The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-02 00:00:00

• , THE NATIONAL REGISTER. AITG. 2. ble.sings of the constitution, and a new proof of the necessity of a reform. And your petitioner shall ever pray: Such, sir, is the form which ! have drawn up for the use ( ,f refo rmers in general. if any part of it should appear umite lligible, I hope I shall oue day have an opportunity of removing all . your dificulties, and of doing away every sort of doubt that may hang on your mind. 1 am, Sir, With all the respect due to your talents and integrity, Your faithful servant 'till death, GIBBETTUM. *Vide the report of the Bristol election in all newspapers. THE FRACAS, or JOHN BUNN and Mr. B. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER. SlR,—The town has been entertained for some days with an ..ccount of a very extraordinary fracas on 'Change. A ?41;. B. has complaincd that a Mr. J. L. and his brother had caused this . disturbance. He, however, does not a; pear to have much reason to congratulate himself on the result of his bringing the business before the Lord Mayor, as ill consequence, he Has been held up in the pu'die ,riots as a monster of infamy. He has been de s having basely seduced the (laughter of the person of whom he complained, under circumstances which, if true, cannot he .contemplated without disgust and horror. A large portion .1 the public were in doubt who Mr. B. onid be, when the following advertisement made its ap pearance " Whereas .livvrs malicious reports have been circulated, deeply affectiag tay char:over awl honour, charging me with deliberate smith o n ,- under most gross and aggravating circumstances ; I do hercliy so!e tinly deny the charge of deliberate seduction, _and more r ,wciaily the gross and aggiavating circummanoes with which I am hccusot. And I call upon my accusers to bring the charges forwutd bore a jury of lay country, so that the truth may be investigated,. yarrectly ascertaioed, in a fair and open manner ; ti:l when, I ckiai of the public as an act of justice, that they suspend their Awl I further live entice, that if the same system of m: , vitace be persisted in which has hithero been adopted, it pro tettis ;wt front the sentiments of honour, which are assume:l, but fn a siaider motives. "Do , te Wbti f, July 1 28, 1812. J. \N." Von will observe, sir, that hers a person of the name of ? , unn is made to take this story to himself, and doing so, preposterously to talk of his character and honour ! •.alemnly denies the charge of deliberate seduction, and denying that he lh:s been guilty of deliberate seductim,' to admit that he may fairly be charged with seduction aowhi'e he does not contradict the pat ticular facts stated :,h respect !o that seduction any farther than by saying, he " more especially the gross and aggravating circum- Thlces with which l am accused." This general sort of wer to charges of such a nature no man in his senses could 'ink of milking. (I will not comment on the absurdity a man's " most solemnly" denying one thing, and then ''"ore especiatly . denying, that is, I suppose, denying with solemnity another.) He is then represented as calling , !!I the ,uhlic (like Wardle,) to suspend its judgment till :leeharges are investigated before a jury; and concludes by • no;. , •e that if the same system of annoyance be per ted in which has hitherto been adopted, it proceeds not '4l th,• sentiments of honour, which are assumed, but from :►:,:er motives. Nlsv, sir, I cannot but think that this paragraph has been aLschievously written by some evil disposed person, with a 477 view to injure an individual, who, whatever may have teen his demerits, cught now to be spared, as he is sutrerio , under the sentence of the law. The person of whom 7 speak is John I34inn, who a shot t time ago was sentenced to transportation for life at the Old Bailey. It is impossible to suppose that any man could be fool enough to publish such a thing as the above advertisement of himseE I therefore cannot for a moment suppose that it is what it pretends to be, the statement of the Mr. B. who made a charge before the Lord Mayor about a week ago. I can only view it as the production of some person whose unrelenting hostility wou!d fain pursue the John Bunn I have mentioned to the society which he is about to join at New South Wales. Such dpub lication may be attended with the most serious co.nsequence; to that individual. Though /mon' and character may not be thought quite so necessary there as in Eng!and, still the people of Botany Bay may shrink with alarm from a person who conies among them with such a character. He may in vain appeal to dates, to prove that he was on his passage at the time the fracas took place; it is probable that even dune who can read, will not give themselves time to reflect suffi ciently on the nature of his defence. The circumstance of his being supposed to be the author of the stupid advertise ment above quoted, will convince them that he is a fool, and subject the unfortunate man to all sorts of impositions. Thus scorned and hated by n 1, instead of being reclaimed, he may possibly be di iven to his former practices, and become an outcast from that society, of which but for this advertisement he nsi;ht have become an ornament.—l trust this letter, though written by a plain man, and adorned with none of the flourishes which you may be accustomed to •x -pect from your correspondents, will be inserted in justice to the character of John Bann; for I think you will agree with the that the intellects and morals of a transported felon ought not to be so aspersed at the commencement of his voyage, as to make him an object of boutempt and indig nation on his arrival at Botany Bay. _ _ I am, Sir, L'our's, &c. &c. CANDOUR. MONTHLY REPORT. Sever:4 pieces of Rye have been cut in the Home Counties, but the Wheat a:id Oat harvest has been kept more than usually backward by the odd and rainy weat:ser ; the flat leys arc tumid later than either. The crops of most kind of grain are expected to turn out good on ten der soil, but light on heavy lands, from the long continuance of wet through the summer as well as the spring season ; the Wlsca, however, is mute fully set in general than has been known for several years past ; Beans, Peas, mai other articles of the Pulse kind, promise to turn out great crops ; and the Outs in [h.! len Countries hid fair to be equally productive. Potatoes, as we predicted iir (air List Report, prove abundant in all Districts. The later sown Turnip; have generally I dante4 well, and the forward ones' in Norfolk and Suffolk continue very promisinz. The season has proved remarkably favourable tar the young Clovers. The Hop Plantations of Farnham, Kent. and Sussex, do not afford the appearance of a third of an avertiv crop ; those of the W,reester and Hereford districts arc more promit-olg; the whole year's duty, however, is not estimated at more that: 47,0001, The Wool Market is rather higher for fine Merino aid South Down fleece, The Midsummer Faint have had but a scanty supply of lean stn ck, panic darly in Scotch and Irish Beasts, and therefore the prices have consequently been considerably higher. Horses of shape and make, of all sorts, are also dearer. The Meat Markets have lather de clined, prime Beef not ecteeding 6s. and Mattou ss. 61 per stone through the-month. Gottoroan, .Tutv 30.—The farmers have just got up the most abundant hay crop ever known in this neighbourhood ; and it is with sincere pleasure we state, that the corn has !awl) improved in so won derful ['manner as to leave no doubt of a lutist plentiful crop. Dawson, convicted at Cambridge of poisoning horses at Newmaket, is ordered for execution on the Bth of August. it AI ~. Ili MI Ilia num ,~ 4'-'s: