25 APRIL 1874, Page 3

The Swiss Liberals have carried the Revision of the Constitu-

tion by fifteen Cantons to eight, and by a popular vote, 320,000 to 170,000, or thereabouts, a majority of two to one. We have endeavoured to explain the main provisions of the change elsewhere, but may mention here that we have seen a document which indicates that the new powers over the Churches may be exercised in the direct spirit of persecution.