The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-04 00:00:00

NORTH WILTS

(From the Wiltshire Independent.)
We beg to put the independent Electors of North Wilts
on their guard against a set of men brought down from
London by the Burdett party to bribe, intimidate, and
kidnap the Methuen and Long voters. The Tories, on
making up their canvass Books last week, found themselves
nearly 1,000 in the minority ; and seeing that their game
was lost if played fairly, they determined to attempt to filch
it by the above dishonest means : hence the importation
into Wiltshire this week of certain agents and myrmidons,
who pollute the soil they tread on, and are a disgrace to
any cause ; but we arc proud to think that the Tories do
deep injustice to our native county in treating it as they
would Bridgwater, Stafford, Norwich, and such like cor-
rupt and despicable places. Not only are Wiltshire men
virtuous, and high principled, but they are brave too, and
will not tamely submit either to be tampered with by bribes
or deterred from voting by intimidation. Should any of
those evil practices which we have mentioned be resorted
to by the Tories, or their agents, we feel assured that the
men of our county will not be found backward in doing
their duty ; but that they will defeat the inventions of the
enemy, by zeal, activity, and decision. In their hands we
are willing to leave the matter, confident that we shall not be
disappointed in the result.
We understand Sir Francis Burdett met with a very
cold reception at Swindon ; scarcely a cheer was given ex-
cept by a few men who were hired for the occasion : another
fit of the gout may be confidently expected.
'We beg to call the notice of our country readers to an
extract from the illark Lane Express, which will be found
with the agricultural news. This article, coming as it does
from a paper exclusively devoted to the interest of the
farmers, will we doubt not be perused by them with great
attention.
We know several instances of independent electors of
North Wilts who have been threatened by their landlords
to be ejected from their farms and their gardens, unless
they do violence to their feelings and their consciences by
voting for Burdett ; we refrain from publishing the names
until we see the threat put into execution, when we will
let the world know who are the mean, dastardly fellows,
who thus dare to intimidate men honester than themselves.
The attention of the Men of North Wilts is called to
the following statements :
In the Salisbury herald is the report of a meeting at
Devizes, on Thursday, the 27th ult., of the friends of Sir
F. Burdett, and it. is somewhat remarkable, that the only
person who steps forward to say a word in favour of Old
Glory is a brother renegade from the extremity of South
Wilts, and who is there known by the name of Old
Glory, jun.
This man was formerly driven from the Church in con-
sequence of his then Liberal opinions and other little

This man was, for many years after, the pupil and sup-
porter of Cobbett, who declared the whole body of Wilt-
shire farmers to be a set of joulterheads.
This man, down to a recent period, has been the sup-
porter of Mr. Methuen.
But this man's political creed now is, to sacrifice all
principle and act solely for his own interest.
This man would therefore now support the Devil.
Let me ask the honest men of North 'Wilts if they will
suffer themselves to be bamboozled by such apostate sup-
porters of Old Glory, the renegade.
ONE OF THE JOULTERHEADS.
Bradford, August 1, 1837.