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.—Mr. J. Brunton, the former manager, and his daughter, Miss Fanny
Brunton, performed at Norwich Theatre. They appeared respectively as
Othello and Desdemona on the opening night, and on subsequent evenings as
Horatius and Horatia (“The Roman Father”), and Wildlove and Zephyrina
(“The Lady and the Devil”). “Miss Brunton, though not 19 years of age,
has made great progress towards histrionic excellence.”
10.—At a public meeting held at the Town Hall, Yarmouth, under the
presidency of the Mayor (Mr. Fisher), a committee was appointed and a
subscription opened for the formation of a fund from which to reward
boatmen for rescuing persons from shipwreck.
14.—The Wellington coach ran from Norwich on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday to Stamford, where it effected a connection with coaches to the
Midlands and the North.
15.—Wombwell’s Menagerie was exhibited on the Castle Meadow, Norwich.
17.—The erection of a new jetty was commenced at Cromer. It was finished
in the summer of 1822. “Erected on massy iron frames by Mr. Hase, of
Saxthorpe, it exhibits a magnificent proof of the skill of the engineer,
and of his honourable attention to his contract.”
22.—Died in St. George’s Colegate, Norwich, after a few days’ illness,
John Crome, the elder. He was president of the Norwich Society of
Artists, and an artist of considerable repute. His remains were interred
on the 27th in a vault in St. George’s church.
23.—St. George’s Day being the day appointed for the celebration of his
Majesty’s birthday, the Corporation of Norwich attended service at the
Cathedral, and the 9th Lancers and the Norwich Light Horse Volunteers
fired three volleys with their pistols in the Market Place. The Mayor
gave a dinner at his house, Major Harvey and the officers and men of the
Light Horse dined at the White Lion Inn, St. Benedict’s, and several
members of the Common Council met for dinner at the Castle Inn. The
Loyal Heroes or Sons of Pitt, and several other societies dined at their
respective club houses.
—Miss Rosalie Corri appeared at Norwich Theatre as Polly (“The Beggars’
Opera”). Her other characters included Louison (“Henri Quatre”), Zerlina
(“The Libertine”), &c.
25.—At a meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, for the promotion of
vaccination amongst the poor, it was stated that in 1819, when about 500
persons died of small-pox, “the figures of persons liable to take the
disease was on an average of five years not less than 1,000 annually.”
Since that year vaccination had again languished, and in 1820 not 100 of
the poor were vaccinated. The meeting directed that a census be
immediately taken for the purpose of ascertaining how many persons
remained unvaccinated, and what would be the extent of the danger
attending the introduction of small-pox.
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