25.—Mr. Braham appeared at Norwich Theatre as Henry Bartram (“Guy Mannering”).
OCTOBER.
2.—Malibran appeared at Norwich Theatre, in the character of Susanna (“The Marriage of Figaro”).
4.—A twin packet was launched from the shipyard of Mr. John Lubbock, at Wells-next-the-Sea. “She may justly be called a twin steamer, having two stems and two stern posts, with a tunnel passing through the middle ingeniously constructed so as to make her very stiff and of an easy draught of water. The vessel was built for the Aire and Calder Navigation Company.”
9.—A specimen of the Ossifragus, or small eagle, was shot at Barton Turf.
11.—The new Beer Bill came into operation. At Lynn “the day was kept as a jubilee by all the devotees of Sir John Barleycorn. Nearly 50 new houses were opened for the sale of beer, and drunkenness, rioting, and fighting were prevalent in many of the streets.”
23.—Mr. J. G. Johnson was elected assistant-surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, in place of Mr. B. H. Norgate, appointed one of the surgeons.
—A county meeting was held at the Shirehall, Norwich, at which it was decided to petition Parliament for the repeal of the duty on malt. Great disorder was occasioned by an operative in the gallery exhibiting a placard bearing the words, “Englishmen, remember the expensive and bloody reign of George III.”
NOVEMBER.
2.—A common hall was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for the repeal of the duty on coals. The requisition had been signed wholly by persons of the “Purple and Orange” party, much opposition resulted, and the meeting dissolved in confusion.