Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
History
Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
9.—Very severe weather was experienced this month. On the 9th at nine
p.m. the thermometer fell 20 degrees below freezing point, and the
severity of the frost rendered the river impassable between Norwich and
Yarmouth. On the 19th occurred a heavy fall of snow, which blocked the
roads and prevented traffic. The mail bags were brought to Norwich on
horseback; the London waggons which should have arrived on the 19th came
in on the evening of the 20th, drawn by teams of twelve or fourteen
horses. Carriers who had arrived in the city were unable to return; the
Yarmouth coach was preceded by an empty waggon which, drawn by six
horses, made a road for it. A second sharp frost occurred on February
15th, and continued to the 25th, when the thermometer registered 17
degrees below freezing point.
10.—Mr. Crisp Brown was elected an Alderman for Coslany Ward, Norwich, in
place of Mr. Jeremiah Ives Harvey, deceased.
13.—A general thanksgiving took place for the late victories. The Mayor
and Corporation of Norwich attended service at the Cathedral, and at the
various churches and chapels in the city collections were made for the
poor.
—The portrait of Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P., painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence,
was presented to the county magistrates by the subscribers, and placed in
the Grand Jury chamber at the Shirehouse, Norwich.
26.—At a meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, presided over by Mr.
Steward Alderson, it was decided to establish a similar society to the
Norwich Benevolent Society, but upon a more extensive and permanent plan.
Visitors were appointed for each parish, and £2,400 was raised.
—News was received at Norwich of the conclusion of Peace between this
country and Denmark, and St. Peter Mancroft bells were rung in
celebration.
29.—A main of cocks was fought at the Swan Inn, Norwich, between the
gentlemen of Cambridgeshire and the gentlemen of Norwich, for 10 guineas
a battle and 100 guineas the odd. Cambridgeshire won with five battles
to the good.
FEBRUARY.
5.—Died at Scratby Hall, the Countess Dowager Home, aged 68.
—*“At the last General Quarter Sessions of the peace for the borough of
Lynn, before Mr. Robert Bevill, Recorder, Mrs. Ann Clarke received the
awful sentence of death for wilfully and maliciously attempting to stab
her husband, Mr. W. Clarke, a ship master, with intention to murder him.”
The prisoner was afterwards reprieved, and the sentence commuted to
transportation for life.
—Arrived at Yarmouth, Capt. Spencer, of that port, who had escaped from
France, where he had for four years been a prisoner of war in the
fortress of Bitche.
18.—Died, at Hethel Hall, in his 89th year, Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart. An
active magistrate for more than half a century, he was created baronet
during the Whig administration of the Duke of Portland in 1783.
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