18.--The census returns were published on this date. In Norwich the
number of inhabited houses was 17,012; uninhabited, 786; building, 97.
The population consisted of 33,717 males, and 40,697 females; total,
74,414.
20.--A serious military riot took place at Yarmouth, between men of the
Royal Artillery and of the East Norfolk Militia. Belts and stones were
freely used. A party of 200 Artillerymen, armed with swords and knives,
issued from the arsenal, and were going to the assistance of their
comrades, when Mr. R. Steward, by persuasion and threats, kept the
greater portion from proceeding further. Officers of both corps exerted
themselves to quell the disturbance, and strong pickets were stationed at
the bridge, to prevent the Artillery from entering Yarmouth and the
Militia from crossing to Southtown.