The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-04 00:00:00

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the land, are guilty of a most fml, anti unmerited
slander azainst those who are equ.illy with thewse:e,.
attached to their rightful Sovereign, and to tlee
ton. stitiatiou, which nal Co happily settled at the
glorious revolution of Itit., and which serums
to the Ilotts.• of Brunswick the succession to the
Throne of these realms.
4. That the invatnahte privilege we enlby in ,Se
Liberty o:*the Pies., is more grossly abused by
Tae
('up. i, r newspaper than by any other publication of
the present clay, and that by eirculatinz constant!,
through Jut the kingdom the atrocious calumnies is.,;
(erred to in the ptereding Resolution, and by ok,
artitiecs endeavouring to colifiottid the seniitmnsaw
conduct of the most intemperate and seditious, with
those of a very large proportion of their fellow.,i.
jests, who will yield to non: in firm and loyal antrih.
meat to their ;iing, and in devotedness to the best i..
terests of ;heir country, that therefore this newspart,
deserves to be coi.sidered as a public nuisance.

TO THE EDITOR OF Ti rinsmax.

Trowbridge. Dee. I,
Sto,—ln consequence of an account cf the late V.
lumin.ftios in Trowbridge, inserted in that venal and
contemptible print, the Currie r, n hich was a complete
tissue of fals.lsood, the inhabitants determined to
burn that paper in the public market-place; aecordingly
public notice was given by the crier, pld most of the
trademen contributed either money, Ire:gots, tar.
bartelt, &r. for the purFo..e ; and at sic o'clock lad
night a gallows was erected, upon whirh r„ ‘,..
pen. Jed the ab.,re vehicle of lies. ITlont the blue
was at its height, a signal was g.yest, and the ub
noxious paper was reduced to ashes, amid pablic bison
and other marks of contempt.
As I mentioned in my last, there :rasa Cert3lll
clans in this town who gave pultiit: notice bat tier
would not illuminate, but still thought pr..per to ds
so. 'these persona, mortified in, the extreme at the
spirit shown by the population of Trowbridge (theta
is little doubt) penned the senseless anti lying paper
which was transmitted to the Op hen, tbe,e
chosen few thought proper to rert their spleen, and
thus the inhabitants hate shown their sense of sali
condnet.

I can assure you that there are n t above 10 or 12
persons in the town of Trowbridge nnfivorable to the
cause of the Queen and these persons Gill themselves
the Gentry, the rest they (or the Curtner) term Rare-
nutlfitio. 1 have always understood that Gentility cos.
sisted more in actipn than in property : if this be coy.
meet, the Ragamuff►n* iu this town suust take plane
of the Gentry, as their conduct throughout the late
illumination business will give them a better title to
the appellation. If lam correctly informed, there is
not one of the aforesaid Gentry bu, a few years back.
was classed with the very lowest of the cbthing•trade.
This, of course, is no discredit to them, rather the
contrary: hut they should fiat behave a as 1, remind
men of their former station, they should not forget
themselves in prosperity.
At the request of several readers of *he Siatesasas
in this town, 1 send you the above, and remain, Sit,
your obedient servant,
J. CLAIM