The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-03 00:00:00

[THE TIMES.]

Symptoms, though but local ones, of improved
subordination, or of suspended violence, have be-
gun to appear in Ireland; Mc. Black burne having
announced from the BeriCh at Limerick, that if
the county should continue some time longer
not more disturbed than it is at present, the.
Insurrection Act wilt probably be withdrawn.
TheCattih:li;atAe ssoofcl74i6ll
hundred, .seems
doomed to un-
dergoether Irish
enterprises, vast an4-uformidzbletin -.the con-
ception, but in the elaiefitl6rt AUgitid and abor-
ii . a
'f,tc-lared -by some of the
tire. In Ulster it
no " Catholic rent has been
paid"
t—
a. tax imposed by the
recent journals,
rent thatb eing
representatives of the body who meet in Dublin,
we are not informed. At Cork
ifto (or wrehcaotinpmurpeuodseed
to stop the collection of " the
rent" until half of it shall have been assigned by
authority to local purposes—that is, the Cork
Catholics are desirous of knowing why, and to
whom they pay their money. The Board it-
self in Dublin seldom presents a picture quite
free from ridicule. A few days ago they met,
thirteen iu number, to debate the very serious
question,_ whether they should vote thanks or
not to a Mr. Ensor—a respectable gentleman much
given to writing upon things in general, as well
as upon Irish politics. The motion was rejected
by a large majority of no less thaa nine to four.
Now the reason for this rejection is something
curious. Mr. Ensor, they say, " had abused
Lord Wellesley," and therefore they would not
thank Mtn. But why should not Mr. Ensor in-
dulge that envied privilege ? Are the Catholics
of Ireland like the English Protestants some
eighty years ago, who were described by George
11. as not suffering any one to abuse his Majesty
but themselves ? It is indeed a folly, though not
an offence, to rail at the Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land. The pageantry alone being left in Dublin,
and the power here in Westminster, it is surely
more important to examine the qualities and pre-
tensions of those who actually rule than of
those who are kind enough to take the responsi-
bility, without one particle of force or influence
defensive of the policy which they profess, and
of the fame to which they might have aspired :
who may be head clerk under Mr. Goulburn,
therefore, and in possession of his confidence at
this side of the water, is a matter of far higher
interest than who may be Lord-Lieutenant under
him, and excluded from that confidence, on the
other ; but this we know, that mere clerks cannot
much longer play the part of governors to seven
millions of a distracted people: the experiment
has been tried patiently; and see to what it has
conducted us! Foremost among another class of
nuisances,however,which will require nOstrong ex-
ternal effort to subdue them, may be reckoned this
mummery of the Catholic Association. It disgusts
the higher Catholics—it robs, under the name of
taxing, the lower—it turns its back upon its own
Protestant advocates ; and knows so little about
the condition of the island of which it fancies it-
self the chosen lawgiver,, as to think of ascribing
either merit or demerit to a public officer, who can-
not move but at the nod of his inexorable guardians.
This twofold system must be given up : the Lord
Lieutenancy ought to be quashed altogether, or

COUNTRY MARKETS AND FAIRS

DURING THE LAST WIINIC.

Livaeroor. CORM ErmaNes, April 27.
We have had large import of all sorts of Grain since last
Tuesday, which has tended to depress tits trade, and very
trifling sales have taken place, in any article, during the
Week. To-day's market was dull in the extreme ; very few
country dealers attended, and the town dealers bought just
enough to suffice their immediate wants. Although we re-
duce Wheat and Malting Barley 3d., and Oats ld. per bu-
shel, Beans Is. to 2s. per quarter, Flour 2s. and Oatmeal Is.
per pack, our quotations may be considered almost nominal.
Grain under lock continues unnoticed, and but little of the re-
cent importation of American finds buyers.
Wheat, English, Obi
New lOs"Od a 10s 6cl
Ditto sound Us od a Os Od
Scotch; Old lOs Od a 105 bd
Canada (free) lOl 6d a 10s 9d
Foreign (in bond)
Irish, Old
New Bs Od a 9s 3d
Barley, English, Old
New ss 9d a Os Od
Irish, Old
New
Scotch, Old Os Oda 011 Od
New
Oats, Potatu, Old Ss 9d aSs Ild
New
Limerick, Old
New
Welsh, Potato, Old 3s 8d a 3s 9d
Melt, Fine 9s od a 9s Sd per 36qts.
• Ditto, middling Si Od a 8s 6d
Beans, Old
New 4os Od a 461 Od
Superfine Flour, Old
New 46s od a 48s Od
Oatmeal, Old —s Od a —s Od
New

American Flour, sweet, (in bond) 90s Od a 32s Od per barrel
of 1961b5. net.—Sour, (ont of bond), 98s a 40$.
Import of Grain for the Week ending April 516.
I Wheat. Barley. Oats. FlOur. Sacks Irish,
Bush. 7011 Bush. 601 b l Bush. 451 b For. Brls per 2401 b
40,260 . 41,930 83,350 9170 - 2354
CH
Wheat, 751 b Os Od a Os Od

New 105 3d a 10s 6d
Oats

CANTS
Whrat Brown —s a—s
-- New 53 a 6th
White
New 6os a 70s
Rye
Barley
- New 3O. a 36s
Oats

STEM.

Barley,•3Bqts Os Od a Os Od
-- New 6s 6d a 6s 9,1
Rye Os od a Os od

;RBURY.
Beans
Ticks ... 3Bs a —s
Hog Pease
Boiling Pease
Flour ... s4s a 62s
Hay, per ton ..; 80s a 90s
Clover
Straw .„. sos a —s

MAIDSTONE.

Wheat, Red ' 52$ a 66s Beans, Tick —s a—s
White.... 601 a 74s
Barley
Olits • .23s a 29s ---- Boiling —s a 41s
Price of Oil Cake at the Mills in this Neighbourhood, 121 0s

per Thousand.
Rape Caka 140 s. per Ton, or 71. per Thousand.

SANDsvicx.
• .Wheat, Red s4s a 67s Beans ... 34; a 441
-White 6os a 74s Pease, White .... —s a—s
Barley - Grey —s a—s
Oats • • t3s a 30s

CAMBRIDGE.--Average,
Rye 36s
62s 10(1 per qr Oats ....... 21s iOd per qt
36s Od Btatis 37a 6tl
Barley ses 10d Peas . BGB Od •