19.—Mr. William Smith, in the House of Commons, presented a petition from the inhabitants praying leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the state of the poor in Norwich. The Norwich Court of Guardians Amendment Bill was brought in and read a first time on March 1st. On March 24th it was stated that the promoters of the measure had effected a compromise with the Court of Guardians as to the proportion of representation; persons assessed £10 and upwards were to have two votes, and those above £5 one vote; the Recorder, Steward, and Aldermen not to be Guardians; the hamlets not to be assessed on stock, but the proportion of assessment between them and the city to be five-sixths—_i.e._, when the city was assessed 1s. the hamlets were to be assessed 10d. The Bill went through Committee of the House on the 26th, and was reported on the 28th. It was read a first and second time in the House of Lords in April, finally passed on May 4th, and received the Royal assent on May 28th. The first election under the new Act took place on June 11th, and the first meeting of the new Court was held on June 20th, when Mr. Anthony Hudson was elected Governor, and Mr. Joseph Geldart Deputy-Governor. 19.—The _Crim. Con._ case, Sir Jacob Astley, Bart., _v._ Capt. Garth, was tried in the Court of Common Pleas, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff, damages one shilling. 20.—A cricket match was played on the ice at Diss Mere. It commenced at 10 a.m., and was well contested until dusk, in the presence of about 1,500 spectators. 24.*—“Died last week, at Kenninghall, aged 105, Mrs. Sarah Barham.” —“Died at Yarmouth Mr. Nathan Fenn, in his 101st year.” —A detachment of the 12th (Prince of Wales’) Royal Lancers marched into Norwich Barracks from Hounslow, under the command of Capt. Cunnyngham. 25.—Died at Norwich, aged 101, Thomas Greenfield, gardener. 26.—Major Peel presented in the House of Commons a petition from the Chancellor and Prebendaries of Norwich Cathedral, and from the Archdeacon and clergy of Norfolk, against further concessions to the claims of Roman Catholics. MARCH. 3.—Died at Costessey Hall, the Rev. Lawrence Strongitharm, aged 31, formerly of the Roman Catholic church, St. John Maddermarket, Norwich. “To great learning and a highly gifted mind, to the most elegant and refined manners, and to the most powerful and commanding eloquence he added a most fervent and unaffected piety and undying zeal for the furtherance of religion.” His remains were interred on the 9th, before the altar in the chapel of St. John Maddermarket. 8.—“Two celebrated amateurs of fashion,” the Hon. W. Berkeley and the other “a military man,” appeared in the parts of Othello and Roderigo at Norwich Theatre. They afterwards appeared as Romeo and Mercutio, and in other characters.