Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-04-13
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOrmosa, Capt. Orne, from Havre, arrived
Wednesday morning, by which we are fur
nished with our files of Paris papers to the
18th of February, and Havre papers to the
Sd of March, inclusive, containing Paris
dates to the 22d
On the I'd Of March the King of France
opened the session Of the Chambers at the
SQUIRE. The king took his seat on the
throne with the princes Of the blood, the
ministers, the marshals of France, and the
members OF the royal orders of knighthood,
ranged around him. The ladies' of the roy
al family assisted at the ceremony. His
majesty having invited the members of the
house Of peers to be seated, and the Chan
cellor having signifed to the deputies the
Kings permission to taks thelr- seats, the
King pronounced the following speech =
"GENTLEMEN-It is always with conf
dence that assemble around my throne the
peers Of my realm and the deputies Of my
departments.
Since your last session, important events
have confirmed the peace of Europe, and
the harmony established between myself
and my allies, for the happiness of our re-
spective subjects.
The war in the East is at an end the
moderation ofthe conquerour and the friend
i ly lnterposition of the powers, by preserving
the Ottoman empire from the danger which
threatened it, have maintained the equilibri-
um and strengthened the old relations of the
States. Under the protection of the pow
ers who signed the Treaty of the 9th of Ju-
ly, independent Greece will arise from her
ruins. The choice of the Prince called to
reign over her, sufficiently demonstrates the
disinterested and pacifick views of the SOW
ereigns.
81 am at this moment, in concert with
my allies, pursuing negotiations, the object
OF which is to bring about between the Prin-
ces of the House Of reconciliation necessary
to the tranquility of the Peninsula.
In the midst of the momentous events
with which Europe is occupied, had
thought proper to suspend the effects of my
resentment against barbarsm power but
can no longer suffer the insult upon my flag
to remain unpublished: the brilliant repara-
ton mean to obtain, while it satisfies the
honour of France, will rebound, with the
aid ofthe Almighty, to the general advan-
tage of Christendom.
"The accounts of the receipts and expen-
ditures will be laid before you, together
with the statement of the acquisitions and
resources of the year 1881. have the sat-
isfaction OF seeing that, Notwithstanding the
diminution experienced in the revenues of
1929, compared with those of the previous
year, they have exceeded the estimates of
the budget A recent operation has sufi-
clently shown the interest upon which loans
can be negotiated, and the possibility Of
Tightening the burdens Of the State. A law
relative to the redemption Of the publick debt
will be presented to you; it is connected
with a Pion of reimbursement or exchange,
which we hope will reconcile the relief
which those who are taxed expect from our
cares, with the justice and good will due to
such of our subjects as have placed their
capitals in the publick funds. The object
OF the measures upon which you are t. de-
liberate, is to satisfy all interests. They
will furnish the means of providing without
new sacrifices, and within few years, for
the expenses which the building Of forti6ca-
tons, the works in progress in our harbours,
the repair of roads and completion Of canals,
lmperiousy require for the defence of the
kingdom. and for the prosperity of agricul
ture and commerce. You will also have to
occupy yourselves with many laws relative
to the judiciary, with various projects for
the administration of publick affairs, and
with some measure destined to improve the
situation of soldiers out of service. have
lamented the sufferings which long and
rigorous winter has brought upon my people !:
but the succours of benifcence have been
multiplied, and it is with lively satisfaction
that have seen the generous cares lavished
upon indulgence in every quarter Of the
kingdom, and particularly in my good city
of Paris. Gentlemen, the first desire Of my
heart is, to see France happy and respected,
developing all the riches of its soul and its
industry, and enjoying in peace institutions,
the benefits ofwhich am firmly resolved to
establish on durable basis. The charter
has placed the publick liberties under the
safeguard of the rights Of my crown: these
rights are sacred. and my duty towards my
people is to transmit them untarnished to
my successors.
"Peers Of France, deputies Of the depart
ments, | doubt not your concurrence in
producing the good desire. You will
throw back with contempt the perfdious
insinuations which malevolence seeks to
propagate. If guilty maneuvres place in
the way fmy government obstacles which
I cannot, which | will not foresee,I shall
find strength to support them, in my resolu-
ton to maintain the publck peace, in the just
confidence Of Frenchmen, and in the love
which they have always shown for their
kings"
The Journal du Hayre, from which we
translate the kings speech, remarks upon
it with some severity, calling it g common
place ofministerial phraseology." 1t gath
ers from it, however. that Prince Leopold
will reign over Greece with the consent of
France, that Don Miguel will be acknowled-
ged asthe legitimate sovereign Of Portugal,
and that Algiers may be attacked, the royal
word being now given. AS to the claim of
the United States for spoiliations, it has not,
observes that paper, been made the subject
of single paragraph, although the Ian
guage Of the Presidents message was suffi-
ciently significant to make it the duty Of
the ministry to give it their attention. The
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