2.--Died, at St. Clement's Hill, Catton, the Rev. Richard Rigg, M.A., for
forty-two years rector of St. Clement's, and some time rector of St.
Michael-at-Coslany and St. Edmund the King, Norwich, in his 81st year. A
clergyman of the old school, he was a warm adherent to the Evangelical
party, was for forty years secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary
of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and one of the founders of the
Norwich Church of England Young Men's Society.
--Mr. John Ellis, of Sprowston, received from the Treasury a grant of 150
"in consideration of his services to the nation in having been the
founder of the first juvenile reformatory in England, that of Saltley,
near Birmingham."
6.--It was announced that her Majesty the Queen had conferred upon Mr.
Edward Birkbeck, M.P., the honour of a baronetcy.
7.--Died, at Brockheath, Salisbury, General William Custance, C.B.,
colonel of the 11th Hussars, in his 75th year. The second son of Mr.
Hamilton Thomas Custance, of Weston House, he entered the Army in 1831,
and served with distinction in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny.
13.--A deputation of unemployed workmen waited upon the Mayor of Norwich
at the Guildhall and urged upon him the necessity of steps being taken to
relieve the exceptional distress then prevailing in the city. On the
17th a public meeting was held, at which a fund was opened. Relief works
were shortly afterwards started on Mousehold Heath.
14.--Died, at St. Helen's House, Norwich, Mr. Edward Field, in his 75th
year. He succeeded Mr. Thomas Bignold as solicitor to the Norwich Fire
and Life Assurance Offices, and in 1857-8 served as Mayor of Norwich. On
the death of Sir Samuel Bignold Mr. Field became leader of the
Conservative party in the Town Council, and was for many years Chairman
of the Board of Guardians. He drafted the Norfolk and Suffolk Fisheries
Act, 1877, and was chiefly instrumental in getting it passed;
subsequently he became honorary secretary to the Board of Conservators,
of which also he was a member. Mr. Field, who was a magistrate of the
city, for several years held the rank of captain in the Norwich Rifle
Volunteers.
20.--Died, at 49, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, Mr. George
William Pierrepont Bentinck, aged 82. He was the eldest son of
Vice-Admiral William Bentinck (a representative of the junior branch of
the family of the Duke of Portland), by marriage with Lady Frances Eliza
Augusta Pierrepont, only daughter of Charles, first Earl of Manvers. In
1853 he was returned as Conservative member for West Norfolk, and
retained the seat until March, 1868, when he retired on account of
ill-health. He was, however, re-elected by the same constituency in
1871, and sat till February, 1884, when he finally retired from
Parliamentary life. Mr. Bentinck, who was a Tory of the old school, and
maintained his principles to the last, was a magistrate and a Deputy
Lieutenant for the county.
22.--In the House of Lords judgment was given in the case, Coaks and
others, appellants, and Boswell and others, respondents. Their lordships
held that there had been no fraud in the purchase of the Harvey life
interest, and therefore reversed the order of the Court of Appeal and
that of Mr. Justice Fry, dismissing the action with costs restored. The
respondents were condemned in the whole costs of the case. On September
17th, 1887, it was announced: "The plaintiffs have discharged the taxed
costs of the defendants. These amounted to 12,930 19s. 11d., of which
2,194 13s. 5d. was allowed in respect of the appeal in the House of
Lords." Mr. M. S. Emerson, solicitor to the plaintiffs, stated, in a
letter published on September 24th, 1887, that they had the opportunity
of compromising the case. "It is a fact," he wrote, "that I refused
30,000 before the case came into court. . . . The six counsel engaged
for the plaintiffs met, and were unanimous in their opinion that I was
right in refusing the 30,000." (_See_ July 22nd, 1892.)