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FREAK NATURE.—One of those extraordinary freaks of nature can now be witnessed by any person who will take the train from London Bridge to Horley station, within five minutes walk of the Chequers' Inn, at Horley. A living pig may be seen at Mr. Jenning's, without a skin on it, the animal having adopted the course of throwing off its entire coat from head to tail, with hair and flesh, the latter nearly three inches thick. It is doing well, and the coat hangs on one of the trees adjoining the stye. It is quite a curiosity, and may become matter for future discussion at the Anthropological Society. The flesh is like good pork, fat and lean, and has no appearance of disease. In fact he is a specimen grunter, without a coat and the new one is growing nicely.