23.—A man named Bailey did penance in the chancel of Yarmouth parish church for applying an opprobrious epithet to a Mrs. Jenner. “It being a very great novelty, there was a large assemblage of persons to witness the performance of the ceremony and to hear Bailey repeat his recantations, which continued for some time, but he did _not_, as generally supposed, stand in a white sheet.” MARCH. 5.—The election of a County Coroner took place at Norwich, consequent upon the resignation of Mr. C. Bringloe. Mr. E. Press, of Hingham, the successful candidate, polled 1,073 votes, as against 766 obtained by his opponent, Mr. Henry Hobart, Norwich. 17.—Died at his house in Surrey Street, Norwich, aged 68, Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., President of the Linnæan Society. He was born in Norwich December 2nd, 1759, proceeded to Edinburgh University in 1780, and completed his medical studies in London. In 1792 he had the honour of instructing her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Princesses in botany at Windsor. He married, in 1796, a daughter of Mr. Robert Reeve, of Lowestoft, and in 1810 received the distinction of knighthood. He was the author of “English Botany,” and other works. 18.—Mr. Macready appeared at Norwich Theatre in the part of Virginius. On subsequent evenings he performed the characters of Macbeth and William Tell. 22.*—“Died at Canton, in China, by falling overboard, Henry, son of Mr. Alderman Thurtell, of Norwich, master-at-arms of the Atlas Indiaman.” —*“Died at Yarmouth, Mr. David Service, aged 52, the well-known author of the ‘Caledonian Herd-boy’ and many other poetical productions of considerable merit.” 24.—The ward elections commenced at Norwich on this date. “Five shillings a man had been given on each side from the commencement; but about eleven o’clock a placard was put out from the window of the ‘Blue and White’ (the Reformers’) room, bearing the words, ‘The Blues pay gold.’ This alteration in the market was followed, about an hour afterwards, by a similar declaration from the ‘Orange and Purples.’ From this moment stock looked up; the price for the freemen altered from five shillings to half a sovereign, and a whole sovereign, and so on to sums of which we are not prepared to limit the extent. A whole club, consisting of 20 members, calling themselves ‘the Independent Club,’ was purchased in the lump by one of the ‘Blue and White’ candidates. The price first demanded was 5 guineas a man, but others allow they were knocked down at the price of 50 gs.” APRIL.