1.--A detachment of the 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons arrived at
Norwich Cavalry Barracks, to relieve the Queen's Bays, who had marched
for Manchester.
--*"We have now had ten weeks' drought, the last wet day being the 18th
of February."
2.--Died, in his 49th year, at his residence, Grosvenor Street, London,
Mr. John Dalrymple, F.R.S. He was the eldest son of Mr. William
Dalrymple, the distinguished Norwich surgeon. After studying under his
father and at Edinburgh University, Mr. Dalrymple passed his examination
before the College of Surgeons in 1827, and commenced practice in
Norwich. In 1832 he was elected an assistant surgeon to the Royal London
Ophthalmic Hospital, of which institution he became, in 1843, full
surgeon. In 1847 he was appointed consulting surgeon to the North London
Infirmary, and in 1851 became a member of the Council of the College of
Surgeons. Mr. Dalrymple was one of the founders of the Royal College of
Chemistry.
7.--In the Court of Queen's Bench an important decision was given in the
case of the Queen _v._ Robert Wiffin Blake, who had been required to show
by what authority he had exercised the office of town councillor at
Norwich. At the previous municipal election Mr. Blake, who was then one
of the six aldermen of the city, became a candidate for the office of
councillor of the Fourth Ward. Mr. Cundall, a Conservative, was his
opponent. Mr. Blake having a majority of five votes, the presiding
alderman and assessor returned him as duly elected, notwithstanding that
notice had been given of his ineligibility. The Court decided that Mr.
Blake could not be elected a councillor while holding the office of
alderman. The defendant filed a disclaimer of the office of town
councillor, and therefore allowed judgment of ouster to pass against him,
with costs. (_See_ November 23rd.)
8.--Died at Nice, in his 85th year, General Auguste De Bardelin. For
many years the deceased was a highly respected resident in Norwich. A
native of Aix, in Provence, and born of a noble family, he was appointed
one of the _garde du corps_ of Louis XVI., and was on duty at Versailles
on October 6th, 1789, when the Royal palace was assailed by the
insurrectionary mob of Paris, and the King and Queen were defended from
assassination through the heroic sacrifice of life by many gentlemen of
their bodyguard. M. De Bardelin accompanied the French princes in their
exile, and afterwards came to England and settled in Norwich. There he
remained about twenty-two years, supporting himself by teaching the
French and Italian languages. In 1814 he accompanied Louis XVIII. to
Paris, and the Government of the Restoration being established, he
resumed his military occupation. After Bonaparte's second abdication, he
returned with has lawful Sovereign. For ten years from that time M. De
Bardelin continued to reside at the Royal chateau at St. Germains, in
which a handsome suite of apartments was appropriated to his use, where
he always delighted in welcoming the visits of his Norwich friends. In
1830 he was promoted to be General Marechal de Camp. In 1815 or 1816 the
Chevalier married Miss Sutton, a lady well-known to Roman Catholic
families of distinction in Norfolk and Suffolk. Madame De Bardelin died
in 1826. In 1830 General De Bardelin resigned has command and resided in
Paris till 1848, when the Republic being proclaimed, he went to his
native province, and in the winter of 1851 sojourned at Nice. "He always
referred to his residence at Norwich as the best period of his life. His
pupils at Thurgar's school were enquired after with affectionate
interest; he remembered the hospitalities at Crown Point, where General
Money gave him a second home, and he never could forget the day when he
quitted Norwich by the mail coach from the Angel Inn, on the restoration
of the Bourbons;--passengers, horses, and all were decorated with white
cockades, and a host of friends assembled to cheer and bid him farewell
in true old English style." The daughter of General De Bardelin became
the Baroness de Fabry.
14.--St. Martin-at-Palace church, Norwich, was re-opened, after being
restored and in great part rebuilt. In August, 1851, while the church
was undergoing repair, a portion of the roof fell in and brought down
with it the eastern end of the north aisle.
23.--A serious fire took place at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. The roof
was entirely consumed, and a number of rooms destroyed. The Watch
Committee, on May 21st, held an inquiry into certain allegations
regarding a deficiency in the water supply, and the inefficiency of the
fire-engines.
31.--Kensington Gardens, Lakenham, were opened to the public, who "found
amusement in the collections of animals and birds." During the Assize
week "there was a pyrotechnic and scenic exhibition on the meadow side of
the river, called, 'The Storming of San Sebastian,' being an imitation of
the pyrotechnic display at Cremorne."