The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-11 00:00:00

RELIGIoUS FREEDOM IN SPAIN.

The following is the judgment of the tribunal of
Grenada in the case of Teva and Matamoros for
propagating Protestant docrines in Spain :
Are condemned—Jose Alhama Teva, to nine
years' imprisonment, and Manuell Matamoros to
eight years' imprisonment, and both are for ever
prevented from following the profession of teacher,
interdicted from all political offices and rights dur-
ing the term of their sentence, and condemned to
pay a quarter of the expenses each. The books and
papers seized will be retained.
The other prisoners to the number of 11 are ac-
quitted. The Correspondencia says:—
These men were condemned not because they
were Protestants, seeing that nobody is punished in
Spain for religious opinion, but 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 most demo-
cratic institutions which have existed in Spain
since 1812.

The Siecle, commenting on this, says :
That the Protestants of Grenada have been con-
demned under law we do not doubt ; but what
surprises us is, that wich a law should be in
existence in the 19th century in a civilised country,
and applied with so much rigour; and this. for
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having read the Bible in public, or lent it to a nelgli
bour. The Correspondencia says that no one is
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secuted in Spain for his religious belief.
But what
is a religious belief that cannot be openly professed
without committing an offence, and which islV-
hibited from being embodied in worship? 'SpainD
likes to boast of the material progress
which
made for some time past—of her military glory,
industrial industrial prosperity,and her agricultura
g agricultural resources.
All this is not enough. It is by the g.
e that nations
ciples on which institutions are bashered
Allrailroads, bridges
ate elevated or degraded.
All from the secondary
and canals will not raise
Sr aihno wishes to take her
position she occnpies.
lers, Spain must begin
place amongst the great. pee:-01.
religious toleration
by adopting the prin-IPel_gth and superiority of
which constitute the atr u
material progress S pain has
France and England'
what is the value of such de-
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resources, and of the greatest agricul-
tural of
industrial prosperity, if unattended by a
velop
manners, usages,
tural and in the
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and
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country.
legislation o
Can Spain flatter herself that she may be associ-
ated with the rest of Europe in what concerns the
creation of wealth, and yet remain alien to those
ideas which aro the very essence of modern society ?
Spain has given herself representative institutions.
Do we not there find a strange inconsistency ? A
modern government and an exploded legislation—
institutions borrowed from the 19th century, and a
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 seen seated in the first
rank of the council of nations a power which, wit-
ingly and voluntarily, continues to lower itself to
a level with the very last.

ROYAL HORTICULTITRAL SOCIETY.—We are re-
quested to state that the international show of cereals, roots,
vegetables, and gourds, at South Kensington will continue
open during th© whole of nett week,

parliamentary agents' charge-, and misc;,lhineous
expenses incurred by your honourable board
in connextioft with the measure during its passage
through parliament, from which it appears that so
far as at present ascertained, the expenses incurred
amount to £1,61048. 4d. Borings and other vorks
for carrying out the act are now in progress, and
with a view to providing for defraying the cost of
the same, and meeting the expenses above referred
to, your committee recommend that a communica-
tion be made to the Treasury apprising them of the
amount of expenses already incurred, and for the
purpose of openieg an account at the bank, that
the board do under their seal, in pursuance of the
45th section of the Thames Embankment Act,
1862, request the commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury to pay over to them the sum of £20,000
on account."

In answer to Mr. Robinson,
The CHAIRMAN said the Thames Embankment
Act authorised an expenditure to be incurred by
this board, and such expenses were to defrayed
out of the Thames embankment fund. That expen-
diture comprised the expense of obtaining the act,
making borings along the foreshore of the Thames,
and other expenses, for the purpose of enabling the
board to proceed with vigour in carrying the provi-
sions of the act into effect.
Mr. ROBINSON said he saw by the model before
him that several new streets were proposed in con-
nexion With the Thames embankment, and he
wished to know if those proposed new streets ema-
nated from this board.
The CHAIRMAN said they formed a portion of the
scheme recommended by the royal commissioners,
and since then sanctioned by Parliament. The
model now on the table showed in its integrity the
scheme as it had been approved by both Houses of
Parliament.
The recommendation of the Finance Committee
was unanimously adopted.

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THE PROPOSED GARIBALDI MEE7ING
IN THE CITY. ,-48 N:

The sub-committee appointed to arrange the de-
tails of this meeting met last night. Mr. Richard-
son, one of the hon. secretaries, reported that the
London Tavern could not be obtained for Wednes-
day next, the day fixed upon. He had received a
large number of letters from members of Parlia-
ment, clergymen, merchants, bankers, and other
gentlemen in the City, men of all parties, and many
of whom who had not signed the requisition, all
strongly disapproving of the conduct of the Lord
Mayor in refusing the use of the Guildhall to the re-
quisitionists. The majority of these letters contained
offers of personal and pecuniary aid to make the
meeting at the London Tavern an effective one.
It was finally resolved that the meeting should be
held on Friday next, the 17th inst., at the London
Tavern, at two o'clock, Mr. Western -W ood, M.P.,
having consented to take the chair ; and that Baron
Rothschild, Sir J. Duke, and Mr. R. W. Crawford,
the other City members, should be invited to take
part, in the proceedings. It was also arranged that
the speakers should be chosen, as far as possible,
from City men, so that the meeting might be really,
what it professed to be, an expression of the citizens
of London, Every precaution has baen taken
against disturbance.
It is said that another set of requisitionists hay
their eyes on the Guildhall; for on Wednesday tht
Lord Mayor received an intimation that a r‘quisi -
tion might soon be presented to him, asking for the
use of the hall for a meeting " to adopt an address
to the Queen praying that her Majesty will be
pleased to command her Ministers to abstain from
urging on the Emperor of France the withdrawal
of his troops from Rome, as such withdraival would,
under present circumstances, cause the invasion of
the capital of the dominions of the sovereign pon-
tiff, the ally of her Majesty." This, of course, ema-
nates from the Roman Catholics. It is also stated
that a communication has been received at the
Mansion-house from a Roman Catholic source, to
the effect that an organised attempt would be made
to defeat the object of the proposed meeting, and
that a serious disturbance might take place, adding
that the Irish population in London are in a state
of great excitement.