seemed not far away. Young and old were soon on the beach, and I, one of the former, with others, saw a sight not soon to be forgotten.
It appeared that a lugger had put off from Bexhill : standing out to sea she had been hailed by a frigate, the Osprey, and ordered to heave to : this the crew of the lugger refused to do, when a blank cartridge was fired ; this not having the desired effect, a shot was fired, and the lugger put about, and made all haste to the shore. The ball fired struck the beach just below the full, and bounded over the houses about York Buildings, and fell into a field at the back of the present Wellington Square, very nearly hitting a milkman of the name of Standen . The frigate quickly put out her boats, and followed the lugger ashore, the crew of which made off as quickly as possible. I am not aware what became of them, though I believe one of the party was a man, a native of Bexhill, who was "wanted ;" in fact, who was outlawed for conveying intelligence to the French government of the state of our navy, & c. The captain of the frigate was reprimanded for his conduct.
SMUGGLERS ON THE " LOOK OUT."
It may appear strange that the smugglers should have perfected their organization so much as to be able to land and carry away safely not a few, a score or so of tubs of spirits, but hundreds even. All the -
