2.--Died at Narford Hall, the seat of Mr. Andrew Fountaine, his
son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Penrice, of Great Yarmouth, to whom the eccentric
Lord Chedworth left the bulk of his large property.
9.*--"The wealth of Mr. Watson Taylor, the purchaser of Houghton Hall, is
immense. For that mansion, and a large track of land around, he gave the
Marquis Cholmondeley 350,000 pounds. Mr. Taylor, by the will of an
ancestor, is bound to spend 700,000 pounds in landed estates, and besides
the income which may arise from them he has 95,000 pounds a year."
10.--Buxoo, a Bengalese, a native of Calcutta, was publicly baptised at
Burnham Market church by the Rev. John Glasse, by the names of John Henry
Martin. He was brought over to this country in a ship commanded by Capt.
Glasse.
14.--The Courier steam packet made its passage from Foundry Bridge,
Norwich, to Yarmouth in three hours twenty-five minutes.
28.--The Duke of Gloucester made his annual visit to Mr. T. W. Coke,
M.P., at Holkham Hall. During the week's shooting Mr. Coke killed at
Warham a female _Falco Lagopus_, or rough legged falcon, measuring nearly
five feet across the wings, and two feet one inch in length. The male
bird was afterwards caught in a trap at Wighton. Two of these birds were
taken the following week at Wighton.
Died this month, Mrs. Tabitha Starling, of Brooke, aged 103.