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1.—At a meeting held at the Swan Inn, Norwich, at which Mr. Dalrymple presided, resolutions were passed condemning the French invasion of Spain. A subscription was opened “in aid of the suffering and heroic people of that country.”

11.—Died at Stiffkey, Col. Henry Loftus, of the Coldstream Guards, eldest son of General Loftus. His remains were interred in the chancel of Rainham Church.

12.*—“The antient pastime of heron hawking is still carried on in this county. Ten cast of hawks and four falconers, natives of Germany, to which country they repair annually in the autumn to catch a supply of hawks for the ensuing season, are kept at Didlington Hall, the seat of Major Wilson, near to which place is an extensive heronry.”

16.—Died at North Walsham, where he had some time resided for the benefit of his health, the Rev. Marmaduke Revell, aged 56. “He was 23 years minister in the Methodist connexion, among whom he was a useful and zealous preacher of the Gospel, which he adorned by strict conformity to its precepts.”

19.—Mr. John Cross was elected assistant surgeon of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

22.—The Norfolk Rangers, under the command of Major Lord James Townshend, were inspected at Fakenham by Col. the Hon. John Wodehouse, his Majesty’s Lieutenant for the county.

24.—A troop of the 15th Hussars arrived at Norwich to relieve the troop of the 1st Royal Dragoons, who marched for York.

26.—A machine exemplifying perpetual motion was advertised to be exhibited at Mrs. Chesnut’s, St. Giles’, Norwich. “This grand machine,” it was stated, “has been going ever since it was invented, now upwards of seven years, and will continue to go without any assistance whatever by power of its own balance and pivots, or, in other words, if the materials it is made of would last for ever.” The Mayor made inquiries which proved the exhibition to be a deception, and prohibited its further stay in the city.

28.—Died, at the age of 110, Mr. John Lock, of Larling. “He left behind him 130 children and grandchildren.”