The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-09 00:00:00

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subjects of a constitutional QUEEN. The inter ,„les
gs
of the commonwealth necessarily suffer in the strui,
of parties to revive the ill-omened recollections of forrfo
victories on the one side and defeats on the other. °Oll
when with these recollections, deep-rooted and anciii.o
differences of religious opinion; a traditionary zeal rind
one sect, and inflexible bigotry with another; and inbeillid,
associations of mutual animosity and persecutions "p it
both, are mixed up in almost inseparable combine° n'ol
is evident that mere commemorations of the kind e8:0
be publicly celebrated without placing the public P be,
in imminent jeopardy. The evil extends, however' 0
yond this immediate result. In every 41110er:1.0i
o: other recurrence of the ceremonial, e ',,,hil
impetus is given to the growth of dissensions, vilt,,
should be the object of all state policy, :all good eill'A
ship, and all Christian charity, to extinguish rivo
than to perpetuate. To the Enniskillen meeti*op.
Orange soirée of Thursday last, at the Belfast gusif,,,e
was but a natural pendant. It is the curse of 'id
foolish excesses of partisanship, that a vital eneTte
reproduction is the principle of their existence. bo
are polypes which one process of excision 'Ol
of violent annihilation does but multiply-
oicor
Belfast soiree was but a type of the great Orange.yel
trosity in its renewed germ. As such we deplore icerri
we can do no more. The protests of the sleeinte,
friends of Ireland—of those who desire the stmt
niel. ,
nance even of the Established Church in that eceoosii
but on terms of more Christianized and more ofoil
tutional :equality with the other professions :meet
common faith—are unheard amidst the awn to 01
clamours of that party spirit which seems ever elloff
awakened and abroad, when good government/
mdli
justice, and laws impartially administered have beiso
exercise their beneficial functions in that devoted
Now we are prepared to contend—whatever ourLr
tions to the principles and policy of Sir Ronsti:efi
Administration on many of the most vital questildi
nected with our domestic and foreign policy, sil etil
cially on those which regard our fiscal and tecnoolii
systems—that in reference to Ireland, the praise °,
conceded to the present Government of good in ,l'
enlarged views, and a high degree of moral o°i,
carrying out those intentions and views into P
effect. 11)1Y
In this spirit of fair and impartial dealing 1/41.stet
Irish people we have lately seen the same ln.-d tO
who have staked so boldly their official power:l/-00
party influence upon the experiment of vastly 'Ilcotio"
grants for the endowment of religious and du iigisl
establishments connected with the popular reA 000
faith of Ireland, stepping forward to rebuke 013";oeil
an offensive indiscretion on the part of an ableo,
trate (as we understand), a very amiable gentle foil
private life, and a staunch political supporter °
own Conservative body. lO
The indiscretion and offence on the part of '',a":,,gi
soli, the feted of Belfast, consisted in his bsYfflo,/
peared very prominently at the Enniskillen a .0/
which we have already adverted. On his affirliall'
knowledgments to this effect, in reply to an apt
addressed to him at the instance of the highest lief/
lief/
ment authority, it was intimated to him t 1111,010.,
dismissed from the distinguished positions b inOY
occupied of a deputy lieutenant of the con 000
000
he resided and of a justice of the peace. .11fif tOt
loyalist is like the miniature balloon in one ctrio,
pretty chemical toys which our experimental insiiblll
makers display in their windows. A veil rise7,o4)
ternal pressure by a hand from above makes It
of
the bottom to the top of the vessel. Mr. NITAI's°4 'Oll
have continued to be happily unheard of in this
at i
but the act of the Lord-Lieutenant's Secrctalls, bi
exalts him from an unremarked obscurity tni;tV
Wing surface of Irish agitation. The ex-
is is now fluttering there, a new-blown Orangeoll
and apparently overwhelmed by the intensitY of
terest he is exciting. He seems to have been mash'
provi
no wonder )—to reconcile to himself the degree ufht
attention and sympathy he was greeted slithii.,"(
and gallant persons, his " own familiar frien":eie
til
" quarter of a century's" standing, who had Pr et
never detected in him the tendencies he 1:4-tie
always possessed towards the distinguishetlijo se:
he has now reached. The Earl of RonEr4, sad'e
to have quarrelled with the ceremonial pogo be
of the Romish Church with as much hest
manifested for the mummery, the
" Guns, pistols, blunderbusses, trumpets,
drums, and
of rampant Orangeism—checked e- the enthusis;
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was consuming himself and the eorololl
sernbled at the soiree to hail Mr. WAIL
" deafening cheers" and " Kentish fire," in oruirf4.
upon the Rev. Mr. MILwAINE to open the b° on
the evening with a prayer to the Great Givsli i
GOOD. It is a characteristic feature of the ow/-
neither this prayer, nor the Rev. Gentleman's ii:00/1
tory response to the Noble Chairman's call, frcol
portion of the report we have seen of the p 40;
and speeches of the meeting. What interest ev/
possess by the side of good Orange-tinted factiotts
mentality ? What possible relation could tinfolidi
possess, borrowed from a Gospel which inculcates
" love with all men," peace, universal chit/4114
elusiveness, good will, to the fierce sectßl-ii
judices of that politico-religious fanaticism virll'effilloij.
monopoly faith of the Orange Association? 4.:,
consistent with the Christian doctrine of a 'lO 4Y
pastor, representing Ihm who came among ti_gs saL
not to ferment divisions and heart-burninV efi
men, have appeared by the side of half-frantic tiori
tions of an embittered hatred rankling in the be l,
small but compactly banded minority of a people :A oF,
the religious faith and equalised rights of 06
whelming majority of their fellow-countrynlen;?
nority, the aim and end, and boasted function e'reli,t
it it to give, to the utmost of their capacity', e.,,,,
to the remembrance of the sanguinary conts'ori
have raged in the olden time between them and the'le
patriots of another form of faith, and permanel39,
unequal and opprgssive distribution of property, 113w4rii
and power which then accrued to, and has since 'Ai; ii..
tamed by, themselves. The Earl of RODEN's iBsll'
doubt not, very honest. We have as little donir 05
is I,'
exceeding mischievous. But because he sPeilics ?
the abundance of that zeal we are disinclined 101
01,
to criticise the expression of political °pie'
which it seems to have prompted him. As 0.0 fi
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VERNER, "that other Richmond" of the field, lit
remark upon one declaration incidentally int ft
tbe
into his speech as strongly contrasting with - set
sonal acts of those who assisted at the Enniskillen 1:6 1
and of course Mr. WATSON himself. " I sin ulloell!,
speaking," said the Gallant Colonel (and we give 7-ijoy.
full credit for the honesty of the sentiment vehic`:l2
to the assertion of a gentleman of high and 11,ter
character), "of those (Orange) processions. I
ready expressed my disapprobation of them, erg.j
unless I see them carried on, as they used to be'tof
the wealth and respectability of the countrY: i
out to join them, it is much better ' /

stain from them altogether. But they toy,
never intended to convey the slightest offeneeniepic'
portion of her MAJESTY'S subjects." This stat 7 011
very honourable to the Colonel, who was pledget::fe#l,
were, by more than his public concurrence in 4;00,,
lution of the Legislature, to discourage and el‘kootri
Orange processions. lle was pledged by his ettl,:eoe:
and ready acquiescence in the previously e/4rOP:
wishes of his benevolent Sovereign, the late tbß
WILLIAM IV. But how Colonel VERNER, Wit
opinions, can reconcile it to himself to assist
ing a public homage to Mr. WATSON for having as`:
in a demonstration, heralded, signalised, and, so to 4,1'101.
protected by the very processions of which the °ooioi
Officer disapproves, surpasses any powers of re e°lll,-,`
inconsistencies with which we on this side the Cy";
are gifted. With the same humility we must Pr 15111
that we are incapable of appreciating the poceitlia
which an Irish gentleman, arriving at such st
h. of
conclusions, from admitted premises, as that whiervi",
ables Col. VERNER to declare that " ()range pre"eiooo.ti
were never intended to convey the slightest effaced-
0P;
portion of her MAJESTY'S subjects." We know a geli-or
who was apt to examine his liability to get into s'cifeo'
of all kinds, by declaring that this or that "
Lure never would have happened to him, if it '„-r"
been that he wore on the occasion a certaio.nrotitr
boots, which always walked him into mischief." bob,,
less, the deep and rankling insult which the great
of Roman Catholics in Ireland were accustoitle
endure from the conduct of Orange processions: °les i#'°
have arisen, after all, from some unfortunate select
of wind instruments, drums, and fiddles, that 118 118
irrepressible and " seltacting" tendency to pl 4
I3oyne Water," or " Croppies lie down l"
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We have accounts from Madrid to the Ist 11151'00'
they are destitute of interest. The stock-brokers the
held out and refused to transact any business
Bourse. " To-day," says the Herald°, " the Bourse poi
presented the same aspect as for some days past. d°
been opened, but not the slightest business has been
in any sort of securities."
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The only intelligence of the slightest interest -0/
Paris papers is the current report of the retireine-00
'
Marshal Souvr, and the death of the celebrated g°te
COLLARD, in the 82d year of his age. France, °,
the Jourual des Debuts, " has just lost one of herd tilt/
ornaments, one of the men who have exercisiez 01;
highest influence on the spirit of the age. hi. :,:teS° 411#
COLLARD died on the 4th inst., at his estate at C""
vieux, near-,St. Aignan, in the 82d year of hie 136-," P.