The National Register. — London, England, 1815-10-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL, REGISTER. .=••••111 OPENING OF THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT. ROYAL SITTING , Or THE 7TH OF OCTOBER. PARIS, SEPT. 30.—The Royal Sitting took place this day. At a quarter before one o'clock discharget of ar tillery announced the King's departure from the Thuil leries. The procession was in the following order:-- The General Flat Major. A Detachment of Gens d'arnitss on horseback. A Company of Gens d'armerie on foot. A n u merous detachment of Grenadiers and Chasseurs of the Na ttotial Gnard. A Company of his Royal Highness's Body Guards. Matnieter's and fifteen Carriage• of the Princes. The Carriages of the Ministers and great Officers of the Crown. The Military Howeliold of the King, consisting of Body Guards, Mutpetatres, Royal Grenadiers, and Gun d'annes of the Guard. Heralds at Antis. Office's of the Palace. Captsin of the Guards. - General Officers. The King's Carriage. The King and Monsieur. The Dukes of Angnufeme and Berry. The King's Carriage was surrounded by the Company of the Hun. died Swiss. Body Guards. Gendarmerie on Horseback. At a quarter past One his Majesty arrived at the Pa lace of the Legislative Body. His Excellency the Mar- , (lois de Drew( Breze, Grand Master of the Ceremonies, , and a deputation of the Members of the Chamber of De.. pities, received his Majesty at the foot of the staircase of tire Grand Portico. The King, after having rested a few minutes in his apartment, repaired to the Assembly. Upon his Ms. jesty's entrance, the whole Assembly rost to acclaniatioes of rive le Rol! rfrent les iidurbosis ! with an enthusiasm and an emotion not easy to be described. Ills Majesty placed himself upon the Throne, having OR his right the Pritie.es a his family, the Chancellor in an armed chair s the Grand Master, the Madtet of Cere seotiies, Ste. in their accustomed places. Several Peers, Ministers, Secretaries of state, the Marshals, Lieutenant-Generals, were plated oe benches underneath end on eheh side of the Throne. The Mem bers of the Chamber of Peers tad the Deputies were 'Aced in front of the Throne in at circular manner. The Assetnhly stood up uncovered. Ws Majesty, seated upon his Throne, took off his hat, then put it on again, and delivered the followiing speech : " deellemee.—When last year I assembled the two cham bers. for the first tilde, t congratulated myself upon hav ing, by an honourable treaty, restored 'peace to France. She began to taqte the fruits of it; all the sources of pub lic prosperity Were re-opening, *hen a ttirultail enterprise, setended by the most inconceivable defettion. arrested their course. 'the evils which this ephemetal UtutpithrW caused out ei)untr i y, deeplyafflicted nit. Vet I ought to de clare here, tlidt lidd it been possible to. affect none bet my self, I should have Wised Proyidetsci. The marks of affection which my peciple haie giVeri me in the meat eel haveS condoled Me in nil personal sli . fiefingt; but' 646 blifq :Soiltett, of my children, weigh ninth by its ender . * Ohl a period td this state of affairs, Inttre btittbellititnd iPatcti . than the war itself, I have edh eluclee with files powers, which, after having destroyed the Vsutpor„ still oikapy a great Pint of our territory, a conven tion id`ticb reikdatill Due (*dent and future relations with OCT. 15. them It will be communicated to you without any restrict tion, as soon as it has received its last formality. You well know, Gentlemen, and all France will know, the profound grief I must have felt, but the verb safety of my kingdom rendered this great determination necessary, and when I took it, I felt the duties it imposed upon me 1 have or dered, that there should this year be paid from the Trea sury of my Civil List. into the Treasury of the State, a considerable portion of my revenue. My family were no sooner informed of my resolution, than they offered me a proportionate gift. I have ordered similar dimit utions in the salaries and expences of all my servants without excep tion. I shall always be ready to share sacrifices which im perious circumstances impose upon my people. All the statements shall be submitted to you, and you will know the importance of the economy which I have commanded in the departments of my Ministers, and in all parts of the Go vernment ; happy if these measures shall suffice for the bur them of the State. lu all events, I rely upon the devoted ness of the nation, and the zeal of the two Chambers.— Bul, Gentlemen, other sweeter and not less important cares unite you at present; it is to give more weight to your deli berations, it is to collect more lights myself that I have ' created new Peers, and that the number of Deputies of De partments has been increased. I hope I have succeeded in my choice, and the eagerness of the Deputies at this difficult conjuncture Is also a proof, that they are animated by a sincere affection for my person, and an ardent love for the country.—lt is then with sweet satisfaction and full confi dence that I have assembled you about me, certain that you will never lose sight of the fundamental basis of the happi ness of the State, a frank and loyal union of the Chamber with the King, and respect for the Constitutional Charter. That Charter, which I weighed with care before I gave it, to which reflection attaches me more and more dearly, which I have sworn to maintain, and to which all of you, beginning with my family. are about to swear obedience, is without doubt susceptible, like all human institutions, of being more perfect ; but none of us ought to forget, that the danger of innovation is not far remote from the advantage of meli oration. Many other objects of importance require our la bours; to make religion reflourish, pacify minds, found liberty upon respect for the laws, render them more and more analogous to these great views, give stability to credit, recompose the ,army, heal the wounds that have but too deeply torn the bosom of our country; in fine, ensure internal tranquillity, and thereby make France respected without; such are the objects that our efforts ought to lead to. Ido hot flatter myself that so much good can be the work of one session ; but if at the close of the present legislature, it is seen that we are approaching it, we ought to be satisfied with ourselves. I shall leave nothing undone, and in order to arrive at it, I rely, Gentlemen, upon your most active co operation." After the Rpeech: the Duke of Angouleme, the Duke of Berry, and the Duke of Orleans, took the oath which follows I sweat fidelity to the King. and obedience to the Constitutional Charter and the laws of the Kingdom. The names of the Peers were afterwards called over, Who individually took the following oath : I swear fidelity to the King, obedience to the Constitutional Charter and the laws of the kingdom, and to conduct myself in every thine which appertains to my situation as a good and loyal Peer f of France. The names of the Deputies were afterwards called oyar, who took a similar oath to that of the Peers. A Member tequested to speak. Tho Duke of Richelieu, as First