POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY.
The Morning Chronicle asserts, that the Duke of CUMBERLAND is the person of the " highest rank," alluded to by Mr. HUME in the House of Commons last night, as being, if Mr. HUME'S information was correct, liable to impeachment fine high crimes and misdemeanours against the State. The Duke is Grand Master of the Orangemen ; and the Chronicle states that "it was a prevalent rumour in the House, that several original ' warrants for lodges' in the various regiments, signed by the Royal Grand Master, have been produced in Committee."
If it shall appear that Orange Clubs really exist to a great extent in the Army, it will be an additional reason for disbanding a large portion of it, and remodelling the remainder. It is not consistent with public safety that the Army should continue in its present state. That it is fearfully demoralized, the records of our Police-offices prove ; but if it is also under a secret party and political organization, there can be Bo question as to the method of dealing with it which Parliament should adopt.
Until the evidence is published, we shall abstain from making more than one additional remark—If the existence of Military Orange Clubs is proved, Lord HILL, as Commander-in-Chief, must be called to account. If he is cognizant of the formation of such clubs, arid has not brought the offenders to trial, his breach of duty will have been extremely gross. If he is not cognizant of them, what are we to think of his vigilance, or of the propriety of continuing him in the command of the Army in these times ?
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