7.--Died, at St. John's House, Norwich, Mr. Samuel Grimmer, in his 76th
year. Mr. Grimmer for many years sat in the Town Council as a
representative of the Second Ward, and was chairman of the Sewerage and
Irrigation Committee. He was Mayor in 1880-81, and entertained the
Prince and Princess of Wales and other distinguished visitors on the
occasion of the opening of the Fisheries Exhibition.
8.--Maria Brown, aged 62, wife of a labourer, was murdered at Pulham St.
Mary Magdalene, by Elijah Snelling, her son-in-law. Snelling was tried
at the Norfolk Assizes on March 5th before Mr. Justice Denman, found
guilty, and sentenced to death. The sentence was afterwards commuted to
penal servitude for life.
10.--A white-tailed eagle of nine pounds weight was shot near Wretham
decoy.
--Died, at Brundall, Mr. George Lovick Coleman, in his 78th year. He was
for more than half a century proprietor of a well-known drapery
establishment in St. Giles' Street, Norwich. In 1843 Mr. Coleman was
appointed Sheriff, and four years subsequently was elected Mayor, and at
the close of his term of office was presented by the citizens with a
handsome epergne in recognition of his services to the city. He took
great interest in the Volunteer movement, served originally in the Rifle
Corps, afterwards in the Norwich Light Horse, and finally in the
Artillery, of which he ultimately became captain commandant. In his
early days Mr. Coleman professed Liberal principles, but became
Conservative.
11.--Mr. C. S. Read gave an address at the Norfolk Chamber of
Agriculture, in which he adversely criticised the working of the
Agricultural Holdings Act, and moved and carried a resolution affirming
that the failure of the Act demanded the attention of the President of
the Board of Agriculture. Mr. Read addressed the Farmers' Club, in
London, on the same subject, on March 31st, when a similar resolution was
adopted.
14.--Mrs. Punt, of East Wretham, the oldest pauper upon the relief books
of the Thetford Union, attained her 102nd year.
18.--Many persons in Norwich were reported to be suffering from
influenza. Several men at the Cavalry and the Britannia Barracks were
attacked by the complaint, which, however, was not of an aggravated
character.
21.--The Town Council of Norwich voted the honorary freedom of the city
to Mr. William Cadge "in recognition of the services he has rendered to
the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and especially in the noble gift
recently made to its funds." The certificate of freedom was formally
presented in a silver casket to Mr. Cadge at the Guildhall on March 21st.