14.--An extensive fire occurred at the engineering works of Messrs.
Holmes and Sons, Cattle Market, Norwich. The damage was estimated at
10,000. Effective assistance was rendered to the fire brigade by three
troops of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and by members of the Norwich Rifle
Volunteers.
18.--Mr. Charles Wyndham's company appeared at Norwich Theatre in the
political and satirical burlesque, "The Happy Land." The piece was
interdicted by the Lord Chamberlain on its production at the Court
Theatre, London, on account of its caricature of three Liberal
Ministers--Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Ayrton. It was played at
Norwich, it was announced, with the excised portions restored.
26.--At Norwich Brewster Sessions, the licensed victuallers of the city
applied for an alteration of the hours of closing, namely, an extension
of the time from 11 to 12 on week-days, and from 10 to 11 o'clock on
Sunday. A memorial in favour of the alteration, signed by 7,000 persons,
was presented. The Dean of Norwich handed in a memorial containing 7,925
signatures against the alteration. The magistrates declined to alter the
hours of closing.
2.--The marriage took place at Holkham of Lady Winifred Coke, fifth
daughter of the Earl of Leicester, and Mr. Robert Clements, only son of
the Hon. and Rev. Francis Nathaniel Clements, vicar of Norton, Durham,
and heir to the Earldom of Leitrim.
11.--The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new
Congregational chapel, built on the site of Cowper's house, at East
Dereham, was performed by Mr. Henry Wright, of Kensington. The building,
which was erected by Mr. Hubbard, of Dereham, from designs by Mr. Edward
Boardman, architect, Norwich, at the cost of 3,500, was intended for the
accommodation of 500 worshippers. It was opened for public worship on
September 24th, 1874.
12.--Mr. Charles Durand's English Opera Company appeared at Norwich
Theatre, and on the 19th produced, for the first time in the city,
Meyerbeer's opera, "L'Africaine."
19.--Died at Caldecot, near Botley, Hampshire, Dr. Dalrymple, M.P. He
was born in 1814, and was the fourth son of Mr. William Dalrymple, an
eminent surgeon, of Norwich. He married a daughter of Mr. T. O.
Springfield, on whose death he was placed in possession of an ample
fortune. Dr. Dalrymple then relinquished his practice in favour of his
partner, Mr. Cadge. In 1862 he made a tour through Egypt and Palestine,
and on his return published a work on "The Climate of Egypt." On the
invitation of the Liberal electors of Bath, he, in 1868, contested the
representation of that city, and was returned. His chief Parliamentary
labours were most conspicuous in connection with his well-known Habitual
Drunkards Bill, a measure which, while not in accordance with the spirit
of English legislation, evinced that devotion to philanthropic objects
which was the characteristic of Dr. Dalrymple's life. He served the
office of Sheriff of Norwich in 1860-61, was a director of the Norwich
Union Fire Office, chairman of the Governors of King Edward VI. School,
and at various times had taken part in the management of the local
charitable and scientific institutions. Dr. Dalrymple was a magistrate
and Deputy-lieutenant of the county.
21.--Died at Ipswich, Mr. Henry Bright, the well-known artist. He was
born at Saxmundham, in June, 1814, and, after serving his apprenticeship
to a chemist and druggist at Woodbridge, removed to Norwich, where he
acted as dispenser to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. An acquaintance
with Crome, Cotman, the elder Ladbrooke, Stark, Vincent, and others of
the Norwich School of Artists, stimulated him to work with his pencil.
Proceeding to London, he devoted himself entirely to art, and, by
teaching drawing and painting, realised nearly 2,000 a year from that
branch of his profession. For splendid sky effects Bright is second only
to Turner, and his crayon drawings are almost unequalled.