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ranteed by foreign and national 

 banking-houses the most consi- 

 derable in Europe, have also re- 

 moved the difficulties which might 

 otherwise have justly arisen upon 

 this point of the pioposed ques- 

 tion. 



These considerations have at the 

 sane time been strengthened by 

 the opinion which his Excellency 

 Marshal the Diike of Wellington 

 has been requested to give respec- 

 ing an object of such great im- 

 portance. 



The favourable opinion and the 

 authority of a personage so emi- 

 nent have added, to the motives 

 already stated, all those which 

 human prudence can unite to jus- 

 tify a measure demanded and con- 

 sented to with sentiments of sin- 

 cere and reciprocal kindness. 



The undersigned are therefore 

 authorized by their respective 

 courts to notify to his Excellency 

 the Duke de Richelieu — 



1. That the reduction of the 

 Army of Occupation will be car- 

 ried into effect. 



2. That the amount of the di- 

 minution of the whole army shall 

 be 30,000 men. 



3. That this amount shall be 

 proportioned to that of each con- 

 tingent; that is to say, it shall be 

 a fifth of each corps d'arm^e. 



4. That it shall take place from 

 the 1st of April next. 



5. That from that period the 

 200,000 rations per day, furnished 

 for the troops by the French go- 

 vernment, shall be reduced to 

 160,000, without, however, in 

 any respect altering the 50,000 

 I ations of forage destined for the 

 feed of the horses. 



6. Lastly, that from the same 

 period France shall otherwise en- 



joy all the advantages arising 

 from the said reduction , conform- 

 ably to existing treaties and con- 

 ventions. 



In communicating so marked a 

 testimony of friendship and confi- 

 dence to his most Christian Ma- 

 jesty, on the part of their august 

 masters, the undersigned have at 

 the same time to declare to his 

 Excellency the Duke de Richelieu, 

 how much the principles of the 

 ministry over which he presides, 

 and those which are personal to 

 himself, have contributed to esta- 

 blish that mutual good will, which, 

 directed by the spirit and the let- 

 ter of existing treaties, has hither- 

 to served to arrange so many de- 

 licate affairs, and which affords for 

 the future the most satisfactory 

 pledges of a definitive and satis- 

 factory conclusion. 



They seize this opportunity of 

 renewing to the Duke de Riche- 

 lieu the assurances of their high 

 consideration. 



(Signed) 



The Baron Vincent. 



Charles Stuart. 



The Count De Goltz. 



Pozzo Di Borgo. 

 Paris, Feb. 10, 1817. 



The session of the two cham- 

 bers closed on March 26, sine die. 



In May was published an ordi- 

 nance from the King, relative to 

 an obligation entered into by the 

 city of Paris for the payment of 

 its debts. It is to the following 

 effect. 



ORDINANCE OF THE KING RELA- 

 TIVE TO THE LOAN OF THE 

 CITY OF PARIS. 



Louis, by the grace of God, &c. 

 The municipal administration of 



our 



