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/ From Compiegne to Amiens all the Communes exertel the greatest aaivity in ereaing triumphal arches. The First Consul remained a quarter of an hour at Montdidicr. Turning round Cuvilly, a carriage, in which was out of the ladies in waiting, .n.as oversee. Madame Thalouet was slightly bruised. Kmisys, juNt. C 7. The First Consul arrived hatße the day before yes terday, at seven in the evening. Above 30,000 persons were colleCted to see him pass. A guard of honour, consisting of 60 horse and two compa nies of infantry, went out to meet him. The Mayor presented him the keys of the city. The First Consul must have seen, from the joy and enthusiasm which animated every citizen, that the inhabitants of Amiens are as sensible as those of Lyons and of Rouen, of all favours which he has conferred upon them. All the streets through which he was to pass, were ornamented with the produce of our manufaCtories. The First Consul lighted at th 2. Hotel of the Pre feaure. He invited the Peel and the Mayor to dine•with him. n the evening the town was illuminated. The il ritn lu . ation of a temple which had been raised on the ramparts, produced a most wonderful effea• Yesterday at six in the morning, he mounted his horse, and rode round the ramparts from the citadel, and traversed all the environs of the town. At nine he embarked on the Somme; he afterwards returned, amidst an immense crowd, who eagerly flocked to sec him. At twelve, after hearing mass, he received the ckrgy. The Prefeß, the Council of the Prefeftre, the Municipality, &c. were successively presented to him. The Bishop of Amiens, the Prefea of the Depart ment, &c. addressed speeches to the First Consul, and to Madame Bonaparte, expressing their affeltion and attachment for their augar: persons. ar:No 27. The First etsnsul has bcen to visit the manufac tories of this city. An immense crowd of people were assembled wherever he passed ; and it would be difficult to describe the enthusiasm and emotion whicia his presence excited among all the citizens. He remained above an hour at the cloth manufac tory of M. Duminy, arid admired the beauty of the essimirs, which surpass every thing of the kind made in Prince, or any foreign country. He mi nutely inspected the velvet manufactory of Messrs. Morgan and Delahayc, and praised the various cy linders snd other inventions of the manufaCtory of M. Borwallet. From thence he went to the City Hotel, where there was a collettion of all the pro duce of the industry of Amiens. At fi..e o'clock several deputations from the vicinity of the depart ment were presented to him. run 2 - 5. The English sloop the Sophia, arrived on Satur day in the Sound, with a convoy of 20 merchant. men. The neat day she, sailed for Petersburgh, to bring back the crews of two frigates which England has presented to RlLS6ia. Tilt RAOUL, JUNE 23. The Commission of State, composed of Messrs. !tract tz en and Bicker, two Members of the Govern ment, and of Mr. Vandergoes, Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, who are destined to compliment the First Consul at Brussels, will set out alter to-morrow to fulfil that mission. Mr. Roepel, of the Marine, and two Messengers of the Govern ment of State, left this the day before yesterday, _proceeding by Rotterdam to .Antwerp, where they • will wait for the Commission of State, in order to accompany them to Brussels. The Government of State havg been informed, that in some towns of the Republic, especially at Amsterdam, ill-disposed persons have endeavoured to stir up the sailors and soldiers, and instigated them to quit the service of the State and to enter into that of kilglan:l, has charged the Co•an.:il of the Marine and the Bailiff of ltotterdam to take cognizance of that faR, and also to adopt the most effe,lual measures, not only of preventing the evil, hat also for prosecuting the guilty. The army of reserve, eortirnanctea by General toenollee, is not likely to rens:iin in the Batavian territories ; he is said to be already on his march for Ossaburg. ssmortafsson, Juba 24. The First Conga ie.capelted in our town, and also in nulling; he will be accompanied by seve ral of Ns *ulster* A Commission, composed of several Members of the Departmental Administra tion of Zelan3; Imre proceeded to Flushing, in ol der to old* peeparatiosr, in ,concert with General istogiest. for Pk leeeßtion. Bonaparte is to be lodged is O l e house of Mr. Van Doom, which is preparing for the purpose, and before which two pieces of ar tillery have shindy been placed. A yacht of the marine hest sailed for Brikens, to take on board the First Consul and his suite. Mr. Semonville, the Ambassador of the French Atiublic, will alio go to Flushing at the tint* the Pint Consul is expeited to arrive. it. 7 It Amsoton, jUtit, 18. According to letters from Elsineur, some French privateers have taken six English merchantmen, near Jutschen Riff. An English frigate passed the Sound for the Baltic. COPENIIAGrif, JUNE 14. Count Bernstorff accompanies the Prince Royal to Louisenland, whither all the diplomatic dis patches arc to be sent for answers. The French Minister, M. d'AFuisseau, has, inobe dience to an order of his Government, made an of ficial communication to our Minister of State of the fresh war that has broken out between France and England. YRONTItIS or ITALY, just:l2. The second division of the army, collected in the Romagna, which followed immediately the first di vision, has entered the l'apal States. It is com posed of Italian troops, under the command of General Lecchi, and of the Second Helvetic demi brigade ; another corps, destined to occupy Capita, is on its match for Tuscany. The whole of these troops is under the command of General St. Cyr. Great preparations are making in the Italian and Ligurian Republics. As the former has no marine, it is making considerable additions to the troops of the line, which are to be successively united to the French army. At Genoa, the utmost activity pre vails in equipping all the ships of war, whiih are placed at the disposal of the French Government. It was reported in Italy, that the English had taken possession of Sicily ; but this report has not yet been confirmed. The commander of the naval forces of England in the Mediterranean, is to make a declaration that he will treat as enemies the kin - dom of Naples, and the Papal States, if the French should occupy them. French 5 per Cents. on the 28th, 49 f. 25 c. 7'HE,ITRE-110rAi„ HArmARKET. 1:111S EVENING will be presented, the Play of SIGHS ; Or, TUE UAUGIITER. Von Snarl, Mr. lilisset ; Taman Totuni, Mr. Mathew; ; Adelhert, Mr. PJliner • Leopold, Mr. Archer; Hans NV Ottani, Mr. H. Kelly ; Mr Waldron, Jun. Josephine. Mrs. Marlowe ; Louisa . , Mrs. Gibbs; Mr.. Ruse, Mrs• Ward; Ellen, Mrs. Atkins. To which will be ;oldeol, THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE. Sir Felix Frien•lir Mr Burton; Compton, Mr Ba nnister ; Chirine, M. irtell; John, Mr. 1 Palmer; Thomas Mr. Waldron jun.; Cudden, Mr. Bart:et ; Lingo , Mr. Mathews (.aura, M n t. Atkins; Mrs. Cheshire, Mrs. Ward ; Fringe, Miss udiy ; Cowslip, Mrs. Giblei. To-morrow, king Richard the Third. TILE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, MONDAY, JULY 4. . • -; •,. : - Yesterday we received Paris Papers to the Coth of June inelvive. Ihe FIRST CONSC t does not appear to be making his tour with his usual rapidity. He arrived at Amiens upon the 05th, and had not left ton the 47th. In that interval addresses continued to pour in upon him from the constituted authori ties of that city and its vicinity. Madame Bor A. PAKTE also comes in for a share of public praise, which may be probably published 'n some future edition of the Academy of Compliments. It is cu rious to observe, that Quirwrr e, the Prefe&, who congratulated the FIRST CONSI!L and his consort with such just and pointed eloquence upon their arrival, WAS one of the four regicides delivered up to Austria by General DUMouRIER, in April 1793 ; and exchanged with his accomplices for Madame ROYAL, the daughter of Louts XVI. in December 1795. The Amateurs of innovation must surely ad mire the consistency of Citizen QUINCTTE ! The only part. of the contents of the French Papers is a political article in the Moniteur, containing some strictures upon the conduit of England respeiting Malta. It appears to have been called forth by some jokes pra:.-lised by oar sailors upon M. Ds Burr, the creature of the person claiming the dignity of Grand Master. From this circumstance, coupled with the stipulation for introducing the Maltese inhabitants into the Ordez, the .:11oniteur takes occasion to re proach us with levelling all distinctions, and adopt ing the language and principles of the French Revolution. England would have ailed unworthily, if she had not stipulated for something in favour of the inhabitants of Malta, who had evinced so much zeal, courage, gratitude, and attachment. This dis position of the inhabitants of Malta towards Eng land, must render them objeits of the inveterate hatred of France, who, should she ever recover her influence in that Island, would make nothing short of their total extermination the measure of her vengeance. The same article insinuates that the preparations making by Russia should be construed favourably for France ; but we do not know how to reconcile this interpretation with a present of two frigates, stated in the other Paris papers, to have been made by England to that Power. If Prussia were hostilely disposed towards this country, two English frigates are not the sort of present His MAJESTY would be likely to give her. The Moti f:or also contains a &ctitious letter from Cuxhaven, reflecting upon the credit and conduct of the Eng lish at that place, which we could not copy with no b e i n g ; nay of a gross libel upon our country. Private accounts fiom Hanover give a most me lancholy picture of the state of that Eletiorate. The conduct of the French troops exceeds all their former atrocities. The towns are given up to pH lage, and the females have been, without distinc tion, brutally violated' by General Mori ER'S horde of infamous marauders. Heavens ! what would be the state of England in the occupation of a French army ! ! The Briton would be without a heart, or a head, who could calculate upon surviv ing the horrible catastrophe. The rumour is revived of Earl Mont t'c appoint ment to the Vice-regency of Ireland, in the event of Earl HA anwier:E'S immediate resignation. Mr. Cu aR v, the Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, it is said, wil shortly resign, upon fun compensation.— The office will then be abolished, and its functions will be in fature performed by the Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant. The funds continue to droop. We believe the in. creasing gloom produced by the certainty of war, is the only cause of their depression. There will be a Levee at St. James's on Wednes day the 6th, and a Drawing-room on Thursday the 7th inst. A Messenger, we understand, • arrived yesterday morning from Harwich, with an account of the ar rest of a French Spy taken upon the coast, in the a& of surveying it. Plans of all the principal land ing places of the North-eastern coast, it ft said, were found in his possession. The prisoner was crrried to the camp near Colchester. Letters were received on Saturday from Admi ral Tiloaseoaovoir's Squadron, dated on Thurs day, at which time be was beating off the Dutch Coast, being unable to gain his station off the Elbe. '1 he Warwickshire Militia, quartered at Green wich had a grand field day on Saturday last, in Greenwich park ; they mustered 600, and the whole corps, which is a very fine one, went through their evolutions to the perfect satisfaction of all the offi cers present. All the Clerks, Officers, and persons e mployed in the Stamp • and other Public Offices will be mus tered this day, to take up arms, as volunteers, in defence of thea - country. Yesterday morning at ten o'clock, when the Guards were going to be relieved at St. Japies's ; several Police Officers, aided by a very for ridable Press Gang, blockaded all the avenues leading to and from the Palace, and impressed every person of suspicious appearance who came in their way, part of whom they lodged in St. James's watch-house, and the rest they conveyed to St. Martin's watch house, where a considerable mob was stationed all day, who ippeareil to be very turbulent. The two regiments of Royal Tower Hamlets Militia were inspected on Saturday, on their respec tive parades, by Major-General Laser e, previous to their taking the duty of the Wet-Docks, in the room of the Guards. There are now six gun-boats 'building at Paris. They are to carry 36 and 24-pounders. Several more will be begun, as soon as the carpenters ex peeled from Ferte-sous-Joccame, St. Dizier, and other places, shall have arrived. According to a private letter from Paris " most of the English, who had permission to reside there, received on the '23d, orders to join their countrymen at . Fontainhleau, in twenty-four hours. Lady GRENVILLE is expelled in town from Bath on Thursday next. On Saturday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, to receive a Report from the Militia Committee, relative to the best mode of raising the City of London quota of men for the Army of Reserve, which was read, and referred back to the Committee to carry into execution their said Report ; viz. for the City Remembrancer to prepare (assisted by Mr. Comptroller, and the offi ciating solicitor) a draft of a Bill similar to the City Militia Ad, in the proportions of men to be raised by each Ward within this City, and the rates for defraying the expences of raising the said men, should extend to inmates and lodgers. The Loup May oit laid before the Court a Letter from Major Cooesort, requesting the Corporation's acceptance of a large antique red granite Bowl from Egypt, which the Court accepted, and voted him their thanks, to be transmitted to him by the LORD MAYOR. The same bowl is to be placed in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion-House, under the direction of the Right Hon. the Lou) Ma.coa, and the Committee for General Purposes. During the thunder storm on Saturday last, a ball of fire fell upon a public house near Perry's Stairs, Wapping, which. in an instant, set fire to i: and the house adjoining. They were both burned in several places; the wires and bells were all melt ed, as also the leads on the roof. Ihe inhabitants had time encugh to make their escape. The light ning sct fire to a carpenter's shop in Gravel-lane, Southwark. The shavings and other combustibles were instantly in a blaze, but were happily soon extinguished by the endeavours of two men who were at work si hen the accident happened. On Saturday the workmen employed at the Glass house in White-friars, had their annual feast, and walked in procession through Fleet-Areet, the Strand, &c. with glass hats on their heads, and car rying different articles expressive of their curious employments. On Friday Fairlop Fair was, according to an cient custom, held under the well-known old Oak of that name on Henault Forest, two miles from Chigwell, and three from Ilford, in Essex. The fineness of the weather drew together an unusual number of persons of more respedability than usu ally attend such fins, and they greatly enjoyed the cool and enchanting retreat of the surrounding fo rest. Two boats, placed upon wheels, filled with company, and drawn in procession by six horses each, according to the custom, passed three times round the Oak Tree. The acclamations of the spec tators were unfortunately interrupted by the fall of a man out of one of the boats, Lad we are sorry to add, that before the horses could be stopped, the wheels passed over his body, and • he was killed on the spot.. The'. are no .bouses within near two miles of the plate, bet the numerous booths erected for the oceasicn, furnished all the usual refresh -4°ns and amtveraents of a countriwake. ... '~ •A~lEa. .~ FASHION. MISS ANGERSTEIN's MIMIC IWEAKFAST delightful ,lade was attended, on Saturday, by nearly three hundred persons of fashion. A more charming i•cene could not be conceived, were the in genuity of the human mind strained to the utmost, to effed the triamph of art over nature. The house is situate upon the summit of the hill near Charlton, and commands a most piduresque view of the Thames, London, Highgate, and all Essex. Upon the left of the entrance is a beautiful garden, with a grapery and green-house, and a conservatory t2O yards long by 20 in breadth, being upon the largest scale of any structure of the kind in Europe ; this conservatory was the promenading place of the company. '1 he hot houses, which boasted an abun. dant stock, were stripped of their delicious and fra. lrant treasures to supply the breakfast tables. The awn, in front of the house, was also a principal scene for promenading ; it was interspersed with chairs fur the accommodation of the company, and with its display of white muslin dresses, resembled green planted with snow drops. This beautiful scene was enlivened by the grand marches played by the Prince's band, and the sprightly strains of a band of savoyards from Vauxhall, who introduced a number of dancing figures, and executed a very cut ions hart. Four spacious rooms, in the upper part of the house, were laid out for breakfast, in the most splendid style. The grand front parlour, drawing room, and dining parlour, were also laid out for breakfast. The front parlour was ap propriated to the Prince of W ai.xs, and his Royid Highness's particular friends; of whom 60 sat down to breakfast in it. This happy and tranquil scene, such as poetic fancy might conceive a real view of the Elysian Fields, was interrupted about four o'clock, by a sudden and dreadful clap of thunder. Terror and dismay were now depittured in those lovely countenances, that a moment before beamed with life, spirit, and joy ; and tears bedewed thou cheeks, that were mantled with smiles. Even those who had sought shelter in theoves, finding them selves feebly proteEted there, f rom " the pelting of the pitiless storm," endeavoured to make their es cape to the house. But before they reached it, they appeared like so many dripping VENUS'S just risen from the sea. The rain continued to fall, and the thunder to roll, to the total prevention of all farther amusement out of doors. The change of weather, however, soon ceased to have any other effea than that of making the company more sensible of the pleasure which they enjoyed within. In the splendid circle at breakfast, we noticed— The Prince of Wales. Duke of St. Alban's. Earls—Perey, Darnley and Cholmondeley. Viscount—Falmouth, Morperh and Paget. , Lords—Hamilton Langford, A. Paget, Amhurst and Brims. Sir--Sir Joseph Lords—Hamilton, Sir Robert Wilson, and Sir WU % tiam Keir. Colonel Armstrong. CaAtin mni,—i.Latinichei Hall, Rouveric, Henley, Montgomery, 0. Hunter Skeffington, mortescue, and Duff. Marchioness of Hertford. Co uti ol mendeleY, Harrrington, Buckinghamshire, Darnley tritbricfre and C.atligan. Ducht.sses--Holton, Devonshire, Northumbsrland, St. Al ban's and Gordon. Lido-a—H. Cavendish, Sebright, Langford, ifoneywoott, De Dunstanyille, anti Manners. MittresseY—Fr_ince% Sydney, Foote, Howard, 0. Hunter, Coleman, Fordyce, Wilbraham, Clements, and Chanson deley. Muses—Seymour, two Frances, North, Byng, Hunloka, Upton, Fitzroy, and Fordyce. PARISIAN FASHIONS. A fete has at length been givers at Frascate. From fear of rain the divorces of first rank went there in half dress. The Florence and gauze capotes, straw hats and lace veils, were much .aanre common than the bead dreses in hair. There was scattely a woman of fashion without a puffed frill round her neck. Next to white robes and tunics, those of black crape were the most common. The gauze capotes become, every day, more ridiculously deep. Their present dimension n triple that of the ordinary head dresses. Taffeta ribbons striped in diamonds, arid plain ribbons of dark green or barbel blue, are the most fashionable. Along the middle of the lat ter is sometimes sewed a plaitad loop of yellow straw. Ti.e yellow straw hats are coned upon the crown, and sometire:: trimmed with gauze_ instead of ribbons. Coloured Jewirda jackets are now as common as the white. White sleeves wirri a coloured corset are very common. Our etc cafes wear long cambric gloves, not only of white, but rose chamoy, canary acrd flesh colour. The cropped heads uncovered, are now the fashiom among all the Susettes The men of fashion, ill ge neral, wear white silk stockings with nankeen breeches and gaiters. The gaiters, like the boots, are out at the top.; in the shape of a heart. The stockings are sometimes of a bleeds white, as is also the bosom of the shirt, which is plaited in round plaits. Saturday morning about nine o'clock, file Duke of Yow x arrived at Wind or from Oatlands, on mi. litany business with His MAJESTY. Lord CATIICART arrived from London, and laid before His NIA lESTY a saddle upon a new construc tion, for the use of the Life Guards, for his Royal approbation. His MAJESTY expressing a wish to see it on a horse, several of the men belonging to the 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons were se.t for, who mounted it in succession, when His M' JEsr Y ant the Duke of Yoe ic were piLaied to press their approbation. About twelve o'clock His MAJESTY, the Nil cesses SUPHIA and AMELIA, rode on horsebaci: Windsor Great Park. Her MAJESTY, the Princesses AUGUSTA, Ey 7ABETH, MARY, and the Princess CHARLOTTE ei WA LES, took an airing to Frogmore. The Duke of Yo ex returned to Oatlands about two o'clock. In the evening the Royal Family walked on t'oe Terrace, and returned to the Lodge soon after eight o'clock, when they had a selea party. Among the company were the Duchess of ATHOL and Daughter, the Earl and Countess of CARDI GAN, Lady CAROLINE W ALDEGR AVE, &C. &c. Early yesterday morning, a Messenger from the Secretary of State's Office arrived A t Windsor, with dispatches to his MAJESTY. About ten o'clock the Royal Family scent to St. George's Chapel, where an excellent Sermon was preached by Dr. LANot oft°, the Canon in Residence , from the (.1111 chapter of St. Luke, and the tied verse; .-- 44 Aid Jesus sad sato him, se man iirvin. pa hi hand to the plough, and leafing boa, it . fit for the dam of God." 3