The National Register.
London, England, 1811-10-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

RECEPTION OF BONAPARTE IN HOLLAND.

AMSTERDAM, OCT. 9.—Toitlay we had the happiness to see
their Majesties within our wills. The National Guard and
Guard of Honour. assembled early, and about half-past two their
Majesties made their solemn entry. The Mayor and his assist-
ants had the honour to present their Majesties with the keys of
the city; and pronounced a discourse analogous to the occasion,
to which their Majesties deigned to reply. Cannon were fired,
and the bells rang. All the houses were ornamented with fes-
toons. The Ecclesiastical authorities were ranged in costume
before the gates of their'remplts. Orchestras, distributed from
distance to distance. animated the most interesting scene ever
beheld in our city. The streets and windows wereixowded, and
the spectacle was mo-t imposing. If any thing could. possibly
have added to the solemnity of the day, it was the unanimity
with which the new subjects of their Majesties manifested their
joy. Acct.:mations of lung life to the Emperor and Empress
were heart ff nin all quarters from the moment they entered the
town. Their Majesties testified. with that affability which is so
natural to them, rAv sensible they were of the universal proofs
of love and admiration bestowed upon them. As soon as he ar-
rived at the Palace, the Emperor deigned to receive the Minis-
ters, Senators, and Councillors of State. After which his Serene
Highness the Prince Govern,,r• eieral had the honour to pre-
sent to his Majesty the superior Functionaries, L•lnd and Sea-
Officers, the Authoritieg of the Department, the Tribunal of the
First Order. the Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor, the Impe-
rial Council : the heads of the Guard of I lonour and National
Guard. At night the town was illuminated.

SPEECH Or M. VON SCIIOLTEN PRESIDENT OF THE TRIBUNAL
OF TilE FIRST ORDER.
" SlRE—Deign to permit the Members of the Tribunal of Am-
sterdam to have the honour of presenting to your imperial and
Royal Majesty their respectful homage. Frenchmen in heart
more than in consequence of the union, the inhabitants of this
great city feel all the honour of forming part of the Empire of
Charlemagne, restored by a Monarch who is superior to him in
all respects : of being governed by a hero and legislator, whose
victories ensure the tranquillity of his numerous subjects, and
who alone of all Sovereigns enables them to enjoy an enlightened
administration and wise and uniform laws. Sire, your Majesty
has deigned to watch over the maintenance of these laws. Their
perfection facilitates their introduction, and ensures their march.
The difficulty.that always attends a new order, yields to the hap-
piness which is procured by the laws of which your Majesty
is
the creators and which are so well adapted to the present order
of things. We shall neglect nothing. Sire, to matte this part of
your subjects share in the happiness which your Majesty spreads
over your vast empire. The Ki:,;• of Rome guarantees the du-
ration of these benefits; and the different people, subject to your
Majesty, amalgamating more and more, will defeat the efl;arts of
those who would disturb that happiness, and will realize that
universal peace hitherto considered only as a sweet illusion:--•
May the august presence of your Majesty, Sire, be the happy
omen ; and may the remotest posterity bless this moment and
the name of your Majesty.—May we, Sire, deserve the appro-
bation of your Majesty and his paternal goodness, to which w•e
recommend most respectfully our persons and Our families."

SPEECH Olt 3d. VAN, PRESIDENT OF TILE Ch AMBER 07 COM•

MLRCE.

" The Chamber of Commerce of your good city of Amsterdam
is too happy in being admitted to the honour of laying at the feet
of your Majesty the homage of their profound respect, the assu-
rance of their unbounded devotion, and their eagerness to an-
swer the wise and paternal views of your Majesty. 'They know
that your Majesty, wh•ise vast genius embraces and regulates in
the twinkling of an eye the different interests of so many nations,
cannot stoop to the narrow calculation; of some individual; and
they would be as incompatible with your glory, as with the real
interests of your empire. We entreat you, Sire, to accept the
most ardent wishes for the prosperity of your reign, aad the pru-
longation of your life."