1.--The municipal elections were, for the first time, conducted under the
provisions of the Ballot Act. At Norwich, where fourteen out of a
possible sixteen Conservative candidates were returned, the elections
were rendered noteworthy by all the members of the firm of Messrs.
Bullard and Sons intimating that in future it was their intention to
adopt Conservative principles.
4.--The Prince and Princess of Wales passed through Thetford, on their
way to Elveden, on a visit to the Maharajah Duleep Singh, and were
received with great enthusiasm by the inhabitants of the borough.
--Mr. George Grossmith, "of the Temple, London," made the first of his
visits to Norwich, and appeared at Noverre's Rooms in an entertainment
entitled, "The Comic Side of Life."
9.--Sir Samuel Bignold was, for the fourth time, elected Mayor of
Norwich; Dr. Frederic Bateman was appointed Sheriff.
10.--Hospital Sunday was, for the first time, observed in Norwich. The
amount collected was 454 6s., 3d.
14.--The new schools of St. Philip, Heigham, Norwich, completed through
the munificent donation of Mr. James Harford and his late sister, and the
voluntary efforts of the friends of Church of England education, at the
cost of 2,000, were opened by the Bishop of Norwich. The architect was
Mr. Edward Power, of London, and the builder Mr. James Youngs.
18.--Died, in his 60th year, Mr. Henry Kett Kett-Tompson, of Brooke House
and Witchingham Hall. He was the last representative of an old Norwich
family, whose connection with the city dated back more than three
centuries, and who during nearly two centuries were extensive brewers in
King Street. Messrs. Morgan, in 1846, purchased the business of Mr.
Kett-Tompson and his brother, their landed property in the county
rendering it unnecessary for them to continue the brewery. Mr.
Kett-Tompson was one of two sons of Mr. Charles Tompson (High Sheriff in
1827), by Juliana, second daughter of Thomas Kett, of Seething Hall, and
sister and co-heiress of George Samuel Kett, of Brooke House. His
grandfather was Timothy Tompson, formerly of Denton, and afterwards of
Witchingham Hall. He was born in 1813, and married, in February, 1843,
Margaret Amelia, second daughter of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Frederick Paul
Irby, C.B., of Boyland Hall, and second son of the second Lord Boston.
The name of Mr. Kett-Tompson stood first upon the list of gentlemen to
fill the office of High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1873.
19.--Died, Elizabeth Harvey, widow of James Harvey, of Rollesby, in her
102nd year.
20.--A heavy gale occurred. Several vessels were lost off Yarmouth, and
a ship wrecked at Wells.
21.--A grand fancy dress ball, attended by representatives of the
principal families in Norfolk, was held at Hillington Hall, in
celebration of the twenty-fifth birthday of Sir William ffolkes, Bart.
24.--Died at his residence, Heigham Grove, Norwich, aged 73,
Major-General Burton Daveney, formerly of the Royal Scots Regiment. He
was born at Colton, in December, 1799, and obtained his commission as
ensign in the 57th Regiment. In 1825 he went to Australia as lieutenant
in command of a detachment which had charge of nearly 200 convicts. On
the voyage small-pox broke out, and the vessel was placed in quarantine.
The young lieutenant throughout a period of the greatest difficulty
discharged his duties with conspicuous success. In 1830 he exchanged
into the 1st Royals (afterwards the Royal Scots), and served in one or
other of the battalions of that regiment for thirty-one years. He passed
through the Canadian Rebellion in 1837, was present at the affairs of St.
Charles and St. Eustache, and returned to England in 1841. In the
Crimea, as commandant at Balaclava, his duties were so arduous that when
he left, completely broken down in health, in January, 1855, the work was
divided among three officers. In the absence of the colonel he brought
the regiment to Aldershot, and afterwards had the honour of dining with
her Majesty, to whom he was presented by the Prince Consort. He next
sailed to India, and assisted in quelling the Mutiny, and returned in
1862, when he retired on full pay, with the rank of Major-General. He
had seen forty-one years of active service without passing a single day
on half-pay. General Daveney was the possessor of three clasps for the
Crimea, the Order of the Medjidie, and several other decorations
presented by the Sultan to British officers who had served in the war
against Russia.