London, Thursday, October...
The Frcnch Aliisters are said to have determined on twCo mt!asures of no small importanice, one respecting their for,ign,. and the otler their domestic policy. The first is, the reciuction of their army in Spain; the last, the relin- quishment, or at least the procrastination, of M. VILLELE'S favourite, and we should th;nk useful proposition, of low- ering the interest on the national debt. The besetting evil of France at present, is her unjust invasion of the Penin- sula; and we know that she sees no way of extricating her- self from that iniquity anid its consequcnccs. She wants money ; the KIN, would(I wvish to indemnify the emigrants; the intended reduction of the rentes had a view to that object: the measure failed, and is to be defcrred. The dimni- nution of the army, then, is the only plausible ueccedaneun-. But how to effect that object wheln so largc a force is kept up on a foreign territory ? A part of that force is to be withi- drawn: but what will become oftherest? Itis tobe remoifed to the strong places: the troops so stationed, will ere long after the departure of the main body, be besieged. Let France recollect, that when she sent her troops-into Spain, FEnDI- NANPD notwithstanding his crimes, was treatedl with the homage dlue1 to a King. He was safe even in the hanids of his injured subiects- If he should be less safe on the re- tiremenit of the 'Vnch forces, then will the expe(litioni have effected this obje.t-that it will have brought the Spanish KING, whom it was 9-nt to protect, into greater jeopardy ; and will lhave prevented him from effecting a reconciliation with his subjects, andI arraniging with them the system of a Constitutional Government. The reduction of the rentes, it is now said, will be de- ferred for two years. The desire of the new Ki No, as the measure is unpopular, m-ay have softened the resolution of Lhe Minister in this respect. LONDON, TUlUIRSDI', OCTOBER 14, 1824.