8.—At the Norfolk county magistrates’ meeting, Mr. J. Brown was elected Surveyor of the county, and Mr. James Watson surveyor of bridges.
—The Lord Lieutenant of the county, accompanied by Mr. Samuel Bignold, visited the factory of the Norwich Yarn Company. “There are now 300 workmen, upwards of 60 reelers, and about 200 children constantly at work in the establishment, and the labour bill exceeds £200 a week.”
—Francis Widdows, “who was upwards of 50 years leader of the company of singers in St. Mary’s chapel,” died at Doughty’s Hospital, Norwich, in his 80th year.
13.—One hundred and ninety-five emigrants from villages in the neighbourhood embarked at Friars’ Fleet, Lynn, on board the ship Anne, bound for Quebec. Mr. Daniel Gurney distributed among them Bibles, Prayer-books, &c. Large numbers of emigrants left the county during the spring. By May 17th 1,625 had sailed from Yarmouth. From the same port, on May 25th, sailed the Morning Star, with 212 emigrants, chiefly labourers, from Suffolk, and the Brunswick, with 447 agriculturists from East Norfolk. By July 2nd the total number embarked at Yarmouth for Quebec and Port St. Francis on the St. Lawrence was 3,200.
22.—Died, aged 72, at St. John Timberhill, Norwich, Mr. J. P. Cocksedge, who served the office of Sheriff in 1827.
27.—Died, aged 37, “the eccentric and whimsical John Gudgeon, the celebrated shuttle-maker, of Norwich.”
28.—In consequence of the Mayor and Sheriff of Norwich having declined to extend the customary patronage to the Theatre, the performance on this night was under “the immediate patronage of the Conservatives of Norwich.” The pieces produced were “The Rivals” and “The Mayor of Garrat.”
—The three troops of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons stationed at Norwich Cavalry Barracks, marched on their route to Canterbury and Brighton, and were replaced by three troops of the 17th Lancers from Manchester.
30.*—“The King has been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood on a native of Norwich, Dr. W. J. Hooker, Professor of Botany at Glasgow, and a Companion of the Third Class of the Royal Guelphio Hanoverian Order.”