The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-29 00:00:00

should deal gently with their religious prejudices in
the first instance. But who is there in the posses-
sion of an unclouded understanding that does not see
that the resorting to civil exelusions,and degradations
of any sort, are certain means of inflaming prejudices,
and retarding the improvement of a people ? If
there is danger in the Catholic religion, that danger must
be greatest where the people are least improved ; and,
therefore, by retarding the improvement of the people, we
are, in fact, adding to the danger we affect to fear.—The
power of the Catholics would not be increased by the adop-
tion of measures which would hare the effect of conciliat-
ing them. If there is a divided allegiance in their case,
the foreign allegiance would certainly be kiss formidable
were the Catholics otherwise well affected, than now that
they have cause to he discontented.—But then, in Indian
affairs, reason ii; allowed fair play. There are no tithes and
Church lands in the way of an unimpassioned decision.—
On the other hand, the Church for the fourteenth pert of
the people of Ireland, is evidently frightened. It knows
that it has no held on the people, that it rests exclusively
on property, and it calculates ou the influence of a by so
'leans honourable principle ; namely, the wish on the part
of the rich to have their fair share of all good things, in
drawing our Catholics as they acquire property to the esta-
blishment. It calculates on the rich being more indifferent
to the other world than to this, and on the nevi hominei,
such as the provision merchants, bleachers, &c., having
little of that sort of attachment to religion, which is de-
rived from its having been that of the family for centuries,
and that the nevi !tontines in question will have little scru-
ple in pining the ascendancy. They look to the case of
the English and Irish Diesentere who always go over to
the Establishment, as they become rich, in a generation or
two.—We hare a great respect for sincere and conscien-
tious a:weft:one of any opinion ; but we 'emcee', that we
believe there are few of the educated of the opponents of
the Catholics sincere. The Clergy, almost to a man, are
against the Catholic:l, while, the well-informed classes ex-
hibit a great majority the other way. Now, when a par-
ticular case differs in this extraordinary manner from the
rest of the educated classes, sordid iuterest, and ieeinee-
rity, can alone furnish us with an explanation of the pheno-
menon. There may be some of the Clergy honest ; but a
yery great proportion of them must neseessarily be of bad
faith.—Morniv Chronicle.
A Morning Paper published, a few days since'
the following statement of the Exports of Indigo
and Cotton for the last four years :

INDIGO.
Is the Year ending Jan. 5, 1821 5,0:30,2931bi.
1825 2,958,944
1826 .4,006,013
1827 4,366,426
COTTON WOOL.
In the \far ending sth Ju1y,1824 U,318,4031ba
1825 13,299,505
18i26 18,004,953
1827 94,471,920
" This," observes our contemporary, " affords
a striking proof of the increase of manufactures
on the Continent, even without taking into con-
sideration the large augmentations which are I
known to have taken place in the quantity of
cotton wool sent direct from America to the
Continent, and also of indigo direct from our
possessions in the East Indies and other parts."
With respect to the first of these articles, if, as
we are told, the importations on the Continent
" afford a striking proof of the increase of manu-
factures," our contemporary would have done
well had he placed before his readers the impor-
tations into this kingdom, and thus have given
the public the happy intimation of our growing
prosperity but we seek in vain for any state-
ment that may tend to place the commerce of
tile country in a favourable light ; while, on the
contrary, if anything can be found of a negative
tendency, it is most diligently sought after. Be
it our task, then, to supply the 'deficiency
Ax ACCOUNT or INDIGO IMPORTED DUZINGi TUE FOLLOW-