NOVEMBER.
7.—William Brownsell, many years in the service of Mr. William Mason, of Necton, was accidentally shot in his master’s plantation by a spring gun. He lay in dreadful agony all night and died soon after being found next morning.
15.—A private watch instituted and maintained by the inhabitants of St. Stephen’s, Norwich, commenced its duties.
—A prize fight took place near Mattishall between Mike Fenn and John Short, of Norwich. “After 14 rounds Fenn was so dreadfully beaten that he was carried off the ground in a state of insensibility.” Two thousand persons were present.
20.*—“Died at East Dereham last week a poor woman of the name of Rumble, aged 103 years. She retained her faculties till within a month of her decease.”
DECEMBER.
3.—At a meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, under the presidency of the Mayor, it was resolved to establish a law library in the city.
11.—The prospectus of a plan for establishing a “Museum of Natural History, Antiquity, &c.” in Norwich was issued in accordance with a resolution passed at a meeting held a short time previously under the chairmanship of Mr. John Harvey.
14.—The London, Yarmouth, and Norwich Steampacket Company announced the completion of a new vessel, called the City of Norwich, for the London and Yarmouth trade. A considerable portion of the stock of this company was raised in Norwich and Yarmouth.
15.—Married at East Dereham, by the Rev. C. H. Wollaston, Mr. Fisher, jun., of the Norfolk and Suffolk Company of Comedians, to Sarah, third daughter of Mr. William Howard.