The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-20 00:00:00

THE CHURCH.

The following is a list of dignities which have fallen to the
gift of Sir Robert Peel's Government :
Preferment. Cathedral. To whom presented.
Canonry 'Worcester
Deanery..
Bishopric
_... . •

Ditto
Canonry
Bishopric ...... ... Meath ... .....
Deanery Ferns Rev. Dr. Newland
Ditto
Ditto
Bishopric .... .
Deanery
Ditto ... .....
Pakenham

Ditto
Bishopric
Canonry St. Paul's
Deanery ...... .... . Llandaff Rev. K. Bruce
Bishopric
Ditto
Archdeaconry
Canonry Westminster Rev.Dr.Wordsworth
Deanery Killala .. ...... ... Rev. Dr. Collins
Ditto Carlisle
Ditto
Ditto
Canonry Windsor Ditto

N.B. The vacancies occurred in the above order.

INGENIOUS SMUGGLING AT PLYMOUTH.—The con-
traband dealers in tobacco have just been detected in an
attempt to introduce this commodity by a mode which
for ingenuity will bear comparison with any of those re-
cently discovered. The sailing packet Zebra, Captain
Lauraines, from Jersey, commenced discharging her
cargo on Saturday, the 14th inst., at the legal quay Sut-
ton Wharf, Plymouth. Among other goods in her mani-
fest were thirteen casks, said to contain pitch. This
article is not frequently brought from the islands, and as
the casks weighed only 31 cwt., instead of the usual
average, 4 cwt. to 41 cwt., the suspicions of the officers
of customs were naturally excited. They, however, very
prudently deferred seizing the suspected goods until an
owner presented himself at the Cu.stoin-lioase. In due
course Mr. Christopher John Arrowsin'th, the only pas-
senger by the Zebra, came to clear the casks, they were
each found to contain a small quantity of pitch, sur-
rounding what appeared to be a number of bricks, but
these on inspection proved to be tin cases, covered with
coarse red paint, mixed with fine gravel or sand. Each
case bad from 311 b. to 3}lb. of unmanufactured tobacco,
closely wedged within it; indeed, so closely, that it took
six or seven men all one day to examine the contents
of eleven casks. The thirteen casks, each having about
forty-one cases, containing 1341 b., will probably produce
14 or 15 cwt. of tobaccD in all. One of the cases has
been sent to the Board of Customs. It is supposed that
the tobacco was made to assume the form of bricks, to
facilitate the transport unsuspiciously from the first place
'of deposit after landing. The officers concerned in the
capture are Mr. Rich, landing-surveyor; Mr. Potbury,
tide-surveyor; and Mr. Ramsey, landing-waiter.
A CANDIDATE FOR TRANSPORTATION.—A curious
incident occurred in the Central Criminal Court yester-
day. The Recorder was trying three youths for theft.
Several witnesses were called, and the case was distinctly
proved against all three. The eldest prisoner, aged 18,
was sentenced to ten years' transportation, as it was
shown that on a previous occasion he had been convicted
at Maidstone assizes. The two younger prisoners were
sentenced to three months, with hard labour, in the
House of Correction. One of the lads then proceeded
to the front of the dock, and having attracted the atten-
tion of the Recorder, said, in a clear and decided tone,
" My Lord, I have been convicted before, and I should
like to be transported with my friend." The Court was
convulsed with laughter, but the wish of the candidate
r transportation was n9t complied with.

IRELAND.
THE COAMISSIONERS -UNDER THE BE-

QUESTS BILL.
DUBLIN, DEC. 18.—A supplement to the Dublin Gt-
, zette, published this evening, contains the " astounding"
fact of three Roman Catholic Bishops, who, to their ever-
lasting credit, stood firm against the assaults of their
traducers and intimidators, both lay and clerical, accept-
ing the Queen's Commission to carry into operation the
almost solitary hen:.ficial Act of Irish legislation which
has emanated from the Government of Sir Robert Peel.
This is, undoubtedly, a " heavy blow" at the assumed
despotism of the lion of the fold of Judah, and a " great
discouragement" to his lay auxiliary, Mr. Daniel O'Con-
nell, who %sill be thus relieved from the further turmoil
of that impotent parochial agitation, by means of which
he has contrived to divert the attention of hi. 3 dupes from
V:e consumptive state of the repeal question with the
glaring " d:ficiencies" week after week of the repeal
xchequz r.
Here is the official announcement of the " blow" which
has prostra'ed all the hopes of the " protesters." The
name of Dr. Denvir, Roman Catholic Bishop of Down
and Connor, Las, it will he seen, been substituted for
that of the Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy, who, by a little
less pliancy, would have appeared to more advantage,
had he preserved his consistency by retaining his seat at
the board, according to his original intention :
" Dub:in Caste, December 18, 1844.—The Queen in
Council has becii pleased by warrant, under the sign
manual, bearing date at her Majesty': Court of St.
James's, the 14th day of Dtcember, 1844, to appoint the
following persons to be Commissioners of Charitable
Donations and Bequests for Ireland, agreeably to the
provision of the Act 7th and Bth of her Majesty, cap. 97,
viz.:—

" The Most Rev. John George, Lord Archbishop of
krinagh, and Primate of all Ireland.

" The Most Boy. Richard, Lord Archbishop of Dublin.
" The Most Rev. Archbishop William Crol!y.
The Most Rev. Archbishop Daniel Murray.
" The Right Hon. John Hely, Earl of Donoughmore,
K.S. P.

`• The Right Rev. Bishop Cornelius Denvir.
" The Very Rev. henry Pakenham, Dean of St.
Patrick's, Dublin.

" The Right lion. Sir Patrick Bellew, Bert.
" The Right lion. Anthony Richard Blake.
" The Rev. Pooley Shouldham Henry, D.D."
The Eveneng Mail contains the following remarks in
reference to this document. :

"Thanks to the firmness of Lord Ileytesbury, the
measure has tint:, been carried into effect without the
slightest concession to clamour, or any yielding to a sup-
posed expediency. We are happy to observe also, that
the Roman Catholic prelates and laymen on the Coin-
mission have risen with the emergency above the weak-
ness of a pusillanimous surrender to the pressure from
without, or with the perverseness of embarrassing the
Government from within. Doctor Murray, in particu-
lar, has displayed a moral courage which entitles him to
the respect of the wise and good of all persuasions, and
to the confidence especially of the laity of his own. It
was no easy task to resist the talons of the lion of the
fold of Judah, and the fangs of the serpent of the
tribe of Dan ; it was no holiday work to withstand
the shock of the demagogue's tongue, and despise
the threats of an ignorant and fanatical multitude.
But Doctor Murray, upon whom the chief as-
sault was brought to bear, has triumphed over the
arts and the violence of his opponents, aad the va-
cillation of his own temper ; and has thus, we believe,
brought to a most important crisis the temporal concerns .
of the Roman Catholic Church as it exists in Ireland.
The position which he has at last assumed determines,
we think, the growing controversy between what may be
called the democratic spirit creeping into his Church,
and the theocracy which she has invariably asserted for
herself ; and so far it is well for the peace of the world
that the anarchy resulting from mob dictation should be
seasonably cut short. Having done justice to Dr. Murray,
we ought not, and we will not, withhold the tribute of
our respect from Drs. Crolly and Denvir. Though more
in the shade, they sustained, by their counsel and con-
currence, the energies of their ;more exposed colleague,
and doubtless to their co-operation much of his firm-
ness, as well as the success of the measure, is to be
ascribed."