The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-26 00:00:00

ORANGE LODGES.

(From the She Acid IncieiZ
ndent of Saturday.)
The Duke of CumbeKland, Grand ivLster of the Orange
'-1
Lodges of the United Kingdom ; the Duke of tft2rdon and
Lord Roden, the Grand Masters for Scotland and Irelaiij:
being abroad, the temporary Government has devolved on
Lord Kenyon, Deputy Grand Master of England and
Wales. We have before us a printed circular, purporting
to come from his Lordship : and as it also bears the signa-
ture, " W. B. Fairman," on the direction, we take it to be
authen;,:r7
in which his Lordship anathematizes and ex-
cornmunicates t;;lrtY-
two Deputy Grand-Masters of York-
shire and Derbyshire ; first of whom stands Mr. Haywood,
of Sheffield, for having conve2ed a meeting of Orangemen
at Wakefield, in August last, and ;;Ilen passed resolutions
" most unwarrantable and disgraceful to themselves, as
Orangemen, reflecting on the conduct of their illustrious,
high principled, and inflexible Grand Master, and making
declarations inconsistent with the duty of every faithful
Orangeman." Their warrants are, therefore, can: gilled,
and they and their abettors are declared to be expelled.
Lord Kenyon concludes by expressing his " surprise and
disgust," that any Members should have been found capaLle
of acting •" so ungratefully to their illustrious Grand
Master, whose conduct towards the Institution, and whose
invariable public conduct ought to entitle him to the un-
mixed and heartfelt veneration And attachment of every
true Protestant in the empire." To this thundering " bull"
Mr. Haywood has thus replied :

October 21, 1835.

My Lord,--.Qn Sunday last I received a circular, pur-
porting to emanate from ;roar Lordship, having your Lord-
ship's name affixed thereto, ao D.G.M. of England and
Wales, though in reality I conceive to be the effusion of
your officious agent, for it savours much his malignant
temper and traitorous disposition. It is addres.red---' To
the true and loyal Orangemen of England." Be
it so.
Then I aver it to be quite adapted to the brethren allude 2
to in the circular, but who, your Lordship would now seem-
ingly wish to expose, in doing which, your Lordship is
perhaps not aware of exposing yourself. The brethren
who met me at Wakefield are Orangemen, claiming and
maintaining their civil rights and religious liberties, as se-
cured to them by King William 111., Prince of Orange, whose
name we bear, cherishing the principles of our creed, as
published by your direction, viz., hating no one on ac-
count of his religious opinions. We bear true allegiance to
his Majesty, which, I presume, is more than your pretended
brothers do, as I shall hereafter notice to your Lordship ;
for when I read the sycophant language of the Ex-
Colonel in the circular, it reminds me of the hired me-
nial's mission and conduct on his late tour throughout the
country, at one guinea per diem, coach-hire, &c., whom
the illustrious, high principled, and inflexible G. M. (as
you term him in the circular) and yourself eulogised so
much, for his services in supporting the Orange cause.
He was sent on a second tour, as appears by the Grand
Lodge circular, of Feb. 15th, 1833, upon the same ex-
penses, with incidentals allowed ; and because I exposed
his extravagance and wilful waste at Airdrie, in Scotland,
(where he distributed money and wine in the streets), I
have been thwarted by him with all the arrogance he was
master of. When you last wrote me, your Lordship dic-
tated brotherly love and good feeling ; if so, why send,'
through the medium of your hireling, a circular, and leave
the post to pay, when your Lordship might have franked it
as before ? But why send one at all ? Why threaten us
with cancelling our warrants, and expelling us ? We tell
again, my Lord, as we told you before in a printed cir-
cular rl •
lat Wakefield, that we had entirely with-
drawn mu the Grand Lodge, on account of your
(I.w u
p ourselves f:
exactions and tyranny, not only compelling our principles,
but our money to support it. .I\ly Lord, this exposition of
us, as you term it, is an exposition g: e yourself, and I have
no doubt, will soon be found out to your 2: ,ordship's morti-
fication. Your Lordship, in the circular, says nu'thing about
all the Lodges in London having tendered in their :esigna-
tions to the Grand Lodge, except 206, Wm. Thompso.7 al/4
man of your own. No, this would not suit your Lordship.
Now, my Lord, as exposition seems to be the order of the
day, I should wish to ask your Lordship a few questions on
the subject. Did not his R.H. as G.M., and your Lord-
ship, as D.G.M., know what your missionary, Col. Fair-
man, had done on his first tour in 1832 ? Or rather, did
he not act under his R.H.'s and your Lordship's directions,
and was he not under those directions instructed to sound
the brethren how they would be disposed, in the event of
the King, William IV., being deposed, which was not im-
probable, on account of his sanctioning the reform of Par-
liament ; and if so, it would become the duty of every
Orangeman to support his R.H., who would then in all
probability be called to the throne ? And was he not
echoed at Barnsley, when putting these questions, by a
bloodhound in the shape of a man, calling himself a loyal
brother, saying, " he wished every Catholic was placed at
the mouth of a 36-pounder, and he had the firing of it off,
he would blow them to -."
Now-then, my Lord, if the diminutive agent did make
such an oration, you must know of it ; and if so, I would
ask you, who are the true Orangemen of England ? those
who are for deposing his Majesty, or the ancient and free
Orangemen who met at Wakefield, who not only swear, but
bear true allegiance to his Majesty ? Likewise, who is the
traitor ? What has the gallant Colonel to say now to the
epithets he was pleased to heap upon my head, such as de-,
magogue, base, vile incendiary, firebrand, traitor, &c.,
which I told him, in reply, would be more fitly appropri-
ated if entwined round his own head when seated in the
Grand Lodge, and then, as the Scripture saith, " so take
heed lest he fall."
I shall conclude by noticing, that as your Lordship has
thought proper to publish us, I shall republish the circular
and my answer, and am ready at any time to answer any
future charge which your Lordship may think proper to make.
I remain, with due deference,
Your Lordship's obedient; ancient and free Orangeman,
J. HAYWOOD.
G.M. and G. S. of the first Central Body, Yorkshire.
To the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon,
No. 9, Portman-square, London.

SIGNS OF A POPULAR ADAIINIS-

TRATION.

When men of capital hoard up their treasure, or invest
it in foreign funds, we are. apt to suspect that there is
something rotten in the state of public affairs—that the
Government is weak, or the people inclined to turbulence ;
or, for some cause or another, that political convulsion is
apprehended. When such is the case, projects of national
'--mrovement are discouraged ; large undertakings are sus-
pended the Finance Minister pays heavy interest for his
harrowed alone; thepoor-rates are augmented ; foreign
trade languishes ; thz Gazette is crowded ; and men cut
their throats.
this ought to be the state
If the Tories speak ir-Litl
accordin.- to
of affairs in England at present. 1 the To-
of and
ries, the dominant party in the country
revolutionary ; the Ministers are the contemptible :izents of
this faction ; every valuable and time-honoured institui;nu
in the land is in jeopardy ; an unscrupulous demagogue—
" a rancorous-mouthed ruffian"—wields the whole power
the
of the Government, insulting the King and, bearding
Aristocrary. This is what the Tories say in their speeches
and writings, usque ad nauseam.
Now glance at the actual state of affairs., We find that
many millions of money are in the process of being laid out
on railways, without the least prospect of any return for
several years to come, but in the full confidence of conti-
nued prosperity. New manufactories are springing up in
various parts of the country. A Glasgow paper states
that at no former time were so many persons engaged
in building houses in that city as at present. In all the
other principal towns there are similar marks of prospe-
rity. The number of private Acts passed last session for
local improvements were unusually large. Our dock-
companies are increasing their dividends. Newly-built
steam-boats crowd our rivers. The trade to Canton has
been extended prodigiously ; and we are not aware that
it is on the decrease to any part of the world. The
poor-rates have been reduced one-third within the last
year. The Slavery Loan was negotiated on terms un-
precedently low. The Three per Cents. are at 91.4. The
disposition of the people is to be tranquil and contented :
they meet by the hundred thousand together, and' not a
single act of violence is committed.
And yet, say the Tories, the Government is incapable,
unpopular, feeble, and revolutionary ! Do these persons
expect to be believed ? Not in England, certainly. But
on the Continent ? No—they cannot hope to make fools
of Louis Phillippe, Metternich, Ancillon, and Nesselrode.
Those Ministers know well enough what are the signs of a
discontented people and an odious government ; and if the
Tories swore till they were black in the face that their
ridiculous calumnies were true as the gospel, they would be
only laughed at by the shrewd statesmen we have named.
Facts give the lie to the Tory assertions ; and until the
baffled Opposition can produce facts to back their pottle-
deep harangues and flaming newspaper articles, they may
as well bottle up their eloquence and their ink.—Spectator.

We understand that the vacant Blue Riband is to
lyt conferred upon the Duke of Hamilton.