4.--Died at Pottergate Street, Norwich, Mr. William Smith, veterinary
surgeon, aged 61. Mr. Smith attained to considerable eminence in his
profession. During the time of the Cattle Plague, he did good service to
the county in his official capacity as inspector to the Central
Committee, and at the meeting of the British Association at Norwich read
an able paper on the disease, its origin and treatment.
9.--Winterton church was re-opened by the Bishop of Norwich. It had been
restored at the cost of 3,000.
13.--The 3rd and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers went into
camp at Yarmouth, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Duff, M.P., and
Lieut.-Colonel Gurdon.
15.--The Hemsby to Martham extension of the Yarmouth and Stalham Railway
was opened on this date. Powers having been obtained for carrying the
line to North Walsham, it was thereafter known as the North Norfolk
Railway. (_See_ June 8th, 1881.)
20.--Died at Norwich, in his 93rd year, Commander Crane, R.N. He was the
son of Mr. Edward Crane, Coroner of Norwich, and entered the Royal Navy
as midshipman on board the Repulse, in 1798. During the summer of 1805
he accompanied Nelson in his pursuit to the West Indies of the combined
French and Spanish fleets. After continuous service he joined the
Reynard, 18 guns, as Acting Commander in the advance on Riga, and was the
first to bring to the Admiral of the station lying off Carlscrona news of
the great defeat of Napoleon at Moscow. He was in May, 1813, while in
charge of a prize, driven by a gale into Frederickstadt, in Norway, where
he was detained a prisoner for some months. In 1843 he received the rank
of commander, and since 1848 had resided in Norwich.