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14.-Mr. Sydney Cozens-Hardy, clerk to the Norwich School Board, was presented with an illuminated address by the officials of the Board on the attainment of his twenty-one years' service.

18.-Died at Orford Hill, Norwich, the Rev. William Frederic Creeny, M.A., F.S.A., aged 72. Mr. Creeny graduated at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1853, and was soon afterwards ordained. After serving as curate at St. Mark, Lakenham, he removed to Wellingborough, and subsequently became chaplain to the Bishop of St. Helena, and chaplain of St. Leonard and Isle of Ryde, Sydney, where he remained until 1872. In 18734 he was curate of St. John, Upper Norwood, and in 1876 curate of Soham, Cambridges.h.i.+re. In the latter year he was presented by Lady Lothian to the living of St. Michael-at-Thorn, Norwich. Mr. Creeny enriched the transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society by many valuable contributions relating to the history of Norwich, and in 1884 he published his magnificent work on "Monumental Bra.s.ses on the Continent of Europe," a field of labour "hitherto almost untilled." Another scarcely less laborious task was achieved by the publication by Mr. Creeny, in November, 1891, of "Ill.u.s.trations of Incised Slabs." Mr. Creeny had visited India, China, and Palestine, and his experiences in the Holy Land were afterwards published in a small book ent.i.tled "Notes of a Journey to Jerusalem."

22.-The Norwich Diocesan Conference was opened at Noverre's Rooms, Norwich, and concluded on the 23rd. A special meeting was held on June 10th to discuss the subject of local taxation as affecting t.i.the rent-charge.

30.-The Countess of Leicester opened at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, a "Foreign Fair," in aid of the building fund of the St. George's Home for Working Girls.

MAY.

2.-Died at Tunbridge Wells, the Very Rev. Edward Meyrick Goulburn, D.D., formerly Dean of Norwich, aged 79. Born in London on February 11th, 1818, he was a son of Mr. Serjeant Goulburn, Q.C., and was educated at Eton, whence he proceeded to Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained his B.A. degree in 1839. In 1842 he was admitted into deacon's orders by Dr. Bagot, Bishop of Oxford, and in the same year was ordained priest. A Fellow of Merton College, Dr. Goulburn was, on the elevation of Dr. Tait to the deanery of Carlisle in 1849, appointed to the head-masters.h.i.+p of Rugby School. He resigned the post in 1858, and became minister of Quebec Chapel, St. Marylebone. In 1859 he was nominated by the Bishop of London to St. John's, Paddington, and was appointed prebendary of St.

Paul's Cathedral. Upon the deanery of Norwich becoming vacant in 1866 by the death of the Hon. and Very Rev. Dean Pellew, who had held it since 1828, Dr. Goulburn was appointed thereto. He was the author of several theological works. A learned antiquary, he succeeded Sir John Boileau, F.S.A. (who died in 1869), as president of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. He did much for the restoration of Norwich Cathedral, and expended upon the work from his own private means the sum of 10,000, and raised the further amount of 4,000. In conjunction with Precentor Symonds, Dean Goulburn wrote the greater portion of the valuable work "The Ancient Sculptures in the Roof of Norwich Cathedral"; and in 1876 published a life of Herbert de Losinga. One of his last works was the "Life of Dean Burgon." Dean Goulburn was also the author of the "Book of Rugby School."

24.-The Queen's birthday was observed at Norwich by a military review on Mousehold Heath. The 7th Dragoon Guards, the depot company of the Norfolk Regiment, the 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment (Militia), and the Artillery and Rifle Volunteers took part.

JUNE.

1.-The centenary of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society was celebrated at Norwich. A banquet was held at St. Andrew's Hall, under the presidency of Mr. H. S. Patteson, and was attended by the society's representatives from all parts of the world.

10.-At the Norwich a.s.sizes, which commenced on this date, before Mr.

Justice Mathew, John Furness, aged 64, solicitor, was indicted for fraudulently appropriating to his own use a deed of mortgage on December 30th, 1887. He was found guilty, and recommended to mercy on account of his age, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment without hard labour.

16.-The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural a.s.sociation was opened at Fakenham. Viscount c.o.ke presided at the public luncheon. The show closed on the 17th.

20.-The celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria began at Norwich this day (Sunday) with special thanksgiving services at the Cathedral, St. Peter Mancroft, and other churches. On the 21st 125 carcases of sheep and 20 quarters of beef allotted to Norwich out of the gift sent from Australia for distribution among the poor in the large towns of Great Britain, were divided among 1,500 recipients at Blackfriars' Hall. The Jubilee day was celebrated on the 22nd. Early in the morning the bells of St. Peter Mancroft were rung, and a Royal salute of twenty-one guns fired on Mousehold Heath by the mounted batteries of the Artillery Volunteers. Later 9,000 children from the public elementary schools a.s.sembled in the Market Place and sang the National Anthem, and Mr. George White, Chairman of the School Board, announced, amid great enthusiasm, that the Queen had conferred the honour of knighthood upon the Mayor (Mr. C. R. Gilman). A service of praise and thanksgiving was held at the Cathedral at 11 o'clock, and was attended in state by the Mayor and Corporation. At noon the Artillery and Rifle Volunteers, with the depot company of the Norfolk Regiment, fired a _feu de joie_ in the Market Place, and at one o'clock Sir Charles and Lady Gilman held a reception at the Guildhall, where the company were invited to drink the Queen's health. In the afternoon there was a floral procession through the streets of the city, sports took place on the Earlham Road Recreation Ground, a "costume" cricket match was played on the Lakenham ground, and a captive balloon made frequent ascents from the Cattle Market. In the evening the city was illuminated, a firework display was given, on Castle Meadow, and a bonfire lighted on St. James's Hill. On the 24th the Mayor and Sheriff gave a dinner at St. Andrew's Hall to upwards of 1,000 of the aged poor, and in the evening Sir Charles and Lady Gilman held a brilliant reception at the Castle Museum. The Jubilee was observed at Yarmouth, Lynn, Thetford, and at all towns and villages in the county.

JULY.

16.-The Wild-Collins voting apparatus, for expediting and facilitating voting at Parliamentary and Munic.i.p.al elections, invented by Mr. Edward Wild and Mr. A. E. Collins, City Engineer, was exhibited at the Munic.i.p.al offices, Norwich.

17.-Died at Old Buckenham, Mr. William Thomas Simpson, in his 67th year.

A native of Bury St. Edmund's, where his father was master of the Grammar School, he was the senior partner of the old established firm of Salter and Simpson, auctioneers and valuers. Mr. Simpson had great practical knowledge of agriculture, and was an excellent breeder and judge of cattle.

AUGUST.

2.-The proceedings of the High Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters opened at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich. The delegates had been received on July 31st by Sir Charles and Lady Gilman at St. Andrew's Hall. A _fete_ took place at Catton Park on the 2nd, and a garden party was given at h.e.l.lesdon House by Sir Harry and Lady Bullard on the 3rd.

3.-A fire occurred on Ringland Hills. It extended over an area of between seven and eight acres, and destroyed many trees in the adjoining plantation.

6.-Great damage was done by a fire which occurred at Cullingford's paper mills, St. Martin's Plain, Norwich.

12.-Relays of cyclists belonging to the four battalions of the Norfolk Volunteer Infantry Brigade, conveyed a message from Lynn to Yarmouth, _via_ Norwich and Brandon, and back, a distance of 162 miles in 12 hours 55 minutes. The cyclists carried their usual equipment, which included rifle and bayonet, water bottle, and haversack.

-A fire occurred on premises in Denmark Street, Diss, and caused damage estimated at 6,000.

18.-The Mayor of Norwich (Sir Charles R. Gilman) received honour of knighthood at the hands of the Queen at Osborne House.

20.-The Wayside Chapel at Houghton St. Giles' was opened. The building, which had been used at a barn, is an interesting example of the transition from the Decorated to the Perpendicular style. It was built about 1380, and had become by purchase the property of Miss Boyd, of Kilburn, a wealthy Roman Catholic lady, who undertook its restoration. A party of "pilgrims" from London formed a procession at Walsingham, and headed by a crucifix and lighted tapers, and attended by a priest, walked to the chapel, where a private service was held.

31.-The China Cup, won at the Bisley meeting by a team of Norfolk Volunteers, was ceremoniously handed over to the custody of the Mayor (Sir Charles R. Gilman) at the Castle Museum, Norwich. The Cup was first won by Norfolk in 1877.

SEPTEMBER.

2.-Died at Gressenhall Workhouse, Peter Pentney, in his 101st year. He was a native of Mattishall, and "unlike most reputed centenarians he was able to produce a duly certified copy of his baptismal register."

4.-A waterspout occurred off Cromer in wet and stormy weather. It struck the trawler Strive about six miles south-west of Smith's Knoll. The vessel was turned on her beam ends, and considerably damaged. The waterspout, which towered above the mast of the trawler, travelled at a rapid rate, and in three minutes was out of sight.

8.-Died at Park Lane, Norwich, Mr. James Spilling, editor of the "Eastern Daily Press." Mr. Spilling was a native of Ipswich, where he was born in 1825, and came to Norwich in 1863 to fulfil an engagement on the "Norfolk News." He was the author of a series of sketches in the East Anglian vernacular ill.u.s.trative of rural life and humour; his more solid work was devoted to the exposition of the philosophy and theology of Swedenborg, in whose teachings Mr. Spilling had a sincere belief. These books included "The Evening and Morning," "Amid the Corn," "Among the Flowers,"

"The Wreath and the Ring," and "Our Society."

13.-Died at 35, King Street, Norwich, Mr. William Philip Barnes Freeman, aged 84. He was the eldest son of Mr. William Freeman, Mayor of Norwich in 1843, and received his early education under Capt. Bailey, at h.e.l.lesdon. Afterwards he went to the Yarmouth Academy under the Rev. Mr.

Bowles, where he obtained lessons in drawing from John Sell Cotman, and his education was completed at Norwich Grammar School under Valpy. His art studies were continued under Cotman for water colour and under T. B.

Ladbrooke for oil painting, and he was intimate with David c.o.x, Stark, Henry Bright, Vincent, and other artists of his day. Mr. Freeman was a contributor to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy and of the Royal Society of Artists. His grandfather, Jeremiah Freeman, his father, and his uncle, Philip Barnes, were all members of the old Norwich Society of Artists founded by Old Crome.

20.-A Military and Naval Exhibition was opened at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, by Colonel Burton, commanding the 9th Regimental District.

23.-Mr. Paynton Pigott, Chief Constable of Norfolk, was presented by the officers and men of the County Constabulary with a gift of silver plate on the occasion of the seventeenth anniversary of his election to the office.

25.-At the s.h.i.+rehall, Norwich, was unveiled by Mr. R. T. Gurdon a portrait of Mr. Clare Sewell Read, subscribed for by the county in acknowledgment of his valuable services in the interests of agriculture.

The portrait, which was painted by J. J. Shannon, R.A., was afterwards hung at the Castle Museum.

OCTOBER.

15.-A special Church mission commenced at Norwich and was concluded on the 29th.

18.-St. Clement's churchyard, Norwich, laid out as a public garden by the Norwich Playing Fields and Open s.p.a.ces Society, was opened by the Mayor (Sir Charles R. Gilman).

24.-Died, at Oberlin House, St. Leonard's Road, Ealing, in his 90th year, the Rev. John Stoughton, D.D. The son of a Norwich solicitor he was born in the parish of St. Michael-at-Plea, and was for sixty-five years in the Congregational ministry. Among his literary works was his book ent.i.tled "Recollections of a Long Life."

-Died at Cranley Place, London, Mr. Francis Turner Palgrave, formerly Professor of Poetry at Oxford. The eldest son of Sir Francis Palgrave, he was born at Great Yarmouth in 1824, and was educated at the Charterhouse and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was a scholar. In 1847 he took his degree with a first in Cla.s.sics, and was elected to a Fellows.h.i.+p at Exeter College. From 1850 to 1855 he was Vice-Princ.i.p.al of the training college at Kneller Hall, and after acting as secretary to Earl Granville, became a.s.sistant secretary to the Committee of the Privy Council on Education.

26.-A serious outbreak of typhoid fever was reported at Lynn; and by December 18th 440 cases and 43 deaths had occurred. The disease was occasioned by the impurity of the water supply, and it was stated that at least 75 per cent. of the cases could be traced to the drinking of unboiled water.

-Mr. T. Richmond Pinder resigned the head-masters.h.i.+p of King Edward VI.

Middle School, Norwich, to which he was appointed in 1862. Mr. William Robert Gurley, M.A., of the Perse Grammar School, Cambridge, was on February 8th, 1898, elected to fill the vacancy.

-Died at Old Lakenham, Norwich, Mr. Carlos Cooper, barrister-at-law. He was the second son of Mr. Charles Cooper, and was born February 12th, 1815. Educated at Norwich Grammar School he was called to the Bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1839, and was appointed Recorder of Thetford in 1865. He afterwards became Recorder of King's Lynn, was placed on the commission of the peace for the city of Norwich in 1873, and shortly afterwards appointed judge of the Guildhall Court of Record on the death of Mr. Nathaniel Palmer.