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1.—A squadron of the 14th Light Dragoons, under the command of Capt. Anderson, arrived at Norwich to replace the 9th Lancers. Detachments were sent to Yarmouth and Holt.

5.—Died, aged 32, Mr. John Charles Beckwith, organist of the Cathedral and of St. Peter Mancroft church, Norwich. His remains were interred on the 11th in a grave beside that of his late father beneath the organ loft of St. Peter’s church. Mr. Z. A. Buck was, on the 9th, appointed Cathedral organist and master of the choristers, and on the 13th Mr. Alfred Pettet was elected organist by the parishioners of St. Peter Mancroft.

16.—The East Dereham and London Telegraph coach was advertised by John Leverett and Co. It started from the Cherry Tree Inn every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 6.30 a.m., and travelled by Shipdham and Watton to the King’s Head, Thetford, to meet the Norwich Telegraph. The Dereham Telegraph then proceeded to the Woolpack Inn and the Angel Inn at Bury St. Edmund’s, whence it returned to Thetford on the following day and met the Norwich Telegraph on its return from London, and arrived at Dereham the same evening at nine o’clock. On Saturday the Dereham Telegraph ran to Norwich and back.

25.—The Duke of Wellington passed through Norwich on his way to Blickling Hall. On changing horses at the Angel Inn he was warmly cheered by the crowd.

29.—Pursuant to requisition a county meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, on adjournment from the Shirehouse in consequence of the excessive crowd, to “take into consideration the transactions which unfortunately took place at Manchester on August 16th.” The High Sheriff (Sir William Windham Dalling) presided, and resolutions were passed asserting the right of Englishmen to meet for the purpose of petitioning, and demanding a Parliamentary inquiry into the transactions. It was also decided to present an address to the Prince Regent. A declaration, previously published, was signed by the Lord Lieutenant and upwards of 1,000 other noblemen, gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders, expressing their reasons for dissenting from the meeting as tending to prejudice the public mind against the magistrates and military.