6.--Lady Walsingham unveiled a fountain and rest erected at Swaffham as a
memorial to Sir William Bagge, Bart., for thirty-six years a
representative in Parliament of the Western Division of the county. Its
cost, which amounted to 800, was defrayed by public subscription.
7.--Died suddenly at a board meeting of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance
Society, of which he was a director, Mr. Elijah Crosier Bailey, Clerk of
the Peace for the city, aged 65. He was head of the firm of Bailey,
Cross, and Barnard, solicitors, and was appointed Clerk to the Norwich
Board of Guardians in 1844, in succession to Mr. Roger Kerrison, and
resigned in 1879. On the death of Mr. Arthur Dalrymple in 1868 he was
elected Clerk of the Peace. Mr. Bailey was for many years secretary of
the Norfolk Agricultural Association, and on his resignation of that
office was appointed honorary director. A warm supporter of the party,
he was for a long period Conservative agent for East Norfolk. Mr. Bailey
married, first, Miss Cann, daughter of Mr. W. R. Cann, of Wymondham, by
whom he left four sons; and, secondly, in January, 1879, Miss Haselwood,
of Swardon, Kent, granddaughter of Sir Edward Dering, Bart., M.P.
--At Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Day, Joseph Betts, described as
a labourer, was charged with maliciously sending to the Right Rev. the
Lord Bishop of Norwich, on June 5th, a letter threatening to murder him.
Mr. Blofeld, for the prosecution, said that the Bishop was of opinion
that the prisoner had no real intention to take any step towards carrying
out his threat, and was desirous that the case should be withdrawn. The
judge said that his lordship had acted in a very handsome and generous
manner, and allowed the prosecution to be withdrawn on the prisoner
entering into recognisances to keep the peace towards the Bishop and all
other persons. At the Norwich Police Court on September 21st Betts was
charged with knowingly, wilfully, and feloniously sending to Mr. J. J.
Colman, M.P., a letter, signed "Another Invincible," threatening to
murder him "unless he fairly and proportionately distributed his last
year's balance among his workmen." He was committed for trial, and at
the Assizes on October 27th was sentenced by Lord Justice Fry to twelve
calendar months' imprisonment. (_See_ February 21st, 1889.)
11.--The scheme prepared by the Charity Commissioners for the future
management of the endowed schools and children's hospitals in connection
with King Edward VI.'s charity and Anguish's and Norman's charities, was
published. The scheme for the Grammar and Commercial Schools was
practically the same as those promulgated in 1878. In the matter of
Anguish's charity, it was proposed to divide the endowment into two
parts, one to be called Thomas Anguish's endowment for boys, and the
other Thomas Anguish's endowment for girls. The existing boys' school
was to be given up, the master pensioned, and the income devoted, so far
as 200 yearly was concerned, to providing lodging, clothing, and
maintenance for boys holding exhibitions preferentially awarded under the
scheme. With the rest of the income the governors were to maintain seven
special exhibitions for poor boys who for not less than three years had
been scholars in some public elementary school or schools, and as many
general exhibitions for poor boys as the income available would allow to
be tenable at either of King Edward VI. schools. As to Thomas Anguish's
endowment for girls, the girls' hospital was to be abolished and the
income applied in the same way as that for boys, except that 300 yearly
was to be devoted to providing lodging, clothing, and maintenance for
orphan or other necessitous girls. Norman's charity was to cease to
exist in its then form, the master pensioned, and the endowment to be
appropriated to the maintenance of a girls' middle school, the scheme for
which was practically the same as that for the King Edward VI. Middle
School for Boys, and to be known as Norman's School, provision being made
for the acquisition by purchase of the Girls' Hospital School at Lakenham
by the new governors of the Norman School. On August 28th the Norwich
Town Council passed resolutions in opposition to the scheme, on the
ground that it was contrary to the wishes of the founders and of the
people of Norwich; and similar resolutions were carried at a meeting of
the Norwich Charities Protection Society held at the Guildhall on
September 10th, under the presidency of the Sheriff. (_See_ February
3rd, 1888.)
20.--Miss Maude Branscombe and her London company appeared at Norwich
Theatre in the comedy, "Masks and Dominoes," and the burlesque, "Undine,
or ye Nymph, ye Knight, and ye Awful Fright."
--The Norfolk acid Norwich Hospital was opened by the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught upon its completion. The actual expenditure to this date had
been 51,179, of which about 39,118 had been obtained by subscription,
10,192 was withdrawn from invested capital, and 2,569 was advanced to the
treasurer by Messrs. Gurney and Co. To wholly clear the new building
from debt about 5,000 was required. The Duke and Duchess were received
at Thorpe Station by the Mayor (Mr. C. R. Gilman), the Sheriff (Mr. S.
Newman), the Deputy-Mayor (Mr. W. Hunter), the Earl of Leicester, and
other representatives of the Hospital. His Royal Highness, after
replying to an address read by the Town Clerk, drove with the Duchess
through the gaily decorated streets of the city to the Hospital, where
Prince Albert Victor had arrived some time previously from Horstead Hall
in company with Mr. Edward Birkbeck, M.P. After the formal opening of
the building their Royal Highnesses visited the various departments, and
attended a grand bazaar held in the grounds; and later in the afternoon
proceeded to Cotton Hall as the guests of Mr. S. Gurney Buxton and Miss
Buxton. On the morning of the 21st their Royal Highnesses visited the
Cathedral, and left for London at 2.55 p.m. The Hospital bazaar, which
remained open until the 25th, produced net receipts amounting to 5,779
5s. 3d.
28.--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, Mr. J. Wilson Gilbert was
elected Clerk of the Peace by 27 votes, against 25 recorded for Mr.
George Alden Stevens.