A Smuggler Shot.
The Times, 1824-10-23T00:00:00

-s Stecwk, -oue of the Preventive tsuara Troni noutnsea. Kastie. on the look-out., near the RB,Yal Clatence Promenade Rooms, .t after twelve o'clock, he discovered a party of tnen, whom he Ifale-,tged. -To ane of them It-, clled by name, and sai4, "TroT. trey 1 1dnotesptct to see yeu heTe at this time of r.glt." The .r-or, o-w46oo be spoke rephed,. "' No, nor will you seenme again or six Montha t7come; sicee yop are here. Wo expecteh some gin & nisht.rT'. Theb pty theni diiployed a light to give notice tQ.their rnpai SilOtt aha:in an sntaint dispersed. Stowks, well un- *t tjie signal, ran ato eg the .beach to alarm the castle,, but t en Iteetitbatitfd'th51eld.niarki he-stumbled over some tubs vhicl! ieemed jur:AO' bavi been lande'. In a m6nient thecparty be dI-t came down -from the Common. -.S:ocks instantly arew his Ed'.1 and-'friu ,nn of hispistols into thie air, 1toalarni the giaid. herngglers i'-presed forward,,sweirlig in' the mosteoroid' snner that theY woald " tear his-b-n-,. melt but," and -at every ush reized rsome of -the' tubs qa` laceda them in the rear. tocks ecamc alarmed for the whole capture, and repeatedly tl'ed themn that he must fixe- at. them: but this they'dis. ReWded, To intitndnate thep, '-and- biing the guard to 'fhis s'l~anc. Stodes- fired -two ynore- pistols.. The soldiers -thbur. ?edow,,. The smugglers hearing their approaclh inad. a-.qespe. rtsjstance. They rtn5shed on Stocks, swering ist leneiment ''*1st Lhey cvoulddo fdr.hinia. 'WVhen they were lbh pieicit of aos -'witl bm.7,lie fhot among -theim find ene smuwihlr itAtsntlyf efl. roldiers notwt arrweil4 ansucceeded i capturng another of'tne ' but they we re instantly htustled by tl!e amuogeis,a atd' the' . si.reyeued.- k Iis tQ be oaervged, that the,soldiers had lfo atir. UBitim .and were only arorporalts stuard. . Tbe s mtgglers retreat- daning 35 tibs behand tbem, whichu-wee, taken posssiohofby, 1)lYie,one of apaty .from- the Ferret reycnue eqtte, wh& hid t lewed uI.r-n -A galley. attracted by the rmpeate4 firjn Th'A Snded man's naine is farris. He is a brfcklayer, itn the edtt, loy . e tj.builder: the beaU -passed . thrtuegb h& forebead, te.ooat beb,nd. EIe is uot yet dead.(svep o-'clk),'b,tiot le htest h6piesiaid eateiUained of his beig' alivelirthemoritidg. e efortunate mriin Was Immediately chnveyed to che-Cstle, and neuseger despajthed to Soutbeea-town for Mr. B2tihelor,'the -rerQn. fTj?a silisguided man ,receivred the wOand just after two eOck, anid'Aff. UaIlelor was ih attendance-by three* ,btth'e.e:is 5ryreasoc to suppbse that medical tldll will avail but little. The- 'went has neave spokw and seems totaly4insensible. The rporal of tile guard says, he'consideis thht he arrived just tie tb save StOcls' lWc; iA-ie Bmuggits werc ttlretening to-de. y him, and vwere closing upo1n him wth tlheir-bludgeobs& To they were inst[gated by'tbhir foremost mar ti- ho was heard to cohn, "D-n your cowardly ey,es do yoe-'mean- to' 4low one, iat to capture my tubs ?" At thIs moment Stocks fired the. fatal . A ,,av1 geFaieu zti o residij'i near the spot,h head'th3ei finngof e P'stois at distinct period.* Siecks bearA tGe chametoer orpeaceably disposed uan in his pub. i p fir bltiition, and Let this moment holds hlmself in meddlness to n.;i swerany thing thatnlay be Jaid to his ch4rge. The CGroner-has been mnte acqualnad with the businesaand the lastnmoments ofthe unfortunate Ilarris are believed to be af hand. A party of Customa of&icerh, upon the look-out inland met with thc Tetreating snnugg1er$ and,. up-m gQoniz uF to chafenge them, one 01' them w?ade chop at the officer, which, had it taken efect1 would hlave pr.ved fatal. The officers, however, succeeded in aking him, wrsth two tubs which were near birn. His name is Burnett; he is a grlener, lately in thc employ of Mr. Parish ; he is nowY on board the Ferret. A S.rIUGGtER SHOT. ED-. I27 -O-.r nv .% L.TTEn. /sg POILTSM?0t5T41, ocu. 21.