6.--Official notice was received at Norwich of the final settlement of
the scheme proposed by the Attorney-General for the administration of the
Norwich Town Close Estate Charity. The scheme provided that the charity
and its property and endowments should be vested in an official trustee
of charity lands for the city of Norwich, and the management,
preservation, and letting of the estate and the collecting of the income
by a receiver would be exercised by trustees consisting of the trustees
for the time being of the municipal charities of the city, known as the
General Charities, as _ex-officio_ trustees of the Town Close Estate, and
by six representative trustees appointed by the freemen for a term of
five years.
15.--The Compton Comedy Company commenced, at the Theatre Royal, Norwich,
an engagement, during which were produced several favourite comedies of
the old English stage.
18.--Archdeacon Perowne unveiled, at the church of St. Laurence, Norwich,
a bronze memorial in commemoration of the work done by Miss Sarah Ann
Glover in the cause of sol-fa music. Miss Glover was the author of the
sol-fa notation, from which sprang the tonic sol-fa system.
20.--Died, at his residence, Unthank's Road, Norwich, Mr. Henry Norton,
F.G.S., in his 81st year. He was the eldest son of Mr. William Norton,
of Old Buckenham, and in his early days was articled to Messrs. Mitchell
and Clarke, a well-known firm of solicitors at Wymondham. Much of his
time was subsequently spent in roaming over the greater part of Europe,
and in about 1860 he settled in Norwich. As a scholar and a man of
science Mr. Norton was possessed of a store of information such as few
had acquired. Sanskrit and geology were his favourite studies. He was
an omnivorous reader and lover of books, and bequeathed his valuable
library and collection of manuscripts to the Norfolk and Norwich Library.
24.--The course of lectures arranged by the committee of the Norwich Free
Library was continued at Blackfriars' Hall, when Mr. M. P. Squirrell
spoke on "The Orkney and Shetland Islands." Mr. C. Stacy Watson, on
March 23rd, lectured on "The Herring."