3.--Application was made in the Rolls Court for leave to bring an action
in connection with the Harvey and Hudsons bankruptcy. It was alleged
that a certain asset of the firm (a life interest on property which had
been sold by Mr. E. K. Harvey to his brother, Sir Robert) was disposed of
for a sum far below its value; Messrs. Boswell and Baxter, wine
merchants, who were creditors of Messrs. Harvey and Hudsons, claimed that
the matter should be re-opened and re-adjusted. Divested of
technicalities, the claim of the plaintiffs, who sued for themselves and
other creditors of Sir R. J. Harvey's joint and separate estates, was to
have the purchase of the life interest by the defendants set aside, and
to have the benefit of the policies effected, and payment of the income
arising from the life interest which had been already received by the
defendants, after allowance had been made for the purchase-money and
interest of the premiums paid on the policies; and also the costs of the
suit. The Master of the Rolls granted the application to December 9th.
(_See_ December 7th, 1882.)
8.--Trinity Wesleyan chapel, Dereham, the foundation-stone of which was
laid in the month of April, was opened for public worship. The work,
executed from designs by Mr. Edward Boardman, architect, Norwich, cost,
inclusive of minister's house, &c., 3,400.
15.--A new warehouse, erected at the cost of many thousands of pounds, at
Lynn docks, and stored with large quantities of cotton seed, belonging to
different merchants, was destroyed by fire. The damage was estimated at
15,000.
18.--At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the county of Norfolk,
held at the Shirehall, Norwich, the Chairman (Mr. C. S. Read) reported an
alarming outbreak of foot-and-mouth diseases affecting 1,754 cattle,
1,640 sheep, and 66 pigs. (_See_ February 28th, 1881.)
24.--The Christmas pantomime produced at Norwich Theatre by Messrs.
Herbert and Collingwood was entitled, "Robinson Crusoe and Harlequin
Billee Taylor, or Man Friday among the Afghans." This was the last
Christmas pantomime performed at the Theatre. At Messrs. John Sanger and
Son's Circus, on December 27th, was produced, "Little Red Riding Hood,
the Wicked Wolf, and the Princess's Fairy Garden Party."
1881