5.--At the Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Charlotte
Yaxley, _alias_ Middleton, aged 22, was indicted for the murder of
Lavinia Kerrison, the thirteen months old illegitimate child of her
husband, by drowning it in a duck-pond at Yarmouth, on March 23rd. She
was found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life.
10.--Intelligence was received at Norwich of the massacre, by Malay
pirates, in the Straits of Timor, of the crew of the Pilot Southseaman in
June, 1840. The captain, first officer (Mr. Gidney, brother of Mr. J. W.
Gidney, of East Dereham), and twenty-five seamen fell victims whilst
gallantly defending the ship.
13.--Died, aged 85, John Rayson, of Pulham. "For nearly half a century
he had been deprived of the use of his legs, but this did not prevent his
travelling daily between Pulham and Harleston as postman or letter
carrier, for 47 years."
17.--A new "local drama," entitled, "Rose Maynard, the Factory Girl of
Norwich," was produced for the first time at Norwich Theatre. "The piece
is of home manufacture, but we cannot compliment the _weaver_ of this
dramatic _warp_ and _woof_ of his judgment in laying such a _fabric_
before an audience in Norwich." The scenery, by Thorne, included views
of St. Saviour's church, the Palace Gate, St. Martin-at-Palace Plain, and
Whitefriars' Bridge.
27.--Died at South Walsham, aged 75, Mr. Henry Codling. "Unassisted by
the aid of any tutor, he acquired no mean degree of mathematical
knowledge. He understood the doctrine of fluxions, and delighted in his
favourite author, Maclaurin. He was a constant annual correspondent with
the 'Ladies' Diary,' to within a few years of the close of his life, and
received prizes for the solution of the most knotty questions contained
therein."
28.--The headquarters of the 8th Royal Irish Hussars marched from Norwich
for Manchester, and on the same day two troops of the 7th Dragoon Guards
marched in, under the command of Major Bolton.
--Died at Chigwell Row, Mr. Luke Greaves Hansard, aged 61. "He was
printer to the House of Commons, and eldest son of Luke Hansard, a native
of Norfolk."