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WILTSHIRE ELECTION.

The election of two Members to represent this county
in Parliament took place this day at the ancient Cross itf
Walton. After the usual formalities had been gone through,
and the oath taken by Paul Methuen, Esq., Hilt Sheriff,
THOMAS GROVES. E-q., said thet he came forward to
propose a eentleman to represent this county in Parlia-
ment. He would not dwell on what our patriot King
had been obliged to do, yet it was a enhj-ct of satisfaction
to kn,,w that his Majesty had appealed to his loving people
to record by their vote their concurrence of the measure
which his Ministers had introduced for the welfare of the
country. Mr. Benett would support the Bill, he
`sad ever been in his place in the House of Commons.
'nil had ever been found fiehting the battles of the people;
anti the freeholders of Wiltshire might rely, that what
Isis conduct ever had been it would still continue. He
concluded by proposing John Benett, Esq. as a fit and
roper person to represent the county in Parliament.
WALTER LONG. jun., Esq., in presenting himself to
-econd the nomination of Mr. Benett, said it would be ne-
cessary to say a few words on the .object, Mr Benett
had been tried and his conduct approved of in several Parlia-
ments. He lad supported that measure of Reform which had
been introduced by Ministers, and which bad been echoed
from north to south, from east to west—a measure which
would give stability to the throne, an.l sat sfaction and
freedom to the people. They, the freeholders, were
indebted to their Members for their votes on the Reform
question, as any one might have turned the scale against
Government.

J. AUDRY, Eq. said that he had the honour to pro•
pose Sir John Dudgale Astley, whom he felt confident
would support, as he bad dine, the Bill of Reform intro..
duced by his Majesty's Ministers.
ALEXANDER. PowEL, Esq begged leave to second the
nomination, and to express his confidence in the candidate
submitted to their notice.

Mr. BENETT said that, after the eloquent manner in
which he had been proposed and seconded, he could ad-
vance but little. He would, however, detail his conduct
since the last e'ection, which, though short, was of mo-
mentous importance to the country. He entered Parlia-
ment with the intention of supporting the Administration
of the Duke of Wellington, and in that feeling he sup-
ported it on the first question on which the House divided,
yet, when the Duke of Wellington said he would oppose
any Reform which might be introduced, he (Mr. B.) with-
drew all confidence from it, and on the division on the
Civil List his name would be found in the majority, by
which his Grace had been obliged to resign the reins
of Government. Lord Grey then took office, but not
until he had the sanction of his Majesty to introduce an
efficient and effectual Reform in the House of Common.,
a p'edge which his Lordship had boldly and honourably
redeemed, by introducing a Bill which had given equal
satisfaction to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. A
measure which was too pleasing to the people to be accept-
able to the outs, who now united with the ultra-Tories to
overthrow that Government which was equally pleasing
to the King and the people ; and they had, he was sorry
to say, succeeded, and had obliged his Majesty to dissolve
Parliament. The outs and Tories had united themselves
to the boroughmongers, he did not mean to use an offensive
expression, yet they were boroughmongers since they dealt
in boroughs. The Ministry had been opposed by them in
every useful measure they had introduced. The tax on
the transfer of property, and the equalization of the timber
duties ; and though many of them voted for the second
reading of the Reform Bill, they did so in hopes of de-
stroying it in the Committee ; and when previous to its
going into the Committee that foolish old man, General
Gascoyne, introduced his - amendment, 15 opposed
that which they had supported in its second reading.
They trusted the King would not dissolve the Parliament.
But the King did dissolve the Parliament, and not only
did he dissolve the Parliament, but, to show his sincerity,
went in person to do it, appealing to his people whether
the measure introduced into Parliament was or was not
acceptable to the nation ; and thanks to the honest and in-
dependent freemen of Corporations, who by their
votes had supported the general wish of the country.
Of the Reform Bill he would say but few words; lie
would support it; he would support it because in the
first place it disfranchised sixty rotten boroughs; in
the second place it extended the franchise from close cor-
porations to every person renting a house above 101.
Yet, at the same time that he would support the principle
of the Bill, there were several things in the detail that he
should be glad to see altered, namely, as it regarded renters
of land, for by the Act on), those who held leases of
fourteen years, at the rate of 501. per annum could vote. He
thought that ell persons who rented land to that. amount
should he entitled to a vote. It bad been said that 101.
was too low a qualification, yet though that might
be the case with Liverpool and Manchester, he did not
think it would apply to county towns. Much had been
said about our glorious Constitution, yet it was necessary
to make such improvements in it as the country demanded,
In supporting the cause of the people he considered that
he should be supporting not only the ancient rights of the
Sovereign, but also of the aristocracy. It had b-en said
that borough property was as sacred as individual pro-
perty. This he denied, yet at one time he would have
given a remuneration to boroughmongers for their rights;
but it was because the people seemed lukewarm in the
cause, and it did not appear likely that they could be sb-
tained by any other means : but in the present instance he
would not give a halfpenny for them, for though their
transfer had been sanctioned by us ge, they never could
have been done by justice, as the rights and liberties of a
nation were above all price. He should also oppose the
division of the counties for the election of Members, as he
did not think it would lessen the expeuce; but that was
mere detail, and he would sacrifice that motion, if
he thought it would injure that great and glorious measure
which had been introduced by his Majesty's Ministers.
Sir JOHN DLIDGALE ASTLEY said that he heartily con-
curred with all that had been advanced by his honourable
friend and colleague, that he cordially agreed with, and
would strenuously support the Reform Bill, as he thought
it would tend to restore harmony to all classes of his
Majesty's subjects.
JOHN THOMAS MAYNE, Esq. said that he had a few
words to say. He congratulated the freeholders of Wilts
on the choice they had male this day; they bad done their
duty. They would return to Parliament two men who
would support that great and glorious measure, which had
been introduced by the most honest and able Ministry that
had ever undertaken the management of the affairs of this
country, a measure which had been vibrated from the
Land's End to the northernmost part of Scotland. The
people were no longer to be told that they did not know
what was for their benefit and what was not, they were no
longer to be classed with the inhabitants of Spain, Portu-
gal, and Italy. It had been said by that learned Lord,
who now sat upon the woolsack, that the schoolmaster
was abroad, and learning and science had now found its
way to the remotest village. The Reform Bill would
disfranchise none but what deserved it, but would give
the right of voting to 100,000. The King by his con-
duct in dissolving Parliament had bound his 'brow with
never-fading laurels, and would live for ever in the
hearts of his subjects. The enemies of the Bill said it
would injure the Funds, but they had risen that day.
The state of the elections throughout the country
showed the general feeling in favour of Recorm ; in So-
merset the Anti-Reform candidate could but bring
seventy electors to Wells on the day of the nomination,
and out of the seventy only five held up their hands for
him ; in Dorsetshire the cunning old fox, Bankes, would
be certainly defeated. It seemed that the finger of God
was upon all rotten boroughs ; no honest man would re-
side in them, and they were drawing to decay. Yet
even the Tories now a-days said they were friendly to
Reform, yet they had opposed every Reform which had
been introduced into the Parliament. The country knew
emancipation
o off
tthhee
sayse:
and the opening of the East India monopoly.
Mem-
bers them too well to trust to them the. Bill now in the
hands of the people, and be bad no doubt that they would
not only do justice to themselves, but to their less fortu-
nate
if
they
countrymen.
wod u voteiklr Mayneth the thenm n cenquiredipati
n of
Mr. BENETT said he ever had supported the emancipa-
tion of the slaves ; as the question of the West I •
ndm mo-
nopoly would not come before the House for three years,
he could
give no decisive answer, but would say he was an
enemy to all monopolies.
Sir J. ASTLEY said the same.
No other candidate being proposed, the SHERIFF de-
clared Mr. Benett and Sir J. Astley duly elected.
Mr. MAYNE then proposed a vote of thanks to the
High Sheriff, which was unanimously agreed to.
The Members were then girt with sword, belt, and spurs.
The Members this afternoon made a triumphal entry into
Salisbury ; at the entrance of the town they were met by
the volunteer band of the city, and a great concourse_ of
the people, by whom they were attended to the White
Hart, where they addressed the people at considerableWt
length, in which they both pledged themselves to support
the Ministerial plan of Reform. In their progress through
the City they were welcomed by the loud and honest
plaudits. of the people, the ringing of bells, and, what
was still more pleasing, the smiles of beauty.

His MAJESTY has announced himself an
minuet subscriber of 1001., in aid of the funds of the British
and Foreign School Society-

NEW PARLIAMENT.

MEMBERS RETURNED.
ATLEBBERYW. Rickford, Esq. ; Lord Nugent.
CAMBRIDOESHIRE—.Lord F. G. 0-borne; H. J. Adeane, Esq.
CARMARTFIENSHIRE—Sir J. H. Williams, Bart.
CARRICKFERGUS—Lord G. A. Hill.
CRICKLADE—R. Gordon, Esq. ; T. Calley, Esq.
CUMBERLAND—Sir J. R. Graham, Bart. ; W. Blamire, Esq.
GLOUCESTER—Sir W. Guise, Bart. ; Hon. H. Moreton.
GALWAY—J. T. Bodkin, Esq.
LEICESTERSHIRE—C. M. Phillips, Esq. ; T. Paget, Esq.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE—C. W. Wynn, Esq.
NRoOsIVIAIR73EIBLEARNLDAIfc—Lord W. BCBUMODF, Esq.
SUSSEX—Lord J. G. Lennox; H. Curteis, Esq.
WARWICKSHIRE—F. Lawley, Esq.; Sir 0. Skipwitli, Bart.
WILTSIIIRE—Sir J. D. A stley, Bart. ; J. Benctt, Esq.

STATE OF THE POLLS.

ESSEX.

_____.... DORSET (COUISiTti.)
Western 2252 E. B. Portman, Esq 229
Wellesley 2153 J. Calcraft, Esq 194
fyrell
WORCESTER (COUNTY). SHROPSHIRE.
Hon. M. Foley 1247 Sir R. Hill ...tt 499
lion. Captain Spencer ..... —.1027 J. C. Pelham, E5q......
Captain Lygon 946 W. Lloyd
OXFORD (COUNTY) J. Mytton
Mr. Harcourt 1462 DUBLIN (CITY).
Mr. Wevland 1392 Lord Mayor
Lord NOrreys II,BIIMr. Perrin 487
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Mr. Shaw
Lord Althorp 1434 Mr. Moodie
Lord Milton 1243 • DROGHEDA.
Cartwright 1065 Wallace 162
Knightley
CARN•RYON. i NEWRY,
Sir C. Paget 144
W. 0. Gore, Esq... ........

Knox lt4o
Maguire

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

Lord Chamberlain's-Office, May 10, 1831

Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Sunday next,
the 15th instant, for his late Majesty the King of Sardinia, viz.:—
The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white
gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and
tippets.
she Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain
linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 29th in.
stant, viz.:—

The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans
and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver
stuffs, with black ribbons.

The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white,
or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full
trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.

And on Sunday the sth of June next, the Court to go out of
mourning.

Lord Chamberlain's-Office, May 10.
Notice is hereby given, that mourning will not be worn at the
Juvenile Fete, at St. James's Palace, on the 24th instant, being
the birth-day of her Royal Highness the Princess 'Victoria; nor
at the Drawing Room on the 28th instant, being the clay op_
pointed for the celebration of his Majesty's birth-day.

Crown-Office, May 9.

COUNTY BOROUGH OF CARMARTHEN.—The Sheriffs of the
county of the said borough have returned the writ to them di-
rected, and that from the uproar, tumult, and violence which pre-
vailed at the election, they have been unable to execute the said
writ.

Whitehall, May 5.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Baker Bainton, of
Beverley, in the county of York, Gent. to be a Master Extraor-
dinary in the High Court of Chancery.

War-office, May 10.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet G. C. Dalbiac to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice M‘Caffery, deceased; Cornet
M. M` Donough, from the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone, to be Cor-
net, vice Dalbiac, May 10.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. Hankev to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Rind, who retires ; J. N. Macartney, Gent. to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hankey, May 10.
10th Light Dragoons—Brevet Major A. Kennedy, from half.
pay 18th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Macdonell, deceased,
May 10.
17th Light Dragoons—Troop Serjeant-Major W. Hall to be
Quartermaster, vice Nicholson, deceased, May 10.
Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut-Colonel
F. 'l'. Roberts, from half-pay of Roll's Regiment, to be Captain,
and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice C. P. Ellis, who exchanges, May 10.
17th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Smith, from,
half-pay 29th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fraser, de-
ceased, May .10.
33d Foot—Lieutenant J. Williamson to be Adjutant, vice
Paterson, who resigns the Adjutancy only, March 12.
37th Foot—Lieut. R. Honyman, from the 62d Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice O'Callaghan, appointed to the 41st Foot, May 10.
40th Foot—Staff-Surgeon J. Ramsay, M.D. from the half-pay,
to be Surgeon, vice W. Jones, who retires upon half-pay, May 10.
45th Foot—Lieut. H. %V. Magee, from the 3.,th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Craik, appointed to the 70th Foot, May 10.
70th Foot—Lieut. J. H. Craik, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Rocket, whose appointment has not taken place,
May 10.
90th Foot—Lieut. W. J. Owen to be Adjutant, vice Mackenzie,
who resignS the Adjutancy only, May 10.
95th Foot—J. M'Donald, Gent, -to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Hull, who retires, May 10.
Rifle Brigade, Captain J. K. Ross, from half-pay Unattached,
to he Captain, vice C. Hulse, who exchanges, May 10.
HOSPITAL STAFF—Apothecary W. Thompson to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, May 10.
GARRISON—Lieut.-Gen. Hon. J. Ram,ay to be Governor of
Carlisle, vice Major-Gen. Sir G. A. •Wood, deceased, April 2S. :
The King has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned
Officers to be Extra Aides-de-Camp to his Majesty, with the
rank of Colonel in the Army :—Lieut.-Colonel A. Campbell,
4tith Foot ; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel J. Bell, halfpay' Permanent
Assistant-Quartermaster-General ;., Brevet Lieut S. 'B.
Auchmuty, half-pay Sth Garrison Battalion ; Brevet Lieut..
Colonel T. Lightfoot, half-pay 45th Foot ; Lieut.-Colonel A. D.
Faunce, 4th Foot; Lieut.-Colonel G. Brown, Rifle Brigade •
Lieut.-Colonel F. Fitzclarence, 7th Foot ; Lieut.-Colonel G. P.
Wingrove, Royal Marines; May 6.
BREVET'.—Captain K W. Bouverie, of the Royal Horse
Guards, to be Major in the Army, May 6.
MEMO /1 AND A.—The name of the Cornet appointed to the
4th Dragoon Guards, on the 3d instant, is Holdsworth, and not
Houldsworth.

The Christian names of Lieut. Ker, of the 37th Foot, are
Richard Hall.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of
Lancaster.

Ist Battalion of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of
Militia—S. H. Oughton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 25.
2d Battalion—J. C. Freeman, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; A. T.
Baker, Gent., to be Ensign, May 2.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Glamorgan.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia—Hon.
P. J. H. C. Stuart, commonly called Lord James Stuart, to be
Captain ; J. M. Richards, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 20.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of
Chester.
King's Cheshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
Stockport Hussars.
W. Caistor, Gent. to be Cornet, ve J. Hunt, deceased, May 2.

Altrincham Troop.
Cornet W. D. Gratrix to be Lieutenant, vice Whitelegg, re-
signed ; S. Williams, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Gratrix, promoted,
May :2.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
To be Deputy Lieutenants—Sir G. Duckett, Bart., Sir J.
Osborn, Bart., R. B. De Beauvoir, Esq., W. G. D. Tyssen, jun.
Esq., W. Hobson, Esq., R. Hanbury, Esq., T. B. Aveling, Esq.,
S. Mills, Esq., T. R. Read, Esq., J. Davis, Esq., T. Ward, Esq.,
N. Charrington, Esq., J. Charrington, Esq., R. Carpenter, Esq.,
T. R. Read, jun. Esq., J. Walsh, Esq., J. Grout, Esq., and
R. Green, Esq., April2s.

Api.
Ist Royal Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia.
J. Ogle, Esq. to be Captain, vice Lewin deceased, Feb. 24.
2d Royal Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia.
To be Captains—W. H. Armstrong, Esq. vice Allen, deceased,
and J. B. Phillipson, Esq., vice Clarke, deceased, April 25.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Northum.

berland.
To be Deputy Lieutenants—M. de Cardonnel Lawson, Esq.,
E. Collingwood, Esq., B. Mitford, Esq., and the Rev. R. H.
Brandling, Clerk, April 29.
Northumberland Militia.
To be Captains—C. V. Loraine, Esq., W. Clavering, Esq., J.
R. Scott, Esq., W. A. Surtees, Esq., March 1; Lieut. J. Potts, vice
Pringle, resigned, April 29. To be Ensigns—H. Cram, Gent.,
vice Drummond, resigned, and E. T. Tarleton, Gent., April 29.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk.
2d, or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia.
Ensign E G. Cubitt, to be Lieutenant, vice Hope, deceased ;
Ensign T. Rant, to be ditto, vice Beckwith, deceased ; H. Postle,
Gent, tote Ensign, vice Cubitt, promoted, April 21
Norfolk Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.
W. Brereton, Gent. to be Cornet; E. nudge, Gent. to be Sur.
geon ; Edward Budge, Gent. to be burgeon, April 26.
MEM.—The name of the Gentleman originally appointed
Cornet, and subsequently Adjutant, of the Norfolk Corps of
Yeomany Cavalry, is Thomas Andrews Girling, and not Andrew
Girling, as was gazetted.