The Sun. — 1849-07-27 (London, England)

ORANGE PROCESSIONS IN IRELAND.  vcrnment some years ago had expressed a wish that Orange Lodges should be dissolved, Lord Roden took the odium of that act on himself, and it was mainly owing to his influence that those societies had been dissolved. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL considered that the Govern. ment, instead of administering justice in this case with  rapid vindictiveness, ought to pursue their course steadily and deliberately.  Mr. REYNOLDS then rose, pursuant to notice, to move for "Copies of any correspondence between the Government of Ireland and the civil and military autho• rities :of the county of Down, relating to processioris, public meetings, or armed assemblages of the people on the 12th day of this instant July." The greatest pistibia excitement existed in Dublin and elsewhere at the delay of a proper inquiry into these atrocious murders. These violent proceedings of the Orangemen had beEn too long tolerated. Referring to what he had said of Lord Roden, he spoke not of his private, but of his political, character; and, if he violated the law, his conduit, like that of every other man, should be open to investigation. Sir GEORGE GREY explained that an inquiry was going forward, and he thought that no good could cotie of the,lo observations. Mr. REYNOLDS said that a violent, malicious, and wanton aggression had been made upon the people, and if the fullest assurance was not given of an inquiry and searching investigation, he feared it might manifest itself in an unpleasant maniirr during . her Majesty's anticipated visit, which should be one of peace and good will. Was not every armed procession a violation of the law? He had the authority of the Right Hon. Baronet that it was. What, then, was there to prevent the Attorney General instituting a prosecution ? The Right Honourable Gentleman probably wished not to prejudge the question before inquiry. But that would not satisfy the people.--(Hear, hear.) The people were 'beginning to think that this Orange Association was part and parcel of the Church Temporalities, which had caused so much heart-burning, and so much bloodshed, already. He thought the Government ought to be obliged to him for calling attention to the subject, and giving them an opportunity of disclaiming all sympathy with the perpetrators of this outrage. Was it not disgraceful, that 1,500 men, armed to the teeth, should, within two hours after being feasted in the domain of a Peer, have fired upon the people, and that one of the officers in command of the police should have called it an " all-round-my-hat affair 2" He did not think that very dignified language for an officer in the service of the Government, nor did he know what " all round my hat" meant—(A laugh)—at least not in this instance. He found that not a single Orangeman was in custody. They had transported Smith O'Brien, Mitchell, and Meagher, for what was called treason and sedition, and these Orange murderers were surely at least equally deserving punishment. He called for justice upon Lord Roden, Mr. Beard, and the other magistrates who had been accessory to those murders, and he repeated, that the Government were bound to execute at least as summary justice as they had in former cases, when the offending magistrates were of a different persuasion. The Ron Member, after some further observations, concluded by moving the motion of which he had given notice.  The motion was then withdrawn, and the House adjourned shortly before Eight o'clock.