The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-14 00:00:00

V THE SPANISH REVOLUTION

The suppression of the Jesuit community is the most
important intelligence from Spain. All religious commu-
nities and associations are declared contrary to liberty,
and the Junta accordingly proposes to suppress all those
which have been established since 1835. Their privileges
will of course follow their constitution. The suppression
of religious communities since 1835 means all those insti-
tuted during the reign of Queen Isabella—a very large
number. Indeed, the intelligence chews that the priestly
domination of centuries has come to an end. It is now
probable that Catholicism will exist only as a religion in
Spain, that it will thus occupy the position to which it has
been reduced in Italy and Austria. The action of the
revolutionary Government can hardly be deemed surpris-
ing when the tyranny of the clerical party during the reign
of their patron is taken into consideration.

General Prim has, and it would seem irrevocably,
declared himself in favour of a constitutional monarchy.
Such declaration, according to the Standard's special cor-
respondent, have been made not once, but many times.
This fact, together with the exclusion of the Democrats
from the new Ministry, point to the direction the revolu-
tion is taking. The Spaniards will have a king—
but who? The letter which the Gaulois says has
been sent to Prince Napoleon by General Prim
is in some quarters interpreted as an indication that the
Prince may, perhaps, be selected by the Cortes. The
chances of a monarchy are favoured by the indifference of
the lower classes. They care nothing for the exercise of
oolitical r:ghts.
Some of the Spanish papers advocate the immediate
abolition of slavery throughout the Spanish dominions.
With res.,: eel-, to the changes in the various departments
of the Government, the correspondent of the Herald says:
" The changes in the army have been very great, nearly
every officer in command having been removed and friends
of the present Government substituted in their places.
The rest of the Ministry seem disposed to vie with Ser-
rano in making changes. Prim, who is now installed in
the War Office, continues the dismissals and appointments
in ,the army. Sagasta seems resolved to make a clean
sweep in the personnel of the Home Office, and the others
are more quietly following suit. I cannot but think that
all this is a very serious mistake. By all means reward
your friends when you have an opportunity, but to turn
out all old employes because they are supposed to be attached
to, or at any rate were appointed by, a former Govern.
ment, is to make a number of active and in many cases
influential enemies, who will naturally leave no stone
unturned to bring about the overthrow of the new state
of things." The French Liberal and independent journals
generally condemn this policy.
The reports of the condition of Senor Perrez Ruiz, the
secretary of Gonzales Bravo, are contradictory. Some
say he is better; others that his case is hopeless. This, it
will be remembered, was the unhappy man who was so
roughly handled by the mob at Madrid.
An Englishman of the name of Routledge was preseno
at the battle of Alcolea. He did not fight, but acted a
nobler part. He stepped out between the ranks of the
combatants, under fire of rifle and cannon, to pick up the
wounded and dying, and to bear them away to shelter and
safety behind Serrano's lines. He bore a charmed life ; for
all day he laboured at his good work under the deadly fire,
and when the danger had passed he went to his ordinary
work with a will to get the trains ready for conveying the
wounded to the hospitals of Cordova. Serrano rewarded
the Englishman on the field with the order of Isabella the
Catholic, which the recipient put coolly into his pocket.
He is an engineer on the Andalusian Railway.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.