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
27.—A deputation of journeyman weavers presented Mr. John Harvey with a
silver vase, subscribed for by 2,300 persons, “in testimony of the high
esteem in which they regarded him as a liberal patron and spirited
promoter of the manufactures of his native city of Norwich, and as a
small tribute of gratitude for the many acts of kindness he had
manifested towards them on various occasions.”
30.—Mr. David Fisher’s season terminated at Swaffham Theatre. “With the
close of the season has ended the use of the present Theatre, which is to
be pulled down and a new one on a more extended and improved scale
erected.”
—A dinner was given at the Town Hall, Lynn, by the Mayor-elect, Mr.
Edward Everard. The company present included, among others, Mr. T. W.
Coke, M.P., the Marquis of Tichfield, M.P., Col. Walpole, M.P., &c.
“Some pointed remarks fell from both parties, and Mr. Coke made some
remarks which called forth some observations from Mr. Wodehouse.”
Alderman Blencowe proposed “the health of Lady Anne,” and Mr. Coke, in
reply, said “it was extremely natural that he should wish for a son and
heir to the Holkham estate, but declared that rather than his son should
prove a Tory he should wish not to have a son at all.”
—A serious accident occurred at Yarmouth on the occasion of the dinner
given by the Mayor-elect. As the company were entering the Town Hall a
salute was fired from some “swivels” laid on the Quay, one of which burst
and severely wounded seven or eight lads. From the effects of the
terrible injuries he received, one of the lads died next day.
OCTOBER.
1.—H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex arrived at Lynn on his way to Holkham Hall.
A meeting of the Corporation was held, at which his Royal Highness was
enrolled a free burgess of the borough. Luncheon was served at the Town
Hall, and “the Mayor presented that exquisite relic of antiquity, King
John’s cup, filled with wine, of which his Royal Highness partook.”
1.—Died, in his 81st year, at Westacre High House, Mr. Anthony Hamond.
“He lived a life of extraordinary activity, and rode the foremost in the
coursing as well as in the hunting field on the most spirited horses,
even to a few weeks of his death. He was born at South Woodton, near
Lynn, and succeeded his uncle, Mr. Richard Hamond, in possession of his
extensive landed property. By the female line he was related to the Duke
and Princess Sophia of Gloucester, the late Earl of Orford, and the
present Marquis Cholmondeley, his grandmother being sister of Sir Robert
Walpole. He was the only surviving original member of the Swaffham
Coursing Society, established in 1779. He served the office of Sheriff
of Norfolk in 1792, and leaves surviving three sons and two daughters.”
2.—M. Chalon, the famous French conjurer, performed at the Norwich
Theatre.
8.—The Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution was founded at a meeting
held at the Guildhall. The rooms of the institution were at a house in
the Haymarket.
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