3.--Lord Chief Baron Abinger, one of the Judges of Assize at Norwich, was
waited upon at the Judges' lodgings, in Bethel Street, by the Mayor and
Corporation, and presented with an address, on this his first visit to
the city in a judicial capacity.
4.--At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Vaughan, Johnstone
Wardell, aged 23, a bank clerk, was charged with embezzling the sum of
1,431 pounds 18s. 7d. belonging to the Governor and Company of the Bank
of England. Mr. Kelly was retained for the defence at the fee of 100
gs., and, after a trial lasting ten hours, the jury acquitted the
prisoner. The defence was that the accused had been knocked down and
robbed of the money on the Castle Ditches. A few months afterwards he
confessed his guilt and refunded the full amount.
7.--Three hundred emigrants left Yarmouth Quay by the Baltic (Captain
Newson), Venus (Captain Simmons), and Wellington (Captain Gilham), for
Quebec. The Shannon sailed from Lynn for Quebec on April 16th, with 90
emigrants.
18.--James Clarke, aged 20, was executed on Castle Hill, Norwich, for
setting fire to a wheat stack at Buxton. "The most singular feature
attending the execution was that an old man named Wyer, a person well
known for his eccentricities, declared on the Hill that he would take the
sufferer's place for five shillings. The man made good his word, went
home and hanged himself."
20.--Mr. Macready commenced a four nights' engagement at Norwich Theatre
in the part of Macbeth. His other impersonations included Hamlet,
Virginius, Werner, and Puff ("The Critic"). On the 23rd an outrage was
committed by a person who "threw a chemical substance capable of
ignition, in different parts of the building." A reward of 20 gs. was
offered for the apprehension of the offender.
25.--The West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, designed by Mr. Angel and built
by Mr. Sugars, was opened for the reception of patients.
--A troop of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons arrived at Norwich Barracks,
and were followed by two other troops of the same regiment, from
Sheffield and Nottingham.