CHAPTER IV.

Religious, Educational, & Benevolent.

NEARLY all of the Religious Institutions in Norwich have arisen during the present century, and annual meetings are held on their behalf. But the Bible Society, the most important of them all, has been supported by both Churchmen and Dissenters. It was founded in 1811, since which year it has distributed 323,000 bibles in the city and county, and remitted to the Parent Society more than £120,000. The late J. J. Gurney was an ardent supporter of this society, and delivered his last great speech on its behalf at an annual meeting in St. Andrew’s Hall.

Of the other societies the Church Missionary Society has taken the lead, and the Lord Bishop of the diocese has generally presided. This society was instituted here in 1813, and it has raised more than £70,000. The Rev. Edward Bickersteth, one of its founders and its first secretary, was partner with Thomas Bignold, Esq., solicitor of this city (brother to Sir Samuel Bignold), whose sister he married. At the first meeting in St. Andrew’s Hall, upwards of £700 was collected. Mr. Bickersteth was ordained in 1815 by Bishop Bathurst, and after visiting Africa on behalf of the mission, became secretary of the Parent Society.

The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts is, however, the oldest missionary society of the Church of England, and annual meetings on its behalf have been held here all through the present century. It has two objects in view—first, by carrying the gospel to our colonists to prevent christians from becoming heathens in faith and practice; second, to make heathens christians. The work of the society has been chiefly in our colonies. In following the direction of its original charter, the society has been vindicated by the practice of other more recent missionary societies of the Church of England.

The Church Pastoral Aid Society was instituted in the year 1835, for the purpose of supplying assistance to the incumbents of large and populous parishes, to enable them to obtain the help of additional curates and lay agents. Aid is now afforded to 548 incumbents, and the grants of the society, when all occupied, are for 502 curates and 181 lay assistants. Meetings are held here every year in support of the parent institution. The total receipts for the year ending March 31st, 1868, were £57,019 16s. 7d., and the expenditure £64,065 16s. 3d.

The Norwich Diocesan Church Association was established in 1862. Its object was to combine, as far as possible, Churchmen of every shade of political and religious opinion in the support of the established church, particularly as regards all questions affecting its welfare, likely to become the subject of legislation, and generally in the promotion of measures calculated to increase its stability and usefulness; but points of doctrine are never brought under discussion. Annual meetings are held every year on the second Thursday after Easter, when reports are read, and the officers and committee elected. This society comprises 800 members, one half of whom are laymen.

The Norwich Diocesan Church Building Association was established on October 20th, 1836. It is in union with the Incorporated Society for promoting the enlargement, building, and repairing of churches and chapels in England and Wales. The patron is the Earl of Leicester, and the president the Lord Bishop of the diocese. Grants have been made to many parishes in this county.

The Norfolk Book Hawking Association was established in December, 1855, for the sale, throughout the county of Norfolk, by the agency of licensed hawkers, of bibles, prayer books, tracts, and prints of a religious and instructive character. In the year ending August 31st, 1868, the number of bibles, testaments, prayer books, church services, tracts, and prints sold, amounted to 11,449, the receipts being £523 1s. 11½d. The receipts for the year (including a balance of £56 2s. 5d.,) were £759 18s. 4d., and the expenditure amounted to £722 9s. 1½d., leaving a balance in hand of £37 9s. 2½d. President, the Lord Bishop of the diocese.

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge was founded in the year 1698. The Norwich Auxiliary is of later date. During the year 1868 the committee forwarded to the Parent Society contributions amounting to £154, in addition to donations of £30 from the local fund; and the sale of books at the depository realised £350, viz., for bibles and testaments, 1,489; prayer books, 3,731; other books, 16,993; total, 22,213. By the rules of this society all its members must be of the established church. Its principal object is the distribution of the Holy Scriptures at home and abroad, and other religious books which are calculated to diffuse christian knowledge.

The Norwich Churchman’s Club was instituted in the early part of the year 1868, mainly through the exertions of the Rev. F. Meyrick, for the moral and mental improvement of young men in the city. For these purposes a reading room has been established, supplied with books, periodicals, and newspapers. Lectures are delivered and classes have been formed for secular and religious instruction. About 100 honorary, and 200 reading-room members have been enrolled.

Annual meetings have also been held here on behalf of the London Missionary Society, which is chiefly supported by Independents; on behalf of the Baptist Missions, the Wesleyan Missions, and other missions to the heathen; the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews; and also on behalf of the Norwich City Mission, a society which has been of great benefit in improving the spiritual condition of the poor. A full account of the operations of this mission would exhibit the social state of the city far better than any elaborate description.

Turning our attention now to the question of Education, it will not be too much to say that Norwich has always been the head quarters of education in the eastern counties, on account both of the number and the character of the schools, some of which have produced very eminent men. The Grammar School is a far-famed ancient institution. It was originally founded and endowed by the bishops of the See who collated the masters, and the archdeacon of Norwich inducted them. The Singing and Grammar Schools belonging to the Convent were kept in the Almonry, the masters of which were frequently collated by the bishop on the Convent’s nomination, and as soon as inducted they generally published the bishop’s inhibition, prohibiting all other persons from teaching grammar or singing in the city. At the Reformation they were dissolved; and the present Free Grammar School was appointed, and took the name of Edward VI. It is divided into the upper and lower schools, has considerable endowments, and an interest in fifteen scholarships at Cambridge. It has afforded instruction to many distinguished scholars, including Archbishop Parker, Bishops Cousin, T. Green, Maltby, and Monk, Dr. Caius, the founder of Caius College at Cambridge, Wild, the learned tailor, Admiral Lord Nelson, Coke, Rajah Brooke, and many others. The Commercial School, in Bridge Street, shares the same endowments, and affords instruction to more than 200 boys.

The report of the Schools Inquiry Commission, which was issued in March, 1868, and is the most comprehensive on the subject of the education of the upper and middle classes that has yet appeared, is very favourable as regards the Norwich Grammar and Commercial Schools, but quite the reverse respecting the schools in the county. Norwich Grammar School is stated to have been established in 1547. The gross income of the charity is £1558. The endowment of the school is £662. The course of instruction is classical, under a head master and competent teachers. This is no doubt the best school for the classics, but the Commercial School is the most useful to the citizens.

Mr. Hammond, the assistant commissioner, in the report upon endowed schools says, that no education, preparatory to the University, is supplied in Norfolk, except at the Grammar Schools of Norwich, Holt, and King’s Lynn, in none of which does it, except in Norwich, “engross very much of the teacher’s time and attention, nor is it anywhere carried out to the same perfection as at such schools as Marlborough College and the City of London School. In Norfolk, Latin, so far as it went, was in the endowed schools generally satisfactory. But hardly any boy could have been set to write five consecutive lines of Latin, not taken from the exercise book. It is fair to add that Norwich sacrifices nothing to it. In mathematics, modern languages, and general literature, the school has few equals; and certainly none superior in the county. French is in Norfolk a recognised study in classical schools, as well as in most of the semi-classical schools; is very good, and in all but one satisfactory. In the non-classical schools, French, when attempted, is worthless. Arithmetic is in the great majority of Norfolk schools practically, and perhaps educationally, the most important subject taught, and a large portion of time and attention is assigned to it.”

Only at a few schools is any useful knowledge of Algebra given, and only at Norwich Grammar School does it extend beyond the solution of quadratic equations. Euclid is not learnt in a very satisfactory manner; it is taught too exclusively by papers in Norfolk. Of natural science no real or substantial knowledge is imparted. Of English subjects, history is the least taught and the worst learnt. English literature is hardly taught at all, yet it is the noblest literature in the world.

Mr. Hammond says that in Norfolk it is simply impossible to establish a classical day school without boarders. At Norwich, Yarmouth, and possibly Kings Lynn, semi-classical day schools might, under very favourable circumstances, remunerate an able certificated teacher, but no private day school in these towns is any better than a national school; _a fortiori_, this is true of smaller towns and villages.

The Boys’ and Girls’ Hospital Schools were founded, in 1618, by Thomas Anguish; admit on the foundation sixty-nine boys and fifty girls; allow to each boy £10 yearly for board with parents or friends; the girls are boarded and lodged at the new School Rooms in Lakenham. The schools have an endowed income of £2,097 in the boys’ department, and £1,012 in the girls’ department. Baron’s School has an endowed income of £536. Scott’s School has £137; Balderstone’s School has also £137; Norman’s School has £650, and maintains thirty boys; and several other schools have endowments. The Lancasterian School, in College Court, has room for 300 children, and is supported by Nonconformists. The School for the Blind, in Magdalen Street, was founded in 1805 at a cost of £1,000, and has an income of £1,300 yearly, and is open to the blind from every part of the kingdom.

The Norwich Diocesan National School Society, established in 1812, has contributed £250 per annum towards the support of schools in the city and county, and has supported an institution for training mistresses for the charge of schools. These trained teachers have been in great demand all over the diocese. The Norwich charity schools are church schools, nine in number, and they have afforded instruction to a large number of boys and girls. But the education of the poor in this city has not been left entirely to the church, as there are many British schools supported by all classes of Nonconformists.

In early times the monks or the clergy were the schoolmasters. Their schools, when not carried on within the walls of a monastery, were, and have been called, Grammar Schools, up to the present time. Other similar schools have also been established from time to time in various parts of the district, some for educating the sons of the poor, and others for the middle classes. The population of the country, however, increased so rapidly, and the people were so ignorant, that no comparison can be made with the present state of society. Dr. Bell introduced the monitorial system, in 1796, and warmly advocated its adoption as the most effectual means of rapidly extending popular instruction. It was as warmly received, and he was chiefly instrumental in establishing the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the principles of the Established Church. This society was started in 1811, and has been very successful. The British and Foreign Society was established shortly before upon the principles advocated by Lancaster, of allowing the bible to be read in the schools without note or comment.

A great change has taken place as regards the intelligence and morals of the people, and this may be attributed to the vast increase in the number of day and Sunday schools. Popular education is almost the creation of the present century, although the day-school epoch may be dated from the year 1796, when the youthful quaker, Joseph Lancaster, began to teach children in his father’s house at Southwark. Lancaster was an enthusiast in his calling, and acted as much in the character of a guardian to his scholars as a master, and whilst often charging nothing for his instruction, he fed his pupils as well. No wonder that he had at one time 1000 scholars.

According to the census of 1851, the city contained then 45 public day schools, with 5,207 scholars; 10 private day schools, with 2,553 scholars; and 55 Sunday schools, with 6,859 scholars, which number has since been very greatly increased. About twenty-nine of the Sunday schools, with 2,650 scholars, belonged to the Church of England; and twenty-six Sunday schools with more scholars belonged to the Dissenters. Five schools with 534 scholars were endowed schools; thirteen with 1,915 scholars were church schools; ten with 712 scholars were national schools; five with 546 scholars were dissenting British schools. All the rest belonged to the Non-conformists.

According to the census of 1861, the Norwich Parochial Charity Schools afforded instruction, on the national system, to more than 700 boys and 400 girls. The Model School for boys numbered 400, and that for girls 300 scholars. New schoolrooms had been built in Heigham, Lakenham, Thorpe, and various parts of the city; and the bishops, the clergy, and ministers of all denominations zealously promoted the educational movement. A great change has, as might consequently have been expected, taken place for the better as regards the morals and intelligence of the mass of the citizens, and this may be attributed in a great measure to the number of day and Sunday schools. Crimes are not now of so frequent occurrence as formerly. The magistrates and police have less to do; and churches and chapels are more numerous, and better filled and supported.

While the population has been increasing and schools becoming more numerous in this city, some means of continuing the education of young men seemed to be required, and this want has been in a measure supplied by the establishment of popular literary institutions. Of these there have been several at various periods, including the Mechanics’ Institution, the Athenæum, the People’s College, and the Young Men’s Institute, all of which are now defunct, and in their places we have a Young Men’s Christian Association, and a Church of England Young Men’s Association; the former having about 400 and the latter 200 members. Of both of these the object is to promote the religious, moral, social, and intellectual well-being of young men, and we are happy to be able to say that their work is most energetically and efficiently accomplished. There are also a School of Art and a Free Library, both of which we have already noticed at pages 431 and 432.

As might also be expected, the growth of education and the spread of religion have led to that which always, sooner or later, comes out of the improved intellectual and moral condition of society—the establishment of a large number of benevolent institutions with various noble purposes. Perhaps it would be quite within the bounds of the strictest truth to say that there is hardly a city or town in the kingdom, of the same population and extent as Norwich, in which a greater amount of genuine charity exists, and where institutions for the relief and comfort of the sick and the poor are more abundant. In fact these are so numerous in Norwich that we cannot even mention them. We may say, however, that amongst them are the Norwich District Visiting Society for relieving the sick poor at their own houses, established at a public meeting held on January 16th, 1815; the Norwich Public Dispensary, instituted in the year 1804, for the purpose of giving advice, medicine, and attendance free of expense to indigent persons unable to pay for the same; the Jenny Lind Infirmary for sick children, established on May 30th, 1853, by the proceeds of a concert, when the Swedish Nightingale was the principal vocalist; the Benevolent Association for the relief of decayed tradesmen, their widows and orphans, established here on November 16th, 1790; the Norwich Magdalen or Female Home, established in 1826, for the reclamation of females who have deviated from the paths of virtue; the Orphans’ Home, established in 1849, for training orphan girls for domestic service; the Soup Charity, established in 1840, for supplying the poor with a nutritious soup at a low price in winter; the Bethel Hospital, erected in 1713, for the support and treatment of poor lunatics at a very moderate charge; the Blind Hospital, founded in 1805 by Thomas Tawell, a blind gentleman, for teaching the blind to read and work; the Old Man’s or St. Giles’ Hospital in Bishopgate Street, founded by Edward VI. as an almshouse; Doughty’s Hospital in Calvert Street, founded by William Doughty, gentleman, in 1687, for twenty-four poor men and eight poor women; and, most valuable of all, the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for the relief of sick and lame poor. This last, in fact, is an institution of such importance, and is accomplishing so important a use, that we deem it deserving of a more extended notice. This noble institution is an extensive brick building situated on St. Stephens Road. It was erected in 1771 at a cost of more than £21,000, including about £8,000 expended on subsequent additions and improvements. It has been considerably enlarged at different times, and it is fitted up with all the latest improvements. It was commenced by the voluntary contributions of the benevolent, and has received many donations and legacies. It has been well supported by a long list of annual subscribers. In 1867 the annual subscriptions amounted to £2038 14s. 0d.; benefactions, £422 3s. 4d.; collections, £313 1s. 7d.; legacies, £124 4s. 10d.; dividends and interest, £745 15s. 1d.; sundries, £62 0s. 4d.; total, £3785 19s. 2d. The expenditure in that year amounted to £4935 9s. 3d. The stock purchased since 1770 amounts to £23,976 12s. 7d. The stock sold since 1770, £4890 4s. 4d. Present stock, £22,091 9s. 5d.—3 per cents. Bank stock, £166 13s. 4d. From 1824 to 1864 the institution received £6018 1s. 9d. from the profits of the Triennial Festivals in St. Andrew’s Hall. From the opening of the hospital in 1772 to January 1st, 1868, in-door patients 56,828, out-door 52,387. Daily average number of in-patients, 133; average number of days of each, 43. The physicians and surgeons attend in turn to take in-patients every Saturday at 11 a.m., and every Wednesday at the same hour to prescribe for the out-patients, gratuitously.

The affairs of the institution are superintended by a board of management, selected annually from the governors, who consist of persons who have contributed thirty guineas or upwards at one time; and that the institution is managed well is sufficiently attested by the vast amount of good which, through a long series of years, it has successfully effected, and the cordial support which it has uniformly received from the nobility, gentry, and trading community of both city and county. Doubtless it is a noble exemplification of true Christian Charity, and it is earnestly to be hoped that as years pass on its means of usefulness will be more and more extended by the increasing sympathy and support of an appreciative public.

CITY AUTHORITIES, OFFICIALS, _&c._

JUSTICES.

Nath. Palmer (Barrister-at-Law) Edward Copeman, M.D. Horatio Bolingbroke, Esq. Sir Robert. J. H. Harvey Edward Willett, Esq. C. E. Bignold, Esq. Sir Samuel Bignold William J. Utten Browne, Esq. John Godwin Johnson, Esq. Frederick Brown, Esq. Osborn Springfield, Esq. W. H. Clabburn, Esq. Abel Towler, Esq. Colonel Cockburn John Betts Esq. E. K. Harvey, Esq. Robert W. Blake, Esq. J. M. Venning, Esq. John Sultzer, Esq. Robert Fitch, Esq. Robert Chamberlin, Esq. Henry Willett, Esq. Henry Woodcock, Esq.

The following Gentlemen hold the Commission but do not act—

H. Browne, Esq. J. H. Gurney, Esq.

The following Gentlemen hold the Commission bat do not reside within the city—

William Freeman, Esq. Robert Seaman, Esq. G. Middleton, Esq.

CORPORATION OF NORWICH, 1869.

Elected under the Municipal Act of 5th and 6th of William IV., cap. 76, passed September 9th, 1835, and the Acts amending the same.

_Mayor_—E. K. HARVEY, ESQ.

_Deputy Mayor_—JEREMIAH JAMES COLMAN, ESQ.

_Sheriff_—JOHN ROBISON, ESQ.

_Recorder_—PETER FREDERICK O’MALLEY, ESQ., Q.C.

ALDERMEN.

William Boswell John Ferra Watson John M. Croker Robert Fitch J. G. J. Bateman John Pymar Henry S. Patteson Philip Back Charles Edw. Tuck John Oddin Taylor E. Copeman, M.D. Francis G. Foster Jacob Henry Tillett James Dawbarn John Underwood William Hall

COUNCILLORS.

FIRST WARD—The parishes of Sts. Helen, Martin at Palace, Simon and Jude, Michael at Plea, Peter at Hungate, George of Tombland, and Peter per Mountergate, and the Precincts of the Cathedral, and the Liberty of the Bishop’s Palace.

John B. Morgan John Hotblack Joseph H. Allen E. K. Harvey (May.) Robt. P. Wiseman James Steward

SECOND WARD—The parishes of Sts. Andrew, John of Maddermarket, Gregory, Lawrence, Margaret, and Swithin.

Simms Reeve John Boyce John Copeman Robert Thorns Harry Bullard A. M. F. Morgan

THIRD WARD—The parishes of Sts. Benedict and Giles, and the hamlets of Heigham and Earlham.

George Gedge Samuel Grimmer Joseph Stanley Charles S. Gilman Charles Thorn Robert Daws

FOURTH WARD—The parish of Sts. Peter Mancroft.

Isaac Bugg Coaks Sir Wm. Foster, Bt. John Youngs Carlos Cooper J. J. Colman (Deputy Mayor) Edward Wild

FIFTH WARD—The parishes of Sts. Stephen, John’s Timberhill, and All Saints, the Town Close, and the hamlet of Eaton.

G. C. Stevens Edward Field Sir S. Bignold, Kt. Thomas Priest Fred. E. Watson Henry Thompson

SIXTH WARD—The parishes of Sts. Julian, Etheldred, Michael at Thorn, Peter Southgate, and John Sepulchre, and the hamlets of Lakenham, Trowse, Carrow, and Bracondale, and the Precincts of the Castle and Storehouse.

Henry Hindes Thomas W. Crosse John G. Johnson Henry Lovett James S. Skipper John Ballard Pitt

SEVENTH WARD—The parishes of Sts. Clement, Edmund, Saviour, Paul, and James, and the hamlets of Pockthorpe, Thorpe, and that part of Sprowston which is within the boundary of the City of Norwich and County of the same.

A. F. C. Bolingbroke Thomas Hancock Charlie Bullard W. P. Nichols William Sadd, jun. Charles Havers

EIGHTH WARD—The parishes of Sts. Michael at Coslany, Mary, Martin at Oak, George of Colegate, and Augustine, and the hamlet of Hellesdon.

George Chaplin George Claxton William Hunter John Hewitt William Wilde Edward Bugden

_Town Clerk_—Mr. W. L. Mendham; _Clerk to Board of Health_—Mr. H. B. Miller; _Under Sheriff_—Mr. F. G. Foster; _Clerk of the Peace_—Mr. E. C. Bailey; _City Surveyor_—Mr. Morant; _Coroner_—Mr. E. S. Bignold.

1ST NORFOLK RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. (City of Norwich)

_Lieut. Colonel_—GEORGE WILSON BOILEAU. (Late Bengal Staff Corps.)

_Major_—HENRY STANIFORTH PATTESON.

_Captains_. CHARLES FOSTER. JOHN B. MORGAN. EDWARD FIELD. DONALD STEWARD. HENRY MORGAN. PETER EDWARD HANSELL. _Lieutenants_. JOHN BARWELL. CLEMENT P. HART. HENRY PULLEY. FREDERICK S. BROWN. SAMUEL ASKER. PHILIP BACK. A. F. C. BOLINGBROKE. _Ensigns_. BEAUMONT W. JOLLY. EDWARD A. FIELD. JOHN B. BRIDGMAN. ALFRED MOTTRAM. ROBERT BLAKE. HAYNES S. ROBINSON.

_Adjutant_—GEORGE N. MICKLETHWAIT, _Captain_.

_Hon. Assistant Quarter Master_—WILLIAM NORGATE.

_Surgeon_—THOMAS W. CROSSE.

_Assist. Surgeon_—EDWARD R. GIBSON.

_Hon. Chaplain_—REV. FREDERICK MEYRICK.

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Finis.

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ADVERTISEMENTS.

NORWICH SHAWL WAREHOUSE.

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I. W. CALEY,

_By Special Appointment_

Silk Mercer and Shawlman

TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES, AND H.R.H. THE PRINCESS CHRISTIAN,

NORWICH,

Desires most respectfully to invite attention to the beautiful Manufactures of this ancient City, well-known as the earliest, and long the most important, seat of Textile industries in this country.

Especial excellence of Design, Colouring, and Quality have been attained in the production of

SHAWLS, POPLINS, CAMLETS,

AND FANCY MATERIALS FOR WALKING AND EVENING DRESSES,

In the Manufacture of which Fabrics, Norwich continues to sustain its long-established pre-eminence.

THE CHOICEST DESIGNS IN

NORWICH SHAWLS

Are always on view, including those Specially Designed and Manufactured for this Establishment, and those supplied by command to Her Majesty the Queen.

NORWICH PARAMATTAS

And other Materials for Deep Mourning are confidently recommended as being better in quality and dye than are produced in any other place.

PATTERNS FREE BY POST.

_On receipt of an Order_, _with reference_, _a selection of Shawls or other Goods_ _will be forwarded for choice_, _carriage free_.

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THE ORWELL WORKS, IPSWICH.

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THE Orwell Works, Ipswich, where from 1000 to 1100 men and boys are constantly employed, are situated on the edge of the Wet Dock, to which they have a frontage of 935 feet, the largest dock frontage in the possession of any private trading company in the United Kingdom. The Great Eastern Railway runs into the yards, and goods may be packed in the Orwell Works yard and delivered at any place having railway communication with London without unloading.

The works occupy twelve acres of ground, of which about two-thirds is roofed over, and the demand for covered space continually increases. From 5,000 to 6,000 tons of complete machinery, chiefly for agricultural uses, annually leave the works. These, if placed side by side and close together, would cover at least ten acres. These machines go to all parts of the world. Orders have been executed for almost every country in Europe, for North and South America, for Persia, India, the Spice Islands, Australia, Africa, and other countries. The catalogues and price currents of the firm have been printed in many languages of the Old and the New World.

The factory is divided into two parts by a road leading direct into the Quay. On the southern side are situated the Foundry, Smith Shops, Plough Shops, and Stores. Whilst on the northern side are the Engine-Erecting Shop, Thrashing Machine Shop, and other shops for the construction of Mills and smaller agricultural machines, such as Screens, Grinding Mills, Chaff-Cutters, Turnip-Cutters, &c.

The foundry is large and well furnished with cranes and the other appliances of the moulders’ art—especially with patent machinery for moulding, by which an extraordinary rate of production and of accuracy is secured. The smithy contains 73 forges, and nearly in the centre there is fixed one of Nasmyth’s large steam hammers.

Ploughs, for which this firm have so long been famous, are fitted up in a large shop, after the forgings and castings have been prepared in the smithy and foundry. Every plough turned out, and which are numbered by thousands in the course of one year, come under the eye of the foreman or inspector, and are thoroughly examined, to see that every part is correct. Here also are made Horse Rakes, Haymakers, and other field implements.

In the northern block are fixed the valuable engineers’ tools, lathes, stoking machines, &c., necessary for the turning, shaping, and fashioning all the component parts of a steam-engine or other complex machine. Here also the patterns are made, and here the produced machine receives its final perfection. At the extreme northern end of the factory are the shops where are made the steam thrashing and other agricultural machines, of which wood is a principal component, the wood-work being conveniently introduced into this shop from a detached timber yard, where is fixed all the wood-working machinery by which the frameworks of the steam thrashers and other machines are completely fashioned.

In between the northern and southern parts of the Works the Offices are situated, and it will give _some_ idea of the magnitude of the business when we say that last year upwards of 34,000 letters were received and answered. The Commercial Office is 100 feet long, and the manufacturing office 40 feet long.

Our remaining space must be devoted to the productions of the firm.

Everyone knows that the name of Ransome has been associated with the plough from the earliest period of its improvement until its present highly perfected condition, and that in many a well-contested struggle in England and abroad, before all kinds of tribunals, the Ransome plough has been eminently successful, and is manufactured in annually increasing numbers.

The first great improvement in the plough, viz., the Patent Chilled Plough Share was the invention of Robert Ransome, the founder of the firm, and was patented in 1803. _Now_ these patent shares are in universal use. Indeed to the improvement of the plough and the unwearied energy of the founder and his two sons, James and Robert Ransome, the firm may be said to owe its origin and subsequent success.

Messrs. Ransomes were also one of the earliest makers of the portable steam engine, and are at the present time amongst the largest producers of this very important machine in the kingdom. Within the last ten years, engines of this class, to the aggregate power of 10,000 horses nominal, have left the Orwell Works.

The steam thrashing machines made by the firm, which possess peculiar advantages of construction, are also produced in very large numbers, and have carried off a large number of prizes.

To the merits of these and other inventions developed and manufactured by the firm, the long line of prize diplomas in the commercial office, the large box of medals, gold, silver, and bronze, the decorations bestowed on partners of the firm by the Sultan of Turkey and the King of Portugal, and, recently, the gold medal of the Paris Exhibition, bear abundant testimony and need no confirmation of ours.

We may just add that the manufacture of railway material, which has formed part of the business hitherto conducted at the Orwell Works, will shortly be transferred to a branch of the old firm, who are building a new factory on the banks of the Orwell. This will give Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Head, increased space, and facilities for the manufacture of agricultural machinery, to which they will henceforth give their exclusive attention.

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_PRINTING OFFICES_,

LONDON STREET, NORWICH.

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JARROLD & SONS

_Have recently added to the Printing Department of their business_

Lithographic Steam Power Machinery

_of the newest and most approved construction_, _adapted to the rapid completion of the usual business_ _requirements_, _as_

BILLS, INVOICE, NOTE & MEMORANDUM HEADINGS, CARDS, CIRCULARS, ETC., ETC.,

_and also to the production of First-Class and_ _Elaborate Designs in Prospectuses and Ornamental_ _Show-Cards_.

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HOUSEHOLD TRACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

THREE MILLIONS of these Popular Tracts are now in circulation in Great Britain and the Colonies, and the demand is increasing. They are adapted for gifts or loan; are eagerly listened to at Public Readings at Lecture Halls and School-Rooms; and are worthy the attention of all who seek to promote the moral, sanitary, and religious improvement of the people. _Price Twopence each_.

_By Mrs. Sewell_. FOR GIRLS. Mother’s Last Words. The Happy Life. Our Father’s Care. Daughters from Home. The Lost Child. The Dangerous Way. Children at Home. FOR BOYS. Children at School. The Starting in Life. Happy Schoolfellows. How to “Get On” in Life. Sister’s Love. A Mother’s Legacy. FOR MOTHERS. Beware! or the Effects of Gambling. Cottage Homes. FOR CHILDREN. The Mother’s Trials and Triumphs. Household Rhymes. Sick Child’s Cry: Household Work and Play: Household Verses. Verses. The Good Mother. Dear Children. FOR PARENTS. FOR SERVANTS. How to Manage the Young Ones. My First Place. How to Make the Most of Things. Kind Words for the Kitchen. Peace in the Household. FOR EVERYBODY. Household Management. Straightforwardness. Whose Fault is it? Scandal, Gossip, Tittle-Tattle, &c. Never Despair: Household Verses. Temptation. Something Homely. The Gain of a Well-trained Mind. Household Troubles. A Tale of the Irish Famine. Household Happiness. A Picture from the World’s History. FOR WORKING MEN. Perils in the Mine. When to Say “No.” A Tale of a Dark Alley. Working-Men’s Hindrances. Sunday Excursions. The Day of Rest. What shall I do with my Money? “Paddle your own Canoe!” Kind Turns. A True Briton. Margery, the Martyr. FOR SAILORS. Home! Sweet Home! A Short Yarn. Lost Days. FOR YOUNG MEN. Two Ways of Going to Market. Sons from Home. What can be done with Ten Shillings. How to Take Care of Number One. “God Always Hears.” How to Rise in the World. ON HEALTH. Life’s Battles. The Worth of Fresh Air. Men who have Fallen. The Use of Pure Water. Company. The Value of Good Food. The Odds Against Betting. The Influence of Wholesome Drink. FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. The Advantage of Warm Clothing. Are You Thinking of Getting How do People Hasten Death? Married? Going a-Courting, Sweethearting, The Secret of a Healthy Home. Love, and Such Like. Marriage Bells. How to Nurse the Sick. The Black Ditch.

LONDON: JARROLD & SONS, 12, PATERNOSTER ROW.

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JARROLD & SONS’ SELECT LIST.

FAMILY STATIONERY.

Note Papers.

Five-Quire Packet Cream Laid Note, 6d.

Five-Quire Packet Useful Thick ditto, 9d.

Five-Quire Packet Extra Satin ditto, 1s.

Extra Superfine Highly-finished Note Paper, 1s. 6d., 1s. 9d., 2s. the 5-quire Packet.

Envelopes.

Common Cream Laid for Circulars, &c., 4d. per 100.

Useful Thick Cream Laid, 6d. per 100.

Extra Thick, 7d. and 9d. per 100.

Extra Satin Double Thick, 1s. per 100.

Jarrolds’ Celebrated Steel Pens,

For every Class of Writers, Professional, Students, and Ladies, 1s. 6d. per gross, or in neat Sixpenny Boxes.

Jarrolds’ Jet Black Registration Ink,

In Bottles, 6d., 1s., and 1s. 6d. Smaller Bottles, 1d., 2d. & 4d.

MERCANTILE STATIONERY.

Papers.

Large Commercial Note Paper, Blue Wove or Laid, or Cream Laid, in 5-quire Packets, 1s.

Extra Quality ditto, 1s. 6d. per Packet; a Reduction made for Quantities.

Straw Foolscap, 4d. per quire, 5s. 6d. per ream.

Ruled Foolscap Bill Paper, 3 widths, from 6d. per quire.

Blotting Paper, Red, White, Blue, or Buff.

Account Books.

Jarrold and Sons’ Finest Make, Unmatched for Durability, reasonable in price.

A Good Variety always in Stock, and every size made to order with despatch and punctuality.

A Second Quality is kept where Cheapness is desired, which will be found Useful for Ordinary Purposes.

Ledgers.

Jarrold and Sons’ Patent, in Foril, Grained Basil, Rough Calf, Vellum, Vellum-Laced Russia Bands, Single or Double Ruled. A Good Variety of Seasoned Books constantly kept in Stock, or Ruled and Bound to any Pattern with accuracy and despatch.

JARROLD & SONS, NORWICH.

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ELEGANT AND USEFUL ARTICLES _SUITABLE FOR_ WEDDING PRESENTS.

The best variety of the newest and choicest patterns and at the lowest possible prices at

S. NEWMAN’S

GENERAL JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT,

_Near the Norfolk Hotel_,

ST. GILES’ STREET, NORWICH.

GOLD and SILVER WATCHES from the best makers. GOLD ALBERTS and LONG CHAINS, LOCKETS, RINGS, BROOCHES, and

JEWELLERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

VASES, TOILET BOTTLES, and CENTRE ORNAMENTS, in the richest Bohemian and other glass. CLOCKS and DRAWING-ROOM TIMEPIECES. SILVER, ELECTRO-PLATED FORKS, SPOONS, &c., from the best makers.

FINEST GOLD WEDDING RINGS. JEWELLERY REPAIRED.

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[Picture: Drawing of Eagle, Estab. 1769]

ETHERIDGE & ELLIS, GOLDSMITHS, JEWELLERS, AND WATCHMAKERS, ELECTRO PLATERS & GILDERS, &c.,

Have the LARGEST STOCK of WATCHES, PLATE, JEWELLERY, &c., in the Eastern Counties, and sell at Prices of the London Houses.

_Repairs in every Branch by Skilful Workmen on the Premises_.

A LIBERAL PRICE ALLOWED FOR OLD ARTICLES IN EXCHANGE.

10, MARKET PLACE, NORWICH.

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THE National Provident Institution FOR MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, &c.

_Head Office_—48, _Gracechurch Street_, _London_, _E.C._

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THE NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION was established in 1835, on the principle of Mutual Assurance, to enable its members to assure their lives _at the lowest rate of charge consistent with the security of the Society_.

The Number of Members

of the Institution on the 20th of November, 1867, was 15,338, and the number of Policies then existing 18,965, assuring the sum of £9,223,907, and producing a Gross Annual Income from Premiums of £301,238 0s. 10d.

The Accumulated Fund

of the Institution amounted then to £2,789,648, invested in mortgage of real property, in Government and other first-class securities, the annual interest on which is £114,807 7s. 9d.

The Total Gross Annual Income £416,035 8s. 7d.

The Entire Profits

of the Institution are divided amongst the members, who are expressly exempted from personal liability.

The Profits are Divided every Five Years,

and are appropriated, at the option of the members, either in the shape of a reduction of the future premiums paid, or of a Bonus added to the sum assured.

The Success of the Society

during the whole period of its existence may be best exhibited by recapitulating the declared Surpluses at the Six Investigations made up to this time:

For the 7 years ending 1842 the surplus £32,074 11 5 was 5 years ,, 1847 ,, 86,122 8 3 5 years ,, 1852 ,, 232,081 18 4 5 years ,, 1857 ,, 345,034 3 11 5 years ,, 1862 ,, 531,965 3 4 5 years ,, 1867 ,, 559,229 17 9 Total profits realised, divided amongst £1,786,488 3 0 members

AGENT FOR NORWICH—

MR. HENRY LUDLOW,

_The National Provincial Bank of England_.

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J. W. JEWSON, COAL MERCHANT, IMPORTER OF DEALS AND TIMBER, _NORWICH AND YARMOUTH_.

COALS. WOOD GOODS.

NORWICH DEPOT: TIMBER YARDS;

_Staveley Coal Wharf_, _Thorpe Station_. ST. CLEMENT’S, NORWICH; HEAD OFFICE: _Colegate Street_, _St. Clement’s_. SOUTHTOWN, YARMOUTH.

A well-assorted Stock from St. Petersburgh, Wyburgh, Riga, Memel Gothenburg, & other Swedish ports, consisting of Timber Culters—4 by 11, 4 by 9, 3 by 11, 3 by 9, 3 by 8, 3 by 7, 2½ by 7, 2½ by 6¼, 1½ by 7, 1¼ by 7, 1 by 7. Prepared Floor Boards, Scantling, Lath, &c., &c. Also a stock of dry-seasoned cut Deals, from ½ by 11 to 1½ by 11.

5000 BUNDLES OF GOOD LATH, AT ONE SHILLING PER BUNDLE.

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_Prices_, _which will be found very low_, _and every information may be obtained on application at the Yards_. BEST WALLSEND—A choice description 22/- of Coal from Durham coal fields; quality cannot be surpassed. WALLSEND—A very excellent 21/- Housekeepers’ Coal, of the usual seaborne quality, but larger and freer from dust. COALS FROM DERBYSHIRE AND SOUTH 20/- YORKSHIRE—The finest quality of inland Coals, remarkable for cheerful burning; these Coals are generally approved. GOOD HOUSE COAL 17/- NUTS 15/-

_Coal delivered Free to any part of the City for Cash_. _One_ _Shilling per Ton extra for Booking_.

SPECIAL PRICES FOR CONTRACTS ON APPLICATION.

Coals, suitable for Bakers, Smiths, Engineers, and Manufacturers, from 12s. 6d. per Ton at wharves, or 11s. in truck loads.

_Every description of Coal supplied to any Station by the truck at wholesale prices_

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TIMBER TRADE.

A large and increasing business is done in Timber and Deals, imported to Norwich _via_ Yarmouth and Lowestoft.

PRINCIPAL IMPORTERS.

JNO. ORFEUR, ESQ., St. Edmund’s; MESSRS. JECKS AND RANSON, St. Faith’s Lane; WM. BLYTH, St. Faith’s Lane; and J. W. JEWSON, St. Clement’s.

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T. C. R. KING, _PRINCE OF WALES’ ROAD_, _NORWICH_,

Plumber, Glazier, General and Decorative Painter. Wholesale and Retail Glass, Lead (in sheets and pipe); Zinc, Oil, Color, and Varnish Warehouse. English and Belgian Glass; Rough, Sheet, and Cast Glass (Plain and Ornamental), in cases, boxes, and crates, or cut to size. Pumps, Water-Closets, Brass-work, &c., kept in Stock.

HOUSES COMPLETELY DECORATED. ESTIMATES GIVEN.

Note the Address! PRINCE OF WALES’ ROAD.

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MR. C. J. ROBINSON, ACCOUNTANT, ARBITRATOR, ASSURANCE AND FINANCIAL AGENT.

_Accounts Kept and Adjusted_. _Loans_, _Mortgages_, _and other General_ _Financial Business Negotiated_. _Rents and Debts Collected_.

AGENT TO THE GENERAL ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE COMPANY, LIMITED.

OFFICES:—1, DOVE STREET, NORWICH.

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TO AGRICULTURISTS. WILLIAM PRATT, Fish Manure Manufacturer, 1, _FISH MARKET_, _NORWICH_,

In returning thanks to his Friends, the Agriculturists of Norfolk and Suffolk, for their patronage since the introduction of his AMMONIACAL AND PHOSPHATE MANURE, begs to inform them that he has a large quantity of Manure of a superior quality, adapted for Mangold and Turnips.

GENTLEMEN,—I take this opportunity of thanking you for the increased patronage bestowed upon me for past years by the extended use of my Ammoniacal and Phosphate Fish Manure. In soliciting your orders I do so with confidence, being assured, from the success which has attended its use, that it is a good Manure, as testified by numerous Testimonials, which are a satisfactory proof of its usefulness.

PRICE PER TON, £5—_Delivered Free to the Nearest Railway Station_.

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ESTABLISHED 1818. 113 & 114, POTTERGATE STREET, ST. JOHN’S MADDERMARKET, NORWICH. THOMAS SELF, Gas Fitter, Bell Hanger, Brass Founder & Worker, _LOCK AND GENERAL SMITH_.

Has on hand a Large Stock of Chandeliers, Pendants, Pillars, Brackets, Gas Globes, &c., &c.

RE-BRONZING AND LACKERING. REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED.

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Important Sale of First-Class Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture. 37, LONDON STREET, NORWICH.

In consequence of the early termination of the lease of the above premises,

C. J. FREEMAN, JUNR.

has determined to discontinue the trade, and has commenced to sell off the whole of his valuable and extensive stock of

CABINET FURNITURE,

Chimney Glasses, Brussels and other Carpets, Druggetts, Hearthrugs, Mattings, Damasks, Table Covers, Velvets, Wool and other Mats, Bedding, Chintzes, Floor Cloths, Paper Hangings, Pictures, Wood Stuff, Brass Work Materials, Trimmings of every kind, etc., which are offered at a very large Reduction in order to ensure an immediate Sale.

_The Prices are marked in plain figures for Cash_.

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NORWICH EQUITABLE FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1829. CAPITAL, £250,000, in 50,000 Shares of £5 each.

_Incorporated under Deed of Settlement and by special Statute_, 17 _Vic._ _c._ 7.

CHIEF OFFICES:—15, LONDON STREET, NORWICH. BRANCH OFFICES IN LONDON, LIVERPOOL, AND GLASGOW.

Trustees.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD SONDES. HENRY NEGUS BURROUGHES, ESQ. Sir HANSON BERNEY, BART. JOHN GARNHAM, ESQ., R.N.

Directors.

PETER DAY, ESQ. JOHN BETTS, ESQ. JOSEPH DAVEY, ESQ. R. CHAMBERLIN, ESQ. CUBITT STANNARD, ESQ. A. M. F. MORGAN, ESQ. ROBERT FITCH, ESQ., F.S.A, F.G.S. Rev. JOSEPH CROMPTON.

Registrar and Secretary.—WILLIAM SKIPPER, ESQ.

Manager.—JAMES S. SKIPPER, ESQ.

This Society has been 39 years in active business—a fact in itself affording some claim to public confidence, and some assurance that the practice of the Company has been Liberal in Terms as regards the Insurer, and Prompt in Settlement as regards the sufferer from Fire.

_The Company is in alliance with the Tariff System_. _Damage from_ _Gas or Lightning covered_.

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PROVINCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

AGENT: MR. BENJAMIN BATEMAN, _HEIGHAM GROVE TERRACE_, NORWICH.

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COLMAN’S PRIZE MEDAL

[Picture: Five medals]

STARCH.

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_Medals awarded at the following Exhibitions_:—

LONDON, 1851. ,, 1862. DUBLIN, 1865. PARIS, 1867.

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JURORS’ REPORTS.

1867. SILVER MEDAL FOR RICE STARCH. 1865. “Finest Starch was exhibited by J. & J. Colman.” 1862. “Superior quality, with large production.” 1851. “The samples exhibited by Messrs. Colman are excellent.”

J. & J. COLMAN, LONDON.

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BURGESS & GRIMWOOD, PHOTOGRAPHERS, Queen Street, Norwich.

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First-Class Photography in all branches.

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Specialité—Burgess’ Eburneum Process, of which the _Photographic News_ says, “The most charmingly delicate pictures we have ever seen produced;” and the _Norfolk News_, “In point of artistic beauty, they are incomparably superior to any hitherto produced.”

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F. LLOYD, ST. GEORGE’S COLEGATE, NORWICH,

Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry, that having made an arrangement with a first-class London House, he is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to his care in the best manner possible.

Moire-Antique Re-dyed and Watered as New.

Silk, Satin, Cashmere, China Crape, and Lace of every description Dyed, Cleaned, and Dressed.

Brocatelle, Tapestry, Merino, and Silk Damask Curtains Cleaned and Dressed.

French Patent Metallic Printing, by which process a Plain Silk or Moire may have the appearance of a costly and richly embroidered Robe, removing all the objections to Dyed Silks.

_British and Foreign Shawls of every description Cleaned_.

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W. HOWLETT AND SONS,

Patronized by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales.

EXTENSIVE ALTERATION IN PREMISES.

An inspection is invited of more than 200 first-class

PIANOFORTES AND HARMONIUMS

_FOR SALE OR HIRE_,

For the purchase of which special arrangements can be made by Quarterly Instalments, on the Two or Three Years Purchase System, the most Economic and Judicious mode of purchasing a Pianoforte. Terms and Prices on application.

Full Compass Pianofortes Let from One Guinea per Quarter.

All the Newest Publications Half-price. Instruments of all kinds Tuned and Repaired by skilful Mechanics. Music Copied.

HOWLETTS’ ROYAL QUADRILLE BAND, FOR BALLS & ASSEMBLIES.

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONCERTS, ETC.

_AGENTS FOR THE NEW MUSICAL GAME_.

Drums, Harps, Triangles, Violins, Accordions, Bugles, Metronomes, Saxhorns, Musical Boxes, Tambourines, Violoncellos, Flageolets, Harmoniums by Alexandre, Banjoes, Guitars, Trumpets, Concertinas, First-Class Finger and Barrel Organs, Church Organs, Harps, Trombones, Violin Strings, Tuning Forks.

MUSIC HALL, 2, MARKET PLACE, NORWICH.

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WM. RALFS,

Gold and Silversmith, Watchmaker, Electroplater, and Optician, &c., invites attention to his superior

GOLD AND SILVER WARRANTED WATCHES,

And offered at very moderate prices,

W. R. also wishes to refer to a new and most tasteful variety of articles adapted for presents in JEWELLERY of all kinds, SILVER and ELECTRO SILVER articles perfect in design and quality. Clocks of all kinds, best movements, warranted. Experienced workmen in all departments.

CLOCKS REGULATED AND WOUND BY THE YEAR.

9, LONDON STREET, NORWICH.

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E. SAMUEL,

DEALER IN PLATE, OLD CHINA, ANTIQUE FURNITURE,

ARTICLES OF VERTU & BIJOUTERIE,

_PICTURES_, _ETC._,

2, TIMBERHILL, NORWICH;

AND

73, TOP OF EAST HILL, COLCHESTER.

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THOMAS ULPH, MERCER & LEATHER SELLER, 110, POTTERGATE STREET,

ST. JOHN’S MADDERMARKET, NORWICH.

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Agent for Sewing Machines.

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LONDON FOREIGN WINE AND SPIRIT _ESTABLISHMENT_,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,

POST OFFICE STREET, NORWICH.

JAMES CHAMBERLIN,

PROPRIETOR.

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ICES.

CREAM AND FRUIT ICES in every variety packed for the Country, with Printed Directions for turning them out of the Moulds, and keeping them in a frozen state.

CRYSTALLINE BLOCK ICE of the utmost purity for cooling Wine and general culinary purposes.

WEDDING CAKES WITH ALMOND ICEING.

A large supply of Wedding Cakes of all sizes always on hand, and ornamented to order in the most elegant designs of the same superior quality which has obtained for them such an extended and well deserved celebrity.

_Wedding Breakfasts_, _Pic-nic Supper_, _and ether Parties supplied with every_ _requisite in Ornamental Confectionery_.

GEO. WILSON, QUEEN STREET, NORWICH.

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NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. INSTITUTED 1821.

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DIRECTORS.

SIR R. J. H. HARVEY, BART., _President_. EDWARD STEWARD, ESQ., _Vice-President_.

GEORGE DURRANT, ESQ. D. DALRYMPLE, ESQ., M.P. H. S. PATTESON, ESQ. W. R. CLARKE, ESQ. HENRY BROWNE, ESQ. GEORGE E. SIMPSON, ESQ. W. C. HOTSON, ESQ. COL. JAMES COCKBURN. CHARLES E. TUCK, ESQ. THOMAS BEEVOR, ESQ.

_Secretary_, SIR SAMUEL BIGNOLD.

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The Rates of this Society are the same as other offices, whilst Periodical Returns have been made to the parties insured amounting to £392,430.

This Office is distinguished by its liberality and promptness in the settlement of claims, £2,379,334 having been paid to Insurers for losses by Fire.

In proof of the public confidence in the principles and conduct of this Establishment, it will suffice to state that the total business now exceeds £80,000,000. No charge is made for Policies.

A Bonus of nearly 50 per cent. on Current Premiums will be paid to Insurers (whether losses have been incurred on their Policies or not) at Michaelmas and Christmas, 1868, and Lady-day and Midsummer, 1869.

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NORWICH UNION Life Insurance Society.

A MUTUAL INSTITUTION, INSTITUTED 1808.

With which has been Amalgamated the AMICABLE SOCIETY, Established by Royal Charter in the reign of Queen Anne.

The Aggregate Capital amounts to upwards of £2,300,000.

DIRECTORS.

THOMAS BEEVOR, ESQ., _President_.

C. M. GIBSON, Esq., F.R.C.S. Hon. F. WALPOLE, M.P., _Vice President_.

W. R. CLARKE, ESQ. W. H. CLABBURN, ESQ. ROBT. FITCH, ESQ., F.S.A., F.G.S. GEORGE FORRESTER, ESQ. ARTHUR PRESTON, ESQ. I. B. COAKS, ESQ.

_Secretary_—SIR SAMUEL BIGNOLD.

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THE ENTIRE PROFITS ARE DIVISIBLE AMONG THE ASSURED. Amount of Assurances Accepted, and Bonuses Declared Thereon, Exceed £18,110,000.

Amount Paid to the Representatives of 8,719 Deceased Members, £7,313,000.

AMOUNT ASSIGNED BY WAY OF BONUS, £1,620,000. _NUMBER OF POLICIES ASSUED_, 37,400.

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TEA. LADYMAN & CO., TEA DEALERS, 6, _The Walk_, _Norwich_,

Have a large and well-selected Stock of the Finest Teas imported, and respectfully solicit the patronage of the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, and all large consumers, feeling assured that in price and quality they offer every advantage which can be obtained at the best London Houses.

Teas packed in 4, 6, and 12-lb. Canisters, convenient for sending any distance. Chests of about 80 lbs., and Half-chests of 50 lbs., at a Reduction in Price. Carriage paid on all Teas sold to the amount of £2 and upwards.

An Allowance made to Clergymen purchasing for Charitable Purposes.

LADYMAN & Co., 6, THE WALK, NORWICH.

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ROBERTSON & SONS, UPHOLSTERERS, Cabinet & Chair Manufacturers,

QUEEN STREET, NORWICH.

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R. and S. call special attention to their Bedroom Furniture in light woods, for which they are unequalled both as regards price and quality.

G. SMITH, ST. STEPHEN’S ROAD, NORWICH,

_Established_ 20 _years_,

Respectfully informs his Friends and the Clergy and Gentry in general, that he continues to manufacture Carriages of every description, and of the lightest and best construction, on the lowest terms.

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STOCK FEEDING IMPLEMENTS

_A NECESSITY THIS SEASON_.

The GOLD MEDAL HORSE GEAR is the Strongest, Lightest, and Cheapest, with smallest amount of Friction. Awarded Gold Medal this year at Toulouse, and Silver Medal by the Royal Agricultural Society last season, and upwards of Fifty First Prizes and Silver Medals. Sold, complete, with intermediate motion, £11 11s. Made solely by

WOODS, COCKSEDGE, & WARNER,

_STOWMARKET_.

New Improved STEAM ENGINES for small Factories and Farms, One-horse, £40; Two-horse, &c., complete with Boiler. First Prize GRINDING MILLS and CRUSHING MILLS, by Royal Agricultural Society, 1867. The “New Prix de Perfection” ROOT PULPER. £3 5s., £4 10s. A lad will cut into fine mince 4 to 7 cwt. per hour. Awarded Six Silver Medals and First Prizes this year on the Continent, and the New High Prize at Brussels. The “Prix de Perfection.”

Agent for Norwich—G. C. STEVENS, ORFORD HILL.

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G. NOBLE, CARRIAGE BUILDER, DUKE’S PALACE,

(ADJOINING THE FREE LIBRARY), _NORWICH_.

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TIME AND MONEY SAVED!

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Great difficulty is often experienced by the Public in obtaining

GENERAL & USEFUL ARTICLES,

Which may be obviated by reading the undermentioned Lists and purchasing

AT Z. W. WARMAN’S,

BEDFORD STREET, ST. ANDREW’S,

NEAR THE NEW CORN HALL.

Crinolines Machine Needles Braces Ditto Steel Sack ditto Belts Hair Nets Packing ditto Men’s Collars Stay Clasps Glover’s ditto Ladies’ ditto Combs, various London Straws Whalebone Hair Brushes Ground downs Falls Tooth ditto Betweens, &c. Goloshes & Cork Soles Nail ditto Purse Twists Antimacassars Dress Holders Tailors’ ditto D’Oyleys Dress and Bonnet Shoemakers’ ditto, Side and Back Pads Preservers every shade Quilled Braid Ruches Russian Braids in Fancy Wool Work Silks and Mohair Plain and Stamped Dress Braids Coventry Frillings Velvets Stocking Laces Rifle ditto Head Dresses Stay and Boot ditto Silk ditto Cloth Slippers for Braiding Elastics Ditto Cords Stamped and Traced Embroidery Berlin Wools Ditto Tassels of Buttons every kind Scotch Wools Toilet Fringes Wave Braids Norwich Yarns Ditto Cloths Book Markers Fleecys Brooches Pins Wheel Spun Bracelets Tape Carpet ditto Eardrops Cottons Netting Threads Scented Lockets Angolas Bleach ditto Belt Clasps Scissors Carpet ditto Scent Bottles Worked Collars Machine ditto Fans Steel Chains Ditto Cottons Purses Hooks and Eyes Ditto Silks Beads Machine Twists

And 1,000 other Useful Articles in Stock.

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J. C. BEACH, FELLMONGER, Globe and Gaiter Manufacturer, AND LEATHER DRESSER,

_Near the Silk Mills_,

HEIGHAM STREET, NORWICH,

Respectfully informs the trade that he continues to supply goods in his line of business to wholesale houses.

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R. MARRISON, BREECH-LOADING, AIR, & RIFLE GUN MANUFACTURER, _GREAT ORFORD STREET_, _NORWICH_.

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For fifty years and upwards the most experienced shots have patronized Marrison’s Guns. The shooting powers, building up, and finish of these guns, are well known to be first class.

Forgers, barrel-borers, machinists, stockers, engravers, and finishers being constantly employed on the premises. The best workmanship can be guaranteed.

Accessories of Breech-loader supplied.

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LA MODE. LADIES’ PIQUE DRESSES, JACKETS, SEASIDE AND COUNTRY COSTUMES,

Braided in a Superior Style from Original Designs.

A large assortment of Children’s Dresses, Jackets, Capes, Babies’ Robes, Ladies’ Skirts, Drawlets, Garibaldi, Camisoles, Toilet Sets, Bed Bags, Antimacassars, &c., for Braiding or Working, to select from; any Article required to Special Design or Size can be Manufactured to Order at a few hours’ notice.

J. GANLY,

Designer and Manufacturer of Embroidery and Braiding Patterns,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN

TOYS, BERLIN WOOLS, HABERDASHERY, FANCY GOODS, ETC., 29, LONDON STREET, NORWICH.

J. G. has just received a large stock of FANCY GOODS and other articles connected with his trade, and respectfully informs his Friends, Visitors to the City, and the Public, that, for variety, quality, and economical charges, they will find no establishment competent to offer them the same advantages.

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THOMAS COTT, _POTTERGATE STREET_,

ST. GREGORY’S, NORWICH,

PAWNBROKER.

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MONEY LENT ON PLATE.

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_Advances made of_ £10 _and upwards upon_ PLATE _and_ VALUABLE GOODS _on reasonable terms_.

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JAS. BLAZEBY, Animal Portrait Painter,

16, BETHEL STREET,

NORWICH,

Respectfully informs the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of the Eastern Counties, and Citizens of Norwich, that he continues to execute any orders entrusted to his care with promptitude and accuracy, and he has been patronized by the following Ladies and Gentlemen:—

_Dowager Lady Suffield_ _G. E. Beauchamp_, _Esq._ _Lady Affleck_ _G. S. Kett_, _Esq._ _Lady Banbury_ _Rev. J. Holmes_ _Lady Henriette Harvey_ _J. T. Mott_, _Esq._ _The Hon. Mr. Burroughes_ _E. Beare_, _Esq._ _The Hon. Mr. A. Wodehouse_ _C. Crawshay_, _Esq._ _H. N. Burroughes_, _Esq._ _J. Cann_, _Esq._ _Hay Gurney_, _Esq._ _G. Durrant_, _Esq._ AND _THE MEMBERS OF THE SMITHFIELD CLUB_.

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W. S. BOULTON,

PATENTEE OF

LAWN MOWING MACHINES,

And Manufacturer of all kinds of WIRE NETTING FOR GAME, SHEEP, AVIARIES, &C. STRAINED WIRE FENCING, IRON HURDLES, ENTRANCE GATES, AGRICULTURAL & HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, CONSERVATORIES AND GREENHOUSES IN WOOD OR IRON, GARDEN CHAIRS, WATER BARROWS, WATER AND LIQUID MANURE CARTS, GARDEN ENGINES, KITCHEN RANGES, HOT WATER APPARATUS, &c., &c.

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ROSE LANE IRON & WIRE WORKS,

NORWICH.

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_To be Published in Four Quarterly Parts_. _Royal Folio_.