1.--The parish church of Burnham Thorpe, restored at the cost of about
7,000 as a memorial to Nelson, who was a native of the village, was
opened for public worship on this the anniversary of the battle of the
Nile. The work was carried out from designs by Sir A. Bloomfield.
8.--Mr. John Edmund Wentworth Addison, Q.C., who had been appointed to
fill the vacancy in the judgeship of the Norfolk County Court on the
retirement of Mr. E. P. Price, Q.C., took his seat for the first time at
the Aylsham Court. Mr. Addison was formerly Member of Parliament for
Ashton-under-Lyne, and Recorder of Preston.
12.--Dramatic performances were given at Norwich Theatre by the 1st
King's Dragoon Guards on this and the five succeeding nights in aid of
the funds of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. The pieces produced were
"Easy Shaving," and a burlesque of "Faust."
14.--The Elmham shorthorns and red polls, the property of Mr. Fulcher,
were sold by Mr. John Thornton, and realised the total sum of 1,961 3s.
6d.
25.--The Hunstanton yawl, Princess of Wales, with sixteen persons on
board, capsized whilst on a trip to Skegness, and five were drowned.
29.--The 1st King's Dragoon Guards, after being quartered in Norwich for
over two years, marched for Colchester. The headquarters of the 7th
Dragoon Guards marched in on September 18th.