Star.
London, England, 1821-07-31 00:00:00

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.