2.--Died in London, Sir William Bellairs, of Mulbarton Lodge, in his 70th
year. From 1811 to 1819 he served in the 15th Hussars, and went through
the campaigns of 1813 and 1814. He was present at Vittoria, the
Pyrenees, Orthes, Tarbes, Toulouse, and other engagements, and also
served in the campaign of 1815, had a horse killed under him in the
retreat from Quatre Bras, and received two wounds at the battle of
Waterloo. In 1837 he was appointed exon of the Yeomen of the Guard,
which he held up to 1849. He married, in 1822, Miss Hooke, daughter and
heiress of Mr. Edmund Hooke, of Mulbarton Lodge.
10.--Died at his residence, St. Catherine's Cottage, Norwich, in his 62nd
year, Mr. William Matchett, senior proprietor of the NORFOLK CHRONICLE.
He was the second son of Mr. Jonathan Matchett, a former proprietor of
the journal. Educated at Norwich Grammar School, under the Rev. Dr.
Valpy, he became a partner in the establishment in 1827, from which time
until his death he took an active share in its management. "In former
days, before the science of shorthand writing had become a business in
itself, Mr. Matchett, like his school-fellow and contemporary, Mr. R. N.
Bacon, performed for this newspaper all those duties which the exigencies
of the present age require should be distributed amongst a 'staff of
reporters,' and as the representative of the CHRONICLE attended most of
the principal meetings in the city and county, the proceedings at which
were ably condensed for the public eye by the aid of his brief notes and
singularly retentive memory. Under the old Corporation, and for a short
period under the new _regime_, Mr. Matchett was connected with the
Norwich Town Council for upwards of eight years, and at all times took a
warm interest in the welfare and improvement of his native city.
27.--Elihu Burritt, "the Learned Blacksmith," delivered a lecture to the
Norwich Young Men's Christian Association, on "The Higher Law and Mission
of Commerce."
29.--Mdlle. Carlotta Patti appeared at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich,
accompanied by Madame Fanny Huddart, Herr Reichardt, Signor Ferranti, and
MM. Vieuxtemps and Ascher (violin and pianoforte). "Mdlle. Patti had
been offered an engagement at the Festival, but had declined to come
unless she was paid 500 gs. The Festival Committee were justified in
rejecting her terms, which could only be accorded to a second Jenny Lind,
which she is not. Nevertheless she is a wonderful singer."