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
19.—Norwich, in common with the cities and towns of the kingdom
generally, celebrated the Coronation day of King George IV. The Mayor
and Corporation went in procession to the Cathedral, preceded by a troop
of the 9th Lancers, commanded by Capt. Campbell, sixty-four Waterloo men
wearing their medals, and by the loyal and constitutional clubs with
their flags. The procession was closed in by the Norwich Light Horse
Volunteers. After service a roasted bullock, weighing 60 stones, was
distributed in the Market Place, with 2,880 penny loaves, and several
barrels of beer. There was a similar distribution in Ber Street. A
dinner took place at St. Andrew’s Hall, under the presidency of the
Mayor, and at night a display of fireworks was given on a staging erected
on the south side of the Market Place. A very elaborate triumphal arch,
erected near the Guildhall, was brilliantly illuminated. There were like
demonstrations at Yarmouth, Lynn, and other towns in the county.
29.—Died at St. John Timberhill, Norwich, John Smith, schoolmaster, aged
54, “the author of several scholastic works and an English grammar.”
30.—A grand cricket match between the Holt and Nottingham clubs commenced
at Holt, and was continued on the two following days. It terminated in
favour of Nottingham, with ten wickets to spare—Nottingham, 150-154;
Holt, 80-73. The Holt team included R. J. Brereton, Garwood, N. Pilch,
William Pilch, F. Pilch, W. Englebright, R. Englebright, Frost, Brunton,
Carmichael, and Goggs.
31.—The new river or Cut from King’s Lynn to Eau Brink was opened. At
8.30 a steam barge passed beneath the new bridge into the Cut, followed
by a great number of boats. After the commissioners had viewed the work
the steamboat returned to Lynn, where dinner was served at the Town Hall,
under the presidency of Lord William Bentinck.
AUGUST.
1.—Died at his house in Charles Street, Berkeley Square, the Right Hon.
Lord Suffield, his Majesty’s Lieutenant of Norfolk. His lordship, who
was in his 54th year, dying without issue, he was succeeded in his title
and estates by his brother, the Hon. Edward Harbord, M.P. for
Shaftesbury. The remains of his lordship arrived at Aylsham, and lay in
state at the Black Boys Inn on August 12th, and the funeral took place at
Gunton on the 13th.
4.*—“In the recent creation of baronets are Major-General Sir Edward
Kerrison and Mr. Astley Paston Cooper, surgeon to his Majesty’s person.”
6.—The Norwich Assurance Company and the Norwich Union Society combined
their establishments under the style of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance
Society, with a capital of £550,000.
9.—Official intelligence was received in Norwich of the death of Queen
Caroline. Her Majesty died at Bradenburgh House, Hammersmith, on the
7th.
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