5.--Madame Jenny Goldschmidt-Lind sang at a performance of "The Messiah,"
at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich and on the 7th took part in a concert at
which a miscellaneous programme was presented. The other performers
included Mr. Lockey, Mr. Weiss, Miss Bassano. M. Otto Goldschmidt, and
Mr. Swift. The total receipts amounted to 2,400 pounds, of which 351
pounds was paid to the account of the Jenny Lind Infirmary.
11.--The first performance of modern burlesque, "The Yellow Gnome," by J.
R. Planche, was given at Norwich Theatre on this date.
19.--Mr. Henry Russell appeared at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, in his
entertainment, entitled, "The Far West, or life in America," illustrated
by a series of views "showing the different scenes of a transit from
Liverpool to the American Continent."
23.*--"At the present time there are about forty manufacturers in
Norwich, ten of them being producers of textile fabrics of various kinds.
Altogether they now employ several thousand operatives in spinning yarns
or in the production of immense quantities of goods composed of materials
of that description."
27.--The Lord Bishop of the Diocese consecrated the new Cemetery at
Norwich. Thirty-five acres of land were purchased by the Board of Health
of Mr. John Cater, but only twenty-three acres were at first utilised.
The buildings were erected by Messrs. Ling and Balls, from designs by Mr.
Benest, city surveyor, for 1,990 pounds.