23.--A fine schooner was launched from Mr. T. Tyrrell's shipyard at
Wells-next-the-Sea.
24.--"The Times" was shamefully hoaxed on this date. A letter had been
sent to the editor, with the intimation that a Protectionist meeting was
to be held at Lynn, to be addressed by the Hon. E. H. Stanley, M.P., Mr.
D'Israeli, and other gentlemen. "The Times" sent its representatives,
who found that no such meeting had been announced or even contemplated.
27.--Died at Blickling Hall, the Dowager Lady Suffield. "She was born in
the year 1767, her early life being passed during one of the most
eventful periods, both socially and politically, which have marked our
history." Her father was John Hobart, second Earl of Buckinghamshire,
who had been Ambassador at St. Petersburg, and was afterwards Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1792 she married William Assheton, second Lord
Suffield, and in 1744 her youngest sister, Amelia Ann, was married to
Lord Castlereagh. "In consequence of this union her connection with the
political world was maintained even more intimately than before.
Throughout her life she continued to take a lively interest in the
politics of the county, and the influence of the united houses of Gunton
and Blickling in the days of contested elections was not lightly esteemed
by conflicting parties." In 1821 she became a widow, and thenceforth
devoted herself to charitable works. The family estates descended to the
Marquis of Lothian, her grand-nephew.