—A prize-fight took place between Warren and Cocks, light weights, for £50 a side. The gathering, which was at Mattishall, was attended by many of the principal gentry in the county, and by several members of the London ring, including Phil Sampson (conqueror of Big Brown), Dick Curtis, Tom Oliver, Frank Redmond, Ned Stockman, and Frosty-Faced Fogo, “the Poet Laureate of the Ring.” The combatants met in a meadow belonging to Mr. Petchell, but a magistrate interfered, and a move was made to Elsing Common, where the fight was brought off. Cocks was attended by Ned Painter and Ben Gale, and Warren by Curtis and Redmond. Forty-one rounds were fought in 56 minutes. Cocks, who won, threw his man 23 times in the first 25 rounds.
17.—Guild Day was celebrated in Norwich. Mr. Alderman Thurtell, on being sworn in as Mayor, stated that he stood in rotation for the office in 1818, and to his utter astonishment the late Mr. Back was put in nomination and elected. “I thank God,” he added, “I have had nerve enough to break all connection with a set of men who have acted with so much duplicity and injustice towards me.” The Guild feast at St. Andrew’s Hall was attended by 460 guests.
24.—Died, Captain John Murray Browne, of the 75th Regiment, aged 36, only son of the Rev. M. Browne, Minor Canon of Norwich Cathedral, and grandson of Dr. John Murray. Capt. Browne, who was drowned while fishing on a Lake near Mullingar, had been in the Army from his youth, and served throughout the Peninsular War. He was the author of a work entitled, “The State of Portugal, by an eyewitness.”
26.—Died at Hingham, suddenly, Charles Alexander, aged 23, “an excellent cricketer, and the fastest length bowler in the county.”
JULY.
4.—A severe storm occurred in the Dereham, Fakenham, and Cromer districts. Unsettled weather prevailed until the 13th, when the lower parts of Norwich and the meadows and marshes above and below the city were flooded. Much meadow hay was swept away, and the grain crops beaten down.
8.—Twenty-three mackerel luggers contested for a subscription purse of £100, at Yarmouth. The race, which took place in the Roads, was won by the Brothers (Capt. John Ayres), owned by Messrs. R. and B. Fenn.
9.—An inter-county cricket match, Norfolk v. Lincolnshire, was commenced at East Dereham. Scores: Lincoln, 110; Norfolk, 74-30. At the conclusion of the first day’s play, a dinner, presided over by Lord Suffield, and attended by eighty-six ladies and gentlemen, was given at the Assembly Rooms; and on the 10th a grand ball took place in the evening.
12.—The following statement was published of the number of benefits, with the gross receipts, at Norwich Theatre during the period of 22 years, ending 1828:—
| Number of benefits. | Gross receipts. | |
| 1807 | 15 | £1090 |
| 1808 | 17 | 1870 |
| 1809 | 18 | 1540 |
| 1810 | 20 | 1610 |
| 1811 | 21 | 1890 |
| 1812 | 23 | 2140 |
| 1813 | 23 | 1970 |
| 1814 | 25 | 1940 |
| 1815 | 23 | 1890 |
| 1816 | 19 | 1250 |
| 1817 | 15 | 1050 |
| 1818 | 14 | 1360 |
| 1819 | 14 | 1320 |
| 1820 | 17 | 1410 |
| 1821 | 20 | 1670 |
| 1822 | 21 | 1620 |
| 1823 | 22 | 1720 |
| 1824 | 23 | 1690 |
| 1825 | 22 | 1900 |
| 1826 | 25 | 1760 |
| 1827 | 21 | 1450 |
| 1828 | 23 | 1430 |
| 441 | £85070 |