an arrondissement of the department of the Seine and Marne, in France. It extends over 486 square miles, is divided into five cantons and 106 communes, and contains 48,500 inhabitants. The capital is a city of the same name, situated on the river Boulz. It is well built, and ornamented by good promenades; and it contains 880 houses, with 5760 inhabitants, who, besides carrying on the manufacture of mixed cloths, and a considerable trade in corn, cultivate a great quantity of roses for the perfumers of Paris. There is also a mineral spring of some celebrity. Long. 3° 12' E. Lat. 48° 33' 39' S.

PROVOST of a city or town, is a name applied to the chief municipal magistrate in corporate towns or cities. He presides in civic courts, and, with the bailies, who are his deputies, determines in all differences that arise amongst citizens.