The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-15 00:00:00

PROPOSED ORANGE DEMONSTRATION IN

IRRLAND.

A "great public meeting of protestants of all
denominations" is intended to be held at Hillsborough.
in Ireland, on the :Mb instant, and is to be under the
presidency of the Marquis of Downahire. The conveners
of the meeting compiles six peers, Lords Downshire,
Roden, Ern*, Templetovrn, Farnham, and Crichton, and
seven members of parliament, Major Stuart Knot, Captain
Archdall, Mr. Edward O'Neill, Mr. K W. Verner, Mr.
Conolly, Mr. Lanyon, and Mr. W. Brown, and the meet-
ing is said to be " for the purpose of petitioning the
Queen and the Houses of Parliament against any inter-
ference with the principle on which church endowments
in Ireland are based. aid of adopting an address to the pro-
' testants of the empire."
The Belfast Nurthrn Whig, speaking of the proposed
meeting, says it will, like the sallotat Bangor on the
12th of last Italy, only intensify the 'deal and sectarian
feelings of Ulster, and hasten the so ution of a great pro-
blem which cannot be very long deferred. In the present
circumstances of the country, those who summon such a
meeting, ',revocative of antagonism and strife, assume a
very serious responsibility. As many of the conveners of
the meeting are patrons and representatives of Orange-
men, and as the great majority of the assembly is sun to
be composed of the members of the lodges and their
friends, it will be strange indeed if the Orangemen do not
intend to do a little slivers of business on their own
account.
In the published programme very little is said about the
Irish established church, which the meeting is professedly
called to support. It is felt that any direct allusion to this
institution is delicate. It will not bear handling. The
weakness of the cause is confessed by the effort to cover it
with the convenient generality, "the protestant ecclesias-
tical endowment. in Ireland." It is tacitly acknowledged
that, if the establishment has to be defended on its own
merits, it will have but a poor chance indeed of weather-
ing the storm.

WETHILL HOP AND CHEESE FAlL—Yesterday
this fair was resumed. Sales commenced actively, and
growers took advantage of the scarcity of hops, and stood
out firmly for advanced prices, and many country brewers
and others who wanted hops for stock had to yield to the
demands of factors and agent., and the transfer of hope
was made at the undermentioned price. :—Sussex hops,
71. 7s. to 81. 10a per cwt., and these qualities were in good
condition; Kent growths commanded on active inquiry,
and the accepted prices of Wealda was St. to !P/. 1:O. per
cwt. ; Mid and East Kents made higher rates. fair samples
made W. to 101., and the best qualities 121. per cwt.
Many holders refused these prices, and retained the
pickings of this year for the local hop markets in Kent.
The Farnham rows created much interest. The qualities
of hops differ. but best sorts were in great demand
for brewing bitter beer and pale ale, end made 9/. 9s.
to 101. 10s., and hops of bright colour 12/. 125., and
some very choice, well•cured sorts realised 13/. 13s. per
cwt. Worcester and country growths wire sold more
freely,ec..tojirices varying from 71. to 9/. per cwt. There
was a supply of foreign hops in sample, and which
found buyer. at Y. to AL per owt. The hops of this year's
growth would not realise an old hop duty of 170,000/. :
while in 1859 the duty was :r.N,ootif. for that year, on
26,000 acres less than is under cultivation in the present
year. That the crop is unusually abort there is no doubt ;
but the plentiful supplyof foreign hope, free of importation
duty to this country, prevents monopoly and consequent
exorbitant prices on English grown and cured hops. In
the cheese fair there is a slow business ; prime qualities of
cheese sold at 6.5 e. to 70s. per cwt. ; and dairies of supe-
rior qualities, 75a. to sos. ; and common sorts, CO. to 59,.
per ditto. In the horse fair there is little doing ; most of
the large droves of cart colts are sold, and others hare left
ides fair.

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