Star.
London, England, 1826-07-01 00:00:00

COI3I3EII'I DEPARTURE.

PLIMPTOIII, TInIEDAT NMI%
The following is the last scene of the play, in which
. Cobbett has acted well : Cobbett left town this evening.
Hand-bills had been published thrhugh the day, giving
I notice of his intended departure, and calling on the km
, man Catholic' to join in the procession. At eight o'clock,
a band of music appeared in front of his inn, and struck
up the grand Irish air " Eris go bra." The people soon
crowded round them, but not in such numbers as were
wont to constitute the usual audience. A few minutes
after eight o'clock Mr. Cobbett showed himself at the
window, without waistcrat or cravat, and spoke a com-.
mon-place speech, fell of premise—brief and bitter.—
' He concluded by thanking them in a tone of voice that
showed very considerable feeling. He appeared really
affected—softened and sincere for the first time. The
crowd rneked—the very women's tongues were hushed
into sorrowful silence—his last bow_was met with the
loudest and most cordial cheering." A few standards
were then handed out of the window. The band and
banners formed in processional order, and moved on
slowly to the lively air, 44 Over the hills and far away."
His voters came nest, in ranks of ten—their arms
locked, and their necks decorated with white and green
ribands, from which !run medals in Britannia
metal, bearing on one side a likeness of their favou-
rite, and the words, "William Cobbett;' on the other,
" The Poor Man's Friend," within a wreath of laurel.
...-These were followed by the Catholics, wearing
pink ribands. Of this sect, there were present no
more than fifty, and these apparently of the working
class. Several Methodists and Dissenters joined this part
of the procession. Nest came another body of voters, then
in a open chaise and pair, Cobbett, two of his sons, and a
couple of friends, and after the chase a tumultuous rabble,.
running, pushing, tumbling, scrambling, and struggling
with each other, to approach the side and get one last
shake-band from 64 the poor man's friend." My poor
Billy behoved like a man to them ; unlike the proud
fastidious Whig (Stanley), who, on Monday evening,
threw back with contempt the outstretched hands
of those men to whom he owed his •plection—to
whom he had bared his head but ten minutes be.
fore—my poor Cobbett stooped down to his enthusiastic
poor friends, and clasped their honest hands with a
warmth and cordiality of tone and gesture corres-
ponding to their own ardour. But the women—the
women were the souls that showed their attachment.
Ever enthusiastic, ever devoted in every cause they
adopt, religion, politics, or love—they mounted the back
of the chaise—they wanted to enter it—they clung to
him, caught his band, kissed it, and would keep it alto-
gether (if it was the same thing tobim)—praises, thanks,
tarewells, blessings, benedictions, sounded and resouuded
from every sweet tongue in every diakct and modification
of the Lancashire barbarism,the weaving lasses of Preston
proved themselves as faithful to the Green cause as the
ladies showed themselves true to the Blue. This was
the state of affairs till they had marched about a mile
from the town, when it was notified that the chaise was
about to proceed at a more rapid rate, and that the pro.
cession should accompany it no farther. The multitude
opened a way, the chaise moved quickly through them
—one universal deafening shout arose through the still
air of evening—hats, hands, handkerchiefs (very few of
the latter), sticks, and aprons, waved over the heads of
the people. Cobbett looked honest and pathetic—
bowed, waved his hat, put his hand to his heart, and
bowed again and again ; and I fancied I could perceive
a tear glistening in his little, liughing, cunning eye—l
am sure 1 did. The chaise dashed away, not quite un-
accompanied: tee* girls flew after it, mounted up
behind, seized his hand, and, sticking steadily to the
carriage, shewed every tendency to become his travel
ling companions to London. *4 This, howeeer, (thought
Cobbett) is no go—.a joke is a joke ;- but as to your
coming to London, that's going too far with it ;" *so he
gave one of them his white handkerchief, and to the
other his white and green cravat, which he wore round
his neck.

The fair patriots jumped off, after a hearty squeeze,
and returned to their companions proudly waving the
tokens of their political affection. The chaise disap-
peared on the turning of the road, and Cobbett gave
his last look and his last farewell to Preston. The mul-
titude returned to town in the same order, the band
playing, There's na's luck about the house sin' our guile
auta's ova'.

Thus ends the Preston election, and here must terminate for ever
William Cobbett's chance of entering the House of Commons.
I stated in my first report that the number of pers•lns
qualified by age and residence to vote at this election
was 6000. I was not far from the mark. The exact
number of electors who have voted is 4,222; add to
these 1,000 disqualified from voting by pauperism, and
1800 Catholics disqualified by the Oath of Suprcakacy,
and about 200 good voters who remain unpolled, and
the total number will make about 6,222 voters in Preston.
Cobbeu has spent 1,0801: Wood 5,0901. Captain Barrie 13,0001.
and Mr. Stauley 16,0001.

The Emperor of AUSTRIA has been pleaied to confer
the Cross of Commander, and of the Hungarian order of St. &e.
phen, on Baroc Orrwcrius GOCINWININ Austrian Internucclo and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Porte, as a testimony of
his satisfaction with the Baron's great services.

Thursday se'nilight. Captain Tuosms Witson, of
the sloop Jane of Preston, was going en board his vessel in the
river Urr, in Galloway, the boat, in which were himself, and two
of his children, unforftusately upset, and Captain Wilson lost his
own life, in endeavouring to save the livn of his children, which
seemed more the object of his heart than his own preservation.
Monday neat, the Cabinet Makers' Society will hold
their nth Ansiveriery, and will g in precession, supporting their
banners, delay esinens4 with various devices ; attended by that ez-
NUM Imigthlsteed of hones from the Royal Amphitheatre,
Wileaskiegge Bridge ;.presented to the Satiety for that day, by
Grow IL Tama, Req. free of expense, for their itidustry and
'amok, in esupleting a meet magailast piece of cabinet fund-
wig to that Gaidemen'seedefaction. The Precession will take the
fallisering N bon the Golden Isee, 1111.41t4 Read, along
Whissekerel, Leedankall-street, Cornhilk Clesepeick, bielgate.bni,
Fleet-street, brand, Chariag-crou, eschew-street, part of Pall
lall, Wateriersylace, Regent street, on tie left op Gaford-etreet,
through Baker-street, into the New Road, and to the Western
Establishment, between Mary-la-benne New Church and Baker-
street ; frees thence they will return down the New road, through
Regent-square, Regent-street, Oxford-street, High-street Blooms-
bury, Holborn, Gray's Inn-lane, Gray's Inn-reed, Battle-bridge,
and to White Conduit-house to dialler. The proenskes will be
escorted from the Golden Eagle to Temple-bar by the City GI&
cers; and from Temple-bar to the dinner, by Mr. Pus= and hie
brother cants.

At Hattori Garden Me, on Thursday, a man and his
wily, named Taylor, were committed for trial, for de-
frauding a Benda Society at Hertford of ISt. to which
the wife would become entitled, on the death of her bus-
biutd. The woman had represented that her •• dear
husband" was no more, and got the money, but was
watched to a court in Charter-house-lane, where the
• dear' dead man and his wife were snugly breakfasting
on eggs and coffee.
Tae derivation of the word helter-skelter is evidently
to be Mod in the Latin words lishwirsr, eskritsr.

HORSE RACING IN REMSIA.

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NOVOTCHESKASK, Mar 9.
The horse races which took place last year at St. Pe-
tersburgh, between English and Cossack horses, sur
ger horses by
tryingted tiohesostnueenogfthouraupdr.opoetlieetroitrys ofof studsthei the idea of
lone races.
the horses of Count J. Platoff had gained the prizes
in all the races of ten and twenty wersts which had
taken place for several years on the banks of the Don,
but contrary to expectation, they were beaten by many
others in a race of sixty-three wersts (42 miles), on the
6th of November. In order to re-establish the reputa-
tion of his horses, Count Platoff immediately proposed
a longer race, which took place on the 28th of April.
A piece of ground on the c then side of the Don was
chosen for the purpose, the length of the Course was to
be 60 wents (40 miles). Count Platoff offered three
different prizes, with the understanding %h it if either of
the prizes was gained by one of his own horses, it
should be given to the owner of the horse that imme-
diately followed. The ground, on being measured,was
found to be 67 wet sts (44k mile ), and perfectly level.
There were brought for the race twenty.five fine
horses forts the studs of General. Ilovaisky, and several
other Tartar and Kalmuck horses; Altoyak a hone of
Circassian breed, belonging to the Atarnan; the horse
of the Cossack Makaroff, which gained the prize on the
6.h November; and five horses belonging to Count
Platoff. Kalmuck and Tartar children, elegantly dressed,
were the jockeys. All the horses started with the ra-
pidity of lightning at twenty-five minutes past nine in
the morning.
While the spectators in the tents were discussing the
probable result of the interesting contest, a cry of
" They come I" was beard, and the victor had already
reached the goal. It was Jason, a grey horse of Count
Platers, which arrived without being exhausted, fol-
lowed at the distance of 130 sagines, or 390 paces, by
a horse of excellent Crimean breed, belonging to the
Ataman ; the third and fifth horses also belonged to the
Count z the fourth, of Circassian breed, to the S,:tnik
persianoll; and the sixth to the Cossack Scheldoudia-
koff. Jason had run the 67 wersts in two hours and five
minutes. If we compare this race with that of the 4th
of August, at St. Petersburgh, we shall. find that the
English horse ran the 74 wersts 449 f miles) in two
hours forty minutes, which is 231 sagines in a minute.
Now, Jason ran 268 sagines is the same time ; so that
he would have beaten the English horse by 21 minutes.
Jason and ten other horses arrived at the goal in a
gallop, and are in good condition; but the excellent
horses of the Cossacks Makaroff, Parschekoff, and
others, could not support so severe a trial, and died
either during the race or soon afterwards.