The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-03 00:00:00

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To the EDITOR of the Sht
Sot—Will you make room in your respectabld
Piper for the coinplaint of a mtich.injured
indivi-
dual, who complains not •
on his own account only,
but of his whole race, who have long been ,
in-
jured, insulted, and abused in every town, parish,
and hamlet in the kingdom. But, tint to keep
you in_ suspence, know, Sir, that I am a Bull
that was the other day most shockingly baited—
baited, Sir, with all that sarege delight that has
distinguished bull-baiting in every age: I ant de-
scended from a large •and numerous family of
Bulls, all of whom, more or less, have been
brought to the baiting-ring, and I much *fear the
praatice is increasing in severity, making me
tremble for the future fate of my numerous calves
not yet arrived -at the years of discretion.
My apprehensions are, indeed, somewhat abated
by a report brought to my car of the conduct of
one of my most noble race of Bulls, who has re.
sisted, in a most noble and bull-like manner. It
seems' they took him for a common Bull, but he
has shcwn his baiters that he knows how to use
hir horns and his tail against' he vermin that beset
him ; and although they have him surrounded by
a very deep ditch and high wall, and, as they
think, very secure, yet it is whispered they
wish they had let him alone. They first be.
set him with a whole pack of dogs accustomed to
the sport, and in a very large herd, thus chewing
that they were dogs of the true blood-hound
breed. It was at first supposed that the breed of
Bulls would- have protected him bat many of
them being very inexperienced, and, as•l may say,
mere calves, and in their minority, and others par-
tially exempted from baiting, and privileged with
better pastime, they sided with the hounds, and,
would you believe it, tiir ! ! ! they actually assist.
ed the hounds against him ! First, they barked at
him, but the sight of his tail and threatening dis.
play of his hones kept them at a distance : it was
fine fun to sec these dogs at bay. There was Vic,
Pierceall, and many others, whose names I do not
remember; but all would nest do, and therefore they
requested their whippers-in to fOrge a very strong
chain, and
.have him secured, which was agreed to
with all convenient speed; but in their haste they for.
got how the chain was to be applied, and they went,
weak and-silly as they were, and requested of this
noble Bull that he would him
, let` them chain hi
quietly : it was, they tok him, 'his duty, and
what all other Bulls had evef done. ' But nu! he
would. not submit. " Catch 'me, • and have
tie," was his motto; and''Sit saying, he shut
himself up' in *his stall, and left the hounds at
fault, otherwise PUZZLED.--Vic was con-
sulted, but he could 'only say born-wow. They
then met together in a very secret kennel, to con-
trive how this chain should be put on ; and here
theybarked, and snarled, and growled, that the
whole neighbourhood was disturbed, and it was
thought they would have run mad altogether. How.
ever, at last (such is the sad fate of the Bull fa.
wily), they overpowered him with a forte that WU
-*ever brought against a single Bull before, and
conveyed him to his place otconfinemear,the strong.
est parish pound in the kingdom. Here, how.
ever, he is not dismayed, bat his bellowing, are
heard all over the country, asserting that he nor
fellow bulls hap any right to be eoefiued or
kited. And, although he is a very' quiet and petlce.
able animal, if let alone (hut being thus oppressed).
he has Oven a challenge to meet the whipper-in and
all his dogs; uponfatir ground, thereto try the cons.
bat, and much sport is expected. Vic, the prin.
eipal blood-hound, is sharpening up his fangs for
the attack ; and well he may, for such a pair of
horns he never yet bad to contend with : I think
they 'call one burn Magna and the other Charts,
which, if used aright, must ensure the victory--s
victory " devoutly to be Wished." Fatigued and
,jaded as I am, Sir, with the bakings of the week,
I must be excused from adding more to this, only to
beg all good folks to set their faces against this
cruel spurt. I forgot to say, that• my master's
children and servants have always 'given me the
name of Jack; there eae, therefore, be. nu im-
propriety in signing myself,"
Your very °bedtime; and injured •
Birmingham, May I. • JOHN BULL.
Letters fromPirisstaie, that Loots the XVlth,
during the period he was in confinement, wrote a
History of his own Reign, and sent it Irk Madame
ADELASDE, his aunt, at Rome. At her death the
manuscript passed into the posiession of her sister,
whci died at Triesteland afteriiiards into the hands
of the Coentess of N A RBON NE, and her son disposed
of it to BONAPARTE, who, it is said,, means to de.
posit the Royet.Manuscript in the Archives of the
Senate.=—Some doubts, however, are eutertained,
whether be would mit clute.it to latt. published
first. .
On Tueiday afternooth -Lord Ro'ykros, the
only surviving son of the Eert ohs IfatieivitaE,
and the nephew of Mr. YonxE, died. at 'Cam-
bridge. The Noble }:arl has been singularly moos
fortunate. A year or two ago, his eldest ar44
perished in a storm in the Baltic ; his other hat
just been snatched from him. • Mr,:CIiARI:EII
YORKE is now the heir to the Earldom.
The negotiation for Mr. CANNINO re-admis.
sion to a seat in the Cabinet; has terminated in.
effectually. His treachery to Lord CASTLEREAGH
has made ts• deeper impression than this flippant
Statesman had expected to find.
The Duke of PORTLAND has not voted with
Administration since thedeath of his Noble Father.
Tuesday the first division of Sir. Saxe et. Atce-
iho 103 d, commanded by Col.
.millraTcuist.eregs iinnSCOTT,et marched into Gosport for en.
barkatinn ; the 2d division was to march in this,
day, w hen Sir Sastrar.. will see both. of awn,. -
Mr. Thomson, who went over to Morlaii
with Mr. MACKENZIE to negociate a Cartel, Is
returned with dispatches fur our Government.
Tim Commissioners remain at Morlaix, where
the negotiation will be carried on. It is,. said'
that it will soon be brought to a succession ter.
urination.
In the cartel that brought Afr. Dtexessow,
came about osebundred English prisoners, among
whom were scveraf Icemett of the Durham Militia,
captured on their voyage home from Portmootb,
by a French privateer.

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