9.--Mr. Jeremiah Colman was elected Mayor, and Mr. Charles Winter
appointed Sheriff of Norwich.
13.--The London markets were, for the first time, "expressed by electric
telegraph" in the NORFOLK CHRONICLE. Discussing the possibilities of
"this wonderful medium of communication," that journal observed: "A
division in the House of Commons after any important debate may be
communicated at all stations from London to Yarmouth in a few minutes."
16.--The first recorded canary show in Norwich was held on this date, at
the Greyhound Inn, Ber Street, when 300 specimens belonging to a canary
club were exhibited.
24.--A trout, weighing 9.5 lbs., was captured in a net near the New
Mills, Norwich.
27.--The Norwich Corporation delegated their powers to the Watch
Committee "to appoint a fire brigade of six men, whose business it will
be to attend all fires in Norwich with the Corporation engine, which is
to be managed by the brigade exclusively. The men in the daytime are to
act as common policemen, and to sleep near the station house, where the
engine is kept, each night, that they may be ready in case of alarm."