Star.
London, England, 1824-07-21 00:00:00

111 ELAND.

The directions given by the Grand Orange Lodge of Trebn,!
discontinue the insulting and exasperating celebration of the
of July, have been disregarded in several parts of that tinfortun:.:.:
and distracted country. Considering the determination lately nu.
nifested, in so many shapes, by the Irish Government, to discoun-
tenance the Orange Association, and especially to put an end to i!;
illegal and mischievous processions, we cannot suspect the sincerity
of the Grand Lodge in issuing the orders which have born
trampled upon thus contemptuously. There can be no doubt that
the Orange leaders expected obedience. All their hopes and in.
terests must have inclined them to wish for it, because, after Orr
had resolved to require it, the mutinous insubordination of their
followers would evidently constitute the best argument for the sup-
pression of their body. It was, besides, an object with then, •„
thew by deeds—and the less those deeds were known to be in
accordance with their private judgments the stronger the
stration—that their professed loyalty was not wholly a pretence.
—The termination of their processions would have been cited
an irresistible proof, not only of their readiness to submit to
injunctions of their own functionaries, hut of their willingness to
acquiesce in the wishes of authority. The Orangemen, however,
have now deprived their apologists of every shadow of excuse fur
any longer tolerating the existence of this must pernicious associ4:
tion. The Orange and Catholic Associations ought both to be sup-
pressed by law. Mr. ltrownlow, the Member for Armagh, ad-
mitted that while the festivals of party triumph were continued,
" no man's property would be worth a year's purchase; no mans
life could be valued at a pin's fee."
At Downpatrick, during the tumultuous Orange procession•.
Mr. Anderson, a Methodist Clergyman, lost his life. Ile was ridiu
past a public-house where some Orangemen were drinking, wises
Just as he passed, a young man came to the window and fired
pistol, which occasioned Mr. Anderson's horse to take fright
gallop down the street, when the unfortunate Minister was thrown,
and, notwithstanding the assistance of two medical Gentlemen, he
died in little more than an hour after the fall.

At Newry a desperate affray took place, in which some soldiers
of the 86th took an active part. Mr. Corry, the Magistrate, with
a degree of vigour and courage which cannot be too highly praiwd,
subdued the riot, and lodged the ringleaders on each side in prism.
Indeed, the Magistracy behaved at all the places where similar at-
tempts occurred, with great firmness. At Belfast, the Chief Mar,
trate of Police ordered the Orange flags to be removed, and the
triumphal arches, covered with offensive emblems, to be pulled
down • and at Donaghadee another Magistrate, Mr. Hull, routed
the Orange procession in person, and captured three or four ragged
fellows, whom he forthwith committed to the black-hole. In these
proceedings the people of Ireland must see further evidence of the
determhation of the Marquis Wellesley's Administration to enforce
the laws with impartiality against all who violate them, whether
Ribbonman or Orangeman. By perseverance in this course only
can the foundations of public confidence be laid, and the undeviating
justice of the King's Government be rendered fully apparent.