13.--At a meeting of 2,000 Liberal electors, held at St. Andrew's Hall,
Norwich, Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett was adopted a candidate for Norwich. A
meeting of the Whig party, convened by Sir William Foster, was held at
the Royal Hotel on the 14th, under the presidency of Mr. I. O. Taylor, at
which it was decided to adopt the candidature of Mr. Edward Warner.
17.--Died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, in his 72nd year, Mr. Robert
Martineau, brother of the Rev. James Martineau and Miss Harriet
Martineau. He was a native of Norwich, but settled in Birmingham as a
manufacturer at an early period of his life, and took an active part in
the Reform agitation preceding the Bill of 1832. For the last fourteen
years of his life he lived in retirement, owing to almost total
blindness.
23.--The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association commenced at
Harleston, and was continued on the 24th. Mr. Edward Howes, M.P.,
presided at the dinner.
--The Earl of Rosebery visited his Norfolk estate for the first time.
His lordship was met at the entrance to the village of Postwick by a
brass band, which preceded the carriage to the rectory, where he was
received by the Rev. W. and Lady Margaret Vincent, the Countess of
Buchan, Lord Cardross, and other guests. The cottage tenants were
entertained at dinner, and "the orator of the village" proposed his
lordship's health, to which the Earl replied. A dinner to the tenantry
was given in the school-room, at which his lordship presided, and the
festivities ended with a display of fireworks.