7.--The Census returns for Norwich were published on this date, as
follow:--Houses: Inhabited, 19,777; uninhabited, 1,011; building, 246.
Persons: Males, 40,281; females, 47,560; total, 87,841.
29.--Died at Hoveton House, the Rev. Thomas John Blofeld, vicar of the
parish, aged 74. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge,
where he graduated in 1829. Ordained in 1830, he was for a short time
vicar of Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire, and exchanged the living for the
rectory of Drayton and Hellesdon. Mr. Blofeld was rural dean of the
deanery of Taverham, which he resigned, with the rectory of Drayton, in
1851, on his appointment to the living of Hoveton. He married, in 1834,
Catherine Charlotte, daughter of the Rev. Anthony Collett, of
Heveningham, Suffolk, by whom he had three sons and a daughter. Mr.
Blofeld was an active county magistrate, chairman of the visiting
justices of the County Gaol, an auditor of the county accounts, and a
Deputy Lieutenant. For many years he was one of the most able and
energetic of the leaders of the Conservative party in North Norfolk. In
his youth he was a great oarsman, was stroke of the Trinity boat, and one
of the founders of boating on the Cam. With a taste for outdoor
pursuits, he was a keen and skilled naturalist, and a sportsman of the
best type.
30.--Died at Les Avants, the Rev. Herbert Pelham, aged 26, curate of St.
Philip, Heigham, and youngest son of the Bishop of Norwich. "He had been
staying at Gleion, in Montreaux, on the banks of Lake Geneva, with his
brother, the Rev. Sidney Pelham. In the morning, at four o'clock, both
brothers left their hotel for a walk amongst the mountains, aiming at a
point which they reached at seven o'clock. After resting half an hour,
they began to descend. Not more than ten minutes had elapsed after their
starting, when, on a grassy slope, Mr. Sidney Pelham, who was in front,
heard a rushing sound, and perceived that his brother was falling head
foremost down a cliff some 240 feet in extent." On hurrying to the spot
he found the body motionless, and a surgeon who was summoned pronounced
that death had been instantaneous. Great public sympathy was expressed
in Norwich and the diocese, and many resolutions of condolence were sent
to the Bishop.
31.--Died at his residence, at Thorpe, Norwich, Mr. William Howlett, aged
78. He had been an alderman and town councillor. Identified with the
musical profession, Mr. Howlett had rendered very valuable assistance to
the funds of many of the Norwich charities.