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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].
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]; Athenæum 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].