12.—The election of an alderman to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Herring took place at Norwich. The candidates were Mr. Angell, “Purple and Orange,” and Mr. Marshall, “Blue and White.” Great excitement prevailed throughout the contest. “The ‘Purple and Orange’ party were informed in the course of the day that some of their friends had been carried off and were detained in a warehouse in St. Clement’s. A magistrates’ warrant was applied for and the captives set at liberty.” At the close of the day the voting stood as follows: Angell, 215; Marshall, 195. The friends of the latter demanded that the poll be continued on the 13th, “because seven of Mr. Marshall’s friends were detained at Ranworth against their will.” The other side retaliated that eleven of their voters had been forcibly carried away by the “Blue and Whites.” The Mayor deprecated the system that had been put in force, and adjourned the poll till 10 o’clock the following morning. The poll was finally declared as follows: Angell, 218; Marshall, 196. (See September 24th.)
18.—A Musical Festival for the benefit of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, and concluded with
a ball in the same building on the 21st. The principals engaged for the oratorios and concerts were Madame Pasta, Miss Stephens, Miss Bacon, Miss Farrar, Madame Caradori Allan, Mr. Braham, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Terrail, Mr. Edward Taylor, and Signor Zuchelli. Sir George Smart conducted. The total receipts amounted to about £6,400, of which £1,672 12s. 1d. was handed to the Hospital.
24.—An inquest was held by Mr. Bell, the Norwich Coroner, on the body of James Bailey, one of the persons who was forcibly carried away to prevent his voting at the Alderman’s election on the 12th. “On the 10th he was taken away by the ‘Blues and Whites’ to Wroxham Castle public-house, the next morning removed to Horning Swan, afterwards taken to Smallburgh, and on the same night removed to Ridlington Plough. They wanted nothing for eating and drinking, but Bailey being very ill, suffered very much from being moved about.” On his return to Norwich he was engaged to sell programmes at the Musical Festival, where he was in attendance from the 18th to the 20th. On the 22nd he broke a blood vessel and died. “His attendance at the Festival took the onus off his captors, and the jury returned a verdict of ‘Died from the visitation of God.’”
28.—Mr. Samuel Stone was elected Speaker of the Common Council of Norwich, in the room of Mr. J. S. Parkinson, deceased.
29.*—[Advt.] “£100 Reward, and his Majesty’s Pardon. Eight horses belonging to Mr. William Slack, of Norwich, died between the 25th August last and the 10th September, six soon after their return from Attleborough (one of the depôts for horses drawing the London vans) to Norwich, one at Attleborough, and the other at Newmarket, and upon being opened it has been ascertained that they died by mineral poisoning, supposed to have been administered in water or in some liquid form. The Government offer the above reward.”
—*“The week before last Mr. Meyer Levi, gold and silver smith, a converted Jew, together with Mrs. Hannah Levi, a converted Jewess, received the rite of Christian baptism at the hands of the vicar in the parish church of St. Stephen’s, Norwich, when the Christian names of John and Hannah were given to the above parties, and at the same time they adopted the surname of Herbert.”
OCTOBER.
6.—A number of silver coins, some of them bearing date 1577, were dug up by a gardener at Thorpe, who sold them for £30.
13.—The portrait of Mr. Henry Francis, Mayor of Norwich in 1824, was hung in St. Andrew’s Hall. The artist was Mr. Lane, of Greek Street, Soho.