2.--The Cricket Week theatricals at Norwich Theatre included performances
of "Old Cronies," "In Honour Bound," and "Done on Both Sides." This was
the last occasion upon which performances were given by Sir Kenneth
Kemp's company. The Cricket Week was continued in subsequent years in
the first week of August.
3.--Mr. Arthur Wilson Fox, one of the assistant Commissioners appointed
by the Royal Commission on Labour, held an inquiry at the Assembly Rooms,
Swaffham, with the view of ascertaining the position and earnings of
agricultural labourers. Similar inquiries were held in other parts of
the county.
7.--Died, at Eastbourne, the Rev. George Charles Hoste, in his 79th year.
He was born in Norwich, and was the eldest son of Colonel Sir George
Hoste, of the Royal Engineers. He graduated at Caius College, Cambridge,
in 1835, and in 1856 was presented by Bishop Hinds to the important
parish of Heigham. In 1847 he married Anne, daughter of Mr. John
Brenchley, of Wombwell Hall, near Gravesend. Mr. Hoste made great
efforts to provide increased church accommodation in Heigham, and in 1861
secured sufficient money to build the church dedicated to the Holy
Trinity. On retiring from Heigham he was given the living of Boyton,
Suffolk.
20.--The Queen, it was announced, had conferred the dignity of a peerage
upon Mr. William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, of Didlington Hall. The "London
Gazette" of September 23rd announced that the new peer had adopted the
title of Baron Amherst of Hackney.
30.--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council it was decided to rescind a
former resolution of the Council passed with the view of preventing the
erection of the Roman Catholic church presbytery beyond the building line
at Unthank's Road, and permission was granted for carrying out the
original plans. (_See_ August 29th, 1894.)