4.--Died at Cambridge, Mr. Robert Steward, of Yarmouth. He served the
office of Mayor of Yarmouth for four consecutive years, namely, from 1858
to 1861. In addition to being a borough magistrate, he was upon the
Commission of the Peace for the county of Norfolk.
6.--A new type of traction engine (Thompson's patent) was tested in the
streets of Thetford by Messrs. Burrell, of the St. Nicholas Ironworks.
"The peculiarities of the engine consist of its wheels, three in number,
being fitted with a length of indiarubber, six inches thick and twelve
inches wide, covered with steel and kept on the wheels by endless chains.
The great use of these indiarubber tyres is to give elasticity."
8.--Mr. George William Perrepoint Bentinck, of Davies Street, Berkeley
Square, London, was, at Swaffham, returned unopposed to fill the vacancy
caused in the representation of West Norfolk by the elevation to the
Peerage of the Hon. Thomas de Grey.
10.--A storm of great violence swept over the Eastern coast, and strewed
the shores from Yarmouth to the Humber with wrecks and drifting spars.
"Off Yarmouth vessel after vessel went down bodily with all hands, and
left no clue as to their names or of the ports to which they belonged."
Six Lynn vessels were lost in the Deeps. On this day large flocks of
wild geese and swans, with mallards and widgeon, were seen in the
neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and the stormy petrel was observed.
20.--The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy caused in the
representation of Norwich by the unseating of Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett for
bribery took place at the Guildhall. Sir Charles Legard, of Ganton,
Yorkshire, was the Conservative, and Mr. J. J. Colman, of Carrow House,
Norwich, the Liberal candidate. The show of hands was in favour of the
latter, and a poll was demanded by Sir Samuel Bignold, on behalf of the
Conservative nominee. The election took place on the 21st, with the
following result: Colman, 4,637; Legard, 3,389.
28.--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, a report was received from
a special committee appointed on January 17th to consider the question of
the necessity of a School Board for the city. The committee stated that
after communication with the Education Department of the Privy Council,
they considered the appointment of a School Board for the corporate
district to be inevitable. Mr. Tillett moved the adoption of the report,
which was seconded by Mr. Youngs. Mr. Priest moved, and Dr. Copeman
seconded, a resolution--"That, in the opinion of the Council, a School
Board is not at present desirable, and that they see no sufficient reason
why it should be inevitable." Mr. Tillett's motion was carried, by 29
votes to 5. (_See_ April 12th.)
--The Norwich Town Council authorised the Sewerage and Irrigation
Committee to borrow a further sum of 10,000 for the completion of the
drainage works. On April 17th the works were used for the first time for
delivering sewage upon the land at Kirby Bedon.