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the numerous pence with which he emetr wrd to
ett; et 1611 retreat. 111 spore like these the day iv. a
w lord tell shoat three o'clock ; at that time. as
rweltskifr"rstheweCrel reratodinelfe ilhoollrisstreesorMilip4; Is
• beltelioehibited. from one of Mr. Astley's open
houses. • piece of cat's meat. and also certain bar.
ley-banitocks, decorated with those colours which.
i in their opinion. ought to he protected fripmerety
I insult—we mean scarlet and blow,. They imme-
diately demanded the removal of this oisrixious
spectacle; and so completely were the Attleyillee
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now compelled to quail before the Worthies, that
they obeyed the behest, though nor without some
.slight niurinnis at what they called the harshness
of it.
Alery minutes after this transaction had ocewrred,
a strong retuforetaneut of special constables assitte4
st the place of election, and uskaglid themiet
with those who already were thafillt. kt 'Noe.
time-the shooters of most of At hooves isithe id.'
•tencled lino of march were closed, whilst,citie other
windows were crowded with numbers of handsome
and respectable females. wearing either hi:mods. or
shawls, err gowns. of Mr. Benetre eoloure. A
stage-coach, which had been used for the conveyl.
once of the voters in Mr. Benett's interest from va-
rious parts of the country, was also drawn up to the
malthouse ; and it Will generally reported (and the
report afterwards turned out true) that Mr. Benett
was to be drawn on it through the town, instead of
being chaired, as the custom generally is upon
such occasions as the present. Expectation, winch
these various circurnstauces had already raised to a
very high pitch, was raised still higher by the ar-
rival of the sword with which the Knight of the
Shire is inverted on his being declared duly elected.
As soon as it was seen by the crowd (and the
person who brought it brandished it.aloft very con-
spicuously), they burst into the song of God save
the King, and cheered the bearer of it most loudly.
The harmer-men and the band then began to take
' the respective stations which they were to hold in
the procession ; and this had scarcely been dope,
before a stout partisan of Mr. Benett, who
has scarcely been off horseback during the whole
electioo, and whose name we copilot at pre.
sent recollect, cried out in a loud voice. " John
Benett, Esq. conic forward; the High Sheriff
wants you in the malthouse." These were the
sounds which the assembled multitude had been
long so eagerly and anxiously expecting to hear;
they were the sounds that their victory was corn.
pleted ; and as soon as they vibrated upon their ears,
they rushed with the loudest acclamat to the
Place where Mr. Benett was standing, and for sonic
time, by the pressure which they tootle upon him,
prevented him reaching the spot where the High
Sheriff and the assessors were wailing to declare to
hint the result of the contest. When this had beets
effected, when the return hail been signed, and Mr.
Benett had been invested with the sword and spurs,
he returned to his friends on the outside of the malt.
house. In his absence they had hoisted upon one pole
a placard. stating Mr. Benett's majority to be alto-
gether 166, and upon two others, the words " See
the couquering hero comes." On his return the
band struck up the tune, whose commencing line
we have just quoted, and tlte multitude joiued in
the chorus to the song. At this stage of the bust.
nesse short pause ensued, during which it was de-
bated whether Mr. Benett ought to ride in a gentle.
man's private carriage, which had drawn up to the
spot for the purpose of receiving him, or monut
the equipage to which allusion has been previously
made. It was decided that he should ascend the
stage-coach, as he would he more conspicuous in
that situation than in the other, and as. by giving
two of the banners to those of his supporters who
sat along with him, he might be fanned by the air
of those banners under which to great a triumph had
been achieved. As soon us he hail taken his seat in
this position, the conclave of heaven rang with sn-
other tremendous shout; after which the procession
began to move through the different streets of Salis-
bury, greeting and greeted by those of their friends
who lay along the line of its march. It is now re-
quisite to state, that the population of Salisbury.
including men, women, and children. as calculated
in the last census, does not amount to 7,000 soul*.
Of this population we have before remarked. that
the loiter orders were strong adherents of Mr. Ass.
ley; and, therefore. it is only reasonable to conjec-
ture that few of them mingled iii this procession.
Still the influx of strangers was an great, that in
reek g the mindwrs of those whip attended Mr.
Bench's triumphal car at ti.ooo, we ate convinced
that we are considerably below, the real mark.
If we were to attempt to detail one half of the cit..
etwiatinces which occoried 'luring the continuance
of the procession, we should tire our leaders by an
endless repetition of cheers and appLimies. We shall
therefore pass over all that interveised before Mr.
lienett made his address of thanks to the populace
111 the market-place.
He began it by elating, that they hail now fulfilled the
promise which they had made him ; they hail returiud lion
as their Representative; und so lung as they honoured him
with their summit, lie would toot be backward in main.
111111illg !heir 111111.114.11111 t owe —; (lireia.)--1 hey hail fought
a noble fight, :11111 by their toy:winded t x,'rtiouli had
rendered their triumph complete —;Cheers )—ile hail said
at the commenceinent of the contest, that, assiated by
their troth, their honour, and their honesty, victory
was certain to twit& him; and be had not been mistaken
in the opinion which be had fortned.--(ckeers.)—They bad
that day won, in fair battle, the independence of the tonally;
nail won it, too, in such a manner at deeply inspreeeest liiiie
with itie CWIVICIIItII, that the privileges of the c ttttt isomers
of Wiltshire would henceforward be inviolate fur centuries,
--(Yoe iferorss a pirrnbut Inn.)—Tlie struzgle in which they
hail been emoged was to common struggle; it was it struts
gle again,' the combined influence of the Peels, and mint
Powerful (Amities of itti• comity, who lord wished to exercise
an undue Interference in the emote of their Representatives;
against that influence they had fought nomfolly, and he was
again happy to repeat it, triumPhed glisriously.—;elsetrs.)
He would not advert to any weirs of the former rootiot in
which he had been engaged, ant wowid lie allude to any *hint
utipleaseut which had bappeded in the present emit. et ; he
would merely unite with them is 'saying, that posterity wore 4
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hie faints roodum. He had ewes 'be honour of reprereasiug
Wiltshire : he was well aware of the denies which he 1.0.110
ate Hie respoweilbility wbieb be had to intonea
,issiersprestre of Hatt hhtb hoeout t • he' Amnia go tutu *us.
=Of Commaion perfetely swebasided: he goren . 0 •
to ellettort any new or soylbeasore : he fort sie si
Iteeitoolod hr /be party to epPleittitte,sboe mew voelie put
Is power! he should give Se ether support to finvessomet t •
grbkh ..old *sable it tet carry its istemseres who n
alike fir the geed of the pespie.—(Cilifers:)—He ,not been
opposed tied sakosiled boa by Whig and Tortes mod I e
' lbought that dna was the ilmentest 'pehof which ream
/lee of his indepoadescesi• a. tt te.l-441e never mild.
romtiler that the people were made fur tbefifierfettintut./10-11
wet she tkorrnitomt for the pee*, It was sheer tore his is -
timist, sa brio' Me .1 She peepte„ to "mead to their waists
antitersiotties, awl to represeut theta ea as fie erield •
to those who were olde to supply "Shroa.—lehrses)--
let Ilibitlpteie• a ',meet boater thus Mat. Whirl, they Pei
jowl tvisilewed elli Mtn cabld not exist ; tkalec'trits nit peirsion
ear prey orbit% Me could rreite (rest the greatest Illeassiti
-is the' *UM Iblittiblidlibilk-dowlieago for st. Th. o.lllll—'-
; wheel' were bseombeit ess hint She received te.elsre
whsay and sedative if be 64/led Orin well, We stay •
recompense to which he look(/ forward was tertr top-
pnibstion; fur be assure tlitai, that tlm.gh thorn
was nothing in the world which he dreaded se much
as their ceasnre, there was sardines whit" hi prise* HT
highly as their applante.—(Citeers (store conduct
ought to be closely and severely watched by them, his ram.
silt %testis : when he act. d wtougly, they m4OO to OW Um
horseman°. of it, and if he did 110 i amend. troglio to•ehuisse
tome better man to represent thee) —f" sr. ednet find
owe.")—lts expiessiog his gratitude to them, he (mild visit
say either as much as br • wished or as lie ought. He
could, however, assure them, that a large stere of gra-
titude fur the favours which they had conferred no him
war treasured up in hi. Wort. If, however, Itenould shot
express his thanks to them, bow was it possible that lie
should address Aim to the Ladies, who hod fusgiit their
cause most Nobly, sod who bad cootribmed ao much to•this,
oweevairof it by the tidbit...re which they possessed over their
holier% husbands, brothers, stud lovers —(Tosin/loons op.
phrase )—They (his audience) hod acted like Wiltshire men
sad like Britons: they had obeyed tint wishes of the Ladies,
mad t. gratifyiag their desires, bad pleased both themselves
and thene.—(Rrevo.)—With regard to the persotisl attieh.
meet which they exhibited so warmly towards hint, he could
sot forget that the true came of it was the iudependeuce of •
Wiltshire. lu their bands he had been hut all i11111561t in-
strument ; and it at any time they found him unequal to the
burden abith they bed imposed on hits, sod omit her itut:ti-
dual more capable of supporting it, be would support that
individual with as much energy as they had supported Into
(Mr. Breen) derail the present roiliest —(('beers )—lle then
esburted the vast multitude which were assembled Iwfme
him to preserve peace, order, aisd lnaquiltity ; to she.
so Moults to the adversaries whom they had defeated.
but to take them by the hood, and conciliate their frieniship.
This was the part which he istentlill lu set towards M,jor
Astley : be had gime oat of town that morning, or he (Mr.
Beam) would have vine, now that the control was doted.
sad have shaken him by the hand. He (Major Astlty) teas
an busiest man, and had erred in judgment : he should, there-
fore, She meat time that be saw him offer him his baud, ear
he would to a spoiled child who had oninteationally dour
him asiseidef. After entrriog More at large into those topic..
be essoeholed, by 'shorting his friends not to he found in ales
streets of Salisbury at • later hour than 10 o'clock -2(Ckeers
•I'he procession then morel' on to the White
Hart Inn, where Mr. ileitett, us sell as we could
hear, again went over the same subjects; after which
the whole procession being tired wills She fatigue
which they hail undergone, retired to their respec-
tive habitations. The evening passed tiff quietly,
if we except • few heads which were broken tit coal.
bats between individual*: there was nothing, at
I least. like • general tumult or disturbance.

Major Astley retired in the course of the morning
to his seat at Notion ball. nod has expressed a de-
termination to bring the proceedingcof the present
election before the House of Commons. It IN said
that he maintains, that among the votes which have
polled for Mr. &nett. there are t!4O illegal vote►.
The partisans of Mr. Benet feel very proud of
the triumph which they have gained over the Peers
of the county. With the exception of the Nlarquis
of Laiirdown and Lord Holland, they say that
every other Peer in the county interfered in brhaiY
of Mr. Astley. We understand tliit Sir F. Bur-
dett, Sir B. Hobhouse, Mr. Wilberforce, mid soma
other gentlemen of notoriety, held themselves en-
tirely neutral during the election.

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[From the " London Nets Price Current")

FRIDAY AFTENOOM, AUG. G.

CCITTOL—The purchases of Cottons since our last are ex-
tensive, exceeding. 2,300 packagos; the estimate is made toe
the week, up to the everting of yesterday; of comae
eluding the purchases of Friday and Saturday last week,
which were extensive; the pars iesi la. s are-
-200 Pernams, Mid. a 10111.; 40 Ceara's, 1714; VrPouls,
Ind.; 30 &orris, 131,1. ; 20 Catbageues, feta : in 8.4.
hops, 19.1. in bond ; 500 Surat., sq.'. a teld ; 1,5e9
81,61. a n.t. •
The accounts of the Liverpool market for 11w fieet two
slays of this week were rather uilfavourahle, few saki of
Cotton being reported; to-day, lioweowfs thi at, 01151% .o.re
more favourable; slating, that Ike demand not %V. doess..;oe
again revived, and on that slay the sales of Cottoo weie rs-
purled to exceed 3,000 hags.
C --There have been extensive public sales of
.Culiee
brought forward this wick; the whole *cut off wish eons..
dersble spirit, an advance was reali-e l on eye Widowed*.
yesterday's sale did not, however, support the improveme,ot ;
there were, however, estetrove purchases iu the market. au.,
generally Coffer may tee stab ol 111 great riorpießi; the pm..
varying 1.. a 2s. during the week; oo Weduesday 2,toiou
hags East India realised high prieer.-
J:lsa, pale....
(MI Moo, good
ordinary
S mission, orolmai y

The whole ROW without thr drawaelt.
The sale ..r Colfee this foreouou c.insisted of 173 c,.b.
Brilt.h Plmitatiou,stl,2ls easts liasanuith: the Jam.aira sfr•
sert tuns sohl with great briskness ls. is S. lugbet, oritol-tif
re.lisi:ltt 105..61. • 107., c l otiltuars I 11.. 461., nor er.l..
wiry or ordinary osidd:itoe 119 e. o.ad 12111.; the 11.tvap t.%
"'lto fine uttlanasy, and ...hi Leel7 on 117. ..An./
117 s. 0.1. The CsofTer mgrlte t mot. to day We <tali .1 re. ‘•
bitch/ at the utlrauce grorrally of 2.. • 34i. o 6 the KIP. $:(
ye/ten:ay,
Sosimi.—The slrmaiol for Obits rg-itfara hoe/dinar* ; U.
prices see Wilt !failed ; the liiWee .ei tplitits• sit
wre.seil Orin the cull-14 at 111.1
porehssiS of the hittie May he fo,
of Ili.; the ••Ki.iiirere Ware i.iar their
herd pu.d isu se Sours at Liverisoul, the lorie
being folly sa. hovel Itlatt ;It Luu.Nin tee taw
Meer qualities there to Ittt'e &IR wore.
The Iletisied suarlia ....utilities eery ans.'.
with g Is; coosi wade itsirrhases of Lail
alt sri• reported this wed! .st Sister

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