7.--The dismounted party of the B and C Batteries, Royal Horse Artillery,
arrived by rail at Norwich. The mounted portion marched in on the 13th,
under the command of Major H. P. Bishop.
8.*--"The death, of Mr. George Cattermole, the well-known artist, is
announced. He was born at Dickleburgh, near Diss, in 1800. At an early
age he acquired proficiency as a draughtsman, and some of the most
elaborate drawings in Britton's 'Cathedrals' emanate from him."
--Chang, the Chinese giant, was exhibited at the Lecture Hall, St.
Andrew's, Norwich. "He is between 8.5 ft and 9 ft. high, and his natural
suavity of manner is very agreeable to those he meets."
10.--The Grand English Opera and Ballet Company appeared at Norwich
Theatre. The _artistes_, included Miss Annie Thirlwall, Miss Blanch
Cole, Miss Fanny Rowland, Mr. William Parkinson, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr.
Eugene Corri, Mr. Charles Durand, &c. In the company's repertory were
"Un Ballo in Maschira," "Faust," and a _ballet divertissement_, in which
the sisters Louie and Marie Smithers appeared.
19.--The British Association for the Advancement of Science commenced its
thirty-eighth congress at Norwich. The General Committee met at St.
Pater's Hall in the morning, and in the evening the President, Mr. J. D.
Hooker, F.R.S., D.C.L., delivered his inaugural address, at the Drill
Hall. The various sections were presided over by the following
gentlemen:--Mathematical and Physical Science, Professor Tyndall, LL.D.,
F.R.S.; Chemical Science, Professor Frankland, F.R.S.; Geology, Mr. R. A.
C. Godwin Austen, F.R.S., F.G.S.; Biology, the Rev. J. M. Berkeley, M.A.,
F.R.S.; Geography and Ethnology, Capt. Richards, F.R.S., Hydrographer to
the Royal Navy; Economic Science and Statistics, Mr. Samuel Brown,
President of the Society of Actuaries; Mechanical Science, Mr. G. Bidder,
C.E. On the 22nd the members were invited to Crown Point by Mr. R. J. H.
Harvey and Lady Henrietta Harvey. The concluding meeting was held at St.
Peter's Hall on the 26th, after which excursions were made to Lynn,
Hunstanton, Wolterton, Walsingham, Burgh Castle, and Holkham Hall, where
the members were entertained by the Earl of Leicester. The International
Congress of Prehistoric Archaeology, presided over by Sir John Lubbock,
was held simultaneously with the gathering of the British Association.
Its meetings took place at the Public Library.
19.--Died at his residence, Craven Hill Gardens, Bayswater, General Sir
George Petre Wymer, K.C.B., Colonel of the 107th Regiment. He was a son
of Mr. George Wymer, of Reepham, where he was born on August 19th, 1788.
Educated at North Walsham, he entered the military service of the East
India Company in August, 1804, served in Lord Lake's campaign of 1805,
and throughout the Nepaul War in 1814-15. In 1840 he joined the army
under Sir William Nott at Candahar, and was present during the investment
of that city. He was appointed brigadier, and in command of the First
Brigade of the Candahar Force saw much active service. In 1842 he was
appointed _aide-de-camp_ to the Queen, in recognition of his services in
Afghanistan, and in 1857 he was made a K.C.B. for his military services
in India. His military career extended over 64 years. General Wymer
married, in 1833, a daughter of Sir C. F. Crespigny.