5.--Died at Chester Terrace, Regent's Park, London, Mr. John Taylor,
F.R.S. Born at Norwich on August 22nd, 1779, he was trained as a land
surveyor and engineer, and in 1798 was invited to take the management of
a mine near Tavistock. It proved very profitable. In 1803 he projected
and commenced the Tavistock Canal, of which about three miles were
tunnelled through a granite hill. The execution of this work led to the
discovery of two other mines, which produced large quantities of copper,
and yielded considerable profits. The success of these and other mines
in the neighbourhood of Tavistock, in Cornwall, and in the North of
England, brought Mr. Taylor into great repute as a mining engineer. He
was the author of several useful papers on mining, and one of the first
to propose the formation of a Mining School; he was, too, one of the
earliest Fellows of the Geological Society, and for many years acted as
treasurer and vice-president. In 1825 he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society, and was one of the founders of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science, of which organization he was treasurer until
1862. An excellent portrait of Mr. Taylor was painted by Sir Thomas
Lawrence in 1825, and afterwards engraved by Charles Turner. Another
portrait was painted in 1861, by Mr. Sydney Hodges.
6.--Madame Celeste commenced, at Norwich Theatre, a short season, during
which she appeared in a round of her favourite characters.
20.--The nomination of candidates to contest the seat rendered vacant by
the elevation of the Earl of Euston to the House of Lords took place at
Thetford. Lord Frederick John FitzRoy and Mr. Robert John Harvey Harvey
were proposed. The poll was opened on the 21st, and resulted as follows:
FitzRoy, 93; Harvey, 81. There had been no contest at Thetford for
twenty-two years previously.