The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1849-10-02 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE DOLLY'S BRAE AFFRAY.—Mr. Beers. the orange grand-master, whose name has been prominent in connexion with the fatal riot at Dolly's Brae, has published a letter, from which we take the following extract : Really, brethren. the case to which I have to call your attention is so monstrous a violation of the principles of truth, justice, and loyalty, that I am almost inclined to believe it utterly impossible for any man of common honesty, and of loyal disposition towards the throne and constitution of Great Britain, to feel the slightest degree of sympathy with a company of vile outlawed assassins, banded together in a most fiendish and treacherous manner. who dared to interfere with and dictate terms to the loyal and the brave, who met together, on the 12th of last July, for the praiseworthy purpose of commemorating events to which our gracious and beloved Queen owes her throne, and the British nation its power, and to which we all, every one of us, protestants, and even Roman catholics themselves, owe all rights, liberties, and privileges which we enjoy. I ask you could anything be more monstrous, anything more insulting, anything more audacious than that companies of prowling rebels to the Queen and the government of the country, should prepare themselves for slaughter, armed with what the felon Mitchel used to call ' the oueen of weapons'—Vl7 , the piho of Scullabogue memory—with muskets also, and scythes, and other deadly weapons, and that these murderers, thus armed to the teeth, should lie in wait, till the orangemen, who were quietly and inoffensively returning home in procession, had nearly all passed on, and that then this body of popish miscreants should fire a murderous volley on their ranks from behind the ditches and hiding-places, and that after they were effectually routed, with the loss of several of their men, by the small band of orangemen whom they attempted to massacre—that then the fault should be laid at the door of the orangemen who were tha assailed, instead of on the ribbonmen, who were the assailers, because the former had the manliness, and the courage, and the sturdy protestant spirit, as well as correct and loyal feeling, to celebrate the mercies of the Lord to the British nation in time past, and to avow their determination to cherish till death those blood-sealed principles of civil and religious liberty which the bravery and devotion of their fathers won for them, and to deprive them of which, efforts are being daily made by foes both to the Queen's throne and the Queen's religion ? * * No, no, brethren, the cunning schemes of the enemies of truth and liberty must be exposed and thwarted, and overcome ; the vile machinations, the atrocious falsehoods, the flagrant perjuries of all our enemies must be met with vigour and promptitude, and extermination. Rebels must not be complimented, sympathised with, and supported, because they were not allowed to slaughter the orangemen as they wished, and orangemen must not be run down, must not be hunted, must not be misrepresented, must not be insulted by popish senators, or by Jesuitical journals, or by hireling officials, because they did not quietly surrender life and liberty to the evilminded and malignant, as well as dastardly and contemptible ruffians who sought their lives, and whose defeat and capture are things to be gloried in, and to be thankful for; as, had their efforts been successful, disastrous would the effects have been on the peace of the whole district, and on the security of life and property throughout the country." On Wednesday, Mr. Rea, the attorney for the ribbonmen concerned in the Dolly's Brae affair, applied to the Castlewellan bench of magistrates to proceed against one of his clients, John Paul. The learned gentleman, who is a busy Young Irelander, wanted to make a scene. The repeal papers say he did. The magistrates refused to entertain his motion, and so it dropped to the ground.