A correspondent states, “Never, perhaps, has a church been so disfigured; the introduction of that deformity, the Fisherman’s Gallery, that wretched ‘gew-gaw’ the Mayor’s seat, those laternal deformities, the desk and pulpit, and in a word those violations of every principle of taste by which the building has been defaced, have rendered it the ugliest as well as the dirtiest church in the Kingdom.” Feb. 17th.—Great excitement had been caused in the town by the death of James Duck, aged 69, after having been pushed or knocked down by Mr. Francis Paget. The Coroner’s Jury found, “That deceased died of apoplexy, aided and accelerated by a fall he received shortly before his death, but how or in what manner the fall was received doth not appear to the said Jurors,” only 12 (of the 18 Jurors) signed this inquisition. Feb. 24th.—From a petition presented as to the Mail service, it appeared there were then 574 ships of an aggregate burden of 50,325 tons, belonging to this port. Mr. Christopher Taylor had been appointed agent and surgeon to the sick and wounded seamen, in the place of Wm. Taylor, Esq., deceased. March 3rd.—2,300 inhabitants of Yarmouth had signed the petition for the total Repeal of the Corn Laws. March 10th.—Wm. Worship, Esq., had been elected a Councillor for the North Ward. March 31st.—A “Gold Coronation Medal” had been presented by the Queen to Capt. Manby, for preservation of lives from shipwreck. A meeting, convened by circular, had been held to consider Sir Robert Peel’s proposed “Income Tax.” The Mayor presided; Mr. S. Cobb moved and Mr. G. D. Palmer seconded, a resolution to the effect “That it is the duty of the meeting by every constitutional means in its power to resist the income tax proposed by Sir R. Peel.” Mr. E. H. L. Preston moved, and Mr. C. Cory seconded as an amendment, “That the Mayor be instructed to call a meeting of the public,” which was lost by 31 to 34. A petition was to be “got up” against the tax. April 7th.—It was rumoured that Jas. M. Cox had been killed by W. B. Ebbage, but the Jury found that he died from “mis-adventure.” April 14th.—A Hemsby boat, which had put off to a vessel, had been lost and nine hands drowned out of her. May 5th.—The Vauxhall Gardens had been opened for the season, and 100 gentlemen had partaken of a cold collation there on the occasion. Charges of manslaughter had been preferred before the Magistrates in respect of the cases of Ebbage and Cox. May 19th.—The Mayor had attended the Leveé and presented addresses to H.M. the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duke of Kent, on the birth of the Prince of Wales. June 9th.—Mr. Matthew Hastings Swann had had the degree of “Doctor of Philology” conferred on him by the University of Berlin. The Victoria hotel had been completed, and was to be opened by Mr. Balls of St. James’ Square, London. June 23rd.—The Victoria hotel had been opened with a public dinner, at which J. E. Lacon, Esq., presided.