5.--Died at his residence in the Close, Norwich, the Rev. Canon James
William Lucas Heaviside. In 1838 he was professor of mathematics at
Haileybury College, in 1843 examiner in mathematics and natural
philosophy at the University of London, and in 1858 examiner for the
Council of Military Education. He was appointed Canon residentiary of
Norwich Cathedral in 1860, and afterwards became examiner in mathematics
to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, who, when stationed at Norwich with
his regiment, the 7th Hussars, was a frequent visitor at Canon
Heaviside's residence. Her Majesty the Queen, to mark her appreciation
of his services, presented him with a massive silver inkstand and a
portrait of the Duke. For many years Canon Heaviside was chairman of the
governors of the Grammar and Commercial Schools, a trustee of Norman's
Endowed School, and one of the trustees for the management of the local
charities. When the first Norwich School Board was formed in 1872 Canon
Heaviside was elected chairman.
6.--The removal of Judge Addison from the Norfolk County Court Circuit to
Southwark, and the appointment of Mr. William Willis, Q.C., as judge in
his place, was announced.
--Died, the Rev. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, LL.D., compiler of the
"Dictionary of Phrase and Fable," and of other well-known works. Dr.
Brewer, who was nearly 87 years of age, spent his younger days in Norwich
as a teacher in his father's school. In 1832 he went to Trinity Hall,
Cambridge, took his degree in Civil Law in 1835, and obtained his degree
as LL.D. in 1844. He was ordained in 1834 in the diocese of Ely. At the
time of his death he was residing with his son-in-law, the Rev. H. T.
Hayman, vicar of Edwinstowe, Newark.
16.--Died at his London residence, 37, Hyde Park Gardens, W., the Right
Hon. Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay, of Thorpe Abbots, Scole. He was a son of
Mr. Robert Kay, of Bury, Lancashire, and brother Sir J. Kay Shuttleworth.
Born January 2nd, 1822, he studied for the law, began his career as law
reporter, and became Queen's Counsel in 1866. At the General Election in
1874 he contested Clitheroe in the Liberal interest, and was defeated.
In 1878 he gave up exclusive practice in Vice-chancellor Bacon's Court
and became a special. On the retirement of Vice-Chancellor Malins in
1881 Kay was made a "journeyman judge" of the Chancery Division, and in
that position he remained until the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Bacon
in 1886. In 1890, on the retirement of Sir Henry Cotton, Mr. Justice Kay
was promoted to the Court of Appeal. He was on the commission of the
peace for the county, and was formerly a chairman of Norfolk Quarter
Sessions.
17.--Sir William Harcourt, leader of the Opposition in the House of
Commons, addressed a meeting of the National Liberal Federation at the
Agricultural Hall, Norwich. The Earl of Kimberley presided and delivered
an address, which elicited severe strictures from Lord Salisbury in the
House of Lords on March 19th.
21.--Died at the Cheshire Cheese Hotel, Surrey Street, Strand, when
fulfilling a professional engagement in London, Mr. Mark Knights, chief
reporter on the staff of the "Eastern Daily Press." Mr. Knights was
suffocated by an escape of gas in his bed-room, and at the inquest the
jury returned a verdict of accidental death. He was the author of
several works on archaeological and other subjects. His "Highways and
Byways of Norwich" and "Peeps at the Past" are regarded as standard
works. Relinquishing the study of antiquarian matters, which by his
skilful treatment interested a wide circle of readers, Mr. Knights had
taken up the work of interpreting Shakespeare in the light of Scripture,
a subject that appealed to a very limited section. He published in 1893
a book entitled "Hamlet Interpreted," which failed to bring him a
reputation such as he achieved by his archaeological works. Mr. Knights
was 53 years of age, and had been thirty-five years engaged on the Press.