The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-30 00:00:00

RIOTS IN DERRY.

Prince Arthur's visit to the South of Ireland
passed off happily and peacefully enough. In the
land where nationality might be expected to clash
with royalty, the people have been warm in their
reception of the young Prince. It has been
reserved for loyal Ulster, for enthusias-
tically loyal Derry, to mark the visit of
his Royal Highness with riot and bloodshed. Not
even the presence of the Queen's son could cause the
postponement of the feud between the Montague's
and the Capulets. Having been fortunate enough to
withstand the siege of James some ISO years back,
the Protestant Orangemen of Londonderry
have ever since loved fighting. The rival
mobs fell to it on Wednesday night, first
attacking each other, then the police. How it
came about the report hardly explains ; but we
learn that in the ?iteMe one man was shot through
the head, one severely through the neck, and two
others seriously wounded. Several of the police
were slightly wounded. Some houses were wrecked.
The military were at last called out, and put an end
to the disturbance just before midnight.

THE RELEASED FENIAN PRISONERS.
While this was going on in the North, equally
alarming proceedings were taking place at Cork.
Tinder the presidency of the mayor the released
Fenian prisoners, Warren and Costelloe, were being
serenaded. Mr. O'Sullivan quite sustained his repu-
tion. He hoped the day would soon come when no
strange nation would be dominant in the land. He
attributed the spirit of concession which had been
shewn by the dominant race either to Fenianism
or to the barrel of gunpowder at Clerkenwell.
The " Manchester martyrs" he lauded to the skies.
O'Farrell, the attempted assassin of the Duke of
Edinburgh, was placed among the famous. The
name of the young prince now in Ireland was received
with cries of "He be damned." Warren promised
to turn up again some day with compound interest,
And England came in for some pretty abuse. All
this will hardly strengthen the sentiment which was
recently so prevalent that we might melt the hearts
of the convicts by shewing that England can be
strongly generous.

THE O'FARRELL CONFESSION.
The _Dublin Evening Mail publish es in full the con•
fession with which O'Farrell amused the credulous
Colonial Secretary at Sydney. It occupies some
three columns, but is not particularly interesting.
O'Farrell contradicts the rumour that the Duke of
Edinburgh was shot at in revenge for some affair
of gallantry, so that scandal is disposed of
so far as this precious document can dispose of any-
thing. It contains some very uncomplimentary allu-
sions to the Prince of Wales, and it declares that the
intention of the Fenians was to found a republic in
the three kingdoms, with a confederation of fifteen
States, three for Ireland, three for Scotland, two fot
Wales, and seven for England. O'Farrell is also
represented as saying that Mr. Gladstone was
induced by fear to take up the Irish question.

MR. DISRAELI A HOMCEOPATH.

At the annual dinner of the London Homceopathl4
Hospit,ll Lord Eleho presided, and contrasted the
feeling with regard to homoeopathy thirty yeais agc
and at t Ile present time, when the bust of Hahnemann
had become quite common in the streets of London.
It was known that within the last few days Mr
Disraeli had had an attack of gout, and it wad
alleged—whether rightly or wrongly he would
not say—that the right hon. gentleman had
been, through homeopathic treatment, enabled
to put in an appearance and take part in
the discussion on the Irish Church question
It is a pity that Lord Elcho did not take the
trouble to verify his on dit. He is on such excellen
terms with the leader of the Opposition that he nigh;
have obtained anyamount of information, might
have learnt, for instance, if " Pulv. Cret. Prep." hao
been given, by way of getting rid of challistoncs
Lord Elcho's other informatioii was more precise
He said that there was a homoeopathic hospital 111
Vienna, a professorship of homeopathy at the Paris
Sorbonne, and that in the Brazils homoeopathy was
the orthodox medical faith.