7.--At the Guildhall, Norwich, Mr. Samuel Hoare, of Cliff House, Cromer,
was nominated a candidate to fill the vacancy caused in the
representation of the city by the unseating on petition of Mr. Harry
Bullard. The Liberal party offered no opposition, and Mr. Hoare was
declared duly elected.
9.--Died, at Great Yarmouth, Mr. Oswald Diver, aged 59. When a young man
he was renowned as an oarsman, won many sculling matches on the Thames,
and at Norwich, Lynn, and other places, and in 1847 beat Playford, who
then held the Thames Amateur Championship.
22.--The Archbishop of Canterbury administered at Sandringham church the
rite of confirmation to the Princess Victoria of Wales.
24.--The Prince of Wales visited Norwich for the purpose of inspecting
the show-ground of the Royal Agricultural Society, and was entertained at
Carrow House by Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P.
29.--A special meeting of the Norwich Diocesan Conference, convened by
the Lord Bishop, in compliance with a numerously-signed requisition, was
held at Noverre's Rooms to take into consideration the subject of Church
Reform.