1.--A serious fire occurred at Hillington Hall, the seat of Sir William
ffolkes, Bart. The fire was confined to the servants' apartments, which
were totally destroyed, and the main building was saved by the unroofing
of the intervening structure.
6.--Samuel Wilkinson, of Mill Street, Peafield, appeared before the
Norwich magistrates and stated that he wished to sell his wife. The
magistrates referred him to the Ecclesiastical Court, but he said he
would effect the sale and take the risk. On the 7th, at or near the
Prussia Gardens, he sold his wife for a guinea, and received a sovereign
on account. On the 10th Wilkinson was bound over to keep the peace for
assaulting his wife. In the course of the hearing the following written
agreement was produced:--
"This is to satfy that I Samyoul Wilkerson sold my wife to Mr. Gorge
Springle for the sum of one pound one before witness.
Samyoul X Wilkerson
Maryann Wilkerson X her mark
Gorge Springle X his mark
Frederick Cornish, witness."
7.--Died, Mr. George Cooke Tucker, landlord of the New Inn, Cromer. "The
present flourishing establishment was built and raised by him. Possessed
of a peculiar courteousness of manner, and endowed with great kindness of
disposition, he was alike esteemed by the resident gentry and the general
inhabitants of the place and neighbourhood. He had reached the
patriarchal age of ninety years."
11.--Died, aged 62, Mr. William Norman, Windsor Place, New Lakenham,
"many years hair dresser to his late Majesty George III."
18.--At Norwich Theatre was produced, for the first time, a new
melodrama, in three acts, entitled, "The Student of Jena," by Mr. Wm.
Cooper, B.A., barrister, of Norwich. "The play is founded on the romance
of the 'Diamond Watch,' a piece of _diablerie_, emanating from the German
school."
26.--Thurlow, the pedestrian, commenced a walk of 2,000 miles in one
thousand hours, at Richmond Hill Gardens, Norwich. (No further record.)
Robert Skipper, "the celebrated pedestrian, of Norfolk and Norwich,
having been absent on the Continent and in different counties, where he
has won several matches, and is now in his 55th year," began a walk on
June 21st, of 50 miles per day for twenty successive days, at the Green
Hill Gardens, St. Augustine's Gates, Norwich. He completed the task on
Sunday, July 10th, "and did not appear to be in the least distressed."
28.--Mr. and Mrs. Wood commenced, at Norwich Theatre, a five nights'
engagement, prior to their final retirement from the stage. The operas
produced included "Fra Diavolo," "Midas," "La Somnambula," and "Norma."
--The Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry assembled at Swaffham for eight days'
permanent duty, under the command of Major Loftus.
30.--Cricket was revived in Norwich by a match played on this date,
between the Norwich Club and the officers and privates of the 13th Light
Dragoons. "Considerable fluctuation has for the last few years in
Norwich marked the practice of this celebrated manly game, and about two
years since nothing appeared more probable than its extinction."