To Mr. Wellesley the representation of the county is a fair and commendable object of ambition; but the means that have been used to attain it for him are certainly far from commendable.

Being a stranger to the county, he should, on his first forming a connection with it, have ingratiated himself with its most respectable gentry and freeholders, whose good wishes a man of his address and splendid fortune might perhaps have gained over to his cause; they would have done honour to his cause, and would have bestirred themselves to procure his return in a proper and legitimate manner. But, let me ask who are now his associates? I have heard, and from indubitable authority, that one or two unbeneficed clergymen, to whom Mr. Wellesley was totally unknown before the present contest, but who, allured by his wealth, as crows are instinctively attracted by carrion, degrade the sacred character of their profession, by ranging themselves in the foremost and most active rank of his electioneering agents. His wealth has of course procured for him the services of innumerable attornies; who, as agents, only labour in their vocation. His other agents consist for the most part, I am sorry to say, of men of desperate fortune and disreputable character. This is the rock upon which I pronounce that Mr. Long Wellesley's vessel will split, while that of Mr. Benett will gaily weather the storm. A. B.

WILTSHIRE RACES.

On WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24th, 1818.

The FREEHOLDERS' PLATE

Will be run for by any "Thorough_Breds," who can prove their necessary qualifications.-The best of heats. To be seen and entered at the Steward's post on the morning of that day. If any disputes arise, to be determined by the High Sheriff, or whom he shall appoint.-The Thorough Breds already expected to start,—are Rider. Colour. Mr. Corsham's Turncoat, by Changeable D. Ollapod. Uncertain. Mr. Illweed's Corn Bill, by Self-Interest A Shark Pythouse Mixture: D. Wellington's Nephew, by Independence W. Waterloo Wellington Blue. Mr. Compton's Wheel of Fortune, Mr. Marshwood's Country Gentleman, Mr. Swindon's Ambrose and Mr. Vyse's Escort, were named, but do not start.

To start each day at ten o'clock.

The owner of each Thorough Bred is expected to pay-Guineas to the clerk of the course for post entrances, &c.-The instructions for clearing the course will be as much as possible enforced. None but bonâ fide freeholders will be admitted on the stand.

THE HIGH SHeriff, Steward.

THE UNDERSHeriff, Clerk of the Course.

** All manner of rustic diversions every day, and Ordinaries every where. N. B. It is expected there will be several matches, handicaps, and sweepstakes on the various days of the Races-due accounts of which will be published in the next Calendar.

R R

NOTORIOUS FACT.

FREEHOLDERS OF WILTS,

"Let it be Remembered, and Let it never be Forgotten,"

THAT a "few men of desperate fortunes" and "disreputable character" have, with a long pole, most unmercifully beaten the long committee, and will continue to do so, as long as they can bear it.

See a very gentlemanly letter of a Mr. A. B. in the Salisbury Journal, of the 22nd.

WILTSHIRE FREEHOLDERS.

GENTLEMEN,

CROWD to the poll, that you may not be disappointed in the opportunity of giving your support to the man of your choice.

Every voter who polls in the cause of independence and Long Wellesley, which is one and the same, will have his name handed down to posterity.

Now therefore is your time, or never; our opponent's resources are failing, his strength has been tried to-day," he has been weighed in the balance and found wanting."

One day more and with your assistance, we must succeed. Huzza! Long Wellesley for Ever!! No Benett! no Cossacks!!

THE CLOTHIER'S LAST WORD

To the Freeholders of the County of Wilts.
GENTLEMEN,

I HAVE repeatedly called your attention to the real question at issue at the present election of a Parliament Man for this county. It is, WELLESLEY, and future independent votes for yourselves and your children, or, Benett, and cringing under the Quorum.

Though often urged to it, no one has disputed the cor rectness of this plain statement. It cannot be disputed.

If the last production of the pitiful " Scribbler," who again attempts by a "random squib" to draw your attention from the true question, were worthy of any notice, there is now no time to turn round for the sake of boxing the fellow's ears any more.

You are now going to the hustings.

You that wish to establish Quorum influence for ever, kiss the ground and crawl upon your knees, and whine out, Benett.

You that are for handing down to your descendants an honest and honourable independence, walk up boldly, like true Wiltshire freeholders, and give Wellesley a plumper. Trowbridge, June 23, 1818, A CLOTHIER.

WILTSHIRE ELECTION.

NOMINATION AT DEVIZES. –

THE QUORUMITES AND THE HINDON TROOPS.

To the Freeholders of Wilts.

GENTLEMEN,

FACTS speak louder than words, and the events of this day are certainly sufficient to convince you which of the Candidates you ought to return, and, consequently, the one you ought to reject. Will you for a moment entrust your liberty, your property, your lives, into the hands of a man, who violates the constitution of his country on the very threshhold of his entrance into public life, and most feelingly endangers the lives of his fellow-subjects from a too great affection for his own? The Hindon troop of cavalry had no business at the Nomination of Candidates for the county; they were introduced for the purpose of intimidation, and for preventing, from the situation to which they were ordered, the High Sheriff from arriving at the sense of the freeholders. There were as many of Mr. Methuen's and Mr. Wellesley's friends behind the troop as there were before them, whose hands the Sheriff could not possibly see; although, as it was, the numbers were so nearly equal that the Sheriff could not determine to whom belonged the superiority.

Now, Gentlemen, if, after this declaration of the Sheriffa declaration true to the best of his knowledge--(for the horsemen prevented his seeing half the freeholders in the interest of Mr. Methuen and Mr. Wellesley), a man, and that man a Candidate, was to publish a hand-bill, asserting that the freeholders were " almost unanimous" in his favour, you would unite in passing no very favourable opinion upon his veracity. I am prepared to prove to your satisfaction, that there were three to one against him, and that Mr. Benett's assertion is a LIE!

When the troop was requested to dismount by a respectable gentleman, in order that the fears of the freeholders might be allayed, and the Sheriff better able to perform his functions, he was answered by one of those friends to "Order," that, "if hell itself stood in the way, he would not dismount !" Would you believe it, Gentlemen, that this hero on horseback was lately a Member of Parliament, and is one of the "Quorum!" The remainder of that respectable body were on the leads and balcony of the Bear Inn, contributing, by words and signs, to produce that ROT, which"

Messrs. Locke and Phipps, in the effervescence of their morning's zeal, had been so careful to prevent. They read the Riot Act, lest a riot should take place-not because there was one; and, having finished this chef d'œuvre of magistracy, they proceeded to the balcony, where some were attempting to produce what must have been a serious breach of the peace. After the conspicuous display they made of them. selves on leads, on balconies, at windows, they cannot be offended at being called-nay, I rather think they did it for the purpose of deserving the epithet so well applied by Mr.. Wellesley-" the notorious Quorum!" Some of them were almost as notorious as the Bear himself, having placed themselves on the same level. You will discover from this martial array, and from the conduct of their leaders, on what interest Mr. Benett grounds his pretensions.-The Hindon troop lined the front of the place where you had assembled to exercise your rights as freemen; but whenever one of you appeared whom they suspected hostile to their chief, they attempted to close round you, and prevent your admission. I heard Mr. Calley (his name shall not be kept secret) re-, peatedly order the men to interrupt the proceedings of the day, in defiance of his duty as a magistrate, and of the bath he had taken to preserve the public peace; while some of his companions, arranged in front of the Bear, seconded his endeavours by their cheers. 'Tis on such an interest as this that Mr. Benett's independence is founded: but will you, Gentlemen, suffer your rights to be at the disposal of the Hindon troop, though excited to tumult by some of the Quorum? Are you to be brow-beated into the choice of Mr. Benett by such men, and such means? Will you so far degrade yourselves as to choose a man at ALL, who, after boasting himself that he had been every where received with such amazing affection, is yet afraid, though in the midst of those very persons who love him so, to trust his superhuman attractions beyond the sound of the horse-hoofs of the warriors of Hindon! The way in which the other Candidates conducted themselves corresponded with the views they entertain of the electors of this large, enlightened, and high-spirited county. They did not skulk into the town by night, but entered it in broad day. They needed no guards, having entrusted their pretensions to the good sense of the people; they have cast anchor in their affections, and secured their claim;-they trust their cause to the freeholders at large; they throw themselves upon them, and are thus enabled to treat with scorn the attempts of a club of invalids, a Quorum of decrepits, and the bravery of a loyal troop of discontented cavalry, though headed by the late member for

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Cricklade. Shall the slaves whom you saw on horseback, who hooted when they were told to hoot-who marched when they were told to march-to form the line in front of the cross, when they were told to form;-shall they have to boast of giving a member to the county of Wilts? Shall we not rather beat them from the field? Will you, Gentlemen, who are making such a glorious stand against the tyranny of clubs and Quorums, submit to this military despo tism, appropriately introduced with a tri-coloured cockade? Perish the thought! You have made a noble stand, and in Devizes too-John's own castle, the very hive of the Quorumites!

"What! hunt the lion to his den,
"And take him there!"

'Twas a bold stroke! Well done, Gentlemen! Bravo! Wiltshire men! And done so quietly, too!-done so much like freemen! Who are the disturbers of the public peace-the friends of Mr. Methuen and Mr. Wellesley, or the Old MoonRaker? (who, by the bye, was not there). The Quorum, of whom Mr. Calley is a member-or the men who, in the discharge of a great constitutional duty, submitted to insult from those who were the conservators of the public peace?, Again I repeat, Well done, Wiltshire men! Persevere, and you'll be free-do it like men, and you'll deserve it. The 18th of June, the day of your nomination, was the aniversary of the battle of Waterloo, when the gallant Wellington, by victory, restored the peace, and secured the liberties of Europe. I trust it is ominous-that it will prove propitious, equally propitious, to his nephew, when contending for the long-lost rights and independence of your county. It is to your exertions that he looks for support: second his endeavours, and his efforts will be crowned with the most ample success. You observed the unfair and unhandsome manner in which he was treated by the Quorumites and the dregs of the clubs;-you saw, that, although Mr. Benett could not have procured a hearing from those who were "almost unanimous" in his favour, but for the interposition of Mr. Wellesley, yet that courtesy could not prevent his receiving interruption from one individual, whose conduct was certainly at variance with his station and circumstances in life. This is the way in which they have acted all along : there is nothing fair, or candid, or manly, in their proceedings. You will convince them that there is something of a different kind in yours; and will, by returning him as your representative, reward his exertions in your cause.

I am, Gentlemen, your faithful Friend,
TITUS TRUEMAN.

Devizes, June 19th, 1818.