The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-14 00:00:00

THE SI ATRSMAN.

the Court to this point, viz. that if a relation of any of
the Yeomanry, or 31agistrates of Manchester, was to
compose part of the Jury that tried him, it would not
be in his power to challenge him on that account. Ile'
' dwelt with considerable ingenuity upon the quibbling
pettifogging technicality of the objections urged by'
those Learned lientlemen to the motion before the
Court, instead of meeting with manly dignity the appli-
cation upon its merits. In general .he contended that
the question was not whether he and the other defend-
ants would have a lair tri:ll in the county of Lancaster,
but Whether they would have a trial perfectly free from
the liability of suspicion. It could not he denied that
the transaciiims oldie 16th of August had excited great
agitation and prejudice in the county of Lancaster, anti
if it were possible that any of the persons connected with
the Salford or Cheshire Yeomanry, either directly or
indirectly, should be on the Jury, no Juan could doubt
that this was a case which ought not to be tried in the
county of Lancaster.
Mr. tient continued to address the Court for some
time with great ability, and apparently with consider-
able effect.

Aftera long consultation, the Judges were unanimous-
ly of opinion that the rule for a certiorari, to remove
the trial front Lancaster to York, should be made abso-
lute, on the strict condition, however, that the defend-
ants should plead immediately, and enter into recog-
nizanc, s to go to trial at the ensuing Assizes.

The t MEV JUSTICK delivered his opinion in the ft -
lowing teruss:--11 is of the greatest importance that the
administration ofjustice should not only he free frotnspot
or blame, but that it should be,so far as human infirmity
ran allow it to become, as free from all suspicion ; and
the great difficulty, I had almost said the only difficulty,
that I have felt in granting the present application, has
arisen f he conduct of those by whom the applies-.
tion is made, and on whose behalf it is made, and'
the lateness of the time at which the matter was
brought before the Court. The removal of an in-,
dictment from one county to another is attended
with serious consequences, hods as it affects the
rru 111115e11, and as it respects the prosecutors.
former may be put to great expellee and trouble
in bring obliged to go from the neighbourhood of
their own residence to a more aiistant misery, and the
latter are pot to the trouble. of resorting to fresh pro-
retalingss, in osier er sweetie the attendance of the de- I
fendants to take' tfirir trial when the inalieinseut is
removed. For these reasons it appeared to Inc to
he necessary th:tt we should have good satisliact.
that this proceeding was desired by all the defend-
ants, ;tad also that we should have satisfaction that
the effect of removing the indictment should nut he
to delay the trial, and cause it to be postponed until
another .kassi/es. The difficulty of preventing that is
great, on account of the time at which the application is
insole, anal the short period that is likely to elapse
before the .(seises shall occur. But I do not think
it absolutely insuperable, it is not insuperable, if all
the defendaets are really earnest in the application
that has liven made, anal are desirous of obtaining
the benefit sal it, without occasioning delay to the
prosecutors. The Learned Jus!ge then adverted to
the singular inconsistency of Mr. Pearsuts's roneinet,
who having, as he stated, been instructed in the
month of September last by all the defendants to apply
to this Court to elmit.ge tfie venue, should have post-
poned the application until the 25th of last month, when
a motion was made by Mr.l'hitte, on behalf of Hunt and
Johnson only, anal then not followed up until last Wed-
nesday on behalf of the same parties. He also adverted
to the extraordinary circumstance of Mr. Pearson disql
localities hinseelf is owe part of the psoceetlings as snots,
Hey for those two individuals only, and yet now calling
himself the attorney for all the detendauts, stating at the
same time that he was waisted on their behalf from the
' beginning. His Lordship, bow wet, recurring to what
he said in the outset, continued--' the great object is to
take care that the administration of justice shall be free
lions all suspicion. It is for that reason that I makeup my
mind to acetsle to this motion, not, however, that I think
it possible thatrst impartial trial might not he as well
had in the immensely populous county of Lancaster, as
well as any other, hut upon tine suggestion as to the pos-
sibility that some of the persons connected with those
who were opposed to the defendants in the transactioa
which is the subject of indictment, may happen to be on
the Jury, and as that fact would be goal ranee of
challenite to such persons, it appears to use, that subject
to the limitations which shall be mentioned io the order,
the trial of this indictment ought to be removed into the
county of York."

Tim; Court then propounded an order, which contained
the &Hewing provisions:—That within ten days from
this day, the dere:Manta shall enter into recognisanrea,
and rive sufficient hail to take their trial at the next As
for the county of York.

It was understood that. if these conditions were not
complied with, the writ of certiorari should become
null, a imsecifeado should issue, and the trial at Lan-
carter take place as though the present proceedings had
been entered into. That service of any notice or
other matter touching these proceedings by the prose-
cutors, upon Mr. Charles Pearson, shall be deemed good
service upon all the defendants. That the Crown shall
be put upon the same situation with regard to the time
of trial as if the certiorari had not been granted, and
that the defendants shall take short notice of trial for
the second Monday after the Assizes fur the county of
York shall commence.

Mr. Justice *BAYLEY hinted that some alteration in
the arrangement already made fur the Northern lir,
i. e. taking Lancashire before Yorkshire, might
probably take place in consequence of this proceeding. .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ST4TESSL4N.

Green Me■ Inn. Fineblee Cbmineit,
Sunday afternoon. Fieb. 13.

StR—T have this moment been Informed by a friend, that
• statement of a complaint, made by a Turk or Jew. at•llat-
'tdn-Orden office, tending Materially to affect the reiperta-
bility of this house. and mine own character and reputation
as a man. has been communicated to the public in the columns
of your highly respectable Journal.
1 can most positively assert, supported by unquestionable
evidence, that the whole of the account, as far as regards'
myself, or the servants of Messrs. Hanbury and Co. employed
at the time. is mos► grossly false: the injury havitig been
done by about a dozen nayagators, as I am informed. (part
of a body of ISO) now employed in works immediately ad-
joining this house, over enism 1 have no controtil, and ab far
(rob' encouraging or. interfering in the Itinsictisni, which
took place on no part of my premises, but in the high road,
opposite the house, was with the brewers occupied in the
cellars the- whole of the time.
Should you, Sir, or any one lionht what 1 now assert, the
trob may be easily ascertained by inquiry at Ilatton-Gar-
dpn office, where i atteudell with two respectable witnesses'
. ytderday. end proved, 1 trust, to the entire satisfaction of
the Magistrates, from w►om 1 received vary particular at-
tention, last my conduct was not only free from censure,
but that the charges were most scandafoes and vindictive.
'Trotting ou will ezense the hasty meatier in winch this Is
written, and requesting, at the same time,-that you will take
the earliest opportunity of contradicting the report, 1 re-
main, Sir, your 's respectfully,
PITILt P. Novi%
Late of WestNmitheetd.
- Witness t• the Signature
JAS. TARLIVO, No. Ai, 14f. John-street, Clertewwell.

ORIGIN OF TIIR TERM UNDLE.II.I3-D4Y.

Condlentas-ehy, a term which has its origin from the
multitude of ('nadirs burnt in Roman Catholic churches,
in honour of the Virgin, at the celebration of was: en
the 2cl day of Febriutry. 'I. hat day was fixed upon by
the Pope (Sergius or Cyricus) for what be called the
Feast of Mr Parifiratios, to commemorate the coniple-
tion of the 40 days after the Nativity, when the Holy
Babe was presented in the Temple. In order to decoy
Idolaters into Christian churches, and to prevent them
from regretting those slimy exhibitions which rendered
the pagan worship so fascinating, it was the leafier of
those who regulated the idlaira ut religion to assimilate
the Christian ritual as notch as possible to that of the
heathens. Accordingly the Feast of the Purification of
Mary, the mother of the Saviour, was appointed to be
celebrated with rites adopted fr the pagan festival
kept in honour of Februa, or Junto, the estriffer, auJ
mother of Mars, the Delerercr. In fact, the pour idola-
ters hardly knew that the object of their adoration was
any other than their old lwathen tliyiiaity, under a new
name. Both were called the. Queers of !leaf ea, and
Febrile, was the very goddess who, accordiug to the
vulgar mythology, presided over what the Ciwiteiatts
were at that season to celebrate. Now, the Romans
used, in honour of this goddess, to have a grathi pro-
cession, at which all the assistants paraded KW' Mar:l-
ing candles or tapers in their bands. This ceet
sad another similar to it in honour of Fe/,rear, or Pluto,
the king of Hell, and another still, in whirls the women
ran about the streets with lighted torches, seeking l'ro-
serpine, the queen of those infernal regions, wire
kept in the mouth of Feb:wary, and the populace would
have been very unwilling altogether to relitnieisti the
diversion which they afforded. Wherefore the tio!‘
Father ordained that Christians should be indulged, uu
the 2d of that mouth, with similar piocessions in all
Catholic churches ;—only, in order to Christianize Thos
heathenish lights, he declared that they were to be re-
garded as emblems of Him who came into tue world to
chace away pagan darkness and superstitiou! The
writer of this paragraph happening, one Candlemas-
day, a few years ago, to pass by a popish chapel in a re-
mote vale of Piedmont, was surprised to oluterve that al-
most all the members of the congregati. ,as they re-
turned to. their several I aes, were with
candles, of which they seemed to be particularly curcfnl.
Ono, indeed, had unfortunately lost his, in scrambling
up the steep side of a mountain, and scented almost in
despair because lie did nut re-rimer it. On imptiry, it
turned out that, sifter the mysserions riti-s of the day
had been completed, the priest had distributed those
candles among the simple rustics, stipo believed that
they possessed eovereign virtue to ward elf alsegees both
temporal and 'spiritual, if preiterved till the next anni-
versary of the festival, but the loss of one was regarded
as an uses° big with disaster!!

The following is prescribed for pickling herf, pork,
mutton, Gtr. and keeping the meat good •ild sheet :
Take four gallons of good 'water, to which add tow
point and a half of Aluscovado tower (tioulames
answer), two ounces of saltpetre, and six pounds-of bay
or common great salt, put the whole into a drab ;pot tic
kettle, and let it buil, being careful :is take the scum os.
as it comes np; when no more scum rises take the Minor
oir, and let it %taint until it is cold; then having put the
meat you want to preserve into the Tellbd you intend to
keep it in, pour the liquor over the meat till it he quite.
covered, iu which condition it must be kept. If yowl-meta,
tswpmerve your nwat for a considerable length of sin it
wilt be necessary mice in MO 11118016rft toil tW. lr
over again, skimming Wall that rises, and tbruivir.; in,
during the boiling, tit o ounces of sugar, soul half
pound. of common !mall salt : thos the saute pickle wilt
hold good for Wel% e months. This piekle.is snot us-'
Parable to cure hams, neat!' tongues. or beef, whirl. pm.
intend to dry, or mike what is ce!!e.l hung beef;
serving, when you take them tont of the pickle, first. to'
clean dry them, then put them into paper bags, and
hung them op in a dry warm ;Aare. Souse also have
tried the above receipt, choose their west salter than
this will effect, anal instead of six take right ur nine
pounds of salt. in the hottest weather it has been
found necessary, before the meat is put io the pickle, to
rah it well over wish salt, and let it lie from one to three
hours, until all the blood runs out. If the 'twat sts in
the least degree tainted before it is put into the pickle,
it will be entirety spoiled into short time in hut weather.
To this receipt the lignic acid nal peu‘e a very valuable
addition.

New Msrenr—On Friday night, at Cribb's, the
Vision Arms, in Panton-street, ten guineas a-side were
deposited by the friends of Martin and those of Hey-
:wills' for a tneeftng to take place between those pugi-
listic heroes. The preliminaries respecting time, place,
kr. are to be definitively settled on Thursday evening
nest, at Belcher's, Castle Tavern, Holborn.

SPRING ••4p ItoaraT 8V11611.-00 Friday next, with-,
in thiity miles of London, the conduit betweeti•-the
above Big 011 P%. will he decided. Spring is decidedly
the favourite, although it is the expressed opinion of the
amateurs, that he is nut a herd hitter; let it k ad-
mitted he is an awkward man to get at. Burn% is toll
of conOdence ; both the men are in good condition ;
and a manly set-to, there is no doubt, will be the mesult.
Several bets are depending that the battle i‘ not over in
35 minutes, the time-which occupied Shelton to become
the conqueror user Burns.
Carter asserts that he was not well-treated in his late
teen-eji with and that lie seortied to take any ad-
vantage of the Champion. Several other persons, lie
also declares, took nsimanly advantages of Join when /lc
8W doing. *Carter observes, that he will tight for what-
eiret sum any Gentleman may be inclined to hack bini
-for, against either Cribb, Larkin, or Sutton, on Friday
seat.

i•XTIRAORDINART ATTACK.—The following reminds.
-us of •the extraordinary attack made by the lioness on
the loaders in the P.xeter mail-coach, a few years ago:—
The Portswouth twill-coach, on its way to London, on
.Tbursday Meat. when it came by the side of the Devil's
Punch. Bowl, between Petersfield and hlonsehill, had its
leaders suddenly seized bythree hull-dogs belonging to
two men with a tish-cart. The •leaders, by their violent
struggles, broke their harness, and disengaged them-
selves from the roach ; one of them fell over the benk,
and the ferocious dogs with him. One of the men sue..
seeded in betting the horse up. The horses are both
very much injured ; one of them so much that it is feared
-he cannot recover • And the harness is broken all to
pieces. The guar was obliged to drive the coach, with
a pair only, to Motiselsill, and the coachman to walk
with the injured leaders. Whoever has travelled this
road, and knows the place called the Devil's Punch Bowl,
which is by all travellersdhought a great natural curi-
osity, must consider the passengers and the coach to
base hall a most providential escape. It was a fortunate
circumstance that the horses had, h the violence of their
struggles, cleared themselves of their harness ; as the
coach must otherwise have inevitably
.been precipitated
by an almost perpendicular descent into an immense
**depth. It is surprising that this place, so near the road
side, which has for years been at once die admiration
and terror of travelfers, has never hero fenced by a wail,
and it is seriously to he wished, that those whose duty
it is, will not stiffer it to remain longer than is abso-
lutely necessary in this dangerous state.