1.--General Windham was received in Norwich with a great demonstration of
welcome, on his return to his native county. The hero of the Redan
travelled from London by the Eastern Union line, and was presented with
congratulatory addresses at various stations along the route. At
Victoria Station he was met by the Mayor and Corporation of Norwich, the
Earl of Albemarle, Lord Hastings, Lord Bury, &c., and escorted by the
Royal Artillery, proceeded to the Guildhall, where he was presented with
an address. A banquet, attended by officers of the Army and Navy
connected with Norfolk and Norwich who had served in the Crimea, was
given in honour of the General, at St. Andrew's Hall. The Earl of
Albemarle presided, and on behalf of the subscribers to the Windham
Testimonial Fund, presented the General with a service sword and a dress
sword.
2.--Several deaths were reported to have occurred from small-pox at Lynn.
"In no instance has death ensued here after vaccination."
9.--It was reported that at the Suffolk Assizes, at Ipswich, an action
was brought by the Commissioners of Yarmouth Harbour, in the name of
their clerk (Mr. Preston), pursuant to the direction of the Master of the
Rolls, against the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Railway Company. The
plaintiff complained that the defendants had wrongfully diverted and
obstructed the waters of the Yare, the Wensum, and the Waveney, which of
right ought to flow into and through Yarmouth Harbour, and had turned
them into Lake Lothing, and thence into the sea through Lowestoft
Harbour. The Eastern Union, the Norfolk, and the Eastern Counties
Railways, had entered into an agreement for amalgamation, by virtue of
which the latter company assumed the entire control over the network of
railways constructed by those companies and the East Anglian Company,
and, among other matters, they undertook the duties created by the
Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Act, one of which was the maintenance of
Mutford Bridge where Lake Lothing joined Oulton Broad, for the double
purpose of keeping in the fresh waters of the Yare and Waveney and
preserving them for the use of Yarmouth Harbour, and of keeping out the
waters of the sea, which would otherwise flood all the low lands at high
water. These duties had not been discharged to the satisfaction of the
plaintiffs. After discussion, terms of reference to Mr. B. Andrew, Q.C.,
were arranged, the defendants undertaking to repair the locks at once,
the plaintiffs being let in to complain of acts of omission as well as of
commission on the part of the defendants. A verdict was then taken for
the plaintiffs, subject to a special case. (_See_ January 26th, 1858.)
15.--Lieut.-Col. Edwin Wodehouse, C.B., Royal Artillery, on revisiting
his former home at Hingham, after his return from the Crimea, was
presented with an address by the inhabitants of the town. He was the
eldest son of Admiral Wodehouse. At Inkerman a battery called
"Wodehouse's Battery" was furiously attacked and nearly all the men cut
down by overpowering numbers of the enemy. By heroic courage and
determination he rescued from the enemy the three guns lost early in the
action. Two slugs passed through his cloak, and one, if not two, horses
were killed under him.
18.--The London Grand Opera Company commenced a season at the Theatre
Royal, Norwich. The _artistes_ included Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss Fanny
Reeves, Mr. Borrani, Mr. Oliver Summers, Mr. J. B. Bowler, and Mr.
Elliott Galer. Among the operas produced were "La Somnambula," "The
Bohemian Girl," "Maritana," "Lucia Di Lammermoor,'" "Fra Diavolo,"
"Norma," and "Daughter of the Regiment." The company came direct from
Drury Lane Theatre, on the termination of the season there.
24.--Died at Blofield, Captain Onslow, R.N., in his 61st year. He
entered the Navy in 1810, saw much active service, and returned to
Portsmouth from Rio de Janeiro with upwards of 888,000 dollars on June
3rd, 1833. He was advanced to post rank on August 27th, 1834, and was
lastly, from July 23rd, 1842, until paid out of commission in the early
part of 1847, employed in the Pacific, on board the Daphne, 18.
26.--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, the Paving Committee
reported in favour of a scheme for draining the northern part of the
city, at the total cost of 7,893 pounds, according to plans prepared by
Mr. E. E. Benest, city surveyor. The Council declined to adopt the
scheme, on the ground that the city could not afford to undertake it.