6.*--"A fish of the whale species was killed in shallow water on Cromer
beach last week. Its dimensions were 57 feet long, breadth of tail, 13
feet; pectoral fin, six feet; from the eye to the end of the jaw, 13
feet; length of jaw bones, 14 feet; length of tongue, nine feet; breadth,
four feet. It answers the description of the under-jawed whale."
13.--Noah Peak and George Fortis were executed on the Castle Hill,
Norwich, for setting fire to three stacks on February 25th. Both men had
been soldiers. Peak was present at Busaco, Albuera, and Waterloo; and
Fortis was also in the last-named battle. "It is not three years since
Peak came to Norwich and conveyed home for burial the body of Edward
Fisher, his fellow parishioner, who was executed on the Hill in August,
1819, for stabbing William Harrison."
20.--Among the passengers who perished in the ship Albion, wrecked upon
the coast of Ireland, was Miss Powell, eldest daughter of the Hon. W. D.
Powell, Chief Justice of Upper Canada, and granddaughter of Dr. John
Murray, of Norwich.