ADVANTAGE OF POLICE-REPOR...
ADV.ANTAGE OF POLICE-REPORTNG.-It viill be recol- lected, that on Saturday last, a man, tnder very euepicious circum. stances, was bxought up to Hatton-garden police-office, charged by ilr, parling, livery.rtable_keeper in St. John-street, on suspicion of being concerned in stealing two liorses, and two new bridles and saddles. Two men came to hia premises at the early hour of five in the morning, and requested admission, and that the horsea should be properly attended to. The extremely cxhausted sta8t of the animals eonvinved him that thiey were over-ridden, and accordingly he went to Read, the cliefofflcer of ffatton-gardmns wbo immediately re- paired to the spot, accomitanied by his son,' and sueceeded in sce curing one of the men. In cnsequetnce of the publication of the cir. eumstancein the public prints, giving s^ome description of the horses, a letter was received yesterday morning at the above office, from a gentlemaan in the cAuntry, expressing his convicdion that the stolen [property was his, and that it was bis intention to attend in the course of a week, to prosecate In the case. Seizures of smuggled whisky, ip Carlisle and it& neigh- boutrhood, havelately become mattera of such every-day occurrence, as to excite but little attention. We have sometimes, however, been led to notice the ingenuity or dextexity made use of by solse of tne smtlgglers for the purlposc of evading the vigilance of the excisemen. The folfowlng incident occurred one day lastweek, in the vicinIity of Rtockliff, wblch, for dexterity and goad manageinent, will perhaps biar comparisoni witb any we have yetplaced on recortd. A smug. gler, returning frrn2 the North, laden with the dew of flwe nonftain wlhich he crmed in bladderd, aud accompanied by Ihis iaithful dog, was pauning an unfrequented pati along the banks of the Eden, leadingtowards this cityt when thc enemy, who had bee eon the look out, cuddenly niade Km ixppearance at a short distan'ce, To save hIis whisks by flight was inapoasible, he therefore tied the bladders I f4st roanai the neck of the dog, and sent hint into the river The canine culprit just entered the stream in time to evade the rage of his punger; he fosded the river in safety, and faithfully deposited the crgo on the opposite:bank, wlhere it was received by a "trust brother ofthe ua4e," who had beeD waiting for the purpse ur the time the dog was crossiny the river, the smuggler himself made hi3 esca;e, leavitg thg excisemen fairly ' outwitted."_Carlisle Parivot. . - ( Adi~ertiseincot4..LouD Byitox's CONVERSAT16Ns.-.Those who have hitherto,been disappointed in procuring this work are InD formd,that a third edition will be ready for delivery at the various bookieller this day. LAdvetiseens-Jso~ ~now.-..Afew Proof Im pressions of the dthgrahicPrit gvenwit th Eivamri,er of Sunday and M.ndy,iavebee wokedon ndi paei,andmay be h~ad at the .~xmiur..fflc, r o ay pintellr, ookellr5or newgs.vender,