9.--Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean appeared in "Hamlet" at Norwich Theatre,
and on succeeding evenings played in "The Gamester," "Macbeth," "The Lady
of Lyons," "Richard the Third," and "The Stranger."
--The Royal squadron escorting the Queen on her voyage to Scotland was
off the Norfolk coast from 7 a.m. to 12 noon. The coastguard fired
rockets at various points, which were answered from the Royal yacht.
11.--Died at Cheltenham, the Ven. Henry Bathurst, Archdeacon of Norwich
and rector of North Creake.
12.--The organ at St. Nicholas' church, Great Yarmouth, was reopened
after renovation. The instrument was built in the 18th century, by
Abraham Jordan, and repaired in 1812 by G. P. England. It was finally
repaired by Messrs. Grey and Davison, of Gray's Inn Road, London.
19.--At a meeting of the members of the medical profession in Norwich,
held at the Guildhall, under the presidency of Mr. J. G. Crosse, approval
was expressed of the registration clauses in Sir James Graham's Bill for
the better regulation of medical practice in the United Kingdom.
26.--The new chapel, dedicated to St. Edmund, at Walpole St. Peter, was
consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.
--A meeting was held at the King's Arms Hotel, East Dereham, in
furtherance of a scheme for constructing a railway from Wymondham to that
town, with extensions to Lynn and Downham. Lord Sondes, on October 7th,
presided over a meeting at the Guildhall, Norwich, at which the
undertaking was approved. It was estimated to cost 10,000 pounds per
mile. (_See_ December 7th, 1846.)