5.--The Bill for the projected East Norfolk Railway was considered before
a Committee of the House of Commons. It was strongly opposed by the
Yarmouth Haven and Pier Commissioners, and by the North Walsham and
Dilham Canal Commissioners, as offering unfair competition with water
communication in that part of the county. (_See_ October 18th, 1865.)
16.--Mr. Edmund Rosenthal's grand English opera and burlesque company
commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre. The _artistes_ included
Madame Haigh-Dyer, Miss Ada Taylor, Miss Hodgson, Miss Brooke, Miss
Alessandri, Miss Bronti, Miss Mills, Miss Shepherd, Miss Tempest, and
Miss Marian Taylor; Mr. W. Parkinson, Mr. J. Manley, Mr. Tempest, Mr.
Warden, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Melville, Mr. R. Arthur, Mr. Smith, Mr. Arnott,
Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Edmund Rosenthal. The operas produced were
"Maritana," "Lucia di Lammermoor," &c., and the burlesque "Prince
Amabel."
19.--The Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, was sold by Messrs. Spelman, at the
Auction Mart, London, for the sum of 4,000.
24.--The Queen's birthday was observed at Norwich as a general holiday.
The 18th Hussars, the Norfolk Light Horse, the Artillery and Rifle
Volunteers, and the Cadet Corps were reviewed in Chapel Field; the
officers were entertained at luncheon at the Guildhall, and the
Volunteers at the Corn Hall; and at night the Mayor and Miss Springfield
gave a ball at St. Andrew's Hall.
30.--Died at his seat, Raveningham Hall, Sir Edmund Bacon, premier
baronet of England. Born in 1779, he was the eldest son of the eighth
baronet, by Anne, eldest daughter of Sir William Beauchamp Proctor,
Bart., of Langley Park. He was educated at Rugby, and succeeded to the
baronetcy in 1820. In 1801 he married his cousin, Mary Anne Elizabeth,
daughter of Mr. Dashwood Bacon, of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, who died in
1820, leaving two sons and three daughters. Sir Edmund served the office
of High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1826, and was a magistrate and
Deputy-Lieutenant for the county. He was succeeded in his title and
estates by his nephew, a son of Mr. Nicholas Bacon, for many years
resident in Norwich.