The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-18 00:00:00

She n'ls May. Ilia Majesty will alto consent to ilia
p.” ni•oit of such an indents:it v as shall leave means
spf st)l9.l)ittii the wants of the interior administration,
iihoot altich it a mild b. impro.sible to arrest, at
that settlement of order and tranquillity which has
been ilia object of Ilia war.

Majesty will likewise consent to a prosisional
occupation. Its duration, the number of fortresses,
and the cabin of country to be occupied will be the
subject of tiegociatims ; bat the King dries not
late to &elate et present, that nit occupation of
liffell years, being absolutely incompatible with the
internal tranquillity of the kingdom, is utterly road=

Thus the King admits in principle, territorial cos..
'lions as to what thd not appertain to obi France;
the payment of an indemnity ; and • previsional oc.
clystion by a number of troops, and fur a periud to
lie
Ilif %io%t Christian Majesty flatters himself, that
the Sosereigns, pis Allies, will consent to establish
the negotiations on the footing of the..e three twin.
cipl•o. as well as to carry into the calculation 4
renditions, that spirit of justice and moderating
;which animates them, in order that the arrangenteett
-may be br.ught to a coocludon speedily, and with
*mutual stei 'faction.
If these bases shoeld not be adopted; the ender.
lc? are ut sethooised to receive or propose.any

*DLT OW rat MINISTERS UT THE ALLIED SOTEIEIG NS.
P.:, is, Sept. 22.

The undersigned, &c. &c. have received the note
in 'bids Messiest., the Plenipoientierics of France
have replied to the communications matte to them in
the conference of the 20th of this month, with re.
ference to a &IWO', arrangement. They. ha ve been
surprised to find in it a long series of observatious oft
the right of conquest, on the nature of those ware to
which it is applicable, and on the reasons wltich
should induce the Contracting Powers not to recur
to it in the present instance.
The undersigned consider themselves so much the
more fully exempted from the necessity of following
the Plenipotentiaries of Franc* in their reasoning,
inasmuch as no one of the propositious which they
have made, by command of their august Sovereigns,
with a view to the regulation of the present and
future relations between Europe and France, was
founded on the right of conquest, and because they
have carefully avoided in their communications what.
ever might lead to a discessioa of that right. The
Allied Powers always considering the restoration of
,eider, anti the confirmation of the Royal Authority
in France as the principal object of their proceed-
ing., but persuaded at the same time that France
• canes' enjoy a solid peace whilst neighbouring na. !
Mots tontines to cherish with regard to her either ,
•bitter ewimosities or pert:Waal alarms„ have recog.
Oiled the paieriple of a jest satisfaction for losses
.and Past sicrifietwl. as welt as that of a sufficient
.truarasitee Aar the f.ttove wvrity of neighbotiring
counirielki as ti o 41114 Zr 411 ; o,tutting an end to ;
$ll. cli-,coo tents and spprikeusiLo., consequently
-11 e the awl). true bases of every solid and durable ar.
fearment.
It is only upon these two ofr.tci,oes (het the Allied
Nein has. t d their pv.4)0414004, and in drawing
op the prof* which the undersigned have had the
honour to trensrniv to the Plenipotentiaries of France,
they were distinctly expressed iu esety one of its
Aides.
The Plenlpeteolisries of Prance themselves admit
the first of these principles, whilst they remain si-
jest with respect le theses:owl. It is, howev-r, shun. ,
deafly clear, that the necessity of guarantees for
the future, has become mote sensible and urgent ;
titan at the period of the signature of the Treaty of
Paris. The sabsequesit events hive carried rooster-
seam; and alarm to every part of Europe ; at a mo-
ment when the S4.vereigits and their People flattered
themselves that after so many afflictions, they were ,
about to enjoy a lung interval of. peace, these events'
have every where produced agitation, as well as the
burthens slid sacrifices inseparable from a general
arming. It is impossible so soon to.efface from the
minds of colemporaries the recollection of such a
convulsion. That which was sufficient to satisfy
them in 181 I, cannot content them in 1813. The
line of demarcation which appeared In guarantee the
severity of the States bordering on France, at the
epoch of the Treaty of the 30th of May, can no
longer :satiety the just pretentious which they now
prefer. !
It is indispansible that France should offer some
new pledge of security. She ought to take this
as well from sentiments of justice and expedielicy,
es from her own interest well understood. For, in
order that the French may be happy and tranquil, it
is absolutely necessary that their neighbours should
be happy and ',wagtail also.
Such are the potted.' considerations that have in-
duced the Allied Powers to demand of France some
territorial cessions. The inconsiderable extent of
these cessions, and the selection of the points upon
which they hear, sufficiently prove, that they have
nothing in common with views of aggrandisement and
conquest, anti that the security of bordering nations
is their only object. These cessions are not of a
nature to compromise the sebetantial integrity ef
France. They embrace only detached districts or
points remote from her territory ; they cannot really
weaken her in any relation either administrative or
military, tier can her defensive system be affected by
them.. France will remain not the less one of the
best rounded and best fortified States of Europe, as
well as one of the richest in means of every descrip.
Con for resisting the danger of invasion.
Without entering into these higher considerations,
the Plenipotentiaries of France admit, however, the,
principle of territorial cession, as far as respects the
points added to old France by the Trusty of Paris.
The undersigned find it difficult An understand
upon what this distinction cut be founded, dr under
the point of view adopted by the Allied Powets,, it.
whet the emential difference between anciont nod re- ,
cent territory consists. It is linpos.ible to 'oppose,
that the Plenipotentiaries of France nth to revive.i.t
the actual state of affairs the doctrine tin' p;etecd-
ed inviolability of the Frisch ritnry. They too
well know that this doctrine, put fu„ oard by the
chiefs a'i4 apostles of theyevolutionsry system, form-
ed one of the mist revolting,cliapters in that arbi.
*very code which Oily wished to impose on Europe.

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