2.--At the Norwich Police Court, George Holl and Stephen Gilbert, of
Magdalen Road, were charged by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue with
having an illicit still. Holl was fined 50 pounds, and Gilbert 200
pounds.
3.--The "exercise" written by Mr. Edward Bunnett, of Norwich, "to qualify
himself for taking the degree of Bachelor of Music, was performed with
great success in the chapel of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge."
25.--Died, in St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Mrs. Ann Jean, widow of Mr.
Roger Jean, artist, in her 74th year.
26.--Boxing Day was, for the first time, observed in Norwich as a
_general_ holiday, "none of the shops being opened in the Market Place or
principal streets." The pantomime of "Bluebeard, or the Demon
Curiosity," was produced at the Theatre, and the other amusements
included Brown's Circus, with the spectacles, "St. George and the
Dragon," and "Mazeppa"; and Wombwell's Menagerie on Castle Meadow.
1857.