1.--The election campaign was opened in Norwich by a meeting of the
Liberal Two Hundred held at the Agricultural Hall under the presidency of
Mr. George White, when Mr. Thomas Terrell, Q.C., 13, St. Petersburg
Place, Paddington, W., was adopted as the colleague of Mr. F. W. Verney.
The Conservative electors met at St. Andrew's Hall on the 3rd, under the
presidency of Mr. Patteson, and the name of Sir Harry Bullard was
announced as the colleague of Mr. Samuel Hoare. On the 6th Earl Spencer
addressed a Liberal meeting at St. Andrew's Hall, and on the 8th at the
same place Mr. Goschen was the principal speaker at a Conservative
meeting. Sir Harry Bullard, who had been absent in Norway, returned to
Norwich on the 10th, and was received with an extraordinary demonstration
of popular enthusiasm. The nomination took place on the 12th, and the
polling on the 16th, and the result was declared as follows:--Hoare,
8,166; Bullard, 8,034; Terrell, 7,330; Verney, 7,210.
4.--The Summer Show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association was opened at
Wymondham. In the absence of the president, Mr. J. J. Colman, the public
luncheon was presided over by Mr. R. Harvey Mason. The show closed on
the 5th.
5.--Died at the Clyffe, Corton, Caroline, wife of Mr. J. J. Colman. Mrs.
Colman was the eldest daughter of Mr. W. H. Cozens-Hardy, of
Letheringsett Hall, and was in her 64th year. Her death was lamented by
all classes of citizens, and the representatives of all political parties
attended the funeral, which took place at the Rosary on the 10th.
12.--Mr. T. Gibson Bowles (C.) and Mr. Hubert George Beaumont, Piccadilly
Chambers, London (L.), were nominated candidates for the representation
of King's Lynn. Polling took place on the 15th: Bowles, 1,395; Beaumont,
1,326.
--Sir John Colomb (C.) and Mr. J. M. Moorsom (L.) were nominated for
Great Yarmouth. Polling took place on the 16th: Colomb, 3,528; Moorsom,
2,893.
13.--The nomination of candidates for South Norfolk took place at the
Shirehall, Norwich. Mr. Thomas Hamer Dolbey, Stratford House, Sutton,
Surrey, barrister-at-law, was proposed by the Liberals, and Mr. Francis
Taylor, of Diss, brewer, by the Unionists. Polling on the 17th: Taylor,
4,281; Dolbey, 3,445.
--At the Shirehall, Norwich, Mr. Henry Rider Haggard, of Ditchingham
House, land owner and occupier, was nominated Unionist candidate, and Mr.
Robert John Price, of 104, Sloane Street, Chelsea, barrister-at-law,
Liberal candidate, for East Norfolk. On the polling day, the 19th, the
Unionist candidate and his supporters were attacked at Ludham by a gang
of Liberal roughs, and Mrs. William Hartcup, who occupied one of the
carriages, received a severe wound on the head from a stone thrown by a
person in the crowd. The incident gave rise to many expressions of
public indignation. The result of the election was declared at the
Shirehall, Norwich, on the 20th: Price, 4,606; Haggard, 4,408. (_See_
July 30th.)
--The nomination of candidates for North Norfolk took place at Aylsham.
Mr. Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, Q.C., of Letheringsett Hall, was
nominated by the Liberals, and Sir Kenneth Hagar Kemp, Bart., of Mergate
Hall, Braconash, banker, by the Unionists. The polling on the 22nd
resulted as follows: Cozens-Hardy, 4,246; Kemp, 3,738.
17.--Mr. Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, of Letton Hall, Unionist, and Mr. F. W.
Wilson, newspaper proprietor and farmer, of the Dale, Scarning, Liberal,
were nominated at East Dereham as candidates for Mid Norfolk. Polling
took place on the 24th: Wilson, 4,220; Gurdon, 4,086.
--At Swaffham candidates were nominated for the representation of
South-west Norfolk. Mr. Thomas Leigh Hare, of Stow Bardolph, was
proposed by the Unionists, and Mr. Richard Winfrey, Long Sutton,
Lincolnshire, farmer and newspaper proprietor, by the Liberals. The
polling took place on the 25th: Hare, 3,968; Winfrey, 3,762.
18.--Mr. Joseph Arch, of Barford, Warwickshire, officially described as a
labourer, was at King's Lynn nominated Liberal candidate for North-west
Norfolk. The Unionist nominee was Mr. Edward Kendrick Bunbury Tighe,
Woodstock, Kilkenny, Ireland, and Albany Chambers, Piccadilly, London,
lieutenant in the Army Reserve, and justice of the peace for Kilkenny.
The polling took place on the 26th: Arch, 4,817; Tighe, 3,520.
--A shocking catastrophe occurred on Ormesby Broad. A sailing boat
occupied by nine young fishermen capsized in a sudden squall, and six of
the party were drowned.
21.--Died, the veteran actor and theatrical manager, Mr. William Sidney
(Mr. Sidney Young), who for many years in the old days of stock companies
controlled the destinies of the Norwich Theatre. Mr. Sidney was a
capable exponent of character parts. Of late years he had devoted
himself almost entirely to stage management, and was responsible for the
staging of several of the most successful productions at the Adelphi and
other London theatres.
30.--At Smallburgh Petty Sessions, Lord John Wodehouse was summoned for
assaulting Mr. John Gaymer, builder and contractor, at North Walsham, on
July 17th; and William Saul, a dealer, was charged with aiding and
abetting. The complainant was presiding at a Conservative meeting held
in North Walsham, marketplace, when Lord Wodehouse seized him by the
coat, dragged him from the chair, and using most foul language offered to
fight him for 50. In this he was abetted by Saul. The chairman of the
Bench (Sir H. J. Preston, Bart.) said the redeeming part of the case was
that there was no actual violence that had resulted in injury. Lord
Wodehouse was fined 3 7s. 6d., and costs 1 12s. 6d., and Saul 1, and
costs to the like amount. The Lord Chancellor afterwards removed the
name of Lord Wodehouse from the commission of the peace. At the same
court nine persons were summoned for taking part in the riot at Ludham on
the day of the East Norfolk election, and the majority were convicted and
fined in various amounts.