—*“Mr. Suckling’s beautiful yacht, the Marmion, has lately arrived at Buckenham Ferry, to be laid up for the winter. In December last she was laid down and built upon his estate at Woodton, under his immediate plans and directions, and in May last dragged from thence upon a sledge to the water’s edge at Carrow Bridge, to the surprise of the natives, who assembled in great number. She dropped down the river and boldly cleared out to sea, on her passage to London, which voyage, though blowing very fresh, she performed much to the satisfaction of those on board. She afterwards went to Calais, made two journeys to Holland, and sailed many times up the canals.”
29.—Mr. B. H. Norgate was elected assistant-surgeon of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, in the room of Mr. Henry Carter, previously elected surgeon, on the resignation of Mr. Martineau.
—Died at his house in St. Giles’ Street, Norwich, aged 72, Mr. John Hammond Cole, an Alderman of the Great Ward of Mancroft. He was Sheriff in 1797; Mayor in 1811; Receiver of Stamp Duties, Treasurer of the Boys’ and Girls’ Hospital, and of the Norwich Dispensary, and Treasurer and Secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Savings Bank.
DECEMBER.
1.—Died at New York, aged 64, Mr. James Valentine Murray, third son of Dr. John Murray, of Norwich.
4.—The Norwich Brunswick Constitutional Club, “for preserving the integrity of the Protestant Constitution, and upholding the principles which placed the House of Brunswick upon the Throne of these realms,” was formed at a meeting held at the Norfolk Hotel.
6.—Died, aged 48 years, Capt. Sir William Hoste, Bart, R.N., K.C.B., eldest son of the Rev. Dixon Hoste, of Godwick Hall. “He was among the many brave youths from this county on board the Admiral’s flagship, the Vanguard, at the memorable battle of the Nile.”
8.—Master W. R. Grossmith, “the celebrated young Roscius, 9½ years old,” gave, in the Concert Room, St. George’s, Norwich, his entertainment, “consisting of rapid transitions of dress and characters.”
19.—Died at Yarmouth, aged 79, Mr. John Watson, Mayor of that borough in 1785. In 1799 he was elected Town Clerk, and resigned the office in 1822.
20.*—“Died, last week, at Lakenham, aged 45, Mr. Roger Jean, an eminent miniature painter, leaving a wife and seven children to lament his loss. Although Mr. Jean possessed very superior abilities as a miniature painter, owing to his long-continued illness his latter days were embittered by most distressing privations, and his wife, a well-educated woman, is left in very destitute circumstances.”