The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1839.

FRAN CE.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, FRIDAY, JAN. 4.
THE ADDRESS.

At two o'clock M. Dupin, the President, took the chair, and
shortly afterwards the Deputies entered the hall. The whole
of the Ministers were in attendance.

After some preliminary proczedings the President rose, and
read the draft of the address,' which was to the following
effect

Sire,—The Chamber7of Deputies congratulates itself
with your Majesty on the prosperity of the country—that
prosperity must develope itself more and more in the enjoy-
ment of that peace which we have maintained, and of which a
prudent and firm policy can alone insure the duration. Undt r
a Giyernment jealous of our dignity, and acting as a faithful
guardian of our alliances, France shall always hold in the world
and in the estimation of nations the rank which belongs to her,
and from which she does not mean to descend.

" Your Majesty hopes—tl;atthe- conferences resumed in
London will give new pledges to the repose of Europe and
to the independence of Belgium. We make sincere vows for
a people to whom we are allied by the conformity of princi-
ples and interests. The Chamber will await the issue of the
negotiations.

" You announce to us, Sire, that in virtue of engagements
taken with the Holy See, our troops have quitted Ancona.
We :have given signal testimonies of our respect for treaties,
but we regret that this evacuation did not occur under more
auspicious circumstances, and with the securities that a wise
and provident policy should have stipulated.
" A dissent manifested itself between your Government and
Switzerland. We wish it may not have altered the relations
of old friendship which united the two countries, and which
had been drawn still closer by the political events of 1830.
" his with profound grief we behold Spain wasting herself
in the horrors of civil war. We hope ardently that the Go-
vernment of your Majesty, in continuing to afford the cause of
Queen Isabella 11. the support becoming the interests of
France, will employ, in concert with its allies, all its influence
to put an end to sucheorae excesses.
deplorable _ _ _

The Chamber, deeply affected by the misfortunes of Po-
land, repeats its constant wishes on behalf of a people whose
ancient nationality i 3 placed under the protection of treaties.
" Outrages and spoliations suffered by our countrymen in
Mexico demanded a signal satisfaction. Your Government
was obliged to require it. The Chamber trusts that it will have
adopted, in order to obtain it, prompt and decisive measures.
" We congratulate ourselves with your Majesty on the satis-
factory state of our African possessions. We firmly hope that
their situation will daily improve, thanks to the discipline of

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the army, to the regularity of the administration, and to the
beneficial actien of an enlightened religion.—( Hear, hear.)
‘, Your Majesty had announced to us, in one of the former
Sessions, that propositions relative to the reimbursement cf
the public debt should be presented to us as soon as the
state of the finances would permit; the situation, every day
more favourable, of the public revenues, gives us a right to
hope that your Government will ere long concur in this im.
portant measure.
" The wants of our Colonies and navigation shall be the
object of all our solicitude. We will sedulously endeavour to
reconcile them with the interests of our agriculture, of which
the developcment is of so high an importance to the prospe-
rity of the country.
.‘ The Chamber will examine with the same care the Bills
destined to realise the promises of the Charter, and to
introduce new improvements into the general Legislation, as
well as in the different branches of public Administration;
we also wish, thst the project of law relative to the organi-
sation of the general Staff of the army be submitted to our
deliberations.

"We deeply participate, Sire, in your hopes and fears,
your joys and pains. The entire of France saluted with its
..cclamations the birth of the Count de Paris. May Heaven
avert everything calculated to disturb such sweet emotions.
We surround with our homages the cradle of the younr,
Prince granted to your affection, and to the dearest wishes of
the country. Brought up, like his father, in the respect of
cur institutions, he will appreciate the glorious origin of the
dynasty of which you are the head, and will never forget that
the throne on which he is one day to sit is based on the omni-
potence of the national will.
6, We shall join, Sire, as well as all Frenchmen, in the
sentiments of family affection and piety which that fortunate
event inspires in you, both as a father and King.
" We are convinced, Sire, that tile intimate union of powers,
circumscribed within their constitutional limits, can alone in-
sure the security of the country and the strength of your
Government. A firm and skilful Administration, resting on
generous sentiments, causing tole respected abroad the dig-
nity of your Throne, and covering it with its own responsibi-
lity, is the surest means of obtaining that support which we
have so much at heart to grant you.
" Let us confide, Sire, in the virtue of our institutions ; they
shall, beyond all doubt, assure your rights and ours; for we
arc intimately convinced that Constitutional Monarchy gua-
antees both the litelty of nations and the stability which con-
stitutes the grandeur of States."
The President having concluded, consulted the Chamber
respecting the day on which the discussion should commence,
and it was agreee to open it on Monday.