Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
Richard Hall, Henry Thomas Knapman, William Danby Palmer, Richard Lee
Mayhew, William Reed, Frederick John Reyne, George Chester Wood,
Alexander Robert Chamberlin; Adjutant William P. K. Browne; Surgeon John
Capern Smith; Assistant-Surgeon Spencer Thomas Smyth. Of the 612 men
enrolled, 571 appeared on parade. The Earl of Leicester, as Lord
Lieutenant of the county, inspected the East Norfolk Regiment at Yarmouth
on May 12th, and the West Norfolk Regiment at Norwich on the 13th. The
men of the latter corps were entertained at dinner at St. Andrew’s Hall
after the inspection. The cost of the entertainment was defrayed by
public subscription.
26.—The foundation-stone of the Wayland Hall, Watton, was laid by Lady
Walsingham. The hall was opened on November 3rd, on the occasion of the
annual meeting of the Wayland Society, at which Lord Walsingham presided.
27.—A fine schooner, named the Ocean Child, was launched from the
ship-yard of Mr. Southgate, at Wells-next-the-Sea.
30.*—“Died lately at Bergh Apton, at an advanced age, Mr. John Dawson,
deputy registrar for the Loddon Union. He was likewise known as an
active peace officer. Previous to the establishment of the police force,
the whole business of thief-taking devolved upon petty constables, but as
the requisite tact and intelligence was not found in every parish, what
was called a running constable was usually appointed in each petty
sessional division, who was considered the detective-officer of the
district. Mr. Dawson was justly considered one of the first of his
profession. Upon the formation of the new force these hitherto
indispensable functionaries were entirely superseded, and Dawson, among
others, found his occupation gone.”
MAY.
20.—There were no prisoners in Lynn gaol. To celebrate the unique
circumstance the prison doors were thrown open, and the Mayor entertained
the whole of the police force and borough officials to a dinner, served
within the building.
JUNE.
7.—The Norwich Diocesan Training Institution for school-mistresses was
removed to spacious premises in St. George’s Colegate. The Institution
was founded in 1840.
9.—A cricket match between eighteen of Norwich and eleven of All England,
commenced on the new Cricket Ground, Newmarket Road, Norwich, and
concluded on the 11th. Norwich, 110—46; All England, 58—70.
14.—The City of Norwich Waterworks New Bill received the Royal assent.
“By this Bill power is given to the Corporation of Norwich to convert
Chapel Field into a public pleasure garden.”
18.—Announcement was made of the resignation of Superintendent Dunne, of
the Norwich police “on the ground that he had been so much obstructed by
those who ought to have assisted him in the discharge of his duties, that
no alternative had been left him but to resign.” On July 6th Mr. Stephen
English, of Pontefract, was elected to the post.
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