3.--Rajah Brooke of Sarawak was entertained by his old schoolfellows of
the Free Grammar School, at a dinner held at the Royal Hotel, Norwich.
During his stay in Norfolk he visited the Earl of Leicester at Holkham,
the Earl of Albemarle at Quidenham, and Mr. H. S. Partridge at Hockham.
7.--Died in London, aged 76, Mr. William Dalrymple, "one of the most
eminent of general practitioners in chirurgery and medicine in Norwich."
24.--Died at Yarmouth, in his 81st year, Sir George Parker, K.C.B.,
Admiral of the Red. He entered the Navy at a very early age, and served
under his uncle, Sir Peter Parker. He took part in the capture of the
Cannanon on the Malabar coast, and was senior lieutenant of the Phoenix
at the capture of La Resolve, French frigate, and of the Crescent in her
gallant action and capture of the Rennon in 1793, previous to which he
brought to England the despatches of Admiral Cornwallis. In 1805, when
commanding the Stately, he, in company with the Nassau, destroyed, after
a running fight of two hours, a line of battle ship of 74 guns. He was
appointed, in 1808, to the command of the squadron in the Baltic, and on
his return to England he was appointed to the Aboukir (74), which he
commanded in the Walcheren Expedition. In 1841 he attained the rank of
Admiral of the Red.
29.--Died at the residence of his son (the Rev. W. R. Crotch), at
Taunton, "that eminent musician," Dr. Crotch. He was born in Norwich in
1772, and in his twenty-second year was appointed professor of music in
the University of Oxford. In 1822 he became principal of the Royal
Academy of Music.
30.--Chloroform was, for the first time, used in a surgical operation at
the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. "A young woman had her leg amputated
after having inhaled the fumes from a convenient apparatus. She became
perfectly insensible to pain, and continued so throughout the operation.
Her sensations were apparently of a very happy description, as she partly
amused herself by singing psalms in a very clear and distinct voice, and
partly by holding lively conversations with imaginary persons during the
performance of this painful operation. The state of unconsciousness
appeared to be more rapidly induced by the use of chloroform than is
usually effected by spirits of ether. Its exhalation also was more easy
and agreeable, and the duration of its influence longer."
1848.