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passing incessantly through Mentz 
and Frankfort. Alsace and Lor- 
rain were presently overrun by 
the allied armies, against whom 
there were no French forces in 
the field capable of making a stand. 
The peasantry of Alsace, how- 
ever, shewed a spirit of animosity 
against their Austrian invaders, 
which brought upon them some 
severe chastisement. 
At Paris the chambers remain- 
ed assembled after the signature 
of the convention, and flattered 
themselves with the idea that they 
were still invested with the au- 
thority of the nation. That of 
representatives issued a declara- 
tion, in which it announced the 
intention of continuing to sit 
where the will of the people had 
called them, and made a solemn 
appeal to the national guard for 
their protection. It then declared 
its full confidence in the honour 
and magnanimity of the allied 
powers, and in their respect for 
the independence of the nation, so 
positively expressed in their ma- 
nifestoes, that the government of 
France, whoever be its chief, 
ought to unite the wishes of the 
nation, legally expressed ——and 
that a monarch cannot offer sub- 
stantial guaranties without swear- 
ing to observe a constitution deli- 
berated on by the national repre- 
sentation and accepted by the 
people. At subsequent sittings 
the chamber passed votes of thanks 
to the French armies, and occu- 
pied itself with discussions on the 
plan of a constitution. This dis- 
play of independence was, how- 
ever, short-lived. On the 7th 
the following message was re= 
ceived by both chambers from the 
committee of provisional govern- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
ment :—** Hitherto we had be- 
lieved that the intentions of the 
allied sovereigns were not unani- 
mous upon the choice of the 
prince who is to reign in France. 
Our plenipotentiaries gave us the 
same assurances on jtheir return. 
But the ministers and generals af 
the allied powers declared yester- 
day in the conferences they had 
with the president of the commis- 
sion, that all the sovereigns had 
engaged to replace Louis XVIII. 
on the throne, and that this even- 
ing or to-morrow he is to make 
his entrance into the capital. Fo- 
reign troops have just occupied 
the Thuilleries where the govern- 
ment is sitting. In this state of 
affairs we can only breathe wishes 
for the country ; and our deliber- 
ations being no longer free, we 
think it our duty to separate.’”— 
When this message was read in 
the chamber of peers, the mem- 
bers rose spontaneously, and re- 
tired without deliberation. The 
chamber of representatives refus- 
ed to consider their mission ag 
terminated, and resolved to conti- 
nue their sittings till separated 
by force. Both the chambers 
were, however, shut up on the 
following day by order of gene- 
ral Desolles, commander of the 
national guard. 
On July 8th the King re-enter- 
ed his capital, and was received, 
according to the authorized ac- 
counts, with demonstrations of 
joy and attachment, which proved 
that the mass of population were 
well affected to the restoration of 
the Bourbon government. Paris, 
however, was no longer her own 
mistress. The military points of 
the city were occupied by the 
allied troops; and orders had been 
