10.--The Norwich Town Council elected Mr. Walter Overbury to the office
of Mayor, and appointed Mr. Geoffrey Fowell Buxton as Sheriff. Mr.
Oyerbury having declined to qualify, Mr. Edward Wild was on the 24th
elected to fill the vacancy.
--Died, aged 79, the Rev. Charles Turner, formerly rector of Bixley and
Framingham Earl. He was the son of Mr. Charles Turner, the last Mayor of
Norwich previous to the passing of the Municipal Reform Act, and held the
living of St. Peter Mancroft from 1848 to 1878.
24.--The Prince of Wales opened, at the Athenaeum, King's Lynn, a
sporting and art exhibition in aid of the covert funds of the West
Norfolk Hunt. His Royal Highness was accompanied by the Princess of
Wales.
--The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princesses Victoria and Maud,
arrived at Melton Constable on a visit to Lord and Lady Hastings. Their
Royal Highnesses were afterwards joined by the Prince of Wales and the
Duke of Clarence and Avondale. The visit terminated on the 29th.
25.--The weather became exceedingly severe, and frost and snow prevailed
to the end of the year.