The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-18 00:00:00

PRICE SEVEN PRNCE

bow casks of Arran aqua concealed amid the potatoes.
The boat, with her contents, was immediately seised. A
few hones afterwards, two other casks were seized in
transita from another boat to the town ; the boat lay in
the middle of the river, and as soon mike casks were
landed, the seizure was effected. when she vary whey i
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made off
tin the 211 net. Peter Henderson, supervisor of Em
cis., Cnpar Angus, Messrs. Smith, Nelson, and M'Cul- .
loch, officers, assisted by a party of the Scots Greys, i
seized Wl:linkers, containing 270 gallon, of Oitalivet
whisky, *found concealed in the hills about six miles to
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tire northward of the Spittal of Ulersabee, all of whiola.
were silly lodged in the Excise warehouse, Cupar An-
gus, next evening. .
During the last two weeks, Mr. eerie% of Palkirk.'
with the assistance of a party of die 7th dragoon
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guards, has made astonishing havoc amongst the bands
of amuggiers who West rthat quarter, ferreting the&
out of their most secret recesses, amongst mosses, . 1'
moors plantations, mines, and even private houses. 7. ,4
Thep /ears matte eabeeselvel amasses, ant &Nampa- ...eip: r.---. 11
ral stills, with a great quantity of wash and other
materials; and bid fair to prove a. effectual sappressios ' .. .1
to that nefarious traffic, so hurtful to Use revenue and lab . 1
fair dealer. 1
There was discovered upon Saturday the 11th Distant, 1
in a remote glen in Pentland Hills, nearliabbies Hew. )
by Messrs. Laurie, surveyor Demerol, Robert Teeple, su-
pervisor, .1
and A, M'Millan and D. Thotison, excite-
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officers, a hut containing an illegal :still, abOut 45 gel. ,
lone content*, abd I large fermenting utensils, con-
taing shout 500 gallons wash, and two casks with 1U1) i
gallons low wines. The still was itolgesl in the Excises .
Office; and all the other utensils, with the materials,
f
%Me totally destroyed. As no person was found near .
the plaice, the depredators must have carried on their
dialsolieal work slowing the hours of midnight.
thattorstlay, four men apprehended in the Highlands. •
accused of bring parties in the smuggling affray at Cor-
riensuchlack, were brought to Perth, in carriages, and
luJgrd in gaol.
About sweaty years ago, a paeket tem Leith to Dun• 1
dec. With a cargo of nails, &c. was cast ashore on the
west sands of St. Andrew's, and totally wrecked. At t
different limes, after severe storms, when thesand partly
elesred away, several bags of nails have been retro&
Ou Tuesday last, after the late severe storm, six er seven . I
hags fell of nails were obtained. There is also reported
to have been at the same time in the vessel four boxes
tilled with penny pieces, foe *Web mink:a fruitless
search bat Bien made.

THE 1004 jutEncits AND THE POLICE 0/
DUBLIN.
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In the Freemen's Jostled of the 14th of S'istere-
her last. was given a report of the case of the
Hotel Keeper% who were sanannaed litter the Police
Magistrates of College Street, Police 0 ,ce, fur the
recovery of the penalty of lOW. each, or not having
taken oat ate ho-el license from the Police, for the year
enitiog 25th of March. DM. On the parties appearing
hefore the Magistrates, Mr. Finlay attended for the
Meek limpets, nod with great ability cestrended, that as
Arferiumint filed in this arse oeetained an averment
Said not mean to my was necessary. but obeald
be proveil as laid—it was, that the house of the de-
ferniest "is rated to Window Lights," iw.. He sail
that every averment must have a time referential to it,
sod the lime in this case was of course the time of filing
the inf..rioation. %i hid) was on the 3d of September.—
Long before that the Window Light Tax was repealed ;
and it was nutriesise to suppose that an information
could he sestained, one of the averments of which was
that the house is rated fur Window Light, on the 31 of
September. Mr. Finlay stated a number of other objec-
tions, and relied upon some fatal omissions in the word-
int!, of the Act ; and that as the Statute under which
the cooviction was sought to !reestablished, was a Very
penal one, and exceeding) y oppressive end partial,• as
b 'log applied only to the Hotel Keepers of Dahlia, he
trusted the Magistrates would give his clients the benefit
of any omission or clause in the Act. The Magistrates,
after a patient hearing, decided for the conviction ;
against which the Hotel Keepers appealed to the
Quarter Ses.ions.—The case was argued on Friday last
before the Recorder, and Aldermen Sir Robert Shaw
and Jones, pith very considerable ability and ingenuity
be M . Finlay and Green for the lintel Keepers ;
and Messrs. Wallace, hl'iiane, and Cash, for the convic-
tion. Monday, the Recorder gave judgment, and at
considerable length, and with much clearness and per-
spicuity stated the grounds for his opinion, which w s.
'• That the Conviction should be set aside."—(Pi ce-
maa's Journal.) ,

MELANCHOLY CIRCE/1374NC% ANO SINGULAR COINCI
DENLE.—On the night of New Year's • Day last, ree
~rouble farmer, named Cavan, residint; in the neigh-
bon:howl of Castledawson,
_having been in the of
that town selling cattle, became so much intoxicated as
to be unable to conduct himself home ; o Lich, however,
he was unfortunately permitted to attempt, at l'..' u'clnek
at night. His way lay by the hank‘ of the river, ullielt
hieing swelled at the time with heavy rains, and very ra.
pid, it is apprehended the unfortunate man mast have
fallen into the water sod perished. but his hody has not
yet been found. It is said he had shoot 501. in his poc-
ket when lost. It is rather a singular coincidence that
Cavan's father was lost in the same river on the night
of New bar's Day 29 years before. His hotly was not
foami till eight days after ; and the present unfortunate
victim of intemperaner has been beard to say, that he
doubted nut but that he would die the same death as
his father hail done.

A melancholy accident nrcurreJ on Mom"), to a young .
suitor of the port of Boston, named Pepper, who bad
gone out in she morning with a messtnate on a shooting
excursion. As they were walking un the bank. efe
gun of his companion, ; few psces behind, by coifs
oite.tos or other, susidelly went oft, when his bark arld;
shoulder, which re...tig ers! the contents, were wounded fat
so va.t fla I a manner that be now lies in a nangerous and'
helpless state. The father of this unfortunate youtte
was accidentally tirowtie) in Boston harbour by slipsl
Mug from a barge about 5 years ago. So that a poor and',
destitute n 'slow thus prematurely tleprieed of her hus-
band, is now also likely to he totre.tved of her sun,—lire
son whose affection she had fondly anticipated as her
needful solace its declining years and her staff of sup-
port in the evening. of life.—(SPLoffiati News)
A i inquest WAS 111.111 by Mr. noncan. on the 10th inst.
at Lincoln, on the body of Biz antis Flatters, 3 years of
age, who died that 'morning in the County Hospital,.
is Isere stir had lingered fro.a the preceding Monday, in
• consequence of having been burnt by her clothes catch-
ing lire.
Another inquest web held by M. Bunyan, on Monday
the 13th, at Hatton, near tre.;2by, MO John Ellis, nine
years of age,who was on a skit at lii. grandfather's, Mr.
Croft, of that place, alien Komi! on the ice, oil a pond
adjoi nine Mr. C.'a sta.ltyarti, t itrok y and he was quint's
to nately Ll:owned.

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