Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
21.—Captain Bates, the Kentucky Giant, and Chrissie-Millie, better known
as the “Two-headed Nightingale,” appeared at the Lecture Hall, St.
Andrew’s, Norwich. Of this mulatto girl it was said, “Chrissie and
Millie are fairly educated, and sing either solos or duets with ease and
effect.”
23.—Died at Naples, the Right Hon. Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, Baron
Dalling and Bulwer. Born in 1804, his lordship was the second son of
General William Bulwer, of Heydon Hall and Wood Dalling, by Elizabeth
Barbara Lytton, sole heiress and last descendant of the Lyttons of
Knebworth in Hertfordshire. His career as a diplomatist is familiar to
every student of history. His lordship was the author of “Historical
Characters,” which appeared in two volumes in the winter of 1867, and
rapidly ran into a sixth edition; and of a “Life of Lord Palmerston,”
published in 1871. The remains of the deceased nobleman were interred at
Heydon on June 25th.
27.—A one hundred yards’ race took place on the West Winch Road, Lynn,
between Thomas Akers and a horse belonging to Mr. W. L. Proctor. “Akers
led off, the horse not starting directly the signal was given, but he had
not proceeded far when he was overtaken by the animal and beaten by about
ten yards.”
29.—The tower of the church of Beeston-next-Mileham was struck by
lightning. “The Litcham fire-engine was taken into the church, but the
molten lead and burning timber fell so rapidly that nothing could be
done, and the tower was entirely destroyed.”
—A remarkable mirage was witnessed at Yarmouth. “The weather was
exceedingly sultry, with heavy banks of clouds towards the east and
south-east, just opposite Yarmouth, and extending from the Scroby to the
Corton Sands there appeared a sharply-defined and magnificent outline of
Gorleston and Corton cliff, with the entrance to the harbour and even the
white sands. A stranger visiting the locality for the first time would
have supposed that Yarmouth was embayed by a narrow peninsula.”
JUNE.
3.—Mr. G. B. Loveday’s Gaiety Operetta Company, under the direction of
Mr. John Hollingshead, appeared at Norwich Theatre.
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