Chapter M: Macauley, Miss (actress), 187, 191

Machine-breaking, 138, 205, 299, 300, 301.

. . . for removing insects, 58.

Macready, Mr. (actor), 274, 339, 447.

Mad dogs, 63, 219.

Madrigal Society, 369.

Magdalen Fair, Norwich, discontinuance of, 257.

Magistrate sentencing his servant, 94.

Mails, 38, 69, 133, 201, 338.

Malibran at Norwich Theatre, 299.

Malt Tax, 192, 217, 292, 299, 330, 458, 475.

Manby's life-saving apparatus, 57, 62, 85, 87, 222, 224, 329, 411.

Manufactures, Norwich, 65, 66, 70, 95, 106, 107, 133, 140, 152, 177, 190, 205, 209, 213, 218, 230, 249, 252, 263, 304, 311, 375, 377, 443, 460.

Mardyn, Mrs. (actress), 137.

Market Cross sold by auction, 305.

. . . at Yarmouth removed, 350.

. . . House at Lynn, 296.

. . . tolls, 221.

Marriage by a ward in Chancery, 22; by proxy, 150; band of music at a, 156; delayed by a bride, 93; extraordinary, at Yarmouth, 284, at Fakenham, 288; military escort at a, 127; singular incident at a, 317.

Marriages: Boileau--Elliott, 251; Borrow--Clarke, 396; Brundall--Mason, 238; Coke--Keppel, 205; De Crespigny--Bathurst, 185; Craven, Earl of--Brunton, 61; Fisher--Howard, 239; Fisher--Richardson, 400; Fraser--Jerningham, 224; Jarvis--Boyles, 163; Leicester, Earl of--Whitbread, 427; Macdonald--Keppel, 174; Manby--Gooch, 156; Murray--Browne, 240; Murray--Douglas, 350; Preston--Jephson, 313; Rosebery, Earl of--Anson, 175; Thurtell--Morgan, 362; Yates--Brunton, 227.

. . . , singular, 19, 93, 284, 288, 289, 311, 397.

Marryat, Captain, sale of his libraries, &c., 344; death, 471.

Mary, Princess, at Holkham, 173.

Marshland free bridge opened, 196; causeway opened, 212.

Marshland Shales, 265.

Martin, William (artist), 279.

Masonic Hall at Yarmouth, 240.

Massacre of ship's crew, 406.

Matches against time, 3, 17, 107, 200, 205, 361, 395, 399.

Mathematicians in humble life, 272, 303, 406, 449.

Mathew, Father, at Norwich, 431.

Mathews, Mr. (actor), 143, 148, 167, 190, 271.

Mathews, Mr. C., 387, 438.

May-day at Lynn, 330, 349.

Mayor of Norwich censured, 296.

. . . , expenses of, 31.

. . . , grave of, 304.

. . . knighted, 311.

. . . Yarmouth, mode of election, 130, 186, 212.

Mayor's elections at Norwich, 5, 96, 104, 116, 147, 158, 181, 194, 207, 221, 245, 267, 276, 295, 306, 313, 323, 330, 339. After the passing of the Municipal Reform Act: 346, 353, 367, 378, 390, 403, 412, 423, 432, 442, 451, 458, 466, 473, 481, 488.

Mechanics' institutes, 240, 440.

Medical and Surgical Association, 458.

. . . library, 235.

. . . registration, 441.

Menageries, 26, 80, 92, 142, 153, 232, 244, 252, 272, 273, 320, 355, 390, 412, 414, 433, 442, 451, 468.

Mendicity, Society for the Suppression of, 174.

Mengdon, Countess, 43.

Merry, Mrs. (actress), 17.

Methodist Missionary Society, 126.

Michaelmas goose dinner at the Great Hospital, 138.

Mild weather at Christmas, 165, 282, 368, 404.

Military baggage, refusing to convey, 31.

. . . bands in the Upper Close, Norwich, 82.

. . . escort at a wedding, 127.

Military funerals, 25, 41, 84, 226, 250.

. . . offences, 20, 27, 41, 293, 318.

Militia ballot, 55, 60, 305.

. . . camp at Coxheath, 33.

. . . , East Norfolk, 13, 33, 91, 271, 305.

. . . , local, 67, 70, 72, 82, 103, 104, 136.

. . . permanent staff, discharge of, 136.

. . . Regiments: Durham, 1; East Essex, 1; Rutland, 3; Shropshire, 24, 27, 29, 31, 40; Fifeshire, 36; Wiltshire, 82, 83, 84, 86.

. . . , supplementary, 8, 20.

. . . trainings, 18, 72, 82, 183.

. . . , West Norfolk, 2, 13, 20, 27, 33, 75, 87, 103, 118, 125, 129, 134, 136, 177, 183, 196, 206, 209, 230, 238, 303, 327, 383.

Militiamen's right to vote, 70.

Miller halfpenny, 34.

Mineral spring at Mundesley, 225.

Mingay, Richard (violinist), 170, 336.

Ministers, appointment of, addresses to the King, 46.

Mock corporations, 195, 374, 485.

Montague, Miss (actress), 430.

Montes, Lola, 478.

Mori, Mr. and Mrs., 187.

Mormonites, 474.

Morris, Sam, the "Scarlet Runner," 223.

Mounted Volunteers at a staghunt, 71.

Mountjoy (pedestrian), remarkable feats by, 399, 477.

Mousehold Heath enclosed, 4.

. . . , right of pasturage on, 7.

Mueller, leader of orchestra at Norwich Theatre, 224, 322.

Mummies discovered at Wymondham, 328.

"Mumpers," 168.

Municipal boundaries, Norwich, 344.

. . . litigation, 352, 356.

. . . Reform Bill, 327; Commissioners' inquiries at Norwich and Castle Rising, 327; at Yarmouth, 329; protest by Norwich Corporation, 328, 329; petitions against, 341, 342; evidence against, 342; passing of, 343; first revision of voters' lists, 345; first elections, 345, 352; first meeting of the new Town Council, 346; corporate address to the King, 346; opposed by freemen, 395, 408.

Murder and mutilation, 271.

. . . at Norwich election, 298.

. . . , extraordinary charge of, 55.

. . . sentence reversed, 348.

. . . trial at Lynn, 113.

Murdered by lunatics, 104, 271, 314, 364, 439.

Murders, 58, 104, 109, 113, 151, 174, 206, 215, 271, 285, 288, 298, 314, 364, 401, 406, 410, 439, 445, 454, 473.

Murray family, 94, 142, 163, 168, 207, 240, 277, 280, 282, 313, 350, 383, 457.

Museum, Norfolk and Norwich, 239, 245, 251, 322, 335, 345, 358, 370, 393, 458.

Musical Festival (Triennial), 238, 241, 248, 269, 296, 325, 329, 352, 388, 422, 450, 472.

. . . , Sheriffs of London attend, 450.

. . . Festivals, 16, 77, 93, 109, 118, 151, 214, 269.

. . . performances in churches, 86, 93, 109, 118, 131, 145, 151, 156, 158, 353.

Mutiny by the 7th Hussars, 318.

. . . on H.M.S. Bounty, 185.

Mutton, low price of, 215.

N

National rate, 474.

. . . Reform Association, 480.

. . . Schools, 397, 450.

Naval abuses, 40.

. . . engagements, 28, 29, 50, 78, 91, 103.

Navigation Bill, Norwich and Yarmouth, 468.

Necton Guild, 195.

Neeche's Gardens, Norwich, 6, 14.

"Negro Jubilee" at Sheringham, 333.

. . . minstrels, 460.

Neild, Mr., the philanthropist, 43.

Nelson annuities, 53.

. . . , Lord, at Yarmouth, 2, 7; death of, 44, 45.

. . . monument at Norwich proposed: abortive scheme, 47.

. . . at Yarmouth, 119; first stone laid, 149; singular death of the surveyor of the works, 172; work completed, 173.

. . . relic, 438.

Nemesis, H.M.S., on Happisburgh Sand, 79.

Neville, Lord, and Mr. Cobbett, 281.

New Concert Room, Norwich, 141, 335.

News of victories, 97, 98, 100, 106, 108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 127, 140.

Newsreaders, 35, 76, 195, 389, 391.

Nobleman charged with assault, 89.

Nonconformist claims, 335.

Norfolk and Norwich Bazaar, 313.

. . . and Suffolk Institution, 279.

. . . "Chronicle" burnt by Norwich mob, 188.

. . . Declaration, 146.

. . . Duke of, at Norwich, 44.

. . . Estuary works, 488.

. . . loyalty, 5.

. . . men and scientific societies, 184.

. . . Petition, 217.

. . . Rangers, 21, 25, 223.

. . . Society (or Club), 44, 185; revival of, 56.

. . . in London, 221.

Norman's School, 395.

North Walsham church steeple, 346.

. . . Theatre opened, 276; converted into a school, 450.

"Norwich a Port," 162, 164, 200, 213, 216, 218, 242, 253, 263, 276, 291, 325, 455.

. . . and Lowestoft Navigation Co., 310, 326, 330.

. . . Assize Bill, 310.

. . . Castle, 49, 67, 180, 259, 283, 328, 420; as a prison, 180; discovery of rooms and passages in the keep, 259; Hill enclosed, 67; restoration of, 283, 328, 420.

. . . (Connecticut), 455.

. . . Equitable Insurance Office, 291.

. . . improvements, 108.

. . . oarsmen on the Seine, 465.

. . . Poor Bill, 305.

. . . Public Library, 339, 346.

. . . recruits in the French War, 5.

. . . Union Independent Society, 257.

. . . Union Life Insurance Society, 367, 390.

Nuns of Montargis, 41, 47.

O

Oakes, Lieut.-Col. R. M., appointed Chief Constable, 390.

Oath, declining the, 412.

Observatory on Norwich Cathedral, 431.

O'Connell at Norwich, 367.

O'Connor, Feargus, at Norwich, 464, 480.

Oddfellows, 400, 480.

Oliver _v._ Painter, prize-fight, 184.

Ominous titles of plays, 135.

Omnibuses, 357.

O'Neil, Miss (actress), 162.

Opah, or King-fish, 82, 387.

Opera at Houghton Hall, 61.

. . . at Norwich Theatre (Italian), 346, 430, 440, 469.

Opium eating, 350.

Opulent Norfolk farmers, 321, 336.

Orange fair at Yarmouth, 426.

. . . , Prince of, at Yarmouth, 9.

. . . Societies, 236.

Orford Hill ghost, 259.

Orford, Horatio, Earl of, elected High Steward of Yarmouth, 322; dismissed from office, 346; presides at Protectionist dinner, 458.

Organists, 63, 69, 72, 115, 121, 177, 232, 358.

Organs, 13, 16, 69, 109, 110, 115, 156, 198, 232, 258, 271, 312, 329, 441, 485.

Osbaldiston, Mr. (actor), 255, 268.

Oury, Mr. and Mrs., 387.

Outrage at Fakenham, 43; at Norwich Theatre, 195; by female factory hands, 482; on a clergyman, 9.

Oyster bed at Happisburgh, 196; at Cley, 361.

P

Paganini at Norwich, 307.

Pageant at Yarmouth, 115, 153.

Painter Ned, 178, 181, 184, 203, 219, 232, 277, 293, 426; his fight with Oliver, 184; action at Assizes, 426.

Pains and Penalties, Bill of, 185, 188.

Panic at St. Margaret's church, Lynn, 334.

Panoramas, 54, 81, 199, 215, 216, 219, 337, 362.

Panoramic view of Norwich, 74.

Pantomimes, 37, 81, 291, 433, 459, 474, 488.

Papal aggression, 488.

Paper duty, 284.

. . . mills, 76; accident at Taverham, 385.

Parachute descents, 388, 389.

Parish clerks, 90, 96, 99, 100, 109, 110, 178, 210, 308, 310, 437, 445.

. . . , funerals of, 90, 210.

Parliamentary Reform, 204, 208, 302, 313, 314, 315; re-division of the county, 315.

Parry, Captain (afterwards Sir Edward), presented with freedom of Norwich, 192, of Lynn, 254; appointed Poor-law Commissioner, 340; official visits to Boards of Guardians, 341.

Paton, Miss (Mrs. Wood), 286, 288, 313, 323, 411, 418.

Patteson, Alderman, resignation of, 306; death, 317.

Patteson, John, appointed Judge, 299; on circuit at Norwich, 400, 401, 436, 444.

"Paul Pry," a slanderous publication, 389.

Pauper, cost of maintaining a, 368.

Pavements defective at Norwich, 131.

Paving and improvement of King's Lynn, 53.

. . . Bills, 17, 43, 45, 234, 241, 390, 392.

Payne, the pirate, 29.

Peace of Amiens, 12, 13, 14.

. . . preliminaries, 8.

. . . rejoicings, 8, 9, 12, 13, 112, 117, 118, 124.

. . . Society, 455.

. . . with America, 124.

Pedestrianism, 31, 35, 40, 48, 138, 149, 150, 162, 171, 185, 195, 200, 205, 234, 259, 289, 350, 397, 399, 407, 418, 430, 434, 454, 477.

Peel, Major, candidate for Norwich, 255; election of, 256; receives hon. freedom, 257.

Penance in church, 274.

Penny Library, 231.

. . . post to Stalham, 128.

. . . postage, 370, 391, 428.

Pensioners, Corps of, 438, 477.

People's College, Norwich, 477.

Peregrine falcon killed in Norwich, 378.

Perpetual motion, 223.

Peterloo incident, 176, 177.

Petty sessions, disturbance at, 422.

Pew disputes 237, 292, 442.

Pews, appropriation of, 467.

Phenomenon during thunderstorm, 236.

Philharmonic Society, 406.

"Philip Augustus," 409.

Philipsthal's Phantasmagoria, 59.

Phillips, Mr. and Mrs., first appearance at Norwich, 465; engaged at Norwich Theatre, 488.

Phoenix yawl, wreck of, 444.

Phonography, 447.

Phosphorus, winner of the Derby, 372.

Photography, 433.

Phrenology, 394, 478.

Picture of North Walsham steeplechase, 360.

Pigeon shooting, 141.

Pike, large, 47, 295, 330; voracity of, 214.

Pikes for special constables, 28.

Pilch, Fuller, 323, 332, 449; his single wicket match with Marsdon, 324.

Pilgrim case, 340, 348.

Pillory, 21, 98, 121.

Pinson, Mr. G., appointed Governor of County Gaol, 433.

Pirates tried at Yarmouth, 225.

Ploughing matches, 65, 311; aged competitor at, 311.

Ploughs, 419, 469.

Poaching, 37, 58, 261, 348.

Pocket-picking at an execution, 206.

Pockthorpe Guild, 374, 485.

Poisoning at Burnham Westgate, 343, 348; Happisburgh, 455; Hempnall, 384; Tibenham, 462; Wighton, 322; Yarmouth, 245.

Police, 189, 300, 347, 390.

Polito's menagerie, 26, 92, 101.

Polka, introduction of, 439.

Poll-book, attempted mutilation of a, 320.

Polytechnic exhibition at Norwich, 403.

Poor-law relief, 56, 195, 252, 253, 259, 305, 342, 359, 365, 435, 462.

Porpoise captured at West Somerton, 377.

Porson, Richard, 68, 416.

Portrait of Mr. T. W. Coke, 112.

Portraits at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, 8, 19, 29, 50, 92, 120, 168, 203, 227, 252, 256, 270, 281, 345, 381.

Postal deliveries on Sunday, 397.

Posting charges, 12, 72, 89, 331.

Postman, a crippled, 406.

Postmaster of Norwich, 132.

Postmasters, 221, 222, 331.

Potash Farm, sale of, 486.

Poulteney, Sir James, tragic death of, 90.

Power, Mr. (actor), 295, 310.

Power, Rev. A. Bath, and the electric telegraph, 459, 466.

Prendergast, Mr., qualifies as Recorder of Norwich, 474.

Presentations, 32, 42, 64, 88, 95, 101, 108, 117, 122, 124, 133, 149, 172, 173, 187, 199, 203, 213, 215, 220, 241, 240, 243, 246, 248, 249, 253, 256, 286, 290, 296, 327, 332, 335, 345, 348, 366, 377, 381, 398, 400, 413, 454, 477.

Press gangs, 19, 40, 126.

Preston, Isaac, appointed Steward of Norwich, 262; appointed Recorder, 301; marriage, 313; claimant to the Stanfield property, 378; action against James Blomfield Rush, 469; murdered by Rush, 473.

Preston, Sir Thomas, 122.

Prices of provisions, &c., 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 68, 72, 94, 136.

Priest, Rev. St. John, 135, 163.

Prince of Wales, birth of, 412; christening, 415.

Prince's Street chapel, Norwich, 169.

Printer's name omitted from a publication, 113, 118.

Prisoners' alms boxes, 83.

Prisoners of war, 13, 29, 36, 55, 75, 111, 113, 115, 118.

. . . drowned, 55.

Private stills, 323, 434.

Privateers, 36, 50, 61.

Prize-fights, 31, 66, 79, 84, 92, 123, 127, 129, 137, 142, 153, 158, 170, 174, 176, 180, 181, 184, 186, 187, 203, 210, 214, 222, 225, 233, 234, 239, 244, 259, 268, 277, 284, 292, 366, 370, 379, 381, 386, 387, 391, 448, 450.

. . . , fatal, 214, 225.

. . . on Sunday, 187, 381, 386.

Proclamation of George IV., 179; of William IV., 297; of Victoria, 363.

Property, re-valuation of, 43, 147, 153.

. . . tax, 122, 133.

Protection, 407, 434, 452, 458, 482.

Protestant movement, 289.

Public breakfasting, 59.

. . . discussions, 364.

. . . Dispensary, Norwich, 19.

. . . meetings in parish churches, 377, 418.

Publicans' licences refused, 59.

Publication of local works, 192, 386, 397, 416, 417, 421, 432.

Pugilists at Norwich, 70, 93, 160, 184, 426.

Pump in St. Lawrence, Norwich, 196.

Pump-room and baths at Thetford, 176.

Pye's almshouses, 259, 260.

Q

Quakers, 9, 129, 249, 260, 444.

Quarter Sessions, Norfolk, 9, 24, 73, 82, 106, 120, 138, 163, 166, 190, 201, 210, 220, 229, 240, 278, 292, 295, 300, 301, 310, 319, 389, 423, 435, 467.

. . . , Chairmen of, 201, 293, 305, 306, 320, 395.

. . . , Norwich, 54, 66, 73, 85, 101, 118, 126, 128, 135, 190, 216, 219, 226, 259, 260, 302, 391, 412, 413, 443.

Queen Caroline, 185, 188, 198.

. . . Dowager, death of, 481.

. . . , death of, 164, 165.

Victoria, accession, 362; proclamation, 363; addresses from Norwich Corporation, 363, 385, 398, 412; coronation, 374; marriage, 393; attempted assassinations of, 398, 476, and Norfolk farmer, 469; voyages to Scotland, 421, 441, 471; birthday celebrations, 476, 485.

Queen's Speech first telegraphed to Norwich, 466.

R

Raby Castle s.s., wreck of, 357.

Race meetings, 16, 20, 35, 43, 52, 60, 69, 73, 75, 93, 98, 119, 124, 161, 238, 294, 324, 375, 388, 401, 408, 420, 470.

Rahobeth chapel, Norwich, 225, 381.

Railway first suggested, 154.

Railways: Norfolk and Suffolk Company projected, 240; Eastern Counties line, 334, 360, 384, 400; proposed line _via_ Cambridge, 334, 344, 347, 404; Yarmouth and Norwich line, 344, 347, 413, 427, 436, 437, 440, 450; Norfolk line, 404, 448; Norwich and Brandon line, 432, 449; Wymondham and Dereham line, 441, 459, 461; line from Lynn to Downham, 458; Lynn to Narborough, 458; Narborough to Swaffham, 464; Lynn to Ely, 466; Swaffham to Dereham, 471; Dereham to Fakenham, 475; Reedham to Lowestoft, 463; Norwich extension of the Ipswich and Bury line, 462; opening of, 481; light railway first suggested, 460; third-class carriages, 437; goods conveyed, 440, 459; action against Yarmouth and Norwich Company, 440; steamboat excursion in connection with railway, 457; accident, 451; excursion trains, 456, 476; fourth-class tickets, 459; running of an excursion train to an execution, 476; trains delayed by snow, 481, 483; strike of firemen and engine-drivers, 486.

. . . , effect of: Sale of coach horses, 449; discontinuance of coaches, 453; diminution of road traffic, 453; public-houses, 453; coal trade, 456; neglect of roads, 459; price of land, 469.

Rainham Hall, festivities at, 67.

Rams' horns at a wedding, 289.

Ranelagh Gardens, Norwich, 59, 78, 199, 215, 236, 241, 354, 355, 368, 379, 390, 401, 412, 414; amphitheatre and saloon at, 401; corn market held at, 236; theatre at, 368, 401. (_See also_ Victoria Gardens.)

Ranger cutter, loss of, 214.

Rates raised in Norfolk, 125.

Rat Society at Swaffham, 233.

Read, Miss, Norwich actress, 350.

Reading-desk at Norwich Cathedral, 400.

Re-burials at Costessey Hall, 463.

Recorders of Norwich, 2, 29, 215, 261, 301, 474.

Recruiting by beat of drum, 125.

Reeves, Mr. Sims, 469, 472, 482.

Reffley _fete_, 14.

Reform of the House of Commons, 141; demonstration at Norwich, 314.

Regattas, 32, 50, 66, 85, 92, 212, 225.

Regent, Prince, at Norwich, 100; attack on, 143, 146.

Regiments--Cavalry: 1st Dragoon Guards, 28, 254, 255, 319; 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), 236, 245, 331, 339; 3rd Dragoon Guards, 10, 363; 4th Dragoon Guards, 198, 202, 374, 378, 380, 383; 5th Dragoon Guards, 82, 121, 150, 161; 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), 454; 7th Dragoon Guards, 206, 209, 210, 285, 287, 292, 293, 295, 406, 409, 410; 1st Royal Dragoons, 135, 136, 138, 150, 223, 295, 297, 300, 301, 308, 312; 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), 246, 250, 251, 253, 254, 427, 436; 3rd Light Dragoons (3rd Hussars), 322, 330, 331; 4th Light Dragoons (4th Hussars), 438, 447; 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, 274, 280, 339, 342, 349; 7th Light Dragoons (7th Hussars), 49, 311, 318, 319, 322, 447, 454; 8th Royal Irish Hussars, 226, 234, 235, 397, 406; 9th Lancers, 174, 176, 185, 194, 197, 198, 383, 393, 394, 397; 10th Light Dragoons (10th Hussars), 182; 11th Light Dragoons (11th Hussars), 256, 485; 12th Lancers, 265, 267, 274, 280, 283; 13th Light Dragoons (13th Hussars), 1, 4, 6, 410, 416, 418, 427, 458; 14th Light Dragoons (14th Hussars), 176, 181, 182; 15th Light Dragoons (15th Hussars), 161, 163, 174, 223; 16th Lancers, 469, 470, 476, 481, 484; 17th Lancers, 349, 363; 24th Light Dragoons (disbanded), 171; Royal Artillery, 28; Brunswick Hussars, 121, 122, 124, 125, 127; German Legion, 46, 129.

. . . Infantry: 4th Foot, 46; 12th Foot, 319; 23rd Foot, 46; 24th Foot, 29, 83; 28th Foot, 46; 40th Foot, 255, 262; 47th Foot, 22, 28; 54th Foot, 83; Rifle Brigade, 46.

Registration Act, 358, 363.

Rejoicings at Thetford, 116.

Relief of the Poor, subscriptions for, 1, 142, 252, 355; relief works, 144, 252.

. . . of Germans, 113; Irish, 208, 306, 461; Russians, 103; Scilly islanders, 169; Spaniards, 223.

Religious instruction, 331, 373.

. . . mania, 235.

Remarkable woman, 311, 316, 321.

Rents, reduction of, 136.

Reporters at Norwich Corporation meetings, 267.

. . . Norfolk magistrates' meeting, 278.

Reporter's life-saving invention, 446.

Restoration of Charles II., 126, 222.

Resurrection men, 232, 241, 261, 272, 273, 283, 289, 300, 319.

. . . , precautions against, 191, 283.

Rigby, Dr., 200.

Rioters dispersed by the Norfolk Hunt, 300.

Riots, 3, 9, 122, 124, 136, 138, 205, 209, 210, 253, 267, 287, 292, 299, 300, 301, 319, 342, 378, 408, 409, 416, 459.

River robberies, 79.

Road improvement at Lakenham, 462.

Roads, neglect of, 459.

Robberies on the Yare, 182.

Robbery at a jeweller's shop, 462.

Rolfe, Baron, and the Rush trial, 475; elevated to the Peerage as Baron Cranworth, 488.

Roman Catholic claims, 102, 182, 244, 265, 284.

. . . chapel, Norwich, 269, 289.

Romney, loss of H.M.S., 36.

Rook shooting, 233.

"Roope's Weekly Letters," 85.

Rosary Burial Ground, Norwich, 231.

Rotterdam, excursions to, 246, 457.

Rough Hussars, 91.

Rough-legged falcons, 141.

Rowing feats, 234, 235, 465, 477.

. . . matches, 19, 48, 56, 68, 105, 106, 108, 140, 159, 161, 411, 421, 439, 470, 482.

Royal Agricultural Society at Norwich, 477.

. . . progresses, 212, 343.

. . . visits to Norfolk, 76, 94, 100, 110, 122, 131, 188, 343.

Runaway coach-horses, 36, 323, 426.

Rural police, 390, 391, 414.

Rush James Blomfield: Tragic death of his father, 442; sued by Mr. Jermy, 469; murders Mr. Jermy and Mr. Jermy Jermy, 473; trial, 475; execution, 476.

Rushes in Norwich Cathedral, 296, 332.

Russell, Henry (entertainer), 463, 470.

Ryder, Mr. (actor), 447.

S

Sailing matches, 163.

St. Andrew's Day celebration, 251.

. . . Hall, Norwich, 196; used as a corn exchange, 50.

St. Crispin, Festival of, 110.

St. Crowche church, Norwich, 333.

St. Domingo Bay, battle in, 47.

St. Faith's Fair, regular attendant at, 99.

St. George's Day celebration, 194.

St. Mark's church, Lakenham, 427.

St. Michael-at-Coslany Bridge, 28.

St. Stephen's pit, Norwich, 127.

Salmon taken at Norwich, 168, 473; at Hellesdon, 445.

Sandford, Emily, 473.

Sanitary measures at Norwich, 445, 454, 484.

Savings Bank, Norwich, 135.

Saxon font at Great Hautbois, 43.

. . . remains at Norwich, 35.

Scarcity of provisions, 1.

Scarlett, Hon. Robert Campbell, adopted candidate for Norwich, 336; attacked at Norwich Corn Exchange, 336; returned for Norwich, 337, 363; receives freedom of the city, 338; unseated on petition, 373.

Scarlett, Sir James, returned for Norwich, 319; receives honorary freedom, 324; presented with a banner, 324; appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 336; adopts supporters of the Norwich Arms, 337; on circuit at Norwich, 338, 436; presented with congratulatory address, 338; receives deputation of Norwich merchants, 436; death, 436.

Scarning Free School, 166.

School of Design, 367, 373, 453.

Scilly Islands relief fund, 169.

_Sciaena aquila_, 412.

"Scissor artist," 217.

Scragg's Company of Comedians, 95, 97.

Seaborne vessels at Norwich, 276, 325, 453, 455.

Sea fencibles, 26, 28, 30.

Seaman's funeral, 374.

Seaman's museum of natural history, 160.

"Searcher," a scurrilous publication, 391.

Searchers and sealers of leather, 17.

Sea serpent, 227.

. . . walls, 21.

Sedan chair for conveyance of voter, 105.

Sedgwick, Rev. A., installed prebendary of Norwich Cathedral, 335; lectures at Norfolk and Norwich Museum, 345.

Sedition, 82.

Seed, vitality of, 350.

Sentry sleeping at his post, 293.

Settlement, Law of, 445, 462, 474.

Sexton's funeral, 90.

Sham fights, 24, 30, 34.

Shark captured off Yarmouth, 51.

Sharpshooters, 34.

Shawls, 57, 65, 106, 323.

Sheep drowned at Wells, 148.

Shelley, Mr. W. (actor), 471.

Sheriff, disturbance at swearing in of, 279.

. . . , litigation arising from election of, 280.

Sheriffs' elections at Norwich, 120, 131, 150, 186, 199, 237, 248, 258, 269, 279, 288, 298, 308, 317, 324, 325, 334, 343; appointments under the Reform Act, 346, 353, 367, 378, 390, 403, 412, 423, 432, 442, 451, 458, 466, 473, 481, 488.

Shipbuilding in Norfolk, 22, 30, 34, 39, 48, 51, 52, 64, 100, 147, 215, 229, 234, 258, 275, 283, 285, 290, 299, 306, 313, 321, 348, 392, 463, 487.

Shipdham cattle fair, 286.

Ships in Yarmouth Roads, 378.

. . . launched at Norwich, 283, 306, 313.

Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, 446.

Shipwrecks. _See_ Wrecks.

Shirehall, Norwich, 56, 201, 229.

Shocking occurrence at Catton, 365, 372.

Shoemaker's funeral, 178.

Shoes burnt in Norwich, 17.

Shooting, 10, 34, 60, 69, 109, 164, 225, 233, 249, 250, 334, 381, 403, 417.

. . . , remarkable feats of, 41, 165, 186, 334, 417.

Shore's menagerie, 153, 244.

Shows and exhibitions, 4, 50, 67, 70, 79, 90, 94, 123, 148, 150, 153, 160, 164, 166, 171, 197, 205, 227, 241, 246, 262.

Shrievalty declined at Norwich, 32.

Sick Poor Repository, 156.

Sidney, Mr., engaged at Adelphi Theatre, Norwich, 473.

Signal flags, 23, 28.

Silk duties, 230, 249.

Silver tickets, 45.

Simony, 206.

Sinclair, Mr. (actor), 154, 373.

Skating, 253, 404.

. . . on wheels, 414.

Skeletons found, 191, 199, 423, 465.

Skipper (Norwich pugilist), 12.

Skipper (pedestrian), 149, 150, 162, 200, 205, 418.

Slavery, 118, 174, 220, 229, 250, 251, 276, 333, 368, 376, 403, 487.

Sledges, 369.

Sloman, Mrs. (actress), 239.

Small holdings, 10.

Small-pox, 41, 97, 102, 167, 172, 173, 194, 382, 445, 447.

. . . , Lord Montrath's dread of, 12.

Small Tenements Bill (Norwich), 463.

Smith, Colonel, of Ellingham, 440.

Smith, Mr. William, M.P., resignation of, 297.

Smith, Sir James E., 119, 177, 184.

Smith, Sir Sidney, at Yarmouth, 29.

Smithson, Miss, at Norwich Theatre, 305.

Smuggling, 10, 37, 47, 60, 101, 125, 145, 194, 205, 229, 288, 290, 319, 321, 351, 379, 485.

"Snap," 246, 341.

Snipe, H.M.S., wreck of, 55.

Snow, heavy falls of, 54, 63, 69, 112, 263, 293, 355, 369, 383, 424, 459, 481, 483.

. . . in May, 14.

Snow, Mr., "the Ude of Norwich," 345, 387.

Socialism, 375.

Society for the Education of the Poor, 97.

Somnolence, remarkable case of, 393.

Soult, defeat of, 111.

Spain and Portugal aided, 66.

Spanish relief, 223.

Speaker of the Common Council, 6, 182, 263, 270, 336.

Speech boys (or orators) on Norwich Guild Day, 91, 106, 209, 222, 332, 341.

. . . day at Norwich Grammar School, 106.

S.P.G., special collections for, 170.

Spinning, 2, 86, 325.

Spire of St. Gregory, Norwich, 45.

Spohr at Norwich, 388.

Springfield, T. O., elected Mayor, 285, 346; sworn in, 286; censured by Corporation, 296; municipal litigation, 353.

Spring guns, 130, 239.

Stack firing, 60, 154.

Stafford, Barony of, 235.

Stage spectacle, "The Coronation," 205.

Stage waggons, 83, 152, 173, 191, 210, 233, 334, 371.

Stagorians, 99, 103, 146, 232.

. . . attacked by mob, 147.

Stained glass window at Hingham church, 108.

Stallage charges in Norwich Market, 333; letting of, 358.

Stallion, alleged unlawful exhibition of a, 125.

Stanfield Hall murders, 473, 475, 476.

. . . riot, 378.

Stanley, Bishop, 360; enthronement of, 361; supports temperance movement, 366; entertains Jenny Lind, 465, 474; death, 479.

Starlings' nest in a dead body, 6.

Steamboats, 108, 139, 141, 145, 236, 239, 246.

Steam carriages, 323, 415, 428.

Steam Mill Company, Norwich, 2, 66, 141.

Steeplechases, 294, 312, 359, 383, 392, 404, 455, 476.

Stewards of Norwich, 2, 19, 55, 84, 98, 215, 262, 301, 336.

Stoke Mills mustard manufactory, 116.

Storm, remarkable, at Norwich, 430.

Stormont, Lord, returned for Norwich, 319, 337; receives honorary freedom, 324; presented with a banner, 324; attacked at Norwich Corn Exchange, 336; secures acceleration of the mails, 338; resignation, 357.

Stratford, the poisoner, trial of, 288.

Stream, right to the use of a, 483.

Streets, new, at Norwich, 40.

Strolling players, 275.

Strong men, 283.

Strikes, 42, 122, 253, 375, 416, 486.

Sturgeon, 477, 484.

Subsidence of a cottage, 227.

Sugar bounties and duties, 276.

Suicide after an election, 373.

. . . , remarkable, at Norwich, 92; at Yarmouth, 49.

Sunday, desecration of, 39, 152, 187, 190, 381, 386, 453.

. . . postal delivery, 397.

. . . prize-fights on, 187, 381, 386.

. . . schools, 157.

. . . trading, 453.

Superstitious ceremony at Norwich, 396.

Surgeon, remarkable charge against a, 444.

Surrey Gardens, Norwich, 268.

Surveyor of Bridges, election of, 349.

Suspension Bridge at Yarmouth, 285.

. . . for neglect of ministerial duties, 158.

Sussex, Duke of, 213, 250, 323, 428.

Sutherland, Mrs. Sinclair, her remarkable case, 73.

Sutton, Archbishop Manners, 37.

Swaffham Quarter Sessions, 371.

. . . Races, 289; curious wagers at, 289.

. . . Shirehall, 375.

. . . Theatre, 213; advertised for sale, 442.

Swan for the Royal table, 309.

Swans at civic feast, 405.

Swimming, remarkable feat of, 344.

Syderstone ghost, 324.

Sydney, Lord, High Steward of Yarmouth, 132.

Synagogue, 470.

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Tavistock Canal tunnel, 140.

Tawell, John, Salt Hill murderer, 444.

Taxation, 346.

Telegraph electric, 450, 457, 459, 466.

Telegraphs, 23, 39, 62.

Temperance movement, 366, 388, 431.

Tenant's legacy to his landlord's daughter, 103.

Test Act, 4.

Testerton Park prize-fight, 203.

Thalberg (pianist), 366.

Thanksgiving celebrations, 44, 112, 132.

Theatre, New, at Norwich: circus at, 422; disturbances at, 268; equestrian spectacles, 380; free performances, 393; masquerade and fancy dress ball, 470; Mayor and Sheriff decline their patronage, 349; opening of, 254; performance stopped by thunderstorm, 430; performances with wild beasts, 407, 432; reduction of prices, 424, 447, 459; restoration, 351; Tom Thumb at, 439; underselling of tickets, 463; used as a banquetting-room, 374; _versus_ circus, 392.

. . ., Old: Fall of roof, 296.

Theatres, Norwich, 1, 3, 5, 15, 30, 35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 46, 49, 51, 57, 61, 63, 64, 70, 72, 74, 80, 81, 90, 94, 105, 123, 125, 131, 133, 134, 139, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 150, 154, 158, 159, 161, 162, 167, 168, 169, 170, 179, 180, 181, 183, 187, 190, 192, 193, 195, 199, 205, 210, 211, 214, 216, 219, 222, 224, 226, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 239, 241, 243, 245, 265, 268, 271, 273, 274, 275, 277, 278, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 291, 293, 295, 296, 298, 299, 305, 307, 308, 310, 311, 312, 316, 323, 329, 331, 332, 339, 340, 341, 342, 346, 349, 350, 351, 361, 369, 372, 373, 376, 386, 387, 392, 393, 397, 398, 401, 405, 406, 407, 413, 417, 418, 424, 427, 428, 430, 432, 433, 436, 438, 439, 441, 447, 448, 452, 457, 459, 460, 463, 464, 465, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 474, 484, 486, 488.

. . . managers of, 144, 187, 216, 226, 231, 233, 243, 271, 273, 331, 386, 387, 411, 438, 448, 452, 457, 463, 473, 474, 484.

. . . new plays at, 35, 70, 105, 125, 146, 169, 181, 192, 211, 218, 222, 258, 286, 331, 341, 361, 406, 427, 434.

Theatrical Fund, Norwich, 5, 81, 192.

Thetford Assizes, removal to Norwich, 75, 167, 220, 228, 242, 295, 303, 304, 310, 312.

. . . Corporation dinner, 68.

. . . Court of Pleas, 315.

. . . Sheep Fair, 48.

"The Tour," a poem, 386.

Thillon, Madame Anna, 469.

Thiodon's automata, 164.

Thorogood, the coachman, 193; remarkable driving feats by, 212, 246, 250.

Thorpe Asylum, 89, 116, 444.

Threatening a reporter, 404.

Threshing machines, 34, 41.

Thunderstorms, 33, 67, 91, 134, 138, 173, 209, 236, 324, 332, 377, 419, 430.

Thurlow (pedestrian), 418.

Thurtell family, 202, 217, 218, 229, 245, 274, 276, 283, 286, 287, 362, 454, 467, 468.

Thurtell, George, charged with assault, 455; with theft, 467; death in prison, 468.

Thurtell, John, his story of a robbery in Chapel Field, 190; execution of, 229; reference to, 455, 468.

Thurtell, Thomas, sworn in as Sheriff of Norwich, 131; ominous titles of plays at his theatrical bespeak, 135; elected Mayor, 276; allegations on retiring from office, 286; dinner to, 287; death, 454.

Tibenham poisonings, 462.

Tide low at Yarmouth, 369.

Tides high at Yarmouth, 133, 241, 347, 443.

. . . at Wells, 148, 466.

Tiger, escape of a, 451.

Tight rope performer at Norwich Theatre, 30.

Tillett, Jacob Henry, phrenologically described, 479.

"Times" hoaxed, 487.

Tithe cases, 74, 75, 90, 247, 257, 307.

Tithes, commutation of, 137, 359.

Titchfield, Marquis of, elected for Lynn, 204.

Tobacco in bond, 367.

"Tobacco, snuff, and red herrings," 80.

Toll demanded of soldiers, 163.

Tolls (market), 358.

"Tom and Jerry" (burletta), 227.

Tombland Fair, Norwich, 82, 90, 155, 275, 358.

. . . , removed to Castle Meadow, 155.

Tom Thumb at Norwich, 439.

Tonnage Bill, 386.

"Tory," derivation of, 316.

Tounshend (pedestrian), 234.

Tower half-pence, 121.

Tower of St. John Madder-market, 199.

. . . St. Nicholas, Yarmouth, 53.

Town Clerks of Norwich, 260, 336.

. . . Council, first meeting of the reformed, 346; proposal to admit the public, 350.

Trade with Yorkshire, 161.

Trafalgar, Battle of, 44.

Tragic death of a clergyman, 261.

Training Act, 55.

Tread-wheel, 219, 220, 226.

. . . , fatal accident on, 226.

Tree, Miss Ellen (actress), 401, 405.

Trees planted at Norwich, 123.

Trial of speed between the Westacre and Melton Constable hounds, 273.

Triplets, 31.

Troops embarked at Yarmouth, 73.

. . . landed at Yarmouth, 46.

Trotting matches, 1, 52, 85, 103, 107, 219, 235, 323, 361, 381, 395.

Trout taken at Norwich, 132, 141, 151, 403, 459.

Trowse Swing Bridge, 449, 450, 457.

Trumpet herald to Norwich comedians, 18.

Turkeys, 79, 89, 153, 309, 368, 380, 424, 433.

Turner, Rev. C., elected perpetual curate of St. Peter Mancroft, 470.

Turnips, preservation of, 115.

Turnpikes, 229.

Turtle at civic dinner, 187.

Tussaud's exhibition at Norwich, 166, 246.

Twelfth Day in Norwich, 153.

Twenty-fourth Light Dragoons disbanded, 171.

Twin steamer built at Wells, 299.

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Uniform of Norwich Rifle Corps, 26.

. . . Norfolk Cricket Club, 262.

. . . Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, 309, 397, 432.

. . . Norwich police, 347.

. . . Norwich Enrolled Pensioners, 438.

. . . 11th Hussars, 485.

Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1.

Unitarian Society, 107, 381.

Universal Goodwill, Society of, 25, 36, 53, 61.

Urns found at Caister, 125.

"Utter barrister," 261.