4.--Lord Suffield resigned his chairmanship of the Norfolk Court of
Quarter Sessions.
11.--In the Court of King's Bench, the Sheriff of Norwich obtained a rule
_nisi_ for a criminal information against Mr. John Teasel, carpenter and
builder, a Common Councilman of Norwich, for having taken away one of the
poll-books at the last election at Norwich, and for attempting to tear
and mutilate it. The rule was discharged on the 31st, on the defendant
undertaking to answer an indictment at the ensuing Assizes. At the
Norwich Assizes on March 23rd, before Mr. Justice Bolland, application
was made on behalf of the defendant to have the case tried by a county
jury, upon which it was ordered to stand over till the next Assizes. At
the Norfolk Assizes on August 10th, before Mr. Justice Littledale, the
defendant was placed upon his trial, and the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty.
16.--Died at Bracondale, Norwich, aged 80, Mrs. White, mother of Henry
Kirke White.
22.--A meeting was held at the Baptist chapel, Orford Hill, Norwich,
presided over by Mr. John Cozens, at which a report was made by a
committee appointed "to investigate the return of Lord Stormont and Sir
James Scarlett," to the effect that sufficient evidence had been obtained
to warrant the presentation of a petition to the House of Commons on
account of the "undue election" of the members. The Norwich Election
Petition was opened before a Committee of the House of Commons on March
20th. The examination of witnesses commenced on March 21st, and
concluded on April 2nd. Counsel addressed the Committee on April 3rd,
and on the same day the Chairman (Mr. Charles Shaw Lefevre) announced
that the Committee had resolved--(1) That Lord Stormont and Sir James
Scarlett were duly elected members for the city of Norwich. (2) That the
petition of John Cozens and others was not frivolous nor vexatious. (3)
That the opposition to such petition was not frivolous nor vexatious.