Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
3.—At a meeting of the Norwich Corporation it was agreed to present
congratulatory addresses to the Prince Regent and to the Princess
Elizabeth on her marriage with the Hereditary Prince of Hesse Homburgh.
On a ballot in the common council-room there were 24 for and 24 against
the addresses. The Speaker (Mr. Samuel Stone) gave his casting vote in
favour of the addresses, which accordingly became acts of assembly.
6.—The birthday of Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P., was celebrated at Harleston,
Wells, Wymondham, and other places by public dinners.
12.—A prize fight took place on a field near Thorpe Asylum between
William Cox, blacksmith, and John Camplin, a Norwich weaver. “Among the
spectators were a great number of females.” Camplin was seconded by Ned
Painter, and Cox by Wharton. Twenty-nine rounds were fought in 42
minutes for £5 a side. Cox won. Another fight between Pegg and Short,
“who milled each other for more than an hour,” resulted in the victory of
the latter.
13.—A new gallery erected in North Walsham church was opened with a grand
selection of sacred music from the works of Handel, under the direction
of Messrs. Fish and Card, of Norwich. The principal vocal performers
were Mrs. Card, Mr. Frewer, and Mr. Barron, and the choruses were
supported by performers from the Norwich concerts, and by the Cathedral
choristers.
16.—Died at Lynn, Ann Crawforth, aged 104, supposed to be the oldest
member of the Methodist Society.
18.—Miss Brunton, granddaughter of Mr. John Brunton, the former manager,
appeared at Norwich Theatre as Letitia Hardy (“The Belle’s Stratagem”).
Her other characters during the engagement were Miss Hardcastle,
Rosalind, and Lady Elizabeth (“The Day after the Wedding”).
19.—A new peal of six bells, cast and hung by William Dobson, of Downham
Market, was opened at Northwold. Prizes of ten guineas and five guineas
were offered to competing companies who performed the best and next best
peals of 720 complete changes. The New Buckenham and Hopton ringers were
adjudged equal.
—At the Norwich Consistory Court, sentence of suspension for two years
was passed by the Rev. William Young, Chancellor, on the Rev. Edward
Leathes, rector of Reedham with Freethorpe, for neglecting to perform his
ministerial duties in those churches for about eight months in the course
of the years 1816 and 1817.
20.—Bull-baiting took place on Carrow Hills, Norwich. “The game old bull
resisted every effort of the well-seasoned dogs, and remained master of
the ring. A young bull was afterwards brought in, who is to be trained
up to exercise the rising generation of the canine species, and for the
amusement of the lovers of this fine art.”
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