24.—Died at his house at Greenwich, aged 76, Mr. P. J. Knights, for many years a well-known shawl manufacturer at Norwich. He served the office of Sheriff in 1809.
27.—Fuller Pilch advertised himself as the proprietor of a public-house and pleasure gardens on Bracondale Hill, Norwich, and as the lessee of the Norwich Cricket Ground, in the management of which he was assisted by his brother, William Pilch.
—It was announced that the county justices had hired the house of Mr. Hawkes, Bethel Street, Norwich, as lodgings for his Majesty’s Judges of Assize.
—Mdlle. Celeste commenced a six nights’ engagement at the Theatre Royal, Norwich. “For our latitude this lady exerts herself too much in the pirouette, considering the approximation of spectators in a provincial theatre to the stage.”
MAY.
1.—Mr. Alderman Samuel Bignold was elected Mayor of Norwich.
6.—Mr. and Mrs. Wood commenced a four nights’ engagement at Norwich Theatre, prior to their departure to America. They appeared in “The Barber of Seville” and the musical farce of “The Quaker.”
7.—The horses of the Regulator coach, from Holt to London, started off at full speed from Guist Post Office, during the temporary absence of the coachman. A girl had the presence of mind to close the tollgate, which the horses attempted to leap, smashed it to atoms, and fell. The animals were severely injured, and the coach greatly damaged.
16.—Mr. Yates and Mrs. Waylett appeared at Norwich Theatre as Flutter and Letitia Hardy (“The Belle’s Stratagem”). They afterwards acted in “Clari” (opera), “Don Giovanni,” “The Four Sisters,” and “Midas’” (burletta). Mr. Yates also gave his entertainments, “Portraits and Sketches” and “Views of Life.”