every evening at 7 (through Lynn, Spalding, &c.). To Lynn, the Day
coach. To Yarmouth, coaches three times a day. To Lowestoft, the Pilot,
every afternoon. To Fakenham and Wells, a coach every afternoon at 4.
To Watton, the Royal George.
18.--On the occasion of the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Atkins, at the Royal
Amphitheatre, Ranelagh Gardens, Norwich, was produced "a grand local
historical and romantic original drama, written expressly for this
entertainment by Mr. R. F. Rayner, called 'Etheldrida, Princess of
Norwich, or the Kings of Mercia and East Anglia and the Wild Woman of
Mosswold Heath.'"
21.--The load of Christmas fare which left Swaffham for London on this
date "did not reach the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, until half-past four
on the following morning, although drawn by relays of six horses all the
way from Brandon."
25.--"For its extreme mildness and sunny brightness this was more like
May Day than Christmas Day, with the thermometer at 55 and a southern
breeze."
30.*--"The town of Diss has been lighted with gas, which produces a
splendid effect, and reflects great credit on Messrs. J. and T. Whaite,
ironfounders, by whom it is supplied."
1838.