TREASON IN THE ORANGE CAMP.
Tue person who styles himself Co/oed Fentateer has found what is vulgarly called " a rough customer " iii Mr. Joseen Heswoon of Sheffield, now or lately Grand Master and Grand Secretary of the First Central Body of the Yorkshire Orangemen. Hestwoon, it will he recollected, charged Fenve AN, the trusted official and delegate of the Duke of' Cumeeeteeee and Lord KENYON, with sounding the brethren in Yorkshire as to the propriety of deposing the present King, setting aside the Princess Vicroui A, and placing the Duke of CUMBER AND on the throne. FAIRMAN authorized. the Morning Post to deny the charge ; and left his card at the Home Office, which he could safely do, its no legal proceeding s had been instituted neainst him. But Heywoon returns to the attack, and avers that his accusation can be " verified on oath, as FA IRMAN made " the recital" in question in presence of" three more of the brethren." This is very awkward. Knowing no- thing of Ilerwoon, we might suppose it just possible that he, not FAIRMAN, should be the liar ; but if three more of' these godly Orangemen appear against the ci-devant friend of the Princess OLIVE of Cumberland, WC really find it hard to credit the assertion of this important personage against such an over- balance of opposing testimony. But we are reminded that, though FAIRMAN may have used language, and prompted the Orangemen to deeds, little short of treason, the Duke of CUMBERLAND and Lord KENYON are not necessarily implicated in his proceedings : Femme", must have overstepped his instructions. Possibly—but it is unfortunate for the Duke and Lord KENYON, that their recent declarations re- specting the establishment of Orange Lodges in the Army render it impossible to believe a word they say on this subject. Not that they are wilful liars; but that their memories are so exceedingly capricious and uncertain ia all that concerns Orangeism f The Courier has this week given extracts from the evidence of Lord KENYON before the Orange Committee, and we agree with our contemporary that a more humiliating exhibition never was made by Peer or Commoner. Had one of low degree been detected in such glaring misstatements and palpable siuflling its the wit- ness-box of a court of justice, the Judge would have said, "Take that man down—he stands committed for prevarication." But Lord KENYON only laboured under the tame marvellous defect of memory which seems to have afflicted the Duke of CUMBER- LAND, Mr. CHETWOODE, Mr. MAXWELL, and others connected with the Orange Club.
The public will not, we are persuaded, suffer its attention to be diverted from this matter, The illegal tampering with the Army—the correspondence and speeches of the Deputy Orange Secretary—the refusal to exhibit important documents—the dis- creditable and equivocating conduct of some of the Chief Orange witnesses befsre the Committee—and finally, the project, which the evidence just printed discloses, of Wablishing an Orange Club at the very gates of Kensington Palace, where our future Queen resides—all tend to keep alive the suspicion of a dark and dangerous plot.
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