2.--A meeting of the creditors of the Crown Bank was held at the Royal
Hotel, Norwich, under the presidency of Sir Samuel Bignold, to receive an
account of the receipts and payments of the trustee in bankruptcy to
November 15th, and to consider the question of the remuneration of the
Committee of Inspection. It was reported that the estate, under
judicious management, had produced 11s. 6d. in the pound. The
solicitors' law costs amounted to upwards of 10,000, and it was decided
that 8,000 be paid as remuneration.
15.--The death took place, at Yarmouth, of Samuel Brock, aged 69, who, on
October 6th, 1835, performed the remarkable feat of swimming fourteen
miles after the wreck of the Young Company's yawl Increase, of which he
was one of the crew (_q.v._ Vol. I., p. 344).
23.--The first annual meeting of the Norwich Hospital Sunday Fund was
held at the Guildhall, under the presidency of the Sheriff (Mr. A. R.
Chamberlin). It was reported that the Sunday collection amounted to 670
8s. 11d., and the Saturday collection to 188 16s. 3d.
26.--The pantomime of "The Babes in the Wood, or Harlequin Robin Hood and
the Fairies of the Forest," written by Mr. F. Robson, was produced at
Norwich Theatre by Mr. Richard Younge's company. "Jack the Giant Killer"
was the Christmas attraction at Batty's Circus.
1874.