B

Baggage waggons, [120].

Bagshaw’s menagerie, [80].

Baldwin, the weather prophet, [19].

Ball, Edward, dramatist, [181], [192], [218].

Balloon ascents, [124], [128], [248], [257], [306], [343], [388], [389], [402], [411], [478], [479].

. . . , General Money’s adventure in a [129].

Ballot-box abolished by Norwich Corporation, [306].

Band of music at a wedding, [156].

Bank, East of England, [345], [362].

. . . notes stolen, [168].

. . . robbery at Lynn, [428].

. . . suspends payment, [252].

Bankes, Prebendary, [187].

Bankruptcy of Kerrison and Son, [66], [73], [79].

Banners presented to members of Parliament, [324].

Bannister, Mr. (actor), [57], [72].

Baptist chapel, St. Mary’s, Norwich, [389].

Baptisms to avoid registration fees, [358].

Barnum at Norwich, [439].

Barony of Berners, [314], [372].

. . . of Stafford, [235].

Barracks sold at Norwich, [145].

Bartley, Mrs. (actress), [134], [135], [145], [192].

Barton, Mr. (actor), [255].

Bathing machine, [147].

Baths, public, [484].

Bathurst, Benjamin, [40].

Bathurst, Bishop, installation of, [38]; death of, [359]; monument in Norwich Cathedral, [362], [413]; bust of, [366].

Bathurst, Miss, tragic death of, [232].

Bats found in vaults, [45], [134].

Bawdeswell church rebuilt, [445].

Bayonne, Battle of: Norfolk officers wounded, [111], [112].

Beacham, Mr. (actor), [341], [392].

Beacons, [23], [34].

Bear-baiting, [13].

Beating the bounds, [20], [91], [105], [116], [195], [267], [286].

Beaton, Mrs., “the Freemason,” [14].

Bedford, Mr. Paul (actor), [401].

Beer Bill, [299], [401].

Bell, fall of, at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, [417].

. . . , killed by a falling, [46].

. . . foundry at Downham, [71], [120], [152], [158], [242], [317].

. . . ringers’ pitcher at St. Peter Mancroft, [452].

Bellamy, Mr. (actor), [129], [226].

Bellman’s gratitude, [61].

Bells and bellringers, [46], [65], [67], [71], [97], [120], [122], [143], [146], [151], [152], [158], [166], [177], [187], [193], [195], [229], [242], [246], [289], [317], [346], [384], [391], [402], [405], [408], [417], [438], [452].

. . . rung for race meetings, [408].

. . . stolen, [384], [391].

Belsoni, Signor, at Norwich, [36], [199].

Benefactions, [18], [37], [93], [102], [103], [166], [370].

Benefit of clergy, [73].

Benefit receipts at Norwich Theatre, [64], [90], [222], [235], [245], [278].

Benevolent Society, Norwich, [48].

. . . stranger, [102].

Bengalese baptised at Burnham Market, [141].

Bennett, Mr. (actor), [225].

Bennett, Mr. George (actor), [401].

Bennett, Mr. James, Norwich scientist, [443].

Bentinck, Lord George, elected for Lynn, [273], [306], [320], [464]; entertained at dinner by Protectionists, [458]; death, [472].

Bentinck, Lord William, resigns his seat for Lynn, [273].

Benwell, loss of the, [370].

Berners, Barony of, [314], [372].

Berney’s patent cartridges, [423].

Berry, Capt. Sir Ed., R.N., [52]; death of, [303].

Betty, Master, “the Young Roscius,” [133], [147].

Bible Societies, [93], [250].

Bidder, George, the boy calculator, [171].

Bidwell, Elizabeth, her escape from the French, [52].

Biffin, Miss, [90], [197].

Bignold, Mr. Samuel, elected Mayor of Norwich, [323], [473]; presentation to, [335]; summoned before the House of Commons, [340]; appeals to the House of Lords, [358]; attacked by “Norwich Mercury,” [390]; chairman of Waterworks Company, [483].

“Billy Boots,” [123].

Bird fancying, [130].

Birds attracted by Happisburgh light, [450].

Bishop Blaize celebrations, [188], [329], [354], [415].

Bishop of Norwich assailed by mob, [413].

Bishops of Norwich, [37], [38], [359], [362], [413], [479], [481].

Birth, of Princess Royal, [403]; Prince of Wales, [412]; Prince Alfred, [440]; Princess Helena, [456]; Princess Louise, [469]; Prince Arthur, [484].

Birthday dinners, [19], [28], [30], [47], [56], [83], [147], [158], [159], [166], [172], [178], [182], [205], [245].

Birthdays, celebration of Royal, [6], [30], [41], [57], [83], [105], [127], [148], [157], [159], [172], [181], [295], [298], [331], [362], [476], [485].

Blackman, the privateer, [36].

Blanchard, Mr. (actor), [145], [161], [206].

Blasphemy, charge of, [145].

Blickling Hall, fire at, [65].

Blind persons married, [75].

. . . postman, [336].

. . . School at Norwich, [37], [131], [182], [199].

Blucher’s victory, [114].

Boat-phaeton, [375].

Body of Dean Croft discovered, [89].

Body-snatching, [232], [241], [261], [272], [273], [281], [283], [289], [300], [319].

Body-stealing, remarkable case of, [376].

Bombardment of Flushing, [76].

Bonfires prohibited, [24].

Bonaparte in effigy, [110], [115], [116].

Bonaparte’s military coach in Norwich, [162].

Bone manure, [106].

Booth, Miss (actress), [168], [293].

Booth, Mr. (actor), [183].

Borrow family, [316], [327], [374], [396]; Capt. Borrow, [125], [177]; George Borrow gives derivation of word “Tory,” [316]; imprisoned in Spain, [374]; marriage, [396]; Lieut. John Thomas Borrow, [327].

Botanical garden proposed, [237].

Boundary of Norwich: Singular case, [166].

Bourbon, Mdlle. de, [41].

Bowles, H. R. (actor), [46], [80], [106], [283], [286], [291].

Bowls, [59].

Boxing exhibitions, [61], [70], [160], [170], [184].

Boy charged with murder, [416].

Braconash church restored, [67].

Braham, Mr., at Norwich, [299], [316], [428].

Bray’s waggons, [334], [371].

Bread, sale of on Sunday, [129], [149].

Bread substitutes, [2].

Breweries, [401], [411].

Bribery, [156], [201], [237], [255], [257], [258], [266], [269], [274], [275], [288], [290], [294], [302], [334], [341], [372], [373], [468].

. . . , alleged extortion arising from, [334].

. . . , indictments for, [302], [342].

Bride, curious reception of a, [281].

Bridewell at Norwich, [88], [259].

. . . , sale of, [286].

Bridges, [28], [67], [68], [72], [159], [161], [176], [196], [212], [276], [285], [386], [428], [440], [446], [449].

Brig launched at Thorpe, [22].

Briggs’ Lane (or Street) improvement, [119], [388], [390], [412], [433].

British Army in Spain, [75].

Brooke, Mr. G. V. (actor), [359], [360], [361], [383], [392], [393], [397], [407], [470].

Brooke, Rajah, of Sarawak, [466].

Brown, Hannah, murdered by Greenacre, [360].

Browne, Philip G., author of “History of Norwich,” [446].

Browne, Sir Thomas, finding of his remains, [402].

Browne, W. J. Utten, elected Sheriff, [324]; declines to attend Municipal Commission, [327]; candidate for Ashburton, [363].

Brunswick Constitutional Club, [282].

Brunton family, [17], [61], [90], [158], [168], [180], [193], [216], [218], [227], [247], [256], [268], [411], [419], [436], [457]. Miss Louisa Brunton, married to the Earl of Craven, [61]. Mr. and Miss Brunton at Norwich Theatre, [158], [180], [193]. Début of Miss Fanny Brunton at Lynn Theatre, [168]. Lieut. (afterwards Lieut.-Col.) Brunton, [90], [411], [457].

Bull-baiting, [55], [123], [159].

“Bull-fight” at Norwich circus, [327].

Bull in an upstairs room, [262].

Bull Ole B. (violinist), [352].

Bullock’s Museum, [94].

Bulwer, Brigadier-General, [33].

Bulwer, Mr. W. E. L., and the Heydon estate, [181], [183].

Burgh Castle, sale of, [458].

Burglar shot at Lynn, [203].

Burglaries, [14], [92], [104], [198], [203].

Burial in a suit of clothes, [192]; in regimentals, [195]; at cross-ways, [199]; refused by a clergyman, [442].

Burnt alive at Lynn, [194].

Burritt, Elihu, [466], [475].

Bustard (little) killed, [379].

Butler, Mr. (actor), [340].

Butler, Mrs. See Kemble, Miss Fanny.

Byrne, Miss (actress), [159].