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tants as could be procured on so 
sudden an emergency, repaired to 
the church-yard, and secured one of 
the men in his attempt to escape , 
Girth before 
over the wall next Princes street. 
On examining the church-yard, it 
appeared that no less than five graves 
had been broken up, and the bodies 
of two persons were discovered lying 
on the ground, wholly without 
covering. ‘lhe coifins, in which the 
bodies had been deposited, were 
put in by the depredators about two 
feet beneath the level of the ground. 
But we have the satisfaction of 
informing the public, that the villains 
did not succeed in their design, 
it being ascertained that not a single 
body had been carried off, and those 
left above ground were buried 
in the same coffins, in the presence 
of their friends. 
The man who was apprehended 
states his name to be William Hillier, 
lodging at No. 5, King-street, Bo... 
rough; that he is a married man, 
and has one child, and that he is a 
cabinet-maker by trade; but not 
giving a satisfactory account of him- 
self to the rev, Joseph Jefferson, 
the magistrate before whom he 
was examined, he was committed to 
the house of correction as a dis. 
orderly person ; and some suspicions 
attaching to the grave-digger, he 
was immediately dismissed. | 
Thesacks which had been brought 
for the purpose, as it is supposed, 
of carrying away the bodies, were 
left behind, the men not choosing to 
take them in their hurry to avoid 
detection. 
At Wakefield cattle market, there 
were about 196 beasts, and 3700 
sheep. Fat beasts sold well, and at 
increased prices. ‘The sale af sheep 
was dull, and the prices were on the 
decline. 
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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
The following are the dimensions 
of the Makerstoun Ox, slaughtered 
at Kelso: 
Ditto behind 
Length, from the point of 
the shoulder to the end 
of the buttock 6 10 
Ditto, from head torump10 2 
Standard height 6.8 
Across the hucks 2 10 
At Morpeth there was a full mar- 
ket of cattle, which met with dult 
sale: many not sold. The show of 
sheep was not great, and there being 
a great demand, they met with ready 
sale. Beef from 6s. to 7s. Mutton 
6s.6d.to 8s. per stone, sinking offals. 
At Bridgnorth fair fat beasts, to 
sink the offal, sold from 6d. to 63d. 
per pound; fat sheep from 7d. to 
7id. to sink the offal, few of the 
latter being brought to market on 
account of the large quantity of 
turnips on hand, which have of late 
run much in the top; cheese from 
55s. to 65s. per cwt. of 120lbs. salt 
butter from 10s. 6d. to 11s. 6d. per 
gawn of 12lbs, ~ 
Lately was shot, in the parish of 
Holford, on the Quantock-hills, 
about 14 miles from Taunton, by 
Henry Sweeting,esq. a brown eagle, 
of the male kind, he measured 7 feet 
4 inches from the extremity of his 
wings, and three feet from head to 
tail ; he was discovered whilst hover- 
ing over Mr. Sweeting’s spaniel, and 
lived about ten hours after he was 
shot, 
Mr. Thomas Griggs, sen. butcher, 
of Cowbit, near Spalding, killed a 
hog-pig, (which he purchased the 
Ath of June preceding for one gui- 
nea) which weighed as follows, viz. 
fat and offal, 9 stone, earcase, 4Q 
stone. 
20th. Ricut 
