The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX.

SMUGGLING.

In noticing in our last the lamentably unlaw-
ful occurrence at llrne Bay, we stated such cir-
cumstances as had then come to our knowledge,
expressing, at the same time, a hope that the
event would not prove fatal to the officer (Mr.
Snow) who had been wounded, In that expec.
tation, we regret to add, we have been disap-
pointed, the unfortunate young man, after the
ball in the shoulder bad been extracted under

the armpit, breathed his last on Friday morning
the 27th ult. He had previously received the
sacrament, and deposed to the circumstances of
his death before George May, Esq. one of the
Magistrates of this county, who visited him for
the purpose ; and continued sensible and devout
to the last moment. His remains were yesterday'
(Monday, 30th ult.) interred in Herne Church-
yard with the honours due to his rank, the body
being preceded by the band of the 4th Light
Dragoons, and a firing party of that regiment,
and followed by Captain M'Culloch, eight Lieu-
tenants, and many of his brother officers •of the
Severn ; and it would be an injustice to his me-
mory not to record, that his conduct since he had
been stationed in the vicinity of the place where
he fell, has been uniformly correct, moral, and
humane; and in accordance with that sense of
duty, which under such feelings would actuate a
British officer, he met his fate. At seven o'clock
on Saturday morning (the 28th ult.) a Coroner's
Inquest was held on the body, before T. T . De-
lasaux, Gent. one of the Coroners of this county,
when, after a patient investigation, in which it ap-
peared that Sydenham Snow, a Midshipman of his.
Majesty's Navy, stationed at llerne Bay, for the-
prevention of smuggling, had died from the wounds
received on the Tuesday morning preceding, from a:
party of armed smugglers, whilst in the execution of
his duty, the Jury returned a verdict of " wilful
murder against some person or persons un-'
known." From what has also transpired, it ap-
pears that Mr. Snow, while attempting to seize:
the boat, was shot by some persons who were'
behind him, both the bullets having entered his
body in that direction ; and so close had the
fire-arms been discharged, that the back of his
jacket was burnt from the explosion. While
lying wounded on the beach, he had the mortifi-
cation to see the contraband cargo carried off,
and he would probably have been drowned by
the- flowing of the tide, had not assistance been
afforded him, as soon as the smugglers retired.

._ is satisfactory, howeVer, to add, that from in-
'ormation which has been obtained, several of

the persons implicated in the transaction were OIL
Saturday night (28th ult.) taken into custody
by two of the Bow-street officers, assisted by a
detachment of the 4th Light Dragoons, and con-
veyed on Sunday (29th ult.) through this city to
London. The parties apprehended resided. at
Littlebourn, Iloath, and Sturry ; and it is/some-
what remarkable that none of these persons are
those who might have been supposed, from their
necessities, to have been compelled to resort to
this illegal mode of obtaining a livelihood, or of
those who are said to be " rendered desperate
by a total want of employment."--(Kentish
Gazette.)

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF MCIRDEit; -
David Haggart, who murdered the turnkey °'
Dumfries jail, and effected his escape some time' /
after the event, was committed to the jail Of
Downpatrick for picking pockets, and under the
assumed name of •David Bryan, was convicted at
the last assizes,and received sentence of transpor-
tation. The Rev. Mr. BLACKER, a magistrate of
that county, finding that his description answered
that of the person mentioned in the Hue-and-Cry,
wrote to the magistrates of Dumfries ; they?
in consequence, sent over John Richardson,
police officer, who arrived in Dublin on Mon- .
day morning, and proceeded to Kilmainham Gaol,
to which place the convicts had been removed/
in order to their being sent off by the first oppor'
tunity to New South Wales. Richardson having
identified the man to be Haggart, he applied at
the Head Police Office, produced his warrant
an information was then taken as to the facts, and
forwarded to Mr. Gregory, to be laid before
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. An order was
given on Tuesday evening, by Mr. GregorY7 to
deliver Haggart into the custody of Richardson!
and he proceeded, accompanied by Robinson at
the Head Police Office, by the Belfast coach/ Øli
his way to Scotland. The assizes for Dumfries
a
will be on Saturday next. The prisoner is
smart young man-, about nineteen 'years of age
lo
has been several times in custody, and bro
many of the prisons in Scotland.--(Dublin Journal')
CORN-EXCHANGE, MAY 2.—We had no firesi
tli
of
arrivals of any grain to-day, but a considerable qua„ day's
Wheat from Essex and Kent remained over from ill°,ll rites
supply, for which there was no demand this morning ; bu" being
are nominally the same as on that day ; Fine Baal was
scarce sold on full as good terms as on Monday ; but they.e..aie,
very little sale for the inferior qualities ; Oats were dull
and rather cheaper ; in Beans and Peas no altcration-___,..f"

BIRTIIS. •
Lately, at Versailles, the Lady of Lieutenant-General Fla-
ler,.of a daughter.
At Edinburgh, on the 27th April, Mrs. Dalrymple, Nelson-
street, of a son.

MAR R IE D. norr3'
Yesterday, at Streatham, Surrey, by the Rev. Will' fayor,
daile, A.M. Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Lard
Joseph Taylor Lowndes, Esq. of Watling street, t°
fifth daughter of William Borradaile, Esq. of Streath,a of Nor-
On Tuesday, the Ist inst., at West Basham, Coantlizabeth
folk, Lieut. Thomas Holloway, R. N., to Miss Jane
Rudkin, of Lynn.

DIED. square, the
At his house in New Norfolk-street, Grosvenor-
Hon. Charles Stuart, in the 78th yeai of his age. Fro-
At Quebec, on the 18th of March, Benjamin Josepho
bisher, Esq. Provincial Lieutenant-Co'pnel,land Aitices477l3f
to his Excellency the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor-,,en-ria °
the Canadas.
On Tuesday last, in Percy-street, aged 61, Mrs. DenhY, Wife
of Colonel Denby, and sister to Mr. Bent, Paternoster-row.
Yesterday, at Battersea, John Hodgson, Fisq,., aged 86, many,,,
years malt-distiller of the same place, surviving -his daur,llLe^
only 10 weeks.
On Saturday, the 28th ult., at Thorncroft, near t
Meatherheal,
ar, eldest (aughter of James Stirlin, E.
Yeysterday, the 2d instant., at her house, isqn Salisbury-80°14e'
Mrs. Elizabeth Pritchard, in the 85th year of her age.

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