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tearer from Coped, error the brig Hu. Trieste, dated Nth Nov. Rem C.oostantisople• clearance, and would pressed as soon as pa ne! will serve to chew, that op to that date, re-laid, as stated in the Odessa letter. received letters from Messina to the 24 lend that the Greek piratical ptivateen period had . infested that neighbourhood had weeks; and it was hoped they had at length trade had been very considerably interrupted coast are beginning to speak of the da- .4 severe gales, w►ich, it is feared, will be Haabet, from Norienainieh to Hall, sailed on and has not since been beard of; and the place. is atippoeed to hare been lost, vitirthe Ist, her papers having been picked up. speak of a severe gale of four hours on the Penzance and Cardiff accounts speak of a gales from the Dinh. The James Scott, from compelled to put into Margate Roads, having • and the Johan Hennes, from Malaga. has f. The Heise, from Newcastle, and the Uverpnol, have also pat into Torbay v)ith of Shields, has been wrecked ; and the been carried Into Newhorgh, damaged. Port.au•Prince, waa discharging at Fel- Malta, from Newfoundland; had put into The Underwriters have, in fact. offered commancrAL REGULATIONS. from Rio Janeiro a valuable statement of the !amerce Is DOW carried on in Brazil. i ports of the coast of that empire must bring cargoes certified by the director of the port of • the Brazilian Consul. In order to avail of on Freepeis, they should clear " for or " for Pernambuco, Bahia, or Rio Ja. when they may land any part of their the remainder, without being subject to thereon, but should they clear only for one Brazil, they are required to discharge the • that pert, which regulation is strictly per more or less cargo than what is repelled full entry is made) double duties ars .or deficiency. Goods transhipped from 'whether entered in (ranquia or iu full) pay on the market value, betides custom. amount to from five to 18,000 reel per landed and re-shipped, they pay five per valuation, customhouse fees, Sce. When the , no part thereof is returned on reship. they may be sent by a Brazilian vessel to coast, without being subject to any farther with a costom.house certificate. Janeiro, it is not necessary for vessels to heave too Santa Cron In the day time. They must, before they pass a line between Fort Vii of Boa Viagetn, where they must re. a boat on shore till visited by the several .• the Captain will be Informed by the last accompanied by a soldier, who will conduct him mikes of the city, when he has to make a merely. The soldier will accompany him his consignee. come to anchor as above mentioned, she Fort, and made to pay a fine. Vesada will be hailed frees fort Santa Crux; it •however, to understand what is saW, ink Merely the name of the vessel sod nation, without up to the anchorage. On passing the fort, strong lights exhibited, which are not to he they are only signals from the City, eon , arrival. las retired from the command of the Ports.. • Marines. Lieutenant-Colonel Timmins Colonel Commandant of the Portsmouth Di- Itloscatarra. ' ' is reported ready for service on the 211th unta, from Debifn to London, struck upon a th side of the Wand of Nay, on the 15th water ; three of the crew drowned. —The Albion, for Peterhead. front London, the 24th onion°, was jot Won the lath butes' Newburgh, with damage. and Wee of spars. rig- 25.—Arrived the America. Lena, from Lisbon; from London to Sierra Lope. and 2S.—Arrived from London the Can. and Beaefori, Hui., for Jamaica. Arrived from New York. 44.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Lord Mel. 7 .llnotith for Jamaica, with toes of main-yard; Seville. Wind B.S. W..—Arrived the Elisabeth, and Georg* the Fourth, from Trieste. —Arrived the Duke of Marllamough packet Albion, Wu .% treat PortarsdPrince, is die- L►ar.ot„ Da. 94.—The wreck of the skip Favourite (supposed fakirid%)-was fallen is with by the Ann Elisabeth, Iran Malaga l Boston. The wind during the early part of the day was the S.S.W. This evening, ft five pu. it ioueased to a gate from the Westward, but is more moderate now at r•a. We understand that some vessels in the King's Deck have NI from their moorings during the gale, but have not received Arrived the Pyramus, —, from Santa Martha; Julius Casa, I. llousa, and Aleyepe, PILICI I from Virginia. The Sir Howard Douglass, bane. for New York, was spoken on November, in Ist. 31. 40. long. el. 30. and was supplied i by the Hogarth, from Charleston, arrived yesterday. strip Fortitude, of —, was feU In with, water by the Ann Elizabeth, from Malaga, for Boston, U.S. Elisabeth ►ad taken from the wreck some sails and other die was in need. A letter has arrived in town, announcing the death ninguished Prelate of the Catholic Church, the Ossory. He was seized with patalysis, which !fatally. _ According to letters from Northumberland, received Monday, the weather in that quarter has for the last or three weeks been remarkably boisterous, accom• Ind with heavy rains. In the neighbourhood of ( elso, there was an awful thunder storm on Saturday, ie 1 5th instant—a somewhat unusual phenomenon at its srawo of the year. Except exciting alarm, oo Jurf was done. The late Dr. EDWARD CLARKS, 01111 of the most in %geot of modern travellers, after describing the state living is some parts of the north of Europe, thee Postrophises his own country s—a Oh ! England scent abode of comfort. of cleanliness, and deco. rm ! Oh, blessed asylum of all that is worth having )on earth Oh, sanctuary of religion, and of liberty r the whole civilised world! It is only in viewing e state of other countries that thy advantages can duly estimated ! May thy sons bet know and what they possess in thee ! Oh, land of happy and cleanly hearths, and do►sestic peace; of piety, of parental love and connubill joy ; the ale of heroes, ihe school of sages, the temple of Jew, altar of faith, the asylum of innocence, the bulwaik Prisaye security, and of public honour ! " Where's: Iroom, whatever realm to see, My hean.untravelled, fondly terns to Timer • NAVAL A letter ho boa mod, f le a Odessa to Teton yd received his clean He on his passage. The, gm bego had not beeu et We hare this morning 1 wo g. By these we let w bo g b fa so Ong a Perdu got b e moan for sonic wet "i v d &vicinity, as read by dot trailers. ybeatiounts from the dine by the late set de b* The Haab be lath of October, and Apps, from the same pla, rev , le the gale of the : • , lanai& Meters meal d iostant ; and the Pen v ersion of westerly gale! Bunts, has been compel Ott the Goodwin ; ant at into Ramsgate, leaky. Sndeavour, bound to Lie ange r. The Favourite, !whit Peterhead, has Albion, Wm*, ham I th. to repair; and the Jilf veitli damage. TI s ett severely. BRAZILIAN COI We have received from • stations under which Nth bound to any port adrsts of their cargoes nce, as also by the privilege of entering ail and other ports," 01 ito, and other ports," MO, and proceed with y d i me of duty there • on the coast of Draz Isle of their cargoes at t arced. In case there is the manifest (when a tined on such articles I r vessel to another (she , at per cent. transit duty ale officers' fees, which ouibs. of lour. &c. If I et. oat the tariff valoatiot sty is once paid in full, • • mit of the goods, but cis y other port on the cos 'sty, bciog accompanied u Oa entering Rio Jaoeiro, to hail, on passing fort f. ever, come to anchor b oboe anal the Church t • oar may they send a •vmatent boats, when t he may lind. ACCANTIpaI std the public dices on of his arrival mere ads to the house el Seed the vessel not ea be Bred at from the I the pert at night, .1 sot necessary,- however, ploy whence Irons, the • toe, and proceed st pa will be fired, sod so • on board, aa the hitalligesm of the Colonel blowcantrrc ha th Division of Royal appointed, pro tow Cult of Marines, vice The Erna bomb vessel ant. The Minerva, llaithals Mg rock on the south sad sank in deep Anaemia, Dm. t;4.-1 'co 00 shots ow the 240 carried lino Newburg seer Dear., Deo. 15.—Arri , Bath, LAWLICIL. freer Poartworen. Dm. We a n, Rao. foe Bengal; an J. Dianna°. Him, Piratorro, Dec. 24. packet, from Fabius l ittoral!, CUTE. from FALMOUTH, Dec. 23. 'mos. in twenty days; a Dec. ht.—Wind W.--J sat Lisbon. The Albh urging her cargo. a Loarsca„ Dec. 0.4.—T1 ISMekl4-was (alien is w Pesten. The wind ten the S.S.W. This iaket gale from the Wet re. We enderatand th used from their mooring itch damage. Arrived the Pyramus, ')beers, and Alcyope, The BO Howard Durgl Nth November, in la! Ponisions by the Ho The British ship Forth, ,by the Ann Elia Ann Elizabeth had t of which die was A letter has arrive( a distinguished Pn top of Ossory. E tinned fatally. According to lettet ro 31 onday, the weatl " 0 or three weeks be acied with heavy 1 ' e lso• there was an a le 15th instant—a sc its season of the ye jury was done. The late Dr. Eow4 11i g• , rot of modern to hying is some pa > n strophiaes his of tent abode of cos Int ! Oh, blessed asy ton earth Oh, sane r the whole civilise . e state of other cc ! duly estimated ! • lard what they post asides, and cleanly sal piety, of parent Adle of betocs, ihe e altar of faith, the privave security . an " Where's, I roan My heart, unravel TERRIFIC FIRE AT YORK HOUSE, BATH. • CHRISTMAS - DAT...A little before three o'clock this morning a cry of w fire I" from set end voices artnised the neighbourhood of York House. The writer of this was among the first persons attracted to the spot. The fire first made its appearance from a window or aper ture under the lofty gateway of York House yard. It is supposed to bare originated in the upper room of Mr. Simpkins, the sadler, who occupies the house fronting Broad street, on the right hand side of the gateway. The strength of the fian!e from this aperture was evi dently very powerful—as if the fire had been stifled for some time until it had gained a current which en abled it to burst forth with terrific fury. The highly respected proprietor of York House, Mr. Reilly, with his sons, were immediately aroused, and were with the utmost promptitude on the spot. The inmates of the bedchambers were also quickly down stairs, with their luggage: The giestest consternation soon spread throughout the establishment. The fire spread itself apace, and soon forced its way through the floor of the great ball room fronting . Broad-street. Here the de structive element appeared to riot in the liberty which the very large area of this room afforded. The room was soon in a blaze, which issued with awful grandeur through the five large windows looking intoßroad-street. One engine was under the gateway before the fire pene trated the floor of this room; but it had a much too powerful enemy to contend with—it was at this time nearly useless—owing partly to the confined situation which it had to play in, and partly from a very scanty supply of water. Three other engines were shortly afterwards brought, and the various reservoirs of water in the neighbourhood were soon opened; but the engines were nearly wholly supplied by buckets, the firemen not being enabled to convey the pipes of the engines to the reservoirs. The fire still increased, until the whole of , the immense pile of buildings (including the shops of Mr. Simpkins, and Mr. Knight, the broker, which are under the ball room), were in one devouring blaze ! We indeed deeply sympathise with Mr. Reilly. He was seen amongst the.' vast concourse of people who were soon attracted to the spot, exciting their aid by the example of his own efforts. The company ranged themselves in two double lines from the reservoir at the top of Broad -street, for the purpose of handing the supply of water in buckets to the engines. One double line reached to the gateway in Broad-street ; the other to the York House front entrance. The engine was at play within,the entrance. It being soon discovered that it would be useless to attempt to pre ♦ent the destruction of anything in the rooms above and also in the ball-room, the whole power of the water was directed to prevent the fire forcing itself beyond a party wall that very fortunately diviJed the large building, which was now one mass of flame, from the rest of the hotel. It was at one time gieatly feared that the whole pile must inevitably have fallen a sa crifice ; and under this impression every article of fur niture, as well as doors, partitions, lac. were with all expedition ejected, and placed on the pavement on the opposite side of York Houseftonting Princes-buildings. This party wall formed a grand barrier to the progress of the fire; and we are in great hopes that it will still arrest it, although the fire is yet burning at this spot.-- It was a matter of great anxiety for two hours le►t the intensity of the heat from the fife large ball-room win dows should cause the old houses opposite in Broad-street to take fire; had this been the case, the awfulness and distress of the conflagration would have been materially heightened, as most probably Gracious-court and some of the first houses in Bliadutfs.buildings, with the inter vening property, frontal hive been destroyed: bur, thank PROVIDENCI, the dam pink of the fronts of the old houses by the play of the engines upon them prevented this fearfol catastrophe. .We hope ere long the fire in the whole of the house will be completely quenched, although we understand it is still burning internally.. We have not leatut if the spirits in Mr. Reilly's cel lars in Broad-street were ignited. but the fire, from its fierceness at one particular period. appeared to have reached them. We omitted to state, that soon after the fire in the gateway was discovered, the carriages were taken out into the street, and the horses to neigh bour ing stables. Mr. Rei.ly's plate was all saved; and we sincerely hope that be is amply insured, although the loss to him, even in that case, must be very great: We hear that the stock and furniture were insured to the extent of SPABOL Great praise is due to the Bath troop of the N. S. Yeomanry Cavalry, who, with their Captain (Mr. Wilkins), and their Adjutant (Mr. B. L. Lye), kindly and promptly attended to keep order ; and to those many Iziends who lest a helping hand in such a sad time of need: there were also numerous constables on the spot, protecting the furniture, &c. We andeistand that one or two accidents occurred to the firemen; one of whom was attended on the spot by a medical Gentleman, and sent home. We do not hear that any life was lost. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The extent of piens:set which have thus fallen a my to the destructive element, may be stated to be about 100 feet in length, 60 in depth, and 70 in height. The whole of the costly furniture and effects in this exten sive range was destroyed; so that the premises are pow a mere shell. Mr. Dallimore's loss, of the Turk's Head, most be very considerable ; as. nearly all his furniture was de stroyed ; and seven or eight pieces of strong beer, con 1 gaining from 2 to 3,000 gallons each, which were in his cellars, burst, and of course the contents were lost. A quantity of malt and hops were also consumed. We, lament to add, that Mr. D. was not insured. We have not been able to learn whether Mr. Knight and Mr. ] Simpkins were insured or not. Two men were apprehended by the police, for em bezzling some of the property ; and one, for being fourtd drunk on the premises of York House. Hata PAST TweLve, r.►t.—Since writing the above, the part of the building above the sadist's shop, which was of great height, has fallen in with a tremendous crash. No injury done.—Bath .Geseite. The lower tiers of blittliis in several private wine cellars at Chichester have been found to be more or i less broken, owing, as is conjectured, to the shock of an earthquake, which was felt there, and on other parts of the southern coast, about three years ago. Yesterday about one o'clock, a melancholy accident occurred on the Thames. Two young men, about 20 years of age, were observed rowing a boat towards the line of barges lying on the Surrey side of the River, and after some difficulty succeeded in gaining a barge, when the person who sat at the head of the boat rose and attempted to catch hold of the side of the barge: l but owing to the strength of the current the boat citified away, and precipitated the young man into the river; his companion threw out a rope, which the ether bold for nearly five minutes, but before any assistance could arrive, he sunk to rise no more. His companion, in attempting to save the youth, fell also into the river, and was carried by the stream nearly to Southwark Bridge, where he was picked up. 6 • , THE MVBDI AT OX RD. • Throughout the entire of Monday the city Magistrates were engaged to the examination of the different wit nesses, upwards of twenty iMniumber, who have given evidence affecting the young man John.Witliams, in custody for some time, charged on suspicion with having .been the person who committed.the late murder in this city, on the body of Ann Crutchley, which has excited so much the public feeling. During last week he on ' derwent two or three private examinations in the Audit room of the Town Hall, but this morning the Magistrates determined to have the whole affair, as far as the pri soner was the most remotely concerned in it, publicly investigated. The prisoner himself was desirous that the investiga tion should be public; as he has hitherto, with the ex ception, perhaps, of those trifling levities to which youth are too prone, borne a good and inoffeasive character amongst all who knew him. His apprehension on so serious a charge has excited the most irdenre anziet) throughout this city, which was no[ a little increased by the privacy with which the matter hit hitherto proceeded before the Magistrates. The Town Clerk's Office, in which the Mayor and Magistrates assembled to investi gate the matter, was crowded all day to excess. A document was submitted to the Magistrates, Ale- tailing the result of the examination • of the body of the deceased, which was exhumed last week for the purpose, made by Dr. Kidd, the Regius Professor of Anatomy in the University, and three other medical Gentlemen. This document states, that the deceased was a remark. ably healthy subject at the time of her death, which was occasioned. it says, by some sharp blunt instrument, forcibly moved in different directions, after the wounds in the vagina had been received. It is horrible to con-1 template the possibility of such diabolical villainy as is intimated in this document. It is clear that the leceased herself could never have inflicted them, and .equally clear that the instrument made use of was either ail umbrella or stick ; neither of which was seen that night, at any time, in the prisoner's custody, by any of the witnesses. The prisoner is about 30 years old, and bore a peace able characigr, with the exception that he was in the habit of •auntingly alluding, especially before females, to what he detailed as his exploits of strength in boxing, and iliac he was too much in the company of loose fe males, such as the deceased. The latter was only three or four months in Oxford, and was particularly ob noxious to the other wretched creatures who infest the streets of this city ; and among other suppositions enter tained with regard to the murder, it was hinted that the creme was inflicted by some of them in the wantonness of barbarity and revenge. Theilayor read the depositions of several of the wit nesses, which had been committed to writing; and as ti e prisoner had only heard part of them, the entire would now be read over in his presence. Joseph Hedges was the first witness examined.—His testimony as to the condition in which hennd his servant found the unfortunate woman in Blue Boar-lane,was pre cisely the same as that given before the Coroner at the inquest. lie deposed to the conduct of the prisoner Williams on the night in question, as already stated by him at the time when no particular suspicion attached to Williams. When the watchman refused to allow the deceased to enter his box, Williams offered him a shil• ling to convey her home, and seemed to feel some anxi ety about the wretched woman. In consequence of some observations made by Mr. Taunton, as to the diffr• culties under which, far his client, he laboured in not being allowed to be present at the former examinations, when he might have cross-examined the witnesses, as they gave their testimony viva voce, ft was agreed that any of the depositions which Mr. Taunton desired, should be read over a second time, to allow him an opportunity to take down the evidence more minutely. - • Several other of the witnesses who had given evidence before the .Coroner's Jury were called in, and delivered their testimony befine the Magistrates: As the principal facts have been already detailed in the newspapers, it is unnecessary here to reiterate them. The summary of the evidence may be given thus:—•lt was clearly proved that Williams was left at one time nearly three-quarters of an hour alone with the unfortunate woman; and that, previous to his being so left, no traces of blood were discernable either on the ground or on her clothes. The following is the new testimony advanced, which was supposed to bear more directly in implicating the prisoner : Henry Bell, of IBley, near Oxford. sworn—l was one of the Jurors at the Inquest, and my suspicions fell upon the prisoner, as did those of my fellow Jurors. After the verdict was returned. I went on a Tuesday to my mother's house, who washed for Williams, thinking I might be able to trace some stains of blood if my sus picions were true. I took a shirt from my mother's hand, the wristband of which was much discoloured. It appeared as if blond had been attempted to be washed out ; my mother told me it was only the colouring which Williams used in his business, and that his shirts were often so. 1, however. shewed the shirt to the MAyor. —(Here the witness produced the shirt, the sleeve of which was certainly somewhat discoloured, but it had not 'he appearance of blood.) He was cross-examined by the Magistrates, but nothing of consequence resulted. Mr. Twurrote objected to these iepostions being al lowed to be sworn to. and sent before the Judge, on the , ground that they did not contain one particle of evi -1 dance bearing on the case. The MATO/ consulted the Town Clerk as to whe ther it would be proper to receive the depositions, and that officer having replied that they ought, the Mayor consented, and they were admitted. Mary Bell, the mother of the last witness, washed !for the prisoner a long time; the shirt her son took from her was one of Mr. Williams's. Many times the shirts have been in the same state when they came to be washed. (The shirt was here handed to her.) She sees nothing on it but what she has frequently before seen on his shirts, and she told her son so when he took it away. I said I thought it was the colouring he used in his business that stained it. Mrs. Barton, landlady of the City Arms, Oxford, Sarah Parsons, her servant, and another witness, named Flurey, gave testimony as to the particulars of a con versation between the prisoner and Flurey in the City Arms the morning after the murder, in which the for mer stated that on the night before he had met two Gentlemen, who pushed him, and "he thawed the claret from them" In corroboration of which he stripped op his arm, on which two of the witnesses said they saw something like blood, while Parsons, who was nearest to him, said it was only a piece of red watch ribbon, with which he occasionaUy bound his wrist that he tad for merly sprained. At a quarter after eleven, the. Magistrates retired into their private chamber, and after some ,deliberation, the prisoner was called in, and it was intimated to him that -the most likely course which the Magistrates should adopt, if their prtsent feeling continued, would be to commit bun for trial. • They should, however, remand him until Wednesday (this) morning. • The prisoner bowed, and was removed in the cu• tody of the gaoler, in the fly, to the City prison. There was an immense number of persona oetsidt the Town Hall, waiting till that late hour to catch a glimpse of him. Little doubt iseatertained here that the result will be the prisoner's acquittal, at least, so far as the evidence has hitherto gone. EDINB it(iitr MeI UCIIIIIIIZ* 20, Monday se'nnight, one of the fishing boats- from Portleshen, when about three voiles off •that place, semi overtaken by a sudden squall, and upset. There were five men in the boat, three of whOnvitAnsediattly found a watery grave; and the other two Were with difficulty saved, having, for some time,-ching ia 'a most perilous situation to the bottom of the boat, from which they were rescued by the crew of another boat, which had. witnessed the accident. The three sufferers were bro thers, of the names of John, William; and Robert Main : and what is a painful aggra►ation of the catastrophe, I were all married men, leaving, bEsides their bereaved widows, large families, in all nineteen in number. The Corporation of M.ltmen in Glasgow have, with their accustomed liberality, voted One Hundred. Guineas to she Glasgow Asylum for the Blind. BUILDING.—Owing, no doubt, to the over-building of former years, mason work is unusually dull at pre. I sent. An extensive builder, who has resided from his infancy in this quarter, states that there is less buil:ling going on at present than there has been any winter for at least twenty years. The various trade., depending on the erection of new buildings,•are of course realists the effects of the dullness very severely. The wages of the masons and joiners are at present from I is. to 12s. a seek. NATURAL Cuatoom.— There is to be seen in the neighbourhood of Kippen a partridge._ which seems to • have forsaken her companions in the field to asioctiine . with the barn-door fowls of an adjoining farm. It is not a little singular to see her come in the morning to feed along with the fowls, and, after spending the whole day in their domestic circle, retire in the evening to her native wilds. So unusual an occurrence has attract ed considerable attention ; and it is worthy of remark, that when the shades of evening induce the fowls to ' roost, the partridge, though it has never yet entered the poultry house, makes every exertion to detain its in , mates from retiring to rest—and there is every proba bility for supposing, that ere long their intimacy • will become so great as to overcome this intuitive reluctance to a closer union. THE FLOODED S orTHE COUNTRY. • The West of England has not been for many years so flooded as it is now, owing to the amazing con tinuance of rains. At Gloucester the banks of the river Severn are overflowed, and the waters cover the surrounding meadows, but not to any great depth, though to the extent of, many hundred acres. None of the roads, howeGer, artsimreded loy such floods, in consequence of the high a nd. excellent embankments, characterising modern improvements; and the same re mark will apply to the other roots, near to which it is about to be mentioned there are also extraordinary floods. Around the excellent stone bridge building across the Severn, and just without Gloucesrer, the water is like. wise out, but not so as to impede the progress of the workmen. • : • At several other places on the road to Hereford the waters are out ; but on the side of such city leading to Cheltenham, the waters cover the meadows for miles, hating the appearance of a vast lake, the tops of the trees, in the distance, appearing not unlike the masts of barges, boats, &e. • end in many cases, espe cially around Tewkesbury, where site waters are out as fat as the sight reaches from the roads, the appear. *nets receive confirmation from the fact of large barges occasionally sailing along the current of the river.-- Nearer London, at Maidenhead, he. the effccts of the rain are visible in the large lakes formed in different meadows; but the floods are not so extensive as they are more west. In Wales, it is mentioned, that in the most southern parts the cross roads are in such a state, that, as far as local and market traffic is concerned. the inhabitants consider themselves 44 land locked ;" they are in many cases absolutely impassable, but the operation upon their markets has been most favourable, as far as the interests of the consumers are concerned. Fine fat fowls may be got at Sd. and 10d. each, and the very finest beef fetched not more than 3d. the pound I CURIOUS SCIENZ-.- A PIG its TRIBULATION.TIieSday evening last the watchman heard a heavy and awful splash in the lock•pit, apparently caused by the descent into the water of a fel° de se - of the most determined character. The alarm was given. Every eye was straitened towards the lock pit—every hand extended to afford aid. Ropes were pot in requisition—lanterns and torches were called for ! The splashing. and fl run. derings of the unhappy object of solicitude were heard distinctly, and, at interval!, a faint cry, 'and hollow gurgling murmur. One anxious individual on the bank declared that he could see the sufferer—that he *as a - Gentleman, for he wore his hair powdered! On a second look, he exclaimed, No! it is a bald poll; the unhappy man has lost his wig, in his exertions to keep his head above water ! • Anxiety and suspense were at length put an end to by the arrival of lights and ropes, when, lo ! not a Gentleman in a powdered wig—or a plebeian without a wig at all—was rescued from a watery grave, but (rejoice, ye consumers of bacon) a fine fat pig.—Hull Packet. RESURRECTIONISTS.—Thursday a considerable sen sation was excited in Elgin by the discovery of a human body in It box brought from Forres by Angus Nicolson, carrier, to be forwarded to Edinburgh by the Duke of Gordon coach. The proprietor of the coach having observed a similar package sent last week to the same address, " South Bridge, Edinburgh," shrewdly sus pected that all was not right, and to elicit the truth, re marked to the carrier that he feared it contained contra band goods; his suspicions being confirmed by the man ner of the denial, he communicated them to an Exc.:e officer, who, on raising the lid of the box, found it contained the body of a young man tied up in a portable form. The body was deposited in the guard room, to be identified by the friends of the deceased; and the Sheriff has taken measures for the detection of the perpetrators of the outrage. The body of a boy about 11 years of age was last month stolen from the church yard of Raiford, near Formai the resurrectionists hav ing been scared, ran away with their booty, leaving the ,p4rapharnalia of death strewed about the open grave, into which 'a person stumbled at night, when running to extingui,h a fire in a mill. In„uiry was in conse quence made, and the body was found in a cask sent to Burghead, to be transmitted to Edinburgh by sea.-- Aberdeta Journal. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Dec. ed. We were well supplied with all descriptions of Grain sines Mess day, but there helot but few buyers at market this morales (Quanta to the holidays), we are forced to quite oar price. noamlly its co Monday for all kinds of Grain. • Nit.6l 1