4.--Don Edgardo Colona, a Mexican tragedian, appeared at Norwich Theatre,
and during a week's engagement played a round of Shakesperian and
classical characters.
9.--The foundation-stone of Yarmouth Aquarium was laid by Lord Suffield.
The building was opened on September 5th, 1876.
16.*--"Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve the Norfolk
Regiment of Artillery Militia being in future designated the Prince of
Wales' Own Norfolk Artillery Militia, and of the officers,
non-commissioned officers, and men of the regiment being permitted to
wear, as a distinctive badge, on the collars of the tunics, the Prince of
Wales' plume and the motto, 'Ich Dien.'"
20.--During a severe gale, the barque Young England, of Middlesbrough,
371 tons (Captain Brown), bound from the Baltic to London with deals,
drifted on the Cockle Sand. The crew of twelve men and a boy took to the
boat, which was capsized, and all, with the exception of the boy, were
drowned.
26.--A public meeting was held at Yarmouth, to consider a project for
constructing a railway from that town to Stalham, _via_ Caister, Ormesby,
Martham, Potter Heigham, and Catfield. Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., M.P.,
presided, and resolutions were adopted affirming the desirability of the
undertaking, which was estimated to cost 70,000. (_See_ August 7th,
1877.)
28.--A preliminary meeting of landowners and others interested in the
construction of a new line of railway from March to Wymondham, to be
known as the Central Norfolk Railway, was held at the Crown Hotel,
Watton, under the presidency of Mr. W. A. Tyssen-Amherst. Mr. A. F.
Jerningham, C.E., described the proposed route, and it was agreed that
the railway was desirable. Its cost was estimated at 450,000, or 10,000
per mile. A Bill for the promotion of the undertaking was introduced in
Parliament, but was withdrawn in January, 1876.