GENERAL HISTORY. 
inhabitants should be disarmed as 
were not entitled to form part of 
the national guard. ‘The Duke of 
Angouleme returned to Nismes, 
but such a spirit was prevalent 
there, that it was not thought 
prudent to open the Protestant 
churches, The national guard, 
which had been ordered to disband, 
refused to lay down their arms ; 
and no prospect then appeared of 
the restoration of tranquillity. 
Before the termination of the 
year, however, the interference of 
Government seems to have been 
effectual ; and on December the 
25th, the Protestant churches in 
Nismes were re-opened, and their 
congregations assembled with all 
the usual publicity. Yet, it is to 
be apprehended, that the past 
scenes of violence and animosity 
will have left an impression on 
the minds of the two parties 
which will long foster the rancour 
of religious discord in that part 
of France. 
The foreign troops having, for 
the most part, been withdrawn 
from the interior of France, she 
was left to her own management 
of domestic affairs ; but the terms 
on which she was to be re-admit- 
ted into the European community 
were still under determination by 
the congress of Vienna, and it was 
not till after a long and anxious 
State of suspense, that she was 
apprised of its final award. The 
London Gazette, of November the 
23rd, informed the public of the 
Signature, at Paris, on the 20th, of 
the several treaties and conven- 
tions for the restoration and 
maintenance of peace between the 
allied powers on the one part, and 
his most Christian Majesty on the 
other, but without any mention 
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of the articles. These, however, 
were soon after communicated to 
both Chambers by the Duke of 
Richelieu, and it may easily be 
conceived that the scene would be 
equally trying to the feelings of 
the Speaker and the audience. 
The basis laid down by the allied 
powers was, that the indemnity 
due to the powers for their exer- 
tions, occasioned by the late enter- 
prise of Buonaparte, cannot con- 
sist wholly either in cessions of 
territory, or in pecuniary pay- 
ments, without greatly injuring 
the essential interests of France ; 
and therefore that it is better to 
unite them; and also, that it is 
necessary, for a certain time, to 
keep the frontier provinces of 
France occupied bya certain num- 
ber of the allied troops. Of the ar- 
ticles which follow, the first de- 
clares, that the frontiers of France 
remain as they were in 1790, with 
the exception of the modifications 
subsequently described. These 
cannot be understood without a 
particular map; but the principal 
cessions of territory are on the 
borders of Belgium and the Up- 
per Rhine, and in the vicinity of 
Geneva, the whole not consider- 
able in extent, but important in 
point of situation. The indemnity 
in money to the allied powers was 
fixed at seven hundred millions of 
francs, the mode and periods of 
payment being regulated by a se- 
parate convention. The frontier 
towns to be occupied by the allies, 
for a term not exceeding five years, 
and which circumstances might 
reduce to three, were seventeen 
in number, along the frontiers 
of French Flanders, Champagne, 
Lorrain, and Alsace: the esta= 
blishment of troops not to be 
