The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-08 00:00:00

M. de Villele, with his characteristic love
of arbitrary power, has proposed that it shall
consist of four Ministers„ and three Coun-
cillors of State, to be named in the law ;
and:that if any claimant shall be dissatisfied
with the judgment of the Board, he may appeal
to the Council of State, who are appointed and
removed by the Ministers. The whole disposal
of the six hundred millions of indemnity will
thus be entirely at the good will and pleasure of
M. de Villele and his colleagues. With them
alone it will rest to decide who shall partake of
this vast gratuity, the largest ever bestowed in
the history of mankind. The appearance of the
project for the reduction of the Rentes has ex-
cited a great deal of surprise, after the re-
jection of the former project by the Chamber of
Peers last Session. It is remarked too that
the Minister of Finance has rather a singular
notion of distributive justice, when, in order
to indemnify one class of public sufferers, he
seizes on the property of another. The rise in
the Fends on Tuesday is ascribed to the activity
of the jobbers employed for that purpose. On
Wednesday the Rentes declined to 102 f. 95c.—
No legislative business was transacted on Tues-
day, excepting that in the Chamber of Peers
four projects of law were introduced on various
subjects. The third related to the regulation
of Convents, and the mode of allowing them to
obtain or succeed to property. The fourth was
for the repression of sacrilege ; this is a favourite
object with the French Clergy. We shall be
somewhat curious to see what sort of a measure
they have proposed. By the Etoile it appears
that Ferdinand of Spain is carrying on the work
. of " purifying" and proscribing as vigorously as
. ever, against men and books.

[MORNING HERALD.]

The Convention agreed upon between the Go
vertu-Rents of Spain and France for the continuec
occupation of Spain by French troops has beet
published in the Madrid Official Gazette. The
terms appear to be those originally stated.—
The French Army of Occupation is reduced to
22,000 men, who are to occupy Cadiz, the
Isla, Barcelona, St. Sebastian, Pampeluna,
Urgel, Jaca, and Figueras. They are to be
clothed, fed, and provided in every respect by
Spain. One of the provisions in this Convention is
whimsical enough—it is that the French troops
shall retire at the good pleasure of Ferdinand, as
if the very act of occupation did not make Ferdi-
nand a nullity in the hands of the occupant Power.
If he wanted to get rid of the French against their
inclination, his only resource could be applying to
some other foreign Power. There is one thing in
this Convention which proves the wretched state to
which the King of Spain is reduced. It would be
too odious to surround his person with French
troops, and he dares not trust his safety to Spa-
niards. In this predicament an expedint has been
adopted. Independently of the 22,000 French
troops occupying the fortresses, two regiments of
Swiss are to remain at Madrid to attend the King's
person, jointly with Spanish troops. There were
formerly Swiss Guards in Spain, as well as in
France, and under this colour Ferdinand commits
his safety to foreigners. It would seem, how-
ever, that the Swiss Cantons, which made
the capitulation for the service of these re-
giments with the King of France, is not at
all satisfied with their being left in this manner
at Madrid, wholly cut off from the French
army. The apprehension is, that they may be
attacked and overpowered by the Spaniards,
who, whatever their imimosities of party among
themselves, agree all in one thing—a cordial
abhorrence of foreigners—especially when those
foreigners are placed in a situation so insulting
and humiliating to the Spanish nation.