2.--A large sea-borne vessel, heavily laden with coal, and between 60 and
70 tons burden, was brought up to the head of the navigation at Norwich,
the first vessel of the kind that had ever got beyond Foundry Bridge. It
was a Dutch-built craft, drawing only two feet of water, and was the
property of Messrs. Bullard and Watts, St. Michael-at-Coslany Bridge.
6.--Mr. D. N. Fisher gave the first of three subscription concerts at the
Assembly Rooms, Norwich. The _artistes_ included Mdlle. Schloss, Madame
and Signor F. Lablache, Mr. W. L. Phillips (principal violoncello), Mr.
D. N. Fisher (leader), Mr. William Sterndale Bennett (director), and Mr.
James Harcourt (director of rehearsals). "The musical world of Norwich
owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Fisher for introducing to them Mr. William
Sterndale Bennett. As a pianist, Mr. Bennett, without the extravagance
and with less fire and brilliance than Liszt, has all the expression and
musical enthusiasm of that performer."