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London, England, 1818-12-14 00:00:00

1 to her. The Declaration which► annotniem to the
I world the principles op which the 01%.100 of the
five Powers isfounded, sufficiently chews the friend-
ship which prevails among the Sovereigns.. This
military uniou, dictated by justice, and consolidat-
ed by morality mid religion, has for its object to
prevent the scourge of war by the maintenance of
treaties, by the guarantee of ezistiog rights, and
permits us to fie our eyes 011 the long days of peace
which such an alliance promises to.Ru rope.
" I have !waited is silence this happy epoch, to
tarn soy thoughts to the national solemnity ►n which
religiose concentrates thentimate union of the peo-
ple with their King ; when receiving the Royal
lantlion 4.14 midst of torsi I shall take to witness
the God by whom Kings reign, the God of Clovis,
of Charlemagne. of St. Louis. I shall renew at
the altar the oath to confirm the institution founded
on that Charter, which I cherish more since the
French. by au unsuimous sentiment, have frankly
rallied round it. In the laws which will be pro-
posed to you I shall take care that its spirit shall he
always consulted. in order to secure more and more
the public rights of the French, and to preserve to
the Monarchy the force which it must have to pre.
serve all the liberties which are dear to my people.
" its seconding my wishes and my efforts, you
will not forget, Gentlemen, that this Charter, do-
littering France from despotism, has put an end to
revolutions. I depend on your concurrence to repel
those pernicious principles, which, tinder the mask
of liberty, attack social order, conduct by anarchy
to absolute power, and whose fatal success has cost
the world so much blood and so many tears.
Is My Ministers will hey before you the budget of
the elevenses which the public service requires.
" The protracted effects of events, the conse-
quence of which we have beets forced to bear
or to accept, have not yet allowed me to propose to
yen a diminution of the burdens imposed upon my
people; but I have the consolation to perceive, at
no rest distance, the moment when I shall be able
to satisfy this desire of my heart. From this mo.
malt a limit is fixed to the increase of our debt—
we have the certainty that it will diminish in a rapid
progression.
" This certainty, and the loyalty of France in the
fulfilment of her engagements, will establish on an
immoveable foundation the public credit, which
some transitory circumstances common to ether
States had seemed to uhlect for a moment.

•• The French youth .have just given a noble
proof of love to their country and their King.
The recruiting law has been executed with sub-
minion, and often with joy : while the young
soldiers enter the ranks of the army, their brothers
who are released remain in the bosom of their fami-
lies, and the veterans, who have fulfilled their en-
gagements, teturn to their homes. They are both
living examples of fidelity henceforth inviolable in
executing the laws.
•• ♦fter the calamities of a scarcity, the remem-
brance of which still afflicts my soul, Providence
this year, lavish of its benefits, has covered our
fields with abundant harvests. They will serve to
revive commerce, whose vessels visit every sea, and
spew the French flag to the most remote na-
tions. Industry and the Arts, also extending their
empire, will add to the sweets of general peace.
To the indepeoderice of the country, to public
plenty. is added private liberty, which France has
never so entirely enjoyed. Let us, therefore, unite
our sentiments mid our expressions or gratitude to
the Author or 60 many blessings, and let us know
how to render them durable. They will he so; it
banishes every sad remembrance, and stifling every
resentment. the French thoroughly persuade them-
selves that their liberties are inseparable from order,
which itself rests upon the throne, their sole palla-
dium. My duty is to defend them against their

common enemies'. I shell fulfil it, and I shall find

in you, Gentlemen, that support *Lich 1 have
never yet invoked in vain."

PARIS, DECEMBER 10.

Yesterday the King, the Princes. Madame the
Duchess of Berry, the Duke of Orleans, and the
Princesses of his family, proceeded, with the cus-
tomary solemnities, to Notre Dame, to hear Mass.
A great number of Peers and Deputies occupied
the Bench reserved lOr the Chamber. The Grand
Prince de Talleyrand ; the Marshals
Major-Generals of the Guard ; the Ministers of
Justice, of the Interior, sod the Police; the Am-
bassadors of foreign Courts, and a great number
of ether personages of distinction, joined their
prayers to those of the Royal Family, to call down
the wisdom from on high on the deliberations of the
Session a hich is going to open.
His Majesty arrived and took his place at a quar-
ter of an I before one o'clork, before the desk
which had been prepared for him in the centre of
the nave.

Alter Musa, which hoed above an hour, his
Niajesty and the Court rettuocil 1.• the Thuilleries
in the game order in which they come.

His Majesty was received in every place with
those arionnents of respect alai love of which his
pretence never fails to draw forth ■u affecting ex-
pression.
The Duke of Richelieu is indisposed.

The prerbotious for the Royaltiitting, which is to
take place this day iii the Chamber of Deputies ale
terminated. The house is decorated with as much
magnificence. The thitme, surmounted
by its cui.upy, is raised 111 lona of an ampliithea.