5.--Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., gave evidence before the Select Committee
appointed by the House of Commons to consider what further legislation
might be necessary for the repression of cattle disease, and for the
regulation of the importation of foreign cattle. Mr. Read insisted upon
the necessity of slaughtering foreign fat beasts at the port of
debarkation, and of a period of quarantine for store stock, which he
would only allow to be landed at certain ports.
7.--At the Norwich Police Court, John L'Estrange, of Union Place, "the
well-known archaeological authority, who has published one or two highly
important and valuable works on the archaeology of Norfolk," was charged
with forging the name of Francis Gostling Foster, distributor of stamps,
with intent to defraud, and with stealing stamps to the amount of 1,400.
The prisoner had been in the office for twenty years, and had charge of
the stamp department. He was committed for trial on the 13th, and at the
ensuing Assizes, on August 4th, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced by Sir
James Fitzjames Stephen to seven years' penal servitude. L'Estrange died
in Millbank Prison, from fistula, on October 15th.
14.--The Norfolk team won the China Cup at the Wimbledon meeting.
Exceedingly good shooting was made by Norfolk Volunteers, and upwards of
150 was brought to the county.
21.--Died at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, the Rev. John Nathaniel Micklethwait,
of Taverham, aged 65. He was the eldest surviving son of Mr. Nathaniel
Micklethwait, who was High Sheriff in 1810. In 1849 he married Emily
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Mills, of Hillingdon Court,
Middlesex, and succeeded to the family estates on the death of his
brother, in July, 1856. Mr. Micklethwait had no family, and was
succeeded by his next brother, Henry Nathaniel, born in 1814. He was a
warm supporter of the Conservative party, took a great interest in
agriculture, and, in his later years, turned his attention to the
breeding of shorthorns, of which he had formed a fine herd.
21.--Died at Portman Square, London, Mr. William Earle Lytton Bulwer, of
Heydon Hall, the chief representative of the old Norman family of Bulwer,
which has held a leading position in Norfolk since the time of the
Conquest. Mr. Bulwer was born April 29th, 1799, and was the eldest son
of General William Earle Bulwer, who married Elizabeth, daughter and sole
heiress of Mr. Richard Warburton Lytton, of Knebworth Park, Herts., and
whose other sons were the celebrated novelist and statesman, Lord Lytton,
and the well-known diplomatist, Baron Dalling and Bulwer. Mr. Bulwer
succeeded to the estates of his father in 1807, and married, in 1827,
Emily, youngest daughter of General Gascoyne, by whom he had three sons
and three daughters. He married subsequently, in 1841, Elizabeth,
daughter of William Green, of Forty Hill, Enfield. He was succeeded by
his eldest son, William Earle Gascoyne Lytton, formerly of the Scots
Fusilier Guards, who married, in 1855, Marion Dering, daughter and
heiress of Mr. W. Lee Warner, of Quebec House, East Dereham. Mr. Bulwer
was a Liberal in politics, and took a leading part in all political
movements in North Norfolk, where he was popular as a landlord, and had
considerable influence.
--The 3rd and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, commanded
respectively by Lieut.-Colonel Duff, M.P., and Lieut.-Colonel Gurdon,
went into camp at Yarmouth, and on the 26th were inspected by Colonel
Harenc.
25.--The two principal stones of the nave of St. James' church, Yarmouth,
were laid by the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Steward). The
sum of 2,300 had been collected for the erection of the nave. The
architect was Mr. J. P. Seddon, and the contractor Mr. W. E. Martin, of
Hereford. The work was completed at the cost of about 3,250, and the new
building was opened on May 1st, 1878, when the sermon was preached by
Dean Goulburn.