3.--Mr. G. B. Loveday's Gaiety Operetta Company, under the direction of
Mr. John Hollingshead, appeared at Norwich Theatre.
6.--The Prince of Wales visited Yarmouth for the first time. His Royal
Highness, accompanied by the Earl of Leicester, arrived at Southtown
station, and was received by the Mayor (Mr. E. H. L. Preston), the
members of the Corporation, and the Recorder (Mr. Simms Reeve), who read
an address of welcome. The Militia Artillery and the Rifle Volunteers
formed guards of honour, and the Royal carriage was escorted from the
station to the Town Hall, by the 7th Dragoon Guards from Norwich, under
the command of Colonel Peyton. After luncheon at the Town Hall, his
Royal Highness proceeded to the newly-erected Grammar School, at the
junction of Trafalgar Road and Apsley Road, and declared the buildings
open; in the evening he dined at the Artillery mess and attended a
performance in which Mr. Toole appeared, at the Regent Hall. On the 7th
the Prince was present at a review of the Artillery Militia, of which he
was honorary colonel, and on the 8th returned by special train to London.
10.--Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss E. Farren appeared at Norwich Theatre on
this and the succeeding evening in "Dearer than Life," "The
Steeplechase," "The Weavers," scenes from "Paul Pry," and "Ici on parle
Francais."
19.--The show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association, of which the
Prince of Wales was this year President, commenced at King's Lynn, and
was attended by his Royal Highness, who was accompanied by the Princess
of Wales. The Prince presided at the luncheon, which, for the first
time, took place in a marquee erected in the showground, and was attended
by upwards of 900 guests. In addition to the Prince of Wales, the
speakers at the gathering included the Earl of Leicester, the Bishop of
Norwich, Lord Sondes, Lord Suffield, Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, the Hon.
R. Bourke, M.P., Sir W. Bagge, M.P., Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., Mr. G. W. P.
Bentinck, M.P., &c.