4.--Died, at Mount Pleasant, Norwich, Mrs. E. Ling, aged 101 years.
9.--The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh arrived at Didlington Hall on a
visit to Mr. and Mrs. Tyssen Amherst.
10.--Sir Harry and Lady Bullard entertained the members of the Norwich
and Norfolk Conservative Club, and their friends, to a _soiree_ given at
St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich.
17.--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council it was reported that notice
had been received from the solicitor to the Norwich Tramways Company of
their intention to abandon the tramway scheme authorised by the Norwich
Tramway Order, 1887. (_See_ January 19th, 1897.)
--A resolution in favour of petitioning the Queen for an Order in Council
authorising the alteration in the number or boundaries of the wards of
the city, was adopted by a nominal majority of the Norwich Town Council.
A majority of two-thirds of the members of the Corporation was necessary
in order to make the motion effective. (_See_ July 21st, 1891.)
--Died, at Taplow, aged 62, Colonel J. E. Harvey, of Thorpe, Norwich, and
Springfield, Taplow. He was the eldest son of Mr. Kerrison Harvey, and
entered the Army as ensign in the 36th Regiment. He took part in the
suppression of the insurrection in Cephalonia, when that island was
placed under martial law in 1849, and served with the 41st Regiment in
the Crimean campaign. In 1869 he was appointed staff officer of
pensioners, and served in that capacity in Jersey and at Great Yarmouth
until 1881, when he retired into civilian life. Colonel Harvey married,
in 1858, Octavia, daughter of the Rev. Richard Stevens, vicar of
Belgrave, Leicestershire.
21.--Mr. George Ginnett's Circus opened for the season at the
Agricultural Hall, Norwich.
26.--Lord Hartington arrived at Westacre as the guest of Sir Henry James.
After three days' shooting his lordship proceeded to Sandringham on a
visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, and remained there until
January 6th, 1890, when he left for Merton Hall on a shooting visit to
Baron de Hirsch, the then tenant of the Hall. Lord Hartington was taken
ill immediately on his arrival, and was confined to bed for nearly three
weeks by severe congestion of the lungs. His lordship was enabled to
return to town on January 30th.
1890.