Star.
London, England, 1815-12-09 00:00:00

THE EVENING' STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY. DECEN!BETt S. 1915.
PRICE OP STOCKi TLHS DAY A WELVE O'Clanr.
Reduced 59 I—Cane.1—Cane. nu.. shut —Cs:- opg. 611 Ca
4 per Cent. 74f }-5 per Cent aLt—Enndt dia. It. pr.-.
OM. 141 pro—Do. pay. 1411 pre.—Excli. Rids 2a. dl.. 1.; Ka

A liamburgh Mail ; also Frsni.inrt Papers t(,
Ist inst. and Brussels tr, tLe 4th, Atritiee last niPitt,

By the Protocol relative to the Oistribistiln as
700 millions of Imes, to he paid by. Franca. to t: •
Allies, it appears th.ft Gre.it Iltit.tin is to receive 3'
her share 125 millionr, 0 nft:ons ar 1;:
share of the geaerai expense borne by the lur gift
Powers, and 23 millions for t!.e extraordirary ever
tions of the Duke of NVELLINUioes am y ; f.ut ,
which latter sum separ4:e distribatiuns wil; 1:e ma.
to the different foreign troops e:lder his Grace's crxi
mand. All the Powers bordering on France will r
ceive certain sums for the erection ox inapruvennnt •
their fortresses, to which object IS7II. mini•Ths
lotted. The kinr;lom oftise Netherlands rece;,.
millions of this s;:rn, as being the state r•!.9:-.c. it
have the greatest need to be covered b: n-w

tions. This is, we think, the most excepsionat;el. ot
the arrangement in point of true policy. Tf:e n...-,
s:ty of erecting frontier fortresses on c: se! s'de ~ri:.
only from the existence of such. works o
The maintaining the one or erecting theOtlkr rat::.
on the face of it, a declaration of ieciplent.!-.
an avowal that the parties hay: no Erci.lt itj .r, •il t
'try their re:T. :live strength as soon as they run:: r,•
themselves in circumstances to come to Llows. 'l
possibility of courting such air occizion would Li.
been placed at a reriod inrch more rettxv ; cr, :
other words, the duration of the Peace w, i!!..1: n
been rendered more immanent, ii fortresses ,i, ho
sides, insvad of being crecttel or tepair. ed, 114.11.... .1
razed to their foundations.
It is sail that all the principal peints, rtlai:ie i,.
the cession and indemnifications of tertizory zo c!li
plete the federative system of Germ:lily, are .1!-:.:.
agreed mi. The principal changes art tlio.e of I:
voila, which cedes to Austria a population of 1-.7,C: :
persons, but receives in another (utter 469A9; at 1
of Hesse Darmstadt, which cedes some distsich co
taining 185,000 persons, bu: recAyea in rem .
202,000. The fortresses of Mentz. Lander, it ;
Luxemburg, are to be considered as belonging to ii ~
general confederation. Their chi:s are to belo:l•r:.
spectively to Hesse Darmstadt, Bay ria, and the N
thfrilands ; but the cheeps are to he gariisnned i... -
tit,l, or in part, by other Powei s, in time of tea..
r e Tr ench Government has recognised :h.! ji::•;• i,
Of die claims of the Merchafits whose e,lonial gro
BONAPiiITIL ic?usoil to be sold at Dusseldorf, dim:.
they bad bought them at a sale which he had 11114.:
a little before at Frankfort, and though they were se;
_furnished with the stamp of the french c.:itnau.—
The Convention 'oy which the Government en sag 4
to indemnify theme was signed on the night of t'.,.•
11Ith ultimo. It is to the Active interference of En. •
land and Prussia in particular, that the Mereliantsa-:
indebted for this act of justice.
It is to-day that the Allied troops are to reel:
Valenciennes, Conde, Bouchain, and Charlement.
Among the persons whom the present state of ..•
fairs in France has carried to seek an asylum in i-',tr-.•
burgh are Madame HAMELIN and Mr. DIMAS.
CONSTANT.
It will be seen, from the Oflici il Nate transtrin-i
by the Ministers of the Allied Powers to the Da,:
of RICHELIEU, announcing the appointmeet oft'
Duke of WELLINGTON to the command of tie Alfa
troops which are to remain in France, that the pony
conferred on him, in that capacity, are so estensi;-
that but little hope can be left to the agitators -
friends of change to be able to disturb the puce .
France.. After the Treaty of 1811 the Allied uWi
quitted France, Lows, left to the mercy of his er.•
•wsies and the machinations of pretended ilien.s, ,$•
assailed on every side ; public situations u t.ry til;'.=
with traitors ; the army arranged and eisi, ol
favour the reception of an invader; the throne s
overtutned, and all the prev.jous labours of tire All
, were rendered nugagity. To have left France
•second time in similar circumstances, and Cult'
411111Peltd to di' danger of a woad explosion, woi:J
have argued great weakhca—nay, insanity 'nl “!
part of the Allied Powers. All the arguments abco
foreign interference with the internal affairs
France, may be best answered by admitting the tai's
France herselt has made this necessary and iudispt-*
sibie—France has only herself to blame for it. T
Allies could not otherwise discharge the duty th
owe to the well disposed of the French poet'''.
themselves—to their own people I

(' 071,

Last night, about nine o'clock, the PniNtr:v;
c..esr, accompanied by the Marquis of Si Ito
Gen. eral BLOOMFIILD, arrived at Carlton-Houief
#x!ghton.
Last night Mr. Mitts, the King's Messenger, Iv '
sent off with dispatches for the Duke of wiLLINGio
at Paris.
Last night dispatched'for Gibraltar and Mal.;
were forwarded f r©m the Secretary of State's O• '`r:
Portsmouth, for conveyance by the Tmros
At the law Council held evi1:316.44J 'use,
Panics ROGIINT gave ditectio.o. for augme wig t•
Pensions granted to Naval And Marine
cording to the ranks they m4y subscv: ,i,) uots,
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after such pensions may b, allowed, sioula to
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