5.--Died at his residence in the Upper Close, Norwich, Dr. Warner Wright,
aged 70. He was founder of the Norwich Dispensary, and in 1804 was
chosen a physician of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, a position which
he resigned in 1840. For many years he was visiting physician to the
Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum, and to the Norwich Bethel, and was placed
upon the commission of the peace for the city in 1836.
12.--John Tawell, indicted at Aylesbury Assizes for the murder of Sarah
Hart, at Salt Hill, by poisoning her, came of a respectable Norfolk
family. "Augustus Metcalfe, who served the office of Mayor of Norwich in
1716, was the maternal grandfather of Tawell's father. Thomas Tawell,
uncle of John Tawell's father, served the office of Sheriff of Norwich in
1723, and died during his shrievalty. Tawell's father was a shopkeeper,
and had resided in several places in the neighbourhood of Norwich." The
convict, who was a Quaker, was executed on March 28th.
15.*--"The frost has now continued, with few intermissions, for eighteen
weeks, a longer period than has been remembered for the last thirty
years."
19.--A meeting of the principal inhabitants was held at the Guildhall,
Norwich, under the presidency of the Mayor (Sir William Foster), "to
determine on the steps to be taken for arresting the progress of the
epidemic diseases so extensively prevailing, and for mitigating the
sufferings of the afflicted poor." It was stated that between 1,500 and
1,600 persons had been attacked by small-pox, measles, scarlet fever, and
typhus. The attention of the authorities was directed to the insanitary
condition of the city, and a fund was started for cleansing and
disinfecting the houses of the poor.
26.--Sir James Graham's Bill for the amendment of the Law of Settlement
was considered at a public meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich.
Disapproval of the measure was expressed. The Court of Guardians and
other public bodies passed resolutions in opposition to the Bill, which
was received unfavourably in other parts of the county.
29.*--"A salmon trout, measuring 23 inches in length and weighing 5 lbs.,
has been taken while fishing for pike in the river Wensum, near
Hellesdon."