Star.
London, England, 1818-08-28 00:00:00

THACKERAI V. BRAMALL.

Mr. SCA/ILYTTI;;ian to open this case, when he
was interrupted by a dispute as to the last reference,
the Attorney refusing to deliver the brief to Mr.,Cross
till he had made some additions to it. His Lordship
was instantly for withdrawing the reference, but Mr.
Starlett explained the difficulty, and confirmed the
reference. He then proceeded : •
It would be a happy thing if all causes were over,
when they were over; but, like a hero celebrated by
an eminent poet, who killed a giant, and found at
once the dead revive again, and renew the combat:
it was Ariosto that told the tale—the causes there
were no sooner disposed of by a reference than• their
ghosts started up, and called for fresh com-bat.. In
this case the plaintiff was an officer and a gentleman.
He lived in Ashton-under Line. He happened on the
29th of May to have gone into the Crown Inn there,
when the defendant treated him in a manner which
has occasioned this action. It is properly suggeited
to me that he could not have been in a temper to
quarrel, for he had been returning from a charity
concert, where his soul was soothed to soft sounds,
and melted to deeds of charity. Mr. Bramall thought
proper to say to Mr. Wyche, in allUsion to Mr.
I'hackcray, " I dosit care a d—n for you or your
bully." An officer who would not resent language
like this was not worthy of his regimentals. Mr.
Thackeray did resent it. Standing as he did there
in a Court of Justice, he could not approve of a
challenge to any personal combat. But thedefen-
dant would have• sto challenge bat to a. -batty kit
handicuffs. It certainly was. no impntatifits tipon the
honour or the courage of his client t.l&, inferior in
size and strength as he was, he declined this -contest.
The defendant said that he assisted in paying the
plaintiff's half-pay. Now really, without entering
into any political questions, the officers of our army
appeared to have done their duty, and no officer of
spirit could bear such language. The defendant then
pinioned him up against the wall, and applied the
most opprobrious terms to the plaintiff. Finding
that he had no other means of redress, the plaintiff
has been obliged to apply to you, gentlemen, not for
damages, for that is not his object, but for satisfac-
tion to his insulted honour. An apology, even at this
moment, would be accepted.
Mr. TOPPING would agree to a verbal apology, but
would not consent to pay the expenses.

The trial therefore ;tent on.
. Joel Hawkhere came into the Crown Inn in Ash-
ton-under-Line on the 29th of May, together with
Mr. Thackeray, a half-pay officer in the army. The
landlord was writing while Mr. Bramell was saying,
as if dictating, " a fair trotting match." Mr. Wyche
was sitting with them. Mr. Thackeray sat beside
Mr. Wyche, and began a sort of whispering con-
versation. Mr. Wyche refused to sign the paper.
Mr. Braman addressed him :—" You are a d—d
puppy; I'll knock your head and your bully's togs;
ther." He did not know what bully meant. Mr.
Thackeray asked if he meant him? and called for an
explanation, which Mr. Bramell refused, but only by
doing what he had said—knocking their heads toge-
ther. Mr. Thackeray said, " Give me leave to tell
you, you are a d—d impertinent puppy." After re-
ciprocal terms of abuse, Mr. Bramell said—" What
are you? you are only a half-pay officer, and I assist
in paying you;' and he threatened to knock him
down if he did not explain what he lead said. lie
then knocked his hat of. Hard language was again
resumed on both sides. The plaintiff again called
him an impertinent puppy, and said if he could swal-
low that he might swallow any thing. The defen.
dant threatened to put him out of the room, and
reared him up against the wall. The defendant is
stout, and much the stionger man. He tore the
plaintiff's shirt. The plaintiff complained that he had
been throttled.
On his cross-examination by Mr. TOPPING, he said
it was about ono in the morning. The plaintiff was
not quite sober; the defendant was worse. Bully
meant a kind of assistant. " Monkey, puppy, pol-
troon, were said and exchang.ed. He could not say
as to " blackguard." They did not sit above an hour
and a half. It was all ale they drank.
Mr. TOPPING, in his address to the Jury, said that
no Court or Jury was ever insulted by a cause so
frivolous—so perfectly ridiculous. He called upon
them to discourage such applications for damages,
by giving their verdict for the defendant, or at least
by giving one farthing damages. Whether this gen-
tleman was in the army or not, he knew not; it was
not in proof before them.
Verdict for the plaint
Costs, One Farthing.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY,.
a very proper estimate.

One Farthing.

you have found

Jot

It is with pleasure we anncnincr the settlethent
the existing diffttences between theJoarneymen '
Mister Carpenters. The arrangements made ar
understand, mutually satisfactory, and the men
resumed their employment !

WILLIAM Corraitatz, Esq. Sword Bearer
City of London, died on Tuesday evening last,
what suddenly, at his house in Broad street.
COTTERELL was in his 70th year, and had held
office of Sword Bearer upwards of forty years.
gave £7OOO for the office, and by his death it
to the Corporation, who, it is said, intend bestowing
it gratuitously in future. The profits of the office
upwards of £lOOO per annum.
Letters have been received in the City froth
Ayres, which state that the English merchants
had sent in several remonstrances to the Buenos
Government, against the very high duties on
woollen, cotton, and linen goods. It is understood,
in consequence, that a reduction of about 50
cent. would take place, which would greatly increase
the trade to that quarter, but no Decree had been
906 d on the subject, whea the letters came
There had been considerable sales of the
above-mentioned, but at low prices.
The depredation, committed on our commerce ,
the West-Indies have attracted the notice they deserve,
Ma the proper remedy is about to be applied
eyll& The Admiralty, it appears, after the exam
tion of a body of evidence la,id before them ).
portion of the mercantile intetest which has
pally suffered, have equipped two frigates to
in that quarter for their protection. The case
brig Jupiter having been frequently mentioned,
attracted much attention, we subjoin an accr
the whole transaction, taken from the lbg-book _
master, JAM E 3 LOLA YD, and which, for the ea-4nm
and csmposure with which it was conducted,
any recorded in the annals of piracy :
" On the 17th of May, at about five o'cloci
being in the latitude of the Old Cape, which i..
bore S.W. distant about three leagues, I descried
L schooner S or 4 leagues froth us, bearing down
us, and giving us chase. At about six o'cicc'
schooner, which sailed much taster than us,
witjtin a mile of us, fired a gun, and hoisted filexi
colours; whereupon we hoisted our English-colours.
The schooner scion after, having much neared
asking us• whither we were bound to and
from, ordered me to come on board the• schooner
the ship's papers; and, upon my not obeying'
der, although I observed, from the great numi
men who were upon the deck, that the schooner
a ship of war fitted as a privateer, the latter
boat aboard with three men and an Officer, ,
armed with cutlasses : two of them were blaci
the others mulattoes, the seamen speaking Si,
and the Officer English with a Spanish accent.
soon as the boat, crew had got upon our deer
Officer demanded the ship's manifest ; which,
unable to contend with him, I delivered him a cc
The men who had thus taken possession of thi
then went down, into the holtt,where they broke
box, which being found only to contain hats,
terwards left by them, without taking any thing
A. This beings-tone the officer dismissed his na?,
pe•threamen in her, and sent them on board
sibooner, in Order to correy thither the MP
which he had obtained, and an hour afterwav
boat returned with four armed men in her, bi
back the Manifest ; shortly afterwards' at a
made by the schooner, the officer and four
scended into their buat, and, without carryi
any thing belonging to the Jupiter, returned on
the schooner. At the moment when going to .
their boat, the Officer desired me to observe
schooner ; saying, that if 1 saw the latter lowerii
her colours, it would be a signal for me to
proceeding towards the place of my destii
which signal being actually made by the sch,
shortly after the boat reached her, I immed

made all possible rail and proceeded on my
the schooner at this time being likewise in
a vessel which was sailing in shore. At aboL
o'clock, the schooner, which had always remaii
sight of us, resumed the chace, bearing down
the Jupiter, and having come up with us, she -
us to lay to, and sent her boat aboard w:
men, blacks and mulattoes, who took possess
the vessel. They proceeded to break open
hatch, and compelled our crew to help them
ing the goods on deck as fast as they took
out cf the hold, and on the Mate refusing
one of them struck him. In order the better I.
sure of what goods would be most acceptah,
them, they had every chest or box broke open, •
upon deck such as they made choice of, and
the same manner with regard to the bales
ages, which they caused to be loosened and ri)
As soon as the deck was entirely covered wit
the privateer's men loaded their own boat w
together with the Jupiter's jolly boat, which
launched, ordering the carpenter and two of
men to help theni, whom they compelled to
into one of the boats and in her alongside
schooner, which then lay very near to us.
boats wi;j4the same crews went backwards
wards three times more, carrying off all
which had been placed on :he deck of the
Upon the boats going the thi:d time, or,
carpenter and two seamen to get on
ter, when they all left us in the two t
returned on board the schooner, ad allowed

pursue our course."
The rain which fell yesterday in London
vicinity, has been equally refreshing, and felt *
parts of the country, particularly westward.
folk and Norfolk it has rained in abundance.
wards, it rained all day on Wednesday at Bawtry
upwards, as tar as Wansford, Northamptonshirr
Cda./.41-MARKET, MARK-LANE, AUGUr
We have had scarce any arrivals since
and no buyers appearing this morning,
exceedingly heavy at Monday's prices ; and
all kind may be quoted nominally as on thr
SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUGUST
To sink the offal--per stone of Sibs.
Beef ........Ss 6d to 4s 8d I Veal 4s 6d
Mutton ....4s Od to Ss Od Pork
Lamb ss. Od. to 6s. Od.
Banta 720—Calves 480—'Sheep and Lambs 8,190—,
HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD
Hay £s Oa to £8 Se I Straw Z 2 Os
Clover S Os to 8 Os Rowan ...

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g, sales were . ; i
and Grain of 1
that day.
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REPORT FROM.TfIE CO:VMITTEE
ON ma
STATE OF PRISONS 1Y rim METROPOLIS.
CLERKF.NWELL PRISON.
(Continued from our Paper of yesterday.)
Classification.—The prison is calculated to contain
.140 persons; but the keeper thinks 340 may be con-
fined there. The greatest number ever confined in
the old building was in September last, when 324
prisoners were there at one time, being an excess of
nearly 100 above the average amount; from 200 to
230 may be considered as the ordinary number.
When the Committee visited this prison, there were
95 males and 54 females within its walls. There are
six yards on each side of the prison, making in the
whole twelve.
Day-rooms.—There are day-rooms to each yard,
sufficiently spacious, paved with stone, benches All
round the rooms, and a fire-place in each.
Siceping-rooms.—Each yard has its respective dor-
mitory ; these have each a soldier's barrack-bed ;no
straw is allowed ; but each prisoner has a rug and a
blanket; in addition to this arrangement, there are
eight beds or. the_Male and four-on the female side
of the prison, provided with flock and feather bed-,
ding, and clean sheets once a fortnight, or oftner if,
necessary ; these beds any one can have on
_paying
sixpence a night; at present there is only one sleep-
ing-room for each sex, so that the felon and mister,.
meanant may not only occupy the same apartment,
but share the same bed. The keeper, however, ex-
pects he will be enabled to remedy this evil. This
indulgence of a better description of bed is not very
generally enjoyed, as the prisoners now committed
are for the most part so poor as to be unable to pur-
chase it. The keeper says, he has taken one guinea
a night; and in that before he was examined he took
only friar shillings, though there were 132 persons
confined in the prison.
Food.-:—Each prisoner is allowed one pound of,
wheaten bread each day ; hut the Surgeon has it in'
his discretion to make an additional allowance of any
thing he thinks fit to the sick, and to those who are,
infirm and indigent in circumstances, though they
- not in the hospital. When the Committee visi-1
the prison, fifty pounds of meat were boiled down
- other day with vegetables and oatmeal. The
was given to the indigent one day, and the soup
next. About 80 persons were thus fed. Your
tvnittee think the allowance of bread to be too
1, and that one pound and a half ought to be daily

. to each prisoner.
lospitals.—There are at present two infirmaries
A the prison, and when completed two more will be
added; they are spacious, airy, and well built. The
patients sleep separately on iron bedsteads, with good
bedding, and the whole arrangement is admirable.
FrieL—Something more than a peck of coal is al-
lowed daily for each fire-place, and the keeper sta-
that no complaints have been made to him on

subject.
Clothing.--There is no regular allowance of clothes,
if any person is much distressed from the want
the common necessaries, the keeper states to your
Committee that he provides them ; yet when priso-
are fully committed, and are deficient in clath-
, a dress is given them; and your Committee saw
several persons wearing it the day they inspected the
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prison.
Irois.—The use of fetters is very generally dis-{
touriged in the prison. When it is completed, Mr.
Beeby states that he hopes to do away with the sys-
- altogether. The day your Committee were there
three persons Were in irons--one committed for
may robbery, who was under re-examination, and
been so for fourteen days, and the two others

brought in ironed from the Police Office.

VisitiniMagistrates.—Magistrates attend here on
first Thursday before the Sessions, and the second
ursday afterwards. Besides this general inspec.
individual Magistrates often visit the prison.
Clerk to the Committee keeps the minutes ; but
there is no book in which the Magistratesrecord their
observations at each visit.
Religions Attendance.—There is none at present,
when the chapel is built, service will be per-
Irmed once on every Sunday. The Chaplain visits
prison occasionally, but he states that he never
tinistered the Sacrament, not even to the sick and
dying. Your Committee wish to repeat here, that
:main periods of the year, it is their opinion that
option ought to be given to the prisoners to re-
:k.e the sacrament, if any should be so inclined, and,
,n the opinion of the Chaplain, qualified to receive it.
They cannot avoid remarking, that a prisoner on his
kth bed, who expresses remorse for his former guilt,
. displays that repentance which those who have
:messed such melancholy scenes must be aware is
act of common occurrence, seems to them to af-
' an occasion where tharrite of our religion might
administered with safety and propriety, furnishing
;ereby a consolation to the dying. penitent, and a
ligious example to those around ht m, the associates
his guilt and the sharers in his punishment. Your
,:ommtttee found a number of Bibles and religious
tracts in circulation among the prisoners.
Admission of Visitors.—Visitors are admitted du-
kg the spring and summer months, from nine to ten
the forenoon, from twelve to two in the afternoon,
.1 from five to six in the evening ; and, from Sep-
amber to April, from nine to ten in the forenoon,
' from one lo three in the afternoon, Sundays cr-
aned, when visitors are admittedtwo hours in the
:y—from nine to ten in the morning, and from one
:wo in the afternoon ; they are not admitted into
yards,but speak to their respective friends through
double grating.
Upon a review of the present state of Clerkenwell,
I more particularly contrasting it with the deplo-
Ae,and discreditable condition of the old prison,
'our Committee observe with pleasure, that a great
tprovement has taken place; much, howeircr, re-
ams to be done; but it is the opinion of your Com-
ittee, till some plan be adopted to separate the old
trom thei young offenders, and to classify prisoners
-.cording to their degree of guilt, these places of
:onfinement can be considered as nothing else but
liseries of crime.
Your Committee trust the attention of the Magis
trates will be called to this important subject, and
that they will carry into effect arrangements as spec-
"ty as possible, the object of which shall be to make
t distribution of prisoners in the different yards,
shall Lot expose those of either iies, who are com•

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