118] ANNUAL REG TSTER, 1816. 



the gi-eat chaiges unhappily still 

 necessary, the first of all the 

 means for meeting which is eco- 

 nomy, which it has been his study 

 to render operative in all parts of 

 the administration. Speaking of 

 his negociations with the Holy 

 See, and the state of the church 

 of France, he said, " You have no 

 doubt been of opinion with me, 

 that we ought — not to restore to 

 divine worship that which the piety 

 of our fathers had bestowed upon 

 it, (that unfortunately would be 

 impossible) but — to ensure to the 

 ministers of our holy religion an 

 independent income." A resolu- 

 tion is then declared of the King's 

 firm adherence to that fundamental 

 law of the Charter, which secures 

 to the faith of their ancestors the 

 pre-eminence due, but guarantees 

 to all a rational liberty, and to 

 each the peaceable enjoyment of 

 his rights, condition, and pro- 



perty. As speeches from the 

 throne may jnobably, in France 

 as well as in England, be regarded 

 as the language of the existing 

 ministers, the substance of the 

 preceding address will indicate 

 the principles of government 

 adopted by the persons now at 

 the helm. 



Several important topics were 

 brought into discussion at the 

 meetings of the chambers before 

 the close of the year; but as we 

 do not profess to include the de- 

 bates of foreign deliberating as- 

 semblies in our historical sketch, 

 and the results of those in ques- 

 tion will afford matter for the 

 ensuing year, we here terminate 

 our svmimary of French affairs, 

 now, happily, interesting rather 

 as the domestic concerns of a 

 particular nation, than as exert- 

 ing an influence on the politics of 

 Europe. 



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