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London, England, 1838-08-31 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.-Aug, =B,

WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.",
11s. 01 to 113. 6d
Red .lO 6 11 0
Scotch, Welch, and Manx
- Irish, White lO 3 10 9
Red lO 0 10 9
- Foreign......._
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 4511,. 3 4 4 0

-`• l ,• . . . , , - - - . y
.......... Irish ..,. 3 7 3 8
---- Foreign
EAELEY, English, Mailing, per Imp. quarter
-- 35 0 42 it
Scotch and Irish, per 60lbs.
-- Feeding 4 0 5 q
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 46 0 49 0
Irish, Sze.
Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 46 0 48 0
Foreign
FLOUR, English, per 280Ib. 64 0 63 0
--- Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24111bs 27 0 29 ft
IN NAN CORSI, per 4401 h. ......
Rif ft, per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter 52 0 63 0
IMPORT OF GRAIN fur the Weey ending Aug. 27.

Wheat. I 1
Oats. I3arley Flour. Oatmeal
lrs. Orr. Qrs. Foreign, iris, Trish, &e. Scks Load;
361 4,835 142 '2,985 Mll 4,616

Yesterday morning, about half-past six o'clock, a
fire broke out in Cheapside, on the premises of Mr. John
Jeffreys, patent respirator manufacturer. A good supply of
water being obtained, it was speedily extinguished. It ap-
pears that it originated by the overheating of a stove in the
front attic, which was used as a workshop. The joists and
girders underneath bad ignited, and had been burning, there
is no doubt, some days before actually discovered. Imme-
diately the firemen arrived, the flooring was torn up by their
pole-axes and access got to the flames. The damage is slight,
and will fall on the Royal Exchange Fire Office.
Yesterday an inquest, which was adjourned from
Tuesday last, was resumed before Mr. Baker, to inquire
touching the death of Henry Symmonds, aged eleven years,
who was found drowned in the Regent's Canal, near the
Kingsland.road. It appeared from the evidence that on Fri-
day last the deceased left home to go to school, and he was
never seen afterwards alive ; but the next day a report was in
circulation that a boy had been drowned in the Regent's
Canal. The spot was dragged, when, after repeated trials, the
body was got out, and upon the discovery reaching his father,
who lives in Windsor-street, Islington. he identified the body.
It was not known how the report originated that the deceased
had got into the water. 'Weller, the summoning officer, said
he had made many inquiries, but wss not able to find out how_
the report originated. The Coroner said that, in the absence o_f,
evidence as to the way in which the deceased was drowned,
the Jury would return an open verdict, and if the police ob-
tained further evidence they could lay it before another Court.
The Jury then returned a verdict of " Found drowned."
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THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—Yesterday and
nesday the second and remaining portion of the materials of
the Royal Exchange was submitted to public sale by Messrs
Pullen and Son, by order of the Gresham Committee, pre-
vious to clearing the ground for the now building. The sal
included the lower part of the building, with all the shops on
one side of Sweeting's-alley, which the recent Act of Parlia-
ment for rebuilding the Exchange empowered the Committee
to take down to enlarge the site. The statues of the Kings
and Queens that were placed round the interior of the old,
building, and which were included in the catalogue, same('
to excite considerable interest, though sadly broken and mu-
tilated. Queen Anne fetched 10/. 155., George 11. 91. 5s '
George 111. and Elizabeth 111. 15s. each, Charles 11. 91,
and the others, sixteen in number, similar sums. The portico
entrance next Cornhill sold for 2751: ; and the sale, altogether,
produced about 1,7001.
A gentleman applied to the Magistrates at Marvle-
bon•!-office yesterday to ask whether there were not some 'law
to prevent persons from employing female servants to clean the
outside of windows in the upper stories of dwelling-houses.
The gentleman mentioned a case which he had just witnessed,
where, on remonstrating with the occupier of the premises on
beenth e employment of a female in this perilous practice, insulted for his pains. Mr. Hoskins, the sitting hMeaghiasci-
trate, said there was no law to reach the case.
We have received Newfoundland papers to the
11th inst. They mention an atrocious act of tyranny com-
mitted by the papist.radical majority (the priest party) in the
Representative Assembly. A medical gentleman,
Kielly, has been committed to the common gaol (as for a
contempt) because he resented b
y strong language and ges-
tures in the street a gross insult offered him, in his profes-
sicnal character, by a ruffian who happened to be a member
o` the wscsmbly, the quarrel, from fir-4 to last, havinc, no more
to do with the proceedings of the Newfoundland Parliament
than with the proceedings of the Parliament of the united king-
dom.—Standard. named

Oa Monday last a great public entertainment was given to
Mr. O'Connell in the. Chamber of Commerce at Cork. The
Chair was taken by WILLIAM CRAWFORD, Esq. Supporting
the Chair, on each side, were Messrs. Beamish and Calla-
ghan, M. P.'s for the City—Messrs. Roche and Barry, M. P.'s
for the County ; Mr. Moffett, of London ; Dr. Nugent, and
a long list of the most distinguished public characters in the
City and County of Cork. The Vice-Chairs were filled by
Mr. Sugrue, Mr. Daniel Murphy, Mr.. Thomas Lyons, and
Mr. Clanchy, of Charleville.
The four following toasts were drunk in succession, with
vehement cheering :
" Her Majesty the Queen. In the midst of our disappoint-
ments she is still our bright Star of Hope." Drunk with all
the honours. Tune—" God save the Queen."

" The People. Their course towards amelioration may ap-
pear checked in its progress, but, like the tide, they must rise
over the impediments which impotent faction has thrown be.
fore them."

" The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. May the title of Nor-
manhy acquire as much lustre as that of Mu'grave, and be
equally enshrined in the hearts of a grateful people."
" The Father of his Coubtry--o'Connell. For him ,e,yet
'reserved the glorious. achievements of sounding the trierepet of
..j.i4l{..nd's resurrection, and proclaiming to tie world t'aei. she'
;44et dead, but sleeveth."
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Mr. O'CONNELL, who was hailed with a burst of the most
deafening enthusiasm, then rose and addressed the meeting.
The subjoined passages are taken from a report of the Hon.
Gentleman's speech, published by our able Contemporary the
Southern Reporter. Mr. Connell commenced by saving—A
young friend of mine, a boy just liberated from school, at the
close of the year 1829, just after we achieved emancipation,
expressed to ule regret that he had not been born ten years
sooner, in order that be might have bad the happiness of taking
a part in the struggle far religious liberty. I consoled him
by the assurance that the history of our exertions was not yet
concluded—that much as we had struggled, there was still
more to be done for mankind than ever had been accomplished;
and I now, with sorrow, repeat the sentiment, for I am bound
to repeat it, and, I tell you that the battle of Ireland is to be
fought over again. We have gained little—we have succeeded
apparently in much ; but all that we have gained is in peril
and uncertainty, nothing but the best energies of Ireland will
even hold what has been acquired. It is with a feeling of pain
--with a great deal of affliction, that I address you upon the
present occasion ; but I have my consolation—a consolation
which never abandoned me—l have this proud and stirring
consolation, that Ireland is in such an attitude as to make im-
possible, if true to herself, that she will not achieve her own de-
liverance. It is utterly vain to expect that anybody else will ever
effect it. No one ever yet bestowed liberty upon another ; it is an
attainment for which exertion and struggle is required, and it
is a prize worth contending for. But it has its price, and that
price is agitation. " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not."—
(Laughter and cheering.) I believe I need not repeat the
rest. Ireland must feel conscious of the truth of that well
known sentiment ; and no man can be so indifferent to passing
events, as not to be convinced that it should now more than
ever have its impression and its force. We succeeded in 1829.
How ? By our own exertions.--( Hear, hear.) In 1829 we
achieved emancipation. In 1832 we carried Reform fqr Eng-
land. I say we, proudly and boastingly ; for, let them taunt
as as they may, I assert it was the Irish Members who enabled
England to procure that measure. We aided the Scotch and
the English when they required us ; we were at their side in
the day of battle—well for them; but they have forgotten us
in the hour of victory, and whilst England and Scotland have
each an excellent Reform Bill, Ireland—unhappy Ireland—is to
be insulted with a stingy and worthless Reform Bill. What need
I repeat the history of the subsequent period ? Every man who
listens to me knows that I have stated truths. I have no doubt
that the Government of the country is disposed to do justice to
all classes of her Majesty's subjects. —( Cheers.) But the Queen's
Ministers cannot effectuate their wishes—they are unable to
do us justice—they have not the power, though they do net
want the inclination.—( Hear, hear.) We are growing daily
worse and worse in that respect, because, in the year 1835,
the House of Commons contained a large majority favodrable
to Ireland. In 1837 it was newly elected, and we had still
a majority ; but we now scarcely escape without having a
majority against us.—(Hear.) Our position is becoming
daily worse and worse; and why? England bears an un-
natural antipathy to Ireland, and amongst Englishmen site is
the subject of ceaseless calumniation.—( Hear, hear.) I know
that there are in England upright and high minded individuals,
and Members of the House of Commons who feel for the op-
pression of our country. I know that there are -men distin-
guished (or honesty and lefty principle who deeply sympa-
rtr/eaeeeeriatrlvretgw--eid lies iniefoveaneee--- But, alas-I-they
form a miserable minority, compered wii the ovee*whelming
force of Tory hostility.—( Hear, hear.) We delude ourselves if
we expect anything' from them.—( Hear.; Amongst the Mem-
bers florn Scotland we have a majority, but it is too small to
countervail the number of Members sent by England into the
House of Commons, pledged, nay sworn, to withhold her
rights from Ireland.—( Hear, hear.)l Our enemies are there-
foref Commons,
there at least
almost in a majority
in a powerful minority;
t us, and if we cannot of ourselves
whilst-inofthe theou Lordss e o
whelming majority againstla oaunoelvveers
advance, we will be forced s .
bys England to retrograde.—( Hear,
your present history. You have
a Sovereign
hear. ) This, mark me,
so educated '
and brought up by her excellent
mother as to be free from the prejudices of almost all the rest
of her family—anxious to do good to all—to strike off the fet.
ter from every limb. Her Ministers arc heartily disposed to
do us justice; the Lord.. .Lieutenant is anxious, most anxious,
to do us justice. All these are certainly consolatory con-
siderations; but neither of them possess the power of accom-
plishing their views. Every approach to justice is closing
around you. England
is arrayed in hostility against you.
Submit for twelve months longer, and you never will ri gain
your position.
We wanted Corporate Reform. We got it
for England and Scotland ; to Ireland alone it is denied.
For three years did the Parliament of England re-
fuse to give us any measure of Reform; but it at
en conceded a Reform Bill, so characterised by cor.
u
mischievous in itself as to be totally unworthy-
rl pgtitohn; and so
of our acceptance. Such was the Bill which passed the House of
Lords. It was
a measure more. insulting and-exclusive, and
more calculated to create dissatisfaction, than even the present
execrable system. Such were the insults which we ungene„
rously received for having fought the battle of England. They
fancy we will be put down—they fancy that they can trample
upon Ireland, and that Ireland will submit to the degradation.
I tell them that they arei deceived. I forewarn them of the
Causeway will not
to Cape
consequences of their nfatutate G
infatuated hostility. Ireland
.
submit.—( Cheers. ) From the
Clear, and from
Connemara to the Hill of Howth, the univer-
sal voice of the country shall proclaim that Irishmen will no
longer mein
e to their degradation.—( Tremendous cheering.)
We cease henceforward to be trifled with—we now assume the
mighty and determined nation • 1 1-
, .et those attitude of a
at-
tempt to insult us who dare.—( Tremendous cheering.) It
I approved of the Tithe Bill. I never did.
was said that
There is one matter to which I would particularly draw your
attention. England has
5,
has 3
505 representatives in the Imperial
Parliament--Scotland
and Ireland 105, of whom two are
of Dublin, and should
for the. University
And this '
as misrepresenting her. . is the case with Ireland,
though she is now growing up to nine millions. Will you
submit to suckle slaves," or that one Eaglishman shall be
considered as good as five Irishmen ?---( Cheers, and cries of
e Never".) No—never will you submit to it--and I defy any
Englishman to come forward and assert it. We entrusted our
wrongs to Ministers ; we were asked for our confidence, and we
bestowed it. We were asked to dissolve the General Associa-
tion, and we immediately complied. We gave up agitation to
let the Ministers carry their measures—we paid them high
honour—we embarked our cause in their hands, but what have
we been the better of it ? They travailed for nine months
and brought forth—what ? Nothing.—( Laughter.') Oh I I
forgot, they brought forth that graceful abortion the New
Tithe Act.—(Laughter.) What was the cause of this ? I'll
tell you. It was because the counties of England sent to the
Commons the elite of their bigotry—because in the towns they
bribed the freemen—and between bribery and bigotry the force
was so strong that Ministers were unable to carry any measure
of relief.—( Hear.) They were unable to do anything for us
—so with the help of God, we shall work for ourselves.—
( Hear.) I am not addressing to you an ordinary dinner de-
clamation •
, I am now acting as Cousel for Ireland. You are
the jury, and I seek your verdict for agitation.--( Cheering. )
I am delighted that we made the experiment with the
Ministry, though we did not succeed ; for if of ourselves
we do succeed, and that this experiment leads to victory,
there will be nobody to be thanked for it but ourselves.—
( Cheers.) We' want perfect equalization with England—
we want Corporate Reform such as they have—we want
to have tithes totally abolished—(Great cheering)—and the
small portion of the rent-charge that will remain appropriated
for public purposes--we want the same franchise as they
have in England. They have 40s. freeholders—it was said we
abandoned them—it was falsely said—sixty-three delegates
petitioned in 1829 to throw out the Emancipation- Bill sooner
than destroy the 40a. freeholders. We must have every fran-
chise England has, and, above all, equalization of Members.
We are asked do we want to take them away from Eng-
land ? If we Cannot get equality without it, I am for taking
them away. Would it be going too far to extinguish twenty-
five rotten boroughs ? If I took the two from Halwich,
would that be unjust to England ? Harwich, which- with 25
constituents, sends as many members to the Imperial Parlia-
ment as the great County of Cork?—(No, no.) Arise, let
every man of you arise; enrol your names in the Society
formed in Dublin.—(" We will, we will.") Enrol yourselves
members of the Precursor Association in Dublin.—Let
Cork set the example—let me see by the time I return
to Dublin that there will be one million of members. We
will go to England—a delegation to Birmingham, Shef-
field and Southampton, and return to London by Kent, hold-
ing public meetings everywhere, and the motto on our ban-
- ners shall be " EqualizatiGn with the Union, or abolition of the
But Union."
let -me not be mistaken. I-do not mean by a ie-
peal of the
Union a separation from the English Crown--
No—far from it. We shall become an integral part of the

British empire; and no nation upon the earth shall surpass us
in our loyalty. I shall have delegates to every part of the
British empire. Let thorn go from Member to Member in
the House of Commons, and give every one of them a copy
of our petition, and show them that we will have no parch-
ment union with England.—( Cheers.) At the next Session
of Parliament we will petition at the foot of the throne for jus-
tice—we will also petition both Houses, and let them refuse
it if they dare !—(Cheers.) They tell me that is a threat.
It is such a one as I often held forth before. Ido not seek
violence or blond. Ido not seek to disturb any man's pro-
perty, or am I for disarranging the social state.—(No, no.)
Ireland, you are not dead but you sleep, you are rising in
peaceful, combined millions, and I have the satisfaction to tell
you that the North of Ireland is ready to join us—the over-
whelming majority of the other three provinces are with us. When
we petition, let them refuse us if they will. If they refuse us
I confess there lies at my breast another and a nobler anticipa-
tion. The liberties of my country have never been struck down
by disastrous battlej—no foe ever rode triumphant over her in
the field—the paltry aristocracy sold her without the people's
consent. She was not conquered, but gave up her rights too
confidingly. I own an affection in my heart for our domestic
Legislature.—( Cheers. ) Ireland, therefore, is commencing
agitation—justice requires it. This is not a question of com-
promise or paltry trafficking. I tell them we seek equal fran-
chise, ettval corporate reform, equal liberty of conscience, and
I tell them that lOnd is pledged to' get all these, and will
At take one Fartae less. I would have taken less before
L 1-7,5e4r: I-would have taktrle*i in the present year;
but I'll not Tifeles's ii-Evx;rll4ter. 'l'll get it all, or -.l.,trillg
have repeal. —( Cheers.) Oh ! how my heart beats high
when I think that I may again behold the morning sun rise
gloriously aboyo the proud capital of our country—when the
money changers, who now desecrate the temple of her li.
berties, shall be removed, and we shall again behold it the as-
sembly of our senate—when the Castle of Dublin shall once
more resume its original splendour, and the Viceroy, no longer
surrounded with armed men, but with peaceful citizens, shall
move along its splendid streets amid the affections of the people
—when I shall behold again the pavements strewed with sand,
lest the carriages of our Nobility should interrupt the busy
avocations of tract?. and industry—when I shall see Ireland in
her pride and glory redeemed and regenerated—and behold
the Speaker of the House of Commons occupy the chair—
then, oh then I shall my ardent expectations be realised; then
shall I rise in my place and bid the father of his country hail !
The union will be prostrate in the dust, and Ireland again
free 1 [Mr. O'Connell sat down amidst the most enthusiastic
demonstration of applause we ever witnessed.l
Several speeches followed. The Chairman then, at a late
period of the evening, gave the toast of the " New Agitation,"
whereupon Mr. O'Connell being loudly called for, rose, arid
said,—lf my former agitation was successful, it arose from this,
that it was based upon two principles which have ever been
the guiding star of my political career. First—the principle
of limitating agitation within the laws—of respecting private
property—of seeking the advancement of the public cause,
without detriment to private interests, and of avoiding the cri-
minal, the unchristian, the hopeless expedient of shedding
even a drop of human blood. —( Loud cheering.) The next
principle which regulated my conduct was this—that, when-
ever I perceived public opinion was not prepared for a change,
and that such opinion was supported and extended by the ap-
prehension of the better classes of society, I checked my on-
ward progress. I stopped, and turned round, and endeavoured
to convince the wise, the good, the sedate who differed from
me, and when I gained them I proceeded on with a lighter
heart and redoubled vigour.—( Loud cheers.) Ireland, of all
the countries in Europe. is the one that has achieved most
through the overwhelming,the irresistible agency of moral power.
Who is there of common education or intellect, or moral feel.
isg, that will dare to support the right of forcible interference,
now-a-days, with religious belief, if there be such a man I
cannot recognize him as a fellow Christian; he neglects the
purest maxims of Gospel truth ; he places himself saeriligi-
ously in the tribunal of judgment on his fellow man—he impi-
ously interrupts the communion between the humble Christian
and his Maker, and his persecutions or calumnies can never be
successful in altering the feelings or subjugating the con-
science. Sixty-two winters have passed over my head, and
have traced some furrows on my brow; but I am yet strong
enough—hale and young enough to commence the new agita-
tion.—( Lotid cheering.) To-night commences the cam-
paign for justice or the Repeal, and I proclaim it in this
room, and let it go abroad on the wings of the Press,lthat
I shall never cease to agitate until either Irelaad be placed
on a full and entire equality with England, or—oh I happier
anticipation !—until I see our national Parliament in Coliege-
green.—( Cheers.) But the grand feature in our agitation
shall be the total absence of all crime. To me has Ireland
confided the beacon light which is to lead her to prosperity—it
is kept bright, steady, and unerring by the talisman which I
possess—the magic talisman of being always in the right—
( Cheers.) I was right when I struggled for Catholic Emancipa-
tion—l was right when I tried the great experiment on the
justice of England. I ales now right in arousing my country-
men to renewed exertions for themselves, and in telling them
that I have no doubt of success through the instrumentality of
Agitation. Agitation I Agitation I and if the Tory Oligarchy
of England continue to carry on an exasperating- warfare with
us, I shall be right in once again raising the standard of Re-
peal, and, in the words of a former toast, telling the world
that " Ireland is not dead, but sleepeth."—(Great cheering. )
All we require is to take care of our own business. No man
can get on well in life who do9s not manage his own concerns.
--( Applause.) Do not allow your patriotism to evaporate
within this room. Rally round the new Association—the Irish
Association—that Association that will yet make the enemies
of Ireland tremble in their high places. Do not let a day
pass i meet tb-morrow—l shall be n ith you at one o'clock
in this room. Let every man amongst you undertake to
collect a shilling each from twenty individuals—make
your friends and your neighbours do the same.
Let us to-morrow organize Committees, and, before
to morrow fortnight, let me hear a sound amongst my native
hills proclaiming that ten thousand honest Cork men were en-
rolled members of the " Precursor Society."—( Loud cheers.)
Depend upon it nothing is left you bueagitation ; if you slum-
ber for a moment over the wrongs you have endured more in-
sults and injuries will be heaped upon you. Agitate, then, for
the Repeal—not on account of Sergeant Jackson, but for your
country. It was Dean Swift who said, in seeking for charity,
" Those who giveth to the Poor, lendeth to the Lord—if you
take the security down with the dust."—( Great laughter.)
So do I say to you, if you prefer tyranny to freedom—if you
like to be trampled on and scoffed, do not become members of
the Association ; but if you love political tranquillity and na-
tional prosperity, and like the security, down with your dust—
down with your dust—join Ireland in pouring in her two million
of members tothe Association ; let me have by November next
two million of names enrolled, and I shall offer up Te Deums,
for the victory will then be won.—(Mr. O'Connell sat down
amidst loud cheers.)

TIIE MARQUIS OF NOaMANBY'S TOUR.—WC are happy to
find that neither all the calumnies heaped upon our Governor,
nor whatever imperfections have been connected with the
present administration, have in the slightest degree diminished
his personal popularity. This is manifest by his reception on
his tour. It argues well for the discernment of the Irish
people, that they perceive they have in that Nobleman a
friend, and, for the stability of public opinion, that it does not
veer round with every wind of doctrine—that it can distinguish
in the ruler, the hand of necessity from that of will—what he
would do if he could, and only does not do, because circum-
stances have overborne him. The Marquis of Nor-
manby has been called the redeeming feature of the
Government. For that very reasen we say he is a
sheet anchor. We, who have never concealed, and who
shall never conceal, the errors of the Irish Executive when-
ever committed, give our cheerful testimony to the merits
of the Viceroy, and regard with pleasure those public de-
monstrations which mark a good understanding between
the ruler and the ruled. It must be an encouragement to
Government to find the very
_efforts to govern well, appre-
ciated and understood. Since writing the above, we have
observed an exception to the
general enthusiasm of the
Marquis of Normanby's reception in Longford. But this
more strikingly provts general popularity by the particular
exception. Longford
i was very ill treated and justly re-
sented it. We hope t may lead to a revision of the cir-
cumstances, and honourable atonement_pllot,

MR. B. MOORE AND THE COAST

GUARD.

Yesterday Mr. Barlow •Moore, the gentleman who some
time ago complained to the Lord Mayor that his yacht had
been fired into by the Coast Guard stationed near Greenhithe,
waited on the Lord Mayor for the purpose of communicating
to bis Lordship the result of the investigation which had been
• I
so promptly entered into by the proper authorities relative to
his case. He had, he said, received a copy of the Treasury
minute on the preceding day, which he considered it to be his
duty to exhibit to the Lord Mayor, as his Lordship had done
him the honour to advise him on the subject, and that advice
had led to the most scrupulous and satisfactory investigation.
The following is a copy of the Treasury minute :
" August 24, 1838.
" My Lords have before them the Report of the Com-
missioners of Customs on the memorial of Mr. Moore.

" They have also the original minute of the evidence taken
upon the inquiry instituted by direction of the Commissioners
and forwarded to the Board by the desire of Mr. Baring, and
the further reports and documents in answer to certain ques-
tions put by my'Lords.
" The memorial of Mr. Moore, laid before the Customs,
resolves itself into two parts.
" Ist. As to the general conduct of the Coast Guard in re-
peatedly and vexatiously searching his yacht.
"2d. A 3 to the transaction which took place on the 1 1 th of
July, when his vessel is alleged to have been fired upon in the
manner detailed in his memorial.
" It appears, however, that previous to the receipt of the
memorial of Mr. Moore, the attention of the Board of
dc,us.
toms lied been attracted to a report of cel ta;n
gs
which had taken place before the Lord Mayor, .and Captain
Tucker had been immediately and most properly called upon,
for an explanation of the statements supposed to have been

" No blame attaches to the officers and men, who actea in
obedience to Captain Tucker's directions. With respect to
Captain Tucker, my Lords consider that in giving immediate
attention to the information received by hires he acted most
properli. If a yacht, though it be the property of a gentle-
man sailing for amusement, has on board a party justly7ius-
pected of being connected with smugglers, and is furnished
with irregular papers, it becomes the duty of the revenue offi-
cers to keep a sharp lookout on her proceedings.
" With respect, however, .to the repeated searches, my
Lords, adverting to the circumstance that Mr. Moore was a
resident in the neighbourhood ; that one of Lieut. Parke's
crew had served some time in Mr. Moore's employ on board
his yacht ; that consequently there were means of ascertain-
ing Mr. Moore's condtict as regards the revenue ; advert-
ing also to the explanation. between 'Captain. Tucket and
Mr. Moore in conversation, and that Mr. Moore's yacht re-
turned to her moorings every night, are of opinion that
such sevistches were continued for a longer time, and carried to a
greaterextentthan in a proper exercise of discretion was required.
" My Lords regret that Mr. Moore was subject to incon-
venience beyond what appears to them to have been necessary,
and feel it but just to state there is nothing in the evidende be-
fore them which could lead them to suppcse that he would
,h.inzself haizc-been guilty of smuggling, or knowingly !.er-
mated it those in his ern.pl_iy.
" It became necessary in glace to advert to two iinpd---
tations which, though they form no part of the cha.rEtco
contained in the memorial, appear from the proceedings be-
fere the Lord Mayor to have attached to the defendants,
viz., that in the execution of their duty they acted with want
of proper civility, and that their proceedings were actuated by
a vindictive feeling towards the party lately taken into Mr.
Moore's service.

" My Lords can see nothing in the evidence which leads
them to give credit to the last of these imputations, and as to
the former (always excepting the transaction which took place
on the 11th), my Lords are glad to find that from the evi-
dence it does not appear that any of the parties were wanting
in that civility which becomes an officer of the Crown in the
execution of his duty, and that, on the contrary, Mr. Moore
and Mr. Pigou have spoken in their evidence to the correct-
ness of the officers in this particulai ; and the former espe-
cially bears testimony to the courtesy of Captain Tucker in
his interview with hlm.

" My Lords now proceed to the second charge, which is of
the gravest nature.
" It appears that on the 11th of July the revenue boat was
ordered to beard Mr. Moore's yacht, then proceeding down
the river, and if the papers were not correct to bring them on
shore, but not detain the vessel ; that the boat was under the
command of Woodruffe., a corpm;ssioned boatman, and that no
special order; were given as to firing.
" The evidence of the Loatman proceeds to state that they
hailed the yacht and hoisted the colours and pendant, and
being unable to come up with the yacht, fired first a blank
cartridge and subsequently ball. The report of Lieutenant
Parkes's journal states that 19 shots were fired after her; and
that being unable to come up with the yacht the boat then
returned.

" It is alleged by the boatmen that the shots were fired
in the air, and at such a distance as that they could not do any
executhn,

" But, my Lords, adverting to the evidence of Mr. Moore
and Mr. Pigou as connected with the statements of the boatmen,
have come with regret to the opinion that it was not owing to
any care on the part of those who fired that injury to life or
limb did not occur.
" It is attempted to justify their proceedings under the au-
thority given to the officers of the revenue by the 53d of 3 and
4 Will. IV., s. 4.
" My Lords are aware that great powers are given to the offi-
cers of the revenue by law ; but, even supposing such transac-
tion could be considered to be included under the provisions of
the law, they will never permit that powers given for cases of
emergency and daring smuggling should be employed upon oc-
casions on which they were not required.
" My Lords advert also to the Coast Guard instructions,
art. 1, s. 22, in which a warning is given that any incautious
or wanton use of firearms on the part of persons employed in
the Coast Guard will be visited with the severest displeasure
of the Board.

" Upon an attentive consideration of the evidence, my Lords
are of opinion that a wanton use of firearms has been proved
in this case, and that it becomes the.duty of this Board to visit
with their severest displeasure those by whom it has been com-
mitted, as also those officers who, having subsequently become
acquainted with it, permitted it to, piss without investigation
and censure.
"My Lords desire that Woodruffe, who was in command of
the boat, should be immediately dismissed the service. -
" With respect to Lieutenant Parkes, it does not appear that
any directions were given by him which could authorise such
conduct ; but my Lords regret to find that although a complaint
was made by Mr. Moore on the evening of the Ilth of his
having been fired at, and although it is stated in Lieutenant
Parkel's journal that 19 shots were fired after the yacht, the
transaction of so remarkable a nature a?pears to have been
passed over without special investigation.
" It is on the vigilance and discretion of the officers in com-
mandoconntdhuecatpt
aot
rhrtet
horefeisrpLseiucebtuiotvreedniansitai att teisop, na:sarnkt
dhe
saa,tf
tmemryussLutcohrmainly depend the
,cafeseeloift neglect
sible to continue him in the service. My Lords, therefore,
desire that he be informed that my Lords have no more need
of his services in the Coast Guard, and that another officer be
appointed in his vacancy. -
" With respect to Captain Tucker, my Lords are satisfied
from the evidence that he did not reach the station until the
boat had quitted it, and that he had left the station before the
return of the boat. It also appea*s from the journals that he
did not revisit the station until the 22,1, when the inquiry had
already commenced.
" Captain Tucker distinctly denies having given any orders
for, or having seen the firings ; and there is nothing in the
evidence to show that he was acquainted with the firing before
he was called upon for an explanation.
" It is here that on the 22d when aware of the transaction
Captain Tucker expresses in his Journal his opinion that the
general service had been conducted to his satisfaction ; but at
that time Captain Tucker and his officers were already upon
their trial, and my Lords are willing to admit in mitigation- of
this entry, that lie could not have recorded any censure with-
out subjecting himself to the imputation of attempting to escape
from blame at the expense of those whose conduct, together
with his own, was at the time under investigation.
" My Lords, therefore, do not consider it will be necessary
to take further measures with respect to Captain Tucker, ex-
cept that he should be informed of the view that my Lords
have taken of the case, and that he be admonished to give no
just cause of complaint for the future.
" My Lords see with satisfaction that no time was lost
by the, Commissioners of Customs in calling for an expla-
nation from Captain Tucker, even before any complaint
was formally laid before them, and that a full investigation
of the whore transaction was entered into by their direc-
tions. My Lords also observe that the evidence has, most
properly attracted the serious attention of the Commissioners,
with the view of preventing any recurrence of such conduct
for the future.
" My Lords concur with the Commissioners that it is abso-
lutely necessary that directions should be issued without delay,
cautioning the officers and men of the coast-guard as to their
conduct ; and my Lords trust tbat the course pursued by my
Lords will serve as a warning, to show that, not only will
the parties be held responsible for their own acts, but that the
officers will be required to exercise a vigilant superintce,
once over those under their command ; and that—while in

the proper and zealous discharge of their duty—they shall
never fail to receive the best support of this Board, my Lords
will not sanction or pass over a wanton exercise of the powers

entrusted to thetn'."

The LORD MAYOR congratulated Mr. Wore on the great
public service he had rendered by prosecuting in a case
which, from the first moment, struck him (the. Lord Mayor)
as one peculiarly flagrant. Some persons might have supposed
that he went too far in the' sentiments he had expressed with
so much indignation when Mr. Moore appeared and made
his complaint at 'the Mansion-house ; but he had paid the
closest attention to that gentleman's recital of what had oc-
curred, and the very candid and temperate and rational address
of the aggrieved party, justified the tone of observation which
'the minute of the Lords of the Treasury confirmed. He felt
much gratification that Mr. Moore had uttered his complaint
in the justice-room, and he also rejoiced that the proper au-
thorities had so promptly caused au investigation—the result
of which would, he was convinced, prove extremely satisfac-
tory to the public. to the"
Mr. Moore said that he felt under deep °U .:rations
Lord Mayor for the great readiness and attentiondfir the cordial
w'th which
his Lordship had listened to the statement, a i
warmth with which his Lordship had sympathised iv:Vi him on
an occasion which certainly interested the
public as well as
himself individually.
It Kith unfeigned
under circumstances
udfeigned regret that he
appeared before the pu seasblic
especially
ally
to some of the parties con-
which ultimately proved
con-
cerned ; but the case was on
and injuriouse which call
conscied upon
wasp for the
adoption of a resolute course, henceperfectly
satisfied now that the piinful inquiry was at an end. He
thought it incumbent upon him to say that be completely exo-
nerated Captain Tucker from all blan.c in the transaction,
supposed at the outset that that gentleman vra
although he
aware that the yacht had been fired at. He made this state.
went without having had any communication, public or private,
with Captain Tucker, but entirely upon the evidence, which
proved h` 3;
possibility of doubt, ti at Captain Tucker
Was wholly ignorant of the fact. He could not help, informal
as it might appear, expressing thus publicly his high respect
for those who had directed that so strict an investigation
should been entered into, and for those who had superin-
tended the investiewion. al:d he assured the Lord Mayor that
;heishould ever remember with the liveliest gratitude and ad-
miration the honourable and manly interest whidi his Lord,
ship had taken in the affair.

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