2.--The detachment of the 16th Lancers, _en route_ to India, marched from
the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich, accompanied to the city boundary by the
officers and band of the Norfolk Light Horse Volunteers.
7.--Mr. A. Dennison, brother of the Speaker of the House of Commons,
visited Norwich, for the purpose of hearing the bells of St. Peter
Mancroft. "He rang the tenor in good style, and was highly delighted
with the quality of tone of this far-famed peal of twelve."
9.--In the Court of the Queen's Bench, application was made in the
action, the Queen _v._ the Middle Level Commissioners, for a rule calling
upon them to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding them
to make and maintain a bridge with a commodious road or hailing path in
the place formerly occupied by their sluice which was destroyed in the
great inundation in 1862. A rule was granted. (_See_ January 7th,
1867.)
13.--At a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a report was
received from Mr. Bazalgette, C.E., who had visited Norwich with the view
of determining what steps could be taken for the immediate purification
of the river Wensum in the vicinity of the city. He stated that it would
be impossible to render the river pure so long as it continued to be a
receptacle for the town refuse; and he had examined the city and suburbs
to ascertain how to improve the drainage and to dispose of the sewage.
The time would come, he added, when a drainage scheme would be urgently
necessary, and very costly. The Council authorised the Sanitary and
River Committees to expend a sum not exceeding 50 in obtaining levels and
plans and other information required by Mr. Bazalgette, "to assist him in
the preparation of his scheme for diverting the drainage from the river."
On October 17th Mr. Bazalgette's scheme was laid before the Council. It
provided for two intercepting sewers, one for the higher and the other
for the lower parts of the city, both forming a junction on the opposite
side of the river near Trowse Station, whence the sewage would be
conveyed to a point on Mr. Harvey's estate at Crown Point, to the east of
the old Whitlingham Road. The plan also comprised the completion of the
drainage of the western part of the city, then unconnected with the main
sewers. For the first part of the scheme 50,000 was required, and for
the latter 30,000. On October 31st the Council adopted a recommendation
of the Sanitary and River Committees, that it was desirable to try more
fully the possibility of cleansing the river by flushing and sluicing or
otherwise before proceeding to carry out Mr. Bazalgette's report; that
the City Engineer be instructed accordingly; and that immediate steps be
taken to improve the drainage on the south side of the city, at a cost
not exceeding 10,000. (_See_ April 21st, 1866.)
15.--The first two-days' show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association
commenced in Chapel Field, Norwich. The society's dinner was held at the
Royal Hotel, and was presided over by the Marquis Townshend.
17.--Died at Elm Lodge, near Hampton, Lord Charles FitzRoy, second son of
the fourth Duke of Grafton. His lordship was born on February 28th,
1791, and married, in 1825, Anne, eldest daughter of George Augustus
Henry, first Earl of Burlington. Lord Charles was at the battle of
Corunna, and served in the Walcheren Expedition with the Guards. In 1811
he joined Lord Hill's staff, and was present at the siege and capture of
Badajoz, and at the battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Othes,
Toulouse, and Waterloo, and received the war medal with eight clasps.
For two years he served with the army of occupation in France. His
lordship sat in Parliament, as member for Thetford, from 1818 till the
passing of the Reform Bill, and at the General Election which ensued was
elected for Bury, in the Liberal interest. He was Vice-Chancellor of the
Household from 1835 to 1839, and was also appointed a Privy Councillor.
In four successive Parliaments he represented Bury, and resigned his seat
in 1847.