5.--Lynn Market Cross was sold by auction for 160 pounds. It had long
been dilapidated. "The Market Place in its present state, covered with
vegetation sufficient to graze sheep, presents a most melancholy
appearance."
8.--Mr. Henry Dover was elected a chairman of Norfolk Quarter Sessions,
in the room of Sir E. H. Alderson, appointed one of his Majesty's Judges.
11.--Miss Smithson appeared at Norwich Theatre in the character of
Juliet; and on three subsequent evenings as Mrs. Simpson ("Simpson and
Co."), Belvidera, Mrs. Oakley ("The Jealous Wife"), and Theresa ("The
Orphan of Geneva").
13.--The new road from Acle to Yarmouth, saving a distance of three miles
five furlongs, was opened for public inspection, and was shortly
afterwards used for traffic.
14.--A ballot for filling up the peace establishment of the East Norfolk
Militia was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, before Mr. Isaac Preston,
D.L. "Substitutes were easily obtained from 2 to 3 pounds per man."
29.--The nomination of Parliamentary candidates for Norwich took place.
Mr. R. H. Gurney and the Right Hon. Robert Grant were proposed by the
"Blue and White" party, and Sir Charles Wetherell and Mr. Michael Thomas
Sadler by the "Purple and Orange" party. A poll was demanded, and opened
on April 30th. The polling-booths closed on May 3rd, when the result was
declared as follows:--Gurney, 2,158; Grant, 2,163; Wetherell, 977;
Sadler, 964.
--Yarmouth election commenced on this date, and the poll closed on the
30th. Result:--Col. Anson, 904; Mr. Rumbold, 903; Mr. Colville, 549; Mr.
Bliss, 543.
30.--Lord H. Cholmondeley and the Hon. F. G. Howard were re-elected
members of Parliament for Castle Rising.