Star.
London, England, 1817-02-17 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPk./IS.

PARIS. FEBRUARY IS.
The King said to the Deputations of the Chambers
yesterday, when they presented to him the Addresses
on the removal of the Allied Troops—" This day is
the happiest of my life, since it shears me the Aurora
of the happiness of France."

comma NOTE—RELATIVE TO THs,Dth!tuouclON
OF HE ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
" The Courts of Austria, England. Prussia, and
Russia, having taken into consitiVf'iltion the desire
manifested by his Most Christian bfajw to see the
Army of Occuptioa diminished, and in. a proportio.
n sic manner the charges which its presence on the
/reach territory requites, have authorized the under-
signed to make to his Excellency the Duke of Riche.
lieu, President of the Council of Ministers, and Se-
cretary of State in the Department of Foreign Af-
fairs, the following communication :
41 At the moment when the King, restored to his
throne, and put in possession of his legitimate and
_ constitutional authority, sought, in concert with the
other Powers, the most efficacious means of consoli-
dating internal order in France, and to associate his
kingdom with the system of good understanding and
general pacification. interrupted by troubles, which
have been scarce put an end to, it was ascertained
that the temporary presence of an allied army was'
absolutely necessary, both to secure Europe against
. the consequences of agitations which were threatened
• to be renewed. and to offer to the Royal Authority
an opportunity of exercising in tranquillity its bene-
ficent influence, and to strengthen itself by the attach-
ment and submission of all Frenchmen.
.4 The solicitude of his Most Christian Majesty to
render this indispensible expedient the least burden.
some to his subjects, and the wisdom which directed
the Allied Sovereigns in all the arrangensents.which
were stipulated at this period, led them to foresee with
one common accord the circumstances under laid:
the diminution of the Army of Occupation might'
take place, without weakening the motives or injur-
ing the great interests, which had rendered its pre-

!WIC! necessary.
.a The undersigned feel a real satisfaction in retra-
cing these conditions: they consisted in the consolida-
tion (email:meal) of the legislative tlyn'aiti, and in
the success of the efforts and cares of his Most Chris-
tian Majesty to keep down the factidus, dissipaie er-
rors, soothe and allay angry passioni.. and iblite all
Frenchmen around the throne by the sarietelshes and
the mme interests.
44 The grand result desired and claimed by all Eu-
rope can neither be the work ot a moment, nor the
effect of a single attempt. The Allied Powers have
• watched with undivided attention, but not with asto-
nishment, the difference of opinion with respect to the
prude of obtaining it; in this attitude they have ex-
- Feted from the superior wisdom of the King's
measures. adapted to fix uncertainty, and to impress
upon his administration a firm and regular step, not
doubting that his Majesty knows how to associate
with the dignity of the Throne and the rights of his
Croitn, that magnanimity which, alter civil discotd,.,
assures and encourages' the weak, and by an enligb-
kited confidence excites the zeal of all other classes.'
44 Experience having already happily fulfilled,
as much al the nature of things would permit, the
hopes cif Europe on this subject; the Allied Sore.
seigns, jealous of contributing to this grand work,
and to make the nation enjoy all the blessings which
the exertion and wisdom of the King prepares for it,
do not hesitate to regard the present state of things
as sufficient to enable them to make up their minds
on the question which they have been called upon to
decide. •
4. The good faith'with which the Government of
France hes fulfilled, up to this instant, all their en.
garments towaids the Allies, and the care which it
has taken to provide for the diffiuvnt services of the
present year, by adding to the resources arising from
the State, that of a credit, gualraatetidWionlittilidd
French banking-houses, of the highest esieideritinn
in Europe, has equally tended to remove shoe juudrr.i
Acuities which might have irises cat the paint aka*,
question proposed.
sos These considerations were fortified at the same
tine stse "Won which his Excellency, the Duke
W • bag been invited to give on an object
of inch h lasponesce.
e 4 • ybe rabte opinion, and the authority of a
periaitage io eminent, have added to the motives al-
ready .mentiooed, all those which human prudence
could collect to justify a measure demanded, and

consented to. with the sentiments of a sincere and re-
ciprocal benevolence.
" The Undersigned consequently find themselves-
authorised by their respective Courts to notify to his'
Excellency the Duke of Richelieu—
* 1. That thi reduction of the Angle of Occepatloa shall be
effected
e. That It shall be 50,000 men on the whole army.
" S. That it shall be proportioned to the force daub Conde.
genet that is to say, one fifth part of cash corps d'artnea
4. 4. 1 hat it shall take place from the Ist of April.
44 5. 1 bat from that day the E0.).000 redoes daily furnished
for the Army of Occupation by the French Ouvet nmrnt, shall be
reduced to 160,400, wiihout however, diminishing the 50,000
rations of provender for the bleses.
" s. Lastly, that from the above date, France than besides
enjoy an the advantages flowing from the aforesaid reduction,
conformably to the existing Treaties and Conventions.
" In communicating so striking a testimonial of
the friendship and ciinfidence towards his Most Chris-
* in Majesty, on the part of their august Masters, the
Undersigned must declare at the same time, to his
Excellency the Duke of Richelieu, how much the
principles of the Ministry over which he presides, and
those principles which are peculiar to himself, have
contributed to establish that mutual frankness which,
dictated by justice, and the letter of misting Treaties,
has known hitherto how to regulate so many delicate
affairs, and to give for the future the most agreeable
pledges of a definitive and satisfactory conclusion.
" They seise this occasion to renew to the Doke de
Richelieu the assurances of their high consideration.
(Signed)
" Baron VINCENT, Count GOLTZ,
" CHARI.ES STUART, Posy) m 801100.
14 Park, February 10, 1117."
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, rEaßtrAitir It.

The debate on the Budget was interrupted by the
appearance of the Duke de aithelieu, who made the
following. communication:
"reenZemen—The King has ordered us to comma-
aicate to you the result of the negociasions with which
his Majesty is occupied to procure to France a relief
from the burdens which the events of 1815 have laid
upon her. For a long time his Majesty's love for his
people had anticipated the wishes expressed in this
Chamber. All his efforts, all his cares tended to this
object, so desirable, so dear to his heart ; and his
paternal solicitude has received tc-day its most ea
rious recompence.
" We have the satisfaction to announce to you that
after the adoption of a law of finances or solid means
of credit, proportioning the resources to the expenses
and charges, will 'court the service of the current
year ; the Army of Occupation will be diminished
one-fifth, that is to say 50,000 men, and in propor-
i don also the charges which this filth hid required.
tills Excellency was here interrupted by unanimous
marks of approbation and shouts of rive k Rei 1]
" We ought also to inform you, that according to
explanations with the Ministers of the Allied Courts,
the augmentation of pay which figures in the Budget
of this year, for a sum of twenty-five millions, will
not take effect until a more distant period. Unhap-
pily, however, this second facility for the payment
of the augmentation of pay of the Army of Occupa-
tion will not give France the enjoyment of a dimi-
nution of our present burdens. The .extraordinary
high price of previsions countergbalances the advan-
tage of the delay thus granted to us, with the in-
creaset expense of the rations which we must furnish.
The Government will publish theaccount of the if-
Terence between the actual expense of this year and
that which the Budget, now under your considera-
tion, contains. The payment of the indentaity for
the war will also undergo this year some modification,
which, without going astray from treaties, wiH greatly
facilitate our payments.
" Let us enjoy, Gentlemen, the happy ameliora-
tion which the wisdom and foresight of the King have
prepared. for us; we nwe it to the persevering firm-1
neu d our Sovereign in making the laws be equally I
respected by all classes of his subjects. We owe it
to our fidelity to fulfil all our engagements, to our
public arrangements to contribute to their fulfilment,
to the courageous resignation of the French people,
and to the security inspired by the concord of the
three branches of the. Legislature. 1
" The amelioration is also due, Gentlemen, to the,
elevated character of the Minister; of the Allied
Powers, the faithful interpreters of the dispositions of
their Sovereigns for France, and of the sentiments of
France towards them; to the noble disinterestedness
of the Allied Generals, wbo, after the example of
their illustrious Chief, coofide much more in French
loyalty than in the number of their soldiers.
" A modification, so favourable to Treaties which
promised so much severky, is of happy promise for
France it presages for Europe a long peace, which
will perpetuate among the people the uniciowhich pre-
tails among Sovereigns."

The Duke de Mai-lies &needed from the Tribune
amid shoots of revs b Rei.

A Member then moved for a Secret Committee of
the whok Chamber, to prepare an Address to tbs.
E.g. Aimed to.

A similar communication was made by the Duke'
of Richelieu to the Chamber of Peers, where it was
feeeived in a similar manner.

ALOlltal, DECEMBEIL 17.,
• The fortifications and batteries which suffered are
repaired ; 2O gun-boats and a brig are well equipped,
and will once more sail in IV or 15 days to re-com-
mence their usual cruises. Formerly they gave the
name of slaves to their prisoners: now they call them
prisoners of war i but ibis change, unhappily, has
not ameliorated the sad position of these unfortunate
beings. The Dey is an active and enterprising man :
he is also very brave. The foreign Consuls who are
most in favour here are those of Dearnark and awe-
' den. We Hee in a profound state of ignorOara of
what passes so Europe ; and we only receive from
time to time some Journals front France.

_._._.

The Goseile de Freese states with as much gravity,
u', it it believed the scary, that the cold was so
eicessive at Moscow, is the mouths of November
,god December, as to give Mee to a ciremmisace of
which the inhabitants of that city knew no ample.
Thousands of bears from the inosataias and totems
withim a circuit of 200 leagnp, crowded Mitt
bearing coui.try. and presented thmoselves is
even at the gams of that city. Their number spout
the greatest terror, and the troops of the garrison
!marched out with cannon to chase them lt. They
killed above 00, and the rest disgeteed, amdfseba-
bly regained their 'guests.