Star.
London, England, 1817-11-10 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

I'ARIA, NOVI.!.I.IIfIR 6.
Yesterday the King wel.t ir. state to ripen the Ses-
sion of the Chambers. His l'.l.tjesty was received at
the bottom of die staircase liy Deputations of the
ten Chamfers. After repent::: a few minutes in his
apartment, his Mijesty proc:eded into the Chamber
of Peers. The King plated himse4 on his Throne,
having on his right Monsieur, on his left the Duke
de Berry, the Duke of o:leat.s was to the right of
the Kintz, beyond Monsieur. Thl Peers were Placed
according t,i their rank, on benches in :Iv: space to
the rigio of the King. and the Deputies on benches
in the space to the left. The Duchess d'Angutta
leme, the Duchess de Berry, the Duchess of 0, leans,
the Duke de CI:4We%, And MatlernoiseLc Orleans,
occupied a tribune fronting the Throne. 'nig As-
sert:Ay ‘,ll the King's r ntrauer stood uncovered..—
The Kith pave the word in the Prep, to he S 'Aled ;
end :ht Chancellor, in t..e ii,ittie of his Nl.4i-vy, gave
permission to the DepniLs to be seated. Tue &fie
delivered the following Speech ;
•• ME-hi-tams—At the op!:ning of ,the last S3.ion,
I sp. k.e to you of the hopes insp;red by the oi.irri4ge
of the Duke de Berti. 'ltriugh PuovtossicE has ton
suddenly withdrawa the gift it bestowed, yet we be-
hold in it assurances of the future`accomplishment
of our wishes.

IS The Treaty with the Holy See, which I men-
s•oned last year, has since beta conclnded. I have
desired my Ministers, in c9nimunicating it to you,
to propose the Projet of a law, necessary to g;ve tl.e
Legislative sanction to such of its conditions as may
be susceptible of it, and to make it in unis to with
the Charter, the Laws of the Kingdom, and those
privileges of the Galilean Church, the precious inhe-
ritance of our lathers, of which St. Louis and all his
successors were no less jealous than of the happiness
of their subjects,
" The Harvest of 1316, by its deficiencies, frus-
trated, in a great degree, my hopes. The sureriogs
of my people have afflicted my heart. I have, how-
ever, beheld with emotion, 'that almost every where
they have endued diem with a degree of touching
fortitude : arid if, in some places, they have broken
out into seditious acts, order was soon re-established.
In order to mitigate the misfortunes of that period, I
have found it necessary to make great effutts, and
extraordinary pecuniary sacrifices. The details will
be.presented to you, and the zeal with which you
arc animated for the public good, will not permit
me to doubt that these unfortunate expenses will have
your sanction. The harvest of thit year is more sa-
tisfactory ; but, on thc other hand, some local cala-
:pities, and the blights which have fallen upon the
vineyards, excite my paternal solicitude for pri-
vatit:ns, which, without your co-operation, I cannot
relieve.

".1 have ordered that the budget of the current
charges should be submitted to you. It the expenses
resulting from treaties, and from the deplar.ble war
they have terminated, will not permit any immediate
diminution ut the taxes voted in preceding Sessions,
I have at least the satisfaction of thinking, that the
economy I have prescribed will preclude the twee'.
sky of any augmentation, and that a vote of credit,
inferior to that of the last Session, will suffice for all
the wants of the year.
" The Conventions which I signed in 1813, pre-
senting results which could not then be foreseen, have
rendered a new negotiation necessary. Every thing
leads me to hope, that its issue will be favourable,
and that conditions far above our meant, will be
+awarded by others more cr,.nformable to equity, to
111Wderation, and to the possibility of sacrifices, which
Qty people support with a constancy that can add
nothing to my love for them. but which give them
new claims to my gratitude, and to the esteem of
all nations.
4, Thus, as I had the happiness cf announcing to
you in the course of last Session, the expenses arising
from the Army of Occupation are diminished a fifth,
and the period is not tar distant, when we may be
permitted to hope, thanks to the wisdom and energy
of My Government, to the love and confidencerif
my people, and to the friendship of my Allies, that
those expenses will entirely cease ; and that our
-timiney will ileume among nations the rank and tee
sown due to the valour of Frenchmen, and thew
noble character in adversity.
" To attain this end, I shall more than ever re-
quite unanimity between the people and the throne
that vigour, without which au:faulty is powerless.—
In proportion as that authority is strong, will be the
elienwished necessity of its becoming austere. The
manner in which the depositories of my power have.
used, what the laws have entrusted to them, justifies
my confidence. However, I feel great satisfaction
in announcing to you, that I do not consider it.re-
quisite to corainue the Prevetal Courts beyond the
term fixed for their existence by the law which
created. them.
" I have digested, conformably to the Charter, a
Law for recruiting. I, wish that no privileges should
be sought; that the spirit and dispositions of that
Charter, our true compass, which calls all Frenck.
men indiscruninately to offices and employments,
should not .be illusory, and that the soldier should
fled no other lia.it to his honourable career, than these
of his talents and of his services. If the execution of
this salutary law should demand an aogmentation in
the Budget of the War Minister, you, as the interpre-
ters of the sentiments of my people, will not hesitate
to sanction arrangements which secure to France dint'
indepeocient", and that dignity, without which there
can be neither Xing nor Nation.
" 1 have detailed to you our difficulties, and the
measures they will require ; in conclusion, I shall
direct your attention to objects. of a more engaging
description. Thaokt to the peace restored to the
Chinch of France, Religion, that eternal basis of all
felicity, even on earth, will., I doubt not, flourish
amongst us; tranquillity and confidence begin to re-
appear ; public credit is strengthening itself; Agri_
-culture, commerce, and induatiy, resume their acti-
.
'ay ; new master-pieces of art excite admiration,—
One of my children is traversing, at this moment, a
tart of the kingdom, and in retain for sentiments so
deeply engravin on his heart, and manifested by his
Aeontiuct, he is every where greeted with benedictions;
...trbile I, who have but one krill*, the happiness of
my people—who am desirous, f their good alone,
tot that astboeity which I shall *lend hoed all at,
,peti, at wbptever kind. I know that I UP beleltd

by them, end 1 End in my heart the assuroce that
this consolation will never be denied to me."
The Speech being finished, the newly.elected De.
puties took the oath in the preswee of his Majesty.
The Chancellor declared, in the name of the King,
that the Session of the two Chambers, for 1817. was
operted, and e.elt Of them were desired to assemble
on Saturday the Bth instant.
His hi...jetty descended from his Throne, and re-
tired with the same toms as on his entrance.

Salvoes of artillery announced the King's depar-
ture from, and his return to, the Thuillerie..
Marshal the Duke of Ragusa is expected to return
to Paris home-dia.-dr.
The Pitvotal Court of the Rhone at Lyons termi-
nated on the &l instant, the trial of the conspiratnrs.
Veruay is sentenced to death, hut recommend .d to
mercy; eleven are sentenced to different terms of im-
prisonment and surveillance, and Madame Lavalette
and the rest sore set at liberty.

THE IrENING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1817.
LORD MAToll'ill DAT (Herr).-Halltlay at the Baak, Lachaver,

it 34 South-bra

A Hamburg!), and Also a Flemish Mail, arrived
last night ; and this morning a Lisbon Mail, and also
one from Holland.

Our Readers hive repeatedly been informed of the
assassinition of the lley of Au.tens, on the 18th of
September, and the appointment of a succer.rir,
named ALt. The new My seems disposed to live
on terms of peace and amity with the European
Powers. On his elevation, he instantly ordered the
release of a vessel and crew belonging to Hamburgh,
and one belonging to this country.
A letter from the Lower Elbe. speaking of the
Russian squadron which sailed lately hom Revel,
says, 4, Spam had applied to Russia first to obtain
permission to build some vessels in the Baltic. Rus-
sia did nut think fit to accede to this, but it sold the
squadron in question to Spain. It seems certain that
Spain gives to Russia for this acquisition, 5e400,000
sterling, which England has promised to pay her for
the abolition of the Slave Trade !!!"