The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-19 00:00:00

SMUGGLING:

" All is not fish that Come to net."-03 Nian.ley last
Mr. Cotterell, the tide-surveyor of this port, and N.. I.:ot's
crew, event,
in consequence of an information, to Reber:
Ferry river, where, on boarding the Ruse in June, one of
the fishing-smacks of that place, tlicy succeeded iu s: izing
and securing 53 tubs of smuggled spirits ; and, stt the ves-
sel was lying at anchor, her sails furled, her decks waelseel,
and the spirits below hatches, the vessel also v.:r•
and an officer left in charge of her. Tie mast:r of
another craft, the Nelson, also lying at anchor in
the river, observing what had passed, hailed the cos-
turn-house boat, and on the officers going on board,
! thirty tubs more were discovered below hatches, and
seized. The men, in both instances, pleaded that they had
crept up the liquor whilst engaged in fishing, and that
they were about to convey it to the custom-house, and
claim the salvage; but it is conceived that this will not
avail them, as no one with such an intention would have
anchored in the Itchen, but rather have avoided all
risk. by making the hest of their way up the river.-..
'file custom-house boat, after the above seizures,awas leav-
ing the Itchen, when a third smack, the Dart, waiobserved
coining in under a press of sail. The officers, who, it
seems, liked their fishing expedition, being determined to
have another haul, if possible, baited their hook as fol.
lows :—" Smack, ahoy ! where did you come from ?"--.
Now, Mr. Fishennan, although he seemed to nibble, by
telling them he came from the " back of the island," yet
would not bite at all, but cautiously playing with the bait.
he, in his turn, asked who they were, and where they
came from ; and, on their replying, " the custom-house
boat ; lay too ;" he at once, observing the book, desired
them to " come on hoard, for he had something the them ;"
and thus, by at once making a merit of necessity, and de.
livering up thirteen tubs of spirits, secured the salvage attd
escaped the snare. The history of the case appears to be,
that these three smacks were dragging, In company, for
' oysters, when they discovered some smugglers sink a raft
of tubs, and thinking, no doubt, that a barrel of spirits
would answer their purpose quite as well as a barrel of ray.
titers, they watched the smugglers oft and then treating
over the spot, dragged up (quite accidentally of course,) the
smugglers tubs ; but there is no escaping the hawk's eye of
an English smuggler : the transaction was observed, anti
before their arrival at home, one. of the smugglers' wires
having given information at the custom-house, the biters
were bit, and the truth of the adage verified, that—" all
is not fish that come to net." The Rose in June, and the
Nelson, are now lying at West-quay, and there is no
doubt but they will be condemned.—Southampton Pape?.

ATaOCITT IN YOUGUAL.—A circumstance of peculiar
barbarity occurred in this town on the Bth instant. A
number of poor men climbed a wall, about thirteen or
fourteen feet high, the property of the Duke of Devon.
shire, to. view the feats of a party of equestrians that were
then in this town. A person who lives in the ticinity
sired them from his back yard to quit the place, and as
they did not immediately attend to his directions, he went
in for his fowling-piece, which was loaded with shot, and
deliberately discharged it at them. Three men were
wounded, two slightly and one so dangerously that be was
taken to the hospital. The sanguinary villain who per.
petrated the deed is now in gaol.—Dublin Evening Iltralj,
Mott WAYWOMEN.—About eleven o'clock on Thursday
se'imight, as Mr. Win. Ratcliffe, a traveller from Wel.
verhampton, was returning to his inn, he was attacked in
Back Piccadilly by a number of females, who, pinioning
him against the wall, tore open 11;3 waistcoat, and after a
rude search into the secret reoesscs of his wardrobe, sue.
seeded in pillaging him of bills and cash to the amount of
100L—Monclicater Gw:ette.

Csunow.—On Wednesday, as two little girls of this
town, named Hunt, were baiting a straw fire, in the sb.
sence of their mother, the clothes of one of them, aged
about eight or nine years, caught fire, upon which she ran
into the street, and was quickly enveloped in flames. .1
person who happened to he in the street at the time sue.
ceeded in extinguishing the fire, but the poor little ores.
Lure was so dreadfully burnt that she expired on the fol.
lowing morning in excruciating agonies, notwithstanding
the best medical assistance was atKirded her.—Sherti.rne
Journal.

A melancholy accident occurred in the village of Mount.
shannon, on Tuesday last. One of the police, who went
from his quarters to see his family, had, shortly after his
arrival in the hous:, made several metrectual attempts to dis-
charge the contents of his pistol, and at length laid it aside.
A neighbouring man, who came in immediately after, in a
jocular manner presented the piece at s poor woman
coining into the house, and, pulling the trigger, it went
off, and she instantly dropped dead. The bullet rebounded
from the wall, after passing through her chest.—Dabl i
Freeman's .11)terrial.

Friday afternoon the Liverpool mail, passing through
Stony Stratford, Bucks, in a very narrow path, was, by
coming in contact with a team, overturned, by which &e;'.
dent two of the passengers were much hurt. The guard
(fauns) received some slight hurt, but was able to con.
tinue his journey.
Thursday, near the close of the Bank hour, in Dublin, a
person went into a banking-house with a letter, purporting
to be a letter of introduction from the commercial house of
Wm. (hr and C•t., and inclosing two bills, one on th?
house of Messrs. Orr, and the other on that of N. Mahon,
both amounting to 7231. I'he letter stated, that the bearer,
Win. I)owling, was a person •of great respectability, autt
the bills might safely be discounted. The forgery was SD
well executed, that no doubt was entertained of its atahen.
achy, and a draft was accordingly made out on the cashier,
who, on its being presented, perceived the' signature
" J. I)owling," instead of " IVilliam," which was in the
body of the draft. Ile of course came down to point the
difference out to the principal. The heater was interrogated
as to the circutnstance ; he appeared confused, and-said he
would go for Mr. Win. Dowling, and instantly departed,
taking with him the bills. (in inquiry being made at
Mee. irs. Orr's, it appeared that the whole was a fabrication,
and the money of course has been most luckily saved.
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