Lord Mulgrave has ordered an inquiry into the conduct of
the Police at Gorey, in Wexford county; who are charged with suffering a party of Orangemen to parade the streets and abuse and assault the "bloody Papists," on the 12th of July. Notice of the intended inquiry was signified to the Wexford Magistrates, of whom Lord Courtown is the person of most consequence. The Magistrates returned an answer through one of their body, Captain Owen, that the Police were blame- less, as they had acted under the command of the said Captain Owen. No notice was taken of this communication ; and Mr. Greene, a Stin- diary Magistrate, was sent to Gorey to conduct the inquiry. The Magistrates were very angry; Lord Courtown said it was an insult to their whole body. This was denied by Mr. Greene. Lord Courtown replied, that he looked to the animus of the proceeding; it was intended as an insult,—he would not submit to it ; and he moved that the Ma- gistrates should resolve not to assist at the inquiry. Sir Thomas Es- monde refused to concur in this motion. He was on his return home on the day in question, but preferred secluding himself in the house of a friend to passing through Gorey, where, as a Catholic, be knew be should be insulted by the Orangemen. In spite of Lord Courtown's wrath, the inquiry is proceeding. We hope it will not be confined to the Police, but that any Magistrate who has misbehaved will be sun& out of the Commission.
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