The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-08 00:00:00

to slander as having borne arms or office
—that is, of having served the King of Spain
while he was King of the Constitutional
Monarchy. A person 44 reported " to be a
Liberal, whether ancient or modern—any pur-
chaser of national property (the King's brother,
for instance, we presume)—any person employed,
no matter how—any Deputy—any Secretary—
any Magistrate, public speaker, public writer
—all—the choice of the Spanish nation, are to
be thrown into this condemned cell, the bureau
of the general police. Then, for the practical
effects of this, not one of these persons,hundreds
of thousands as they must be in number, can
stir a yard from their ordinary dwelling, with-
out the eyes of the police myrmidons being
fixed upon their most innocent motions. When a
passport is solicited by an individual whose name
stands upon the above black catalogue, the 'cir-
cumstance, with a minute, and possibly a fabri-
cated account of his life and character—or hers,
for women, as we have seen, are included—must
be sent not merely to ,the Central Police at Ma-
drid, but to every petty station of that esta-
blishment throughout the whole line of road
along which the party is allowed to travel.—
Nay, persons on the list, however unjustly or
rnalicously placed there, must give a good
reason for going from home at all, and ample
security (caution) for their good behaviour !
There is terror—there is agony of mind stamped
upon every feature of such a system, the coun-
tenance of which would, therefore, be the inflic-
tion upon its authors of a decree of chastisement
equal to their most enormous transgressions.—
But, what is a more interesting fact, we may pro-
nounce the continuance of such a Government in
Europe to be utterly and physically impossible.—
This progressive growth of wickedness manifested
by the reign of Ferdinand, is but the ripening of
an angry tumour, of which the pain and inflam-
mation become sharper every day, until the skin
bursts, and the patient recovers.

[MORNING POST.]
It appears certain from the concurrent testi-
mony of ail the Journals, that the French Go-
vernment has not only determined on withdraw-
ing the great bulk of its army from Spain, but
that it has sent notice of its intention to the in-
fatuated Ferdinand, and has issued orders for
completing the evacuation before the ist of next
January. Not more than 20,000 men are to be
left in the Peninsula, and as they are to be shut
up in garrisons, the whole country may be consi-
dered as freed from occupation ; for it is impos-
sible that weak and scattered garrisons should
undertake any thing, in case of fresh movements,
beyond the defence of the places in which
they are stationed. Letters from Madrid to the
29th ultimo, state that a Courier had just arrived
with positive orders for the French army to re-
tire, and that immense numbers of Spaniards im-
plicated in the late revolution were desirous of
following it. They add that others of a bolder
spirit not only meant to remain, but said openly,,
that by acting as he had done Charles X. would
compel Ferdinand to recognize the loan of the
Cortes, and to restore a representative Govern-
ment. This we sincerely hope may be the case,for
there is no fear that a Constitution established
under the influence of so wise end liberalablonarch
as. Charles X, has proved himself to be, should
be liable to the same objections as the last, or
should, on the other hand, sacrifice the liberties
of the nation to the Royal power. It would, no
doubt, hold that just medium which is necessary
to the existence of both, and which effectually
prevents the encroachments of either, The Quo.
tidienne says that the intelligence could not have
reached Madrid, as the decision had not been
taken definitively by the French Government
till the 3d inst. It then gives the following
details on the subject as positive. " The evacua-
tion is to commence by Badajoz on the 15th of
November. The garrison of that place will join
the troops which are already in Cadiz ; so that
a force of 10,000 men will occupy that city. Ten
thousand men more will be scattered in garrisons
among the following places ; Corunna, the Seo
d'Urgel,Pampeluna, Santona and Barcelona. The
retreat will be operated in such a manner as to
cause the movement to be terminated within the
last days of the year."