5.--At a large meeting held at Blackfriars' Hall, Norwich, under the
presidency of Lieutenant-Colonel Bignold, Mr. Edward Wild was presented
by the Conservative party of the city with an illuminated address
expressing to him their sympathy "in the unjustifiable attack made on him
in the Town Council," and congratulating him "on his complete and
triumphant refutation of the charges." The address further stated: "They
desire also to express not only as a party but as citizens their
appreciation of Alderman Wild's honourable character, and of the debt the
city owes him for his long, faithful, and able services."
13.--A military tournament, given by the 19th (Princess of Wales' Own)
Hussars, in aid of the city charities, commenced at the Agricultural
Hall, Norwich, and concluded on the 17th.
--Died, at Morton Hall, Mr. George Duckett Berney, in his 75th year. He
was a son of Mr. Thomas Trench Berney, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Mr.
Thomas Penrice, of Great Yarmouth and of Witton House, and married
Catherine Mary, daughter of the Rev. Henry Lombe, of Bylaugh Hall. Mr.
Berney was a justice of the peace and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the county
of Norfolk, and in 1881 served the office of High Sheriff. He took a
practical interest in pisciculture.
1888.