The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-26 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

HAY MARKETS-(At
ST. JA:

per Load of 36 Trusses.)
MESS.

£. S. E.
Lowland Mead. Hay 3 oto 3 5
Upland Ditto 315 415
Rye-grass Hay 315 415
New Miadow Hay 3 5 310
Strast from 23. to 3s. per la
prices of Hay no alteration.
dull trade.

s. s.
Clover Hay 3 15 to 5 15
Oat Straw ll6 2 0
Wheat Dito...
.d higher than last quoted ; in
limited supply, and rather a
SMITHFIELD.

X. B. X. s.
Lowland Mead. Hay 2 15 to 3 5
Upland Ditto 1 15 4 15
Itye-grass Hay 3 15 4 15
New Meadow Hay 3 10 3 15
A short supply, and a dull ti

X. .5. .Z. s.
Cloy. Hay generally 4 oto 5 10
Do. extra line 0 0 6 0
Oat Straw ll4 118
Wheat Ditto llB 2 0
trade; prices as last quoted.

CITY MARKETS-TWO O'CLOCK.

PLA NTATION SUGARS.—There has been a brisk demand
this morning, and a good deal of business done at full prices,
and in some instances, for the good and fine qualities, rather
more money has been paid. A public sale of Barbadees
Sugar went off briskly at rather higher prices.
FOREIGN SUGARS, without alteration.
RF_FINED SUGARS.—Yesterday and to-day rather more
business has been done in the low description of goods, and
lather firmer prices are obtained.
CorrEr.—The parcels offered by public sale this morn-
ing, consisting chiefly of ordinary to fine ordinary Ja-
maica, went off heavily, but at about the same price as
last week.

FRUIT.-There is very little doing at present—a parcel
of Zante Currants is advertised for public sale on Friday
nest.

CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY, AUG. 22.

The Rer. Mr. CAHILL said, that it was the inten-
tion of the Catholics of the county Kilkenny to eject
Mr. Butler Clarke at the next election, on account
of his having voted against the Association. Mea-
sures were in progress accordingly.
The following letter from the Right Rev. Dr.
Doyle, acknowledging a vote of thanks passed to
him at a former meeting of the Catholic Associa-
tion, was read by the Secretary, and ordered to be
entered on the minutes:—

Dear Sir,—On my return here, after an absence of se-
veral days, I was honoured on Saturday last by the receipt
of your very kind letter, enclosing a resolution of thanks to
me, passed at a meeting of the Catholic Association, on
Saturday, the 2d of this month. I wish I had merited this
mark of public favour, so liberally conferred on me by so
large and respectable a body of my fellow countrymen. The
thanks of a whole people, or of those who in any way re-
present
them, is a reward commensurate to the greatest
services ; and to any Irishman thoroughly devoted to his
country, perhaps the thanks of the Catholic Association
should be more estimable than those of any other body in
the world ; but for me, who am conscious of my own in-
firmity and inutility, and whose pursuits are feeble and con-
strained when they diverge into politics, the thanks of my
own fellow-sufferers serve only to remind me of the cala-
mities which press upon our dear country—they compel
me to ask, why have we a Catholic Association, not in-
deed usurping empire, yet ruling, without laws to guide it
—without precedents to regulate it—without power or
authority to enforce its injunctions? And why am I com-
pelled often to quit the sanctuary, and participate in the
proceedings of those who are an anomaly in the state?
God is my witness how much I deplore this state of things,
even whilst I concur in its maintenance, and contribute,
however feebly, to its support. But necessity is our dear
CHARTER, and we must continue till it cease. Injustice
prevails, and is prolonged against us ; and we are bound by
that law which is written on our hearts, to struggle—to
agitate—to strive against its pressure. In doing this, if
obliged to press upon the limits of the law, let us not trans-
gress them—let us not be elated by success, nor depressed
by defeat. A people, such as ours, is made drunk by a
sudden or unforeseen advantage ; they are also liable to
despond when under failure or defeat. But whether they
recede or advance, union will preserve their strength, mo-
deration will mature it, and perseverance will crown it
with success—our duty is to sustain the hopes of the
people, to combine thair energies, and direct them to one
single and attainable point. Let us not aim at what is
above our reach, or beyond our competency, or occupy
ourselves about business which is not properly our own.
Let us burst the penal code, and enter into tke enjoyment
of existing privileges and rights. Then will the Catholic
Association cease—then can I, and those of my calling,
return to the works of the ministry, and that alone—then
you, Sir, and your fellow-labourers, merged into the great
mass of the nation, with the glorious principles of 1688 as
a beacon before you, may deliberate about Irish interests,
and endeavour, not as Catholics, but as British subjects, to
promote them. This is the only result for which I have
hitherto laboured, or will labour hereafter. lam grateful
—exceedingly grateful—to the Catholic Association ; and
did I cease to support it to the utmost of my power, whilst
these laws which it seeks to have repealed have destroyed
more lives by their operation in Ireland, even during the
last eight years, than have fallen in Greece under the
Turkish scimitar, I would be a rebel to my own con-
science, and tke accomplice of those who afflict the op-
pressed.

I have the honour to be, dear Sir,
Your much obliged and most obedient servant,
Carlow, Aug. 11, 1828. J. DOYLE.
To John Cheater, Esq.