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• AMITESOAN. rEs. 28.
The following is I copy of 4 triter ittlaressett by
His :114jesty to the 1.-gislstive Body :

1 Hr. KING TO TOE LEGISLATIVF. RUDY,

S. Gmertrur.w-1 twee been ilt.appeinted to •,(Itail°. of beii.g ew.Wetl to 'Amen Ix Awe the 1.1 fd ja.w..y.
From the slimed thicumentnewilleined in the Nfonitesr of
yrater.l., (the 3111 Jansary), you will perertee that the
null of our tames la I.UlllltCled with the euadeet of the
11.n,111,16 GO% trourr ul:

."The regret which I have felt hiss hren conottlerattly
mass d wpm treading the stsjseat stesoati .... mule agai.tot no,
of has mg Iwtrural the rouse of the Coat meld, that so, of has-
-11111 brew widasthtal to our engagements ; al4l I Write this letter
to you, to thoutoh.h II e improsoirati which ass sinjuot Lot silo.
sighing aw arrogation mud make' wpos your bracts, as well
as opus, the heart of every Il' ur floolladolow.
" Whilat, daring the four years that have elapsed sines
t►e eniasneiscemest ot my reign, the natio., mull yait, to par-
ticular, called to welch user hie internals, have borne ndh
So
WOh tilt& silty and dube,s, hut, at the wimp tom, with
SO
muck resignation, Ilir doubling of the impost% so conri-
&Haste to asignietstat loss of the public debt, awl arrofttlirlitil
So
great aunt so Maps °port iouatc• to Ilse population and menus
of the kingdom—we little thought Hist we should have lama
sectoctl of having viulatctl sow rimagrmests, and of nut hair.
iltg done enough ; at a Ho. .. .ut Vitra the state of insfitillit
Ohms operatis spots s. allh a go Paler irreSsOrt thlo upon
all other conatrics collortirrly, and when, to complcie Our
snafus tutus, we are, besides, compelled to sustain a blockade
spun lie Cutitissent
" It so the hem tfs It rocotiosioness of these considerations,
Gentlenwn, which olimilsl it ad no to the eSerirlSe 0f pstlrur e,
Until the suoment when tin Justice of this Mapsty the Faso-
peeve, Nay broth( r, shall make repos/MOO foe a charge stock
we hare no little deserws d

" I cannot ascsrtain bow long I may yet be pic....1W.1 from
gratifying the first and most aimions of my wishes, namely,
Mat of retereiug to toy capon!, Rod seeing sity.4ll in the
midst of you at this difficult and rrourai juottme.
" Bat, hoarser distant that yet eod may he, be amnr,d, that
teething ran slier sty 'arroyo for the milkso and my atta. Is-
tor., lu her Mistrals, su► kiwis yew in my esteem nail con-
fidence. (litgoeJ) LOUIS.
" Paris, February 1, tato."

The fotlowing letter, addressed by Ili• Nlaj.
to the Council of State, was this dny read by the
Minister. the Vice-President, ut a meeting of the
Cnsturil, which was attended by all the Slinivers
and other members
THE ZINO To THE ronwrir. o► ETAT'.

" Tioogk I with regret see the end of the I'm,' mont►
sinew my departure fast approaching, nothing ►us yet been
detided with regard to our affaiis.
" I C,lllOOl, ►owrscr, suffer a single Maginot to pass, after
my recovery, withuat repeating to yon the amoral:lee, that nil
possible exertions shall contimie to be made to preserve the
existence of the kingdom.
We cannot conireal from wirsebres, thnt this will cost no
great and difficult saerifices ; bet I shall nut limitele, if Come
be hot n pnvibilil j of itulland, after all that con he
ail ail, iniflered to exist, to submit novo:111u the gene-
rosity ef the Lniperor, my brother, in the plot ripe laden,
that, 110011 the realm al of all the rinses of 41.satisfse tioi., we
shalt I....cite those milemaihrations to shah sr air so
'tromp) eiititleJ, sal which sill be more than ever um-sae:ay
to as
•• My intention in siabasittiog cartel( to the plenaute of the

Emperor, wiyibirtialier; is ever., thing that Le elm demand of
ws, mt. consult e Lim thetas lave tumor enemies; that we
may Lave beer the victims of (Mornay, of petty passions and
tattiest.; hat thil or have never teased, and still will Arti-
thine to admire the Euipenw, and to conduct ourselves as
tree friends and old allies of France, tried by numerous sacri-
fices and various reran*. Should Ibe able to succeed in this
purpose, as I have every reseon to racket, every thing eke
a dl fillets, inasmuch tie it ulllOl hr botli tlw interest sod
of France to favour awl aggrandize her friendis, amid
not to depress them.
" I therefore *Mend you to unite all your efforts to pre-
vent emigration to foreign countries, and every proceeding
that might intlii•nte desposakiley, and to exhort the nation
to await the deterinimition of the Emptror upon our fate,
with that rumness which Is so peculiarly their character, and
which so ititiniately belongs to the justice of their cause.
" I am not ignorant of what err ry individsal suffers. I
• hai e done every thing In plead our cause w the almost effectual
manlier. Neither the loss of time., nor the failure of my
efforts, nor eny other consideration, has been abk to deter
me torus toy purpose ; and, arcordingly, I have every reason
to believe, that, if se con come to coy arrangement, which
does art exclude the possibility of our existence, Holland
may still escape the pt. sent inspeinling tempest ; particalmly
if, after all this, there lemons not only no grimmik, but even
no pretext,fiw Ana lorstanding and ilosat,sfisct ion, to which
all 1.1% diets are directed. Your lions{ King,
" Perot, Fob. 21, 16 to. " LOUIS"

NOTE UV THE 1111111VTER or VoIFiCS ATIAIRR, TO
BARON DE HOiLL, UI,hTIRUY tORLIGN Alor•lßb