The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-10 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCJE.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN SPAIN.

The following is the judgment of the tribunal of
Grenada in the case of Teva and Metamoroe for
propagating protestant doctrines in Spain :
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Are condemned—Jose Albania Tem to nine years' im-
prisonntemt, and Manuel' Matamoros to eight years' im-
prisonment, and both are for ever prevented from following
the profession of teacher, interdicted from all political
onion and rights during the term of their sentence, sad
condemned to pay a quarter of the expenses each. The
books and papers seised will be retained.
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The other prisoners to the number of 11 are
acquitted. The Correspondencia says:

These men were condemned not because they were
protestant" seeing that nobody is punished in Spain for
religious opinion, bnt because they openly, with tongue and
pen, excited a propaganda in favour of protestantism, which
is forbidden by the constitution of the State—a constitution
which in this respect is in harmony with the moat demo•
critic institutions which have existed in Spain since 1812.
The &Me, commenting on this, says :
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That the protestante of Grenada have been condemned
under law we do not doubt ; but what surprises us is, that
such a law should be in existence in the 19th century in a
civilised country, and applied with so much rigour ; and
this for having read the bible in public, or lent it to a neigh.
boar. The Correspondencis says that no one is prosecuted in
Spain for his religious belief. But what is a religious belief
that cannot be openly professed without committing an
offeuce, and which is prohibited from being embodied in wor-
ship? Spain likes to boast of the material progress which she
has made for some time past—of her military glory.
I her industrial prosperity, and her agricultural re-'
sources. All this is not enough. It is by the gene-
rous principles on which institutions are based that nations
are elevated or degraded. All her railroads, bridges, and
canals will not raise Spain from the secondary position she
occupies. If she wished to take her place amongst the
Great Powers, Spain mint begin by adopting the principle
of religious toleration which constitute the strength and
superiority of France and England. .

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The Temps notes the material progress Spain has
lately made, and asks what is the value of such
development of resources, and of the greatest agri-
cultural and industrial prosperity, if unattended by
a corresponding progress in the manners, usages,
and legislation of the country :
Can Spain flatter herself that she may be associated with
the rest of Europe in what concerns the creation of wealth,
and yet remain alien to those ideas which are the very
essence of modern society? Spain bas given herself repro-
imitative institutions. Do we not there find a stamp in-
consistency? A modern government and an exploded legis-
lation—institutions borrowed from the 19th century, and •
code still redolent of the superstitions of the middle ages.
It is not forgotten that Spain made, not long ago, an
attempt to take her place among the great powers of Europe.
The attempt was unsuccessful. It is fortunate that it was
repulsed; it would have been too painful to have seep
seated in the first rink of the council of nations • power
which, wittingly and voluntarily, continues to lower itself
to a level with the very last.

PRUSSIA.

The Indepetulance of yesterday says :

The declaration of Y. de Bismark on Tuesday, in the
Prussian Chamber of Representatives, in the name of the
government, and the significant vote which followed it,
have caused a very natural sensation at Berlin, and this
sensation will not be leas great perhaps in other German
"apitals. We are aware, indeed, that in other places as
wall as in Prussia the constitutional conflict between the
ministers of King William and the national representatives
has caused much anxiety. Our correspondence from
Vienna alludes very distinctly to the eventuality of a romp
&Etat, to be atoned for by what the friends of
the new Prussian minister all "a lofty policy."
A coop dicta! and a lofty policy mean not only a menace to
the liberties of the Prussian nation, but likewise a menace
to the peace of Europe ; and we wish we could say that
there was no foundation for such apprehensions. Unfor-
tunately, if the well-known political probity of King William•
and the uprightness of his character, seem to afford some
security against such plans, the proceedings and language
of Y. de Biamark, OA well as his antecedents, justify all
sorts of hypotheses.

THE CAMORRISTS AT NAPLES.

A Naples letter of the 4tb, in the Debats, says :.

Yesterday • tragical incident showed the necessity of send.
lug away the Camorrists who have been arrested at Naples
Antonio Labruna, a contrabandist of the Ports di Masse,
near the port of Naples, one of the principal Camorrista,
had refused to pay 1,000 ducats, his share of the con-
tribution which the Camorrists arrested at Vicarie
had imposed on their brethren who had remained at
liberty, and which the committee of the Camorra had fixed
as a subsidy for the imprisoned members daring the whole
period of their detention. Lebrun having refused to pay
that imposition, the confraternity of the Camorrists pro-
nounced his condemnation to death ; it selected, by lot
among the prisoners, four pieriotti de Sgarro to assassinate
him, and another who should assume before • court
of justice the responsibility of the crime. Yesterday
morning Labruna was arrested by the polio',
and taken to the Vicaria prison. Having a fore-
boding of what might happen, he begged the gaoler
to place him in • separate celL The other refused, and
almost immediately after Lebrun had entered that of his
brother Camorrista the four pieriotli sprung on him and
stabbed him in seventeen places. The pireiono designated
by the committee to &saurus the responsibility of thecrime im-
mediately presented himself to the authorities of the prison,
but the deception was at once detected. You perceive that
this sanguinary association cannot be regularly destroyed,
and that the government will be forced to take exceptional
measures respecting it.

(INCITZVB TILNOZAML)
AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 10.

The North German Lioyd'asteamship New York,
Captain G. Wenke, from New York on the 27th
ult., has arrived off Cowes, en route for Bremen.
She brings 146 passengers, and 42,036 dohs. for
France, and 1,600 for Bremen ; total, 43,036 dole.
During her passage she spoke the following ships:
In 46.3 N. and 45.27 W., the English barque John
Bongan, bound east ; in 49. 21 N. and 31.53 W.,
the Bremen steamer Hansa, bound west; in 49.30 N.
and 22.0 W., the English brig Nina, from Antigua
for London ; in 49.38 N. and 8.38 W. the English
'barque George Shidd, bound west ; off Edictone,
the English ship John Morre, bound east ; also the
steamer Adis, bound west.

NEW YORK, Erzr. 27.
The New York Herald of to-day gives the follow-
ing as the situation of affairs :

Asidefrom some skirmishing of our troops across the river
into Virginia, there appears t i be no movement of General
Id 'Clellan's army going on near Sharpeburg. The rebels are
evidently in force opposite Sheppardstown, and along the
lice of the Upper Potornoc, as our pickets and scouts con-
stantly come within reach of them. On Thursday
evening the 62nd Pennaylvanis, with a section
of ,the Vint New York Artillery, and Griffin's
brigade, crossed at a ford near Shepperdstown, and took
400 rifles marked "London, 1832," some of the contraband
weapons, no doubt, and one 12-pounder rifle brass gun. The
rebel pickets did not dare to roust this formidable force,
but fell back on their approach.
There is a rumour, which calm from Washington, that
the President contemplates issuing another proclamation,
proclaiming the state of Florida a government cotton plan-
tation, and inviting all labourers white and black to settle
there for the purpose of cultivating cotton. Ample pro-
tection, says the rumour. will be guaranteed by the army
and navy to all such matelot-a. The state constitution is to
be eat guide temporarily, and Florida reduced to a terri-
torial condition.
Thin movement of the President is said to be only pre-
liminary to a policy which is to be adopted hereafter with
other Southern states. We give the rumour as it reaches us.
We give to-day some further extracts from the Southern
journals of one day later than those which we gave yes-
terday. They continue to announce a great victory at An-
tietam, and endeavour to make another triumph of the
recent skirmish at Shappardstown-ford. It is manifest,
however, that these amounts of victories which were really
defeats are not satiafactory to the Southern people. In like
manner the Richmond papseu claim that General Rosen-