4.--A new lifeboat, built at the cost of 1,000 subscribed to the National
Lifeboat Institution by Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, of Cromer Hall, was
launched at Cromer. Mr. Bond Cabbell also provided all the necessary
appliances, the transport carriage, and the boat-house. The Bishop of
the diocese delivered an address at the launch, and the ceremony of
christening the boat by the name of Benjamin Bond Cabbell was performed
by Miss Buxton.
7.--Died, Francis Baring, third Baron Ashburton. His lordship was second
son of Alexander, first Baron, by his wife Anne Louisa, eldest daughter
of Mr. W. Bingham, of Philadelphia. He was born on May 20th, 1800, and
married in January, 1831, Mdlle. Claire Hortense, daughter of the Duke de
Bassano, by whom he left issue Alexander, his successor in the title, and
formerly Member of Parliament for Thetford, the Hon. Denzil Hugh Baring,
and an only daughter, Mary Louisa Anne, married to the Duke of Grafton.
Previously to his accession to the family honours, the deceased nobleman
represented Thetford in Parliament, namely, from 1832 to 1841, and from
July, 1848, to December, 1857. He was a Conservative in politics, but,
like his father and brother, was moderate in his views, and generally
voted with the class of politicians formerly known as "Peelites."
10.--Died at Westgate House, near Bury St. Edmund's, Rear-Admiral Sir
William Legge George Hoste. He was the eldest son of Sir William Hoste
(who was created baronet in 1814 for his naval services, but particularly
for the victory he gained over the combined French and Italian squadrons
off the island of Lessa in 1811), and Lady Harriett, third daughter of
Horatio, second Earl of Orford. Born on March 19th, 1818, he succeeded
to the baronetcy on the death of his father, in December, 1828. He was
Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide from 1845 to 1849, and was appointed
Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria in 1860.