Star.
London, England, 1826-06-27 00:00:00

PRESTON ELECTION.

Samar, Just; 25.
At the close of the poll yesterday evening,seven o'clock,
we had the usual speeches from the Candidates.
Mr. SrANLEY congratulated Mr. Wood on the proba-
bility of success, with the same cordiality as we would
Captain Bank, if the latter (iet.tleman should be elected;
they were both Gentlemen, and he should be happy to
have either of them as a colleagie.
Mr. WOOD exulted in his expected triumph over the
Tory Candidate, disclaimed all connection with the band
of aimed ruffians, and promiied to act in Parliament
according to the wishes of the electors, should be be
returned by them.
Captain &tam's—Gentlemen, my voters have been
prevented from coming up this day al•o ; the usual
tricks have been played against me. Nothing but foul
play has been used against me during the election. I'll
bring those who are guilty of it before a tribunal (the
House c.f Commons), which will u, set their injustice. 1
am not yet driven from the contest. 1 do n t yet de-
, spit. of success. I'll not give ue till the last mainent—

(Mara). I hare never struck my collars to a fort:
•nemy on the wat"r, and I'll not douce 'em now ,
Radical on land, me—(Hurve)
Captain Cormorr---Gentletnen, I have often told
of Mr. Wood's unfitness to serve you in Parliatr
Day after day he chews himself more inc.
even his Liverptol friends have desertedtitn.
notwithstanding all his tricks, but a small .
my friend Captain Berrie: but even though
be returned, he wont sit many hours before
Live up his sett to my Hon. Friend. He ,
cypher—poor mature -and cannot serve you
you may be sure he does not mean to serve
any others—his only object is to serve himte)
you ever hear a loyal sentiment in his speech,
you then trust him? He does nothings beet
h-use to house, and talk cant to the old womek
Barrie is the only man worthy of your choice—if
support him, he never will desert you—l have kn 0.,,„
him for many years, and I have known him u:-
able ever ; ii 70.1 elect him, you'll have reason to
proud of your choice; let our cry then be •••44 Tines b;
the good cause, Barrie and victory."—(Hsrecar.)
Coatievr popped his head our of his urn at ,
o'clock, and began to address vie assembled muliitu,
"Gentlemen, Mr. Stanley is a vain, paltry, erni
creature, more silly than a green gill. Gelitlern n,
have done much good to you by my cominß; l )14,
sweated your tyrants, and have blvd them. 1
made the silly Honourabk throw fift en'
among you, and. that's no j ke ; for though the,e Lore,
have too much land, they have not too much money.
(Hazes!) I have tickled the Captain, 'no; I hare
made him dance to some tune; he must have pledge,'
his half-pay to keep open house for you, and Low,
like the other hall-pays in London, he must live os
plates of beef and goes of gin for the next seven year!.
(Roars of laughter). As to Mr. Wood, I could not draw
say money out of him, for the poor devil haJ
spend; but his father, Otry Wood—the meetly r.IJ to
baker of Liverpool—l have extracted from his pi
what a 100-horse poWer steam-engine could nut
from hint—l have made him spend 70001.
But I have done mote-1 have kept out the Tory to
eater, Captain Barrie, by helping you to return V,
whom I should certainly rather sre your Representall
than the Tory. Not that I like Wood either ;
dislike him least of the two. But you shall not l-
with either one or the other of them, Gentlemen.
election is not worth a straw. 111 have it set aside
April, when I'll bleed our opponents again, and •
elect for your Representative the only man who has
ability, the heart, and the head, to serve you and
country—myself, Gentlemen, myself—(liurra)
This septennial bore is at last drawing to an
To-morrow (Monday) is the last Jay. 'I he polling
commence at eight o'clock, an hour earlier than t
and close at three. Captain Barrie may lessen Wood
present majority, against him, but cannot get
he is determined to dispute the return, on the g
of the obstruction given by the bludgeonmen to
voters, and the violent exclusion of them from
the hustings from Cobbett's entrance. Cobbett
promises to dispute the return at his own expense;
threw out a bait for a subscription to defray the
penses of his Petition, but it did not take; the nester
would not bite—anything but roast beef and 1,1
Midding, things which Cobbett ca,s't afford to give
The town has been quite tranquil since the arrival of the
Wood's return tomorrow evening is talked of nit a matter
tainty. The only subject of public interest is the quantity and
of eloquence expected from the Candidates at the close -
The affair is virtually at an end.
Mr. Wood's expenses are to be defrayed by a b_
the reformers of Manchester and Liverpool The ..yr day (tie
successful candidates ride on horseback at the close of the elcctwu)
is said to be on Wednesday.

WESTMORELAND.
APPLIIY, THIRD DAY, luxe 2+.

Party feeling is at present running extremely high in
'this town. A Blne and a Yellow, unless they ate not
resident in the county, are seldom seen to speak anficaSly
to each other. Neutrality is not admitted by either
party, and he whe ventures to profess it, is looked opal
as a spy and an enemy by both. The poltdid not clot
till five o'clock to-day, and the popahce, who hid
assembled about the hustings at four, did not appear
pleased with the prolongation of the time for taking it.
They stood in crowds around it, casting bitter ilkes
and sarcasms at each other. A man of the name of
Abbott, who lives on a farm of Lord Lonsdale't, and
who is one of the ablest wrestlers in a county where all
are wrestlers, placed himself in a *try conspicuous sta•
tion in the front of the hustings, and began to throw out
violent and insulting language against the Blue party.
He told them repeatedly that their cause was it an end
—that they supped small now, and that they would sup
smaller on Tuesday night, and used various exasperating
expressions, which it is needless to report. The mob
below insisted that be should leave the hustings, but the
man refused to stir, on which he was hailed with the
title of a contented cuckold, by a butcher in the crowd,
whilst another man told him that it he would send hi.
wife teKendalthere we. e plenty there ready to get for him
that which he find never been able to get for himself—a
parcel of young freeholders. Abbott, on hearing this
abuse, became himself still more abusive, and the conse•
quence was, that three or four blues rushed upon nit
hustings, threw him on his back after a vident struggle,
in which he exhibited uncommon strength, and dragged
him down the steps into the crowd. They then began
to pummel him most unmercifully, and it was may by
great exertions on his part that he escaped from their
fury, covered with blood, into one of the yellow houses.
—His appearance there was the signal for a general
fight. The yellows sallied oat, and the sticks, *Ma
the people in this part of the country generally walk
with, were called into immediate operation.
were unprovided with these weapons
offence, upset three or four stalls, which
in the market-place, and by tearing the leg,
splitting the boards into pieces, furnished
with very formidable bludgeons. For -
hour, during which ironies of stones
the noel& by the more distant combatants
the battle raged with considerable violence.
at length obtained a temporary superiorir
their opponents to the King's Head, when
all the windows, and smashed in
frames. During this time, two or three
the blue party exposed themselves
trying to quell the angry passions of
The efforts of Lord Molineux, of Mr.
phew of Lord linnet, and of Mr. Nicholson,
nent distiller in London, were particular 4
The yellows after a short time rallied, repo,
from the King's Head into the market ,
commenced a general engagement.
fight the blues came off only second-best.
in consequence proceeded to work the
on the windows of Mr. Brougham's ptit.cipal

to a forf:
ce 'em now t‘,4
ve often told yry
in Parliamera.,
e incompeteist.
mitim. He hit •
lan majority ore
bough he %bowl
s before he met ,
He is tne.i .
Tye you —thPlie
to serve you, '!
ye himtelf. D. 4
speeches? c 4
ng but gn fro%
woolen. Car,
ur choice—►f "I, .
have knnan
n him uncliznye,
•e re4son in he .
"Ft oe biue,
Vis►nas.)
his urn at eight
"'hied rmllritu,i,:
n, p.dtry, empty
I. Gelition n, I
coming ; I have
LI them. 1 liave
thousand ;munch

devil had none to
meetly (Ad sugar
I from his put*
e could not draw
OW. (Laugidei.
Din the Tot, tar.
to return Won,
ur Representative
od either ; l my
hall not be carried
3entlemen. The
e it set aside rvst
tgain, and you'll
nian who has the
serve you and his
—(fiterra)
ing to an end.-
1 he polling will
isrlier than tams!,
ay lessen Wood's
moot get ahead;
n, on the gtoun,
igeonmen to his
em from access to
e. Cobbett also
own expense; he
to defray the ex•
e; the Piestonians
beef and .I,lnrob
Ford to give them
almal of Ate
r s a matter of too.
quantity and quality
the close of the poll
subscription among
'The rWitig o,ly (the

'iron. 'Mose Oa
of defence and
ch were scan&
e legs of, and hr
fished themselfo
r a quarter al a
were hurled into
nts on both side
lence. The blur,
ority, and 0144
there they brok
several of the'
et Gunlemea
considerably, '
t their part)
Barham, a ne
icholson, an col•
arly conspicuou
repulsed the bl
t place, and the
In this ie*O"
est. The yellow
same verigraoc
f•lnqi inn. 11‘

Crriqrs and Mitre, wh.ch their opponen's had before
"rooted on the King's Head. The pavement was rooted

up,tand in a moment every pane of gltss was demolish-
ed. During this commotion, which was very plainly
seen from the hustings, two of the Gentlemeln who were
dive witnessing it, had a short set-to; one of them was
wspirit merchant and a blue, the other a barrister, a late
.hiagistrate of the county, and a yellow. After some
,smart hickerings, the barrister replied that the other
was no Gentleman, but onl7 a scamp of a spirit mer-
chant. The spirit merchant replied to thi*. observation
,oy a hearty kick on that part of the barristerss person
41-tich is generally called—why, we know not—the seat
of honour ; the barrister rejoined by a blow on the
4plitt merchant's face, and a battle commenced, which
to. a -short time must have become general on the
hit.tiot4s, had it not been for the spirited interference of
'a labouring ma i* in the yellow interest, who asked
the Gentry to recollect what an example and an en-
Lourngetnent they would hold out to the lower classes
cn th sides to riot and insubordination, if they
lsto once. commenced fighting upon the hustings.—
'The coosequence was, that several gentlemen lute, fered
rod pot an end to the fight, but not until both the corn-
hatasits had_ drawn each other's blood. The contest

continuettlor some time atterwardi in the street, hot at

14,1, sunsided principally, as I think, owing to t.e
.ot Mr.,Nichols .0, who went into the vacant
~; space'hetween the two panics, and at great personal
task to hinsualf, both from stones and bludge sue-
ce, dedin arguing ;hem into comparative tranquillity.
Shortly after peace had hem restored. the three Candidates came
upon ,the ht sting..
The UNDIK &WIWI then came forward, and de-
clared the. state of the poll for the day to be as follows
Lord Lowther
Colonel Lowther
Mr. Brougham
The gross pull is as follows—
Lerd Lowther •
Colonel Lowther
Mr. Brougham • • •
Lord Lowenzit in returning thanks, said he was sorry
..to see that the peaceable disposition of the town had
been that day disturbed ; and he trusted that after what
had that day occurred, there would be no farther occa-
sion for such a complaint. He hoped that the public
tranquillity would remain unbroken, and that the heat
of the weather, as well as the heat of the election, would
be considerably softened in the course of next week...-H
Tne third candidate ha! favoured t rem yesterday
an address upon several hackneyed topics. one of them,'
indeed, was as old as the time of their immortal bard
Shakespeare, for it was a complaint regarding the law's
delay. Now he hoped that what be was going to say
would not be considered disrespectful; but considering
the bickering, the ill feeling, and the delay caused by
the learned profession, he, for one, would rejoice if everi
lawyer was removed from the country. As to any MA•
plaints against the conduct of the assessor, he must own
that he had none to make that day. So little had thil
Gentlemen in that Cow t had to do that day with respect
to objected votes, that he believed they had bed",
walking about for some time to enjoy the burnouts ef
the election. The state of the poll pleased him, and be
hoped his friends would•continue him at the head of it.
Colonel Lowviza briefly returned thanks and ero
• 'hotted his friends to come early to the poll on Monday.
Mr. BKOVOitam came forward amid loud cheering.
lie was sorry he could ut flatter them, as he hoped
to have been able, with the prospect of a short contest
and a speedy victory. It would seem that they were
oestined to gain that which was le.s convenient, and
le.s liable than a short contest and a speedy victory,
—he meant oa more glorious triumph by a longer
contest— j('heers).—lt they had got a-head that night
ny a decisive niajority, as they might have done but for'
a circumstance which he was able to mention to them,
then he thought, that though their adversaries were
ezttemely obstinate, or would have givers them no fur-
ther trouble. It happened, however, that the blues,
who were all volunteers, who came to Appleby
without compulsion to make them vote, or without
inducement to wheedle them out of their voter.—
could not be mustered and penned up in a convenient
place near the hustings, could not be got together, like
mercenary soldiers, ISy beat of drum and sound of
trumpet, and could not be led forth to the poll in troops,
by persons called captains of districts, who watched
them to their pens, and kept them these till they had
performed their hired service. (Cheers). It happened to
him to take a wait with some fi iends of his that morn-
ing, and having heard that their adversaries had an en-
campment of troops in the neighbourhood, he determined
to rec.innoitre it task which, as they all knew, was one
of the fir st duties of a good General. His friends and he
therefore went to a part of the town which was not very
tar from the spot on which he was then addressing them.
They there saw a sight which appalled one of his friends
cunsidtrably, but olrich did not at all trouble the other
of them, Mr. Wharton, of Kirby Thorpe, who had seen
nine contested elections. Mr. Wharton, he repeated,
vas not appalled, but his other friend, who had seen a
litte less of contested elections than be had, was, in
truth, a little alarmed ; for the encampment consisted
of a long covered place, like the booth of an hospital or
a long tent, capable of lodging immense numbers of
men, if they were close packed. Poor things, they could
not be very nice, they could net help themselves, they
were mere servants, and must therefore be done with ex-
actly as their masters or their employers thought proper.
When he saw these men penned up, nourished and fed,
us he understood, by contract—when he saw the vast
quantity of flour taken there by contract, and that too
not of the best description—when he saw baking going
on continually in ovens there by contracts,—when be,
saw beasts slaughtered there by contract, and he sup.
posed that they were only lean kine--when he saw beef
(pickled, he hoped) by contract, as the weather was very
hot and would not keep it sweet in any other manner—
when he saw all this brought up so the voters, along
with large quantities of yellow di ink, which was per-
haps the best thing of all,—when he saw this curious
spectacle, and heard that these people were assembled
by tuck of drum and blast of trumpet to breakfast, to
dine, to be fed and to be nourished, and, last of all, to
do their duty by their employers, it reminded him that
it was not the first time that he had seen a set of men
so Intones together, but it was so long since he had
seen them, that he could not at the moment recollect
where it was. At last he did recollect it. The Italian
witnesses in the Queen's case were just so assembled and
brought together.—(Leughter.) With this difference,
however, that they were treated better than their friends
the Yellows, for the Italians were clothed decently, as
well as fed decently, at the expence of their employers.
Of this discipline the Blue troops were deprived, and be
wasglad they were so, for it gave him spirits, as be knew
such system,,sooner or later, must have Wend. Such
men must soon be polled out, and when they were

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polled nut, then would be the time for the honest, the
unbought, the untameable :pith of the grey coats of
Westmoreland to come forward—(abeers)—men whom-
threats could not deter, or bribes seduce from doing their
duty—who could sh )%ir their faces boldly against the
myriads of those who were marshalled against them by
money and by power, and who only made the blue
triumph the more gloriously by the means they took,
but in vain, to frustrate it.—((;heers )—Yet, alter all,
hqw tt ivtal was the advantage gained by the e disci-
plined troops over the volunteers ! Reminding them
again of the advice which he had given them yei-
erday to behave themselves properly and peaceably,
and to do nothing which the duty of self-defence did
not render necessary, he would now quit that tub-
je:t, ;thd would concluJe by saying a word or two to
those of his tiitntis who had not yet polled; and that
was, that as their adversaries had taken a leaf out of

their ho k in the proceedings of that day. they would
take a leaf out of their adversaries book on Monday
morning. His friends were volunteers and freemen ;
they were not hirelings and mercenaries; they were not
induced by hope of reward, or by fear of suffering, to give
their votes otherwise than their consciences dictated ; why
then, should they not excel their adversa i:s in perseve-
rance, a; they did in every other laudable qtralificatioa ?
Let them imitate their adversary in that qu.ility ; when
they once got to the poll, there let them remain,
though it were for three or four hours, till they had
polled. (Cheers, and cries of “We will.") He would
be obliged to those who had not yet polled to hold up
their hands that he might see their numbers. [About 200
hands were instantly hold up.] All that th me Gentle-
men had to do was to join with their friends who were
coming from the east and west ward, and noronly from
the Kendal and the Kirby Lonsdale ward, on Ilitinday,
' and to march up with them to the poll, and to remain
there until they had recorded their suffrages. In con-
clusion Ile begged leave, as he should not have the
pleasure of meeting them again for six and thirty hours,
to wish them joy at the result of the three &lye poll, in
which they had obtained a decided majority in all the
three wards, and had been beaten only in the Lowther
pressure of the Lonsdale ward. (Uleers).
The Meeting then dispened, and we have not heard that there
has been any row duriag the evening in the town.