2.--Died at his residence, Tombland, Norwich, Mr. Roger Kerrison, aged
61. He had for some time been in ill-health, and five weeks before his
death, while superintending the cutting down of some timber, sustained a
fall and received a severe shock. Mr. Kerrison was, in many respects, a
remarkable personage. He was the son of Mr. Allday Kerrison, and was
educated for the law, a profession he continued to practise until his
decease, although a large accession of fortune on the death of his uncle,
Mr. Matthew Kerrison, of Ranworth, twenty years previously, had placed
him in independent circumstances. Mr. Kerrison held several important
public appointments, but he was more widely known by reason of his
connection with the Norwich Triennial Musical Festival, of which he was
for some years the active honorary secretary. In politics he was
Conservative, but by no means a prejudiced partisan, and he never
scrupled to act independently when he deemed it right to do so. He was a
bachelor, and the bulk of his fortune went to his brother, Mr. Allday
Kerrison, a partner in the Crown Bank, Norwich.
3.--Died, in his 78th year, Mr. William Johnson Fox, for many years
member of Parliament for Oldham, and popularly known as "the Norwich
Weaver Boy."
7.--The 18th Hussars left Norwich for Shorncliffe, prior to their
embarkation for India. This was the first regiment which departed from
the city by train.
8.--The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association was held at
Lynn, and was visited by upwards of 14,000 persons. Mr. R. J. H. Harvey
was president for the year.
18.--Died, near Christchurch, New Zealand, aged 59, the Ven. Octavius
Mathias, Archdeacon of Akaron and formerly vicar of Horsford. He was one
of the first to take an interest in the foundation of Canterbury
Cathedral, New Zealand, and was elected one of the capitular clergy.