5.--A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain and hail, occurred
in Norfolk.
7.--Died, at East Dereham, Mr. Samuel Bates, who was born in that town in
1789. He started in business in the Market Place in 1814, and was a
subscriber to the dinner held in 1815 on the occasion of the celebration
of peace. In 1809 he witnessed and took part in the festivities
connected with the Jubilee of George III., and seventy-seven years later
participated in the celebration of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
9.--The Mayor (Mr. F. W. Harmer) opened, at the rooms of the Norwich Art
Circle, Queen Street, a loan collection of works by John Sell Cotman.
14.*--"Lieut.-Colonel William Earle Gascoyne Lytton Bulwer is gazetted to
the command of the Eastern Counties Volunteer Brigade."
21.--At a meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, under the presidency of
the Deputy-Mayor (Sir Harry Bullard), a local branch was established of
the National Association for the Employment of Reserve and Discharged
Soldiers.
--The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Volunteer Battalions of the Norfolk Regiment went
into camp at Great Yarmouth. The marching in state was 2,000.
24.--The Fellows of the Huguenot Society of London held their summer
conference at Norwich. The proceedings were continued on the 25th.