20.*--"The first number of the NORFOLK CHRONICLE was published on the
18th of July, 1761. We are, therefore, as journalists, exactly 100 years
old. . . . The difference between the newspapers of the last and present
century is, perhaps, more conspicuous in the quantity of space occupied
than in any other respect, and the present sheet is at least four times
the size of our first publication."
27.*--"The repairs at St. Gregory's church, Norwich, the interior of
which has been undergoing general restoration, have brought to light an
interesting fresco, representing the renowned fight between St. George
and the Dragon, a subject which has a local association, St. George being
the titular saint of the city and patron of a once flourishing civic
company. The painting, which, in all probability, is of a date of the
middle of the fifteenth century, was discovered on the removal of the
organ at the west end of the north aisle, for the purpose of cleaning the
wall. The figures are life-size, and the colours and drawing exceedingly
good."
--At the Norfolk Assizes, before Chief Justice Erle and a special jury, a
libel action, Lane _v._ the Yarmouth Free Press and Printing Company,
Limited, was tried. Damages were laid at 300 pounds. The declaration
alleged that the defendants published in a paper called the "Yarmouth
Independent," certain reflections upon the plaintiff in his capacity as
collector of market tolls. The defendants contended that, at the request
of and by agreement with the plaintiff, they had inserted in the
newspaper a paragraph explaining the alleged libel, and had exonerated
him from the imputations made against his character, and plaintiff had
accepted it as satisfaction. The case ended with the withdrawal of a
juror.