13.--Van Amburgh, with his collection of trained animals, performed at
Lynn. "The elephant arrived covered with a sort of coat _a la
__Mackintosh_, and, to prevent injury to his feet, he had something on in
the shape of boots." The show also visited Norwich, and was located in
the Ranelagh Gardens. "As a menagerie it is inferior to Wombwell's; as a
spectacle it is scarcely to be compared with Carter's."
19.--At the Norwich Quarter Sessions, before Mr. Isaac Jermy, Recorder,
Jacob Macro, woollen draper, refused to take the oath as a member of the
grand jury, "because Scripture said 'Swear not at all.' The Recorder:
Then, sir, I think it right to fine you the sum of 50 pounds, to be paid
to the use of her Majesty." The fine was subsequently reduced to 20
pounds.