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.
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.
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."
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 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.
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.
28.--The new cult of "table-turning" or spiritualism was introduced in
Norwich for the first time at a _seance_ given at St. Andrew's Hall by a
Mr. King.
--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.