The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-12 00:00:00

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No. 557.—V0L. XL

I'OLITICAL DISQUISITION.

THr. WITHDRAWING THE ARMY OF OCCUPA-

TION EitOM TtIE FRENCH TERRITORIES.

The important news of the Congress at Aix-la-Cha-
pelle having agreed to the evacuation of France by the
Allied Troops, has been received I.;nee our last. This
communication was made by the following letter :

" Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct. 3.

" I use the utmost dispatch in in fbrining you, that the
most important 'of the business of the Congress is al-
ready terminated. Yesterday at noon, and at the end
of the Fifth Conference, the Evacuation of France by
the Allied troops was agreed upon—Coma Carman,
the Ambassador of France at Vienna, was the bearer of
this important and pleasing intelligence to his Sove-
reign. Though I heard the news at an early hour
this morning, I could not obtain any details, or even
learn the foundation on which it rested, until now ; and
was unwilling to agitate the English public by vague
rumours. The shortness of the time may plead my
apology fur sending you at present only a few particu-
lars. The Act, or Ginvention fur the evacuation of
France is not yet signed, but the following statement
may be relied upon :—The Allied Troops are to leave
France in the course of the present month, or early in
the beginning of next, at such intervals and by such
routes as flay be afterwards determined to be most
convenient tar all parties. The Allied Powers ar.: per-
fectly satisfied with the peseta state of France, and the
securities which she ofliaa, in her internal condition,
for the preservation of the general tranquillity. They
are Isirtiilellitstied with the proposed guarantees fur
the payment of the contributions. These contributions
are all to be discharged in the course of nine months
from the signature of the treaty. The first instalment
is to be '25 per ccut. upon the whole sum ; and the re-
mainder is to be paid by equal instalments at the end of
every two months. The first payment of 25 per cent.
will take place on the'6th of December of the present
year The house of Bariag and Co., supported by
their friends of the other banking houses of Europe, is
the security. Mr. Baring was yesterday called to a
conference, and presented satisfactory guarantees. The
dharibution of the sums to be contributed I have not
yet been able to ascertain, but the following are the
portions allotted to the greater powers :—Bussia will
re. Live 48 millions of francs, England 48 millions, Aus-
tria about 40 millions, Prussia about 40 millions, the
Netherlands 22 millions, and Bavaria 10 millions.—
Tlac remainder will be tlivided among the other States,
in proportion to their magnitude, their sacrifices, or
exertions in the common cause. The details only of the
great measure now runiain to be fixed : and if the same
frankness and good faith preside over the counsels
of the Allied Ministers which have hitherto guided
them, these cannot occupy a long time. Accordingly
the Duke of Richelieu expects to be sible to room to
Paris by the 15th inst. The limp,- coy of Itsts.aa and
King of Prussia will proceed in the oat i.se of a f;,rtniglit
frem Aix-la-Chapelle, to review their troops at :,lau-
-I,erge and Sedan. The former has given up his inten-
tion of visiting Paris till his army is on its way out of
Prance. The Emperor of Austria returns about the
same time (that is, the 15th inst.) to Vienna; so that
this assembly of Monerchs, this representative Majesty
of Europe, will have terminated in fifteen days a hai-
ress which has engaged speculation and escited anxiety
for three years ; and will thus have shown that the
chouchmenis des Rois, with whatever jealousy they are
viewed, are useful, at least for expedition and dispatch ;
while the solemnity which their union confers upon the
acts to which the y give their sanction, may he regarded
as a great guarantee of their stability. This unanimity.
in a great measure of policy, gives confidence in the
general tranquillity, and is calculated to dispel any other