158 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Nov. 



Plenipotentiary of his Most 

 Christian Majesty has addressed 

 to the Ministers of the other 

 Powers have left no doubt on this 

 question, as they prove that the 

 French Government has fulfilled, 

 with the most scrupulous and 

 honourable punctuality, all the 

 clauses of the treaties and con- 

 ventions of the 20th of Novem- 

 ber ; and propose, with respect 

 to those clauses, the fulfilment of 

 which was reserved for more 

 remote periods, arrangements 

 which are satisfactory to all the 

 contracting parties. 



" Such being the results of 

 the examination of these grave 

 questions, their Imperial and 

 Royal Majesties congratulated 

 themselves at having only to 

 listen to those sentiments and 

 those personal wishes which in- 

 duced them to put an end to a 

 measure which disastrous circum- 

 stances, and the necessity of 

 providing for their own security, 

 and that of Europe, could alone 

 have dictated. 



" From that moment the august 

 Sovereigns resolved to cause the 

 military occupation of the French 

 territory to be discontinued ; and 

 the convention of the 9th of 

 October sanctioned this resolu- 

 tion. They regard this solemn 

 act as the completement of the 

 general peace. 



" Considering now, as the first 

 of their duties, to preserve to 

 their people the benefits which 

 that peace assures to them, and 

 to maintain in all their integrity 

 the transactions which have es- 

 tablished and consolidated it, 

 their Imperial and Royal Ma- 

 jesties flatter themselves that his 



Most Christian Majesty, animated 

 by the same sentiments, will re- 

 ceive with the interest which he 

 attaches to every thing tending 

 to the welfare of mankind, and to 

 the glory and prosperity of his 

 country, the proposition which 

 their Imperial and Royal Majes- 

 ties address to him, to unite 

 henceforth his councils and his 

 efforts to those which they will 

 not cease to devote to so salutary 

 a work. 



" The undersigned, charged 

 to request the Duke of Richelieu 

 to convey the wish of their 

 august Sovereigns to the know- 

 ledge of the King his master, at 

 the same time invite his Excel- 

 lency to take part in their pre- 

 sent and future deliberations, 

 consecrated to the maintenance 

 of the peace, the treaties on which 

 it is founded, the rights and 

 mutual relations established or 

 confirmed by these treaties, and 

 recognized by all the European 

 Powers. 



" In transmitting to the Duke 

 of Richelieu this solemn proof of 

 the confidence which their august 

 Sovereigns have placed in the 

 wisdom of the King of France, 

 and in the fidelity of the French 

 nation, the undersigned are order- 

 ed to add the expression of the 

 unalterable attachment which 

 their Imperial and Royal Majes- 

 ties profess towards the person of 

 his Most Christian Majesty and 

 his family, and of the sincere 

 interest which they never cease 

 to take in the tranquillity and 

 happiness of his kingdom. 



" They have the honour, at 

 the same time, to ofiFer to the 

 Duke of Richelieu the assurance 



of 



