2.--Mountjoy the pedestrian, then in his 58th year, started from Lynn to
Wisbech for his task of walking sixty-seven miles a day for four
successive days. On August 16th he began a walk from Norwich to Dereham
and back twice every day, but on the 17th was stopped on his way to
Norwich, by order of the magistrates, because of the obstruction caused
by the number of persons who assembled on the roads in the vicinity of
the city. Mountjoy was apprehended in Norwich on September 11th, for
leaving his wife and family chargeable to the funds of the St. Pancras
Union; and on the same night attempted to commit suicide in his cell at
the Guildhall by strangling himself with a pockethandkerchief.
11.--Died at Colne House, Cromer, aged 46, Sir Edward North Buxton,
Bart., M.P. He was son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, first baronet, by
the fifth daughter of Mr. John Gurney, of Earlham Hall, where he was born
in 1812, and married in 1836 the second daughter of Mr. Samuel Gurney, of
Ham House, Essex. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father,
in 1845. From 1847 to 1852 he represented South Essex in Parliament, and
in 1857 was returned unopposed with General Windham as member for East
Norfolk. He was succeeded in the title by his son, Thomas Fowell, born
in 1837.
13.--The Bishop of Oxford preached at Norwich Cathedral and at St. Peter
Mancroft, on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
His lordship, with Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., attended the annual meeting
at St. Andrew's Hall, on the 14th.
15.--A dinner of the Valpeian Club was held at the Royal Hotel, Norwich,
under the presidency of Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak. The guest of
the evening was Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.B., the
conqueror of Delhi. General Wilson, who was an old boy of Norwich
Grammar School, was presented with a dress sword, "in commemoration of
his distinguished services in India, 1857-8, and as a memento of old
friendships."
20.--Died at Lee Cottage, Old Brompton, Mr. Dawson Turner, F.R.S.,
F.S.A., formerly of Great Yarmouth. He was in his 83rd year.
21.--The London Grand Opera Company appeared at Norwich Theatre. It
included Miss Fanny Reeves, Miss Ethel Thirlwall, Miss Raymond, Mr. Henry
Corri, Mr. J. B. Bowler, Mr. O. Summers, and Mr. Elliot Galer. Among the
productions were "La Somnambula," "Maritana," "The Bohemian Girl," and
"Il Trovatore."
26.--The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in the
representation of East Norfolk caused by the death of Sir E. N. Buxton
took place at the Shirehall, Norwich. Sir Henry Josias Stracey was
nominated by the Conservatives, and Major Coke by the Liberals. The
polling took place on the 29th,--the first time in twenty years,--and on
July 1st the result was officially declared as follows: Coke, 2,933;
Stracey, 2,720.