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.—Tombland Fair took place. It was stated to be customary on the
occasion of this annual event for military bands to play in the Upper
Close, which was used as a fashionable promenade. The bands of the 5th
Dragoon Guards and the Wiltshire Militia were present on this occasion.
23.—The Norwich, Aylsham, and Cromer coach commenced running from 21,
Lobster Lane, Norwich, to the Red Lion Inn, Cromer. It left Norwich on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and returned on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays. The proprietor was Mr. W. Spanton.
28.*—(Advt.) “Cocking. A main will be fought at the Maid’s Head Inn,
Norwich, on the 14th and 15th days of May next, between the gentlemen of
Norfolk and the gentlemen of Ipswich, to show 27 mains for six guineas a
battle and 100 guineas the odd; likewise six byes and two turn-outs for
five guineas a battle, to make four in goes. A pair of cocks in the pit
precisely at 12 o’clock. Feeders: Lamb for Norfolk, Smith for Ipswich.”
30.—A rare fish called the Opah or King-fish (Chætodes of Linnæus) was
found on Mundesley beach.
—Mr. Patteson presented in the House of Commons a petition from the
Mayor, Alderman, and Justices of Norwich, against the Bill to alter,
explain, and amend the laws in force respecting bread, and for better
regulating the mode of setting the price thereof out of London. The
petition stated that the proposed Bill would add 4s. to the then
allowance of 12s. for every quarter of wheat, and the baker for his
labour, salt, &c., which would tend to raise the price of bread. The
magistrates had consulted the master and wardens of the Norwich Bakers’
Company, who declared that the bakers were perfectly satisfied with the
mode of regulating the assize and with the allowance of 12s. per quarter.
MAY.
2.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, a man named Stebbing, of Wymondham,
was indicted for using seditious language in the presence of several
persons, some of whom were Militia men. The prisoner was alleged to have
asserted that “if Buonaparte would come he would be the first man to join
him” and that “Buonaparte was a better man to his country than King
George was to this.” The jury, “to the surprise of the whole court,”
returned a verdict of not guilty, “and several gentlemen on the bench
expressed their strongest reprobation.” Sergt. Money, of the Militia,
one of the principal witnesses for the prosecution, was afterwards
appointed to an ensigncy in the 4th Garrison Battalion.
10.—The Victory, 100 guns, Vice-Admiral Sir J. Saumarez, and seven other
sail of the line, sailed from Yarmouth for the Baltic.
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