When the sinue-gling story of Lord STU ARTi'DE RoTHsav was
first mentioned, we gave it as our opinion that the attempt had been made by some tradesman, or private individual, connected with the Embassy; and that such attempts, though seldom talked of, were matters of daily occurrence. A curious corroboration of what we then said has been furnished by another discovery, which would make out the Prince POLICNAC to be a smuggler on a much more extensive scale than Lord STUART. The latter only smuggled some thirteen packages —those of the French Premier were eighty in number! By a coincidence, also, winch adds to the whimsicality of the case, the order for the examination of the suspected goods issued from Prince PoLI GNAC'S own office. The Indicuteur de Calais gives-along account of the arrival of the packages, their detention, and ultimate detection ; but the narrative is not worth extracting. It would appear that the ponderous " despatches" that daily arrive, and which always pass unexamined, are becoming objects of suspicion. The Gazette de France, after mentioning the above affair, adds " The Prince de Polignac, apprehensive of an abuse being made of his name for the fraudulent introduction of English goods, wrote to the Mayor of Calais, desiring that the packages sent for him from England should be opened. As soon as they arrived at Calais, instructions were sent by telegraph for the contraband goods to be seized."
