The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-11 00:00:00

STATESMAN.

TRANSUBSTANTIATiON. OR THE CATHOLIC
PRIEST AND TILE PRO'I'EST.INT WAC.

THE EDITOR OP THE STATEB\I.I)I.

SlR—Although I know you advocate, or at least
approve of, " Catholic Emancipation," I think you
will hot refuse the following !risk legend a place in
your paper.
One of the most important duties enjoined by the
Romish Church beiug to propagate popery, and to
convert " hes-dirt," a certain Irish Priest once set
his heart upon making the son of his Protestant neigh-
bour unknown to his parents a Papist.
This young fellow, who, besides beiug of most et-
cellent understanding and of good educatiou, was a
" Pickled Boy," pretended to hare a great itch for
the Pope, wham he was, in fact, only unwinding the
knavery of the Priest for the amusement of himself
and his " pickled" companions.
After a long siege, " Master Pickle," pretended be
was very nearly converted : he was quite convinced
upon every point bat ONE, namely, " Taaxsi•nsvAN-
vrartos ;" but he could nut be at all smitistied how
more " bread and wine" coda possibly be changed
into actoul " flesh and blood."

Upon this most serious Catholic point the parties
held out a considerable time, the Priest contending
that the inspiration conferred upon his holy order at
consecration, enabled them to perform this miracle,
and the young protestant contending that THEI
" TIRNISLAISTAN rivrtos'• was some trick—scone jug-
gle--seme infusion of real flesh and blood into the
hread posh wine, whereby to impose npon their flocks
and to reconcile their own consciences to the doctrines
they preached. His reverence shocked at such a
dreadful imputation, answered with pions intliptatiou,
" No such thing—v..ta bread and nine, ANY
bread anti wine."

Pretending to he somewhat consoled by the frank- I
ness of this proposition, the tsar; consented at last
that he would formally read his recantation, provided
that to satisfy all his tloubts 1111011 this question of
•' transult,' his reverence would permit him to bring
with him his tow N bruit and trine, to Which the divine
most readily consented.
The joyous day at last arrived, when an heretic was
to he saved, and the vounrr, converts tIU N bread and wine
Was. according to agreement, consecrated for the Sa-
crament, which he was, upon that occasion, to take
When they arrived at that part of the sere
whereat the Priest first takes the sacrament himself,
I the communicant adjured him at the altar to satisfy
those doubts he iii!! entertained upon the subject. and
to declare, solemnly, whether that he was then ;shout
to eat and drink ts as "b, rust and trint, ' or actually
46 1' LEAH and *Loon." The divine with all due so-
lemnity, declared it to he the latter, actually " rt.v.sts
and 11t.uon.•.
Just as the Priest was putting the wafer to his lips,
the communicant, nltli ominous insinuation, hid Ilion
eat and drink at his peril. The holy lather started—
let the wafer down, and casting a look of uploraiding
at his pupil, •.tammurrcd rnews: !" " 11.1, said
the Other, '' slur ilfut 404 d hluntl! ! ! I thought so,
ate thy 1111:noklou% power—l see thy faith—Ult FAD
and nix': aftcr all B•
it, Cecil-street.
TO JOSEPH II A MOON.

A CISSISTIVN isisTEN %%D A PiTllltiT. No% oNVI%ED

TIIL C‘‘TLE Or i'llltsTEN.

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This !Ivan. entitled Ilarriion's Hope. with streetion
ihseribett by his brother in bonds, tit wt It ♦4 EOM D.

AIR.-" The God of Abraham pral.e."—.l beautiful He-
brew hlelod).

When freedom bade adieu,
And fbr a while withdrew,
'there was a light of hea'nly hope,
That kept id view ;
Afar it faintly shone.
As might some star alone.
Which rode timid the storm, when all
The rest we►e gone.
And as I gazed, its light
Crest brighter, and more bright,
tntil it seeeu'il to triumph o'er
The shades of night
Aad 'then 'twits like a day,
Arising tar away,
And bringing bark the golden hours
Of Liberty.
dark'niag cloud was there,
Hut all was bright and fair;
I solicit at the chains which hung
The wretch to scat.•.
Ah ! though the great combine,
The lowly to confine.
'They cannot for one moment quench
His hope dis ine.
And though unfeeling might,
The heart's affection blight ;
And though beneath the aria of power,
Huth bend the right—
This cannot always he,
For million► will be free ;
O ! they will rise to {indicate,
Humanity.
My thanks to God ascend;
Who loth my steps attend I
For he bath been to me
A mighty friend ;
His wing hath bees my shields
His hand hath been my star ;
As through a persecuting world,
I sought my way.
Lincoln Castle, Ma

A Court of Aldermen was hrld yesterday :st Guild-
hall for general business, and was fully attended.—
Several persons were sworn, and others allowed to be
admitted brokers.—Coal undertakers were licensed.—
Itletors. Vandereom, Din, Boss, tiritfitlas, James,
Crook, and Cowan were severally admitted and sworn
coal-meters In trust for the city fur four years.

At the last meeting of the Royal Society of Edin-
burgh, there was presented to the Museum of that
body, by the Marchioness of HVNTL6T, a magnificent
specimen of MaJrepore, about two feet four inches in
diameter, and, we believe, the largest ia the kingdom.
This interesting oject of natural history is in a state
of excellent preservation ; and its magnitude is such,
thit eight men experienced great difficulty in car-
rying it to the Society's apartments.
A remarkable occurrence took place is Jedburgh the
week before last. A fewile child, about In months old,
had a needle taken out of its body. a little below the
right shoulder, by Dr. Hilsoo. It is distinctly remem-
bered by the parrot, when the child was about two
mood* old, that a needle fall from the breast of its Soo-
tier. and it was always thought that it west into the
moo* of the ehild, it is sow sertaio that such had bmie
the due, as, the doctor declared that the needle had as.
teak Snob through the chili's body.

OLD BeiILRY, (Ten MOSPIIIIII)
After the opening of the Court, and the names of
the Jury were being called, Ed. l.aze►►b addressed •
the COIIIIIIOII Sergeant and begged to be excused
serving on the score of deafness.
Common Sergeant—llow long have you been deaf ?
Juryman—rr.... my childhood, Sir.
Common Sergeant—(in au under tone)—Are you
very deaf ?
Juryman-les, sir, very deaf indeed.
Common Sergeant—Well, sir, get into the box.
I will take care the witnesses shall speak laud enough
for you to hear them ; but it appears to we, from the
tone in which 1 addressed you, that your hearing is
not so bad as to render you incompetent to perfor►u_
your public duty.
Dunais She, ley Was indicted for maliciously cut-
ting and siabbing Bartholomew 'anent, with intent to
murder him There were other counts in the indictment,
Charging hi 3; with intent to do him the said B.
Laced, some bodily harm, &c.
Bartholomew l.►,ertt deposed, that on the 13th of
February, he had a wedding at his lodgings ; the.
company left about tits ee in the morning ; his wife,
and himself !sad been Jou nin the back kitchen, and
were coming up stairs, when a man of the name of
Burn WA% standing behind the door, who said he was
afraid to go odt ; witness told him he would see hint
safe out; Shepley was in the passage, with a sword in
Isis hand : he imm►tliatel_y aimed a blow at his head,
which cut him severely ; he made a second attempt,
when w itoess rushed forward, and seized hint by the
arm : a violent scat& ensued, and they fell ; assistance
was called Cr ; ;he prisoner was secured and taken;
into custody.

('ross•ezauhined by Mr. Anot.eurs.—There was a
dance in the kitchen. Some dispute took place
about 50/. as to who could produ.•e that sum. A few
blows succeeded, anal witness's wile broke prisoner's
bead with a candlestick, &c.
Mary I.lteett in part cAlifirmed her husband's state-
ment.
Prisoner in his defence denied baying a swori
at all.

One of the witnesses to character gate a whimsical
account of the fracas.

The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

Navigation by steam vessels appears to have become
a fasoittite mode of intercourse between different par s
of the island. Many packets of this description a•e
now established between lireat Britain and Ireland,
and a new one on a large scale is about to be launched
at Bull, for intercourse with London. On the coasts
of Si otL►ud this mode of navigation was early intro-
duced, and has been extensively carried on ; and on
Thursday tt as launched at Perth the longest vessel
ever known to have been bnilt in the Tay, and the
largest steatu•bo.tt in the United Kingdom. She is
feet in length, -10 feet in breadth, coppered to
the bends, with head, quarter galleries, and is to be
propelled by tn•o engines, 40 horse power each. She
is intended fur establishing a communication between
the northern ports of Scotland and Leith.
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HICKMAN AND Courca.—This battle, which ex•
cites more than ordinary interest, takes place this ,
for a hundred guineas aside, twenty-six miles north of
Loudon. Cooper arrived at flelckerls from Riddles-
down. Surrey, on Nlonday, and proceeded to the seat
lif act' . He isnot so well as he would have been, had
he not been afflicted with boils upon the legs. whirls
presented his taking the necessary exercise. Hickman,
who is in Hertfordshire, it hacked at 6to 4. Then is
more money pending upon this match than has been
known fur years.
On the I!..th ult. a select band of eight of the Old-
ham College youths, rung at their St. Paul's Church. a
peal of Keatish-TreMe-Bob-illejor, composed of 14,016
changes, by Mr. William Eversfield, of Uravesend, in
Kent : and ably conducted by Mr. Joseph Newton, of
Oldham, 1.-wealthier, in the wonderful quick time of
7 hours, and 26 minutes ; being the greatest extent
rung in England. The artists were stationed as
follows : Tie6le, Mr. Joseph Newton; 2. Mr. James
Mills. 3. Mr. John Btierley. 4. Mr. James Taylor.
S. Mr. William Rigby. 6. Mr. Thomas Chaddertoa.
7. Mr. John Whitehead. Tenor, Mr. James Jackson.
The Tenor weighs only 13 cwt. in the key of 0.

There are to be opened on Raster Monday next,
three• new peals of Dells, vit. a grand ring of ten in
St. Ann's liothic Tower, at Rotherham, Yorkshire, the
tenor weighing 31 cwt. in the key of D.—A ring of
eight, for Mitcham, in Stirrey, the tenor is 16 cwt. in
the key of F. And a peal of eight for Woolwich, in
Kent, the tenor only 13 cwt. in the key of U ; all cast
in London.

4; trTIOX TO CAIN EN.-+BIRCTAL OITTRAMI —A
driver of a coal waggon, was prosecuted on Monday
last, at the Session., at Guildhall, the evidence before
the Jury Was as follows :
Wm. Ilrownitt, was driving a single horse chaise,
accompanied by his daughter, about twelve years
of age, flown Wood-street, Cheapside, where was a
coal waggon discharging a load ; be drove his horse
to the head of the foremost horse belonging to the
waggon, as close as possible in order to give room
for a cart that was mecum him; behind the cart
was another coal waggon, on the approach of which
Mr. Ilrowtsitt called out to the driver*. stop, as there
was not room to pass—the driver laughed sad passed sly .
—Mr. Bruwnitt called out very loudly, for Yod's salah•
stop, or we shall be crushed to death : the driver coos.
tinged laughing and drove on, by which the wheel eti
the waggon caught the chaise, and eventually three/.
the horse on his side, and .was in that state drag. •
ged 10 or 15 yards in the street. &awaits aid
his danghter being still in the chaise, la the guest
perilous situation. At length some one stopped the
waggon horses, which gave Mr. B. the oppertanity
of leaping out and securing his daughter; the terse
was very seriously injured. • The Jassy bawl him
Guilty, and the Court Bestowed him to six atomise.
imprisonment in the House of Vorrentles.
CORPf RSCNANOZ, St' RCN 11.—The Whale 611.41 Ws•.
finites extremely dull ;
no fresh arrivals since

from that day's supply
morningalthough offered
close of ,onday's market,
duction of 21. per sick on
increased the depression '
seppotts Mondey's prices,
beteg small..-Mts are'lk
isomer of large arrivals
Peas no at:ration.

M._- !,„

4

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for although there Wee been
Monday, what rahainsil ever
coed no be dispasedipf. this
red at lower prices, , the
et, the millers asides r re.
On the price of 51.111 T, .11•11 •
3 In the • Wheat train.
es, the viudttitrat •
lr per qnaitlw s•
is since Moadsys • '7
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