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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Norfolk Annals + A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 + + +Author: Charles Mackie + + + +Release Date: May 23, 2011 [eBook #36206] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NORFOLK ANNALS*** +</pre> +<p>Transcribed from the 1901 edition by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich +Millennium Library, UK, for allowing their copy to be used for +this transcription.</p> +<h1>NORFOLK ANNALS</h1> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall"><span +class="smcap">CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF REMARKABLE EVENTS IN +THE</span></span><br /> +<span class="GutSmall"><span class="smcap">NINETEENTH +CENTURY</span></span></p> +<p style="text-align: center">(<i>Compiled from the files of +the</i> “<i>Norfolk Chronicle</i>”)</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">BY</span><br +/> +CHARLES MACKIE</p> +<div class="gapmediumline"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center">VOLUME II.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">1851–1900</p> +<div class="gapshortdoubleline"> </div> +<blockquote><p>“It is beyond the capacity of the human +intellect to discriminate beforehand between what is valuable and +what is valueless in the pursuit of historical research. +What would we give now for newspapers and trade circulars +illustrating the social habits of many bygone times and +peoples?”—<i>The Times</i>, May 4, 1900.</p> +</blockquote> +<div class="gapshortline"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center">[<i>Entered at Stationers’ +Hall</i>]</p> +<p style="text-align: center">1901<br /> +Printed at the Office of the “Norfolk Chronicle” +Market Place Norwich</p> +<h2><a name="pagev"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +v</span>PREFACE.</h2> +<p>In the terms of the publishers’ announcement the two +volumes of “Norfolk Annals” were to have contained +800 pages; the work has really exceeded that estimate by 255 +pages.</p> +<p>Although the period from 1851 to 1900 was marked by many +incidents of great importance in the history of Norfolk and +Norwich, the record thereof in Volume II. of “Norfolk +Annals” lacks several of the features which made Volume I. +acceptable to the lover of folk lore and to the student of local +events in the earlier days of the Nineteenth Century. If, +however, the present volume be less interesting than Volume I., +it may yet be useful for the verification of the dates of +occurrences regarding which the public memory is proverbially +shortlived and unreliable.</p> +<h2><a name="pagevii"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +vii</span>CORRIGENDA.</h2> +<p>Page 40, fourth line of fifth paragraph, <i>for</i> “56 +seconds” <i>read</i> “2 minutes 56 +seconds.”</p> +<h2><a name="pageix"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +ix</span>ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIBERS.</h2> +<p>George Cubitt, Tombland, Norwich.</p> +<p>H. R. Ladell, Aylsham Road, North Walsham.</p> +<p>Arnold H. Miller, The Guildhall, Norwich.</p> +<p>H. Newhouse, Bella Vista, Thorpe Road, Norwich.</p> +<p>Colonel H. T. S. Patteson, Beeston St. Andrew Hall.</p> +<p>Simms Reeve, 29, Thorpe Road, Norwich.</p> +<p>The Earl of Rosebery, K.G., K.T., 38, Berkley Square, London, +W.</p> +<p>T. O. Springfield, The Rookery, Swainsthorpe.</p> +<p>F. Oddin Taylor, St. Ethelbert, Norwich.</p> +<p>Arthur Wolton, 78, Borough High Street, London, S.E.</p> +<h2><a name="page1"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 1</span>NORFOLK +ANNALS.<br /> +VOLUME II.<br /> +1851–1900.</h2> +<p>[<span class="smcap">Note</span>.—<i>Marginal dates +distinguished by an asterisk are dates of publication</i>, <i>not +of occurrence</i>.]</p> +<h3>1851.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Shipdham, Mary, widow of Mr. Henry Tash, +farmer, in the hundredth year of her age.</p> +<p>3.—At the Norfolk Court of Quarter Sessions a report was +presented upon the expenditure of the county, into which a +committee had inquired in consequence of representations made at +public meetings in various districts, to the effect that the +ratepayers were unable to control the finances. The Court +passed a resolution affirming that the evidence given before the +committee had tended to prove that the financial affairs of the +county had been conducted by the Court of Quarter Sessions with +proper attention to economy, with just regard to the public +interests, and with the publicity required by law.</p> +<p>18.*—“A few days since the steeple of Drayton +church fell to the ground with a tremendous crash, the lead which +covered the falling mass being completely buried in the +<i>débris</i>.”</p> +<p>20.—A prolonged magisterial inquiry took place at +Reepham, into disturbances at Lenwade arising out of the Wesleyan +schism. Two parish constables, Samuel Fairman and John +Elliott, were fined for refusing to perform their duty when +requested by the Rev. C. Povah. At Aylsham Petty Sessions, +on February 4th, four persons were charged with disturbing the +Wesleyan congregation at Cawston on January 19th, and three were +committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions. One of the +defendants, Elizabeth Southgate, was ordered by the Court, on +March 13th, to pay a penalty of £40; the other two were +discharged on their own recognisances to appear at the next +Quarter Sessions. A singular case arising from the same +disruption came <a name="page2"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +2</span>before the Vice-Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, on May +7th. The relators and plaintiffs were the Rev. William +Worker and the Rev. George Badcock, and the defendants the +trustees of two deeds dated 1814 and 1837, declaring the trusts +of the Methodist chapel at Holt subject to the trusts of a deed +executed in 1784 by John Wesley, by which the Wesleyan body was +organized. The funds for building the chapel were advanced +in 1814 by Mr. Hardy, who, in 1821, received from the trustees a +mortgage of the chapel to secure his advances, which amounted to +about £700. In 1833 the debt was reduced to +£350. The congregation having increased, it was +determined, in 1837, to build a new chapel, and a site was +purchased and conveyed to the trustees upon the trusts of a deed +of another chapel, prepared in 1832, and known to the Methodist +body as the “model deed,” to which all subsequent +deeds were conformable. By the trusts then declared, such +persons only were to be permitted to preach as should be duly +approved by a Methodist body called the Conference. Mr. +Hardy assisted in advancing money to build the new chapel, and +received as security a mortgage on the chapel. When the +schism occurred it was alleged that the majority of the trustees +of the chapels mortgaged were among the schismatics, who now +called themselves Wesleyan Reformers, and that they had all +formed a scheme of wresting the chapels from the preachers +appointed by the Conference. The defendant united with the +character of mortgagee those of acting trustee and treasurer of +the two chapels, and it was alleged that he was using his powers +as mortgagee, and had publicly recommended others to do the +same—most of the Wesleyan chapels being mortgaged—for +the purpose of carrying the general scheme into effect, and thus +to deprive the Conference of the old body of Methodists of the +use of their chapels. Mr. Hardy accordingly advertised the +chapels for sale, and actually sold the old chapel, which was +then in possession of the Reformers for their preachers. +Similar proceedings by ejectment were resorted to by a person +named Hill, to whom Mr. Hardy had transferred his second +mortgage, for the recovery of the new chapel, and led to the +filing of this information, which disputed the propriety of the +transactions. His lordship was of opinion that Mr. Hardy, +as mortgagee, had a right to assert a title adverse to the trust, +and to transfer his mortgage to Hill. It might be proper to +appoint new trustees in the place of those who had ceased to have +any sympathy with the religious body from which they had seceded, +but there was no ground for immediate interference. The +motion was therefore refused, and there was no order as to +costs.</p> +<p>20.—A great Protestant meeting was held at the Assembly +Rooms, Norwich, under the presidency of Mr. Samuel Bignold, at +which were adopted addresses to the Queen and the Archbishop of +Canterbury, protesting against the aggression of the Pope, and +condemning the Tractarian movement in the Church of England.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—Douglas’s Theatrical Company, which performed +in several of the towns previously visited by the Norfolk and +Suffolk Company of Comedians for so many years under the +management of the Fishers, concluded a successful season at East +Dereham. “Those who have witnessed the performances +have been agreeably surprised at finding so great an amount of +talent in an itinerant company.”</p> +<p><a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +3</span>3.—Died at Lynn, Mr. James Smith, many years +manager of the Theatre Royal, Norwich. He was in his 74th +year.</p> +<p>11.—A performance of “Speed the Plough” was +given at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, for the benefit of Mr. +George Bennett, the “Father of the Norwich Stage,” +and “a member of the company in the palmy days of the drama +in the city.” Mr. Bennett appeared in the character +of Farmer Ashfield. “The Mayor gave his patronage, +and in every part of the dress circle were to be recognised +parties of high respectability, including the old familiar faces +of those who, thirty or forty years ago, were wont to uphold and +maintain the then palmy but now very depressed cause of +legitimate drama.” The night’s receipts +amounted to upwards of £90.</p> +<p>—The Norwich Town Council resolved to petition the House +of Commons for the total repeal of the Window-tax.</p> +<p>18.—Mr. Peter Master Yarington was presented with a +silver salver and a purse of 283 sovs., in recognition of his +efficient discharge of duty as Superintendent of the Norwich +Police. He was appointed Governor of the City Gaol on July +31st, and was succeeded as head of the police force by Mr. Dunne, +formerly of the Kent constabulary. Mr. Yarington died, in +his 41st year, on July 21st, 1852, and on October 19th of that +year Mr. Robert Campling was appointed Governor of the gaol.</p> +<p>19.—Mr. Albert Smith gave his “new literary, +pictorial, and musical entertainment,” entitled, “The +Overland Mail,” at the Assembly Rooms, Norwich.</p> +<p>22.—A serious riot occurred at Yarmouth. Samuel +Graystone, mate of the Ant, from Yarmouth to Plymouth, had signed +articles to go the voyage, but was forcibly prevented by seamen +from boarding his ship. Masters of other vessels complained +to the magistrates that they had been subjected to similar +treatment. The staff of the East Norfolk Militia and the +Coastguard were called out to keep the riotous seamen in check, +and two troops of the 11th Hussars were conveyed by special +trains from Norwich to assist in quelling the disturbance. +The cavalry rode through the town, and quickly cleared the +streets. “The rioters, frightened by the mere +appearance of the troops, flew in every direction up the narrow +rows of the town, and in a few hours tranquillity was +restored.” It was stated that, but for the timely +arrival of the troops, a body of Gorleston seamen would have made +an attack upon the town. Several of the rioters were tried +at the Quarter Sessions on March 6th, when, to the surprise of +the Court, a verdict of not guilty was returned.</p> +<p>26.—Died at his family seat, Kirby Hall, the Hon. and +Rev. Lord Berners. “He succeeded to the title and +estates on the death of his brother Robert, Lord Berners, better +known in the sporting world as Col. Wilson. He only +attended at the House of Lords on a few occasions, one of which +was to vote for the Reform Bill; but though absent in person, his +proxy was always given to the support of the Whigs, of which, +through life, he was a firm and constant supporter.”</p> +<p>—An exhibition of hawking was given on Hellesdon Brakes, +near Norwich, by Mr. Barr, the celebrated Scottish +falconer. Many hundreds of persons were present. Mr. +Barr used four young hawks of the peregrine species. They +were flown at pigeons which were let loose, and in two hours two +dozen were brought to the ground. “The <a +name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 4</span>first two or +three were so frightened, that when pursued by the hawk they took +refuge among the people, and one of them alighted on the back of +a horse, and was taken by hand.” Mr. Barr gave a +second exhibition on March 10th, on Mr. George Gowing’s +land at Trowse.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>9.—A fire occurred at the office of the “Norwich +Mercury,” Castle Street, Norwich. The roof of the +building fell in, and the compositors’ room, with most of +the cases of type, was destroyed.</p> +<p>13.—Dr. White, the eminent translator of +“D’Aubigné’s History,” delivered, +in the old Council Chamber at the Guildhall, Norwich, a lecture +on “The Causes and Consequences of the +Reformation.”</p> +<p>27.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Chief Justice +Jervis, the libel action, Abbott <i>v.</i> Bacon and Another, was +tried. The defendants published a statement in the +“Norwich Mercury,” to the effect that the plaintiff, +a superintendent of the County Constabulary at East Dereham, had +stolen certain articles from the shop of Mr. Abram, a chemist and +druggist in that town. The jury assessed the damages at one +farthing. On April 16th a motion was made in the Court of +Exchequer for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection of the +jury, and a rule <i>nisi</i> was granted. At a meeting held +at the Norfolk Hotel, on April 5th, it was resolved, “That +the recent trial offered a most painful illustration of the gross +injustice which may be inflicted upon the editor of a newspaper +who honestly and fearlessly comments on matters of general +interest,” and a public subscription was opened to recoup +the proprietors of the “Mercury” the loss they had +sustained by their successful vindication of the liberty of the +Press. In the Court of Exchequer, on June 27th, both sides +agreed to a verdict being entered for one farthing damages.</p> +<p>28.—George Baldry (33) was found guilty, at the Norfolk +Assizes, before Mr. Justice Erle, of murdering Caroline Warnes, +at Thurlton, by striking her on the head with a hammer. The +sentence of death was commuted to transportation for life.</p> +<p>29.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Erle, +John Whitley Cooper and Edmund Slingsby Drury Long, solicitors, +and Frederick Goose, dealer, were indicted for unlawfully +conspiring to obtain, by false pretences, from Sarah Roberts +Tooke, widow, divers goods, furniture, and effects, with intent +to defraud. Cooper was at the time undergoing sentence of +twelve months’ imprisonment, passed upon him at Norwich +Quarter Sessions on December 31st, 1850, for fraud. He was +now sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the Common +Gaol; Long was acquitted, and Goose, who had absconded, forfeited +his recognisances. The victim of this conspiracy, said the +Judge, had been reduced from a position of respectability to one +of absolute ruin.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>12.—Mr. Fred Phillips, while performing the part of Rob +Roy at Norwich Theatre, fell from a “fictitious +precipice” and sustained a compound fracture of the bones +of the leg “implicating the ankle <a name="page5"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 5</span>joint.” He was removed to +the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and “upon a consultation +among the surgeons it was deemed necessary to amputate the lower +extremity of the bone, an operation which was borne with heroic +fortitude by the poor sufferer.” A performance was +given at the Theatre on May 6th for the benefit of Mr. Phillips, +when Mr. George Bennett made his last appearance on the stage, in +the part of Farmer Ashfield, and Mrs. Phillips sustained the +character of Miss Blandford in “The Ladies’ +Club.” Mr. Phillips received a second benefit on +April 20th, 1852, and on July 9th, 1853, announced that he had +taken the Boar’s Head Inn, Surrey Street.</p> +<p>23.—The headquarters of the 11th Hussars, commanded by +the Earl of Cardigan, marched from Norwich Barracks for +Nottingham, and were succeeded on the 25th by the 2nd Dragoon +Guard’s (Queen’s Bays).</p> +<p>—Samuel Woodhouse, of Plumstead, and William Pyle, of +Holt, were buried alive in a well 115 feet deep, at Docking, by +the falling in of 36 feet of soil. “Some of the +inhabitants proposed to fill up the well and let them remain in +it, stating that the same thing had been done at Tittleshall, +where an inquest was held at the mouth of the well and the body +or bodies remain there to this day.” Efforts were +made, however, to recover the bodies. That of Pyle was +found on May 14th, and of Woodhouse on the 15th. +“Though the bodies had been buried exactly three weeks, on +their being brought to the surface and moved about blood flowed +freely from both of them.”</p> +<p>30.—Died, aged 78, Mr. Richard Slann, of Southtown, +Great Yarmouth, historical engraver to her Majesty the Queen.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>3.—The Census returns for the city of Norwich were +published. The number of inhabited houses was 14,990, of +uninhabited 339, and in course of building 101. The +population was 68,706, of whom 31,213 were males, and 37,493 +females.</p> +<p>4.—A pauper named John Rowland, who had had a remarkable +career, died at Lynn Workhouse. He was educated at Eton, +and was afterwards a Fellow of King’s College, +Cambridge. Ordained deacon and priest by Bishop Horsley, he +officiated at St. James’s, Westminster, and went out to St. +Petersburg as chaplain to the Embassy. Subsequently he +either threw off his gown or had it taken from him, and became a +blacksmith and coach-spring maker in Norfolk Street, Lynn. +He was apprehended, tried, and transported for stealing iron, the +property of Mr. Bottomley, of South Gates, in that town. At +the expiration of his term of transportation he returned to Lynn, +made a settlement in the town, and was for several years an +inmate of the Workhouse. He died at the advanced age of 78 +years.</p> +<p>12.—Died, at the age of 63, at his residence, the Close, +Norwich, Mr. William Ollett, “who obtained justly-deserved +eminence as a carver of wood for ecclesiastical purposes, and +whose skill was called into requisition in most of the cathedrals +of this kingdom.”</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>5.—The “members of Reffley” celebrated the +62nd anniversary of <a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +6</span>the building of their temple, “the society having +existed before the memory of the oldest inhabitant” (of +Lynn).</p> +<p>21.—The hand of a female was found in Miss +Martineau’s plantation, Martineau’s Lane, Norwich, by +a lad named Charles Johnson. Other portions of human +remains were discovered between this date and the end of the +month, in various suburbs of the city, namely, at Lakenham, +Hellesdon, Mile Cross, &c. The remains were deposited +at the Guildhall, where they were examined by Mr. Nichols, Mr. D. +Dalrymple, and Mr. Norgate, surgeons, who pronounced them to be +those of an adult female. (<i>See</i> January, 1869.)</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>12.—The Yarmouth magistrates issued a warrant “to +apprehend the bodies of George Danby Palmer and James Cherry, +charged on the oath of William Norton Burroughes with being about +to commit a breach of the peace by fighting a duel.” +The incident arose out of an extraordinary scene at a public +meeting, where “Mr. Palmer gave the lie to Mr. +Cherry.”</p> +<p>14.—Died at Rackheath Hall, in his 83rd year, Sir Edward +Hardinge John Stracey, second baronet. He was born in +India, came to this country as a boy, and was educated at Norwich +Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was +subsequently called to the Bar, was for a time Clerk of the House +of Commons, and succeeded his uncle, Mr. Hardinge Stracey, as +counsel to the Chairmen of Committees of the House of Lords on +Mr. Pitt’s appointment to office. For several years +he was Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Cheshire, and a +magistrate for that county as well as for Norfolk and +Suffolk.</p> +<p>26.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Chief Baron +Pollock and a special jury, was tried the action, Baldry +<i>v.</i> Ellis. This was an issue directed to be tried by +the late Master of the Rolls, and involved the disposal of a sum +of about £25,000. The jury had to decide whether one +Bailey Bird, deceased, who contracted marriage in the year 1818, +was competent to make that contract. A large number of +witnesses deposed that Bird was of perfectly sound mind at the +time of his marriage; an equally large number, including several +medical men, asserted that he was an idiot. The jury were +of opinion that Bird was not of sound mind at the time of the +celebration of his marriage, and returned a verdict for the +defendant.</p> +<p>28.—Henry Groom (42) was indicted at the Norfolk +Assizes, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, for the murder of John +Ayton, by shooting him with a pistol, at Burnham Thorpe, on July +4th. He was executed on the Castle Hill, Norwich, on August +16th.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>8.—The steeple of St. Cuthbert’s, Thetford, fell +upon the roof of the church, carrying away one of the arches and +destroying the organ.</p> +<p>9.*—“A letter from Philadelphia, of the 16th ult., +announces the death of Mr. Davenport, formerly lessee of the +theatres on the Norwich circuit. He had been making a +successful tour in the United States with his talented +daughter. He died a few days before, at +Cincinnati.”</p> +<p><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +7</span>16.—On this date was published an extract from the +“New York Express,” giving particulars of a +confession of murder by a private named Thomson, belonging to the +1st Royals, then stationed at Halifax, North America. He +stated that when at Norwich eight years previously he was on +terms of intimacy with a woman. A quarrel had occurred +between them, and he had thrown her into a canal. The crime +had so preyed upon his mind that he determined to give himself up +to justice and allow the law to take its course. On +September 13th it was announced that Thomson had been brought to +England and committed to Winchester Gaol, pending inquiries by +the police of that city. Two police-officers came to +Norwich, investigated the affair, and elicited the following +remarkable facts: Thomson was stationed in Norwich with the +Carabineers in 1846, and afterwards exchanged to the 1st Royals, +then in Canada. A girl named Anna Barber was in the habit +of frequenting the barracks, and became acquainted with Thomson, +whom she appeared to have displeased. In the month of +August, 1846, a tailor named James Taylor was fishing for eels in +the river near Blackfriars Bridge when he heard a scuffle, a +shriek, a splash, and the sound of retreating footsteps. He +immediately rowed to the place and assisted out of the water a +young woman, who refused to give him her name. She went +away, and no report was made to the police. In 1850 Anna +Barber was again seen in Norwich. It was evident, +therefore, that the remorse which impelled Thomson to make his +confession was groundless.</p> +<p>28.—The Norwich Corporation adopted the Public Health +Act of 1848, and appointed twenty members as a Local Board of +Health.</p> +<p>29.—The church of St. Matthew, Thorpe Hamlet, was +consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>10.—Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, then on a visit +to England, attended a dinner given at the Norfolk Hotel, +Norwich, by members of the Valpeian Club, established in +1847.</p> +<p>25.—A severe gale occurred off the Norfolk coast, and +did much damage to shipping at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>30.—The opening of the Norwich Waterworks was publicly +celebrated. The band of the Coldstream Guards played +selections in the Market Place, 220 guests dined at the Assembly +Rooms, under the presidency of Mr. Samuel Bignold, chairman of +the Waterworks Company, and twenty thousand persons witnessed a +display of fireworks in the Market Place. The works were +commenced by Messrs. Lucas Bros., the contractors, in +February. There were 20,000 yards of excavations, and +2,500,000 bricks, 15,000 yards of clay, 5,000 yards of filtering +sand, 7,000 yards of filtering stone, 3,000 yards of concrete, +and 40 tons of lead were used. The rising main was 4,000 +yards in length, and 15 inches in diameter.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>4.—Died at Hampton Court, in his 80th year, George +William Stafford Jerningham, Baron Stafford. He inherited a +baronetcy as <a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +8</span>Sir George Jerningham on his father’s death in +1809, and established his title to the barony, under letters +patent of Charles I., through his great grandmother, after a +reversal of the attainder of Sir William Howard, Viscount +Stafford, in 1824. He assumed the additional name of +Stafford in 1826. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry +Valentine.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. George Cruikshank presided at the annual +temperance festival held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, and +delivered an address.</p> +<p>16.—Bexfield’s oratorio, “Israel +Restored,” was “brought out” at the Choral +Concert, held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. The +principal vocalists were Miss Birch, Miss Williams, Mr. Benson, +and Mr. H. Phillips. Dr. Bexfield conducted his work, which +“created the greatest interest throughout the musical +world, and hundreds of applications for reserved places were +received from all parts of the kingdom.”</p> +<p>26.—Died at Philadelphia, the United States of America, +aged 62, Mr. Richard Cowling Taylor, F.G.S. He was the +author of many valuable works during his residence in Norwich The +most important was his “Index Monasticus,” published +in 1821. Mr. Taylor was a member of several scientific +societies in America.</p> +<p>30.—Mrs. Fanny Kemble gave a reading of “King +John,” at the Assembly Room, Norwich, and on the 31st read +“Much Ado about Nothing.”</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—A lecture on the “Bloomer costume” was +delivered at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, by a Mrs. +Knights. “The large audience was composed for the +most part of the male sex, shop assistants, and milliners’ +apprentices. The amount of money taken must have been +considerable, and we regret that there should have been so many +persons found in this city ready to be taken in with such +nonsense. Mrs. Knights was attired in Bloomer costume, an +essentially ugly and unfeminine dress. She was greeted with +derisive laughter, applause, and hisses, and she left the +orchestra amid a storm of groans and disapprobation.”</p> +<p>5.—A sculling match from Surlingham to the New Cut at +Thorpe took place between Lett, of London, and R. Buttle, of +Norwich, for £25 a side. Lett’s boat was +overturned soon after the start, and Buttle rowed over the +course. A second match, for £10 a side, was rowed on +the 10th, between Bramerton Wood’s End and the New Cut, and +was won easily by the Norwich man.</p> +<p>8.*—“Before the Lords Justices of Appeal was heard +the case of the Attorney-General <i>v.</i> the Corporation of +Norwich. It arose on the question whether the Corporation +have authority to apply the borough fund in soliciting a Bill in +Parliament to enable them to improve the navigation of the River +Wensum. The information was filed at the relation of two of +the ratepayers, and it prayed that the Corporation might be +restrained from promoting and prosecuting a Bill in Parliament +for this purpose and at their expense. The appeal was +dismissed, with costs.”</p> +<p>10.—Mr. Charles Winter was elected Mayor, and Mr. Robert +Wiffin Blake appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +9</span>10.—Mr. S. C. Marsh and Capt. Pearson (the retiring +Mayor) were nominated for the Mayoralty of Yarmouth. The +voting being equal, Capt. Pearson gave the casting-vote in his +own favour, and declared himself duly elected.</p> +<p>18.—Winter set in with great severity; snow fell to the +depth of two or three feet, and a severe frost commenced.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—The Eastern Counties Association for obtaining +Agricultural Relief held its first public meeting at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. Its principal objects were to +obtain the repeal of the Malt-tax, a re-adjustment of the tithe +system, security for tenants in making improvements, a reform in +the management of county expenditure, and the abolition of the +Game Laws.</p> +<p>11.—A coarse urn was turned up by a plough at +Easton. The vessel contained about 4,000 small brass coins +of the Lower Empire. The earliest amongst them were of the +period of Gallienus, and there were about 2,500 of the +Constantines; nearly 600 had the wolf and twins, and about 800 +bore the victory with spear and shield. Mr. Goddard Johnson +made a descriptive list of the coins.</p> +<p>26.—Died, in his 38th year, at Malvern, Worcestershire, +Mr. J. B. Wigham, son of Mr. Robert Wigham, of Norwich. +“He was a Fellow of the Royal Geological Society, and was +well known as having personally collected one of the best +cabinets of tertiary fossils in the kingdom.”</p> +<p>—Macarte’s Circus Company performed in a temporary +building erected on the Castle Meadow, Norwich.</p> +<h3>1852.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—Died at Letheringsett, Johnson Jex, originally a +blacksmith and afterwards a manufacturer of watches. He was +born at Billingford in or about the year 1778. After the +death of his mother, in about 1830, he led a life of complete +solitude, and became a scientific anchorite. “The +first watch ever constructed by Jex was made after he had settled +at Letheringsett, for his friend the Rev. T. Munnings, of Gorgate +Hall, near East Dereham. Every part of this watch, +including the silver face, and every tool employed in its +construction, was of Jex’s own making.”</p> +<p>10.*—“Dr. Woolley is resigning the head mastership +of King Edward VI. Grammar School (Norwich), on his appointment +as principal of the University College and professor of classical +literature in the University of Sydney.” He was +succeeded by Dr. Vincent.</p> +<p><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +10</span>10.—Mr. Justice Patteson retired from the +Bench. With the exception of Barons Parke and Alderson, he +was, in point of official service, the oldest judge on the +Bench.</p> +<p>19.—After many delays, the statue of Lord Nelson, +executed by Mr. Milnes, of London, arrived in Norwich, and was +placed in St. Andrew’s Hall for public inspection. +The estimated cost of the statue was £700. A public +subscription was opened in Norwich in 1847; by 1848 £175 +had been contributed; in October, 1849, the fund reached +£268, and in October, 1851, £300. “At +present (1852) the whole amount subscribed, which is scarcely +£400, will not repay the sculptor for the purchase of the +block and his out-of-pocket expenses.” (<i>See</i> +March 24th, 1856.)</p> +<p>21.—Died in London, Lieut.-Col. John Smith, of Ellingham +Hall, “a generous supporter of the trade and interests of +the district.” He served several years in India, in +the 2nd Madras Light Cavalry, and resigned his commission shortly +after succeeding to the Ellingham estate. The funeral took +place at Ellingham, on February 27th.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>2.—A requisition, signed by one thousand persons, was +presented to Mr. T. O. Springfield, soliciting him to offer +himself as a candidate for the representation of Norwich. +Mr. Springfield declined the request, on the ground that +Parliamentary duties would tend to the shortening of his +life.</p> +<p>6.*—“Died, lately, on the West Coast of Africa, in +the 19th year of his age, Charles, youngest son of Mr. Wood, of +Morston. He was a midshipman on board H.M.S. Sampson, and +was put in charge, under Lieut. Gilbert Elliott, with twelve of +the best seamen and one carpenter, in October last, of a slave +felucca captured by the Sampson, and was last seen off the island +of St. Thomas on the 31st, and departed on that day for Badajoz, +a distance of five or six days’ sail; but although +anxiously expected, and notwithstanding several ships of war +having since passed over her track, she has never been heard of +since. Some heavy tornados are said to have occurred about +the time she was missed.”</p> +<p>12.—A special meeting of the Norwich Town Council was +held, “to take into consideration the recent gross insult +to the citizens of Norwich in the person of their Chief +Magistrate.” The Conservative members, with one or +two exceptions, abstained from attending. It was resolved, +“That the Mayor of Norwich for the time being is, by +prescription and charter, the first citizen of Norwich, and by +custom and courtesy has been always so esteemed in public and +private; that the Council learn with regret that a gross insult +has been offered to the Mayor in a place of public amusement, and +it is the opinion of the Council that the conduct of the +individual who offered the insult is derogatory to him as a +magistrate and a citizen.” The resolution was +adopted, and it was further agreed “That a copy of the +resolution with respect to the insult offered to the Mayor by +Capt. Ives, with the seal of the Council affixed, be transmitted +to the Secretary of State, to the Lord Lieutenant of the county, +and to the Mayor.” (No details were published.)</p> +<p><a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +11</span>19.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Serjeant +Adams (sitting as Commissioner in place of Mr. Justice Crompton), +Hannah Neale was indicted for the wilful murder of William Neale, +her husband, by poisoning him, at Outwell, in July, 1851. +The jury acquitted the prisoner.</p> +<p>24.—Died at Woolwich, Col. Courtenay Cruttenden, +R.A. He served in the Army 48 years, and was present at the +capture of Guadeloupe, in 1815. For several years he was +inspector of drills in the garrison at Woolwich.</p> +<p>27.*—“The late Edward Lombe, Esq., of Melton Hall, +Wymondham, recently deceased at Florence, has left his personal +property, subject to a life interest to his wife, to University +College Hospital. The property is estimated at more than +£25,000.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>10.—A statement was published as to the proposed +disposal of the sum of £1,263 4s. 5d. realised by the two +concerts given by Jenny Lind in 1849. It was her wish +“that the money should be employed in founding and +supporting some new charity, and, if possible, a lasting one, for +the poor of Norwich.” The committee, “feeling +that no charity could be permanent which was not in a great +measure self-supporting,” resolved to devote the money to +establishing public baths and wash-houses. A large +malthouse in St. Stephen’s, formerly the property of Mr. +Crawshay, was to be purchased for £700, and plans and +specifications for converting the building into baths had been +prepared by a London architect, “but unfortunately the +lowest tenders exceed by a very large amount the sum at the +disposal of the committee. They find that unless they can +raise £1,000 in addition to their present fund, they must +entirely give up the undertaking.” The Mayor was +requested to convene a public meeting, which was held at the +Guildhall on April 21st, when Mr. Samuel Bignold moved a +resolution in favour of the adoption of the baths scheme. +Mr. Henry Browne strongly protested against the proposed +misappropriation of the money, and the question was adjourned for +a month. Meanwhile several local charities made claims for +assistance, and on May 27th a further adjournment was decided +upon. The matter was in abeyance until February 7th, 1853, +when Dr. W. H. Ranking, in a letter to the <span +class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span>, advocated “the +endowment of an additional ward or wards in the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, to be appropriated to the treatment of diseases +of children.” On May 30th, 1853, a public meeting was +held at the Guildhall, under the presidency of the Lord Bishop, +“for the purpose of promoting the establishment of an +institution for sick children.” It was resolved, on +the motion of Mr. J. G. Johnson, seconded by the Mayor (Mr. +Coaks), “That an infirmary for the treatment of the +diseases of sick children be established in Norwich, to be called +the Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children.” The +first meeting of the supporters of the new institution was held +under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. Samuel Bignold), “in +the house in Pottergate Street taken for the Charity,” on +December 16th, 1853.</p> +<p>17.*—“The premises of the old Waterworks Company +have been purchased of the Corporation by the new company, who +have liberally offered to give up their interest in Chapel Field +to the Corporation on <a name="page12"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 12</span>condition that the latter shall +undertake to lay out the Field as a park and pleasure-ground, so +as to render it an ornament to the city. The Corporation +will have a considerable surplus fund in hand when the company +have paid the purchase-money for the Waterworks. By a plan +submitted by Mr. Lynore, engineer of the Waterworks, the Field +will be enclosed by a dwarf wall and railings, with handsome +entrance-gates at the Theatre Street, Crescent, and St. +Giles’ corners, and a porter’s lodge at the +latter. The interior is to be laid out in the style of the +London parks, the reservoir to be retained, but altered in shape, +and the present tower to be ornamented and furnished with +waiting-rooms, it is also proposed to place the Nelson statue on +an elegant fountain pedestal in the centre of the +reservoir.”</p> +<p>18.—Died, Mr. George Bennett, comedian, aged 76.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—A detachment of the 4th (Queen’s Own) Light +Dragoons arrived at Norwich Cavalry Barracks, to relieve the +Queen’s Bays, who had marched for Manchester.</p> +<p>—*“We have now had ten weeks’ drought, the +last wet day being the 18th of February.”</p> +<p>2.—Died, in his 49th year, at his residence, Grosvenor +Street, London, Mr. John Dalrymple, F.R.S. He was the +eldest son of Mr. William Dalrymple, the distinguished Norwich +surgeon. After studying under his father and at Edinburgh +University, Mr. Dalrymple passed his examination before the +College of Surgeons in 1827, and commenced practice in +Norwich. In 1832 he was elected an assistant surgeon to the +Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, of which institution he became, +in 1843, full surgeon. In 1847 he was appointed consulting +surgeon to the North London Infirmary, and in 1851 became a +member of the Council of the College of Surgeons. Mr. +Dalrymple was one of the founders of the Royal College of +Chemistry.</p> +<p>7.—In the Court of Queen’s Bench an important +decision was given in the case of the Queen <i>v.</i> Robert +Wiffin Blake, who had been required to show by what authority he +had exercised the office of town councillor at Norwich. At +the previous municipal election Mr. Blake, who was then one of +the six aldermen of the city, became a candidate for the office +of councillor of the Fourth Ward. Mr. Cundall, a +Conservative, was his opponent. Mr. Blake having a majority +of five votes, the presiding alderman and assessor returned him +as duly elected, notwithstanding that notice had been given of +his ineligibility. The Court decided that Mr. Blake could +not be elected a councillor while holding the office of +alderman. The defendant filed a disclaimer of the office of +town councillor, and therefore allowed judgment of ouster to pass +against him, with costs. (<i>See</i> November 23rd.)</p> +<p>8.—Died at Nice, in his 85th year, General Auguste De +Bardelin. For many years the deceased was a highly +respected resident in Norwich. A native of Aix, in +Provence, and born of a noble family, he was appointed one of the +<i>garde du corps</i> of Louis XVI., and was on duty at +Versailles on October 6th, 1789, when the Royal palace was +assailed by the insurrectionary mob of Paris, and the King and +Queen were defended from assassination through the heroic +sacrifice of life by <a name="page13"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 13</span>many gentlemen of their +bodyguard. M. De Bardelin accompanied the French princes in +their exile, and afterwards came to England and settled in +Norwich. There he remained about twenty-two years, +supporting himself by teaching the French and Italian +languages. In 1814 he accompanied Louis XVIII. to Paris, +and the Government of the Restoration being established, he +resumed his military occupation. After Bonaparte’s +second abdication, he returned with has lawful Sovereign. +For ten years from that time M. De Bardelin continued to reside +at the Royal chateau at St. Germains, in which a handsome suite +of apartments was appropriated to his use, where he always +delighted in welcoming the visits of his Norwich friends. +In 1830 he was promoted to be Général +Maréchal de Camp. In 1815 or 1816 the Chevalier +married Miss Sutton, a lady well-known to Roman Catholic families +of distinction in Norfolk and Suffolk. Madame De Bardelin +died in 1826. In 1830 General De Bardelin resigned has +command and resided in Paris till 1848, when the Republic being +proclaimed, he went to his native province, and in the winter of +1851 sojourned at Nice. “He always referred to his +residence at Norwich as the best period of his life. His +pupils at Thurgar’s school were enquired after with +affectionate interest; he remembered the hospitalities at Crown +Point, where General Money gave him a second home, and he never +could forget the day when he quitted Norwich by the mail coach +from the Angel Inn, on the restoration of the +Bourbons;—passengers, horses, and all were decorated with +white cockades, and a host of friends assembled to cheer and bid +him farewell in true old English style.” The daughter +of General De Bardelin became the Baroness de Fabry.</p> +<p>14.—St. Martin-at-Palace church, Norwich, was re-opened, +after being restored and in great part rebuilt. In August, +1851, while the church was undergoing repair, a portion of the +roof fell in and brought down with it the eastern end of the +north aisle.</p> +<p>23.—A serious fire took place at the Norfolk Hotel, +Norwich. The roof was entirely consumed, and a number of +rooms destroyed. The Watch Committee, on May 21st, held an +inquiry into certain allegations regarding a deficiency in the +water supply, and the inefficiency of the fire-engines.</p> +<p>31.—Kensington Gardens, Lakenham, were opened to the +public, who “found amusement in the collections of animals +and birds.” During the Assize week “there was a +pyrotechnic and scenic exhibition on the meadow side of the +river, called, ‘The Storming of San Sebastian,’ being +an imitation of the pyrotechnic display at Cremorne.”</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>5.—Election proceedings commenced in Norwich with the +arrival of the Marquis of Douro and Lieut.-Col. Dickson, who had +been adopted Conservative candidates. The Whig-Radical +candidates, Messrs. Peto and Warner, arrived at Wymondham on the +9th, and proceeded thence by road to Norwich. At Mile End a +procession was formed, headed by men carrying large and small +loaves, labelled respectively “Free Trade” and +“Protection.” In the evening the candidates +addressed a great meeting at St. Andrew’s Hall. +(<i>See</i> July 7th.)</p> +<p>—*“Through the exertions of several persons +interested, the city and county magistrates have taken steps to +put a stop to spring <a name="page14"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 14</span>netting in the Wensum and Yare, and a +fund is being raised to defray the expenses of protecting the +rivers and prosecuting offenders.”</p> +<p>15.—A cricket match, between 22 of Lynn and 11 of All +England, commenced at Lynn, and concluded on the 16th. +Lynn, 63—58; All England, 41—66.</p> +<p>19.—The Witton estate was purchased by Mr. John Penrice +for £18,900. “The Cromer Hall estate, the +property of the Countess of Listowel, including the Gothic +mansion, several farm-houses, and upwards of 1,200 acres of land, +with several manors, has been purchased by private contract for +£60,000, by Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, M.P. for +Boston.”</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>2.—At the Norfolk Sessions the county justices received +the resignation of Col. Richard Montague Oakes, Chief +Constable. Capt. Black was elected in his place on October +22nd. Col. Oakes was presented, on October 23rd, with a +silver vase, subscribed for by the superintendents and constables +of the Norfolk constabulary.</p> +<p>7.—The nomination of candidates for the representation +of Norwich took place at the Guildhall. The show of hands +was in favour of Messrs. Peto and Warner, and a poll was demanded +on behalf of the Marquis of Douro and Col. Dickson. The +polling-booths were opened at eight o’clock on the morning +of the 8th, and closed at four o’clock in the afternoon, +and the result was officially declared at one o’clock on +the 9th: Peto, 2,190; Warner, 2,145; Douro, 1,592; Dickson, +1,465. The issues on which the election was fought were +Free Trade and Protection.</p> +<p>—Mr. C. E. Rumbold and Sir E. Lacon, “Moderate +Conservatives,” and Mr. W. T. M’Cullagh and Sir C. +Napier, Whig-Radicals, were nominated Parliamentary candidates +for Yarmouth. The polling took place on the 8th: Lacon, +611; Rumbold; 547; M’Cullagh, 521; Napier, 486.</p> +<p>8.—Lynn election: Lord Jocelyn, 627; Lord Stanley, 551; +Mr. Robert Pashley, Q.C., 383. The two first-named were +returned.</p> +<p>9.—The Hon. Francis Baring and the Earl of Euston were +returned unopposed for the borough of Thetford.</p> +<p>12.—Mr. Edmond Wodehouse and Mr. Henry Negus Burroughes +were returned unopposed as members for East Norfolk.</p> +<p>17.—The nomination of candidates for West Norfolk took +place at Swaffham. Mr. William Bagge and Mr. George +Pierrepont Bentinck were the Conservative nominees, and Mr. +Anthony Hamond the Liberal candidate. “Mr. Hamond was +formerly a Protectionist, and opposed Mr. Cobden at the Free +Trade meeting at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, only a week +before Sir Robert Peel proposed to repeal the Corn Laws. +Mr. Hamond now avows himself a Free Trader.” He was +nominated at the last moment to fill the vacancy occasioned by +the retirement of the Hon. E. K. Coke. The poll was opened +on the 20th and 21st, and on the 23rd the result was declared as +follows: Bagge, 3,421; Bentinck, 3,143; Hamond, 1,973.</p> +<h4><a name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +15</span>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>14.—A general meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants of the +County was held at the Shirehall, Norwich, for the purpose of +carrying into effect the provisions of the Act 15 and 16 Vic., +for raising a force not exceeding 80,000 men, of which number +50,000 were to be raised in 1852, and 30,000 in 1855. The +Earl of Orford moved, and it was resolved, that the Lord +Lieutenant be requested to apply to the Secretary of State to +obtain her Majesty’s Order in Council for the subdivision +districts to be made coterminous with the Superintendent +Registrar’s districts; and to be furnished with a list of +the number of men liable to serve in each subdivision and +parish. On September 18th measures were adopted for the +enlistment of two regiments of Militia—612 men to serve in +the Western Regiment, and a like number in the Eastern +Regiment. Sufficient numbers of men were forthcoming +without having recourse to the Ballot Act. (<i>See</i> +April 19th, 1853.)</p> +<p>21.—Bylaugh Hall, the stately home of the Lombe family, +was completed at about this date. The mansion was erected +under the provisions of the will of Sir John Lombe, Bart., who +died in 1817. The will directed “that so long as the +house remained uncommenced the money should be invested and +allowed to accumulate at compound interest.” The new +mansion was begun in 1849, under the supervision and control of +the trustees in whom the building fund was vested. It was +erected from the designs of Messrs. Banks and Barry, of London, +by Messrs. Piper, of Bishopsgate Street, whose contract amounted +to £29,389. The interior was decorated by Mr. Sang +“and his German artists.” (<i>See</i> July 4th, +1857.)</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>14.—Intelligence was received at Norwich of the death of +the Duke of Wellington. The muffled bells of the city +churches were tolled for several hours. On November 18th, +the day of the funeral, the principal shops were closed, and the +Mayor and Corporation and the military forces stationed in the +city attended a special service at the Cathedral.</p> +<p>17.—Mr. S. Chambers, R.N., made a balloon ascent from +the Vauxhall Gardens, Yarmouth, and descended on Mautby +marshes.</p> +<p>18.—Died at Saham Toney, John Thurston, labourer, in the +105th year of his age.</p> +<p>21.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. The opening +concert included selections from the works of classical +composers, and a reading by Mrs. Fanny Kemble from the +“Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with incidental +music. “Israel Restored” was performed at the +morning concert on the 22nd, and selections by popular composers +were given in the evening. On the morning of the 23rd, +“Jerusalem” (H. H. Pierson) was performed for the +first time, and a miscellaneous concert took place in the +evening. “The Messiah” was rendered on the +morning of the 24th, and a dress ball was held in the +evening. The principal vocalists were Madame Viardot +Garcia, Madame Fiorentini, Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Dolby, Miss +Alleyne, Signor Gardoni, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Lockey, Signor +Belletti, Mr. Weiss, and Herr Formes. Mr. <a +name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 16</span>Benedict +conducted. The gross receipts were £4,665 7s. 2d.; +gross expenses, £4,171 17s. 1d.; surplus, £493 10s. +1d.</p> +<p>30.—Died, Rear-Admiral William Fisher, captain +superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, and author of two naval +novels, “The Petrel” and “The +Albatross.” He was the second son of Mr. John Fisher, +of Yarmouth, and was born November 18th, 1780. Admiral +Fisher entered the Navy in 1795, and was engaged in many +important services. He married, in 1810, Elizabeth, sister +of Sir James Rivett Carnac, Bart., Governor of Bombay.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>5.—A prize-fight took place on St. Andrew’s Green, +near Bungay, between James Perowne, of Norwich, and James High, +of Ellingham. “The former was seconded by a man named +Mace,” and the other by Smith, of Ditchingham. The +police endeavoured to take possession of the ring, but were put +to flight by the mob; and the men fighting to a finish, High was +declared the victor. Principals and seconds, with the +exception of Mace, were subsequently committed for trial, and at +Beccles Quarter Sessions, on October 18th, were bound over to +keep the peace. Jim Mace was apprehended at Litcham, on +November 2nd, and at Beccles Quarter Sessions on January 3rd, +1853, was ordered to enter into his own recognisances to be of +good behaviour.</p> +<p>6.—Died at Quebec, Stephen Codman, for thirty-six years +organist of the cathedral church in that city. He was a +native of Norwich, where he received his musical education under +Dr. Beckwith.</p> +<p>7.—The Priory Schools, Yarmouth, were opened by the +Bishop of Norwich. “The site of the schools +originally formed the refectory of the Benedictine friars. +Many of the walls of the priory still remain, and the hall has +been for many years used for the ignoble purposes of a +stable.”</p> +<p>27.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, at +which a public subscription was opened for the erection of a +statue to the memory of the Duke of Wellington. On October +4th, 1853, it was decided that the statue should be of bronze, +and Mr. G. Adams was commissioned to prepare the model. +(<i>See</i> November 2nd, 1854.)</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Died at Ormesby, near Yarmouth, in his 82nd year, +Rear-Admiral Black, one of the oldest officers in the Navy. +He had seen much active service, and had been employed on the +North-West coast of America.</p> +<p>9.—For the office of Mayor of Norwich two candidates +were nominated—Mr. Samuel Bignold and Mr. Richard +Coaks. The voting was equal, and the Mayor giving his +casting-vote in favour of the latter, Mr. Coaks was declared duly +elected. Mr. George Womack was appointed Sheriff. +(<i>See</i> November 23rd.)</p> +<p>22.—Election petitions were laid upon the table of the +House of Commons, against the return of Messrs. Peto and Warner, +as members for Norwich. (<i>See</i> February 24th, +1853.)</p> +<p><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +17</span>23.—In the Court of Queen’s Bench a rule in +the nature of a <i>quo warranto</i> was applied for, calling upon +Mr. Coaks, Mayor of Norwich, to show by what authority he +exercised that office. The affidavits stated that on +November 9th there were two candidates for the Mayoralty, Mr. +Bignold and Mr. Coaks, and that the retiring Mayor refused to +record the vote of Mr. Cundall in favour of Mr. Bignold. +Consequently the voting was even, and the retiring Mayor gave his +casting-vote in favour of Mr. Coaks. The affidavits further +stated, in support of Mr. Cundall’s right to vote, that at +the election of councillors on November 1st, 1851, Mr. Cundall +was a candidate in opposition to Mr. Robert Wiffin Blake, then +one of the aldermen of Norwich, and therefore ineligible to be +elected a councillor; and that Mr. Cundall had, prior to the +election, given notice of Mr. Blake’s disqualification, but +that Mr. Blake was elected by a majority of five votes. +Subsequently, on a <i>quo warranto</i> being filed against him, +judgment of ouster was obtained. Mr. Cundall therefore made +the required declaration before two councillors, and took his +seat as a councillor at the late election of Mayor, and claimed +to have his vote recorded for Mr. Bignold, which, if received, +would have placed him in a majority of one over Mr. Coaks; but +such vote was rejected by the retiring Mayor. The Court +granted the rule. The Attorney-General showed cause against +the rule on January 28th, 1853. The Court was of opinion +that Mr. Cundall had made out a clear <i>prima facie</i> case, +and the rule for the <i>quo warranto</i> was made absolute. +Lord Campbell gave judgment in the case on January 21st, +1854. He said it entirely depended on the right of Cundall +to vote. He held that on November 9th, 1852, Cundall was a +member of the Council, and had a right to vote for Mr. Bignold, +and if he had so voted Mr. Bignold would have been duly elected +Mayor. Mr. Coaks had usurped that office, and the <i>quo +warranto</i> had been properly issued. Mr. Justice Crompton +was of the same opinion. Judgment for the Crown.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>11.*—“The long-continued rains have increased the +floods in the valleys of the Eastern division of the +county. Throughout the valley of the Yare, a large extent +of land has been for some time under water, on either side of the +river, for a distance of thirty miles.” At Southery +and Feltwell about 8,000 acres were flooded, and upwards of one +hundred poor families were compelled to leave their +habitations. The estimated loss to the district was between +£25,000 and £30,000, and a public subscription was +opened for the relief of the sufferers.</p> +<p>21.—The Public Library and Museums Act Committee +reported to the Norwich Town Council that it was desirable to +hire the Museum for the use of the public for two days in the +week, and to erect a building for the purposes of a free library, +and that, in compliance with the Act, a rate of one halfpenny in +the pound be levied, one-third to be devoted to the former +object, and two-thirds to the latter. The principle of the +rate was affirmed, and its application postponed for further +consideration. (<i>See</i> September 13th, 1854.)</p> +<p>24.*—“Died at Reedham, a few days since, at the +advanced age of 103, Mr. John Softly. He retained his +faculties and was an active man up to the time of his +death.”</p> +<p><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +18</span>26.—One of the most terrific storms of wind and +rain ever remembered at Norwich occurred on this date. In +the rural districts many stacks were blown down and scattered in +all directions.</p> +<h3>1853.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>8.—M. Gompertz’s panorama of the invasion of +British India by the Sikh Army of the Punjaub was exhibited at +the Assembly Rooms, Norwich. One of the scenic attractions +was a representation of “the crypt of the Holy Sepulchre, +under three distinct aspects,” a dioramic illusion which +forms a popular feature in similar entertainments at the present +day.</p> +<p>13.—A miraculous escape was recorded at Swaffham. +A drunken man named Edward Horsepool went into the yard of the +Angel public-house, at three o’clock in the morning, with +the intention of lying down in a shed. By mistake he opened +the door of the covering of a disused well, and stepping in, fell +to the bottom, a depth of 117 feet. A tramp sleeping in the +shed was awakened by the man’s cries, and gave an +alarm. Mr. William Laxon, collar maker, procured ropes, and +Horsepool was rescued uninjured, after having been half an hour +in 20 feet of water. He had kept his head above the surface +by clinging to the broken sides of the well.</p> +<p>22.—In the Prerogative Court, before Sir J. Dodson, was +tried the action Gilbert (administratrix of Woolner) <i>v.</i> +Hammond. It had reference to granting administration, with +will annexed, to the goods of Miss Margaret Creak, of Norwich, +who died on June 5th, 1850, possessed of personal property of +about £30,000 and realty of the estimated value of +£500 per annum. The will bore date January 13th, +1844, and its effect was to leave, with some trifling exceptions, +the personal property to Mr. Woolner, a chemist and druggist, who +was also appointed executor. The will was originally +propounded by Woolner, who afterwards committed suicide, and his +sister, Mrs. Gilbert, now applied for probate, as his +administratrix, which was, in the first instance, opposed by Mrs. +Hammond, a cousin-german and one of the next-of-kin of the +deceased, but she died during the pendency of the suit, and her +husband subsequently took up the case. When the disposition +of the property became known, a great many rumours were put in +circulation, imputing foul play to Mr. Woolner, which was the +cause of his committing suicide. Judgment was pronounced, +on Feb. 4th, in favour of the will. The Judge said the +relatives had a right to inquire into the transaction, and had +they confined themselves within due limits would have been +entitled to costs out of the estate; but they had persisted down +to the close of the argument in charges which they had failed to +prove, and, therefore, in decreeing probate of the will to Mrs. +Gilbert, he must accompany it with the condemnation of Mr. +Hammond in £100 costs, <i>nomine expensarum</i>.</p> +<h4><a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +19</span>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>17.—Mr. C. J. Palmer, at a meeting of the Yarmouth Town +Council, called attention to the unsatisfactory condition of the +Corporation records, and stated that many of the documents in +existence in Manship’s time no longer existed, whilst +several others belonging to the town were in the hands of private +individuals in Norwich. A committee was appointed to +examine and schedule the charters and rolls, and to avail +themselves of the services of Mr. Henry Harrod, of Norwich, +“for their better elucidation and classification,” at +an expense not exceeding £20.</p> +<p>18.—The first snowfall of the season occurred on this +date, and was heavier than had been known for several +years. The mails were delayed, and great inconvenience +occasioned. The morning train from London was detained for +fourteen hours at Lakenheath. At Lynn, on the 23rd, the +tide rose to a great height, and the low-lying parts of the town +were under water. A breach occurred in the river bank near +Magdalene, and occasioned the loss of much live stock and farm +property.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Leeds, aged 69, the Rev. Robert Fountaine +Elwin, rector of Wilby-with-Hargham. He was well known in +Norwich for the active part he had taken in the Musical Festivals +from their commencement. A few years before his death he +retired to Leeds, where he resided with his only daughter, Mrs. +Hyde. Mr. Elwin not only possessed fine musical taste, but +was skilled in mechanics, and an excellent connoisseur of the +fine arts. “Whether in the company of the great, +presiding at the Choral Society’s meetings, or lecturing to +mechanics, it was always delightful and instructive to listen to +him.” Mr. Elwin’s paternal grandfather married +a granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell.</p> +<p>24.—In the House of Commons, Capt. Baldero presented a +petition from certain electors at Norwich, who had petitioned the +House against the return of the sitting members, complaining that +their petition had been withdrawn without their consent, and +praying that the order discharging the petition might again be +put on the orders of the House. Mr. T. Duncombe presented a +protest from Col. Dickson, complaining of the withdrawal of the +petition. It was alleged that Mr. Brown, the Parliamentary +agent, had been guilty of a breach of privilege by withdrawing +the petition. A motion for printing the petition was agreed +to. On March 2nd a Select Committee was appointed to +inquire into the matter. The investigation commenced on +March 10th, and concluded on March 17th, on which day Mr. +Duncombe brought up the report of the Committee. They were +of opinion that Mr. Brown had received no instructions to +withdraw the petition, but as they could find no precedent as to +the proper mode of proceeding under the circumstances, they left +it to the House to determine whether it could comply with the +prayer of the petitioner. On March 12th a great Liberal +meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, under the +presidency of the Mayor (Mr. Coaks), at which resolutions were +adopted expressing indignation at the allegations made before the +Select Committee with regard to Messrs. Peto and Warner. A +duel was to have been fought between Col. Dickson and Col. +Forester (a witness before the Committee) on March 19th, but +“at the eleventh hour the matter <a name="page20"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 20</span>was fortunately adjusted by the +friendly interposition of an hon. member who sits on the opposite +side of the House. Mr. Culpepper represented Col. Dickson, +and Mr. Craven Berkeley, M.P., was the friend of Col. +Forester.” It subsequently transpired that the +withdrawal of the petition formed part of an arrangement and +compromise entered into between Mr. Henry Edward Brown and Mr. +James Coppock, solicitor, in pursuance of which eight petitions +were simultaneously withdrawn, as implicating the seats of ten +members of the House, namely, Norwich, 2; Kidderminster, 1; +Gloucester, 1; Middlesex, 1; Youghal, 1; County Down, 2; and West +Norfolk, 2.</p> +<p>24.—At Norwich Quarter Sessions, before the Recorder, +Mr. Prendergast, the appeal case, Colman <i>v.</i> Clarke, was +heard. Mr. Evans and Mr. Palmer were for the appellants, +and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Bulwer for the respondent. It was +proved that in the early part of May, 1852, Messrs. Colman +established at Carrow a business for the manufacture of cake from +refuse rice, and it was alleged that after the process had been +carried on for a short time offensive smells were observed in the +neighbourhood. The firm were summoned before the +magistrates for permitting a nuisance, and were fined. They +now appealed against the conviction, on the ground of +informalities in the original proceedings, and of want of +jurisdiction on the part of the magistrates. The conviction +was quashed.</p> +<p>28.—Hengler’s Circus and Roman Amphitheatre, +Castle Meadow, Norwich, was opened with the production of a grand +equestrian spectacle, entitled, “Kenilworth +Castle.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>9.—Died at his residence, Great Stanhope Street, London, +in his 78th year, General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B., +G.C.H. He entered the Army in 1796, as Cornet in the 6th +Dragoons, and received the rank of General in 1851. He +served at the Helder in 1799, and in 1808 took part in the +campaign of Sir John Moore, and was present at the battle of +Corunna. As Colonel Kerrison, he commanded the 7th Hussars +from 1813 to 1815, through various campaigns. At the battle +of Orthes he received a severe wound, and he was again wounded in +the battle of Waterloo, where his horse was shot under him. +Sir Edward Kerrison received his baronetcy in 1821, when he was +nominated a G.C.H., and in 1840 a K.C.B. In 1830 he was +appointed to the colonelcy of the 14th Light Dragoons. For +forty years he was member of Parliament for Eye. He married +a daughter of Mr. Alexander Ellice, and left a son and three +daughters.</p> +<p>12.—Died at Pulham, Mr. Cornelius Whur, the author of +several volumes of poems. He was known as “the +Suffolk Poet.”</p> +<p>19.—The Rev. William Beauchamp was driving down the hill +into Trowse when his horse ran away and upset the gig. In +his fall he sustained a severe fracture of the skull and died +instantly. Mr. Beauchamp, who was the second son of Sir +William Beauchamp Proctor, Bart., of Langley-park, was 35 years +of age, and had been rector of Chedgrave about ten years. +He left a widow and five young children.</p> +<p><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +21</span>21.—Three hundred members of the Manchester Unity +of Oddfellows dined at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, and presented to +Mr. Samuel Daynes, Past Grand Master of the Unity, a purse of 133 +sovs., in recognition of his exertions in promoting the interests +and extension of the Order during his year of office.</p> +<p>29.—A vessel named the Reindeer, belonging to the port +of Yarmouth, owned by Mrs. King, of Gorleston, and commanded by +Captain Wilson, was on her voyage from Valparaiso to Monte Video +when the crew mutinied, and murdered the captain, steward, and +two Roman Catholic priests (passengers). The mutineers then +launched a boat, filled it with the most valuable portion of the +cargo, and scuttled the ship.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>4.—A fire occurred at Hunstanton Hall. The rooms +were quickly cleared of the paintings and furniture, which were +safely deposited in the school house. There being no +possibility of saving the south and west sides, great efforts +were made to preserve the north and east sides, with which object +the communicating portions of the building were broken down, and +the flames thus prevented from extending. In a few hours +the roof of the west side fell in. “The bed in which +it is generally believed Queen Elizabeth slept was not injured in +the slightest degree.” The damage to the hall was +estimated at £10,000.</p> +<p>7.—Intelligence was received at Norwich of the birth of +a Prince (Prince Leopold), at Buckingham Palace. Flags were +hoisted on the public buildings, and peals rung upon the bells of +St. Peter Mancroft.</p> +<p>19.—The men enrolled to serve in the First or West +Norfolk Regiment of Militia assembled at Norwich for twenty-eight +days’ training. The officers were: Col. the Earl of +Orford, Lieut.-Col. Nelthorpe, Major William E. Lytton Bulwer, +Captains Hamilton F. Custance, Charles Bedingfeld, the Hon. Fred. +Walpole, George A. Marsham, Mordaunt Glasse, H. L. Styleman le +Strange; Lieutenants M. Gooda, Gordon Calthrop, Thomas S. Clarke, +H. D. Walff, C. Girling, Chas. E. Bignold, John Edwin Day, A. W. +Smith, Robert G. Hawtayne; Ensign Thomas Edward Baker; Adjutant +and Acting Paymaster and Acting Quartermaster A. W. Smith; +Surgeon Thomas W. Crosse; Assistant Surgeon T. E. Baker. +The mess was at the Swan Hotel. “The corps consists +of 612 men, and notwithstanding the vulgar sneers, reproaches, +ridicule, and even hooting which they experienced from the rabble +on their first appearance in the streets, in no instance was this +conduct resented. We are glad that the conduct of our +Liberals, by publicly parading disgusting flags, and the Peace +Society in circulating exciting and seditious handbills, with the +view to holding up this force to contempt and ridicule, has +signally failed.” The East Norfolk Militia assembled +at Yarmouth on the same date. “Their appearance was +much more respectable than might have been expected, and many of +those who were prepared to ridicule them acknowledged that they +were a much better class than they expected.” The +officers were: Col. the Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse; Lieut.-Col. +William Mason; Major Sir E. K. Lacon; Captains John Longe, the +Hon. Bertram Wodehouse, John Marcon, Henry Cormick, George +Grenville Glover, John Gay; Lieutenants William Robert Freeman, +Richard Hall, Henry Thomas <a name="page22"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 22</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>27.—A fine schooner, named the Ocean Child, was launched +from the ship-yard of Mr. Southgate, at Wells-next-the-Sea.</p> +<p>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.”</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>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.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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.”</p> +<p>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 <a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +23</span>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.</p> +<p>25.—Died, at Doughty’s Hospital, Norwich, in her +81st year, Miss Tubby, “well-known as box-keeper at our +Theatre for many years, and highly respected.” She +possessed a remarkable fund of information upon local theatrical +matters, and for nearly half a century “Miss Tubby’s +night” was one of the principal events in the Norwich +season.</p> +<p>28.—The new cult of “table-turning” or +spiritualism was introduced in Norwich for the first time at a +<i>séance</i> given at St. Andrew’s Hall by a Mr. +King.</p> +<p>—The first piles of the Wellington Pier at Yarmouth were +driven by the Mayor (Mr. S. C. Marsh), Mr. D. Waddington, +chairman of the United Norfolk and Eastern Counties’ +Railway Companies and of the Pier directors, and by the +Mayoress. A dinner was held at the Victoria Hotel in +celebration of the event. The Pier was opened by the Mayor +on October 31st.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions it was reported that +the Secretary of State for the Home Department had ordered the +formation of a corps of Artillery Militia for the county.</p> +<p>9.—A thunderstorm of great severity occurred at +Norwich. The main sewer in London Street burst from the +enormous pressure upon it, and its contents inundated the +adjacent business premises. Every house at the bottom of +Exchange Street was flooded, and fire-engines were afterwards +employed to pump the water from the cellars. The weather +continued to be very stormy during the succeeding week. The +newly-completed tower and spire of Mundham church were wrecked +and became a heap of ruins.</p> +<p>23.—Three troops of the 6th Dragoon Guards +(Carabineers), under the command of Capt. Sawyer, marched into +Norwich from Chobham Camp. The headquarters were stationed +at Ipswich.</p> +<p>25.—Miss Fanny Vining appeared at Norwich Theatre as +Margaret Elmore in “Love’s Sacrifice.”</p> +<p>30.—The <span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> +announced the repeal of the advertisement duty and of the duty +upon newspaper supplements.</p> +<p>31.*—Died at Shoreditch Workhouse, London, Benjamin +Reeder, of Helhoughton, who was in many respects a very +remarkable character. He had served sixteen years as a +private in the 2nd Dragoon Guards. “Altho’ of +an obtuse and somewhat forbidding appearance, he possessed an +uncommon faculty for mathematical attainments. He had +Euclid at his finger ends, while his knowledge of algebra and +logarithms enabled him to solve in a few minutes the most +difficult questions. He once had the management of a +school, but his irregularities reduced him to the level of a +common labourer, and eventually he ended his days in the union +house.”</p> +<h4><a name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +24</span>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.*—“The degree of Doctor of Music has been +recently conferred on Mr. Buck, organist of Norwich Cathedral, by +the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the exercise of the privilege +possessed by his Grace as Primate of bestowing that and other +degrees in divinity and arts upon persons of merit in any of +those faculties.”</p> +<p>4.—An interesting ceremony took place in the tower of +the dilapidated church of Eccles-next-the-Sea. The Rev. +Edward Evans, of St. Stephen’s, Norwich, who had recently +been presented to the vicarage, read himself in, and preached to +a congregation of about 200 persons. “Owing to the +want of the church, which has been destroyed upwards of 200 years +by the encroachments of the ocean, this is a sinecure benefice, +and the inhabitants use the neighbouring church of +Hempstead. The tower of the church in which the ceremony +took place is embedded in sand to the height of the former walls +of the church.”</p> +<p>8.—George Borrow performed an intrepid act on Yarmouth +beach. “The sea raged frantically, and a ship’s +boat, endeavouring to land for water, was upset, and the men were +engulfed in a wave some 30 feet high, and struggling with it in +vain. The moment was an awful one, when George Borrow, the +well-known author of ‘Lavengro’ and ‘The Bible +in Spain,’ dashed into the surf and saved one life, and +through his instrumentality the others were saved. We +ourselves have known this brave and gifted man for years, and +daring as was his deed, we have known him more than once risk his +life for others.”</p> +<p>17*.—“If the rivalry of the different railway +companies in this district has been agreeable to the public it +has been attended with fearful loss to the shareholders. +Excursionists are not expected to object to being carried from +Norwich to London for half a crown, but we should suppose that +the proprietors in the Eastern Union will have a decided +objection to the great increase of their working expenses to 60 +per cent. by the process. The ruinous competition now going +on can only be terminated by a union of interests, and it +appears, from the reports of the Eastern Counties’ and +Eastern Union Companies, that an amalgamation is +proposed.”</p> +<p>—The kitchen floor of a house, occupied by Mr. Bunting, +on St. Giles’ Hill (near St. Giles’ Gates?), Norwich, +suddenly gave way, and Mrs. and Miss Bunting, who were in the +apartment, were precipitated with the chairs, table, and other +furniture, into a funnel-shaped hole 27 feet in depth. When +rescued they were insensible but uninjured. “Caves +were some time since cut through the hill in different directions +and of considerable length, and the whole of the hill has been at +various periods excavated for chalk. Some of the caves were +used for wine vaults, and it appears that one of these caves +passed under the back of Mr. Bunting’s house. A +water-pipe had been leaking for a long time, and it is supposed +that the water descending through the soil caused the roof of the +cave to give way, and the whole of the earth above to fall with +it.”</p> +<p>24.—A young man named E. Elson completed the task of +walking from Lynn to Dereham and back, a distance of 60 miles, +for six successive days.</p> +<p>26.—A violent hurricane of wind and rain did great +damage in the county. “The injury to orchards and +gardens has been immense, <a name="page25"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 25</span>and the apple crop, which was an +abundant one, has been reduced probably one-half.” On +the coast there were many shipping casualties, attended by loss +of life.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>10.—The hand-loom weavers in Norwich struck for a rise +of wages. A memorial was presented to the manufacturers, +asking for an advance of twopence per dozen on all finished +fabrics.</p> +<p>16.—Died at Liverpool, aged 70, Admiral Bell, C.B., son +of Mr. J. Barker Bell, of Gorleston, Yarmouth. He entered +the Navy in 1796, and distinguished himself in many actions +against the enemy. He attained to flag rank in October, +1846.</p> +<p>26.—A public demonstration took place at Lynn in honour +of Lieut. S. Gurney Cresswell, the bearer of the despatches from +Commander M’Clure, relating to the expedition in search of +Sir John Franklin. Lieut. Cresswell was presented with a +congratulatory address at a meeting held at the Guildhall, and +afterwards entertained at dinner at the Assembly Rooms. He +was third son of Mr. Francis Cresswell, a partner in the banking +firm of Gurney, Cresswell, and Co., King’s Lynn, and a +native of the borough, where he was born in 1827. Not only +was he the bearer of the despatches announcing the discovery of +the North-West passage, but he had taken an active and important +part in the expedition.</p> +<p>29.—Died at his residence, Monmouth Road, Bayswater, Dr. +Bexfield. He was born in Norwich on April 27th, 1824, and +at seven years of age became a chorister at the Cathedral. +At the age of eleven he composed an anthem in eight parts, which +fully satisfied Mr. Buck that he possessed extraordinary +talent. On the expiration of his articles in his 21st year, +he was elected organist of Boston parish church, and in the same +year graduated Mus. Bac. at Cambridge. He afterwards +published his Concert Fugues for the organ, which were played +during the Great Exhibition. In 1847 he composed his +“Six Songs,” and earned for himself the popular +distinction of “the Poet-Musician.” He was +appointed, out of thirty-five candidates, organist at St. +Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London. At about this time he +published a collection of pieces under the title of “Musica +di Camera,” and at the age of twenty-four took the degree +of Mus. Doc. Dr. Bexfield was the author of a volume of +“Church Anthems,” which formed part of the repertoire +of most English cathedrals. In 1850 he married a daughter +of Mr. J. B. Millington, solicitor of Boston. The work on +which his reputation mainly depended was his oratorio +“Israel Restored,” which on two occasions he +conducted at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, viz., at its first +production at the Choral Society’s concert in October, +1851, and at the Musical Festival in 1852. A benefit +concert was given at St. Andrew’s Hall on December 16th for +his widow and family. The sum of £500, including a +donation of 20 guineas from the Queen, was realised.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Died at St. Leonard’s-on-Sea, the Right Hon. +Lord Charles Vere Ferrars Townshend, of Rainham Hall and Tamworth +Castle. <a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +26</span>He was born in 1783, and in 1812 married his cousin, the +eldest daughter of General William Loftus. The funeral took +place at Rainham on November 24th. He was succeeded in his +estates by his nephew, Capt. John Townshend, R.N., member for +Tamworth, who also became heir to the marquisate.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. J. R. Gough, of America, delivered a temperance +oration at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. He also +addressed meetings on the 10th and 11th.</p> +<p>—Mr. Samuel Bignold was elected Mayor, and Mr. Henry +Birkbeck appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>11.—A new church was opened at Wootton. It was +built on the site of the old church at the sole expense of the +Hon. Mrs. Howard. It cost nearly £6000.</p> +<p>13.—The announcement was published that Mr. David +Fisher, the actor, who was so well known and highly respected in +Norwich and Norfolk, had made a successful <i>début</i> at +the Princess’s Theatre, London.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—In the Vice-Chancellor’s Court application was +made in the suit Jermy <i>v.</i> Jermy for the administration of +the estate of the late Mr. Jermy, of Stanfield Hall. The +only question that arose was about certain timber growing on the +estate and fines of copyholds. But a difficulty of a novel +character had occurred. Since the murder the mansion had +been untenanted. Although many persons were willing to take +it they could not procure servants who would live in the house, +so great was the superstitious feeling which existed. It +was stated that the parties were willing to allow the house to be +occupied for two years for nothing, in order to overcome the +prejudice. The Vice-Chancellor said that Mrs. Jermy Jermy +was entitled to a third of the timber and fines, and he expressed +surprise that such prejudices existed against the house.</p> +<p>3.—Died, at her residence on the Castle Meadow, Norwich, +in her 85th year, Amelia Opie, widow of John Opie, R.A., and only +daughter of Dr. James Alderson. After her marriage with +Opie in 1798 her numerous literary productions gained her +considerable reputation, and as a novelist she moved in the +highest literary circles. Her works included “Father +and Daughter,” “Simple Tales,” 4 vols. (1806); +“New Tales,” 4 vols. (1818); “Temper, or +Domestic Scenes,” 3 vols.; “Tales of the +Heart,” 4 vols.; “Detraction Displayed” (moral +treatise); “Illustrations of Lying,” “Lays of +the Dead,” and other poems. Mrs. Opie was a member of +the Society of Friends, and her remains were interred in the +Quakers’ Burial Ground, Gildencroft, on December 9th.</p> +<p>17.—The provision of a time-ball connected by electric +telegraph with Greenwich Observatory, and exhibited in a +prominent position in Norwich Market Place, was, in consequence +of the irregularities of the public clocks, advocated in the +<span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> on this date.</p> +<p>20.—A meeting of the landowners, farmers, and tradesmen +of Harleston and the district was held at the Corn Hall in that +town, to consider the desirability of promoting the construction +of a railway <a name="page27"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +27</span>from Tivetshall station on the Eastern Union line. +In 1851 an Act of Incorporation was obtained for making a railway +from Tivetshall to Bungay, but from various causes, chiefly from +the depression in the railway world, no further steps were at +that time taken.</p> +<p>22.—Died, at the house of his son-in-law at Cambridge, +aged 69, Mr. Seth William Stevenson, F.S.A., one of the +proprietors of the <span class="smcap">Norfolk +Chronicle</span>. He was elected Sheriff of Norwich in +1828, he became alderman in the same year, and in 1832 served the +office of Mayor. Literary pursuits, especially of an +antiquarian character, engrossed his leisure. In early life +Mr. Stevenson made several Continental tours. The year +after the battle of Waterloo, he, in company with Capt. Money, +visited the scene of the struggle, and afterwards published +“A Journal of a Tour through part of France, Flanders and +Holland, including a Visit to Paris and a Walk over the Field of +Waterloo in the Summer of 1816.” The work was +dedicated to the Norwich United Friars Society, of which literary +body he was almost the last surviving member. In 1828 +appeared the account of a second tour in Italy, Switzerland, +Germany, and the Netherlands. The book to which he devoted +no inconsiderable portion of the last ten years of his life was +the complete “Dictionary of Roman Coins.”</p> +<p>24*.—“We have received from Mr. Garthon, one of +the district surgeons of Norwich, a return in a tabular form +showing the extraordinary number of 96 cases of small-pox in +Heigham and St. Benedict’s, during the last three +months. These arose from the strong prejudice still +existing amongst ignorant and poor people against the only +preventive—vaccination.”</p> +<p>—The funeral of the Marchioness of Wellesley took place +at Costessey Hall, whither the remains had been removed from +Hampton Court. “In accordance with the good old +charitable practice a dole of bread was given to the poor of +Costessey on the occasion of the funeral.”</p> +<p>26.—Mr. Joseph Clarence produced at Norwich Theatre his +grand Christmas pantomime, entitled, “Harlequin Prince +Bluecap and the King of the Silver Waters, or the Three Kingdoms, +Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral.”</p> +<h3>1854.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at his residence, Thickthorn, near Norwich, in +his 71st year, Mr. Richard Hanbury Gurney. He was the son +of Mr. Richard Gurney, of Keswick, and in early life was a member +of the Society of Friends. In 1818 Mr. Gurney was elected +member for Norwich in conjunction with Mr. W. Smith; he was +re-elected in 1820, in 1830, and in 1831. At the General +Election in 1832 he and the other Liberal candidate, Mr. Ker, +were, after a very severe contest, defeated <a +name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 28</span>by Lord +Viscount Stormont and Sir James Scarlett. Mr. Gurney was a +patron of the Turf and a genuine lover of old English sports, but +he was never known to bet. His remains were interred, on +January 9th, at the Rosary Burial-ground, Norwich.</p> +<p>3.—A heavy snowstorm, accompanied by a severe gale from +the north, passed over the Eastern district. The snow was +deeper than had been known for many years previously; all the +roads were blocked, and railway communication between Yarmouth +and London was stopped. The telegraph poles were blown +down, and the wires broken. A train which left Fakenham at +6 a.m. did not reach Norwich till 5.15 p.m. At the Norfolk +Quarter Sessions, at Norwich, on the 4th, it was found impossible +to form a grand jury, in consequence of the non-attendance of +those who had been summoned. All travelling by road was +suspended for some days; the port of Lynn was frozen up, and +several ships were driven ashore at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>5.—A serious collision occurred on the line near +Thetford. A train conveying sixty navvies, who were +employed to clear away the snowdrifts, ran into the down train +from London. “The engines rose up into the air, and +two men on them were instantly killed; two others in the train +from Norwich were also killed by the tender being driven through +the carriage in which they were seated.” The Rev. +Joseph Bell, of Barningham, a passenger in the London train, died +on the 8th from the injuries he received, and Mr. Thomas Ellison, +of Dove Street, Norwich, another passenger, succumbed on the +14th. The Coroner’s jury, after repeated +adjournments, returned, on February 6th, a verdict of +manslaughter against Mr. Peter Ashcroft, superintendent of the +permanent way, and Mr. John Latham, locomotive superintendent, +who, it was alleged, had acted contrary to the orders of Mr. +King, station-master at Harling Road. At the Norfolk +Assizes, on March 24th, before Lord Chief Baron Pollock, the +jury, without hearing the defence, acquitted the defendants.</p> +<p>15.—Died at Heigham Hall (private lunatic asylum), +Norwich, aged 84, Mr. Cockle, “the original proprietor of +the antibilious pill which goes by his name, and who some years +ago sold the recipe for several thousand pounds.”</p> +<p>21.*—“An invention calculated to prove of great +national benefit has been recently patented by Mr. Samuel +Rainbird, carpenter, of Norwich. It is described in the +specifications as an apparatus for grappling and raising sunken +vessels and other submerged bodies.”</p> +<p>—A meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants of the county +decided, by 25 votes to three, that Yarmouth was the most +suitable place in the district at which to centre the three +regiments of Norfolk Militia. At another meeting, held on +February 25th, the former resolution was rescinded, and it was +agreed “that the present Committee be empowered to receive +estimates and tenders for building barracks for one regiment of +Militia at Norwich, and for one regiment of Militia and one +regiment of artillery at Yarmouth, on such plans as they may +think best suited for the purpose.”</p> +<p>27.—Died near Holston River, in Knox County, East +Tennessee, North America, Mr. William Forster, of Earlham Road, +Norwich, in his 70th year. He was a member of the Society +of Friends, and a brother-in-law of Mr. Fowell Buxton. He +went out in the autumn of 1853 to <a name="page29"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 29</span>carry petitions to the slave States +of the Union, on behalf of the oppressed Africans.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>8.—At a meeting convened by the Mayor (Mr. Bignold), and +held at the Guildhall, Norwich, petitions to both Houses of +Parliament were adopted in favour of an Act “for the legal +prohibition of the sale of intoxicating drink during the whole of +Sunday (except to <i>bona fide</i> travellers).” A +committee was appointed to make arrangements for forming a Sunday +Closing Association.</p> +<p>10.—A troop of the Carabineers marched from Norwich +Barracks, to join the headquarters at Ipswich. The +remaining troop left on May 1st.</p> +<p>—In the Rolls Court, before the Master of the Rolls, was +heard the case, the Attorney-General <i>v.</i> Hudson, in +<i>re</i> the Grammar School and Hospital at Norwich. This +was an information filed by the Attorney-General, at the relation +of certain inhabitants of the city, against the trustees +appointed under the Corporation Act, of two charities called the +Free Grammar School and the Great Hospital. The object of +the information was to show that the Grammar School had not +received a fair amount of the funds of the charity, and that +undue preference had been given to the Hospital in their +distribution. A decree was made, directing a scheme to be +settled in Chambers. On December 18th it was stated in the +Rolls Court that when the case was in Chambers a deed of +covenant, contemporaneous with the letters patent of King Edward +VI., and to which the Corporation were parties, had been found, +by which the whole surplus, after the stipulated payments, was to +be applied to the sustentation of the poor. The question +then before the Court was how far this varied the case. It +was contended that the Hospital and the poor were entitled to the +entire surplus. The Master of the Rolls was of opinion that +the deed did not control the letters patent, that no predominance +or priority was given to one part of the charity over the other, +and that the surplus rents should be equally divided, and in such +a way as would be most consistent with the intentions of the +founder. The case was taken before the Chief Clerk to the +Master of the Rolls on February 6th, 1855. “The +result is that upwards of £1,000 per annum in addition to +the property comprised in the charter will be secured for the +general benefit of the charity, including, of course, the +School. The matter now stands over, in order that a scheme +may be prepared for the general administration of the charity +under the sanction of the Attorney-General.” On April +7th, 1855, it was announced that the following proposal had been +made on the part of the “promoters of the new Grammar +School” as to the future division of the funds +“hitherto belonging to the Great Hospital”: +“That the present salary of the chaplain of the said +Hospital be increased £100 per annum, he having at present +£200 per annum besides his residence; that one moiety of +the net income of the charity be annually applied for the benefit +of the School and the objects thereof, and that the other moiety +be applied for the benefit of the poor in the Hospital; and that +no further election of inmates shall be allowed to take place +until the number shall by death or other causes be reduced to +100, <a name="page30"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 30</span>and +that until the numbers shall be so reduced, the expenses +occasioned thereby shall be provided for out of the savings of +the trust and now invested in the sum of £11,500 Consols, +or out of any other monies in the hands of the +defendants.” Another meeting was held in Chambers on +May 9th, 1855, when the trustees strongly opposed the heads of +the scheme; thereupon it was proposed that the Chief Clerk should +proceed to Norwich and hold an inquiry. The trustees +claimed the right to appeal against his decision, if necessary, +and the Chief Clerk then declined to accede to the +proposal. The trustees were invited to carry in the counter +claim, but refused to do so. (<i>See</i> June 16th, +1857.)</p> +<p>13.—Henry Russell gave his entertainments, “The +Far West,” and “Negro Life,” in the presence of +between 2,000 and 3,000 persons, at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich.</p> +<p>16.—A meeting of the citizens was held at the Guildhall, +Norwich, presided over by the Mayor (Mr. S. Bignold), at which it +was agreed “that the wives and children of the Army of +England called at this time on the service of their country to +the seat of war, claim the sympathy of the British public, and +that a subscription be forthwith commenced to relieve all such +women and children as may be left in destitution and +want.” Similar funds were raised in other parts of +the county.</p> +<p>23.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Chief Baron +Parke, William Thompson, aged 21, was charged with the murder of +Lorenzi Beha, at Tittleshall, on November 18th, 1853. Mr. +Evans prosecuted, and Mr. Carlos Cooper defended. The +prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to death. The +execution took place on the Castle Hill, Norwich, on April +8th. “The criminal’s struggles continued five +minutes.” The lowest and most degraded classes in the +city and county assembled on the Hill, “and more scenes of +drunkenness and immorality were exhibited than had been seen for +a long time previously in Norwich.”</p> +<p>25.*—“At the Walsingham Quarter Sessions, the +Grand Jury, in making their presentment, called the attention of +the Court to the prevailing nuisance occasioned by carts drawn by +dogs, and to the facilities thus afforded for the commission of +felonies. They recommended that some decisive steps be +taken to procure an extension of the Act providing against this +evil in and around London.” The provisions of the Act +in force in the Metropolitan district were extended to the United +Kingdom, and came into force on January 1st, 1855.</p> +<p>31.—Died at Haddiscoe, Edward Constance, aged 68, +“well known for his sporting tastes, and for a considerable +period a pedestrian follower of the hounds of the late Lord +Berners, distinguished for his industrious habits and his ardent +love of the chase.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.*—“An order has been received from the Home +Secretary, calling upon the churchwardens of every parish in +Norwich to discontinue forthwith the burials in the inside of +their respective churches, and to discontinue those in the +churchyards from and after February 1st, 1855. Burial +Boards are about to be formed for the purpose of providing a +suitable ground for interment in the vicinity.”</p> +<p><a name="page31"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +31</span>8.—Mr. G. V. Brooke concluded a week’s +engagement at Lynn Theatre. He appeared in the parts of +Othello, Master Walter (“The Hunchback”), Sir Giles +Overreach, Claude Melnot, and Hamlet.</p> +<p>11.—A public meeting, held at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, with the view of promoting the abolition of capital +punishment, resolved to petition the House of Commons in favour +of such abolition.</p> +<p>19.—An address to the Queen was adopted at a special +meeting of the Norwich Town Council, assuring her Majesty +“that she had their unqualified support in the prosecution +of the war.”</p> +<p>22.—That remarkable character, Philip Coots, better +known as “Philip the Pieman,” and the +“Drum-boy,” died at Norwich, aged 49.</p> +<p>—Died at Yarmouth, Eleanor Warrant, aged 102.</p> +<p>25.—The West Norfolk Militia, 1,000 strong, assembled at +Norwich for a month’s training. The East Norfolk +Militia and the Norfolk Artillery Militia commenced their +training at Yarmouth on the same date. The East Norfolk +Regiment was, on May 16th, presented with colours by the Lord +Lieutenant.</p> +<p>26.—This date was observed as a day of +humiliation. In Norwich shops were closed, all business +suspended, and the Mayor and Corporation attended service at the +Cathedral, where “the Almighty’s blessing was +implored upon the war.” The day was similarly +observed at Lynn and Yarmouth.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London, +Lieut.-Col. Nelthorpe, of the West Norfolk Militia, in his 83rd +year. He was succeeded in the lieutenant-colonelcy by Major +Custance.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>3.—At her Majesty’s Levée, Mr. Samuel +Bignold, Mayor of Norwich, was presented and received the honour +of knighthood. On the 17th the portrait of Sir Samuel was +placed in St. Andrew’s Hall. It was painted by J. P. +Knight, R.A., in 1850, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1851, +and afterwards engraved by Jackson.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Bethel Street, Norwich, aged 70, Robert +Forster, formerly bandmaster of the 33rd (Duke of +Wellington’s Own) Regiment. “At Waterloo he +received a ball in his knee, which had never been +extracted. He was a native of Norwich, and the only +survivor of the band of the regiment, the whole having fallen by +his side at Waterloo.”</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>30.—The Eastern Counties (Amalgamation of Railways) Bill +was read a third time in the House of Commons and passed. +One of the clauses was to the following effect: “That it +shall not be lawful for the company to close or discontinue the +Victoria Station at Norwich, now belonging to the Eastern Union +Railway Company.”</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>3.—Foot-racing was revived on the Old Cricket Ground at +Norwich, <a name="page32"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +32</span>by Mr. Thomas Sapey, a local sportsman. A one mile +handicap, open to all England, brought twenty-four competitors, +among whom were Thomas Horspool, of Sheffield (holder of the one +mile champion belt); C. Welton, of Gateshead; William Newman, of +London; Robert Bunn, John Brighton (“The Milk Boy”), +Richard Fromow, Jim Mace (pugilist), William (“Cock”) +Blyth, &c. The meeting was continued on the 4th.</p> +<p>7.—The first meeting of the Norwich Photographic Society +(established on June 23rd) was held at Mr. W. Freeman’s, +London Street. The objects of the society were the reading +of original papers, the discussion of different photographic +processes, the collection of pictures, and the formation of a +photographic library.</p> +<p>20.—A dinner was held at the Town Hall, Yarmouth, to +celebrate the inauguration of Lord Sondes as High Steward of that +borough.</p> +<p>22.—Norwich Theatre was opened for the Assize week, +under the management of Messrs. C. Gill and William Sidney, +lessees of the Theatres Royal, Leicester, Portsmouth, Leamington, +and Jersey. They also had the management of Yarmouth +Theatre. The winter season commenced on November +11th. The new managers endeavoured to restore at Norwich +the old style and prices of the entertainments. “On +each Friday night the prices will be as they were a few years +since, and on these occasions the pieces selected will consist of +standard plays and comedies, concluding with a really funny +farce.” The company was a good one, and “the +starring system, which sacrifices every supposed subordinate +character to two or three leading ones,” was +“studiously ignored.” Mr. Gill (who was +afterwards for several years manager of Lynn Theatre) withdrew +from the partnership in 1855, and on December 10th in that year +the winter season commenced under the sole management of Mr. +Sidney.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>12.—Died at the residence of Lord Palmerston, in Carlton +Gardens, London, Viscount Jocelyn, M.P. His lordship +contracted Asiatic cholera while performing military duty at the +Tower of London as Colonel of the Essex Rifles. The eldest +son of the Earl of Roden, he was born on February 20th, 1816, and +served on the staff of Lord Saltoun in the China Expedition in +1842. He was the author of a work entitled, “Six +Months in China.” In February, 1842, on the +appointment of Sir Stratford Canning as Ambassador at +Constantinople, a new writ was issued for King’s Lynn, when +Lord Jocelyn was returned for that borough as a +Liberal-Conservative, and continued to represent it until his +death. During the last two years of Sir Robert Peel’s +Administration he held office as Secretary to the India +Board.</p> +<p>15.—A whale of the “beak” species, measuring +29 feet in length and 21 feet in girth, and weighing nearly nine +tons, was captured on Snetttisham beach. “When +boiled, although the operation was unskilful, it produced 120 +gallons of oil.”</p> +<p>16.—Lynn Athenæum, erected at the cost of +£4,150, was inaugurated by addresses delivered by the +President (Mr. H. Edwards) and Lord Stanley. The architects +were Messrs. Cruso and Maberly and the contractors Messrs. J. and +W. Purdy.</p> +<p><a name="page33"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +33</span>20.—A portion of a building at Lynn, originally a +chapel-of-ease to St. Margaret’s church, and utilised as a +workhouse, fell, killing a clockmaker named Andrews, and John +Cana, a pauper. Fissures had been observed in the walls of +the building, and measures had been taken to remove the inmates +to another part of the premises, otherwise the loss of life would +have been appalling. The first stone of the new Workhouse +was laid on July 16th, 1855, by the Rev. J. Bransley, chairman of +the Board of Guardians.</p> +<p>24.—A shocking accident occurred on the River Yare, near +the Alder Car at Trowse Hythe, Thorpe. Mrs. Palmer (wife of +Mr. T. H. Palmer, chief clerk at the Norwich County Court), her +son, about six years old; Matilda Hubbard, a nursemaid; and +William Plow, a lad, were drowned by the overturning of a +pleasure-boat which had gone foul of a wherry.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>8.—The first harvest thanksgiving festival held in the +county took place at Brooke. It was the result of an +attempt made by the vicar, the Rev. Dr. Beal, “to put a +stop to the disgraceful scenes which too often characterise the +close of harvest, and to the system of <i>largess</i>, which +gives rise to cases of the grossest description.” +After service at the church, men, women, and children had dinner +on the vicarage lawn. “The Times” observed: +“The attempt to put an end to the system of public-house +harvest feasts, in which neither wives nor children can join, +appears in this instance to have been eminently +successful.” Many other villages in Norfolk, after +the harvest of 1855, followed the example set by Brooke.</p> +<p>10.—The great west window at Norwich Cathedral, designed +as a memorial to Bishop Stanley, was submitted to public +inspection. It cost £1,500, and was designed and +executed by Mr. George Hedgeland, of London.</p> +<p>11.—At the Norwich Police Court, the Rev. Henry Herring, +formerly curate of North Pickenham, was charged with begging, +under peculiar circumstances, on the previous day (Sunday), in +the Cathedral Close. The prisoner, “with his gown on +his back,” stationed himself in front of the great west +door and exhibited a placard bearing the following inscription: +“The law ordained that they which preach the Gospel should +live by the Gospel. The Church of England withholds from me +the justice of that tribunal which the civil law grants to the +common murderer. Such is the spirit of that Church which +professedly invites even a prodigal to repentance; I have spent +£1,800 in her service, and have been driven to pass three +nights in the streets of Norwich, and six nights in a lock-up (a +hole where there is only straw to lie upon on a stone floor), +solely for the want of better and proper accommodation. The +Mayor and magistrates have encouraged me to apply to everyone +that has a heart to feel for the miseries of a +fellow-creature. I earnestly solicit the sympathy and +charity of an enlightened public to enable me to live day by day +and to defend myself by law from the tyranny and persecution of +the Bishop of Norwich.—Henry Herring, late curate of North +Pickenham, Norfolk. Norwich Streets, September +9th.” Superintendent English stated that he had <a +name="page34"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 34</span>offered to +send the defendant to a situation in Yorkshire, or to Australia, +where his brothers resided; but he had declined to avail himself +of either. Mr. Herring promised not to repeat his +behaviour, and was discharged.</p> +<p>12.—The opening concert of the Norfolk and Norwich +Triennial Musical Festival took place at St. Andrew’s +Hall. The programme included Rossini’s “Stabat +Mater,” a selection of sacred music, and (for the first +time) “The Ninety-First Psalm.” In the evening +there was a miscellaneous concert, including parts 1 and 2 of +“Acis and Galatea.” On Wednesday morning (13th) +Beethoven’s “Service in C” and “The +Creation” were performed; at the miscellaneous concert in +the evening selections from the works of Weber and Spohr were +rendered. At Thursday morning’s concert (14th) +“Elijah” was given, and at the evening concert +miscellaneous items and selections from the works of +Mozart. “The Messiah” was performed on Friday +morning (15th), and in the evening a grand dress ball was given +at the Assembly Rooms, with music by Weippert’s Royal +Quadrille Band. The Festival <i>artistes</i> were Madame +Angiolina Bosio, Madame Clara Novello, Madame Anaido Castellan, +Madame Weiss, Miss Dolby, Signor Gardoni, Herr Reichardt, Mr. +Sims Reeves, Signor Bolletti, Mr. Weiss, and Signor +Lablache. The instrumental solo performers were Mons. +Sainton, violinist to her Majesty, and Mr. H. Blagrove, violins; +Herr Hausmann, violoncello. Mr. Benedict was +conductor. The gross receipts amounted to £4,244 5s. +2d., and the gross expenses and liabilities to £4,347 14s. +7d.; deficit, £103 9s. 5d.</p> +<p>13.—The foundation-stone of the Norwich Free Library was +laid by the Mayor (Sir Samuel Bignold). Addresses were +delivered by the Duke of Wellington, the Rev. Edward Sidney, Sir +Morton Peto, M.P., Sir John Boileau, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. W. J. +Utten Browne, and Mr. J. H. Tillett. (<i>See</i> March +16th, 1857.)</p> +<p>16.—Mr. J. H. Gurney was elected unopposed to fill the +vacancy in the representation of King’s Lynn, created by +the death of Lord Jocelyn.</p> +<p>23.*—“An attempt has been made at the Boar’s +Head Inn, Surrey Street, Norwich, to originate a place of +entertainment of a similar kind to Evans’ or +Johnson’s, in the Metropolis. A room capable of +seating upwards of 200 visitors has been very tastefully fitted +up by the proprietor, the walls being adorned by a series of +Norwich views exceedingly well painted by our scenic artist for +many years, Mr. Thorne, and every evening there is a vocal and +instrumental concert by parties of London professionals, who are +almost weekly changed, so as to secure as large an amount of +novelty as possible. Another new feature in this city is +the introduction of the imperial measure for wine at the old rate +of 2s. 6d. per pint.” This place, known as “The +Shades,” was managed by Mr. Fred Phillips, and was the +first music hall or variety entertainment in the city. The +venture was not of a successful character.</p> +<p>25.—A meeting of the Norwich licensed victuallers was +held at the Boar’s Head Inn, to protest against the Bill +for “Regulating the Sale of Beer and other Liquors on the +Lord’s Day,” which sought to prohibit the opening of +public-houses between the hours of 2. 30 and six o’clock, +and after ten o’clock on Sunday. The meeting decided +to petition Parliament in opposition to the measure. At +this meeting <a name="page35"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +35</span>was formed a society called the Norwich Licensed +Victuallers’ Association, of which Mr. Fred Phillips was +elected president, Mr. Plane vice-president, Mr. Cushing +treasurer, and Mr. S. Daynes secretary.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Intelligence was received at Norwich of the victory +of the allied armies at the Alma on September 20th. The +bells of St. Peter Mancroft were rung after service in the +afternoon. A fictitious message reached Norwich on the same +day (Sunday), announcing the fall of Sebastopol, and the +tricolour was hoisted on St. Peter’s steeple. Regret +was afterwards expressed that facilities existed “for +circulating such hasty and erroneous despatches.”</p> +<p>7.—Died, at Brandon Parva, aged 100, Mary Goward, +widow.</p> +<p>17.—A remarkable discussion arose at Norwich Quarter +Sessions as to certain irregularities which were said to have +occurred at Heigham Hall private lunatic asylum. The +minutes of the proceedings of the visiting justices at an inquiry +held by them on June 22nd were read. Dr. Hull alleged that +the Rev. ---, then acting as chaplain at the Asylum, had been +wrongly admitted as a patient. In his evidence he stated +that in June, 1852, Mr. Nichols informed him that a country +clergyman, a member of a high county family, had committed a +rape, that his family wished to make him out to be mad, and that, +in order to save him from a criminal prosecution, they desired to +get him into a mad-house. Mr. Nichols requested Dr. Hull to +grant a second medical certificate. Dr. Hull refused to +comply. Mr. Nichols emphatically denied that he had used +the expressions attributed to him by Dr. Hull. The justices +came to the conclusion: “(1) That the Rev. Mr. ---, by +being placed in the asylum under the circumstances disclosed in +the inquiry, was rescued from the grip of the law on a criminal +charge; (2) that the order and medical certificates upon which he +was admitted into the asylum were regular and in the form +prescribed by the Act of Parliament; (3) that in the opinion of +the visitors the Rev. Mr. --- is not a proper person to have been +appointed or to continue to officiate as chaplain to the +asylum.” A letter from the office of the +Commissioners in Lunacy was read, in which they stated they were +satisfied that when the Rev. Mr. --- was admitted he was a proper +person to be placed under medical care in the asylum. It +was also asserted that the Commissioners had recognised him as +the chaplain of the asylum. Mr. Palmer, who had moved that +the licence to Heigham Hall be refused, ultimately withdrew his +motion, and the incident terminated. At a meeting of the +city magistrates in December, a memorial was addressed to the +Secretary of State, asking that a “searching investigation +be made, with power to call before the Commissioners all parties +who may be able to give evidence upon the various points embraced +in the case.” (No further action was taken.)</p> +<p>18.—The new bridge at Yarmouth was opened by the +chairman and members of the Haven and Pier Commission. The +contract price for the work of construction was £24,500, +but the total cost, including the sums paid for property in the +vicinity of the bridge, was estimated at £60,000.</p> +<p><a name="page36"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +36</span>19.—In an “extraordinary edition” of +the <span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span>, published on +this date, was given a “nominal return of the casualties +among officers in the action on the River Alma.” +“1st Division—Scots Fusilier Guards: Captain W. G. +Bulwer, wounded severely.”</p> +<p>25.—The first detachment of the V Battery Royal +Artillery arrived at Norwich; and the second detachment marched +in on the 26th. “The last time artillery were +stationed in this city was in 1813, and they were then commanded +by General Cockburn, father of Major Cockburn, of +Bracondale.”</p> +<p>—At a public meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, a +committee was appointed to carry out the objects of the Patriotic +Fund, in accordance with the terms of the Royal Commission.</p> +<p>—Killed at Balaclava, Lieut. Henry Astley Sparke, 4th +Light Dragoons, eldest son of the Rev. J. H. Sparke, of Gunthorpe +Hall, and nephew of Lord Hastings.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—The Wellington statue, erected in Norwich Market +Place, was unveiled by the Mayor (Sir Samuel Bignold) in the +presence of 20,000 spectators. The band of the West Norfolk +Militia played the National Anthem, and the Royal Artillery fired +a salute on the Castle Hill. At the luncheon given at the +Guildhall, speeches were delivered by the Earl of Orford, Lord +Ranelagh, Sir John Boileau, Lord Royston, and Mr. H. J. S. +Stracey. The statue cost about £1,000. +“The hero is represented in the identical boots, cloak, and +some other portions of dress actually worn by him at Waterloo, +which were placed at the service of Mr. Adams, the sculptor, when +he was modelling the figure. Mr. Adams has placed a copy of +last Saturday’s <span class="smcap">Norfolk +Chronicle</span> in a small space chiselled for the purpose under +the foot of the statue.”</p> +<p>8.—Swaffham Coursing Meeting, which had greatly +degenerated, was held, but owing to the small number of entries, +the sport concluded early in the afternoon. “Although +it does not appear that in other places coursing meetings have +declined, it is clear that the glories of the Swaffham one have +departed. The loss of Mr. Richard Gurney struck a blow at +it almost fatal. This was followed by the withdrawal of Mr. +Hamond and others, leaving the club originally consisting of all +the letters of the alphabet reduced to two members. +Although disappointed by the curtailment of the sports of the +field, it was determined that the ladies should have the assembly +as usual. It was held on Tuesday (the 7th), but it was +known that none of the Club would be there to meet them as +heretofore.” The fortunes of the Club could only be +restored, it was said, by throwing the meeting open to all +England.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Robert Chamberlin was elected Mayor, and Mr. R. +J. H. Harvey appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>11.—Mr. J. H. Tillett, it was announced on this date, +had resigned his seat in the Norwich Town Council, in consequence +of the Liberal candidate for the Seventh Ward “being forced +upon the reluctant electors by bribery.” Mr. Tillett +wrote: “A due regard to that peace of mind which is +essential to a man’s happiness compels me to separate +myself at once and for ever in the most decided and unequivocal +<a name="page37"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 37</span>manner +possible from any association with those who are not prepared in +public matters to adhere to a right and honest course.”</p> +<p>18.—Died at his residence, Pedestal House, Southtown, +Yarmouth in his 89th year, Captain Manby, F.R.S., the inventor of +the apparatus for saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners. +“His life for the last fifty years had been spent in +serving his country, and his name will be revered by thousands +who would have been widows and orphans but for the successful +application of science which was perfected by his untiring +industry and perseverance.” His remains were buried +at Hilgay on November 24th.</p> +<p>20.—Mrs. Fanny Kemble commenced a series of Shakesperian +readings at the Assembly Rooms, Norwich.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>8.—A writ was received at Norwich for the election of a +member to supply the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. +Peto, M.P., “in consequence of the opinion of the law +officers of the Crown that though he had consented to construct a +railway in the Crimea without profit to himself, he would be +liable to heavy penalties if he continued to sit in the House of +Commons.” (<i>See</i> December 27th.)</p> +<p>9.—A description was published of the new Corn Hall at +Diss, erected by a public-spirited resident, Mr. T. L. +Taylor. The building was designed by Mr. George Atkins, +jun. “Mr. Taylor intends vesting it in trustees for +the purposes of a corn market at a nominal rental, and he further +intends appropriating a spacious apartment for a reading-room and +library.”</p> +<p>16.—Wombwell’s Menagerie arrived at Norwich, and +was advertised under its new title, “Edmonds’, late +Wombwell’s.” The exhibition was removed from +its usual quarters on Castle Meadow to the Market Place.</p> +<p>22.—Died at his residence in Berkeley Square, Mr. +William Howe Windham, of Felbrigg Hall. He was one of the +representatives of the Eastern Division of Norfolk in 1832, when +he was returned with the Hon. George Keppel, their opponents +being Lord Henry Cholmondeley and Mr. Nathaniel Peach. In +1835 he came forward with Mr. R. H. Gurney, in opposition to Mr. +Edmond Wodehouse and Lord Walpole, when the two last named were +returned. In 1837 another election occurred, when Lord +Walpole having retired, Mr. H. N. Burroughes was brought forward +in conjunction with Mr. Wodehouse. Mr. Windham and Mr. +Gurney, who opposed them, were again unsuccessful. Mr. +Windham, who was a staunch Whig, was the oldest son of +Vice-Admiral Windham (formerly Lukin), who took the name and arms +in pursuance of the will of his uncle, the Right Hon. William +Windham, in 1824, on succeeding to the estate on the death of +Mrs. Windham. On the decease of his father, the Admiral, +Mr. Windham succeeded to the Felbrigg property. He married, +in 1835, Lady Sophia Hervey, daughter of the Marquis of Bristol, +by whom he had one son, then in his fourteenth year. Mr. +Windham died at the age of 53.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. J. F. Young, who for many years afterwards was a +favourite actor in Norwich, made his first appearance at the +Theatre Royal, in <a name="page38"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +38</span>the character of Sir Edward Mortimer (“The Iron +Chest”). The play was followed by a pantomime, +entitled, “Harlequin St. George, or the Geni +Czarnickholdofallhecan and the Fairy of Contentment.”</p> +<p>27.—The West Norfolk Militia assembled at Norwich for +the annual training. The East Norfolk Militia were embodied +on the same day, at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>—Sir Samuel Bignold and Mr. Anthony Hamond, of Westacre, +were nominated candidates at the election at Norwich rendered +necessary by the retirement of Mr. Peto. A poll, demanded +on behalf of Mr. Hamond, took place on the 28th, and the result +was officially declared on the 29th, as follows: Bignold, 1,901; +Hamond, 1,635. After this election were published, for the +first time, the expenses of the respective candidates. In +Mr. Hamond’s accounts, under the heading, “hire of +horses and carriages,” was the item, “W. Slaughter, +Sedan chair, 15s.”</p> +<p>—Died, the Rev. Sir George Stracey, Bart., rector of +Rackheath. “It is rather a singular circumstance that +there has been but one presentation to the living of Rackheath +during a period of 115 years. The late rector held the +living from 1796, and his predecessor was presented to it in +1739.”</p> +<p>30.—A serious railway accident occurred between Thetford +and Brandon. The up mail from Norwich, which left Thetford +soon after 11 p.m., was detained two and a half miles beyond the +station by a breakdown of the engine. Twenty-three minutes +later a cattle train, travelling at full speed, dashed into the +rear of the mail train. The engine-driver of the mail, John +Burton, who was at work beneath his engine, was killed instantly, +and three passengers in the rear carriage seriously +injured. One, Mr. Meagher, a London undertaker, who had +been attending the funeral of Mr. Windham, afterwards died. +At the inquest, on January 15th, 1855, the jury found that the +accident resulted from the inefficiency of the railway +company’s rules in allowing a heavily-laden cattle train to +follow a mail train at unlimited speed without telegraphic +communication from the preceding station.</p> +<h3>1855.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—The railways from Reedham to Yarmouth and Lowestoft +were flooded, owing to the high tides in the rivers. The +metals were displaced, and on the 2nd traffic was stopped. +At Yarmouth the water rose above the quayhead.</p> +<p>9.—Lynn Corn Exchange was opened for business. It +was built from designs by Mr. Maberley, at the cost of +£2,450.</p> +<p>—A “farewell festival” was held at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, “as a mark of respect and +sympathy” to the Right Rev. Dr. Colenso, prior to his +return to the diocese of Natal. Dr. Colenso, who was <a +name="page39"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 39</span>present had +spent the greater part of the previous year in organizing means +for carrying on his work in South Africa.</p> +<p>20.—Died in Victoria Street, Norwich, aged 67, William +Laws, one of the proprietors of the Norwich Telegraph coach, +which he had driven for upwards of twenty years.</p> +<p>23.—The Norfolk Artillery Militia were embodied at +Yarmouth. The corps, on March 7th, proceeded to Eastbourne, +for garrison duty, and returned to Yarmouth on April 25th. +In the following month it was determined to increase the strength +from 200 to 400 men and to appoint a lieutenant-colonel.</p> +<p>29.—Father Gavazzi, the popular Italian preacher and +reformer, gave the first of a series of “Protestant +orations” at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>10.*—“Died last week, at Lincoln, Mr. Benjamin +Whall, Cathedral organist of that city, in his 75th year. +He was a native of Norwich, and at an early age was distinguished +for his splendid voice. At 19 he was appointed master of +the choristers of Lincoln Cathedral, and subsequently organist, +and held this situation for 56 years. He was distinguished +as an organist, and was celebrated for his pure style of playing +the old ecclesiastical compositions.”</p> +<p>20.—In consequence of the high price of provisions, the +inclemency of the weather, and the want of employment, it was +decided, at a meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, to start a +public subscription to aid the District Visiting Society in the +relief of the poor.</p> +<p>24.—The dignity of a baronetcy was conferred on Mr. +Peto, in appreciation of his services, “and more especially +of his disinterested and patriotic conduct in retiring from the +representation of Norwich to carry out the construction of the +railway from Balaclava, originated by the Duke of +Newcastle.”</p> +<p>26.—Died at Downham Green, Wymondham, Mr. James Neave, +aged 68, “chairman of the market table at the Norfolk +Hotel, Norwich.” When hundreds of small farmers in +the county were threatened with ruin after the great hailstorm, +in August, 1842, Mr. Neave suggested to his brother +agriculturists the introduction of a voluntary rate, by which +about £10,000 was raised for the relief of the +sufferers. Subsequently was established the Norwich +Hailstorm Society, of which Mr. Neave was an active promoter.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>9.—The Norwich police appeared in a new uniform. +“The principal alteration in the clothing consists in the +substitution of a frock-coat for the unsightly long-tailed coat, +which is certainly a most becoming uniform for a civil +force.”</p> +<p>21.—This day was observed as one of solemn fasting and +humiliation, in accordance with Royal Proclamation. The +Mayor and Corporation of Norwich attended service at the +Cathedral, and there were numerous congregations at other places +of worship.</p> +<p><a name="page40"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +40</span>22.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Chief +Baron Pollock and a special jury, was tried the libel action, +Waldron, clerk, <i>v.</i> Bates, clerk. The Rev. Frederick +William Waldron was a clergyman of the Church of England, and had +been chaplain on board H.M. frigate Amazon, lying off the East +India and China stations. On his return to England he +became curate to the Rev. William Bates, rector of Burnham. +After two years’ service, plaintiff gave the defendant +three months’ notice of resignation. Mr. Bates +supplied plaintiff with testimonials, by which he obtained the +appointment of headmaster of a public school at Wymondham, in +Leicestershire. In subsequent correspondence with the +trustees of the school, the defendant stated he had +“irrefragable proofs of the exceeding wickedness” of +the plaintiff’s character, and, he added, “I call +upon you, in the name of all that is holy and good, to dismiss +him instantly from his employment.” After a trial +extending over two days, the jury gave a verdict for the +defendant.</p> +<p>26.—The battery of Royal Artillery marched from Norwich +Barracks for Woolwich, whence they proceeded to the Crimea for +active service. They were replaced, on April 4th, by the D +battery, from Chatham, commanded by Capt. Mountain.</p> +<p>29.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Wightman, +Mary Ann Fisher, aged 28, was indicted for the wilful murder of +her husband, George Wright, at Norwich, on November 28th, by +poisoning him. The jury acquitted the prisoner.</p> +<p>—Died at Cambridge, James Rattee, who was born at +Fundenhall in 1820. After serving his apprenticeship with +Mr. Ollett, carver, of Norwich, he commenced business for himself +at Cambridge, at the age of 22. He was associated with Mr. +Pugin in restoring the choir of Jesus College Chapel. Most +of the designs were made by Rattee himself, and submitted to +Pugin before execution. He carried out Mr. G. G. +Scott’s designs for the carvings in Ely Cathedral, and by +the advice of that gentleman spent part of the year 1852 on the +Continent, where he studied the carved woodwork and artistic +wrought ironwork and sculptured stone of Quintin Matsy and the +other master spirits of Louvain and neighbouring cities. +Returning to England, he constructed at Ely the reredos composed +of choice stone and alabaster, highly enriched with delicate +carving and inlaid with gold and gems, forming the most glorious +piece of art workmanship executed since the Reformation. +His work is to be found in churches in every county in +England.</p> +<p>31.—Capt. Wodehouse was backed to run one mile in six +minutes, on the Earlham Road, Norwich. In the presence of a +large number of spectators, he ran the first half mile in less +than three minutes, and accomplished the second half in 2 minutes +56 seconds. He was attended by Jim Mace. On the 31st +Capt. Wodehouse performed the feat of walking one mile in 8 mins. +16 sees.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.—The remains of Richard Peck, an agricultural +labourer, aged 69, were buried in Docking churchyard. +“The deceased had worked for forty-two years on the +Choseley Farm, an extra-parochial place, and <a +name="page41"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 41</span><i>cottage +property</i>, distant from Docking two and a half miles, where he +was obliged to reside, no labourers being permitted to live at +Choseley. Thus he walked to and from his work five miles +per day, 30 miles per week, 1,560 miles per year, and the +extraordinary number of 65,520 miles during his forty-two +years’ employment. This circumstance might be +multiplied by numbers in England in general, and West Norfolk in +particular, showing cogent reasons for Mr. Baines’ Poor-law +Bill being made the law of the land.”</p> +<p>6.—Died at her residence, St. Martin-at-Palace, Norwich, +aged 38, Harriet Gurney Gordon, many years a favourite actress at +Norwich and at different metropolitan and provincial +theatres.</p> +<p>16.—Mrs. Fanny Kemble commenced a course of Shakesperian +readings at the Assembly Rooms, Norwich.</p> +<p>28.*—“Mr. Clare Sewell Read, son of Mr. George +Read, of Plumstead, near Norwich, has been awarded by the Royal +Agricultural Society the prize for the best essay on the farming +of Buckinghamshire. Mr. Read obtained last year the +society’s prize for his essay on Oxfordshire, and had also +been a successful competitor in a former year for his essay on +farming in South Wales.”</p> +<p>29.—Died, aged 86, Mr. J. Watts, of Yarmouth, for many +years coachman of the Telegraph coach running between Norwich and +Yarmouth.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>3.—A dinner to celebrate the freeing of Duke’s +Palace Bridge, Norwich, was held at the Duke’s Palace Inn, +under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. Robert Chamberlin). +“Upwards of twelve years have elapsed since the abolition +of the above toll-bridge was first mooted, and the citizens are +to be congratulated on the removal of the toll.”</p> +<p>15.—A public meeting was held in the hall of the Bazaar +(Victoria Hall), Norwich, presided over by the Mayor, in +furtherance of the movement in favour of administrative +reform. An address was delivered by Mr. W. S. Lindsay, +M.P., and a resolution was adopted affirming “that, without +wishing to exclude the aristocratic class from the position in +the public service to which their talents and patriotism may +entitle them to assert, merit is the only principle by which +appointments to public offices should be attained.”</p> +<p>18.—Among the officers who received the Crimean medal on +this date at the hands of her Majesty were Capt. Bulwer, Capt. +Bathurst, Capt. Micklethwaite, Lieut. Cator, and Lieut. +Cresswell.</p> +<p>24.—Yarmouth Waterworks were opened, with great public +festivity.</p> +<p>29.—The Norfolk coast was visited by a violent gale, +which caused considerable destruction to life and property. +Off Yarmouth the smack Ruby was lost, with her crew of nine men +and a boy.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>6.—An exhibition of the Norfolk and Norwich Fine Arts +Association was opened at Norwich. The collection included +works by O. Short, <a name="page42"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +42</span>J. B. Ladbrooke, C. J. W. Winter, H. B. Willis, +Frederick Howes, C. L. Nursey, F. R. Pickersgill, R.A., John +Wilson, Alfred Cooper, D. Hodgson, J. Stark, M. E. Cotman, J. J. +Cotman, Mrs. J. Stannard, &c.</p> +<p>13.—Colours were presented to the West Norfolk Militia, +on the Cricket Ground, Norwich, by the Countess of +Albemarle. Lord Orford, as colonel of the regiment, +received the colours, and the consecration prayers were read by +the Rev. C. W. Madden, “who wore the Waterloo medal on his +breast.” The non-commissioned officers and men were +entertained at dinner, provided by public subscription, at St. +Andrew’s Hall. The Mayor (Mr. Chamberlin) presided, +and Lord and Lady Albemarle, Lady Augusta Keppel, and other +distinguished visitors were present.</p> +<p>23.—Notice was given that on and after June 30th the new +Newspaper Act would be in operation, and stamped and unstamped +editions of the <span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> +would be published. “In compliance with the request +of the Postmaster-General, we would remind such of our +subscribers as may desire to send the stamped edition through the +post that the paper must be folded so that the whole stamp +denoting the duty shall be distinctly visible on the +outside. Such papers must be posted within 15 days of +publication.”</p> +<p>—The Norton Subcourse and Raveningham estate was sold by +Mr. George W. Salter, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, for +£16,632.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>2.—A ten mile match, for £20 a side, was run at +the Green Hill Gardens, between Robert Bunn, of Norwich, and John +Lovett, of London. The first-named won; time, 58 +minutes.</p> +<p>3.—The West Norfolk Militia, under the command of +Lieut.-Col. Custance, left Norwich for Aldershot. In +December the regiment was transferred to Dublin.</p> +<p>—Great festivities took place at Ellingham Hall, in +celebration of the coming of age of Mr. Henry Smith, son and heir +of Lieut.-Col. Smith. A dinner, at which 160 guests were +present, was followed by sports, and in the evening dancing was +opened upon the lawn by Mr. Smith and Miss Foster in a “Sir +Roger de Coverley.”</p> +<p>5.—The marriage took place at East Dereham, of Captain +William Earle Gascoyne Bulwer, late Scots Fusilier Guards, eldest +son of Mr. William E. Lytton Bulwer, of Heydon Hall, and Mary +Anne Dering, only daughter of Mr. William Wilson Lee Warner, of +Quebec House. The officiating clergy were the Rev. G. +Dashwood, rector of Stow Bardolph, and the Rev. B. J. Armstrong, +vicar of East Dereham.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, M.P., announced that it was his +intention to retire from the representation of East Norfolk, in +consequence of his continued ill-health. Mr. Henry Josiah +Stracey was adopted as the Conservative candidate, and was +returned unopposed on the 17th.</p> +<p>8.—Died at Ems, Sir William Edward Parry, R.N., +Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. He was an LL.D. of +Oxford, a F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh, a member of the +Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, and author of a +work entitled, “Thoughts on the <a name="page43"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 43</span>Parental Character of +God.” He married first, on October 23rd, 1826, +Isabella Louisa, fourth daughter of Lord Stanley of Alderley, by +whom he had issue two sons and two daughters. She died on +May 13th, 1839. On June 29th, 1841, he married, secondly, +Catherine Edwards, daughter of the Rev. R. Hankinson, of Walpole, +and widow of Mr. Samuel Hoare, jun., of Hampstead, by whom he had +issue two daughters. Sir William was an honorary freeman of +the city of Norwich. He had commanded four Arctic +expeditions, in all of which he gained high professional +renown. For these services he received the honour of +knighthood, and was presented by the Government with +£1,000, his portion of a reward for reaching the meridian +of 110 degs. W. within the Arctic circle.</p> +<p>18.—Died, at an advanced age, at Norwich, John +Osborne. “He was a well-known character, and for many +years drove the Yarmouth coach, and for some time the mail coach +between Norwich and Ipswich. The railway, however, put an +end to his vocation. Every morning he attended service at +the Cathedral. Even when he was the driver of the coach to +Yarmouth he stipulated he should have his Sunday, in order that +he might be in his accustomed place at the Cathedral.”</p> +<p>26.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Baron Parke and a +special jury, was tried the action, Fisher <i>v.</i> +Nisbett. This was a will case, which excited considerable +interest on account of the large amount of property in dispute +and the number of persons concerned. The plaintiff was Miss +Mary Ann Fisher, and the nominal defendant Mr. Philip Blundell +Nisbett. The actual defendant was Mr. Richard Blundell +Nisbett. The question at issue was the validity of the will +of a lady named Nisbett. The amount in dispute was between +£20,000 and £30,000 in real property, and a larger +amount in personal property. The father of Mrs. Nisbett was +a Mr. Fisher, a banker, of Yarmouth. Mary Ann Fisher, the +plaintiff, was one of his daughters. All the children were +dead in 1854 with the exception of Mary Ann Fisher. In the +year 1811, when the deceased Mrs. Nisbett married, her father +settled on her the sum of £10,000, and gave her during life +an annuity of £500, while all that Mr. Nisbett brought was +the sum of £7,000. In 1824 Mr. Nisbett died. Of +the marriage there were three sons; two had died, and at the time +of the trial the only one living was the eldest, Philip Blundell +Nisbett, a confirmed lunatic. In the year 1835 Mr. Fisher +died, leaving property to the amount of about +£100,000. Mrs. Nisbett, after her father’s +death, left the bulk of the property to Philip Blundell +Nisbett. There now appeared on the scene Mr. Richard +Blundell Nisbett, a son of Mr. Nisbett’s brother, and +nephew by marriage to Mrs. Nesbitt. He took out a +commission of lunacy against Philip, who was found to be a +lunatic and incapable of managing his own affairs. Then he +endeavoured to get a commission of lunacy against Mrs. Nisbett, +but the Lord Chancellor, on receiving the report of the medical +men who examined her, dismissed the petition, with costs. +As soon as Mrs. Nisbett discovered the course that Richard was +pursuing, she made a new will, the effect of which was that the +property went to Miss Fisher, the plaintiff, for life, and after +her death to blood relations. On November 10th, 1854, Mrs. +Nisbett died suddenly, and these legal proceedings +commenced. After evidence had been given by medical men and +others, the Attorney-General (Sir Alexander Cockburn) who <a +name="page44"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 44</span>appeared for +the defendant, unexpectedly withdrew from the case, and a verdict +was entered for the plaintiff.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at Malta, of wounds received before Sebastopol, +on June 18th, in the attack upon the Redan, Lieut. Charles A. P. +Boileau, of the Rifle Brigade, aged 19, fourth son of Sir John P. +Boileau, Bart., and Lady Catherine Boileau, of Ketteringham +Park.</p> +<p>15.—Stalham Corn Hall, erected at the cost of +£300, raised by 82 shares of £5 each, was opened.</p> +<p>16.—A public dinner was held at Fakenham, under the +presidency of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., to celebrate the +opening of the Corn Hall. A capital of £4,000 was +raised in 160 shares of £25 each. The building was +designed by Mr. Brown, architect, of Norwich, and built by Mr. +Pettitt, of Ipswich, for £3,000.</p> +<p>20.—Mr. Charles Mathews commenced a two nights’ +engagement at Norwich Theatre. His characters were Sir +Charles Coldstream (“Used Up”), Mr. Affable Hawk +(“The Game of Speculation”), and Captain Patter +(“Patter <i>versus</i> Clatter”). For these two +nights the Theatre was under the management of Mr. John Coleman, +formerly of the Norwich Company.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Thorpe, in his 72nd year, Mr. Edmond +Wodehouse. He was a son of Mr. Thomas Wodehouse, by a +daughter of Mr. Pryce Campbell, of Stackpole Court, +Pembrokeshire. In 1809 he married his cousin, Lucy, +daughter of the Rev. Philip Wodehouse, by whom he had four +children, two sons and two daughters. In 1817 he offered +himself as candidate for Norfolk, in opposition to Mr. Pratt; he +was returned, and retained his seat until the General Election in +1830. At that time the excitement of the Reform agitation +was at its height, which, with other circumstances, induced him +to decline a contest. In that year Mr. T. W. Coke +(afterwards Earl of Leicester) was returned with Sir W. J. H. B. +ffolkes. In 1832 Mr. Keppel and Mr. Windham were +returned. When the political excitement of the former +period had subsided, Mr. Wodehouse again appeared before the +constituency, and at the General Election in 1835 he and Lord +Walpole were returned, in opposition to Mr. Windham and Mr. +Richard Hanbury Gurney. Another General Election took place +in 1837, and Mr. Wodehouse was returned with Mr. Henry Negus +Burroughes, in opposition to the same Liberal candidates. +In 1842 Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Burroughes were again elected; Sir +W. J. H. B. ffolkes, who was abroad at the time, was nominated +without his consent as the Liberal candidate. Both +Conservative candidates were re-elected without opposition in +1847. Mr. Wodehouse sat in Parliament about forty +years. He was a Conservative of the old school, a +Protectionist, and a zealous supporter of Sir Robert Peel until +he introduced his Free Trade measures. His remains were +interred at Norwich Cathedral on August 28th.</p> +<p>—At the Norwich Police Court, Mr. John Coleman, +tragedian, and temporary manager of the Theatre, preferred a +complaint against Inspector Amis, of the city police. On +the previous evening, he stated, a number of persons presented +themselves at the dress-box entrance <a name="page45"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 45</span>and demanded admission with, silver +tickets. He informed them that the majority of places had +been taken by those who had paid, but the upper circle was open +to silver ticket holders. Some noise and disturbance +ensued. Sir William Foster came up and endeavoured to gain +an entrance, Mr. Coleman tried to prevent him, a scuffle ensued, +and the police were sent for by both parties. Inspector +Amis came, and Mr. Coleman directed his attention to a notice on +the play-bill that no one would be admitted to the dress circle +without a reserved seat ticket. Mr. Coleman asked the +inspector to remove the persons who were seeking to gain an +entrance; and they, in turn, requested the inspector to remove +Mr. Coleman. The officer, it was asserted, made an +unprovoked and violent assault upon Mr. Coleman, who denied that +silver ticket holders had the privilege to enter the house, and +told them that they must legally prove their right. He had +taken the Theatre for two nights only, at a heavy rental, there +was no arrangement in the agreement with the manager as to the +proprietors of silver tickets, and that was why he had put the +notice on the bills. Mr. Hudson (a magistrate) remarked +that the owners of silver tickets were owners of the Theatre, and +had a right to go in when they pleased. Sir William Foster +attended the Court, and stated that unless Mr. Coleman apologised +he would take proceedings against him. Mr. Coleman said he +was sorry if Sir William Foster had been injured (his waistcoat +was torn to ribbons), but beyond that he should make no +apology. The case against Amis was dismissed. Silver +ticket holders were admitted without opposition on the evening of +the 21st.</p> +<p>23.—Died at Norwich, in his 87th year, Mr. John Francis, +manufacturer, who served the office of Sheriff in 1837.</p> +<p>24.—The foundation-stone of a new chapel on Hempton +Green, Fakenham, was laid. The building was designed by Mr. +J. H. Hakewell, architect to the Church Building Society. +“Hempton has been without a church or clergyman since the +Reformation, when the ancient priory church was +demolished.” (<i>See</i> October 6th, 1856.)</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—Died at Brighton, Mr. Henry Dover, of Caston, who, in +the previous July, resigned the office he had long held as a +chairman of the Court of Norfolk Quarter Sessions.</p> +<p>10.—A telegraphic message announcing the fall of +Sebastopol was exhibited at the window of the <span +class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> Office, at six p.m. +Thousands of citizens crowded into the Market Place, and the +office was besieged by persons anxious to obtain copies of the +dispatch. Peals were rung upon the bells of St. Peter +Mancroft, bands paraded the streets, and the citizens sang in +chorus the National Anthem and “Rule, +Britannia.” A bonfire was lighted in the Market +Place, followed by a display of fireworks. There were great +rejoicings in every town and village in the county. Sunday, +the 29th, was observed as a day of special thanksgiving.</p> +<p>18.—Mr. Walter Montgomery, at the Assembly Rooms, +Norwich, “repeated from memory his recital of +‘Othello.’” “Mr. Montgomery is the +son of a respectable Norwich citizen, and has gained much +provincial celebrity for his impersonation of Shakesperian +characters.”</p> +<p><a name="page46"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +46</span>23.—A fire occurred at the Steam Flour Mills, +Lower Westwick Street, Norwich. The large building, much +valuable machinery, and 200 sacks of flour were destroyed. +The loss to the owner (Mr. F. W. Waters) was estimated at +£4,000.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the county magistrates, the +following resolution was adopted, on the motion of Mr. T. J. +Birch: “That the magistrates of the county of Norfolk, in +Quarter Sessions assembled, take this, the earliest opportunity, +of conveying to Major-General Charles Ash Windham, their sincere +congratulations on his providential escape from the perils +attendant on the assault of the great Redan of Sebastopol on the +8th of September, 1855, of expressing to him their sense of +admiration of his long-enduring gallantry, of his courage, +constancy, self-devotion, and self-possession, which may be +equalled, but cannot be surpassed, and of tendering to him their +warmest and most cordial thanks for the example he has thus held +out to the British soldier.” A “Windham +Testimonial Fund” was afterwards opened. (<i>See</i> +August 1st, 1856.)</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The Norfolk coast was visited by a severe gale, which +did enormous damage to the shipping.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. J. Godwin Johnson was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Timothy Steward appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>28.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, the +unsatisfactory state of the railway communication between Norwich +and London was considered. It was stated that an +apprehension existed on the part of the public, on account of +delays and obstructions, that the Eastern Counties Railway was +insecure. A committee was appointed to inquire into and +define the grievances of the citizens. On December 7th the +Committee reported upon the alleged insecurity of the permanent +way; the irregularity and inconvenience in the working of the +line; and the arrangements for the conveyance of the mails. +The Board of Trade made an inspection of the line, and in +January, 1856, reported upon its insecure and dangerous state +between Norwich and Cambridge.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>8.*—“The Queen has been pleased to grant unto +Joseph Stonehewer Scott, of Thursford and Pinckney, in the county +of Norfolk, eldest son of Mr. Joseph Scott, of Colney Hall, +license and authority that he and his issue may use the surname +of Chad in addition to and after the surname of Scott, and bear +the arms of Chad quarterly with the family arms of +Scott.”</p> +<p>—*“Of late years some improvements have been made +in various parts of Norwich by widening the streets, but by far +the most important and expensive has been that in London +Street. The improvement was badly designed, and has cost +almost as much already as the cost would have been of pulling +down one side of the street entirely. <a +name="page47"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 47</span>From first to +last at least £20,000 has been expended, and the whole +street is a bungle after all. The lower part of the street +remains as bad as ever, and in the upper part years have been +required to make a fourteen feet passage.”</p> +<p>19.—Mr. W. L. Mendham was elected Town Clerk of Norwich, +in succession to Mr. J. R. Staff, who, since 1836, had held that +office with the appointment of Clerk of the Peace. Mr. A. +Dalrymple was elected to the latter office.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Dorking, Mr. T. Cubitt, who was well known +by reason of the many important building contracts he had +undertaken in London. He was born at Buxton, near Norwich, +on February 25th, 1788. When working as a journeyman +carpenter, he, in his nineteenth year, made a voyage to India, as +a ship’s joiner. On his return to London two years +afterwards, he commenced as a builder in a small way of +business. Later he erected the London Institution, +Moorfields, and about the year 1824 entered into an engagement +with the Duke of Bedford and Lord Southampton for contracts on +the ground on which Tavistock Square, Gordon Square, Woburn +Place, and the neighbouring streets now stand. Towards the +close of the same year and the beginning of 1825 he engaged with +the Marquis of Westminster and Mr. Lowndes to cover portions of +the Five Fields and grounds adjacent, and of this engagement +Belgrave Square, Lowndes Square, Chatham Place, and other ranges +of houses resulted. He built upon the vast open district +lying between Eton Square and the Thames, now known as South +Belgravia, and carried out similar extensive operations in +Clapham, Kemp-town, Brighton, and other places. Mr. Cubitt +had two brothers, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, M.P. for Andover, and Mr. +Lewis Cubitt, the architect of the Great Northern Railway +terminus.</p> +<p>26.—The title of the Christmas pantomime produced at +Norwich Theatre was “King Goggle-eyed Greedy Gobble and the +Fairy of the Enchanted Lake.” Mr. Sidney was +complimented upon the excellence of the production.</p> +<p>27.—Died, in his 80th year, Mr. W. Shalders, who was for +many years a leather merchant in Norwich. He was the +originator and patentee of the far-famed Norwich invention known +as the “fountain pump.”</p> +<h3>1856.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>21.—Mr. John Coleman, lessee of the Worcester circuit, +appeared at Norwich Theatre, in the character of Claude +Melnotte. His other impersonations included Evelyn +(“Money”), Hamlet, Richelieu, and Ingomar.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—Madame Jenny Goldschmidt-Lind sang at a performance +of “The Messiah,” at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich +and on the 7th took <a name="page48"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +48</span>part in a concert at which a miscellaneous programme was +presented. The other performers included Mr. Lockey, Mr. +Weiss, Miss Bassano. M. Otto Goldschmidt, and Mr. +Swift. The total receipts amounted to £2,400, of +which £351 was paid to the account of the Jenny Lind +Infirmary.</p> +<p>11.—The first performance of modern burlesque, +“The Yellow Gnome,” by J. R. Planché, was +given at Norwich Theatre on this date.</p> +<p>19.—Mr. Henry Russell appeared at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, in his entertainment, entitled, “The Far +West, or life in America,” illustrated by a series of views +“showing the different scenes of a transit from Liverpool +to the American Continent.”</p> +<p>23.*—“At the present time there are about forty +manufacturers in Norwich, ten of them being producers of textile +fabrics of various kinds. Altogether they now employ +several thousand operatives in spinning yarns or in the +production of immense quantities of goods composed of materials +of that description.”</p> +<p>27.—The Lord Bishop of the Diocese consecrated the new +Cemetery at Norwich. Thirty-five acres of land were +purchased by the Board of Health of Mr. John Cater, but only +twenty-three acres were at first utilised. The buildings +were erected by Messrs. Ling and Balls, from designs by Mr. +Benest, city surveyor, for £1,990.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>12.—Mr. George Dawson, of Birmingham, delivered an +address at the Lecture Hall, St. Andrew’s, Norwich, on +“Martin Luther: his private life and +character.” On the 17th he lectured on “Old +Books: their uses, beauties, and peculiarities.”</p> +<p>13.—Mrs. Fred Philips, for several years a favourite +actress on the Norwich circuit, took her final leave of the stage +at Norwich Theatre. The house was crowded, and between 300 +and 400 persons were refused admission.</p> +<p>22.—Hoffman’s “Organophonic Band, or Human +Voice Orchestra,” with Mr. Thurton, “the living +Valentine Vox,” gave an entertainment at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich. The performance was repeated on the 24th and +25th, and the company made a return visit in April.</p> +<p>24.—Mr. Walter Montgomery, a native of the city, +commenced a six nights’ engagement at Norwich Theatre, +during which he appeared as Virginius, Macbeth, Richard the +Third, &c.</p> +<p>—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a letter was +received from Mr. J. B. Morgan, hon. secretary to the Nelson +Statue Committee, stating that it was proposed, on the suggestion +of Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A., Professor of Sculpture, to +remove the statue from the site it had occupied during the +preceding eighteen months, in the Market Place, opposite the +entrance to Dove Street, to a new site in the Upper Close, +immediately facing the Grammar School. The statue was +removed, on April 16th, to the site it now occupies.</p> +<p>30.—Intelligence was received in Norwich of the signing +of the Treaty of Peace. On the 31st (Monday) the bells of +St. Peter Mancroft were rung, and flags hoisted upon the +tower. In the evening fireworks <a name="page49"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 49</span>were discharged in the Market Place, +and, contrary to police regulations, a bonfire was lighted. +It was extinguished by the constables, whereupon the mob broke +many windows in the Market Place, and proceeded to the Castle +Meadow, where a squib was thrown upon a waggon loaded with +straw. When the fire brigade attempted to put out the +flames, the firemen were stoned by the rioters, some of whom were +apprehended, and punished next day by the magistrates. +Peace was proclaimed on May 1st by the Mayor (Mr. J. G. Johnson) +and the Sheriff (Mr. T. Steward), who were attended by the Town +Clerk and Under-Sheriff. From an open carriage the Mayor +read her Majesty’s Proclamation in the Market Place +“and the other accustomed spots for such +announcements.” Peace was celebrated on May +27th. The Royal Artillery paraded on Mousehold and fired a +salute, and at one o’clock dinner was provided at St. +Andrew’s Hall for the non-commissioned officers and men of +the Artillery stationed in the city, for the recruiting and +Militia staffs, for soldiers and sailors residing in the city who +had been engaged in the war, and for the fathers, sons, and +brothers of soldiers and sailors who had fallen in the war or who +were then on active service. Upwards of 8,000 children +assembled in Chapel Field, and walked in procession to the Market +Place, where the National Anthem was sung, and immediately +afterwards proceeded to Victoria Station, where they had +tea. In the evening the Guildhall, Ethelbert Gate, St. +Andrew’s Hall, the Shirehall, St. Giles’ church, +Erpingham Gate, the gate at the Bishop’s Palace, and the +Wellington and Nelson statues were illuminated. There were +displays of fireworks in the Market Place and on Castle Meadow, +where also a bonfire was lighted. On the 28th a ball was +given at the Assembly Rooms. Similar celebrations took +place at Yarmouth, Lynn, and other towns.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>13.—A serious gas explosion took place at Gurney’s +Bank, Norwich. A clerk, named Utting, who detected an +escape of gas, entered with a lighted candle the office of Mr. +Mottram. A tremendous explosion followed. The walls +were rent, the windows blown out, and the ceiling raised so that +the gas escaped to the rooms above.</p> +<p>—Died at his residence, Redwell Street, Norwich, Dr. +Robert Hull, in his 62nd year. He was for many years upon +the Commission of the Peace for the city, and was one of the +physicians of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, a post which he +resigned a short time before his death.</p> +<p>23.—Miss Cushman, the celebrated actress, appeared at +Norwich Theatre as Meg Merrilies. On the 25th she performed +the part of Romeo, to the Juliet of Mrs. Sidney.</p> +<p>25.—The coming of age of Mr. William Amherst Tyssen +Amhurst was celebrated at Didlington Park. Lord Berners +formerly owned the estate, and in 1849 sold it to Lord William +Powlett, from whom it passed by purchase to Mr. George Tyssen +Amhurst, who effected many improvements upon the property. +The celebration was carried out upon a scale of great +liberality. A fine bullock, weighing 80 stones, was killed +on the 21st, steamed on the 23rd, and roasted whole on the 25th +in a temporary kitchen specially erected by Mr. Plowright, of <a +name="page50"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +50</span>Swaffham. A sheep of six stones weight was also +roasted whole, and the total weight of the plum-puddings was 700 +lbs. Immense quantities of beef, mutton, and pork were +cooked in joints. Three tents, each 130 ft. in length, were +provided for the accommodation of the guests, who numbered +upwards of 550. The toast of “Miss Mitford, the +future Mrs. Amhurst,” was drunk with great enthusiasm, and +a series of athletic sports concluded the festivities. +[<i>Note</i>: The spelling of the names in the original paragraph +is adhered to. William G. T. Daniel Tyssen by licence +exchanged the name of Daniel Tyssen for Tyssen-Amhurst: his son, +by a second licence, altered it to William Amhurst +Tyssen-Amherst.]</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>5.—The close of the season at Norwich Theatre was marked +by the public presentation to Mr. William Sidney of a handsome +silver salver and vase, “in recognition of his judicious +management as lessee.” It was one of the most +successful seasons that had been recorded for many years.</p> +<p>7.—Died at her house in Green Park Buildings, Bath, aged +76, Lady Betty, widow of Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Berry, Bart., +K.C.B., and eldest daughter of Dr. Forster, formerly headmaster +of the Norwich Free Grammar School.</p> +<p>11.—The centenary of the opening of the Octagon Chapel, +Norwich, was celebrated. A dinner was held at the Royal +Hotel on the 13th, under the presidency of Mr. John Taylor, +F.R.S.</p> +<p>31.—A fire took place on the premises of Mr. Ineson, rag +and bone merchant, St. Andrew’s, Norwich. In addition +to the total destruction of Mr. Ineson’s property, the +workshops of Mr. Fisher, builder, and the paint shop of Mr. +Turner were burnt down.</p> +<p>—In the Rolls Courts Sir John Romilly gave judgment in +the case of the Norwich Yarn Company, which came before the Court +upon appeal from the Master’s certificate. The +question was whether the directors of the company were entitled +to levy contributions upon shareholders, in order to pay certain +sums advanced or borrowed by them for carrying on the business of +the company, which had become insolvent. Originally +projected in 1833, with the view of relieving the distress which +at that time affected the poor of Norwich, the company struggled +on with increasing difficulties for sixteen years, until in 1850 +it was wound up by order of the Court. His lordship now +discharged altogether a question of fraud on the part of the +directors. He was of opinion that the directors were +entitled to be allowed all sums advanced by them, with simple +interest at five per cent., and to be repaid that amount as far +as the sum in Court would extend, with payment of the costs, and +afterwards by a surplus raised by a call from the contributors in +proportion to the number of shares held by them respectively, and +that the cost of the proceedings must be borne by the estate of +the company.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>3.—The Rev. J. Alexander was presented with a purse +containing £500, and a clock, on the occasion of his +entering the fortieth year of <a name="page51"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 51</span>his ministry at Prince’s Street +Independent chapel, Norwich. The Rev. S. Titlow and other +clergymen of the Church of England were present.</p> +<p>7.—A male specimen of Savi’s warbler, the rarest +of British marsh warblers, was shot near Brundall. +“This is the only bird of the species obtained in the +county since 1842, when a pair were killed at South Walsham, +which, with one in the Norwich Museum, are all that are known to +have occurred in Norfolk. The one in the Museum was +obtained by the Rev. James Brown, at Limpenhoe, in the early part +of the century.”</p> +<p>21.—At a meeting held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, it +was decided to establish a pack of foxhounds in Norfolk, and to +invite Lord Suffield to become master. The first meet of +the pack took place at Melton Constable Park, on November +25th.</p> +<p>23.—A panorama, with the present form of variety +entertainment, was exhibited for the first time at the Assembly +Rooms, Norwich, by Mr. J. Batchelder. The views were +illustrative of a tour in Southern Africa.</p> +<p>25.—The left wing of the West Norfolk Militia arrived at +Norwich from Fermoy, co. Cork; the right wing reached the city on +the 26th. An influential deputation of the inhabitants of +Fermoy, prior to the departure of the regiment, presented to the +colonel a farewell address, in which they congratulated him upon +having the command of “so highly respectable and well +disciplined a corps.”</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>5.—A fine brig of 200 tons was launched from Mr. J. S. +Southgate’s shipyard at Wells-next-the-Sea. She was +christened the Rambler, by Miss Ellen Rump. From Mr. Henry +Tyrrell’s yard at Wells, on September 3rd, was launched a +new schooner, called the Gem.</p> +<p>11.—The Testerton estate, near Fakenham, comprising a +residence and 676a. 3r. 6p. of arable and pasture land, let on +lease to Mr. Thomas Henry Case, at a rental of £1,105 per +annum, was sold at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, by Mr. Butcher, for +£34,500, exclusive of timber. The purchasers were the +trustees of Mr. John Morse, deceased.</p> +<p>16.—Building sites in London Street, Norwich, were +offered for sale by Mr. F. Clowes. “The highest price +made was at the rate of 9s. 0½d. per square foot, or +£20,000 per acre.”</p> +<p>—The new cemetery at Yarmouth was consecrated by the +Right Rev. Bishop Spencer, acting for the Lord Bishop of the +Diocese.</p> +<p>21.—An inquiry was opened at Yarmouth by Mr. W. D. +Boase, one of her Majesty’s Charity Commissioners, +“into the present circumstances and administration of the +various endowed charities existing in the borough, with the view +of hearing any complaints that might be made, and to suggest +improvements in the disposition of the funds.” The +inquiry concluded on the 24th.</p> +<p>23.—A performance of Costa’s “Eli” was +given by the Norwich Choral Society, at St. Andrew’s +Hall. The principal vocalists were Madame Rudersdorff, Miss +Dolby, Mr. George Perren, Mr. A. Mann, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. +Thomas. A performance of the same oratorio, <a +name="page52"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 52</span>under the +personal direction of the composer, had already been advertised +by Mr. Gedge, of Heigham Grove. The Mayor (Mr. J. G. +Johnson) had given permission for the use of the hall, and his +action was sharply criticised at the meetings of the Town Council +and in letters to the newspapers. The following +announcement was published on July 19th: +“‘Eli,’ for the benefit of the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, under the direction of Mr. Costa. +Postponed. Mr. Gedge respectfully informs the public of the +county and city that, as the Town Council has thought fit to set +aside the Mayor’s prerogative and fixing a day for the +performance in opposition to the one he announced under the early +sanction and promise of the Mayor for the Assize week, in St. +Andrew’s Hall, and as the Council thought fit, at their +last meeting, to determine on other restrictive demands, of which +he received a legal notice this day, he has resolved to postpone +‘Eli,’ under Mr. Costa’s direction, until a +future opportunity, when he trusts he shall be able to benefit +the charities and at the same time to gratify the +public.”</p> +<p>26.—On this date was published a report of the action, +Beaven <i>v.</i> Lord Hastings, heard before the Vice-Chancellor, +Sir W. P. Wood. This was a bill by a bond creditor of +Edward Astley, deceased, praying an account of the sum due for +principal and interest upon his bond, and a decree for payment +against the defendant, Lord Hastings, on the ground that he had +made himself personally liable to pay the debt without regard to +a sufficiency of the assets of the late Edward Astley. The +bill also brought the declaration that the defendant had +constituted himself executor <i>de son tort</i> of the intestate +Edward Astley, and was accountable on that footing to the +plaintiff as the rightful administrator of the intestate. +Mr. Astley, who resided at Eneilles, in Belgium, having borrowed +£1040 from the plaintiff, gave his bond, dated July 3rd, +1845, by which he became bound to the plaintiff in the penal sum +of £2,080, with the condition for defeasance upon payment +on July 3rd, 1847, of £1,040 with interest at 5 per +cent. A warrant of attorney at even date was executed by +Edward Astley, but no judgment was ever actually entered up under +the warrant. In April, 1846, the dead body of Edward Astley +was found, with marks of violence upon it, in the River Ourthe in +Belgium. Lord Hastings and his mother, Dame Hester Astley, +his sole next-of-kin, proceeded to Eneilles with his solicitor, +and applied to the Juges de Paix to remove the seals and give him +possession of his brother’s property. A +<i>procès verbal</i> having been signed, possession of the +property, “without description or inventory,” was +delivered to Lord Hastings, who, by thus taking possession <i>pur +et simple</i> became personally liable, according to the Belgian +law, to pay the debts of the intestate, without reference to the +value of assets. The Vice-Chancellor dismissed the bill, on +the ground that the defendant, who had legally received the +property in Belgium, could not be sued in England as executor +<i>de son tort</i>.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—General Windham was received in Norwich with a great +demonstration of welcome, on his return to his native +county. The hero of the Redan travelled from London by the +Eastern Union line, and was presented with congratulatory +addresses at various stations along the <a +name="page53"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 53</span>route. +At Victoria Station he was met by the Mayor and Corporation of +Norwich, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Hastings, Lord Bury, +&c., and escorted by the Royal Artillery, proceeded to the +Guildhall, where he was presented with an address. A +banquet, attended by officers of the Army and Navy connected with +Norfolk and Norwich who had served in the Crimea, was given in +honour of the General, at St. Andrew’s Hall. The Earl +of Albemarle presided, and on behalf of the subscribers to the +Windham Testimonial Fund, presented the General with a service +sword and a dress sword.</p> +<p>2.—Several deaths were reported to have occurred from +small-pox at Lynn. “In no instance has death ensued +here after vaccination.”</p> +<p>9.—It was reported that at the Suffolk Assizes, at +Ipswich, an action was brought by the Commissioners of Yarmouth +Harbour, in the name of their clerk (Mr. Preston), pursuant to +the direction of the Master of the Rolls, against the Norfolk and +Eastern Counties Railway Company. The plaintiff complained +that the defendants had wrongfully diverted and obstructed the +waters of the Yare, the Wensum, and the Waveney, which of right +ought to flow into and through Yarmouth Harbour, and had turned +them into Lake Lothing, and thence into the sea through Lowestoft +Harbour. The Eastern Union, the Norfolk, and the Eastern +Counties Railways, had entered into an agreement for +amalgamation, by virtue of which the latter company assumed the +entire control over the network of railways constructed by those +companies and the East Anglian Company, and, among other matters, +they undertook the duties created by the Norwich and Lowestoft +Navigation Act, one of which was the maintenance of Mutford +Bridge where Lake Lothing joined Oulton Broad, for the double +purpose of keeping in the fresh waters of the Yare and Waveney +and preserving them for the use of Yarmouth Harbour, and of +keeping out the waters of the sea, which would otherwise flood +all the low lands at high water. These duties had not been +discharged to the satisfaction of the plaintiffs. After +discussion, terms of reference to Mr. B. Andrew, Q.C., were +arranged, the defendants undertaking to repair the locks at once, +the plaintiffs being let in to complain of acts of omission as +well as of commission on the part of the defendants. A +verdict was then taken for the plaintiffs, subject to a special +case. (<i>See</i> January 26th, 1858.)</p> +<p>15.—Lieut.-Col. Edwin Wodehouse, C.B., Royal Artillery, +on revisiting his former home at Hingham, after his return from +the Crimea, was presented with an address by the inhabitants of +the town. He was the eldest son of Admiral Wodehouse. +At Inkerman a battery called “Wodehouse’s +Battery” was furiously attacked and nearly all the men cut +down by overpowering numbers of the enemy. By heroic +courage and determination he rescued from the enemy the three +guns lost early in the action. Two slugs passed through his +cloak, and one, if not two, horses were killed under him.</p> +<p>18.—The London Grand Opera Company commenced a season at +the Theatre Royal, Norwich. The <i>artistes</i> included +Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss Fanny Reeves, Mr. Borrani, Mr. Oliver +Summers, Mr. J. B. Bowler, and Mr. Elliott Galer. Among the +operas produced were “La Somnambula,” “The +Bohemian Girl,” “Maritana,” “Lucia Di +Lammermoor,’” “Fra Diavolo,” +“Norma,” and “Daughter of the +Regiment.” The company came direct from Drury Lane +Theatre, on the termination of the season there.</p> +<p><a name="page54"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +54</span>24.—Died at Blofield, Captain Onslow, R.N., in his +61st year. He entered the Navy in 1810, saw much active +service, and returned to Portsmouth from Rio de Janeiro with +upwards of 888,000 dollars on June 3rd, 1833. He was +advanced to post rank on August 27th, 1834, and was lastly, from +July 23rd, 1842, until paid out of commission in the early part +of 1847, employed in the Pacific, on board the Daphne, 18.</p> +<p>26.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, the Paving +Committee reported in favour of a scheme for draining the +northern part of the city, at the total cost of £7,893, +according to plans prepared by Mr. E. E. Benest, city +surveyor. The Council declined to adopt the scheme, on the +ground that the city could not afford to undertake it.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—A storm of great severity occurred. The +district in which it was most felt was across the track of marsh +land lying between Bungay and Ormesby. At Yarmouth the +outbreak began at six p.m., and lasted till midnight. +Several cottages were flooded, and one fell, in consequence of +its being undermined by the water.</p> +<p>—The first meeting of the provisional committee for +erecting the Britannia Pier, Yarmouth, was held at the Angel +Hotel, under the presidency of Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., +M.P. The estimated cost was £3,900. The pier +was opened on July 13th, 1858.</p> +<p>14.—A white stork was shot in the plantation of Mr. R. +H. Saye, at North Pickenham. Its wings measured 6 ft. 3 in. +from tip to tip, it was 4 ft. in length, and weighed 8 lbs. +The bird was preserved by Mr. T. Ellis, of Swaffham.</p> +<p>23.—Mdlle. Piccolomini gave a concert at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. Among the <i>artistes</i> +from Her Majesty’s Theatre who accompanied her were Mdlle. +Firioli, Signor Belletti, Mr. Charles Braham, Signor Beneventano, +and Signor Pilotti.</p> +<p>27.*—“During the past fortnight the catch of +herrings at Yarmouth has been almost unprecedented in the annals +of the fisheries. In many instances the boats have entered +the harbour so heavily laden that their gunwales were almost +level with the water. In the last ten days it is computed +that the quantity of herrings brought in and landed here from the +various boats has reached the enormous daily average of 100 +lasts, or 1,320,000 fish. From £12 10s. to £14 +per last has been realised; but in some cases this abundance of +fish has proved most disastrous to the owners, entailing the loss +of the boats’ nets, stores, &c. Mr. J. T. +Frosdick has sustained in this way the entire loss of the nets of +two boats, to the serious extent of £450, for, owing to the +enormous catch of fish, the men were quite unable to draw the +nets on board, and ultimately the weight proved so great that +they sunk the nets and all to the bottom of the sea.”</p> +<p>30.—The festival of the Choir Benevolent Fund was held +at Norwich Cathedral. In addition to those of Norwich, +choirs from London, Ely, Cambridge, Rochester, Peterborough, and +Canterbury took part. The total sum accruing from the +festival amounted to £273 0s. 9d.</p> +<h4><a name="page55"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +55</span>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Died, in his 83rd year, the Rev. James Brown, B.D., +Hon. Canon of Norwich, and for fifty years vicar of St. +Andrew’s, Norwich. “For more than twenty years +chaplain of the county prison, he was one of the earliest +advocates of educational efforts being directed towards +prisoners, and in his practical suggestions may be traced the +germ of much that is valuable in our reformatory +institutions. He lived long enough to see similar views +generally adopted and made compulsory by the State. His +duties as chaplain were performed during a period when capital +punishments were much more frequent than now, and this gave him +the opportunity of seeing vice in its most degrading forms, and +to hear from the lips of its victims the repentance which the +certain approach of death and judgment generally extracted from +them.”</p> +<p>6.—The church of the Holy Trinity, Hempton Green, was +opened by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>—The corner-stone of the new Corn Hall at Aylsham was +laid by the Marquis of Lothian.</p> +<p>7.—Died at Calais, aged 60, Capt. Charles Thurtell, +R.N., son of Mr. Thomas Thurtell, of Lakenham.</p> +<p>16.—The Earl of Albemarle addressed a large meeting of +the industrial class at the Corn Hall, Diss, upon the subject of +“Benefit Clubs.” In the course of his remarks, +he asserted “the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows is humbug +from beginning to end.” The action of his lordship +evoked a large amount of newspaper correspondence, and on +November 6th Mr. Samuel Daynes, a former “Grand +Master” of the Unity, introduced at Diss a Mr. Reeve, who +delivered an address to rebut the assertions of Lord +Albemarle.</p> +<p>20.—Mr. Fred Phillips’ dramatised version of Mrs. +Beecher Stowe’s romance of “Dred” was produced +at the Surrey Theatre, and was favourably noticed by the +critics. At the same theatre, on January 19th, 1857, was +produced the comedy, “A Bird in the Hand is worth Two in +the Bush,” by the same author.</p> +<p>29.—At a meeting held at Yarmouth, it was resolved to +take the necessary steps towards placing the Nelson column in a +proper state of repair.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Mr. T. D. Eaton, president of the Choral Society, was +presented by the members, at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +with a silver snuff-box and silver inkstand. “Mr. H. +Pierson, the author of the oratorio ‘Jerusalem,’ and +of the opera ‘Faust,’ was present, and wrote a +drinking song for the occasion, dedicating it to the +president.”</p> +<p>5.—Died at Liverpool, Mr. Charles Hodgson, formerly of +Norwich. He was one of the mathematical tutors at Norwich +Free Grammar School during the headmastership of the Rev. Edward +Valpy, and nearly the last surviving member of the Norwich +Society of Artists, established in 1803.</p> +<p><a name="page56"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +56</span>9.—The down parliamentary train was on its way +from Thetford to Harling when the engine left the metals, mounted +the bank by the side of the line, and, after running forty yards, +turned over upon its side, crushing the driver to death. +The accident was occasioned by the breaking of the tire of the +leading wheel of the engine. A few minutes after the +accident a goods up-train ran into the tender of the disabled +engine, but only a slight collision resulted.</p> +<p>10.—Mr. Robert Chamberlin was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Robert Seaman appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>13.—A sculling match, for £100, between Henry +Kelly, of Fulham, and Richard Buttle, of Norwich, was rowed on +the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake. Kelly won, by little +more than half a boat’s length. Time, 25 +minutes. The return match was fixed to take place on the +Yare, from Surlingham to Thorpe, on November 25th, but owing to a +dispute as to the appointment of referee, the race was postponed +until the 26th, when Kelly, who rowed the distance, about +4½ miles, in 37½ minutes, won easily.</p> +<p>19.—Died, the Right Hon. Julia Barbara, Lady Stafford, +wife of Henry Valentine, 9th Baron Stafford, daughter of Edward +Howard, of Glossop. Her ladyship was born in 1807. +The interment took place at the private chapel at Costessey, on +November 27th.</p> +<p>29.—Snow began to fall, and soon reached a greater depth +than had been recorded in Norfolk for many years +previously. At nine o’clock on the morning of +December 4th the thermometer stood at 16 deg.; the reading of the +same instrument, in the same place, at eleven a.m. on December +6th was 60 deg. In thirty-six hours from ten to twelve +inches of snow had disappeared, and the weather thenceforth was +very mild.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—At the Norwich Police Court, George Holl and Stephen +Gilbert, of Magdalen Road, were charged by the Commissioners of +Inland Revenue with having an illicit still. Holl was fined +£50, and Gilbert £200.</p> +<p>3.—The “exercise” written by Mr. Edward +Bunnett, of Norwich, “to qualify himself for taking the +degree of Bachelor of Music, was performed with great success in +the chapel of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.”</p> +<p>25.—Died, in St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Mrs. Ann Jean, +widow of Mr. Roger Jean, artist, in her 74th year.</p> +<p>26.—Boxing Day was, for the first time, observed in +Norwich as a <i>general</i> holiday, “none of the shops +being opened in the Market Place or principal +streets.” The pantomime of “Bluebeard, or the +Demon Curiosity,” was produced at the Theatre, and the +other amusements included Brown’s Circus, with the +spectacles, “St. George and the Dragon,” and +“Mazeppa”; and Wombwell’s Menagerie on Castle +Meadow.</p> +<h3><a name="page57"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +57</span>1857.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>4.—During a violent gale from the north, several ships +went ashore at Yarmouth. “The beach presented a +melancholy appearance, from the number of vessels upon +it.”</p> +<p>8.—The Rev. A. C. Copeman was elected minister of the +parish of St. Andrew, Norwich. The Revs. T. Rust, J. W. +Cobb, and R. Wade withdrew from the contest, and Mr. Copeman +defeated the remaining candidate, the Rev. J. W. Evans, by 96 +votes to 33.</p> +<p>19.—The D Battery, Field Artillery, commanded by Major +Strange, marched from the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich, <i>en +route</i> for Aldershot. P Field Battery arrived from +Woolwich on the 21st, under the command of Major Hoste.</p> +<p>23.—A sea eagle was shot at Winterton. It measured +from its beak to its tail 3 feet, and from tip to tip of its +wings 8 feet.</p> +<p>27.—A dinner was held at the Angel Inn, North Walsham, +to celebrate the restoration of the Market Cross.</p> +<p>—Died at his residence, Park Crescent, London, in his +70th year, the Hon. Sir Edward Hall Alderson, Baron of her +Majesty’s Court of Exchequer. He was the eldest son +of Mr. Robert Alderson, barrister-at-law, and Recorder of +Norwich, by the daughter of Mr. Samuel Hurry, of Great Yarmouth, +where he was born in 1787. He received his early education +at the Charter House and at Caius College, Cambridge. +Elected a Fellow of his college, he, in 1812, proceeded +M.A. On being called to the Bar, he went the Northern +Circuit. In conjunction with Mr. Barnewell, he edited five +volumes of reports of cases heard in the Court of King’s +Bench between 1815 and 1820. In 1830, though still wearing +the stuff gown, he was promoted an additional puisne judge in the +Court of Common Pleas, and received the honour of +knighthood. In 1834 he was transferred from that Court to a +puisne judgeship in the Court of Exchequer, where for many years +he was second to Baron Parke. Baron Alderson was a careful, +learned, and conscientious judge, though his mind was naturally +inclined to take a rather hard and dry view of the question at +issue, and to strip it, almost to a fault, of extraneous +matter.</p> +<p>28.—A singular action for defamation of character was +tried before Mr. Justice Williams and a special jury in the Court +of Common Pleas. Mr. Stephen English, Chief Constable of +Norwich, was the plaintiff, and Capt. Black, Chief Constable of +Norfolk, the defendant. The damages were laid at +£3,000. According to the opening statement of Mr. +Serjeant Byles, Capt. Black felt himself aggrieved that Mr. +English should be styled Chief Constable of Norwich, and wrote to +the Watch Committee several letters upon the subject, stating +that Mr. English’s assumed title, instead of his proper +title, “superintendent of police,” had caused him +(Capt. Black) obstruction and official inconvenience in the +discharge of his duties. These letters had no effect, and +Capt. Black then published handbills reflecting upon the <a +name="page58"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 58</span>personal +character of Mr. English. He stated that the antecedents of +Mr. English in relation to other county forces were so +disreputable as to cause his expulsion from more than one of +them. This was the defamatory statement complained +of. Many witnesses were examined on both sides, and on the +29th the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages +£50. On February 13th Sir Henry Stracey, M.P., in +Committee on the Chief Constables Bill, moved to insert in clause +4, “And whereas disputes having arisen as to the title of +Chief Constable, for avoiding the same the title of Chief +Constable shall be exclusively applicable to and borne by the +officer appointed by the justices of any county in General or +Quarter Sessions assembled, and the title Head Constable by the +officer appointed by the Watch Committees of boroughs and +cities.”</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>4.—A servant girl, named Belinda Wilson, aged 18, was +charged at the County Police Station, Norwich, with stealing, on +January 3rd the sum of £90, in bank notes, the property of +her master, Mr. William Claxton, farmer, of Stoke Holy +Cross. After taking the money, Wilson attired herself in +the clothes of a manservant, and starting from Flordon railway +station, proceeded to Edinburgh, where she had some difficulty in +obtaining change, as English notes were not in general +circulation there. She obtained a new suit of clothes of +sporting cut, and travelled from place to place “like a +fast young man.” At the end of January she was again +in the Eastern Counties, and took up her abode at Yarmouth. +During a visit to Wombwell’s Menagerie, she was recognised +by an old schoolfellow, through whom information was given to the +police, who apprehended her at the Waterloo Tavern, St. +Peter’s Road, where she was posing as “a +lively-looking youth, and smoking a cigar.” She gave +the name of James Smith. The prisoner was committed for +trial, and at the Norfolk Quarter Sessions in March pleaded +guilty, and was sentenced by Sir Willoughby Jones to two +years’ imprisonment, with hard labour.</p> +<p>11.—The new Corn Hall at East Dereham, erected on the +sites of old shambles and slaughter-houses, was opened. A +company of 250 guests assembled at dinner in the hall, under the +presidency of Lord Sondes, who was supported by the Earl of +Leicester, Lord Walsingham, Lord Hastings, Lord Suffield, the +Hon. and Rev. E. S. Keppel, Mr. W. Bagge, M.P., Mr. G. P. +Bentinck, M.P., Mr. E. Fellowes, M.P., the Mayor and Sheriff of +Norwich, &c. The hall was built by a company, with a +capital of £3,000. Its cost was about £1,800; +Mr. J. B. Goggs, of Swaffham, was the architect, and Mr. Hubbard, +of Dereham, the builder. (<i>See</i> July 29th, 1857.)</p> +<p>14.*—“A few days since Mr. Wolton, grocer, of +Norwich, received by the London post a letter enclosing the +halves of notes to the amount of £140, with the intimation, +written in a disguised hand, that about 14 years ago the writer, +being in a place of trust in his establishment, had appropriated +to himself this amount in a dishonest manner, and taken the +present opportunity of returning it. On Friday morning came +the other halves of the notes, with the request that the rest of +the money might be acknowledged in the ‘Daily +News.’”</p> +<p><a name="page59"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +59</span>20.—An amateur dramatic performance was given at +Norwich Theatre, “by a number of distinguished amateurs, +most of whom had formed port of the <i>corps dramatique</i> +during the late campaign in the Crimea.” The pieces +were “The Black Book,” a three-act drama by J. +Palgrave Simpson; “The Thumping Legacy,” and +“The Critic.” The performers appeared under +fictitious names.</p> +<p>—A singular action was tried at the Yarmouth County +Court, before Mr. T. J. Birch. Mr. John Cobb sued Mr. G. D. +Palmer and Mr. W. N. Burroughes for the recovery of certain money +paid by the plaintiff at the request of the defendants for +expenses incurred in contesting an election of councillors for +the Market Ward in that borough on November 1st, 1851. Mr. +Cobb was induced, on the solicitation of the defendants, who were +leaders of the Liberal party, to offer himself as a candidate for +the Market Ward. He was not anxious to become a councillor, +but the defendants promised to “see him through,” and +on the night before the election distinctly guaranteed him that +he should be reimbursed any outlay incurred beyond the sum of +£10. Mr. Cobb was defeated at the poll. It was +not denied that the guarantee was given, but it was contended +that, in order to render it valid to support the action, it +should have been in writing, which it was not. The Judge +concurred, and nonsuited the plaintiff. It was admitted, in +the course of the hearing, that the money was applied “to +bribery, vulgarly so-called.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>11.—A conference was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, as +to certain complaints respecting the management of the Eastern +Counties lines of railway. The Mayor presided, and +deputations were present representing the Eastern Counties +Railway Company, the Norwich Corporation, and the town of East +Dereham. The principal complaints, as stated by Mr. +Tillett, had reference to unequal charges for the transit of +goods, and the alteration in the price of market tickets. +Mr. Love, the chairman of the company, assured the meeting that +any communication made to the company would receive +consideration.</p> +<p>16.—The Norwich Free Library was thrown open for the use +of the citizens. There was no formal ceremony, but in the +evening the Rev. A. Bath Power delivered an inaugural address on +the advantages of the study of literature and science. The +building was erected at the total cost of £5,958, and the +internal fittings increased the amount to £6,500.</p> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the Conservative party in the +Eastern Division of Norfolk, held at Norwich, it was decided that +Mr. H. N. Burroughes and Sir Henry Stracey, Bart., should +withdraw from contesting the return of General Windham and Sir E. +N. Buxton. In West Norfolk, Mr. Bagge, “from private +reasons, and from a desire not to disturb the peace of the +county,” retired from the representation, and a compromise +was effected whereby both parties concurred to support Mr. +Brampton Gurdon, of Letton, and Mr. G. Bentinck, the sitting +member.</p> +<p>21.—The Bishop of Norwich issued an address to the +clergy of the diocese, announcing that it was his intention to +resign the duties of the episcopate. On April 21st the +Corporation of Norwich voted an address to Dr. Samuel Hinds, +“late Bishop of the Diocese.”</p> +<p><a name="page60"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +60</span>27.—The nomination of Sir Samuel Bignold, Viscount +Bury, and Mr. Henry William Schneider, as candidates for the +representation of Norwich took place at the Guildhall. A +poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Schneider, and was opened on +the 28th. The result was officially declared on the 30th: +Viscount Bury, 2,227; Schneider, 2,235; Bignold, 1,631.</p> +<p>—The Hon. F. Baring and the Earl of Euston were returned +unopposed for the borough of Thetford.</p> +<p>—The nomination of candidates for the representation of +Great Yarmouth took place. Sir Edmund Lacon. Mr. +McCullagh, Mr. Watkin, and Col. Vereker were proposed. The +poll was opened on the 28th, and resulted in the return of the +Liberal candidates: McCullagh, 609; Watkin, 590; Lacon, 521; +Vereker, 451. (<i>See</i> July 24th, 1857.)</p> +<p>—Lord Stanley and Mr. J. H. Gurney were re-elected, +unopposed, members for King’s Lynn.</p> +<p>29.—Died at Hackford Hall, aged 80, the Ven. John +Bedingfeld Collyer, archdeacon of Norwich, and vicar of Wroxham +with Salhouse. He was the second son of the Rev. Daniel +Collyer, of Wroxham Hall and of Necton, by Catherine, one of the +daughters and co-heiress of John Bedingfeld, of Caston Castle and +of Beeston. Educated at the Charter House, under Dr. +Matthew Raines, he proceeded to Clare Hall, Cambridge, and after +taking holy orders he married, in 1800, Catherine, daughter of +William Alexander, eldest brother of the first Earl of Caledon, +and granddaughter of Dr. Messenger Monsey, of Chelsea +Hospital. In 1806–7, upon the threatened invasion of +this country by Bonaparte, Mr. Collyer received a commission as a +major of Volunteers, and acted with great energy and +decision. In recognition of his services in his military +capacity, he was made a deputy-lieutenant of the county and +placed upon the commission of the peace. Throughout his +life he was uniformly attached to Whig principles. He was +succeeded in the archdeaconry by the Rev. R. E. Hankinson.</p> +<p>30.—Mr. G. P. Bentinck and Mr. Brampton Gurdon were, at +the Shirehall, Swaffham, nominated and returned unopposed as +members for West Norfolk.</p> +<p>31.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Erle, the +Grand Jury returned a bill of indictment against Jacob, Baron +Hastings, for a misdemeanour “in endeavouring to incite +Jacob Henry Tillett to fight a duel.” On the +application of Mr. Power, a bench warrant for his +lordship’s apprehension was issued. On April 1st Mr. +Kent, solicitor, appeared on behalf of Lord Hastings, and applied +for bail. His lordship was admitted to bail, himself in +£200 and two sureties of £100 each. The Earl of +Leicester and Lord Suffield were his sureties. The case was +traversed to the next Assizes. Further proceedings were, +however, withdrawn, after an interview between Lieut.-Col. Astley +and Mr. Tillett. “His lordship,” it was stated +“had no intention of sending a threatening or offensive +message to Mr. Tillett, and he felt that an article published by +Mr. Tillett on November 29th, 1856, was an unjustifiable attack +upon him, which led to the warmth exhibited by his lordship in +his interview with Mr. Tillett, for which his lordship expresses +regret and withdraws his offensive epithets. Mr. Tillett, +upon his lordship’s disavowal, withdraws any remarks +offensive to his lordship is the article above alluded to, and +expresses his regret that <a name="page61"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 61</span>any unpleasantness should have arisen +between Lord Hastings and himself.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>6.—General Charles Ash Windham and Sir Edmund North +Buxton were, at the Shirehall, Norwich, nominated and returned +unopposed members for East Norfolk.</p> +<p>9.—At a vestry meeting held at East Dereham, it was +resolved that the Bath House, an unsightly building in the +churchyard, be removed. “By the removal of this +building, the burial-place of St. Withburga, an object of great +local interest, will no longer be hidden to view.”</p> +<p>14.—Intelligence was received in Norwich of the birth of +a Princess (Princess Beatrice).</p> +<p>17.—Mr. David Fisher, of the Princess’s Theatre, +London, appeared at Norwich Theatre as John Mildmay (“Still +Waters Run Deep”).</p> +<p>18.—It was announced that the Hon. and Rev. John Thomas +Pelham was to succeed Dr. Samuel Hinds as Bishop of +Norwich. Mr. Pelham, who was the second son of the second +Earl of Chichester, was born in 1811, and graduated at +Oxford. In 1845 he married a daughter of Mr. Thomas William +Tatten, and was appointed chaplain to the Queen in 1847. +Shortly afterwards he was presented to the rectory of Berghapton, +by the Earl of Abergavenny. In 1852 he removed to Christ +Church, Hampstead, and in 1854 was nominated by the Crown to the +rectory of St. Marylebone, on the death of Dr. Spry. On May +9th a special meeting of the Dean and Chapter was held at the +Deanery, Norwich, when the <i>congé +d’élire</i>, declaring the vacancy of the bishopric +“and recommending to the Dean and Chapter the Hon. and Rev. +John Thomas Pelham, M.A., to be by them elected Bishop of the See +of Norwich,” was read, and Mr. Pelham was elected +accordingly. The ceremony of confirming the election took +place in the College of Advocates in Doctors’ Commons, on +June 6th, and his lordship was consecrated at the parish church +of St. Marylebone on June 11th, by the Archbishop of +Canterbury. The installation took place at Norwich +Cathedral on June 26th, and addresses were afterwards presented +to his lordship by the Corporations of Norwich and Yarmouth.</p> +<p>25.*—“Lord Hastings has had an interesting +addition to his collection of foreign animals in two wapiti deer, +which are among the largest known of their species in North +America. He has also an increase in a young kangaroo and +three young nylgaus having been born the week before last at +Melton Constable.”</p> +<p>—The chancel of East Dereham church was re-opened, after +“additional embellishment, through the liberality of the +sinecure rector, the Rev. W. C. Wollaston.” The open +roof was displayed by the removal of an unsightly ceiling, early +English windows were substituted for those of more debased style, +and a window by Wailes, as a memorial to Mrs. Wollaston, +completed the series of stained glass windows. The reredos +was illuminated by Messrs. King, of Norwich.</p> +<p>27.—At Docking Petty Sessions it was stated, during the +hearing of a case of assault, that the quarrel had its origin in +a belief in witchcraft, “unfortunately too prevalent in +most of the country villages.” The witnesses +“displayed a great amount of ignorance and superstition, <a +name="page62"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 62</span>showing how +the husband of the complainant had been bewitched and unable to +move for twelve months, but was cured in two days by a witch +doctor in the neighbourhood.”</p> +<p>27.—The Yarmouth School of Navigation and Art was +established at a house on the South Quay, formerly occupied by +Mr. Paget.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>7.—The adaptation of steam power to ploughing was +exhibited in a field belonging to Mr. Craske Roper, of Croxton +Park, near Thetford. Two engines, fitted with an +“endless railway,” were built by Mr. Burrell, of +Thetford, and both were shown at work. “The new +engine is like a railway locomotive, but with the addition of an +apparatus, which answers the purpose of a railway, attached to +the wheels. The endless railway consists of a series of +flat boards, six in number, plated with iron on both sides of +each wheel, equal in length to the radius of the wheel, and from +10 to 16 inches in width, loosely attached to the felloe of the +wheel in such a manner that they are carried round with it as it +revolves. Each in succession is laid flat on the ground in +front of the wheel, and lifted up in its rear as soon as passed +over. On the surface of the boards next the periphery of +the wheel an iron rail is fixed, on which the wheel runs, the +boards thus corresponding to the sleepers of an ordinary railway, +so that the wheels carry their own rails and sleepers with them, +laying down a literally endless railway whenever they are set in +motion.”</p> +<p>11.—A meeting was held in the old Library Room, St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, “to take into consideration +the expediency of forming a society to prevent persons from +taking and destroying fish by illegal practices.” It +was resolved, “That an anglers’ society be +established in Norwich, with the view of aiding the authorities +in preventing illegal fishing, and also for promoting the +rational recreation of the members.” The society was +called “The Norwich and Norfolk Anglers’ +Society,” and Mr. Skippon was appointed honorary +secretary.</p> +<p>13.—Mr. Thackeray gave the first of two lectures at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. The subject was, +“George the Third.” The second lecture was +delivered on the 15th, and was entitled, “George the +Fourth.” “A very general feeling of +disappointment is expressed at the style and manner of the +lecturer, and at the very high prices charged (4s. and 2s. +6d.). We have reason to believe that in some instances +those who paid for tickets for the second evening intentionally +absented themselves.” Letters were published in the +<span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> expressing strong +disapproval of Thackeray’s strictures upon the personal +characters of the Georges.</p> +<p>18.—The polling for the election of a Coroner for the +Lynn district, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. +George Sayle, commenced at Lynn. The candidates were Mr. +Jeffery and Mr. Wilkin. “An extraordinary degree of +energy was displayed in bringing up the voters in all parts of +the district, and the expenses incurred in paying railway and +coach fares, breakfasts, and dinners for the voters and hangers +on (to say nothing of the sum of money lavished in other ways to +obtain their suffrages, added to the usual outlay upon a +contested election), must have amounted to something enormous, <a +name="page63"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 63</span>considering +the pecuniary value of the office at stake, probably at the best +averaging £25 or £30 a year.” The poll +closed on the 19th, when Mr. Wilkin was declared elected.</p> +<p>18.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dillon commenced a three +nights’ engagement at Norwich Theatre in +“Othello,” “Belphegor,” and “Faint +Heart Never Won Fair Lady.”</p> +<p>—A meeting was held at the Lecture Hall, Norwich, at +which resolutions were passed condemning the Law of Settlement, +and advocating the introduction of a national rate. Another +meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall on the 20th, at which +similar resolutions were agreed to.</p> +<p>19.—A sculling match, for £40, was rowed on the +Yare, from Surlingham to Whitlingham (3½ miles), between +Stephen Wright, of Norwich, aged 22, and J. H. Clasper, of +Newcastle, aged 18. The former was trained by John +Britcher, and the latter by his father. Clasper’s +boat was the lighter by several pounds, and in length exceeded +the Norwich man’s craft by about four feet. Wright +had the better of the start, but in ten strokes Clasper led by a +quarter of a length. At Bramerton, however, Wright obtained +a clear lead, and at Wood’s End led by four lengths. +Clasper made a desperate spurt, and got nearly abreast of his +antagonist, who won by a length, in 23½ minutes. The +Newcastle man suffered severely from exhaustion, and was lifted +from his boat in a helpless condition. The return match was +rowed on the Tyne, on July 24th, when Wright again won.</p> +<p>24.—The yacht Zoe, 170 tons, belonging to the Earl of +Yarborough, struck at midnight on the Lemon Sand, off +Happisburgh, while on a voyage from the Isle of Wight to +Grimsby. Lord Yarborough, with the captain and crew, took +to the boats, and landed at Happisburgh Hill House.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. George Dawson lectured at the Assembly Room, +Norwich, on “Daniel Defoe.”</p> +<p>30.*—“Lord Orford has addressed the following +letter to the editor of the ‘Morning +Post’:—‘Sir, I enclose you a paragraph which +appeared in your paper of the 21st inst., to the truth of which I +desire you to give the most emphatic denial. It is a +<i>rechauffé</i> of the lie circulated some thirty years +since in a London journal as a hoax, I presume, on the +editor. At the time I did not think it worthy of +contradiction, nor at my age should I deem it worthy of any such +contradiction now, but am solely induced to do so for the +satisfaction of those most justly dear to me.—Yours, +&c., <span class="smcap">Orford</span>. May 26th, +1857.’” (The paragraph here alluded to is the +much-quoted reply purported to have been sent by the noble lord +to the secretary of the Norwich Bible Society. It +originally appeared in the “Freemen’s Journal,” +Dublin.)</p> +<p>31.—Died at his residence, Brighton, Mr. Charles Edmund +Rumbold, of Preston Candover, Hants., aged 69. He +represented for more than 37 years the borough of Great Yarmouth, +for which he was first returned in 1818.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—The Annual Moveable Committee of the Manchester Unity +of Oddfellows commenced its sittings at Norwich. There were +110 <a name="page64"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +64</span>delegates present, and Mr. Cox (“Grand +Master”) presided. The meetings, which were held +daily at the Bazaar (afterwards known as Victoria Hall), +concluded on the 6th. The dinner, held at St. +Andrew’s Hall on the 3rd, was presided over by Sir Samuel +Bignold, and in the course of the proceedings, Mr. Samuel Daynes +was presented with a gift of 160gs., in recognition of the +valuable work he had done for the Order.</p> +<p>1.—Died at Costessey, aged 88, Mr. John Culley, one of +the leading agriculturists of the county. “It was to +him and a few others that the farmers in this locality are +indebted for the establishment of the Hail Storm Society, and the +subscriptions which followed the memorable hailstorm in this +county a few years since.” Mr. Culley took a +prominent part in the movement for the erection of the Norwich +Corn Exchange.</p> +<p>11.—A familiar object, known as the “Bassingham +Gateway,” in London Street, Norwich, was sold by +auction. The purchaser was Mr. William Wilde, and the price +£12. The hope was expressed that this relic of +antiquity would not be removed from the city. On September +5th it was announced: “The Bassingham Gateway has been +erected at the magistrates’ entrance at the Guildhall, +where it is quite out of character with the building, or, at any +rate, that part of it. Above the gate are the arms of Henry +VII., the arms of the Goldsmiths’ Company, to which its +builder, Mr. John Bassingham, belonged, and of the city of +Norwich. Having been cleaned, the carved work is brought +out in bold relief.”</p> +<p>—An amateur sculling match took place for £10, +from Bramerton to Whitlingham (about three miles), between Mr. +Henry Watling and Mr. Henry Balls. A foul resulted, Mr. +Watling claimed stakes, and the referee, Mr. Vyall, decided in +his favour.</p> +<p>13.*—“The Marine Parade (Yarmouth) may now be +looked upon as completed, and certainly in almost every +particular it has exceeded the expectations formed of it. +It was planned and carried out under the immediate +superintendence of the Town Surveyor, Mr. A. W. Morant, and the +cost will not exceed the sum estimated, £1,700.”</p> +<p>16.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, +the Grammar School Committee reported that the hearing took +place, before the Master of the Rolls, on June 10th, of the suit, +the Attorney-General <i>v.</i> Hudson, when the principal +differences which had existed in reference to the new scheme for +the administration of the School and Hospital had been amicably +adjusted. The sum of £1,000 per annum, exclusive of +the cost of buildings, was to be taken from the Great Hospital +funds and appropriated, under the management of separate +trustees, to the purposes of education. Two schools were to +be established—a Grammar School and a Commercial +School. The course of instruction in the Grammar School +would embrace English, Latin, French, and German, &c., and in +the Commercial School, English, French, and the rudiments of +Latin, &c. Prizes and scholarships were to be given to +both schools, and the boy who obtained an upper class scholarship +in the Commercial School would be entitled to education in the +Grammar School without cost. The payments for boys educated +in the Grammar School were to range from 6 gs. to 8 gs. per year, +and in the Commercial School 30s. per year. The masters +were to be paid a fixed salary, besides which their <a +name="page65"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 65</span>stipends +would be augmented in the Grammar School by four-sixths of the +money received from the pupils, and in the Commercial School by +three-sixths. (<i>See</i> March 23rd, 1858.)</p> +<p>17.—A revival of the Dereham Race Meeting attracted +thousands of spectators to the Common. The subscriptions +amounted to £150, and horses were run by Lord Suffield and +other sportsmen of the county.</p> +<p>18.—Workmen engaged in deepening a dry dock belonging to +Mr. Ambrose Palmer, at Yarmouth, turned up in one spadeful from +700 to 1,000 silver pennies of Edward I. and of Alexander III., +the contemporary King of Scotland. The coins were +discovered 17 feet beneath the level of the quay.</p> +<p>23.—Mr. A. A. H. Beckwith, Governor of the Norwich Court +of Guardians, performed the ceremony of turning the first sod +upon the line marked out for the main front of the new Norwich +Workhouse.</p> +<p>24.—Mr. Spurgeon, “the celebrated +revivalist,” preached two sermons at the Corn Exchange, +Lynn, in aid of a fund for repairing the local Baptist +chapel. Two thousand six hundred tickets were issued, and +the collections amounted to £110 15s.</p> +<p>27.—Died of cholera, at Kurnaul, aged 59, Major-General +the Hon. George Anson, Commander-in-Chief of the troops in +India. He was the second son of Thomas, first Viscount +Anson, and brother of the first Earl of Lichfield, served in the +Scots Fusilier Guards, and was present at the battle of +Waterloo. In 1818 he was returned for Yarmouth, and +represented the borough in several Parliaments before and after +the passing of the Reform Bill. By hereditary descent and +by personal conviction he was a Liberal in politics, and +invariably sided with the leaders of the Whig party. He +became Major-General on November 11th, 1851. He was a +zealous patron of the Turf, on which he was better known as +Colonel Anson.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—A reformatory was established at Catton, by Mr. +Wright, as an offshoot of a similar institution at Buxton.</p> +<p>4.—Application was made in the Court of Chancery, before +the Lord Chancellor, for a re-hearing of the case, Lombe +<i>v.</i> Stoughton, which was decided in the year 1841, by the +then Vice-Chancellor. The testator, Sir John Lombe, had +left a large fund, to be applied to the purpose of building a +mansion on his estate in Norfolk, with a direction that the fund +should accumulate until the house was finished. +Considerable delay took place in completing the house, and the +fund increased to a very large amount, leaving a surplus of about +£20,000. The Vice-Chancellor directed the fund to be +applied to building purposes at a time when it was not known that +the surplus would be so large, but the order was made without +prejudice to any question as to the surplus. This surplus +was now claimed by the representatives of the successive tenants +for life, on the ground that they (the tenants for life) had been +deprived of the enjoyment of the house, and were, therefore, +entitled to the fund by way of compensation. The Lord +Chancellor gave leave for the Vice-Chancellor to re-hear the +case, if he found himself fettered by the wording of <a +name="page66"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 66</span>the +decree. The Vice-Chancellor, on July 31st, ruled that what +had been done was according to the intention of the testator, and +held that the surplus must be considered as capital, and not +income.</p> +<p>7.—The Bishop of Norwich laid the first stone of the new +church of St. John the Evangelist, erected at Yarmouth for the +use of beachmen and sailors. (<i>See</i> April 22nd, +1858.)</p> +<p>8.—Mr. Arthur Preston, hon. secretary of the Norfolk and +Norwich Horticultural Society, was, at a dinner held at the Bell +Hotel, under the presidency of the Mayor of Norwich, presented +with a piece of plate, in recognition of his valuable services to +the society.</p> +<p>17.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. R. Chamberlin) was +presented with a silver epergne, valued at 200 gs., “in +recognition of the strict impartiality, sound judgment, and +munificent hospitality which distinguished his official career as +Mayor in 1854–5.”</p> +<p>24.—A Committee of the House of Commons commenced the +hearing of a petition lodged by Mr. Richard Ferrier, the elder, +and Mr. E. H. L. Preston, against the return for Yarmouth of the +sitting members, Messrs. M’Cullagh and Watkin. +Bribery, treating, and undue influence were alleged. The +inquiry lasted five days. On July 29th the Committee found +that Messrs. M’Cullagh and Watkin were, by their agents, +guilty of bribery, that they were not duly elected burgesses to +serve in Parliament, that the election was a void election, and +bribes had been paid. On August 10th, Mr. Adolphus William +Young and Mr. John Mellor, Q.C., Liberals, were returned without +opposition.</p> +<p>29.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Chief Justice +Campbell, an indictment was preferred against the East Dereham +Corn Exchange Company, for obstructing a certain highway over +Lion Hill in that town by the erection of the hall, and further +for obstructing Quebec Street and certain fairs and +markets. The jury, after a long hearing, returned a verdict +for the Crown, with the rider: “We find that there was a +public highway over Lion Hill, and we find that there is an +obstruction of that part occupied by the Corn Exchange Company, +but we find that the public are materially benefited by the +alteration, and on the second count we find for the +defendants.” (<i>See</i> May 5th, 1858.)</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>6.—Robert Bunn, “the celebrated pedestrian,” +on the Ipswich Road, Norwich, ran a mile against time for a wager +of £25. “The wager was that he would not cover +the distance in 4 minutes 45 secs. He accomplished the feat +in 4 minutes 30 secs.”</p> +<p>13.—A dinner was given in honour of General Windham, at +the Corn Hall, North Walsham, on the eve of his departure for +India, on the outbreak of the Mutiny.</p> +<p>15.*—“A report is going the round of the papers, +copied from the Australian journals, regarding the death of the +person known to our readers as Emily Sandford. We are +assured by a gentleman who interested himself in her behalf in +1849 that Miss Sandford is not in Australia. She married a +highly respectable merchant in 1850, with whom and their children +she returned to Europe in 1855.”</p> +<p><a name="page67"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +67</span>20.—The battery of Royal Artillery marched from +the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich, for Shorncliffe, to hold +themselves in readiness for India.</p> +<p>24.—The annual congress of the British +Archæological Association was opened at Norwich, under the +presidency of the Earl of Albemarle. The proceedings ended +on the 28th. Caistor Camp, Lynn, Yarmouth, and Burgh Castle +were among the places visited.</p> +<p>25.—An extraordinary leap was made by a horse ridden by +Mr. William Feek, horse trainer, of Norwich. “Mr. +Feek, in the presence of a number of gentlemen, to show the power +of the animal, jumped it over a high fence on Newmarket Road, +without touching it, making a spring from point to point of 34 +feet.”</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at his residence in King Street, Norwich, Mr. +Anthony Hudson, banker, aged 75. In early life he enjoyed +the friendship of the Right Hon. William Windham, and had since +been on intimate terms with the Windham family. For many +years he took an active part in the management of the bank of +Messrs. Harveys and Hudsons. After the passing of the +Municipal Reform Bill, he was appointed a magistrate of the city, +and for more than twenty years was a constant attendant on the +Bench. He was chairman both of the “Church” and +“General” list of Charity Trustees, a governor of the +Bethel Hospital, and President of the Board of Directors of the +Norwich Union Fire Office.</p> +<p>4.—A troop of the 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars), under +the command of Major Knox, arrived at the Cavalry Barracks, +Norwich. The headquarters followed, under the command of +Colonel Key.</p> +<p>10.—A public meeting of the citizens, convened by the +Mayor and Sheriff, was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, “to +take into consideration the best means of affording relief to the +suffering Europeans in India whose lives have not been taken by +the mutineers, but by whose conduct they are rendered entirely +destitute.” It was decided to open a public +subscription.</p> +<p>15.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced with a miscellaneous concert at St. Andrew’s +Hall. Spohr’s sacred cantata, “God, Thou art +Great,” Mendelssohn’s “Hymn of Praise,” +and Mozart’s “Requiem” were performed on the +morning of the 16th, and in the evening a miscellaneous concert +was given. Beethoven’s “Mount of Olives” +and Haydn’s “Seasons” were rendered on the +morning of the 17th, and a miscellaneous programme was submitted +at the evening concert. “The Messiah” was the +attraction on the morning of the 18th, and the Festival concluded +with a fancy dress ball at St. Andrew’s Hall in the +evening. The vocalists engaged for the Festival were Madame +Clara Novello, Mdlle. Leonhardi (her first appearance in +England), Madame Weiss, Mrs. Lockey, Mdlle. Piccolomini, Signor +Gardoni, Signor Guiglini, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Miranda, Mr. Weiss, and +Signor Belletti. The receipts amounted to £4,348, and +the expenses to £3,997.</p> +<p>23.—The first exhibition of the Wayland Agricultural +Society was held at Watton under the presidency of Lord +Walsingham.</p> +<h4><a name="page68"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +68</span>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>7.—By Royal Proclamation this day was observed as one of +humiliation and prayer. At Norwich all the principal shops +were closed, and services were held morning and evening at the +parish churches. Collections were made on behalf of the +sufferers by the Indian Mutiny.</p> +<p>22.—Mr. W. H. Russell, LL.D., the special correspondent +of “The Times” during the Crimean War, delivered, at +St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, a lecture on the principal +events of the campaign. He gave a second lecture on the +23rd.</p> +<p>—A terrible storm raged on the Norfolk coast. The +brig Ontario, of South Shield’s, from Newcastle to Suez +with coals (Capt., Balfour), foundered on the Barber Sand off +Yarmouth, and drifting to the Cockle Gatway, was lost. The +captain, his wife and son, and the crew of 24 hands +perished. The chief mate, William Coates Robinson, alone +escaped. The Zillah, of Whitby, from Hartlepool to London, +commanded by Capt. Watson, was lost off Winterton, and five men, +including the master, were drowned, out of the crew of eight +hands. Upon the Norfolk coast between forty and fifty lives +were lost. It was asserted that many lives would have been +saved had the lifeboats and apparatus been in an ordinarily +effective condition. The strictures made upon the +life-saving service led to negotiations for the amalgamation with +the National Society of the Norfolk Association for Saving the +Lives of Shipwrecked Mariners.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—A troop of the 15th Hussars left Norwich for +Coventry.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. Cadge was elected surgeon of the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, in succession to Mr. B. H. Norgate, +resigned. Mr. T. W. Crosse succeeded Mr. Cadge as +assistant-surgeon.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Edward Field was elected Mayor, and Mr. Charles +Crawshay appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>11.—Intelligence was received in Norwich of the relief +of Lucknow and the capture of Delhi.</p> +<p>20.—Miss P. Horton (Mrs. German Reed) and Mr. T. German +Reed gave their entertainment at the Assembly Rooms, Norwich.</p> +<p>28.—Norwich Theatre was opened for the winter +season. Mr. Sidney doubled the prices of admission to pit +and gallery, and increased the prices of the dress and upper +boxes. Tuesdays and Fridays were set apart as +“subscription nights,” for the production of +high-class plays and dramas. The manager intimated that the +hire of silver tickets was illegal, “the Theatre deed +requiring legal transfer and register with the proprietors’ +solicitor to be available for admission.” A printed +circular had been issued by a speculator, offering silver tickets +for hire for the night, week, or the whole season, “on the +usual terms.”</p> +<p>30.—An alarming accident occurred in a building erected +for equestrian performances at the Orchard Gardens, +Norwich. Soon after the commencement of the entertainment, +the supports of the gallery gave way, and the structure fell, +with between 300 and 400 <a name="page69"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 69</span>persons. “The whole mass +of timber fell under the people, who, with their seats, were +thrown outwards, rolling over one another. Strange to say, +nobody was killed, no legs or arms broken, and nobody seriously +hurt.”</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The Wells and Fakenham Railway was opened. In +1853 the company was formed, with a capital of £70,000, +£14,000 of which was contributed by the inhabitants of +Wells, £10,000 by the Earl of Leicester, and £30,000 +by the Norfolk Railway Company. Mr. G. Berkeley, of Great +George Street, Westminster, was the engineer, and Mr. Solomon +Treadwell the contractor. The opening-day was observed in +the district as a general holiday. A special train was run +over the nine and a half miles of line, the Earl of Leicester +entertained a large party at Holkham, and in the evening his +lordship presided over a public dinner, held at the Crown Inn, +Wells.</p> +<p>5.*—“Norwich manufactures at present may be said +to be almost at a standstill. There has not been so +complete a state of stagnation for some years past. +Hundreds of operatives who are usually employed at this season in +the production of spring goods are now out of work.”</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Alexander Hugh Baring was returned without +opposition member of Parliament for the borough of Thetford, on +the retirement of his father from the representation of the +constituency.</p> +<p>14.—A sculling match, for £10 a side, was rowed +from Postwick Hall to Whitlingham Point, between John Wright and +Lancaster. The former won easily.</p> +<p>22.—The Norwich Town Council adopted a motion in favour +of the erection of a new Fishmarket.</p> +<p>23.—The West Norfolk Militia, which assembled on +November 10th, 600 strong, left Norwich by rail for garrison +duty. The headquarters and three companies, under the +command of Lieut.-Col. Custance, proceeded to Chester; three +companies, commanded by Major Bedingfeld, to Liverpool; and two +companies, commanded by Capt. Marsham, to Stockport. The +regiment returned to Norwich on April 23rd, 1858.</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime at Norwich Theatre was entitled, +“Harlequin Sinbad the Sailor, or the Princess with the +Diamond Eyes and the Fairy of the Island of Jewels.”</p> +<h3>1858.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—A fire, involving the destruction of several +dwelling-houses and a large amount of other property, originated +on the premises of Mr. W. Colby, fish merchant, St. James’s +Place, South End, Yarmouth.</p> +<p><a name="page70"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +70</span>5.—The premises of Mr. H. F. Butcher, paper and +mill-board manufacturer, St. Martin-at-Palace, Norwich, were +destroyed by fire. On the same day a fire occurred at Mr. +Orfeur’s timber-yard, St. Edmund’s; and on the 6th an +outbreak took place at the soap manufactory of Messrs. Andrews +and French, in Fishgate Street. The loss occasioned by the +three fires amounted to upwards of £6,000.</p> +<p>7.—Intelligence was received at Norwich of the defeat of +General Windham and his division by the Gwalier mutineers, near +Cawnpore, on November 27th.</p> +<p>8.—Miss P. Horton and Mr. T. German Reed appeared at the +Assembly Rooms, Norwich. These favourite performers made a +return visit on October 27th, with their entertainments, +“After the Ball” and “The Unfinished +Opera.”</p> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Mr. J. H. +Tillett moved, “That an inquiry be held respecting the +manner in which appointments to the city magistracy are made, and +also the manner in which the magisterial business of this city is +conducted, with the view to the adoption of any measures which +may appear likely to promote the better administration of +justice.” The motion was adopted. The committee +of inquiry reported in February that they considered “the +mode in which the magistracy is appointed in cities and boroughs +is highly objectionable, the appointments being the result of +party influence,” and recommended for the magistracy +“those gentlemen who have served the office of Mayor to the +satisfaction of the Council.” Complaints were made +that from excitement or infirmity of temper certain gentlemen +made use of language derogatory to their position, and tending to +lower the respect of the Bench, and these complaints the +Committee found were not groundless. On March 16th the Town +Council adopted a series of resolutions, requesting the Mayor to +address a letter to those gentlemen whose names appeared in the +report as having never attended petty sessions, or as having +rarely or sometimes attended, requiring them to take upon +themselves to discharge the duties of their office; that a rota +of attendance be established; and that, “in relation to the +unseemly proceedings which have taken place in the Sword Room, +the Council forbear to memorialise the Lord Chancellor on the +subject, in the hope that similar proceedings will not occur +again.”</p> +<p>25.—The marriage of the Princess Royal was celebrated in +Norwich by the ringing of the bells of St. Peter Mancroft, and by +public dinners at the Royal Hotel. A ball took place in the +evening, at St. Andrew’s Hall. The day was similarly +observed at Yarmouth, Lynn, and other towns in the county, and +addresses of congratulation were afterwards sent to the Queen by +the respective Corporations.</p> +<p>26.—The long-pending case, Preston <i>v.</i> the Eastern +Counties and Norfolk Railway Companies, was before the Court of +Exchequer, and Mr. Baron Watson delivered judgment. The +first count of the declaration charged the defendants with +diverting and obstructing the waters of the rivers, and the +second with omitting to repair certain locks, whereby the water +escaped. Judgment was given against the Eastern Counties +Railway Company for 40s. on all issues, and for the Norfolk +Railway Company on their plea of not guilty, but against them on +all other issues. Finally the case was before the Rolls +Court on June 8th, and was entered as the Attorney-General +<i>v.</i> the Norfolk <a name="page71"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 71</span>and Eastern Counties Railway +Companies. The object of the information was to have it +declared that the defendants were not by their Acts of Parliament +empowered to divert or obstruct any of the waters of the Rivers +Yare and Waveney, or other waters connected with them, except +Lake Lothing, for the purpose of supplying the entrance out +between Lake Lothing and the sea with water. The Court made +the injunction already granted perpetual against the Eastern +Counties Railway Company, and ordered the company to pay the +costs incurred in equity.</p> +<p>29.—The Norwich Town Council accepted contracts +amounting to over £9,000 for draining the northern portion +of the city.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—A special meeting of the Norwich Court of Guardians, +attended by Lord Bury, M.P., and Mr. Schneider, M.P., was held to +consider the subject of a national poor-rate. It was stated +that Norwich paid £20,000 a year more in poor relief than +it would if the principle of a national rate were adapted as the +law of the land. Both members of Parliament expressed +themselves in favour of national rating.</p> +<p>8.—Mr. Thomas Barnes, R.G.S., was presented by the +Corporation of King’s Lynn with an “honorary +address,” in lieu of the freedom of the borough, +“disallowed by the Municipal Reform Act.” Mr. +Baines, the son of a ship captain of the town, was a self-taught +artist, who achieved for himself a very honourable position by +his own enterprise and industry. He was serving as a +volunteer at the Cape when he was selected as artist to accompany +the North Australian Exploring Expedition, under Mr. +Gregory. At the time of the presentation he was about to +join Livingstone, on his expedition into the heart of +Africa. Mr. Baines had already received considerable +honours from the Royal Geographical Society, of which he was a +member, and from other learned bodies.</p> +<p>12.—A public meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, +to consider a Bill then before Parliament introduced for the +purpose of amalgamating the Norwich Gas Company with the British +Gas Company. A resolution was adopted affirming that the +operation of the proposed Bill would be very prejudicial to the +interests of the ratepayers and inhabitants, by placing the +future management of the gas supply in the hands of a company +which had no local connection or sympathy with the interests of +Norwich, and over whom the rate-payers and inhabitants would have +no control. The meeting having heard the report of the +Special Committee appointed by the Corporation, cordially +approved the course adopted by the Committee, and pledged itself +to use every effort to oppose the passing of the Bill. A +petition was addressed to the House of Commons against the Bill, +and on the 16th the Town Council adopted the same petition. +The House of Commons Committee on Private Bills sat on April +20th, for the purpose of hearing objections to the measure. +The proceedings closed on the 23rd, when the Bill was ordered to +be reported to the House.</p> +<p>27.*—“Sir Henry Stracey, of Rackheath Hall, has +obtained provisional protection for a cartridge which, by a very +simple contrivance, <a name="page72"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +72</span>gets rid of the necessity of biting off the end, a +proceeding which is always objectionable.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>4.—Lord Stanley was re-elected member of Parliament for +the borough of King’s Lynn, on his appointment as Secretary +to the Colonial Department. On June 5th his lordship was +again re-elected, on accepting the presidency of the Board of +Control, vacated by Lord Ellenborough.</p> +<p>—Died at his residence, South Quay, Yarmouth, Sir Eaton +Stanley Travers. A son of Mr. John Travers, of Hethyfield +Grange, co. Cork, he was born in 1782, and entered the Navy +September 15th, 1798, as midshipman, on board the Juno. He +saw much active service, and was nine times mentioned in +despatches. He was nominated K.H. on February 4th, 1834, +and on March 5th in the same year had conferred upon him the +honour of knighthood. Sir Eaton Travers was a Deputy +Lieutenant of Norfolk. He married in April, 1815, Anne, +eldest daughter of William Steward, of Yarmouth, by whom he had +issue five sons and two daughters.</p> +<p>6.*—“Within the last few days a stone has been +placed in the churchyard at East Dereham, in memory of Jean de +Narde, a French prisoner of war, who, in the year 1796 while +<i>en route</i> from Yarmouth to Norman Cross prison, was lodged +in the lower chamber of the bell tower of the church, and escaped +therefrom. He was pursued by the guard, and, after some +search, was espied in a tree on the Scarning Road, and when +summoned by a soldier to descend and surrender he did not +comply. His non-compliance forfeited his life, for he was +shot off it like a crow. The stone was erected by the vicar +and two other gentlemen.”</p> +<p>8.—Miss Vandenhoff, tragic actress, from Drury Lane and +Haymarket Theatres, commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre, +in her play, “Woman’s Heart.” She also +appeared in “Love’s Sacrifice,” +“Ingomar,” “Macbeth,” and “The +Stranger.”</p> +<p>22.—In the House of Lords, Lord Sondes presented a +petition from the Town Council and certain magistrates of +Yarmouth, praying for an inquiry into a recent appointment of +justices for that borough. It was stated that the +magistrates were constant in their attendance upon the Bench, and +were sufficiently numerous. The borough contained 31,000 +inhabitants, there were 31 magistrates, and 31 policemen. +Upon the Bench every shade of political feeling was represented, +but all the newly-appointed magistrates were of one political +party. The Mayor of Yarmouth had interviewed the Lord +Chancellor, and his lordship had intimated that it was his +intention to persist in the appointment, and, moreover, he felt +it his duty to appoint new magistrates of one particular +party. The action of the Lord Chancellor had excited much +feeling in the borough. Lord Cranworth now informed the +House that he felt bound to put the magistracy in a position in +which justice should not be partially administered, and if an +inquiry were instituted it should have his entire +concurrence. No further action resulted.</p> +<p><a name="page73"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +73</span>23.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town +Council, a resolution was adopted expressing surprise and +indignation that a covert attempt had been made to pervert the +Grammar School and the Commercial School proposed to be +established into exclusive institutions, which would not only +deprive a large proportion of the inhabitants of the advantage of +the schools, but would condemn them in public estimation, and +tend to the frustration and utter subversion of the proposed +scheme. The Charity Trustees were requested to resist this +proceeding, to ascertain at whose instance the suggestion was +made, and to consider whether recent complaints did not +imperatively demand that a searching inquiry should be instituted +into the conduct and management of the Grammar School. The +Master of the Rolls, on July 17th, gave his decision upon the +Grammar School case, which had long been before the Courts. +It was ordered that twenty-one governors be appointed; the sum of +£1,000 per annum derived from land and house property was +to be appropriated to the maintenance of the Grammar School and +Commercial School; the benefits of the Grammar School were to be +open to all England; and all the expenses to which the +Corporation and those who represented Norwich had been put were +to be paid by the Charity Trustees. On December 4th the +<span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> made the following +remarkable statement in relation to the treatment of boys at the +Grammar School: “We have recently been informed of a +circumstance connected with the Grammar School which we could +scarcely have credited but for the authority upon which we have +received it. It is that there exists in that school a form +of punishment which ought long since to have been unknown in a +civilised country, amounting very nearly to bodily torture. +We have been assured that for offences of a not very serious +character boys are placed for hours between shelves so +constructed that they cannot stand upright, but are obliged to +stoop until the head is brought nearly level with the +knees.” At a meeting of the Governors of the School, +on December 8th, it was resolved, “That in consequence of +the informant declining to come to the Governors and substantiate +the charge referred to in the <span +class="smcap">Chronicle</span> newspaper of last Saturday, we +proceed no further in the matter; but that we intimate to Dr. +Vincent that we strongly disapprove of the mode of punishment +alluded to in that newspaper, and if it has been practised, we +request it may be discontinued.” The accusation was +not denied, either by Dr. Vincent or by anyone on his +behalf. On December 27th Dr. Vincent resigned his +appointment as headmaster.</p> +<p>25.—Died at Hempnall, John Holmes, aged 104. +“The deceased leaves behind him a son, Thomas, aged 87 +years, and a grandson, aged 60 years, the latter himself being a +great-grandfather, thus presenting the remarkable fact of a man +living to witness the sixth generation, and to see his +great-grandson become a grandfather.”</p> +<p>30.—The first annual dinner of the Norfolk and Norwich +Anglers’ Society was held at the Bell Hotel, Norwich, under +the presidency of Mr. R. N. Bacon.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>3.—Mr. R. Rising, of Costessey, rode his horse for a +wager over nine consecutive single hurdles set up in the centre +of a field. “This was <a name="page74"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 74</span>performed in excellent style, coming +back also over the same ground, and not refusing one. The +spectators were rather astonished to see Mr. Rising repeat the +feat with cap in hand. The judge of the bet, one of the +first riders in the Norfolk Hunt, asked permission to ride the +horse himself, saying he had ridden many good horses, but never +one that would take a single hurdle. Upon Mr. Rising +consenting, he rode the same round, thus making the animal in all +leap 54 single hurdles.”</p> +<p>11.—Died, in his 82nd year, Mr. John Venning, of Surrey +House, Norwich. A native of Totnos, Devonshire, he spent +several years in Russia, as the representative of a firm of +merchants. He became a member of the church at which the +Rev. R. Knill officiated in St. Petersburg, and devoted his time +and means to improving the wretched condition of the neglected +and depraved populace of the Russian metropolis. He founded +a school on the Lancasterian system for poor Russian children, a +free school for the children of foreigners, a refuge for the +reception and care of the helpless and destitute, a lunatic +asylum in which the best modes of treatment were introduced, the +Litofsky prison, constructed to admit of the classification and +separation of prisoners; and he remodelled the great hospital for +the reception of invalids. Mr. Venning gained the esteem of +the Emperors Alexander and Nicholas, and the hearty co-operation +of the Empress Dowager, as well as of other members of the +Imperial family. Through his instrumentality all exiles +starting for Siberia were furnished with copies of the +Scriptures. When the destructive inundation of November, +1824, overwhelmed the city with the waters of the Neva, the Grand +Duke Michael sent General Politica with 20,000 roubles to Mr. +Venning to distribute among the suffering populace. +“Throughout his long life Mr. Venning was a conscientious +Dissenter—an Independent—but he saw without regret +his nearest and dearest relations staunch members of the Church +of England.” He married a daughter of Mr. Meybohm, of +St. Petersburg, by whom he was survived.</p> +<p>22.—St. John’s church, Yarmouth, erected at the +estimated cost of £1,700, was consecrated by the Bishop of +Norwich.</p> +<p>24.—Died, in his 77th year, Mr. Thomas Osborn +Springfield, one of the magistrates of Norwich, and head of the +firm of Springfield, Son, and Nephew, of St. Mary’s, +Norwich, and Coleman Street, London. Born in a +comparatively humble sphere, he rose from the position of a small +tradesman to a large silk merchant, “and during his career +won and lost several fortunes, in consequence of the fluctuations +of the silk markets.” His business career ended +prosperously. He took an active part in all local matters, +from the election of a parish beadle to that of a member of +Parliament, ranging himself on the side called Radical. As +he himself avowed, whenever he engaged in a contest he went in to +win, and many of his victories were, doubtless, most +costly. In 1827 he was elected one of the Sheriffs, and in +1829 Mayor of the city. After the passing of the Municipal +Reform Act, he was, in 1836, selected to be the first Chief +Magistrate under the new order of things. With a majority +of one only of elected councillors, the Liberals were able to add +sixteen aldermen to their number. This power they then +exercised to the fullest extent, selecting men of their own party +only, a one-sided system which was pursued without a break to the +day of Mr. Springfield’s death. In 1852 <a +name="page75"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 75</span>he was +solicited by requisition to become a candidate for the +representation of the city, and if he had been inclined to accede +there is little doubt that he would have secured his +election. In private life Mr. Springfield exhibited many +good traits; he was never unamiable nor ungenerous, and there +were not a few persons in the city who could trace their first +advancement in life to his assistance.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>5.—The action in relation to the East Dereham Corn +Exchange came before the Vice-Chancellor’s Court. An +order was made upon the Corn Exchange Company to pay the costs of +the suit, except so far as they were incurred by the inquiries +raised as to the user of the site occupied by the Corn Exchange, +for the purpose of fairs and markets, and that they also pay the +costs of the proceedings by way of indictment on the several +counts upon which a verdict had been found for the Crown. +The case was then ordered to stand over until after the Trinity +term, for the consideration of the Attorney-General as to what +further decree or order, if any, he might think right to apply +for. The Vice-Chancellor declined to order the building to +be pulled down as asked for by the relators, because it was a +great public improvement. On June 26th the final decision +was announced, namely, that upon payment by the proprietors of +the new Corn Exchange of the costs awarded by the Court of +Chancery and of £100 to the East Dereham Corn Market +Company, the suit would be withdrawn, and in case of any +indictment laid a <i>nolle prosequi</i> be entered. +“These proceedings are, therefore, terminated. The +hall is to remain, and the payment for admission will continue as +heretofore.” (<i>See</i> February 16th, 1866.)</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>2.—Mountjoy the pedestrian, then in his 58th year, +started from Lynn to Wisbech for his task of walking sixty-seven +miles a day for four successive days. On August 16th he +began a walk from Norwich to Dereham and back twice every day, +but on the 17th was stopped on his way to Norwich, by order of +the magistrates, because of the obstruction caused by the number +of persons who assembled on the roads in the vicinity of the +city. Mountjoy was apprehended in Norwich on September +11th, for leaving his wife and family chargeable to the funds of +the St. Pancras Union; and on the same night attempted to commit +suicide in his cell at the Guildhall by strangling himself with a +pockethandkerchief.</p> +<p>11.—Died at Colne House, Cromer, aged 46, Sir Edward +North Buxton, Bart., M.P. He was son of Sir Thomas Fowell +Buxton, first baronet, by the fifth daughter of Mr. John Gurney, +of Earlham Hall, where he was born in 1812, and married in 1836 +the second daughter of Mr. Samuel Gurney, of Ham House, +Essex. He succeeded to the title on the death of his +father, in 1845. From 1847 to 1852 he represented South +Essex in Parliament, and in 1857 was returned unopposed with +General Windham as member for East Norfolk. He was +succeeded in the title by his son, Thomas Fowell, born in +1837.</p> +<p><a name="page76"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +76</span>13.—The Bishop of Oxford preached at Norwich +Cathedral and at St. Peter Mancroft, on behalf of the Society for +the Propagation of the Gospel. His lordship, with Sir James +Brooke, K.C.B., attended the annual meeting at St. Andrew’s +Hall, on the 14th.</p> +<p>15.—A dinner of the Valpeian Club was held at the Royal +Hotel, Norwich, under the presidency of Sir James Brooke, Rajah +of Sarawak. The guest of the evening was Major-General Sir +Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.B., the conqueror of Delhi. +General Wilson, who was an old boy of Norwich Grammar School, was +presented with a dress sword, “in commemoration of his +distinguished services in India, 1857–8, and as a memento +of old friendships.”</p> +<p>20.—Died at Lee Cottage, Old Brompton, Mr. Dawson +Turner, F.R.S., F.S.A., formerly of Great Yarmouth. He was +in his 83rd year.</p> +<p>21.—The London Grand Opera Company appeared at Norwich +Theatre. It included Miss Fanny Reeves, Miss Ethel +Thirlwall, Miss Raymond, Mr. Henry Corri, Mr. J. B. Bowler, Mr. +O. Summers, and Mr. Elliot Galer. Among the productions +were “La Somnambula,” “Maritana,” +“The Bohemian Girl,” and “Il +Trovatore.”</p> +<p>26.—The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in +the representation of East Norfolk caused by the death of Sir E. +N. Buxton took place at the Shirehall, Norwich. Sir Henry +Josias Stracey was nominated by the Conservatives, and Major Coke +by the Liberals. The polling took place on the +29th,—the first time in twenty years,—and on July 1st +the result was officially declared as follows: Coke, 2,933; +Stracey, 2,720.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>5.—A largely advertised “monstre <i>fête</i> +and fancy fair,” under the management of Mr. J. W. Hoffman, +was held on the old Cricket Ground, Norwich, under the patronage +of the Mayor and Sheriff, the officers of the 15th Hussars, +&c. Hoffman, who had already visited Norwich as the +manager of an “organophonic” band, announced himself +as the representative of “the Society for the Promotion of +Public Amusements”—an entirely fictitious +organization. Business was suspended in Norwich, the +railway companies ran excursion trains, and the streets were +thronged by many thousands of persons anxious to witness the +“grand Middle-age pageant.” This consisted of a +procession of between thirty and forty persons on foot and one +horseman. It was everywhere received with groans and +hisses. Ten thousand persons were present on the Cricket +Ground to witness the “Old English Sports”; every +item in the programme resulted in failure, and a <i>bal +champêtre</i> was described as “a disgraceful affair, +which ended in indiscriminate fighting among the blackguards on +the ground.” For many years afterwards this +“<i>fête</i>” was popularly known in Norwich as +“Hoffman’s Humbug.”</p> +<p>7.—The headquarters of the 15th Hussars marched from +Norwich, and were replaced, on Sept. 11th, by a detachment of +Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Major Brandling, +C.B.</p> +<p>30.—A cricket match, Norfolk and Norwich <i>v.</i> +Oxford and Cambridge Universities, was played on the Norwich +ground. Norfolk and <a name="page77"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 77</span>Norwich, 148—79; Oxford and +Cambridge (1st innings), 122. The return match was played +at Gunton Park on August 9th. Universities, 96—45; +Norfolk and Norwich (first innings), 138.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—The Mayor and Corporation of Lynn claimed, under the +privileges extended by ancient charter, their right to a sturgeon +weighing twelve stones, captured on the previous day by a +fisherman named Norris. The man compounded with the Mayor +by payment of the nominal sum of one penny.</p> +<p>5.—The residence of the Rev. Sir George Stracey, Bart., +deceased, with eleven acres of land, at Thorpe, was sold by +Messrs. Spelman, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, for +£6,035.</p> +<p>7.*—“The date of the present harvest will be +remembered as the year in which reaping machines were fully +established in Norfolk. It was only last year that they +were introduced, for although there had been one or two in the +county previously, they were not of the right sort, and it was +not until M’Cormick’s reaper, as now made by Burgess +and Key, that their number increased or their merits were +appreciated by Norfolk farmers. The fact that the chief +part of the Hussey machines, with their back delivery, have been +returned or laid aside, and that on most large farms there was +<i>one</i> of Burgess and Key’s last year there are two +this harvest, will at once point out which machine is best +adapted to Norfolk agriculture.”</p> +<p>16.—Died at Oulton Hall, Suffolk, Ann Borrow, widow of +Captain Thomas Borrow, aged 87.</p> +<p>18.—Violent thunderstorms occurred in various parts of +the county. The barn and other buildings at Newfoundland +Farm, Cringleford, occupied by Mr. Drane, were destroyed by fire, +with the loss of 340 coombs of barley, &c. A house was +burnt down at Kenninghall, and horses were killed by lightning at +Holt.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Woodbridge, Mr. David Fisher, aged 70. +“He was a highly talented and respectable public character, +and had resided at Woodbridge since his retirement from the stage +twenty years previously. He belonged to a class much more +numerous half a century since than at the present day. He +was not only an actor, as nine-tenths of those who now strut +their hour upon the stage are, by <i>profession</i>, but by +intuition. Mr. Fisher was blessed with very rare histrionic +and musical attainments. When he appeared at Drury Lane, as +the contemporary and rival of Edmund Kean, it was felt to be the +nearest approximation then or since seen to the overtowering +abilities of that great dramatic luminary. Mr. Fisher, his +father and family, made greater efforts than any other family +ever did to establish and cultivate in the counties of Norfolk +and Suffolk a taste for the drama, at a time when this amusement +was more calculated to serve the highest office of the stage than +in the present degenerate days. Mr. Fisher built himself +theatres at Bungay, Beccles, Halesworth, Wells, North Walsham, +Dereham, Lowestoft, Eye, and other towns, entirely at his own +cost. He generally used to feel his way by sending a +company in advance for a few seasons, who located themselves in +such buildings as were available for their temporary <a +name="page78"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 78</span>purposes, and +then, having whetted the appetites of the dwellers in rural +districts for one of the most intellectual of all amusements, he +summoned up courage to build a theatre, generally one of the best +structures in the town. For very many years these +speculations proved remunerative, even though the season did not +last more than two or three months, and at intervals generally of +two years. It is rarely that a good actor makes a good +manager, but Mr. Fisher was an honourable exception to this +rule—indeed, it was difficult to say what department this +distinguished gentleman could not fill, and fill well, too. +He was a first-rate musician, and for a considerable time was +leader at our choral concerts, and occupied a good position at +our first and early Festivals. So versatile was his genius +that he has been known to play in the overture, then to appear in +almost every act of the tragedy of ‘Hamlet,’ and +subsequently re-appear as Dr. O’Toole in the farce of +‘The Irish Tutor.’ He was also an admirable +scene painter. During the latter years of his management he +was much assisted by his two brothers, Charles and George. +Finding that the palmy days of the drama were fast fading away, +Mr. Fisher retired from public life when about 50 years of age, +and before all the little reserve fund he had accumulated was too +much wasted to enjoy the evening of life in a quiet and +unostentatious privacy. He was very much esteemed where he +lived and died.”</p> +<p>24.—The Thorpe Grove estate, formerly the property of +Mr. George Harvey, deceased, was sold for £11,390, about +£2,000 in excess of the valuation sent in previous to the +auction.</p> +<p>25.—Died at his residence, Crown Point, Norwich, +Lieut.-General Money, C.B., K.C., Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of +Dragoons. He entered the Army in 1794, was promoted +Lieutenant the same year, and Captain in May, 1800; Major, +December, 1809; Lieut.-Colonel, June 4th, 1814; Colonel, January +10th, 1837; Major-General, Nov. 9th, 1846; and Lieut.-General, +June 20th, 1854. He served twenty-five years in the 11th +Dragoons, and was in Flanders and Holland in 1794–95, and +in the latter year saw service in Germany. He took part in +the attack on the French lines, was present at their defeats on +the heights of Cateau and near Tournay, and was at the battles of +Roubaix, Launey, and other engagements. Under Sir Ralph +Abercromby, he commanded a detachment of his regiment at Leghorn, +Minorca, at the expedition to Cadiz in 1800, in Egypt in 1801, +and was at the capture of Grand Cairo and Alexandria. In +the Peninsula campaigns of 1811 and 1812 he was present at the +siege of Badajoz, the battle of Salamanca, and the affair of +cavalry near the Tormes on the following day, when three French +battalions were taken. He was at the cavalry affairs of +Callada Camino and Fenta de Poso. He served also in the +campaign of 1815, and was at the battles of Quatre Bras and +Waterloo; towards the close of the latter the command of the 11th +Dragoons devolved upon him. General Money married, in 1841, +Lady Annetta Laura Maria Waldegrave, daughter of the sixth Earl +of Waldegrave. She died in 1856, leaving two daughters.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—The stone statue above the entrance to the Corn +Exchange at East Dereham was inaugurated on this date. Mr. +W. Freeman, of <a name="page79"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +79</span>Swanton, was the principal promoter of the public fund +with which the statue was purchased. It weighed upwards of +three tons, and was cut out of a solid block of stone weighing +over seven tons, taken from the Isle of Portland. Mr. +Butler, of London, was the sculptor. The luncheon in +celebration of the inauguration was presided over by Lord +Sondes.</p> +<p>11.—Donati’s Comet was viewed with interest by +thousands of the citizens of Norwich. “The extreme +heat of the present month has impressed many that the comet has +something to do with it.”</p> +<p>28.—A public testimonial, consisting of a piece of plate +and a portrait of himself, painted by Mr. Boxall, of London, was +presented by the inhabitants of Diss to Mr. Thomas Lombe Taylor, +in recognition of his munificence in building, at his own +expense, a Corn Hall for the use of the town, at the cost of +£7,000. The presentation took place at the Corn Hall, +where dinner was served, under the presidency of the Earl of +Albemarle.</p> +<p>30.—The Congregational chapel, Chapel Field, Norwich, +was opened for public worship. The special preacher was the +Rev. Newman Hall, LL.B. The chapel was erected at the cost +of £3,000, by Mr. Horace Sexton, from the plans of Mr. +Joseph James, architect, Furnival’s Inn. It was +intended to accommodate one thousand persons.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>2.—The theft was reported, from the nave of St. +Michael-at-Coslany, Norwich, of a brass which measured 14 in. by +5½ in., and had engraved upon it five lines of Latin +verse, commemorating Richard Wallour, and bearing date 1505.</p> +<p>5.—A meeting was held at the Assembly Rooms, Norwich, to +initiate measures for insuring to schools in Norfolk the +advantages afforded by the Cambridge Middle Class +examinations. Sir J. P. Boileau presided. The first +examination was held at the Free Library, on December 14th, by +Mr. H. M. Butler, when 31 boys were presented.</p> +<p>15.—Died at Sprowston, Mr. John Stracey, in his 86th +year. He was born at Fort William, on November 26th, 1772, +and was fifth son of the first baronet. In 1790 he went to +India as a cadet in the Civil Service, and rose afterwards to be +a judge, an appointment which he held for several years. On +his return to England he took an active part in the business of +the county, and was instrumental in obtaining the Act of +Parliament for the removal of the Lent Assizes from Thetford to +Norwich. He was twice married, and left three +children—Col. Edward Stracey, of the Scots Fusilier Guards; +the Rev. William Stracey, rector of Buxton and Oxnead; and Emma, +widow of Mr. Arckwright.</p> +<p>23.—Died at his residence, Heigham Lodge, Norwich, Mr. +Timothy Steward, aged 64. Early in life he came from +Yarmouth, where he was born, to take a leading part in one of the +largest commercial establishments of the city—the +Pockthorpe Brewery. A member of the old Whig party, he was +elected, after the passing of the Municipal Reform Act, to the +Town Council, but after three years had expired be declined to +offer himself for re-election, and retired from municipal <a +name="page80"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 80</span>duties with +the Gurneys, Birkbecks, and Geldarts. In 1855, however, he +was unexpectedly called upon to discharge the duties of the +Shrievalty. He was a director of the East of England Bank +and of the Norwich Union Fire Office, and was vice-president of +the Norwich Union Life Office.</p> +<p>31.—The William Corry and Reliance steam vessels, with +the North of Europe submarine cable on board, arrived off +Weybourne and commenced laying the cable to the island of Borkum, +at the mouth of the Ems, whence it was continued to Emden, in +Hanover. The work was completed on November 4th. A +line of telegraph was erected between Weybourne and Norwich, and +continued along the old coach road, <i>viâ</i> Newmarket to +London.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The Gresham Grammar School, at Holt, founded in 1554 +by Sir John Gresham, was re-opened by the Fishmongers’ +Company, of London, the trustees of the foundation. The new +building was erected from designs by Mr. Suter, the architect to +the Company, by Mr. Orman, of Ipswich. A commemoration +service was held at the parish church, and luncheon was served in +the school-house, under the presidency of the Prime Warden, Mr. +Thomas Boddington.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. George Middleton was elected Mayor, and Mr. H. S. +Patteson appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>20.—A meeting of agriculturists and merchants was held +at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, presided over by the Mayor, with the +object of raising a fund for the erection of a new Corn Exchange, +“upon a site next London Street and Exchange Street,” +at the cost of £20,000. (<i>See</i> February 3rd, +1859.)</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Bedford Place, Camden Hill, Kensington, aged +27, Robert Howlett, “well known by his successful +applications of photography.” He was a son of the +Rev. Robert Howlett, of Longham, where he spent his early +days. He determined to devote himself to the scientific +application of photography to the illustration and advancement of +the fine arts. He had just perfected a method of +transferring microscopic views of minute dissections to +photographic agency without the necessity of intermediate +drawings. The Queen and the Prince Consort were among his +distinguished patrons.</p> +<p>21.—Mr. T. Townsend, M.P. for Greenwich, appeared at +Norwich Theatre, in the character of Shylock. He also +performed the parts of Hamlet and Richard the Third. He was +announced “to address the public, giving he reasons for a +Parliamentary orator adopting the stage as a +profession.”</p> +<p>27.—The Christmas pantomime at Norwich Theatre was +written by Mr. J. B. Buckstone, and entitled, “The Sleeping +Beauty in the Wood, or Harlequin and the Spiteful Ogress and the +Seven Fairy Godmothers from the Realm of Golden +Flowers.” The other Christmas amusements <a +name="page81"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 81</span>were +Brown’s “Royal Cirque Unique,” on the Castle +Meadow, and Wombwell’s Menagerie.</p> +<p>27.—Mr. Fiddaman’s ch. g. Tinker, under 14 hands +high, “very cleverly performed, with some time to +spare,” twenty miles in an hour on the turnpike road +between Lynn and Narborough.</p> +<p>29.—Died at Wolterton Park, Horatio, Earl of Orford, in +his 76th year. He was son of the second earl by his first +wife, daughter of Mr. Charles Churchill, and granddaughter +maternally of Sir Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford. +Born in Whitehall, in 1783, he married the eldest daughter of Mr. +William Augustus Fawkner, one of the clerks of the Privy Council, +and succeeded his father in 1822. From July, 1812, to +April, 1825, he was attached to the Embassy at St. Petersburg, +and was subsequently a Lord of the Admiralty and a Commissioner +for the affairs of India. He was elected member of +Parliament for King’s Lynn in March, 1809, represented the +constituency till June, 1822, and was in 1852 appointed a Deputy +Lieutenant of Norfolk. For many years he held a +distinguished position in the county as an influential leader on +the Conservative side, and was a warm patron of the Turf. +He was Colonel of the West Norfolk Militia, and Lord High Steward +of the borough of King’s Lynn. The deceased earl was +succeeded by his son, Horatio William, Lord Walpole, born in +Belton Row in 1813, who married, in 1841, the only daughter of +the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Pellew.</p> +<h3>1859.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>6.—At the Norwich Police Court, Mr. H. Brown, proprietor +of the “Cirque Unique,” Castle Meadow, appeared to +answer an information preferred by Mr. William Sidney, manager of +Norwich Theatre, charging him with performing a stage play +without licence from the Lord Chamberlain. It was contended +by the prosecution that the equestrian spectacle of +“Mazeppa,” as presented at the Circus, was a stage +play within the meaning of the Act to Regulate Theatres. +The magistrates held that there was no contravention of the Act, +and dismissed the case.</p> +<p>12.—A public meeting was held at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, under the presidency of the Sheriff, to promote +the objects of “The Metropolitan and County Association for +the Equalization of the Poor Rates.” A resolution was +adopted, affirming that as the poor rates generally of the County +of Norfolk were unequally levied, some parishes paying less than +one penny and others more than four shillings in the pound, and +as the city suffered from this inequality and great discontent +was caused among the ratepayers, it was the opinion of the +meeting that the rates should be equalised by establishing a +county rate.</p> +<p><a name="page82"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +82</span>31.—The Norwich Court of Guardians presented an +illuminated address to Mr. A. A. H. Beckwith, on his retirement +from the office of Governor of the Court, after a service of +upwards of a quarter of a century.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>3.—The Norwich Corn Exchange Bill was before the +examiner of private Bills in the House of Commons. The +Standing Orders of the House were declared to have been complied +with. The Bill passed through its remaining stages, and on +August 1st received the Royal assent. (<i>See</i> November +9th, 1861.)</p> +<p>5.*—“Several primroses were gathered in the hedges +near Ormesby a few days ago. The weather is exceedingly +mild in this locality, which is not a little remarkable for this, +almost the easternmost, part of England.”</p> +<p>10.—Mr. Gough, the celebrated temperance advocate, made +his second appearance at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>12.—Died at Buxton Vicarage, in his 79th year, +Lieut.-General James Claud Bourchier, Colonel of the 3rd Dragoon +Guards. He served under Sir Ralph Abercrombie in the +expedition against Cadiz, in 1800, in the campaign in Egypt in +1801, and in the campaigns of 1811–12–15. He +was present at the siege of Badajoz, the battle of Salamanca, the +cavalry affairs at Callada de Carino and Venta de Toso, the +battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and the capture of +Paris.</p> +<p>14.—Mr. Barnum, the celebrated showman, lectured at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, on “Money-making and the Art +of Humbug.” The lecture was described as “a +strange medley—a most anomalous production.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>6.—East Dereham church was, for the first time, lighted +with gas, through the munificence of an anonymous +parishioner. Evening services were held from this date.</p> +<p>8.—The Norwich New Street Bill, the object of which was +to acquire powers for constructing what is now known as the +Prince of Wales Road, was before a Select Committee of the House +of Lords. It was stated that a number of Norwich gentlemen +had formed themselves into a company to construct a new roadway +and street, and to buy the land fronting the said street to the +depth of about 108 feet, leading from a point near the Eastern +Counties Railway Station to King street, near Harveys and +Hudsons’ Bank, a distance of something less than 500 +yards. Rose Lane at that time formed the only approach from +the station to the city. The Committee decided in favour of +the Bill, leaving the question of compensation to be determined +by a jury. The Bill was considered by a Select Committee of +the House of Commons on June 28th, when the whole of the clauses +were passed. (<i>See</i> June 19th, 1860.)</p> +<p>20.—Died at his residence, Highgate Rise, London, Mr. M. +Prendergast, Q.C., Recorder of Norwich, and Judge of the City of +London <a name="page83"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +83</span>Sheriff’s Court. He was called to the Bar in +1820, and was appointed Recorder of Norwich on the death of Mr. +Jermy, in 1848. He was succeeded in the Recordership by Mr. +Peter Frederick O’Malley, Q.C.</p> +<p>24.—Supt. Robert Hitchman, of Devonport, was appointed +Chief Constable of Norwich, in place of Mr. English.</p> +<p>31.—The first fall of snow during the winter, which had +been very mild, occurred on this date. On April 6th and 7th +the thermometer recorded 90 deg. in the sun.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>6.—The celebrated dwarf, “General Tom +Thumb,” held a series of “levées” at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, commencing on this date. +“The General left the Hall daily in his miniature carriage, +drawn by the smallest ponies in the world, and attended by an +African coachman and footman in livery.”</p> +<p>19.—A clipper barque named the Athelstan, of 500 tons +burthen, was launched from the yard of Messrs. H. Fellows and +Son, Yarmouth.</p> +<p>29.—The General Election, consequent upon the defeat of +the Derby Ministry on the Reform Bill and the Dissolution of +Parliament on April 23rd, commenced in Norfolk on this +date. At Yarmouth Sir Edmund Lacon (C) and Sir H. Stracey +(C) were returned, with 699 and 659 votes respectively. The +Liberal candidates were Mr. A. W. Young, 536, and Mr. E. W. +Watkin, 568.</p> +<p>—The nomination of candidates for the representation of +Norwich took place at the Guildhall. The Conservative +candidates were Sir Samuel Bignold and Mr. Charles Manners +Lushington; and the Liberal candidates Mr. W. H. Schneider and +Lord Bury. The Mayor announced at the Police-Court that, +having received information that probable attempts would be made +to prevent voters from exercising their rights, he had obtained +the assistance of a large body of county police, and had +telegraphed to Sir Richard Mayne to supply a strong party of +Metropolitan constables. The poll was opened on the 30th, +and the election resulted as follows: Bury, 2,154; Schneider, +2,138; Bignold, 1,966; Lushington, 1,900. (<i>See</i> June +17th.)</p> +<p>—The Earl of Euston and Mr. Baring were returned without +opposition as members of Parliament for Thetford. Mr. J. J. +Colman, of Norwich, had been invited to become a candidate in the +Liberal interest, but declined. The register contained the +names of 220 electors.</p> +<p>—Lord Stanley (C) and Mr. J. H. Gurney (L) were returned +unopposed for King’s Lynn.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>2.—Mr. Edward Howes (C) and Col. Wenman C. W. Coke (L) +were returned unopposed for the division of East Norfolk.</p> +<p>4.—The Governors elected the Rev. Augustus Jessopp, of +St. John’s College, Cambridge, head master of Helston +Grammar School, to be head master of Norwich Grammar School.</p> +<p><a name="page84"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +84</span>6.—Mr. George William Pierrepont Bentinck (C) and +Mr. Brampton Gurdon (L) were returned without opposition members +for West Norfolk.</p> +<p>16.—The Mayor of Norwich, in compliance with a +requisition, convened a Common Hall, at which a loyal address to +the Queen was adopted, praying that there should be no +interference in the war which had arisen on the Continent, but at +the same time assuring her Majesty of the readiness of the +citizens of Norwich to uphold the honour and dignity of her Crown +under any circumstances that might arise.</p> +<p>17.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Mr. J. H. +Tillett moved that a petition be presented to Parliament praying +for a full, searching, and impartial inquiry into corrupt and +illegal practices at elections for members of Parliament for +Norwich. The motion was adopted, and a committee appointed +to draft the petition, which was presented for the approval of +the Council on June 21st. It asserted that extensive and +systematic bribery was practised; that it was rumoured a fund was +raised in London prior to the last General Election for election +purposes, and a considerable contribution from that fund was sent +down to Norwich for the purpose of being used at the late +election; and that a large sum of money had been subscribed in +Norwich for the same purpose. The Council adopted the +petition, and requested Mr. J. Bright, M.P., to present it to the +House of Commons. The petition was presented on July 11th, +and was ordered to lie upon the table. At a meeting of the +Town Council on July 19th, it was agreed “That it be +referred to a special committee to consider the propriety and +expediency of applying in the next Session of Parliament for an +Act for better regulating the election of members to serve in +Parliament.” The Special Committee reported on August +8th, and recommended the Council to resolve that as soon as it +should be known that an election for a member or members was to +take place, the candidates with their influential and active +supporters, to the number of not less than twenty on each side, +be called upon to sign a declaration pledging themselves to +abstain, both directly and indirectly, from and to discountenance +treating and every form of corrupt or illegal practice or +expenditure, and also engaging not to practice canvassing; that +in case of infraction of the above-named, it be referred to the +Right Hon. William E. Gladstone, M.P., and the Right Hon. Spencer +Horatio Walpole, M.P., as referees, or to such third person as +they might name, to determine whether the understanding had been +honourably carried out or not, and the member or members returned +should be bound to abide by such decision and to resign his or +their seats if it were adjudged that his or their election was +secured or promoted by the violation of such understanding, and +that the other candidates and parties subscribing such +declaration should also abide by the decision of such referees or +umpire. The report was adopted, and a committee appointed +to give effect to it. On October 29th a meeting was held at +the Guildhall, convened by the following circular, issued by the +Mayor (Mr. Middleton) and the Deputy-Mayor (Mr. Field): +“Having heard from various quarters that an unusual effort +will be made by each political party to secure the majority at +the approaching municipal elections, we take upon ourselves the +responsibility of asking our fellow-citizens to meet . . . with +the view of saving the city, if possible, from a repetition of <a +name="page85"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 85</span>those +disgraceful proceedings which have recently taken place in +Norwich.” At the meeting the Deputy-Mayor moved the +following resolution: “That, in the opinion of this +meeting, the business of the Town Council and the Corporation of +Guardians ought henceforth to be conducted without reference to +political interests, but alone with the view of promoting the +best interests of the citizens.” The discussion +showed that the principle of the resolution was not agreeable to +the meeting, whereupon Mr. Field withdrew it, and the proceedings +ended.</p> +<p>23.—Miss Goddard, a tragic actress of some repute, +appeared at Norwich Theatre, in the character of Hamlet. +“Hamlet is now played by a woman,” wrote the critic, +“infinitely better than it has been played by almost any of +the opposite sex who have ever attempted it.”</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated in Norwich +by the entertainment at dinner at St. Andrew’s Hall, of +nearly 700 of the poor of the city, at the joint expense of the +Mayor and Sheriff.</p> +<p>26.—A <i>déjeuner</i> was given at the Town Hall, +Yarmouth, in honour of the Bight Rev. Dr. Hills, Bishop of +Columbia, and formerly incumbent of the parish, who was presented +with an address and several gifts by the townspeople.</p> +<p>—The Volunteer movement commenced in Norfolk on this +date. A public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Norwich, +by request of the Lord Lieutenant of the county, was held at the +Shirehall. It was decided that the inhabitants of the city +and neighbourhood be invited to enrol themselves as active and +honorary members of the Norwich Rifle Corps Club. All +members were to provide their own uniform, the expense of which +was not to exceed £3 or £4, and if the Government did +not provide arms, the Committee would assist in individual cases +to such an extent as the funds would permit. Honorary +members were to pay an annual subscription of one guinea. +The drill required from active members was not to exceed two +hours a day on three days a week, and they were assured that +“on no occasion could they be called from Norwich except in +case of actual invasion or rebellion.” Many +Volunteers were enrolled at the conclusion of the meeting. +Similar meetings were held in all the towns of the county, and +the movement soon became general. At an adjourned meeting, +held at the Shirehall, Norwich, on July 2nd, and presided over by +Lieut.-Col. FitzRoy, “to consider the best patterns for the +clothing and accoutrements of the Rifle Corps in the towns +throughout the county,” it was resolved, “That the +uniform for the city of Norwich and the boroughs in the county be +a gray cloth tunic coat with black mohair braid and buttons down +the centre, with a low, upright collar, and trousers of the same +colour and material, and with a shako of hair cloth of the same +colour as the uniform, that a plume be worn, and that the +appointments be a patent leather black waistbelt, with pouch +bags; the officers’ dress to be distinguished by some +embroidery above the cuff of the coat and by a pouch-belt, with +bronzed whistle and chain, and a slung waistbelt, with sword and +steel scabbard.” A general meeting of the members of +the three companies formed in Norwich—the Mayor’s +Company, the Sheriff’s Company, and Mr. Hay Gurney’s +Company—was held at the Guildhall, on July 5th, when the +officers were elected as follows: For the Mayor’s Company, +Mr. R. Seaman <a name="page86"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +86</span>lieutenant, and Mr. A. J. Cresswell ensign. For +the Sheriff’s Company, Mr. Henry Morgan lieutenant, and Mr. +Charles Foster ensign. For Mr. Hay Gurney’s Company, +Mr. Croker lieutenant, and Mr. Charles Henry Gurney ensign. +The captains were respectively Mr. Middleton (Mayor), Mr. H. S. +Patteson (Sheriff), and Mr. Hay Gurney. In the month of +September two additional companies were formed, one commanded by +Mr. J. H. Orde, with Mr. E. P. Youell as lieutenant and Mr. J. +Tomlinson as ensign; and the other by Mr. William Swatman (brevet +colonel), with Mr. F. J. Cresswell as lieutenant. The first +public parade of the corps took place on October 7th, when the +muster was 220, and “Capt. Black, an honorary member of the +corps, kindly consented to put them through their evolutions on +the Cricket Field.” Mr. Simms Reeve, the honorary +secretary, announced on November 5th that long Enfield rifles had +been supplied by Government free of cost; and on December 5th, at +a general meeting of the corps, Major Brett was elected Major +Commandant.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>17.—A petition against the return of Lord Bury and Mr. +Schneider as members of Parliament for Norwich, was presented in +the House of Commons. Bribery and other corrupt and illegal +practices were alleged. The Special Committee appointed to +inquire into the petition sat on July 29th, and on July 30th +decided “That the election of Lord Bury and Mr. Schneider +was a void election, and that both, by their agents, were guilty +of bribery.” Sir Samuel Bignold, on his return from +London, on the 30th, was welcomed by an immense crowd at Thorpe +Station, and, escorted by a torch-light procession headed by a +band of music, his carriage was dragged in triumph to his +residence in Surrey Street.</p> +<p>23.—A writ was issued for the election of a member of +Parliament for Norwich, in consequence of a vacancy caused in the +representation of the city by the acceptance of the appointment +of Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household by Viscount +Bury. The nomination took place at the Guildhall, on the +28th, when the candidates were Viscount Bury, Sir Samuel Bignold, +and Col. Henry George Baldero. The show of hands was in +favour of Lord Bury, and a poll was demanded on behalf of Sir +Samuel Bignold and Col. Baldero. The poll was opened on the +29th, and declared on the 30th, as follows: Bury, 1,922; Bignold, +1,561; Baldero, 39. Lord Bury was declared elected. +(<i>See</i> March 9th, 1860.)</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>3.—Died in London, in his 90th year, the Right Rev. Dr. +Maltby, formerly Bishop of Durham. He was born in the +parish of St. George Tombland, Norwich, on April 9th, 1770, and +at the age of nine years was sent to the Free Grammar School, +then under the mastership of Dr. Parr. On the resignation +of Dr. Parr, Maltby, who was then head boy, proceeded to +Winchester, and entering Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, he there +gained a University scholarship. He was seventh <a +name="page87"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 87</span>or eighth +wrangler and first medallist, and obtained a prize for Greek +epigrams. Maltby afterwards became domestic chaplain to the +Bishop of Lincoln. He was author of “Sermons on the +Christian Religion,” and editor of Morell’s +“Thesaurus,” and wrote a very learned and judicious +book on “Divinity.” He held one of the prebends +of Lincoln Cathedral and the living of Brickdon. In 1831 he +was consecrated Bishop of Chichester, and was translated to +Durham in 1836. Under Act of Parliament he resigned the +latter see in September, 1856, and was allowed an annuity of +£4,500.</p> +<p>7.—Died at Roydon Rectory, the Rev. Temple Frere, canon +of Westminster and rector of Roydon, aged 78. He was son of +Mr. John Frere, for some years member of Parliament for Norwich, +and took his B.A. degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1802, +as eighth junior optime, migrating afterwards to Downing +College. Ordained deacon in 1804 and priest in 1805, he was +presented, in 1820, to the family living of Roydon (valued at +£400), which he held until his death. He owned the +greater part of Diss, and was an active magistrate in that +division of the county. Having served some time as chaplain +of the House of Commons, he was gazetted to a canonry in +Westminster Abbey in 1838. Canon Frere was remarkable for +his businesslike habits, and is said to have considerably +improved in value the Abbey estates.</p> +<p>12.—The new “marine promenade” at +Wells-next-the-Sea, for which the town was indebted to the Earl +of Leicester, was opened on this date. The work of +construction was commenced in March, 1857. The length of +the embankment is 1 mile 132 yards, and its height at the highest +part 22 ft. 6 in.</p> +<p>14.—A fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Noble, organ +builder, Pottergate Street, Norwich. The entire stock was +destroyed. The building adjoined the hospital for invalids +of the West Norfolk Militia. “Ten sick Militiamen +escaped from the house in great alarm, and only partially +dressed.”</p> +<p>18.—Messrs. Butcher, of Norwich, commenced the sale of +the Earl of Orford’s estates; the proceedings concluded on +the 21st. The Tivetshall estate realised £73,775; the +Saxthorpe estate, £99,740; the Briston and Corpusty estate, +£8,427; and the Burnham and Weybourne estate, +£6,182.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—Mr. Spurgeon made his first appearance in Norwich, on +his mission for procuring funds to erect a “monstre +tabernacle in London to accommodate the immense congregations +drawn together by his peculiar pulpit oratory.” About +2,500 persons assembled at St. Andrew’s Hall to hear his +sermon. In the evening Mr. Spurgeon preached in the open +air, in Chapel Field, to a congregation of more than +10,000. “The collection at the afternoon service +amounted to £28, which Mr. Spurgeon took occasion to say, +in introducing another collection in the evening, was the +shabbiest collection he had ever had.” In the evening +£23 was contributed.</p> +<p>12.—The Donegal Militia, 300 strong, arrived at +Yarmouth, in the ss. Himalaya. Lieut.-Col. Lord Claud +Hamilton was in command of the regiment, which relieved the Louth +Rifles (Militia).</p> +<p><a name="page88"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +88</span>13.—A meeting of landowners and others interested +in a proposed line of railway from Norwich to Aylsham and Cromer +was held at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, under the presidency of Sir +Henry Stracey, Bart., M.P. The meeting favoured the scheme, +and appointed a provisional committee.</p> +<p>18.—The first recorded angling match took place on this +date, at Limpenhoe Reach, on the Yare, for prizes given by Mr. C. +J. Greene, of Rose Lane, Norwich. The total weight of fish +taken by the 28 competitors in the course of eight hours was 16 +st. 7 lbs. 1 oz. Mr. G. Harman secured first prize, with a +catch of 33 lbs. 3 ozs.</p> +<p>28.—A remarkable case of protracted abstinence from food +was discovered at St. Faith’s. A man, who gave the +name of William Watling, of Felmingham, aged 60, was found in a +prostrate and apparently dying condition in a plantation. +His statement was to the effect that five weeks previously, when +tramping the country, he was overcome with heat and crawled into +the plantation. From that spot, he declared, he had not +moved for five weeks, and although persons passed very near the +wood, he failed, in consequence of physical exhaustion, to +attract their attention. He had neither food nor drink +during the whole time, and ate nothing but the grass and leaves +around him, and a few blackberries. “His bones almost +protruded through his skin, and his flesh was nearly all dried +up.” The medical opinion was that he would not +recover, but there is no further record of the case.</p> +<p>31.—The ceremony of laying the first stone of the new +church of Holy Trinity, Norwich, was performed by the Mayor (Mr. +Middleton). A special service was held at St. Peter +Mancroft, when the sermon was preached by the Ven. Archdeacon +Bouverie, and, after the laying of the stone, a large gathering +was held in a temporary building adjoining the site. +(<i>See</i> August 8th, 1861.)</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died Mrs. Sarah Bickersteth, widow of the Rev. Edward +Bickersteth, rector of Watton, Herts. She was the eldest +daughter of Mr. Thomas Bignold, of Norwich, and sister of Sir +Samuel Bignold. Born on October 3rd, 1788, she married, on +May 5th, 1812, Mr. Edward Bickersteth, who was then a solicitor +practising in Norwich. Two years afterwards, at the call of +the Rev. Josiah Pratt, he gave up a lucrative business for the +laborious post of co-secretary in the Church Missionary House, +and visited the missions on the West Coast of Africa. Four +fourteen years Mrs. Bickersteth shared all his toils, until 1830, +when he was presented to the living of Watton, by Mr. Abel Smith, +M.P. He died in February, 1850, and Mrs. Bickersteth, for +the last nine years of her life, divided her time among her +children. She spent the last month with her son, the +incumbent of Christ church, Hampstead.</p> +<p>15.—The church of Framingham Pigot, built through the +munificence of Mr. G. H. Christie, at a cost exceeding +£5,000, was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>8.—Died, in the 100th year of her age, Mary Tallowin, of +Bowthorpe.</p> +<p><a name="page89"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +89</span>11.—Charles Dickens gave a reading, at St. +Andrew’s Hall, of the “Christmas Carol” and the +trial scene from “The Pickwick Papers,” and on the +12th read the story of Little Dombey and of Mrs. Gamp. +“The reception of Mr. Dickens, on his first appearing in +front of a very artistically arranged screen, was cordial and +enthusiastic. His voice was far from powerful, but he had +remarkable expression and the power of exhibiting this in face as +well as in voice. As a pecuniary speculation, it must have +been highly profitable to Mr. Dickens.”</p> +<p>17.—The town of Attleborough was, for the first time, +lighted with gas, an event which was celebrated by a public +dinner at the New Inn.</p> +<p>20.—At the Norwich Quarter Sessions, John Plummer (25), +shoemaker, was indicted for stealing a model of a gold nugget, +the property of the trustees of the Norfolk and Norwich +Museum. Mr. Reeve, the curator of the Museum, stated that +the model was worth only a few shillings, but it was an +attractive object, and generally supposed by visitors, and no +doubt by the prisoner, to be a piece of genuine gold. The +prisoner was sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude.</p> +<p>21.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, the Police +Committee called attention to an Act of Parliament passed in the +previous month of August, empowering the substitution of +policemen for javelin men at the Assizes, and recommending that +the Chief Constable be authorised, on the application of the High +Sheriff, to employ a sufficient number of constables for that +purpose, the High Sheriff engaging to pay such sum as would, in +the estimation of the Chief Constable, be sufficient to meet the +additional expense of such employment. The matter was +adjourned for further consideration. (<i>See</i> January +5th, 1860.)</p> +<p>—Mr. R. M. Phipson was elected County Surveyor.</p> +<p>24.—A singular question came before the Norwich Town +Council, in relation to the right of the Corporation to the +property of convicts. The Police Committee reported they +had been informed by the Chief Constable that on the apprehension +of one George Valentine, on a charge of felony, a large sum of +money was found in his possession. Valentine having been +tried and convicted at the Quarter Sessions, the Town Clerk had +stated that the city was entitled to the convict’s +money. The Chief Constable wished to know how he should +dispose of the money. The Committee were advised that, +after the conviction, the city had become entitled to the money +under a Royal charter granted during the reign of Henry IV. +The Council ordered that the money remain in the hands of the +City Treasurer, pending further inquiry. The question was +again considered by the Council on May 12th, 1863, when the Town +Clerk reported that after Valentine’s conviction it was +found that, in addition to the sum in question (£90), he +had £60 deposited in a savings bank in London. The +Town Clerk had given notice to the bank directors that the +Corporation claimed the money, but since the liberation of the +prisoner he had been pressed to withdraw the notices, and had +refused to do so without the sanction of the Corporation. +The difficulty under which the Corporation laboured was that the +money was out of their jurisdiction, and they had no control over +it beyond the notice that had been given. If further steps +were taken the question would arise whether it was a forfeiture +to the Corporation or to the Crown, but as this would involve an +inquisition, the cost of which would probably exhaust the <a +name="page90"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 90</span>money +enquired about, it was for the Council to say whether, the man, +having served his term of three years’ penal servitude, and +having petitioned for some relief from the fund to place him in a +position to gain an honest livelihood, they would authorise the +withdrawal of the notice. It was agreed that the notice be +withdrawn.</p> +<p>25.—A severe storm occurred off the Norfolk coast. +At Winterton two vessels were wrecked and thirteen lives +lost. At Yarmouth there were several wrecks, and for miles +the shore was strewn with remains of cargoes and portions of +vessels. The sloop James and Jessie drifted on to the +Britannia Pier, and severed the structure into two parts.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. and Mrs. German Reed gave, at the Assembly +Rooms, Norwich, their entertainment entitled, “Seaside +Studies.”</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Mr. J. H. +Tillett was elected Mayor, and Mr. Joseph Underwood appointed +Sheriff.</p> +<p>—Mr. Tillett, on taking his seat as Mayor of Norwich, +informed the Town Council that an attempt had been made to bribe +one of the Councillors. Mr. Joel Fox, the member in +question, produced the halves of three £100 bank notes, +which, he alleged, the Conservatives had handed to him to induce +him to vote for eight Conservative Aldermen. After the vote +had been recorded the payment was to be completed. Amid +much excitement, a Special Committee was appointed to investigate +the case. On November 12th, before the Committee had +presented their report, criminal proceedings were instituted +against Mr. Albert John Collins, solicitor, a member of the firm +of Beckwith and Collins, who was charged at the Police Court with +conspiring with Henry Croxford, stationer and others, to bribe +Joel Fox, Town Councillor, by promising and offering him a sum of +money to vote for certain Aldermen. Croxford, the other +defendant, had absconded. Fox alleged that he went to +Croxford’s house, where he was shown the halves of three +£100 notes and four £50 notes, which were offered to +him by Croxford, on behalf of Collins, on condition that he voted +for the Conservative Aldermen. After formal evidence, the +case was adjourned. On the 16th the Committee of the +Council asked for full power and authority to proceed with the +investigation, and to take such steps as might be necessary for +the prosecution of the offenders. The Council granted the +application. The magisterial proceedings were resumed on +the 17th, when Mr. Power, Q.C. (instructed by the Town Clerk, Mr. +Mendham), appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Serjeant +Ballantine for the defendant Collins. After further +evidence had been taken, the case was again adjourned. +Meanwhile informations had been laid against William Wilde, +William Wilde, the younger, William George Wilde, James Stowers, +and Sir William Foster, members of the Liberal party, for +conspiring to bribe at the last General Election for the +city. By way of reprisal, the Liberals obtained summonses, +through William Randell Lacey, against Sir Samuel Bignold, the +Rev. F. S. Bignold, J. H. Bignold, James Hardy, Capt. Ives, and +G. Priest, for unlawfully conspiring by bribery and other illegal +means to return Sir Samuel Bignold and Mr. Charles Lushington at +the last election of members of Parliament. On Nov. <a +name="page91"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 91</span>19th the +magistrates decided to hear all the cases on December 8th. +A special meeting of the Town Council was held on December 6th, +to consider the following motion by Mr. Simms Reeve: “That +it is the opinion of this Council that the peace and welfare of +the city will be best promoted by the cessation of political +strife, and, with the view to the attainment of that object, the +resolution of the Council of the 16th November last, with +reference to the charge of bribery made by Mr. Councillor Fox, be +cancelled, and that all further legal proceedings against Henry +Croxford and Albert John Collins and others for conspiracy be +stayed.” The motion was seconded by Mr. Field. +Mr. C. M. Gibson moved, as an amendment, “That the due +administration of justice is essential to the peace and welfare +of the city, and it is therefore the opinion of the Council that +the resolution of the 16th November . . . should be again +confirmed.” The motion was carried by 28 votes +against 19. On December 8th, when the magisterial +proceedings were resumed, the Town Clerk said he had no +instructions from the Town Council to proceed with the +prosecution. After he had formally withdrawn, Mr. R. N. +Bacon, Mr. J. J. Colman, Mr. J. Youngs, Mr. J. Newbegin, Mr. C. +N. Bolingbroke, the Rev. G. Gould, the Rev. J. Crompton, Mr. E. +C. Holland, and Mr. John Pymar appeared as prosecutors, and Mr. +Power claimed to be heard as their counsel. The Bench +decided that there was no <i>prima facie</i> case against +Collins, who was discharged on giving sureties to answer any +charge that might be made against him at the Assizes. +Serjeant Ballantine thereupon said that he would offer no +evidence in the charges against the Messrs. Wilde, and Mr. S. H. +Asker, who appeared for the complainant Lacey, withdrew the +summons issued on his information.</p> +<p>12.—Mr. Louth, landlord of the Rampant Horse Hotel, +Norwich, received fatal injuries by the overturning of his +vehicle in London Street. His father, by whom he was +accompanied, also sustained severe wounds, from which he died on +the 18th.</p> +<p>30.—The foundation-stone of the St. Andrew’s +Wherrymen’s chapel, at Yarmouth, was laid by the Mayor (Mr. +W. Worship). The building, which was erected at the cost of +£1,050, by Mr. Stanley, of Yarmouth, from plans by Mr. C. +E. Giles, of London, was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich on +October 9th, 1860.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The Norwich Operatic Union gave its first concert, +from Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” at St. +Andrew’s Hall. The principal vocalists were Miss +Theresa Jefferys, Mr. Angus Braham, Miss Laura Baxter, and Mr. +Durand. The band and chorus of 80 performers were conducted +by Mr. Bunnett, B.M., Mr. Alfred Bowles was instrumental leader, +and Mr. Henry Rudd choral director.</p> +<p>—A fatal accident occurred on the works in progress at +the new Fishmarket, Norwich, by the falling in of three of the +arches beneath the “promenade.” A workman, +named William Powley, of Necton, was killed, and another workman +sustained a broken leg. At the adjourned inquest, on +December 15th, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, +with the rider: “They consider, from the evidence <a +name="page92"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 92</span>of eminent +architects of London and builders of Norwich, that the buildings +are in an unsafe condition, and require the immediate attention +of the Corporation, in order to insure the perfect safety of the +public.”</p> +<p>10.—Died at Sydenham, Col. the Hon. John Walpole, of 18, +Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, aged 73. He was son of the +second Earl of Orford, served with the Guards in the Peninsula +War, and was severely wounded at the siege of Burgos. From +1827 to 1831 he was member of Parliament for King’s Lynn; +from 1830 to 1833 private secretary to Lord Palmerston; from 1833 +to 1841 Consul-General in Chili; and from 1841 to 1849 +<i>chargé d’affaires</i> there.</p> +<p>17.—A heavy fall of snow and a frost of great severity +were recorded. “In the course of the 17th, the +thermometer fell to 14 degrees, and on the 18th to 9 degrees, or +27 degrees below freezing-point.”</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime at Norwich Theatre was “founded +on the celebrated and world-known Norfolk ballad,” and +entitled, “The Babes in the Wood, and Harlequin and the +Cruel Uncle, or the Forest Queen of the Fairy Dell.” +The other Christmas attraction was Mander’s Menagerie.</p> +<p>27.—Died, Jacob Astley, Lord Hastings, of Melton +Constable and of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He was son +of Sir Jacob Henry Astley, fifth baronet, by the youngest +daughter and co-heiress of Samuel Browne, of King’s +Lynn. His lordship was born in 1797, married in March, +1819, the youngest daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, Bart., +and succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1817. As one +of the heirs of Sir John de Hastings, who sat in the Parliament +of 18th Edward I., he was summoned to the House of Peers in +1841. He was appointed first Captain and Commandant of the +Norfolk Militia Artillery in 1853, and Hon. Colonel in +1856. From 1832 to 1837 he represented West Norfolk in +Parliament. His lordship was succeeded by his son, the Hon. +Jacob Henry Delaval Astley, born in 1822.</p> +<h3>1860.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—At the County Sessions, at Norwich, the Committee +appointed at the previous Sessions recommended that the Chief +Constable, on the application of the High Sheriff, be allowed to +supply police-constables for keeping order in the Assize Courts, +in place of the javelin men previously employed, the High Sheriff +engaging to pay the additional expense. The Chairman (Sir +Willoughby Jones) remarked that theoretically the javelin men +kept the Courts, but practically they kept the neighbouring +public-houses. The recommendation was agreed to. On +March 27th, Mr. Justice Williams was received at Victoria Station +by the High Sheriff (Mr. Henry Birkbeck) and a posse of +policemen, “in the place of the time-honoured body which +had long <a name="page93"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +93</span>constituted a conspicuous part of the pomp and +circumstance of our Assizes, having at length succumbed to the +utilitarian tyranny of the age. His arrival at the +Shirehall and Guildhall was signalised, however, by the customary +fanfaronade on a couple of inharmonious trumpets.”</p> +<p>15.—St. Giles’ church, Norwich, was for the first +time lighted with gas, and evening services were held there from +this date.</p> +<p>17.—Mr. E. E. Benest, City Surveyor, tendered his +resignation to the Norwich Town Council, after eight years’ +service. He was succeeded, on March 14th, by Mr. Thomas D. +Barry.</p> +<p>20.—Lord Sondes was presented by his Norfolk tenantry +with a piece of plate, of the value of 140 gs., as a birthday +gift and as a testimony of the esteem in which he was held by +them as a landlord and nobleman.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>7.—A fire occurred on the premises of Mr. W. C. +Aberdein, pastry cook, Dove Street, Norwich. The outbreak +itself was not of a serious character, but in a room upon the +adjoining premises of Mr. Cubitt, ironmonger, was stored upwards +of 400 lbs. of gunpowder, which was safely removed in wet +blankets. The circumstance caused much sensation, and the +practicability of establishing a public powder magazine was +discussed by the magistrates.</p> +<p>20.—Died at King’s Lynn, Mr. J. F. Reddie, many +years organist at St. Margaret’s church, in that town.</p> +<p>24.—A petition against the return of Sir Edmund Lacon +and Sir H. Stracey, as members of Parliament for Great Yarmouth, +in April, 1859, commenced before a Special Committee of the House +of Commons. The petitioners, Mr. Joseph Bayly, surgeon, and +Mr. Robert Pilgrim, linen draper, alleged bribery, undue +influence, treating, and intimidation. On March 1st the +Committee declared the members to have been duly elected, and +were of opinion that one of the witnesses, Henry Fayerman, had +been guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury. The members were +received with great enthusiasm on their return to Yarmouth, and +were entertained at a public dinner, given at the Theatre, on +April 12th. At the Westminster Police Court, on June 11th, +Fayerman was committed for trial on the charge of perjury, but at +the Old Bailey, on July 12th, the jury gave a verdict of +acquittal.</p> +<p>28.—A terrible gale raged throughout the country. +At Norwich, between ten o’clock and noon, the thermometer +rose from 36 degrees to 47 degrees; at two o’clock it +registered 45 degrees. The wind blew from the west, veering +occasionally to the north and to <span +class="smcap">w.n.w.</span>, but during the height of the gale it +blew west by north. Great damage was done to buildings, +trees were uprooted, and “locomotion was extremely +difficult and laborious, and, indeed, quite out of the question +to those of the fair sex whose fashionable expanded dresses, +assuming the properties of parachutes, compelled them to +undertake a species of aerial voyage for a distance of a few +yards, or exposed them to the still more unpleasant predicament +of having their parachute <a name="page94"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 94</span>garments inverted.” There +were many disasters along the coast, and several lives were +lost.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>9.—A Special Committee of the House of Commons sat to +decide various questions arising out of the elections at Norwich +in 1859. The first point to be decided was whether Lord +Bury’s claim, by virtue of the election in July, was not +nullified by the bribery which was proved to have been made by +his agents when he was returned with Mr. Schneider in April; and +secondly, whether, in the event of such disqualification, Sir +Samuel Bignold or Colonel Boldero had a valid claim. There +were three petitions: (1) against the return of Lord Bury and the +qualification of Sir Samuel Bignold, on the ground that both had +been guilty of bribery at the April election, and the seat was, +therefore, claimed for Colonel Boldero (signed by Josiah +Fletcher, S. Jarrold, and J. J. Kempster); (2) alleging the +disqualification of Lord Bury, and claiming the seat for Sir +Samuel Bignold (signed by J. G. Johnson and R. Kerrison); and (3) +alleging the disqualification of both Lord Bury and Sir Samuel +Bignold, and claiming the seat for Colonel Boldero (signed by P. +Back and G. C. Stevens). No appearance was put in in +support of the first petition. The Committee declared that +Lord Bury was not merely disqualified from sitting in the House +of Commons during the then Parliament, but the last election was +void, in consequence of his lordship having been found, since +that return, guilty of bribery by his agents. A writ was +then issued for another election, and on March 28th the following +candidates were nominated: Mr. W. Forlonge (C), Aynhoe Park, +Northamptonshire; Mr. W. D. Lewis, Q.C. (C); Sir William Russell +(L), and Mr. Edward Warner (L). The polling took place on +the 29th, and the result was officially declared on the 30th, as +follows: Warner, 2,083; Russell, 2,045; Forlonge, 1,636; Lewis, +1,631.</p> +<p>24.—Died at his residence, Hillington Hall, aged 73, Sir +William John Henry Browne ffolkes, Bart. He represented the +county, and afterwards the Western Division, as a supporter of +Liberal principles from 1830 through the Reform era, but lost the +seat on the redaction of the Conservative party in 1837, when Mr. +Bagge and Mr. Chute were returned. As a magistrate, country +gentleman, and landlord, Sir William was highly esteemed. +He was Chairman of Quarter Sessions at Swaffham, and chairman of +the Norfolk Estuary Company. He was succeeded by his +grandson, William Howell, then in his twelfth year, and eldest +son of Martin Brown ffolkes, who was killed by lightning in July, +1849.</p> +<p>24.—The Rev. J. W. L. Heaviside was installed Canon of +Norwich Cathedral, in succession to Canon Wodehouse, +resigned. Mr. Heaviside was a professor at Haileybury +College, an examiner in mathematics for the University of London +and for the Council of Military Education, and a brother of Mr. +Heaviside, formerly master of the Norwich School of Art.</p> +<p>29.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Lord Chief Justice +Cockburn and a special jury, was tried a libel action, in which +Mr. Samuel B. Cory, solicitor, Yarmouth, was the plaintiff, and +Mr. T. W. Bond, <a name="page95"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +95</span>publisher of the “Norfolk News,” Norwich, +the defendant. The libel was contained in a letter written +to the newspaper by a Mr. Fabb, who alleged, among other things, +that Mr. Cory had laid informations in certain game cases, with +the object of putting the fees into his own pocket. Mr. +Fabb, it was understood, had indemnified the “Norfolk +News.” The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, +with one farthing damages, as to that part of the libel above +quoted, and for the defendant as to other portions of the libel, +on the ground that they had been justified as true. The +effect of the verdict was that plaintiff had to pay his own costs +and half the costs of the defendant. In a second action, +Mr. Fabb sued Mr. Cory for malicious prosecution, and obtained a +verdict for £30 damages.</p> +<p>30.—Died, in her 63rd year, at Cheltenham, while on a +visit to her son-in-law, the Rev. J. F. Fenn, Lady Bignold, wife +of Sir Samuel Bignold.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.—An important will case, Wright <i>v.</i> Wilkin, +commenced at the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Chief Justice +Cockburn and a special jury. It was brought in the form of +an action for ejectment to recover possession of certain +tenements and lands held by the defendant, Thomas Martin Wilkin, +solicitor, of Lynn, under the will of an old lady named Mary +Mann. The plaintiff, who was heir-at-law, alleged that the +will was obtained from an infirm and weak-minded person by +fraudulent practices and contrivances. The will had already +been disputed, and in that trial a verdict was given in favour of +Mr. Wilkin; this action was brought because there had come to the +knowledge of the plaintiff facts and circumstances which had been +entirely withheld from the former jury. The trial lasted +until the afternoon of the 3rd, when the jury found for the +defendant, subject to argument upon certain points +reserved. These were stated in the Court of Queen’s +Bench on April 9th, and were to the effect that the devise to the +defendant was defeated by his neglect to comply with a condition +of the will, namely, that the devise was conditional on the +devisee paying off certain legacies within twelvemonths in case +the personal estate should be insufficient for that +purpose. It transpired that the personal estate was +insufficient, but the defendant did not pay one of the legacies +within the time stipulated. It was also contended for the +plaintiff that the devise to the defendant was void, inasmuch as +it was a contrivance to defeat the Statute of Mortmain, several +of the legacies being for charitable purposes, and that the +defendant had misled the testatrix by not telling her that, under +43rd George III., she could leave as much as five acres of land +for the repair of the church. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn +granted a rule <i>nisi</i>. In the Court of Queen’s +Bench, on November 27th, the Lord Chief Justice said the rule +must be discharged, as the words in the will were not intended to +impose a condition, the non-observance of which would involve +forfeiture. Mr. Justice Crompton and Mr. Justice Blackburn +concurred. The rule was discharged.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated at Norwich +by a parade <a name="page96"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +96</span>on Mousehold of the Royal Horse Artillery, the West +Norfolk Militia, and the Rifle Volunteers. The Mayor +afterwards entertained the officers at luncheon at the Guildhall, +and in the evening the Volunteers dined at St. Andrew’s +Hall, under the presidency of Major Brett.</p> +<p>28.—A violent gale from the north-west did extensive +damage in Norwich and throughout the county. Terrible +disasters were reported on the coast. Twenty vessels +belonging to Yarmouth and Lowestoft were lost, 200 men and boys +perished, and 240 women and children were left in a state of +destitution. On the 29th an inquiry was held at Yarmouth +into certain allegations as to the conduct of the beachmen and +crew of the lifeboat. It was stated that, in consequence of +differences which had arisen, much valuable time was lost in +launching the lifeboat, and a resolution expressing regret at the +delay was adopted. A public fund was raised for the +destitute families of the local fishermen. During the gale, +the north-east pinnacle of St. Peter’s church, Yarmouth, +was dislodged, the windows of Cromer church were blown in, and at +Blickling 247 oaks were uprooted in the Great Wood, 216 in +Hercules Wood, and 190 in other portions of the park. It +was estimated that 1,500 trees were levelled on the estate.</p> +<p>—The American horse tamer, Rarey, gave an exhibition of +his system of training, in the riding school at the Cavalry +Barracks, Norwich.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>4.—The Royal Horse Artillery marched from the Cavalry +Barracks, Norwich, <i>en route</i> to Woolwich, and were escorted +to the city boundary by the Rifle Volunteers.</p> +<p>9.—An extraordinary case, arising out of the sudden +disappearance of a lad named Vansittart, came before the Norwich +magistrates. The lad was a son of Mr. Vansittart, member of +Parliament for Windsor, and had been placed at school under the +care of the Rev. F. H. S. Hodgson, rector of Rackheath. At +Brighton, some time previously, he had developed Roman Catholic +tendencies, and his friends were anxious to remove him from the +sphere of such influences. Mr. Hodgson, while engaged in +parochial duties, missed the youth, and gave information to the +police at Norwich, who found him at the house of a Roman Catholic +jeweller, named Beha. The lad made a very singular +statement, to the effect that an Italian priest, attired in a +long blue cloak, had persuaded him to leave school and join the +Roman Catholics in London; that he had gone to Norwich and met +Canon Dalton, the priest at St. John Maddermarket Roman Catholic +chapel, to whom he had shown a watch belonging to a +school-fellow; that Canon Dalton had advanced him six shillings, +and recommended him to take the watch to Beha, for the purpose of +raising sufficient money to pay the balance of his railway fare +to London; and that he was preparing to start for town when he +was detained by the police. Canon Dalton declared that he +had not seen the lad prior to his coming to St. John +Maddermarket. The matter was adjourned for further inquiry, +and on the 11th Canon Dalton, Jacob Beha, Matthew Beha, and +Thomas Foulsham were required to attend before the magistrates, +when the proceedings were deferred until the 18th, the persons <a +name="page97"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 97</span>named +protesting against the course adopted by the Bench, and urging +that no charge had at present been preferred against them. +Another adjournment took place until the 25th, when Mr. Serjeant +Ballantine appeared for the prosecution, and preferred a charge +of conspiracy against Canon Dalton and the Behas. The boy +Vansittart gave evidence, and, in cross-examination by Mr. +Woollett, counsel for the defence, admitted that he had told +“a tissue of lies,” and that the main points of his +story were entirely invented by himself. The magistrates +dismissed the case, but expressed the opinion that the conduct of +Canon Dalton was exceedingly reprehensible in not advising the +lad to return to his father.</p> +<p>18.—Died at his residence, at Thorpe, General Sir Robert +J. Harvey, C.B., K.T.S., Knight Commander of the Order of St. +Bento d’Avis, F.R.S., F.A.S. Sir Robert, who was in +his 75th year, saw much active service during his military +career. He was present at the battles of the Douro and +Busaco, the battle of Salamanca, the siege of Burgos, and at +Vittoria, the Pyrenees (where he was wounded in the thigh by a +musket shot), Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. The +long-protracted war having been brought to a close in 1815 by the +crowning victory at Waterloo, on the anniversary of which he +died, he returned to Norwich and became an acting partner in the +bank of Harveys and Hudson, and was head of the firm at the time +of his death. He was a magistrate and a Deputy Lieutenant +of Norfolk, president of the Norwich Union Life Office and the +Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, chairman of the General +Reversionary Interest Society in London, and founder of several +other important institutions of a kindred character. In +politics he was a Conservative, but took no prominent part in +local affairs. Sir Robert married a daughter of Mr. Robert +Harvey, of Walton, Suffolk, a distant relative, and was succeeded +by his eldest son, Mr. R. J. H. Harvey. The will of the +deceased was proved on February 21st, 1861, when the personalty +was sworn under £350,000. “Mr. R. J. H. Harvey +has purchased all his brother’s (Mr. E. K. Harvey’s) +interest under the will, so that he is now in possession of the +whole of the real and personal property of his late father, +subject to Lady Harvey’s life interest in the Mousehold +estates and to the annuities named in the will.”</p> +<p>19.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, it +was agreed, “That the Lords of the Treasury having +sanctioned the sale to the New Street Company of the property +required by them belonging to the Corporation for the sum of +£3,260, and having required to be informed of the purpose +to which the Corporation propose to apply such purchase-money, +this Council agrees, with the sanction of the Lords of the +Treasury, to apply £2,000 towards the making of the new +street, which, on its completion, will be vested in the +Corporation, and, the remaining £1,260 towards the widening +of the present approach to the Cattle Market by Rose +Lane.”</p> +<p>30.—The Channel Fleet, under the command of Admiral Sir +C. Fremantle, K.C.B., arrived in Yarmouth Roads. Since the +year 1814 no two ships of the line had been moored at the same +time off Yarmouth. The fleet consisted of nine ships of the +line, two frigates, a corvette, and a tender. The Mayor and +Corporation of the borough waited upon the Admiral and invited +the officers to a ball, but orders came for the fleet to sail +early on the morning of July 2nd.</p> +<h4><a name="page98"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +98</span>JULY.</h4> +<p>9.—Mousehold Rifle Range was used for the first time by +the Norwich Volunteers. The first prize-meeting took place +on September 17th, when there were twelve competitors from the +city and twenty-four from the county.</p> +<p>23.—The Donegal Militia left Yarmouth.</p> +<p>27.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Chief Baron Pollock +and a special jury, an action, Gillings <i>v.</i> Manders, was +tried. The plaintiff was a carpenter at Yarmouth, and the +defendant the proprietor of a travelling menagerie. One of +the attractions of the show was the performance of a Zulu named +Maccomo, who was styled a “Lion King,” and fired off +pistols and carbines in a cage containing half a dozen lions and +lionesses. In a performance given at Yarmouth, Maccomo, +instead of firing his pistol to the top of the cage, discharged +it among the spectators, and the wad entering the +plaintiff’s eyes destroyed it. Muccomo said it was +the result of an accident. One of his lions attacked him in +a fit of temper, and the trigger, catching in the beast’s +mane, was prematurely discharged. The jury found for the +plaintiff, damages £150.</p> +<p>31.—In the Norwich Episcopal Consistory Court, Mr. +Chancellor Evans gave judgment in a protracted case, Archdeacon +Bouverie <i>v.</i> the Rev. W. L. Barnes. The suit was +instituted by the Archdeacon of Norfolk, against the rector of +Knapton, for procurations for the years +1856–57–58–59. The plaintiff alleged, in +his libels, that he was entitled to receive from the rector the +sum of 7s. 7½d., due at Michaelmas every year, by reason +of his visiting, of his archidiaconal dignity, or by +custom. Mr. Barnes required the Archdeacon to prove such +parts of his case as were not admitted, and, further, he said +that, supposing the case as stated in the libels were proved, the +Archdeacon was not entitled to be paid his procurations for the +years 1857–58–59, because he did not in those years +hold a parochial visitation at Knapton. The Court decreed +in favour of the Archdeacon, with costs, and Mr. Barnes gave +notice that he should appeal against the judgment. No +further proceedings, however, were taken.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>27.—Died at Hampstead Marshall, Newbury, Berks., the +Right Hon. Louisa, Dowager Countess of Craven, aged 78. She +was a daughter of Mr. John Brunton, manager of Norwich Theatre, +and half a century before her death was a favourite actress upon +the Norwich and the London stage. She married the Earl of +Craven in 1807, and of the marriage there were three sons and a +daughter.</p> +<p>28.—The first festival of the associated choirs +belonging to the Norfolk and Suffolk Church Choral Association, +established in October, 1859, was hold at Norwich Cathedral.</p> +<p>30.—Died at her residence in Kentish Town, aged 61, +Elizabeth, widow of Frederick Yates, formerly of the Adelphi +Theatre. She was a daughter of John Brunton, the younger, +of Norwich and a niece of the Dowager Countess of Craven. +She made her <i>début</i> at King’s Lynn, <a +name="page99"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 99</span>in the +character of Desdemona, and her first appearance in London at +Covent Garden Theatre, on Sept. 12th, 1817, as Letitia +Hardy. At Covent Garden she continued to play leading high +comedy until 1824, when she married Mr. Frederick Yates, who died +in 1842, leaving an only son, born in 1831. After the death +of her husband, Mrs. Yates remained at the Adelphi with Mr. +Webster, played for one season at the Lyceum with Madame Vestris, +and finally retired from the stage in 1849.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>17.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, with an evening +performance of “The Creation.” The morning +performances were as follow: On the 19th, the “Dettingen Te +Deum” and “The Last Judgment”; on the 20th, +“Abraham” and “As the hart pants”; and on +the 21st “The Messiah.” Miscellaneous +programmes were performed on the evenings of the 19th and +20th. The principal vocalists were Madame Clara Novello +(her farewell appearance), Mdlle. Titiens (her first appearance), +Madame Weiss, Miss Palmer, Madame Borghi Mamo (her first +appearance), Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Giulini, Mr. Willye Cooper, +Mr. Santley, Mr. Weiss, Signor Belletti; solo pianoforte, Miss +Arabella Goddard; leaders of the band, Mr. Sainton and Mr. H. +Blagrove; solo violon-cello, Signor Piatti; organist, Mr. +Harcourt; chorus master, Mr. J. F. Hill; conductor, Mr. +Benedict. A “fancy dress ball” was announced +for the evening of the 21st. “Only three individuals +appeared in fancy dress—costumes which, from their quality, +would have far more fitted a masquerade at the Baronial Hall than +an elegant assembly like that of Friday evening. The +wearers of them evidently felt ill at ease, and, after enduring +the rather marked observation that they attracted for some time, +were glad to call a fly and take their departure.” +The total receipts of the Festival amounted to £5,095 16s., +and the disbursements to £4,179 12s. 1d.</p> +<p>18.—The Earl of Leicester, as Lord Lieutenant of +Norfolk, and Major-General Wood, C.B., reviewed 1,200 Volunteers +of the city and county on Mousehold Heath, Norwich.</p> +<p>20.—Prince Jerome Bonaparte, with his suite, consisting +of an <i>aide-de-camp</i> and six members of the French Ministry, +visited Gressenhall Workhouse and made particular enquiries into +the management of the institution.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Upper Harley Street, London, in his 85th +year, Mr. Charles Lombe, of Great Melton. He was a son of +Dr. Beevor, of Norwich, and succeeded to the entailed estate on +the death of his nephew, Mr. Edward Lombe, son of the first Mr. +Lombe. Mr. Charles Lombe was succeeded by Mr. Edward Evans, +eldest son of Mr. T. B. Evans, formerly of Norwich. +(<i>See</i> November 10th.)</p> +<p>30.—The headquarters of the 10th Hussars, commanded by +Lieut.-Col. Baker, arrived at the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>10.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean gave a farewell +performance at <a name="page100"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +100</span>Norwich Theatre, prior to their departure for +America. “One of the largest and most fashionable +audiences which have ever assembled at the Theatre was brought +together, at twice the ordinary playhouse prices in +Norwich.” Mr. Kean appeared as Sir Walter Amyott, and +Mrs. Kean as Lady Amyott, in “The Wife’s +Secret.” On the 13th they performed in “Louis +XI.,” and afterwards appeared at Yarmouth Theatre.</p> +<p>10.—An inquest was held at the Bethlehem Hospital, +London, on the body of Anthony Abel, a criminal lunatic, who had +been removed from Norwich after being acquitted of a charge of +murder on the ground of insanity. He had been an inmate of +the establishment since June 18th, 1817. When 25 years of +age he was indicted for the murder of his uncle near +Thetford. “For many years he was considered so +violent and dangerous that he was confined in a strong room, and +under the old <i>régime</i> then in use in the +establishment, he had a strong belt and gloves, and was put into +irons.”</p> +<p>22.—Mr. George Dawson lectured at the Free Library, +Norwich, on “Pepys’ Diary.”</p> +<p>—Norwich Theatre was opened for a brief season by Mr. +Charles Dillon and Miss Gomersal.</p> +<p>24.—Mr. Henry Villebois, master of the Norfolk Fox +Hounds, was presented with his portrait, subscribed for by 400 +gentlemen, “in appreciation of his untiring and successful +efforts to promote field sports in the county of +Norfolk.” Lord Sondes presided at the dinner held at +the Town Hall, Lynn, and presented the portrait, which was +painted by F. Grant, R.A.</p> +<p>29.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, the +resignations of Aldermen Sir W. Foster and Gibson were accepted, +and Mr. R. J. H. Harvey and Mr. Fred Brown were elected to fill +the vacancies. “The abolition of political ascendancy +in the Town Council has been accomplished by the general consent +of the influential men of each party, and duplicate agreements +have been signed by at least three-fourths of the +Corporation. To the Mayor (Mr. J. H. Tillett) belongs the +honour of having taken the initiative in this laudable +effort.”</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—A description was published of an iron lighthouse, +completed by Messrs. Barnard, Bishop, and Barnards, of the +Norfolk Iron Works, Norwich, for the Brazilian Government. +It was designed by Messrs. Bramwell and Reynolds, of Westminster, +for erection on the island of Abrolhos, on the coast of +Brazil. Made in sections, it was temporarily erected by the +riverside near St. George’s Bridge. The tower was +circular in form, and constructed of 144 iron plates. Its +base was 17 ft. in diameter, it was 46 ft. in height, and the +lantern at the summit was 16 ft. high.</p> +<p>—A fearful boiler explosion occurred on the steamship +Tonning, off Yarmouth, by which eight persons were blown out of +the vessel and never again seen, three subsequently died, and +several were seriously injured. The Tonning was an iron +vessel of 734 tons register, belonging originally to the North of +Europe Steam Navigation Company, <a name="page101"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 101</span>and was afterwards employed in the +conveyance of cattle and passengers between England and the +Continent.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. W. J. Utten Browne was elected Mayor, and Dr. +Dalrymple appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>10.*—“The Queen has been pleased to grant unto +Edward Evans, of Great Melton and of Bylaugh, clerk, her Royal +licence and authority that he may, in compliance with a proviso +contained in the will of his great uncle, Sir John Lombe, +henceforth take and use the surname of Lombe only, and use and +bear the arms of Lombe in lieu of his present surname and arms of +Evans.”</p> +<p>—*“Mr. George Allen, of St. Stephen’s, has +introduced to Norwich the manufacture of elastic cloth, a fine +material which has hitherto only been made in the West of +England.”</p> +<p>17.—During a strong gale from the <span +class="smcap">n.n.w.</span>, several vessels lying off Yarmouth +parted from their anchors and were driven ashore and +wrecked. Several lives were lost.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—A gunpowder explosion occurred at the shop of Mr. +Marrison, gun maker, Little Orford Street, Norwich. The +entire shop front was wrecked, as also was that of the adjoining +shop, occupied by Mr. Frankland, photographer and dealer in art +materials. Two lives were lost. Mrs. Dady, sister of +Mr. Frankland, was sitting in a room over Mr. Marrison’s +shop, and was dashed by the force of the explosion to the +ceiling. She fell through the chasm in the floor to the +burning ruins beneath, where she was fearfully injured. +Charles Hill, a shop boy in the employment of Mr. Marrison, was +killed outright, and terribly mangled. The force of the +explosion shattered the windows of the Bell Hotel and of other +houses in the vicinity. At the Norwich Assizes on March +26th, 1861, before Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Marrison brought an +action against the London Union Fire Office, for the recovery of +£300 under a policy of insurance on his stock and +furniture. The plaintiff had been offered and had refused +£100 in settlement of the claim. The company then +proved that the plaintiff had kept more gunpowder on his premises +than was allowed by the terms of his contract, whereupon the +judge ordered a non-suit.</p> +<p>3.—Died at Brighton, in his 61st year, Capt. Frederick +Loftus, formerly of the 17th Lancers, youngest son of General and +Lady Elizabeth Loftus, and grandson of George, first Marquis +Townshend and Charlotte, Baroness De Ferrars and Compton. +His remains were interred at Rainham, on December 11th.</p> +<p>5.—The suit, Gurney <i>v.</i> Gurney and Taylor, came +before the Divorce Court, Westminster. The husband sought +dissolution of marriage, on the ground of misconduct by the +wife. A petition had been presented for the settlement of +property then vested in the wife in favour of the children, the +issue of the marriage, and the Solicitor-General applied for a +rule <i>nisi</i> calling on the respondent, Mrs. Gurney, to show +cause why a plea or a pleading in the nature of or intended to be +a plea should not be taken off the file, and why the petition for +settlement should not be treated as unanswered or +unopposed. Sir <a name="page102"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 102</span>C. Cresswell granted a rule +<i>nisi</i>. Evidence was given in the case on January +22nd, 1861, and the decree was made absolute on May 22nd.</p> +<p>11.—In the Vice-Chancellor’s Court was heard the +action, Berney <i>v.</i> the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Railway +Company. By an agreement dated June 6th, 1843, the +plaintiff sold certain land to the Norwich and Yarmouth Railway +Company, and it was provided that such company should establish +and for ever maintain a station in connection with their railway +at Reedham, on part of the land sold to them by plaintiff. +Nothing was said in the agreement in reference to stopping trains +at the station. In 1844 the Norwich and Yarmouth railway +was completed, and a station was constructed in accordance with +the agreement, and called the Barney Arms Station, at which +certain trains stopped. In 1845 the Norwich and Yarmouth +Company was incorporated with the Norfolk Railway Company, and +trains continued to stop at the station until 1850, when the +Norfolk Company discontinued the practice. The plaintiff +thereupon instituted this suit, praying for a specific +performance of the agreement of June, 1843, and an injunction to +restrain the Norfolk Company from permitting the trains on their +railway to pass the Berney Arms Station without stopping thereat, +which was, in effect, to compel the company to stop the trains at +that station. The motion for the injunction did not come +on, in consequence of an arrangement whereby the Norfolk Company +agreed to stop at Berney Arms Station one train from Norwich and +one from Yarmouth on every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. +The Norfolk Railway was now worked by the Eastern Counties +Railway on an agreement dated in 1854, which had received the +sanction of the Legislature. The Eastern Counties Company +were then made parties to the suit. Although the trains +then stopped in a manner satisfactory to the plaintiff, there was +no security that they would continue to do so. The +Vice-Chancellor said there must be a specific performance of the +agreement of June, 1843, and an order that one train from Norwich +and one from Yarmouth should stop at Berney Arms Station on +Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday in every week; but he should also +order that each of the companies should pay £100 to the +plaintiff by way of costs. But for the plaintiff’s +forbearance in this respect, it would be difficult to say whether +the Eastern Counties Company would have escaped from the +litigation with having nothing else to pay than the +plaintiff’s ordinary costs.</p> +<p>14.—The Norwich Operatic Union gave its second concert, +at St. Andrew’s Hall. The programme included +“Norma” and selections from “Il +Trovatore.” The principal vocalists were Mdlle. +Paripa, Mdlle. Vaneri, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Swift. Mr. +Bunnett, B.M., conducted.</p> +<p>16.—The first of a series of special services was +conducted at Norwich Theatre, by the Rev. T. B. Stephenson, +Wesleyan minister. “The boxes were reserved for the +most respectable-looking, and the unmitigated plebs. were +relegated to the pit and gallery. The occupants of the +gallery conducted themselves as the gods usually do, and were +rebuked by the preacher, who took up his position on the stage in +front of the drop scene, surrounded by a number of persons of +both sexes.”</p> +<p>25.—This was the coldest Christmas that had been +experienced for at least a century. “At the Literary +Institute at Norwich the minimum <a name="page103"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 103</span>registered was 3 degrees above +zero. At Costessey the register was 7 degrees below zero, +or 39 degrees lower than the point at which water freezes. +A peculiarity of the temperature on Christmas-day was the fact of +its being colder in the morning than during the night. The +coldest register was between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., and there was +scarcely any appreciable variation till after two +o’clock. Ice was about four inches thick.”</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime at Norwich Theatre was entitled, +“Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper and the Fairy +Godmother from the Realms of Golden Palms.” +Wombwell’s Menagerie was stationed on the Castle Meadow, +and performances were given at the Royal Crystal Palace +Amphitheatre, Golden Ball Street, under the management of Messrs. +Emidy and Moffatt. The lessee was Mr. C. Testar.</p> +<p>27.—Died at 36, Berkeley Square, London, in his 57th +year, Dr. Edward Rigby. He was the eldest son of the +celebrated Dr. Rigby, of Norwich, and was educated at the Grammar +School, under Dr. Valpy. He graduated at Edinburgh, and +subsequently commenced practice in London, where he gradually +raised himself to the very highest branches of his +profession.</p> +<h3>1861.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—At the annual meeting of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association, held at the Swan Hotel, Norwich, Mr. Clare Sewell +Read moved that the annual show for 1861 be held at East Dereham, +instead of at Swaffham. This effort to abolish the system +of holding the exhibitions alternately at Norwich and Swaffham +was defeated by 19 votes to 15.</p> +<p>6.—The frost continued with unusual intensity, and on +this day snowstorms, which covered the ground to the depth of +twelve inches, occurred. On the 10th a public meeting was +held at Norwich, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. W. J. +Utten Browne), at which a fund was inaugurated to relieve the +distresses of the poor. In a few days the sum of +£4,139 12s. 11d. was subscribed. The river was frozen +from Norwich to Yarmouth, and on the 16th a large party of ladies +and gentlemen assembled on the ice on Breydon and +“skated” quadrilles. The frost continued for +more than five weeks, during the whole of which period the ground +was covered with snow.</p> +<p>11.—Walsingham Quarter Sessions were held for the last +time. Sir Willoughby Jones, who presided, informed the +Grand Jury that the Sessions would be removed part to Swaffham +and part to Norwich, “on account of the expenses being so +great in proportion to the number of prisoners for +trial.” On March lst the Bridewell ceased to be used +as a house of correction, and the prisoners were removed to +Norwich Castle.</p> +<p><a name="page104"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +104</span>16.—Died, aged 85, Mr. Kinnebrook, for many years +a proprietor of the “Norwich Mercury.”</p> +<p>18.—Died, in his 60th year, Mr. Thomas Lound, for 35 +years confidential clerk at King Street Old Brewery, +Norwich. “As an artist, but principally as a painter +in water-colours, he had maintained a high reputation for many +years. The local river and rural scenery afforded materials +for a large proportion of his works. He occasionally +painted street scenes and monastic ruins, and of late years he +made excursions into Wales and Yorkshire, bringing home with him +a vast variety of subjects.” In addition to his own +collection, he left many water-colour drawings by Bright, +Thirtle, Cox, and others, some of them of considerable value.</p> +<p>26.—At Norwich Castle, James Blomfield Rush, aged 30, +“eldest son of <i>the</i> Rush,” was committed for +trial on the charge of breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr. +Abraham Cannell, farmer, Cringleford, on the night of January +12th. At the Norfolk Assizes, on March 27th, before Chief +Baron Pollock, the prisoner was acquitted. At subsequent +dates he was twice acquitted for housebreaking, but at the +Norfolk Quarter Sessions on March 11th, 1862, was sentenced to +four years’ penal servitude for breaking into a house at +North Tuddenham.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>13.—In the Court of Queen’s Bench, before the Lord +Chief Justice and a special jury, an action was brought by Mr. +Costerton, solicitor, of Yarmouth, against Sir Edmund Lacon, +M.P., for a scandalous attack made upon the plaintiff by the +defendant in the course of an election speech. The jury +returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s.</p> +<p>25.—Judgment was given by the Barons of the Exchequer in +the cause Morant <i>v.</i> Chamberlin. It was an action +between the Corporation of Yarmouth and Mr. G. D. Palmer, who +claimed a right to a portion of the south end of the public +quays. Judgment was for the plaintiff, damages £5 +5s. “This decision thus settles this long-pending +dispute, now nearly three years from its commencement, and +decides the right of the Corporation to the soil of the quays and +the right of the public to the free use of the same without any +of the inconveniences which for so long a time prevented the +proper enjoyment of the part in dispute. The verdict gives +the plaintiffs the costs of this heavy litigation, except on two +unimportant issues. The defendant will have to pay +somewhere about £2,800.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>16.—On this date was published the announcement that the +First Norfolk Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps had been attached to +the City of Norwich Rifle Volunteer Corps for administrative +purposes. The mounted corps, which numbered 50, was +commanded by Capt. F. Hay Gurney. The uniform consisted of +scarlet tunic with blue facings, white cross belt, white +breeches, and Napoleon boots. The head-dress was a busby +with blue bag; the forage-cap was blue trimmed with white.</p> +<p><a name="page105"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +105</span>16.—Intelligence was received at Norwich of the +death, of the Duchess of Kent. On the 17th (Sunday) special +references were made to the melancholy event at the religious +services in the city, and at intervals the age of the deceased +was tolled upon the muffled bells of the Cathedral and St. Peter +Mancroft church. The Town Council, on April 5th, adopted an +address of sympathy with the Queen.</p> +<p>—The Surlingham estate was sold by Messrs. Butcher, at +the Royal Hotel, Norwich, for £16,895.</p> +<p>26.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Chief Baron Pollock +and a special jury, was tried the libel action, Cufaude <i>v.</i> +Cory. The plaintiff and defendant had taken different sides +at the election of a vestry clerk at Yarmouth, and the libel was +contained in a handbill issued during the contest by the +defendant, who referred to the printed statement of the income +and expenditure of the Guardians, to which body the plaintiff was +clerk, as “cooked,” and left the sum of £779 +unaccounted for. The special jury returned a verdict for +plaintiff, damages £500. In the Court of +Queen’s Bench, on April 17th, Mr. Lush moved for a rule to +set aside the verdict, on the ground of excessive damages. +A rule was granted. Mr. Cufaude subsequently consented to a +reduction of damages from £500 to £300, “much +against the advice of his counsel.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.—The High Sheriff of Norfolk (Mr. J. T. Mott) +delivered a lecture at Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, on +“The Paston Letters.”</p> +<p>10.—The 10th Hussars Steeplechases took place at +Crostwick.</p> +<p>23.—A vessel, named the Harmony, built by Messrs. +Fellows and Son, of Yarmouth, for the Moravian mission in +Labrador, was launched.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>18.—The census returns were published on this +date. In Norwich the number of inhabited houses was 17,012; +uninhabited, 786; building, 97. The population consisted of +33,717 males, and 40,697 females; total, 74,414.</p> +<p>20.—A serious military riot took place at Yarmouth, +between men of the Royal Artillery and of the East Norfolk +Militia. Belts and stones were freely used. A party +of 200 Artillerymen, armed with swords and knives, issued from +the arsenal, and were going to the assistance of their comrades, +when Mr. R. Steward, by persuasion and threats, kept the greater +portion from proceeding further. Officers of both corps +exerted themselves to quell the disturbance, and strong pickets +were stationed at the bridge, to prevent the Artillery from +entering Yarmouth and the Militia from crossing to Southtown.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>13.—The Norwich Grammar School athletic sports were held +for the first time.</p> +<p><a name="page106"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +106</span>18.—A memorial was presented to the Norwich Town +Council, by farmers, graziers, dealers, &c., praying the +Corporation to enlarge the Cattle Market. The Market +Committee recommended the Council to adopt in its entirety a plan +for executing the work, at a cost not exceeding +£20,000. This scheme involved the demolition of the +notorious locality known as Pump Street.</p> +<p>20.—Mr. and Mrs. Ringer, of Walcot Green, near Diss, +left their house in charge of a servant, named Susan Garrod, and +on their return in the evening found her suffering from several +gunshot wounds in the head and face, inflicted by a man named +Charles Sheldrake, a returned convict, employed as a groom and +gardener by Mr. Ringer. Sheldrake, after committing the +deed, secreted himself in a wood. On being called on by the +police to surrender, he placed the muzzle of a double-barrelled +gun to his mouth and blew out his brains. At the inquest +the jury returned a verdict of <i>felo de se</i>, and the Coroner +gave a warrant for the interment of the body between the hours of +nine and twelve o’clock. “The body was +accordingly buried at ten o’clock at night, under one of +the paths in the churchyard.”</p> +<p>24.—The London Royal English Opera Company commenced a +week’s engagement at Norwich Theatre. The repertory +included “four new successful operas never before performed +in Norwich,” namely, Balfe’s “The Rose of +Castille,” Loder’s “The Night Dancers,” +Macfarren’s “Robin Hood,” and Balfe’s +“Satanella, or the Power of Love.” In addition +to the above-named works, “Il Trovatore,” +“Martha,” and “Maritana” were +produced. The <i>artistes</i> included Miss Fanny Ternan, +Miss Bronte, Miss Angel, Miss Fanny Reeves, Mr. Edmund Rosenthal, +Mr. J. Manley, Mr. E. D. Corri, Mr. Oliver Summers, and Mr. +Elliott Galer. Mr. W. Meyer Lutz was the conductor. +The performances received very inadequate public support. +The company revisited Norwich for six nights, commencing on +September 9th.</p> +<p>—Herr Kolisch, the celebrated chess-player, contested, +at the Rampant Horse Hotel, Norwich, 13 games simultaneously +against some of the best players in the neighbourhood. He +won eight games, lost three, and two were drawn.</p> +<p>28.—Died, at Feniton Court, Devonshire, the Right Hon. +Sir John Patteson. The second son of the Rev. Henry +Patteson, and nephew of Mr. John Patteson, who for some time +represented Norwich in Parliament, he was born in that city on +February 11th, 1790. He was educated at Eton and +King’s College, Cambridge, and, after talking his degree, +removed to London and entered at the Middle Temple. On +being called to the Bar, he went the Northern Circuit. +“He had been only nine years a barrister, he had not a silk +gown, he had never led a cause or once addressed a jury,” +when he was appointed to the Queen’s Bench, and from that +time to February 11th, 1852, continued to discharge the duties of +his high office with a reputation for industry, learning, and +integrity.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>20.*—“The first number of the <span +class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> was published on the 18th +of July, 1761. We are, therefore, as journalists, exactly +100 years old. . . . The difference between the newspapers +of <a name="page107"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 107</span>the +last and present century is, perhaps, more conspicuous in the +quantity of space occupied than in any other respect, and the +present sheet is at least four times the size of our first +publication.”</p> +<p>27.*—“The repairs at St. Gregory’s church, +Norwich, the interior of which has been undergoing general +restoration, have brought to light an interesting fresco, +representing the renowned fight between St. George and the +Dragon, a subject which has a local association, St. George being +the titular saint of the city and patron of a once flourishing +civic company. The painting, which, in all probability, is +of a date of the middle of the fifteenth century, was discovered +on the removal of the organ at the west end of the north aisle, +for the purpose of cleaning the wall. The figures are +life-size, and the colours and drawing exceedingly +good.”</p> +<p>—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Chief Justice Erle and a +special jury, a libel action, Lane <i>v.</i> the Yarmouth Free +Press and Printing Company, Limited, was tried. Damages +were laid at £300. The declaration alleged that the +defendants published in a paper called the “Yarmouth +Independent,” certain reflections upon the plaintiff in his +capacity as collector of market tolls. The defendants +contended that, at the request of and by agreement with the +plaintiff, they had inserted in the newspaper a paragraph +explaining the alleged libel, and had exonerated him from the +imputations made against his character, and plaintiff had +accepted it as satisfaction. The case ended with the +withdrawal of a juror.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at the residence of his son-in-law, 48, Elgin +Crescent, Notting Hill, in his 84th year, Philip John Money, +formerly captain of the 17th Regiment. He was a magistrate +of Norwich, and served the office of Mayor in 1839.</p> +<p>2.—The celebrated tight-rope walker, Blondin, made his +first appearance at Norwich. The rope was fixed at an +altitude of about 60 feet, in a field on Newmarket Road. +“It is a very fortunate circumstance for M. Blondin that he +crossed Niagara and had the Prince of Wales for a spectator, for +it has added a much greater interest to has performances than +they would otherwise have acquired, and even, if we may judge +from what we saw here, they deserved.”</p> +<p>4.—Mr. Edward Casson, aged 33, medical superintendent of +the County Lunatic Asylum at Thorpe St. Andrew, committed suicide +by poisoning himself.</p> +<p>8.—Holy Trinity church, Norwich, was consecrated by the +Lord Bishop of the Diocese. “The ceremony should have +taken place three weeks previously, but at the eleventh hour the +Bishop requested that a capital fund of about £300 should +be provided prior to the consecration. As the committee +were then about £1,000 in debt, it was felt to be +indiscreet to increase their risk, and consequently it was +determined to delay the opening of the church until they had +received nearly all that they required. In less than three +weeks more than £1,200 had been subscribed out of the +£1,300 then supposed to be needed.” The +consecration was attended by the Mayor (Mr. W. J. Utten Browne) +and several members of the Corporation.</p> +<p><a name="page108"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +108</span>29.—A troop of the 15th Hussars left Norwich, +<i>en route</i> to York; the remainder of the regiment marched on +September 3rd.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>12.—A great review of the whole of the Volunteer +Companies in the county and city, with the Norwich Mounted +Volunteers and the Yarmouth Artillery, was held at Holkham Park, +by Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.B. This +was the first occasion on which the corps had been brigaded since +their formation. The review was fixed for eleven +o’clock, but in consequence of a breakdown in the railway +arrangements, and the consequent detention of companies on their +way to the <i>rendezvous</i>, the parade was not formed until +2.15 p.m. The troops numbered upwards of 1,700, and were +divided into two brigades, commanded respectively by Lieut.-Col. +Custance and Major the Hon. F. Walpole, West Norfolk +Militia. The railway company displayed the same +incompetency in conveying the corps from Holkham as in taking +them there, and the Norwich men did not reach the city until six +o’clock on the morning of the 13th.</p> +<p>28.—The headquarters of the 5th Dragoon Guards arrived +at Norwich Cavalry Barracks, from Aldershot. “It is +known in the service as the ‘Green Horse,’ being the +only cavalry regiment which wears green facings.”</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>13.—Died, Sir William Cubitt, the eminent +engineer. Born in Norfolk, in 1785, he was apprenticed to a +joiner, and, becoming a very superior handicraftsman, he rapidly +took a prominent position as a maker of agricultural +implements. Within a short time he became a millwright, and +about 1807 invented self-regulating windmill sails, and +ultimately became connected with Messrs. Ransome and Son, of +Ipswich. He was the inventor also of the treadmill for +gaols and houses of correction. His reputation increasing +his engagements, it became necessary for him to remove to the +Metropolis in 1826, and after that period there was scarcely a +port, harbour, dock, navigable river, or canal in the United +Kingdom with which he was not in some way engaged. The +South-Eastern Railway from London to Dover was designed and +executed by him. He undertook the bold project of blowing +away the face of the Round Down cliff, which he successfully +executed by exploding 18,000 lbs. of gunpowder in one blast, and +precipitated one million tons of chalk cliff into the sea. +The great landing-stage at Liverpool, the deck of which was +nearly one acre in extent, was a unique example of his +work. As consulting engineer of the Great Northern Railway, +he materially contributed to the production of one of the best +lines in England. One of his last public works was the +superintendence of the construction of the palace for the Great +Exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851, which he undertook at the +pressing instance of his coadjutors on the Royal Commission, and +his services were recognised in a marked manner by the Queen and +the Prince Consort.</p> +<p><a name="page109"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +109</span>22.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. W. J. Utten Browne) +delivered a lecture to the members of the parochial library, +Lakenham, on “The Times of King Charles the +First.”</p> +<p>24.—Died, suddenly, of apoplexy, at his residence, West +Parade, Earlham Road, Norwich, in his 46th year, Mr. Edward +Garrod, editor of the <span class="smcap">Norfolk +Chronicle</span>.</p> +<p>28.—Charles Dickens gave the former of two readings at +St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. The work selected was +“David Copperfield.” On the 29th he read +“Nicholas Nickleby at Mr. Squeer’s School,” and +the Trial scene from the “Pickwick Papers.” +“Our opinion is,” the <span class="smcap">Norfolk +Chronicle</span> remarked, “that Mr. Dickens as a reader +fails to do justice to himself as an author.”</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Norwich Theatre was opened, under the management of +Mr. George Owen. Mr. Sidney, however, retained the +lesseeship.</p> +<p>8.—Died at Hingham, in her 100th year, Mrs. Rebecca +Houchen.</p> +<p>9.—The new Corn Hall at Norwich was opened for +business. The contractors for the building were Messrs. +Ling and Balls, of Norwich, and for the roof Messrs. Barnard, +Bishop, and Barnards. The total cost was about +£8,000. The work was executed from the designs of Mr. +Barry, of Norwich, and Mr. H. Butcher, of 37, Bedford Row, +London; and the roofs were adapted and carried into detail from +the design of the architects by Mr. E. A. Cowper, C.E., of +Westminster. The first brick of the new building was laid +on May 1st, 1861.</p> +<p>—Mr. John Oddin Taylor was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Addison John Cresswell appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>10.—Died at North Runcton Rectory, in his 85th year, the +Rev. James Cumming, M.A., professor of chemistry in the +University of Cambridge, to which office he was elected in +1815. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, and had held the +living of North Runcton for more than forty years.</p> +<p>22.—In the Court of the Lords Justices in +Lincoln’s Inn, a petition was presented by Major-General +Charles Ash Windham, Capt. Windham, the Marquis of Bristol, Lord +Alfred Hervey, M.P., Lord Listowel, and others, praying that a +writ <i>de lunatico inquirendo</i> might issue against William +Frederick Windham. In support of the petition, affidavits +were read which alleged a variety of eccentricities and +extravagances on the part of William Frederick Windham, and laid +great stress upon a marriage he had contracted with one Agnes Ann +Rogers, better known by the name of Agnes Willoughby. The +judges, after hearing the affidavits on the other side, +considered that a <i>prima facie</i> case had been made out, and +allowed the prayer of the petition. On December 4th, in the +Vice-Chancellor’s Court, a motion was heard for the +committal of Mr. James Bowen May for contempt of court, in +having, during the infancy of William Frederick Windham, and +without the knowledge of his guardian or the sanction of the +Court, drawn or sided and abetted in drawing the said William +Frederick Windham into a promise of marriage with Agues Rogers or +Willoughby, in which promises had been made of settlements or +dispositions of his property <a name="page110"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 110</span>in her favour. The motion was +refused, with costs. On December 11th the Court of Chancery +granted leave to William Frederick Windham to raise as a mortgage +charge on his property the sum of £2,000, in order that he +might defend himself before the Commission. The Commission +held its first sitting in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster, on +December 16th, under the presidency of Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., +one of the Masters in Lunacy. Mr. Windham was the only son +of Mr. Howe Windham, who died in 1854, and the great-grandson of +Mr. Windham, the great politician. He became of age on +August 9th, 1861, when he succeeded to the Felbrigg Hall estate, +worth upwards of £1,200 a year, and to other properties in +which he had a life interest, and which, in the year 1869, would +yield him £9,000 a year more. During his minority he +was under the guardianship of his uncle, General Windham, and of +his mother, Lady Sophia Hervey. He married a woman of loose +character, upon whom he bestowed jewellery of the value of +£1,200 or £1,400, and upon whom he settled a present +annuity of £800, with a further annuity of £1,500 +contingent upon his coming in to the whole of his property in +1869. It was also alleged that he sold, in a wild and +reckless way, and upon terms of the utmost disadvantage, the +whole of the timber, ornamental as well as useful, on the +Felbrigg estate. The inquiry lasted thirty-four days, and +upwards of 150 witnesses were examined. It is said to have +cost something like £160 per hour, or nearly £3 per +minute, for all the leading talent of the Bar of England was +engaged in the case. On January 30th, 1862, the jury +returned the following verdict: “That the said Mr. William +Frederick Windham, at the time of taking this inquisition, was a +person of sound mind, so as to be sufficient for the government +of himself, his manners, his messuages, his lands, his tenements, +his goods, and his chattels.” The moment the verdict +was uttered a loud and enthusiastic cheer rose from the audience, +and was repeated again and again. When Mr. Windham left the +Court he was received outside with the shouts of an admiring +crowd, who almost carried him to the cab in which he drove away, +amid a deafening cheer. In the Court of Equity, on April +23rd, 1862, the Lords Justices refused to exonerate the alleged +lunatic from the payment of the whole of the costs, amounting to +£20,000, consequent upon the enquiry.</p> +<p>30.*—“The portrait of Mr. J. H. Gurney, M.P., +President of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, has this week been +placed on the walls of that institution. It was painted by +F. Grant, R.A., at the cost of 200 guineas.”</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>7.—Died, in his 73rd year, Mr. Charles Turner, who was +Sheriff of Norwich in 1824, elected Alderman in 1832, and was +Mayor in 1834. He was the last Mayor who served the full +term of office under the old Corporation.</p> +<p>9.—A six miles race for £50 was run at the Green +Hill Gardens, Norwich, between Deerfoot, the celebrated Seneca +Indian, Brighten, the “Norwich Milk Boy,” and Long, +of Middlesbrough. This was one of the so-called matches run +during a provincial tour by these pedestrians. Deerfoot +wore his Indian costume, decorated with shells <a +name="page111"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 111</span>and +feathers. He stood 5 ft. 11 in., was of muscular frame, but +not well knitted, and his limbs were long and loose, contrasting +badly with the neat, compact figure of the “Milk +Boy.” Among the spectators of the +“match,” which was, of course, won by the Indian, +were the Duke of Wellington and Sir Samuel Bignold.</p> +<p>15.—Intelligence was received in Norwich of the death of +the Prince Consort. Early on the following morning (Monday) +the Mayor requested the citizens to partially close their +business establishments until after the funeral. On the day +of the funeral (December 23rd), business was entirely suspended, +and the Mayor and Corporation, accompanied by the Rifle +Volunteers, attended service at the Cathedral. The +Nonconformist bodies held a united service at St. Andrew’s +Hall, at which the Rev. John Alexander delivered an +address. Addresses of condolence with the Queen were voted +by the Norwich Town Council, on December 30th, and by a county +meeting, held at the Shirehall, under the presidency of the High +Sheriff (Mr. J. T. Mott), on January 18th, 1862.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. George Owen produced the Christmas pantomime, +“Puss in Boots,” at the Theatre Royal, Norwich; and +Mander’s Royal Menagerie was exhibited on the Castle +Meadow. The African “lion tamer,” Maccomo, +whilst performing at the latter show, on the 28th, was severely +attacked by a young lion, and narrowly escaped with his life.</p> +<h3>1862.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—Mr. Thomas Richmond Pinder, head master of Hingham +Endowed School, was elected head master of the new Commercial +School, built on the site of the old Workhouse, adjoining St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, at the cost of about +£1,500. The school was designed by Mr. James S. +Benest, architect to the trustees, and built by Messrs. Ling and +Balls. It was opened as King Edward the Sixth’s +Commercial School, on July 28th.</p> +<p>19.—An alarming fire occurred in the centre wing of +Swaffham prison. The inmates of the cells, who were greatly +terrified, were safely removed, and afterwards conveyed to +Norwich Castle. The roof of the new portion of the prison +was completely destroyed, with three looms and a considerable +quantity of stock in raw materials and manufactured articles.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Swainsthorpe, Eleanor Harrison, widow, aged +101.</p> +<p>30.—A rifle match, between eleven Norfolk and a like +number of Northamptonshire Volunteers, took place at the seat of +Earl Spencer, Althorp Park. The teams were under the +respective commands of Lord Bury and Earl Spencer. +Northamptonshire won by 170 points against 164 made by their +opponents. The return match, which took place on the +Mousehold Range, Norwich, on September 27th, was also won by +Northamptonshire, by 17 points.</p> +<h4><a name="page112"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +112</span>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>1.*—“A private named Thomas Nelson, attached to +one of the troops of the 5th Dragoon Guards, now stationed in +Norwich, is said to have become the possessor of a fortune of +£70,000, besides a fine estate near Liverpool, of the value +of £9,000 per annum.”</p> +<p>3.—H.R.H. the Prince of Wales visited Norfolk, +“for the purpose of inspecting the Sandringham Hall estate, +with the view of purchasing it for shooting purposes, for which +it is well adapted.” On the 22nd it was announced +that his Royal Highness had concluded the purchase for +£220,000, and, it was added, “Norfolk people +entertain strong hopes that they shall see a good deal of their +future Sovereign.”</p> +<p>15.—The subject of the proposed amalgamation of the +Eastern Counties, the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East +Anglian, and other railways’ communicating with Norwich +obtained publicity on this date. The Norwich Town Council, +on the 21st, decided to petition Parliament against the Railway +Amalgamation Bill, on the ground that the amalgamation was +calculated to injuriously affect the citizens by depriving them +of the advantages of competition in railway transit.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at his house at Charlton, Kent, aged 86, +Professor Peter Barlow, F.R.S. He was born in the parish of +St. Simon, Norwich, in October, 1776. Related to one of the +leading manufacturing families in the city, the Columbines, his +early life was passed in their warehouse. He continued +there about three years, and during that period acquired, by his +own industry, a considerable knowledge of algebra, geometry, +trigonometry, navigation, and French. Subsequently he +obtained a situation in a school in Essex, and afterwards +proceeded to Shipdham, when, the master dying, he succeeded to +the school, and married a Shipdham lady. He commenced a +regular correspondence with the “Ladies’ +Diary,” then under the management of Dr. Hutton, professor +of mathematics at Woolwich, whose attention was favourably +attracted by the contributions furnished by Mr. Barlow. Dr. +Hutton recommended him as candidate, in 1801, for the post of +additional master at the Royal Military Academy, and he was +successful. In 1811 he published his first work, “The +Theory of Numbers,” in 1813, “The Mathematical +Dictionary,” and in the same year his “Mathematical +Tables.” In 1817 his work, “The Strength of +Materials,” was published. In 1819 he turned his +attention to magnetic experiments, in which he was very +successful in developing the laws of action and in the +application of those laws to the correction of a long-standing +error in navigation. For this discovery he received several +honorary and pecuniary rewards. His “Essay on +Magnetic Attraction” was published in 1819.</p> +<p>25.—The new Poor Removal Act came into force. It +materially altered the law of settlement, and made new +regulations as to the manner in which parishes contributed their +share to the common fund charges of the unions.</p> +<p>31.—An accident occurred at a circus building at St. +Stephen’s Gates, Norwich, hired by Mace and King, the +pugilists, for the purposes <a name="page113"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 113</span>of a benefit performance. The +rows of seats elevated one above the other and forming the pit +were densely crowded with spectators, whose weight broke the +frail supports, with the result that the centre of the pit fall +with its load of human beings. Many were severely bruised +and shaken, and one man, suffering from a broken leg, was removed +to the Hospital.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>10.—Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt appeared at a +miscellaneous concert, given at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +and on the 11th sang in Haydn’s oratorio, “The +Creation.” The other <i>artistes</i> included Mr. +Sims Reeves, Signor Belletti, Mr. H. Blagrove (solo violin), +Signor Patti (solo violoncello), and Mr. Otto Goldschmidt +(pianoforte). The chorus for the oratorio was composed of +members of the Cathedral choir and of the Norwich Choral +Society.</p> +<p>21.—Tom Sayers, “the pugilistic +ex-champion,” visited Norwich with his circus, +“exhibited his belts, medals, and the diamond ring +presented to him by the students of Oxford, and set-to with young +Hicks, of Birmingham.” Heenan, the American pugilist, +brought a circus to Norwich on September 11th, and +“apologised to the spectators for not sparring, as the +authorities had forbidden him, and it was only on giving this +promise that he was allowed to erect his tent on the Castle +Hill.” Mace’s circus visited the city on +October 6th. “The spectators were disappointed at the +non-appearance of Mace, the magistrates having forbidden him to +give an illustration of his noble art.”</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>3.*—“Died last week, at Rackheath, Phœbe +Clayburn, at the advanced age of 103 years. She had 22 +children, and her eldest son is now living at Bramerton, aged 80 +years; her grandchild is 50; her great-grandchild is 20, and her +great-great-grandchild is now two years of age.”</p> +<p>4.—The large tract of land known as the Middle Level of +the Fens, which had been greatly improved by the construction of +the Middle Level Drain, a small river which collected the waters +of the district and discharged them into the Ouse near Wiggenhall +St. German’s, was inundated, in consequence of a breach in +the sluice erected at the point where the two streams +joined. The tide, no longer confined to the channel of the +Ouse, rushed up the drain, broke through the bank on the west +side at two places, and, in a wild torrent, overspread the +adjacent lands. Efforts were at once made to strengthen the +dams, by placing vast quantities of clinch and gravel at the foot +of the piles. On June 20th, a meeting of the owners and +occupiers of land was held at the Globe Hotel, Lynn, under the +presidency of the Rev. Henry ffolkes, at which resolutions were +passed requiring the Middle Level Commissioners to take prompt +and efficient measures to prevent the recurrence of such a +disaster. It was also agreed that more satisfactory means +for redress for damage should be given than were afforded by the +Middle Level Act, and that application be made to <a +name="page114"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 114</span>Parliament +for the insertion in the Middle Level Bill then before the House +of Lords of necessary provisions for securing both objects. +At the Norfolk Assizes, on July 29th, before Lord Chief Justice +Cockburn, commenced the long course of litigation resulting from +the inundation. Mr. William Mason, lessee of 18 acres of +land at Tilney All Saints, within the Marshland Fen district, +sued Mr. Wise, clerk to the Middle Level Commissioners, for the +recovery of £500 damages sustained through the alleged +negligence of the Commissioners in making and maintaining the +Middle Level Sluice and Drain. Leave was given to both +sides to move in the Common Pleas or Queen’s Bench for the +removal of the trial to London. On August 16th it was +announced that the expenses incident to the disaster were +estimated at about £25,000, to meet which £20,000 had +been taken up by way of temporary loan. A second disaster +occurred on October 4th. One of the outfall sluices of the +Marshland Smeeth and Fen Drain, an important arterial drain +running into the Ouse about 200 or 300 yards northward of the +ruined Middle Level Sluice, gave way, and again a wide extent of +country was submerged. Four hundred navvies were at once +set to work to form a dam of many thousands of sacks filled with +earth. On the 5th the temporary dam gave way bodily, and +the entire mass having been carried a score yards up the drain, +sank out of sight. The tidal water having overcome the +obstacle, went with a rush and a roar on its work of devastation, +carrying with it great quantities of earth and timber. +About 1,000 acres were flooded; 4,000 acres were under water +before the completion of another temporary dam on the 8th. +After that the water was removed by means of huge syphons. +On November 10th the Court of Common Pleas refused a rule for the +changing of the venue of the trial of the action, Mason <i>v.</i> +Wise, from Norfolk to Surrey, and with this decision ended the +first stage of the legal proceedings. (<i>See</i> January +31st, 1863.)</p> +<p>5.—The Braham Grand English Opera Company commenced a +six nights’ engagement at Norwich Theatre, with the +performance of “Il Trovatore.” The other operas +produced during the engagement included “The Bohemian +Girl,” “Robin Hood,” “The Daughter of the +Regiment,” “Der Freischutz,” +“Cinderella,” and “Lucia Di +Lammermoor.” Among the principals were Miss Fanny +Ternan, Miss Maria Ternan, Mdlle. A. Kemp, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, +and Mr. Hamilton Braham.</p> +<p>24.—The Norfolk Volunteer Service Association was formed +at a meeting held at the Shirehall, Norwich, under the +chairmanship of the Lord Lieutenant, who was elected +president. Its objects were, “the promotion of rifle +shooting and giving permanence to the Volunteer corps throughout +the county.” The first prize-meeting was held on the +Mousehold Range, Norwich, from September 8th to 11th.</p> +<p>27.—The Channel Squadron, under the command of +Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, arrived in Yarmouth Roads, and on June +1st was joined by the St. George, with H.R.H. Prince Alfred on +board. The Squadron sailed for the Downs on the 4th.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>11.—In the Divorce Court, before Sir C. Cresswell, +judgement was <a name="page115"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +115</span>given in the action, Burroughs <i>v.</i> Burroughs and +Silcock. This was a cross suit. Mrs. Burroughs prayed +for the restitution of conjugal rights, and her husband, in his +answer, charged her with adultery, and prayed for a judicial +separation. In the second case Mr. Burroughs prayed for a +dissolution of marriage, on the ground of his wife’s +misconduct. The second case had been tried by a common jury +on March 6th, 7th, 8th, and 13th, and terminated in a verdict +that neither the petitioner, the respondent, nor the +co-respondent had been guilty of adultery. His lordship had +deferred judgment in the first suit, in order that his opinion +might not affect the opinion of the jury in the second suit, +which had not then been tried. He now said he thought Mrs. +Burroughs had misconducted herself, and he could not order her +husband to take her home again. He, therefore, dismissed +her petition for restitution. He refused, however, to +pronounce a decree of judicial separation, on the ground that as +the parties themselves had been examined, he could not treat the +husband’s answer as a counter petition.</p> +<p>16.—At Swaffham County Court, a jury was engaged in the +trial of an action, Green <i>v.</i> Sayers. The plaintiff, +a shoemaker, sought to recover £25 damages for an assault +by the defendant, described as “a circus proprietor, but +better known as the ex-champion of England.” The case +excited great local interest. “The defendant,” +it was said, “conducted himself with a degree of modesty, +propriety, and decorum that caused no little feeling in his +favour.” The assault arose out of a dispute as to the +withholding of change alleged to be due to the plaintiff on money +tendered for admission to the defendant’s show, and the +jury gave a verdict for Green, damages £5.</p> +<p>19.—A great Volunteer review took place at +Yarmouth. The first brigade of 910 men was commanded by +Lieut.-Col. Astley, Norfolk Artillery; the second (1,230 men) by +Lieut.-Col. Sir E. Lacon, Bart., M.P., and the third (350 men) by +Lieut.-Col. Custance. The reviewing officer was Col. Guy, +C.B., and the proceedings were witnessed by many thousands of +spectators.</p> +<p>24.—Died, in the Workhouse of the Loddon and Clavering +Union, in her 105th year, Mary, widow of Samuel Lock, of +Loddon.</p> +<p>—An extraordinary fight took place between a bull and a +stallion, both the property of Mr. James Coker. The animals +were grazing in a field near the Chase at King’s Lynn, and +became engaged in a deadly combat, which ended in the bull +disembowelling the horse with its horns. The stallion was +valued at £60.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—The marriage of H.R.H. Princess Alice and the Grand +Duke of Hesse was celebrated throughout the county with great +rejoicing. The day was observed at Norwich as a public +holiday; at a special meeting of the Town Council a +congratulatory address to the Queen was adopted; the Mayor gave a +luncheon at St. Andrew’s Hall, and in the evening a +firework display was given in the Market Place.</p> +<p>—At the Norwich Quarter Sessions, before the Recorder +(Mr. O’Malley, Q.C.), Edward Durrant (27), grocer, +surrendered to his <a name="page116"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +116</span>bail on the charge of “having by fraud in playing +with cards won the sum of 14s., the money of Samuel Boughton, at +the Star Inn, Haymarket, Norwich.” There were other +counts, charging the defendant with defrauding other persons by +the same means. Mr. Serjeant Ballantyne, specially +retained, succeeded in obtaining a verdict of not guilty. +The Recorder observed: “Well, prisoner, you have had a most +merciful jury; that is all I can say.” The defendant +was cheered as he left the Court.</p> +<p>9.—The first of the peripatetic shows of the Norfolk +Agricultural Association was held at East Dereham. +“The cautious and timid members of the Norfolk Association +who prophesied that so many dark and dreadful events would happen +to the society if absolved from her marriage vow which wedded her +entirely to Norwich, and Swaffham, must have been pleasantly +surprised by the entire success of the Dereham +meeting.” So great was the rush to the show-ground +that more than once the barrier was broken down. The sum of +£230 was taken in admission money, whereas it had never +before amounted to £150, and rarely exceeded £80.</p> +<p>17.—Mr. Henry Stevenson, one of the proprietors of the +<span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span>, was driving through +Upper Surrey Street, Norwich, with his wife, when the horse +started off at full speed in the direction of All Saints’ +church, where the phaeton was upset, and Mrs. Stevenson sustained +injuries from which she died an hour afterwards.</p> +<p>27.—Died, in St. John de Sepulchre, Norwich, the Widow +Rumsby, aged 100 years.</p> +<p>—Died, in London, Mr. H. L. Styleman le Strange. +He was the only son of Mr. Henry Styleman, of Snettisham Hall, +where he was born in 1815. Educated at Eton and at +Christchurch, Oxford, he travelled, on the completion of his +University career, in Egypt, and, returning home in 1836, his +majority was celebrated at Hunstanton Hall, the ancient residence +of the le Stranges. In 1839 he procured the Royal licence +to assume the patronymic surname of le Strange, in addition to +that of Styleman, and in the same year married Jamesina Joice +Ellen, daughter of Mr. John Stewart, of Balladrum, Inverness, by +whom he left issue two sons and three daughters. Mr. le +Strange, acceding to the request of the Conservative party, stood +for the Western division of the county, and was defeated by a +small majority. He left the hustings with the promise that +at the next election he would again offer himself; he kept his +promise, but eventually withdrew, and retired from +politics. He then commenced his great work of painting the +roof of Ely Cathedral, on the design and execution of which he +bestowed many years of hard toil. At his death the work was +about half completed, and he had only recently received +recognition of his artistic talents by being appointed a member +of a commission for investigating the state of the frescoes in +the new Houses of Parliament. Hunstanton church is a +monument to his taste and skill. Mr. le Strange was senior +co-heir to the baronies of Hastings and Foliot, and co-heir to +those of Camoys and Strathbolgie. He had served the office +of High Sheriff of Norfolk, was a magistrate and deputy +lieutenant, and a director of the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway +Company.</p> +<p>30.—Mr. Simmons, of Lydney, Gloucestershire, made a +balloon ascent from the Orchard Gardens, Norwich, and, after +attaining an altitude <a name="page117"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 117</span>of 5,000 feet, descended in +Spixworth Park. There he lightened the balloon by landing a +fellow-passenger, and having re-ascended to the height of 12,000 +feet, finally came to earth in Mr. Trafford’s park at +Wroxham. Mr. Simmons made another ascent from the Orchard +Gardens on September 8th, and descended at Little Plumstead; and +after re-ascending, came down among the ruins of St. +Benet’s Abbey.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>28.—A cricket match, between twenty-two of Norfolk and +Norwich and eleven of United All England commenced on the Cricket +Ground, Norwich, and concluded on the 29th. Norfolk and +Norwich, 73—75; United All England, 119—31.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>8.—A trial of McCormick’s new reaper took place on +Mr. Clare Sewell Read’s farm at Little Plumstead. The +experiments were conducted by Mr. McCormick, the inventor, and +Mr. Burgess, the manufacturer of the machine, in the presence of +Baron Ricasoli, ex-Prime Minister of Italy, and of several other +foreigners of distinction.</p> +<p>11.—Three troops of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, with +headquarters and band, arrived at Norwich. “Although +the regiment has been formed only five years, the principal +portion of the non-commissioned officers and many of the privates +were engaged at Balaclava, being Volunteers from other regiments +to assist in training the present regiment.”</p> +<p>12.—A great Volunteer <i>fête</i>, given at Crown +Point, by the High Sheriff of Norfolk (Mr. Harvey), was attended +by many thousands of spectators from all parts of the +county. The city and county corps, in two brigades, +commanded respectively by Lieut.-Col. Custance and Lieut.-Col. +Astley, with the Norwich Light Horse, under Lieut. Hay Gurney, +were reviewed by Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, K.C.B. +The Norwich Cadet Corps, recently organized by Mr. Noverre, and +the Grammar School Cadet Corps, were also in attendance. +After the review the troops were entertained at dinner, a balloon +ascent was made by Mr. Simmons, and military and other sports +followed.</p> +<p>17.—The foundation-stone of a new church at Hautbois +Magna was laid by Lord Suffield. The new building, which +was designed to supplement the old parish church, was erected +mainly by the exertions of the rector (the Rev. J. C. Girling), +who gave the site. The cost was estimated at from +£800 to £900. The church was consecrated by the +Bishop of Norwich on May 26th, 1864.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Died at his house, Belitha Villas, Barnsbury Park, +London, Mr. John Curtis, F.L.S., aged 72. Mr. Curtis was a +native of Norwich, where he resided many years. He was +author of the celebrated work, “British Entomology,” +on the completion of which Sir Robert Peel awarded him a pension +for life.</p> +<p><a name="page118"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +118</span>13.—A ten miles race, between the Indian Deerfoot +and Brighten, “the Norwich Milk Boy,” for a silver +cup of the value of £30, took place on Figg’s Cricket +Ground, Newmarket Road, Norwich. Previous performances of +Brighten and Deerfoot had given rise to suspicion as to the +genuineness of these contests, but on this occasion it was +announced that “Deerfoot’s career in England being +about to terminate,” the race would be a legitimate trial +of speed. Brighten won by 30 yards, in 54 minutes, 30 +sees.</p> +<p>17.—A severe storm occurred at Yarmouth, and numerous +shipping casualties were reported.</p> +<p>19.—A fire took place on the premises of Messrs. +Tillyard and Howlett, wholesale boot and shoe manufacturers, +Water Lane, St. George’s Colegate, Norwich, and damage was +done to the amount of £2000.</p> +<p>29.—Died at St. Leonard’s-on-Sea, the Dowager Lady +Stafford. Her ladyship was an American by birth, one of +four daughters of Mr. C. Caton, of Baltimore. So remarkable +were the sisters for their personal charms, that they were known +as “the beauties of Baltimore,” a reputation which +had the effect of securing for three of them British coronets, +one as the Duchess of Leeds, another as the Marchioness +Wellesley, and the third as the Baroness Stafford. She +became the second wife of the 8th Lord Stafford in 1837.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>10.—Mr. Henry Staniforth Patteson was elected Mayor, and +Mr. J. J. Colman appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>18.—The Norwich Town Council adopted an address to the +Queen, congratulating her Majesty upon the attainment of his +majority by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. The county +magistrates adopted a similar address on January 8th, 1863.</p> +<p>19.—Died, suddenly, aged 50, Mr. John Wodderspoon, +sub-editor of the “Norwich Mercury.” He had +resided in Norwich about fourteen years, and had previously been +connected with the “Suffolk Chronicle,” at +Ipswich. Mr. Wodderspoon devoted his leisure time to the +pursuit of the fine arts, and had achieved considerable +proficiency as an amateur artist, a talent which assisted him +materially in his other favourite study, archæology. +He was an active member of the Norfolk and Norwich +Archæological Society, and whilst resident at Ipswich, +wrote, “Memorials of Ipswich” and “Historic +Sites of Suffolk.” His death occurred under painful +circumstances. On the previous day a summons had been +served upon him for threatening, it was alleged, a reporter on +the “Mercury” staff. When giving instructions +to Mr. Bugg, his solicitor in the case, Mr. Wodderspoon fell down +and instantly expired.</p> +<p>22.*—“The Queen has been pleased to grant unto +Henry Evans, the elder, of Lyng and of Bylaugh, clerk, and to his +eldest son, Henry Evans, the younger, of Elmswell, in Suffolk, +clerk, her Royal licence and authority that they and their +respective heirs may, in compliance with a proviso contained in +the last will and testament of Sir John Lombe, late of Great +Melton, baronet, deceased, respectively take and henceforth use +the surname of Lombe only, and use and bear the arms of Lombe in +lieu of their present surname and arms of Evans.”</p> +<h4><a name="page119"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +119</span>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Father Gavazzi lectured at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, on “Italy, Victor Emanuel, Garibaldi, and the +Pope,” and on the 2nd on “The Progress of the Gospel +in Italy.”</p> +<p>10.—Mr. Charles Mathews appeared at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, in his entertainment, “Personal +Reminiscences, in Eight Chapters.” The entertainment +was repeated on December 13th.</p> +<p>13.—Died at his residence, Elmsfield, Harrow, +Lieut.-Col. Richard Montague Oakes, formerly of the 1st Life +Guards, and Chief Constable of Norfolk, aged 71.</p> +<p>18.—A gale of great severity commenced at Yarmouth, and +continued until the 22nd. “The lifeboats were +suffered to lie quiescent on the beach, their crews (of the Young +and Diamond Company) standing stolidly by, indifferent even to +the signals of distress which from time to time came over the +raging waters from vessels in great danger.” There +was no loss of life. An inquiry was opened on January 6th, +1863, as to the conduct of the lifeboat crew, and adjourned to +the 12th, when a resolution was adopted exonerating them from +blame.</p> +<p>20.—Died at his residence, Norton Lodge, Freshwater, +Isle of Wight, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Graham E. Hamond, Bart., +G.C.B. He was the only son of Captain Sir Andrew Snape +Hamond, R.N., created baronet in 1783, and was born December +30th, 1779. On the death of his father, at the advanced age +of 90, in September, 1828, he succeeded to the baronetcy. +He commenced his naval career in 1793, as midshipman in the +Phaeton 38, under the command of his cousin, Sir A. S. Douglas; +he then removed to the Queen Charlotte, 100, the flagship of +Admiral Lord Howe, under whom he shared the honour and took part +in the victory of “the glorious first of June.” +Joining the Britannia, 100, the flagship of Admiral Hotham, he +served in the Mediterranean, and witnessed the destruction of +L’Alcide 74, taken in the action of July 13th. After +constant active service on the Lisbon and home stations, during +which he assisted at the capture of several French privateers and +at the blockade of Malta and the siege of La Valette, he was +appointed to the command of the Blanche, 36, in which ship he +participated in the battle of Copenhagen. In 1804 he was +appointed to the Lively, 38, in which frigate he captured, off +Cape St. Mary, three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and +destroyed a fourth; during a subsequent cruise off Cape St. +Vincent he captured the San Miguel, and the same day, in company +with the Polyphemus, 64, took the Santa Gertruyda, 36, laden with +a valuable cargo of 11,215,000 dollars in specie. In +December, 1808, he was appointed to the command of the +Victorious, 74, in which he assisted at the reduction of Flushing +in 1809. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the South +African station in September, 1834. Sir Graham was a +magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the county of Norfolk.</p> +<p>21.—The sea broke over the sandhills at Wells and +flooded about 700 acres of the west marshes, which had been +reclaimed from the ocean by the Earl of Leicester. The +damage was estimated at £10,000.</p> +<p><a name="page120"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +120</span>26.—The Christmas pantomime at Norwich Theatre, +produced under the management of Mr. Sidney, was entitled +“Jack the Giant-Killer.” Wombwell’s +Menagerie was exhibited on the Castle Meadow.</p> +<h3>1863.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>21.—Died at his residence, Thorpe Hamlet, aged 82, Mr. +John Skipper, who had filled several offices under the old +Corporation of Norwich, including those of Speaker and +Chamberlain.</p> +<p>24.—Died at Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Mr. S. D. +Colkett, artist, formerly of Norwich.</p> +<p>31.—The litigation arising from the inundation in +Marshland commenced on this date with the hearing, in the +Vice-Chancellor’s Court, of an application for a mandamus +to compel the Middle Level Commissioners to restore the paling +path over the breach made by the inundations. At the +suggestion of the Court, it was agreed that the only question in +dispute, that of legal liability, should be raised as a special +case. At the Norfolk Assizes, on April 1st, before Lord +Chief Justice Erle, two actions, Mason <i>v.</i> Wise and Coe +<i>v.</i> Wise (clerk to the Middle Level Commissioners), were +down for trial by special jury. It was understood that +these cases, which were brought for the recovery of damages +consequent upon the inundation, were selected out of a total of +107 causes in which writs had been issued. In the action +Coe <i>v.</i> Wise, the declaration alleged that by a certain Act +of Parliament the Middle Level Commissioners were bound to make +and maintain a certain cut, bank, and sluices; it was complained +that, in consequence of their negligence, the tidal waters burst +through them and flooded the lands of the plaintiff. The +defendant entered a plea of not guilty, and alleged that the +plaintiff was not possessed of the lands. The hearing of +the case occupied four days. The Judge, in summing up, +directed the jury to decide whether the damage was caused to the +plaintiff by the absence of due care and skill on the part of the +defendants, (1) in respect of the making of the sluice; (2) in +respect of maintaining the sluice; (3) in respect of providing +remedies against mishap after the sluice was destroyed; and (4) +was damage caused to the plaintiff by reason that no puddled wall +was made along both banks of the cut? The jury found for +the defendant on the first point, and for the plaintiff on the +other three points. In the Court of Queen’s Bench, on +April 18th, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly moved for a rule calling upon +plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside +and entered for the defendant, on the ground of misdirection, and +that the verdict was against the evidence. Lord Chief +Justice Cockburn said the Court would grant a rule upon the +question of law involved, but not as regarded the evidence, +because their lordships found that Lord Chief Justice Erle was +satisfied with the verdict. The case was again before the +Court of Queen’s Bench on November 19th, and, alter two +days’ argument, was ordered to stand over until the next +term. (<i>See</i> January 21st, 1864.)</p> +<h4><a name="page121"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +121</span>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>16.—Charles Mower, the Dereham pedestrian, ran a +one-mile match for £50 a side, with Edward Mills, of +London, the six miles champion, on the Brampton Pedestrian +Ground. Mower was a runner of considerable repute. +His best performance was at Salford, in December, 1860, when he +defeated Allison for the champion cup, running the mile in 4 +minutes 24 seconds, the ground at the time being covered with +snow. In his match with Mills he was beaten by 20 yards, in +4 minutes 34 seconds.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>3.—The Norwich Poor-law Amendment Bill was considered by +a Committee of the House of Commons. Its object was to +repeal the Act passed in 1831, “for the better management +of the several parishes and hamlets of the city and county of the +city of Norwich”; to substitute another body for the +Incorporation of Guardians; and to introduce certain clauses for +the equalisation of the rates between the city and hamlets; and +for the inclusion of the Cathedral Close, which was not then +within the jurisdiction of the Guardians. The Bill passed +through Committee on March 12th, and was directed to be reported +to the House. The last meeting of the old Court of +Guardians was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, on October 6th, and +its existence as a corporate body expired on the 22nd, when the +new Board was elected. Prior to the election, a meeting, +presided over by the Mayor (Mr. Patteson), was held, at which was +passed a resolution to the effect that, “considering the +excessive poor-rates which have pressed upon this city for so +many years, and the abuses which have sprung up in the +administration of the Poor-law, it is incumbent upon the +ratepayers to sink party and other differences and co-operate for +carrying out the new Act with integrity and +impartiality.”</p> +<p>10.—Great rejoicings took place in city and county, in +celebration of the marriage of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. +The streets of Norwich were gaily decorated, and the day was +observed as a general holiday. A parade of the troops, +namely, the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, the 1st Norfolk Light Horse, +the enrolled pensioners, the staff of the West Norfolk Militia, +and the Norwich Battalion of Rifle Volunteers, took place on +Major Middleton’s field on Ipswich Road. “All +the troops wore wedding favours of uniform pattern.” +After the review a <i>feu de joie</i> was fired in the Market +Place, where the members of the Choral Society sang, “God +Bless the Prince of Wales.” The military were +entertained at luncheon in a marquee erected on the parade-ground +at the Militia Barracks; the Sheriff (Mr. Colman) gave a dinner +to the aged poor, at St. Andrew’s Hall, and 14,403 Sunday +school children were entertained. At night the city was +illuminated, a firework display took place on the Castle Meadow, +and the proceedings concluded with the lighting of a huge bonfire +opposite the Shirehall. Similar celebrations took place at +Yarmouth and Lynn, and festivities were held in all the smaller +towns and villages in the county. At a special meeting of +the Norwich Town Council on the 12th, congratulatory addresses +were voted to the Queen and to the Prince and <a +name="page122"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 122</span>Princess of +Wales, and it was announced that many of the textile +manufacturers had decided to present to her Royal Highness +articles of home manufacture. The citizens gave the famous +“Norwich Gates” exhibited at the Great Exhibition, +which were purchased by public subscription and afterwards +erected at Sandringham. A county meeting was held at the +Shirehall on the 14th, and congratulatory addresses +adopted. Their Royal Highnesses arrived at their Norfolk +home on March 28th. At Lynn railway station the Mayor (Mr. +L. W. Jarvis) presented an address, and from Wolferton station to +Sandringham the Prince and Princess were escorted by the Norfolk +Light Horse, commanded by Capt. Hay Gurney, and by a large body +of mounted tenantry.</p> +<p>12.—Died at Brentwood, Mr. Edward Taylor, professor of +music at Gresham College, London, aged 79. He was a native +of Norwich, and a son of Mr. John Taylor, who occupied a +prominent position in the city as a wool and yarn factor, and +displayed considerable literary and musical abilities. Mr. +Edward Taylor had been many years resident in London, but he +constantly attended the Norwich Musical Festivals, in the +establishment of which he took a leading part, and was a frequent +vocal performer. He was a pleasing composer, and some of +his songs met with deserved appreciation.</p> +<p>16.—Professor J. H. Pepper lectured at Noverre’s +Rooms, Norwich, on “Optical Illusions,” and for the +first time exhibited in the city the now well-known illusion, +“Pepper’s Ghost.”</p> +<p>19.—The Yarmouth Gas Bill, the object of which was to +incorporate the Great Yarmouth Gas Company and to make further +provision for lighting the town and certain neighbouring places +with gas, was considered by a Committee of the House of +Lords. The Bill was read a third time in that House on the +24th, and passed.</p> +<p>29.—Died at Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire, his Grace +the Duke of Grafton. He was the eldest son of George Henry, +fourth Duke, by Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, second daughter of +James, second Earl Waldegrave and Maria, who afterwards became +Duchess of Gloucester. Born on February 10th, 1790, he +married, on June 20th, 1812, Mary Caroline, third daughter of +Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley. He +represented Bury St. Edmund’s from 1826 to 1830, and had a +seat in the Lower House for Thetford from 1834 to September, +1844. By his death, his eldest son, the Earl of Euston, +M.P. for Thetford since 1847, inherited the family honours.</p> +<p>31.—A remarkable charge of abduction was tried at the +Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Williams. Frederick +Burrell (21), a clerk employed at the Royal Arsenal, was indicted +“for having, from motives of lucre, fraudulently allured, +taken away, and detained Jane Burrell, a person under 21 years of +age, she having a present legal interest in certain real estates +in Norfolk, out of the possession and against the will of her +mother, Mary Ann Hyder, and her guardian, William Silver Hyder, +with intent to marry her, on January 20th, 1863.” +Henry Richard Burrell, his brother, was indicted for aiding and +abetting. The defendants were uncles of the girl, who was +the daughter of the eldest son of one Daniel Burrell, who died +without a will. As the eldest son died during Daniel +Burrell’s lifetime, the daughter became possessed of all +his freehold property. The girl left school at Norwich at +Christmas, and went to Fakenham, but instead <a +name="page123"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 123</span>of staying +with her mother and stepfather, went to the house of Henry +Burrell, and on January 19th left for London with Frederick +Burrell. The next day they were married at Plumstead, near +Woolwich, the marriage licence obtained by Frederick Burrell +being, it was alleged, “full of the grossest +perjury.” The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but +sentence was deferred, pending the argument of certain points +before the Court for the consideration of Crown cases +reserved. The defendants, on April 25th, appealed against +their conviction, and the Court, after hearing arguments, +reserved judgment. The case came before the Court for the +consideration of Crown cases reserved, on November 24th. +Their lordships were divided in opinion, not upon any question of +law, but upon the facts of the case. Judgment was delivered +upon the opinion of the majority, who held that the facts did not +bear out that which was necessary to sustain a prosecution, and +therefore, “with very great regret,” they quashed the +conviction.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>5.—Died at Chester Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, +Mr. John Taylor, F.R.S. Born at Norwich on August 22nd, +1779, he was trained as a land surveyor and engineer, and in 1798 +was invited to take the management of a mine near +Tavistock. It proved very profitable. In 1803 he +projected and commenced the Tavistock Canal, of which about three +miles were tunnelled through a granite hill. The execution +of this work led to the discovery of two other mines, which +produced large quantities of copper, and yielded considerable +profits. The success of these and other mines in the +neighbourhood of Tavistock, in Cornwall, and in the North of +England, brought Mr. Taylor into great repute as a mining +engineer. He was the author of several useful papers on +mining, and one of the first to propose the formation of a Mining +School; he was, too, one of the earliest Fellows of the +Geological Society, and for many years acted as treasurer and +vice-president. In 1825 he was elected a Fellow of the +Royal Society, and was one of the founders of the British +Association for the Advancement of Science, of which organization +he was treasurer until 1862. An excellent portrait of Mr. +Taylor was painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence in 1825, and afterwards +engraved by Charles Turner. Another portrait was painted in +1861, by Mr. Sydney Hodges.</p> +<p>6.—Madame Celeste commenced, at Norwich Theatre, a short +season, during which she appeared in a round of her favourite +characters.</p> +<p>20.—The nomination of candidates to contest the seat +rendered vacant by the elevation of the Earl of Euston to the +House of Lords took place at Thetford. Lord Frederick John +FitzRoy and Mr. Robert John Harvey Harvey were proposed. +The poll was opened on the 21st, and resulted as follows: +FitzRoy, 93; Harvey, 81. There had been no contest at +Thetford for twenty-two years previously.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at his residence, Newmarket Road, Norwich, aged +63, Mr. Isaac Wiseman, who served the office of Sheriff in +1830.</p> +<p><a name="page124"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +124</span>6.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. H. S. Patteson), as +captain of the Second Company, Norwich Battalion Rifle +Volunteers, was presented by the members of the company with Mr. +Claude L. Nursey’s original painting, “The Officers +of the Norwich Battalion,” in recognition of “his +zeal in the Volunteer cause and of his courtesy to those under +his command.”</p> +<p>9.*—“Challenge: Thomas Jessup, of East Harling, +now in his 102nd year, is willing to walk against ‘Father +Time’ or any other man of the same age as himself now +living in England or elsewhere, a fair toe and heel match, +without the aid of stick, crutch, or other auxiliary. The +one doing the greatest distance in one day (or in a month, if +preferred) to be entitled to the stakes, which can be made for +any sum not exceeding £50 a side.”</p> +<p>11.—At Norwich Police Court, Mr. Edward Manning, of +London Street, and Mr. William Edwards, of Sprowston, were +summoned for assaulting Jonas Dye, of Pockthorpe, in contesting +the question of common rights on Mousehold Heath. According +to Mr. Simms Reeve, who appeared for the prosecution, the Dean +and Chapter of Norwich owned the Heath, and the people of +Pockthorpe, whether they had the right or not, claimed common +rights. The Dean and Chapter did not dispute those rights, +and the people not only used the Heath themselves, but let it to +others to graze their cattle, to take turf at so much per +hundred, and gravel at so much per load. The revenue formed +a common fund, managed by a committee elected each year at a +public meeting, at which the clergyman of the parish +presided. The defendants contested these rights, and +liberated stock which had been impounded. The Town Clerk +(Mr. Mendham) objected to the magistrates’ jurisdiction, +under 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 30, which provided that no justice +of the peace “should hear and determine any case of assault +or battery in which any question should arise as to the title of +any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or the interest accruing +therefrom.” The magistrates dismissed the case.</p> +<p>26.—A dreadful accident occurred at Yarmouth. Two +negro vocalists, named Charles Marsh and Henry Wharton, attended +the Whit-Tuesday sports on the South Denes, when the former +proposed that they should ascend the Nelson Monument. The +other agreed, and the ascent commenced, Marsh performing +“God Save the Queen” upon his violin, and Wharton +playing a banjo accompaniment. Arrived at the summit, +Marsh, who added to his other accomplishments that of a posturer, +scaled the stone fence on the platform, and, seizing the +lightning conductor, climbed upon the emblematic figure of +Britannia and there remained for ten minutes, singing and waving +his hands to the crowd beneath. In descending, he was +compelled to stoop head foremost to grasp the handle of +Britannia’s trident. From some cause he slipped, fell +upon the plinth, and thence rebounded into space, falling with +arms outstretched to the base of the column, a depth of 144 +feet. His death was instantaneous.</p> +<p>27.—The official celebration of the Queen’s +birthday at Norwich was observed as a half-holiday. A +review of the military took place on Mousehold Heath, when +colours, given by Mr. R. N. Bacon, were presented to the Norwich +Battalion of Rifle Volunteers by the Hon. Mrs. F. Walpole. +The regimental colour was received by Ensign Steward, and the +Union Jack by Ensign Hansell, after which there <a +name="page125"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 125</span>was a +consecration ceremony by the Rev. T. Clarke. The +first-named colour bore the motto, <i>Gloria virtutis umbra</i>, +in the centre, with the city arms and the name of the +corps—1st City of Norwich Rifle Volunteers. The +groundwork of the flag was green, and the armorial bearings and +inscriptions were encircled by a floral border in gilt.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Edinburgh, aged 52, Mr. Archibald Dalrymple, +F.R.C.S., formerly surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich +Hospital.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>4.—Four specimens of Pallas’s sand +grouse—one male and three females—were shot at +Waxham, by the Rev. Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Gibbs. On the 8th a +fine male specimen was shot on Yarmouth Denes, near the old +battery; and on the 9th and 10th a flock of about forty of the +birds appeared upon Horsey beach. A pair was killed on +Titchwell beach on the 10th, and another pair at about the same +date in the adjoining parish of Brancaster. Altogether +twenty-six specimens of these rare visitants from the Kirghis +steppes of Tartary were procured in the county, and all were +found either basking in the sands or feeding in grass fields +close to the sea shore.</p> +<p>13.—At the sale of the Rev. John Gilbert’s +property, by Messrs. Spelman, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, a +farm of forty acres realised £2,600, and the Church Farm, +of forty-nine acres, at Heckingham, was sold for +£2,000.</p> +<p>17.—The show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association +took place at Yarmouth, and was the most successful of the +exhibitions yet held.</p> +<p>22.—The 5th Royal Irish Lancers marched from the Cavalry +Barracks, Norwich, for Aldershot, and a few weeks later sailed +for India.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—A fine barque of 410 tons, named the Egbert, was +launched from the shipyard of Messrs. Fellows and Son, Southtown, +Great Yarmouth.</p> +<p>2.—The Second Administrative Battalion of Norfolk Rifle +Volunteers, numbering 22 officers, 30 non-commissioned officers, +and 260 rank and file, encamped at Langley Park, the seat of the +Colonel-Commandant, Sir Thomas Proctor Beauchamp, Bart. +This was the first Volunteer camp formed in the county. +“Fifty camp tents, borrowed from the War Office for the +occasion, were pitched in rows beyond the parade-ground, and in +these the Volunteers encamped for the night, a plentiful supply +of straw being provided for them.” The First +Administrative Battalion encamped at Gunton Park, from July 22nd +to 25th, and the Dereham and Wymondham Companies formed a camp at +Letton Park, on September 22nd.</p> +<p>6.—A shocking accident occurred at Burgh Water +Frolic. A large wherry, named the Ruby, belonging to Mr. +England, of Limpenhoe, had been chartered for the day by a +Yarmouth publican, and was crowded with passengers both above and +below the hatches. The craft was sailing to the +<i>rendezvous</i>, and when between the Dickey-walk and the +Cross-stakes, the Red Rover, a famous yacht, was sighted <a +name="page126"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 126</span>coming full +sail down the river. The passengers rushed hurriedly from +the larboard to the starboard side of the wherry, to watch her +progress, and those beneath the hatches protruded their heads and +necks over the gunwale. The stanchions, unable to resist +the sudden strain, gave way, and the hatches falling, came with +terrific force upon the heads and bodies of the persons +below. Two men, named Charles Aldis Rushmer and James +Tripp, had their necks dislocated and skulls fractured, several +persons sustained minor injuries, and others were thrown into the +water, but were rescued by boats.</p> +<p>14.—The Channel Fleet of eight ships of war, under the +command of Rear-Admiral Dacres, arrived in Yarmouth Roads. +The total number of men on board was 4,800. The Fleet +weighed anchor on the 18th, and sailed for the Downs.</p> +<p>15.—The Maharajah Duleep Singh, the new owner of the +Elveden estate, arrived at Thetford for the purpose of inspecting +the property. The church bells were rung in honour of the +illustrious visitor. On November 21st it was announced that +the Maharajah made almost daily excursions in pursuit of his +favourite sport of hawking, and that a pack of hounds had also +arrived at Elveden.</p> +<p>16.—A serious fire occurred at East Dereham, on the +premises of Mr. William Hubbard, builder. It resulted in +the total destruction of the large workshops, and entailed a loss +of about £2,000. An adjacent warehouse was stored +with £400 worth of goods belonging to Mr. E. Smith was also +destroyed. Furniture and goods were hastily removed from +adjoining houses and placed in the Corn Hall; the tenants of Mrs. +Dingle’s cottages suffered great loss from their articles +being broken or stolen. A public subscription was made to +recoup Mr. Hubbard’s workmen the loss of their trade tools, +valued at about £130; and on August 10th, at a meeting of +the townspeople, a fire brigade was organized. The origin +of the fire was never discovered. A groom in the employment +of Mr. Hubbard was apprehended upon suspicion, but was discharged +for want of evidence.</p> +<p>30.—Died at his residence, Town Close, Norwich, Mr. +Samuel Shalders Bears, aged 76. He was for many years +prominently connected with Norwich, both as a man of business and +as a member of most of the leading institutions, charitable, +literary, and political. In 1829, under the old +Corporation, he was elected Sheriff, and in 1837, under the new +<i>régime</i>, he served the office of Mayor. Mr. +Beare was senior magistrate on the Norwich Bench, and was upon +the commission of the peace for the county of Suffolk.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—A dreadful railway accident took place upon the +newly-opened line between Lynn and Hunstanton, by which five +persons were killed and between twenty and thirty seriously +injured. The accident was caused by the over-running of a +bullock which had strayed upon the line. At the inquest, on +August 13th, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and +called attention to the insufficiency of the fences provided by +the Great Eastern Railway Company. The amount paid by the +company in claims and compensation exceeded, it was stated, the +sum of £10,000.</p> +<p><a name="page127"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +127</span>12.—The completion of the restoration of St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, was celebrated by a dinner given at +the hall by the Mayor (Mr. Patteson). The work of +renovation was carried out by Mr. J. W. Lacey, from designs by +Mr. Barry, the City Surveyor. The cost, about £1,500, +was defrayed by public subscription.</p> +<p>19.—Three troops of the 18th Hussars, with headquarters, +marched into Norwich, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Knox, +formerly Major in the 15th Hussars.</p> +<p>—A great archery <i>fête</i> was held at Crown +Point, Norwich. The societies represented were the Norfolk +and Norwich Archery Club, the East Norfolk, West Norfolk, East +Suffolk, West Suffolk, Westwick, Long Melford, Waveney Borderers, +Waveney Valley, Yarmouth, and Copdock Archers.</p> +<p>31.—Died at his residence, the South Quay, Great +Yarmouth, Mr. Samuel Charles Marsh, aged 53. He occupied +for many years a conspicuous public position in the borough, and +twice served the office of Mayor—in 1844 and 1852.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>10.—Died at Raynham Hall, his Norfolk seat, Rear-Admiral +the Marquis Townshend. His lordship was riding in the park +on the 9th, when he was seized with a paralytic stroke. +John Townshend was son of Lord John Townshend, second son of +George, first Marquis Townshend. He was born March 28th, +1798, and succeeded to the family honours on the death of his +cousin, George Ferrars, third Marquis, in December, 1855. +He married, August 18th, 1825, Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of +Rear-Admiral Lord George Stuart, who survived him, and left issue +an only son, John Villiers Stuart, Viscount Rainham, M.P., and +three daughters. He entered the Navy as midshipman in 1814, +but his services, owing to the peace of 1815, were not +distinguished. Before his accession to the House of Lords +he was elected member for Tamworth. In politics he was a +pronounced Liberal, “being in advance of the political +party to which he professed to belong, for he had voted in favour +of the ballot, and was also for the admission of Jews into +Parliament and the removal of all religious +disabilities.”</p> +<p>14.—The Earl of Leicester, as Lord Lieutenant of the +county, reviewed the Volunteers of Norfolk and Norwich, on +Mousehold Heath. Upwards of 2,000 were on parade, and were +inspected by Col. McMurdo, Inspector-General of the Volunteer +Forces. The troops were afterwards entertained at dinner at +the Corn Hall. The Mayor (Mr. Patteson) presided, supported +by the Lord Lieutenant and many distinguished guests.</p> +<p>—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced with an evening performance of “Judas +Maccabæus.” On the evenings of the 15th, 16th, +and 17th, miscellaneous concerts were given. +“Joash” (E. Silas), conducted by the composer, was +produced on the morning of the 16th, followed by “Scene at +the Gates of Nain,” from “Emmanuel,” and a +portion of the “Stabat Mater”; “Elijah” +on the morning of the 17th, and “The Messiah” on the +morning of the 18th. The principal performers were Mdlle. +<a name="page128"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +128</span>Tietjens, Madame Lemmens Sherrington, Madame Weiss, +Miss Wilkinson, Miss Palmer, Mdlle. Trebelli, Mr. Sims Reeves, +Signor Bettini, Mr. Montem Smith, Mr. Santley, Signor Bossi, and +Mr. Weiss. Mr. Benedict conducted. A “full +dress” ball was held on the night of the 18th.</p> +<p>21.—James Naylor, of Elsing, aged 51, murdered his wife, +Charlotte Naylor, aged 81. “From the time he was +committed to Norwich Castle to take his trial at the Assizes, he +endeavoured to lead people to imagine that he was not of sound +mind.” He died in prison on November 23rd, from +cancer in the stomach.</p> +<p>30.—At a dinner held at St. Nicholas’ Hall, East +Dereham, Capt. Bulwer, the commanding-officer of the 15th Norfolk +Rifle Volunteers, was presented with an album containing +photographs of every member of the company, “in recognition +of his valuable services in promoting the success and efficiency +of the corps.” A presentation was also made to Mrs. +Bulwer.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died in London, Sir William Bellairs, of Mulbarton +Lodge, in his 70th year. From 1811 to 1819 he served in the +15th Hussars, and went through the campaigns of 1813 and +1814. He was present at Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Orthes, +Tarbes, Toulouse, and other engagements, and also served in the +campaign of 1815, had a horse killed under him in the retreat +from Quatre Bras, and received two wounds at the battle of +Waterloo. In 1837 he was appointed exon of the Yeomen of +the Guard, which he held up to 1849. He married, in 1822, +Miss Hooke, daughter and heiress of Mr. Edmund Hooke, of +Mulbarton Lodge.</p> +<p>10.—Died at his residence, St. Catherine’s +Cottage, Norwich, in his 62nd year, Mr. William Matchett, senior +proprietor of the <span class="smcap">Norfolk +Chronicle</span>. He was the second son of Mr. Jonathan +Matchett, a former proprietor of the journal. Educated at +Norwich Grammar School, under the Rev. Dr. Valpy, he became a +partner in the establishment in 1827, from which time until his +death he took an active share in its management. “In +former days, before the science of shorthand writing had become a +business in itself, Mr. Matchett, like his school-fellow and +contemporary, Mr. R. N. Bacon, performed for this newspaper all +those duties which the exigencies of the present age require +should be distributed amongst a ‘staff of reporters,’ +and as the representative of the <span +class="smcap">Chronicle</span> attended most of the principal +meetings in the city and county, the proceedings at which were +ably condensed for the public eye by the aid of his brief notes +and singularly retentive memory. Under the old Corporation, +and for a short period under the new <i>régime</i>, Mr. +Matchett was connected with the Norwich Town Council for upwards +of eight years, and at all times took a warm interest in the +welfare and improvement of his native city.</p> +<p>27.—Elihu Burritt, “the Learned Blacksmith,” +delivered a lecture to the Norwich Young Men’s Christian +Association, on “The Higher Law and Mission of +Commerce.”</p> +<p><a name="page129"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +129</span>29.—Mdlle. Carlotta Patti appeared at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, accompanied by Madame Fanny +Huddart, Herr Reichardt, Signor Ferranti, and MM. Vieuxtemps and +Ascher (violin and pianoforte). “Mdlle. Patti had +been offered an engagement at the Festival, but had declined to +come unless she was paid 500 gs. The Festival Committee +were justified in rejecting her terms, which could only be +accorded to a second Jenny Lind, which she is not. +Nevertheless she is a wonderful singer.”</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>7.*—“The gales that have visited the coast during +the last week have been terrific. For days there has been +an enormous fleet of southward bound colliers in Yarmouth +Roads. With other vessels, the coast, extending from +Caister to Corton, a distance of several miles, has been crowded +with shipping, and several shipwrecked crews have been landed at +the Sailors’ Home.”</p> +<p>9.—Died at Norwich, in his 76th year, Mr. William Stark, +F.G.S. He was well-known in his day as an able chemist, and +was one of the first dyers of fabrics of Norwich manufacture, +“particularly of the colour called Turkey red, the +manufacturers in the North sending large quantities of goods for +dyeing.” He devoted much of his time to the +prosecution of scientific studies, and was a Fellow of the +Geological Society. In the days when Dr. Rigby, William +Taylor, Dalrymple, Crosse, C. Austrin, Dr. Evans, &c., +belonged to the Norwich Philosophical Society, Mr. Stark +contributed many papers at its meetings, in which he bore a +distinguished part. For many years he had been afflicted by +partial loss of sight, and a few months before his death became +totally blind.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Osborn Springfield was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Frederick Brown appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>14.—A meeting for the promotion of the East Norfolk +Railway was held at the Swan Hotel, St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, +under the presidency of Lord Suffield. A resolution +emphasising the importance of the scheme was adopted, and the +following motion was also unanimously passed: “That the +offer of the Great Eastern Railway Company to render substantial +help in the formation of lines of railway to North Walsham, +Aylsham, and Cromer, and to work the same when made at 50 per +cent. upon the gross receipts, should be cordially accepted by +the district, as conferring the means of accomplishing public +works of the greatest benefit, and which otherwise must have been +indefinitely postponed.” (<i>See</i> May 5th, +1864.)</p> +<p>16.—Mr. James Caird, M.P., Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre, M.P., +and Professor T. H. Huxley, the Commissioners appointed to +enquire into the condition of the sea fisheries of the United +Kingdom, attended at the Sailors’ Home, Yarmouth, for the +purpose of hearing evidence. The objects of the inquiry +were to ascertain (1) whether the supply of fish from the +fisheries of the United Kingdom had increased of late years, +remained stationary, or diminished; (2) whether any of the +methods of catching fish involved the wasteful diminution of fish +spawn, and whether legislative interference was required to +increase the supply; and (3) whether any existing legislative +enactments <a name="page130"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +130</span>operated prejudicially against fisheries. The +Commissioners afterwards visited King’s Lynn.</p> +<p>22.—The death occurred at Yarmouth, in his 43rd year, of +Hales, the Norfolk Giant. He was born at West Somerton, and +for some years was engaged in seafaring pursuits, until his +enormous height, 7 ft. 6 inches, gained for him such notoriety +that he was induced to abandon the sea and exhibit himself. +During his nomadic career he visited almost every town in the +kingdom, and scarcely a fair was considered complete without the +huge yellow caravan which formed his temporary abode. +Becoming tired of his wandering life. Hales took up his +abode in London, and whilst there had the honour of appearing +before the Court and of receiving from the Queen a handsome gold +watch and chain. Shortly after his appearance at Court, the +fame of the Norfolk Giant reached Barnum, who lost no time in +engaging his services. Hales remained with Barnum for some +years, in the course of which he visited most of the cities and +towns in America. On his return to England he resumed his +wanderings, and, in the course of the summer of 1862 came to +Yarmouth, where his presence on the Britannia Pier attracted +large numbers of visitors. Hales’s parents were +conspicuous for their great height, his father being 6 ft 6 ins., +and his mother 6 ft. He had five sisters, who averaged 6 ft +6 ins. One of them, Mary, was 7 ft. 2 ins. in height, and +for some years travelled with her brother. She died in +Guernsey. His four brothers averaged 6 ft 5 inches. A +few days before his death, Hales was walking about Norwich, where +he attracted great crowds by his immense size.</p> +<p>23.—Died at the Rectory, Long Stratton, Mr. George Birch +Jerrard, son of Major-General Jerrard. Born at Bodmin, on +November 24th, 1804, he acquired considerable fame as a +mathematician, and was the author of “Mathematical +Researches” and of “An Essay on the Resolution of +Equations.” In his first-named work, “he made a +great step in Algebra, and one acknowledged by all +mathematicians, namely, the taking away of <i>three</i> terms +from equations of any degree. In his latter work he +maintains he has solved <i>the</i> great problem of Algebra, +namely, the resolution of <i>all</i> equations.” At +the time of his death he was engaged in writing a work on +“Prophecy,” a subject in which he was greatly +interested.</p> +<p>26.—Brother Ignatius, “a clergyman of the English +Church, who has the temerity to come before a public audience +attired as a Benedictine monk, with bare head and bare feet, +carrying a rosary and crucifix, which in this country are +regarded as symbolic only of the Romish Church, and calling +himself by a name not accorded to him by his godfathers and +godmother,” lectured at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +on “Monks and Monasteries for the English +Church.” (<i>See</i> February 13th, 1864.)</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—A gale of unusual violence began in the night, and +prevailed during the whole of the 3rd. There was hardly a +street in Norwich in which the roofs of houses escaped +damage. Many vessels were lost off the Norfolk coast. +One hundred and forty-four men and boys were drowned, and 68 +widows and 105 children were left destitute. A <a +name="page131"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 131</span>public +subscription, to which the Queen contributed £100, was +opened at Yarmouth to relieve their distress.</p> +<p>9.—A meeting of weavers was held at Norwich, to consider +the rates of payment for work. It was stated that in 1846 a +list of prices was agreed to by the manufacturers and operatives +for all fabrics then made. These prices had, with few +exceptions, been maintained in Norwich, but a great deal of work +was sent into the country, where it was done at the reduced rate +of 5½d. per dozen skeins, or considerably more than 50 per +cent. difference. The weavers resolved that any departure +from the list of prices would be alike injurious to employers and +employed, and a deputation was appointed to wait upon the +manufacturers to enforce this view.</p> +<p>—Mr. David Fisher gave, at Noverre’s Rooms, +Norwich, his entertainment, entitled, “Facts and +Fancies,” with which he had achieved great success during +the London season. Mr. Fisher was known in Norwich not only +as an excellent actor and accomplished musician, but as a +vocalist of much taste.</p> +<p>21.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Baron Martin, +James Margatroyed Hubbard (24), described as a general dealer, +and son of a Norwich brewer, was indicted for forging a bill of +exchange for £45, and sentenced to 20 years’ penal +servitude.</p> +<p>25.—The weather was very mild. A picotee bloom and +rose were gathered in a garden at Norwich.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. H. J. Byron was the author of the pantomime +produced at Norwich Theatre. It was entitled, “Ali +Baba, or the Thirty-nine Thieves.”</p> +<p>—A revolting performance was given at one of the shows +at the Norwich Christmas Fair. “A man and woman, said +to be Kaffirs, actually fed upon live rats, in the presence of +continually succeeding audiences.” The details, as +published in the newspaper, are too horrible to be quoted. +The Mayor, on being informed of the proceedings, prohibited the +exhibition, after which raw flesh was substituted for live +rats. At Walsingham, a few days afterwards, the show was +visited by many hundreds of country folk; at Wells the police +expelled the performers from the town.</p> +<h3>1864.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>6.—The mild weather of Christmas week was succeeded by +frost of great intensity. On this day the thermometer stood +at 14 degrees, and the river above the New Mills at Norwich was +frozen. Large numbers of golden plover made their +appearance in the neighbourhood of Thetford, and an extraordinary +quantity of wild fowl came within the bounds of Shadwell, where +Sir Robert Buxton prohibited their being shot or molested.</p> +<p><a name="page132"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +132</span>9.—Early in the morning intelligence was received +at Norwich that the Princess of Wales had, on the previous +evening, given birth to a son (Prince Albert Victor). +Throughout the day rejoicing peals were rung upon the bells of +St. Peter Mancroft, the Royal Standard was displayed at the +Guildhall, and on the 19th the Corporation sent a congratulatory +address to the Queen and to the Prince and Princess of Wales.</p> +<p>19.—Died at Norwich, Mr. George Fisher, a member of the +talented and well-known local family of that name, and of the +Norfolk and Suffolk Company of Comedians. On retiring from +the stage, he conducted a school at Swaffham, and subsequently +resided at Lynn, where he was for many years known as an +enthusiastic votary of the violin, and a useful member of the +band of the Musical Union. He was author of a curious and +voluminous work, entitled, “A Companion and Key to the +History of England,” printed by Skill, of Swaffham, and +published in 1832.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Hove, Brighton, Captain J. J. B. E. Frere, +R.N. He entered the Navy in 1826, and had been for nearly +twenty-five years engaged on active service—against the +pirates in the Mediterranean, in the operations on the coast of +Syria, in the Pacific with Lord George Paulet, and as +commissioner for the Government of the Sandwich Islands, while +held temporarily under the British flag.</p> +<p>21.—The hearing of the action, Cox <i>v.</i> Wise, +arising out of the inundation in Marshland, was resumed in the +Court of Queen’s Bench, and, after three days’ +argument for the rule in support of the verdict, and against the +rule to set it aside, the case was closed. Their lordships +reserved judgment until May 24th, when Mr. Justice Mellor held +that the Middle Level Commissioners were trustees for public +purposes, acting without reward and deriving no tolls from the +works; they had not the means of raising funds except for the +specific performance of the objects of their private Act. +He was of opinion that they were not liable for damages, and that +the rule must be made absolute. Mr. Justice Blackburn was +of the contrary opinion; he thought the plaintiff had a right to +his verdict, and that the rule should be discharged. Lord +Chief Justice Cockburn thought the defendants were not liable, +and said that the rule must be made absolute. Rule absolute +accordingly. (<i>See</i> June 9th, 1865.)</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>8.—Died, aged 91, Mr. John Bennett, for many years +resident in Norwich. “The deceased wore a pigtail to +the day of his death and was the last of the old school in the +city.”</p> +<p>13.—It was announced that an attempt was being made to +form a religious order or brotherhood in Norwich, and that a +house on Elm Hill, formerly occupied by Mr. Elisha De Hague, had +been purchased for conversion into a monastery. Shortly +afterwards a party of five brethren, headed by “the +notorious Brother Ignatius,” took up their quarters in the +newly-acquired premises, and, it was asserted, had the +countenance, if not the active support, of advanced High +Churchmen in the city, under whose auspices at this date lectures +were delivered “in defence of Church principles,” one +of the lecturers being the Rev. <a name="page133"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 133</span>Dr. A. F. Littledale. On +February 24th, the “Benedictine chapel,” known as the +“priory of St. Mary and Dunstan,” was dedicated by +Ignatius. From this date scenes of disorder and riot were +of frequent occurrence in the neighbourhood of the monastery, and +directly and indirectly the existence of the confraternity gave +rise to several remarkable incidents. During Easter week +the “monks” made daily visits to St. Lawrence’ +church, which had already been brought into notoriety by the +ritualistic practices of the rector, the Rev. E. A. +Hillyard. There daily Communion was celebrated, and the +brethren walking in procession to and from the church were +assailed and insulted by the mob. The protection of the +police was demanded by Ignatius, and the magistrates were +frequently engaged in the hearing of cases of riot and assault +arising out of the proceedings at Elm Hill and St. +Lawrence’. A spirit of unrest manifested itself in +other directions. On April 6th a person calling himself the +Baron De Camin, who stated that he was an ex-priest of the Romish +Church, delivered, at the Victoria Hall, St. Andrew’s, a +lecture full of scurrilous and indecent observations. A +scene of great tumult ensued; the gas was extinguished, and, +under cover of darkness, the “baron” escaped. +Another lecturer appeared on the 14th and 15th, in the person of +Signor (formerly Father) Allessandro Gavazzi, who delivered +orations at St. Andrew’s Hall, on “Romish +Encroachments at Home” and “Garibaldi and +Italy’s Impending Future.” Whilst the High +Church party were taking an aggressive stand in the city, a +section of the Low Church party in the county, led by the Rev. W. +Haslam, of Buckenham, were seeking, under the name of +“Revivalism,” to introduce Nonconformist methods into +the services of the Church. Meanwhile official notice was +taken of Mr. Hillyard’s proceedings. At a meeting of +the Board of Guardians, on April 28th, it was agreed, “That +the Rev. E. A. Hillyard having identified himself with certain +persons calling themselves monks, whom he has allowed to +participate in the services of his church, no longer holds the +confidence of the Board, and is called upon to resign his +situation as chaplain of the Norwich Workhouse.” Mr. +Hillyard declined to vacate the office, and a deputation of the +Board waited upon the Bishop, who expressed strong disapproval of +the reverend gentleman’s action. A meeting of the +parishioners of St. Lawrence’ passed a resolution on May +6th: “That this vestry views with grief and indignation the +manner in which Divine worship has been performed of late, +particularly as regards the dressing of the Communion table, and +the minister allowing persons calling themselves monks to take a +prominent part in the performance of the services.” +The resolution was numerously signed by the parishioners and +presented to the Bishop. St. Gregory’s church, during +the incumbency of the Rev. W. B. Sharpe, became a centre of +ritualism, and on June 9th advantage was taken, on the +appointment of the new incumbent, the Rev. J. Wortley, to +petition the Archdeacon of Norwich to sanction the removal of +“a floral cross and other floral decorations from the +chancel and the candlesticks from the Communion table, of +monograms and emblems recently painted on the chancel steps, and +of the curtains and drapery from the walls of the chancel, and to +order the restoration of the Commandments, the Belief, and the +Lord’s Prayer in their place”; and the minister was +requested “to discontinue the weekly offering, as it was +strongly objected to by many of the parishioners.” On +August 23rd Mr. Wortley announced that many of the objectionable +ornaments had <a name="page134"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +134</span>been removed; and on August 27th it was stated that the +English Church Union had resolved to raise a special fund to meet +expenses that might be incurred by Mr. Smith, churchwarden, in +legally protesting against the action which had led to their +removal. On June 27th a meeting of the supporters of the +district schools of the associated parishes of St. Peter +Mancroft, St. John Maddermarket, St. Gregory, St. Lawrence, and +St. Margaret, resolved “That the Rev. E. A. Hillyard had +entirely forfeited the confidence of the committee, by mixing +himself up with certain persons calling themselves monks, and Mr. +Henry Browne finding it impossible, under the circumstances, to +collect subscriptions, had therefore refused to continue to act +with Mr. Hillyard, either as treasurer, secretary, or +manager.” Mr. Hillyard upon this decision severed his +connection with the association, but refused to accede to a +request, signed by some of the leading clergy in Norwich and +Norfolk, on July 2nd, to discontinue his practices at St. +Lawrence’ or to comply with the wishes of the Bishop. +On August 17th the Guardians passed a resolution prohibiting his +further attendance at the Workhouse; and on October 25th Sir John +Walsham, the Poor-Law Inspector for the district, held an inquiry +at the Guildhall into his conduct. The Poor-Law Board, on +December 14th, intimated to the Guardians that they had dismissed +Mr. Hillyard from the chaplaincy. The Elm Hill monastery +was closed in May, 1866, and the building work of a proposed new +chapel to be erected by Ignatius suspended. (<i>See</i> +January 16th, 1869.)</p> +<p>22.—Died at Sidcup, Kent, in his 96th year, Mr. Edward +Smyth, formerly agent in Norwich of the Bank of England. +His early career was spent in the Army. He served at the +fall of Seringapatam, in 1799, with the 25th Light Dragoons, who, +at Mullavelly, routed the cavalry of Tippoo Sahib, thereby +enabling Lord Harris to bring to a successful termination his +siege operations against that important fortress. Mr. Smith +afterwards served with the Duke of Wellington in that Indian +campaign which ended with the famous battles of Assaye and +Urgam.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>8.—The agitation for the repeal of the Malt Tax was +re-opened with increased vigour at a large meeting of West +Norfolk farmers, held at the Town Hall, Lynn, under the +presidency of the High Sheriff (Mr. H. Lee Warner). A +resolution was passed affirming that the tax was unjust in +principle, utterly opposed to the Free Trade policy adopted on +the repeal of the Corn Laws, and most injurious to British +farmers as producers of barley. Members of Parliament were +urged to support its repeal.</p> +<p>9.—Sir Henry Stracey announced to the electors of +Yarmouth his intention of retiring from the representation of the +borough.</p> +<p>10.—The Mayor of Yarmouth (Mr. R. Steward), who, for the +fourth time, had held that office, was presented with a piece of +plate, valued at 200 gs., in appreciation of his public services +and his private worth.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>5.—The church of St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, was +re-opened <a name="page135"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +135</span>by the Bishop of Norwich. Extensive repairs and +restoration had been carried out, under the direction of Messrs. +Elmslie, Franey, and Haddon, of London, at the cost of +£1,431.</p> +<p>9.*—“Col. Black, Chief Constable of the county, +has accepted the command of the Norwich Battalion of Volunteers, +as offered him by the Lord Lieutenant, on the retirement of +Lieut.-Col. Brett.”</p> +<p>22.—Died at his residence, Prince of Wales Road, +Norwich, Mr. David Hodgson, artist. He was the son of Mr. +Charles Hodgson. “The names of both father and son +are connected with the list of local celebrities in Art, in which +may be included the names of Crome, Vincent, Stark, and Joseph +Stannard.” David Hodgson excelled in architectural +subjects, which he painted with great care and truthfulness of +detail.</p> +<p>26.—The marriage of Viscount Powerscourt and Lady Julia +Coke, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Leicester, was +solemnised at St. George’s church, Hanover Square.</p> +<p>27.—The first meeting of the Norwich Geological Society +was held under the presidency of the Rev. J. Gunn, F.G.S.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>5.—The Bill for the projected East Norfolk Railway was +considered before a Committee of the House of Commons. It +was strongly opposed by the Yarmouth Haven and Pier +Commissioners, and by the North Walsham and Dilham Canal +Commissioners, as offering unfair competition with water +communication in that part of the county. (<i>See</i> +October 18th, 1865.)</p> +<p>16.—Mr. Edmund Rosenthal’s grand English opera and +burlesque company commenced an engagement at Norwich +Theatre. The <i>artistes</i> included Madame Haigh-Dyer, +Miss Ada Taylor, Miss Hodgson, Miss Brooke, Miss Alessandri, Miss +Bronti, Miss Mills, Miss Shepherd, Miss Tempest, and Miss Marian +Taylor; Mr. W. Parkinson, Mr. J. Manley, Mr. Tempest, Mr. Warden, +Mr. Bentley, Mr. Melville, Mr. R. Arthur, Mr. Smith, Mr. Arnott, +Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Edmund Rosenthal. The operas produced +were “Maritana,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” +&c., and the burlesque “Prince Amabel.”</p> +<p>19.—The Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, was sold by Messrs. +Spelman, at the Auction Mart, London, for the sum of +£4,000.</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was observed at Norwich +as a general holiday. The 18th Hussars, the Norfolk Light +Horse, the Artillery and Rifle Volunteers, and the Cadet Corps +were reviewed in Chapel Field; the officers were entertained at +luncheon at the Guildhall, and the Volunteers at the Corn Hall; +and at night the Mayor and Miss Springfield gave a ball at St. +Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>30.—Died at his seat, Raveningham Hall, Sir Edmund +Bacon, premier baronet of England. Born in 1779, he was the +eldest son of the eighth baronet, by Anne, eldest daughter of Sir +William Beauchamp Proctor, Bart., of Langley Park. He was +educated at Rugby, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1820. +In 1801 he married his cousin, Mary Anne Elizabeth, daughter of +Mr. Dashwood Bacon, of Ottery St. <a name="page136"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 136</span>Mary, Devon, who died in 1820, +leaving two sons and three daughters. Sir Edmund served the +office of High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1826, and was a magistrate +and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county. He was succeeded in +his title and estates by his nephew, a son of Mr. Nicholas Bacon, +for many years resident in Norwich.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at his residence, Tombland, Norwich, Mr. Roger +Kerrison, aged 61. He had for some time been in ill-health, +and five weeks before his death, while superintending the cutting +down of some timber, sustained a fall and received a severe +shock. Mr. Kerrison was, in many respects, a remarkable +personage. He was the son of Mr. Allday Kerrison, and was +educated for the law, a profession he continued to practise until +his decease, although a large accession of fortune on the death +of his uncle, Mr. Matthew Kerrison, of Ranworth, twenty years +previously, had placed him in independent circumstances. +Mr. Kerrison held several important public appointments, but he +was more widely known by reason of his connection with the +Norwich Triennial Musical Festival, of which he was for some +years the active honorary secretary. In politics he was +Conservative, but by no means a prejudiced partisan, and he never +scrupled to act independently when he deemed it right to do +so. He was a bachelor, and the bulk of his fortune went to +his brother, Mr. Allday Kerrison, a partner in the Crown Bank, +Norwich.</p> +<p>3.—Died, in his 78th year, Mr. William Johnson Fox, for +many years member of Parliament for Oldham, and popularly known +as “the Norwich Weaver Boy.”</p> +<p>7.—The 18th Hussars left Norwich for Shorncliffe, prior +to their embarkation for India. This was the first regiment +which departed from the city by train.</p> +<p>8.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was held at Lynn, and was visited by upwards of +14,000 persons. Mr. R. J. H. Harvey was president for the +year.</p> +<p>18.—Died, near Christchurch, New Zealand, aged 59, the +Ven. Octavius Mathias, Archdeacon of Akaron and formerly vicar of +Horsford. He was one of the first to take an interest in +the foundation of Canterbury Cathedral, New Zealand, and was +elected one of the capitular clergy.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>5.—A barque, named the Oriental, was launched from Mr. +J. W. Rust’s shipyard at Yarmouth. The vessel, which +was intended for the China trade, was 115 feet long, 24 feet +beam, 15 ft. 8 inches in depth, and 320 tons burthen.</p> +<p>9.*—“An agreement has been entered into for the +purchase, by the Provincial Banking Corporation, of the business +of the East of England Bank, an unlimited joint stock bank +established in 1836, with head office at Norwich and branches at +Yarmouth, Lynn, North Walsham, Fakenham, East Dereham, Swaffham, +Bungay, Halesworth, and Harleston, and agencies at Wymondham, +Wells, and Hingham.” The city <a +name="page137"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 137</span>was +startled on the 20th by the rumour that the Bank had suspended +payment. “On those who had accounts at the Bank going +to that establishment, the doors were found to be closed, and a +printed notice was exhibited in the windows to the effect that +the directors regretted to intimate that they were compelled to +suspend business. Up to the hour of closing on the previous +day the directors, after having resolved to suspend payment, +continued to receive the money of unsuspecting +customers.” A few days afterwards was issued a +statement, from which it appeared that the Bank’s +liabilities were £576,963 7s. 6d., and assets +£453,256 5s. 3d., leaving a deficit of £123,707 2s. +3d. Meetings of the shareholders were held, at which +resolutions were passed in favour of registering the company +under the Companies Act, 1862, with the view to a voluntary +winding up. On August 13th it was announced that the +Provincial Banking Company had issued a circular to the late +customers of the Bank, stating “that being satisfied there +was a probability of the customers being paid in full, they had +authorised the branch managers at once to give credit to each +customer of the East of England Bank in his pass-book for the +full amount of the balance due to him on his current account with +the East of England Bank.” Messrs. Harveys and +Hudsons, immediately after the issue of the circular, offered +like terms. Dividends were, in due course, paid to the +creditors of the Bank. In July, 1866, it was stated that +the liquidators had announced “a further dividend of 2s. +6d. in the pound, which will make 20s. in the pound distributed, +exclusive of interest, payment of which is postponed.”</p> +<p>23.—Died at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate, London, +Admiral Bertie Cornelius Cator, younger brother of Mr. John +Cator, of Beckenham, Kent, and of Woodbastwick. He entered +the Navy in 1800, under his uncle, Captain Albemarle Bertie, and +was actively employed early in his professional career in the +capture of privateers in the Mediterranean. In 1810 he +assisted at the taking of the Isle of France; commanded the +Actæon on the coast of America in the attack on the +enemy’s barracks in Lynn Haven Bay in 1813, and +participated in various other services. After gaining post +rank, he was not employed afloat. He accepted retirement in +1846.</p> +<p>29.—Merton Park was the scene of great rejoicing, on the +coming of age of the Hon. Thomas de Grey. Seven hundred +cottagers and labourers were entertained at dinner, and Lord and +Lady Walsingham received a large number of personal friends in a +pavilion erected near the famous Merton oak. At luncheon +Lord Ashburton proposed the health of Mr. de Grey, which was +drunk with great enthusiasm. The day’s festivities +concluded with a display of fireworks. On the 30th Lord and +Lady Walsingham gave a ball to 150 tenants on the Merton estate, +and on the 31st the celebration ended with a servants’ +ball.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>26.—Two troops of the 16th Lancers arrived at Norwich +Barracks.</p> +<p>28.—St. George’s Brewery, Norwich, and 40 +public-houses were offered for sale by Messrs. Spelman. +Messrs. Youngs, Crawshay, and Youngs were the purchasers, at the +sum of £15,300.</p> +<h4><a name="page138"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +138</span>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>11.—Died at Norwich, aged 81, Henry Drane, for +thirty-six years proprietor of the Telegraph coach.</p> +<p>19.—A prize-fight for £5 took place near Lynn, +between Pooley Mace and Grey. Mace was declared the victor, +after a contest which lasted 35 minutes.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>4.—The Yarmouth Town Council, by a majority of 25 to 11, +adopted the Public House Closing Act, 1864.</p> +<p>8.—The first sod of the West Norfolk Junction Railway +was turned by Miss Ellen Simpson, daughter of Mr. Lightly +Simpson, the chairman of the company. Many persons +travelled to Heacham to take part in the proceedings. +(<i>See</i> January 8th, 1866.)</p> +<p>11.—Died, Captain Becher, “the well-known +sportsman and father of steeplechase riders, whose deeds in the +pigskin some 30 years back have immortalised him in the annals of +that sport.” Captain Becher was born in Norfolk, and +was the son of a farmer, “who was very conspicuous as a +horseman and the last of the leather breeches school.”</p> +<p>16.—A new screw steamer, the Ontario, 3,200 tons, +Captain Brooklin, upon her first voyage, from Shields to +Alexandria, laden with coals and iron, struck upon Happisburgh +Sand. Three steam tugs and the Caister lifeboat proceeded +to her assistance, and her cargo was thrown overboard, but every +effort made to get her off proved unavailing. On the 17th +the weather became very threatening, and the lifeboat took off 56 +coal heavers, but the captain and officers and 86 of the crew +determined to remain with the vessel. During the night the +storm increased, and the crew, apparently in great distress, sent +up rockets and burned blue lights. The Yarmouth lifeboatmen +were implored by the ship’s agent, Mr. Butler, to go to the +ship, but in vain. They refused to launch the lifeboat +unless they were paid from £400 to £500, saying that +the steam tugs had begun the work and had better finish it. +The Caister lifeboat stood by the vessel, which, by the 20th, had +so settled down that it was hopeless to attempt to get her +off. On this day 68 of the crew left in a lifeboat +belonging to the steamer, but the captain and officers declined +to desert her. They were, however, compelled to leave on +the 22nd, when she became a total wreck, and was offered for +sale. The original value of the Ontario was +£120,000.</p> +<p>21.—The church of St. Nicholas, Yarmouth, was opened +after restoration, at the cost of about £6,000. The +sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford, and at the luncheon +held subsequently, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. R. +Steward), the company included the Bishops of Norwich and Oxford, +the Bishop of British Columbia, Lord Sondes (High Steward of the +borough), and many other distinguished guests.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Mr. Charles Edward Tuck was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Charles Jecks appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p><a name="page139"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +139</span>9.—Died at Keswick, near Norwich, in his 90th +year, Mr. Hudson Gurney. He was the eldest son of Mr. +Richard Gurney, who died at Keswick in 1811. Educated by +Dr. Thomas Young, of scientific celebrity, he became connected +early in life with the great banking firm of the Gurneys, of +which he was for many years senior partner, as well as with the +noted London brewery of Barclay and Co., his mother being the +daughter and heiress of Mr. David Barclay, of Youngbury, +Herts. In 1809 he married Margaret, daughter of Robert +Barclay, of Ury, descended from the celebrated Barclay, the +Apologist for the Quakers. Mrs. Gurney died at Keswick on +December 16th, 1855. In politics Mr. Gurney was, in many +respects, decidedly Conservative, though on some points he held +opinions more in accordance with the most advanced Liberalism, +and, as a perfectly independent member, allied himself to no +party in particular. His Parliamentary career commenced in +1812, when he was elected for Shaftesbury; from the year 1816 he +represented Newport, Hants., in six successive Parliaments. +In 1835 he served the office of High Sheriff for the county of +Norfolk. He was a man of high literary attainments, and was +vice-president of the Society of Antiquaries, a Fellow of the +Royal and Linnæan Societies, vice-president of the Norwich +Museum, the Literary Institute, and of the Norfolk and Norwich +Archæological Society. As an author his chief +production was probably the beautiful poem in English verse under +the title of “Cupid and Psyche,” a mythological tale +from the “Golden Ass” of Apuleius; in 1801 it had +reached a third edition, and was afterwards reprinted in Mr. +Davenport’s “Poetical Register.” He also +published, for private distribution, in 1843, a translation into +English verse of the “Orlando Furioso” of Ludovico +Ariosto; and in 1847, in a letter to Mr. Dawson Turner, +“Proofs that Norwich, and not Caistor, was the Venta +Icenorum.” In his latter years, confined almost +entirely to his own residence, “he reversed in his hours +the usual custom, amusing himself with his books and writings +till four or five o’clock in the morning, and, of course, +rising comparatively late in the day.” His estate, +real and personal included, was valued at £1,200,000.</p> +<p>—The Lynn Town Council resolved to put an end to the +absurd and obnoxious impost known as “the Lady +Mayoresses’ Pin Money.” “For many years +the custom has prevailed in the town of the constables (who +perform no other duties) going round to all the inhabitants in +October and November and collecting from all who were foolish +enough to pay it a kind of blackmail, under the ridiculous title +of the Lady Mayoresses’ Pin Money, pretending that it was +legally payable under the charters, and that those who did not +pay would be summoned before the magistrates or the County +Court. It appears that the custom has grown out of the +collection of fines for non-attendance at the Court Leet held +annually by the Mayor as Lord of the Manor; but for many +generations past no such attendance has been either any use or +capable of enforcement. The fines have also completely +lapsed, and those who collect the ‘pin money’ are +completely ignorant of its origin. The pretence has been +that the money was to buy a piece of plate for the Mayoress, but +in reality the greater part of it has been appropriated by the +collectors themselves, and of the many pounds obtained not more +than some fifty shillings annually found its way into the borough +fund.”</p> +<p>12.*—“There appears to be some probability that +the absurd <a name="page140"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +140</span>system of inspection of weights and measures at Lynn by +a ‘jury of headboroughs’ going round the town in a +posse and discharging their functions in such a manner that the +innocent only are punished and the guilty easily escape +detection, is about to come to an end. Several persons have +refused to admit the headboroughs on their premises, and others +have declined to pay the fines imposed on them by the +‘jury’; and as the authority of this jury is based on +ancient charters of very doubtful legal force, and there is no +prospect of that authority being respected or enforced, the jury +have refused to be sworn in again on the Court Leet by which they +are appointed. It may be hoped, therefore, that the farce +has come to an end, and that very shortly a proper and efficient +officer will be appointed under the provisions of the Weights and +Measures Act.”</p> +<p>14.—The newly-erected chancel of St. Mark’s +church, Lakenham, Norwich, built at the cost of about +£1,000, was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>24.—A severe gale occurred off the Norfolk coast. +Many shipping casualties were reported. The screw steamer +William Hutt, 530 tons, employed as a transport during the +Crimean War, was lost off Yarmouth with her crew of sixteen +hands, whilst on a voyage from Sunderland to London, with +coals.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>17.*—“Mr. Thomas W. Rutland, carpenter, West Wymer +Street, Norwich, has invented a very ingenious means of +communication between the passengers and guard in a railway +train. It has the additional advantage of acting also as an +extra break when required. By its use a passenger can at +once communicate with both guard and driver, and at the same time +a signal is exhibited which shows from what carriage the alarm is +given.”</p> +<p>20.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a +communication was received from the Dean and Chapter as to the +giving up of their interest in Mousehold Heath, with the view of +enabling the Council to convert the Heath into a people’s +park.</p> +<p>26.—The Christmas “burlesque and comic +pantomime” produced at Norwich Theatre was written by F. C. +Burnand, and entitled, “Snowdrop, King Bonbon, and the +Seven Elves, or the Magic Mirror and the Fatal Sewing +Machine.” At Sanger’s Circus, on the Castle +Meadow, was produced “the equestrian pantomime,” +entitled, “Jack the Giant Killer, or Harlequin and the +Fairies of the Crystal Fountain.” A great novelty at +the Christmas Fair was “the striking feature of a +roundabout worked by a steam engine, which at the same time turns +a barrel organ.”</p> +<p>30.—Died at Dunston, John Fish, aged 100 years and 10 +months.</p> +<h3><a name="page141"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +141</span>1865.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holkham +Park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester. On +the 3rd, 4th, and 5th his Royal Highness shot over the estate, +and on the latter date 2,000 head of game was killed. On +the night of the 5th a distinguished company were invited to a +ball, given by the Earl and Countess; and on the morning of the +6th the Prince and his noble host engaged in wildfowl +shooting. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Sandringham +the same afternoon.</p> +<p>7.*—“Amongst the recent improvements in Norwich +there are none to bear comparison with the magnificent bank of +Messrs. Harveys and Hudson, which is now approaching completion +by Messrs. Lucas, nor will there be one which has been erected at +so small a comparative cost. The contract for the new bank, +of which Mr. P. Hardwicke is the architect, does not exceed +£13,000.” The bank was opened for business on +January 1st, 1866.</p> +<p>13.—The Prince of Wales visited Lord Walsingham, at +Merton Hall, and attended a meet of the West Norfolk Hunt. +On the 14th, after a day’s cover shooting, has Royal +Highness returned to Sandringham, accompanied by the Hon. T. de +Grey.</p> +<p>31.—The agitation against the Malt Tax was re-opened +this year at Lynn, when a great meeting, convened by the West +Norfolk Anti-Malt Tax Association, was held at the Town Hall, +under the presidency of the High Sheriff (Mr. H. Lee +Warner). On February 4th, at a preliminary meeting held at +the Swan Hotel, Norwich, presided over by Mr. Clare Sewell Read, +the farmers of East Norfolk formed a similar association, and at +a public meeting which took place on February 18th, Sir Henry +Stracey was elected president, Mr. Robert Gillett treasurer, and +Mr. G. H. Murrell secretary. Many petitions were signed in +the district in favour of the repeal of the tax.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>3.—A meeting of the inhabitants was held at the Corn +Hall, Yarmouth, “to take into consideration the provisions +of the Haven and Port Bill, and to determine whether the scheme +should be supported or opposed in Parliament.” This +Bill was intended to supersede the functions of the Haven +Commissioners and to protect the shipowners and fishermen, but +great opposition was raised against it by the class in whose +interests it was avowedly framed. The Norwich Town Council, +at a meeting on March 21st, decided to oppose the measure. +A Committee of the House of Commons, by whom the Bill was +considered, on March 30th unanimously resolved that, “in +the absence of unanimity of feeling among the parties affected, +including the town of Yarmouth itself, it is not expedient to +pass the preamble of the Bill.” It was, therefore, +thrown out. (<i>See</i> April 30th, 1866.)</p> +<h4><a name="page142"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +142</span>MARCH.</h4> +<p>6.—The respective merits of the new iron ploughs +introduced by Messrs. Ransomes and Sims, of Ipswich, and of the +common Norfolk plough, were tested on Messrs. Salter’s farm +at Attleborough. “In their lightness and symmetry the +former presented a strong contrast. The Norfolk plough drew +nearly half as heavy again as the iron ploughs, or in the +proportion of 3 to 2 in the shallow work, and in the deep work +one quarter heavier, or in the proportion of 4 to 5.”</p> +<p>10.—A remarkable incident occurred at Lakenham +church. A wedding had been arranged, and the Rev. C. +Baldwin, of St. Stephen’s, Norwich, had promised, with the +approbation of the vicar, the Rev. A. Pownall, to +officiate. When the wedding party arrived at Lakenham, they +found the church closed. An entrance was effected, but the +vestry was locked, and neither surplice nor books were provided +for the clergyman. “It was suggested that a sheet +should be borrowed, and the Rev. Mr. Baldwin, habited in this +novel vestment, proceeded to unite the parties in the bonds of +matrimony, and after having sent to the clergyman’s house +for the parish registers, the happy couple were at length enabled +to proceed on their wedding trip. Mr. Pownall, who was +himself the cause of the whole difficulty, having forgotten to +inform the clerk of the forthcoming ceremony, issued the +following extraordinary handbill:—‘Lakenham +church. A solemn service will be held on Friday, the 24th +inst., to avert the wrath of Almighty God and to deprecate His +righteous judgments in consequence of the profanation of His +sanctuary on Monday last . . . Ezekiel v., +11.’” The incident gave rise to much +comment.</p> +<p>15.—A great fire occurred at Frazer’s sawmills, +near St. Martin-at-Palace church, Norwich, and resulted in the +loss of about £4,000 worth of property.</p> +<p>18.—Died at North Walsham, Mary Doughty, aged 101 +years.</p> +<p>28.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Chief Justice +Cockburn, was tried a remarkable action for assault, false +imprisonment, and malicious prosecution. The plaintiff, Mr. +Albert Pell (son of Sir Albert Pell, of Northamptonshire), with +his brother, while on a visit to Yarmouth, crossed the fields of +the defendant, Mr. Mayes Wigg, at Caister. They had with +them a Skye terrier, and defendant, alleging that they were +poaching, gave them into the custody of a policeman, who, after +detaining them at his cottage, took them before a magistrate at +Thrigby. The charge was dismissed, whereupon the present +action was commenced. The jury found for the plaintiff on +the first count, charging assault and false imprisonment, and +awarded damages £5; and for defendant on the second count, +charging malicious prosecution.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>4.—Died at Yarmouth, Mr. George Danby Palmer, aged +77. In early life Mr. Palmer was an active supporter of the +Tory party, but previous to the passing of the Reform Bill he +adopted Liberal principles, and after the introduction of the +Municipal Reform Act became decidedly Radical. He was the +oldest member of the borough Bench, <a name="page143"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 143</span>and a justice of the peace for the +county. “Possessed of large property, he lavished his +wealth with unsparing hand upon those whom he deemed worthy of +his assistance, but as it was rendered so unobtrusively, with the +exception of the recipients of his bounty, the world was not +aware of his generosity. He was a straightforward +Englishman, and was greatly lamented by all classes in +Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>17.—The English Grand Opera Company, under the +management of Mr. G. B. Loveday, commenced an engagement at +Norwich Theatre. Madame Haigh-Dyer, Miss Annie Kemp, Miss +Ada Taylor, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, Mr. Grantham, Mr. E. Connell, +Mr. Oliver Summers, and Mr. Henry Rowland were the principal +<i>artistes</i>, and the works produced included +“Faust,” “Dinorah,” “The Crown +Diamonds,” “Lucrezia Borgia,” “The Lady +of Lyons” (burlesque), “Satanella,” and +“Norma.”</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>17.—The Snettisham Hall estate of 2,600 acres and a +rental of £3,600 was offered for sale at +Garraway’s. The highest bid was £99,000, and +the reserve was declared at £130,000.</p> +<p>20.—In the Court of Queen’s Bench, the action, le +Strange <i>v.</i> Rowe, which raised an important question as to +sea-shore rights, came on for hearing. The defendant was +proceeded against for taking shingle, sand, and shell-fish from +the sea shore in the manor of Snettisham, belonging to the +plaintiff. About twenty special pleas were set up by the +defendant and demurred to in point of law, on the broad ground +that there could not be in law any such rights as alleged, +“either in all the subjects of the realm or by Royal grant +or by custom or by prescription in inhabitants or +occupiers.” The Court deferred judgment, and +ultimately referred the case to the Norfolk Assizes for decision +as to questions of fact. At Norwich, on August 4th, the +case was adjourned to enable the plaintiff to amend the +declarations. The case came before Lord Chief Justice Erle +at the Norfolk Assizes on August 13th, 1866, when the jury +returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one shilling. +In the Court of Queen’s Bench, on May 28th, 1867, +application was made for a new trial, on the ground of +misdirection and that the verdict was given for the plaintiff +against the weight of evidence. The application was +refused.</p> +<p>23.—An earthquake shock was distinctly felt along the +coast from Scratby, on the north of Yarmouth, to Lowestoft, on +the south.</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was observed as a general +holiday at Norwich. A detachment of the 16th Lancers and +the Volunteers were reviewed in Chapel Field, and fired a <i>feu +de joie</i> in the Market Place; the Mayor gave a luncheon at the +Guildhall, and the Volunteers were entertained at the Corn +Hall. The Mayor’s ball took place in the evening, at +St. Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>27.—Considerable opposition was manifested, not only by +the villagers, but by the citizens of Norwich, to an attempt made +by Capt. Bellairs to enclose Mulbarton Common. A meeting +was held in the village, at which a strong protest was made +against the proposal, and it was asserted that if ever the +ancestors of Capt. Bellairs had possessed the power to effect the +enclosure, they had allowed their rights to lapse.</p> +<h4><a name="page144"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +144</span>JUNE.</h4> +<p>2.—The detachment of the 16th Lancers, <i>en route</i> +to India, marched from the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich, accompanied +to the city boundary by the officers and band of the Norfolk +Light Horse Volunteers.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. A. Dennison, brother of the Speaker of the House +of Commons, visited Norwich, for the purpose of hearing the bells +of St. Peter Mancroft. “He rang the tenor in good +style, and was highly delighted with the quality of tone of this +far-famed peal of twelve.”</p> +<p>9.—In the Court of the Queen’s Bench, application +was made in the action, the Queen <i>v.</i> the Middle Level +Commissioners, for a rule calling upon them to show cause why a +mandamus should not issue commanding them to make and maintain a +bridge with a commodious road or hailing path in the place +formerly occupied by their sluice which was destroyed in the +great inundation in 1862. A rule was granted. +(<i>See</i> January 7th, 1867.)</p> +<p>13.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a +report was received from Mr. Bazalgette, C.E., who had visited +Norwich with the view of determining what steps could be taken +for the immediate purification of the river Wensum in the +vicinity of the city. He stated that it would be impossible +to render the river pure so long as it continued to be a +receptacle for the town refuse; and he had examined the city and +suburbs to ascertain how to improve the drainage and to dispose +of the sewage. The time would come, he added, when a +drainage scheme would be urgently necessary, and very +costly. The Council authorised the Sanitary and River +Committees to expend a sum not exceeding £50 in obtaining +levels and plans and other information required by Mr. +Bazalgette, “to assist him in the preparation of his scheme +for diverting the drainage from the river.” On +October 17th Mr. Bazalgette’s scheme was laid before the +Council. It provided for two intercepting sewers, one for +the higher and the other for the lower parts of the city, both +forming a junction on the opposite side of the river near Trowse +Station, whence the sewage would be conveyed to a point on Mr. +Harvey’s estate at Crown Point, to the east of the old +Whitlingham Road. The plan also comprised the completion of +the drainage of the western part of the city, then unconnected +with the main sewers. For the first part of the scheme +£50,000 was required, and for the latter +£30,000. On October 31st the Council adopted a +recommendation of the Sanitary and River Committees, that it was +desirable to try more fully the possibility of cleansing the +river by flushing and sluicing or otherwise before proceeding to +carry out Mr. Bazalgette’s report; that the City Engineer +be instructed accordingly; and that immediate steps be taken to +improve the drainage on the south side of the city, at a cost not +exceeding £10,000. (<i>See</i> April 21st, 1866.)</p> +<p>15.—The first two-days’ show of the Norfolk +Agricultural Association commenced in Chapel Field, +Norwich. The society’s dinner was held at the Royal +Hotel, and was presided over by the Marquis Townshend.</p> +<p>17.—Died at Elm Lodge, near Hampton, Lord Charles +FitzRoy, second son of the fourth Duke of Grafton. His +lordship was born on February 28th, 1791, and married, in 1825, +Anne, eldest daughter of <a name="page145"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 145</span>George Augustus Henry, first Earl of +Burlington. Lord Charles was at the battle of Corunna, and +served in the Walcheren Expedition with the Guards. In 1811 +he joined Lord Hill’s staff, and was present at the siege +and capture of Badajoz, and at the battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees, +Nivelle, Nive, Othes, Toulouse, and Waterloo, and received the +war medal with eight clasps. For two years he served with +the army of occupation in France. His lordship sat in +Parliament, as member for Thetford, from 1818 till the passing of +the Reform Bill, and at the General Election which ensued was +elected for Bury, in the Liberal interest. He was +Vice-Chancellor of the Household from 1835 to 1839, and was also +appointed a Privy Councillor. In four successive +Parliaments he represented Bury, and resigned his seat in +1847.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—The 5.30 p.m. express from London to Norwich had a +narrow escape. On reaching a portion of the line near +Harford Bridges, the engine, on running down the incline, left +the metals, and, tearing up the permanent way for some distance, +stopped on the wooden bridge which crosses the Yare a little +below Old Lakenham. “One of the carriages was +overturned, and the occupants, among whom was Lord Stafford, had +to make their escape by climbing through the windows which were +then uppermost.” None of the passengers were +seriously hurt.</p> +<p>7.—At a Liberal meeting held at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, certain accusations founded upon letters received from +Mr. John Bright, M.P., were made against Mr. Robert Edmond +Chester Waters, one of the Conservative candidates for the +representation of the city. The principal charges were that +Mr. Waters (previously a Liberal) had been compelled to resign +his membership of the Reform Club for cheating at cards, and that +while he came before the Norwich electors as a Protestant +Churchman, in Rome he professed to be a Roman Catholic. Mr. +Waters declared these statements to be scandalous and false; and +on the 8th announced that he had authorised legal proceedings to +be taken against Sir William Foster and the Rev. George Gould for +making imputations on his personal character. On the 10th a +deputation, consisting of Messrs. H. S. Patteson, Edward Field, +D. Dalrymple, and J. H. Tillett, proceeded to London to +investigate at the Reform Club the truth of the allegations, and +in the course of the day the following telegram was received +simultaneously by Sir Samuel Bignold and Sir William Foster: +“We have the minutes. They have been produced before +us, and we find that it is true that Mr. Waters was accused of +cheating at cards at the Reform Club, and unanimously called upon +by the committee to resign to prevent expulsion, and further that +he did, on receiving that communication, resign on the 23rd +November, 1860.” The telegram was dated from the +Reform Club, and signed by the deputation. In consequence +of the telegram, Messrs. Fred Brown, J. B. Morgan, F. E. Watson, +and Henry Ling issued a notice stating that they felt it their +duty to withdraw their support from Mr. Waters as one of the +candidates for the city. Mr. Waters thereupon stated that +he would stand independently. The nomination took place at +the Guildhall on the 11th. The other candidates were Sir +William <a name="page146"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +146</span>Russell and Mr. Edward Warner, Liberals; and Mr. +Augustus Goldsmid, Conservative. The polling took place on +the 12th, and was officially declared on the 13th, as +follows:—Russell, 1,845; Warner, 1,838; Goldsmid, 1,466; +Waters, 1,363. Mr. Waters, who was exceedingly popular with +what the <span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> described +as “the lower order of Conservatives,” made a return +visit to Norwich on October 10th, and was escorted by a +torchlight procession round the city. Thirty thousand +people assembled in the Market Place, the bells of St. Peter +Mancroft were rung, and the late candidate, after making a +complimentary call upon Sir Samuel Bignold, proceeded to the +Norfolk Hotel and addressed from the window a dense crowd +assembled in St. Giles’ Street. On the 11th he was +entertained at dinner by the Eldon Club; and at St. +Andrew’s Hall, on the 12th, was received with the utmost +enthusiasm by a crowded audience. Mr. Waters, who was +accompanied by Lord Henry Thynne and Sir Alfred Slade, was +presented with a massive silver epergne, “by a very large +number of the Conservatives of Norwich, as an expression of their +cordial sympathy and regard, and in appreciation of the gallant +and chivalrous spirit in which, under difficulties unprecedented, +he fought the battle of the Conservative cause loyally, +courteously, and fearlessly at the Parliamentary election for +Norwich, 1865.” A “testimonial dinner” +was given to Mr. Waters at the Norfolk Hotel on the evening of +the 13th, when the Norwich Conservative Association was +inaugurated. Upwards of 100 members were at once enrolled, +and on the 14th Sir Samuel Bignold, in response to the request of +a deputation, accepted the presidency.</p> +<p>8.—A meeting of the independent electors of East Norfolk +was held at the Swan Hotel, Norwich, for the purpose of selecting +a candidate to contest the constituency in the interests of the +supporters of the movement for the repeal of the Malt Tax. +Mr. Clare Sewell Read, who had been for some time prominently +identified with the party in favour of the repeal, was +unanimously chosen. Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett attended the +meeting and made a remarkable speech. If Mr. Read were +nominated, he said, he would help him to the utmost of his power; +and he added, “If you want money, if you want help, if you +want what enthusiasm I can put into the cause, let your chairman +write to me and I will respond with all my heart.” +The nomination took place at the Shirehall on the 15th. +Several times the proceedings were stayed and consultations held +by the leaders of the respective parties, with the view of +effecting a compromise. The candidates nominated were Mr. +Edward Howes, Sir Thomas Beauchamp, and Col. Coke. Mr. +Robert Leamon offered not to proceed with the nomination of Mr. +Read if the Liberal party would pledge themselves to return to +Parliament a Malt Tax repealer; in the absence of that assurance +he nominated Mr. Read, whose candidature was seconded by Mr. H. +S. Grimmer. It was subsequently agreed by the friends of +Mr. Howes to permit the name of Mr. Read to appear upon the +election cards and posters issued by the former. The poll +was opened on the 18th, and was officially declared on the 20th, +as follows:—Howes, 3,100; Read, 2,985; Beauchamp, 2,150; +Coke, 1,994</p> +<p>11.—The nomination of candidates for the representation +of Yarmouth was held at the Town Hall. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +Bart., and Mr. J. Goodson, Conservatives, and Mr. Philip +Vanderbyl and Mr. Brogden, liberals, were nominated. The +polling took place on the <a name="page147"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 147</span>12th, and resulted as +follows:—Lacon 828; Goodson, 784; Brogden, 634; Vanderbyl, +589. (<i>See</i> March 20th, 1866.)</p> +<p>11.—At Thetford, the Hon. Alexander Hugh Baring and Mr. +Robert John Harvey Harvey, Conservatives, and Mr. Thomas Dakin +(Alderman of London and Sheriff of Middlesex), Liberal, were +nominated to represent the borough. The poll, on the 12th, +resulted as follows:—Harvey, 193; Baring, 137; Dakin, +69.</p> +<p>12.—Lord Stanley and the Hon. Frederick Walpole, +Conservatives, and Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Liberal, were nominated +for the representation of King’s Lynn. The polling, +on the 13th, resulted in the return of Lord Stanley, 445 votes, +and Sir T. Fowell Buxton, 401 votes. Mr. Walpole polled 339 +votes.</p> +<p>—Died at Herne Bay, aged 43 years, Mr. Samuel Peckworth +Woodward, Ph.D., F.G.S., assistant in the Geological Department +of the British Museum, and second son of Mr. Samuel Woodward, of +Norwich. He was a member of several learned societies, and +in 1845 was appointed professor of botany and geology at the +Royal Agricultural College.</p> +<p>19.—The nomination of candidates for West Norfolk took +place at Swaffham. The Conservatives were Mr. William Bagge +and the Hon. T. de Grey (the latter strongly opposed as “an +excessive game preserver”); and the Liberals, Sir +Willoughby Jones, Bart. (Conservative member for Cheltenham in +1847), and Mr. Brampton Gurdon. The poll was opened on the +22nd, and the following was the result: Bagge, 2,710; de Grey, +2,611; Jones, 2,133; Gurdon, 2,088. A petition against the +return of the successful candidates was dismissed, owing to +informality in the recognisances. Great disturbances took +place at Swaffham, for which several persons were punished at the +ensuing Quarter Sessions. Mr. de Grey, on his return to +Merton, on the 24th, was most enthusiastically received at Watton +and other places on the route.</p> +<p>26.—The comic singer Vance—“the Great +Vance”—made his first appearance in Norwich at St. +Andrew’s Hall. “He is the original singer of +the absurd ‘Slap Bang,’ and has better +recommendations, but the judicious portion of the audience could +not see enough in him to explain the great success he has +achieved in the Metropolis.”</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>5.—A reminiscence of the old convict days was +forthcoming in a case tried before Lord Chief Baron Pollock at +the Norfolk Assizes. Cornelius Bradnum, a fruit dealer, was +indicted for being feloniously and unlawfully at large at +Heckingham on February 6th, 1865, “he having been +transported for the term of his natural life, in pursuance of a +certain judgment against him at the Norfolk Assizes on July 21st, +1847, on an indictment for burglary.” The prisoner, +in his defence, made a remarkable statement, to the effect that +in consequence of his having given information of an intended +mutiny of the convicts at Gibraltar, his sentence was mitigated +to fifteen years. From Gibraltar he was sent to Swan River, +Western Australia, where the Governor gave him his ticket of +leave, and after “serving his ticket” he received a +free pardon. He then went to Callao, in Peru. One +evening, when <a name="page148"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +148</span>standing on the Mole, he was kidnapped, put upon an +American ship, and brutally ill-used and crippled. +Sixty-five dollars had been paid for him, but as he was useless +he was put ashore at Hamburgh, whence, after remaining some time +in hospital, he came to England. Unfortunately, he had left +at Callao the document conveying to him his free pardon. +The prosecution denied that a free pardon had been granted. +His lordship said it was for the prosecution to show that the +prisoner’s statement was untrue, after using that statement +against him as evidence. The statement must be taken as +true until it was contradicted. It had not been +contradicted, and, he added, turning to the jury, “It is +for you to say whether you believe it or not. I must say I +don’t see why you should not believe it, and why he is not +entitled to a verdict of not guilty.” The jury +acquitted the prisoner.</p> +<p>5.—A large meeting of agriculturists was held at the +Swan Hotel, Norwich, for the purpose of considering what steps +should be taken to combat “a disease known as the Russian +murrain, which had broken out among the cattle of +Norfolk.” Mr. Clare Sewell Read, M.P., presided, and, +in the course of the proceedings, alarming reports were given of +the spread of the contagion and of the immediate steps that were +necessary to arrest its progress. A deputation, consisting +of Mr. Read, Mr. Steeds, Mr. W. Smith, and Mr. R. Leamon, was +appointed to wait upon the Home Office, and at a committee +meeting on the 9th Mr. Read reported what had taken place. +It was resolved, on the motion of Sir Thomas Beauchamp, who +headed the list with a donation of £100, that a public +subscription be opened at once, and Professor Simonds, in a long +address, showed that the disease was of foreign importation, and +was known in Russia, whence it came, as rinderpest. At this +meeting it was reported that in the neighbourhood of North +Walsham alone losses to the extent of £1,000 and upwards +had been sustained. Isolation of the herds and the +slaughter of diseased animals were the means advocated for +stamping out the murrain. A Norfolk Cattle Plague +Association was at once formed, and at a large and influential +meeting, held at St. Andrew’s Hall on the 12th, under the +presidency of Mr. Read, whose great services at this crisis were +acknowledged by the Earl of Leicester, resolutions were adopted +(1) recommending to the consideration of the public the means +suggested by Professor Simonds for dealing with the disease, and +urging that no farmer should purchase any store stock in any +market for the period of six weeks; (2) that a subscription be +entered into for the purpose of meeting the losses sustained by +those who should conform to the resolutions drawn up by the +committee, and for defraying the expenses incurred in carrying +out the objects of the meeting; and (3) that no person who did +not subscribe to the amount of twopence in the pound on his +assessment should participate in the relief. At this +meeting the Earl of Leicester contributed a donation of +£500. Meetings of the Cattle Plague Association were +then held weekly, reports were presented upon the state of the +disease in various parts of the county, and matters of detail +received attention. On October 21st a public meeting was +held at St. Andrew’s Hall, under the presidency of the Earl +of Leicester, “to consider the desirability of closing all +markets in the county of Norfolk.” Sir Thomas +Beauchamp moved, and the Earl of Albemarle seconded, a resolution +in favour of the adoption of this course, which was agreed +to. During this month Mr. Read was appointed a member of +the Royal Commission to inquire into the <a +name="page149"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 149</span>causes of +cattle plague and to suggest remedies. The Commission +recommended the slaughter of animals and the stringent +prohibition of the passage of cattle across public roads, +&c. At Norwich and elsewhere there were frequent +magisterial proceedings against dealers and others for +contravention of the Orders of Council; medical men and +veterinary surgeons suggested many remedies for the disease, and +quacks advertised their nostrums, but the end of the year found +the fatal rinderpest more rampant than ever. Science seemed +confounded by the insidious character of the outbreak, and +precautionary measures appeared to be vain to prevent its +extension. It was officially announced that from September +6th to December 20th compensation had been given in respect of +1,486 animals, to the amount of £9,448 3s. 11d. +(<i>See</i> February 23rd, 1866.)</p> +<p>8.—A barque named the Edgar, of 600 tons burthen, built +by Messrs. Fellows and Son, for the South American trade, was +launched from their shipyard at Southtown, Great Yarmouth.</p> +<p>11.—The Earl of Leicester issued to the tenants on his +estate an address, in which he referred to an election circular +sent out to them during his absence in Norway, the spirit of +which he described as “a flagrant contradiction of the +principles and practices that have been professed and followed on +the Holkham estate for nearly a century.” His +lordship had counselled not coercion in any form, but the +adoption of every legitimate measure to achieve the return of Mr. +Gurdon and Sir Willoughby Jones at the West Norfolk election; but +the zeal of his agent (Mr. Shellabear) in carrying out +instructions which were only indicated and not given in detail +led him to issue a circular which had caused much scandal, the +impolicy and unfittingness of which no one now saw more clearly +than his lordship himself.</p> +<p>12.—Died at Kew, Sir William Jackson Hooker, K.H., +F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., Regius Professor of Botany in the +University of Glasgow. Sir William was a native of Norwich, +where his father, Mr. Joseph Hooker, a manufacturer, took much +interest in horticulture, and possessed a rich collection of +succulent and other exotics. Hooker spent some of his +earlier years in the study of agriculture with Mr. Robert Paul, +of Starston Hall, but the death of a relative enabled him to +devote himself to his favourite pursuit, natural history. +With his brother, Mr. Joseph Hooker, the Rev. James Brown, and +other naturalists, he thoroughly explored the rich district of +the Norfolk Broads in the study of ornithology. He was the +author of several works, and editor of the “Botanical +Magazine.” Resigning the appointment of Regius +Professor for the curatorship of the Royal Gardens at Kew, he +received the honour of knighthood in 1835, and in 1845 had +conferred upon him the degree of D.C.L. by the University of +Oxford. He married a daughter of Mr. Dawson Turner, of +Yarmouth. His eldest son, Dr. Hooker, F.L.S., was no less +distinguished than his father for his valuable works in natural +history and for the scientific explorations with which his name +was associated.</p> +<p>13.—Died at Southwell, the Ven. Archdeacon Wilkins, +D.D. He was born at Norwich in 1785, and was the youngest +son of Mr. William Wilkins, F.S.A., and brother of the Professor +of Architecture in the Royal Academy. Educated at the +Grammar School, Bury St. Edmund’s, under the headmastership +of Becher, he entered Caius College, Cambridge, in 1803, and +having received his degree, removed to Oxford <a +name="page150"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 150</span>to +prosecute his favourite study of divinity. He was ordained +at Norwich in 1808, and was ultimately presented to the vicarage +of St. Mary’s, Nottingham, where he ministered +single-handed to a population of 28,000. He was the author +of “A History of the Destruction of Jerusalem,” and +of several other works.</p> +<p>18.—A sculling match, known as the “Great Lynn +Sweepstakes,” was contested over the Ouse championship +course in the Eau Brink Cut, a distance of 3,300 yards. The +competitors were Robert Chambers, champion of the Tyne and +ex-champion of the Thames; Harry Kelley, who just previously had +wrested the championship of the Thames from his formidable North +country rival; and Robert Cooper, of Newcastle. The +sweepstakes amounted to £50, with £100 added by the +Lynn Regatta Committee. The conditions provided that if +three competed the winner should receive £200 and the +second man £50, and if only two came to the post a first +prize of £200 only would be given. The race lay +between Cooper and Kelley alone. The former kept a slight +lead, and as Kelley’s efforts to pass him were unavailing, +he rowed past the winning-post a quarter of a length ahead. +The referee decided that Kelley had won, disqualified Cooper on +the ground that he had taken the other man’s water, and +awarded second prize to Chambers. At a meeting presided +over by the Mayor of Lynn (Mr. W. Monement), a protest was lodged +by Cooper’s backers against the second prize being awarded +to Chambers. The Mayor decided to withhold the second prize +until the referee had been communicated with, and handed to +Kelley a cheque for £200. Cooper’s protest was +ultimately disallowed.</p> +<p>26.—The 13th Hussars, with headquarters, arrived at +Norwich Cavalry Barracks.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>8.—A prize-fight took place on Grimstone Common, between +Pooley Mace and a man named Rackaby. After five rounds had +been contested, the police stopped hostilities, and +Rackaby’s party declining to resume the fight, the stakes +were awarded to Mace.</p> +<p>30.—Died at Clive House, Beckenham, Kent, in his 71st +year, Lieut.-Col. Henry Alexander, 96th Foot. He was born +at Caister, and entered the Army as ensign in the 28th Foot in +June, 1811. He received the war medal with six clasps for +Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The first Church Congress commenced at Norwich. +The Congress sermon was preached at the Cathedral by the +Archbishop of York, and the first general meeting was held at St. +Andrew’s Hall, presided over by the Bishop of +Norwich. The final meeting took place on the afternoon of +the 5th, after which the members of Congress attended luncheon, +given at the new bank by Mr. R. J. H. Harvey, M.P. Two +thousand guests were present. On the morning of the 6th, +the Bishop of Oxford preached the annual sermon at the Cathedral +on behalf of the Five Religious Societies.</p> +<p><a name="page151"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +151</span>9.—Died at the house of Mrs. Church, Lady Lane, +Norwich, Bartholomew Gattey, “the eccentric but clever +flute-player at the Theatre Royal.” For forty years +he had scarcely been absent from his place in the orchestra of +the theatres in the Norwich circuit, “a position to which +he fondly clung, in spite of many most favourable offers of +engagement that were made to him, and which, if accepted, would, +no doubt, have resulted in his obtaining a position in the +musical world of honour and emolument. At length a mind +never very strong gave way, and he was obliged to have recourse +to the assistance of his friends. Mr. Hewlett and other +gentlemen got up a concert for him in December, 1863, and +£50 was realised, which, with Mr. Gattey’s simple +habits, was sufficient for his maintenance until his +death.” He was a son of Mr. Gattey, a yarn +manufacturer, and a native of Norwich, and had attained his 64th +year.</p> +<p>14.*—“Died at his residence, Bury St. +Edmund’s, Mr. Frederick Ladbrooke, portrait painter. +The deceased was the youngest son of the late Mr. Robert +Ladbrooke, one of the founders of the celebrated Society of +Norfolk and Norwich Artists. He was a painter of +considerable power.”</p> +<p>18.—The ceremony of cutting the first sod of the East +Norfolk Railway was performed on the estate of Mr. C. Jecks, +Sheriff of Norwich, by Lady Suffield, in the presence of a large +number of spectators. In the evening a dinner, attended by +representatives of most of the principal families in the county, +was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, in celebration of +the event. Lord Suffield presided. (<i>See</i> August +13th, 1870.)</p> +<p>21.*—“The Queen has been pleased to grant to +Edward John Stracey, of Sprowston, Lieut.-Colonel of the Scots +Fusilier Guards, her Royal licence and authority that he and his +issue may, in compliance with a clause contained in the last will +and testament of James Clitherow, take and use the name of +Clitherow in addition to that of Stracey.”</p> +<p>25.—A new lifeboat, named the James Pearce, was launched +at Yarmouth. It was built at the cost of £350, +subscribed by the artisans of Birmingham, and presented through +the Royal National Lifeboat Institution to the Caister +station.</p> +<p>30.—Died at Hilgay, aged 110 years (as was originally +stated), Mr. John Naylor, formerly landlord of the Crown Hotel, +Downham Market. An amended notice, published on November +18th, says: “The late Mr. John Naylor, who died on the 30th +ult., and was supposed by his eldest son to be <i>only</i> 110 +years of age, appears from the parish register of Welney to be +117, he having been born on the 29th of May, 1748. In 1825 +the deceased retired from his business as a publican, he having +kept the Crown at Downham and the George and Dragon at Hilgay in +succession, and had since lived on a small property of his own in +the latter village. He was always a smart, active man, and +constant in taking his walk up to October, 1860. Since that +time he had been confined to his house, but used to sit up in his +chair for some portion of the day until June, 1864, when he did +so for the last time. His sight had failed him, but his +hearing was so good that he could distinguish the voices of his +friends, and he was rational until within six weeks of his +death.”</p> +<h4><a name="page152"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +152</span>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Died of apoplexy, at his residence, Acton Green, +Middlesex, John Lindley, F.R.S., Ph.D., and formerly Professor of +Botany at University College. He was born at Catton, near +Norwich, in 1799, and was the son of a nurseryman. His +first literary effort, after devoting much of his early youth to +the practical details of botany, was the translation of +Richard’s “Analyse de Fruit” from the French, +and the contribution of some papers to the Transactions of the +Linnæan Society. Afterwards he proceeded to London, +where he was engaged by Mr. Loudon to assist in the production of +the “Encyclopædia of Plants.” In 1832 he +published his “Introduction to Systematic and Physiological +Botany,” but his <i>chef d’œuvre</i> was the +“Vegetable Kingdom.” For more than a quarter of +a century Dr. Lindley filled the chair of Botany at University +College, London, and in 1860 was appointed examiner in the +University of London. He was a member of several learned +bodies, and edited the horticultural department of the +“Gardeners’ Chronicle” from its commencement in +January, 1841, to the time of his death.</p> +<p>7.—Lord Hastings, master of the East Norfolk Foxhounds, +was presented with his portrait in oil, subscribed for by 400 +gentlemen of the Hunt. The portrait was painted by Mr. +Eddis, and his lordship was depicted in hunting dress, mounted on +Archer, his favourite hunter. Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., +made the presentation, on behalf of the subscribers.</p> +<p>8.—The Marquis and Marchioness Townshend, whose marriage +had taken place a few weeks previously, were welcomed with great +enthusiasm on their return to Rainham, and were presented by the +tenantry with a handsome silver epergne.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. William Peter Nichols was elected Mayor, and Mr. +William Jary Cubitt appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Necton Hall, Colonel William Mason. He +was the head of an old county family, whose head, Paul Miller +Mason, a citizen of London, built Necton Hall in the time of +Henry VII. Col. Mason served the office of High Sheriff in +1849, was for many years a chairman of Quarter Sessions at +Swaffham, and was Lieut.-Colonel of the East Norfolk Militia.</p> +<p>4.—The Prince and Princess of Wales left Sandringham, on +a visit to Lord and Lady Suffield, at Gunton Park. Their +Royal Highnesses travelled by special train from Wolferton to +Lynn and thence to East Dereham, where they were received by Lord +Suffield, Viscount Hamilton, and the Hon. Harbord Harbord. +A guard of honour was formed by the 15th Norfolk Volunteer +Company, under the command of Capt. Bulwer, and their Royal +Highnesses, entering a carriage drawn by four greys, proceeded +along Norwich Road and the Market Place. Three triumphal +arches were erected in the town, which was handsomely decorated, +guns were fired, and the church bells rung, and in the evening +there was a display of fireworks. After leaving Dereham, +the Royal visitors proceeded by way of Swanton, Bylaugh, and +Bawdeswell <a name="page153"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +153</span>to Reepham, where the Aylsham Volunteers, commanded by +Capt. Scott, provided a guard of honour. At Aylsham their +Royal Highnesses were welcomed with great enthusiasm, and at +Gunton Park gates the North Walsham corps, commanded by Major +Duff, mounted a guard of honour. On the 5th and 6th the +Prince shot over the estate, and on the evening of the last-named +day a dinner and ball were given at the hall. On the 7th +his Royal Highness attended a meet of the East Norfolk Foxhounds, +and on the 8th shot on the Hanworth side of the hall. The +visit terminated on the 9th. The Prince and Princess had +arranged to honour Lord Sondes by attending luncheon at Elmham +Hall, but, owing to intelligence received of the critical +condition of the King of the Belgians, the visit was +postponed. Their Royal Highnesses left Elmham station by +special train, and arrived at Sandringham the same afternoon.</p> +<p>7.—The Rev. J. M. Bellew gave public readings from the +great poets and other authors, with organ accompaniments, at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. He was described as “a +perfect master of the elocutionary art.”</p> +<p>20.—Died at Yarmouth, in his 71st year, Mr. Edward +Cubitt, of Honing Hall. He served in the Peninsular War +with the 4th Dragoons, was at the retreat from Burgos, and +received the medal with clasps for Vittoria, Pampeluna, and +Toulouse.</p> +<p>26.—The Christmas pantomime at Norwich Theatre was +entitled, “Camaralzaman and Badoura, or the Little God of +Love and the Good Fairy of Lake Lovely.”</p> +<h3>1866.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>6.—At a meeting of the Norfolk Agricultural Association, +held at the Swan Hotel, Norwich, it was decided to abandon the +annual show for that year, “because the bringing of cattle +from all parts of the country would be inconsistent with what is +being done to prevent the transit of cattle during the prevalence +of the cattle plague.”</p> +<p>8.—The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the +Hon. T. de Grey, arrived at Holkham, on a visit to the Earl and +Countess of Leicester. “Their Royal Highnesses <i>de +facto</i> opened the new line of the West Norfolk Junction +Railway, which had been pushed forward by the contractor so as to +be ready for the purpose.” It was by this line that +the Prince and Princess travelled to Holkham. Their Royal +Highnesses returned to Sandringham on the 13th.</p> +<p>11.—The first wintry weather of the season was +experienced on this date, when there was a considerable fall of +snow, accompanied by showers of rain and sleet, followed by a +sharp wind frost. Telegraphic communication with London was +suspended, in consequence of the blowing down of several miles of +the telegraph line.</p> +<p>—Lost in the Bay of Biscay, by the wreck of the +steamship London, on her voyage to Australia, the Rev. John +Woolley, <span class="smcap">D.C.L.</span>, <a +name="page154"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 154</span>formerly +headmaster of Norwich Grammar School, Fellow of University +College, Oxford, and principal and professor of classics and +logic in the University of Sydney. Mr. G. V. Brooke, the +actor, formerly a member of the Norwich Company, went down in the +same ill-fated vessel.</p> +<p>13.—The new building, then known as the Consolidated +Bank, London Street, Norwich, was opened for the transaction of +business. It was designed by Mr. R. M. Phipson, of Norwich +and Ipswich, and built by Mr. Hall, of Pottergate Street, at the +cost of £4,000. It is now known as the National +Provincial Bank.</p> +<p>—A vessel running through Yarmouth Roads was observed to +be flying a “waif.” Two lifeboats, the Rescuer, +belonging to the Ranger Company, and the Friend of All Nations, +the property of the Young Company of Beachmen, put off to her +assistance. The Rescuer, in attempting to pass through the +rough water at the bar, unshipped her rudder, was capsized, and +twelve of her crew of sixteen were drowned.</p> +<p>15.—Judgment was given in the Arches Court by Dr. +Lushington, in the action, Edwards and Mann <i>v.</i> Hatton, +otherwise known as the “Mattishall Church Rate +case.” The plaintiffs were the churchwardens, and the +defendant a parishioner of Mattishall. Hatton having +refused to pay the Church Rate, proceedings were taken in the +Arches Court to enforce it. The whole sum in dispute was +6s. 8d., but it had given rise to many months of litigation, to +much unpleasantness and ill-feeling in the parish, and to rioting +and disturbance. Two objections were urged against the +rate: (1) That proper notice had not been given on the church +doors, as provided by the Act of Parliament; and (2) that the +rate was unequal and unjust. The Court entered judgment for +the churchwardens, and condemned the defendant in the costs of +the protracted proceedings.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—Under the Prisons Act, 1865, the old borough jail at +Lynn ceased to be used as a prison.</p> +<p>2.—Mr. F. W. Windham, who for five or six years had +enjoyed unenviable notoriety, died suddenly at the Norfolk Hotel, +Norwich. He had been unwell for several days, and was seen +by his medical attendant, Mr. F. C. Bailey, on January +31st. Mr. Windham became better on February 1st, and still +further improvement was manifested on the 2nd; but later in the +day his symptoms were completely altered, and became so alarming +that Mr. Bailey called in Dr. Bateman and Dr. Eade. Every +effort was made to restore animation, but without avail; this +victim of an ill-spent life gradually sank, and in a few hours +expired, in the presence of the medical men and of some of the +servants of the hotel. Death was due to the obstruction of +the circulation by a clot of blood in the pulmonary artery. +On the 7th the body was removed to Tucker’s Hotel, Cromer, +and the interment took place on the 8th, in the family vault at +Felbrigg. Mr. Windham had completely dissipated the residue +of the extensive property which he inherited, after payment of +the law expenses contingent on the great suit, Windham <i>v.</i> +Windham (<i>q.v.</i> November 22nd, 1861), and became <a +name="page155"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 155</span>dependent +for a livelihood on the little income he made as driver of the +Cromer coach. His uncle, General Windham, had made +arrangements by which he was supplied with the means of living +respectably. He had rooms at the Norfolk Hotel, but +generally spent his time in one or other of the low public-houses +in the city. The effect of his death was to deprive Mrs. +Windham of the annuity granted on Mr. Windham’s life, and +of any interest whatever in the Hanworth estate.</p> +<p>16.—A case was heard at East Dereham Petty Sessions, in +which the points urged in the Corn Hall litigation in +1857–58 were again brought prominently before the +public. George Squire, a Lincolnshire merchant, was charged +with assaulting Charles Howard, the keeper of the Corn +Hall. He had paid twopence for admission, and Howard +informed him that he ought to take a merchant’s ticket and +hire a stand. In the course of the altercation, defendant +took plaintiff by the collar and pinched his neck. Mr. J. +C. Chittock, solicitor, on behalf of the defendant, contended +that any person had a right to go into the hall, whether he paid +for doing so or not, because at the Summer Assizes in 1857 the +proprietors were indicted for obstructing a highway and a verdict +was given for the Crown. The hall was built upon a highway +known as Lion Hill, and Lion Hill had never ceased to be a +highway. The Bench determined that they had no +jurisdiction, and dismissed the case.</p> +<p>18.—Died at Great Yarmouth, Mr. Isaac Preston, aged 92 +years. One of the oldest inhabitants of the borough, he +had, previous to the passing of the Municipal Reform Act, held +several important offices in connection with the Corporation, and +was twice Mayor. He was a justice of the peace and a +deputy-lieutenant for the county, and was one of the promoters of +the movement for the erection of the Nelson Column on the South +Denes.</p> +<p>23.—A serious difficulty arose at Norwich, owing to the +operation of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act. A large +number of dealers, apprehending that the provisions of the Act +would not be enforced until the following week, sent stock to +Norwich for the market on the 24th, or for transmission by rail +to London. Two hundred fat beasts arrived at Trowse for +conveyance, but the railway authorities refused to receive +them. Salesmen on the Hill experienced the same difficulty, +and dealers had to dispose of their cattle as best they +could. Many beasts were sent to butchers for immediate +slaughter; others were removed to Trowse. The Mayor (Mr. +Nichols) went down on the 25th to see what help he could render, +but the only way out of the difficulty was to send the animals to +the Norwich slaughter-houses, whence the principal portion of the +meat was forwarded to London. In order to obviate any +further difficulty of the kind, the Norwich Town Council, on the +27th, resolved to erect slaughter-houses and to provide a dead +meat market. The cattle plague continued with unabated +virulence. Thursday, March 8th, was observed as a day of +humiliation, business was suspended, and special services were +held at the Cathedral and the parish churches. Similar +services took place throughout the county. On June 30th it +was announced, “Rinderpest is now nearly extinct in Norfolk +and Suffolk”; and on October 13th it was stated: “The +non-existence of the cattle plague in the county has rendered the +work of the Central Committee and the Cattle Plague Association +very light.” Norwich Cattle Market was re-opened on +November 17th.</p> +<h4><a name="page156"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +156</span>MARCH.</h4> +<p>6.—A dastardly attempt was made to destroy the church of +St. Lawrence, Norwich. Mr. David Penrice, the churchwarden, +accompanied by a lad, went to prepare the church for evening +service, and found it to be full of gas. The lad, on +endeavouring to open the windows, was overcome by the +fumes. Assistance was obtained, and it was discovered that +every burner in the church had been fully turned on. At the +Police Court, on the 21st, a lad named George Nobbs, described as +a shoemaker, of St. Martin-at-Oak, was charged with +“wilfully and maliciously turning on the gas at St. +Lawrence’ church, thereby endangering the lives of her +Majesty’s subjects.” The offence was fully +proved, but the magistrates dismissed the case, on the ground +that “the lad did not show he had any knowledge of the +consequences of the act.”</p> +<p>13.—A boiler explosion occurred at the brewery of +Messrs. Arnold and Wyatt, St. Margaret’s Plain, +Norwich. William Whitworth, an engine driver, was killed, +“his body being hurled into the beck containing six +quarters of boiling wort.”</p> +<p>20.—The hearing of the petition against the return of +Sir E. H. K. Lacon and Mr. J. Goodson commenced, before a +Committee of the House of Commons. Bribery, undue +influence, and treating were alleged. The inquiry concluded +on the 22nd, when the chairman (the Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray) +announced that the Committee had arrived at the unanimous +conclusion that the members had been duly elected. On April +12th Mr. Mowbray gave notice of his intention to move the +appointment of a Royal Commission “to inquire into the +corrupt practices which prevailed at the last election for Great +Yarmouth.” The Commissioners, Mr. Wyndham Slade, Mr. +Lucius Henry Fitzgerald, and Mr. George Russell, began their +sittings at the Town Hall on August 16th, and on September 11th +adjourned until October 3rd, on which day the proceedings +recommenced. The final adjournment took place on October +15th, the thirty-fourth day of the inquiry. Six hundred and +fifty-six witnesses were examined, and full investigations made +as to the elections of 1865, 1859, and 1857. The +Commissioners reported that corrupt and illegal practices +extensively prevailed, and in consequence the borough was +disfranchised.</p> +<p>27.—The 13th Hussars marched from Norwich, <i>en +route</i> to Newcastle.</p> +<p>28.—In the course of a civil action, Creake <i>v.</i> +Smith, at the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Baron Martin, reference +was made to “the science of Bibliomancy,” as +practised by a “cunning woman” in the neighbourhood +of Wells-next-the-Sea. The defendant, who was landlord of +the Railway Hotel at Wells, had lost articles from his house, and +had consulted the woman with the view of discovering the +thief. A Bible was suspended by a string and made to +revolve; during its revolutions the names of several suspected +persons were called out, and it was alleged that it stopped on +the name of the plaintiff being mentioned—a clear proof +that he was the guilty person. The defendant returned to +the hotel, alleged that Creake was a thief, “for he knew it +by the turn of the Bible,” and dismissed him from his +service. Hence these legal proceedings for slander and +wrongful dismissal, which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff +on the first count, and for the defendant on the second +count.</p> +<h4><a name="page157"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +157</span>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.—Loveday’s English Grand Opera Company commenced +an engagement at Norwich Theatre. The principals included +Madame Florence Lancia, Mdlle. Ella Miraldi, Miss Annie Leng, +Miss Fanny Leng, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, Mr. Grantham, Mr. Oliver +Summers, and Mr. Henry Rowland. The repertory included +“La Somnambula,” “Il Trovatore,” +“Don Giovanni,” “Faust,” +“Dinorah,” “Der Frieschutz,” +“Lucrezia Borgia,” “Norma,” and +“Satanella.”</p> +<p>3.—Died at Hethel Hall, John Davy Brett, formerly major +in the 17th Lancers, and lieut.-colonel of the 1st Norfolk +Battalion of Volunteers, aged 51.</p> +<p>5.—The marriage of the Right Hon. Charles Adolphus +Murray, seventh Earl of Dunmore, and Lady Gertrude Coke, third +daughter of the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, took place at +Holkham. The ceremony was honoured by the presence of the +Prince and Princess of Wales, who arrived at the Hall on the 4th, +as the private guests of the Earl and Countess of Leicester.</p> +<p>9.—Died at Chequers Court, Herts., aged 56, Lieut.-Col. +Francis L’Estrange Astley, commandant of the Norfolk +Militia Artillery. He was born in 1810, and married first +in 1835, Charlotte, second daughter of Mr. N. Micklethwait, of +Taverham; and secondly, in 1854, Rosalind Alicia, fifth daughter +of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, Bart.</p> +<p>21.—The Norwich sewerage scheme was further considered +by the Town Council. A scheme known as the Hope scheme, +introduced at a previous meeting, was abandoned, and the future +management of the matter referred to a committee selected from +members opposed to the scheme. On May 12th appeared the +announcement that preliminary steps had been taken in Chancery by +the inhabitants of Thorpe and a bill filed against the Mayor and +Corporation for an injunction to compel them to desist from +emptying sewage into the river. On May 15th a special +committee reported that certain attempts made to cleanse the +river had been attended with considerable success, and at the +same meeting a memorial was presented by the inhabitants of the +city, expressing regret and disappointment at the abandonment of +the proposed plan for diverting the sewage from the river, and +stating that under no circumstances whatever should the stream be +made use of as a sewer. Acting upon counsel’s +opinion, the Corporation, on May 31st, determined that it was +needful at once to take measures for the diversion of the sewage +from the river. The Sewerage Committee resigned, and a new +committee was appointed. This committee, on July 10th, +recommended the hiring “of 1,300 acres of land on the Crown +Point estate, for the purpose of irrigating the same with the +Norwich sewage.” The recommendation was agreed +to. On October 9th the Town Clerk was authorised, under the +direction of the Special Sewerage Committee, to give the +necessary notices to enable application to be made in the next +Session of Parliament for an Act of Parliament for carrying out +sewerage works, and for the preparation of the necessary plans to +be deposited in conformity with the Standing Orders of the +House. (<i>See</i> January 15th, 1867.)</p> +<p>22.—The Rev. John Alexander, minister of the Independent +congregation meeting at Prince’s Street, Norwich, resigned +the pastorate of the chapel, after a service of nearly half a +century. Mr. Alexander <a name="page158"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 158</span>came to Norwich on April 4th, 1817, +and for a time officiated at the Tabernacle belonging to Lady +Huntingdon’s Connexion. His small congregation next +met at the Lancastrian School, and in order to retain his +services they built the Prince’s Street chapel, where he +ministered until the date of his resignation. He was +succeeded by the Rev. G. S. Barrett, B.A., of the Lancashire +Independent College.</p> +<p>24.—Died at Coltishall Hall, Mr. William +Burroughes. The younger son of a family seated in Norfolk +for considerably more than one hundred years, he was educated at +Norwich Grammar School “in the palmy Valpeian days,” +and at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He was upon the +commission of the peace for the county, chairman of the visiting +justices, and joint secretary of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association.</p> +<p>30.—The Great Yarmouth Fish Wharves and Tramways Bill +and the Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers Bill, were before +a Committee of the House of Commons. The first-named Bill +went through Committee without opposition on May 7th, and the +latter was ordered to be reported on May 28th. The Port and +Haven Bill, among other matters, provided that the Commission +should consist of thirteen members, namely, four for Yarmouth +(two to be elected by the Corporation, one by the registered +shipowners and payers of dues, and one by the owners of fishing +vessels and payers of dues on fish); three elected by the +justices of Norfolk; three by the justices of Suffolk; and three +by the Corporation of Norwich, one of each set of Commissioners +for Norfolk, Suffolk, and Norwich being a merchant residing and +carrying on business within the district for which he was +elected. (<i>See</i> October 28th, 1867.)</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>2.—The organ at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, restored by +Mr. Hedgeland, at the cost of £430, was used for the first +time at commemorative services held at the church. The +instrument was built by Renatus Harris, in 1707.</p> +<p>5.*—“Lord Suffield has been appointed Lieut.-Col. +Commandant of the Norfolk Militia Artillery, in place of the late +Col. Astley.”</p> +<p>11.—Intelligence was received from London that the +banking firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co. had been compelled, +owing to the panic in the money market, to suspend payment. +The announcement created great anxiety in Norwich, lest the firm +of Messrs. Gurney and Co. were involved. Public confidence +was restored by a notice issued by the firm, who stated that they +were in no way liable, and were not affected by the affairs of +Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. A meeting of the citizens +was at once convened at the Guildhall, under the presidency of +the Mayor, and a resolution passed “declaring publicly and +unhesitatingly its unbounded confidence in the house of Messrs. +Gurneys and Birkbecks, and its unabated reliance on its perfect +financial security.” (<i>See</i> January 1st, +1869.)</p> +<p>23.—Mrs. Bulwer, wife of Capt. Bulwer, commanding the +15th (Dereham) Company of Rifle Volunteers, opened a new rifle +range at Billingford by firing the first shot, in the presence of +a large gathering of Volunteers and civilians.</p> +<p><a name="page159"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +159</span>24.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated at +Norwich by a parade in Chapel Field of the 1st Norfolk Light +Horse Volunteers and the Artillery and Rifle Volunteers. +The Mayoress (Mrs. Nichols) laid the foundation-stone of the new +Drill Hall, and after the ceremony luncheon was served at St. +Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>—The Norfolk and Norwich Gymnastic Society held their +first annual sports on the Newmarket Road Cricket Ground. +The programme included gymnastic exercises, boxing, high jumping, +flat and hurdle racing, &c.</p> +<p>31.—The new church at Thorpe St. Andrew was consecrated +by the Bishop of Norwich. The site on the north side of the +old church was given by Mr. William Birkbeck; the building was +designed by Mr. Thomas Jeckyll, of Norwich and London, and the +contractor and subcontractors were Mr. Cornish, of North Walsham; +Mr. J. W. Lacey and Mr. Rust, of Norwich. The estimated +cost of the work was £4,000.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—The Marquis of Hartington having stated in the House +of Commons that as the troops would be accommodated in the new +barracks at Colchester, the Government intended to give up the +Cavalry Barracks at Norwich, and the lease having expired, the +buildings would be handed over to the Dean and Chapter of +Norwich, to whom they belonged, a meeting of citizens was held at +the Guildhall, at which a resolution was passed asking the +authorities to reconsider their determination. A deputation +consisting of the Earl of Leicester, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord +Suffield, the members of Parliament for the city, and other +gentlemen, waited upon Lord Hartington at the War Office on June +14th, and on July 7th it was announced that, after due +consideration, the authorities had decided to continue the +barracks at Norwich.</p> +<p>6.—Earl Fortesque attended at the Free Library, Norwich, +and presented the prizes awarded under the Cambridge Prize +Scheme.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>11.—Lord Stanley, on his appointment as Foreign +Secretary in the new Conservative Administration, was re-elected +without opposition member of Parliament for the borough of +King’s Lynn.</p> +<p>16.—A meeting was held at the Rampant Horse Hotel, +Norwich, to consider what steps should be taken to prevent the +intended closing of Victoria Station, under the Great Eastern +Railway (Additional Powers) Bill. A memorial was addressed +to the Town Council, calling attention to the fact that this was +the fourth attempt made by the company to close the terminus, and +that by the Act of Parliament which sanctioned the amalgamation +of the Eastern Union with the Eastern Counties Railway a special +clause was inserted for the sufficient maintenance of the +station. On these grounds the Corporation were asked to +oppose the Bill. At a meeting of the Town Council on the +17th, a letter was read from the company, in which they offered, +in consideration of being permitted to close the station, to +contribute £1,000 <a name="page160"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 160</span>towards the improvement of Foundry +Bridge. The Council were not prepared to accede to the +proposition. When the Company’s Bill was before the +Committee of the House of Commons, in March, 1867, the clause +providing for the abandonment of the station was disallowed.</p> +<p>19.—St. Giles’ church, Norwich, was re-opened, +after extensive restoration. A new chancel had also been +built, and a new organ, costing £350, erected. The +scheme included the widening of the street by the giving up of a +portion of the churchyard. The restoration was carried out, +under the direction of Mr. R. M. Phipson, by Mr. J. W. Lacey, +conjointly with Messrs. Atkins and Hawes. The total cost of +the work was about £4,000, of which £1,000 was given +by the rector (the Rev. W. N. Ripley).</p> +<p>25.—The National Archery meeting commenced at Crown +Point, Norwich, and was continued on the 26th and 27th. The +show of the Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society was held in +the grounds on the 26th (when the band of the 1st Life Guards was +present), and a ball was given at St. Andrew’s Hall in the +evening.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Bramerton, in his 76th year, Mr. William +Wilde, Coroner for Norwich. “In Mr. Wilde the city +has lost an active and intelligent public officer and a useful +citizen, and the Liberal party a most efficient agent. To +his shrewdness, accurate judgment, and devotion to their +interests, the Liberals of Norwich and elsewhere have been +indebted for many a triumph.” Mr. Wilde was a member +of the Court of Guardians, and for some time its chairman, and a +member of the Festival Committee. He had been Coroner for +thirty years.</p> +<p>31.—A new lifeboat, named the Leicester, was launched at +Gorleston. It was purchased by a fund amounting to +£900 inaugurated by the Mayoress of Leicester (Mrs. +Hodges), and was lodged in a new lifeboat house built at the cost +of £250.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>5.—Died at his seat at Honingham, the Right Hon. and +Rev. Lord Bayning. His lordship was the second son of Mr. +Charles Townshend, who was created Baron Bayning in 1797, and +succeeded his brother, Charles Frederick, as third Baron on +August 2nd, 1823, when he assumed, by sign manual (in lieu of his +patronymic, Townshend), the name of his maternal grandfather, +William Powlett. Born on June 8th, 1797, he married, on +August 9th, 1842, Emma, only daughter of Mr. W. H. Fellowes, of +Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdon, by whom he had one son, who died twelve +months previously to his lordship’s death, and the barony +thus became extinct. Lord Bayning was educated at St. +John’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1818, +and was appointed rector of Brome, Suffolk, in 1821, and rural +dean in the diocese of Norwich in 1844. He resigned the +rectory of Brome in 1847, and was appointed to the rectory of +Honingham with the vicarage of East Tuddenham in 1851. His +lordship was High Steward of Norwich Cathedral, Vice-President of +the Norwich Diocesan Association for the Propagation of the +Gospel, of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, of the Norfolk and +Norwich Archæological Society, and of the Institution for +the Indigent Blind, and he was a trustee of the <a +name="page161"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 161</span>Norwich +Savings Rank, &c. For some years he was treasurer and a +most active promoter of the Diocesan Church Building Society.</p> +<p>6.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Mr. +Edward S. Bignold was elected Coroner, in place of Mr. +Wilde. In order to take the office, he resigned his seat in +the Town Council, and was permitted to retire without paying the +customary fine.</p> +<p>10.—A new self-righting lifeboat was launched at +Happisburgh. The vessel was presented to the National +Lifeboat Institution by the people of Huddersfield, who +contributed upwards of £1,000 for its purchase.</p> +<p>14.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Lord Chief Justice +Erle and a special jury, was tried the libel action, Athill +<i>v.</i> Soman. The declaration stated that the libel was +published in a newspaper called the “Norwich Argus,” +of which the defendant was the printer, and was contained in a +letter signed “Honour Lingley,” dated November 25th, +1865. The writer accused Athill, a superintendent of +police, of wrongfully ransacking her chests of linen at a house +at Sprowston called the “Haunted Cottage,” at which +disturbances had taken place, and where Athill had been present +in the discharge of his official duties. The damages were +laid at £500; the jury returned a verdict for the +plaintiff, damages one farthing. Application was made on +behalf of the plaintiff for costs, but his lordship held that +“there was not a solitary instance of any personal malice +or ill-will on the part of the defendant,” and refused +it. The county magistrates subsequently contributed to a +fund to defray the expenses of the plaintiff.</p> +<p>25.—At the sale of the Lessingham House estate, by +Messrs. Hewitt and Capon, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, a +portion of Surlingham Broad was purchased by Mr. R. Pratt, for +£1,300. “The last time this lot was sold by +public auction it fetched about £900.”</p> +<p>27.—The Hon. Thomas de Grey, M.P., shooting on +Blubberhouse Moor, made a bag of 215 brace of grouse, “a +feat which has not met with its equal on any of the Yorkshire +moors, nor on any other in England or Scotland.”</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—Died at the King and Miller Inn, Norfolk Street, +Sheffield, of “mortification of the big toe,” William +Pilch, the cricketer, formerly of Norwich, in his 69th year.</p> +<p>19.—Died at Southsea, aged 80, General Sir William +Robert Clayton, Bart., son of Sir William. Clayton, fourth +baronet. He saw much service in the Peninsular +campaign. On the death of his father, in 1834, he succeeded +to the extensive patrimonial estates in Norfolk, Bucks., Surrey, +and South Wales. Sir William’s Norfolk seat was White +Hall, Saham Toney.</p> +<p>22.*—“The Dean and Chapter of Norwich have offered +to confer the office of Lord High Steward of the Cathedral +Church, vacant by the death of Lord Bayning, on the Earl of +Kimberley, and his lordship has signified to the Dean and Chapter +his intention to accept the office. The grandfather and the +great-grandfather of the present Earl have been Lord High +Stewards of the Cathedral.”</p> +<p><a name="page162"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +162</span>25.—Minnie Stratton, daughter of “General +Tom Thumb” and Mrs. Stratton, died at the Norfolk Hotel, +Norwich, and was, on the 26th, buried at the Cemetery. +“Mr. and Mrs. Stratton were chief mourners, and there was a +large number of spectators.”</p> +<p>—A boiler explosion took place at the dye and chemical +works of Messrs. Stark and Co., Duke’s Palace Street, +Norwich. Three men (Taylor, Breeze, and Clarke) were killed +on the spot, and three others died of their injuries. The +Coroner’s jury found that the explosion was due to the +defective construction of the boiler. At the Norwich +Assizes, on March 27th, 1867, an action was brought by Mr. Stark +against Messrs. Riches and Watts, for the recovery of +damages. A verdict was given for plaintiff, the amount to +be assessed by arbitration. (<i>See</i> February 19th, +1868.)</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>6.—The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, “to +co-operate with the Central Chamber of Agriculture in watching +over the measures affecting the agricultural interest,” was +established at a meeting held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, +under the presidency of Mr. C. S. Read, M.P. On October +20th Mr. Read was elected chairman, and Mr. Richard England +vice-chairman.</p> +<p>13.—Norwich Theatre was opened for the winter season, +under the management of Mr. J. F. Young, who had previously +managed, with success, the Yarmouth and Lynn Theatres.</p> +<p>—Died at Great Chart Rectory, Kent, the Hon. and Very +Rev. George Pellew, D.D., Dean of Norwich. He was third son +of Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, afterwards Viscount Exmouth, and +was born in Tregeny, Cornwall, in 1793. Educated at Eton +and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. +degree in 1815 and his M.A. in 1818, he received holy orders in +1817, and in 1820 married the Hon. Frances Addington, second +daughter of the first Viscount Sidmouth. In 1823 he was +appointed to a canonry in Canterbury Cathedral, where he resided +until his preferment to the Deanery of Norwich in 1828, on the +death of Dean Turner. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon +him in the same year, and in 1852 he was presented by the +Archbishop of Canterbury to the living of Great Chart, which he +held at the time of his death. Besides publishing +“Sermons preached in Cathedral Churches on the Leading +Doctrines of the Church of England” (1848), he wrote +“The Seven Ages of a Christian’s Life” (1866) +and a “Memoir of Lord Sidmouth” (1847). Dr. +Pellew left three daughters and a son.</p> +<p>29.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced with an evening performance of “Israel in +Egypt.” Miscellaneous concerts were given on the +evenings of October 30th and 31st and November 1st. On the +morning of October 31st were given an anthem by Spohr (the first +time of performance) and “Naaman” (the first time of +performance in Norwich), conducted by the composer, M. Costa; on +the morning of November 1st, “Saint Cecilia” +(composed expressly for the Festival), a selection from the +Passion Music (the first time of performance “in any +country”), and the first and second parts of “The +Creation”; and on the morning of November <a +name="page163"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 163</span>2nd, +“The Messiah.” The principal performers were +Mdlle. Tietjens, Madame Rudersdorff, Miss Edith Wynne, Mdlle. +Sinico, Madame De Meric Lablache, Mdlle. Anna Drasdel, Mr. Sims +Reeves, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Signor Morini, Mr. Santley, Mr. +Weiss, and Signor Gassier. Mr. Benedict conducted. +The Festival concluded with a “full dress” ball on +the evening of November 2nd. The total receipts amounted to +£5,783 11s., and the balance in favour of the committee to +£971 7s. 3d.</p> +<p>30.—The Prince and Princess of Wales, with her Majesty +the Queen of Denmark and suite, left Sandringham, on a visit to +Lord and Lady Stafford, at Costessey Park. They were +accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, who had accepted the +invitation of the High Sheriff (Mr. W. A. Tyssen Amhurst) to +spend the Festival week in Norwich. The Royal party, who +travelled by special train to East Dereham, where the Volunteers +formed a guard of honour, were received by Lord Stafford and the +Earl of Leicester at the station, whence they travelled by road +to Costessey, and were enthusiastically greeted by a large +gathering in the park. On the morning of the 31st the +illustrious visitors, escorted by the 1st Norfolk Light Horse +Volunteers, under Capt. Hay Gurney, proceeded to Norwich, and +were received by the Mayor (Mr. W. P. Nichols), the Sheriff (Mr. +W. J. Cubitt), and other civic dignitaries at the city boundary, +and by members of the Corporation and Guardians and +representatives of friendly societies, &c., at St. +Giles’ Gates. At the Guildhall addresses were +presented to the Prince and Princess and the Queen by the +Corporation and by the Bishop and clergy of the diocese. +The party then proceeded to St. Andrew’s Hall, to attend +the Musical Festival. During the interval at the +performance, the Mayor gave a luncheon in one of the rooms to the +Prince and Princess, the Queen of Denmark, and their suite; and +the Princess was presented by Miss C. M. Nichols, on behalf of +the ladies of Norwich, with an album containing photographic +views of the city, &c. Their Royal Highnesses then +drove to Chapel Field and planted two trees, in commemoration of +their visit, and the day’s proceedings ended with the +opening, by the Prince of Wales, of the new Volunteer Drill Hall, +the first stone of which was laid a few months previously by Mrs. +Nichols, who was presented with a silver trowel designed for the +occasion. A ball, preceded by a dinner, was given at +Costessey in the evening. At the dinner the party comprised +only the Prince and Princess, the Queen of Denmark, Lord and Lady +Stafford, and Mr. and Mrs. Nichols. On November 1st the +Royal party passed through Norwich, escorted by a squadron of the +1st King’s Dragoon Guards (from Colchester), on their way +to Thorpe Station, whence they departed for Sandringham. +The city was lavishly decorated in honour of the Royal visit, and +on the night of the 30th there were illuminations and +fireworks. The Duke of Edinburgh stayed with the High +Sheriff at Mr. Firth’s house in St. Giles’ Street, +where a distinguished company was invited to meet his Royal +Highness.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—A remarkable outrage was perpetrated at Little +Walsingham church. A few minutes after the clerk had tolled +the “curfew” bell, a violent explosion took place in +the south transept. It was found <a +name="page164"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 164</span>that a +charge of gunpowder had been placed beneath the organ and ignited +by a train of cotton. The instrument, with the exception of +the swell organ, was scattered to pieces, the south transept +window entirely destroyed, and other windows seriously +damaged. The organ was purchased in 1862, at the cost of +£250, and the total amount of damage done by the explosion +was about £300. A reward of £200 was offered +for information that would lead to the conviction of the +perpetrator of the outrage.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Frederick Elwin Watson was elected Mayor, and Mr. +William Copeman Clabburn appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>16.—Eight vessels were wrecked and five lives lost, on +the Norfolk coast, between Mundesley and Palling.</p> +<p>17.—A Bohemian waxwing (<i>Bombycilla garrulus</i>) was +observed at Old Buckenham, and another was shot the same day near +Thetford. By the first week of December the birdstuffers +received at least 22 specimens, from Mutford, Worstead, +Northrepps, St. Faith’s, Rollesby, Cawston Woodrow, +Wroxham, and other districts. In the last week of December +it was stated that more than one hundred specimens had been +procured. “With the exception of one or two +stragglers, this species has not been noticed here since 1863, +when some sixteen specimens were killed in Norfolk.”</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—A storm of terrific violence occurred off Yarmouth, +and several ships were lost and men drowned. A new +gas-holder of 100,000 cubic feet capacity, surrounded by massive +iron columns, was blown over at Yarmouth Gas Works, and +considerably damaged.</p> +<p>4.—The Rev. Edward Meyrick Goulburn, D.D., incumbent of +St. John’s, Paddington, was installed Dean of Norwich by +the Rev. Canon Heaviside, in the absence of the Bishop of +Norwich.</p> +<p>10.—The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of +Edinburgh arrived, by rail, at Diss, whence the Prince and +Princess proceeded to Oakley Park, on a visit to Sir E. C. +Kerrison, Bart., M.P., and Lady Caroline Kerrison; and the Duke +to Thornham Hall, on a visit to Baron and Lady Hartismere. +Their Royal Highnesses returned to Sandringham on the 13th.</p> +<p>—An extraordinary charge was preferred before the +Walsingham magistrates, against Mr. Miles Brown, a large farmer, +of Houghton St. Giles, and his brother, Mr. William Brown. +It was alleged that they had exhibited in the window of a cottage +in High Street, Walsingham, “an apparatus revolving before +a light, and exhibiting in a glass behind an upright coffin, on +the lid of which was a photograph of the Rev. Septimus Henry Lee +Warner, such public exhibition being a threat on the part of the +defendants to take away the life of the said +complainant.” The defendants were bound over in the +sum of £1,600 to keep the peace.</p> +<p>15.*—“The old lighthouse at Cromer, which had for +so many years been a conspicuous object on the edge of the lofty +hill, toppled over the other day, and was immediately buried by a +great fall from the cliff, which followed it. It was first +erected in the year 1719, and was <a name="page165"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 165</span>lit by a coal fire until oil lamps +with powerful reflectors were introduced.”</p> +<p>17.—The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Norwich, <i>en +route</i> to Gunton Park. Before proceeding on his journey, +his Royal Highness visited the Cathedral.</p> +<p>25.—Died at East Dereham, aged 65, Mr. William Drake, +many years Conservative registration agent for West Norfolk.</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime at Norwich Theatre, written by Mr. R. +Soutar, was founded upon the story of the intrigue of Henry II. +and Fair Rosamond.</p> +<p>31.—A heavy fall of snow occurred, and the roads in many +parts of the county were rendered impassable.</p> +<p>—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holkham, on +a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester. “So +considerable was the destruction of hares, rabbits, pheasants, +&c., during the Royal visit that on one day 2 tons 19 cwt. of +game were forwarded from Wells Station to Leadenhall +Market.” The Prince, with the Duke of Edinburgh, who +was also a guest of the Earl and Countess, left on January 10th, +1867, for Marham House, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Villebois.</p> +<h3>1867.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>6.—During a severe storm off Yarmouth, the brigs Ark, of +Sunderland, and Sarah, of the same port, had a collision in the +Roads, and were lost, with their crews of sixteen hands.</p> +<p>7.—The actions arising out of the Middle Level +inundations now took the form of an arbitration. The +arbitrators were laymen, appointed by both parties, with a legal +umpire, and their investigation of the merits of the case or +cases commenced on this date, at the Incorporated Law +Society’s house, Chancery Lane, London. The +proceedings were protracted. In the first week of March +several of the claimants, among them Mr. Mason, in whose name the +first action was brought, accepted offers made by the +Commissioners. The offers were in excess of the following +items: (1) a year’s rent, tithes, taxes, and outgoings; (2) +all expenses on the crops destroyed (tillage, seed sowing, +&c.) up to the day of the inundation; (3) damage to fences, +buildings, &c., and (4) the amount of a full year’s +rent, tithes, and drainage taxes as profits to the tenants. +In May the cases Coe <i>v.</i> Wise and Sharpe <i>v.</i> the +Commissioners were argued in the Rolls Court, before Mr. Serjeant +Hayes and Mr. Durrant and Mr. Bailey Denton, the arbitrators; and +on June 22nd it was announced that Mr. Coe had been awarded +£2,575, and Mr. Sharpe £405, the former getting +£500 and the latter £100 more than the defendants +offered. The defendants, therefore, were ordered to pay +costs, and the litigation ended.</p> +<p>12.—Died at Bedford, Colonel Vincent Matthias, Madras +Army, aged 73. Born at Norwich, he was of a family of +fifteen, and nine of his <a name="page166"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 166</span>brothers entered either the Navy or +Army. He was appointed a cadet in 1810, and received his +commission as ensign on August 24th, 1811, Colonel Mathias’ +service extended over a period of more than thirty years. +He was an ardent sportsman, and while in India made a valuable +collection of natural history specimens, which he presented to +the Norfolk and Norwich Museum.</p> +<p>15.—The proceedings of the Town Council relative to the +Norwich sewerage scheme commenced this year with the payment to +Mr. P. E. Hansell, solicitor, of £205, the amount of taxed +costs allowed to the informants in obtaining the injunction +restraining the Corporation from putting sewage into the river +Wensum. On the 22nd the Council, after considerable debate, +decided that the dry earth system advocated by Mr. Edward +Boardman was not applicable to the district. The Court of +Reference appointed by the House of Commons to try the merits of +the Norwich Local Board of Health Bill with reference to its +engineering details and the estimated cost of the proposed works, +commenced its investigations on March 11th. The object of +the Bill was “to provide for the better sewering of the +city and the applying of the sewage to the irrigation of +land.” The referees reported to the House on the 14th +that the works and estimates were sufficient for the objects +proposed. The Bill was before a Select Committee of the +House of Commons on March 13th, and on March 26th it was, with +certain amendments, reported to the House. (<i>See</i> +January 28th, 1868.)</p> +<p>16.—A deep snow caused considerable inconvenience to +railway traffic. A train from Norwich to Lowestoft came to +a standstill in the Mutford cutting, and was not got out until +the afternoon of the 17th. The snow drifted to the depth of +seven feet upon most of the lines, some of which remained closed +for three days. Many of the roads were impassable for +vehicular traffic, and in some instances the mail bags were +carried across country on foot. Great distress prevailed +amongst the poor, and special funds were raised in several towns +for their relief. At Norwich the amount contributed was +£2,227. On the 22nd a rapid thaw commenced.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>14.—Sir S. W. Baker, the discoverer of the sources of +the Nile, delivered a lecture at St. Peter’s Hall, Norwich, +upon the political condition of Egypt. The Mayor presided +over the large audience, who accorded a warm reception to Sir +Samuel, who, at that time, was a resident in the county.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>19.—The boiler of an engine at work in a field near +Watlington Station exploded, killing five persons outright, and +injuring seven others, two of whom died on the following +day. Such was the force of the explosion that the boiler +was blown a distance of forty yards. It was proved at the +inquest that the accident resulted from the tying down the +safety-valve.</p> +<p><a name="page167"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +167</span>29.—Charles Dickens appeared at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, and read, before a numerous +audience, “Dr. Marigold” and the trial scene from +“Pickwick.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>5.—Mr. Sothern appeared at Norwich Theatre, in the +character of Lord Dundreary. On the 6th he performed the +part of David Garrick. The house was crowded to excess on +both occasions.</p> +<p>22.—Mr. Loveday’s English Grand Opera Company +commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre. Madame +Haigh-Dyer was the <i>prima donna</i>, and Mr. and Mrs. Aynsley +Cooke were of the company. The works produced included +“Robert le Diable,” “The Fairy and the +Cobbler,” “The Puritan’s Daughter,” +“The Barber of Seville,” “Faust,” +“Don Giovanni,” “Satanella,” “The +Quaker,” &c.</p> +<p>24.—Lord Hastings and Mr. Anthony Hamond, masters of +Norfolk foxhounds, were entertained at dinner at the Corn Hall, +Fakenham, “in appreciation of their efforts to provide +sport during the season.” The Earl of Leicester +presided.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>8.—Died at Yarmouth, aged 76, Lieut. William Simpson, +R.M., of North Walsham. He was one of the officers who +received the Emperor Napoleon on board the Bellerophon, on July +15th, 1815.</p> +<p>14.—A great public meeting, in support of the United +Kingdom Alliance, was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +and was addressed by General Neal Dow, who had taken a prominent +part in the passing of the Maine Liquor Law.</p> +<p>18.—A meeting of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, +presided over by Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., was held “to discuss +the future aggregate representation of the county in Parliament, +in the event of the loss of three of its borough members,” +namely, of two on the disenfranchisement of Yarmouth, and of one +on Thetford being constituted a “single membered” +borough. The following motion was adopted: “That the +attention of the Chamber having been directed to the clauses in +the Bill before Parliament for the redistribution of seats, it is +resolved that the proposal to take away three members from the +county is unjust, and that the most strenuous efforts be made to +retain twelve members, to which it is justly entitled, by reason +of its population, wealth, and importance.” It was +announced on June 15th that, under the redistribution scheme, +Norfolk would in future have three divisions, namely, West, +North-East, and South-East. The Boundary Commissioners +appointed under the provisions of the Representation of the +People Act held inquiries at Thetford on September 24th, at +Norwich on September 27th and October 9th, at Lynn on October +2nd, and at the Shirehall, Norwich, on October 7th. +(<i>See</i> June 18th, 1868.)</p> +<p>21.—Died at West Bilney Hall, Mr. Thomas William +Coke. He was born in January, 1793, and was the eldest son +of Edward Coke, of Longford, Derbyshire. In his youth he +was frequently at Holkham, <a name="page168"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 168</span>and was long regarded as heir to the +estate, but this prospect ended by the marriages in 1822, of his +uncle, Thomas William Coke (created Earl of Leicester in 1837), +to Lady Anne Keppel, the issue of which was the large family of +whom the present Earl is the head. Mr. Coke was very +popular, and in early life was a fearless and accomplished +horseman.</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was observed at Norwich +by a parade of the Volunteers and the firing of a <i>feu de +joie</i> in the Market Place. The Volunteers were +entertained at dinner at the Drill Hall, 700 old people were +invited by the Mayor and Sheriff to a feast at the Corn Hall, and +luncheon was served at St. Andrew’s Hall for many of the +leading residents in city and county.</p> +<p>28.—A modified observance of the old custom of +“beating the bounds” took place in the parish of +Colkirk. “The existence of tithe maps and other +circumstances halving rendered actual perambulation comparatively +unnecessary, the circuit of the parish was omitted; but two brief +services were held in the pretty green lanes at the opposite +extremities of the parish, and were attended by 60 or 70 persons, +including the little children of the village school, who marched +through the village singing hymns, preceded by a modest +banner.” An address was given at both services by the +Rev. W. A. Chapman.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>4.—Died, at the age of 53, Dr. W. H. Ranking, formerly +of Norwich. He was descended from a family living on the +borders of Norfolk and Suffolk, who had for three generations +been engaged in the practice of medicine. Dr. Ranking +received his early education at Hastings, and subsequently +entered the University of Cambridge. After spending some +time in the hospitals of Paris, he settled at Bury St. +Edmund’s, and became physician to the Suffolk General +Hospital, a post which he filled for seven years. After the +death of Dr. Lubbock, Dr. Ranking removed to Norwich, and became +physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and editor of the +Journal of the Council of the Provincial Medical and Surgical +Association. “He was a most uncompromising enemy to +quackery in all its forms, and he always testified to the +absurdity of what he considered the fashionable humbug of the +age—homœopathy.”</p> +<p>19.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association commenced at Fakenham, and was continued on the +20th. By special permission granted by the Privy Council, +at the request of a deputation introduced on May 9th by Mr. C. S. +Read, M.P., cattle were exhibited under certain +restrictions. At the dinner, presided over by the Earl of +Kimberley, Mr. E. C. Bailey was presented with a handsome +testimonial, on his resignation of the office of secretary, after +twenty-five years’ service.</p> +<p>24.—The First Administrative Battalion of Norfolk +Volunteers, commanded by Col. James Duff, encamped in Hunstanton +Park.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>5.—Mr. J. L. Toole commenced a two nights’ +engagement at Norwich <a name="page169"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 169</span>Theatre, and appeared in “The +Spitialfields Weaver,” “Ici on parle +Français,” and “The Area Belle.”</p> +<p>6.—Died, in his 70th year, at his residence, Surrey +Road, Norwich, Mr. William Day, who for upwards of forty years +had held the office of magistrates’ clerk.</p> +<p>9.—Died, Sir George James Turner, the senior Lord +Justice of Appeal. He was born at Great Yarmouth in 1798, +where his father, the Rev. Richard Turner, was for thirty years +vicar. His education commenced at the Charterhouse (of +which he was afterwards a governor), and finished at Pembroke +College, Cambridge, where his uncle, Dr. Joseph Turner, Dean of +Norwich, was then master. In 1819 he took his degree as +wrangler, and was soon afterwards elected a Fellow of +Pembroke. Having entered at Lincoln’s Inn, he was +called to the Bar in 1821, and became Queen’s Counsel in +1840, and from 1847 to 1851 sat in the House of Commons as member +for Coventry. In 1851 he was selected as a Vice-Chancellor, +and in 1853, when Lord Cottenham was appointed Lord Chancellor, +he was promoted Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal. Sir +George married in 1823, Louisa, youngest daughter of Mr. Edward +Jones, of Brackley, Northamptonshire.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—A new lifeboat, the cost of which had been generously +defrayed by a lady residing at Bath, was launched at +Sheringham. It was named the Duncan, and was housed in a +commodious building, with reading-room attached for the use of +the fishermen.</p> +<p>8.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Byles, +Hubbard Lingley, aged 22, was indicted for the murder of Benjamin +Black, his uncle, by shooting him at Barton Bendish, on May +17th. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to +death. The execution was carried out by Calcraft, on the +Castle Hill, Norwich, at eight a.m. on August 26. +“The holding of an execution upon Monday instead of on the +market-day (Saturday) is a vast improvement, but it is to be +hoped the time is not far distant when executions will take place +within instead of outside the prison walls.” (This +was the last public execution in Norwich.)</p> +<p>—Died at her residence, at Weybridge, Mrs. Austin (Sarah +Taylor, of Norwich). She was born in 1793, and married, in +1820, Mr. John Austin, a barrister on the Norfolk Circuit. +A miscellaneous writer of some repute, she never aspired to +original literary compositions, but devoted the singular power of +her pen to the reproduction in English of many of the best +contemporary works of German and French literature. Her +translations, from the German especially, were of the highest +excellence.</p> +<p>12.—Chapel Field, Norwich, which had for some months +been closed to the public, was re-opened. Several portions +of the old city wall had been removed, and railings erected, and +efforts were also made to level the area.</p> +<p>14.—The Norfolk and Eastern Counties Working Classes +Exhibition and Industrial Festival was opened at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, by <a name="page170"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 170</span>the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Watson). +The exhibition consisted of works of art, industry, and +mechanical invention, and remained open for one month.</p> +<p>30.—Mr. George Buttler Kennett, formerly of Great +Yarmouth, was appointed clerk to the justices of Norwich, in +place of Mr. William Day, deceased.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—A new lifeboat, named the “Licensed +Victualler,” was launched at Hunstanton. Its cost was +defrayed by a fund inaugurated by Mr. James Wyld, editor of the +“Licensed Victuallers’ Guardian.”</p> +<p>10.—A surf lifeboat was launched at +Caister-next-the-Sea. It was provided, at the cost of +£300, by means of a fund raised by the editor of +“Routledge’s Magazine for Boys,” and was +christened by Mrs. Routledge, “The Boys’ +Lifeboat.”</p> +<p>11.—The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and +report on the employment of children, young persons, and women in +agriculture, for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent and +with what modifications the principles of the Factory Acts could +be adapted for the regulation of such employment, and especially +with the view of the better education of such children, commenced +its investigations in Norfolk in the Docking Union. The +Assistant-Commissioner (the Rev. James Frazer) held similar +inquiries in other parts of the county, and, in an address to the +members of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, on September 28th, +said he had met at forty-eight meetings 500 Norfolk farmers, +“and not on one occasion had he heard a single painful or +discourteous word drop from anybody’s lips.”</p> +<p>16.—The first annual regatta of the Norfolk and Norwich +Rowing Club was held at Whitlingham.</p> +<p>17.—The Norfolk and Norwich Licensed Victuallers’ +Association was formed at a meeting held at the Three Pigeons, +Charing Cross, Norwich.</p> +<p>19.—A new church erected at Overstrand, in place of the +old church, which had fallen into decay, was consecrated by the +Bishop of Norwich. The architect was Mr. A. Salvin, of +London, and the builder Mr. R. Cornish, of North Walsham. +The necessary funds were provided principally by the Dowager Lady +Buxton and the descendants of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, deceased, +by Mr. Gurney Hoare, Mr. Joseph Hoare, and others.</p> +<p>21.*—“A destructive parasitical weed has made its +appearance on some of the small farms at Navarina, an open +district forming a part of the very extensive manor of Lord +Ashburton, at Thetford. It is known as ‘the +dodder.’ It completely absorbs or destroys the crop +wherever it appears, and leaves the land barren of all but its +own hair-like fibres. So powerful and fatal is the grasp of +this singular plant, that even the hardy and prickly gorse +succumbs to the pressure of its delicate fibres.”</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The 15th Hussars, from Aldershot, marched into +Norwich, under the command of Col. F. W. J. Fitzwygram.</p> +<p><a name="page171"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +171</span>12.*—“The county having for upwards of a +year been free from cattle plague, the Norfolk Cattle Plague +Association has been wound up, and the balance in hand, amounting +to upwards of £4,000, has been invested in the names of +trustees, Mr. Howes, M.P., and Mr. Read, M.P., to be available in +case of any further emergency.” The “London +Gazette,” on October 23rd, contained an Order to take +effect on November 4th, for the withdrawal of restrictions on the +movement of cattle in the interior of the kingdom.</p> +<p>14.—A huge female elephant, weighing five tons, and +belonging to Edmonds’ (late Wombwell’s) Menagerie, +started from Diss with the show, but had not gone far when she +fell in Denmark Street. Poles and tackle had to be +procured, and after four hours’ labour the ponderous animal +was raised, put in the caravan, and taken back to the fair green, +where she was placed in slings. Cordials and other +restoratives were administered, but the animal died on the +following day. She was valued at between £800 and +£900, and had been fifteen years in the collection.</p> +<p>22.—An immense eel was taken from the river Ouse, near +Denver Sluice. It measured 5 ft. 8 in. in length, +17¼ in. in girth, and weighed 36 lbs. before and 28 lbs. +after being skinned. “Yarrel, in his ‘British +Fishes,’ mentions having seen the skins of two at Cambridge +which together weighed 50 lbs.—one 27 lbs. and the other 23 +lbs., which were taken within a few miles of this +spot.”</p> +<p>28.—The new fishmarket, wharves, and tramways +constructed at Great Yarmouth, at the total cost of +£15,799, were opened.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—The new Drill Hall at Great Yarmouth, erected at the +cost of £1,300, by Mr. Leggett, from designs by Mr. J. T. +Bottle, was opened.</p> +<p>6.—St. Andrew’s church, Norwich, was re-opened +after restoration. The architect who superintended the work +was Mr. William Smith, the Adelphi, London, and the contractor, +Mr. Burrell, of Norwich. The Bishop of Norwich preached the +sermon.</p> +<p>—Died at Yarmouth, aged 82, James Sharman, the keeper of +the Nelson monument on the South Denes. He was a native of +Yarmouth, and entered the Navy in 1799, having been +“pressed” when a waiting lad at the Wrestlers Inn, +and taken on board H.M.S. Weazel, Captain Durben. After +four years’ service he was wrecked off Cabaratta Point, +near Gibraltar. He then joined the Victory, under Captain +Thomas Hardy, and at Trafalgar “assisted in carrying the +dying Nelson from the lower deck to the cockpit.”</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Jeremiah James Colman was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Robert Fitch appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a memorial +was received from the parents of boys educated at the Commercial +School, praying that the efficiency of that school should not be +impaired in consequence of the large outlay required for making +alterations in and additions to the Grammar School +premises. The Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee, to whom +the memorial was referred, reported to the Town Council on +November 26th that they strongly deprecated <a +name="page172"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 172</span>any +increase in the fees of the Commercial School, but they +considered the successful maintenance of the Grammar School of +great advantage to the city. The report was adopted.</p> +<p>10.—Died in Paris, aged 63, Mr. W. Wilshere, of Welwyn, +Herts., and formerly member of Parliament for Yarmouth. He +became a candidate for that borough with Mr. Rumbold, in the +Liberal interest, in 1837, when the Conservative candidates were +Messrs. Baring and Gambier. On the dissolution of +Parliament in 1847, he retired from the representation of the +borough. “It is said that his various contests cost +him a very large sum of money, and that in other respects the +expenses incident to the representation of a borough on Liberal +principles were too much for endurance.”</p> +<p>16.—Reference was made to the disbandment of the 1st +Norfolk Light Horse, which had been under the command of Capt. +Hay Gurney since its institution by him in 1861. The +members presented to their commanding-officer a testimonial +“representing in frosted silver, on an ebony stand, a +mounted officer and trumpeter in full dress.”</p> +<p>20.—The Scratby Hall estate, comprising 280 acres, was +sold by auction by Messrs. Butcher, at the Star Hotel, Yarmouth, +for £16,760.</p> +<p>26.—The Rev. Edward Marjoribanks Nisbet, M.A., was +installed a residentiary canon at Norwich Cathedral.</p> +<p>30.—The Right Hon. Edward Stratham Gordon, Lord Advocate +of Scotland, was elected to represent the borough of Thetford in +Parliament, upon the resignation of the Hon. A. H. Baring. +Lord Frederick FitzRoy, who had come forward as a candidate, +withdrew from the contest on the day appointed for the +nomination. “He departed for London, leaving behind +him an address telling the electors that, by means of treachery, +opposition had been brought against him.”</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The Norfolk coast, in common with the whole of +England, was visited by a gale of unusual violence. It +resulted not only in great destruction of property, but in the +loss of many lives. At Yarmouth the waters overflowed the +banks of the river, inundated all the low-lying lands from the +harbour’s mouth to Reedham, and, flooding the neighbouring +railways, stopped the traffic. Several vessels were driven +ashore and their crews lost. On December 2nd the lifeboat +Rescuer was entering the harbour with the shipwrecked crew of the +ship George Kendall, from Liverpool to Hull, on board, when she +fouled with a fishing-boat and was capsized. Of the +shipwrecked crew of twenty-three only four were saved, and of the +lifeboat crew six were drowned. Many widows and children +were left destitute, owing to the large number of lives lost +during the gale.</p> +<p>—The parish church of Little Ellingham was destroyed by +fire. The building had recently undergone extensive +restoration, and the damage, due to the overheating of a new +warming apparatus, amounted to upwards of £1,000. +Efforts were made by the Hingham fire brigade to preserve the +chancel, and were in part successful, but the nave was wholly +demolished. Under the supervision of Messrs. T. H. and F. +Healey, architects, of Bradford, the nave was rebuilt and the +chancel <a name="page173"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +173</span>repaired by the contractor, Mr. Clarke, of Hingham; and +the church was re-opened for public worship on Ascension Day, +1869.</p> +<p>24.—A common hall was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, +under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. J. J. Colman), at which +the citizens expressed their “detestation of the late +Fenian outrage at Clerkenwell, their sympathy with the sufferers, +and their loyal attachment to the Queen and the +Constitution.”</p> +<p>26.—The Christmas pantomime produced by Mr. Sidney at +Norwich Theatre was entitled, “Hush-a-Bye Baby on the Tree +Top, or Harlequin Fortunio, Clown King Frog of Frog Island, and +the Fairy Queen of the Golden Flowers.” At +Mander’s Menagerie, stationed on the Castle Meadow, +“the electric light was exhibited in the interior during +Maccomo’s performance with the lions, tigers, and +elephants.” On the 30th was produced at Henry and +Adams’ Circus an “equestrian pantomime,” +entitled, “O’Donaghue of the Lakes, or Harlequin +Dermot Astore and the White Horse of Killarney.”</p> +<p>30.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holkham, +on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester, and returned to +Sandringham on January 4th, 1868. Prince Edward of +Saxe-Weimar was of the party.</p> +<h3>1868.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, held at Norwich, Mr. +Day, the County Treasurer, gave notice of his intention at the +Easter Sessions, to resign that office, which he had held for +thirty-three years. Mr. Day took leave of the Court on +April 2nd, and Mr. Herbert William Day was elected in his +place.</p> +<p>—Lord Suffield, at the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, moved +the adoption of an address to her Majesty, expressing indignation +at the Fenian outrages committed throughout the kingdom, and +promising the hearty and vigorous co-operation of her +Majesty’s loyal subjects in the county in supporting the +Government in any efforts that might be made “to repress +this odious conspiracy.” It was stated on January +11th that at Yarmouth precautions had been taken to prevent an +outbreak in the borough. Each ward was under the special +supervision of two magistrates; the store of gunpowder was +removed from the outlying magazine at the North Battery to the +South Battery, where a strong guard was stationed; and directions +were given to the Artillery and Rifle Volunteers as to the course +to be pursued in the event of their services being required.</p> +<p>14.—The Norwich Churchmen’s Club was established +at a meeting held at the Clerical Rooms. It was intended +for “the self-culture and rational recreation of young +men.” For some years afterwards the society continued +to flourish, and was instrumental during the early period of its +existence in introducing to the city several eminent lecturers on +scientific and other subjects.</p> +<p><a name="page174"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +174</span>16.—A remarkable seizure of about one hundred +coombs of wheat was made at the New Mills, Norwich. This +“mass of filth, one-tenth wheat and nine-tenths rats’ +dung and maggots,” had been sent to the mills by Mr. +Orlando Barnes, of Beeston, “for the purpose of being +dressed for the preparation of human food.” The +magistrates granted an order for its destruction, and on the 22nd +and 23rd it was publicly burned in the Cattle Market. At +the Norwich Police Court, on February 7th, Mr. Barnes was +summoned for sending the wheat to the mills with the view of +preparing it for human consumption, and was fined 40s. and +costs. The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, on February 8th, +discussed “the policy of destroying agricultural produce by +any local authority under the Nuisances Removal Act, 1863, +without sufficient proof of its unfitness for feeding or some +other useful purpose.” A motion was adopted affirming +that such a practice was impolitic. In the following week +handbills were circulated calling upon the citizens to make an +“indignation visit” to Mr. Barnes’ premises at +Beeston on Sunday, February 16th. The Mayor issued notices +warning all persons to abstain from taking part in the proposed +proceedings, and the Chief Constable of the county (Col. Black) +drafted to the district thirty police-officers and eight mounted +inspectors and sergeants to prevent trespass upon the farm. +Several thousands of persons visited the village during the +afternoon, but a hostile demonstration was prevented.</p> +<p>18.—The colours of the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment, +bearing the marks of the severe conflicts through which they had +passed, were “laid up” at Norwich Cathedral. +They were brought from Aldershot on the 17th, in charge of Capt. +Shirecliff Parker, Lieut. Smart, Ensign Ibbetson, and two +colour-sergeants, and were deposited for the night at the +Guildhall. On the morning of the 18th the colours, escorted +by the 15th Hussars, and preceded by the band of that regiment, +were borne to the Cathedral. After Morning Prayer had been +said, Lieut. Smart carried the Queen’s and Ensign Ibbetson +the Regimental colour to the altar rails, and, kneeling, handed +them to Canon Nisbet and Canon Heaviside, “who placed them +leaning across the altar, one on the north and the other on the +south side”; the National Anthem was played upon the organ, +and the officers and escort, who wore their busbies, +saluted. Canon Nisbet preached from Psalm xx., part of the +5th verse. The colours were subsequently placed in the +positions they now occupy in the choir.</p> +<p>23.—A fire, involving the loss of three lives and the +destruction of much valuable property, occurred at the house of +Mr. Frederick Pigg, hosier and boot and shoe manufacturer, Market +Row, Yarmouth. Mrs. Pigg, in heroically attempting to save +her two children, was buried beneath the falling roof of the +building, and the charred remains of the mother and infants were +found the following day. The value of the property +destroyed was about £3,500.</p> +<p>28.—The first of the many long discussions upon the +sewerage question during this year took place at a special +meeting of the Norwich Town Council, on a recommendation of the +Sewerage Committee that a memorial from the citizens, praying for +the introduction of the dry earth system, instead of an expensive +scheme of drainage, be not adopted. It was decided that the +works had progressed too far to admit of any reconsideration of +the plans. On February 28th a large <a +name="page175"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 175</span>meeting of +ratepayers was held at the Lecture Hall, St. Andrew’s, +under the presidency of Sir Samuel Bignold, at which the +following resolution was passed:—“That the Local +Board of Health be respectfully requested to postpone the +proposed drainage works, and that Messrs. Hay Gurney, Charles +Foster, J. Davey, and W. H. Clabburn and the other promoters of +the injunction be earnestly entreated not to interpose any +obstacle to the Board’s compliance with this +request.” The “injunctionists,” on March +2nd, received a deputation appointed by the meeting, and, after +hearing their statements, Dr. Dalrymple replied on behalf of the +relators in the suit that they were of opinion “the +question of proceeding with the scheme of drainage did not rest +with them but with the Town Council, and they were not prepared +to take any steps which would prejudice their legal position for +enforcing the purification of the river.” On March +10th a memorial was presented to the Town Council, urging that +the drainage scheme in the then perplexity of sanitary science +was “a speculation with the health of the city,” and +that it was “stark madness to plunge into a gulf of +unplumbed expenditure unwarned by the failures in other +cities.” A motion was adopted authorising the +Sewerage and Irrigation Committee to negotiate for a loan not +exceeding £60,000, required for the construction of +sewerage works. On the 17th a band paraded the city to +attract the citizens to a common hall, at which resolutions were +adopted affirming that the rates were too high and the trade of +Norwich too depressed to warrant this costly experiment in +drainage. The Town Council, on April 7th, entered into a +contract with Messrs. Shrimpton and Co., of Uxbridge Road, +London, for the construction of certain sewerage works, at the +cost of £28,874; and it was agreed to take up at interest +of the Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Office the sum of +£30,000, of which £20,000 was to be paid as soon as +the necessary security was prepared, and the remaining +£10,000 at the expiration of six months, at the rate of +£4 15s. per cent. per annum. (<i>See</i> March 5th, +1869.)</p> +<p>31.—Died at Welborne, aged 100 years, Benjamin Tooley, +“leaving a widow at the advanced age of 99.”</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—During the prevalence of a severe gale from W. and +S.W., shipping casualties of a very serious character occurred +off the coast of Norfolk, and inland considerable damage was done +to property. Trees were uprooted, stacks overturned, and +many houses partially unroofed.</p> +<p>6.—A collision occurred off Happisburgh, between the +screw steamer Swan, of and for Newcastle, and the paddle steamer +Seagull, of Hull. The Seagull, which foundered, with the +loss of a passenger, was valued at £15,000, and her cargo +at £10,000.</p> +<p>13.—During a run of the Norfolk and Suffolk Harriers +over land at West Tofts, in the occupation of Mr. Colman, the +hare was shot by a gamekeeper in the service of that +gentleman. During the altercation which ensued Mr. Colman +appeared, and blows were exchanged between the members of the +Hunt and himself. Reinforcements came to Mr. Column’s +assistance, and the engagement became general, the conflict +ending in favour of the Hunt. At the Norfolk Assizes, on +March 31st. before Mr. Baron Martin, was tried the action, Colman +<i>v.</i> Larkman, in <a name="page176"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 176</span>which the plaintiff claimed damages +for injury done to his crops and fences and for being assaulted +with a hunting-whip by the defendant. The special jury gave +a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £50.</p> +<p>15.—Died at his residence, St. Giles’ Street, +Norwich, Mr. Arthur Dalrymple, who had held the office of Clerk +of the Peace since 1856. He was a Fellow of the Society of +Antiquaries, a lover of science and art, and possessed a unique +and valuable collection of Norfolk portraits.</p> +<p>19.—In the Court of Exchequer, before the Lord Chief +Baron, Messrs. Henry Morgan and others, as assignees of the +estate and effects of Messrs. Riches and Watts, engineers, of +Norwich, brought a claim against William Cafferata, engineer, of +Newark, for the recovery of £5,000 damages which had been +sustained by the estate of the bankrupts by reason of the +explosion of a steam boiler which they purchased of the defendant +and had supplied to Mr. Richard John Stark. It was +warranted to be of the very best metal, but was really of +inferior quality, and burst with disastrous consequences. +The defendant accepted a verdict against himself of £2,000 +damages.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Portsmouth, Rear-Admiral Robert Sharpe, +K.T.S., aged 76 years. A native of Tunstead, he entered the +Navy in 1807, on board the Mars (Captain Lukin), and retired with +the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1865. “Whilst in command +of the Siska, he conducted the King of Musquito from Blasford to +Belize to be crowned.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>8.—Died at Thetford, in his 73rd year, Mr. Isaac +Carr. He was described as “a veteran politician of +the old school, who was deputed some two years since by Mr. +Harvey, M.P., to compile a history of Thetford, which he had not +completed at the time of his death.”</p> +<p>9.—The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the +new dock at Lynn was performed by Mrs. Jarvis, wife of Mr. L. W. +Jarvis, chairman of the Dock Company. (<i>See</i> July 7th, +1869.)</p> +<p>10.—The first screw steamboat built in Norwich was +launched from Field’s boatbuilding yard, Carrow +Abbey. She was named the Alexandra, and was intended for +passenger traffic on the local rivers. Mr. John Hart +Boughen was the owner of the vessel.</p> +<p>—Mr. Elijah Crosier Bailey was appointed Clerk of the +Peace for the city and county of the city of Norwich.</p> +<p>—The Norwich Town Council, on the motion of Mr. Field, +adopted a resolution affirming the desirability of arranging with +the Board of Guardians for the collection by one set of paid +collectors of all the public rates within the corporate district +of Norwich. On April 21st the Town Council adopted the +report of a joint committee of the Corporation and the Guardians, +who recommended that the corporate district be divided into eight +districts; that the then four collectors be retained at the +salary of £140 per year each; that four new collectors be +appointed, at the salary of £100 a year each; that in +future two poor rates be made yearly, namely, one in January and +one in July, both of such rates to be collected in two +instalments, the first in January and July, and the second in +April and October; and that a like arrangement be made as to the +making and collection of the rates of the Board <a +name="page177"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 177</span>of +Health. This arrangement was known as the consolidation of +the rates.</p> +<p>27.—Died at North Creake, in his 71st year, the Ven. R. +E. Hankinson, M.A., Archdeacon of Norwich. He was educated +at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. +degree in 1821, and was ordained in the same year by Bishop +Bathurst, of Norwich. For some years he was minister of +Well Walk Chapel, Hampstead; in 1847 was presented by the Dean +and Chapter of Norwich to the incumbency of St. Margaret and St. +Nicholas, King’s Lynn, which he held until 1863, when he +was presented to the rectory of North Creake; and was appointed +to the Archdeaconry of Norwich in 1857. He was succeeded by +the Rev. Augustus Macdonald Hopper, honorary canon and rural +dean, and proctor for the Archdeaconries of Norfolk and Norwich, +who was collated on April 26th.</p> +<p>31.—At the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, a meeting of the +Conservative and Constitutional Association passed a resolution +condemnatory of Mr. Gladstone’s resolutions on the Irish +Church. Many meetings were held for the same purpose in +different parts of the county, and on April 23rd the Norwich +Diocesan Church Association recorded its protest against the +measure.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>8.—A complimentary dinner, attended by about 150 +gentlemen, was given to Lord Hastings at the Royal Hotel, +Norwich, in recognition of the successful manner in which he had +hunted the East Norfolk Foxhounds.</p> +<p>13.—The English Grand Opera Company, managed by Mr. G. +B. Loveday and Mr. Oliver Summers, commenced a season’s +engagement at Norwich Theatre. Madame Haigh-Dyer was the +<i>prima donna</i>, and Mr. Henry Haigh and Mr. Henry Rowland +were members of the company. The works produced included +“Un Ballo in Maschira,” “Fidelio,” +“Masaniello,” “Faust,” +“Lurline,” “Il Trovatore,” +“Satanella,” “Rose of Castile,” and +“Crown Diamonds.”</p> +<p>14.—The headquarters of the 15th Hussars marched from +Norwich Cavalry Barracks, <i>en route</i> to York.</p> +<p>17.—East Raynham church was re-opened, after +restoration. The Marquis Townshend had entirely rebuilt the +nave, at the cost of upwards of £4,000, and the rector, the +Rev. R. Phayre, the chancel, at the cost of £1,000. +The work was commenced in May, 1866, by the contractor, Mr. +William Hubbard, of East Dereham.</p> +<p>25.—Died at Ballycroy, Ballina, co. Mayo, where he had +occupied an extensive farm, Mr. T. J. Birch, Judge of the Norfolk +County Court circuit. The second son of Mr. Wyrley Birch, +of Wretham Hall, he was born prior to the settlement of the +family in the county. He was educated at Eton, and having +graduated at Oxford, entered the Inner Temple, and was called to +the Bar on November 18th, 1831. His first official +connection with the county was as a magistrate and joint chairman +of the Court of Quarter Sessions. After the passing of the +first County Courts Act, the Liberal Government of the day +appointed him, in March, 1847, to the judgeship of the Norfolk +district. He was succeeded <a name="page178"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 178</span>in his appointment by Mr. William +Henry Cooke, Q.C., Recorder of Oxford.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at the South Kensington Hotel, London, Mr. +Albemarle Cator, of Woodbastwick Hall, aged 55. He was one +of the most prominent sportsmen in the county, was a Conservative +in politics, and was upon the Commission of the Peace. In +the year preceding his death he served the office of High Sheriff +of Norfolk.</p> +<p>4.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, an +address was adopted congratulating the Queen upon the failure of +the attempted assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh.</p> +<p>25.—The Queen’s birthday was observed at Norwich +as a public holiday. The Rifle Volunteers fired a <i>feu de +joie</i> in the Market Place, and the Artillery Volunteers a +salute on the Castle Hill. The Mayor’s +<i>déjeuner</i> at the Drill Hall was attended by 1,000 +guests, and his entertainment at the Corn Hall by over 1,000 of +the aged poor, among whom were an old lady aged 98 and her +daughter aged 80.</p> +<p>30.—Died at Thetford, Mr. Leonard Shelford Bidwell, aged +86. Mr. Bidwell had several times served the office of +Mayor, was upon the Commission of the Peace for the county and +for the borough, and was senior Alderman of the +Corporation. In politics he was a Conservative, and had +always given his support and influence to the house of Baring in +the representation of the borough.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>11.—Died at his residence, Burrator, Devon, Sir James +Brooke, K.C.B., Rajah of Sarawak.</p> +<p>13.—The name of Lord Ranelagh, High Sheriff of the +county, was brought into unpleasant prominence at Bow Street +Police Court, during the hearing of a charge against Madame +Rachel for fraudulently obtaining from a Mrs. Borradaile the sum +of £1,000, upon pretence of making her “beautiful for +ever.” Madame Rachel had informed her dupe that Lord +Ranelagh had fallen desperately in love with her, and was ready +to marry her “providing he had £1,400 for +Volunteering purposes.” Lord Ranelagh emphatically +denied having had anything to do in the matter further than that +he had received letters from Mrs. Borradaile, and had suggested +to her family that she should be taken care of, believing that +she was under delusions.</p> +<p>—Died at his residence, the Crescent, Norwich, in his +83rd year, Mr. J. N. V. Cooper, who was for more than 56 years +clerk to the Governors of the Bethel Hospital.</p> +<p>18.—In the House of Commons it was agreed, on the motion +of Mr. Howes, that the three divisions of the county be +thenceforth known as North, South, and West Norfolk, instead of +“North Eastern, South Eastern, and West.”</p> +<p>—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association +commenced at Downham Market, and was continued on the 19th. +Mr. W. Amhurst Tyssen Amherst was President.</p> +<p><a name="page179"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +179</span>20.—The Norwich Volunteers attended the review +held by the Queen in Windsor Park. The Rifles, under the +command of Lieut.-Col. Black, numbered 455; and the Artillery, +under Capt. Barber, 111. Both corps mustered on Tombland at +5.30 a.m., left Thorpe Station at 6.15 a.m., and returned from +Windsor the same day.</p> +<p>27.—The 1st Administrative Battalion Norfolk Volunteers +went into camp at Hunstanton Park, 500 strong, and remained under +canvas until July 2nd. The battalion was inspected by Col. +Boileau.</p> +<p>30.—The Norwich Electoral Union selected Mr. Jacob Henry +Tillett as Liberal candidate for the city, in view of the pending +General Election.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>23.—A two days’ cricket match commenced on the +Lakenham Ground, Norwich, between a team of “Aboriginal +Australians” and the Carrow Club. The Australians +showed surprising skill with the bat, and in the first +day’s play made 177, against the Carrow score of 82.</p> +<p>26.—Died, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron Cranworth of +Cranworth. His lordship was the eldest and only surviving +son of the Rev. Edward Rolfe, and was born December 18th, +1790. His father, like his uncle, grandfather, and great +grandfather, was a plain country clergyman, holding the livings +of Cockley Cley and of Cranworth, and it was at the rectory house +of the latter parish that he was born, and from which he selected +his title just 60 years afterwards. His mother was a Miss +Alexander, a granddaughter of Dr. Monsey, the physician of +Chelsea Hospital. Having received his early education at +Bury St. Edmund’s, he was transferred to Winchester +College, and in due course proceeded to Cambridge, took his B.A. +degree as 17th wrangler in 1812, and was elected to the +Fellowship of Downing College. He entered Lincoln’s +Inn, and was called to the Bar in 1816. One of his first +public appointments was that of Recorder of Bury St. +Edmund’s, and he more than once, as a Liberal, contested +the representation of the borough against the powerful interest +of the Marquis of Bristol. In 1832 he obtained a silk gown, +and in the same year was returned to Parliament. On +becoming Solicitor-General, in 1834, he received the honour of +knighthood, and at the close of 1839 accepted a puisne judgeship +as one of the Barons of Exchequer. In 1850 he was nominated +a Vice-Chancellor, a post which, in the following year, he +exchanged for that of a Justice of Appeal in Chancery, which he +continued to hold until the Great Seal of the kingdom was +entrusted to his hands by Lord Aberdeen, on the formation of the +Coalition Cabinet in December, 1852. In the same year he +was raised to the Peerage, and as Lord Cranworth again held the +Great Seal in 1865–66. His lordship married Miss +Carr, of Froghall Park, Hampstead.</p> +<p>27.—Mr. Simmons ascended in his large balloon from the +Victoria Gardens, Yarmouth, and descended at Caister. On +August 6th he made an ascent from the Greenhill Gardens, Norwich, +and descended in Horstead Park. Mr. Simmons, on August +13th, exhibited the balloon in Norwich Market Place, where, in a +captive state, it made several ascents. The aeronaut, +accompanied by Mr. William Maris, then ascended to the height of +10,000 feet in the space <a name="page180"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 180</span>of two minutes, when the balloon +drifted away in a north-easterly direction. The passengers +made a perilous descent near the sea coast. They narrowly +escaped with their lives by jumping out of the car, and the +balloon, blown out to sea, fell into the water two and a half +miles off Sheringham. The voyage from Norwich lasted only +fifteen minutes.</p> +<p>29.—A great Volunteer <i>fête</i> and <i>al +fresco</i> entertainment took place in the grounds of Quebec +House, East Dereham, the residence of Capt. Bulwer. The +<i>fête</i>, which was attended by many hundreds of +persons, was in aid of the funds of the corps.</p> +<p>31.—Died at his residence, St. George’s Middle +Street, Norwich, aged 75, the Rev. John Alexander, for nearly 50 +years pastor of Prince’s Street chapel. “He was +honoured and loved by his congregation as a kind-hearted, +liberal-minded, and truly Christian gentleman.”</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>7.—The dismounted party of the B and C Batteries, Royal +Horse Artillery, arrived by rail at Norwich. The mounted +portion marched in on the 13th, under the command of Major H. P. +Bishop.</p> +<p>8.*—“The death, of Mr. George Cattermole, the +well-known artist, is announced. He was born at +Dickleburgh, near Diss, in 1800. At an early age he +acquired proficiency as a draughtsman, and some of the most +elaborate drawings in Britton’s ‘Cathedrals’ +emanate from him.”</p> +<p>—Chang, the Chinese giant, was exhibited at the Lecture +Hall, St. Andrew’s, Norwich. “He is between +8½ ft and 9 ft. high, and his natural suavity of manner is +very agreeable to those he meets.”</p> +<p>10.—The Grand English Opera and Ballet Company appeared +at Norwich Theatre. The <i>artistes</i>, included Miss +Annie Thirlwall, Miss Blanch Cole, Miss Fanny Rowland, Mr. +William Parkinson, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Eugene Corri, Mr. +Charles Durand, &c. In the company’s repertory +were “Un Ballo in Maschira,” “Faust,” and +a <i>ballet divertissement</i>, in which the sisters Louie and +Marie Smithers appeared.</p> +<p>19.—The British Association for the Advancement of +Science commenced its thirty-eighth congress at Norwich. +The General Committee met at St. Pater’s Hall in the +morning, and in the evening the President, Mr. J. D. Hooker, +F.R.S., D.C.L., delivered his inaugural address, at the Drill +Hall. The various sections were presided over by the +following gentlemen:—Mathematical and Physical Science, +Professor Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S.; Chemical Science, Professor +Frankland, F.R.S.; Geology, Mr. R. A. C. Godwin Austen, F.R.S., +F.G.S.; Biology, the Rev. J. M. Berkeley, M.A., F.R.S.; Geography +and Ethnology, Capt. Richards, F.R.S., Hydrographer to the Royal +Navy; Economic Science and Statistics, Mr. Samuel Brown, +President of the Society of Actuaries; Mechanical Science, Mr. G. +Bidder, C.E. On the 22nd the members were invited to Crown +Point by Mr. R. J. H. Harvey and Lady Henrietta Harvey. The +concluding meeting was held at St. Peter’s Hall on the +26th, after which excursions were made to Lynn, Hunstanton, +Wolterton, Walsingham, Burgh Castle, and Holkham Hall, where the +members were entertained by the Earl of Leicester. The +International Congress of Prehistoric Archæology, presided +over by Sir <a name="page181"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +181</span>John Lubbock, was held simultaneously with the +gathering of the British Association. Its meetings took +place at the Public Library.</p> +<p>19.—Died at his residence, Craven Hill Gardens, +Bayswater, General Sir George Petre Wymer, K.C.B., Colonel of the +107th Regiment. He was a son of Mr. George Wymer, of +Reepham, where he was born on August 19th, 1788. Educated +at North Walsham, he entered the military service of the East +India Company in August, 1804, served in Lord Lake’s +campaign of 1805, and throughout the Nepaul War in +1814–15. In 1840 he joined the army under Sir William +Nott at Candahar, and was present during the investment of that +city. He was appointed brigadier, and in command of the +First Brigade of the Candahar Force saw much active +service. In 1842 he was appointed <i>aide-de-camp</i> to +the Queen, in recognition of his services in Afghanistan, and in +1857 he was made a K.C.B. for his military services in +India. His military career extended over 64 years. +General Wymer married, in 1833, a daughter of Sir C. F. +Crespigny.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—A new lifeboat, built at the cost of £1,000 +subscribed to the National Lifeboat Institution by Mr. Benjamin +Bond Cabbell, of Cromer Hall, was launched at Cromer. Mr. +Bond Cabbell also provided all the necessary appliances, the +transport carriage, and the boat-house. The Bishop of the +diocese delivered an address at the launch, and the ceremony of +christening the boat by the name of Benjamin Bond Cabbell was +performed by Miss Buxton.</p> +<p>7.—Died, Francis Baring, third Baron Ashburton. +His lordship was second son of Alexander, first Baron, by his +wife Anne Louisa, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Bingham, of +Philadelphia. He was born on May 20th, 1800, and married in +January, 1831, Mdlle. Claire Hortense, daughter of the Duke de +Bassano, by whom he left issue Alexander, his successor in the +title, and formerly Member of Parliament for Thetford, the Hon. +Denzil Hugh Baring, and an only daughter, Mary Louisa Anne, +married to the Duke of Grafton. Previously to his accession +to the family honours, the deceased nobleman represented Thetford +in Parliament, namely, from 1832 to 1841, and from July, 1848, to +December, 1857. He was a Conservative in politics, but, +like his father and brother, was moderate in his views, and +generally voted with the class of politicians formerly known as +“Peelites.”</p> +<p>10.—Died at Westgate House, near Bury St. +Edmund’s, Rear-Admiral Sir William Legge George +Hoste. He was the eldest son of Sir William Hoste (who was +created baronet in 1814 for his naval services, but particularly +for the victory he gained over the combined French and Italian +squadrons off the island of Lessa in 1811), and Lady Harriett, +third daughter of Horatio, second Earl of Orford. Born on +March 19th, 1818, he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of +his father, in December, 1828. He was Gentleman Usher to +Queen Adelaide from 1845 to 1849, and was appointed +Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria in 1860.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>21.—Died, from the effects of an accident, caused by a +fall from his <a name="page182"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +182</span>horse whilst riding from Cringleford to Earlham, Mr. +Charles Evans, barrister-at-law, and Chancellor for the Diocese +of Norwich. Mr. Evans was born at Harrow in 1798, and was +the eldest son of the Rev. Benjamin Evans, formerly a Fellow of +Pembroke College, Cambridge, and for many years assistant-master +at Harrow School. After remaining a short time at Eton, he +proceeded to Pembroke College, where he took his degree in 1819, +as twelfth wrangler, and was afterwards elected a Fellow. +On being called to the Bar Mr. Evans joined the Norfolk Circuit, +and in 1824 settled in Norwich, where he practised to the time of +his death. In 1845 he was appointed by Bishop Stanley to +the Chancellorship of the diocese. He was acting judge of +the Court of Record, Chairman of the Board of Guardians, to which +office he was elected on the passing of the new Act in 1863; +president of the directors of the Norwich Union Office, a +magistrate of the city, chairman of the Governors of the Grammar +School, &c. Mr. Evans married in 1829 Emily, daughter +of Mr. George Morse, of Catton, by whom he left eight +children—five sons and three daughters.</p> +<p>31.—The Earl of Leicester presided at a meeting of the +inhabitants of the county and city, held at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, “for the purpose of bringing the affairs of +the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital before the public.” +Resolutions were adopted affirming that the resources of the +institution were inadequate to meet the annual expenditure, and +as a means of increasing the revenue it was desirable “that +on one Sunday at least in every year, as far as possible on the +same Sunday, collections be made for the benefit of the Norfolk +and Norwich Hospital in places of worship throughout the diocese, +where such collections shall not interfere with the claims of +other hospitals.” As the resources of the Hospital +were heavily drawn upon by casualty cases, a separate fund called +the Accident Fund was established.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Mr. Edward Kerrison Harvey was elected Mayor and Mr. +John Robison appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>15.—For the second time since its erection in +1857–8, the Britannia pier at Yarmouth was partially +destroyed. Built at the cost of £6,000, it was +originally 750 feet in length. On October 25th, 1859, +during a tremendous gale, a sloop, driven from her anchors, was +dashed upon the pier and divided it into two portions. It +was deemed advisable not to rebuild the severed portion, 80 feet +in length, and the terminal portion was subsequently +removed. During a heavy north-east gale on this date the +schooner Seagull, of Lynn, parted from her anchors, and, drifting +towards land, struck against the north side of the pier. +The crew of six hands speedily scrambled upon the structure and +escaped, but about 105 feet of the centre portion of the pier was +completely torn away and damage done to the amount of nearly +£1,000.</p> +<p>16.—The nomination of candidates for Norwich, to be +elected under the new Reform Act, took place at the +Guildhall. The Liberal candidates were Col. Sir William +Russell, Bart., C.B., Charlton Park, Charlton Kings, Gloucester, +and Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett; and the Conservative candidates Sir +Henry Josias Stracey, Bart., of Rackheath, who had been selected +about a fortnight previously. The show of <a +name="page183"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 183</span>hands was +in favour of the Liberals, and Sir Samuel Bignold demanded a +poll, which was opened on the 17th “at 29 polling places +most conveniently arranged in the different wards.” +The pronouncement of the electorate at this election was upon the +Irish Church, and at Norwich, as elsewhere, a severe contest +resulted. The poll closed at four o’clock with the +return of Sir William Russell and Sir Henry Stracey, the figures +being officially declared on the 18th as follow:—Stracey, +4,521; Russell, 4,509; Tillett, 4,364. Sir Henry Stracey, +accompanied by Lady Stracey, on the morning of the 18th was +escorted from Rackheath Park to Norwich, by his mounted tenantry, +and received at Magdalene Gates by an imposing procession of +Conservative electors, who, amid the playing of brass bands and +the ringing of St. Peter Mancroft bells, accompanied him to the +Guildhall. After the declaration the procession, half a +mile in length, marched through the city. Mr. Tillett, in +an address to the electors, stated: “The Tory party have, +beyond all precedent, and in the most undisguised manner, +committed themselves to the disgrace involved in the wholesale +purchase of votes.” (<i>See</i> January 14th, +1869.)</p> +<p>16.—The nomination of representatives to serve in +Parliament for the Western Division of the county took place at +Swaffham, when Sir William Bagge, Bart., and the Hon. Thomas de +Grey were re-elected without opposition.</p> +<p>17.—The nomination of candidates for the borough took +place at King’s Lynn. Lord Stanley and the Hon. +Robert Bourke were nominated by the Conservatives, and Sir Thomas +Fowell Buxton, Bart., by the Liberals. The poll was opened +on the 18th, and resulted as follows:—Stanley, 1,265; +Bourke, 1,125; Buxton, 1,012. (<i>See</i> March 16th, +1869.)</p> +<p>—Died at his residence, Surrey Street, Norwich, in his +82nd year, Mr. Thomas Brightwell. A native of Ipswich, he +married the only daughter of Mr. W. M. Wilkin, of Costessey, and +settled in Norwich, where he resided for 60 years, and practised +as a solicitor. An earnest Nonconformist, he joined the +congregation which assembled at the Old Meeting in St. +Clement’s, where to the close of his life he officiated as +one of the deacons. He was the author of a work on the +Pentateuch, and his intellectual attainments and scientific +pursuits gained him admission into the circle which included +William Taylor, Doctors Sayers, Martineau, Rigby, and Barrow, Sir +James Smith, and other Norwich celebrities. Men bearing +historic names, and of widely different sentiments, had from time +to time been entertained beneath his roof—Williams, Dr. +Gary, Moffat, Doctors Philip and Wolff, of missionary fame; +Joseph Kinghorn, the eloquent Irving, Belzoni, the Egyptian +explorer; Professor Sedgwick, George Borrow, and many others who +had done good service in the cause of religion, literature, and +science. A close observer of nature, Mr. Brightwell gave +much of his time to entomology, and a fine collection of insects +in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum was formed by him. But +the study to which, in his later years, he devoted especial +attention was that of Infusoria. A treatise upon Infusoria, +illustrated from drawings by his daughter, was written by Mr. +Brightwell and printed for private circulation. At the +Norwich Congress of the British Association, of which he was a +vice-president, he was greatly amused by the anxious and +ineffectual endeavours made by several of the scientific men +present to procure <a name="page184"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +184</span>copies of the work, then out of print. In 1821 +Mr. Brightwell became a Fellow of the Linnæan Society, and +he also rendered considerable assistance in the formation of the +Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution and of the Norfolk and +Norwich Museum.</p> +<p>21.—The nomination of candidates for South Norfolk took +place at the Shirehall, Norwich. The Conservative +candidates were Mr. Edward Howes, of Morningthorpe, and Mr. Clare +Sewell Read, of Honingham Thorpe. Mr. Henry Lombard Hudson, +of Harleston, was nominated by the Liberals. The polling, +on the 24th, resulted as follows: Read, 3,097; Howes, 3,055; +Hudson, 1,679.</p> +<p>23.—The following gentlemen were nominated at Aylsham to +contest the new constituency of North Norfolk:—Sir Edmund +Knowles Lacon, Bart., and the Hon. Frederick Walpole, +Conservatives; Mr. Edward Robert Wodehouse and Mr. Robert T. +Gurdon, Liberals. The polling took place on the 26th, at +nine polling-places—Aylsham, Cromer, Holt, North Walsham, +Ormesby, Reepham, Stalham, Wells, and Yarmouth. The +official declaration was made at Aylsham on the 28th, as +follows:—Walpole, 2,630; Lacon, 2,563; Wodehouse, 2,235; +Gurdon, 2,078. (<i>See</i> May 17th, 1869.)</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>19.*—“A club bearing the name of the Norwich +Football Club has been started, and has already begun to play +upon the Norfolk and Norwich Cricket Ground. Mr. Croker has +been elected president, and Mr. Edward A. Field treasurer and +secretary.” The members made their public +<i>début</i> on February 5th, 1869, in a match against +King Edward VI. School. (This is the first reference to +football, as distinct from the old game of camp ball, made in the +columns of the <span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span>.)</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime produced at Norwich Theatre was +entitled “The White Fawn, or the Loves of Buttercup and +Daisy and the Fairies of the Coral Lake.” At +Wombwell’s Menagerie (then owned by Mr. Fairgrieve, of +Edinburgh) was exhibited, “Prince Bonta Workey, son of the +late King Theodore, who held levées in his grand state +saloon at stated intervals during the day.”</p> +<p>—Died at his residence, Chapel Field Road, Norwich, Mr. +Trivet Allcock, in his 80th year. “He was an active +politician and staunch Liberal, and had associated in his earlier +life with men like William Taylor and others, whose superior +learning formerly made Norwich celebrated.”</p> +<h3>1869.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—At the justices’ room of the Mansion House, +London, John Henry Gurney, Henry Edmund Gurney, Robert Birkbeck, +Henry Ford Barclay, Henry George Gordon, and William Rennie, +directors of Overend, <a name="page185"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 185</span>Gurney, and Company, Limited, were +summoned for having, in July, 1865, and at divers other times, +conspired to defraud Dr. Adam Thom and others who became +shareholders in the company, of money to the amount of three +millions sterling. The defendants, on the 27th, were +committed for trial, and were admitted to bail, each of them in +the sum of £10,000, with two sureties of £5,000 +each. The trial commenced in the Court of Queen’s +Bench on December 13th, before the Lord Chief Justice, who summed +up on December 22nd, and the jury, after a few minutes’ +deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. Intense +excitement prevailed in Norwich during the trial, and on December +22nd, when the result was telegraphed to the city, it was +everywhere hailed with great satisfaction. A remarkable +scene occurred at Norwich Corn Hall, where a sale was in progress +when the intelligence was received. The proceedings were +stopped by cheering, the waving of hats, and other demonstrations +of approval, and the auctioneer, addressing the company, said, +“The name of Gurney was an honoured name in Norwich. +The Gurneys had ever been friends of the poor and kind and good +to all classes, and all were glad that the trial had resulted in +the honourable acquittal of all the defendants.”</p> +<p>2.—At the Lambeth Police Court, William Sheward, aged +57, was charged upon his own confession with the wilful murder of +his wife, Martha Sheward, at Norwich, on June 15th, 1851. +On the night of January 1st the prisoner went to the Carter +Street Police Station and said to the officer in charge, “I +have killed my wife. I have kept the secret for years, but +I can keep it no longer.” In a further statement he +said he had intended to destroy himself, “but the Almighty +would not let him do it.” He added that he had cut up +his wife’s body, and that a portion was kept in spirits of +wine at the Guildhall at Norwich, by order of the +magistrates. At the Norwich Police Court, on January 4th, +the Chief Constable (Mr. Hitchman) detailed to the magistrates +the particulars reported to him by the London police, and stated +that on June 21st, 1851, portions of a human body were found in +different parts of the city and deposited at the Guildhall. +The magistrates issued a warrant for the apprehension of Sheward, +who, on January 7th, was brought to Norwich, and appeared before +the Bench on January 8th. He was described as a licensed +victualler, of the Key and Castle public-house, St. +Martin-at-Oak, and it was proved that he married his first wife, +a Norfolk woman, who formerly lived at Wymondham, at Greenwich, +on October 28th, 1836. In 1838 he came to Norwich, opened a +pawnbroker’s shop in St. Giles’, and became +bankrupt. When living in Tabernacle Street, in 1851, his +wife suddenly disappeared, about the 9th or 10th of June. +Upon this evidence the prisoner was remanded, and at subsequent +hearings witnesses were called who deposed to finding various +portions of human remains in different parts of the city and +suburbs in the summer of 1851. Relatives of the deceased +woman stated that the prisoner accounted for her disappearance by +saying that she had left Norwich for a time. On February +1st the prisoner was fully committed for trial. At the +Norwich Assizes, on March 29th, before Mr. Baron Pigott, Sheward +was placed upon his trial, and on the second day of the hearing +Mr. Metcalfe, Q.C., for the defence, contended that the accused +was labouring under delusions when he made the confession. +The jury, after three-quarters of an hour private deliberation, +returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner, who had nothing +to say, was sentenced to death. Immediately after <a +name="page186"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 186</span>the trial +anonymous letters were published in the London newspapers +asserting the innocence of the prisoner; similar letters were +addressed to the Magistrates’ Clerk at Norwich, and one +communication actually purported to have been written by Mrs. +Sheward herself. Efforts were made to obtain a commutation +of sentence, on the ground of the long interval that had elapsed +between the perpetration of the murder and the trial of the +accused. These efforts, however, were of no avail, and the +capital sentence was carried out by Calcraft at the City Gaol on +April 20th. This was the first private execution that had +taken place in Norwich. It was announced that on April 13th +the culprit made a full confession of his crime, and gave +detailed particulars of the manner in which he had disposed of +the body of the murdered woman. In a letter to his second +wife he also admitted his guilt.</p> +<p>14.—The trial of the election petition presented by Mr. +Jacob Henry Tillett against the return of Sir Henry Josias +Stracey, Bart., as member of Parliament for Norwich, commenced at +the Shirehall, before Mr. Baron Martin. Counsel for the +petitioner were Mr. Serjeant Ballantyne, Mr. Keane, Q.C., and Mr. +Simms Reeve; and for the respondent, Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., Mr. +Serjeant Sleigh, Mr. E. L. O’Malley, and Mr. J. C. C. +Wyld. Bribery, treating, personation, and other matters +were alleged. In his opening address, Mr. Ballantyne +asserted “that the bribery was most profligate and most +wholesale, and that houses were opened by persons of apparent +respectability for the mere purpose of carrying out this bribery, +and men of position who ought to have known a great deal better +were concerned in it.” After three days’ +hearing, the trial resulted in the unseating of Sir Henry +Stracey. The learned judge, in his report to the Speaker of +the House of Commons, stated that although no corrupt practice +was proved to have been made with the knowledge or consent of any +of the candidates, and, further, it was proved to his entire +satisfaction that neither Sir Henry Stracey nor the other +candidates at the said election had any personal knowledge of or +connection whatever with bribery or any other illegal or corrupt +practice, he had determined that Sir Henry Stracey was not duly +elected, and that his election was rendered void by the acts of +his agents. The persons reported for being guilty of +corrupt practices were Robert Hardiment, Arthur Hunt, Robert +Callow, and Thomas Hutchings. The first-named absconded +after the petition was presented. It was also stated in the +report that a number of persons went to the poll in a gross state +of drunkenness. (<i>See</i> April 1st.)</p> +<p>15.—A trout weighing 15 lbs. was captured in a drop net +near the New Mills, Norwich.</p> +<p>16.—Messrs. Jolly and Son, coachbuilders, Norwich, +advertised that they had “arranged to supply from a noted +French maker the celebrated bicycle velocipede, so much in vogue +in Paris.” The price of the machine was from 8 gs. +upwards. On the 30th there was an editorial announcement to +the effect that “an attempt is being made to introduce this +latest novelty in locomotive machinery, now so fashionable in +Paris, to the Norwich public, by Mr. C. Thorn, who has two at his +establishment, for the inspection of the curious.” +The “first velocipede journey of any considerable distance +from Norwich” was performed on March 30th by Mr. B. W. +Jolly, who travelled from Norwich to Yarmouth, including a +stoppage of fifteen minutes at Acle, in 2 hours 30 minutes. +“The progress of the traveller was considerably retarded by +<a name="page187"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 187</span>the +roughness of the roads and a powerful gale.” A short +time previously Mr. G. W. Bellamy, of Saxlingham, on a velocipede +built by Messrs. Jolly and Son, but under much more favourable +conditions as to roads and weather, accomplished a distance of 56 +miles in 6 hours 25 minutes, exclusive of a short delay midway on +the journey. A Norwich Velocipede Club was established in +the month of April, and on the 29th an exhibition of the machines +was held at the Corn Hall, under the management of Mr. +Thorn. On the same occasion was exhibited “one of the +old-fashioned dandy horses, the original or the velocipede +tribe,” but, it was added, “the now velocipede is +more easily managed.” The first velocipede races took +place at the athletic sports of the Norwich Gymnastic Society, +held on Newmarket Road Cricket Ground, on May 24th. A +“slow race,” ridden by Messrs. Jolly, Griffiths, and +Goldsmith, was won by the last-named. A “plank +race,” in which the bicycles were ridden upon a seventy +yards’ length of plank, was won by a competitor named +Ewing. A one mile “fast race” was ridden in +heats, the first of which was won by Kent, of Beccles, and the +second by Bellamy. Kent was the winner of the final heat, +in 4 minutes 49 seconds. “He came over on his bicycle +from Beccles in the morning, and returned the same way after the +sports.” By the end of the year there was a marked +increase in the number of local cyclists. Accidents to +inexperienced riders were frequently recorded, and many +complaints were made by drivers of the alarm occasioned to horses +by the appearance of these new-fangled machines.</p> +<p>16.—The so-called monastic chapel erected at Elm Hill, +Norwich, by Father Ignatius, was the subject of further +discussion. Miss Robinson, a “lady preacher,” +had hired the “monastery,” and named it the +“Jehovah Jireh chapel,” whereupon Ignatius issued a +notice warning her and others concerned that he was the owner of +the building. On this date “Brother Philip” and +one or two other members of the confraternity came to Norwich, +under instructions from Ignatius, and demanded the keys of the +building from Mr. Liddlelow, who refused to give them up unless +authorised by his principal, Mr. Backhouse, surveyor, of +Ipswich. At midnight on the 18th Ignatius, who had arrived +in Norwich a few hours previously, with other brethren, gained +access to the old sanctuary by, they asserted, miraculous +intervention, and thence made their way to the new chapel. +The police were sent for, and Ignatius was informed that he had +no right there; as he declined to leave the building, the police +refused to interfere. Mr. Liddlelow, on the 19th, applied +to the magistrates for an order of ejectment, but as a question +of right was involved, they would have nothing to do with the +matter. On the same evening Ignatius performed service in +the chapel, and stated, in the course of his address, that Miss +Robinson had acted in the most honourable manner, but had been +misled by others. He alluded to her as his “sister in +Christ,” and Miss Robinson, who preached in the chapel on +the evening of the 20th, spoke of Ignatius as her “brother +in Christ.” Ignatius addressed the congregation at +the close of the proceedings, and informed them that he should +never allow the chapel to be used for any other purpose than that +of monastic worship. “Although the members of Father +Ignatius’ congregation and the members of Miss +Robinson’s flock could not be more opposed in their mode of +thought, yet the greatest harmony prevailed, and at the close +they offered up the Lord’s Prayer in perfect +unison.”</p> +<p><a name="page188"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +188</span>18.—The new Cemetery at Diss was consecrated by +the Bishop of Norwich. The total cost of the chapels, +lodge, &c., was about £1,750, but this sum was +exclusive of the price of the land.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—Died, in his 87th year, at Norwich, Thomas Hurry, +church bell-hanger, and for more than 50 years a member of the +St. Peter Mancroft company of ringers.</p> +<p>12.—A severe gale occurred on the Norfolk coast. +The barque Try Again was lost off Yarmouth, and the crew saved by +means of the rocket apparatus. Other vessels were wrecked, +and several lives lost.</p> +<p>13.*—“We are sorry to learn that the Norfolk +County Cricket Club has been brought to an untimely end. +The officers of the club hold out no hope that it can be carried +on, as the persistent apathy of those who call themselves +members, many of whom have failed to pay their subscriptions, has +left the treasurer with a large amount of debts and no hope of +being able to meet them.” At a meeting held on the +17th, it was agreed by the Dereham Cricket Club to hire the +ground hitherto let to the County Cricket Club.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>5.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a report +was received from the Sewerage and Irrigation Committee, stating +that an intimation had been made by the contractor for the +construction of the intercepting sewers that he would be unable +to proceed with his contract unless the Committee advanced him a +sum of money. As neither the Committee nor the Board of +Health had power to do so under the contract, proposals were made +to the contractor (Mr. Wainwright), which resulted in the +Committee taking possession of the works, materials, +&c. The opinion was expressed that the Committee had +acted with due consideration of the interests and safety of the +public, and at the same time with consideration for the +contractor, who appeared to have met with unforeseen difficulties +in the prosecution of that part of the works in course of +construction at Trowse, the soil there consisting of sand +instead, as was supposed, of chalk. The Town Council, on +March 16th, agreed that the contract with Mr. Wainwright be +cancelled, upon payment to the parties entitled thereto of +£2,800, in full satisfaction of all claims and for the +purchase of plant and materials. On July 20th the Sewerage +and Irrigation Committee reported that, in consequence of the +nature of the soil through which so large a portion of the +tunnelling had to be carried, and other unforeseen circumstances, +the original estimate would be exceeded, but the ultimate cost of +the works would not be more than £81,500, to be reduced to +£78,500 by the sale of plant, &c. A description +of the sewerage works was published on December 24th, from which +it appeared that all the money authorised to be raised by Act of +Parliament, £75,000, had been borrowed, and the greater +part of it already expended. The whole of the high level +sewer was completed on this date. It extended from the +Ipswich Road, along Town Close Road, through Mount Pleasant Lane, +across the fields and under Mill Hill <a name="page189"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 189</span>Lane to West Pottergate street, +Bedford Street, Opie Street, the Cattle Market, and King Street, +to a point near Messrs. Morgan’s Brewery, where it joined +the low level sewer, a distance of more than two and a half +miles. Branch sewers had been laid in various +directions. The low level sewer, from the New Mills, along +Westwick Street, Charing Cross, St. Andrew’s, +Prince’s Street, Tombland, Upper King Street, and along +King Street to the gates had also been completed, a few short +distances excepted. The work was carried out under the +direction of the engineer, Mr. Morant, and of the Sewerage and +Irrigation Committee, of which Mr. J. G. Johnson was +chairman. (<i>See</i> October 1st, 1872.)</p> +<p>9.—Died at Torquay, Sir John P. Boileau, Bart., of +Ketteringham Park. The eldest son of Mr. John Peter +Boileau, he was born in 1794, educated at Eton and Merton +College, Oxford, and in 1813 entered the Rifle Brigade, from +which he retired in 1818. He married, in 1824, Lady +Catherine Sarah Elliot, daughter of the first Earl of Minto, by +whom he had two sons, Francis George Manningham, born in 1830, +who succeeded to the baronetcy, and Edward William Pollin, born +in 1831, and five daughters. Sir John was a magistrate and +Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Norfolk, and served the +office of High Sheriff in 1844. As a memorial to his wife, +who died in 1862, he founded the Catherine ward in the Norfolk +and Norwich Hospital. He was devoted to the pursuit of +science and the arts, was a vice-president of the Society of +Antiquaries, a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of +Artists, president of the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological +Society, vice-president of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, and a +member of the committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial +Musical Festival.</p> +<p>11.—Prince’s Street chapel, Norwich, was +re-opened, after having been re-arranged and improved, under the +direction of Mr. Edward Boardman, architect, at the cost of +£2,600. As originally planned, in 1819, it was a +building of heavy and uninteresting appearance; the new designs +by Mr. Boardman gave to it an imposing façade. The +Rev. Newman Hall preached at the opening services.</p> +<p>12.—A race took place between Joseph Tuck, a pedestrian, +of Little Snoring, and a trotting pony belonging to Mr. +Gutteridge. The match was for £40, the distance 500 +yards, and the start was from scratch. Tuck had the race in +hand the whole way, and passed the winning-post thirty yards +ahead of the pony.</p> +<p>13.*—“Mr. Bunnett, of Norwich, has successfully +undergone the necessary preliminary of the searching examination +in music by Professor Sterndale Bennett. As a corollary of +the examination, the exercise of Mr. Bunnett for the degree of +Doctor in Music was performed in the chapel of Trinity College, +Cambridge, on the 8th instant, in the presence of Professor +Bennett, and produced a very good impression.”</p> +<p>16.—The trial of the election petition against the +return of the Hon. R. Bourke, one of the Conservative members for +the borough, commenced at King’s Lynn, before Mr. Baron +Martin. The petitioners alleged corrupt practices, +treating, and intimidation. The hearing concluded on the +17th, when the Judge stated that he was clearly of opinion that +the object of the petition had failed, and it would be his duty +to report to the Speaker of the House of Commons that Mr. Bourke +had been duly elected.</p> +<p><a name="page190"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +190</span>27.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Baron +Pigott, Francis Howard Clare (42), shoemaker, was indicted for +the wilful murder of his wife, Ann Frances Clare, on October +16th, 1868. The woman was found with her throat cut, and it +was alleged that the prisoner had inflicted the wound. Mr. +Metcalfe, for the defence, set up the theory of suicide, and the +jury, adopting that view, returned a verdict of not guilty.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.—In the House of Commons a motion was agreed to for +the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into alleged +corrupt practices at Norwich at the last election of members to +serve in Parliament. (<i>See</i> August 21st.)</p> +<p>14.—The Watton and Swaffham Railway Bill was considered +by a Select Committee of the House of Commons. The company +asked for powers to extend from Watton in the direction of +Thetford the line of railway constructed between Swaffham and +Watton. The Committee decided that the preamble had been +proved. On June 25th a Select Committee of the House of +Lords ordered the Bill to be reported to that House. The +estimated cost of the construction of the line was £72,500; +the capital proposed to be raised under the Bill was +£80,000—£62,000 by shares, and the remaining +£20,000 by borrowing powers. The line to Roudham was +opened for passenger traffic on October 18th.</p> +<p>15.—The Committee appointed by the House of Commons to +investigate the condition of turnpike trusts considered the +affairs of the Norfolk group. The Committee decided that +the New Buckenham, the Norwich, Swaffham, and Mattishall, the +Norwich and Watton, and the Thetford trusts be not continued, and +that the Aylsham and Cromer trusts be continued.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>12.—Died at King’s Lynn, Mr. Charles Gill, +“the well-known and highly respected lessee and manager of +theatres in the East Anglian district, and talented +comedian.” Mr. Gill had attained the age of 74 years, +and left a daughter with whom he was about to proceed to +Australia. In his earlier days Mr. Gill performed with the +great Kean and many other eminent actors.</p> +<p>17.—Loveday’s English Opera Company commenced an +engagement at Norwich Theatre. Mdlle. Mariana and Miss Ella +Collins made their first appearance in Norwich.</p> +<p>—The hearing of the election petition against the return +of the Hon. Frederick Walpole and Sir E. H. K. Lacon, as members +for North Norfolk, commenced at the Shirehall, Norwich, before +Mr. Justice Blackburn. The nominal petitioner was Mr. +Edward Colman, merchant, of London, who alleged bribery, +treating, undue influence, employment of roughs, illegal payment +of travelling expenses, and, what was a novel feature in election +inquiries, the employment of canvassers. Counsel for the +petitioner were Mr. Serjeant Ballantyne and Mr. <a +name="page191"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 191</span>Littler, +and for the respondents Mr. O’Malley, Q.C., Mr. Rodwell, +Q.C., and Mr. Blofeld. The trial concluded on the 24th, +when his lordship, in delivering judgment, said the petition had +completely failed. Both members were duly elected, and in +the present case there was no reason for departing from the rule +that the petitioner must pay the costs.</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was observed in the usual +manner at Norwich. A parade of the Royal Horse Artillery +and the Volunteers took place. The event was officially +observed on June 2nd, when the troops were reviewed on Mousehold; +the Mayor and Mayoress entertained the aged poor at the Corn +Hall, and gave a feast to the inmates of the Workhouse.</p> +<p>26.—The foundation-stone of the new church of St. +James’, Yarmouth, was laid by the Dean of Norwich. +The church was partially opened on April 27th, 1870.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>4.—A crane was shot at South Pickenham. It was a +young male, in good condition, measured 64 inches in length, and +weighed 10½ lbs.; the expanse of its wings was 93 +inches. On the 12th two were killed out of four seen at +Burnham, and about the same time another was shot on the Thornham +salt marshes. The occurrence of so many cranes in one year +was remarkable, as not more than three or four specimens were +known to have been procured in Norfolk during the preceding half +century.</p> +<p>8.—A great demonstration was held at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, in opposition to the Irish Church Bill. The +meeting was convened by the Norwich Conservative and +Constitutional Association, and was presided over by Sir Samuel +Bignold.</p> +<p>9.—Died at Lugano, Switzerland, where he had gone for +the benefit of his health, Mr. Charles Cory, Town Clerk of Great +Yarmouth, aged 57. He was a son of Mr. Robert Cory, +solicitor, a former Mayor of the borough, and was elected Town +Clerk in 1851, in succession to Mr. J. Clowes. Mr. Charles +Diver was elected to the vacant office on June 21st.</p> +<p>15.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, it +was reported that new governors had been appointed under the +amended Grammar School and Commercial School scheme. The +Town Clerk, it was stated, had obtained for the Corporation the +right of interfering in the trust, and had procured the adoption +of the lists furnished by the Council. The principle +obtained was an important one—that no body of trustees +exercising a trust for the benefit of the city and neighbourhood +should be allowed to make enormous and various changes in their +government and management of the school, which was the property +of the Council as much as theirs, without the sanction of the +representative body.</p> +<p>24.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association commenced at Attleborough, and was continued on the +25th. The members’ dinner took place at the Corn +Hall, and was presided over by the Hon. Thomas de Grey, M.P.</p> +<p><a name="page192"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +192</span>26.—The annual camp of the 1st Administrative +Battalion of Norfolk Volunteers was formed at Hunstanton +Park. The Battalion was inspected by Lieut.-Col. Elliott, +and the camp was struck on July 2nd.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>7.—The new dock at Lynn, completed at the cost of +upwards of £80,000, was opened by the Prince of Wales, who +was accompanied by the Princess of Wales. Their Royal +Highnesses arrived by special train from London, and were +received at the railway station by the Chairman of the Dock +Company (Mr. L. W. Jarvis), the Mayor (Mr. J. Thorley), the +members of Parliament for the borough, and others. Escorted +by a troop of the 3rd (Prince of Wales’) Dragoons, from +Colchester, the Prince and Princess proceeded to the Town Hall, +where an address was read by the Recorder. After a visit to +the Grammar School, where his Royal Highness presented the medal +annually given by him to the head boy, the procession went to the +Common Staithe Quay, where the twin screw steamer Mary, of +London, was lying ready to receive the party on board. The +band of the Grenadier Guards, under Mr. Dan Godfrey, played a +selection of music as the vessel steamed down the Estuary +Channel. Returning to the harbour, the Mary passed through +the lock gate into the Dock basin, amid the loud cheers of the +spectators, the playing of the National Anthem, and the ringing +of the church bells. His Royal Highness having declared the +Dock duly opened, said that it would thenceforth be called the +Alexandra Dock. The Royal visitors and a distinguished +company next proceeded to the Town Hall for luncheon. The +Prince and Princess afterwards left for Sandringham. In the +evening the town was illuminated, and a display of fireworks was +given in the Tuesday Market Place.</p> +<p>8.—After lying high and dry for upwards of nine weeks, +the large screw steamer, Lady Flora, was launched from Caister +beach. She was a first-class vessel, of 750 tons register, +and 1,000 tons gross, 205 feet in length, 29 feet beam, and was +valued at £16,000. On May 1st she ran hard and fast +on the beach, in close contiguity to the dangerous shoal known as +the Patch. Early in June the services of Mr. T. B. Carr, +engineer, of Hull, were engaged by the underwriters, and efforts +were made to get her off. The steamer had become embedded +in the sand to the depth of eight feet, but by the aid of very +powerful hydraulic cranes and other appliances, and assisted by +120 men, Mr. Carr succeeded in lifting the vessel four feet above +the beach. In these operations upwards of £2,000 was +expended. Three thousand persons assembled to witness the +launch. When the blocks were knocked away the vessel, by +her own weight, glided broadside off, and rolled in magnificent +style into 4½ feet of water. Her draught (empty) was +eight feet; as the tide rose she floated with it, and was towed +to Hull for repair. On November 20th it was announced that +the Lady Flora, which was then engaged in the Baltic trade, had +been lost at sea.</p> +<p>16.—In recognition of the great services he had rendered +to the Norwich Battalion of Rifle Volunteers during the five +years it was under his command, Col. Black was presented with a +service of plate by the officers, non-commissioned officers, and +members of the corps. <a name="page193"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 193</span>Col. Black was succeeded in the +command of the Battalion by Col. G. M. Boileau.</p> +<p>19.—Robertson’s comedy, “Caste,” which +marked a new era in the character of theatrical representation, +was produced for the first time in Norwich, by a company which +appeared at the Theatre Royal, under the management of Mr. +Frederick Younge. The transition from sensational drama and +broad farce to refined comedy was by no means appreciated by +local playgoers, and the attendance during the week was unusually +small even for Norwich. “School” was the other +piece performed by the company, which comprised Mr. Frederick +Younge, Mr. Craven, Mr. J. W. Ray, Mr. G. Canninge, Mr. Fortune, +Mrs. E. Dyas, Miss Ada Dyas, and Miss Brunton.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Saham, Mr. Jonas Silvanus Wright, aged +71. He was the author of “The Prodigal Son,” +“Rambles in Wales,” and other poems.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>12.—A two days’ cricket match, between eleven of +the South of England and twenty-two of Norfolk and Norwich, +commenced on the Newmarket Road ground, Norwich. Scores: +South of England, 33—161; Norfolk and Norwich, +172—124.</p> +<p>13.—The advance party of the D Battery, Royal Horse +Artillery, arrived at Norwich, and on the 16th the B Battery +marched <i>en route</i> to Ireland.</p> +<p>19.—The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the +existence of corrupt practices at the last election of members to +serve in Parliament for the city of Norwich commenced its +sittings at the Shirehall, Norwich. The Commissioners were +Mr. George Morley Dowdeswell, Q.C., Mr. Horatio Mansfield, and +Mr. John Biron. On September 4th (the fifteenth day) the +Court adjourned until the 27th, when the inquiry was +resumed. Sir Henry Stracey was examined on October 9th (the +27th day), and Mr. J. H. Tillett on October 11th (the 29th +day). The inquiry terminated on October 15th (the 32nd +day). The Chief Commissioner acknowledged the assistance +given by the police and the Guardians. “We +feel,” he said, “that these bodies have rendered us +most efficient and signal assistance, and we only wish that other +officials in this city had also offered us that assistance, and +that we had not experienced obstacles on their part. We +fear that the encouragement which has been given by them to +persons to withhold information has led to many of those +spectacles which have been to us a source of signal pain in the +course of our inquiry.” The Commissioners, in their +report, dated February 15th, 1870, stated that corrupt practices +did not extensively prevail in Norwich at the election in +November, 1868; that Sir Henry Stracey was returned through such +practices; and that corrupt practices did not extensively prevail +at the election of 1865 or that of 1860. Several persons +were scheduled for bribery and for corruptly influencing voters +by treating. The Norwich Voters Disfranchisement Bill, by +which it was proposed to disfranchise 119 electors, passed its +second reading in the House of Commons on May 2nd, 1870, and +received the Royal assent on July 4th in the same year. +(<i>See</i> January 31st, 1870.)</p> +<p><a name="page194"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +194</span>30.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical +Festival commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, with an +evening concert, at which the “Hymn of Praise” and +“Acis and Galatea” were performed. The other +works in the programme were the following:—Wednesday +morning, September 1st, selection from “Hezekiah” and +“The Fall of Babylon”; Thursday morning, September +2nd, Sacred Cantata, by Horace Hill, “Messe +Solennelle” (first time of performance out of London), and +the Dettingen Te Deum; Friday morning, September 3rd, “The +Messiah.” Grand miscellaneous concerts were given on +the evenings of August 31st and September 1st and 2nd. The +principal vocalists were Mdlle. Tietjens, Mdlle. Ilma de Murska, +Madame Talbot Cherer, Madame Patey, and Madame Trebelli Bettini, +Mr. Vernon Rigby, Mr. Arthur Byron, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Signor +Bettini, Signor Foli, and Mr. Santley. Mr. Benedict +conducted. A “dress ball” took place on the +evening of September 3rd. Financially the Festival was a +failure, and the total receipts, about £4,000, barely +covered expenses.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>15.—A Conservative banquet was held at the Town Hall, +Great Yarmouth, to celebrate the return of the Hon. Frederick +Walpole and Sir E. Lacon, Bart., as members for North +Norfolk. Upwards of 1,000 electors of the Flegg Hundreds +were present, and presented to Sir Edmund Lacon a piece of plate +weighing nearly 900 ozs., in recognition of the services he had +rendered during the period he represented Yarmouth in +Parliament.</p> +<p>20.—Blondin gave tight-rope performances at Norwich +Theatre during the week commencing on this date.</p> +<p>30.—An ascent was made from Norwich Market Place in a +“fish balloon,” by Mr. Orton, accompanied by Mr. +William Maris. The descent took place at Tuddenham, near +East Dereham, a distance of fourteen miles from Norwich.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>12.—Died at his residence, the Royal Mews, Buckingham +Palace, Mr. Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, B.A. (Lond.), F.S.A., +aged 53 years. He had for some years held the post of +librarian to the Queen at Windsor Castle, and was the eldest son +of Mr. Samuel Woodward, of Norwich.</p> +<p>16.*—“The mansion that Sir Robert Harvey, Bart., +is erecting on his estate at Crown Point is approaching +completion. It has been built from the designs of Messrs. +Coe and Peake, architects, of London.”</p> +<p>18.—The Prince of Wales, with his suite, passed through +Norwich, on his way to Gunton Hall, on a visit to Lord +Suffield.</p> +<p>19.—A heavy gale took place at Yarmouth, where shipping +casualties occurred and several lives were lost. The sea +rose to within a few feet of the houses on the Marine Parade.</p> +<p>—A week’s festivities commenced at Holkham Hall, +in celebration of the majority of Viscount Coke, which his +lordship attained in the <a name="page195"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 195</span>previous month of July. The +proceedings had been postponed in consequence of the illness of +the Earl of Leicester.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Thorpe Hamlet, in his 81st year, Mr. John +Kitson, Registrar of the Diocese of Norwich. He had for 58 +years held the office of secretary to the Bishop, having been +appointed in 1811 by Bishop Bathurst, and continued in the office +by his successors, Bishop Stanley, Bishop Hinds, and Bishop +Pelham. Mr. Kitson was appointed Registrar in 1825, and was +Chapter Clerk and Registrar to the Dean and Chapter, and district +registrar in her Majesty’s Court of Probate.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—That portion of Dereham Cemetery appropriated to the +Church of England was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich. +The chapels were designed by Mr. Brown, architect, of Norwich, +and built by Mr. Hubbard, of East Dereham. “The old +churchyard is said to have been used as a burial-ground for 600 +years.”</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Augustus Frederick Coke Bolingbroke was elected +Mayor, and Mr. Henry Morgan appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>12.—A new self-righting lifeboat, 33 feet in length, was +launched at Wells-next-the-Sea. It was purchased with the +proceeds of “penny readings” given in various parts +of the kingdom. The fund, which was inaugurated by Mr. E. +B. Adams, surgeon, of Bungay, amounted to the sum of £500, +and represented the contributions of eighteen different +counties. Of this amount Norfolk raised £161. +In the presence of several thousands of spectators, the Countess +of Leicester christened the boat the Eliza Adams. Luncheon +was served at the Crown Hotel, under the presidency of the Earl +of Leicester, and in the evening a ball was held.</p> +<p>18.—Died at his residence, St. Clement’s, Norwich, +Mr. Henry Ladbrooke, landscape painter. He was a member of +the accomplished family of Norfolk artists and a pupil of the +celebrated Crome, the influence of whose style was apparent in +his works. After residing many years in Lynn, he removed to +Norwich.</p> +<p>20.*—“Mr. W. T. Bensly, LL.D., has been appointed +by the Dean and Chapter of Norwich to be Chapter Clerk, in the +place of the late Mr. Kitson.”</p> +<p>25.—Mdlle. Christine Nilsson, Mdlle. Anna Drasdil, +Madame Gilardoni, Signor Foli, and Mr. J. M. Wheli, with Mr. +Benedict as conductor, appeared at a concert at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, on this and the following evening, +in aid of the local charities, which had suffered from the +non-success of the late Festival. The concerts were +arranged by Mr. Howlett and Mr. C. S. Gilman, who handed to the +charities a sum of nearly £200.</p> +<p>27.*—“The catch of herring last week was a most +extraordinary and exceptional one, not only as regards the +present season, but also as compared with those of the wonderful +voyage of 1868. The quantities of herring delivered on +Yarmouth fishwharf exceeded 2,400 lasts (13,200 fish per last), a +catch probably unprecedented. Several of the smacks had +‘made up’ before the recent successes, being +compelled to do so in consequence of the terrible disasters that +had befallen them.”</p> +<h4><a name="page196"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +196</span>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>7.—Lord Claud Hamilton and Mr. Richard Young were +nominated candidates for the representation of King’s Lynn, +rendered vacant by Lord Stanley’s succession to the Earldom +of Derby. The proceedings were of a most tumultuous +character, and the show of hands being in favour of the Liberal +candidate, the supporters of Lord Claud Hamilton demanded a +poll. In apprehension of a disturbance, detachments of the +4th and 8th Foot were drafted into the town, and were stationed +in the National Schoolroom, St. Margaret’s. The +polling took place on the 8th, and resulted as +follows:—Hamilton, 1,051; Young, 1,032.</p> +<p>13.—Died at Westacre, aged 64, Mr. Anthony Hamond. +He was the representative of a Norfolk family of considerable +antiquity, and succeeded to the Westacre estate on the death of +his father, Mr. Philip Hamond, in 1824. In 1828 he married +Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. John Chaworth Musters, of +Colwick, Notts. He was succeeded in his estate by his son +Anthony, born in 1834, Mr. Hamond served the office of High +Sheriff in 1836, and twice unsuccessfully contested the +representation of the Western Division of the county—in +1847 and 1852; and in 1854 accepted an invitation to become a +candidate for Norwich, in opposition to Sir Samuel Bignold, by +whom he was defeated. Mr. Hamond took a great interest in +country pursuits, and was ever foremost in promoting experiments +for the advancement of agricultural science.</p> +<p>14.—Holkham church was re-opened after restoration by +the Earl and Countess of Leicester, at the estimated cost of +£10,000, of which £7,000 was expended for wood +carving alone.</p> +<p>27.—The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert +Victor and Prince George, arrived at Holkham, on a visit to the +Earl and Countess of Leicester. Their Royal Highnesses left +on January 1st, 1870, for Gunton Park.</p> +<p>—The pantomime at Norwich Theatre was produced by Mr. J. +F. Young. It was entitled, “The King of the +Peacocks.” Circus entertainments were provided at +Messrs. Henry and Adams’ establishment on the Castle +Meadow.</p> +<h3>1870.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>31.—In the Court of Common Pleas, before Lord Chief +Justice Bovill and Justices Smith and Brett, Mr. Mellish, Q.C., +showed cause against the rule calling upon the Master to review +his taxation of the costs in the Norwich election petition. +The bill of costs of the petitioner (Mr. J. H. Tillett) had been +reduced from £3,015 7s. to £703 3s., and of the +respondent (Sir H. J. Stracey) from £793 14s. 2d. to +£168 6s. Four hundred witnesses had been +subpœnaed. The Lord <a name="page197"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 197</span>Chief Justice said the rule must be +discharged. “Sir Henry Stracey,” it was stated +on March 19th, “has this week paid to Mr. Tillett’s +solicitors £583 17s. 8d., which has been accepted as +payment in full for his costs in the matter. The total +amount of the petitioner’s costs was £3,800, and +deducting Sir Henry’s contribution, it leaves upwards of +£3,200 to be paid by the petitioner.” +(<i>See</i> March 31st.)</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—Died in Florida, while on leave of absence from +Montreal, Lieut.-General Sir Charles Ashe Windham, K.C.B., +commanding the forces in Canada. He was the fourth son of +Vice-Admiral Windham, of Felbrigg Hall, who was the son of the +Rev. George William Lukin, Dean of Wells, and who assumed the +name of Windham on succeeding to the estates of his distinguished +relative, the Right Hon. William Windham. His mother was +Anne, daughter of Mr. Peter Thellusson, of Broadsmouth, +Yorkshire, and sister of the first Baron Rendlesham. He was +born at Felbrigg in 1810, and married first, in 1849, Marianne +Catherine Emily, daughter of Admiral Sir John P. Beresford, +Bart., K.C.B., who died in 1865; and secondly, in 1866, Charlotte +Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev. Henry Des Vœux. +Educated at Sandhurst, he entered the Army in 1826, as ensign and +lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, and served in Canada during +the time of the rebellion, from 1838 to 1842. He continued +with the regiment until the outbreak of the war with Russia, when +he accompanied the Eastern Army as Assistant Quarter-master +General of the 4th Division, and served from September, 1854, to +July, 1856, without a day’s absence. He was present +at the battle of the Alma, at Balaclava, and at the repulse of +the powerful sortie on October 26th, 1854, and was with Sir +George Cathcart when the latter was killed at the battle of +Inkerman. At the second assault on the Redan, on September +8th, 1855, Windham (then Colonel) greatly distinguished himself +by his personal daring and gallantry in command of the storming +party of the second division, and for his intrepid conduct was +promoted Major-General. In September, 1855, he was +appointed Governor of the British portion of Sebastopol, and in +the following month was entrusted with the command of the 4th +Division. For his services in the Crimea he received +numerous clasps, medals, and orders. In 1857 General +Windham proceeded to India and commanded a division in the field, +under Lord Clyde, during the advance to Kallee Nuddee. On +June 17th, 1861, he was appointed to the command of the 46th +Regiment of Foot, and in October, 1867, became Commander of the +Forces in Canada. On the return of General Windham from the +Crimea, in July, 1856, he was enthusiastically received at +Norwich and presented with two handsome swords, purchased by +public subscription. In April, 1857, he was returned to +Parliament for East Norfolk, and remained its member for two +years.</p> +<p>5.—A meeting of the Norwich Diocesan Church Association +was held at the Church Societies’ Rooms, Norwich, for the +purpose of discussing the question of national education, a +subject which was brought prominently before the country during +this year. The Bishop of Norwich presided, and the Dean +moved, “That in any legislative enactments for promoting +the education of the children of the working <a +name="page198"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 198</span>classes +called for by the destitution in this respect of many places in +England and Wales, the inculcation of Christian truth ought to +form an essential feature, and that provision for this purpose +can be best made under existing circumstances through the medium +of parochial and other schools attached to the Church of England +or to other religious communions.” A further +resolution was moved by the Hon. Frederick Walpole, M.P., +“That the present system, which has been successfully in +operation during the last thirty years, carried on by means of +voluntary efforts, and maintained by school fees, charitable +contributions, and grants from the Consolidated Fund, is capable +of further extension and improvement, and is able, if adequately +assisted by the State, to supply the national wants of the +country without resorting to local taxation for the purpose, +unless in those extreme cases for which provision can be made in +no other way.” A third resolution was moved by Mr. C. +S. Read, M.P., “That compulsory education, except under +especial circumstances, such as the case of vagrant, criminal, +and destitute children, would be an unnecessary interference with +the rights and responsibilities of parents, and unless applied to +all classes of the community, create an unjust and invidious +distinction between rich and poor, and its enforcement by pains +and penalties would cause a general feeling of hardship and +discontent, while its objects could be attained by other means, +such as the extension, under due restrictions, of the Factory +Acts and of similar measures regulating the employment of +children’s labour.” The final resolution was +moved by the Rev. Canon Heaviside, “That in the opinion of +this meeting it is expedient that the promoters of Church +education should consent that in schools aided by the Government +grant provision should be made for securing perfect liberty of +distinctive religious teaching combined with perfect liberty of +declining it.” These resolutions were adopted. +The Elementary Education Bill, introduced by Mr. W. E. Forster on +February 17th, was passed, and received the Royal assent on +August 9th. On October 11th a meeting of the clergy was +held, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. A. F. C. +Bolingbroke), at the Girls’ Model School, Norwich, +“for the purpose of consulting as to the steps to be taken +under the Elementary Education Act,” and it was resolved to +convene a public meeting for the discussion of the +question. This meeting was held on October 19th, at the +Free Library, and was composed of “school managers and +supporters of Church education.” The Mayor again +presided. The Lord Bishop moved, “That, with the view +of carrying out the objects of the Elementary Education Act, +1870, in this city, steps be immediately taken to supply and +maintain sufficient, efficient, and suitable schools on the +voluntary principle, in order to secure in Church schools +religious education in accordance with the teaching of the Church +of England.” This was seconded by Mr. Henry +Birkbeck. The Sheriff (Mr. Henry Morgan) moved, “That +an immediate appeal be made to the citizens of Norwich to provide +funds on the voluntary principle for carrying out the object of +this meeting.” A further resolution was adopted, +“That the Bishop of the Diocese, with the clergy of the +city, the managers of Church schools, and such donors and +subscribers as may be willing to act be constituted a council, +and shall appoint, as soon as possible, a committee to carry out +the former resolutions, and to report progress to the council +from time to time.” The body thus constituted was +afterwards known as <a name="page199"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 199</span>the Church Education Council. +On November 28th the supporters of voluntary education held a +large meeting at St. Andrew’s Hall, at which were adopted +resolutions framed on similar lines to the foregoing. The +supporters of unsectarian education held a meeting at the Free +Library on the 30th, under the presidency of Mr. Jacob Henry +Tillett, at which the Rev. G. S. Barrett moved, “That a +request be sent to the Mayor to convene a common hall, in order +that steps may be taken immediately for the formation of a School +Board in the city.” The Rev. J. Hallett seconded the +motion, which was unanimously adopted, and a committee was formed +for the purpose of carrying it into effect. The Church +Education Council, on December 13th, announced that sufficient +subscriptions had been obtained for providing necessary school +accommodation in Norwich. At a special meeting of the Town +Council on December 20th, the return made under the provisions of +the Act to the Education Department of the Privy Council was +approved. It stated that the estimated population of the +city was 82,000, the rateable value £212,129; the total +number of assessments, 21,397; and the number of voters on the +municipal register, 10,909. “The returns from +elementary schools as being in operation were 93; the number of +schools to which forms were delivered but refused to fill them up +was 27.” (<i>See</i> February 28th, 1871.)</p> +<p>6.—Died at Bethel Street, Norwich, in his 78th year, Mr. +Henry Browne. He was the youngest son of Mr. Alderman John +Browne, and a liberal supporter of the charitable institutions of +Norwich. In his early days of business life Mr. Browne was +led to join in those well-intentioned but unfortunately not +permanently successful enterprises, the Yarn Company and the +movement for making Norwich a port by communication with the sea +at Lowestoft.</p> +<p>9.—Strong gales from the E. and E.N.E., accompanied by +snow squalls, prevailed off the Norfolk coast, and increased in +severity until the 14th. Several shipping disasters +occurred. On the 13th the screw steamer Sea Queen, with her +crew, was lost on the Scroby Sands, and the American-built barque +Victoria, 700 tons, bound from North Shields to Barcelona, with a +cargo of coals, went down. Of her crew, several hands were +lost.</p> +<p>12.—The Assembly Rooms, erected in 1862, on the Victoria +Esplanade, Yarmouth, at the cost of £6,000, were destroyed +by fire.</p> +<p>24.—Sir R. J. H. Harvey declined to accede to a memorial +signed by 3,000 electors of Norwich, requesting him to allow +himself to be adopted as Conservative candidate for the city.</p> +<p>26.*—“Since January 1st several rare birds have +been met with in the neighbourhood of Swaffham, namely, a +fork-tailed petrel, picked up at Gooderstone; little gull +(<i>Larus minutus</i>), in good condition, and weighing only 3 +ozs., shot at Beechamwell; stormy petrel, picked up at +Narborough; bittern, shot at Weeting; pied thrush, shot at +Cockley Cley; pied common partridge, shot at Didlington; dusky +grebe, shot at Castleacre; and a peregrine falcon, a fine old +female bird weighing 43 ozs. and measuring 47 inches from tip to +tip of its wings, shot at Beechamwell.”</p> +<p>28.—The organ at Yarmouth parish church was opened after +restoration. The instrument was built by Jordan, Bridge, +and Byfield, in 1733, repaired by England (Jordan’s +grandson) in 1812, and again <a name="page200"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 200</span>in 1840 by Gray. It was +finally restored and enlarged by Messrs. Hill, of London.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>20.—A movement known as “The Church’s +Call” commenced in Norwich. A simultaneous and united +effort was made at all the churches in the city; “all +seemed resolved to cast aside minor differences, and High +Churchmen, Low Churchmen, and Broad Churchmen apparently vied +with each other in doing the work set before them.”</p> +<p>23.—Died at Warham All Saints, Margaret Green, aged 100 +years. “The Thursford register testifies to her +baptism in that parish on March 27th, 1769.”</p> +<p>31.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Byles, +Robert Hardiment, tanner and fellmonger, was charged on five +counts with bribing voters at the last General Election to vote +for Sir H. J. Stracey. The Attorney-General appeared for +the prosecution, and the defendant was found guilty. His +lordship remarked that this was a very serious crime, and, as he +was desirous that sentence should be pronounced by the highest +judicature of the country, judgment was reserved. Another +person, named Banfather, charged with bribery at the same +election, was acquitted. On April 1st, at the same Court, +John Hughes Hulme was found guilty of bribery, and sentence was +reserved. Edward Stracey, son of Sir Henry J. Stracey, was +next charged. The Attorney-General conducted the case for +the prosecution, and Mr. A. Staveley Hill, Q.C., was specially +retained for the defence. On April 2nd the jury returned a +verdict of not guilty. “No sooner was the +announcement made than deafening cheers were raised in the Court, +and it was in vain that the officers tried to suppress +them.” The defendant Hardiment was indicted, before +Mr. Justice Blackburn, on various counts, for committing acts of +bribery at the Eighth Ward Municipal Election, on November 1st, +1869. On being found guilty, he was sentenced to six +months’ imprisonment. Joseph Stanley, solicitor, was +charged with unlawfully conspiring with Robert Hardiment and +others to induce, by means of bribes, certain persons to vote for +Edward Bennett and George Gedge, candidates at the municipal +election in question. The jury acquitted the +defendant. Anthony Freestone, baker, and Henry Ellis, shoe +manufacturer, were also indicted for conspiring to bribe at the +municipal election, and were acquitted. On April 8th +Messrs. W. H. Tillett and Co., solicitors, addressed a letter to +the newspapers, asserting that “the jury drew lots to +decide what their verdict should be in the cases of Freestone and +Ellis.” They added, “The verdict is, of course, +bad, and we shall feel it our duty to lay the facts before the +committee of gentlemen who instructed us in the +prosecutions.” No further action was taken, +however. In the Court of Queen’s Bench, on May 10th, +before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and +Hannen, Hardiment and Hulme were brought up for sentence. +Mr. Bulwer, Q.C., applied for mitigation of sentence in the case +of Hardiment, on the ground that he was then undergoing +imprisonment for municipal bribery; in the case of Hulme it was +urged that imprisonment would be injurious to his health. +The Court passed sentence of ten months’ <a +name="page201"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +201</span>imprisonment upon the first-named defendant, to run +concurrently with the six months he had received for municipal +bribery, two months of which he had already served, to be classed +as a second-class misdemeanant, and to be fined £100. +Hulme was fined £100. Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., +subsequently presented to the Home Secretary a memorial, signed +by 1,500 citizens, praying that Hardiment should be classed as a +first-class misdemeanant.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>4.—The Rev. Canon Greenwell, of Durham, “the +well-known opener of the Yorkshire wold tumuli,” who had +been making scientific investigations at Weeting, opened one of +the peculiar mounds known as “Grimes’ Graves,” +and discovered therein “two primitive picks <i>in situ</i>, +with a splendid ground axe, the skeleton of a bird, a chalk bowl +or lamp, and other curious relics.”</p> +<p>18.—The Loveday Opera Company commenced an engagement at +Norwich Theatre. The celebrated pantomimists and dancers, +the Paynes, and Mdlle. Esta, appeared with the company.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Aigle, Switzerland, the Rev. W. Beal, LL.D., +vicar of Brooke, aged 54. Dr. Beal was the well-known +originator of harvest festivals.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Holkham, the Countess of Leicester. +Her ladyship was the eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel Charles +Whitbread, of Cardington, Bedfordshire, and was married to the +Earl of Leicester in 1843.</p> +<p>26.—The portrait of the Rev. John Gunn, F.G.S., painted +by Capt. H. H. Roberts, of Thorpe, was hung at the Norfolk and +Norwich Museum, “in acknowledgment of his munificent gift +to the geological department of his unrivalled collection of +local mammalian remains.”</p> +<p>28.—The south aisle of Yarmouth parish church was +opened. The Bishop of Rochester and the Bishop of the +Diocese were the preachers.</p> +<p>—Died, aged 84, William Gurney, compositor, of +Norwich. He had been for seventy years in continuous +employment at the <span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span> +Office.</p> +<p>30.—Died at his residence, Horsforth Hall, near Leeds, +in his 74th year, Mr. John Marshall, who was Sheriff of Norwich +in 1834 and Mayor in 1838 and 1841. Mr. Marshall, who was +an advanced Liberal, went to Leeds in 1843, and there took an +active part in the affairs of that town. His remains were +interred at the Rosary burial-ground, Norwich.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>8.—Died at Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, George Horatio +Cholmondeley, second Marquis and Earl of Cholmondeley. He +was the eldest son of George James, the first Marquis, by his +wife, Lady Georgina Charlotte Bertie, second daughter of +Peregrine, third Duke of Ancaster. Born January 16th, 1792, +he married, first, on October 20th, 1812, Caroline, second +daughter of Lieut.-General Colin Campbell, who died in October, +1815; and secondly, on May 11th, 1830, Lady <a +name="page202"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 202</span>Susan +Caroline Somerset, fourth daughter of Henry Charles, sixth Duke +of Beaufort, by whom he was survived. He succeeded to the +marquisate on the death of his father, in 1827.</p> +<p>16.—Miss Heath, principal tragedienne of the Drury Lane, +Haymarket, and Princess’ Theatres, London, supported by Mr. +Wilson Barrett, commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre, in +“East Lynne,” “The Jealous Wife,” +“The Bond of Life,” and “Masks and +Faces.” Mr. Wilson Barrett was described as “a +painstaking and conscientious actor.”</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated at Norwich +by a review of the Royal Horse Artillery and the Volunteers on +Mousehold Heath. The Mayor entertained a large party at the +Drill Hall, and gave a dinner at the Corn Hall to the indigent +blind and to poor children; and the Norwich Athletic Club held +sports on the Newmarket Road Ground.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>13.—At a meeting of 2,000 Liberal electors, held at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett was adopted +a candidate for Norwich. A meeting of the Whig party, +convened by Sir William Foster, was held at the Royal Hotel on +the 14th, under the presidency of Mr. I. O. Taylor, at which it +was decided to adopt the candidature of Mr. Edward Warner.</p> +<p>17.—Died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, in his 72nd year, Mr. +Robert Martineau, brother of the Rev. James Martineau and Miss +Harriet Martineau. He was a native of Norwich, but settled +in Birmingham as a manufacturer at an early period of his life, +and took an active part in the Reform agitation preceding the +Bill of 1832. For the last fourteen years of his life he +lived in retirement, owing to almost total blindness.</p> +<p>23.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association commenced at Harleston, and was continued on the +24th. Mr. Edward Howes, M.P., presided at the dinner.</p> +<p>—The Earl of Rosebery visited his Norfolk estate for the +first time. His lordship was met at the entrance to the +village of Postwick by a brass band, which preceded the carriage +to the rectory, where he was received by the Rev. W. and Lady +Margaret Vincent, the Countess of Buchan, Lord Cardross, and +other guests. The cottage tenants were entertained at +dinner, and “the orator of the village” proposed his +lordship’s health, to which the Earl replied. A +dinner to the tenantry was given in the school-room, at which his +lordship presided, and the festivities ended with a display of +fireworks.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—The first annual meeting of the Norwich +Meteorological Society was held at the Literary +Institution. After the visit of the British Association to +Norwich in 1868, the local committee, having defrayed all the +expenses, had a balance in hand of upwards of £300. +At a meeting of subscribers, £100 of this balance was +devoted to the purchase <a name="page203"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 203</span>of meteorological instruments, and +on December 3rd, 1868, the society was formed, with Mr. S. Gurney +Buxton as president.</p> +<p>4.—Died at his London residence, Clapham, the Right Hon. +William Schomberg Robert Kerr, Marquis of Lothian. He was +the eldest of the four surviving sons of John William Robert, +seventh Marquis, by Lady Cecil Chetwynd Talbot, daughter of +Charles, second Earl Talbot. Born on August 12th, 1832, he +married, on August 12th, 1857, Lady Constance Harriet Mahonesa +Talbot, eldest surviving daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury and +Talbot. He succeeded to the marquisate on the death of his +father, in November, 1844. Educated at Christchurch, +Oxford, he took high honours, having been first class in classics +in 1853, and first class in jurisprudence and modern history in +1854. After he had finished his University career, he went +to India for a year, but the climate had an injurious effect upon +his naturally feeble constitution. His lordship died +without issue, and the family estates in Scotland and Norfolk +were inherited by his brother, Lord Schomberg Kerr.</p> +<p>6.—The foundation-stone of St. Philip’s church, +Norwich, was laid by the Mayor (Mr. A. F. C. Bolingbroke), who +was accompanied by members of the Corporation. The church +was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich on August 3rd, +1871. The architect was Mr. Edward Power, of London, and +the builder Mr. J. Nelson, of Necton. It was designed to +seat 775 persons, and the cost was estimated at about +£3,575.</p> +<p>9.—The 1st Administrative Battalion Norfolk Rifle +Volunteers went into camp at Hunstanton Park. The battalion +was inspected by Col. Freer, 27th Regiment.</p> +<p>11.—The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in +the representation of Norwich caused by the unseating on petition +of Sir Henry Josias Stracey, took place at the Guildhall. +Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett was nominated by Mr. J. J. Colman, and +seconded by Mr. Henry Birkbeck; and Mr. John Walter Huddleston, +Q.C., by Sir Samuel Bignold, seconded by Mr. H. S. +Patteson. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. +Huddlestone, and a poll was demanded by the Liberals. The +polling took place on the 12th, and resulted as follows: Tillett, +4,236; Huddlestone, 3,874. Mr. Tillett, on the 14th, took +the oath and his seat in the House of Commons. (<i>See</i> +August 3rd.)</p> +<p>15.—Great consternation was caused in Norwich by a +report that Sir Robert Harvey had committed suicide in his +grounds at Crown Point. As it subsequently proved, the +rumour was well founded. Sir Robert was in his shrubbery +when two pistol shots were heard. Two workmen employed upon +the premises, on proceeding to the spot, found Sir Robert in a +sitting posture, bleeding from a severe wound in the chest. +He was at once removed into the house and placed in the +library. Mr. Nichols, the family surgeon, and Mr. Cadge +were summoned, and on arriving found Sir Robert in a critical +condition. Dr. Copeman was subsequently called in, and +every effort was made to preserve life. On the 16th the +patient rallied slightly, and on the 17th he was pronounced to be +better, but on the 18th he became worse, and was visited by the +Dean of Norwich, who prayed with him and afforded him spiritual +consolation. Later his prostration increased, and he passed +away in an unconscious state on the 19th. With the report +of the suicide was circulated the rumour that Sir <a +name="page204"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 204</span>Robert had +speculated and lost heavily, and having been unable to meet his +engagements, was posted a defaulter on the Stock Exchange. +At an early hour on the 16th the following notice was exhibited +upon the closed doors of the Crown Bank: “Norwich Crown +Bank. In consequence of the lamentable catastrophe which +has happened to Sir Robert Harvey, it has been determined by the +other partners to suspend the business of the Bank for the +present.” This notice gave rise to increased +anxiety. Messrs. Gurneys offered to afford every possible +accommodation to the customers of the Crown Bank, and a few hours +later the National Provincial Bank made a similar offer. +The affairs of the Crown Bank being inextricably involved, Mr. +Allday Kerrison, one of the partners, signed, on the 16th, a +declaration of insolvency, and on the same day the largest city +creditor, Mr. George Gedge, presented a petition for +bankruptcy. The sale of the good-will and premises of the +Bank was provisionally made to Messrs. Gurneys and Co. on the +18th. Mr. Allday Kerrison and his son, gentlemen of +unsullied honour, had their fortunes shattered by one dire +stroke, through the reckless speculations of their partner, +speculations of which they were entirely ignorant. The +inquest was held upon the body of the deceased baronet at Crown +Point on the 20th, by Mr. W. H. N. Turner, one of the Deputy +Coroners for the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, and +the jury returned the following verdict: “The jury are of +opinion that Sir Robert Harvey’s death was caused by +firearms discharged by himself while in a state of temporary +insanity.” A meeting of the principal creditors was +held at the Royal Hotel on the 21st, under the presidency of the +Mayor, and the following resolution was passed: “That this +meeting entirely approves of the steps taken by Messrs. Kerrison +in suspending the business of the Bank, the measures taken to +protect the assets of the Bank by the immediate filing of a +petition in bankruptcy and the negotiations for the sale of the +goodwill and the business and premises to Messrs. Gurneys and +Co.” On the 27th a meeting was held at the Royal +Hotel for the purpose of considering and discussing the best +course to be taken in liquidating the estate of the +bankrupts. Mr. E. C. Bailey was appointed trustee of the +estate, and the Mayor and Messrs. F. E. Watson, H. S. Patteson, +H. Woods, and C. Hornor a committee of inspection. The +first general meeting of creditors was held on August 3rd, when +it was reported that the total liabilities to rank for dividend +would be £1,600,321, and the total assets +£910,187. [Sir Robert John Harvey Harvey was the +eldest son of General Sir Robert John Harvey, C.B., K.T.S., of +Mousehold House, Norwich, by Charlotte (his cousin), daughter and +heiress of Mr. Robert Harvey, of Walton, Suffolk. Born in +1817, he married, in 1845, Lady Henrietta Augusta, daughter of +George, Viscount Kilcoursie, and granddaughter of the eighth Earl +of Craven. He was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1863, and +represented Thetford in Parliament from July, 1865, to November, +1868, when the borough was disfranchised under the new Reform +Act. His son and heir, Charles Harvey, was born at +Bracondale in 1849.]</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—The Grand English Opera Company, under the management +of Mr. Henry Corri, appeared at Norwich Theatre. The +principal <i>artistes</i> <a name="page205"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 205</span>were Madame Ida Gilliers Corri, Miss +Fanny Harrison, Mr. Henry Corri, and Mr. Haydn Corri.</p> +<p>3.—In the Court of Common Pleas a petition was filed by +Mr. Gardiner C. Stevens against the return of Mr. Jacob Henry +Tillett, as member for Norwich. In addition to the usual +allegations of bribery and undue influence at the last election, +there was a special one of disqualification on account of corrupt +practices at the election in 1868. On November 3rd Mr. +Tillett obtained an order in the Court of Common Pleas for the +striking out of this clause, but leave was given to the +petitioner to move the full Court for a rule to show cause why +the order should not be rescinded. On November 23rd motion +was made accordingly, and the Court unanimously ordered the +clause which had been struck out to be restored. +(<i>See</i> January 5th, 1871.)</p> +<p>8.—Died at Great Yarmouth, in his 90th year, Mr. Edward +Youell, a partner in the banking-house of Lacons, Youell, and +Co. He retired from the firm in 1863, after having been in +the house nearly 70 years, for 42 of which he was a +partner. For several years he had been afflicted with total +blindness.</p> +<p>13.—A half-yearly meeting of the East Norfolk Railway +Company was held at Norwich. This company was formed for +the purpose of constructing a railway from Norwich to North +Walsham, and thence to Cromer. After commencing operations, +it was unable to proceed from want of capital and other +circumstances. It was reported that the estate of the +contractor was in the Court of Chancery, a further survey of the +proposed line was ordered, and steps were taken to ensure the +resumption of the works. (<i>See</i> October 20th, +1874.)</p> +<p>30.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a proposed +tramway scheme was discussed. The Wensum Valley railway +scheme, for which an Act of Parliament was obtained in 1864, +having been abandoned, it was considered that a tramway taking +its place would prove useful for conveying produce from the +several mills in the district to Norwich. The estimated +cost of construction was £2,000 per mile, and the total +estimated cost £14,000. The matter was referred to +the Paving Committee, and no further steps were taken.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Mr. Sothern appeared at Norwich Theatre as Lord +Dundreary (“Our American Cousin”) and Hugh de Brass +(“A Regular Fix”). On the 3rd he played the +part of Colonel John White (“Home”), and appeared in +“Dundreary Married and Settled,” and “Whitebait +at Greenwich.”</p> +<p>3.—Mr. B. V. Winch was appointed Postmaster at Norwich, +in place of Mr. S. Base, retired.</p> +<p>15.—A three days’ bazaar was opened at the Norfolk +and Norwich Hospital, in aid of a fund for converting the +Hospital field into an ornamental garden. The sum of +£462 was realised.</p> +<p>27.—An explosion took place on the premises of Mr. +George Coe, firework manufacturer, New Catton. Two persons +were severely injured, and removed to the Hospital.</p> +<h4><a name="page206"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +206</span>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Died at Landfort House, Portsmouth, Col. Edwin +Wodehouse, C.B., commanding Royal Artillery in the Southern +District. He was the eldest son of Vice-Admiral the Hon. +Philip Wodehouse, and was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April +17th, 1817. Entering the Army as lieutenant in the Royal +Artillery, on December 19th, 1834, he served in the campaign of +1854–55, was present at the battles of the Alma, Balaclava, +and Inkerman (where his horse was killed beneath him), at the +siege and fall of Sebastopol, and at the repulse and sortie of +October 26th, 1854. Col. Wodehouse was three times +mentioned in dispatches, and received the medal with four +clasps.</p> +<p>10.—The first number of the “Eastern Daily +Press” was published. A rival newspaper, called the +“Eastern Daily Journal,” published at the price of +one halfpenny, was issued this month, and had but a very brief +existence.</p> +<p>31.—The first Diocesan Conference was held at +Norwich. At the ruri-decanal meetings held in the spring of +the year, the question propounded by the Bishop for consideration +was, “Is it desirable that there should be held in this +diocese a Diocesan Conference, in which both the clergy and laity +should be fully represented, for the purpose of considering and +eliciting the opinions of Churchmen upon matters affecting the +Church in general, or our own diocese in particular?” +A large majority of the clergy and laity were in favour of the +Conference, and the Bishop, considering the large area of the +diocese, decided that the meetings should take place in five +different centres. The first Conference was held at St. +Andrew’s Hall on this date; the second at Fakenham Corn +Hall, on November 1st; the third at Ipswich Public Hall, on +November 2nd; the fourth at Halesworth, on November 3rd; and the +fifth at Lynn Athenæum, on November 4th. At each +Conference papers were read, followed by the moving of +resolutions and by discussions.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Mr. Frederick Elwin Watson was elected Mayor (for the +second time), and Mr. William Butcher appointed Sheriff of +Norwich.</p> +<p>21.—The Prince of Wales arrived at Merton Hall, on a +visit to Lord and Lady Walsingham.</p> +<p>29.—The building known as the temporary church in the +parish of St. Bartholomew, Norwich, was opened by the Bishop of +the Diocese. It was intended for the accommodation of 500 +persons, and was erected at the cost of £600.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>14.—The Widow Steavenson, residing in St. +Gregory’s parish, Norwich, completed her 101st year. +“Several of the parishioners called upon her, congratulated +her on the event, and supplied her with all the needful viands +and wine to enable her to entertain several old friends. +Her daughter, now 77 years old, is a widow, having had to <a +name="page207"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 207</span>mourn the +loss of three husbands, but is on the point of marrying +again.” (<i>See</i> January 2nd, 1874.)</p> +<p>24.—Mr. Sidney produced his “farewell +pantomime” at Norwich Theatre. It was entitled, +“St. George, the Dragon, and the Seven Champions of +Christendom.”</p> +<p>31.—The Prince of Wales, on his journey from Gunton to +Sandringham, lunched at the County Club, Norwich. The party +travelled from Gunton to Norwich in sleighs and closed carriages, +and his Royal Highness afterwards proceeded by rail from Thorpe +station to Wolferton.</p> +<p>—Died at Merton Hall, the Right Hon. Thomas, Lord +Walsingham. He was the eldest son of Thomas, fourth Lord +Walsingham, by his wife Lady Elizabeth, fourth daughter of the +Hon. and Right Rev. Brownlow North, Bishop of Winchester, and was +born July 5th, 1804. On the death of his father, on +September 8th, 1839, he succeeded to the barony, and married, on +August 6th, 1842, Augusta Louisa, eldest daughter of Sir Robert +Frankland Russell, Bart. Of this marriage he had issue a +son, the Hon. Thomas de Grey. Lady Walsingham died in 1844, +and his lordship married, secondly, on October 25th, 1847, the +Horn Emily Elizabeth Julia Thellusson, eldest daughter of John, +second Lord Rendlesham, by whom he left issue three sons and +three daughters. His lordship was educated at St. +John’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1824, +was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1827, and in 1842 +was made LL.D. of his University. Although educated for the +law, he devoted himself to agriculture, the improvement of his +estate, and of his cattle and sheep. He was a member of the +leading agricultural societies and of the Smithfield Club, an +excellent landlord, and one who carried out to the fullest extent +the motto of his house, “Excitari non +hebescere.” His lordship was succeeded in his title +and estates by his son, the Hon. Thomas de Grey, M.P. for West +Norfolk, who was born in 1843.</p> +<p>—*“The December of 1870 has been no less +remarkable for its cold than its heat. In the opening days +of the month the temperature was unusually high, and only a +fortnight before winter made its appearance in stern reality the +thermometer registered in Norwich 55. On the 21st there +were four degrees of frost, and on the 23rd the thermometer fell +as low as 8.5. On Christmas Eve the cold was so intense +that the register on the following morning was as low as +5.5. Christmas Day was the coldest experienced since +Christmas Day, 1860, when the cold was more intense by some two +or three degrees.” There was a deep fall of snow +throughout the county.</p> +<h3>1871.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, a memorial was +received from the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, affirming the +necessity of the <a name="page208"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +208</span>revision and re-adjustment of the existing mode of +assessment, and of inducing the Government to contribute more +largely to the rates levied under the authority of Courts of +Quarter Sessions. Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., moved, “That, +inasmuch as many of the charges at present paid by county rates, +such as police, lunatic asylums, military stores, coroners, +gaols, &c., are rendered necessary not for the benefit of any +particular class or locality, but of the community at large, it +is both just and politic that those charges should be much more +liberally supplemented from the National Exchequer, and that a +petition from Quarter Sessions be presented to the House of +Commons to this effect.” The resolution was seconded +by Mr. Dalrymple, M.P., and agreed to.</p> +<p>5.—The trial of the election petition presented by Mr. +Gardiner C. Stevens against the return of Mr. Jacob Henry +Tillett, as one of the members of Parliament for Norwich, +commenced at the Shirehall, Norwich, before Mr. Justice +Keating. Mr. O’Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Griffits were +counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., Mr. Serjeant +Ballantine, and Mr. Simms Reeve for the respondent. The +case for the petitioner closed on the 6th, and on the 7th Mr. +Rodwell commenced his address on behalf of the respondent. +On the 10th Mr. Serjeant Ballantine summed up the +respondent’s case, and on the same day Mr. O’Malley +replied. His lordship gave judgment on the 11th, declaring +the election void, and stated that he should report to the House +of Commons “the names of everyone engaged with this +shameful and disgraceful bribery.” (<i>See</i> +February 20th.)</p> +<p>18.—Died, in his 93rd year, at Alexandra Road, Norwich, +Christopher Bunting. “He was present at the capture +of the French ship Généreux, whose ensign now hangs +in St. Andrew’s Hall. In his early days he was a +steward in the Royal Navy, and not only saw the ensign strike to +the Foudroyant, but on the quarterdeck of that vessel saw it +packed and addressed to Robert Harvey, Esq., then (1800) Mayor of +Norwich, little imagining that he would subsequently reside in +Norwich, and for more than half a century have the opportunity of +seeing the flag decorating the walls of its principal +building.”</p> +<p>24.—Died, suddenly, at 2, Rectory Grove, Clapham, Mr. +Henry Harrod, F.S.A., aged 53. Mr. Harrod was a native of +Aylsham, and commenced practice as a solicitor, at Norwich, where +he resided some years. He was best known for his devotion +to antiquarian pursuits and by his contributions to the +Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological +Society, of which he was an honorary secretary, in conjunction +with Mr. R. G. P. Minty. His principal work was +“Gleanings from the Castles and Convents of +Norfolk.” Possessed of remarkable skill in +deciphering old documents, his services in this respect were +taken advantage of by the Corporations of Norwich, Lynn, and +other boroughs, whose ancient records he undertook to +arrange. Mr. Harrod was local secretary of the Society of +Antiquaries, of which he was a Fellow, and of the +Archæological Institute, and a corresponding member of the +New England Historic Genealogical Society.</p> +<p>27.—A new reservoir constructed by the Norwich +Waterworks Company at Lakenham, from designs by Mr. Thomas +Hawkesley, C.E., of London, engineer in chief to the company, was +opened. It cost between £6,000 and £7,000, and +was of 1,400,000 gallons capacity.</p> +<h4><a name="page209"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +209</span>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>4.—Died at Cambridge, Mr. Robert Steward, of +Yarmouth. He served the office of Mayor of Yarmouth for +four consecutive years, namely, from 1858 to 1861. In +addition to being a borough magistrate, he was upon the +Commission of the Peace for the county of Norfolk.</p> +<p>6.—A new type of traction engine (Thompson’s +patent) was tested in the streets of Thetford by Messrs. Burrell, +of the St. Nicholas Ironworks. “The peculiarities of +the engine consist of its wheels, three in number, being fitted +with a length of indiarubber, six inches thick and twelve inches +wide, covered with steel and kept on the wheels by endless +chains. The great use of these indiarubber tyres is to give +elasticity.”</p> +<p>8.—Mr. George William Perrepoint Bentinck, of Davies +Street, Berkeley Square, London, was, at Swaffham, returned +unopposed to fill the vacancy caused in the representation of +West Norfolk by the elevation to the Peerage of the Hon. Thomas +de Grey.</p> +<p>10.—A storm of great violence swept over the Eastern +coast, and strewed the shores from Yarmouth to the Humber with +wrecks and drifting spars. “Off Yarmouth vessel after +vessel went down bodily with all hands, and left no clue as to +their names or of the ports to which they belonged.” +Six Lynn vessels were lost in the Deeps. On this day large +flocks of wild geese and swans, with mallards and widgeon, were +seen in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and the stormy petrel was +observed.</p> +<p>20.—The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy +caused in the representation of Norwich by the unseating of Mr. +Jacob Henry Tillett for bribery took place at the +Guildhall. Sir Charles Legard, of Ganton, Yorkshire, was +the Conservative, and Mr. J. J. Colman, of Carrow House, Norwich, +the Liberal candidate. The show of hands was in favour of +the latter, and a poll was demanded by Sir Samuel Bignold, on +behalf of the Conservative nominee. The election took place +on the 21st, with the following result: Colman, 4,637; Legard, +3,389.</p> +<p>28.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a report +was received from a special committee appointed on January 17th +to consider the question of the necessity of a School Board for +the city. The committee stated that after communication +with the Education Department of the Privy Council, they +considered the appointment of a School Board for the corporate +district to be inevitable. Mr. Tillett moved the adoption +of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Youngs. Mr. Priest +moved, and Dr. Copeman seconded, a resolution—“That, +in the opinion of the Council, a School Board is not at present +desirable, and that they see no sufficient reason why it should +be inevitable.” Mr. Tillett’s motion was +carried, by 29 votes to 5. (<i>See</i> April 12th.)</p> +<p>—The Norwich Town Council authorised the Sewerage and +Irrigation Committee to borrow a further sum of £10,000 for +the completion of the drainage works. On April 17th the +works were used for the first time for delivering sewage upon the +land at Kirby Bedon.</p> +<h4><a name="page210"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +210</span>MARCH.</h4> +<p>3.—The foundation-stone of the new passenger station for +the Great Eastern, the Midland, and the Great Northern Railways, +at King’s Lynn, was laid by the Mayor (Mr. E. E. +Durrant).</p> +<p>8.—Died at his Norfolk seat, Melton Constable, Jacob +Henry Delaval Astley, twenty-third Baron Hastings. His +lordship, who was in his 49th year, succeeded his father in +1859. He married, in 1848, the Hon. Frances Diana Manners +Sutton, daughter of Viscount Canterbury. He took no part in +public affairs, but he was much esteemed for his amiable +disposition, and deservedly popular in the county for the +spirited manner in which he promoted field sports, and for his +courteous bearing as a Master of Foxhounds. Having no +issue, his lordship was succeeded by his brother, the Hon. and +Rev. Delaval Loftus Astley, of East Barsham.</p> +<p>9.—At Norwich Police Court, Richard Hoskins, a clerk in +the employment of the National Provincial Bank of England, was +charged with feloniously stealing divers sums, amounting +altogether to £1,835, the moneys of his employers. +The magistrates consented to deal with the case summarily, and, +on the prisoner pleading guilty, he was sentenced to six +months’ imprisonment, with hard labour.</p> +<p>10.—Mr. Henry Haigh’s Opera Company, with Madame +Haigh-Dyer as <i>prima donna</i>, opened the Easter season at +Norwich Theatre with a performance of “The Grand +Duchess.”</p> +<p>15.—Died at his residence, St. Andrew’s, Norwich, +Mr. James Newbegin, aged 51. He was Chairman of the Norwich +Board of Guardians, and was possessed of considerable scientific +attainments. Mr. Edward Field was elected to the +chairmanship of the Board on April 17th.</p> +<p>21.—The marriage of Princess Louise was celebrated at +Norwich by the ringing of bells and by the partial decoration of +the city. The Town Council, at a special meeting, adopted a +congratulatory address for presentation to the Queen, and in the +evening the Scottish residents in the city held a banquet at the +Norfolk Hotel. “Although a number of their English +friends were invited to join it, the gentlemen from North of the +Tweed assembled in sufficiently preponderating numbers to give a +distinctive character to the gathering, and the whole of the +arrangements were carried out by a committee of +Scotchmen.” The “Number Twenty-Four” Club +also dined at the same hotel, and the event was similarly +celebrated at Yarmouth, Lynn, and Thetford.</p> +<p>26.—Died at Morningthorpe, Mr. Edward Howes, member of +Parliament for South Norfolk. Born July 7th, 1813, he was +the eldest surviving son of the Rev. George Howes, rector of +Spixworth, his mother being a daughter of Mr. Robert Fellowes, of +Shotesham Park. From St. Paul’s School he proceeded +to Cambridge, and came out high in the list of Wranglers of his +year (1835); in 1836 he was elected a Fellow of his College +(Trinity), and three years after was called to the Bar. In +1859 Mr. Howes was returned without opposition for the Eastern +Division of the county, in conjunction with Colonel Coke, and in +1865 he was again elected, with Mr. Clare Sewell Read as his +colleague. In 1868, when the county was subdivided, Mr. +Howes and Mr. Read selected the Southern Division, and were again +returned. Mr. Howes was appointed Chancellor of the Diocese +on the death of <a name="page211"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +211</span>Mr. Chancellor Evans; he was a Chairman of Norfolk +Quarter Sessions, and one of her Majesty’s Ecclesiastical +Commissioners. He married first, in 1842, Agnes Maria, +daughter of Mr. Richard Gwyn, who died in 1843; and secondly, in +1851, his cousin, the fourth daughter of Mr. R. Fellowes, +deceased, by whom he left a son and a daughter.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.—Died, in his 88th year, Mr. George Samuel Kett, of +Brooke House. He served the office of High Sheriff in 1820, +and was a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.</p> +<p>4.—Died, suddenly, while on a visit to Norwich, Mr. G. +Middleton, of Wimbledon. Mr. Middleton, who was a +magistrate of the city, served the office of Mayor in 1859.</p> +<p>11.—The dedication-stone of a new church at Harleston +was laid by Mr. Sancroft Holmes. The building was designed +to accommodate 400 persons, and the contract amounted to +£3,150, exclusive of fittings. Mr. Phipson was the +architect, and Mr. Grimwood, of Weybread, the contractor.</p> +<p>—The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in the +Southern Division of the county, occasioned by the death of Mr. +Howes, took place at the Shirehall, Norwich. Sir Robert +Jacob Buxton, Conservative, and Mr. Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, +Liberal, were nominated. The polling took place on the +14th, and resulted in the return of the Conservative +candidate. The official declaration was made at the +Shirehall on the 17th, as follows: Buxton, 2,868; Gurdon, +2,547.</p> +<p>12.—The first School Board election took place at +Norwich. “There was a total absence of excitement, +and not much interest was shown.” The following +candidates were elected:—Mr. J. H. Tillett, Mr. H. Morgan, +Mr. H. Birkbeck, Mr. J. W. Dowson. Mr. T. R. Pinder, Mr. R. +A. Cooper, the Rev. Hinds Howell, Mr. A. J. N. Chamberlin, Mr. C. +J. Bunting, the Rev. E. P. Costello (Roman Catholic), the Rev. A. +C. Copeman, the Rev. J. W. L. Heaviside, and Mr. J. C. +Barnham. The unsuccessful candidates were Mr. John Youngs, +Mr. F. Paul, the Rev. G. S. Barrett, and the Rev. A. +Jessopp. On April 27th Canon Heaviside was elected +Chairman, and Mr. Barnham Vice-Chairman; and on May 22nd Mr. E. +P. Simpson was appointed Clerk.</p> +<p>15.*—“In consequence of the Purchas judgment, the +clergy of Yarmouth intend to wear the surplice in future instead +of the black gown when preaching. This resolution was +carried into effect during Passion week, and on Easter Sunday at +the various churches. At St. John’s, St. +James’, and St. Andrew’s churches the black gown has +long been discarded.”</p> +<p>18.—The sale of the stud and foxhounds of the late Lord +Hastings, at Melton Constable, attracted an enormous number of +persons from all parts of England. About £4,000 was +realised. On the 19th the daily cows and red and fallow +deer were sold for £1,600.</p> +<p>21.—Died at his residence, the Crescent, Norwich, the +Rev. Samuel Titlow, vicar of St. John Timberhill and rector of +St. Peter Hungate, aged 78. Mr. Titlow was a native of +Harleston, and was seventh Wrangler in the mathematical tripos of +1817. Ordained deacon in the <a name="page212"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 212</span>same year, he was appointed curate +of Broxbourne, and in 1818 received priest’s orders. +He came to Norwich in 1819, as mathematical master at the Grammar +School, under Dr. Valpy, and held the curacy of St. +Clement. Mr. Titlow afterwards opened a school in +Pottergate Street, which he carried on for several years with +great success. In 1831 he was appointed to the vicarage of +St. John Timberhill, and in 1839 the Lord Chancellor presented +him to the rectory of St. Peter Hungate.</p> +<p>22.—Died at his residence, Hellesdon House, Norwich, Mr. +John Norgate, a warm supporter of the benevolent and educational +institutions of the city, and a good judge of the fine arts.</p> +<p>27.—A great meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Watson), +“for the purpose of protesting against the Intoxicating +Liquors (Licensing) Bill introduced into the House of Commons by +the Home Secretary, Mr. Bruce.” The principal +speakers were Sir Samuel Bignold, Mr. W. P. Nichols, Mr. S. +Gurney Buxton, and Mr. H. Patteson. Resolutions were +adopted affirming that the Bill was unjust in its character and +indefensible in its confiscating the rights of property, and +ought to be opposed by every constitutional means, and that it +was an undue interference with the rights, liberties, and +necessities of the working man, and inconsistent with the true +spirit of freedom.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>7.—Died, at Great Plumstead, Robert Maidstone, in his +one hundredth year. For the last twenty years of his life +he was postmaster of the village, and had served for more than +half a century the office of parish clerk.</p> +<p>13.—The census returns for Norwich were published on +this date. The number of houses inhabited was 18,328; +uninhabited, 1,117; building, 181; the total population was +80,382—males, 36,583; females, 43,799.</p> +<p>17.—Snow fell at Norwich, “and the weather was +more like that of midwinter than of the merrie month of +May.”</p> +<p>18.—The sale of the late Lord Walsingham’s Merton +herd was conducted by Mr. John Thornton. Forty-six cows +realised £1,906 16s., and eleven bulls, £402 3s., a +respective average of £41 9s. and £36 11s. 2d. +The total amount was £2,308 19s. The Southdown flock +was sold by Mr. Thornton on June 29th. The highest price +paid for a yearling ram was 180 guineas, and the total amount +realised £5,489 15s.</p> +<p>21.—Died, at St. Augustine’s, Norwich, Mr. John +Sultzer, in his 69th year. Since the year 1839 he had +carried on an extensive manufacturing business; he was a +magistrate of the city, a member of the Town Council, and +chairman of the Norwich Waterworks Company, and of the Board of +Management of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Mr. Sultzer +was a native of Leicester, and at the age of 25 settled in +Lichfield, of which city he was Mayor at the time of the +Coronation of Queen Victoria. In politics he was a +Liberal.</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated in the +customary manner at Norwich. The Royal Horse Artillery and +Volunteers were reviewed <a name="page213"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 213</span>on Mousehold, and the Mayor and +Sheriff, besides entertaining a large number of guests at the +Drill Hall, gave a dinner at St. Andrew’s Hall to 1,200 of +the aged poor.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>7.—A rifle match between two teams of 22 men each, +representing the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, took place on +the Billingford range, East Dereham, and was won by Norfolk by +589 points against 562.</p> +<p>20.—A fine barque, classed A 1 at Lloyd’s for +fourteen years, named the Oleander, was launched from the +shipyard of Mr. J. H. Fellows, at Southtown, Yarmouth. The +vessel was 440 tons builder’s measurement, and 386 tons +register, 133 feet in length, and 27 feet beam, and was intended +for the South African trade.</p> +<p>21.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association commenced at East Dereham, and was continued on the +22nd. It was the most successful that the society had +held. Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., presided at the public dinner, +which took place at the Corn Hall.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>14.—Mrs. Elizabeth Watts, of Badding’s Lane, St. +Martin-at-Palace, Norwich, attained her one hundredth year.</p> +<p>15.—The 2nd Administrative Battalion of Norfolk +Volunteers and the 1st Administrative Battalion of Suffolk +Volunteers were encamped on the North Denes, Yarmouth. +Major-General F. Murray inspected the battalions on the 20th.</p> +<p>18.—The projected establishment of a Norfolk County +School for the education of the middle classes “on similar +principles to those which have been successfully carried out in +other counties,” was discussed at a meeting of the West +Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture held at King’s Lynn. +The movement, which was initiated by the Rev. J. L. Brereton, was +deemed worthy of support not only by the chamber, but by the +county generally. On September 30th the announcement was +made that the school was being experimentally conducted at Great +Massingham. (<i>See</i> January 22nd, 1872.)</p> +<p>22.—The 1st Administrative Battalion of Norfolk Rifle +Volunteers went into camp at Holkham Park. The North +Walsham corps marched the whole distance of thirty miles; they +started the day before, and were billeted for the night at +Holt. Lieut.-Col. Wilkinson inspected the battalion on the +26th, and the camp was struck on the 29th.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>2.—The Eastern Counties Industrial and Fine Arts +Exhibition commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. +It remained open for two months.</p> +<p><a name="page214"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +214</span>5.—At a special meeting of the Governors of the +Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, the Centenary Committee appointed +for the purpose of suggesting a scheme for affording increased +accommodation for in-patients, and for soliciting donations and +subscriptions to carry out the object, reported that in +consequence of conflicting opinions they had been unable to come +to a decision. It was agreed by the Board that no +additional building be commenced not only until the necessary +funds for completing the building were provided, but until +increased subscriptions for the maintenance of additional +in-patients were forthcoming. (<i>See</i> November 20th, +1876.)</p> +<p>7.—The first Monday in August falling upon this date, +“the banks at Norwich were closed, under the Bank Holiday +Act.” At East Dereham “the first of the +holidays mentioned in the new statute was officially observed by +the various bank officials, for whose convenience the measure was +passed into law.” A meeting of the merchants, +manufacturers, traders, and others was held at the Guildhall, +Norwich, on December 14th, “to determine whether the +holidays mentioned in the Bank Holiday Act should be permanently +adopted in this city.” Those present pledged +themselves to adopt the holidays.</p> +<p>15.—The Yarmouth Town Council voted an address to Sir +James Paget, a native of the borough, congratulating him upon the +honour of a baronetcy conferred upon him by the Queen.</p> +<p>22.—The D Battery, B Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, +marched from Norwich for Aldershot, and were accompanied to the +city boundary by the bands of the Artillery and Rifle +Volunteers.</p> +<p>26.—Died, Mr. James De Carle Sowerby, aged 84. He +belonged to a Norwich family of naturalists, and was chiefly +employed in drawing, engraving, and colouring. “There +were few departments of natural history in which his attainments +were not considerable, and he published many papers on shells and +other subjects in the Transactions of the Geological and other +societies.”</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Mr. Walter Montgomery, the well-known actor, +committed suicide by shooting himself at Shelly’s Hotel, +Stafford Street, London. Only on the 30th of the previous +month he married, at St. George’s, Hanover Square, Miss +Laleah B. Bigelow, an American lady. Mr. Montgomery, whose +real name was Richard Tomlinson, was a native of Norwich, and for +some years resided at Walsingham, where he was apprenticed to Mr. +William Coker, a grocer and draper. At an early age he +showed a predilection for the stage, and after a series of +recitals in private, made his first appearance at Norwich +Theatre, and subsequently played at Yarmouth, Bath, Bristol, and +other provincial towns. He went to Birmingham in 1854, and +thence to the Theatre Royal, Manchester, where he became a great +favourite. He performed also at Drury Lane and the +Haymarket, and made a tour in Australia, where he established for +himself a high reputation. Returning to England, he +sustained heavy pecuniary losses by his connexion with the Gaiety +Theatre, and had resolved to emigrate to America. Mr. +Montgomery was 44 years of age.</p> +<p><a name="page215"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +215</span>11.—Mdlle. Beatrice appeared at Norwich Theatre +with “Frou-frou” Company. During the +engagement, “The Happy Pair” and “The +Ticket-of-Leave Man,” in which Mr. Horace Wigan sustained +his original character of Hawkshaw, the Detective, were +produced.</p> +<p>27.—The All England and Norfolk Ploughing Matches +commenced at Booton, near Reepham, and were continued on the +28th. There were seven contests—three for implement +manufacturers and four for Norfolk ploughmen. A public +dinner was held at Hackford schoolroom on the evening of the +first day, when Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., presided, and several local +members of Parliament were present.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>4.—The headquarters of the 7th Dragoon Guards arrived at +Norwich, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Peyton. The +Cavalry Barracks being under repair, the officers took up their +quarters at the Royal Hotel.</p> +<p>6.—Great excitement was caused at Diss by the closing of +the doors of Messrs. Fincham and Co.’s Bank. In a +circular issued shortly afterwards, Mr. Simpson stated that he +was compelled to adopt this course owing to the continued strain +upon his resources. On the 7th it was announced that +arrangements were being made by which it was hoped the business +of the Bank would be carried on; and on the same day Messrs. +Gurneys intimated that they would afford banking facilities to +the customers of Messrs. Fincham and Simpson during the temporary +suspension of business. A meeting of the creditors was held +on the 10th, and a committee appointed; and representatives of +the London and Provincial Bank carried out negotiations which +resulted in the Bank being re-opened on the 11th. Another +meeting was held on November 2nd, for the purpose of proving +debts and of realising the estate. Payment to the creditors +of 10s. in the pound was arranged, it being understood that +further dividends would be paid as the estate was realised. +The liabilities were reported to be £87,305 5s. 6d., and +the assets £54,491 18s. 2d.</p> +<p>13.—Sir Samuel Bignold, on the completion of his 80th +year, was presented by the clerks at the Union Offices with a +silver inkstand and an illuminated address. Several of the +Conservative Ward Associations adopted congratulatory addresses, +and, on the 17th, a resolution was passed by the Town Council +expressive of the congratulations of that body. On January +9th, 1872, the proprietors of the Norwich Union Fire Office +presented Sir Samuel with a service of plate and his portrait, +painted by Ventnor.</p> +<p>15.—Died at his residence, Buckingham Palace Road, +London, Mr. Richard Young, who, on the 13th inst., had been +re-elected by the Livery of the Corporation Sheriff of London and +Middlesex. Mr. Young, who was a merchant and shipowner, and +a director of the Great Eastern Railway and other companies, was +born at Scarning, in 1809, and was a self-made man.</p> +<p>16.—Died at the house of her nephew, Mr. H. Wilkin, West +Pottergate Street, Norwich, Sarah Nolbrow, aged 100 years.</p> +<p><a name="page216"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +216</span>17.—The Norwich Town Council accepted a portrait +of Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett, painted by Sandys, to be placed in +St. Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>—The Sanitary Committee reported to the Norwich Town +Council that the number of outbreaks of small-pox in the city was +such as to occasion considerable alarm. It was stated that +the necessary precautions had been taken, and, in case of death, +burial within forty-eight hours had, as far as possible, been +enforced, and arrangements made to prevent the bodies of children +being carried to the Cemetery in cabs. Dr. Eade, at a +meeting of the Town Council on November 28th, referred to the +alarming spread of the disease, and urged the necessity of +enforcing vaccination. During this and the succeeding month +several persons were prosecuted for neglect of precautionary +measures. On December 19th it was reported to the Town +Council that the Marchioness of Lothian had munificently given to +the city a small-pox hospital. (<i>See</i> March 23rd, +1872.)</p> +<p>18.—A new Corn Hall, erected through the enterprise of +Mr. J. W. Davey, was opened at Yarmouth. It was designed by +Mr. J. B. Pearce, and built by Mr. J. W. Lacey, at the cost of +£3,800. “For many years past the corn merchants +had met in all weathers in front of the Duke’s Head Hotel, +without the slightest shelter, and transacted their affairs at +great inconvenience to themselves and to the annoyance of the +general public.”</p> +<p>26.—At Norwich Quarter Sessions, before the Recorder, +Mr. O’Malley, Q.C., Henry Brown Woolsey (36), formerly a +clerk at Carrow Works, pleaded guilty to feloniously embezzling +£558, the monies of his employers, Mr. J. J. Colman and +others, and was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude, +although recommended to mercy by the prosecutors. +Considerable comment was made upon the disparity of the sentences +in this and in the Hoskins case (<i>q.v.</i> page 210).</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Mr. Robert Chamberlin was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Frederick Grimmer appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>23.—A telegram was received at Norwich announcing that +the Prince of Wales was suffering from an attack of typhoid fever +at Sandringham. “There are,” it was added, +“no unfavourable symptoms.” Later bulletins +were of a most alarming character, and the inhabitants of county +and city soon realised that his Royal Highness was in a critical +condition. The Queen arrived from Windsor on the 29th, and +was met at Wolferton station by the Duke of Edinburgh, who +escorted her to Sandringham. This was her Majesty’s +first visit to Sandringham, and her second to Norfolk. [As +Princess Victoria, she, with her mother, the Duchess of Kent, +visited Mr. Coke at Holkham, in 1835.] Her Majesty returned +to Windsor on December 1st. On the 8th his Royal Highness +had a very serious relapse, and his Royal mother, accompanied by +the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Louise, hurried back to +Sandringham. On December 10th a special form of prayer was +used in all churches, and supplications were made at +Nonconformist places of worship. Public suspense continued +until the 14th, when a turn for the better took place, and on the +19th her Majesty returned to Windsor. On the same day a +special meeting of <a name="page217"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +217</span>the Norwich Town Council was held, at which, on the +motion of Sir William Foster, seconded by Sir Samuel Bignold, a +resolution was adopted expressing to her Majesty and the Princess +of Wales the deep sympathy felt by the citizens during the +dangerous and painful illness of his Royal Highness. +Throughout this trying period the newspaper offices in Norwich +were besieged by anxious crowds, eager to receive +intelligence. (<i>See</i> January 4th, 1872.)</p> +<p>30.—A severe gale burst over the East coast, and was +productive of the most terrible disasters to shipping and the +fishing fleet.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>26.—The pantomime produced at Norwich Theatre, by Miss +May Holt, was entitled, “The Fair One with the Golden +Locks, or Harlequin Zephyr and the Peris’ Paradise on the +Jewelled Island.” At Charles Adams’ Circus was +produced the equestrian pantomime, “Ride a Cock Horse to +Banbury Cross, or Harlequin Mother Goose.”</p> +<h3>1872.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>4.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, held at the +Shirehall, Norwich, the Earl of Kimberley moved an address to the +Queen, conveying to her Majesty the assurance that the magistracy +and all her loyal subjects in the county had felt the sincerest +sympathy with her during the alarming illness of the Prince of +Wales; and Lord Sondes moved a congratulatory address to his +Royal Highness and the Princess of Wales. The clergy of the +diocese, at a meeting held at the Palace on the 27th, adopted +similar addresses. “Thanksgiving Day” was +observed throughout the county on February 27th. At Norwich +the principal business establishments were closed, and services +held at the Cathedral, the parish churches, and other places of +worship.</p> +<p>11.—The centenary of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital +was celebrated by an entertainment given at the institution.</p> +<p>22.—The Norwich, Costessey, and Taverham Tramway Scheme +was considered by the Board of Trade, to whose satisfaction the +promoters proved that the preliminary steps required under the +Tramways Act, 1870, had been complied with.</p> +<p>—The Norfolk County School Association held its first +meeting at the temporary school at Great Massingham, under the +presidency of Sir Willoughby Jones. The Rev. J. L. Brereton +reported that the Prince of Wales had become a patron of the +school, and the sum of £5,920 had been subscribed by about +seventy shareholders. At a meeting held at the Earl of +Leicester’s, house in Grosvenor Square, London, on April +24th, it was decided to erect the school on Bintry Hill, near +North Elmham. (<i>See</i> April 14th, 1873.)</p> +<p><a name="page218"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +218</span>24.—The Norwich Waterworks Company opened a +second covered reservoir at Lakenham, and, in celebration of the +event, luncheon was served within the works, under the presidency +of the chairman of the company, Mr. H. S. Patteson. The +reservoir was 128 feet in length and 120 feet in width.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>7.—Died at his residence, Notting Hill, London, the +Right Rev. Samuel Hinds, D.D., formerly Bishop of Norwich. +Born at Barbadoes in 1793, he came at an early age to England, +and was educated at a private school at Ridland, near +Bristol. He entered Balliol College, Oxford, but migrated +to Queen’s, where he took Second Class Honours in Classics +and the University Latin Essay. After ordination by the +Bishop of London, he returned to Barbadoes as the first +missionary to the negro population. Soon afterwards the +headmastership of Codrington College fell vacant, and Dr. Hinds +was appointed thereto by Bishop’ Howley. On returning +to England, he held a small living in Hertfordshire, and the +rectory of Castle Knock, near Dublin; in 1848 was appointed Dean +of Carlisle, and in 1849, on the death of Bishop Stanley, he +became Bishop of Norwich. On account of ill-health he +resigned the See in 1857. Bishop Hinds was the author of +“A Treatise on Logic,” “A History of the Rise +and Early Progress of Christianity,” “An Inquiry into +the Nature and Extent of Inspiration,” and “Sonnets +and Sacred Poems.” “His beautiful hymn, to +which Dr. Buck set such appropriate music, is familiar to every +attendant at our Cathedral services.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at Gateley, Mr. Money Griggs, in his one +hundredth year.</p> +<p>9.*—“Under the provisions of Mr. Cardwell’s +Army Organization Bill, Yarmouth has been selected as the +headquarters of the <i>depôt</i> of the 9th East Norfolk +Regiment of Foot.”</p> +<p>11.—Died, at 21, Taviton Street, Gordon Square, London, +Emily Taylor, daughter of Mr. Samuel Taylor, of New +Buckenham. She was born April 8th, 1795, and for nearly +fifty years resided in Norfolk. At the age of five her +singing was said to be wonderful; before seven years of age she +had read the Iliad of Homer and made herself acquainted with many +books of history. Among her writings were “Tales of +the Saxons,” “Tales of the English,” “The +Ball I live on,” “Poetical Illustrations,” +&c. Her last work was “Contemporary Poets,” +issued in 1868. Miss Taylor, who was a native of Banham, +removed to London in 1858, and established the West Central +Collegiate School, Southampton Road, Russell Square. Her +remains were interred in Highgate Cemetery, on March 14th, near +the resting-place of Miss Martineau.</p> +<p>14.—Died at his residence in Duke Street, Norwich, very +suddenly, aged 51, Mr. Henry Rudd, chorus master of the Norfolk +and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival. Mr. Rudd was +originally a sawyer, but his taste for music was observed by Mr. +Taylor, organist of St. John’s Roman Catholic chapel, from +whom he received his musical education. For many years he +was a member of the Choral Society and of other <a +name="page219"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 219</span>musical +associations, held the situation of music master at the Diocesan +Training Institution, and was instrumental in forming the Norwich +Gatehouse Choir. On the resignation of Mr. J. F. Hill, he +obtained the post of director of the Festival Choral +Society. Mr. Rudd was succeeded as chorus master by Mr. +James Harcourt.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Northrepps Hall, aged 88, Hannah, widow of +the first Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, whom she survived +twenty-seven years. Lady Buxton was sister of the +well-known philanthropist, Elizabeth Fry, and of Mr. John Joseph +Gurney.</p> +<p>22.—Died at Burlingham Hall, Mr. Henry Negus Burroughes, +aged 81. He succeeded to the family estates at an early +age, and in 1815 served the office of High Sheriff. In +1837, in conjunction with Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, he successfully +contested the representation of East Norfolk against Mr. W. H. +Windham and Mr. R. H. Gurney, and he continued to represent the +division until 1857, having meanwhile stood a second contest, in +1841, with Sir William ffolkes, and been twice re-elected, in +1847 and 1852, without opposition. In 1857, however, he and +his colleague, Sir Henry Stracey, who had been elected in 1855, +in the room of Mr. Wodehouse, declined to come forward again, the +then popularity of their chief opponent, Major-General Windham, +who had just returned triumphant from the Crimea, rendering +success doubtful. Mr. Burroughes had taken an active part +in the public business of the county.</p> +<p>23.—In the week ending this date there was a marked +decline in the mortality from small-pox in Norwich. The +largest number of deaths in any week was 37, and for several +weeks the number was reported as 30.</p> +<p>30.—Died at Coltishall, in his 80th year, Mr. Nathaniel +Palmer, of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law. By his death +the Recordership of Yarmouth and the Judgeship of the Norwich +Court of Record became vacant. The first-named office was +filled by the appointment of Mr. Simms Reeve, and the latter by +the election of Mr. Carlos Cooper. Mr. Palmer was one of +the oldest of the Norwich magistrates, and for many years +occupied a leading position in the Liberal party. Born in +1792, he was the son of Mr. Nathaniel Palmer, Government +contractor for the Navy and distributor of stamps, and was +articled to Mr. Worship, solicitor, of Yarmouth, in which borough +he practised as an attorney, with considerable success. In +1827 he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple. He +married Rachael, only daughter of Mr. Thomas Hitchin, of Norwich, +by whom he had five children. One of his sons was Mr. T. H. +Palmer, registrar of the Norwich County Court.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.—Mr. Henry Leslie’s Opera Bouffe Company +commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre, in “Princess of +Trebizonde.”</p> +<p>13.—The agricultural labourers’ agitation began in +Norfolk with a meeting held at Old Buckenham. The movement +was shortly afterwards taken up in earnest in many parts of the +county. The principal object of its supporters was to +obtain an increase in the rate of wages. (<i>See</i> +February 20th, 1873.)</p> +<p><a name="page220"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +220</span>22.—Died at Norwich, aged 50, Mr. Frederick +Simpson, for many years City Treasurer. Mr. T. Hancock, a +member of the Town Council, resigned his seat, and on May 3rd was +elected to the vacant office.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—The arbitration case, Coaks <i>v.</i> Tillett, was +opened at the Shirehall, Norwich, before Sir Willoughby Jones, +Bart. The inquiry had reference to a claim made by Mr. I. +B. Coaks against Mr. J. H. Tillett, arising out of the winding-up +of the affairs of the East of England Bank. An action was +originally brought in the Court of Queen’s Bench, and was +intended to have been heard at the previous Norwich Assizes, but +by consent of both parties the matter in dispute was referred to +the arbitration of Sir Willoughby Jones. Mr. Merewether +appeared for Mr. Coaks, and Mr. Tillett conducted his own +case. The amount claimed was £2,160, and the +arbitrator, after an exhaustive inquiry was due consideration, +awarded £1,881 4s. 5d.</p> +<p>8.—In the Court of Queen’s Bench, the +Attorney-General moved for a rule <i>nisi</i> calling upon the +Town Council of Norwich to show cause why a <i>mandamus</i> +should not issue directing them to build a new asylum for pauper +lunatics. The question had been in abeyance since 1863, and +various reasons were urged why the asylum should not be +erected. The Court granted the rule <i>nisi</i>. On +the 17th it was resolved, at a meeting of the Town Council, to +write to the Secretary of State, pointing out that on April 17th +a resolution was passed in the House of Commons affirming that +occupiers in counties and boroughs should be relieved either in +whole or in part of charges imposed for lunatics, the expenditure +for such purpose being almost entirely independent of local +control. The Home Secretary was asked whether he felt it +imcumbent by compulsory measures to force upon the local rates of +Norwich an expenditure estimated at between £40,000 and +£50,000. On the 21st the Town Council sent a memorial +to the House of Commons, asking them “to intervene for the +protection of this municipality, or at least obtain a +postponement of the threatened proceedings until Parliament shall +have definitely settled by whom the cost of maintaining lunatics +shall be permanently borne.” The Court of +Queen’s Bench, on June 10th, made the rule absolute against +the Corporation, and on June 18th the Corporation decided, by 33 +votes to 7, to offer continued resistance to the +<i>mandamus</i>. (<i>See</i> January 15th, 1873.)</p> +<p>14.—A meeting, presided over by Colonel Hugh FitzRoy, +was held at the Town Hall, Aylsham, to discuss the feasibility of +constructing a narrow gauge railway between Norwich and Aylsham, +and thence to Aldborough and Beeston. Mr. Minshull, +engineer, estimated the cost of construction at £5,000 per +mile. The meeting was in favour of the scheme, and +appointed a committee to consider details.</p> +<p>16.—The first stone of Christ church, Eaton, was laid by +the Mayor of Norwich (Mr. R. Chamberlin). The church was +opened on November 4th, 1873, by the Bishop of Norwich. Mr. +H. Bolingbroke gave the site; the architects were Mr. J. H. Brown +and Mr. J. B. Pearce, and the contractors Mr. W. Wright and Mr. +J. W. Lacey. “It is said that the bell fixed in the +turret was formerly the sanctus bell at the Cathedral.”</p> +<p><a name="page221"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +221</span>20.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated at +Norwich on this day (Whit-Monday). “It was a +demonstration of regard towards the person of her Majesty and of +joy that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had recovered +from his illness.” The streets of the city were +decorated, a military review took place on Mousehold, civic +entertainments were given, and the festivities terminated with a +display of fireworks on the Castle Meadow.</p> +<p>21.—Captain Bates, the Kentucky Giant, and +Chrissie-Millie, better known as the “Two-headed +Nightingale,” appeared at the Lecture Hall, St. +Andrew’s, Norwich. Of this mulatto girl it was said, +“Chrissie and Millie are fairly educated, and sing either +solos or duets with ease and effect.”</p> +<p>23.—Died at Naples, the Right Hon. Henry Lytton Earle +Bulwer, Baron Dalling and Bulwer. Born in 1804, his +lordship was the second son of General William Bulwer, of Heydon +Hall and Wood Dalling, by Elizabeth Barbara Lytton, sole heiress +and last descendant of the Lyttons of Knebworth in +Hertfordshire. His career as a diplomatist is familiar to +every student of history. His lordship was the author of +“Historical Characters,” which appeared in two +volumes in the winter of 1867, and rapidly ran into a sixth +edition; and of a “Life of Lord Palmerston,” +published in 1871. The remains of the deceased nobleman +were interred at Heydon on June 25th.</p> +<p>27.—A one hundred yards’ race took place on the +West Winch Road, Lynn, between Thomas Akers and a horse belonging +to Mr. W. L. Proctor. “Akers led off, the horse not +starting directly the signal was given, but he had not proceeded +far when he was overtaken by the animal and beaten by about ten +yards.”</p> +<p>29.—The tower of the church of Beeston-next-Mileham was +struck by lightning. “The Litcham fire-engine was +taken into the church, but the molten lead and burning timber +fell so rapidly that nothing could be done, and the tower was +entirely destroyed.”</p> +<p>—A remarkable mirage was witnessed at Yarmouth. +“The weather was exceedingly sultry, with heavy banks of +clouds towards the east and south-east, just opposite Yarmouth, +and extending from the Scroby to the Corton Sands there appeared +a sharply-defined and magnificent outline of Gorleston and Corton +cliff, with the entrance to the harbour and even the white +sands. A stranger visiting the locality for the first time +would have supposed that Yarmouth was embayed by a narrow +peninsula.”</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>3.—Mr. G. B. Loveday’s Gaiety Operetta Company, +under the direction of Mr. John Hollingshead, appeared at Norwich +Theatre.</p> +<p>6.—The Prince of Wales visited Yarmouth for the first +time. His Royal Highness, accompanied by the Earl of +Leicester, arrived at Southtown station, and was received by the +Mayor (Mr. E. H. L. Preston), the members of the Corporation, and +the Recorder (Mr. Simms Reeve), who read an address of +welcome. The Militia Artillery and the Rifle Volunteers +formed guards of honour, and the Royal carriage was escorted from +the station to the Town Hall, by the 7th Dragoon Guards from +Norwich, under the command of Colonel Peyton. <a +name="page222"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 222</span>After +luncheon at the Town Hall, his Royal Highness proceeded to the +newly-erected Grammar School, at the junction of Trafalgar Road +and Apsley Road, and declared the buildings open; in the evening +he dined at the Artillery mess and attended a performance in +which Mr. Toole appeared, at the Regent Hall. On the 7th +the Prince was present at a review of the Artillery Militia, of +which he was honorary colonel, and on the 8th returned by special +train to London.</p> +<p>10.—Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss E. Farren appeared at +Norwich Theatre on this and the succeeding evening in +“Dearer than Life,” “The Steeplechase,” +“The Weavers,” scenes from “Paul Pry,” +and “Ici on parle Français.”</p> +<p>19.—The show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association, of +which the Prince of Wales was this year President, commenced at +King’s Lynn, and was attended by his Royal Highness, who +was accompanied by the Princess of Wales. The Prince +presided at the luncheon, which, for the first time, took place +in a marquee erected in the showground, and was attended by +upwards of 900 guests. In addition to the Prince of Wales, +the speakers at the gathering included the Earl of Leicester, the +Bishop of Norwich, Lord Sondes, Lord Suffield, Admiral Sir Henry +Keppel, the Hon. R. Bourke, M.P., Sir W. Bagge, M.P., Mr. C. S. +Read, M.P., Mr. G. W. P. Bentinck, M.P., &c.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at the Roman Catholic Presbytery, Willow Lane, +Norwich, the Rev. Edmund Costello, S.J., aged 44. Father +Costello had been in ill-health, and his death was accelerated by +his devoted ministrations among the poor when the small-pox +epidemic was at its height. He was a son of Mr. James +Costello, of Eyre Square, Galway, was educated at the Irish +College, Paris, at Maynooth, and at Stonyhurst, and entered upon +the Norwich Roman Catholic Mission in 1868.</p> +<p>27.—The 3rd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers (formerly the 1st +Administrative Battalion), commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Duff, went +into camp at Ketteringham Park. The North Walsham corps +marched from that town to the camp, a distance of twenty-two +miles. The 2nd Battalion, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel R. T. +Gurdon, was brigaded with the 3rd Battalion. The camp was +struck on August 2nd.</p> +<p>29.—The sale of Crown Point and Whitlingham estate took +place at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, by order of the Court of +Chancery. Messrs. J. and J. Colman were the purchasers, at +£55,700.</p> +<p>30.—Sir Henry Stracey was presented, at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, by the Conservatives of the city, +with a valuable piece of plate, as “a mark of their +appreciation of his political conduct during the recent contests, +and their admiration of his example as a straightforward English +gentleman.” Lady Stracey received from the ladies of +Norwich a diamond bracelet, and silver bouquet-holders were +presented by working-men to the Misses Stracey.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>5.—The High Sheriff (Mr. Angerstein) was fined £50 +by the Judge <a name="page223"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +223</span>of Assize at Norwich. (Mr. Justice Keating), for +non-attendance with his carriage at the Judge’s +lodgings. His lordship had driven to the court in a cab, +which he considered to be “a way not fitting her +Majesty’s Judges.” The High Sheriff +subsequently explained that a mistake had been made as to the +time fixed for the sitting of the court, and having tendered an +apology, the fine was remitted by his lordship.</p> +<p>5.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Byles, +James Johnson, of North Walsham, sought to recover from Mr. W. H. +Cooke, Q.C., Judge of the Norfolk County Court, damages for false +imprisonment and assault. It was alleged that the defendant +wrongfully imprisoned the plaintiff for thirty days; when the +plaintiff left Norwich Castle he personally served the Judge, as +he was leaving the court, with a notice of action for false +imprisonment, and his Honour, mistaking the man’s +intention, seized him by the collar, and a second time ordered +his arrest. For the defendant it was alleged that he had +acted within his jurisdiction. After two days’ trial +the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one +farthing.</p> +<p>8.—An alarming flood occurred at Walsingham. Owing +to heavy rains, the stream in the vicinity overflowed its banks, +and the low-lying part of the town was submerged. Forty +women and children were rescued from the upper rooms of the +cottages by means of ladders, and conveyed in boats to a place of +safety. On the 9th a temporary dam was erected, which had +the effect of diverting the flow of water. The village of +East Barsham was also flooded, and the high road at West Barsham +was under water.</p> +<p>10.—At a meeting of the Norfolk Central Committee, held +at the Shirehall, Norwich, it was reported that foot-and-mouth +disease had spread to an alarming extent among cattle and +sheep. On the motion of Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., it was +ordered that markets for fat stock be held under the same +restrictions that were in force during the time of the cattle +plague, and that similar regulations should govern the movements +of store stock as were then in force. In Norfolk alone +during the previous five weeks the loss to stockowners from +foot-and-mouth disease was estimated at £22,500, in respect +of 10,000 cattle and 5,000 sheep. The committee sent a +memorial to the Privy Council to prohibit the opening of all +fairs and markets for the period of six weeks.</p> +<p>12.—Died suddenly, at Hills Road, Cambridge, Mr. George +Kett. He was born at Suton, near Wymondham, on June 26th, +1809, and commenced life in a small way of business as a wood +carver at Wymondham. After copying poppyheads at Wymondham +church, he undertook the carving of the seats for Ketteringham +and Mulbarton churches. He then removed to Norwich, where +he was engaged upon the restoration of the Cathedral stalls and +canopies. Whilst he was working there Mr. James Rattee was +placed under him as an apprentice, and the two afterwards became +partners. Mr. Kett was next offered employment upon the +works for the new Houses of Parliament. In 1845 he removed +to London, where he was principally employed under the immediate +direction of Sir Charles Barry, in supplying designs for the wood +carving. Among other portions of the work on which he was +specially engaged were the Royal Arms at the back of the Throne +in the House of Lords. Mr. Rattee, in 1848, consulted him +<a name="page224"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 224</span>upon an +estimate for the restoration of the choir of Ely Cathedral, and +Mr. Kett agreed that if the tender were accepted he would remove +to Cambridge and assist him in carrying it out. The +business partnership thus commenced continued after Mr. +Rattee’s death, in 1854, with his widow, under the style of +Rattee and Kett. Mrs. Rattee died in 1866, when Mr. Kett +assumed sole control of the establishment, and was largely +engaged in the work of church restoration in all parts of the +United Kingdom.</p> +<p>15.—Died at Felbrigg Park, Mr. John Ketton, in his 61st +year. Mr. Ketton was a native of Norwich, where for many +years he was engaged in commercial pursuits. His success +enabled him, when Mr. Windham’s affairs became embarrassed, +to purchase the Felbrigg estate, where he resided until the +period of his death.</p> +<p>—Died at Reigate, Surrey, from the effects of injuries +inflicted upon himself, Mr. Benjamin Land, better known as +“Ben Land,” a sporting character of great celebrity +in his day. Mr. Land began life as a Norfolk farmer, and +gave great encouragement to steeple-chasing in the county, upon +the introduction of that sport in the first half of the +century. One of his earliest winning mounts was in 1836, a +horse named Predictor. Then he owned a very useful nag +called Neewood, and another, Lottery, an exceedingly clever +animal over a country. Land made himself further known by +his doings on Jim Crow, Faith, the Novice, Yellow Dwarf, Little +Nell, Victoria, and Wonder, who could all run and jump a bit, and +sad teasers they were to other Norfolk sportsmen. While +still holding on his farm, Land hunted a pack of staghounds, but +he gradually got out of business as an agriculturist, and took to +riding and training as a profession.</p> +<p>17.—The provisions of the new Licensing Act came into +operation in Norwich. A notice had been issued by the Chief +Constable that on Sunday, Christmas-day, and Good Friday, +licensed houses were not to open before 12.30 at noon and to +close at 2.30 in the afternoon; not to open again before six in +the evening, and to close at ten o’clock. On +week-days they were not to open until six in the morning, and to +close at eleven o’clock at night. “This +application of the Act came on the city suddenly and +unexpectedly, the general opinion having prevailed that +everything would go on as usual until the next annual +licensing-day. In Union Place and King Street many people +determined to have their own way as far as they could, and +accordingly just before closing time they made a great demand +upon the can accommodation of the houses. Large cans and +small cans, when filled with beer, were borne off in triumphant +defiance to the pavement outside, or to the men’s private +gardens or houses, where friend and neighbour remained drinking, +and, in some cases, singing, together long after the lights of +the various public-houses had been extinguished. In two or +three instances some ill-advised publicans persisted in keeping +their houses open.” Several licensed victuallers were +fined for infringing the regulations of the new Act, and in the +early days of its operation the Norwich magistrates were very +liberal in granting extensions of time on the occasion of the +Christmas, Easter, and Whitsun holidays. At East Dereham +the justices permitted the public-houses to remain open until +twelve o’clock during four months of the year.</p> +<p>19.—The first really notable journey upon a bicycle was +performed <a name="page225"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +225</span>by Percy Everett, of Ryburgh, a lad aged 16. He +started at 4.45 a.m. from Ryburgh station, and rode to Newmarket, +where he had breakfast; thence to Whittlesford, where he lunched; +and at 5.30 p.m. he reached Ware, in Hertfordshire, having +accomplished the distance of 110 miles in about 12½ +hours. Everett rode one of the first of the rubber-tyred +bicycles—a machine of Coventry make, known as the +“Aeriel.”</p> +<p>20.—Died, Mr. Edmund Harbord Lushington Preston, Mayor +of Great Yarmouth. Mr. Preston was born in 1806, at the +period when the Hon. E. Harbord (second son of the then Lord +Suffield) and Mr. Stephen Lushington were returned to Parliament +as members for Yarmouth—hence two of his Christian +names. After the passing of the Municipal Reform Act, he +was one of the first burgesses returned to the Town Council on +Conservative principles, and, with the exception of a short +period, from November, 1868, to November, 1869, he continued to +be a member of the Corporation. Mr. Preston was for twenty +years one of the magistrates of the borough, and a member of the +Port and Haven Commission.</p> +<p>27.—The Blake-Bignold incident occurred at the Norwich +Police-court. Mr. Blake, on September 2nd, was charged with +assaulting a publican, and fined, and, on his leaving the court, +was followed by a mob, who endeavoured to overturn the cab in +which he had taken refuge.</p> +<p>28.—Lord Walsingham, while shooting on Blubberhouse +Moor, Yorkshire, killed with his own gun 842 head of grouse, +between the hours of 5.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. The birds were +driven, and before one o’clock 550 had been bagged.</p> +<p>29.—A portion of the Reserve Squadron, consisting of +nine ironclad war vessels, under the command of Admiral Randolph, +entered Yarmouth Roads, and sailed on the 30th for the +Nore. The officers and men numbered 4,500.</p> +<p>—A 300 yards swimming match took place at Thorpe, +between John Morris, ex-champion of England, and “Victor +Natator, the champion under-water performer,” for £10 +a side. “Natator” received ten yards’ +start, and, after an exciting race, was beaten by three +yards.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Slough, Buckinghamshire, aged 95 years, Mrs. +Anne Rigby, widow of Dr. Rigby, of Norwich, whom she survived 51 +years.</p> +<p>5.—The Norwich Board of Guardians, after a long and +acrimonious discussion, agreed, on the motion of the Rev. A. C. +Copeman, seconded by Dr. Bateman, to accede to the request of +Professor Humphrey, of Cambridge, that he be supplied, for the +purposes of dissection, with the unclaimed bodies of persons who +died in the Workhouse. At a meeting on October 3rd an +attempt was made to rescind the resolution, which, however, was +confirmed by 16 votes against 12. On December 12th a third +debate resulted in the rescission of the original motion by one +vote.</p> +<p>9.—The first election in the Eastern Counties under the +new Ballot Act took place at Great Yarmouth, when a councillor +was returned <a name="page226"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +226</span>to fill in the Town Council the vacancy occasioned by +the death of Mr. Preston.</p> +<p>10.—Lord Walsingham was presented by his Merton tenantry +with an address of welcome upon his return after a prolonged +visit to America.</p> +<p>16.—Norwich Theatre was opened for the winter season, +under the management of Mr. G. H. Chaplin. “It has +been our lot to witness some very indifferent acting upon the +Norwich boards, but we never remember having seen a whole company +(with the exception of Mr. Chaplin) so thoroughly destitute of +histrionic talent, or so wretchedly poor in the dresses whereby +to represent the characters.”</p> +<p>—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced with an evening performance of the “Festival Te +Deum” (composed in celebration of the recovery of the +Prince of Wales) and of “The Creation.” The +morning performance on the 18th was “Elijah,” on the +19th “St. Peter” (first time of performance in +Norwich); and on the 20th “The Messiah.” On the +evening of the 17th a grand ballad concert took place, and on the +18th and 19th miscellaneous concerts. The principal +vocalists were Mdlle. Tietjens, Mdlle. Florence Lancia, Mdlle. +Albani, Madame Patey, Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Mr. W. H. +Cummings, Mr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. Kerr Gedge, Mr. J. G. Patey, and +Mr. Santley. Sir Julius Benedict conducted. The +Festival ball was held on the night of the 20th.</p> +<p>25.—Great rejoicings took place at Gunthorpe, in +celebration of the return of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bowyer Sparke, from +their wedding tour. The squire was presented by the +tenantry with an illuminated address.</p> +<p>27.—Died, Mr. John Longe, of Spixworth Park. He +was the second son of the Rev. John Longe, vicar of Coddenham, +Suffolk. Educated at Norwich Grammar School, under Valpy, +and subsequently at Cambridge, he succeeded to the estate in +1828, on the death of the widow of his cousin, Mr. Francis Longe, +who was High Sheriff in 1786. He married, in 1829, Caroline +Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Lieut.-Colonel +Warnford, of Warnford Place, Wilts., and niece of Henry, fourth +Viscount Ashbrook. As a Valpeian, Mr. Longe always took the +greatest interest in the success of the Norwich Grammar School, +of which he was a governor. He was a Deputy-Lieutenant of +the county, and for some years captain in the East Norfolk +Militia, and was succeeded in his estates by his brother, the +Rev. Robert Longe, vicar of Coddenham, who was born in 1800.</p> +<p>—A heavy gale prevailed off the East coast, and many +shipping casualties were reported.</p> +<p>28.—Died at his seat, Melton Constable, the Right Hon. +and Rev. Delaval Loftus, ninth Baron Hastings, in his 48th +year. His lordship had been summoned from Wiesbaden, in +consequence of the alarming illness of Lady Hastings. He +was at the time recovering from a severe attack of gout, and +little fitted to undertake a long journey. On reaching +Melton Constable he was seized with an illness which proved +fatal. Lord Hastings was educated at Trinity College, +Cambridge, and, on taking holy orders, was appointed to the +family living of Foulsham, and subsequently to that of East +Barsham and Little Snoring. He married, in 1848, the Hon. +Frances Diana Manners Sutton, daughter of the first Viscount +Canterbury, by whom he left <a name="page227"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 227</span>three sons and a daughter, and +succeeded to the title and estates on the death of his brother, +in March, 1871. His successor was the Hon. Bernan Edward +Delaval Astley, who was born in 1855, and was, at the time of his +father’s death, completing his term at Eton.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The Norwich Town Council decided to purchase, for +sewerage and irrigation purposes, a portion of the Crown Point +estate, for £27,000. (<i>See</i> February 11th, +1873.)</p> +<p>—Died at his residence, Cambridge House, +Westling-on-Trym, Bristol, in his 77th year, the Rev. William +Charles Wollaston, for upwards of thirty years rector of East +Dereham. “Mr. Wollaston was the thirty-seventh and +last of the sinecure rectors of Dereham, and the exceptional +custom of tolling the muffled bell, which had long been held in +this parish when any of its rectors or vicars died, was +observed.”</p> +<p>14.—The ceremony of laying the first rail of the East +Suffolk Tramway was performed at Yarmouth by Sir E. H. K. Lacon, +M.P. for North Norfolk. As originally planned, the tramway +was to extend from Southtown Railway station to Gorleston, and +thence to Lowestoft and Southwold, and eventually to form a +junction with Halesworth. On March 22nd, 1873, it was +announced: “From present appearances, it would seem that +the East Suffolk Tramway scheme has been abandoned. The +works have been wholly stopped for months past, and the Southtown +Road has been restored to its former state.” +(<i>See</i> April 1st, 1875.)</p> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the Governors of the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, the thanks of the Board were accorded to Mr. +William Peter Nichols “for his able, humane, and successful +services as surgeon to the charity during the last 21 years, and +for the active and zealous part he has taken during the same +period in promoting the general interests of the +Hospital.” Mr. Nichols afterwards became honorary +consulting surgeon to the institution, and on March 22nd, 1873, +was presented by public subscription with a valuable, silver +centrepiece, in recognition of his eminent services. Mr. T. +W. Crosse was elected to the office rendered vacant by the +resignation of Mr. Nichols.</p> +<p>23.—The second Diocesan Conference was held at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, and was continued on the 24th, +whereby the meeting in the Fakenham district was dispensed +with. The remaining meetings were held at Lynn on the 25th, +Ipswich on the 30th, and Halesworth on the 31st.</p> +<p>28.—The ceremony of opening the first school built by +the Norwich School Board—the Mariners’ Lane +School—was performed by the Rev. Canon Heaviside, chairman +of the Board. It was intended for the accommodation of 125 +boys.</p> +<p>31.—Died at Costessey, where he laboured as a Roman +Catholic priest for more than fifty years, the Very Rev. +Frederick Charles Husenbeth, D.D., President of the Brotherhood, +Provost of the Chapter of Northampton, and Vicar-General of the +Roman Catholic Diocese. Dr. Husenbeth, who was in his 77th +year, was a frequent <a name="page228"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 228</span>contributor to “Notes and +Queries,” and was the author of many works, the best known +of which was “Emblems of the Saints.”</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The municipal elections were, for the first time, +conducted under the provisions of the Ballot Act. At +Norwich, where fourteen out of a possible sixteen Conservative +candidates were returned, the elections were rendered noteworthy +by all the members of the firm of Messrs. Bullard and Sons +intimating that in future it was their intention to adopt +Conservative principles.</p> +<p>4.—The Prince and Princess of Wales passed through +Thetford, on their way to Elveden, on a visit to the Maharajah +Duleep Singh, and were received with great enthusiasm by the +inhabitants of the borough.</p> +<p>—Mr. George Grossmith, “of the Temple, +London,” made the first of his visits to Norwich, and +appeared at Noverre’s Rooms in an entertainment entitled, +“The Comic Side of Life.”</p> +<p>9.—Sir Samuel Bignold was, for the fourth time, elected +Mayor of Norwich; Dr. Frederic Bateman was appointed Sheriff.</p> +<p>10.—Hospital Sunday was, for the first time, observed in +Norwich. The amount collected was £454 6s., 3d.</p> +<p>14.—The new schools of St. Philip, Heigham, Norwich, +completed through the munificent donation of Mr. James Harford +and his late sister, and the voluntary efforts of the friends of +Church of England education, at the cost of £2,000, were +opened by the Bishop of Norwich. The architect was Mr. +Edward Power, of London, and the builder Mr. James Youngs.</p> +<p>18.—Died, in his 60th year, Mr. Henry Kett Kett-Tompson, +of Brooke House and Witchingham Hall. He was the last +representative of an old Norwich family, whose connection with +the city dated back more than three centuries, and who during +nearly two centuries were extensive brewers in King Street. +Messrs. Morgan, in 1846, purchased the business of Mr. +Kett-Tompson and his brother, their landed property in the county +rendering it unnecessary for them to continue the brewery. +Mr. Kett-Tompson was one of two sons of Mr. Charles Tompson (High +Sheriff in 1827), by Juliana, second daughter of Thomas Kett, of +Seething Hall, and sister and co-heiress of George Samuel Kett, +of Brooke House. His grandfather was Timothy Tompson, +formerly of Denton, and afterwards of Witchingham Hall. He +was born in 1813, and married, in February, 1843, Margaret +Amelia, second daughter of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Frederick Paul +Irby, C.B., of Boyland Hall, and second son of the second Lord +Boston. The name of Mr. Kett-Tompson stood first upon the +list of gentlemen to fill the office of High Sheriff of Norfolk +in 1873.</p> +<p>19.—Died, Elizabeth Harvey, widow of James Harvey, of +Rollesby, in her 102nd year.</p> +<p>20.—A heavy gale occurred. Several vessels were +lost off Yarmouth, and a ship wrecked at Wells.</p> +<p>21.—A grand fancy dress ball, attended by +representatives of the principal families in Norfolk, was held at +Hillington Hall, in celebration of the twenty-fifth birthday of +Sir William ffolkes, Bart.</p> +<p><a name="page229"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +229</span>24.—Died at his residence, Heigham Grove, +Norwich, aged 73, Major-General Burton Daveney, formerly of the +Royal Scots Regiment. He was born at Colton, in December, +1799, and obtained his commission as ensign in the 57th +Regiment. In 1825 he went to Australia as lieutenant in +command of a detachment which had charge of nearly 200 +convicts. On the voyage small-pox broke out, and the vessel +was placed in quarantine. The young lieutenant throughout a +period of the greatest difficulty discharged his duties with +conspicuous success. In 1830 he exchanged into the 1st +Royals (afterwards the Royal Scots), and served in one or other +of the battalions of that regiment for thirty-one years. He +passed through the Canadian Rebellion in 1837, was present at the +affairs of St. Charles and St. Eustache, and returned to England +in 1841. In the Crimea, as commandant at Balaclava, his +duties were so arduous that when he left, completely broken down +in health, in January, 1855, the work was divided among three +officers. In the absence of the colonel he brought the +regiment to Aldershot, and afterwards had the honour of dining +with her Majesty, to whom he was presented by the Prince +Consort. He next sailed to India, and assisted in quelling +the Mutiny, and returned in 1862, when he retired on full pay, +with the rank of Major-General. He had seen forty-one years +of active service without passing a single day on half-pay. +General Daveney was the possessor of three clasps for the Crimea, +the Order of the Medjidié, and several other decorations +presented by the Sultan to British officers who had served in the +war against Russia.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>8.—A fearful storm swept over East Anglia. At +Norwich and other towns in the county great damage was done to +buildings; in the country trees were uprooted and stacks +overturned; and on the coast there were many shipping +casualties.</p> +<p>21.—Mr. James Bacon was elected secretary of the Norfolk +Agricultural Association, in place of Mr. Cross, resigned. +Mr. E. C. Bailey resigned the office of honorary director.</p> +<p>—A conference was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, at +which representatives of the sanitary authorities in city and +county discussed the best method of carrying out the provisions +of the new Public Health Act, more particularly as to the +appointment of medical-officers of health and inspectors of +nuisances. It was suggested that the county be divided into +seven districts, exclusive of the city of Norwich; that a +medical-officer of health be appointed to each district, the +election to be made by representatives of the sanitary +authorities; and that a similar course be adopted in regard to +inspectors of nuisances. Mr. T. W. Crosse, on January 23rd, +1873, resigned his seat in the Norwich Town Council as a +representative of the First Ward, and was appointed +Medical-Officer of Health for the city, at the salary of +£200 per annum.</p> +<p>26.—A pantomime (titled not stated) was produced at +Norwich Theatre by Mr. G. H. Chaplin. “The +transformation scene,” it was stated, “has not been +surpassed for gorgeous beauty on our stage.” <a +name="page230"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +230</span>Edmonds’ (late Wombwell’s) Menagerie was +exhibited on the Castle Meadow.</p> +<p>30.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holkham, +on a visit to the Earl of Leicester.</p> +<p>31.—Colonel Peyton and officers of the 7th Dragoon +Guards gave a grand invitation ball at the Crown Bank building, +Norwich. It was attended by many of the leading families of +the county.</p> +<h3>1873.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at his residence, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Mr. +Claude L. Nursey, artist, the painter of the well-known pictures +illustrating scenes in the early days of the local Volunteer +movement. He was a son of Mr. Perry Nursey, of Little +Bealings, Suffolk, and was in his 54th year.</p> +<p>15.—The Norwich Town Council received a letter from +Whitehall, intimating that as Mr. Secretary Bruce had received no +information that any steps had been taken by the Corporation for +erecting a pauper lunatic asylum, he had instructed the Solicitor +to the Treasury to proceed in the matter of the +<i>mandamus</i>. (<i>See</i> July 21st, 1874.)</p> +<p>21.—The resignation of Mr. A. W. Morant, City Engineer, +and the author of the first sewerage scheme, was received by the +Norwich Town Council, on his appointment as engineer to the +borough of Leeds. On March 25th Mr. Christopher Thwaites, +C.E., of London, was appointed to the vacant post.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Trinity College, Cambridge, the Rev. Adam +Sedgwick, LL.D., aged 87, Woodwardian Professor of Geology. +He came of a North country family, and was born at Dent, in +Yorkshire. In due course he entered at Trinity College, +Cambridge, where he took his Bachelor’s degree in 1808, as +fifth wrangler. In 1810 he was elected to a Fellowship in +his College, of which at his death he was the senior +member. He succeeded, in 1818, Professor Hailstone in the +chair of Geology, founded at Cambridge by the celebrated Dr. John +Woodward. Professor Sedgwick had been a Canon of Norwich +Cathedral since 1834.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>11.—A Local Government Board inquiry was held at the +Guildhall, Norwich, by Mr. R. Morgan, C.E., as to an application +made by the Town Council to borrow the sum of £32,500, for +the purchase of a portion of the Crown Point estate, for sewerage +and irrigation purposes. The amount required for the +purchase of the land was £27,500, for legal and other +charges, £500, and the remainder was <a +name="page231"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 231</span>for +erecting buildings, &c. The application was opposed by +the Norwich Ratepayers’ Protection League. Another +phase of the sewerage question occupied the attention of the Town +Council at a special meeting on May 13th, when the City Engineer +presented a report stating that serious defects existed in the +low-level sewer, and part of the works had given way. It +was resolved to borrow £20,000, at four per cent., on +mortgage of the sewerage farm, as a permanent loan for ten +years. On August 19th the City Engineer submitted to the +Council three alternative plans for dealing with the +difficulty—(1) By plating the sewer, at a cost of not less +than £17,178; (2) by reconstruction, at a minimum cost of +£25,000; and (3) of providing a new lining at not less than +£33,000. Up to that time the total expenditure on the +works amounted to £113,000. On October 21st the +Council decided to consult Messrs. Hawkesley and Bazalgette, who, +on December 16th, presented a report suggesting that certain +remedial works be carried out at an approximate cost of +£34,000. (<i>See</i> January 20th, 1874.)</p> +<p>20.—In consequence of the demand by agricultural +labourers for increased wages, an important meeting of employers +resident in the district of the Wayland Agricultural Association +was held at Watton, under the presidency of Lord Walsingham, when +resolutions were adopted whereby the meeting pledged itself to +decline to recognise the system of compulsion exercised by the +Labourers’ Union, and to refuse any demand for higher wages +made by those who were members of the Union, “although +willing to give favourable consideration to any request made in a +proper manner whenever circumstances might be found to justify +it.” It was further decided to invite co-operation +from a larger area, and to form a society to be called the +Wayland Farmers’ Defensive Association. Similar +action was taken by employers in the North Walsham district, at +Swaffham, and in the Blofield and Taverham Hundreds. +(<i>See</i> March 14th, 1874.)</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>25.—The Sheriff of Norwich (Dr. Bateman) and the Mayor +(Sir Samuel Bignold) attended at the Shirehall, on the conclusion +of the Norfolk Assizes, when the former, addressing Mr. Baron +Martin, presented his lordship with a pair of white kid gloves, +in commemoration of the fact that for the first time in +forty-three years the city of Norwich had had a maiden +Assize. The Mayor corroborated the statement, and said that +in that year, 1830, he happened to be Sheriff of the city. +His lordship remarked it was extremely creditable that a city of +80,000 inhabitants should have no cases for trial at the +Assizes.</p> +<p>29.—Two meetings were held at Norwich, in furtherance of +an effort to secure a visit of the Royal Agricultural Society to +the city in 1874. The Norfolk Agricultural Association +agreed to suspend its own show, and to vote £500 to the +funds of the Royal; and a gathering of county and city gentlemen +promised subscriptions to the amount of £1,100. The +Mayor authorised the secretaries to guarantee the full amount +required—£2,000.</p> +<p><a name="page232"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +232</span>29.—A fire occurred at Mr. Darken’s music +warehouse, Norwich, and damage was done to the amount of +£1,500.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.—The Docking Union Association, founded in 1839 for +the purpose of promoting habits of industry and frugality and of +rewarding good conduct amongst labourers, was dissolved, and the +balance of £87 paid to the funds of hospitals in the +county.</p> +<p>4.—Died at Southtown, Great Yarmouth, aged 82, Commander +George Jenner, R.N. He entered the Navy in 1806, and served +on board the Milan; in 1810 he joined the Desiré, was at +the taking of San Sebastian, and was awarded the medal for +gallant service.</p> +<p>12.—At the All England Champion Athletic meeting, held +at Lillie Bridge Grounds, London, A. R. Upcher won the +quarter-mile and H. K. Upcher the 120 yards hurdle race. +“This makes seven championships won by Norfolk men, namely, +the walking, in 1868, by W. Rye; the four miles, in 1870, by H. +C. Riches; the quarter-mile, in 1870–71–73, by A. R. +Upcher; the pole jump, in 1872, by H. C. Fellowes; and the +hurdle-race, in 1873, by H. K. Upcher.”</p> +<p>14.—The foundation-stone of the Norfolk County School +was laid by the Prince of Wales. His Royal Highness, with +whom was the Princess of Wales, left Wolferton station by special +train, and was accompanied by the Bishop of Norwich, Lord and +Lady Suffield, and Viscount Newry. At Holkham the Royal +party was joined by the Earl of Leicester and Lady Anne Coke, and +other members of the family. At Elmham station the Prince +and Princess were received by Lord and Lady Sondes. A +detachment of picked men of the 3rd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, +under the command of Captain Bulwer, formed a guard of honour at +the entrance to the enclosure on the school site. After an +address had been read to their Royal Highnesses by Prebendary +Brereton, chairman of the Board of Directors, the Prince laid the +stone, inscribed, “Albert. Edward, Prince of Wales, +April 14, 1873.” The Lord Bishop offered prayer, and +a hymn was sung, after which a large and distinguished company, +presided over by the Earl of Leicester, partook of luncheon in a +marquee. Their Royal Highnesses, after taking tea with Lord +and Lady Sondes, at Elmham Hall, returned to Wolferton by special +train. The school was opened on September 16th, 1874, when +an inaugural luncheon was held, and an address delivered by the +Right Hon. Earl Fortesque.</p> +<p>—Mr. Henry Leslie’s Opera Bouffe Company commenced +an engagement at Norwich Theatre. The pieces produced +included “Lischen and Fritzchen,” “Genevieve de +Brabant,” “The Princess of Trebizonde,” and +“The Brigands.”</p> +<p>28.—The headquarters of the 7th Dragoon Guards marched +from Norwich for Manchester. On the regiment reaching the +Market Place, the officers adjourned to the Royal Hotel, where +the Mayor, on behalf of the traders of the city, presented to +Colonel Peyton and the officers a massive silver cup and an +illuminated address. The cup was filled with champagne, and +the officers drank “Health end Prosperity to the City of +Norwich.” At Costessey Park the regiment was +entertained by Lord Stafford.</p> +<h4><a name="page233"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +233</span>MAY.</h4> +<p>6.—The depôt of the 51st Regiment, from Yarmouth, +arrived at Norwich and took over the Cavalry Barracks.</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was observed at Norwich +with the customary festivities. The event was further +marked by the presentation to the Mayor and Sheriff of a set of +official robes, purchased by public subscription.</p> +<p>26.—A specially-organized company, under the management +of Mr. Craven Robertson, performed the comedy of +“Caste” at Norwich Theatre. +“School” was also produced during the six +nights’ engagement. On this occasion the favourite +actress, Miss Fanny Addison, made her first appearance in +Norwich, and Mr. J. F. Young was a member of the company.</p> +<p>30.—A detachment of the Honourable Artillery Company, +numbering 64 officers and men, arrived at Yarmouth by train, and +on the 31st marched for Norwich. At Blofield the detachment +was met by the band of the Norwich Artillery Volunteers, and at +Brundall the men boarded the Alexandra steamer, by which they +performed the remainder of the journey to Norwich. +Headquarters were established at the Royal Hotel. On +Sunday, June 1st, the Honourable Artillery Company and the +Norwich Artillery Volunteers attended service at the Cathedral, +and on June 2nd the Norwich corps accompanied the London men on +their march to Wymondham. The London corps proceeded to +Attleborough, where they took train for London.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>9.—Mr. and Mrs. Rousby commenced an engagement at +Norwich Theatre, in “Twixt Axe and Crown.” On +subsequent evenings, “The School for Scandal,” +“Romeo and Juliet,” and “Joan of Arc,” +were produced.</p> +<p>19.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association commenced at Thetford. Mr. Angerstein presided +at the members’ luncheon.</p> +<p>30.—The Earl of Leicester was invested by the Queen with +the Riband and Badge of the Garter. His lordship previously +received the honour of knighthood.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>10.—Mr. J. L. Toole commenced an engagement at Norwich +Theatre, during which he appeared in a round of his favourite +characters.</p> +<p>19.—The 3rd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers went into camp at +Heacham Park, and on the 23rd were inspected by Colonel Knox, +C.B., commanding the 31st Depôt.</p> +<p>21.—A company, under the management of Captain Disney +Roebuck (late Royal Welsh Fusiliers), commenced an engagement at +Norwich Theatre. The repertory included “David +Garrick,” “Society,” “The School for +Scandal,” “East Lynne,” and the bouffe +burlesque, “The Rows of Castille.”</p> +<p><a name="page234"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +234</span>21.—Mr. David Fisher gave a dramatic reading at +North Walsham. “Since the closing of the theatrical +circuit under the management of the Fisher family, no member had +visited it until Mr. David Fisher, now of the London theatres, +and known to us first as a boy actor with his father and +grandfather, came to read ‘The School for +Scandal.’ Mr. David Fisher in London has carried out +the promise of his early life, and in coming upon scenes of his +boyhood finds those who tell him tales of former years, and +pleasure no doubt arises on the other side from the opening up of +old associations. We have spoken of Mr. Fisher’s +reading—he does not read, he acts two-thirds of the whole +play from memory; every character is given with perfect +clearness. He visits all the towns where formerly theatres +stood under the management of his family.” On this +tour Mr. Fisher was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Mary +Fisher, who displayed her musical abilities.</p> +<p>30.—The valuable collection presented to the Norfolk and +Norwich Museum by Mrs. E. P. Clarke, of Wymondham, was opened to +the public. This collection was formed by Mr. Edward Lombe, +of Great Melton, and set up by the first taxidermist of his day, +the elder Leadbeater, of London. Regret was expressed at +the absence of any memoranda of dates and localities. The +British birds alone numbered 551 specimens, representing 280 +distinct species.</p> +<p>—The headquarters and six troops of the 3rd Dragoon +Guards marched into Norwich, under the command of Colonel Conyers +Tower, C.B.</p> +<p>—A new iron bridge over the River Ouze, constructed in +place of the wooden structure known as the Free Bridge, near +Lynn, was formally opened by Mr. E. Fellowes, M.P., chairman of +the Ouze Outfall Commissioners. It was designed by Messrs. +Brunlees and McKerrow.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>14.—An extensive fire occurred at the engineering works +of Messrs. Holmes and Sons, Cattle Market, Norwich. The +damage was estimated at £10,000. Effective assistance +was rendered to the fire brigade by three troops of the 3rd +Dragoon Guards, and by members of the Norwich Rifle +Volunteers.</p> +<p>18.—Mr. Charles Wyndham’s company appeared at +Norwich Theatre in the political and satirical burlesque, +“The Happy Land.” The piece was interdicted by +the Lord Chamberlain on its production at the Court Theatre, +London, on account of its caricature of three Liberal +Ministers—Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Ayrton. It +was played at Norwich, it was announced, with the excised +portions restored.</p> +<p>26.—At Norwich Brewster Sessions, the licensed +victuallers of the city applied for an alteration of the hours of +closing, namely, an extension of the time from 11 to 12 on +week-days, and from 10 to 11 o’clock on Sunday. A +memorial in favour of the alteration, signed by 7,000 persons, +was presented. The Dean of Norwich handed in a memorial +containing 7,925 signatures against the alteration. The +magistrates declined to alter the hours of closing.</p> +<p><a name="page235"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +235</span>2.—The marriage took place at Holkham of Lady +Winifred Coke, fifth daughter of the Earl of Leicester, and Mr. +Robert Clements, only son of the Hon. and Rev. Francis Nathaniel +Clements, vicar of Norton, Durham, and heir to the Earldom of +Leitrim.</p> +<p>11.—The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the +new Congregational chapel, built on the site of Cowper’s +house, at East Dereham, was performed by Mr. Henry Wright, of +Kensington. The building, which was erected by Mr. Hubbard, +of Dereham, from designs by Mr. Edward Boardman, architect, +Norwich, at the cost of £3,500, was intended for the +accommodation of 500 worshippers. It was opened for public +worship on September 24th, 1874.</p> +<p>12.—Mr. Charles Durand’s English Opera Company +appeared at Norwich Theatre, and on the 19th produced, for the +first time in the city, Meyerbeer’s opera, +“L’Africaine.”</p> +<p>19.—Died at Caldecot, near Botley, Hampshire, Dr. +Dalrymple, M.P. He was born in 1814, and was the fourth son +of Mr. William Dalrymple, an eminent surgeon, of Norwich. +He married a daughter of Mr. T. O. Springfield, on whose death he +was placed in possession of an ample fortune. Dr. Dalrymple +then relinquished his practice in favour of his partner, Mr. +Cadge. In 1862 he made a tour through Egypt and Palestine, +and on his return published a work on “The Climate of +Egypt.” On the invitation of the Liberal electors of +Bath, he, in 1868, contested the representation of that city, and +was returned. His chief Parliamentary labours were most +conspicuous in connection with his well-known Habitual Drunkards +Bill, a measure which, while not in accordance with the spirit of +English legislation, evinced that devotion to philanthropic +objects which was the characteristic of Dr. Dalrymple’s +life. He served the office of Sheriff of Norwich in +1860–61, was a director of the Norwich Union Fire Office, +chairman of the Governors of King Edward VI. School, and at +various times had taken part in the management of the local +charitable and scientific institutions. Dr. Dalrymple was a +magistrate and Deputy-lieutenant of the county.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Ipswich, Mr. Henry Bright, the well-known +artist. He was born at Saxmundham, in June, 1814, and, +after serving his apprenticeship to a chemist and druggist at +Woodbridge, removed to Norwich, where he acted as dispenser to +the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. An acquaintance with +Crome, Cotman, the elder Ladbrooke, Stark, Vincent, and others of +the Norwich School of Artists, stimulated him to work with his +pencil. Proceeding to London, he devoted himself entirely +to art, and, by teaching drawing and painting, realised nearly +£2,000 a year from that branch of his profession. For +splendid sky effects Bright is second only to Turner, and his +crayon drawings are almost unequalled.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Miss E. Farren and Mr. Lionel Brough, supported by +the London Gaiety Company, commenced an engagement at Norwich +Theatre. The productions included, “A Nice +Girl,” “The Rough <a name="page236"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 236</span>Diamond,” “Good for +Nothing,” “Stage Struck,” “Betty +Martin,” “Lischen and Fritzchen,” &c. +The company made a return visit on November 25th.</p> +<p>1.—The Social Science Congress commenced its proceedings +at Norwich, under the presidency of the Right Hon. Lord Houghton, +D.C.L., F.R.S. The meetings terminated on the 8th.</p> +<p>13.—The eighty-second birthday of Sir Samuel Bignold, +Mayor of Norwich, was celebrated. The Cathedral choristers, +under Dr. Buck, assembled in the garden of Sir Samuel’s +residence in Surrey Street, at eight a.m., and sang “Lift +up thine eyes” (Handel), “The Old English +Gentleman,” and the <i>Nunc Dimittis</i>. The bells +of St. Peter Mancroft were rung, the boys of the Grammar and +Commercial Schools were granted a holiday, the inmates of the +Boys’ Home and the Girls’ Home were entertained at +St. Andrew’s Hall, and a feast was given to the paupers in +the Workhouse.</p> +<p>20.—Died at the Charterhouse, London, Mr. James S. +Garthon, aged 74, formerly a surgeon in Norwich. He was the +son of a farmer at Costessey, and was himself originally in +business as a corn dealer. It was not until he was well +advanced in life that he entered the medical profession. In +addition to his private practice, he undertook the duties of +surgeon to the Norwich police force. Mr. Garthon was a +Liberal in politics.</p> +<p>23.—The Sheriff of Norwich (Dr. Bateman) delivered a +lecture to the members of the Churchman’s Club, on +“Darwinism tested by Scientific Researches in +Language.” The Dean presided.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The Prince of Wales passed through Thetford, on his +way to Elveden Hall, to visit the Maharajah Duleep Singh.</p> +<p>10.—Mr. Samuel Gurney Buxton was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Alexander Robert Chamberlin appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>—The Prince of Wales arrived at Merton Hall, on a visit +to Lord Walsingham, and left on the 15th.</p> +<p>18.—Died at Bournemouth, Mr. Thomas Baring, member of +Parliament for Huntingdon. Mr. Baring, who was 73 years of +age, was second son of Sir Thomas Baring, second baronet, nephew +of the first Lord Ashburton, and brother of the first Lord +Northbrooke. At the General Election in 1835 he +successfully contested Great Yarmouth in the Conservative +interest, but in 1837, 1838, and 1841 he was defeated. +Elected for Huntingdon in 1844, without opposition, he held +undisputed possession of the seat for nearly thirty years. +Mr. Baring was head of the great house of Baring Brothers and +Co. He twice refused the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, +and twice declined the offer of a peerage.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—A meeting of the creditors of the Crown Bank was held +at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, under the presidency of Sir Samuel +Bignold, <a name="page237"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +237</span>to receive an account of the receipts and payments of +the trustee in bankruptcy to November 15th, and to consider the +question of the remuneration of the Committee of +Inspection. It was reported that the estate, under +judicious management, had produced 11s. 6d. in the pound. +The solicitors’ law costs amounted to upwards of +£10,000, and it was decided that £8,000 be paid as +remuneration.</p> +<p>15.—The death took place, at Yarmouth, of Samuel Brock, +aged 69, who, on October 6th, 1835, performed the remarkable feat +of swimming fourteen miles after the wreck of the Young +Company’s yawl Increase, of which he was one of the crew +(<i>q.v.</i> Vol. I., p. 344).</p> +<p>23.—The first annual meeting of the Norwich Hospital +Sunday Fund was held at the Guildhall, under the presidency of +the Sheriff (Mr. A. R. Chamberlin). It was reported that +the Sunday collection amounted to £670 8s. 11d., and the +Saturday collection to £188 16s. 3d.</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime of “The Babes in the Wood, or +Harlequin Robin Hood and the Fairies of the Forest,” +written by Mr. F. Robson, was produced at Norwich Theatre by Mr. +Richard Younge’s company. “Jack the Giant +Killer” was the Christmas attraction at Batty’s +Circus.</p> +<h3>1874.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Neal’s Square, St. Benedict’s +Church Alley, Norwich, Susannah Steavenson, in her 105th +year. “A few days ago she repeated no less than +thirty verses which she had learnt at school 95 years ago. +She attended the Mayor’s feast, given to the aged poor last +Whit-Monday, and was accompanied by her daughter, aged 79. +Mrs. Steavonson was born December 14th, 1769, and, according to a +certificate given in 1836 by the Rev. W. F. Blakewell, the then +minister at the Octagon chapel, was baptised there on December +24th, 1769. She was the daughter of Joshua Sabberton, +chairmaker, in St. George’s Colegate.”</p> +<p>7.—Died at Saxlingham Hall, Mr. Edward Steward, aged +67. He was the last Tory Alderman elected under the old +Corporation, and, owing to his youth, was known as “The Boy +Alderman.” In 1832 he fought a severe contest with +Mr. (afterwards Sir William) Foster, for the office of +Freemen’s Sheriff, and was defeated by seven votes +only. In the following year he was elected without +opposition, and served in conjunction with Mr. W. J. Utten +Browne. Mr. Steward was president of the Norwich Union Fire +Office.</p> +<p>13.—Died at his residence, St. Giles’ Street, +Norwich, Mr. John Godwin Johnson, in his 77th year. Born +November 26th, 1797, he was the youngest son of Mr. John Johnson, +for many years Governor of Norwich Castle. He became a +pupil of Dr. Rigby, and afterwards joining Mr. Page Scott, +commenced a long and successful career as a <a +name="page238"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 238</span>medical +practitioner. Mr. Johnson was a member of both the old and +“reformed” Corporations, was elected Mayor in 1855, +and for twenty-five years was on the Haven and Pier +Commission. He took a prominent part in founding the Jenny +Lind Infirmary for Sick Children.</p> +<p>13.—Died at Amélie les Bains, Mr. Charles Mends +Gibson, F.R.C.S., aged 65. He was for many years resident +medical-officer of the Norwich Bethel, devoted much of his time +to scientific pursuits, was a member of the Royal Microscopical +and other societies, and a warm supporter of the Norfolk and +Norwich Museum and Literary Institution.</p> +<p>—At a meeting of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance +Society, Sir Samuel Bignold was presented by the proprietors with +his portrait (painted by Sandys), in recognition of his long and +successful services as secretary.</p> +<p>16.—The marriage of Lady Anne Coke, second daughter of +the Earl of Leicester, with Lieut.-Colonel Edmund Manningham +Buller, of the Rifle Brigade, second son of Sir Edward Manningham +Buller, of Dilhorn Hall, Staffordshire, was solemnised at Holkham +church.</p> +<p>20.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, +the report of Mr. J. W. Bazalgette on the condition of the +low-level sewer was adopted, and it was agreed to consult Sir +John Hawkshaw and Mr. J. F. Bateman. On July 21st it was +decided, on their recommendation, to line the sewer with +cast-iron tubing; and on November 17th the Council passed a +resolution in favour of applying to the Local Government Board +for powers to raise for the purpose a sum not exceeding +£25,000, on mortgage of the General District Rates.</p> +<p>23.—The marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh was celebrated +in Norwich by the partial decoration of the city. The 3rd +Dragoon Guards and the Volunteers paraded in the Market Place and +fired a <i>feu de joie</i>, and at a special meeting of the Town +Council congratulatory addresses were adopted and the loving-cup +passed round. At night a display of fireworks took place on +the Castle Meadow, and on the 27th the Mayor gave a +<i>soirée</i> at St. Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>31.—The General Election, the first contested under the +Ballot Act, commenced in Norfolk, with the unopposed return for +the Northern Division of the Hon. Frederick Walpole and Sir +Edmund K. Lacon, Bart.</p> +<p>—King’s Lynn election took place. The +candidates were the Hon. R. Bourke, 1,163 votes; Lord Claud +Hamilton, 1,093; Sir William ffolkes, Bart., 999; and Mr. E. R. +Wodehouse, 895.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—Sir William Bagge, Bart., and Mr. G. W. P. Bentinck +were returned unopposed for West Norfolk.</p> +<p>4.—Polling took place at Norwich, “when, owing to +the operation of the Ballot Act, there was less excitement than +usual.” The votes were counted on the 5th, and the +poll was declared at five o’clock, as follows: Mr. J. J. +Colman, 6,138; Mr. J. W. Huddleston, Q.C., 5,823; Mr. J. H. +Tillett, 5,776; and Sir H. J. Stracey, Bart., 5,290. <a +name="page239"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 239</span>The number +of votes polled was 11,786, and the time occupied in counting, +eight hours. (<i>See</i> August 16th, 1875.)</p> +<p>10.—The South Norfolk election took place. The +votes were counted at the Shirehall, Norwich, on the 11th, and +the result was declared as follows: Mr. C. S. Read, 3,146; Sir R. +J. Buxton, Bart., 3,010; Mr. R. T. Gurdon, 2,699. Mr. Read, +M.P., and Sir R. J. Buxton, M.P., were, on April 9th, entertained +at a banquet given at Wymondham by the Conservatives of the +district, when Mr. H. W. B. Edwards, chairman of the South +Norfolk Conservative Registration Association, presided.</p> +<p>14.—Died at Snetterton, Sarah Edwards, aged 100 +years.</p> +<p>15.—Died at St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, the Rev. +John Dalton, canon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton, +in his 60th year. Canon Dalton was of Irish parentage, and +passed the early years of his life at Coventry. After his +ordination, he was employed on missions at Northampton, Lynn, and +Norwich. In 1858–59 he resided at St. Alban’s +College, Valladolid, in Spain. He returned to that country +in 1866, to collect subscriptions towards the erection in London +of a cathedral in memory of the illustrious Cardinal Wiseman, who +was himself born in Spain; his mission was, however, +unsuccessful. Canon Dalton was the author of several +theological works. “Amiable, genial-hearted, +charitable, and good, no sectarian difference was ever suffered +to affect that thorough respect and esteem which was extended to +him from the representatives of all creeds.”</p> +<p>28.—At a meeting of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, +held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, a resolution was adopted +expressive of satisfaction on the appointment of the President, +Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., as Parliamentary Secretary of the Local +Government Board.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>14.—A meeting of the agriculturists of the county, whose +interests were affected by the action of the Labourers’ +Union, was held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, “to take +action with reference to the demands now being pressed upon the +occupiers of the soil.” It was decided to form a +Norfolk Farmers’ Labour Defence Association. Another +meeting took place on April 25th, for promoting the objects of +the association. Many meetings were held throughout the +county by the Labourers’ Union during this year, and much +strong feeling was manifested. At the Norfolk Lent Assizes, +on March 28th, before Mr. Justice Blackburn, the Rev. John +Spurgin, vicar of Hockham, brought an action against Mr. John +Edward Matthew Vincent, of the “Labourers’ Union +Chronicle,” for publishing a false and malicious libel, +“whereby he was injured in his credit and reputation as a +clergyman.” The paper, which was published at +Leamington, alleged that the “reverend divine” +claimed tithe on charity coals supplied to the poor parishioners, +and “had two tons out of the twenty carted to his divine +rectory, for his own consumption.” The defendant +afterwards expressed deep regret for publishing the imputation, +and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages +£100.</p> +<h4><a name="page240"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +240</span>APRIL.</h4> +<p>19.—Died, while on a visit to Norwich, Mr. Robert +Seaman, of Tunbridge Wells, aged 63. He served the office +of Sheriff in 1856–57, and was a magistrate for the +counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>2.—The marriage of Lady Margaret Coke, sixth daughter of +the Earl of Leicester, with the Hon. H. Strutt, eldest son of +Lord Belper, took place at Holkham church.</p> +<p>5.—Died at his residence, Newmarket Road, Norwich, Mr. +John Robison. He was born in Norwich in November, 1809, was +for many years a partner in the firm of Grout and Co., and in +1868 served the office of Sheriff.</p> +<p>9.—Died in London, Lieut.-General Sir Archdale Wilson, +G.C.B., Colonel commandant Royal Artillery. Born in 1803, +he was a son of the Rev. George Wilson, of Kirby Cane (uncle of +Lord Berners), by a daughter of the Rev. C. Millard, Chancellor +of Norwich. He entered the service of the East India +Company, and went through some of the earlier campaigns in +India. For his eminent services during the Indian Mutiny he +received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and was +nominated in succession Companion, Knight Commander, and Knight +Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. +General Wilson was granted a pension of £1,000 a year by +the East India Company, and created a baronet. He was a +brother of Mr. Philip Wilson, a Lynn solicitor, with whom he +resided for some time after his return from India, and was +succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, Mr. Rowland Knyvett +Wilson, Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.</p> +<p>15.—Died at his residence, Unthank’s Road, +Norwich, Mr. John Briggs, who for many years was connected with +the firm of Messrs. Bullard and Sons. Early in life Mr. +Briggs married a sister-in-law of Mr. Richard Bullard, and sailed +for America, where he landed with only a few shillings in his +pocket. He offered his services as an assistant in a +lithographic establishment, and though practically unacquainted +with the business beyond a taste for drawing, he not only secured +the appointment, but in a short time acquired sufficient +knowledge of the art to earn a fair competence for himself. +Amongst other work which subsequently came into his hands was the +drawing of plans for many of the streets and blocks of buildings +in Chicago, of which the chief part were destroyed in the great +fire. Mr. Briggs made several remunerative purchases of +land in the United States. Ill-health compelled him to +return to England, and, settling in Norwich, he joined his +brother-in-law in the Anchor Brewery, the success of which was +greatly promoted by his active business habits.</p> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, certain +members expressed strong disapproval of the action of the City +Committee “in ordering the destruction of the chapel of +Thomas à Becket, one of the archæological gems of +the city.” Several members stated that they had never +heard of the place, and the Town Clerk informed the <a +name="page241"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 241</span>Council +that the chapel was “a vault at the back of the Dutch +church,” and had been converted into a place of +storage. The subject was discussed at a meeting of the +Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society, on the 20th, +when Mr. Gunn referred to the members of the Town Council as +“a pachydermatous set,” and Sir Francis Boileau +described them as “ruthless Goths.”</p> +<p>25.—The Mayor and Sheriff of Norwich entertained, at St. +Andrew’s Hall, 1,600 of the aged poor of the city, in +celebration of the Queen’s birthday.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>3.—Died, aged 69, Mr. John Oddin Taylor, of +Norwich. He was an Alderman of the city, “and the +grand Cattle Market and Prince of Wales Road, for which we are +mainly indebted to him, are monuments of his far-seeing judgment +and untiring zeal.” Descended from a long line of +Norfolk yeomen, Mr. Taylor was born at Thuxton, on April 26th, +1805, and in due course was articled to Mr. T. Bignold and Mr. T. +Brightwell. In politics he was one of the old school of +Whigs, and on the passing of the Municipal Reform Act in 1835 +became a member of the Corporation. Mr. Taylor was one of +the Liberals who protested against the displacement of the old +Corporation officials. He served the office of Mayor in +1861–62; was made a Deputy-Lieutenant of the county in +acknowledgment of his political services as Liberal agent, and +was a trustee of the Grammar and Commercial Schools, and an +active member of the Committee of the Norfolk and Norwich +Triennial Musical Festival. Mr. Taylor married the eldest +daughter of Mr. Brewer, of Mile End House, Norwich, and of the +marriage there were two sons and three daughters.</p> +<p>15.—A fire took place on the premises of Mr. Dixon, +silversmith and jeweller, of London Street, Norwich, and did +damage to the amount of £2,000.</p> +<p>17.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association commenced at Norwich. It was held upon the +grounds of the Sheriff (Mr. A. R. Chamberlin), on Ipswich Road, +and the luncheon was under the presidency of Mr. J. J. Colman, +M.P.</p> +<p>18.—A meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Provident +Building Society was held at the Bell Hotel, Norwich, under the +presidency of Mr. H. S. Patteson, when it was reported that the +secretary, Mr. Josiah Buttifant, had left the city on the 2nd +inst., ostensibly for the purpose of taking a holiday; but it was +afterwards discovered that he had committed defalcations to the +amount of about £5,000. A committee was appointed to +consider the best course to be adopted, and soon afterwards a +petition was presented for the winding-up of the society, and a +warrant issued for the apprehension of Buttifant. On July +6th William Frederick Fish, a clerk in the employment of +Buttifant, was taken into custody, on the information of Samuel +Beckett Hook, a shareholder in the society, on the charge of +cheating and defrauding Agas Goose and others, trustees, of the +sum of £10 7s., and on other days of divers other sums, +amounting in the whole to £10,000. The accused was +finally committed for trial on July 20th; and on July 27th Mr. +Justice Blackburn granted an application <a +name="page242"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 242</span>for a writ +of <i>certiorari</i> to remove the trial of Fish to the Central +Criminal Court. On August 14th a telegram was received in +Norwich, announcing that Buttifant had been arrested at +Valentia. The arrest was effected on August 7th, by +Detective Williamson, of the Norwich police. Buttifant and +his son Archibald were staying, under the name of Biron, at the +Hotel de Ville Madrid, Valentia. He was brought to England, +<i>viâ</i> Marseilles, reached Norwich on August 14th, and +underwent his preliminary examination before the magistrates on +the 15th, on charges of forgery and embezzlement. After +several remands he was committed for trial at the Norwich +Assizes. At the Central Criminal Court, on November 25th, +Fish was placed upon his trial, on the charge of stealing +£39 2s., and of aiding and assisting Buttifant in the +embezzlement, and was sentenced by Mr. Baron Pollock to sixteen +calendar months’ imprisonment, with hard labour. +(<i>See</i> March 25th, 1875.)</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>6.—The first prize-day was held at the resuscitated +Grammar School at North Walsham. In 1606 Sir William Paston +founded a free Grammar School in the town for forty boys, sons of +inhabitants of the Hundreds of Tunstead, North Erpingham, +Happing, and East and West Flegg. The school gradually +decayed until only the head-master remained. In 1871 Mr. +Robert Wortley called attention to the fact that the endowment +was lying perfectly useless; an appeal was made to the Endowed +School Commission to take action, and finally the Committee of +Council on Education adapted a scheme for the management of the +school. New governors were appointed, with Lord Suffield as +president, the school house and master’s house were +restored, and the Rev. F. R. Pentreath, formerly master of +Retford Grammar School, appointed head-master. The school +was re-opened in February, 1874.</p> +<p>8.—The foundation-stone of the Baptist church in +Unthank’s Road, Norwich, was laid by Mr. J. J. Colman, +M.P. The building, which was designed by Mr. Edward +Boardman, and was estimated to cost £5,000, was opened for +public worship on July 8th, 1875.</p> +<p>11.—During the week ending this date the 3rd Dragoon +Guards marched from the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich, <i>en +route</i> to York.</p> +<p>18.—The 3rd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers went into camp at +Hunstanton Park, and were inspected on the 23rd by Colonel T. E. +Knox, C.B.</p> +<p>21.—The Norwich Town Council, at a special meeting, +decided to comply with the order of the Home Secretary, directing +them to build a new asylum for the reception of pauper lunatics; +and a memorial was adopted praying the Public Works Loan +Commissioners to grant the necessary loan at 3½ per cent., +repayable in fifty years. (<i>See</i> February 5th, +1875.)</p> +<p>24.—At a meeting of the Church Missionary Society, held +at Wymondham Vicarage, Mr. Edward Hutchinson, lay secretary of +the society, presented to Jacob Wainwright, one of the Nassick +boys in attendance upon Dr. Livingstone in his last journey, the +bronze medal of the Royal Geographical Society. Wainwright, +who addressed the <a name="page243"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +243</span>meeting in very good English, described how they +preserved the body of Livingstone and conveyed it to +Zanzibar.</p> +<p>25.—A new lifeboat, presented to the Royal Lifeboat +Institution by Mrs. Boettefure, was launched at Brancaster. +It was christened by Mrs. Simms Reeve, in the name of the Joseph +and Mary.</p> +<p>27.—At a meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, under +the presidency of the Mayor, it was decided to establish a branch +of the Girls’ Public Day School Company, and the Rev. W. +Vincent was appointed local secretary.</p> +<p>—A mulatto woman, known as Madame Angelo, was credited +with completing the feat of walking, at the Hoppole Gardens, +Norwich, one thousand miles in one thousand hours. +“Although the greatest vigilance has been exercised,” +says the report, “it has not yet transpired that she has +ever failed to come to the scratch at the appointed times. +During the last week she showed signs of flagging, her limbs +swelling, and considerable difficulty was experienced in keeping +her awake. It was announced that she would walk the last +mile with her infant baby in her arms, but it was evident from +her appearance that this would be too much for her, and her +infant was handed to her when she had only four laps to +walk.”</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Keating, +Frederick Sutton, formerly medical-officer of the Norwich Pauper +Lunatic Asylum, and Emma Styggles, head female attendant, were +charged with conspiring to cheat and defraud the Mayor, aldermen, +and citizens of the sum of £3 10s. 6½d., in the +month of January. Sutton was sentenced to one calendar +month, and Styggles to seven days’ imprisonment.</p> +<p>5.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Keating, +Frederick Wales, aged 21, a labourer, was charged with the wilful +murder of Thomas Pettingill, at Raveningham, on July 16th. +He was found guilty of manslaughter, and ordered to be kept in +penal servitude for the term of his natural life.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. J. R. Bulwer, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. William Graham, +Crown Commissioners, opened an inquiry at the Royal Hotel, +Norwich, into the circumstances of what was known as the Creak +case (<i>q.v.</i> Vol. I., p. 485; Vol. II., p. 18). A +special jury was empanelled. Miss Margaret Creak was an +eccentric person, who died in 1850. It transpired at the +trial of certain actions brought in 1866 by Mr. Kent, solicitor, +that the deceased’s property in the parishes of St. Andrew +and St. George Colegate had been purchased by Margaret +Creak’s mother during her widowhood. Margaret Creak +having died without leaving legal heirs, it was held that her +property devolved upon the Crown, for a strange will made by her +had been decided to be void and of no effect. Since her +death the property had been held by different individuals, some +of whom had exercised the rights and enjoyed the profits of +landlord, whilst others had lived upon the property rent +free. The Crown, on being informed of these facts, issued a +Commission under the Great Seal to ascertain (1) what <a +name="page244"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 244</span>property +Margaret Creak possessed at the time of her death, and (2) what +had become of her brothers and sisters. The jury, on the +8th, found that Margaret Creak was seised of the fee simple of +three lots of property; that she left no heir thereto; that the +property was of the yearly value of £330 at the time of her +death; and that as the property was holden of the Crown in common +socage, it devolved to her Majesty, in virtue of her prerogative +Royal. The jury further said that mesne profits amounting +to £7,920 had accrued since the death of Margaret Creak, of +which about £2,000 had been received by Jonathan Flowers, +of Gressenhall, and various sums by other persons. The +Commissioners thereupon seized the property into the hands of her +Majesty, and ordered the inquisition to be returned to the Court +of Chancery. (<i>See</i> July 24th, 1876.)</p> +<p>11.—The forty-second annual meeting of the British +Medical Association commenced at Norwich, under the presidency of +Sir William Fergusson, Bart., Serjeant Surgeon to the +Queen. The President-elect was Dr. Edward Copeman. +During the proceedings, which concluded on the 14th, addresses +were delivered by Sir James Paget, Dr. Eade, Mr. Cadge, +&c. A prominent feature of the visit was an exhibition +at St. Andrew’s Hall of the works of deceased and living +Norfolk and Suffolk artists. This remarkable collection +included examples by Old Crome and his sons, Stannard, Stark, the +Cotmans, Thirtle, Opie, Vincent, Colkett, and others. +(<i>See</i> December 9th.)</p> +<p>12.—The 7th Hussars arrived at Norwich. The Duke +of Connaught was an officer of the regiment, and his Royal +Highness was welcomed by the citizens with great +enthusiasm. At the south entrance to the Guildhall, +Lieut.-Colonel Hale and the officers were received by the Mayor +(Mr. S. Gurney Buxton), the Sheriff (Mr. A. R. Chamberlin), the +Deputy-Mayor (Sir Samuel Bignold), the magistrates, and members +of the Town Council. An adjournment was then made to the +Council Chamber, where the loving cup was passed round, and the +proceedings were concluded by the Duke of Connaught proposing the +health of the Mayor.</p> +<p>17.—A great Liberal demonstration was held at +Whitlingham, at which addresses were delivered by Mr. J. J. +Colman, M.P., Mr. Henry Birkbeck, Mr. J. H. Tillett, and other +prominent local leaders of the party.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>10.—A terrible railway collision occurred at +Thorpe. The mail train leaving Yarmouth at 8.46 p.m. was +joined at Reedham by another train from Lowestoft. The +combined train proceeded to Brundall, where, owing to the +existence of only a single line, it had to wait until the arrival +of the express train from Norwich to Yarmouth, or until +permission should be given to the engine-driver to proceed. +The accident was caused by the down express being allowed to +leave Norwich while the mail train was permitted to come on from +Brundall. The telegraphic message to Brundall, which had +been written by Night-Inspector Alfred Cooper, but not signed, +was sent through some mistake by the telegraph clerk, John +Robson. A few minutes later the inspector, not knowing that +the message had gone, allowed the down express to proceed. +Hardly had he done so when the fatal <a name="page245"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 245</span>error was discovered. A second +message was immediately dispatched to Brundall to stop the mail, +if possible, but the answer came back, “Mail gone,” +and nothing remained but to make arrangements for dealing with +the inevitable catastrophe. Both drivers had reason for +putting on increased speed, believing, as they did, that each +train was waiting for the other. The speed of the up mail, +which consisted of thirteen carriages, was from thirty to +thirty-five miles an hour, while the rate of the down express of +fourteen carriages was from twenty to twenty-five miles. +The trains met near Thorpe village, the impact producing a +terrific crash which resembled a peal of thunder. The +drivers and firemen of the locomotives were killed, eighteen +passengers were killed on the spot, and about fifty were severely +wounded, of whom five died in the course of a few days, making a +total of twenty-five killed. The dead and dying were +removed to Field’s boathouse and to the Tuns Inn, and the +injured were taken to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. On +the following morning the scene of the catastrophe was visited by +many hundreds of persons, among whom was the Duke of Connaught, +then stationed in Norwich with his regiment, the 7th +Hussars. The City Coroner (Mr. E. S. Bignold) opened an +inquest on the bodies of two persons who had died at Thorpe +station, and, after formal evidence, adjourned the inquiry to the +25th, when the jury found that the accident was due to the +negligence of Robson and Cooper, against whom they returned a +verdict of manslaughter. The County Coroner (Mr. E. Press), +on the 12th, held an inquest on the bodies lying at Thorpe, and +adjourned the inquiry to the Shirehall. On October 5th the +jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Robson +only. The Board of Trade inquiry commenced at the +Guildhall, before Capt. Tyler, R.E., and Mr. Ravenhill, on +September 21st, and on the 22nd was adjourned <i>sine +die</i>. It was resumed on October 5th, and again +adjourned. (<i>See</i> February 23rd, 1875.)</p> +<p>15.—Madame C. Nilsson, assisted by Madame Patey, Mr. E. +Lloyd, Signor Foli, &c., gave a concert at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, in aid of the endowment fund of the Jenny Lind +Infirmary. A second concert was given on the 16th. +Sir Julius Benedict conducted on both occasions. Madame +Nilsson was presented with an address by the Mayor and +Corporation, in acknowledgment of her valuable services to the +institution.</p> +<p>17.—The memorial stone of the Norwich Presbyterian +church was laid by Mr. C. E. Lewis, M.P., and at a public meeting +subsequently held at St. Andrew’s Hall an address was +delivered by the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, of London. The +estimated cost of the church was £3,600. It was +designed by Mr. Edward Boardman, architect, of Norwich, and built +by Mr. Samuel Hall. Efforts to establish a Presbyterian +church in the city were made in 1866, when a +“station” was opened and meetings for worship were +held at the Lecture Hall in St. Andrew’s. A communion +was formed, and in 1867 St. Peter’s Hall, Theatre Street, +was purchased by the congregation. The church, which is +built upon a site adjoining the hall, was opened for public +worship on June 23rd, 1875, by the Rev. John Matheson, the +Moderator, and the Rev. Dr. Fraser.</p> +<p>20.—Three war vessels, the Northumberland, the Sultan, +and the Monarch, forming part of the Channel Fleet, entered +Yarmouth Roads, <a name="page246"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +246</span>under the command of Rear-Admiral Hancock. On the +22nd the Mayor and Corporation gave a ball at the Town Hall, at +which the officers were present. The vessels sailed for +Spithead early on the morning of the 23rd.</p> +<p>20.—Died, from injuries received in the Thorpe +collision, Mr. Bransby Francis, surgeon, of Norwich, aged +59. Mr. Francis, who was a native of Bungay, was an +excellent botanist and naturalist.</p> +<p>26.—At a general meeting of the members of the Norfolk +Cattle Plague Association, held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, it +was agreed, “That this meeting recommend the presentation +of a testimonial to the chairman, Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., out of +the funds of the association, in acknowledgment of the great +services rendered by him to the association.” It was +also decided to present Mr. C. R. Gilman, secretary to the +association, with a testimonial of the value of £50.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>7.—Died at Langley Park, Sir Thomas W. H. Proctor +Beauchamp, Bart., in his 60th year. Educated at Eton, he +entered the Royal Horse Guards in 1836, and in 1852 married the +Hon. Catherine Esther Waldegrave, daughter of Admiral Lord +Radstock. On the death of his father, Admiral Sir William +Beauchamp Proctor, third baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy +in 1861. A Liberal in politics, Sir Thomas consented, at +the request of the party, to contest the representation of the +Eastern Division of the county in 1865, in conjunction with +Colonel Coke, but was unsuccessful. Upon the commencement +of the Volunteer movement, he gave it his active support, and was +for some years Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd Administrative +Battalion. He served the office of High Sheriff in +1869–70, and was a Deputy-Lieutenant and magistrate of the +county. Sir Thomas was a warm supporter of local charities, +and shortly before his death gave a donation of £1,000 to +the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was succeeded by his +eldest son, Reginald William, who was born in 1853.</p> +<p>9.—Died at Costessey Hall, the Hon. Francis Stafford +Jerningham, aged 59. He was the youngest brother of Lord +Stafford, and formerly an examiner in the Audit Office. For +many years he took an active part in the management of the +Costessey estate.</p> +<p>11.—Died, Mr. Edward Freestone, solicitor, of +Norwich. The youngest son of Mr. Anthony Freestone, he was +born at South Elmham St. Margaret, and educated at Mr. +Brewer’s school at Norwich. After serving his +articles with Mr. Crabtree, at Halesworth, he was admitted an +attorney and solicitor in 1825, and commenced practice in Norwich +and Bungay, in partnership with Mr. J. C. Copeman. In +politics Mr. Freestone was a Liberal, but systematically declined +to take part in municipal affairs. He, however, held +several important public appointments. The Freestone family +lived and owned property at South Elmham for nearly 200 +years. For three generations, ranging over the long period +of 150 years, they hunted their own hounds. Mr. +Freestone’s only sister married the celebrated botanist, +Dr. Lindley and was mother to Mr. Lindley, Q.C., the eminent +equity barrister.</p> +<p><a name="page247"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +247</span>16.—An operetta, in two acts, by Mr. J. Arthur +Harcourt, entitled, “The Science of Love,” was +performed for the first time by a company of amateurs at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich.</p> +<p>20.—The East Norfolk Railway, from Norwich to North +Walsham, was opened for traffic. The line was constructed +by Messrs. Lucas Bros., from plans by Mr. E. Wilson, C.E.</p> +<p>22.—Mr. W. H. Cooke, Q.C., Judge of the Norfolk County +Court, resigned his appointment. He was succeeded by Mr. +Edwin Plumer Price, Q.C., Recorder of York.</p> +<p>23.—Died at Chapel Field Road, Norwich, Mr. Henry +Ninham, aged 82. He was the son of John Ninham, who, in +1792, at the request of Mr. William Stevenson, F.S.A., drew, with +the assistance of the <i>camera obscura</i>, the ancient gates of +Norwich, then about to be demolished. He succeeded to his +father’s business as an heraldic painter and copper-plate +printer, and was for many years employed by the principal +coachbuilders of the city to paint armorial bearings on their +patrons’ carnages. A few days prior to his death, he +completed, for the Very Rev. Dr. Goulburn, a large painting of +the arms of the Deans of Norwich. Mr. Ninham was a frequent +contributor to the Norwich exhibitions, both in oil and +water-colours, and made many careful and truthful delineations of +picturesque old houses and churches in the city and its +neighbourhood. A good etcher, he published (without +letterpress) “Eight Etchings of Antiquities of +Norwich,” including the Strangers’ Hall, Sir Benjamin +Wrenche’s Court, &c.; and afterwards “Views of +the Gates of Norwich,” from drawings made by Kirkpatrick +about the year 1720. For private circulation only, he +etched a series of small but spirited plates, principally views +in Norwich and Norfolk. The illustrations of Bloom’s +“Castle Acre,” and Grigor’s “Eastern +Arboretum,” were also etched by him. The well-known +works, “Remnants of Antiquity in Norwich,” and +“Norwich Corporation Pageantry,” were illustrated in +lithograph by Ninham from his own drawings. He was a large +contributor of illustrations to “Norfolk +Archæology” and other local antiquarian works.</p> +<p>24.—Mr. Paynton Pigott, barrister-at-law, of the Oxford +Circuit, and revising barrister of the Western Division of +Staffordshire, a nephew of Mr. Baron Pigott, was admitted to the +office of Deputy Chief Constable of Norfolk.</p> +<p>30.—Died at his residence, Tombland, Norwich, Mr. Thomas +Hancock, City Treasurer. Mr. Hancock, who made himself +prominent by his efforts to revive the ancient office of City +Chamberlain, took an active part in many public movements, and is +said to have fallen a victim to over-work. Mr. Edwin Syder +Steward was, on November 9th, elected to the vacant office of +City Treasurer.</p> +<p>31.—Died at Topcroft Rectory, the Rev. Edward Wilson, +aged 75. Mr. Wilson, early in life, wrote “The Martyr +of Carthage” in “Burns’s Englishman’s +Library.” Soon afterwards, his mind, unhappily, +became clouded, and his services were lost to the Church for over +twenty years. When at length a surprising recovery restored +him to his friends, he returned to the study of theology and the +arts with a vigour and perseverance that would have been +remarkable in a young man of unbroken health. In his youth +Mr. Wilson was no mean poet, and his unpublished verses received +the warm praise of Wordsworth. <a name="page248"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 248</span>He had, too, the makings of a great +painter, and some of his best efforts in colouring were executed +only a few weeks before his death. Mr. Wilson was brother +of Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., of Delhi, and first cousin to +Henry Wilson, Lord Berners, at whose decease the barony, one of +the oldest in England, passed, through an heiress, into another +name. The family was descended from Bourchier, Lord +Berners, the translator of Froissart, and through him from +Bourchier, the Earl of Essex and his wife, a granddaughter of +Edward III.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Died at Lynn, Mr. F. Reynolds, formerly of Newton +next Castleacre, at an advanced age, and in very reduced +circumstances. “The deceased for many years was known +by the sobriquet of ‘The Marquis,’ which was given +him when he kept a pack of harriers at his own expense, and with +which he had good sport. Once in pursuit of a stolen horse, +for a neighbour, he drove one of his hunters, a bay blood horse, +100 miles in ten hours, only stopping once, namely, at Six Mile +Bottom, near Newmarket, where he gave his horse some corn from +his own bag, and fetched him water in his hat from a brook. +One of his first, and, perhaps, best hunters, that he trained to +such perfection, was a bay thoroughbred mare by Old Whisker, bred +by Chifney, the celebrated jockey. She became a +distinguished hunter with the Marham Staghounds. For Chip +he gave but £8, and this horse was afterwards sold by Mr. +Anderson for 500 guineas. Grey Tail, too, was sold by Mr. +Taylor for 400 guineas, and Sweep, bought for £10, was sold +by Mr. Percival for 300 guineas; whilst poor old Hawk struggled +on with him in his decline, winning him a few pounds at country +races by his indomitable pluck, and carrying him miles and miles +when other people were at rest. Although Mr. Reynolds had +his failings, no one could impeach his honour. He possessed +such peculiar blandness, free from haughty and unkind feeling, +that he was always regarded with something more than the common +courtesy of life. He received, in his dying illness, the +greatest attention from his old servant Peter, his former +whip.”</p> +<p>7.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at +Sandringham, from Coventry, accompanied by Prince Albert Victor +and Prince George, and by the Czarewitch of Russia, Prince +Wolkonsky, Prince Bariatinsky, &c. It was on this +occasion that the new railway-station erected at Wolferton was +formally opened. On the 20th a grand county ball was given +at Sandringham.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Edward Kerrison Harvey was elected Mayor, and Mr. +John Youngs appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>18.—Died in London, the Hon. George Sulyarde Stafford +Jerningham, C.B., formerly Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court +of Sweden, aged 69. He was third son of the eighth Lord +Stafford, and was born February 17th, 1806. Mr. Jerningham +was attached to the embassies at St. Petersburg and the Hague in +1826, was appointed an attaché at the Hague in 1832, and +Secretary of Legation in 1833, and was <i>chargé +d’affaires</i> there until 1836, when he was sent as +secretary of legation to Turin, where he was <i>chargé +d’affaires</i> in 1838. He subsequently filed similar +offices at Madrid and Paris.</p> +<h4><a name="page249"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +249</span>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at his residence, St. Giles’ Street, +Norwich, Sir William Foster, Bart., aged 76. For half a +century he had taken a prominent position in Norwich in all +matters connected with its municipal and charitable institutions, +and, as the head of one of the oldest legal firms in the city, +was greatly esteemed in his professional career. Under the +old Corporation he served the office of Sheriff in 1832, and in +1838 was created a baronet. Sir William was elected Mayor +of Norwich in 1844. In politics he was a warm supporter of +Liberal principles, and was for many years the recognised leader +of the old Whig school in Norwich. He was succeeded by +Capt. William Foster, formerly in the 11th Hussars.</p> +<p>6.—Died at Golding Street, Heigham, Norwich, Mrs. +Winifred Johnson, aged 101 years.</p> +<p>9.—Died at 39, Chapel Street, Marylebone Road, London, +Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, F.R.S., F.S.A., of Cromer Hall, in his +94th year. Educated at Westminster and at Exeter College, +Oxford, and called to the Bar in 1816, he was a Bencher of the +Middle Temple, a justice of the peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for +Middlesex and Norfolk, and Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons +in the latter county. In 1846 he was returned to the House +of Commons for St. Alban’s, and represented Boston from +1847 to 1857. On purchasing the Cromer Hall estate, Mr. +Bond Cabbell became identified with Norfolk, presented to Cromer +a fully-equipped lifeboat, and contributed largely to the +restoration of the parish church.</p> +<p>—A remarkable charge of cruelty to dogs was preferred at +Norwich Police-court, against Dr. Eugene Magnan, of London, Mr. +Haynes S. Robinson, Mr. John Ballard Pitt, Mr. Richard Wentworth +White, and Mr. Horace Turner, well-known medical men residing in +Norwich. It was alleged that on the occasion of the visit +of the British Medical Association to Norwich, application was +made by a committee of gentlemen that a certain experiment, +namely, the injection of alcohol and absinthe into the veins and +bloodvessels of dogs, should be made. Dr. Magnan performed +the operation, and the other defendants took part. Among +the witnesses called for the prosecution was Dr. Tuffnell, +President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, who said +the experiment was cruel because unnecessary, and similar +evidence was given by Sir William Fergusson, Professor William +Pritchard, R.C.V.S., Professor Varnell, R.C.V.S., Mr. G. Fleming, +Examining Member of the Council of Veterinary Surgeons, and one +of the editors of the “Veterinarian,” and +others. For the defence it was denied that Dr. Magnan +performed the experiment simply for the amusement of those +present, and Dr. Beverley, Dr. Bateman, Dr. Eade, Dr. Copeman, +Mr. Cadge, Mr. W. P. Nichols, Mr. G. W. W. Firth, Mr. Joseph +Allen, and others were called to prove that the operation was +justifiable. The magistrates dismissed the charges, but +expressed the opinion that the Royal Society for the Prevention +of Cruelty to Animals were justified in bringing the case.</p> +<p>10.—Died at 7, Lowndes Street, London, Mr. Peter Frank +O’Malley, Q.C., last surviving son of Mr. Charles +O’Malley, of Castlebar, co. Mayo. Born in 1804, he +was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, <a +name="page250"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 250</span>where he +graduated M.A. in 1828, and was called to the Bar at +Lincoln’s Inn in May, 1834. He married, in August, +1839, Emily, second daughter of Mr. William Rodwell, of +Woodlands, Suffolk, sister of Mr. B. B. Hunter Rodwell, M.P., +Q.C. In 1850 he was appointed Queen’s Counsel and +made a Bencher of the Middle Temple. On the elevation of +Mr. Serjeant Byles to the Bench, in 1858, Mr. O’Malley +succeeded to the leadership of the Norfolk Circuit, and in the +following year was appointed to the Recordership of +Norwich. In politics he was a Conservative, and, as an +advocate, was remarkable for his eloquence, earnestness, and +zeal. Mr. O’Malley was succeeded as Recorder of +Norwich by Mr. W. J. Metcalfe, Q.C.</p> +<p>15.—The Duke of Connaught presented the prizes at +Norwich Grammar School.</p> +<p>—Died at Bracondale, Norwich, Mr. Samuel Jarrold, in his +69th year. Mr. Jarrold, who was head of the wall-known firm +of publishers, was an ardent temperance reformer, and one of the +earliest advocates of the cause in Norwich.</p> +<p>17.—Died at his Norfolk seat, Elmham Hall, George John +Milles, fourth Baron Sondes. The deceased nobleman had +almost attained his 81st year. The second son of Lewis +Thomas Watson, second Lord Sondes, by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of +Richard Milles, of North Elmham, he succeeded to the title on the +death of his brother, in 1836. He was educated at Eton and +at Christ Church, Oxford, and entered the Royal Horse Guards, in +which regiment he served in the Peninsular War, and was present +at the battle of Waterloo. In 1823 he married Eleanor, +fifth daughter of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., and in 1824, on +succeeding to the Elmham estate, assumed the name of Milles in +lieu of that of Watson. After his retirement from military +service, he took great interest in agricultural pursuits, and was +very successful in his efforts to improve the breeds of cattle +and sheep. The Elmham herd of red polled cattle and flock +of Southdowns attained universal reputation. His lordship +was High Steward of Great Yarmouth, to which office he was +elected in 1854.</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime at Norwich Theatre was “Dick +Whittington and his Wonderful Cat.” At the Prince +Arthur Royal Circus, on Castle Meadow, the pantomime, “King +Bombast, or Harlequin Reckless Ralph and his Lilliputian +Army,” was produced.</p> +<h3>1875.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—The frost, which, during the preceding week, had been +very severe, suddenly broke up, and, under the influence of a +south-west wind, a rapid thaw set in.</p> +<p>—Died at his residence, Surrey Street, Norwich, Sir +Samuel Bignold. He was the third son of Mr. Thomas Bignold, +of Westerham, Kent, who came to Norwich towards the close of the +eighteenth <a name="page251"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +251</span>century, and established the Norfolk and Norwich +General Assurance, “for the insurance of houses, stock, and +merchandise from fire.” The office was in the Market +Place, where Mr. Bignold also carried on the business of a wine +and spirit merchant until the end of 1807. Mr. Samuel +Bignold was elected Corporation Sheriff on August 9th, 1830, and +in 1831 succeeded Mr. John Patteson as Alderman of the Great +Mancroft Ward. In 1832 he was instrumental in introducing +to the city Lord Stormont and Sir James Scarlett, as candidates +for its representation in Parliament. During his Mayoralty +in 1833 he wrote a letter to the Governor of the Court of +Guardians, suggesting the establishment of a joint stock company +for spinning yarn, in order to give employment to the poor. +The result was the formation of the Norwich Yarn Company, and the +first stone of their factory was laid by Mr. Bignold on December +1st, 1836. This undertaking was commenced with every +indication of success, but it finally succumbed to the powerful +competition of the North. In 1848 Mr. Bignold was a second +time elected Mayor, and was chosen a third time for the office in +1853. On May 3rd, 1854, having been requested by the +Corporation to present to the Queen an address pledging its loyal +support to her Majesty in the prosecution of the Crimean War, he +received the honour of knighthood, and his portrait was painted +by public subscription, by J. P. Knight, R.A., and placed in St. +Andrew’s Hall. In the same year Sir Samuel was +returned as member of Parliament for the city, in opposition to +Mr. Anthony Hamond, the Liberal candidate. On seeking +re-election, in 1857, he was defeated by Lord Bury and Mr. +Schneider, and again in April, 1859, by the same gentlemen; but +that election was declared void. In June, 1859, when Lord +Bury sought re-election, having vacated his seat by accepting the +appointment of Comptroller of her Majesty’s household, Sir +Samuel was again defeated, and Lord Bury was a second time +unseated on petition. In all subsequent elections, although +not a candidate himself, Sir Samuel Bignold continued to take an +active part. He was associated with many public companies +and charitable and other institutions. After the passing of +the Municipal Reform Act, he was elected a Councillor for the +Fifth Ward, which he continued to represent until his +death. He was placed on the Commission of the Peace for the +County in 1835, and became a Deputy-Lieutenant, and was appointed +a city magistrate in 1841.</p> +<p>4.—The Norwich Choral Society, founded by Professor +Taylor, in 1824, for the performance of choral and orchestral +music, was voluntarily dissolved by the few remaining +members.</p> +<p>—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holkham, on +a visit to the Earl of Leicester.</p> +<p>20.—Died at her residence, Thorpe St. Andrew, in her +69th year, Miss Mary Ann Bacon, third daughter of Mr. R. M. +Bacon, of Costessey. She possessed varied accomplishments +and poetical talent. Early in life she assisted her father +by translating and writing several valuable articles for the +“Musical Review”; and she was associated with Mr. +Owen Jones in the production of some volumes of combined art and +poetry which attracted much attention at the time of their +appearance. Miss Bacon was particularly happy in her +metrical translations of German, French, and Italian songs, and +the books of the Norwich Festivals for many years attested her +ready talent in <a name="page252"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +252</span>giving the spirit of those languages when combined with +music. She contributed many fugitive verses and serial +tales in prose to the “People’s Journal” and +other periodicals and magazines.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>3.—A special meeting of the Norwich Town Council was +held for the purpose of considering and passing resolutions +authorising the Council to petition Parliament against the +Norwich Gas Bill, by which the British Gaslight Company sought to +acquire additional lands and to raise further capital. It +was decided to oppose the Bill, and the action of the Council was +confirmed at a common hall held on the 4th.</p> +<p>—Died at 26, Highbury Place, London, the Rev. Luke Hoult +Wiseman, aged 53. He was a son of Mr. Samuel Wiseman of +Norwich, so well known for his long and devoted services to the +British and Foreign Bible Society. He became private +secretary to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, and afterwards entered as +a candidate for the Wesleyan Methodist ministry. A popular +and powerful preacher, he was appointed, in 1868, one of the +general secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. In +1871 he was elected secretary to the Conference, and in 1872 was +appointed its president. Mr. Wiseman wrote much for the +Press, and all his writings bore the impress of a clear and +vigorous intellect. His best known works were +“Christ’s Temptation in the Wilderness” and +“Men of Faith.”</p> +<p>4.—A fire, which resulted in the destruction of the +treadmill-house and of a small storage building, occurred at the +City Gaol, Norwich. An alarming rumour of an attempted +escape of the prisoners was circulated, and a detachment of the +7th Hussars was summoned from the Cavalry Barracks. The +prisoners, however, were safely removed from the south to the +north side of the gaol, the fire was extinguished by the city +police, and the cavalry were ordered back to quarters.</p> +<p>5.—The Norwich Town Council discussed the question of +the proposed site for the new pauper lunatic asylum, and decided +to erect the building at Hellesdon.</p> +<p>23.—The Sheriff of Norwich (Mr. J. Youngs) and the +Under-Sheriff (Mr. F. Foster) opened a court at the Shirehall for +the assessment of damages in the claims brought against the Great +Eastern Railway Company by the relatives of certain persons who +had been killed or injured in the Thorpe collision. At +Norwich Assizes, on April 6th, before Mr. Justice Blackburn, +Alfred Cooper, formerly night inspector, and John Robson, +formerly telegraph clerk at Thorpe railway station, were indicted +for feloniously killing and slaying George Robert Womack, on +September 10th. Mr. Womack was one of the victims of the +collision. The jury acquitted Robson, and returned a +verdict of guilty against Cooper, who was sentenced to eight +calendar months’ imprisonment. At the same Assizes, a +special jury tried the civil action, Morse <i>v.</i> the Great +Eastern Railway Company, in which the Rev. Charles Morse sued the +company for compensation for injuries sustained in the +collision. The jury awarded plaintiff £2,050 +damages. On April 17th it was announced: “It is now +expected that <a name="page253"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +253</span>the amount of compensation claims will not exceed +£40,000. About £10,000 has been paid in the +amicable adjustment of minor claims, and juries have awarded some +£15,000 more.” At the Summer Assizes, on August +6th, before Mr. Baron Bramwell, a special jury awarded Mr. C. R. +Gilman the sum of £6,497 3s. 8d. for damages, medical +attendance, and extra expenses consequent upon injuries received +by him in the collision.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>1.—Mr. Craven Robertson’s company commenced an +engagement at Norwich Theatre. “Caste,” +“School,” “Ours,” and “M.P.” +were produced.</p> +<p>5.—An election to fill the vacancy caused in the +representation of Norwich by the elevation to the judicial bench +of Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., took place. The candidates were +Mr. J. H. Tillett and Colonel Josiah Wilkinson, Southampton +Lodge, Highgate. The result was declared as follows: +Tillett, 5,877; Wilkinson, 5,079. On April 2nd a petition +against the return of Mr. Tillett, M.P., was filed in the Court +of Common Pleas, by Frank Ames, a workman at Messrs. Barnard and +Bishop’s Ironworks. (<i>See</i> May 6th.)</p> +<p>7.—Died at Brighton, Mr. Edward Warner, of Hingham Hall, +Woodford, Essex, formerly member of Parliament for Norwich. +He was first returned in 1852, in conjunction with Sir Morton +Peto, and in opposition to the Marquis of Douro and +Lieut.-Colonel Dickson; and sat in the House of Commons until the +dissolution in 1857, but did not present himself for +re-election. In 1860 he again came forward, with Sir +William Russell, with whom he was returned, defeating the +Conservative candidates, Mr. W. Forlonge and Mr. W. D. +Lewis. In 1865 he and Sir William Russell were +unsuccessfully opposed by Mr. A. Goldsmid and Mr. R. E. Chester +Waters. After the passing of the new Reform Act, the +advanced Liberals selected Mr. J. H. Tillett as their candidate, +and the Whigs adhered to Sir William Russell. In 1870 Mr. +Warner took the field in opposition to Mr. Tillett, but, after +consulting the electors, he decided to retire from the +contest. Thereafter he lived in comparative retirement.</p> +<p>11.—A severe gale raged on the East Coast. The +schooner Elizabeth, belonging to Messrs. Bessey and Palmer, of +Yarmouth, struck on the Barber Sand, and the crew of four hands +were drowned. Several other casualties occurred.</p> +<p>25.—Application was made in the Court of Common Pleas, +on behalf of Josiah Buttifant, charged with the building society +frauds at Norwich, for an order that a writ of <i>certiorari</i> +might issue to remove the indictments into the Court of +Queen’s Bench. The order was granted, and the case +came for trial before Mr. Justice Archibald, on May 6th, when it +was stated that the prisoner’s defalcations amounted to +£20,000. Buttifant pleaded not guilty to the charge +of forging certain documents, but guilty to embezzling various +sums. A jury was sworn to try the charge of forgery, and +returned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to +fifteen years’ penal servitude.</p> +<p><a name="page254"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +254</span>31.—St. Margaret’s church, Lynn, which had +been restored at the cost of £7,000, as an act of +thanksgiving for the recovery of the Prince of Wales from his +severe illness, was re-opened for Divine worship. The +sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop, and a distinguished +company assembled for luncheon at the Town Hall, under the +presidency of the Mayor (Mr. E. E. Durrant). The Prince and +Princess of Wales attended afternoon service at the church on +Sunday, April 18th, and were received by the Mayor and +Corporation. The work of restoration was carried out under +the direction of Mr. Ewan Christian and Sir E. Gilbert Scott.</p> +<p>—A new organ, erected at North Walsham church, by +Messrs. Hill and Son, of London, at the cost of £487, was +opened by Mr. James Turle, organist of Westminster Abbey, at a +special service, at which the sermon was preached by the Dean of +Norwich.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.—The Yarmouth and Gorleston tramway was formally +opened by the Mayor of Yarmouth (Mr. R. D. Barber).</p> +<p>5.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Grove, +William Sillis, 25, labourer, was found guilty of feloniously +assaulting Miss Ann Elizabeth Blyth, at Great Massingham, on +October 12th, 1874, and was sentenced to eighteen years’ +penal servitude and twenty lashes of the “cat.” +The whipping was inflicted at Norwich Castle on April 20th. +“The prisoner’s back having been bared, he was +securely fastened by the hands and feet to the whipping-post and +the flagellation duly administered by Mr. Pinson, the Governor, +with a ‘cat’ having nine tails of braided +whipcord. When the third lash had been given the prisoner +turned his head round and implored, ‘For God’s sake, +don’t hit twice in the same place,’ and, howling and +wincing, threatened to break down at the eighth lash; but the +whipping proceeded until the punishment was completed. When +released from the post he appeared faint, and required assistance +to get on his shirt. ‘A poor devil had better be +hanged than punished like that,’ he said.”</p> +<p>9.—At a military tournament given by the 7th Hussars at +Norwich, the “cavalry ride,” now known as the +“musical ride,” was performed for the first +time. It was introduced by the bandmaster, Van Der Huevil, +who was afterwards transferred to the Household Cavalry, and +under his direction the display became one of the most prominent +features of the Royal Military Tournament.</p> +<p>17.—Died at her residence, Surrey Street, Norwich, Miss +Cecilia Lucy Brightwell, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas +Brightwell. For nearly forty years she was the devoted and +inseparable companion of her father. Miss Brightwell was a +voluminous writer, and more than twenty works of hers had issued +from the press, the first of which was a biography, the only one +extant, of her old friend, Amelia Opie, whose diary and +correspondence she had access to through her father, Mrs. +Opie’s executor. Amongst her other works was a +“Life of Linnæus,” “Early Lives and +Doings of Great Lawyers,” “Annals of Curious and +Romantic Lives,” “Palissy, the Huguenot +Potter,” “Footsteps of the Reformers,” +“Heroes of the Workshop,” “Men of Mark,” +“Annals of Industry and Genius,” &c. +Proficient in the use of the <a name="page255"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 255</span>etching needle, she illustrated her +father’s works on “Infusoria.” “A +singular evidence of Miss Brightwell’s skill in etching may +be found in the British Museum, where, side by side with the work +of Rembrandt, known as ‘The Long Landscape,’ is a +copy by her which the gentleman then in charge of that department +could not believe to be such until vouched for by +others.”</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>6.—The hearing of the election petition against the +return of Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett as member of Parliament for the +city commenced at the Shirehall, Norwich, before Mr. Justice +Lush. Mr. Giffard, Q.C., was leading counsel for the +petitioner, and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., for the respondent. It +was alleged on the part of the petitioner that a large number of +voters had received employment of a colourable character. +“Wherever possible a voter was made a messenger, clerk, or +something. The majority for Mr. Huddleston at the General +Election was between 40 and 50, but by this kind of device the +Conservative majority was converted into a minority of one under +800.” The inquiry proceeded, and on the 15th Mr. +Hawkins announced that “Mr. Tillett had come to the +conclusion it had been sufficiently established that a great +number of the lower class voters were employed unjustifiably in +his behalf, and he felt he could not struggle further to retain +the seat.” After hearing the evidence of Mr. Tillett +and a few other witnesses, his lordship said: “The result +is the respondent has become disqualified by reason of this +corruption by his agents, and I have nothing more to do than to +declare the election void and award costs to the +petitioner.” (<i>See</i> August 16th.)</p> +<p>13.—The centenary of the banking house of Messrs. +Gurneys and Co. was celebrated by a dinner given at Stoke Holy +Cross, the seat of Mr. Henry Birkbeck. “The original +founders of the Bank were John and Henry Gurney, who, in addition +to their ordinary trade, that of merchants, carried on a banking +business, first in Pitt Street, and afterwards in Magdalen +Street. They were the sons of John Gurney, who earned the +title of the ‘Weavers’ Friend,’ by reason of +his advocacy of their cause. The Gurneys having, in 1779, +devoted themselves exclusively to banking, the business was +transferred to Bartlett Gurney (son of Henry Gurney), who removed +to the present premises on Bank Plain, having as a partner his +uncle, John Gurney. Bartlett Gurney died in 1803, and John +Gurney was left sole proprietor, being joined shortly by his +cousins, Richard and Joseph Gurney. John Gurney lived at +Earlham Hall, Richard Gurney at Keswick, and Joseph Gurney at +Lakenham. Changes from time to time occurred, and Hudson +Gurney, Richard Hanbury Gurney, James John Gurney, Henry Birkbeck +(the father of the present head of the firm), and Simon Martin +became at subsequent periods partners in the great banking +house. The panics of the years 1792 and 1825, which caused +the failure of many banking houses, only resulted in establishing +the Gurneys on a firmer and more prosperous basis, for they not +only survived these financial disasters, but assisted others to +tide over their difficulties. The year 1866 will be +remembered as one which tested the stability of the house. +The run on the Bank in that and the following year was as +remarkable for its intensity as it was lasting. <a +name="page256"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 256</span>The run +having ended, the business was further extended in 1870 by the +addition of that of Harveys and Hudsons, the goodwill of which +was purchased, and, by the liberality of the firm, that which +might have ended in a catastrophe for Norfolk was averted. +It is now by far the largest private banking house in the +provinces.”</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>5.—The Reedham Hall estate was sold by auction by +Messrs. Spelman, at the Rampant Horse Hotel, Norwich, for +£31,568. The purchaser was Mr. John Rose.</p> +<p>8.—Mr. Frank Buckland, Inspector of Salmon Fisheries, +opened an inquiry at Yarmouth, at the request of the Home +Secretary, into the crab, lobster, and other sea fisheries on the +Norfolk coast, with the view of ascertaining the expediency of +adopting regulations for the prevention of waste and the +preservation of fish. Similar inquiries were held at Lynn, +Wells, and Cromer.</p> +<p>16.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association opened at Fakenham, and was continued on the +17th. Mr. Anthony Hamond was president for the year.</p> +<p>19.—An important meeting was held at the Guildhall, +Norwich, for the purpose of conferring with Mr. Frank Buckland as +to the possibility of extending legislative protection to the +fishing in the rivers and broads of Norfolk. Mr. Buckland +expressed his full concurrence in the necessity of an Act of +Parliament, for placing restrictions on the fishing, and +resolutions to that effect were adopted. (<i>See</i> +January 22nd, 1876.)</p> +<p>21.—The centenary of the opening of the bells of St. +Peter Mancroft, Norwich, was celebrated by the ringers of that +church.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>3.—Extracts from an article in the “Natal +Mercury” of May 11th, on the life and labours of Mr. Thomas +Baines, F.R.G.S., “just then deceased,” were +published. Mr. Baines was a native of King’s Lynn, +where he was born in 1822. At an early age he gave evidence +of artistic instincts, and of his love of travel and +adventure. His first experiences of the kind were in South +Australia. When little more than a youth, he took part in +an expedition which traversed a then unpenetrated portion of the +Continent. He and his companions carried their lives in +their hands, and many were the hairbreadth escapes from the +perils of both sea and savages. Baines arrived in South +Africa about the year 1848, and took an active part in the Kaffir +wars of 1850–51–52. In 1860 he joined Dr. +Livingstone’s expedition to Zanzibar, but differences arose +between him and his illustrious chief. The next few years +were spent in devious travel, and in 1866 he returned home and +published several important works. He subsequently went to +Natal as leader of a party sent out by the South African Gold +Fields Exploration Company, and it was at Natal that he spent a +large portion of the last few years of his life.</p> +<p><a name="page257"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +257</span>8.—Died at Mulbarton, Mary Ann Todd, aged 100 +years.</p> +<p>22.—The Norfolk polled cattle and flock of pure +Southdown sheep on the North Elmham estate were sold by Messrs. +Thornton and Long. The total amount realised was +£4,953 5s.</p> +<p>23.—The last detachment of the 7th Hussars left Norwich +for Manchester by special train; and on the 24th the dismounted +party of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), from Shorncliffe, +took over the Cavalry Barracks.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>2.—A vessel named the Ponda Chief, intended for trading +between this country and Port Natal, was launched from the +shipyard of Messrs. J. Fellows, at Southtown, Yarmouth. She +was 140 feet long, 26 feet beam, 14 ft. 6 in. deep, and 416 tons +register. This was one of the largest vessels ever built at +the port.</p> +<p>3.—H.M.S. Favourite, an armour-plated corvette of 2,094 +tons and 490 horse-power, ran upon the south spit of Scroby Sand, +when endeavouring to make the gatway. At the flood tide the +vessel floated off and steamed out to sea.</p> +<p>9.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Mellor, +William Harper Stewardson, printer, of Norwich, was charged with +publishing in a newspaper called the “Herald and +Dispatch,” a malicious and defamatory libel of and +concerning Frederick Lawrence Phillips, editor of the +“Norwich Argus.” The jury returned a verdict of +guilty, and the defendant was fined £20, and ordered to +enter into his own recognisances of £100 to be of good +behaviour for twelve months.</p> +<p>16.—A Royal Commission, issued in consequence of the +report of Mr. Justice Lush, “that he had reason to believe +corrupt practices extensively prevailed at the election which +took place in Norwich on March 5th, on the elevation to the Bench +of Mr. Baron Huddleston,” commenced its proceedings at the +Shirehall, Norwich. The Commissioners were Mr. John Morgan +Howard, Q.C., Mr. Patrick MacMahon, and Mr. Gabriel Prior +Goldney, with Mr. Tyndal Atkinson as secretary. On the 43rd +day, Wednesday, October 28th, the court terminated its sittings +in Norwich, and the inquiry was resumed in the House of Lords on +November 8th. The fiftieth day was reached on December 3rd, +when a further adjournment took place. (<i>See</i> March +15th, 1876.)</p> +<p>26.—The marriage was solemnised, at Latimer, of the Earl +of Leicester and the Hon. Georgiana Cavendish, eldest daughter of +Lord and Lady Chesham.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>20.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced with an evening performance of +“Elijah.” The morning performances were as +follow: 22nd, “Hymn of Praise” and selection, +“Jerusalem”; 23rd, “Stabat Mater” and +“Woman of Samaria”; 24th, “The +Messiah.” Miscellaneous concerts were given on the +evenings of the dates named, except on the 24th, when a dress +ball <a name="page258"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +258</span>took place. The principal vocalists were Mdlle. +Albani, Mdlle. Mathilda Enequist, Madame Lemmens Sherrington, +Mdlle. Anna de Belocca, Miss Enriquez, Madame Patey, Mr. Edward +Lloyd, Mr. H. J. Minns, Mr. Henry Guy, Mr. J. L. Wadmore, and +Signor Foli. Sir Julius Benedict conducted.</p> +<p>26.—Died at his residence, Bracondale, Norwich, Mr. +Frederic Brown, aged 67. He served the office of Sheriff in +1863–64, was a magistrate of the city, and a director of +the Norwich Waterworks and Corn Exchange Companies.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>4.—Don Edgardo Colona, a Mexican tragedian, appeared at +Norwich Theatre, and during a week’s engagement played a +round of Shakesperian and classical characters.</p> +<p>9.—The foundation-stone of Yarmouth Aquarium was laid by +Lord Suffield. The building was opened on September 5th, +1876.</p> +<p>16.*—“Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to +approve the Norfolk Regiment of Artillery Militia being in future +designated the Prince of Wales’ Own Norfolk Artillery +Militia, and of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men +of the regiment being permitted to wear, as a distinctive badge, +on the collars of the tunics, the Prince of Wales’ plume +and the motto, ‘Ich Dien.’”</p> +<p>20.—During a severe gale, the barque Young England, of +Middlesbrough, 371 tons (Captain Brown), bound from the Baltic to +London with deals, drifted on the Cockle Sand. The crew of +twelve men and a boy took to the boat, which was capsized, and +all, with the exception of the boy, were drowned.</p> +<p>26.—A public meeting was held at Yarmouth, to consider a +project for constructing a railway from that town to Stalham, +<i>viâ</i> Caister, Ormesby, Martham, Potter Heigham, and +Catfield. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P., presided, and +resolutions were adopted affirming the desirability of the +undertaking, which was estimated to cost £70,000. +(<i>See</i> August 7th, 1877.)</p> +<p>28.—A preliminary meeting of landowners and others +interested in the construction of a new line of railway from +March to Wymondham, to be known as the Central Norfolk Railway, +was held at the Crown Hotel, Watton, under the presidency of Mr. +W. A. Tyssen-Amherst. Mr. A. F. Jerningham, C.E., described +the proposed route, and it was agreed that the railway was +desirable. Its cost was estimated at £450,000, or +£10,000 per mile. A Bill for the promotion of the +undertaking was introduced in Parliament, but was withdrawn in +January, 1876.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—Mr. Charles Tadman, for many years manager at Norwich +Gasworks, committed suicide by shooting himself with a +revolver.</p> +<p>8.—Mr. Anthony Hamond, Master of the West Norfolk Hunt, +was presented with his portrait, painted by Mr. Graves, +R.A. Sir William ffolkes, Bart., made the presentation, on +behalf of 400 subscribers.</p> +<p><a name="page259"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +259</span>9.—Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett was elected Mayor, and +Mr. Henry Stevenson appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>10.—The first Poor-law Conference, attended by delegates +from twenty-two Norfolk unions, was held at the Guildhall, +Norwich, under the presidency of Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., “to +take counsel on the important point of the more uniform +administration of poor relief.”</p> +<p>13.—Died at St. Leonard’s, the Rev. Dr. William +Brock. Dr. Brock, who was upwards of 70 years of age, was +formerly minister of the Baptist congregation, in Norwich, and +resigned that post about twenty-five years previously, and became +minister of Bloomsbury chapel, London, then recently built. +There he remained until he retired from the ministry. Dr. +Brock was one of the most popular ministers in the Baptist +denomination, and took an active part on the Liberal side in many +of the political movements of his time.</p> +<p>—An extremely high tide occurred at Lynn, owing to heavy +rains and strong gales. On the 15th Denver Sluice was in +jeopardy, and large numbers of men were employed to strengthen +the banks. At Hunstanton great masses of cliff were washed +away; on the 19th railway traffic between Brandon and Ely was +suspended, owing to the floods, and considerable damage was done +to the line between Reedham and Haddiscoe by the overflow of +water.</p> +<p>17.—Sir William Bagge, Bart., M.P., presided at a +luncheon at Downham Market, held in celebration of the opening of +the new Public Hall. The building was converted from the +old Theatre by a company formed for the purpose of carrying out +the project.</p> +<p>18.—At the adjourned Norfolk Quarter Sessions, held at +the Shirehall, Norwich, a report was received on the advisability +of amalgamating the county prisons and of transferring the +Governor of Swaffham Prison to Norwich Castle, the Governor of +the latter prison, Mr. Pinson, having given notice of his +resignation of office. The report recommended that Swaffham +Prison be discontinued from January 13th, 1876; that the +prisoners at the time under detention be removed to Norwich +Castle; and that Mr. Duncan Stuart, Governor of Swaffham Prison, +be appointed to succeed Mr. Pinson at Norwich. The report +was adopted. Mr. Stuart took over the governorship of +Norwich Castle in January, 1876, but resigned office in the +following month, when he was succeeded by Mr. Miles Joseph +Walker.</p> +<p>19.—A gale, the severity of which had been unequalled +for many years previously, visited the coast of Norfolk. +Several wrecks occurred off Yarmouth and Caister, and many lives +were lost in the Wash. The Scotch fishing fleet suffered +terrible privations. Five bodies of the crew of the smack +Beautiful Star, of St. Monance, Fifeshire, were picked up at the +entrance to Lynn Well, and at a subsequent date the bodies of +other unfortunate fishermen from the North were discovered in the +same locality.</p> +<p>20.—The Hon. Frederick Walpole, M.P., F.R.G.S., was +installed Grand Master of the Norfolk Provincial Grand Lodge of +Freemasons, in place of Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, deceased.</p> +<p>21.—On this day (Sunday) a mad freak was perpetrated at +Yarmouth by a Scotch fisherman, named Watson. Having gained +admittance to the Nelson column, he climbed the figure of +Britannia and clasped his arms about its neck. He then came +down to the platform, <a name="page260"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 260</span>and, dangling his legs over the edge +of the capital, took off his shoes and proceeded to descend by +the lightning conductor which runs down the outside of the +column. The conductor was only seven-eighths of an inch in +diameter, and placed close to the stone work, “and how he +managed to get over the edge of the projecting capital was a +marvel.” The man, however, reached the ground in +safety; but his hands were terribly lacerated, “as in +several instances he had to pull the conductor from the wall to +get his fingers in. He was under the influence of drink +when he performed the feat.”</p> +<p>30.—Died, in his 75th year, Mr. Francis John Blake, +solicitor, for forty years treasurer of the Norfolk County +Lunatic Asylum, and thirty-eight years Superintendent Registrar +for the city of Norwich. Mr. Blake was for many years +treasurer of the Norwich Musical Festival, and a director of +several public companies.</p> +<p>—St. Andrew’s Day was celebrated in Norwich by the +members of the newly-formed St. Andrew Society dining at the +Maid’s Head Hotel. Mr. T. Muir Grant, the founder and +president of the society, was in the chair, and Dr. Waddell, the +vice-president, officiated as croupier.</p> +<p>—A suit, the Archdeacon of Norwich <i>v.</i> William +Delph and William Thomas Gilbert, churchwardens of St. Augustine, +which came before the Consistory Court at Norwich, excited much +public comment. The case was heard originally in November, +1874, when the Chancellor decreed that the respondents, who had +desecrated the churchyard by throwing a portion of it into the +public road, should, by placing certain stones in the pathway and +wall, mark the ancient boundary of the churchyard. The +respondents not having obeyed the decree of the court, +application was made on October 5th by Mr. Walter Overbury, as +Proctor for the Archdeacon, that they might be pronounced +contumacious. The case was adjourned until this date, and +the decree not having been obeyed, the Chancellor pronounced the +respondents contumacious, and issued a certificate to her Majesty +in the High Court of Justice, in order that an attachment might +forthwith issue against them. This action resulted in the +arrest and imprisonment of Mr. Gilbert. At a meeting of the +Town Council, on December 21st, Mr. J. D. Smith called attention +to the case, and stated that Mr. Gilbert was imprisoned for +alleged contempt of court in not paying the costs of the +suit. He moved a resolution expressing regret that the +ecclesiastical authorities should have instituted the +prosecution, and urging that the Parliamentary and Bye-Laws +Committee confer immediately as to the best steps to be taken to +obtain the release of the prisoner. The motion was carried +by 27 votes against 1, “the Conservatives having vacated +their seats, leaving only Mr. H. W. Stafford, who voted against +the motion.” Mr. Gilbert was liberated on December +24th, an undertaking having been given on the part of Mr. Delph +that the decree of the Consistorial Court should be carried +out.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—A heavy gale prevailed on the coast of Norfolk, and +continued until the 6th. There were many shipping +casualties, and much loss of life.</p> +<p><a name="page261"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +261</span>7.—At the annual dinner of the Farmers’ +Club, held at the Salisbury Hotel, London, Mr. Clare Sewell Read +announced that he would no longer continue a member of the +Government. He took office, he said, on the stipulation +that he should have perfect freedom to speak upon all +agricultural matters, and that if he believed the interests of +agriculture were neglected by any department of the Government he +should resign. “I believe,” he added, +“that the interests of the stockholders of this country +have been persistently ignored by the Veterinary Department of +the Privy Council, and that being the case, I have to inform you +that I am no longer the Secretary of the Local Government Board, +and that I only hold office until my successor be +appointed.” Mr. Read further said that, to a +tenant-farmer whose principal income was derived from the +occupation of 600 or 700 acres of land, £1,500 a year was +an extremely convenient addition to his income; but he was quite +sure that all present would approve of what he had done. +During the Cattle Show week it was announced that some suitable +recognition would be made of Mr. Read’s services to +agriculture, and, at a large meeting of the agriculturists of the +county—Conservative and Liberal—held at the Norfolk +Hotel, Norwich, on December 18th, a deputation was appointed to +attend a meeting at the Salisbury Hotel, on the 20th, in support +of the testimonial fund which was forthwith inaugurated. +(<i>See</i> January 1st, 1876.)</p> +<p>13.—A dreadful tragedy occurred at the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital. A weaver, 42 years of age, named Robert +Edwards, who resided at Marsham, had been admitted to the +Hospital on an indoor recommendation obtained from the Rev. J. +Gunton, rector of the parish. The physician who examined +him prior to admission believed that he was suffering from some +bodily ailment of a dyspeptic character. Ten or twelve +weeks previously his case was regarded as one of insanity; he had +been restless and violent at times, and his friends had placed +him under surveillance. Early on the morning of this date, +Edwards, in a fit of homicidal mania, escaped from the Catherine +ward, and, finding his way to the children’s ward, seized a +pair of tongs from the fireplace, and, before he could be +secured, made a murderous assault upon some of the unfortunate +young patients, which resulted in two being slain outright, a +third died shortly afterwards, and grievous injuries were +inflicted upon two others. Edwards was disarmed by Mr. +Baumgartner, the house surgeon, taken into custody, and charged +on the 14th, at Norwich Police Court, with feloniously killing +William Martin, aged 14, of Ryburgh; John Lacey, 10, of Griffin +Yard, Pockthorpe; and Joseph Colman, 11, of Barton Turf. A +fourth lad, Alfred Clarke, aged 9, died on February 20th, +1876. On the 18th the magistrates committed him for trial +at the Assizes, but meanwhile he was certified to be insane and +incapable of pleading, and was sent to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic +Asylum. At the Coroner’s inquest, held on December +18th, a verdict of wilful murder was returned, and the jury +expressed, in the strongest terms, their disapproval of the +circumstances under which Edwards had been admitted to the +institution, and their high opinion of the courageous conduct of +Mr. Baumgartner.</p> +<p>22.—Died at Bombay, Bernard Edward Delaval Astley, tenth +Baron Hastings, aged 20. His lordship left England early in +October, for India, accompanied by Viscount Ebrington, and, after +staying with Sir <a name="page262"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +262</span>Philip Wodehouse, the Governor, at Parell, during the +Prince of Wales’ visit there, he proceeded to Calicut, and +thence to the Annamally Hills, for shooting. He there fell +a victim to jungle fever. Born September 9th, 1855, his +lordship was eldest son of the Rev. Delaval Loftus Astley, some +time vicar of East Barsham, and afterwards ninth Lord Hastings, +and grandson of Jacob Astley, Lord Hastings, better known by his +former name of Sir Jacob Astley, M.P. He was educated at +Eton, and succeeded to the family honours in 1872. The +title passed to his next brother, the Hon. George Manners Astley, +who was born in April, 1857.</p> +<p>26.—The Christmas pantomime produced by Mr. George H. +Chaplin, at Norwich Theatre, was entitled, “Bluff King Hal +the Bluffer and his Crippled Guy, or Harlequin Darnley, the Pet +of the Court.”</p> +<h3>1876.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—At a meeting of Norfolk agriculturists, held at the +Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, it was decided to support the national +movement for presenting Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., with a testimonial +in recognition of his services to agriculture. Upwards of +£600 was subscribed in the room, the Earl of Leicester, +Lord Lieutenant of the county, heading the subscription-list with +a handsome donation. The presentation was made at the +Cannon Street Hotel, London, on May 2nd, at a banquet presided +over by Mr. Charles Howard, of Bidenham, and attended by 160 of +the leading agriculturists of the three kingdoms. The +testimonial consisted of a massive silver salver weighing 115 +ozs., and inscribed, “Presented, the 2nd May, 1876, to +Clare Sewell Read, M.P. for Norfolk since 1865, with a cheque for +£5,500, in testimony of his valuable services to +Agriculture.”</p> +<p>19.—The first of the entertainments known as +“Spelling Bees” was given at Noverre’s Rooms, +Norwich. It was claimed that they “served the twofold +purpose of testing the orthographical and philological knowledge +of the competitors and of providing amusement for the +public.” The Mayor (Mr. J. H. Tillett) +presided. The referees were Mr. Carlos Cooper, the Rev. A. +C. Copeman, and Mr. A. Master, and their decisions were in +accordance with the Imperial, Richardson’s, and +Walker’s dictionaries. Mr. T. Richmond Pinder was +interrogator. “Spelling Bees” enjoyed for some +months the same popularity as their precursors, “Penny +Readings,” and every town and village in the county took up +the movement, which, however, was very short-lived.</p> +<p>22.—The members of the Yare Preservation Society and the +riparian owners of the county adopted a memorial to the Home +Secretary, praying for the legislative protection of local sea +and inland fisheries. A deputation, which included the +members of Parliament for the county and city, approached the +Home Secretary upon the <a name="page263"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 263</span>subject on February 1st, and +received the assurance that “if the Government could see +their way they would take the matter up at some future +time.” (<i>See</i> February 2nd, 1877.)</p> +<p>29.—Died at his residence, Unthank’s Road, +Norwich, Mr. Abel Towler, one of the senior magistrates of the +city, aged 83. He was head of the firm of Towler, Allen, +and Co. In politics Mr. Towler was “a Liberal of the +old school.”</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—A fire occurred at the works of Messrs. Riches and +Watts, agricultural engineers, Duke’s Palace, +Norwich. The damage amounted to between £3,000 and +£4,000.</p> +<p>12.—Died at his residence, the Depperhaugh, Diss, +Admiral Sir John Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart., K.C.B. Born in +1803, he entered the Navy in 1812, and saw much service. In +1847 he was appointed Surveyor to the Navy; in 1861 he assumed +command of the Cape of Good Hope station, and attained the rank +of Admiral in 1870. He was created a baronet in 1856.</p> +<p>16.—Died at his residence, Drayton Lodge, near Norwich, +Mr. James Winter, aged 79. He was the last member but one +of the old Corporation, in which he held the important office of +Speaker. Mr. Winter remained a member of the new +Corporation from its formation in 1835 until a few years before +his death.</p> +<p>19.—An outbreak of small-pox was announced to have taken +place amongst the prisoners confined in Norwich Castle. +There were twelve cases, two of which were serious, but no deaths +occurred.</p> +<p>27.—Died at his residence, Surrey Street, Norwich, Mr. +John Harwell, in his 78th year. His mother was a daughter +of John Samuel Sedley, of Barford and Morley, a lineal descendant +of Sir Charles Sedley, the wit and poet. Mr. Barwell +married, in 1824, the eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Mackenzie +Bacon, proprietor and editor of the “Norwich +Mercury.” He succeeded his father in his wine +merchant’s business, was for many years an alderman for the +Mancroft Ward, and served the office of Sheriff in +1839–40. On the occasion of the marriage of Queen +Victoria, he was one of the deputation who presented, on behalf +of the city, an address of congratulation to her Majesty and the +Prince Consort. Mr. Barwell engaged largely in artistic +pursuits, and was an accomplished musician and vocalist. A +skilful amateur artist, he painted a portrait of Miss Julia +Smith, daughter of Mr. William Smith, M.P., and aunt of Florence +Nightingale, which was exhibited at the National Portrait +Gallery, South Kensington, in 1868. He did much to promote +art in Norwich, and, in conjunction with Cotman, Crome, and other +Norwich artists, established a drawing academy. Many years +later he had the satisfaction of seeing his views carried out by +the establishment of a Science and Art Department of the +Government, and by the opening of Schools of Science and Art in +Norwich and most of the principal towns in the kingdom. +With the assistance of Mr. Burt, he established the Norwich +Cricket Club, and, in co-operation with Bentley, and afterwards +with Fuller Pilch, formed the Cricket Ground at Lakenham, which +<a name="page264"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 264</span>was one +of the best in England. Mr. Barwell was a Liberal in +principle, but always refrained from taking an active part in +local politics.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>6.—Mr. Craven Robertson’s “Caste” +Company commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre, and produced, +for the first time there, Mr. T. W. Robertson’s latest +comedy, “Play.”</p> +<p>14.—In the House of Commons, Mr. C. S. Read called +attention to the report of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act +Committee, 1873, and moved, “That, in the opinion of this +House, the general orders and regulations for the stoppage of +disease should cease to be varying or permissive, and should be +uniform throughout Great Britain and Ireland.” On an +assurance from Viscount Sandon that the Government accepted the +principle of uniformity, Mr. Read said he would not be justified +in asking the House to divide, and withdrew the motion.</p> +<p>15.—The Norwich Election Commissioners issued their +report. They found that corrupt practices extensively +prevailed in Norwich at the election in March, 1875, and in +February, 1874. The number of persons scheduled was as +follows: Schedule I., persons guilty of bribery at the election +of 1874 or 1875, 72; Schedule II., persons bribed at the election +of 1874 or 1875, 31; Schedule III., guilty of personation, 1; +Schedule IV., persons guilty of procuring personation, 2. +In the House of Commons, on May 29th, the Attorney-General +announced that the scheduled voters were to be disfranchised, and +the writ for the vacant seat suspended during the then +Parliament. At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, on +February 26th, 1878, the Lords Commissioners of her +Majesty’s Treasury requested payment by the city of +£3,943 19s. 2d., the cost of the Commission. This +charge was equal to a rate of 5d. in the pound.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at Dean Street, Park Lane, London, the Hon. +Frederick Walpole, M.P. He was third son of Horatio, third +Earl of Orford, by Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Fawkner, and +was born September 18th, 1822. In 1837 he entered the Royal +Navy, became Lieutenant in 1845, and retired from the service in +1864, as Commander. He served in the first China War, in +India, and in the campaign on the Danube. Mr. Walpole +unsuccessfully contested King’s Lynn at the General +Election in November, 1865, when Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton and +Lord Stanley (afterwards Earl of Derby) were returned. At +the General Election in November, 1868, he was elected one of the +members for the Northern Division of Norfolk, and at the next +General Election was returned unopposed. Mr. Walpole was +the author of “Five Years in the Pacific,” “The +Ansayrii, or Further East,” and a novel, “May and +December.” He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of +Antiquaries and of the Geological Society. Mr. Walpole also +served in the West Norfolk Militia, of which he was Major, and +shortly before his death received the honorary rank of +Lieut.-Colonel. He married, on February 12th, 1852, his +cousin, Laura Sophia Frances, only daughter of Mr. Francis +Walpole, by whom he left issue two sons and <a +name="page265"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 265</span>a +daughter. Amy Rachael, who married the Hon. Henry Charles +Manners Sutton, eldest son of Viscount Canterbury. One of +the last acts of Mr. Walpole’s Parliamentary career was the +introduction of the Bill for the protection of the crab and +lobster fisheries on the Norfolk coast.</p> +<p>3.—A serious disturbance took place at Hethersett, on +the occasion of the Norfolk and Norwich Steeplechases. A +large number of roughs from Norwich had planned the robbery of +the tills of the person who had received the gate-money and had +charge of the refreshment department. An effort was made to +unhorse Hickman, Mr. Angerstein’s huntsman, who was engaged +in keeping the course, and in the <i>mêlée</i> which +ensued an officer of the Carabiniers brought up at the trot a +mounted detachment on duty at the races, and speedily quelled the +disturbance.</p> +<p>5.—The Norwich Town Council, on the recommendation of +the Executive Committee, decided to proceed with the work of +widening London Street, from the Market Place to Castle Street, +at a cost not exceeding £22,000, and appointed a committee +to negotiate with owners of property and to inquire into the best +mode of carrying out the improvement. The subject was +discussed in detail at various meetings during the year. +(<i>See</i> April 7th, 1877.)</p> +<p>10.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Baron Cleasby, +Henry Webster, aged 61, a labourer, was found guilty of the +murder of his wife, Sarah Webster, aged 53, at Cranworth, on +September 17th, 1875. Sentence of death was passed, and the +culprit was executed at Norwich Castle on May 1st. Marwood +was the executioner.</p> +<p>17.—Mr. Charles Durand’s Grand English Opera +Company commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre, in +Rossini’s comic opera, “Cinderella, or the Fairy of +the Glass Slipper.” Miss Florence St. John was a +member of the company.</p> +<p>18.—At an early hour in the morning the emigrant ship +Humboldt, of Hamburgh, 729 tons register, bound from Hamburgh to +the Brazils, with 349 emigrants on board, ran ashore on Winterton +beach. With the assistance of tugs the vessel was got off +and taken to Yarmouth Roads for repair. The master, +Henrisch Detlof Busch, had lost his bearings, and believed +himself to be off the coast of France!</p> +<p>20.—The first Starr-Bowkett Building Society was +established at Norwich, by Mr. Starr, one of the originators of +the system.</p> +<p>—The nomination of candidates for the election in the +Northern Division of the county, consequent upon the death of the +Hon. Frederick Walpole, M.P., took place at Aylsham. The +candidates were Lieut.-Colonel James Duff, of Westwick House, and +Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., of Warlies, Waltham Abbey. +The polling, which took place on the 21st, resulted as follows: +Duff, 2,302; Buxton, 2,192. Colonel Duff, during the +election campaign, was confined to his house by sickness.</p> +<p>29.—A meeting of gentlemen interested in the field +sports of the county was held at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, to +consider the advisability of accepting the offer made by Mr. +Angerstein, namely, that he would give to the county his pack of +staghounds and deer, on condition that the county subscribed a +sufficient sum “to hunt them in a <a +name="page266"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 266</span>proper +manner.” The meeting agreed to take over the hounds +if adequate funds were forthcoming.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>15.—Mdlle. Beatrice’s Comedy-Drama Company +commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre. The repertory +included “The School for Scandal,” “Mary +Stuart,” “Frou-frou,” “Nos +Intimes,” “The Ticket-of-Leave Man,” +“John Jasper’s Wife,” and “East +Lynne.”</p> +<p>18.—Died at his residence, Theatre Street, Norwich, in +his 82nd year, Mr. William Butcher, a well-known land surveyor +and auctioneer. He was a native of Brooke, and entered the +office of Mr. Robert Corby, of Kirstead, a land surveyor, who had +one of the largest practices in the district, if not in the +kingdom. Mr. Butcher had unusual opportunities of acquiring +a practical knowledge of the business at the time when enclosures +of commons in Norfolk and Suffolk were being carried out, for Mr. +Corby was the surveyor employed. For nearly sixty years he +carried on a most lucrative practice, which was not confined to +local limits, but extended throughout the kingdom, from the +remotest parts of Scotland to the Land’s End. Mr. +Butcher served one term as an alderman of the city, and was +Sheriff of Norwich in 1870–71.</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated in Norwich +by an entertainment given to the inmates of the Workhouse by the +Sheriff (Mr. Stevenson). It was stated that the Easter +Monday and Whit Monday holidays provided by the Bank Holidays Act +had affected the public observance of the day, and Volunteer +reviews, sham fights, and civic feasts were no longer held to +commemorate the occasion.</p> +<p>27.*—“The early closing of our shops on Thursdays +in the summer months seems now to be the universal custom in +Norwich, with the solitary exception of the chemists and +druggists.” (<i>See</i> March 26th, 1879.)</p> +<p>—*“Some days since some men at work on Feltwell +Fen found a quantity of Roman silver coins, many of them +distinctly bearing the names of Hadrian, Antoninus, Trajan, +Marcus Aurelius, Divas Antoninus, Vespasian, &c. They +were contained in a vessel which was broken to pieces by the +plough which turned it up.”</p> +<p>31.—The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the +new building in Little Orford Street, of the Norwich Church of +England Young Men’s Society, was performed by the +President, Mr. F. E. Watson. The building, which was +designed by Mr. Edward Boardman, architect, and erected by Mr. G. +E. Hawes, was formally opened on December 6th.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>14.—The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association opened at Swaffham. Sir William ffolkes, High +Sheriff of Norfolk, presided at the luncheon.</p> +<p>15.—Died at his residence, South Quay, Great Yarmouth, +Vice-Admiral Thomas Lewis Gooch, aged 69, youngest son of Sir +Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart., of Benacre Hall. Born at +Bramfield, he joined <a name="page267"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 267</span>the Royal Naval College in 1820, and +entering the Navy, obtained Lieutenant’s rank in +1828. He was appointed to the command of H.M.S. Kite, went +to the West Coast of Africa, and brought home the survivors of +the first ill-fated Niger Expedition. In 1865 he attained +the rank of retired Rear-Admiral, and became Vice-Admiral in +1871. In 1828 he married Anne, eldest daughter of General +the Hon. William Gardner, Lieutenant-Governor of Malta.</p> +<p>18.—Father Ignatius announced that he would commence an +eight days’ mission at the Monastery, Elm Hill, +Norwich. Miss Ware, a lady residing at Claydon, to whom, it +was stated, the property belonged, was communicated with, and she +instructed her solicitors to take the necessary steps for the +ejectment of Ignatius. Mr. J. Clabburn, of Norwich, as +agent to the solicitors, went to the Monastery, accompanied by +three process-servers, and forcibly removed Ignatius and a +brother monk as they were in the act of celebrating mass. +On the 20th Ignatius summoned Mr. Clabburn and his men for +assault, and, after a prolonged hearing at the Police Court, the +magistrates dismissed the case. Meanwhile Ignatius held his +services in the large room at the Bell Hotel, in the yard of the +Rampant Horse Hotel, and at St. Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Ambleside, Miss Harriet Martineau, who was +born in Norwich on June 13th, 1802. “Although she was +not a great she was a most industrious writer, and thoroughly in +earnest in whatever she undertook.”</p> +<p>28.—The new organ erected at East Dereham church by +Messrs. Hill and Son, of London, at a cost of between £700 +and £800, was opened by Dr. E. T. Chipp, organist of Ely +Cathedral.</p> +<p>30.—Died at Catton House, Norwich, Mr. Robert +Chamberlin, aged 74. He thrice served the office of +Mayor—in 1854–5, 1856–7, and 1871–2, and +was Sheriff in 1848–9. Mr. Chamberlin was a +magistrate for the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and for the +city of Norwich, and was a Deputy-Lieutenant of the first-named +county.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—The 3rd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, under the command +of Lieut.-Colonel Duff, M.P., went into camp at Hunstanton Park, +and were officially inspected on the 6th by Colonel Harenc, +commanding the 31st Brigade Depôt at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>2.—Two troops of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) +marched from Norwich, <i>en route</i> to York; the headquarters +left on the 8th.</p> +<p>19.—Died, Mr. Wace Lockett Mendham, Town Clerk of +Norwich. He was in his 66th year, and was appointed to the +office on the death of Mr. J. R. Staff, in 1855. A Liberal +in politics, “previous to his appointment he might have +been a warm partisan, but in his office of Town Clerk he most +carefully concealed his political feelings, and acted with strict +impartiality.” Mr. Mendham married Miss Tillett, a +sister of Mr. J. H. Tillett. He was succeeded as Town Clerk +by Mr. Henry Blake Miller.</p> +<p>21.—The Norwich Central Conservative Club was formally +constituted at a meeting of the party, held at the Bell +Hotel.</p> +<p><a name="page268"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +268</span>22.—Died at Cardiff, aged 38, Mr. Henry Powel +Smith, fourth son of Mr. George Smith, formerly manager of the +Norwich Theatrical Circuit.</p> +<p>24.—In pursuance of a writ from the Exchequer Division +of the High Court of Justice, the Sheriff of Norwich, by his +Under-Sheriff (Mr. F. Fox), empanelled a jury at the Royal Hotel +to inquire what lands and tenements, and their yearly value, were +possessed by James Frederick Neale, of St. Andrew’s Hall +Plain, grocer, and what goods and chattels any person had in +trust for him, as he was truly indebted to the Crown in the sum +of £801 10s., “which sum was in danger of being lost +unless some method more speedy than the ordinary course of +procedure at law be had.” These proceedings +constituted another phase of the notorious Creak case. The +jury found that Mr. Neale possessed property to the amount of +£855, including £300 book debts, £505 +stock-in-trade, and £50 paid on a life insurance policy, +besides freehold property of the value of £16 a year. +The jury thought they were not bound to find what was Mr. +Neale’s indebtedness to the Crown, or what was the yearly +value of the property he held belonging to the late Margaret +Creak.</p> +<p>29.—The 1st Dragoons (Royal)—five troops with +headquarters—arrived at Norwich, under the command of +Lieut.-Colonel Graham.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>11.—A fire, involving damage to the amount of about +£10,000, occurred at Messrs. Boulton and Paul’s +Ironworks, Rose Lane, Norwich.</p> +<p>12.—Died at his residence, Unthank’s Road, +Norwich, Mr. Josiah Fletcher, aged 70. He was born at +Henley-on-Thames, and in 1822 was apprenticed to Mr. Simon +Wilkin, printer, &c., of the Haymarket, Norwich, with whom, +on the completion of his term, he entered into partnership. +Mr. Fletcher, in 1834, succeeded to the business, which was +subsequently removed to the Market Place, and was there carried +on by him until 1871, when, in consequence of his failing health, +he retired, and was succeeded by his only son, who erected the +extensive premises at Davey Place Steps. “Mr. +Fletcher may be said to have been the originator of the +‘Norfolk News,’ of which journal he was for some time +the editor and chief manager.”</p> +<p>18.—Died at Ingoldisthorpe Hall, in his 88th year, +Captain John Davy, R.N. He entered the Navy in 1803, was +midshipman of the Barfleur in Sir Robert Calder’s action in +1805, saw much gunboat service in 1807 and 1808 in the Faro off +Messina, and was present at the reduction of the islands of +Ischia and Procida.</p> +<p>29.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, it was +decided to purchase the Oxford Hotel for a sum not exceeding +£2,000, for the purpose of converting it into municipal +offices. A special meeting was held on September 19th, at +which it was reported that immediately after the decision of the +Council a Norwich solicitor had offered £2,250 for the +building. Mr. J. D. Smith, on behalf of the Corporation, +offered £2,275, at which price it became city +property. Considerable indignation was expressed at the +action of the solicitor in question, which, it was pointed out, +involved an increase in the rates of one farthing in the +pound.</p> +<h4><a name="page269"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +269</span>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Mr. and Mrs. German Reed appeared at Norwich Theatre, +and were assisted in their entertainment by Mr. Corney Grain, +Miss Fanny Holland, and Mr. A. E. Bishop.</p> +<p>4.—Madame Blanche Cole’s Crystal Palace Opera +Company began a six nights’ engagement at Norwich +Theatre.</p> +<p>6.—In compliance with a requisition signed by persons of +both political parties, the Mayor of Norwich (Mr. J. H. Tillett) +convened a Common Hall, “for the purpose of giving +expression to the views entertained by the requisitionists on the +atrocities committed in Bulgaria.” The Mayor +presided, and the Lord Bishop and many other leading citizens +were present. Resolutions were adopted expressing +indignation and horror at the atrocities perpetrated by troops in +the service of the Turkish Government. Meetings of a +similar character were held in many of the towns and villages of +the county, sermons were preached in churches and chapels, and +relief funds organized.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. R. T. Gurdon was presented with his portrait +(painted by Mr. Sidley, of London), in recognition of his +political services to the county. The presentation was made +by Sir Francis Boileau, Bart., at the Liberal Club, Norwich.</p> +<p>10.—Swaffham church was re-opened for public +worship. It had undergone extensive restoration, under the +superintendence of Mr. W. O. Milne, architect, of London.</p> +<p>11.—Mr. H. Loraine and Miss Edith Kingsley opened +Norwich Theatre for a short season with a performance of +“Othello.” Among the other plays produced were +“The Gamester,” “Hamlet,” and +“Richelieu.”</p> +<p>12.—An explosion occurred on board the Alexandra +steamer, which had been chartered for the conveyance of the +workpeople of Pockthorpe Brewery, Norwich, on a river +excursion. A case of fireworks placed in the bar exploded, +and filled the cabin with fumes by which many of the party were +seriously affected. Four deaths resulted. At the +subsequent inquest, the jury returned a verdict of accidental +death, and expressed their strong opinion “that in future +no fireworks or combustibles be taken on board steamers without +being declared as such and placed under proper charge.”</p> +<p>13.—A disastrous gas explosion occurred at the church of +St. John Maddermarket, Norwich. The Rev. H. L. Rumsey and +several members of the choir were at practice when an escape of +gas was noticed. Mr. Rumsey, with a lighted taper in his +hand, was in the act of turning off the gas at one of the +standards when a brilliant flame shot across the north side of +the nave, followed by a terrible explosion, which completely +wrecked the interior of the church. The choir escaped +without injury, but Mr. Rumsey was hurled a distance of several +yards, and severely shaken and bruised. The damage was +estimated at £1,000.</p> +<p>19.—A skating rink, built at the cost of £9,000, +including fittings, &c., was opened at St. Giles’ +Street, Norwich. It was 103 feet in length, 55 feet in +width, with promenade gallery, smoking rooms, &c. An +outer rink, abutting upon Bethel Street, covered an area of 80 +feet by 40 feet. For some months roller skating proved a +very <a name="page270"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +270</span>popular amusement, and weekly returns were published of +the number of persons who visited the establishment. This +popularity was, however, of short duration, for on May 26th, +1877, it was announced: “The passion for rinking having +fallen to zero, the managers have introduced additional +attractions in the shape of a couple of clever bicyclists and a +troupe of performing dogs.” A theatrical licence was +subsequently obtained, and the rink was opened, on September +10th, 1877, as “The Vaudeville Theatre of Varieties,” +under the management of Mr. Hugh J. Didcott, with Mr. B. Isaacson +as musical director. The originator of the skating rink was +Mr. Warner Wright, a local solicitor.</p> +<p>24.—A brilliant meteor “fell about half-past six +o’clock directly over the planet Saturn, which was then +shining in a cloudless sky.” It was observed +throughout the Eastern and Southern Counties, and upon the +Continent.</p> +<p>25.—Messrs. H. M. Pitt and H. Hamilton’s Company +commenced a three weeks’ dramatic season at the Theatre +Royal, Norwich. The pieces produced included “False +Shame,” “Partners for Life,” “Old +Sailors,” “Two Roses,” “Forgiven,” +“Queen Mab,” “Still Waters Run Deep,” +“New Men and Old Acres,” “Money,” +“London Assurance,” &c. In the company were +Miss Fanny Addison, Miss Alma Murray, Miss Dora Santon, Mr. and +Mrs. George Canninge, Mr. John Burton, Mr. J. Watkins, Mr. Sidney +Weatherilt, Mr. Edward Fowler, Mr. E. D. Ward, Mr. A. Walters, +and Mr. Barry. Mr. H. Cecil Beryl (Mr. W. H. Sparrow, of +Norwich) was the acting manager.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Great Yarmouth, Commander Horatio Nelson +Atkinson, “named after his god-father, the hero of +Trafalgar.” He was the eldest son of Thomas Atkinson, +master attendant on Nelson’s flagships, and entered the +Navy in January, 1817. When mate of the Seringapatam, in +1825, he received three severe gunshot wounds. He attained +the rank of Lieutenant on November 27th, 1827, and served from +February 23rd, 1831, until July, 1834, in the Alfred on the +Mediterranean station, where he witnessed the establishment of +King Otho on the throne of Greece, and was presented, when off +Alexandria, with a sword by Mehemet Ali. From March 31st, +1836, until his retirement he was employed in the Coastguard, +owing to his inability to procure further occupation +afloat. Commander Atkinson was in his 74th year.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>14.—A new County Cricket Club was formed at a meeting +held at the Royal Hotel, Norwich. Lord Suffield was elected +president.</p> +<p>30.—The Boileau drinking-fountain, erected at the +junction of the Newmarket and Ipswich Roads, Norwich, was +inaugurated. Sir John Boileau, Bart., had bequeathed the +sum of £1,000 to defray the cost of the work, which was +designed by Mr. T. Jeckyll, St. George’s Terrace, +Queen’s Gate, London. The statuary was designed and +executed in bronze by Mr. J. E. Boehm, the well-known sculptor, +and the structure was built by Mr. Hubbard, of East +Dereham. Sir Francis Boileau, Bart., performed the ceremony +of asking the city to <a name="page271"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 271</span>accept the fountain, and was thanked +by the Mayor (Mr. J. H. Tillett), in the name of the +citizens.</p> +<p>30.—Norwich Theatre was opened for the winter season by +Mrs. W. Sidney, with an excellent production of Dion +Boucicault’s Irish drama, “The Shaughraun.”</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Mr. Richard Coller was elected Mayor, and Mr. William +Cadge appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>13.—The Prince of Wales arrived at Morton Hall, on a +visit to Lord Walsingham.</p> +<p>20.—The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Norwich, +with the object of furthering an important scheme promoted by the +governing body of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for enlarging +the institution. Their Royal Highnesses, who travelled by +special train from Wolferton, were received at Thorpe Station by +the Mayor, Sheriff, and Deputy-Mayor, and presented with an +illuminated address, after which they drove to St. Andrew’s +Hall, where a distinguished audience had assembled, under the +presidency of the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant of the +county. The High Sheriff (Sir William ffolkes, Bart.) +moved, “That the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital fully +deserves the confidence and support of the county of Norfolk and +city of Norwich, on account of its services, extended over a +hundred years, to the sick and suffering poor.” The +Lord Bishop seconded the motion, which was adopted. His +Royal Highness then moved, “That it is desirable, both for +the accommodation of the patients and the improvement of the +sanitary condition of the Hospital, that the proposed alterations +and additions be carried out, and that for this purpose an +application be made to the county and city to raise the sum of +£35,000 for a building and sustentation fund.” +Votes of thanks were accorded to their Royal Highnesses for +attending the meeting, and to Lord Leicester for presiding. +Lord Leicester, who had previously offered to subscribe +£5,000, on condition that the remaining £30,000 of +the £35,000 required were raised within a stipulated time, +now announced that he would give £13,000 to be invested for +the future sustentation of the Hospital. At the conclusion +of the proceedings the Prince and Princess were entertained at +luncheon at the Bishop’s Palace, where a distinguished +company had been invited to meet them; and in the afternoon his +Royal Highness attended a Masonic gathering at the Drill Hall, +and installed Lord Suffield as Provincial Grand Master. +Later their Royal Highnesses proceeded by rail to Gunton, to +spend a few days with Lord and Lady Suffield; and in the evening +a concert was given at St. Andrew’s Hall, at which Madame +Albani was the principal performer. (<i>See</i> February +3rd, 1877.)</p> +<p>—A man named William Nelson was severely injured in St. +Peter Mancroft Church Alley, by the explosion of a gaspipe +charged with gunpowder. He was removed to the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, where he died on the following day. At +the Coroner’s inquest, on the 22nd, the jury returned a +verdict of manslaughter against some person or persons +unknown. A reward was offered by the Mayor for <a +name="page272"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 272</span>the +discovery of the perpetrator of the outrage, but no information +was forthcoming.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>18.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holkham, +on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester, who, on the +21st, gave a grand ball in honour of the event.</p> +<p>23.—Died at Norwich, Mr. William Cooke Stafford, aged +83. Mr. Stafford was one of the oldest journalists in the +kingdom. After a visit to America, he commenced his +professional career in London, in 1818, as a contributor to the +“Anti-Jacobean Review,” the “White +Dwarf,” &c., for which he wrote leading articles. +He afterwards became editor of the “Leeds +Intelligencer,” and proceeded to York to edit the +“Yorkshire Gazette.” Leaving York, he +established the “Doncaster Chronicle,” and had +subsequent engagements on the “Hull Packet” and the +<span class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span>. His later +years were spent in London, where he did a considerable amount of +literary work as “publisher’s editor,” by +writing a history of the Crimean War, and part of “The +World as It Is,” for Mr. Peter Jackson. Mr. Stafford +also re-edited Hume and Smollett’s History, and did much +work of a similar character.</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime of “Beauty and the Beast, or +Harlequin Prince Azor and the Good Fairy of the Wedding +Ring,” produced under the direction of Mrs. Sidney, at +Norwich Theatre, was one of the best and most successful pieces +of the kind in the annals of the house. Stoodley and +Harmston’s Circus and Edmunds’ Menagerie were +exhibited on Castle Meadow; and Madame Rose Hersée, +supported by an excellent concert party, appeared before a meagre +audience at Noverre’s Rooms.</p> +<p>27.—Died at the Grove, Chapel Field Road, Norwich, Mr. +Joshua Swann, aged 71. He was a partner in the firm of +Messrs. Willett, Nephew, and Co., and an alderman of the +city. Mr. Swann’s literary and scientific tastes +rendered him a valued and most active member of the committees of +the Norfolk and Norwich Museum and Literary Institution, and he +was a warm supporter of the School of Art and the East Anglian +Art Society, formed shortly before his death. He left a +collection rich in portraits of local celebrities and etchings by +Norwich artists.</p> +<p>30.—Died at Catton, Mr. George Gedge, aged 78. For +many years Mr. Gedge carried on an extensive business as a dyer, +by which he realised a fortune. He was a Conservative in +politics, and long served the city as a member of the Town +Council and of the old Court of Guardians. He directed his +attention especially to the advocacy of a system of national +rating, in the furtherance of which he spent both time and +money. It was to Mr. Gedge’s enterprise that the city +was indebted for the first visit of Jenny Lind, the precursor of +so much benefit to local charitable institutions, and of the +founding of the Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children.</p> +<h3><a name="page273"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +273</span>1877.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—A deputation of the clergy and tenantry on the Royal +estate waited upon the Prince of Wales at Sandringham, and +presented him with a silver casket and an address, congratulating +his Royal Highness upon his safe return from India.</p> +<p>4.—Castleacre church was re-opened for public worship +after its restoration, at the cost of about £3,000, almost +entirely subscribed by the parishioners. The chancel was +renovated through the munificence of the Earl of Leicester, lord +of the manor, and holder of the impropriate tithes.</p> +<p>—Died at Ashwicken Rectory, the Rev. John Freeman, aged +61. He was the author of a life of Kirby, the entomologist, +published in 1852.</p> +<p>5.—The trial of a petition filed by Mr. J. D. Smith +against the return of Mr. Philip Back and Mr. Josiah Harrison +Ladyman, as members for the Fourth Ward, at the Norwich Municipal +Election, in November, 1876, commenced in the Sessions Court at +the Guildhall, before Mr. Thomas William Saunders, barrister, and +Recorder of Bath, the Commissioner appointed for the +purpose. This was the first municipal inquiry of the kind +that had been held in the city, and the greatest interest was +taken in the proceedings. The petitioner, who alleged +bribery, treating, and other corrupt practices, was represented +by Mr. Merewether, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Blofeld; and the +respondents by Mr. Grantham, M.P., and the Hon. John de +Grey. The inquiry lasted eight days, and on the 13th the +Commissioner delivered judgment, declaring the respondents to be +duly elected. The scene which ensued in the court was one +of the wildest enthusiasm, which was increased by the +announcement that costs followed the event. In the evening +the bells of St. Peter Mancroft were rung, and a band paraded the +streets of the city.</p> +<p>18.—The first annual meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich +Bicycle Club was held at the Grapes Hotel, Norwich. The +first road race of the club took place on April 30th. Six +competitors entered for the run, which was from the Grapes Hotel +by way of Unthank’s Road to Wymondham, Wicklewood, &c., +and thence to Carleton Forehoe, through Colney and Earlham, to +the top of Belvoir Street, Earlham Road—distance about 24 +miles. The winner was J. Campling; F. D. Wheeler +second. The club uniform consisted of “a cloth helmet +with a metallic monogram in front, a smart dark gray tunic, and +knickerbockers.” The first sports organized by the +club were held, by permission of the Corporation, in Chapel +Field, on October 18th.</p> +<p>19.—Died at Bracondale, Miss Fanny Anne Martineau, only +daughter of Mr. Philip M. Martineau, aged 64. She was a +cousin of Harriet Martineau, the authoress, and, like other +members of the family, possessed intellectual gifts of a high +order.</p> +<p>—Died at Nice, Lord George William Loftus, third son of +John, second Marquis of Ely, by Maria, daughter of Sir H. W. +Dashwood, <a name="page274"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +274</span>Bart. He was born in May, 1813, and in June, +1846, married Martha, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Fuller, of +Norwich.</p> +<p>27.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, under +the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. R. Coller), at which it was +resolved, on the motion of Mr. C. S. Read, seconded by Mr. George +Forrester, “That it is desirable to hold a Christmas show +for the county of Norfolk and city of Norwich, of fat stock and +other produce of the farm and garden.” A second +meeting was held on February 10th, when the Norfolk and Norwich +Christmas Show Association was established, with the Prince of +Wales as patron. The first show commenced on Thursday, +November 22nd, and closed on Saturday, the 24th. The +general exhibits were displayed in the Volunteer Drill Hall, and +the live stock shown in an annexe erected in Chapel Field.</p> +<p>30.—A severe gale occurred at Yarmouth. The sea +rose to a great height, broke over the Marine Parade, and did +considerable damage, and many houses on the North Quay were +flooded. Several fishing vessels were lost in the +storm. The Lords of the Admiralty sent the Valorous and +Seamew, Government vessels, in search of the missing boats, but +they returned to the Roads on February 24th and 25th, and +reported that no intelligence had been gained. Of the +Yarmouth, men alone 112 perished, leaving 46 widows, 11 aged +parents, and 101 children. A fund was raised for their +relief, and £5,255 collected, including £2,715 from +the Mansion House.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, under +the presidency of the Mayor, for the purpose of considering a +Bill proposed to be introduced in Parliament for the preservation +of fish in the rivers Wensum, Yare, and Waveney. Mr. Frank +Buckland and Mr. Spencer Walpole, inspectors of fisheries, +attended the meeting, and resolutions were adopted in favour of +legislation. The Norfolk and Suffolk Fisheries Bill passed +the Select Committee of the House of Commons on May 8th, and was +reported to the House, and before the end of the year became +law.</p> +<p>3.—Died at her residence, High Street, Lowestoft, Dame +Pleasance Smith, widow of Sir James Edward Smith, of Norwich, +formerly president of the Linnæan Society. This +venerable lady, who was 103 years of age, had received from Queen +Victoria a copy of “Our Life in the Highlands,” +containing the inscription, in her Majesty’s own +handwriting, “To Lady Smith, on her one hundredth birthday, +from her friend, Victoria R., May 11th, 1873.”</p> +<p>—The Earl of Leicester presided at a meeting held at the +Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, “for the purpose of turning +to the best account the large sum of money offered to the +Hospital by the public.” It was stated that +£24,000 had been subscribed, and that £35,000 was the +maximum sum required. The Sheriff (Mr. Cadge) moved, +“That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is expedient that +a new hospital should be erected, in lieu of any plan for +improving the old building.” Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P., +seconded the motion, which was adopted. (<i>See</i> June +17th, 1879.)</p> +<p>5.—Mr. C. J. Palmer, author of “The Perlustration +of Great Yarmouth,” <a name="page275"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 275</span>was presented with a silver epergne +and gold watch by the inhabitants of the borough, in recognition +of his labours in antiquarian work and literature.</p> +<p>9.—Died at Norwich, aged 59, Mr. James Frederick Hill, +for twenty-five years chorus master of the Norfolk and Norwich +Triennial Musical Festival.</p> +<p>15.—A resolution having been passed by the owners and +ratepayers, declaring the expediency of the parish of East +Dereham being constituted a local government district, Mr. Arnold +Taylor, the inspector appointed for the purpose, held an inquiry +at the Assembly Rooms, and received evidence on the +subject. The first Local Improvement Board was elected on +August 1st.</p> +<p>19.—At Norwich Theatre, Mr. W. H. Pennington, “the +celebrated tragic actor, one of the Six Hundred, formerly of the +11th Hussars, and one of the few wounded survivors of the +world-famed light cavalry charge at Balaclava, on October 25th, +1854,” made his first appearance, in the character of +Hamlet, and was supported by Miss Viola Dacre as Ophelia. +On subsequent evenings Mr. Pennington appeared as Macbeth, +Richard the Third, &c., and on the 23rd recited, in the +uniform of his old regiment, “The Charge of the Light +Brigade.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>5.—Died at Great Yarmouth, Major-General Francis +Montague Ommanney, R.A., aged 50 years. He was the youngest +son of Mr. E. S. Ommanney, formerly of Yarmouth, by Henrietta, +daughter of Sir Edmund Lacon, Bart. With the Royal +Artillery he served in the West Indies, and saw much service in +the Indian Mutiny, when he commanded a siege train under Sir Hugh +Rose, afterwards Lord Strathnairn. He married Harriet +Ellen, youngest daughter of Mr. John Mortlock Lacon.</p> +<p>6.—Died at Scratby, Benjamin Daniels, “the last of +the giants of East Anglia.” His age was 54; height, 6 +ft. 6 in.; weight, 24 stones; width, from shoulder to shoulder +across the back, 24 inches. He possessed great strength, +and frequently loaded has own waggon by carrying four bushels of +wheat under both arms at one time. “When in great +haste to have his farm work done, the horses being much engaged, +he has harnessed himself to one of his harrows and cultivated the +land.” Daniels was buried at Ormesby St. Margaret, on +March 12th.</p> +<p>10.—An unprecedented incident occurred in the ring at +Messrs. Stoodley and Harmston’s Circus, at Norwich, during +the performance of “Dick Turpin’s Ride to +York.” After the “ride,” which results in +the death of Black Bess, the mare is removed from the scene on +hurdles. On this occasion, when the grooms, at the +conclusion of the performance, attempted to raise the animal, it +was found that life was really extinct—Black Bess had +sustained an internal rupture in leaping the +“turnpike” gate. The animal was the property of +a French-woman named Gaertner, and, as a trick horse, was valued +at several hundred pounds.</p> +<p>15.—The Norfolk Staghounds had an extraordinary +run. The meet was at Hempnall House, and fifty horsemen +were present. The stag <a name="page276"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 276</span>ran to Shelton and Alburgh, and then +made to the right for Redenhall, through Stanton, Pulham St. +Mary, and Pulham Market, crossing the turnpike by +Carpenter’s Walk, on through Wacton and Moulton, to +Tivetshall station, where the first check of two minutes +occurred—time, 1 hour 3 minutes; distance, 14 miles. +The hounds again upon the line, went through Gissing to +Dickleburgh, Burston, and Diss, made for the right to Shelfanger, +when another slight check occurred. The field by this time +had dwindled down to twelve. On again through Winfarthing +to Kenninghall, to the left to Bridgham and East Harling, and +back to Kenninghall, where the deer was recaptured and placed in +a stable belonging to Messrs. Murton and Turner. The +distance was supposed to be 45 miles, and the run occupied 3 +hours 5 minutes. “Among those who rode straightest to +the end of this wonderful run were Hickman, the huntsman, who +went like a bird, and handled his horse well; Mr. E. Fellowes, +Mr. T. N. Ward, Mr. James Limmer, Mr. Cross, and two officers of +the Royal Dragoons, from Norwich.”</p> +<p>23.—A petition having been sent to the Local Government +Board by the Corporation of Norwich, asking them to issue a +provisional order confirming an improvement scheme made under the +Artisans’ and Labourers’ Dwellings Improvement Act, +1875, with reference to an area in the parish of St. Paul which +had been declared by the Medical-Officer of Health as unhealthy +and unfit for habitation, Lieut.-Colonel Ponsonby Cox, R.E., one +of the inspectors of the Local Government Board, held an inquiry +at the Guildhall, for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness +of the official representation. The inspector commended the +scheme, and stated that it was of a most satisfactory +character.</p> +<p>24.—Captain Tyler, inspector of railways, made an +official inspection of the newly-constructed railway between +Gunton and Cromer, and consented to its being opened for traffic +on the 26th.</p> +<p>—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Baron Bramwell, Ann +Farrow, a widow living at Nordelph, brought an action against +John Robert Childs, stonemason, of Norwich, to recover damages +for breach of promise of marriage. After a trial which +lasted two days, and in which the plaintiff made some remarkable +allegations, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>5.—A new organ, erected at Swaffham church, by Messrs. +Bishop and Son, of London, was opened.</p> +<p>7.—At the adjourned Norwich Quarter Sessions, before the +Recorder (Mr. W. J. Metcalfe, Q.C.), a special jury was +empanelled to assess the value of certain property in London +Street, which the Corporation proposed to take under the +compulsory provisions of their Act of Parliament for the purpose +of widening the thoroughfare. At a meeting of the Town +Council on May 8th, it was agreed that the owners be offered sums +amounting to £9,818.</p> +<p>9.—Lieut.-Colonel Bignold was elected president of the +Norwich Central Conservative Club, a position which conferred +upon him the leadership of the Conservative party in Norwich.</p> +<p><a name="page277"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +277</span>9.—The Norwich Corporation farms at Whitlingham +and Kirby Bedon having entailed a loss to the city of +£4,000 in five years, the Town Council accepted the tender +of Mr. Garrett Taylor, of Easton, to hire them at the annual rent +of £1,710.</p> +<p>12.—At a meeting held at the King’s Arms Hotel, +North Walsham, nearly £300 was subscribed to start a pack +of harriers in North Norfolk, and an offer by Lord Suffield to +keep the pack in his kennels at Gunton was unanimously +accepted.</p> +<p>13.—Mr. Samuel Brandram, M.A., gave a dramatic recital +at Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, in aid of the building fund of +the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. It was the first +appearance in Norwich of this accomplished elocutionist, who was +regarded as the legitimate successor of the great Bellew.</p> +<p>18.—The 5th Royal Irish Lancers, commanded by Colonel +Dunham Massy, of Redan fame, marched into Norwich from Aldershot, +to relieve the 1st Dragoons (Royal).</p> +<p>30.—At Norwich Theatre, H. J. Byron’s comedy, +“Our Boys,” was presented for the first time by Mr. +Duck’s company. The part of Perkyn Middlewick was +played by Mr. F. Marshall.</p> +<p>—Died at Norwich, aged 36, Mr. Robert Edward Gibson, +surgeon. He was the son of a solicitor, a former Mayor of +Plymouth, and a nephew of Mr. C. M. Gibson, his predecessor in +the office of medical superintendent of the Norwich Bethel. +For some years he was surgeon to the Jenny Lind Infirmary, and +held the appointments of surgeon to the City Police, the Post +Office staff, and the Workhouse. Mr. Gibson married a +daughter of Mr. I. O. Taylor.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>19.—Died at his residence at Catton, Mr. Osborn +Springfield, in his 65th year. He was a son of Mr. T. O. +Springfield, and served the office of Mayor of Norwich in +1863–4. For many years he was a member of the Town +Council and a magistrate for the city, and was reputed to be one +of the largest owners of cottage property in Norwich. Mr. +Springfield was a Liberal in politics.</p> +<p>26.—The Norwich Town Council accepted the resignation of +Mr. C. Thwaites, City Engineer, on his appointment to a similar +post in the borough of Sunderland. Mr. Peter Paul Marshall, +of Stone, near Dartford, was elected to fill the vacancy.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>7.—A grand military tournament, the first of its kind in +Norwich, was given on the Lakenham Cricket Ground by the officers +and men of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, in aid of a fund for the +widow and orphans of Mr. A. Frayling, late bandmaster of the +regiment.</p> +<p>14.—The veteran actor, Mr. Charles Mathews, commenced a +three nights’ engagement at Norwich Theatre, as Adonis +Evergreen, in the comedy of “My Awful Dad.”</p> +<p><a name="page278"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +278</span>20.—The two days’ show of the Norfolk +Agricultural Association was opened in the grounds of Walcot +Hall, Diss. Sir Edward C. Kerrison, Bart., presided at the +luncheon.</p> +<p>24.—Died at 12, Queensbury Place, London, Sir John Henry +Thomas Manners Sutton, third Viscount Canterbury and Baron +Bottesford. His lordship was the younger and only surviving +son of the first Viscount Canterbury, better known as Sir Charles +Manners Sutton, for seventeen years Speaker of the House of +Commons. Educated at Eton and at Trinity College, +Cambridge, he sat in Parliament in 1839–40 as member for +Cambridge. He was again elected in 1841, on his appointment +as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department under Sir +Robert Peel’s second Administration. From 1854 to +1861 he was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, and from 1864 +to 1866 Governor of Trinidad. In the latter year he was +appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Victoria. On +his lordship’s return to England in 1873, he resided +chiefly on his estate in Norfolk. He married, July 5th, +1838, Georgiana, youngest daughter of Mr. Charles Tompson, of +Witchingham Hall, by whom he had, with other issue, the Hon. +Henry Charles Manners Sutton, who married Amyée Rachael, +only daughter of the Hon. Frederick Walpole, M.P.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>5.—Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., gave evidence before the Select +Committee appointed by the House of Commons to consider what +further legislation might be necessary for the repression of +cattle disease, and for the regulation of the importation of +foreign cattle. Mr. Read insisted upon the necessity of +slaughtering foreign fat beasts at the port of debarkation, and +of a period of quarantine for store stock, which he would only +allow to be landed at certain ports.</p> +<p>7.—At the Norwich Police Court, John L’Estrange, +of Union Place, “the well-known archæological +authority, who has published one or two highly important and +valuable works on the archæology of Norfolk,” was +charged with forging the name of Francis Gostling Foster, +distributor of stamps, with intent to defraud, and with stealing +stamps to the amount of £1,400. The prisoner had been +in the office for twenty years, and had charge of the stamp +department. He was committed for trial on the 13th, and at +the ensuing Assizes, on August 4th, pleaded guilty, and was +sentenced by Sir James Fitzjames Stephen to seven years’ +penal servitude. L’Estrange died in Millbank Prison, +from fistula, on October 15th.</p> +<p>14.—The Norfolk team won the China Cup at the Wimbledon +meeting. Exceedingly good shooting was made by Norfolk +Volunteers, and upwards of £150 was brought to the +county.</p> +<p>21.—Died at St. Leonard’s-on-Sea, the Rev. John +Nathaniel Micklethwait, of Taverham, aged 65. He was the +eldest surviving son of Mr. Nathaniel Micklethwait, who was High +Sheriff in 1810. In 1849 he married Emily Elizabeth, eldest +daughter of Mr. Charles Mills, of Hillingdon Court, Middlesex, +and succeeded to the family estates on the death of his brother, +in July, 1856. Mr. Micklethwait had no family, and was +succeeded by his next brother, Henry Nathaniel, born in +1814. He was a warm supporter of the Conservative party, +took <a name="page279"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 279</span>a +great interest in agriculture, and, in his later years, turned +his attention to the breeding of shorthorns, of which he had +formed a fine herd.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Portman Square, London, Mr. William Earle +Lytton Bulwer, of Heydon Hall, the chief representative of the +old Norman family of Bulwer, which has held a leading position in +Norfolk since the time of the Conquest. Mr. Bulwer was born +April 29th, 1799, and was the eldest son of General William Earle +Bulwer, who married Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress of Mr. +Richard Warburton Lytton, of Knebworth Park, Herts., and whose +other sons were the celebrated novelist and statesman, Lord +Lytton, and the well-known diplomatist, Baron Dalling and +Bulwer. Mr. Bulwer succeeded to the estates of his father +in 1807, and married, in 1827, Emily, youngest daughter of +General Gascoyne, by whom he had three sons and three +daughters. He married subsequently, in 1841, Elizabeth, +daughter of William Green, of Forty Hill, Enfield. He was +succeeded by his eldest son, William Earle Gascoyne Lytton, +formerly of the Scots Fusilier Guards, who married, in 1855, +Marion Dering, daughter and heiress of Mr. W. Lee Warner, of +Quebec House, East Dereham. Mr. Bulwer was a Liberal in +politics, and took a leading part in all political movements in +North Norfolk, where he was popular as a landlord, and had +considerable influence.</p> +<p>—The 3rd and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, +commanded respectively by Lieut.-Colonel Duff, M.P., and +Lieut.-Colonel Gurdon, went into camp at Yarmouth, and on the +26th were inspected by Colonel Harenc.</p> +<p>25.—The two principal stones of the nave of St. +James’ church, Yarmouth, were laid by the Mayor and +Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Steward). The sum of +£2,300 had been collected for the erection of the +nave. The architect was Mr. J. P. Seddon, and the +contractor Mr. W. E. Martin, of Hereford. The work was +completed at the cost of about £3,250, and the new building +was opened on May 1st, 1878, when the sermon was preached by Dean +Goulburn.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>7.—The first section of the Yarmouth and Stalham +Railway—the portion extending from the first-mentioned town +to Ormesby—was inspected by Major-General Hutchinson, R.E., +and the first train was run on the 8th. (<i>See</i> July +15th, 1878.)</p> +<p>20.—The Norwich Rifle Volunteers were, for the first +time, officially inspected in their new scarlet uniform. +The inspecting officer was Colonel Harenc.</p> +<p>21.—By the death, on this date, at Duntrune, +Forfarshire, of Miss Clementine Stirling Grahame, in her 96th +year, Mr. J. Edmund Lacon, of Yarmouth, succeeded to the estate +of Duntrune, and to the relics and papers of the great Viscount +Dundee.</p> +<p>22.—The first stone of the Hunstanton Convalescent Home +was laid by the Countess of Leicester. The building was +erected as a memorial of the convalescence of the Prince of +Wales.</p> +<p>24.—Died at Denton Rectory, near Harleston, the Ven. +William Arundell Bouverie, B.D., Hon. Canon of Norwich, and +formerly Archdeacon <a name="page280"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 280</span>of Norfolk, in his 80th year. +He was appointed to the living of Denton in 1839, accepted the +archdeaconry in 1850, and resigned it in 1869, in consequence of +ill-health.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>17.—Died, Mr. William Cooper, barrister, and Recorder of +Ipswich. He was the eldest son of Mr. W. Cooper, barrister, +of Norwich, and brother of Mr. Carlos Cooper. Called to the +Bar in 1831, he practised in Norwich and on the Norfolk circuit +for some years, but ultimately settled in London, and devoted his +attention to the Central Criminal Court, where he enjoyed a large +practice. He was the author of several dramatic pieces, the +principal of which, “Mokanna, or the Veiled Prophet of +Khorassan,” a play in blank verse, was produced at Norwich +Theatre, with great success, on April 21st, 1843. Mr. +Cooper was succeeded in the Recordership of Ipswich by Mr. Thomas +Calthorpe Blofeld.</p> +<p>22.—Norwich Theatre was re-opened for the winter season, +under the management of Mr. G. H. Chaplin. The house had +undergone partial and much-needed cleansing and decoration.</p> +<p>24.—The newly-formed Diocesan Bell Ringers’ +Association held its first annual meeting in Norwich. The +society was established by the Rev. G. H. Harris, Mr. Gervas +Holmes, and other gentlemen interested in bells and bell +ringing.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>16.—A remarkable case of fraud was tried at the Norwich +Quarter Sessions, before the Recorder (Mr. J. W. Metcalfe, +Q.C.). The prisoner, one William Dowman, was charged with +defrauding accident insurance companies. He insured under +various names with different companies, and by a peculiar +formation of his joints was enabled to assume the appearance of +having been injured. By this means he obtained medical +certificates, and made successful claims upon the offices. +He was sentenced to fifteen calendar months’ +imprisonment.</p> +<p>25.—The sale of the Taverham Hall herd of pure-bred +shorthorns and whole-coloured Jerseys was conducted by Mr. John +Thornton. The total amount realised was £3,041 1s. +6d.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The restored chancel and newly-erected organ of Diss +church were opened. The instrument was built by Messrs. J. +Rayson and Sons, of Ipswich, at the cost of £360.</p> +<p>—At Ipswich Assizes (where Norfolk prisoners were, on +this occasion, tried), before Mr. Justice Hawkins, Henry March +(59), blacksmith, was indicted for the wilful murder of Henry +Bidewell, blacksmith, and Thomas Moys, shoeing-smith and farmer, +at Wymondham, on October 20th. The prisoner was found +guilty and sentenced to death. The execution took place at +Norwich Castle on November 20th. Marwood was the +executioner.</p> +<p><a name="page281"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +281</span>3.—Died at Camperdown Place, Great Yarmouth, Mr. +William Thurtell, in his 83rd year. Mr. Thurtell, who was a +staunch supporter of Conservative principles, was appointed a +magistrate for the borough in 1846. His father was Mayor of +Norwich in 1828.</p> +<p>6.—In the House of Lords, before the Lord Chancellor, +Lord Penzance, Lord Blackburn, and Lord Gordon, the action, Read +<i>v.</i> Bailey, was heard, on an appeal from a decision by the +Lords Justices. On an inspection of the books of the Bank +on the failure of the firm of Harveys and Hudsons, in 1870, it +was discovered that Sir Robert Harvey had abstracted large sums +of money from the coffers of the Bank, and had sought to cover +the deficiency by the opening of fictitious accounts, and by +crediting forged bills to his private account. In +consequence, the trustee under the bankruptcy of the firm +preferred a claim against the separate estate of Sir Robert +Harvey, amounting to the sum of £600,000, for the moneys so +abstracted by Sir Robert Harvey in his lifetime. This claim +was, in 1876, supported by a great mass of evidence before the +Master of the Rolls, who decided in favour of the claim, and gave +the trustee of Harveys and Hudsons the right to rank as a +creditor against the private or separate estate of Sir Robert +Harvey, in competition with the stockbrokers and other private +creditors. The importance of the decision of the Master of +the Rolls, as affecting the interests of the stockbrokers, was +great. But for this claim of £600,000 they would have +received 20s. in the pound on their debts, whereas the allowance +of the claim to rank in competition with their debts prevented +Sir Robert Harvey’s private estate paying more than 6s. 8d. +in the pound. The stockbrokers accordingly appealed to the +Lords Justices against the decision of the Master of the Rolls, +and their lordships upheld the claim of £600,000, and +dismissed the stockbrokers’ appeal, with costs. The +stockbrokers now appealed to the House of Lords, who confirmed +the judgments of the Lords Justices and the Master of the Rolls, +and dismissed the appeal, with costs; in other words, admitting +the trustee’s claim for £600,000. (<i>See</i> +December 3rd, 1880.)</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Joseph De Carle Smith was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Harry Bullard appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>10.—It was announced that Mr. Francis Edmund Gladstone, +Mus. Bac., Cantab., had been appointed organist of Norwich +Cathedral, in the room of Dr. Buck, who resigned the appointment +in the month of June. Regret was expressed that Dr. +Bunnett’s claims for the post should have been “so +strangely and perversely ignored.” Much adverse +feeling was manifested, and on November 28th a complimentary +concert was given to Dr. Bunnett, under the patronage of the +leading inhabitants of the county and city.</p> +<p>11.—During a heavy gale at Yarmouth, six vessels were +driven ashore, and many other shipping casualties were +reported.</p> +<p>21.—A meeting of the promoters of the Lynn and Fakenham +Railway was held at Fakenham, and the necessary steps taken in +furtherance of the scheme. (<i>See</i> May 21st, 1880.)</p> +<p>24.—Died, suddenly, at Norwich, in his 65th year, Mr. +Thomas Jarrold, the last survivor of the three brothers who +comprised the well-known firm of Jarrold and Sons. Mr. +Jarrold took especial interest in the education of the poor, in +acknowledgment of which his friends, shortly before his death, +presented him with his portrait.</p> +<p><a name="page282"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +282</span>26.—The new Middle Level Sluice, at Wiggenhall +St. Mary, near King’s Lynn, was opened by Mr. E. Fellowes, +M.P., chairman of the Middle Level Commission. This sluice +replaced the one designed by Mr. J. Walker and constructed by +Brogden, of Manchester, at the cost of £30,000, in 1842, +which gave way on May 4th, 1862, with the widespread and +disastrous consequences known as the Middle Level +inundation. After many unsuccessful attempts to construct a +dam across the drain, Sir John Hawkshaw, C.E., was called in, and +he eventually succeeded in that object, and under his advice +sixteen large iron syphons, with the necessary engine and +apparatus for exhausting air from them, were constructed upon the +dam, so as to secure an outlet of the drainage without admitting +sea water from the Ouze. These syphons answered very well +for years, but were not equal to the task. The +Commissioners went to Parliament in 1874, and obtained powers to +raise money to construct a new sluice, from designs by Sir J. +Hawkshaw, at an estimated cost of between £50,000 and +£60,000, and the work was commenced by the contractor, Mr. +Webster, in September, 1874.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—Died at Hindringham, in his 93rd year, Mr. William +Freeman, formerly resident in Norwich. He was appointed +Sheriff in 1842, and elected Mayor in 1843.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. Harry Bullard, Sheriff of Norwich, was presented +by the clerks and heads of departments at the Anchor Brewery with +his portrait, painted in oil by Mr. Ventnor.</p> +<p>19.—Died at Birmingham, in his 79th year, Mr. George +Smith, for many years manager of the Norwich Theatrical +Circuit. “If unsuccessful in his managerial +speculations, he was much esteemed for his kindly disposition, +and had in Norwich at one time hosts of friends.”</p> +<p>26.—The pantomime produced at Norwich Theatre, by Mr. G. +H. Chaplin, was entitled, “Sinbad the Sailor.” +At the Skating Rink, then known as the Vaudeville Theatre, was +performed the extravaganza, “Turko the Terrible; or Prince +Amabel and the Fairy Roses.” Messrs. Stoodley and +Hamilton’s Circus was opened on the Castle Meadow.</p> +<h3>1878.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>3.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, the Committee of +Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Thorpe made certain +recommendations as to the best means of raising the sum of +£35,000 for the erection of new buildings and for enlarging +the Asylum chapel, as decided upon at a previous sessions. +Thirty-five acres of land had been purchased on which to erect +the new buildings, which were intended to accommodate 250 +additional patients.</p> +<p><a name="page283"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +283</span>5.—Died at Unthank’s Road, Norwich, in his +96th year, Mr. Stephen Wilde, for many years Governor of the City +Gaol. “He was paymaster-sergeant and last surviving +member of Mr. J. Patteson’s Volunteer Corps raised in the +year 1798.”</p> +<p>7.—Died at Starston Rectory, the Ven. Augustus Macdonald +Hopper, Archdeacon of Norwich, and thirty-two years rector of +Starston, aged 61. He graduated at Trinity College, +Cambridge, as Senior Optime, and first class in the Classical +Tripos in 1839. Subsequently he obtained by competition a +Fellowship at St. John’s College, and in 1845 was appointed +to his living. After holding the offices of Rural Dean and +Proctor for the Diocese in Convocation, Mr. Hopper became +Archdeacon of Norwich in 1868. He was succeeded as +Archdeacon by the Rev. T. T. Perowne.</p> +<p>8.—Died at Cassell Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, the +residence of her son, Mr. Vivian Crome, artist, grandson of Old +Crome, Mary Ann Crome, widow of William Henry Crome, aged +75. “She was an amateur pupil of that worthy master, +and for many years, while yet Miss Steel, was governess in +several Norfolk county families.”</p> +<p>—Died at Middle Market Road, Great Yarmouth, Mrs. Gunn, +aged 74. “She was a poet of no inconsiderable +merit. Many of her poems have reference to local events, +but the greater number are quite imaginative. Mrs. +Gunn’s writings were printed and published, and found such +acceptance that a further edition was necessary.”</p> +<p>25.—Severe weather prevailed at Yarmouth. Great +damage was done to vessels at sea, and several lives were +lost.</p> +<p>26.—A special meeting of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was held at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, under the +presidency of Lieut.-Colonel FitzRoy, at which it was decided to +hold a spring show of cart horses. The first show took +place at Norwich, on March 9th.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—A telegram from Shanghai announced the death of Mr. +Charles Wyncliffe Goodwin, assistant judge at that place. +Mr. Goodwin, who was 60 years of age, was a scholar of +considerable eminence, and the author of several learned works, +including the article on the “Mosaic Cosmogony,” in +“Essays and Reviews.” He was a son of Mr. C. +Goodwin, solicitor, of King’s Lynn, and elder brother of +the Bishop of Carlisle.</p> +<p>8.—The Lynn Town Council unanimously resolved to take +steps to abolish “the annual collection of rubbish and +roguery which passes under the title of the Cheese +Fair.” The fair, which for many years had been held +in King Street, was abolished by an order issued by the Home +Secretary in the month of April.</p> +<p>18.—The Amateur Dramatic Club of the 5th Royal Irish +Lancers commenced a series of performances at Norwich Theatre, +with the production of “Ingomar.” On succeeding +evenings, “The Lady of Lyons,” “Black-eyed +Susan,” and other pieces were performed. The proceeds +were in aid of the new uniform fund of the Norwich Rifle +Volunteers, and of the Soldiers’ Monument on Norwich +Cemetery.</p> +<p>21.—Interesting experiments were made with the telephone +in the <a name="page284"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +284</span>counting-house of Messrs. J. and J. Colman, Carrow +Works, under the direction of Mr. H. Sack, superintendent of the +Great Eastern Railway telegraph department. Telephones were +attached to Messrs. Colman’s private wire to London, +<i>viâ</i> Ipswich, and to the railway company’s wire +<i>viâ</i> Cambridge to Liverpool Street Station, a +distance of about 120 miles. “Parties of ladies and +gentlemen at both ends were able to converse freely with each +other, the words being clearly understood and distinctly +heard. This was considered to be a very successful +experiment, although it does not appear that at present the +telephone can be adapted to public use.”</p> +<p>22.—Died at Heckingham, in her 100th year, Kezia, widow +of Richard Haywood.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>7.—Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., addressed a meeting held at +St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, in furtherance of the +Permissive Bill.</p> +<p>9.*—“The rules approved by the Secretary of State +for the regulation of prisons in England and Wales under the Act +of Parliament (the Prisons Act) passed last year have been +issued. From these it appears that upon an order being +directed for the discontinuance of Norwich Gaol and Wymondham +Bridewell, the prisoners therein will be transferred to the +County Gaol, Norwich Castle.” The prisoners were +transferred from the Gaol to the Castle in the early part of +May.</p> +<p>11.—Mr. H. M. Pitt’s Comedy-Drama Company +commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre. The company +re-appeared at the Theatre on November 25th, for a season of +eighteen nights—its farewell visit.</p> +<p>15.—Died at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, from +cancer on the tongue, Mr. John Joseph Cotman, aged 63. +“As an artist he would have rivalled his father, John Sell +Cotman, but unhappily his unquestionably great genius was marred +by an eccentricity which at times verged on insanity, and ruined +a career which should have been one of honour and renown to +himself and of profit to his family.”</p> +<p>—Died at Lewes, Sussex, Mr. George P. Bacon, in his 71st +year. He was the second son of Mr. Richard Mackenzie Bacon, +proprietor and editor of the “Norwich Mercury.” +In 1843 he became proprietor of the “Sussex +Advertiser,” which he conducted in a very spirited +manner. Mr. Bacon joined his brother in forming the +“Norwich Mercury” Company. He was also +well-known as secretary to the Association for the Repeal of the +Hop Duty.</p> +<p>16.—A silver inkstand and a purse of 200 gs. were +presented to Mr. H. J. Martin, in recognition of his services as +honorary secretary of the Norwich Central Conservative Club.</p> +<p>17.—Died at the Cathedral Close, Norwich, Mr. Henry +Hansell, proctor, solicitor and notary public, and registrar of +the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, aged 71. Mr. Hansell was a +warm supporter of the local charities, and was for several years +honorary secretary of the Jenny Lind Infirmary. His +knowledge of ecclesiastical law and of the rules and practices of +the courts was most profound. He was succeeded in his +registrarship and other appointments by his son, Mr. Thomas +William Hansell.</p> +<p><a name="page285"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +285</span>25.—The celebrated Vokes Family commenced an +engagement at Norwich Theatre, in “Belles of the +Kitchen,” “The Wrong Man in the Right Place,” +&c.</p> +<p>28.—The 5th Royal Irish Lancers gave a mounted and +dismounted assault-at-arms at the Circus building, Castle Meadow, +Norwich, in aid of the local charities and other objects. +The performance was repeated on the 30th. The regiment +received from the Town Council the thanks of the city for its +valuable services.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>13.*—“The death is announced of Mr. Thomas +Hoseason, of Lynn, at the age of 68. It is said that he was +the last representative of one of the famous Dutch families who +came over to England with William III., and took a foremost part +in the settlement and cultivation of the country of Marshland, so +much resembling their native land. The Hoseasons were for +many years large landed proprietors, but their estates have +changed hands, and the deceased had gradually fallen into a state +of utter destitution, and for a long time past had been dependent +upon the aid of friends, and lived in a secluded lodging in a +back street in the town.”</p> +<p>17.—A public meeting was held at Yarmouth, in opposition +to the proposal of the Corporation to erect a new town hall, with +courts and public offices, at the cost of £24,000. A +resolution condemning the scheme, and asserting that the outlay +would be £36,000, and would involve an addition to the +rates of 3d. in the pound for the next fifty years, was +adopted. The Town Council, on July 15th, approved the plans +of Mr. J. B. Pearce, architect, Norwich. (<i>See</i> May +31st, 1882.)</p> +<p>22.—Died at the Wilderness, Bracondale, the Rev. Joseph +Crompton, rector of St. Lawrence’, Norwich, in his 65th +year. Mr. Crompton began his career in Norwich as a +Nonconformist minister, in about 1848. For many years he +was minister at the Octagon chapel; but his views underwent such +a change that he relinquished the pastorate and established what +was known as the Free Christian Church, which assembled at the +Dutch church, Elm Hill. After a ministry of several years, +Mr. Crompton, whose views had approximated to those of the Broad +Church party, began to show strong sympathy with that section of +the Establishment. He avowed himself “a Dissenter +against his will,” and stated that the Athanasian Creed was +the last stumbling-block in his way to joining the Church of +England. At his own request the Bishop shortly afterwards +admitted him to Holy Orders, and he officiated as curate to the +Rev. Charles Morse, both at St. Mary’s and St. +Michael-at-Plea. On the Rev. E. A. Hillyard leaving St. +Lawrence’, Mr. Crompton was appointed rector of the +parish. He took great interest in scientific pursuits, and +his name was associated with the Norfolk and Norwich Museum as a +lecturer with Professors Lindley and Sedgwick, Thomas Brightwell, +and the Rev. R. Lubbock. Mr. Crompton was a zealous +supporter of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, +of which he was President in the first two years of its +existence. In politics he was a decided Liberal. A +window erected to his memory by public subscription was unveiled +at St. Lawrence’ church by Mr. Harry Bullard, Mayor of +Norwich, on November 6th, 1879.</p> +<p><a name="page286"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +286</span>22.—The farcical comedy, “Pink +Dominoes,” was produced at Norwich Theatre by a company +under the management of Mr. S. Genese. “It is a class +of piece which we are sorry to see introduced on the English +stage. Originating in France, it had better be kept in an +atmosphere for which it may be specially adapted.”</p> +<p>26.—Mr. Frank Buckland and Mr. Spencer Walpole, fishery +commissioners, held a public inquiry at Lynn into the use of +trawl and seine nets, and into the alleged destruction of the fry +and spawn of sea fish. A similar inquiry was held at +Yarmouth.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>9.—At a meeting held at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, a branch of the Church of England Temperance Society was +established. The Lord Bishop presided, and addresses were +delivered by the Rev. Canon Ellison, the Rev. Canon Wilberforce, +Mr. Cadge, and Dr. Eade.</p> +<p>12.—A fire occurred on premises on the South Denes Road +and Exmouth Road, Yarmouth, by which damage was done to the +amount of £3,000.</p> +<p>15.—Died at Norwich, Mr. Edward Press, in his 77th +year. He was a son of the Rev. Edward Press, B.A., and was +born at Barnham Broom. For many years he practised as a +solicitor at Hingham, and held several local appointments of a +public character. He was, however, more widely known as +County Coroner, the duties of which office he discharged with +marked ability for fifty years. In politics Mr. Press was a +Liberal. He was succeeded as County Coroner by Mr. Robert +Thomas Culley, who was elected unopposed on June 6th.</p> +<p>23.—The 5th Royal Irish Lancers’ Christy Minstrel +Troupe gave performances at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, in +aid of the local charities.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at his residence, Theatre Square, Norwich, Mr. +Frank Noverre, aged 71. Mr. Noverre was descended from a +French family long associated with Norwich. His father was +one of the original directors of the Norwich Union Life Insurance +Society, and he was himself for many years a director of the same +institution. At one time he was honorary treasurer of the +Norwich Choral Society, honorary secretary of the Norwich +Philharmonic Society, and a member of the sub-committee of +management of the Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival.</p> +<p>10.—The celebration of the coming of age of Lord +Hastings, on April 4th, commenced on this date, at Melton +Constable. The festivities lasted five days.</p> +<p>19.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at North Walsham, and was continued on the +20th. Lord Suffield presided at the luncheon.</p> +<p>—At a meeting of the Governors of the Norwich +Dispensary, it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. John Gurney, to +adopt the provident system in the working of the institution.</p> +<p><a name="page287"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +287</span>24.—Colonel Massy and the officers of the 5th +Royal Irish Lancers, on the occasion of the departure of the +first detachment of the regiment from Norwich, were entertained +at a civic luncheon, given at the Guildhall, under the presidency +of the Mayor (Mr. J. D. Smith). The Mayor, on behalf of the +citizens, presented to the officers a massive silver-gilt cup, +“in appreciation of the exemplary conduct of the regiment +during its stay among them, and in grateful remembrance of the +many benefits conferred by it upon the city and its +institutions.” The remainder of the regiment marched +on the 25th. The Town Council, on July 1st, passed a +special resolution, recording its high estimation of the +regiment, and ordering the entry in the minutes of the fact that +“no complaint has been made nor any collision taken place +between the military and the citizens during the time the +regiment has been quartered in the city.” The Lancers +were relieved by the 21st Hussars, commanded by Colonel Wake.</p> +<p>29.—Died at Constantinople, aged 32, Mr. Robert +Pulvertoft Master, Commissioner of the Turkish Compassionate +Fund. He was the second son of Mr. Alfred Master, of +Norwich, and rendered great services in the cause of humanity +during the Russo-Turkish War. Mr. Master was educated at +Norwich Grammar School, and, after spending a year in Germany, +and a like period in a commercial house in London, proceeded to +Ceylon, where he became manager of a coffee estate, and married +Amelia, second daughter of Sir Edward Creasy, Chief Justice of +the island.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>4.—Died at Pottergate Street, Norwich, Mr. William +Smith, veterinary surgeon, aged 61. Mr. Smith attained to +considerable eminence in his profession. During the time of +the Cattle Plague, he did good service to the county in his +official capacity as inspector to the Central Committee, and at +the meeting of the British Association at Norwich read an able +paper on the disease, its origin and treatment.</p> +<p>9.—Winterton church was re-opened by the Bishop of +Norwich. It had been restored at the cost of +£3,000.</p> +<p>13.—The 3rd and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle +Volunteers went into camp at Yarmouth, under the command of +Lieut.-Colonel Duff, M.P., and Lieut.-Colonel Gurdon.</p> +<p>15.—The Hemsby to Martham extension of the Yarmouth and +Stalham Railway was opened on this date. Powers having been +obtained for carrying the line to North Walsham, it was +thereafter known as the North Norfolk Railway. (<i>See</i> +June 8th, 1881.)</p> +<p>20.—Died at Norwich, in his 93rd year, Commander Crane, +R.N. He was the son of Mr. Edward Crane, Coroner of +Norwich, and entered the Royal Navy as midshipman on board the +Repulse, in 1798. During the summer of 1805 he accompanied +Nelson in his pursuit to the West Indies of the combined French +and Spanish fleets. After continuous service he joined the +Reynard, 18 guns, as Acting Commander in the advance on Riga, and +was the first to bring to the Admiral of the station lying off +Carlscrona news of the great defeat of Napoleon at Moscow. +He was in May, 1813, while in charge of a <a +name="page288"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 288</span>prize, +driven by a gale into Frederickstadt, in Norway, where he was +detained a prisoner for some months. In 1843 he received +the rank of commander, and since 1848 had resided in Norwich.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Justice Thesiger, +Mr. W. G. Loftus, of Bracon Lodge, brought an action against the +Rev. T. T. Berney, rector of Braconash, for trespass. The +defendant claimed the right, as lord of the manor, of shooting +over thirty-four acres’ of land around Bracon Lodge. +This land was principally garden ground. The plaintiff +objected to defendant sporting in his kitchen garden, and wished +to put an end to the nuisance. In the course of argument +between Mr. Day, Q.C., for the plaintiff, and Sir Patrick +Colquhoun, Q.C., for the defendant, reference was made to several +“musty deeds” produced by Mr. Berney. The jury +found for the plaintiff, damages 40s.</p> +<p>5.—A singular claim to the Stanfield Hall estate was +made at the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Justice Thesiger. +The action was brought by George Taylor, a railway guard, against +Mr. Reginald Gwyn and the Rev. Henry H. H. Lubbock, the owners of +the estate, who pleaded that they had a possessory title, and +that plaintiff’s title and right of action were barred by +the Statute of Limitations. The estate was originally in +the possession of William Jermy, of Bayfield, who died in 1752, +and plaintiff alleged that, as a lineal descendant of Robert +Jermy, who died in 1758, he was heir-at-law. Mr. Bulwer, +Q.C., after opening the case for the plaintiff, said he was not +justified in occupying the time of the court and putting the +parties to further trouble in the matter, when he knew perfectly +well that he must be beaten in the end. The jury returned a +verdict for the defendants, for whom his lordship gave +judgment.</p> +<p>18.—Died at Whitwell Hall, Mr. Robert Leamon, aged +56. Mr. Leamon, who was described as “a good specimen +of the old Norfolk yeoman,” broke down the Whig monopoly in +East Norfolk, “and became the political godfather of Mr. C. +S. Read, for whom he entertained the warmest personal +regard.” Mr. Leamon was born in 1822, and inherited +from his father a fine property and extensive business. He +married, in 1848, a daughter of Mr. John Brooke Gill, of Wood +Norton.</p> +<p>22.—Died at Runton, aged 76, Favell Lee, widow of the +Rev. Thomas Mortimer. She was the authoress of “The +Peep of Day,” and other works of a similar character.</p> +<p>24.—A fire took place at Messrs. Bagshaw’s paper +mills, St. Miles’, Norwich, and did damage amounting to +several thousands of pounds.</p> +<p>30.—Among the most notable of architectural improvements +in Norwich was the new building known as Cooper’s +Restaurant, which was opened on this date. It was designed +by Mr. Edward Boardman, architect, and occupies a site on which +stood the old business premises of Messrs. Butcher, cheese +factors.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—Mr. and Mrs. German Reed, assisted by Miss Fanny +Holland, <a name="page289"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +289</span>Mr. Dale, Mr. Corney Grain, and Mr. Arthur Law, +commenced a three nights’ engagement at St. Giles’ +Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Henry Walsham opened an operatic season at +Norwich Theatre. The company included Madame Rose +Hersée, Miss Palmer, Madame Telma, and Mr. Ludwig.</p> +<p>11.—The Sheriff of Norwich (Mr. Harry Bullard) provided +the first of his annual excursions for the <i>employés</i> +at the Anchor Brewery. The workpeople in the service of the +firm (with their wives), to the number of 600, were conveyed to +the Crystal Palace and back by special train.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>2.—A four-oared race, between a crew of the 21st Hussars +(Capt. Lovewell, stroke) and of the Norwich Police, took place +between Field’s boat-house, Thorpe, and Trowse +railway-bridge—distance, a mile and a quarter. After +a very close race, the police crew won.</p> +<p>10.—Died, the Rev. Henry Lombe, of Bylaugh Park, aged +86. He was fifty years a parochial clergyman, and for +twenty-six years rector of Lyng. At Swanton Morley, in +1831, when the poor-rates were at an appalling figure, and +poverty excessive, he set on foot and carried on for years on his +own responsibility an extensive cotton weaving business, reduced +a turbulent population to order, and saved the whole parish from +starvation. In the days of incendiarism he was the main +instrument in hunting down into their hiding-places the leaders +of that infamous movement, and the means of bringing the +notorious Nockolds to justice (<i>q.v.</i> Vol. I., p. +304). Before the days of the rural police, he organized a +voluntary system of constabulary in his desperately disturbed +parish of Lyng. In company with the farmers, he patrolled +the parish during the whole winter, visited every farmstead, and +preserved the village from utter ruin. Clubs, coal +charities, and penny banks were under his personal +superintendence to the last day of his active life. Mr. +Lombe was succeeded in the possession of his extensive landed +estates by his son, Mr. Henry Evans Lombe, of Melton Hall, a B.A. +of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and a magistrate for +Norfolk and Suffolk.</p> +<p>14.—Died at his residence, St. Giles’, Norwich, +Mr. George Warren Watts Firth, F.R.C.S., aged 64. He was +senior surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, a magistrate +of the city, and honorary consulting surgeon to the Norfolk +County Lunatic Asylum, a distinction conferred upon him after his +retirement from the office of surgeon to that institution.</p> +<p>15.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, with an evening +performance of “Acis and Galatea,” and of +“Spring” (from “The Seasons”). The +morning performances were as follow:—16th, +“Joseph,” and 1st Mass in C (Mozart); 17th, +“Elijah”; 18th, “The Messiah.” On +the evening of the 16th a grand ballad concert was given, and on +the evening of the 17th an operatic concert. The vocalists +were Madame Albani, Miss Catherine Penna, Miss Anna Williams, +Madame A. Sterling, Madame Trebelli, Mr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. H. J. +Minns, Mr. W. Shakespeare, Mr. R. Hilton, and Mr. Santley. +Sir Julius Benedict <a name="page290"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 290</span>conducted. The total receipts +amounted to £4,140 4s. 9d., and the expenditure to +£3,898 2s. 6d.</p> +<p>17.—The Rev. Sidney Pelham, curate-in-charge of Aylsham, +was elected vicar of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, in place of the +Rev. Charles Turner, who had accepted the living of Bixley with +Framingham Earl, after 31 years’ ministry at St. +Peter’s.</p> +<p>—The monument erected at Norwich Cemetery “to the +memory of deceased soldiers of regiments stationed in this city +or who may die while on service here,” was unveiled by Lord +Waveney. It was designed by Mr. John Bell, a Norfolk +man. The figure forming the finial, called by the designer +“The Spirit of the Army,” was cast in terra cotta by +Messrs. Doulton, of the Lambeth Pottery. Colonel Wake, of +the 21st Hussars, in the name of the British Army and on behalf +of his brother officers, thanked the representatives of the +county of Norfolk and city of Norwich for erecting the +memorial.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Norwich, James Truman, aged 70, for upwards +of fifty years a member of the St. Peter Mancroft Company of +Ringers. In 1831 he rang with the St. Peter’s company +an intricate peal of Double Norwich Court Bob Major, at St. +Michael at Coslany tower, and in 1844 conducted a long peal of +Stedman’s Cinques on the twelve bells of St. +Peter’s. The peal consisted of 7,126 changes, and +occupied 5 hours 17 minutes in ringing. At that time it was +the longest peal that had been accomplished in the method.</p> +<p>28.—Mr. J. B. Gough, the American temperance advocate, +gave an “oration” at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, at a meeting presided over by Canon Lee Warner.</p> +<p>—Died at Norwich, aged 27, Mr. W. Wilson Turnbull, a +member of the literary staff of the “Eastern Daily +Press.” He was the author of Messrs. Weldon’s +annual, “Benjamin D---,” illustrated by a Norwich +amateur, and of several able pamphlets on the Permissive +Bill. At the time of his death, Mr. Turnbull was engaged in +the preparation of another annual for Messrs. Weldon.</p> +<p>29.—A meeting of the clergy and lay representatives of +the diocese was held at Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, +“for the purpose of deciding upon the question of the +institution of a diocesan conference or synod.” The +Lord Bishop presided. The Very Rev. Dean Goulburn moved, +“That this meeting do advise the Lord Bishop that, in their +judgment, it is inexpedient to constitute a diocesan conference +to meet periodically.” Lord Walsingham seconded the +motion. Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., moved a direct +negative—“That it is desirable that a conference of +the clergy and laity be established in this diocese.” +The Ven. Archdeacon Groome seconded. After a long +discussion, Mr. Read’s proposition was adopted by the votes +of 140 laity and 115 clergy, against the votes of 15 laity and 6 +clergy.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—The marriage of Viscount Anson, eldest son of the +Earl of Lichfield, and Lady Mildred Coke, youngest daughter of +the Earl of Leicester, was solemnised at Holkham church.</p> +<p>6.—The first general meeting of the shareholders of the +Norwich Café Company was held at the Guildhall, under the +presidency of Mr. <a name="page291"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +291</span>John Gurney. The company was incorporated in +July, with a nominal capital of £20,000, in 20,000 shares +of £1 each. About 8,000 shares had been subscribed +for at this date, by about 90 shareholders.</p> +<p>7.—The extension of the franchise to female householders +was advocated at a public meeting held at St. Giles’ Hall, +Norwich, presided over by the Mayor (Mr. J. D. Smith), and +addresses were delivered by Miss Helen Taylor and Miss P. H. +Downing.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Harry Bullard, on the expiration of his term of +office as Sheriff of Norwich, was elected Mayor. For the +office of Sheriff there were two nominees, Mr. William Howlett +and Mr. Donald Steward. After a long and acrimonious +discussion, Mr. Steward was appointed.</p> +<p>16.—At a meeting of the Board of Management of the +Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Mr. Samuel Herbert Burton was +elected house-surgeon, Mr. Charles Williams surgeon, and Mr. H. +S. Robinson assistant surgeon.</p> +<p>—The memorable and disastrous flood occurred at +Norwich. A heavy fall of snow on the 12th, followed by a +rapid thaw and continuous rain, had the effect of greatly +swelling the tributaries of the Yare and Wensum. +Simultaneously, a north-west wind occasioned a high tide at +Yarmouth, so that the river waters were denied their natural +outlet. Instead of ebbing with the tide, the Yare rose +steadily on the 15th, and many thousand acres of marshes lying +between Norwich and Yarmouth were inundated on the following +day. The New Mills at Norwich, were, however, responsible +for the greater part of the damage from which the city +suffered. The obstruction caused the waters to overflow the +banks of the river, and, in a short time, many of the streets in +the low-lying localities were flooded, and hundreds of the +inhabitants were compelled to leave their houses by means of +boats. An enormous amount of distress prevailed. The +Mayor (Mr. Harry Bullard) convened a meeting at the Guildhall on +the 17th (Sunday), at which it was decided to establish centres +for the distribution of provisions; and permission was obtained +from the Government authorities to make use of the +governor’s house at the disused City Gaol for the +accommodation of the houseless people, of whom 200 found refuge +there. The Sessions Court at the Guildhall was opened +during the day as a store-house, in which 2,600 loaves of bread +and many hundreds of blankets, received from the County Gaol, +Asylum, Workhouse, and Cavalry Barracks, were placed ready for +distribution. At 6.30 on the same evening another +influential meeting was held at the Guildhall, when the Mayor and +the Sheriff (Mr. Donald Steward) were publicly thanked for the +active part they had taken in mitigating the distress of the +people. On the 18th a third meeting took place, at which a +relief fund was inaugurated, when, in a few minutes, £2,271 +13s. 6d. was subscribed, an amount which, by the end of the week, +was increased to £4,200. Three or four persons lost +their lives in the flood. In various parts of the county +rivers overflowed their banks, and much damage was done to +property. (<i>See</i> January 4th, 1879.)</p> +<p>18.—An art loan exhibition, largely contributed to by +noblemen and others in the Eastern Counties, was opened at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, by the Mayor (Mr. Harry Bullard) in +aid of a fund for the restoration of the church of St. Peter +Mancroft. An inaugural ode, specially written by Mr. E +Oxenford, and composed by Dr. Bunnett, <a +name="page292"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 292</span>was +performed by members of the Norfolk and Norwich Musical +Union. The exhibition remained open until December 14th, +when a balance of £820 3s. 6d. was handed over to the +credit of the fund. (<i>See</i> October 4th, 1881.)</p> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, the +Provincial Tramways Company applied for permission to construct +tramways in the city. The proposed route was to commence at +the Cemetery and to proceed by Dereham Road, St. Giles’ +Road, Chapel Field Road, Queen’s Road, Upper Surrey Street, +All Saints’ Green, Golden Ball Street, Castle Meadow, +Prince of Wales Road, Foundry Bridge, and Thorpe Road to +Whitlingham Railway Station. An adjourned meeting was held +on December 17th, at which it was agreed not to oppose the Bill, +provided the Tramways Company consented to the insertion of such +clauses, conditions, and restrictions as, in the opinion of the +Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee might be deemed +necessary. The Norwich Tramways Bill was considered by a +Select Committee of the House of Commons, on May 6th, 1879. +It was opposed by the Great Eastern Railway Company and Mr. +Foster, a local resident, and thrown out after only the +promoters’ case had been heard. (<i>See</i> January +16th, 1883.)</p> +<p>21.—The Norfolk and Norwich Fat Cattle Show was opened +at Chapel Field, Norwich.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>12.—The old parish church of St. Bartholomew, Heigham, +Norwich, which had undergone complete restoration and +enlargement, by the addition of a north aisle, at the cost of +£2,500, was opened by the Lord Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>17.—A special meeting of the Norwich Town Council +adopted a vote of sympathy with the Queen and other members of +the Royal Family, on the death of the Grand Duchess of Hesse +(Princess Alice of England), and a muffled peal was rung upon the +bells of St. Peter Mancroft. Similar votes were adopted by +the Corporations of Yarmouth and Lynn; and the county magistrates +voted an address to her Majesty on January 4th, 1879.</p> +<p>19.—Mr. E. C. Bailey resigned the office of Clerk to the +Norwich Board of Guardians, after a service of thirty-four +years. He was succeeded in the appointment by Mr. John +Cross.</p> +<p>22.—Died at his residence, Surrey Street, Norwich, Mr. +William Peter Nichols, F.R.C.S., aged 77. Mr. Nichols was +born at Yelverton, and was educated at King Edward VI. School, +Norwich, under Valpy. He was subsequently articled to Mr. +Dalrymple, and, having studied at St. Thomas’ and +Guy’s Hospitals, under Sir Astley Cooper, passed his +examinations, and in 1823 established himself in Norwich, where +he speedily made a reputation, although it was not until late in +life that he reaped the full honours he deserved. On the +death of Mr. J. G. Crosse, Mr. Nichols was elected surgeon of the +Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, a position he held for twenty-two +years, and relinquished the post in 1872, when probably the +highest possible testimony was paid to his skill as an operator +by Dr. Copeman, who mentioned that in lithotomy his average of +successful cases was higher <a name="page293"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 293</span>than that of Dr. Donne, Dr. +Martineau, or Mr. Norgate, all giants in their day. On his +retirement from office he was unanimously appointed honorary +consulting surgeon. Mr. Nichols was also consulting surgeon +to the Bethel Hospital, and, with Mr. J. F. Watson, successfully +carried on for many years the private asylum at Heigham +Hall. He was elected Mayor of Norwich in 1865, and had the +honour to take the lead in the reception of the Prince and +Princess of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Queen of +Denmark, when they visited the city in 1866. In politics he +was a Liberal, and occupied at various times a seat in the Town +Council. He was also a magistrate of the city.</p> +<p>23.—Died at his town residence, 36, Upper Brooke Street, +Lieut.-Colonel James Duff, M.P. He was born at Innis House, +Elgin, on July 29th, 1831, and was the son of General Sir James +Duff, who married Miss Eliza Charlotte Prescott, eldest daughter +of General Sir Beeston Prescott, Bart., of Theobald’s Park, +Herts. Educated at Rugby, he entered the Army in 1851, as +ensign in the 23rd Fusiliers, with which regiment he afterwards +went to the Crimea, and obtained his captaincy in 1854. At +the battle of Inkerman he was taken prisoner, and on his release +acted as <i>aide-de-camp</i> to General Syssons, who commanded +the Second Brigade Light Division until the end of the war. +Captain Duff then embarked with his regiment for China, but the +Indian Mutiny breaking out meanwhile, they were ordered to +Calcutta, to assist in its suppression. Captain Duff was +present with Lord Clyde at the capture of Lucknow, and was +specially mentioned in dispatches for his services. He +received the Crimean medal with two clasps, the Turkish medal, +the 5th class of the Medjidie, &c. In 1858 he left the +service, and the following year married Mary, only daughter of +Mr. Edward Dawkins, of Upper Brooke Street, London, and niece of +Mr. John Berney Petre, of Westwick House. On taking up his +residence in the county, he was appointed to the command of the +3rd Administrative Battalion of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, and, on +the death of the Hon. Frederick Walpole, was returned as +Conservative member for North Norfolk. In conjunction with +Sir Robert Buxton, Mr. Clare Sewell Read, Mr. Colman, and Sir +Edmund Lacon, he was unwearied in his exertions to secure the +passing of the Norfolk and Suffolk Fisheries Preservation Act, +and the modification of Mr. Mundella’s Fisheries Bill to +the advantage of the district which he represented.</p> +<p>26.—The Christmas amusements at Norwich included Messrs. +Edwards and Waldegrave’s pantomime of “The Children +in the Wood, or Harlequin Good Humour, the Wicked Uncle, and the +Good Fairy Birds of the Forest,” at the Theatre; and +Bostock and Wombwell’s Menagerie on the Castle Meadow.</p> +<h3>1879.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>4.—A meeting, convened by the Mayor (Mr. Harry Bullard), +and attended by many of the riparian owners of the county, was +held at <a name="page294"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +294</span>the Guildhall, Norwich, “for the purpose of +determining whether an inquiry should be made into the causes of +the recent floods, and for devising some means to prevent their +recurrence.” A committee was appointed to hold an +inquiry, and in the month of June Sir John Hawkshaw, C.E., made a +report, in which he stated that floods might be prevented by +suitable works, the cost of which would be heavy if charged +entirely on the flooded lands, but moderate if spread in suitable +proportions. Mr. Bullard, on November 10th, was presented +with his portrait, painted by Mr. Ventnor, in recognition of the +services he had rendered to his fellow-citizens during the +floods.</p> +<p>5.—Died at St. Giles’ Street, Norwich, Mr. Horatio +Bolingbroke, aged 80. He was educated at Norwich Grammar +School, under Valpy, was for many years engaged in business as a +manufacturer, and did much to enhance the reputation of Norwich +for the production of textile fabrics. Mr. Bolingbroke was +a prominent figure in the political life of the city, was the +first Sheriff appointed under the Municipal Corporations Act, and +was amongst the first of the Liberal members returned to the +“reformed” Corporation. He was a generous +supporter of local charities, chairman of the Norwich Charity +Trustees (General List), and a Justice of the Peace. +Labouring under the affliction of blindness, he had for some +years prior to his death retired from active public life.</p> +<p>16.—The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in +the representation of North Norfolk, occasioned by the death of +Colonel Duff, took place at Aylsham. Mr. Edward Birkbeck, +of Horstead Hall, was the Conservative, and Sir Thomas Fowell +Buxton, Bart., the Liberal nominee. The polling took place +on the 21st, and the result was declared on the 22nd, as +follows:—Birkbeck, 2,742; Buxton, 2,252.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>8.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before the Lord Chief Baron, +an action was brought by Mr. Hamon le Strange, lord of the manor +of Snettisham, and his tenant, William Harding, against Richard +Auker, for trespassing upon the foreshore at Snettisham and +removing shingle, mussels, and cockles. Mr. le Strange in +1866 took legal proceedings to maintain his proprietary rights on +the foreshore, and obtained a verdict, against which an appeal +was entered; but a full bench of judges confirmed the +verdict. Since then he had issued licences to persons to +remove mussels from the foreshore, and had leased it to Harding, +who had found the defendant carrying mussels away. The +special jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, damages one +shilling, and the learned Judge said he would make the injunction +issued against the defendant perpetual. (<i>See</i> January +21st, 1885.)</p> +<p>13.—Died at Kirstead, the Rev. Jonathan Bates, rector of +Kirstead with Langhale. He was the son of a Wesleyan +minister, and was born at New Buckenham, on June 13th, +1829. When still a child he removed with his family to +Edinburgh, where he was placed in the High School. Thence +he went to Huddersfield College, and at eighteen became junior +master. He had not only passed the examinations of the +London University, but had saved sufficient money, with the help +of the scholarships he had won, to enable him, <a +name="page295"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 295</span>on leaving +Huddersfield, to enter St. John’s College, Cambridge, where +he graduated in 1854, taking his place as eleventh Wrangler in +the Mathematical Tripos. On completing his University +career, he was appointed second classical and mathematical master +of the Colchester Grammar School. This post he held four +years, and was then chosen senior or classical tutor and chaplain +to the Queen’s Medical College at Birmingham. +Ordained deacon in 1854, and priest in 1855, by the Bishop of +Rochester, he returned to Colchester as mathematical master at +the Grammar School, and did duty as a curate in the +vicinity. In 1860 he was appointed Vice-Principal of the +Chester Diocesan College, and in 1862 was presented by Caius +College to the living of Kirstead. Mr. Bates married the +youngest daughter of the celebrated Dr. Medhurst, for many years +a missionary in China.</p> +<p>16.—Died at the Rectory, Toppesfield, the Rev. Professor +Brewer, M.A., Preacher at the Rolls Chapel, and rector of +Toppesfield. He was a son of Mr. John Sherren Brewer, of +Mile End House, Norwich, and was born at Calvert Street, in +March, 1809. After receiving his early education at the +hands of his father, he proceeded to Queen’s College, +Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1833, taking first class +honours in Classics. In 1841 he was appointed to a +Professorship, and in November, 1870, was elected an honorary +Fellow of his College. Professor Brewer was editor of +“Fuller’s Church History,” published by the +University of Oxford, and of the Calendars of State Papers +relating to the Reign of Henry VIII., published by the Master of +the Rolls. He was for some time honorary librarian to the +Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield House, and, in addition to his +appointment as Preacher at the Rolls Chapel, he held the +Professorship of English Literature in King’s College, +London. In 1876 he was presented by Lord Beaconsfield to +the Crown living of Toppesfield, which had a gross income of +£1,120 and a parsonage house.</p> +<p>21.—Edward Payson Weston, the American pedestrian, +passed through Norwich, on his walk of 2,000 miles in 1,000 +consecutive hours (except on Sundays). He arrived from +Dereham, and at one o’clock lectured at the Victoria Hall, +St. Andrew’s, where a large audience had assembled, under +the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. Harry Bullard). In the +afternoon Weston continued his walk, and arrived at Yarmouth in +the evening.</p> +<p>—Died at Wandsworth, Mr. P. Le Neve Foster, secretary of +the Society of Arts. He was born in 1809, and educated at +Norwich Grammar School, prior to studying at Cambridge, where he +took his degree in 1830. A few years afterwards he was +called to the Bar, and, after working zealously with the Prince +Consort to promote the success of the Exhibition of 1851, was +appointed Secretary of the Society of Arts in 1853.</p> +<p>24.—Under the auspices of the Anglo-American Electric +Lighting Company, Limited, a descriptive lecture was given at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, upon the possibilities of the +electric light, by Mr. H. Edmunds, a representative of the +company. The hall was brilliantly illuminated by a special +electric installation.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Bournemouth, Lieut.-Colonel Hugh FitzRoy, +formerly of the Grenadier Guards. He was born in 1808, and +was second son of the Rev. Lord Henry FitzRoy. He married, +in 1831, Lucy Sarah, second daughter of Sir Thomas Buller +Lethbridge, who died in 1855. <a name="page296"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 296</span>In December, 1856, he married, +secondly, Emily Louisa, widow of Mr. Charles William Marsham, of +Stratton Strawless. Colonel FitzRoy was an active county +magistrate, and chairman of the Great Yarmouth Haven and Pier +Commissioners.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>6.—The twelve hours’ roller skating championship +of the Eastern Counties was competed for at St. Giles’ +Hall, Norwich. The winner was Candler, of Norwich, who, +between eight a.m. and eight p.m. covered 77 miles 7 laps; +second, G. Woolsey, of Yarmouth, 74 miles 20 laps.</p> +<p>13.—The marriage of the Duke of Connaught and Princess +Louise Marguerite was celebrated in Norwich by the ringing of St. +Peter Mancroft bells, and by a civic luncheon given in the +Council Chamber, Guildhall, by the Mayor (Mr. Harry +Bullard). A congratulatory address adopted by the +Corporation was presented to the Queen by the Mayor and Sheriff, +at St. James’s Palace, on May 3rd.</p> +<p>22.—The first of the Saturday evening popular concerts, +inaugurated in Prince’s Street Schoolroom, and transferred +to St. Andrew’s Hall, was given, under the presidency of +the Mayor of Norwich.</p> +<p>26.—A Common Hall was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, +under the presidency of the Mayor, “to consider the +question of the continuance of the half-holiday movement on +Thursdays during the approaching summer months.” A +memorial was presented by the traders of the city, affirming that +the two o’clock closing was not conducive to the welfare of +the assistants nor to the commercial prosperity of the +city. After much discussion, the meeting was adjourned +<i>sine die</i>, and a few weeks later official notice was given +that “the shops of Norwich, with few exceptions, remain +open on Thursdays till five o’clock.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>6.—Died at Great Yarmouth, Sir Thomas Branthwayt Beevor, +Bart., of Hargham. Born on April 7th, 1798, he was thrice +married—in 1819, to Elizabeth Bridget, daughter of Dr. +Richard Lubbock, of Norwich; in 1832, to Martha, daughter of Mr. +Archibald Hardiment, of Old Buckenham; and in 1845, to Mary, +daughter of Mr. F. Davies. Sir Thomas had for some years +resided in a quiet and unostentatious manner at Yarmouth, but in +his early years, as a Liberal of the advanced school, he took a +leading part in the political contests of the county.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. T. W. Robertson, son of the author of +“Caste,” and other favourite comedies, made his first +appearance with the Caste Company at Norwich Theatre. The +company made a return visit on November 3rd. Mr. Robertson, +junior, who had been articled to a veterinary surgeon in the +city, afterwards became very popular as an actor.</p> +<p>11.—Died at Hereford, Miss Christiana Glover, second and +last surviving daughter of the Rev. Edward Glover, M.A., of +Norwich, aged 91. For several years she lived with the +family of Sir Thomas <a name="page297"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 297</span>Fowell Buxton, and afterwards became +a devoted coadjutor of her talented sister, Miss Sarah Glover, in +the work of imparting Christian education in accordance with the +principles of the Church of England to the poorer classes in the +city. The sisters originated the Norwich Sol-Fa System of +Psalmody, “which may be said to be entirely unrivalled in +its results, as producing perfect intonation and good harmony at +comparatively small expense of time and labour. The system +in a somewhat modified form has been very widely and successfully +diffused by Mr. Curwen.”</p> +<p>15.—A new oratorio, “Nehemiah,” by Dr. Hill, +of Norwich, was performed for the first time. It was +produced at the Corn Hall, Diss, by the members of the Diss +Choral Society.</p> +<p>—Considerable excitement was caused at Thorpe, near +Norwich, by the action of Mr. Henry Blake, who had enclosed the +strip of grass land known as Thorpe Green, by the side of the +river. Mr. William Birkbeck, as lord of the manor, +announced that if the palings, &c., were not removed by noon +on this day they would be forcibly taken down. The notice +was disregarded, and Mr. P. E. Hansell, as steward of the manor, +directed the removal of the obstruction. After the posts +and palings had been taken down, Mr. Hansell intimated that Mr. +Birkbeck was prepared to take the matter into the law courts, and +to the House of Lords, if necessary.</p> +<p>16.—A remarkable scene was witnessed at a meeting of the +Norwich School Board. A motion to increase the staff was +supported by the majority and opposed by the Denominational +minority, the latter of whom asserted that the proposal could be +carried out only by rescinding a resolution passed almost +unanimously at a previous meeting. “Finding their +last effort useless to stem the current of expenditure into which +the Board had plunged, and justly indignant at the treatment they +received, the minority left the room, and Canon Heaviside +intimated that it would be a matter for consideration whether +they ever again entered it.” On May 8th a deputation +went to Canon Heaviside’s residence and presented to the +gentlemen constituting the minority a memorial, signed by the +ratepayers, urging that by their presence at the Board they could +“continue to protest against reckless extravagance, and so +keep the ratepayers better informed of what is going +on.” Ultimately the minority agreed to resume their +duties, “at the request of their constituents, and in the +hope that the public attention called to the proceedings which +led to their withdrawal would have the effect of strengthening +their hands in the endeavour to discharge effectively the duties +that devolved upon them.”</p> +<p>28.—Mr. Sims Reeves sang at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich. His engagement was originally announced for April +17th, but the usual postponement occurred.</p> +<p>—Application having been made by the Norfolk Court of +Quarter Sessions that nine disturnpiked roads in the county +should, by a provisional order, be declared ordinary, not main, +roads, Mr. Courteney Boyle, an inspector of the Local Government +Board, attended at the Shirehall, to hear the grounds of the +application and any objections thereto. The application had +been made on the following grounds: (1) That in consequence of +the increase of railways, there was comparatively but little +through traffic along the disturnpiked reads; <a +name="page298"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 298</span>(2) there +being no highway districts in the county, the Court was not +prepared to encounter the difficulty and expense of dealing +separately with the surveyors of the large number of parishes +through which the disturnpiked roads passed; (3) that should a +highway board be established in the county, the unions through +which the disturnpiked roads passed would not be unfairly +burdened by their maintenance, while it would be hard upon +outlying districts of the county to contribute to the repair of +roads which they never used; and (4) that the Court having +previously expressed itself in favour of county boards, hesitated +to sanction so novel and large an expenditure for the county rate +as would be involved in paying half the cost of repairing the +disturnpiked roads until the ratepayers were more directly +represented in the county authority. Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., +stated his reasons for moving these resolutions at the Court of +Quarter Sessions, and after evidence had been taken in regard to +each road in question, the Inspector said that he should make his +report.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>19.—A glove fight took place at the Corn Hall, Norwich, +in the presence of an immense audience, between Walter Emms and +Arthur Shaw. At the Police Court, on the 26th, the +principals, and John Hicks, James Clarke, James Laxton, Robert +Watson, sub-editor of the “Sporting Life,” London; +Thomas Snelling, and Edwin Cunningham were summoned for +unlawfully assembling together for the purpose of a +prize-fight. Emms and Shaw were ordered to enter into their +own recognisances of £100, to find two sureties of +£50 each, and to keep the peace for six months. The +other defendants were bound over in the sum of £20 each to +keep the peace for six months.</p> +<p>20.—The Norwich Omnibus Company, Limited, was +formed. The first omnibuses were put upon the Dereham Road +route on June 23rd.</p> +<p>—Died at the Crescent, Norwich, Mr. John M. Croker, aged +57. His ample leisure enabled him to be of great service to +many of the public institutions of the city, and he was for +several years honorary secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich +Cricket Club.</p> +<p>21.—A fire occurred on Messrs. Willis and +Southall’s shoe premises, the Upper Market, Norwich. +The damage was estimated at £1,000.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>2.—A case of considerable importance to the agricultural +community, in which the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant of the +county, was defendant, was heard by the Walsingham +magistrates. His lordship was alleged to have infringed the +Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878, and the Animals Order of +1878. The informations, laid by the Veterinary Inspector of +the district (Mr. Edward Case), charged his lordship (1) with +unlawfully causing to be driven on March 3rd a sheep affected +with sheep scab; and (2) with causing 200 suspected animals to be +removed. After a hearing which lasted eight hours, the +Bench dismissed the case, “because the defendant had +satisfied them that there was no cause for suspecting the animals +removed.”</p> +<p><a name="page299"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +299</span>5.—A singular accident occurred at Wells railway +station. The driver of engine of a passenger train from +Norwich was unable to control the brakes, and the engine dashing +into the station, knocked down the buffer stops, ran through the +end platform, and, crashing into the lavatories and +porter’s room, demolished the outer wall of the station, +and came to a standstill when partly in the public street. +A young man named John Cook was killed. At the inquest a +verdict of accidental death was returned, and at the subsequent +Board of Trade inquiry the engine-driver was exonerated of +blame.</p> +<p>9.—St. Giles’ Hall, Norwich, originally opened as +a skating rink, and afterwards used as a variety hall and +theatre, was on this date opened for the summer season as a +circus by Mr. Stoodley.</p> +<p>11.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at East Dereham, when the entries were +larger than on any previous occasion. Mr. R. T. Gurdon was +president.</p> +<p>15.—The Norwich Artillery Volunteers paraded for the +first time in their new uniform. The regulation scarlet +facings and helmet of the Royal Artillery had been substituted +for the white facings and busby previously worn.</p> +<p>17.—The Prince of Wales visited Norwich, for the purpose +of laying the foundation-stone of the new Norfolk and Norwich +Hospital. The visit was of a semi-private character. +His Royal Highness, who was received at Thorpe Station by the +Mayor (Mr. Harry Bullard), the Sheriff (Mr. Donald Steward), the +Earl of Leicester, Lord Suffield, and Lord Carrington, proceeded +to the site of the new building, and having performed the +ceremony, returned to the station and travelled by special train +to Yarmouth. The cost of the new Hospital was originally +estimated at £35,500, but the Board of Governors +subsequently decided to purchase adjoining property, at an +additional outlay of £5,000. The Board afterwards +adopted a building design jointly prepared by Mr. T. H. Wyatt, of +London, and Mr. Edward Boardman, of Norwich, and accepted the +tender of Messrs. Lacey and Co. for the completion of the +work. (<i>See</i> June 30th, 1881.)</p> +<p>—The Prince of Wales arrived at Yarmouth, and on the +18th inspected the Prince of Wales’ Own Norfolk +Artillery. His Royal Highness left on the morning of the +19th. On both evenings of his stay in the town, the Prince +attended performances given by the Gaiety Company at the Theatre +Royal.</p> +<p>27.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, +Mr. J. H. Tillett moved, “That this Council objects to the +proposed schemes of the Charity Commissioners, particularly to +those relating to the Boys’ Hospital and the Girls’ +Hospital Schools, on the ground that educational and other funds +given expressly and emphatically for the benefit of the poor are +thereby diverted from their proper objects, and applied to the +increase of the endowments in middle and upper schools, which +schools, if in need, should be helped otherwise than at the +expense of the poor.” The motion was adopted, and the +Parliamentary and Bylaw Committee were requested to prepare a +petition against the scheme. A Common Hall was held on July +16th, at which resolutions were adopted expressing +dissatisfaction with the scheme; and at a meeting of the Town +Council, on August 26th, the Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee, +in a draft report upon the scheme, urged that to apply grants +originally given for the maintenance, education, and <a +name="page300"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 300</span>advancement +of the children of the poor, in aid of the Grammar and Commercial +Schools, or either of them, would involve a misappropriation of +the funds and a violation of the intentions of the +founders. (<i>See</i> October 24th, 1882.)</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>3.—At the Norfolk county magistrates’ meeting, a +report was received from the Committee of Visitors that several +serious cases of erysipelas, sore throat, and diarrhoea had +occurred at Thorpe Asylum, “and it would appear that the +very offensive smell which pervades the Asylum whenever the wind +blows from the Sewage Farm on the opposite side of the river is +the cause of the above-named epidemics.”</p> +<p>4.—In the House of Commons, Mr. C. S. Read supported, in +a long and able speech, Mr. Chaplin’s motion, for a Royal +Commission to enquire into the depressed condition of the +agricultural interest.</p> +<p>6.—Died at the Vyne, Basingstoke, Mr. W. L. Wiggett +Chute, aged 79, formerly of Pickenham Hall, near Swaffham. +He was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1827, in which +year he assumed, by Royal licence, the additional name and arms +of Chute, on inheriting the estates of that ancient family in +Hampshire and Norfolk. He was elected with Sir William +Bagge in the Conservative interest at the General Election of +1837, and held the seat until 1847, when he retired. In +1837 he married Martha, second daughter of Mr. Theophilus Russell +Buckworth, of Cockley Cley.</p> +<p>9.—A “silver cradle,” in the form of a +massive epergne, was presented by the Corporation to the Mayor of +Norwich (Mr. Harry Bullard), “in commemoration of the birth +of his daughter, Hilda May, on May 13th, 1879.”</p> +<p>11.—Died at Kett’s Castle Villa, Mousehold, +Norwich, Mr. John Berney Ladbrooke. Born in 1803, he was a +son of Robert Ladbrooke, painter and drawing master, and nephew +of Old Crome, whose pupil he became after he had received +rudimentary instruction from his father. +“Crome’s influence is traced in nearly all his +pictures, although of late years in tone and colour they more +closely resemble the best works of Henry Bright. He +especially excelled in the representation of woodland +scenery.” As a drawing master Ladbrooke was much +valued.</p> +<p>12.—Died at Norwich, Mr. John Withers Dowson. A +son of Mr. Benjamin Dowson, merchant, of Geldeston, he was born +in 1800. Educated at Norwich Grammar School, he was +articled to a London firm of solicitors, and afterwards commenced +practice in Norwich. The pursuit of professional emolument +was, however, less an object with him than the furtherance of the +education and the improvement of those around him, especially the +poor, and probably no one in the city or county had in his time +done more practical work in the cause of education.</p> +<p>14.—An inter-county bicycle race, between Norfolk and +Suffolk cyclists, was ridden from Ipswich to Norwich. The +competitors started from Ipswich at 3.5 p.m., and the race was +won by Popplewell, of Ipswich, who arrived at the Boileau +fountain, Norwich, at 6.5 p.m. Morgan, of Yarmouth, was +second. The distance ridden was forty-three miles.</p> +<p><a name="page301"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +301</span>15.—An important question affecting the boundary +of the city came before the Norwich Town Council. The Town +Clerk reported that, in the preparation of the Ordnance Survey, a +question had arisen as to whether two pieces of land, one +containing about 38 acres, situate in the parish of Catton, and +the other of about 45 acres, with 150 houses thereon, situate in +the parish of Sprowston, should not be included within the +Parliamentary and municipal boundary of the city and county of +the city of Norwich. On investigating the matter, it +appeared that, by the charter of Philip and Mary, granted to the +city in 1556, these two inclosures of land were clearly defined +as being within the city boundary, and by several ancient +manuscripts and books, including Blomefield’s +“History of Norfolk,” reference was also made to +these lands as belonging to the city. It also appeared by +the report of the Commissioners appointed to report on the +boundaries of boroughs and corporate towns, by order of the House +of Commons, on April 25th, 1837, that such lands were within the +city jurisdiction, and a plan attached to such report +corroborated the fact. The matter being important, and the +Town Clerk having been requested to state whether the city +authorities were willing in the new survey to allow such lands to +be shown as forming part of the county of Norfolk, it was +referred to the Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee, for further +investigation and consideration. On August 26th, the +Committee reported that they had consulted the Town Clerk and +Major Jones, of the Ordnance Survey, had referred to extracts +from charters and from Blomefield, and had resolved that +sufficient evidence had not been produced to set forth where the +boundary of the city of Norwich should be drawn, and that, +therefore, they left Major Jones to define it as he might think +best, without prejudice to the rights of any party.</p> +<p>19.—The 3rd and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle +Volunteers went into camp on Yarmouth South Denes. Colonel +Bulwer, who had succeeded Colonel Duff, was in command of the 3rd +Battalion, and Lieut.-Colonel Gurdon commanded the 4th +Battalion.</p> +<p>20.—Owing to a heavy and continuous downpour of rain and +a strong wind blowing from the north-west, the waters of the Yare +were “backed up,” overflowed the banks of the river, +and submerged many thousand acres of marshes between Norwich and +Yarmouth. Most of the hay crop in Norfolk was ruined by the +wet weather.</p> +<p>23.—A silver epergne was presented to Mr. E. H. H. +Combe, Mayor of Yarmouth, as a “silver cradle,” to +commemorate the birth of a daughter in his year of office.</p> +<p>26.—Particulars were published on this date of the +establishment of the Norwich Steam Laundry and Public Baths, at +North Heigham.</p> +<p>27.—A remarkable landslip occurred at +Attleborough. As Mr. Gathergood, a farmer, whose land lay +partly in Attleborough and Rockland, was crossing a turnip field, +he was stunned by a loud report resembling the roar of a cannon, +immediately followed by a rustling noise within a yard or two of +him. On recovering his presence of mind, he discovered that +a space of land twenty-four yards in circumference had sunk out +of sight, and water was rising in its stead. On the 28th +the water subsided, and revealed a chasm from thirty-five to +forty feet deep, with perfectly perpendicular sides. This +strange phenomenon was attributed to the action of the heavy +rainfall.</p> +<h4><a name="page302"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +302</span>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>2.—A terrible thunderstorm and hurricane commenced in +the night and prevailed during the early hours of the morning of +the 3rd (Sunday). It was accompanied by a deluge of rain +and a heavy hailstorm. Great damage was done to property in +city and county. But the greatest calamity was the +destruction of Wells church, the tower of which was struck by +lightning at 5.50 a.m. on the 3rd. The roof of the nave was +soon in flames, and fell in with a crash, and by nine +o’clock the whole church was reduced to a state of utter +ruin. The fine peal of bells was totally destroyed, and the +entire damage was estimated at from £10,000 to +£15,000. (<i>See</i> April 18th, 1883.)</p> +<p>4.—Died at Oxford Street, Unthank’s Road, Norwich, +Mr. Thomas William Bond, in his 76th year. Mr. Bond was +some time subeditor, and afterwards publisher, of the +“Norfolk News,” and before removing to Norwich kept a +school at Barton Mills, near Stoke Ferry. He was the +compiler of a small book for children, known as +“Bond’s Catechism,” which was published by +Jarrold, and for many years extensively used in all parts of the +country.</p> +<p>5.—Died at the residence of his son, Belmont House, +Newport, Essex, Zachariah Buck, Mus. Doc. He was born at +Norwich on September 19th, 1798, and at an early age attracted +the attention of Dr. Beckwith, the then organist of the +Cathedral, who took him into the choir. Dr. Beckwith died +in 1809, and was succeeded as organist by his son, Mr. John +Beckwith, with whom young Buck continued, and to whom he was +articled. On the death of Beckwith, in 1819, Buck, at the +early age of twenty-one, succeeded in obtaining the appointment +of Cathedral organist, his chief competitor being Alfred Pettet, +a fellow-pupil, who was appointed to St. Peter Mancroft. +Buck soon obtained a large and lucrative practice as a teacher, +and established his reputation as a trainer of boys. For +nearly forty years he continued to perform the active duties of +organist and choirmaster, but during the last twenty years of his +life he relinquished the organ to his subsequent assistant and +partner, Dr. Bunnett. Besides instructing during his long +career some 7,000 amateur pupils, Dr. Buck trained a very large +number of professional students, most of whom were selected from +his choir. He composed no great work, but was the author of +a number of pleasing anthems, and of the hymn, “Come +hither, angel tongues invite,” which, it was understood, +gained for him his Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music, conferred +upon him by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He resigned, on +June 5th, 1877, his appointment at the Cathedral, after seventy +years’ connection therewith. Dr. Buck was twice +married—first to Miss Hansell, and secondly to Miss +Holloway, and left three sons.</p> +<p>11.—The British, Archæological Association opened +its congress at Yarmouth. Lord Waveney, as president, +delivered an inaugural address. The members of the Congress +visited Norwich on the 18th.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., having declined the invitation +of the Government to become a member of the Royal Commission +appointed to enquire into the depressed state of agriculture and +its causes, and believing that he could serve farmers better +another way, sailed on this date from Liverpool for America, in +the City of Montreal liner, in company with Mr. Albert Pell, +M.P. The object of the hon. gentlemen <a +name="page303"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 303</span>was to +collect, in the United States, information conducive to the +inquiry, and this duty they undertook as unpaid assistant +commissioners. They made a tour through the Western +agricultural regions of Manitoba, Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, +Kentucky, went south-west to Texas, and returned to Philadelphia +on November 26th. They thoroughly examined the system of +cultivation, transportation, and ocean shipment of provisions and +grain; they travelled an average of 120 miles each day, besides +making minute investigations; and in this work they were greatly +assisted by the St. Paul and Sioux City Railway, who gave them +the use of a special train for a week. They examined the +terminal and shipping facilities of the Pennsylvania railroad, +the American steamship line at Philadelphia, and the Abbatoir +Company’s arrangements for the shipping of live and dead +meat. After visiting Baltimore, Washington, and New York, +Mr. Read and Mr. Pell sailed for home on December 10th. Mr. +Read arrived in Norfolk on December 22nd, and was welcomed at +Wymondham station by Mrs. Read and several personal friends.</p> +<p>26.—The Town Clerk reported, at a meeting of the Norwich +Town Council, that the Norwich Improvement Act received the Royal +assent on July 22nd. Among the works which it enabled the +city to undertake was to remove Foundry Bridge and construct a +new one forty-five feet wide; to build a bridge across the Wensum +at St. Martin-at-Oak, and to exercise increased powers in the +sanitary administration and local government of the city.</p> +<p>30.—The death was announced, at Brussels, of Lord Gordon +of Drumearn, who, when Lord Advocate for Scotland, in 1867, was +returned as member of Parliament for the borough of Thetford.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>16.—The Norwich Town Council adopted a resolution +authorising the paving of the Provision Market with wood, at a +cost not exceeding £1,100. (<i>See</i> August 31st, +1880.)</p> +<p>—The improvement of Chapel Field, Norwich, was, after +many delays, ordered by the Town Council to be undertaken, at a +sum not exceeding £1,000, the cost to be charged to the +sanitary rate. On November 7th the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. +and Mrs. Bullard) and Mrs. Donald Steward planted the first of +the new trees. (<i>See</i> November 4th, 1880.)</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Died at Norwich, in his 70th year, the Rev. William +Grigson, M.A., for thirty-three years rector of Whinburgh and +Westfield. A son of Mr. Edward Harvey Grigson, of Saham +Toney, he was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and +married, in 1844, Margaret, third daughter of Mr. James Hales, of +Norwich. The first of his ancestors to settle in the county +was the Rev. William Grigson, M.A., rector of Hardingham, in +1584, and since that period they have continued to reside in +Norfolk, where they once held a large extent of landed +property. Mr. Grigson’s favourite studies were +archæology <a name="page304"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +304</span>and genealogy. As an authority upon the latter, +his assistance was sought from all parts of the kingdom, and his +name will always be remembered in connection with the +“Visitations of Norfolk,” of which work he was a +joint editor.</p> +<p>15.—Died at the Chantry, Norwich, in his 77th year, Mr. +G. Pinson, formerly Governor of Norwich Castle.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Knapton House, Sir Henry Robinson, K.B., in +his 76th year. He was a son of Mr. George Robinson, and +served for some years in her Majesty’s Bodyguard of +Gentlemen-at-Arms, of which he was appointed Standard-Bearer in +1840, and Lieutenant-Commanding in 1845. In 1842 he married +Lucy, daughter of Mr. W. D. Cooper-Cooper, of Toddington Manor, +Bedford.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference was opened at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, under the presidency of the Lord +Bishop. The proceedings were continued on the 7th.</p> +<p>10.—The Norwich Town Council, owing to political +differences, were unable to elect a Mayor. Mr. Willis was +nominated and declared elected, but refused to take office. +Mr. Philip Back having been appointed Sheriff, the meeting was +adjourned until the 22nd, when the Liberal party declining to +nominate, Colonel Bignold proposed Mr. Samuel Newman, who refused +to accept the position. Another adjournment was made to the +28th, when Mr. Harry Bullard declared his readiness, by accepting +the office for another year, to relieve the city of the stigma +cast upon it. The meeting then adjourned until December +2nd, when Mr. Bullard was re-elected.</p> +<p>18.—Mr. Frank Buckland and Mr. Spencer Walpole, +Inspectors of Fisheries, opened an inquiry at Cromer as to an +application for an Order prohibiting either entirely or subject +to such exceptions and restrictions as the Board of Trade might +determine, the fishing for and taking of small edible crabs and +berried hen lobsters. A similar inquiry was held at +Sheringham on the 19th.</p> +<p>20.—The Norwich Fat Cattle Show was opened at Chapel +Field, and was continued on the 21st and 22nd.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—Died at Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London, Mr. +John Unthank. The third son of Mr. William Unthank, of +Norwich, a solicitor in considerable practice and agent to Mr. +Coke, afterwards Earl of Leicester, he was born in 1798. In +1842 he was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn, and joined +the Northern Circuit, where, for several years, he practised as a +special pleader. In 1859 he was appointed a Master of the +Court of Queen’s Bench, and held the post until 1878, when +he retired, in consequence of ill-health.</p> +<p>7.—Died at 18, Bethel Street, Norwich, Mr. Frederick +Lawrence Phillips, journalist, for many years editor and part +proprietor of the “Norwich Argus.” Mr. +Phillips, who was sixty years of age, was <a +name="page305"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 305</span>originally +intended for the legal profession, but took to the stage, upon +which he achieved fair success, and married Miss Ellen Daly, a +prominent actress of her day. An unfortunate accident, +while playing Rob Roy, at Norwich Theatre, terminated his hope of +advancement in the theatrical profession. Confined to his +couch for some time, he employed himself in the study of +languages, and subsequently devoted himself to the translation of +tales and dramas, and to the production of original dramatic +works.</p> +<p>9.—The Rev. Osborne W. Tancock, M.A., of Exeter College, +Oxford, seventeen years master at Sherborne School, was appointed +master of Norwich Grammar School, in place of the Rev. Dr. +Jessopp, on his presentation to the rectory of Scarning.</p> +<p>18.—The marriage of William Heveagre Legge, Viscount +Lewisham, Member of Parliament for West Kent, eldest son of the +Earl of Dartmouth, with Lady Mary Coke, fourth daughter of the +Earl of Leicester, took place at Holkham.</p> +<p>25.—Died at Threxton, aged 68, Mr. Thomas Edward Walter +Barton. The Watton and Thetford Railway was originated +mainly through Mr. Barton’s instrumentality. His +favourite study was archæology, and he possessed a valuable +antiquarian collection and library.</p> +<p>26.—The Christmas pantomime produced at Norwich Theatre +by Mr. R. Hall was entitled, “Aladdin the Great.”</p> +<p>27.—Died at his residence, Upper Surrey Street, Norwich, +aged 68, Mr. Thomas Brightwell, a well-known solicitor, and clerk +to the Charity Trustees, in which office he was succeeded by Mr. +E. S. Bignold.</p> +<h3>1880.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>17.—Died at St. Giles’ Street, Norwich, in his +63rd year, Mr. Arthur Morris Foster Morgan, surgeon. He was +third son of Mr. Richard Morgan, actuary of the Norwich Union +Life Insurance Society, and after completing his professional +studies was appointed medical-officer of the Norwich Dispensary, +a post which he relinquished on entering into private +practice. Mr. Morgan was president of the Board of +Directors of the Norwich Equitable Fire Insurance Company, and +held several other public appointments. For twenty years he +was a member of the Corporation, and for some time was an +alderman of the city. In polities he was a Liberal.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>12.—Died at his residence, Stradsett Hall, near Downham +Market, Sir William Bagge, Bart., M.P. One of twins born on +June 17th, 1810, he was a son of Mr. Thomas Philip Bagge, and +priority of birth entitled him to the family estates, to which he +succeeded on the death of his father, on June 30th, 1827. +In 1833 he married Frances, <a name="page306"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 306</span>fourth daughter of Sir Thomas +Preston, Bart., of Beeston Hall, and two years after made his +entry into public life by acceding to a request to contest the +Parliamentary representation of West Norfolk, which had hitherto +been in undisturbed possession of the Whigs. In this first +attempt to break down the political monopoly exercised in the +division Mr. Bagge was unsuccessful; three years subsequently, +however, he and Mr. Chute were returned. In 1841 he and his +colleague were returned unopposed. In 1847 the Liberals +made another attempt, and succeeded in electing one of their +candidates, the Hon. E. K. Coke, but were unable to displace Mr. +Bagge from his position. In 1852 Mr. Bagge was joined by +Mr. G. W. P. Bentinck, and the contest resulted in an easy +victory over Mr. Hamond. It was deemed advisable by both +sides in 1857 to have a compromise, and Mr. Bagge, “from +private reasons, and a desire not to disturb the peace of the +county,” retired to make room for Mr. Gurdon, who, with Mr. +Bentinck, thereafter represented the division. At the +General Election in 1865 the Conservatives resolved to take the +entire representation, and Mr. Bentinck’s state of health +not allowing him to undertake the fatigue of a contest, Mr. Bagge +was asked to come forward with the Hon. T. de Grey. The +result was a large increase of Conservative strength and the +return of both candidates. In 1867 the honour of a +baronetcy was conferred upon Mr. Bagge, in recognition of his +valuable political services. Sir William was succeeded by +his eldest son, William Henry Ernest, who was born in 1840.</p> +<p>14.—A public meeting was held at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, for the purpose of making known in the county the +aims and objects of the Farmers’ Alliance. Mr. Henry +Birkbeck presided, and it was asserted that the society was +non-political. “Everything passed smoothly until the +hon. member for South Norfolk, Mr. C. S. Read, ventured to take a +different view from that of preceding speakers, and he was +subjected to persistent interruption by certain well-known +Liberal politicians.” Mr. J. Howard, president of the +Alliance, and Mr. J. W. Barclay, M.P. for Forfarshire, were among +the speakers.</p> +<p>17.—Two monster pike were captured in private waters in +the county. One, taken by Mr. Joseph English, of Upper St. +Giles’ Street, Norwich, weighed 30½ lbs., and +measured from the nose to the fork of the tail nearly 46 inches; +its girth was 24 inches, and the length of its head 13 +inches. The other, killed by Mr. Frank Thorns, of Exchange +Street, Norwich, was 47 inches in length, and 27 inches in girth; +its head from the tip of the lower jaw to the edge of the gill +covers was 13½ inches.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Yarmouth, Mr. James Henry Orde. He was +born in Jersey, graduated at Oriel College, Oxford, and was +appointed a clerk in the War Office through the influence of his +uncle, Lord Raglan. Mr. Orde was appointed private +secretary to General Peele, Secretary of State for War, and held +that office until 1859, when he went to Yarmouth, and devoted +himself to public affairs in that town. He married Margaret +Barclay, fourth daughter of Mr. Daniel Gurney, of North +Runcton.</p> +<p>24.—Died at Ber Street, Norwich, Mr. Samuel Richardson, +aged 73. He was well-known in scientific circles as a +geologist and antiquary, and as a contributor to various +periodicals.</p> +<p>25.—Died at his residence, the Upper Close, Norwich, Dr. +Edward <a name="page307"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +307</span>Copeman. For nearly half a century he occupied a +prominent position in the medical profession of East +Anglia. The eldest son of Mr. Edward Breese Copeman, +merchant, he was born at Great Witchingham on December 26th, +1809, and was educated at Trunch Grammar School, then conducted +by the Rev. W. Rees. He became a pupil of Mr. Arthur Brown, +of Norwich, on whose death he was transferred to Mr. J. G. +Crosse; he subsequently studied at St. George’s Hospital, +London, and became M.R.C.S. and L.A.C. in 1832. Soon +afterwards he was elected house-surgeon of the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, which institution he left to enter into general +practice with Mr. W. Taylor, at Coltishall. In 1848 he +returned to Norwich, and, having graduated as M.D. at Aberdeen +University, established himself in consulting practice. Dr. +Copeman was afterwards elected a Fellow of the Royal College of +Surgeons, became a member of the Royal College of Physicians, and +in 1871 was made a Fellow of that body. In 1851 he was +elected physician of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital; he was +also physician to the Norwich Eye Infirmary, the Norwich +Magdalen, and the Lying-in Charity, and was one of the founders +of the Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children, of which +institution he was the first physician. Dr. Copeman was a +magistrate of the city and a trustee of Doughty’s +Hospital. A frequent contributor to the medical literature +of the day, he was the author of several standard works, among +which were “A Treatise on Apoplexy,” “Records +of Obstetric Practice,” “Illustrations of Puerperal +Fever,” “Cerebral Diseases of Infancy,” +“A History of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital,” +&c.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>6.—A disastrous fire occurred at New Buckenham, in a +range of shops and private houses. Damage was done to the +amount of £3,000.</p> +<p>8.—Mr. William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst was returned +unopposed as the representative of the division of West Norfolk, +to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir William Bagge, +Bart., M.P.</p> +<p>16.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, the Town +Clerk reported the receipt of a letter from the Home Office, +informing him that the old City Gaol had been sold for +£7,505, and that, in accordance with the provisions of the +Prisons Act, the sum of £1,984 0s. 5d. was due from that +amount to the Corporation.</p> +<p>29.—Mr. Charles Dillon, “one of the few living +actors of the old school” commenced a twelve nights’ +engagement at Norwich Theatre. He was supported by Miss +Bella Mortimer. Among the plays produced were +“Richelieu,” “Othello,” “The +Merchant of Venice,” “The Gamester,” +“Much Ado about Nothing,” and +“Macbeth.” The last-named tragedy was performed +on Saturday, April 10th, on which occasion Mr. Dillon made his +final appearance on the Norwich stage. (<i>See</i> June +24th, 1881.)</p> +<p>30.—The nomination of candidates for the representation +of Norwich took place. The nominees were Mr. J. J. Column +and Mr. J. H. Tillett (liberals), sad Mr. Henry Harben, of +Seaford Lodge, Hampstead, and the Hon. F. W. B. +Massey-Mainwaring, 30, Grosvenor Place, London +(Conservatives). The potting on the 31st resulted as +follows: Colman, 6,549; Tillett, 6,512; Harben, 5,242; +Massey-Mainwaring 5,032.</p> +<p><a name="page308"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +308</span>31.—Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bart., and Mr. Clare +Sewell Read (Conservatives), and Mr. Robert Thornhagh Gurdon +(Liberal) were nominated candidates for the representation of +South Norfolk. The polling took place on April 6th, and the +counting of the ballot-papers was proceeded with at the +Shirehall, Norwich, on the 7th. “The result of the +first count was a dead heat between Mr. Read and Mr. Gurdon, the +numbers for both being 2,906. Mr. Read’s agent +demanded a second count, and on the clerks going through the +papers, one of them discovered a voting-paper for Buxton and +Read, on the back of which the voter, in distinct violation of +the Ballot Act, had inscribed his name. The rejection of +this paper made the numbers as between Mr. Read and Mr. Gurdon +2,905 and 2,906. Thus the seat was lost by one vote, and +the official return was made as follows; Buxton, 2,917; Gurdon, +2,906; Read, 2905.” A proposed petition against the +return of Mr. Gurdon was abandoned.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>3.—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Mr. Edward Birkbeck +were returned unopposed for the division of North Norfolk.</p> +<p>4.—The funeral took place at Langham of William Nelson, +who died at the age of 101 years 4 months.</p> +<p>8.—Mr. Kay, Q.C., was appointed third Chairman of the +Norfolk Court of Quarter Sessions.</p> +<p>—King’s Lynn election took place, and resulted as +follows: Sir W. ffolkes (Liberal), 1,286; the Hon. R. Bourke +(Conservative), 1,257; Lord Claud J. Hamilton (Conservative), +1,192; Mr. Frank Lockwood (Liberal), 1,151.</p> +<p>9.—Polling took place in the Western Division of +Norfolk, and resulted as follows: Mr. William Amhurst +Tyssen-Amherst, 2,671; Mr. G. Bentinck, 2,433; Mr. Anthony +Hamond, 2,304.</p> +<p>10.—Mr. Thomas Johnson Seppings, of Wormegay Grange, +Mayor of King’s Lynn, died suddenly when presiding at a +meeting of a Committee of the Corporation, held at the Town +Hall. Mr. Seppings was in his 69th year.</p> +<p>14.—Lord Walsingham was elected second Chairman of +Swaffham Quarter Sessions, in place of Sir William Bagge, +deceased.</p> +<p>23.—Mr. Bret Harte, the celebrated American author, +delivered, at Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, a lecture +descriptive of early Californian life, entitled, “The +Argonauts of ’49.”</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>3.—The Norwich City Asylum, at Hellesdon, built by +Messrs. Cornish and Gaymer, from plans by Mr. R. M. Phipson, was +formally handed over to the Committee of Visitors by the +contractors. The wards were designed for the accommodation +of 311 patients, and the total cost of the Asylum, including land +(£1,841), and building (£48,708) was +£62,159.</p> +<p><a name="page309"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +309</span>15.*—[Advt.] “The Erpingham +Coach-and-Four is now running every Tuesday and Saturday, calling +at the several parishes on the way. Times and fares can be +had at the Maid’s Head Hotel, Norwich, the +starting-place.”</p> +<p>17.—The Annual Moveable Committee of the Manchester +Unity of Oddfellows commenced its proceedings at King’s +Lynn, and was attended by 400 delegates.</p> +<p>19.—The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Yarmouth, in the +discharge his duties as Admiral-Superintendent of Naval Reserves +and Coastguards. In the evening his Royal Highness attended +a ball given by the officers of the Prince of Wales’ Own +Norfolk Artillery Militia, and left Yarmouth on the 21st.</p> +<p>21.—A meeting was held at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, +under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. H. Bullard), in +furtherance of the proposed new line of railway between Lynn, +Fakenham, and Norwich. Mr. Walrond Smith, C.E., stated the +details of the scheme, and a committee was appointed to promote +the progress of a Bill before Parliament. The Corporation +of Norwich had previously presented a petition against the +railway, but, on the promoters giving an undertaking to construct +a new road from Barn Road to a point in St. Martin-at-Oak Street, +to be carried over the Wensum by a bridge, the Town Council, on +May 26th, consented to the withdrawal of the petition. +Before the end of the year a more elaborate scheme was submitted +by the promoters, who suggested an extension of the line beyond +the intended terminus at North Heigham. It was to cross the +Wensum and pass beneath the Fakenham and Aylsham turnpikes to the +hamlet of Pockthorpe, to be again carried over the river near +Bishop Bridge, and to pass through the Lower Close and St. +Faith’s Lane to the Prince of Wales Road, where it was +proposed to erect a central station for the accommodation of +passengers, goods, and cattle. Application was made to the +Corporation to contribute £50,000 towards the cost of the +land required for this undertaking. The matter was +considered at a meeting of the Town Council on December 21st, +when the proposals generally, and the suggested contribution in +particular, were ridiculed. The Dean of Norwich, on behalf +of the Cathedral body and the inhabitants of the Close, wrote an +indignant protest against the contemplated intrusion upon their +privacy and injury to their property. The subject was +referred to the Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee, who, in due +course, condemned the scheme. (<i>See</i> March 31st, +1882.)</p> +<p>24.—The Sheriff of Norwich (Mr. Philip Back) revived the +observance of the Queen’s birthday, a custom which had been +in abeyance for some years, by giving a grand ball at St. +Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>27.—The headquarters of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons +arrived at Norwich Cavalry Barracks.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>3.—At a meeting of the Norwich Board of Guardians, a +series of resolutions and amendments on the subject of the +Boys’ Home and the education and industrial training of +pauper children was considered. Mr. Daynes moved that from +and after June 24th the Boys’ Home in <a +name="page310"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 310</span>St. +Faith’s Lane be discontinued, and the boys transferred to +the Workhouse, and that the Home be offered for sale. Canon +Copeman moved that it was desirable to provide education and +industrial training for the children of the poor apart from the +Workhouse. The amendment was adopted by 24 votes against +12.</p> +<p>3.—The centenary anniversary of the Yarmouth Monthly +Book Club was celebrated by a dinner held at the Crown and Anchor +Hotel. “In former days the custom was for each member +present at the dinner to propose the health of a lady. The +society was promoted by the Rev. Richard Turner, afterwards vicar +of the parish, who, at the first meeting, was elected honorary +secretary, and held that office fifty years. He was +succeeded by Dr. G. Penrice, who was followed by the Rev. Mark +Waters, B.A., in 1841. After the decease of that gentleman, +in 1864, the business was conducted by the Rev. Bowyer Vaux, who, +five years ago, resigned, and was succeeded by Mr. J. F. +Waters. The club is remarkable for its age, for having had +during its century of existence only five secretaries, and for +being still as flourishing as it was in its early +years.”</p> +<p>12.—A special meeting of the Norwich Diocesan +Conference, summoned by requisition, was held at Noverre’s +Rooms, Norwich, to consider the Burials Bill introduced by the +Government. The Conference adopted resolutions protesting +against the principle of the Bill, and suggesting certain +amendments thereto, the chief of which were that its provisions +should not extend to the consecrated parts of cemeteries nor to +churchyards to which land had been added by living donors, and +that the permissive clause as to the modification of services be +omitted.</p> +<p>14.—Died at North Runcton, Mr. Daniel Gurney, in his +90th year. He was for many years senior partner in the Lynn +and district banks of Messrs. Gurney and Co. Mr. Gurney was +a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and wrote some useful +essays on banking and “A Record of the House of +Gurney,” printed for private circulation. He was a +magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the county, and served the +office of High Sheriff in 1858.</p> +<p>15.—Died at St. Leonard’s Precincts, Mousehold, +Norwich, Mr. John Henry Druery, of the Middle Temple, +barrister-at-law. He was a member of the Antiquarian +Society of London, of the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological +Society, membre de la Société Française +d’Archæologie, &c.</p> +<p>—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, the corporate +seal was affixed to an agreement between the Ecclesiastical +Commissioners for England and the Corporation, for carrying into +effect the arrangement made in 1866 with the Dean and Chapter of +Norwich for conveying Mousehold Heath to the Corporation for the +purpose of public pleasure grounds. The proposal met with +strenuous opposition from the inhabitants of Pockthorpe, who +claimed the Heath as the property of themselves and their +successors, and asserted that while they were entitled to the +rents, rights, and profits, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had +no title whatever. (<i>See</i> June 21st, 1881.)</p> +<p>16.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was held at Downham Market, and was continued on the +17th. Mr. H. Villebois was president.</p> +<p><a name="page311"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +311</span>27.—The celebration of the centenary of the +Sunday School movement originated practically by Robert Raikes, +the newspaper editor, of Gloucester, commenced at Norwich with a +special service at the Cathedral and children’s services at +the parish churches. The proceedings of the week closed on +July 1st. The centenary was celebrated throughout the +county.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—Colonel Black, Chief Constable of Norfolk, resigned +his appointment, and received from the magistrates the highest +superannuation allowance permitted by law. On September +23rd Mr. Paynton Pigott, who, for six years, had been Deputy +Chief Constable, was elected to the vacant post. Colonel +Black, on his retirement, was presented with valuable +testimonials by the magistrates and the constabulary.</p> +<p>10.—A fifty miles walking match, for £20 a side, +took place at the Hop-pole Gardens, Norwich, between George +Parry, winner of O’Leary’s champion belt of the +world, at Chicago, and William Clarke, the Norfolk +champion. Heavy rainstorms occurred during the day, and at +times the track was flooded. Clarke left the path after +completing 40 miles, and Parry, who was three miles ahead, also +retired.</p> +<p>14.—The Duke of Norfolk visited Norwich, and presided at +an influential meeting held at St. Andrew’s Hall, on behalf +of the Eastern Counties’ Asylum for Idiots. The +principal streets of the city were decorated in honour of the +visit, peals were rung upon the bells of St. Peter Mancroft, and +his Grace was received at the hall by the Mayor (Mr. Harry +Bullard), the Sheriff (Mr. Philip Back), the Deputy Mayor. +(Mr. J. D. Smith), and other civic dignitaries. The Mayor +presented to the Duke an address of welcome, adopted on the +previous day by the Town Council, and afterwards entertained his +Grace and 200 guests at a <i>déjeuner</i>.</p> +<p>17.—The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture adopted a +resolution, moved by Mr. C. S. Read, expressing satisfaction with +the steps taken by the Government for the repeal of the Malt Tax +by the substitution of a beer duty, “as repeatedly +recommended by the chamber.”</p> +<p>22.—Died at Munich, three weeks after her arrival there +from London, Madame Anna Caroline de Belleville Oury, one of the +most distinguished pianists of her time.</p> +<p>24.—The 3rd and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle +Volunteers went into camp at Great Yarmouth, under the command of +Lieut.-Colonel Bulwer and Lieut.-Colonel Gurdon, M.P. The +total number of men under canvas was 1,301.</p> +<p>27.—The Norwich Town Council, on the motion of Mr. +George White, adopted the following resolution: “Several +months having elapsed since this Council requested the +Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee to consider the legal position +in which the Corporation stands with the British Gaslight +Company, and, considering the enormous interests at stake, the +Council urges upon the Committee the necessity of at once +reporting as to what steps, if any, they advise to be taken, in +order to relieve the citizens from the unjust and unnecessary +burdens imposed upon them through the extravagant charge <a +name="page312"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 312</span>made for +gas.” The Committee were also instructed “to +take into consideration the question of electric lighting, as +lately adopted by several corporations.” (<i>See</i> +August 30th, 1881.)</p> +<p>27.—A grand bazaar was held in Holkham Park, in aid of +the restoration fund of Wells church. The proceedings +realised a profit of £845.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Castle Rising, the Hon. Theophilus Howard, +second son of Charles John, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. +Mr. Howard entered into possession of the estate of Castle Rising +at the close of 1876, having received it by deed of gift from +Mrs. Howard, of Ashstead. By his succession this property, +which came into the possession of the Howard family in 1545, +again reverted to the Suffolk and Berkshire line, from which it +was separated by the death of Henry, twelfth Earl of Suffolk and +Berkshire, in the year 1779. Mr. Howard married Lady Audrey +Townshend, youngest daughter of the Marquis Townshend, in 1873, +and left two sons and two daughters. He was called to the +Bar in 1863, and in 1873 was appointed a Commissioner in Lunacy, +a post which he resigned in 1878. “He was the first +of the great Howard family who made Castle Rising his permanent +residence and home, for though the estate had been possessed by +the Howards since 1545 it was always as a political occupation +when Castle Rising was a Parliamentary borough, or as a temporary +residence for the shooting. Consequently, through the long +period of 335 years not one of the family is known to have died +there, and certainly none, with the exception of Mr. Howard, have +been buried in the parish church or churchyard.”</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>9.—At the Norwich Police Court, William Davies, of the +Army Hospital Corps, Henry Pritchard, and William Solly, privates +in the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, and Staff-Sergt. Alexander W. +Browne, Army Hospital Corps, were charged with attempting to kill +and murder John Smith, a private of the 17th Regiment of Foot, at +the Cavalry Barracks, on August 3rd. Smith had been left in +the military hospital by a detachment of the 17th, who had handed +the barracks over to the Inniskillings. Smith was suffering +from a loathsome disease, and it was alleged that the orderlies +of the dragoons and Davies, who had charge of him, with the +cognisance of Browne, stuffed up the fireplace of the ward with +straw, closed the windows and door, and placed plates of burning +sulphur upon the floor, for the purpose of suffocating him. +The man died a few days subsequently from the effects of the +disease from which he was suffering. The prosecution +alleged two motives against the prisoners—first, that some +of them were interested in a will made by Smith in their favour, +and, secondly, that they were desirous of getting rid of an +unpleasant patient. After several remands, the prisoners +were committed for trial at the Assizes. The case was heard +before the Lord Chief Justice on November 12th, when the jury +acquitted the prisoners. Sergt. Browne was shortly +afterwards promoted to the post of Acting Sergt.-Major in the +Army Hospital Corps at the North Camp, Aldershot, and headmaster +of the 3rd District Station Hospital.</p> +<p><a name="page313"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +313</span>16.—Mr. Traverner’s English Opera Company +commenced a six nights’ engagement at Norwich Theatre, in +the opera of “Martha.” The company included +Miss Annette Albu, Mdlle. Joyce-Maas, Mr. Michael Dwyer, Mr. +William Parkinson, and Madame Arabella Smythe.</p> +<p>—The annual meeting of the National Association of +Architects commenced at Norwich. Visits were made to +different parts of the county, for the inspection of the church +architecture of the district.</p> +<p>30.—The extension of the East Norfolk Railway from +Aylsham to Cawston was inspected by General Hutchinson, and was +opened for public traffic on September 1st.</p> +<p>31.—The Norwich Town Council received a report from a +special committee recommending a scheme for repairing the main +streets of the city with wood, at the cost of +£19,284. The scheme was adopted on September +15th. On October 13th Mr. Arnold Taylor, an Inspector of +the Local Government Board, held an inquiry at the Guildhall as +to an application by the Corporation for powers to borrow +£30,300 for street improvements and wood paving. It +was stated that of the amount named, £25,000 would be +required for the latter work. The Town Clerk reported, on +November 16th, that the Local Government Board had sanctioned a +loan of £25,000, repayable with interest within a period +not exceeding twelve years. (<i>See</i> January 22nd, +1883.)</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The Grantully Castle steamship, with Mr. and Mrs. +Gladstone on board, arrived in Yarmouth Roads. Mr. J. J. +Colman, M.P., and several members of the local Liberal party put +off in the steam-tug Meteor, and boarded the steamer. Mr. +A. Peaton read to the right hon. gentleman an address, conveying +to him the congratulations of the Liberal party in Yarmouth upon +his recovery from his recent severe illness. Mr. Gladstone, +who had most cordially received the deputation, returned thanks +in a characteristic speech.</p> +<p>—The staff of the Anchor Brewery, Norwich, to the number +of 650, were conveyed by special train to the Alexandra Palace, +by invitation of the head of the firm, Mr. Harry Bullard, Mayor +of the city.</p> +<p>17.—Died at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, aged 84, the +Right Hon. Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the +Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice. He was +elected High Steward of Norwich, an office which was abolished by +the Municipal Reform Act. Sir Fitzroy received three +years’ annuity to January 1st, 1839, and a life pension of +£48 a year.</p> +<p>18.—The appointment was announced of Dr. Horace Hill as +chorus-master of the Norwich Festivals.</p> +<p>21.—The Norwich Town Council appointed Dr. Bunnett City +Organist, at the salary of £50 per annum.</p> +<p>26.—Died at Aylsham, in his 86th year, Mr. Robert +William Parmeter, who held the office of Clerk of the Peace for +the county of Norfolk from 1842 to 1868, when he was succeeded by +Mr. Charles Foster.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Fawley Court, Buckinghamshire, Mr. Edward <a +name="page314"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 314</span>Mackenzie, +aged 69. He was a member of a family who were largely +identified with railway enterprises, especially in France, where +he resided sixteen years. Mr. Mackenzie’s connection +with Norfolk and Suffolk began in 1869, when he purchased the +estates of Thetford and Santon-Downham. “He is best +remembered by the public for his foundation of the British Orphan +Asylum at Slough.”</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>5.—A meeting of the Wells and Fakenham Turnpike Trustees +was held at Wells, for the purpose of letting the toll-gates for +a term of eleven months expiring on November 1st, 1881. The +trust would have ceased in 1876, but Mr. E. B. Loynes, clerk to +the trustees, was instructed to attend a Select Committee of the +House of Commons, to give information on the subject. This +resulted in a further period of five years being granted, and +certain restrictions and conditions were imposed to be observed +by the trustees. It was only in 1824 an Act was obtained +for making this road. “Under no conditions, however, +can the trust be maintained beyond November 1st, 1881, and +therefore after that date the Wells and Fakenham Turnpike Trust +will be a thing of the past.”</p> +<p>11.—Died at Unthank’s Road, Norwich, the Rev. John +Hallett, aged 57, for twenty-four years minister of the Old +Meeting House.</p> +<p>18.—The “Caste” Company, under the +management of Messrs. Robertson and Bruce, commenced a farewell +engagement at Norwich Theatre. Miss Cora Stuart (Mrs. T. W. +Robertson) made her first appearance on the Norwich stage.</p> +<p>22.—A new organ, erected at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, by Messrs. Bryceson Bros. and Ellis, Charlton Works, +Islington, was formally handed over by Mr. Hugh Barclay, on +behalf of the subscribers, to the Mayor (Mr. Harry +Bullard). The organ and its accessories cost +£1,874. The receipts amounted to £1,841, and +Mr. R. A. Gorell made up the deficiency by handing in a cheque +for £35. Dr. Bridge, organist of Westminster Abbey, +Dr. Bennett, and Dr. Gladstone played selections upon the new +instrument, and the Mayor entertained the large company present +on the occasion. The public opening of the organ took place +on the 23rd, when Dr. Bunnett gave the first recital of his +annual series.</p> +<p>26.—Died at Lowestoft, Mr. John Bathurst Graver-Browne, +of Morley Hall, aged 43. He was a son of Mr. John +Graver-Browne, by his wife Frances Bathurst, granddaughter of the +Bishop of Norwich, and married, in 1871, Frances Julia, daughter +of Sir Henry Stracey, Bart. Mr. Graver-Browne was a +magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of the county, and served the +office of High Sheriff in 1873.</p> +<p>29.—A dreadful disaster occurred at +Wells-next-the-Sea. The Eliza Adams lifeboat, manned by +thirteen men, capsized while going to a ship in distress, and +eleven of the crew were drowned. Great public sympathy was +expressed, and to the fund inaugurated for the relief of the +bereaved families the Royal National Lifeboat Institution +contributed £1,000.</p> +<h4><a name="page315"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +315</span>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—Chapel Field, Norwich, renamed Chapel Field Gardens, +was re-opened for the use of the public. This hitherto +neglected area had been tastefully laid out as a garden, and in +the centre was erected the wrought-iron pavilion manufactured by +Messrs. Barnards and Bishop, and exhibited by them four years +previously at the Philadelphia Exhibition. It was designed +by Mr. T. Jeckyll, and purchased for the city by public +subscription. The Mayor (Mr. Harry Bullard) performed the +opening ceremony, and after the band of the 6th Inniskilling +Dragoons had played the National Anthem, his worship entertained +a large company to luncheon at the Drill Hall.</p> +<p>—The Norwich Diocesan Conference commenced its sittings +at Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, under the presidency of the +Lord Bishop. The proceedings concluded on the 5th.</p> +<p>—Died at Tasburgh, Mr. Ernest H. Willett, only son of +Mr. Henry Willett, of Norwich. He was a well-known +cricketer, and although he fell away from the early promise of +his Radley days, did good service as captain of the county +eleven. With Mr. H. Birkbeck, jun., and the Rev. H. W. +Turner, Mr. Willett resuscitated the County Club, which played +its first match with Essex, at Brentwood, on July 28th and 29th, +1876.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Samuel Grimmer was elected Mayor, and Dr. Eade +appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>14.—Died at Stow Hall, Downham Market, Sir Thomas Leigh +Hare, Bart. Born July 18th, 1807, he was formerly captain +in the 2nd Life Guards, and afterwards captain in the West +Norfolk Militia. A magistrate and a Deputy Lieutenant for +Norfolk, he had served the office of High Sheriff.</p> +<p>18.—The annual exhibition of the Norfolk and Norwich +Christmas Show Association opened at the Drill Hall and Chapel +Field, Norwich, and was attended by the Patron, the Prince of +Wales, who arrived from Horstead Hall, where he had been staying +as the guest of Mr. Edward Birkbeck. His Royal Highness, +after leaving the show, was entertained to luncheon by Mr. and +Mrs. Colman, at Carrow House. The Prince, before returning +to Horstead, inspected the various departments at Carrow +Works.</p> +<p>20.*—“A final dividend of 9½d. in the pound +is announced in connection with the bankruptcy of Messrs. Harvey +and Hudsons, bankers, Norwich, who failed for upwards of +£1,700,000, in July, 1870. The total return to the +creditors has been 14s. 3½d. in the pound.” +(<i>See</i> December 3rd.)</p> +<p>22.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Melton +Constable, on a visit to Lord and Lady Hastings. Their +Royal Highnesses left on November 26th.</p> +<p>—The dead body of Henry Jonathan Minns, lay clerk at +Norwich Cathedral, and a well-known local tenor, was discovered +suspended by the neck upon a ladder in the presbytery triforium +over St. Luke’s chapel at the Cathedral. At the +adjourned inquest, held on the 26th, the jury returned a verdict +to the effect that deceased committed suicide while of unsound +mind. On the same day “a special service <a +name="page316"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 316</span>of +humiliation” was held at the Cathedral, when an address was +delivered by the Dean.</p> +<p>23.—The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Didlington Hall, on +a visit to Mr. W. A. Tyssen-Amherst, M.P., and left on the +26th. His Royal Highness was engaged in the inspection of +the Coastguard and Naval Reserves on the East Coast.</p> +<p>24.—A special choral service, in aid of the Choir +Benevolent Fund, was held at Norwich Cathedral. Members of +the choirs of her Majesty’s Chapels Royal, St. Paul’s +Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Ely, Norwich, and Peterborough +Cathedrals, Eton College, and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, +took part, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Swainson, +Canon of Chichester.</p> +<p>29.—The bells of Blofield church were re-opened, after +re-hanging by the Redenhall firm of bell-founders—Captain +Moore, Mr. Gervas Holmes, M.A., of Emanuel College, Cambridge, +and Mr. Mackenzie, C.E.</p> +<p>—The Conservative party at Lynn presented to Lady +Hamilton, wife of Lord Claud J. Hamilton, a valuable diamond +bracelet, and congratulated his lordship, who formerly +represented the borough, upon his election for Liverpool.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—Application was made in the Rolls Court for leave to +bring an action in connection with the Harvey and Hudsons +bankruptcy. It was alleged that a certain asset of the firm +(a life interest on property which had been sold by Mr. E. K. +Harvey to his brother, Sir Robert) was disposed of for a sum far +below its value; Messrs. Boswell and Baxter, wine merchants, who +were creditors of Messrs. Harvey and Hudsons, claimed that the +matter should be re-opened and re-adjusted. Divested of +technicalities, the claim of the plaintiffs, who sued for +themselves and other creditors of Sir R. J. Harvey’s joint +and separate estates, was to have the purchase of the life +interest by the defendants set aside, and to have the benefit of +the policies effected, and payment of the income arising from the +life interest which had been already received by the defendants, +after allowance had been made for the purchase-money and interest +of the premiums paid on the policies; and also the costs of the +suit. The Master of the Rolls granted the application to +December 9th. (<i>See</i> December 7th, 1882.)</p> +<p>8.—Trinity Wesleyan chapel, Dereham, the +foundation-stone of which was laid in the month of April, was +opened for public worship. The work, executed from designs +by Mr. Edward Boardman, architect, Norwich, cost, inclusive of +minister’s house, &c., £3,400.</p> +<p>15.—A new warehouse, erected at the cost of many +thousands of pounds, at Lynn docks, and stored with large +quantities of cotton seed, belonging to different merchants, was +destroyed by fire. The damage was estimated at +£15,000.</p> +<p>18.—At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the +county of Norfolk, held at the Shirehall, Norwich, the Chairman +(Mr. C. S. Read) reported an alarming outbreak of foot-and-mouth +diseases affecting 1,754 cattle, 1,640 sheep, and 66 pigs. +(<i>See</i> February 28th, 1881.)</p> +<p><a name="page317"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +317</span>24.—The Christmas pantomime produced at Norwich +Theatre by Messrs. Herbert and Collingwood was entitled, +“Robinson Crusoe and Harlequin Billee Taylor, or Man Friday +among the Afghans.” This was the last Christmas +pantomime performed at the Theatre. At Messrs. John Sanger +and Son’s Circus, on December 27th, was produced, +“Little Red Riding Hood, the Wicked Wolf, and the +Princess’s Fairy Garden Party.”</p> +<h3>1881</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>8.—Dr. F. E. Gladstone, it was announced, had resigned +the post of organist of Norwich Cathedral, upon receiving a +similar appointment at Christ church, Lancaster Gate, +London. He was succeeded by Mr. Frederic C. Atkinson, +organist of Manningham church, Bradford, a native of Norwich and +pupil of Dr. Buck.</p> +<p>12.—Winter set in with great severity, and during the +night upwards of six inches of snow fell. The frost was +intense. On the 17th the Yare was frozen over and +navigation stopped, and on the 18th an extraordinary snowstorm +and gale occurred. The thermometer registered 32 degrees of +frost, and the wind, which during the preceding night had veered +to the east, suddenly assumed the strength of a hurricane, which +raged for nearly twenty-four hours. “A velocity of +548 miles was recorded, a force very rarely experienced in this +part of the country.” Little snow fell until about +five o’clock in the afternoon, when the clouds discharged +themselves with a virulence almost unprecedented. From six +to eight inches of snow fell in a few hours, and in places there +were drifts ten feet in depth. The traffic on most of the +branch lines of the Great Eastern Railway was suspended nearly +twenty-four hours. The mail train from Norwich to +Yarmouth—four hours late—ran into a drift near +Buckenham, and remained embedded six hours. The use of five +engines and the efforts of sixty men proved unavailing, and there +was no alternative but to take the train back to Norwich. +Many of the roads being impassable, the mail-cart drivers +abandoned their journeys. Terrible shipping disasters +occurred off Yarmouth; thirteen vessels were wrecked, and nearly +fifty lives lost. The surf lifeboat was capsized a few +yards from the shore, and of the crew of ten who were entangled +in the tackle beneath the craft six were drowned. From the +14th to the 21st never once did the thermometer rise above +freezing-point. On the 26th the temperature rose to 38 +degrees, and rain fell on the 27th.</p> +<p>17.—Prince’s Street Sunday schools and Lecture +Hall, Norwich, were opened, as an adjunct to the Congregational +church. The fine block of buildings was designed by Mr. +Edward Boardman, architect, and erected by Messrs. Downing and +Sons, at the cost of about £12,600.</p> +<p>24.—The National Skating Association held a race-meeting +on Wroxham Broad. Fixed originally for the 18th, but +postponed in consequence of the gale, it was attended, amongst +other competitors, <a name="page318"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +318</span>by George (“Fish”) Smart, Champion of +England, W. (“Turkey”) Smart, and many prominent Fen +skaters.</p> +<p>28.—Killed at the battle of Lang’s Nek, South +Africa, aged 21, Lieut. Robert Hamond Elwes, Grenadier Guards, +<i>aide-de-camp</i> to Sir G. Pomeroy Colley. He was the +eldest son of Mr. Robert Elwes, of Congham House, near +King’s Lynn.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>9.—A squadron of the 3rd Hussars arrived at Norwich +Cavalry Barracks, from Colchester.</p> +<p>14.—The comic opera, “Les Cloches de +Corneville,” was performed at Norwich Theatre for the first +time by a company under the management of Mr. Charles +Bernard. A company of children presented the same opera at +the Theatre on March 28th.</p> +<p>28.—In accordance with a resolution adopted at a meeting +of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture on the 26th, a deputation +waited upon Earl Spencer, President of the Privy Council, when +Mr. C. S. Read, as president of the Chamber and Chairman of the +Executive Committee of the County, expressed, on behalf of +Norfolk agriculturists, the desire that, in view of the +prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease, greater restrictions should +be observed in regard to store cattle, and that a certain +relaxation should be made in the case of fat cattle, which, it +was proposed, should be sent direct from licensed sales and +markets to slaughter-houses, to be killed within four days. +It was also suggested that the Privy Council should prohibit the +importation of live animals from countries where they knew +disease existed. A further deputation, headed by the Mayor +of Norwich (Mr. S. Grimmer), interviewed Earl Spencer on March +25th, with the view of obtaining such relaxation of the Orders in +Council as to permit the sale of store stock at Tombland +Fair. A fresh outbreak of the disease occurred in the +autumn, and on October 28th the county authority passed a +resolution affirming that, notwithstanding its recurrence, the +time had not arrived for the closing of the markets; that should +the Privy Council consider it necessary to stop the spread of the +disease by closing the store stock markets, such order should not +take effect before the first week in December; that the existing +regulations for preventing the importation of diseased cattle +from foreign countries were entirely insufficient, and that until +more stringent regulations were in force the system of closing +markets was vexatious. (<i>See</i> January 7th, 1882.)</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>8.—The Spring Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was held at Lynn, but the change of venue resulted in +a very small entry.</p> +<p>19.*—“Died, a few days ago, in a modest dwelling +in Yarmouth, Charles Crawshay Wilkinson, the inventor of +perforated sheet stamps. The Government offered a very +handsome reward for a contrivance by which postage and other +stamps might be most easily separated. Mr. Wilkinson, then +only a working-man, in the service of a distinguished <a +name="page319"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 319</span>firm, +exercised the considerable technical knowledge and natural +cleverness he possessed, and constructed a perforating machine +similar to those now in use. This success was made known to +his employers, who presented him with a sum for the invention, +but obtained the credit for it, and also the large reward +offered. The inventor gained a competency by his industry, +went to Yarmouth, and lived happily in retirement. With the +exception of intimate friends, very few knew him as the real +originator of a device which had benefited countless millions of +people.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.*—“Mr. Edward Ebenezer Kay, Q.C., of Thorpe +Abbots, near Scole, has accepted the Judgeship vacant by the +retirement of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Malins. He does +not become Vice-chancellor, but simply one of the Judges of the +High Court of Justice.”</p> +<p>18.—The National Fisheries Exhibition was opened at the +Drill Hall, Norwich, by the Prince of Wales. His Royal +Highness, who was accompanied by the Princess of Wales, Prince +Leopold, the Lord President of the Privy Council and the Countess +Spencer, Sir W. Vernon Harcourt and Lady Harcourt, his Excellency +Count Dannesekjold-Samsoë, Count Frijs-Frijsonborg, Lord and +Lady Charles Beresford, Mr. Mundella, M.P., and Sir Philip +Cunliffe Owen, arrived from Wolferton at Thorpe station at 12.20, +and was received by the Mayor (Mr. S. Grimmer), the Sheriff (Dr. +Eade), and the Deputy-Mayor (Mr. Harry Bullard). The +Artillery Volunteers supplied a guard of honour in the station +yard, and the Royal visitors were escorted by a detachment of the +3rd Hussars. At the Drill Hall, where the Rifle Volunteers +mounted a guard of honour, their Royal Highnesses were received +by the President of the exhibition (Mr. Edward Birkbeck, M.P.) +and other officials. The President presented an address to +the Prince of Wales, who replied, and declared the exhibition +open. The Mayor afterwards entertained their Royal +Highnesses and a distinguished company to a +<i>déjeuner</i> at St. Andrew’s Hall. At four +o’clock the Royal party returned to Thorpe station, whence +they proceeded to Wolferton. The exhibition, which was +promoted by the Norfolk and Suffolk Fish Acclimatization Society, +remained open until May 7th, was visited by 70,000 persons, +exclusive of exhibitors and their assistants, and nearly +£2,800 was received for admission. Several +distinguished scientists delivered lectures at the Prince’s +Street Lecture Hall—Professor Huxley on “The +Herring,” on April 21st; Mr. Edward Jex, on “Deep Sea +Fisheries,” on April 22nd; Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, on +“Fish-eating Birds,” on April 25th; and Mr. H. N. +Moseley, naturalist to the Challenger Expedition, on +“Deep-sea Dredging,” on April 28th. On the last +day of the exhibition, Earl Ducie distributed the prizes and +diplomas to the exhibitors.</p> +<p>19.—A meeting of the members of the Norfolk Chamber of +Agriculture and of farmers and agriculturists residing in West +Norfolk was held at the Town Hall, Lynn, under the presidency of +Mr. C. S. Read, when a resolution affirming “that the +present state of the agricultural interest demands the serious +attention of the Government of the country” was unanimously +adopted. In compliance with a letter addressed to the +parochial clergy by the Lord Bishop, services <a +name="page320"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 320</span>of +humiliation and of intercession for a plentiful harvest were held +throughout the diocese during the last week of May.</p> +<p>26.—On the occasion of the funeral of Lord Beaconsfield, +flags were displayed at half-mast on the churches and public +buildings of Norwich, muffled bells were tolled, and many +business establishments were partially closed. A funeral +sermon was preached at the Cathedral by Canon Heaviside.</p> +<p>28.—Died, in his 84th year, Mr. Brampton Gurdon, of +Letton Hall and Grundisburgh Hall, Suffolk. He was the +eldest son of Mr. Theophilus Thornhagh Gurdon, of Letton, and in +1855 served the office of High Sheriff. In 1857 Mr. Gurdon +was elected unopposed one of the members for the Western division +of the county, and was again returned, with Mr. Bentinck, in +1859. He retained the seat until July, 1865, when he and +Sir Willoughby Jones were defeated by Mr. Bagge and the Hon. T. +de Grey. Mr. Gurdon married the Hon. Henrietta Susannah, +daughter and co-heiress of the first Baron Colborne, of West +Harling Hall.</p> +<p>29.—Charles Monsey, a superannuated Excise officer, +murdered his wife at Worstead, by inflicting wounds upon her head +with a hatchet. At Ipswich Assizes, before Mr. Justice +Hawkins, on May 9th, affidavits were produced as to the insanity +of the accused, and the trial was postponed. Monsey was +afterwards detained as a criminal lunatic.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>7.—The Census returns for Norwich were published on this +date, as follow:—Houses: Inhabited, 19,777; uninhabited, +1,011; building, 246. Persons: Males, 40,281; females, +47,560; total, 87,841.</p> +<p>29.—Died at Hoveton House, the Rev. Thomas John Blofeld, +vicar of the parish, aged 74. He was educated at Eton and +Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1829. +Ordained in 1830, he was for a short time vicar of Old Sodbury, +Gloucestershire, and exchanged the living for the rectory of +Drayton and Hellesdon. Mr. Blofeld was rural dean of the +deanery of Taverham, which he resigned, with the rectory of +Drayton, in 1851, on his appointment to the living of +Hoveton. He married, in 1834, Catherine Charlotte, daughter +of the Rev. Anthony Collett, of Heveningham, Suffolk, by whom he +had three sons and a daughter. Mr. Blofeld was an active +county magistrate, chairman of the visiting justices of the +County Gaol, an auditor of the county accounts, and a Deputy +Lieutenant. For many years he was one of the most able and +energetic of the leaders of the Conservative party in North +Norfolk. In his youth he was a great oarsman, was stroke of +the Trinity boat, and one of the founders of boating on the +Cam. With a taste for outdoor pursuits, he was a keen and +skilled naturalist, and a sportsman of the best type.</p> +<p>30.—Died at Les Avants, the Rev. Herbert Pelham, aged +26, curate of St. Philip, Heigham, and youngest son of the Bishop +of Norwich. “He had been staying at Gleion, in +Montreaux, on the banks of Lake Geneva, with his brother, the +Rev. Sidney Pelham. In the morning, at four o’clock, +both brothers left their hotel for a walk amongst the mountains, +aiming at a point which they reached at seven +o’clock. After resting half an hour, they began to +descend. Not more than <a name="page321"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 321</span>ten minutes had elapsed after their +starting, when, on a grassy slope, Mr. Sidney Pelham, who was in +front, heard a rushing sound, and perceived that his brother was +falling head foremost down a cliff some 240 feet in +extent.” On hurrying to the spot he found the body +motionless, and a surgeon who was summoned pronounced that death +had been instantaneous. Great public sympathy was expressed +in Norwich and the diocese, and many resolutions of condolence +were sent to the Bishop.</p> +<p>31.—Died at his residence, at Thorpe, Norwich, Mr. +William Howlett, aged 78. He had been an alderman and town +councillor. Identified with the musical profession, Mr. +Howlett had rendered very valuable assistance to the funds of +many of the Norwich charities.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>8.—The new section of the Yarmouth and North Norfolk +Railway, between Stalham and North Walsham, was inspected by +Major-General Hutchinson, R.E., and was opened for passenger +traffic on the 13th. A public dinner to commemorate the +event was held, under the presidency of Mr. C. S. Read, at the +King’s Arms Hotel, North Walsham, on the 15th.</p> +<p>9.—The Prince of Wales arrived at Yarmouth, and +inspected the Norfolk Artillery Militia on the South Denes. +The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, arrived in the +evening, and on the 10th inspected the Militia, and the 2nd +Norfolk Artillery Volunteers.</p> +<p>21.—The Norwich Town Council granted to the promoters of +the proposed Agricultural Hall the lease of a piece of land 174 +feet long by 103 feet wide, for a term of seventy-five years, +commencing September 29th, 1881, at an annual ground rent of +£100, subject to the promoters expending at least +£7,000 for the erection of the building thereon. +(<i>See</i> March 25th, 1882.)</p> +<p>—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a scheme for +the regulation and management of Mousehold Heath was +adopted. On June 24th, at Norwich Quarter Sessions, eleven +persons were indicted for committing damage to certain roadways +on the Heath, the property of the Corporation. The case was +adjourned to the October Sessions. In the High Court of +Justice, on July 29th, before the Master of the Rolls, +application was made for an injunction to restrain the +“Pockthorpe Committee” and others from dealing in any +way with Mousehold Heath. The injunction was granted. +At the October Sessions, the prosecution was withdrawn, on the +ground that the injunction had been obeyed by the +defendants. (<i>See</i> June 5th, 1883.)</p> +<p>22.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Wymondham, and closed on the +23rd. The Earl of Kimberley presided at the public +luncheon.</p> +<p>24.—Died, in his 64th year, the Rev. Thomas Lyon +Fellowes, vicar of Honingham and East Tuddenham, and Hon. Canon +of Norwich Cathedral. He was a son of the Rev. J. Fellowes, +rector of Shotesham, took a great interest in agriculture, and +was for many years chairman of the Executive Committee of the +Norfolk Agricultural Association. Mr. Fellowes gave +valuable assistance to the Norfolk and Norwich Christmas Show +Association, and was a renowned breeder <a +name="page322"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 322</span>and +successful exhibitor of poultry. He married Miss Reeve, of +Lowestoft.</p> +<p>24.—Died, suddenly, at Hawick, N.B., where he was +fulfilling an engagement, Mr. Charles Dillon, the well-known +actor. Mr. Dillon, who was in his 62nd year, was a native +of Diss, and first appeared upon the provincial stage, where he +acquired considerable reputation as an elocutionist and exponent +of legitimate drama. He made his first appearance on the +London stage at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, and subsequently +became lessee and manager of the Lyceum Theatre. Mr. +Dillon’s last appearance in London was in September, 1878, +and in Norwich on April 10th, 1880.</p> +<p>29.—An extensive fire occurred at Carrow Works, and +resulted in the destruction of a pile of lofty buildings.</p> +<p>30.—The wards of that portion of the new Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital known as the pavilion and central administrative +block having been completed for the reception of patients, were +opened. Mr. Edward Boardman was the architect of the +building. Mr. T. H. Wyatt, of London, was originally +associated with him, but, by the failure of his health and +subsequent death the whole of the work devolved upon Mr. +Boardman. (<i>See</i> August 20th, 1883.)</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>9.—The Norwich Rifle Volunteers, under the command of +Lieut.-Colonel Boileau, proceeded by special train to Windsor, +and took part in the Volunteer review before her Majesty the +Queen in the Great Park. On the return journey the train by +which they travelled dashed into a train of empty carriages at +Egham. The accident delayed the return of the Volunteers, +who reached Norwich at four o’clock on the morning of the +10th.</p> +<p>19.—The Strumpshaw Hall estate was sold, at the Royal +Hotel, Norwich, by Messrs. Spelman, for £33,145, exclusive +of timber.</p> +<p>—Died at Ipswich, Mr. John Worlledge, Chancellor of the +Diocese of Norwich, and for twenty-four years Judge of the +Suffolk County Court circuit. Mr. Worlledge, who was in his +72nd year, was a son of Mr. John Worlledge, of Chevington, and +was educated at Felstead Grammar School and Trinity College, +Cambridge, where he graduated fourth wrangler in 1831. +Called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1838, he became well +known as a pleader on the Norfolk Circuit, and was appointed +Chancellor of the Diocese in April, 1871.</p> +<p>26.—Died at Oulton, Mr. George Thomas Borrow, author of +“The Bible in Spain,” “Lavengro,” and +other works. “The deceased was in his usual health up +to the afternoon of the 25th, when he complained of feeling +unwell, and was assisted to bed. On the following morning +he was found dead in bed.” The writer of the obituary +notice, after stating that Borrow was a son of Captain Borrow, +Adjutant of the West Norfolk Militia, and was born at East +Dereham in 1803, records several more or less familiar incidents +in his career, and concludes a summary of his literary work with +the remark: “His most important book was ‘Romano +Lavo-Lil,’ a vocabulary of the English gipsy language, +which represents the labour of many years, and was published in +1874.”</p> +<p><a name="page323"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +323</span>30.—The 3rd and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle +Volunteers went into camp at Yarmouth, under the command of +Lieut.-Colonel Bulwer and Lieut.-Colonel Gordon, M.P.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—The first Norwich Cricket Week commenced on the +Lakenham Ground.</p> +<p>3.—North Walsham pariah church was re-opened, on the +completion of the new roof to the nave. The work was +carried out at the cost of £2,208, by Messrs. Cornish and +Gaymer, under the direction of Mr. J. B. Pearce, architect, of +Norwich.</p> +<p>13.—Died at Bilney rectory, the Rev. Henry Collison, +aged 89. Mr. Collison, who was one of the oldest clergymen +of the Church of England, was the eldest surviving son of Mr. +Nicholas Cobb Collison, a merchant of London, by his marriage +with Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Peter Stoughton, of +Wymondham. He was formerly chaplain of the King’s +Bench Prison, of the old Marshalsea in the Borough, and of the +Court of the Palace of Westminster. For some time he served +as military chaplain at the Cape of Good Hope, and afterwards +held the rectory of Bilney for nearly half a century. Mr. +Collison married, in 1851, Harriett Mary, younger daughter of Mr. +Thomas Abel Ward, of Watford, Herts.</p> +<p>30.—The Norwich Town Council, who had erected two +electric lights in the Market Place, decided to extend the system +experimentally to several of the principal streets, at a cost not +exceeding £400, for twelve months. (<i>See</i> April +24th, 1883.)</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—Mr. Thomas Calthorpe Blofeld, who had been appointed +to the office of Chancellor of the Diocese of Norwich, rendered +vacant by the death of Mr. Worlledge, presided for the first time +at the Norwich Consistory Court, and received the congratulations +of the officials.</p> +<p>8.—The Church of England portion of Wymondham Cemetery +was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich, and a dedicatory +service was held by the Nonconformists in that part of the +burial-ground appropriated to their use. The entire cost of +the Cemetery, including the chapels, designed by Mr. Edward +Boardman, of Norwich, was £2,000.</p> +<p>20.—The Norwich Town Council adopted a resolution of +condolence with the American nation on the death of President +Garfield.</p> +<p>29.—Sidestrand church was consecrated by the Bishop of +Norwich. “In 1846, owing to a landslip, caused by the +action of the sea, considerable anxiety was felt for the safety +of the old church, and a fund was started with the object of +removing it to another site. About £300 was +contributed, but as there seemed no immediate necessity to remove +the church, the money was invested, and it was not until +November, 1880, that the vestry definitely decided to build the +new church. With accumulated interest, the original fund +amounted to £850, and the balance of the cost of removal +and restoration, which is now over £2,000, has been +generously provided by the lord of the manor, Mr. Samuel Hoare, +who also gave the site.”</p> +<h4><a name="page324"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +324</span>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>4.—The church of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, was +re-opened after restoration, at the cost of £7,500. +The contractor was Mr. G. E. Hawes, and the architect Mr. G. E. +Street. The Restoration Committee decided to proceed with +the work upon the tower, and a special appeal was made to the +citizens to assist the completion of this great +undertaking. (<i>See</i> January 11th, 1882.)</p> +<p>11.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. The +<i>artistes</i> included Madame Albani, Miss Mary Davies, Mrs. +Osgood, Madame Patey, Madame Mudie-Bolingbroke, Mr. Edward Lloyd, +Mr. Barton McGuckin, Mr. Santley, Mr. Frederic King, and Mr. +Brockbank. Mr. Alberto Randegger conducted for the first +time. The following productions were included in the +programme: 11th, evening, “St. Paul”; 12th, morning, +“The Martyr of Antioch”; evening, +“Faust”; 13th, morning, “St. Ursula” +(Cowen), composed expressly for the Festival, and Racine’s +“Athalie”; evening, grand operatic and ballad +concert, including “The Sun Worshippers,” composed +for the Festival by A. G. Thomas; 14th, morning, “The +Messiah”; evening, operatic and ballad concert, including +“The Harvest Home,” composed expressly for the +Festival by J. F. Barnett.</p> +<p>14.—A hurricane, which prevailed throughout Great +Britain, did great damage in the towns and villages of +Norfolk. Many fine trees were uprooted, and houses +unroofed; railway signal-boxes were blown down, and several +shipping disasters occurred along the coast.</p> +<p>18.—The jubilee anniversary of the Eldon Club, formed in +1831, was celebrated at the Bell Hotel, Norwich, when the members +dined under the presidency of Lieut.-Colonel Bignold.</p> +<p>21.—A girl, named Hannah Brett, was brutally murdered at +Saham Toney, by an ex-convict, named Henry Stebbings. At +the Norfolk Assizes, on February 9th, 1882, before Mr. Justice +Grove, he was found guilty and sentenced to death, but was +respited, on the ground of homicidal mania.</p> +<p>23.—Died at Woking, Sir William Henry Ernest Bagge, +Bart., of Stradsett Hall, aged 41. In default of issue, he +was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only brother, Commander +Alfred Thomas Bagge, R.N.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Salhouse church was re-opened, after restoration at +the cost of £2,100.</p> +<p>3.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference met at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, and the proceedings were +continued on the 4th. A special meeting was held on +December 19th, to consider proposals for the revision of the +Education code.</p> +<p>—The Ven. Archdeacon Nevill was elected vicar of St. +Peter Mancroft, Norwich, on the resignation of the Rev. Sidney +Pelham.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. William Hunter was elected Mayor, and Mr. J. J. +Winter appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p><a name="page325"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +325</span>10.—Died at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, +aged 53, Edmund Stephen Weller, formerly of the 16th +Landers. As colonel’s trumpeter, he sounded the +famous charge of the regiment at Aliwal, on January 28th, +1846.</p> +<p>15.—The squadron of the 3rd Hussars marched from +Norwich, for Aldershot. The headquarters of the 7th Dragoon +Guards, commanded by Colonel Colin Campbell, arrived on the +17th. “Since the regiment was last quartered here, +Captain Mollyneaux, a former officer, obtained from the Tower of +London and presented to the regiment a pair of kettledrums +captured by the 7th at the battle of Dettingen, in +1743.”</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>17.*—“A line of wire has been suspended between +Messrs. Morgan’s Brewery, King Street, and Mousehold House, +the residence of Mr. W. H. Hackblock, who is a member of the +firm.” This is the first record of a telephone wire +erected in Norwich. The line was constructed by the United +Telephone Company.</p> +<p>19.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holkham, +on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester.</p> +<p>26.—For the first time for many years there was no +pantomime at Norwich Theatre. The Christmas attraction was +the appearance of Mr. George Loveday’s London Folly +Company, in Paul Merritt’s “Rough and Ready” +and Pinero’s “Hester’s Mystery.” +The company included Messrs. John Billington, E. D. Ward, E. W. +Garden, Misses Ada Mellon, Emily Thorn, Eliza Johnstone, +&c. At John Sanger and Son’s Circus, on Castle +Meadow, was produced the equestrian spectacle, “Dick +Whittington and his Wonderful Cat.”</p> +<h3>1882.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>7.—Great discontent was caused among the agriculturists +of the county by the issue of a Privy Council Order directing the +closing of the markets for the sale of store stock, owing to the +recurrence of foot-and-mouth disease. At a meeting of the +Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, a resolution was adopted and +forwarded to Earl Spencer, declaring “that the severe +restrictions imposed on the sale of cattle in the county were +uncalled-for, and that a heavy penalty inflicted upon all persons +moving diseased cattle would be a sufficient protection from +disease.” On the 14th Mr. Edward Birkbeck, M.P., +presided at a large meeting held at Norwich Corn Hall, at which +resolutions were adopted protesting against “harassing and +unnecessary restrictions, entailing serious loss upon the farming +community”; and on the 18th a deputation appointed by the +meeting waited upon Earl Spencer, with the object of obtaining +relaxation of the restrictions. An important conference of +the local authorities and Privy Council inspectors was held on +the 21st, to discuss the state of the cattle lairs <a +name="page326"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 326</span>at Trowse +and Lakenham, when it was resolved that as the local authorities +had done all in their power to check the spread of the disease +through the lairs, the Privy Council be requested to take such +further steps as might seem desirable. On the 28th a +telegram was received from the Privy Council, stating that the +Order relating to the sale of fat beasts had been so far relaxed +as to permit animals that had been offered at a public sale in a +place not infected being sent within six days to the Metropolitan +markets; and on February 17th the “London Gazette” +announced that the restrictions in Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk +had been removed. Another outbreak occurred in December, +and on the 9th of that month Norwich market was closed in respect +to the sale of fat cattle. On the same day a large meeting +of farmers, graziers, and dealers was held, under the auspices of +the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, for the purpose of supporting +an application made by Mr. Birkbeck, M.P., to the Vice-President +of the Privy Council (Mr. Mundella), “that other than the +Metropolitan market be opened to fat cattle sold on Norwich Hill +and at the cattle sales held in the county.” On +December 23rd it was announced that the authorities of the county +and city were taking energetic measures to stop the sale of store +stock unless the animals had been on a farm or premises fourteen +days, and persons were appointed to watch the movements of +animals, with the view of detecting any evasion of the Privy +Council Order. (<i>See</i> March 17th, 1883.)</p> +<p>10.—Mr. J. L. Toole appeared with Mr. G. Loveday’s +London Folly Company at Norwich Theatre, and continued his +performances on the 11th, 12th, and 13th. His characters +were Barnaby Doublechick (“Upper Crust”), Spriggins +(“Ici On Parle Français”), Paul Pry, Tom +Cranky (“Birthplace of Podgers”), Caleb Plummer +(“Dot”), and Tittums (“The +Steeplechase”).</p> +<p>11.—An “Old English Fair,” in aid of the +restoration fund of the church of St. Peter Mancroft, was opened +at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, and continued on the 12th +and 13th. A total profit of £1,880 10s. 6d. resulted, +and by the first week in March the required +sum—£4,000—for the completion of the work had +been raised. (<i>See</i> April 29th, 1883.)</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>13.—Died at his residence, Unthank’s Road, +Norwich, the Rev. George Gould, minister of St. Mary’s +chapel, aged 63. Mr. Gould was a native of Bristol, and, on +entering the Baptist ministry, took charge of the Abbey church, +Abbey street, Dublin. Thence he removed to Exeter, and in +the spring of 1849 succeeded the Rev. W. Brock in the Norwich +pastorate. He was president of the Baptist Union in +1879–80, chairman of the Norwich School Board, and for +several years a governor of the Grammar School and Commercial +School. Mr. Gould was very decided in his religious and +political opinions, and firm in upholding them; in private life +he was greatly esteemed.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>1.—A fine steamer, named the Levadia, of Newcastle, +bound from Shields to Alexandria, with coals, was wrecked on the +Middle Cross <a name="page327"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +327</span>Sand, five miles off Yarmouth. Several men were +drowned by the upsetting of one of the ship’s boats, others +who had lashed themselves to the masts of the vessel perished +from cold and exposure, and of the crew of twenty-five a solitary +survivor, Thomas Sewell, a Yarmouth man, was rescued by the +Gorleston lifeboat.</p> +<p>2.—Mr. Arthur H. Mann, B.Mus., of New College, Oxford, +organist at King’s College, Cambridge, whose exercise, +“Ecce Homo,” had been performed on the previous day +in the Sheldonian Theatre, was admitted to the degree of Doctor +of Music.</p> +<p>7.—The first Good Friday performance of “The +Messiah,” took place at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich. Mr. F. W. B. Noverre was leader of the band, Dr. +Bunnett organist, and Dr. Hill conductor.</p> +<p>21.—The Norwich Town Council adopted a memorial to the +Secretary of State for War, in which the War Office was +petitioned to retain Norwich as a cavalry station. The +Mayor, Sheriff, and the members of Parliament for the city, on +May 5th, waited upon the Secretary of State for War, and urged +the retention of cavalry headquarters in the city, in addition to +its being made the brigade depot of the Norfolk Regiment. +(<i>See</i> March 24th, 1883.)</p> +<p>25.—The Spring Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was held on the Lakenham Cricket Ground, Norwich.</p> +<p>—The Earl of Leicester performed the ceremony of laying +the foundation-stone of the Norfolk and Norwich Agricultural +Hall, at Norwich. On April 27th, in the High Court of +Justice, Chancery Division, before the Vice-Chancellor, Sir C. +Hall, application was made on behalf of Mr. Philip Back for an +injunction against the Corporation of Norwich and the +Agricultural Hall Company, Limited, to restrain them from +erecting the hall, on the ground that the Corporation had no +power to let the land, which had been dedicated from time +immemorial to fairs and markets. The hearing was adjourned +until May 20th, when the Court refused the application; and on +November 11th it was announced that Mr. Back had consented to +abandon the action. (<i>See</i> November 16th.)</p> +<p>31.—In the House of Commons, the opposition of the Dean +and Chapter and other residents in the Cathedral Close, Norwich, +to the invasion of the precincts of the Cathedral by the Lynn and +Fakenham Railway Company was successful, the company being +compelled, by the strong feeling expressed against the proposed +route, to withdraw that portion of their Bill affecting the +Close.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>14.—The last sections of the line of railway from +Wroxham to the Wells branch of the Great Eastern Railway Company, +by which the union of East and West Norfolk was effected, was +inspected, on its completion, by Major-General Hutchinson. +The line was opened for traffic on May 1st.</p> +<p>15.—A party of about twenty members of the North Walsham +and Aylsham Agricultural Association started from Norwich on a +trip to Holland, the expenses of which were defrayed by Mr. +Samuel Hoare and Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart. They arrived +at Rotterdam on the <a name="page328"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 328</span>16th. In the course of the +tour much valuable information was obtained regarding the Dutch +systems of agriculture and dairying.</p> +<p>18.—The portrait of Mr. Harry Bullard, to which fifteen +hundred persons subscribed, in recognition of his eminent +services to the city, was hung in St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich. It was painted by Mr. Frank Holl, A.R.A.</p> +<p>22.—A county meeting, in furtherance of the movement +originated by the Prince of Wales for establishing a Royal +College of Music, was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +under the presidency of the Earl of Leicester.</p> +<p>25.—Mary Ann Plunkett, aged nineteen, was murdered at +Mill Hill, Catton, by a youth of twenty-two, named William George +Abigail, who shot her in the head with a revolver. He was +tried at Ipswich Assizes, before Mr. Baron Pollock, and sentenced +to death. The execution was carried out at Norwich Castle, +by Marwood, on May 22nd.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>13.—The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture discussed the +financial proposals made by Government with regard to the +maintenance of highways. The following motion, by Mr. C. S. +Read, was adopted: “That this Chamber approves of the +principle of relieving local rates by applying some special taxes +towards the repair of main roads, but considers the proposals of +the Government are no sufficient remedy for the extra cost of +maintenance of main roads, and expresses its disappointment that +a contribution of only £250,000 from the Imperial finances +can be given in aid of local rates without the imposition of +additional taxation.”</p> +<p>17.—Cardinal Manning addressed a great meeting at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, in furtherance of the principle of +Local Option. His Eminence, on August 30th, again visited +Norwich, and at the Victoria Hall addressed the members of the +Roman Catholic temperance society—the League of the +Cross.</p> +<p>21.—Died at his house in Grosvenor Square, London, +William Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton. His Grace was the +eldest son of Henry, fifth Duke, by Mary Caroline, third daughter +of Admiral the Hon. George Cranefeld Berkeley. He was born +on August 4th, 1819; served as an <i>attaché</i> of the +British Legation at Naples in 1841, and represented Thetford in +the House of Commons from 1847 to 1863. In politics his +Grace was a Whig of the old school.</p> +<p>31.—The new Town Hall at Yarmouth was opened by the +Prince of Wales. After the ceremony, at which a loyal +address was read on behalf of the burgesses by the Recorder (Mr. +Simms Reeve), the Mayor (Mr. C. C. Aldred) entertained his Royal +Highness and a distinguished company to luncheon. On June +1st the Prince of Wales inspected the Norfolk Artillery, and left +the town on June 2nd.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—A sacred and operatic concert was given at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, under the direction of Sir Julius +Benedict, in aid of the <a name="page329"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 329</span>funds of the Jenny Lind Infirmary +for Sick Children. The performers included Madame Blanche +Cole, Miss Lucy Franklein, Madame Alice Barth, Mr. Faulkner +Leigh, Mr. Aynsley Cook, &c., and the band and chorus were +composed of the opera company performing at the Theatre Royal and +of the members of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival Choir.</p> +<p>2.—At Norwich Theatre was produced Sir Julius +Benedict’s romantic opera, “The Lily of +Killarney,” under the personal direction of the +composer. The performance was repeated on the 3rd.</p> +<p>22.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Norwich, in the grounds of Mr. A. R. +Chamberlin, Ipswich Road, and was continued on the 23rd. +Mr. Henry Birkbeck presided at the public luncheon.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>2.—The Right Rev. Samuel Crowther, D.D., Bishop of the +Niger district of Africa, preached at St. Giles’ church, +Norwich, and at the Cathedral. Originally an African +slave-boy, he was the first Bishop of the negro race, and at the +time of his visit to Norwich was 70 years of age.</p> +<p>8.—It was announced that Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., +had resigned the senior chairmanship of the Norfolk Quarter +Sessions, to which position he was elected in October, +1856. On October 19th, Mr. J. R. Bulwer, Q.C., M.P., +Recorder of Cambridge, was elected to fill the vacancy.</p> +<p>22.—The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle +Volunteers went into camp at Yarmouth, under the respective +commands of Lieut.-Colonel H. E. Buxton, Lieut.-Colonel Bulwer, +and Lieut.-Colonel R. T. Gurdon, M.P.</p> +<p>24.—Bishop Pelham, who, on June 11th, completed the +twenty-fifth year of his episcopate, received at the Palace, +Norwich, a congratulatory address from the clergy of the several +archdeaconries. (A portrait of his lordship, painted by Mr. +W. Owles, R.A., was presented to him on October 18th, 1883.)</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—The officers of the 7th Dragoon Guards were +entertained to luncheon at the Guildhall, Norwich, by the Mayor +(Mr. W. Hunter), prior to the departure of the regiment for +active service in Egypt. The right wing left Trowse station +on the 4th, and sailed from the South West India Docks, in the +Egyptian Monarch, on the 5th. The left wing proceeded from +Trowse to Southampton on the 6th. On the departure of the +cavalry, the Barracks were temporarily occupied by a detachment +of the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, from Colchester. In +September the citizens sent a petition to the Secretary of State +for War, asking that the 7th Dragoons might be permitted to +return to Norwich, but the authorities were unable to accede to +the request.</p> +<p>12.—The first reference was made to the commencement of +operations in Norwich by the Salvation Army, who had +“secured St. Giles’ Hall, formerly the Skating Rink, +and converted it into suitable <a name="page330"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 330</span>quarters.” Frequent +complaints of nuisances created by the “Army” were +from time to time addressed to the magistrates. +“General” Booth made his first visit to Norwich on +September 9th.</p> +<p>23.—Mr. J. J. Henley and Dr. Airey, Local Government +Board Inspectors, opened an inquiry at Norwich Workhouse into +certain cases of alleged injury from vaccination reported to the +Department by Mr. Ralph Lee Bliss. Eight definite cases +were submitted, and in each the operation had been performed by +the public vaccinator (Dr. Guy), at the vaccination +station. Six of these cases were investigated. +Subsequently five other cases were submitted, but only two were +the subject of inquiry, the others being private cases, into +which the Inspectors had no power to enquire. The inquiry +concluded on September 4th. The Commissioners, in their +report, dated October 21st, stated that no blame was to be +attached to the public vaccinator as to the performance of his +duties; “but we think,” they added, “he should +discontinue the use again and again of the same ivory points, and +we consider it was an error of judgment on his part to continue +vaccination attendance while he was daily visiting cases of +erysipelas, without taking more than ordinary precautions to +guard against the spread of infection.”</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—A three weeks’ mission, in furtherance of the +Blue Ribbon movement, was commenced in Norwich by its founder, +Mr. Francis Murphy. The new pledges taken during the +mission numbered 10,000, and upwards of 15,000 blue ribbons were +distributed.</p> +<p>—The express service from the Eastern Counties to +Doncaster was opened by the Great Eastern Railway Company, over +their own and the Great Northern joint line.</p> +<p>5.—The coming of age of Mr. Russell J. Colman, eldest +son of Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P., was celebrated by a dinner given +in the grounds of Carrow House, to between 3,000 and 4,000 of the +<i>employés</i> at Carrow Works.</p> +<p>9.—The death was recorded of Mr. John Laffan Hanly, +proprietor and editor of the “Levant Times,” at +Constantinople, at the age of 48. Mr. Hanly was for some +time chief reporter on the <span class="smcap">Norfolk +Chronicle</span>, and subsequently editor of the +“Lincolnshire Chronicle.”</p> +<p>13.—The French fishing lugger, La Reine des Anges, +deeply laden with herring, was wrecked on the Middle Cross Sand +off Yarmouth, and of her crew of eighteen, ten were drowned.</p> +<p>17.—Special thanksgivings were offered in the churches +in Norwich “for the glorious success achieved by our arms +at Tel-el-Kebir, with the consequent collapse of the rebellion of +Arabi and the prospect of the restoration of peace in +Egypt.”</p> +<p>24.—Died at Yarmouth, Mr. Charles John Palmer, +F.S.A. He was Mayor of the borough in 1835, 1854, and 1855, +and was very zealous in promoting various local undertakings, +among which was the restoration of the parish church. Mr. +Palmer was the author of several antiquarian works, the best +known of which is his “Perlustration of Great +Yarmouth.”</p> +<p>27.—The coming of age of Mr. Edward Evans Lombe, eldest +son of the Rev. Henry Evans Lombe, was celebrated at Bylaugh +Park.</p> +<h4><a name="page331"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +331</span>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>21.—Died at East Dereham, Mr. George Alfred Carthew, +F.S.A., M.A., aged 75. Mr. Carthew, who was known +throughout the kingdom as an able archæologist, contributed +many valuable papers to the journals of learned societies. +He was the author of “A History of the Hundred of +Launditch,” and of a similar work, passing through the +press at the time of his death, on the topography, +archæology, genealogy, and biography of East and West +Bradenham, Necton, and Holme Hale. He had vast stores of +curious information, acquired in the course of a life-long study +of matters illustrating the history of the county in ancient +times. He was a descendant of the old Cornish family of +Carthew, a member of which, Thomas Carthew, of Canalidgy, +married, in the year 1685, Mary Colby, of Banham. Mr. +Carthew helped to found the Norfolk and Norwich +Archæological Society, and to establish its position among +the learned societies of the kingdom.</p> +<p>24.—An inquiry, directed by the Charity Commissioners +for England and Wales, under the Endowed Schools Act, 1869, was +opened at the Guildhall, Norwich, by Mr. C. H. Stanton, into the +matter of the endowments commonly known as the Grammar School of +the foundation of King Edward VI., the Commercial School of the +same foundation, the Boys’ Hospital, the Girls’ +Hospital, and Norman’s Charity. Many prominent +citizens made statements before the Commissioner, who closed his +inquiry on the 25th. (<i>See</i> August 11th, 1883.)</p> +<p>26.—A remarkable case of somnambulism occurred on this +date. A girl of seventeen, employed as general servant by a +shopkeeper at Felthorpe, after retiring to rest at nine +o’clock, got out of bed, and, having put on a dress and a +pair of boots, climbed out of the bed-room window, and, without +waking, reached the ground by groping along the roof of a lean-to +shed. She then walked to Cawston, a distance of five miles, +and was found about four o’clock in the morning sitting +fast asleep on the doorstep of her father’s house. +She was stiff, cold, and speechless, and on being restored to +warmth and consciousness, stated that she had no recollection +whatever of having left her bed.</p> +<p>28.—A severe gale, accompanied by wrecks and loss of +life, occurred on the Norfolk coast.</p> +<p>—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Lindley, +James Charles Edwards, 37, solicitor’s clerk, pleaded +guilty to forging certain documents. The prisoner read a +written statement, in which he said, “A love for pictures +was my ruin, a craving desire and mania to possess myself of +something better than my neighbours gradually developed, until at +last it became a madness with me.” He was sentenced +to ten years’ penal servitude.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference was opened at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich. The sittings concluded on +the 3rd.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Charles Rackham Gilman was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Samuel Newman appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>16.—The new Agricultural Hall at Norwich was opened by +the Prince of Wales, on the occasion of the first exhibition held +within the building by the Norfolk and Norwich Christmas Show +Association. <a name="page332"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +332</span>Among the distinguished company who received his Royal +Highness were the Earl of Leicester, the Marquis of Hamilton, the +Earl of Rosebery, Lord Walsingham, Lord Hastings, Lord Claud +Hamilton, the High Sheriff, the Mayor of Norwich and Mrs. Gilman, +&c. The Prince of Wales, having declared the hall open, +made a tour of the show, and subsequently attended a meeting in +the Farmers’ Room, at which the recently-formed +Prisoners’ Aid Society was inaugurated. [The +Christmas Show has since been held annually at the hall in the +month of November.]</p> +<p>17.—The Rev. W. L. Blackley, rector of North Waltham, +Hampshire, author of “Essays on the Prevention of +Pauperism,” delivered an address at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, on his scheme of “national insurance or +compulsory providence.” On the 18th Mr. Blackley +addressed a second meeting, held at Noverre’s Rooms, under +the presidency of Lord Walsingham.</p> +<p>21.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Merton +Hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Walsingham.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—The opening of the Norwich extension of the Lynn and +Fakenham Railway, completed on November 21st, was celebrated by a +<i>déjeuner</i> given at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +by the contractors, Messrs. Wilkinson and Jarvis. Sir +William ffolkes, Bart., presided over the large and +representative gathering.</p> +<p>7.—The action, Boswell <i>v.</i> Coaks, came before Mr. +Justice Pearson. His lordship stated that he was intimately +acquainted with one of the defendants, and suggested that the +action be taken elsewhere. All parties agreed, and the +trial was consequently deferred. (<i>See</i> February 26th, +1883.)</p> +<p>18.—A large portion of Gunton Hall, the seat of Lord +Suffield, was destroyed by fire.</p> +<p>—An important public meeting, presided over by the Mayor +(Mr. C. R. Gilman) was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, at which +resolutions were adopted in favour of the entire prohibition of +the use of drag-nets in the Yare and Wensum.</p> +<p>26.—Messrs. T. W. Robertson and H. Bruce’s Company +appeared at Norwich Theatre, in the farcical comedy, “The +Guv’nor.”</p> +<p>28.—A meeting of the clergy and laity of the diocese was +held at the Clerical Rooms, Norwich, at which Dean Goulburn +moved, “That the proposed memorial to Dr. Pusey, embodying +as it does a scheme for the purchase of his library and the +appointment of clergy of the Church of England as librarians, who +shall devote themselves to theological research and instruction, +and to the help and counsel of junior members of the University, +deserves the cordial and earnest support of all +Churchmen.” The motion was adopted, and a committee +appointed to obtain funds towards the establishment and +maintenance of the proposed memorial.</p> +<p>29.—Woodbastwick Hall, the seat of Mr. Albemarle Cator, +was destroyed by fire, involving the loss of about +£40,000.</p> +<h3><a name="page333"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +333</span>1883.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>6.—Died at Norwich, Mr. William Henry Daly, solicitor, +aged 30. Mr. Daly was nephew of Mr. Frederick Lawrence +Phillips, editor of the “Norwich Argus.” Upon +the death of Mr. Phillips, he assumed for a short time the +editorial control of the “Argus.” Mr. Daly, who +was a man of brilliant attainments, and had before him a very +promising career, had been a member of the Norwich Town Council, +and was solicitor to the Norfolk and Norwich Licensed +Victuallers’ Association.</p> +<p>12.—Professor Huxley, F.R.S., Inspector of Fisheries, +held a public inquiry at Cromer, as to the desirability or +otherwise of granting an order under the provisions of the +Fisheries (Oyster, Crab, and Lobster) Act, to continue or vary +the existing Order, dated February 2nd, 1880. A similar +inquiry was held at Sheringham. As the result of the +evidence, the Order was renewed and made more stringent.</p> +<p>16.—The Norwich Tramways Bill, promoted by the Hallidie +Patent Cable Tramways Corporation, Limited, was reported upon by +the Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee of the Norwich Town +Council, who recommended “that, in consequence of the +nuisance and discomfort caused by their construction and +working,” a petition be presented against the Bill in its +entirety. The discussion was adjourned until the 22nd, when +an amendment, “That the Bill be opposed only so far as to +protect the interests of the citizens,” was negatived by 25 +votes to 18. The recommendation of the Committee was +thereupon adopted, and the company ultimately abandoned the +scheme. (<i>See</i> November 16th, 1886.)</p> +<p>22.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, it was +reported that the wood-paving scheme had been completed. An +area of 75,638 yards had been laid, at the total cost of +£24,036 17s. 10½d. The scheme was subsequently +extended to districts in which special application was made by +the ratepayers.</p> +<p>29.—The first of the touring pantomime companies +appeared at Norwich Theatre—Messrs. Sheridan and +Watkin’s Company, in “Little Red Riding Hood,” +originally produced at Yarmouth Theatre.</p> +<p>30.—The centenary anniversary of the Norwich Public +Library was celebrated by a <i>conversazione</i>, given by the +President (Mr. C. E. Noverre), the Vice-President (Mr. T. Muir +Grant), and the ex-President (Mr. Bosworth Harcourt).</p> +<p>31.—The Great Yarmouth Golf Club was formed, at a public +meeting held in that town. The game had for some months +previously been played on the Denes.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>6.—M. Guilmant, the celebrated French organist, gave +organ recitals at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. He +revisited the city on December 18th.</p> +<p><a name="page334"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +334</span>9.—A meeting under the auspices of the Marriage +Law Defence Union was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +under the presidency of Mr. H. S. Patteson. Earl Percy, +Earl Beauchamp, the Right Hon. A. J. R. Beresford Hope, M.P., and +the Rev. Dr. Badenoch were announced to speak. The +proceedings were very disorderly, and ultimately the promoters of +the meeting were compelled to vacate the platform. The +opposing party thereupon proposed and adopted resolutions in +favour of legalising marriage with a deceased wife’s +sister.</p> +<p>14.—At the Guildhall Police Court, Norwich, Mr. Joseph +Stanley, solicitor, was charged, on the information of Edward +Burgess, described as a printer and publisher, with assaulting +him. The defendant, it was alleged, met the complainant in +London Street, and, producing a riding-whip from beneath his +coat, struck him several blows across the face. The assault +was admitted, and defendant pleaded, in mitigation, that he +horsewhipped the complainant in consequence of certain statements +published by him in a paper called “Daylight.” +The Bench inflicted a fine of one shilling, and declined to make +an order as to costs. This was the first of a remarkable +series of cases arising directly or indirectly from the +publication of the print above referred to. At Norwich +County Court, on February 21st, before the Judge (Mr. E. P. +Price, Q.C.) and a jury, William Hammond, “otherwise E. +Field and Co.,” brought an action against Edward Burgees +and J. A. Burgis, the proprietors of “Daylight,” for +an alleged libel. The action was originally entered for +trial in the High Court of Justice, the plaintiff laying his +damages at £1,000, but it was remitted to the County Court, +on the application of the defendants, on the plaintiff failing to +give security for costs. Mr. Horace Brown was for the +plaintiff (who did not appear), and Mr. Montague Williams for the +defendants. The case was partly heard when Mr. Brown said +that, having regard to what had transpired, he did not think it +right to ask the jury for damages. A verdict was therefore +entered for the defendants. On February 24th, Arthur +Ventnor, artist, of Bridewell Alley, was charged at the Police +Court with wilfully breaking the plate-glass windows at the +office of “Daylight,” and doing damage to the amount +of £20. The defendant was committed for trial at the +Quarter Sessions, held on April 3rd, before the Recorder (Mr. W. +J. Metcalfe, Q.C.). It was urged on behalf of the defendant +that he had broken the windows owing to a caricature of himself +being exhibited therein. The Grand Jury made the following +presentment: “We consider that considerable provocation was +given to Mr. Ventnor by the exhibition of the caricature before +he broke the windows.” The Recorder, who deplored the +publication of such a paper, addressing the defendant, said, +“The sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned for +three hours, which means that you have been in the dock a great +deal too long already, and that you now be discharged. Who +is to pay the costs of this prosecution? Not the public, +certainly, but the people who provoke other people to smash their +windows.” The verdict was received with great +applause by a crowded court. At the Police Court on April +23rd, Messrs. Burgess and Burgis appeared in answer to an +information laid by Lewin Samuel, clothier, of St. Giles’ +Street, for publishing in “Daylight” a defamatory +libel of and concerning him. This was a criminal +prosecution, on the fiat of the Public Prosecutor. The +defendants alleged in their paper that the complainant and his +brother were “Jew money-lenders, who sold up the homes of +hard-working men and the <a name="page335"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 335</span>beds from under women and children, +and extorted 150 per cent. and more, interests for small +loans.” The case was sent for trial at the +Assizes. The defendants appeared before Mr. Justice Day, on +August 9th. After the case had been part heard, Mr. Horace +Brown, counsel for the prosecution, asked leave to +withdraw. His lordship granted the request, and remarked +that Mr. Brown’s client “had attained his object in +having the character of his business thoroughly exposed to the +public.” The defendants were then discharged.</p> +<p>26.—The trial of the action. Boswell <i>v.</i> +Coaks, commenced before Mr. Justice Fry. On the fifth day +of the trial, March 12th, his lordship gave judgment. In +his opinion, he said, the plaintiff’s case had failed, and +he dismissed the action, with costs. Later in the day the +judge remarked that there was a certain point in the case which +he had not appreciated, and ordered the action to be restored to +the paper as part heard. At the further hearing, on March +19th, his lordship said he adhered to the view which he +previously expressed, and pronounced judgment unreservedly in +favour of the defendants, who were entirely acquitted of the +charge against them. On June 19th an appeal was entered +against the decision of Mr. Justice Fry. (<i>See</i> May +19th, 1884.)</p> +<p>27.—Hengler’s Grand Circus, the first exhibition +of the kind given in a permanent building in the city, was opened +at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>—At a meeting held at the Globe Hotel, Lynn, under the +presidency of Sir William ffolkes. M.P., Mr. A. C. +Fountaine, of Narford Hall, was selected master of the West +Norfolk Foxhounds, in place of Mr. Anthony Hamond, who had hunted +the hounds for eighteen years. At the suggestion of the +Prince of Wales, a fund was inaugurated for the purpose of +presenting Mr. Hamond with a testimonial upon his +retirement. The presentation took place at Sandringham, on +December 1st, when a large number of the subscribers were +entertained to breakfast by his Royal Highness, who handed to Mr. +Hamond “his portrait in oil, mounted upon his favourite +hunter, with the huntsman, Bob Claydon, and the whips, H. Browne +and F. Clayden, in attendance.” The picture was +painted by Mr. Samuel Carter, who was born upon the Westacre +estate.</p> +<p>—The new railway from Acle to Yarmouth was inspected by +Major-General Hutchinson, and shortly afterwards opened for +traffic.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>6.—A strong gale and high tide occurred at +Yarmouth. Many of the houses on the Marine Parade were in +danger of being flooded. Many thousands of fish were killed +in the Yare by the ingress of salt water.</p> +<p>—The Mayor and Mayoress of Norwich (Mr. and Mrs. C. R. +Gilman) attended the launch, at Hull, of a new steamer, the +Norwich, built by Messrs. Earle’s Shipbuilding Company, for +the Great Eastern Railway Company’s service between Harwich +and Antwerp. The Mayoress performed the ceremony of naming +the vessel.</p> +<p>10.*—“Lieutenant M. W. M. Edwards, 2nd Battalion +Highland Light Infantry, son of Mr. H. W. B. Edwards, of +Hardingham, has been <a name="page336"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 336</span>presented by the Queen with the +Victoria Cross, for conspicuous bravery, displayed by him at the +battle of Tel-el-Kebir.”</p> +<p>11.—A remarkably high tide took place at Lynn. The +waters overflowed not only the quays, but the high banks of the +river, a circumstance unprecedented for at least half a +century. The lands reclaimed by the Norfolk Estuary Company +from the bed of the old river were flooded to the extent of 400 +acres. The low-lying streets of the town were inundated by +the overflow from the river and “flats,” and by +sewage driven up through the gullies. At Wells the waters +overflowed the quay and entered the adjacent houses.</p> +<p>17.—It was announced that the Privy Council had granted +licences for the sale of store sheep at Tombland Fair, on March +2nd. Norwich Cattle Market was opened for the sale of fat +and store stock on April 7th, under certain conditions. +(<i>See</i> January 5th, 1884.)</p> +<p>22.—The Spring Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was held on the Old Cricket Ground, Lakenham.</p> +<p>24.—A public subscription was inaugurated to enable the +city of Norwich to purchase a site for the erection of brigade +depôt barracks for the Norfolk Regiment. The War +Office, it was announced, had agreed to retain the Cavalry +Barracks on condition that the city provided a site for the +infantry depôt. On July 24th the War Office intimated +their acceptance of the site on Plumstead Road, which was +purchased at the cost of £1,600.</p> +<p>26.—The accomplished young tragedienne, Miss Alleyn, +made her first appearance at Norwich Theatre in the character of +Juliet, with a company under the management of Mr. Charles +Bernard. Among her other impersonations during the +engagement were Marguerite Gauthier (“Woman’s +Love”), Lady Teazle, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Rosalind, +Pauline, Iolanthe (“King René’s +Daughter”), and Portia. Miss Alleyn was described as +“incomparably the best actress seen on the Norwich stage +within the last thirty years.”</p> +<p>30.—Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone passed through Lynn +railway-station, on their way to Sandringham, to visit the Prince +and Princess of Wales. “Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone +travelled in a first-class carriage, and on the arrival of the +train they were apparently asleep. Mr. Gladstone, however, +soon woke up, and immediately one of his admirers, in the form of +a ‘working-man,’ proceeded to the carriage window and +introduced himself as one of his supporters, and thereupon shook +hands with the Premier. On Sunday morning (April 1st), some +prominent members of the Liberal party in Lynn received +fictitious invitations to lunch with Mr. Gladstone at +Sandringham, the envelopes in which the notes were enclosed +bearing the postmark of that village.” The visit +terminated on April 2nd.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>11.—Mr. Melton Prior, special artist of the +“Illustrated London News,” delivered at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, a pictorial lecture on the Egyptian +War.</p> +<p>13.—A specially-invited company visited Carrow Works, +Norwich, to witness the lighting of the premises for the first +time with the electric <a name="page337"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 337</span>light installed by the Hammond +Electric Light and Power Supply Company. The machinery in +the printing works was, for the first time, driven by electric +power.</p> +<p>18.—The parish church of Wells-next-the-Sea, rebuilt at +the cost of £10,000, after the destruction of the original +building by lightning, on August 3rd, 1879, was opened. Mr. +Herbert Green, of Norwich, was the architect, and Mr. S. C. +Parmenter, of Braintree, Essex, the contractor.</p> +<p>20.—Died at Bank Street, Norwich, aged 48, Mr. R. T. +Culley, Coroner for the County of Norfolk, to which office he was +appointed in June, 1878, after discharging for sixteen years the +duties of Deputy Coroner.</p> +<p>21.*—“Major-General Seager died the other day, at +Scarborough, aged 71. General Seager rose from the +ranks. He was regimental sergeant-major of the 8th Hussars +when that regiment was stationed in Norwich in 1840, and formed +an attachment for a young lady residing in the Close, whose +parents interfered and stopped the further progress of the +engagement, which they would hardly have done could they have +anticipated the career which lay before the disdained young +sergeant-major. Though in the ranks, he was the son of a +Liverpool merchant. He won his honours and promotion in the +Crimea and in the Indian Mutiny. For the former he was +‘specially mentioned’ for his bravery in the heroic +Balaclava charge, when he broke through the Russian lines, for +which he was made captain.”</p> +<p>22.—A porpoise was killed in the Yare at Buckenham +Ferry. “A capture of this kind is unparalleled on the +river Yare. It is supposed the fish came up on the night of +the 21st, with the strong flood tide.”</p> +<p>24.—The Norwich Town Council decided to discontinue the +experimental lighting of the city with the electric light. +In the House of Commons, on August 1st, a Bill to confirm a +provisional order of the Board of Trade, in reference to electric +lighting at Norwich, was considered, and reported to be read a +third time.</p> +<p>29.—The Mayor and Corporation of Norwich attended the +re-opening service at St. Peter Mancroft church, on the +completion of the great work of restoration. The sermon was +preached by the Bishop of Liverpool. “By means of the +liberal donations of Messrs. Gurney and Co., the twelve bells +have been repaired and re-hung, three houses which stood on the +churchyard have been purchased and taken down, and the +accumulated soil has been removed from the church walls and the +churchyard levelled.”</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>3.—Mr. Hugh Aylmer’s herd of shorthorns was sold +at West Dereham, by Mr. John Thornton. The cows and heifers +(55 lots) averaged £69 11s. 3d., and the bulls (18) +£72 14s. 10d. The total amount realised was +£5,108 5s.</p> +<p>3.—A meeting of the freeholders in the Norwich district +was held at the Shirehall, under the presidency of the High +Sheriff (Colonel W. E. G. L. Bulwer), for the nomination of +candidates for the office of County Coroner. Mr. John +Furness, solicitor, of Forncett, was nominated <a +name="page338"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 338</span>by Sir +Francis Boileau, and seconded by Mr. C. S. Read; and Mr. Joseph +Stanley, solicitor, of Norwich, was proposed by Mr. Fred Bullard, +and seconded by Mr. John Hotblack. The show of hands was +declared to be in favour of Mr. Stanley; whereupon a poll was +demanded on behalf of Mr. Furness. The election took place +on May 7th, and the result was declared as follows: Stanley, 707; +Furness, 628. The last contested election for the County +Coronership took place in 1827.</p> +<p>8.—The first steam fire-engine for the use of the city +was tested in Norwich Market Place. It was purchased for +£600, partly contributed by the Norwich Union Fire Office, +and partly subscribed by the public.</p> +<p>26.*—“The Queen has been pleased to approve the +1st City of Norwich and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Norfolk Rifle +Volunteer Corps to be known respectively as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, +and 4th Volunteer Battalions of the Norfolk Regiment regular +force.”</p> +<p>27.—Died at his residence, St. Andrew’s Broad +Street, Norwich, Mr. James Harcourt, aged 64, formerly +choirmaster of the Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival. He +was a pupil of Mr. Pettet, a musician of great local repute, and +organist of St. Peter Mancroft and St. Stephen’s +churches. Mr. Harcourt succeeded to his master’s +position at St. Peter’s, on its being relinquished by Mr. +Critchfield, also a pupil and the successor of Mr. Pettet. +He held that post for twenty-seven years. On the death of +Mr. Hill he was chosen Festival choir-master, and was also +conductor of the Norwich Philharmonic Society and of the Norfolk +and Suffolk Church Choral Association.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Broad House, Wroxham, Mr. Alfred John N. +Chamberlin, in his 60th year. He was a prominent supporter +of aquatic sports, and the annual regatta on Wroxham Broad was +mainly kept up by his energy. Mr. Chamberlin had been a +member of the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club from its +commencement, and was one of the promoters of the National +Fisheries Exhibition at Norwich.</p> +<p>5.—In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, +before Mr. Justice Chitty, was heard the action, the Mayor and +Corporation of Norwich <i>v.</i> Browne and other inhabitants of +Pockthorpe, by which the plaintiffs sought to establish the title +of the citizens to Mousehold Heath. Judgment was given on +the 7th, in favour of the Corporation, to whom the Ecclesiastical +Commissioners had transferred their rights in the Heath. It +was understood that if the defendants loyally accepted the +judgment, no attempt would be made by the Corporation to enforce +costs. On November 5th an official inquiry was held at the +Guildhall, Norwich, by Mr. H. S. Milman, Assistant Land +Commissioner, into objections or suggestions respecting a draft +scheme prepared for the regulation of Mousehold Heath. +(<i>See</i> April 28th, 1884.)</p> +<p>18.—Died at Bournemouth, Major Charles Loftus. A +son of General William Loftus, of Kilbride, co. Wicklow, Colonel +of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, and lieutenant of the Tower of London, +by his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Townshend, only surviving +daughter of George, first Marquis Townshend, he was born at +Stiffkey, on September 21st, 1796, <a name="page339"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 339</span>and entered the Royal Navy in +1809. He served until the conclusion of the war, in 1815, +when an accidental fall from the main rigging to the quarterdeck +of his ship necessitated his retirement. He so far +recovered as to be able to take a commission in the Coldstream +Guards, which, however, he was compelled to resign by increasing +affliction. In 1835 he married a daughter of Colonel John +Dixon, of Gledhow, Yorkshire, and settled at Dunham Cottage, +Norfolk. On Lord Sondes’ retirement from the command +of the Norfolk Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, in 1838, he was made +Major Commandant of the corps, which in 1841 was, by Royal +permission, entitled Prince Albert’s Own Norfolk Yeomanry +Cavalry. When in 1849 blindness compelled him to live in +retirement, Major Loftus occupied his time by dictating +recollections of his youth and after life, which were published +in two series, “My Youth by Land and Sea,” and +“My Life from 1815 to 1849.”</p> +<p>20.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Fakenham. Prince Albert Victor +came from Sandringham and made a tour of the showyard in company +with Lord Hastings, the president for the year. The show +was continued on the 21st.</p> +<p>30.—A disastrous thunderstorm occurred at Norwich. +Many of the low-lying streets were flooded by the rain water, and +in Grove Street, Unthank’s Road, a man sheltering beneath a +tree was struck dead by lightning. Another man was killed +by lightning on the farm of Mr. Keable, at Earlham, and some of +the farm buildings were destroyed by fire. In several parts +of the county stacks were fired and live stock killed.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>9.—Died at Southtown, Yarmouth, Commander Francis +Harris, R.N. He entered the Navy on July 12th, 1805, as +first-class volunteer on board the Temeraire, 98, Captain Harvey +and Sir Charles Hamilton, in which ship he was present at the +battle of Trafalgar. From 1826 to 1860 he was employed with +the Coast Guard, and retired with the rank of commander.</p> +<p>13.—Died at Tunstead, the Rev. G. H. Harris, aged 57, +for twenty years rector of the parish. Mr. Harris was well +known for his exertions in behalf of church bell-ringing, and was +the means of reviving the art not only in his own neighbourhood, +but in other parts of the county. He was the originator and +honorary secretary of the Norwich Diocesan Association of +Ringers.</p> +<p>14.—In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, +before Vice-Chancellor Bacon, an order was made for the +compulsory winding-up of the Norwich Equitable Fire Insurance +Company, which was stated to be insolvent.</p> +<p>25.—Died at East Dereham, where he had spent the +declining years of his life, Mr. Antonio James Oury, the +celebrated violinist. Mr. Oury was born in London in +1800. His father, a native of Nice and of noble descent, +left home to follow the early campaigns of the then General +Bounaparte, and was taken prisoner by the British and landed near +Southampton, at which place he married, in 1799, the daughter of +a Mr. Hughes, a musician and dancing master. Young Oury at +the age of <a name="page340"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +340</span>three years commenced violin playing under the tuition +of his father and George Macfarren. In 1812 he became the +pupil of three eminent professors, Mori, Spagnoletti, and +Kiessewetter; and in 1820 he went to Paris to study under +Baillot, Kreutzer, and Lupont. Returning to England, he +made his début at the London Philharmonic Society, and +afterwards became joint leader with Francis Cramer at the +Birmingham, York, Leicester, and Derby Musical Festivals, and +made several operatic tours in Ireland. In 1826 he was +engaged as leader of the ballet, sub-leader of the opera, and +solo violinist at the King’s Theatre, and as successor to +Mori and Lacy he held this tripartite post for five years. +Oury married, in 1831, the distinguished pianist, Mdlle. +Belleville, whose father had been an officer of +Napoleon’s. In 1832 they left England for Hamburg, +Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Moscow, gave twenty-three concerts +during a residence of two years in Russia, and returned to +Berlin. They next visited Leipzig, Dresden, Prague, and +Vienna. After a brilliant sojourn of two years in the +Austrian capital Oury visited Pesth and Buda, gave seven concerts +with great success and profit, played in the presence of the +Imperial Court at the Bourge Theatre, Vienna, and returned to +Munich. Accompanied by Madame Oury he gave concerts in all +the principal towns on the Rhine, and arrived in Holland, where +his wife was attacked by a serious illness, which interrupted +several professional engagements. They subsequently visited +a number of other places on the Continent, and returned to +England after an absence of nine years. In 1846–47 +Oury and his accomplished partner visited Italy, gave concerts at +Rome, Naples, Venice, and Milan, and returned to England in +1848. Oury removed to Norwich in 1868, and after being some +years resident there, proceeded to Dereham, where he lived with +Mr. Arthur Mori.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>6.—Lady Walsingham unveiled a fountain and rest erected +at Swaffham as a memorial to Sir William Bagge, Bart., for +thirty-six years a representative in Parliament of the Western +Division of the county. Its cost, which amounted to +£800, was defrayed by public subscription.</p> +<p>7.—Died suddenly at a board meeting of the Norwich Union +Fire Insurance Society, of which he was a director, Mr. Elijah +Crosier Bailey, Clerk of the Peace for the city, aged 65. +He was head of the firm of Bailey, Cross, and Barnard, +solicitors, and was appointed Clerk to the Norwich Board of +Guardians in 1844, in succession to Mr. Roger Kerrison, and +resigned in 1879. On the death of Mr. Arthur Dalrymple in +1868 he was elected Clerk of the Peace. Mr. Bailey was for +many years secretary of the Norfolk Agricultural Association, and +on his resignation of that office was appointed honorary +director. A warm supporter of the party, he was for a long +period Conservative agent for East Norfolk. Mr. Bailey +married, first, Miss Cann, daughter of Mr. W. R. Cann, of +Wymondham, by whom he left four sons; and, secondly, in January, +1879, Miss Haselwood, of Swardon, Kent, granddaughter of Sir +Edward Dering, Bart., M.P.</p> +<p>—At Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Day, Joseph +Betts, described as a labourer, was charged with maliciously +sending to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich, on June +5th, a letter threatening to murder him. Mr. Blofeld, for +the prosecution, said that the <a name="page341"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 341</span>Bishop was of opinion that the +prisoner had no real intention to take any step towards carrying +out his threat, and was desirous that the case should be +withdrawn. The judge said that his lordship had acted in a +very handsome and generous manner, and allowed the prosecution to +be withdrawn on the prisoner entering into recognisances to keep +the peace towards the Bishop and all other persons. At the +Norwich Police Court on September 21st Betts was charged with +knowingly, wilfully, and feloniously sending to Mr. J. J. Colman, +M.P., a letter, signed “Another Invincible,” +threatening to murder him “unless he fairly and +proportionately distributed his last year’s balance among +his workmen.” He was committed for trial, and at the +Assizes on October 27th was sentenced by Lord Justice Fry to +twelve calendar months’ imprisonment. (<i>See</i> +February 21st, 1889.)</p> +<p>11.—The scheme prepared by the Charity Commissioners for +the future management of the endowed schools and children’s +hospitals in connection with King Edward VI.’s charity and +Anguish’s and Norman’s charities, was +published. The scheme for the Grammar and Commercial +Schools was practically the same as those promulgated in +1878. In the matter of Anguish’s charity, it was +proposed to divide the endowment into two parts, one to be called +Thomas Anguish’s endowment for boys, and the other Thomas +Anguish’s endowment for girls. The existing +boys’ school was to be given up, the master pensioned, and +the income devoted, so far as £200 yearly was concerned, to +providing lodging, clothing, and maintenance for boys holding +exhibitions preferentially awarded under the scheme. With +the rest of the income the governors were to maintain seven +special exhibitions for poor boys who for not less than three +years had been scholars in some public elementary school or +schools, and as many general exhibitions for poor boys as the +income available would allow to be tenable at either of King +Edward VI. schools. As to Thomas Anguish’s endowment +for girls, the girls’ hospital was to be abolished and the +income applied in the same way as that for boys, except that +£300 yearly was to be devoted to providing lodging, +clothing, and maintenance for orphan or other necessitous +girls. Norman’s charity was to cease to exist in its +then form, the master pensioned, and the endowment to be +appropriated to the maintenance of a girls’ middle school, +the scheme for which was practically the same as that for the +King Edward VI. Middle School for Boys, and to be known as +Norman’s School, provision being made for the acquisition +by purchase of the Girls’ Hospital School at Lakenham by +the new governors of the Norman School. On August 28th the +Norwich Town Council passed resolutions in opposition to the +scheme, on the ground that it was contrary to the wishes of the +founders and of the people of Norwich; and similar resolutions +were carried at a meeting of the Norwich Charities Protection +Society held at the Guildhall on September 10th, under the +presidency of the Sheriff. (<i>See</i> February 3rd, +1888.)</p> +<p>20.—Miss Maude Branscombe and her London company +appeared at Norwich Theatre in the comedy, “Masks and +Dominoes,” and the burlesque, “Undine, or ye Nymph, +ye Knight, and ye Awful Fright.”</p> +<p>—The Norfolk acid Norwich Hospital was opened by the +Duke and Duchess of Connaught upon its completion. The +actual expenditure to this date had been £51,179, of which +about £39,118 had been obtained by subscription, +£10,192 was withdrawn from invested capital, and +£2,569 was advanced to the treasurer by Messrs. Gurney and +Co. To <a name="page342"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +342</span>wholly clear the new building from debt about +£5,000 was required. The Duke and Duchess were +received at Thorpe Station by the Mayor (Mr. C. R. Gilman), the +Sheriff (Mr. S. Newman), the Deputy-Mayor (Mr. W. Hunter), the +Earl of Leicester, and other representatives of the +Hospital. His Royal Highness, after replying to an address +read by the Town Clerk, drove with the Duchess through the gaily +decorated streets of the city to the Hospital, where Prince +Albert Victor had arrived some time previously from Horstead Hall +in company with Mr. Edward Birkbeck, M.P. After the formal +opening of the building their Royal Highnesses visited the +various departments, and attended a grand bazaar held in the +grounds; and later in the afternoon proceeded to Cotton Hall as +the guests of Mr. S. Gurney Buxton and Miss Buxton. On the +morning of the 21st their Royal Highnesses visited the Cathedral, +and left for London at 2.55 p.m. The Hospital bazaar, which +remained open until the 25th, produced net receipts amounting to +£5,779 5s. 3d.</p> +<p>28.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Mr. J. +Wilson Gilbert was elected Clerk of the Peace by 27 votes, +against 25 recorded for Mr. George Alden Stevens.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—Died, at Norwich, Mr. Alfred Master, F.R.C.S., aged +67. He was a son of Colonel Harcourt Master, and was born +at Catton. A pupil of Mr. P. N. Scott, and afterwards of +Mr. J. Godwin Johnson, with whom he became associated in +practice, Mr. Master was for many years surgeon of the County +Gaol. He was a magistrate of the city and a prominent +member of the committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Musical +Festival.</p> +<p>7.—Knapton church was re-opened by the Bishop of +Norwich. It had been restored at the cost of about +£2,000.</p> +<p>10.—Mr. J. C. Buckmaster, of the Science and Art +Department, South Kensington, delivered a lecture at Cromer on +“Science Teaching in Agriculture.” Mr. +Buckmaster also lectured at North Walsham, Coltishall, Aylsham, +Wymondham, and Norwich.</p> +<p>—Mr. Sheil Barry made his first appearance on the +Norwich stage in his famous impersonation of Gaspard in +“Les Cloches de Corneville.”</p> +<p>14.—Died, in his 83rd year, the Rev. John Methold, vicar +of Wighton. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, +Cambridge, and was appointed to his living in 1839. +“It is a singular fact that the last three vicars of +Wighton, Mr. Charles, Mr. Tickell, and Mr. Methold, held the +vicarage for no less than 143 years.” Mr. Methold +played for Harrow in the first cricket match which that school +won against Eton.</p> +<p>15.—Died, at his residence, Ber Street House, Norwich, +Mr. John May Robberds, of the firm of Fosters, Burroughes, and +Robberds, solicitors, aged 74. A son of John Warden +Robberds, who in his day was a geologist of some note, and +contributed the historical and geological notes to +“Stark’s River Scenery,” Mr. Robberds had lived +in comparative retirement for upwards of half a century. He +was unrivalled as an authority upon conveyancing law.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>1.—At Norwich Police Court, Mr. William Sidney, +proprietor of the <a name="page343"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +343</span>Theatre Royal, made application for a licence for the +performance of stage plays in that building. He stated that +it was fifty years since he first performed at the Theatre, when, +under the management of Mr. Davenport, it was open all the year +round, and was understood to be a patent theatre. It was +afterwards purchased by a company of which Sir William Foster and +Mr. Robberds were the chairmen. He (Mr. Sidney) became +lessee and afterwards proprietor, and purchased the shares and +freehold land. The understanding during all those years was +that it was a patent theatre and required no licence from the +magistrates. The Town Clerk had requested him to produce +the patent, but neither he nor his solicitors (Messrs. Rackham) +were able to do so. Eventually a patent was found, but to +their great surprise it was granted to one Thomas Ivory for seven +months in the year only, commencing November 1st. The Town +Clerk explained to the magistrates that the attention of the +Executive Committee of the Corporation having been called to the +necessity of certain structural alterations at the Theatre, Mr. +Sidney was requested to have them carried out, and in consequence +of his non-compliance the Lord Chamberlain was communicated with, +and then it appeared that no patent had been granted to a theatre +in Norwich since 1768. The magistrates, before granting the +licence, required Mr. Sidney to comply with the demands of the +Corporation, and on the 19th, it being reported that the work was +completed, his application was acceded to.</p> +<p>15.—The coming of age of Mr. John Cator, eldest son of +Mr. Albemarle Cator, was celebrated at Woodbastwick by a village +<i>fête</i>.</p> +<p>18.—The Duke of Portland laid the last stone of a new +dock at Lynn.</p> +<p>30.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference was opened at the +Victoria Hall, Norwich, under the presidency of the Lord +Bishop. The proceedings concluded on the 31st.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Dr. Eade was elected Mayor and Mr. J. Farrar Ranson +appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>12.—Col. Boileau, at the annual distribution of prizes +to the 1st Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment, announced his +impending retirement from the command of the corps. He was +succeeded by Lieut.-Colonel Mansel.</p> +<p>23.—The headquarters of the 4th (Queen’s Own) +Hussars arrived at the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.</p> +<p>24.—A fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Ilott, +Bridewell Alley, Norwich, and caused damage to the amount of +between £1,200 and £1,500.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—Mr. David James commenced a six nights’ +engagement at Norwich Theatre in the character of Perkyn +Middlewick (“Our Boys”).</p> +<p>18.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council an +important letter was read from Mr. John Gurney, of Sprowston +Hall, referring to the opportunity then afforded to acquire +Norwich Castle and the surrounding grounds for the use and +recreation of the citizens. (<i>See</i> February 19th, +1884.)</p> +<p><a name="page344"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +344</span>26.—The holiday attraction at Norwich Theatre was +the production of the Drury Lane drama, “Youth,” by +Messrs. Holt and Wilmot’s company.</p> +<p>28.—The Mayor and Mayoress of Norwich (Dr. and Mrs. +Eade) entertained 820 aged men and women at St. Andrew’s +Hall.</p> +<h3>1884.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—A great meeting of Norfolk farmers was held at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, at which was passed a series of +resolutions affirming that they viewed with alarm the serious +loss imposed upon the nation by the importation of live stock +from countries where foot and mouth disease was known to exist, +and calling upon the Government to order the withdrawal of +existing restrictions on the removal of stock in England. +On the 29th a similar meeting, presided over by Lord Walsingham, +was held at Lynn, and a third meeting took place at Fakenham on +the 31st. Deputations from the Corporations of Norwich and +Lynn waited upon the local authority at Norwich on February 23rd +to discuss what steps should be taken to effect the re-opening of +the cattle markets in the city and borough, and it was decided to +send a deputation to the Privy Council. This deputation, +consisting of representatives of the county authority, and of the +Corporations of Norwich and Lynn, waited upon Lord Carlingford on +February 28th, and asked for the immediate opening of the markets +and the removal or modification of other restrictions. At +the quarterly meeting of the county magistrates on April 10th, +Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., reported that the sum of £2,586 had +been expended during the three months for inspection and expenses +in carrying out the provisions of the Act. The Contagious +Diseases (Animals) Act Amendment Bill was read a second time on +March 21st and a third time on May 3rd, and on May 19th it +received the Royal assent and became law.</p> +<p>20.—Died, at King’s Lynn, Mr. James +Fiddaman. He began life in very humble circumstances and +without the advantages afforded by education. The son of a +tailor in a small way of business, he first acted as an assistant +to his uncle, who was ostler at a tavern in Lynn. He was +afterwards ostler or “boots” at inns and hotels in +neighbouring towns; subsequently he tramped the country for a +time, visiting London, Brighton, and other places in quest of a +good situation. Eventually he returned to Lynn, took a +public-house known as the Wheatsheaf, in Norfolk Street, and made +it the local centre of the sporting interest in West +Norfolk. After a time he bought the house, converted it +into an hotel and wine vaults, and rapidly made a fortune. +Mr. Fiddaman was a munificent donor to many benevolent +institutions, and his private acts of charity were +numerous. An enormous concourse of persons attended his +funeral.</p> +<p>30.—Died, at his residence, Thorpe St. Andrew, Mr. +Richard Noverre Bacon, aged 85, probably the oldest journalist in +the kingdom. At an early age he was engaged in newspaper +work under his father, Richard <a name="page345"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 345</span>Mackenzie Bacon, whom in 1845 he +succeeded as proprietor and editor of the “Norwich +Mercury.” A Whig of the old school, Mr. Bacon in his +editorship of the “Mercury” was tenacious in the +maintenance of his opinions, and held them with a firmness which +did not always please the more advanced section of the Liberal +party—hence the establishment of the “Norfolk +News” as the representative organ of Liberal Nonconformity +in county and city. Mr. Bacon served his fellow-citizens in +the Town Council, on the Hospital board, and in other capacities, +and assisted in founding the Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick +Children. As a journalist he was decidedly inferior to his +distinguished father, and his only literary work was his +“Essay on Norfolk Agriculture,” written in 1844, +which won for him the prize offered by the Royal Agricultural +Society, besides bringing him prominently forward among the +agriculturists of the county, a connection he was assiduous in +maintaining to the close of his career.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>19.—A deputation of Norfolk magistrates and members of +the Norwich Town Council waited upon the Home Secretary (Sir +William Harcourt) on the subject of the proposed provision of a +new prison site at Norwich. Lord Walsingham explained the +objects of the deputation. The county prison at Norwich, +with the Castle and a portion of the ground on which it stands, +having been offered under Section 34 of the Prisons Act, 1877, +for re-purchase by the original prison authority, <i>i.e.</i>, +the county of Norfolk, at the statutory price fixed by the Act +(amounting in this case to £10,569), a committee was +appointed by the Court of Quarter Sessions for the county, and +another committee by the Town Council of Norwich. The +county authority would not consent to take money out of the +pockets of the heavily-burdened ratepayers for the repurchase of +property which they had been compelled by law to part with for +nothing; but they asked that this ancient and interesting piece +of county property should be restored to its original owners +“that it might be by them preserved to the best advantage +in all its imposing dignity and grandeur.” The Mayor +of Norwich (Dr. Eade) stated that Mr. John Gurney had gone so far +as to offer, free of cost, another site for a prison. The +Home Secretary replied that the Prison Commissioners would not +abandon the site, but would continue to occupy it, unless an +offer were made which they could accept. If it was desired +that they should go elsewhere, it should be made worth their +while to do so. At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council on +April 10th it was reported that the Home Secretary was willing to +accept £5,000 for the Castle, and that a still further +reduction was probable. On June 17th the Mayor announced to +the Corporation that the Government had agreed to sell to the +city the Castle and its environments for £4,000; and it was +resolved to purchase the property for that sum. (<i>See</i> +October 19th, 1886.)</p> +<p>20.—Mr. C. S. Read was returned unopposed to fill the +vacancy in the representation of the Western Division of the +county, caused by the resignation of Mr. Bentinck, M.P. Mr. +Read took his seat in the House of Commons on the 21st, and had a +very cordial reception. “The Premier shook his hand +when he came to the table, and a score of members behind the +chair greeted him as heartily.”</p> +<h4><a name="page346"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +346</span>MARCH.</h4> +<p>15.—On this date were published the names of Norfolk +men, and of those connected with the county, who had +distinguished themselves at the battle of Teb, on March +13th. The list included Colonel Sir Redvers Buller, of +Castle Rising; Commander Rolfe, of Heacham; Major Haggard, son of +Mr. Haggard, of East Bradenham; Lieutenant Probyn (killed), +nephew of Sir Dighton Probyn; and Captain Wilson, R.N., of the +Hecla, son of Mr. Knyvett Wilson, of Swaffham. Captain +Wilson afterwards received the Victoria Cross.</p> +<p>20.—Mr. Oscar Wilde lectured before a large audience in +the Assembly Room, Agricultural Hall, Norwich, on the subject of +“The House Beautiful.”</p> +<p>22.—The Spring Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was held for the first time at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich. Since this date the show has been held annually in +the same building in the month of March.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. E. P. Weston, the celebrated pedestrian, who on +the 15th completed his walk of 5,000 miles in as many consecutive +hours (Sundays and Christmas Day excluded), delivered a lecture +at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, on “How I Came to Walk +into Walking.” The Mayor (Dr. Eade) presided. +Weston, whose address was in the cause of temperance, stated that +in fourteen years he had walked 56,000 miles.</p> +<p>28.—Intelligence was received at Norwich of the death, +at Cannes, of the Duke of Albany. The great bell of St. +Peter Mancroft was tolled, and flags displayed at +half-mast. References were made to the sad event by +preachers in various places of worship on Sunday, the 30th; on +April 8th the Town Council passed a resolution of condolence with +her Majesty the Queen and the Duchess of Albany; and on April +10th the county magistrates adopted a similar resolution.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>12.—Died, at Rackheath Park, Lady Stracey, wife of Sir +Henry J. Stracey, Bart. Her ladyship was a daughter of Mr. +George Denne, of the Paddock, Canterbury, and married Sir Henry +on March 5th, 1835. Of the marriage there were eight sons +and six daughters.</p> +<p>—Died, at Yarmouth, Mr. William Norton Burroughs, in his +86th year. He was Mayor of the borough in 1846.</p> +<p>14.—Madame Cave-Ashton’s Opera Company commenced +an engagement at Norwich Theatre, in “Il +Trovatore.”</p> +<p>25.—Died, at Morningthorpe Rectory, the Rev. Edmund +Nelson Rolfe, eldest son of the Rev. Robert Rolfe, rector of +Hempnall aged 73. He was first cousin to Lord Chancellor +Cranworth. “Of an old Norfolk family, he bore the +Christian name of Nelson to mark his relationship to the great +Lord Nelson. His mother was a daughter of the Rev. Edmund +Nelson, and aunt to Horatio Viscount Nelson.”</p> +<p>28.—The Royal assent was given to “The City of +Norwich (Mousehold Heath) Scheme Confirmation.”</p> +<h4><a name="page347"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +347</span>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—At St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Rev. Sidney +Linton, D.D., vicar of St. Philip’s, Heigham, Norwich, was +consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Riverina, +New South Wales. A farewell meeting was held in St. +Philip’s parish on May 26th, when the Bishop received +parting gifts.</p> +<p>13.—“Cuthbert Bede” (the Rev. Edward +Bradley), author of “Verdant Green,” lectured in the +Assembly Room, Agricultural Hall, Norwich, on “Modern +Humourists.”</p> +<p>19.—In the Court of Appeal, Lords Justices Baggallay, +Cotton, and Lindley commenced the hearing of the appeal case, +Boswell and others <i>v.</i> Coaks and others. This was an +appeal from the judgment of Mr. Justice Fry in the action brought +by Mr. J. F. Boswell and Mr. James Baxter on behalf of themselves +and of other unsatisfied creditors of Sir Robert John Harvey, +deceased, against Isaac Bugg Coaks and others, to have the +purchase of a life interest on certain property set aside. +Mr. Justice Fry had given judgment for the defendants, and from +that judgment the plaintiffs now appealed. On Wednesday, +28th, the sixth day of the hearing, their lordships adjourned +until after the Whitsuntide recess. The hearing was resumed +on June 12th, and continued until June 16th, when Lord Baggallay +said their lordships would consider their judgment. On July +31st judgment was given for the plaintiffs. “The +arguments of counsel and examination of witnesses in the appeal +occupied the time of the Court for nine days, and it is just over +six weeks since the case closed and their lordships announced +that they would consider their judgment. It amounts to a +complete vindication of the action taken by the plaintiffs, for +whom practically the verdict throughout was given, with +costs.” (<i>See</i> December 9th, 1885.)</p> +<p>29.—Died, at Wimbledon, the Right Hon. Sir Bartle Frere, +G.C.B., G.C.S.I. He belonged to an ancient family +established in Norfolk and Suffolk from the time of the Conquest, +and was a younger brother of Mr. George Edward Frere, of Roydon, +near Diss. Born on March 29th, 1815, he was educated at +Bath Grammar School, and at the age of seventeen was nominated to +Haileybury; in the entrance examination he came out last but one, +but once admitted he set himself to work with such energy that at +the end of 1833 be passed from the college as its foremost +student into the ranks of the Company’s Civil +Service. His name will ever be associated with South +African diplomacy.</p> +<p>31.—A great county and city meeting was held at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, under the presidency of the Earl of +Leicester, for the purpose of taking such measures as might be +necessary to induce the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society +of England to hold their annual meeting at Norwich in 1886. +Resolutions were adopted in furtherance of the objects of the +meeting. (<i>See</i> July 12th, 1886.)</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>10.—A fire occurred at Scole, and resulted in the +destruction of the shop of Mr. A. Pettit, and of other +property. Mr. Pettit’s loss amounted to upwards of +£1,000.</p> +<p>—Died, at Catton, Mrs. Mary Sewell, widow of Mr. Isaac +Sewell. She was the daughter of Mr. John Wright, of Buxton, +and was born in <a name="page348"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +348</span>1797 at either Felthorpe or Great Yarmouth. Most +of her early life was spent at the former place; and in 1818 she +married Mr. Sewell, of Yarmouth. Subsequently they removed +to the neighbourhood of London, where they resided until +1835. During the next twenty years they lived at Brighton +and at Chichester, and then removed to Bath, where they remained +till 1867, when Mrs. Sewell went to reside with her son at +Catton. Her connection with literature began at a very +early period of her life, and her publications were both numerous +and popular. The most successful were “Mother’s +Last Words” and “Our Father’s +Care.” The former was issued by Messrs. Jarrold on +November 1st, 1860, and up to January 25th, 1884, upwards of one +million copies had been printed and circulated. Similar +success attended the latter work, which proved equally +popular. Mrs. Sewell was originally a member of the Society +of Friends, but in consequence of misgivings she withdrew in +1834, and for a time attended a Congregational chapel in +London. On her removal to Brighton she associated herself +with the Church of England. “She was no sectarian, +but a Christian in the broadest and most genuine +sense.”</p> +<p>18.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association opened at Lynn, and was continued on the 19th. +Sir Lewis W. Jarvis was president.</p> +<p>26.—Died, at Newmarket Road, Norwich, Mr. John Pymar, +aged 76. For more than fifty years he served the city in +various capacities, but never aspired to the higher +offices. For nearly half a century Mr. Pymar was a member +of the Board of Guardians, and for more than forty years an +alderman of the city. Throughout his career he was a +moderate and consistent Liberal.</p> +<p>—Died, at Prince’s Street, Norwich, Mr. John +Quinton, for fifty-five years librarian at the Norfolk and +Norwich Literary Institution, aged 72.</p> +<p>28.—Died, at Yarmouth, aged 73, Mr. Charles Cory Aldred, +Deputy-Mayor of the borough. In early life he served as +naval surgeon in H.M.S. Dreadnought, and was afterwards +surgeon-major in the Norfolk Artillery Militia.</p> +<p>29.—The Rev. Frederick Baggallay, who had been elected +vicar of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, in succession to the Ven. +Archdeacon Nevill, officiated for the first time. He was +the fifth son of the Right Hon. Sir Richard Baggallay, Lord +Justice of Appeal, and formerly curate at St. George’s, +Hanover Square.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—St. John’s church, Yarmouth, was re-opened +after further enlargement, at the cost of £1,500. +Within a quarter of a century the building had been five times +enlarged.</p> +<p>—Died, at Glaisdale Lodge, Hunstanton, Rhoda Bunn, +formerly of Wolferton, in her 104th year. She was born at +Beeston-next-Mileham, on February 23rd, 1781, “and shortly +after her last birthday was presented by the Queen with her +portrait upon receipt of a photograph of the old lady sent by the +vicar, the Rev. A. Waller.”</p> +<p>7.—Colonel George Wilson Boileau was presented by the +members of the 1st Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment, at +Norwich, with a <a name="page349"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +349</span>massive silver Monteith bowl “as a mark of +respect and esteem on his retirement in 1883, after commanding +the battalion fifteen years.”</p> +<p>14.—A large meeting of the Conservative party in West +Norfolk was held at Swaffham “with the object of supporting +the Lords in their constitutional action with regard to the +Franchise Bill.” This was the first of many meetings +held throughout the county at which the principle of +redistribution was strongly enforced, and Mr. Bright’s +famous dictum at Bradford in 1859 quoted: “Repudiate +without mercy any Bill of any Government, whatever its franchise, +whatever its seeming concessions may be, if it does not +redistribute the seats.” At Lynn, on July 22nd, Sir +Stafford Northcote, Lord Cranborne, and Mr. Bourke addressed a +largely-attended meeting in support of redistribution, and at +Norwich, on the 29th, the Earl of Donoughmore, Sir Hardinge +Giffard, Q.C., M.P., and Sir R. J. Buxon, M.P., spoke in favour +of the action of the House of Lords.</p> +<p>—The newly-erected parish church at Edgefield was +consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich. The dilapidated +church of SS. Peter and Paul standing upon the confines of the +parish had been demolished, and the materials capable of being +re-used were utilised for the erection of the new church upon a +more convenient site. The demolition was commenced on +November 13th, 1882, and the building of the new church was +carried out from plans by Mr. J. D. Steading, of Charlotte +Street, Bradford Square, W.C., by Mr. Bartram, builder, of +Aylsham, at the cost of £1,900.</p> +<p>30.—Deopham church was re-opened, after restoration by +Messrs. Cornish and Gaymer, of North Walsham.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>9.—Died, at Merton Rectory, the Rev. George Crabbe, +B.A. He was a son of the eldest brother of the celebrated +poet Crabbe, and was born at Pucklechurch, Somerset, in +1819. Educated at Bury St. Edmund’s School, and at +Queen’s College, Cambridge, he was presented to the living +of Merton by Lord Walsingham, father of the present peer. +Mr. Crabbe married his cousin, the third daughter of the Rev. +George Crabbe, younger son of the poet. During the last two +or three years of his life he was engaged in examining and +arranging the family documents at Merton Hall, and the result of +his researches was published in 1883 by direction of the +Committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society, +under the title of “Robert de Grey, Recusant.” +This was followed by Part I. of “A Report on the Muniments +of Merton Hall, Norfolk,” published in the “Norfolk +Antiquarian Miscellany,” edited by Walter Rye. Part +II. was nearly completed at the time of his death.</p> +<p>11.—Great heat was experienced on this date. +“The heat registered in the shade was 90 degrees at Eaton, +and 95 in Park Lane, Norwich.” A violent thunderstorm +occurred on the 12th.</p> +<p>13.—Died suddenly, at Brighton railway station, the Duke +of Wellington. Born February 3rd, 1807, he succeeded his +illustrious father, the greatest of British generals, on +September 14th, 1852. As Lord Douro he was elected +Conservative member for Aldeburgh in 1830, and retained his seat +until 1831. In 1837 he was returned for <a +name="page350"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 350</span>Norwich, +and continued to sit until July, 1852, a few months previous to +the death of his father. During the life of Sir Samuel +Bignold, with whom he was on terms of the closest intimacy, the +Duke of Wellington was a frequent visitor to Norwich, the last +occasion being in 1874, when he joined in the celebration of the +venerable knight’s 83rd birthday, on October 13th, and on +the following evening accompanied him to the annual dinner of the +Eldon Club.</p> +<p>21.—Died suddenly, at Cranmer Hall, Sir Willoughby +Jones, Bart., aged 63. He was the second son of +Major-General Sir John Thomas Jones, K.C.B., <i>aide-de-camp</i> +to the Queen (who was created a baronet in 1831), by Catherine +Maria, daughter of Mr. Effingham Laurence, of New York. +Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a +wrangler’s degree in 1843, he entered for the Bar, but his +future career was decided by the death of his brother, Sir +Laurence Jones, who, having held the baronetcy for only two +years, was murdered by brigands whilst on a tour in Turkey, in +November, 1845. Sir Willoughby, on succeeding to the +baronetcy, devoted himself to the pursuits and duties of a +country gentleman. He was for nearly thirty years Chairman +of the Norfolk Court of Quarter Sessions, chairman of the Norwich +centre of the Cambridge Local Examinations, and a member of the +Archæological Society and of the Naturalists’ +Society. He also took great interest in the Volunteer +movement, and in its early days was captain of the 10th Company +of Norfolk Rifles. Sir Willoughby served the office of High +Sheriff in 1851, and married in 1856 his cousin, Emily, daughter +of Mr. Henry Taylor Jones, of Chatham, by whom he left three sons +and four daughters. In early life he was a Conservative, +and as such sat for Cheltenham in 1847–48; but he +afterwards changed his principles, and in 1865, as a Liberal, +unsuccessfully contested West Norfolk.</p> +<p>25.—Mr. Edward Terry commenced a three nights’ +engagement at Norwich Theatre, as Captain Ginger (“Weak +Woman”). His other impersonations were Chevalier +Walkinshaw (“The Rocket”), Kerry (“Kerry, or +Night and Morning”), and Paul Pry.</p> +<p>26.—A long and heated discussion took place at a meeting +of the Norwich Town Council on a motion for adopting a +recommendation by the Libraries Committee “that the reading +room at the Free Library be opened on Sundays from 3 +o’clock until 9 p.m., from Michaelmas to Christmas next, by +way of experiment.” A strong protest was handed in on +behalf of the clergy of the city, and the motion was defeated by +21 votes against 12.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>20.—It was announced that the Mousehold site for the new +brigade depot for the Norfolk Regiment had been handed over to +the military authorities, and plans were in hand for the erection +of the barracks. (<i>See</i> June 18th, 1888.)</p> +<p>29.—A new lifeboat was launched at Cromer, and was named +by Mrs. Bond-Cabbell the “Benjamin +Bond-Cabbell.” It was built by Messrs. Beeching, of +Yarmouth.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>6.—The Eastern and Midland Railway extension to Holt was +inspected and approved by Major-General Hutchinson.</p> +<p><a name="page351"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +351</span>14.—The Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival +commenced with an evening performance of +“Elijah.” The other productions were: On the +15th “The Redemption,” first time of performance in +Norwich; the 16th the dramatic oratorio, “The Rose of +Sharon,” the music composed expressly for this Festival by +A. C. Mackenzie; the 17th “The Messiah.” Grand +miscellaneous concerts were given on the evenings of the 15th, +16th, and 17th. The principal vocalists were Miss Emma +Navada, Miss Anna Williams, Madame Patey, Miss Damian, Mr. Edward +Lloyd, Mr. Maas, Mr. H. E. Thorndike, and Mr. Santley. Mr. +Alberto Randegger conducted. The balance, after the payment +of expenses, amounted to £953 1s. 3d., of which amount +£700 was distributed among the local charities.</p> +<p>15.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Norwich +from Melton Constable, where they were on a visit to Lord and +Lady Hastings, and attended the Musical Festival. Their +Royal Highnesses arrived at the City Station of the Eastern and +Midlands Railway at 11.40 and were received by the Mayor (Dr. +Eade), the Sheriff (Mr. J. Farrar Ranson), and the Deputy-Mayor +(Mr. C. R. Gilman), and were escorted to St. Andrew’s Hall +by a detachment of the 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars. +During the interval in the performance of “The +Redemption” their Royal Highnesses and a distinguished +company were entertained to luncheon by the Mayor. On +leaving the hall the Prince and Princess visited the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, and later returned to Melton Constable. +Their Royal Highnesses again visited the city on the evening of +the 17th, and attended the Festival concert, at the conclusion of +which they proceeded to Melton Constable, and ended their visit +to Lord and Lady Hastings on the 18th.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference commenced its +sittings at Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich. The proceedings +ended on the 7th.</p> +<p>7.—The new building erected on St. James’s Road by +the Corporation of Lynn, for the reception of the Stanley +Library, was opened. The Bishop of Carlisle (Dr. Harvey +Goodwin, son of Mr. Charles Goodwin, of Lynn) delivered an +inaugural address, in the course of which he reviewed the changes +and improvements in his native town since he last visited it +twenty-five years previously.</p> +<p>10.—Mr. John Hotblack was elected Mayor and Mr. William +Howard Dakin appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>18.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council the +Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee reported that counsel was of +opinion “that the Corporation should for the present hold +its hand and not make any further distribution among the freemen +of the funds arising from the Town Close Estate.” The +recommendation of the Committee “that the question of +payment remain in abeyance until the next meeting,” was +adopted by 45 votes against 11. At an adjourned meeting +held on December 16th “to consider the case submitted to +the Solicitor-General and Mr. Asquith,” Mr. Hackblock moved +the adoption of the recommendation of the Parliamentary and +Bylaws Committee “that the City Treasurer be directed to +carry the amounts of the rents of the <a name="page352"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 352</span>Town Close Estate in his hands to a +separate account, with the view of affording an opportunity for +obtaining a judicial decision as to the rights of the freemen to +the estate.” Mr. Joseph Stanley moved “That the +freemen be paid as usual.” The amendment was defeated +by 26 votes against 21. On the adjournment of the Council a +writ issued by Mr. Stanley on behalf of four freemen, and +directed against the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors and her +Majesty’s Attorney General, was served upon the Town +Clerk. It claimed for the freemen a declaration that the +Corporation was seized and entitled to the receipt of the rents +and profits of the Town Close Estate upon trust only for the +benefit of the plaintiffs and others the freemen of the city, and +an account of the rents and profits of the estate which had been +received by the Corporation. The appointment of a receiver +was asked for, and in addition the plaintiffs sought an +injunction to restrain the Corporation from admitting to the +freedom of the city by servitude any persons who had served only +under articles of clerkship to a solicitor for not exceeding five +years, and had not served seven years’ apprenticeship to a +freeman trader. The Corporation was also desired to furnish +an account of all persons so admitted from September 9th, 1835, +it being contended by the freemen that the profession of law was +not a trade or business as required by the Act, and that no man +could be admitted under less than a seven years’ +apprenticeship. (<i>See</i> March 21st, 1887.)</p> +<p>30.—Died, at Costessey Park, the Right Hon. Henry +Valentine Baron Stafford. He was a son of George William, +eighth lord (in whose favour an attainder was reversed in 1824), +by his first wife, Frances Henrietta, youngest daughter and +co-heiress of Mr. Edward Sulyarde, of Wetherdon, Suffolk, and was +born January 2nd, 1802. His lordship was twice married, +first on February 13th, 1829, to Julia, second daughter of Mr. +Edward C. Howard, F.R.S., and niece of the 12th Duke of Norfolk, +who died in November, 1856; and, secondly, in September, 1859, to +Emma Eliza, daughter of Mr. Frederick S. Gerard, of Aspull House, +Lincolnshire, and niece of Robert Lord Gerard, by whom he was +survived. He was one of the first Roman Catholics who sat +in the House of Commons after the passing of the Roman Catholic +Relief Bill, when he was chosen member for Pontefract. On +the occasion of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, +the Queen of Denmark, and the Duke of Edinburgh to Norwich, in +1866, Lord Stafford entertained them at Costessey Park. In +recognition of his munificent liberality on that occasion a +subscription was inaugurated by the Corporation of Norwich for a +full-length portrait of his lordship, which was placed in St. +Andrew’s Hall. Lord Stafford was the courtliest of +gentlemen and the most liberal of landlords.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died, at Bacton Grange, North Walsham, in his 67th +year, Mr. William Partridge Cubitt. He was born at Bacton, +where the Cubitt family had been for many generations tenants +under the Wodehouses. As a coal merchant he owned ships +which traded between Bacton and the North. For many years +he was captain of the Bacton lifeboat crew, and had received +medals and certificates for courageously saving life on <a +name="page353"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 353</span>the Norfolk +coast. On one occasion he swam his horse out to a wreck and +brought the sailors to shore hanging to the stirrup-leathers of +his saddle. “He was not only a good sailor, a good +farmer, and a sharp and wise merchant, but he was also a splendid +horseman across country.” In politics Mr. Cubitt was +strongly Liberal.</p> +<p>2.—A meeting was held at King’s Lynn, at which was +formed for West Norfolk a branch of the National Fair Trade +League. The principles of the League were, for a time, +advocated in this and other parts of Norfolk, but the movement +was short-lived.</p> +<p>3.—Died, at the Close, Norwich, Mr. John Orfeur, in his +80th year. He was a son of Lieutenant Abdiel Orfeur, R.N., +of Great Yarmouth, a descendant of the family of Orfeur in +Cumberland. By business a timber merchant, he devoted his +leisure time to scientific pursuits, was one of the promoters of +the Norwich Geological Society, and of the Norfolk and Norwich +Naturalists’ Society, and a warm supporter of the Norfolk +and Norwich Museum.</p> +<p>6.—The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture adopted a +resolution affirming its belief that the long-continued +depression in agriculture injuriously affected all other +industries, and its desire that a Committee of the two Houses of +Parliament should enquire into the causes of the distress and +recommend such practical remedies as might be found +advisable. Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., moved a similar resolution +at a meeting of the Central Chamber of Agriculture, on December +10th.</p> +<p>16.—Died, at Houghton Hall, his seat in Norfolk, the +Marquis of Cholmondeley. His lordship, who was born August +31st, 1800, was the younger of the two sons of George James, +fourth earl and first Marquis of Cholmondeley, by his marriage +with the Lady Georgina Charlotte Bertie, second daughter and +co-heiress of Peregrine, third Duke of Ancaster. He was +educated at Eton and Christ Church, and at the age of 22, as Lord +Henry Cholmondeley, he entered the House of Commons as one of the +members for the pocket borough of Castle Rising, in the place of +his brother, Lord Rocksavage, who was called to the Upper House +in his father’s Barony of Newburgh. In 1832 Castle +Rising was disfranchised under Lord John Russell’s Reform +Act, and Lord Henry remained out of Parliament until 1852, when +he was returned as one of the members for South Hampshire. +In May, 1870, on his elder brother’s death, he succeeded to +the Marquisate and the rest of the family honours, and to the +estates of Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire, and of Houghton Hall, +Norfolk. He was an excellent and considerate landlord, and +did his best to encourage agricultural improvements on his +estates.</p> +<p>17.—An extensive fire occurred in the drapery +establishment of Mr. Alfred Jermyn, High Street, Lynn. A +range of buildings was entirely destroyed. The premises +were valued at £6,500, and the stock in trade at +£20,000.</p> +<p>26.—Messrs. T. W. Robertson and H. Brace’s Comedy +Company appeared at Norwich Theatre in the farcical pieces, +“Nita’s First” and “My Milliner’s +Bill.” At Messrs. John Sanger and Son’s Circus, +at the Agricultural Hall, was produced the Christmas spectacle, +“Aladdin, or an Old Lamp with a New Face.”</p> +<p>29.—Died, at Bridewell Alley, Norwich, aged 53, Mr. +Arthur Dale Ventnor, a well-known portrait painter.</p> +<p><a name="page354"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +354</span>30.—Died, at his residence, Surrey Street, +Norwich, Mr. Richard Makilwaine Phipson, F.S.A., aged 57. +He commenced practice as an architect in London, and in 1849 took +an office at Ipswich. In 1859 he was appointed to the post +of County Surveyor of Norfolk, and afterwards became one of the +diocesan surveyors under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act, +1871. Much of the work of church restoration carried out +during the quarter of a century preceding his death had been +entrusted to him, and he was the architect of the Norwich City +Asylum. Mr. Phipson was a Fellow of the Royal Society of +Antiquaries, and took great interest in the Norfolk and Norwich +Archæological Society.</p> +<h3>1885.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—The Hon. T. W. H. Pelham, one of the Commissioners +appointed to inquire as to the boundaries to be assigned to the +divisions of the several counties under the Redistribution of +Seats Bill, attended at the Shirehall, Norwich, for the purpose +of receiving suggestions and of hearing objections as to the +constitution of the divisions of the county of Norfolk. On +February 28th it was announced that the Commissioners had issued +their report and had determined the areas of the six divisions +into which the county would be divided, with one member to +each. These were known as South, South-West, East, North, +Mid, and North-West. Yarmouth and King’s Lynn were +allotted one member each.</p> +<p>6.—Died, at Cathedral Street, Norwich, Mrs. Emily +Stannard, widow of Joseph Stannard, artist, and daughter of +Daniel Coppin, aged 82. Mrs. Stannard was a clever painter +of fruit, flowers, and still life. In 1821 she was +presented with the large gold medal of the Society of Arts for an +original painting of fruit, and in 1828 received a gold medal for +a painting of game.</p> +<p>8.—The coming of age of Prince Albert Victor Christian +Edward of Wales, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, +was marked by great rejoicings not only at Sandringham, but +throughout the county. Addresses and gifts were presented +by the tenantry, and by the Corporations of Norwich and Lynn; +Sanger’s circus company from Norwich gave performances for +the amusement of the villagers; and in the evening a grand ball +took place at Sandringham House. The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. +John Hotblack) invited 600 children to a fancy dress ball given +at St. Andrew’s Hall in honour of the event.</p> +<p>15.—The Mayor and Corporation of Norwich attended at St. +Andrew’s Hall to inaugurate an art loan exhibition in aid +of St. Peter Mancroft church restoration fund, and of the +churchyard improvement. The exhibition remained open for +three weeks, and realised a balance of £517.</p> +<p>21.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before the Lord Chief +Justice, Mr. Hamon le Strange brought an action against the +Corporation of Lynn for the purpose of determining the boundary +between his fishery and the <a name="page355"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 355</span>fishery of the Corporation, which +were coterminous. It was alleged that the defendants +wrongfully cut away and removed two buoys belonging to the +plaintiff. The defendants denied the act, but subsequently +justified it on the ground that the buoys were an interference +with the fishery of the Corporation. The hearing concluded +on the 24th, when the jury found for the plaintiff and allowed +40s. damages in order to carry costs. The defendants gave +notice of motion for a new trial on the ground of misdirection of +the jury. On June 24th the application was made in the +Queen’s Beach Division, and was refused.</p> +<p>21.—Died, at All Saints’ Green, Norwich, Thomas +Frederick Armes, bugle-major of the 1st Volunteer Battalion +Norfolk Regiment. Formerly in the 4th Light Dragoons, he +took part in the famous light cavalry charge at Balaclava, in +which he was wounded and left for dead on the field.</p> +<p>26.—The Prince of Wales attended the annual meeting of +the Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk Freemasons at Lynn, and was +present at the banquet presided over by Lord Suffield.</p> +<p>29.—A widow, named Elizabeth Everitt, 50 years of age, +of Wormegay, near Downham Market, was murdered by her son, +William Everitt. The murderer was certified to be insane, +and was removed to the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.</p> +<p>—Died, at Hill House, Surlingham, Mr. Frederick Anthony +Mills, in his 85th year. Born at Pulham St. Mary, where for +many years his father practised as a surgeon, he received his +early education under Valpy at Norwich Grammar School, and was +one of the last survivors of the Valpeian Club. A taste for +natural history and anatomical investigation rendered his studies +when a pupil at Guy’s both congenial and promising. +For some time he practised surgery in Norwich in partnership with +Mr. Cadge, and after the death of his wife, settled at Surlingham +with his old friend and fellow-sportsman, Mr. Robert Pratt, and +indulged in his favourite pursuits of fishing and shooting. +Mr. Mills was a Liberal of the old school, “but his +contempt for mere party triumphs led him to speak with more pride +than regret of his never having been a member of the Norwich Town +Council.”</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—Died, at Surrey Street, Norwich, Mrs. Louisa Mary +Barwell, widow of Mr. John Barwell. She was the eldest +daughter of Mr. Richard Mackenzie Bacon, and was born March 4th, +1800. In early life she showed great taste and talent in +music, became one of the finest amateur singers of her day, and +assisted her father in editing the “Musical +Review.” In 1824 she married Mr. John Barwell, and +soon afterwards contributed articles to the “Journal of +Education” and other similar periodicals. Mrs. +Barwell in 1833 published her first book, “Little Lessons +for Little Learners.” Her works on educational +subjects numbered fourteen.</p> +<p>11.—The “Tichborne Claimant” (who was +released from Pentonville Prison on October 20th, 1884) appeared +at Sanger’s Circus, Norwich, and addressed the audience on +his life and adventures. He made a second appearance on the +12th.</p> +<p><a name="page356"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +356</span>16.—Sir J. W. Lubbock, M.P., and Mr. H. L. +Courtney, M.P., at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, propounded the +principles advocated by the Proportional Representation +Society.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>5.—A “service of humiliation” was held in +the nave of Norwich Cathedral, “with prayers for our nation +in general and specially for our soldiers and sailors in +Egypt.”</p> +<p>—A salmon trout, weighing 4¾ lbs., was captured +at Pull’s Ferry, Norwich.</p> +<p>7.—At the Norfolk Adjourned Quarter Sessions, held at +the Shirehall, Norwich, Mr. T. H. B. Heslop of Thames Ditton, +Surrey, was appointed County Surveyor, in place of Mr. R. M. +Phipson, deceased.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>6.—An English Opera Company, including Mr. Faulkner +Leigh, Madame Cave-Ashton, Madame Campobello, and Mr. William +Parkinson, commenced a season at Norwich Theatre in the operas of +“La Sonnambula,” “The Waterman,” +“Il Trovatore,” “Pygmalion and Galatea,” +“Maritana,” &c. Sir Julius Benedict was +announced as conductor, but in consequence of his serious illness +his name was withdrawn.</p> +<p>—The annual conference of the National Union of +Elementary Teachers opened at the Lecture Hall, Prince’s +Street, Norwich, and concluded on the 9th.</p> +<p>19.—Died, at his residence, Heigham, Norwich, aged 84, +the Rev. Frederick Field, LL.D. He graduated at Trinity +College, Cambridge, where he obtained the Tyrwhitt Hebrew +Scholarship, and took his Bachelor’s degree as tenth +wrangler and Chancellor’s medallist. He was +afterwards elected to a Fellowship, and in 1843 was instituted to +the rectory of Reepham, which he held till 1863. In 1875 he +was created an honorary LL.D. of Cambridge University. Dr. +Field was a member of the Old Testament Revision Committee, and +the editor of “Barrow’s Treatise on the Pope’s +Supremacy,” and of several learned works published by the +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the Clarendon Press, +Oxford, and the Cambridge University Press.</p> +<p>21.—Died, at Hill House, Dersingham, Captain William +D’Urban Blyth, late 14th Hussars, aged 59. He was a +member of an old Norfolk family, and joined his regiment, then +the 14th Light Dragoons, in India in 1847. He served +through the Punjaub Campaign of 1848 and 1849; and with the +Central India Field Force, under Sir Hugh Rose, during the +Mutiny. Captain Blyth for some time held the post of riding +master in his regiment, and in addition superintended the +training of 1,200 remounts for cavalry during the Crimean +War. He took part in thirty-six separate engagements, and +was never once wounded. On retiring from the Army he +settled at Weasenham Hall, his birthplace, and subsequently at +Dersingham, where he became a warm supporter of the West Norfolk +Foxhounds, and a justice of the peace.</p> +<h4><a name="page357"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +357</span>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—A “habitation” of the Primrose League was +inaugurated at Holt at a meeting held under the presidency of Sir +Alfred Jodrell, Bart. This is the first record of the +formation of a branch of the organization in Norfolk. The +preliminary meeting was followed by a great gathering held in the +same town on May 12th. Other “habitations” were +quickly formed in various parts of the county.</p> +<p>9.—The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture discussed the +question of inaugurating a series of agricultural +experiments. The committee to whom the matter had been +referred reported in favour of the proposal, which had the warm +support of the Prince of Wales and the Earl of Leicester. +The report was adopted, and it was decided to commence +experiments in the autumn. An address on the subject was +delivered by Sir Thomas Acland, M.P.</p> +<p>20.—The Prince of Wales arrived at Yarmouth, and on the +21st inspected the Norfolk Artillery, in which Prince Albert +Victor was serving at the time. On the 22nd the Prince of +Wales was to have visited Norwich for the purpose of inspecting +the 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment, but the parade was abandoned +in consequence of the heavy rain. A ball given at Yarmouth +Town Hall in the evening by the officers of the Eastern District +Brigade, was attended by their Royal Highnesses. The Prince +of Wales left for Sandringham on the 23rd.</p> +<p>21.—Died, aged 78, Mr. Jeremiah Colman, of Carshalton +Park, senior partner in the firm of Messrs. J. and J. +Colman. He was one of the twelve sons of Mr. Robert Colman, +and a member of the cricket team of eleven brothers.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>3.—The Derby Stakes were won at Epsom by Lord +Hastings’ Norfolk-bred horse, Melton, which beat Mr. +Brodrick-Cloete’s Paradox and Mr. Childwick’s Royal +Hampton. On September 16th Melton won the St. Leger Stakes +at Doncaster by six lengths.</p> +<p>4.—A festival of the Choir Benevolent Fund took place at +Norwich Cathedral.</p> +<p>13.—The Queen, it was announced, had conferred the +honour of knighthood upon Dr. Eade, of Norwich. The Norwich +Town Council on the 16th passed a vote of congratulation to Sir +Peter Eade, who on August 1st was presented to her Majesty at +Osborne.</p> +<p>17.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Watton, and was continued on the +18th. Lord Walsingham was president.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>4.—Captain Smith, East Surrey Regiment, son of Mr. Henry +Smith, of Ellingham Hall, was enthusiastically welcomed on his +return after active service in Afghanistan and the Soudan. +Captain Smith entered the Army in 1878, and went immediately to +the front. He served in the Afghan War under Sir Donald +Stewart, and in the Soudan under General <a +name="page358"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 358</span>Graham, and +took part in the operations at Hasheen and Tamai. While at +Suakim he contracted fever and was invalided home.</p> +<p>9.—The Merton flock of pure-bred Southdown sheep, the +property of Lord Walsingham, was sold by Mr. John Thornton. +The 541 lots revised £3,254 12s. 6d.</p> +<p>—Died, at Catton, aged 82, Mr. William Jary Cubitt, who +served the office of Sheriff of Norwich in 1865–66.</p> +<p>10.—Died, at Thorpland Hall, Fakenham, aged 83, the Rev. +Henry James Lee Warner. He was born at Stanton St. Quintin, +Wiltshire, where his father was then curate. Soon +afterwards his grandfather succeeded to the Walsingham Abbey +estates, and in 1807 his father accepted the charge of the +adjoining parishes of Walsingham and Houghton-in-the-Dale. +Having attended Aylsham Grammar School he proceeded to Rugby, and +thence to St. John’s College, Cambridge, where, in 1825, he +took double honours in classics and mathematics, being fourth +Senior Optime and in the second class of the Classical +Tripos. After residing at the Temple and reading for the +Bar, he travelled for some time on the Continent, and on +returning to England read for Holy Orders, and was ordained at +Norwich by Bishop Bathurst. Mr. Lee Warner first held a +curacy at Canterbury, and in 1834 succeeded his father in the +parishes of Great and Little Walsingham and +Houghton-in-the-Dale. From conscientious motives he +resigned his plurality of livings and thenceforth devoted himself +to the more populous parish of Little Walsingham on a stipend of +£100 per annum. Mr. Lee Warner largely identified +himself with Church work in the diocese, and in 1863 was +appointed an Honorary Canon of Norwich Cathedral. He was a +well-known archæologist. “A man of singular +modesty, of simple faith and self-denying habits, he was not only +a strong teetotaller by conviction, but also in many ways opposed +to what he considered excessive luxury.”</p> +<p>10.—The North Elmham herd of red polled cattle, +purchased and bred since 1875 by Mr. Thomas Fulcher, was sold by +Mr. John Thornton. Forty-six cows and heifers realised a +total of 1,077 guineas, and nine bulls 165 guineas.</p> +<p>21.—A terrible disaster occurred at Caister. At +about midnight a vessel was observed in distress near the Barber +Sand, and the yawl Zephyr, manned by a crew of fifteen hands, was +launched. The yawl had not proceeded far when she struck a +sunken wreck, and her side being ripped away, she sank rapidly, +and eight of her crew were drowned.</p> +<p>22.—Died, at Yarmouth, Alfred George Stannard, artist, +aged 57. He was the eldest son of Alfred Stannard, of +Norwich, a nephew of “Joe” Stannard and brother of +Miss Stannard, the painter of fruit and flowers.</p> +<p>25.—The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Volunteer Battalions Norfolk +Regiment went into camp at Yarmouth.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—The Norfolk Agricultural Association decided to merge +with the Royal Agricultural Society in 1886 and to hold no county +show that year.</p> +<p><a name="page359"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +359</span>6.—In the House of Commons, Mr. J. A. Picton +asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it +was a fact that, as reported in the London papers, the Rev. Coker +Adams, rector of Saham Toney, had on Sunday, July 26th, +pronounced in his parish church sentence of excommunication +against Joseph Payne, a parishioner, aged 82, because of his +persistent neglect of the Church’s ordinances and refusal +of her ministrations, and enquired whether notice would be taken +of his illegal action? Sir Richard Cross replied that he +saw this account with extreme surprise and regret, and he thought +it right the sentence should be sent to the Bishop, who, he had +no doubt, would make enquiry into the matter.</p> +<p>7.—Died, at Rackheath Park, Sir Henry Josias Stracey, +Bart. A prominent member of a well-known county family, Sir +Henry for many years occupied a distinguished position. +Born in 1802, he was educated at Eton, and afterwards served for +several years in the 1st Dragoons, and on succeeding to the +baronetcy, on the death of his father in 1855, he entered with +considerable ardour into politics. Just previously he had +been returned without opposition as one of the representatives of +East Norfolk on the retirement of Mr. Edmond Wodehouse. On +the dissolution of Parliament in 1857 Major-General Windham, in +the flush of the fame he had gained in the Crimea, was brought +forward for East Norfolk with Sir E. N. Buxton, and there being +divided opinions in the Conservative camp, Mr. Burroughes and Sir +Henry Stracey declined to contest the seat. On the death of +Sir E. N. Buxton in June, 1858, Sir Henry was again nominated, +and was defeated by the Hon. Wenman Coke. In the following +year he was returned with Sir Edmund Lacon for Yarmouth, +defeating Mr. (afterwards Sir E. W.) Watkin and Mr. Young, and +sat for that borough until 1865. In 1868 he stood for +Norwich in opposition to Sir W. Russell and Mr. Tillett, and was +returned at the head of the poll, but was unseated on +petition. In 1874 he again came forward, in conjunction +with Mr. Huddleston, was unsuccessful, and thereafter took no +share in polities. Sir Henry married, in 1835, Charlotte, +only daughter and heiress of Mr. George Denne, of the Paddock, +Canterbury. He served the office of High Sheriff in 1871, +and was a Deputy Lieutenant and magistrate for the county of +Norfolk.</p> +<p>18.—Died, at Hingham, Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., aged +61. He married, on December 19th, 1850, Sophia Jane, +daughter of the Rev. Clement Chevallier, rector of Badington and +Cransford, Suffolk, and widow of Mr. Isaac Jermy Jermy, who, with +his father, Mr. Isaac Jermy, fell a victim to the murderer, James +Blomfield Rush. “The Beevor family, which, with their +connections, are very numerous, are descended from the Rev. +William Beevor, rector of South Walsham and Rockland in 1659 (the +eldest son of Abraham Beevor, of Heckmondwike, Yorkshire), whose +grandson, Sir Thomas, eldest son of Thomas Beevor, of Norwich, +and Hester, daughter of John Sharpe, of Norwich, was created a +baronet in 1784.” The subject of this notice was +educated for the Bar, but in his latter years devoted himself to +the supervision of the business of the Norwich Union Life +Assurance Society, of which he was chairman of the directors, and +was at the same time a director of the Norwich Union Fire +Office. His eldest son, Thomas Edward, died to 1879, and +the second son, Hugh Reeve, succeeded to the baronetcy.</p> +<p>24.—Norwich Theatre was opened under the management of +Mr. Fred Morgan. The inaugural performance, “In +Chancery,” was given by <a name="page360"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 360</span>Mr. Edward Terry’s +company. On succeeding evenings “Weak Woman” +and “The Rocket” were produced, and Mr. Terry also +appeared in the character of James Blodder in an adaptation of +Thackeray’s “Jeames’s Diary.” +Several improvements had been effected in the Theatre, which had +undergone much-needed redecoration.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—The 4th Queen’s Own Hussars marched from +Norwich Cavalry Barracks, <i>en route</i> to Edinburgh and +Glasgow.</p> +<p>14.—The first exhibition by members of the Norwich Art +Circle (formed in the month of February) was opened at the Old +Bank of England Chambers, Queen Street.</p> +<p>25.—The annual congress of the homœopathic +practitioners of Great Britain was held at the Royal Hotel, +Norwich, under the presidency of Dr. Herbert Nankivell, of +Bournemouth.</p> +<p>—Mr. Arthur Coyte, of Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, died from +gunshot wounds accidentally inflicted whilst shooting on the +Stratton Strawless estate on the previous day. Mr. Coyte, +who was the second son of the Rev. James Coyte, rector of +Polstead, Suffolk, was 53 years of age.</p> +<p>30.—Died, at Norwich, aged 91 years, the Rev. Henry +Banfather. He was educated at Norwich Grammar School under +Forster and Valpy, by the latter of whom he was made an assistant +master. On Valpy’s death he took private pupils, and +was most successful in obtaining candidates for Holy +Orders. He was then appointed by the Corporation headmaster +of the school, a position which he held for many years before his +retirement to the living of Sprowston.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>7.—Died, at his chambers, Great Ormond Street, London, +Mr. Robert Hindry Mason, aged 61 years. Mr. Mason had led a +busy life as a journalist. He established, edited, and +conducted, from 1852 to 1854, the “Greenwich, and West Kent +Observer,” owned the “Sunderland Times” and +“Sheffield Advertiser,” and subsequently became +proprietor of the “London and Eton Gazette.” +Some years previously, when a resident in Norwich, he published a +work, entitled “Norfolk Photographically +Illustrated,” and at the time of his death was engaged upon +his best known work, the “History of Norfolk.”</p> +<p>12.—A great Conservative demonstration was held at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, at which a requisition, signed by +5,000 electors, was presented to Mr. Harry Bullard, inviting him +to contest the representation of the city in the Conservative +interest. Lieutenant-Colonel Bignold presided, and was +supported by the Earl of Dunraven, Under Secretary for the +Colonies, and by many prominent leaders of the party in county +and city. In reply to the requisition Mr. Bullard said, +“My answer is unhesitatingly +‘Yes.’” This meeting was said to have +been the largest ever held in a public building in Norwich.</p> +<p>19.—Lord Randolph Churchill addressed a large meeting of +the Conservative party at Lynn in support of the candidature of +Lord Henry <a name="page361"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +361</span>Bentinck for North-West Norfolk. On the 20th Lord +Randolph proceeded to Merton Hall as the guest of Lord and Lady +Walsingham.</p> +<p>24.—The Channel Squadron, consisting of the Minotaur +(flagship), Agincourt, Monarch, Sultan, Iron Duke, and Leander, +arrived in Yarmouth Roads, and anchored between the Britannia and +Wellington Piers. Admiral Fellowes was in command, and the +officers and men numbered 3,750. The squadron sailed for +Deal on November 4th.</p> +<p>31.—Mr. Edward Birkbeck, M.P., was presented, at the +Fishmongers’ Hall, London, with a valuable service of +silver plate, subscribed for by many fishermen, boatowners, and +others in recognition of his successful efforts to serve the +fishing industry of the United Kingdom. The presentation +was made by the Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by Prince +Albert Victor.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—The 13th Hussars, who formed the principal cavalry +contingent of Sir Charles Warren’s Bechuanaland +expeditionary force, arrived at Norwich by two special +trains. A portion of the regiment had proceeded to +Colchester. Lieutenant-Colonel Miller was in command of the +headquarter troops, which numbered 16 officers and 240 men.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. John Gurney, of Sprowston Hall, was elected +Mayor, and Mr. J. J. Dawson Paul appointed Sheriff of +Norwich.</p> +<p>12.—Madame Albani gave a concert at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, in aid of the Jenny Lind Infirmary. She +received the voluntary assistance of Miss Damian, Mr. Edward +Lloyd, Mr. Santley, Lady Benedict (solo pianist), M. Carl Walther +(solo violinist), Dr. Bunnett (organist), and the Norwich +Gatehouse Choir. Signor Bisaccia conducted, and the +proceeds amounted to £529 14s. 8d.</p> +<p>13.—Died, at Milgrove House, Fulham, Thomas Heron Jones, +seventh Viscount Ranelagh. He was born at Fulham in 1812, +and succeeded his father in 1820. His lordship took a +prominent part in originating and forming the Volunteer force in +1859. For some time he served in the 1st Life Guards and in +the 7th Fusiliers. By his death the title, which was +created in 1628, became extinct. He was succeeded in his +estates (principally at St. Faith’s, Norwich) by his +cousin, Alexander Montgomery, son of Vice-Admiral the Hon. +Alexander Montgomery Jones, son of the fourth Viscount. +Lord Ranelagh served the office of High Sheriff of Norfolk in +1868.</p> +<p>13.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Stephen, +Robert Goodale, 45, gardener, was indicted for the wilful murder +of his wife, Bathsheba Goodale, at Walsoken, on September +15th. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. The +execution took place at Norwich Castle on November 30th. +Berry, of Bradford, was the executioner. “As the +clock of an adjacent church struck the hour of eight, Berry, who +was stationed behind the prisoner with the lever in his hand, +asked him, ‘Do you wish to say anything else before you +go?’ to which Goodale replied in the negative, and before +the eighth stroke had sounded, the lever was pulled, the +trap-door fell, and the prisoner, who weighed 15 stone, and was 5 +ft. 11 in. in height, and was allowed a drop just short of six +feet, disappeared from view. To the horror of the +bystanders the rope rebounded, and it was thought that by some +means it had become <a name="page362"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 362</span>unfastened. On looking into +the pit below the scaffold the spectators observed the body lying +on the ground, with the head still enveloped in the white cap, +completely severed from the trunk.” At the subsequent +inquest the jury found that death was caused by hanging, and +“they imputed no blame to anyone for what had +occurred.”</p> +<p>19.—A desperate encounter took place between a couple of +tigers at Bostock and Wombwell’s menagerie at +Norwich. One animal seized the other, named Tippo, by the +throat, and although every effort was made to separate them, +Tippo was laid lifeless upon the floor. The victim’s +windpipe was crushed, and death resulted from suffocation. +The animal, a fine specimen of the Royal Bengal tiger, was valued +at £400.</p> +<p>23.—The General Election under the extended franchise +commenced on this date. The nomination of candidates for +the representation of Norwich took place at the Guildhall, before +the Sheriff (Mr. J. J. Dawson Paul). The following were +proposed:—Mr. Harry Bullard, of Hellesdon House (C.); Mr. +Jeremiah James Colman, of Carrow House (L.); and Mr. Robert +Samuel Wright, of 1, Paper Buildings, Temple, London, +barrister-at-law (L.). The polling took place on the 25th, +between the hours of eight a.m. and eight p.m. “The +Market Place was the scene of a regular carnival. The +principal form of practical joking was the discharge of small +bags of flour at any prominent person who chanced to run the +gauntlet of the crowd. No ill-temper was displayed, and +probably no election ever took place in Norwich where so little +animosity was exhibited. We think the keeping of the poll +open until eight o’clock was generally admitted to be a +mistake, as unnecessarily prolonging the excitement incidental to +an election where party feeling runs high.” At the +close of the poll the ballot boxes were conveyed to the +Guildhall, where the counting immediately commenced, and the +result was declared at 12.45 as follows:—Bullard, 7,279; +Colman, 6,666; Wright, 6,251. On December 21st a petition +was lodged against the return of Mr. Bullard. (<i>See</i> +March 17th, 1886.)</p> +<p>—At Yarmouth, on the re-enfranchisement of the borough, +Sir Henry Wheatley Tyler (C.) and Captain Cecil W. Norton (L.) +were nominated. The polling, which took place on the 24th, +resulted as follows:—Tyler, 2,661; Norton, 2,476.</p> +<p>—The Right Hon. Robert Bourke (C.) and Sir W. ffolkes, +Bart. (L.) were nominated for King’s Lynn. The +polling on the 25th resulted—Bourke, 1,472; ffolkes, +1,302.</p> +<p>24.—For South Norfolk Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bart. +(C), and Mr. Francis Taylor, of Diss (L.), were nominated. +The polling took place on the 27th, and the result was declared +at the Shirehall, Norwich, on the 28th as follows:—Taylor, +4,580; Buxton, 3,588.</p> +<p>—The candidates nominated for East Norfolk were Mr. +Edward Birkbeck (C.) and Mr. Philip Falk, of Kensington Palace +Gardens, London (L.). The polling took place on the 30th, +and the result was declared at the Shirehall, Norwich, on +December 1st as follows:—Birkbeck, 4,682; Falk, 4,459.</p> +<p>25.—The nomination of candidates for North Norfolk took +place at Aylsham. The nominees were Mr. Samuel Hoare, of +Cliff House, Cromer (C), and Mr. Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, +Q.C., of 50, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London (L.). The +polling was on December <a name="page363"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 363</span>1st, and the declaration, at +Aylsham, on December 2nd. Result:—Cozens-Hardy, +5,028; Hoare, 3,342.</p> +<p>27.—The nomination of candidates for South-West Norfolk +took place at Swaffham. The candidates were Mr. W. A. +Tyssen Amherst (C.) and Sir W. Brampton Gurdon (L.). The +polling was on December 4th, and the declaration on December +5th:—Amherst, 4,096; Gurdon, 3,776.</p> +<p>30.—The candidates for North-West Norfolk—Lord +Henry Bentinck (C.) and Mr. Joseph Arch (L.), were nominated at +Lynn. The latter, described as the president of the +National Agricultural Labourers’ Union, was nominated by +Sir Lawrence Jones, Bart. The polling, on December 8th, was +declared on December 9th as follows:—Arch, 4,461; Bentinck, +3,821.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—Mid Norfolk election, candidates, Mr. Ailwyn E. +Fellowes (C.) and Mr. R. T. Gurdon (L.), took place. The +poll was declared on the 4th at East Dereham—Gurdon, 5,275; +Fellowes, 2,872.</p> +<p>9.—The parish church of East Dereham, partially restored +at the cost of £2,134, by Messrs. Cornish and Gaymer, of +North Walsham, under the supervision of Mr. E. P. Willins, was +re-opened. The eighteenth century plaster, which concealed +the Early English roof of the nave, was removed, and the +unsightly old galleries, which blocked up the north and south +aisles and the west end, were demolished. The Perpendicular +font was transferred from the north transept to its original +position near the west door. Colonel Bulwer was chairman of +the Restoration Committee.</p> +<p>—In the House of Lords, before Lords Selborne, +Blackburn, Bramwell, Watson, and Fitzgerald, was commenced the +hearing of the appeal, Coaks and others <i>v.</i> Boswell and +others. This was an appeal from the judgment of Lords +Justices Baggallay, Cotton, and Lindley. On Monday, 14th, +the fourth day, the case for the respondents closed, and their +lordships reserved judgment. (<i>See</i> February 22nd, +1886.)</p> +<p>20.—The new reredos at the church of St. Peter Mancroft, +Norwich, designed by Mr. Seddon, and executed by Mr. Harry Hems, +of Exeter, was formally dedicated. It was described as +“an adaptation of the Norfolk screen, with its carved oak +and painted panel work.”</p> +<p>26.—Miss May Holt’s company appeared at Norwich +Theatre in her “local drama,” entitled, “Every +Man for Himself.” “Little Red Riding +Hood” was produced at Sanger’s Circus at the +Agricultural Hall.</p> +<h3>1886.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—The appointment of Dr. Bates, of Edinburgh, as +organist and master of the choristers at Norwich Cathedral, was +announced.</p> +<p>7.—The county magistrates decided to hire of Mr. James +C. Snelling the mansion known as Eaton Hall as lodgings for the +judges of Assize, <a name="page364"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +364</span>at the yearly rental of £250. On January +20th, Mr. Justice Hawkins, after delivering his charge to the +Grand Jury at the Norfolk Assizes, said he could not offer the +magistrates his gratitude for their endeavours to provide for the +comfort of her Majesty’s judges, unless, indeed, they +thought he and his marshal had the habits and tastes of a Polar +bear and an Arctic fox. Eaton Hall was well fitted for one +or both, as it was simply a bleak house in a frozen waste; it was +redolent of putty and paint; workmen were tapping just beyond the +dining-room door in precisely the same way as he should expect to +hear tapping in the back manufactory of an undertaker’s +shop; and the rooms were furnished with the view to economy and +discomfort with a show of luxury skilfully but not very +judiciously combined. On November 15th Mr. Justice Field, +in concluding his charge to the Grand Jury, said he found the +accommodation at Eaton Hall exceedingly nice and extremely +comfortable, and he added, amid laughter, he had not seen any +Polar bears or Arctic foxes.</p> +<p>10.—The jubilee of the Norwich District of the +Manchester Unity of Oddfellows was celebrated by a special +service held at the Cathedral, and attended by several hundred +members, and by the Mayor and Corporation. “The Order +was introduced into Norfolk in the year 1835 by five woolsorters +from the North of England—John Raven, Walter Meldrum, +Thomas Dack, Benjamin Fearnside, and Thomas Lambert. They +were the founders of the mother lodge of the district, the +Travellers’ Rest, the first place of meeting being at the +New Brewery, Pockthorpe.” The Mayor (Mr. John Gurney) +entertained to dinner at St. Andrew’s Hall, on May 18th, +upwards of 900 members of the Order.</p> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, an +application was received from the Norwich School Board for the +consent of the Corporation to an assignment of the lease of the +Dutch Church from the trustees to the Board, with the view of +converting the building into a higher grade school. The +Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society addressed to the +Council a strong protest against the application, which was +refused by 35 votes against 12. On April 21st a meeting was +held, under the presidency of the Mayor, at the Old Bank +Buildings, at which it was moved by Mr. Colman, M.P., seconded by +Mr. Harry Bullard, and unanimously agreed, “That the +provisional contract entered into by Mr. Frederic Oddin Taylor in +February last for the purchase of the lease of the Dutch Church +be adopted, and that a scheme be formulated assuring the future +inalienable use of the building as an adjunct to and in +connection with St. Andrew’s Hall, subject to existing +rights.” It was further decided to raise by public +subscription the sum required (£800) to present the +building, “hereafter to be called Blackfriars’ +Hall,” to the city after proper renovation. The Town +Council on June 29th passed a resolution expressing warm +appreciation of the efforts made by Mr. F. Oddin Taylor, and +received a deputation composed of the gentlemen who had taken +part in the movement, from whom they accepted Blackfriars’ +Hall as a gift to the citizens.</p> +<p>21.—Died, at Child’s Hill House, Hampstead, Mr. +Joseph Hoare, in his 72nd year. He was the fourth son of +Mr. Samuel Hoare, banker, of London, by his marriage with Louisa, +daughter of Mr. John Gurney of Earlham. Mr. Hoare, who was +educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, was a Deputy Lieutenant +for the county of Middlesex, and was president of the Hampstead +Conservative Association. In May, 1859, he was <a +name="page365"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 365</span>returned to +the House of Commons as member for Hull, but was unseated on +petition. He married, in 1847, Rachel Juliana, second +daughter of Mr. Charles Barclay, M.P. For many years it was +his custom to spend the summer at Cromer, where he was known as a +generous supporter of charitable and religious institutions.</p> +<p>22.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Hawkins, +John Thurston, 30, labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder +of Henry Springall, an old man, at Hingham, on December 5th, +1885. The prisoner was found guilty, and received sentence +of death. The execution took place at Norwich Castle on +February 10th. The culprit was a nephew of Henry Webster, +who was hanged at the same prison on May 1st, 1876, for the +murder of his wife at Cranworth.</p> +<p>—St. Cuthbert’s church, Sprowston, erected at the +cost of £2,000, was opened by the Bishop of Norwich. +The building was designed by Mr. A. R. G. Flemming, of +Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, and the contractor was Mr. G. +E. Hawes, of Norwich.</p> +<p>26.—A violent explosion, caused by an escape of gas, +occurred at Victoria Station, Norwich.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—Died, at St. Clement’s Hill, Catton, the Rev. +Richard Rigg, M.A., for forty-two years rector of St. +Clement’s, and some time rector of St. Michael-at-Coslany +and St. Edmund the King, Norwich, in his 81st year. A +clergyman of the old school, he was a warm adherent to the +Evangelical party, was for forty years secretary of the Norfolk +and Norwich Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, +and one of the founders of the Norwich Church of England Young +Men’s Society.</p> +<p>—Mr. John Ellis, of Sprowston, received from the +Treasury a grant of £150 “in consideration of his +services to the nation in having been the founder of the first +juvenile reformatory in England, that of Saltley, near +Birmingham.”</p> +<p>6.—It was announced that her Majesty the Queen had +conferred upon Mr. Edward Birkbeck, M.P., the honour of a +baronetcy.</p> +<p>7.—Died, at Brockheath, Salisbury, General William +Custance, C.B., colonel of the 11th Hussars, in his 75th +year. The second son of Mr. Hamilton Thomas Custance, of +Weston House, he entered the Army in 1831, and served with +distinction in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny.</p> +<p>13.—A deputation of unemployed workmen waited upon the +Mayor of Norwich at the Guildhall and urged upon him the +necessity of steps being taken to relieve the exceptional +distress then prevailing in the city. On the 17th a public +meeting was held, at which a fund was opened. Relief works +were shortly afterwards started on Mousehold Heath.</p> +<p>14.—Died, at St. Helen’s House, Norwich, Mr. +Edward Field, in his 75th year. He succeeded Mr. Thomas +Bignold as solicitor to the Norwich Fire and Life Assurance +Offices, and in 1857–8 served as Mayor of Norwich. On +the death of Sir Samuel Bignold Mr. Field became leader of the +Conservative party in the Town Council, and was for many years +Chairman of the Board of Guardians. He drafted the Norfolk +and Suffolk Fisheries Act, 1877, and was chiefly instrumental in +getting it <a name="page366"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +366</span>passed; subsequently he became honorary secretary to +the Board of Conservators, of which also he was a member. +Mr. Field, who was a magistrate of the city, for several years +held the rank of captain in the Norwich Rifle Volunteers.</p> +<p>20.—Died, at 49, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, +Mr. George William Pierrepont Bentinck, aged 82. He was the +eldest son of Vice-Admiral William Bentinck (a representative of +the junior branch of the family of the Duke of Portland), by +marriage with Lady Frances Eliza Augusta Pierrepont, only +daughter of Charles, first Earl of Manvers. In 1853 he was +returned as Conservative member for West Norfolk, and retained +the seat until March, 1868, when he retired on account of +ill-health. He was, however, re-elected by the same +constituency in 1871, and sat till February, 1884, when he +finally retired from Parliamentary life. Mr. Bentinck, who +was a Tory of the old school, and maintained his principles to +the last, was a magistrate and a Deputy Lieutenant for the +county.</p> +<p>22.—In the House of Lords judgment was given in the +case, Coaks and others, appellants, and Boswell and others, +respondents. Their lordships held that there had been no +fraud in the purchase of the Harvey life interest, and therefore +reversed the order of the Court of Appeal and that of Mr. Justice +Fry, dismissing the action with costs restored. The +respondents were condemned in the whole costs of the case. +On September 17th, 1887, it was announced: “The plaintiffs +have discharged the taxed costs of the defendants. These +amounted to £12,930 19s. 11d., of which £2,194 13s. +5d. was allowed in respect of the appeal in the House of +Lords.” Mr. M. S. Emerson, solicitor to the +plaintiffs, stated, in a letter published on September 24th, +1887, that they had the opportunity of compromising the +case. “It is a fact,” he wrote, “that I +refused £30,000 before the case came into court. . . +. The six counsel engaged for the plaintiffs met, and were +unanimous in their opinion that I was right in refusing the +£30,000.” (<i>See</i> July 22nd, 1892.)</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>2.—At a special meeting of the shareholders of the +Norwich Public Library, held for the purpose of taking into +consideration the advisability of amalgamating the Library with +the Literary Institution, according to a scheme prepared and +approved by the committees of both institutions, it was agreed by +27 votes against 4 to adopt the proposal.</p> +<p>17.—The trial of the election petition presented by Mr. +Henry Birkbeck and others against the return of Mr. Harry Bullard +as one of the members for Norwich, commenced at the Shirehall +before Mr. Justice Denman and Mr. Justice Cave. Counsel for +the petitioners were Mr. Charles, Q.C., Mr. R. T. Reid, Q.C., and +the Hon. Mark Napier; and for the respondent Mr. Gully, Q.C., the +Hon. Mr. Denman, and Mr. Blofeld. Bribery, treating, undue +influence, and personation by agents, were alleged. The +only case of bribery that was proved was the gift of a +two-shilling piece by an alleged agent, to a voter, but it was +sufficient to render the election void, and Mr. Bullard was +unseated. The judges, however, declined to give the +petitioners their costs, and Mr. Bullard’s costs were +defrayed by the subscriptions of men of all parties. +(<i>See</i> May 7th.)</p> +<p>18.—Died, at Marham Hall, Mr. Henry Villebois, aged +79. An excellent landlord, an ardent sportsman, and for +some years Master of the <a name="page367"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 367</span>West Norfolk Foxhounds, Mr. +Villebois was one of the earliest friends in Norfolk of the +Prince of Wales, whom he had the honour of several times +entertaining at Marham. He married, in 1831, Maria, elder +daughter of Mr. Thomas Philip Bagge, of Stradsett Hall, and was a +magistrate and a Deputy Lieutenant for the county. Mr. +Villebois commenced active duties as a M.F.H. about 1842, when he +took the Vale of White Horse, purchasing the pack from the +triumvirate, the Earl of Suffolk, Earl Bathurst, and Mr. Cripps, +who had hunted the country conjointly. He likewise +purchased the Herefordshire Hounds from Sir Vevers Cornwall, and, +with John Dinnecombe as huntsman, showed excellent sport until +1854, when, in consequence of a severe accident, he resigned the +mastership to Lord Gifford, and sold his hounds to the Earl of +Portsmouth. For the next three or four years he hunted with +Lord Suffield, and in 1858 consented to hunt the West +Norfolk. His lordship continued with the East Norfolk, but +resigned in 1859; Mr. Villebois then hunted the entire country, +but after two or three years resigned the Eastern portion to Lord +Hastings. In the spring of 1865 Mr. Villebois sold his +hounds and horses at Albert Gate, when seven of the hunters, +bought from Mr. Newcome Mason, of Hendon, his great ally in all +hunting matters, realised 1,015 guineas. After giving up +the mastership he stuck to West Norfolk, and from 1871 to 1875 +hunted the country round Marham with a small pack purchased from +the Rev. “Jack” Russell. The shooting at Marham +could not be excelled, for Mr. Villebois would have partridges +and pheasants as well as foxes. His funeral at Marham on +March 24th was attended by upwards of three thousand persons.</p> +<p>29.—The funeral took place, at the Rosary burial ground, +Norwich, of Thomas Harrison, who was born in the city in 1795, +and had seen much active service as a soldier. He joined +the 69th Regiment at the age of 17, was taken prisoner at the +bombardment of Antwerp, was present at Waterloo, went out to +India, where he was under arms for fourteen years, took part in +the first expedition to Burmah, and on returning to England in +1832 was rewarded with a pension of fifteen pence per day.</p> +<p>31.—A fire occurred at Browick Hall, near Wymondham, and +did damage to the amount of £2,000.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>7.—At the Guildhall, Norwich, Mr. Samuel Hoare, of Cliff +House, Cromer, was nominated a candidate to fill the vacancy +caused in the representation of the city by the unseating on +petition of Mr. Harry Bullard. The Liberal party offered no +opposition, and Mr. Hoare was declared duly elected.</p> +<p>9.—Died, at Great Yarmouth, Mr. Oswald Diver, aged +59. When a young man he was renowned as an oarsman, won +many sculling matches on the Thames, and at Norwich, Lynn, and +other places, and in 1847 beat Playford, who then held the Thames +Amateur Championship.</p> +<p>22.—The Archbishop of Canterbury administered at +Sandringham church the rite of confirmation to the Princess +Victoria of Wales.</p> +<p>24.—The Prince of Wales visited Norwich for the purpose +of inspecting the show-ground of the Royal Agricultural Society, +and was entertained at Carrow House by Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P.</p> +<p>29.—A special meeting of the Norwich Diocesan +Conference, convened <a name="page368"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 368</span>by the Lord Bishop, in compliance +with a numerously-signed requisition, was held at Noverre’s +Rooms to take into consideration the subject of Church +Reform.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—The new station erected by the Great Eastern Railway +Company at Thorpe, Norwich, was opened for inspection, and on the +3rd was used by the public for the first time. It was built +by Messrs. Youngs and Son, of Norwich, from designs by Mr. J. +Wilson, the company’s engineer, at the cost of +£60,000, and replaced the old station, which had been in +use since the opening of the line.</p> +<p>—A great meeting of “an entirely non-party +character” was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +under the presidency of the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant of +the county, in support of the principles of the Irish Loyal and +Patriotic Union. A resolution was adopted affirming that +any proposals tending to invalidate the legislative union between +Great Britain and Ireland would prove disastrous to the interests +of both countries. On June 25th Lord Leicester wrote a +letter which had an important influence upon the electorate of +the county. “I have never been in the habit,” +he wrote, “of taking part in political matters of a purely +party description, though if ever I should have been inclined to +break through the rule it would be at a time like the present, +when we are passing through a great crisis in our national +history, when the old party barriers have been broken down, and +when Liberals, Radicals, and Conservatives meet on a common +platform in a common cause. The question before the country +is solely this: whether the loyalists and Protestants of Ireland +should be legislated for by an independent Parliament composed of +men whom Mr. Gladstone himself has termed as marching through +rapine to the dismemberment of the empire, or whether the United +Kingdom is to remain under one Queen and one Parliament. I +cannot believe that Englishmen will ever consent to the former +proposal. I trust that the electors of Norfolk, with those +of the rest of England, will insist that their members shall be +patriots and decline to support Mr. Gladstone’s dangerous +policy.” Lord Suffield and other prominent Liberals +also renounced their adhesion to Mr. Gladstone.</p> +<p>7.—At the combined Norfolk and Suffolk Assizes, held at +Ipswich, before Mr. Baron Pollock, Charles Edward Wigger, a +shoemaker, was indicted for receiving from one Walter Banham, a +bribe for voting, or agreeing to vote, for Mr. Harry Bullard at +the Norwich election on November 25th, 1885, and was sentenced to +three months’ imprisonment with hard labour.</p> +<p>10.—George Edward Ray, 31, solicitor, of Norwich, was +sentenced at the Norfolk and Suffolk Assizes, at Ipswich, to +seven years’ penal servitude for forging the conveyance of +a real estate with intent to defraud.</p> +<p>11.—At the same Assizes Edward Burgess, of Norwich, the +printer and publisher of a newspaper called +“Daylight,” was indicted for publishing on February +20th a libel upon Mr. Joseph Stanley, solicitor, and Coroner for +Norfolk. The trial occupied three days, and on the jury +finding the defendant guilty he was sentenced to three +months’ imprisonment without hard labour, and ordered to +pay the costs of the prosecution.</p> +<p><a name="page369"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +369</span>12.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. John Gurney), as +chairman of the Conservators of Mousehold Heath, opened the new +road constructed thereon, and dedicated the Heath to the free use +of the people as a recreation park for ever.</p> +<p>19.—The sale of the Westacre shorthorns and shirehorses, +the property of Mr. Anthony Hamond, was conducted by Mr. John +Thornton and Mr. Sexton, respectively. Forty-five cows +averaged £28 ls. 5d.; seven bulls averaged £34 16s., +and 16 mares and seven stallions £53 16s. 3d. The +total amount realised was £2,690 13s. 6d.</p> +<p>25.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Mr. E. S. +Steward tendered his resignation of the office of City +Treasurer. On June 8th it was decided that the resignation +be not accepted, but that Mr. Steward be dismissed from +office. Mr. Hugh Gurney Barclay was on June 16th appointed +to fill the vacancy. At the Norwich Assizes, on November +23rd, the late City Treasurer was indicted for falsifying and +making certain false entries in the bankers’ pass book +belonging to the Mayor and Corporation, with intent to defraud +them of £1,848 16s. 9d., and on the 24th was found guilty +and sentenced by Mr. Justice Field to six months’ +imprisonment, (<i>See</i> January 25th, 1887.)</p> +<p>29.—The 19th (Princess of Wales’ Own) Hussars, who +had been on active service in Egypt since 1882, arrived at +Norwich, and took over the Cavalry Barracks, vacated during the +week by the 13th Hussars. The regiment, commanded by +Lieutenant-Colonel Combe, came by special train from Harwich, +where they had disembarked from the transport Geelong, and at +Thorpe station were received by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr. John +Hotblack), the Sheriff (Mr. J. J. Dawson Paul), and other +prominent citizens. The route from the station to the +barracks was profusely decorated, and the regiment received an +enthusiastic welcome from the citizens.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>10.—Died, at Fincham Rectory, the Rev. William Blyth, +rector of the parish and hon. canon of Norwich Cathedral. +An ardent archæologist, he was the author of a +“History of Fincham,” published in 1863. During +his tenure of office as rural dean five new churches were built, +fifteen restored, and thirteen greatly improved, out of a total +of twenty-fire churches in his deanery. The total outlay +upon this work was £45,000.</p> +<p>20.—Died, Mr. Henry James Lee Warner, of Walsingham +Abbey. The eldest son of the Rev. Daniel Henry Lee Warner, +he was born January 12th, 1809, and succeeded to the estate in +1858. Mr. Lee Warner served as High Sheriff in 1863, and +some years previously successfully contested Canterbury in the +Conservative interest.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>2.—The General Election commenced. The contest was +fought upon the issue of Home Rule, and the candidates were +distinguished severally Conservatives, Liberal Unionists, and +Gladstonians. Liberal Unionist candidates received the +support of the Conservative party.</p> +<p><a name="page370"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +370</span>2.—Polling took place at Yarmouth: Sir H. W. +Tyler (C.), 2,977; Captain C. Norton (G.), 2,011.</p> +<p>—Lynn election: The Right Hon. Robert Bourke (C.), +1,417; Mr. J. J. Briscoe, Bourne Hall, Cambridgeshire (G.), +1,146.</p> +<p>—Mr. W. A. Tyssen Amherst (C.) was returned unopposed +for South-West Norfolk.</p> +<p>3.—Sir Edward Birkbeck (C.) and Mr. H. Lee Warner (G.) +were nominated at the Shirehall, Norwich, candidates for East +Norfolk. The polling took place on the 8th: Birkbeck, +4,578; Lee Warner, 4,000.</p> +<p>—Mr. Francis Taylor, of Diss (L.U.), was returned +unopposed member for South Norfolk.</p> +<p>5.—The nomination of candidates—Lord Henry +Bentinck (C.) and Mr. Joseph Arch (G.)—for the +representation of North-West Norfolk, took place at the Town +Hall, King’s Lynn. The polling was held on the 9th: +Bentinck, 4,084; Arch, 4,064. (<i>See</i> April 5th, +1887.)</p> +<p>6.—Mr. Ailwyn Edward Fellowes (C.) and Mr. Herbert Hardy +Cozens-Hardy, Q.C. (G.) were nominated, at the Town Hall, +Aylsham, candidates for North Norfolk. The poll was opened +on July 10th: Cozens-Hardy, 4,084; Fellowes, 3,325.</p> +<p>7.—The nomination took place at East Dereham of Mr. R. +T. Gurdon (L.U.) and Mr. James Toller, tenant-farmer, of Winfield +Farm, Waterbeach (G.), as candidates for Mid Norfolk. The +polling took place on the 15th: Gurdon, 3,032; Toller, 2,638.</p> +<p>8.—The nomination of candidates for the representation +of Norwich took place at the Guildhall before the Sheriff (Mr. J. +J. Dawson Paul). The candidates were Mr. J. J. Colman (L.), +Mr. Samuel Hoare (C.), Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett (L.), and Mr. +Clare Sewell Read (C.). The polling on the 9th resulted as +follows:—Colman, 6,295; Hoare, 6,156; Tillett, 6,119; Read, +5,564.</p> +<p>12.—The show of the Royal Agricultural Society of +England opened at Whitlingham, Norwich. There were 1,840 +entries of stock and 4,656 entries of implements, as against 624 +and 1,882 respectively at the former show held at Norwich in +1849. On the 13th the show was visited by the Prince and +Princess of Wales and the Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, +who travelled from Sandringham and arrived at the temporary +railway station adjoining the show-ground. Their Royal +Highnesses made al tour of the show-yard, and the Prince of Wales +presided at the annual meeting of the society; in the afternoon +the Royal party returned to Sandringham. Their Royal +Highnesses again came to the city on the 14th. They arrived +at the City station of the Eastern and Midlands Railway, where +they were received by the Mayor (Mr. John Gurney), the Sheriff +(Mr. J. J. Dawson Paul), the Earl of Leicester, Mr. Colman, M.P., +Mr. Hoare, M.P., Mr. Harry Bullard, Mr. C. R. Gilman, and other +gentlemen. Escorted by the 19th (Princess of Wales’ +Own) Hussars, their Royal Highnesses were driven through the +gaily decorated streets of the city to St. Andrew’s Hall, +where, by invitation of the Mayor, a large and distinguished +company had assembled for luncheon. On the conclusion of +the proceedings the Royal visitors drove to the show-ground, and +after further inspecting the exhibits returned to the city and +visited the Norfolk and Norwich Dog Show at the Agricultural +Hall. On this day 200 of the Commissioners from the +Colonial Exhibition in London were present at the Royal Show, by +invitation <a name="page371"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +371</span>of the Council of the Society. The Mayor and +Mayoress held a reception at St. Andrew’s Hall on the +evening of the 15th, and on the 16th the Prince of Wales paid a +third visit to the show. In the evening a display of +fireworks, provided by the Sheriff, was given on the Castle +Meadow. The total number of visitors to the show during the +week was 104,761, and the receipts, exclusive of the sum derived +from the sale of season tickets, amounted to £6,784 +3s. The loss to the society was £1,062 1s. 3d.</p> +<p>15.—A great sale of shorthorn cattle and Southdown +sheep, the property of the Prince of Wales, was conducted at +Sandringham by Mr. John Thornton. The Prince and Princess +of Wales were present at the luncheon, at which there was a +distinguished gathering. Fifty-two cows and heifers sold +for 2,496 guineas, an average of £50 8s.; 17 bulls realised +840 gs., an average of £51 5s. 10½d. Good +prices were obtained for the Southdowns.</p> +<p>—Died, at Golding Street, Heigham, Norwich, Mr. Obadiah +Short, aged 83. Born in the parish of St. Augustine, he was +employed from 1816 to 1829 as a journeyman weaver. +Meanwhile he practised drawing and painting in his garret in St. +Edmund’s, and became acquainted with Mr. Sparshall, a wine +merchant and a local patron of art, who lent him some of +Stark’s works for copying purposes. Soon afterwards +Short made sketches of birds for the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, +and was employed by Dalrymple and Crosse to make drawings of +pathological subjects; the original drawings for Crosse’s +work on the “Urinary Calculus,” published in 1841, +were all from his pencil. In 1834 Short accepted an +engagement as designer at the manufactory of Messrs. Willett, +with whom he remained for more than fifty years. During his +long life he painted a large number of pictures, principally in +oil. “Although he did not attain to the production of +‘high art,’ his works were faithful delineations of +landscape scenery selected with a fine taste, and pleasing to a +vastly larger proportion of the lovers of pictures than many of +the works of ‘high art’ which few people +understand.”</p> +<p>22.—The Houghton Hall estate, the property of the +Marquis of Cholmondeley, was offered for sale at Tokenhouse Yard +under an order of the Court of Chancery. For Houghton Hall +(built by Sir Horace Walpole at the cost of £450,000) and +10,564 acres of land, £300,000 was offered, at which sum +the property was withdrawn.</p> +<p>24.—The camp of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Volunteer +Battalions Norfolk Regiment commenced at Yarmouth.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>5.—The first of the Norwich Cricket Week amateur +theatrical performances was given at Norwich Theatre under the +management of Sir Kenneth Kemp, Bart. The programme, which +was repeated on the 6th, included “A Fair Encounter” +and Tom Taylor’s “Plot and Passion.”</p> +<p>9.—Died, Dr. Robert James Mann, F.R.C.S. Born in +Norwich in 1817, he was educated for the medical profession at +the University College, London, obtained his M.D. degree at St. +Andrew’s, and was for some years in practice in +Norfolk. In 1857 he left England for Natal, where he +resided nine years, and returned to England with a special +appointment from the Legislative Council to promote +emigration. Dr. <a name="page372"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 372</span>Mann, in 1874, was appointed +secretary to the African section of the Society of Arts. He +was for some years on the staff of the “Edinburgh +Review,” and was the author of several popular scientific +treatises.</p> +<p>14.—Henry Last, a master carpenter, about 66 years of +age, was murdered in his cottage in Old Post Office Yard, +Norwich, by George Harmer. The murderer was apprehended in +London on the 19th. He was tried at Norwich Assizes on +November 22nd, before Mr. Justice Field, found guilty, and +sentenced to death. The execution took place at Norwich +Castle on December 13th. Harmer was the last culprit +executed within the walls of the Castle.</p> +<p>25.—The third Parliamentary election within the period +of eight months took place at King’s Lynn. A vacancy +had occurred in the representation of the borough by the +appointment of Mr. Bourke, M.P., to the Governorship of +Madras. Two candidates were nominated—Mr. Alexander +Weston Jarvis, of Middleton Towers (C.), and Mr. James Harris +Sanders, of Shelly, Herts (G.). The polling resulted as +follows:—Jarvis, 1,423; Sanders, 1,168.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Died, at Belsize House, East Dereham, Mr. Charles +Wright, solicitor, aged 74. Mr. Wright was for many years +clerk to the justices, and Coroner for the Duchy of +Lancaster. He was a lover of the fine arts, and a famous +cricketer, and for a long period was annually invited to play at +Lord’s in the match between Gentlemen and Players.</p> +<p>20.—Died, the Rev. John Jessopp, M.A., vicar of St. +Gregory, Norwich, aged 71. Educated at Cambridge +University, he was ordained in 1840, and became chaplain to the +East India Company, but after serving two years in India illness +necessitated his retirement from the post. On returning to +Europe he was appointed chaplain to the King of the Belgians, and +for some years resided at Ostend in that capacity. Mr. +Jessopp, on terminating his services to King Leopold, became +chaplain at the Surrey County Gaol, and on coming to Norwich, in +1877, was presented to the living of St. Gregory. He was +brother to the Rev. Dr. Jessopp, rector of Scarning, and formerly +head-master of Norwich Grammar School.</p> +<p>28.—Died, at Heigham Hall, Norwich, Mr. John Ferra +Watson. The son of a Norwich manufacturer, he was born at +Weybread in 1816, and was educated for the medical +profession. Mr. Watson founded Heigham Hall, which he +converted from a small square building into a handsome mansion, +and made it one of the finest private lunatic asylums in the +country. A Liberal of the old Whig type, he for many years +sat in the Norwich Town Council both as an alderman and as a +councillor, and was a magistrate for the city. He took +great interest in parochial affairs, and as churchwarden +inaugurated the restoration of the mother church of St. +Bartholomew, in the hamlet of Heigham.</p> +<p>30.—The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher lectured at the Victoria +Hall, Norwich, on “Wastes and Burdens of +Society.”</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Died, at Thelveton, Mr. Thomas Mann, of Thelveton +Hall, aged 65. Mr. Mann, who succumbed to injuries received +through an accidental <a name="page373"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 373</span>fall from his horse, was head of the +extensive firm of London brewers, Messrs. Mann, Crossman, and +Paulin. He was a successful exhibitor of cattle, and took +great interest in agricultural pursuits; and during his long +residence at Thelveton effected a series of improvements, which +were hardly completed at the time of his death. Among Mr. +Mann’s most notable works were the rebuilding of cottages +on his estate, the restoration of the parish church, and the +erection of parish schools. He was a generous supporter of +many charities, and his death was greatly deplored both in London +and in Norfolk.</p> +<p>12.—The Congress of the Congregational Union of England +and Wales was opened at Norwich, under the presidency of the Rev. +Edward White.</p> +<p>15.—Died, at his residence, Wroxham House, Mr. Robert +Blake-Humfrey, second son of Mr. Thomas Blake, of Norwich and +Scottow. Born November 23rd, 1795, he was educated at +Norwich Grammar School under Dr. Forster, and afterwards under +Valpy. At the early age of 16½ years he was gazetted +to an ensigncy by purchase in the 3rd Regiment (the Buffs), and +joined the 2nd Battalion at Walmer Barracks. In July, 1813, +he went out with a detachment of 100 men to join the 1st +Battalion in Spain, and arrived off St. Sebastian during the +siege. His detachment, with some companies of the 43rd and +52nd, were immediately ordered to march up country. The +force to which the Buffs were attached having taken Vieux +Moguere, they were in turn driven out of it next day, and the +light company in which Blake was serving covered the +retreat. On the order to face about the British drove back +the enemy and retook the village, and in the assault the young +officer was wounded in both legs by a grape shot. +Amputation of the left leg was rendered necessary, and his +military career ended. With pay and pension and a very +small fortune from his father, Mr. Blake retired to a quiet life +in Norfolk. In 1838 he married Charlotte, youngest daughter +of Colonel Harvey, of Thorpe, by whom he left three sons and four +daughters. On the death of the Rev. John Humfrey, in 1847, +he succeeded under his will to the Wroxham estate and other +property, and assumed the surname of Humfrey after and in +addition to the name of Blake. Mr. Blake-Humfrey spent much +time in drawing and etching and in the study of heraldry and +archæology. He compiled a complete history in MS. of +the Sheriffs of Norfolk, with their coats of arms most +beautifully emblazoned. Mr. Blake-Humfrey was a magistrate +for the county of Norfolk.</p> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council at letter +was received from the Mayor (Mr. John Gurney), suggesting that +upon the Prison Commissioners handing over the Castle to the +Corporate authorities, steps be taken to convert the keep and the +prison buildings into a museum. The cost of such work was +estimated at £5,000, and in the event of its being carried +out Mr. Gurney intimated that he would be prepared to defray the +expense. (<i>See</i> July 16th, 1887.)</p> +<p>21.—The portrait of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., painted +by H. T. Wells, R.A., was presented to the county by Sir F. G. M. +Boileau, Bart., on behalf of the subscribers.</p> +<p>25.—The Sheriff of Norwich and Mrs. J. J. Dawson Paul +were presented at the Guildhall with a valuable piece of plate +and a diamond spray bracelet, in token of personal esteem, and in +commemoration of <a name="page374"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +374</span>the birth of their son, Joseph Dawson, during the year +of Mr. Paul’s shrievalty.</p> +<p>28.—The Bishop of Norwich laid the foundation-stone of +the new church of St. Thomas, Heigham. (<i>See</i> June +28th, 1888.)</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The south-east corner of the tower of St. +Michael-at-Thorn church fell during a gale, crashed through the +roof of the nave, and did considerable damage to the interior of +the church.</p> +<p>4.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference was held at +Noverre’s Rooms, under the presidency of the Bishop. +The proceedings concluded on the 5th.</p> +<p>5.—Died, at Great Yarmouth, Mr. Thomas Proctor +Burroughs, F.S.A., aged 50. By profession a solicitor, he +was greatly devoted to archæological pursuits, and took a +prominent part in the preservation of the Toll House and other +antiquities in Yarmouth. Mr. Burroughs was an ardent +collector of pictures, books, and curiosities of local interest, +a Roman Catholic, and a staunch Conservative.</p> +<p>8.—Arthur Riches (36), fishhawker, murdered his wife by +stabbing her on the Walk, in the Haymarket, Norwich. He was +tried at Norwich Assizes on November 23rd, and found guilty, but +strongly recommended to mercy on account of the great provocation +he had received. The prisoner was sentenced to death, but +the punishment was afterwards commuted to penal servitude for +life. (Riches died at Parkhurst Convict Prison, Isle of +Wight, in April, 1898.)</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Harry Bullard was for the third time elected +Mayor of Norwich. Mr. Frederick Oddin Taylor was appointed +Sheriff.</p> +<p>10.—Died, at Scoulton Rectory, the Rev. John Munnings +Johnson, in his 93rd year. A son of the Rev. Paul Johnson, +of Runton, he entered the Navy as a lad, and after serving a +short time in the Royal Billy, joined the Gibraltar, 80 guns, +commanded by Captain Lukin, afterwards Admiral Windham. +After seeing much fighting he was transferred to the Mars, 74 +guns. In 1807 he was ordered out to the Baltic with the +armament which attacked Copenhagen, and captured the entire +Danish fleet. The years 1808 and 1809 were employed in the +blockade of the French fleet in Brest. In 1810 he was +called to the Tagus, and in 1811 accompanied Sir J. Moore, who +went with a large armament to protect British traders from the +Danes and Prussians. After passing for his lieutenancy in +January, 1812, Mr. Johnson went with Sir James Lucas Yeo to the +Lakes of Canada, where they contended at great disadvantage with +the American squadron. In 1814, after the storming of +Oswego, Mr. Johnson was made lieutenant, and at the close of the +war in 1815 he returned to England with a large portion of the +Duke of Wellington’s army, which, after the peace with +France, had been sent to America. He then went on half-pay, +and in 1824, determining to take holy orders, entered as an +undergraduate at Cambridge University. In 1828 he took his +degree, and the following year was ordained by Bishop +Bathurst. Mr. Johnson became curate in charge of Scoulton +in 1831, and was presented to the rectory in 1846. There he +remained until 1878, when he went to reside at Gurney’s +Manor, Hingham. He resigned the living in 1883, and was +succeeded by his son, the Rev. Henry Johnson, with whom he +resided until his death. Mr. Johnson married, in 1833, Miss +Anne <a name="page375"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +375</span>Wilson, daughter of the Rev. Henry Wilson, of Kirby +Cane, afterwards Lord Berners.</p> +<p>11.—Melton, the property of Lord Hastings, won the +Liverpool Cup, beating Oberon, Bird of Freedom, Sailor Prince, +and fourteen others. Ridden by Watts, Melton carried 9 st. +3 lb. and started at 100 to 8 against.</p> +<p>15.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Field, +Elizabeth Hamlinton (34), dressmaker, was found guilty of the +murder of her infant daughter, at Fakenham, on October +16th. She was strongly recommended to mercy. +“The prisoner almost fainted when the judge put on the +black cap; her face indicated terror, and when the dread sentence +was pronounced she moaned, and at its conclusion cried out +despairingly.” The Mayoress of Norwich (Mrs. Bullard) +interested herself on behalf of the unhappy woman, and forwarded +an influentially signed memorial to the Home Secretary. In +due course the prisoner was respited.</p> +<p>16.—The Norwich Town Council assented to an application +by Mr. Joseph Kincaird, of 3, George Street, Westminster, to +construct tramways in the city upon certain routes, on condition +that an amount equal to the cost of removing the lines and +reconstructing the streets in case the tramways were not worked +for a given period, be placed on permanent deposit. Other +conditions as to the control of traffic, &c., were +imposed. The Norwich Tramways Company, Limited, with a +capital of £30,000, was registered on December 23rd. +(<i>See</i> December 17th, 1889.)</p> +<p>27.—Died, at 41, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, +Mr. Octavius Edward Coope, M.P. He was first returned to +the House of Commons in July, 1847, as Conservative member for +Yarmouth. Mr. Coope was born in 1814, and was a partner in +the firm of Ind, Coope, and Co.</p> +<p>30.—A military tournament by the 19th (Princess of +Wales’ Own) Hussars commenced at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich, and concluded on December 4th. The proceeds were +in aid of local charities.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—A remarkable phenomenon was recorded at +Yarmouth. “The tide twice flowed and ebbed within +three hours. At 9.42 p.m., the calculated time for dead low +water, the gauge registered only six feet above zero. Thus +high and low water were practically reversed, a most uncommon +phenomenon.” On the night of the 8th “the +barometer fell to 28.20, the lowest local reading for the past +twenty years.”</p> +<p>6.—A new fire escape for “populous +buildings,” invented by Captain Longe, of Spixworth Park, +was tested at Thorpe Asylum. It consisted of “a +movable staircase mounted on a frame on four wheels, which can be +readily and expeditiously moved by two men to any window of a +burning building, and raised by a double crank to a window 18 ft. +from the ground, at an angle of 45 degrees, by which the inmates, +stepping on a small platform, can easily descend.” +The Lunacy Commissioners reported favourably upon the +invention.</p> +<p>27.—“Falka,” produced by Van Biene and +Horace Lingard’s Comic Opera Company, was the Christmas +attraction at Norwich Theatre. The dress circle, which had +remained in its original state since the erection <a +name="page376"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 376</span>of the +Theatre in 1826, was at this date remodelled and greatly improved +by the removal of the uncomfortable and objectionable boxes.</p> +<p>28.—Considerable damage was done to the telephone wires +in Norwich by a heavy fall of snow. “The whole system +came to grief through the wires breaking and the derricks giving +way.”</p> +<p>—Died, at his residence, Shadingfield Lodge, Yarmouth, +Mr. Samuel Nightingale, in his 84th year. He served the +office of Mayor of the borough in 1868–69.</p> +<h3>1887.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>6.—Dr. David George Thomson, senior medical officer of +the Surrey Asylum, was appointed by the Norfolk county +magistrates Medical Superintendent of the County Asylum at +Thorpe, in place of Dr. Hills, resigned. The Court granted +Dr. Hills a superannuation allowance of £600 per +annum. At the Easter Sessions resolutions were presented by +thirteen unions, protesting against the allowance as an excessive +burden upon the county rates.</p> +<p>14.—A serious riot occurred in Norwich Market +Place. A crowd of unemployed workmen, harangued by two +Socialists, named Mowbray and Henderson, who suggested that they +could not starve, and that they must procure food for themselves, +became a disorderly mob, and under the leadership of the +agitators, made a raid upon several shops on the Walk. The +ringleaders, with two men, named Hurrell and Hall, were +apprehended, and committed for trial. The case came before +Mr. Justice Grantham at the Assizes on the 21st, when Mowbray was +sentenced to nine months’, Henderson to four months’, +Hall to one month’s, and Hurrell to one week’s +imprisonment, with hard labour. A similar disturbance on a +minor scale took place at Yarmouth at about the same date. +Owing to inflammatory placards distributed during the month of +September, the Chief Constable of Norwich, on October 1st, +applied to the magistrates for power to raise a force of 200 +special constables. On October 11th the required number +were sworn in, and informed that their active services would not +be required except on a special summons from the magistrates.</p> +<p>25.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Grantham, +was tried the action, the Corporation of Norwich <i>v.</i> +Coxe. In this case the Corporation sued the Rev. Dr. Coxe, +one of the sureties of Mr. E. S. Steward, the late City +Treasurer, to recover from him the sum of £1,000, for which +amount he was bond. On behalf of the defendant it was urged +that the auditors were remiss in passing accounts that were +incorrect, and the judge made strong comments upon the loose +manner in which they did their work. The jury gave a +verdict for the defendant.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>8.—Mr. Archibald Forbes delivered a lecture, at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, on “Ten Years of War +Correspondence.”</p> +<p><a name="page377"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +377</span>12.—A shocking murder was committed at +Kenninghall Workhouse. Jonas Rivett, an inmate, aged 71, +stabbed Henry Baker, a ward attendant, in the neck, severing his +windpipe and jugular vein. At the combined Norfolk and +Norwich Assizes, held at Ipswich, on April 20th, before Mr. +Justice Field, the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to +death. He was subsequently respited, and removed to +Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.</p> +<p>17.—Died, at Syleham, in her 100th year, Lucy Steggall, +widow of Robert Steggall.</p> +<p>24.—Died, at Cannes, Mr. John Gurney, of Sprowston Hall, +Deputy-Mayor of Norwich. On retiring in November, 1886, +from the office of Mayor of the city he sought relaxation on the +shores of the Mediterranean. A severe shock of earthquake, +which occurred at Cannes at the time of his visit, is supposed to +have told upon his highly sensitive and nervous organization, and +to have indirectly caused his death. Mr. Gurney was the +eldest son of Mr. John Gurney, of Earlham Hall, and grandson of +Mr. Samuel Gurney, of West Ham. He was born on December +11th, 1845, and educated at Harrow, whence he proceeded to +Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in +1866. The following year he became a member of the firm of +Gurneys, Birkbecks, Barclay, and Buxton. In 1871 he married +Isabel Charlotte, daughter of Mr. R. Blake-Humfrey, of +Wroxham. Mr. Gurney, who was afflicted with blindness, was +one of the most liberal benefactors of Norwich, and was greatly +esteemed by the citizens.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>11.—Norfolk, in common with other parts of the country, +was visited by a severe spell of wintry weather.</p> +<p>15.—A dispute between smackowners and smacksmen at +Yarmouth ended on this date. Differences had arisen over +the substitution by the former of the share system for the old +plan of payment by wages and poundage. The strike was +beginning to have a disastrous effect upon trade, and was ended +by an amicable arrangement.</p> +<p>18.—Died, at Stirling, Mr. J. F. Young, for many years a +favourite actor upon the Norwich stage. Mr. Young was +widely known as a member of the original “Caste” +Company. He had been lessee of both Norwich and Yarmouth +Theatres, and was greatly respected in private and professional +circles.</p> +<p>21.—The action, Stanley <i>v.</i> the Mayor and +Corporation of Norwich and the Attorney-General, was tried in the +Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, before Mr. +Justice Kekewich. This case raised the question of the +right of the freemen to receive in perpetuity the rents of the +Town Close Estate, a valuable plot of land of about 100 acres in +extent, which was conveyed to the city in 1524 by the Prior of +Norwich. It was contended on the part of the plaintiffs +that this land became vested in the Corporation for the exclusive +benefit of the freemen, the terms in the original grant +“citizens” and “commonalty” being +synonymous with “freemen.” Mr. Justice Kekewich +concurred in this contention, gave judgment for the plaintiffs, +and ordered the costs of the action to be borne by the +estate. (<i>See</i> January 23rd, 1888.)</p> +<p><a name="page378"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +378</span>23.—A remarkable sale by auction was held at +Leziate under a warrant of distress for the non-payment of +tithe. “Mr. W. H. Boyce, of Holt House Farm, having +made up his mind to object on principle to the payment of the +tithe rent charged by the Rev. A. J. Groom, rector of +Ashwicken-cum-Leziate, and having also failed to induce the +rector or his legal agent to make any abatement of the amount +due, namely, £42 8s., a warrant of distress was issued, +under which seizure was made of ten homebred steers, two cows in +calf, and part of a stack of hay. The sale was conducted by +Mr. W. B. Lane. It was carried out in quite an amicable +manner, and the humour of the thing was enhanced by Mr. Boyce +providing luncheon for those in attendance. The auctioneer +had sold up to a certain point, when he announced that his duty +was done, but Mr. Boyce gave him a commission to go on selling as +long as he liked. This he accordingly did with excellent +results. At the conclusion of the action Mr. Boyce thanked +his friends for the way in which they had acted, expressed his +objections to tithes in general, and the present claim in +particular, and afterwards entertained several of his friends at +dinner.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>5.—In the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court +of Justice, before Mr. Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Stephen, a +petition was presented by Mr. Joseph Arch against the return of +Lord Henry Bentinck as member for North-West Norfolk, on July +9th, 1886. The petitioner alleged that the respondent was +guilty of an illegal practice in paying the sum of £3 to +Charles Wacey, of South Creake, in respect of expenses in the +conduct or management of the election. The money was sent +in a letter from Guist Hall, where Lord Henry Bentinck was +staying, on January 20th. The letter was as +follows:—“Dear Mr. Wacey—I enclose you a little +present as some small compensation for the trouble and worry you +have had in connection with the election and afterward. I +am much obliged to you for all you have done, and I hope you will +continue to help us in the future in the same able and energetic +manner in which you have done in the past. Yours truly, +Henry Bentinck. P.S. You had better not tell anyone +that I sent you anything.” This letter miscarried, +and was delivered not to Charles Wacey, but to Thomas Wacey, who +belonged to the party represented by Mr. Arch. Thomas Wacey +ultimately forwarded the postal orders contained in the letter to +Charles Wacey, who cashed them and kept the proceeds. It +was contended on the part of the respondent that the payment made +in January, 1887, had no relation whatever to the conduct or +management of the election in July, 1886. The money was +paid on account of registration services, and the injunction of +secrecy was made because to have paid all the district +secretaries would have involved the respondent in an expenditure +of £100. The petition was dismissed with costs.</p> +<p>10.—A new organ, built at the cost of £450, was +opened at St. Gregory’s church, Norwich.</p> +<p>14.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference commenced at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, under the presidency of the Lord +Bishop. The proceedings were concluded on the 15th.</p> +<p>18.—An “Old World Exhibition” was opened at +Blackfriars’ Hall, Norwich, by the Mayor, in aid of a fund +for rebuilding the tower of St. <a name="page379"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 379</span>Michael-at-Thorn. This +remarkable collection, chronologically arranged by the Rev. W. F. +Creeny, was of great historical and educational interest, and was +contributed to by many of the leading residents in county and +city. The exhibition closed on April 30th.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>12. A fifty miles bicycle race from the second milestone +on the Dereham Road, Norwich, to Swaffham and back, was ridden by +members of the Norwich Amateur Bicycle Club. The roads were +heavy, and the wind, during the greater part of the journey, +unfavourable. Result: 1st, H. J. Hayes, 3h. 45m. 30s.; 2nd, +Overton, 3h. 46m.; 3rd, Howes.</p> +<p>14.—The currency question was discussed by the Norfolk +Chamber of Agriculture, and a resolution adopted expressing alarm +at the daily increasing difficulty experienced by the +agricultural classes in obtaining money with which to meet their +obligations, asserting the belief that “an increase in the +circulating medium would lessen that difficulty,” and +urging the Government “to respond to the invitation of the +great Powers who had asked this country to join with them in +restoring to the peoples the free coinage and use of silver +money.” The following resolution was also +adopted:—“Although currency may in some way affect +the prosperity of trade and agriculture in this country, it is +the opinion of this Chamber that the main cause of the depression +is the influx of foreign produce to the ruin of the English +producer and the employment of foreign labour in the place of +English labour.”</p> +<p>14.—Died, at Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Mr. George Alden +Stevens, solicitor, in low 57th year. An entirely self-made +man, he rose by perseverance and integrity to become a partner in +the firm of Miller and Son. He was an ardent politician, +and for several years argent to the Liberal party, and the +constant adviser of Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett throughout his +chequered experiences on the hustings and in the election +courts. Mr. Stevens was a member of the Town Council, and +an alderman, and it was largely due to his generosity and zeal +that Chapel Field was transformed from a barren and useless waste +into a beautiful garden.</p> +<p>18.—Died, at Gladstone Street, Norwich, George Wilde, +aged 62, the last survivor in the city of the famous light +cavalry charge at Balaclava. Wilde was a private in the +13th Light Dragoons, and in the charge his horse was killed and +himself wounded. He was in receipt of a pension of thirteen +pence per day.</p> +<p>—The Prince of Wales visited Yarmouth and laid the +foundation-stone of the new hospital. On the 19th his Royal +Highness inspected the 2nd Brigade Eastern Division Royal +Artillery, and in the evening attended a ball given by the +officers.</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated in Norwich +by a review on Mousehold Heath of the 19th (Princess of +Wales’ Own) Hussars, the 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment, +and the 1st Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment. The Mayor +(Mr. Harry Bullard) gave a banquet at Blackfriars’ Hall in +the evening. Earlier in the day his worship and the Sheriff +(Mr. F. Oddin Taylor) entertained the inmates of the +Workhouse.</p> +<p><a name="page380"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +380</span>25.—An “anti-coercion demonstration,” +held under the auspices of the National Liberal Federation, was +addressed at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, by Mr. John Morley, +M.P.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—Died, at Yarmouth, where he had resided four years, +the Rev. Joseph Philip Knight, the composer of many popular +songs. The youngest son of the Rev. Francis Knight, D.D., +he was born at the Vicarage, Bradford-on-Avon, on July 26th, +1812. His love for music displayed itself at an early age, +and at fifteen he began to devote himself to the study of harmony +and composition. When about twenty Mr. Knight composed his +first six songs under the name of Philip Mortimer. Among +these were “Old times,” sung by Henry Philips, and +“Go, forget me,” extremely popular both in this +country and in Germany. After this he used his own name, +and, in company with Haynes Bayly, produced a number of highly +successful songs, amongst which the most famous were “Of +what is the Old Man thinking?” “The Veteran,” +“Days Gone By,” “The Grecian Daughter,” +and “She wore a Wreath of Roses.” He +subsequently composed the song and duet to the words written for +him by Thomas Moore, “The Parting” and +“Let’s take this World as some Wild +Scene.” In 1839 Mr. Knight visited the United States, +where he remained two years. To this time are due, among +other popular songs, his celebrated “Rocked in the Cradle +of the Deeps” sung with immense success by Braham, and +“Why Chime the Bells so merrily?” On his return +to England he produced “Beautiful Venice,” +“Say, what shall my Song be To-night?” “The +Dream” (words by the Hon. Mrs. Norton), “Amy +Robsart,” and “Queen of the Silver Bow,” all +more or less the rage in their day. Some years afterwards +Mr. Knight married, and lived for a long time in France and +Germany, doing very little in the way of composition, but on his +return to England he wrote many other songs, “Peace, it is +I,” “The Lost Rose,” “The +Watchman,” “The Anchor,” “Where is the +Place of thy Rest?” and the duet, “Where the Roses +Grow,” all of which, enjoyed great popularity. His +songs, duets, and trios number 225.</p> +<p>4.—Queen Kapiolani, and the heiress presumptive to the +Hawaiian Throne, the Princess Lilivokalani, consort and sister +respectively of Kalakana, King of Hawaii, on a visit to England +for the purpose of attending the celebration of the Jubilee of +Queen Victoria, arrived at Rackheath Hall, where they were +entertained as the guests of Captain and Mrs. Steward. +During the stoppage of the train at Trowse station, the visitors +were waited upon by the Mayor and Mayoress of Norwich (Mr. and +Mrs. Bullard), who were attended by the Town Clerk and other +civic officials. On the 5th (Sunday) the Queen and Princess +attended service at the Cathedral, at which the Mayor, Sheriff, +and members of the Town Council were present; and on the 6th they +visited the Cathedral, St. Andrew’s Hall, St. Peter +Mancroft church, and the Castle, and were entertained to luncheon +at the Guildhall by the Mayor and Mayoress. In the +afternoon they proceeded to Pine Banks, Thorpe, and were +entertained by Mr. I. O. Howard Taylor. On the 6th the +Queen and Princess departed for London.</p> +<p>15.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association <a name="page381"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +381</span>opened at Blickling Park. The Marquis of Lothian +presided at the public luncheon. The show was continued on +the 16th.</p> +<p>19.—The celebration of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria +began in Norwich on this day (Sunday) with a thanksgiving service +at the Cathedral, and with special services at the Roman Catholic +and other Nonconformist places of worship. The Mayor and +Corporation attended the Cathedral in the morning, and +Prince’s Street Congregational chapel in the evening. +On the 20th a special meeting of the Town Council was held on the +requisition of forty-four members, at which it was unanimously +resolved to confer the honorary freedom of the city upon Mr. +Harry Bullard as Mayor of Norwich. The 21st was observed as +Jubilee Day. Early in the morning intelligence was +telegraphed to the city that the Mayor was among the eleven chief +magistrates in the kingdom who had received the honour of +knighthood. The day’s proceedings commenced with a +special service at the Cathedral, attended by Churchmen and +Nonconformists, by a detachment of the 19th Hussars, under +Colonel French, and the Norwich Artillery Volunteers and Rifle +Volunteers. At noon 11,000 school children assembled in the +Market Place and sang the National Anthem, after which Sir Harry +and Lady Bullard were “at home” at the Guildhall, and +entertained a large company to luncheon. In the afternoon +there was a military parade of the 19th Hussars and Volunteers on +Dix’s Land, Unthank’s Road; the school children had +tea at their respective schools, and in the evening the city was +illuminated and a grand display of fireworks was given on the +Castle Meadow. The festivities were continued on the 22nd, +when the Mayor and Sheriff entertained 1,100 of the aged poor at +the Agricultural Hall, and in the evening Sir Harry and Lady +Bullard gave a <i>soirée</i> at St. Andrew’s +Hall. On the 23rd the inmates of the Workhouse were +entertained. The 21st was observed with great rejoicing in +every town and village in the county, and the weather being +beautifully fine, the proceedings were of a most successful +character. The amount subscribed in Norfolk to the +Women’s Jubilee offering to the Queen was £1,565 2s. +6d.</p> +<p>29.—Ringland church, restored at the cost of +£2,000, was re-opened.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>13.—“As You Like It” was for the first time +performed locally as a “pastoral play” in the grounds +of Mousehold House, Thorpe Hamlet, the residence of Mr. W. H. +Hackblock. The comedy was represented by amateurs on the +occasion of a garden <i>fête</i>.</p> +<p>16.—The new prison on Plumstead Road, Norwich, designed +by the surveyor to the Prison Department, and built by Messrs. W. +and T. Denne, of Walmer, Kent, was completed on this date. +The prisoners were transferred from the Castle to the new prison +on August 2nd. On September 12th the Prison Commissioners +gave formal possession of the Castle to the Mayor and +Corporation. The late Governor (Mr. A. E Dent), in handing +the keys to the Town Clerk (Mr. H. B. Miller), remarked that the +Castle had for many generations—since 1345, when it was +first used as a county prison, been in the hands of governors, +and he was glad, as the last of that long line, to hand over the +building to the Corporation to be employed for a different +purpose in the future. (<i>See</i> July 27th, 1891.)</p> +<p>20.—Mr. Henry Chaplin, M.P., was the principal speaker +at a great Primrose League <i>fête</i> given in Melton +Constable Park by Lord Hastings.</p> +<p><a name="page382"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +382</span>25.—Died, at his resident, at Sevran, in the +environs of Paris, Mr. William Bateman, aged 75. He was +second son of Mr. John Bateman, of Norwich, and brother of Dr. +Bateman. At the age of 29 he settled in Paris as a merchant +and acquired an ample fortune. During his mercantile career +Mr. Bateman established extensive commercial operations in Spain, +and in 1870 King; Amadeus conferred upon him the dignity of +Knight of the Order of Charles III. of Spain. Mr. Bateman +married the eldest daughter of Mr. William Harrison, of +Yarmouth.</p> +<p>27.—The Premier (Lord Salisbury) visited Norwich. +His lordship was received at Thorpe station by the High Sheriff +(Sir Alfred Jodrell, Bart.), the Mayor (Sir Harry Bullard), and +Lieutenant-Colonel Bignold, the leader of the Conservative party +in the city. Escorted by a cavalcade of fifty horsemen, +among whom were several leading residents in the county and city, +Lord Salisbury drove to Harford Lodge, the residence of Colonel +Bignold. In the evening the Premier addressed a great +meeting, held at the Agricultural Hall, under the presidency of +Colonel Bignold, and at the conclusion of the proceedings +travelled by special train to Coltishall, whence he drove to +Horstead Hall as the guest of Sir Edward Birkbeck, M.P., and the +Hon. Lady Birkbeck. Lord Salisbury returned to Norwich on +the 28th, and after attending a luncheon given at the Guildhall +by the Mayor, proceeded to the Agricultural Hall, where he +received addresses presented by deputations from many +Conservative associations in East Anglia. Having delivered +a further address his lordship departed from Thorpe station by +the 3.25 train for London.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—The Cricket Week theatrical performances commenced at +Norwich Theatre, and were continued on the 4th and 5th. The +pieces produced by Sir Kenneth Kemp’s company of amateurs +were “The Parvenue” and “Woodcock’s +Little Game.”</p> +<p>9.—Died, at 3, Belgravia Square, Edward Fellowes, first +Baron de Ramsey. His lordship, who was raised to the +Peerage on July 5th, was the second son of Mr. William Fellowes, +of Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire, by his wife, Emma, fourth +daughter of Mr. Richard Benyon, of Englefield House, Berks. +He was born in 1809, and entering Parliament for Huntingdonshire +in 1837, sat in the House of Commons without interruption until +the General Election in 1880, when his eldest son, Captain +Fellowes, succeeded to the seat which had been successfully +defended against Liberal assaults during forty-three years. +For more than half a century Mr. Fellowes was chairman of the +Commissions which had the management of the Middle Level and Ouse +Outfall Works.</p> +<p>19.—Died, at Alfred Place, South Kensington, Mr. John +Palgrave Simpson. He was the second son of Mr. William +Simpson, Town Clerk of Norwich and Treasurer for the county of +Norfolk, and of his wife Katherine, daughter of Mr. William +Palgrave, of Coltishall. Intended for the Church, he was +educated under a private tutor at Corpus Christi College, +Cambridge, where he took the degree of B.A., and proceeded M.A. +in due course. Abandoning the idea of adopting the clerical +profession, Mr. Simpson travelled on the Continent and in the +East. He was in Paris when a sudden and severe reverse of +fortune, consequent upon the failure of a bank, compelled him to +seek means of repairing his losses. Literary occupation +seemed the only course open to him, <a name="page383"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 383</span>and, as he confessed, he succeeded +in his efforts beyond expectation. For some years he +contributed to the leading +magazines—“Blackwood’s,” +“Bentley’s,” “Frazer’s,” and +others, and published three novels, “Second Love and other +Tales,” “Gisella,” and “The Lily of +Paris, or the King’s Nurse.” Mr. +Simpson’s career as a writer for the stage was mainly due +to accident. He seldom visited theatres, but it chanced one +night that he went to the Strand Theatre, and was so pleased with +the performance of William Farren, Leigh Murray, and Mrs. +Stilling that he conceived the idea of writing a play for them, +and the result was the comedy drama in one act, entitled +“Poor Cousin Dick,” which was played with +considerable success at the house on April 8th, 1850. +Subsequently Mr. Simpson wrote several successful plays, the +principal of which was the famous three-act comedy, “A +Scrap of Paper,” produced at St. James’s Theatre on +April 23rd, 1861.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—A gale, which prevailed throughout England, was +severely felt on the Norfolk coast. A large number of +vessels ran into Yarmouth Roads for shelter, among them H.M.S. +Narcissus and her escorts Valorous and Echo. A fine vessel, +the Falls of Bruar, 1,742 tons register, the property of the +Glasgow Shipping Company, was wrecked, and only five hands out of +the crew of twenty-nine were saved.</p> +<p>21.—The Sheriff of Norwich (Mr. F. Oddin Taylor) gave a +<i>soirée musicale</i> at Blackfriars’ Hall, at +which the principal performers were M. Leopold Godowsky, Miss +Alexes Leighton, Senor A. Gimenez Manjon, Signor Bottesini, and +Mr. Odell.</p> +<p>26.—The first of many protracted discussions took place +at a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, upon a report furnished +by the City Engineer (Mr. P. P. Marshall) upon the state of the +sewerage system of the city. The old sewers were said to be +in a defective state, and it was proposed to abandon the +low-level system, and to adopt the separate system with a new +rising main, at an estimated cost of £78,000.</p> +<p>29.—The church of St. Michael-at-Plea, Norwich, which +for many years had been in a dilapidated state, was opened after +restoration at the cost of £3,000.</p> +<p>—At the annual dinner of the North Walsham and Aylsham +Agricultural Association, held at North Walsham, cigarettes, made +from tobacco grown in Norfolk by Sir Edward Birkbeck, M.P., were +handed to the guests. The President (Lord Suffield) +described the tobacco as “very good,” and said that +Sir Edward, who had taken considerable interest in the +experiment, “believed that its growth was really going to +do something for the benefit of Norfolk farmers.”</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>4.—Died, at 6, St. Augustine’s Road, Camden +Square, N.W., Mr. David Fisher, who for thirty years had held a +prominent position upon the London stage as a leading +comedian. Mr. Fisher was born at East Dereham, which was +one of the towns on the circuit of the Norfolk and Suffolk +Company of Comedians, under the control of the Fisher +family. Like his father, uncle, and grandfather, Mr. Fisher +was highly respected in <a name="page384"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 384</span>Norfolk and the sister county, and +his periodical visits to the scenes of the former theatrical +successes of his predecessors were always regarded with pleasure +by a large circle of friends and admirers. On those +occasions Mr. Fisher gave dramatic and musical recitals, in which +he was assisted by his talented daughter, Miss Mary Fisher. +His career in London commenced with Charles Kean at the +Princess’s Theatre, where, on November 2nd, 1853, he +appeared as Victor in “The Lancers.” In 1859 +Mr. Benjamin Webster, then at the Adelphi, secured his services, +and until 1863 Mr. Fisher performed at that Theatre with +considerable success in many important parts. For a short +time he severed his connection with the stage, and gave his +single-handed performance, “Facts and Fancies,” at +Hanover Square Rooms and St. James’s Hall. +Subsequently he joined Mr. Vining’s company at the +Princess’s, and afterwards appeared at Drury Lane and other +leading Metropolitan theatres.</p> +<p>9.—Died, the Rev. Kirby Trimmer. Born in London on +December 22nd, 1804, he was the son of Joshua Kirby Trimmer, of +Chiswick, eldest son of Mrs. Sarah Trimmer, the authoress. +After a short residence at Vendôme, he graduated at St. +Alban’s Hall, Oxford, and was ordained in February, +1829. He served the curacies of Burnham Overy, Burnham +Sutton, Great Bircham, and Stanhoe, and in 1840 became curate of +St. George’s Tombland, Norwich, to which living he +succeeded in 1842. In the pursuit of botany, Mr. Trimmer +attained to great distinction, and published the well-known, +standard work, the “Flora of Norfolk.” His +other literary efforts embraced a series of +“Conversations” on the Thirty-nine Articles, and he +interested himself greatly in the “Philological +Dictionary” in course of publication at the time of his +death.</p> +<p>11.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. The +vocalists included Madame Albani, Miss Liza Lehmann, Miss Annie +Marriott, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Lena Little, Mr. Edward Lloyd, +Mr. Charles Wade, Mr. Barton McGucken, Mr. Santley, Mr. Alex. +Marsh, Mr. Brockbank, and Mr. Barrington Foote. Mr. Alberto +Randegger was conductor. The opening performance included +the “Jubilee Ode,” “The Heavens Declare,” +and the “Hymn of Praise.” On the morning of the +12th were produced the “Garden of Olivet” +(Bottesini), a devotional oratorio composed expressly for the +Festival, and conducted by the composer; and the “Stabat +Mater.” On the 13th the morning performance comprised +the oratorio, “Isaiah” (Mancinelli), composed +expressly for the Festival, and conducted by the composer; and +the “Fourth Mass” (Cherubini). The +“Messiah” was given on the 14th. A +miscellaneous programme was performed on the evening of the 12th; +the evening performance on the 13th included “The +Irish” (C. V. Stanford), conducted by the composer, and the +cantata, “The Golden Legend,” composed and conducted +by Sir Arthur Sullivan. The concluding performance on the +evening of the 14th was the dramatic legend, +“Faust.” The Festival yielded a surplus of +£719 3s. 1d.</p> +<p>20.—The new Town Hall at Downham Market, erected at the +cost of £1,230, was opened by Mr. W. A. Tyssen Amherst, +M.P.</p> +<p>21.—An extensive range of premises in St. George’s +Bridge Street, Norwich, formerly the drapery establishment of Mr. +Henry Snowdon, was destroyed by fire. The damage was +estimated at between £12,000 and £15,000.</p> +<p><a name="page385"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +385</span>25.—Died, at Queen Anne’s Mansions, S.W., +Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse, G.C.S.I., K.C.B., aged 76. He +was the eldest son of Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, of Sennowe Lodge, and +was for many years in the Civil Service and in the Foreign and +Colonial Offices.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>7.—The honorary freedom of the city of Norwich was +conferred upon the Mayor (Sir Harry Bullard), and to Lady Bullard +was presented a diamond crescent brooch and a hair spray of +coralline pearls. In the evening a complimentary dinner was +given, at the Bell Hotel, to the Mayor and to the Sheriff (Mr. F. +Oddin Taylor) by the members of the Board of Guardians.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Frederick William Harmer was elected Mayor and +Mr. Robert George Bagshaw appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>11.—Died, at Belsfield, Windermere, Mr. Henry William +Schneider, aged 70, formerly Member of Parliament for +Norwich.</p> +<p>12.—The old colours of the 1st Battalion Norfolk +Regiment, presented to the Prince of Wales by Colonel Massy and +the officers, were “laid up” in Sandringham church in +the presence of his Royal Highness.</p> +<p>14.—Wintry weather was experienced in Norfolk. +“As many as 13 degrees of frost were registered in some +places.”</p> +<p>21.—The foolhardy feat of entering a cage containing +five Barbary lions and two wolves, at Wombwell’s Menagerie, +was performed at Norwich by a druggist named Woodcock. He +went into the van under the protection of a coloured girl, who +acted as “trainer” to the establishment.</p> +<p>24.—The High Sheriff of Norfolk (Sir Alfred Jodrell, +Bart.) gave a grand county ball at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich.</p> +<p>29.—Died, at Brighton, Mr. George Henry Christie, of +Framingham, aged 76. Mr. Christie was formerly head of the +eminent firm of art auctioneers established by James Christie in +Old Pall Mall about the year 1762. His grandfather was the +friend of Sheridan and Garrick, and Gainsborough painted a fine +portrait of him. Like his father and grandfather, Mr. +Christie was educated at Eton. He continued head of the +firm until 1860, when he was succeeded by his son, Mr. James +Henry Brooke Christie.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—At a large meeting held at Blackfriars’ Hall, +Norwich, under the presidency of Lieutenant-Colonel Bignold, Mr. +Edward Wild was presented by the Conservative party of the city +with an illuminated address expressing to him their sympathy +“in the unjustifiable attack made on him in the Town +Council,” and congratulating him “on his complete and +triumphant refutation of the charges.” The address +further stated: “They desire also to express not only as a +party but as citizens their appreciation of Alderman Wild’s +honourable character, and of the debt the city owes him for his +long, faithful, and able services.”</p> +<p><a name="page386"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +386</span>13.—A military tournament, given by the 19th +(Princess of Wales’ Own) Hussars, in aid of the city +charities, commenced at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, and +concluded on the 17th.</p> +<p>—Died, at Morton Hall, Mr. George Duckett Berney, in his +75th year. He was a son of Mr. Thomas Trench Berney, by his +wife, Mary, daughter of Mr. Thomas Penrice, of Great Yarmouth and +of Witton House, and married Catherine Mary, daughter of the Rev. +Henry Lombe, of Bylaugh Hall. Mr. Berney was a justice of +the peace and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Norfolk, and +in 1881 served the office of High Sheriff. He took a +practical interest in pisciculture.</p> +<h3>1888.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—Mr. Edward Compton’s company appeared at +Norwich Theatre in Mr. W. G. Wills’ play, “Jane +Shore,” with Miss Isabel Bateman in the title +<i>rôle</i>.</p> +<p>17.—Mr. Andrew Johnston, Assistant Commissioner under +the Boundary Commission appointed to make inquiries as to the +delimitation of counties and Poor Law Unions, in view of +impending legislation in the form of a new Local Government Bill, +attended a meeting of the County Rate Basis Committee, held at +Lynn under the presidency of Mr. R. T. Gurdon, and heard various +statements made by the county magistrates. A Committee +appointed to confer with the Commissioners reported at the County +Sessions on April 5th that they considered it undesirable to +alter the boundaries of the county. On April 10th a +deputation appointed by the Norwich Town Council waited upon Mr. +Ritchie to ask for the inclusion of Norwich in Schedule 4 of the +Local Government Bill, in order that the city might be +constituted a county in itself, and not be included in the county +of Norfolk as was proposed. The Norfolk Chamber of +Agriculture, on May 5th, passed resolutions in favour “of +an alteration in the proposed electoral divisions so as to give a +fair representation to the agricultural interest; of an extension +of the term of office of the elective councillors; of one +electoral register for all purposes; and of the postponement of +the question of District Councils until next year.” +The Chamber further agreed to petition Parliament in favour of +the wheel tax.</p> +<p>—A report was submitted to the Norwich Town Council on +the completion of the new Foundry Bridge. The original +estimate for the work was £13,000; the actual cost, +including all charges, was £12,032 11s. 4d. The width +of the bridge is 50 feet—five feet more than was originally +intended. The Great Eastern Railway Company contributed +£1,200 towards the cost of the undertaking.</p> +<p>20.—Died, at Shadwell Court, Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, +Bart. The son of Sir John Jacob Buxton, Bart., by the +eldest daughter of Sir Montagu Cholmeley, he succeeded to the +title in 1842 as the third, and, in default of male issue, the +last baronet. Sir Robert was educated at Eton and Christ +Church, Oxford, and married, in 1865, Mary Augusta <a +name="page387"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 387</span>Harriet, +daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, by whom he left two +daughters, Maud Isabel and Sybil Mary. He was a +Deputy-Lieutenant for Norfolk, and sat in Parliament for the +Southern Division of the county from 1871 to 1885. In 1870 +he served the office of High Sheriff of Norfolk, and was a +justice of the peace for both Norfolk and Suffolk. Sir +Robert was at one time an officer in the Suffolk Yeomanry +Cavalry, and afterwards identified himself with the Volunteer +movement by accepting, in 1860, a captaincy in the 20th Norfolk +Rifle Volunteers.</p> +<p>21.—At the annual meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich +Horticultural Society the Mayor of Norwich (Mr. F. W. Harmer) +presented to Mr. Arthur Waters Preston a handsome black marble +clock of classical design, subscribed for by members and friends +of the society in recognition of his services as hon. secretary +from 1881 to 1888. Accompanying the testimonial was a +cheque for £50 and an illuminated address.</p> +<p>23.—The action, Stanley <i>v.</i> the Mayor and +Corporation of Norwich, arising out of the claim of the freemen +to the Town Close Estate, came before Mr. Justice Kekewich in the +Royal Court of Judicature. Mr. Walter Rye, Mr. +Stanley’s agent, asked that it might be referred to Mr. +Blofeld, Recorder of Ipswich and Chancellor of the Diocese of +Norwich, to enquire and report who were the persons entitled as +freemen to participate in the rents and profits of the estate, +and what persons were entitled to be admitted as freemen under +the inquiry directed by the judgment given in March, 1887. +His lordship made the order asked for, and directed that the +inquiry be held at the Guildhall, Norwich, or at such other place +as the referee might from time to time direct. Mr. Blofeld +opened the inquiry on March 19th, and continued the proceedings +on the 20th, when a large number of freemen attended for the +purpose of proving their right to have their names placed upon +the roll. On the same day (the 20th) it was reported to the +Town Council that the cost of the Town Close Estate litigation +amounted to £4,500, and a resolution was adopted for leave +to borrow the amount on mortgage of the estate. In the +Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, on July 7th, a +point was raised as to the jurisdiction of the court to affirm a +declaration of the Attorney-General creating the Town Close +Estate a charity. Mr. Justice Kekewich, on July 14th, +sustained the objection taken by the respondents to the +Attorney-General’s application, and held that before +issuing a summons the Attorney-General must establish by +independent proceedings an information that there was a charity +in existence to be regulated. The summons had been so drawn +as to assume the existence of a charity, and this was just what +his lordship thought could not be assumed. On December +14th, in the Supreme Court, before Lords Justices Cotton, +Lindley, and Bowen, the Attorney-General appealed from Mr. +Justice Kekewich’s decision. Their lordships, after +hearing arguments, held that Mr. Justice Kekewich had determined +by his judgment that the Town Close Estate was a charitable +trust. On December 20th, however, their lordships +reconsidered their decision, directed the order of Mr. Justice +Kekewich to be discharged, and ordered the summons to be set down +for further argument, and to decide whether there was or was not +a charity. (<i>See</i> January 21st, 1889.)</p> +<p>31.—Died, at Southwell Lodge, Norwich, Mr. John Willis, +aged 54. Mr. Willis was a member of the firm of Willis and +Southall, an alderman, and a justice of the peace for the +city. A native of Gloucestershire, <a +name="page388"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 388</span>he had +resided in Norwich for a quarter of a century. It was +through his advocacy that the Artisans’ Dwellings Act was +put into force in Norwich, and the rookeries in St. Paul’s +were demolished. He also interested himself in the matter +of the gas supply, and vigorously protested against what he +conceived to be the unjust treatment of the citizens by the Gas +Company. He married, in 1870, the only daughter of Mr. +Colmam, of Stoke Holy Cross, and sister of Mr. J. J. Colman, +M.P.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>3.—In pursuance of requisition a special meeting of the +Norwich Town Council was held for the purpose of considering a +notice for rescinding a resolution passed on January 17th in +relation to Anguish’s Charity, namely, “That this +Council gives its cordial support to a proposal of the Charity +Commissioners to utilise the funds of the Norwich Charities for +the purposes of technical education.” Colonel Bignold +moved, “That no application of the funds of Anguish’s +and the allied charities can be satisfactory to this Council +which is not strictly in accordance with the will of Thomas +Anguish confirmed and settled by Royal Charter in 1629, namely, +for the sustentation, relief, and maintenance, as well as the +teaching, of all very poor children born and brought up in the +city of Norwich.” This resolution was adopted at an +adjourned meeting on the 7th, and a committee appointed “to +consider the present position of the trust, and, if necessary, to +confer with the Charity Trustees, and still further, if +necessary, to communicate with the Commissioners.” On +the 28th the Special Committee submitted the following +suggestions to the Council for approval:—“(1) That in +any scheme which may be submitted by the Charity Trustees to the +Commissioners a sum not exceeding £200 per annum be set +aside for the purposes of technical education out of the +Boys’ Hospital. (2) That the residue of the fund be +devoted to the sustentation, relief, maintenance, and elementary +education of as many boys as the money will provide for. +(3.) That if considered within the meaning of the trust this +committee would be willing to accept a scheme of maintenance +other than that provided for by the Home.” Meanwhile +the Trustees submitted amended proposals, but on March 20th the +Council adopted those drawn up by the Special Committee. +(<i>See</i> January 21st, 1896).</p> +<p>7.—The members of the Norwich and Norfolk Conservative +Club having vacated their former premises on the Walk for larger +and more convenient quarters in St. Giles’ Street, held a +meeting, at which an inaugural address was delivered by Mr. S. +Hoare, M.P. The newly-acquired premises formed originally a +portion of the Norfolk’ Hotel, and adjoining was a large +and handsome banqueting room, which for several years afterwards +was used for Conservative gatherings and other purposes.</p> +<p>9.—The first of a series of “Science Lectures for +the People,” delivered under the auspices of the Norwich +Corporation through the instrumentality of the Gilchrist +Educational Trust, was given at St. Andrew’s Hall by Sir +Robert Stawell Ball, Astronomer Royal of Ireland, on “The +Wonders of the Midnight Sky.” The second lecture, +entitled “A Bank Holiday in the Country,” was +delivered on February 21st by the Rev. W. Tuckwell, M.A., rector +of Stockton, and late Fellow of New College, Oxford. +(<i>See</i> January 14th, 1889.)</p> +<p><a name="page389"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +389</span>11.—A notorious poacher, named Robert Large, +undergoing three months’ hard labour for an assault on a +police-constable, effected his escape from the New Prison at +Norwich, in company with another prisoner named Annison. +The latter was arrested at Martham on the 16th, and on the +following day Large was re-taken.</p> +<p>24.—A heavy fall of snow occurred, and on the 25th the +ground was covered to the depth of several inches.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>1.—Jim Mace, “retired champion of the +world,” appeared at Norwich Theatre in a series of +exhibition sparring contests with Wolf Bendoff, Pooley Mace, and +Mike Jennett. The entertainment was repeated on the 2nd and +3rd.</p> +<p>3.—Lord Harris, Under-Secretary for War and chairman of +the Grand Council, addressed a Primrose League meeting held at +the Agricultural Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>6.—Hengler’s Grand Cirque opened at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>8.—Died, at his residence, St. Giles’ Street, +Norwich, Mr. Charles Suckling Gilman, in his 81st year. Mr. +Gilman for many years spent an active and busy life in the +city. He initiated the Norwich Law Students’ Amicable +Society, founded the Norfolk and Norwich Aquatic Club, whose +members at one time engaged in rowing contests with the crews of +the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; and aided the +inauguration of the Norwich Athenæum. In 1834 Mr. +Gilman founded the Militia Substitute Insurance Association, and +after the memorable hailstorm in August, 1843, he established the +General Hailstorm Insurance Society. In 1846 he became the +leading promoter and secretary of the Norwich Mutual Marine +Insurance Society, in 1849 he founded the Norfolk Farmers’ +Cattle Insurance Society, and in 1856 assisted his son, Mr. C. R. +Gilman, in the formation of the Norwich and London Accident +Insurance Association. Mr. Gilman was the last surviving +member of the Norwich Corporation of pre-Reform days, having been +elected for the Wymer Ward in March, 1830. For some time he +was a member of the new Corporation, a revising assessor and +member of the old Court of Guardians, and a member of the old +Paving Commission. Mr. Gilman was engaged with Mr. Joseph +John Gurney and others in founding and organizing the Norwich +District Visiting Society, and was one of the oldest life +governors of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and a member of +the Festival Committee and of the Committees of the Blind +Institution, the Norfolk and Norwich Eye Infirmary, the Norfolk +and Norwich Dispensary, and the Jenny Lind Infirmary. With +Mr. John Henry Gurney and Sir Samuel Bignold, he took an active +part in the formation of the original Norwich Chamber of +Commerce. Mr. Gilman was descended from an old Norfolk +family which goes back into the sixteenth century, and one of his +maternal ancestors was the great Norfolk hero, Nelson.</p> +<p>—The first of a series of “Health Lectures for the +People,” arranged by the Corporation of Norwich, was +delivered at Prince’s Street Lecture Hall by Mr. S. H. +Burton. The subject was “Healthy Homes and how to +keep them so.” On the 15th Mr. Donald Day lectured on +“Foods and Drinks,” and on the 22nd Dr. S. J. Barton +on “Personal Health.”</p> +<p><a name="page390"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +390</span>10.—The silver wedding of the Prince and Princess +of Wales was celebrated in Norwich and the county. +Congratulatory addresses were adopted by the Corporations of +Norwich, Yarmouth, and Lynn; and on April 2nd the citizens of +Norwich presented their Royal Highnesses with replicas of +portions of the Corporation plate. Presents were also given +by the tenants on the Sandringham estate and by the West Norfolk +Hunt. In commemoration of the event the Mayor and Sheriff +of Norwich (Mr. Harmer and Mr. Bagshaw) entertained 950 of the +aged poor of the city to dinner at St. Andrew’s Hall; and +on August 24th Mr. Samuel Hoare, M.P., gave a treat to the +inmates of the Workhouse.</p> +<p>22.—Died, at his residence, Willow Lane, Norwich, Mr. +Charles Goodwin, formerly house surgeon of the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital. Mr. Goodwin held important posts in +connection with other city charities, and was on the commission +of the peace for Norwich.</p> +<p>23.—At the Norwich Police Court, Mr. Edward Burgess, +accompanied by several members of the committee of the Unemployed +Relief Fund, applied for the issue of a summons for libel against +the Norwich District Visiting Society and the editor of the <span +class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span>. The newspaper had +published an article in which the committee were referred to +“as certain persons who are not entitled to constitute +themselves almoners of the general public as an excuse for +pursuing their favourite policy of sending round the hat and +beating a drum in the manner of other mountebanks.” +This article had been reprinted and circulated by the officers of +the Visiting Society. The magistrates were of opinion that +the article was not libellous, and dismissed the application.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.—Died suddenly, at his residence, Bank Plain, Norwich, +Mr. Arthur Preston, solicitor. He was the youngest son of +Mr. John Preston, of Great Yarmouth (who was twice Mayor of that +borough), and was born on July 3rd, 1819. After serving his +articles with Mr. Roger Kerrison he was admitted a solicitor in +1842, and from 1844 to 1864, when Mr. Kerrison died, he was in +partnership with him. Mr. Preston was appointed Clerk to +the Burials Board in 1861, and held the office until his death; +he had been a director of the Norwich Union Life Insurance +Society since 1867, and president since 1885; and he was the +Norwich solicitor to the British Gas Light Company, Limited, to +which office he was appointed in 1864. Mr. Preston was +twice married—in 1854 to Maria, daughter of Mr. Robert +Waters, and in 1869 to Louisa Jane, daughter of the Rev. J. +Culling Evans, of Stoke Pogis, Buckinghamshire. He left a +family of five sons and three daughters.</p> +<p>—An outbreak of fire at West Beckham Workhouse caused +damage to the amount of £1,500.</p> +<p>5.—The proceedings of the Norwich Diocesan Conference +commenced at Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, and concluded on the +6th.</p> +<p>16.—The E and D Troops of the 19th (Princess of +Wales’ Own) Hussars marched from Norwich Cavalry Barracks +for Hampton Court and Kensington. The remaining troops left +on the 26th, on which day three troops of the 20th Hussars +marched in under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Blake.</p> +<p><a name="page391"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +391</span>21.*—“A party of emigrants, numbering +sixty, from parishes in the neighbourhood of Diss, have left this +week for Canada.”</p> +<p>28.—Died, at 19, Hanover Terrace, Ladbroke Square, +London, Lieut.-Colonel George Black, formerly Chief Constable of +Norfolk, in his 79th year. It was on October 20th, 1852, +that Colonel (then Captain) Black, a half-pay officer of the +Royal Staff Corps, who had seen service as adjutant in Canada, +was appointed to the command of the Norfolk Constabulary, and he +held the post until the autumn of 1880, when he retired on a +pension. For sixteen or seventeen years Colonel Black held +the command of the Norwich Rifle Battalion in succession to +Colonel Brett. At the funeral, which took place at +Willesden Cemetery on May 2nd, the coffin was borne to the grave +by six superintendents of the Norfolk Constabulary.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>2.—Nine cottages were destroyed by fire at +Hockering. Most of the furniture and belongings of the +occupants were consumed, and a public subscription was opened for +the relief of the sufferers.</p> +<p>19.—The Norfolk Artillery Volunteer Brigade went into +camp at Yarmouth under the command of Lieut.-Colonel H. M. +Leathes.</p> +<p>22.—Died, at Norwich, Mr. John Betts, in his 89th +year. The head of a large wholesale and retail drapery +establishment, he was appointed Sheriff in 1844, elected Mayor in +1845, and placed on the commission of the peace in 1848.</p> +<p>24.—Died, at Bracondale, Norwich, Major-General James +Cockburn, formerly of the 79th Cameron Highlanders, aged +77. He was second son of Major-General James Patteson +Cockburn, of the Royal Artillery, and was born in Norwich when +his father was stationed there in 1810. After serving in +Canada he received the appointment of staff officer of pensioners +in the Norwich District, from which post he retired in +1877. General Cockburn was a justice of the peace for the +city, and vice-president of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance +Society.</p> +<p>—The members of the British Dairy Farmers’ +Association arrived at Trowse railway station, and visited Carrow +Abbey, where they were entertained to luncheon by Mr. J. J. +Colman, M.P. After inspecting the Whitlingham herd, they +proceeded to Norwich, and held a conference at the Agricultural +Hall. In the evening the members dined at the Royal Hotel +under the presidency of Mr. Clare Sewell Read; and on the 25th +proceeded by train to King’s Lynn and Sandringham.</p> +<p>30.—The Earl of Leicester presided at a public meeting +at Norwich, and made an eloquent appeal on behalf of a fund for +the enlargement and reconstruction of the Blind +Institution. The cost of the proposed work was estimated at +£4,000. (<i>See</i> October 16th, 1891.)</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>12.—An inter-county match between teams of twenty men +each took place on the occasion of the annual meeting at Yarmouth +of the Norfolk Volunteer Service Association. Total scores: +Suffolk, 1,711; Lincolnshire, 1,697; Norfolk, 1,652; Essex, +1,557.</p> +<p><a name="page392"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +392</span>18.—The staff of the 4th Battalion Norfolk +Regiment left Yarmouth and took up their quarters at the Infantry +Depot known as the Britannia Barracks, Norwich.</p> +<p>19.—The Norwich Town Council adopted an address of +condolence with the Queen and with the Empress of Germany on the +death of the German Emperor. Similar addresses were passed +by the Corporations of Yarmouth and Lynn.</p> +<p>21.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association opened at East Dereham. Mr. R. T. Gurdon, M.P., +presided at the luncheon. The show was continued on the +22nd.</p> +<p>28.—The church of St. Thomas, Heigham, was consecrated +by the Bishop of Norwich. The building was designed by Mr. +Ewan Christian, of London, and erected by Mr. G. E. Hawes, at the +total cost of £6,600.</p> +<p>30.—Dr. S. J. Barton was elected an honorary physician +of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in place of Sir Peter Eade, +who retired from the post of senior physician. Dr. Beverley +was elected honorary surgeon to fill the vacancy occasioned by +the resignation of Mr. T. W. Crosse.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>5.—A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain and +hail, occurred in Norfolk.</p> +<p>7.—Died, at East Dereham, Mr. Samuel Bates, who was born +in that town in 1789. He started in business in the Market +Place in 1814, and was a subscriber to the dinner held in 1815 on +the occasion of the celebration of peace. In 1809 he +witnessed and took part in the festivities connected with the +Jubilee of George III., and seventy-seven years later +participated in the celebration of the Jubilee of Queen +Victoria.</p> +<p>9.—The Mayor (Mr. F. W. Harmer) opened, at the rooms of +the Norwich Art Circle, Queen Street, a loan collection of works +by John Sell Cotman.</p> +<p>14.*—“Lieut.-Colonel William Earle Gascoyne Lytton +Bulwer is gazetted to the command of the Eastern Counties +Volunteer Brigade.”</p> +<p>21.—At a meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, under +the presidency of the Deputy-Mayor (Sir Harry Bullard), a local +branch was established of the National Association for the +Employment of Reserve and Discharged Soldiers.</p> +<p>—The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Volunteer Battalions of the +Norfolk Regiment went into camp at Great Yarmouth. The +marching in state was 2,000.</p> +<p>24.—The Fellows of the Huguenot Society of London held +their summer conference at Norwich. The proceedings were +continued on the 25th.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>6.—The Norwich Cricket Week commenced on this date, and +concluded on the 11th. The principal match of the week was +Norfolk <i>v.</i> Parsees. Scores: Norfolk, 138–73; +Parsees, 78–129. Sir Kenneth Kemp’s amateur +theatrical company appeared at the Theatre on the 8th <a +name="page393"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 393</span>in +“The Porter’s Knot” and “To Oblige +Benson”; on the 10th the comedy was repeated, and a +“Cups and Saucers” was produced as an +after-piece.</p> +<p>10.—Upwards of 10,000 people were present at a Primrose +League <i>fête</i> given at Houghton Park by Mr. E. +Kenyon-Stow. Addresses were delivered by Lord Henry +Bentinck, M.P., Mr. Weston Jarvis, M.P., and Mr. Whitmore, +M.P.</p> +<p>18.—Died, at Norwich, Mr. Henry Stevenson, F.L.S. +He was the youngest son of Mr. Seth William Stevenson, and was +born at Surrey Street, Norwich, March 30th, 1833. Educated +at King’s College School, London, he became, on attaining +his majority, a co-partner in the proprietorship of the <span +class="smcap">Norfolk Chronicle</span>, and at the age of 22 was +elected honorary secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, a +position which he filled with marked ability to the close of his +life. Volume I. of his standard work, “The Birds of +Norfolk,” was published in December, 1866, and Volume II. +in September, 1870; and Volume III. was in course of publication +at the time of his death. His other literary work included +a memoir of his friend, the Rev. Richard Lubbock, M.A., rector of +Eccles, published with a revised edition of Lubbock’s +“Fauna of Norfolk,” edited by Mr. T. Southwell +(1879), and numerous contributions to the Transactions of the +Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, of which he was +one of the founders, and filled the office of president in +1871–72. Mr. Stevenson was appointed Sheriff of +Norwich in 1875. He married, in 1856, Eliza Dangerfield, +stepdaughter of Mr. Edward Slater, who died from injuries +received in a carriage accident on July 17th, 1862; his second +wife was Ann Emilia, eldest daughter of Mr. Wm. Self, surgeon, of +Hackney.</p> +<p>30.—Lord Walsingham killed to his own gun, on his small +moor at Blubberhouses, Yorkshire, 1,058 grouse. Of these, +1,036 were taken home the same night, and 22 were picked up the +following day. “The record of his having killed 842 +grouse to his own gun on August 28th, 1872, had been so freely +disputed by many persons, who professed to regard it as a +physical impossibility, that it was his lordship’s +intention to prove more could be accomplished.”</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Died, at Ormesby Lodge, Sir Edmund Henry Knowles +Lacon, Bart. He was the eldest son of Sir Edmund Knowles +Lacon, and his wife, Eliza Dixon, eldest daughter and co-heiress +of Mr. Thomas Beecroft, of Sculthorpe Hall. Born August +14th, 1807, he was educated at Eton and Emmanuel College, +Cambridge, where he took his B.A. in 1828 and his M.A. degree in +1831. In 1839 he married Eliza Georgiana, daughter of Mr. +James Esdale Hammet, of Battersea. He succeeded to the +baronetcy in 1839. Sir Edmund was first returned to +Parliament for the borough of Yarmouth in 1852. At the next +General Election, in March, 1857, Mr. McCallagh and Mr. E. A. +Watkin gained the representation of the constituency by a narrow +majority over Sir Edmund and his colleague, the Hon. Charles +Smyth Vereker, son of Viscount Gort. A petition was +presented, and a Committee of the House of Commons declared the +election void. Thereupon Sir Edmund issued an address, but +subsequently followed the example of Mr. Vereker, and retired, so +<a name="page394"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 394</span>that +Serjeant (afterwards Mr. Justice) Mellor and Mr. Adolphus W. +Young had a walk-over. On the dissolution taking place in +1859 he and Sir Henry Stracey defeated Messrs. Watkin and Young; +a petition and enquiry followed, but they were declared duly +elected. In 1865 Sir Henry Stracey retired, leaving Sir +Edmund with Mr. James Goodson as his colleague, and both were +returned in opposition to Mr. Alexander Brogden and Mr. Philip +Vanderbyl, who presented a petition, which, though the sitting +members were undisturbed, resulted in the Committee reporting +that they had reason to believe corrupt practices had +prevailed. A Royal Commission and the disfranchisement of +the borough followed. Then came the Reform and +Redistribution Acts of 1868, under which the county of Norfolk +was divided into three parts, and Yarmouth was merged in the +Northern Division. At the first election under the new +arrangement Sir Edmund Lacon and his colleague, the Hon. +Frederick Walpole, were returned, notwithstanding the powerful +opposition of the Liberal party, who had brought forward Mr. +Edmond R. Wodehouse and Mr. R. T. Gurdon. A petition was +presented, and failed. In 1869 Sir Edmund was presented by +his constituents with a piece of silver plate weighing 900 ozs., +and valued at upwards of £600, in recognition of his +services to the Conservative cause. In 1874 he and Mr. +Walpole were returned unopposed, and in 1880 there was again no +contest, when Sir Edmund and Mr. (afterwards Sir Edward) Birkbeck +were elected on the death of Colonel Duff, who had succeeded Mr. +Walpole. Under the redistribution scheme of 1885 Yarmouth +was allowed one member, but at the next General Election Sir +Edmund retired, and Sir H. W. Tyler was elected in his +stead. Sir Edmund Lacon was senior partner in the banking +firm of Lacons, Youells, and Co., and in the extensive brewery of +Lacons and Co. On the death of Lord Sondes in 1875 he was +appointed High Steward of Yarmouth; he was a Deputy Lieutenant +for Norfolk and a magistrate for Norfolk and Suffolk. Sir +Edmund was formerly Colonel Commandant, and at the time of his +death Honorary Colonel, of the East Norfolk Militia.</p> +<p>9.—A serious fire occurred at the Orchard Street Saw +Mills, Norwich, occupied by Messrs. Cunnington Bros, timber +merchants. Considerable damage was done to the machinery +and stock-in-trade, and a large building was destroyed.</p> +<p>11.—The detachment of Royal Engineers, who had for ten +years been engaged on the Ordnance Survey, left Norwich for +York. The work in Norfolk was completed in 1883, and it was +found that very little alteration was needed in the map drawn +thirty or forty years previously. The survey of the +northern half of Cambridgeshire was then commenced and was +completed in 1885; this was followed by the survey of a portion +of Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire, including the city of +Peterborough; and finally the southern half of Lincolnshire, +which was finished in April, 1887. The detachment, +including women and children, numbered 120, and the official +papers, books, &c., weighed between 30 and 40 tons. The +first commanding officer was Captain Macpherson, who was +succeeded by Captain Day and by Major Washington.</p> +<p>20.—The new Hospital, erected at Dene Side, Yarmouth, +was publicly opened by Sir James Paget, the distinguished +physician, a native of the town. The total cost of the +institution was estimated at £10,750.</p> +<h4><a name="page395"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +395</span>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>19.—A great Conservative demonstration took place at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, in connection with a conference of +the Eastern Division of the National Union of Conservative +Associations. Lord Walsingham presided, and Sir John Gorst, +Q.C., M.P., Under Secretary for India, was the principal +speaker.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died, Sir Lewis Whincop Jarvis, in his 72nd +year. He was a son of Mr. Lewis Weston Jarvis, and a +grandson of Mr. Robert T. Whincop, a former Town Clerk of +Lynn. For more than fifty years he carried on business as a +banker and solicitor in his native town of Lynn, and on January +15th, 1878, received the honour of knighthood in recognition of +the many eminent services he had rendered to the borough. +He married, in 1850, Emma, daughter of Mr. Alexander Bowker, by +whom he left issue five sons and a daughter. Sir Lewis was +an alderman of Lynn, and was Mayor for three successive years, +1860–63.</p> +<p>9.—At the meeting of the Norwich Town Council Mr. +Alexander Robert Chamberlin was elected Mayor of the city, but +upon his declining to qualify Mr. Joshua Farrar Ranson was +chosen. Mr. George White was appointed Sheriff.</p> +<p>—The Marquis of Salisbury was appointed High Steward of +the borough of Great Yarmouth.</p> +<p>10.—The Gorleston lifeboat, the Refuge, was capsized +whilst upon salvage service, and of her crew four were +drowned.</p> +<p>13.—Mr. Harry Furniss delivered at the Agricultural +Hall, Norwich, a lecture on “Art and Artists.”</p> +<p>15.—Upton church, which had been restored at the cost of +£1,122, was re-opened by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>26.—At Blofield Petty Sessions, Jeremiah Cozens Wiley, +farmer, of Little Plumstead; Samuel Rose, farm steward; William +Feek and Thomas Powley, labourers, of the same place, were +summoned on the information of John Ford, an inspector of the +Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for +“unlawfully ill-treating and torturing 16 bullocks by +dishorning them on October 8th and 15th.” Mr. Colam, +barrister-at-law, prosecuted on behalf of the society, and Mr. H. +J. Gidney, of Aylsham, defended. The case excited great +interest, and the court was crowded by a large number of +scientific witnesses and leading agriculturists. The act of +dishorning the animals was admitted by the defendants, and in +support of the contention of the prosecution that the operation +was unnecessary and cruel were called Professor Walley, principal +of the Edinburgh Veterinary College; Professor McCall, principal +of the Glasgow Veterinary College; Professor F. Collins, +F.R.C.V.S., Mr. G. A. Lepper, F.R.C.V.S, Professor Pritchard, +President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, London; +Mr. Cox, F.R.C.V.S., Professor J. McQueen, and several local +veterinary surgeons. It was urged in defence that the +operation, although painful, was necessary and humane, because it +prevented cattle injuring each other with their horns. +Several prominent agriculturists and graziers, including Mr. +Clare Sewell Read, Mr. B. B. Sapwell, and Mr. William Case, gave +evidence <a name="page396"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +396</span>in support of this view. The magistrates +dismissed the informations, and the chairman (Mr. Edward Gilbert) +said “they considered the operation a most painful one, but +they did not suppose that Mr. Wiley did it with any cruel +intention towards the animals on which the operation was +performed. If it went forth to the public that it was +advisable to have polled cattle it would be seen also that it was +advisable that the animals should be operated upon at an earlier +stage.” (<i>See</i> April 16th, 1889.)</p> +<p>29.—Mr. J. L. Toole commenced a three nights’ +engagement at Norwich Theatre as Mr. Milliken, M.A., in the +comedy of “The Don.” The pieces produced on the +30th and on December 1st were “The Butler,” +“The Spitalfields Weaver,” “Paul Pry,” +and “Ici On Parle Français.”</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The weather was very mild at this date. +“That 1888 will be noted as an extraordinary year in the +meteorological annals of this country is a fact requiring no +demonstration—snow in harvest and blossoming primroses in +the open air on the eve of December, February rains throughout +the summer months, and March gales in November.” A +correspondent, writing to “The Times,” on December +3rd, stated: “I am still supplied with green peas grown in +my garden at Brundall, the roses are all in flower; the fields +abound in primroses and wild flowers.” The cuckoo was +said to have been heard at North Elmham on December 6th. In +Norwich primroses and other vernal flowers were in full bloom on +Christmas eve, and strawberries were gathered at Swainsthorpe on +Christmas morning.</p> +<p>5.—The Prince of Wales and Prince George of Wales +arrived at Didlington Hall on a visit to Mr. W. A. Tyssen +Amherst, M.P., and left on the 8th.</p> +<p>10.—Lieut.-Colonel Foster was presented with a gold +watch, subscribed for by past and present members of the 1st +Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment, on his retirement from the +corps, after twenty-five years’ service.</p> +<p>22.—A public inquiry was held at the Guildhall Norwich, +by Mr. Charles Chapman, Assistant Commissioner under the Royal +Commission on market rates and tolls, into the circumstances of +markets and fairs in the city. Statements were made by many +of the leading citizens. A similar inquiry was held at +Yarmouth.</p> +<p>29.—The Norfolk County Club, whose quarters were +originally at the Royal Hotel, and subsequently in St. +Giles’ Street, having purchased the old Bank House, Upper +King Street, Norwich, the reconstruction of the premises for the +purposes of the club was completed on this date under the +superintendence of Mr. Edward Boardman. The house was +formerly the residence of Mr. Anthony Hudson, and was afterwards +known as Greyfriars’ College.</p> +<p>31.—Mr. Henry Birkbeck, on the completion of the +fiftieth year of his connection with the banking-house of +Gurneys, Birkbecks, Barclay, and Buxtons, “the Norwich and +Norfolk Bank,” was presented by the managers and clerks +with a silver salver in commemoration of the event.</p> +<h3><a name="page397"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +397</span>1889.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>3.—The Norfolk magistrates met at the Shirehall, +Norwich, for the last time for the discharge of the general +business of the county. Mr. J. R. Bulwer, Q.C., +presided. On the motion of Sir Francis Boileau, Bart., +seconded by Mr. C. S. Read, a vote of thanks was accorded to the +senior Chairman, Mr. R. T. Gurdon, “for the impartial, +courteous, and punctual manner in which he has discharged the +various duties appertaining to the office of Chairman during the +eighteen years in which he has with marked ability presided over +this Court.” One of the last acts of the Court was to +grant to the Under-Sheriff (Mr. Hales) the sum of £700 +towards the expenses of the County Council elections, which took +place on January 24th. The first meeting of the Norfolk +Provisional County Council was held at the Shirehall, Norwich, on +February 7th. Mr. Gurdon was elected provisional chairman +by 37 votes against 18 recorded for Lord Kimberley. After +the election of aldermen the meeting was adjourned until February +16th, when Mr. Gurdon was elected permanent Chairman by 53 votes +against 20 polled by Lord Kimberley. Lord Walsingham was +elected Vice-Chairman. It was reported that the cost of the +elections was £3,308 4s. 6d. The first meeting of the +fully-constituted Council took place at the Shirehall on April +13th; and on December 14th it adopted a comprehensive scheme for +the management of the main roads of the county.</p> +<p>—A regimental ball, given by the officers of the 20th +Hussars, took place at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>9.—A meeting of the citizens was held at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, for the consideration of the +Norwich Corporation Bill, which, during the preceding year the +Town Council had decided to present to Parliament. The +Mayor (Mr. J. Farrar Ranson) presided, and the proceedings were +of a most disorderly character. At the adjourned meeting on +the 23rd similar scenes were witnessed. The Bill, which was +very comprehensive, and contained provisions relating to +infectious diseases, police regulations, private street works, +hackney carriages, the employment of children, consolidation of +parishes, &c., passed through Select Committee of the House +of Commons on June 18th.</p> +<p>14.—The first of another series of “Science +Lectures for the People” was given, under the Gilchrist +Educational Trust, at St. Andrew’s Hall by Sir Robert +Stawell Ball, Astronomer Royal for Ireland, on “The Sun, +the Fountain of life and Light.” Dr. Lant Carpenter, +on January 28th, lectured upon “Electric Lighting”; +Dr. Andrew Wilson, February 9th, on “Some Animal +Architects: Chalk Builders and Coral Makers”; Professor +Miall, February 25th, on “The Life-history of the +Earth”; Professor Seeley, March 11th, on “Water and +its Action in Land-shaping”; and the Rev. Dr. Dallinger, +F.R.S., F.L.S., president of the Royal Microscopical Society, +March 25th, on “Contrasts of Nature—the Infinitely +Great and the Infinitely Small.” The Corporation in +December arranged a series of lectures independently of the +Gilchrist Trust. On the 4th of that month Sir Robert Ball +lectured on “Shooting Stars,” <a +name="page398"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 398</span>and on the +18th Dr. Andrew Wilson discoursed on “The Heart and its +Action.” (<i>See</i> March 5th, 1890.)</p> +<p>21.—The freemen of Norwich unanimously agreed that it +was undesirable to take any steps in opposition to the +Attorney-General’s motion for declaring the Town Close +Estate a charity. In the Court of Appeal, on June 22nd, +before Lords Justices Cotton, Bowen, and Fry, Mr. Ingle Joyce +informed their lordships that a scheme was to be devised for the +management of the estate; the Corporation were to retain a +sufficient sum to cover their costs, and the plaintiffs in the +action were to have their costs as between party and party. +Their lordships sanctioned the agreement. “All that +now remains to be done in the original action is to settle the +roll by striking off the names of freemen wrongfully +admitted.” At a meeting of the Town Council on August +27th it was reported that the estimated costs in the litigation +amounted to £5,000. (<i>See</i> February 6th, +1892.)</p> +<p>23.—Died, at Yarmouth, Mrs. Rose Ellen Thackeray, widow +of the Rev. Joseph Thackeray, many years rector of Horstead and +Coltishall. Mrs. Thackeray, who was in her 79th year, was +the authoress of “Social Skeletons,” and +“Pictures of the Past,” and a contributor of poetical +sketches to various magazines. She was the youngest +daughter of Captain John Robinson, of the Scots Guards.</p> +<p>24.—Mr. and Mrs. Kendall commenced a three nights’ +engagement at Norwich Theatre in “The Queen’s +Shilling.” “A Scrap of Paper” was +performed on the 25th, and “Two Friends” on the +26th.</p> +<p>26.—Died, at St. Andrew’s Hall Plain, Norwich, Mr. +Alfred Stannard, artist, in his 83rd year. He was the last +survivor of the Norwich School of Artists, which commenced with +Old Crome. He was the younger brother of the famous Joseph +Stannard, and father of Miss Stannard, the well-known painter of +fruit and flowers. During the last few years of his life +Mr. Stannard was in receipt of an annual pension of £50 +from the Turner Fund of the Royal Academy.</p> +<p>26.—Died, at the Cathedral Close, Norwich, Mrs. +Elizabeth Taylor, widow of Mr. John Oddin Taylor, aged 81. +She was the eldest of the twelve children of Mr. John Brewer, of +Mile End House, Eaton. Among her brothers were Professor +Brewer, Preacher at the Rolls-Chapel, and editor of the State +Papers of the time of Henry VIII.; Dr. William Brewer, Chairman +of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and sometime Member of +Parliament for Colchester; and Dr. Cobham Brewer, the well-known +author of the “Guide to Science” and other +educational works. Born on November 9th, 1807, she was +educated with her brothers at Mile End School, and there acquired +that proficiency in the classics and love of literature generally +which she maintained and cherished throughout her life. +Among the pupils attending her father’s school was John +Oddin Taylor, who was destined to become her husband. Early +in life she manifested an ardent enthusiasm for music, and +studied under Dr. Crotch, and for her great proficiency in the +art was on two occasions awarded a medal. With her high +intellectual gifts were combined broad and liberal sympathies, +and she won the confidence and affection of all.</p> +<p>29.—Mr. T. P. O’Connor, M.P., addressed a +Gladstonian Liberal meeting held at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich, under the presidency of Mr. J. J. Colman.</p> +<h4><a name="page399"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +399</span>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>5.—A series of military tournaments, given by the 20th +Hussars in aid of the city charities, commenced at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, and concluded on the 9th.</p> +<p>9.—A severe gale did great damage to the fishing fleet +in the North Sea. Several Yarmouth fishermen were +drowned. Heavy snowstorms occurred on the 10th.</p> +<p>20.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Field, +George Edward Brock (46), solicitor, was sentenced to ten +months’ imprisonment for obtaining money by false +pretences.</p> +<p>21.—A murderous attack was made upon Police-constable +Southgate, of the Norwich police, by a man named Joseph Betts, +who in 1883 was charged with sending threatening letters to the +Bishop of Norwich and Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P., signed +“Another Invincible.” Southgate was returning +from night duty at 6.35 a.m., when he was accosted by Betts, who +fired a revolver at him, the bullet passing between his left arm +and the side of his body. Betts then withdrew to his house +in Northumberland Street, where he barricaded himself. +Several police-officers went to the house to effect his +apprehension; a ladder was procured, and while Inspector Guiett +was preparing to ascend to the bedroom window Betts appeared +above and deliberately fired at the officer. The bullet +struck the leather peak of the inspector’s cap, and, +glancing off, inflicted a superficial wound upon his head. +Ultimately the prisoner was captured by a ruse, and removed to +the police-station. On March 1st he was committed for +trial. Betts was tried at the Norwich Assizes on July 20th +on the charge of firing a pistol at Police-constable Southgate +with intent to murder him. He was found guilty of intent to +do grievous bodily harm, and was sentenced by Lord Chief Justice +Coleridge to fifteen years’ penal servitude. The +prisoner was afterwards removed to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic +Asylum.</p> +<p>—Died, at Ashill Rectory, the Rev. Bartholomew Edwards, +“within ten days of his 100th year.” Born on +March 2nd, 1789, he graduated at St. John’s College, +Cambridge, taking his B.A. degree (7th Sen. Opt.) in 1811. +He was ordained deacon by Bishop Bathurst at Norwich in 1812, and +priest in 1813. In the last-named year he received his only +preferment, which he held for 76 years. Mr. Edwards, who +was the oldest clergyman in the Church of England, was a rural +dean, a justice of the peace, and a Deputy Lieutenant for +Norfolk. He recorded his vote at the County Council +election on January 24th, and caught a chill; congestion of the +lungs supervened, and this attack was the immediate cause of his +death.</p> +<p>27.—The Marquis of Hartington visited Norwich and +addressed a large meeting of the Unionist party held at St. +Andrew’s Hall. The Earl of Leicester presided, and +was supported by several representatives of the nobility and +county gentry.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>5.—Hengler’s Circus company commenced a +season’s engagement at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich. Mr. George Gilbert, a native of the <a +name="page400"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 400</span>city, and +Miss Jennie O’ Brien (Mrs. Gilbert), members of the +company, were enthusiastically received at the opening +performance.</p> +<p>19.—The Norwich Town Council unanimously adopted a +farewell address to the Very Rev. E. M. Goulburn on his +resignation of the Deanery of Norwich. The address was +presented to Dean Goulburn at the Deanery on April 23rd by the +Mayor (Mr. J. Farrar Ranson), who was accompanied by the Sheriff +(Mr. G. White) and other members of the Corporation. +(<i>See</i> July 5th.)</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.—The new lifeboat, Mark Lane, presented to the +National Lifeboat Institution by traders at Mark Lane, was +launched at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>—Captain Wiggins, F.R.G.S., lectured at Norwich, upon +his experiences in the Arctic Seas and Siberia. Mr. J. H. +Gurney, jun., F.Z.S., F.L.S., who presided, introduced the +lecturer as a native of the city. Captain Wiggins referred +to the fact that forty-three years previously he lived as a boy +at Norwich, and expressed the pleasure it gave him to return to +his native town to tell them of things which he never dreamed of +years ago. On the previous day Captain Wiggins was received +at Marlborough House by the Prince and Princess of Wales.</p> +<p>9.—The Sheriff of Norwich and Mrs. White gave a +<i>soirée</i> at St. Andrew’s Hall, at which many +residents in the city and county were present.</p> +<p>12.—The Earl of Rosebery addressed a great Gladstonian +meeting held at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, under the +presidency of the Earl of Kimberley. His lordship, after +making an eloquent speech in favour of Home Rule, entered Mr. J. +J. Colman’s carriage, and, preceded by two brass bands, and +escorted by torchbearers, was driven to Carrow House.</p> +<p>13.—Died, at Mill Hill Road, Norwich, aged 60, Mr. James +Darkin, a well-known music seller, who had been the means of +introducing to the city many talented singers and musicians.</p> +<p>16.—In the Queen’s Bench Division of the High +Court of Justice, before Lord Coleridge and Mr. Justice Hawkins, +was mentioned the case, Ford <i>v.</i> Wiley. This case +arose out of the question whether the operation of dishorning +cattle, <i>i.e.</i>, sawing off their horns at the roots, was +cruelty within the meaning of the Act for the Prevention of +Cruelty to Animals. The Blofield Bench of magistrates had +ruled in the negative. Lord Coleridge said: “All that +we have to say for the present is that we have made up our minds +distinctly and clearly to give judgment reversing the decision of +the magistrates, holding as we do that the practice of dishorning +is unlawful. But as we differ from several judgments we +think it only respectful to the learned judges who decided those +cases to say that we have duly considered everything they have +said on the subject, and therefore we have thought right to take +time to put our judgment into writing (though we entirely agree +in it), and we will deliver judgment early in the next +sitting.” On May 18th the Lord Chief Justice, in +delivering judgment, said the operation of dishorning was +detestably brutal, and it was also unnecessary except to enable +its owner to obtain a pound or two more for the animal on its +sale. Mr. Justice Hawkins concurred, and the case was +remitted to the magistrates for further hearing.</p> +<p><a name="page401"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +401</span>23.—The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, +arrived at Sandringham on a visit to the Prince and Princess of +Wales. His Royal Highness, with whom was Prince Albert +Victor, welcomed her Majesty at Lynn railway station, where she +was presented with an address by the Mayor (Mr. G. G. Sadler) on +behalf of the Corporation of the borough. On driving from +Wolferton station to Sandringham House her Majesty was escorted +by a large number of the members of the Norfolk Hunt, headed by +Sir Dighton Probyn; and in the grounds one hundred men of the +Norfolk Artillery formed a guard of honour. The officers in +attendance were Colonel Lord Suffield, Major Dawson, Lieutenant +the Hon. H. Tyrwhitt Wilson, and Lieutenant Lombe. On the +22nd her Majesty visited the Artillery camp in the park, and +drove to Castle Rising and inspected the ruins; on the 23rd +several of the neighbouring villages were visited, and in the +afternoon the Queen received a deputation of the tenantry on the +estate, who presented to her a loyal address; and on the evening +of the 26th her Majesty witnessed a performance of “The +Bells” and “The Merchant of Venice,” given by +Mr. Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry, and the Lyceum Company. +Her Majesty returned to Windsor on the 27th.</p> +<p>25.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference was opened at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, under the presidency of the +Bishop of the Diocese, and was continued on the 26th.</p> +<p>26.—The phonograph, described as “Edison’s +wonderful talking machine,” was exhibited for the first +time in Norwich, “with a unique library of voices,” +by Mr. William Lynd, M.I.C.E.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>7.—Died, at Norwich, aged 36, Mr. Edward Preston +Willins, A.R.I.B.A. He was the youngest son of Mr. William +Willins, and published a handsome volume, entitled, “Quaint +Old Norwich,” a work much sought after by local +collectors.</p> +<p>9.—Lieutenant Campbell, Quartermaster of the 20th +Hussars, was accidentally drowned in the Yare by the capsizing of +his sailing boat, near Buckenham Ferry. His wife, who was +with him at the time of the accident, was saved by his servant, +Private Moore. Mr. Campbell was 33 years of age, and had +been in the regiment since 1872. He had served through the +Egyptian campaigns, and had received the Egyptian and +Khedive’s stars and the clasp for Suakim. His remains +were interred at Norwich Cemetery with full military honours on +the 13th. Private Moore on June 11th was presented at the +Cavalry Barracks, on the occasion of a full-dress parade of the +regiment, with the silver medal and certificate of the Royal +Humane Society, handed to him by Colonel Blake, the officer +commanding; and with a purse, containing £45, presented by +the Mayor (Mr. J. Farrar Ranson) on behalf of the citizens.</p> +<p>24.—The western portion of the Castle Gardens at Norwich +was thrown open to the public at noon.</p> +<p>27.—Lydia Baker, widow, of Alburgh, completed her 100th +year, and was entertained with her nearest relatives at the +rectory by the Rev. C. W. and Mrs. Lohr. Among the many +presents received by the old lady was a stocking containing 100 +shillings.</p> +<p><a name="page402"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +402</span>27.—Died, at Longford, Derby, the Hon. Edward +Wentworth Coke, aged 64. A son of the first Earl of +Leicester, he for five years represented the old Division of West +Norfolk, for which he was elected on August 16th, 1847, as a +Liberal, in conjunction with Mr. William Bagge, the Tory and +Protectionist. Mr. Coke was formerly a captain, in the +Scots Fusiliers, and was widely known as a breeder of shire +horses.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—Heavy and destructive thunderstorms occurred +throughout Norfolk, and especially in the western portion of the +county. Immense damage was done to the growing crops.</p> +<p>6.—The Church of England portion of Attleborough +Cemetery was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich. The +ceremony had been delayed by a prolonged and unpleasant +controversy.</p> +<p>8.—The 1st Volunteer Brigade Norfolk Artillery went into +camp at Yarmouth. During the night of the 9th tents and +marquees were overturned by a heavy gale from the north, +accompanied by torrents of rain. The camp was struck on the +12th.</p> +<p>18.—The Norwich Town Council decided to purchase the +Carrow Bridge undertaking, under powers conferred by the new +Corporation Act, at a cost not exceeding £3,000, towards +which sum Messrs. J. and J. Colman offered to contribute +£1,500.</p> +<p>19.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association opened at Swaffham. Mr. Anthony Hamond was +president.</p> +<p>21.—The Sheriff of Norwich and Mrs. White entertained +700 of the aged poor of the city to dinner at St. Andrew’s +Hall in celebration of the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ellen +Constance White.</p> +<p>—Died, at Antingham Rectory, the Rev. John Dolphin, in +his 85th year. “He was among the few survivors of the +University elevens that first competed for cricketing honours in +the year 1827, when he played as an old Etonian captain for +Cambridge.”</p> +<p>22.—An aeronaut named Grais made a balloon ascent from +the Newmarket Road Cricket Ground, Norwich, and upon attaining an +altitude of about 3,000 feet descended by means of a +parachute. Grais made a similar descent at East Dereham on +August 10th.</p> +<p>25.—Died, at West Lodge, Easton, Mr. Edward Fountaine, +aged 68. He was a son of Mr. Andrew Fountaine, of Narford +Hall, and was much devoted to the pursuit of ornithology. +Mr. Fountaine achieved some fame as a breeder of eagle owls and +was a regular contributor to “The Ibis.”</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—The sale of Mr. T. Fulcher’s herd of red polled +cattle was conducted at Elmham Park by Mr. John Thornton. +Thirty-nine heifers realised £1,026 18s., an average of +£26 6s. 7d.; and eight bulls £159 12s., an average of +£19 19s.</p> +<p>2.—The first biennial sale of shorthorn cattle and +Southdown sheep, the property of the Prince of Wales, took place +at Wolferton. His Royal Highness, accompanied by Prince +George of Wales, was present <a name="page403"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 403</span>at the luncheon, and during the +subsequent proceedings. The total amount realised for the +cattle was 3,000 guineas, an average of £50 each. The +sheep made high prices. Mr. John Thornton was the +auctioneer.</p> +<p>5.—The Ven. William Lefroy, Archdeacon of Warrington, +was installed Dean of Norwich in succession to the Very Rev. E. +M. Goulburn, D.D., resigned. Dean Lefroy preached his first +sermon at the Cathedral on October 15th, on the occasion of the +festival of the Church of England Temperance Society.</p> +<p>10.—Died, at Walpole House, Thorpe, Mr. William Houghton +Clabburn, aged 69. He was for many years a partner in the +firm of Clabburn, Sons, and Crisp, shawl manufacturers, whose +products achieved for Norwich a world-wide celebrity. Mr. +Clabburn was chairman of the directors of the Norwich Crape +Company, and served the office of Sheriff in 1866–67.</p> +<p>16.—The Norwich Town Council voted a loyal and dutiful +address to the Prince and Princess of Wales on the approaching +marriage of Princess Louise with the Earl of Fife. The +wedding on the 27th was celebrated in Norwich by the ringing of +St. Peter Mancroft bells, and the display of flags on public +buildings. The ladies of Norfolk presented to her Royal +Highness a diamond bracelet and a grand pianoforte, and the +farmers on the Sandringham estate gave a handsome diamond +cross.</p> +<p>21.—Thunderstorms were general throughout the +county. At Beechamwell seventeen sheep were killed by +lightning, and everywhere the ripening corn crops were greatly +damaged by rain and hail.</p> +<p>27.—The four Volunteer Battalions of the Norfolk +Regiment went into brigade camp on Rushford Heath, under the +command of Brigadier-General Bulwer. The marching in state +was 1,563. General Buchanan, C.B., inspected the brigade on +the 30th, and the camp was struck on August 1st.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—The chancel of Cromer church, which had been restored +at the cost of £6,800, under the superintendence of Sir A. +W. Blomfield, A.R.A., was re-opened.</p> +<p>6.—The Royal Archæological Institute of Great +Britain and Ireland visited Norwich, and held its inaugural +meeting at St. Andrew’s Hall. The proceedings were +attended by the Mayor and Corporation and by the members of the +Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society. The Duke +of Norfolk, as president for the week, delivered an opening +address; and from this day until the closing meeting on the 15th +many places of interest in the city and county were +visited. On the 8th the Mayor and Mrs. Hanson gave a +<i>conversazione</i> at St. Andrew’s Hall in honour of the +visit of the Institute.</p> +<p>7.—The Norwich Cricket Week theatrical performance, +organized by Sir Kenneth Kemp, Bart., was given at the Theatre +Royal. It consisted of the production of the comedy, +“Upper Crust.” The piece was performed again on +the 9th.</p> +<h4><a name="page404"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +404</span>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—A violent thunderstorm occurred, accompanied by +torrents of rain, which did excessive damage to unharvested +crops.</p> +<p>19.—An amateur performance of “Lady +Deadlock’s Secret” was given at Norwich Theatre in +aid of the funds of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Lady +Monckton sustained the character of Lady Deadlock, and was +supported by Mr. Charles Colnaghi, Mr. George Nugent, Mr. E. F. +Nugent, Mr. C. H. Clark, Mr. Eustace Ponsonby, Mr. C. W. A +Trollope, and other distinguished amateurs. The performance +was repeated on the 20th.</p> +<p>27.—Lieut.-Colonel Bignold, leader of the Conservative +party in Norwich, was presented with his portrait, painted by W. +B. Richmond, A.R.A., and with an album containing an illuminated +address and list of subscribers—members of the Conservative +party in city and county. The presentation was made by Sir +Harry Bullard at a garden party given by Colonel Bignold at +Harford Lodge.</p> +<p>29.—Died, at St. Benedict’s Plain, Norwich, Mr. +George Branwhite Jay, aged 43. He was a native of Great +Yarmouth, where his father practised as surgeon. Mr. Jay +devoted much time to the study of parish and other registers, and +for some time before his death had been engaged in preparing for +the press a work, entitled, “Transcript of St. George of +Tombland Register.”</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>15.—A conference of members of the Church of England +Temperance Society, held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, was +addressed by the Bishop of London.</p> +<p>23.—The lifeboat Elizabeth Simpson, presented to the +National Lifeboat Institution by Miss Elizabeth Simpson Stone, of +Norwich, was launched at Gorleston. On the 24th the boat +was towed up the river to Norwich in order that the donor, who +was unable to be present at the launch, might inspect the +craft.</p> +<p>25.—The Higher Grade School, erected in Duke Street by +the Norwich School Board, was opened. Mr. A. J. Mundella, +M.P., gave an address, and the Mayor, Sheriff, and members for +the city also took part in the proceedings. In the evening +the Sheriff (as Chairman of the School Board) and Mrs. White gave +a <i>conversazione</i> at St. Andrew’s Hall. The +school, which occupies the site of the old Duke’s Head Inn, +was designed by Mr. J. H. Brown, architect to the Board, and +built by Messrs. J. Youngs and Son.</p> +<p>—Wroxham House, the residence of Mrs. Blake-Humfrey, was +destroyed by fire. Soon after the fire was discovered a +great quantity of wine was stolen from the cellars, and at the +Petty Sessions held at the Shirehall, Norwich, on November 2nd, +seven persons were convicted of the theft. It was alleged +that one of the accused was taking away the wine in a bucket.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture passed a +resolution affirming that the suppression of pleuro-pneumonia +should be placed in the hands <a name="page405"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 405</span>of the Government, and that +compensation for compulsory slaughter be paid out of the National +Exchequer, and not from the local rates.</p> +<p>7.—The Baroness Burdett-Coutts delivered an address at +the Guildhall, Norwich, in support of the objects of the Norwich +Band of Mercy.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. William Howard Dakin was elected Mayor and Mr. +Edward Orams appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>13.—Died, at Tunbridge Wells, in his 81st year, Sir S. +Morton Peto. He received his baronetcy for having +contracted, in December, 1854, to construct a railway from +Balaclava to Sebastopol, and other works, without profit or +remuneration for superintendence. He was Liberal member for +Norwich from 1847 to 1855, and successively represented Finsbury +and Bristol. Sir Morton Peto was a civil engineer, and +formerly a member of the firms of Grissell and Peto and of Peto +and Betts.</p> +<p>16.—Died, Mr. Charles Edward Tuck, of St. Giles’ +Street, Norwich, and the Grove, Blofield, in his 81st year. +He was the fourth son of Mr. Thomas Tuck, of Strumpshaw Hall, and +for many years practised as solicitor, and took an active part in +public affairs. A Conservative in polities, he was elected +in 1864 Mayor of Norwich. Mr. Tuck was a justice of the +peace for the city, and vice-president of the Norwich Union Fire +Office.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—Died, at Mount Pleasant, Norwich, Mrs. E. Ling, aged +101 years.</p> +<p>9.—The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh arrived at +Didlington Hall on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Tyssen Amherst.</p> +<p>10.—Sir Harry and Lady Bullard entertained the members +of the Norwich and Norfolk Conservative Club, and their friends, +to a <i>soirée</i> given at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich.</p> +<p>17.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council it was +reported that notice had been received from the solicitor to the +Norwich Tramways Company of their intention to abandon the +tramway scheme authorised by the Norwich Tramway Order, +1887. (<i>See</i> January 19th, 1897.)</p> +<p>—A resolution in favour of petitioning the Queen for an +Order in Council authorising the alteration in the number or +boundaries of the wards of the city, was adopted by a nominal +majority of the Norwich Town Council. A majority of +two-thirds of the members of the Corporation was necessary in +order to make the motion effective. (<i>See</i> July 21st, +1891.)</p> +<p>—Died, at Taplow, aged 62, Colonel J. E. Harvey, of +Thorpe, Norwich, and Springfield, Taplow. He was the eldest +son of Mr. Kerrison Harvey, and entered the Army as ensign in the +36th Regiment. He took part in the suppression of the +insurrection in Cephalonia, when that island was placed under +martial law in 1849, and served with the 41st Regiment in the +Crimean campaign. In 1869 he was appointed staff officer of +pensioners, and served in that capacity in Jersey and at Great +Yarmouth until 1881, when he retired into civilian life. +Colonel Harvey married, in 1858, Octavia, daughter of the Rev. +Richard Stevens, vicar of Belgrave, Leicestershire.</p> +<p>21.—Mr. George Ginnett’s Circus opened for the +season at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p><a name="page406"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +406</span>26.—Lord Hartington arrived at Westacre as the +guest of Sir Henry James. After three days’ shooting +his lordship proceeded to Sandringham on a visit to the Prince +and Princess of Wales, and remained there until January 6th, +1890, when he left for Merton Hall on a shooting visit to Baron +de Hirsch, the then tenant of the Hall. Lord Hartington was +taken ill immediately on his arrival, and was confined to bed for +nearly three weeks by severe congestion of the lungs. His +lordship was enabled to return to town on January 30th.</p> +<h3>1890.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>7.—Died, at St. John’s House, Norwich, Mr. Samuel +Grimmer, in his 76th year. Mr. Grimmer for many years sat +in the Town Council as a representative of the Second Ward, and +was chairman of the Sewerage and Irrigation Committee. He +was Mayor in 1880–81, and entertained the Prince and +Princess of Wales and other distinguished visitors on the +occasion of the opening of the Fisheries Exhibition.</p> +<p>8.—Maria Brown, aged 62, wife of a labourer, was +murdered at Pulham St. Mary Magdalene, by Elijah Snelling, her +son-in-law. Snelling was tried at the Norfolk Assizes on +March 5th before Mr. Justice Denman, found guilty, and sentenced +to death. The sentence was afterwards commuted to penal +servitude for life.</p> +<p>10.—A white-tailed eagle of nine pounds weight was shot +near Wretham decoy.</p> +<p>—Died, at Brundall, Mr. George Lovick Coleman, in his +78th year. He was for more than half a century proprietor +of a well-known drapery establishment in St. Giles’ Street, +Norwich. In 1843 Mr. Coleman was appointed Sheriff, and +four years subsequently was elected Mayor, and at the close of +his term of office was presented by the citizens with a handsome +epergne in recognition of his services to the city. He took +great interest in the Volunteer movement, served originally in +the Rifle Corps, afterwards in the Norwich Light Horse, and +finally in the Artillery, of which he ultimately became captain +commandant. In his early days Mr. Coleman professed Liberal +principles, but became Conservative.</p> +<p>11.—Mr. C. S. Read gave an address at the Norfolk +Chamber of Agriculture, in which he adversely criticised the +working of the Agricultural Holdings Act, and moved and carried a +resolution affirming that the failure of the Act demanded the +attention of the President of the Board of Agriculture. Mr. +Read addressed the Farmers’ Club, in London, on the same +subject, on March 31st, when a similar resolution was +adopted.</p> +<p>14.—Mrs. Punt, of East Wretham, the oldest pauper upon +the relief books of the Thetford Union, attained her 102nd +year.</p> +<p>18.—Many persons in Norwich were reported to be +suffering from influenza. Several men at the Cavalry and +the Britannia Barracks were attacked by the complaint, which, +however, was not of an aggravated character.</p> +<p><a name="page407"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +407</span>21.—The Town Council of Norwich voted the +honorary freedom of the city to Mr. William Cadge “in +recognition of the services he has rendered to the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, and especially in the noble gift recently made +to its funds.” The certificate of freedom was +formally presented in a silver casket to Mr. Cadge at the +Guildhall on March 21st.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>7.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. W. H. Dakin) presided at a +common hall at which a resolution was passed calling upon the +Charity Commissioners to remove from their scheme certain +obnoxious clauses affecting the administration of the local +charities. On March 28th the Mayor received from the +Charity Commissioners a letter explaining that the restrictions +in the scheme against the benefits of the charities being +extended to persons who were, or who had recently been in receipt +of Poor-law relief, were in the view of the Commissioners +calculated to encourage habits of thrift and to give effect to +the well-known law against persons in receipt of Poor-law relief +participating in such charities. In the circumstances the +Commissioners did not consider that they would be justified in +entertaining the application to amend the scheme with the view of +allowing those in receipt of Poor-law relief to benefit by the +funds.</p> +<p>15.—The Rev. O. W. Tancock, it was announced, had +resigned the headmastership of King Edward VI. School, Norwich, +on accepting the living of Little Waltham, near Chelmsford. +He was succeeded by the Rev. E. F. Gilbard.</p> +<p>18.—Mr. Melton Prior, special artist on the staff of the +“Illustrated London News,” lectured at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, on “What I saw in +Burmah.”</p> +<p>21.—Two large granaries at North Walsham, belonging to +Messrs. Cubitt and Walker, were destroyed by fire. The +damage amounted to £4,000.</p> +<p>22.—Died, at the residence of her sister, at Weybridge, +Surrey, Lady Sophia Jane Beevor, in her 66th year. She was +the daughter of the Rev. Clement Chevallier, of Bedingham, +Suffolk, and was twice married. Her first husband was Mr. +Isaac Jermy Jermy, one of the victims of the terrible murders +committed by James Blomfield Rush at Stanfield Hall on November +28th, 1848. In that outrage Mrs. Jermy Jermy narrowly +escaped with her life; she was hit in the arm by a bullet, and +the limb was afterwards amputated. In 1850 she married Sir +Thomas Beevor, Bart., and became greatly esteemed at Hingham, +where she resided for many years.</p> +<p>24.—A military tournament given by the 20th Hussars in +aid of the city charities, commenced at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich, and was continued until March 1st.</p> +<p>25.—The Norwich Town Council addressed a memorial to the +Postmaster-General praying for the cessation of the Sunday +delivery of letters. The Post Office authorities declined +to accede to the request.</p> +<p>—The City Committee recommended the Norwich Town Council +to sanction the opening of St. Andrew’s Hall on Sunday +evenings for two <a name="page408"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +408</span>months for the purpose of giving recitals of sacred +music therein by and under the direction of the committee. +A memorial, signed by the clergy and Nonconformist ministers, was +presented, protesting against the proposal, and requesting the +Corporation to receive a deputation upon the subject. The +meeting declined to accede to the latter request, and the +recommendation of the committee was deferred. Meanwhile +sermons were preached in churches and chapels for and against the +proposal, and public meetings were held at which remarkable +opinions were expressed. At the adjourned meeting of the +Council, held on March 4th, the committee’s recommendation +was negatived by 30 votes against 14.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>1.—Severe wintry weather was experienced in Norfolk; +snow fell heavily on the 2nd, accompanied by a keen north-east +wind and frost of great intensity.</p> +<p>—The Rev. Ambrose Johnson, rector of Toftrees, arrived +at Norwich for the purpose of consulting a firm of solicitors +about bankruptcy proceedings. After transacting his +business he was seen walking in Prince of Wales Road in the +direction of Thorpe railway station; then all trace was lost of +him. On the 12th the unfortunate gentleman was discovered +in a shrubbery at Bramerton Hall, in a weak and emaciated +condition. He was at once removed to the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital, and upon recovering somewhat, stated that he +took shelter in the shrubbery during a heavy snowstorm on the 1st +or 2nd, and had remained there up to the time of his +discovery. His feet were severely frostbitten and he was in +a most feeble state of mind and body, the result of starvation +and exposure. One foot dropped off upon his admission to +the Hospital, and it was found necessary to amputate the +other. Mr. Johnson lingered until May 2nd, when death put +an end to his sufferings.</p> +<p>5.—The course of “Science Lectures for the +People,” arranged by the Corporation of Norwich, was +continued at St. Andrew’s Hall. The lecturer was Mr. +Louis Fagan, of the Prints and Drawings Department, British +Museum, and the subject, “Egyptian, Assyrian, and +Babylonian Antiquities.” The concluding lecture was +given on the 26th by Mr. Henry Seebohm on “Adventures in +Siberia.” It was descriptive of the lecturer’s +travels with Captain Wiggins, whom he described as “a +Norwich man whose father drove one of the coaches which ran +between Norwich and London in those dark days before railways +were introduced. Captain Wiggins as a young man did not +think that driving a coach was sufficiently ambitious for him, +and he therefore made up his mind to drive a ship.” +Another course was commenced on November 13th, when Sir Robert +Ball lectured on “An Astronomer’s Thoughts about +Krakatoa.” (<i>See</i> January 6th, 1891.)</p> +<p>7.—The Norwich School Board agreed by a majority to +petition Parliament to enact that public elementary schools be +thrown open free of all charge, and that they be placed under +“popular control.”</p> +<p>12.—Died, at Old Post Office Street, Norwich, Mr. John +Goldsmith Atkinson. A son of Mr. Funnell Goldsmith +Atkinson, he was born July 14th, 1814, and was admitted a +solicitor in the Easter Term of 1836. He represented the +Second Ward as a Conservative from 1872 to 1881, and had served +for twenty-nine years in the Norwich Artillery Volunteers, of +which he was honorary quartermaster.</p> +<p><a name="page409"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +409</span>12.—Died, at Oby Rectory, the Rev. Wm. Cufaude +Davie, M.A. He was born at Yarmouth on November 13th, 1822, +and educated at the Grammar School in that town and at St. +John’s College, Cambridge. After fulfilling for two +years the duties of assistant mathematical master at Eton, he was +in 1846 appointed headmaster of Yarmouth Grammar School. In +1852 he became curate-in-charge of Intwood and Keswick, and from +1858 to 1875 was principal of the Norwich Diocesan Training +College. Mr. Davie was closely identified with educational +work in the diocese, and was a candidate for the headmastership +of Norwich Grammar School in opposition to the Rev. Dr. +Jessopp.</p> +<p>23.—Father Ignatius held a mission service at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, and on the 24th preached to a crowded +congregation at the church of St. John de Sepulchre.</p> +<p>26.—Died, at Rokeles, Watton, Mr. Henry Woods, agent for +the Merton estate. He was a well-known authority upon the +breeding and management of sheep.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, for the +purpose of furthering the efforts made by Mr. T. W. Richardson +and Mr. W. S. Warlters for the formation in the city of a bearer +company of the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps. A few weeks +afterwards Mr. Richardson was gazetted surgeon, Mr. Warlters +acting surgeon, and Mr. Frederic Mills quartermaster.</p> +<p>10.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference met at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, under the presidency of the Lord +Bishop. The session was concluded on the 11th.</p> +<p>20.—Died, at Northrepps Hall, Mr. John Henry Gurney, in +his 71st year. The only son of Joseph John Gurney, of +Earlham Hall, so prominently associated with Sir Thomas Fowell +Buxton in his efforts to abolish slavery in the West Indies, Mr. +Gurney married Mary Jary, daughter of Richard Hanbury Gurney, of +Thickthorn. Of the marriage there were two sons, Mr. J. H. +Gurney and Mr. Richard J. H. Gurney. In 1854 he entered +Parliament as member for King’s Lynn, and sat for that +borough until his resignation in 1865. As a naturalist Mr. +Gurney was a recognised authority both in Europe and America, +more especially on raptorial birds, and the magnificent +collection in the Norfolk and Norwich (now the Castle) Museum +owes its existence almost entirely to his energy and +liberality. He was for many years a member of the East +Anglian banking firm of Gurneys and Birkbecks, a justice of the +peace for Norfolk, senior member of the Norwich Bench, and a +magistrate for Lynn.</p> +<p>23.—Bellringers from all parts of the diocese assembled +at Aylsham to ring opening peals on the church bells, which had +been re-hung at the cost of £301.</p> +<p>26.—Died, at Cromer, where he was staying for the +benefit of his health, Mr. Henry Blake Miller, Town Clerk of +Norwich, aged 65. He was a son of Mr. Henry Miller, +solicitor, of the Town Close, and had been officially connected +with the Corporation since 1853. For upwards of twenty +years Mr. Miller was clerk to the Board of Health, and on the +death of Mr. W. L. Mendham, in July, 1876, when the two offices +were <a name="page410"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +410</span>amalgamated, he was appointed Town Clerk and clerk to +the Sanitary Authority. Legal work of great importance had +devolved upon Mr. Miller. He was entrusted with the +drafting of the Norwich Act, 1867, relating to the sewerage and +drainage of the city, and after his appointment as Town Clerk he +prepared the way for the passing of the Norwich Improvement +Act. He acted for the Corporation in the Mousehold Heath +litigation, and in the dispute with the freemen as to the Town +Close Estate; he had also much to do with the London and Castle +Street improvements, the Chapel Field improvement, and the +framing of the Norwich Corporation Act, 1889. A Liberal and +Nonconformist, Mr. Miller was senior deacon of Princes Street +Congregational church, and for twenty years treasurer to the +Norfolk Auxiliary of the London Missionary Society. He was +also some time president of the Norwich Solicitors’ +Amicable Society.</p> +<p>30.—The stables and coach-houses at Merton Hall, a range +of buildings sixty yards in length, were destroyed by fire. +The horses, including two valuable stallions and twelve carriage +horses, were rescued uninjured.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>3.—A disorderly scene occurred at a fire at the +furnishing shop of Mr. H. Cole, St. Giles’s Gates, +Norwich. The Chief Constable (Mr. Hitchman) was hooted by +the mob, who also impeded the work of the fire brigade. The +contents of the shop were destroyed.</p> +<p>5.—A remarkable charge was investigated at Grimston +Petty Sessions. Mr. Algernon Charles Fountaine, of Narford +Hall, was summoned for obstructing a railway engine “by +placing himself in the four-foot-way of the Lynn and Dereham +branch of the Great Eastern Railway, and making signals thereon, +on March 18th, at East Winch.” The defendant wished +to travel to Narborough by a fast train which was not advertised +to stop at East Winch, and notwithstanding the warning of the +station master, he placed himself in the four-foot-way, and as +the train approached made the customary signal for it to +stop. The engine-driver obeyed the signal and brought the +train to a standstill, whereupon Mr. Fountaine entered one of the +carriages and travelled to Narborough. Proceedings were +taken against him under Section 36 of 24 and 25 Vic., chapter 95, +and the magistrates committed defendant for trial. On July +9th, at the adjourned Norfolk Quarter Sessions, at Swaffham, the +defendant pleaded guilty, and was sentenced by Lord Walsingham to +pay a fine of £25 and to enter into his recognisances of +£100 to be of good behaviour and to keep the peace for six +months.</p> +<p>10.—A fire occurred at Messrs. Boulton and Paul’s +timber yard at Norwich, and resulted in damage to the amount of +between £4,000 and £5,000.</p> +<p>13.—Mr. George Buttler Kennett, clerk to the justices, +was appointed Town Clerk of Norwich, in place of Mr. H. B. +Miller, at the salary of £1,200 per annum.</p> +<p>15.—Died, at his residence, Pine Banks, Thorpe, Mr. John +Oddin Howard Taylor. The son of Mr. John Oddin Taylor, he +was born March 2nd, 1837, and received his education under the +tuition of his uncle, the celebrated Dr. Brewer, at Mile End +School, Norwich, and was afterwards <a name="page411"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 411</span>placed with the Rev. Francis Valpy, +rector of Garvestone. Having adopted the legal profession, +he became a partner with his father in the firm of Taylor and +Son. In addition to carrying on a large and responsible +private practice, they acted as local solicitors to the Great +Eastern Railway Company. As secretary to the undertaking +for the improvement of the Cattle Market and the construction of +Prince of Wales Road, Mr. Taylor discharged the duties relating +to the legal and Parliamentary business with great +efficiency. In October, 1862, he was appointed secretary to +the Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival. In collaboration +with Bishop Fraser he was instrumental in bringing about a change +of the law with reference to the system of employing women, and +children of tender years, in hard agricultural labour. In +later years Mr. Taylor devoted himself to the task of developing +the fisheries of East Anglia, and was the principal author, in +conjunction with Mr. Field, of the Act for the preservation of +the inland waters of Norfolk and Suffolk. His literary +ability was of a very high order. He was a great chess +player, and as a writer on that game acquired world-wide fame by +his “Chess Brilliants” and “Chess +Skirmishes.”</p> +<p>16.—Mr. Gladstone visited Norwich. The right hon. +gentleman, accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone, arrived by special +train at Thorpe station, where he was received by Mr. Colman, +M.P., and Mrs. Colman, and by the representatives of Liberal +associations in the city. On his way to Carrow Abbey, the +residence of the senior member for Norwich, Mr. Gladstone was +warmly welcomed by the citizens. In the evening a great +meeting was held at the Agricultural Hall, under the presidency +of Mr. Henry Birkbeck, at which Mr. Gladstone was presented with +an illuminated address by the Liberal and Radical associations +and trades unions in Norwich and Norfolk. After addressing +the vast assemblage Mr. Gladstone proceeded to Stoke Holy Cross +as the guest of Mr. Birkbeck. Returning to the city on the +17th, the ex-Premier visited the Castle and the Cathedral, and in +the afternoon left for Lowestoft, <i>en route</i> to Corton, +where he remained as the guest of Mr. Colman until the 20th.</p> +<p>21.—Mr. Sims Reeves made his farewell appearance at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>28.—Died, at Norwich, Mr. John Gunn, M.A., F.G.S., many +years rector of Irstead with Barton Turf, aged 89. +“It was with painful surprise that the public received a +few years ago the announcement of Mr. Gunn’s retirement +from the Church on the ground of conscientious scruples +concerning certain Biblical statements which he conceived to be +irreconcilable with the teachings of Natural Science, and of his +desire no longer to be addressed by his clerical title. He +did not dissociate himself from the observances of religion, for +he was a constant attendant at the Cathedral +services.” Mr. Gunn, in 1864, was one of the founders +of the Norwich Geological Society, and its first president. +“He has left behind him in his great collection of fossils +a monument, <i>ære perennius</i>. His association +with the investigation of the Mammalian remains of the Cromer +beds is recorded in the classics of English geology, and will be +handed down to posterity long after the fossils in our Museum +have crumbled into dust.”</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>2.—Major F. A. Cubitt was presented by past and present +officers, <a name="page412"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +412</span>non-commissioned officers, and men of the 1st Volunteer +Battalion Norfolk Regiment with a silver candelabrum upon +retiring from the adjutancy of the battalion, after nearly +fifteen years’ service.</p> +<p>6.—Mr. W. R. Cooper, solicitor, was elected Clerk to the +Norwich magistrates in succession to Mr. G. B. Kennett, +resigned.</p> +<p>11.—Died, at Unthank’s Road, Norwich, Mr. James +Calthrop Barnham, aged 82. He was descended from an old +Norwich family, and one of his ancestors, James Barnham, was a +Sheriff of the city in 1738. Mr. Barnham was a governor of +Norwich Grammar School, and one of the original members of the +Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society.</p> +<p>12.—Died, at Newmarket Terrace, Norwich, Mr. Samuel +Daynes. Born in December, 1815, he was a member of the Town +Council, and a persistent advocate of the adoption of the wood +pavement scheme. A Guardian of the Poor, he was thoroughly +versed in the details of Poor-law administration, and as a member +of the School Board he displayed great earnestness as a public +economist. Mr. Daynes was prominently associated with the +Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, and in 1851–52 served the +office of “Grand Master” of that body.</p> +<p>—The Rev. William Pelham Burn, curate of St. Mary Abbot, +Kensington, was elected vicar of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, in +succession to the Rev. F. Baggallay, who had accepted the living +of Holy Trinity, Weymouth.</p> +<p>13.—At a meeting of the Yare Preservation Society, it +was resolved, “That the society be called the Yare and Bure +Preservation Society, whose objects shall be the preservation of +the rivers Yare and Bure, and their tributaries, from illegal +fishing.”</p> +<p>14.—Died, at Park Lane, Norwich, Mrs. Phillips, widow of +Mr. Frederick Lawrence Phillips, aged 77. Mrs. Phillips was +well known to playgoers of a past generation as the beautiful and +accomplished Miss Ellen Daly, a favourite actress in London and +provincial theatres.</p> +<p>—An outbreak of rabies occurred in Norfolk. A mad +dog ran through the southern portion of the county, and bit +several persons; it was ultimately shot at New Buckenham. +On June 30th the Norwich Town Council adopted the muzzling order, +and similar regulations were introduced by the Norfolk County +Council. A fund was raised for the purpose of sending to +Paris for treatment by Pasteur the eight persons who had been +bitten by the dog. The muzzling regulations in Norwich were +withdrawn in the last week in October.</p> +<p>19.—The annual meeting of the East Anglian, Cambridge, +and Huntingdonshire branches of the British Medical Association +was held in Norwich under the presidency of Dr. Beverley, who, +with Mrs. Beverley, received on the 20th a large number of +distinguished visitors at a garden party given by them at +Brundall.</p> +<p>23.—Two squadrons of the 20th Hussars marched from +Norwich for Aldershot. The headquarters of the regiment +left on the 24th under the command of Colonel Graves.</p> +<p>27.—Died, at his residence, Grove House, Chapel Field, +Norwich, Mr. Robert Leeds, aged 79. Mr. Leeds devoted much +time to several important undertakings connected with the +agricultural interest. He became a member of the Royal +Agricultural Society in 1852, and in 1869 was elected to the +Council; in 1862 he assisted in the formation of the <a +name="page413"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 413</span>company +which built the Agricultural Hall, Islington; and it was greatly +owing to his influence that the Smithfield Club removed their +annual show from Baker Street to the new hall. Mr. Leeds +gave his practical aid to the establishment of the Salisbury +Hotel Company, and to founding the Farmers’ Club; he was a +member of the Norfolk Agricultural Association, and an energetic +supporter of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.</p> +<p>28.—The portrait of Mr. Cadge, painted by Professor +Herkomer, was unveiled at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. +Mr. Cadge announced that Mr. B. E. Fletcher, of Marlingford, had +munificently offered to build at Cromer a Convalescent Home for +the reception of Hospital patients, and the Earl of Leicester, +with like generosity, had promised to endow it with +£15,000, or, if necessary, with £20,000. Mr. +Cadge retired from the office of senior surgeon on October +4th. (<i>See</i> April 25th, 1893.)</p> +<p>30.—H.M.S. Howe entered Yarmouth Roads, and on July 1st +was joined by the Anson, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard E. +Tracey, and the Rodney. The officers and men of the +squadron were invited to various entertainments provided ashore +by the townspeople, and the vessels sailed on July 4th.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>9.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Yarmouth, and concluded on the +10th. Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart., was president.</p> +<p>26.—The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Volunteer Battalions of the +Norfolk Regiment went into camp at Yarmouth.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>2.—The coming of age of Mr. Herbert H. Bullard, eldest +son of Sir Harry Bullard, was celebrated at Norwich.</p> +<p>5.—The attainment of his majority on March 5th by Mr. +Roland le Strange was celebrated on this date at Hunstanton +Park. On the 6th a ball was given, at which many +distinguished guests were present.</p> +<p>6.—The Cricket Week theatricals at Norwich Theatre +commenced with the production of “Caste,” which was +repeated on the 7th. “County Courted, or the +Beadle’s Bride,” an operetta adapted from +“Oliver Twist,” by Mr. Arthur Waugh, with music by +Mr. Claud Nugent, was performed on the 8th, followed by “My +Uncle’s Will,” and the farce, “B.B.”</p> +<p>7.—Died, at Heigham Road, Norwich, Mr. Ambrose Winter, +aged 100 years and 41 weeks. Mr. Winter was a native of +Norwich, where he had resided throughout his life.</p> +<p>15.—Died, at Yarmouth, Mr. Charles Gibbon, aged +47. A Scotsman by birth, he commenced his career upon the +staff of a Glasgow journal, and removed to London in 1859, where +he became a novelist. Among his best known works were +“Beyond Compare,” “Queen of the Meadow,” +“A Family Secret,” “By Mead and Stream,” +“The Dead Heart,” “Auld <a +name="page414"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 414</span>Robin +Grey,” &c. “He wrote interactively, always +purely, and at times even vividly.” Mr. Gibbon took +up his residence in Yarmouth in 1886.</p> +<p>20.—Died, at Coltishall, Sarah Weeds, in her 100th +year.</p> +<p>23.—Messrs. Grout and Co., of Norwich, gave notice to +several hundreds of their workpeople that their engagements with +the firm would terminate on the 30th. “Their factory, +a modern building of large dimensions, is fitted with machinery +of the most improved construction, and contains every appliance +for carrying on the manufacture of fabrics which have gained for +Norwich world-wide reputation. The firm has a branch +factory at Yarmouth, where about 1,000 persons are engaged, and +other establishments at Ditchingham and Ponder’s +End.”</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>10.—Died, at Costessey, Frederick Viner, formerly in the +13th Light Dragoons. He took part in the light cavalry +charge at Balaclava, and his name was officially recorded in the +list of survivors.</p> +<p>24.—A new reservoir constructed near Mousehold by the +Norwich Waterworks Company was opened. “It contains +over 600,000 gallons of water, and by a curious coincidence +600,000 bricks were used in its construction.”</p> +<p>29.—Died, at Heggatt Hall, Captain Arthur Rodney Blane, +R.N., second son of Sir Hugh Seymour Blane, Bart. Captain +Blane, who had seen much active service in Chinese waters, was +placed upon the retired list in 1881.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The headquarters of the 8th Hussars arrived at +Norwich, under the command of Colonel St. Quintin.</p> +<p>14.—The Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival commenced +at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, with an evening performance +of “Judas Maccabæus.” On the morning of +the 15th “L’Allegro ed il Pensieroso,” composed +expressly for the Festival, and conducted by the composer, Dr. C. +H. Parry, and the “Stabat Mater,” were +produced. The evening programme included the prelude and +entr’actes to “Ravenswood” (Mackenzie) and +“The Dream of Jubal” (Joseph Bennett), conducted by +the composer. “The Martyr of Antioch,” +conducted by its composer, Sir Arthur Sullivan, and “Hear +My Prayer” (Mendelssohn), were performed on the morning of +the 16th; in the evening a miscellaneous concert took +place. “Elijah” was produced on the morning of +the 17th; and in the evening a miscellaneous concert was preceded +by the second act of the opera of “The Flying +Dutchman.” The Festival produced a profit of +£501 10s. 7d., of which sum £250 was distributed +among the local charities. The principal vocalists were +Madame Nordica, Miss Liza Lehmann, Miss Mackintyre, Miss Grace +Damian, and Miss Marian McKenzie; reciter, Miss Julia Neilson; +Mr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. Maldwyn Humphreys, Mr. Ben Davies, Mr. +Henschel, Mr. Franco Novara, Mr. Brockbank, and Mr. Alex +Marsh.</p> +<p>23.—A peal of nine bells, cast by Messrs. Taylor and +Sons, of Loughborough, at the cost of £500, for the parish +church of Wells-next-the-sea, was dedicated.</p> +<p><a name="page415"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +415</span>27.—Died, the Rev. John Edmund Cox, D.D., F.S.A., +formerly vicar of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London, aged +78. A native of the city, and educated at the Cathedral +school, he became Bible Clerk at All Souls College, Oxford, and +in 1837 was ordained by Bishop Stanley, and presented to the +incumbency of Aldeby. He afterwards became minister of St. +Mary, Southtown, Yarmouth, and whilst there edited the +well-known, “Memoir of Sarah Martin.” +Subsequently he went to Stepney, and in 1849 was presented by the +Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s to his city living. +Dr. Cox was the author of “A Life of Cranmer,” +“Principles of the Reformation,” “A life of +Luther,” and of “Protestantism compared with +Romanism.” He also edited several historical +treatises for the Parker Society.</p> +<p>29.—The Norwich Town Council confirmed a contract +entered into with Mr. R. A. Cooper for the purchase of certain +land at Thorpe Hamlet required for the construction of the +proposed Riverside Road. The amount to be paid to the owner +was £3,022, and the estimated cost of the road between +£2,000 and £3,000.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>10.—The Norwich Town Council elected Mr. Walter Overbury +to the office of Mayor, and appointed Mr. Geoffrey Fowell Buxton +as Sheriff. Mr. Oyerbury having declined to qualify, Mr. +Edward Wild was on the 24th elected to fill the vacancy.</p> +<p>—Died, aged 79, the Rev. Charles Turner, formerly rector +of Bixley and Framingham Earl. He was the son of Mr. +Charles Turner, the last Mayor of Norwich previous to the passing +of the Municipal Reform Act, and held the living of St. Peter +Mancroft from 1848 to 1878.</p> +<p>24.—The Prince of Wales opened, at the Athenæum, +King’s Lynn, a sporting and art exhibition in aid of the +covert funds of the West Norfolk Hunt. His Royal Highness +was accompanied by the Princess of Wales.</p> +<p>—The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princesses +Victoria and Maud, arrived at Melton Constable on a visit to Lord +and Lady Hastings. Their Royal Highnesses were afterwards +joined by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Clarence and +Avondale. The visit terminated on the 29th.</p> +<p>25.—The weather became exceedingly severe, and frost and +snow prevailed to the end of the year.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—Died, at his residence, Thickthorn, near Norwich, Mr. +Francis Hay Gurney, in his 65th year. Mr. Gurney was a son +of Mr. Daniel Gurney, of North Runcton, by Lady Harriet Hay, +daughter of William, sixteenth Earl of Errol. In 1847 he +married Margaret Charlotte, daughter of Sir W. H. Browne ffolkes, +Bart. A partner in the banking firm of Messrs. Gurneys and +Co., he discharged with conspicuous courtesy and ability all the +duties that devolve upon a country gentleman. For many +years he presided as chairman of the Committee of Management of +the Norfolk and Norwich Musical festival, and in politics was a +staunch Conservative. <a name="page416"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 416</span>In 1859 he took an active part in +the Volunteer movement; subsequently he raised and commanded a +troop of Light Horse, and ultimately joined the Suffolk Yeomanry +Cavalry, from which he retired with the brevet rank of +Lieutenant-Colonel.</p> +<p>2.—The first lecture of a series inaugurated by the +Norwich Free Library Committee was given at Blackfriars’ +Hall, Norwich, by the Rev. H. H. Snell on “Books and +Readers.” (<i>See</i> January 12th, 1891.)</p> +<p>5.—Died, at his residence, 43, Ennismore Gardens, South +Kensington, Mr. Baron Huddleston, formerly member of Parliament +for Norwich. The son of a merchant captain, Thomas +Huddleston, he was born in 1817, and matriculated at Trinity +College, Dublin. He came to England to seek his fortune as +usher in a school, but afterwards made a more promising start in +life as a barrister at the Central Criminal Court. Admitted +a student at Gray’s Inn on April 18th, 1836, and called to +the Bar by that society in the summer of 1839, he accepted silk +in 1857 from Lord Cranworth, then Lord Chancellor. He had +unsuccessfully contested, as a Conservative, Worcester, +Shrewsbury, and Kidderminster, but was returned for Canterbury in +1865. In 1870 he made an unsuccessful assault on Norwich, +but four years later defeated Mr. Tillett by forty-seven +votes. In 1875 he was appointed judge in the Court of +Common Pleas, was duly knighted, and ultimately transferred to +the Court of Exchequer on the death of Mr. Baron Pigott. He +married Lady Diana Beauclerk, sister of the Duke of St. +Albans.</p> +<p>14.—Died, at Clermont Terrace, Queen’s Road, +Norwich, Sarah, widow of John Barnard, formerly of Beccles, in +her 101st year.</p> +<p>18.—Mr. S. Hoare, M.P., delivered a farewell address to +his constituents, at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, previous +to his departure for India.</p> +<p>19.—A heavy fall of snow, accompanied by sharp frost, +occurred on this date. Skating became general throughout +the county.</p> +<p>26.—Ginnett’s Circus opened for the winter season +at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>27.—Died, at Lynn, Mr. John Osborne Smetham, aged +78. He was six times Mayor of the borough, and had been an +alderman thirty-four years, and held various public offices in +the town.</p> +<p>30.—An influential meeting, convened by the Mayor, was +held at the Guildhall, Norwich, to inaugurate a fund for the +relief of the unemployed and necessitous poor of the city. +About £900 was subscribed in the room, and active measures +were taken for the relief of public distress.</p> +<h3>1891.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—A sudden break-up occurred of the severe frost, which +had lasted twenty-one consecutive days, but at sunset it froze +again with increased severity. This was stated to have been +the longest frost recorded in <a name="page417"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 417</span>Norfolk since 1813. On the +20th another thaw took place, followed by heavy rain; but during +the night the frost reasserted itself, and became very severe on +the 21st and 22nd. Then the temperature gradually +increased, bright sunshine followed, and the wind having veered +to the south rain fell. On the 24th the river steamer Alpha +cut her way through the ice on the Yare, and opened up between +Norwich and Yarmouth the traffic which for five weeks had been +suspended.</p> +<p>2.—Died, at Weasenham, Mr. Henry Overman, aged 65. +He established a wide reputation as a breeder of shorthorns, +Southdown, and Oxford Down sheep, hackneys and cart horses. +Mr. Overman was an extreme Radical, “but his political +extravagancies were amply condoned by his warmth and kindliness +of heart.”</p> +<p>6.—The last of the “Science Lectures for the +People” was delivered at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +by Dr. Andrew Wilson on “Sea Serpents and other curious +Animals, real and fictitious.” (<i>See</i> January +19th, 1892.)</p> +<p>9.—The Cambridge crew, owing to the river Cam being +icebound, had rowing practice upon the Estuary Cut, at Lynn.</p> +<p>10.—An “ice carnival” took place on Diss +Mere. The performers and spectators numbered five +thousand.</p> +<p>12.—The second lecture of the course arranged by the +Norwich Free Library Committee was given at Blackfriars’ +Hall by Mr. G. C. Davies on “Life and Scenery +Abroad.” The Rev. W. F. Creeny, F.S.A., lectured on +February 3rd on “Sweden and Gothland”; Mr. Bosworth +Harcourt on March 3rd on “An Hour with Douglas +Jerrold”; and Mr. H. F. Euren on April 14th on “Our +Fens and Marshes.” (<i>See</i> February 24th, +1892.)</p> +<p>17.—Mr. R. E. Crosse was appointed house surgeon at the +Norfolk and Norwich Hospital on the resignation of Mr. H. C. +Nance.</p> +<p>19.—Died, at Unthank’s Road, Norwich, Mr. Benjamin +Viny Winch, aged 60. Mr. Winch had been upwards of twenty +years postmaster of Norwich. He entered the service at the +General Post Office, St. Martin’s le Grand, in February, +1852, and continued there until August 31st, 1870, when he was +appointed to Norwich on the retirement of Mr. Samuel Base, the +former postmaster. The postal arrangements in the city were +greatly developed during Mr. Winch’s tenure of +office. The business was removed from Post Office Street +(now Exchange Street) to the Crown Bank premises, where the work +in the various departments commenced on August 16th, 1875. +Mr. Winch was an enthusiastic yachtsman, had filled the office of +Commodore of the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club, and was one of +the principal founders of the Yare Sailing Club.</p> +<p>20.—Immense quantities of sprats were captured at +Lynn. Such enormous shoals had never before, it was stated, +been found in the Wash.</p> +<p>—The Norwich Town Council considered a report upon the +proposed purchase of the Waterworks, and appointed a special +committee to determine the value of the undertaking, with the +view of making an offer to the company. On May 26th the +Council proposed to offer a sum not exceeding £10 per +cent., the actual market value of the shares and capital of the +company. The offer was declined, and on December 15th it +was decided that no further steps be taken in the matter. +(<i>See</i> February 22nd, 1898.)</p> +<p><a name="page418"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +418</span>21.—“General” Booth visited Norwich +in furtherance of a new “social scheme” advocated in +his recently-published book, “In Darkest +England.” He attended a conference at Noverre’s +Rooms in the afternoon, and addressed a large meeting which took +place at St. Andrew’s Hall in the evening.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>7.—Mr. B. N. Thoms, assistant surveyor at the General +Post Office, was appointed to fill the postmastership of Norwich, +vacant by the death of Mr. Winch. Mr. Thoms was a son of +Mr. William J. Thoms, the originator and editor of “Notes +and Queries,” and a librarian of the House of Lords. +In the month of April Mr. Thoms removed to Nottingham, and was +succeeded by Mr. Sturgeon, of Birkenhead, who, in the Egyptian +campaign of 1882–85, commanded the Army Post Office +Corps. For his valuable services he was decorated by the +Queen in person, and granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, with +permission to wear the uniform of his corps, the 24th Middlesex +(Post Office) Rifle Volunteers.</p> +<p>21.—Died, at his town residence, 8, Portman Square, the +Right Hon. George Thomas Keppel, sixth Earl of Albemarle. +He was born June 13th, 1799, and was second son of William +Charles, fourth earl, by his marriage with Elizabeth Southwell, +fourth daughter of Edward Lord De Clifford. In 1815 he +received an ensign’s commission in the 14th Regiment of +Foot, and within a month joined the Army in Flanders. He +was present at the battle of Waterloo, and at the engagement +which immediately preceded it. “The very youngest +officer on the field of Waterloo, he was, with one exception, the +very last of the survivors of all the Waterloo +officers.”</p> +<p>22.—Died, at 7, Hertford Street, Mayfair, Mr. Charles +Wild, eldest son of Mr. Edward Wild, Mayor of Norwich, aged +29. Educated at King Edward VI. Grammar School, he pursued +his medical studies at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital; +afterwards proceeded to Cambridge University, and finally entered +the London School of Medicine. Mr. Wild gained the Brodie +scholarship at St. George’s Hospital, and was awarded the +Thompson gold medal.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>7.—Died, aged 60, Mr. Edmund Beck, agent for the +Sandringham estate. Mr. Beck was a member of an old family +of Norfolk farmers, and was born at Mileham. For a +considerable time he was in partnership with his father as an +auctioneer and estate agent, and was one of the best known +agricultural authorities in the kingdom.</p> +<p>31.—Mr. Samuel Hoare, M.P., arrived at Cromer on his +return from his tour in India. He sailed for the East on +January 4th, accompanied by his daughters, the Misses Annie and +Muriel Hoare, and formally opened the Bengal and Nagpur Railway, +of which he was chairman.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference commenced at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, under the presidency of the +Bishop of the Diocese, and was concluded on the 3rd.</p> +<p><a name="page419"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +419</span>2.—The Countess of Leicester performed the +opening ceremony at a grand Venetian <i>Fête</i> and Bazaar +held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, in aid of the Norfolk +County Cricket Club. The proceedings were continued on the +3rd.</p> +<p>5.—Died, at Gaywood Hall, King’s Lynn, Mr. Richard +Bagge, aged 80. He was twin brother of Sir William Bagge, +M.P., and was educated at Charterhouse, and by private +tutor. In 1831 Mr. Bagge was elected a member of the old +Corporation of Lynn, and served the office of Mayor of that +borough in 1836 and 1857. He was a justice of the peace, +and a Deputy Lieutenant for the county, and was High Sheriff in +1880. As a sportsman Mr. Bagge was well known in the +coursing and cricket fields, and in politics was a staunch +Conservative.</p> +<p>7.—Died, at Melbourne, during a tour in Australia for +the benefit of his health, the Rev. R. Hobson, pastor of the Old +Meeting Congregational chapel, Norwich. Mr. Hobson, who was +in his 52nd year, was appointed to the chapel in 1878; he took +part in many social and philanthropic movements in the city, and +was most highly esteemed by Churchmen and Nonconformists. +He was the founder of the St. George’s Home for Working +Girls.</p> +<p>—Mr. Samuel Hoare, M.P., and Mrs. Hoare celebrated their +silver wedding at Cliff House, Cromer, and received many +congratulations and presents from their friends in the town and +district. On April 20th Mr. and Mrs. Hoare were presented, +at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, with a valuable silver tea +and coffee service and an illuminated address by the members of +the Conservative associations and clubs in the city.</p> +<p>11.—At the annual meeting of the Governors of the +Norfolk and Norwich Hospital the Board of Management reported +that Miss Adams, the Lady Superintendent, had been received into +the Roman Catholic Church. In view of the matter forming +the subject for discussion there was a large attendance, but the +Lord Bishop, who presided, ruled the question to be +“special,” and that it was necessary for formal +notice to be given before a resolution could be moved.</p> +<p>—The fastest run made by a special train on the Great +Eastern Railway was accomplished on this date, when the Prince of +Wales travelled from St. Pancras to Lynn, a distance of 98 miles, +in one hour fifty-five minutes.</p> +<p>18.—The memorial stone of a new church for East and West +Beckham was laid by Mrs. Hoare, wife of Mr. Samuel Hoare, +M.P. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich on +October 13th.</p> +<p>20.—Viscount Cross, Secretary of State for India, +visited Norwich and formally opened the Patteson Conservative +Club. In the evening his lordship addressed a large meeting +held at St. Andrew’s Hall under the auspices of the +National Union of Conservative Associations.</p> +<p>25.—Dr. F. C. Burton, of Adenbrook’s Hospital, +Cambridge, was appointed to the vacancy in the medical staff of +the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital occasioned by the retirement of +Dr. Shepherd Taylor.</p> +<p>27.—The South-West Norfolk Conservative Association met +at Swaffham under the presidency of Lord Walsingham, and adopted +Mr. Thomas Leigh Hare Conservative candidate for the constituency +in place of Mr. Tyssen Amherst, M.P., who had expressed his +intention to retire at the next General Election.</p> +<h4><a name="page420"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +420</span>MAY.</h4> +<p>14.—The Very Rev. E. M. Goulburn, formerly Dean of +Norwich, preached from a new pulpit erected by public +subscription in the choir of the Cathedral as a memorial of his +twenty-three years’ devoted ministry. The pulpit was +designed by Mr. John Pollard Seddon, F.R.I.B.A., and executed by +Mr. Harry Hems, of Exeter.</p> +<p>18.—On this day (Whit-Monday) occurred the memorable +fall of snow which covered the ground to the depth of five +inches, and occasioned the abandonment of all out-door sports and +holiday amusements. On the previous Wednesday (the 13th) +the shade temperature registered in the neighbourhood of Norwich +was 72.7; at 9 a.m. on the 16th it stood at 37.2; and on the same +day the thermometer in the screen fell to 29.8, and on the grass +to 21.5. On Sunday, the 17th, there were frequent storms of +hail and snow, and at 2 p.m. the temperature registered 37.4.</p> +<p>—A military tournament given by the 8th Hussars in aid +of the local charities, commenced at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich, and concluded on the 23rd.</p> +<p>21.—The Duke of Clarence and Avondale (in the absence of +the Prince of Wales, who was unable to attend in consequence of +indisposition) opened a bazaar at Yarmouth in aid of a fund for +the restoration of the parish church; and in the evening was +present at a ball given by the officers of the Norfolk +Artillery.</p> +<p>23.—The Norfolk County Council resolved to offer +scholarships of the value of £10 each per annum, and not +exceeding fifty in number, to boys and girls who, having passed +the 6th and 7th Standards in elementary schools, were prepared, +after examination, to attend for three years some secondary +school possessing to the satisfaction of the committee the +necessary qualifications for technical instruction. On the +26th the Norwich Town Council decided to provide a school for +technical education and manual instruction.</p> +<p>30.—The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture adopted, by 66 +votes against 32, a resolution in favour of making legal in +England the practice of the dishorning of cattle.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>8.—Mr. Wilson Barrett commenced a week’s +engagement at Norwich Theatre, in the character of +Belphegor. His other impersonations included Claud +Melnotte, Chatterton, The Stranger, and Hamlet.</p> +<p>12.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. Edward Wild) unveiled at +Norwich Cathedral a window inserted in the south aisle to the +memory of officers of the Norfolk Regiment. The window was +the gift of the officers and men of the regiment.</p> +<p>—The British Training Squadron, consisting of the +Active, the Calypso, the Volage, and the Ruby, entered Yarmouth +Roads, and sailed on the 14th for the north. Each +ship’s company numbered about 500 men and boys.</p> +<p>15.—A Select Committee of the House of Commons inquired +into the merits of the St. Faith’s Allotment Bill, by which +it was sought to obtain Parliamentary sanction to the compulsory +purchase of 18½ acres of <a name="page421"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 421</span>land owned by the Countess de +Rechberg, in the parish of Horsham St. Faith’s, for the +purpose of providing allotments for forty applicants under the +Allotments Acts, 1887 and 1890. On the 17th the chairman +(Sir Stafford Northcote) announced that the Committee were of +opinion that the preamble of the Bill was proved, and that the +order should be confirmed, but they thought the justice of the +case would be met if 10a. 2r. 6p. were given up for allotments, +and the Countess de Rechberg be ordered to pay her own costs and +one-third of the costs of the promoters. The Local +Government Board subsequently held an inquiry to decide the +amount to be paid to the Countess for the compulsory purchase of +the land. The Countess demanded £1,291 6s. +(originally £1,451); the County Council offered +£1,025 8s. 6d.; and the Local Government Board inspector +awarded £1,131 15s. 6d.</p> +<p>16.—Lord Walsingham was elected High Steward of +Cambridge University, and received the honorary degree of Doctor +of Laws. His lordship was introduced as a distinguished +member of the Eton and Cambridge elevens, as an excellent shot, +and as a great authority on shooting game. Further, he was +a Fellow of the Royal Society, and had given special attention to +the study of microlepidoptera.</p> +<p>24.—The Goulburn pulpit, erected in the nave of Norwich +Cathedral, was dedicated on this date. It was the gift of +the Very Rev. E. M. Goulburn, formerly Dean of Norwich, and was +executed in Caen stone by Mr. James Forsyth, of Hampstead, from +designs by Mr. R. Herbert Carpenter, F.S.A., and Mr. Benjamin +Ingelow.</p> +<p>27.—The Norwich Census returns were published on this +date, as follow:—Tenements of less than five rooms, 7,654; +inhabited houses, 23,268; uninhabited, 1,739; building, +205. Persons: Males, 46,615; females, 54,348; total, +100,964.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>8.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association commenced at Wymondham, and was continued on the +9th. The Earl of Kimberley was president for the year.</p> +<p>10.—A prolonged strike in the building trade, at +Norwich, was settled on this date. The bricklayers’ +strike commenced on May 4th, and that of the carpenters and +joiners on June 1st. In both cases the men demanded an +extra payment of one penny per hour, and the acceptance by the +masters of a code of rules framed by them. The employers +declined to accede to these demands, but submitted a code of +their own, and offered a halfpenny advance. The Mayor (Mr. +Wild) intervened, and although at the time his action had no +effect, the men ultimately accepted the masters’ code of +rules.</p> +<p>14.—Dedication services were held at the parish church +of Great Yarmouth on the completion of the extensive and +protracted work of restoration. The undertaking was +commenced in 1847 by the Rev. Henry Mackenzie, afterwards +Suffragan Bishop of Nottingham, and continued from time to time +by the three successive vicars, Bishop Hills, of British +Columbia, Archdeacon Nevill, and Canon Venables. The latest +portion of the work was begun in the spring of 1890, and cost +about £1,500. About £40,000 was expended upon +the entire restoration.</p> +<p><a name="page422"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +422</span>17.—Died, at Eastbourne, Mr. Willoughby Smith, +the distinguished electrician, who was born at Yarmouth on April +16th, 1828. He superintended the manufacture and laying of +the first submarine cable. In 1866 he was electrician on +board the Great Eastern steamship during the laying of the first +successful Atlantic cable and on the recovery and completion of +the cable that had been lost the year before. For these +services Mr. Smith received a gold medal and an address from the +Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. In 1883 he was President of +the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and in 1888 published a +work, entitled “Yarmouth Past and Present.”</p> +<p>21.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council a letter +from the Privy Council was read, in which it was stated, with +reference to a scheme for altering the boundaries of the wards of +the city, that such alteration could not be permitted unless an +alteration was also made in the number of the wards. +(<i>See</i> March 15th, 1892.)</p> +<p>25.—An exhibition of the works of Edward Thomas Daniell, +comprising etchings, water-colours, and oil paintings, was held +at the rooms of the Norwich Art Circle.</p> +<p>—The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Volunteer Battalions Norfolk +Regiment, encamped at Great Yarmouth under the command of +Brigadier-General Bulwer.</p> +<p>27.—Lord Walsingham presided at a meeting of the +subscribers to the Norwich Castle Museum scheme, at which it was +decided to extend, at an additional cost of between £4,000 +and £5,000, the original scheme for converting the Castle +and the surrounding buildings to the purposes of a Museum. +It was announced that the Prince of Wales had contributed to the +fund a further donation of fifty guineas. (<i>See</i> +August 4th, 1894.)</p> +<p>30.—A thunderstorm of extraordinary severity burst over +Ellingham Park, the seat of Mr. Henry Smith. “The +lightning seemed literally to sweep the park with a sheet of +fire, and immediately after the storm six bullocks and heifers +were found lying dead under an elm tree. Other cattle were +injured, and the tree itself was split in half, and some of the +branches hurled a considerable distance.” Further +thunderstorms occurred in other parts of the county on August +2nd.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—Norwich Cricket Week commenced. Matches were +played against the Eton Ramblers, and the Lincolnshire and +Hertfordshire Clubs, and in each instance the Norfolk County +Cricket Club was victorious. “The achievement of +three victories in the week had not previously been accomplished +since the institution of the festival in 1881.” On +the 6th and 7th Sir Kenneth Kemp’s company of amateurs gave +performances of “The Bookmaker” at the Theatre +Royal.</p> +<p>7.—The Norwich School Board decided to abolish the fees +in all their schools, the Higher Grade School excepted, from +September 1st, the date on which the Free Education Act came into +operation.</p> +<p>8.—Lord Ashbourne, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, addressed +a great Primrose League gathering at Didlington Park, held in +celebration of the inauguration of the Margaret Tyssen Amherst +Habitation.</p> +<h4><a name="page423"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +423</span>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—The Norfolk County Council decided to found an +agricultural side for technical education in connection with the +County School at Elmham.</p> +<p>7.—The Countess of Leicester laid the foundation-stone +of a public hall to be erected at Burnham Thorpe as a memorial of +Lord Nelson, who was born in the parish, where his father was +rector, in 1758. The hall, which formed part of a scheme +initiated by the Prince of Wales, the main feature of which was +the restoration of the parish church at the cost of +£10,000, was opened on June 9th, 1892.</p> +<p>30.—Mr. Harry Furniss gave his lecture, “The +Humours of Parliament,” at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich.</p> +<p>—The first annual show of the Mitford and Launditch +Agricultural Association was held at East Dereham. General +Bulwer presided at the dinner, at which the principal speakers +were Mr. R. T. Gurdon and Mr. C. S. Read.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>13.—A severe gale did great damage inland, and resulted +in many shipping casualties on the Norfolk coast.</p> +<p>15.—Died, at King’s Lynn, Mr. John Dyker Thew, in +his 68th year. He was proprietor of the “Lynn +Advertiser,” and for many years represented the South Ward +in the Town Council. In 1871, 1876, and 1885 Mr. Thew was +elected to the office of Mayor of the borough, and in the +last-named year was appointed alderman. He was leader of +the Conservative party at Lynn.</p> +<p>16.—The Lord Mayor of London (Sir Joseph Savory) and the +Lady Mayoress visited Norwich for the purpose of opening the new +buildings of the Asylum and School for the Indigent Blind.</p> +<p>17.—The prospectus of the Norwich Electricity Company +was published. A capital of £50,000 was raised in +5,000 ordinary shares of £10 each, and the company was +formed “for the purpose of supplying electricity for +lighting and motive purposes.”</p> +<p>19.—Died, at Beeston Park, Sir Jacob Henry Preston, +Bart., aged 79. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and magistrate +for the county, and in 1847 served the office of High +Sheriff.</p> +<p>25.—A severe storm commenced on this date, and continued +until the 27th. Several vessels were wrecked and lives lost +on the coast.</p> +<p>31.—A meeting in furtherance of a scheme for providing +playing fields and open spaces for the city was held at the +Guildhall, Norwich, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. +Wild). A committee known as the Norwich Playing-fields and +Open Spaces Committee was appointed.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—A serious fire at Sandringham House did damage to a +considerable amount.</p> +<p><a name="page424"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +424</span>9.—Mr. G. M. Chamberlin was elected Mayor, and +Mr. Harry Reeve appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>11.—A gale which swept over many parts of England did +much injury in Norfolk, and was severely felt at Yarmouth and at +other places on the coast.</p> +<p>14.—The Duke of Clarence and Avondale, accompanied by +the Duke and Duchess of Fife and the Duke and Duchess of +Connaught, opened a trades and industrial exhibition at St. +James’s Hall, Lynn.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>7.—At the annual distribution of prizes to the 1st +Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment, at Norwich, Major Dawson +was introduced to the corps as the future commanding officer, on +the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel Mansel. At about this +date the Dean of Norwich was appointed chaplain to the corps in +place of the Rev. Canon Patteson.</p> +<p>9.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. G. M. Chamberlin) sent, on +behalf of the citizens, letters of congratulation to the Prince +and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and the +Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, upon the announcement of the +intended marriage of the Duke and Princess.</p> +<p>11.—A storm of great severity raged throughout the +county, and much damage, was reported, especially in Mid +Norfolk. In several places the Yare and Bure overflowed +their banks.</p> +<p>14.—The church of St. Mary, Great Plumstead, was +severely damaged by fire. The building, in the +Perpendicular style, consisted of nave, chancel, and tower, which +were restored in 1876 and 1878. The fire completely +destroyed the interior fittings and roof. On December 14th, +1892, the church was re-opened after thorough restoration.</p> +<p>18.—A severe frost set in, and on the 22nd skating +became general.</p> +<p>—The Duke of Clarence and Avondale terminated a visit to +Mr. Tyssen Amherst, M.P., at Didlington Hall.</p> +<p>20.—Died, at Honingham vicarage, the Rev. Canon John +Robert Feilden, vicar of Honingham and East Tuddenham, in his +65th year. He was the fourth son of Mr. Joseph Feilden, +M.P., of Whitton Park, Blackburn, and was educated at Eton and +Christ Church, Oxford. After ordination he served a curacy +at Malpas, Cheshire, and was chaplain to George Horatio, second +Marquis Cholmondeley. In 1861 he was presented to the +rectory of Baconsthorpe, and in 1881 to the living which he held +at the time of his death. Mr. Feilden was a Commissioner +under the Pluralities Act, for the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, and +for nine years was a member of the Board of Management of the +Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was appointed honorary +canon of Norwich Cathedral in 1888. Canon Feilden married, +in 1861, Frances Blanche Ann, second daughter of Frederick, +fourth Baron Calthorpe.</p> +<p>26.—Ginnett’s Circus opened at the Agricultural +Hall, Norwich, for the winter season.</p> +<p>—Upwards of one thousand of the aged poor of Norwich +were entertained by the Mayor (Mr. G. M. Chamberlin) and the +Sheriff (Mr. Harry Reeve), at St. Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p><a name="page425"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +425</span>27.—Died, at Saham, the Rev. Coker Adams, for +fifteen years rector of the parish. Mr. Adams was the +author of several pamphlets on Church doctrine and defence.</p> +<h3>1892.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—A meeting, convened by the Lord Lieutenant of the +county (the Earl of Leicester) and the High Sheriff (Mr. S. +Gurney Buxton), was held at the Shirehall, Norwich, to consider +what steps should be taken to provide a present from Norfolk to +the Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Princess Mary Victoria on +the occasion of their marriage. It was resolved to open a +public subscription. A similar movement was inaugurated by +the citizens of Norwich.</p> +<p>—The Norfolk County Council appointed Mr. H. C. +Bolingbroke “accountant officer” to fill the vacancy +occasioned by the retirement of Mr. H. W. Day from the office of +County Treasurer.</p> +<p>14.—Died, at Sandringham, his Royal Highness the Duke of +Clarence and Avondale. The intelligence of the death of the +young Prince was received in Norwich with many manifestations of +public sorrow and sympathy. The church bells were tolled, +flags were hoisted at half-mast upon all public buildings, and +the windows of business establishments and private residences +were shaded. The High Sheriff at once sent to the +Comptroller of the Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales +a telegram of sympathy on behalf of himself and the whole county +of Norfolk, and on the 15th a special meeting of the Norwich Town +Council was held, and addresses of condolence were ordered to be +sent to the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and Princess +Victoria Mary of Teck. On Sunday, the 17th, many touching +references to the sad event were made in Church and Nonconformist +places of worship; and on the 20th, on which day the remains of +the deceased Prince were removed from Sandringham to Windsor for +interment, a memorial service, attended by the Mayor and +Corporation, was held at Norwich Cathedral, and the Dean preached +an eloquent sermon. At Prince’s Street Congregational +church, at Trinity Presbyterian church, and at St. Mary’s +Baptist chapel similar services were held, business was suspended +in the city, and the licensed victuallers and hotel proprietors +closed their establishments from two o’clock until five +o’clock. In every town and village the day was +observed with profound solemnity.</p> +<p>18.—An important meeting was held at the Deanery, +Norwich, to discuss what measures should be taken to complete the +sum of £2,500 then being raised by the Church +Schools’ Aid Association for the special purpose of +increasing and improving the accommodation of the Church day +schools in the city. It was resolved that it was the +imperative duty of Churchmen to preserve the Church schools in a +state of efficiency, and with this object it was decided that the +clergy and laity form local branches to augment the fund.</p> +<p><a name="page426"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +426</span>19.—Another series of “Science Lectures for +the People” commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +when Sir Robert Stawell Ball spoke on “Invisible +Stars.” On February 16th the Rev. J. Miller Hamilton +lectured on “The Forth Bridge”; and on March 14th Dr. +Andrew Wilson on “The Curiosities of Brain Action, Dreams, +Mesmerism, and Ghost Seeing.” A second course began +on November 16th with a lecture by Sir Robert Ball on “How +came the Great Ice Age?” (<i>See</i> January 12th, +1893.)</p> +<p>23.—Influenza raged with great severity in city and +county, and many prominent people were attacked by the +complaint. “It is producing many deaths among the +aged; the mortality in Norwich last week was 40.1 per +thousand.” In the week ending January 30th the +mortality in the city had increased to 44 per thousand.</p> +<p>30.—Died, at the Shrubbery, St. Stephen’s Road, +Norwich, Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett. He was born November 1st, +1818, at Quay Side, St. Martin-at-Palace, Norwich, and was son of +Mr. Jacob Tillett, a dyer. His grandfather was a +schoolmaster, whose attainments in mathematics, navigation, and +gunnery brought him into some prominence in his day. Young +Tillett was educated at King Edward VI. Grammar School, and on +leaving school served his articles with Mr. John Rising Staff, +then a leading solicitor in Norwich. In 1839 he opened an +office for himself in Post Office Street, and obtained a large +and lucrative connection. Literary rather than legal work +best accorded with Mr. Tillett’s natural tastes. In +1845 he founded the “Norfolk News,” and with the +conduct of that journal he was thenceforward associated +throughout his life, as chairman of the company and as editor, in +which position he not only controlled the policy of the paper, +but weekly contributed its leading articles. For many years +Mr. Tillett was a member of the Town Council, and twice served +the office of Mayor, first in 1859–60 and again in +1875–76. He was twice returned to a seat on the +Norwich School Board, and on the second occasion was elected +Chairman. In 1874 he was appointed a justice of the peace, +but he never qualified. Although he was not attached to any +particular sect, he identified himself with various religious +movements in the city. Mr. Tillett was the most potent +political personal force that the century produced in +Norwich. He contested the city in 1868 unsuccessfully, Sir +Henry Stracey and Sir Wm. Russell being returned. That +election was invalidated on petition. In May, 1870, when a +new writ was issued for the vacant seat, Mr. Tillett was returned +by 4,236 votes against 3,874 polled by Mr. J. W. +Huddleston. A petition followed, and Mr. Tillett was +unseated. At the dissolution in 1874 the Conservatives +brought forward Sir Henry Stracey and Mr. Huddleston, and the +Liberal cause was again championed by Mr. Tillett, with Mr. +Colman as his colleague. Mr. Colman was returned at the +head of the poll with 6,138 votes, and Mr. Huddleston was the +other successful candidate, with 5,823 votes. Mr. Tillett +polled 5,776 and Sir Henry Stracey 5,290 votes. Early in +1875 Mr. Huddleston was raised to the judicial bench, and at the +bye-election Mr. Tillett entered the lists against Colonel +Wilkinson. The contest took place on March 5th, and +resulted in Mr. Tillett’s return by a majority of +799. Then came the third petition, on which Mr. Tillett was +again unseated, and a Royal Commission followed. The writ +was suspended until the dissolution in 1880, when the +Conservatives were represented by Mr. H. Harben and the Hon. +Massey Mainwaring. The seats were <a +name="page427"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 427</span>carried by +Mr. Colman and Mr. Tillett on a poll of 6,549 for the former and +6,512 for the latter, the votes for the Conservative candidates +being 5,242 for Mr. Harben and 5,032 for Mr. Mainwaring. +The successful candidates were allowed to retain their seats +undisturbed; but Mr. Tillett reached the goal of his ambition too +late to derive any satisfaction from it, and the five years he +spent in Parliament were among the most irksome and worrying of +any in his life. At the dissolution in 1885 he announced +his intention not to again offer himself for the representation +of the city; but in 1886 he was once more induced to stand, and, +with Mr. Colman, opposed the return of Mr. Samuel Hoare and Mr. +C. S. Read. The result of the poll was as +follows:—Colman, 6,295; Hoare, 6,156; Tillett, 6,119; Read, +5,564. With this campaign Mr. Tillett practically closed +his electioneering career. Whatever the Conservative party +may have thought of his political faults and shortcomings, Mr. +Tillett was no Socialist or Revolutionist. He was staunch +in his loyalty to the Throne, and would have strongly opposed any +attack upon the free monarchial constitution. Although he +stood at the 1886 election as a Gladstonian, his convictions were +in favour of the maintenance of the Union. For the private +character of this eminent citizen it was impossible to entertain +but one sentiment, that of the highest esteem and regard, for he +was naturally of a kind, considerate, and affectionate +disposition.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>6.—Official notice was received at Norwich of the final +settlement of the scheme proposed by the Attorney-General for the +administration of the Norwich Town Close Estate Charity. +The scheme provided that the charity and its property and +endowments should be vested in an official trustee of charity +lands for the city of Norwich, and the management, preservation, +and letting of the estate and the collecting of the income by a +receiver would be exercised by trustees consisting of the +trustees for the time being of the municipal charities of the +city, known as the General Charities, as <i>ex-officio</i> +trustees of the Town Close Estate, and by six representative +trustees appointed by the freemen for a term of five years.</p> +<p>15.—The Compton Comedy Company commenced, at the Theatre +Royal, Norwich, an engagement, during which were produced several +favourite comedies of the old English stage.</p> +<p>18.—Archdeacon Perowne unveiled, at the church of St. +Laurence, Norwich, a bronze memorial in commemoration of the work +done by Miss Sarah Ann Glover in the cause of sol-fa music. +Miss Glover was the author of the sol-fa notation, from which +sprang the tonic sol-fa system.</p> +<p>20.—Died, at his residence, Unthank’s Road, +Norwich, Mr. Henry Norton, F.G.S., in his 81st year. He was +the eldest son of Mr. William Norton, of Old Buckenham, and in +his early days was articled to Messrs. Mitchell and Clarke, a +well-known firm of solicitors at Wymondham. Much of his +time was subsequently spent in roaming over the greater part of +Europe, and in about 1860 he settled in Norwich. As a +scholar and a man of science Mr. Norton was possessed of a store +of information such as few had acquired. Sanskrit and +geology were his favourite studies. He was an omnivorous +reader and lover of books, and bequeathed his valuable library +and collection of manuscripts to the Norfolk and Norwich +Library.</p> +<p><a name="page428"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +428</span>24.—The course of lectures arranged by the +committee of the Norwich Free Library was continued at +Blackfriars’ Hall, when Mr. M. P. Squirrell spoke on +“The Orkney and Shetland Islands.” Mr. C. Stacy +Watson, on March 23rd, lectured on “The Herring.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>1.—Died, at Gimingham Rectory, the Ven. Ralph Blakelock, +aged 88. He was born at Red Hall, Leeds, and was educated +at St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, of which he became +Fellow and tutor. In his Cambridge days he published some +mathematical treatises, which added considerably to his +reputation as a college tutor. On withdrawing from the +University he became rector of Gimingham in 1833, and an active +worker on behalf of many diocesan organizations. He paid +special regard to the social improvement of the labourers, and +was known as “the father of the allotment +system.” For many years Mr. Blakelock was Archdeacon +of Norfolk.</p> +<p>9.—Died, at Rippon Hall, Hevingham, the Rev. Henry +Philip Marsham, aged 75. He was a son of Mr. Robert +Marsham, of Stratton Hall, and his taste for country life and +love of nature had descended to him from his great grandfather, +Robert Marsham, the ardent naturalist and frequent correspondent +with White, of Selborne. The annual records of the earliest +dates, when many common plants were observed to flower, together +with similar natural history data, as commenced by the elder +naturalist, were continued by the younger.</p> +<p>14.—The memorial stones of a permanent building, to be +used as the headquarters of the Salvation Army in Norwich, were +laid by Mr. George White and other prominent Nonconformists, on a +site at the rear of Mortimer’s Hotel, St. Giles’ +Street. The building, which, inclusive of the site, cost +about £4,000, was opened on October 30th.</p> +<p>15.—A scheme for altering the number and bounderies of +the wards in Norwich was unanimously adopted by the Town +Council. The Privy Council on June 16th were petitioned to +approve the scheme, and on July 8th the formal order was received +for dividing the city into sixteen wards. Mr. Charles Neve +Creswell, the Commissioner appointed to prepare the scheme for +determining the boundaries of the wards and for apportioning +councillors among them, held a public inquiry at the Guildhall on +July 28th, at which evidence was given by representatives of the +Town Council and others. The first municipal elections +under the provisions of the redistribution scheme took place on +November 1st, when members were returned for sixteen wards +instead of for eight.</p> +<p>16.—The first sale of shire horses, the property of the +Prince of Wales, was held at Wolferton by Messrs. Sexton and +Grimwade. Forty-nine animals were sold for the total sum of +£5,200.</p> +<p>21.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Mathew +and a special jury, was tried the action, Bullard and others +<i>v.</i> Saul. The case was brought by the plaintiffs as +trustees of the charities of St. Swithin, Norwich, for an alleged +slander uttered by the defendant at an inquiry held before an +assistant Charity Commissioner at Norwich on January 15th. +By the words that the defendant used on that occasion the +plaintiffs said they understood him to mean that they had been +guilty of maladministration <a name="page429"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 429</span>of the charity funds, and had +administered them for base and political purposes, and as +vehicles of all sorts of corruption. The defendant denied +that the words set out in the statement of claim were a correct +report of the words used by him at the inquiry, and he further +denied that they had any slanderous meaning. A verdict was +given for the plaintiffs—damages £5.</p> +<p>25.—In the Court of Arches Lord Penzance decided in +favour of the Bishop of Norwich, who had convicted the appellant, +the Rev. Mr. O’Malley, of drunkenness, and sentenced him to +two years’ suspension. Lord Penzance declined to hear +Mr. O’Malley’s appeal until he had given security for +the Bishop’s costs, and limited the time during which the +appellant should find such security to four months. +(<i>See</i> June 1st, 1899.)</p> +<p>26.—Died, at Unthank’s Road, Norwich, Mrs. Sarah +Fletcher, aged 87. Mrs. Fletcher had given active support +to many philanthropic movements, and was one of the founders of +the Orphan Home for Girls, originally started in Pottergate +Street, and afterwards transferred to Chapel Field.</p> +<p>27.—Died, at Unthank’s Road, Norwich, the Rev. +Charles Heath Hosken, Baptist minister, in his 81st year. +In his early days he was sent to Ireland for missionary work by +the Baptist Irish Missionary Society, and subsequently laboured +at Belize in the Bay of Honduras; at West Troy in the State of +New York, and at Crayford in Kent. “The Rev. C. H. +Spurgeon sent his first two students to Mr. Hosken to be trained; +thus the deceased was really associated with the foundation of +the Pastors’ College.”</p> +<p>28.—Sir Harry and Lady Bullard celebrated their silver +wedding at Hellesdon House, Norwich, and were the recipients of +many presents from friends in county and city, and from the staff +of the Anchor Brewery.</p> +<p>30.—Died, at Sheringham Hall, Mr. Henry Ramey Upcher, +aged 82. He was a son of the Rev. Abbot Upcher, and coming +to the estate when only nine years old, he had probably been in +possession of his property longer than any landowner in +England. When at Harrow he played in the cricket eleven, +and on leaving Cambridge University took a leading part in +athletic games, and was well-known throughout the country as a +clever cricketer, a good horseman, and an excellent shot. +Mr. Upcher married, on July 3rd, 1838, Miss Caroline +Morris. In politics he was a Liberal of the old school, and +a valued supporter of his party.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>21.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference was opened at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, under the presidency of the Lord +Bishop, and continued on the 22nd.</p> +<p>25.—The Norina Grand Opera Company appeared at Norwich +Theatre in “La Fille de Madame Angot” and “The +Daughter of the Regiment.”</p> +<p>26.—Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P., was presented with a piece +of plate by the Gladstonian party in Norwich in recognition of +his twenty-one years’ Parliamentary services.</p> +<h4><a name="page430"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +430</span>MAY.</h4> +<p>12.—The Gildencroft Recreation Ground, the site of +which, with the buildings thereon, was purchased by the +Corporation of Norwich for the sum of £2,700, was formally +opened to the public by the Mayor. (<i>See</i> June 6th, +1894.)</p> +<p>14.—A new lifeboat, the gift of Mrs. Burch, in memory of +her late husband, Mr. John Burch, was launched at Yarmouth. +The craft was named by Miss Jane Burden the Abraham Thomas.</p> +<p>24.—The name of Dr. Frederic Bateman, senior physician +of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, was included in the list of +gentlemen who were to receive the honour of knighthood. Dr. +Bateman, on July 5th, was presented to the Queen at Windsor +Castle.</p> +<p>25.—Died, at Cromer Hall, Mr. Benjamin Bond +Bond-Cabbell. He had devoted himself largely to the public +life of the county, and was a major in the 3rd Volunteer +Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Mr. Bond-Cabbell, who had been +nominated for the office of High Sheriff in the ensuing year, was +one of the most popular men in Norfolk, and his death was widely +lamented.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>15.—Died, at Norwich, Dr. William Guy, aged 57. In +1871, when the city was visited by a serious outbreak of +smallpox, Dr. Guy was brought prominently into public +notice. With characteristic courage and zeal he undertook +the medical charge of the isolation hospital; and was afterwards +appointed to the post of public vaccinator. It was said +that for years Norwich was the best vaccinated town in the +kingdom.</p> +<p>16.—The Didlington herd of red polled cattle, the +property of Mr. Tyssen Amherst, M.P., was sold by auction by Mr. +John Thornton. Forty-one cows and nine bulls were disposed +of, and the total amount realised was 892 guineas—an +average for the cows of £47 10s. 7d., and for the bulls of +£24 4s. 2d.</p> +<p>21.—The Mayor and Mayoress of Norwich (Mr. and Mrs. G. +M. Chamberlin) were presented with a “silver cradle” +to commemorate the birth on March 11th of their soil, Geoffrey +Lefroy.</p> +<p>28.—A thunderstorm of extraordinary severity burst over +the county, and was said to have been the most alarming that had +been experienced for many years. It was remarkable more for +its long duration than for any serious results.</p> +<p>29.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at King’s Lynn under the presidency +of Mr. Thomas Leigh Hare. The exhibition was continued on +the 30th.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—The nomination took place at East Dereham of +candidates for the representation of Mid Norfolk. The +Unionist candidate was Mr. Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, and the +Gladstonian candidate Mr. Clement Higgins, Q.C., Trebovir Road, +South Kensington, S.W. The polling was on the 13th, and the +declaration on the 14th: Higgins, 4,069; Gordon 3,599.</p> +<p><a name="page431"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +431</span>2.—The following candidates were nominated for +the representation of Norwich:—Mr. James Bedford, 388, +Bethnal Green Road, E., tailor (Gladstonian); Mr. Jeremiah James +Colman (Gladstonian), and Mr. Samuel Hoare (Conservative). +The polling on the 6th resulted as follows:—Hoare, 7,718; +Colman, 7,407; Bedford, 6,811.</p> +<p>—The nomination of candidates for South Norfolk was held +at the Town Hall, Aylsham. Mr. John Cator, of Woodbastwick +Hall, was the Unionist, and Mr. Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, the +Gladstonian candidate. The polling was on the 16th, and the +declaration on the 18th:—Cozens-Hardy, 4,561; Cator, +3,278.</p> +<p>—For the representation of Lynn were nominated Mr. +Thomas Gibson Bowles, of Newton Tony, Salisbury, hon. lieutenant +in the Royal Naval Reserve (Unionist), and Mr. Thomas Richardson +Kemp, Q.C., 5, Queen’s Gate Terrace, London +(Gladstonian). The polling on the 4th resulted as +follows:—Bowles, 1,319; Kemp, 1,308.</p> +<p>5.—The nominations for East Norfolk were made at the +Shirehall, Norwich. Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart., was +nominated by the Unionists, and Mr. Robert John Price, +barrister-at-law, 104, Sloane Street, S.W., by the +Gladstonians. The polling took place on the 12th, and the +poll was declared on the 13th as follows:—Price, 4,743; +Birkbeck, 4,303.</p> +<p>—The nomination of candidates for South Norfolk was held +at the Shirehall, Norwich. Mr. Francis Taylor, of Diss, was +the Liberal-Unionist, and Mr. Albert George Kitching, Chase +Court, Enfield, the Gladstonian nominee. The polling took +place on the 11th, and the declaration on the 12th: Taylor 4,288; +Kitching, 3,535.</p> +<p>—Polling took place at Yarmouth. The candidates +were Mr. J. M. Moorsom, Q.C., London (Gladstonian), and Sir Henry +Tyler (Conservative). The contest resulted as +follows:—Moorsom, 2,972; Tyler, 2,704.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. Justice Romer delivered judgment in the action, +Micklethwaite <i>v.</i> Vincent, which raised an important +question as to the rights of the public over the Norfolk +broads. The plaintiff asked for an injunction to restrain +the defendant from shooting or fishing on that part of the +Hickling Broad which was in the parish of Hickling, and from +boating over it except in a certain channel. The defendant +contended that the Broad was open to the public for all purposes, +and that he as one of the public was entitled to shoot and fish +over it. The judge held that the plaintiff had established +his right to the part of the Broad in question. Admittedly +there was a public way over the Broad, but this was restricted to +the channel. The plaintiff asked for an injunction to +restrain the defendant from going on the Broad at all except in +this channel. He was satisfied on the evidence that this +right of way was not so restricted, and that part of +plaintiff’s claim failed and must be dismissed. It +was not necessary for his lordship to decide how far the +plaintiff’s right extended beyond the channel. The +plaintiff must get from the defendant the bare costs of the +action, except so far as those costs had been increased by the +claim to restrict the right of way to the channel, which had +failed. So far as the defendant’s costs had been +increased by the last mentioned claim he would get them from the +plaintiff with the set-off.</p> +<p>8.—Mr. P. P. Marshall, City Engineer, of Norwich, +resigned his office, in which he was succeeded by Mr. Buchan.</p> +<p><a name="page432"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +432</span>14.—Polling took place in North-West +Norfolk. The candidates were Mr. Joseph Arch, President of +the National Agricultural Labourers’ Union, of Barford, +Warwickshire (Gladstonian), and Lord Henry Bentinck, of Congham +Hall, and 58, Sloane Street, S.W. (Unionist). Result: Arch, +4,911; Bentinck, 3,822.</p> +<p>15.—The South-West Norfolk election took place. +The candidates were Mr. Thos. Leigh Hare, Stow Bardolph +(Unionist), and Mr. Henry Lee Warner, the Paddocks, Swaffham, +(Gladstonian). The poll was declared at Swaffham on the +16th as follows:—Hare, 4,077; Lee Warner, 3,739.</p> +<p>16.*—“The ‘London Gazette’ announces +that the Victoria Cross is conferred upon Lieutenant J. Manners +Smith for his conspicuous bravery when leading the storming party +at the attack and capture of a strong position occupied by the +enemy near Nilt in the Hunza-Nagur country on December 20th, +1891. Lieutenant Smith, who was serving in the Indian Staff +Corps, is a Norfolk man, and was educated at the Norwich Grammar +School.”</p> +<p>19.—The Norwich Town Council decided to create and issue +£3 per cent. redeemable stock, and on October 11th a series +of formal resolutions in completion of the scheme was +adopted.</p> +<p>21.—The St. George’s Vase was won at the Bisley +meeting by Private Gray, 1st Volunteer Battalion Norfolk +Regiment, with the highest possible score of 35 points.</p> +<p>22.—In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, +before Mr. Justice North, the action, Boswell <i>v.</i> Coaks, +came on for hearing. It was brought for the purpose of +re-opening the question which, after protracted litigation, had +been settled in the House of Lords. The present action was +founded on allegations of fraud on the part of one of the +successful litigants in the conduct of the litigation. The +judge did not call for a reply. He said he had come to the +conclusion that each allegation of fraud afforded no probable +cause for thinking that the plaintiff could possibly succeed at +the trial. After this matter had been thrashed out at such +an enormous expenditure of time and money he thought there would +be a grievous miscarriage of justice if he did not, so far as he +could, put a closure to steps to open up a matter upon +suggestions so unfounded and baseless as he considered the +plaintiff’s pleadings to make. He did not mean to +suggest that plaintiff’s advisers had instituted the action +for the purpose of vexation, but in his opinion nothing could be +more vexatious than that an action should be proceeded with in +which any chance of success was absolutely hopeless. Notice +of appeal was given by the plaintiff on August 17th. In the +Court of Appeal on November 2nd the case was re-opened, and after +a hearing which lasted several hours their lordships reserved +judgment. Mr. Justice A. L. Smith read the judgment of the +Court on November 5th, which was in favour of the respondent, +with costs. Judgment was confirmed in the Court of Appeal +on February 9th, 1893, by Lords Justices Lopes and Kay. +(<i>See</i> December 14th, 1893.)</p> +<p>23.—The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Volunteer Battalions Norfolk +Regiment went into camp at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>31.—The greater portion of the tower of Hindolveston +church collapsed, carrying with it a large part of the nave, and +forcing one of the chancel windows some distance into the +churchyard. The tower had <a name="page433"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 433</span>already been reported to be unsafe, +and a fund had been opened for its restoration.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>2.—The Cricket Week theatricals at Norwich Theatre +included performances of “Old Cronies,” “In +Honour Bound,” and “Done on Both Sides.” +This was the last occasion upon which performances were given by +Sir Kenneth Kemp’s company. The Cricket Week was +continued in subsequent years in the first week of August.</p> +<p>3.—Mr. Arthur Wilson Fox, one of the assistant +Commissioners appointed by the Royal Commission on Labour, held +an inquiry at the Assembly Rooms, Swaffham, with the view of +ascertaining the position and earnings of agricultural +labourers. Similar inquiries were held in other parts of +the county.</p> +<p>7.—Died, at Eastbourne, the Rev. George Charles Hoste, +in his 79th year. He was born in Norwich, and was the +eldest son of Colonel Sir George Hoste, of the Royal +Engineers. He graduated at Caius College, Cambridge, in +1835, and in 1856 was presented by Bishop Hinds to the important +parish of Heigham. In 1847 he married Anne, daughter of Mr. +John Brenchley, of Wombwell Hall, near Gravesend. Mr. Hoste +made great efforts to provide increased church accommodation in +Heigham, and in 1861 secured sufficient money to build the church +dedicated to the Holy Trinity. On retiring from Heigham he +was given the living of Boyton, Suffolk.</p> +<p>20.—The Queen, it was announced, had conferred the +dignity of a peerage upon Mr. William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, of +Didlington Hall. The “London Gazette” of +September 23rd announced that the new peer had adopted the title +of Baron Amherst of Hackney.</p> +<p>30.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council it was +decided to rescind a former resolution of the Council passed with +the view of preventing the erection of the Roman Catholic church +presbytery beyond the building line at Unthank’s Road, and +permission was granted for carrying out the original plans. +(<i>See</i> August 29th, 1894.)</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The students entered into occupation of the Norwich +and Ely Training College for female teachers in elementary +schools. The cost of the college was about £10,000, +and of the practising schools £2,122. The buildings +were designed by Messrs. Oliver and Leeson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, +and erected by Messrs. J. Youngs and Son. The college was +formally opened on October 12th by the Bishops of Norwich and +Ely.</p> +<p>—Died the Rev. John Marjoribanks Nisbet, Canon of +Norwich Cathedral, and rector of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, +London. He was 67 years of age, and was appointed to his +canonry in 1867. In 1885 Canon Nisbet was elected proctor +in Convocation for the Norwich Chapter.</p> +<p>5.—Thorpe Market church was re-opened after extensive +restoration. The building was erected in 1796 by the second +Lord Suffield on the site formerly occupied by the original +church, which had fallen into decay, and was in consequence +demolished.</p> +<p>—A fire of a most disastrous character occurred at +Norwich in the north-east angle of the large block of buildings +lying between Bank <a name="page434"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +434</span>Street and Queen Street. The outbreak was +confined to a three-storey building occupied by Mr. R. A. Cooper, +wholesale confectioner, of Queen Street. Police-constable +Hook was struck by falling masonry, and sustained a fractured +spine, from which he died in Hospital on the 10th.</p> +<p>12.—Mr. C. E. Cooke, of Litcham, sold his famous +eight-years-old hackney stallion. Cadet 1,251, for +£3,000 to Mr. Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the +American Hackney Horse Society.</p> +<p>14.—Mr. Ben Greet’s company of pastoral players +performed the garden scenes in “Twelfth Night” in the +grounds of Mr. A. R. Chamberlin, the Grove, Ipswich Road, +Norwich, in aid of the funds of the Norfolk and Norwich +Hospital.</p> +<p>17.—Died, at Weston House, Colonel Sir Hambleton +Custance, K.C.B., aged 82. He was a son of Mr. Hambleton +Thomas Custance, of Weston, by Mary, only child of Miles Bower, +and was born at Norwich. He married, in 1840, Frances, +daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon, premier baronet of England, and +widow of the Rev. Henry Walpole Nevill. For more than fifty +years he held a commission in the old First or West Norfolk +Militia, from the command of which he retired in 1881 with the +rank of honorary colonel, when he received the dignity of +K.C.B. From 1863 to 1878 he was vice-chairman of the +General Committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival, a +justice of the peace, and Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk, and in +1859 served the office of High Sheriff. Lady Custance died +on October 4th.</p> +<p>22.—Died, Mr. Thomas R. Tallack, formerly secretary of +the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He had done useful +archæological work, and among the most important of his +undertakings was the putting of the city archives into good order +and making them easy of access for reference. Mr. Tallack +had also made a valuable transcript for the Norfolk and Norwich +Archæological Society of the Tanner MS.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The annual provincial meeting of the Incorporated Law +Society commenced at Norwich. The Mayor and Mrs. G. M. +Chamberlin held a reception at St. Andrew’s Hall; a banquet +was given on the 4th; and the Sheriff and Mrs. Reeve invited the +members to a ball on the 5th. Mr. Richard Pennington +presided at the meetings of the society.</p> +<p>4.—Died, at Lynn, aged 61, Mr. William Thompson, who was +elected Mayor of the borough in 1877, and again served the office +from April to November, 1880, on the sudden death of Mr. +Seppings.</p> +<p>12.—Madame Adelina Patti, supported by Mdlle. Donilly, +Mdlle. Alice Gomez, Mr. Charles Chilley, Signor Novara, Miss +Fanny Davies, Mdlle. Levallois, and M. Sieveking, appeared at a +grand concert given at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>—Died, at Bramerton Lodge, Major John Penrice, aged +73. He was a justice of the peace for Norfolk, and took an +active part in the administration of county business. Major +Penrice was chairman of the Yarmouth Port and Haven +Commission.</p> +<p>16.—Died, at Saxlingham Rectory, the Rev. George King, +M.A., honorary canon of Norwich Cathedral, in his 90th +year. Canon King was one of the oldest clergymen in the +Church of England.</p> +<p><a name="page435"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +435</span>17.—A complimentary dinner, attended by 300 +guests, was given at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, under the +presidency of the Mayor (Mr. G. M. Chamberlin), to Mr. Henry +Flowers in commemoration of his election to the Grand Mastership +of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows.</p> +<p>20.—Mr. D. L. Moody, the “American +Evangelist,” opened a three days’ mission at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>21.—A heavy fall of snow occurred in Norfolk, and was +followed by severe frost. The weather for some time +previously had been unprecedently wet, and the heavy rainfall had +swollen the rivers and flooded the marshes and low-lying +lands. During the first half of the month more than 4.5 +inches of rain were registered at Sprowston. It was the +wettest October that had been experienced for years past.</p> +<p>22.—Died, at 45, St. Giles’ Street, Norwich, Mr. +Thomas William Crosse, F.R.C.S., in his 67th year. He was a +son of the distinguished John Green Crosse, and was educated at +Mr. Perowne’s school, Norwich, and at King’s College +School, London. After a course of study at St. +Bartholomew’s Hospital, and at the Dublin, Leeds, and +Norwich Hospitals, Mr. Crosse became, in 1847, M.R.C.S. and +L.S.A., and in 1860, after examination, was admitted a Fellow of +the Royal College of Surgeons. In Norwich he gained the +reputation of being a bold, skilful, and successful +surgeon. He was appointed assistant-surgeon to the Hospital +in 1857, became full surgeon on October 26th, 1872, and retired +from the staff in 1888. In April, 1892, having previously +filled the office of vice-chairman, he was made chairman of the +Board of Management. For many years Mr. Crosse discharged +with conspicuous ability the honorary duties of curator of the +pathological museum at the Hospital. He was a member of the +Council of the British Medical Association, and among his +contributions to surgical literature were articles on +“Urinary Calculus” in Heath’s “System of +Surgery.” Mr. Crosse was a governor of the Grammar +School and of the Middle School, and an <i>ex-officio</i> member +of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. For some years he +represented the Sixth Ward in the Conservative interest, and was +appointed on January 21st, 1873, Medical Officer of Health for +the city, and continued to discharge his duties until within a +short time of his death. Mr. Crosse married, in 1857, a +daughter of Mr. Adam Taylor.</p> +<p>—Died, at his residence, Beechamwell Hall, Mr. Joshua +Fielden, aged 44. He was a son of Mr. John Fielden, of +Green Bank, Caton, near Lancaster, and was educated at Eton and +Cambridge. Mr. Fielden was a justice of the peace and a +Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk, and served the office of High +Sheriff in 1884.</p> +<p>26.—A “World’s Fair,” promoted in aid +of the funds for paying off the debt on the vicarage house and +the completion of the restoration of the tower of St. Peter +Mancroft church, was opened at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +by the Mayor. The bazaar, which closed on the 28th, +produced receipts to the amount of £575.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—The inmates of Norwich Workhouse were entertained by +Mr. Hoare, M.P., and Mrs. Hoare in celebration of the marriage of +their daughter. Miss Elma Hoare, with the Rev. H. L. Paget, +on October 27th.</p> +<p><a name="page436"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +436</span>9.—Mr. Alexander Robert Chamberlin was elected +Mayor, and Mr. Russell J. Colman appointed Sheriff of +Norwich.</p> +<p>16.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council the Liberal +members elected a committee to select the names of persons to be +submitted to the Lord Chancellor for appointment as +magistrates. The Conservative members declined to take part +in the proceedings on the ground that the movement was purely +political. On December 20th the special committee reported +that their proceedings had been abortive.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. C. S. Read made an important speech at the +Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture in opening a discussion upon the +question of agricultural depression. It was decided to +support the proposed National Agricultural Conference to be held +in London. At an adjourned meeting of the Chamber on the +10th the proceedings of the Conference were discussed, and a +resolution adopted in favour of the formation of an Agricultural +Union by widening and popularising the Central Chamber of +Agriculture and kindred societies.</p> +<p>29.—The Earl of Leicester, in a letter to the +“Daily Telegraph,” gave a remarkable account of the +annual rents on the Holkham Estate when he entered into +possession in 1842, in 1878, when they were at their highest, and +in 1891, when the last payment was made. Summarised the +statement was as follows:—</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>Year ending at Michaelmas</i>, +<i>1842</i>.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">£</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">s.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">d.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Annual rents</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">40,419</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5¼</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Expenditure</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7,608</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">5½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Net income</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">32,810</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">16</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11¾</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>Year ending at Michaelmas</i>, +<i>1878</i>.<br /> +(Highest rental.)</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">£</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">s.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">d.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Annual rents</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">60,218</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">6½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Expenditure</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20,653</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Net income</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">39,564</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">3½</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>Year ending at Michaelmas</i>, +<i>1891</i>.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">£</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">s.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">d.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Annual rents</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">43,790</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">7¾</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Expenditure</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">20,323</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">11½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p style="text-align: right">Net income</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">23,467</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">8¼</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><span class="smcap">Remarks</span>.—Decrease 27¼ +per cent. The tithe was paid by the landlord in 1878 and +1891, and three-fourths by the tenants in 1842.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p><a name="page437"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +437</span></p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">£</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">s.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">d.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: center">£</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">s.</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">d.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>The amount expended by the late Earl of Leicester in +buildings and repairs from 1776 to Michaelmas, 1841, was</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">536,992</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>The amount expended by the present Earl of Leicester in +buildings and repairs, gates and fences, and under-draining, from +Michaelmas, 1841, to Michaelmas, 1891, was</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">367,981</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>For purchase of estates</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">190,175</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">558,156</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right"> </p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">1,095,148</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The first lecture of a series on Ecclesiastical +History was delivered in the nave of Norwich Cathedral by +Archdeacon Farrar on “Ignatius and Polycarp.” +(<i>See</i> January 5th, 1893.)</p> +<p>8.—Died suddenly, at Bristol, Mr. William James +Metcalfe, Q.C., Recorder of Norwich, and judge of the Bristol +County Court. He was a son of the Rev. W. Metcalfe, of +Foulmire, Cambridgeshire, and was born in 1818. Educated at +St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he took his M.A. +degree, he was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1845, and +became Queen’s Counsel in 1873. Mr. Metcalfe was +Recorder of Ipswich from 1866 to 1874, and succeeded Mr. P. +O’Malley, Q.C., in the Recordership of Norwich. In +1879 he was appointed to his County Court judgeship. He was +succeeded as Recorder of Norwich by Mr. Thomas Richardson Kemp, +Q.C.</p> +<p>12.—Captain Lugard addressed two influential meetings at +St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, upon the situation in +Uganda. A resolution expressive of satisfaction with the +action of the Government was adopted.</p> +<p>18.—Died, at Portland Place, Bath, Mr. James Hunt +Holley, aged 88. He was a son of Mr. James Hunt Holley, of +Blickling, and was educated under Valpy at Norwich School. +Possessed of considerable landed property, he took great interest +in agriculture, and in 1858 purchased the estate of Oaklands, +Okehampton, in Devonshire, on the borders of Dartmoor, where, +remote from railways, agriculture had been neglected. The +improvements which he carried out in the district gave great +impetus to trade. He was an active magistrate, and during +the earlier part of his life a staunch Free-trader and a Whig of +the old school; but being unable to follow the extreme views of +his party he ultimately withdrew from politics. Mr. Holley +married a daughter of Admiral Windham, of Felbrigg Hall.</p> +<p>19.—The Prince of Wales presided at a dinner given at +the Hotel Metropole, London, to Lord Suffield, on his retirement +from the command of the Prince of Wales’s Own Norfolk +Artillery.</p> +<p>26.—The Compton Comedy Company commenced a twelve +nights’ engagement at Norwich Theatre, and Ginnett’s +Circus began its winter season at the Agricultural Hall.</p> +<h3><a name="page438"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +438</span>1893.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—The issue of second-class tickets was abolished +throughout the system of the Great Eastern Railway Company, +except in the case of trains running in the metropolitan suburban +districts.</p> +<p>2.—“Sidney Carton,” a dramatised version of +Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities,” was performed +for the first time on any stage at Norwich Theatre by the Compton +Comedy Company.</p> +<p>5.—The frost continued to be very severe. Large +numbers of skaters visited Wroxham and Surlingham Broads.</p> +<p>—The course of lectures on Ecclesiastical History was +continued at Norwich Cathedral by the Rev. J. A. Robinson, Fellow +of Christ’s College, Cambridge, who dealt with “The +Apology of Aristides.” On February 1st the Rev. +Prebendary Meyrick lectured on “The Life and Times of +Justin Martyr”; and on March 8th the Rev. Stanley Leathes, +D.D., Prebendary of St. Paul’s, on “The Life and +Times of Irenæus.” The second course was +commenced by the Rev. G. A. Schneider, who lectured on +“Tertullian: His Life and Times,” on December 1st, +and on “The Works on Tertullian,” on December +19th. (<i>See</i> April 2nd, 1895.)</p> +<p>7.—Died, at Woodbastwick, William Fryer, for +seventy-four years parish clerk, in his 92nd year. He +entered into office in June, 1819, and continued to discharge his +duties to within a short period of his death. If not the +oldest parish clerk in point of age, there was reason to believe +that Fryer had held office longer than any other parish clerk in +the kingdom. He was for many years postmaster, general +shopkeeper, and village carpenter and blacksmith.</p> +<p>11.—The first meeting in Norfolk of the National +Agricultural Union promoted by Lord Winchilsea was held at the +Corn Hall, Harleston, under the presidency of Mr. J. Sancroft +Holmes. Other meetings of the Union were held during the +year in various parts of the county.</p> +<p>12.—The series of Science Lectures for the People was +resumed at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, by Dr. Andrew +Wilson, on the subject of “The Distribution of Animals, and +what it Teaches.” On February 8th Dr. Drinkwater +lectured on “Light and Colour from the Sun.”</p> +<p>21.—At the instance of the Rate Basis Committee of the +County Council a conference of delegates from all the Unions of +Norfolk was held at Norwich, to consider the advisability of +adopting a uniform system of assessment through the county. +A resolution was carried recommending Assessment Committees to +make the annual value of property as determined for the purpose +of Schedule A the basis of rating. It was also decided that +the Rate Basis Committee send out to the different Unions a +general or consolidated scale of deductions.</p> +<p>25.—The Norwich Board of Guardians resolved to request +the Local Government Board to repeal parts of the Norwich Poor +Act of 1863 in order to make the general law as to franchise and +election of Guardians applicable to Norwich.</p> +<p><a name="page439"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +439</span>28.—It was authoritatively announced that the +Bishop of Norwich had placed his resignation in the hands of the +Archbishop of Canterbury. An Order in Council, passed in +the presence of her Majesty, on May 16th, declared the See of +Norwich vacant. (<i>See</i> May 31st.)</p> +<p>31.—Archdeacon Crosse was installed a Canon Residentiary +of Norwich Cathedral.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—At a full-dress parade of the 1st Volunteer Battalion +Norfolk Regiment Brigadier-General Bulwer decorated several +officers of the battalion with the new Volunteer Decoration.</p> +<p>20.—Miss Grace Hawthorne appeared at Norwich Theatre in +Sardou’s play, “Theodora.” A feature of +the performance was the introduction of a cage of live lions in +act I., scene 3.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>7.—The honorary freedom of Norwich was presented to Mr. +J. J. Colman, M.P., by the Town Council, in recognition of his +distinguished services to the city.</p> +<p>12.—The thermometer on the afternoon of this date +registered 60 deg. Fah. in the shade; on the 17th there was a +downfall of snow.</p> +<p>23.—The Norwich Isolation Hospital, erected upon a site +near the Cemetery, was opened by the Mayor (Mr. A. R. +Chamberlin). It was designed by Mr. P. P. Marshall, City +Engineer, and the tender for its erection amounted to +£4,290.</p> +<p>25.—Particulars were published of the measures to be +adopted in Norwich in the event of the threatened outbreak of +cholera. During the week ending this date official visits +were made to Yarmouth, Cromer, and other places on the Norfolk +coast by Dr. S. Monckton Copeman, one of the Medical Officers of +the Local Government Board.</p> +<p>27.—Died, at Bracondale, Norwich, Mr. Thomas Gabriel +Bayfield, aged 76. In his school days he formed the +acquaintance of Mr. B. B. Woodward, afterwards Queen’s +Librarian, and of Mr. S. P. Woodward, the subsequent author of +the manual on Mollusca, both sons of Samuel Woodward, and from +them he imbibed a love for archæology and natural +history. Mr. Bayfield was regarded as an authority on +ancient seals, and rendered great assistance to Dean Goulburn in +the compilation of his work on Norwich Cathedral. In +geology he laboured at the chalk and Norwich crag, and made a +valuable collection of fossils; those from the chalk were +subsequently acquired by the British Museum. He was one of +the most active members of the Norwich Geological Society, and an +enthusiastic member of the Norwich Science Club and of the +Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society. Upon +relinquishing his business as an ironmonger in Magdalen Street, +Mr. Bayfield obtained the appointment of master of the Blind +School.</p> +<p>30.—Died Mr. Richard Charles Browne, of Elsing Hall, +East Dereham, in his 63rd year. “A son of the Rev. +Richard Browne, he was head of one of the oldest houses in +England, the Hastings, of Elsing. He was lineally descended +from Hugh Hastings, of Elsing, and consequently <a +name="page440"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 440</span>from +Malcolm, King of Scotland. On the death of Hugh Hastings in +the sixteenth century, the Barony of Hastings (1264) fell into +abeyance between the two daughters, Anne, the elder, and +Elizabeth. Mr. Browne descended from the latter. The +abeyance lasted till about 1840, when Lord John Russell advised +her Majesty to terminate it in favour of Sir Jacob Astley, who +descended from Hugh Hastings’ brother. It was thought +that Lord John’s decision was not unconnected with +politics.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>6.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference commenced its two +days’ sittings at Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich. +Bishop Pelham presided for the last time, and in his presidential +address alluded to his approaching retirement.</p> +<p>8.*—“The Hon. Robert Marsham having received Royal +Licence to take the additional name of Townshend, the surname of +himself and his family will henceforth be Marsham-Townshend +instead of Marsham.”</p> +<p>21.—A great Unionist demonstration took place at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, as a protest against the Home Rule +Bill. Colonel Bignold, leader of the Conservative party, +presided, and Lord Ashbourne was the principal speaker.</p> +<p>—Died, at Bradenham Hall, Mr. William Meybohm Rider +Haggard, aged 76. Mr. Haggard came of a Scandinavian +family, and for several generations his ancestors had been +Norfolk squires. He was lord of the manor of West +Bradenham, a Deputy Lieutenant, and one of the most active +magistrates in the county. For many years he acted as a +Chairman of Norfolk Quarter Sessions held by adjournment at +Swaffham, and afterwards at Lynn, and for a long period was a +member of the Committee of Visitors to Norwich Castle. +After the passing of the Local Government Act, by which the +business previously transacted at Quarter Sessions was +transferred to the County Council, Mr. Haggard, like so many +representatives of the old county gentry, retired from active +participation in public affairs. He was educated at Trinity +Hall, Cambridge, called to the Bar in 1842, and married, in 1844, +Ella, elder daughter of Mr. Doveton, of the Bombay Civil +Service. Mrs. Haggard was an exceedingly gifted woman, and +possessed of brilliant literary powers.</p> +<p>23.—Died, at Cambridge, Mr. Robert Lubbock Bensly, M.A., +Senior Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, and Lord +Almoner’s Professor of Arabic, aged 61. Professor +Bensly, who was widely known as an Oriental scholar, was the +eldest surviving son of Mr. Robert Bensly, of Eaton. He was +educated at King’s College, London, and afterwards at +Gonville and Caius College, where he graduated in the Classical +Tripos in 1855, and was elected Tyrwhitt Hebrew Scholar in +1857. After spending two years at the Universities of Bonn +and Halle, he returned to Cambridge, where he was appointed +Hebrew lecturer at his college, and subsequently became the +Senior Fellow. He was an active and valued member of the +Old Testament Revision Committee, and was for many years an +examiner in the theological and Semitic languages triposes, and +succeeded the Hon. Ion Keith Falconer as Lord Almoner’s +Professor of Arabic. Afterwards he was appointed University +lecturer in Oriental Languages. The closing work of his +life was connected with <a name="page441"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 441</span>a discovery of extreme importance +and value, which he made in company with his former pupil, Mr. F. +C. Burkett, of a manuscript found by Mrs. Lewis, of Cambridge, in +1892, in the Convent of St. Catharine on Mount Sinai. A +careful examination of photographs taken by her from this MS., +which was a palimpsest, revealed the important fact that the +nearly obliterated Syriac characters bore a close resemblance to +the fragmentary text found by Cureton in 1842, and that the +newly-found text comprised nearly all the four Gospels. +This discovery led to an expedition in the present year (1893) to +Mount Sinai, where the intricate task of deciphering and +transcribing the MS. was undertaken by Professor Bensly, Mr. +Burkett, and Mr. Rendel Harris. The Professor was well +known as the discoverer and editor of “The Missing Fragment +of the Fourth Book of Ezra.” He also edited the +Harklean version of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and at the time +of his death was engaged in preparing other important works for +the press.</p> +<p>24.—In a letter to the Press on this date Mr. James +Emery, of Stibbard, wrote:—“This is the earliest +spring for more than one hundred years in Norfolk. I have +this day gathered some hawthorn in full blossom. I have +seen more than sixty summers; my father lived to be seventy-four, +and he has told me many times he never saw hawthorn in flower by +the first of May. Nor have I ever seen it till this season +before the first of May.”</p> +<p>25.—The Fletcher Convalescent Home, at Cromer, built by +the munificence of Mr. B. E. Fletcher, and endowed by the Earl of +Leicester, as an adjunct to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, was +opened by the Countess of Leicester. Mr. Edward Boardman, +of Norwich, was the architect. The cost of the building was +not disclosed by the donor; the endowment fund amounted to +£15,000, which Lord Leicester augmented to £20,000 in +February, 1894.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>5.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. A. R. Chamberlin) sent to +the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Teck, +and the Duke of York and Princess Victoria Mary, the +congratulations of himself and the citizens on the announcement +of the betrothal of the Duke and Princess. On June 30th the +Mayor, the Sheriff (Mr. Russell J. Colman), and the Deputy-Mayor +(Mr. G. M. Chamberlin) proceeded to Marlborough House, and +presented to the Duke of York a valuable dessert service, the +gift of the citizens, with a richly-illuminated vellum containing +a congratulatory address and the names of the subscribers.</p> +<p>17.—Died, at Heigham Grove, Norwich, Mr. William John +Utten Browne, barrister-at-law, aged 88. Mr. Browne had +been for many years an active and painstaking magistrate, and in +the early decades of the century occupied a very prominent +position in the public life of the city. In 1833 he served +as one of the Sheriffs of Norwich, and was elected Mayor in +1860. In July, 1837, he contested in the Conservative +interest the borough of Ashburton, Devonshire, and was defeated +by Mr. Lushington. On attaining his 80th birthday he was +entertained to a banquet by his colleagues on the Bench. +Mr. Browne was a staunch Tory and High Churchman.</p> +<p><a name="page442"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +442</span>20.*—“A meeting of owners and occupiers of +property at Thorpe St. Andrew was recently held to protest +against a proposal of the Norwich Town Council to annex Thorpe to +their municipal district. It was resolved that a fund be +guaranteed for the purpose of opposing by every possible means +any attempt at annexation on the part of Norwich. The sum +of £5,000 was guaranteed in the room.”</p> +<p>21.—Mrs. Brown, a woman in humble circumstances, living +at Winterton, celebrated her one hundredth birthday. She +had been a widow from her 81st year, and was entirely dependent +upon her daughter, aged 77, with whom she lived. Mrs. Brown +had never travelled further than the neighbouring town of +Gorleston.</p> +<p>27.—A special meeting of the Norfolk County School +Association was held at the Shirehall, Norwich, at which the +chairman of the directors and trustees, the Rev. H. Smith, +proposed, and it was agreed, “That it has been proved to +the satisfaction of the association that it cannot by reason of +its liabilities continue its business, and that it is desirable +that the same should be wound up voluntarily, and that the +company be wound up accordingly.” The original +scheme, it was stated, was too large and ambitious, and the +association was weighted at the outset with a capital expenditure +and an annual working outlay beyond its strength and +capacity. On September 9th it was announced: “After +struggling for some years under heavy mortgage and liabilities +the Norfolk County School Association has been compelled to wind +up. The property has passed into the hands of Lord +Leicester, who has made arrangements which will enable the late +head-master, Mr. W. E. Humphreys, to re-open next +term.”</p> +<p>—The Conservative and Unionist voters of East Norfolk +adopted Colonel McCalmont, C.B., Unionist candidate for the +constituency. Colonel McCalmont retired in March, +1895. Mr. H. Rider Haggard was then announced as the +Conservative candidate.</p> +<p>31.—The <i>conge d’élire</i> for the +election of a new Bishop of Norwich having been received, a +meeting of the Dean and Chapter was held at the residence of +Canon Heaviside, when the Rev. John Sheepshanks, M.A., of St. +Margaret’s, Anfield, Liverpool, was elected. The +election was confirmed at Bow Church, Cheapside, London, on June +28th; the ceremony of consecration was performed at St. +Paul’s Cathedral on the 29th; and Bishop Sheepshanks did +homage to her Majesty at Windsor Castle on June 30th. His +lordship was enthroned and installed at Norwich Cathedral on July +13th with the usual ceremonial. The Dean afterwards +entertained a large company to luncheon at the Deanery, and in +the afternoon the clergy waited upon his lordship at the Palace +and presented him with an address.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—A meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, to protest against the Suspensory Bill for the Church in +Wales. Lord Egerton of Tatton presided, and Mr. Stanley +Leighton, M.P., and Mr. W. S. de Winton, M.P., were among the +speakers.</p> +<p>22.—Mr. Albert Chevalier gave his first recital in +Norwich at the Agricultural Hall, and repeated the entertainment +on the 23rd.</p> +<p><a name="page443"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +443</span>27.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at the Grove, Ipswich Road, Norwich, the +residence of the Mayor (Mr. A. R. Chamberlin), who was this year +president of the society. The exhibition closed on the +29th. This was the only occasion upon which a three +days’ show had been held by the association.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>6.—The marriage of the Duke of York and Princess +Victoria Mary of Teck was celebrated throughout the county. +At Norwich the Artillery Volunteers and the 1st Volunteer +Battalion Norfolk Regiment paraded in the Market Place and fired +a <i>feu-de-joie</i>, and a Royal salute was fired upon Mousehold +Heath by the mounted battery of the first-named corps. One +thousand persons above sixty-five years of age were presented +with gifts by the Mayor and Sheriff at the Agricultural Hall; and +in the afternoon the 8th Hussars and the Volunteers were reviewed +on Mousehold. An illuminated <i>fête</i> was given in +the evening in Chapel Field Gardens, and the day’s +festivities concluded with a ball given by the Mayor at St. +Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>8.—A severe thunderstorm occurred after very close and +sultry weather. Another storm took place on the 9th and +10th, and on the 11th it raged with increased violence, and did +much damage in various parts of the county. A man was +killed by lightning at Long Stratton.</p> +<p>13.—The third biennial sale of shorthorns and +Southdowns, the property of the Prince of Wales, was conducted at +Wolferton by Mr. John Thornton, and resulted in a total of +£2,151.</p> +<p>18.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Mathew, +Sarah Bligh (22), domestic servant, was indicted for the wilful +murder of her child, Isaac Bligh, at Holme Hale, on June +7th. She was found guilty and strongly recommended to +mercy. The judge, without assuming the black cap, passed +sentence of death. The capital sentence was subsequently +commuted.</p> +<p>19.—The first squadron of the 8th Hussars marched from +the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich, and the remaining squadrons left +on the 20th. Prior to their departure the non-commissioned +officers were presented with gifts for their mess, subscribed for +by the citizens. The 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards, +commanded by Lieutenant Colonel H. P. Douglas Willan, marched in +on the same dates.</p> +<p>22.—Mr. Clement Higgins, Q.C., M.P., intimated his +intention to the electors of Mid Norfolk not to seek re-election +for the division at the next election. Mr. F. W. Wilson was +subsequently adopted the Gladstonian candidate.</p> +<p>28.—Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dawson Paul celebrated their +silver wedding at Norwich.</p> +<p>29.—The 3rd and 4th Volunteer Battalions Norfolk +Regiment went into camp at Colchester.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>30.—A meeting was held at Norwich at which it was +decided to take steps for the formation of golf links. On +November 8th an adjourned meeting took place, at which it was +announced that land had been acquired <a name="page444"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 444</span>for the purpose at Hellesdon. +The Royal Norwich Golf Club, with the Duke of York as president, +was then formed, and the links were opened on February 1st, +1894.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>7.—In consequence of a telegram received from the War +Office the 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards left Norwich for the +scene of the colliery riots in the Midland counties. The +regiment entrained at Trowse, the horses being conveyed in +bullock trucks. A Squadron proceeded to Mansfield, B to +Rotherham, C to Wakefield, and D to Dewsbury. On the 8th 50 +men of the Norfolk Constabulary, under the Chief Constable (Mr. +Paynton Pigott), were drafted to Nottingham, and on the 9th 20 +men of the Norwich city police proceeded to the scene of the +disturbances.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died, in London, Lady Eastlake, widow of Sir C. L. +Eastlake, a former President of the Royal Academy. Her +ladyship, who was in her 84th year, was a daughter of Dr. Edward +Rigby, of Norwich, and was distinguished for her literary +work.</p> +<p>3.—The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival +commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. The +principal vocalists were Madame Albani, Mrs. Helen Trust, Miss +Anna Williams, Madame Belle Cole, Madame Marion McKenzie, Mr. +Edward Lloyd, Mr. Ben Davies, Mr. George Henschel, Mr. Bantock +Pierpoint, Mr. J. H. Brockbank, and Mr. Norman Salmond. The +solo instrumentalists were M. Paderewski (pianoforte) and Senor +Sarasate (violin). The principal productions were: On the +evening of the 3rd, “St. Paul”; on the 4th, morning, +“The Golden Legend” and New Symphony in A minor, No. +2 (Edward German); evening, new Polish Fantaisie (Paderewski), +first time of performance, pianoforte solo by Paderewski; new +cantata, “Una” (A. R. Gaul), first time of +performance, and a miscellaneous selection; 5th, morning, +“Judith,” first time of performance in Norwich; +evening, new cantata, “The Wishing Bell” (J. F. +Barnett), first time of performance, and a miscellaneous +selection; Pibroch (Mackenzie), Rondo Capriccioso (Saint +Saëns), for violin and orchestra, Senor Sarasate; 6th, +morning, “The Messiah”; evening, “The Water +Lily” (Cowen), first time of performance. The gross +receipts amounted to £5,082 13s. 3d., the gross payments to +£4,456 7s. 6d. Of the balance of £626 5s. 9d., +the sum of £325 was distributed among the charities.</p> +<p>14.—An influential meeting was convened at the Guildhall +by the Mayor of Norwich (Mr. A. R. Chamberlin) for the purpose of +affording the Dean an opportunity of calling attention to the +necessity of undertaking the reparation of Norwich Cathedral, the +estimated cost of which was £12,000. (<i>See</i> May +2nd, 1894.)</p> +<p>16.—Died, the Rev. William Cowper Johnson, Honorary +Canon of Norwich Cathedral. He was a son of the Rev. John +Johnson, LL.D., a near relative of the Poet Cowper, and addressed +by him as “Johnnie of Norfolk” and “My dearest +of all Johnnies.”</p> +<p>25.—Lord Randolph Churchill addressed a great +Conservative meeting held at Yarmouth Aquarium under the +presidency of Sir Edward Birkbeck.</p> +<h4><a name="page445"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +445</span>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Sir Peter Eade was elected Mayor and Mr. John Barwell +appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>19.—A gale of great severity swept over the county after +a day of exceptional brilliancy. Several wrecks occurred on +the coast, lives were lost, and much damage done inland.</p> +<p>20.—The Duke and Duchess of York arrived at Didlington +Hall on a visit to Lord and Lady Amherst of Hackney.</p> +<p>25.—An important meeting was held at the Guildhall, +Norwich, presided over by Mr. R. Harvey Mason, for the purpose of +urging that effectual measures be taken for the preservation of +order, the suppression of nuisances, and the protection of +property upon the public navigable waters of Norfolk and +Suffolk.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—Miss Fortescue, supported by her London company, +commenced a three nights’ engagement at Norwich Theatre in +“Moths” and “The School for Scandal.”</p> +<p>—A special vestry meeting was held at the church of St. +Peter Mancroft, Norwich, under the presidency of the vicar (the +Rev. W. Pelham Burn), “to read correspondence that had +taken place between himself and the Hospital Board relative to +the skull of Sir Thomas Browne, alleged to have been stolen from +the church and now in possession of the Hospital.” +The Hospital authorities asked the vestry not to press for the +return of the skull. The vicar dwelt upon the crime of +sacrilege and maintained that it was the duty of the Hospital to +make restitution of the skull. In support of his contention +he adduced the doctrine of the Church as to the resurrection of +the body. After much discussion it was resolved to refer +the matter to Bishop Pelham. At an adjourned meeting of the +vestry on the 15th the Board of Management intimated that the +reference of the question to an arbitrator would not release them +from their obligation to protect the property of the +Hospital. Ultimately it was agreed that no further steps be +taken in the matter.</p> +<p>14.—The Judicial Council of the House of Lords heard a +petition from Mr. Coaks asking for the dismissal of the +plaintiff’s petition in the action, Boswell <i>v.</i> +Coaks, on the ground of its being frivolous and vexatious. +Mr. Coaks’ petition was dismissed and the appeal ordered to +proceed. (<i>See</i> April 30th, 1894.)</p> +<p>18.—The extensive maltings of F. and J. Smith, Limited, +at East Dereham, were seriously damaged by fire, which destroyed +several hundred coombs of grain.</p> +<p>26.—Mr. Edward Compton’s Comedy Company commenced +their Christmas engagement at Norwich Theatre; and Mr. George +Gilbert, a native of Norwich, began the first of his successful +series of circus seasons at the Agricultural Hall.</p> +<p>31.—Mrs. Pelham, wife of the Bishop of Norwich, died at +Sunny Hill, Thorpe. She was second daughter of Thomas +William Tatton, of Withenshaw, Cheshire, was born in 1811, and +married in 1845, during her husband’s incumbency of Bergh +Apton.</p> +<h3><a name="page446"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +446</span>1894.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—Severe frost set in, and continued until the +9th. The snowfall was very heavy, serious inconvenience was +caused to railway and other traffic, and many casualties were +reported upon the coast as the result of a north-east gale.</p> +<p>2.—The Duke of York made his first public visit to Lynn, +and opened the new Technical School erected by the Corporation at +the cost of £3,000.</p> +<p>10.—A furious gale which sprung up from the south-west +did not subside until the 12th. Much damage was done in +town and country, and many casualties were reported among the +Yarmouth fishing fleet.</p> +<p>11.—Died at his residence, Burlingham House, the Hon. +Harbord Harbord, in his 58th year. Mr. Harbord was the +sixth and posthumous son of the third Lord Suffield, and was +twice married; first to Constance Adelaide, third daughter of Sir +H. J. Stracey, and afterwards to Barbara Sophia Harriot, daughter +of Mr. Edgar Disney, of Ingatestone, and widow of Major Philip +Bennet, of Rougham Hall. Having acquired a practical +knowledge of agriculture under Mr. Robert Leeds he undertook the +management of the estates of his friends and relatives. +“In Norfolk his relationship to the landowners whom he +represented gave him a status and influence with the tenantry +altogether above and beyond that of the ordinary estate +agent.” Mr. Harbord, who was a Deputy-Lieutenant and +magistrate for Norfolk, and upon the commission of the peace for +Wiltshire, for many years acted as foreman of the grand jury at +the Norfolk Assizes.</p> +<p>18.—The whole county of Norfolk, including the city of +Norwich and the boroughs, was declared an infected area in +consequence of the prevalence of swine fever. Major +Tennant, chief inspector of the Board of Agriculture, attended a +meeting of the Executive Committee at the Shirehall, Norwich, and +discussed the subject of the swine fever regulations; and on +October 17th an Order of the Board was published revoking +restrictions upon the sale and movement of swine within the +county as from October 23rd.</p> +<p>19.—After the lapse of many years, Blondin, “the +most famous and intrepid of all rope walkers,” appeared at +Norwich in fulfilment of an engagement at Gilbert’s +Circus. On the 28th of the month he attained his 70th +year.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>6.—Father Ignatius visited Norwich and addressed a +crowded audience at the Agricultural Hall.</p> +<p>—A special meeting of the Norwich Town Council adopted a +scheme for repaving the streets of the city with wood, at the +estimated cost of £38,500.</p> +<p>22.—A yachting and fishing exhibition was opened at St. +Giles’ Hall, Norwich, and was continued until the 29th.</p> +<p><a name="page447"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +447</span>29.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference opened its +two days’ proceedings at Noverre’s Rooms, +Norwich. The principal subjects discussed were the Local +Government Act, 1894, and religious education in Board +schools. Bishop Sheepshanks presided for the first +time.</p> +<p>30.—The Rev. G. S. Barrett, B.A., minister of +Prince’s Street Congregational Church, Norwich, was +invested with the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity at the +University of St. Andrew’s. Mr. Barrett was +introduced as “the minister of one of the most influential +Congregational churches in England; he had made several important +contributions to theological literature, and had this year been +chosen chairman of the Congregational Union of England and +Wales.”</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>9.—Died, the Rev. George Willoughby Barrett, Minor Canon +and Precentor of Norwich Cathedral, aged 45. He was a +native of Bristol, where his father was well known as a +musician. At an early age he was a chorister at Bristol +Cathedral, and after completing his school life, entered at +Worcester College, Oxford, where in 1872 he graduated B.A. and in +1877 proceeded M.A. He was ordained deacon in 1873 and +appointed to the curacy of Easton Royal, Wiltshire. On his +admission to priest’s orders he was engaged from 1875 to +1887 in ministerial work at Hampton Lucy, near +Stratford-on-Avon. After his appointment as Minor Canon and +Precentor at Norwich Cathedral in the latter year, Mr. Barrett +did much useful work in promoting the interests of the Norfolk +and Norwich Church Choral Association, and in cultivating a taste +for the higher class of Church music. He was for several +years in succession nominated by the Bishop and Dean chaplain of +the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.</p> +<p>10.—Died in London, Mr. William Waring, formerly a +tenant of Taverham Hall. A partner in the firm of Waring +Brothers, contractors for public works, he had constructed +railways in Belgium and India. In association with the firm +of Brassy and Peto, his firm had the contract for the +construction of the greater portion of what is now known as the +Inner Circle of the Underground Railway in London. Mr. +Waring was a magistrate for Norfolk, and a munificent supporter +of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and other local +charities.</p> +<p>14.—Died, the Rev. John Nassau Simpkinson, rural dean of +Burnham and rector of North Creake, aged 77. He was a son +of Sir Francis Simpkinson, was educated at Rugby under Dr. +Arnold, and afterwards won a scholarship at Trinity College, +Cambridge, where he took his degree in 1838 with a first class in +the Classical Tripos and a Junior Optime in the Mathematical +Tripos. After some years’ service as curate at +Hurstmonceux, he was appointed assistant master at Harrow, under +Dr. Vaughan, his brother-in-law, and there remained from 1845 to +1855. Mr. Simpkinson was then presented to the rectory of +Brington, Northants, and in 1868 to that of North Creake. +He was the author of a “Life of Wagner” (1858), of +“The Washingtons: a Tale of the Seventeenth century” +(1860), and of many articles in the “Edinburgh +Review.”</p> +<p>30.—In the House of Lords, before Lords Selborne, +Watson, McNaughton, Shand, and Morris, was heard the action, +Boswell <i>v.</i> <a name="page448"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +448</span>Coaks. This was an appeal from the judgment of +the Lords Justices in the matter of the Harvey life +interest. The case for the appellant set forth that this +was an appeal from an order of the Court of Appeal, made on +November 5th, 1892, in an action in the Chancery Division in +which the appellant, on behalf of himself and of other +unsatisfied creditors of the late Sir Robert Harvey, was +plaintiff and the respondent and others defendants. The +order of the Court of Appeal affirmed an order of Mr. Justice +North, dated July 27th, 1892, made upon the several motions of +the respondent, dismissing the action as against all the +defendants, except one, on the ground that it was vexatious and +oppressive. The appellant only appealed against the order +of the Court of Appeal so far as it affirmed the dismissal of the +action as against the respondent. The action commenced on +March 11th, 1892, and the object of it was to establish that the +judgment of Mr. Justice Fry in a former action, Boswell <i>v.</i> +Coaks, 1881, which judgment was reversed by the Court of Appeal, +but was subsequently restored by the House of Lords, was not +binding on the appellant or the other unsatisfied creditors of +Sir Robert Harvey, or of the firm of Harvey’s and +Hudson’s, on the ground that it was obtained by the fraud +of the respondents, and to secure for the appellant and the +creditors certain consequential relief. Mr. Crackanthorpe, +Q.C., and Mr. Brabant were for the appellant; and the +Attorney-General (Sir John Rigby, Q.C.), Mr. H. H. Cozens-Hardy, +Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Lawrence for the respondent. Lord +Selborne delivered judgment, and said it was not necessary to +hear counsel for the respondent. The question was whether +anything material to disturb the judgment of the House had been +newly discovered by the appellant. That involved a double +proposition—that something new had been discovered, and +that that something new was material. There was a total +defect both of allegation and of evidence as to that which alone +could make it material. He had no hesitation in saying that +in his opinion it had been dealt with most properly by the Court +of Appeal, and that their lordships ought now to dismiss this +action with costs, which he accordingly now moved. Their +lordships concurred, and the appeal was dismissed with +costs. (<i>See</i> November 13th, 1895.)</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at Sunny Hill, Thorpe, the Hon. and Right Rev. +Bishop Pelham, aged 82. He was the second son of the second +Earl of Chichester, Secretary of State for the Home Department in +Addington’s short Ministry of 1801, by Lady Mary Henrietta +Juliana, daughter of the fifth Duke of Leeds. Born on June +21st, 1811, he was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, +Oxford, and took his degree in 1832. His ordination was +followed by his appointment, on the presentation of the Earl of +Abergavenny, to the rectory of Bergh Apton, where he remained for +fifteen years, during which time he was Hon. Canon of Norwich +Cathedral, and in 1847 chaplain to the Queen. Two years +prior to the latter appointment Mr. Pelham married Henrietta, +daughter of Mr. Thomas Tatton, of Withenshaw, Cheshire. In +1852 the living of Christ Church, Hampstead, was offered to Mr. +Pelham by Mr. Gurney Hoare. On the death of Dr. Spry, in +1854, he was nominated by Lord Palmerston to the important Crown +living of St. Marylebone. In 1857, on the resignation of +Bishop Hinds, he <a name="page449"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +449</span>accepted the bishopric of Norwich. “His +administration of the diocese covered a period of 36 years, and +in the matter of time, was surpassed only by three of the +sixty-three bishops who had presided over the see during 800 +years; and it was as wise in its broad and tolerant spirit as it +was faithful in its discharge of duty.” The remains +of the deceased prelate were interred at Bergh Apton on May +5th.</p> +<p>2.—The choir of Norwich Cathedral was re-opened on the +completion of the great work of reparation which had been in +progress for two years. The “reporting +architects” were Sir Gilbert Scott and Mr. John L. Pearson, +R.A., and the work was superintended by Mr. C. J. Browne, +surveyor to the Dean and Chapter. The total sum raised in +aid of the undertaking amounted in the month of December, 1893, +to £3,357, and the Dean and Chapter contributed upwards of +£2,000 out of their personal income. At the opening +service the sermon was preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury, +who was afterwards presented with an address by the Mayor and +Corporation. The Dean and Mrs. Lefroy entertained a +distinguished company to luncheon, and the Bishop and Mrs. +Sheepshanks gave a garden party at the Palace. (<i>See</i> +April 7th, 1898.)</p> +<p>15.—Died, the Right Rev. Sidney Linton, D.D., Bishop of +Riverina. He was a son of the Rev. H. Linton, rector of St. +Peter le Bailey, Oxford, and Hon. Canon of Christ Church, and was +educated at Rugby and at Wadham College, Oxford, where he +graduated and took second class in law and history in 1864. +From 1877 to 1884 he was vicar of St. Philip, Heigham, and in the +latter year, on the foundation of the see of Riverina, was +appointed the first bishop. In the same year he received +the honorary degree of D.D.</p> +<p>16.—Died at West Dereham, Mr. Hugh Aylmer, aged +77. Mr. Aylmer had a world-wide reputation as a breeder and +exhibitor of stock. He commenced his career as a sheep +breeder by introducing into Norfolk some of the best specimens of +Cotswold sheep that he could procure, and with these, by the +process of selection, he was enabled to produce annually a number +of rams which, when distributed among the flocks of the county, +had the effect of increasing both the quality and the quantity of +wool and mutton. Mr. Aylmer was a noted shorthorn breeder, +and his herd was one of the most famous in the country.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Mill Hill Road, Norwich, Mr. Samuel Linay, +solicitor, aged 57. He was a well known practitioner in +petty sessional courts throughout East Anglia, and from 1881 to +1887 represented the old Fourth Ward in the Norwich Town +Council.</p> +<p>29.—The Mayor of Norwich (Sir Peter Eade) entertained +upwards of 1,500 of the aged poor of the city to dinner at St. +Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>2.—The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham addressed a +large meeting convened at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, by the +Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, on the subject of the National +Agricultural Union. A resolution affirming the desire of +the Chamber to co-operate with the Union was adopted.</p> +<p><a name="page450"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +450</span>6.—The Mayor of Norwich formally opened an +additional portion of the Gildencroft Recreation Ground, and +afterwards declared open for public use the adjoining churchyard +of St. Augustine, which had been converted into a public garden +and resting-place through the action of the Playing Fields and +Open Spaces Society.</p> +<p>15.—Mr. Ben Greet’s company of “Woodland +Players” gave pastoral representations at Bracondale Woods, +Norwich, of “As You Like It” and of scenes from +“The Tempest,” in aid of the funds of the Jenny Lind +Infirmary.</p> +<p>23.—Intelligence was received in Norwich of the birth of +the first child to the Duke and Duchess of York. +Congratulatory telegrams were sent to their Royal Highnesses, to +the Queen, and to the Prince and Princess of Wales, by the Mayor, +on behalf of the citizens.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>4.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Yarmouth under the presidency of Lord +Suffield, and was continued on the 5th.</p> +<p>12.—A three days’ military tournament, in which +the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, the depôt of the +Norfolk Regiment, and the Norwich Artillery Volunteers took part, +commenced at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, in aid of the +clothing fund of the Cadet Corps. Exhibition boxing was +given by Frank Slavin and Jim Young.</p> +<p>—Mr. A. Morley, M.P., Postmaster-General, addressed a +Liberal meeting at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>17.—The Norwich School of Music was established at a +meeting held at the Guildhall.</p> +<p>—Mr. A. E. Collins, M.I.C.E., of Reading, was appointed +by the Norwich Town Council, city engineer and architect in place +of Mr. Buchan, resigned.</p> +<p>25.—Mr. Joseph Arch, M.P., at a meeting held at New +Buckenham, delivered to the agricultural labourers his famous +address which was quoted throughout the country for some time +afterwards. “You poor, craven milk-and-water +fools,” said the hon. member for North-west Norfolk, +“why, you button up your pockets at the thought of paying +2¼d. a week when you are told by a lot of lying scampery +and scandalism that I have run away with your money. . . . +Professor Rogers once said when speaking of the tenant farmers, +that their heads were as soft as the mangolds they grew. I +think some of the labourers’ heads are as soft as the +mangolds they hoe.”</p> +<p>28.—The Norfolk Volunteer Brigade camp commenced at +Yarmouth. The four battalions numbered 1,923 of all +ranks. Brigadier-General Bulwer was in command.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—Gunton church, erected in the park on the site of the +ancient parish church by Sir William Harbord, Bart., in 1769, was +re-opened after restoration.</p> +<p><a name="page451"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +451</span>4.—The old buildings of the Norfolk and Norwich +Museum were closed prior to the removal of the specimens, +&c., to the new museum at Norwich Castle. (<i>See</i> +October 23rd.)</p> +<p>17.—The West Dereham Cotswolds, bred by Mr. Hugh Aylmer, +deceased, were sold by Mr. John Thornton and Messrs. Salter and +Simpson. Averages: 156 shearlings, 52s. 3d.; 64 two-shear, +51s. 2d.; 128 full-mouthed, 46s.; 100 ram lambs, 31s.; 20 old +sheep, £7; 79 shearling rams, £7 5s.; 100 ewe lambs, +£7 1s. Total proceeds of the sale, £2,601 18s. +6d.</p> +<p>22.—The sixth annual conference of the Institute of +Journalists was opened at Norwich, under the presidency of Mr. J. +J. Colman, M.P. Mr. P. W. Clayden, general editor of the +“Daily News,” delivered the inaugural address on the +23rd, and the business proceedings concluded on the 24th. A +garden party was given at Carrow Abbey by Mr. Colman, the Mayor +and Mayoress held a reception at St. Andrew’s Hall, and the +conference dinner took place at Yarmouth Aquarium. +Cambridge was visited on the 27th.</p> +<p>28.—Died, William Coutts, seventh Earl of +Albemarle. He was born in 1832, and succeeded to the title +on the death of his father in 1891. Lord Beaconsfield, +recognising the services he had rendered to the Conservative +party, elevated him to the House of Peers in 1876 as Baron +Ashford. In 1857, as Lord Bury, he, with Mr. Schneider, +contested Norwich in the Liberal interest and achieved a victory +over Sir Samuel Bignold. At the election which took place +two years afterwards the same two candidates were returned. +Lord Bury then had the honour to be appointed Treasurer of her +Majesty’s Household, and this rendered it necessary for him +to again contest the constituency. Sir Samuel Bignold again +unsuccessfully opposed him; but a petition was presented against +Lord Bury’s return, and the election was declared +void. In 1860 Sir William Russell and Mr. E. Warner became +members for the city. From 1860 to 1865 Lord Bury +represented Wick, and from 1868 to 1874 Berwick. On the +Liberal disruption he changed sides and contested Stroud in the +Conservative cause in 1875, but he was unsuccessful. In +early life his lordship did military service in the Scots Guards, +and served in India as <i>aide-de-camp</i> to General Lord +FitzClarence. For a time he acted as secretary to Earl +Russell, and was created a Privy Councillor in 1860 and K.C.M.G. +in 1870. In 1855 he married Sophia, daughter of Sir Allan +McNab, Prime Minister of Canada.</p> +<p>29.—The Roman Catholic church, erected on the site of +the old City Gaol at Norwich, at the sole cost of the Duke of +Norfolk, was opened. The building, which was only partially +completed, was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, and is dedicated to +St. John Baptist. The sermon at the opening ceremony was +preached by the Rev. Dr. Headley, Bishop of Newport and +Menevia.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The Trades Union Congress was opened at Norwich under +the presidency of Mr. John Burns, M.P. The delegates, 400 +in number, were entertained at Cromer by Mr. Samuel Hoare, M.P., +and at Carrow Abbey by Mr. Colman, M.P. The proceedings +closed on the 8th with a “trades procession” through +the streets of the city.</p> +<p><a name="page452"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +452</span>4.—A new lifeboat, the gift of Mrs. Upcher, was +launched at Sheringham. The vessel, which was +“christened” by the donor the Henry Ramey Upcher, +replaced a lifeboat named the Augusta given by the squire fifty +years previously.</p> +<p>10.—Died at Moseley, Birmingham, Mr. John Hawkes, aged +100 years. For many years he was a clerk in Messrs. +Gurney’s Bank at Norwich, and was pensioned by the firm in +1865.</p> +<p>—Died at Lees Court, Faversham, Earl Sondes. His +lordship was born in 1824, and was formerly a captain in the +Royal Horse Guards and lieutenant-colonel of the East Kent +Mounted Rifles. From 1868 to 1874 he was Conservative +member for East Kent. In 1859 he married a daughter of Sir +H. J. Stracey, of Rackheath.</p> +<p>24.—The Mayoress of Norwich (Lady Eade) unveiled at the +Jenny Lind Infirmary a medallion terra-cotta bust of Madame Jenny +Lind Goldschmidt, presented to the institution by her husband, +Mr. Otto Goldschmidt. Madame Albani, who was on a +professional visit to the city, attended the proceedings.</p> +<p>25.—A concert was given at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich, at which the principal performers were Madame Albani, +Mdlle. Antoinette Trebelli, Madame A. Gomez, Mr. Edward Lloyd, +Mr. Charles Santley, Mr. Braxton Smith, Mr. Norman Salmond, the +Meister Glee Singers. M. Emile Sauret (violin), Mr. B. +Patterson Parker (violoncello), Mr. John Thomas (harpist to the +Queen), and the Swiss Ladies’ Orchestra. Performances +were also given on the 26th, 27th, and 28th.</p> +<p>29.—Died at West Rudham Hall, Mr. John Morton, aged +55. He was a great authority on all agricultural matters, +an eminent breeder of horses and cattle, and a frequent judge at +shows in England and on the Continent.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>3.—Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, the well-known author of +“Three Men in a Boat” and “Idle Thoughts of an +Idle Fellow,” gave a lecture at the Assembly Room, +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, on “Humour, Old and +New.”</p> +<p>12.—At the Norwich Consistorial Court application was +made to Mr. Chancellor Blofeld by the vicar and churchwardens of +St. John Timberhill for a faculty to confirm the erection of a +rood or crucifix, and its accompanying figures, on a rood loft in +the church. The application was supported by Sir Walter +Phillimore. The Chancellor delivered judgment on November +10th. A faculty to confirm the erection of the rood loft +and of the figures then on the rood beam and to authorise the +placing of other figures there was refused. A faculty to +confirm the erection of a screen without a rood loft, and to +authorise the placing of gates in an existing screen, the +erection of proposed side screens with gates in them, and the +erection of choir stalls with a screen behind them, was +granted.</p> +<p>15.—A great meeting was held at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich, presided over by the Hon. Ailwyn Fellowes, M.P., to +protest against the proposed disestablishment of the Church in +Wales. The principal speaker was the Rev. Thomas Moore, +author of “The Englishman’s Brief on behalf of his +National Church.”</p> +<p><a name="page453"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +453</span>17.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, before Mr. +J. B. R. Bulwer, Q.C., George Chapman, William Chapman, Robert +Howard, John Howard, and William Furness were indicted for +“unlawfully and riotously assembling with other persons to +the number of 200 and more to disturb the public peace,” at +Horsham St. Faith’s, on August 10th. The disturbance +arose in consequence of a local farmer, Mr. W. W. Cook, employing +imported labour because he was unable to arrange terms with the +St. Faith’s men. The prisoners, with the exception of +Furness, pleaded guilty. The jury were unable to find a +verdict in the case of Furness. Another jury were +empanelled, and a verdict of guilty returned. Furness was +sentenced to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour, and +the other prisoners were bound over to keep the peace for twelve +months, George Chapman to pay in addition a fine of £5.</p> +<p>18.—The Rev. Arthur Thomas Lloyd, D.D., vicar and Hon. +Canon of Newcastle-on-Tyne, was at Westminster Abbey consecrated +Suffragan Bishop of Norwich, by the Archbishop of +Canterbury. The right reverend Bishop had previously been +collated and instituted—on October 16th—to the +rectory and parish church of North Creake, and on the same day +collated to the Archdeaconry of Lynn formed out of the +Archdeaconries of Norfolk and Norwich under an order of her +Majesty, dated August 23rd, 1894. “By 26th Henry +VIII., c. 14, provision was made for the appointment of two +Suffragans within the diocese, to bear the titular names of +Thetford and Ipswich. In 1536 John Salisbury and Thomas +Manning were consecrated by Archbishop Cranmer as Suffragan +Bishops of Thetford and Ipswich, and now again after the lapse of +three centuries and a half the Bishopric of Thetford is +revived.”</p> +<p>20.—Died, in his 84th year, Mr. William Henry Cooke, +Q.C., County Court judge for Oxfordshire, and Recorder of the +city of Oxford. He was some time judge of the Norfolk +County Court, and a justice of the peace for the county. +Mr. Cooke was the eldest son of the Rev. W. Cooke, vicar of +Bromyard, Herefordshire.</p> +<p>—Died at Wilby Hall, aged 79, Mr. Samuel Colman. +He was one of the eleven sons of Mr. Robert Colman, of Rockland, +who constituted the famous team of cricketers.</p> +<p>23.—The Duke and Duchess of York visited Norwich and +opened the Castle Museum and Fine Art Gallery. Their Royal +Highnesses arrived from Sandringham, and were received at Thorpe +Station by the Mayor (Sir Peter Eade), the Sheriff (Mr. Barwell), +the High Sheriff of Norfolk (Mr. J. H. Gurney), and other +prominent officials. Escorted by the 1st King’s +Dragoon Guards the Royal visitors drove to the Castle, where they +were received by a distinguished gathering, and presented with an +address by the Corporation. The Duke having declared the +building open, their Royal Highnesses made a tour of the Museum, +and were afterwards entertained to luncheon in the Fine Art +Gallery. Leaving the Castle under escort of the Loyal +Suffolk Hussars, the Duke and Duchess proceeded to the +Girls’ Technical School, St. George’s Plain, where +they were received by the Countess of Leicester and Mr. and Mrs. +Gurney Buxton. Their Royal Highnesses having inspected the +School of Cookery, visited the Cathedral, and thence drove to +Thorpe Station, en route to Wolferton. The <a +name="page454"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 454</span>streets of +Norwich were decorated in honour of the visit, and in the evening +the city was illuminated. The Mayor and Mayoress held a +reception at the Cattle, and a military tattoo in which the +pipers of the Scots Guards, the depôt companies of the +Norfolk Regiment, and the Volunteers took part, was given on the +Recreation-ground, Earlham Road.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Lieut.-Col. Bignold was elected Mayor of Norwich, and +Mr. Samuel Garerd Hill appointed Sheriff.</p> +<p>13.—Died at Eckling Grange, East Dereham, Mr. Charles +Norton Elvin, M.A. He was well known as an authority on +heraldry, and was the author of several standard works on the +subject.</p> +<p>17.—The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture considered the +report of a special committee appointed to enquire into the +condition of agriculture in Norfolk. The committee reported +that the fall in the value of the Norfolk corn crops, comparing +1894 with 1874, was nearly, if not quite, £3,000,000. +In 1874 Norfolk had 762,000 sheep and 128,000 cattle; in 1894 +519,000 sheep and 126,000 cattle. Recommendations were made +that the whole question of the appreciation of gold, and of the +fluctuation of current values, and the incidence of rates and +taxes to meet the altered position of agriculture, be +reconsidered; that the law of assessments be amended; that the +Tithe Commutation Act be revised, so that lands which could no +longer be cultivated with corn at a profit should not be tithed +on a corn basis; and that a Pure Beer Act be passed charging an +extra duty upon all beer made from substances other than barley, +malt and hops. The report and recommendations were +adopted. At about this date Mr. R. Henry Rew, assistant +commissioner, conducted enquiries in various parts of the county +into the condition of agriculture. (<i>See</i> November +2nd, 1895.)</p> +<p>23.—Died at Cathedral Street North, Norwich, Miss Emily +Stannard, aged 67. She was the only child of Joseph and +Emily Stannard, both painters of the Norwich School.</p> +<p>28.—The autumnal conference of the Church Association +opened at Norwich, and concluded on the 29th.</p> +<p>29.—Lord and Lady Amherst of Hackney and their +daughters, Lady William Cecil, and the Hon. Sybil, Florence, +Margaret, and Alicia Amherst, were presented with valuable +testimonials subscribed for by persons of all shades of political +opinion in South-west Norfolk. The gift to his lordship, in +recognition of the public services he had rendered in Parliament, +was a portrait of himself painted by the Hon. John Collier, to +Lady Amherst was given a silver writing set, and to her daughters +pearl and gold duster bracelets, as tokens of the esteem in which +they were held throughout the constituency. Mr. T. L. Hare, +M.P., made the presentations in the presence of a large company +who had been invited to luncheon in the museum at Didlington +Hall.</p> +<h4><a name="page455"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +455</span>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>4.—The first meetings of Parish and District Councils +elected under the new Local Government Act, 1894, were +held. The percentage of unopposed returns at the elections +in Norfolk was 72.4. The first election of Guardians for +Norwich under the Act took place on the 17th.</p> +<p>6.—Died at his residence, 6, Cavendish Square, in his +82nd year, Horatio Walpole, fourth Earl of Orford. He was +educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and afterwards +when reading for the Bar occupied the same chambers as Disraeli, +who took great interest in him. His lordship married, in +1841, Harriet Bettina Frances, daughter of the Hon. Sir Fleetwood +Broughton Reynolds Pellew. He was succeeded by his nephew, +Robert Horace Walpole, elder son of the Hon. Frederick +Walpole.</p> +<p>13.—The officers of the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards +gave an amateur dramatic performance of “The Area +Belle” and Burnand’s burlesque, “Black-eyed +Susan,” at Norwich Theatre, in aid of the Soldiers’ +Widows Fund. The performance was repeated on the 14th and +15th.</p> +<p>21.—A gale of great violence occurred and lasted +throughout the 22nd. Much damage was done in the county to +farm buildings and other premises. At Brundall the river +Yare overflowed its banks and flooded the railway; at Mundesley +the tide was higher than was ever before known, and at Yarmouth +the low-lying parts of the town were submerged, and the water +entered many granaries and stores. Another high tide and +gale were recorded at Yarmouth on the 29th. “The +barometric fall accompanying the gale was most remarkable, the +mercury having descended 1.26 inches in twenty-four +hours.”</p> +<p>26.—“The Midsummer Night’s Dream” was +produced upon a magnificent scale as the Christmas attraction at +Norwich Theatre, by Mr. Ben Greet’s company.</p> +<p>29.—Died at Torquay, Colonel Dickson, who was +Conservative candidate for Norwich with the Marquis of Douro in +1852. Colonel Dickson was in his 89th year.</p> +<h3>1895.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—Severe weather was experienced throughout the +county. The snowfall was heavy, and deep drifts everywhere +impeded traffic, especially in West Norfolk. On the 23rd +the Yare overflowed its banks, and during a fearful storm at +Yarmouth the water rose to an alarming height. Elaborate +precautions were taken to prevent a recurrence of the catastrophe +of the previous mouth, and although the Hall Quay was flooded the +water was kept out of the dwellings sad store-houses. The +Beach Gardens narrowly escaped destruction. On the same day +Eccles tower, which had been a landmark for <a +name="page456"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +456</span>generations, fell through the force of wind and +waves. In the last week of the month the frost was more +intense than it had been at any time during the winter, and in +Norwich pedestrian and vehicular traffic was rendered difficult +by the snow. Observations taken at Blofield on February 6th +showed that the thermometer in screen, four feet above ground, +fell to four degrees Fahrenheit, and the exposed thermometer on +the grass to three and a half degrees below zero. This was +said to have been three degrees colder than on any night during +the severe frost of 1890–91, and it was the coldest night +since January 26th, 1881. On the 9th the frost was more +severe in certain districts than had hitherto been recorded in +the century, and remarkably low readings were received from +various parts of the county. Skating was everywhere +general. At Diss an ice carnival held on the Mere was +attended by between 2,000 and 3,000 people attired in fancy +costumes, and similar displays of a minor character took place in +other localities. On the 17th the frost showed unmistakable +signs of breaking up. For twenty-eight successive nights, +from January 20th to February 17th, the mercury had fallen below +freezing point, a longer period of continuous frost in the +opening months of the year than had probably been recorded for +half a century.</p> +<p>8.—Avenue Road Board School, Norwich, built at the cost +of nearly £12,000, was opened by an inaugural meeting held +under the presidency of the Mayor (Col. Bignold), at which +addresses were delivered by the Lord Bishop and Sir G. W. +Kekewich, K.C.B., Secretary to the Education Department.</p> +<p>19.—A meeting of the owners of marshes lying near the +Yare and Bure was held at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, to +consider the advisability of adopting a plan for the protection +of the level from high tides by a commission who would have the +power of maintaining the river walls. The question was +adjourned for further consideration, and on March 30th the +proposed scheme was rejected.</p> +<p>31.—M. Paderewski gave a pianoforte recital at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—The Sandringham shire horses, the property of the +Prince of Wales, were sold by auction at Wolferton by Mr. A. +Beck. The total amount realised was 5,231 gs., and the +average per animal £119 3s. 8d.</p> +<p>—Died at Stoke Holy Cross, Mr. Henry Birkbeck. He +was the only son of Mr. Henry Birkbeck, of Keswick, and was born +on February 10th, 1821. His mother was the eldest daughter +of Mr. Joseph Gurney, who left to his grandson his share in the +great Norwich bank of Messrs. Gurneys and Co. Mr. Birkbeck +began his training in the bank on January 1st, 1839, and became a +partner in the concern on his coming of age. He married in +October, 1849, the eldest daughter of Mr. Anthony Hamond, of +Westacre. She died in 1862, and 1871 he married Miss +ffolkes, only sister of Sir W. H. B. ffolkes, of +Hillington. In 1853 Mr. Birkbeck served the office of +Sheriff of Norwich, and in 1860 was High Sheriff of +Norfolk. For several years he represented the old Fourth +Ward as a member of the Norwich Town Council. He was a most +generous supporter of local <a name="page457"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 457</span>charities and benevolent +institutions, was honorary treasurer of the Norfolk and Norwich +Hospital, and chairman of the executive bodies of the Great +Hospital and the Bethel.</p> +<p>18.—By invitation of Mr. Thomas Crammer, Lindahl, the +renowned Scandinavian skater, visited East Dereham for the +purpose of meeting “Fish” Smart in a skating +contest. Upwards of 2,000 persons assembled on the +ice. The first race of one and a half miles was won by +Smart in 5 minutes 48 4.5ths seconds; Lindahl won the second race +over the same course. Owing to the bad condition of the ice +the competitors were unable to establish a record.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>4.—Died at St. Faith’s House, Norwich, Mr. John +Hotblack, aged 74. He was a justice of the peace for the +city and for the county, and for several years represented the +old First Ward in the Town Council. In November, 1884, Mr. +Hotblack was elected Mayor of Norwich.</p> +<p>7.—Died at Soham Vicarage, the residence of his son, the +Rev. Cyprian T. Rust, LL.B. For twenty-two years he was a +clergyman in Norwich, and held successively the livings of St. +Michael-at-Thorn and Heigham; in 1875 he was presented to the +living of Westerfield, near Ipswich. Mr. Rust was born of +Baptist parents, and after serving as a clerk in a London +counting-house became a Baptist minister at Colchester, where he +worked from 1838 to 1841. Thence he went to Queen’s +College, Cambridge, and took his LL.B. degree in 1852, in which +year he was ordained deacon by Bishop Hinds, and in 1853 priest +by the Bishop of Ely. Mr. Rust did much literary work in +the form of magazine articles, and was in many ways very +successful as an essayist. He was the author of +“Higher Criticism: Some Account of its Labours upon +Primitive History,” published in 1889; “Essays and +Reviews”; “The Break of Day in the 18th Century: a +History and a Specimen of the first book of English Song” +&c.</p> +<p>11.—A meeting of Norwich traders was held at the +Guildhall, at which it was resolved to re-establish a Chamber of +Commerce in the city.</p> +<p>15.—Died at Bracondale, Mr. Henry Colman, last surviving +son of Mr. Robert Colman, of Rockland St. Andrew’s, in his +82nd year. He was one of the eleven brothers Colman who +constituted the famous cricket team. Mr. Colman for several +years represented the old Sixth Ward as a member of the Norwich +Town Council.</p> +<p>19.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council the City +Engineer (Mr. A. E. Collins) presented a report which stated that +a further sum of £200,000 ought to be expended upon the +Norwich sewerage works. The Council adopted a scheme +involving the expenditure of £72,000 beyond the sum of +£80,000 authorised by the Norwich Corporation Act. +(<i>See</i> January 22nd, 1896.)</p> +<p>21.—Brigadier-General Bulwer presented the long-service +medal to past and present members of Volunteer battalions in +Norfolk. The presentations were made at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>24.—A hurricane such as had never been known in living +memory occurred on this day (Sunday). It swept over city +and county, and <a name="page458"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +458</span>its effects were experienced in the greater portion of +the south-eastern district. Houses were unroofed and +partially demolished, great chimney stacks destroyed, strong +walls levelled, and solid masonry overthrown. There was not +a park in the county which was not despoiled, and many thousands +of trees were torn from the soil. Fortunately the storm +happened upon a day when people were able to keep to their +houses, otherwise the loss of life must have been serious. +Only one casualty was admitted to the Norfolk and Norwich +Hospital. The storm was of short duration. At dawn a +blustering March wind prevailed, as the day advanced the weather +became squally, then the wind blew from W.S.W. and attained +cyclonic intensity, at 4.30 p.m. the hurricane subsided. On +the 25th Norfolk presented a vast scene of devastation.</p> +<p>30.—Died at his residence, the Abbey, Westacre, Mr. +Anthony Hamond, in his 61st year. The eldest son of Mr. +Anthony Hamond, he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, +Cambridge, and entered upon the duties and pursuits of a country +gentleman. He became very popular as master of the West +Norfolk Foxhounds, and on his retirement from the mastership was +presented with his portrait. In the dark days of +agricultural depression the tenantry on the estate experienced +the practical sympathy of Mr. Hamond, who was a most kind and +generous landlord. In the breeding of cattle and horses he +took great interest. His shorthorns obtained wide +celebrity, and his shires were equally well known. Mr. +Hamond first conceived the idea of a stud-book for the Norfolk +hackney; he was one of the founders of the Hackney Horse Society, +was elected first president in June, 1883, and held office until +June, 1885. He consistently supported the policy of the +moderate Liberals, but when the great disruption came he +unhesitatingly threw in his lot with the Unionists. On the +death of Sir William Bagge in 1880 Mr. Hamond was approached by +the Liberal electors of West Norfolk with the view of obtaining +his consent to his nomination in opposition to Mr. Tyssen +Amherst, but he declined, and the Conservative candidate was +returned without a contest. A General Election took place a +month afterwards, when Mr. Hamond was induced to stand against +Mr. Amherst and Mr. Bentinck, and was defeated. He was much +interested in the administrative work of the county, was a member +of the County Council, and chairman of the Small Holdings and +Allotments Committee. Mr. Hamond, who was a magistrate and +a Deputy-Lieutenant for the county, married the only daughter of +Sir Thomas Hare, of Stow.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>2.—The lectures on ecclesiastical history were resumed +at Norwich Cathedral by Archdeacon Sinclair, of London, who gave +an address on “The Life and Times of Cyprian.” +On the 17th the Rev. J. T. Kingsmill, D.D., vicar of Hockering, +lectured on “The Life and Times of St. +Chrysostom.” Another series commenced on November +21st with a lecture by the Rev. Professor Gwatkin, of Cambridge, +on “The Life and Times of Eusebius”; followed on +November 28th by the Rev. Professor Ince, D.D., of Oxford, on +“The Life and Times of Athanasius”; and on December +5th, by the Rev. A. E. Brooke, M.A., of King’s College, +Cambridge, on “The Life and Times of Origen.” +(<i>See</i> February 5th, 1896.)</p> +<p><a name="page459"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +459</span>2.—Mr. Clement Higgins, Q.C., M.P., for Mid +Norfolk, applied for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, +and on the 4th the Unionist party in the constituency opened the +election campaign, and at a large meeting at Wymondham Mr. R. T. +Gurdon was unanimously adopted a candidate in opposition to Mr. +F. W. Wilson. The writ was issued by the House of Commons +on the 8th, and the nomination took place at East Dereham on the +16th. Great activity was displayed by both parties up to +the day of polling on the 23rd. The result was declared at +Dereham on the 24th as follows:—Gurdon, 4,112; Wilson, +3,904.</p> +<p>4.—Died at his residence, the Woodlands, Norwich, Mr. +Robert Fitch, in his 93rd year. Mr. Fitch, who was a native +of Ipswich, was a partner in the firm of Fitch and Chambers, +chemists and druggists, Norwich. In 1858 he was appointed +upon the commission of the peace, and in 1867 became Sheriff of +Norwich. He was connected with the directorate of several +public companies, and for more than thirty years was an honorary +secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological +Society. Among his literary contributions to the +society’s proceedings was an admirable description of +“The Gates of Norwich.” Mr. Fitch was widely +known as a collector, and possessed one of the finest private +collections in the kingdom, which some years before his death he +handed over to the trustees of the Norfolk and Norwich +Museum.</p> +<p>29.—Died at Letheringsett Hall, Mr. William Hardy +Cozens-Hardy, aged 88. A son of Jeremiah and Mary Ann +Cozens, of Sprowston, he assumed the name of Cozens-Hardy in +1842. In 1830 he married Sarah, daughter of Thomas +Theobald; on July 21st, 1880, he celebrated his +“golden” wedding, and in 1890 his +“diamond” wedding. Mrs. Cozens-Hardy died in +1891. In his early life he was articled to Messrs. Foster +and Unthank, solicitors. Mr. Cozens-Hardy was a regular +attendant at Quarter Sessions, and was for many years chairman of +the Holt bench of magistrates. A Liberal in politics he +conferred many benefits upon his immediate neighbourhood. +In 1851 he built the British school at Holt; he was the promoter +of the Holt Literary Society, and the founder of the Reepham +Provident Society, one of the most important organizations of the +kind in the Eastern Counties. For fifty years he was +connected with the Erpingham Union, and it was mainly due to him +that the workhouse was erected at West Beckham in 1851.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>18.—A severe gale wrought much havoc on the Norfolk +coast. The Short Blue fishing fleet suffered severely, the +Yarmouth smack Royal Standard was lost, many other casualties +occurred, and remarkable escapes were recorded.</p> +<p>19.—Died at his residence, Harford Lodge, +Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Bignold, Mayor of +Norwich. Col. Bignold, whose age was 64, was fourth son of +Sir Samuel Bignold, some time Member of Parliament for the +city. In his boyhood he became associated with his father +in the official direction of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance +Society; from 1858 until the death of Sir Samuel in 1875, he was +his assistant; and after that date he filled the office of +secretary of the society. In 1852 he joined the West +Norfolk Militia as lieutenant, <a name="page460"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 460</span>and ultimately attained the rank of +lieutenant-colonel. He married in 1856, Cecilia, third +daughter of Mr. J. F. Graver Browne, of Morley Hall, +Wymondham. On five occasions Col. Bignold was elected to +the Norwich Town Council as representative of the old Fifth Ward; +in 1889 he sustained his only electoral defeat, and was thereupon +elected to an aldermanic seat. A staunch and earnest +Churchman and Conservative he was for many years president of the +old Eldon Club, and shortly before the death of his father was +elected leader of the Conservative party in Norwich, and enjoyed +until the close of his life the loyal and enthusiastic adherence +of the rank and file of the party. Col. Bignold was a +Deputy-Lieutenant and magistrate for the county of Norfolk, and a +justice of the peace for the city, and one of the original +members of the Norfolk County Club. [“It is nearly a +century and a quarter since any Mayor of Norwich died in his +official year. The last event of the kind occurred in +1774—Mr. John Langley Watts.”] Upon the death +of Col. Bignold votes of sympathy and condolence were passed by +various public bodies, and on the 26th the Bishop of Exeter +preached the funeral sermon at the church of St. Mark, +Lakenham.</p> +<p>21.—The Prince of Wales arrived at Yarmouth, and on the +22nd attended a ball given at the Royal Assembly Rooms by the +officers of the Norfolk Artillery Militia. On the 23rd his +Royal Highness, as hon. colonel, inspected the regiment, and on +the 24th left by special train for Norwich.</p> +<p>24.—The Prince of Wales visited Norwich for the purpose +of unveiling the Pelham memorial throne at the Cathedral. +His Royal Highness was received at Thorpe railway-station by the +Dean, the Deputy-Mayor (Sir Peter Eade), and the Sheriff (Mr. S. +G. Hill), and escorted by a detachment of the 1st King’s +Dragoon Guards was driven to the Cathedral. The Bishop and +the Cathedral body met his Royal Highness at the great west door, +whence a procession was formed to the choir, where a vast +congregation had assembled to witness the ceremony. The +Prince having unveiled the throne, was thanked for his gracious +presence by Mr. Samuel Hoare, M.P., on behalf of the +diocese. His Royal Highness afterwards inspected various +points of interest in the Cathedral, and was entertained to +luncheon at the Deanery by the Dean and Mrs. Lefroy. At +3.10 p.m. he proceeded to town by ordinary train. The +memorial throne was designed by Mr. John L. Pearson, R.A., and +with the exception of the sculptured figures, which were carved +by Mr. N. Hitch, of London, the work was executed by Messrs. +Cornish and Gaymer, of North Walsham.</p> +<p>28.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, +Sir Peter Eade was elected to fill the casual vacancy of Mayor, +occasioned by the death of Col. Bignold. The Mayor-elect +nominated Mr. C. R. Gilman as his deputy.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—The 1st Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment formed a +marching column of 200 of all ranks, and under the command of +Col. Dawson proceeded to Stratton Strawless, where a camp was +formed in the park. On the 2nd the march was resumed to +Blickling Park, where the column encamped, and in the afternoon +attended service at the <a name="page461"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 461</span>parish church. On the morning +of the 3rd outpost duty was practised, and in the afternoon the +column marched to Norwich, and was dismissed at the Drill +Hall.</p> +<p>2.—A serious fire occurred on board the Jenny Lind +steamboat at Foundry Bridge, Norwich.</p> +<p>11.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Lord Chief Justice +Russell of Killowen, Frederic Butcher, 15, carpenter’s +apprentice, was indicted for feloniously shooting at the Rev. +Arthur Hamilton Upcher, with intent to do him grievous bodily +harm, at Baconsthorpe, on January 3rd. The prisoner was +found guilty, and recommended to mercy on account of his +youth. He was sentenced to nine calendar months’ +imprisonment.</p> +<p>—At the Norwich Assizes, before the Lord Chief Justice, +Frederick Miles, 27, labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder +of Mildred Miles, his wife, at St. John Timberhill, Norwich, on +June 1st. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but +strongly recommended him to mercy on the ground that he had +received great provocation. His lordship passed sentence of +death, which was afterwards commuted to penal servitude for +life.</p> +<p>15.—Died at 24, Fairfax Road, South Hampstead, London, +Mr. Philip Soman, senior proprietor of the “Norfolk Daily +Standard,” aged 60.</p> +<p>18.—The old Toll House premises at Yarmouth were opened +as a museum.</p> +<p>19.—Mr. Henry Staniforth Patteson was elected leader of +the Conservative party in Norwich, in place of Lieut.-Col. +Bignold, deceased.</p> +<p>21.—A terrible tragedy occurred near Yarmouth. +George Stanford, a bank clerk, aged 25, in the employment of +Messrs. Gurneys and Co., drowned his <i>fiancée</i>, Edith +Mary Argyle, in the Steam Mill dyke, at Caister, and then +committed suicide by drowning himself.</p> +<p>29.—The foundation-stone of the new church of St. Peter, +Sheringham, was laid by Mrs. Upcher, the principal contributor of +the total sum of £7,000, the estimated cost of the +building. The church was designed by Messrs. St. Aubyn and +Wadling, of Lamb Buildings, Temple, London, and the contractors +were Messrs. Bardell Bros., of King’s Lynn.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—The election campaign was opened in Norwich by a +meeting of the Liberal Two Hundred held at the Agricultural Hall +under the presidency of Mr. George White, when Mr. Thomas +Terrell, Q.C., 13, St. Petersburg Place, Paddington, W., was +adopted as the colleague of Mr. F. W. Verney. The +Conservative electors met at St. Andrew’s Hall on the 3rd, +under the presidency of Mr. Patteson, and the name of Sir Harry +Bullard was announced as the colleague of Mr. Samuel Hoare. +On the 6th Earl Spencer addressed a Liberal meeting at St. +Andrew’s Hall, and on the 8th at the same place Mr. Goschen +was the principal speaker at a Conservative meeting. Sir +Harry Bullard, who had been absent in Norway, returned to Norwich +on the 10th, and was received with an extraordinary demonstration +of popular enthusiasm. <a name="page462"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 462</span>The nomination took place on the +12th, and the polling on the 16th, and the result was declared as +follows:—Hoare, 8,166; Bullard, 8,034; Terrell, 7,330; +Verney, 7,210.</p> +<p>4.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Wymondham. In the absence of the +president, Mr. J. J. Colman, the public luncheon was presided +over by Mr. R. Harvey Mason. The show closed on the +5th.</p> +<p>5.—Died at the Clyffe, Corton, Caroline, wife of Mr. J. +J. Colman. Mrs. Colman was the eldest daughter of Mr. W. H. +Cozens-Hardy, of Letheringsett Hall, and was in her 64th +year. Her death was lamented by all classes of citizens, +and the representatives of all political parties attended the +funeral, which took place at the Rosary on the 10th.</p> +<p>12.—Mr. T. Gibson Bowles (C.) and Mr. Hubert George +Beaumont, Piccadilly Chambers, London (L.), were nominated +candidates for the representation of King’s Lynn. +Polling took place on the 15th: Bowles, 1,395; Beaumont, +1,326.</p> +<p>—Sir John Colomb (C.) and Mr. J. M. Moorsom (L.) were +nominated for Great Yarmouth. Polling took place on the +16th: Colomb, 3,528; Moorsom, 2,893.</p> +<p>13.—The nomination of candidates for South Norfolk took +place at the Shirehall, Norwich. Mr. Thomas Hamer Dolbey, +Stratford House, Sutton, Surrey, barrister-at-law, was proposed +by the Liberals, and Mr. Francis Taylor, of Diss, brewer, by the +Unionists. Polling on the 17th: Taylor, 4,281; Dolbey, +3,445.</p> +<p>—At the Shirehall, Norwich, Mr. Henry Rider Haggard, of +Ditchingham House, land owner and occupier, was nominated +Unionist candidate, and Mr. Robert John Price, of 104, Sloane +Street, Chelsea, barrister-at-law, Liberal candidate, for East +Norfolk. On the polling day, the 19th, the Unionist +candidate and his supporters were attacked at Ludham by a gang of +Liberal roughs, and Mrs. William Hartcup, who occupied one of the +carriages, received a severe wound on the head from a stone +thrown by a person in the crowd. The incident gave rise to +many expressions of public indignation. The result of the +election was declared at the Shirehall, Norwich, on the 20th: +Price, 4,606; Haggard, 4,408. (<i>See</i> July 30th.)</p> +<p>—The nomination of candidates for North Norfolk took +place at Aylsham. Mr. Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, Q.C., of +Letheringsett Hall, was nominated by the Liberals, and Sir +Kenneth Hagar Kemp, Bart., of Mergate Hall, Braconash, banker, by +the Unionists. The polling on the 22nd resulted as follows: +Cozens-Hardy, 4,246; Kemp, 3,738.</p> +<p>17.—Mr. Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, of Letton Hall, +Unionist, and Mr. F. W. Wilson, newspaper proprietor and farmer, +of the Dale, Scarning, Liberal, were nominated at East Dereham as +candidates for Mid Norfolk. Polling took place on the 24th: +Wilson, 4,220; Gurdon, 4,086.</p> +<p>—At Swaffham candidates were nominated for the +representation of South-west Norfolk. Mr. Thomas Leigh +Hare, of Stow Bardolph, was proposed by the Unionists, and Mr. +Richard Winfrey, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, farmer and newspaper +proprietor, by the Liberals. The polling took place on the +25th: Hare, 3,968; Winfrey, 3,762.</p> +<p><a name="page463"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +463</span>18.—Mr. Joseph Arch, of Barford, Warwickshire, +officially described as a labourer, was at King’s Lynn +nominated Liberal candidate for North-west Norfolk. The +Unionist nominee was Mr. Edward Kendrick Bunbury Tighe, +Woodstock, Kilkenny, Ireland, and Albany Chambers, Piccadilly, +London, lieutenant in the Army Reserve, and justice of the peace +for Kilkenny. The polling took place on the 26th: Arch, +4,817; Tighe, 3,520.</p> +<p>—A shocking catastrophe occurred on Ormesby Broad. +A sailing boat occupied by nine young fishermen capsized in a +sudden squall, and six of the party were drowned.</p> +<p>21.—Died, the veteran actor and theatrical manager, Mr. +William Sidney (Mr. Sidney Young), who for many years in the old +days of stock companies controlled the destinies of the Norwich +Theatre. Mr. Sidney was a capable exponent of character +parts. Of late years he had devoted himself almost entirely +to stage management, and was responsible for the staging of +several of the most successful productions at the Adelphi and +other London theatres.</p> +<p>30.—At Smallburgh Petty Sessions, Lord John Wodehouse +was summoned for assaulting Mr. John Gaymer, builder and +contractor, at North Walsham, on July 17th; and William Saul, a +dealer, was charged with aiding and abetting. The +complainant was presiding at a Conservative meeting held in North +Walsham, marketplace, when Lord Wodehouse seized him by the coat, +dragged him from the chair, and using most foul language offered +to fight him for £50. In this he was abetted by +Saul. The chairman of the Bench (Sir H. J. Preston, Bart.) +said the redeeming part of the case was that there was no actual +violence that had resulted in injury. Lord Wodehouse was +fined £3 7s. 6d., and costs £1 12s. 6d., and Saul +£1, and costs to the like amount. The Lord Chancellor +afterwards removed the name of Lord Wodehouse from the commission +of the peace. At the same court nine persons were summoned +for taking part in the riot at Ludham on the day of the East +Norfolk election, and the majority were convicted and fined in +various amounts.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—The parish church of Burnham Thorpe, restored at the +cost of about £7,000 as a memorial to Nelson, who was a +native of the village, was opened for public worship on this the +anniversary of the battle of the Nile. The work was carried +out from designs by Sir A. Bloomfield.</p> +<p>8.—Mr. John Edmund Wentworth Addison, Q.C., who had been +appointed to fill the vacancy in the judgeship of the Norfolk +County Court on the retirement of Mr. E. P. Price, Q.C., took his +seat for the first time at the Aylsham Court. Mr. Addison +was formerly Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne, and +Recorder of Preston.</p> +<p>12.—Dramatic performances were given at Norwich Theatre +by the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards on this and the five +succeeding nights in aid of the funds of the Norfolk and Norwich +Hospital. The pieces produced were “Easy +Shaving,” and a burlesque of “Faust.”</p> +<p>14.—The Elmham shorthorns and red polls, the property of +Mr. Fulcher, were sold by Mr. John Thornton, and realised the +total sum of £1,961 3s. 6d.</p> +<p><a name="page464"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +464</span>25.—The Hunstanton yawl, Princess of Wales, with +sixteen persons on board, capsized whilst on a trip to Skegness, +and five were drowned.</p> +<p>29.—The 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, after being +quartered in Norwich for over two years, marched for +Colchester. The headquarters of the 7th Dragoon Guards +marched in on September 18th.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>12.—The premises of Messrs. Sullivan and Co., wholesale +confectioners, West End Street, Norwich, were destroyed by +fire.</p> +<p>19.—The Channel Squadron arrived in Yarmouth +Roads. The vessels included the Royal Sovereign (flagship +of Vice-Admiral Lord Walter Kerr), Empress of India, Resolution, +and Repulse, battleships; the Blenheim, Endymion, and Bellona, +cruisers; the Halcyon, gunboat; and the Speedy, torpedo +gunboat. The officers and men numbered 4,500. Civic +and public entertainments were given in honour of the +visit. The squadron steamed south on the 24th.</p> +<p>23.—Climatic variations of a remarkable character were +recorded. The thermometer on the grass in the morning fell +to freezing point (32 degrees), at two p.m. it stood at 77.2 +degrees in the shade, one degree higher than the point known as +summer heat, and about seven degrees higher than the average +<i>maximum</i> day readings for the month of July. In the +screen the thermometer fell to 38.4 degrees, the range of +temperature for the day being nearly 40 degrees. The +<i>minimum</i> was about 12 degrees below, and the <i>maximum</i> +about 12 degrees above the usual standard for September. On +the 24th the <i>maximum</i> shade temperature was 75.8 +degrees.</p> +<p>25.—At the Guildhall, Norwich, the honorary freedom of +the city was conferred upon the Mayor (Sir Peter Eade). At +the conclusion of the proceedings the members of the Corporation +proceeded to the Castle Museum, where a portrait of the Mayor, +painted by Mr. Stanhope A. Forbes, was unveiled by Lord +Walsingham.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Welborne Rectory, the Rev. George Robert +Winter, Hon. Canon of Norwich Cathedral, in his 69th year. +He was a son of Mr. Roger Winter, barrister-at-law, Calcutta, and +grandson of Mr. John Winter, of Acton, many years solicitor to +the Bank of England. Educated at Eaton and at Brasenose +College, Oxford, Canon Winter was for many years vicar of +Swaffham. In his University days he was a famous athlete, +president of the Boat Club, stroke of the Brasenose boat, and a +bold and fearless horseman. In addition to his other +accomplishments Canon Winter was a very clever artist.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Ipswich, Dr. John Ellor Taylor, F.G.S., +F.L.S., aged 60. Dr. Taylor was the son of a foreman in a +Lancashire cotton factory, and early in life was sent to the +engineer’s shop of the London and North-Western Railway, at +Crewe. He subsequently removed to Manchester, and +contributed to the newspapers, and on adopting journalism as an +occupation secured an appointment on the “Norwich +Mercury.” During the smallpox epidemic in 1872 he +contributed a remarkable series of articles to the “Eastern +Daily Press” on “Haunts and Homes of Smallpox in +Norwich,” the materials for which he obtained by personal +visits to the dwellings of the stricken people. Resolutely +declining to be vaccinated, he contracted the disease, which <a +name="page465"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +465</span>considerably marred his hitherto handsome +features. He left Norwich to become the curator of Ipswich +Museum and editor of “Hardwick’s Science +Gossip,” and in 1885 visited Australia on a lecturing +tour. Dr. Taylor was the author of several works, notably +“Geological Stories,” “The Playtime +Naturalist,” “Half-hours in the Green Lanes,” +“Half-hours at the Seaside,” “The Sagacity and +Morality of Plants,” &c.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>8.—The Church Congress commenced its proceedings at +Norwich. The members were welcomed at the Guildhall by the +Mayor (Sir Peter Eade), after which the Congress sermons were +preached at the Cathedral by the Archbishop of York, and at St. +Peter Mancroft by the Bishop of Salisbury. The sessional +proceedings were opened at the Agricultural Hall at two p.m. by +the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, who delivered the inaugural +address, and afterwards an address of welcome was presented by +the Nonconformist bodies. Sectional meetings took place day +by day at St. Andrew’s Hall, the Conservative Club Assembly +Room, St. Giles’ Street, and in the Assembly Room at the +Agricultural Hall. An ecclesiastical art exhibition was +held at St. Giles’ Hall (the old Skating Rink), and during +the week meetings of various Church societies took place. +The Mayor and Mayoress held a reception at the Castle Museum on +the 11th, and the farewell sermon was preached at the Cathedral +on the 13th by the Bishop of Peterborough.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Christchurch, Mr. Henry Reeve, C.B., +D.C.L. The son of a physician, he was born at Norwich in +1813, and educated at the Grammar School under Valpy. He +afterwards proceeded to Geneva, where he completed his +education. Mr. Reeve began his literary career by a +translation of De Tocqueville’s “Democracy in +America,” published in 1835. It was followed, in +1840, by a translation of M. Guizot’s +“Washington.” In 1837 Mr. Reeve was appointed +Registrar of the Privy Council, and occupied the post for exactly +fifty years. He was a frequent contributor to the +“Edinburgh Review,” of which he ultimately held the +editorship for forty years.</p> +<p>22.—The first of several meetings held in furtherance of +a projected line of railway between Forncett and Haddiscoe took +place at Hempnall. The distance proposed to be covered was +fourteen miles, and the estimated cost of a single line, +£1,500 per mile, or a total of £21,000. The +directors of the Great Eastern Railway in October, 1896, +intimated that they did not see their way to provide the railway +communication suggested. (<i>See</i> April 23rd, 1898.)</p> +<p>27.—The sixth specimen recorded in Norfolk of +Ray’s bream (<i>Brama Raii</i>) was taken in the nets of a +Yarmouth drifter.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—The Norwich Volunteer Medical Staff Corps was +disbanded.</p> +<p>—A public meeting representative of the agricultural and +trading interests, convened by the Norfolk Chamber of +Agriculture, was held at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, to +consider what action should be taken in consequence of the +publication of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture +by the Assistant-Commissioner (Mr. R. <a name="page466"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 466</span>Henry Rew) to bring the disastrous +condition of agriculture in Norfolk under the attention of the +Government. Resolutions were adopted requesting the Prime +Minister to receive a deputation of Norfolk agriculturists. +On the 6th Lord Salisbury replied that he was so well aware of +the existing state of things that he would be reluctant to put a +deputation to the trouble of attending to lay their views before +him especially as the whole question was occupying the attention +of the Government. He promised to give special attention to +certain points afterwards submitted to him by the secretary to +the Chamber. (<i>See</i> February 7th, 1896.)</p> +<p>9.—Mr. John Moore was elected Mayor and Mr. George +Arthur Coller appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>13.—In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, +before Mr. Justice Romer, was heard the action Gould <i>v.</i> +Coaks. This was a new phase of the prolonged litigation +arising from the Crown Bank failure. This action was +brought by the plaintiff, the trustee in the bankruptcy of Harvey +and Hudson’s Bank, against Mr. Coaks, and the +representatives of Mr. E. C. Bailey, deceased, and of Mr. Hill, +deceased. The plaintiff asked for an account of all monies +received, for an enquiry of all purchases, leases, and profits +which had been made or received by Mr. Coaks in connection with +the estate, and also that interest upon the sums found due should +be calculated as from the date of the receipt until time of +payment. The argument in support of the plaintiff’s +case lasted until the 15th, when Mr. Warmington, Q.C., by whom he +was represented, said that an arrangement had been arrived at by +counsel on both sides. The plaintiff proposed to take an +order of a general character as between himself and Mr. Coaks of +all sums he had received in respect of the estate of Sir Robert +Harvey. Mr. Coaks also gave up all the purchases that he +had made either of the bankrupt’s estate or the separate +estate, and there would be the usual enquiry with regard to them +in order to bring out those which were profitable and those which +were not, giving to the plaintiff the opportunity of taking those +which were profitable and to leave the others according to the +usual plan, and there would be an account of profits. There +would also be an enquiry as to balances in Mr. Coaks’ hands +in respect to which he would be charged with interest. The +costs were to be moderated, and so moderated as that no costs +were to be allowed which had been charged elsewhere. +(<i>See</i> August 5th, 1896.)</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>8.—Died at Parham, Suffolk, in his 80th year, the Right +Rev. George Hills, D.D. He became in 1848 vicar of +Yarmouth, and was appointed in 1853 Honorary Canon of Norwich +Cathedral. In 1859 he was consecrated first Bishop of +British Columbia. In 1892 Bishop Hills exchanged colonial +work for the country benefice where he died.</p> +<p>14.—Died at 32, Albert Hall Mansions, London, Mrs. +Jones, widow of the Rev. Canon Herbert Jones, and daughter of Mr. +Daniel Gurney, of North Runcton. She was the authoress of +several works, including “Memoirs of Princess +Charlotte,” and “Sandringham, Past and +Present.” Mrs. Jones had also contributed many +interesting articles to the “Edinburgh Review.”</p> +<p><a name="page467"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +467</span>15.—Died at Diss, Mr. Thomas Edward Amyot, +F.R.C.S., eldest son of Mr. Thomas Amyot, F.R.S., F.S.A., aged +78. Of geology Mr. Amyot had much practical knowledge, was +one of the first to write about the famed Hoxne pits, and he also +assisted Canon Greenwell in his examination of the Grimes’ +graves. With his pencil he was very clever, rather after +the style of Caldicott, and quite as original. His facility +in writing verse was well known. His “Legend of +Cologne” was criticised as being not inferior to +“Ingoldsby”; and his “Oleum Jecoris +Aselli,” after the rhythm of “Hiawatha,” was +pronounced by Bishop Goodwin as being one of the cleverest things +of the kind he had ever read. Astronomy was also one of Mr. +Amyot’s favourite studies.</p> +<p>19.—Lord Wolseley, Commander-in-Chief of the British +Army, visited Norwich for the purpose of inaugurating the +Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in Queen Street. +His lordship was escorted from Thorpe railway-station to the Home +by a detachment of the 7th Dragoon Guards. After inspecting +the premises he proceeded to the Guildhall, where he was +entertained to luncheon by the Mayor (Mr. John Moore). His +lordship afterwards attended the inaugural meeting held at St. +Andrew’s Hall, and delivered an address.</p> +<h3>1896.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>21.—The Norwich Town Council approved a scheme +formulated by the Charity Commissioners for the administration of +Anguish’s endowment for boys. It involved the +expenditure of about £1,000 per year for the education, +under certain conditions, of poor boys in the city.</p> +<p>—The announcement was made that Mr. Clare Sewell Read +had decided to relinquish farming in Norfolk and to settle in or +near London. Mr. Read gave a farewell address at East +Dereham Market Tea on January 31st; and on September 19th the +Norfolk Executive Committee adopted, on the motion of Mr. R. T. +Gurdon, a resolution recording the valuable services rendered to +the county by Mr. Read, as chairman of the committee, in all +matters relating to the diseases of animals. At Honingham +on September 21st Mr. and Mrs. Read were presented with farewell +gifts by the inhabitants of that and adjoining parishes on the +occasion of their departure after thirty years’ residence +in the district. (<i>See</i> September 25th, 1897.)</p> +<p>22.—Mr. F. H. Tulloch, an inspector of the Local +Government Board, held an inquiry at the Guildhall, Norwich, as +to an application by the Town Council for sanction to borrow +£72,000 for sewerage purposes, and to appropriate the New +Mills estate for the purposes of a power-station for the City +works. On September 29th the Council accepted tenders for +the construction of sewerage and surface water sewers in district +No. 5 for £17,480, and for the construction of river works +and power-station buildings on the New Mills estate for +£5,039. (<i>See</i> October 17th, 1899.)</p> +<p><a name="page468"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +468</span>28.—A burglary was committed at the shop of Mr. +Edward Morley, jeweller and silversmith, the Walk, Norwich, and +property to the value of nearly £2,000 stolen. The +thieves were never discovered.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>3.—Died at Billingford Hall, East Dereham, Lady Parry, +widow of Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, the distinguished +Arctic navigator. Her ladyship, who was in her 88th year, +was a daughter of the Rev. Robert Hankinson, of Walpole, and +first married, in 1831, Mr. Samuel Hoare, of Hampstead. Her +second marriage took place on June 29th, 1841.</p> +<p>5.—The Ecclesiastical Lectures were resumed at Norwich +Cathedral by Bishop Barry, who dealt with “The Life and +Times of St. Ambrose.” The concluding lecture was +given on March 4th by the Rev. H. C. G. Moule, D.D., Principal of +Ridley Hall, Cambridge, on “The Life and Times of St. +Augustine.”</p> +<p>7.—A deputation representing the Norfolk Chamber of +Agriculture waited upon the First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. +Balfour) and the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Walter Long) for +the purpose of urging various points for the alleviation of the +distressed condition of agriculture.</p> +<p>10.—Mr. Henry Bowyer Sparke, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. +Bowyer Sparke, of Gunthorpe Hall, was presented with a massive +silver punch bowl by the tenantry on the estate on the occasion +of his coming of age.</p> +<p>15.—A conference of delegates representing the Boards of +Guardians in the county was held at the Shirehall, Norwich, to +consider a proposal adopted at a meeting held the previous year +in favour of the amalgamation of workhouses.</p> +<p>17.—The infant Prince of the Duke and Duchess of York +was christened at Sandringham church by the Bishop of Norwich in +the names of Albert Frederick Arthur George.</p> +<p>28.—Mr. H. S. Patteson was entertained at a banquet +given at the Maid’s Head Hotel, Norwich, in recognition of +his life-long services to Conservatism and in celebration of the +attainment of his 80th year. Mr. Patteson was presented +with a replica in silver gilt of three pieces of ancient plate in +the possession of the Corporation.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>3.—Dr. Thomson, medical superintendent of the Norfolk +County Asylum, delivered a lecture before the Norfolk and Norwich +Medico-Chirurgical Society on “The New Photography,” +and gave a practical demonstration of the Röntgen rays.</p> +<p>10.—Died at Cincinnati, while travelling in the United +States as a member of Sir Henry Irving’s company, Mr. Henry +Howe. Born in Norwich on March 31st, 1812, he was the son +of a Quaker gentleman named Hutchinson, and was educated at the +Ackworth School of the Society of Friends in Lancashire, where, +for a time, he had John Bright as a fellow scholar. At the +age of 19 he absconded from home and joined a strolling +company. Mr. Howe made his first appearance <a +name="page469"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 469</span>in London +at the Victoria Theatre in October, 1834, and afterwards became a +member of the Covent Garden company under Macready. In 1881 +he joined the Lyceum company and remained with them +uninterruptedly until the time of his death.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>8.—Captain Wiggins, the Arctic explorer and navigator, +who had recently returned from Siberia, lectured in Norwich upon +the Nansen expedition.</p> +<p>9.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference commenced at the Town +Hall, Ipswich, under the presidency of the Bishop of the Diocese, +and was continued on the 10th.</p> +<p>12.—Died at Lady Lane, Norwich, Mr. Edward Samuel +Bignold. Born on October 13th, 1821, he was son of Mr. +Thomas Bignold, and nephew of Sir Samuel Bignold. Mr. +Bignold held several public appointments, including the office of +City Coroner, to which he succeeded on the death of Mr. William +Wilde in 1866.</p> +<p>—Thanksgiving services were held at the church of St. +Peter Mancroft, Norwich, on the occasion of the re-opening of the +tower after restoration at the cost of £1,200.</p> +<p>13.—A military tournament by the 7th Dragoon Guards +commenced at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, and concluded on the +18th.</p> +<p>18.—Dr. Bunnett was presented at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, with an illuminated address and a cheque for +£280, on the attainment of his “musical +jubilee.”</p> +<p>23.—A deputation of Norfolk farmers and graziers waited +upon Mr. Walter Long, President of the Board of Agriculture, and +requested that a clause might be inserted in the Government +Cattle Diseases Bill permitting the importation of live Canadian +cattle. Mr. Long was unable to comply with the demands of +the deputation.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—At a special meeting of the Board of Governors of the +Jenny Lind Infirmary, held at the Guildhall, Norwich, Mr. Colman +offered to present to the charity, as a memorial to his late +wife, the necessary site upon which to erect a new +infirmary. The offer was gratefully accepted, and the +Committee of Management were empowered to take steps for +collecting funds and for preparing plans. (<i>See</i> +January 23rd, 1897.)</p> +<p>5.—Mr. R. W. Ladell, solicitor, was elected by the +Norwich Town Council to the office of City Coroner, rendered +vacant by the death of Mr. E. S. Bignold.</p> +<p>7.—Mr. and Mrs. Kendal and their London company appeared +at Norwich Theatre in “A Scrap of Paper.” +“A White Lie” was produced on the 8th, and “The +Ironmaster” on the 9th.</p> +<p>12.—Mr. J. L. Toole with his London company appeared at +the Assembly Room, Agricultural Hall, Norwich, in the comic +sporting play “Thoroughbred.”</p> +<p>15.—Lord Tweedmouth, as president of the Norwich +Gladstone Club, delivered his inaugural address to the members at +the Assembly Room, Agricultural Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p><a name="page470"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +470</span>21.—The annual training of the Loyal Suffolk +Hussars (Yeomanry Cavalry), commanded by Lieut.-Col. A. G. Lucas, +commenced at Yarmouth.</p> +<p>25.—Louis Tussaud’s exhibition “All the +World in Wax” was opened at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich. One of the attractions was the display for the +first time in Norwich of the cinematograph or “living +pictures.”</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—Dr. Jameson, of Transvaal raid fame, travelling as +Dr. Johnson, accompanied by Dr. Rutherford Harris, visited +Norwich, and stayed at the Maid’s Head Hotel.</p> +<p>2.—The coming of age of Mr. John Calthorpe Blofeld, +eldest son of Mr. Blofeld, of Hoveton House, was celebrated by +the tenantry on the Hoveton estate.</p> +<p>11.—Died at Wreningham Rectory, the Rev. Arthur Wilson +Upcher, who for 48 years was rector of Ashwellthorpe and +Wreningham. Born at Sheringham in 1815, he was an excellent +oar, and rowed number seven in the Cambridge boat when the first +University boat race was contested from Westminster to Putney in +1836. Mr. Upcher was also a remarkably good shot.</p> +<p>13.—The announcement was made that Messrs. Gurneys and +Co. had issued a circular stating the completion of arrangements +for an important amalgamation of the businesses of certain +private banks as a company under the name of Barclay and Co., +Limited. The registered capital was £6,000,000. +On October 31st the members of the old firm of Messrs. Gurneys +and Co. were presented with a massive silver shield mounted on +solid oak, and an illuminated address in which the subscribers, +the citizens of Norwich, expressed their high appreciation of the +long and honourable career of the firm and the influence for good +exercised individually by the members. The presentation was +made by the Mayor (Mr. John Moore).</p> +<p>19.—In the Queen’s Bench Division, before the Lord +Chief Justice and a special jury, the action Austin <i>v.</i> the +Central News, Limited, and several provincial newspapers, the +“Norfolk News” included, came on for trial. Mr. +Austin, M.P. for West Limerick, complained that the defendants +had published a libel concerning him, in a paragraph stating that +in a speech he had sympathised with dynamiters. The jury +found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £1,000, of which +the “Norfolk News” Company were adjudged to pay +£100.</p> +<p>30.—A recumbent effigy placed in the north transept of +Norwich Cathedral to the memory of the late Bishop Pelham was +unveiled by the Rev. Canon Patteson. It was the work of Mr. +James Forsyth, sculptor, of Finchley Road, Hampstead.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>1.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association opened at East Dereham. The Hon. Ailwyn E. +Fellowes, M.P., presided at the luncheon. The exhibition +closed on the 2nd.</p> +<p>—The octo-centenary thanksgiving services commenced at +Norwich Cathedral. The opening service was attended by the +high official <a name="page471"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +471</span>dignitaries of county and city, who entered the +Cathedral in procession, marshalled by officers of the 7th +Dragoon Guards. The Archbishop of Armagh preached to a vast +congregation, and at the conclusion of the service the Dean and +Mrs. Lefroy entertained a large and distinguished company to +luncheon in a marquee erected in the Deanery grounds. The +services were continued throughout the week.</p> +<p>1.—A party of American Congregationalists on a tour +through Europe arrived at Norwich from Ely, attended the +commemoration service at Norwich Cathedral, and were included +among the guests at the Dean’s luncheon. In the +evening they were present at a gathering held in their honour at +the Old Meeting House, “the oldest home of +Congregationalism in the city.” The Mayor (Mr. John +Moore) presided, and the visitors were accorded an enthusiastic +reception.</p> +<p>9.—Three sisters, Clara, Eleanor, and Ida Elizabeth +Louisa Vipan, were drowned whilst wandering upon the treacherous +sands at Holkham.</p> +<p>10.—The old colours of the 2nd Battalion Norfolk +Regiment, brought from Aldershot by Colonel Shepherd and other +officers, were laid up in the choir of Norwich Cathedral. +The colours were borne under escort from the west door to the +choir, the band of the 4th Battalion playing “The March of +the Israelites.” With the usual ceremony the colours +were then handed over to the care and custody of the Dean and +Chapter.</p> +<p>21.—Mr. Ben Greet’s Company of Woodland Players +gave at Bracondale Woods, Norwich, open air representations of +“Twelfth Night” and of scenes from “Much Ado +about Nothing,” in aid of the building fund of the Jenny +Lind Infirmary.</p> +<p>22.—The marriage took place at Buckingham Palace of +Princess Maud and Prince Charles of Denmark. Their Royal +Highnesses were enthusiastically received at Lynn and Sandringham +on their way to Appleton Hall. At Norwich the marriage was +celebrated by the ringing of bells and by the display of flags on +the public buildings. The county of Norfolk presented to +their Royal Highnesses as a wedding gift an oak chest containing +a service of plate, and the citizens of Norwich gave a handsomely +appointed victoria. Gifts were also sent by the boroughs of +Yarmouth and Lynn, and by the tenantry on the Sandringham +estate.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>2.—The Norfolk Volunteer Infantry Brigade went into camp +at Colchester under the command of Brigadier-General W. E. G. L. +Bulwer.</p> +<p>5.—The Lord Chief Justice, with whom was Mr. Justice +Lawrence, sitting as a divisional court, delivered judgment in an +application “in <i>re</i> a solicitor, <i>ex parte</i> the +Incorporated Law Society.” In this case the Statutory +Committee of the society on July 10th, 1896, made a long and +elaborate report, in which they stated that a certain number of +allegations of professional misconduct had been proved to their +satisfaction. The Lord Chief Justice dealt at considerable +length with various points in the case, and concluded by saying: +“The court would be failing in its duty if it did not in +the most emphatic way mark its sense of the scandalous story +disclosed in this report.” The order of the court was +“that Isaac Bugg Coaks, of Bank Plain, Norwich, <a +name="page472"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 472</span>be struck +off the rolls, and that he do pay the costs of the inquiry before +the Statutory Committee and the costs of this +application.”</p> +<p>26.—Mr. Fred Morgan, lessee of Norwich Theatre, was +presented with a massive silver Monteith punch bowl and a purse +of gold by members of the theatrical profession and personal +friends.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Adelaide Place, Windsor, in her 91st year, +Miss Jane Rigby, “second daughter and last surviving child +of Dr. Edward Rigby, of Norwich.”</p> +<p>12.—A demonstration took place at Norwich in aid of the +funds of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.</p> +<p>27.—Died at St. Andrew’s Parsonage, Norwich, the +Rev. Arthur Charles Copeman, M.B., vicar of St. Andrew’s, +Honorary Canon of Norwich Cathedral, and rural dean of Norwich, +aged 72. He was the youngest son of Mr. Edward Breese +Copeman, and was born at Coltishall. At the age of 15 he +was placed under the care of his eldest brother, Dr. Edward +Copeman. On entering King’s College, London, as a +medical student, he obtained his M.B. degree at the London +University, won the gold medal in anatomy and physiology, and +became an associate of King’s College. At the end of +his student days he was offered, on the nomination of the +Chancellor of the University, and accepted it, a commission on +the Army Medical Staff. He soon resigned it, however, and +commenced private practice at Epsom, when it became his ambition +to enter the Church, and forthwith he applied himself to reading +for Holy Orders. Ordained by the Bishop of Worcester, he +was in 1851 admitted deacon and priest, and for the next five +years held curacies at Warwick, Bury St. Edmund’s, and +Wisbech. In the last-named town he worked single-handed +among the cholera-stricken inhabitants, and received from them in +recognition of his services an address, a collection of +theological works, and a cheque for £100. Mr. +Copeman’s work in Norwich began in January, 1857, when he +was elected vicar of St. Andrew’s. He was appointed +rural dean in 1870, and honorary canon in 1877. In 1881, on +the death of Mr. Field, he became chairman of the Norwich Board +of Guardians. He had been a member of the School Board, and +was identified with the managing bodies of the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital and other charitable institutions.</p> +<p>29.—The Norwich Town Council, on a representation of the +Inspector-General of Cavalry that the city would cease to be the +headquarters of a cavalry regiment unless the drill-ground on +Mousehold Heath were enlarged, authorised the hiring of 62 acres +of land adjoining the drill-ground for a term not exceeding five +years, at a rent to be agreed upon.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>6.—The Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival commenced at +St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, with a performance of +“Jeptha.” On the morning of the 7th was +produced the dramatic oratorio “The Rose of Sharon,” +and in the evening Suite No. 1 “Peer Gynt” (Grieg), +“Blest Pair of Sirens” (C. Hubert H. Parry), +conducted by the composer; a new violin concerto in D Minor +(Frederic Cliffe), composed <a name="page473"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 473</span>expressly for the Festival, and +conducted by the composer, and the dramatic cantata +“Fridolin” (A. Randegger), conducted by the +composer. “Elijah” was performed on the morning +of the 8th; and in the evening was produced the poetic cantata, +“Hero and Leander” (Liugi Mancinelli), composed +expressly for the Festival, and conducted by the composer. +On the morning of the 9th was performed the sacred trilogy, +“Redemption” (Gounod); and in the evening, overture, +“Leonora,” No. 9 (Beethoven); Irish ballad for chorus +and orchestra, “Phaudrig Crohoore” (C. V. Stanford), +first time of performance, and conducted by the composer; suite +in D Minor (Edward German), conducted by the composer; and Act 3, +“Lohengrin” (Wagner). The principal +<i>artistes</i> were Madame Albani, Miss Gertrude Izard, Madame +Ella Russell, Miss Katherine Fisk, Miss Sarah Berry, Mr. Edward +Lloyd, Mr. Reginald Brophy, Mr. Ben Davies, Mr. Watkin Mills, Mr. +J. H. Brockbank, Mr. Andrew Black, and M. Tivadar Nachez +(violin). Mr. Alberto Randegger was conductor. The +receipts amounted to £5,191 17s. 2d., and the payments to +£4,738 4s. 7d. Of the balance £200 was +allocated to the local charities.</p> +<p>7.—The Prince of Wales visited Norwich on the occasion +of the Musical Festival. Princess Louise, who with the +Marquis of Lorne, was staying at Sheringham as the guest of Lord +and Lady Battersea, arrived at Thorpe Station at 11.45, and +awaited the arrival of the Royal train from Wolferton. The +Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of +York, arrived at twelve o’clock, and was received by Lord +Suffield, who presented to their Royal Highnesses the Mayor and +Mayoress and the Sheriff. Joined by Princess Louise the +Royal party drove to St. Andrew’s Hall, where they were +received by Mr. F. Oddin Taylor, honorary secretary to the +Festival Committee, Mr. H. C. Bolingbroke, chairman of the +Orchestral Committee, and Mr. C. R. Gilman, Deputy-Mayor and +chairman of the Committee of Management. During an interval +their Royal Highnesses were entertained to luncheon by the Mayor +in the old Crypt of the Friars of the Sack; and at the conclusion +of the performance they proceeded to the County Club. The +Duke and Duchess of York and Princess Louise afterwards drove to +the Cathedral, where they were received by the Dean, and had +afternoon tea at the Deanery; and the Prince of Wales attended a +Masonic gathering at the Agricultural Hall, where his Royal +Highness unveiled a bust of Lord Suffield, presented to his +lordship to mark the conclusion of his twenty years of office as +Provincial Grand Master. His Royal Highness subsequently +visited the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, and +proceeded to the Deanery. The Royal visitors afterwards +dined at the County Club, and attended the evening performance at +St. Andrew’s Hall. They left early, the Prince of +Wales and the Duke and Duchess of York for Sandringham, and +Princess Louise for Overstrand.</p> +<p>9.—Princess Louise, accompanied by the Marquis of Lorne, +M.P., arrived at Norwich from Cromer, and proceeding to the High +School for Girls distributed the prizes.</p> +<p>11.—A memorial service was held at Norwich Cathedral on +the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury. “The late +Archbishop’s sister, Miss Benson, was for some years +head-mistress of the Norwich High School for Girls when that +institution had its home in St. Giles’ Street at the house +now occupied by Sir Peter Eade.”</p> +<p><a name="page474"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +474</span>16.—Died at Norwich, Mr. William Alexander +Delaselle Eden, better known as William Herbert, the actor. +Before adopting the stage as a profession he held a commission in +the 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment. His remains +were interred at West Runton.</p> +<p>17.—A recommendation by the Norfolk Highways Committee +that the management of main roads in the county should in future +be imposed upon the District Councils constituted therein, was +rejected by the Norfolk County Council by 44 votes against +20.</p> +<p>21.—The first celebration of the anniversary of +Trafalgar was observed in Norwich, on the initiation of the Navy +League, by the decoration of the Nelson statue in the Cathedral +Close.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>9.—Mr. Charles Rackham Gilman was elected Mayor and Mr. +Henley Curl appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>18.—It was reported at a meeting of the Norwich Town +Council that plans had been deposited at the Town Clerk’s +office for a proposed tramway scheme. At a meeting of the +Council on December 15th it was stated that another scheme had +been introduced, and was known as the Norwich and District Light +Railways. Its object was to bring into closer connection +with the city the outlying hamlets of Costessey, Thorpe St. +Andrew, Trowse Newton, and Eaton, and plans had been deposited by +the New General Traction Company, Limited. Both schemes +were referred to committee. (<i>See</i> January 19th, +1897.)</p> +<p>21.—The Duke of York, as president of the Norfolk and +Norwich Christmas Show Association, arrived at Norwich and +visited the exhibition of the association at the Agricultural +Hall. His Royal Highness, on leaving the show, had luncheon +with Mr. Colman, at Carrow Abbey, and in the afternoon left +Trowse station for Sandringham.</p> +<p>25.—At a meeting of the Norwich Board of Guardians a +deputation was appointed to visit towns where the rate-books were +made out in street older, and to obtain information upon the +subject of an improved method of collecting the rates. This +important matter, originally introduced by Mr. William Coke Gee, +resulted in the adoption of a system by which the rate-books were +made out in street order, the daily collection of rates +introduced, the rate collectors’ districts redistributed, +and the half-yearly collection ended in March and September.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Hill House, Mill Hill Road, Norwich, Mr. +Thomas Ballan Stead, permanent secretary of the Ancient Order of +Foresters. Mr. Stead came from Dundee on the removal of the +headquarters of the society to Norwich. Prior to his +election as secretary to the Foresters, Mr. Stead was engaged in +journalism, and devoted himself mainly to studying questions +affecting the social well-being of the artizan classes.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Mr. Bancroft, the actor, gave a reading of Charles +Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, in aid of the Blind School and the +Norwich Lying-in Charity.</p> +<p><a name="page475"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +475</span>9.—A regimental ball given at St. Andrew’s +Hall, Norwich, by Colonel Rough and officers of the 7th Dragoon +Guards.</p> +<p>12.—Mr. Caleb Barker was elected secretary to the +Norfolk Agricultural Association in place of Mr. James Bacon, +resigned.</p> +<p>14.—A poll was opened for the election of a vicar for +the parish of St. Andrew, Norwich. The candidates were the +Rev. A. G. Copeman, son of the late vicar, the Rev. S. A. D. +Suffling, and the Rev. R. Middleton. Mr. Copeman received +170 votes, Mr. Suffling 129, and Mr. Middleton 46.</p> +<p>28.—Died at Park Lane, Norwich, Mr. Manning Prentice +Squirrell, aged 61. He was a son of Mr. Robert Squirrell, +of Stowmarket, and head of the firm of Squirrell and Utting, +merchants. In 1887 Mr. Squirrell was returned as a Liberal +member of the Norwich Town Council, but dissented from his party, +and at a subsequent election was defeated at the poll. A +well informed man, he took great interest in economic and fiscal +questions, and was an active member of the Norwich Science Gossip +Club.</p> +<h3>1897.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>19.—The Norwich Town Council ordered a petition to be +presented to Parliament against a scheme for the construction of +electric tramways in the city. This course was adopted not +in a hostile spirit, but with the object of making the best terms +possible for the citizens. On February 9th the Corporation +gave its consent to the Tramways Bill then before Parliament, and +on February 23rd a petition signed by nearly 23,500 inhabitants +of the city was presented to the Town Council, asking them to +support the projected electric tramways as distinct from the +proposed scheme of light railways. The Parliamentary and +By-laws Committee on April 13th reported that they had considered +side by side the merits and proposals of the New General Traction +Company, Limited, to construct electric tramways in the city and +Thorpe, and of the British Electric Traction Company, Limited, to +construct light railways in the city and district, and were of +opinion that the interests of the city would be best served by +making an arrangement with the former company. It was +understood that the company had given an undertaking to withdraw +their Bill from Parliament at any time upon the request of the +Corporation. On April 23rd the Council adopted the +following motion:—“(a) To enable the New General +Traction Company, Limited, to carry their Bill through Parliament +if terms can be arranged with the company satisfactory to the +committee, for the construction of electric tramways in the city; +(b) to oppose the application of the British Electric Traction +Company, Limited, for an order by the Light Railway Commissioners +authorising the company to construct light railways in the city +and adjoining districts; (c) that the committee be authorised to +take such action and incur such costs as may in their opinion be +necessary to carry out the above resolutions.” On May +31st the Norwich Electric Tramways Bill was considered by a +Select Committee of the House <a name="page476"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 476</span>of Commons, and it was announced +that all opposition had been withdrawn; and on July 20th it was +stated that the Bill had passed through the House of Commons and +been read a second time in the House of Lords. (<i>See</i> +February 5th, 1898.)</p> +<p>19.—The resignation of Mr. Robert Hitchman, of the +office of Chief Constable, which he had held for 38 years, was +received by the Norwich Town Council, who granted him a retiring +pension of £273 6s. 8d.</p> +<p>—The Norwich Town Council accepted the offer of Messrs. +Gurneys and Co. to present to the Corporation a set of civic +robes.</p> +<p>22.—The roads in many parts of the county were rendered +impassable by snowdrifts; the river traffic between Norwich and +Yarmouth was impeded by ice, and in the stormy weather which +prevailed much damage was occasioned to the Yarmouth fishing +fleet and coast-bound vessels.</p> +<p>23.—A public meeting convened by the Lord-Lieutenant of +the county (the Earl of Leicester) and the Mayor (Mr. C. R. +Gilman) was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, to decide upon the +method of celebrating locally the Diamond Jubilee of her Majesty +the Queen. The Dean of Norwich moved “That +subscriptions be invited in order to raise a sum of money, to be +called the Diamond Jubilee Fund, for the purpose of building a +new Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children, it being the strong +feeling of the meeting that no memorial could be found more +typical of the tender sympathy and interest ever shown by her +Majesty in the sufferings and needs of her people.” +Viscount Coke seconded the resolution, and a committee was +appointed to raise the fund. (<i>See</i> March 15th, +1898.)</p> +<p>25.—At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Cave, +Henry Greaves Corsbie (37), clerk, pleaded guilty to feloniously +endorsing and uttering a banker’s cheque for the payment of +£31 12s. 1d. with intent to defraud the Norfolk and Norwich +Savings Bank on July 15th, 1893, and was sentenced to seven +years’ penal servitude. The prisoner had been guilty +of frauds extending over a period of ten years.</p> +<p>—John George Foster (35) was indicted at the Norwich +Assizes, before Mr. Justice Cave, for the wilful murder of Alice +Maria Newby, at 60, Pottergate Street, Norwich, on December 8th, +1896. He was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to +penal servitude for life.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>2.—The Girls’ Home in Botolph Street, Norwich, +established by the Board of Guardians with the object of removing +young children from workhouse surroundings, was opened by the +Mayor (Mr. C. R. Gilman).</p> +<p>6.—A sudden thaw accompanied by heavy rain caused +extensive floods in low-lying districts of the county. +Great alarm was occasioned in Norwich by the rising of the Wensum +and the flooding of premises in Heigham Street. The waters +subsided on the 7th.</p> +<p>7.—Died at Luxor, Egypt, Mr. Alan Cozens-Hardy Colman, +aged 30, son of Mr. J. J. Colman, of Carrow House, Norwich. +Mr. Colman, who was a member of the Norfolk County Council, was +of a studious disposition, and applied himself to +mechanics. Although in affluent circumstances he +voluntarily became a pupil at the Stratford works <a +name="page477"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 477</span>of the +Great Eastern Railway Company, was for a number of years an +active confrere of the workmen employed there, adapted himself to +their conditions of labour, and made himself generally +popular.</p> +<p>11.—Died at Hackford Hall, Reepham, Georgina Frances +Amy, widow of Mr. John Collyer, and eldest daughter of Sir +William Johnston, of that ilk, of Hilton House, Woodside, +Aberdeen. Mrs. Collyer, who was in her 92nd year, was at +the time of Wellington’s great campaign being educated at +Brussels, where her parents resided, and were among the guests +who attended the Duchess of Richmond’s ball on the night +before Waterloo. She had a vivid recollection of June 15th, +1815. With her younger sisters, she in the early dawn +watched from the windows of her parents’ house the troops +passing to the field. Later in the day the girls attended +school as usual, and soon became aware that the battle had +begun. The servant sent to fetch her from school lost +herself in the crowd, and the children made their way home alone, +groping by the walls and passing through the throng of troops +marching to the field and the thickening stream of prisoners and +wounded returning. On the 17th and 18th she was all day +helping her parents to hand water and wine to the wounded as they +passed the door. Mrs. Collyer had personal recollections of +Mendelssohn, whose wife was long her intimate acquaintance, and +of Spohr, whose playing she had often heard and admired.</p> +<p>18.—The members at Norwich of the National Union of Boot +and Shoe Operatives resolved to go out on strike. On April +17th it was stated “the desertions from the ranks of the +shoe strikers and their return to work have been steady and +persistent during the week, although many hundreds are still +out.” Several charges of intimidation from time to +time occupied the attention of the magistrates. On July +20th the Mayor made an appeal to masters and men to endeavour to +formulate a plan for the settlement of their differences, but +without effect. The strike having lasted six months, a +meeting of the men was held at the Victoria Hall, at which it was +stated that £10,000 had been expended in strike pay, and it +was resolved that the struggle be continued. After lasting +thirty-four weeks the strike came to an end on October 22nd, when +terms were signed by the representatives of the masters and of +the men. The last distribution of strike pay was made on +the 23rd, and the men returned to work on the 25th (St. +Crispin’s Day).</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>5.—Died at his residence in the Close, Norwich, the Rev. +Canon James William Lucas Heaviside. In 1838 he was +professor of mathematics at Haileybury College, in 1843 examiner +in mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of +London, and in 1858 examiner for the Council of Military +Education. He was appointed Canon residentiary of Norwich +Cathedral in 1860, and afterwards became examiner in mathematics +to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, who, when stationed at +Norwich with his regiment, the 7th Hussars, was a frequent +visitor at Canon Heaviside’s residence. Her Majesty +the Queen, to mark her appreciation of his services, presented +him with a massive silver inkstand and a portrait of the +Duke. For many years Canon Heaviside was chairman of the +governors of the Grammar <a name="page478"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 478</span>and Commercial Schools, a trustee of +Norman’s Endowed School, and one of the trustees for the +management of the local charities. When the first Norwich +School Board was formed in 1872 Canon Heaviside was elected +chairman.</p> +<p>6.—The removal of Judge Addison from the Norfolk County +Court Circuit to Southwark, and the appointment of Mr. William +Willis, Q.C., as judge in his place, was announced.</p> +<p>—Died, the Rev. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, LL.D., compiler +of the “Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,” and of other +well-known works. Dr. Brewer, who was nearly 87 years of +age, spent his younger days in Norwich as a teacher in his +father’s school. In 1832 he went to Trinity Hall, +Cambridge, took his degree in Civil Law in 1835, and obtained his +degree as LL.D. in 1844. He was ordained in 1834 in the +diocese of Ely. At the time of his death he was residing +with his son-in-law, the Rev. H. T. Hayman, vicar of Edwinstowe, +Newark.</p> +<p>16.—Died at his London residence, 37, Hyde Park Gardens, +W., the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay, of Thorpe Abbots, +Scole. He was a son of Mr. Robert Kay, of Bury, Lancashire, +and brother Sir J. Kay Shuttleworth. Born January 2nd, +1822, he studied for the law, began his career as law reporter, +and became Queen’s Counsel in 1866. At the General +Election in 1874 he contested Clitheroe in the Liberal interest, +and was defeated. In 1878 he gave up exclusive practice in +Vice-chancellor Bacon’s Court and became a special. +On the retirement of Vice-Chancellor Malins in 1881 Kay was made +a “journeyman judge” of the Chancery Division, and in +that position he remained until the resignation of +Vice-Chancellor Bacon in 1886. In 1890, on the retirement +of Sir Henry Cotton, Mr. Justice Kay was promoted to the Court of +Appeal. He was on the commission of the peace for the +county, and was formerly a chairman of Norfolk Quarter +Sessions.</p> +<p>17.—Sir William Harcourt, leader of the Opposition in +the House of Commons, addressed a meeting of the National Liberal +Federation at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich. The Earl of +Kimberley presided and delivered an address, which elicited +severe strictures from Lord Salisbury in the House of Lords on +March 19th.</p> +<p>21.—Died at the Cheshire Cheese Hotel, Surrey Street, +Strand, when fulfilling a professional engagement in London, Mr. +Mark Knights, chief reporter on the staff of the “Eastern +Daily Press.” Mr. Knights was suffocated by an escape +of gas in his bed-room, and at the inquest the jury returned a +verdict of accidental death. He was the author of several +works on archæological and other subjects. His +“Highways and Byways of Norwich” and “Peeps at +the Past” are regarded as standard works. +Relinquishing the study of antiquarian matters, which by his +skilful treatment interested a wide circle of readers, Mr. +Knights had taken up the work of interpreting Shakespeare in the +light of Scripture, a subject that appealed to a very limited +section. He published in 1893 a book entitled “Hamlet +Interpreted,” which failed to bring him a reputation such +as he achieved by his archæological works. Mr. +Knights was 53 years of age, and had been thirty-five years +engaged on the Press.</p> +<h4><a name="page479"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +479</span>APRIL.</h4> +<p>13.—Mr. Edwin F. Winch, Chief Constable of Truro, was +appointed Chief Constable of Norwich at the salary of £350 +per annum.</p> +<p>14.—Mr. Sydney Cozens-Hardy, clerk to the Norwich School +Board, was presented with an illuminated address by the officials +of the Board on the attainment of his twenty-one years’ +service.</p> +<p>18.—Died at Orford Hill, Norwich, the Rev. William +Frederic Creeny, M.A., F.S.A., aged 72. Mr. Creeny +graduated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1853, and +was soon afterwards ordained. After serving as curate at +St. Mark, Lakenham, he removed to Wellingborough, and +subsequently became chaplain to the Bishop of St. Helena, and +chaplain of St. Leonard and Isle of Ryde, Sydney, where he +remained until 1872. In 1873–4 he was curate of St. +John, Upper Norwood, and in 1876 curate of Soham, +Cambridgeshire. In the latter year he was presented by Lady +Lothian to the living of St. Michael-at-Thorn, Norwich. Mr. +Creeny enriched the transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich +Archæological Society by many valuable contributions +relating to the history of Norwich, and in 1884 he published his +magnificent work on “Monumental Brasses on the Continent of +Europe,” a field of labour “hitherto almost +untilled.” Another scarcely less laborious task was +achieved by the publication by Mr. Creeny, in November, 1891, of +“Illustrations of Incised Slabs.” Mr. Creeny +had visited India, China, and Palestine, and his experiences in +the Holy Land were afterwards published in a small book entitled +“Notes of a Journey to Jerusalem.”</p> +<p>22.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference was opened at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, and concluded on the 23rd. +A special meeting was held on June 10th to discuss the subject of +local taxation as affecting tithe rent-charge.</p> +<p>30.—The Countess of Leicester opened at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, a “Foreign Fair,” in +aid of the building fund of the St. George’s Home for +Working Girls.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Tunbridge Wells, the Very Rev. Edward Meyrick +Goulburn, D.D., formerly Dean of Norwich, aged 79. Born in +London on February 11th, 1818, he was a son of Mr. Serjeant +Goulburn, Q.C., and was educated at Eton, whence he proceeded to +Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained his B.A. degree in +1839. In 1842 he was admitted into deacon’s orders by +Dr. Bagot, Bishop of Oxford, and in the same year was ordained +priest. A Fellow of Merton College, Dr. Goulburn was, on +the elevation of Dr. Tait to the deanery of Carlisle in 1849, +appointed to the head-mastership of Rugby School. He +resigned the post in 1858, and became minister of Quebec Chapel, +St. Marylebone. In 1859 he was nominated by the Bishop of +London to St. John’s, Paddington, and was appointed +prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Upon the deanery +of Norwich becoming vacant in 1866 by the death of the Hon. and +Very Rev. Dean Pellew, who had held it since 1828, Dr. Goulburn +was appointed thereto. He was the author of several +theological works. A learned antiquary, he succeeded Sir +John Boileau, F.S.A. (who died in 1869), as president of the +Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society. He did +much for the restoration <a name="page480"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 480</span>of Norwich Cathedral, and expended +upon the work from his own private means the sum of +£10,000, and raised the further amount of +£4,000. In conjunction with Precentor Symonds, Dean +Goulburn wrote the greater portion of the valuable work +“The Ancient Sculptures in the Roof of Norwich +Cathedral”; and in 1876 published a life of Herbert de +Losinga. One of his last works was the “Life of Dean +Burgon.” Dean Goulburn was also the author of the +“Book of Rugby School.”</p> +<p>24.—The Queen’s birthday was observed at Norwich +by a military review on Mousehold Heath. The 7th Dragoon +Guards, the depôt company of the Norfolk Regiment, the 3rd +Battalion Norfolk Regiment (Militia), and the Artillery and Rifle +Volunteers took part.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—The centenary of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance +Society was celebrated at Norwich. A banquet was held at +St. Andrew’s Hall, under the presidency of Mr. H. S. +Patteson, and was attended by the society’s representatives +from all parts of the world.</p> +<p>10.—At the Norwich Assizes, which commenced on this +date, before Mr. Justice Mathew, John Furness, aged 64, +solicitor, was indicted for fraudulently appropriating to his own +use a deed of mortgage on December 30th, 1887. He was found +guilty, and recommended to mercy on account of his age, and +sentenced to three months’ imprisonment without hard +labour.</p> +<p>16.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Fakenham. Viscount Coke presided +at the public luncheon. The show closed on the 17th.</p> +<p>20.—The celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen +Victoria began at Norwich this day (Sunday) with special +thanksgiving services at the Cathedral, St. Peter Mancroft, and +other churches. On the 21st 125 carcases of sheep and 20 +quarters of beef allotted to Norwich out of the gift sent from +Australia for distribution among the poor in the large towns of +Great Britain, were divided among 1,500 recipients at +Blackfriars’ Hall. The Jubilee day was celebrated on +the 22nd. Early in the morning the bells of St. Peter +Mancroft were rung, and a Royal salute of twenty-one guns fired +on Mousehold Heath by the mounted batteries of the Artillery +Volunteers. Later 9,000 children from the public elementary +schools assembled in the Market Place and sang the National +Anthem, and Mr. George White, Chairman of the School Board, +announced, amid great enthusiasm, that the Queen had conferred +the honour of knighthood upon the Mayor (Mr. C. R. Gilman). +A service of praise and thanksgiving was held at the Cathedral at +11 o’clock, and was attended in state by the Mayor and +Corporation. At noon the Artillery and Rifle Volunteers, +with the depôt company of the Norfolk Regiment, fired a +<i>feu de joie</i> in the Market Place, and at one o’clock +Sir Charles and Lady Gilman held a reception at the Guildhall, +where the company were invited to drink the Queen’s +health. In the afternoon there was a floral procession +through the streets of the city, sports took place on the Earlham +Road Recreation Ground, a “costume” cricket match was +played on the Lakenham ground, and a captive balloon made +frequent ascents from the Cattle Market. In the evening the +city was illuminated, a firework <a name="page481"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 481</span>display was given, on Castle Meadow, +and a bonfire lighted on St. James’s Hill. On the +24th the Mayor and Sheriff gave a dinner at St. Andrew’s +Hall to upwards of 1,000 of the aged poor, and in the evening Sir +Charles and Lady Gilman held a brilliant reception at the Castle +Museum. The Jubilee was observed at Yarmouth, Lynn, +Thetford, and at all towns and villages in the county.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>16.—The Wild-Collins voting apparatus, for expediting +and facilitating voting at Parliamentary and Municipal elections, +invented by Mr. Edward Wild and Mr. A. E. Collins, City Engineer, +was exhibited at the Municipal offices, Norwich.</p> +<p>17.—Died at Old Buckenham, Mr. William Thomas Simpson, +in his 67th year. A native of Bury St. Edmund’s, +where his father was master of the Grammar School, he was the +senior partner of the old established firm of Salter and Simpson, +auctioneers and valuers. Mr. Simpson had great practical +knowledge of agriculture, and was an excellent breeder and judge +of cattle.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>2.—The proceedings of the High Court of the Ancient +Order of Foresters opened at the Agricultural Hall, +Norwich. The delegates had been received on July 31st by +Sir Charles and Lady Gilman at St. Andrew’s Hall. A +<i>fête</i> took place at Catton Park on the 2nd, and a +garden party was given at Hellesdon House by Sir Harry and Lady +Bullard on the 3rd.</p> +<p>3.—A fire occurred on Ringland Hills. It extended +over an area of between seven and eight acres, and destroyed many +trees in the adjoining plantation.</p> +<p>6.—Great damage was done by a fire which occurred at +Cullingford’s paper mills, St. Martin’s Plain, +Norwich.</p> +<p>12.—Relays of cyclists belonging to the four battalions +of the Norfolk Volunteer Infantry Brigade, conveyed a message +from Lynn to Yarmouth, <i>viâ</i> Norwich and Brandon, and +back, a distance of 162 miles in 12 hours 55 minutes. The +cyclists carried their usual equipment, which included rifle and +bayonet, water bottle, and haversack.</p> +<p>—A fire occurred on premises in Denmark Street, Diss, +and caused damage estimated at £6,000.</p> +<p>18.—The Mayor of Norwich (Sir Charles R. Gilman) +received honour of knighthood at the hands of the Queen at +Osborne House.</p> +<p>20.—The Wayside Chapel at Houghton St. Giles’ was +opened. The building, which had been used at a barn, is an +interesting example of the transition from the Decorated to the +Perpendicular style. It was built about 1380, and had +become by purchase the property of Miss Boyd, of Kilburn, a +wealthy Roman Catholic lady, who undertook its restoration. +A party of “pilgrims” from London formed a procession +at Walsingham, and headed by a crucifix and lighted tapers, and +attended by a priest, walked to the chapel, where a private +service was held.</p> +<p><a name="page482"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +482</span>31.—The China Cup, won at the Bisley meeting by a +team of Norfolk Volunteers, was ceremoniously handed over to the +custody of the Mayor (Sir Charles R. Gilman) at the Castle +Museum, Norwich. The Cup was first won by Norfolk in +1877.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Gressenhall Workhouse, Peter Pentney, in his +101st year. He was a native of Mattishall, and +“unlike most reputed centenarians he was able to produce a +duly certified copy of his baptismal register.”</p> +<p>4.—A waterspout occurred off Cromer in wet and stormy +weather. It struck the trawler Strive about six miles +south-west of Smith’s Knoll. The vessel was turned on +her beam ends, and considerably damaged. The waterspout, +which towered above the mast of the trawler, travelled at a rapid +rate, and in three minutes was out of sight.</p> +<p>8.—Died at Park Lane, Norwich, Mr. James Spilling, +editor of the “Eastern Daily Press.” Mr. +Spilling was a native of Ipswich, where he was born in 1825, and +came to Norwich in 1863 to fulfil an engagement on the +“Norfolk News.” He was the author of a series +of sketches in the East Anglian vernacular illustrative of rural +life and humour; his more solid work was devoted to the +exposition of the philosophy and theology of Swedenborg, in whose +teachings Mr. Spilling had a sincere belief. These books +included “The Evening and Morning,” “Amid the +Corn,” “Among the Flowers,” “The Wreath +and the Ring,” and “Our Society.”</p> +<p>13.—Died at 35, King Street, Norwich, Mr. William Philip +Barnes Freeman, aged 84. He was the eldest son of Mr. +William Freeman, Mayor of Norwich in 1843, and received his early +education under Capt. Bailey, at Hellesdon. Afterwards he +went to the Yarmouth Academy under the Rev. Mr. Bowles, where he +obtained lessons in drawing from John Sell Cotman, and his +education was completed at Norwich Grammar School under +Valpy. His art studies were continued under Cotman for +water colour and under T. B. Ladbrooke for oil painting, and he +was intimate with David Cox, Stark, Henry Bright, Vincent, and +other artists of his day. Mr. Freeman was a contributor to +the exhibitions of the Royal Academy and of the Royal Society of +Artists. His grandfather, Jeremiah Freeman, his father, and +his uncle, Philip Barnes, were all members of the old Norwich +Society of Artists founded by Old Crome.</p> +<p>20.—A Military and Naval Exhibition was opened at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, by Colonel Burton, commanding the 9th +Regimental District.</p> +<p>23.—Mr. Paynton Pigott, Chief Constable of Norfolk, was +presented by the officers and men of the County Constabulary with +a gift of silver plate on the occasion of the seventeenth +anniversary of his election to the office.</p> +<p>25.—At the Shirehall, Norwich, was unveiled by Mr. R. T. +Gurdon a portrait of Mr. Clare Sewell Read, subscribed for by the +county in acknowledgment of his valuable services in the +interests of agriculture. The portrait, which was painted +by J. J. Shannon, R.A., was afterwards hung at the Castle +Museum.</p> +<h4><a name="page483"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +483</span>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>15.—A special Church mission commenced at Norwich and +was concluded on the 29th.</p> +<p>18.—St. Clement’s churchyard, Norwich, laid out as +a public garden by the Norwich Playing Fields and Open Spaces +Society, was opened by the Mayor (Sir Charles R. Gilman).</p> +<p>24.—Died, at Oberlin House, St. Leonard’s Road, +Ealing, in his 90th year, the Rev. John Stoughton, D.D. The +son of a Norwich solicitor he was born in the parish of St. +Michael-at-Plea, and was for sixty-five years in the +Congregational ministry. Among his literary works was his +book entitled “Recollections of a Long Life.”</p> +<p>—Died at Cranley Place, London, Mr. Francis Turner +Palgrave, formerly Professor of Poetry at Oxford. The +eldest son of Sir Francis Palgrave, he was born at Great Yarmouth +in 1824, and was educated at the Charterhouse and at Balliol +College, Oxford, where he was a scholar. In 1847 he took +his degree with a first in Classics, and was elected to a +Fellowship at Exeter College. From 1850 to 1855 he was +Vice-Principal of the training college at Kneller Hall, and after +acting as secretary to Earl Granville, became assistant secretary +to the Committee of the Privy Council on Education.</p> +<p>26.—A serious outbreak of typhoid fever was reported at +Lynn; and by December 18th 440 cases and 43 deaths had +occurred. The disease was occasioned by the impurity of the +water supply, and it was stated that at least 75 per cent. of the +cases could be traced to the drinking of unboiled water.</p> +<p>—Mr. T. Richmond Pinder resigned the head-mastership of +King Edward VI. Middle School, Norwich, to which he was appointed +in 1862. Mr. William Robert Gurley, M.A., of the Perse +Grammar School, Cambridge, was on February 8th, 1898, elected to +fill the vacancy.</p> +<p>—Died at Old Lakenham, Norwich, Mr. Carlos Cooper, +barrister-at-law. He was the second son of Mr. Charles +Cooper, and was born February 12th, 1815. Educated at +Norwich Grammar School he was called to the Bar by the Society of +Lincoln’s Inn in 1839, and was appointed Recorder of +Thetford in 1865. He afterwards became Recorder of +King’s Lynn, was placed on the commission of the peace for +the city of Norwich in 1873, and shortly afterwards appointed +judge of the Guildhall Court of Record on the death of Mr. +Nathaniel Palmer.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—At Terrington Petty Sessions, the Norfolk and Norwich +Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals instituted +proceedings against two persons for cruelty to 130 geese by +plucking them alive on October 4th and 5th. Remarkable +statements were made in the course of the hearing. The +practice, it was said, was not uncommon a quarter of a century +previously, but it had since ceased except in remote +localities. Evidence was given to the effect that the +process was unquestionally barbarous and cruel. A witness +for the defence, who described himself as a “goose +puller,” stated that for twenty <a name="page484"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 484</span>years he had plucked 1,500 live +geese annually, and 5,000 or 6,000 were so plucked every year in +his village. It was the custom to pluck the same birds four +times a year—first on June 18th, and afterwards at +intervals of three weeks; and every goose so plucked weighed two +pounds more at Christmas than those which had not been plucked, +and the flesh was of better quality. The magistrates +dismissed the cases.</p> +<p>4.—Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, +addressed a large meeting of the Conservative party at the +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, at which Lord Amherst of Hackney +presided. Mr. Balfour stayed at Catton Park, as the guest +of Mr. S. Gurney Buxton.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. Clement Charles Rix Spelman was elected Mayor and +Mr. Alfred Haldinstein appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>16.—The new Royal Hotel, erected on the site of Messrs. +Foster and Burroughes’ offices and of a stonemason’s +yard and other premises on Bank Plain, Norwich, was opened by a +public luncheon at which Mr. Blofeld, chairman of the Directors, +presided. The building was designed by Mr. E. T. Boardman, +of the firm of Messrs. Boardman and Son, and the contractor was +Mr. John Youngs.</p> +<p>28.—A severe gale visited the eastern coast, and +continued on the 29th. At Yarmouth a high sea flooded the +Beach Gardens, and the river overflowed its banks, and entered +private houses, offices, and warehouses on the Quay. At +Cromer a portion of the jetty was washed away, and at Horsey +serious breaches were made in the sea wall and thousands of acres +of salt marshes submerged. The fishermen and others on the +coast sustained great damage, and a fund was opened by the Mayor +of Norwich for their relief. On December 30th Capt. +Vereker, the professional adviser to the Harbour Department of +the Board of Trade, held an inquiry at the King’s Arms Inn, +Martham, for the purpose of receiving suggestions as to the best +methods of preventing future encroachments.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>7.—The Norwich Town Council elected Mr. Ernest Edward +Wild, barrister-at-law, judge of the Guildhall Court of Record, +in place of Mr. Carlos Cooper, deceased.</p> +<p>22.—Died at 14, Trinity Street, Norwich, Mr. William +Hunter, aged 77. He was a native of Bury St. +Edmund’s, was elected Mayor of Norwich in 1881, and +appointed a justice of the peace in 1893.</p> +<p>26.—Died at Belper, the Rev. Edwin Augustus Hillyard, +vicar of Christ Church, in that town. He was formerly +rector of St. Lawrence, Norwich, and the pioneer of ritualistic +observances in the churches of the city. “Mr. +Hillyard was the first to have celebrations for the departed, and +they have been held in one church or another in Norwich ever +since.”</p> +<p>27.—A disastrous fire occurred at Lynn, and caused +destruction of tradesmen’s stock and property of the value +of £150,000. It originated on the premises of Messrs. +Jermyn and Perry and Jermyn and Son, wholesale and retail drapers +and furniture and general warehousemen.</p> +<h3><a name="page485"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +485</span>1898.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>14.—At Aylsham County Court, before Judge Willis, Q.C., +was tried the action Astley and Wyrley-Birch <i>v.</i> +MacLean. The plaintiffs sought to recover £50 damages +from the defendant, who was master of the Baconsthorpe Harriers, +for trespassing upon their lands and for disturbing game +thereon. The defence was that a fair but unsuccessful +attempt had been made to prevent the hounds from getting into the +cover, and as soon as possible they were drawn out. The +jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, damages £1, and +stated that in their opinion the trespass was +unintentional. Under the circumstances his Honour refused +to grant an injunction to restrain the defendant from committing +similar trespasses.</p> +<p>23.—Honingham church, restored by the Hon. Ailwyn +Fellowes, M.P., as a memorial of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen +Victoria, was opened.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Catton, Mr. Donald Steward, eldest son of +Mr. Timothy Steward, and a member of the firm of Messrs. Steward, +Patteson, Finch, and Co. He was appointed to the office of +Sheriff of Norwich, in 1878, and was formerly a captain, in the +Norwich Battalion of Rifle Volunteers.</p> +<p>29.—A great fire took place at Press’s mills, +Great Yarmouth, and resulted in the destruction of property to +the amount of £20,000.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at the Mount, Thorpe Hamlet, Mrs. Hannah +Elizabeth Jarrold, widow of Mr. Thomas Jarrold. She was the +author of the popular “Household Tracts,” and was for +many years an active worker amongst the poor.</p> +<p>5.—At the Guildhall Police-court, Norwich, Mr. Edmund +Reeve, on behalf of the Norwich Electric Tramways Company, +applied to the justices, under the Lands Clauses Consolidation +Act, for a magistrates’ certificate that the capital of the +company had been subscribed. The capital was stated to be +£240,000, and 50 per cent. thereof had been paid up. +The application was granted. The work of laying the +tramways was commenced on the Earlham and Thorpe routes on June +22nd. (<i>See</i> April 19th, 1900.)</p> +<p>8.—Mr. Edward Wild was elected leader of the +Conservative party in Norwich in place of Mr. H. S. Patteson, +resigned.</p> +<p>11.—A great sale of shire horses, the property of the +Prince of Wales, was conducted at Wolferton by Messrs. Sexton, +Grimwade, and Beck. Fifty-four lots averaged £224 7s. +9d., and the sale realised £12,117. The +three-year-old filly, Sea Breeze, was bought by Sir Blundell +Maple for 1,150 guineas.</p> +<p>22.—A shocking boat disaster occurred at +Wells-next-the-Sea. Five members of the coastguard were +drowned through the capsizing of their boat, and five men of the +crew of the gig of H.M.S. torpedo boat Alarm, Sub-Lieutenant +William Lowther, lost their lives through a like mishap. +The second disaster, which was discovered when search <a +name="page486"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 486</span>was being +made for the missing coastguard, was the indirect outcome of the +first; for when the coastguard boat did not arrive in response to +the Alarm’s signals to take off stores intended for use at +the Wells coastguard station, it was decided on board the Alarm +to launch the gig and execute the commission.</p> +<p>22.—Mr. Arthur F. Gentry, borough accountant of +Colchester, was appointed City Accountant of Norwich, at the +salary of £400 per annum.</p> +<p>—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, it was +decided that the Norwich City Waterworks Bill, 1898, be referred +to the Law and Parliamentary Committee with the object of +obtaining powers in the Bill for the Corporation to purchase the +Waterworks. The Bill, which was promoted by the City of +Norwich Waterworks Company for raising additional capital and for +obtaining powers to make additional works, came before a Select +Committee of the House of Commons on March 15th. The +committee stipulated that the proposed new capital should be +reduced from £100,000 to £60,000, and the borrowing +powers to £15,000, which with the unused capital and stock +would give the company £90,000. On October 18th the +Law and Parliamentary Committee reported that having regard to +the importance and magnitude of the acquisition of the +undertaking by the Corporation, and the limited time within which +steps must be taken to promote a Bill in the next session of +Parliament, they recommended that further action be delayed until +next year. The recommendation was adopted.</p> +<p>24.—A party of members of the Norfolk and Norwich +Archæological Society visited Tasburgh for the purpose of +viewing a site known as the Chapel Piece, where a quantity of +ancient human remains had been unearthed. “There is +little doubt that the site was used as a burial-ground by the +inhabitants of the Roman station over the river upon the adjacent +hill, in the enclosure of which the present church of Tasburgh +stands.”</p> +<p>25.—Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explorer, delivered at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, his lecture entitled “Across +the Polar Region.”</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>5.—Died at his residence, South Kensington, Mr. Edmund +Tattersall, head of the well-known firm of horse +auctioneers. Mr. Tattersall was born at Sculthorpe, neap +Fakenham, in 1816, and at an early age went to London to assist +his uncle, whom he succeeded as sole partner in 1858.</p> +<p>12.—The freehold of the old Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, it +was announced, had been purchased for £9,500, by a +syndicate who proposed to erect upon the site a modern theatre to +be called “The Norwich Opera House and Theatre of +Varieties,” at an estimated cost of between £25,000 +and £30,000. On the 19th particulars were published +of another new theatre to be erected upon a site south of Prince +of Wales Road. Plans of both the proposed theatres were +prepared and were approved by the Corporation. In due +course the foundations of the first-named theatre were laid, +after which the work came to an abrupt termination.</p> +<p>15.—At a special meeting of the governors of the Jenny +Lind Infirmary, at Norwich, plans for the new building were +adopted, and an offer made by Mr. J. J. Colman to purchase such +portion of the <a name="page487"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +487</span>old infirmary premises as would not be required for the +out-patient department, for presentation to the city as a +playground for children, was accepted. (<i>See</i> December +13th.)</p> +<p>18.—Died at Upper Norwood, aged 78, Mr. Frederic +Grimmer, formerly of Haddiscoe, who was appointed Sheriff of +Norwich in 1871.</p> +<p>—Died at St. Moritz, the Engadine, the Rev. Thomas Parry +Garnier, rector of Banham, and honorary canon of Norwich. +Born February 22nd, 1841, he was the second son of the Very Rev. +Thomas Garnier, Dean of Lincoln, and one of the most +distinguished clergymen in the diocese of Norwich. He was +the author of “The Parish Church,” “The Title +Deeds of the Church of England,” “Church and +Dissent,” “A Story in Outline of the Church of +England,” “The First Book of Worship,” +“The First and Second Book of Church Principles,” +“The First Book on the Church,” &c. Both at +Winchester College and Oxford University he greatly distinguished +himself in scholastic work and in sport. In 1858 and 1859 +he played with the Winchester team against Eton, and for four +years, from 1860 to 1863, did admirable service for his +University in the matches with Cambridge. He also played in +1861 with the Gentlemen of England in their match with the +Players. Canon Garnier married in 1873 the Hon. Louisa +Warren Vernon, daughter of the fifth Lord Vernon.</p> +<p>25.—St. Paul’s church, Great Yarmouth, was +consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>29.—Died at the Great Hospital, Norwich, Susan Rope, +aged 101 years five months. She was a native of Earl Soham, +and had been upon the foundation of the Hospital since October +31st, 1865.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>7.—Died at Cringleford, Mr. Henry Staniforth +Patteson. He was a son of Mr. John S. Patteson, and was +born in November, 1816. For more than thirty years he was +an alderman of Norwich, was appointed Sheriff in 1858, and in +1862 was elected Mayor. He was actively identified with the +Norwich Rifle Volunteers for more than a quarter of a century, +and retired with the rank of major, and he succeeded Col. Bignold +as leader of the Conservative party in the city.</p> +<p>—Mr. Samuel Hoare, M.P., and Mrs. Hoare, in a letter to +the Dean of Norwich on this date, the thirty-second anniversary +of their wedding day, offered to defray the whole cost of +removing from the walls, columns, and other portions of the nave +of the Cathedral the thick coating of whitewash which for +centuries had defaced and obscured the masonry. Shortly +afterwards was initiated the fund for the provision of a new +organ for the Cathedral. (<i>See</i> May 25th, 1899.)</p> +<p>13.—Sir Charles R. Gilman was presented by the district +managers and inspectors of the Norwich and London Accident +Insurance Association with a piece of silver plate weighing 150 +ozs., “as a mark of their esteem and to commemorate the +honour conferred upon him by the Queen during the second term of +his mayoralty of the city.”</p> +<p>14.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference opened at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, and was concluded on the +15th.</p> +<p><a name="page488"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +488</span>18.—A Missionary Loan Exhibition was opened at +the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, by the Countess of Leicester, in +celebration of the jubilee of the Church Missionary +Society. It was closed on the 23rd.</p> +<p>23.—Notice was published of an intended application to +the Light Railway Commissioners for powers to construct a light +railway from Trowse, <i>viâ</i> Arminghall, Brooke, and +Loddon, to Beccles. On July 12th Lord Jersey, chairman of +the Light Railway Commission, and Col. Boughey, R.E., C.S.I., sat +at the Shirehall, Norwich, for the purpose of receiving +information on the subject. It was stated that the length +of the proposed line would be 17½ miles; the capital to be +authorised by the Bill was £100,000, with borrowing powers +for £33,000, and Sir Douglas Fox, consulting engineer, +stated that the contractor would be able to construct the line +for £93,000.</p> +<p>27.—Mr. John Cross tendered his resignation of the +office of Clerk to the Norwich Board of Guardians, and on May +25th Mr. E. R. Woodward was elected to fill the vacancy.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>7.—Died at Kirkley, Lowestoft, Mr. Robert Hitchman, +formerly Chief Constable of Norwich, aged 72. He was +appointed Chief Constable on March 24th, 1859, and retired on +April 30th, 1897.</p> +<p>12.—Polling took place in the Southern Division of the +county in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Francis Taylor +(Liberal Unionist). The candidates were Mr. J. Sancroft +Holmes, of Gawdy Hall, Harleston (Conservative), and Mr. A. W. +Soames, architect, of London (Liberal). The poll was +declared at the Shirehall, Norwich, on the 13th: Soames, 4,626; +Holmes, 3,296.</p> +<p>19.—Intelligence was received in Norwich of the death of +Mr. Gladstone. Both political parties paid becoming respect +to the memory of the deceased statesman. Resolutions of +sympathy were passed by the members of the Norwich and Norfolk +Conservative Club and of the Gladstone Club, and on the day of +interment, the 28th, a memorial service, attended by the Mayor +and Corporation, was held at the Cathedral.</p> +<p>24.—The Norwich Town Council considered a report of the +Executive Committee containing recommendations for the alteration +of the names of various streets and roads in the city. The +report, with certain modifications and amendments, was adopted at +a subsequent meeting.</p> +<p>26.—A new Voluntary school for the accommodation of 400 +boys, erected on Hall Road, Lakenham, by the supporters of Church +education in Norwich at the cost of £2,600, was opened by +the Lord Bishop.</p> +<p>27.—Died at Mulbarton, Mr. George Frederick Cooke, +formerly District Registrar of the High Court of Justice, and +Registrar of the County Court, Norwich, in his 80th year. +He was the youngest son of the Rev. William Cooke, vicar of +Bromyard, Herefordshire, and brother of Mr. Cooke, a former judge +of the Norfolk County Court.</p> +<p>28.—The members of the Automobile Club of Great Britain +arrived at Norwich in the course of a Whitsuntide tour through +East Anglia.</p> +<h4><a name="page489"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +489</span>JUNE.</h4> +<p>9.—A verdict of accidental death was returned by a +coroner’s jury at Norwich in the case of Henry Skepworth, a +sergeant in the 7th Dragoon Guards, who died from injuries +received when returning from Wymondham, where a party of +non-commissioned officers and men of the regiment had given a +military display at the athletic sports. It was +subsequently announced that “certain irregularities having +lately occurred at sports and other displays in which soldiers +have taken part, and notably in the Colchester district, where a +sergeant met with his death, the Commander-in-Chief has refused +applications for their services on such occasions.”</p> +<p>16.—Mr. Ben Greet’s company gave pastoral +representations of “As You Like It” and “The +Comedy of Errors” at Bracondale Woods in aid of the +endowment fund of the Jenny Lind Infirmary at Norwich.</p> +<p>20.—The railway from North Walsham to Mundesley was +opened for goods traffic. The first passenger trains were +run on July 1st.</p> +<p>21.—The Norwich Corporation Baths at the old Museum +premises, St. Andrew’s Broad Street, were opened by the +Mayor (Mr. C. C. R. Spelman).</p> +<p>—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Hawkins, +Samuel Frederick Steele (27), railway carman, was indicted for +the wilful murder of Thurza Ann Bensley, at Yarmouth, on February +23rd. The jury found him guilty, but considered him insane +when he committed the act, and expressed the hope that he would +be kept in strict custody for the rest of his life. His +lordship said he would add that as a rider to the verdict.</p> +<p>—It was reported at a meeting of the Norwich Town +Council that Messrs. Hughes and Lancaster had completed their +contract, amounting to £21,522 for supplying Shone’s +ejectors, &c., in connection with the sewerage works.</p> +<p>22.—George Watt (44), labourer, was indicted at the +Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Hawkins, for the wilful +murder of his wife, Sophia Watt, at Sprowston, on April 14th, and +was found guilty, and sentenced to death. The execution (by +Billington) took place at Norwich Prison on July 12th.</p> +<p>25.—The championship meeting of the National +Cyclists’ Union was held on the Earlham Road Recreation +Ground, Norwich. The five miles’ professional +championship was won by H. E. Meyers, Dutch Cyclists’ Club, +in 15 minutes 36 1-5th seconds; the five miles’ amateur +championship by A. S. Ingram, Polytechnic Club, in 14 minutes 11 +2-5ths seconds; and the 25 miles’ amateur championship by +H. W. Payne, West Roads Cyclists’ Club, in 1 hour 4 minutes +52 4-5ths seconds.</p> +<p>29.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at King’s Lynn. Sir William +ffolkes, Bart., was deputed by the president, the Duke of York, +to perform his duties at the show in consequence of his Royal +Highness’ absence on naval service. The Duchess of +York arrived from London by special train, and was received at +Lynn railway station by Sir William ffolkes, and at the entrance +to the show ground by the High Sheriff (Mr. Simms Reeve) and the +show officials. Her Royal Highness before returning to +London was entertained <a name="page490"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 490</span>to tea by Lady ffolkes in a marquee +erected on the grounds. The show closed on the 30th.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>9.—Died at Surrey Street, Norwich, Mr. Henry George +Barwell. Born on February 4th, 1829, he was the fourth son +of Mr. John Barwell, and was educated at Hofwyl, near Berne, and +at Norwich Grammar School. He was engaged as private +secretary to Mr. Birkett, brother-in-law of Sir Morton Peto, and +was afterwards employed in the construction of a portion of the +Great Northern Railway between Lincoln and Newark, and on its +completion was sent out to Flensburg as one of the staff in the +making of the Royal Danish Railway. In 1856 he joined the +firm of Barwell and Sons. Taking up the practical study of +art in 1870, he became a frequent exhibitor at the Royal +Institution of Painters in Water Colours; he was one of the +founders of the Norwich Art Circle, and for twenty-five years was +hon. secretary of the Norwich School of Art.</p> +<p>15.—The Norfolk Infantry Volunteer Brigade went into +camp at Colchester under the command of Col. G. S. Burton, +commanding the 9th Regimental District. The four battalions +numbered about 2,000 men.</p> +<p>—The 7th Dragoon Guards left Norwich by train for +Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain, to take part in the cavalry +manœuvres.</p> +<p>25.—In the Court of Appeal, before Lords Justices A. L. +Smith, Rigby, and Vaughan Williams, judgment was given in the +long pending appeal the Corporation of Thetford <i>v.</i> the +County Council of Norfolk. This was an appeal from a +judgment of Mr. Justice Wills. The question was whether in +the case of a borough of not less than 10,000 inhabitants and +having separate courts of Quarter Sessions and Petty Sessions, +the salaries of the recorder and the clerk of the peace, and of +the clerk to the borough justices in Petty Sessions in such +borough, and certain other expenses connected with the Quarter +Sessions and Petty Sessions were transferred from the borough +fund to the county fund. Thetford was a borough containing +a population of less than 10,000, and was situated for +administrative purposes within the county of Norfolk. It +had a separate court of Quarter Sessions presided over by a +recorder, who was paid a salary of £40 per annum, and there +was a clerk of the peace who was paid by fees. Before and +since the Local Government Act of 1888 the salary of the recorder +and the fees (with certain exceptions) of the clerk of the peace +were paid out of the borough fund, and the clerk to the borough +justices was paid a salary out of the same fund. The +plaintiffs contended that by the Act of 1888 the liability for +the expenses was transferred to the defendants, and they claimed +a declaration to that effect, and they further claimed to be +reimbursed the expenses paid by them. There was also a +question raised by cross-appeal as to the payment of the salary +of the clerk of the Petty Sessions. The court dismissed the +appeal, and allowed the cross-appeal.</p> +<p>26.—Dr. J. E. Talmage lectured at Victoria Hall, +Norwich, on “Utah and its People.”</p> +<p>—The Norwich Town Council adopted the report of a +special committee appointed to enquire into the sanitary +condition of the <a name="page491"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +491</span>courts and yards of the city. The effect of the +recommendations was to enforce upon the owners of property the +fulfilment of the provisions of the Public Health Act and the +Norwich Corporation Act of 1889.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—On this date occurred the most serious and +destructive fire that had taken place in Norwich during the +century. At an early hour in the morning the premises of +Mr. Daniel Hurn, rope maker, Dove Street, were discovered to be +on fire. The flames spread southwards to Messrs. Chamberlin +and Sons’ wholesale warehouse, northwards towards +Pottergate Street, and westward to the Public Library. The +premises in which the fire originated, the warehouse, and a +portion of the property on the north were speedily destroyed, and +ultimately the Library building was consumed with its 60,000 +volumes and the valuable Norton library. On August 5th the +Edinburgh public-house, at the corner of Dove Street and +Pottergate Street fell with a crash, and two or three persons +were severely injured.</p> +<p>2.—Died at Scone Palace, near Perth, William David +Murray, fourth Earl of Mansfield, K.T., aged 93. The +deceased nobleman was better known to Norwich politicians of a +by-gone generation as Lord Stormont, who with Sir James Scarlett, +afterwards Lord Abinger, was returned as Conservative member for +the city at the first Parliamentary election after the passing of +the Reform Act. It was not until 1895 that the Conservative +party once more obtained the undivided Parliamentary +representation of Norwich by the return of Mr. Samuel Hoare and +Sir Harry Bullard.</p> +<p>12.—Died at Swaffham, Mr. Herbert William Day, aged 76, +who for upwards of twenty-five years held the office of County +Treasurer, and retired shortly after the passing of the Local +Government Act, 1889.</p> +<p>23.—At the Norwich Police-court, Samuel Matthews, of +Raglan Street, Dereham Road, was charged on eight summonses with +unlawfully using the name and title of doctor and of surgeon, +thereby implying that he was a registered medical +practitioner. The Bench decided that Mr. Matthews, in using +the word “doctor,” did not wilfully and falsely +pretend to be registered as such, and, therefore, dismissed the +case; but they considered there had been an infringement of the +law in the use of the word “surgeon,” for which the +defendant was fined £1, and 12s. costs. At the +Norwich County Court on the 24th Mr. Matthews was sued by the +Master, Wardens, and Society of the Art and Mystery of +Apothecaries of the City of London to recover the sum of +£20 for unlawfully acting as an apothecary by attending, +advising, and supplying medicines to certain persons. A +special jury was empanelled to try the case, which was +admitted. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff society +for £20 and costs. Mr. Matthews was afterwards +presented with a gift of plate weighing 300 ounces, subscribed +for by the citizens as a mark of their esteem and sympathy.</p> +<p>26.—The promises of Messrs. Pinchen and Co., brewers and +mineral water manufacturers at South Creake, were destroyed by +fire. The damage was estimated at £3,000.</p> +<p><a name="page492"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +492</span>28.—The church of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, +was re-opened upon the completion of the work of restoring the +chancel to its original level. This portion of the great +work of restoration was carried out at the expense of an +anonymous donor.</p> +<p>30.—At the Episcopal Consistorial Court, held at Norwich +Cathedral, before Mr. Chancellor Blofeld, was heard an +application for a faculty in which citation had been granted +against the Rev. Robert Middleton, rector of St. +Michael-at-Coslany, Norwich, for illegally, without any faculty +and in spite of remonstrance of William Joseph Simmons, one of +the churchwardens, removing a re-table from its position above +the communion table, and moving from the church certain ornaments +which stood there, namely, a cross of brass, two candlesticks, +and two flower vases, and for refusing to replace them. Mr. +Middleton was cited to appear and show cause why a faculty should +not be granted to the churchwardens directing them to replace the +articles. The faculty was granted as prayed, with costs +against Mr. Middleton.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>1.—A ball was given at Drayton House in celebration of +the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Walter, who were the +recipients of many presents and congratulations. On the 3rd +the workmen employed at the Taverham and Bawburgh mills and the +labourers on the estate were entertained to dinner.</p> +<p>6.—Barnum and Bailey’s great show visited Norwich, +and was located upon a piece of land on Unthank Road. The +performances were repeated on the 7th. Upwards of 42,000 +persons visited the show. (<i>See</i> July 29th, 1899.)</p> +<p>13.—Died at Earlham Road, Norwich, Mr. John William +Sparrow, solicitor, for many years Registrar of the Guildhall +Court of Record.</p> +<p>—The coming of age of Mr. Robert Hamilton Kemp, eldest +son of Sir Kenneth Kemp, Bart., was celebrated at Gissing Old +Hall.</p> +<p>18.—Died at the Clyffe, Corton, Mr. Jeremiah James +Colman, of Carrow House, Norwich, aged 68. Mr. Colman came +of an old family of Norfolk yeomen. One of his ancestors, +Jeremiah Colman, who was born in 1777, established a flour mill +at Bawburgh, and afterwards carried on business at Norwich, +whence he removed to Stoke Holy Cross, where was formed the +nucleus of the great commercial undertaking now existing at +Carrow. The subject of this notice was the son of James +Colman, and was born in 1830. In 1856 he married Caroline, +daughter of Mr. W. H. Cozens-Hardy, of Letheringsett. Mr. +Colman was interested in agricultural pursuits and the breeding +of stock, and his famous herd of red-polls, and equally +well-known flock of Southdowns were for years represented at all +the great shows. Art and literature obtained his attention, +and he collected an unrivalled library of local works at Carrow +Abbey. Mr. Colman embarked largely in commercial +enterprises connected with the Press. With Mr. Jacob Henry +Tillett he was instrumental in founding the “Norfolk +News” and other newspapers published by that company, and +was largely interested in the “Star,” the +“Morning Leader” and the “East Anglian Daily +Times.” In 1862 Mr. Colman was appointed Sheriff of +Norwich, and in 1867 was elected Mayor. He was first +nominated for Parliamentary <a name="page493"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 493</span>honours upon the unseating on +petition of Mr. Tillett in 1871. His Conservative opponent +was Sir Charles Legard, whom he defeated by 1,200 votes. +This was the last election contested by open voting, in +Norwich. At the General Election of 1874 Mr. Tillett, freed +of his disabilities, was nominated as colleague of Mr. Colman; +the Conservative candidates were Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Sir +Henry Stracey, Bart. Mr. Colman and Mr. Huddleston were +returned. The next election took place in 1880, when the +Liberal party once more made a strenuous effort to secure the +return of Mr. Tillett by the aid of Mr. Colman’s +popularity. The Conservative nominees were Mr. Henry Harben +and the Hon. W. F. B. Mainwaring. The Liberals were +returned by an overwhelming majority. At the election of +1885 occurred the first indication of the disasters which were to +befall Liberalism in Norwich. Mr. Harry Bullard was +nominated to oppose Mr. Colman, with whom as second Liberal +candidate was Mr. R. S. Wright. For the first time in his +political career Mr. Colman had to be content with second place, +for Mr. Bullard was returned at the head of the poll with 7,297 +votes, against 6,666 polled by Mr. Colman, and 6,251 by Mr. +Wright. Mr. Bullard was unseated on petition, and it was +stated at the time that Mr. Colman was opposed to the course +taken by his party. Mr. Samuel Hoare was then elected +unopposed in the place of Mr. Bullard. At the General +Election in 1886 Mr. Colman regained his former position at the +head of the poll with 6,295 votes as against 6,156 polled by Mr. +Hoare, who had Mr. C. S. Read as his colleague. This +election was noteworthy as the last occasion upon which Mr. +Tillett was nominated. In 1892 Mr. Colman made his last +appearance as a Parliamentary candidate, and with him was +nominated Mr. James Bedford. Mr. Hoare, Conservative +candidate, was returned by a majority of 311 above Mr. Colman; +and the representation of the city remained thus until the +General Election of 1895, when Mr. Colman retired, and for the +first time in sixty years the Conservative party returned two +members, Mr. Hoare and Sir Harry Bullard. Mr. Colman, who +was one of the greatest benefactors in Norwich, was held in +deserved esteem alike by political friends and opponents, and +many expressions of public regret were recorded. He was +predeceased (on the 15th) by his mother, Mrs. Mary Colman, who +died at Town Close Lodge, in her 93rd year. It was +announced at a meeting of the Norwich Town Council on October +18th that Mr. Colman had bequeathed to the Castle Museum, free of +duty, his collection of oil paintings and water colours by +Norfolk and Norwich artists. The collection was valued at +£5,000.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>16.—Died at Fairstead House, Newmarket, aged 82, Mr. +John F. Clark, the famous racing judge. Mr. Clark was a +native of Norwich, and on leaving school joined his father as a +builder. He afterwards became an architect, and during his +professional career designed many ecclesiastical buildings, and +restored others. He also planned most of the modern grand +stands upon the principal race courses in England. Mr. +Clark was appointed judge by the Jockey Club in 1852, and was the +third member of his family who had held the office, from which he +retired at the close of 1888.</p> +<p><a name="page494"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +494</span>18.—The Norwich Town Council decided to widen Fye +Bridge from 22 feet to 36 feet at the estimated cost of +£1,000, two-fifths of which were payable by the Norwich +Electric Tramways Company.</p> +<p>24.—The National Union of Women Workers of Great Britain +and Ireland opened its annual conference at Prince’s Street +Rooms, Norwich; and on the 27th the Mayor and Mayoress held a +reception at St. Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<p>30.—Died at Lowestoft, Mr. Frederick Elwin Watson, aged +88. He twice served the office of Mayor of Norwich, in +1866–67 and in 1870–71. He was for many years a +warm supporter of the Norwich Church of England Young Men’s +Society.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>8.—Died at Wymondham Vicarage, in his 96th year, the +Rev. Robert Eden, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, +and honorary canon of Norwich Cathedral. He was the author +of several works, including “The Churchman’s +Theological Dictionary,” “Some Thoughts on the +Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures,” “A History of +Preaching,” “The Title Page of the Revised Version of +the Holy Bible,” &c. In his young days Canon Eden +was acquainted with Whately, the famous divine, and was for a +time assistant librarian at the Bodleian Library.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. George Henry Morse was elected Mayor and Mr. +Henry Skelton appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>18.—The Norwich and Norfolk Conservative Club was opened +in its new premises, the Royal Arcade, Norwich. Sir Alfred +Jodrell, Bart., presided on the occasion.</p> +<p>26.—The remarkable recovery of a lost register belonging +to the parish of Gressenhall was reported. “The +books, which dated from 1538 to 1710, were discovered lying on a +shelf in an upper room with a number of other old documents, at +Docking Hall. A certain Hon. Hugh Charles Hare, who was +rector of Docking from 1708 to 1711, was also rector of +Gressenhall, and probably to him may be traced the removal of the +books to Docking, where they had remained for nearly two hundred +years.”</p> +<p>28.—The 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars, arrived by +train at Norwich, from Southampton, where they had disembarked +the same day from the Simla.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>13.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Mr. Edward +Wild moved the adoption of a report of the City Committee +affirming “that the inadequate and unsuitable existing +accommodation for the transaction of the public work of the city +is a hindrance to the proper dispatch of the business, +detrimental to the health of the officials and members of the +Corporation, and disproportionate to and unworthy of the position +and dignity of this important city.” The subject was +referred to a committee to report thereon to the Council. +(<i>See</i> September 5th, 1899.)</p> +<p><a name="page495"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +495</span>13.—The foundation stone of the new Jenny Lind +Infirmary, Unthank Road, Norwich, was laid by Geoffrey R. R. +Colman, son of Mr. Russell J. Colman. In a cavity of the +stone was a brass plate with the following +inscription:—“The Jenny Lind Infirmary was founded +1853; rebuilt 1898, foundation-stone laid by G. R. R. +Colman. Norwich population, 113,000; fastest train to +London 2 hours 37 minutes; electric tramways commenced. +Price of a large sheep 63s.; bricklayers’ wages 7½d. +per hour.” (<i>See</i> June 30th, 1899.)</p> +<p>14.—Died, Mr. Robert Wortley, of Suffield. He was +one of the best known agriculturists in Norfolk, an excellent +judge of stock, and a noted hackney breeder.</p> +<p>24.—Shernbourne church, restored from designs by Mr. +Herbert J. Green, and Sir Arthur Blomfield (consulting +architect), was re-opened. The Prince and Princess of +Wales, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of York, Princess +Victoria of Wales, and Prince Alexander of Teck, attended the +service. The Prince of Wales had taken great interest in +the work, and had subscribed to the restoration fund, which was +raised mainly through the efforts of the rector, the Rev. F. J. +W. Girling.</p> +<p>—A young man named Horace Alfred Cox entered a +café in St. Benedict’s Street, Norwich, and fired +three shots with a revolver at Ellen Parker, one of the +assistants. The bullets missed Parker, and Cox then turned +the weapon upon himself. He sustained injuries to the head, +from which he died shortly after removal to the Norfolk and +Norwich Hospital.</p> +<h3>1899.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—In the list of New Year’s Honours appeared the +name of Mr. Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, of Letton, upon whom her +Majesty had conferred the dignity of peerage. Mr. Gurdon +assumed the title of Baron Cranworth.</p> +<p>5.—Cringleford church, after restoration at the cost of +about £1,400, was re-opened by the Bishop of Norwich.</p> +<p>7.—Died, aged 78, Mr. Samuel Culley, of Grove Avenue, +Norwich, who held the office of City Accountant from 1887 to +1898. He was a son of Mr. Richard Culley, and at an early +age learned farming in order to fit him for Colonial life. +In 1841 he went to New Zealand, but left on the outbreak of the +Maori War, and shipping on board an American whaler obtained the +post of second mate. On the voyage the crew mutinied, and +the captain lost his reason. Mr. Culley put the ringleaders +in irons, took command of the vessel, and brought her to Rhode +Island. On returning to Norwich he set up business as a +corn merchant, and afterwards as a public accountant. He +was identified with the formation of the Norwich Steam Laundry +and Baths Company and the Norwich Omnibus Company.</p> +<p><a name="page496"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +496</span>13.—The Bishop of Norwich acknowledged the +receipt of a memorial signed by 365 clergymen, 123 lay members of +Conference, and 100 magistrates, resident in the diocese, who had +expressed their resolve to strengthen as far as possible the +hands of the bishops in their efforts to check unsound teaching +and to restrain illegal practices in the Church. The +memorial gave rise to much dissatisfaction and to a considerable +amount of acrimonious correspondence in the public Press.</p> +<p>14.—At a meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital it +was announced that Mr. Cadge had subscribed the munificent gift +of £10,000 to the Leicester Perpetual Endowment Fund. +Mr. Cadge had previously presented to the institution an +anonymous gift of £10,000.</p> +<h4>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>3.—Mrs. Garrett Anderson, M.D., delivered a lecture at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, on “The History and Effect +of Vaccination.” The Dean of Norwich presided, and a +committee was formed in order to circulate information on the +subject.</p> +<p>7.—Died at Diss rectory, the Rev. Charles Robertson +Manning, M.A., F.S.A., honorary canon of Norwich Cathedral, rural +dean of Redenhall, and for 42 years rector of Diss, aged +73. Canon Manning was a magistrate for the county, and a +member of the Diss School Board, but he was best known for his +labours in archæology. He published “A List of +Monumental Brasses remaining in England,” and shortly +before his death compiled “A List of Monumental Brasses +omitted by Blomefield.” Canon Manning was a +well-known authority on church plate, and among other subjects +upon which he wrote were church architecture, lecterns, fonts, +heraldry, seals, coins, mediæval patens, and antiquarians +objects of almost every kind.</p> +<p>13.—Mr. Leo Trevor’s play, “Brother +Officers,” which was produced at the Garrick Theatre in +October, 1898, and became one of the successes of the London +season, was performed at Norwich Theatre by Miss Muriel +Wylford’s company.</p> +<p>17.—A “silver cradle”—a massive silver +bowl—was presented to the Mayor of Norwich (Mr. G. H. +Morse) in commemoration of the birth during his Mayoralty of his +son Christopher Charles on November 19th, 1898.</p> +<p>21.—Died at Denver rectory, in his 67th year, the Rev. +James Mourant Du Port, rector of Denver, honorary canon of +Norwich Cathedral, and rural dean. Canon Du Port formerly +held the living of Mattishall, took great interest in educational +work in the diocese, and was one of the secretaries of the +Norwich Diocesan Conference.</p> +<p>23.—It was announced that her Majesty the Queen had been +pleased to approve the appointment of Mr. H. H. Cozens-Hardy, +Q.C., M.P., as one of the justices of the High Court of +Justice.</p> +<p>25.—Died at Marham Hall, aged 73, Mr. Thomas Brown, a +well-known breeder of pedigree sheep and cattle. He was the +originator of the successful gatherings held for so many years at +Marham in celebration of the annual ram letting.</p> +<h4><a name="page497"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +497</span>MARCH.</h4> +<p>3.—Died at Christiania, Mr. Joseph Stanley, who formerly +practised as a solicitor at Norwich. He for several years +represented the First Ward in the Town Council, and on the death +of Mr. Robert Culley was elected County Coroner after an exciting +contest. He it was who served a writ upon the Mayor of +Norwich in the matter of the Town Close Estate, with the result +that the estate, which had long been regarded as the exclusive +property of the freemen, was declared to be a charity. Mr. +Stanley had resided in Norway ten years preceding his death.</p> +<p>4.—Died, Mr. James R. Bulwer, Q.C., one of the Masters +in Lunacy. Mr. Bulwer was the eldest son of the Rev. J. +Bulwer, rector of Hunworth-with-Stody, and was born in +1820. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1847, +and became treasurer in 1880. He took silk in 1865. +From 1861 to 1866 he was Recorder of Ipswich, and from 1866 to +1898 he held the like office at Cambridge. He was also a +justice of the peace for Norfolk, and was one of the chairmen of +Norfolk Quarter Sessions, a post which he resigned on December +31st, 1898. Mr. Bulwer was Conservative member for Ipswich +from 1874 to 1880, and represented Cambridgeshire from 1881 to +1885. From 1873 to 1884 he was lieutenant-colonel of the +Inns of Court Volunteers.</p> +<p>12.—Mrs. Keeley, for many years one of the leading +actresses on the English stage, died at her residence in London, +in her 93rd year. She was a native of Ipswich, and in her +young days, as Miss Annie Goward, was a popular member of the +Norwich Company.</p> +<p>16.—Paderewski, the famous pianist, appeared at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich.</p> +<p>—The election of a member to fill the vacancy in the +representation of North Norfolk by the elevation of Mr. H. H. +Cozens-Hardy to the judicial bench, took place on this +date. The candidates were Sir Kenneth Kemp, Bart. (U.), and +Sir William Brampton Gurdon, Bart. (L). The poll was +declared at Aylsham Town Hall on the 17th as follows: Gurdon, +4,775; Kemp, 3,610.</p> +<p>19.—After a winter of exceptional mildness very severe +weather set in. In some localities the readings of the +thermometer were the lowest since 1895. On the 20th a +remarkable whirlwind, which did considerable damage to three +cottages, occurred at Worstead. February 10th was recorded +as “the hottest day for half a century for the time of +year.”</p> +<p>25.—An effort was made at Norwich to inaugurate a public +subscription for the erection of a memorial to Sir Thomas Browne, +the famous author of “The Religio Medici” and other +works.</p> +<p>—Died at Thorpe Road, Norwich, Mr. Joshua Womersley, an +alderman of the city, aged 77. A native of Yorkshire, he +came to Norfolk in 1811 and took employment with the firm of +Messrs. Colman at Stoke. He devised a method of making +starch from rice, and received the congratulations of the Patent +Office on having overcome difficulties in starch making which had +hitherto been considered insurmountable. In politics Mr. +Womersley was strongly Liberal, and admitted at the Royal +Commission in 1868 “having kept certain voters in tow with +the object of preventing them being tampered with by the other +side.”</p> +<p><a name="page498"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +498</span>28.—The sale took place at Easton Lodge Farm by +Mr. John Thornton of the red-poll herd of Mr. J. J. Colman. +The total sum realised was 4,262½ guineas, of which 1,114 +guineas were paid for the bulls. The average per head was a +little over £77. The sale of Mr. Colman’s flock +of Southdowns took place at Crown Point on August 9th, and was +attended by leading sheep breeders and flock masters from all +parts of the kingdom. Mr. Thornton disposed of 999 lots, +which realised a grand total of £5,347 6s. 6d.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>1.—Strangers’ Hall, Norwich, it was announced, had +been purchased by Mr. L. G. Bolingbroke.</p> +<p>6.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference met at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, and continued its deliberations +on the 7th.</p> +<p>17.—The memorial stone of the Norwich Technical +Institute was laid by the Mayor (Mr. G. H. Morse). The +building was designed by the City Engineer (Mr. A. E. Collins), +and erected by Mr. T. H. Blyth, of Foulsham.</p> +<p>—The centenary celebration of the Church of England +Missionary Society commenced at Norwich with services at the +Cathedral and the city churches and a meeting at St. +Andrew’s Hall.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—The Great Eastern Railway Company introduced a +restaurant car service on their system between London, Cromer, +and Lowestoft.</p> +<p>—The 7th Hussars marched from Norwich <i>en route</i> to +Colchester, where they were temporarily stationed during the +renovation of Norwich Cavalry Barracks. Among the officers +was Prince Alexander of Teck. The regiment encamped on +Stuston Common on the first night, at Broom Hill on the second +night, and completed the march on the 3rd.</p> +<p>6.—Died at Northrepps Hall, Mr. Richard Hanbury Gurney, +aged 44 years. He was a son of Mr. John Henry Gurney, and +served the office of High Sheriff in 1896.</p> +<p>—Lord Wolseley, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, arrived +at Norwich, accompanied by Major-General Kelly-Kenny, +Inspector-General of the Auxiliary Forces, Col. Gough, military +secretary, and Col. Allen, <i>aide-de-camp</i>. On the 7th +his lordship, with Major-General Sir W. F. Gatacre, commanding +the Eastern District, attended service at the Cathedral, and +afterwards inspected a number of old soldiers in the cloisters, +and visited the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home. +Lord Wolseley on the 8th inspected the depôt and the 3rd +Battalion Norfolk Regiment at the Britannia Barracks, and in the +afternoon proceeded to Yarmouth, where he inspected the +troops.</p> +<p>17.—The Duke of York’s Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars +assembled at Norwich for the annual training, which concluded on +the 25th. Lieut.-Col. Lucas was in command of the +regiment.</p> +<p>23.—The Sandringham hackneys, the property of the Prince +of Wales, were sold by auction at the Wolferton Stud Farm. +His Royal Highness, <a name="page499"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 499</span>who was accompanied by the Duke of +York, attended the public luncheon, at which a distinguished +company was present. The total amount of the sale was +11,611 guineas, an average price per head of £178.</p> +<p>24.—The list of Birthday Honours, commemorative of the +80th birthday of the Queen, included the name of Mr. Samuel +Hoare, M.P., upon whom her Majesty conferred a baronetcy.</p> +<p>25.—The nave of Norwich Cathedral was re-opened after +restoration, the cost of which was generously undertaken by Sir +Samuel Hoare, Bart., M.P., and Lady Hoare. The Mayor and +Corporation attended the service, at which the sermon was +preached by the Dean of Norwich.</p> +<p>—The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alexander of +Teck, Admiral Sir Henry Keppel and others, arrived at Yarmouth, +and on the 26th inspected the Prince of Wales’ Own Norfolk +Artillery Militia, the 3rd Norfolk Militia, and other +troops. In the evening his Royal Highness attended a ball +given by Viscount Coke and the Artillery officers, and on the +27th terminated his visit.</p> +<p>—The Royal Arcade, Norwich, erected on the site of the +old Royal Hotel, was opened. The Arcade was built by +Messrs. J. Youngs and Son from plans by Messrs. G. J. and F. W. +Skipper.</p> +<p>27.—The Duke and Duchess of York visited King’s +Lynn, and in the grounds of the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital +received purses on behalf of a fund to defray the cost of a +children’s wing added to the Hospital as a memorial of the +Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>1.—At the Norwich Consistory Court, before Mr. +Chancellor Blofeld, the Bishop of the Diocese pronounced sentence +of deprivation on the Rev. Bryan O’Malley, vicar of Flitch +am, and made an order upon the defendant for the payment of the +costs of the proceedings.</p> +<p>2.—At a meeting of the Scots Society of St. Andrew, +Norwich, held at the Maid’s Head Hotel, the president, Dr. +Thomson, unveiled portraits of Dr. John Murray and of his wife, +Mary Boyles Murray, presented to the society by Mr. Bronson +Murray, of New York, in recognition of the work done by the +society in restoring the tomb of Dr. Murray in the churchyard of +Wells-next-the-Sea. The portraits were copied by Mrs. +Leslie Bush-Brown, great great grandniece of Dr. Murray, from the +original works belonging to the Guion family, of Senica Falls, +New York.</p> +<p>27.—Died at St. Stephen’s House, Norwich, Mr. John +Copeman, aged 87. Senior partner in the firm of Messrs. +Copeman and Sons, wholesale grocers, Castle Street, he was for +several years a member of the Town Council and some time +alderman. It was he who suggested the purchase of the +sewerage farm by the Corporation. He was a member of the +Norwich Board of Guardians, and took part with Mr. J. H. Tillett +and the Rev. George Gould and others in securing the passing of +the Norwich Poor Act of 1863. Mr. Copeman was one of the +founders of the “Norfolk News,” and for some time +edited it.</p> +<p>28.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Diss. Mr. Edward Mann presided at +the luncheon. The exhibition closed on the 29th.</p> +<h4><a name="page500"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +500</span>JULY.</h4> +<p>10.—At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council a +report was received from a joint committee of the Corporation and +the Board of Guardians upon the subject of the rating of city +property, and a resolution was adopted recommending important +alterations in the assessments. The Guardians on December +20th accepted a recommendation for the appointment of valuers to +undertake the work of reassessment.</p> +<p>17.—Died at Ivy Lodge, Eaton, Mr. C. C. Rix Spelman, +Deputy-Mayor of Norwich, aged 55. He was a son of Mr. +Benjamin Rix, of Ipswich, and was born at Yarmouth. In 1858 +he became associated with the firm of Messrs. Spelman, and on +joining as a partner in 1874 took the name of Spelman—his +mother’s surname—in addition to his own. In +1897 he was elected Mayor of Norwich, and was in politics a +Liberal. He was twice married—first to Miss Franklin, +of Norwich, who died in 1877, and secondly, in 1880, to Mrs. R. +E. Gibson, sister of Mr. F. Oddin Taylor.</p> +<p>22.*—“The Earl of Leicester has forwarded to the +governors of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital a cheque for +£5,000 for building new quarters for nurses at the Norfolk +and Norwich Hospital.”</p> +<p>23.—The Norfolk Volunteer Brigade went into camp at +Colchester.</p> +<p>29.—Barnum and Bailey’s great show visited +Norwich. It came by special trains from Yarmouth, and on +leaving Norwich proceeded to Bury St. Edmund’s.</p> +<p>31.—Died, the Rev. Canon Hinds Howell, aged 91. He +was seventh son of Mr. C. A. Howell, Treasurer of the Island of +Barbados, where he was born. Canon Howell was many years +rector of Drayton, and one of the most energetic clergymen in the +diocese.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at Stanley Avenue, Thorpe, Norwich, Mr. Edwin +Plumer Price, Q.C., formerly Recorder of York, and judge of the +Norfolk County Court, aged 81. In his younger days he +unsuccessfully contested Sheffield in the Conservative +interest.</p> +<p>2.—The Norfolk and Norwich Library was opened after +reconstruction at the cost of £1,719.</p> +<p>7.—A fire occurred at Messrs. Leake and Sons’ oil +mill at Lynn. The damage was estimated at from +£10,000 to £12,000.</p> +<p>—Mr. Robert Borrett sold by auction at Wacton the wheat +and barley on about 170 acres of land in the parishes of Moulton +St. Michael, Pulham Market, Tivetshall St. Margaret, and Wacton, +in the occupation of Mr. Fisher. The auctioneer’s +advertisement stated that the growing crops were offered in +consequence of there being a scarcity of labour—a +circumstance unprecedented in Norfolk.</p> +<p>11.—Died while on a yachting cruise off the coast of +Iceland, Sir Edmund Broughton Knowles Lacon, Bart., head of the +banking firm of Lacons, Youell, and Kemp. He was born May +9th, 1842, and in 1892 served the office of High Sheriff of +Norfolk.</p> +<p><a name="page501"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +501</span>17.—The 50 miles’ championship of the +National Cyclists’ Union, Eastern Counties Centre, was won +on the Earlham Road Recreation Ground, Norwich, by C. F. Morley +(champion 1897–98) in 2 hours 20 minutes 49 4-5ths +seconds.</p> +<p>19.—Died at Hilgay rectory, Downham, the Rev. St. +Vincent Beechey, rector of the parish, and honorary canon of +Manchester, in his 94th year. Canon Beechey was born August +7th, 1806, at Harley Street, Cavendish Square, and was the son of +Sir William Beechey, the eminent painter and friend of Lord +Nelson, whose portrait, limned by him, is one of the most +valuable of the pictures in St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich. Young Beechey was educated at Boulogne, where he +not only acquired a thorough knowledge of the French language, +but became an expert swordsman. Thence he proceeded to a +school at Sidcup, kept by the father of Sheridan Knowles, and at +the age of 16 he matriculated at Gonville and Caius College, +Cambridge, and obtained two scholarships. While preparing +for Holy Orders he studied medicine at the Western +Hospital. In 1829 he was ordained by the Bishop of +Rochester, and received the curacy of Aylesford, near +Maidstone. He next became curate of Hilgay, and in 1841 was +appointed to the living of Thornton le Fylde, with Fleetwood, +Lancashire. Acting on the suggestion of a Corsican named +Vantine, he established Rossall School, one of the most +successful educational institutions in the north, and of which he +was secretary for 28 years. In 1852 he was appointed to the +vicarage of Worsley, near Manchester, and in 1872, at the age of +sixty, he accepted the living of Hilgay, where for 27 years he +faithfully ministered to the parishioners. Canon Beechey +took great interest in astronomical studies, and was a popular +lecturer. His favourite topics were the expansion of the +empire, the origin of writing, and, in the last years of his +life, the Röntgen rays.</p> +<p>20.—A serious fire occurred on the premises of Mr. +Thomas Wright, boot manufacturer and clothier, High Street, East +Dereham. The damage was estimated at upwards of +£1,000.</p> +<p>26.—Kimberley Hall, the seat of the Earl of Kimberley, +narrowly escaped total destruction by fire. The outbreak +was confined to one portion of the house, and the damage was +estimated at £2,000.</p> +<p>27.—North Walsham Town Hall was destroyed by fire.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>5.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council a report was +received from the City Committee recommending that they be +empowered to submit a scheme for the erection of municipal +buildings. The debate was adjourned, and Mr. L. J. Tillett +gave notice of his intention to move “That the financial +position of the city at the present time is such that it is +undesirable to now embark upon any scheme of whatsoever nature +for the erection of a new town-hall, which would involve the +expenditure of a large amount, and thereby greatly increase the +rates and the debt of the city, and that the preparation of such +scheme do stand over until the re-valuation of the city has been +completed.” At an adjourned meeting on the 26th a +resolution was adopted empowering the City Committee to submit a +scheme to the Town Council. Meanwhile the proposal was +adversely criticised by the citizens, and at a meeting of +ratepayers held at Noverre’s Rooms on October 11th, a <a +name="page502"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 502</span>strong +protest was made in opposition to the scheme. At a special +meeting of the Town Council on December 8th a petition was +presented against the scheme, and ultimately a resolution was +adopted for rescinding the former motion.</p> +<p>9.*—“Messrs. J. H. Walter and Co., proprietors of +Taverham Mills, the last remaining of the old paper mills in +Norfolk, have issued a circular stating: ‘Early in the year +we had to submit to a very heavy reduction in the price of our +paper. We felt that we could only carry on the mills at a +serious loss, and the balance-sheet, which we have just got out, +fully confirms our impression. We have, therefore, decided +to shut down as soon as possible.’ Messrs. Delane, +Magnay, and Co. took over the mills in 1846, and the present +proprietors in 1884.”</p> +<p>29.—A violent gale occurred on the east coast. +“At Yarmouth the velocity of the wind reached 55 miles per +hour, and the rainfall was 1¼ inches.”</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>3.—The twenty-sixth Norfolk and Norwich Triennial +Musical Festival commenced at St. Andrew’s Hall, +Norwich. The principal vocalists were Madame Albani, Miss +Clara Butt, Miss Marie Brema, Miss Ethel Wood, Miss Kelyn +Williams, Miss Edith Nutter, and Mrs. Julia Franks; Mr. Edward +Lloyd, Mr. Ben Davies, Mr. Andrew Black, Mr. David Bispham, Mr. +Whitworth Mitton, Mr. Robert Radford, and Mr. F. Ranalow. +Mr. Alberto Randegger conducted. At the opening performance +“Faust” (Berlioz) was produced; 4th: morning, +symphony in B minor (Schubert), “Biblical Songs” +(Dvorák), “Hymn of Praise” (Mendelssohn), +evening, opera, “Sampson and Delilah” (C. +Saint-Saëns), first time in Norwich; 5th: morning, +Meditation (Edward Elgar), first time in Norwich, conducted by +the composer, sacred trilogy, “Passion of Christ” +(Don Lorenzo Perosi), first performance in England, ode, “A +Song of Darkness and Light” (C. Hubert H. Parry), first +time in Norwich, conducted by the composer, evening, overture, +“Mignon” (Ambroise Thomas), cycle of songs, +“Sea Pictures” (Edward Elgar), composed expressly for +the Festival and conducted by the composer, trio des flutes, +“Dall’ Aurora” (Weyerbeer), new suite, +“The Seasons” (Edward German), composed expressly for +the Festival and conducted by the composer, “Ode to the +Passions” (written by William Collins, 1721–1759, set +to music for chorus and orchestra by Frederic H. Cowen), first +time in Norwich, and conducted by the composer, “Tristan +and Isolde” (Wagner), scena, “The Dream of +Endymion” (F. F. Cowen), conducted by the composer, +overture, “Di Ballo” (Sullivan); 6th: morning, +“The Messiah,” evening, cantata, +“Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast” (S. Coleridge +Taylor), first time in Norwich, conducted by the composer. +The receipts amounted to £5,398, and the payments to +£4,998.</p> +<p>16.—Mr. Peter E. Hansell was presented by the +magistrates and officials of the North Erpingham division with a +massive silver Irish bowl on the occasion of this retirement +after twenty years’ honourable and efficient service as +clerk to the justices.</p> +<p>—A meeting of the party was held at the Norwich and +Norfolk Conservative Club, to express approval of the policy of +her Majesty’s <a name="page503"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 503</span>Government in relation to the +conduct of affairs in South Africa. Mr. W. T. Stead, author +of a notorious pamphlet, “Shall I slay my brother +Boer?” essayed to address a meeting in the Agricultural +Hall Assembly Room on November 6th, on the subject “Is +England Doomed?” Mr. Henry Broadhurst, M.P., +presided, and a strongly antagonistic audience offered resistance +to the proceedings. The National Anthem and patriotic songs +were song, and Mr. Stead and his supporters were compelled to +leave the platform. A collection was then made for the +widows and orphans of soldiers in South Africa, and a resolution +adopted affirming that Great Britain must be the paramount power +in South Africa, and expressing the hope that the Government +would prosecute the war to its final issue with the utmost +vigour. On November 9th meetings were held in various parts +of Norfolk under the auspices of the National Union of +Conservative and Constitutional Associations, at which +resolutions were adopted expressive of confidence in the +Government. Funds were opened in county and city for the +relief of the widows and orphans of soldiers who had fallen in +the war, and for the assistance of soldiers’ wives and +families. On December 27th the reservists of the Norfolk +Regiment, assembled at the Britannia Barracks to the number of +320, and on the 28th, amid a great demonstration, left the city +<i>en route</i> to South Africa. Early on the morning of +the 31st a second contingent of reservists, numbering 320, left +Norwich for Aldershot. Their departure from Thorpe Station +was witnessed by the Mayor (Mr. James Clabburn), Sir Harry +Bullard, M.P., and other prominent citizens. (<i>See</i> +January 2nd, 1900.)</p> +<p>17.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, the +Sewerage Committee reported that the main drainage of the city, +referred to in the report of the City Engineer on February 2nd, +1895, had been completed in accordance with the recommendations +laid down therein. It was believed that the City +Engineer’s estimate of £152,000 would nearly cover +the whole cost of the works, the excess of expenditure not being +more than two per cent. of the total.</p> +<p>25.—Died at Hingham, Mr. Charles Crawshay. He was +a son of Mr. Richard Crawshay, of Rowfant, Surrey, and was born +February 26th, 1815. His father settled at Hingham as a +brewer, and afterwards opened a brewery in St. Stephen’s +Street, Norwich. Young Crawshay was sent to Messrs. +Charington, Head, and Co.’s brewery in London, where he +received an excellent training, and returning to Norwich took +charge of the St. Stephen’s brewery. Ultimately he +became partner with Mr. John Youngs in the King Street brewery, +and retained his connection with the firm of Youngs, Crawshay, +and Youngs until his death. Mr. Crawshay was one of the +foremost sportsmen in the county, a skilled whip, an excellent +judge of a horse, a clever shot, and as a yachtsman he held his +own in Norfolk waters with his well-known yacht, the +Kestrel. In 1856 Mr. Crawshay married the daughter of Sir +William Cubitt, the constructor of Lowestoft harbour. In +1857 he was appointed Sheriff of Norwich. Mr. Crawshay was +a famous breeder of Southdown and cross-bred sheep, a great +benefactor of Hingham, and in dress, manners, and tastes he +retained all the best characteristics of a country gentleman of +the old school, and paid little heed to modern innovations.</p> +<p>27.—The portrait of Mr. J. J. Colman, painted by +Professor Hubert Herkomer, R.A., at the cost of 600 guineas, was +unveiled by Sir Harry <a name="page504"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 504</span>Bullard, M.P., at St. Andrew’s +Hall. The portrait is identical with the one at Carrow +Abbey, painted by the same artist three years previously, but +with the addition of certain details.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>7.—The High Sheriff of Norfolk (Mr. H. M. Upcher) gave, +at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, a county ball, which was +attended by 500 guests.</p> +<p>9.—Mr. James Clabburn was elected Mayor, and Mr. Samuel +Wainwright appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>10.—The Norwich and Norfolk Conservative Club was +formally opened by Mr. Walter Long on the occasion of the +conference of the Eastern Division of the National Union of +Conservative and Constitutional Associations. Sir Harry +Bullard, M.P., president, and Lady Bullard gave a +<i>conversazione</i> at St. Andrew’s Hall in the +evening.</p> +<p>15.—The Norwich Omnibus Company wound up its affairs in +consequence of the approaching completion of the tramways +scheme. The company was formed in 1878 with a capital of +£5,920.</p> +<p>25.—The German Emperor and Empress arrived at +Sandringham on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. +Their Majesties, who were accompanied by the Prince of Wales, +were met at Wolferton station by the Princess of Wales, the Duke +and Duchess of York, Princess Victoria of Wales, and Sir William +and Lady ffolkes. The Emperor and Empress accompanied the +Prince and Princess of Wales to church on the 26th, the +Sandringham preserves were shot over on the 27th, and their +Majesties departed on the 28th.</p> +<p>28.—Killed in action at the battle of Modder River, +Lieut.-Col. Horace Robert Stopford, commanding 2nd Battalion +Coldstream Guards. Col. Stopford was a resident of +Sheringham, captain of the Sheringham Golf Club in 1895, and a +member of the Improvement Committee. He was in his 44th +year.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>12.—The new organ erected at Norwich Cathedral at the +cost of £6,000, with the celestial organ given by Mr. Hugh +G. Barclay, was opened at a special service attended by the Mayor +and members of the Corporation. The sermon was preached by +the Dean, and a recital was given by Dr. A. L. Peace, organist of +St. George’s Hall, Liverpool.</p> +<p>30.—The extensive premises known as “Free Trade +House,” Swaffham Road, East Dereham, occupied by Mr. F. +Vincent, grocer, factor, and general warehouseman, were destroyed +by fire. The loss was estimated at £2,500.</p> +<p>—Died at 5, Park Square, Regent’s Park, London, +Sir James Paget, Bart. The son of Mr. Samuel Paget, +merchant, of Yarmouth, he was born in that town on January 11th, +1814. After a most distinguished medical career he was +appointed Serjeant-Surgeon to the Queen, and surgeon to the +Prince of Wales. He was created a baronet in 1871. +His third son, the Rev. H. Luke Paget, vicar of St. Pancras, +married a daughter of Sir Samuel Hoare, Bart., M.P.</p> +<h3><a name="page505"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +505</span>1900.</h3> +<h4>JANUARY.</h4> +<p>1.—Died at Booton rectory, the Rev. Whitwell +Elwin. He was born in Norfolk on February 25th, 1816, and +entering Caius College, Cambridge, graduated B.A. in 1839. +After his marriage with his cousin, Miss Frances Elvin, in that +year, he was ordained, and became curate of Hemington with +Hardington, in Somersetshire. In 1849 he was presented to +the family living of Booton, where he resided until his +death. During his incumbency he undertook the great work of +re-building his parish church in the Early Decorated style upon +the old ground plan. Elwin was best known as editor of the +“Quarterly Review,” the personal friend of Thackeray +and Bulwer Lytton, of Dickens and Forster, and of many other +famous people in the literary world. It was in 1843 that he +wrote for the “Quarterly Review” his first +article—on the “Histoire du Chien” of +Elzéar Blaze. When Lockhart’s illness made it +necessary for him to go abroad in 1853 he asked Elwin to do the +work of editing the “Quarterly Review.” +Lockhart died in 1854, and Elwin then succeeded him in the post +of editor. He lived at home in Norfolk and went up to +London for the publication of each number. Thackeray gave +to him the gold pen with which he had written most of +“Vanity Fair,” and has left a pleasant sketch of him +in his “Roundabout Paper” on “Screens in Dining +Rooms.” Elwin wrote the review of “The +Newcomes” in the “Quarterly” for September, +1855.</p> +<p>2.—The formal presentation of gifts subscribed by the +residents of Norfolk and the citizens of Norwich for the men of +the Norfolk Regiment took place at Aldershot by a deputation +consisting of the High Sheriff (Mr. Upcher), the Deputy-Mayor of +Norwich (Mr. G. H. Morse), Col. Shepherd, D.S.O., Mr. P. E. +Hansell (Under-Sheriff of Norfolk), and Mr. E. J. Caley, honorary +secretary to the fund. The battalion left Aldershot on the +4th for Southampton, and embarked on the P. and O. liner Assaye +for South Africa. The strength of the battalion was just +under 1,000. On this day (January 2nd) the non-commissioned +officers and men of the Loyal Suffolk Hussars and many civilians, +who had volunteered for active service in South Africa with the +Imperial Yeomanry, attended at the Maid’s Head Hotel, +Norwich, for the purpose of being medically examined and +attested. About 46 members of the Loyal Suffolk Hussars and +112 civilians were accepted. On the 12th the commanding +officers of the four Volunteer battalions of the Norfolk Regiment +met at Norwich and arranged details for the clothing and +equipment of men who had volunteered for the front. Three +officers were appointed to the service company—Capt. +Archdale, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Lieut. B. H. L. Prior, 1st +Volunteer Battalion, and Lieut. H. L. Willett, 4th Volunteer +Battalion. The company consisted of four sergeants, five +corporals, two buglers, and 99 rank and file—total +115. On the 25th the 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment +(Militia), commanded by Col. Custance, was embodied at the +Britannia Barracks, Norwich, and on the same day left for Fermoy +for garrison duty. The Yeomanry and Volunteers attended a +farewell service at Norwich Cathedral on the 26th; and in the +evening the Volunteers were entertained to dinner <a +name="page506"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 506</span>at the +Drill Hall by public subscription. The Yeomanry (43rd +Company) were similarly entertained on the 27th by Mr. Alfred +Haldinstein, whose eldest son had volunteered for service with +the company. On the 30th the 43rd Company paraded on +Tombland, and, headed by the band of the 7th Hussars, marched to +Trowse, where they entrained with their horses for Southampton, +and on the 31st embarked on the Goth. The officers, +non-commissioned officers, and men of the 44th Company left +Norwich by special train at 4.50 on the morning of February 3rd +for London, where they were inspected at Albany Street Barracks +by the Prince of Wales. They returned to Norwich in the +evening. On the 5th they were entertained to dinner at the +Assembly Room, Agricultural Hall, under the presidency of the +Deputy-Mayor. The Norfolk Volunteer Service Company left +Norwich on February 11th, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Diver, +2nd Volunteer Battalion, who had been appointed in place of Capt. +Archdale, incapacitated by illness; the same day they arrived at +Southampton and embarked on the Donne Castle. Meanwhile the +3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment (Militia) had volunteered for +service at the front, and the battalion on February 25th left +Fermoy for Queenstown, where they embarked on board the +Orotava. Col. Custance was in command, and there were 22 +officers and 550 non-commissioned officers and men. On +March 1st news was received in Norwich of the relief of +Ladysmith. A boom was fired from the Castle, the city flags +hoisted upon public buildings, and the bells of St. Peter +Mancroft rung. Bands of music paraded the streets, and in +the evening the city was illuminated. Similar rejoicings +took place throughout the county. On the 3rd, at two a.m., +the 44th Company, Imperial Yeomanry, paraded on Tombland, and +headed by torch bearers and the band of the Artillery Volunteers +marched to Thorpe Station, whence they proceeded to London, and +on the same day embarked on the Cornwall at the Albert +Docks. News of the relief of Mafeking reached Norwich on +May 18th at 10 p.m., and was received with great +enthusiasm. On the 19th the city was decorated, and Sir +Harry Bullard, M.P., on visiting the corn market, was loudly +cheered by the farmers and merchants and compelled to make a +speech. In the evening the Volunteers paraded the streets, +which were illuminated, and a great gathering was held at the +Conservative Club, under the presidency of Sir Harry +Bullard. Thanksgiving services were held on the 20th in all +places of worship in the city and county. The occupation of +Pretoria, the crowning point in the success of British arms, was +made known in Norwich on June 5th, and on the 6th a great +demonstration took place in celebration of the event. A +procession, in which the naval and military forces were +represented, marched round the city, and afterwards a dense crowd +witnessed a cinematographic exhibition in the Market Place. +On December 15th a meeting was held under the presidency of +Viscount Coke, at the Shirehall, Norwich, at which was +inaugurated a movement for the erection of a memorial to Norfolk +men who had died whilst on active service in South Africa.</p> +<p>8.—A meeting was held at Costessey, under the presidency +of Mr. Stafford H. Jerningham, for the purpose of discussing the +projected construction of a light railway between Norwich and +Dereham. The line, which was to be constructed under the +Light Railways Act, was to be fifteen miles in length, and a +capital of £85,000 was required. The suggested route +was from East Dereham, between North Tuddenham <a +name="page507"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 507</span>and +Mattishall, on to Hockering and East Tuddenham, thence to +Honingham, and by Easton and Costessey to Hellesdon, where the +Eastern and Midlands line to Norwich would be joined. +Meetings were held at other places along the suggested +route. On July 26th an inquiry was held at the Royal Hotel, +Norwich, by Mr. Gerald A. Fitzgerald and Col. Boughey, C.S.I., +Light Railway Commissioners, into an application made for a +provisional order for authorising the construction of the +railway. After hearing evidence the commissioners stated +that they could not see any prospect of a return of capital such +as would lead the public to become investors, and, therefore, +they did not feel justified in recommending the Board of Trade to +grant the order.</p> +<p>11.—Died at his residence, Gordon Square, W.C., Dr. +James Martineau, aged 95 years. A son of Thomas Martineau, +a manufacturer of bombazines and camlets, he was born at Norwich +on April 21st, 1805. His sister was the famous Harriet +Martineau. From his tenth to his fourteenth year he was +educated at Norwich Grammar School, and on leaving school studied +medicine, but as the work was not congenial to him he gave it up, +with the view of becoming a minister of the denomination to which +his family belonged. They were Unitarians, and +thenceforward he was prominently identified with that body. +He was the author of several theological works, and had conferred +upon him by Harvard College, Mass., the honorary degree of +LL.D.</p> +<p>31.—Information was received at Norwich that an outbreak +of foot and mouth disease had occurred at Fritton. All +sales necessitating the movement of cattle were prohibited, and +public markets in the district closed. On February 7th a +deputation of farmers, cattle salesmen, butchers, and others from +the county waited upon Mr. Walter Long, President of the Board of +Agriculture, for the purpose of asking him to relax in some +degree the stringent restrictions placed upon the movement of +cattle. Shortly afterwards an amended order was issued, and +on March 31st Norwich Cattle Market was re-opened. At +Loddon Petty Sessions on May 19th three farmers were summoned for +contravention of an order of the Board of Agriculture by the +wrongful removal of cattle and sheep. It was urged by the +defendants that “it was a case either of removal or +starvation,” and the magistrates inflicted nominal +penalties. Mr. George Holmes, one of the justices, +protested against the false position in which they were placed by +the orders of the Board of Agriculture, which could not possibly +be obeyed by many owners of stock in the district. During +the sitting of the court a memorial was signed by the magistrates +and others and sent to Mr. Long, praying for a modification of +the restrictions in the Loddon and Clavering Union.</p> +<p>—Died at the Close, Norwich, the Rev. Edward Bulmer, +M.A., minor canon of Norwich Cathedral, aged 67. His father +was vicar-choral and custos of Hereford Cathedral, and rector of +Morton-on-Lugg, and his grandfather on his mother’s side +the famous organist, Dr. Clarke Whitfield, composer of the +well-known anthem, “In Jewry is God known.” In +addition to writing the libretto to Dr. Bunnett’s +“Rhine Maiden,” Canon Bulmer for some years +contributed to “The Argosy,” and other magazines, +articles end poems, which were characterised by versatility and +graceful diction.</p> +<h4><a name="page508"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +508</span>FEBRUARY.</h4> +<p>12.—Mr. Lewis Barton, of Elvin Road, East Dereham, +attained his 100th year. He was born at Old Buckenham on +February 12th, 1800.</p> +<p>15.—Severe weather was experienced in Norfolk. In +south Norfolk many of the roads were blocked by snowdrifts. +During a storm on the coast the brigantine Lizzie and Edith was +wrecked off Eccles and four of the crew drowned.</p> +<p>16.—Died at Teignmouth, Mr. Peter Paul Marshall, aged +69. For fourteen years he was City Engineer at Norwich, and +resigned his appointment in 1891. Mr. Marshall, who was a +native of Edinburgh, was an artist of considerable merit, and had +exhibited works at the Royal Academy and the British +Institution.</p> +<p>22.—Among the officers reported wounded at the battle of +Colenso on this date was Major H. L. Smith, of the 2nd Surrey +Regiment, eldest son of Mr. Henry Smith, of Ellingham Hall. +Major Smith took part in the Afghan War in 1879, and in the +Egyptian War in 1885.</p> +<p>23.—Died at the Britannia Barracks, Norwich, Mr. George +Francis Archdale, aged 34. He was the eldest son of Major +Archdale, of Coltishall, and was appointed to the command of the +Norfolk Volunteer Service Company for active duty in South +Africa. Shortly after taking up his quarters at the +barracks he was seized with influenza, and fatal complications +ensued. Mr. Archdale, who was educated at Wellington +College, was a partner in the firm of Messrs. Hogge and +Seppings. He held a commission in the 3rd Volunteer +Battalion Norfolk Regiment, was a crack shot, and for several +years captained the China Cup team for Norfolk.</p> +<h4>MARCH.</h4> +<p>15.—Died suddenly at Norwich, Mr. Horace Hill, Mus. +Doc., aged 67. He was a son of Mr. John Hill, the compiler +of the once popular “Norwich Tune Book,” and was +largely identified with musical matters in Norwich and +Norfolk.</p> +<p>29.—Cromer Gas Works, constructed at the cost of upwards +of £13,000, were opened.</p> +<h4>APRIL.</h4> +<p>19.—The Norwich Diocesan Conference opened at +Noverre’s Rooms, Norwich, and was concluded on the +20th.</p> +<p>—A trial trip over the completed portion of the Norwich +electric tramways was run. A memorial signed by clergy and +others was presented to the Town Council, protesting against the +proposed introduction of Sunday traffic over the system. +The overhead wires erected by the Tramway Company were inspected +on June 12th by Mr. A. P. Trotter, electric adviser to the Board +of Trade; and on July 26th Col. Yorke, R.E., of the Railway +Department of the Board of Trade, made an inspection of 22 miles +of route on about 16 miles of roads. On the 30th the cars +commenced running over the Magdalen Road, Earlham Road, Dereham +Road, and Thorpe Road routes. Twenty-five thousand persons +were carried on this day. The Newmarket Road route was +opened on August 9th, and the Unthank Road route on December +22nd.</p> +<p><a name="page509"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +509</span>20.—Two men, Pratt, of Tunstead, and Thomas +Stafford, from Surrey, were at work in a seven foot cylinder, 90 +foot below the surface of the ground, at North Waltham +Waterworks, when the earth fell in and they were entombed. +The accident occurred at fire p.m. Strenuous efforts were +made to rescue the men, and mainly through the exertions of one +Tom Holford they were brought to the surface much exhausted, but +otherwise uninjured, at 9.15 p.m. on the 21st.</p> +<p>25.—The centenary of the death of the poet Cowper at +East Dereham on April 25th, 1800, was observed. Cowper +spent the closing years of his life in a house in the Market +Place, on the site of which the Cowper Congregational church is +now erected. His body was interred in St. Edmund’s +Chapel, in the north transept of the parish church. At the +commemoration service the sermon was preached by the Rev. John +Callis, rector of Holy Trinity, Norwich.</p> +<p>26.—The Duke of York visited Yarmouth and attended the +opening and dedication of the Missions to Seamen Church and +Institute.</p> +<h4>MAY.</h4> +<p>1.—The 7th Hussars, after eighteen months’ service +in Norwich, left for Aldershot, under the command of Col. the +Hon. R. T. Lawley. The regiment proceeded by three special +trains from Trowse. There were 642 men, 362 horses, 28 +officers’ chargers; 30 women and 60 children.</p> +<p>10.—The reservists and recruits of the 13th Hussars, who +relieved the 7th Hussars at Norwich Cavalry Barracks, arrived at +Trowse Station by special train. There were between 300 and +400 men.</p> +<p>13.—The death occurred at Parsonage Square, Norwich, in +his 65th year, of Thomas Mitham, who was regarded as the last +representative in the city of the old watchmen who shouted the +hour to the public. He was for many years watchman at +Gurney’s Bank, and announced the hour once during the +night, namely, at 11 o’clock. Prior to his entering +the service of the bank he was keeper of the old toll-gate at +Thorpe. In his early days he was a schoolmaster in +Cambridgeshire, his native county; with his watchman’s +duties he combined the work of collecting for various societies, +was door-keeper at the Corn Hall, and was a man of great +integrity.</p> +<p>26.—A reredos of richly carved alabaster, designed by +Messrs. Hicks and Charlwood, architects, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, +was dedicated at Letheringsett church by the Bishop of +Norwich. It was the gift of members of the Jodrell family, +who had done much to restore and beautify the church.</p> +<h4>JUNE.</h4> +<p>11.—At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Bigham, +William Jimby, 38, was indicated for feloniously setting fire to +a straw stack at Surlingham. The chief warder informed the +judge that the prisoner was, or pretended to be, deaf; he +understood nothing and was unable to read or write. The +judge thereupon had a jury sworn to decide whether the accused +was “mute of malice or by the visitation of +God.” They found him to be mute of malice, and the +judge ordered a plea of not guilty to be taken, and the case +proceeded, with the result that <a name="page510"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 510</span>the jury returned a verdict of +guilty. His lordship remarking that he had not the +slightest doubt prisoner was pretending he could not hear the +proceedings, sentenced him to twelve months’ +imprisonment.</p> +<p>17.—The celebration of the bi-centenary of the Society +for the Propagation of the Gospel commenced at Norwich.</p> +<p>25.—Died at Cleveland House, Newmarket Road, Norwich, +Mr. George Clayton Eaton, in his 66th year. A son of Mr. +Thomas Damant Eaton, on whose death he succeeded to a liberal +competency, Mr. Eaton followed no business occupation, but +devoted his time to literary pursuits, gave most valuable aid to +various charitable organizations, and took part in furthering the +usefulness of several scientific institutions. During the +transition of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum from its old +quarters in St. Andrew’s to the Castle, Mr. Eaton laboured +incessantly, wrote one of the descriptive guides to the Museum, +and compiled the catalogue of the pictures. He was +vice-president of the Norfolk and Norwich Library. When the +library was destroyed by fire in 1898, Mr. Eaton was appointed a +member of the special committee who advised upon the purchase of +new books, and it was in this respect that his literary knowledge +proved valuable. One of his latest acts of public +generosity was to give, in conjunction with his brother, the Rev. +William Ray Eaton, the site on which the mission-hall for the +parish of St. Peter Mancroft is erected.</p> +<p>29.—A sale of the Sandringham shorthorns and Southdowns, +the property of the Prince of Wales, was conducted at the Home +Farm, Wolferton, by Mr. John Thornton. His Royal Highness +and a large party from Sandringham were present. Forty-one +heifers made a total of £2,954 14s., an average of +£72 1s. 3d.; 13 bulls realised £780 3s. The 54 +lots of heifers and bulls made £3,724 17s., an average of +£69. The sheep made less satisfactory prices than on +previous occasions.</p> +<p>30.—The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Norwich for +the purpose of opening the new Jenny Lind Infirmary. His +Royal Highness arrived at Trowse by saloon train from Wolferton +at 1.10 p.m., and was received by Mr. Russell J. Colman, chairman +of the Committee of Management of the Infirmary. Four +minutes later the train by which the Princess travelled from +London entered the station. Their Royal Highnesses, +escorted by the 13th Hussars, were driven to Carrow Abbey, where +a large and distinguished party had been invited to meet them at +luncheon; and afterwards they proceeded to the new Infirmary, +where they were presented with an address read by Mr. Colman, to +which the Prince of Wales replied, and declared the building +open. The Princess of Wales then accepted purses in aid of +the endowment fund, a short address was delivered by the Dean, +and the Bishop offered prayer. On leaving the Infirmary +their Royal Highnesses proceeded to the Cathedral, and after +hearing a short organ recital, took tea at the Palace. In +the evening they left Thorpe station for Sandringham.</p> +<h4>JULY.</h4> +<p>4.—The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural +Association was opened at Downham Market, under the presidency of +Mr. T. L. Hare, M.P., and concluded on the 5th.</p> +<p>16.—Mr. J. Roots, of East Dereham, who had undertaken +for a wager <a name="page511"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +511</span>of £50 to drive his horse from Dereham to +Yarmouth and back once every day for six consecutive days, was +stopped at Thorpe on the fourth day’s journey, by an +officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, +who prohibited the continuance of the task. The animal was +then perfectly sound and in good condition.</p> +<p>16.—The opening of the first portion of the new pier at +Cromer took place.</p> +<p>19.—Mrs. Mary Ann Towler, of Keppel Street, Lynn, +entered upon her 100th year.</p> +<p>20.—A severe thunderstorm passed over Norfolk. +Many cattle and sheep were killed by lightning in various parts +of the county. Very hot weather was recorded in the +following week.</p> +<p>21.—The Norfolk Volunteer Brigade, under Col. Shepherd, +D.S.O., acting Brigadier-General, went into camp at +Colchester.</p> +<p>27.—A fire took place in the timber-yard of Messrs. J. +Porter and Sons, Norwich, and caused damage to the amount of +several thousands of pounds.</p> +<h4>AUGUST.</h4> +<p>3.—A severe gale swept over the county and did serious +damage to orchards, in which thousands of tons of unripe fruit +were destroyed. Many shipping disasters occurred upon the +coast.</p> +<p>4.—A new lifeboat named the Licensed Victualler, +provided by liberal contributions from the Licensed +Victuallers’ Fund, was received by Commander Holmes, R.N., +at Hunstanton. A ceremonial launch was dispensed with in +consequence of the roughness of the sea.</p> +<p>—Died at Heigham House, Norwich, aged 69, Mr. John +Boyce, who had for many years been identified with the firm of +Messrs. Bullard and Sons, of the Anchor Brewery. Mr. Boyce, +who was a son of Mr. Samuel Boyce, of East Dereham, was elected a +representative of the old Second Ward in November, 1867, and +served continuously until 1892, when, on the redistribution of +seats, he was transferred to the Earlham Ward. He retired +in 1894, and on June 18th, 1895, was elected an alderman on the +death of Col. Bignold. Mr. Boyce, who was a magistrate for +the city, was in politics a Conservative.</p> +<p>5.—Died at Eaton, Norwich, Mr. Philip Back, aged +76. He entered the Corporation in 1873 as member for the +old Fourth Ward, and on his re-election in 1876, with Mr. +Ladyman, the memorable election petition was presented by his +Liberal opponents, Mr. J. D. Smith and Mr. S. Newman, against the +return of himself and his colleague. The commissioner gave +judgment in favour of the respondents, with costs, and Mr. Back +retained his seat. In 1879 he was appointed Sheriff of +Norwich.</p> +<p>10.—The time ball, erected on the north-west angle of +the battlements of Norwich Castle, was used for the first +time. It announces Greenwich time every day at 10 a.m.</p> +<p>14.—Lord Walsingham addressed a letter to the Press +announcing that an attempt was being made to re-introduce the +great bustard in what was formerly one of the favourite haunts of +this fine bird on the borders of the Norfolk fens. The +experiment, his lordship stated, was <a name="page512"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 512</span>due to the public spirit of an +English gentleman living abroad, and he appealed to the public +for the protection of the birds.</p> +<p>21.—Prince Pura Chatra of Siam and his brother, Prince +Yugula, arrived at Norwich from Cromer, and visited several +places of interest in the city.</p> +<p>24.—Dr. A. H. Mann, of Cambridge, was elected chorus +master of the Norwich Festival, in succession to Dr. Horace Hill, +deceased.</p> +<h4>SEPTEMBER.</h4> +<p>17.—The Prince of Wales’ Own Norfolk Artillery +Militia commenced a route march through Norfolk, under the +command of Col. Viscount Coke. The regiment left Yarmouth +in two river steamers, and landing at Buckenham Ferry marched to +Langley Park, the seat of Sir Reginald Proctor Beauchamp, where +they encamped for the night. The march was resumed on the +18th to Dunston Park; on the 19th to Wymondham; on the 20th to +Dereham; on the 21st to Westacre; and on the 22nd to Hempton +Green, where Sunday, the 23rd, was spent, and the regiment +attended service at Fakenham church. On the 24th the column +marched to Holkham, and encamped in the park; on the 25th the +march was continued to Melton Constable Park; on the 26th to +Aylsham; on the 27th to North Walsham; and on the 28th to +Woodbastwick Park, where the last camp was formed. On the +29th the column marched from Woodbastwick to headquarters at +Yarmouth. The actual distance marched in the twelve days +was 150 miles.</p> +<p>22.—The body of a woman was found on the south beach at +Yarmouth. The medical evidence proved that death was due to +strangulation caused by a bootlace bound tightly round the +neck. The deceased had been lodging at Yarmouth since the +15th, and had stated that her name was Hood. On November +9th the London police arrested at Woolwich a man named Herbert +John Bennett, who was brought to Yarmouth and charged with the +murder of the woman—his wife. On November 24th he was +committed for trial at the Norfolk Assizes, but owing to the +prejudice excited against the prisoner by a certain section of +the Press, the venue of trial was removed to the Old Bailey, +where he was found guilty and sentenced to death. (Bennett +was executed at Norwich Prison in March, 1901.)</p> +<p>25.—At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council it was +resolved that the question of applying to Parliament for powers +to purchase compulsorily the Norwich Waterworks undertaking, be +referred to a committee, and if in their judgment it was +considered to be in the interests of the city to obtain such +powers, they be empowered to take steps for the promotion of a +Bill for that purpose, and further that they negotiate with the +Waterworks Company for the purchase, if possible, by +agreement.</p> +<p>29.—Sir Samuel Hoare, Bart., and Sir Harry Bullard were +nominated at the Guildhall, Norwich, representatives of the city +in Parliament. The Liberal party offered no opposition, and +the Sheriff (Mr. S. Wainwright) declared the Conservative +candidates duly elected.</p> +<p>—Sir John Colomb, K.C.M.G., Conservative, was returned +unopposed member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth.</p> +<p><a name="page513"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +513</span>29.—Mr. T. Gibson Bowles (C.) and Mr. F. Handel +Booth (L.) were nominated for the representation of King’s +Lynn. The polling on October 1st resulted as follows: +Bowles, 1,499; Booth, 1,332.</p> +<h4>OCTOBER.</h4> +<p>1.—The nomination of candidates for East Norfolk took +place at the Shirehall, Norwich. Mr. William Louis St. +Julian Prioleau, of Plumstead Hall, was proposed by the +Unionists, and Mr. Robert James Price by the Liberals. The +polling on the 5th was as follows: Price, 4,563; Prioleau, +3,733.</p> +<p>—At the Town Hall, Aylsham, Major Henry Speaker Follett, +7th Dragoon Guards, of Coney Weston, Suffolk, was nominated +Unionist candidate for North Norfolk; Sir William Brampton +Gurdon, K.C., of Assington Hall, Suffolk, was nominated by the +Liberals. The polling took place on the 8th: Gurdon, 4,490; +Follett, 3,493.</p> +<p>4.—Polling took place for South Norfolk. The +candidates were Mr. Edward Mann, of Thelveton Hall (Unionist), +and Mr. A. W. Soames (Liberal). The result was declared at +the Shirehall, Norwich, on the 5th: Soames, 3,986; Mann, +3,566.</p> +<p>—The nomination took place at the Town Hall, Lynn, of +Sir William ffolkes, Bart., of Hillington (Unionist), and Mr. +George White, of Eaton Grange, Norwich, manufacturer (Liberal), +as candidates for North-West Norfolk. The polling was on +the 11th, and the result was declared on the 12th: White, 4,287; +ffolkes, 3,811.</p> +<p>—Mr. William Lewis Boyle, of Elsing Hall (Unionist), and +Mr. F. W. Wilson, of the Dale, Scarning (Liberal), were nominated +at East Dereham for the representation of Mid Norfolk. The +election took place on the 8th, and the poll was declared on the +9th: Wilson, 3,996; Boyle, 3,422.</p> +<p>5.—At Swaffham, Mr. Thomas Leigh Hare, of Stow Hall +(Unionist), and Mr. Richard Winfrey, of Sutton House, +Peterborough, and Stanley House, Swaffham (Liberal), were +nominated candidates for South-West Norfolk. The polling on +the 12th resulted as follows: Hare, 3,702; Winfrey, 3,636.</p> +<p>6.—Died at Pinetown Bridge, South Africa, Mr. Walter +Waring, surgeon Norwich. He had gone out to the seat of war +as captain in the Militia Medical Staff Corps, and the cause of +his death was dysentery. Formerly medical-officer to the +Norwich Dispensary, he was known as Mr. Walter Scott Walters; he +afterwards assumed the name of Waring.</p> +<p>17.—Died at the Close, Norwich, the Ven. Henry Ralph +Nevill, Archdeacon of Norfolk and a canon of Norwich +Cathedral. He was fourth son of Mr. Richard J. Nevill, of +Llangennech Park, Carmarthenshire, and was born June 17th, +1821. For four years he was travelling tutor to the Earl of +Ducie. His first curacy was at Yarmouth, in 1848, and he +ultimately became vicar of that parish in 1859. In 1873 he +received a residentiary canonry in Norwich Cathedral, and in 1874 +Bishop Pelham appointed him Archdeacon of Norfolk, in succession +to Archdeacon Blakelock. In 1881 Archdeacon Nevill was +elected vicar of St. Peter Mancroft, and held the living until +1884. He was a member of the <a name="page514"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 514</span>governing body of the Grammar +School, and was well known throughout the diocese as an able +organiser and administrator.</p> +<p>19.—The Earl of Albemarle was welcomed with great +enthusiasm at Quidenham Park on his return from active service in +South Africa in command of the City of London Imperial +Volunteers.</p> +<h4>NOVEMBER.</h4> +<p>6.—Madame Albani appeared at a concert at St. +Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. The other <i>artistes</i> +included Miss Ada Crossley, Mr. William Green, Mr. Douglas +Powell, Mr. Tivadar Nachez (solo violin), and Mr. Frederick +Dawson (solo pianoforte).</p> +<p>9.—Mr. J. J. Dawson Paul was elected Mayor, and Mr. +Sydney Cozens-Hardy appointed Sheriff of Norwich.</p> +<p>23.—Died at Southrepps rectory, the Hon. and Rev. John +Harbord, aged 68. He was an accurate investigator of the +genealogy of county families, and a student of college +antiquities.</p> +<h4>DECEMBER.</h4> +<p>2.—Died at Ketteringham Park, Sir Francis George +Manningham Boileau, Bart. He was born March 26th, 1830, and +was the son of Sir John Boileau, F.R.S., who was created first +baronet in 1838, and died in 1869. Sir Francis was educated +at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar at +Lincoln’s Inn in 1855. He took a prominent position +in public life, and in the administration of county business; and +was president of the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological +Society and of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ +Society. On the formation of the Norwich Light Horse he +held a commission in the corps, and subsequently transferred his +services to the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment, of +which he was for several years lieutenant-colonel. In +politics Sir Francis Boileau was formerly a Liberal, but he +became strongly Unionist, and one of his last acts was to write, +on behalf of the Unionists of South Norfolk, an address presented +to Mr. Edward Mann for his services to the party at the General +Election.</p> +<p>10.—Died at Ludham, Mr. William Heath, in his 90th +year. He was formerly a well-known breeder of cattle, and a +successful exhibitor at the Smithfield Club and other +shows. In the days of his prosperity he dispensed unbounded +hospitality at the Hall Farm; in after years he experienced +severe reverses and lived in retirement in the locality where he +had once held so prominent a position.</p> +<p>13.—The Rev. W. M. Hay Aitken was installed a canon of +Norwich Cathedral, in place of the Ven. Archdeacon Nevill, +deceased.</p> +<p>24.—A woman named Kelly, aged 27, the widow of a +reservist who had died in South Africa, was found in her cottage +at Stokesby suffering from severe abdominal wounds, from which +she died in the course of the day. A half-witted lad named +Cossey, aged 20, was apprehended on the charge of murdering the +woman.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">END OF VOL. II.</p> +<h2><a name="page517"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +517</span>INDEX.</h2> +<h3>A</h3> +<p>Abduction of a boy, alleged, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page96">96</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, remarkable charge of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page122">122</a></span>.</p> +<p>Abstinence from food, remarkable instance of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page88">88</a></span>.</p> +<p>Accidents: Rev. W. Beauchamp killed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page20">20</a></span>; remarkable +subsidence at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page24">24</a></span>; boating, on the Yare, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page33">33</a></span>; killed by +the fall of a building, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page33">33</a></span>; on the railway, near Thetford, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page38">38</a></span>; ditto, +near Harling, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>; at Norwich circuses, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page112">112</a></span>; fatal +driving, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page91">91</a></span>; Norwich fish market, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page91">91</a></span>; explosion on +ss. Tonning, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>; gunpowder explosion at Norwich, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page101">101</a></span>; +fatal, carriage, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page116">116</a></span>; fatal fall from Nelson Monument, +Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>; Burgh water frolic, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page125">125</a></span>; on Lynn +and Hunstanton railway, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page126">126</a></span>; at Arnold’s brewery, +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>; boiler explosion at Stark’s +dye works, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>; ditto at Watlington, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page166">166</a></span>; firework +explosion, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page205">205</a></span>; Wells railway station, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>; shooting, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page360">360</a></span>; Mr. +Mann, of Thelveton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>; boating, at Buckenham Ferry, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page401">401</a></span>; at a +Norwich fire, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page434">434</a></span>; on Ormesby broad, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>; Hunstanton +yawl disaster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>; drowning, at Holkham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page471">471</a></span>; Wells +boating disaster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>; dragoon fatally injured, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page489">489</a></span>.</p> +<p>Actor and Member of Parliament, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>.</p> +<p>Administrative reform, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>.</p> +<p>Advertisement duty, repeal of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>.</p> +<p>Agricultural Association, Norfolk: proposal to hold show at +Dereham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>; annual shows at Attleborough, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page191">191</a></span>; +Aylsham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page380">380</a></span>; Dereham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page116">116</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page213">213</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page392">392</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page470">470</a></span>; Diss, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page278">278</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page499">499</a></span>; +Downham Market, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page178">178</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page310">310</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page510">510</a></span>; Fakenham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page168">168</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page256">256</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page339">339</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page480">480</a></span>; Harleston, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page202">202</a></span>; +Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page136">136</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page348">348</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>; North Walsham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page286">286</a></span>; Norwich, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page144">144</a></span> +(first two day’s show), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page241">241</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>; Swaffham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page266">266</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page402">402</a></span>; Thetford, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page233">233</a></span>; +Watton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>; Wymondham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page321">321</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page421">421</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page462">462</a></span>; Yarmouth, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page125">125</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page413">413</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>. Show abandoned owing to +cattle plague, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>; efforts to obtain visit of the +R.A.S.E., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page231">231</a></span>; secretaries, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page229">229</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page475">475</a></span>; spring +show of horses, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page318">318</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page327">327</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, depression, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page319">319</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page353">353</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page436">436</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page454">454</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page465">465</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page468">468</a></span>.</p> +<p>Agricultural excursion to Holland, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page327">327</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, experiments, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Hall, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page321">321</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page327">327</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Holding’s Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page406">406</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, labour, scarcity of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, labourers’ agitation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page219">219</a></span>; earnings, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page433">433</a></span>; Union, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page231">231</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page239">239</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page263">263</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Relief Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page9">9</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, rents on Holkham estate, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page436">436</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Society, Mitford and Launditch, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page423">423</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Society, Royal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page231">231</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page347">347</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page358">358</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page370">370</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Union, National, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page449">449</a></span>.</p> +<p>Agriculture, employment of women and children in, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page170">170</a></span>.</p> +<p>Aitkin, Rev. W. M. Hay, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page514">514</a></span>.</p> +<p>Albani, Madame, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page226">226</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page271">271</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page289">289</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page384">384</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page444">444</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page452">452</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page473">473</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page502">502</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page514">514</a></span>.</p> +<p>Albemarle, Earl of, on benefit clubs, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page55">55</a></span>.</p> +<p>Alexander, Rev. J., presentation to, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page50">50</a></span>; resignation, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page157">157</a></span>; +death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page180">180</a></span>.</p> +<p>Alexandra steamboat launched, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page176">176</a></span>.</p> +<p>Aliwal, charge of 16th Lancers at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page325">325</a></span>.</p> +<p>Alleyn, Miss, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>.</p> +<p>Allotment Bill, St. Faith’s, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page420">420</a></span>.</p> +<p>Amalgamation of railways, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>.</p> +<p>Amateur theatricals, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page463">463</a></span>.</p> +<p>American Congregationalists at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page471">471</a></span>.</p> +<p>Anchor Brewery excursions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page289">289</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page313">313</a></span>.</p> +<p>Angelo, Madame, pedestrian, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page243">243</a></span>.</p> +<p>Angler’s Society, Norfolk and Norwich (afterwards Yare +Preservation Society), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page62">62</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page73">73</a></span>.</p> +<p>Angling match, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page88">88</a></span>.</p> +<p>Anguish’s Charity, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page388">388</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page467">467</a></span>.</p> +<p>Apparatus for raising sunken vessels, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page28">28</a></span>.</p> +<p>Aquarium, Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>.</p> +<p>Arcade, Royal, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<p>Arch, Joseph, returned for North-West Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page363">363</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page432">432</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>; defeated +by Lord Henry Bentinck, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page370">370</a></span>; petition against the return of +his lordship, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page378">378</a></span>; defeats Lord Henry Bentinck, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page432">432</a></span>; +remarkable speech at New Buckenham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>Archæological Institute, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>.</p> +<p>Archbishop of Canterbury at Norwich Cathedral, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page449">449</a></span>; memorial +service for, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page473">473</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, York, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page465">465</a></span>.</p> +<p>Archery fete at Crown Point, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page127">127</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, National meeting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page160">160</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page518"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +518</span>Architects, National Association of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page313">313</a></span>.</p> +<p>Art Circle, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page360">360</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Loan exhibitions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page291">291</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>.</p> +<p>Artillery Company, Hon., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page233">233</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Militia, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page28">28</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page157">157</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page158">158</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page321">321</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page379">379</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page401">401</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page460">460</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page512">512</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Volunteers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>; new uniform of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>.</p> +<p>Artists, Norfolk and Suffolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page244">244</a></span>.</p> +<p>Artizans’ Dwellings Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page276">276</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ashbourne, Lord, at Didlington, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page422">422</a></span>; at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page440">440</a></span>.</p> +<p>Assessment, county, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page208">208</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>Assize, maiden, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page231">231</a></span>.</p> +<p>Assizes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page4">4</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page11">11</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page28">28</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page30">30</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page40">40</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page43">43</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page60">60</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page94">94</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page95">95</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page114">114</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page122">122</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page142">142</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page143">143</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page147">147</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page161">161</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page169">169</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page179">179</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page185">185</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page190">190</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page200">200</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page223">223</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page239">239</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page242">242</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page243">243</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page252">252</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page254">254</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page276">276</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page278">278</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page288">288</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page294">294</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page312">312</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page320">320</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page340">340</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page369">369</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page377">377</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page480">480</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, actions at: Abbott <i>v.</i> Bacon, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page4">4</a></span>; Baldry +<i>v.</i> Ellis, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>; Waldron <i>v.</i> Bates, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page40">40</a></span>; Fisher +<i>v.</i> Nisbett, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page43">43</a></span>; Tillett <i>v.</i> Lord Hastings, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page60">60</a></span>; Corry +<i>v.</i> Bond, publisher of the “Norfolk News,” +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page94">94</a></span>; Wright +<i>v.</i> Wilkin, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page95">95</a></span>; Gillings <i>v.</i> Manders, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page98">98</a></span>; Marrison +<i>v.</i> London Union Fire Office, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>; Cufaude <i>v.</i> Corry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page105">105</a></span>; Lane +<i>v.</i> the Yarmouth “Free Press” and Printing +Company, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>; Middle Level litigation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page114">114</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page120">120</a></span>; Pell +<i>v.</i> Wigg, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page142">142</a></span>; le Strange <i>v.</i> Rowe, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page143">143</a></span>; Creake +<i>v.</i> Smith, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>; Athill <i>v.</i> Soman, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page161">161</a></span>; Colman +<i>v.</i> Larkman, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page175">175</a></span>; Johnson <i>v.</i> Cooke, Q.C., +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page223">223</a></span>; +Spurgeon <i>v.</i> Vincent, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page239">239</a></span>; Morse <i>v.</i> G.E. Railway +Company, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page252">252</a></span>; Gilman <i>v.</i> ditto, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page253">253</a></span>; Phillips +<i>v.</i> Stewardson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>; Farrow <i>v.</i> Childs (alleged +breach of promise), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page276">276</a></span>; Loftus <i>v.</i> Berney, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page288">288</a></span>; Taylor +<i>v.</i> Gwyn and Lubbock, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page288">288</a></span>; le Strange <i>v.</i> Anker, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page294">294</a></span>; Samuel +<i>v.</i> Burgess and Burgis, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page334">334</a></span>; le Strange <i>v.</i> Corporation +of Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>; Corporation of Norwich <i>v.</i> +Coxe, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>; Bullard and others <i>v.</i> +Saul, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>.</p> +<p>Astley and Wyrley-Birch <i>v.</i> MacLean, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page485">485</a></span>.</p> +<p>Asylum, Heigham Hall, alleged irregularities at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page35">35</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Norfolk County Lunatic: suicide of medical officer, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page107">107</a></span>; +enlargement of premises, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>; Dr. Thomson appointed medical +superintendent, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>; epidemics attributed to sewage +farm, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page300">300</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Norwich City, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page230">230</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page242">242</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page252">252</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page308">308</a></span>; medical officer charged with +fraud, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page243">243</a></span>.</p> +<p>Athletic sports, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page159">159</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page232">232</a></span>.</p> +<p>Attack on Norwich police, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>.</p> +<p>Attempted murder at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page495">495</a></span>.</p> +<p>Attleborough cemetery dispute, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, lighted with gas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page89">89</a></span>.</p> +<p>Austin <i>v.</i> Central News, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>.</p> +<p>Automobile Club at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page488">488</a></span>.</p> +<p>Aylsham Corn Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page55">55</a></span>.</p> +<h3>B</h3> +<p>Bagge memorial at Swaffham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page340">340</a></span>.</p> +<p>Baines, Thomas, explorer, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page71">71</a></span>; death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page256">256</a></span>.</p> +<p>Balaclava charge, survivors of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page355">355</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page379">379</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page414">414</a></span>.</p> +<p>Balfour, Mr. A. J., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>Balloon ascents, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page15">15</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page116">116</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page117">117</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page179">179</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page480">480</a></span>; perilous descent of a, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page180">180</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ballot Act, first elections under the, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page225">225</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page228">228</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page238">238</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bancroft, Mr., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bank clerk, robbery by, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page210">210</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Holiday, first, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page214">214</a></span>.</p> +<p>Banks—East of England, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page136">136</a></span>; suspends payment, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page137">137</a></span>; +arbitration case, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page220">220</a></span>; Harvey and Hudson’s, +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page141">141</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>; Consolidated (now National +Provincial), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page154">154</a></span>; Crown bank failure (q.v.); +closing of Diss Bank, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page215">215</a></span>; centenary of Messrs. Gurneys and +Co., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page255">255</a></span>; +jubilee of Mr. Henry Birkbeck, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page396">396</a></span>; amalgamation of Gurney’s +and Co., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>; presentation to, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page470">470</a></span>.</p> +<p>Barnum at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, and Bailey’s great show, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page492">492</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>Barracks, Norwich Cavalry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page159">159</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page327">327</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Britannia, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page350">350</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>Barrett, Rev. G. S., receives hon. degree, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page447">447</a></span>.</p> +<p>Barrett, Wilson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page202">202</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>.</p> +<p>Barry, Sheil, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page342">342</a></span>.</p> +<p>Barton, Dr. S. J., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bassingham gateway, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page64">64</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bateman, Dr., knighted, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bateman, Miss Isabel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bates, Captain, the Kentucky giant, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page221">221</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bath House at East Dereham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>.</p> +<p>Baths, Norwich Corporation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>.</p> +<p>Beaconsfield, Lord, death of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page320">320</a></span>.</p> +<p>Beating the bounds, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page168">168</a></span>.</p> +<p>Beatrice, Mdlle., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page215">215</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page266">266</a></span>.</p> +<p>Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>.</p> +<p>Beeston church tower destroyed by lightning, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page221">221</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bell Ringers’ Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page339">339</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, tolling of muffled, at East Dereham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page227">227</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bells and bell ringers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page144">144</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page188">188</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page256">256</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page290">290</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page409">409</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page414">414</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, centenary of St. Peter Mancroft, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page256">256</a></span>; re-hung, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page337">337</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bellew, Rev. J. M., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bennett George (actor), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page12">12</a></span>.</p> +<p>Benefit Clubs, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page55">55</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bensly, Dr., appointed Chapter Clerk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page195">195</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page519"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +519</span>Benson, Miss, mistress of Norwich High School for +Girls, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page473">473</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bentinck, Mr. G. W. P., returned for West Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page209">209</a></span>.</p> +<p>Berney Arms station litigation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page102">102</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bexfield, Dr., conducts new oratorio at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page8">8</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page25">25</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bibliomancy, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bicycle, introduction of the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page186">186</a></span>; journey on a, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page224">224</a></span>; Norwich +Velocipede Club established, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page187">187</a></span>; formation of Norfolk and Norwich +Bicycle Club, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page273">273</a></span>; races, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page187">187</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page273">273</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page489">489</a></span>; +inter-county race, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page300">300</a></span>; 50 miles races, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page379">379</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page501">501</a></span>; volunteer +cyclist relays, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page481">481</a></span>; meeting at Norwich of the +National Cyclists’ Union, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>; 50 miles championship, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page501">501</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bignold, Lieut.-Col., presentation to, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page404">404</a></span>; elected +Mayor of Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page454">454</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page459">459</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bignold, Samuel, elected Mayor of Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page26">26</a></span>; knighted, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page31">31</a></span>; +returned for Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page38">38</a></span>; defeated <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page60">60</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page83">83</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page86">86</a></span>; petition +against the return of Lord Bury and Mr. Schneider, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page86">86</a></span>; Chester +Waters scandal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page145">145</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page146">146</a></span>; eightieth birthday celebrated, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page215">215</a></span>; +elected Mayor of Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>; eighty-second birthday +celebrated, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page236">236</a></span>; presented with portrait, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page238">238</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page250">250</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bimetalism, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page379">379</a></span>.</p> +<p>Birkbeck, M.P., Mr. Edward, presentation to, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page361">361</a></span>; created +baronet, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>.</p> +<p>Births, Royal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page21">21</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page132">132</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bishops of Norwich: resignation of Dr. Hinds, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page59">59</a></span>; death of, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page218">218</a></span>; +installation of the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page61">61</a></span>; presentation +to, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page329">329</a></span>; +threatening letter to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page340">340</a></span>; resignation <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page439">439</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page448">448</a></span>; Rev. +J. Sheepshanks installed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page442">442</a></span>; memorial presented by clergy and +laity on illegal practices, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, suffragan, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page453">453</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bisley meeting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>.</p> +<p>Black gown discarded by the clergy, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page211">211</a></span>.</p> +<p>Blackley, Canon, and national insurance, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page332">332</a></span>.</p> +<p>Blake-Bignold incident, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page225">225</a></span>.</p> +<p>Blackfriars’ Hall, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page364">364</a></span>.</p> +<p>Blind Institution, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>.</p> +<p>Blondin, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bloomer costume, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>.</p> +<p>Blue ribbon movement, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>.</p> +<p>Board School, first built, at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page227">227</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bodies, unclaimed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page225">225</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bohemian wax wing, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>.</p> +<p>Boileau drinking fountain, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page270">270</a></span>.</p> +<p>Boiler explosions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page186">186</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page166">166</a></span>.</p> +<p>Book Club, Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page310">310</a></span>.</p> +<p>Booth “General,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page418">418</a></span>.</p> +<p>Borrow, George, Intrepidity of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page24">24</a></span>; death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page322">322</a></span>.</p> +<p>Boswell <i>v.</i> Coaks (see “Harvey Life +Interest.”)</p> +<p>Boundary of the City of Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page301">301</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, County of Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of wards, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page422">422</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bounds, beating the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page168">168</a></span>.</p> +<p>Boxing-day, first observed as a general holiday, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page56">56</a></span>.</p> +<p>Box-keeper at Norwich Theatre, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>.</p> +<p>Boys’ Home, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page309">309</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Hospital, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>.</p> +<p>Brandram, Samuel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>.</p> +<p>Branscombe, Miss Maude, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>.</p> +<p>Breach of promise action, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page276">276</a></span>.</p> +<p>Brewery, St. George’s, Norwich, sale of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page137">137</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bribery, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page36">36</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page59">59</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page60">60</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page74">74</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page84">84</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page90">90</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page94">94</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page183">183</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page186">186</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page189">189</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page190">190</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page193">193</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page208">208</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page366">366</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, prosecutions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page90">90</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page186">186</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page200">200</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>.</p> +<p>Brighten (“Norwich Milk Boy,”) <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page110">110</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page118">118</a></span>.</p> +<p>British Archæological Association, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page67">67</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page302">302</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page180">180</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Dairy Farmers’ Association, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page391">391</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Medical Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page244">244</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page249">249</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page412">412</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Training Squadron, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>.</p> +<p>Broads, public rights on, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page431">431</a></span>.</p> +<p>Brooke, G. V., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page31">31</a></span>; drowned in the wreck of the London, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page154">154</a></span>.</p> +<p>Brooke, Rajah, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page7">7</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>; death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page178">178</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Brother Officers,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>Brough, Lionel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page235">235</a></span>.</p> +<p>Browne, Sir Thomas, skull of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>; proposed monument, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page497">497</a></span>.</p> +<p>Buck, Zachariah, receives degree, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page24">24</a></span>; death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page302">302</a></span>.</p> +<p>Building Society frauds, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page241">241</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page242">242</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bulgarian atrocities, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bullard, Harry, appointed Sheriff of Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page281">281</a></span>; presented +with portraits, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page294">294</a></span>; excursions for work-people, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page289">289</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page313">313</a></span>; elected +Mayor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page291">291</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>; munificence during the great +flood, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page291">291</a></span>; presented with silver cradle, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page300">300</a></span>; +plants trees in Chapel Field, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page303">303</a></span>; performs opening ceremony at +Chapel Field, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>; receives Duke of Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page311">311</a></span>; +subscription portrait hung in St. Andrew’s Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page328">328</a></span>; adopted +Conservative candidate for Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page360">360</a></span>; returned, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page362">362</a></span>; unseated +on petition, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page366">366</a></span>; banquet to celebrate the +Queen’s birthday, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page379">379</a></span>; entertains Queen Kapiolani, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page380">380</a></span>; the +Jubilee, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page381">381</a></span>; receives honour of knighthood, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page381">381</a></span>; +freedom of the city, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>; Conservative Club +<i>soirée</i>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>; Bullard and others <i>v.</i> +Saul, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>; silver wedding, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page429">429</a></span>; adopted +Conservative candidate for Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>; returned, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page462">462</a></span>; unveils +portrait of Mr. J. J. Colman, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page503">503</a></span>; returned unopposed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page512">512</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bulwer, W. E. G. L., wounded at the Alma, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page36">36</a></span>; receives +Crimean medal, <a name="page520"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +520</span><span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>; marriage, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page42">42</a></span>; presentation +to, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page128">128</a></span>; +Mrs. Bulwer opens rifle range, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page158">158</a></span>; Col. Bulwer gazetted brigadier, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page392">392</a></span>; +presents volunteer decoration, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>; long service medal, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page457">457</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bunn, Robert, pedestrian, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page66">66</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bunnett, Edward, takes degree as Mus. Bac., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page56">56</a></span>; Mus. Doc., +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page189">189</a></span>; +complimentary concert to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>; appointed city organist, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page313">313</a></span>; +“musical jubilee,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>.</p> +<p>Burgh, water frolic, shocking accident at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page125">125</a></span>.</p> +<p>Burglary at Norwich jeweller’s, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page468">468</a></span>.</p> +<p>Burials Bill, protest against, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page310">310</a></span>.</p> +<p>Burlesque of “The Yellow Gnome,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page48">48</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Gaiety Company, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>.</p> +<p>Burnham Thorpe, memorial to Nelson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page423">423</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>.</p> +<p>Burritt, Elihu, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page128">128</a></span>.</p> +<p>Burton, F. C. Dr., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bustard re-introduced, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Buttifant case, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page241">241</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page242">242</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>.</p> +<p>Buxton, Sir R. J., returned for South Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page211">211</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page386">386</a></span>.</p> +<p>Bylaugh Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page15">15</a></span>; litigation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page65">65</a></span>.</p> +<h3>C</h3> +<p>Cadge, Mr., elected surgeon of the Norfolk and Norwich +Hospital, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>; appointed Sheriff of Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page271">271</a></span>; presented +with portrait, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page413">413</a></span>; freedom of the city, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page407">407</a></span>; munificent +gift to Hospital, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cadet Corps, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, hackney stallion, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page434">434</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cafe Company, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page290">290</a></span>.</p> +<p>Caister yawl disaster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page358">358</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cambridge crew at Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Middle Class examinations, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page159">159</a></span>.</p> +<p>Canadian cattle, importation of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>Capital punishment, suggested abolition of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page31">31</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cardinal Manning, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>.</p> +<p>Card playing scandal at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page115">115</a></span>.</p> +<p>Carrow Bridge undertaking, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Works, alleged nuisance arising from, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page20">20</a></span>; electric +light at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>.</p> +<p>Carter, Samuel, artist, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cartridges, improved by Sir Henry Stracey, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page71">71</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Caste” Company, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page193">193</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page233">233</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page264">264</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page296">296</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page314">314</a></span>.</p> +<p>Castle Museum, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page373">373</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page422">422</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page453">453</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cathedral, Norwich, opening of west window, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page33">33</a></span>; Lord High +Steward of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page161">161</a></span>; suicide in, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page315">315</a></span>; organ, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page487">487</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page504">504</a></span>; +organists, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>; pulpits, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page421">421</a></span>; memorial +window, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>; restoration, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page444">444</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page449">449</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page487">487</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page499">499</a></span>; Pelham +memorial throne, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page460">460</a></span>; effigy, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page470">470</a></span>; +octo-centenary services, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page471">471</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cattle market, Norwich, enlargement of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page106">106</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page241">241</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, plague, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page148">148</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page155">155</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page246">246</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cavalry drill-ground, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page472">472</a></span>.</p> +<p>Celeste, Madame, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page123">123</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cemeteries, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page188">188</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page195">195</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page323">323</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>.</p> +<p>Census returns, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page212">212</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page320">320</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page421">421</a></span>.</p> +<p>Centenarian, remarkable, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page151">151</a></span>.</p> +<p>Centenarian’s challenge, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>.</p> +<p>Centenarians, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page206">206</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page213">213</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page401">401</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page406">406</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page442">442</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page508">508</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>. (See also +“Died.”)</p> +<p>Centenary of Church Missionary Society, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page498">498</a></span>; of +“Norfolk Chronicle,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page106">106</a></span>; of Norwich Union Fire Insurance +Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page480">480</a></span>.</p> +<p>Chamber of Agriculture, Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Commerce, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>.</p> +<p>Chancellors of the Diocese: Chancellor Evans, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page181">181</a></span>; Mr. Edward +Howes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page210">210</a></span>; Mr. John Worlledge, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page322">322</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. T. C. Blofeld, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page323">323</a></span>.</p> +<p>Chang, Chinese giant, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page180">180</a></span>.</p> +<p>Changes of name: Scott-Chad, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>; Evans-Lombe, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page118">118</a></span>; +Stracey-Clitheroe, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page151">151</a></span>; Marsham-Townshend, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page440">440</a></span>.</p> +<p>Channel Fleet at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page97">97</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page114">114</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page126">126</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page245">245</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page413">413</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>.</p> +<p>Chapel Field, Norwich, improvement scheme, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page11">11</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page22">22</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page169">169</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page303">303</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page315">315</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, agricultural show in, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page144">144</a></span>.</p> +<p>Chapels, Nonconformist: Prince’s street, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page189">189</a></span>; Cowper +Congregationalism Dereham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page235">235</a></span>. Baptist: Unthank’s +Road, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page242">242</a></span>. Trinity Wesleyan, Dereham, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page316">316</a></span>.</p> +<p>Chaplin, Mr. G. H., manager of Norwich Theatre, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page226">226</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page280">280</a></span>.</p> +<p>Charge, extraordinary, at Walsingham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page164">164</a></span>.</p> +<p>Charity Commissioners’ schemes, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page341">341</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page388">388</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page407">407</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page467">467</a></span>.</p> +<p>Chevalier, Albert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page442">442</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cheese fair, Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>.</p> +<p>Chief Constables of Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page14">14</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page57">57</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page311">311</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page57">57</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page83">83</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page479">479</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Bill, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page58">58</a></span>.</p> +<p>China Cup, won by Norfolk Volunteers, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page278">278</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page482">482</a></span>.</p> +<p>Choir Benevolent Fund, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page54">54</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cholera, threatened outbreak of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>.</p> +<p>Choral Society, Norwich, dissolved, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page251">251</a></span>.</p> +<p>Christening, Royal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page468">468</a></span>.</p> +<p>Christmas Show Association, Norfolk and Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page274">274</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page292">292</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page304">304</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page332">332</a></span>.</p> +<p>Church Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page454">454</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Choral Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Congress, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page150">150</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page465">465</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, consecrations, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page7">7</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page74">74</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page88">88</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page117">117</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page159">159</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page170">170</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page203">203</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page323">323</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page349">349</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page487">487</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, in Wales Suspensory Bill, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page442">442</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page452">452</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Missions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page483">483</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of England Young Men’s Society, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page266">266</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, ornaments illegally removed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page492">492</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, rates, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page154">154</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, reform, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page521"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +521</span>Church restoration, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page13">13</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page134">134</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page160">160</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page173">173</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page177">177</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page201">201</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page254">254</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page273">273</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page287">287</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page292">292</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page323">323</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page342">342</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page348">348</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page349">349</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page381">381</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page395">395</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page421">421</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page463">463</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page492">492</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page495">495</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, School Aid Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page425">425</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, tower at Drayton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page1">1</a></span>; at St. Michael-at-Thorn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page374">374</a></span>; at +Hindolvestone, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page432">432</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Church’s Call” at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page200">200</a></span>.</p> +<p>Churches destroyed by fire, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, illegal practices in, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, new, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page7">7</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page26">26</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page45">45</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page55">55</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page66">66</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page74">74</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page117">117</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page159">159</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page170">170</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page191">191</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page203">203</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page206">206</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page211">211</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page220">220</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page279">279</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page349">349</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, outrages in, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page163">163</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, struck by lightning, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page302">302</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>.</p> +<p>Churchill, Lord Randolph, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page360">360</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page444">444</a></span>.</p> +<p>Churchmen’s Club, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page173">173</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cinematograph, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>.</p> +<p>Circus accidents, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, singular incident at a, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, stage play at a, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>.</p> +<p>Circuses, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page9">9</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page20">20</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page113">113</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page173">173</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page217">217</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page237">237</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page250">250</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page272">272</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page299">299</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page325">325</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page353">353</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page355">355</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, managed by pugilists, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page113">113</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page115">115</a></span>.</p> +<p>City Engineers: resignation of Mr. A. W. Morant, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page230">230</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. C. Thwaites, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page230">230</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page277">277</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. P. P. Marshall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page431">431</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page508">508</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. Buchan, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page431">431</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page450">450</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. A. E. Collins, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>Clergyman charged with begging, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page33">33</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, shot, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>.</p> +<p>Clergyman’s shocking death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, suspension, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>; deprivation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<p>Clerks of the Peace (city): Death of Mr. Arthur Dalrymple, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page176">176</a></span>; +election of Mr. E. C. Bailey, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page176">176</a></span>; death of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page340">340</a></span>; election +of Mr. J. Wilson Gilbert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page342">342</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, (county): Death of Mr. R. W. Parmeter, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page313">313</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. Charles Foster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page313">313</a></span>.</p> +<p>Clocks, irregularities of public, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page26">26</a></span>.</p> +<p>C.M.S. Centenary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page498">498</a></span>.</p> +<p>City Accountant, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page486">486</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Gaol, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>; fire at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page252">252</a></span>; discontinuance of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page284">284</a></span>; sale of, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page307">307</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Surveyors, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page431">431</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Treasurers: Death of Mr. T. Hancock, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page247">247</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. E. S. Steward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page247">247</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page369">369</a></span>.</p> +<p>Civic robes presented to Norwich Corporation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page476">476</a></span>.</p> +<p>Climatic variations, remarkable, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page497">497</a></span>.</p> +<p>Close, The, Norwich, proposed railway through, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page309">309</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page327">327</a></span>.</p> +<p>Coach, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page309">309</a></span>.</p> +<p>Coins discovered, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page9">9</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page65">65</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page266">266</a></span>.</p> +<p>Coleman, John, charged with assault, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page44">44</a></span>; appears at +Norwich Theatre, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page47">47</a></span>.</p> +<p>Colenzo, Bishop, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page38">38</a></span>.</p> +<p>Colliery riots, military and police drafted from Norwich, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page444">444</a></span>.</p> +<p>Collision in Yarmouth Roads, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>; off Happisburgh, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page175">175</a></span>.</p> +<p>Colman cricketing team, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page453">453</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>.</p> +<p>Colman, J. J., Mr., returned for Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page209">209</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page238">238</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page307">307</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page362">362</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page370">370</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page431">431</a></span>; entertains +Royalty, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page367">367</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>; coming of age of Mr. R. J. +Colman, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>; threatening letter, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page341">341</a></span>; +presentation to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>; receives freedom of Norwich, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page439">439</a></span>; +entertains Institute of Journalists, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>; Trades Union Congress, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page451">451</a></span>; Jenny Lind +Infirmary site, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page492">492</a></span>; portrait +unveiled, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page503">503</a></span>.</p> +<p>Colona, Don Edgardo, Mexican tragedian, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page258">258</a></span>.</p> +<p>Colours, regimental, at Norwich Cathedral, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page174">174</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page471">471</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, at Sandringham church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>.</p> +<p>Combat between a stallion and a bull, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page115">115</a></span>.</p> +<p>Comedians, Norfolk and Suffolk Company of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page132">132</a></span>.</p> +<p>Comet, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>.</p> +<p>Coming of Age celebrations, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page42">42</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page49">49</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page137">137</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page286">286</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page413">413</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page468">468</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page492">492</a></span>.</p> +<p>Commercial School, Norwich, establishment of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page64">64</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page73">73</a></span>; Mr. T. R. +Pinder appointed master, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page483">483</a></span>; memorial +from parents, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>; amended scheme of management, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page191">191</a></span>; +Charity Commissioners’ inquiry and schemes, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page341">341</a></span>; Mr. W. R. +Gurley appointed master, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page483">483</a></span>.</p> +<p>Common rights at Mulbarton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page143">143</a></span>.</p> +<p>Compton Comedy Company, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page427">427</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>.</p> +<p>Congregational chapel at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Union, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page373">373</a></span>.</p> +<p>Conservative Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page146">146</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Clubs, Norwich and Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page388">388</a></span>; Patteson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page419">419</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, compromises, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page59">59</a></span>.</p> +<p>Consistory Court: Bouverie <i>v.</i> Barnes, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page98">98</a></span>; Archdeacon +of Norwich <i>v.</i> W. Delph and W. T. Gilbert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page260">260</a></span>; <i>re</i> +St. John Timberhill rood loft, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page452">452</a></span>; <i>re</i> unlawful removal of +church ornaments from St. Michael-at-Coslany, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page492">492</a></span>; +deprivation of living, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<p>Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, prosecutions under, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page298">298</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page507">507</a></span>.</p> +<p>Convalescent Home, Cromer, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page413">413</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page441">441</a></span>.</p> +<p>Convict’s property, claim by Norwich Corporation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page89">89</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cooper’s restaurant, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page288">288</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cooping of electors, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page497">497</a></span>.</p> +<p>Copeman, Rev. A. G., elected minister of St. Andrew’s, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page57">57</a></span>.</p> +<p>Corn Exchange, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Hall, Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page216">216</a></span>.</p> +<p>Coroners—City: Death of Mr. E. S. Bignold, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page469">469</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. R. W. Ladell, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page522"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +522</span>Coroners, County: Death of Mr. Edward Press, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page286">286</a></span>; election +of Mr. R. T. Culley, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page286">286</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page337">337</a></span>; election +of Mr. J. Stanley, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, elections, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page62">62</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page161">161</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>Corporation stock, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page432">432</a></span>.</p> +<p>Corrupt practices, proposed inquiry into, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page84">84</a></span>.</p> +<p>Costa’s “Eli” at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page51">51</a></span>.</p> +<p>Costerton <i>v.</i> Lacon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cotman, John Sell, exhibition of works by, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>County balls, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page504">504</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Club, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page396">396</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Council, preliminary proceedings, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page386">386</a></span>; elections, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page397">397</a></span>; +scholarships, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>; litigation with Thetford +Corporation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page490">490</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, finances, control of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page1">1</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Court judge, action against a, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page223">223</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, judges: Death of Mr. T. J. Birch, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page177">177</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. W. H. Cooke, Q.C., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page178">178</a></span>; +resignation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page247">247</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page453">453</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. E. P. Price, Q.C., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page247">247</a></span>; +resignation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page463">463</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page500">500</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. E. W. Addison, Q.C., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>; +resignation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page478">478</a></span>; appointment of Mr. W. Willis, +Q.C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page478">478</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, School, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page213">213</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page217">217</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page232">232</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page442">442</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Surveyors: Mr. R. M. Phipson elected, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page89">89</a></span>; death of, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page354">354</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. T. H. B. Heslop, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page356">356</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Treasurers: Resignation of Mr. Day, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page173">173</a></span>; Mr. +Herbert William Day elected, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page173">173</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page425">425</a></span>; Mr. H. C. +Bolingbroke elected, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page425">425</a></span>.</p> +<p>Coursing, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page36">36</a></span>.</p> +<p>Court of Record: Mr. Carlos Cooper appointed judge, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page219">219</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page483">483</a></span>; Mr. +E. E. Wild elected judge, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>.</p> +<p>Courts and yards of Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page490">490</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cowper centenary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Congregational chapel, Dereham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page235">235</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cozens-Hardy, Mr., Q.C., M.P., appointed judge of the High +Court of Justice, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cranes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page191">191</a></span>.</p> +<p>Creak will case, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page18">18</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page243">243</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page244">244</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page268">268</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cresswell, Lieut., and the North-West Passage, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page25">25</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cricket, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page14">14</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page22">22</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page117">117</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page179">179</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Club, Norfolk County, dissolved, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page188">188</a></span>; new club +formed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page270">270</a></span>; bazaar in aid of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page419">419</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, matches: Norfolk and Norwich <i>v.</i> Oxford and Cambridge +Universities, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>; ditto <i>v.</i> United All England, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page117">117</a></span>; +Aboriginal Australians <i>v.</i> Carrow, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page179">179</a></span>; South of +England <i>v.</i> Norfolk and Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page193">193</a></span>; Norfolk +<i>v.</i> Parsees, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, theatricals, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page371">371</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page382">382</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page413">413</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page422">422</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Week, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page323">323</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page422">422</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cricketers, Colman, team of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page453">453</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>.</p> +<p>Crimean War: Raising of relief funds, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page30">30</a></span>; Norwich +address to the Queen, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page31">31</a></span>; days of humiliation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page31">31</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page39">39</a></span>; victory of +the Alma, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page35">35</a></span>; fictitious message, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page35">35</a></span>; railway +constructed by Mr. Peto, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page37">37</a></span>; Norfolk officers receive the +Crimean medal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>; fall of Sevastopol, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page45">45</a></span>; General +Windham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page52">52</a></span>; peace rejoicings, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page48">48</a></span>.</p> +<p>Criminal lunatic, death of a, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>.</p> +<p>Crinolines, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cromer gas works, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page508">508</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, lighthouse, fall of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, pier, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Crops sold by auction, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>Crosse, Archdeacon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>.</p> +<p>Crosse, Mr. R. E., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>.</p> +<p>Crown Bank failure, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page204">204</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page236">236</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>.</p> +<p>Crown Point, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page230">230</a></span>.</p> +<p>Crowther, Bishop, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cruelty, remarkable charge of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page249">249</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cruikshank, George, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>.</p> +<p>Cushman, Miss, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page49">49</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Cuthbert Bede,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page347">347</a></span>.</p> +<p>Czarewitch of Russia at Sandringham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page248">248</a></span>.</p> +<h3>D</h3> +<p>Dalrymple, Mr. A., elected Clerk of the Peace, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page47">47</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dalton, Canon, charge against, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page96">96</a></span>.</p> +<p>Daniell, E. T., exhibition of works by, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page422">422</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dawson, George, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Daylight” prosecutions and actions, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page334">334</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page368">368</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dead, prayers for the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>Deans of Norwich: Death of the Hon. and Very Rev. George +Pellew, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>; installation of the Rev. Dr. +Goulburn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page400">400</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page479">479</a></span>; +installation of Dean Lefroy, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>.</p> +<p>De Camin, Baron, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page133">133</a></span>.</p> +<p>Deerfoot, pedestrian, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page110">110</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page118">118</a></span>.</p> +<p>Derby, The, won by Melton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dereham church restoration, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Corn hall opened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page58">58</a></span>; litigation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page66">66</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page75">75</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page155">155</a></span>; +Coke’s statue at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page78">78</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Local Improvement Board, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, race meeting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page65">65</a></span>.</p> +<p>Diamond Jubilee, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page480">480</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dickens, Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page89">89</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>.</p> +<p>Died (<i>c</i> indicates reputed centenarian): Adams, Rev. +Coker, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page425">425</a></span>; Albemarle, Earl of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page418">418</a></span>; Albemarle, +Earl of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>; Alderson, Baron, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page57">57</a></span>; Aldred, C. +C., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page348">348</a></span>; +Alexander, Lieut.-Col., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page150">150</a></span>; Alexander, Rev. John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page180">180</a></span>; Allcock, +Trivet, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page184">184</a></span>; Amyot, Thomas Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page467">467</a></span>; Anson, +Major-General, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page65">65</a></span>; Archdale, George Francis, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page508">508</a></span>; Armes, +Thomas Frederick, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page355">355</a></span>; Ashburton, Baron, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page181">181</a></span>; Astley, <a +name="page523"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +523</span>Lieut.-Col., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page157">157</a></span>; Atkinson, Commander, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page270">270</a></span>; Atkinson, +J. G., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>; Austin, Mrs. (Sarah Taylor), +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page169">169</a></span>; +Aylmer, Hugh, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page449">449</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Back, Philip, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>; Bacon, George P., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page284">284</a></span>; Bacon, +Mary Ann, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page251">251</a></span>; Bacon, Richard Noverre, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page344">344</a></span>; Bacon, Sir +Edmund, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>; Bagge, Richard, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page419">419</a></span>; Bagge, Sir +William, M.P., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page305">305</a></span>; Bagge, Sir William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page324">324</a></span>; Bailey, +Elijah Crosier, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page340">340</a></span>; Baines, Thos., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page256">256</a></span>; Baring, +Thomas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page236">236</a></span>; Barlow, Professor, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page112">112</a></span>; Barnard +Sarah (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>; Barham, J. C., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page412">412</a></span>; Barton, +Edward Walter, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page305">305</a></span>; Barwell, Henry George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page490">490</a></span>; Barwell +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page263">263</a></span>; Barwell, Louisa Mary, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page355">355</a></span>; Barrett, +Rev. G. W., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page447">447</a></span>; Bateman, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page382">382</a></span>; Bates, +Rev. Jonathan, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page294">294</a></span>; Bates, Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page392">392</a></span>; Bayfield, +T. G., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>; Bayning, Rev. Lord, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page160">160</a></span>; Beal, Rev. +Dr., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page201">201</a></span>; +Beare, Samuel Shalders, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page126">126</a></span>; Beauchamp, Sir T. W. H. Proctor, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page246">246</a></span>; +Beauchamp, Rev. William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page20">20</a></span>; Becher, Captain, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page138">138</a></span>; Beechey, +Rev. St. Vincent, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page501">501</a></span>; Beevor, Lady, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page407">407</a></span>; Beevor, +Sir Thomas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page296">296</a></span>; Beevor, Sir Thomas, Bart., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page359">359</a></span>; Bell, +Admiral, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page25">25</a></span>; Bellairs, Sir William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page128">128</a></span>; Bennett +George, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page12">12</a></span>; Bennett, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page132">132</a></span>; Bensly, +Professor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page440">440</a></span>; Bentinck, G. W. P., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page366">366</a></span>; Berners, +Lord, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page3">3</a></span>; +Berney, G. D., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>; Berry, Lady, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page50">50</a></span>; Betts, John, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page391">391</a></span>; +Bexfield, Dr., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page25">25</a></span>; Bickersteth, Mrs. Sarah, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page88">88</a></span>; Bidwell, +Leonard Shelford, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page178">178</a></span>; Bignold, Edward Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page469">469</a></span>; Bignold, +Lady, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page95">95</a></span>; +Bignold, Lieut.-Col., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page459">459</a></span>; Bignold, Sir Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page250">250</a></span>; Birch, +Judge, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page177">177</a></span>; Birkbeck, Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page456">456</a></span>; Black, +Lieut.-Col., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>; Black, Rear-Admiral, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page16">16</a></span>; Blake, +Francis John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page260">260</a></span>; Blake-Humfrey, Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page373">373</a></span>; +Blackelock, Archdeacon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>; Blane, Captain Rodney, R.N., +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page414">414</a></span>; +Blofeld, Rev. Thomas John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page320">320</a></span>; Blyth, Captain William +D’Urban, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page356">356</a></span>; Blyth, Rev. William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page369">369</a></span>; Boileau, +Lt. Charles A. P., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page44">44</a></span>; Boileau, Sir Francis G. M., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page514">514</a></span>; Bolieau, +Sir John P., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page189">189</a></span>; Bolingbroke, Horatio, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page294">294</a></span>; +Bond-Cabbell, Benjamin, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page249">249</a></span>; Bond-Cabbell, Benjamin Bond, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page430">430</a></span>; +Bond, Thomas William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page302">302</a></span>; Borrow, Ann, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page77">77</a></span>; Borrow +George Thomas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page322">322</a></span>; Bourchier, Lieut.-General, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page82">82</a></span>; Bouverie, +Archdeacon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page279">279</a></span>; Boyce John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page511">511</a></span>; Brett, +Lieut.-Col., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page157">157</a></span>; Brewer, Rev. Dr., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page478">478</a></span>; Brewer, +Rev. Professor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page295">295</a></span>; Briggs, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page240">240</a></span>; Bright +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page235">235</a></span>; Brightwell, Miss Cecilia Lucy, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page254">254</a></span>; +Brightwell, Thomas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page183">183</a></span>; Brightwell, Thomas, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page305">305</a></span>; Brock, +Rev. Dr., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>; Brock, Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page237">237</a></span>; Brooke, +Sir James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page178">178</a></span>; Brown, Frederic, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page258">258</a></span>; Brown, +Rev. James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page55">55</a></span>; Browne, Thos., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page496">496</a></span>; Browne +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page199">199</a></span>; Browne, Richard Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page439">439</a></span>; Browne, W. +J. Utten, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page441">441</a></span>; Buck, Dr. Zachariah, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page302">302</a></span>; Bulmer, +Rev. Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page507">507</a></span>; Bulwer, J. R., Q.C., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page497">497</a></span>; Bulwer, +William Earle Lytton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page279">279</a></span>; Bunn, Rhoda (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page348">348</a></span>; Bunting, +Christopher, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page208">208</a></span>; Burroughes, H. N., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page219">219</a></span>; +Burroughes, Thomas Proctor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>; Burroughes, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page158">158</a></span>; +Burroughes, William Norton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>; Butcher, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page266">266</a></span>; Buxton, +Lady, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page219">219</a></span>; Buxton, Sir Edward, North, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page75">75</a></span>; Buxton, Sir +R. J., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Campbell, Quarter-master, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page401">401</a></span>; Canterbury, Viscount, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page278">278</a></span>; Carr, +Isaac, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page176">176</a></span>; Carthew, G. A., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page331">331</a></span>; Carson, +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>; Cator, Admiral, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page137">137</a></span>; Cator, +Albemarle, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page178">178</a></span>; Cattermole, George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page180">180</a></span>; +Chamberlin, A. J. N., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page338">338</a></span>; Chamberlin, Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page267">267</a></span>; +Cholmondeley, Marquis of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page201">201</a></span>; Cholmondeley, Marquis of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page363">363</a></span>; Christie, +G. H., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>; Chute, W. L. W., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page300">300</a></span>; Clabburn, +W. H., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>; Clark, John F., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page493">493</a></span>; Clayburn, +Phœbe (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page113">113</a></span>; Clayton, General Sir W. R., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page161">161</a></span>; Cockburn, +Major-Gen., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>; Cockle (the pill maker), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page28">28</a></span>; Codman, +Stephen, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page16">16</a></span>; Coke, Hon. Edward Wentworth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page402">402</a></span>; Coke, +Thomas William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>; Coleman, George Lovick, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page406">406</a></span>; Colkett, +S. D., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page120">120</a></span>; Collison, Rev. Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page323">323</a></span>; Collyer, +Archdeacon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page60">60</a></span>; Collyer, Georgina Frances Amy, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page477">477</a></span>; +Colman, Alan C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>; Colman, Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page457">457</a></span>; Colman +Jeremiah, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>; Colman, J. J., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page492">492</a></span>; Colman, +Mrs. J. J., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page462">462</a></span>; Colman, Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page453">453</a></span>; Constance, +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page30">30</a></span>; Cooke, George Frederick, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page488">488</a></span>; Cooke, W. +H., Q.C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page453">453</a></span>; Coope, Octavius Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page375">375</a></span>; Copeman, +Rev. A. C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page472">472</a></span>; Cooper, Carlos, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page483">483</a></span>; Cooper, J. +N. V., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page178">178</a></span>; Cooper, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page280">280</a></span>; Coots, +Philip, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page31">31</a></span>; Copeman, Dr. Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page306">306</a></span>; Copeman, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>; Cory, Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page191">191</a></span>; Costello, +Rev. Edmund, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>; Cotman, John Joseph, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page284">284</a></span>; Cox, Rev. +John Edmund, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>; Coyte, Arthur, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page360">360</a></span>; +Cozens-Hardy, W. H., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page459">459</a></span>; Crabbe, Rev. George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page349">349</a></span>; Crane, +Commander, R.N., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page287">287</a></span>; Cranworth, Baron, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page179">179</a></span>; Craven, +Countess of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>; Crawshay, Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page503">503</a></span>; Creeny, +Rev. W. F., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page479">479</a></span>; Croker, J. M., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page298">298</a></span>; Crome, +Mary Ann, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>; Crompton, Rev. Joseph, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page285">285</a></span>; Crosse, +Thomas William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>; Cruttenden, Col., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page11">11</a></span>; Cubitt, +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>; Cubitt, Sir William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page108">108</a></span>; Cubitt, +T., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page47">47</a></span>; +Cubitt, William Jary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page358">358</a></span>; Cubitt, William Partridge, <a +name="page524"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 524</span><span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page352">352</a></span>; Culley, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page64">64</a></span>; +Culley, R. T., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>; Culley, Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page495">495</a></span>; Cumming, +Rev. James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>; Curtis, John, F.L.S., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page117">117</a></span>; Custance +Col., Sir H., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page434">434</a></span>; Custance, General, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page365">365</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Dalling and Bulwer, Baron, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>; Dalrymple, Archibald, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page125">125</a></span>; Dalrymple, +Arthur, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page176">176</a></span>; Dalrymple, Dr., M.P., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page235">235</a></span>; Dalrymple, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page12">12</a></span>; +Dalton, Rev. John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page239">239</a></span>; Daly, William Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page333">333</a></span>; Daniels, +Benjamin (“Last of the Giants”), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page275">275</a></span>; Darkin, +James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page400">400</a></span>; Daveney, Major-General, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page229">229</a></span>; Davenport +(actor), <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page6">6</a></span>; +Davie, Rev. W. Cufaude, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page409">409</a></span>; Davy, Captain John, R.N., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page288">288</a></span>; Dawson, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page22">22</a></span>; +Day, Herbert William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page491">491</a></span>; Day, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page169">169</a></span>; Daynes, +Samuel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page412">412</a></span>; De Bardelin, General, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page12">12</a></span>; de Ramsey, +Baron, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page382">382</a></span>; Dickson, Colonel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page455">455</a></span>; Dillon, +Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page322">322</a></span>; Direr, Oswald, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page367">367</a></span>; Dolphin, +Rev. John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>; Doughty, Mary (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page142">142</a></span>; Dover; +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page45">45</a></span>; +Dowson, J. W., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page300">300</a></span>; Drake, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page165">165</a></span>; Drane, +Henry (coachman), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>; Druery, John Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page310">310</a></span>; Duff, +M.P., Colonel James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page293">293</a></span>; Du Port, Rev. J. M., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Eastlake, Lady, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page444">444</a></span>; Eaton, George Clayton, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page510">510</a></span>; Eden, W. +A. D., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>; Eden, Rev. Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page494">494</a></span>; Edwards, +Rev. Bartholomew, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>; Edwards, Sarah (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page239">239</a></span>; Elvin, +Charles, Horton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page454">454</a></span>; Elwes, Lieut. R. H., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page318">318</a></span>; Elwin, +Rev. Robert Fountaine, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page19">19</a></span>; Elwin, Rev. Whitwell, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page505">505</a></span>; Evans, +Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page182">182</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Feilden, Canon J. R., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>; Fellowes, Rev. Thomas Lyon, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page321">321</a></span>; ffolkes, +Sir W. J. H. B., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page94">94</a></span>; Fiddaman, James, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page344">344</a></span>; Field, +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>; Field, Rev. Dr., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page356">356</a></span>; Fielden, +Joshua, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>; Firth, G. W. W., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page288">288</a></span>; Fish, John +(<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>; Fisher, David, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page77">77</a></span>; Fisher, +David, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>; Fisher George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page132">132</a></span>; Fisher, +Rear-Admiral, William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page16">16</a></span>; Fitch, Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page459">459</a></span>; FitzRoy, +Lieut.-Col., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page295">295</a></span>; Fletcher, Josiah, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page268">268</a></span>; Fletcher, +Mrs. Sarah, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>; Forster, Robert (bandmaster of +33rd Regiment), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page31">31</a></span>; Forster, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page28">28</a></span>; Foster, P. +Le Neve, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page295">295</a></span>; Foster, Sir William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page249">249</a></span>; Fountaine, +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>; Fox, William Johnson +(“Norwich Weaver Boy”), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page136">136</a></span>; Francis, Bransby, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page246">246</a></span>; Francis, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page45">45</a></span>; +Freeman, Rev. John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page273">273</a></span>; Freeman, W. P. B., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page482">482</a></span>; Freeman, +William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>; Freestone, Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page246">246</a></span>; Frere, +Captain, R.N., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page132">132</a></span>; Frere, Rev. Temple, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page87">87</a></span>; Frere, Sir +Bartle, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page347">347</a></span>; Fryer, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page438">438</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Garnier, Rev. T. P., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page487">487</a></span>; Garrod, Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page109">109</a></span>; Garthon, +James S., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page236">236</a></span>; Gattey, Bartholomew, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page151">151</a></span>; Gedge, +George, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page272">272</a></span>; Gibbon, Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page413">413</a></span>; Gibson, C. +M., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page238">238</a></span>; +Gibson, Robert E. <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>; Gill, Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page190">190</a></span>; Gilman, C. +S., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page389">389</a></span>; +Glover, Christiana, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page296">296</a></span>; Gooch, Vice-Admiral, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page266">266</a></span>; Goodwin, +C., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page390">390</a></span>; +Goodwin, Charles Wyncliffe, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>; Gordon, Harriet Gurney (actress), +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page41">41</a></span>; +Gordon, Lord, of Drumearn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page303">303</a></span>; Goulburn, Dean, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page479">479</a></span>; Gould, +Rev. George, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page326">326</a></span>; Goward, Mary (<i>c</i>) <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page35">35</a></span>; Grafton, +Duke of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page122">122</a></span>; Grafton, Duke of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page144">144</a></span>; Grafton, +Duke of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>; Grahame, Miss C. S., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page279">279</a></span>; +Graver-Browne, J. B., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page314">314</a></span>; Green, Margaret (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page200">200</a></span>; Griggs, +Money (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page218">218</a></span>; Grigson, Rev. Wm., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page303">303</a></span>; Grimmer, +Frederic, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page487">487</a></span>; Grimmer, Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page406">406</a></span>; Gunn, +Mrs., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>; Gunn, Rev. John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page411">411</a></span>; Gordon, +Brampton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page320">320</a></span>; Gurney, Daniel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page310">310</a></span>; Gurney, +Francis Hay, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>; Gurney, Hudson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page139">139</a></span>; Gurney, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page377">377</a></span>; Gurney, John Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page409">409</a></span>; Gurney, +Richard Hanbury, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page27">27</a></span>; Gurney, Richard Hanbury, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page498">498</a></span>; Gurney, +William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page201">201</a></span>; Guy, Dr. William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page430">430</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Haggard, W. M. R., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page440">440</a></span>; Hallett, Rev. John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page314">314</a></span>; Hales (the +Norfolk giant), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page130">130</a></span>; Hamond, Admiral Sir Graham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page119">119</a></span>; Hamond, +Anthony, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>; Hamond, Anthony, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page458">458</a></span>; Hancock, +Thomas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page247">247</a></span>; Hankinson, Archdeacon, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page177">177</a></span>; Hanly, +John Laffan, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>; Hansell, Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page284">284</a></span>; Harbord, +Harbord, Hon., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>; Harbord, Hon. and Rev. John, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page514">514</a></span>; +Harcourt, James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page338">338</a></span>; Hare, Sir Thomas Leigh, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page315">315</a></span>; Harris, +Commander F., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page339">339</a></span>; Harris, Rev. G. H., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page339">339</a></span>; Harrison, +Eleanor (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>; Harrison, Thomas, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page367">367</a></span>; Harrod, +Henry, F.S.A., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page208">208</a></span>; Harvey, Col. J. E. <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page405">405</a></span>; Harvey, +Elizabeth (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>; Harvey, General Sir Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page97">97</a></span>; Hastings, +Lord, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page92">92</a></span>; +Hastings, Lord, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page210">210</a></span>; Hastings, Lord, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page226">226</a></span>; Hastings, +Lord, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page261">261</a></span>; Hawkes, John (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page452">452</a></span>; Haywood, +Kezia (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page284">284</a></span>; Heath, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page514">514</a></span>; Heaviside, +Canon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page477">477</a></span>; Hill, Dr. Horace, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page508">508</a></span>; Hill, +James Frederick, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>; Hills, Bishop, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page466">466</a></span>; Hillyard, +Rev. E. A., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>; Hinds, Bishop, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page218">218</a></span>; Hitchman, +Robert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page488">488</a></span>; Hoare, Joseph, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page364">364</a></span>; Hobson, +Rev. R., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>; Hodgson, Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page55">55</a></span>; Hodgson, +David, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>; Holley, James Hunt, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page437">437</a></span>; Holmes, +John (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page73">73</a></span>; Hooker, Sir W. J., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page149">149</a></span>; Hopper, +Archdeacon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>; Hoseason, Thomas, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page285">285</a></span>; Hosken, +Rev. Charles Heath, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>; Hoste, Rear Admiral, Sir William, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page181">181</a></span>; +Hoste, Rev. George Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>; Hotblack, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page457">457</a></span>; Houchen, +Rebecca (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>; Howard, the Hon. T. <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page312">312</a></span>; Howe, +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page468">468</a></span>; Howell, Rev. <a +name="page525"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 525</span>Hinds, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page500">500</a></span>; +Howes, Edward, M.P., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page210">210</a></span>; Howlett, Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page80">80</a></span>; Howlett, +William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page321">321</a></span>; Huddleston, Baron, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page416">416</a></span>; Hudson, +Anthony, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page67">67</a></span>; Hull, Dr. Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page49">49</a></span>; Hunter, +William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>; Hurry, Thomas, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page188">188</a></span>; Husenbeth, +Rev. Dr., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page227">227</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Jarrold, Hannah Elizabeth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>; Jarrold, Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page250">250</a></span>; Jarrold, +Thomas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>; Jarvis, Sir L. W., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page395">395</a></span>; Jay, G. +B., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page404">404</a></span>; +Jean, Ann, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>; Jenner, Commander George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page232">232</a></span>; +Jerningham, Hon. Francis Stafford, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page246">246</a></span>; Jerningham, the Hon. G. S. +Stafford, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page248">248</a></span>; Jerrard, George Birch, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page130">130</a></span>; Jessopp, +Rev. John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>; Jex, Johnson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page9">9</a></span>; Jocelyn, M.P., +Viscount, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page32">32</a></span>; Johnson, J. Godwin, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page237">237</a></span>; Johnson, +Rev. Ambrose, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>; Johnson, Rev. John Munnings, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page374">374</a></span>; +Johnson, Winifred (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page249">249</a></span>; Johnson, Rev. W. Cowper, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page444">444</a></span>; Jones, +Mrs. Herbert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page466">466</a></span>; Jones, Sir Willoughby, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page350">350</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Kay, Mr. Justice, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page478">478</a></span>; Kett, George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page223">223</a></span>; Kett, +George Samuel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page211">211</a></span>; Kett, Thompson, H. K., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page228">228</a></span>; Ketton, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page224">224</a></span>; Keeley, Mrs., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page497">497</a></span>; Kelly, Sir +Fitzroy Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page313">313</a></span>; Kerrison, General, Sir Edward, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page20">20</a></span>; +Kerrison, Roger, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page136">136</a></span>; King, Rev. G. A., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page434">434</a></span>; +Kinnebrook, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>; Kitson, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page195">195</a></span>; Knight, +Rev. Joseph Philip, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page380">380</a></span>; Knights, Mark, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page478">478</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Lacon, Sir E. H. K., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page393">393</a></span>; Lacon, Sir E. B. K., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page500">500</a></span>; Ladbrooke, +Frederick, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page151">151</a></span>; Ladbrooke, J. B., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page300">300</a></span>; Ladbrooke, +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page195">195</a></span>; Land, Benjamin, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page224">224</a></span>; Laws, +William (coach proprietor), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>; Leaman, Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page288">288</a></span>; Leeds, +Robert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page412">412</a></span>; Lee Warner, Rev. H. J., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page358">358</a></span>; Lee +Warner, Henry James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page369">369</a></span>; Leicester, Countess of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page201">201</a></span>; +L’Estrange, John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page278">278</a></span>; le Strange, H. L. Styleman, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page116">116</a></span>; Linay, +Samuel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page449">449</a></span>; Lindley, John, F.R.S., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page152">152</a></span>; Ling, Mrs. +E. (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>; Linton, Bishop Sydney, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page449">449</a></span>; Lock Mary +(<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page115">115</a></span>; Loftus, Captain Frederick, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page101">101</a></span>; Loftus, +Lord George William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page273">273</a></span>; Loftus, Major Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page338">338</a></span>; Lombe, +Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page99">99</a></span>; Lombe, Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page11">11</a></span>; Lombe, Rev. +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page289">289</a></span>; Longe, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page226">226</a></span>; Lothian, +Marquis of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page203">203</a></span>; Lound, Thomas, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page104">104</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Mackenzie, Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page313">313</a></span>; Maidstone, Robert (<i>c</i>), +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page212">212</a></span>; +Maltby, Bishop, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page86">86</a></span>; Manby, Captain, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page37">37</a></span>; Mann, Dr. R. +J., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page371">371</a></span>; +Mann, Thomas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>; Manning, Rev. C. R., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page496">496</a></span>; Mansfield, +Earl of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page491">491</a></span>; Marsh, Samuel Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page127">127</a></span>; Marshall, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page201">201</a></span>; Marshall, Peter Paul, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page508">508</a></span>; Marsham, +Rev. Henry Philip, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>; Martineau, Dr. James, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page507">507</a></span>; Martineau, +Harriet, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page267">267</a></span>; Martineau, Miss Fanny Anne, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page273">273</a></span>; Martineau, +Robert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page202">202</a></span>; Mason, Colonel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page152">152</a></span>; Mason, +Robert Hindry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page360">360</a></span>; Master, Alfred, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page342">342</a></span>; Master, R. +P., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page287">287</a></span>; +Matchett, William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page128">128</a></span>; Mathias, Archdeacon, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page136">136</a></span>; Mathias, +Colonel Vincent, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>; Mendham, W. L., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page267">267</a></span>; Metcalfe, +William James, Q.C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>; Methold, Rev. John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page342">342</a></span>; +Micklethwait, Rev. J. N., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page278">278</a></span>; Middleton, G., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page211">211</a></span>; Miller, H. +B., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page409">409</a></span>; +Mills, Frederick Anthony, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page355">355</a></span>; Minns, Henry Jonathan, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page315">315</a></span>; Mitham, +Thomas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>; Money, Lieut.-General, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page78">78</a></span>; Money, +Philip John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>; Montgomery, Walter, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page214">214</a></span>; Morgan, A. +M. F., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page305">305</a></span>; Mortimer, Mrs., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page288">288</a></span>; Morton, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page452">452</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Naylor, John (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page151">151</a></span>; Neave, James, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page39">39</a></span>; Nelson, +William (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page308">308</a></span>; Nelthorpe, Lieut.-Col., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page31">31</a></span>; Nevill, +Archdeacon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page513">513</a></span>; Nichols, William Peter, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page292">292</a></span>; +Nightingale, Samuel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>; Ninham, Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page247">247</a></span>; Nisbet, +Canon J. M., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>; Nolbrow, Sarah (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page215">215</a></span>; Norgate, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page212">212</a></span>; Norton, Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page427">427</a></span>; Noverre, +Frank, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page286">286</a></span>; Nursey, Claude L., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page230">230</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Oakes, Lieut.-Col., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page119">119</a></span>; Ollett, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page5">5</a></span>; +O’Malley, P. F., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page249">249</a></span>; Ommanney, Major-General, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page275">275</a></span>; Onslow, +Captain, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page54">54</a></span>; Opie, Amelia, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page26">26</a></span>; Orde, James +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page306">306</a></span>; Orfeur, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page353">353</a></span>; Orford, +Earl of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>; Orford, Earl of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page455">455</a></span>; Osborne, +John (coach driver), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page43">43</a></span>; Oury, Antonio James, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page339">339</a></span>; Oury, +Madame, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page311">311</a></span>; Overman, Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page417">417</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Paget, Sir James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page504">504</a></span>; Palgrave, Francis Turner, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page483">483</a></span>; Palmer, +Charles John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>; Palmer, George Danby, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page142">142</a></span>; Palmer, +Nathaniel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page219">219</a></span>; Parmeter, Robert William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page313">313</a></span>; Parry, +Lady, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page468">468</a></span>; Parry, Sir William Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page42">42</a></span>; Patteson, H. +S., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page487">487</a></span>; +Patteson, Sir John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page106">106</a></span>; Pelham, Bishop, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page448">448</a></span>; Pelham, +Mrs., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>; Pelham, Rev. Herbert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page320">320</a></span>; Pellew, +Dean, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>; Penrice, Major John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page434">434</a></span>; Pentney, +Peter (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>; Peto, Sir Morton, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page405">405</a></span>; Phillips, +Fredk. Lawrence, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>; Phillips, Mrs., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page412">412</a></span>; Phipson, +R. M., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>; Pilch, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page161">161</a></span>; Pinson, +G., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page304">304</a></span>; +Prendergast, M., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>; Press, Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page286">286</a></span>; Preston, +Arthur, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page390">390</a></span>; Preston, E. H. L., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page225">225</a></span>; Preston, +Isaac, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page155">155</a></span>; Preston, Sir Jacob Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page423">423</a></span>; Price, E. +P., Q.C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>; Pymar, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page348">348</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Quinton, John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page348">348</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Ranelagh, Viscount, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>; Ranking, Dr. W. H., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page168">168</a></span>; Rattee, +James, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page40">40</a></span>; +Reddie, J. F., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>; Reeder, Benjamin, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page23">23</a></span>; Reeve, +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page465">465</a></span>; Reynolds, F., (sportsman), <a +name="page526"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 526</span><span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page248">248</a></span>; +Richardson, Samuel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page306">306</a></span>; Rigby, Anne, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page225">225</a></span>; Rigby +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>; Rigby, Jane, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page472">472</a></span>; Rigg, Rev. +Richard, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>; Robberds, John May, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page342">342</a></span>; Robinson, +Sir Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>; Robison, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page240">240</a></span>; Rolfe, +Rev. E. N., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>; Rope, Susan (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page487">487</a></span>; Rowland, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page5">5</a></span>; +Rudd, Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page218">218</a></span>; Rumbold, C. E., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page63">63</a></span>; Rumsby, +Widow (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page116">116</a></span>; Rust, Rev. Cyprian T., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page457">457</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Schneider, H. W., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>; Seager, Major-General, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page337">337</a></span>; Seaman, +Robert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page240">240</a></span>; Sedgwick, Rev. Adam, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page230">230</a></span>; Seppings, +Thomas Johnson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page308">308</a></span>; Sewell, Mary, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page347">347</a></span>; Shalders, +W., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page47">47</a></span>; +Sharman, James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>; Sharpe, Rear-Admiral Robert, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page176">176</a></span>; +Short, Obadiah, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page371">371</a></span>; Sidney, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>; +Simpkinson, Rev. J. N., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page447">447</a></span>; Simpson, Frederick, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page220">220</a></span>; Simpson, +John Palgrave, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page382">382</a></span>; Simpson, Lieut. William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page167">167</a></span>; Simpson, +W. T., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page481">481</a></span>; Skipper, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page120">120</a></span>; Slann, +Richard, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page5">5</a></span>; +Smetham, J. O., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>; Smith, Dame Pleasance (<i>c</i>), +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page274">274</a></span>; +Smith, George, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>; Smith, Henry Powell, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page268">268</a></span>; Smith, +Lieut.-Col. James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page10">10</a></span>; Smith, James, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page3">3</a></span>; Smith, +William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page287">287</a></span>; Smith, Willoughby, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page422">422</a></span>; Smyth, +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page134">134</a></span>; Softly, John (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page17">17</a></span>; Soman, +Philip, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>; Sondes, Baron, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page250">250</a></span>; Sondes, +Earl, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page452">452</a></span>; Sowerby, J. De Carle, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page214">214</a></span>; Sparke, +Lieut. Henry Astley, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page36">36</a></span>; Sparrow, J. W., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page492">492</a></span>; Spelman, +C. C. Rix, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>; Spilling, James, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page482">482</a></span>; +Springfield, Osborn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>; Springfield, Thomas Osborn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page74">74</a></span>; Squirrell, +M.P., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page475">475</a></span>; Stafford, Baron, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page7">7</a></span>; Stafford, +Baron, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page352">352</a></span>; Stafford, Dowager Lady, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page118">118</a></span>; Stafford, +Lady, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page56">56</a></span>; +Stafford, William Cooke, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page272">272</a></span>; Stanley, Joseph, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page497">497</a></span>; Stannard, +Alfred, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page398">398</a></span>; Stannard, Alfred George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page358">358</a></span>; Stannard, +Emily, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>; Stannard, Emily, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page454">454</a></span>; Stark, +William, F.G.S., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page129">129</a></span>; Stead, Thomas Ballan, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page474">474</a></span>; +Steavenson, Susannah (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page237">237</a></span>; Steggall, Lucy (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page377">377</a></span>; Stevens, +G. A., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page379">379</a></span>; Stevenson, Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page393">393</a></span>; Stevenson, +Seth William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page27">27</a></span>; Steward, Donald, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page485">485</a></span>; Steward, +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page237">237</a></span>; Steward, Robert, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page209">209</a></span>; Steward, +Timothy, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>; Stopford, Lieut.-Col., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page504">504</a></span>; Stoughton, +Rev. Dr., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page483">483</a></span>; Stracey, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page79">79</a></span>; Stracey, +Lady, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>; Stracey, Rev. Sir George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page38">38</a></span>; Stracey, Sir +E. H. J., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>; Stracey, Sir H. J., Bart., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page359">359</a></span>; Stratton, +Minnie (daughter of “Tom Thumb”), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page162">162</a></span>; Sultzer, +John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page212">212</a></span>; Swann, Joshua, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page272">272</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Tallack, Thomas R., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page434">434</a></span>; Tallowin, Mary (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page88">88</a></span>; Tash, Mary +(<i>c</i>) <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page1">1</a></span>; Taylor, Dr. J. E., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page464">464</a></span>; +Tattersall, Edmund, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page486">486</a></span>; Taylor, Emily, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page218">218</a></span>; Taylor, +John, F.R.S., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page123">123</a></span>; Taylor, John Oddin, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page241">241</a></span>; Taylor, +John Oddin Howard, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page410">410</a></span>; Taylor, Mrs., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page398">398</a></span>; Taylor, +Professor Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page122">122</a></span>; Taylor, Richard Cowling, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page8">8</a></span>; Thackeray, +Mrs., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page398">398</a></span>; Thew, John Dyker, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page423">423</a></span>; Thompson, +William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page434">434</a></span>; Thurtell, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page281">281</a></span>; Thurston, +John (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page15">15</a></span>; Thurtell, Captain Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page55">55</a></span>; Tillett, +Jacob Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page426">426</a></span>; Titlow, Rev. Samuel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page211">211</a></span>; Todd, Mary +Ann (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>; Tooley, Benjamin (<i>c</i>), +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page175">175</a></span>; +Towler, Abel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page263">263</a></span>; Townshend, Lord Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page25">25</a></span>; Townshend, +Rear-Admiral <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page127">127</a></span>; Travers, Sir Eaton Stanley, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page72">72</a></span>; Trimmer, +Rev. Kirby, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page384">384</a></span>; Truman, James, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page290">290</a></span>; Tubby, +Miss, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page23">23</a></span>; +Tuck, C. E., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>; Turnbull, W. Wilson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page290">290</a></span>; Turner, +Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page110">110</a></span>; Turner, Rev. Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page415">415</a></span>; Turner, +Dawson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>; Turner, Sir George James, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page169">169</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Unthank, John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>; Upcher, Henry Ramey, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page429">429</a></span>; Upcher, +Rev. Arthur Wilson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Venning, John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page74">74</a></span>; Ventnor, Arthur Dale, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page353">353</a></span>; Villebois, +Henry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page366">366</a></span>; Viner, Frederick, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page414">414</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Walker, Admiral Sir J. B. W., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page263">263</a></span>; Walpole, Colonel, the Hon., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page92">92</a></span>; Walpole, +Hon. Frederick, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page264">264</a></span>; Walsingham, Lord, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page207">207</a></span>; Waring, +Walter, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page513">513</a></span>; Waring, William, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page447">447</a></span>; Warner, +Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>; Warrant, Eleanor (<i>c</i>), +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page31">31</a></span>; Watts, +J. (coach driver), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>; Watson, F. E., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page494">494</a></span>; Watson, +John Ferra, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>; Weeds, Sarah (<i>c</i>), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page414">414</a></span>; Weller, +Edmund Stephen, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page325">325</a></span>; Wellington, Duke of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page349">349</a></span>; Whall, +Benjamin, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>; Whur, Cornelius (“Suffolk +Poet”), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page20">20</a></span>; Wigham, J. B., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page9">9</a></span>; Wild, Charles, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page418">418</a></span>; +Wilde, George, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page379">379</a></span>; Wilde, Stephen, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page283">283</a></span>; Wilde, +William, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page160">160</a></span>; Wilkins, Archdeacon, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page149">149</a></span>; Wilkinson, +Charles Crawshay, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page318">318</a></span>; Willett, E. H., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page315">315</a></span>; Willins, +Edward Preston, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page401">401</a></span>; Willis, John, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page387">387</a></span>; Wilshere, +W., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page172">172</a></span>; +Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir Archdale, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page240">240</a></span>; Wilson, Rev. Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page247">247</a></span>; Winch, B. +V., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page417">417</a></span>; +Windham, F. W., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page154">154</a></span>; Windham, William Howe, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page37">37</a></span>; Winter, +Ambrose (<i>c</i>), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page413">413</a></span>; Winter, Rev. G. R., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page464">464</a></span>; Windham, +General, Sir C. A., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page197">197</a></span>; Wiseman, Isaac, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page123">123</a></span>; Winter, +James, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page263">263</a></span>; Wiseman, Rev. Luke Hoult, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page252">252</a></span>; +Wodderspoon, John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page118">118</a></span>; Wodehouse, Col. Edwin, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page206">206</a></span>; Wodehouse, +Edmond, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page44">44</a></span>; Wodehouse, Sir P. E., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page385">385</a></span>; Wollaston, +Rev. W. C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page227">227</a></span>; Womersley, Joshua, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page497">497</a></span>; Wood, +Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page10">10</a></span>; Woods, Henry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page409">409</a></span>; Woolley, +Rev. Dr. John, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>; Woodward, B. B., <a +name="page527"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 527</span><span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page194">194</a></span>; Woodward, +S. P., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page147">147</a></span>; Worlledge, Chancellor, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page322">322</a></span>; Wortley, +Robert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page495">495</a></span>; Wright, Charles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page372">372</a></span>; Wright, +Jonas Silvanus, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page193">193</a></span>; Wymer, Colonel, Sir George, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page181">181</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Yates, Elizabeth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>; Youell, Edward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page205">205</a></span>; Young, J. +F., <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page377">377</a></span>; +Young, Richard, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page215">215</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dillon, Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page307">307</a></span>.</p> +<p>Diocesan Conference, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page206">206</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page227">227</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page290">290</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page310">310</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page351">351</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page367">367</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page378">378</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page390">390</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page401">401</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page409">409</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page418">418</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page440">440</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page447">447</a></span>, (at Ipswich), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page469">469</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page479">479</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page487">487</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page498">498</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page508">508</a></span>.</p> +<p>Discharged Soldiers’ Association, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>Disfranchisement Bill, Norwich voters, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page193">193</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dishorning of cattle, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page395">395</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page400">400</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>.</p> +<p>Diss Corn Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page37">37</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>.</p> +<p>District Councils, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Visiting Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>.</p> +<p>Divorce suits: Gurney <i>v.</i> Gurney and Taylor, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page101">101</a></span>; Burroughes +<i>v.</i> Burroughes and Silcock, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page115">115</a></span>.</p> +<p>Docking Union Association dissolved, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page232">232</a></span>.</p> +<p>Docks at Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page176">176</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page192">192</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Doctor,” unlawful use of the designation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page491">491</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dodder, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page170">170</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dogs as animals of draft, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page30">30</a></span>.</p> +<p>Donati’s Comet, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>.</p> +<p>Donegal Militia at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page87">87</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>.</p> +<p>Douglas’s Theatrical Company, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page2">2</a></span>.</p> +<p>Dow, General Neal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>.</p> +<p>Downham Market Public Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>; Town Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page384">384</a></span>.</p> +<p>Drayton church steeple, fall of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page1">1</a></span>.</p> +<p>Drill Hall, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page159">159</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page163">163</a></span>.</p> +<p>Drives, long, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page248">248</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page510">510</a></span>.</p> +<p>Drought, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page12">12</a></span>.</p> +<p>Duchess of Kent, death of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>.</p> +<p>Duels, inciting to fight, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page60">60</a></span>.</p> +<p>Duke of Albany, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Cambridge, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page321">321</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Clarence at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>; at Lynn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page424">424</a></span>; betrothal, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page424">424</a></span>; +visit to Didlington, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>; proposed marriage, gift to, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page425">425</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page425">425</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Connaught at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page244">244</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page245">245</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page250">250</a></span>; marriage of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page296">296</a></span>; opens +Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>; at Lynn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page424">424</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Edinburgh at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page163">163</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>; visit to Thornham Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page164">164</a></span>; Gunton +Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>; Holkham Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page165">165</a></span>; Marham +House, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>; Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page309">309</a></span>; Didlington +Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>; attempted assassination of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page178">178</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Norfolk visits Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page311">311</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Wellington, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page15">15</a></span>; monument to, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page16">16</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page36">36</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, York, betrothal of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page441">441</a></span>; marriage, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page443">443</a></span>; at +Didlington, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>; opens Technical School at Lynn, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page446">446</a></span>; +birth of first child, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>; opens Castle Museum at Norwich, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page453">453</a></span>; +visit to Norwich Fat Cattle Show, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>; to Lynn Hospital, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page499">499</a></span>; to +Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>.</p> +<p>Duke’s Palace Bridge, Norwich, freeing of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page41">41</a></span>.</p> +<p>Duleep Singh, Maharajah, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page126">126</a></span>.</p> +<p>Durrant card scandal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page115">115</a></span>.</p> +<h3>E</h3> +<p>Eade, Peter: knighted, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>; resigns post of senior physician +of the Hospital, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>; elected Mayor of Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page445">445</a></span>; elected to +fill casual vacancy, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page460">460</a></span>; receives freedom of city, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page464">464</a></span>; presented +with portrait, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>.</p> +<p>Eagles shot, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page57">57</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page406">406</a></span>.</p> +<p>Early closing of public houses, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page34">34</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page224">224</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page234">234</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of shops, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page266">266</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page296">296</a></span>.</p> +<p>Earthquake shock, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page143">143</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Eastern Daily Press” first published, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page206">206</a></span>.</p> +<p>Eccentric personages, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page31">31</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page151">151</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ecclesiastical History Lectures at Norwich Cathedral, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page437">437</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page438">438</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page458">458</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page468">468</a></span>.</p> +<p>Eccles-next-the-Sea, ruined church of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page24">24</a></span>; fall of +tower, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>.</p> +<p>Eel, immense, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>.</p> +<p>Edgefield church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page349">349</a></span>.</p> +<p>Education Code, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>.</p> +<p>Elastic cloth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>.</p> +<p>Eldon Club, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>.</p> +<p>Election disturbances in East Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page462">462</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, expenses, action to recover, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page59">59</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of a vicar at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page475">475</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, petitions against Messrs. Peto and Warner, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page16">16</a></span>; withdrawal +of, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page19">19</a></span>; +against Messrs. M’Cullagh and Watkin, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page66">66</a></span>; against Lord +Bury and Mr. Schneider, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page86">86</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page94">94</a></span>; against Sir Edmund Lacon and Sir H. +Stracey, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>; against Sir H. Stracey <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page186">186</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page196">196</a></span>; against +the Hon. R. Bourke, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page189">189</a></span>; against the Hon. F. Walpole and +Sir E. H. K. Lacon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page190">190</a></span>; against Mr. J. H. Tillett, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page205">205</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page208">208</a></span>; ditto, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page253">253</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page255">255</a></span>; +against Messrs. P. Back and J. H. Ladyman (municipal election), +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page273">273</a></span>; +against Mr. Harry Bullard, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page366">366</a></span>; against Lord Henry Bentinck, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page378">378</a></span>.</p> +<p>Elections, Parliamentary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page13">13</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page14">14</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page34">34</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page37">37</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page38">38</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page42">42</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page60">60</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page69">69</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page72">72</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page83">83</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page84">84</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page86">86</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page94">94</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page123">123</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page146">146</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page147">147</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page182">182</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page183">183</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page184">184</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page203">203</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page209">209</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page211">211</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page238">238</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page239">239</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page294">294</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page307">307</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page308">308</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page345">345</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page362">362</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page367">367</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page369">369</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page370">370</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page431">431</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page432">432</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page462">462</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page463">463</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page488">488</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page497">497</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page512">512</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page513">513</a></span>.</p> +<p>Electric lighting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page295">295</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page312">312</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page323">323</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>.</p> +<p>Elephant, death of an, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page528"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +528</span>Electricity Company, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page423">423</a></span>.</p> +<p>Elementary Education Bill, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page197">197</a></span>; Norwich Town Council recommends +formation of School Board, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page209">209</a></span>.</p> +<p>Embezzlement, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page216">216</a></span>.</p> +<p>Emigrant ship ashore at Winterton, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page265">265</a></span>.</p> +<p>Emigrants leave Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>.</p> +<p>English <i>v.</i> Black, remarkable action tor defamation, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page57">57</a></span>.</p> +<p>Estate sales, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page14">14</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page42">42</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page51">51</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page78">78</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page87">87</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page125">125</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page143">143</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page161">161</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page256">256</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page322">322</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page371">371</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ex-communication, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page359">359</a></span>.</p> +<p>Execution of Henry Groom, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>; William Thompson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page30">30</a></span>; Hubbard +Lingley, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page169">169</a></span>; William Sheward, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page186">186</a></span>; Henry +Webster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>; Henry March, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page280">280</a></span>; William +George Abigail, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>; Robert Goodale, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page361">361</a></span>; John +Thurston, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>; George Harmer, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page372">372</a></span>; George +Watt, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, last public <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page169">169</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, first private, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page186">186</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, last at Norwich Castle, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, disgraceful scenes at an, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page30">30</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, horrible accident at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>.</p> +<p>Exhibitions, industrial, at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page169">169</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page213">213</a></span>.</p> +<p>Explosion on Alexandra steamer, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>; at Clerkenwell, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page173">173</a></span>; at +Walsingham church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page163">163</a></span>; gunpowder, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page101">101</a></span>; in St. +Peter Mancroft church alley, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page271">271</a></span>.</p> +<p>Explosions of boilers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page166">166</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page176">176</a></span>; of fireworks, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page205">205</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page269">269</a></span>; gas, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page49">49</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page269">269</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page365">365</a></span>.</p> +<h3>F</h3> +<p>Fair Trade League, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page353">353</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fakenham Corn Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page44">44</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Falka,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>.</p> +<p>Falls of Bruar, wreck of the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>.</p> +<p>Falls of church steeples, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page1">1</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page22">22</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>.</p> +<p>False imprisonment, action for, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page142">142</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fancy dress balls, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page99">99</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>.</p> +<p>Farmers’ Alliance, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page306">306</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Defence Associations, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page231">231</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page239">239</a></span>.</p> +<p>Farren, Miss E., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page235">235</a></span>.</p> +<p>Felo de se, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page106">106</a></span>.</p> +<p>Female franchise, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page291">291</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fenian movement, precautions at Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page173">173</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fifty-first Regiment, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page233">233</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fine Arts’ Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fire engine, steam, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page338">338</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, escape, invented by Capt. Longe, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page375">375</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fires: at “Norwich Mercury” office, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page4">4</a></span>; Norfolk Hotel, +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page13">13</a></span>; Hunstanton Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page21">21</a></span>; steam flour +mills, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>; St. Andrew’s Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page50">50</a></span>; at Yarmouth, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page69">69</a></span>; St. +Martin-at-Palace, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page70">70</a></span>; in Pottergate Street, Norwich, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page87">87</a></span>; in +Dove Street, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>; at Swaffham Prison, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page111">111</a></span>; at; St. +George’s shoe factory, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page118">118</a></span>; at +Dereham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page126">126</a></span>; at Frazer’s Saw mills, +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page142">142</a></span>; at Little Ellingham church, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page172">172</a></span>; at +Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page174">174</a></span>; Yarmouth Assembly rooms, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page199">199</a></span>; at +Darkin’s music warehouse, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page232">232</a></span>; at Messrs. +Holmes and Sons’ works, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page234">234</a></span>; at +Dixon’s, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page241">241</a></span>; at Norwich city gaol, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page252">252</a></span>; at Riches +and Watts’ works, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page263">263</a></span>; at Boulton and Paul’s +works, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page268">268</a></span>; at Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page286">286</a></span>; at +Bagshaw’s paper mills, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page288">288</a></span>; at Willis +and Southall’s factory, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page298">298</a></span>; at New +Buckenham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page307">307</a></span>; at Lynn docks, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page316">316</a></span>; at Carrow +works, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page322">322</a></span>; Gunton Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page332">332</a></span>; +Woodbastwick Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>; Bridewell Alley, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page343">343</a></span>; at Scole, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page347">347</a></span>; at +Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page353">353</a></span>; at Browick Hall, Wymondham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page367">367</a></span>; at Bridge +Street, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page384">384</a></span>; at West Beckham workhouse, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page390">390</a></span>; at +Hockering, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>; at Cunningham’s saw mills, +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page394">394</a></span>; at Wroxham House, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page404">404</a></span>; at Messrs. +Cubitt and Walker’s, North Walsham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page407">407</a></span>; at Merton +Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page410">410</a></span>; at Boulton and Paul’s, +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page410">410</a></span>; at St. Giles’ Gates, +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page410">410</a></span>; at Sandringham House, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page423">423</a></span>; at Queen +Street, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>; at Smith’s maltings, +Dereham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>; on Jenny Lind steamboat, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page461">461</a></span>; Sullivan +and Co., Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>; on Ringland Hills, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page481">481</a></span>; +Cullingford’s paper mills, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page481">481</a></span>; at Diss, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page481">481</a></span>; +Messrs. Jermyn and Co., Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>; Press’s mills, Yarmouth, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page485">485</a></span>; Dove +Street, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page491">491</a></span>; Pinchen and Co’s brewery, +South Creake, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page491">491</a></span>; Leake and Sons’ oil mill at +Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>; at High Street, Dereham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page501">501</a></span>; at +Kimberley Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page501">501</a></span>; North Walsham Town Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page501">501</a></span>; +“Free Trade” House, Dereham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page504">504</a></span>; Porter and +Son’s timber yard, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Firework explosions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page205">205</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fish killed by salt tides, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fisheries, National exhibition at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page319">319</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, protection of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page13">13</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page62">62</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page256">256</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page262">262</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page274">274</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Sea, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page129">129</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page256">256</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page286">286</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fisher, David, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page383">383</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fisher family, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page2">2</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page26">26</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page132">132</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page234">234</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page384">384</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fishing dispute at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page377">377</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, fleet disaster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page274">274</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fish market, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page69">69</a></span>; fatal accident at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page91">91</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fish Wharves and Tramways Bill, Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page158">158</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page171">171</a></span>.</p> +<p>FitzRoy, Lord Frederick, and the Thetford electors, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page172">172</a></span>.</p> +<p>Flood at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page291">291</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page293">293</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page529"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +529</span>Floods, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page17">17</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page19">19</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page38">38</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page54">54</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page223">223</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page301">301</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, prevention of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page293">293</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>.</p> +<p>Foot and mouth disease, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page223">223</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page318">318</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page325">325</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page344">344</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page507">507</a></span>.</p> +<p>Football Club, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page184">184</a></span>.</p> +<p>Forgery, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>.</p> +<p>Foresters’ High Court at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page481">481</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fortescue, Miss, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fortesque, Earl, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page159">159</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fortune for a soldier, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>.</p> +<p>Foundry Bridge, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page303">303</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>.</p> +<p>Foxhounds, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page51">51</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page152">152</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page177">177</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page211">211</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page367">367</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fox, Joel, case, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page90">90</a></span>.</p> +<p>Framingham Pigot church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page88">88</a></span>.</p> +<p>Franchise Bill, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page349">349</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>.</p> +<p>Franco-Austrian war, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page84">84</a></span>.</p> +<p>Frauds on insurance companies, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>.</p> +<p>Free Bridge, opening of the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page234">234</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, education, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page422">422</a></span>.</p> +<p>Free Library, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page17">17</a></span>; foundation stone laid, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page34">34</a></span>; opened, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page59">59</a></span>; +proposed opening on Sunday, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page350">350</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, lectures, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>.</p> +<p>Freemasonry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page271">271</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page355">355</a></span>.</p> +<p>Free Trade <i>v.</i> Protection, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page13">13</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page14">14</a></span>.</p> +<p>French prisoner shot at Dereham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page72">72</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, refugee at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page13">13</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fresco at St. Gregory’s church, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page107">107</a></span>.</p> +<p>Frosts, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page9">9</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page92">92</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page102">102</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page207">207</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page250">250</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>.</p> +<p>Funerals in Norwich churchyards discontinued, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page30">30</a></span>.</p> +<p>Fye Bridge widened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page494">494</a></span>.</p> +<h3>G</h3> +<p>Gales, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page7">7</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page18">18</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page25">25</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page54">54</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page57">57</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page90">90</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page96">96</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page118">118</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page129">129</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page130">130</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page175">175</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page182">182</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page188">188</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page199">199</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page209">209</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page217">217</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page226">226</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page229">229</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page260">260</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page274">274</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page459">459</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page502">502</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Garfield, President, death of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page323">323</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gas Bills, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page252">252</a></span>; Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page122">122</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Company, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page252">252</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page311">311</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, explosions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page49">49</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, holder blown down, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, lighting at Dereham church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>; Attleborough, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page89">89</a></span>; St. +Giles’ church, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gavazzi, Father, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page133">133</a></span>.</p> +<p>Geese plucked alive, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page483">483</a></span>.</p> +<p>Genereux, ensign of the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page208">208</a></span>.</p> +<p>Geological Society, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>.</p> +<p>German Emperor at Sandringham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page504">504</a></span>.</p> +<p>German Emperor, death of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>Giants, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page130">130</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page180">180</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gilbert, George, Norwich equestrian, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page399">399</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page445">445</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gildencroft recreation ground, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gilman, C. R., elected Mayor; knighted, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page480">480</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page481">481</a></span>; presented +with silver plate, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page487">487</a></span>.</p> +<p>Girls’ Home, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Hospital, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Public Day-school Company, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page243">243</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gladstone Club, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gladstone, Mr., arrives in Yarmouth Roads, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page313">313</a></span>; at +Sandringham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>; visit to Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page411">411</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page488">488</a></span>.</p> +<p>Glove fight at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page298">298</a></span>.</p> +<p>Glover memorial, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page427">427</a></span>.</p> +<p>Golf, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>.</p> +<p>Goddard, Miss, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page85">85</a></span>.</p> +<p>Goschen, Mr., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gorst, Sir John, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page395">395</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gough, J. B., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page26">26</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page290">290</a></span>.</p> +<p>Grammar School, Norwich: resignation of Dr. Woolley, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page9">9</a></span>; drowned in the +wreck of the London, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>; litigation in the Rolls Court, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page29">29</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page64">64</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page73">73</a></span>; remarkable +form of school punishment, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page73">73</a></span>; resignation of Dr. Vincent, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page73">73</a></span>; the Rev. +Augustus Jessopp elected head-master, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page83">83</a></span>; athletic +sports, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>; alterations in the school, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page171">171</a></span>; amended +scheme of management, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page191">191</a></span>; Duke of Connaught presents +prizes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page250">250</a></span>; retirement of the Rev. Dr. +Jessopp, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page305">305</a></span>; the Rev. O. W. Tancock appointed +head-master, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page305">305</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page407">407</a></span>; Charity +Commissioners’ inquiry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>; Charity Commissioners’ +schemes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>; Rev. E. F. Gilbard appointed +head-master, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page407">407</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Yarmouth, opened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>.</p> +<p>Grand jurymen detained by snowfall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page28">28</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gresham Grammar School, Holt, re-opened, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page80">80</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gressenhall parish register, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page494">494</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Grimes’ graves,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page201">201</a></span>.</p> +<p>Grossmith, George, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>.</p> +<p>Grout and Co.’s factory closed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page414">414</a></span>.</p> +<p>Guardians, Board of, clerks to: resignation of Mr. E. C. +Bailey, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page292">292</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page340">340</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. John Cross, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page292">292</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page488">488</a></span>; elections, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page438">438</a></span>; Mr. +E. R. Woodward appointed clerk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page488">488</a></span>.</p> +<p>Guilmant, M., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gunn, Rev. John, portrait of, at Norwich Museum, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page201">201</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gunton Hall, fire at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gunpowder explosion at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gurdon, R. T.: presented with, portrait, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page269">269</a></span>; defeats +Mr. C. S. Read by one vote, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page308">308</a></span>; returned for Mid-Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page363">363</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page370">370</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page459">459</a></span>; defeated, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page430">430</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page462">462</a></span>; +elected chairman of County Council, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page397">397</a></span>; receives peerage, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page495">495</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gurney portrait at Norwich Museum, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page110">110</a></span>.</p> +<p>Gymnastic Society, Norfolk and Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page159">159</a></span>.</p> +<h3><a name="page530"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +530</span>H</h3> +<p>Haggard, Mr. Rider H., adopted candidate for East Norfolk, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page442">442</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hales, the Norfolk Giant, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page130">130</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Hamlet,” acted by a woman, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page85">85</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Happy Land” burlesque, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page234">234</a></span>.</p> +<p>Harcourt, Sir William, at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page478">478</a></span>.</p> +<p>Harriers, North Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>.</p> +<p>Harris, Lord, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>.</p> +<p>Harte, Bret, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page308">308</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hartington, Marquis of, at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page399">399</a></span>; illness at +Merton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page406">406</a></span>.</p> +<p>Harvest thanksgiving services, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page33">33</a></span>.</p> +<p>Harvey, Sir R. J. H., declines to contest Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page199">199</a></span>; commits +suicide, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page203">203</a></span>.</p> +<p>Harvey Life interest, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page347">347</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page366">366</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page432">432</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page447">447</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page466">466</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page471">471</a></span>.</p> +<p>Haslam, Rev. W., and the Revivalist movement, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page133">133</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hastings litigation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page52">52</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page60">60</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, barony of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hautbois Magna church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page117">117</a></span>.</p> +<p>Haven and Port Bill, Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page141">141</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page158">158</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hawking, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page126">126</a></span>; exhibition of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page3">3</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hawkins, Mr. Justice, on the judges’ lodgings, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page364">364</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hawthorne, Miss, Grace, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>.</p> +<p>Health Lectures for the People, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>.</p> +<p>Heat, extreme, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page349">349</a></span>.</p> +<p>Heath, Miss, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page202">202</a></span>.</p> +<p>Heaviside, Rev. J. W. L., installed Canon of Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page94">94</a></span>.</p> +<p>Heigham Hall Lunatic Asylum, alleged irregularities at <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page35">35</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hempton Green chapel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page45">45</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page55">55</a></span>.</p> +<p>Herds and flocks, sales of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page212">212</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page358">358</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page369">369</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page371">371</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page463">463</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page498">498</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page510">510</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hesse, Grand Duchess of, death of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page292">292</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hethersett steeplechases, disturbance at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page265">265</a></span>.</p> +<p>High School for Girls, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page473">473</a></span>.</p> +<p>Higher Grade School, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>.</p> +<p>High Sheriff fined for non-attendance, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page223">223</a></span>.</p> +<p>High tides, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page301">301</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>Highway maintenance, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hill, Dr. Horace, appointed Festival Chorus Master, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page313">313</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hills, Bishop, at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page85">85</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hills, Dr., superannuation of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hillyard, Rev. E. A., and the Ritualistic movement, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page133">133</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page134">134</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hoare, Samuel, elected member for Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page367">367</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page370">370</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page462">462</a></span>, +(unopposed) <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page512">512</a></span>; opens Norwich and Norfolk +Conservative Club, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page388">388</a></span>; visit to India, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page416">416</a></span>; his +return, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page418">418</a></span>; silver wedding, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page419">419</a></span>; +restoration of Beckham church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>; entertainment to Workhouse +inmates, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>; to Trades’ Union Congress, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page451">451</a></span>; +renovation of Norwich Cathedral, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page487">487</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>; baronetcy conferred, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Hoffman’s Humbug,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page76">76</a></span>.</p> +<p>Holkham estate rents, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page436">436</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Park, Volunteer Review, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page108">108</a></span>.</p> +<p>Holt, Miss May, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page217">217</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>.</p> +<p>Home Rule question, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page369">369</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page440">440</a></span>.</p> +<p>Horse-leap, remarkable, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page67">67</a></span>; over hurdles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page73">73</a></span>.</p> +<p>Horse <i>v.</i> man, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page189">189</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>.</p> +<p>Horsey, sea breaches at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>Horticultural Society, Norfolk and Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page387">387</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hoskins case, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page210">210</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich: movements in aid of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page182">182</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page205">205</a></span>; scheme for +enlarging, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page214">214</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page271">271</a></span>; new building, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page274">274</a></span>; foundation +stone laid by the Prince of Wales, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page299">299</a></span>; opening of central block, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page322">322</a></span>; completion +of work and opening by Duke of Connaught, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page341">341</a></span>; lady +superintendent as a Roman Catholic, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>; centenary of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page217">217</a></span>; tragedy +at, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page261">261</a></span>; +nurses’ quarters, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Sunday Fund established, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page182">182</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Sunday first observed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>; first annual meeting of Hospital +Sunday Fund, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page237">237</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, West Norfolk and Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<p>Houghton, St. Giles’, Wayside chapel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page481">481</a></span>.</p> +<p>Huddleston, Mr. J. W., contests Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page203">203</a></span>; elevation +to the judicial bench, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page416">416</a></span>.</p> +<p>Huguenot Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>Human remains discovered at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page6">6</a></span>; at Tasburgh, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page486">486</a></span>.</p> +<p>Humiliation, services of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page320">320</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page356">356</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hunstanton Convalescent Home, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page279">279</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, yawl disaster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hunting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page51">51</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page175">175</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page211">211</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, fracas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page175">175</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, litigation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>.</p> +<p>Hurricanes in Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>.</p> +<h3>I</h3> +<p>Ignatius at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page130">130</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page132">132</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page133">133</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page187">187</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page267">267</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page409">409</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, alleged assault on, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page267">267</a></span>.</p> +<p>Illicit stills, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>.</p> +<p>Incorporated Law Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page434">434</a></span>.</p> +<p>Indian Mutiny: Departure of General Windham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page66">66</a></span>; relief fund, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page67">67</a></span>; day of +humiliation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>; relief of Lucknow and capture of +Delhi, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page68">68</a></span>; +defeat of General Windham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page70">70</a></span>.</p> +<p>Influenza, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page406">406</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page426">426</a></span>.</p> +<p>Institute of Journalists, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>.</p> +<p>Insurance Company, Norwich Equitable Fire, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page339">339</a></span>.</p> +<p>Irish church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page177">177</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page183">183</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page191">191</a></span>.</p> +<p>Irving, Mr. Henry, at Sandringham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page401">401</a></span>.</p> +<p>Isolation Hospital, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>.</p> +<h3><a name="page531"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +531</span>J</h3> +<p>Jail closed at Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page154">154</a></span>.</p> +<p>James, David, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>.</p> +<p>Jameson, Dr. at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>.</p> +<p>Javelin men at Assizes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page89">89</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page92">92</a></span>.</p> +<p>Jenny Lind Infirmary, establishment of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page11">11</a></span>; performances +for, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page47">47</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page328">328</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page361">361</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page471">471</a></span>; new +building, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page486">486</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page510">510</a></span>; playground, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page437">437</a></span>.</p> +<p>Jessopp, Rev. Augustus, elected Master of Norwich Grammar +School, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page83">83</a></span>.</p> +<p>Johnson, Jex, the watchmaker, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page9">9</a></span>.</p> +<p>Jubilee of Queen Victoria, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page381">381</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Diamond, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page480">480</a></span>.</p> +<p>Judges’ lodgings, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>.</p> +<p>Jury of headboroughs, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>.</p> +<h3>K</h3> +<p>Kangaroos at Melton Constable, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kapiolani, Queen, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page380">380</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kay, Mr. Edward, Q.C., accepts judgeship, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page319">319</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page478">478</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kean, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page99">99</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kekewich, Sir G. W., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kelley-Cooper sculling match, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page150">150</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kemble, Fanny, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page15">15</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page37">37</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kendal, Mr. and Mrs., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page398">398</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kensington Gardens, Lakenham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page13">13</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kent, Duchess of, death of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>.</p> +<p>King, Tom, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>.</p> +<p>Kolisch, Herr (chess player), at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page106">106</a></span>.</p> +<h3>L</h3> +<p>Labour, Royal Commission on, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, scarcity of agricultural, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>Labourer’s long walk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lakenham schools, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page488">488</a></span>.</p> +<p>Landslip at Attleborough, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page301">301</a></span>.</p> +<p>La Reine des Agnes wrecked, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>.</p> +<p>Launch, remarkable, from Caister beach, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page192">192</a></span>.</p> +<p>Law of Settlement, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lawson, Sir Wilfrid, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page284">284</a></span>.</p> +<p>Leap, extraordinary, by a horse, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page67">67</a></span>; over hurdles, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page73">73</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lectures: Dr. White on the Reformation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page4">4</a></span>; Mrs. Knights +on the Bloomer costume, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>; J. B. Gough on temperance, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page26">26</a></span>; by George +Dawson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>; by Thackeray on the +George’s, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page62">62</a></span>; by Dr. Russell on the Crimean war, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page68">68</a></span>; by +Barnum on “Money-making and the art of Humbug,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page82">82</a></span>; by Mr. J. T. +Mott (High Sheriff), on “The Paston Letters,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page105">105</a></span>; by Mr. W. +J. Utten Browne (Mayor of Norwich), on “The Times of King +Charles the First,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>; by Professor Pepper on +“Optical Illusions,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page122">122</a></span>; by Elihu Burritt on “The +Higher Law and Mission of Commerce,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page128">128</a></span>; by +Ignatius on “Monks and Monasteries for the English +Church,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page130">130</a></span>; by the Rev. Dr. Littledale on +“Church Principles,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page132">132</a></span>; by Baron De Camin, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page133">133</a></span>; by Father +Gavazzi <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page133">133</a></span>; by Sir S. W. Baker, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page166">166</a></span>; by Dr. +Bateman on “Darwinism,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page236">236</a></span>; Bret Harte on “The +Augonauts of ’49,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page308">308</a></span>; Melton Prior on the Egyptian war, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page336">336</a></span>; on +war in Burmah, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page407">407</a></span>; J. C Buckmaster on “Science +Teaching in Agriculture,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page342">342</a></span>; Oscar Wilde on “The House +Beautiful,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>; E. P. Weston on pedestrianism, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page346">346</a></span>; +“Cuthbert Bede” on Modern Humourists, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page347">347</a></span>; Rev. Henry +Ward Beecher on “Wastes and Burdens of Society,” +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page372">372</a></span>; +Archibald Forbes on “Ten years of War +Correspondence,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>; by Sir Robert Ball, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page388">388</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page397">397</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page408">408</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page426">426</a></span>; the Rev. +W. Tuckwell, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page388">388</a></span>; Mr. S. H. Burton, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page389">389</a></span>; Mr. Donald +Day, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page339">339</a></span>; +Dr. S. J. Barton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>; Henry Furniss on “Art and +Artists,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page395">395</a></span>; on “The Humours of +Parliament,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>; Lant Carpenter, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page397">397</a></span>; Dr. Andrew +Wilson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page397">397</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page398">398</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page426">426</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>; Professor Miall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page397">397</a></span>; Professor +Seeley, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page397">397</a></span>; Rev. Dr. Dallinger, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page397">397</a></span>; Captain +Wiggins on “Arctic seas and Siberia,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page400">400</a></span>; on the +“Nansen Expedition,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>; Mr. Louis Fagan on +“Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian Antiquities,” +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page408">408</a></span>; Mr. +Henry Seebohm on “Adventures in Siberia,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page408">408</a></span>; Rev. H. H. +Snell, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>; Mr. G. C. Davies, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page417">417</a></span>; Rev. W. F. +Creeney, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>; Mr. Bosworth Harcourt, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page417">417</a></span>; Mr. H. F. +Euren, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>; Rev. J. Miller Hamilton, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page426">426</a></span>; Mr. M. P. +Squirrell, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>; Mr. C. Stacy Watson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page428">428</a></span>; Archdeacon +Farrar, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>; Rev. J. A. Robinson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page438">438</a></span>; Rev. +Prebendary Meyrick, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>; Rev. Stanley Leathes, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page438">438</a></span>; Rev. G. A. +Schneider, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>; Dr. Drinkwater, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page438">438</a></span>; Jerome K. +Jerome on “Humour, old and new,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page452">452</a></span>; Archdeacon +Sinclair, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page458">458</a></span>; Rev. Dr. Kingsmill, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page458">458</a></span>; Rev. +Professor Gwatkin, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page458">458</a></span>; Bishop Barry. <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>; Rev. Dr. +Moule, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page468">468</a></span>; Dr. Nansen on “Across the +Polar Region,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page486">486</a></span>; Dr. J. E. Talmage on “Utah +and its People,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page490">490</a></span>; Mrs. Garrett Anderson, M.D., on +“The History and Effect of Vaccination,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>Legard, Sir Charles, contests Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page209">209</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page532"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +532</span>Leicester, Earl of: denounces political coercion, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page149">149</a></span>; +munificence to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page182">182</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page271">271</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page500">500</a></span>; +restoration of Holkham church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>; invested K.G., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page233">233</a></span>; married to +the Hon. Georgiana Cavendish, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>; summoned under the Contagious +Diseases (Animals) Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page298">298</a></span>; lays foundation stone of Norwich +Agricultural Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page327">327</a></span>; Royal College of Music, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page328">328</a></span>; letter on +the Irish question, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>; Norwich Blind Institution, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page391">391</a></span>; rents of +the Holkham estate, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page436">436</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Les Cloches de Corneville,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page318">318</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page342">342</a></span>.</p> +<p>Levadia wrecked, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page326">326</a></span>.</p> +<p>Libel actions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page4">4</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page40">40</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page94">94</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page161">161</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page239">239</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, prosecution, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>.</p> +<p>Liberal demonstration at Whitlingham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page244">244</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, dissension at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page202">202</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Unionists, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page369">369</a></span>.</p> +<p>Libraries amalgamation at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page366">366</a></span>.</p> +<p>Library, Norfolk and Norwich, destroyed by fire, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page491">491</a></span>; re-opened, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>Licensed Victuallers’ Association, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page170">170</a></span>.</p> +<p>Licensing Act, New, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page224">224</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Bill, protest against, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page212">212</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lifeboat crews, allegations against, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page96">96</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page138">138</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, disasters, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page154">154</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page314">314</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page395">395</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, demonstration at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page472">472</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lifeboats, inefficiency of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, launched, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page151">151</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page160">160</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page161">161</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page169">169</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page170">170</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page181">181</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page195">195</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page243">243</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page350">350</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page400">400</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page452">452</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Light Horse Volunteers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page163">163</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lighthouse, fall of Cromer, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of Norwich manufacture, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Lily of Killarney,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lindahl, Scandinavian skater, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lind, Jenny, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page47">47</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page113">113</a></span>; memorial unveiled, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page452">452</a></span>.</p> +<p>Linton, Rev. S., consecrated Bishop of Riverina, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page347">347</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page449">449</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Little ease,” at Norwich Grammar school, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page73">73</a></span>.</p> +<p>Liverpool Cup, won by Melton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>.</p> +<p>Livings, long tenure of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page342">342</a></span>.</p> +<p>Local Government Act (see County Council).</p> +<p>London-street improvement, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page46">46</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page276">276</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lombe family, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page11">11</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page15">15</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page65">65</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page99">99</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page118">118</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>.</p> +<p>Long service, remarkable instance of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page201">201</a></span>.</p> +<p>Long, Walter, Mr., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page504">504</a></span>.</p> +<p>Loraine, Mr. H., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lord High Steward of Norwich Cathedral, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page161">161</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Mayor of London at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>.</p> +<p>Loveday’s London Folly Company, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page325">325</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page326">326</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lubbock, Sir J. W., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page356">356</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lugard, Captain, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lunatic Asylum, Norwich City, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page220">220</a></span>.</p> +<p>Lynn: high tides at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page19">19</a></span>; empty gaol, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page22">22</a></span>; Lieut. +Cresswell, R.N., feted, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page25">25</a></span>; Athenæum opened, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page32">32</a></span>; fall of +workhouse, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page33">33</a></span>; J. H. Gurney elected for, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page34">34</a></span>; Corn +Exchange opened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page38">38</a></span>; smallpox at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page52">52</a></span>; +coroner’s election at <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page62">62</a></span>; Mr. Spurgeon at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page65">65</a></span>; Corporation +address to Thomas Baines, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page71">71</a></span>; Lord Stanley re-elected, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page72">72</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page159">159</a></span>; +Corporation claim sturgeon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page77">77</a></span>; Norfolk Agricultural show at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page136">136</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page430">430</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page489">489</a></span>; Lady +Mayoresses’ Pin Money, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page139">139</a></span>; jury of headboroughs, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page140">140</a></span>; +Kelley-Cooper sculling match, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page150">150</a></span>; jail closed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page154">154</a></span>; new docks, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page176">176</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page192">192</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page343">343</a></span>; +election petition against the Hon. R. Bourke, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page189">189</a></span>; Royal +visits, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page192">192</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page355">355</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>; Lord Claud Hamilton elected, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page196">196</a></span>; new +railway station, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page210">210</a></span>; opening of the Free Bridge, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page234">234</a></span>; +restoration of St. Margaret’s church, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page254">254</a></span>; high tides +at, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page259">259</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page336">336</a></span>; +Cheese Fair abolished, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>; sudden death of Mayor, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page308">308</a></span>; Oddfellows +A.M.C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page309">309</a></span>; Conservative presentation to Lady +Hamilton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>; fire at the docks, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page316">316</a></span>; Mr. and +Mrs. Gladstone at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>; Stanley Library, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page351">351</a></span>; fires, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page353">353</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page484">484</a></span>; Lord +Randolph Churchill at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page360">360</a></span>; Sporting and Art Exhibition, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page415">415</a></span>; +enormous captures of sprats, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>; industrial exhibition, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page424">424</a></span>; Cambridge +crew at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>; Technical School, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page446">446</a></span>; typhoid +fever at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page483">483</a></span>; West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<h3>M</h3> +<p>Maccomo, the “Lion King,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page98">98</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page173">173</a></span>; narrow +escape at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mace, Jim, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page16">16</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page113">113</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Pooley, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page150">150</a></span>.</p> +<p>Magistrate fined for assault, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page225">225</a></span>.</p> +<p>Magistrates’ clerks: death, of Mr. Wm. Day, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page169">169</a></span>; +appointment of Mr. G. B. Kennett, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page170">170</a></span>; resignation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page412">412</a></span>; Mr. W. R. +Cooper appointed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page412">412</a></span>.</p> +<p>Magistrates, Norwich, complaints about, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page70">70</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, appointment of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page436">436</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Yarmouth, appointment of at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page72">72</a></span>.</p> +<p>Male attire assumed by a female servant, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page58">58</a></span>.</p> +<p>Malt Tax, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page134">134</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page141">141</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page146">146</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page311">311</a></span>.</p> +<p>Man <i>v.</i> horse, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page189">189</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mann, Arthur H., admitted Doctor of Music, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page327">327</a></span>.</p> +<p>Manufactures, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page50">50</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page69">69</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page414">414</a></span>.</p> +<p>Marching column of 1st V.B.N.R., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page460">460</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Norfolk Artillery, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page512">512</a></span>.</p> +<p>Market Cross at North Walsham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page57">57</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, tolls inquiries, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page396">396</a></span>.</p> +<p>Marriage Law Defence Union, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page334">334</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page533"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +533</span>Marriages: Viscount Powerscourt and Lady Julia Coke, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page135">135</a></span>; Earl +of Dunmore and Lady Gertrude Coke, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page157">157</a></span>; Mr. Robert Clements and Lady +Winifrid Coke, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page235">235</a></span>; Colonel Buller and Lady Anne +Coke, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page238">238</a></span>; the Hon. H. Strutt and Lady +Margaret Coke, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page240">240</a></span>; Earl of Leicester and the Hon. +Georgiana Cavendish, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>; Earl of Lichfield and Lady +Mildred Coke, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page290">290</a></span>; Viscount Lewisham and Lady Mary +Coke, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page305">305</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, (Royal): Princess Royal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page70">70</a></span>; Princess Alice and the Grand Duke +of Hesse, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page115">115</a></span>; Prince of Wales, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page121">121</a></span>; Princess +Louise, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page210">210</a></span>; Duke of Edinburgh, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page238">238</a></span>; Duke of +Connaught, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page296">296</a></span>; Princess Louise and the Earl of +Fife, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>; Duke of York and Princess +Victoria Mary of Teck, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>; Princess Maud and Prince Charles +of Denmark, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page471">471</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mathematician in humble life, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mayoral entertainments, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page449">449</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page454">454</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page481">481</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mayor, alleged wrongful election of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page17">17</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, elected by his casting vote, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page9">9</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of Norwich insulted, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page10">10</a></span>; death of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page460">460</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mayors, election of <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page16">16</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page26">26</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page36">36</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page90">90</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page118">118</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page129">129</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page152">152</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page182">182</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page195">195</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page206">206</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page216">216</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page236">236</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page248">248</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page271">271</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page291">291</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page351">351</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page395">395</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page436">436</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page454">454</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page466">466</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page494">494</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page504">504</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page514">514</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mathews, Charles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page44">44</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mattishall church rate case, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page154">154</a></span>.</p> +<p>McCalmont, Col., adopted candidate for East Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page442">442</a></span>.</p> +<p>Medical officer charged with fraud, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page243">243</a></span>.</p> +<p>Medical Officer of Health: Mr. T. W. Crosse appointed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page229">229</a></span>.</p> +<p>Melton, winner of the Derby, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>; Liverpool Cup, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page375">375</a></span>.</p> +<p>Member of Parliament as actor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>.</p> +<p>Memorial brass stolen, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, to Bishop of Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>Menagerie, fight between tigers at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page362">362</a></span>; foolhardy +feat at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>.</p> +<p>Menageries, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page37">37</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page92">92</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page120">120</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page173">173</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page184">184</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page230">230</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page272">272</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page293">293</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page362">362</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, accidents at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mendham, W. L., appointed Town Clerk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page47">47</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page267">267</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Messiah,” first Good Friday performance of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page327">327</a></span>.</p> +<p>Meteor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page270">270</a></span>.</p> +<p>Meteorological Society, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page202">202</a></span>.</p> +<p>Middle Level inundations, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page113">113</a></span>; litigation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page114">114</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page120">120</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page132">132</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page144">144</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page165">165</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, sluice opened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Midsummer Night’s Dream,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page455">455</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mild weather in winter, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page83">83</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page207">207</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page396">396</a></span>.</p> +<p>Military and Naval exhibition, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, balls, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page230">230</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page397">397</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page475">475</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<p>Military riot at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, tournaments, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page254">254</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page285">285</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page407">407</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>Militia: raising of regiments, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page15">15</a></span>; trainings, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page21">21</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page31">31</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page38">38</a></span>; barracks, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page28">28</a></span>; +colours presented to West Norfolk Regiment, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page42">42</a></span>; West Norfolk +Regiment at Aldershot and Dublin, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page42">42</a></span>; arrival at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page51">51</a></span>; West Norfolk +Regiment at Chester, Liverpool, and Stockport, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page69">69</a></span>; 4th +Battalion staff transferred to Norwich <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Artillery, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page28">28</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page31">31</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>.</p> +<p>Miraculous escape at Swaffham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page18">18</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mirage at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>.</p> +<p>Missionary Loan exhibition, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page488">488</a></span>.</p> +<p>Monasticism at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page130">130</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page132">132</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page133">133</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page187">187</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page267">267</a></span>.</p> +<p>Monkton, Lady, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>.</p> +<p>Montgomery, Walter (actor), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page45">45</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>; death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page214">214</a></span>.</p> +<p>Moody, D. L., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>.</p> +<p>Morley, Mr. A., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>Morley, Mr. John, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page380">380</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mounted Rifles, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page163">163</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mountjoy, pedestrian, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page75">75</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mousehold Heath: common rights, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>; Dean and Chapter offer to give up +their rights, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>; agreement confirmed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page310">310</a></span>; management +scheme adopted, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page321">321</a></span>; action in the High Court, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page338">338</a></span>; Royal +assent given to the scheme, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>; relief works, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page365">365</a></span>; opening of +new road, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page369">369</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, rifle range, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mower, Charles, pedestrian, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page121">121</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mulbarton common rights, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page143">143</a></span>.</p> +<p>Mundella, M.P., Mr., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>.</p> +<p>Municipal buildings, proposed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page494">494</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page501">501</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, election petition, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page273">273</a></span>.</p> +<p>Murder, remarkable confession of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page7">7</a></span>.</p> +<p>Murders, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page4">4</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page30">30</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page128">128</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page169">169</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page185">185</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page261">261</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page320">320</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page355">355</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page372">372</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page377">377</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page406">406</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page512">512</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page514">514</a></span>.</p> +<p>Murder trials, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page40">40</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page190">190</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page243">243</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page320">320</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page377">377</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page406">406</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>.</p> +<p>Murray, Dr. John, portrait of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<p>Museum, Norfolk and Norwich: theft from, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page89">89</a></span>; Gurney +portrait at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page110">110</a></span>; Lombe collection, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page234">234</a></span>; closing of +the old buildings, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>.</p> +<p>Musical Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Triennial, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page15">15</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page34">34</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page67">67</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page99">99</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page127">127</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page162">162</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page226">226</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page257">257</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page289">289</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page351">351</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page384">384</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page414">414</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page444">444</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page472">472</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page502">502</a></span>.</p> +<p>Musical ride, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page254">254</a></span>.</p> +<p>Music Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page34">34</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Norwich School of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Royal College of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Mute of malice,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>.</p> +<h3>N</h3> +<p>Nansen, Dr., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page486">486</a></span>.</p> +<p>National Fisheries exhibition opened by Prince of Wales, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page319">319</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Insurance, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page534"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +534</span>National poor rate, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Union of Women Workers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page494">494</a></span>.</p> +<p>Nelson memorial at Burnham Thorpe, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page423">423</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, monument, Yarmouth; fatal fall from, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page124">124</a></span>; Scotch +fisherman’s feat on, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, statue, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page10">10</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>.</p> +<p>Newspaper Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page42">42</a></span>.</p> +<p>Nilsson, Mdlle. Christine, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page195">195</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page245">245</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ninth East Norfolk Regiment, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page218">218</a></span>; memorial window at Norwich +Cathedral, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>.</p> +<p>Nisbet, Rev. E. M., installed Canon, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page172">172</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Nita’s First,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page353">353</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Norfolk Chronicle,” centenary of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page106">106</a></span>; libel +summons applied for, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page390">390</a></span>.</p> +<p>Norfolk Hotel sold, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Norfolk News,” libel action against the, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page94">94</a></span>.</p> +<p>Norfolk Volunteer Service Association, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page114">114</a></span>.</p> +<p>Norman’s charity, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Norwich,” G.E.R. steamship launched, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page335">335</a></span>.</p> +<p>Norwich, Aylsham, and Cromer Railway, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page88">88</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, building sites, value of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page51">51</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Castle: letter from Mr. John Gurney, <i>re</i> acquisition +of, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page343">343</a></span>; +deputation to the Home Secretary and purchase of the buildings, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page345">345</a></span>; +suggested conversion into a museum, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page373">373</a></span>; keys transferred to the Mayor and +Corporation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page381">381</a></span>; opening of gardens, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page401">401</a></span>; of museum, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page422">422</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Central Conservative Club, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page267">267</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page276">276</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page284">284</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Corporation Bill, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page397">397</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Dispensary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page286">286</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Free Library lectures, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Improvement Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page303">303</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Public Library, centenary of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Union Fire Insurance Society, centenary of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page480">480</a></span>.</p> +<h3>O</h3> +<p>Obstructing a railway train, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page410">410</a></span>.</p> +<p>O’Connor, Mr. T. P., at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page398">398</a></span>.</p> +<p>Octagon chapel, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page50">50</a></span>.</p> +<p>Octo-centenary of Norwich Cathedral, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page470">470</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page471">471</a></span>.</p> +<p>Oddfellows’ A.M.C. at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page63">63</a></span>; Lynn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page309">309</a></span>; jubilee, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page364">364</a></span>; +dinner to Grand Master Flowers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Old World exhibition” at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page378">378</a></span>.</p> +<p>Omnibus Company, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page298">298</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ontario, wreck of the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>.</p> +<p>Opera at Norwich Theatre, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page53">53</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page106">106</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page114">114</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page143">143</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page157">157</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page177">177</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page180">180</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page190">190</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page201">201</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page204">204</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page235">235</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page289">289</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page313">313</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page356">356</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, bouffe, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page219">219</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page232">232</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, comic, by children, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page318">318</a></span>.</p> +<p>Operatic Union, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page91">91</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page102">102</a></span>.</p> +<p>Organ at St. Andrew’s Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page314">314</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>.</p> +<p>Organs, church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page158">158</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page160">160</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page199">199</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page254">254</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page267">267</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page276">276</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page378">378</a></span>.</p> +<p>Organists, Cathedral, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>.</p> +<p>Overend, Gurney and Co., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page158">158</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page184">184</a></span>.</p> +<p>Overstrand church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page170">170</a></span>.</p> +<p>Oratorio of “Nehemiah,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page297">297</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ordnance Survey, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page394">394</a></span>.</p> +<p>Orford, Lord, and the Bible Society, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page63">63</a></span>.</p> +<p>Organophonic Band, Hoffman’s, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page48">48</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page76">76</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ormesby Broad catastrophe, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page463">463</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Our Boys,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>.</p> +<p>Outrage at Diss, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page106">106</a></span>.</p> +<p>Owen, George, manager of Norwich Theatre, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page109">109</a></span>.</p> +<p>Oxford, Bishop of, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>.</p> +<p>Oxford Hotel, purchase at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page268">268</a></span>.</p> +<h3>P</h3> +<p>Paderewski in Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page444">444</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page497">497</a></span>.</p> +<p>Paget, Sir James, presented with an address, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page214">214</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pallas’ sand grouse, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page125">125</a></span>.</p> +<p>Panoramas, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page18">18</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page51">51</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pantomime companies, touring, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pantomimes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page27">27</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page38">38</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page47">47</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page69">69</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page92">92</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page120">120</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page173">173</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page184">184</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page207">207</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page217">217</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page229">229</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page237">237</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page250">250</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page262">262</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page272">272</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page293">293</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page305">305</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>.</p> +<p>Parachute descents, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>.</p> +<p>Parish clerk of Woodbastwick, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>.</p> +<p>Parish Councils, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>.</p> +<p>Parliamentary costs paid from rates, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page8">8</a></span>.</p> +<p>Parliamentary Divisions of Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page167">167</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page178">178</a></span>.</p> +<p>Passengers’ communication, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pasteur treatment, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page412">412</a></span>.</p> +<p>Paston Grammar School, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page242">242</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Letters, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pastoral plays, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page381">381</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page434">434</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page471">471</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>.</p> +<p>Patriotic Fund, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page36">36</a></span>.</p> +<p>Patteson, Mr. H. S., elected leader of Conservative party, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page461">461</a></span>; +complimentary banquet and presentation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page468">468</a></span>; +resignation of leadership, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page487">487</a></span>.</p> +<p>Patteson, Mr. Justice, retires from the Bench, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page10">10</a></span>.</p> +<p>Patti, Madame, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page129">129</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page434">434</a></span>.</p> +<p>Paul, Dawson, presentation to Mr. and Mrs., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page373">373</a></span>; silver +wedding, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pedestrian follower of hounds, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page30">30</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pedestrianism, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page24">24</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page31">31</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page40">40</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page42">42</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page66">66</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page75">75</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page110">110</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page118">118</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page121">121</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page243">243</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page295">295</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page311">311</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pelham memorial throne, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page460">460</a></span>; effigy, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page470">470</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pennington, Mr. W. H., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pepper’s Ghost, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page122">122</a></span>.</p> +<p>Peto, Mr., created a baronet, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>.</p> +<p>Phillips, Frederick Lawrence: accident at Norwich Theatre, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page4">4</a></span>; benefit +performances, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>; proprietor of “The +Shades,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page34">34</a></span>; new plays by, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page55">55</a></span>; action +against William Harper Stewardson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page304">304</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page535"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +535</span>Phillips’, Mrs., farewell performance, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page48">48</a></span>.</p> +<p>Phonograph, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page401">401</a></span>.</p> +<p>Photographic Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page32">32</a></span>.</p> +<p>Photography, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>.</p> +<p>Piccolomini, Mdlle., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page54">54</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pigott, Mr. Paynton, appointed Deputy Chief Constable of +Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page247">247</a></span>; Chief Constable, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page311">311</a></span>; +presentation to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pigtail, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page132">132</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pike, large, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page306">306</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Pink Dominoes,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page286">286</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pin Money, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page139">139</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pitt and Hamilton’s Comedy Company, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page270">270</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page284">284</a></span>.</p> +<p>Playing Fields and Open Spaces Committee, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page423">423</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page450">450</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page483">483</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pleuro-pneumonia, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ploughing by steam, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page62">62</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ploughing matches: All England and Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page215">215</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ploughs, trials of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page142">142</a></span>.</p> +<p>Plucking of live geese, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page483">483</a></span>.</p> +<p>Plumstead church destroyed by fire, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page424">424</a></span>.</p> +<p>Poisoning, charges of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page11">11</a></span>.</p> +<p>Police force, Norwich City, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page22">22</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, new uniform, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>.</p> +<p>Political ascendency in Norwich Town Council, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page100">100</a></span>.</p> +<p>Political coercion on the Holkham estate denounced by the Earl +of Leicester, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page149">149</a></span>.</p> +<p>Poor, entertainments to the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page344">344</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>.</p> +<p>Poor-law Amendment Bill (Norwich), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page121">121</a></span>.</p> +<p>Poor-law Conference, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>.</p> +<p>Poor-rate, proposed national, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>.</p> +<p>Poor Removal Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>.</p> +<p>Porpoise killed in the Yare, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>.</p> +<p>Postmasters of Norwich: Mr. B. V. Winch appointed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page205">205</a></span>; death, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page417">417</a></span>; Mr. +B. N. Thoms appointed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page418">418</a></span>; Mr. Sturgeon appointed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page418">418</a></span>.</p> +<p>Presbyterian church, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page245">245</a></span>.</p> +<p>Presentations, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page14">14</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page21">21</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page50">50</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page55">55</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page64">64</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page66">66</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page79">79</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page85">85</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page134">134</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page152">152</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page168">168</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page192">192</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page215">215</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page226">226</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page227">227</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page232">232</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page238">238</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page262">262</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page273">273</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page284">284</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page287">287</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page311">311</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page348">348</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page373">373</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page387">387</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page396">396</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page411">411</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page468">468</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page472">472</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page487">487</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page491">491</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page502">502</a></span>.</p> +<p>Primrose League, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page381">381</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page393">393</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page422">422</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prince Albert Victor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page339">339</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page342">342</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prince Bonaparte Jerome at Gressenhall Workhouse, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page99">99</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Prince Bonta Workey,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page184">184</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prince Consort, death of the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prince of Wales: coming of age of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page118">118</a></span>; marriage +of, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page121">121</a></span>; +visits to Holkham Park, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page141">141</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page173">173</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page230">230</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page251">251</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page272">272</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page325">325</a></span>; visits to Merton Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page141">141</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page206">206</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page236">236</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page271">271</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page332">332</a></span>; visits to +Gunton Park, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page152">152</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page207">207</a></span>; visits to Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page163">163</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page207">207</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page271">271</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page319">319</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page351">351</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page367">367</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page370">370</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page371">371</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page460">460</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page473">473</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page510">510</a></span>; Oakley +park, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>; Lynn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page192">192</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page355">355</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page415">415</a></span>; Yarmouth, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page221">221</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page321">321</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page357">357</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page379">379</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page460">460</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page499">499</a></span>; +opens West Norfolk Junction Railway, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>; opens New Dock at Lynn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page192">192</a></span>; illness +of, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page216">216</a></span>; +recovery and thanksgiving, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page217">217</a></span>; president of the Norfolk +Agricultural Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>; lays foundation stone of County +School, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page232">232</a></span>; receives the Czarewitch of Russia +at Sandringham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page248">248</a></span>; presentation on return from +India, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page273">273</a></span>; opens Yarmouth Town Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page328">328</a></span>; visits to +Melton Park, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page351">351</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>; Didlington Park, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page396">396</a></span>; Elveden, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page228">228</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page236">236</a></span>; lays +foundation stone of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>; opens +Agricultural Hall, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>; receives Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page336">336</a></span>; +silver wedding, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page390">390</a></span>; at the Sandringham sales, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page402">402</a></span>; in record +railway run, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>; presides at Norfolk Artillery +dinner, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>; at Shernbourne church, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page495">495</a></span>; receives +German Emperor at Sandringham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page504">504</a></span>; inspects Loyal Suffolk Hussars, +South African detachment, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page506">506</a></span>; at opening of Jenny Lind +Infirmary, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page510">510</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page97">97</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page241">241</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prince’s Street Lecture Hall, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page317">317</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Princess of Trebizonde,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page219">219</a></span>.</p> +<p>Princess Louise at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page473">473</a></span>; marriage of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page210">210</a></span>.</p> +<p>Princess Victoria of Wales confirmed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page367">367</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prior Melton at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page336">336</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page407">407</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prison Governors, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, new, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page381">381</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, escape from, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prisons, amalgamation of county, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>.</p> +<p>Prize fights, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page16">16</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page150">150</a></span>.</p> +<p>Proportional Representation Society, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page356">356</a></span>.</p> +<p>Public Health Act (1848), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page7">7</a></span>; (1872), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page229">229</a></span>.</p> +<p>Public-house Closing Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>.</p> +<p>Public-houses, early closing of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page34">34</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page224">224</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pulpits at Norwich Cathedral, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page421">421</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pump Street Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page106">106</a></span>.</p> +<p>Pusey memorial, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>.</p> +<h3>Q</h3> +<p>Quarter Sessions, Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page1">1</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page28">28</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page58">58</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page89">89</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page453">453</a></span>; chairmen of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page308">308</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page329">329</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page20">20</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page89">89</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page115">115</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>.</p> +<p>Queen’s birthday celebrated, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page85">85</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page95">95</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page124">124</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page135">135</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page143">143</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page159">159</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page168">168</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page178">178</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page191">191</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page202">202</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page212">212</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page233">233</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page241">241</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page266">266</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page309">309</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page379">379</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page480">480</a></span>.</p> +<p>Queen of Denmark at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page163">163</a></span>.</p> +<p>Queen’s visit to Sandringham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page401">401</a></span>.</p> +<h3><a name="page536"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +536</span>R</h3> +<p>Rabies, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page412">412</a></span>.</p> +<p>Race meeting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page65">65</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rachael, Madame, and Lord Ranelagh, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page178">178</a></span>.</p> +<p>Railways: ruinous competition, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page24">24</a></span>; proposed line from Tivetshall to +Harleston, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page27">27</a></span>; Eastern Counties (Amalgamation of +Railways) Bill, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page31">31</a></span>; accident near Thetford, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page38">38</a></span>; flooded, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page38">38</a></span>; +unsatisfactory state of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>; litigation under the Norwich and +Lowestoft Navigation Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page53">53</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page70">70</a></span>; accident near Harling, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page56">56</a></span>; transit +rates, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page59">59</a></span>; +Wells and Fakenham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page69">69</a></span>; Berney Arms station litigation, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page102">102</a></span>; +amalgamation of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>; accident on the Lynn and +Hunstanton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page126">126</a></span>; proposed Norwich, Aylsham, and +Cromer line, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page88">88</a></span> (afterwards known as the East +Norfolk Railway), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page129">129</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page151">151</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page205">205</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page247">247</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page276">276</a></span>; passengers’ communication, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page140">140</a></span>; +narrow escape of a train, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page145">145</a></span>; West Norfolk Junction Railway +opened by Prince of Wales, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>; Victoria Station, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page159">159</a></span>; trains +impeded by snow, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page166">166</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>; Watton and Swaffham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page190">190</a></span>; Wensum +Valley (proposed), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page205">205</a></span>; new station at Lynn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page210">210</a></span>; Norwich +and Aylsham (proposed), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page220">220</a></span>; Thorpe accident, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page244">244</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page245">245</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page252">252</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page253">253</a></span>; Yarmouth +and Stalham (or North Norfolk), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page279">279</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page287">287</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page321">321</a></span>; proposed Central Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page258">258</a></span>; Lynn and +Fakenham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page309">309</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page327">327</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>; killed at Wells station, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>; East +Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page313">313</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page327">327</a></span>; express service, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page330">330</a></span>; Acle and +Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>; Eastern and Midland extension to +Holt, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page350">350</a></span>; Thorpe Station, Norwich, opened, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page368">368</a></span>; +train obstruction at East Winch, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page410">410</a></span>; fast railway run, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page419">419</a></span>; second +class tickets abolished, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>; projected in South Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page465">465</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page488">488</a></span>; North +Walsham to Mundesley, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>; restaurant cars on G.E.R., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page498">498</a></span>; proposed +light railway from Norwich to Dereham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page506">506</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rains, heavy, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page301">301</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page302">302</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ranelagh, Lord, and Madame Rachel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page178">178</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rare birds, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page51">51</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page54">54</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page57">57</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page125">125</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page191">191</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page199">199</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rarey at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page96">96</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rate collectors, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page176">176</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rating, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page1">1</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rats eaten alive, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ray’s bream, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page465">465</a></span>.</p> +<p>Read, Clare Sewell, wins prizes for agricultural essays, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page41">41</a></span>; advocates +peripatetic agricultural shows, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>; McCormick’s reaper at the +Plumstead farm, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page117">117</a></span>; Malt Tax Association, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page141">141</a></span>; returned +to Parliament as a Malt Tax repealer, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page146">146</a></span>; the cattle +plague, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page148">148</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page246">246</a></span>; first chairman of the Norfolk +Chamber of Agriculture, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>; returned for South Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page184">184</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page239">239</a></span>; on +compulsory education, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page198">198</a></span>; on county rates, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page208">208</a></span>; president +of Norfolk Agricultural Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page213">213</a></span>; appointed Permanent Secretary of +Local Government Board, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page239">239</a></span>; at Poor-law conference, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page259">259</a></span>; resigns +Local Government Board appointment, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page261">261</a></span>; national testimonial presented, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page262">262</a></span>; +establishment of Norwich Fat Cattle Show, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page274">274</a></span>; evidence +<i>re</i> importation of foreign cattle, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page278">278</a></span>; motion for +forming a Diocesan Conference, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page290">290</a></span>; on road management, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page297">297</a></span>; speaks in +the House of Commons on agricultural depression, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page300">300</a></span>; visit to +America, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page302">302</a></span>; Farmers’ Alliance, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page306">306</a></span>; defeated +by Mr. R. T. Gurdon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page308">308</a></span>; motion on the malt tax, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page311">311</a></span>; foot and +mouth disease, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page318">318</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page344">344</a></span>; opening of the North Norfolk +Railway, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page321">321</a></span>; road maintenance, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page323">323</a></span>; unopposed +return for West Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page345">345</a></span>; agricultural depression, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page353">353</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page436">436</a></span>; contests +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page370">370</a></span>; with British Dairy Farmers’ +Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>; criticism of the Agricultural +Holdings’ Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page406">406</a></span>; relinquishes farming in Norfolk, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page467">467</a></span>; +farewell to Honingham <i>ibid</i>; presented with portrait, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page482">482</a></span>.</p> +<p>Reaping machines introduced, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page77">77</a></span>; trial of McCormick’s reaper, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page117">117</a></span>.</p> +<p>Re-assessment of Norwich properties, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page500">500</a></span>.</p> +<p>Recorders of Norwich: death of Mr. Prendergast, Q.C., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page82">82</a></span>; appointment +of Mr. O’Malley, Q.C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page83">83</a></span>; death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page249">249</a></span>; appointment of Mr. J. W. +Metcalfe, Q.C., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page250">250</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page437">437</a></span>; Mr. Kemp, +Q.C., appointed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>.</p> +<p>Redenhall bell foundry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>.</p> +<p>Re-distribution of seats, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page178">178</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page349">349</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page354">354</a></span>.</p> +<p>Reed, German, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page70">70</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page90">90</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page288">288</a></span>.</p> +<p>Reeves, Sims, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page297">297</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page410">410</a></span>.</p> +<p>Reffley wood celebration, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>.</p> +<p>Reform Act, first election under new, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page182">182</a></span>.</p> +<p>Reformatories, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page65">65</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>.</p> +<p>Regiment, 54th, West Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page174">174</a></span>.</p> +<p>Regiments (Cavalry): 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page163">163</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page443">443</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page444">444</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page450">450</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page453">453</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page460">460</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page464">464</a></span>; 2nd +Dragoon Guards, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page12">12</a></span>; 3rd Dragoon Guards, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page192">192</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page234">234</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page233">233</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page242">242</a></span>; 5th +Dragoon Guards, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page108">108</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>; 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page23">23</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page29">29</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page257">257</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page267">267</a></span>; 7th +Dragoon Guards, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page215">215</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page230">230</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page232">232</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page325">325</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page464">464</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page467">467</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page471">471</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page475">475</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page480">480</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page490">490</a></span>; 1st Dragoons (Royals), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page268">268</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page277">277</a></span>; 3rd +Hussars, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page318">318</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page319">319</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page325">325</a></span>; 4th Light Dragoons (afterwards +4th Hussars), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page12">12</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page351">351</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page360">360</a></span>; 5th Lancers, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page117">117</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page121">121</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page125">125</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page277">277</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page283">283</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page285">285</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page286">286</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page287">287</a></span>; 6th +Dragoons (Inniskillings), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page309">309</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page312">312</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>; 7th Hussars, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page244">244</a></span>, <a +name="page537"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 537</span><span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page252">252</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page254">254</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page257">257</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page494">494</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page498">498</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page506">506</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page509">509</a></span>; 8th +Hussars, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page414">414</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>; 10th Hussars, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page99">99</a></span>; 11th +Hussars, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page3">3</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page5">5</a></span>; 13th +Hussars, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page150">150</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page369">369</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page510">510</a></span>; 15th Light Dragoons (afterwards +15th Hussars), <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page67">67</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page108">108</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page170">170</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page177">177</a></span>; 16th Lancers, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page137">137</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page143">143</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page144">144</a></span>; 18th +Hussars, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page127">127</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page136">136</a></span>; 19th Hussars, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page369">369</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page370">370</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page375">375</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page379">379</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page381">381</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page386">386</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page390">390</a></span>; 20th +Hussars, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page390">390</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page397">397</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page407">407</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page412">412</a></span>; 21st Hussars, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page287">287</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page289">289</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page290">290</a></span>; Royal +Horse Artillery, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page96">96</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page180">180</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page191">191</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page193">193</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page202">202</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page212">212</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page214">214</a></span>; Royal Artillery, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page36">36</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page40">40</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page57">57</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page67">67</a></span>.</p> +<p>Relief subscriptions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page39">39</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page67">67</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page166">166</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, works on Mousehold Heath, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page365">365</a></span>.</p> +<p>Religious services at Norwich Theatre, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page102">102</a></span>.</p> +<p>Remarkable career, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>.</p> +<p>Reredos at Letheringsett, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>.</p> +<p>Reserve Squadron at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page225">225</a></span>.</p> +<p>Restaurant cars on the G.E.R., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page498">498</a></span>.</p> +<p>Restitution of stolen money, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page58">58</a></span>.</p> +<p>Revivalism, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page133">133</a></span>.</p> +<p>Revolting performance at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rifle shooting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page114">114</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page158">158</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page391">391</a></span>.</p> +<p>Riots, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page49">49</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page453">453</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ritualistic practices, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page133">133</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>River pollution, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page166">166</a></span>.</p> +<p>Riverside Road, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rivers, preservation of order on, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>.</p> +<p>Robinson, Miss, “lady preacher,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page187">187</a></span>.</p> +<p>Roebuck, Captain Disney, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page233">233</a></span>.</p> +<p>Röntgen rays, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page468">468</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rood beam at St. John Timberhill, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page452">452</a></span>.</p> +<p>Roman Catholic church, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rosebery, Earl of, visits Postwick, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page202">202</a></span>; at +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page400">400</a></span>.</p> +<p>Roundabouts, worked by steam, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rousby, Mr. and Mrs., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page233">233</a></span>.</p> +<p>Route march of Norfolk Artillery Militia, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page512">512</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rowing, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page64">64</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page69">69</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page150">150</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page289">289</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rowing Club, Norfolk and Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page170">170</a></span>.</p> +<p>Royal Commissions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page190">190</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page193">193</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page264">264</a></span>.</p> +<p>Royal Hotel (new), Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>Running constables, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page22">22</a></span>.</p> +<p>Rush, James Blomfield, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>.</p> +<p>Russell, Henry, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page30">30</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>.</p> +<p>Russell, Dr., war correspondent, at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page68">68</a></span>.</p> +<h3>S</h3> +<p>St. Andrew, Norwich, election of a vicar, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page475">475</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Andrew’s Hall: Mayor’s prerogative to give use +of, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page52">52</a></span>; +restoration of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page127">127</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Andrew Society, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page260">260</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Augustine’s churchyard scandal, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page260">260</a></span>; +improvement, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Clement’s churchyard opened, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page483">483</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Faith’s riot, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page453">453</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. George’s Home for Working Girls, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page479">479</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. George’s Vase won by Norwich volunteer, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page432">432</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Lawrence church, Norwich, attempted destruction of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page156">156</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Michael-at-Thorn tower, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page378">378</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Paul’s, Norwich, improvement scheme, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page276">276</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Peter Mancroft: vicars of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page290">290</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page348">348</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page412">412</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>; restoration schemes, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page291">291</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page326">326</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page337">337</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page354">354</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page435">435</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page469">469</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page492">492</a></span>; new +reredos at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Philip’s schools, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page228">228</a></span>.</p> +<p>St. Thomas, Heigham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>.</p> +<p>Salisbury, Lord, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page382">382</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, appointed High Steward of Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page395">395</a></span>.</p> +<p>Salvation Army, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page418">418</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sanctus bell, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page220">220</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sandford, Emily, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page66">66</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sandringham sales, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page428">428</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page498">498</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page510">510</a></span>.</p> +<p>Saturday popular concerts, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page296">296</a></span>.</p> +<p>Savings’ Bank, fraud on, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>.</p> +<p>Savi’s warbler, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page51">51</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sayers, Tom, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page113">113</a></span>; charged with assault at Swaffham, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page115">115</a></span>.</p> +<p>Scarlet uniforms for volunteers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page279">279</a></span>.</p> +<p>School Board: formation of recommended by Norwich Town +Council, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page209">209</a></span>, election of first, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page211">211</a></span>; remarkable +scene, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page297">297</a></span>; presentation to clerk of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page479">479</a></span>.</p> +<p>Science Lectures for the People, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page388">388</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page397">397</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page426">426</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>.</p> +<p>Scotch fisherman’s freak, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>.</p> +<p>Scotch fishing fleet disasters, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>.</p> +<p>Scottish celebration at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page210">210</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sea breaches at Horsey, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sea-shore rights, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page143">143</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page294">294</a></span>.</p> +<p>Second-class tickets abolished, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sedan chair at election, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page38">38</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sentence of death, painful scene during, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page375">375</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sentences, disparity in, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page216">216</a></span>.</p> +<p>Servant girl’s remarkable conduct, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page58">58</a></span>.</p> +<p>Severe weather, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page377">377</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page497">497</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page503">503</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sewerage works at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page54">54</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page144">144</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page157">157</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page166">166</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page174">174</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page188">188</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page209">209</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page227">227</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page230">230</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page238">238</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page467">467</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page489">489</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page503">503</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sewage Farm, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page300">300</a></span>.</p> +<p>Shalders’ fountain pump, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page47">47</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sheriffs, appointment of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page16">16</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page26">26</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page36">36</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page90">90</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page118">118</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page129">129</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page152">152</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page182">182</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page195">195</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page206">206</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page216">216</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page236">236</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page248">248</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page271">271</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page291">291</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page304">304</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page324">324</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page351">351</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page361">361</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page395">395</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page415">415</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page436">436</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page454">454</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page466">466</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page484">484</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page494">494</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page504">504</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page514">514</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sheriffs’ entertainments, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page400">400</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>.</p> +<p>Shernbourne church restored, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page495">495</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sheward case, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page185">185</a></span>.</p> +<p>Shipbuilding in Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page22">22</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page51">51</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page83">83</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page125">125</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page136">136</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page149">149</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page213">213</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page538"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +538</span>Shipping disasters, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page25">25</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page28">28</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page57">57</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page90">90</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page96">96</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page118">118</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page129">129</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page130">130</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page164">164</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page172">172</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page175">175</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page182">182</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page188">188</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page192">192</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page199">199</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page209">209</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page217">217</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page226">226</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page228">228</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page229">229</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page267">267</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page260">260</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page274">274</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page281">281</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page326">326</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page459">459</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page508">508</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Shooting, extraordinary feats of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page161">161</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page225">225</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page293">293</a></span>.</p> +<p>Siamese princes at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page512">512</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sidestrand church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page323">323</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Sidney Carton” produced at Norwich Theatre, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page438">438</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sidney, W., manager of Norwich Theatre; presentation to, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page50">50</a></span>; action as to +silver ticket holders, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>; information against a circus +proprietor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>; licence of Norwich Theatre, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page343">343</a></span>; death +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>.</p> +<p>Silver cradles, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page300">300</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page301">301</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, tickets at Norwich Theatre, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page44">44</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, weddings, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page390">390</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page492">492</a></span>.</p> +<p>Skating, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, National Association meeting on Wroxham Broad, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page317">317</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, carnival on Diss mere, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Rink, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page270">270</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page296">296</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page299">299</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, roller championship, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page296">296</a></span>.</p> +<p>Skull of Sir Thomas Browne, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>.</p> +<p>Slavin at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>.</p> +<p>Small-pox, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page27">27</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page53">53</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page219">219</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page263">263</a></span>.</p> +<p>Smith, Albert, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>.</p> +<p>Smith, Captain (afterwards Major), of Ellingham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page357">357</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page508">508</a></span>.</p> +<p>Snowfalls, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page19">19</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page28">28</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page92">92</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page166">166</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page207">207</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page389">389</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page416">416</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page435">435</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page476">476</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page508">508</a></span>.</p> +<p>Snow in May, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page212">212</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>.</p> +<p>Socialist riot at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>.</p> +<p>Social Science Congress at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page236">236</a></span>.</p> +<p>Soldier succeeds to a fortune, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page112">112</a></span>.</p> +<p>Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page467">467</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page473">473</a></span>.</p> +<p>Soldiers charged with attempted murder, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page312">312</a></span>.</p> +<p>Soldiers’ monument at Norwich cemetery, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page290">290</a></span>.</p> +<p>Soldier’s romance, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page337">337</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sol-fa system of Psalmody, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page297">297</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page427">427</a></span>.</p> +<p>Solicitors charged with fraud, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page4">4</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page480">480</a></span>.</p> +<p>Somnambulism, remarkable case of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page331">331</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sondes, Lord, elected High Steward of Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page32">32</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sothern, Mr., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page205">205</a></span>.</p> +<p>Soudan campaign: departure of the 7th Dragoon Guards from +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>; thanksgiving services, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page330">330</a></span>; Lieut. M. +W. M. Edwards receives Victoria Cross, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page335">335</a></span>; Norfolk +men at the battle of Teb, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>; service of Humiliation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page356">356</a></span>.</p> +<p>Special constables, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>.</p> +<p>Spelling bees, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page262">262</a></span>.</p> +<p>Spiritualism, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>.</p> +<p>S.P.G. bicentenary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page510">510</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sprats, enormous captures of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page417">417</a></span>.</p> +<p>Spring, early, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page441">441</a></span>.</p> +<p>Springfield, Mr. T. O., requested to become candidate for +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page10">10</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ship, mysterious disappearance of a, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page10">10</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sprowston boundary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page301">301</a></span>.</p> +<p>Spurgeon, Mr., at King’s Lynn, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page66">66</a></span>; at Norwich, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page87">87</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stage play at a circus, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>.</p> +<p>Staghounds, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, extraordinary run of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page275">275</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stalham Corn Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page44">44</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stamp frauds at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page278">278</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stamps, perforated sheets, inventor of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page318">318</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stanfield Hall: superstitious difficulties, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page26">26</a></span>; litigation, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page288">288</a></span>; +death of Lady Beevor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page407">407</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stanley Library, Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page351">351</a></span>.</p> +<p>Starr-Bowkett Building Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page285">285</a></span>.</p> +<p>Steamboat Alexandra launched, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page176">176</a></span>.</p> +<p>Steeplechases, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stolen money, restitution of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page58">58</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stork shot at Pickenham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page54">54</a></span>.</p> +<p>Stracey, Sir Henry, returned for Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page183">183</a></span>; +presentations to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>.</p> +<p>Strangers’ Hall, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page498">498</a></span>.</p> +<p>Street names altered at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page488">488</a></span>.</p> +<p>Street improvements at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page82">82</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page97">97</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page276">276</a></span>.</p> +<p>Strikes: building trade, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page421">421</a></span>; shoe trade, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page477">477</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sturgeon claimed by Lynn Corporation, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page77">77</a></span>.</p> +<p>Submarine cable, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>.</p> +<p>Subsidence of a floor at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page24">24</a></span>.</p> +<p>Suicides, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page203">203</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page315">315</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page495">495</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sunday closing of public-houses, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page29">29</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sunday deliveries, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page407">407</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, opening of Free library, protest against, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page350">350</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, of St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page407">407</a></span>.</p> +<p>Sunday School centenary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page311">311</a></span>.</p> +<p>Superstition, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>.</p> +<p>Swaffham coursing meeting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page36">36</a></span>.</p> +<p>Swan Laundry and Public Baths, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page301">301</a></span>.</p> +<p>Swimming race at Thorpe, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page225">225</a></span>.</p> +<p>Swine fever, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>.</p> +<h3>T</h3> +<p>Tasburgh, human remains discovered at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page486">486</a></span>.</p> +<p>Taverham paper mills, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page502">502</a></span>.</p> +<p>Teachers, National Union of elementary, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page356">356</a></span>.</p> +<p>Technical education, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page423">423</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Institute, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page488">488</a></span>.</p> +<p>Telegraph line, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tel-el-Kebir, battle of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>.</p> +<p>Telephones, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page325">325</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page376">376</a></span>.</p> +<p>Temperance movement, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page8">8</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page26">26</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page28">28</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page284">284</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page290">290</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Society, Church of England, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page286">286</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page539"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +539</span>Terry, Edward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page350">350</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page360">360</a></span>.</p> +<p>Terry, Miss, Ellen, at Sandringham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page401">401</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thackeray at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page62">62</a></span>.</p> +<p>Theatre, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page4">4</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page27">27</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page32">32</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page37">37</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page44">44</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page45">45</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page47">47</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page49">49</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page50">50</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page53">53</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page56">56</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page69">69</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page72">72</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page80">80</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page92">92</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page99">99</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page102">102</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page103">103</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page106">106</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page111">111</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page114">114</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page120">120</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page123">123</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page143">143</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page165">165</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page167">167</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page169">169</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page177">177</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page180">180</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page184">184</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page190">190</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page193">193</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page196">196</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page201">201</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page202">202</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page204">204</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page205">205</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page207">207</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page215">215</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page219">219</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page226">226</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page229">229</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page232">232</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page233">233</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page234">234</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page235">235</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page237">237</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page250">250</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page258">258</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page262">262</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page264">264</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page265">265</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page269">269</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page270">270</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page271">271</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page272">272</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page277">277</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page282">282</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page284">284</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page285">285</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page286">286</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page289">289</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page293">293</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page305">305</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page313">313</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page314">314</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page318">318</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page325">325</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page326">326</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page329">329</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page342">342</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page344">344</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page350">350</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page353">353</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page356">356</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page359">359</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page363">363</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page386">386</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page396">396</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page398">398</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page427">427</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page429">429</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page463">463</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>; improvements at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page360">360</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page375">375</a></span>; managers +of, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page3">3</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page6">6</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page32">32</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page44">44</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page50">50</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page109">109</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page162">162</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page226">226</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page280">280</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page282">282</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page343">343</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page359">359</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page472">472</a></span>; play +(new), at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page438">438</a></span>; subscription nights at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page68">68</a></span>.</p> +<p>Theatre Licence, Norwich, remarkable disclosure, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page343">343</a></span>.</p> +<p>Theatre, proposed new, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page486">486</a></span>.</p> +<p>Theatricals, amateur, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page59">59</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page283">283</a></span>.</p> +<p>“The Guv’nor,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page332">332</a></span>.</p> +<p>“The Science of Love” operetta, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page247">247</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thetford Corporation <i>v.</i> Norfolk County Council, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page490">490</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thomas à Becket’s chapel, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page240">240</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thorpe Green obstruction, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page297">297</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thorpe railway accident, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page244">244</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page245">245</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page252">252</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page253">253</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thorpe St. Andrew, proposed annexation by Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page442">442</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thorpe station, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page368">368</a></span>.</p> +<p>Threatening letters, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page340">340</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page341">341</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page399">399</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thunderstorm and hurricane, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page302">302</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thunderstorms, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page302">302</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page339">339</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page349">349</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page402">402</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page403">403</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page404">404</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page422">422</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page443">443</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Thurton, ventriloquist, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page48">48</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tichborne claimant at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page355">355</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tides, remarkable, at Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tigers, combat between, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page362">362</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tillett, Jacob Henry: resigns seat in Norwich Town Council, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page36">36</a></span>; action +against Lord Hastings, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page60">60</a></span>; on the appointment of city +magistrates, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page70">70</a></span>; advocates Parliamentary inquiry +into corrupt practices, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page84">84</a></span>; elected Mayor of Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page90">90</a></span>; Joel Fox +case, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page90">90</a></span>; +initiates the abolition of political ascendancy in Norwich Town +Council, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>; the Chester Waters scandal, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page145">145</a></span>; adopted +Liberal candidate, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page179">179</a></span>; defeated, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page183">183</a></span>; petitions +against the return of Sir H. Stracey, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page186">186</a></span>; pays +costs, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page197">197</a></span>; again adopted, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page202">202</a></span>; elected, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page203">203</a></span>; +petitioned against, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page205">205</a></span>; unseated, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page208">208</a></span>; portrait +placed in St. Andrew’s Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page216">216</a></span>; arbitration case, Coaks <i>v.</i> +Tillett, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page220">220</a></span>; returned for Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page253">253</a></span>; unseated +on petition, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page255">255</a></span>; elected Mayor of Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page259">259</a></span>; returned +for Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page307">307</a></span>; contests Norwich for the last +time, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page370">370</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page426">426</a></span>.</p> +<p>Time ball suggested, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page26">26</a></span>; erected on Norwich Castle, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tithe, non-payment of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page378">378</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tobacco culture in Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page383">383</a></span>.</p> +<p>Toll-house Museum, Yarmouth, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tom Thumb at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page83">83</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page162">162</a></span>.</p> +<p>Toole, J. L., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page168">168</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page233">233</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page326">326</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page396">396</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>Towers, falls of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page374">374</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page432">432</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page456">456</a></span>.</p> +<p>Town Clerks, Norwich: Mr. W. L. Mendham appointed, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page47">47</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page267">267</a></span>; Mr. H. B. +Miller appointed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page267">267</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page409">409</a></span>; Mr. G. B. +Kennett appointed, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page410">410</a></span>.</p> +<p>Town Close Estate: Christmas dole withheld, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page351">351</a></span>; litigation +commenced, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page352">352</a></span>; Stanley <i>v.</i> Mayor and +Corporation, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page377">377</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page387">387</a></span>; litigation abandoned, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page398">398</a></span>; final +settlement of Attorney-General’s scheme, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page427">427</a></span>.</p> +<p>Town Councillor wrongfully elected, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page12">12</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page17">17</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tractarian movement, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page2">2</a></span>.</p> +<p>Traction engine with “endless railway,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page62">62</a></span>; with +indiarubber tyres, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page209">209</a></span>.</p> +<p>Trades Union Congress, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page451">451</a></span>.</p> +<p>Trafalgar, anniversary of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>.</p> +<p>Training College, Norwich and Ely, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page433">433</a></span>.</p> +<p>Training Institution, Norwich Diocesan, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page22">22</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tramway schemes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page205">205</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page217">217</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page227">227</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page292">292</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page474">474</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page475">475</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page508">508</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, East Suffolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page227">227</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, Yarmouth and Gorleston, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page254">254</a></span>.</p> +<p>Transportation, return from, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page147">147</a></span>.</p> +<p>Transvaal War: approval of Government policy in South Africa, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page502">502</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page503">503</a></span>; Mr. +Stead at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page503">503</a></span>; reservists called out, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page503">503</a></span>; +Lieut.-Col. Stopford killed at Modder River, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page504">504</a></span>; gifts to +Norfolk Regiment, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page505">505</a></span>; 2nd Battalion sails for South +Africa, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page505">505</a></span>; Loyal Suffolk Hussars volunteer +for the front, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page505">505</a></span>; drafts from Volunteer battalions, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page505">505</a></span>; 3rd +Battalion, Norfolk Regiment (Militia), embodied and leave for +Fermoy, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page505">505</a></span>; volunteer and sail for South +Africa, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page506">506</a></span>; Yeomanry and Volunteers leave +Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page506">506</a></span>; relief of Ladysmith, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page506">506</a></span>; relief of +Mafeking, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page506">506</a></span>; thanksgiving services, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page506">506</a></span>; occupation +of Pretoria, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page506">506</a></span>; Norfolk war memorial, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page506">506</a></span>; death of +Mr. Walter Waring at Pinetown Bridge, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page513">513</a></span>; return of +the Earl of Albemarle, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page514">514</a></span>.</p> +<p>Trinity church, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page88">88</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page107">107</a></span>.</p> +<p>Trotting, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page81">81</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page189">189</a></span>.</p> +<p>Trout, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page186">186</a></span>.</p> +<p>,, salmon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page356">356</a></span>.</p> +<p>Turnpike, Wells and Fakenham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page314">314</a></span>.</p> +<p>Turnpikes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page190">190</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Turpin’s Ride to York,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page275">275</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tussaud’s, Louis, exhibition at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page470">470</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page540"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +540</span>Tweedmouth, Lord, at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Twenty-four Club,” Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page210">210</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Two-headed Nightingale,” <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page221">221</a></span>.</p> +<p>Typhoid fever at Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page483">483</a></span>.</p> +<p>Tyssen-Amherst, coming of age, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page49">49</a></span>; returned for West Norfolk, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page307">307</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page308">308</a></span>; entertains +Royalty, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page316">316</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page396">396</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page405">405</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page424">424</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page445">445</a></span>; opens Downham Town Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page384">384</a></span>; retires +from Parliament, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page419">419</a></span>; sale of red-polls, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page430">430</a></span>; dignity of +peerage, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page433">433</a></span>; presentations to, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page454">454</a></span>.</p> +<h3>U</h3> +<p>Uniforms of Volunteers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page85">85</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page279">279</a></span>.</p> +<h3>V</h3> +<p>Vaccination, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page27">27</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page330">330</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>; inquiry at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page330">330</a></span>; lecture on +by Mrs. Garrett Anderson, M.D., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page496">496</a></span>.</p> +<p>Valpeian Club, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page76">76</a></span>.</p> +<p>Vance at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page147">147</a></span>.</p> +<p>Vandenhoff, Miss, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page72">72</a></span>.</p> +<p>Vaudeville, Theatre of Varieties, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page270">270</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page282">282</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page329">329</a></span>.</p> +<p>Velocipede (see Bicycle).</p> +<p>Victoria Cross, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page432">432</a></span>.</p> +<p>Victoria station, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page159">159</a></span>; explosion at, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page365">365</a></span>.</p> +<p>Villebois, Mr., presentation to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>.</p> +<p>Vining, Miss Fanny, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page23">23</a></span>.</p> +<p>Visiting Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page390">390</a></span>.</p> +<p>Vokes family, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page285">285</a></span>.</p> +<p>Volunteer movement, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page85">85</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>; Artillery Volunteers, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>; camps, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page125">125</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page168">168</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page179">179</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page192">192</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page203">203</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page213">213</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page222">222</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page233">233</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page242">242</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page267">267</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page279">279</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page287">287</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page301">301</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page311">311</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page323">323</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page329">329</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page358">358</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page371">371</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page391">391</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page392">392</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page402">402</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page403">403</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page413">413</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page422">422</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page432">432</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page443">443</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page450">450</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page471">471</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page490">490</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page500">500</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page511">511</a></span>; +China Cup won by Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page278">278</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>; Col. Black accepts command of +Norwich volunteers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page135">135</a></span>; retires, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page192">192</a></span>; succeeded +by Col. Boileau, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page193">193</a></span>; retires, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page343">343</a></span>; succeeded +by Col. Mansel, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page343">343</a></span>; Col. Dawson, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page424">424</a></span>; colours +presented to volunteers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>; cyclists, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page481">481</a></span>; Dean of +Norwich appointed chaplain to 1st V.B.N.R., <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page424">424</a></span>; +decoration, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>; Drill Hall, Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page159">159</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page163">163</a></span>; +fêtes at Crown Point, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page117">117</a></span>; at Quebec House, Dereham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page180">180</a></span>; guards of +honour, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page152">152</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page153">153</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page163">163</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page232">232</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page319">319</a></span>; Light Horse, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page163">163</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page172">172</a></span>; long +service medal, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page457">457</a></span>; marches, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page213">213</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page222">222</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page460">460</a></span>; Medical +Staff Corps, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page409">409</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page465">465</a></span>; presentations to Captain Bulwer, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page128">128</a></span>, +Captain H. S. Patteson, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>, Col. Black, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page192">192</a></span>, Col. +Boileau, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page348">348</a></span>, Lieut.-Col. Foster, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page396">396</a></span>, Major +Cubitt, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page411">411</a></span>; ranges opened at Mousehold, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page98">98</a></span>; at +Billingford, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page158">158</a></span>; reviews at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page99">99</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page117">117</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page127">127</a></span>; at +Holkham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page108">108</a></span>; at Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page115">115</a></span>; at +Windsor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page179">179</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page322">322</a></span>; rifle shooting, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page111">111</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page114">114</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page158">158</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page213">213</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page278">278</a></span>; Rifle +corps, known as Volunteer Battalion of Norfolk Regiment, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page338">338</a></span>; St. +George’s Vase won by Norwich Volunteer, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page432">432</a></span>; uniforms, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page85">85</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page279">279</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page299">299</a></span>; Volunteer +Brigade, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page392">392</a></span>; Volunteer Service Association, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page114">114</a></span>; +Volunteers in South Africa, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page505">505</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page506">506</a></span>.</p> +<p>Voting apparatus, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page481">481</a></span>.</p> +<h3>W</h3> +<p>Wainwright, Jacob (Livingstone’s attendant), <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page242">242</a></span>.</p> +<p>Walsingham floods, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page223">223</a></span>.</p> +<p>Walsingham, Lord, and his tenantry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page226">226</a></span>; shooting +feats by, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page225">225</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page393">393</a></span>; elected High Steward of Cambridge +University, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page421">421</a></span>; re-introduction of the great +bustard, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page511">511</a></span>.</p> +<p>Walsingham Quarter Sessions discontinued, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page103">103</a></span>.</p> +<p>Ward boundaries and re-distribution, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page405">405</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page422">422</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page428">428</a></span>.</p> +<p>Watch-making extraordinary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page9">9</a></span>.</p> +<p>Watchmen, last of the, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>.</p> +<p>Waters, Edmond Chester, accusations against, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page145">145</a></span>; +presentation to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page146">146</a></span>.</p> +<p>Waterspout off Cromer, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page482">482</a></span>.</p> +<p>Waterworks, Norwich: opening of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page7">7</a></span>; new Bill, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page22">22</a></span>; new +reservoirs, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page208">208</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page218">218</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page414">414</a></span>; proposed purchase by Corporation, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page417">417</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page485">485</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page512">512</a></span>.</p> +<p>Waterworks, Yarmouth, opening of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wayland Agricultural Society, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page67">67</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wayland Hall, Watton, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page22">22</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wayside chapel, Houghton St. Giles’, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page481">481</a></span>.</p> +<p>Weather, remarkable changes of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page439">439</a></span>.</p> +<p>Weavers’ disputes, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page131">131</a></span>.</p> +<p>Weavers’ strike at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page25">25</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wedding, remarkable incident at a, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page142">142</a></span>.</p> +<p>Weights and Measures Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page140">140</a></span>.</p> +<p>Well accidents, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page18">18</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wellesley, Marchioness of, buried at Costessey Hall, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page27">27</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wellington statue, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page16">16</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page36">36</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wells boating disaster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>; church destroyed by lightning, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page302">302</a></span>; +restoration fund bazaar at Holkham, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page312">312</a></span>; re-opening, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page337">337</a></span>; Wells and +Fakenham Railway opened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page69">69</a></span>; harbour works, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page87">87</a></span>; inundation +at, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page119">119</a></span>; +lifeboat disaster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page314">314</a></span>; boating accident, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page485">485</a></span>; singular +railway accident at, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page299">299</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wesleyan schism, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page1">1</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page2">2</a></span>.</p> +<p>Weston, Edward Payson (pedestrian), at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page295">295</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page346">346</a></span>.</p> +<p>Whale captured, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page32">32</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wheat, remarkable seizure of, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page174">174</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wherrymen’s chapel, Yarmouth, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page91">91</a></span>.</p> +<p>Whipping at Norwich Castle, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page254">254</a></span>.</p> +<p>Whirlwind at Worstead, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page497">497</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wigan, Horace Mr., at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page215">215</a></span>.</p> +<p><a name="page541"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +541</span>Wiggins, Captain, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page400">400</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page408">408</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page469">469</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wild-Collins voting apparatus, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page481">481</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wild fowl, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page209">209</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wild, Mr. E., address to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page385">385</a></span>; elected leader of Norwich +Conservatives, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wild, Mr. E. E., elected judge of Court of Record, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page484">484</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wilde Oscar, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page346">346</a></span>.</p> +<p>Will cases, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page6">6</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page18">18</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page43">43</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page95">95</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wilson, F. W., adopted Gladstonian candidate for Mid Norfolk, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page443">443</a></span>; +defeated by Mr. R. T. Gurdon, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page459">459</a></span>; elected, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page462">462</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wilson, General Sir Archdale, at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page76">76</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page240">240</a></span>.</p> +<p>Winchilsea, Earl of, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page449">449</a></span>.</p> +<p>Windham case, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page109">109</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page154">154</a></span>; death of Mr. F. W. Windham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page154">154</a></span>.</p> +<p>Windham, General, address to, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page46">46</a></span>; received at Norwich, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page46">46</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page52">52</a></span>; returned for +East Norfolk, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page61">61</a></span>; departure for India, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page66">66</a></span>; defeated by +Gwalier mutineers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page70">70</a></span>; death, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page197">197</a></span>.</p> +<p>Window-tax, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>.</p> +<p>Winter of 1881, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page317">317</a></span>.</p> +<p>Witchcraft, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>.</p> +<p>Witch doctor, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page62">62</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wodehouse, Lord, fined for assault, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page463">463</a></span>; removed +from the Commission of the Peace, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page463">463</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wodehouse, Lieut.-Col., welcomed at Hingham, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page53">53</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page206">206</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wolseley, Lord, at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page467">467</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page498">498</a></span>.</p> +<p>Woodbastwick Hall, destroyed by fire, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page332">332</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wood carver, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page5">5</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wood paving at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page303">303</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page313">313</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>.</p> +<p>Workhouse at Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page65">65</a></span>.</p> +<p>Workhouse, fall of a, at Lynn, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page33">33</a></span>.</p> +<p>Workhouses, proposed amalgamation of, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page468">468</a></span>.</p> +<p>Wymondham Bridewell discontinued, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page284">284</a></span>.</p> +<h3>Y</h3> +<p>Yacht ashore at Happisburgh, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page63">63</a></span>.</p> +<p>Yachting and Fishing exhibition, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page446">446</a></span>.</p> +<p>Yare and Bure Preservation Society, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page412">412</a></span>.</p> +<p>Yarmouth: seamen’s riot, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page3">3</a></span>; mayor elected by his casting vote, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page9">9</a></span>; Priory +Schools, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page16">16</a></span>; Corporation records, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page19">19</a></span>; vessel +attacked by mutineers, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page21">21</a></span>; Wellington Pier, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page23">23</a></span>; George +Borrow saves a boat’s crew, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page24">24</a></span>; as a Militia centre, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page28">28</a></span>; Lord Sondes +elected High Steward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page32">32</a></span>; new bridge opened, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page35">35</a></span>; waterworks +opened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page41">41</a></span>; cemetery, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page51">51</a></span>; charities, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page51">51</a></span>; storms +at, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page54">54</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page57">57</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page68">68</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page90">90</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page96">96</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page101">101</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page118">118</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page129">129</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page130">130</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page138">138</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page140">140</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page164">164</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page165">165</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page172">172</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page182">182</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page188">188</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page194">194</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page199">199</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page209">209</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page253">253</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page259">259</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page274">274</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page281">281</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page283">283</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page317">317</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page459">459</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page484">484</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page502">502</a></span>; Britannia +Pier, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page54">54</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page90">90</a></span>; Nelson +Column, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page55">55</a></span>; bribery, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page59">59</a></span>; election +petitions, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page66">66</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page93">93</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page156">156</a></span>; school of Navigation and Art, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page62">62</a></span>; Marine +Parade, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page64">64</a></span>; discovery of coins, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page65">65</a></span>; St. +John’s church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page66">66</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page74">74</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page348">348</a></span>; fire at St. James’s Place, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page69">69</a></span>; +magisterial appointments condemned, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page72">72</a></span>; presentations to Bishop Hills, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page85">85</a></span>; +Donegal Militia, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page87">87</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page98">98</a></span>; Wherrymen’s chapel, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page91">91</a></span>; Channel +Fleet, <span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page97">97</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page114">114</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page126">126</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page245">245</a></span>; +explosion on the s.s. Tonning, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page100">100</a></span>; action against Sir Edmund Lacon, +M.P., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page104">104</a></span>; Cufaude <i>v.</i> Corry, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page105">105</a></span>; +shipbuilding, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page105">105</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page125">125</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page136">136</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page149">149</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page213">213</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page257">257</a></span>; military riot, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page105">105</a></span>; +“Yarmouth Independent” libel action, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page107">107</a></span>; lifeboat +scandals, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page119">119</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>; Gas Bill, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page122">122</a></span>; Nelson +monument, fatal fall from, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page124">124</a></span>; Scotch fisherman’s feat on, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page259">259</a></span>; +accident at Burgh Water Frolic, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page125">125</a></span>; presentation to a Mayor, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page134">134</a></span>; +Public-house Closing Act, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page138">138</a></span>; St. Nicholas church restoration, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page138">138</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page201">201</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page420">420</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page421">421</a></span>; +Haven and Port Bill, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page141">141</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page158">158</a></span>; Fish Wharves and Tramways Bill, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page153">153</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page171">171</a></span>; +lifeboats launched, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page151">151</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page400">400</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page430">430</a></span>; lifeboat disasters, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page154">154</a></span>; Drill +Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page171">171</a></span>; Fenian scare, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page173">173</a></span>; fires, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page174">174</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page286">286</a></span>; St. +James’s church, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page191">191</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page279">279</a></span>; extraordinary catches of herring, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page54">54</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page195">195</a></span>; Assembly +Rooms destroyed by fire, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page199">199</a></span>; church organ, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page199">199</a></span>; +Corporation address to Sir James Paget, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page214">214</a></span>; Corn Hall +opened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page216">216</a></span>; depot of the 9th Regiment, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page218">218</a></span>; +Recordership, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page219">219</a></span>; mirage, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page221">221</a></span>; visits of +Prince of Wales, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page221">221</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page299">299</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page321">321</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page357">357</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page379">379</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page460">460</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page499">499</a></span>; Grammar School opened, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page222">222</a></span>; Reserve +Squadron, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page225">225</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page413">413</a></span>; Ballot Act, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page225">225</a></span>; East +Suffolk Tramway, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page227">227</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page254">254</a></span>; Aquarium, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page258">258</a></span>; fishing +fleet disaster, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page274">274</a></span>; presentation to Mr. C. J. Palmer, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page274">274</a></span>; Town +Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page285">285</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page328">328</a></span>; silver cradle, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page301">301</a></span>; British +Archæological Association, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page302">302</a></span>; Duke of Edinburgh, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page309">309</a></span>; Book Club +centenary, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page310">310</a></span>; visit of the Duke of Cambridge, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page321">321</a></span>; Golf +Club, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page333">333</a></span>; high tides, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page335">335</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page455">455</a></span>; remarkable +tides, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page375">375</a></span>; fishing dispute, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page377">377</a></span>; Hospital, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page379">379</a></span>, +<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page394">394</a></span>; Lord +Salisbury as High Steward, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page395">395</a></span>; Duke of Clarence, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page420">420</a></span>; British +Training Squadron, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page420">420</a></span>; Lord Randolph Churchill, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page444">444</a></span>; +Agricultural shows, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page125">125</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page413">413</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page450">450</a></span>; floods, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page455">455</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page484">484</a></span>; Tollhouse +Museum opened, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page461">461</a></span>; Yeomanry Cavalry training, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page470">470</a></span>; fire at +Press’s mills, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page485">485</a></span>; St. Paul’s church +consecrated, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page437">437</a></span>; murder, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page489">489</a></span>; Missions +to Seamen Church and Institute, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page509">509</a></span>; Duke of York, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page509">509</a></span>; beach +murder, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page512">512</a></span>.</p> +<p>Yarn Company, Norwich, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page50">50</a></span>.</p> +<p>Yeomanry Cavalry, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page470">470</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page498">498</a></span>; volunteer for South Africa, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page505">505</a></span>, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page506">506</a></span>.</p> +<p>Young, J. F., <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page37">37</a></span>; manager of Norwich Theatre, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page162">162</a></span>; member of +“Caste” Company, <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page233">233</a></span>; death, <span +class="indexpageno"><a href="#page377">377</a></span>.</p> +<p>“Youth,” <span class="indexpageno"><a +href="#page344">344</a></span>.</p> +<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NORFOLK ANNALS***</p> +<pre> + + +***** This file should be named 36206-h.htm or 36206-h.zip****** + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/6/2/0/36206 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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