3.--In pursuance of requisition a special meeting of the Norwich Town
Council was held for the purpose of considering a notice for rescinding a
resolution passed on January 17th in relation to Anguish's Charity,
namely, "That this Council gives its cordial support to a proposal of the
Charity Commissioners to utilise the funds of the Norwich Charities for
the purposes of technical education." Colonel Bignold moved, "That no
application of the funds of Anguish's and the allied charities can be
satisfactory to this Council which is not strictly in accordance with the
will of Thomas Anguish confirmed and settled by Royal Charter in 1629,
namely, for the sustentation, relief, and maintenance, as well as the
teaching, of all very poor children born and brought up in the city of
Norwich." This resolution was adopted at an adjourned meeting on the
7th, and a committee appointed "to consider the present position of the
trust, and, if necessary, to confer with the Charity Trustees, and still
further, if necessary, to communicate with the Commissioners." On the
28th the Special Committee submitted the following suggestions to the
Council for approval:--"(1) That in any scheme which may be submitted by
the Charity Trustees to the Commissioners a sum not exceeding 200 per
annum be set aside for the purposes of technical education out of the
Boys' Hospital. (2) That the residue of the fund be devoted to the
sustentation, relief, maintenance, and elementary education of as many
boys as the money will provide for. (3.) That if considered within the
meaning of the trust this committee would be willing to accept a scheme
of maintenance other than that provided for by the Home." Meanwhile the
Trustees submitted amended proposals, but on March 20th the Council
adopted those drawn up by the Special Committee. (_See_ January 21st,
1896).
7.--The members of the Norwich and Norfolk Conservative Club having
vacated their former premises on the Walk for larger and more convenient
quarters in St. Giles' Street, held a meeting, at which an inaugural
address was delivered by Mr. S. Hoare, M.P. The newly-acquired premises
formed originally a portion of the Norfolk' Hotel, and adjoining was a
large and handsome banqueting room, which for several years afterwards
was used for Conservative gatherings and other purposes.
9.--The first of a series of "Science Lectures for the People," delivered
under the auspices of the Norwich Corporation through the instrumentality
of the Gilchrist Educational Trust, was given at St. Andrew's Hall by Sir
Robert Stawell Ball, Astronomer Royal of Ireland, on "The Wonders of the
Midnight Sky." The second lecture, entitled "A Bank Holiday in the
Country," was delivered on February 21st by the Rev. W. Tuckwell, M.A.,
rector of Stockton, and late Fellow of New College, Oxford. (_See_
January 14th, 1889.)
11.--A notorious poacher, named Robert Large, undergoing three months'
hard labour for an assault on a police-constable, effected his escape
from the New Prison at Norwich, in company with another prisoner named
Annison. The latter was arrested at Martham on the 16th, and on the
following day Large was re-taken.
24.--A heavy fall of snow occurred, and on the 25th the ground was
covered to the depth of several inches.