The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-11-18 00:00:00

This hoofs doctiatent was @iota by foie or he 4
boodred news, collected frogs all ports of this
county. by the active eserdass of cletiesi and
allele 'gents • and host way who wittier in.
derslood the import of the sill., nor the lewdest? of '
tl•a atessore. Nor was this the only °bird of 'hose I
lodultion• vivo ; assisted its gene instasees by
the CI w lens sad Omormeos, they did sent fail
In cob • ire intended Meeting, and i.e urge the
ron.atti .iice of the rte•heithirs sod Yerineonry.
With whet effect these efforts were attended, has 6,510
toady been seared.
Soon after twelve, thecifiih Sheriff commmocool the
proceedings with Me tweet forwalition ; calling spots
the speakers to canine themselves strictly to the
subject proposed for dismcosion, and to hear the son-
thnolios ~1 Al, with most iwpatthilte and caolloor.
Mr. Foley, of Newport, Are adahveleet the Meet.
ing, le a speech which occupied about half as in
its delivery, mod etched tontines% bursts of sPPlltsse-
-11. concluded by sooriog • series of Resolutions,
which were most fatly wooded by Me. Clive, of
t Whitfield; and being afterwards pat severally to the
vote by the %Prig, were carried ewitist getteral
ecelleteaine. without' one dinostiont tteiev.
Mr. It. Pik., M. V. for the county, Sir lforfrord
Bart. Mr. Knight, Mr. ticadeniorr., Mr. RA.
orillw,snd other Gentlemen of the county. ofterwoods
addressed the Meeting. Theodor WPM voted to the
Nigh Sheriff, and the osseashiag• dispersed *Wheat
the slightest iadication of towel' or disorder.
LORD SRRINGIVM.

The follnaing batter has brew 'delimited by his
Lordship in the Nobility. Grotty, Civil/v. Yeomanry,
and other Frat•holdera of the cannily of Ibreow:—
GILPITLIMEN‘—The R•solations of • Private
bleotittg, bold at Etoter, on the sth inst. haviag lotion
enerelly circalaiod throoghoot the county for sigh
moor., under the tile of a " Loyal Declaratiow
I think it due to you, as itA of in .raysoc. to owe
publicly the grounds on which I decline allitiag my
Ma, to tient.
" I hove always confhlerel respect for the roligion.
end attachment to the Constitution of oar cavalry,
us *mown the first and simplest duties of *very good
subject ; and, therefor.. that • *maniac ahaelstation of
these sootiments is only rendered eithernoctsaery the
when nut own prineip:tas are called in qu
or when tircentstaricrs unhappily give us Cadge to
sasfect those of any large por.ion of our neighbours.
pinta. It would be %Instil to moppet*. that the rimpect.
ehle G.401.'11,11 who originated this Loyal D•rlsra-
lion could have thought it teatisisite for the vionlico.
lion of their own character.' : sod although I am
aware that Devonshire has not been wholly Payout,
front the poison of blarphentnea writings, yet the
witivorsal disgust whirh they have @sated, and the
prniocotinn instituted against the only parson who
has horn felon! employed in the publication of them
in obit enemy. are merle pnworful genitally, against
the continuant' of en offence. condemned alike by
the fooling, of the p•ople, end by the halts of the
land ; whilst the perfect ttanquillity of the county,
soil the general Bond condttet of all clams of its is.
habitant', effort, satisfactory proof, that They have
not been seduced from the defy which they owe to
their Kitty, their Country, or to their Goal.'
" It is, therefor.. to Innatetions its other and
distant pails of tho kingdom, that I can aloneateri.
battithe apprehensions espressrd is the Declaration ;
and it is with termite* to shame trinsactiont partite.
laity. that 1 ant compelled to dissent from it.
" Disapproving, at I do from my heart, the con.
duct of thmie miatitierous demagogues. whose ab.
send %bootie* anti extravagant pretensions have done
suelairreparshle Injury to the caws* •f temperate
sod salutary Reform, I cannot, however, consent to
brood as' thresteoing tint sithvorsion of ell waft sad
Goverament; those Public bleetiogs which, with very
few enceptions. appear to fume been called according
to the form prescribed by law. and with the !owlet
view to making a statement of pitesocint, sod of
rationing far their redress; bet. legit of ell, could
I do so at a time when, in cantseqeence of recent
*vents, that esproastion of ghat opinion west, es I
etioroiee, be conereed iota an indirect approval of
the manner in which one of those Meeting' wen des.
poroPti, and into an implicit intention of supporting
some 1.166186ge measeres for resteittieg their tight of
petition is future.
" I well know to what obloquy and mbropr.aen•
lotion thlt 'towel will s..hjert ate from some of my
political opponents; and I fear that I may have the
greater waisforton• dilfetiog from of than.
Meads, with whom it hat been my pride and my hip.
playas to „ atonally. on ishjocts of a public na.
tare ; bat I shiteld be unworthy of the trust which
you have reposed in me, if I could be deterred. by
say such cosiidinasiona, from candidly making
known to yaw my sentiments en this most important
ocotillo ; sod I most that the time it not yet cover,
whoopee* as avor.j•slotes satiety to mesone intim.
late the tights sad libtartioas of the ponple of Etiglattri
cam be geoerstly ntimoottrimil into en apology for
blasphemy, or • &genee of embalm.— I have the he.
moor to be. with 'teat truth, Gentlemen, your obligati
mid faithful servant.
• 14mM.

EBRINGTON."