9.--Died at his residence, Great Stanhope Street, London, in his 78th
year, General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H. He entered the
Army in 1796, as Cornet in the 6th Dragoons, and received the rank of
General in 1851. He served at the Helder in 1799, and in 1808 took part
in the campaign of Sir John Moore, and was present at the battle of
Corunna. As Colonel Kerrison, he commanded the 7th Hussars from 1813 to
1815, through various campaigns. At the battle of Orthes he received a
severe wound, and he was again wounded in the battle of Waterloo, where
his horse was shot under him. Sir Edward Kerrison received his baronetcy
in 1821, when he was nominated a G.C.H., and in 1840 a K.C.B. In 1830 he
was appointed to the colonelcy of the 14th Light Dragoons. For forty
years he was member of Parliament for Eye. He married a daughter of Mr.
Alexander Ellice, and left a son and three daughters.
12.--Died at Pulham, Mr. Cornelius Whur, the author of several volumes of
poems. He was known as "the Suffolk Poet."
19.--The Rev. William Beauchamp was driving down the hill into Trowse
when his horse ran away and upset the gig. In his fall he sustained a
severe fracture of the skull and died instantly. Mr. Beauchamp, who was
the second son of Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, Bart., of Langley-park,
was 35 years of age, and had been rector of Chedgrave about ten years.
He left a widow and five young children.
21.--Three hundred members of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows dined at
the Royal Hotel, Norwich, and presented to Mr. Samuel Daynes, Past Grand
Master of the Unity, a purse of 133 sovs., in recognition of his
exertions in promoting the interests and extension of the Order during
his year of office.
29.--A vessel named the Reindeer, belonging to the port of Yarmouth,
owned by Mrs. King, of Gorleston, and commanded by Captain Wilson, was on
her voyage from Valparaiso to Monte Video when the crew mutinied, and
murdered the captain, steward, and two Roman Catholic priests
(passengers). The mutineers then launched a boat, filled it with the
most valuable portion of the cargo, and scuttled the ship.