1.*--"A respectable young man a few days since, at Norwich, undertook for
a wager that he would take the sum of five shillings in one hour by
travelling the city with a basket containing threads, tapes, cottons,
&c., which he accomplished, and proceeded on the second hour, when he
took 4s. 6d. more."
5.--The Norwich Tonnage Bill was read a third time in the House of
Commons. This measure was intended to provide a new mode of application
of the tolls and dues, first to defray the expenses of obtaining the Act;
secondly, to pay interest on all sums borrowed under the powers of the
Act, and to promote an accumulative fund for the purpose of paying off
all the principal monies; and thirdly to keep in repair bridges, &c., to
free Carrow Bridge, Duke's Palace Bridge, and Foundry Bridge, to keep in
repair St. Andrew's Hall and the Guildhall, and to pay for any permanent
improvement, such as widening streets, &c.
7.--Died at Shadwell Lodge, in his 86th year, Sir Robert John Buxton,
Bart. He had successively represented in Parliament for several years
the borough of Thetford, and the borough of Bedwin, Wilts.
11.--A prize-fight for 25 pounds a side was fought at Pulham, between
Brassey and Bailey, of Norwich. In 1 hour 8 minutes 72 rounds were
contested, "during which time Bailey never had a chance." Brassey was
seconded by John Stanfield and Charles Utting, and Bailey by Jem Perowne
and Bounce Brown. "On Sunday, the 9th inst., no less than five of these
disgraceful scenes took place in the parish of Earlham."
15.*--"A full length portrait of the rector, the Rev. William Manning, by
Mr. Thomas Ronds, of London, formerly of Diss, has been placed in the
committee room of the Diss Hospital, the result of a subscription set on
foot by the inhabitants."
22.*--"'The Tour,' a poem written anonymously, published by Simpkin,
Marshall, and Co., and printed by Gowing, of Swaffham, is, independent of
its literary merits, highly creditable to the West Norfolk press. The
frontispiece, Lake Lucerne, is drawn by Wright, of Swaffham."
26.--A fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Bush, cabinet maker, Roach's
Court, Fisher's Lane, Norwich, and was one of the most destructive that
had taken place in the city for many years. The factory was destroyed,
and with it the adjoining house, occupied by a silk weaver, who lost his
stock of silk and machinery. "The fire engines were not in a state for
such an emergency, and many of the leather pipes had to be tied up with
handkerchiefs."