6.--Robert Bunn, "the celebrated pedestrian," on the Ipswich Road,
Norwich, ran a mile against time for a wager of 25 pounds. "The wager
was that he would not cover the distance in 4 minutes 45 secs. He
accomplished the feat in 4 minutes 30 secs."
13.--A dinner was given in honour of General Windham, at the Corn Hall,
North Walsham, on the eve of his departure for India, on the outbreak of
the Mutiny.
15.*--"A report is going the round of the papers, copied from the
Australian journals, regarding the death of the person known to our
readers as Emily Sandford. We are assured by a gentleman who interested
himself in her behalf in 1849 that Miss Sandford is not in Australia.
She married a highly respectable merchant in 1850, with whom and their
children she returned to Europe in 1855."
20.--The battery of Royal Artillery marched from the Cavalry Barracks,
Norwich, for Shorncliffe, to hold themselves in readiness for India.
24.--The annual congress of the British Archaeological Association was
opened at Norwich, under the presidency of the Earl of Albemarle. The
proceedings ended on the 28th. Caistor Camp, Lynn, Yarmouth, and Burgh
Castle were among the places visited.
25.--An extraordinary leap was made by a horse ridden by Mr. William
Feek, horse trainer, of Norwich. "Mr. Feek, in the presence of a number
of gentlemen, to show the power of the animal, jumped it over a high
fence on Newmarket Road, without touching it, making a spring from point
to point of 34 feet."