How was it, Sir, the committee of this respectable body of men issued circulars to their local friends, stating the probable success that attended their suit, in your joint advocacy; and that, at the House, you cautiously saw the gallery cleared, and then abandoned your professions?

You will not, Sir, I trust, in the freedom which I have used, do me the injustice to attribute to me any motive, but those, which, in the commencement of this address, I avowed. Religiously, Sir, do I repeat, I have not the least pique or animosity existing towards you; and that had your conduct been adorned with as much integrity as your latter professions, your early promise, Sir Thomas Acland, would, in my estimation, have ranked equal to that character who is eternized in virtuous cause.*

For, Sir, it so happens, stranger as I am to your knowledge, your domestic virtues and practices are intimate to my acquaintance. Your early devotion to the prosecution of studies, which were well calculated to teach a man the duties of him who was to be the future guardian of our rights, and the preserver of our constitution, I was well acquainted with.

Of your conduct, as a father and a husband, I have the means of forming accurate judgment.

Your Franklin-like economy of time, I have registered on my memory; and when you, Sir, "bend (I hope) the pious knee," to bring your domestics to a daily recollection of the duties they owe their Maker, I can tell you the hour; and suffering huma nity, can, and does proclaim to the world that relief which the hand of ACLAND affords to the victims of penury and want; whether as daily visitors of pauperism to the mansion of your forefathers, or the hitherto distressed agriculturalists.

Yet, Sir, your conduet, as a member of the British senate, convinces me, in domestic life, various im*Late Mr, Bastard.

portant duties may be performed, while the same individual can, anticipating the tinsel of the robe of British peerage, barter for its decoration our sacred rights, and sacrifice integrity for the bauble.

Exeter, June 11, 1818.

VERITAS.

To the Freeholders of the County of Devon.

The enemies to your independence-the foes to your liberty of thought and action are on the alert. Do you not discern the wolves in sheeps' clothing? Take heed in time, and spurn, with merited indignation, the entreaties, the threats, and the various inducements with which you are by turns assailed. Exercise, with becoming spirit, your elective franchise, and you are safe-if you do not, you will assist in degrading this fair and great county into the pri vileged domain of a junto of bigotted priests, arbitrary magistrates, and venal boroughmongers-men, who, actuated by no motives of generous ardour for your real welfare, cry out with one accord, "We are the privileged orders, and it is for you to obey our mandates." By whom and for whom are your votes canvassed? Pull off the flimsy covering, and there you have the whole drama plain before you.

Mr. BASTARD, good and amiable as he is, knowing that he has not that energy and firmness the dignified situation of representing this extensive province requires, would glide into that retirement and domestic privacy he would so truly ornament, feeling, that for him "the post of honor is a private station." But no, say the alarmists, this must not, shall not be; (they are very imperative) shall it be endured that such a man as LORD EBRINGTON shall fill the situation? Shall such horrible political principles contaminate this loyal county? Shall the pernicious doctrines he avows (we shall see what they are presently) be permitted to have full scope here?

Shall so base, so flagitious an act, as that of attempting to enlighten the minds of the freeholders of Devon, and to open their eyes to their true interest, prevail here? No, say they, in close divan, if LORD EBRINGTON now succeeds, farewell to that influence we have so long enjoyed, and which is our real prescriptive right. If we do not defeat this hideous conspiracy, a freedom hostile to our views of selfinterest will prevail, and, as privileged orders, we are no more. Men will respect us only as we are wise, benevolent and good; and, as on these qualities we cannot all safely rely, let us sound the toscin-let us rouse our coadjutors in every direction-let the cry of "the church is in danger, the state is attacked,' be raised. You, the clergy, threaten the occupiers of lands to raise your tithes. You, formidable justices, shake your big wigs, and frown horribly; and, if you are great landed proprietors, fetter the voices of such of your tenantry as are freeholders. And you, gentle boroughmongers---and you, minions and worshippers of the "powers that be," exert that overweening influence you possess, retire severally to your posts, commence the glorious work, and all may yet be well. 'Tis said, and done. Mr. BASTARD is dragged forward; and, as these men are consistent in their views, being all men of sound principle, Sir THOMAS ACLAND, (great patriot!) is their favorite also. And so Sir T. and Mr. B. hunt in couples. Sir THOMAS ACLAND!--- Prodigious! Let us inquire a little into this gentleman's public conduct, and see how far he is entitled to your support. Did Sir Thomas raise his voice, with honest indignation, against that wanton and profligate measure, the suspension of the habeas corpus act---by which, you were all placed at the mercy of any magistrate who wish to court the great ---by which, any man, who, by his bold and manly conduct, had incurred the hatred of men in power, less bold and less manly than himself, might have been imprisoned, ruined, and degraded, without a trial?

Did Sir Thomas give his vote for indemnifying the ministers, spies, and informers, against the consequences of their conduct during this cruel suspension? Has the vote of this gentleman been uniformly given in favor of the subject on all questions connected with the expenditure of the revenue? I fear not---and indeed I much suspect, that on all questions of real and vital importance, Sir Thomas has been "a court cuddler," as a writer in the Alfred emphatically terms it. I beg his pardon, however,---for I do recollect, that, owing to the indefatigable exertions (smile gently, but do not laugh out, if you can avoid it) of Sir Thomas and Mr. B. some few score hogsheads of cyder, which had been seized by the revenue officers, on some alleged presumption of fraud, were restored to the owners.---FreeholderS! This was an excellent stratagem to ensure oblivion for flagrant bad votes---it was a trap well laid, baited by the ministry, who are most excellent rat-catchers; but, luckily, you are too crafty; the snare won't take---and, in good truth, it is a trivial affair, either was the seizure legal or illegal: if legal, and the act fraudulent, we should concur in the justice of it; and, if otherwise, there can be no merit in performing a duty. But be assured, and an undoubted fact it is, that the whole was an election trick, got up by the aforesaid conjunction of worthies, and if it does not meet the contempt it deserves, the fault is with you.

FREEHOLDERS!---LORD EBRINGTON stands before you, and solicits your suffrages. Firm to his word---consistent in his political conduct---a friend to the liberties of the people---an advocate for the just rights of mankind--a supporter of the best prerogatives of the crown, and a constitutional loyalist. He deserves them. Energy of mind, decision of character, and a cool temper, point out his Lordship as the land-mark of our hopes. He will place himself in every breach made against the privileges of the people; and it may be safely said, that he has neve

given a voice against your interest or your happiness. He has, in short, preserved the character (and no trifling one it is, in these days of political degeneracy) of a consistent patriot. Elect, then, LORD EBRINGTON; and suffer not any false consideration of undue interest to bias you. Do your duty, be zealous and true, and you will secure, not only the delights of present self-approbation, but the gratitude of your fellow subjects, and the admiration of your posterity. A FREEHOLDER.

June 11, 1818.

DEVON DEGRADED!

BROTHER FREEHOLDERS,

In the county of Wilts, it was suspected that a coalition had taken place, between Two of the candidates for the representation of that county in parliament:---The FREEHOLDERS spiritly demanded an explanation, and the candidates instantly disavowed all connexion with each other. A similar report was afloat in the city of WESTMINSTER, to the prejudice of Sir Samuel Romilly. His committee declares in the Morning Chronicle,' of Saturday last, "That he is, and will continue to be, wholly uncon66 nected with any other candidates; and that his "supporters do not presume to dictate to the people "of Westminster, who shall be his colleague!!!"

Have not Mr. BASTARD, and his supporters, openly and insolently presumed to dictate to us who shall be his colleague? They have dared to avow, that one vote is not worthy of his acceptance, unless the other is given to the UNPOPULAR BARONET Shall we act less greatly than our brethren of Wilts, and Westminster? No! Let us boldly resent the injustice of this daring violation of our rights, and let the shouts of No Dictator ! No Dictator! No Dictator! resound throughout insulted Devon!

Plymouth-Dock, Devon, 15th June, 1818.