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AMIENS 148 AMIENS founded in 1791, and contains 70,000 vol- tained possession of Ceylon and Trini- umes. Amiens has considerable manu- dad, and an open port at the Cape of factures of velvet, silk, woolen, and cot- Good Hope; the republic of the Ionian ton goods, ribbons, and carpets. Peter islands was recognized; Malta was re- CATHEDRAL AT AMIENS, FRANCE the Hermit and Ducange were natives, and there are statues to both of them. The Peace of Amiens (March 27, 1802) was a treaty intended to settle the dis- puted points botween England, France, Spain, and Holland. By it, England re- stored to the Knights of St. John; Spain and Holland regained their colonies, with the exception of Trinidad and Cey- lon; the French were to quit Rome and Naples; and Turkey was restored to its integrity. In the Franco-Prussian War,