13.--The Norwich Grammar School athletic sports were held for the first
time.
18.--A memorial was presented to the Norwich Town Council, by farmers,
graziers, dealers, &c., praying the Corporation to enlarge the Cattle
Market. The Market Committee recommended the Council to adopt in its
entirety a plan for executing the work, at a cost not exceeding 20,000
pounds. This scheme involved the demolition of the notorious locality
known as Pump Street.
20.--Mr. and Mrs. Ringer, of Walcot Green, near Diss, left their house in
charge of a servant, named Susan Garrod, and on their return in the
evening found her suffering from several gunshot wounds in the head and
face, inflicted by a man named Charles Sheldrake, a returned convict,
employed as a groom and gardener by Mr. Ringer. Sheldrake, after
committing the deed, secreted himself in a wood. On being called on by
the police to surrender, he placed the muzzle of a double-barrelled gun
to his mouth and blew out his brains. At the inquest the jury returned a
verdict of _felo de se_, and the Coroner gave a warrant for the interment
of the body between the hours of nine and twelve o'clock. "The body was
accordingly buried at ten o'clock at night, under one of the paths in the
churchyard."
24.--The London Royal English Opera Company commenced a week's engagement
at Norwich Theatre. The repertory included "four new successful operas
never before performed in Norwich," namely, Balfe's "The Rose of
Castille," Loder's "The Night Dancers," Macfarren's "Robin Hood," and
Balfe's "Satanella, or the Power of Love." In addition to the
above-named works, "Il Trovatore," "Martha," and "Maritana" were
produced. The _artistes_ included Miss Fanny Ternan, Miss Bronte, Miss
Angel, Miss Fanny Reeves, Mr. Edmund Rosenthal, Mr. J. Manley, Mr. E. D.
Corri, Mr. Oliver Summers, and Mr. Elliott Galer. Mr. W. Meyer Lutz was
the conductor. The performances received very inadequate public support.
The company revisited Norwich for six nights, commencing on September
9th.
--Herr Kolisch, the celebrated chess-player, contested, at the Rampant
Horse Hotel, Norwich, 13 games simultaneously against some of the best
players in the neighbourhood. He won eight games, lost three, and two
were drawn.
28.--Died, at Feniton Court, Devonshire, the Right Hon. Sir John
Patteson. The second son of the Rev. Henry Patteson, and nephew of Mr.
John Patteson, who for some time represented Norwich in Parliament, he
was born in that city on February 11th, 1790. He was educated at Eton
and King's College, Cambridge, and, after talking his degree, removed to
London and entered at the Middle Temple. On being called to the Bar, he
went the Northern Circuit. "He had been only nine years a barrister, he
had not a silk gown, he had never led a cause or once addressed a jury,"
when he was appointed to the Queen's Bench, and from that time to
February 11th, 1852, continued to discharge the duties of his high office
with a reputation for industry, learning, and integrity.