2.--The lectures on ecclesiastical history were resumed at Norwich
Cathedral by Archdeacon Sinclair, of London, who gave an address on "The
Life and Times of Cyprian." On the 17th the Rev. J. T. Kingsmill, D.D.,
vicar of Hockering, lectured on "The Life and Times of St. Chrysostom."
Another series commenced on November 21st with a lecture by the Rev.
Professor Gwatkin, of Cambridge, on "The Life and Times of Eusebius";
followed on November 28th by the Rev. Professor Ince, D.D., of Oxford, on
"The Life and Times of Athanasius"; and on December 5th, by the Rev. A.
E. Brooke, M.A., of King's College, Cambridge, on "The Life and Times of
Origen." (_See_ February 5th, 1896.)
2.--Mr. Clement Higgins, Q.C., M.P., for Mid Norfolk, applied for the
stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, and on the 4th the Unionist party
in the constituency opened the election campaign, and at a large meeting
at Wymondham Mr. R. T. Gurdon was unanimously adopted a candidate in
opposition to Mr. F. W. Wilson. The writ was issued by the House of
Commons on the 8th, and the nomination took place at East Dereham on the
16th. Great activity was displayed by both parties up to the day of
polling on the 23rd. The result was declared at Dereham on the 24th as
follows:--Gurdon, 4,112; Wilson, 3,904.
4.--Died at his residence, the Woodlands, Norwich, Mr. Robert Fitch, in
his 93rd year. Mr. Fitch, who was a native of Ipswich, was a partner in
the firm of Fitch and Chambers, chemists and druggists, Norwich. In 1858
he was appointed upon the commission of the peace, and in 1867 became
Sheriff of Norwich. He was connected with the directorate of several
public companies, and for more than thirty years was an honorary
secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. Among his
literary contributions to the society's proceedings was an admirable
description of "The Gates of Norwich." Mr. Fitch was widely known as a
collector, and possessed one of the finest private collections in the
kingdom, which some years before his death he handed over to the trustees
of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum.
29.--Died at Letheringsett Hall, Mr. William Hardy Cozens-Hardy, aged 88.
A son of Jeremiah and Mary Ann Cozens, of Sprowston, he assumed the name
of Cozens-Hardy in 1842. In 1830 he married Sarah, daughter of Thomas
Theobald; on July 21st, 1880, he celebrated his "golden" wedding, and in
1890 his "diamond" wedding. Mrs. Cozens-Hardy died in 1891. In his
early life he was articled to Messrs. Foster and Unthank, solicitors.
Mr. Cozens-Hardy was a regular attendant at Quarter Sessions, and was for
many years chairman of the Holt bench of magistrates. A Liberal in
politics he conferred many benefits upon his immediate neighbourhood. In
1851 he built the British school at Holt; he was the promoter of the Holt
Literary Society, and the founder of the Reepham Provident Society, one
of the most important organizations of the kind in the Eastern Counties.
For fifty years he was connected with the Erpingham Union, and it was
mainly due to him that the workhouse was erected at West Beckham in 1851.