14.--A new County Cricket Club was formed at a meeting held at the Royal
Hotel, Norwich. Lord Suffield was elected president.
30.--The Boileau drinking-fountain, erected at the junction of the
Newmarket and Ipswich Roads, Norwich, was inaugurated. Sir John Boileau,
Bart., had bequeathed the sum of 1,000 to defray the cost of the work,
which was designed by Mr. T. Jeckyll, St. George's Terrace, Queen's Gate,
London. The statuary was designed and executed in bronze by Mr. J. E.
Boehm, the well-known sculptor, and the structure was built by Mr.
Hubbard, of East Dereham. Sir Francis Boileau, Bart., performed the
ceremony of asking the city to accept the fountain, and was thanked by
the Mayor (Mr. J. H. Tillett), in the name of the citizens.
30.--Norwich Theatre was opened for the winter season by Mrs. W. Sidney,
with an excellent production of Dion Boucicault's Irish drama, "The
Shaughraun."