The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-15 00:00:00

TILE DERRY ANNIVERSARIES.

According to all accounts, we may expect come
difficulty in Deny this week and next. In no part
of Ireland do things look more threatening. The'
Orangemen are exasperated; their leaders are preach-
ing semi-sedition—quiescent toleration of treason ;
the Apprentice Boys are smarting under what they
consider to be the injustice of the suppression of
many of their public displays. The extreme Pro-
testants are ready to overflow in anger at any
moment. Not that as yet there is much fear of last-
int,. disturbance ; but fhese temporary outbreaks in
Ireland are not things to be overlooked. The
Government—the law—prohibits party processions.
Tho Orange anniversaries are ono continual public
display ot partisanship. It is stated that the
Apprentice Boys have determined to carry out
their usual arrangements this year. The guns pro-
bably will be taken away ; their hand rifles and
13istols will be demanded, and unless any out-
break takes place they will most likely be shy in
using them. But in other respects the Orangemen
have made up their minds to go through their usual
programme. The Time:; correspondent goes so far as
to say that nothingbut armed authority will stay them.
They get wilder at every suggestion of compromise,
and are vowing vengeance ana wrath upon all their
opponents. Whether to " vindicate the majesty of
the law" and risk a conflict between the populace
and the soldiery be the better course, must be a

—serious question 'for a Government, several members
of which are so much opposed to putting the military
against the people.

THE ORANGE AND FF.NIAN ALLIANCE.

The Orangemen are still profuse in their expres-
sions of sympathy with the Fenian cause. They
hate the Gladstone Government more than they hate
murder, arson, and pillage ; and they accordingly aid
and abet these crimes in order to annoy the obnoxious
Ministry. The Monaghan Grand Lodge, with the
approval of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, have pub-
lished resolutions thanking the Conservative electors
of Tipperary for standing aloof at the recent election,
"and allowing the Fenians and other opponents of
the Government to scout tho Government candidate,
and elect men of their choice, thereby expressing
disgust at the general conduct of their rule, and the
failure of their concessions to the disloyal of the land

in bringing peace to Ireland." These resolutions are
pretty strong, but they are, nevertheless, obviously
defective. There are other deeds with which the
Orangemen might express their sympathy—the
Clerkenwell outrage, the murder of Scrjeant Brett,
besides many more, all of which " expressed disgust
at the general conduct" of British rule. But some of
these things happened under the Conservative
Cl overnmen•

THE CONSERVATIVE iy.ADrnsurr IN THE LORDS.

The latest report about the Conservative leadership
in the House of Lords—(made by the London cor-
respondent of tho Edinburgh CGurant)—is that the
Earl of Derby—the late Lord Stanley—has
definitely and finally declined to accept the post.
The place was urgently pressed upon him, but
he was deaf to the eloquence of his party.
lie said ho desired freedom from party trammels,
The Conservatives are divided in their opinion of this
course. They are anxious to deny that Lord Derby
is not in accord with their party ; but they do not
know whether to think his independent position will
be an advantage to them or not. The question who
is to succeed Lord Cairns is still unanswered. Three
dukes aro put forward (the party has a weakness for
dukes)—Marlborough, Abercorn, and Richmond.
Neither of "the three graces" would be more than
titular leaders; but each of them belives faithfully
in Mr. Disraeli—and that is the great necessity.