DELFT, a town of the United Provinces, and capital of Delftland in Holland. It is a pretty large place, very clean and well built, with canals in the streets, planted on each side with trees. The public buildings, especially the town-house, are very magnificent. Here are two churches; in one is the tomb of the prince of Orange, who was assassinated; and in the other, that of Admiral Tromp. It has a fine arsenal, well furnished; is about two miles in circumference, and is defended against inundations by three dams or dikes. Here is made a prodigious quantity of fine earthen-ware called delft-ware; but the trade is on the decline since extensive potteries were established in England and Germany. It is pleasantly situated among the meadows on the river Schie, in E. Long. 4. 13. N. Lat. 52. 6.