their broadsheets were every day scattered round the terrestrial globe, and were to be found in every corner of the earth.” In order to carry on their business, the defendants had the right to raise the stream behind their mills; they had not only raised it to the height they were entitled to enjoy, but very much higher; so high that they had flooded the lands of Mr. Thomas Trench Berney, and had rendered them useless for sheep grazing. The case was ultimately referred to Mr. Russell Gurney, and a verdict for the plaintiff was taken on account of the damage laid in the declaration, subject to such reference.
17.—The Mayor of Norwich (Mr. Woodcock) having offered to provide an illuminated clock and clock turret at the Guildhall, on condition that the Corporation removed the false ceiling in the Council Chamber and laid open the old roof, it was unanimously resolved to accept the clock. It was made by Messrs. Moore, of Clerkenwell, London, and fixed in a turret designed by Mr. Kerr, in the month of October.
30.—The headquarters of the 16th Lancers marched from Norwich for Hounslow.
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1.—Sultzer’s public baths were opened in St. Augustine’s, Norwich. In the course of six months they were used by 10,943 persons.
4.—Attention was directed to the system then becoming more prevalent than ever, of driving dogs in trucks or small carts along the public roads. “To say nothing of the cruelty to the dogs, few horses will pass them without risk of accident.”
6.—The season terminated at Norwich Theatre. The house was under the management of Mr. Clarence (afterwards known as Mr. Clarence Holt).
14.—The Norwich Town Council adopted an address of congratulation to the Queen and Prince Albert upon the birth, on May 1st, of a Prince (Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught).
16.—Mr. W. Lee, C.E., one of the Inspectors of the Board of Health, opened, at the Guildhall, Norwich, a public inquiry into the sanitary state of the city. It lasted eight days.
—A sturgeon, measuring 6 ft. 2 in. in length and 3 ft. 6 in. in girth, and weighing 15 st. 3 lbs., was shot in the river Wissey, near Hilgay Bridge. “It is surprising how a fish of this size could get up the river so far, as it had to pass through several sluices.”