1.--The season terminated at Norwich Theatre. The manager (Mr. G. Smith)
said, in the course of his customary address: "Having been for nearly 30
years a member of the company, I am most reluctantly compelled to
chronicle the one now closing as the very worst season within my
recollection."
19.--Died at Knapton, aged 59, Mr. Jeffreson Mills, Commander R.N. He
served from 1799 until the Peace in 1815. "During his career he assisted
at the capture of 26 line of battleships, 18 frigates, and 21 sloops of
war and privateers. He was the author of a masterly vindication of Lord
Nelson's proceedings in the Bay of Naples."
22.*--"The fatal ball by which Nelson received his death wound, and which
was in the possession of the late Sir W. Beatty, M.D., R.N., at his death
came into possession of Col. Beatty, R.M., and his brother, Mr. Vincent
Beatty, _ci-devant_ captain of the late 24th Light Dragoons, by whom it
has been presented to her Majesty, and most graciously received. The
ball, with the particles of the coat and epaulette which were forced into
the body, is neatly and elegantly set within a crystal case, which is
appropriately mounted with a double cable coiled around its
circumference. It opens like a watch."
24.--Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews commenced a short engagement
at Norwich Theatre, in "Patter _versus_ Clatter," "Loan of a Lover,"
"Grist to the Mill," and "Follies of a Night."