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it. I saw her child. and it seemed very well; quite well, tad liyely as if well fed. This was when they came out of the solitary cell. The weather was rather cold. 'rlie solitary cells at Ilchester are not damp without rain. Whether there had been some snow that day (the Thursday) or not. I do not recollect. I have had children myself, but I never buckled a c ild fsur days on bread and water. Mary Cuer was not kept on bread and water; she had broad and bacon Thursday evening I saw it carried to her. Elisabeth Smith, who quarrelled with Cuer, had a child, and suckled it. She was let out of the solitary confinement at the same time that Cuer was. Smith was not ill when she came out of the solitary cell, nor was her child. Mary Thomas said, I am the wife of an innkeeper at Ilchener. I saw Mary Cuer some time time after she was discharged (ruin Ilchester gaol, and conversed with her. Mr. Sergeant Pell objected to hearing that oonventation. Mary Cuer had not been examined as to any conversation held witu Mrs. Thomas. Witness.--1 have known Mr. Bridle 11 years. My house is not more than 300 yards from the gaol. I always heard Mr. B. spoken of as an uncommonly kind and humane man. John Treganza said, I am the master of the new House of Correction at Bedford. I was once a principal turnkey in licliester gaol, and was promoted from thence to any present situ ation. 1 know the solitary cells at Ilchester. When this wind is one particular way, rain may beat against the doors, and make them a little damp; they are not damp otherwise. I was princi pal turnkey at lichester while Mary Cuer was confined there. It was my duty generally, as principal turnkey, to attend those prisoners who were put into solitary con fi nement. I recollect Mary Cuer as a prisoner, but I have no remembrance of her having been in solitary confinement. When prisoners are put into the solitary cells. they carry with them their cups, water ' basins, or sancepana • if they omit to do so, the Reticles are car ried after them. The county allows only bread and water in the solitary cells; but if the prisoners have any other food, they are allowed to curry it in with them. I was more than two yews in Ilchester gaol. I left it in November. iht9. When prisoners have been sick. I have known Mr. Bridle send them provisions. I have had abundant opportunities of knowing Mr. Bridle, and always considered him as an extremely humane man. I believe that he has done many things for prisoners which he was not at all bound to do. and which he did entirely out of kind feeling towards tin'''. Jane Lang said. I am wife to a serjeant in the Somersetsleire militia. I WAS under sentence of transportation in Ilchester gaol in the year 1818. I remember Mary Cuer and Elizabeth Smith there, and I•rentember their qu-s-relling; Cuer beat smith. Mr. Bridle was called in. I saw Mary Cuer go away to the solitary cell ; she carried with her bread arid bacon, which she took out of our pantry, and a basin which belonged to her. I saw her again atter her liberation from the solitary cell, and I saw her sucklo her child that same day. I was a year and eleven months in Ichester gaol, and I always thought Mr. Bridles gentleman and a good governor. John Poole said, i was a constable in the convict ward of Ilchestergael in the year 1820. 1 knew Thontas Gardner there, and remember his being locked up in the solitary cell. While he was confined, lie d—d the magistrates and Mr. Bridle too. I advised hint to humble to Mr. Bridle. He said he would see Mr. Bridle in hell first, and the magistrates also. What was the general character of Gardner ? Mr. Gaselee objected to the question. Witness.-1 can tell it the gentlemen without his asking any question at all. Mr. Sergeant Petl insisted that Poole's opinion could not be evidence. Witness continued.—Gardner was a great reprobate, always cursing and swearing until the blister was put upon his head, and then he con quieter a good deal. He gave very bad language to the officers of the gaol, both before their lases and beituid their backs. Cross-examined.—l was in Ilchester gaol myself on a charge of niisden.canour. It was for dealing in smuggled cider. The blister put ur at Gardner's head was about the sine of the palm of my hand. Carter and I put it on batween us. We shaved his head a bit first to make room. We put him on a strait waistcoat too. In about two days after the blister was on. Gardner gut pretty quiet; before that lie was sulky. The strait waistcoat was taken oil when Gardner went to bed at night, and put on again in the morning ; it was also taken off for him to get his meals. I had been in gaol before I was at Ilcnester in !situ. 1 was in about twelve months before. That first confinement took place in 1815. I can swear that Gardner was not confined 12 days; the longest was eight I attended him night and morning during the whole time. l never saw a strait waistcoat in Ikhester gaol, excepting that which was put u; on Gardner. I remember the blister being found in the urinal after Gardner pulled it off. He had a cap on over the blister. He used to say, very often, that he wished the hanging of me. or skinning of me alive, he did not Cate which. It was Carter that ordered me to help shave Gard ner's head ; who ordered him to do it, I don't know. I look him down to Mr. Bridle four or five times during his confinement; Mr. Bridle never threatened to put hien on a second blister. On those occasions (the meetings) Gardner was always sulky or inso lent. Mr. Bridle, in fact, was too good to the prisoners—too indulgent altogether. Charles Marshall said, I was two years and a half an officer in Wheeler gaol; I had the superintendence of the men at wink; I remember Gardner, and have heard him curse the magistrates heavily; he has often threatened to de ter me; he threatened to do this with a hammer ; lie said he would sio fur the imigistrates. and Bridle and me too; he was idle, and, at times, would not work ; I saw him take up a mallet once, and threaten to knock out another prisoner's brains. Mr. Bridle was always very kind to the people under his care. Cross-examined.--1 never heard of Gardner's having a blister on, and don't believe the thing ever happened. I am not now iti llcliestcr gaol. I left it three months ago. Robert Gibbs.—Was a prisoner in licliester gaol in the year 1820, under sentence of transportatien; remembered Gardner's being in the pnson t I remembered a man nettled Beacham also in the prison. Gardner ran a knife into Beacham's knee in the presence of witness; the knife went almost an inch into the knee, and the blood flowed rapidly when it was taken out. Gardner's conduct was generally bad—Le was a very violent. dwolute fellow. Cross-exarni ned.—Beacham gave Gardn ev no provecai ion when he stabbed him ; they had no quarrel whatever. Vincent Stuckey, Esq. Sheriff of Somerset. said—l remember Gardner in Ilchesier gaol. I rememSpr in September last seeing him very violent in his conduct. I was visiting magistrate at Ilchester from July to October. While I visited, Mr. Bridle put Gardner in solitary confinement. On finding by the Occuacuce Book that Gaultier was in prison Mr. sergeant Pell felt himself compelled to interfere, and Mr... usuce Richatdsun decided that the matter was not evi— dence. Mr. John Valentine, surgeon, at Sametton, was partner with Mr. Brier in the year 1 820. and frequently attended the gaol for him. Remembered seeing Gardner at Ilchester in the year 18211; um him professionally. Gardner was in a solitary cell; he cool— phiined of sicknesa. Witness tilt his pulse, and examined his tongue, but thooglit he was in perfect health. Witness knows Mr. Bridle well, and always consider.d hint to be an exuemely humane kind he trted titan. :•Sirlin Arland itaii,lihave been 411 years a magistrate. and IG years chairman of the sessions. Nearly the whole of those lii years I have been active in the superintendance of the gaols. Air. Bridle was appointed gaoler at Ilch,•ster in J uly,llloB, and I have had et ns•ent op, mutinies ever since of noticing his conduct. Thiont It the who a course of these oppottunities. I have thought While a kind hen tel, humane, benevolent mao.erremely tau,- tut of all utiact fib charge. He CX.O Chet' all t 4 ,041 In pits tiers, and awe utt.st bearing and fotbeatieg THE NATIONAL REGISTER towards them--sthe farthest in the world in his conduct and feel— ings from nourishing any thing like vindictive principles. I took every opportunity of inquiring among the prisoners themselves as to the vestment they received in believer gaol. I constantly in my visits went into the different wards, and inquired for com plaints against the officers of the gaol, saying if there were any such complaints I would hear them in private. From the state menu I have uniformly received from the ptiaoners, I think Mr. Bridle entitled to the character I have given him. 1 think him an honest man, and a most meritorious officer. Cross csarnined.—ln July. Ibis, I formally retired from the situation I held as chairman of the sessions, but I have kept up my knowledge of Mr. Bridle ever since. Even after the year 1818 1 knew every thing than passed in the gaol, for I had con— stant correspondence with the defendant. Thomas Poole. Esq. said, I sin a magistrate of the county of Somerset, In that capacity I have frequently visited the gaol art Ilchester. I have visited for the last 7or 8 years. I have had abundant opportunities in that dine of learning the character of Mr. Bridle,--opportunities going down to the time of Ins dis missal. From all 1 have ever seen or heard, I believe Mr. Bridle to be a most humane person. If I hail now to native a governor for a gaol, Mr. Bridle should be the malt, and I believe I should do the country service by appointing him. Sir John Cox Ilippisley said, I have been s magistrate 16 or is years. I have had frequent opportunities of knowing Mr. Bridle's character, and have always considered him a most hu mane as well as intelligent officer. Mr. Coles, clerk of the peace for the county, had the highest opinion of Mr. Bridle's getieral character. Mr. Edmund Broderip had been under aheriffof the county six or seven times since Mi. Bridle's appointment at lichester. lie always consitle.ed and understood him to be a man of the most benevolent character. _ Vine nt Stuckey, Esq. blieriff of the county. always thought Mr. Bridle kind and humane to those itnder his charge. Chas. Allen, Esq. h .d known Mr. Bridle fa years ; knew him when he was serving in the Fencibles. Always behaved him to be a kind, humane, and worthy man. Newman. Esq. a magistrate 15 years, bare witness to the excellence of Bridles character. . . Francis 13. Morgan. Esq. live years a magistrate, corroborated the testimony of the former witnesses to character. Had known Mr. Bridle a great many years. Mr. Win. Maier, under sheriff, spoke to the same effect. Mr. Lang, coroner for the county, had known Mr. Bridle ever since his appointment at Ilchester, and entertained the highest opinion of his characte Mr. R. P. Caincs, Mr. J. Bourne, Mr. E. Chippeter , Mr. U. Messiter, and Mr. W. Smith, bore witness, generally, to the defendant's chatacter for humanity and benevolent feeling. Win. Erasmus Hardy has now succeeded Mr. Bridle at fiches ter gaol, and was before deputy keeper of Newgate. Witness has known the defendant 17 years, and always considaed him a m::n of the greatest humanity and worth. Mr. J. Ganes expressed the saute opinion. John Quantei, Esq. a magistrate of the county, had been a visiting magistrate at Ilchester gaol. Witness had had constant opportunities of knowing Mr. Bridle's chaiacter, and always thought him a most humane meritorious otheer. This was the case on the part of the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Pell addressed the Jury in reply, and the Judge summed up. The Jury, after deliberating a few minutes, found the defendant GtrtLTY upon the charge that referred to James Gardner only ; and strongly recommended him to mercy in the Court above, on account of his former excellent character. Mr. Justice Richardson said, that the recommendation should certainly be carried to the proper quarter. The trial lasted from nine o'clock la the morning until sear eight in the evening. LENT. UNDERHILL E. SHORE, ESQ. . _ The trial of this cause excited considerable interest. The plaintiff was a schoolmaster at Ramsgate, and the defendaut, Mr. Shore, son of the late Lord Teiguniouth, was a gentleman of fortune, residing io Guildford-street, Foundling-hospital.-- In consequence of the death of Captain Clough, late master of the ceremonies, of the Ramsgate assembly-room, a vacancy was declared in October last by the subsclibers. Being, u It seemed, an elective office, two gentlemen, Darned Bayley mad Hayes, became candidates, and theirrespective friendszeslouely embarked in their cause. By a resolution of the grave he.i.ls of the assembly, it was announced that all ladies and gentleines, inhebilauts of Ramsgate, who should become subscribers before six o'clock in the evening of the Bth of October, were to be qualified to vote for the dignified office. On this occasion Mr. Peter Moore, M.P. for Coventry, warmly espoused the cause of Mr. Hayes, in whose behalf also, Lord Tumour, and his Lady, and Mrs. Svreateaham (both these ladies being sisters of the gentleman) were deeply interested. On the day of elec tion, which took place on the Bth of October, Mr. Peter Moore was appointed scrutineer for Mr. Hayes, and Mr. Shore, the de fendant, scrutineer for Mr. Bailey. About six o'clock, in the evening of the Gth of October, Mr. Moore produced a list of 73 new voters, whose subscriptions were paid by Lor.l 'rumour, and they were accordingly admitted as voters. Amongst the new made voters so qualified, were the pigswill, his wife and daughter, a journeymen carpenter, a sausage•maker, and other persons not falling within the de6nitioe of quality fro'ks. By a resolution of the old subscribers, a gender's's!, named Sherwood was voted to the chair, and armed with authority to determine upon all votes which should be tendered. On the day of el, I lion the assembly room was attended by all the red qsality of Rates4ate. There were nearly an hundred ladies of the brat fashion present, besides a great number of the male tun, fre quenting that watering place. The p II having commenced, the plaintiff, a gentleman, described to be of Lilliputian altitude, tendered his vote in favour of Mr. Haves. The plaintiff, not being a person in the habit of attending assemblies. nor consi dered likely to become a practical votary of Terpsichore, the defendant objected to his vote, assigning for special cause of demurrer, the aforementioned objections. At length Mr. Asses • sor Sherwood determined the schoolmaster's vote to be a gaud one, and lie voted accordingly, apparently to the great discom posure of the defendant's feelings. As soon as his vote was received, Lady Tumour, who took great interest it her bras ther's success, sent the plaintiff with her carriage In bring Mr. Cricket, an honest, iiidustrious, operative master builder (one of the new tairde voters.) The appearance of a labouring me amide, attired in a fustian jacket, grizzly beard, and a body swathed in an apron, for the purposa of voting for a Illas'er of the Cereetonie, naturally excited a great sensation amongst an assembly so constituted. Cries of shame ! shame ! thus is too bad," resuended froin various parts of the room. Mr. Cricket, with great good humour, honestly confessed that bc certainly should not have obtruded himself bail be not been brought there by the plaintiff in Leah . Tninour's carriage, ant forthwith retired without giving his vote. Ills transaction was construed by the company into a direct acorn on the part of the plaintilr. Several ladies declared their determinati 4444 of q nil 1114 the room, miles* some gentleman had the spirit to pro tect them froth such insults. Upon which the sierenstant, roused by this appeal to his gallantry. immediately dart st at ills plain : Wl'. seised him by the collar, and insisted Lyon Isis insistediatelY sparing the 'vols. The plaintiff, however, uos. Orin; ilispixicit I to y Stitt le sues request. i mimed ately fell upou the Ilmr, and began kicking right mad left. :attend orrs gentlemen, bor es er, *or; deteruiined to ell crt the &If:at:aut. and *.ly 411111 203 _ force the plaintiff was dracted along lb. P OWs find at length kicked down stairs. This was the ges►rtl Wien of the case. Witnesses were examined on both *ides, each set daffy con tradicting the ether in their account of the treatment Iliperit•Ced by the pluintif. Mr. Sherwood, the president, Mr. Moore, the member of Parliament, Lady Tumour, Mrs. Sweatenhani, her sister, and Mr. John Holmes Gibson, were examined for the plaintiff.— The ladies gave a most alarming account of the defendont's treatment of the plaintiff; that he shook him violently, .truck him repeatedly, knocked Lim down, kicked him whilst on thie fluor ; thought he would have been murdered ; that his fame was bruited, and that he bled profusely at one of 'pia eyes in sonvequenee of the savage treatment he had experienced. be defendant's council admitted that there must be* verdict for the plaintiff, hut they undertook to thew that the cue, with a view to damages, bad been coloured most preposterously. Cipt. Cotton, Thomas Garrett, Esq. W. Kenney, Esq. Xajor Colgrare, and Mr. Beard, the keeper of the essembly-roons, were called, and they deposed, that in cosmq of the iam b:nes and inivoonduet of the plaintiff, the defendant, at lb. oar gestion of the ladies, thought it hie ditty to tarn him out oftho room, in which several geutlemen joined. The first four-men tioned genii. men solemnly said po.,itively swore that the defon dant never struck or kicked the plaintiff; that the piainfilf exhibited ao marks of violence on the (sue ; that be had no ap pearance of blood upon bum, and that no more violence Was used towards him than was necessary to remove him front this room. Mr. Sergeant Teddy replied. Thhe Lord Chief Barnn sJinined op the whole of the evidence, truing the Jury they must tied their verdict fur the plaintiff. but the amount of the damages was peculiarly their proviso. to determine. The jury (fiver only of shorn were special) immediately found their •erdict for the phial a—dania g es one shilling ; costs 40s. Auctur 13.—The busdiess on the Crown Side tiMshed to day, when sentence of death seas passed upon 11 capital sou rims, none of wham were left for execution. Their cases were not niaiked by any prominent features of enormity, be ing chicly burglaries, sheep stealing, and horse-stealing. t IVIL SIDE. OREOSON AND OTHERS R. MORRILL AND OTHCRS. This was an issue directed by the Court of Exeheqeer to try whether there was an immemorial modes fur mowing crops in the parish of Ilswkhurst, in this couuty, at lie raiser 2d. per acre in one part of the parish, and 10. in se Aber. Tho prin cipal plaintiff was Mr. Jesse Gregson, formerly a respectable solicitor in London, end the defendants were the lessees of the titles of Hawkherst, and the Dean and Chapter of ettriatelaaroh. x ford. Tile plaintiffs' case was conducted by afe. Carney. Mr. Ser greet Teddy, and Mr. Comyn; end the defendants' by Mr. Marryal, Mr. Sergeant I awes. end Mr. Mireboese. This case was of great importance to the parties. After • trial of considerable length a verdict was found for the plain tiffs, establishing the modes, and confirming e decision span the saute question between other parties, is the Sib of Jamas the Ist. F.LNAM AND ANOTHER •. MANTLE AND OTHERS. This was an action by the plaiutifis, as architects, to reonver the amount of their bill for erecting the new gaol at Dover, in pursuance of a contract with the defendants as Magistrates of the lioroogh. After the trial bed proceeded • coasiderabla length, it was agreed to refer all matters in difference to Ulto arbatratioo of Mr. Holland. GAY V. WHOLMES AND WISE. This wu an action for defamatory words. impeaching the plaintiff's cha*tity, and inapoting to her an improper hair course with the male defendant. Tie words were alleged to have been spoken by the. female defendant. Special damage was laid in the loss of the plaiutiffs's sitaationu a consequence of the slander uttered by Mrs. Wbolmes, which was widely circulated through Lewisham, Deptford. Greenwich, and the neighbouring district. The plsiutilf bad applied to an adver, rising ice solicitor, by w►omn the action was brought. Tbc Jury, ender the direction of the Lord Chief Baron found their verdict for the plaintiff— Damages Si. cost* 40s. LORD TORRINGTON O. DENHAM. AtCHIST 14 —This was an action of tress pass for nutting down coppice and eroderwood on a farm, of which the defendant was tenant to the plaintiff, at Meta:twos th, in this county. It appeared that the defendant bad been tenant to the plain tiff's uncle of the farm in question, consisting of 199 acres of arable and 11l of wood land, under a lease for years. The property was settled upon the plaintiff's uncle for life, without impeachment of waste, under the wall of • Mr. Master, with an express provision that he should not accept any foregift, or other money, in the coarse of a fine. When the lease was granted to the defendant, the plaintiff', uncle took from him a sent of shout 7001. being the value of the coppice and under wood then upon the farm. Upon the death of the plaintiff's ar le, his father succeeded to the estate, but hoeing survived hut a short time the plaintiff himself hecame the next tenant in tail, and took poasessiun. Just before the expiration of the lease, the defendant gave notice to the pliiintiff, that he should expect to be paid for the coppice and underwood then growing upon the firm, atter the rate at which he had originally paid his uncle. The plaintiff refused to pay the value of than wood, alleging that his uncle had DO authority to take the 70 1 1. origi nally paid by the defendant. inasmueli as be was peottibitA Ly the settlement from taking any fore;:ift or other sum in the na ture of a fine. Upon which the defendant proceeded to Put down shout 30 acres of wood in order to reinitiate,* himself, and he sold it for that purpose. For this act the plaintiff brought the present action. The injury which the plaintitr had sus ai , eat was estimated at 6211. The defence set up was, first, that hy the oestorn of ilia country, when the incoming tenant pays Per the t oppioe and underwood, he is entitled to the value of it on Biting op his tarns ; and peened, that at all events the amount of injery'al leged to have been sustained Ly the *iota was greatly over rated. Witnesses were railed to prove the ensign' and the T AIM The surveyors estimated the talus tie the wood out (lowa at about 4081. In reply it was aripteil, that the custom of the country (mil:d ant comicial the nords of the settlement antler which tne plaintiff derived title to the peoperty ; and with respect to the question of value, the evidence for the defendant being only dloose and uncertain, on,6t in over-ride the estimates of the sd aaa yers examined for the phintitr. The Juiy, under the teemed Judge's directions, Coupd their verdict fur the Woust;es 4001. AK'T In the retest nl Ef4tv:eni L ( , n mug ) i,„, 1441 Ltveyers in Esmiatvl, r tot tht y toteremoeol io i hide osinre In ui 100 2000 lanyers end atuttni..s. L ell C,,ke, its tit s re Latied the i• 4. 10,""a--, #46# *ll.ll Inuit ututtLer la .44 }:netts # Rtww UM. • __ _...