30.—Lord H. Cholmondeley and the Hon. F. G. Howard were re-elected members of Parliament for Castle Rising.
MAY.
1.—This day (Sunday) Mr. Alderman Leman and Mr. Alderman Yallop were elected to be returned to the Court of Aldermen for appointment to the office of Mayor of Norwich. Mr. Yallop was chosen Mayor on the 3rd.
2.—Lord George Bentinck and Lord William Lennox were elected without opposition members of Parliament for King’s Lynn.
3.—The use of the ballot box at meetings of the Norwich Corporation was discontinued, on the motion of Mr. W. J. Utten Browne, who characterised it as “a sneaking mode of proceeding.”
4.—Died in Harley Street, London, aged 69, the Viscountess Nelson and Duchess of Bronte, “widow of the immortal hero of Trafalgar.” The funeral took place at Littleham, near Exmouth.
6.—Mr. T. W. Coke and Sir W. B. ffolkes were returned unopposed members of Parliament for the county of Norfolk. Mr. Coke announced that he would not again seek re-election.
28.*—“Last week a lobster was taken out alive from one of the branches of the river Waveney, at Frenze, in this county. The river is intersected by several locks, and the place where it was taken is nearly 40 miles from the sea.”
JUNE.
1.—Died at Thorpe, aged 47, Mr. Marsham Elwin, of Thurning, formerly one of the chairmen of Norfolk Quarter Sessions.