2.--The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture passed a resolution affirming that
the suppression of pleuro-pneumonia should be placed in the hands of the
Government, and that compensation for compulsory slaughter be paid out of
the National Exchequer, and not from the local rates.
7.--The Baroness Burdett-Coutts delivered an address at the Guildhall,
Norwich, in support of the objects of the Norwich Band of Mercy.
9.--Mr. William Howard Dakin was elected Mayor and Mr. Edward Orams
appointed Sheriff of Norwich.
13.--Died, at Tunbridge Wells, in his 81st year, Sir S. Morton Peto. He
received his baronetcy for having contracted, in December, 1854, to
construct a railway from Balaclava to Sebastopol, and other works,
without profit or remuneration for superintendence. He was Liberal
member for Norwich from 1847 to 1855, and successively represented
Finsbury and Bristol. Sir Morton Peto was a civil engineer, and formerly
a member of the firms of Grissell and Peto and of Peto and Betts.
16.--Died, Mr. Charles Edward Tuck, of St. Giles' Street, Norwich, and
the Grove, Blofield, in his 81st year. He was the fourth son of Mr.
Thomas Tuck, of Strumpshaw Hall, and for many years practised as
solicitor, and took an active part in public affairs. A Conservative in
polities, he was elected in 1864 Mayor of Norwich. Mr. Tuck was a
justice of the peace for the city, and vice-president of the Norwich
Union Fire Office.