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France, doubts might arise as to 
the nature of the case which might 
call for the intervention of a foreign 
force; and feeling the difficulty of 
framing any instructions precisely 
applicable to each particular case, 
the Allied Sovereigns have thought 
it better to leave it to the tried 
prudence and discretion of the 
Duke of Wellington, to decide 
when and how far it may be ad- 
visable to employ the troops under 
his orders, always supposing that 
he would not in any case so deter- 
mine without having concerted his 
measures with the King of France, 
or without giving information as 
soon as possible to the Allied So- 
vereigns, of the motives which 
may have induced him to come to 
such a determination. And, as 
in order to guide the Duke of 
Wellington in the choice of his 
arrangements, it will be impor- 
tant that he should be correctly 
informed of the events which may 
occur in France, the Ministers of 
the Four Allied Courts, accredited 
to his most Christian Majesty, 
have received orders to maintain 
a regular correspondence with the 
Duke of Wellington, and to pro- 
vide at the same time for an in- 
termediate one between the French 
Government and the Commander 
in Chief of the Allied Troops, 
for the purpose of transmitting 
to the French Government the 
communications which the Duke 
of Wellington may have occasion 
‘to address to it, and of communi- 
cating to the Marshal the sugges- 
‘tions or requisitions which the 
Court of France may wish in 
future to make to him: The un- 
der-signed flatter themselves that 
the Duke de Richelieu will readily 
recognize in these arrangements the 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
same character and the same prin= 
ciples, which have been manifested 
in concerting and adapting the mea- 
sures of the military occupations 
of a part of France. They carry 
with them also, on quitting this 
country, the consoling persua- 
sion, that notwithstanding the ele- 
ments of disorder which France 
may still contain, the effect of 
revolutionary events, a wise and 
paternal government proceeding 
in a proper manner to tranquil- 
lize and conciliate the minds of 
the people, and abstaining from 
every act, contrary to such a 
system, may not only succeed 
in maintaining the public tran- 
quillity, but also in the re-esta- 
blishing universal union and con- 
fidence, relieving likewise, as 
much as the proceedings of the 
Government can effect it, the 
Allied Powers, from the pain- 
ful necessity of having recourse 
to those measures, which, in case 
of any new convulsion, would be 
imperiously prescribed to them by 
the duty of providing for the safety 
of their own subjects, and the 
general tranquillity of Europe, &c. 
The undersigned have the ho- 
nour, &c. 
(Signed) Merrrrnicu. 
CASTLEREAGH. 
HARDENBERG. 
Capo p'IstTRia. 
Paris, Now. 20, 1815. 
Note addressed by the Ministers of 
the Four United Courts to the 
Duke of Richelieu, on the 20th 
of November. 
The undersigned Ministers of 
the United Cabinets have the ho- 
nour 
