AUGUST.
1.—The first consignment of foreign beasts were sold on Norwich Hill by Mr. Stephen Fromow. Dutch bullocks made £13 10s. each, and Dutch lambs from 9s. to 20s. each. “No doubt a regular trade will be ultimately established here in foreign stock, but whether to the advantage of any party except the foreign importer time must show.”
4.—Lord George Bentinck, M.P., was entertained at dinner at Lynn by “the friends of agricultural protection, as a testimony of their esteem for the public integrity and perseverance displayed by him in the House of Commons during the recent discussion on the Corn Law Importation Bill.” The Earl of Orford, High Steward of Lynn, presided, and one of the principal speakers was Mr. Disraeli, M.P., who had a most enthusiastic reception.
19.—The Provincial Medical and Surgical Association held its anniversary meeting at Norwich. Mr. J. G. Crosse was President for the year.
—Died at Ormesby, Capt. Richard Glasspoole. He was President of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum in 1844–45, and a large contributor to the zoological department of that institution.
26.—Died at Norwich Castle, in his 90th year, Mr. William Cole, formerly an attorney at Loddon. “He was committed to prison for debt in January, 1830, and remained there till the time of his death, never having been out of the walls of the prison 16 years and 8 months.”
SEPTEMBER.
2.—Burgh Castle, the ancient Garianonum, was offered for sale by auction at the Bear Hotel, Yarmouth, by Mr. Pettingill, and was purchased for £1,500 by Sir John P. Boileau, Bart., President of the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society.
OCTOBER.
17.—A meeting of tenant-farmers was held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, presided over by Mr. Leamon, of Whitwell. After addresses by a deputation from the “Total Repeal Malt Tax Association,” a committee was appointed to form a district branch of the society in Norfolk.