The Sun. — 1847-12-25 (London, England)

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, --DEC. 22.-Our sugar lease has not been granted, and in cases where a lease has been granted for a term to be specified, to render mar hket continues quiet, and since our last the sales the process of ejectment more immediate and less ex- aye been unimportant; but our merchants are firm, pensive. acnhdripsrtimceass without change. The offices will close for the Mr. 'eargus O'Counor-Bill to alter the rate-paying recess to-morrow, the 23d, and will not reopen for business until Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1848.  " 11, Carlton-terrace, London, Friday, Nov. 26, 1837. My Lord Archbishop,—l must entreat ryour Grace to forgive me for the liberty I am taking in addressing' you. My acquaintance with the high character your Grace bears, as well as your exalted position in the Irish Church, emboldens me to lay before you the grief which heavily oppresses me as a faithful sun of the hely Catholic Church. I am deeply sensible of the claims which the Irish Church has to the love and admiration of the Christian world. History relates the heroic constancy with which the Irish Catholics have endured the relentless persecution and hitter scorn of those who claimed religious liberty for them elves, ' and denied it to their unhappy brethren: With the knowledge of such sufferings endured for the faith, how bitter it is to my heart that I cannot defend the Irish Church in my intercourse with my friends, or against the attacks of violent opponents in the House of Commons. It is not of the fearful crime of murder by individuals of the peasantry that I wish to speak, however shocking such cold-blooded revenge appears to thcse at a distance. Nor do I wish to notice the frequent connivance of the peasantry in the escape of the assassin. It is not so difficult to make excuses for men in their circumstances. But  that which completely overpowers me, and deprives me of all defence, is the :conduct of some members of the priesthood. Denunciations from the altar followed by the speedy death of the denounced, and public speeches of most dangerous tendency to an inflammatory people, are the melancholy accusations to which lam unable to reply. If I assert the small numbm- of the clergy who have recourse to such means of obtaining or retaining influence, I am immediately asked—Where then is the boasted discipline of the Catholic Church ? How is it that men so imprudent, if not so wicked, are not suspended from their spiritual functions ? lam told that either virtue or discipline is banished from the Church. If I assert the primitive customs of the Church, the public penance, and the paternal admonition of the pastor, delivered in the presence of the people : the reply is, why denounce those not subject to your discipline ? And why make use of such dangerous methods in a country which has not forgotten the crimes engendered by cruel persecution and consequent dispair ? Oh, my Lord, it is indeed severe to feel the justice of such remarks—not the remarks, be it observed, of thoughtless and uncharitable men, but of those whose best feelings would willingly seek for all that is pious and good in the Catholic faith. These are the topics which I venture as a humble and faithful member of the Church to bring under your Grace's notice. Can nothing be done to remove from us so heavy a scandal ? What comfort -and security would be brought to many a confiding Catholic by the speedy and stern censure of ecclesiastical discipliue upon the offenders I The fierce declamations of Exeter Hall, and all the vehemence of Parliamentary opponents, and all the freedom of Protestant assertion, have not done so much injury to the cause of the Catholic faith in this country as these unhappy circumstances. And now, my Lord Archbishop, it is my duty to beseech your forgiveness for my great boldness, which anxiety for the Church has alone prompted.  " I intreat your Grace's benediction, and have the honour to be, with every feeling of the deepest respect, your Grace's very humble, faithful, and obedient servant, " ARUNDEL and