1.--Messrs. Collins and Gazelee, revising barristers, commenced at
Norwich the first revision of the municipal voters' lists.
7.--A fine male specimen of the sea eagle was shot at Hunstanton Hall.
The crop and stomach contained 15 herring; the wings from tip to tip
measured 7 ft. 3 in.
9.--Professor Sedgwick commenced his course of lectures on geology at the
Norfolk and Norwich Museum. Upwards of 200 new subscribers added their
names, in order to have the privilege of attending.
15.--Died at his uncle's house, Lancaster Place, London, Mr. James Smith,
surgeon, son of the manager of Norwich Theatre.
22.--The first general meeting of the proprietors of the East of England
Bank was held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, the Mayor (Mr. W. Moore)
presiding.
--Forty _amateurs de bonne chere_ presented Mr. William Snow, "the Ude of
Norwich," with a silver gridiron, on the occasion of his 64th birthday.
24.--The new Octagon chapel at Diss was opened. Sermons were preached by
the Revs. J. Alexander and J. B. Innes, of Norwich.
26.--The first elections under the new Municipal Reform Act took place at
Norwich. The polling commenced at eight polling-places at nine o'clock,
and closed at four o'clock, "when the Mayor went round to the different
departments and received the boxes from his deputies." The method of
voting was thus described: "The voters delivered to the deputies their
signed lists containing the names of the candidates for whom they gave
their suffrages. A clerk entered the name of the voter and the
candidates in a book, and the list was then deposited in a box by the
deputy." The election resulted in the return of the Whig-Radicals by a
majority of eight.
1836.