“1. Those who employ their capital in the trade; “2. Those who do the work; “3. Those who deal in Smuggled Articles, either as Sellers or as Buyers. “All these are involved _in the guilt_ of this unlawful traffic; but its _moral injuries_ fall principally upon the _second_ class. “Smuggling,” he then proceeds to say, “has not been confined to the lower orders of people; but, from what I have heard, I apprehend that it has very generally been encouraged by their superiors, for whom no manner of excuse, that I know of, can be offered. I was once asked by an inhabitant of a village near the sea whether I thought there was any harm in smuggling. Upon my replying that I not only thought there was a _great deal of harm_ in it, but a _great deal of sin_, he exclaimed, ‘Then the Lord have mercy upon the county of Sussex, for who is there that has not had a tub?’” Among the ascertained careers of notable smugglers, that of Thomas Johnson affords some exciting episodes. This worthy, who appears to have been born in 1772 and to have died in 1839, doubled the parts of smuggler and pilot. He was known pretty generally as “the famous Hampshire smuggler.” As a captured and convicted smuggler he was imprisoned in the New Prison in the Borough, in 1798, but made his escape, not without suspicion of connivance on the part of the warders. That the possession of him was ardently desired by the authorities seems sufficiently evident by the fact of their offering a reward of £500 for his apprehension; but he countered this by offering his services the following year as pilot to the British forces sent to Holland. This offer was duly accepted, and Johnson acquitted himself so greatly to the satisfaction of Sir Ralph Abercromby, commanding, that he was fully pardoned. [Picture: The Escape of Johnson]