The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-04 00:00:00

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face, " may, perhaps, be disposed to*selat some of
the sentiments expressed in this work ; but if I have
occasionally hazarded warm remarks, or drawn severe
conclusions, I can only plead that they have been irre-
sistibly forced upon me by the facts and circumstances
which the nature of the subject brought under my
consideration." At the hazard of being classed
among those morbid Liberals of whom Air. Shoberl
speaks so contemptuously in the above passage, we
must express our disapprobation of the spirit and
- tendency of this work. In point of execution we
have no fault to find with it; the materials are skil-
fully put together, and the author's diction is simple
and perspicuous throughout; but the spirit of his
work, we repeat, is oljectionable, for it is an attempt
to revive the old, worn-out " No-Popery" cry, by
raking up, with the most assiduous perseverance,
every instance of persecution of which the Vatican
or its agents have been guilty, and bringing all the
most inveterate prejudices and bigotry of Pro-
testantism to bear against the antagonist religion.
Nothing can surpass the virulence of the author's
denunciations against Catholicism and its confe-
derates, the Jesuits—denunciations which will be
pretty sure to find an echo in the bosom of the
Exeter-hall Saints, and will, we fear, be read
with approbation by a numerous class of the
community, who think that it is the chief duty of
a pious and orthodox Protestant to hate Popery as
the Devil hates holy water. However ingeniously
and cleverly executed this may be, we must confess
that we entertain great dislike of productions such as
the one before us, which can be attended with no other
result than to revive religious animosities and jea-
lousies, which, for the peace and happiness of society,
had far better be buried in oblivion. If Popery have
its annals of persecution, so has Protestantism ; wit-
ness the closing years of the reign of that sanguinary
tyrant, Henry the Eighth.

HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.
DUNDONALD, SEPT. 30.—The whole of the crops
in this quarter, with the exception of a few patches of
beans, have been all cut down, and the greater part
well secured in the barn-yards. Wheat, upon light
soils, has not, in consequence of the Spring drought,
produced a heavy crop; but, upon the whole, it is a
fair one. Oats are a splendid crop, and are milling
well. In some cases, we hear of " Tam Finlay " pro-
ducing 22 pks. to the boll. Beans are rather thin,
but well podded," and in most cases will yield more
than an average return per acre. A few of our
farmers, having finished their harvest, are now busy
raising their potatoes ; but we always fancy there is
little occasion for so much haste in removing the
tubers from their native element, at so early a period
of the season.

ARDROSSAN, SEPT. 28.—The harvest around this
may be said to be all but finished; and, generally
speaking, there never was a more abundant or a better
secured crop. Both potatoes and turnips promise
well; indeed, in no district around does the potato
crop present such a good appearance. The quality
also is excellent.

OCHILTREE.—Harvest will be over with us in the
course of two weeks. A great deal is already secured,
and most of the farmers have finished shearing. The
only exceptions are a few fields on the moor edges,
which are scarcely yet ripe, and which would require
a week of fine weather to mature them. The crop
generally is abundant, and the poor have the prospect
of another season of cheap bread.—Ayr Observer.