4.--Died at Yarmouth, Mr. George Danby Palmer, aged 77. In early life
Mr. Palmer was an active supporter of the Tory party, but previous to the
passing of the Reform Bill he adopted Liberal principles, and after the
introduction of the Municipal Reform Act became decidedly Radical. He
was the oldest member of the borough Bench, and a justice of the peace
for the county. "Possessed of large property, he lavished his wealth
with unsparing hand upon those whom he deemed worthy of his assistance,
but as it was rendered so unobtrusively, with the exception of the
recipients of his bounty, the world was not aware of his generosity. He
was a straightforward Englishman, and was greatly lamented by all classes
in Yarmouth."
17.--The English Grand Opera Company, under the management of Mr. G. B.
Loveday, commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre. Madame Haigh-Dyer,
Miss Annie Kemp, Miss Ada Taylor, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, Mr. Grantham,
Mr. E. Connell, Mr. Oliver Summers, and Mr. Henry Rowland were the
principal _artistes_, and the works produced included "Faust," "Dinorah,"
"The Crown Diamonds," "Lucrezia Borgia," "The Lady of Lyons" (burlesque),
"Satanella," and "Norma."