The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-15 00:00:00

THE SPANISH REVOLUTION.

The suppression of the Jesuits and the confiscation of
their property is undoubtedly the most important result
of the revolution, excepting, of course, the expulsion of
the Queen. It must be remembered, as the Daily News
says, that the men who have adopted this violent course
are Roman Catholics themselves. It was by Roman
Catholic sovereigns and ministers that the Jesuits were
expelled from France, Spain, and Portugal in the last
century. The Company of Jesus is very distinct from
other orders of the Church of Rome, and has gene-
sally been regarded as much a political as a
religious body. It is apparently for political reasons
that the Company is now interdicted in Spain. The Times
correspondent does not doubt that the clergy and the
leaders of the revolution will come to terms. This opinion,
however, is not strictly justified by facts, as witness the
Bishop of Tarragona in the field with 2,000 men, and
the opposition shewn to the revolution by several of
the leading clergy. The Liberal papers are considering
the propriety of discontinuing the tribute of some
£300,000 which is annually paid to Rome. "It is
well, however, to guard against illusions. Society here
cannot long exist without the clergy. Without the
guidance of his priest the Roman Catholic will do nothing.
The clergy are the only schoolmasters."
The Prase says a decisive battle for the cause of order is
foreseen. The troubles in Madrid cannot last much
longer without an explosion. "Private letters from
Madrid, written by men most devoted to the new order of
things, say that barricades are expected from one day to
the other in the capital. Arms will not be wanting, for
out of 45,000 muskets distributed to the people, only about
7,000 or 8,000 have been got back by paying for them."
Many of the French journals think that General Prim
erred in anticipating the decision of the Cortes by pro-
nouncing for monarchy in his letters to the Gaulois. If he
aspires to the 'part of General Monk of the Revolution,
this at all events is not a very prudent beginning.

The right of voting for the election of the Constituent
Assembly will be as wide as possible. Every
Spaniard who has attained the age of 21 and
who enjoys civil rights will vote. A total of
more than two millions of electors is counted upon. The
vote will be taken in every municipality of which there are
more than 9,500. Secret voting will be the rule. The number
of members of the Cortes is reckoned atsomething like 350.
The elections, unless the arrangements be altered, will take
place on the 15th of November, and the Cortes will meet
on the 15th of December. This remote date has been fixed
in order to allow deputies to come from Cuba, Porto Rico,
and the other colonies, except the Philippine Islands, which
are too far off. These details are on the authority of the
?aerie.

The official journals at Madrid are still full of resigna•
Cons, dismission, and nominations.
The Star thinks the letter of General Prim to Prince
Napoleon points to the latter as a possible candidate for
the Throne. The Prince's sympathies with freedom and
the French Republicans are well known.
General Novaliches has suffered a relapse, and has been
in danger from his wound. Happily, the hemorrhage
from which the General suffered was stopped.
The Jornal do Commercio and the Commercio do Porto,
both of Lisbon, protest energetically against the proposed
Iberian Union.

The French papers continue to discuss unfavourably the
prospect of the Duke of Edinburgh being called to the
Spanish throne. The Etendard thinks we ought to give up
Gibraltar—of course for nothing.
Fernando Garrido, the Republican leader, has published
a. book calling for a free Church in a free State.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON THE
ENGLISH AND IRISH CHURCHES.

The Belfast News Letter has exhumed a letter written by
the late Duke of Wellington, which has an important
bearing upon the recent episcopal appointment of
Mr. Disraeli, as well as Mr. Gladstone's attack upon the
Irish Church. While his lordship was Chief Secretary
for Ireland, in 1807, a vacancy arose in the see of Cork,
and much pressure was brought to bear upon the Govern•
ment by the friends of the English and Irish aspirants.
The Duke, then Sir A. Wellesley, wrote to the Lord•
Lieutenant as follows :

"My dear Duke,—l saw Lord Hawkesbury yesterday,
and he still appears to think that the best arrangement
will be to appoint the most deserving Irishman, if Busby
will not accept the bishopric. I have also to mention to
you a circumstance which I heard from Long ; it is that
the King has expressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury
a desire to remove the Irish bishops occasionally to Eng-
land, and the English to Ireland, to which proposition the
Archbishop stated no objection. There is certainly none
at :present on legal grounds since the Union, for the
Churches are one and indivisible; and it is equally cer-
tain that such an arrangement would strengthen the
Protestant interests and establishments in Ireland more
than any measure that could be devised.—Ever yours most
sincerely, " AMUR WIILLESLET."
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