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BAPTISM BY IMMERSION IN A CHURCH!
A n extraordinary occur:soh took place in St. Martin's
I hutch, on Tuesday last. A very amiable young lady named
Prosser, who was brought up a dissenter from the Church of Eng-
land, having attended for a considerable time at St. Martin's church,
wider the Ministry of the Rev. Dr. Richards, was anxious to be-
come a communicant with this Church; but not having been
christened, it was necessary she should previously undergo that ce-
remony. She, however, objected to the form of christening, via.
—throwing or sprinkling water on the face, as contrary to the lan-
guage of the Gospel as well as to the formula in the prayer.book,
the former of which says, speaking of adults who were baptised by
the Apostle, and they straightway went down into the water, and
were baptized." Ste. and • tb,latter, speaking of infants, says, " and
they shall warily dip them;" tbc. She, therefore, applied to Dr.
Richards, to be allowed at her christening that the ceremony might
he performed according to what she conceived was the literal
Scriptural meaning of the words of the Apostle—by submersion.—
The Doctor, at first, said It was quite impoodble, and attempted to
convince the lady, by argument, that sprinkling was equally Mea-
dow. The Doctor's argument only went to convince her that if
baptism was good for anything at all, it was essential that the form
adopted by the SAVIOUR and the Apostles should be strictly ad-
hered to. In this dilemma it was suggested that upon an applica-
tion being made to the Bishop of London, be might grant a dispen-
sation to have the ceremony performed in the manner the lady de-
sired it—by dipping. The application was made, and it was granted.
Last Tuesday was appointed for the ceremony. to take place, and
about mid-day a large oblong wooden tub was placed close to the
baptismal font, in St. Martin's Church, and the lady made her ap-
pearance suitably attired with woollen under clothing. It was a
bitter cold day, but the lady was nothing daunted, and the Doctor
.• warily dipped her" ever head and ears, after reading an appro-
priate service. The lady afterwards retired to the vestry with her
female friends, and having exchanged her wet apparel for dry
clothes, returned home to her family in Charing-cross, where the
health of the new Christian was drunk with due honour.. The
only instance of baptism by immersion having taken place in one of
our Churches before, occurred at Leicester, and with the consent
of the Bishop of the diocese.
SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF ESSEX,
AND LOSS OF LIFE.

From the Essex Mercury.
A wreck of the most distressing nature happened on the Gun-
fleet Sand off this coast during the late heavy gales. A brig, called
the Craig Electric, of Leith, with a crew of seven men, left Belfast
on or about the with day of November last, laden with a cargo of
provisions, bound to the port of Londe*, the wind at S.S. W. fine
weather. Soon after it changed, when the brig was brought up in
We Long Hope, and continued there for several days. At length
the weather moderated, which induced the master to proceed on
his passage ; and when off the Steeples, on the coast of Northum-
berland, be encountered a heavy gale at N.R. and lost part of his
sails, bulwark. &c. On the night of the 224 of December the
vessel was aback of Yarmouth Sands, under double-reefed topsails,
wind blowing sums S.N.E. and thick with snow. At day-light
next morniog, shook out reefs, and proceeded, and made the Sunk
Light about four T.M. of the same day, with wind blowing heavy ;
close-reefed the fore topsail and trysail, and double-reefed the main-
topsail, and hove the vessel to • at 6 Las. the tide making, the
main-top was filled with her heed to the Northward, and shortly
after she came to the ground ; the sails were hove aback in hopes
of getting her off again ; finding it of no use, filled on her in the
hope of forcing her over, but all attempts were useless. Lights
were hoisted in the main-rigging for assistance, and the pumps
set to work, but the water gained oa them considerably. The
crew fearing the vessel might fall on her broadside, determined
on launching the boats, but in a few minutes after they bad
made them fast alongside, they were dashed to plum; !mon after
the sea began to make a breach over her in every direetienahat it
became necessary for the crew to take to the rigging. Six of them
took the larboard side, whilst the other took the starboad ; shortly
after she fell on that side, with her sails la the water, which added
greatly to the weight of them, and occasioned both masts and the
bowsprit to break, and washing away the men on that side. The
others were compelled for safety to held by the channels, and re-
mained in that position till eight o'clock on the following morning.
It being nearly low water' they were enabled to stand on part of
the deck. At ten o'clock they took to the channels again, but find-
ing the water likely to reach them there, they, got on the tattle-mil,
being the highest part of the wreck from the sea. At one o'clock
the master breathed his last, and was coon washed overboard;
shortly after one of the crew followed. and after him another, leav-
ing only three remaining. The mate lashed himself clothe rail, but
died soon after from cold, hunger, and fatigue. The surviving
two, who had witnessed the fate of their late shipmates, were
greatly exhausted also, and soon expected to have shared the same
Fite, as night was approaching fast, and the gale still continuing :
luckily, however, the wreck was discovered by Robert Cleave,
master of the smack New Union, of this port, at about three
o'clock p.m. and be determined to approach as near as be could,
in order to ascertain whether there were any lives on board • not
being able with his vessel to get sufficiently near, he proceeded
with two of his bands in his boat, at great risk, through the break-
ers, and fancied, as be approached nearer, he could discern some
person on board, and when at the distance of five hundred yards
off, he could proceed no further with his boat; he then got on the
sand, up to his waist in water, giving directions to his compa-
nions to remain in the boat till he should return ; as be ap-
proached, he could plainly perceive the head of some person on
board, which made him still more anxious to get to the
wreck. At length he succeeded in reaching within 50 yards of the
spot, and calling loudly, the man on board looked towards him,
when he sold him, to use his own words, "that be had come to
save his blessed life," but that he could approach no nearer, and
begged the man to throw a broken spar, or any thing he could get,
into the sea, and east himself in after, and he would endeavour to
pick him up ; the man on board made Mtn no answer, neither did
be attempt to move from where he was standing. Cleave again
repeated that if be did not do as he told him, he must leave him,
and accordingly walked away, in hopes that he might induce him
to do it ; finding he still stood there and motionless, he again went
back, and urged him, but with no better success ; be then at-
tempted to get to the wreck, but found it impossible on account of
the water ; after waiting a short time be determined on making
the attempt should it cost him his life ; fortunately he succeeded :
the first object he beheld in getting on board was one of the crew
lying dead; further on *another lifeless; and beside him the man
whom be bad seen in an exhausted state. No time was to be lost,
as night was drawing near, and taking the man in his arms, he suc-
ceeded in carrying him from the wreck, and placed him on the
sand while be went bath for the other, whom be wu so fortunate
as to rescue from a watery.grave. They were both unable to
walk ; he therefore was compelled to carry and drag them along
through the water. and by great exertion and perseverance he
reached his boat, and conveyed them on board his vessel, and pro-
ceeded to Wtvenhoe, where be arrived next morning. For the
courage and intrepidity displayed by the crew, and more parti-
cularly by Robert Cleave, the master of the New Union, on this,
as on former occasions, it is hoped they may meet with a suitable
reward. The wreck went to pieces shortly after the men were
rescued and no part of the cargo has been saved.
The Custom-house 01 which cost the public
4564462 in erecting, Is oe the sth inst. to be abandoned by both
Commissiooers of Excise and Customs, whose Boards will in that
day be dissolved, and all the Revenue business relative to England,
Ireland, and Scotland, be transferred to the Board in London, to
whom the Collectors and Comptrollers are to report direct.
From and after the sth inst. grocers will be required
to keep an entry of their sales of teas—to be subject to the review
of an Excise Meer. Grocers, also, from the same day, are to
give six hours' notice to Excise Officers previously to bottling
wines, end four hours' notice on reinov.hg wine from one bin to
another. These regulations will impart an infinity of trouble to
persons in the trade, who intend very properly to apply to Parlia-
ment for a modification or repeal of them.
Long before day, on Wednesday morning, 200 men of
the 76th Regiment, and a large party of Police, with Major-Gen
Sir Edward Blakeney, Thomai P. Voices, Req. Major Carter.
Dr. Fitzgerald, Chief Magistrates of Police, Sir Henry Carden,
Colonel niaberly, 76th. Captaid Webb, and. Mr. O'Brien,
Magistrates, assembled near Templentore, from whence they se-
parated into detachments, and marched all the houses within
circuit of ten miles, where the unfortunate Brazen wu so lithos
manly murdered a few nights ago. The search was conducted in
the most strict and diligent manner; yet the result was only the
discovery, by Mr. O'Brien and his party, of a case of pistols, built
into a been will with mortar, smd a bag of bullets. The owner
of them, named Pat. Hely. wails the course of the day examined
before the Ilsolikriess, sad senteseed to two months'
sisenein Clenissi psi, be hweliti sites without being registered....
ese Illaier•Ousersi wee sees p"d.by gamtermaetersGimeral
Weed, nod Ahls-ste.Censp, who rsastfed to this City yesterday.
We its mit& oesserned to end there Is no trace of &pull's ban.
buena entseditirs, netwithntesdhly every exertion of the mew
buititV end thistly bsia el& and day..—iLitneriek Pepe..
A good &I ass wistazday, at a mere trifling expence,
is important to a poor man. One pennyworth of tar, or
rosistmater, will saturath, a tub ,of coals with triple its
original quantity of bitumen' the .principle of heat and
light,) and, of course, rendered • one such tab of three
times more value than it wan unsaturated.— Norther!
Whig.