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dresses and feudal grandeur when the occasion de- 1 mantled it, and that in a degree of splendour which t hey averred they had never seen paralleled in Europe. , 4 The duties of service at the Banquet, and of at tendance in general, were performed by Pages dressed very elegantly in Henri euatre coats of scarlet, 'with gold lace, blue sashes, white silk hose, and white ro settcs. There were also Marshal's-men for keeping order, who wore a similar dress, but of blue, and having white sashes. Both departments were filled up almost entirely by young Gentlemen, many of them of the very first condition, who took these me- 1 nisi characters to gain admission to the show. When I saw many of my young acquaintance thus attend ing upon their fathers and kinsmen, the Peers, Knights, and so forth, I could not help thinking of Crabbe's lines, with a little alteration : 'Twas schooling pride to see the menial wait, 4 Smile on his father au r. rec,!ive his plate.' " It must be owned, however, that they proved but indifferent valets, and were very apt, like the clown' in the pantomime, to eat the cheer they should have handed to their masters, and to play other tours de page, which reminded me of the caution of our pro verb, not to man yourself with your kin: The Peers, for example, had only a cold collation, while the Aldermen of London feasted on venison and tur tle; and such similar errors necessarily befel others in the confusion of the evening. But these slight mistakes, which indeed were not known till after.' wards, had rot the slightest effect on the general grandeur of the scene. " I did not see the Procession between the Abbey and the Hall, In the morning a few voices called, • Queen, Queen,' as Lord Londonderry passed, and even when the Sovereign appeared. But these were only signals for the loud and reiterated acclamations, in which these tones of discontent were completely drownod. In the return, no one dissonant voice in timated the least dissent from the shouts of gratula tion which poured from every quarter; and certainly never Monarch received a more general welcome from his assembled subjects. " You will have from others full accounts of the variety of entertainments provided for John Bull in the Parks, the River, in the Theatres, and elsewhere. Nothing was to be seen or heard but sounds of plea sure and festisity; and whoever saw the scene at any one spot, was convinced that the whole population of London was assembled there, while others found a similar concourse of revellers in every different point. It is computed that about FIVE nuariaeu TUOUSAND PEOPLE shared in the Festival in one way or another ; and you may imagine the excellent dis position by which the People were animated, when I tell you, that, excepting a few windows broken by a small body-guard of ragamuffins, who were in im mediate attendance on the Great Lady in the morn ing, not the slightest political violence occurred to disturb the general harmony, and that the assembled populace seemed t 3 be universally actuated by the spirit of the day, loyalty, namely, and good humour. Nothing occurred to damp those happy dispositions; the weather was most propitious, and the arrange ments so perfect, that no accident of any kind is re ported as having taken place.—And so concluded the Coronation of George IV. whom Goo long pre serve. Those who witnessed it have seen a scene calculated to raise the country in their opinion, and to throw into the shade all scenes of similar magni ficence, from the Field of the Cloth of Gold down to the precut day. " AN EYEWITNESS." The great losses sustained by the speculators ia providing scats for spectators at the late Coronation, constitute a topic of general conversation. The high prices requited, and other causes, have been assigned for the disappointment which the parties have suf fered ; but the great and principal cause, we appre hend, will be found in the excess (tithe supply beyond the necessary corvumption. It is estimated that ac commodation was provided for 70,000 persons; but admitti•ig the population of the metropolis to be, in cluding t;ie temporary influx of strangers, upwards of 1,200,000, it was not sufficient to produce 70,000 persons of an age and inclination and means to oc cupy so many seats, even at a moderate price. The speculators should have also considered, that the ex clusion of females from the Procession would neces sarily diminish its attraction. The larger speculators are, of course, the greater IoA-rs. The Grand Central Pavii:ati cost nearly £7000;-1:3000 was to be paid to the Commissioners of Improvement for the site on which it was erected, and the Proptietors, we under stand, hope that the latter sum will not be demanded, in consequence of their heavy loss. In fact, the mo ney taken will not pay the expense of taking down the building, and defraying the previous advertising and extri expenditure, excluding altogether the cost of the niateiials and of constructing the frame-work. The failure was universal, and the actual losses in the temporary erections alone, will not fill short of £lO,OOO anl to these must be added the losses, upon all the minor and incidental speculations for' providing refreshments. Legs of lamb, which cost five or six shillings each, were to be had on the Light of the Coronation, at the booths, for eighteen pence and two shilling , . Pastry and savoury pies were to be bad at one•fourth the first cost, and were subdi vided to come within the immediate reach of the chil dren's market. Fruit of all kinds was to be had at the price of the purchaser; joints of meat, and provisions of every .description, were carried off at little mom e than the prices of the fuel which had dressed them ; and the conternation which prevai!...cl above and bciuw the booths and scaffolds was univer sal, from the proprietor down to the attendant servants. Waiters, who had paid ten, and some twenty guineas each for permis sion to wait on the company, were, in many instances, repaid b•• about as many shillings : their golden har vest was blasted, and the dismay that was observable on every face had often a ludicrous appearance,when contrasted with the self importance and assumed airs of the same personages in the morning. "So vanish human glories," said the poet. There were, however, those who had reason to congratulate themselves on their good fortune. During the day, several persons who had, in the course of the morning entered the booths on paying 2s. 6d. and who had thereby an op- Fortuna) , of seeing the return of the procession to' Westminster Abbey, when the medals were showered about obtained some of the latter. Those who were sear the platf,rtn, in the front scats of the booths, held out their hits, and m a n y persons, whose price of ad , mission did not exceed 2s. 6d. obtained t h ree or f our sate: :.,clods iu the manner just mentioned. WESTMINSTER HALL AND ABBEY. Yesterday both these places were open to the Pub lic without tickets, or without any discrimination as to the persons who were admitted. Long before the opening of the doors, they were beset by a motley multitude, consisting of Ladies and Gentlemen ele gantly dressed, mechanics in humble attire, poor women with children in their arms, footmen, coal heavers, soldiers, and all other descriptions of persons. They conducted themselves, however, with consider able propriety. The part of the Hall next the Throne was kept clear from intrusion by a corps of Pugilists under the direction of Mr. JACKSON ; and they be haved with much more gentleness to the visitors than common constables are in the habit of doing. On the day of the Coronation the English Officers and inhabitants resident at Havre, gave a most splen did Ball in honour of the Coronation of our most gracious SOVEREIGN. All the French and Foreign Authorities who reside there, on English pay, were invited, and the evening passed off with the greatest loyalty and affection towards his Majesty GEORGE IV. The 19th of July is memorable in more respects than the Coronation of our present SOVEREIGN.-1. On that day, 1333, EDWARD 111. defeated the Scots, with great slaughter, at Halidown-hill, near Berwick upon-Tweed. 2. On that day, 1554, PHILIP 11. King of SPAIN, landed at Southampton, and was married to the sanguinary MARY, at Winchester, on the 25th of the same month—a union to which a great part of the nation had, with good cause, the utmost aversion. S. On that day, 1575, began a most magnificent en tertainment, given to Queen ELIZABETH by the Earl of LEICESTER, in Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, which was extraordinary for expense and magnifi cence. The daily expense is said to have been, even at that time, £l,OOO to the Earl. " Surely," observes Uwie, one may say of such a guest, what CICERO said to Arricus, on occasion of a visit paid him by CASAR If she relieved the People from oppres sions, her visits were a great oppression to the Nobi lity." 4. On that day, 1588, the Spanish Armada arrived in the English Channel, but was coon after compelled to retreat, and the following laconic in scription on a medal, which was struck on the occa sion, is nearly an exact account of that happy event' . 44 renit, vidit, fugit." CITY BUSINESS. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday, for the purpose of resuming the discussion upon the best mode to be adopted relative to London Bridge. The LORD MAYOR laid before the Court two letters from the Es-Sheriff PARKINS, which were read ; and after some discussion referred to the consideration of a Committee appointed respecting the Office of Sheriff. A Petition from the Owners of Coal Craft against any toll being imposed, by reason of the rebuilding of London Bridge, should that measure finally be adopted, was presented and read. 'the Court then went into consideration of the Mo tion and Amendment, as proposed on Thursday last, relative to the Bridge ; and after a long and animated discussion, agreed with the original Motion for alter ing the present Bridge by a very great majority— there being only about 14 hands for a new Bridge. The Resolution was ordered to be adverti,ed—(for which scefirst page)--and the Petition of the Owners of Coal Craft referred to a Committee. Several Reports for granting Leases were presented and agreed to. On Saturday morning last, her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA, accompanied by Count LINSIN.• GEN and a numerous suite, left town for Ramsgate, to embark for the Continent. The PRINCESS dined at Mr. GREEN'S, the George Hotel, at Sittingbourne, and was graciously pleased to express her Royal High ness's high approbation of the style with which that establishment is conducted. _ _ _ A letter from an Officer attached to the Northern Expedition says:—" If we find that so much of this year is expended in examining Hudson's Straits as to leave but little hopes of doing anything beyond get ting into Lancaster Sound, we are ordered to return to England, to refit and revictual the ship; but a great deal is left to the discretion of Captain PARRY, in whom we place every confidence." A letter from Naples announces, that there are some bands of Carbonari under arms. The environs of Benevento, and the vallies of Borino, are in a state of disturbance. A Curate, BLASIO, carries off the convoys of provisions, and levies contributions ; but, I it is added, that even the Liberales do not reckon much upon his movements. A remarkable large pea was plucked on Tuesday last, in Mr. CROICER'S garden, at Upv.-ay ; it mea sured five inches and a quarter from end to end, and nearly an inch and a quarter across, containing eight seeds, the latter not half ripe.—An extraordinary gooseberry was gathered in a garden at Dorchester ; ' it measured an inch and three-eighths in length, and three inches and a half in circumference. DISPERSION OF A GANG OF GYPSIES —ln conse quence of depredations lately committed about the neighbourhoods of Paddington, Edgware, and Hamp stead, Scc. information was laid before the Vestry of Paddington parish, that a large gang of gypsies had " pitched their tents" on Westbourne Green, and the parts adjacent, and thcre was no doubt but they were the perpetrators of some daring offences. Humphries rand a party of officers were dispatched for the cur pose of dispersing them, when they found various marquees erected in the fields, and their swarthy in mates regaling themselves. The officers stated the nature of their errand, and ordered the encampers to disperse, which they promised to do; but there being rather a strong party of these desperadoes, the offi cers were returning for the purpose of adding to their number, when some of the gypsies, who had laid wait for them, made an attack u7on the officers, and a desperate conflict was the consequence. How ever, they succeeded in apprehending two of the party, but the others escaped, packed up their tents, and walked off, whilst the two prisoners were brought to Mary-la-bonne Office, where they underwent exa mination. They gave their names Smith and Raj; and said they were travelling gypsies. Ruff is a desperate fellow, and defied the Magistrates to pu nish him by sending him to prison. Smith was less violent, and expressed his sorrow for what had hap pened ; he was discharged, but the other was com lnitted for want of bail. THE ARMY. ZVI"' private in the Guards, both horse and foot, is to receive a sovereign and a year's service, on account of the Coronation. The Officers are to receive promotion. The following reductions are decided upon: The 18th and 19th Dragoons, two troops of every Regiment of Cavalry (the Life Guards and Blues excepted), and two companies ot evety Regi ment of Foot. But previous to any reduction of the 93 Regiments of the Line, the following regiments will be disbanded :-Ist West ' India Regiment, 2d ditto, Ist Ceylon Regiment, 2d ditto, Cape Corps, 2d Battalion Royal Scots, 2d Battalion 60th Regiment, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, amounting to 5,600 men. As the Troops of the Line are perfectly competent to the duties per formed by the first five of the above-named Corps, and from the present frequency of relief, the expense of human lice is no greater, perform them who will, it is more politic, as well as more just, that in cutting down our Military Est4blishntent, the Regiments of the Line should be always the last to le, reduced. l And again, with regard to the Royals, the Goth, and the ltifk Brigade, the argument which at the end of the war held good, for the reduction of 2d Battalious, in preference to disbanding the numb, red Regiments, has a right to obtain in all succeeding curtailments called for by the country. Among the Regiments enumerated in our Paper of 'Thursday last, as lying named for reduction, we included the 7th Dra goon Guards, but we have since learnt front an authentic chan nel, that there is not any foundation whatever for the report of that old Regiment being reduced, and particularly as there are eighteen other Regiments of Cavalry that are junior to them in the service. Thursday the Zd and 6th Dragoons, and the 12th arc! I oth Lancers, were reviewed in the Plicenix Park, Dublin, by Sir DA VID BAIRD. The rapidity of the ditterent evolutions was only ex celled by the velocity with which the several chirges were made. Tuesday last, the Royal Ayrshire Militia, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Fanstuizmi, were inspected at Ayr, by Colonel ALEX. Boswect. (now Sir ALEX. Boswat.L, Baronet), Vice-Lieutenant of the County. The Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Menear, of Polmaise, went into quarters at Stirling on Thurs day, for ten days' training and exercise. Thursday, the Southern Regiment of Yorkshire West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Colonel WOitTLIIY, assem bled at Doncaster on permanent duty. They are a soldier-like fine body of men, and well mounted. _ _ Invalids from the 21 (or Queen's Own), and 21st Fusileers, arrived in the Medusa transport at Cork, on Saturday se'nnight, front Barbadoet. NAVAL INIELLIGENCE. The Harrison, from Liverpool to Quebec, was spoken with by the Terry, arrived at Tralee, in lat. 47. long. :r.G. with loss of mainmast. The Alpha, of North Shiel.ls, for Rio Janeiro, was spoken with on the Bth of Nay, near the Line—topmasts shivered by lightning. _ _ _ A fir;t.rate line-of-battle ship, built upon a beautiful model, is nearly ready to be launched at Chatham. The name originally intended was the Prince ReAcia, but it is to be changed to GLORCE TIM FOURTH. The head and quarter-galleries are a fine specimen of marine architecture. She is to carry 110 guns. PORTSMOUTH, Jul., :W.—Wind W.—Arrived the Venus, CA a ' vas from Bremen for Baltimore; Sovereign, Pawasow, from the Downs for Jamaica; and Matilda, !Wiliam", from ditto for Bengal. Sailed the Caledonia, MoaaisoN, for Quebec. JULY :op.—Sailed the Minerva, &lA., for New South Wales, with convicts. Dwayne'', Jva 30.—Arrived the Thetis packet, from Got tenburgh ; 'Prince of Orange and Vansittart, packets, from Hol land, each with a Mail. FALMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind N.—Sailed his Majesty's ship ADYLNTURR, of 20 guns, for the Mediterranean; Williams, Riu- DOCK, for the Canary Islands ; Palmyra, DILLON, for Ilavannah ; Friendship, &wag, for Cork; Robsons, Evin; and Four Friends, Boasars, for London. DEAL, Joey 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the William and Mary, Bueeest, from Oporto in ten days; Britannia, Hatiterm, from Grenada; Alexander, EItaINGTON, from Quebec; and Stockton ' Lannexv, from St. John's (New Brunswick). in 34 days : the latter remains. Alio arrived and remains, the Woodpark, TRUNDLE, from Shields for Berbice.— Came down from the River and remain, the Anne, DRYPOROUGHL, for Trieste ; Speedwell, Starrox, for Cork ; Tods, WPIIEUSON, for Marseilles ; and several of the outward-bound. GIUCENOCx, JULY 27.—Arrived this forenoon the Cherub, RAY. sine. from Montreal and Quebec ; sailed from the former on the 19th ult. The Earl of Buckinghamshire, JOHNSTONE, from hence with emigrants, had arrived at Quebec previous to the Cherub's sailing front thence; the Ttue Briton, READ, from hence; the William, Paeeee, of M ontreal ; and the Harmony, —, of Leith. Below Quebec, fell in with the Union, HENRY, front thence for Liverpool, and kept company with her for two days. On the 9th, in lat. 46. 48. N. long. 46. I Si. W. spoke the Ben son, Row, out twelve days from Toberrnory, with passengers, for Quebec, all well; on the 17th, in lat. 47. 25. N. long. 42.41. W. the Alexander, BEVERIDGE, front hence fur Pictou, with pas sengers, out ten days; on the 22d, in lat. 55. 11. N. 10ng.19. ::0. W. the brig Kentish, from C'haleur Bay for Saltcoats, out 31 days; and on the 25th, in lat. 55. 29. N. long. 10. 50. \V. the brig Roberts, Nate, from Quebec fur Troun, out ten days, in company with the brig Diana, of Dumfries.—Arrived this fore. noon, the Ann Grant, Huns. front St. John's, New Brunswick ; sailed from thence on the 22d of June: on the 24th ult. in !at. .52. long. 29..13. spoke the brig Norval, for Quebec from Aber deen, out 56 days, all well. Cesroat- House, JULY W.—Ships Entered Inwards :—The Velatura, from Tenerife; Henry, from Gottenburgh ; Sham rock, from Virginia; Mary, from Naples; Mary, from Odessa; Coronation, from Harlingen; Regent, from Quebec; Better Luck Still, front Stangate Creek; l'Aigle, from the South Seas; Rachel, from Hamburgh; Britannia, front St. Kitts; Catherine, from Lisbon ; and Speculation, front Malaga.—Entered Out wards : The Fame, Perseverance, and George, for Hamburgh ; Ocean, for Dublin ; George the Fourth, for Konigsberg ; Fly ing Fish, for ()sterol ; and Essex, for Boordeaux.—Cleared Out wards: Mary, for Malaga; Tennant, for Belfast; Limerick Packet, for Limerick; Violet, for Ostend; Hanover, for New ihunswick ; and Heart of Oak, for Quebec. Gazettes from Sydney, New South Wales, have been received to the 18th of March. The brig Hope, Captain Garmes, had returned from New Zealand to recruit his crew, having unfortunately lost his First Lieutenant, Mr. CLARIDGE, and five of his men, in an attempt to land through the surf in Ossen Bay. The Prince of Orange, with 135, and the Dick, with 140 male convicts, had arrived. Only one man died on the passage. By the Indian, arrived at Sydney, the following results of the whale fishery, off New Zealand, are obtained :—The Catherine, GRAHAM, had procured 600 barrels of oil; the Vansittart. 250; the Janus, 500 ; the Ann, 800 ; the Cumberland, 1200, ; the Prince Regent, 1400 ; the Rambler, 500; and the Saracen, 120: these were the most successful vessels. Effectual progress is making at Sydney in the civilization of the natives. Two couple of them were married at Paramatta on the 15th of March, by the Rev. RICHARD HILL, Secretary to the Native In stitution. They were settled on farms prepared for them, where huts were to be erected, and farming stock, with requisite utensils, was supplied by the Government. Both Colonies, Sydney and Hobart's Town, appeared to be advancing in prosperity. A stage-coach has been established between Sydney and Paramatta, the first known in the Colony, which made its first journey on the Bth of March, and per . formed it in three hours. Nearly 100 carts are counted at the close of the market-day at Sydney, Ireturring into the interior. Wednesday, a child, about three years of age, by • some accident fell into the ditch, or common sewer, on the outside of the town of Sheerness, and, strange to relate, was carried, by the force of the current, under a dwelling-house, a large chapel, and wide street, and, through the sluice, into the sea, where it was picked up alive, and is now completely recovered., SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE ODDS-BKTTING ROOM, J1;7,1730. 3 to 1 art Gustavus p rta c ks " a T ) Eß 5 1 1. 6 . i t . o ec l Eß. agst Statesman (taken) 41 to 1 agst Spiggot (taken) 25 to 1 ag,t Pastore% 8 to 1 agst Annabella 25 to 1 agst IZemembraneer 10 to 1 agst Sancibeck 30 to 1 ag.t The IS,ron 14 to 1 agst Fortuna (taken) 30 to 1 agst Brusher roes: STAKES (TIIUMSDAY). 2to 1 ag,t Sandb,ek 110 to 1 agst Champaign 4 to 1 agst Statesman • , I A ?us STA K 6 to 1 agst Prophet 3 to 1 agst 4 to 1 agst Ibis DIME MITI NEWMAIMET Sr. Litcrit.-2 to 1 agst Augusta. it has been retorted that Sir W. Nl.axwatt.'s fire horse Cootie died suddenly at Cullan stables last week. This is erroneous: the animal that died was a valuable horse from Newmarket, which had not acquired a name. GRAND PIGEON MATCH. Saturday was a rraml day fur this sport with the Midgham Hants Club, when the Annual Salver Cup and Cover was shot for in the :ilidpharn hleadJws, by fi fteen Gentlemen subscribers of five guineas , from a trap, at 21 yards from the run, as follows, eleven birds each : Killed Killed Killed Mr. Herne All Capt. Jones 8 Mr. North Mr. Ilarris-)n do. Mr. Arbudinot 8 Mr. Mellish 7 Mr. Kent It) Mr. Miller 8 Mr. Greenwood 7 Mr. Mills 10 Mr. ILllantine 8 Mr. Fairman 6 Capt. Smith 10 Mr. Williams 7 Mr. Gee 5 I'bc E , 91 was backe'd upon an average it ' sl;2,And 41 birds escaped from 22g. Messrs. Hiram; a:.LI HARRISON proceed.d to contend for the Cup, and Mr. HArtersori lost it, missing his se. cond bird. The next three shot off the ties for an overplus Ten Guineas. Mr. MILLS woe by killing five birds; KENT missing his first and Small his fifth. Another surplus stake of Five Guineas, over and above th Cup, was shot fur by the ties of eight, which was won by Mr. AP.BUTHNOT killing his fourth bird. STEPHENS r. BROGDEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sta—The reliance which is justly placed on the impartiality of the Public Press, sanctions me in the hope that, when, through its means, an injustice may have been done to an individual, the same source will be open to his justification. In the case end. tied as above, a report of which appeared in your Paper of Fri day last, a strong impreasioia has been made to the prejudice of the defendant ; it is hardly necessary to remind you, I believe, mainly through the ingenious and eloquent appeal of Counsel, and not from any positive fact which was adduced in evidence before the Jury. It may be said, that the defendant's legal ad viser might have rendered nugatory the powerful effect of that appeal, by calling a witness to disprove its aggravated features; this Is true, and the means for so doing were fully in his posses. Sion. That he did not do so, must be ascribed to what he con ceived to be a proper exercise of discretion ; the result, however, has proved that he miclu have adopted a more eligible course ; and with a view to do impartial justice, I f.el myself called upon, and I am the only witness who was pre smt at the assault to state correctly the facts as they occurred, aid to add, that I was then, and am now, prepared to swear to their truth. lam persuaded the value which you must attach to the reputation of a fellow-citizen smarting under all imputation of brutality, which is altogether foreign to his nature, will induce you to insert the following statement of that which I could have proved, had I been called : First, Then, Sir, I could have sworn that the assault was not the cold-blooded, premeditated, planned thing which Mr. Phil lips described in his opening speech, but that it took place within three quarters of an hour from the time the defendant was ins formed of the slander, of which he had been the victim. Secondly, That when the defendant charged the plaintiff with having called him an informer at a Public Meeting, he did not meet it with a direct denial, but began to go into an explanation of the circumstance. Thirdly, That the plaintiff received only three or four blows from the thin part of the wh!p, which is a common chaise whip made of lance wood (and far from a thick one), and which was previously broken and tied with string, and that the cut of the head was only produced by the stick breaking in a sharp splitse u:red way. Fourthly, That the butt end of the whip was never used at all, and this part I consider very important to be made known, to do away the idea of that brutality which existed only in the brief of Mr. Phillips. Fifthly, That the affray altogether did not last half a minute, and:that the blood on Mr. Stephens's face was not seen until after the assault was over, and the instant defendant saw it, he ex pressed his concern, and offered hint water and a towel, with a private rcom to wash himself, which the plaintiff accepted. Sixthly, That the plaintiff received no apparent injury, but the cut on his head, and that the coach was procured for hint against his own inclination and wish, and it was with a good deal of per suasion that he agreed to step into it; and also, merely because, as his neckcloth was bloody, he would have appeared particular in the street, and not because he was unable to walk home. Seventhly, That Mr. Stephens was in the defendant's house full an hour and a quarter after the assault took place, talking the business over, and waiting to see it Mr. Taylor and myself could persuade the parties to some arrangement ; and when he left, he declared he would go to Mr. Joshua Mayhew, Lis Attorney. Eighthly, That I never interfered with the hone-whipping ; that it wa.:. so instantaneous, I bad not time to do so, and, of course, did not wrench away the whip from the defendant, " Good Gon, Sir, what are you at? do you intend mur dering the man ?" that no such circumstance ever took place. These facts, Sir , I could have established beyond the power of contradiction ; I was there fur the purpose. As the cz.se had been much misrepresented, Mr. Brogden was more anxious to have all the facts of the case made public than any regard to pe cuniary circumstances. . . . . I also wish to state, that there were several persons in Court who knew Mr. lkogden for years, and could have spoken as to his general conduct for benevolence and kindness of heart ; who could have spoken both as to his public and private conduct; who could have informed the Jury that the defendant, who had been described as a savage, was the very reverse ; that in his own establishment in the counting-house, he has three persons in his employment who have been in his service, one for eleven years, one sixteen, and the other twenty-two years ; his domestic servants, one four, one seven, and the other fifteen years. In his manufactory, a dozen could ie found that have been in his em ployment from ten to twenty years each. Why I was not called, it is not my province to explain; but I am certain that a plain statement of facts, such as I have here mentioned, was better calculated to do the defendant justice than the eloquence of any individual, however imposing. I remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant, J. W. GARLAND. 35, Cross-street, Islington, July 28, 1821. A handsome new Charel has bean erected to Rugby School, which was consecrated last week by the Bishop of OXFORD. It is a beautiful specimen of the pure Gothic architecture. Harvest has already commenced in Cornwall. Mr. RICHARD STEVENS, of Trago, in the Parish of Cran. tock, commenced cutting barley and oats on the 26th instant. Caution to Buyers of Game.—At the Guildhall of Worcester, on Monday se'nnight, a person was con victed in the penalty of 1.35_ for purchasing three hares, and another in a penalty of EIO for buying two hares. The principal witness was a poacher who sold the game. Bow-STREET.—Yesterday, Thomas Cole, a coffee shop keeper, living in Ship-yard, Temple-bar, was convicted in the penalty of £5, for suffering his shop to be open within the hours prohibited by Act of Par liament. After remaining in custody about three ' hours he paid the flue. Met Rogers, charged with defrauding George Dykes of two bills of exchange for the payment cf £5O each, under pretence of obtaining for him a si tuation in the Excise, was fully committed for trial.