1.--Died at Sunny Hill, Thorpe, the Hon. and Right Rev. Bishop Pelham,
aged 82. He was the second son of the second Earl of Chichester,
Secretary of State for the Home Department in Addington's short Ministry
of 1801, by Lady Mary Henrietta Juliana, daughter of the fifth Duke of
Leeds. Born on June 21st, 1811, he was educated at Westminster and
Christ Church, Oxford, and took his degree in 1832. His ordination was
followed by his appointment, on the presentation of the Earl of
Abergavenny, to the rectory of Bergh Apton, where he remained for fifteen
years, during which time he was Hon. Canon of Norwich Cathedral, and in
1847 chaplain to the Queen. Two years prior to the latter appointment
Mr. Pelham married Henrietta, daughter of Mr. Thomas Tatton, of
Withenshaw, Cheshire. In 1852 the living of Christ Church, Hampstead,
was offered to Mr. Pelham by Mr. Gurney Hoare. On the death of Dr. Spry,
in 1854, he was nominated by Lord Palmerston to the important Crown
living of St. Marylebone. In 1857, on the resignation of Bishop Hinds,
he accepted the bishopric of Norwich. "His administration of the diocese
covered a period of 36 years, and in the matter of time, was surpassed
only by three of the sixty-three bishops who had presided over the see
during 800 years; and it was as wise in its broad and tolerant spirit as
it was faithful in its discharge of duty." The remains of the deceased
prelate were interred at Bergh Apton on May 5th.
2.--The choir of Norwich Cathedral was re-opened on the completion of the
great work of reparation which had been in progress for two years. The
"reporting architects" were Sir Gilbert Scott and Mr. John L. Pearson,
R.A., and the work was superintended by Mr. C. J. Browne, surveyor to the
Dean and Chapter. The total sum raised in aid of the undertaking
amounted in the month of December, 1893, to 3,357, and the Dean and
Chapter contributed upwards of 2,000 out of their personal income. At
the opening service the sermon was preached by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, who was afterwards presented with an address by the Mayor and
Corporation. The Dean and Mrs. Lefroy entertained a distinguished
company to luncheon, and the Bishop and Mrs. Sheepshanks gave a garden
party at the Palace. (_See_ April 7th, 1898.)
15.--Died, the Right Rev. Sidney Linton, D.D., Bishop of Riverina. He
was a son of the Rev. H. Linton, rector of St. Peter le Bailey, Oxford,
and Hon. Canon of Christ Church, and was educated at Rugby and at Wadham
College, Oxford, where he graduated and took second class in law and
history in 1864. From 1877 to 1884 he was vicar of St. Philip, Heigham,
and in the latter year, on the foundation of the see of Riverina, was
appointed the first bishop. In the same year he received the honorary
degree of D.D.
16.--Died at West Dereham, Mr. Hugh Aylmer, aged 77. Mr. Aylmer had a
world-wide reputation as a breeder and exhibitor of stock. He commenced
his career as a sheep breeder by introducing into Norfolk some of the
best specimens of Cotswold sheep that he could procure, and with these,
by the process of selection, he was enabled to produce annually a number
of rams which, when distributed among the flocks of the county, had the
effect of increasing both the quality and the quantity of wool and
mutton. Mr. Aylmer was a noted shorthorn breeder, and his herd was one
of the most famous in the country.
28.--Died at Mill Hill Road, Norwich, Mr. Samuel Linay, solicitor, aged
57. He was a well known practitioner in petty sessional courts
throughout East Anglia, and from 1881 to 1887 represented the old Fourth
Ward in the Norwich Town Council.
29.--The Mayor of Norwich (Sir Peter Eade) entertained upwards of 1,500
of the aged poor of the city to dinner at St. Andrew's Hall.