9.--Mousehold Rifle Range was used for the first time by the Norwich
Volunteers. The first prize-meeting took place on September 17th, when
there were twelve competitors from the city and twenty-four from the
county.
23.--The Donegal Militia left Yarmouth.
27.--At the Norfolk Assizes, before Chief Baron Pollock and a special
jury, an action, Gillings _v._ Manders, was tried. The plaintiff was a
carpenter at Yarmouth, and the defendant the proprietor of a travelling
menagerie. One of the attractions of the show was the performance of a
Zulu named Maccomo, who was styled a "Lion King," and fired off pistols
and carbines in a cage containing half a dozen lions and lionesses. In a
performance given at Yarmouth, Maccomo, instead of firing his pistol to
the top of the cage, discharged it among the spectators, and the wad
entering the plaintiff's eyes destroyed it. Muccomo said it was the
result of an accident. One of his lions attacked him in a fit of temper,
and the trigger, catching in the beast's mane, was prematurely
discharged. The jury found for the plaintiff, damages 150 pounds.
31.--In the Norwich Episcopal Consistory Court, Mr. Chancellor Evans gave
judgment in a protracted case, Archdeacon Bouverie _v._ the Rev. W. L.
Barnes. The suit was instituted by the Archdeacon of Norfolk, against
the rector of Knapton, for procurations for the years 1856-57-58-59. The
plaintiff alleged, in his libels, that he was entitled to receive from
the rector the sum of 7s. 7.5d., due at Michaelmas every year, by reason
of his visiting, of his archidiaconal dignity, or by custom. Mr. Barnes
required the Archdeacon to prove such parts of his case as were not
admitted, and, further, he said that, supposing the case as stated in the
libels were proved, the Archdeacon was not entitled to be paid his
procurations for the years 1857-58-59, because he did not in those years
hold a parochial visitation at Knapton. The Court decreed in favour of
the Archdeacon, with costs, and Mr. Barnes gave notice that he should
appeal against the judgment. No further proceedings, however, were
taken.