10.--A fire occurred at Scole, and resulted in the destruction of the
shop of Mr. A. Pettit, and of other property. Mr. Pettit's loss amounted
to upwards of 1,000.
--Died, at Catton, Mrs. Mary Sewell, widow of Mr. Isaac Sewell. She was
the daughter of Mr. John Wright, of Buxton, and was born in 1797 at
either Felthorpe or Great Yarmouth. Most of her early life was spent at
the former place; and in 1818 she married Mr. Sewell, of Yarmouth.
Subsequently they removed to the neighbourhood of London, where they
resided until 1835. During the next twenty years they lived at Brighton
and at Chichester, and then removed to Bath, where they remained till
1867, when Mrs. Sewell went to reside with her son at Catton. Her
connection with literature began at a very early period of her life, and
her publications were both numerous and popular. The most successful
were "Mother's Last Words" and "Our Father's Care." The former was
issued by Messrs. Jarrold on November 1st, 1860, and up to January 25th,
1884, upwards of one million copies had been printed and circulated.
Similar success attended the latter work, which proved equally popular.
Mrs. Sewell was originally a member of the Society of Friends, but in
consequence of misgivings she withdrew in 1834, and for a time attended a
Congregational chapel in London. On her removal to Brighton she
associated herself with the Church of England. "She was no sectarian,
but a Christian in the broadest and most genuine sense."
18.--The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association opened at
Lynn, and was continued on the 19th. Sir Lewis W. Jarvis was president.
26.--Died, at Newmarket Road, Norwich, Mr. John Pymar, aged 76. For more
than fifty years he served the city in various capacities, but never
aspired to the higher offices. For nearly half a century Mr. Pymar was a
member of the Board of Guardians, and for more than forty years an
alderman of the city. Throughout his career he was a moderate and
consistent Liberal.
--Died, at Prince's Street, Norwich, Mr. John Quinton, for fifty-five
years librarian at the Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution, aged 72.
28.--Died, at Yarmouth, aged 73, Mr. Charles Cory Aldred, Deputy-Mayor of
the borough. In early life he served as naval surgeon in H.M.S.
Dreadnought, and was afterwards surgeon-major in the Norfolk Artillery
Militia.
29.--The Rev. Frederick Baggallay, who had been elected vicar of St.
Peter Mancroft, Norwich, in succession to the Ven. Archdeacon Nevill,
officiated for the first time. He was the fifth son of the Right Hon.
Sir Richard Baggallay, Lord Justice of Appeal, and formerly curate at St.
George's, Hanover Square.