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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 Ole 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.

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