4.--The result of the polling at the West Norfolk election was declared
at Swaffham; Mr. William Bagge (C), 3,178; Mr. W. L. W. Chute (C), 2,877;
Sir W. B. ffolkes (L), 2,838; Sir Jacob Astley (L), 2,713.
5.--The nomination of candidates for East Norfolk took place at Norwich.
Mr. Edmond Wodehouse and Mr. H. N. Burroughes (Conservatives) entered the
city escorted by upwards of 400 horsemen. The Liberal candidates were
Mr. William Howe Windham and Mr. Richard Hanbury Gurney (who was confined
to his house by a severe attack of gout). The polling was held on the
8th and 9th, and the result was declared on the 10th:--Wodehouse, 3,645;
Burroughes, 3,523; Windham, 3,237; Gurney, 2,978. The majority on the
first day's poll being 170 against them, the Liberal candidates withdrew
from the contest. Mr. Burroughes celebrated his return by giving a _fete
champetre_ at Burlingham Hall on the 16th.
12.--A dreadful murder was committed at Aylmerton. James Moy, a
labourer, after rocking his infant son to sleep, cut the child's throat
with a pocket-knife. At the inquest the Coroner's jury returned a
verdict of wilful murder, and the prisoner was committed to Norwich
Castle to await his trial. At the Norfolk Assizes, in April, 1838,
before Mr. Justice Bolland, the jury found that the man was insane and
incapable of pleading, and his lordship directed his detention at Thorpe
Asylum.
23.--Died at Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire, Mr. William Henry Fellowes,
of Haveringland Hall, aged 69. "He was for upwards of 30 years one of
the representatives of that county in Parliament, and was universally
esteemed in all relations of life, and particularly by his extensive
tenantry, to whom he was a kind and indulgent landlord."
24.--A public discussion took place at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich,
between the notorious Richard Carlile and the Rev. John Green, a
Dissenting minister, upon the subject of the validity of the Scriptures.
"The discussion was conducted in an orderly and peaceable manner. Mr.
Green held Carlile firmly to the point on all questions, and compelled
him to acknowledge himself unable to overthrow the testimony he quoted."
A second discussion was held on the 28th, when Carlile was again beaten
by his opponent; and on the 29th he was hooted from the Market Place for
attempting to address a meeting. On Jan. 5th, 1838, Mr. Green was
presented with a set of books purchased by public subscription, "as a
testimony of esteem and gratitude for the very able and satisfactory
manner in which he had conducted the controversy."
26.--Royal licence and authority were granted to Mr. William Blake, of
Swanton Abbots, to assume and use the surname of Jex in addition to and
before that of Blake, and to bear the arms of Jex quarterly in the second
quarter with those of Blake.
26.*--"The Incorporation of Tunstead and Happing comprises 41 parishes,
and it is remarkable that there is not one able-bodied man either an
inmate of the Workhouse or receiving parochial relief. Such has not been
known since the Workhouse was built in the year 1787."
--*"Last week a number of youngsters at Norwich had an election for the
members of the Lilliput Parliament. The polling took place at the Old
Library. After a severe contest, during which it was alleged by the
'Purples' that a great deal of cooping, bribery, treating, and double
voting took place on the part of the 'Blues,' and that sums to the amount
of two pence were given for a vote, the 'Blues' claimed the victory, and
chaired their members on the following day, with a splendid procession,
banners and flags flying, and the band playing, 'Wave your Blues and
Whites.' The 'Purples' did not acknowledge this defeat, and on Tuesday
last they also chaired their candidate with a procession equal in
grandeur, after which the leading characters dined at the Bell Inn, and
an election ball took place in the evening, at which 320 persons were
present."