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Abduction of a boy, alleged, 96.
,, remarkable charge of, 122.
Abstinence from food, remarkable instance of, 88.
Accidents: Rev. W. Beauchamp killed, 20; remarkable subsidence at
Norwich, 24; boating, on the Yare, 33; killed by the fall of a building,
33; on the railway, near Thetford, 38; ditto, near Harling, 56; at
Norwich circuses, 68, 112; fatal driving, 91; Norwich fish market, 91;
explosion on ss. Tonning, 100; gunpowder explosion at Norwich, 101;
fatal, carriage, at Norwich, 116; fatal fall from Nelson Monument,
Yarmouth, 124; Burgh water frolic, 125; on Lynn and Hunstanton railway,
126; at Arnold's brewery, Norwich, 156; boiler explosion at Stark's dye
works, Norwich, 162; ditto at Watlington, 166; firework explosion, 205;
Wells railway station, 299; shooting, 360; Mr. Mann, of Thelveton, 372;
boating, at Buckenham Ferry, 401; at a Norwich fire, 434; on Ormesby
broad, 463; Hunstanton yawl disaster, 464; drowning, at Holkham, 471;
Wells boating disaster, 485; dragoon fatally injured, 489.
Actor and Member of Parliament, 80.
Administrative reform, 41.
Advertisement duty, repeal of, 23.
Agricultural Association, Norfolk: proposal to hold show at Dereham, 103;
annual shows at Attleborough, 191; Aylsham, 380; Dereham, 116, 213, 299,
392, 470; Diss, 278, 499; Downham Market, 178, 310, 510; Fakenham, 168,
256, 339, 480; Harleston, 202; Lynn, 136, 222, 348, 430, 489; North
Walsham, 286; Norwich, 144 (first two day's show), 241, 329, 443;
Swaffham, 266, 402; Thetford, 233; Watton, 357; Wymondham, 321, 421, 462;
Yarmouth, 125, 413, 450. Show abandoned owing to cattle plague, 153;
efforts to obtain visit of the R.A.S.E., 231; secretaries, 229, 475;
spring show of horses, 283, 318, 327, 330, 346.
,, depression, 319, 353, 436, 454, 465, 468.
Agricultural excursion to Holland, 327.
,, experiments, 357.
,, Hall, Norwich, 321, 327, 331.
,, Holding's Act, 406.
,, labour, scarcity of, 500.
,, labourers' agitation, 219; earnings, 433; Union, 231, 239, 263.
,, Relief Association, 9.
,, rents on Holkham estate, 436.
,, Society, Mitford and Launditch, 423.
,, Society, Royal, 231, 347, 358, 370.
,, Union, National, 438, 449.
Agriculture, employment of women and children in, 170.
Aitkin, Rev. W. M. Hay, 514.
Albani, Madame, 226, 258, 271, 289, 324, 361, 384, 444, 452, 473, 502,
514.
Albemarle, Earl of, on benefit clubs, 55.
Alexander, Rev. J., presentation to, 50; resignation, 157; death, 180.
Alexandra steamboat launched, 176.
Aliwal, charge of 16th Lancers at, 325.
Alleyn, Miss, 336.
Allotment Bill, St. Faith's, 420.
Amalgamation of railways, 112.
Amateur theatricals, 404, 455, 463.
American Congregationalists at Norwich, 471.
Anchor Brewery excursions, 289, 313.
Angelo, Madame, pedestrian, 243.
Angler's Society, Norfolk and Norwich (afterwards Yare Preservation
Society), 62, 73.
Angling match, 88.
Anguish's Charity, 341, 388, 467.
Apparatus for raising sunken vessels, 28.
Aquarium, Yarmouth, 258.
Arcade, Royal, Norwich, 499.
Arch, Joseph, returned for North-West Norfolk, 363, 432, 463; defeated by
Lord Henry Bentinck, 370; petition against the return of his lordship,
378; defeats Lord Henry Bentinck, 432; remarkable speech at New
Buckenham, 450.
Archaeological Institute, 403.
Archbishop of Canterbury at Norwich Cathedral, 449; memorial service for,
473.
,, York, 465.
Archery fete at Crown Point, 127.
,, National meeting, 160.
Architects, National Association of, 313.
Art Circle, Norwich, 360.
,, Loan exhibitions, 291, 354.
Artillery Company, Hon., 233.
,, Militia, 23, 28, 157, 158, 222, 258, 321, 357, 379, 401, 420, 437,
460, 499, 512.
,, Volunteers, 391, 402; new uniform of, 299.
Artists, Norfolk and Suffolk, 244.
Artizans' Dwellings Act, 276.
Ashbourne, Lord, at Didlington, 422; at Norwich, 440.
Assessment, county, 208, 438.
,, Norwich, 500.
Assize, maiden, at Norwich, 231.
Assizes, 4, 6, 11, 28, 30, 40, 43, 60, 94, 95, 98, 101, 104, 105, 107,
114, 122, 131, 142, 143, 147, 156, 161, 169, 179, 185, 190, 200, 223,
239, 242, 243, 252, 254, 257, 265, 276, 278, 288, 294, 312, 320, 324,
328, 331, 340, 341, 354, 361, 365, 368, 369, 372, 374, 375, 376, 377,
399, 408, 428, 461, 476, 480, 489, 509.
,, actions at: Abbott _v._ Bacon, 4; Baldry _v._ Ellis, 6; Waldron _v._
Bates, 40; Fisher _v._ Nisbett, 43; Tillett _v._ Lord Hastings, 60; Corry
_v._ Bond, publisher of the "Norfolk News," 94; Wright _v._ Wilkin, 95;
Gillings _v._ Manders, 98; Marrison _v._ London Union Fire Office, 101;
Cufaude _v._ Corry, 105; Lane _v._ the Yarmouth "Free Press" and Printing
Company, 107; Middle Level litigation, 114, 120; Pell _v._ Wigg, 142; le
Strange _v._ Rowe, 143; Creake _v._ Smith, 156; Athill _v._ Soman, 161;
Colman _v._ Larkman, 175; Johnson _v._ Cooke, Q.C., 223; Spurgeon _v._
Vincent, 239; Morse _v._ G.E. Railway Company, 252; Gilman _v._ ditto,
253; Phillips _v._ Stewardson, 257; Farrow _v._ Childs (alleged breach of
promise), 276; Loftus _v._ Berney, 288; Taylor _v._ Gwyn and Lubbock,
288; le Strange _v._ Anker, 294; Samuel _v._ Burgess and Burgis, 334; le
Strange _v._ Corporation of Lynn, 354; Corporation of Norwich _v._ Coxe,
376; Bullard and others _v._ Saul, 428.
Astley and Wyrley-Birch _v._ MacLean, 485.
Asylum, Heigham Hall, alleged irregularities at, 35.
,, Norfolk County Lunatic: suicide of medical officer, 107; enlargement
of premises, 282; Dr. Thomson appointed medical superintendent, 376;
epidemics attributed to sewage farm, 300.
,, Norwich City, 230, 242, 252, 308; medical officer charged with fraud,
243.
Athletic sports, 105, 159, 232.
Attack on Norwich police, 399.
Attempted murder at Norwich, 495.
Attleborough cemetery dispute, 402.
,, lighted with gas, 89.
Austin _v._ Central News, 470.
Automobile Club at Norwich, 488.
Aylsham Corn Hall, 55.
B
Bagge memorial at Swaffham, 340.
Baines, Thomas, explorer, 71; death, 256.
Balaclava charge, survivors of, 355, 379, 414.
Balfour, Mr. A. J., at Norwich, 484.
Balloon ascents, 15, 116, 117, 179, 194, 402, 480; perilous descent of a,
180.
Ballot Act, first elections under the, 225, 228, 238.
Bancroft, Mr., 474.
Bank clerk, robbery by, 210.
,, Holiday, first, 214.
Banks--East of England, 136; suspends payment, 137; arbitration case,
220; Harvey and Hudson's, Norwich, 141, 315, 316; Consolidated (now
National Provincial), 154; Crown bank failure (q.v.); closing of Diss
Bank, 215; centenary of Messrs. Gurneys and Co., 255; jubilee of Mr.
Henry Birkbeck, 396; amalgamation of Gurney's and Co., 470; presentation
to, 470.
Barnum at Norwich, 82.
,, and Bailey's great show, 492, 500.
Barracks, Norwich Cavalry, 159, 327, 336.
,, Britannia, 350, 392.
Barrett, Rev. G. S., receives hon. degree, 447.
Barrett, Wilson, 202, 420.
Barry, Sheil, 342.
Barton, Dr. S. J., 392.
Bassingham gateway, Norwich, 64.
Bateman, Dr., knighted, 430.
Bateman, Miss Isabel, 386.
Bates, Captain, the Kentucky giant, 221.
Bath House at East Dereham, 61.
Baths, Norwich Corporation, 489.
Beaconsfield, Lord, death of, 320.
Beating the bounds, 168.
Beatrice, Mdlle., 215, 266.
Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, 372.
Beeston church tower destroyed by lightning, 221.
Bell Ringers' Association, 280, 339.
,, tolling of muffled, at East Dereham, 227.
Bells and bell ringers, 144, 188, 256, 280, 290, 316, 409, 414.
,, centenary of St. Peter Mancroft, 256; re-hung, 337.
Bellew, Rev. J. M., 153.
Bennett George (actor), 3, 5, 12.
Benefit Clubs, 55.
Bensly, Dr., appointed Chapter Clerk, 195.
Benson, Miss, mistress of Norwich High School for Girls, 473.
Bentinck, Mr. G. W. P., returned for West Norfolk, 209.
Berney Arms station litigation, 102.
Bexfield, Dr., conducts new oratorio at Norwich, 8; death, 25.
Bibliomancy, 156.
Bicycle, introduction of the, 186; journey on a, 224; Norwich Velocipede
Club established, 187; formation of Norfolk and Norwich Bicycle Club,
273; races, 187, 273, 489; inter-county race, 300; 50 miles races, 379,
501; volunteer cyclist relays, 481; meeting at Norwich of the National
Cyclists' Union, 489; 50 miles championship, 501.
Bignold, Lieut.-Col., presentation to, 404; elected Mayor of Norwich,
454; death, 459.
Bignold, Samuel, elected Mayor of Norwich, 26; knighted, 31; returned for
Norwich, 38; defeated 60, 83, 86; petition against the return of Lord
Bury and Mr. Schneider, 86; Chester Waters scandal, 145, 146; eightieth
birthday celebrated, 215; elected Mayor of Norwich, 228; eighty-second
birthday celebrated, 236; presented with portrait, 238; death, 250.
Bimetalism, 379.
Birkbeck, M.P., Mr. Edward, presentation to, 361; created baronet, 365.
Births, Royal, 21, 61, 132, 450.
Bishops of Norwich: resignation of Dr. Hinds, 59; death of, 218;
installation of the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, 61; presentation to, 329;
threatening letter to, 340; resignation 439; death, 448; Rev. J.
Sheepshanks installed, 442; memorial presented by clergy and laity on
illegal practices, 496.
,, suffragan, 453.
Bisley meeting, 482.
Black gown discarded by the clergy, 211.
Blackley, Canon, and national insurance, 332.
Blake-Bignold incident, 225.
Blackfriars' Hall, Norwich, 364.
Blind Institution, 391, 423.
Blondin, 107, 194, 446.
Bloomer costume, 8.
Blue ribbon movement, 330.
Board School, first built, at Norwich, 227.
Bodies, unclaimed, 225.
Bohemian wax wing, 164.
Boileau drinking fountain, Norwich, 270.
Boiler explosions, 100, 186, 162, 166.
Book Club, Yarmouth, 310.
Booth "General," 418.
Borrow, George, Intrepidity of, 24; death, 322.