Part 69

Huddleston, Mr. J. W., contests Norwich, 203; elevation to the judicial bench, 253; death, 416.

Huguenot Society, 392.

Human remains discovered at Norwich, 6; at Tasburgh, 486.

Humiliation, services of, 315, 320, 356.

Hunstanton Convalescent Home, 279.

,, yawl disaster, 464.

Hunting, 51, 100, 167, 175, 211, 275.

,, fracas, 175.

,, litigation, 485.

Hurricanes in Norfolk, 324, 457.

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Ignatius at Norwich, 130, 132, 133, 187, 267, 409, 446.

,, alleged assault on, 267.

Illicit stills, 56.

Incorporated Law Society, 434.

Indian Mutiny: Departure of General Windham, 66; relief fund, 67; day of humiliation, 68; relief of Lucknow and capture of Delhi, 68; defeat of General Windham, 70.

Influenza, 406, 426.

Institute of Journalists, 451.

Insurance Company, Norwich Equitable Fire, 339.

Irish church, 177, 183, 191.

Irving, Mr. Henry, at Sandringham, 401.

Isolation Hospital, Norwich, 439.

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Jail closed at Lynn, 154.

James, David, 343.

Jameson, Dr. at Norwich, 470.

Javelin men at Assizes, 89, 92.

Jenny Lind Infirmary, establishment of, 11; performances for, 47, 328, 361, 471; new building, 469, 476, 486, 496, 510; playground, 437.

Jessopp, Rev. Augustus, elected Master of Norwich Grammar School, 83.

Johnson, Jex, the watchmaker, 9.

Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 381.

,, Diamond, 476, 480.

Judges' lodgings, 363.

Jury of headboroughs, 140.

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Kangaroos at Melton Constable, 61.

Kapiolani, Queen, at Norwich, 380.

Kay, Mr. Edward, Q.C., accepts judgeship, 319; death, 478.

Kean, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 99.

Kekewich, Sir G. W., at Norwich, 456.

Kelley-Cooper sculling match, 150.

Kemble, Fanny, 8, 15, 37, 41.

Kendal, Mr. and Mrs., 398, 469.

Kensington Gardens, Lakenham, 13.

Kent, Duchess of, death of, 105.

King, Tom, at Norwich, 112.

Kolisch, Herr (chess player), at Norwich, 106.

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Labour, Royal Commission on, 433.

,, scarcity of agricultural, 500.

Labourer's long walk, 41.

Lakenham schools, 488.

Landslip at Attleborough, 301.

La Reine des Agnes wrecked, 330.

Launch, remarkable, from Caister beach, 192.

Law of Settlement, 63, 112.

Lawson, Sir Wilfrid, 284.

Leap, extraordinary, by a horse, 67; over hurdles, 73.

Lectures: Dr. White on the Reformation, 4; Mrs. Knights on the Bloomer costume, 8; J. B. Gough on temperance, 26; by George Dawson, 48, 63, 100; by Thackeray on the George's, 62; by Dr. Russell on the Crimean war, 68; by Barnum on "Money-making and the art of Humbug," 82; by Mr. J. T. Mott (High Sheriff), on "The Paston Letters," 105; by Mr. W. J. Utten Browne (Mayor of Norwich), on "The Times of King Charles the First," 109; by Professor Pepper on "Optical Illusions," 122; by Elihu Burritt on "The Higher Law and Mission of Commerce," 128; by Ignatius on "Monks and Monasteries for the English Church," 130; by the Rev. Dr. Littledale on "Church Principles," 132; by Baron De Camin, 133; by Father Gavazzi 133; by Sir S. W. Baker, 166; by Dr. Bateman on "Darwinism," 236; Bret Harte on "The Augonauts of '49," 308; Melton Prior on the Egyptian war, 336; on war in Burmah, 407; J. C Buckmaster on "Science Teaching in Agriculture," 342; Oscar Wilde on "The House Beautiful," 346; E. P. Weston on pedestrianism, 346; "Cuthbert Bede" on Modern Humourists, 347; Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on "Wastes and Burdens of Society," 372; Archibald Forbes on "Ten years of War Correspondence," 376; by Sir Robert Ball, 388, 397, 408, 426; the Rev. W. Tuckwell, 388; Mr. S. H. Burton, 389; Mr. Donald Day, 339; Dr. S. J. Barton, 389; Henry Furniss on "Art and Artists," 395; on "The Humours of Parliament," 423; Lant Carpenter, 397; Dr. Andrew Wilson, 397, 398, 417, 426, 438; Professor Miall, 397; Professor Seeley, 397; Rev. Dr. Dallinger, 397; Captain Wiggins on "Arctic seas and Siberia," 400; on the "Nansen Expedition," 469; Mr. Louis Fagan on "Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian Antiquities," 408; Mr. Henry Seebohm on "Adventures in Siberia," 408; Rev. H. H. Snell, 416; Mr. G. C. Davies, 417; Rev. W. F. Creeney, 417; Mr. Bosworth Harcourt, 417; Mr. H. F. Euren, 417; Rev. J. Miller Hamilton, 426; Mr. M. P. Squirrell, 428; Mr. C. Stacy Watson, 428; Archdeacon Farrar, 437; Rev. J. A. Robinson, 438; Rev. Prebendary Meyrick, 438; Rev. Stanley Leathes, 438; Rev. G. A. Schneider, 438; Dr. Drinkwater, 438; Jerome K. Jerome on "Humour, old and new," 452; Archdeacon Sinclair, 458; Rev. Dr. Kingsmill, 458; Rev. Professor Gwatkin, 458; Bishop Barry. 463; Rev. Dr. Moule, 468; Dr. Nansen on "Across the Polar Region," 486; Dr. J. E. Talmage on "Utah and its People," 490; Mrs. Garrett Anderson, M.D., on "The History and Effect of Vaccination," 496.

Legard, Sir Charles, contests Norwich, 209.

Leicester, Earl of: denounces political coercion, 149; munificence to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 182, 271, 500; restoration of Holkham church, 196; invested K.G., 233; married to the Hon. Georgiana Cavendish, 257; summoned under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 298; lays foundation stone of Norwich Agricultural Hall, 327; Royal College of Music, 328; letter on the Irish question, 368; Norwich Blind Institution, 391; rents of the Holkham estate, 436.

"Les Cloches de Corneville," 318, 342.

Levadia wrecked, 326.

Libel actions, 4, 40, 94, 104, 105, 107, 161, 239, 257, 470.

,, prosecution, 368.

Liberal demonstration at Whitlingham, 244.

,, dissension at Norwich, 202.

,, Unionists, 368, 369.

Libraries amalgamation at Norwich, 366.

Library, Norfolk and Norwich, destroyed by fire, 491; re-opened, 500.

Licensed Victuallers' Association, 170.

Licensing Act, New, 224.

,, Bill, protest against, 212.

Lifeboat crews, allegations against, 96, 119, 138.

,, disasters, 154, 172, 314, 317, 395.

,, demonstration at Norwich, 472.

Lifeboats, inefficiency of, 68.

,, launched, 151, 160, 161, 169, 170, 181, 195, 243, 350, 400, 404, 430, 452, 511.

Light Horse Volunteers, 104, 163, 172.

Lighthouse, fall of Cromer, 164.

,, of Norwich manufacture, 100.

"Lily of Killarney," 329.

Lindahl, Scandinavian skater, 457.

Lind, Jenny, at Norwich, 47, 113; memorial unveiled, 452.

Linton, Rev. S., consecrated Bishop of Riverina, 347; death, 449.

"Little ease," at Norwich Grammar school, 73.

Liverpool Cup, won by Melton, 375.

Livings, long tenure of, 342.

Local Government Act (see County Council).

London-street improvement, Norwich, 46, 265, 276.

Lombe family, 11, 15, 65, 99, 101, 118, 330.

Long service, remarkable instance of, 201.

Long, Walter, Mr., at Norwich, 504.

Loraine, Mr. H., 269.

Lord High Steward of Norwich Cathedral, 161.

,, Mayor of London at Norwich, 423.

Loveday's London Folly Company, 325, 326.

Lubbock, Sir J. W., at Norwich, 356.

Lugard, Captain, at Norwich, 437.

Lunatic Asylum, Norwich City, 220.

Lynn: high tides at, 19; empty gaol, 22; Lieut. Cresswell, R.N., feted, 25; Athenaeum opened, 32; fall of workhouse, 33; J. H. Gurney elected for, 34; Corn Exchange opened, 38; smallpox at, 52; coroner's election at 62; Mr. Spurgeon at, 65; Corporation address to Thomas Baines, 71; Lord Stanley re-elected, 72, 159; Corporation claim sturgeon, 77; Norfolk Agricultural show at, 136, 430, 489; Lady Mayoresses' Pin Money, 139; jury of headboroughs, 140; Kelley-Cooper sculling match, 150; jail closed, 154; new docks, 176, 192, 343; election petition against the Hon. R. Bourke, 189; Royal visits, 192, 355, 415, 424, 446, 489, 499; Lord Claud Hamilton elected, 196; new railway station, 210; opening of the Free Bridge, 234; restoration of St. Margaret's church, 254; high tides at, 259, 336; Cheese Fair abolished, 283; sudden death of Mayor, 308; Oddfellows A.M.C., 309; Conservative presentation to Lady Hamilton, 316; fire at the docks, 316; Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone at, 336; Stanley Library, 351; fires, 353, 484; Lord Randolph Churchill at, 360; Sporting and Art Exhibition, 415; enormous captures of sprats, 417; industrial exhibition, 424; Cambridge crew at, 417; Technical School, 446; typhoid fever at, 483; West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, 499.

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Maccomo, the "Lion King," 98, 173; narrow escape at Norwich, 111.

Mace, Jim, 16, 112, 113, 389.

,, Pooley, 138, 150.

Magistrate fined for assault, 225.

Magistrates' clerks: death, of Mr. Wm. Day, 169; appointment of Mr. G. B. Kennett, 170; resignation, 412; Mr. W. R. Cooper appointed, 412.

Magistrates, Norwich, complaints about, 70.

,, appointment of, 436.

,, Yarmouth, appointment of at, 72.

Male attire assumed by a female servant, 58.

Malt Tax, 134, 141, 146, 311.

Man _v._ horse, 189, 221.

Mann, Arthur H., admitted Doctor of Music, 327.

Manufactures, Norwich, 48, 50, 69, 101, 131, 414.

Marching column of 1st V.B.N.R., 460.

,, Norfolk Artillery, 512.

Market Cross at North Walsham, 57.

,, tolls inquiries, 396.

Marriage Law Defence Union, 334.

Marriages: Viscount Powerscourt and Lady Julia Coke, 135; Earl of Dunmore and Lady Gertrude Coke, 157; Mr. Robert Clements and Lady Winifrid Coke, 235; Colonel Buller and Lady Anne Coke, 238; the Hon. H. Strutt and Lady Margaret Coke, 240; Earl of Leicester and the Hon. Georgiana Cavendish, 257; Earl of Lichfield and Lady Mildred Coke, 290; Viscount Lewisham and Lady Mary Coke, 305.

,, (Royal): Princess Royal, 70; Princess Alice and the Grand Duke of Hesse, 115; Prince of Wales, 121; Princess Louise, 210; Duke of Edinburgh, 238; Duke of Connaught, 296; Princess Louise and the Earl of Fife, 403; Duke of York and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, 443; Princess Maud and Prince Charles of Denmark, 471.

Mathematician in humble life, 23.

Mayoral entertainments, 403, 449, 451, 454, 481.

Mayor, alleged wrongful election of, 17.

,, elected by his casting vote, 9.

,, of Norwich insulted, 10; death of, 460.

Mayors, election of 8, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 68, 80, 90, 101, 109, 118, 129, 138, 152, 164, 171, 182, 195, 206, 216, 228, 236, 248, 259, 271, 281, 291, 304, 315, 324, 331, 343, 351, 361, 374, 385, 395, 405, 415, 424, 436, 445, 454, 466, 474, 484, 494, 504, 514.

Mathews, Charles, 44, 119, 277.

Mattishall church rate case, 154.

McCalmont, Col., adopted candidate for East Norfolk, 442.

Medical officer charged with fraud, 243.

Medical Officer of Health: Mr. T. W. Crosse appointed, 229.

Melton, winner of the Derby, 357; Liverpool Cup, 375.

Member of Parliament as actor, 80.

Memorial brass stolen, 79.

,, to Bishop of Norwich, 496.

Menagerie, fight between tigers at, 362; foolhardy feat at, 385.

Menageries, 37, 56, 81, 92, 98, 103, 111, 120, 171, 173, 184, 230, 272, 293, 362, 385.

,, accidents at, 98, 111.

Mendham, W. L., appointed Town Clerk, 47; death, 267.

"Messiah," first Good Friday performance of, 327.

Meteor, 270.

Meteorological Society, Norwich, 202.

Middle Level inundations, 113; litigation, 114, 120, 132, 144, 165.

,, sluice opened, 282.

"Midsummer Night's Dream," 455.

Mild weather in winter, 82, 83, 131, 207, 396.

Military and Naval exhibition, 482.

,, balls, 230, 397, 420, 475, 499.

Military riot at Yarmouth, 105.

,, tournaments, 254, 277, 285, 375, 386, 399, 407, 420, 450, 469.

Militia: raising of regiments, 15; trainings, 21, 31, 38; barracks, 28; colours presented to West Norfolk Regiment, 42; West Norfolk Regiment at Aldershot and Dublin, 42; arrival at Norwich, 51; West Norfolk Regiment at Chester, Liverpool, and Stockport, 69; 4th Battalion staff transferred to Norwich 392.

,, Artillery, 23, 28, 31, 39.

Miraculous escape at Swaffham, 18.

Mirage at Yarmouth, 221.

Missionary Loan exhibition, 488.

Monasticism at Norwich, 130, 132, 133, 187, 267.

Monkton, Lady, 404.

Montgomery, Walter (actor), 45, 48; death, 214.

Moody, D. L., 435.

Morley, Mr. A., at Norwich, 450.

Morley, Mr. John, at Norwich, 380.

Mounted Rifles, Norwich, 104, 163, 172.

Mountjoy, pedestrian, 75.

Mousehold Heath: common rights, 124; Dean and Chapter offer to give up their rights, 140; agreement confirmed, 310; management scheme adopted, 321; action in the High Court, 338; Royal assent given to the scheme, 346; relief works, 365; opening of new road, 369.

,, rifle range, 98.

Mower, Charles, pedestrian, 121.

Mulbarton common rights, 143.

Mundella, M.P., Mr., at Norwich, 404.

Municipal buildings, proposed, 494, 501.

,, election petition, 273.

Murder, remarkable confession of, 7.

Murders, 4, 6, 30, 128, 169, 185, 261, 265, 280, 320, 324, 328, 355, 361, 365, 372, 374, 375, 377, 406, 443, 461, 489, 512, 514.

Murder trials, 40, 190, 243, 265, 280, 320, 324, 374, 375, 377, 406, 443, 476, 489.

Murray, Dr. John, portrait of, 499.

Museum, Norfolk and Norwich: theft from, 89; Gurney portrait at, 110; Lombe collection, 234; closing of the old buildings, 451.

Musical Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Triennial, 15, 34, 67, 99, 127, 162, 194, 226, 257, 289, 324, 351, 384, 414, 444, 472, 502.

Musical ride, 254.

Music Hall, 34.

,, Norwich School of, 450.

,, Royal College of, 328.

"Mute of malice," 509.

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Nansen, Dr., at Norwich, 486.

National Fisheries exhibition opened by Prince of Wales, 319.

,, Insurance, 332.

National poor rate, 63, 71, 81.

,, Union of Women Workers, 494.

Nelson memorial at Burnham Thorpe, 423, 463.

,, monument, Yarmouth; fatal fall from, 124; Scotch fisherman's feat on, 259.

,, statue, Norwich, 10, 48.

Newspaper Act, 42.

Nilsson, Mdlle. Christine, 195, 245.

Ninth East Norfolk Regiment, 218; memorial window at Norwich Cathedral, 420.

Nisbet, Rev. E. M., installed Canon, 172.

"Nita's First," 353.

"Norfolk Chronicle," centenary of, 106; libel summons applied for, 390.

Norfolk Hotel sold, 135.

"Norfolk News," libel action against the, 94.

Norfolk Volunteer Service Association, 114.

Norman's charity, 331, 341.

"Norwich," G.E.R. steamship launched, 335.

Norwich, Aylsham, and Cromer Railway, 88.

,, building sites, value of, 51.

,, Castle: letter from Mr. John Gurney, _re_ acquisition of, 343; deputation to the Home Secretary and purchase of the buildings, 345; suggested conversion into a museum, 373; keys transferred to the Mayor and Corporation, 381; opening of gardens, 401; of museum, 422.

,, Central Conservative Club, 267, 276, 284.

,, Corporation Bill, 397.

,, Dispensary, 286.

,, Free Library lectures, 416.

,, Improvement Act, 303.

,, Public Library, centenary of, 333.

,, Union Fire Insurance Society, centenary of, 480.

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Obstructing a railway train, 410.

O'Connor, Mr. T. P., at Norwich, 398.

Octagon chapel, Norwich, 50.

Octo-centenary of Norwich Cathedral, 470, 471.

Oddfellows' A.M.C. at Norwich, 63; Lynn, 309; jubilee, 364; dinner to Grand Master Flowers, 435.

"Old World exhibition" at Norwich, 378.

Omnibus Company, Norwich, 298.

Ontario, wreck of the, 138.

Opera at Norwich Theatre, 53, 76, 106, 114, 135, 143, 157, 167, 177, 180, 190, 201, 204, 235, 265, 269, 289, 313, 329, 346, 356, 429.

,, bouffe, 219, 221, 232.

,, comic, by children, 318.

Operatic Union, Norwich, 91, 102.

Organ at St. Andrew's Hall, 314, 333.

Organs, church, 158, 160, 199, 254, 267, 276, 280, 378.

Organists, Cathedral, 281, 317, 363.

Overend, Gurney and Co., 158, 184.

Overstrand church, 170.

Oratorio of "Nehemiah," 297.

Ordnance Survey, 394.

Orford, Lord, and the Bible Society, 63.

Organophonic Band, Hoffman's, 48, 76.

Ormesby Broad catastrophe, 463.

"Our Boys," 277, 343.

Outrage at Diss, 106.

Owen, George, manager of Norwich Theatre, 109.

Oxford, Bishop of, at Norwich, 76.

Oxford Hotel, purchase at Norwich, 268.

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Paderewski in Norwich, 444, 456, 497.

Paget, Sir James, presented with an address, 214.

Pallas' sand grouse, 125.

Panoramas, 18, 51.

Pantomime companies, touring, 333.

Pantomimes, 27, 38, 47, 56, 69, 80, 92, 103, 111, 120, 131, 140, 153, 165, 173, 184, 196, 207, 217, 229, 237, 250, 262, 272, 282, 293, 305, 317.

Parachute descents, 402.

Parish clerk of Woodbastwick, 438.

Parish Councils, 455.

Parliamentary costs paid from rates, 8.

Parliamentary Divisions of Norfolk, 167, 178.

Passengers' communication, 140.

Pasteur treatment, 412.

Paston Grammar School, 242.

,, Letters, 105.

Pastoral plays, 381, 434, 450, 471, 489.

Patriotic Fund, 36.

Patteson, Mr. H. S., elected leader of Conservative party, 461; complimentary banquet and presentation, 468; resignation of leadership, 485; death, 487.

Patteson, Mr. Justice, retires from the Bench, 10.

Patti, Madame, at Norwich, 129, 434.

Paul, Dawson, presentation to Mr. and Mrs., 373; silver wedding, 443.

Pedestrian follower of hounds, 30.

Pedestrianism, 24, 31, 40, 41, 42, 66, 75, 110, 118, 121, 124, 221, 243, 295, 311.

Pelham memorial throne, 460; effigy, 470.

Pennington, Mr. W. H., 275.

Pepper's Ghost, 122.

Peto, Mr., created a baronet, 39.

Phillips, Frederick Lawrence: accident at Norwich Theatre, 4; benefit performances, 5; proprietor of "The Shades," 34; new plays by, 55; action against William Harper Stewardson, 257; death, 304.

Phillips', Mrs., farewell performance, 48.

Phonograph, 401.

Photographic Society, 32.

Photography, 80.

Piccolomini, Mdlle., at Norwich, 54.

Pigott, Mr. Paynton, appointed Deputy Chief Constable of Norfolk, 247; Chief Constable, 311; presentation to, 482.

Pigtail, 132.

Pike, large, 306.

"Pink Dominoes," 286.

Pin Money, 139.

Pitt and Hamilton's Comedy Company, 270, 284.

Playing Fields and Open Spaces Committee, 423, 450, 483.

Pleuro-pneumonia, 404.

Ploughing by steam, 62.

Ploughing matches: All England and Norfolk, 215.

Ploughs, trials of, 142.

Plucking of live geese, 483.

Plumstead church destroyed by fire, 424.

Poisoning, charges of, 11.

Police force, Norwich City, 3, 22, 39.

,, new uniform, 39.

Political ascendency in Norwich Town Council, 100.

Political coercion on the Holkham estate denounced by the Earl of Leicester, 149.

Poor, entertainments to the, 344, 424.

Poor-law Amendment Bill (Norwich), 121.

Poor-law Conference, 259.

Poor-rate, proposed national, 63, 71, 81.

Poor Removal Act, 112.

Porpoise killed in the Yare, 337.

Postmasters of Norwich: Mr. B. V. Winch appointed, 205; death, 417; Mr. B. N. Thoms appointed, 418; Mr. Sturgeon appointed, 418.

Presbyterian church, Norwich, 245.

Presentations, 3, 14, 21, 50, 55, 64, 66, 71, 76, 79, 82, 85, 93, 124, 134, 152, 168, 192, 194, 215, 222, 226, 227, 232, 238, 258, 262, 269, 273, 275, 284, 287, 311, 329, 335, 348, 361, 373, 385, 387, 396, 404, 411, 419, 429, 443, 464, 464, 482, 468, 469, 470, 472, 482, 487, 491, 502.

Primrose League, 357, 381, 389, 393, 422.

Prince Albert Victor, 339, 342, 354, 357.

Prince Bonaparte Jerome at Gressenhall Workhouse, 99.

"Prince Bonta Workey," 184.

Prince Consort, death of the, 111.

Prince of Wales: coming of age of, 118; marriage of, 121; visits to Holkham Park, 141, 153, 165, 173, 196, 230, 251, 272, 325; visits to Merton Hall, 141, 206, 236, 271, 332; visits to Gunton Park, 152, 194, 196, 207; visits to Norwich, 163, 194, 207, 271, 299, 315, 319, 331, 351, 367, 370, 371, 460, 473, 510; Oakley park, 164; Lynn, 192, 222, 355, 415; Yarmouth, 221, 299, 321, 357, 379, 460, 499; opens West Norfolk Junction Railway, 153; opens New Dock at Lynn, 192; illness of, 216; recovery and thanksgiving, 217; president of the Norfolk Agricultural Association, 222; lays foundation stone of County School, 232; receives the Czarewitch of Russia at Sandringham, 248; presentation on return from India, 273; opens Yarmouth Town Hall, 328; visits to Melton Park, 315, 351, 415; Didlington Park, 396; Elveden, 228, 236; lays foundation stone of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 299; opens Agricultural Hall, Norwich, 331; receives Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, 336; silver wedding, 390; at the Sandringham sales, 402; in record railway run, 419; presides at Norfolk Artillery dinner, 437; at Shernbourne church, 495; receives German Emperor at Sandringham, 504; inspects Loyal Suffolk Hussars, South African detachment, 506; at opening of Jenny Lind Infirmary, Norwich, 510.

Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, 82, 97, 241.

Prince's Street Lecture Hall, Norwich, 317.

"Princess of Trebizonde," 219.

Princess Louise at Norwich, 473; marriage of, 210.

Princess Victoria of Wales confirmed, 367.

Prior Melton at Norwich, 336, 407.

Prison Governors, 259, 304.

,, new, at Norwich, 381.

,, escape from, 389.

Prisons, amalgamation of county, 259.

Prize fights, 16, 138, 150.

Proportional Representation Society, 356.

Public Health Act (1848), 7; (1872), 229.

Public-house Closing Act, 138.

Public-houses, early closing of, 34, 224.

Pulpits at Norwich Cathedral, 420, 421.

Pump Street Norwich, 106.

Pusey memorial, 332.

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Quarter Sessions, Norfolk, 1, 28, 58, 89, 453; chairmen of, 308, 329.

,, Norwich, 20, 89, 115, 280.

Queen's birthday celebrated, 85, 95, 124, 135, 143, 159, 168, 178, 191, 202, 212, 221, 233, 241, 266, 309, 379, 480.

Queen of Denmark at Norwich, 163.

Queen's visit to Sandringham, 401.

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Rabies, 412.

Race meeting, 65.

Rachael, Madame, and Lord Ranelagh, 178.

Railways: ruinous competition, 24; proposed line from Tivetshall to Harleston, 27; Eastern Counties (Amalgamation of Railways) Bill, 31; accident near Thetford, 38; flooded, 38; unsatisfactory state of, 46; litigation under the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Act, 53, 70; accident near Harling, 56; transit rates, 59; Wells and Fakenham, 69; Berney Arms station litigation, 102; amalgamation of, 112; accident on the Lynn and Hunstanton, 126; proposed Norwich, Aylsham, and Cromer line, 88 (afterwards known as the East Norfolk Railway), 129, 135, 151, 205, 247, 276; passengers' communication, 140; narrow escape of a train, 145; West Norfolk Junction Railway opened by Prince of Wales, 153; Victoria Station, Norwich, 159; trains impeded by snow, 166, 317; Watton and Swaffham, 190; Wensum Valley (proposed), 205; new station at Lynn, 210; Norwich and Aylsham (proposed), 220; Thorpe accident, 244, 245, 252, 253; Yarmouth and Stalham (or North Norfolk), 258, 279, 287, 321; proposed Central Norfolk, 258; Lynn and Fakenham, 281, 309, 327, 332; killed at Wells station, 299; East Norfolk, 313, 327; express service, 330; Acle and Yarmouth, 335; Eastern and Midland extension to Holt, 350; Thorpe Station, Norwich, opened, 368; train obstruction at East Winch, 410; fast railway run, 419; second class tickets abolished, 438; projected in South Norfolk, 465, 488; North Walsham to Mundesley, 489; restaurant cars on G.E.R., 498; proposed light railway from Norwich to Dereham, 506.

Rains, heavy, 301, 302, 402, 403, 404, 435, 476.

Ranelagh, Lord, and Madame Rachel, 178.

Rare birds, 51, 54, 57, 125, 164, 191, 199.

Rarey at Norwich, 96.

Rate collectors, 176, 474.

Rating, 1, 8, 500.

Rats eaten alive, 131.

Ray's bream, 465.

Read, Clare Sewell, wins prizes for agricultural essays, 41; advocates peripatetic agricultural shows, 103; McCormick's reaper at the Plumstead farm, 117; Malt Tax Association, 141; returned to Parliament as a Malt Tax repealer, 146; the cattle plague, 148, 246; first chairman of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, 162; returned for South Norfolk, 184, 239; on compulsory education, 198; on county rates, 208; president of Norfolk Agricultural Society, 213; appointed Permanent Secretary of Local Government Board, 239; at Poor-law conference, 259; resigns Local Government Board appointment, 261; national testimonial presented, 262; establishment of Norwich Fat Cattle Show, 274; evidence _re_ importation of foreign cattle, 278; motion for forming a Diocesan Conference, 290; on road management, 297; speaks in the House of Commons on agricultural depression, 300; visit to America, 302; Farmers' Alliance, 306; defeated by Mr. R. T. Gurdon, 308; motion on the malt tax, 311; foot and mouth disease, 316, 318, 344; opening of the North Norfolk Railway, 321; road maintenance, 323; unopposed return for West Norfolk, 345; agricultural depression, 353, 436; contests Norwich, 370; with British Dairy Farmers' Association, 391; criticism of the Agricultural Holdings' Act, 406; relinquishes farming in Norfolk, 467; farewell to Honingham _ibid_; presented with portrait, 482.

Reaping machines introduced, 77; trial of McCormick's reaper, 117.

Re-assessment of Norwich properties, 500.

Recorders of Norwich: death of Mr. Prendergast, Q.C., 82; appointment of Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., 83; death, 249; appointment of Mr. J. W. Metcalfe, Q.C., 250; death, 437; Mr. Kemp, Q.C., appointed, 437.

Redenhall bell foundry, 316.

Re-distribution of seats, 167, 178, 349, 354.

Reed, German, at Norwich, 68, 70, 90, 269, 288.

Reeves, Sims, at Norwich, 297, 410.

Reffley wood celebration, 5.

Reform Act, first election under new, 182.

Reformatories, 65, 365.

Regiment, 54th, West Norfolk, 174.