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.
(_See_ April 19th, 1853.)
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 pounds. The interior was decorated by
Mr. Sang "and his German artists." (_See_ July 4th, 1857.)