The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-22 00:00:00

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ORANGE AFFRAY AT GLAsGOW.
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.1 The Orange systeM' which has been so pleeleale;
s• ith mischief to the people of Ireland, has, it appears
• eat some of its offshoots across the chinas' from
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i Ulster to Glasgow, and attempted to engraft them et. _
the truck of Scottish society. What success has at ?I,
seeded the attempt will be seem by the %Howler state- es
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• f The Sheriff, Magistrates, and Jestlhes of the Peace. 11/1
•• •, have unanimously resolved to put dote, all attempts a• $
an Orange parade.—(o/aggew Mon. .1,4 11.) . °J•
The Magistrates of Glasgow have refused permission !!!
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that city, on Friday near, the 12th curt., because f•
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s• snob ea unnecessary and uncalled for display, may .r..
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; . probably lead to a breach of the peace.—(Gekdonion
• Mowry.)
GLANGew, Just, 13.—The preparations of the "
V" ' Ammon for a parade through the City. were for
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Meely atedesd, as was the determination of the Magis-
trates sot to suction the procession. Yesterday morn-
log. Werner, is defiant* of every prudential coosidera
ties, two lodges, to the amount of from sixty to 11
men, met is differeat Uterus in the Oallesvgate. About
1 halt-pest eight o'clock they came out to the streets : -
end beingproperly marshalled, they marched off, gar. P 1
sisbed with all their usual insignia. and Iseerlag asp Si
3 . with their emblems. On peplos. the Metre of Kiog in
- . .g -Wallace, they took off their bars and cheered as they ii
, ~. • ~f,pliebed. They cheered again at the head of King-street.
.. • •; • •,:sitr As a crowd was assembling eery fast, they hesitated
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-mad debated for a moment, whether or not they would 58
t •• • ,-Ak remote.. They thee took refuge In a Tavern in King. is
- . street. Ow of them, after some time, ventured out,
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0, •r 4 sad. be web Immediately assailed with hisses and yells ` D
r . of disapprobation. Afterwards some of them advaaced
. • lam the Trosgate, and were followed by the crowd,
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~. ) and a fight with fists ensued. Some of the Orange- N
1'• : men ran bask with a imitable alacrity, aid vociferated
;.4" :, . Aids voices as load as fury could Make them, " come
taut with tee swords, Sec.; they are beating as Orange. C
man !" Seven fellows, who bad amongst them five til
swords, immediately sallied out. bareheaded, and rasaat
t at the crowd. The people turned on this formidable s
party, who pointed their swords to their breasts, with I
• • , dreadful Imprecation., threatening to kill the first that 58
..• came forward. " Stones; steam!" were instantly *
shouted for by the crowd; but so stones were fords-to
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coroiag.. Pieces of coil and brick were thrown. The ~,
11.: a ()gauge past'y stood for some time at the Close-month D
brandishing end warieg their swords, amidst dreadful
hissiag soil every term of reproach and coatempt that 'l'
could housed. At this critical moment, a strong body of al
lie Polies, headed by the Superinteodent, arrived. About se
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'half-past teethe Sheriff, a number of the Magistrates, ,
. • & - led a large party of the 77th Regiment; arrived at
31411. • • • Ike place, wises the military were formed into a hollow
.11 _ i, .;were. The Sheriff Men gave directions to the Public 2
. I -- ,s 01Erers to bring the paraders out. This was accord-
4. lsegly done, when they were all marched quietly off and -
• - holged in one of the Courts of the Gaol. The Sheriff It
2 at Magistrates then present took down 6 list of their in
. ' :lames. The number seized is about 130. The Orange- of
4 1,..en were provided with 'bent a dozen swords. There dl
is no doubt that the timely arrival of the Police obviated a,
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• •• voty serious eensequeoces. Numbers of the Anti- el
• , • Oralizemen were arriving from all quarters, provided
wick Leavy bludgeons, and ow. person appeared with a t°
. 1.1 t• !am!" The Orangemen alleged that they assets- 55
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' .4- Wed merely to make a collection for their distressed bra- C
,I threo. To this, an official gentleman replied that it was s(
. strange they were provided with so many swords. if they fo
ket only for that purpose. Thus by the commendable th
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1 conduct of the Magistrates, has this threatening affair
• clamed. • fe
In addition to the account respecting the Orange t"
• eF• .sy, we hare to add that the men were addressed in th
i the gaol court by both the Sheriff and one of the Magi,- th
tii iln4C3 on the impropriety of their conduct. The pure 21
ym. tof their observation was, that whatever might be ni
4, t tl.e motive of their meeting, nothing could justify or
e.c.rse them fur making sech an ostentatious display in
•Liertopposition to the intimation of the Civil Power. 05
Ai,er tie Office -b of the different Lodges bad en- le
terra into recognizance to keep the peace and appear fr
‘e if called on, they were dismissed in small parties at dif.
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fereut periods, so as to escape the notice of the crowd.— SI
(Ch,•earelc)
CONTRABAND TRADE. C
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His *Majesty's Revenue cruiser, Prince of Wilier, 1r
• II • j stain Oliver, Commander, arrived at Greenock on fa
S•tarday with an American smuggling brig, the Jane w
k Maria. having on board a valuable cargo, captured by th
• the Prince of Wales in the Runs of Islay. 0
Discoveries have been recently made of the exist- N
'ace of a rysteta of smuggling on the Devonshire es
hi coast to an enormous extent. The articles smuggled cr
principally consist of teas and East India produce,
I which, from the amount of the duties, afford the cr
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•':" strongest inducements to illicit traffic. The mode SI
ad.pted by the "fair traders," as they are called, is sh
this :.---A I is cleared out from Swansea. or some yi
3, other port is the same neighbourhood, laden with
& coals, which, in a given latitude, meets a Dutch or a th
. i French logger with a cargo of the contraband arti• it
ales. Three are immediately received on board the pi
1, cdllie.-, and being properly stowed, site proceeds on her p•
voyage, and entering an English port no suspicion is
1 s. excited as to the character of the transaction in which
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she is engaged, nor does any search take place. A ill
I °env -eient opportunity is afterwards found for landing el
l'., the more valeable part of her lading, which is imam. qt
1 diarely carried up the country. and sold to wholesale it
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!' f i and retail dealers.—[There must bare been. for a s'
great length of time past. a very considerable Wiper- S'
I•: i tatios trade to England. carried on by means of the to
smugglers. The Annual Pariiamentary Returns of II
the Exp.wte of England, having so much exceeded w
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I-• her Imports,
• . . prtiscipte than, that the balance between •imp,,rts and al
l . . exports has bees p ml, or nearly so, by means of ee
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the smugglers) o
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On Monday last, John, alias Alexander Campbell,
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was convicted before the High Court of Justiciary,
Edinburgh, of falsehood, fraud, and wilful ituposition, F
is obtaining through false pretences. (particularly h
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by representing himself as a Minister or Licensed of
Prficber of the gospel, and a doctor in divinity, and tl
i 4 also as Wog commissioned by the Society for Pro. cl
muting Christian Knowledge in the Highlands and I•
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, Islands of Scotland) various same of mosey, articles p
, , of searing apparel, and a horse; he having been pre& ti
1 vionsly convicted, before the Circuit Court of Perth, Is
1 i • • of *miler practices. After impressive admonitions so
`; from the Court, the panel was sentenced to be trans- at
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orted for 14 years. a
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