the top of the Tower. The prisoners were allowed to take air and exercise on the top of the Tower, and on this occasion he fastened his line round the stove pipe which came up through the roof, and let himself down over the parapet on to the beach. Once there, he walked leisurely to a public-house about one hundred yards off, where a horse and cart were in waiting. The driver kept waving his hand to " Spinner for him to come off the Tower in the same way," but he would not venture ; so they were obliged to depart without. him, and our smuggler again made good his escape. I have been informed that this " bold smuggler" is now living in a seaport in the West of England.
I may mention that this man was captain of the boat which brought the goods on the occasion of the fight at Sidley.
SMUGGLED GOODS CLEVERLY RETAKEN .
A man (Joe S _____), who was in the fatal affair at Sidley, was once taken as he was going with his horse and cart to assist in a smuggling transaction. He fell in with some Coast-blockademen, who had already seized some smuggled goods, and they charged him, in the king's name, to render assistance, and convey the goods to the Custom-house at Hastings. Of course, Joe could not help himself. It was early morning, and the place near Great Worsham Farm , at Bexhill. The Blockademen loaded Joe's cart with -
