14.--The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association opened at
Swaffham. Sir William ffolkes, High Sheriff of Norfolk, presided at the
luncheon.
15.--Died at his residence, South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Vice-Admiral
Thomas Lewis Gooch, aged 69, youngest son of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch,
Bart., of Benacre Hall. Born at Bramfield, he joined the Royal Naval
College in 1820, and entering the Navy, obtained Lieutenant's rank in
1828. He was appointed to the command of H.M.S. Kite, went to the West
Coast of Africa, and brought home the survivors of the first ill-fated
Niger Expedition. In 1865 he attained the rank of retired Rear-Admiral,
and became Vice-Admiral in 1871. In 1828 he married Anne, eldest
daughter of General the Hon. William Gardner, Lieutenant-Governor of
Malta.
18.--Father Ignatius announced that he would commence an eight days'
mission at the Monastery, Elm Hill, Norwich. Miss Ware, a lady residing
at Claydon, to whom, it was stated, the property belonged, was
communicated with, and she instructed her solicitors to take the
necessary steps for the ejectment of Ignatius. Mr. J. Clabburn, of
Norwich, as agent to the solicitors, went to the Monastery, accompanied
by three process-servers, and forcibly removed Ignatius and a brother
monk as they were in the act of celebrating mass. On the 20th Ignatius
summoned Mr. Clabburn and his men for assault, and, after a prolonged
hearing at the Police Court, the magistrates dismissed the case.
Meanwhile Ignatius held his services in the large room at the Bell Hotel,
in the yard of the Rampant Horse Hotel, and at St. Andrew's Hall.
27.--Died at Ambleside, Miss Harriet Martineau, who was born in Norwich
on June 13th, 1802. "Although she was not a great she was a most
industrious writer, and thoroughly in earnest in whatever she undertook."
28.--The new organ erected at East Dereham church by Messrs. Hill and
Son, of London, at a cost of between 700 and 800, was opened by Dr. E. T.
Chipp, organist of Ely Cathedral.
30.--Died at Catton House, Norwich, Mr. Robert Chamberlin, aged 74. He
thrice served the office of Mayor--in 1854-5, 1856-7, and 1871-2, and was
Sheriff in 1848-9. Mr. Chamberlin was a magistrate for the counties of
Norfolk and Suffolk, and for the city of Norwich, and was a
Deputy-Lieutenant of the first-named county.