SEPTEMBER.
1.—Mr. William Simpson, Chamberlain of the city of Norwich, was presented by the Corporation with a piece of plate, of the value of 100 guineas, in recognition of the able discharge of his official duties.
3*—“Died at Yarmouth, Mary, the wife of Mr. Clifford, of the Norwich Theatre, in her 55th year.”
10.—The Swaffham and London new post coach was advertised to run from the Crown Inn, Swaffham, on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday mornings at seven o’clock, and to return from the Three Nuns Inn, Aldgate, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings at the same hour. It performed the journey in twelve hours.
14.—A piece of plate, of the value of £120, was presented to Mr. William Palgrave, of Yarmouth, by the manufacturers and merchants of Norwich, “to express their sense of his official conduct in regulating the drawback granted to them by the Government on the repeal of the duties on silk.”
23.—The Duke and Duchess of Clarence passed through Norwich. Their Royal Highnesses had luncheon at the Rampant Horse Inn, and afterwards proceeded on their way to Newmarket and London.
OCTOBER.
2.—Died, Mrs. Hannah Want, of Ditchingham, aged 106. “She was born August 20th, 1720. Till the day of her death she was not confined to her bed, and on the anniversary of her 105th birthday entertained a party of her relatives, who visited her to celebrate it. She lived to see a numerous progeny of the fifth generation, and at her death there were living children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren to the number of 121.”
4.—Mr. Daniel Woods, surgeon to the Gressenhall House of Industry, and to sixteen of the surrounding parishes, was presented with a piece of plate by the Guardians of the Mitford and Launditch Hundred in recognition of his efficient services during the period of 36 years.