16.—A public meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, “in order to take into consideration the late disastrous transactions at Manchester on August 16th. The Mayor presided, and resolutions were passed asserting the right of the subject to petition the King. The legality of the Manchester meeting was affirmed, the conduct of the magistrates and Yeomanry Cavalry censured, and a subscription was opened for the relief of the sufferers. An address was also proposed for presentation to the Prince Regent, in which his Royal Highness was asked to remove certain ministers from his presence and councils. The address was afterwards presented to the Prince at Carleton House by the members for the city. A counter declaration was also circulated in Norwich, and received 1,608 signatures. In due course it was presented to the Prince Regent. 20.—A meeting, presided over by the Mayor, was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, to take into consideration the best means to be adopted to carry into effect a plan for making a new street, and for erecting a bridge over the river Wensum at Duke’s Palace. The meeting was adjourned till October 18th, when a resolution in favour of the plan was rejected by a considerable majority. A meeting of the supporters of the undertaking was held on November 29th, under the presidency of Mr. George Morse, when it was reported that £7,000 of the £9,000 proposed to be raised by shares of £25 each had been subscribed. A Bill was afterwards introduced into Parliament, and was read a second time on December 17th. On February 26th it was announced that the Bill had not been passed in Committee of the House of Commons owing to the interference of the petitioners, and that the promoters would have to commence fresh proceedings in the new Parliament. On July 8th, 1820, it was stated that the Bill had passed both Houses. The foundation-stone of the bridge was laid on August 28th, 1821, by Mr. Alderman T. S. Day. 24.—The Mayor and Corporation of Yarmouth voted a loyal address to the Prince Regent, expressive of their “detestation of the wicked and atrocious attempts of seditious and disaffected subjects in various parts of the kingdom, now openly and avowedly meditating the subversion of the laws and Government, the annihilation at once of all distinctions of rank, and the sacred rights of property.” OCTOBER. 1.—A squadron of the 14th Light Dragoons, under the command of Capt. Anderson, arrived at Norwich to replace the 9th Lancers. Detachments were sent to Yarmouth and Holt. 5.—Died, aged 32, Mr. John Charles Beckwith, organist of the Cathedral and of St. Peter Mancroft church, Norwich. His remains were interred on the 11th in a grave beside that of his late father beneath the organ loft of St. Peter’s church. Mr. Z. A. Buck was, on the 9th, appointed Cathedral organist and master of the choristers, and on the 13th Mr. Alfred Pettet was elected organist by the parishioners of St. Peter Mancroft.