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
6.—Twelfth Day was observed in Norwich, “when the confectioners made a
grand display of their frosted and ornamented cakes. Mr. Turner, of the
Gentleman’s Walk, had one weighing 220 pounds and measuring three yards
in circumference. It was sawn to pieces next day.” Mr. and Mrs.
Patteson gave a Twelfth Night ball and supper at their residence in
Surrey Street, at which 140 guests were present.
8.—At a meeting, presided over by Mr. T. O. Springfield, at the Swan Inn,
Norwich, resolutions were moved by Mr. Edward Taylor, and a subscription
raised to testify “the estimation in which they hold the extraordinary
and intrepid exertions of Mr. Hone, in defence of the liberty of the
Press, and to assist to defray the expenses of his repeated
prosecutions.”
—Died, aged 100 years, Ashton Goodyer, formerly keeper of the workhouse
at Tilney.
13.—At a county meeting held at the Shirehall, under the presidency of
the High Sheriff (Mr. H. N. Burroughes), addresses of condolence with the
Prince Regent and Prince Leopold on the death of the Princess Charlotte,
were moved by Lord Walpole and seconded by the Hon. Col. Wodehouse. The
Ven. Archdeacon Bathurst opposed the addresses on account of the omission
of the name of the Princess of Wales, and moved as an amendment “That any
addresses to the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold, unaccompanied by an
address to the Princess of Wales, would operate as an insulting neglect
to one of the first characters in the Royal Family, and as a disrespect
to the memory of her who was the pride and hope of the British people.”
The amendment was seconded by Mr. N. Palmer, of Yarmouth. The High
Sheriff objected to put the amendment, as the name of the Princess of
Wales had not been included in the requisition. The addresses were then
adopted. Archdeacon Bathurst alone dissenting.
15.—Lord and Lady Castlereagh and Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian
ambassador, passed through Norwich on their return to London after a
visit to Lord Suffield at Blickling.
16.—Died at Old Windsor, aged 71, the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, of
Merton Hall. He was the only son of Sir William de Grey, several years
Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas. In 1787 he was appointed joint
Postmaster-General, and to within two years of his death had been
chairman of the Committees of Privileges, &c., in the House of Lords.
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