The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

SWEDEN.

At the opening of the Swedish Diet, King Oscar
announced, in very noble language, that a bill
would be presented in the course of the session
for the establishment of freedom of religious
worship in the kingom. The text of that measure
has just been published ; and it proves how strong
religious prejudices must still be in Sweden, since
notwithstanding the good intentions of the sove-
reign and the spirit of the constitution, the govern-
ment has only ventured to propose enactments of a
very limited character, and which do not by any
means reach the standard which the King's fan"
guage had led people to expect. The following is
an analysis of the principal provisions of the bill :
"Art. 1 revokes the clauses and enactments of the
penal code relative to the penalties attached to departure
from the true evangelical doctrine, and the profession ef
another faith. These penalties were nothing less than exiie
and confiscation, and the persons who left the Swedish
church almost in every case became Protestants of another
denomination. Every Swede, however, who leaves the
national Swedish church is obliged to make a formal de-
claration to that effect in the registers of his parish.
Art. 2 revokes the enactments of the same code, which
will entail the penalty of exile for the propagation of
erroneous doctrines, and changes the punishment for
that offence into a fine, varying from 68fr. to 400 fr., or
imprisonment of from one to twelve months.—Art. 3
proposes that whoever shall seek by persuasion, threats,
or other illicit means, to lead to apostacy from the Swe"
dish church shall be liable to a fine of from 70fr. to 440fr.,_
and for each repetition of the offence to imprisonment of
from 2 to 12 months.—Art. 4 states that children born
before their parents have changed are to be brought up
is
the doctrines of the Swedish church, and the municipal
councillors are ordered to see that this prescription is care
fully carried out.—Art. 5 states that no one can, ic
consequence of his religious profession, be released from
the observance of all the laws in vigour in the kingdom.
—Art. 6 allows members in the Swedish church to hold
religious meetings in private houses, provided nothing
takes place calculated to destroy public order. In
every meeting for the purpose of religious worship, a'
which a clergyman does not officiate, entrance cannot
be refused either to the clergyman of the parish, or to
the public functionaries of the neighbourhood ; and thee°
latter can, in case of illegality or disorder, dissolve the
meetings. No such meetings, however, can in any cutse
take place, unless by a special permission, under the
penalty of a fine of from 68f. to 150 f. for the persla
lending his house, and of 14f. for each person present.

SPAIN.
A. letter from Madrid of the 6th, in the Sieele,
says :—" The parting knell of the Narvaez Cabinet
is now sounding, and no one here imagines that
the patient can recover. It is positive that the
Ministerial crisis has already commenced. Accord-
ing to some accounts it will be partial, and limited
to the retirement of MM. Barzanallana and Urbis-
tondo. Persons, however, generally well informed
positively state that the crisis is general and extends
to all the Cabinet ; they even go so far as to sal
that General de la Pezuela and M. Beltran de
Lis are charged to form a new Ministry. what
becomes every day more and more apparent to
every ey Pe is that the Absolutist party is "joint
ground. The cabinet is in a state of rost—rationt
and in every case of difference of opinion the
who had emil) uk.•
of Valencia always ends by giving way.
It is eT 1,
dently not the same Narvaez gt ates
that has returned to us. The Clamor • —lib-
,
Public° y
lishes in its ministerial department the official lis;
of the supplementary credits, which the Narve_
cabinet has already voted, although
an existence of 55 days. This ough it only recko 10
atti
to 225,732,622 reals, to little total arnoun,_
add 200 millions of which it will be proper
btut
previously voted by increase on the floating Rea,
torations are, it the constituent Cortex.
appears, expensive things." the
A royal decree
Bth declares null in the Madrid Gazette of 0 ,
which were and
imposed
db void certain restricqtr,
decree of the 9th restrict
1855, on the promulgationy
n of
d the dogniaer°_l_ in
Immaculate Conception an another deo_ 7,1:.
the same journal restores;
General Falcon, t .s.rstt.
an, who figured in the ' insurrection of Sarag(P '
Well
to his grade, honours, and decorations, of NV"',ot
he
was deprived on the 16th July last. The other
.Madrid papers of the Bth contain no political news
of interest. The Epoca says that the IVlarquis.4o
la Pezuela had received an offer of the Russtis
embassy, but had declined it ;._ also that it was , of
intention not to accept the Captaincy-Generst_,
Cuba, which there was some intention of offet7
him. The works of the different lines of rarilviti
were being carried on with extraordinary eet'vl a;
The section from Madrid to Alicante could, it °ea
believed, be opened in the spring ; 40,000 rj3
were employed on it.
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The Chroniquer of Friburg of the 9th bag 3 i--
ttrfrom Estavayer, which gives some details rela-
l. rela-
tive the late disturbances in that part of Swifzer_-.
ana, and says :--" Everything at tea in
during the voting, which was terminated
the evening.
0 About two hundred peasants re-t
mined in the town to guard the arm' and protec_
the conservatives, who were said to be menaced
by a coup de main. At eleven o'clock, the radical,"
of the town took from the Arsenal the two little
passed off well
cannons which played a part in the Sonderbuncla
and conveyed them to the chateau with light°
matches. The court-yard was fell of electors'
The peasants, who were indignant, seized 00°
of the cannons (it was not loaded), and carried ici
off to the public-house, the Cerf, where they place„,
it in the cellar. It had been rumoured for On
time that arms were secreted at the chateau,. t,„"
discharged soldiers of the contingent baying 2,1,1/°,,;
up their arms here instead of at Friburg. ''',,
rumour turns out to be true ; the radicals r-;
seated themselves armed at the chateau, and wil,id,
the last voters retired, in passing by the re-t,
round the Grand Tour, musket-shots were fired ee,
them ; several of them were wounded, three Ail
riously. I fear all danger is not yet over.
_ti,
da, long, arms have been taken to the chateire
Soldiers are beginning to arrive, and tnnrop '
expected.
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A letter from Ancona, of Dec. 2, says tha the
state of siege was raised the previous day 111 _va
Marches of Romagna, the provinces of Bologna Pier
Ancona alone excepted : they are to remain 0 euo
military government. The Queen Maria Chri'
of Spain left Ancona on the 2d for Rowe.
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The number of students at the various metroPch
itals amounts to 1,080. AfolF°.
hosp
air The inqy into the outbreak of the fire at - The
Hodkinson and Roll's premises has terming
ted.
origin of the fire could not be discovered. hie t°
AliNEs.—For many months we have not been 3
owee
report upon so buoyant a market for shares as we ; td
had during the past week. rho difficulty l' ag
to get shares in good mines, and not to sell fileiii:iei.
formerly,
and we fully expect to see a further and 0:;1;_d,
especially
dera'o e rise in prices,
gamy ininnes which have hitherto Bids ood divi±l4oo
must now incre&-e them, and other hich had: it,
1)3374114 cost will be enabled, throu,gh the adVal? ';,,,,j
copper, to give dividends. It will be ackuowle.tp,
on all sides that the mind' is deserving of this tu:,,
their own prices,in copper and tin !ale
_vc4
The smelters have had it all their own way for LoraJt
''rr'ths, and, having laid in theod stock of e
e°rr too,
without, of course, supposing that the East i,-."re
quantity of copper..—Min':itg
C''Pany would soon be in the market for a
have raised metal 18/. P ~..,di
Journal of this clay'