3.*--"The degree of Doctor of Music has been recently conferred on Mr.
Buck, organist of Norwich Cathedral, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in
the exercise of the privilege possessed by his Grace as Primate of
bestowing that and other degrees in divinity and arts upon persons of
merit in any of those faculties."
4.--An interesting ceremony took place in the tower of the dilapidated
church of Eccles-next-the-Sea. The Rev. Edward Evans, of St. Stephen's,
Norwich, who had recently been presented to the vicarage, read himself
in, and preached to a congregation of about 200 persons. "Owing to the
want of the church, which has been destroyed upwards of 200 years by the
encroachments of the ocean, this is a sinecure benefice, and the
inhabitants use the neighbouring church of Hempstead. The tower of the
church in which the ceremony took place is embedded in sand to the height
of the former walls of the church."
8.--George Borrow performed an intrepid act on Yarmouth beach. "The sea
raged frantically, and a ship's boat, endeavouring to land for water, was
upset, and the men were engulfed in a wave some 30 feet high, and
struggling with it in vain. The moment was an awful one, when George
Borrow, the well-known author of 'Lavengro' and 'The Bible in Spain,'
dashed into the surf and saved one life, and through his instrumentality
the others were saved. We ourselves have known this brave and gifted man
for years, and daring as was his deed, we have known him more than once
risk his life for others."
17*.--"If the rivalry of the different railway companies in this district
has been agreeable to the public it has been attended with fearful loss
to the shareholders. Excursionists are not expected to object to being
carried from Norwich to London for half a crown, but we should suppose
that the proprietors in the Eastern Union will have a decided objection
to the great increase of their working expenses to 60 per cent. by the
process. The ruinous competition now going on can only be terminated by
a union of interests, and it appears, from the reports of the Eastern
Counties' and Eastern Union Companies, that an amalgamation is proposed."
--The kitchen floor of a house, occupied by Mr. Bunting, on St. Giles'
Hill (near St. Giles' Gates?), Norwich, suddenly gave way, and Mrs. and
Miss Bunting, who were in the apartment, were precipitated with the
chairs, table, and other furniture, into a funnel-shaped hole 27 feet in
depth. When rescued they were insensible but uninjured. "Caves were
some time since cut through the hill in different directions and of
considerable length, and the whole of the hill has been at various
periods excavated for chalk. Some of the caves were used for wine
vaults, and it appears that one of these caves passed under the back of
Mr. Bunting's house. A water-pipe had been leaking for a long time, and
it is supposed that the water descending through the soil caused the roof
of the cave to give way, and the whole of the earth above to fall with
it."
24.--A young man named E. Elson completed the task of walking from Lynn
to Dereham and back, a distance of 60 miles, for six successive days.
26.--A violent hurricane of wind and rain did great damage in the county.
"The injury to orchards and gardens has been immense, and the apple crop,
which was an abundant one, has been reduced probably one-half." On the
coast there were many shipping casualties, attended by loss of life.