The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-08 00:00:00

THE LONDONDERRY MEETING.

The meeting of Orangemen, held at Derry,revived
somewhat the failing enthusiasm of the Conserva-
tives. There were some ten thousand persons
present, including the apprentice boys, with
their band, and the several Orange lodges.
Resolutions were passed condemnatory of the bill,
and a petition to the Lords was adopted. The news
which reached these demonstrators ere they had got
to their homes—the news of the foolish determina-
tion of the Conservative peers—added not a little to
the great excitement of the occasion ; but triumphant
(pro tem) the Orangemen became peaceable, and
happily no disturbances took place.

CONSERVATISM AT FROME.

The Conservatives of Frome had a large and
influential gathering at the end of last week. Mr.
Ser;ea.nt Sleigh, the Conservative candidate at the
general election, was the guest of the Loyal and Con-
stitutional Association of the borough; and the
Marquis of Bath, Lord 11. Thynne, M.P., and other
gentlemen of the neighbourhood were present.
When the toast of the " House of Lords" was
proposed, after the banquet, the Marquis of Bath
returned thanks, and said that at the present moment
the House of Lords was placed in a most important
position. He could say but little as to what would
be done by them. The Ilouse of Lords must con-
sider, on the one hand, what were the wishes and
feelings of the country, not of the House of Com-
mons, and on the other hand, it had to remember
the duty of upholding the Constitution of the country
and the Protestant religion. Mr. Serjeant Sleigh
said we were now passing through a terrible crisis;
for which we were indebted to the Prime Minister
and the member for Birmingham. Whatever course
the House of Lords might take, there would
be ill-will and ill-blood. This so-called mea-
sure of peace had already destroyed all sense of
security in Ireland. Ile did not believe the
country generally approved of the bill as it stood.
The measure was never suggested in its present form
by the Prime Minister. Therefore he hoped the
House of Lords would take their stand and refuse to
pass-the bill until it should have been placed before
the country or substantially amended, and he
believed that so long as they were true to the con-
stitution of King, Lords, and Commons, so long the
Ilouse of Lords would have no cause for fear.

THE HEALTH OF THE MEMBER FOR PETER-
BOROUGH.

P.oth the Protestant champions are down just now,
incapacitated through ill-health. Mr. Newclegate
has such a cold as to be unable to address any
public meetings, just at a time when he is most
wanted to stir up the people of the Midland districts
to support the Conservative peers. And now we
have sad accounts of the health of Mr. Whalley.
It may be recollected that he met with an acci-
dent when driving with his daughter in a basket
carriage two or three weeks ago near his seat in
Wales. The honourable member was thrown out
with such violence as to receive several severe contu-
sions and wounds, from the effects of which he at
first seemed to recover, but which have subsequently
proved more difficult of cure thanthey were expected
to be. Mr. Whalley is now unable to leave his room,
and, according to the Manchester Guardian, some
apprehension is entertained as to his ultimate
recovery.