9.*—“Died, lately, at Scarborough, Mr. Bramwell, formerly of the Theatre Royal, Norwich.”
16.*—“The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Charles Knight Murray, eldest son of Mr. Charles Murray, and grandson of Dr. John Murray, of Norwich, to be second secretary to his Honour.”
18.—At a special assembly of the Corporation of Norwich it was resolved, in consequence of the increased prices of grain, to petition the Prince Regent to cause the distillation of spirits from corn to be suspended until the sense of Parliament could be taken thereon. Wheat at that time was quoted at 45s. to 63s.; barley at 20s. to 26s.; oats, 13s. to 17s. per coomb; malt, 44s. per coomb; and flour, 95s. per sack. Prices declined soon afterwards.
27.—In the Court of King’s Bench, before Lord Ellenborough, a rule against Mr. Thomas Hoseason, a magistrate for the county of Norfolk, for having acted in his own cause in committing to the house of correction his servant, General Batterby, there to be kept to hard labour, and publicly whipped, was discharged on payment of costs.
30.*—“Mr. Angerstein has completely wound up his extensive mercantile concerns, and retired from business with an immense fortune, most honourably acquired. One of the last purchases which he made was a Government annuity of £3,000 on his own life. Weeting Hall, formerly Lord Montrath’s, was also a recent purchase.”
H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester this month visited Holkham, as the guest of Mr. T. W. Coke.
DECEMBER.
10.—At a meeting of the Trafalgar Lodge of Oddfellows, held at the Three Tuns, St. Andrew’s, Norwich, the floor of the upper room gave way and precipitated the members into a lower apartment. “One of the members on finding himself sinking laid hold of the bars of the fire grate, but he soon relinquished his hold and dropped on his companions.” No one was injured. The meeting, at the time of the accident, had under discussion the question of the desirability of removing the lodge to other quarters.
28.—An equestrian troupe, under the management of Mr. Moritz, opened for the season at Harper’s Pantheon, Norwich.
—Bullock’s Museum of Natural History and productions of the fine arts was exhibited in the large room at the Angel Inn, Norwich.