A decree of the King of S...
A decree of the King of SPAIN, transmitted from Ma- drid under date of the 4th inst., shows in what manner constitutional or liberal ecclesiastics are to be dealt with. Their treatment will perhaps be more gentle than that of laics, under similar eircumstances. We are glad to find there are constitutiornal priests. The offenders in this re- spect may regain their personal freedom, but they cannot reclaim their :benefices. The profits arising from the sequestrations, it should seeih,are to swell the Sinking-fund. Thus,itshouldseem,thtt the state is plundering the church, even under the.Catholia F9ERnIAND.