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2.—A fine ship called the Colville, built for the India trade, was launched from the shipyard of Mr. William Bottomley, at Lynn.

4.—Thirty-two half ankers of Geneva, sixteen casks of tobacco, and six casks of tea were discovered in a vault in a plantation belonging to Lord Suffield by the coastguard stationed at Mundesley.

7.*—“In Norfolk the number of miles of turnpike road is 271. The income per mile is £38; the expenditure per mile, £26; excess of income over expenditure, £12.”

—*“The following notice appeared in a Norwich paper about 60 years ago and affords a curious instance of the then stage coach celerity: ‘A wain will set off on Thursday from Norwich early in the morning and be in London on Saturday evening.’ Our coaches now perform the journey in 14 hours, and our fly waggons in 24 hours!”

19.—The eight bells of St. Margaret’s church, Lynn, hung by Messrs. T. and J. Hurry, of Norwich, were opened.

24.—To effect improvements in Willow Lane, Norwich, and to lay open to view the churchyard of St. Giles’, a lease was granted by the Corporation to Mr. Edward Browne, Messrs. Fountain and Cattermoul, Mr. William De Carle, and Mr. J. Wright, of certain premises in that lane, for a term of 99 years at the yearly rental of £42, they covenanting to lay out from £3,000 to £4,000 on the erection of suitable buildings under the direction of the Corporation Surveyor.

28.*—“Died, lately, in St. Giles’, Norwich, aged 78, Mr. Benjamin Guyton, who for many years followed what may justly be called the first of occupations—a gardener and horticulturist. His skill in the knowledge and properties of plants and vegetables could only be equalled by his ingenuity in delineating with his pencil the curious productions of nature, particularly those of the insect tribe. Some few specimens of his art, in the various species of papilio, are in the possession of some gentlemen in this city, who knew how to appreciate merit though found in an obscure individual moving in a humble sphere of life.”

—Died, “greatly and justly esteemed by all his old comrades and friends,” Capt. John Borrow, many years adjutant of the First or West Norfolk Regiment of Militia.