1.--Colonel Black, Chief Constable of Norfolk, resigned his appointment,
and received from the magistrates the highest superannuation allowance
permitted by law. On September 23rd Mr. Paynton Pigott, who, for six
years, had been Deputy Chief Constable, was elected to the vacant post.
Colonel Black, on his retirement, was presented with valuable
testimonials by the magistrates and the constabulary.
10.--A fifty miles walking match, for 20 a side, took place at the
Hop-pole Gardens, Norwich, between George Parry, winner of O'Leary's
champion belt of the world, at Chicago, and William Clarke, the Norfolk
champion. Heavy rainstorms occurred during the day, and at times the
track was flooded. Clarke left the path after completing 40 miles, and
Parry, who was three miles ahead, also retired.
14.--The Duke of Norfolk visited Norwich, and presided at an influential
meeting held at St. Andrew's Hall, on behalf of the Eastern Counties'
Asylum for Idiots. The principal streets of the city were decorated in
honour of the visit, peals were rung upon the bells of St. Peter
Mancroft, and his Grace was received at the hall by the Mayor (Mr. Harry
Bullard), the Sheriff (Mr. Philip Back), the Deputy Mayor. (Mr. J. D.
Smith), and other civic dignitaries. The Mayor presented to the Duke an
address of welcome, adopted on the previous day by the Town Council, and
afterwards entertained his Grace and 200 guests at a _dejeuner_.
17.--The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture adopted a resolution, moved by
Mr. C. S. Read, expressing satisfaction with the steps taken by the
Government for the repeal of the Malt Tax by the substitution of a beer
duty, "as repeatedly recommended by the chamber."
22.--Died at Munich, three weeks after her arrival there from London,
Madame Anna Caroline de Belleville Oury, one of the most distinguished
pianists of her time.
24.--The 3rd and 4th Battalions of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers went into
camp at Great Yarmouth, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Bulwer and
Lieut.-Colonel Gurdon, M.P. The total number of men under canvas was
1,301.
27.--The Norwich Town Council, on the motion of Mr. George White, adopted
the following resolution: "Several months having elapsed since this
Council requested the Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee to consider the
legal position in which the Corporation stands with the British Gaslight
Company, and, considering the enormous interests at stake, the Council
urges upon the Committee the necessity of at once reporting as to what
steps, if any, they advise to be taken, in order to relieve the citizens
from the unjust and unnecessary burdens imposed upon them through the
extravagant charge made for gas." The Committee were also instructed "to
take into consideration the question of electric lighting, as lately
adopted by several corporations." (_See_ August 30th, 1881.)
27.--A grand bazaar was held in Holkham Park, in aid of the restoration
fund of Wells church. The proceedings realised a profit of 845.
28.--Died at Castle Rising, the Hon. Theophilus Howard, second son of
Charles John, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. Mr. Howard entered into
possession of the estate of Castle Rising at the close of 1876, having
received it by deed of gift from Mrs. Howard, of Ashstead. By his
succession this property, which came into the possession of the Howard
family in 1545, again reverted to the Suffolk and Berkshire line, from
which it was separated by the death of Henry, twelfth Earl of Suffolk and
Berkshire, in the year 1779. Mr. Howard married Lady Audrey Townshend,
youngest daughter of the Marquis Townshend, in 1873, and left two sons
and two daughters. He was called to the Bar in 1863, and in 1873 was
appointed a Commissioner in Lunacy, a post which he resigned in 1878.
"He was the first of the great Howard family who made Castle Rising his
permanent residence and home, for though the estate had been possessed by
the Howards since 1545 it was always as a political occupation when
Castle Rising was a Parliamentary borough, or as a temporary residence
for the shooting. Consequently, through the long period of 335 years not
one of the family is known to have died there, and certainly none, with
the exception of Mr. Howard, have been buried in the parish church or
churchyard."