6.--General Charles Ash Windham and Sir Edmund North Buxton were, at the
Shirehall, Norwich, nominated and returned unopposed members for East
Norfolk.
9.--At a vestry meeting held at East Dereham, it was resolved that the
Bath House, an unsightly building in the churchyard, be removed. "By the
removal of this building, the burial-place of St. Withburga, an object of
great local interest, will no longer be hidden to view."
14.--Intelligence was received in Norwich of the birth of a Princess
(Princess Beatrice).
17.--Mr. David Fisher, of the Princess's Theatre, London, appeared at
Norwich Theatre as John Mildmay ("Still Waters Run Deep").
18.--It was announced that the Hon. and Rev. John Thomas Pelham was to
succeed Dr. Samuel Hinds as Bishop of Norwich. Mr. Pelham, who was the
second son of the second Earl of Chichester, was born in 1811, and
graduated at Oxford. In 1845 he married a daughter of Mr. Thomas William
Tatten, and was appointed chaplain to the Queen in 1847. Shortly
afterwards he was presented to the rectory of Berghapton, by the Earl of
Abergavenny. In 1852 he removed to Christ Church, Hampstead, and in 1854
was nominated by the Crown to the rectory of St. Marylebone, on the death
of Dr. Spry. On May 9th a special meeting of the Dean and Chapter was
held at the Deanery, Norwich, when the _conge d'elire_, declaring the
vacancy of the bishopric "and recommending to the Dean and Chapter the
Hon. and Rev. John Thomas Pelham, M.A., to be by them elected Bishop of
the See of Norwich," was read, and Mr. Pelham was elected accordingly.
The ceremony of confirming the election took place in the College of
Advocates in Doctors' Commons, on June 6th, and his lordship was
consecrated at the parish church of St. Marylebone on June 11th, by the
Archbishop of Canterbury. The installation took place at Norwich
Cathedral on June 26th, and addresses were afterwards presented to his
lordship by the Corporations of Norwich and Yarmouth.
25.*--"Lord Hastings has had an interesting addition to his collection of
foreign animals in two wapiti deer, which are among the largest known of
their species in North America. He has also an increase in a young
kangaroo and three young nylgaus having been born the week before last at
Melton Constable."
--The chancel of East Dereham church was re-opened, after "additional
embellishment, through the liberality of the sinecure rector, the Rev. W.
C. Wollaston." The open roof was displayed by the removal of an
unsightly ceiling, early English windows were substituted for those of
more debased style, and a window by Wailes, as a memorial to Mrs.
Wollaston, completed the series of stained glass windows. The reredos
was illuminated by Messrs. King, of Norwich.
27.--At Docking Petty Sessions it was stated, during the hearing of a
case of assault, that the quarrel had its origin in a belief in
witchcraft, "unfortunately too prevalent in most of the country
villages." The witnesses "displayed a great amount of ignorance and
superstition, showing how the husband of the complainant had been
bewitched and unable to move for twelve months, but was cured in two days
by a witch doctor in the neighbourhood."
27.--The Yarmouth School of Navigation and Art was established at a house
on the South Quay, formerly occupied by Mr. Paget.