2.—The announcement was made of the engagement of Mr. and Mrs. F. Phillips as members of the Norwich Company, under the management of Mr. Joseph Clarence. Mrs. Phillips, who was professionally known as Miss Ellen Daly, had acquired Metropolitan celebrity, and “was equally at home in serious work, in domestic comedy, and in fashionable life.”
8.—The ceremony of turning the first sod of the great undertaking known as the Norfolk Estuary Works was performed at Lynn by Sir William ffolkes. The Earl of Hardwick, the Earl of Leicester, Mr. R. G. Tounley, M.P., and Miss Wodehouse each deposited a spadeful of earth upon a barrow, which was wheeled away by the Mayor. It was estimated that 150,000 acres of land would be reclaimed from the sea by the completion of the work.
9.—Mr. Henry Woodcock was re-elected Mayor of Norwich. Mr. Edward Blakely was appointed Sheriff.
11.—The Norwich Protestant Association held a meeting at St. Andrew’s Hall, and adopted an address to the Queen “on the recent invasion of her Majesty’s prerogative by the Pope.” On December 7th the clergy of the diocese presented to the Bishop an address upon the same subject; and on December 14th the High Sheriff (Mr. E. R. Pratt) presided over a county meeting at the Shirehall, when resolutions condemnatory of the action of the Pope were adopted, and an address voted to the Queen. Many meetings were held in all parts of the county, and for some weeks “Papal aggression” was made a popular cry.
DECEMBER.
21.*—“Baron Rolfe has been raised to the peerage, by the dignity of Baron Cranworth, of Cranworth, in the county of Norfolk.”
26.—Mr. J. Clarence produced a pantomime at Norwich Theatre (title not given). Of the scenery and dresses it was said, “We never saw anything, even in the Metropolis, more superb and more beautiful.”
END OF VOL. I.
INDEX.
A
Abduction of a child, 210.
Abinger, Baron. See Scarlett, Sir James.
Abington, Mr., actor, 417; manager of Norwich Theatre, 452, 457; death, 473.
Accession of George IV., 179; of William IV., 297; of Victoria, 362.
Accidents: At a launch, 22; to Volunteers, 41, 66; at an Oddfellows’ meeting, 94; with guns, 329, 442; at Taverham Mills, 385; at firework display, 395; to the Countess of Leicester, 405; at Swaffham Brewery, 420; to an acrobat, 420; on the stage, 329, 441; Yarmouth bridge, 446; at King Street Brewery, Norwich, 447; railway, 451; singular, at Mattishall, 471; whilst hunting, 474.
Acle and Yarmouth New Road, 305.
Action against a coach proprietor, 100.
. . ., singular, at Norwich, 218.
Action at Assizes: The King v. Beevor, 3; Stracey v. Davey, 7; Astley v. Harwood, 18; Palmer v. Blomfield, 33; the King v. Larke, Mileham, and others, 74; Leathes v. Baker, 74; Leathes v. Maddison, 75; Baker v. Leathes, 75; Leathes v. Long, 75; Royle v. Parsley, 90; Mann v. Carroll, 114; the King v. Garratt, 125; for coach accident, 191; Crawcour v. Smith, 198; Lock, D.D., v. Bishop of Norwich, 206; Howard v. Howes, 237; Reader v. Bloom, 273; Fellowes v. Steward, 247; Woodewis v. Patteson, 247; Maitland v. Kinnebrook, 279; Howes v. Wood, 307; Hunter v. Platten, 312; Rex v. Brightwell, 356; Palmer v. Alliance Insurance Co., 410; Lynes v. Beck, 422; Rex v. Painter, 426; Cory v. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Co., 440; Jermy v. Rush, 469; Quarles v. Bacon, 470; Berney v. Delane and Co., 483.
Activity in old age, 138, 140.
Actor on a donkey’s back, 296; turned Dissenting minister, 80, 106, 291.
Actors, accidents to, 329, 441.
. . . learn military drill, 22.
. . . stranded on Breydon, 139.
“Adam Slow,” 265.
Additional Force Act, 44.
Addresses to the Queen, 363, 385, 393, 412, 440.
Adelphi Theatre, Norwich, 465, 473.
“Admiral Clark,” of Norwich, 266.
“African Roscius,” 284.
Africans baptised, 106.
Agricultural associations, 92, 261, 386, 331, 354, 414, 461.
. . . defence association, 171.
. . . distress, 191, 192, 196, 204, 217, 246, 263, 346.
. . . horse tax, 134.
. . . implements, 6, 15, 31, 41, 57, 65, 72, 73, 84, 96, 127, 138, 160, 183, 469.
. . . sale, 224.
Aickin, Miss (actress), 39, 46, 80.
Aldermen, alleged illegal election of, 363.
. . . elections of, 201, 269, 274, 290, 317, 341.
Alderson, Edward Hall, receives freedom of Norwich, 285; appointed Judge, 299; attends Norwich Assizes, 395, 400, 440.
Alderson, Robert, his duel with Mr. Grigby, 16; elected Governor of Norwich Court of Guardians, 65; resigns Recordership, 301.
Aldridge, Mr., “the African Roscius,” 467.
Alexandria, surrender of, 8.
Algiers, bombardment of, 140.
Aliens, 24.
Altar-piece at Braconash church, 76; at St. Peter’s, Yarmouth, 328.
Amateur Hamlet on Norwich stage, 167.
Amelia, Princess, funeral of, 87.
Ammunition for Orange patriots, 111.
Anacreontic Society, 2.
Anæsthetics, use of, 461, 467.
Anatomical studies, 283.
Angel Inn, Norwich, re-named the Royal Hotel, 400.
Angerstein, Mr., 94.
Animals’ Friend Society, 403.
Anti-Corn Law League, 427, 434.
Apartment at St. Lawrence’s church, Norwich, 144.
Aquatic funeral, 441.
Archæological discoveries at Castle Rising, 226.
. . . Institute, 464.
. . . Society, Norfolk and Norwich, 454.
Archbishop Manners Sutton, 37.
Aran for German levies, 104.
Army of Reserve Act, 20, 30; ballot, 23.
Arson, remarkable trial for, 306.
. . . Union, East of England, 416.
Artillery corps at Norwich, 46.
Artists, 86, 92, 97, 119, 131, 139, 150, 168, 175, 194, 214, 230, 253, 276, 282, 300, 377, 394, 396, 416, 420, 422, 423, 486.
. . . , Norfolk and Norwich Society of, 50, 67, 74, 119, 139, 150, 175, 194, 214, 242, 279, 396.
. . . , Norfolk and Suffolk Society of, 285.
Ass following a corpse, 84.
Assault in Fakenham Market Place, 190.
. . . on a Dissenting preacher at Aylsham, 74.
Assessments, 42, 125, 183, 226, 273, 463, 475.
Assize of bread, 82.
Assize week, decline of the, 486.
Assizes, 3, 7, 12, 18, 33, 37, 47, 58, 60, 74, 75, 81, 89, 90, 92, 108, 114, 124, 125, 126, 134, 136, 145, 151, 155, 156, 174, 175, 180, 191, 198, 206, 209, 211, 214, 237, 247, 261, 262, 267, 271, 272, 279, 288, 291, 295, 302, 303, 304, 307, 312, 320, 322, 338, 340, 343, 348, 356, 359, 364, 372, 376, 378, 384, 395, 400, 401, 406, 410, 416, 422, 426, 436, 439, 440, 444, 445, 454, 469, 470, 475, 483.
Association against felonies, Norwich, 96.
Astrology, 61.
Asylum at Thorpe, 89, 116, 444.
Athenæum, Norwich, 440.
Attornies’ privileges, 98.
Auctioneer, conviction of, 426.
Auctioneer’s evasion of plate licence, 390.
B
Baggage waggons, 120.
Bagshaw’s menagerie, 80.
Baldwin, the weather prophet, 19.
Ball, Edward, dramatist, 181, 192, 218.
Balloon ascents, 124, 128, 248, 257, 306, 343, 388, 389, 402, 411, 478, 479.
. . . , General Money’s adventure in a 129.
Ballot-box abolished by Norwich Corporation, 306.
Band of music at a wedding, 156.
Bank, East of England, 345, 362.
. . . notes stolen, 168.
. . . robbery at Lynn, 428.
. . . suspends payment, 252.
Bankes, Prebendary, 187.
Bankruptcy of Kerrison and Son, 66, 73, 79.
Banners presented to members of Parliament, 324.
Bannister, Mr. (actor), 57, 72.
Baptist chapel, St. Mary’s, Norwich, 389.
Baptisms to avoid registration fees, 358.
Barnum at Norwich, 439.
. . . of Stafford, 235.
Barracks sold at Norwich, 145.
Bartley, Mrs. (actress), 134, 135, 145, 192.
Barton, Mr. (actor), 255.
Bathing machine, 147.
Baths, public, 484.
Bathurst, Benjamin, 40.
Bathurst, Bishop, installation of, 38; death of, 359; monument in Norwich Cathedral, 362, 413; bust of, 366.
Bathurst, Miss, tragic death of, 232.
Bats found in vaults, 45, 134.
Bawdeswell church rebuilt, 445.
Bayonne, Battle of: Norfolk officers wounded, 111, 112.
Beacham, Mr. (actor), 341, 392.
Bear-baiting, 13.
Beating the bounds, 20, 91, 105, 116, 195, 267, 286.
Beaton, Mrs., “the Freemason,” 14.
Bedford, Mr. Paul (actor), 401.
Bell, fall of, at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 417.
. . . , killed by a falling, 46.
. . . foundry at Downham, 71, 120, 152, 158, 242, 317.
. . . ringers’ pitcher at St. Peter Mancroft, 452.
Bellamy, Mr. (actor), 129, 226.
Bellman’s gratitude, 61.
Bells and bellringers, 46, 65, 67, 71, 97, 120, 122, 143, 146, 151, 152, 158, 166, 177, 187, 193, 195, 229, 242, 246, 289, 317, 346, 384, 391, 402, 405, 408, 417, 438, 452.
. . . rung for race meetings, 408.