The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-30 00:00:00

Spanish Government to repress the insolent pre-
tensions of proud and ambitious ecclesiastics.
CHARLES M. Ordained that no papal bulls, re-
scripts, warrants, or other Pontifical documents.
should be published in Spain without the Royal
exequatur first had and obtained, and all priests
violating this ordinance were severely punished
by the civil authorities. The Regency goes on
to state that the intrigues of the priests will no
longer suffer the Government to remain silent,
as they aim at nothing less than the overthrow
of the Constitution by the publication of a Papal
allocution, in which the Regency is denounced
as guilty of sacrilege, and the acts of the Spanish
Legislature for the last seven years, touching the
church and conventual property, declared by the
Bishop of ROME to be of none effect. The Re-
gency, therefore, decrees as follows:
.‘ 1. In conformity with the tenor of the laws, and espe-
cially with paragraph 14, chap. 3, book '2, of the Novissinut
Recopilacion. the Judge of First Instance, and the Alcaldes,
are not to allow any use to be made of bulls, warrants, re-
scripts, monitories, or other documents whatever from Rome,
mhich have not been laid before the Government, and ob-
tained its authority. Otherwise, these documents are to be
seized, and sent without delay to the Minister of Grace and
Justice.
" 2. The tribunals and Political Chiefs will give the neces-
sary orders, and will watch over the execution of this measure
with zeal and assiduity—by repairing the el tors and omissions
which might have been committed by the Judges of the First
Instance, and the Alcaldes.
" The archbishops, bishops, diocesan governors, provisory,vicars, and other ecclesiastical authorities are to obey punctu-
ally and to conform to these laws, and not to allow any use to
be made of bulls, warrants, and other documents from Rome
before they are communicated to the Ministry, in order that it
may grant or refuse authority to publish them, under the pe-
nalty of incurring the responsibility established by the said
laws against those who infringe the same.
" By order of the Regency,
" Madrid, April 19." " AL VARO GOMEZ."

The next decree refers to a Society for the
Propagation of the Faith, having its head
quarters at Lyons, which has enlisted among its
emissaries a Spanish Bishop, and a number of
enthusiastic priests. As all members of such
societies, whether in communion with the Ro-
mish or the Anglican church, are expected to
subscribe more or less cash to promote the object
of the institution, they become conduit pipes for
dissipating the pecuniary resources of their weak
but well-meaning members. It is by fostering
such societies, under the denominations of Scapu-
larians, Franciscans, Augustinians, Sodalities of
the Sacred Heart, &c., that the Church of Rome
so powerfully maintains its influence over the
poor, and that the regular clergy in the church
are supported. Every mendicant order has
some badge in the shape of a bit of cloth, a heart,
a ring, or a cord, with which.to invest lay orders,
and these in return contribute periodically, in
proportion to their means, in support of the dif-
ferent orders. The only check to the rapacity
of the mendicants, or friars as they are usually
called, is found in the parochial or secular clergy,
who are seldom friendly to this system of poach-

ing upon their manors. And but for the co-
operation of this useful, respectable, and generally
well educated body of men, few Governments in
Catholic countries would ever be able to make
head against the influence of the Holy See.
Hence it is that we find the POPE always so te-
nacious of the rights of convents, and hence
Church Reformers in every country began with

recommending the abolition of monastic esta-
blishments. JOHN Kivox maintained that the
surest way to scatter the crows was to pull down

the rookeries—nor was he mistaken. But though
the convents are abolished in Spain, the Govern-
ment deems it necessary to guard against the
machinations of the Society at Lyons. Accord-
ingly, it has issued tile following decree :
" 1. The Society for the propagation is not to be tolerated
in Spain.
`• z. The civil and ecclesiastical authorities arc to prevent
the members from mewing together.
" 3. 't he circulation of its pamphlets is to be put a stop to.
" 4. The Judges and Alcaldes are to seize the funds belong-
ing to the Society, wherever they may be found.
" Herein fail not.—God preserve you,
" Madrid, April 19, 1841." " ALVARO GOMEZ."
These decrees will widen the breach between

the Spanish Government and the Holy See.
This is all the better. In the course of the con-
test we may expect that some rays of light will
break in upon the priest-ridden population of

Ulu:: line country. nijscrip tures will he appealed
to, and the more inquisitive minds will set them-
selves to inquire into the origin of that papal
ascendancy, which the greatest nations in Europe
have ceased to recognise. Such inquiries cannot
be pushed hail way, and must produce import-

ant results. GOD grant that in the issue the i

tellectual, moral, land physical happiness of Spain
may be promoted !
The Regency question is likely to occasion the
Cortes some trouble. The Senate is for a single
and the Deputies for a triple Regency. It was
expected that the debate would be very animated.

At the Madrid Exchange on the 19th, forty bargains were
effected in the Five per C. nts. for 26 mtlions of reals. four of
which were for cash at 26 per cent., and the remainder fur the
Account at 27i, with premium—the last at 263/ at sixty
days date. Iu tne Five per Cents. arising from the conversion
of the debt abroad, there were tvio operations for a million of
reals at 2q, per cent. at sixty days date, with premium.
Exchange on London at ninety days 36 11-16.

The French Journals of Tuesday have all
reached us, but their contents are of no political
importance, as they have not yet exhausted the
subject of the LOUIS PHILIPPE correspondence.
The KING'S birth-day will be celebrated on
the Ist of May. The Archbishop of PARIS and
the clergy are to be received ia state on the 30th
instant—twenty-four hours before any of the
other great dignitaries cf the kingdom !

The Archbishop of Paris has addressed the following letter
to the parish priests of his diocese on the approaching chris-
tening of the Comte de Paris :

" PARIS, APRIL 20.

" Monsieur le Cure—The Church prays for Princes, in or-
der that they may reign for the welfare of the people. We
implore that grace with the greater anxiety, this year, as the
King has resolved on consecrating the day following his fete
by a solemnity very dear to his heart. On the 2d of May the
ceremony of the baptism of his Royal Highness the Count de
Paris is to be celebrated. We will pray the Almighty to bless
that august child ; to bless the Monarch, to protect him ; to
send him a•ct from Heaven, to defend him and support him in
all his designs tor the peace arid prosperity of France. Such arc
the f Tvent wishes we will address to the Lord in singing the
canticle of the Royal prophet."
Next follow the list of prayers which are to be chanted on the
Ist of May, in honour of Louis Philippe.
The Chamber of Deputies received some Re-
ports on Tuesday, but no business of importance
was transacted.

The Journal des Debats invokes good faith in the affair of
the letiet s, and states that the Royalist party went to London
for those letters. We declare that nothing is more false ; that
the persons of whom the Presse speaks did not know the exist-
ence of the letters ashen they arrived in London ; that it was
merely by accident that they heard of them, and that they
learned that the letters had in fact been offered to ill. Guizot
for 4,000 francs, and that M. Guizot had answered, What do
these letters prove? that Louis Philippe was an emigrant Prince.
We know that very,well, and it is for that reason that we have
chosen him.

We have received a summons from M. Franck Carre, the
Attorney-General, to appear before the Court of Assize on the
301 h of this month, on account of the conzple rendue of the
affair of the letter. Then the threats of M. Guizot. The
Messayer is already retained.
'the acquittal of La France has been considered by the Re-
presentatives of the great Powers as a fact of sufficient im-
portance for several of them to despatch couriers to their re-
spective Courts.—La,Gazette de France.
A letter from 'I unis of the 24th of March states that the
Bey had just given notice to the foreign Consuls that he in-
tended to prohibit the exportation of cattle for two months.
The Bey by this general communication desires to take from
the measure the appearance of being designed for a specialpur-
pose, but it is evioent that it has in view our possessions in
Africa, to which considerable exportation of cattle has been
latterly made. Great inconvenience will result from this
measure, the execution of which wi 1 coincide with the renewal
of hostilities against the Arabs by General ilugeaud.—Le
Commerce.