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 reformers in general. if any part of it should appear
umitelligible, 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 on,- 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 128, 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

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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
Idante4 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.