The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-07 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF PETER-

BO ROUG 11.

OCNTISMEN,—On receiving the STATEsItAN news•
paper, of the Ist of January. I read Mr. Scarlett's letter
to you gentlemen, his former constituents.—Knowing
that some kind Lord,had taken you for many years under
his holy protection, and was in consequence vu4 arty
called your Patron, and not recollecting who that Lord
was, immediately wrote to a friend in London for in-
formation ; meaning not only to address you, but him
alsoon us precious a production as ever came from the
pen of a boininee !
On this day, January 3, I see that Mr. Cobbett has
addressed you ; and in his usual style, has cut up this
Mr. J. Scarlett to the very quick, but that shall not
stop the blow it was my intention to give him. Gentle-
!nen, I pronounce then this letter,signed J. Searlett an in-1
snit to you and toeommom sense; bare/heed in every sense
of the word; for he tells you " He set the imam value
upon the honor of representing you." Although he had
given you up to a fearjel certainty of another election !
to snit his own fancy for roving ! singing on the road
from Peterborough to Cambridge" How happy could I
he with either," &c.
Here gentlemen you have a specimen, with what con.
tempt the horoughmongers themselves, hold the Electors
of En' land! and if Mr. Scarlett do not consider you a
Stupid, besotted, set of people; how can he for ens mo-
ment conceive that you are to be humbugged by such
a farrago of nonsense and of Fowl.? ?
After 1 had Rot off my letter to London, I thought (if
my recollection served me right) that the Peer, in whose
sunshine yon bad 'so Ibeg basked, was the Earl Fitz
william !—You must he aware, gentlemen, that this
Noble Lord is now through his son Lord df ilton, advo•
eating the cause of Parliamentary Reform ! whose name
appears at the head of a Reqrtisition to call the
great County of York together, on a ques-
tion, upon which hinges either our ruin or our
salvation ! Will he then, Lord Milton, or
liis venei able father, countenance such a letter, and
such conduct towards men, and those men freeborn En-
gliAimen ? No, gentlemen, lam confident that Lord
Fitzwilliain and Lord Milton, know how to appreciate
the dignity of their own character too well ; and will
scorn to sanction such disgusting Sycophancy, when
practised open the Electors of Peterborough!
Mr. Cobbett has told you, that possibly he may offer
himself as candidate for your suffrages; before I was
aware of this, gentlemen, being confident that you
would never put op with Mr. Scarlett as your future re-
presentative, after having forfeited every patience to
abets atioliononr. it was my intention to inform you,
that if uo other man would come forward, and take up
your sante, I was ready so to do, if called upon by you ;
hut so sensible am I. of my own inability to serve you
at this eventful periad, as essentially as Mr. Cobbett can.
that you will, not for one moment think of me, when
put in competition with intellects so vastly superior, and
ea essentially necessary at this moment with his.
Whatever may be the event, if I possibly can, I shall
attend the election; if, for no other purpose than to see,
what sort of a face Mr. Scarlett can have the assurance
to meet those men whom he has held so pointedly cheap!
till then, I remain, Hentlenten, our obedient servant,
CHARLES WOLSELEY.
WolerbeiiSic 3, 1823.

'Tito ministerial papers have batched a rumour that
the intended Yorkshire county meeting is adjourned
sine die. This is a mere fabrication, for which the pub-
lic are Indebted to the Leeds Intelligences, and has not
in It tinkle word of truth. Tile committee for re-
ceiving the signatures affixed to the Requisition, du not
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never intended that the musty meeting should be held
till after Parliament bad assembled.—(Leeds Mercury)
Mutinous Rinertox.—Extract of a letter from East-
bourne Several of the farmers here, and in the
neighbourhood, have been served with several notices.
of a further charge upon their horses, for haring, as is
supposed, used them in assisting to unload the Thames,
Fast Indiainan, stranded here in February last. The
appeal, we understand, is to take place in the course of
this month, before the Commissioners, at Fink, when
we should think their grievances will be redressed,
otherwise. in ease of a similar disaster, we fear, horses
sill not easily be found, as should the further charge
in this ease stand good, a farmer in this neighbourhood
is to pay eight guineas for extra tate., for the use of
them, while be only received for their labour, four
guineas."—(Sesser Advertiser.)

The good people of Camelford and its immediate
vicinity, have been lately occupied by a contest which
has arisen between the partisans of the two Noble Lords
who contend for the Patronage of that ancient and re-
spectate borough. The Earl of Darlington having
purchased the greater part of the houses and lands with•
In the boundaries of the borough, conceives he has
thereby obtained a legitimate right to nominate the
Members who represent it in Parliament, according to
the ancient and hiudable usage of the place. This claim
wkicis the law of the land does not exactly recognise,
Las latterly been disputed by the Marquis of Hertford,
who conceives that the rightofnomination belongs to the
individual who can addoce to the electors themost weighty
and sail factory arguments in support of his claim ; and
in order to be in a situation the must favourab:e for giv-
ing to his appeals to tbefeelings and patriotism of the
said electors, the greatest possible effectohe Marquis has
purchased almost all the houses and land within the Bo-
rough, that do not belong to the Earl of Darlington. In
the course of these purchases, be has become possessed
of a moiety of a tenement consisting of a house and about
airier.' of land, called Culloden, the other moiety of
which belongs to Lord Darlington. The tenant in
possession of this valuable spot, was induced by some
means or other, which must remain unexplained, to sur-
render the premises to the friends of the Earl, on the
night of the 22nd of last month. As soon as this impor-
fain event came to the knowledge of the friends of the
)tlirqui?, they mustered in considerable force, in order
to oust the intruders, by force of arms. For this pur-
pose, they commenced an attack upon the outer gate
with hatchets, Le. in order to force an entrance;—the
retainers of the legitimate Patron flew to arms, made a
twilit, and a furious conflict ensued. There is nn know-
leg wirikt damage might have been sustained in life and
limb, amongst the redoutable champions of legitimacy,
on the one hand, and of popular rights, on the other,
had not the Mayor of the Borough, as in duty bound,
hastened to the spot, and denounced the penalties
of the law against the disturbers of the peace of
our Sovereign Lord the King, by reading the Riot
Act, and ordering the guardians of the said peace to
take into safe custody four of the most furious of the
assailants, who are named John Honey, John Matthews,
Eduard Hinder and John Tingcombe, who have been
held to boil for their appearance at the Quarter Sessions,
to answer for the levying of war of which they are ac-
cused. The premises remain in possession of the legi-
timates, but their title to hold it will be made the sub-
ject of legal inquiry. The Marquess of Hertford, it is
understood, Isos applied to the Court of Chancery, in
order to obtain a division of the land In question, on
which he intends to erect !souses, for the aceotnniuda-
ton of his friends and the increase of the number of
worthy and independent electors within the Borough of
Canielford. It is somewhat remarkable that the legi-
timate Patron is a Whig, whilst the Noble and Illus-
trious advocate of inoorotio.• and borough-revolution is
rank T ory.—(West Briton.)