7.--Died at Cringleford, Mr. Henry Staniforth Patteson. He was a son of
Mr. John S. Patteson, and was born in November, 1816. For more than
thirty years he was an alderman of Norwich, was appointed Sheriff in
1858, and in 1862 was elected Mayor. He was actively identified with the
Norwich Rifle Volunteers for more than a quarter of a century, and
retired with the rank of major, and he succeeded Col. Bignold as leader
of the Conservative party in the city.
--Mr. Samuel Hoare, M.P., and Mrs. Hoare, in a letter to the Dean of
Norwich on this date, the thirty-second anniversary of their wedding day,
offered to defray the whole cost of removing from the walls, columns, and
other portions of the nave of the Cathedral the thick coating of
whitewash which for centuries had defaced and obscured the masonry.
Shortly afterwards was initiated the fund for the provision of a new
organ for the Cathedral. (_See_ May 25th, 1899.)
13.--Sir Charles R. Gilman was presented by the district managers and
inspectors of the Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association with
a piece of silver plate weighing 150 ozs., "as a mark of their esteem and
to commemorate the honour conferred upon him by the Queen during the
second term of his mayoralty of the city."
14.--The Norwich Diocesan Conference opened at Noverre's Rooms, Norwich,
and was concluded on the 15th.
18.--A Missionary Loan Exhibition was opened at the Agricultural Hall,
Norwich, by the Countess of Leicester, in celebration of the jubilee of
the Church Missionary Society. It was closed on the 23rd.
23.--Notice was published of an intended application to the Light Railway
Commissioners for powers to construct a light railway from Trowse, _via_
Arminghall, Brooke, and Loddon, to Beccles. On July 12th Lord Jersey,
chairman of the Light Railway Commission, and Col. Boughey, R.E., C.S.I.,
sat at the Shirehall, Norwich, for the purpose of receiving information
on the subject. It was stated that the length of the proposed line would
be 17.5 miles; the capital to be authorised by the Bill was 100,000, with
borrowing powers for 33,000, and Sir Douglas Fox, consulting engineer,
stated that the contractor would be able to construct the line for
93,000.
27.--Mr. John Cross tendered his resignation of the office of Clerk to
the Norwich Board of Guardians, and on May 25th Mr. E. R. Woodward was
elected to fill the vacancy.