8.--The Church Congress commenced its proceedings at Norwich. The
members were welcomed at the Guildhall by the Mayor (Sir Peter Eade),
after which the Congress sermons were preached at the Cathedral by the
Archbishop of York, and at St. Peter Mancroft by the Bishop of Salisbury.
The sessional proceedings were opened at the Agricultural Hall at two
p.m. by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, who delivered the inaugural
address, and afterwards an address of welcome was presented by the
Nonconformist bodies. Sectional meetings took place day by day at St.
Andrew's Hall, the Conservative Club Assembly Room, St. Giles' Street,
and in the Assembly Room at the Agricultural Hall. An ecclesiastical art
exhibition was held at St. Giles' Hall (the old Skating Rink), and during
the week meetings of various Church societies took place. The Mayor and
Mayoress held a reception at the Castle Museum on the 11th, and the
farewell sermon was preached at the Cathedral on the 13th by the Bishop
of Peterborough.
21.--Died at Christchurch, Mr. Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. The son of a
physician, he was born at Norwich in 1813, and educated at the Grammar
School under Valpy. He afterwards proceeded to Geneva, where he
completed his education. Mr. Reeve began his literary career by a
translation of De Tocqueville's "Democracy in America," published in
1835. It was followed, in 1840, by a translation of M. Guizot's
"Washington." In 1837 Mr. Reeve was appointed Registrar of the Privy
Council, and occupied the post for exactly fifty years. He was a
frequent contributor to the "Edinburgh Review," of which he ultimately
held the editorship for forty years.
22.--The first of several meetings held in furtherance of a projected
line of railway between Forncett and Haddiscoe took place at Hempnall.
The distance proposed to be covered was fourteen miles, and the estimated
cost of a single line, 1,500 per mile, or a total of 21,000. The
directors of the Great Eastern Railway in October, 1896, intimated that
they did not see their way to provide the railway communication
suggested. (_See_ April 23rd, 1898.)
27.--The sixth specimen recorded in Norfolk of Ray's bream (_Brama Raii_)
was taken in the nets of a Yarmouth drifter.