The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-22 00:00:00

even humbler in condition than Sir Robert Wil-
'son The displeasure of his lawful Sovereign
cannot degrade a British subject, who has
not by his conduct justified the censure.—
Does Sir Robert Wilson suppose that he is
humbled in the estimation of any portion of his
countrymen, because he no longer wears the
badges of the Order of Maria Teresa or St.
Wladimir. In truth, he threw away a fine op-
portunity of asserting the dignity of an English-
man, and the superiority which he possesses, as
one of the Representatives of a free people—a
woman would have appreciated the occasion
better—and has done so, in a passage of a
letter which should make Sir Rober blush.—
Mademoiselle de Lespinasse, writing about
the late Marquis of Lansdown (then Lord Shel-
burne), makes a nobler estimate of the privilege
of being a subject of a free country, and a Mem-
ber of the Legislature, than the Hon. Member
and Gallant General.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The late Irish Papers brought us the details of
a new Orange murder. On the 12th July
last, the anniversary of the battle of the
Boyne, a party of Orangemen marched in
procession, at a Place called Cran, in the
county Armagh.. They were equipped with
guns, pistols, swords, and other weapons ; they
wore sashes and cockades, and that nothing
might be wanting to complete a military arrays
they bore a standard. On Mi. Abercromby's mo-
tion last year Mr. Peel, with some ignorance of
human nature, expressed his expectation that
Catholics would learn to elevate their minds to
the consideration of that benefit which accrued
to freemen of all sects and denominations from
King William's success : the Irish peasantry
have not, however, yet arrived at so exalted a
pitch of philosophical abstraction ; and, in the an-
nual processions of the Orangemen, they view only
the insulting commemoration of the defeat of
their ancestors, of their own civil disqualification,
and of the downfal of their religion. At Oran a
great number of the neighbouring Catholics con-
gregated, under feelings certainly of great irrita-
tion, and it seems doubtful whether or not with
some design of violence against the procession.—
A broil, however, did ensue, the fire-arms of
the Orangemen gave them the superiority ;
several Catholics received wounds from gun-f
shots, and one was killed. No Orangeman was
hurt. Some of their body were charged with
the murder, and the Report of 'the Trial at the
late Armagh Assizes has acquainted us with the
case. The prisoners have been acquitted.—
There was, as might be expected, great con-
trariety of evidence ;—several witnesses swore
positively to the shot which killed the deceased
having been fired by one of the Orangemen ar-
raigned, but they were contradicted by others;
and it was also stated, that the country people (or
Catholics) first assailed the procession with a
shower of stones.
WAeccdorodni.ntgclutaorretlhewitthetshtie-
mony of other persons, no stones were thrown,
except by two I:t.tlw the Orangemen
ovpet'rdniecdt tohfeitrhefir Jeu.ry. The trial seems to have
been a fair one. The Judge (Mr. Justice John-
ston) appears to have held the scales of justice
even, and to have done his duty without fear
of that mighty Faction to which the prisoners
belonged. The Prosecution was conducted by
the Crown ; such prosecutions were at one time
so much distrusted by the Catholics, that
the real prosecutors used to endeavour to
prevent th?, interference of the Crown Lawyers,
preferring to take the expence upon themselves.
If we may judge from the manner in which the
has been conducted, the Irish recent prosecution
Government is fully resolved to remove all
grounds for this disgraceful suspicion. Mr.
•
Attorney•Generlal Plunkett no longer employs
train-bands of the late Orange
exclusively the
among the Lawyers who Attorney, Mr. Saurin ,
conducted the case, ex-parte Regis, we observe
the names m
of
men who 0e
Gentlemen of known liberal
principles,
enjoy the entire confidence
of the peasantry, aed must necessarily transfer
Government by which they
aretl a t
employed.confidence to the

MunDER IN WALEs.—The murder mentioned
in our last Paper was committed
at Dawn, near Bettws; Aber-
gele. The deceased was far advanced in years, and was on his
tbr oats. The scene of the tragedy
for the purpose, being a lonely
any dwelling-house. The body
dwwiaanysost
eil: paygsuolnalarel
singularly
neighbouriv,,setialncaet
afilr) 5 sot
adapted
was found in a small brook, lying on the face; the jaw was
broken, the scull fractured, and the throat cut. The frightful
crime must have taken Place about seven o'clock at night.—
What adds to the horror excited by such a frightful occurrence
is, that the son of the poor old man is suspected to be the mur-
derer.--.( Chester Paper.)
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