64] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



of Fiance engages to unite with 

 his Britannic Majesty in his endea- 

 vours at a future congress to pro- 

 cure the total abolition of the slave 

 trade by the powers of Christen- 

 dom, and that it shall cease defi- 

 nitively, and at all events, on the 

 part of France, within a period of 

 five years. Great Britain, more- 

 over, with her characteristic pecu- 

 niary generosity, consents, after 

 full justice has been done to her 

 subjects in regard to their private 

 claims, to remit the whole amount 

 of the excess in her favour for the 

 maintenance of prisoners of war, 

 which must, on the balance of 

 accounts, be a very large sum. 

 Upon the whole, this tieaty, if 

 considered as dictated by powerful 

 confederates at the head of armies 

 in the centre of France, and at the 

 gates of its capital, must be regard- 

 ed as a remarkable example of 

 moderation, and as ampl}^ confirm- 

 ing the declaration of the allied 

 powers respecting their intentions 

 of leaving the French people in a 

 state of relative greatness suitable 

 to the rank they have so long 

 maintained in the system of Eu- 

 rope. On June 2nd, all the posts 

 occupied by the allied troops with- 

 in the circumference of Paris, being 

 relieved by the national guards. 

 General Sacken, the commandant 

 of Paris, addressed a letter to Ge- 

 neral Dessoles, chief of the national 

 guards, expressing his satisfaction 

 at the good under,tanding which 

 had prevailed between those troops 

 and the allied army. Prince 

 Schwartzenberg alsoissued an order 

 of the day to his army before 

 commencing its march to quit 

 France, recognizing its bravery 

 and exertions in obtaining that 

 peace for which the allied j)owers 

 had been fighting. About the 



same time the two Emperors and 

 the King of Prussia took their leave 

 of Paris, where their behaviour 

 had been such as to conciliate 

 general esteem. 



June 4, the King of France went 

 in state to the palace of the Legisla- 

 tive Body, in which were assembled 

 the senators, peers, and representa- 

 tives of the nation. His Majesty 

 opened the meeting with a speech, 

 in which, after congratulations on 

 the peace just concluded, and on 

 the prospects of future prosperity to 

 the nation, he infoimed them that 

 thej' were to hear read the consti- 

 tutional charter, which, guided by 

 tiie experience, and seconded by 

 the counselsof several among them, 

 he had drawn up. The chancellor 

 then entered into a particular ex- 

 planation of the reasons which had 

 dictated the several articles of the 

 constitution, which were seventy- 

 five in number, arranged under 

 different heads. [See State Pa- 

 pers.] If the public satisfaction 

 may be inferred from the senti- 

 ments declared by the chamber of 

 deputies of departments in their 

 address to the King presented on 

 June 6, the constitution must 

 have met with very general appro- 

 bation. " We feel, Sire (they 

 say), a perfect conviction that the 

 consent of the French people will 

 give to this charter a character 

 truly national." A nomination of 

 154 persons was made by the King 

 to compose for life the French 

 house of peers. A number of the 

 marshals of France created in the 

 late government were in this list, 

 but it was remarked that the names 

 of Massena and Soult did not ap- 

 pear in it. 



As it is not our object to give a 

 minute narrative of the domestic 

 occurrences of France, we shall 



