ANTWERP, the chief city of the province of that name, as well as of a circle comprehending six cantons, 55 communes, and 131,169 inhabitants. The city is in the form of a crescent, on the right bank of the Scheldt; is strongly fortified, and protected by a citadel which connects the walls with the river. The houses are large and handsome, the streets tolerably wide, well paved, and at night well lighted. The most remarkable building is the Gothic cathedral, 500 feet in length and 240 in breadth, adorned by two of the best productions of the pencil of Rubens, with a tower 380 feet in height. Besides the cathedral, the church of St. James, the exchange, the town-house, the easterling's-house, the theatre, and the hotel de charité, invite the attention of strangers. There are many manufactures of all kinds. The most considerable is that of silk goods. The breweries, distilleries, sugar-refineries, and tanneries, are numerous. One art, that of cutting diamonds, had been long practised here, and very extensively till the French ruled the country; and since their expulsion it has been once more revived. The city is well situated for foreign trade, from its easy connection by canals with the interior, and from its conveniences for landing and shipping goods, to which last the docks constructed by the French vastly contribute. The trade has not, however, hitherto made rapid progress, but has gradually increased since the port has been opened. The inhabitants, at the last census, were 60,057. It is in lat. 51. 13. 22. N. and long. 4. 18. 14. E.