The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-30 00:00:00

INDAY MUSIC.

It will be remembered that for a long period Mr.
Clapham, of the Leeds Royal Park, has been paying
a weekly fine for the performance of music on the
Sunday. e
costm
him £l7O altogether ; and
hisa
g
Ttohishss ent has been a loser bytat
it. The case has been heard by the Recorder of
Leeds, to whom Mr. Clapham appealed against the
decision of the bench, and the Recorder has dis-
missed the appeal. He held that the magistrates
required by the law. He
havecondensled condemned
i\eir. d.
ti
Clapham's
u
conduct, but did not
express any opinion as to the desirableness of
Sunday music. It should be noted that the
n discretion,s
music was described as sacred, though this did
not guarantee the respectability of the meeting.
A very shady public-house in a certain provincial
town used to advertise a " selection of sacred music "
on Sunday evenings ; doubtless upon the principle
that it was more intellectual to get drunk to the
music of Handel than to a nigger melody.

FOREIGN NOTES,
THE REORGANISATION OF SPAIN,

The candidates for the throne of Spain are rapidly
diminishing in numbers, and none arise to fill their
places. King Ferdinand of Portugal has retired. The
Epoca states that the candidature of the Duke of
3' abandoned by the
gllelioineratplesnsieofr
the
eiaLs
ibbereaeln
Excepting the more
improbable nominations, there remains only Don Carlos,
and he can hardly be supposed to have a chance, even in
the absence of every other claimant. Republicanism
seems to make progress. A Programme, signed by Senor
Orense, and which demands the establishment of a Federal
Republic, chews that the Democrats have fairly taken
the field. The theory of Republicanism promulgated by
this document is of the most extreme character. It
demands a single Assembly, elected every year by universal
suffrage, with a head of the executivippwer who shall be
responsible in everything to the Assembly. This is return-
ing to a "state of nature" rather too rapidly.
The full text of the new manifesto has been published.
It is a very lengthy, wordy document, and contains
nothing notable beyond the telegraphic summary already
published. On the subject of religious liberty, the Govern-
ment says that the deeply-rooted faith of the country will
not be injured by the free exercise of other forms of
worship. It will rather he strengthened by the conflict,
and will be enabled to repulse the invasion of religious
indifference which is now becoming so baneful. The
change is, besides, a political necessity.
Religious freedom is already becoming generally ac-
cepted. Bibles are being freely circulated by zealous agents
of evangelical societies ; and the Jews look upon the
establishment and promises of the new Government
as so secure a pledge, that they, too, are preparing to return
to the country from which they have been excluded for
centuries by the suicidal policy of bigoted rulers. The
correspondent of the Incic"pcndance Edge says that two or
three English agents have been traversing Madrid on
horseback, distributing bibles to the crowd. It is difficult
for us in England to realise the radical nature of the
change which such an occurrence signifies.
_ ,

The value of British property in the province of Anda-
lusia alone is estimated at over five millions sterling,

rHE RECOGNITION OF THE NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT.

The recognition of the Provisional Government was
preceded by a conference at the Tuileries, and there can
be no doubt that the step was the result of an agreement
between England, France, and Prussia, besides Portugal.
The Times correspondent says a Queen's messenger and a
French Cabinet courier arrived at Madrid on Friday
morning. On the next day the English, Portuguese, and
Prussian representatives waited upon the Spanish
Foreign Minister, but the French Ambassador
sent in a written communication. These diplomatic
measures have been marked by great caution. All the
four Governments appear to have adopted one form of