3.--The foundation-stone of the new passenger station for the Great
Eastern, the Midland, and the Great Northern Railways, at King's Lynn,
was laid by the Mayor (Mr. E. E. Durrant).
8.--Died at his Norfolk seat, Melton Constable, Jacob Henry Delaval
Astley, twenty-third Baron Hastings. His lordship, who was in his 49th
year, succeeded his father in 1859. He married, in 1848, the Hon.
Frances Diana Manners Sutton, daughter of Viscount Canterbury. He took
no part in public affairs, but he was much esteemed for his amiable
disposition, and deservedly popular in the county for the spirited manner
in which he promoted field sports, and for his courteous bearing as a
Master of Foxhounds. Having no issue, his lordship was succeeded by his
brother, the Hon. and Rev. Delaval Loftus Astley, of East Barsham.
9.--At Norwich Police Court, Richard Hoskins, a clerk in the employment
of the National Provincial Bank of England, was charged with feloniously
stealing divers sums, amounting altogether to 1,835, the moneys of his
employers. The magistrates consented to deal with the case summarily,
and, on the prisoner pleading guilty, he was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.
10.--Mr. Henry Haigh's Opera Company, with Madame Haigh-Dyer as _prima
donna_, opened the Easter season at Norwich Theatre with a performance of
"The Grand Duchess."
15.--Died at his residence, St. Andrew's, Norwich, Mr. James Newbegin,
aged 51. He was Chairman of the Norwich Board of Guardians, and was
possessed of considerable scientific attainments. Mr. Edward Field was
elected to the chairmanship of the Board on April 17th.
21.--The marriage of Princess Louise was celebrated at Norwich by the
ringing of bells and by the partial decoration of the city. The Town
Council, at a special meeting, adopted a congratulatory address for
presentation to the Queen, and in the evening the Scottish residents in
the city held a banquet at the Norfolk Hotel. "Although a number of
their English friends were invited to join it, the gentlemen from North
of the Tweed assembled in sufficiently preponderating numbers to give a
distinctive character to the gathering, and the whole of the arrangements
were carried out by a committee of Scotchmen." The "Number Twenty-Four"
Club also dined at the same hotel, and the event was similarly celebrated
at Yarmouth, Lynn, and Thetford.
26.--Died at Morningthorpe, Mr. Edward Howes, member of Parliament for
South Norfolk. Born July 7th, 1813, he was the eldest surviving son of
the Rev. George Howes, rector of Spixworth, his mother being a daughter
of Mr. Robert Fellowes, of Shotesham Park. From St. Paul's School he
proceeded to Cambridge, and came out high in the list of Wranglers of his
year (1835); in 1836 he was elected a Fellow of his College (Trinity),
and three years after was called to the Bar. In 1859 Mr. Howes was
returned without opposition for the Eastern Division of the county, in
conjunction with Colonel Coke, and in 1865 he was again elected, with Mr.
Clare Sewell Read as his colleague. In 1868, when the county was
subdivided, Mr. Howes and Mr. Read selected the Southern Division, and
were again returned. Mr. Howes was appointed Chancellor of the Diocese
on the death of Mr. Chancellor Evans; he was a Chairman of Norfolk
Quarter Sessions, and one of her Majesty's Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
He married first, in 1842, Agnes Maria, daughter of Mr. Richard Gwyn, who
died in 1843; and secondly, in 1851, his cousin, the fourth daughter of
Mr. R. Fellowes, deceased, by whom he left a son and a daughter.