IRELAND.
The Orangemen of Derry are incorrigible. Some time since, Mr. Robert Peel Dawson, one of the county Members, promised to deliver a lecture at the Derry Mechanics' Institute ; but about the same time he, in Parliament, condemned the disgraceful conduct of the Orangemen at Derrymacash. The 'Prentice Boys then declared they would receive Mr. Dawson as the " brethren" received the Bishop of Down at Bel- fast, and hoot him out of the lecture-room. Nothing daunted, Mr. Daw- son went to Derry, and endeavoured to keep his promise ; but the.riotous population of that ancient town refused to hear him, crying, " Pat him out," "Lift him," &c. He contended manfully for some time against the uproar, but at length gave in. The Mayor ordered the meeting to disperse ; and, as no one moved, he set the example by forcibly expelling some of the noisier roughs from the room.
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